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SELF=PRONOUNCING  EDITION 

IN     WHICH     ALL    THE     PROPER    NAMES    ARE     DIVIDED     AND     ACCENTED     AND     THE     VARIABLE     VOWEL 
AND    CONSONANT    SOUNDS    MARKED,    SHOWING    HOW    TO    PRONOUNCE    THEM    CORRECTLY. 


T  H  E 


HOLY  BIBLE 


CONTAINING    THE 


OLD  AND  NEW  TESTAMENTS, 


TRANSLATED     OUT     OF 


TLhe  ©riginal  ^oncjues; 


AND     WITH 


THE  FORMER  TRANSLATIONS  DILIGENTLY   COMPARED  AND  REVISED. 

THE    TEXT    CONFORMABLE   TO    THAT    OF    THE    EDITION    OF    1611,    COMMONLY    KNOWN   AS 

THE    AUTHORIZED    OR    KING   JAMES'    VERSION. 


MARGINAL    REFERENCES. 


20th  Century  Edition, 


PHILADELPHIA: 

A.  J.  HOLMAN  &  CO. 


^ 


V 


Copyright,  1903,  by  A.  J.  Holman  &  Co. 


PREFACE 


: 




The  Bible,  strictly  speaking,  is  not  a  book,  but  a  library  of  brief  writings,  some  of  which  contain  histories,  some 
codes  of  laws,  some  prophecies,  some  collections  of  religious  songs  and  proverbs,  and  some  epistles. 

This  library  is  divided  into  two  parts,  the  one  containing  records  of  the  history  and  religious  development  of  the 
Jews  before  the  time  of  Christ,  —  the  other  the  distinctive  Christian  literature  produced  by  the  followers  of  Our 
Lord  during  the  first  century  after  His  appearance  on  earth. 

Compared  with  all  other  literary  productions,  the  Bible  stands  singularly  and  peculiarly  alone.  The  earliest  part 
of  it  is  the  oldest  record  in  the  world  which  lays  any  claim  to  being  a  trustworthy  history.  It  traces  that  history 
back  to  its  very  beginnings,  and  develops  it  from  the  religious  standpoint,  throwing  a  Divine  light  upon  it  all.  As 
a  whole  it  bears  the  impress  of  Inspiration,  by  which  its  authors  were  divinely  guided  to  tell  the  Divine  shaping 
of  events. 

The  Jews  were  the  chosen  people  of  God.  From  the  very  earliest  times,  He  was  in  constant  communication  with 
them.  Individual  and  tribal  responsibilities  were  the  ever-present  and  dominating  ideas  ;  and  while  all  were  not 
invested  with  the  prophetic  gift,  He  chose,  from  among  them,  such  as  were  fitted  to  receive  the  Divine  communi- 
cation, and  they  became  the  real  teachers  of  the  race. 

This  process  of  revelation  culminated  in  Jesus,  in  whom  the  indwelling  of  the  Divine  Spirit  was  perfect, 
unchecked  by  any  sin  or  imperfection  of  His  own  being,  so  that  every  act  and  word  of  this  Light  of  the  World 
became  a  word  of  God  to  men,  and  His  whole  being  was  the  Word  of  God. 

The  proof  that  this  collection  of  literature  is  the  Word  of  God  is  that  it  possesses  the  qualities  and  powers  that 
belong  to  such  a  Word.  It  is  true  ;  and  being  true,  it  appeals  to  our  sense  of  the  truth,  and  approves  itself  to  us. 
The  truth  that  the  Bible  conveys  being  of  the  highest  order,  it  kindles  the  minds  that  speak  it  to  high  and  great 
expression  ;  and  the  minds  that  receive  it,  to  respond  to  its  greatness.  But  above  all,  being  moral  and  spiritual 
truth  coming  from  God  Himself,  it  is  an  instrument  by  which  the  Spirit  quickens  those  "  dead  in  trespasses  and 
sins,"  and  imparts  spiritual  life  to  men. 

It  tells  its  own  story  best  when  it  says :  —  "  God,  who  at  sundry  times  and  in  divers  manners  spake  in  time  past 
unto  the  fathers  by  the  prophets,  hath  in  these  last  days  spoken  unto  us  by  his  Son." 

In  this  new  edition  of  the  large  type  Holman  Self-Pronouncing  quarto  Bible,  the  same  plan  of  syllabification 
and  accentuation  has  been  carried  out  which  caused  our  Sunday-School  Teachers'  Bibles  to  be  so  universally  popular. 
Every  proper  name  in  the  text  is  syllabified  and  accented,  and  the  many  variable  vowels  and  consonants  are  dia- 
critically  marked  according  to  the  most  reliable  modern  standards  of  pronunciation. 

The  large,  readable  type,  the  clearness  of  the  page,  the  admirable  arrangement  of  its  myriads  of  references,  its 
size,  convenience,  and  durability,  combine  to  render  it  superior  to  all  other  editions  of  the  Sacred  Word  for  handy 
reference  and  daily  use. 

The  text  used  conforms  to  that  of  the  edition  of  1611  commonly  known  as  the  Authorized  or  King  James  Ver- 
sion. Although  this  translation  has  now  been  before  the  people  well-nigh  three  hundred  years,  and  though  the 
language  and  spelling  have  changed,  it  still  possesses  an  undeniable  charm  for  the  great  majority  of  English-speak- 
ing people,  which  no  subsequent  rendering  has  been  able  to  obliterate. 

Neither  time,  labor,  nor  expense  has  been  spared  to  render  this  edition  worthy  of  the  confidence  of  the  people  ; 
and  it  is  our  earnest  hope  that  many  a  one  who  has  not  hitherto  found  attractions  in  the  pages  of  the  Bible  will 
be  able  to  say,  "  Thy  word  is  a  lamp  unto  my  feet,  and  a  light  unto  my  path." 


AN  INTRODUCTORY  HISTORY 


OF 


THE  MANUSCRIPT  AND  EARLY  PRINTED  EDITIONS 


OF    THE 


HOLY  BIBLE 


The  books  composing  the  Holy  Bible  were  written  in 
different  ages,  from  Moses  to  John  (b.  c.  1650  to  A.  D. 
90  —  a  period  of  more  than  seventeen  hundred  years), 
by  men  who  were  specially  prepared  for  the  work  by 
direct  inspiration  from  the  Divine  Source  of  all  know- 
ledge. 

The  several  books  bear  a  uniform  and  unvarying 
testimony  in  support  of  each  other  by  quotations,  by 
the  express  recognition  of  the  prophets,  evangelists, 
apostles  and  the  Lord  Jesus  himself,  thus  convincing  us 
that  in  all  ages,  from  that  of  Moses  to  the  present,  the 
best  men  have  believed  in  its  Divine  origin,  and  have 
acted  accordingly. 

The  Hebrews  were  exceedingly  careful  about  these 
writings,  as  an  examination  of  their  very  complete  sys- 
tem for  their  preservation  and  interpretation  will  show. 

There  are  references  to  the  writing  and  reading  of 
the  law  in  the  Old  Testament,  in  every  age,  beginning 
with  Moses.  It  was  read  for  instruction  publicly  in  the 
desert  of  Sinai,  at  Kadesh,  at  the  crossing  of  Jordan,  at 
the  great  assembly  on  Ebal  and  Gerizim,  at  Shiloh,  at 
the  dedication  of  Solomon's  temple,  the  reform  under 
Hezekiah,  and  more  particularly  in  the  case  of  the  col- 
lection of  the  whole  Old  Testament  by  Ezra,  who  ar- 
ranged it  in  the  order  that  is  still  preserved. 

This  settlement  of  the  canon  in  its  present  form  is 
dated  from  the  close  of  the  captivity  in  Babylon. 

While  the  Hebrews  were  in  Assyria,  captives,  their 
language  fell  into  disuse,  being  neglected  for  the  Chal- 
dsean  in  popular  use.  This  made  it  necessary  to  appoint 
teachers  of  the  law  of  Moses,  whose  duties  were  to  pre- 
serve a  knowledge  of  the  Scriptures  and  the  language 
in  which  they  were  written.  Ezra  was  the  chief  of 
this  class  in  the  later  years  of  the  captivity.  He  re- 
turned to  Jerusalem  from  Babylon  with  the  exiles, 
where  he  completed  his  great  work  of  compiling,  or 
rather  arranging  in  chronological  order,  the  sacred 
books,  for  which  service  he  was  called  the  second  Moses, 
and  was  dignified  with  the  title  of  Scribe  (in  Hebrew 
Sofer). 

When  Nehemiah  formed  the  Great  Synagogue,  the 
Scribes  were  recognized  as  a  distinct  order  in  the  na- 
tion, and  seats  were  given  to  a  number  of  them  in  the 
general  assembly  among  the  ruling  elders. 

The  work  of  this  body  of  learned  and  devout  men 
was :  1.  To  make  the  only  copies  of  the  sacred  Scrip- 
tures that  were  allowed  to  be  used  ;  2.  To  count  the  let- 
ters in  every  book,  and  the  number  of  times  that  each 


letter  occurred  in  each  book  and  in  all  the  books ;  3.  To 
read  the  "  law "  in  public  on  the  Sabbath  and  festival 
days ;  4.  To  lecture  to  their  disciples  (students  of  the 
law)  on  the  meaning  of  the  Holy  Scriptures ;  5.  To  ar- 
range the  liturgy  for  public  worship  ;  6.  To  form  the 
traditions ;  7.  To  protect  the  law  by  by-laws  which  di- 
rected how  to  copy,  keep  and  interpret  the  holy  writ- 
ings ;  8.  To  correct  any  accidental  errors  in  the  ori- 
ginal text ;  and  9.  To  add  to  the  sacred  canon  the  books 
of  the  prophets  and  of  the  poets. 

The  writings  were  not  added  to  the  text  of  the 
Scriptures,  but  were  put  on  the  margin,  near  the  text 
which  they  explained  or  corrected. 

Their  rules  may  be  judged  of  from  two  specimens  : 
1.  Except  every  one  do  keep  them  (the  Scriptures) 
whole  and  undefiled,  without  doubt  he  shall  perish  ever- 
lastingly ;  and  2.  Except  a  man  believe  them  faithfully, 
he  cannot  be  saved. 

This  order  of  learned  and  devout  men  continued  as  a 
distinct  class  from  b.  c.  458,  the  end  of  the  captivity  in 
Babylon,  to  B.  c.  300,  when  the  order  became  extinct  at 
the  death  of  Simon  the  Just. 

A  parallel  historical  witness  is  found  in  the  sect  of 
the  Samaritans,  who  separated  from  the  Jews  after  the 
captivity  (being  composed  of  Jews  and  Chaldseans),  built 
a  temple  on  Mount  Gerizim,  made  a  new  creed,  and 
copied  the  Pentateuch  only  out  of  the  law  for  their  own 
use.  The  mutual  hatred  between  the  Samaritans  and 
Jews  rendered  it  impossible  to  suppose  that  there  could 
have  been  a  collusion  between  them  to  add  to  or  change 
a  single  word  or  letter  of  the  sacred  writings,  and  both 
parties  strove  to  convince  the  world  that  their  particu- 
lar copy  of  the  law  was  the  more  ancient.  They  differ 
but  in  a  very  few  particulars,  which  may  all  be  accounted 
for  chiefly  as  errors  of  the  copyists. 

Succeeding  the  Scribes  were  certain  teachers  of  the 
law,  who  were  called  Sages,  Wise  Ones,  Elders  and  Doc- 
tors (Tanaim).  Their  duties  were  almost  identical  with 
those  of  the  Scribes  whom  they  succeeded. 

So  from  age  to  age,  as  society  changed  or  new  cir- 
cumstances arose,  the  interpretations  of  the  Scriptures 
were  changed  to  suit  the  new  state  of  things.  The  writ- 
ings of  the  Scribes  were  explained  by  the  Doctors,  and 
these  by  later  teachers,  when  a  vast  mass  of  writings 
accumulated,  which  formed  what  is  called  the  Talmud. 
The  Talmud  is  composed  of  two  parts,  the  Mishna, 
which  is  the  oral  law,  and  the  Gemara,  the  traditions. 

The  Doctors  were  very  important  and  influential  in 


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the  nation.  It  was  among  them  that  Joseph  and  Mary- 
found  the  child  Jesus  explaining  the  simple  truth  of  the 
Scripture  in  contrast  to  the  misty  and  almost  blind 
superstition  of  the  commentators.  The  order  of  the 
Doctors  continued  as  a  distinct  body  from  B.  c.  200  to 
A.  d.  220. 

The  Pharisees  were  a  sect  of  patriotic  and  devout 
Jews,  whose  idea  was  to  make  Israel  a  nation  of  priests 
in  fact,  as  well  as  it  was  in  their  law  as  written  by 
Moses,  and  it  was  the  duty  of  each  member  to  strive,  by 
religious  study  and  preparation  for  the  office  of  a  Rabbi 
(teacher),  to  become  a  priest  in  spirit,  although  not  of 
the  house  of  Levi,  believing  that  "  God  had  given  to  all 
men  alike  the  kingdoms,  priesthood  and  holiness."  They 
assumed  the  duty  of  special  guardians  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures. 

The  Essenes  were  simply  intensified  Pharisees,  add- 
ing to  their  duties  and  professions  the  self-denial  of  a 
life  of  celibacy,  and  their  example  and  influence  were 
most  beneficial  to  the  nation.  They  also  were  jealous 
custodians  of  the  Scriptures. 

These  various  orders  of  learned  men  cared  for  the 
Holy  Books  during  a  period  of  more  than  seven  hundred 
years,  ending  about  three  hundred  years  after  Christ. 
Since  that  time  the  Jews  have  continued  the  care  of 
their  sacred  writings  with  the  same  zealous  watchful- 
ness, believing  that  the  Messiah  has  not  yet  appeared, 
and  that  his  coming  may  possibly  be  near  at  hand. 

These  writings  so  carefully  preserved  were  in  the 
Hebrew  tongue,  and  it  is  interesting  to  know  how  they 
have  been  translated  into  other  languages,  and  espe- 
cially into  English. 

The  first  translation  from  the  Hebrew  into  any  other 
language,  that  is  recorded,  was  in  Chaldee,  which  was 
made  at  the  time  the  law  was  read  to  the  king  of  Per- 
sia. The  original  of  this  has  been  lost.  The  oldest 
which  has  been  preserved  is  that  which  was  made  at 
Alexandria  in  Egypt,  B.  c.  260,  and  is  called  the  Septua- 
gint,  from  a  supposition  that  it  was  made  by  seventy 
translators. 

The  next  in  order  of  time  was  made  by  Onkelos,  in 
Chaldee,  A.  D.  150.  The  same  author,  whose  name  in 
Greek  was  Aquila,  also  translated  the  Old  Testament 
into  Greek,  a.d.  160.  This  work  was  evidently  intended 
to  correct  the  errors  of  the  Septuagint,  which  was  made 
by  several  persons,  some  of  whom  were  not  equal  to  the 
task ;  besides,  the  state  of  public  opinion  at  that  period 
permitted  the  translators  to  give  the  general  sense  of 
the  original  instead  of  following  the  literal  text. 

The  Septuagint  was  also  corrected  by  Theodotion,  and 
about  the  same  date  (second  century)  Symmachus  made 
a  version  in  Greek  for  the  use  of  the  Ebionites,  which  is 
correct,  pure  and  elegant  in  style  and  diction. 

In  the  time  of  the  Apostles  there  were  many  copies 
of  the  Gospels  for  the  use  of  the  Church  in  the  differ- 
ent cities,  in  the  languages  of  the  localities — Greek, 
Latin,  Hebrew,  Syriac,  Coptic,  Ethiopic  and  Arabic  — 
but  the  authors  of  these  works  are  now  unknown. 

The  Ethiopic  version  was  written  in  the  sacred  Jeez, 
the  dialect  of  Axum,  in  the  fourth  century.  The  Coptic 
and  Memphitic  versions  were  made  soon  after,  and  the 
Coptic  is  now  in  use  in  Egypt. 


The  Syriac  (called  Peshito,  single,  literal)  was  made 
from  the  Hebrew  and  Greek  about  A.  D.  200,  and  had 
become  almost  obsolete  as  early  as  the  fourth  century. 
The  work  included  the  whole  Bible,  with  the  Apocrypha. 

Paul  of  Tela  made  a  version  of  the  Septuagint  at 
Alexandria,  a.d.  617,  which  was  extremely  literal,  every 
Greek  word  being  rendered  by  one  in  Syriac. 

The  Thebaic  version  in  the  common  dialect  of  Egypt 
was  made  in  the  third  century,  but  soon  fell  into  disuse, 
especially  among  scholars,  who  preferred  the  more  ele- 
gant Coptic. 

The  Gothic  version  was  finished  about  A.  D.  370  by 
Jdlshop  Ulphilas.  Of  the  original  330  leaves,  compris- 
ing the  four  gospels,  177  are  still  in  existence  and  are 
preserved  in  the  Museum  in  the  University  of  Upsala, 
Sweden. 

The  great  works  of  Origen  consumed  twenty-eight 
years  of  his  life,  and  consist  of  homilies  and  commen- 
taries, written  with  every  evidence  of  scholarship  and 
untiring  research,  extended  into  all  Bible  lands.  He 
first  arranged  four  versions  on  the  same  page  for  com- 
parison of  the  text  of  each  with  the  others  as  to 
correctness,  as  follows  :  — 

1.  Septuagint ;  2.  Aquila  ;  3.  Symmachus  ;  4.  Theo- 
dotion. Afterward  he  added  two  others,  making  what 
is  known  as  the  Hexapla  (six  parts).  Some  portions  of 
the  Gospels  were  in  eight  versions.  The  whole  work 
comprised  nearly  fifty  volumes  folio,  of  which  only  a 
very  few  pages  are  in  existence  now. 

The  Veneto  Greek  version  is  dated  A.  D.  875. 

The  extensive  influence  of  the  Scriptures  in  the  early 
ages  may  be  gathered  from  the  remark,  so  often  re- 
peated, that  the  whole  Bible  could  be  gathered  from  the 
writings  of  the  early  centuries,  so  copious  were  their 
quotations. 

The  great  scholar  who  above  all  others  succeeded  in 
making  the  most  valuable  version  of  the  Scriptures  in 
the  Latin  tongue  was  Jerome,  whose  name  as  written 
in  Latin  was  Eusebius  Hieronymus  Sophronius  (born 
A.  D.  329  at  Stridon,  died  420  at  Bethlehem).  He  was 
a  student  and  a  traveller  from  his  youth,  and  a  patient 
gatherer  of  knowledge  serviceable  in  his  great  under- 
taking in  all  parts  of  the  Christian  world.  His  version 
was  for  more  than  eight  centuries  the  great  bulwark  of 
the  Church  in  the  west  of  Europe,  as  the  Septuagint 
was  of  the  Church  in  the  east.  His  work  has  not  come 
down  to  us  entire,  for  the  present  Vulgate  (Douay 
Bible)  has  in  it  the  work  of  many  hands. 

The  translation  of  the  Bible  in  Germany  was  begun 
by  Otf  ried  of  Weissenburg  about  the  year  A.  D.  860,  in  a 
metrical  version  of  the  Life  of  Jesus,  the  Psalms,  Can- 
ticles and  Genesis. 

Luther's  version  was  made  by  the  assistance  of  Me- 
lancthon,  Aurogallus,  Bugenhagen,  Jonas  and  Creuzi- 
ger,  although  the  greater  part  of  the  work  was  done  by 
himself,  from  A.  D.  1522,  when  the  New  Testament 
appeared,  to  1534,  when  the  whole  Bible,  including  the 
Apocrypha,  was  published. 

There  are  also  versions  in  Low  German  (1533),  Danish 
(1550),  Swedish  (1526),  Icelandic  (1540),  by  Thorlak 
Skuleson  (1644),  Dutch  (1648)  and  Pomeranian  (1588). 

The   Reformed  Church  of  Switzerland  published  a 


in 


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translation  in  the  Swiss  dialect  of  all  the  canonical 
Books  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  as  early  as  1531 ; 
another  in  1665,  and  the  Synod  of  Dort  one  in  1637. 

The  Vulgate  was  translated  into  German  at  Leipsic  in 
1527. 

Christopher  Sower  printed  a  Bible  in  German  at  Ger- 
mantown,  Pa.,  in  1743,  which  was  the  first  Bible  printed 
in  America  next  to  Eliot's  Bible  in  the  Indian  language. 

The  first  recorded  translation  of  the  Bible  in  the  Eng- 
lish tongue  was  the  work  of  Csedmon,  who  rendered  the 
whole  Bible,  from  Genesis  to  Revelation,  into  allitera- 
tive verse,  A.  D.  680.  Soon  after  this  Aldhelm,  Bishop 
of  Sherborne,  rendered  the  Psalms  into  verse.  Bede 
translated  John's  Gospel  (a.  d.  735),  and  Alfred  the. 
Great  (died  A.D.  901)  wrote  or  published  the  four  chap- 
ters of  laws  from  the  book  of  Exodus,  because  he  de- 
sired that  "all  freeborn  youth  of  his  kingdom  should 
be  able  to  read  the  English  Scriptures  "  (as  well  as  be 
educated  generally).  He  had  a  book  of  extracts  from 
the  Psalms  and  other  books  made  for  use  in  his  family. 

The  oldest  version  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  Gospels  is 
called  the  Durham  Book,  of  which  a  specimen  copy  is 
now  extant,  dated  A.  d.  688. 

The  Normans  were  no  friends  to  education  in  the 
English  tongue,  and  did  not  translate  the  Scriptures, 
but  tried  to  educate  the  people  in  religious  matters  by 
the  use  of  miracle-plays  and  pictures.  Only  a  few  works 
on  the  Scriptures  are  dated  in  their  age,  of  which  we 
have  still  remaining  three  versions  of  the  Gospel,  and 
the  Ormulum,  a  metrical  paraphrase  of  the  Gospel  his- 
tory in  alliterative  verse. 

In  the  thirteenth  century  there  occurred  a  religious 
revival,  when  the  Bible  was  translated  into  Norman- 
French. 

The  reformer  Wycliffe  (born  1324,  died  1384)  ren- 
dered into  English  almost  the  entire  Bible,  "  So  that  for 
Cristen  men  may  some  dele  know  the  text  of  the  Gos- 
pel, with  the  corny n  sentence  of  olde  holie  doctores." 
This  great  work  was  an  important  element  in  opening 
the  way  for  the  Reformation. 

Tindale  devoted  his  whole  life  and  his  great  learning 
and  eminent  abilities  that  "a  boy  that  driveth  a  plough" 
might  know  more  of  the  Scriptures  than  the  great  body 
of  the  clergy  then  knew  (a.  d.  1520).  He  said  that 
''The  properties  of  the  Hebrew  tongue  agree  a  thousand 
times  more  with  English  than  with  the  Latin."  This 
work  of  translating  the  Bible  into  English  was  bitterly 
opposed  by  the  Roman  Catholics  as  long  as  they  had 
any  power  in  England  or  influence  in  Europe,  and  their 
wishes  were  seconded  by  King  Henry  VIII.,  who  threw 
Tindale  into  prison,  when,  after  several  years  of  con- 
finement, he  was  condemned  to  death  by  the  Emperor 
Charles  V.,  and  was  put  to  death  at  Villefort,  near 
Brussels,,  in  1536,  and  his  body  burned  to  ashes. 

Tindale's  idea  was  that  every  part  of  the  Scriptures 
had  one  sense  only,  and  he  kept  that  always  in  view, 
translating  from  the  original  Hebrew  and  Greek.  Even 
his  enemies  have  admitted  that  his  work  was  excellent. 
Its  language  is  pure,  appropriate  and  clear  to  the  under- 
standing. Evidences  of  great  learning  and  research 
give  it  a  pre-eminent  position  among  the  enduring  mon- 
uments of  human  intelligence  and  skill.     Tindale  has 


been  justly  honored  with  the  title  of  the  father  of  our 
English  authorized  version. 

It  is  mournfully  interesting  to  record  in  memory  of 
his  learned  and  faithful  assistants  that  one  of  them, 
John  Fry,  was  burned  at  the  stake  for  heresy,  on  account 
of  his  share  in  this  work  of  translation,  at  Smithfield, 
London,  in  1552,  and  another,  the  Monk  William  Roye, 
was  put  to  death  for  the  same  offence,  in  Portugal,  in 
1553,  while  a  third,  Miles  Coverdale,  a  priest,  barely 
escaped  death,  and  even  while  in  prison,  for  this  same 
matter,  edited  an  edition  of  the  Bible  in  1535,  which 
was  dedicated  to  the  king  of  England.  In  his  preface 
Coverdale  declared  that  he  "  had  not  changed  so  much 
as  one  word  for  the  benefit  of  any  sect,  but  had  with  a 
clear  conscience  purely  and  faithfully  translated  out  of 
the  foregoing  interpreters,  having  only  before  his  eyes 
the  manifest  truth  of  Scriptures."  This  was  the  first 
edition  of  the  entire  Bible  that  was  printed  in  English, 
and  was  also  the  first  authorized  version.  It  was  pub- 
lished in  six  volumes,  folio,  with  marginal  notes  and 
cross-references,  and  illustrated  with  many  wood-cuts. 

Lord  Cromwell,  secretary  to  Henry  the  Eighth,  vicar- 
general  in  church  affairs,  favored  this  edition,  and  by 
the  king's  authority  published  a  decree,  commanding, 
"Every  person  or  proprietary  of  every  parish  church 
within  the  realm  should,  before  the  first  of  August, 
1536,  provide  a  book  of  the  whole  Bible,  both  in  Latin 
and  English,  and  lay  it  in  the  choir,  for  every  man  that 
would  to  look  and  read  therein." 

Tindale's  version  was  edited  by  the  martyr  John 
Rogers,  who  prudently  assumed  the  name  of  Thomas 
Matthewe  as  a  disguise,  because  of  the  enemies  of  Tin- 
dale,  whose  intimate  friend  he  was.  This  edition  fol- 
lowed Tindale's  version  as  far  as  the  end  of  Chronicles, 
and  that  of  Rogers  for  the  rest.  Many  wood-cuts  em- 
bellished both  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  the  book  of 
Revelation  having  one  to  each  chapter. 

Cranmer  presented  a  copy  of  it  to  Lord  Cromwell  in 
1558,  asking  his  intercession  with  the  king  for  the 
royal  authority,  which  was  granted.  A  royal  proclama- 
tion also  informed  the  people  that  it  had  pleased  the 
king  to  permit  and  command  that  the  Bible,  printed  in 
the  English  language,  should  be  used  for  instruction  in 
every  parish  church. 

The  Roman  party  still  opposed  the  printing  of  the 
Bible  in  English  with  all  their  might,  and  especially  its 
free  distribution  and  use  by  the  people,  but  the  friends 
of  the  Reformation  were  encouraged,  and  the  people  all 
over  England  attended  in  crowds  to  hear  the  book  read. 

Henry  the  Eighth  sanctioned  an  edition,  and  asked 
permission  from  Francis  the  First  to  print  it  in  France, 
and  this  having  been  granted,  the  work  was  forwarded 
under  the  care  of  Coverdale,  until  the  enterprise  was 
defeated  by  the  Inquisition,  and  the  whole  edition  of 
2500  copies  was  ordered  to  be  burned.  A  few  copies 
were  saved,  with  the  type  and  presses,  and  the  work 
was  completed  in  England  in  1539. 

Henry  the  Eighth's  supremacy  and  freedom  in  church 
matters  from  the  Pope  of  Rome  was  settled  by  Parlia- 
ment in  1534,  the  year  in  which  the  Church  of  England 
was  established,  and  from  that  time  the  work  of  trans- 
lating and  printing  the. Bible  in  the  English  language 


IV 


INTRODUCTORY  HISTORY  OF  THE  HOLY  BIBLE 


has  been  a  powerful  aid  in  the  work  of  the  great  Re- 
formation. 

Although  the  Roman  party,  led  by  Gardner,  Bishop 
of  Winchester,  opposed  the  measure,  both  in  public  and 
in  private,  yet  the  king  favored  it,  on  account  partly  of 
the  great  influence  of  Queen  Ann  Bullen.  An  edition 
was  printed  by  Whitchurch  and  Grafton,  with  a  frontis- 
piece of  great  beauty,  designed  by  Holbein. 

A  corrected  reprint  of  Matthewe's  Bible  was  issued 
by  Richard  Taverner  in  1539,  under  the  patronage  of 
Lord  Cromwell,  to  whom  the  king  granted  the  exclusive 
privilege  of  printing  English  Bibles  for  five  years. 

After  the  death  of  Lord  Cromwell,  in  1540,  the  Ro- 
man party  gained  such  strength  that  Parliament  was 
influenced  to  pass  a  law  abolishing  Tindale's  version, 
because  it  was  said  to  have  been  "  full  of  errors  and  to 
produce  many  evils,  heresies  and  mischiefs,  destructive 
of  the  harmony  and  peace  of  the  realm."  Under  this 
act  Grafton  was  imprisoned,  fined  a  large  sum,  and  re- 
leased only  under  a  heavy  bond  that  he  would  not  print 
or  sell  English  Bibles. 

The  king's  proclamation  also  prohibited  the  having  or 
reading  Wycliffe's,  Tindale's  and  Coverdale's  versions. 

Under  Edward  the  Sixth  the  restrictions  against  hav- 
ing and  reading  the  Bible  in  English  were  removed,  and 
it  was  ordered  that  parsons  and  others  in  the  church 
service  should  have  read  Scriptures  in  both  Latin  and 
English,  with  the  paraphrase  of  Erasmus  in  English, 
and  also  that  the  mass  should  be  said  in  English. 

The  Liturgy  was  completed  and  established  by  act  of 
Parliament  in  1549. 

Romanism  was  restored  to  power  by  law  under  Queen 
Mary  in  1553,  John  Rogers  was  burned  at  the  stake, 
and  many  Protestant  scholars  and  divines  were  driven 
into  exile,  when  they  went  to  Geneva,  where  they  en- 
tered into  the  spirit  of  translation  with  an  increased 
vigor  in  1539. 

An  edition  of  the  whole  Bible  (omitting  the  Apocry- 
pha) was  printed  at  Geneva  in  1560,  in  English,  which 
is  called  the  Geneva  Bible,  and  it  held  the  popular  favor 
for  sixty  years,  giving  way  only  to  the  authorized  ver- 
sion of  King  James.  A  Bible  Dictionary  was  added  to 
it  in  1578.  A  curious  feature  in  it  was  an  attempt  to 
give  the  Hebrew  names  of  persons  in  English  letters,  as 
Heva  for  Eve,  Izhak  for  Isaac,  Jeremidhu  for  Jeremiah. 

Matthew  Parker,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  published 
the  "Bishop's  Bible"  in  1568,  in  one  volume  folio,  in 
which  there  were  a  number  of  wood-cuts,  maps  and  cop- 
per-plate engravings  of  interesting  places  and  things,  both 
in  the  Old  and  the  New  Testaments,  and  the  Apocrypha. 

At  length,  in  1582,  the  Roman  Church  yielded  to  the 
popular  demand  for  the  Scriptures  in  English,  and  is- 
sued the  Douay  (doo-a)  version,  translated  from  the 
Latin  Vulgate,  and  not  from  the  original  Greek.  The 
historian  Fuller  said  that  "the  Douay  Bible  was  a  trans- 
lation which  needed  to  be  translated,"  and  also  that 
"  its  editors  by  all  means  labored  to  suppress  the  light 
of  truth  under  one  pretence  or  another." 

The  Old  Testament  was  translated  by  William  Allen 
(Cardinal),  Gregory  Martin  and  Richard  Briston,  and 
published  at  Douay  in  1610,  the  New  Testament  having 
been  published  at  Rheims  in  1582.     The  notes  were 


supplied  by  Thomas  Worthington,  and  the  whole  has 
continued  until  the  present  time  in  favor  and  authority 
in  the  Roman  Church  as  its  standard  version  in  English. 

King  James  the  First,  in  1604,  on  the  motion  in 
Hampton  Court  Conference  having  been  made  by  Dr. 
John  Reynolds,  a  Puritan,  selected  fifty-four  scholars 
and  divines,  of  whom  forty-seven  served  in  making  a 
new  translation. 

There  were  among  them  men  of  various  parties,  as  of 
the  High  Church,  Andrews,  Barlow,  Montague,  Overal  and 
Saravia ;  of  the  Puritans,  Reynolds,  Chaderton  and  Livlie ; 
and  of  those  who  were  of  no  church  party,  Henry  Saville 
and  John  Boyse.  These  men  were  all  distinguished  for 
piety  and  eminent  learning  in  Oriental  languages. 

There  were  no  records  of  the  meetings  of  the  trans- 
lators preserved,  so  far  as  known,  but  their  rules  for 
proceeding  with  their  work  were  published. 

When  each  company  had  met  together  to  examine 
and  agree  upon  the  readings  of  the  text,  "  one  of  the 
party  would  read  the  translation,  while  the  others  held 
in  their  hands  some  version  of  the  Scriptures  in  either 
one  of  the  learned  tongues,  and  if  any  error  or  fault 
was  noticed  they  spoke ;  if  not,  he  read  on."  The  work 
was  completed  in  three  years.  The  introduction  and 
argument  of  each  book  were  written  by  Thomas  Bilson, 
Bishop  of  Winchester,  and  Dr.  Smith.  The  preface  was 
the  work  of  Dr.  Miles  Smith,  who  was  afterward  Bishop 
of  Gloucester.  In  this  he  says,  "  We,  building  upon 
their  foundation  that  went  before  us,  and  being  holpen 
by  their  labors,  do  endeavor  to  make  better  that  which 
they  left  so  good,  no  man,  we  are  sure,  hath  cause  to  mis- 
take us.  They,  we  persuade  ourselves,  if  they  were  alive, 
would  thank  us."  And  he  also  said  that  "it  was  their 
aim,  not  to  make  a  new  translation,  nor  yet  to  make  of 
a  bad  one  a  good  one,  but  to  make  a  good  one  better,  or 
out  of  many  good  ones  one  principal  good  one." 

The  work  was  completed  and  published  in  1611,  with 
the  following  title :  — 

"  The  Holy  Bible,  conteyning  the  Old  Testament  and 
the  New,  newly  translated  out  of  the  Originall  Tongues, 
and  with  the  former  Translations  diligently  compared 
and  revised  by  his  Majestie's  Speciall  Comandement. 
Imprinted  at  London,  by  Robert  Barker,  Printer  to  the 
King's  most  excellent  Majestic     1611." 

The  only  pay  these  men  received  for  their  long  and 
faithful  service  was  thirty  pounds  to  each  one  of  the 
six  editors  who  made  the  last  revision,  by  the  Company 
of  Stationers.  The  king  would  not  pay  out  of  his  own 
treasury,  and  only  gave  a  shadowy  promise  of  1000 
marks  (about  $4000),  by  an  invitation  to  the  archbishops 
and  bishops  to  collect  money  from  those  willing  to  con- 
tribute ;  but  nothing  came  of  it. 

The  Authorized  Version,  published  under  the  sanction 
of  King  James  the  First  in  1611,  from  which  this  Bible 
is  a  copy,  without  change,  except  in  a  few  cases  of  or- 
thography, such  as  original  for  "originall,"  as  it  stands 
in  the  title  of  1611,  has  been  everywhere  commended 
for  its  faithfulness  to  the  original  Hebrew  and  Greek 
Scriptures,  its  pure  and  forcible  English,  its  plain  but 
dignified  forms  of  expression,  and  its  idiom,  true  to  the 
genius  of  our  tongue,  as  all  that  can  be  desired. 

Its  chief  value  to  the  English-speaking  world  is  its 


INTRODUCTORY  HISTORY  OF  THE  HOLY  BIBLE 


pure  English,  which  dates  from  a  time  before  the  intro- 
duction of  the  vast  number  of  words  from  the  modern 
languages,  which  more  often  obscure  the  meaning  than 
help  to  a  clear  idea  of  what  is  in  the  mind.  Addison, 
the  eminent  critic,  says,  "The  translators  of  the  Bible 


were  masters  of  the  English  style,  far  fitter  for  that 
work  than  any  we  see  in  our  present  writings."  The 
best  writers,  from  that  day  to  this,  have,  clothed  their 
choicest  thought  in  its  pure  idiom,  so  that  its  influence 
may  be  traced  all  through  English  literature. 


AMERICAN  EDITIONS  OE  THE  BIBLE. 


Prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War  the  English  Bibles 
used  in  this  country  were  obtained  in  Europe,  and  at 
the  time  of  American  independence  but  two  editions  in 
any  language  had  been  printed  in  the  United  States. 

The  first  Bible  published  in  this  country  was  a  trans- 
lation into  the  Natick  Indian  dialect  by  the  Rev.  John 
Eliot,  a  missionary,  and  printed  by  Samuel  Green  and 
Marmaduke  Johnson  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1663. 
The  book  was  a  small  quarto,  and  five  years  were  re- 
quired to  print  the  first  edition.  The  tribe  of  Indians 
for  whom  this  translation  was  made  has  long  been  ex- 
tinct, and  of  course  the  language  is  dead.  It  is  claimed 
that  there  is  no  one  now  living  who  can  read  it.  The 
very  few  copies  of  this  Bible  in  existence  are  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  larger  American  and  European  libraries. 

The  first  Bible  printed  in  this  country  in  a  European 
language  was  that  published  in  the  German  by  Chris- 
topher Saur,  at  Germantown,  Pa.  (now  a  prominent 
section  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia),  in  1743.  Luther's 
translation  was  used  for  copy,  and  it  was  printed  in 
large  quarto  size  from  type  obtained  in  Germany. 
Nearly  all  the  sheets  of  the  third  edition  were  de- 
stroyed during  the  battle  of  Germantown.  Copies  of  the 
first  edition  of  the  Saur  Bible  are  now  extremely  rare, 
and  are  held  at  a  very  high  value  by  their  possessors. 

According  to  Isaiah  Thomas,  a  publisher  in  Worcester, 
Mass.,  about  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  the  first 
edition  of  the  Bible  in  English  published  in  America  was 
printed  about  1752,  with  great  privacy  by  Kneeland  & 
Green,  in  Boston.  It  was  printed  for  Daniel  Henchman, 
and  had  the  London  imprint  on  the  title-page,  to  avoid 
detection  by  the  officers  of  the  Crown.  It  was  an  unlaw- 
ful enterprise,  as  Great  Britain  did  not  allow  the  Bible 
to  be  printed  either  at  home  or  in  the  colonies,  except 
by  royal  license. 

The  first  Bible  printed  in  America  in  the  English 
language  was  published  in  a  small  duodecimo  form  and 
brevier  type  by  Robert  Aitken,  at  Philadelphia,  in  1782. 
The  paper  was  made  in  Pennsylvania,  and  the  printing 
and  binding  were  done  in  Philadelphia.  These  Bibles 
are  now  hard  to  find. 

The  first  folio  edition,  and  also  the  first  royal  quarto 
edition,  of  the  Bible  in  English  published  in  America 
came  from  the  press  of  Isaiah  Thomas,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  in  1791. 

A  King  James  Bible,  in  quarto  size,  was  published  by 
Isaac  Collins,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  in  1791.  This  Bible  was 
bound  in  two  volumes,  and  the  first  edition  consisted  of 
three  thousand  copies. 

Hodge  &  Campbell,  New  York,  published  in  1792  a 
self-interpreting  Bible,  by  Rev.  John  Brown,  in  forty 
numbers  folio.  The  name  of  George  Washington,  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  heads  the  list  of  subscribers. 


.  Matthew  Carey,  Philadelphia,  published  his  first  edition 
of  the  quarto  Bible  in  1801.  This  was  known  as  the 
"Standing  Edition,"  from  the  fact  that  Carey  had  suffi- 
cient type  to  set  up  the  entire  Bible  at  once. 

Samuel  Etheridge  published  a  quarto  edition  of  the 
Bible,  with  engravings,  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  in  1803. 

In  1805,  Gottlieb  Yungman  issued  at  Reading,  Pa., 
a  German  edition  of  the  Bible,  in  quarto  size,  that  in 
typography  and  general  appearance  was  a  counterpart 
of  the  Saur  Bible. 

Kimber,  Conrad  &  Co.,  Philadelphia,  later  Kimber  & 
Sharpless,  were  extensive  publishers  of  Bibles.  Their 
first  Bible  was  printed  in  1807,  and  in  1823  a  quarto 
Bible  was  published,  which  they  continued  to  reissue  for 
twenty-one  years,  when  the  plates  were  sold  to  Jesper 
Harding.  Their  first  edition  of  the  Bible  in  German 
appeared  in  1827,  and  its  publication  was  continued 
through  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century. 

In  1808,  Jane  Aitken  (a  daughter  of  Robert  Ait- 
ken) published,  in  four  volumes  octavo,  a  version  of  the 
Bible  in  English,  translated  from  the  Greek  by  Charles 
Thomson,  the  secretary  of  the  first  Continental  Con- 
gress. 

Ezra  Sargent,  New  York,  published  in  1811  a  quarto 
edition  of  the  Bible,  "  with  a  Commentary  and  critical 
notes,  designed  as  a  help  to  the  better  understanding  of 
the  Sacred  Writings,  by  Adam  Clarke,  LL.  D."  This 
was  the  first  edition  with  Clarke's  notes  that  appeared 
in  the  United  States. 

The  first  Bible  printed  in  this  country  from  stereo- 
type plates  cast  in  the  United  States  came  from  the 
press  of  D.  &  G.  Bruce,  New  York,  in  1815. 

In  1819,  Johann  Baer  published  at  Lancaster,  Pa.,  a 
German  Bible  in  folio  that  was  probably  the  first  folio 
edition  in  German  printed  in  the  United  States. 

An  8vo  edition  of  the  Bible,  "  with  amendments  to  the 
language  by  Noah  Webster,"  was  published  by  Durrie  & 
Peck,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  in  1833. 

Jesper  Harding,  Philadelphia,  afterward  succeeded  by 
his  son,  William  W.  Harding,  published  his  first  edition 
of  the  quarto  Bible  in  1843,  and  continued  to  publish 
edition  after  edition,  with  and  without  illustrations,  for 
more  than  thirty  years. 

In  1872,  the  first  edition  of  the  Holman  quarto  Bible 
appeared,  published  by  A.  J.  Holman  &  Co.,  Philadel- 
phia, who  succeeded  to  the  Bible-publishing  business  of 
William  W.  Harding.  The  first  Holman  Bible  issued 
became  immediately  popular,  and  the  success  attained 
has  been  increased  by  the  addition  of  new  electrotype 
and  stereotype  plates  from  time  to  time,  until  at  pre- 
sent the  Holman  Bibles  are  printed  from  fifteen  differ- 
ent styles  of  type,  including  editions  in  the  German, 
Danish,  Swedish,  Norwegian,  and  Finnish  languages. 


VI 


INTRODUCTORY  HISTORY  OF  THE  HOLY  BIBLE. 


The  oldest  version  in  any  language  of  which  there 
is  a  record  is  the  Septuagint,  written  in  Greek,  at  Alex- 
andria, Egypt,  B.  c.  286-280.  The  oldest  known  copy 
of  this  version  is  written  on  thin  vellum,  contains  the 
whole  Bible,  and  is  dated  in  the  fifth  century ;  now  in 
the  British  Museum,  and  is  called 


GlLB/\e^A.C2seo\Ce\TTBHAT 


TO\C 


£    K^TJe7TAHerN0HCAh4OieXlKON 

TecMe 

TTOAXOieTTANeCTHCANOTreM  G  * 


TTAP  A.lNo\cToir~ro 

This  specimen  is  from  a  copy  in  the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  a  palimpsest,  and  belongs 

,  j.Q  ^e  sixth  century.    It  is  from  the  Gospel  of  Mat« 

thew,  xix.  26.  „ 


This  specimen  is  from  a  copy  of  the  Book  of  Genesta, 
written  for  Origen,  in  Greek,  A.  D.  185  to  255,  and  shows 
a  very  neat  and  clear  text,  as  well  as  all  the  others. 


The  Codex  Alexandrinus. 


JwiceocoyAorizeTAi' 


The  Codex  Vaticanus  is  a  manuscript  in  the  Vatican 
Library,  Borne ;  contains  the  whole  Bible,  except  a  few 
lost  leaves,  and  belongs  to  the  fourth  century. 

KKlOMOXOroyMe 

NcucMerAecT/H 


n 


-.:*,- 


The  oldest  He- 
brew  MS.  known  is 
dated  A.  d.  489 ;  is  a 
roll,  and  was  found 
in  the  Karaite  Syna- 
gogue in  the  Crimea.  » 

The  specimen  given  V  £ 

here  is  from  a  Pentateuch,  written  originally  on  a  roll  of  leather,  preserved  in  Odessa,  and  was 
brought  from  Darbend,  in  Daghestan.  It  was  corrected  in  A.  d.  580,  and  was  therefore  written  before 
that  time.    The  text  is  from  Malachi  iv.  6. 


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As  a  specimen  of  the  ancient  Hebrew  letter  used  about  the  time  that  Paul  was  a  pupil  of  Gama- 
liel, here  is  a  copy  from  a  gravestone  in  the 


Crimea,  of  the  year  A.  D.  6.  This  style  of  letter 
is  like  that  on  the  coins  of  the  Maccabees,  B.  c. 
139,  and  other  coins  down  to  A.  d.  130. 


The  Cod-ex  Sinaiticus  was  found  in  the  Convent  on 
Mount  Sinai,  and  belongs  to  the  sixth  century,  but  is  a 
copy  of  one  of  an  earlier  date.    Besides  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments,  it  has  the  Gospel  and  Epistles  of  Barnabas  and  the  Epistle  of  Hermas, 
Fragments  of  the  Gospel  are  contained  in  a  palimpsest  MS.  in  a  library  at  Wolfen-buttel, 


■;  : 


Germany,  where  the  ancient  Greek  letters  have  been  scraped  off,  and  a  modern  text  written 

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over  them,  but  not  entirely  obliterating  the  ancient  writing.  The  first  speci- 
men is  from  Luke  i.  6.  The  next  is  one  which  was  found  at  the  Convent  on 
the  Natron  Lakes,  Egypt,  and  is  Luke  xx.  9,  10,  with  a  work  of  Severus  of 


'papers?  &  i. 

^  1*1^  *1  ^  %  V     ^1^1         {On  a  gravestone  at  Sim* 
.    |/  I— X  j  I      J    J    |  §\  |    pheropol,  Crimea.) 

))tVl1  n/T^"     J^      '   "This  is  the  grave  of 
«  |»  IJ«J,pi  |^       IJ     Buki,   son   of  Isaac,   the 

hfcV*-  ft\)]W*    iTlt^  priest ;  may  his  rest  be  in 

•VU;.jllylU.      ily  Paradise!     [Died]  at  the 

1  W  (I  HI  £Y    .  S'SA  time  of  the  deliverance  of 

r*w       /       f  Israe1'  in  the  year  702  of 

iJ/^SV)    D^ICy  our  captivity"  (i.e.A.D.  6). 


Antioch  over  it.  It  is  dated  A.  D.  550.  Both  the  specimens  of  writing  are 
fine  examples  of  the  art.  The  great  price  of  writing  material,  skins,  parch- 
ment, vellum  or  cloth  and  papyrus,  caused  the  loss  of  many  old  books,  whose 
letters  were  erased  to  make  room  for  some  new  work. 


The  oldest  printed  Hebrew  Bible  (Old  Testament)  was  Issued  at  Soncino, 
Italy,  A.  D.  1487_,  in  folio.  The  Complutensian  Polyglott  was  published  at  the 
expense  of  Cardinal  Ximenes  in  1514-1522,  in  6  vols,  folio,  and  sold  at  fifteen 
dollars.  The  last  specimen  on  this  page  is  Greek,  from  the  text  of  John  i.  1,  2, 
and  is  dated  a.  d.  995.    The  initial  letter  is  in  blue  and  red  colors,  and  is  very 

f  AHA  K/Jl  Jg.  T  nXQ - 

'flApfflJjmOAJ* 

KAiWHHjyyont* 

^THHN-iNAfXH 


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finely  "illuminated."  The  first  book  printed  was  the  Bible,  in  Latin;  and 
the  splendid  pages  of  the  Mazarin  Vulgate,  printed  by  Gutenberg  and  Faust 
in  1455,  at  Mainz,  are  not  surpassed  at  this  day  as  specimens  of  typography. 
And  the  style  of  the  letter  has  not  been  improved  upon  since  that  time  for 
elegance  of  shape  or  distinctness. 


THE    TEMPLE    LIBRARY    AND    SCHOOL    AT 

NIPPUR,  BABYLONIA 


(From  "  Explorations  in  Bible  Lands  during  the  19th  Century,"  by  H.  V.  Hilprecht,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  D.  D.,  Clark  Research  Professor  of 
Assyriology,  and  Scientific  Director  of  the  Babylonian  Expedition,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  Pa.) 

(Copyright  1903,  By  A.  J.  HOLM  AN  &  CO.) 


The  early  Babylonians,  who  excelled  all  other  ancient 
nations  of  the  same  period  in  their  lofty  religious  concep- 
tions, in  the  depth  of  their  sentiment  and  in  the  scientific 
character  of  their  investigations,  did  not  suffer  anything 
in  their  schoolrooms  that  would  tend  to  distract  the 
minds  of  the  pupils  and  to  interfere  with  their  proper 
occupation.  The  temple  library  of  ancient  Nippur  was 
eminently  a  place  of  study  and  a  seat  of  learning,  where 


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NORTHEAST  PORTION  OP  THE  TEMrLE  LIBRARY 
AT  NIPPUR 

Surveyed  and  drawn  by  Geere 
A,  B.  Excavated  groups  of  rooms  and  galleries 

1,2,  3,  Rooms  with  clay  ledges  which  produced  especially 
large  numbers  of  cuneiform  tablets 

4,  5.  Tirra-cotta  drains  belonging  to  late  graves 


the  attention  of  all  those  who  assembled  for  work  was 
concentrated  upon  but  one  subject,  —  the  infusing  or 
acquiring  of  knowledge.  In  accordance  with  an  ancient 
Oriental  custom  even  now  universally  prevailing  in  the 
East  —  in  the  great  Mohammedan  university  of  Cairo 
as  well  as  in  the  small  village  schools  of  Asia  Minor  — 
we  should  imagine  the  Babylonian  students  of  the  time 
of  Abraham  being  seated  on  the  floor  with  crossed  legs, 
respectfully  listening  to  the  discourses  of  the  priests, 
asking  questions,  practising  writing  and  calculating  on 
clay  tablets,  or  committing  to  memory  the  contents  of 
representative  cuneiform  texts  by  repeating  them  in  a 
moderately  loud  voice. 


The  "  books  "  required  for  instruction,  reference  and 
general  reading  as  a  rule  were  unbaked  clay  tablets 
stored  on  shelves,  or  sometimes  deposited  in  jars.  The 
shelves  were  made  either  of  wood,  —  as  ordinarily  was 
the  case  also  in  the  business  houses  on  the  western  side 
of  the  Chebar,  —  or  of  clay,  for  which  rooms  Nos.  1-3 
on  the  accompanying  plan  of  the  "  Northeast  Portion  of 
the  Temple  Library  "  offer  appropriate  examples.  These 
clay  ledges  were  built  up  in  crude  bricks  to  a  height  of 
nearly  twenty  inches  from  the  apparent  floor  level,  and 
on  an  average  were  about  one  and  a  half  feet  wide.  Two 
of  the  rooms  (Nos.  1  and  3)  yielded  tablets  and  frag- 
ments by  the  thousands,  and  are  among  the  largest  thus 
far  excavated  in  "  Tablet  Hill."  To  preserve  the  fragile 
"  books  "  from  dampness,  the  clay  shelves  were  probably 
covered  with  matting  or  with  a  coating  of  bitumen. 
According  to  the  report  of  the  architects,  traces  of  the 
last-mentioned  material  seem  to  have  been  disclosed  on 
the  ledge  of  the  large  hall  (No.  1). 

To  judge  from  the  contents  of  more  than  twenty-four 
thousand  tablets  hurriedly  examined,  it  is  almost  certain 
that  the  vast  complex  of  houses  buried  under  the  trian- 
gular mound  was  used  by  the  Babylonians  for  at  least 
two  distinct  purposes.  Though  literary  tablets  in  small 
numbers  occurred  almost  everywhere  in  the  hill,  the 
large  mass  of  them  was  found  within  a  comparatively 
small  radius  in  and  around  the  central  rooms  of  the 
northeast  portion.  On  the  other  hand,  there  was  not 
a  single  business  document  unearthed  in  that  general 
neighborhood,  while  more  than  one  thousand  dated  con- 
tracts, account  lists  and  letters  came  from  the  south- 
west rooms  of  the  mound.  It  would  therefore  seem 
natural  to  conclude  that  in  view  of  the  doubtless  large 
traffic  carried  on  by  boats  on  the  Chebar,  the  business 
and  administrative  department  of  the  temple  was  estab- 
lished on  the  bank  of  "  the  great  canal,"  and  the  edu- 
cational department  —  the  school  and  the  technical 
library  —  in  the  rooms  nearest  to  the  temple.  Tablets 
were  doubtless  frequently  taken  out  of  the  one  section 
and  placed  temporarily  in  the  other,  while  certain  works 
of  reference  seem  to  have  been  deposited  in  both. 

The  character  of  the  northeast  wing  as  a  combined 
library  and  school  was  determined  immediately  after  an 
examination  of  the  contents  of  the  unearthed  tablets 
and  fragments.  There  is  a  large  number  of  rudely  fash- 
ioned specimens  inscribed  in  such  a  naive  and  clumsy 
manner  with  old-Babylonian  characters,  that  it  seems 
impossible  to  regard  them  as  anything  else  but  the  first 
awkward  attempts  at  writing  by  unskilled  hands,  —  so- 
called  school  exercises.  Those  who  attended  a  class  evi- 
dently had  to  bring  their  writing  material  with  them, 


Till 


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receiving  instruction  not  only  in  inscribing  and  reading 
cuneiform  tablets,  but  also  in  shaping  them  properly, 
for  not  a  few  of  the  round  and  rectangular  tablets 
were  uninscribed.  The  contents  of  these  interesting 
"  scraps"  of  clay  from  a  Babylonian  "  waste  basket "  are 
as  unique  and  manifold  as  their  forms  are  peculiar. 
They  enable  us  to  study  the  methods  of  writing  and 
reading,  and  the  way  in  which  a  foreign  language  (Su- 
merian)  was  taught  at  Nippur  in  the  third  pre-Christian 
millennium. 

The  very  first  lesson  in  writing  that  the  children 
received  is  brought  vividly  before  us.  I  refer  to  sev- 
eral large  tablets  comparatively  neatly  inscribed.  They 
contain  the  three  simple  elements  of  which  cuneiform 
signs  are  generally  composed,  in  the  order 
here  given  and  repeated  again  and  again 
over  three  columns.  Or  I  mention  a  much 
smaller  table  showing  nothing  but  the 
last  given  wedge  dozens  of  times  inscribed  in  horizontal 
lines  upon  the  clay.  When  the  first  difficulties  had  been 
mastered  by  the  student,  he  had  to  put  those  three  ele- 
ments together  and  make  real  cuneiform  signs.  As  we 
do  in  our  Assyrian  and  Babylonian  classes  to-day,  the  easi- 
est and  most  simple  characters  were  selected  first.  The 
pupil  was  then  told  to  group  them  together  in  different 
ways,  generally  without  regard  to  their  meaning,  simply 
for  the  sake  of  fixing  them  firmly  in  mind.  There  are 
a  good  many  specimens  preserved  which  illustrate  this 
"  second  step  "  in  the  study  of  Babylonian  writing.  We 
have,  e.  g.,  a  large  fragment  with  two  identical  columns, 
in  which  every  line  begins  with  the  sign  ba:  1.  ba-a, 
2.  ba-mu,  3.  ba-ba-mu,  4.  ba-ni,  5.  ba-ni-ni,  6.  ba-ni-a, 
7.  ba-ni-mu,  etc.  Another  fragment  deals  with  more  dif- 
ficult characters  placed  alongside  each  other  in  a  simi- 
lar manner :  1.  za-an-tur,  2.  za-an-tur-tur,  3.  za-an-ka, 
4.  za-an-ka-ka,  5.  za-an-ka-a,  6.  za-an-ka-mu.  A  frag- 
ment of  the  easier  sort  of  exercises  offers,  1.  an-ni-si, 
2.  an-ni-su,  3.  an-ni-mu,  etc.  A  fourth  one  is  of  addi- 
tional value,  because  it  contains  no  less  than  four  mistakes 
in  a  comparatively  small  space.  Let  me  correct  the  ex- 
ercises of  this  young  Babylonian  who  lived  prior  to  Abra- 
ham and  transliterate  what  he  has  to  say  :  1.  shi-ni, 
2.  shi-ni-mu,  3.  shi-ni-da-a,  4.  shi-tur,  5.  shi-tur-tur.  It 
would  be  interesting  to  know  how  such  apparent  care- 
lessness or  stupidity  was  dealt  with  by  the  professors  in 
the  great  Bel  college  and  university  of  Calneh. 

But  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  go  through  the  whole 
prescribed  "  college "  course,  which  possibly  even  at 
those  early  times  lasted  three  years,  as  it  did  in  the  days 
of  Daniel  (Dan.  1 :  4,  5).  After  the  student  had  been 
well  drilled  in  writing  and  reading  the  simple  and  more 
complicated  cuneiform  signs,  he  began  to  write  words 
and  proper  names.  At  the  same  time  lists  were  placed 
before  him  from  which  to  study  all  the  difficult  ideo- 
graphic values  which  the  Sumerians  associated  with 
their  numerous  characters.  These  syllabaries  and  lexi- 
cographical lists  are  of  the  utmost  importance  for  our 
own  scientific  investigations,  and  will  greatly  help  us  in 
extending  and  deepening  our  knowledge  of  the  Sumerian 
language.  I  remember  having  seen  hundreds  of  them 
among  the  tablets  which  I  cleaned  and  examined  in 
Nuffar  and  Constantinople.     Even  in  their  outside  ap- 


pearance, as  a  rule,  they  are  easily  distinguished  from 
tablets  dealing  with  other  subjects.  They  generally  are 
long  but  very  narrow,  rounded  on  the  left  edge  and  also 
at  the  upper  or  lower  end,  or  both  at  the  same  time. 
The  right  side,  on  the  contrary,  is  always  flat,  as  if 
cut  off  a  large  tablet,  which  while  wet  was  divided  into 
several  pieces. 

There  are  also  grammatical  exercises,  exhibiting  how 
the  student  was  instructed  in  analyzing  Sumerian  ver- 
bal forms,  in  joining  the  personal  pronouns  to  different 
substantives,  in  forming  entire  sentences,  in  translating 
from  the  Sumerian  into  the  Semitic  dialect  of  Babylonia 
and  vice  versa.  His  preparations  look  pretty  much  like 
those  of  the  modern  student  who  excerpts  all  the  words 
unknown  to  him  from  Caesar's  "  Gallic  Wars  "  or  Xeno- 
phon's  Anabasis  for  his  work  in  the  class  room. 

Special  attention  was  paid  to  counting  and  calculating. 
Even  instruction  in  drawing,  and  surveying  lessons  were 
offered.  There  are  a  few  tablets  which  contain  exer- 
cises in  drawing  horizontal  and  inclined  parallel  lines, 
zigzag  lines,  lines  arranged  in  squares,  lozenge  forms, 
lattice-work  and  other  geometrical  figures. 

The  course  in  art  led  gradually  up  to  free-hand  draw- 
ing from  nature,  and  probably  included  also  lessons  in 
clay  modelling  and  in  glyptics  and  sculpture  (seal  cylin- 
ders, bas-reliefs  and  statues).  Several  fragments  of 
unbaked  tablets  exhibited  portions  of  animals  and  trees 
more  or  less  skilfully  incised  in  clay.  One  bird  was  ex- 
ecuted very  poorly.  A  lioness,  two  harnessed  horses 
and  a  chariot — the  latter  two  pieces  doubtless  from  the 
upper  strata  —  showed  decided  talents  on  the  part  of 
those  who  drew  them.  Ground  plans  of  fields,  gardens, 
canals,  houses,  etc.,  were  found  more  commonly.  As 
according  to  my  knowledge  the  horse  appears  in  Baby- 
lonia first  shortly  before  the  middle  of  the  second  mil- 
lennium, without  hesitation  we  can  fix  the  date  of  the 
drawing  of  those  harnessed  horses  as  being  about  a 
thousand  years  later  than  the  school  exercises  previously 
treated.  That  art  in  general  was  greatly  esteemed  and 
cultivated  by  the  priests  of  Nippur  may  be  inferred  from 
the  considerable  number  of  clay  figurines,  terra-cotta 
reliefs  and  even  fragments  of  sculpture  discovered  in  the 
ruins  of  the  temple  library.  Apart  from  several  new 
mythological  representations  of  the  earlier  time,  I  refer 
briefly  to  two  fine  identical  reliefs  of  the  later  period 
made  from  different  moulds  and  exhibiting  a  hog,  the 
animal  sacred  to  the  god  Ninib,  son  of  Bel  ;  or  to  an 
exquisitely  modelled  buffalo  walking  slowly  and  heavily, 
and  holding  his  mouth  and  nose  upward  in  a  manner 
characteristic  of  these  animals.  There  is  another  well 
executed  bas-relief  which  shows  Beltis  adorned  with  a 
long  robe.  In  her  left  hand  the  goddess  has  the  same 
symbol  which  we  often  see  with  Bel,  while  with  her  right 
hand  she  leads  a  richly  dressed  worshipper  to  her  shrine. 
Lastly  I  mention  a  much  earlier  terra-cotta  relief  de- 
picting a  somewhat  poetical  pastoral  scene.  A  shepherd 
playing  the  lute  has  attracted  the  attention  of  his  dog, 
who  is  evidently  accompanying  his  master's  music  by 
his  melodious  howlings,  and .  another  unknown  ani- 
mal (sheep  ?)  is  likewise  listening  attentively.  The 
whole  scene  reminds  us  of  certain  favorite  subjects  of 
the  classical  artists. 


IX 


THE    NAMES   AND   ORDER 


OF   ALL   THE 


BOOKS  OF  THE  OLD  AND  NEW  TESTAMENTS 


WITH     THE     NUMBER     OF     THEIR     CHAPTERS 


THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  OLD  TESTAMENT. 


PAGE   CHAPS. 


Genesis 17  50 

Exodus 57  40 

Leviticus 91  27 

Numbers 115  36 

Deuteronomy 150  34 

Joshua 179  24 

Judges 199  21 

Ruth .218  4 

I.  Samuel 221  31 

II.  Samuel 246  24 

I.  Kings 268  22 

II.  Kings 293  25 

I.  Chronicles 317  29 


PAGE  CHAPS. 

II.  Chronicles 340  36 

Ezra 367  10 

Nehemiah      ........  376  13 

Esther 387  10 

Job   ...     ., 393  42 

Psalms 414  150 

Proverbs 464  31 

Ecclesiastes 481  12 

The  Song  of  Solomon  ....  487  8 

Isaiah 490  66 

Jeremiah 529  52 

Lamentations 573  5 

Ezekiel 577  48 


PAGE  CHAPS. 

Daniel 617  12 

Hosea  .     .     . 629  14 

Joel .     .  634  3 

Amos 636  9 

Obadiah 641  1 

Jonah 642  4 

Micah 643  7 

Nahum. 646  3 

Habakkuk 648  3 

Zephaniah 649  3 

Haggai 651  2 

Zechariah 652  14 

Malachi 659  4 


THE  BOOKS  OE  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT. 


PAGE   CHAPS. 


Matthew 3  28 

Mark 28  16 

Luke 45  24 

John 73  21 

The  Acts 93  28 

The  Epistle  to  the  Romans      .  120  16 

I.  Corinthians 130  16 

II.  Corinthians     ......  141  13 

Galatians 147  6 


PAGE   CHAPS. 

Ephesians 151  6 

Philippians 154  4 

Colossians 157  4 

I.  Thessalonians 159  5 

II.  Thessalonians 161  3 

I.  Timothy 163  6 

II.  Timothy 165  4 

Titus 167  3 

Philemon 169  1 


PAGE   CHAPS. 

To  the  Hebrews 169  13 

The  Epistle  of  James  .     .     .     .177  5 

I.  Peter 180  5 

II.  Peter 182  3 

I.  John 184  5 

II.  John 187  1 

III.  John  . 187  1 

Jude 188  1 

Revelation 189  22 


CONTENTS 


OF   THE 


BOOKS  OF  THE  OLD  AND  NEW  TESTAMENTS 


Chap. 


GENESIS. 


Creation 1 

Formation  of  Man 2 

The  Fall 3 

Death  of  Abel 4 

Generations  of  Adam 5 

The  Ark 6 

The  Deluge 7 

Waters  assuaged 8 

Death  of  Noah 9 

Noah's  generations. ...    10 

Babel  built 11 

Call  of  Abram 12 

Abram  and  Lot 13 

Battle  of  the  kings 14 

Abram's  faith 15 

Departure  of  Hagar 16 

Circumcision 17 

Abraham  and  the  angels 18 

Destruction  of  Sodom 19 

Abraham  denies  Sarah 20 

Isaac  is  born 21 

Isaac  offered  up 22 

Death  of  Sarah 23 

Isaac  and  Rebecca  meet 24 

Abraham's  death 25 

Isaac  blessed 26 

Jacob  and  Esau 27 

Jacob's  vision  and  vow 28 

Jacob  marries  Rachel 29 

Birth  of  Joseph , 30 

Departure  of  Jacob 31 

Jacob  and  the  angel 32 

Jacob  and  Esau  meet 33 

Shechemites  slain 34 

Jacob's  altar  at  Beth-el 35 

Generations  of  Esau 36 

Joseph  sold  by  his  brethren 37 

Judah's  incest 38 

Joseph  and  his  mistress 39 

Pharaoh's  butler,  etc 40 

Pharaoh's  dreams 41 

Joseph's  brethren  in  Egypt 42 

Joseph  entertains  his  brethren 43 

•  Joseph's  policy  to  his  brethren 44 

Joseph  known  to  his  brethren 45 

Jacob  goes   into  Egypt 46 

Joseph  presents  his  brethren 47 

Joseph  goes  to  his  father 48 

Jacob  blesses  his  sons 49 

Death  of  Joseph 50 

EXODUS. 

The  Israelites  oppressed 1 

Moses  born 2 

The  burning  bush 3 

God's  message  to  Pharaoh 4 

The  bondage  of  the  Israelites 5 

G  od's  promise  renewed 6 

Moses  goes  to  Pharaoh 7 

Plague  of  frogs S 


Chap. 

Plrgues  continued 9 

Plagues  continued 10 

The  Israelites  borrow  jewels 11 

Passover  instituted 12 

Departure  of  the  Israelites 13 

Egyptians  drowned 14 

The  song  of  Moses 15 

Manna  and  quails  sent 16 

Moses  builds  an  altar 17 

Moses  meets  his  wife  and  sons 18 

God's  message  from  Sinai 19 

The  ten  commandments 20 

Laws  against  murder 21 

Laws  against  theft,  etc 22 

Laws  against  false  witness,  etc   ...   23 

Moses  called  into  the  mount 24 

Form  of  the  ark 25 

Curtains  for  the  ark 26 

Altar  of  burnt-offering 27 

Aaron  and  his  sons  made  priests.  . .   28 

Priests  consecrated 29 

Ransom  of  souls 30 

Moses  receives  the  two  tables 31 

Golden  calf.     Tables  broken 32 

God  talks  with  Moses 33 

Tables  renewed 34 

Free  gifts  for  the  Tabernacle 35 

Workmen  receive  the  offerings 36 

Ark,  Mercy-seat,  etc 37 

Sum  of  the  offerings 38 

Holy  garments  made 39 

Tabernacle  anointed 40 


LEVITICUS. 

Burnt-offerings 1 

Meat-offerings 2 

Peace-offerings 3 

Sin-offerings 4 

Trespass-offerings 5 

Trespass-offerings 6 

Law  of  Trespass-offerings 7 

Aaron  and  his  sons  consecrated ....  8 

Aaron's  sin-offering 9 

Nadab  and  Abihu  slain 10 

Unclean   beasts 11 

Purifications 12 

Law  of  leprosy 13 

Law  for  the  leper 14 

Uncleanness  of  issues 15 

Sin-offerings 16 

Blood  forbidden 17 

Unlawful  marriages 18 

Repetition  of  laws 19 

Denunciations  for  sins 20 

Priests'  qualifications 21 

Nature  of  sacrifices 22 

Feasts  of  the  Lord 23 

Shelomith's  son 24 

The  Jubilee 25 

Obedience  required 26 

Nature  of  vows 27 


Chap. 
NUMBERS. 

The  tribes  numbered 1 

Order  of  the  tribes 2 

Levites  appointed  priests 3 

The  service  of  the  Kohathites 4 

Trial  of  jealousy 5 

Law  of  the  Nazarite 6 

Offerings  of  the  princes 7 

Levites  consecrated 8 

Passover  commanded 9 

The  Israelites'  march '.  10 

The  Israelites  loathe  manna 11 

Miriam's  leprosy 12 

Delegates  search  the  land 13 

The  people  murmur  at  the  report .  .  14 

Sundry  laws  given 15 

Korah,  Dathan,  etc.,  slain 16 

Aaron's  rod  flourisheth 17 

Portion  of  the  priests  and  Levites .  .  IS 

Law  of  purification 19 

Moses  smiting  the  rock 20 

Brazen  serpent  appointed 21 

Balak  sends  for  Balaam 22 

Balak's  sacrifices 23 

Balaam's  prophecy 24 

Zimri  and  Cozbi  slain 25 

Israel  numbered 26 

Death  of  Moses  foretold 27 

Offerings  to  be  observed 28 

Offerings  at  feasts 29 

Vows  not  to  be  broken 30 

Midianites  spoiled 31 

Reubenites  and  Gadites  reproved. .  32 

Journeys  of  the  Israelites 33 

Borders  of  the  land  appointed 34 

Cities  of  refuge  appointed 35 

Gilead's  inheritance  retained 36 

DEUTERONOMY. 

Moses  rehearses  God's  promise. ...  1 

Story  of  the  Edomites 2 

Moses  prays  to  see  Canaan 3 

An  exhortation  to  obedience 4 

Ten  Commandments 5 

Obedience  to  the  Law  enjoined ....  6 

Strange  communion  forbidden 7 

God's  mercies  claim  obedience   ...  8 

Israel's  rebellion  rehearsed 9 

The  Tables  restored 10 

An  exhortation  to  obedience 11 

Blood  forbidden 12 

Idolaters  to  be  stoned 13 

Of  meats,  clean  and  unclean 14 

Of  the  year  of  release 15 

The  feast  of  the  Passover 16 

The  choice  and  duty  of  a  king 17 

The  priests'  portion 18 

Cities  of  refuge  appointed 19 

The     priest's    exhortation     before 

battle 20 

Expiation  of  uncertain  murder....  21 


Chap. 

Of  humanity  toward  brethren 22 

Divers  laws  and  ordinances 23 

Of  divorce 24 

Stripes  must  not  exceed  forty 25 

Of  the  offering  of  first-fruits 26 

The  law  to  be  written  on  stones ...  27 

Blessings  and  curses  declared 28 

God's  covenant  with  his  people ....  29 

Mercy  promised  to  the  penitent ....  30 

Moses  giveth  Joshua  a  charge 31 

The  song  of  Moses 32 

The  majesty  of  God 33 

Moses  views  the  land  and  dies. ...  34 

JOSHUA. 

Joshua  succeeds  Moses 1 

Rahab  conceals  the  spies 2 

The  waters  of  Jordan  divided 3 

Twelve  stones  for  a  memorial 4 

Manna  ceases 5 

Jericho  besieged  and  taken 6 

Achan's  sin  punished 7 

Joshua  takes  Ai 8 

The  craft  of  the  Gibeonites 9 

The  sun  and  moon  stand  still 10 

Divers  kings  conquered 11 

Names  of  the  conquered  kings.  ...  12 

Balaam  slain 13 

The  inheritance  of  the  tribes 14 

The  borders  of  the  lot  of  Judah ...  15 

Ephraim's  inheritance 16 

The  lot  of  Manasseh 17 

The  lot  of  Benjamin 18 

The  lot  of  Simeon 19 

Cities  of  refuge,  etc 20 

God  giveth  Israel  rest 21 

The  two  tribes  and  half  sent  home .  22 
Joshua's     exhortation    before     his 

death 23 

Joshua's  death  and  burial 24 

JUDGES. 

The  acts  of  Judah  and  Simeon ....  1 

The  Israelites  fall  into  idolatry.  ...  2 

The  nations  left  to  prove  Israel ....  3 

Deborah  and  Barak  deliver  Israel.  4 

The  song  of  Deborah  and  Barak. .  5 

The  Israelites  oppressed  by  Midian.  6 

Gideon's  army 7 

The  Ephraimites  pacified 8 

Abimelech  made  king- 9 

Tolah  judges  Israel 10 

Jephthah's  rash  vow 11 

The  Ephraimites  slain 12 

Samson  born 13 

Samson's  marriage  and  riddle 14 

Samson  is  denied  his  wife 15 

Delilah's  falsehood  to  Samson 16 

Micah's  idolatry 17 

The  Danites  seek  an  inheritance.  . .  18 

The  Levite  and  his  concubine 19 


CONTENTS 


Chap. 

The  complaint  of  the  Levite 20 

Benjamin's  desolation  bewailed. ...   21 

EUTH. 

Elimelech  driven  into  Moah 1 

Ruth  gleaneth  in  Boaz's  field 2 

Boaz's  bounty  to  Ruth 3 

Boaz  marries  Ruth 4 

FIRST  BOOK   OF  SAMUEL. 

Samuel  born 1 

Hannah's  song 2 

The  Lord  calls  Samuel 3 

Eli's  death 4 

Dagon  falls  before  the  ark 5 

The  ark  sent  back 6 

The  Israelites  repent. 7 

The  Israelites  desire  a  king- 8 

Samuel  entertains  Saul 9 

Saul  anoin  ted 10 

The  Ammonites  smitten.   11 

Samuel's  integrity 12 

Saul  reproved 13 

Saul's  victories 14 

Saul  spares  Agag 15 

Samuel  anoints  David   16 

David  slays  Goliath 17 

Jonathan's  love  to  David 18 

Saul's  jealousy  of  David 19 

David  and  Jonathan  consult 20 

David  feigns  himself  mad 21 

Nob  destroyed 22 

David  rescues  Keilah 23 

David  spares  Saul 24 

The  death  of  Samuel 25 

David  finds  Saul  asleep 26 

David  flees  to  Gath 27 

Saul  consults  a  witch 28 

Achish  dismisses  David 29 

Amalekites  spoil  Ziklag 30 

Saul  and  his  sons  slain 31 

SECOND   BOOK   OF  SAMUEL. 

David  laments  Saul 1 

David  made  king  of  Judah 2 

Joab  kills  Abner 3 

Ish-bosheth  murdered 4 

David's  age  and  reign 5 

Uzzah  smitten 6 

God's  promise  to  David 7 

David's  officers 8 

David  sends  for  Mephibosheth 9 

Hanun's  villainy 10 

David's  adultery 11 

Nathan's  parable 12 

Aninon  and  Tamar 13 

Absalom's  return 14 

Absalom's  policy 15 

Shimei  curses  David 16 

Ahithophel  hangs  himself 17 

Absalom  slain  by  Joab IS 

Shimei  is  pardoned 19 

Sheba's  revolt 20 

Saul's  sons  hanged 21 

David's  thanksgiving 22 

David's  faith 23 

David  numbers  the  people 24 

FIRST  BOOK   OF   KINGS. 

Solomon  anointed  king 1 

David's  death 2 

Solomon  chooses  wisdom 3 


Chap. 

Solomon's  prosperity 4 

Hiram  and  Solomon  agree 5 

The  building  of  the  temple 6 

Ornaments  of  the  temple 7 

The  temple  dedicated 8 

God's  covenant  with  Solomon 9 

The  queen  of  Sheba 10 

Ahijah's  prophecy 11 

The  ten  tribes  revolt 12 

Jeroboam's  hand  withers 13 

Abijah's  sickness  and  death 14 

Jeroboam's  sin  punished 15 

Jericho  rebuilt 16 

The  widow's  son  raised 17 

Elijah  obtains  rain   18 

Elisha  follows  Elijah 19 

Samaria  besieged 20 

Naboth  stoned 21 

Ahab  seduced 22 

SECOND   BOOK   OF  KINGS. 

Moab  rebels 1 

Elijah's  translation 2 

Moabites  defeated 3 

The  widow's  oil  multiplied 4 

Naaman  cleansed 5 

A  famine  in  Samaria 6 

Plenty  in  Samaria 7 

Ben-hadad  killed 8 

Jezebel  eaten  by  dogs 9 

Prophets  of  Baal  slain 10 

Jehoash  anointed  king 11 

The  temple  repaired 12 

Elisha's  death 13 

Amariah  reigns 14 

Azariah's  leprosy 15 

Ahaz's  wicked  reign 16 

Ten  tribes  taken  captive 17 

Rabshakeh's  blasphemy 18 

Hezekiah's  prayer 19 

Hezekiah's  death 20 

Manasseh's  iniquity 21 

Huldah  prophesies 22 

Josiah  destroys  the  idolaters 23 

Judah  taken  captive 24 

The  temple  destroyed 25 

I.  CHRONICLES. 

Adam's  line  to  Noah 1 

The  posterity  of  Israel 2 

The  sons  of  David 3 

The  posterity  of  Judah 4 

The  line  of  Reuben 5 

The  sons  of  Levi 6 

The  sons  of  Issachar 7 

The  sons  of  Benjamin 8 

The  genealogies  of  Israel  and  Judah  9 

Saul's  overthrow  and  death 10 

David  made  king'  of  Israel 11 

The  armies  that  helped  David.  ....  12 

David  fetches  the  ark 13 

Hiram's  kindness  to  David 14 

David  brings  the  ark  to  Zion 15 

David's  psalm  of  thanksgiving   ...  16 

Nathan's  message  to  David 17 

David's  victories 18 

David's  messengers  ill-treated  .....  19 

Rabbah  taken  and  spoiled 20 

The  plague  stayed 21 

Preparation  for  the  temple 22 

Solomon  made  king 23 

The  order  of  Aaron's  sons 24 

The  number  of  the  singers 25 

The  division  of  the  porters 26 


Chap. 

The  twelve  captains 27 

David's  exhoitation 28 

David's  reign  and  death . .    29 

II.  CHRONICLES. 

Solomon's  offering 1 

Solomon  sends  to  Huram 2 

The  building  of  the  temple 3 

The  vessels  of  the  temple 4 

The  temple  finished 5 

Solomon  blesses  the  people 6 

Solomon's  sacrifice 7 

Solomon  builds  cities S 

The  queen  of  Sheba  visits  Solomon  9 

Rehoboam  made  king 10 

Judah  strengthened 11 

Rehoboam's  reign  and  death 12 

Abijah  overcomes  Jeroboam 13 

Asa  destroys  idolatry 14 

Asa's  covenant  with  God 15 

Asa's  death  and  burial 16 

Jehoshaphat's  good  reign 17 

Micaiah's  prophecy 18 

Jehoshaphat's  care  for  justice 19 

Jehoshaphat's  fast  and  prayer 20 

Jehoram's  wicked  reign 21 

Ahaziah's  wicked  reign 22 

Joash  made  king 23 

Zechariah   stoned 24 

The  Edomites  overcome 25 

Uzziah's  leprosy 26 

Jotham's  good  reign 27 

Ahaz's  wicked  reign 28 

Hezekiah's  good  reign 29 

The  passover  proclaimed 30 

Provision  for  the  priests 31 

Hezekiah's  death 32 

Manasseh's  wicked  reign 33 

Josiah's  good  reign 34 

Josiah  slain  in  battle 35 

Jerusalem  destroyed 36 

EZRA. 

The  proclamation  of  Cyrus 1 

The  people  return  from  Babylon..  2 

The  altar  erected 3 

The  decree  of  Artaxerxes 4 

Tatnai's  letter  to  Darius 5 

The  temple  finished 6 

Ezra  goes  to  Jerusalem 7 

Ezra  keeps  a  fast 8 

Ezra's  prayer 9 

Ezra's  mourning 10 

NEHEMIAH. 

Nehemiah  mourns  for  Jerusalem .  .  1 

Artaxerxes  encourages  Nehemiah .  .  2 

The  names  of  the  builders 3 

Nehemiah  appoints  a  watch 4 

Reformation  of  usury 5 

Sanballat's  practices 6 

Hanani  and  Hananiah's  charge ....  7 

The  reading  of  the  law 8 

A  solemn  fast  appointed 9 

The  points  of  the  covenant 10 

Who  dwelt  at  Jerusalem 11 

The  high  priest's  succession 12 

Divers  abuses  reformed 13 


ESTHER. 

Ahasuerus's  royal  feast    1 

Esther  made  queen 2 


Chap. 

Haman  despised  by  Mordecai 3 

The  mourning  of  the  Jews 4 

Esther  obtains  the  king's  favor.  ...  5 

Mordecai's  good  services 6 

Haman  is  hanged 7 

The  rejoicing  of  the  Jews 8 

Haman's  ten  sons  hanged 9 

Mordecai's  advancement 10 

JOB. 

Job's  losses  and  temptations 1 

Job  smitten  with  biles 2 

Job  curses  the  day  of  his  birth 3 

Elipliaz  reproves  Job 4 

Afflictions  are  from  God 5 

Job  wishes  for  death 6 

Job  excuses  his  desire  of  death ....  7 

Bildad  shews  God's  justice 8 

The  innocent  often  afflicted 9 

Job  expostulates  with  God 10 

Zophar  reproves  Job 11 

God's  omnipotence  maintained ....  12 

Job's  confidence  in  God 13 

The  conditions  of  man's  life 14 

Eliphaz  reproves  Job 15 

Job  reproves  his  friends 16 

Job's  appeal  to  God 17 

Bildad  reproves  Job 18 

Job's  complaint  of  his  friends   ....  19 

The  portion  of  the  wicked 20 

The  destruction  of  the  wicked 21 

Job  accused  of  divers  sins 22 

God's  decree  is  immutable 23 

Sin  goes  often  unpunished 24 

Man  cannot  be  justified  before  God.  25 

Job  reproves  Bildad 26 

The  hypocrite  is  without  hope 27 

Wisdom  is  the  gift  of  God 28 

Job  bemoans  himself 29 

Job's  honor  turned  to  contempt ....  30 

Job  professes  his  integrity 31 

Elihu  reproves  Job 32 

Elihu  reasons  with  Job 33 

God  cannot  be  unjust 34 

Comparison    not    to  be  made  with 

God 35 

The  justice  of  God's  ways 36 

God's  great  works 37 

God's  wisdom  is  unsearchable 38 

God's  power  in  his  creatures 39 

Job  humbles  himself  to  God 40 

God's  power  in  the  creation 41 

Job's  age  and  death 42 

PSALMS. 

Happiness  of  the  godly 1 

The  kingdom  of  Christ 2 

The  security  of  God's  protection .  .  3 

David  prays  for  audience 4 

David's  profession  of  his  faith 5 

David's  complaint  in  sickness 6 

The  destruction  of  the  wicked 7 

God's  love  to  man 8 

God  praised  for  his  judgments 9 

The  outrage  of  the  wicked 10 

God's  providence  and  justice 11 

David  craves  God's  help 12 

David  boasts  of  divine  mercy 13 

The  natural  man  described 14 

A  citizen  of  Zion  described 15 

David's  hope  of  his  calling 16 

David's  hope  and  confidence 17 

David  praises  God 18 

David  prays  for  grace 19 


Xll 


CONTENTS 


Chap. 
The  church's  confidence  in  God ....   20 

A  thanksgiving  for  victory 21 

David's  complaint  and  prayer 22 

David's  confidence  in  God's  grace . .   23 

God's  worship  in  the  world 24 

David's  confidence  in  prayer 25 

David  resorts  unto  God 26 

David's  love  to  God's  service 27 

David  hlesses  God 28 

Why  God  must  be  honored 29 

David's  praise  for  deliverance 30 

David  rejoices  in  God's  mercy 31 

Who  are  blessed 32 

God  is  to  be  praised 33 

Those  blessed  who  trust  in  God ....   34 

David  prays  for  his  safety 35 

The  excellency  of  God's  mercy 36 

David  persuades  to  patience 37 

David  moves  God  to  compassion ...   38 

The  brevity  of  life   39 

Obedience  the  best  sacrifice 40 

God's  care  of  the  poor 41 

David's  zeal  to  serve  God 42 

David  prays  to  be  restored 43 

The  church's  complaint  to  God ....  44 
The  majesty  of  Christ's  kingdom. .  .  45 
The  church's  confidence  in  God. ...   46 

The  kingdom  of  Christ 47 

The  privileges  of  the  church 48 

Worldly  prosperity  contemned 49 

God's  majesty  in  the  church 50 

David's  prayer  and  confession 51 

David's  confidence  in  God 52 

The  natural  man  described 53 

David's  prayer  for  salvation 54 

David's  complaint  in  prayer 55 

David's  promise  of  praise 56 

David  in  prayer  flees  to  God 57 

David  describes  the  wicked 58 

David  prays  for  deliverance 59 

David's  comfort  in  God's  promises . .   60 

David  vows  perpetual  service 61 

No  trust  in  worldly  things 62 

David's  thirst  for  God 63 

David's  complaint  of  his  enemies. . .  64 
The  blessedness  of  God's  chosen ...   65 

David  exhorts  to  praise  God 66 

A  prayer  for  God's  kingdom 67 

A  prayer  at  the  removing  of  the  ark  68 

David's  complaint  in  affliction 69 

David's  prayer  for  the  godly 70 

David's  prayer  for  perseverance. . .  .   71 

David's  prayer  for  Solomon 72 

The  righteous  sustained 73 

David  prays  for  the  sanctuary 74 

David  rebukes  the  proud 75 

God's  majesty  in  the  church 76 

David's  combat  with  diffidence ....   77 

God's  wrath  against  Israel 78 

The  Psalmist's  complaint. ...  - 79 

David's  prayer  for  the  church 80 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God 81 

David  reproves  the  judges 82 

The  church's  enemies 83 

David  longs  for  the  sanctuary 84 

David  prays  for  mercies 85 

David's  complaint  of  the  proud ....  86 
The  nature  and  glory  of  the  church.   87 

David's  grievous  complaint 88 

God  praised  for  his  power 89 

God's  providence  set  forth 90 

The  state  of  the  godly 91 

God  praised  for  his  great  works.  .  .  92 
The  majesty  of  Christ's  kingdom. .   93 

David's  complaint  of  impiety 94 

The  danger  of  tempting  God 95 


Chap. 

God  praised  for  His  greatness 96 

The  majesty  of  God 97 

All    creatures    exhorted    to    praise 

God 9S 

God  to  be  worshipped 99 

God  to  be  praised  cheerfully 100 

David's  profession  of  godliness.  .  .    101 

God's  mercies  to  be  recorded 102 

God  blessed  for  his  constancy 103 

God  wonderful  in  providence 104 

The  plagues  of  Egypt 105 

Israel's  rebellion 106 

God's  manifold  providence. 107 

David's  confidence  in  God 10S 

David's  complaint  of  his  enemies .  .    109 

The  kingdom  of  Christ 110 

God  praised  for  his  works Ill 

The  happiness  of  the  godly.   112 

God  praised  for  his  mercy 113 

An  exhortation  to  praise 114 

The  vanity  of  idols 115 

David  studies  to  be  thankful 116 

God   praised   for    his   mercy   and 

truth 117 

David's  trust  in  God 118 

Meditation,  prayer,  and  praise ....    119 

David  prays  against  Doeg 120 

The  safety  of  the  godly 121 

David's  joy  for  the  church 122 

The  godly"s  confidence  in  God ....    123 

The  church  blesses  God 124 

A  prayer  for  the  godly 125 

The  church  prays  for  mercies 126 

The  virtue  of  God's  blessing 127 

Those  blessed  that  fear  God 128 

The  haters  of  the  church  cursed. .    129 

God  to  be  hoped  in 130 

David  professes  his  humility 131 

David's  care  for  the  ark 132 

The  benefits  of  the  saints'  commu- 
nion       133 

An  exhortation  to  bless  God 134 

God  praised  for  his  judgments.  . .  .    135 
God  praised  for  manifold  mercies. .    136 

The  constancy  of  the  Jews 137 

David's  confidence  in  God 138 

David  defies  the  wicked 139 

David's  prayer  for  deliverance. . . .    140 

David  prays  for  sincerity 141 

David's  comfort  in  trouble 142 

David  complains  of  his  grief 143 

David's  prayer  for  his  kingdom.  .  .    144 

God's  help  to  the  godly 145 

David   vows    perpetual   praise   to 

God 146 

God  praised  for  his  providence. . . .  147 
All  creatures  should  praise  God . . .  148 

God  praised  for  his  benefits 149 

God  praised  upon  instruments.  .  .  .    150 

THE  PKOVERBS. 

The  use  of  the  proverbs 1 

The  benefit  of  wisdom 2 

Exhortation  to  sundry  duties 3 

Persuasions  to  obedience 4 

The  mischiefs  of  whoredom 5 

Seven  things  hateful  to  God 6 

Description  of  a  harlot 7 

The  call  of  wisdom 8 

The  doctrine  of  wisdom 9 

Virtues  and  vices  contrasted 10 

Continued,    11,    12,   13,  14,   15,   16, 

17,  18,   19,   20,    21,  22,  23,  and  24 

Observations  about  kings 25 

Sundry  maxims 26 


Chap. 

Sundry  maxims 27 

Observations  of  impiety 28 

Of  public  government 29 

Agur's  prayer 30 

Lemuel's  lesson  of  chastity 31 

ECCLESIASTES. 

The  vanity  of  all  human  things ....  1 

Wisdom  and  folly  have  one  end ....  2 

A  time  for  all  things 3 

The  good  of  contentment 4 

The  vanity  of  riches 5 

The  conclusion  of  vanities 6 

Remedies  against  vanities 7 

Kings  are  to  be  respected 8 

Wisdom  is  better  than  strength ....  9 

Of  wisdom  and  folly 10 

Directions  for  charity 11 

The  preacher's  care  to  edify 12 

THE  SONG  OF  SOLOMON. 

The  church's  love  to  Christ 1 

Christ's  care  of  the  church 2 

The  church  glories  in  Christ 3 

The  graces  of  the  church 4 

Christ's  love  for  his  church 5 

The  church's  faith  in  Christ 6 

The  graces  of  the  church 7 

The  calling  of  the  Gentiles 8 

ISAIAH. 

Isaiah's  complaint  of  Judah 1 

Christ's  kingdom  prophesied 2 

The  oppression  of  the  rulers 3 

Christ's  kingdom  a  sanctuary 4 

God's  judgments  for  sin 5 

Isaiah's  vision  of  God's  glory 6 

Christ  promised 7 

Israel  and  Judah  threatened 8 

The  church's  joy  in  Christ's  birth .  .  9 

God's  judgments  upon  Israel 10 

The  calling  of  the  Gentiles 11 

Thanksgiving  for  God's  mercies ....  12 

Babylon  threatened 13 

Israel's  restoration 14 

The  lamentable  state  of  Moab 15 

Moab  exhorts  to  obedience 16 

Syria  and  Israel  threatened 17 

God's  care  of  his  people 18 

The  confusion  of  Egypt 19 

Egypt  and  Ethiopia's  captivity. ...  20 

The  fall  of  Babylon 21 

The  invasion  of  Jewry 22 

Tyre's  miserable  overthrow 23 

Judgments  of  God  for  sin 24 

The  prophet  praises  God 25 

A  song  of  praise  to  God 26 

God's  care  of  his  vineyard 27 

Ephraim  threatened 28 

God's  judgment  on  Jerusalem 29 

God's  mercies  towards  his  church..  30 

An  exhortation  to  turn  to  God 31 

Desolation  foreshown 32 

The  privileges  of  the  godly 33 

God  revenges  his  church 34 

The  blessings  of  the  gospel 35 

Rabshakeh  insults  Hezekiah 36 

Hezekiah's  prayer 37 

Hezekiah's  thanksgiving 38 

Babylonian  captivity  foretold 39 

The  promulgation  of  the  gospel ....  40 

God's  mercies  to  his  church 41 

Christ's  mission  to  the  Gentiles ....  42 

God  comforts  his  church 43 

xiii 


Chap. 

The  vanity  of  idols 44 

God  calls  Cyrus 45 

Idols  not  to  be  compared  with  God  46 

God's  judgment  upon  Babylon 47 

The  intent  of  prophecy 48 

Christ  sent  to  the  Gentiles 49 

Christ's  sufferings  and  patience.  ...   50 
The  certainty  of  God's  salvation.  .  .   51 

Christ's  free  redemption 52 

The  humiliation  of  Christ 53 

The  church's  enlargement 54 

The  happy  state  of  believers 55 

Exhortation  to  holiness 56 

God  reproves  the  Jews 57 

Hypocrisy  reproved    58 

The  covenant  of  the  Redeemer.  ...   59 

The  glory  of  the  church .'....   60 

The  office  of  Christ 61 

God's  promises  to  his  church 62 

Christ  shews  his  power  to  save. ...   63 

The  church's  prayer 64 

The  calling  of  the  Gentiles 65 

The  growth  of  the  church 66 

JEREMIAH. 

The  calling  of  Jeremiah 1 

Israel  is  spoiled  for  his  sins 2 

God's  mercy  to  Judah 3 

Israel  called  to  repentance 4 

God's  judgments  upon  the  Jews...     5 

Enemies  sent  against  Judah 6 

Jeremiah's  call  for  repentance 7 

The  calamities  of  the  Jews 8 

Jeremiah's  lamentation 9 

The  vanity  of  idols 10 

God's  covenant  proclaimed 11 

The  prosperity  of  the  wicked 12 

An  exhortation  to  repentance 13 

The  prophet's  prayer 14 

Jeremiah's  complaint 15 

The  utter  ruin  of  the  Jews 16 

The  captivity  of  Judah 17 

The  type  of  the  potter 18 

The  desolation  of  the  Jews 19 

Pashur  smiting  Jeremiah 20 

Nebuchadnezzar's  war 21 

The  judgment  of  Shallum 22 

Restoration  of  God's  people 23 

The  type  of  good  and  bad  figs 24 

Jeremiah  reproves  the  Jews 25 

Jeremiah  is  arraigned 26 

Nebuchadnezzar's  conquests 27 

Hananiah's  prophecy 28 

Jeremiah's   letter 29 

The  return  of  the  Jews 30 

The  restoration  of  Israel 31 

Jeremiah  imprisoned 32 

Christ  the  Branch  promised 33 

Zedekiah's  fate  foretold 34 

God  blesses  the  Rechabites 35 

Jeremiah's  prophecies 36 

The  Chaldeans'  siege  raised 37 

Jeremiah  cast  into  a  dungeon 38 

Jerusalem  is  taken 39 

Jeremiah  set  at  liberty 40 

Ishmael  kills  Gedaliah 41 

Johanan  promises  obedience 42 

Jeremiah  carried  to  Egypt 43 

Judah's  desolation . .'. 44 

Baruch  comforted 45 

Overthrow  of  Pharaoh's  army 46 

The  Philistines'  destruction 47 

The  judgment  of  Moab 48 

The  restoration  of  Elam 49 

The  redemption  of  Israel 50 


CONTENTS 


Chap. 

God's  severe  judgment 51 

Zedekiah's  wicked  reign 52 

LAMENTATIONS. 

Jerusalem's  misery 1 

Israel's  misery   lamented 2 

Sorrows  of  the  righteous 3 

Zion's  pitiful  estate 4 

Zion's  complaint 5 

EZEKIEL. 

Ezekiel's  vision 1 

Ezekiel's  commission 2 

Ezekiel  eats  the  roll .  3 

The  type  of  a  siege 4 

The  type  of  hair 5 

Israel  threatened 6 

Israel's  desolation 7 

Vision  of  jealousy 8 

The  mark  preserved 9 

Vision  of  coals  of  fire 10 

The  princes'  presumption 11 

The  type  of  removing 12 

Lying  prophets 13 

Idolaters  exhorted 14 

The  rejection  of  Jerusalem 15 

God's  love  to  Jerusalem 16 

The  eagles  and  the  vine 17 

Parahle  of  sour  grapes 18 

Of  the  lion's  whelps 19 

Israel's  rebellions 20 

Prophecy  against  Jerusalem 21 

Jerusalem's  sins 22 

Aholah  and  Aholibah 23 

Jerusalem's  destruction 24 

Ammonites  threatened 25 

The  fall  of  Tyrus 26 

Tyrus's  rich  supply 27 

Zidon  threatened 28 

The  judgment  of  Pharaoh 29 

Desolation  of  Egypt 30 

The  glory  and  fall  of  Assyria 31 

The  fall  of  Egypt 32 

Ezekiel  admonished 33 

God's  care  of  his  flock 34 

Judgment  of  Seir 35 

Israel  comforted 36 

Vision  of  dry  bones 37 

The  malice  of  Gog 38 

Israel's  victory  over  Gog 39 

Description  of  the  temple 40 

Ornaments  of  the  temple 41 

The  priests'  chambers 42 

Return  of  God's  glory 43 

The  priests  reproved 44 

Division  of  the  land 45 

Ordinances  for  the  princes 46 

Vision  of  the  holy  waters 47 

Portions  of  the  twelve  tribes 48 

DANIEL. 

Jehoiakim's   captivity. 1 

Daniel  advanced 2 

Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abednego.  3 

Nebuchadnezzar's  pride  and  fall ...  4 

Belshazzar's  impious  feast 5 

Daniel  in  the  lions'  den 6 

Vision  of  the  four  beasts 7 

Vision  of  the  ram 8 

Daniel's  confession 9 

Daniel  comforted 10 

Overthrow  of  Persia 11 

Israel's  deliverance 12 


Chap. 


HOSEA. 


Judgments  for  whoredom 1 

The  idolatry  of  the  people 2 

The  desolation  of  Israel 3 

Judgment  threatened 4 

Israel  a  treacherous  people 5 

Exhortation  to  repentance 6 

Reproof  for  manifold  sins 7 

Israel  threatened 8 

Captivity  of  Israel 9 

Israel's  impiety 10 

Israel's  ingratitude  to  God 11 

Ephraim  reproved 12 

Ephraim's  glory  vanished 13 

Blessings  promised 14 

JOEL. 

God's  sundry  judgments 1 

Exhortation  to  repentance 2 

God's  judgments  against  his  people's 

enemies 3 

AMOS. 

God's  judgments  upon  Syria 1 

God's  wrath  against  Moab 2 

Judgments  against  Israel 3 

God  reproveth  Israel 4 

A  lamentation  for  Israel 5 

Israel's  wantonness  plagued 6 

Judgments  of  the  grasshoppers ....  7 

Israel's  end  typified 8 

Israel's  restoration  promised 9 

OBADIAH. 

Edom's  destruction  for  their  pride 

and  violence 1 

JONAH. 

Jonah  sent  to  Nineveh 1 

The  prayer  of  Jonah 2 

The  Ninevites'  repentance 3 

Jonah  repines  at  God's  mercy 4 

MICAH. 

God's  wrath  against  Jacob 1 

Against  oppression 2 

The  cruelty  of  the  princes 3 

The  church's  glory 4 

The  birth  of  Christ 5 

God's  controversy 6 

The  church's  complaint 7 

NAHUM. 

The  majesty  of  God 1 

God's  armies  against  Nineveh 2 

The  ruin  of  Nineveh 3 

HABAKKUK. 

Habakkuk's  complaint 1 

Judgment  on  the  Chaldeans 2 

Habakkuk's  prayer 3 

ZEPHANIAH. 

God's  severe  judgments 1 

Exhortation  to  repentance 2 

Jerusalem  sharply  reproved 3 

HAGGAI. 

The  people  reproved 1 

Glory  of  the  second  temple 2 

xiv 


Chap. 


ZECHARIAH. 


Exhortation  to  repentance 1 

Redemption  of  Zion 2 

The  type  of  Joshua 3 

The  golden  candlestick 4 

Curse  of  thieves 5 

Vision  of  the  chariots 6 

Captives'   inquiry  of  fasting 7 

Jerusalem's  restoration 8 

The  coming-  of  Christ 9 

God  to  be  sought  unto 10 

Destruction  of  Jerusalem 11 

Judah's  restoration 12 

Jerusalem's  repentance 13 

Jerusalem's  enemies  plagued. 14 


MALACHI. 

Israel's  unkindness 1 

The  priests  reproved 2 

The  majesty  of  Christ 3 

Judgments  of  the  wicked 4 


MATTHEW. 

The  genealogy  of  Christ 1 

Visit  of  the  wise  men 2 

The  preaching  of  John  Baptist ....      3 

Christ  tempted 4 

Christ's  sermon  on  the  mount 5 

Of  alms  and  prayer 6 

Holy  things  not  for  dogs 7 

Christ's  miracles 8 

Matthew  called 9 

The  apostles  sent  forth 10 

John  sends  to  Christ 11 

Blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost  12 

Parable  of  the  sower 13 

John  Baptist  beheaded 14 

The  scribes  reproved 15 

The  sign  of  Jonas 16 

Transfiguration  of  Christ 17 

Christ  teaches  humility 18 

Christ  heals  the  sick 19 

The  laborers  in  the  vineyard 20 

The  fig-tree  cursed 21 

The  marriage  of  the  king's  son ....   22 

The  Pharisees  exposed 23 

Destruction  of  the  temple  foretold.  .   24 

Parable  of  the  ten  virgins ,,  25 

Judas  betrays  Christ 26 

Christ  crucified 27 

Christ's  resurrection 28 

MARK. 

Baptism  of  Christ 1 

Matthew  called 2 

The  apostles  chosen 3 

Parable  of  the  sower 4 

Christ  heals  the  bloody  issue 5 

Christ  walks  on  the  sea 6 

The  Syrophcenician  woman 7 

The  multitude  fed 8 

Jesus  transfigured 9 

Children  brought  to  Christ 10 

The  barren  fig-tree 11 

The  widow  and  her  two  mites   ....  12 
The  destruction  of  the  temple  fore- 
told   13 

Peter  denies  Christ 14 

Crucifixion  of  Christ 15 

Resurrection  of  Christ 16 


Chap. 


LUKE. 


Christ's  conception 1 

Christ's  circumcision 2 

John's  testimony  of  Christ 3 

Christ  tempted  by  Satan 4 

Miraculous  draught  of  fishes 5 

The  twelve  apostles  chosen 6 

Christ's  testimony  of  John 7 

Jairus'  daughter  raised 8 

How  to  attain  eternal  life 9 

Seventy  disciples  sent  out 10 

A  dumb  devil  cast  out 11 

Covetousness  to  be  avoided 12 

The  crooked  woman  healed 13 

The  great  supper 14 

The  prodigal  son 15 

The  unjust  steward 16 

The  power  of  faith 17 

The  importunate  widow IS 

Zaccheus  called 19 

Parable  of  the  vineyard 20 

The  widow's  two  mites 21 

Christ  condemned 22 

Christ's  death  and  burial 23 

Christ's  resurrection 24 

JOHN. 

The  divinity  of  Christ 1 

Water  turned  into  wine 2 

Necessity  of  regeneration 3 

The  woman  of  Samaria 4 

The  impotent  man  healed 5 

Five  thousand  fed 6 

Christ  teaches  in  the  temple 7 

Christ's  doctrine  justified 8 

The  blind  healed 9 

Christ  the  good  shepherd 10 

Lazarus  raised 11 

Christ  foretells  his  death 12 

Christ's  humility 13 

The  Comforter  promised 14 

Christ  the  true  vine 15 

Christ  warns  his  disciples  of  their 

sufferings 16 

Christ's  prayer 17 

Jesus  betrayed   18 

Christ's  death  and  burial 19 

Christ's  resurrection 20 

Christ  appears  to  his  disciples 21 


ACTS. 

Matthias  chosen 1 

Peter's  sermon 2 

The  lame  healed 3 

Peter  and  John  imprisoned 4 

Ananias  and  Sapphira 5 

Seven  deacons  chosen 6 

Stephen  stoned 7 

Philip  preaches  in  Samaria 8 

Saul's  conversion 9 

Peter's  vision 10 

Peter's  defence 11 

Herod  kills  James 12 

Paul  preaches  at  Antioch 13 

Paul  stoned 14 

Circumcision  disputed 15 

Timothy  circumcised 16 

Paul  persecuted 17 

Paul  preaches  at  Corinth 18 

Exorcists  beaten 19 

Eutychus  raised  to  life 20 

Paul  goes  to  Jerusalem 21 


CONTENTS 


Chap. 

Paul's  defence 22 

Paul  smitten 23 

Paul  accused  before  Felix 24 

Paul  appeals  to  Csesar 25 

Agrippa  almost  a  Christian 26 

Paul  shipwrecked 27 

His  arrival  at  Rome 28 


ROMANS. 

Paul  greets  the  Romans 1 

Who  are  justified 2 

Justification  by  faith 3 

Abraham's  faith  acceptable 4 

Sin  and  death  came  by  Adam 5 

Dying  to  sin 6 

The  law  not  sin 7 

What  frees  from  condemnation. ...  8 

Calling  of  the  Gentiles 9 

Paul's  prayer  for  Israel 10 

All  Israel  are  not  cast  off 11 

Love  required 12 

Love  the  fulfilling  of  the  law 13 

How  to  use  Christian  liberty 14 

The  intent  of  the  Scriptures 15 

Parl's  salutations 16 


I.  CORINTHIANS. 

The  wisdom  of  God 1 

Christ  the  foundation 2 

Christians  are  God's  temple 3 

Distinctions  are  from  God 4 

The  incestuous  person 5 

Law  forbid  brethren 6 

Paul  treats  of  marriage 7 

Of  meats  offered  to  idols 8 

Paul's  zeal  to  gain  converts 9 

Old  examples 10 

Rules  for  divine  worship 11 

Spiritual  gifts  are  diverse 12 

Charity  commended 13 

Of  strange  tongues 14 

Of  Christ's  resurrection 15 

Paul  commends  Timothy 16 


II.  CORINTHIANS. 

Consolation  in  trouble 1 

Paul's  success  in  preaching 2 

The  excellency  of  the  gospel 3 

The  Christian's  paradox 4 

Paul  assured  of  immortality 5 

Exhortations  to  purity 6 

Godly  sorrow  profitable 7 


Chap. 

Liberality  extolled 8 

Bounty  praised 9 

Paul's  spiritual  might 10 

Paul's  godly  boasting 11 

Paul's  revelations 12 

Paul's,  charge 13 


GALATIANS. 

Of  their  leaving  the  gospel 1 

Peter  reproved 2 

Justification  by  faith 3 

Christ  frees  us  from  the  law 4 

The  liberty  of  the  gospel 5 

Lenity  recommended 6 


EPHE3IANS. 

Of  election  and  adoption 1 

Christ  our  peace 2 

The  hidden  mystery 3 

Exhortation  to  unity 4 

Exhortation  to  love 5 

The  Christian  armor 6 


PHILIPPIANS. 

Paul's  prayer  to  God 1 

Exhortation  to  humility 2 

All  loss  for  Christ 3 

General  exhortations.    4 


COLOSSIANS. 

Christ  described 1 

Exhortation  to  constancy 2 

Household  duties 3 

Prayer  recommended 4 

I.  THESSALONIANS. 

History  of  their  conversion 1 

How  the   gospel  was  preached  to 

the  Thessalonians 2 

Paul's  love  in  sending  Timothy.  .  .  3 

Exhortation  to  godliness 4 

Description  of  Christ's  coming ....  5 

II.  THESSALONIANS. 

Comfort  against  persecution 1 

Of  steadfastness  in  the  truth 2 

To  avoid  idleness 3 


Chap. 


I.   TIMOTHY. 


Paul's  charge  to  Timothy 1 

Prayers  made  for  all  men 2 

Of  bishops  and  deacons 3 

Apostasy  foretold 4 

Of  widows  and  elders 5 

The  gain  of  godliness 6 


II.  TIMOTHY. 

Paul's  love  to  Timothy 1 

Exhortation  to  Timothy 2 

All  Scripture  inspired 3 

Qualification  of  ministers 4 


TITUS. 

Qualifications  for  ministers 1 

Christians'  duty 2 

Paul   directs   what    to    teach,   and 

what  not 3 


PHILEMON. 

Philemon's  faith  commended 1 

HEBREWS. 

Christ  far  above  angels 1 

Obedience  due  to  Christ 2 

Christ  above  Moses 3 

The  Christian's  rest 4 

Of  Christ's  priesthood 5 

The  danger  of  apostasy 6 

Melchisedek  and  Christ 7 

A  new  covenant 8 

The  sacrifices  of  the  law 9 

Christ's  perfect  sacrifice 10 

The  power  of  faith 11 

Divers  exhortations 12 

Obedience  to  spiritual  rulers 13 

JAMES. 

Wisdom  to  be  sought  of  God 1 

Of  faith  and  works 2 

The  truly  wise 3 

Against,  covetousness 4 

The  trial  of  faith 5 

I.  PETER. 

Of  God's  spiritual  graces 1 

Christ  the  corner-stone 2 

XV 


Chap. 

Duty  of  wives  and  husbands 3 

Of  ceasing  from  sin 4 

The  duty  of  elders 5 

n.  PETER. 

Exhortation  to  duties 1 

False  teachers  foretold 2 

Certainty  of  judgment 3 

I.  JOHN. 

Christ's  person  described 1 

Christ  our  advocate,  and  propitiation  2 

God's  great  love 3 

Try  the  spirits 4 

The  three  witnesses 5 

II.  JOHN. 

An  elect  lady  exhorted 1 

III.  JOHN. 

Gaius'  piety  commended 1 

JUDE. 

Of  constancy  in  the  faith   1 

REVELATION. 

Of  the  coming  of  Christ 1 

Balaam's  doctrine 2 

The  key  of  David 3 

The  vision  of  a  throne 4 

The  book  with  seven  seals 5 

The  seven  seals  opened 6 

The  number  of  the  sealed 7 

Seven  angels  with  trumpets .8 

A  star  falls  from  heaven 9 

The  book  eaten 10 

The  two  witnesses 11 

The  red  dragon 12 

The  beast  with  seven  heads           . .  13 

The  harvest  of  the  world 14 

The  seven  angels  with  the  seven  last 

plagues 15 

Of  the  vials  of  wrath 16 

The  scarlet  woman 17 

The  fall  of  Babylon 18 

The  lamb's  marriage 19 

The  first  resurrection 20 

The  heavenly  Jerusalem  described.  .  21 

The  tree  of  life 22 


A  KEY  TO  THE  CORRECT  PRONUNCIATION 

OF  THE 

SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES 

CONTAINED  IN 

THE  20TH  CENTURY  EDITION 

OF   THE 

SELF-PRONOUNCING  BIBLE 


EXPLANATION 


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It  is  well  known  that  the  Scriptures  are  filled  with  many  words  of  obscure  derivation  and  meaning,  and  that  it  is  difficult  to 
determine  their  correct  pronunciation.  This  difficulty  is  now  removed,  as  the  new  self-pronouncing  feature  has  been  specially 
prepared  to  overcome  it. 

In  the  proper  names  the  syllables  are  separated  by  hyphens  (-),  and  the  accented  syllable  is  marked  with  the  vertical  accent  ('). 
The  quantity  of  the  vowel  sounds,  whether  long,  intermediate,  or  short,  and  their  quality,  whether  broad,  obtuse,  obscure,  or  other- 
wise, as  well  as  the  value  of  the  consonants,  are  shown  in  the  following  tables.  By  paying  attention  to  this  explanation,  and  ap- 
plying it  to  the  proper  names  in  the  text,  the  reader  will  easily  learn  to  pronounce  all  of  them  correctly. 


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LONG,  INTERMEDIATE,  AND  SHORT  SOUNDS. 

as  in  fate,  Abi.^ 

courage,  Abiah. 

hat. 

mete,  Crete. 

redeem,  deliver. 

met. 

pine. 

citation. 

pin. 


0 

as  in 

note,  rode. 

5 

a 

annotate. 

0 

a 

not. 

u 

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mute. 

u 

a 

tub 

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<< 

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BROAD,  OBTUSE,  AND   OBSCURE  SOUNDS. 


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a 
a 
a 

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6 


as  in  care,  Aaron. 

"  far. 

"  last. 

"  fall. 

"  term. 

"  firm. 

"  familiar. 

"  6rgan,  for,  Hor. 


u  obtuse  as  in  furl,  hurl. 


u 

rude,  ruby. 

u 

push. 

a  obscure 

altar,  liar. 

e 

prudent,  fuel 

i 

rum. 

0 

valor,  actor. 

CONSONANT  SOUNDS. 


q  (soft)  as  in  gent,  Qyrus. 

c  (hard)  is  not  marked. 

g  (soft)  as  in  gender,  Genesis. 


g  (hard  before  e,  i,  and  y)  as  in  get, 

Gibeon. 
§  (z)  as  in  muse,  Isaac. 
?  (gs)  "    example,  Alexander. 


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to  vie  with  it  in  antiquity,  in  all  other  respects  they  are  immeasurably  inferior.  The 
earlier  portions  of  the  work,  so  far  as  the  eleventh  chapter,  may  be  properly  termed 
a  history  of  the  world  :  the  latter  is  a  history  of  the  fathers  of  the  Jewish  race. 
But  from  first  to  last  it  is  a  religious  history.  It  is  very  important  to  bear  in  mind 
this  religious  aspect  of  the  history  if  we  would  put  ourselves  in  a  position  rightly 
to  understand  it.  But  if  we  would  judge  of  the  work  as  a  whole,  we  must  not 
forget  the  evident  aim  of  the  writer.  It  is  only  in  this  way  we  can  understand, 
for  instance,  why  the  history  of  the  Fall  is  given  with  so  much  minuteness  of 
detail,  whereas  of  whole  generations  of  men  we  have  nothing  but  a  bare 
catalogue. 

That  a  distinct  plan  and  method  characterize  the  work  is  now  generally  ad- 
mitted. Genesis  is,  after  all,  but  a  part  of  a  larger  work.  The  five  books  of  the. 
Pentateuch  form  a  consecutive  whole ;  they  are  not  merely  a  collection  of  ancient 
fragments  loosely  strung  together,  but  a  well-digested  and  connected  narrative. 

The  Book  of  Genesis  (with  the  first  chapters  of  Exodus)  describes  the  several 
steps  which  led  to  the  establishment  of  the  Theocracy.  It  is  a  part  of  the  writer's 
plan  to  tell  us  what  the  divine  preparation  was,  in  order  to  show,  first,  the  signif- 
icance of  the  call  of  Abraham;  and,  next,  the  true  nature  of  the  Jewish  Theoc- 
racy. He  begins  with  the  Creation  of  the  World,  because  the  God  who  created 
the  world  and  the  God  who  revealed  himself  to  the  fathers  is  the  same  God.  The 
Book  of  Genesis  has  thus  a  character  at  once  special  and  universal. 

Five  principal  persons  are  the  pillars,  so  to  speak,  on  which  the  whole  super- 
structure rests — Adam,  Noah,  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  EXODUS. 

THE  title  of  this  book  is  derived  from  the  Septuagint  version,  and  is  significant 
of  the  principal  transaction  which  it  records,  namely,  the  exodus  or  depart- 
ure of  the  Israelites  from  Egypt.  The  book  comprises  a  history  of  the  events  which 
took  place  during  a  period  of  one  hundred  and  forty-five  years,  from  the  year  of  the 
world  2369  to  2514  inclusive,  from  the  death  of  Joseph  to  the  erection  of  the  tab- 
ernacle. Twenty -five  passages  are  said  to  be  quoted  from  Exodus  by  our  Saviour 
and  his  apostles,  in  express  words,  and  nineteen  allusions  to  the  sense  are  made  in  tho 
New  Testament.  That  Moses  was  the  author  of  this  book  there  can  be  no  doubt, 
although  the  period  at  which  it  was  written  cannot  with  certainty  be  determined.  As, 
however,  it  is  a  history  of  matters  of  fact,  it  was  doubtless  written  after  the  giving 
of  the  law  on  Mount  Sinai  and  the  erecting  of  the  tabernacle ;  for  events  cannot  be 
historically  related  until  they  have  actually  taken  place,  and  the  author  of  this  book 
was  evidently  an  eye  and  ear  witness  of  the  events  he  has  narrated. 

The  Book  of  Exodus  records  the  cruel  persecution  of  the  Israelites  in  Egypt 
under  Pharaoh-Rameses  II. ;  the  birth,  exposure  and  preservation  of  Moses ;  his 
subsequent  flight  into  Midian ;  his  call  and  mission  to  Pharaoh- Amenophis  II. ;  the 
miracles  performed  by  him  and  his  brother  Aaron  ;  the  ten  plagues  also  miraculously 
inflicted  on  the  Egyptians ;  the  institution  of  the  passover,  and  the  departure  of  the 
children  of  Israel  from  Egypt ;  their  passage  across  the  Red  Sea,  and  the  destruction 
of  the  Egyptian  army  ;  the  subsequent  journeyings  of  the  Israelites  in  the  desert,  their 
idolatry  and  frequent  murmurings  against  God ;  the  promulgation  of  the  law  from 
Mount  Sinai,  and  the  erection  of  the  tabernacle.  This  is,  of  course,  on  the  supposition 
that  the  sojourn  of  the  Israelites  in  Egypt  was  for  215  years,  the  430  being  computed 
from  the  giving  of  the  promise  to  Abraham. 

The  scope  of  the  Book  of  Exodus  is  to  preserve  the  memorial  of  the  departure 
of  the  Israelites  from  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  to  represent  the  Church  of  God  afflicted 
and  preserved,  together  with  the  providential  care  of  God  toward  her,  and  the  judg- 
ments inflicted  on  her  enemies.  It  plainly  points  out  the  accomplishment  of  the 
Divine  promises  and  prophecies  delivered  to  Abraham,  that  his  posterity  would  be  very 
numerous,  and  that  they  would  be  afflicted  in  a  land  not  their  own,  whence  they  should 
depart,  in  the  fourth  generation,  with  great  substance. 

Further,  in  Israel  passing  from  Egypt  through  the  Red  Sea,  the  Wilderness  and 
Jordan,  to  the  promised  land,  this  book  shadows  forth  the  state  of  the  Church  in 
the  wilderness  of  this  world  until  her  arrival  at  the  heavenly  Canaan — an  eternal 
rest.  St.  Paul,  in  1  Cor.  x.  1,  etc.,  as  well  as  in  various  parts  of  his  Epistle  to  the 
Hebrews,  has  shown  that  these  things  prefigured  and  were  applicable  to  the  Christian 
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THE   BOOK   OF   LEVITICUS. 

LEVITICUS,  the  third  book  of  the  Pentateuch,  is  not  so  entitled  because  it 
treats  of  the  ministry  of  the  Levites,  strictly  so  called  (of  which  we  have 
a  further  account  in  the  Book  of  Numbers),  but  because  it  principally  contains  the 
laws  concerning  the  religion  of  the  Israelites,  which  chiefly  consisted  of  various 
sacrifices,  the  charge  of  which  was  committed  to  Aaron,  the  Levite  (as  he  is  termed 
in  Exodus  iv.  14),  and  to  his  sons,  who  alone  held  the  priestly  office  in  the  tribe  of 
Levi,  which  St.  Paul  therefore  calls  a  "  Levitical  priesthood."  (Heb.  vii.  11.)  In 
the  Babylonish  Talmud  it  is  called  the  "  Law  of  the  Priests,"  which  appellation  is 
retained  in  the  Arabic  and  Syriac  versions. 

It  is  universally  admitted  that  Moses  was  the  author  of  this  book,  and  it  is 
cited  as  his  production  in  several  books  of  Scripture.  By  comparing  Exodus  xl. 
17  with  Numbers  i.  1,  we  learn  that  this  book  contains  the  history  of  one  month, 
namely,  from  the  erection  of  the  tabernacle  to  the  numbering  of  the  people  who 
were  fit  for  war,  that  is,  from  the  beginning  of  the  second  year  after  Israel's  de- 
parture from  Egypt  to  the  beginning  of  the  second  month  of  the  same  year,  which 
was  in  the  year  of  the  world  2514,  and  before  Christ  1490. 


THE   BOOK   OF   NUMBERS. 

This  book  is  so  called  because  it  contains  an  account  of  the  numbering  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  related  in  chapters  i.-iii.  and  xxvi.  The  scope  of  the  Book  of 
Numbers  is  to  show  how  faithfully  Jehovah  fulfilled  his  promises  to  the  patriarchs 
Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  in  the  rapid  increase  of  their  posterity,  and  also  in  his 
providential  care  of  them  during  their  journeyings  in  the  wilderness,  and  finally 
conducting  them  to  the  land  of  Canaan,  together  with  his  impartial  severity  against 
their  murmurings  and  corruptions,  for  which  many  of  them  perished  in  the  wilder- 
ness after  their  deliverance  from  Egypt,  "  so  that  they  could  not  enter  into  his  rest 
because  of  their  unbelief."  The  method  pursued  in  this  book  is  precisely  that  which 
would  be  adopted  by  the  writer  of  an  itinerary ;  the  respective  stations  are  noted, 
and  the  principal  occurrences  that  took  place  at  each  station  are  related,  omitting 
such  as  are  of  comparatively  less  importance.  This  circumstance  is  an  additional 
internal  proof  that  Moses  was  the  author  of  the  Book  of  Numbers,  which  is  cited 
as  his  work  in  many  parts  of  Scripture. 

The  book  contains  a  history  of  the  Israelites  from  the  beginning  of  the  second 
month  of  the  second  year  after  their  departure  from  Egypt  to  the  beginning  of  the 
eleventh  month  of  the  fortieth  year  of  their  journeyings ;  that  js,  a  period  of  thirty- 
eight  years  and  nine  or  ten  months. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  DEUTERONOMY. 


DEUTERONOMY,  which  signifies  the  "  Second  Law,"  or  "  The  Law  Repeated," 
is  so  called  because  it  contains  a  repetition  of  the  law  of  God  given  by 
Moses  to  the  Israelites.  From  a  comparison  of  ch.  i.  5  with  xxiv.  1,  it  appears  to 
have  been  written  by  Moses  in  the  plains   of  Moab,  a  short   time  before   his  death. 

The  period  of  time  comprised  in  this  book  is  five  lunar  weeks,  or,  according  to 
some  chronologers,  about  two  months,  viz. :  from  the  first  day  of  the  eleventh  month 
of  the  fortieth  year  after  the  exodus  of  Israel  from  Egypt,  to  the  eleventh  day  of 
the  twelfth  month  of  the  same  year,  A.M.  2553,  B.C.  1451.  Erom  the  account  of 
Moses'  death,  recorded  in  the  thirty-fourth  chapter  of  this  book,  and  the  insertion  of 
some  explanatory  words  in  other  parts  of  Deuteronomy,  it  has  been  insinuated  that 
Moses  could  not  have  been  the  author ;  but  the  following  remark  will  clearly  prove 
this  notion  to  be  unfounded.  The  words  of  Moses  evidently  conclude  with  the  thirty- 
third  chapter :  the  thirty-fourth  was  added  to  complete  the  history ;  the  first  eight 
verses,  probably,  immediately  after  his  death,  by  his  successor,  Joshua ;  the  last  four 
by  some  later  writer,  probably  Samuel  or  Ezra,  or  some  prophet  that  succeeded  him. 

The  scope  of  the  Book  of  Deuteronomy  is  to  repeat  to  the  Israelites,  before  Moses 
left  them,  the  chief  laws  of  God  which  had  been  given  to- them;  that  those  who  were 
not  born  at  the  time  when  they  were  originally  delivered,  or  were  incapable  of 
understanding  them,  might  be  instructed  in  these  laws  and  excited  to  attend  them, 
and  consequently  be.  better  prepared  for  the  promised  land  upon  which  they  were 
entering.  With  this  view,  the  sacred  historian  recapitulates  the  various  mercies 
which  God  had  bestowed  upon  them  and  their  forefathers  from  their  departure  out 
of  Egypt ;  the  victories  which,  by  divine  assistance,  they  had  attained  over  their 
enemies ;  their  rebellion,  ingratitude,  and  chastisements.  The  moral,  ceremonial, 
and  judicial  laws  are  repeated,  with  additions  and  explanations ;  and  the  people  are 
urged  to  obedience  in  the  most  affectionate  manner. 

The  Jews  divide  this  book  into  ten  parasches  or  chapters :  in  our  Bibles  it  con- 
sists of  thirty-four  chapters,  the  contents  of  which  may  be  arranged  as  follows : 
Part  I.  is  simply  a  repetition  of  the  history  related  in  the  preceding  books,  com- 
prising— 1.  A  relation  of  the  events  that  took  place  in  the  wilderness,  from  their 
leaving  Mount  Horeb  until  their  arrival  at  Kadesh  (ch.  i.).  2.  Their  journey  from 
Kadesh  till  they  came  to  the  land  of  the  Amorites,  and  the  defeat  of  Sihon  their 
king,  and  of  Og,  king  of  Bashan.  3.  An  exhortation  to  obey  the  divine  law  and  to 
avoid  idolatry,  founded  on  their  past  experience  of  the  goodness  of  God  (iv.)  Part 
II.  is  a  repetition  of  the  moral,  ceremonial,  and  judicial  law.  Part  III.  contains 
the  confirmation  of  the  law ;  for  which  purpose  the  law  was  to  be  written  on 
and  set  up  on  Mount  Ebal.  Part  IV.  contains  the  personal  history,  of  Mos< 
his  death,  and  his  appointment  of  Joshua  to  be  his  successor. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  JOSHUA. 

THE  Book  of  Joshua,  which  in  all  copies  of  the  Old  Testament  immediately 
follows  the  Pentateuch,  is  so  called  because  it  contains  a  narration  of  the 
achievements  of  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  who  had  been  the  minister  of  Moses,  and 
succeeded  him  in  the  command  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

From  the  absence  of  Chaldee  words,  and  others  of  a  later  date,  some  are  of 
opinion  not  only  that  the  book  is  of  great  antiquity,  but  also  that  it  was  composed 
by  Joshua  himself.  This  opinion  was  held  by  several  of  the  Fathers  and  Talmudical 
writers,  as  well  as  by  many  modern  eminent  biblical  scholars. 

The  objections  to  this  idea  are  founded  chiefly  on  the  clause,  "unto  this  day," 
which  occurs  several  times,  (ch.  iv.  9 ;  viii.  28.)  But  this,  at  least  in  the  case  of 
Kahab,  is  no  valid  reason  for  rejecting  the  idea  of  his  authorship ;  for  assuming, 
what  is  most  probable,  that  this  book  was  composed  towards  the  close  of  Joshua's 
long  career,  or  compiled  from  written  documents  left  by  him,  Rahab  might  have 
been  still  alive.  A  more  simple  and  satisfactory  way  of  accounting  for  the  frequent 
insertion  of  the  clause,  "  unto  this  day,"  is  the  opinion,  that  it  was  a  comment 
introduced  by  Ezra  when  revising  the  sacred  canon ;  and  this  difficulty  being 
removed,  the  direct  proofs  of  the  book  having  been  produced  by  a  witness  of  the 
transactions  related  in  it ;  the  strong  and  vivid  descriptions  of  the  passing  scenes, 
and  the  use  of  the  words  "  we "  and  "  us,"  (ch.  v.  1-6,)  viewed  in  connection  with 
the  fact,  that,  after  his  farewell  address  to  the  people,  Joshua  "  wrote  these  words 
in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God  " — all  afford  strong  presumptive  proofs  that  the  entire 
book  was  the  work  of  that  eminent  individual.  Its  inspiration  and  canonical  author- 
ity are  fully  established  by  the  repeated  testimonies  of  other  Scripture  writers.  As 
a  narrative  of  God's  faithfulness  in  giving  the  Israelites  possession  of  the  promised 
land,  this  history  is  the  most  valuable,  and  bears  the  same  character  as  a  sequel  to 
the  Pentateuch,  that  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  do  to  the  Gospels. 

The  Book  of  Joshua  comprises  the  history  of  about  seventeen  years,  or,  accord- 
ing to  some  chronologers,  of  twenty-seven  or  thirty  years.  "  It  is  one  of  the  most 
important  documents  in  the  old  covenant,  and  it  should  never  be  separated  from 
the  Pentateuch,  of  which  it  is  at  once  both  the  continuation  and  the  completion." 
The  Pentateuch  contains  a  history  of  the  acts  of  the  great  Jewish  legislator,  and 
the  laws  upon  which  the  Jewish  church  was  to  be  established ;  the  Book  of  Joshua 
relates  the  history  of  Israel  under  the  command  and  government  of  Joshua,  the 
conquest  of  Canaan,  and  its  subsequent  division  among  the  Israelites. 

The  scope  and  design  of  the  inspired  writer  of  this  book  were  evidently  to 
demonstrate  the  faithfulness  of  God,  in  the  perfect  accomplishment  of  all  his 
promises  to  the  patriarchs  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  and  also  to  Moses,  that  the 
children  of  Israel  should  obtain  possession  of  the  land  of  Canaan. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  JUDGES 

Is  the  title  given  to  this  book,  from  its  containing  the  history  of  those  non- 
regal  rulers  who  governed  the  Hebrews  from  the  time  of  Joshua  to  that  of 
Eli,  and  whose  functions  in  time  of  peace  consisted  chiefly  in  the  administration 
of  justice,  although  they  occasionally  led  the  people  in  their  wars  against  their 
public  enemies.  The  date  and  authorship  of  this  book  are  not  precisely  known. 
It  is  certain,  however,  that  it  preceded  the  Second  Book  of  Samuel,  (cf.  ch.  ix.  35, 
with  2  Samuel  xi.  21,)  as  well  as  the  conquest  of  Jerusalem  by  David,  (cf.  ch. 
i.  21,  with  2  Samuel  v.  6.)  Its  author  was  in  all  probability  Samuel,  the  last  of 
the  judges  (see  ch.  xix.  1 ;  xxi.  25,)  and  the  date  of  the  first  part  of  it  is  fixed  in 
the  reign  of  Saul,  while  the  five  chapters  at  the  close  might  not  be  written  till 
after  David's  establishment  as  king  in  Israel,  (see  ch.  xviii.  31.)  It  is  a  frag- 
mentary history,  being  a  collection  of  important  facts  and  signal  deliverances 
at  different  times  and  in  various  parts  of  the  land,  during  the  intermediate 
period  of  three  hundred  years  between  Joshua  and  the  establishment  of  mon- 
archy. The  inspired  character  of  this  book  is  confirmed  by  allusions  to  it 
in  many  passages  of  Scripture,  (cf.  ch.  iv.  2;  vi.  14;  with  1  Samuel  xii.  9-12;  ch. 
ix.  53,  with  2  Samuel  xi.  21 ;  ch.  vii.  25,  with  Psalms -lxxxiii.  11 ;  cf.  ch.  v.  4,  5, 
with  Psalms  vii.  5;  eh.  xiii.  5;  xvi.  17,  with  Matt.  ii.  13-23;  Acts  xiii.  20;  Heb. 
xi.  32.) 

Among  the  many  internal  proofs  of  the  genuineness  and  fidelity  of  the  history 
contained  in  this  book,  we  would  refer  particularly  to  the  account  of  Jephthah, 
who  vows  inconsiderately  that  if  he  should  return  conqueror  of  the  Ammonites 
he  would  offer  up  whatever  should  first  come  forth  out  of  the  door  of  his  house 
to  meet  him ;  in  consequence  of  which,  his  only  daughter  is  immolated  by  a  cruel 
father,  acting  contrary  to  the  Mosaic  law,  which  forbids  human  victims. 

The  .first  part  embraces  the  history  of  the  Elders,  who  ruled  the  Israelites 
after  the  death  of  Joshua.  The  second  part  contains  the  history  of  the  Judges 
from  Othniel  to  Eli ;  and  the  third,  which  narrates  several  memorable  actions 
performed  not  long  after  the  death  of  Joshua,  is  thrown  to  the  end  of  the 
book,  that  it  might  not  interrupt  the  thread  of  the  narrative. 

In  this,  as  in  other  books  of  the  Bible,  the  reader  should  bear  in  mind 
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THE  Book  of  Ruth  is  generally  considered  as  an  appendix  to  that  of  Judges,  and 
as  an  introduction  to  that  of  Samuel ;  it  is  therefore,  with  great  propriety,  placed 
between  the  books  of  Judges  and  Samuel.  In  the  ancient  Jewish  canon  of  the  Old 
Testament,  Judges  and  Ruth  formed  one  book,  because  the  transactions  which  it  con- 
tained happened  in  the  time  of  the  Judges.  The  book  derives  its  name  from  Ruth  the 
Moabitess,  whose  history  it  relates,  and  whom  the  Chaldee  paraphrast  supposes  to  have 
been  the  daughter  of  Eglon,  king  of  Moab.  This  conjecture,  however,  is  wholly  un- 
supported by  Scripture ;  nor  is  it  at  all  likely  that  a  king's  daughter  would  abandon 
her  native  country  to  seek  bread  in  another  land,  and  marry  a  stranger. 

Like  the  Book  of  Judges,  Ruth  has  been  ascribed  to  Hezekiah  and  also  to  Ezra ;  but 
the  most  probable  and,  indeed,  generally  received  opinion  is  that  of  the  Jews,  who 
state  it  to  have  been  written  by  the  prophet  Samuel.  From  the  genealogy  recorded  in 
ch.  iv.  17-22,  it  is  evident  that  this  history  could  not  have  been  reduced  into  its  present 
form  before  the  time  of  Samuel. 

The  scope  of  this  book  is  partly  to  show  the  genealogy  of  King  David  through  the 
line  of  Ruth,  a  heathen  proselyte  to  the  Jewish  religion,  and  the  wife  of  Boaz,  whose 
adoption  into  the  line  of  Christ  has  generally  been  considered  as  a  pre-intimation  of  the 
admission  of  the  Gentiles  into  the  Christian  Church.  It  had  been  foretold  to  the  Jews 
that  the  Messiah  should  be  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  and  it  was  afterward  further  revealed 
that  he  should  be  of  the  family  of  DaVid  ;  and  therefore  it  was  necessary,  for  the  full 
understanding  of  these  prophecies,  that  the  history  of  the  family  in  that  tribe  should 
be  written  before  these  prophecies  were  revealed,  in  order  to  prevent  the  least  suspicion 
of  fraud  or  design.  And  thus  this  book,  these  prophecies  and  their  accomplishment 
serve  to  illustrate  each  other.  A  further  design  of  this  book  is  to  evidence  the  care 
of  Divine  Providence  over  those  who  sincerely  fear  God,  in  raising  the  pious  Ruth 
from  a  state  of  the  deepest  adversity  to  one  of  the  highest  prosperity 


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IN  the  Jewish  caiion  of  Scripture  the  two  books  of  Samuel 
form  but  one,  termed  in  Hebrew  the  Book  of  Samuel,  prob- 
ably because  the  first  book  was  written  by  that  prophet,  whose 
history  and  transactions  it  relates.  The  books  of  Samuel  ap- 
pear to  have  derived  their  appellation  from  1st  Chron.  xxix. 
29,  where  the  transactions  of  David's  reigo  are  said  to  be 
"  written  in  the  book  of  Samuel  the  Seer."  In  the  Septuagint 
version  they  are  called  the  First  and  Second  Books  of 
Kings  or  of  the  Kingdoms.  In  the  Vulgate  they  are  desig- 
nated as  the  First  and  Second  Books  of  Kings,  and  by  Je- 
rome they  are  termed  the  Books  of  the  Kingdoms,  as  being 
two  of  the  four  books  in  which  the  history  of  the  kings  of 
Judah  and  Israel  is  related. 

Jahn  is  of  opinion  that  the  books  of  Samuel  and  the  two 
books  of  Kings  were  written  by  one  and  the  same  person, 
and  published  about  the  forty-fourth  year  of  the  Babylonish 
captivity ;  and  he  has  endeavored  to  support  his  conjecture 
with  much  ingenuity,  though  unsuccessfilly,  by  the  uniformity 
of  plan  and  style  which  he  thinks  is',  discernible  in  these 
books.  The  more  prevalent,  as  well  as  more  probable, 
opinion  is  that  of  the  Talmudists,  which  was  adopted  by  the 
most  learned  fathers  of  the  Christian  Church  (who  unques- 
tionably had  better  means  of  ascertaining  this  point  than  we 
have),  namely,  that  the  first  twenty-four  chapters  of  the  First 
Book  of  Samuel  were  written  by  the  prophet  whose  name 
they  bear,  and  that  the  remainder  of  that  book,  together 
with  the  whole  of  the  Second  Book,  was;  committed  to  writing 
by  the  prophets  Gad  and  Nathan,  agi'eeably  to  the  practice 
of  the  prophets  who  wrote  memoirs  of  the  transactions  of  their 
respective  times. 

The  First  Book  of  Samuel  contains  the  history  of  the  Jew- 
ish Church  and  polity,  from  the  birth  of  Samuel,  during  the 
judicature  of  Eli,  to  the  death  of  Saul,  the  first  king  of  Israel 
— a  period  of  nearly  eighty  years — namely,  from  the  year  of 
the  world  2869  to  2949. 


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THE  Second  Book  of  Samuel  contains  the  history  of  David,  the 
second  king  of  Israel,  during  a  period  of  nearly  forty  years, 
namely,  from  the  year  of  the  world  2948  to  2988;  and,  by  recording 
the  translation  of  the  kingdom  from  the  tribe  of  Benjamin  to  that 
of  Judah,  it  relates  the  partial  accomplishment  of  the  prediction  de- 
livered in  Gen.  xlix.  10.  The  victories  of  David,  his  wise  adminis- 
tration of  civil  government,  his  efforts  to  promote  true  religion,  his 
grievous  sins  and  deep  repentance,  together  with  the  troubles  and 
judgments  inflicted  upon  him  and  his  people  by  God,  are  all  fully 
described.  This  book  consists  of  three  principal  divisions,  relating 
the  troubles  and  triumphs  of  David,  and  his  transactions  subsequent 
to  his  recovery  of  the  throne,  whence  he  was  driven  for  a  short  time 
by  the  rebellion  of  his  son  Absalom. 

This  second  book  bears  an  exact  relation  to  the  preceding,  and  is 
likewise  connected  with  that  which  succeeds.  We  see  throughout 
the  effects  of  that  enmity  against  other  nations  which  had  been  im- 
planted in  the  minds  of  the  Israelites  by  the  Mosaic  law,  and  which 
gradually  tended  to' the  extirpation  of  idolatry.  "  This  book,"  says 
Bishop  Gray,  "  as  well  as  the  first,  contains  intrinsic  proofs  of  its 
verity.  By  describing  without  disguise  the  misconduct  of  those 
characters  who  were  highly  reverenced  among  the  people,  the  sacred 
writer  demonstrates  his  impartial  sincerity,  and,  by  appealing  to 
monuments  that  attested  the  veracity  of  his  relations  when  he  wrote, 
he  furnished  every  possible  evidence  of  his  faithful  adherence  to 
truth.  The  books  of  Samuel  connect  the  chain  of  sacred  history 
by  detailing  the  circumstances  of  an  interesting  period.  They  de- 
scribe the  reformation  and  improvements  of  the  Jewish  Church  es- 
tablished by  David  ;  and  as  they  delineate  minutely  the  life  of  that 
monarch  they  point  out  his  typical  relation  to  Christ."  In  the  falls 
of  David  we  behold  the  strength  and  prevalence  of  human  corrup- 
tion, and  in  his  repentance  and  recovery  the  extent  and  efficacy 
of  Divine  grace.  The  two  books  of  Samuel  are  of  very  consider- 
able importance  for  illustrating  the  Book  of  Psalms,  to  which  they 
may  be  considered  as  a  key.  No  mention  of  the  author's  name 
is  made  in  the  book  of  Kings,  nor  in  any  other  of  the  sacred 
writings,  nor  in  the  Apocrypha. 


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IN  the  ancient  copies  of  the  Hebrew  Bible,  the  Books  of  Kings  constitute  one 
book.  Various  titles  have  been  given  them ;  in  the  Septuagint  and  the 
Vulgate  they  are  called  the  Third  and  Fourth  Books  of  Kings.  Their  inspired 
character  was  acknowledged  by  the  Jewish  Church,  which  ranked  them  in  the 
sacred  canon;  and,  besides,  is  attested  by  our  Lord,  who  frequently  quotes  from 
them,  (cf.  1  Kings  xvii.  9 ;  2  Kings  v.  14,  with  Luke  iv.  24-27 ;  1  Kings  x.  1,  with 
Matt.  xii.  42.) 

The  two  books  of  Kings  are  closely  connected  with  those  of  Samuel.  The  origin 
and  gradual  increase  of  the  united  kingdom  of  Israel  under  Saul  and  his  successor 
David  having  been  described  in  the  latter,  the  books  of  Kings  relate  its  height  of 
glory  under  Solomon,  its  division  into  two  kingdoms  under  his  son  and  successor 
Rehoboam,  the  causes  of  that  division,  and  the  consequent  decline  of  the  two  king- 
doms of  Israel  and  Judah  until  their  final  subversion,  the  ten  tribes  being  carried 
captive  into  Assyria  by  Shalmaneser,  and  Judah  and  Benjamin  to  Babylon  by 
Nebuch  adnezzar. 

Concerning  the  author  or  authors  of  these  books,  the  sentiments  of  learned  men 
are  extremely  divided.  Some  have  been  of  opinion  that  David,  Solomon  and 
Hezekiah  wrote  the  history  of  their  own  reigns ;  others  that  Nathan,  Gad,  Isaiah, 
Jeremiah,  and  other  prophets  who  flourished  in  the  kingdoms  of  Israel  and 
Judah,  undertook  the  office  of  historiographers.  We  know  that  several  of  the 
prophets  wrote  the  lives  of  those  kings  who  reigned  in  their  times,  for  the  names 
and  writings  of  these  prophets  are  mentioned  in  several  places  in  the  books  of 
Kings  and  Chronicles. 

The  First  Book  of  Kings  embraces  a  period  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-six 
years,  from  the  anointing  of  Solomon  and  his  admission  as  a  partner  to  the 
throne  with  David,  a.  m.  2989,  to  the  death  of  Jehoshaphat,  A.  m.  3115.  It  relates 
the  latter  part  of  David's  life,  his  death,  and  the  accession  of  Solomon,  whose 
I  reign  comprehended  the  most  prosperous  and  glorious  period  of  the  Israelitish 
history.  It  prefigured  the  peaceful  reign  of  the  Messiah ;  Solomon's  erection  and 
consecration  of  the  temple  at  Jerusalem  (the  beauty  and  perfection  of  which  was 
a  type  of  the  beauty  and  perfection  of  the  Church  of  God) ;  his  awful  defection 
from  the  true  religion ;  the  sudden  decay  of  the  Jewish  nation  after  his  death, 
when  it  was  divided  into  two  kingdoms,  under  Rehoboam,  who  reigned  over  the 
kingdom  of  Judah,  comprising  the  tribes  of  Judah  and  Benjamin,  and  under 
Jeroboam,  who  wa.3  sovereign  of  the  other  ten  tribes  that  revolted  from  the 
house  of  David,  and  which  in  the  sacred  writings  are  designated  as  the  kingdom 
of  Israel. 


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THE  Second  Book  of  Kings  contains  the  contemporary  history  of  the  two  king- 
doms of  Israel  and  Judah,  from  the  death  of  Jehoshaphat,  A.  m.  3115,  to  the 
destruction  of  the  city  and  temple  of  Jerusalem  by  Nebuchadnezzar,  a.  m.  3416,  a 
period  of  three  hundred  years. 

The  last  three  verses  of  the  preceding  book  have  been  improperly  separated  from 
this.  The  history  of  the  two  kingdoms  is  interwoven  in  this  book,  and  presents  a 
long  succession  of  wicked  sovereigns  in  the  kingdom  of  Israel  from  Ahaziah  to 
Hoshea,  in  whose  reign  Samaria  was  captured  by  Shalmaneser,  king  of  Assyria,  and 
the  ten  tribes  were  taken  captive  into  that  country. 

In  the  kingdom  of  Judah  we  find  some  few  pious  princes  among  many  who  were 
corrupt.  Sixteen  sovereigns  filled  the  Jewish  throne  from  Jehoram  to  Zedekiah, 
in  whose  reign  the  kingdom  of  Judah  was  totally  subverted,  and  the  people  car- 
ried captive  into  Babylon.  During  this  period  numerous  prophets  flourished— 
Jonah,  Joel,  Amos,  Hosea,  Isaiah,  Micah,  Nahum,  Jeremiah,  Habakkuk,  Daniel, 
Ezekiel,  etc. 

We  have  here  the  acts  of  Elijah  and  Elisha  portrayed.  Chap.  ii.  v.  11,  Elijah  is 
carried  up  to  heaven  in  a  fiery  chariot.  Like  Enoch,  he  was  translated,  that  he  should 
not  see  death;  Elisha  pathetically  laments  the  loss  of  the  great  prophet,  but  attends 
him  with  an  encomium.  He  was  possessed  of  Elijah's  mantle,  the  badge  of  his  office, 
which,  we  may  suppose,  he  put  on  and  wore  for  his  master's  sake. 

The  Second  Book  of  Kings  comprises  twenty-five  chapters,  which  may  be  divided 
into  two  parts,  containing — 1.  The  history  of  the  two  monarchies  until  the  end  of  the 
kingdom  of  Israel ;  and,  2.  The  history  of  Judah  alone  until  its  subversion.  The 
two  books  of  Kings,  particularly  the  second,  abound  with  impressive  and  lively  nar- 
rations ;  and  the  strict  impartiality  with  which  the  author  of  each  book  has  related 
events  and  circumstances  dishonorable  to  his  nation  affords  the  most  convincing 
evidence  of  his  fidelity  and  integrity.  They  delineate  the  long-suffering  of  God 
toward  his  people,  and  his  severe  chastisements  for  their  iniquitous  abuse  of  his  mercy 
and  goodness ;  at  the  same  time,  they  mark  most  clearly  the  veracity  of  the  Almighty, 
both  in  his  promises  and  in  his  threatenings,  and  show  the  utter  vanity  of  trusting 
in  an  arm  of  flesh,  and  the  weakness  and  instability  of  human  kingdoms  from  which 
justice  and  piety  are  banished. 

Considering  the  conciseness  of  the  narrative  and  the  simplicity  of  the  style,  the 
amount  of  information  which  this  book  conveys  of  the  characters,  conduct,  and 
manners  of  kings  and  people  during  so  long  a  period  is  truly  wonderful. 


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THE  BOOKS  OF  CHRONICLES. 

THE  ancient  Jews  comprised  the  two  Books  of  Chronicles  in  one  book ;  but  in  the 
Hebrew  books  now  printed  for  their  use  they  have  adopted  the  same  division 
which  is  found  in  our  Bibles,  apparently  (Calmet  thinks)  for  the  purpose  of  conforming 
to  our  mode  of  reference  in  concordances,  the  use  of  which  they  borrowed  from  the 
Romish  Church. 

The  Jews  entitle  these  books  " The  Words  of  Days,"  or  "Annals,"  probably  from  the 
circumstance  of  their  being  compiled  out  of  diaries  or  annals  in  which  were  recorded 
the  various  events  related  in  these  books.  The  appellation  of  Chronicles  was  given  to 
these  books  by  Jerome,  because  they  contained  an  abstract,  in  order  of  time,  of  the  whole 
of  the  sacred  history  to  the  time,  when  they  were  written. 

These  books  were  evidently  compiled  from  others,  which  were  written  at  different 
times,  some  before  and  others  after  the  Babylonish  captivity.  It  is  certain  that  the 
Books  of  Chronicles  are  not  the  original  records  or  memorials  of  the  transactions 
of  the  sovereigns  of  Israel  and  Judah,  which  are  so  ofteu  referred  to  in  the  Books 
of  Kings.  Those  ancient  registers  were  much  more  copious  than  the  Books  of  Chron- 
icles, which  contain  ample  extracts  from  original  documents,  to  which  they  very  fre- 
quently refer. 

Concerning  the  author  of  the  Books  of  Chronicles  we  have  no  distinct  information. 
Some  have  conjectured  that  he  was  the  same  who  wrote  the  Books  of  Kings ;  but  the 
great  difference,  Calmet  remarks,  in  the  dates,-  narratives,  genealogies,  and  proper 
names,  strongly  militates  against  this  hypothesis.  The  Hebrews  commonly  assign  the 
Chronicles  to  Ezra,  who,  they  say,  composed  them  after  the  return  from  the  captivity. 
There  are  various  marks,  however,  about  these  books  which  prove  conclusively  that 
Ezra  did  not  compose  them. 

The  authenticity  of  the  Chronicles  is  abundantly  supported  by  the  general  mass  of 
external  evidence,  by  which,  also,  their  divine  authority  is  fully  established,  as  well  as 
by  the  indirect  attestations  of  the  Lord  and  his  apostles. 

The  principal  scope  of  these  books  is  to  exhibit  with  accuracy  the  genealogies,  the 
rank,  the  functions  and  the  order  of  the  prjests  and  Levites,  that  after  their  captivity 
they  might  more  easily  assume  their  proper  ranks  and  re-enter  on  their  ministry.  The 
books  are  also  an  abridgment  of  all  the  sacred  history,  but  more  especially  from  the 
origin  of  the  Jewish  nation  to  their  return  from  the  first  captivity.  The  First  Book 
traces  the  rise  and  propagation  of  the  people  of  Israel  from  Adam,  and  afterwards  gives 
a  circumstantial  account  of  the  reign  and  transactions  of  David.  In  the  Second  Book 
the  narrative  is  continued,  and  relates  the  progress  and  dissolution  of  the  kingdom  of 
Judah  to  the  return  of  the  Jews  from  the  Babylonish  captivity. 


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INDEPENDENTLY  of  the  important  moral  and  religious  instruction  to  be  derived 
from  the  two  Books  of  Chronicles,  as  illustrating  the  Divine  dispensation  toward 
a  highly-favored  but  ungrateful  people,  the  Second  Book  is  extremely  valuable  in  a 
critical  point  of  view,  not  only  as  it  contains  some  historical  particulars  which  are 
not  mentioned  in  any  other  part  of  the  Old  Testament,  but  also  because  it  affords  us 
many  genuine  readings  which,  by  the  inaccuracies  of  transcribers,  are  now  lost  in  the 
older  books  of  the  Bible. 

The  discrepancies  between  the  Books  of  Kings  and  Chronicles,  though  very 
numerous,  are  not  of  any  great  moment,  and  admit  of  an  easy  solution,  being  partly 
caused  by  various  lections  and  partly  arising  from  the  nature  of  the  books,  which, 
being  supplementary  to  those  of  Samuel  and  Sings,  omit  what  is  there  related  more 
at  large  and  supply  what  is  there  wanting.  It  should  further  be  recollected  that 
after  the  captivity,  the  Hebrew  language  was  slightly  varied  from  what  it  had  formerly 
been ;  that  different  places  had  received  new  names  or  undergone  sundry  vicissitudes ; 
that  certain  things  were  now  better  known  to  the  returned  Jews  under  other  appel- 
lations than  under  those  by  which  they  had  formerly  been  distinguished ;  and  that, 
from  the  materials  to  which  the  author  had  access,  he  has  selected  those  passages 
which  appeared  to  him  best  adapted  to  his  purpose  and  most  suitable  to  the  time  in 
which  he  wrote. 

As  the  Books  of  Samuel,  Kings  and  Chronicles  relate  the  same  histories,  they 
should  be  constantly  read  together,  not  only  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a  more 
comprehensive  view  of  Jewish  history,  but  also  in  order  to  illustrate  or  amend  from 
one  book  what  is  obscure  in  either  of  the  others. 

Chapter  I.  First  Book  of  Chronicles  has  Adam  for  its  first  word,  and  Abraham 
for  its  last.  Between  the  creation  of  the  former,  and  birth  of  the  latter,  were  2,000 
years ;  almost  the  one  half  of  which  time  Adam  himself  lived.  Adam  was  the  com- 
mon father  of  our  flesh,  Abraham  the  common  father  of  the  faithful.  By  the  breach 
which  the  former  made  of  the  covenant  of  innocency,  we  were  all  made  miserable ; 
by  the  covenant  of  grace  made  with  the  latter,  we  are  all,  or  may  be  made  happy. 
We  all  are,  by  nature  the  seed  of  Adam,  branches  of  that  wild  olive.  Let  us  see  to 
it,  that,  by  faith  we  become  the  seed  of  Abraham  (Rom.  iv.  11,  12,)  that  we  be  planted 
with  the  good  olive,  and  partake  of  its  root  and  fatness. 

The  Second  Book  of  Chronicles,  portrays  minutely,  King  Solomon's  preparations 
for  building  the  second  temple  at  Jerusalem,  and  the  only  portion  of  King  Solomon's 
life  rehearsed  at  length,  are  those,  in  connection  with  the  erection  and  dedication  of 
that  magnificent  sanctuary,  which  formed  the  most  glorious  epoch  of  his  reign. 


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THE  Books  of  Ezra  and  Nehemiah  were  anciently  reckoned 
by  the  Jews  as  one  volume,  and  were  divided  by  them 
into  the  First  and  Second  Books  of  Ezra.  The  same  division 
is  recognized  by  the  Greek  and  Latin  Churches,  but  the 
third  book,  assigned  to  Ezra  and  received  as  canonical  by 
the  Greek  Church,  is  the  same  in  substance  as  the  book  which 
properly  bears  his  name,  but  interpolated.  The  fourth  book, 
which  has  been  attributed  to  him,  is  a  manifest  forgery,  in 
which  the  marks  of  falsehood  are  plainly  discernible.  It 
was  never  unanimously  received  as  canonical  either  by  the 
Greek  or  Latin  Church,  although  some  of  the  fathers  have 
cited  it,  and  the  Latin  Church  has  borrowed  some  words  out 
of  it.  It  is  now  extant  in  Greek,  but  was  never  extant  in 
Hebrew.  It  is  evident  that  the  author  of  the  Book  of  Ezra 
was  personally  present  at  the  transactions  recorded  in  it,  the 
narrative  being  in  the  first  person.  It  also  bears  upon  the 
face  of  it  every  character  of  natural  simplicity,  and  contains 
more  particulars  of  time,  persons  and  places  than  could  have 
been  introduced  by  any  other  individual. 

That  the  last  chapters  of  this  book  were  written  by  Ezra 
himself  there  can  be  no  doubt,  as  he  particularly  describes 
himself  in  the  beginning  of  the  seventh  chapter,  and  likewise 
frequently  introduces  himself  in  the  subsequent  chapters. 

The  Jews,  indeed,  ascribe  the  whole  of  this  book  to  Ezra, 
and  their  opinion  is  adopted  by  most  Christian  commentators. 
But  as  the  writer  of  the  first  six  chapters  appears,  from  ch.  v. 
4,  to  have  been  at  Jerusalem  in  the  reign  of  Darius  Hystaspes, 
and  it  is  evident,  from  the  beginning  of  the  seventh  chapter, 
that  Ezra  did  not  go  thither  until  the  reign  of  Artaxerxes 
Longimanus  (a  distance  of  sixty  years),  some  persons  have 
ascribed  the  first  six  chapters  to  a  more  ancient  author.  This, 
however,  does  not  necessarily  follow,  and  we  think  there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  these  chapters  were  written  by  Ezra  as  well 
as  the  last  four. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  NEHEMIAH. 

r*HE  book  of  Nehemiah,  we  have  already  noticed,  is  in 
X  some  versions  termed  the  Second  Book  of  Ezra  or  Es- 
dras,  from  an  opinion  which  anciently  obtained,  and  was 
adopted  by  Athanasius,  Epiphanius,  Chrysostom  and  other 
eminent  fathers  of  the  Church,  that  Ezra  was  the  author  of 
this  book.  In  the  modern  Hebrew  Bibles  it  has  the  name 
of  Nehemiah  prefixed  to  it,  which  is  also  retained  in  our  Eng- 
lish Bibles.  The  author  of  this  book  was  not  the  Nehemiah 
who  returned  to  Jerusalem  from  Babylon  with  Zerubbabel. 
That  Nehemiah,  whose  name  this  book  bears,  and  who  was 
cup-bearer  to  Artaxerxes  Longimanus,  was  the  author  of  it, 
there  cannot  be  any  reasonable  doubt,  the  whole  of  it  being 
written  in  his  name,  and,  what  is  very  unusual  when  com- 
pared with  the  preceding  sacred  historians,  being  written  in 
the  first  person.  The  insertion  of  the  greater  part  of  the 
register  in  chap.  xii.  1-26  (which  is  supposed  to  militate 
against  this  generally-received  opinion)  may  be  accounted  for 
by  supposing  it  either  to  have  been  added  by  some  subsequent 
author,  or  perhaps  by  the  authority  of  the  great  synagogue, 
for  it  seems  to  be  unconnected  with  the  narrative  of  Nehe- 
miah, and,  if  genuine,  must  ascribe  to  him  a  degree  of  lon- 
gevity which  appears  scarcely  credible.  According  to  some 
writers,  Nehemiah  was  of  the  tribe  of  Levi,  while  others  are 
of  opinion  that  he  was  of  the  royal  house  of  Judah. 

This  book  may  be  divided  into  four  parts,  namely :  I.  The 
departure  of  Nehemiah  from  Shushan,  with  a  royal  commis- 
sion to  build  the  walls  of  Jerusalem,  and  his  first  arrival  there 
(ch.  i.,  ii.  1-11).  II.  An  account  of  the  building  of  the 
walls,  notwithstanding  the  obstacles  interposed  by  Sanballat 
(ch.  ii.  12-20 ;  iii.-vii.  4).  III.  The  first  reformation  accom- 
plished by  Nehemiah  (ch.  vii.  5 ;  xii.  47).  IV.  The  second 
reformation  accomplished  by  Nehemiah  on  his  second  return 
to  Jerusalem,  and  his  correction  of  the  abuses  which  had 
crept  in  during  his  absence  (ch.  xiii.).  The  administration 
of  this  pious  and  truly  patriotic  governor  lasted  about  thirty- 
six  years,  to  the  year  of  the  world  3574. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  ESTHER. 

THIS  book,  which  derives  its  name  from  the  person  whose  history  it  chiefly 
relates,  is  by  the  Jews  termed  Megillah  Esther,  or  the  volume  of  Esther.  The 
history  it  contains  comes  in  between  the  sixth  and  seventh  chapters  of  Ezra.  Its 
authenticity  was  questioned  by  some  of  the  fathers,  in  consequence  of  the  name  of 
God  being  omitted  throughout ;. but  it  has  always  been  received  as  canonical  by 
the  Jews,  who  hold  this  book  in  the  highest  estimation,  placing  it  on  the  same 
level  with  the  law  of  Moses.  They  believe  that,  whatever  destruction  may  attend 
the  other  sacred  writings,  the  Pentateuch  and  the  Book  of  Esther  will  always  be 
preserved  by  a  special  providence.  Concerning  the  author  of  this  book,  the 
opinions  of  biblical  critics  are  so  greatly  divided  that  it  is  difficult  to  determine  by 
whom  it  was  written.  Augustine  and  some  of  the  fathers  of  the  Christian  Church 
ascribe  it  to  Ezra.  By  other  writers  it  is  ascribed  to  the  joint  labors  of  the  Great 
Synagogue,  who,  from  the  time  of  Ezra  to  Simon  the  Just,  superintended  the 
edition  and  canon  of  Scripture.  The  transactions  recorded  in  this  book  relate  to 
the  time  Artaxerxes  Longimanus,  the  same  who  reigned  during  the  time  of  Ezra 
and  Nehemiah.  They  commence  about  the  year  of  the  world  3544,  and  continue 
through  a  period  not  exceeding  eighteen  or  twenty  years.  The  Book  of  Esther 
relates  the  elevation  of  a'  Jewish  captive  to  the  throne  of  Persia,  and  the  provi- 
dential deliverance  of  herself  and  people  from  the  machinations  of  the  cruel 
Haman  and  his  associates,  whose  intended  mischief  recoiled  upon  themselves,  thus 
affording  a  practical  comment  on  the  declaration  of  the  royal  sage:  "Though 
hand  join  in  hand,  the  wicked  shall  not  go  unpunished ;  but  the  seed  of  the  right- 
eous shall  be  delivered."     (Prov.  xi.  21.) 

The  scope  of  Esther  is  clearly  to  describe  the  historical  occasion  and  origin  of 
the  Purim  festival,  and  the  writer  probably  wrote  in  Persia.  At  the  Feast  of  Purim 
this  book  is  read  through  in  the  synagogues. 


THE  BOOK  OF  JOB. 


THIS  book  has  derived  its  title  from  the  venerable  patriarch  Job  whose  pros- 
perity, afflictions  and  restoration  from  the  deepest  adversity  are  here 
recorded,  together  with  his  exemplary  and  unequaled  patience  under  all  his 
calamities. 

The  Book  of  Job  undoubtedly  contains  the  history  of  a  real  character,  the  point 
to  be  considered  is  the  age  in  which  he  lived,  a  question  concerning  which  there  is 
as  great  a   diversity  of  opinion   as   upon   any  other  subject   connected  with  this 


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venerable  -  monument  of  sacred  antiquity.  Thus,  some  think  that  he  lived  in 
the  days  of  Moses,  from  a  supposed  resemblance  between  the  style  of  Moses  and 
that  of  Job  ;  others,  in  the  time  of  the  Judges,  from  an  expression  in  Job  xxvii. 
12,  because  at  that  time  all  was  vanity,  and  every  man  did  that  which  was  good 
in  his  own  eyes.  Grotius  thinks  the  events  of  the  history  are  such  as  cannot  be 
placed  later  than  the  sojourning  of  the  Israelites  in  the  wilderness.  Bishop 
Warburton,  in  like  manner,  admits  them  to  bear  the  marks  of  high  antiquity. 
The  subject  of  this  book  is  the  history  of  the  patriarch  Job,  who  at  the  period 
in  question  was  an  emir,  or  Arab  prince,  of  distinguished  wealth,  eminence 
and  authority,  resident  in  the  country  of  Uz,  or  Idumsea.  The  principal  object 
offered  to  our  contemplation  in  this  production  is  the  example  of  a  good  man, 
eminent  for  his  piety  and  of  approved  integrity,  suddenly  precipitated  from  the 
very  summit  of  prosperity  into  the  lowest  depths  of  ruin,  who,  having  been  first 
bereaved  of  his  wealth,  his  possessions  and  his  children,  is  afterward  afflicted 
with  the  most  excruciating  anguish  of  a  loathsome  disease,  which  entirely  covers 
his  body.  He  sustains  all  with  the  mildest  submission  and  the  most  complete 
resignation  to  the  will  of  Providence.  Independently  of  the  important  instruc- 
tion and  benefit  which  may  be  derived  from  a  devout  perusal  of  the  Book  of 
Job,  this  divine  poem  is  of  no  small  value,  as  transmitting  to  us  a  faithful  delin- 
eation of  the  patriarchal  doctrines  of  religion. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  PSALMS. 

IN  the  Hebrew  this  book  is  entitled  Sapher  Tchillim,  which  signi- 
fies the  "  Book  of  Hymns  or  Praises,"  because  the  greater  part 
of  them  treat  of  the  praises  of  God,  whilst  the  remainder  consist 
either  of  the  complaints  of  an  afflicted  soul,  or  of  penitential  effu- 
sions, or  of  the  prayers  of  a  heart  overwhelmed  with  grief.  In  the 
Roman  edition  of  the  Septuagint  version,  printed  in  1587,  which 
professes  to  follow  the  Vatican  manuscript,  the  book  is  simply 
denominated  the  "  Psalms ;"  and  in  the  Alexandrian  manuscript, 
preserved  in  the  British  Museum,  it  is  entitled  the  "  Psalter  with 
Odes  or  Hymns."  The  Syriac  version,  in  Bishop  Walton's  polyglot, 
styles  it  the  "  Book  of  Psalms  of  David  the  King  and  Prophet," 
and  the  Arabic  version  commences  with  the  "  First  Book  of  Psalms 
of  David  the  Prophet,  King  of  the  Sons  of  Israel." 

The  right  of  the  book  of  Psalms  to  a  place  in  the  sacred  canon 
has  never  been  disputed ;  they  are  frequently  alluded  to  in  -the 
Old  Testament,  and  are  often  cited  by  our  Lord  and  his  apostles 
as  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  They  are  generally  termed  the 
Psalms  of  David,  that  Hebrew  monarch  being  their  chief  author. 
Many  of  the  ancient  Fathers  were  of  opinion  that  he  was  their  sole 
author,  while  others  equally  eminent  held  contrary  views.  An 
attentive  examination  of  the  Psalms  will  at  once  prove  them  to 
be  the  compositions  of  various  authors,  in  various  ages,  some 
much  more  ancient  than  the  time  of  David,  some  of  a  much  later 
age,  and  others  evidently  composed  during  the  Babylonish  captivity. 
At  what  time  and  by  whom  the  Psalms  were  collected  into  one 
volume  we  have  no  certain  information.  That  they  were  collected 
together  at  different  times  and  by  different  persons  is  very  evident 
from  an  examination  of  their  contents.  "  The  hearts  of  the  pious 
in  all  ages  have  felt  the  value  of  the  Psalms  as  helps  to  devotion, 
and  many  have  labored  for  expressions  in  which  to  set  forth  their 
praise."  All  the  Fathers  of  the  Church  are  unanimously  eloqueut 
in  their  commendation  of  the  Psalms.  Athanasius  styles  them  an 
epitome  of  the  whole  Scriptures ;  Basil,  a  compendium  of  all  the- 
ology ;  Luther,  a  little  Bible  and  the  summary  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment ;  Melanchthon,  the  most  elegant  writing  in  the  world.  How 
highly  the  Psalter  was  valued  subsequently  to  the  Reformation  we 
may  estimate  by  the  numerous  editions  executed  in  the  infancy  of 
printing,  and  by  the  number  of  commentators  who  have  undertaken 
its  illustration. 


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THE   BOOK  OF  PROVERBS. 

The  Book  of  Proverbs  has  always  been  ascribed  to  Solomon,  whose 
name  it  bears,  although,  from  the  frequent  repetition  of  the  same 
sentences,  as  well  as  some  variations  in  style  which  have  been  discovered, 
doubts  have  been  entertained  whether  he  really  was  the  author  of  every 
maxim  it  comprises.  Dr.  Mason  Good  says :  "  The  latter  part  of  it,  from 
P  the  beginning  of  the  twenty-fifth  chapter,  evidently  forming  an  appendix, 
was  collected  after  his  death,  and  added  to  what  appears  to  have  been 
more  immediately  arranged  by  himself."  The  proverbs  in  the  thirtieth 
chapter  are  expressly  called  "  The  words  of  Agur  the  son  of  Jakeh," 
and  the  thirty-first  chapter  is  entitled  "  The  words  of  King  Lemuel."  It 
seems  certain  that  the  collection  called  the  Proverbs  of  Solomon  was 
arranged  in  the  order  we  now  have  it  by  different  hands ;  but  it  is  not 
therefore  to  be  concluded  that  they  are  not  the  productions  of  Solomon, 
who,  we  are  informed,  spoke  no  less  than  three  thousand  proverbs. 
(1  Kings  iv.  32.)  As  it  is  nowhere  said  that  Solomon  himself  made  a 
collection  of  proverbs  and  sentences,  the  general  opinion  is  that  several 
persons  made  a  collection  of  them,  perhaps  as  they  were  uttered  by 
him — Hezekiah,  among  others,  as  mentioned  in  the  twenty-fifth  chapter. 
Agur,  Isaiah  and  Ezra  might  have  done  the  same.  The  Jewish  writers 
affirm  that  Solomon  wrote  the  Canticles,  or  song  bearing  his  name,  in 
his  youth,  the  Proverbs  in  his  riper  years,  and  Ecclesiastes  in  his  old 
age.  The  scope  of  this  book  is  "  to  instruct  men  in  the  deepest  mysteries 
of  true  wisdom  and  understanding,  the  height  and  perfection  of  which 
is  the  true  knowledge  of  the  Divine  will  and  the  sincere  fear  of  the 
Lord."  To  this  end  the  book  is  filled  with  the  choicest  aphorisms, 
infinitely  surpassing  all  the  ethical  sayings  of  the  ancient  sages,  and 
comprising  in  themselves  distinct  doctrines,  the  duties  of  piety  toward 
God,  of  equity  and  benevolence  toward  man,  and  of  sobriety  and  temperance 
in  all  things ;  together  with  precepts  for  the  right  education  of  children, 
and  for  the  relative  situations  of  subjects,  magistrates  and  sovereigns. 

A  proverb  is  a  pithy  sentence,  concisely  expressing  some  well-established 
truth,  susceptible  of  various  illustrations  and  applications.  The  word  is 
of  Latin  derivation,  literally  meaning  for  a  word,  speech,  or  discourse,  i.  e., 
one  expression  for  many.  The  Hebrew  word  for  proverb  (mashal)  means 
I  a  comparison.  Many  suppose  it  was  used  because  the  form  or  matter 
of  the  proverb,  or  both,  involved  the  idea  of  comparison.  Most  of  the 
proverbs  are  in  couplets  or  triplets,  or  some  modification  of  them,  the 
numbers  of  which  correspond,  in  structure  and  length,  as  if  arranged  to 
be  compared  one  with  another.  They  illustrate  the  varieties  of  parallelism, 
a  distmgulshing  feature  of  Hebrew  poetry.        ^^ 


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THE  BOOK  OF  ECCLESIASTES. 

THE  title  of  this  book  in  our  Bibles  is  derived  from  the  Septuagint  version, 
Ecclesiastes  signifying  a  preacher,  or  one  who  harangues  a  public  con- 
gregation. In  Hebrew  it  is  termed  "The  Preacher,"  by  whom  may  be  in- 
tended either  the  person  assembling  the  people  or  he  who  addresses  them 
when  convened.  Although  this  book  does  not  bear  the  name  of  Solomon,  it 
is  evident  from  several  passages  that  he  was  the  author  of  it. 

The  beautiful  descriptions  which  this  book  contains  of  the  phenomena  in 
the  natural  world  and  their  causes,  of  the  circulation  of  the  blood  (as  the 
late  Bishop  Horsely  thought),  and  of  the  economy  of  the  human  frame,  all 
show  it  to  be  the  work  of  a  philosopher.  It  is  generally  supposed  to  have 
been  written  by  Solomon  in  his  old  age,  after  he  repented  of  his  sinful  prac- 
tices, and  when,  after  having  seen  and  observed  much,  as  well  as  having 
enjoyed  all  that  he  could  wish,  he  was  fully  convinced  of  the  vanity  of  every- 
thing except  holiness  toward  God. 

The  tendency  of  the  book  is  excellent  when  rightly  understood  ;  and  Solo- 
mon speaks  in  it  with  great  clearness  of  the  revealed  truths  of  a  future  life 
and  of  a  future  judgment. 

The  design  of  this  book  is  to  contrast  the  vanity  of  all  mere  human  pursuits, 
when  made  the  chief  end,  as  contrasted  with  the  real  blessedness  of  true  wisdom, 
i.  e.,  religion.  The  immortality  of  the  soul  is  dwelt  on  incidentally  as  sub- 
sidiary to  the  main  scope.  Moses'  law  took  this  truth  for  granted,  but 
drew  its  sanctions  of  rewards  and  punishments,  in  accordance  with  the 
theocracy,  which  was  under  a  special  providence  of  God  as  the  temporal 
King  of  Israel,  from  the  present  life,  rather  than  the  future.  But  after  that 
Israel  chose  an  earthly  King,  God  withdrew,  in  part,  his  extraordinary  provi- 
dence, so  that  under  Solomon  temporal  rewards  did  not  invariably  follow  virtue, 
and  punishment  vice. 

We  may  therefore  consider  it  as  an  inquiry  into  that  most  important  and 
disputed  question,  What  is  the  sovereign  good  of  man,  that  which  is  ultimately 
good,  and  which,  in  all  its  bearings  and  relations,  is  conducive  to  the  best 
interests  of  man?  This  is  the  object  of  the  preacher's  inquiry,  and,  after 
discussing  various  erroneous  opinions,  he  finally  determines  that  it  consists 
in  true  wisdom. 

The  scope  of  the  whole  argument,  therefore,  is  the  praise  and  recom- 
mendation of  wisdom  as  the  supreme  good  to  creatures  responsible  for  their 
actions — that  wisdom  which  is  from  above,  and  which  is  holy,  spiritual  and 
undefiled,  and  which,  in  the  writings  of  Solomon,  is  but  another  word  for  true 
religion. 


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THE   SONG  OF  SOLOMON. 

FEW  poems  have  excited  more  attention,  or  have  found  more  trans- 
lators and  commentators,  than  the  Song  of  Songs;  but  the  learned 
are  not  yet  agreed  respecting  its  arrangement  and  design.  The  majority 
consider  it  as  an  inspired  book,  and  certainly  on  the  best  evidence,  while 
others  affirm  it  to  be  merely  a  humane  composition.  In  addition  to  other 
Divine  compositions  of  Solomon,  we  are  informed  (1  Kings  iv.  32)  that  his 
songs  were  a  thousand  and  five,  of  which  the  present  book  is  supposed 
to  be  one.  In  the  first  verse  it  is  called,  by  way  of  eminence  and  distinc- 
tion, according  to  the  Hebrew  idiom,  Shir  Hashirim,  that  is,  a  "Song 
of  Songs,"  or  "  The  Most  Beautiful  Song." 

By  the  unanimous  voice  of  antiquity,  the  author  of  this  ancient  poem  is 
asserted  to  have  been  Solomon,  and  this  tradition  is  corroborated  by  many 
internal  marks  of  authenticity. 

If  the  canon  of  the  Hebrew  Scriptures  was  settled  by  Ezra  (which  we 
have  seen  was  most  probably  the  case)  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the 
Song  of  Solomon  is  a  sacred  book.  To  use  the  strong  language  of  Bishop 
Warburton,  "  Ezra  wrote,  and  we  believe,  acted,  by  the  inspiration  of  the 
Most  High,  amid  the  last  blaze,  indeed,  yet  in  the  full  lustre  of  expiring 
prophecy.  And  such  a  man  would  not  have  placed  any  book  that  was 
not  sacred  in  the  same  volume  with  the  law  and  the  prophets."  In  addi- 
tion to  this  evidence,  various  other  considerations  authorize  us  to  infer 
that  the  Song  of  Solomon  was  from  the  most  early  period  deemed  a 
sacred  book,  and  ranked  with  the  Hagiographa  or  holy  writings  of  the 
Jews,  and  hence  was  received  among  the  canonical  books  of  the  Old 
Testament. 

Origen  and  Jerome  tell  us  that  the  Jews  forbade  it  to  be  read  by  any 
until  he  was  thirty  years  of  age.  It  certainly  needs  a  degree  of  spiritual 
maturity  to  enter  aright  into  the  holy  mystery  of  love  which  it  allegorically 
sets  forth.  To  such  as  have  attained  this  maturity,  of  whatever  age  they 
be,  the  Song  of  Songs  is  one  of  the  most  edifying  of  the  sacred  writings. 
Rosenmuller  justly  says,  the  sudden  transitions  of  the  bride  from  the  court 
to  the  grove,  are  inexplicable,  on  the  supposition  that  it  describes  merely 
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THE  BOOK  OF  ISAIAH. 

CONCERNING  the  family  and  descent  of  the  prophet  Isaiah  nothing 
certain  has  been  recorded,  except  what  he  himself  tells  us  (i.  1),  namely, 
that  he  was  the  son  of  Amos,  and  discharged  the  prophetic  office  in  the  days 
of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz  and  Hezekiah,  who  successively  flourished  between 
a.m.  3194  and  3305. 

The  name  of  Isaiah,  as  has  been  remarked  by  several  commentators,  is  in 
some  measure  descriptive  of  his  high  character,  since  it  signifies  the  salvation 
of  Jehovah,  and  was  given  with  singular  propriety  to  him  who  foretold  the 
advent  of  the  Messiah.  Isaiah  was  contemporary  with  the  prophets  Amos, 
Hosea,  Joel  and  Micah. 

He  is  uniformly  spoken  of  in  the  Scriptures  as  a  prophet  of  the  highest 
dignity.  Bishop  Lowth  calls  him  the  prince  of  all  the  prophets,  and  pro- 
nounces the  whole  of  his  book  to  be  poetical,  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
detached  passages.  Until  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century  Isaiah 
was  universally  regarded  both  by  Jews  and  Christians,  as  the  sole  author  of 
the  book  which  bears  his  name. 

Isaiah  has,  with  singular  propriety,  been  denominated  the  "evangelical 
prophet,"  on  account  of  the  number  and  variety  of  his  prophecies  concern- 
ing the  advent  and  character,  the  ministry  and  preaching,  the  sufferings  and 
death  and  the  extensive  permanent  kingdom  of  the  Messiah. 

No  one,  indeed,  can  be  at  a  loss  in  applying  them  to  the  mission  and 
character  of  Jesus  Christ  and  to  the  events  which  are  cited  in  his  history 
by  the  writers  of  the  New  Testament.  Bishop  Lowth  says :  "  This  prophet 
abounds  in  such  transcendent  excellences  that  he  may  be  said  to  afford  the 
most  perfect  model  of  prophetic  poetry.  He  is  at  once  elegant  and  sublime, 
forcible  and  ornamental.  He  unites  energy  with  copiousness  and  dignity  with 
variety.  In  his  sentiments  there  is  uncommon  elevation  and  majesty ;  in  his 
imagery,  the  utmost  propriety,  elegance,  dignity  and  diversity ;  in  his  language, 
uncommon  beauty  and  energy." 

The  expectation  of  Messiah  is  so  strong  in  Isaiah,  that  Jerome,  ad 
Paulinum,  calls  his  book,  not  a  prophecy,  but  the  gospel:  "He  is  not  so 
much  a  prophet  as  an  evangelist."  Messiah  was  already  shadowed  forth  iij 
Gen.  xlix.  10,  as  the  Shiloh  or  tranquilizer:  also  Psalms  ii.,  xlv.,  Ixxii.,  ex. 
Isaiah  brings  it  out  more  definitely ;  and,  whereas  they  dwelt  on  His  kingly 
office,  Isaiah  develops  most  His  priestly  and  prophetic  office.  Psalms  ex., 
also,  have  set  forth  His  priesthood ;  but  His  kingly,  rather  than,  as  Isaiah, 
His  suffering  priesthood. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  JEREMIAH. 

THE  prophet  Jeremiah  was  of  the  sacerdotal  race,  being  (as  he  himself 
records)  one  of  the  priests  that  dwelt  in  Anathoth  (ch.  i.  1),  in  the 
land  of  Benjamin,  a  city  appropriated  out  of  that  tribe  to  the  use  of  the 
priests,  the  sons  of  Aaron  (Josh.  xxi.  18),  and  situate,  as  we  learn  from 
Jerome,  about  three  Roman  miles  north  of  Jerusalem.  Jeremiah  appears  to 
have  been  very  young  when  called  to  the  exercise  of  the  prophetical  office, 
from  which  he  modestly  endeavored  to  excuse  himself  by  pleading  his  youth 
and  incapacity ;  but  being  overruled  by  the  Divine  authority,  he  set  himself  to 
discharge  the  duties  of  his  function  with  unremitting  diligence  and  fidelity 
during  a  course  of  at  least  forty-two  years,  reckoned  from  the  thirteenth  year 
of  Josiah's  reign.  The  idolatrous  apostasy  and  other  criminal  enormities 
of  the  people  of  Judah,  and  the  severe  judgments  which  God  was  preparing 
to  inflict  upon  them,  though  not  without  a  distant  prospect  of  restoration  and 
deliverance,  form  the  jjrincipal  subjects  of  the  prophecies  of  Jeremiah. 

The  style  of  Jeremiah,  though  not  deficient  in  elegance  or  sublimity,  is 
considered  by  Dr.  Lowth  as  being  inferior  in  both  respects  to  that  of  Isaiah. 
Although  the  sentiments  of  Jeremiah  are  not  always  the  most  elevated,  nor 
his  periods  uniformly  neat  and  compact,  yet  his  style  is  beautiful  and  tender, 
especially  when  he  has  occasion  to  excite  the  softer  passions  of  grief  and  pity. 


THE  BOOK  OF  LAMENTATIONS. 

THAT  Jeremiah  was  the  author  of  the  Elegies  or  Lamentations  which 
bear  his  name  is  evident,  not  only  from  a  very  ancient  and  almost 
uninterrupted  tradition,  but  also  from  the  argument  and  style  of  the  book, 
which  corrrespond  exactly  with  those  of  his  prophecies.  Josephus,  Jerome, 
Junius,  Archbishop  Usher,  Michaelis  and  other  eminent  writers  are  of  opinion 
that  the  Lamentations  of  Jeremiah  were  the  same  which  are  mentioned  in 
2  Chron.  xxxv.  25  as  being  composed  by  the  prophet  on  the  death  of  the  pious 
King  Josiah,  and  which  are  there  said  to  have  been  perpetuated  by  "  an 
ordinance  in  Israel."  But  whatever  may  have  become  of  those  Lamenta- 
tions, it  is  evident  that  these  cannot  be  the  same ;  for  their  whole  tenor 
plainly  shows  that  they  were  not  composed  till  after  the  subversion  of  the 
kingdom  of  Judah.  The  calamities  which  Jeremiah  had  foretold  in  his 
prophecies  are  here  deplored  as  having  actually  taken  place,  namely :  the 
impositions  of  the  false  prophets  who  had  seduced  the  people  by  their  lying 
declarations,  the  destruction  of  the  holy  city  and  temple,  the  overthrow  of 
the  state  and  the  extermination  of  the  people. 


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THE   BOOK   OF   EZEKIEL. 

EZEKIEL,  whose  name  imports  The  Strength  of  God,  was  the  son  of  Buzi, 
of  the  sacerdotal  race,  and  one  of  the  captives  carried  by  Nebuchad- 
nezzar to  Babylon,  with  Jehoiachim,  king  of  Judah.  It  does  not  appear 
that  he  had  prophesied  before  he  came  into  Mesopotamia.  The  principal 
scene  of  his  predictions  was  some  place  on  the  river  Chebar,  which  flows 
into  the  Euphrates,  about  two  hundred  miles  to  the  north  of  Babylon, 
where  the  prophet  resided;  though  he  was  occasionally  carried  in  vision  to 
Jerusalem. 

Ezekiel  was  contemporary  with  Jeremiah  and  Daniel.  The  former  had 
prophesied  for  thirty-four  years  before  Ezekiel,  and  continued  to  do  so  for  six 
or  seven  years  after  him.  The  call  of  Ezekiel  followed  the  very  next  year 
after  the  communication  of  Jeremiah's  predictions  to  Babylon  (Jer.  51,  59), 
and  was  divinely  intended  as  a  sequel  to  them. 

Daniel's  predictions  are  mostly  later  than  Ezekiel's,  but  his  piety  and 
wisdom  had  become  proverbial  in  the  early  part  of  Ezekiel's  ministry  (ch. 
xiv.  14,  16  ;  xxviii.  3).  They  much  resemble  one  another,  especially  in  the 
visions  and  grotescme  images.  It  is  a  remarkable  proof  of  genuineness,  that 
in  Ezekiel  no  prophecies  against  Babylon  occur  among  those  directed  against 
the  enemies  of  the  covenant  people. 

Probably  he  desired  not  to  give  needless  offence  to  the  government  under 
which  he  lived.  The  effect  of  his  labors  is  to  be  seen  in  the  improved  character 
of  the  people  towards  the  close  of  the  captivity,  and  their  general  cessation 
from  idolatry  and  return  to  the  law. 

The  events  of  his  life,  after  his  call  to  the  prophetic  office,  are  interwoven 
with  the  detail  which  he  has  himself  given  to  his  predictions,  but  the  manner 
of  his  termination  is  nowhere  ascertained. 

Until  of  late  years  the  prophecies  of  Ezekiel  have  always  been  acknow- 
ledged to  be  canonical,  nor  was  it  ever  disputed  that  he  was  their  author. 
Most  Biblical  critics  concur  in  the  opinion  as  to  the  excellency  and  sublimity 
of  Ezekiel's  style.  Grotius  observes  that  he  possessed  great  erudition  and 
genius ;  so  that,  setting  aside  his  gift  of  prophecy,  which  is  incomparable, 
he  deserves  to  be  compared  with  Homer,  on  account  of  his  beautiful  con- 
ceptions, his  illustrious  comparisons  and  his  extensive  knowledge  of  various 
subjects. 


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DANIEL,  the  fourth  of  the  prophets,  if  not  of  royal  birth  (as  the  Jews 
affirm),  was  of  noble  descent.  He  was  carried  captive  to  Babylon  at  an 
early  age,  in  the  fourth  year  of  Jehoiachim,  king  of  Judah,  in  the  year"  606  before 
the  Christian  era.  Having  been  instructed  in  the  language  and  literature  of  the 
Chaldeans,  which  at  that  time  was  greatly  superior  to  the  learning  of  the  ancient 
Egyptians,  he  afterwards  held  a  very  distinguished  office  in  the  Babylonian 
empire.  He  was  contemporary  with  Ezekiel,  who  mentions  his  extraordinary 
piety  and  wisdom.  (Ezek.  xiv.  14,  20.)  Daniel  lived  in  great  credit  with  the  Baby- 
lonian monarchs,  and  his  uncommon  merit  procured  him  the  same  regard  from 
Darius  and  Cyrus,  the  first  two  sovereigns  of  Persia.  He  lived  throughout  the 
captivity,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he  returned  to  his  own  country  when  Cyrus 
permitted  the  Jews  to  revisit  their  native  land.  The  pseudo-Epiphanius,  who 
wrote  the  lives  of  the  prophets,  says  that  he  died  at  Babylon,  and  this  assertion 
has  been  adopted  by  most  succeeding  writers ;  but  as  the  last  of  his  visions  of 
which  we  have  any  account  took  place  in  the  third  year  of  Cyrus,  about  534  years 
before  the  Christian  era,  when  he  was  about  ninety-four  years  of  age,  at  Susa,  on 
the  Tigris,  it  is  not  improbable  that  he  died  there. 

Although  the  name  of  Daniel  is  not  prefixed  to  his  book,  the  many  passages  in 
which  he  speaks  in  the  first  person  sufficiently  prove  that  he  was  the.  author. 
Josephus  accounts  Daniel  one  of  the  greatest  of  the  prophets,  and  says  that  he 
conversed  familiarly  with  God,  and  not  only  predicted  future  events,  as  other 
prophets  did,  but  also  determined  the  time  of  their  accomplishment,  The  book 
of  Daniel  may  be  divided  into  two  parts.  The  first  is,  historical,  and  relates 
various  circumstances  that  happened  to  himself  and  to  the  Jews,  under  several 
kings  of  Babylon;  the  second  is  strictly  prophetical,  and  comprises  the  visions 
and  prophecies  with  which  he  was  favored,  and  which  enabled  him  to  foretell 
numerous  important  events  relative  to  the  monarchies  of  the  world,  the  time  of 
the  advent  and  death  of  the  Messiah,  the  restoration  of  the  Jews  and  the  conver- 
sion of  the  Gentiles.  Of  the  genuineness  and  authenticity  of  the  Book  of  Daniel 
we  have  every  possible  evidence,  both  external  and  internal. 

The  period  of  Daniel's  prophecies  is  that  from  the  downfall  of  the  theocracy 
at  the  captivity  till  its  final  restoration— yet  future,— the  period  of  the  dominion 
of  the  world  powers,  not  set  aside  by  Christ's  first  coming,  (John  xviii.  36,  for,  to 
have  taken  the  earth-kingdom  then,  would  have  been  to  take  it  from  Satan's  hand, 
Mat.  iv.  8-10,)  but  to  be  superseded  by  His  universal  and  everlasting  kingdom  at 
His  second  coming,  (Rev.  ix.  15.) 


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THE  BOOK  OF  HOSEA. 

CONCERNING  the  family  of  Hosea  we  have  no  certain  information 
except  what  is  furnished  to  us  by  the  first  verse  of  his  prophecy, 
which  states  that  he  was  the  son  of  Beeri,  whom  some  Jewish  commenta- 
tors confound  with  Beerah,  a  prince  of  the  Reubenites  who  was  carried  into 
captivity  with  the  ten  tribes  by  Tiglath-pileser,  king  of  Assyria.  He  pro- 
phesied during  the  reigns  of  Uzziah,  Jotham  and  Ahaz,  and  in  the  third 
year  of  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah,  and  during  the  reign  of  Jeroboam  II., 
king  of  Israel.  It  is  most  probable  that  he  was  an  Israelite,  and  lived  in 
the  kingdom  of  Samaria  or  of  the  ten  tribes,  as  his  predictions  are  chiefly 
directed  against  their  wickedness  and  idolatry. 

His  first  prophecy  foretells  the  overthrow  of  Jehu's  house,  fulfilled  on 
the  death  of  Jeroboam,  Jehu's  great-grandson,  (2  Kings  xv.  12,)  in  Zacha- 
riah,  Jeroboam's  son,  the  fourth  and  last  from  Jehu,  conspired  against  by 
Shallum.  This  first  prediction  was  doubtless  in  Jeroboam's  life,  as  Zacha- 
riah,  his  son,  was  only  suffered  to  reign  six  months ;  thus  the  inscription 
is  verified  that  "the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  him  in  the  days  of 
Jeroboam."  Again,  in  ch.  x.  14,  Shalmaneser's  expedition  against  Israel 
is  alluded  to  as  past — i.  e.,  the  first  inroad  against  King  Hoshea,  who  began 
to  reign  in  the  twelfth  year  of  Ahaz ;  so  that  as  Ahaz's  whole  reign  was 
sixteen  years,  the  prophecy  seems  to  have  been  given  about  the  beginning 
of  Hezekiah 's  reign. 

Messianic  references  are  not  frequent ;  but  the  predictions  of  the  future 
conversion  of  Israel  to  the  Lord  their  God,  and  David  their  king,  and  of 
the  fulfillment  of  the  promise  to  Abraham,  that  his  spiritual  seed  should  be 
as  the  sand  of  the  sea,  clearly  refer  to  the  New  Testament  dispensation. 

Rosenmiiller  and  others  are  of  opinion  that  the  title  of  this  book  is  a 
subsequent  addition,  and  that  Hosea  did  not  prophesy  longer  than  from 
forty  to  sixty  years,  and  that  he  died,  or  at  least  wrote  his  predictions, 
previous  to  the  year  725  before  the  Christian  era.  His  writings  were 
originally,  without  doubt,  in  a  metrical  form,  although  that  arrangement  is 
now,  perhaps,  irrecoverably  lost.  The  design  of  this  book  is — 1.  Partly  to 
detect,  reprove  and  convince  the  Jewish  nation  generally,  and  the  Israelites 
in  particular,  of  their  many  and  heinous  sins,  especially  of  their  gross 
idolatry ;  2.  Partly  to  denounce  the  imminent  and  utter  rejection,  final 
captivity,  and  destruction  of  the  Israelites  by  the  Assyrians,  if  the  former 
persisted  in  their  wicked  career  ;  and,  3.  To  invite  them  to  repentance, 
with  promises  of  mercy ;  predictions  of  the  future  restoration  of  the 
Israelites  and  Jews,  and   their   ultimate  conversion  to   Christianity. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  JOEL. 

THERE  is  great  diversity  of  opinion  among  learned 
men  concerning  the  family,  condition  and  pursuits  of 
this  prophet.  Although  several  persons  of  the  name  of  Joel 
are  mentioned  in  the  Old  Testament,  we  have  no  information 
concerning  the  prophet  himself,  except  what  is  contained  in 
the  title  of  his  predictions  (ch.  i.  1) — that  he  was  the  son  of 
Pethuel.  According  to  some  reports  collected  and  preserved 
by  the  pseudo-Epiphanius,  he  was  of  the  tribe  of  Reuben,  and 
was  born  at  Bethhoron,  a  town  situated  on  the  confines  of  the 
territories  of  Juda  and  Benjamin.  The  celebrated  Rabbi 
Kimchi  and  others  place  him  in  the  reign  of  Joram,  and  are 
of  opinion  that  he  foretold  the  seven  years'  famine  which  pre- 
vailed in  that  king's   reign. 


THE  BOOK  OF  AMOS. 

AMOS  is  the  third  of  the  -minor  prophets,  according  to 
the  order  adopted  in  our  modern  Bibles.  He  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  a  native  of  Tekoah,  a  small  town  in  the 
kingdom  of  Judah,  situate  about  four  leagues  to  the  south  of 
Jerusalem.  There  is,  however,  no  proof  of  his  being  a  native 
of  this  place,  except  his  retiring  thither  when  driven  from 
Bethel  by  Amaziah,  the  high  priest  of  Bethel.  We  have  more 
certain  information  of  his  rank   and  condition  in  life,  for  he 


himself  tells  us  that  he  was  "  no  prophet,  neither  a  prophet's 
son ;"  in  other  words,  that  he  was  not  educated  in  the  schools 
of  the  prophets,  but  was  called  to  the  prophetic  office  from 
being  a  herdsman  and  a  gatherer  (or  cultivator)  of  sycamore 
fruit.  That  he  prophesied  during  the  reigns  of  Uzziah,  king 
of  Juda,  and  of  Jeroboam  II.,  son  of  Joash,  we  are  not  only 
informed  from  the  first  verse  of  his  predictions,  but  we  also 
have  internal  evidence  of  it  from  the  argument  or  subject- 
matter  of  his  book. 


THE  BOOK  OF  OBADIAH. 

THE  time  when  this  prophet  flourished  is  wholly  uncer- 
tain. Jerome,  with  the  Jews,  is  of  opinion  that  he 
was  the  same  person  who  was  governor  of  Ahab's  house  and 
who  hid  and  fed  one  hundred  prophets  whom  Jezebel  would 
have  destroyed.  Some  other  critics  think  that  he  was  the 
Obadiah  whom  Josiah  constituted  overseer  of  the  works  of 
the  temple,  mentioned  in  2  Chron.  xxxiv.  12.  Dupin  refers 
him  to  the  time  of  Ahaz,  in  whose  reign  the  Edomites,  in  con- 
junction with  the  Israelites,  made  war  against  the  tribe  of 
Judah,  because  his  prophecy  is  almost  wholly  directed  against 
the  Edomites  or  Idumseans.  Grotius,  Huet,  Dr.  Lightfoot  and 
other  commentators,  however,  make  him  to  be  contemporary 
with  Hosea,  Joel  and  Amos. 


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'HIS  book  is  by  the  Hebrews 
called  Sepher  Jonah,  or  the 
Book  of  Jonah,  from  its  author, 
Jonah  the  son  of  Amittai,  who 
was  a  native  of  Gath-Hepher,  in 
the  tribe  of  Zebulon,  which  formed 
part  of  the  kingdom  of  Israel  and 
afterwards  of  Galilee.  According 
to  Bishop  Lloyd,  he  is  supposed  to 
have  prophesied  to  the  ten  tribes 
toward  the  close  of  Jehu's  reign, 
or  in  the  beginning  of  Jehoahaz's 
though  Witsius,  Blair, 
^PPPII3§P|^^!^^,^i®'^r  Bishop  Newcome  and  others,  with 
greater  probability,  place  him  under  Jeroboam  II.,  about 
forty  years  later.  With  the  exception  of  his  sublime  ode  in 
the  second  chapter,  the  Book  of  Jonah  is  a  simple  narrative. 
It  is  very  probable  that  at  the  time  Jonah  promised  the 
restoring  and  enlarging  of  the  coasts  of  Israel  in  the  days  of 
Jeroboam  II.  (2  Kings  xiv.  25),  when  both  the  king  and 
people  were  exceedingly  wicked,  he  also  invited  them  to 
repentance  and  reformation.  But  the  Israelites  still  con. 
tinuing  impenitent  and  obdurate,  God  took  occasion  to  send 
him  to  Nineveh,  the  capital  of  the  Assyrian  empire,  to 
denounce  the  impending  Divine  judgments  against  its  aband. 
oned  inhabitants.  Jonah,  declining  the  commission,  was  cast 
into  the  sea  from  the  vessel  in  which  he  was  sailing  to  Tarsh- 
ish,  and  was  swallowed  by  a  large  fish.  The  time  of  Jonah's 
continuance  in  the  belly  of  the  fish  was  a  type  of  our  Lord's 
continuance  in  the  grave.  (Luke  ix.  30.)  The  fame  of  the 
prophet's  miraculous  preservation  was  so  widely  propagated 
as  to  reach  even  Greece. 


THE  BOOK  OF  MICAH. 

MICAH,  the  third  of  the  minor  prophets  according  to 
the  arrangement  in  the  Hebrew  and  all  modern  copies, 
as  well  as  in  the  Septuagint,  was  a  native  of  Morasthi,  a 
small  town  in  the  southern  part  of  the  territory  of  Judah. 
As  we  learn  from  the  commencement  of  his  predictions,  he 
prophesied  in  the  reigns  of  Jotham,  Ahaz  and  Hezekiah, 
kings  of  that  country,  consequently  he  was  contemporary 
with  Isaiah,  Joel,  Hosea  and  Amos.  The  time,  place  and 
manner  of  his  death  are  unknown.  The  genuineness  of  his 
prophecies  relating  to  the  complete  destruction  of  Jerusalem 
and  of  the  temple  is  supported  by  the  testimony  of  Jeremiah 
(ch.  xxvi.  18,  19).  The  prophecy  of  Micah  is  perhaps  the 
most  important  single  testimony  in  the  Old  Testament,  and 
the  most  comprehensive,  respecting  the  personal  character 
of  the  Messiah  and  his  successive  manifestation  to  the  world. 


THE  BOOK  OF  NAHUM. 

NAHUM,  the  seventh  of  the  minor  prophets,  is  supposed 
to  have  been  a  native  of  Elkosh  or  Elkosha,  a  village 
in  Galilee.     The  scope  of  this  prophecy  is  to  denounce  the 
certain  and  imminent  destruction   of  the  Assyrian  empire, 
and  particularly  the  inhabitants  of  Nineveh,  its  metropolis, 
who,  after  a  transient  repentance  in  consequence  of  Jonah's 
preaching,  had  relapsed  into  their  former  sins,  which  were 
even  more  aggravated.     With  this  denunciation  the  prophet 
introduces  consolation  for  his  countrymen,  whom  he  encour- 
ages to  trust  in  God.     In  boldness,  ardor  and  sublimity,  Na- 
hum  is  superior  to  all  the  minor  prophets.     The    preparation 
for    the    destruction  of  Nineveh,  and    the    description    of  its 
downfall    and    desolation    are    expressed    in   the   most  vivid 
colors,  and  with  images  that  are  truly  pathetic  and  sublime. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  HABAKKUK. 


WE  have  no  certain  information  concerning  the  tribe  or  birth- 
place of  Habakkuk.  The  pseudo-Epiphanius  affirms  that  he 
was  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon  and  was  born  at  Bethcazar.  Some  com- 
mentators have  supposed  that  he  prophesied  in  Judea  in  the  reign  of 
Manasseh,  but  Archbishop  Usher  places  him,  with  greater  probability, 
in  the  reign  of  Jehoiakim  (compare  Hab.  i.  5,  6),  consequently  this 
prophet  was  contemporary  with  Jeremiah.  Several  apocryphal  pre- 
dictions and  other  writings  are  ascribed  to  Habakkuk,  but  without  any 
foundation.  His  genuine  writings  are  comprised  in  the  three  chapters 
which  have  been  transmitted  to  us,  and  the  subject  of  them  is  the  same 
with  that  of  Jeremiah,  namely,  the  destruction  of  Judah  and  Jerusa- 
lem by  Chaldeans  for  the  heinous  sins  of  the  Jewish  people,  and  the 
consolation  of  the  faithful  amid  all  their  national  calamities. 

The  prophecy  of  Habakkuk  consists  of  two  parts.  The  first  is  in 
the  form  of  a  dialogue  between  God  and  the  prophet,  and  the  second 
is  a  sublime  ode  or  hymn,  which  was  probably  intended  to  be  used  in 
the  public  service.  In  the  former  he  humbly  expostulates  with  God 
for  punishing  the  Jews  by  the  instrumentality  of  the  Chaldeans.  In 
answer  to  this  complaint,  God  replies  that  he  will  in  due  time  perform 
his  promises  to  his  people  of  deliverance  by  the  Messiah  (implying 
also  the  nearer  deliverance  by  Cyrus).  The  destruction  of  the  Baby- 
lonish empire  is  then  foretold,  together  with  the  judgment  that  would 
be  inflicted  upon  the  Chaldeans  for  their  covetousness,  cruelty  and 
idolatry.  In  the  latter  the  prophet  implores  God  to  hasten  the  deliv- 
erance of  his  people,  and  takes  occasion  to  recount  the  wonderful 
works  of  the  Almighty  in  conducting  his  people  through  the  wilder- 
ness* and  giving  them  possession  of  the  promised  land. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  7EPHANIAH. 

THIS  prophet,  who  was  "  the  son  of  Cushi,  the  son  of  Gedaliah,  the  son 
of  Amariah,  the  son  of  Hizkiah  "  (ch.  i.  1),  is  supposed  to  be  of  the 
tribe  of  Simeon ;  but  though  he  has  mentioned  his  ancestors  for  no  less  than 
four  generations,  nothing  certain  can  be  inferred  from  thence  as  to  the  family 
to  which  he  belonged.  We  learn,  however,  from  his  prophecy,  that  he 
delivered  his  predictions  in  the  reign  of  Josiah,  consequently  he  prophesied 
about  the  time  that  Jeremiah  entered  upon  his  prophetic  office,  and  in  method 
and  subject  he  greatly  resembles  him.  On  this  account  Zephaniah  has  been 
considered  as  the  abbreviator  of  Jeremiah ;  but  it  is  evident  that  he  prophesied 
before  Jeremiah,  because  the  latter  (Jer.  ii.  5,  20,  22)  seems  to  speak  of  those 
abuses  as  partially  removed  which  the  former  (Zeph.  i.  4,  5,  9)  describes  as 
existing  to  a  most  flagitious  extent.  From  his  account  of  the  disorders  pre- 
vailing in  Judah,  it  is  probable  that  he  discharged  the  prophetic  office  before 
the  eighteenth  year  of  Josiah ;  that  is,  before  that  prince  had  reformed  the 
abuses  and  corruptions  of  his  dominions. 

In  consequence  of  the  idolatry  and  other  iniquities  prevailing  in  the  king- 
dom of  Judah,  whose  inhabitants  had  disregarded  the  denunciations  and 
admonitions  of  former  prophets,  Zephaniah  was  commissioned  to  proclaim 
the  enormity  of  their  wickedness,  and  to  denounce  the  imminent  desolation 
that  awaited  them ;  to  excite  them  to  repentance,  to  foretell  the  destruction 
of  their  enemies,  and  to  comfort  the  pious  Jews  with  promises  of  future 
blessings. 

The  prophecy  begins  with  the  nation's  sin,  and  the  fearful  retribution  com- 
ing at  the  hands  of  the  Chaldeans.  These  are  not  men.  oned  by  name,  as  in 
Jeremiah ;  for  the  prophecies  of  the  latter,  being  nearer  the  fulfilment,  become 
more  explicit  than  those  of  an  earlier  date. 

The  second  chapter  dooms  the  persecuting  states  in  the  neighborhood, 
as  well  as  Judea  itself.  The  third  chapter  denounces  Jerusalem ;  but 
concludes  with  the  promise  of  her  joyful  re-establis^ment  in  the  the- 
ocracy. 

The  style,  though  not  generally  sublime,  is  graphic  and  vivid  in  details 
(cf.  ch.  i.  4-12).  The  language  is  pure,  and  free  from  Aramaisms.  There  are 
occasional  coincidences  with  former  prophets  (cf.  ch.  ii.  14  with  Isa.  xxxiv.  11 ; 
ch.  ii.  15  with  Isa.  lxvii.  8 ;  ch.  iii.  10  with  Isa.  xviii.  1 ;  ch.  ii.  8  with  Isa.  xvi. 
6 ;  also  ch.  i.  5  with  Jer.  viii.  2 ;  ch.  i.  12  with  Jer.  lxviii.  11).  Such  coinci- 
dences in  part  arise  from  the  phraseology  of  Hebrew  prophetic  poetry  being 
the  common  language  of  the  inspired  brotherhood. 


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THE  BOOK  OF  HAGGAI. 

HAGGAI,  the  tenth  in  order  of  the  minor  prophets,  but  the  first  of 
the  three  who  were  commissioned  to  make  known  the  Divine  will  to 
the  Jews  after  their  return  from  captivity  was  born  at  Babylon,  and  was  one 
of  the  Jews  who  returned  with  Zerubbabel  in  consequence  of  the  edict  of 
Cyrus.  He  was  buried  at  Jerusalem  among  the  priests  and  was  supposed  to 
be  of  the  family  of  Aaron.  After  the  return  of  the  Jews  to  Jerusalem  from 
their  captivity  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus,  they  commenced  the  rebuilding  of 
the  temple,  (Ezra  ii.,  iii.,)  were  interrupted  by  the  neighboring  satraps,  who 
prejudiced  the  Persian  monarch  against  them,  until  the  second  year  of 
Darius.  Discouraged  by  these  impediments  they  ceased  for  fourteen  years 
to  prosecute  the  erection  of  the  second  temple.  But  God,  disposing  that 
sovereign  to  renew  the  decrees  of  Cyrus,  raised  up  the  prophet  Haggai, 
about  520  before  Christ,  and  in  consequence  of  his  exhortations  they  resumed 
the  work  which  was  completed  in  a  few  years.  They  were  further  encouraged 
to  proceed  in  this  undertaking  by  the  prophet  assuring  them  from  God,  that 
the  glory  of  this  latter  house  should  far  exceed  the  glory  of  the  former. 

THE  BOOK  OF  ZECHARIAH. 

ALTHOUGH  the  names  of  Zechariah's  father  and  grandfather  are 
specified  (ch.  i.  1)  it  is  not  known  from  what  tribe  or  family  he  was 
descended,  nor  where  he  was  born.  He  was  one  of  the  captives  who  returned 
to  Jerusalem  after  the  decree  of  Cyrus,  and  was  contemporary  with  Haggai. 
The  prophecy  of  Zechariah  consist  of  two  parts,  the  first  concerns  events  then 
taking  place,  namely,  the  restoration  of  the  temple,  with  predictions  relative 
to  the  advent  of  the  Messiah;  the  second  predictions  of  remote  events, 
particularly  the  coming  of  Christ,  and  the  war  of  Romans  against  the  Jews. 

THE  BOOK  OF  MALACHI. 

THE  name  of  Malachi,  the  last  of  the  minor  prophets  signifies,  "my 
angel,"  or  "  my  messenger "  was  contemporary  with  Nehemiah.  He 
predicts  "the  Son  of  righteousness  shall  arise  with  healing  in  his  wings," 
before  whom  shall  go  a  forerunner,  John  the  Baptist,  in  the  spirit  of  Elijah. 
The  Old  Testament  closes  with  predictions  of  Messiah's  coming,  and  the 
New  Testament  opens  with  the  record  of  their  fulfilment.  "  Prophecy  has 
been  the  oracle  of  the  Mosaic  and  Christian  dispensations,  to  uphold  the 
authority  of  the  one,  and  reveal  the  promise  of  the  other;  and  its  last 
admonitions  were  like  those  of  a  faithful  departing  minister  embracing  and 
summing  up  his  duties.  Resigning  its  charge  to  the  personal  precursor  of 
Christ,  it  expired  with  the  Gospel  on  its  tongue." 


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THE   OLD   AND   THE   NEW   DISPENSATIONS 
UNITED   IN   CHRIST. 

IT  has  often  been  a  matter  for  contemplation  to  the  thoughtful  mind  why 
the  salvation  offered  to  man  by  Jesus  Christ  was  so  long  in  preparation, 
why  so  many  centuries  must  have  passed  before  the  Saviour  could  appear. 
God  has  not  rested  in  his  work  of  redeeming  love.  The  Old  Testament  was, 
indeed,  stern  and  severe,  but  it  was  a  glorious  preparation  for  the  coming 
of  the  Redeemer.  The  infancy  of  fallen  humanity  was  rude  and  barbarous  ; 
through  the  blackest  darkness  the  rays  of  truth  had  to  cleave  their  way ; 
only  a  rigorous  discipline  of  law  could  mortify  the  pride  of  the  Jew,  and 
lead  him  heart-broken  and  trembling  to  the  promised  Redeemer.  And 
when  we  turn  to  heathendom  a  still  more  mournful  sight  greets  us.  Having 
"  changed  the  glory  of  the  uncorruptible  God  into  an  image  made  like  to 
corruptible  man,  and  to  birds,  and  four-footed  beasts,  and  creeping  things," 
they  were  given  up  to  uncleanness,  bound  by  it,  hand  and  foot.  And  yet, 
for  these  many  centuries,  among  the  heathens  as  well  as  among  God's  chosen 
people  the  Jews,  there  were  dim  longings,  and  blind  gropings,  for  a  Deliverer  ; 
the  fingers  of  the  soul  had  never,  even  in  the  deepest  degradation,  ceased 
to  reach  forth,  though  trembling,  towards  the  Desire  of  all  Nations. 
And  at  last,  after  the  decay  of  Judaism,  and  after  the  rolling  away  of  Pagan- 
ism, was  heard  the  voice  of  one  crying  in  the  wilderness — "  Prepare  ye  the 
way  of  the  Lord !"  For  four  hundred  years  no  prophetic  voice  had  broken 
the  almost  agonizing  silence.  Malachi  had  been  the  last  to  utter  words  of 
warning  and  of  comfort,  and  the  world  has  waited  almost  hopelessly.  But 
all  things  were  now  ready,  the  fulness  of  the  time  was  come;  and  this 
rough  man,  with  coat  of  camel's  hair,  and  leathern  girdle,  and  feeding  on  the 
rudest  desert  fare,  was  the  forerunner  of  Him  for  whom  the  world  had  waited. 
The  Messiah  came — came  to  turn  men  from  their  idols  to  serve  the  living 
God ;  to  break  down  the  wall  of  partition  between  Jew  and  Gentile,  and  to 
declare  the  universal  brotherhood  of  man  and  fatherhood  of  God.  Thus, 
were  the  ancient  prophecies  fulfilled  ;  thus,  were  the  longings  of  heathendom 
satisfied.  "  The  testimony  of  Jesus  is  the  spirit  of  prophecy,"  says  the  Apos- 
tle ;  meaning  that  all  the  rays  of  light,  streaming  from  prophetic  sources  for 
the  enlightening  of  the  moral  darkness  of  the  race,  converge  to  and  are  cen- 
tred in  Jesus  Christ.  He  is  the  bond  of  union  between  the  past  and  the 
future,  the  elder  dispensation  and  the  younger.  The  ancient  Temple  and  all 
its  magnificence  of  ritual  have  passed  away ;  thus  the  sceptre  departed  from 
Judah,  for  Shiloh  was  come. 


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This  Gospel  has 
been  received  by  the 
Christian  Church 
from  the  apostolic 
age  as  written  by 
St.  Matthew,  whose 
call  to  be  an  apostle 
is  recorded  by  him- 
self, by  St.  Mark 
and  St.  Luke.  He 
was  previously  a 
publican,  or  col- 
lector of  taxes,  at 
Capernaum,  and  his 
name,  according  to 
Mark  and  Luke,  was  Levi,  son  of  Alphseus.  It  is  uncertain  whether 
the  Evangelist  bore  two  names  originally,  or  took  that  of  Matthew 
when  he  relinquished  his  previous  occupation ;  either  supposition  is 
in  accordance  with  the  customs  of  his  countrymen.  Little  is  known 
of  his  after-life ;  he  is  said  to  have  preached  the  gospel  in  Mace- 
donia, Greece  and  Ethiopia,  and  to  have  died  at  an  advanced  age. 

He  seems  to  have  kept  an  accurate  record  of  our  Lord's  public 
discourses,  which  he  relates  far  more  fully  than  the  other  Evan- 
gelists ;  such  as,  for  instance,  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  several 
parables,  the  discourses  on  John  the  Baptist,  the  denunciations 
against  the  Pharisees,  and  the  prophecies  concerning  the  destruc- 
tion of  Jerusalem  and  the  second  advent.  These  discourses  form, 
indeed,  the   most   important  portion  of  the  Gospel ;  to  which  tb*= 


narrative  is  generally  subordinate,  presenting,  more  briefly,  the 
substance  of  fuller  accounts  in  the  other  Gospels,  especially  that  of 
St.  Mark.  This  accounts  for  some  striking  deviations  from  the 
chronological  sequence  of  events  observed  by  the  other  Evangelists. 

This  Gospel  is  also  remarkable  for  its  frequent  and  copious  cita- 
tions from  the  Old  Testament,  more  especially  from  the  Messianic 
prophecies.  The  great  object  of  the  Evangelist  was  undoubtedly 
to  prove  to  his  countrymen,  in  the  first  place,  that  Christianity  was 
the  perfect  development  of  Judaism,  and  that  the  announcements 
on  which  the  national  hopes  of  a  deliverer  rested  were  fulfilled  in 
Jesus,  the  true  King,  Priest  and  Prophet  foretold  in  their  Scrip- 
tures. He  is  at  the  same  time  careful  to  show  that  this  fulfillment 
included  the  conversion  of  the  Gentiles  and  the  communication  of 
all  religious  blessings  and  privileges  to  the  whole  race  of  man. 

St.  Jerome  seems  to  say  that  this  Gospel  was  written  by  the 
Evangelist  in  Hebrew.  It  is,  however,  certain  that  the  early  Chris- 
tians had  little  knowledge  of  any  other  copies  than  the  Greek ;  and 
it  is  most  probable  that  it  was  at  least  rewritten  in  Greek  by  the 
apostle,  or  under  his  guidance,  with  some  additions  to  the  narra- 
tive, together  with  interpretations  and  explanations,  by  which  it 
might  be  adapted  to  the  use  of  converts  from  heathenism.  The 
date  of  publication  is  not  certain :  the  narrative  has  expressions 
which  indicate  an  interval  of  some  years  after  our  Lord's  ascension, 
but  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  entire  Gospel  was  published  long 
before  the  overthrow  of  the  temple  and  final  dispersion  of  the 
Jewish  nation.  All  internal  indications  are  in  accordance  with  the 
statement  of  Irenseus  that  St.  Matthew  published  his  Gospel  while 
St»  Peter  and  St.  Paul  were  founding  the  church  at  Rome. 


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MARK  was  not,  like  Matthew  and  John,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ, 
but  he  had  the  advantage  of  the  friendship  and  knowledge  of  Peter, 
who  (1  Pet.  v.  13)  calls  him  his  son,  probably  from  having  been  the  meass 
of  his  conversion.  Mark  was  sister's  son  to  Barnabas  (Col.  iv.  10)  and  the 
son  of  Mary,  a  woman  of  Jerusalem,  at  whose  house  was  held  at  least  one 
notable  prayer-meeting  (Acts  lxii.  12).  His  Hebrew  name  was  John,  ami 
Michaelis  supposes  that  he  adopted  the  surname  of  Mark  when  he  left  Judea 
to  preach  the  gospel  in  foreign  countries,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Jews 
to  adopt  a  name  more  familiar  to  the  Gentiles  whom  they  visited  than  their 
Hebrew  appellations. 

After  Peter's  deliverance  (Acts  xii.  11, 12),  Mark  went  from  Jerusalem  with 
Paul  and  Barnabas,  and  soon  after  accompanied  them  to  other  countries 
as  their  minister  (Acts  xiii.  5)  ;  but,  declining  to  attend  them  through  their 
whole  progress,  he  returned  to  Jerusalem,  and  kept  up  an  intercourse  with 
Peter  and  the  other  apostles.  Afterward,  however,  when  Paul  and  Bar- 
nabas settled  at  Antioch,  on  the  termination  of  their  journey,  we  find  Mark 
with  them,  and  disposed  to  accompany  them  in  their  future  journeys.  At 
this  time  he  went  with  Barnabas  to  Cyprus  (Acts  xv.  37-39),  and  subsequently 
accompanied  Timothy  to  Rome,  at  the  desire  of  Paul  (2  Tim.  iv.  11),  dur- 
ing his  confinement  in  that  city,  whence  Mark  sent  his  salutations  to  Philemon 
(24)  and  to  the  church  at  Colosse  (CoL  iv.  10).  "From  Eusebius,  Epipha- 
nius  and  Jerome,"  continues  Home,  "we  learn  that  Mark,  after  he  had 
written  his  Gospel,  went  to  Egypt,  and  having  planted  a  church  at  Alex- 
andria, Jerome  states  that  he  died  and  was  buried  there  in  the  eighth  year 
of  the  reign  of  Nero.  Baronius,  Cave,  Wetstein  and  other  writers  affirm  that 
St.  Mark  suffered  martyrdom ;  but  this  is  not  mentioned  by  Eusebius  or  any 
other  ancient  writer,  and  is  contradicted  by  Jerome,  whose  expressions  seem 
to  imply  that  he  died  a  natural  death." 

St.  Peter  having  publicly  preached  the  Christian  religion,  many  who  were 
present  entreated  Mark,  as  he  had  for  a  long  time  been  that  apostle's  compan- 
ion, and  had  a  clear  understanding  of  what  Peter  had  delivered,  that  he  would 
commit  the  particulars  to  writing.  Accordingly,  when  Mark  had  finished  his 
Gospel,  he  delivered  it  to  the  persons  who  made  this  request. 

Regarding  the  date  of  this  Gospel  nothing  certain  is  known.  If  the  tra- 
dition reported  by  Irenseus  can  be  relied  upon,  it  was  written  at  Rome,  "  after 
the  departure  of  Peter  and  Paul ;"  and  if  by  that  word  "  departure  "  we  are  to 
infer  their  death,  we  may  date  it  somewhere  between  the  years  64  and  68 ;  but, 
in  all  likelihood,  this  is  too  late. 


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LTTKE  first  appears 
historically  at  Troas 
with  Paul,  going  with  him 
into  Macedonia  (Acts  xvi. 
9, 10),  and  writing  his  his- 
tory after  that  as  an  eye- 
witness. 

It  is  supposed  that  Luke 
was  descended  from  Gen- 
tile parents,  and  in  his 
youth  had  embraced  Juda- 
ism, from  which  he  was 
converted  to  Christianity 
The  Hebraic-Greek  style 
of  writing,  and  the  accu- 
rate knowledge  of  Jewish 
doctrines,  ceremonies  and 
usages,  which  character- 
ize him  in  his  Gospel  and  in  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  evince 
the  author  to  have  been  a  Jew;  whilst  his  Greek  name  and 
his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  Greek  language  are  thought  to 
be  sufficient  proof  that  he  was  of  Grecian  birth  and  education. 
His  Gospel  has  been  divided  into  five  divisions : 

I.  Birth   of  Christ,   with  the   circumstances  that   preceded, 
attended  and  followed  it  (ch.  i. ;  ii.  1-40). 

II.  Christ's  infancy  and  youth  (ch.  ii.  41-52). 

III.  Preaching    of   John,   and   baptism    and    genealogy   of 
Christ  (ch.  iii.). 

IV.  Discourses,   miracles  and   actions  of  Christ  during  his 
ministry  (ch.  iv. ;  ix.  50^. 


V.  Christ's   last  journey  to   Jerusalem;   his  passion,  death, 
resurrection  and  ascension  (ch.  ix.  51-62 ;  x.-xxiv.). 

Home  says :  "  If  St.  Paul  had  not  informed  us  (Col.  iv. 
14)  that  St.  Luke  was  by  profession  a  physician,  and  conse- 
quently a  man  of  letters,  his  writings  wouM  have  sufficiently 
evinced  that  he  had  had  a  liberal  education ;  for,  although 
his  Gospel  presents  as  many  Hebraisms  perhaps  as  any  of 
the  sacred  writings,  yet  his  language  contains  more  numerous 
Grsecisms  than  that  of  any  other  writer  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment. The  style  of  this  evangelist  is  pure,  copious  and 
flowing,  and  bears  a  considerable  resemblance  to  that  of  his 
great  master,  St.  Paul.  Many  of  his  words  and  expressions 
are  exactly  parallel  to  those  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
best  classic  authors ;  and  several  eminent  critics  have  long 
since  pointed  out  the  singular  skill  and  propriety  with  which 
St.  Luke  has  named  and  described  the  various  diseases  which 
he  had  occasion  to  notice.  As  an  instance  of  his  copious- 
ness, Dr.  Campbell  has  remarked  that  each  of  the  evangelists 
has  a  number  of  words  which  are  used  by  none  of  the  rest ; 
but  in  St.  Luke's  Gospel  the  number  of  such  words  as  are 
used  in  none  of  the  other  Gospels  is  greater  than  that  of  the 
peculiar  words  found  in  all  the  three  Gospels.  There  Is  also' 
more  composition  in  his  sentences  than  is  found  in  the  other 
three  Gospels,  and  consequently  less  simplicity." 

The  time  and  place  of  the  publication  of  his  Gospel  are  alike 
uncertain.  But  we  can  approximate  to  it.  It  must  at  any 
rate  have  been  issued  before  the  Acts,  for  there  the  "  Gospel " 
is  expressly  referred  to  as  the  same  author's  "  former  treatise " 
(Acts  i.  1).  Now,  the  book  of  the  Acts  was  not  published  for 
I  two  whole  years  after  Paul's  arrival  S3  a  prisoner  at  Borne. 


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THE   GOSPEL   OF   ST.   JOHN. 

JOHN  was  the   son  of  Zebedee,  a  fisherman  of  the   town  of  Bethsaida,  on, 
the  Sea  of  Galilee,  and  the  younger  brother  of  James   the   elder.      His 
mother's   name  was  Salome.     It   is   supposed   from   his   account  of  the   disci- 
ples of  John  the  Baptist  becoming  followers  of  Christ,  that  he  was   one   of 
the  two  (ch.  i.  35-40),  but  of  this  there  is  no  certainty. 

According  to  Lampe,  there  are  three  degrees  in  the  call  of  John,  viz.:  1. 
His  call  to  discipleship  (John  i.  37-42) ;  after  which  he  continued  for  a  short 
time  to  follow  his  business ;  2.  His  call  to  be  one  of  the  immediate  compan- 
ions of  Christ  (Matt.  iv.  21,  22) ;  and,  3.  His  call  to  the  apostleship,  when 
the  surname  of  Boanerges  was  given  to  him  and  his  brother  (Mark  iii.  17). 
He  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  youngest  of  the  twelve,  but  this  is  mere 
conjecture.  He  was  certainly  admitted  to  intimate  intercourse  with  the 
Saviour,  and  is  described  as  the  disciple  whom  Jesus  loved  (John  xiii.  23 ; 
xix.  26).  He  was  an  eye-witness,  in  company  with  Peter  and  James  only, 
to  the  resurrection  of  Jairus's  daughter  to  life  (Luke  viii.  51),  to  Christ's 
transfiguration  (Luke  ix.  28),  and  to  his  agony  in  the  garden  (Mark  xiv.  33). 
He  was  also  present  at  the  crucifixion — though  we  have  no  right  to  say,  as 
some  do,  that  he  was  the  only  one  of  the  apostles  present  at  that  awful  event — 
and  received  the  mother  of  Jesus  as  a  precious  legacy  from  her  dying  son 
(John  xix.  26,  27).  He  had  several  interviews  with  Christ  after  his  resur- 
rection ;  and  our  Saviour  is  supposed  to  have  intimated  John's  continuance 
upon  earth  until  after  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem  (John  xxi.  22),  but  the 
text  appealed  to  does  not  warrant  this  interpretation. 

After  the  ascension  of  Christ,  and  the  effusion  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the 
day  of  Pentecost,  John  became  one  of  the  chief  apostles  of  the  circumcision, 
and  exercised  his  ministry  in  Jerusalem  and  its  vicinity,  as  narrated  in  the 
Acts  of  the  Apostles  (ii.  1-11  ;  iii. ;  iv.  1-22,  and  viii.  5-26).  Ecclesiastical 
history  informs  us  that  after  the  death  of  Mary,  the  mother  of  Jesus,  John 
proceeded  to  Asia  Minor,  where  he  founded  and  presided  over  seven  churches 
in  as  many  cities,  but  resided  chiefly  at  Ephesus.  Thence  he  was,  probably 
toward  the  close  of  Domitian's  reign,  banished  to  the  Isle  of  Patmos,  where 
he  wrote  his  Revelation  (Rev.  i.  9).  On  his  liberation  from  exile  by  the 
accession  of  Nerva  to  the  imperial  throne,  John  returned  to  Ephesus,  where 
he  wrote  his  Gospel  and  Epistles,  and  died  in  the  hundredth  year  of  his  age, 
about  the  year  of  Christ  100,  in  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  the  emperor 
Trajan,  and  about  thirty  years  after  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem.  John's 
Gospel  is  supposed  to  have  been  written  about  the  year  97,  or  three  yeara 
before  the  evangelist's  death. 


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TIE 


OF  TIE 


THE  title  of  this  book  is  very  ancient,  being  found  in  all  the 
oldest  copies,  though  with  some  variety  of  form.  Dr.  J.  Addi- 
son Alexander,  in  his  Introduction  to  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  says : 
"  The  title  does  not  mean,  nor  is  the  book  in  fact,  a  history  of  the 
twelve  apostles,  most  of  whom  are  barely  named  in  the  first  chapter. 
It  is  not  the  biography  of  Peter  and  Paul,  as  apostles  by  way  of 
eminence ;  for  each  of  them  is  prominent  in  one  part  only,  and  the 
whole  life  of  neither  is  recorded  in  detail.  It  is  not  a  general  his- 
tory of  the  apostolical  period  as  distinguished  from  the  ministry  of 
Christ  himself;  for  many  interesting  facts  belonging  to  that  subject 
are  omitted,  some  of  which  have  been  preserved  in  the  Epistles. 
But  the  book  before  us  is  a  special  history  of  the  planting  and  ex- 
tension of  the  Church,  both  among  Jews  and  Gentiles,  by  the 
gradual  establishment  of  radiating  centres  or  sources  of  influence 
at  certain  salient  points  throughout  a  large  part  of  the  empire, 
beginning  at  Jerusalem  and  ending  at  Kome.  That  this  is  really 
the  theme  and  purpose  of  the  history  any  reader  may  satisfy 
himself  by  running  through  it  with  this  general  idea  in  his 
mind.  While  the  Greek  of  this  book  is  comparatively  classi- 
cal and  pure,  it  has  certain  peculiarities  of  language,  not  the 
less  real  because  slight  and  unimportant  in  themselves,  dis- 
tinguishing its  style  from  every  other  except  that  of  the  third 
Gospel,  which,  besides  bearing  a  general  resemblance  not  to  be  mis- 


taken, coincides  with  it  in  some  of  its  most  striking  singularities 
of  thought  and  diction.  This  remarkable  coincidence  creates,  of 
course,  a  strong  presumption  that  the  two  books  which  exhibit  it 
are  works  of  the  same  author.  This  presumption  is  still  further 
strengthened  by  the  fact  that  the  two  together  make  up  an  un- 
broken history,  the  one  beginning  where  the  other  ends,  to  wit,  at 
the  Ascension.  It  is  further  strengthened  by  the  latter  book's 
purporting  on  its  face  to  be  the  sequel  or  continuation  of  another, 
the  contents  of  which  as  there  described  (Acts  i.  1)  exactly  corre- 
spond to  those  of  the  third  Gospel.  It  is  still  further  strengthened 
by  the  circumstance  that  both  books  are  ascribed  to  Theophilus, 
and  seem  to  have  been  primarily  meant  for  his  instruction.  All 
these  considerations  go  to  confirm,  and  are  themselves  confirmed  by, 
the  unanimous  tradition  of  the  ancient  church,  that  the  third 
Gospel  and  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  are  works  of  the  same  author. 
The  remarkable  dearth  of  information  as  to  Luke,  beyond  his  name, 
profession,  and  the  general  fact  that  he  was  one  of  Paul's  most  inti- 
mate associates  and  perhaps  for  many  years  his  medical  attendant, 
gives  the  more  importance  to  the  uniform  tradition  of  the  early 
church,  not  only  that  he  wrote  these  books,  but  that  he  wrote  them 
under  Paul's  direction  and  control,  thereby  imparting  to  them,  in 
addition  to  the  common  seal  of  inspiration,  the  specific  stamp  of 
apostolical  authority." 


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THE  epistle  to  the  Romans,  though  fifth  in  the  order  of  time,  is  placed 
first  of  all  the  apostolical  letters,  either  from  the  pre-eminence  of 
Rome,  as  being  the  mistress  of  the  world,  or  because  it  is  the  longest  and 
most  comprehensive  of  all  St.  Paul's  epistles.  A  great  variety  of  opin- 
ions have  been  held  as  to  the  precise  date  when  this  Epistle  was  written. 
The  most  probable  date  is  that  which  assigns  it  to  the  end  of  57  or  the 
beginning  of  58,  at  which  time  St.  Paul  was  at  Corinth,  whence  he  was 
preparing  to  go  to  Jerusalem  with  the  collections  which  had  been  made  by 
the  Christians  of  Macedonia  and  Achaia  for  their  poor  brethren  in  Judea 
(ch.  xv.  25-27).  That  this  Epistle  has  always  been  acknowledged  to  be  a 
genuine  and  authentic  production  of  St.  Paul  is  attested  not  only  by  the 
ancient  Syriac  and  Latin  versions,  and  by  the  express  declarations  and 
quotations  of  Irenseus,  Theophilus  of  Antioch,  Clement  of  Alexandria, 
Tertullian,  Origen,  and  by  all  subsequent  ecclesiastical  writers,  but  it  was 
also  cited  or  alluded  to  by  several  of  the  apostolic  fathers,  and  by  the 
churches  of  Vienna  and  Lyons. 

In  perusing  this  Epistle,  it  is  desirable  to  read  uninterruptedly  at  least  the 
first  eleven  chapters,  as  every  sentence,  at  least  in  the  argumentative  part, 
bears  an  intimate  relation  to  and  is  dependent  upon  the  whole  discourse, 
and  cannot  be  understood  unless  we  comprehend  the  scope  of  the  whole. 
And  in  order  to  enter  fully  into  its  spirit,  we  must  enter  into  the  spirit  of 
a  Jew  in  those  times,  and  endeavor  to  realize  in  our  minds  his  utter  aver- 
sion for  the  Gentiles,  his  valuing  and  exalting  himself  upon  his  relation  to 
God  and  to  Abraham,  and  also  upon  his  law,  pompous  worship,  circumcis- 
ion, etc.,  as  if  the  Jews  were  the  only  people  in  the  world  who  had  a  right  to 
the  favor  of  God.  Attention  to  this  circumstance  will  show  the  beauties  of 
the  apostle's  style  and  argument,  and  that  this  Epistle  is  indeed  "  a  writing 
which,  for  sublimity  and  truth  of  sentiment,  for  brevity  and  strength  of  ex- 
pression, and,  above  all,  for  the  unspeakable  importance  of  the  discoveries 
which  it  contains,  stands  unrivalled  Sy  any  mere  human  composition." 


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CHRISTIANITY  was  planted  at  Corinth  by  St.  Paul  himself. 
He  resided  there  for  a  year  and  six  months,  between  the  years 
51  and  53.  The  church  consisted  partly  of  Jews  and  partly  of 
Gentiles,  but  chiefly  of  the  latter.  Hence  the  apostle  had  to  combat 
sometimes  Jewish  superstition  and  sometimes  heathen  licentiousness. 
On  St.  Paul's  departure  from  Corinth,  he  was  succeeded  by  Apollos, 
"  an  eloquent  man,  and  mighty  in  the  Scriptures,"  who  preached  the 
gospel  with  great  success. 

We  learn  that  St.  Paul  maintained  a  constant  intercourse  with  the 
churches  which  he  had  planted,  and  was  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
all  their  circumstances.  They  applied  to  him  for  advice  in  difficult 
cases  which  their  own  understanding  could  not  solve,  and  he  was  ready 
on  all  occasions  to  correct  their  mistakes  and  give  them  counsel. 


SECOND  EPISTLE  TO  THE  CORINTHIANS. 

THE  preceding  Epistle,  we  are  aware,  was  written  from  Ephesus, 
about  a.  d.  57,  previous  to  St.  Paul's  departure  from  that  city. 
On  quitting  Ephesus  he  went  to  Troas,  which  place  was  situated  on 
the  shore  of  the  iEgean  Sea,  in  expectation  of  meeting  Titus,  and 
receiving  an  account  of  the  success  with  which  he  hoped  his  former 
Epistle  had  been  attended,  and  of  the  state  of  the  Corinthian  church. 
Not  meeting  Titus  at  Troas,  Paul  proceeded  to  Macedonia,  where  he 
obtained  the  desired  interview,  and  received  satisfactory  information 
concerning  the  promising  state  of  affairs  at  Corinth.  From  this  coun- 
try, and  probably  from  Philippi,  the  apostle  wrote  his  second  letter 
Teh.  viii.  1-14,  ix.  1-5),  which  he  sent  by  Titus  and  his  associates,  who 
were  commissioned  to  hasten  and  finish  the  contribution  among  the 
Christians  at  Corinth  for  the  use  of  their  poor  brethren  in  Judea. 


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CHRISTIANITY  was  very  early  planted  in  Galatia  by  St.  Paul,. and 
it  appears  from  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  that  he  visited  the  churches 
in  that  country  more  than  once.  Two  distinct  visits  are  clearly  marked, 
namely:  the  first  about  the  year  50  (Acts  xvi.  6),  and  the  second  about 
the  year  54  or  55  (xviii.  23).  There  is  great  diversity  of  opinion  among 
learned  men  concerning  the  date  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Galatians.  The- 
odoret  who  is  followed  by  Dr.  Lightfoot  and  others,  imagines  that  it  was 
one  of  those  epistles  which  St.  Paul  wrote  from  Rome  during  his  first 
imprisonment ;  but  this  opinion  is  contradicted  by  the  apostle's  silence 
concerning  his  bonds,  which  he  has  often  mentioned  in  the  letters  that 
are  known  to  have  been  written  at  that  time.  The  genuineness  of  this 
Epistle  has  never  been  doubted.  It  is  cited  by  the  apostolic  fathers,  and 
is  declared  to  be  authentic  by  many  subsequent  writers.  It  is  worthy  of 
remark  that  this  Epistle  was  acknowledged  to  be  genuine  by  the  heretic 
Marcion,  who  reckoned  it  the  earliest  written  of  all  St.  Paul's  letters,  and  ac- 
cordingly placed  it  first  in  this  Apostolicon,  or  collection  of  apostolical  writings. 

His  purpose,  then,  in  writing  this  epistle  was  (1.)  to  defend  his  apostolic 
authority,  (ch.  i.  11-19 ;  ii.  1-14 ;)  (ii.)  to  counteract  the  evil  influence  of 
the  Judaisers  in  Galatia,  (ch.  iii.  and  iv.)  and  to  shew  that  their  doctrine 
destroyed  the  very  essence  of  Christianity,  by  lowering  its  spirituality  to 
an  outward  ceremonial  system ;  (iii.)  to  give  exhortation  for  the  strength- 
ening of  Galatian  believers  in  faith  towards  Christ,  and  in  the  fruits  of  the 
Spirit,  (ch.  v.  and  vi.)  He  had  already,  face  to  face,  testified  against  the 
Judaising  teachers,  (ch.  i.  9  ;  iv.  16 ;  Acts  xviii.  23 ;)  and  now  that  he  has 
heard  of  the  continued  and  increasing  prevalence  of  the  evil,  he  writes  with 
his  own  hand  (ch.  vi.  11— a  labour  which  he  usually  delegated  to  an  aman- 
uensis) this  epistle  to  oppose  it.  The  sketch  he  gives  in  it  of  his  apostolic 
career  confirms  and  expands  the  account  in  Acts  ;  and  shews  his  indepen- 
dence of  human  authority,  however  exalted.  His  protest  against  Peter  in 
ch.  ii.  14-21,  disproves  the  figment,  not  merely  of  papal,  but  even  of  that 
apostle's  supremacy;  and  shews  that  Peter,  save  when  specially  inspired, 
was  fallible  like  other  men. 

There  is  much  in  common  between  this  epistle  and  that  to  the  Romans 
on  the  subject  of  justification  by  faith  only,  and  not  by  the  law.  But  the 
epistle  to  the  Romans  handles  the  subject  in  a  didactic  and  logical  mode, 
without  any  special  reference :  this  epistle,  in  a  controversial  manner,  and 
with  special  reference  to  the  Judaisers  in  Galatia. 


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THE  apostle  Paul  is  universally  admitted  to  be  the  author  of  the  Epistle 
to  the  Ephesians.  It  is  expressly  cited  as  his  production  by  Ignatius, 
who  has  no  fewer  than  six  distinct  allusions  to  it,  and,  as  he  was  contemporary 
with  Paul,  his  testimony  alone  is  sufficient  to  determine  its  genuineness.  The 
subscription  to  this  Epistle  states  that  it  was  the  first  in  order  of  those  written 
from  Rome,  and  sent  to  the  Ephesians  by  Tychicus,  who  was  also  the  bearer  of 
the  Epistle  to  the  Colossians,  the  similarity  of  which  in  style  and  subject  shows 
that  it  was  written  at  the  same  time.  St.  Paul's  first  visit  to  Ephesus  is  re- 
corded in  Acts  xviii.  19-21.  That  this  Epistle  was  written  during  St.  Paul's 
first  imprisonment  at  Rome  is  evident  from  its  allusions  to  his  confinement  (ch. 
iii.  1  ;  iv.  1 ;  vi.  20) ;  and  as  he  does  not  express  in  it  any  hopes  of  a  speedy 
release  (which  he  does  in  his  other  epistles  sent  from  that  city),  we  conclude, 
with  Dr.  Lardner,  Bishop  Tomline,  and  others,  that  it  was  written  during  the 
early  part  of  St.  Paul's  imprisonment,  probably  in  the  year  61,  soon  after  his 
arrival  in  Rome. 

The  style  of  this  Epistle  is  exceedingly  animated,  and  corresponds  with  the 
state  of  the  apostle's  mind  at  the  time  of  writing.  Overjoyed  with  the  account 
which  messengers  had  brought  to  him  of  their  faith  and  holiness  (ch.  i.  15),  and 
transported  with  the  consideration  of  the  unsearchable  wisdom  of  God  displayed 
in  the  work  of  man's  redemption,  and  of  his  astonishing  love  toward  the  Gen- 
tiles in  making  them  partakers,  through  faith,  of  all  the  benefits  of  Christ's 
death,  he  soars  high  in  his  sentiments  on  these  grand  subjects,  and  gives  his 
thoughts  utterance  in  sublime  and  copious  expressions.  "  No  true  Christian," 
says  Dr.  Macknight,  "  can  read  the  doctrinal  part  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Ephe- 
sians without  being  impressed  and  roused  by  it,  as  by  the  sound  of  a  trumpet." 


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THE  EPISTLE  TO  THE  PHILIPPIANS. 

CHRISTIANITY  was  first  planted  at  Philippi,  in  Macedonia,  by  St.  Paul, 
A.  D.  50,  the  particulars  of  which  are  related  in  Acts  xvi.  9-40 ;  and  it 
appears  from  Acts  xx.  6  that  he  again  visited  both  places  in  57,  though  no 
particulars  are  recorded  concerning  that  visit.  Of  all  the  churches  planted 
by  St.  Paul,  that  at  Philippi  seems  to  have  cherished  the  most  tender  con- 
cern for  him  ;  and  though  it  appears  to  have  been  but  a  small  community, 
its  members  >vere  particularly  generous  toward  him.  When  the  gospel  was 
first  preached  in  Macedonia,  no  other  church  contributed  anything  toward 
his  support  except  the  Philippians,  who,  while  he  was  preaching  at  Thessa- 
lonica,  the  metropolis  of  that  country,  sent  him  money  twice,  that  the  suc- 
cess of  the  gospel  might  not  be  hindered  by  its  preacher  becoming  burden- 
some to  the  Thessalonians. 

It  appears,  from  St.  Paul's  own  words,  that  this  Epistle  was  written  while 
he  was  a  prisoner  at  Rome ;  and  from  the  expectation  of  soon  being  re- 
leased and  restored  to  them,  as  well  as  from  the  intimations  contained  in 
this  letter  that  he  had  then  been  a  considerable  time  at  Rome,  it  is  probable 
that  he  wrote  the  Epistle  to  the  Philippians  toward  the  close  of  his  first 
imprisonment,  at  the  end  of  A.  D.  62,  or  perhaps  at  the  commencement  of 
63.  The  genuineness  of  this  book  has  never  been  questioned.  The  scope 
of  this  Epistle  was  to  confirm  the  Philippians  in  the  faith,  to  encourage 
them  to  walk  in  a  manner  becoming  the  gospel  of  Christ,  to  caution  them 
against  the  intrusion  of  Judaizing  teachers,  and  to  testify  his  gratitude  for 
their  Christian  bounty.  It  is  remarkable  that  the  Epistle  to  the  church  of 
Philippi  is  the  only  one  of  all  St.  Paul's  letters  to  the  churches  in  which  not 
one  censure  is  expressed  or  implied  against  any  of  its  members ;  on  the 
contrary,  sentiments  of  unqualified  commendation  and  confidence  pervade 
every  part  of  this  Epistle. 

We  have  here  an  account  of  the  life  and  death  of  blessed  St.  Paul ;  his 
life  was  Christ,  and  his  death  was  gain.  Observe  1.  It  is  the  undoubted 
character  of  every  good  Christian,  that  to  him  to  live  is  Christ.  The  glory 
of  Christ  ought  to  be  the  end  of  our  life,  the  grace  of  Christ  the  principle 
of  our  life,  and  the  word  of  Christ  the  rule  of  it.  The  Christian  life  is  de- 
rived from  Christ,  and  directed  to  him.  He  is  the  principal  Rule  and  End 
of  it.  2.  All  those  to  whom  to  live  is  Christ,  to  them  to  die  will  be  gain: 
it  is  great  gain,  a  present  gain,  everlasting  gain.  Death  is  a  great  loss  to  a 
carnal,  worldly  man ;  for  he  loses  all  his  comforts  and  all  his  hopes ;  but  to 
a  good  Christian  it  is  gain,  for  it  is  the  end  of  all  his  weakness  and  misery, 
and  the  perfection  of  his  comforts,  and  accomplishment  of  his  hopes. 


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Y  whom  or  at  what  time  Christianity  was  planted  at  Colossse  we  have 
no  certain  information.  Dr.  Lardner,  Bishop  Tomline,  Boehmer  and 
others  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  church  at  Colossse  was  founded  by  St.  Paul, 
and  this  they  arrive  at  from  a  variety  of  considerations.  That  Paul,  how- 
ever, did  not  plant  the  church  at  Colossse  is  evident  from  his  own  declaration 
in  ch.  ii.  1,  where  he  says  that  neither  the  Colossians  nor  the  Laodiceans  had 
then  "  seen  his  face  in  the  flesh."  But  though  it  is  impossible  now  to  ascer- 
tain who  was  the  founder  of  the  church  at  Colossse,  the  Epistle  itself  furnishes  us 
with  a  guide  to  its  date.  In  Col.  iv.  3  the  apostle  alludes  to  his  imprison- 
ment, from  which  circumstance,  as  well  as  from  its  close  affinity  to  the  Epis- 
tle addressed  to  the  Ephesians,  it  is  evident  that  it  was  written  nearly  at  the 
same  time.  Accordingly  most  commentators  and  critics  refer  it  to  the  year 
62.     Its  genuineness  was  never  disputed. 

The  style  is  peculiar;  many  Greek  phrases  occur  here  found  nowhere  else, 
cf.  ch.  ii.  8,  "  spoil  you  f  "making  a  show  of  them  openly"  (ch.  ii.  15);  "be- 
guile of  your  reward,"  and  "intruding"  (v.  18);  "rule",  (ch.  iii.  15);  "com- 
fort" (ch.  iv.  11).  The  loftiness  and  artificial  elaboration  of  style  correspond 
to  the  majestic  nature  of  his  theme ;  the  majesty  of  Christ's  person  and  office, 
in  contrast  to  the  beggarly  system  of  the  Judaizers  ;  the  discussion  of  which 
was  forced  on  him  by  the  controversy.  Hence  arises  his  use  of  unusual 
phraseology.  On  the  other  hand,  in  the  epistle  to  the  Ephesians,  subsequently 
written,  in  which  he  was  not  so  hampered  by  the  exigencies  of  controversy, 
he  dilates  on  the  same  glorious  truths,  so  congenial  to  him,  more  at  large, 
freely  and  uncontroversially,  in  the  fuller  outpouring  of  his  spirit,  with  less 
of  the  elaborate  and  antithetical  language  of  system  such  as  was  needed  in 
cautioning  the  Colossians  against  the  particular  errors  threatening  them. 
Hence  arises  the  striking  similarity  of  many  of  the  phrases  in  the  two  epis- 
tles written  about  the  same  time,  and  generally  in  the  same  vein  of  spiritual 
thought ;  whilst  the  peculiar  phrases  of  the  epistle  to  the  Colossians  are  such 
as  are  natural,  considering  the  controversial  purpose  of  that  epistle.  The 
spirit  of  the  great  apostle  of  the  Gentiles  breathes  in  every  sentence  of  this 
pithy  and  earnest  composition.  Ardor  undamped  by  imprisonment,  interest 
unchilled  by  distance,  zeal  for  the  purity  and  simplicity  of  the  gospel,  un- 
compromising to  all  who  introduce  rash  speculation  or  vile  and  unscriptural 
vagaries,  whether  under  the  shape  of  higher  wisdom  or  superior  sanctity,  are 
indubitable  traits  of  Paul's  character,  and  unmistakable  features  in  the  Epis- 
tle to  the  Colossians. 


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THE  FIKST  EPISTLE  TO  THE  THESSA- 
LONIANS. 

CHRISTIANITY  was  first  planted  at  Thessalonica  by  St. 
Paul,  A.  d.  50,  who  formed  a  church  composed  of  both 
Jews  and  Gentiles,  though  the  latter  were  most  numerous.  (Acts 
xvii.  2-4.)  The  unbelieving  Jews,  however,  having  stirred  up  a 
persecution  against  him  and  his  company,  they  were  forced  to 
flee  to  Bersea,  and  thence  to  Athens,  from  which  city  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Corinth.  The  First  Epistle  to  the  Thessalonians  is 
generally  admitted  to  have  been  one  of  the  earliest  written,  if, 
indeed,  it  be  not  the  very  first  of  all  St.  Paul's  letters,  and  we 
find  that  he  was  anxious  that  it  should  be  read  to  all  the 
Christian  Churches  in  Macedonia.  The  genuineness  of  this 
First  Epistle  has  never  been  disputed.  The  immediate  occasion 
of  Paul's  writing  this  Epistle  was  the  favorable  report  which 
Timothy  had  brought  him  of  the  steadfastness  of  the  Thessa- 
lonians in  the  faith  of  the  gospel.  He  therefore  wrote  to  con- 
firm them  in  that  faith,  lest  they  should  be  turned  aside  from  it 
by  the  persecutions  of  the  unbelieving  Jews,  and  also  to  excite 
them  to  a  holy  conversation  becoming  the  dignity  of  their  high 
and  holy  calling.  The  Epistle  concludes  with  various  practical 
advices  and  instructions. 


SECOND  EPISTLE  TO  THESSALONIANS. 

THE  Second  Epistle  to  the  Thessalonians  was  evidently 
written  soon  after  the  first  (a.  d.  52),  and  from  the  same 
place,  for  Sylvanus  or  Silas  and  Timothy  are  joined  together 
with  the  apostle  in  the  inscription  of  this  Epistle,  ns  well  as  of 
the  former.  The  Epistle  was  occasioned  by  the  information 
jommunicated  to  Paul  by  the  person  who  had  conveyed  his  first 
letter  to  the  Thessalonians  respecting  the  state  of  the  church. 
Among  other  things  he  was  informed,  from  some  expressions  in 
it,  that  many  of  them  expected  that  the  day  of  judgment  would 
happen  in  that  age,  and  that  such  of  them  as  thought  the  advent 
of  Christ  and  the  end  of  the  world  was  at  hand  were  neglecting 
their  secular  affairs,  as  being  inconsistent  with  a  due  preparation 
for  that  important  and  awful  event.  As  soon,  therefore,  as  the 
state  of  the  Thessalonians  was  made  known  to  Paul,  he  wrote 
this  Second  Epistle  to  correct  their  misapprehension,  to  rescue 
them  from  an  error  which  (appearing  to  rest  on  apostolical 
authority)  must  ultimately  be  injurious  to  the  spread  of  the  gos- 
pel, and  to  recommend  various  Christian  duties. 

Although  this  Epistle  is  the  shortest  of  all  St.  Paul's  letters  to 
the  churches,  it  is  not  inferior  to  any  of  them  in  sublimity  of 
sentiment  and  in  that  excellent  spirit  by  which  all  the  writings 
of  this  apostle  are  so  eminently  distinguished.  Besides  those 
marks  of  genuineness  and  authority  which  it  possesses  in  common 
with  the  rest  of  the  apostolical  epistles,  it  has  one  peculiar  to 
itself  in  the  exact  representation  it  contains  of  the  papal  power, 
under  the  characters  of  the  "  man  of  sin  "  and  the  "  mystery  of 
iniquity." 

THE  FIRST  EPISTLE  TO  TIMOTHY. 

TIMOTHY,  to  whom  this  Epistle  was  addressed,  was  a  native 
of  Lystra,  a  city  of  Lycaonia,  in  Asia  Minor.  His  father 
was  a  Greek,  but  his  mother  was  a  Jewess,  and  a  person  of  ex- 
cellent character.  The  pious  care  taken  in  his  education  soon 
appeared  to  have  the  desired  success,  for  we  are  assured  by  St. 
Paul  that  from  his  childhood  Timothy  was  well  acquainted  with 
the  Holy  Scriptures.  It  is  generally  supposed  that  he  was  con- 
•verted  to  the  Christian  faith  during  the  first  visit  made  by  Paul 
and  Barnabas  to  Lystra.     From  the  time  of  his  conversion, 


Timothy  made  such  proficiency  in  the  knowledge  of  the  gospel, 
and  was  so  remarkable  for  the  sanctity  of  his  manners,  as  well 
as  for  his  zeal  in  the  cause  of  Christ,  that  he  attracted  the  esteem 
of  all  his  brethren  in  those  parts. 

The  date  of  this  Epistle  has  been  much  disputed,  and  consider- 
able discussion  has  taken  place  on  the  subject.  From  a  careful 
examination  of  the  evidence,  we  think  it  is  safe  to  conclude  that 
it  was  written  about  the  end  of  the  year  64.  But  whatever  ud 
certainty  may  have  prevailed  concerning  the  date  of  this  Epistle, 
it  has  always  been  acknowledged  to  be  the  undisputed  production 
of  St.  Paul.  Both  the  First  and  Second  Epistles  to  Timothy  are 
cited  or  alluded  to  by  the  apostolical  fathers,  Clement  of  Rome  and 
Polycarp,  and  the  First  Epistle  by  Ignatius,  and  by  all  subse- 
quent ecclesiastical  writers.  Timothy  having  been  left  at  Ephesua 
to  regulate  the  affairs  of  the  church  in  that  city,  St.  Paul  wrote 
this  Epistle  chiefly  to  instruct  him  in  the  choice  of  proper  officers 
in  the  churches,  as  well  as  in  the  exercise  of  a  regular  ministry. 
Whoever  carefully  and  impartially  examines  the  style  of  this 
Epistle  will  find  that  the  language  and  genius  of  the  apostle  of 
the  Gentiles  pervades  it  throughout,  and  that  the  animating, 
urgent  and  affecting  motives  which  it  presents  are  such  as  pro- 
ceeded from  the  heart. 

THE  SECOND  EPISTLE  TO  TIMOTHY. 

THAT  Paul  was  a  prisoner  when  he  wrote  the  second  Epistle 
to  Timothy  is  evident  from  ch.  i.  8,  12,  16,  and  ch.  ii.  9, 
and  that  his  imprisonment  was  in  Rome  appears  from  ch.  i.  It, 
and  is  universally  admitted.  But  whether  he  wrote  it  during  his 
first  imprisonment,  recorded  in  Acts  xxviii.,  or  during  a  second 
imprisonment  there  (which  was  the  uniform  tradition  of  the 
primitive  church),  is  a  point  that  has  been  much  disputed.  The 
former  opinion  is  advocated  by  Drs.  Hammond,  Lightfoot,  Lard* 
ner  and  Hug,  and  the  latter  by  Drs.  Benson,  Macknight,  Paley 
and  others.  From  various  considerations,  we  are  inclined  to 
believe  that  the  last-mentioned  opinion  is  correct,  and  that  this 
Epistle  was  written  by  Paul  at  Rome,  during  an  imprisonment 
different  from  that  recorded  in  Acts  xxviii.  Paul  was  released 
from  his  confinement  a.  d.  63,  and,  after  visiting  various  churches, 
returned  to  Rome  early  in  65,  where,  after  being  confined  rather 
more  than  a  year,  it  is  generally  agreed  that  he  suffered  martyr- 
dom A.  d.  66. 

It  is  generally  supposed  that  Timothy  was  at  Ephesus  when 
Paul  wrote  his  Second  Epistle  to  him.  This  opinion  is  advocated 
by  Drs.  Lardner,  Benson  and  Macknight,  bat  is  opposed  by 
Michaelis,  who  has  shown  that  Timothy  was  most  probably  some- 
where in  Asia  Minor  when  Paul  sent  this  letter  to  him,  because 
the  apostle,  toward  the  close  of  the  first  chapter,  mentions  several 
persons  who  dwelt  in  that  region,  and  also  because  (2  Tim.  iv.  13) 
he  requests  Timothy  to  bring  with  him  the  cloak,  books  and 
parchments  which  he  had  left  behind  him  at  Troas,  and  because 
Troas  does  not  lie  in  the  route  from  Ephesus  to  Rome,  to  which 
city  Timothy  was  desired  to  "  make  haste  to  come  to  him  before 
winter"  (ch.  iv.  21).  Michaelis  concludes,  therefore,  that  Paul- 
not  knowing  exactly  where  Timothy  was  at  that  time,  wrote  U 
him  this  Epistle,  which  he  entrusted  to  a  safe  person  (whom  Di 
Benson  supposes  to  have  been  Tychicus)  that  was  traveling  into 
Asia  Minor,  with  an  order  to  deliver  it  to  him  wherever  he  could 
find  him. 

As  this  Epistle  was  written  to  St.  Paul's  most  intimate  friend 
under  the  miseries  of  a  jail  and  the  near  prospect  of  death,  and 
was  not  designed  for  the  use  of  others,  it  may  serve  to  exhibit 
the  temper  and  character  of  the  apostle,  and  to  convince  us  that 
he  .was  no  deceiver,  but  believed  the  doctrines  he  pr@a©fo@cL 


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THE  EPISTLE  TO  TITUS. 

1-^ITUS  was  a  Greek  (Dr.  Benson  thinks  he  was  a  native  of  Antioch,  in 
__  Syria),  and  one  of  Paul's  early  converts,  who  attended  him  and  Barnabas 
)  the  first  council  at  Jerusalem,  A.  d.  49,  and  afterwards  on  his  ensuing  circuit 
Tit.  i.  4,  Gal.  ii.  1-3,  Acts  xv.  2).  Some  years  after  this  we  find  that  Paul  sent 
im  to  Corinth,  to  investigate  and  report  to  him  the  state  of  the  church  in  that 
tty,  and  particularly  to  report  what  effect  had  been  produced  by  his  First  Epistle 
)  the  Corinthians.  The  intelligence  brought  to  the  apostle  by  Titus  afforded 
im  the  highest  satisfaction,  as  it  far  exceeded  his  expectations.  And  as  Titus 
ad  expressed  a  particular  regard  for  the  Corinthians,  the  apostle  thought  proper 
)  send  him  back  again,  with  some  others,  to  hasten  the  collection  for  the  poor 
rethren  in  Judea  (ch.  viii.  6).  After  this  we  learn  nothing  further  of  Titus, 
xcept  that  he  is  mentioned  in  this  Epistle  as  having  been  with  Paul  in  Crete. 


THE  EPISTLE  TO  PHILEMON. 

PHILEMON  was  an  inhabitant  of  Colossse,  as  appears 
from  Paul's  mentioning  Onesimus  in  his  Epistle  to  the 
Colossians  (ch.  iv.  9)  as  one  of  them,  and  also  from  his  salu- 
ting Archippus  in  this  Epistle  (ver.  2),  who  appears,  from 
Col.  iv.  17,  to  have  been  a  pastor  of  that  church.  Philemon 
was  most  probably  a  converted  Gentile,  and  a  person  of  great 
worth  as  a  man  and  of  some  note  as  a  citizen  in  his  own 
country.  It  appears,  from  verses  1,  10,  13  and  23  of  this 
Epistle,  that  Paul  was  under  confinement  when  he  wrote  it; 
and  as  he  expresses  (v.  22)  his  expectation  of  shortly  being 
released,  it  is  probable  that  it  was  written  during  his  first 
imprisonment  at  Rome,  towards  the  end  of  A.  d.  62  or  early 
in  63,  and  was  sent,  together  with  the  Epistle  to  the  Ephesians 
and  Colossians,  by  Tychicus  and  Onesimus.  Stronger  exter- 
nal testimony  to  the  authenticity  of  any  part  of  the  Bible 
does  not  exist  than  that  which  we  have  for  the  Epistle  to 
Philemon.  The  whole  of  this  Epistle  is  a  most  beautiful 
composition.  Such  deference  and  respect  for  Philemon,  such 
affection  and  concern  for  Onesimus,  such  distant  but  just 
insinuation,  such  an  admirable  address  pervade  the  whole, 
that  this  alone  might  be  sufficient  to  convince  us  that  Paul 
was  not  unacquainted  with  the  world,  and  was  not  that  weak 
and  visionary  enthusiast  which  the  enemies  of  revelation  have 
sometimes  represented  him  to  be. 


THE  EPISTLE  TO  THE  HEBREWS. 

THE  nature  and  authenticity  of  this  Epistle  have  been 
more  controverted,  perhaps,  than  any  other  book  of  the 
New  Testament.  Who  the  Hebrews  were  to  whom  this  letter 
was  addressed  learned  men  are  by  no  means  agreed.  The 
most  ancient  opinion,  however,  and  the  one  best  corroborated 
by  the  contents  of  the  Epistle  itself,  is,  that  it  wras  directed 
to  the  Hebrews  in  Palestine,  and  probably  to  the  church  of 
Csesarea.  As  to  the  language  in  which  this  Epistle  was 
written,  there  have  been  two  principal  opinions ;  one,  that  it 
was  originally  written  in  Hebrew,  and  translated  into  Greek 
by  Luke  or  Barnabas  ;  and  the  other,  that  it  was  written  in 
Greek.  The  point  is  a  much  litigated  one,  but  Home  "  feels 
compelled  to  draw  the  conclusion  that  the  original  language 
must  have  been  Greek."  The  question  is  one,  however,  which 
by  no  means  affects  the  genuineness  and  authenticity  of  the 
gospel.  The  authorship  of  this  Epistle  has  been  ascribed  to 
different  persons,  but  the  Christian  Church  generally  believe 
it  to  be  the  genuine  production  of  the  great  apostle  to  the 
Gentiles.  As  to  the  time  when  this  Epistle  was  written,  the 
majority  of  commentators  place  it  between  A.  d.  61  and  64. 
This  Epistle  is  considered  by  the  most  eminent  Bible  critics  a 
finished  model  of  didactic  writing.  The  internal  excellence  of 
this  Epistle,  as  connecting  the  Old  Testament  and  the  New,  is 
most  convincing  and  instructive. 


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THE   EPISTLE   OF  JAMES. 

CONSIDERABLE  doubt  has  existed  respecting  the  author 
of  this  Epistle.  Two  apostles  of  the  name  of  James  are 
mentioned  in  the  New  Testament.  The  first  was  the  son  of 
Zebedee,  a  fisherman  upon  the  Lake  of  Galilee,  and  the  brother 
of  the  evangelist  John  ;  and  as  he  is  uniformly  mentioned  by  the 
evangelists  before  John  (except  in  Luke  ix.  28),  he  is  supposed 
to  have  been  the  elder  of  the  two.  As  he  was  put  to  death  by 
Herod  Agrippa  a.  d.  44  (Acts  xii.),  it  is  evident  that  he  was  not 
the  author  of  the  Epistle  which  bears  his  name.  The  other 
James  was  the  son  of  Alpheus  or  Cleopas.  He  is  called  the 
brother  or  near  relation  of  our  Lord  (Gal.  i.  18,  19),  and  is  gen- 
erally termed  the  Less,  partly  to  distinguish  him  from  the  other 
James,  and  probably  because  he  was  lower  of  stature.  There  is 
no  doubt  that  this  was  the  apostle  who  wrote  this  Epistle.  The 
time  when  this  Epistle  was  composed  is  uncertain ;  some  place 
it  early,  a.  d.  45,  others  think  its  date  later,  perhaps  61  or  62  a.d. 
Some  writers  think  this  Epistle  does  not  harmonize  with  the 
Epistles  of  Paul.  On  this  topic  little  can  be  said.  The  two 
apostles  had  each  his  own  aspect  of  a  cardinal  truth,  and  their 
expressions  have  reference  to  the  special  need  of  those  they  re- 
spectively addressed.  Paul  vindicates  the  power  of  a  living  faith, 
James  shows  that  if  it  be  not  a  living  faith  it  is  worthless.  The 
two  are  not  at  variance.  On  account  of  his  distinguished  piety 
and  sanctity  he  was  named  James  the  Just.  Notwithstanding 
She  high  opinion  that  was  generally  entertained  of  his  character, 
his  life  was  prematurely  terminated  by  martyrdom.  According 
to  Hegesippus,  an  ecclesiastical  historian  who  flourished  about 
the  close  of  the  second  century,  this  event  took  place  about  a.  d. 
<J2.  This  Epistle  is  one  of  the  most  pathetic  and  instructive  in  the 
New  Testament.  Its  style  possesses  all  that  beautiful  and  elegant 
iimplicity  which  so  eminently  characterizes  the  sacred  writers 


THE  FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  PETER. 

SIMON,  surnamed  Cephas  or  Peter  (which  appellation  signi- 
fies a  stone  or  rock),  was  the  son  of  Jonas  or  Jonah,  and 
was  born  in  Bethsaida,  on  the  coast  of  the  Sea  of  Galilee,  follow- 
ing the  occupation  of  fisherman  on  that  lake  until  called  by  Jesus 
to  be  his  apostle.  In  the  evangelical  history  of  this  apostle  the 
distinguishing  features  in  his  character  are  signally  portrayed, 
and  in  no  small  degree  enhance  the  credibility  of  the  sacred  his- 
torians, that  they  have  blended  without  disguise  several  traits  of 
his  precipitance  and  presumption  with  the  honorable  testimony 
which  the  narration  of  facts  affords  to  the  sincerity  of  his  attach- 
ment to  Christ,  and  the  fervor  of  his  zeal  in  the  cause  of  his 
blessed  Master.  After  our  Saviour's  ascension,  Peter  took  an 
active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  infant  church.  It  was  he  who 
proposed  the  election  of  a  successor  to  the  traitor  Judas  (Acts. 
i.  1,5-26),  and  on  the  ensuing  day  of  Pentecost  he  preached 
Christ  so  effectually  that  three  thousand  souls  were  added 
to  the  church.  After  laboring  zealously  for  many  years  in  the 
cause  of  Christ,  he  was  finally  crucified  at  Rome,  a.  d.  63,  during 
the  reign  of  the  Emperor  Nero.  The  design  of  this  Epistle  was 
to  support  the  Christians  under  afflictions  and  trials,  to  which 
they  were  subjected,  and  to  instruct  them  how  to  behave  in  t.ie 
midst  of  the  opposition  and  cruelty  with  which  they  were  treated, 
submissive  to  civil  authority,  attentive  to  their  duties  in  their 
several  stations,  and  leading  blameless  and  exemplary  lives 
This  Epistle  is  sparing  in  words,  but  full  of  sense,  majestic,  and 
one  of  the  finest  books  of  the  New  Testament.  The  genuineness 
%nd  canonical  authority  of  this  Epistle  have  never  been  disputed. 


THE  SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  PETER. 

SOME  doubts  were  entertained  by  the  primitive  churches  re« 
specting  the  authenticity  of  this  Epistle,  which  has  been 
received  as  the  genuine  production  of  Peter  ever  since  the  fourth 
century,  except  by  the  Syrian  Church,  in  which  it  is  read  as  an 
excellent  book,  though  not  of  canonical  authority.  We  have, 
however,  most  satisfactory  evidence  of  its  genuineness  and  au- 
thenticity. Clement  of  Rome  has  three  allusions  to  the  second 
and  one  to  the  third  chapter  of  this  Epistle,  and  it  is  twice  referred 
to  by  Hermas,  once  by  Justin  Martyr,  and  also  by  Athenagoras. 
Various  reasons  have  been  assigned  why  this  Epistle  was  not 
earlier  acknowledged  as  the  writing  of  Peter.  Jerome  informs 
us  that  the  difference  in  style  between  this  and  the  former  Epis* 
tie  was  in  his  day  the  principal  cause  of  its  authority  being 
disputed,  and  the  same  objection  has  been  adopted  by  other 
modern  writers.  No  objection,  however,  can  be  drawn  from 
this  circumstance,  as  it  is  well  known  that  different  subjects 
suggest  different  styles.  Both  external  and  internal  evidence 
show  that  the  Second  Epistle  of  Peter  is  unquestionably  the 
production  of  that  apostle,  and  claims  to  be  received  and  studied 
with  the  same  devout  care  and  attention  as  the  other  inspired 
writings  of  the  New  Testament.  That  Peter  was  old  and  near 
his  death  when  he  wrote  this  Epistle  is  evident  from  chap.  i.  14; 
and  that  it  was  written  soon  after  the  First  Epistle  appears  from 
the  apology  he  makes  (ch.  i.  13,  15)  for  writing  this  Second  Epis- 
tle to  the  Hebrew  Christians.  The  scope  of  the  Epistle  is  to 
confirm  the  doctrines  and  instructions  delivered  in  the  former, 
to  establish  the  Hebrew  Christians  in  the  faith  of  the  gospel, 
to  caution  them  against  false  teachers,  and  to  warn  them  against 
those  profane  scoffers  who  should  make  a  mock  of  Christ's  coming 
to  judgment.  He  warns  them  to  prepare  for  that  great  even 
by  a  holy  and  unblamable  conversation. 


THE  FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  JOHN. 

ALTHOUGH  no  name  is  orefixed  to  this  book,  its  authen- 
ticity as  a  genuine  p.  eduction  of  the  apostle  John  is 
unquestionable.  It  was  almost  universally  received  as  his  com- 
position in  the  Eastern  and  Western  Churches,  and  is  declared 
to  be  genuine  by  many  of  the  most  eminent  ancient  and  modern 
ecclesiastical  writers.  The  Epistle  is  characterized  by  artless 
simplicity  and  benevolence,  blended  with  singular  modesty  and 
candor,  together  with  a  wonderful  sublimity  of  sentiment.  It  is 
not  properly  speaking  an  epistle,  but  rather  a  didactic  discourse 
upon  the  principles  of  Christianity  in  doctrine  and  practice, 
opening  sublimely  with  the  fundamental  topics  of  God's  perfec- 
tion, and  man's  depravity,  and  Christ's  propitiation,  perspicuous- 
ly propounding  the  deepest  mysteries  of  our  holy  faith  maintain- 
ing the  sanctity  of  its  precepts  with  energy  of  argument,  and  ex- 
hibiting  in  all  its  parts  the  most  dignified  simplicity  of  language, 
With  regard  to  the  date  of  this  Epistle,  there  is  a  considerable  di- 
versity of  opinion,  but  the  most  probable  of  these  various  opinions 
is  that  which  assigns  to  it  an  early  date,  namely,  before  the  de» 
struction  of  Jerusalem  and  the  subversion  of  the  Jewish  polity,1, 
Prom  all  the  evidence  before  us,  we  conclude  that  St.  John  wrote 
his  First  Epistle  in  a.  d.  68,  or  at  the  latest  in  69 ;  though  it  is 
impossible  to  ascertain  from  what  place  he  sent  it — whether  from 
Patmos,  as  Grotius  supposes,  or  from  some  city  in  Judea,  as  Da 
Macknight  supposes,  or  from  Ephesus,  as  Irenaeus  and  Eusebiua 
relate  from  ancient  tradition,  which  has  been  generally  received. 
The  style  of  the  Epistle  is  pure,  clear  and  flowing,  and  an  affec- 
tionate spirit  prevades  the  whole* 


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47 


there  are  three  persons  of  this  name  mentioned  in  the  New 
Testament.  Michaelis  and  most  modern  critics  suppose  the 
person  to  whom  this  Epistle  was  addressed  to  be  the  Caius 
of  Corinth,  as  hospitality  was  a  leading  feature  of  his  char- 
acter. His  hospitable  temper,  particularly  toward  the  min- 
isters of  the  gospel,  is  strongly  marked  in  the  fifth,  sixth,  sev- 
enth and  eighth  verses  of  this  Epistle.  The  scope  of  this 
Epistle  is  to  commend  his  steadfastness  in  the  faith  and 
his  general  hospitality,  especially  to  the  ministers  of  Christ; 
to  caution  him  against  the  ambitious  and  turbulent  practices 
of  Diotrephes,  and  to  recommend  Demetrius  to  his  friend- 
ship, referring  what  he  further  had  to  say  to  a  personal 
interview.  Commentators  are  by  no  means  agreed  as  to  who 
this  Diotrephes  was.  Bede,  Erasmus,  Michaelis  and  others 
suppose  him  to  have  been  the  author  of  a  new  sect,  and  that, 
as  he  delivered  false  doctrines,  he  objected  to  those  who  prop- 
agated the  true  faith.  The  character  of  Demetrius,  on  the 
contrary,  was  in  every  respect  conformable  to  the  precepts 
of  the  gospel,  and  St.  John  recommends  him  as  ai>  <wample 
to  Caius,  and  the  other  members  of  the  church. 


"N  the  fourth  century,  when  Eusebius  wrote  his  ecclesiastical  history,  these  two 
epistles  were  classed  among  the  books  which  were  received  by  the  majority  of 
Christians,  though  some  doubts  were  entertained  by  others  respecting  their  authenticity. 
Testimonies  are  not  wanting,  however,  to  prove  that  they  were  both  known  and  receiver! 
as  genuine  productions  of  the  apostle  John.  The  Second  Epistle  is  cited  by  Irenseus,  and 
received  by  Clement  of  Alexandria.  Origen  mentions  all  three  epistles,  though  he  says 
that  the  second  and  third  were  not  allowed  to  be  genuine  by  all  persons.  Dionysius  of 
Alexandria  mentions  them  as  being  ascribed  to  St.  John. 

The  Second  Epistle  is  an  epitome  of  the  first,  and  touches,  in  few  words,  on  the  same 
points.  The  "  Lady  Electa  "  is  commended  for  her  virtuous  and  religious  education  of 
her  children,  and  is  exhorted  to  abide  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  to  persevere  in  the  truth, 
and  carefully  to  avoid  the  delusions  of  false  teachers.  But  chiefly  does  the  apostle 
beseech  this  Christian  matron  to  practice  the  great  and  indispensable  commandment 
of  Christian  love  and  charity. 

The  Third  Epistle  of  John  is  addressed  to  a  converted  Gentile,  a  respectable  member 
of  some  Christian  church,  called  Caius,  but  who  he  was  is  a  matter  of  uncertainty,  as 

THE  EPISTLE  OF  JUDE. 

JUDE  or  Judas,  who  was  surnamed  Thaddeus  and  Lebbeus, 
and  who  was  also  called  the  brother  of  our  Lord  (Matt. 
xiii.  25),  was  the  son  of  Alpheus,  brother  of  James  the 
Less,  and  one  of  the  twelve  apostles.  As  he  continued  with 
the  rest  of  the  apostles  after  our  Lord's  resurrection  and 
ascension  (Acts  i.  13),  and  was  also  with  them  on  the  day 
of  Pentecost,  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  suppose  that,  after 
having  received  the  extraordinary  gifts  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
he  preached  the  gospel  for  some  time  in  Judea,  and  performed 
miracles  in  the  name  of  Christ.  He  is  said  to  have  prop- 
agated Christianity  in  Arabia,  Syria,  Mesopotamia  and 
Persia,  and  suffered  martyrdom  in  the  last  named  country. 
The  Syrians  still  claim  him  as  their  apostle.  When  and 
where  this  epistle  was  written,  and  to  whom  it  was  addressed, 
are  uncertain  and  immaterial.  The  design  of  the  Epistle 
is  to  guard  believers  against  the  false  teachers  who  had  begun 
to  insinuate  themselves  into  the  Christian  Church,  and  to 
contend  with  the  utmost  earnestness  and  zeal  for  the  truo 


faith. 


THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  BIBLE,  BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  HISTORICAL. 


THIS  wonderful  book  stands  alone  among  the  sacred  writings  of 
the  new  dispensation,  and  occupies  a  place  among  them  in 
many  respects  analogous  to  that  of  the  Book  of  Daniel  in  the  Old 
Testament.  It  has  been  very  generally  ascribed  in  all  ages  of  the 
Church  to  the  apostle  and  evangelist  St.  John.  We  learn  from  the 
book  itself  that  the  visions  which  it  records  were  seen  by  the  writer 
while  he  was  in  Patmos,  a  small  island  in  the  iEgean  Sea,  as  a  prisoner 
"  for  the  testimony  of  Jesus  Christ "  (chap.  i.  9)  ;  and  Irenseus  fixes 
the  date  of  the  visions,  and  therefore  (as  may  be  assumed)  that  of  the 
composition  of  the  book,  about  the  end  of  the  reign  of  Domitian,  in 
or  shortly  before  A.  D.  96.  No  book  has  been  more  commented  upon 
or  has  given  rise  to  a  greater  variety  of  interpretations  than  the 
Apocalypse,  which  has  ever  been  accounted  the  most  difficult  portion 
of  the  New  Testament.  Although  many  parts  of  the  Apocalypse  are 
necessarily  obscure  to  us,  because  they  contain  predictions  of  events 
still  in  the  future,  yet  enough  is  sufficiently  clear  to  convey  to  us  the 
most  important  religious  instruction.  The  book  is  to  us  precisely 
what  the  prophecies  of  the  Old  Testament  were  to  the  Jews,  nor  is 
it  in  any  degree  more  inexplicable.  "  No  prophecies  in  the  Revelation 
can  be  more  clouded  with  obscurity  than  that  a  child  should  be  born 
of  a  poor  virgin — that  a  mortal  should  not  see  corruption — that  a 
person  despised  and  numbered  among  malefactors  should  be  estab- 
lished forever  on  the  throne  of  David.  Yet  still  the  pious  Jew  pre- 
served his  faith  entire  amidst  all  these  wonderfkl  and  apparently 
contradictory  intimations.  Ho  looked  into  the  holy  books  in  which 
they  were  contained  with  reverence,  and  with  an  eye  of  patient 
expeeianoa  'waited  for  the  consolation  of  Israel 


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GALLERY    OF    SCRIPTURE    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


THE   FALL  OF   OUR   FIRST    PARENTS 
Gen.  in.  6. 


ADAM    AND   EVE   DRIVEN   OUT   OF   PARADISE. 
Gen-  lii.  23,  24. 


AFTER   THE   BANISHMENT   FROM    PARADISE. 
Gen   iii.  19. 


SACRIFICE   OF  CAIN  AND  ABEL 
Gen,  iv.  4,  5. 


THE  DEATH  OF  ABEL. 
Gen.  iv.  8. 


NOAH   COMMANDED  TO   BUILD  THE   ARK. 

Gen.  vi.  13-18. 


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2 


GALLEEY    OF  SCRIPTUEE    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


NOAH    LEAVING  THE  ARK. 
Gen.  viii.  18,  19. 


NOAH'S   THANK-OFFERING. 
Gen    vi  11    20 


NOAH   CURSES    HAM. 
Gen.  ix.  24,  25. 


THE  TOWER   OF  BABEL. 
Gen.  xi.  7,  8. 


ABRAHAM   SEES   THE   PROMISED   LAND. 
Gen.  xii.  3-7. 


GOD'S   PROMISE  TO  ABRAHAM. 
Gen.  xv.  5. 


GALLEEY    OF    SCElPTURE    TLLUSTRATIONR. 


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LOT   AND   HIS   DAUGHTERS   LEAVING   SODOM. 
Gen.  xix.  15. 


JACOB'S   DEPARTURE   FOR   CANAAN. 
Gen.  xxxi.  17,  18. 


jjF^Hr^ 


JACOB   WRESTLING   WITH   THE   ANGEL. 
Gen.  xxxii.  24. 


JOSEPH-INTERPRETS   PHARAOH'S  DREAM. 
Gen.  xli.  29,  30. 


MOSES   DESTROYS  THE  TABLES  OF  THE  LAW. 
Ex,  xxxii.  19. 


THE  DEATH  OF  MOSES. 
Deut.  xxxiv.  5,  6 


GALLEEY    OF    8CEIPTUEE    II/LTISTR^TIOlSrS. 


DIVIDING   THE   LAND  AMONG    THE  TRIBES. 
Josh.  xni.  6,  7. 


SAMSON   SLAYING   A    LION. 
Judges  xiv.  6. 


SAMSON   SLAYS   THE   PHILISTINES. 
Judges  xv.  16 


SAMSON  SHORN  OF  HIS  STRENGTH. 
Judges  xvi    21, 


SAMSON'S   VENGEANCE  AND   DEATH. 
Judges  xvi.  29,  30. 


JEPHTHAH'S   RASH  VOW. 
Judges  xi.  34. 


GALLERY    OF   SCRIPTURE    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


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RUTH  GLEANING  IN   BOAZ'S  FIELD. 
Ruth  ii    7. 


SAUL  AND  THE   WITCH   OF  ENDOR. 
1  Sam.  xxviii.  16,  17. 


PARTING   OF    DAVID   AND   JONATHAN. 
1  Sam.  xx.  42. 


DAVID   AND   ABIGAIL. 
1  Sam   xxv.  23,  24. 


DAVID   MOURNS   THE   DEATH   OF   HIS   CHILD. 
2  Sam.  xii.  iS. 


THE   RIGHTEOUS   JUDGMENT   OF  SOLOMON. 
1  Kings  iii.  26,  27. 


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GALLERY   OF    SCRIPTURE    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


THE   WIDOW'S   SON   RESTORED  TO   LIFE, 
i  Kings  xvii.  21,  22. 


GOD  APPEARS   TO    ELIJAH   ON   MOUNT   HOREB. 
i  Kings  xix.  ii,  12. 


THE   TRANSLATION   OF    ELIJAH. 
2  Kings  ii.  ii. 


THE   LORD   COMMANDS  JEREMIAH. 
Jer.  i.  16,  17. 


DANIEL   IN   THE   LIONS"    DEN. 
Dan.  vi.  19,  20. 


JUDITH  BEHEADS   HOLOFERNES. 
Judith  xiii.  9, 10. 


GATHER Y    OF    SCEIPTUEE    ILLUSTEATIONS. 


7 


THE   BIRTH   OF  ST.   JOHN. 
Luke  i.  62-64. 


THE  ANGEL  ANNOUNCES   THE  BIRTH  OF  CHRIST. 
Luke  ii.  10,  11. 


THE   BIRTH   OF   CHRIST. 
Luke  ii.  7. 


SLAUGHTER  OF  THE  INNOCENTS. 
Matt.  ii.  16. 


JOSEPH   COMMANDED   TO   FLEE   INTO   EGYPT. 
Matt.  ii.  13. 


THE   FLIGHT   INTO   EGYPT. 
Matt.  ii.  14,  15. 


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GALLEEY   OF    SCEIPTURE    ILI/USTR^TIONS. 


PRESENTATION   IN   THE   TEMPLE. 
Luke  ii.  27,  28. 


CHRIST  TEACHES  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 
Luke  ii    46,  47, 


CHRIST   TEACHES   NICODEMUS. 
John  ni.  2,  3. 


SENDING   FORTH   THE   TWELVE  APOSTLES. 
Matt.  x.  5-7. 


CHRIST    FEEDING   THE    FIVE  THOUSAND. 
John  vi.  10,  11. 


'SUFFER   LITTLE   CHILDREN   TO   COME  UNTO   ME. 
Mark  x.  14. 


GALLERY    OF    SCRIPTURE    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


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THE   GOOD  SAMARITAN. 
Luke  x    33,  34. 


CHRIST  AND  THE  WOMAN  OF  SAMARIA. 
John  iv    25,  26 


JESUS   DRIVES   OUT   THE   MONEY-CHANGERS. 
John  11    15.  16. 


THE  ADULTERESS   TAKEN  BEFORE  CHRIST. 
John  viii.  4-7. 


CHRIS!    RAISES   THE   DAUGHTER  OF  JAIRUS 
Mark  v.  41,  42. 


CHRIST   RAISES   THE   WIDOW'S   SON 
Luke  vii.  14,  15. 


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GALLERY  OF    BCEIPTURE    ILLUSTRATION'S. 


JESUS  SUPPORTS  THE  SINKING  PETER. 
Matt.  xiv.  30,  31. 


THE  RETURN  OF  THE  PRODIGAL  SON 
Luke  xv.  22. 


DEATH   OF  JOHN   THE   BAPTIST. 

Mark  vi   27,  28 


CHRIST'S   ENTRY   INTO  JERUSALEM. 
Matt.  xxi.  8,  g. 


— T- 


MARY   MAGDALENE  ANOINTS   THE  HEAD   OF   CHRIST. 
Matt.  xxvi.  10-12. 


CHRIST   WASHES   HIS   DISCIPLES'   FEET. 
John  xiii.  5- 


GALLEEY    OF    SCRIPTURE    ILLXJSTR^TIOlSrS. 


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ItPiPtli 


THE   END   OF  JUDAS   ISCARIOT. 
Matt    xxvii    3-5 


CHRIST   FALLS  UNDER  THE  CROSS. 
Luke  xxiii.  27,  28. 


THE  CRUCIFIXION. 
John  xix   30 


THE  BURIAL  OF  CHRIST. 
John  xix    4T,  42. 


THE   RESURRECTION. 
Matt,  xxviii.  2-4. 


THE   WOMEN   AT   THE  TOMB   OF   CHRIST. 
Mark  xvi.  s,  6. 


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GALLERY   OF    SCRIPTURE    ILTLXJSTRA.TIONS. 


CHRIST  APPEARS  TO  TWO  OF  HIS   DISCIPLES. 
Luke  xxiv.  15. 


THE    ASCENSION. 
Luke  xxiv.  50,  51. 


«SW 


PAUL  AND   BARNABAS   AT   LYSTRA. 
Acts  xiv.  14,  15. 


PAUL  TAKING  LEAVE  OF  THE  ELDERS. 
Acts-xx.  37,  38. 


OPENING  OF  THE   SEVENTH   SEAL. 
Rev.  viii.  1-6. 


THE  NEW  JERUSALEM. 
Rev.  xxi.  1,  2. 


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THE  CALL  OF  MATTHEW. 


'WHO  IS  GREATEST  IN  THE  KINGDOM  OF  HEAVEN?  ' 


CHRIST  TEACHING  HIS  DISCIPLES  HOW  TO  PRAY. 


CHRIST  HEALING  THE  SICK. 


WISE  AND  FOOLISH  VIRGINS. 


NAMING  OF  JOHN  THE  BAPTIST. 


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GALLEEY    OF    SCRIPTUEE    1LLUSTEATIONS. 


MODERN  JERICHO. 


VIEW  IN  BETHLEHEM. 


RUINS  OF  CAPERNAUM. 


SITE  OF  CANA. 


LAKE  OF  GENNESARET. 


SAMARIA,  FROM  THE  RAVINE. 


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GALLEEY    OF    SCRIPTURE    ILLUSTKATIONS. 


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REMAINS  OF  THE  GOLDEN  GATES,  JERUSALEM. 


EAST   GATE   OF   DAMASCUS. 


JACOB'S  WELL,  SHECHEM. 


RUINS  OF  BAALBECK. 


THE  WATER  TURNED  INTO  WINE. 


JESUS  ENTERING  THE  HOUSE  OF  MARTHA  AND  MARY. 


M^^A^a^^^ta^u 


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GALLEEY    OF    SCRIPTURE    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


MODERN  TARSUS. 


BROOK  KIDRON. 


MOUNT  SINAI, 


EARLY  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH  AT  THESSALONICA. 


THYATIRA. 


SMYRNA. 


VALUABLE 

Chronological  and  Miscellaneous  Tables. 

V 

From  the  Creation  to  the  Christian  Era,  and  the  Principal  Events  of  the  Nineteenth  Century, 

ARRANGED  TO  INCREASE  THE  INTEREST  IN  AND  SIMPLIFY  THE  STUDY  OF 

The  Holt  Scriptuees. 


CONTEMPORANEOUS  CHRONOLOGY. 


Period, 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

X. 
XL 


THE  CREATION,  B.  C.  4004,  TO  THE  DELUGE,  B.  C.  2348 

THE  DELUGE  TO  THE  CALL  OP  ABRAHAM,  B.  C.  1921 

ABRAHAM  TO  THE  EXODUS  OF  THE  ISRAELITES,  B.  C.  149] 

EXODE,  TO  THE  ENTRANCE  INTO  CANAAN,  B.  C.  1451 

ENTRANCE,  TO  THE  KINGDOM  OF  SAUL,  B.  C.  1095 

SAUL  TO  COMPLETION  OF  SOLOMON'S  TEMPLE,  B.  C.  1004.... 

TEMPLE  TO  BABYLONISH  CAPTIVITY,  B.  C.  588 

f  CAPTIVITY  TO  CLOSING  OF  OLD  TESTAMENT  CANON,  l 

1     B.  C.  420  J 

j  CLOSING  OF  OLD  TESTAMENT  CANON  TO  CHRISTIAN  ) 
1      ERA,  A.  D J 

CHRISTIAN  ERA  TO  END  OF  COMPLETED  CANON,  A.  D.  100.. 

CLOSING  NEW  TESTAMENT  CANON  TO  A.  D.  1877 


Years. 


1656 
427 
430 

40 
356 

91 
416 

168 

420 

100 
1777 


POSTDILUVIAN  PATRIARCHS. 

Periods  II.  and  III.     Period  to  call  of  Abraham,  427  Years.     Thence  to 

Exode,  430  Years. 


Birth.  Birth, 


B.C. 

2948 
2446 
2346 
2311 
2281 
2247 
2217 
2185 
2155 
2126 
1996 
1896 
1836 
1743 
1571 


A.  M. 

1056 
1558 
1658 
1693 
1723 
1757 
1787 
1819 
1849 
1878 
2008 
2108 
2168 
2261 
2433 


Noah 

Shem 

Arphaxad 

Salah 

Eber 

Pel  eg 

Reu 

Serug 

Nahor 

Terah. 

Abram"(eaVled'l92'rB.'c")'.. .'!."!!'.'.'.. .....  ..... 

Isaao 

Jacob 

Joseph 

Moses  (Exode  1491  B.  C.) 

Conquest  of  Canaan,  begun  under  Joshua 


Death. 

Death. 

B.C. 

A.  M. 

1998 

2006 

1846 

2158 

1908 

2096 

1878 

2126 

1817 

2187 

200S 

1996 

1978  • 

2026 

1955 

2049 

2007 

1997 

1921 

2083 

1821 

2183 

1716 

2288 

1689 

2315 

1633 

2371 

1451 

2553 

950 
600 
"438 
433 
464 
239 
239 
230 
148 
205 
175 
180 
147 
110 
120 


THE  WANDERING  IN  THE  WILDERNESS. 

Period  IV.  40  Years. 


GOVERNORS  AND  JUDGES  OVER  ISRAEL. 

Period  V.  356  Years. 


Date  of 
Reign. 


b.  c. 
1451 
1405 
1323 
1305 
1285 
1245 
1236 
1232 
1210 
1188 
1182 
1175 
1165 
1157 
1137 
1116 
1095 


v.} 


Joshua.. 
Othniel. 
Ehud.... 
Shamgar . 
Deborah  and  Barak . 

Gideon , 

Abirnelech 

Tola 

Jair 

Jephthah 

Ibzan. 

Elon  ..'. 

Abdon 

Eli 

Samson 

Samuel 

Saul  (anointed  King). 


Remarks. 


Died  at  age  of  110. 

First  Judge.     Judged  40  years. 

Rest  of  80  years  in  the  land. 

Judged  40  years. 

"       40  years. 

"        3  years. 

"      23  years. 

"       22  years. 

rt         6  years. 

"         7  years. 

"       10  years. 

"         8  years. 
High  Priest  40  years. 
Samson,  twelfth  Judge.    Judged  20  years. 
Last  Judge.     He  filled  his  office  long  after 

Saul  became  King,  B.  C.  1095. 
The  periods  unaccounted  for  between   the 
Judges  were  passed  in  servitude  to  neigh- 
boring nations. 


ANTEDILUVIAN  PATRIARCHS. 

Period  I.  1656  Years. 


Birth.  Birth. 


B.C. 

4004 
3874 
3769 
3679 
3609 
3544 
3382 
3317 
3130 
2948 
2446 
2348 


a.  m. 

130 

235 

325 

395 

460 

622 

687 

874 

1056 

1558 

1656 


Creation  of  Adam  and  Eve 

Seth 

Enos 

Cainan 

Mahalaleel 

Jared 

Enoch 

Methuselah 

Lamech 

Noah 

Shem 

The  Deluge. 


Death. 


B.  C. 

(Adam)  3074 
2962 
2864 
2769 
2714 
25S2 
(Transl.)  3017 
2348 
2353 
1998 
1846 


Death. 

Age. 

a.  m. 

930 

930 

1042 

912 

1140 

905 

1235 

910 

1290 

895 

1422 

962 

987 

365 

1656 

969 

1651 

777 

2006 

950 

2158 

600 

KINGS  OF  ISRAEL  TO  COMPLETION  OF  TEMPLE. 

Period  VI.  91  Years. 


Date  of 
Reign. 


b.  c. 
1095 
1055 

1048 

1015 
1004 


David, 


Remarks. 


Saul Reigned  40  years. 

David Reigns  over  Judah  in  Hebron,  7  years 

and  6  months. 
R,eigns  over  all  Israel,  32  years    and    6 
months. 
Solomon. 

Completion  of  Temple.     Begun  in  4th  year  of  Solomon's  reign,  B.  C.  1011 
completed  in  about  seven  years  and  a  half. 


FROM  THE  CAPTIVITY  TO  THE  COMPLETION  OF  THE  OLD 
TESTAMENT  CANON. 

Period  VIII.  168  Years. 
GOVERNORS   OF  JERUSALEM  AFTER   CAJPTITITW 


B.  C. 


536 
457 
445 


Prophets. 


Haggai. 

Zechariah. 

Malachi. 


Governors. 


Zerubbabel. 

Ezra. 

Nehemiah. 


Remarks. 


f  The  return  of  the  Jews  from  Babylon 
{  was  headed  by  Zerubbabel. 

J  The  prophet  Malachi  concludes  the  Old 
{  Testament  Canon  about  the  year  420  B.  C. 


The  Sons  of  Noah  were 
Shem,  Sam,  tXapheth. 


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Elam, 

Asshur, 

Arphaxad, 

Lud, 

Aram. 


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Cush, 

Mizraim, 

Phut, 

Canaan. 


The  Sons  of  Japheth 
were 

Gomer, 

Magog, 

Madai, 

Javan, 

Tubal, 

Meshech, 

Til  as. 


They  settled 

Assyria, 

Syria, 

Persia, 

Northern  Arabia, 

Mesopotamia. 


They  settled 

The  Continent  of 
Africa  and  Arabia. 


tiled 


They 
Asia  Minor, 
Armenia, 
Caucasus, 
Europe. 


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Persians, 
Assyrians, 
Chaldeans, 
Lydians, 
Armenians, 
Syrians. 


The  principal  nations  which  sprang 

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Ethiopians, 
Egyptians, 
Libyans, 
Canaanites. 


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Scythians, 
Medes, 

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Iberians, 
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The  Kings  and  Prophets  of  Judah  and  Israel 


THKEE  KINGS  OF  ALL  ISEAEL   (Period  VII.  416  Years). 

SAUL Reigned  40  years Before  CHRIST  1095. 

DAVID Reigned  40  years Before  CHRIST  1055. 

SOLOMON Reigned  40  years Before  CHRIST  1015. 


Teaks 

Eeigned. 

KINGS 

OF 

JUDAH. 

TWO  TRIBES. 

YEAR  BEFORE  CHRIST. 

KINGS 

OF 

ISRAEL. 

TEN  TRIBES. 

Years 
Reigned. 

PROPHETS 

OF 

ISRAEL. 

PBOPHETS 
OF 

Usher. 

Hales. 

JUDAH. 

4 

3 

OS 

00 

t— 1 

•a 

3 

as 

N 
M 

r 

17 

3 

41 

26 

8 

1 

6 

40 

29 
62 

16 
16 

29 

55 

2 

31 

3  mos. 

11 

3  m.  10  d. 

11 

975 
958 
955 

914 

892 

885 
884 
878 

839 
810 

758 

742 

726 

698 
643 
641 
610 
610 
599 

599 

688 

546 
457 
445 

975 

954 
953 
930 
929 
929 
918 

898 
896 

884 

856 
841 

825 

784 

773 

772 
772 
761 
759 

739 
730 

721 

990 

973 
970 

929 

904 
896 
895 
889 

849 

820 
809 

757 
741 

725 

696 
641 
639 

608 

597 

586 

990 

968 
966 
943 
942 
942 
931 

909 
907 

895 

867 
850 

834 

793 

771 
771 
770 
760 

758 

738 

728 

719 

22 

2 
24 

2 

7  days. 

12 

22 

2 
12 

28 

17 
16 

41 

11 

6  mos. 
1  mo. 

10 
2 

20 

9 
9 

Man  of  God  from  Judah.  - 
Ahijah. 

Elijah. 

Micaiah.                              ' 

ffliaha. 

Jonah. 

Hossa. 
Amos. 

Oded. 

l: 

Oded                  

! 

Elah 

Zechariah,  son  of  Jehoiada.... 

!| 

( 

,  Zeehariah   (who    had    under- 
standing in  the  visions  of 
God,  2  Chron.  26 :  5). 

Ahaziah,  or  Azariah „ 

f  Interrugnum,  22  years,  ac-  1 
\      cording  to  Hales.               J 

Interregnum,  11  years,  ) 

according  to  Sales.  J 

Pekah 

The  Kingdom  of  Israel  over- 

Shalmaneser,  king  of  Assyria,  came  up  against  Samaria  in  the  sixth 
year  of  the  reign  of  Hoshea  (b.  c.  724),  and  after  a  siege  of  three 
years  took  the  city,  carried  Israel  away  into  Assyria ;  and  having 
removed  them  to  the  cities  of  Halah  and  Haboi,  by  the  river  Gozan, 
and  into  the  cities  of  the  Medes,  he  placed  Assyrians  in  the  cities  j 
of  Samaria  in  their  room. 

'  Ezekiel.. 

Daniel. 

Obadiah  ...................... 

Jerusalem  destroyed  by  Nebu-  ") 
ckadnezzar  and  Judah  car-  > 
ried  captive.                           J 

Governors  of  Jerusalem 
after  the  captivity. 

Ezra 

- 

EMTIEES  OP  BIBLE  TIMES,  WITH  THEIE  KINGS  AND  EULEES. 


FOUNDERS  OF  ASSYRIA. 

KINGS  OF  ASSYRIA  AFTER  THE 
DIVISION. 

KINGS  OF  MEDIA. 

KINGS  OF  THE  PERSIANS  (continued). 

B.  C. 

2245 
2245 
2124 
2059 

Nimrod,  founded  Babylon. 
Ashur,  founded  Nineveh. 
Belus,  reigned  in  Babylon. 
Ninus,  united  Nineveh  and  Babylon, 
forming  the  Assyrian  Empire. 

B.  C. 

747 
709 
657 
634 
596 
595 
559 
536 

Arbaces  (Governor). 
Deioces  (?) 
Phraortes. 
Cyaxares  I. 
Scythians  expelled. 
Astyages. 

Cyaxares    II.,  or  Darius. 
Cyrus  the  Great  forms  the  Medo- 
Persian  Empire. 

B.  C. 

336 
330 

Darius  Codomanus. 
Alexander  the  Great  conquers  Darius 
and  ends  the  Persian  Empire. 

B.  C. 

747 

728 

717 

'    715 

Tiglath-pileser,  or  Arbaces. 
Shalmaneser. 
Sennacherib. 
Esarhaddon. 

KINGS  OF  EGYPT.. 

KINGS  OF  ASSYRIA  BEFORE  THE 
DIVISION. 

Dot)      iLsarnaaaon  uu<es  jsaDyion. 

B.  C. 

2188 
2122 
2111 
2100 
2085 
1920 
1891 
1822 
1821 
1729 
1680 
1577 
1491 
1491 
1457 
1376 
978 
825 

Mizraim. 

Athotes. 

Busiris  founds  Thebes. 

Osymandyas. 

Shepherd-kings  reign  260  years. 

Pharaoh. 

Syphoas. 

Memnon  invents  letters. 

Amenophis  I. 

Potiphar. 

Hyksos,  or  Shepherd-kings. 

Rameses  Miamum. 

Pharaoh  Amenophis  (the  Exode). 

Sesostris. 

Pheron. 

Sethos. 

Sesac  (?).                                              ' 

Petubastes. 

KINGS  OF  BABYLON. 

B.  C. 

1  2017 
1937 
1446 
1433 
1421 
1183 
1139 

.     840 
820 

790 

Semiramis  (?). 

Arabs  seize  Ninevefe. 

Beloohus. 

Artossa. 

Belatores. 

Tutseus. 

Thinseus. 

Sardanapalus  (?). 

Sardanapalus   burned  in   his  pal- 
ace (?). 

Pul  (?). 

After  the  death  of  Sardanapalus 

'the    Assyrian    Empire    ends,    being 

divided  into  Assyrian,  Babylonian 

and  Median  Kingdoms. 

KINGS  OF  THE  PERSIANS. 

B.  C. 

747 
734 
680 
667 
647 
626 
605 
561 
559 
556 
555 
538 

Nabonassar. 

Merodach-Baladan. 

Esarhaddon. 

Saosduchinus. 

Chiniladon,  or  Saracus. 

Nabopolassar. 

Nebuchadnezzar. 

Evil-Merodach. 

Neriglissar. 

Laborosarchod. 

Belshazzar. 

Babylon  taken  by  Cyrus. 

B.  C. 

559 
529 
522 
521 
486 
465 
425 
425 
424 
404 
361 
338 

Cyrus  the  Great. 
Cambyses,  or  Ahasuerus. 
Smerdis,  or  Artaxerxes. 
Darius,  or  Hystaspes. 
Xerxes  the  Great. 
Artaxerxes  Longimanus. 
Xerxes  II. 
Sogdianus. 

Oohus,  or  Darius  Nothus. 
Artaxerxes  Mnemon. 
Artaxerxes  Ochus. 
Arses. 

EMPIRES   OF   BIBLE  TIMES,  WITH   THEIR  KINGS  AND  RULERS  (continued). 


KINGS  OF  EGYPT  (continued). 

GREECE, 

KINGS  OF  MACEDON  (continued). 

KINGS  OF  SYRIA  (continued) 

B.  C. 

737 

Sebaeon  invades  Egypt. 

B.  C. 

2042 

Uranus  arrives  in  Greece. 

B.  C. 

397 

Amyntas  II. 

B,  C. 

144 

Antiochus  VI.  Theus, 

725 

So. 

1856 

Inachus  founded  Argos. 

390 

Argseus. 

143 

Diodotus,  r\r  Tryphon. 

670 

Psammetichug. 

1582 

Arundelian  marbles. 

390 

Amyntas  II. 

139 

Antiochus  $EL  Sidetes. 

616 

Pharaoh  Neeho. 

1556 

Cecrops  founded  Athens. 

371 

Alexander  II. 

130 

Demetrius    II.    Nicator,  re-ealftl) 

600 

Psammis. 

1520 

Corinth  built. 

370 

Ptolemy  Alorites. 

lished. 

594 

Pharaoh  Hopbra. 

1516 

Lelex  founded  Sparta. 

366 

Perdiccas  III. 

126 

Alexander  II.  Zebina. 

571 

Apries  (strangled)o 

1266 

(Edipus,  king  of  Thebes, 

360 

Philip  II. 

124 

Seleucus  V. 

571 

Amasis. 

1204 

Trojan  War. 

336 

Alexander  III.,  called  the  Gr««.i. 

123 

Antiochus  VIII.  Grypus. 
Seleucus  VI.  Nicator. 

525 

Psammenitus. 

1182 

iEneas  sails  into  Italy, 

323 

Philip  Aridseus, 

97 

525 

Cambyses  conquers  Egypt, 

1068 

Codrus,  king  of  Athens. 

317 

Cassander. 

93 

Antiochus  Eusebes. 

414 

Ainyrtasus. 

884 

Laws  of  Lycurgus. 

298 

Alexander  and  Antipate* 

92 

Antiochus  IX.  GrypuBo 

408 

Psammetichus, 

814 

Macedonia  founded. 

294 

Demetrius. 

91 

Philip. 

396 

Nephereus. 

594 

Solon,  Archon  of  Athena. 

287 

Pyrrhus. 

90 

Demetrius  Eueharea, 

389 

Aooris. 

510 

Democracy  at  Athens. 

286 

Lysimachus. 

85 

Antiochus  Dionysius. 

376 

Psamuthis. 

491 

Leonidas,  king  of  Sparta. 

280 

Ptolemy  Ceraunui. 

83 

Tigranes. 

375 

Nectanebis. 

C36 

Alexander  master  of  all  Greece 

278 

Sosthenes. 

69 

Antioehus  Asiaticus. 

363 

Taehos. 
Nectanebus. 

284 
147 

Achaean  League. 
Destruction  of  League. 

277 
242 

Antigonus  Gonatug, 
Demetrius. 

65 

Syria  becomes  a  Roman  Province, 

362 

350 
323 

Conquered  by  Oehus,  king  of  .Persia. 

Ptolemy  Soter  (?). 

Ptolemy  Philadelphus, 

Ptolemy  Euergetes. 

Ptolemy  Philopator. 

Ptolemy  Epiphanes. 

Ptolemy  Philometer. 

Euergetes  II. 

146 

Corinth  demolished,  and  Greece  be-  | 
comes  a  Roman  Province  under  1 
the  name  of  Achaia. 

232 
220 
179 
168 
148 

Antigonus  Dosoa. 

Philip. 

Perseus. 

End  of  Kingdom  of  Macedon. 

Becomes  a  Roman  Province, 

KINGS  OF  ROME  TO  CHRISTIAN  IRA 

285 

B.  C. 

753 
716 
715 
672 
640 

i 
Romulus  builds  Rome. 
Interregnum  of  one  year,                      i 
Numa  Pompilius.                                 j 
Tullus  Hostilius. 
Ancus  Martius. 

247 

221 

KINGS  OF  MACEDON. 

204 

180 

B.  C. 

814 

786 

Caranus. 
Casnus. 

KINGS  OF  SYRIA. 

145 

B.  C. 

117 

Lathyrus  Soter  and  Cleopatra. 

774 

Thurimas. 

312 

Seleucus  I.  Nieator, 

616 

Tarquinius  Priscus. 

107 

Alexander  and  Cleopatra. 

729 

Perdiccas  1= 

281 

Antioehus  I.  Soter. 

578 

Servius  Tullius. 

89 

Lathyrus. 

678 

Argseus  I. 

261 

Antioehus  II.  Theus. 

534 

Tarquinius  Supjrbns. 

81 

Alexander. 

640 

Philip  I. 

246 

Seleucus  II.  Callinieug. 

509 

The   Tarouine    expelled    and    Con- 

65 

Ptolemy  Auletes. 

602 

iEropus. 

226 

Seleucus  III.  Ceraunus. 

sular      Government       established, 

51 

Ptolemy  Dyonysius  and  Cleopatra. 

576 

Alcetas. 

223 

Antiochus  III.  the  Great. 

which  lasted  for  461  years. 

47 

Ptolemy  the  Younger  and  Cleopatra. 

547 

Amyntas  I. 

187 

Seleucus  IV.  Philopator, 

45 

Julius   Caesar,  perpetual   Dictator.! 

43 

Cleopatra  alone. 

497 

Alexander  I. 

175 

Antiochus  IV.  Epiphanes 

Commencement  of  Empire  of  Csesars. 

3© 

Egypt  becomes  a  Roman  Province. 

454 

Perdiccas  II. 

164 

Antiochus  V.  Eupator. 

44 

Slain  in  the  Senate  House.  Anarchy. 

413 

Archelaus. 

162 

Demetrius  I.  Soter. 

27 

Augustus  Cossar, 

399 

Amyntas  II. 

150 

Alexander  I.  Balas. 

A.  D. 

398 

Pausanias. 

145 

Demetrius  II.  Nicator, 

14 

Tiberio.B. 

INSTANCES  OF  PBOPHECY  COMPAEED  WITH  HISTOBY. 

[The  chief  points  only  being  Selected  and  Numbered.] 


Prophecy  of  Four  Kingdoms,  repre- 
sented by  Four  Beasts. 


THE    FIRST   BEAST. 

1.  A  lion 

2.  having  eagle's  wings 

3.  the  wings  were  plucked 

4.  it  was  raised  from  the  ground 

5.  and  made  to  stand  on  the  feet,  as  a  man, 

8.  and  a  man's  heart  [intellect]  was  given 
to  it. — Dan.  7  :  4. 

THE  SECOND  BEAST. 

1.  A  ram 

2.  which  had  two  horns 

3.  both  high 

4.  but  one  higher  than  the  other 


Corresponding  Events  in  their  Histori- 
cal Order. 


5.  The  highest  came  up  last 

6,  the  ram  pushed  north,  west  and  south. 


7.  did  as  he  pleased,  and  became  great.- 
Dan.  8  :  3,  4. 


ASSYRIAN   EMPIRE. 

1.  The  Babylonian  empire; 

2.  Nineveh,  etc.,  added  to  it — but 

3.  Nineveh  was   almost  destroyed  at  the 

fall  of  Sardanapalus. 

4.  Yet  this  empire  was  again  elevated  to 

power, 

5.  and  seemed  to  acquire  stability  under 

Nebuchadnezzar, 

6.  who  laid  the  foundation  of  its  subse- 

quent policy  and  authority. 

PERSIAN    EMPIRE. 

1.  Darius,  or  the  Persian  power. 

2.  Composed  of  Media  and  Persia, 

3.  both  considerable  provinces, 

4.  Media  the  most  powerful;  yet  this  most 

powerful 

5.  Median  empire,  under  Deioees,  rose  after 

the  other; 

6.  and  extended  its  conquests  under  Cyrus 

over  Lydia,  etc.,  west,  over  Asia,  north, 
over  Babylon,  etc.,  south,  and 

7.  ruling  over  sueh  an  extent  of  country, 

was  a  great  empire. 


Prophecy  or  Four  Kingdoms,  repre- 
sented by  Four  Beasts. 


1 


THE    THIRD   BEAST, 

A  he-goat 

came  from  the  west 

gliding  swiftly  over  the  earth 

ran  unto  the  ram  in  the  fury  of  hi?  power. 

smote  him 

brake  his  two  horns 

cast  him  on  the  ground  

stamped  on  him,  and 

waxed  very  great 

when  he  was  strong  his  great  horn  was 

broken,  and 
instead  of  it,  came  four  notable  ones.., 


Corresponding  .Events  in  theie  Histori 
cal  Order. 


toward  the  four  winds  of  heaven.... il2 

out  of  one  of  them  a  little  horn  waxed  13 

great 

toward  the  south  and  east 14, 

which  took  away  the  daily  sacrifice,  and  15. 

cast  down  the  sanctuary,  etc. — Dan. 

8:  5-12. 

THE    FOURTH    BEAST. 

Dan.  7  :  7,  8  ;  19-21. 


GRECIAN    EMFIRE. 

Alexander,  or  Greek  power, 
came  from  Europe  (west  of  Asia) 
with  unexampled  rapidity  of  success; 
attacked  Darius  furiously,  and 
beat  him — at  the  Granicus,  Issus,  etc. 
conquered  Persia,  Media,  etc.; 
ruined  the  power  of  Darius, 
insomuch  that  Darius  was  murdered,  etc, 
Alexander  overran  Bactriana  to  India, 
but  died  at  Babylon  in  the  zenith  of 

his  fame  and  power; 
his   dominions   were   parceled    among 
Seleucus,  Antigonus,  Ptolemy,  Cas- 
sander (who  had  been  his  officers) ; 
In  Babylon,  Asia  Minor,  Egypt,  Greece 
Antiochus  the  Great,  succeeded  by  An- 
tiochus Epiphanes; 
conquered  Egypt,  etc., 
and  endeavored  utterly  to  subvert  the 
Jewish  polity,  polluting  their  temple^ 
worship  and  sacrifices  to  the  utmost 
of  his  power. 

ROMAN    EMPIRE. 

Rome,  mistress  of  the  world. 


PEOM  COMPLETION  OP  OLD  TESTAMENT  CANON  TO  CHBISTIAN  EBA,  INCLUDING  THE  APOCEYPHA. 

Period  IX.  420  Years. 


B.  C, 

Remarks. 

B.  C 

—i 
Remarks. 

413 

373 
341 
321 

'     300 
1     291 
276 
250 
217 
195 

175 
172 

{ 

High  Priest. 
High  Priest. 
High  Priest.- 
High  Priest.- 

High  Priest. 
High  Priest. 
High  Priest. 
High  Priest. 
High  Priest.- 
High  Priest.- 

High  Priest.- 
High  Priest.- 

— Alexander  the  Great  dies,  B.  C.  324. 
—Ptolemy    Lagus   captures    Jerusa- 
lem, b.  c.  320, 

—Sect  of  Sadducees  founded,  b.  c.  200. 
— Scopas,  an  Egyptian,  conquers  Ju- 

dea,  b.  c.  199. 
—Antiochus  retakes  Judea,  B.  C.  198. 
—Antiochus  Epiphanes  slays  40,000 

Jews,  b.  c.  170. 

165 

161 

143 

135 

107 

105 

79 

70 

70 

63 

40 

37 
5 

"]  These   four  were  Princes  of  Judea,  and  were  J 
1      called  the  Maccabees,  or  Asmonean  Princes,   j 
from  Asmoncus,  great-grandfather  of  Judas   ' 
J      Maecabseus. 

Son  of  John  Hyrcanus  assumes  the  title  of  king 
1  ■< 

e 
-  &                                                   i 

°  Jerusalem  taken  by  Pompey. 
§  Walls  of  Jerusalem  rebuilt,  b.  c.  44;  and  Jeru- 
5     salem  captured  by  the  Parthians,  b.  c.  40. 
Appointed  King  of  Judea  at  Rome.     Returns  to 
Jerusalem  with  an  army  and  captures  it. 

Simon,  the  Just 

Hyrcanus  II.  (restored).. 

Menelaus ..................... 

John  Baptist,  born  three 
months  before  birth  of 
Christ;  and  New  Tes- 
tament Canon  begins. 

A  CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLE, 

SHQWXIG  THE  PKINOIPAL  EVENTS  OP  THE  JEWISH  AND  OONTEMPOKANEOUS  HISTOET 

FROM  THE  CREATION  OF  THE  WORLD  TO  THE  BIRTH  OF  CHRIST. 

£004 

JEWISH  HISTORY. 

CONTEMPORANEOUS  EVENTS. 

B.C, 

JEWISH  HISTORY. 

CONTEMPORANEOUS  EVENTS.       j 

Creation  of  the  world. 

597 

Zedekiah  made  king  over  the  remnant  of 

j 

2650 

Chinese  Empire  founded. 

Judah. 

1 

2349 

The  deluge. 

594 

Solon,  legislator  at  Athens. 

2020 
2010 

1  Sesostris  king  of  Egypt 

588 

Jerusalem  having  rebelled  against  Baby- 
lon is  besieged  by  Nebuchadnezzar. 

1996 

Birth  of  Abraham. 

586 

Jerusalem  taken  and  destroyed  by  Nebu- 

1921 

Call  of  Abraham.. 

chadnezzar. — Zedekiah's   eyes   are  put 

. 

1896 

Isaac  born. 

out. — He  is  taken  to  Babylon  where  he 

1856 

Kingdom  of  Argos  founded. 

diies. — End  of  the  kingdom  of  Judah. 

1837 

Birth  of  Jacob  and  Esae, 

580 

'  Copper  money  coined  at  Rome. 

1729 

Joseph  sold  into  Egypt. 

572 

Fall  of  Tyre. 

1571 

Moses  born. 

569 

Amasis  king  of  Egypt. 

1493 

Cadmus  introduces  letters  into  Greece. 

559 

•  The  Jews  captives  in  Babyloa. 

•  Founding  of  the  Persian  Empire  by  ; 

1491 

The  Passover  instituted. — Departure  from 
Egypt. 

552 

Cyrus. 
First  comedy  performed  at  Athens. 

1491 

The  Law  given  from  Mount  Sinai. 

539 

. 

Marseilles  built  by  the  Phoeseans. 

1451 

Death  of  Moses  and  Aaron. — Joshua  leads 

538 

Babylon  taken  by  Cyrus  and  united 

the  Israelites  into  Canaan. 

536 

Cyrus  allows  the  Jews  to  return  to  their 

to  Persia.                                             | 

1352 

1 

{  Rise  of  Assyria. 

own  country. — Return  of  the  first  cara- 

1273 

I  The  Judges. 

i  Search  for  the  Golden  Fleece, 
{  War  against  Troy. 

van  under  Zerubbabel  and  Jeshua.         | 

j 

1263 

535 

Rebuilding  of  the  Temple. 

! 

1193 

J 

534 

Opposition  of  the  Samaritans. 

Tarquinius  Superbus  king  of  Rome. 

1136 

Samson  slays  the  Philistines, 

529 

Letter  to  the  Persian  king  from  the  ad- 

Death of  Cyrus. 

1120 

Death  of  Samson. 

versaries. 

1102 

Sparta  a  kingdom. 

525 

Egypt  conquered  by  Cambyses, 

1095 

Saul  made  king. 

522 

Work  on  the  Temple  stopped  by  a  royal 

Death  of  Cambyses.                               1 

1075 

Death  of  Samuel. 

decree. 

i 

1056 

Death  of  Saul  and  Jonathan. 

521 

Haggai  and  Zechariah, 

j 

1048 

David  king  over  Israel. — Takes  Jerusalem. 

* 

520 

Building  of  the  Temple  resumed. 

1 

1042 

The  Ark  removed  to  Jerusalem. 

515 

Dedication  of  the  Second  Temple. 

".023 
1015 

Revolt  of  Absalom. 

Death  of  David  and  accession  of  Solomon. 

■  Tyre  flourishes  under  Hiram, 

510 

Expulsion   of  the  Tarquins.— Rome 
and  Athens  republics. 

2012 

Foundation  of  the  Temple. 

494 

Tribunes. 

1004 

Dedication  of  the  Temple. 

490 

Battle  of  Marathon.                                 | 

975 

Death  of  Solomon. — Revolt  of  the  Ten 
Tribes. — Kingdom  of  Israel  established 
under  Jeroboam. 

486 
480 

Xerxes  (the  Ahasuerus  of  Esther). 
Battles  of  Salamis  and  Thermopylae. j 
— Persians  burn  Athens. 

975 

Shemaiah  averts  a  civil  war. — Rehoboam 
king  of  Judah. 

479 

Battles  of  Platsea  and  Mycale. — Per- 
sians retreat  from  Greece. 

971 

Shishak,  king  of  Egypt,  takes  Jerusalem 
and  pillages  the  Temple. 

474 
468 

Esther  and  Biord®8»L 

Death  of  Aristides.--Socrates  born, 

957 

Abijah  defeats  the  king  of  Israel;  50,000 
men  are  slain  in  the  battle. 

Tabrimmon  king  of  Damascus. 

466 
465 

Cimon  defeats  the  Persians. 
Death  of  Xerxes. 

906 

Israel  afflicted  with  the  famine  predicted 
by  Elijah. 

458 
457 

Commission  of  Ezra. 
Great  reformation. 

Cincinnatus  dictator. 

901 

The  Syrians  besiege  Samaria. 

449 

Decern virate  at  Rome. — Appius  Clau- 

897 

Elijah  translated  to  heaven. 

dius.                                                     '■ 

896 

Death  of  Ahab,  king  of  Israel. 

444 

")  Commission   of  Nehemiah.— The  walls 

Herodotus. 

895 

Miracles  of  Elisha  the  Prophet, 

>     rebuilt. — Reading  of  the  law. — Oppo- 

878 

Carthage  founded  by  Dido. 

443 

J      sition  of  Sanballat. 

' 

776 

Commencement  of  the  Olympic  Era. 

431 

Malachi. 

Peloponnesian  war. 

771 

Israel  invaded  by  the  Assy  rians  under  Phul. 

429 

,  Pericles  dies. — Plato  born. 

758 

Syracuse  founded. 

404 

Lysander  takes   Athens. — Death  of 

753 

Rome  built. 

,      Alcibiades. 

747 

Era  of  Nabonass&rc, 

400 

!  Xenophon. — Retreat  of  the  10,000. 

741 

Pekah,  king  of  Israel,  lays  siege  to  Jeru- 
salem ;  120,000  of  the  men  of  Judah  are 
slain  in  one  day. 

399 
390 
371 

Death  of  Socrates. 
Rome  taken  by  the  Gauls. 
Battle  of  Leuctra. 

HO 

Ahaz,  king  of  Judah,  being  defeated  by 
Pekah,  calls  in  the  assistance  of  Tiglath- 
Pileser,  king  of  Assyria,  and  becomes 
tributary  to  him. — Israel  is  also  made 
tributary  to  the  same  king. —  A  Syrian 
altar  is  set  up  in  the  Temple,  and  the 
sacred  vessels  sent  to  Assyria. 

367 
362 
356 

351 

350 
348 

Murder  of  Josteasv 

Alleged  captivity  of  the  Jews. 
Jaddua  High  Priest. 

Death  of  Epaminondas. 
Birth  of  Alexander  the  Great. — Tem- 
ple of  Diana  at  Ephesus  burned. 

Death  of  Plato. 

m 

Samaria  is  taken  by  the  king  of  Assyria. 
— The  Ten  Tribes  carried  into  captivity. 

336 

Alexander  the  Great  succeeds  to  the 
throne. 

— End  of  the  Kingdom  of  Israel. — Isa- 

Numa Pompilius,  B.  c.  716. 

335 

Destruction  of  Thebes.                          , 

iah  and  Micah  prophets  in  Judah. 

333 

Battle  of  Issus. — Damascus  taken  and  i 

no 

Sennacherib  invades  Judah,  but  the  de- 

Tyre besieged  by  Alexander. 

stroying  angel  enters  the  camp  of  the 

3-32 

The   High   Priest  induces  Alexander  to 

Alexander  king  of  Epirus  in  Italy. 

Assyrians,   and  in  one  night   destroys 

spare  Jerusalem. 

185,000  of  them. 

331 

Settlement  of  the  Jews  at  Alexandria. 

Battle  of  Arbela. 

698 

Manasseh  king  of  Judah. — Gross  idolatry 
of  Judah. 

330 
323 

Onias  High  Priest. 

Demosthenes'  oration  for  the  crown. 
Death  of  Alexander. 

678 

Samaria  colonized  by  Assyrians. 

Scythian  invasion  of  Western  Asia. 

322 

Romans  humiliated  by  the  Samnites 
at  the  Caudine  forks.- — Demosthenes 

658 

Byzantium  founded. 

656 

Holofernes  is  killed  at  the  siege  of  Bethulia 
by  Judith. 

2-20 

Ptolemy  takes  Jerusalem.-^Jewish  settle- 
ments in  Egypt  and  Cyrene. 

and  Aristotle  die. 

625 

| 

Alyattes  king  of  Lydia.— Nabopolas- 
sar  of  Babylonia  and  Cyaxares  of 

315 
314 

Palestine  under  Antigonus. 

Thebes  rebuilt. 

Media  destroy  Nineveh. 

312 

Commencement  of  the  Era  of  the  Seleucidse. 

Appius  Claudius  censor. 

624 

In  repairing  the  Temple,  Hilkiah  discovers 
the  book  of  the  law,  and  Josiah  keeps  a 
solemn  Passover. — Jeremiah  prophet. 

300 

298 
292 

Simon  I.,  the  Just,  High  Priest. 
Eleazar  High  Priest. 

Third  Samnite  war. 

608 

Josiah  killed  in  battle. — Jehoiakim  king. 

Babylon  a  great  kingdom. 

276 

Manasseh  High  Priest. 

605 

Jeremiah's  prophecy  of  the  70  years'  cap- 

277 

Septuagint    version    made   by  order   of 
Ptolemasus  Philadelphus. 

tivity. — Nebuchadnezzar  invades  Judah, 

takes  Jerusalem. — Jehoiakim  his  vaBsal. 

265 

Commencement  of  the  Punie  wars. 

902 

Jehoiakim  revolts  from  Babylon. 

241 

End  of  the  first  Punic  war. 

598 

Nebuchadnezzar  besieges  Jerusalem.         [ 

Jerusalem  taken. — Jehoiakim  deposed  and] 

succeeded  by  Jehoiachin,  who  rebels. 

235 

Temple  of  Janus  closed  for  4he  firf^ 

697 

time  since  Numa. 

W-— ^-^ 

219 

Antiochus  overruns  Palestine, 

Second  Punic  war. 

"1 

* 

CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLE- CREATION  TO  THE  BIRTH  OF  CHRIST, 


(CONTINUED.) 


B.  C. 

218 

JEWISH  HISTORY. 

CONTEMPORANEOUS  EVENTS. 

B.C. 

JEWISH  HISTORY. 

CONTEMPORANEOUS  EVENTS. 

Hannibal  crosses  the  Alps. 

65 

Civil  war  between  the  rival  brothers. — 

217 

Ptolemy  reoovers  Palestine,  profanes  the 

Battle  of  Trasimene. 

Appeal  to  the  Romans. 

Temple,  but  is  driven  out  supernaturally. 

64 

Arbitration  of  Pompey. 

— He  persecutes  the  Jews  of  Alexandria. 

63 

Pompey  carries  Jerusalem  by  assault. — 

Cieero,  Consul, 

216 

Battle  of  CannaB. 

Judea  subject  to  Rome  from  this  time. 

215 

Chinese  wall  built. 

57 

Alexander,  son  of  Aristobulus  II.,  makes 

206 

Dynasty  of  Han  in  China. 

war  on  Hyrcanus,  but  is  defeated  by 

205 

The  Jews  submit  to  Antioehus  the  Great. 

Gabinius,  Proconsul  of  Syria. 

— Are  well  treated  at  first. 

55 

Caesar's  first  6-esoent  on  Britain. 

204 

Scipio  in  Africa. — Defeat  of  the  Car- 
thaginians. 

54 

Crassus  at  Jerusalem;  plunders  the  Tem- 

Second invasion  of  Britain.               If 

ple. 

201 

Peace  with  Carthage. 

52 

Cassius  enslaves  30,000  Jews,  the  partisans 

197 

Palestine  and  Cosle-Syria  conquered  by 

of  Aristobulus. 

Antioehus  the  Great  and  confirmed  to 

49 

Caesar  releases  Aristobulus,  who  is  put  to 

Caesar  crosses  the  Rubicon. 

him  by  the  peace  with  Rome. 

death   by   the   Pompeians. — Alexander 

187 

Attempt  of    Heliodorus   to  plunder    the 

put  to  death  by  Scipio  at  Antioch. 

Temple. 

48 

Antipater  first  Roman  Procurator  of  Judea. 

Battle  of  Pharsalia. — Death  of  Pom- 

183 

Death  of  Hannibal  and  Scipio» 

— Hyrcanus  Ethnarch. 

pey. 

175 

Onias  III.  degraded  from  the  High  Priest- 

46 

Antipater  appoints  his  sons  Phasael  and 

Reform  of  the  Calendar. 

hood,  which  is  sold  to  Jason. 

- 

Herod  captains  of  Judea  and  Galilee. 

171 

Third  Macedonian  war. 

44 

Decree  of  Caesar  for  refortifying  Jerusalem. 

Death  of  Caesar. 

170 

Jerusalem  taken  by  Antioehus  Bpiphanes. 

43 

Cassius  plunders  Jerusalem. 

Death  of  Cicero. 

— Great  cruelties  toward  the  Jews. 

42 

Herod  defeats  Antigonus  and  enters  Jeru- 

Battle of  Philippi. — Death  of  Brutus 

168 

Menelaus  deposed. — Massacre  at  Jerusa- 
lem.— -Beginning  of  the  Maocabaean  war 

End  of  the  Macedonian  kingdom. 

salem  in  triumph. — Is  reconciled  to  Hyr- 
canus and  betrothed  to  Mariamne. 

and  Cassius. 

ef  independence. 

40 

Herod    appointed    king    by    the   Roman 

Roman    Empire    divided. — Octavius 

167 

Judas  Maccabseus  defeats  the  Syrian  gen- 

Senate. 

and  Antony  at  Rome. 

erals. 

37 

Herod  takes  Jerusalem  on  the  day  of  atone- 

Renewal of  the  Triumvirate  for  five 

166 

Judas  takes  Jerusalem. — Rededicatian  of 
the  Temple. 

ment. — Marries   Mariamne. — Death   of 
Antigonus. — End  of  the  Asmonaean  line. 

years. 

164 

Death  of  Antioehus. — He  is  suoceeded  by 

— Annel  made  High  Priest. 

Antioehus  V.,  Eupator,  who  takes  Beth- 

36 

Herod   compelled   by  Cleopatra  to  make 

Antony  and  Cleopatra 

sura    and    besieges   Jerusalem. — Peace 

Aristobulus  High  Priest. 

with  the  Jews. 

35 

Murder  of  Aristobulus. 

162 

Alcimus  made  High  Priest. — Judas  calls 
on  the  Jews  to  resist. 

34 

Herod  appeases  Antony  by  gifts. — Antony 
gives  Coele-Syria  to  Cleopatra. 

161 

Victory  of  Adasa. — Embassy  to  Rome. — 
Death  of  Judas  Maccabaeus. 

Alliance  between  Rome  and  Judea. 

31 

Herod    defeats    the  Arabians. — Dreadful 
earthquake  in  Judea. 

Battle  of  Actium. 

158 

Peace  with  Syria. 

30 

Herod  meets  Octavian  at  Rome  and  is  con- 

Death of  Antony  and   Cleopatra. — 

153 

Jonathan  High  Priest. 

Celtiberian  war. 

firmed  in  his  kingdom. 

Egypt  a  Roman  provinoe. 

149 

Third  Punic  war. 

29 

Herod  puts  Mariamne  to  death. 

146 

Alliance  with  Demetrius,  whose  life  Jona- 

Destruction of  Carthage. 

28 

M  urder  of  Alexandra,  mother  of  Mariamne. 

than  saves. 

27 

The  name  of  Augustus  conferred  upon 

144 

Death  of  Jonathan. 

Octavius. 

141 

Tower  of  Zion  taken. — First  year  of  Jew- 

26 

Herod  murders  the  last  of  the  family  of 

ish  freedom. 

Hyrcanus. — Introduces  heathen  games 

140 

Simon  made  hereditary  prince  of  the  Jews. 

into  Jerusalem. 

137 

John  Hyrcanus  High  Priest. 

24 

The  dominions  of  Herod  increased  by  the 

128 

Hyrcanus  goes  to  Parthiawith  Antioehus, 
who  is  killed  there. — Judea  independent. 

Death  of  Tiberius  Gracchus. 

addition  of  Trachonitis,  Batanea,  and 
Auranitis. — Sends  his   sons  Alexander 

125 

Hyrcanus  conquers  the  land  east  of  Jordan. 

and  Aristobulus  to  Rome. 

121 

Death  of  Caius  Gracohus. 

23 

Herod  visits  Agrippa  at  Mytilene. 

Death  of  Mareellug, 

109 

Hyrcanus  destroys  the  Samaritan  Temple 
on  Mount  Gerizim. 

21 

Herod  rebuilds  his  palace. — Founds  Cae- 
sarea. 

107 

Death   of  Hyrcanus. — Aristobulus,  High 

Marius,  First  Consul. 

18 

Rebuilding  of  the  Temple. 

Priest,  assumes  the  title  of  king. 

17 

Completion  of  the  Holy  Place. 

106 

Alexander  Jannaeus. — Civil  war. 

Jugurtha  taken. — Cicero   and  Pom- 
pey  born. 

12 

Refuses  the  hand  of  Salome  to  the  Arabian 

Syllaeus. 

Augustus  Pontifex  Maximui, 

100 

Julius  Csesar  born. 

10 

Herod  opens  David's  tomb  in  search  of 

83 

Sylla  dictator. 

treasure. 

79 

Alexandra  queen  of  Judea. 

6 

Murder   of  Alexander    and   Aristobulus, 

71 

Defeat  and  death  of  Spartaous. 

Herod's  sons,  by  Mariamne. — The  Phar- 

69 

Hyrcanus  II.,  king,  deposed  by  his  brother 
after  three  months. — Succeeded  by  Aris- 

isees refuse  the  oath  to  Caesar  and  Herod, 
and  are  fined. 

tobulus  II. — Rise  of  Antipater. 

4 

Birth  of  Christ,  according  to  the  common 

Augustus  Emperor  of  Rom*, 

66 

Syria  a  Roman  province. 

reckoning. — Death  of  Herod. 

FE0M  THE  BIETH  OF  OHEIST  TO  THE  CLOSING  OF  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT  CANON,  A.  D.  100. 


Period  X.  100  Years. 


B.  C. 

b 

JEWISH  AND  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH 
HISTORY. 

CONTEMPORANEOUS  EVENTS. 

A.D. 

31 

JEWISH  AND  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH 
HISTORY. 

CONTEMPORANEOUS  EVENTS. 

Birth  of  Christ,  probably  Dec.  25. 

28th  year  of  reign  of  Augustus  Caesar 

Martyrdom  of  St.  Stephen. 

Pilate  deposed  and  commits  suicide.  . 
Agrippa  made  king  of  Judea. 

• 

at  Rome. 

33 

Conversion  of  Saul. 

4 

His  oircumcision,  presentation  in  Temple 

Herod  orders  the  massacre  of  all  male 

38 

St.  Matthew  writes  his  Gospel. 

Death  of  Agrippa. 

and  flight  of  his  family  to  Egypt. 

infants  under  two  years  old. 

42 

Rise  of  term  Christian. 

2 

Return  from  Egypt. 

Death  of  Herod  and  his  son  Antipater 

44 

St.  James  beheaded. 

A.D. 

and  division  of  his  kingdom. 

45 

Famine  in  Judea. 

Emperor  Claudius. — London  founded. 

6 

Judea   annexed  to   Roman   province   of 

Famine  in  Rome. 

62 

St.  Mark  dies. 

- 

Syria. 

64 

Persecution  of  the  Jews. 

Nero  Emperor  at  Rome. 

8 

Jesus  being  twelve  years  old  is  taken  by 

66 

Jews  at  war  with  Rome. 

Great  slaughter  of  Jews  in  Syria. 

his  parents  to  the  Temple. 

67 

Seoond  imprisonment  of  Paul  at  Rome. 

Defeat  of  Jews  by  Vespasian. 

9 

Birth  of  St.  Paul. 

68 

Martyrdom  of  Paul  and  Peter 

Nero  deposed  and  commits  suicide. — 

14 

Caiaphas  High  Priest. 

Tiberius. 

Vespasian  Emperor  at  Rome. — Jeru- 

26 

Christ  baptized  by  John. — His  public  min- 

Death of  Augustus. 

salem  taken  and  destroyed  by  Titus. 

istry  begins. 

95 

Second  persecution  of  Christians. 

Plague  in  Rome. — Vespasian  dies. 

28 

John  the  Baptist  beheaded. 

Tiberius  Emperor  at  Rome. 

96 

John  banished  to  Patmos  (Rev.  1). 

Domitian   killed. — End  of  reign   ot 

29 

Crucifixion  of  Christ,  probably  on  Friday, 

Pontius  Pilate  Governor  of  Judea. — 

Caesars. 

April  1 5th. 

Tiberius  friendly  to  the  Christians. 

100 

Death  of  St.  John  at  Ephesus, 

Trajan  Emperor  of  Rome. 

30 

The  apostles  called. 

, 

MODERN  CHRONOLOGY    FROM  A.  D.  102  TO  1877, 


PERIOD   XI. 


4.D." 

102. 


M. 


806. 


402. 


500. 


•04. 


900. 


800. 


*>L 


■-991 


100. 


Pliny'3  letter  to  Trajan.  108,  Ignatius  martyred.  120,  Sixtus  I.  bishop  of  Borne. 
Palmyra  built  and  Temple  of  the  Sun,  Baalbek.  Adrian  emperor  (130)  rebuilds 
Jerusalem  as  MUa,  Capitolina.  132,  Ptolemy  the  Egyptian  astronomer,  Pausa- 
nias,  Lucian,  Marcion's  heresy.  136,  Barcocab's  (Jewish)  rebellion  crushed ;  Jews 
banished  from  Palestine.  13S,  Antoninus.  140,  Claudius  Ptolemy,  Egypt,  "Ptol- 
emaic System."  154,  Justin  Martyr's  Apology.  167,  Polycarp  martyred.  169, 
Galen,  Diogenes,  Laertius.  161,  Marcus  Aurelius.  181,  Commodus;  Saracens 
defeat  the  Romans.     193,  Severus. 

Tertullian  the  defender  of  Christianity.  208,  Julius  Africanus,  Clemens  of  Alex- 
andria. 217,  Calixtus  bishop  of  Rome.  The  Septuagint  found.  226,  Ardsheer 
(Artaxerxes)  founds  the  Sassanian  line  in  Persia.  229,  Dion  Cassius  historian. 
St.  Cyprian  200-258.  Temple  of  Diana  burnt  at  Ephesus  260.  Zenobia  queen 
of  Palmyra  263-273,  taken  to  Rome  by  Aurelian,  emperor.  Manes  d.  274.  Tal- 
mud and  Targum  begun.  284,  Diocletian  emperor.  290,  Gregorian  code.  First 
monks  296.  Eusebius,  "the  father  of  church  history,"  b.  266,  d.  340. 
Constantino  emperor  (b.  272;  d.  337).  Christianity  tolerated.  Council  ef  Nicaea 
325.  Constantinople  the  capital  330.  Julian  the  Apostate  (361)  at  Jerusalem. 
First  monasteries  in  Egypt  356.  Gregory  Nazianzen,  b.  328,  d.  489.  Valens  354. 
The  Huns  invade  Europe.  The  Saxons  invade  Britain.  Roman  empire  divided 
into  East  and  West  364.  Theodosius  379.  Chrysostom,  Ambrose,  Jerome,  Mar- 
tin and  Augustine  "Christian  Fathers." 

Innocent  I.  bishop  of  Rome,  412,  Cyril  bishop  of  Alexandria.  416,  Visigoths 
and  Vandals  appear.  425,  Theodosius  opens  publio  schools.  429,  Nestorius 
bishop  of  Constantinople.  431,  Council  at  Ephesus.  432,  St.  Patrick  in  Ireland. 
435,  Theodosian  code.  Leo  I.  bishop  at  Rome.  447,  Huns  under  Attila  invade 
Scythia,  Germany  and  Rome.  448,  Eutyches  condemned.  468,  First  trial  by 
jury  of  peers.  476,  Rome  taken  by  Odoacer.  End  of  the  Roman  empire.  498, 
Talmud  of  Babylon  published. 

Christianity  in  France.  513,  Christianity  in  Persia.  526,  Extreme  unction  in- 
troduced. 529,  Benedictine  monks.  Schools  closed  at  Athens.  532,  Christian 
era  invented  by  Dionysius  Exiguus.  Justinian  emperor,  b.  483,  crowned  527; 
the  codes  completed  (Pandects)  534,  d.  565.  The  Armenians  separate  from  the 
Greek  Church.  538,  St.  Sophia  built  at  Constantinople.  540,  The  Monothelites. 
548,  Turkish  rule  founded  in  Asia.  55S,  Procopius  the  Roman.  559,  The  Saxon 
Heptarchy  in  England  begun.  568,  The  Turks  send  an  embassy  to  Justin  II. 
emperor.  Kingdom  of  Murcia,  England.  580,  Latin  language  dead  in  Italy.  586, 
Catholics  in  Spain.  588,  Gregory  of  Tours,  "the  father  of  French  history." 
590,  Gregory  the  Great  bishop  of  Rome.  Purgatory  and  the  mass  first  taught. 
596,  Christianity  taught  by  St.  Augustine  in  England.  Bretwalda  king. 
St.  Paul's,  London,  founded  by  Ethelbert,  king  of  Kent.  606,  Phocas,  emperor 
of  Rome,  at  Constantinople  declared  Boniface  III.  pope  and  supreme  over  all 
others  in  the  Church.  612,  Mohammed  published  the  Koran,  613,  The  Arabs 
in  Syria.  Persians  take  Jerusalem.  617,  St.  Peter's,  now  Westminster  Abbey, 
founded  by  Sabert,  king  of  Kent.  622,  Mohammed's  flight  from  Mecca  to  Medina. 
Era  of  Mohammed.  632,  Omar  the  Caliph  unites  civil  and  religious  powers,  and 
.conquers  Egypt,  Palestine,  Syria  and  Asia  Minor.  636,  Christianity  in  China. 
644,  University  of  Cambridge.  Celibacy  of  the  clergy  enforced.  Separation  of 
Greek  and  Roman  churches.  647,  Rhodes  and  Cyprus  taken  by  the  Arabs,  also 
Persia.  657,  Latin  adopted  as  the  church  language  by  Pope  Vitalian.  672,  Sara- 
cens in  Spain.  680,  Bulgaria.  682,  Leo  II.  instituted  "holy  water."  698,  First 
king  in  Poland.  Cracow  founded.  Adhelm  first  English  writer  in  prose  and 
verse. 

Anglo-Saxon  Octarchy.  708,  Pope  Constantine's  toe  kissed  (the  first).  713,  Arabs 
conquer  all  Spain.  716,  Paper-making  introduced  by  Arabs.  725,  Image-wor- 
ship forbidden.  735,  Venerable  Bede  died.  752,  Pope  Stephen  II.  founded  the 
temporal  power  of  the  Church  by  aid  of  Pepin  of  France.  762,  Almanzor,  caliph, 
builds  Bagdad.  768,  Charlemagne  king  of  France.  He  conquers  Italy  and  ends 
the  Lombard  kingdom.  Schools  in  Bagdad,  Cufa,  Alexandria,  Fez  and  Cordova 
under  the  Arabs.  779,  Charlemagne  imposes  tithes  for  the  support  of  the  clergy, 
schools  and  the  poor.  787,  Seventh  Church  council  at  Nice.  Haroon  ar-Rashid 
caliph — golden  age  of  Arabic  learning.  Masses  said  for  money. 
Charlemagne  emperor  of  Rome,  Italy,  Germany  and  France.  802,  Haroon  ar- 
Rashid  presents  Charlemagne  with  a  striking  clock.  808,  First  bank  for  exchai.  gs 
in  Italy.  Denmark  a  kingdom,  Gotricus  king.  817,  College  of  cardinals.  820, 
First  division  of  the  Arabian  government.  824,  Christianity  in  Denmark  and 
Sweden.  828,  St.  Mark's,  Venice,  built.  829,  The  seven  kings  unite  and  form 
the  kingdom  of  England  under  Egbert.  838,  Normans  plunder  Paris  and  Ham- 
burg. 846,  Saracens  besiege  Rome,  and,  defeated,  ravage  Sardinia.  858,  First 
coronation  of  a  pope,  Nicholas  I.  860,  Gorm  king  of  Denmark,  Normans  dis- 
cover Iceland.  Ruric,  first  grand  prince  of  Russia,  builds  Lagoda.  Alfred  the 
Great  defeats  the  Danes.  Harold  first  king  of  Norway.  875,  Eutyehius  (d.940) 
learned  historian,  889,  Hungary,  Arpad  first  king.  890,  Oxford  University 
founded,  also  militia  and  navy  and  trial  by  jury,  by  Alfred  in  England. 
Venice  and  Genoa  republics.  Edward  the  first "  king  of  the  .English."  Fatimites 
in  Egypt,  904,  First  Russian  attack  on  Constantinople.  912,  Abder-Rahman 
Arab  prince  in  Spain  (heroic  age).      915,  University  of  Cambridge  founded. 

939,  Cordova,  Spain,  a  seat  of  learning.     Arabic  numerals  introduced  in  Europe. 

940,  Mint  founded  in  Kent.  955,  Russia  Christianized.  959,  St.  Dunstan  of 
Canterbury  enforces  clerical  celibacy.  965,  Poland  Christianized  under  Miecislus. 
973,  Stephen,  king,  makes  a  constitution  and  written  laws.  982,  Greenland  dis- 
covered. 988,  Hugh  Capet  king  in  France.  995,  Christianity  in  Norway.  Olaf 
I.  founds  Drontheim. 

Paper  made  from  cotton  rags  in  England.  1013,  Danes  conquer  England.  1016, 
Canute  king  of  England.  1024,  Avicenna  Arabian  physician  (b.  980,  d.  1037). 
1027,  Brian  Boru  in  Ireland.  Scotland  and  Norway  conquered  by  Canute.  Fir- 
dusi  the  greatest  Persian  poet  (b.  940,  d.  1022).  1042,  First  invasion  by  the 
Seljuk  Turks  in  Asia  Minor.  They  take  Bagdad  in  1055.  The  selling  of  chil- 
dren prohibited  by  law  in  England.  1066,  William  the  Conqueror  in  England. 
Jerusalem  taken  by  Turks,  1068,  Knights-errant  in  Spain.  First  booksellers. 
Surnames  first  used.  Norman-French  the  legal  language  in  England.  1095, 
First  Crusade  under  Peter  the  Hermit  and  Godfrey  de  Bouillon,  who  was  king 
in  Jerusalem  in  1099.     Knights  of  St.  John  instituted. 

William  of  Poitou  first  troubadour.  1101,  Robert  duke  of  Normandy  in  England. 
1104,  Acre  taken  by  Crusaders;  1111,  Beirut  and  Sidon  ;  and  1118,  Tyre.  Knights 
Templar.  •  1125,  Aristotle's  logic  again  in  repute.  1137,  Justinian's  Pandects  dis- 
covered at  Amalfi.  Civil  law  improved.  1138,  Portugal  a  kingdom.  1140,  Wil- 
liam of  Malmesbury  English  historian  1147,  Second  Crusade.  Benjamin  of 
Tudela  travels  from  Spain  to  India.     1150,  Magnetic  needle  first  known  in  Italy. 


Eben  Ezra  the  Jewish  historian.  1158,  Bank  at  Venice.  Henry  Plantagenet 
king  in  England.  Thomas  a,  Becket  chancellor  of  England.  Poem  of  the  CicL. 
Waldenses  and  Albigenses  appear.  1171,  Saladin  sultan  in  Egypt,  and  con- 
quers Syria,  Assyria,  Mesopotamia  and  Arabia.  1172,  Henry  conquers  Ireland^ 
1177,  English  circuit  judges.  1178,  Maimonides  of  Cordova,  a  learned  Jew. 
1190,  Third  Crusade.  1191,  Kingdom  of  Cyprus.  1193,  Richard  defeats  Saladin. 
1196,  Richard  Lion  Heart  in  captivity.     Pope  of  Rome  supreme. 

1202.  Fourth  Crusade.  1204,  Inquisition  in  France.  1217,  Fifth  Crusade.  1223,  Cru- 
sade  against  the  Albigenses.  1229,  Scriptures  forbidden  to  all  laymen  by  Catholics 
1230,  Spain  rescued  from  the  Moors  by  Ferdinand.  1233,  Coal  first  discovered 
at  Newcastle,  England.  1240,  Sixth  Crusade.  1240,  Seventh  Crusade.  Jews  are 
persecuted  everywhere.  1261,  Private  war  and  trial  by  battle  suppressed  in 
France.  1265,  Monastic  orders  wealthy  and  powerful.  1270,  Eighth  and  last 
Crusade.  1272,  Marco  Polo  travels  to  Pekin.  1273,  First  patent  of  nobility  in 
France.  1274,  General  Council  at  Lyons  and  first  reunion  of  the  Eastern  and 
Western  churches.  1279,  University  of  Lisbon.  Roger  Bacon  of  Oxford  the 
most  learned  of  the  age.  Kubla  Khan  in  China.  1282,  Sicilian  Vespers.  1283, 
The  title  "prince  of  Wales"  originated  by  King  Edward.  1291,  End  of  the 
kingdom  of  Jerusalem.  1297,  William  Wallace,  William  Douglas  in  Scotland. 
1299,  Ottoman  empire  founded  in  Bithynia  by  Othman  I. 

1300.  University  at  Lyons.  1302,  Mariner's  compass  invented  at  Naples.  First  con- 
vocation of  the  States  General  of  France.  1303,  University  of  Avignon.  Dante 
the  poet  (b.  1265,  d.  1321).  1306,  Robert  Bruce  king  in  Scotland.  Edward  II. 
in  England.  1310,  Knights  of  St.  John  of  Rhodes.  1311,  William  Tell  in  Swit- 
zerland.  1307,  Swiss  republic.  Poland  under  one  king,  Vladislas  IV.  1323, 
Musical  notation  by  John  de  Muris.  1326,  Tamerlane  (d.  1405).  Orkhan  sultan, 
Brusa  his  capital.  1338,  German  Diet  of  Frankfort  declares  against  the  temporal 
power  of  the  pope.  1340,  Gunpowder  first  used  at  the  battle  of  Cressy  by  Edward 
the  Black  Prince.  1347,  Sir  John  Maundevile  travels.  1362,  Petrarch — Boccaccio. 
1365,  The  University  of  Vienna,  College  of  Medicine  at  Paris.  1370,  Chaucer. 
1377,  The  first  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons.  13S0,  Wickliffe.  The  Tar- 
tars sack  Moscow.  Persia  invaded  by  Tamerlane.  1386,  Froissart's  Chronicles. 
John  van  Eyck  (b.  1390,  d.  1440)  inventor  of  oil  painting  in  Bruges.  1390,  First 
linen  paper-mill  in  Germany.  1397,  Union  of  Denmark,  Sweden  and  Norway 
under  one  king.  Revival  of  Greek  literature.  Tamerlane  in  Russia  and  (1399) 
in  India,  and  in  1401  in  Asia  Minor. 

1409.  University  of  Leipsic.  Thomas  a  Kempis.  1410,  John  Huss  (burnt  1416). 
1420,  Madeira  discovered  by  the  Portuguese.  1425,  Cosmo  de  Medici  promotes 
art  in  Italy.  1429,  Joan  of  Arc  saves  Orleans,  France,  from  the  English  (burnt 
as  a  witch  1431).  Printing  by  blocks  by  Koster  of  Haarlem  1438;  by  types  by 
Gutenberg  1444;  first  cast  metal  types  by  Schoefier  1457.  1444,  Leonardo  da 
Vinci,  Perugino.  1447,  Vatican  Library  begun.  1448,  Azores  discovered.  1453, 
Constantinople  taken  by  Turks.  Jind  of  the  Eastern  Roman  empire.  1469,  Fer- 
dinand  and  Isabella.  1462,  Ivan  I.  the  first  czar.  1480,  Ximenes.  Inquisition 
in  Spain.  House  of  Tudor  in  England.  1490,  Conquest  of  Granada.  1492, 
Discovery  of  America  by  Columbus.  1497,  Cabot.  1498,  Vasco  da  Gama  sails 
to  India  by  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

1502.  St.  Peter's,  Rome,  church  begun.  1507,  Cardinal  Ximenes.  1513,  Pope  Leo  X. 
patron  of  literature  and  art.  1517,  Cairo  taken  by  Turks.  Luther  (b.  1483,  d, 
1546),  Erasmus,  Woolsey  chancellor  and  cardinal  to  Henry  VIII.,  England.  Be. 
ginning  of  the  Reformation.  1519,  Conquest  of  Mexico.  1522,  Magellan  sails 
round  the  world.  1523,  Christianity  in  India.  Ariosto  poet.  Gustavus  Vasa. 
1526,  Albert  D'urer.  Invasion  of  Germany  by  Turks.  1529,  Lutherans  first 
called  Protestants.  1532,  John  Calvin.  1533,  Conquest  of  Peru,  Cortez.  1534, 
Loyola  founded  the  Jesuits.  1538,  Diving-bell  invented.  1539,  University  of 
Geneva.  1545,  Council  of  Trent.  Diet  of  Worms.  1547,  Catherine  de  Medici 
queen.  Turks  in  Persia.  1549,  English  liturgy  established.  Montaigne.  1554, 
Lady  Jane  Grey  beheaded.  1556,  Jelaleddin  the  Mogul  emperor  in  India.  Eliza- 
beth queen  in  England  1558.  1560,  Catholicism  abolished  in  England.  Cecil, 
secretary ;  Protestantism  established.  Puritans.  Duke  of  Guise  in  France. 
1562,  Religious  liberty  granted  to  the  Huguenots.  1564,  Duke  of  Alva.  Tasso, 
Italian  poet.  1568,  Camoens,  Portuguese  poet.  1569,  Prince  Conde  killed  at 
Jarnac,  France.  1570,  Greek  victory  over  Turks  atLepanto.  1571,  Cyprus  taken 
by  Turks.  Cervantes.  1575,  Stephen  king  of  Poland.  Murad  III.  sultan.  Sixtus 
pope.  1577,  Sir  Francis  Drake  sails  round  the  world.  1588,  The  first  newspaper. 
1590,  Telescopes  invented.  Spanish  Armada  destroyed.  1592,  Spenser,  Shake- 
speare, Ben  Jonson,  Lord  Bacon.     Edict  of  Nantes  1598. 

1602.  East  India  Company  founded.  1604,  Acadia,  Nova  Scotia,  colonized.  Union  of 
English  and  Scotch  crowns,  James  I.  New  translation  of  Bible  begun.  1606, 
Dr.  Gilbert  discovers  the  power  of  eleetrieity;  1686,  Hudson's  Bay  discovered. 
Tobacco  first  in  Turkey.  1607,  Jamestown,  Virginia,  settled.  1608,  Quebec 
founded.  Telescope  invented  by  Galileo.  1609,  Gustavus  Adolphus  of  Sweden. 
Russia  overrun  by  Tartars.  Moors  expelled  from  Spain.  1617,  Sir  Francis 
Bacon  lord  chancellor.  1618,  Synod  of  Dort,  Arminius  (b.  1560,  d.  1609)  con- 
demned. Thirty  years'  religious  war  in  Germany.  Circulation  of  the  blood 
discovered  by  Harvey.  1620,  Puritans  landed  on  Plymouth  Rock.  1624,  Now 
Amsterdam  (New  York)  settled  by  the  Dutch.  Cardinal  Richelieu.  Kepler 
astronomer.  Torricelli  invents  barometers.  1627,  Parian  marbles  in  England. 
Boston  founded.  1630,  Gazette  published  in  Venice.  1631,  The  Dutch  masters 
in  Brazil.  1632,  Poles  advance  to  Moscow.  1633,  Laud  archbishop  of  Can- 
terbury. 1637,  Harvard  College  founded.  Bagdad  taken  by  the  Turks.  1639, 
First  printing  in  America  at  Cambridge  by  Green.  1640,  Madras,  India, 
founded  by  the  English.  1642,  War  of  the  Roundheads  and  Cavaliers  in 
England.  1645,  Louis  XIV.,  "The  Great,"  of  France  (b.  1638,  d.  1715).  His 
ministers  were  Cardinal  Mazarin  and  Colbert,  and  his  wife  Madame  de  Mainte- 
non;  his  generals  Conde  and  Turenne.  The  colonies  of  New  England  unite. 
Des  Cartes  philosopher.  Stuyvesant  governor  of  New  Amsterdam.  Massaniello 
in  Naples.  1647,  First  Tartar  king  in  China.  1649,  Charles  I.  beheaded,  Eng- 
land. Cromwell  (b.  1599,  d.  1658)  protector  1654,  John  Milton  his  secretary.  1650, 
Railroads  with  wooden  rails  near  Newcastle,  England.  Jeremy  Taylor,  Alger, 
Sidney,  authors.  1652,  John  Cotton,  Inigo  Jones,  died.  1654.  Air-pumps  in- 
vented. 1662,  Turks  in  Hungary.  Logwood  first  cut  in  Honduras.  1663,  Can- 
ada a  colony.  Salvator  Rosa.  1664,  French  East  India  Company.  1666,  Great 
fire  in  London.  Canal  of  Languedoc  from  Mediterranean  to  Atlantic.  Gobelin 
tapestry  invented,  Paris.  1667,  New  York  ceded  to  England.  1670,  Bayonets 
invented  at  Bayonne,  France.  1672,  Turks  in  Poland.  1675,  Wren  begins  St. 
Paul's,  London.  King  Philip's  war.  Butler,  Dryden,  Leighton,  Baxter  and 
Bunyan  authors.     1681,  Museum  of  Natural  History,  London,-  Garden  of  Plant." 


MODERN    CHRONOLOGY   FROM  A.  D.  102  TO  1877.™ Continued. 


Paris.  1681,  Penny  post  and  Royal  Society,  London.  Turks  besiege  Vienna. 
1685,  Edict  of  Nantes  revoked  in  Prance.  1686,  SirB.  Andros  governor  of  New 
England.  1687,  Newton's  "  Principia."  169?.,  Bank  of  England.  Newton's  re- 
flecting telescopes.  Witchcraft  in  New  England.  1699,  Phosphorus  discovered. 
French  colony  in  Louisiana.     Peter  the  Great  in  England. 

&?Q1.  Yale  College  founded.  1703,  First  Russian  newspaper.  1704,  Marlborough. 
Boston  News-Letter,  first  paper  in  America.  1707,  First  United  Parliament,  Great 
Britain.  1709,  First  paper  money  New  Jersey.  1710,  First  post-office  New 
¥ork.  1716,  Charles  XII.,  Sweden,  killed.  Cotton  Mather,  Increase  Mather. 
First  newspaper  in  Philadelphia.  1721,  First  newspaper  in  New  York.  1727, 
Great  earthquake  in  New  England.  1728,  Diamond  mines  discovered  in  Brazil. 
1729,  Balloons  invented  by  Gusmac.  The  Carolinas  separated.  1732,  George 
Washington  born  (d.  1799).  1740,  Maria  Theresa,  Austria.  1744,  Frederick  the 
Great  (b.  1712,  king  1740,  d.  1786).  1745,  Louisburg  taken  by  Americans.  1748, 
Mosheim,  historian.  1750,  Kaunitz,  statesman,  Austria  (b.  1711,  d.  1794).  Dr. 
Franklin's  (b.  1706,  d.  1790)  discoveries  in  electricity.  1752,  New  Style — year 
begins  Jan.  1.  (Old  Style  from  Augustus  b.  c.  8,  and  Gregory  at  Rome,  1582, 
twelve  days  taken  out.)  The  Jews'  year  began  in  March,  the  Greeks'  in  June, 
the  Macedonian  in  Sept.,  the  Egyptian  in  Aug.,  the  Persian  Aug.  11,  the  English 
March  25.  1753,  British  Museum.  1755,  Washington  with  Braddock.  William 
Pitt,  the  elder,  England.  1759,  Wolf  died  at  Quebec.  1760,  George  III.  king 
of  England.  French  lose  all  Canada  to  the  English.  Catherine  II.  of  Russia 
(b.  1729,  empress  1762,  d.  1796).  1761,  Niebuhr  travels  in  Arabia.  Wesley, 
Whitefield,  preachers.  1764,  Philadelphia  Medical  School,  first  in  America. 
1765,  the  Stamp  Act  resisted  in  Massachusetts  and  Virginia.  First  Colonial 
Congress  in  New  York.  1766,  Stamp  Act  repealed.  Earl  Chatham.  1767. 
Jesuits  expelled  from  Spain  (from  France  1764).  1768,  Cook's  first  voyage. 
Boston  occupied  by  British  troops.  Russia  and  Turkey  at  war.  Genoa  cedes 
Corsica  to  France.  Bruce  at  the  Nile  head-waters.  Royal  Academy  of  Arts 
founded.  1769,  Daniel  Boone  in  Kentucky.  1772,  Partition  of  Poland.  Pope 
Clement  abolishes  the  order  of  Jesuits.  1773,  Tea  destroyed  at  Boston.  1774, 
Cook  discovers  New  California  Congress  at  Philadelphia.  Spinning-jenny 
invented  by  Arkwright.  Louis  XVI.  and  Marie  Antoinette,  France.  Steam- 
engine  by  Watt  and  Bolton.  Hastings  governor  in  India.  1775,  The  American 
Revolution  began  April  19.  Washington  commander-in-chief.  Declaration 
July  4,  1776.  Dr.  Franklin  in  1  aris.  Necker  prime  minister.  British  army  in 
New  York.  1777,  Lafayette  arrived  in  the  United  States.  Burgoyne  surrendered. 
1778,  Alliance  with  France  Rochambeau  and  D'Estaing  with  French  fleet 
arrive.  1781,  First  Bible  printed  in  America  in  the  English  language.  Corn- 
wallis  surrenders  at  Yorktown.  1782,  Treaty  with  Holland.  Tippoo  Sultan  in 
India  (b.  1749,  d.  1799).  1783,  Peace  of  Versailles,  and  the  United  States  inde- 
pendent of  Great  Britain.  1784,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  New  York.  Asiatio 
Society,  Calcutta,  founded  by  Sir  William  Jones.  Sunday-schools  in  England 
by  Raikes.  Herschel's  telescopes.  1785,  John  Adams  first  minister  to  England. 
Stenography  invented.  1786,  Spinning-machine  first  in  France.  1787,  First 
Convention  at  Philadelphia,  and  the  Constitution  adopted.  1788,  Cotton  planted 
in  Georgia.  King  George  III.  insane.  1789,  George  Washington  first  Presi- 
dent. French  Revolution.  Bastile  razed.  1791,  First  United  States  bank. 
United  States  Mint.  1792,  France  a  Republic.  1793,  Washington  re-elected. 
All  Europe,  except  Sweden  and  Denmark,  form  a  coalition  ?gainst  France. 
1795,  Napoleon  Bonaparte  general  of  the  army  (b.  1769,  emperor  1804,  d.  1821). 

1800.  Capital  moved  to  Washington,  D.  C.  1801,  Iron  railways  in  England.  1802, 
First  book-fair  in  New  York.     1803,  Louisiana  purchased  from  France.     First 


1861. 


locomotive  used  in  Wales.  1806,  Lewis  and  Clarke  cross  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
1807,  Fulton  made  a  steamboat.  French  University  established  by  Napo* 
leon.  Lithography.  Duke  of  Wellington  (b.  1769,  lieutenant-general  1808,  d, 
1852).  1812,  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions.  War 
with  England.  Gas-lights  in  the  streets  of  London.  Peace  with  England  at 
Ghent  1814.  Wellington  defeated  Bonaparte  at  Waterloo  June  18,  1815.  1816, 
American  Bible  Society.  Bull  by  the  pope  against  Bible  societies,  1817. 
Earliest  in  England,  1698,  in  Scotland,  1709,  Franee,  1792,  British  and  foreign( 
"1801,  Irish,  1806,  Baptist  in  United  States,  1838.  Algiers  bombarded.  1817 
First  public  schools  in  Russia.  1819,  First  steamboat  crossed  the  Atlantic,  New 
York  to  Liverpool.  Rise  of  cholera.  1822,  The  Greek  Revolution.  Hiero- 
glyphics deciphered  by  Champollion.  1825,  Mail  posts  in  Prussia.  Steam  on 
the  Rhine.  1826,  Aniline  colors  discovered.  1829,  Catholio  emancipation  ia 
England.  Algiers  taken  by  the  French.  1830,  The  Niger  traced  from  La!  9 
Tchad  to  the  ocean  by  the  brothers  Lander.  1831,  Lord  John  Russell's  Reform* 
Bill.  1832,  Kingdom  of  Greece  founded.  Sir  Robert  Peel.  Captain  Ross,  Arctio 
discovery.  1833,  Girard  College  in  Philadelphia  and  University  of  New  York 
founded.     1835,  Boston  and  Lowell  R.  R.  completed,  first  in  the  United  States. 

1836,  James  Smithson  of  London  founds  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  on  $500,000.     1836,  Chinese  expel  English  and  other  "  barbarians." 

1837,  Morse's  patent  for  the  electric  telegraph.  Talleyrand  (b.  1754,  d.  1838). 
1840,  Penny  post  in  England.  Lord  Palmerston  (b.  1784,  d.  1865).  1843,  O'Con- 
nell's  (b.  1775,  d.  1847)  "Repeal"  agitation  in  Ireland.  1845,  Sir  John  Franklin 
in  the  Arctic  Seas.  1846.  Thames  tunnel  opened.  War  with  Mexico.  City  of 
Mexico  captured,  and  California  ceded  to  United  States.  Pius  IX.  pope.  1848, 
Suspension  bridge  over  Niagara  River.  French  Revolution.  Louis  Napoleon 
III.  (b.  1808)  president.  1849,  Rome  a  republic.  Francis  Joseph  emperor  of 
Austria  (b.  1830,  cr.  1848).  1850,  The  sultan  permits  the  Jews  to  build  a  temple 
on  Zion.  1851,  The  first  Great  Exhibition,  London.  1852,  Napoleon  III.  emperor 
of  France  (d.  1871).  1854,  Crimean  War,  Russia;  Alexander  II.  emperor  (b.  1518, 
cr.  1855).  England,  France,  Italy,  Turkey  (peace  1856).  Astor  Library  founded. 
1855,  First  street  letter-boxes  (in  London).  1857,  Ocean  cable  U.  S.  to  England 
attempted  (designed  1853 ;  laid  185?;  second,  1865;  third",  1865;  several  since). 
Rebellion  of  the  Southern  States  (Abraham  Lincoln  President).  Garibaldi  (b.  1807) 
promoted  the  union  of  all  Italy,  and  Victor  Emanuel  II.  (b.  1820,  king  of  Sardinia 
1849)  king,  and  end  of  the  temporal  power  of  the  pope.  1S63,  Emancipation 
proclamation.  1864,  Nitro-glycerine  discovered.  1865,  Peace  with  the  Southern 
States.  1866,  Centennial  of  Methodism  in  the  United  States.  General  assembly  of 
Catholics  at  Rome  declared  the  pope  infallible.  1867,  Dominion  of  Canada  organ- 
ized. 1868,  Suez  Canal  opened  (begun  in  1854).  1869,  Pacific  Railroad  com- 
pleted. 1870,  German-French  war.  Paris  captured.  Mont  Cenis  tunnel,  between 
France  and  Italy.  1871,  Commune  hold  Paris.  Old  and  New  School  Presbyte- 
rians reunited  (separated  1838).  1872,  Old  Catholic  movement  in  Europe.  1873, 
Evangelical  Alliance,  New  York  (originated  in  England  1845).  Reformed  Epis- 
copal Church  organized.  1874,  First  Christian  Union  convention,  Cincinnati. 
Hoosac  tunnel  completed.  1876,  Victoria  (b.  1819,  cr.  1838),  queen  of  Great 
Britain,  declared  empress  of  India.  Centennial  of  the  Independence  of  the 
United  States,  July  4;  great  International  Exhibition  at  Philadelphia.  1877, 
April  24,  Russia  declares  war  against  Turkey  to  ameliorate  the  condition  of 
Christians  in  Turkish  provinces. 


Prophetic  Warnings  and  Promises  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour. 


WHERE  UTTERED. 


Jerusalem — Temple 

Jerusalem 

Sychar,  in  Samaria 

Jerusalem — Temple 

Cana 

Nain , 

Sea  of  Galilee 

Capernaum 

Capernaum 

Capernaum 

Reg.  of  Caes.  Philippi.. 
Reg.  of  Caes.  Philippi.. 
Reg.  of  Cass.  Philippi.. 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem 

Capernaum 

Galilee 

Galilee 

Near  Scythopolis 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem — Temple 

Mt.  of  Olives 

Mt.  of  Olives 


Mt.  of  Olives.. 


Mt.  of  Olives 

Jerusalem 

Jer. — Upper  Chamber.. 
Jer. — Upper  Chamber.. 
Jer. — Upper  Chamber.. 
Jer. — Upper  Chamber.. 

Jerusalem  

On  the  way  to  Calvary. 

Calvary 

Garden  of  Joseph 

Sea  of  Galilee 

Jerusalem 

Bethany............ ........ 


THE  WARNING  OR  PROMISE. 


He  foretells  His  Resurrection  within  Three  Days  after  burial 

His  Crucifixion,  and  its  Glorious  Object  and  Result — referring  to  the  Mosaic  Type 

the  Substitution  of  the  New  for  the  Old  Dispensation 

the  General  Resurrection  of  the  Dead 

the  Rejection  of  the  Jews  and  Acceptance  of  Gentiles 

the  Destruction  of  Capernaum,  Chorazin  and  Bethsaida 

the  Great  Judgment 

the  Persecutions  that  should  Harass  them,  with  Promise  of  Deliverance  and  of  final  Glory 

His  Flesh  to  be  the  Food  of  His  People,  with  Promise  of  Resurrection  and  Eternal  Life 

one  of  the  Twelve  a  Devil 

His  Sufferings,  Rejection,  Death  and  Resurrection 

His  Coming  in  Glory  to  Reward  every  Man  according  to  his  Works 

the  Establishment  of  His  Church 

His  Ascension 

the  Gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost 

the  Judgment  of  Capernaum,  Chorazin  and  Bethsaida 

the  Salvation  of  Gentiles  and  Rejection  of  many  Jews 

the  Destruction  of  Jerusalem 

His  Second  Coming  to  be  Sudden,  and  His  Disciples'  Sufferings  before  it 

the  Apostles  to  be  Peculiarly  Blessed  at  the  Second  Coming 

the  Utter  and  Total  Destruction  of  Jerusalem 

the  Manner  of  His  Death,  and  its  Great  Object  and  Result. 

the  Kingdom  to  be  taken  from  the  Jews  and  given  to  "a  nation  bringing  forth  fruits  thereof". 

the  Destruction  of  the  Temple 

the  Coming  of  False  Christs ;  Commotions  and  Wars  among  the  Nations,  and  Active  Persecu 

tion  of  the  Church 

the  Second  Coming  and  its  Signs 

the  Judgment 

the  Betrayer  Pointed  Out 

Peter's  Denial  (two  warnings) 

the  Holy  Ghost  (several  prophecies) 

His  Ascension 

their  Forsaking  Him... 

His  Sitting  on  the  Right  Hand  of  Power  and  Coming  in  the  Clouds  of  Heaven 

the  Desolation  of  Jerusalem 

"To-day  shalt  thou  be  with  Me  in  Paradise" 

His  Ascension 

Peter's  Crucifixion 

the  Sending  of  the  Holy  Spirit 

the  Signs  that  should  Follow  the  Gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit.....,.:...,.... ,,...,,.,.....,.,...,,.„.. 


WHERE  RECORDED. 


John 

2 : 

19-21. 

John 

3: 

14-16. 

John 

4: 

21-24. 

John 

5: 

25-29. 

Matt. 

8: 

11,12; 

see  Luke  13  : 

23-30, 

Matt. 

11 

: 20-24 

;  see  Luke 

10 

:  13-15, 

Matt. 

13 

:  30,  40- 

-43,  49,  50 

Matt. 

10 

:  16-39. 

John  6 : 

39,  40,  54-58. 

John  6 : 

70,  71. 

Matt. 

16 

:  21 ;  Mark  8  :  31 

Luke  9 :  22. 

Matt. 

16 

:  27  ;  Mark  8  :  38 

Luke  9 :  26. 

Mark  9  : 

1 ;  Luke  9  :  27. 

John  7  : 

34. 

John 

7: 

37-39. 

Luke 

10 

.-13-15; 

see  Matt. 

11 

20-24. 

Luke 

13 

:  23-30 , 

see  Matt. 

8: 

11,  12. 

Luke 

13 

:35. 

Luke 

17 

:  22-36; 

see  Matt. 

24 

:  27^4. 

Matt. 

19 

:28. 

Luke 

19 

: 41-44 ; 

see  Matt. 

23 

:  34-39. 

John 

12 

32,  33. 

Matt. 

21 

:43. 

Matt. 

24 

:1,  2;  Mark  13:1 

,2 

■  Luke  21 :  5,  6. 

Matt.  24 : 4-25 ;  Mark  13  :  5-23. 

Matt.  24 :  27-44 ;  Mark  13  :  24-37 ;  Luke  21  :  21^ 

see  Luke  17  :  22-36. 
Matt.  25  :  31-46. 

John  13  :  18-29  ;  Matt.  26  :  21-25  ;  Mark  14  :  18- 
John  13  :  38  and  Luke  22  :  34. 
John  14  :  16,  17,  26 ;  15  :  26,  27 ;  16  :  7-14. 
John  16:28. 
John  1 6  :  32. 

Matt.  26:64;  Mark  14:62. 
Luke  23  :  27-31. 
Luke  23  :  43. 
John  20:17. 
John  21:18,  19. 
Luke  24  :  49  ;  Acts  1 :  4-8. 
Mark  16:17,  18. 


& 


21 


Analytical  Table  and  Harmony  of  the  Mosaic  Law. 


-  The  MoralLaw,  written  on  the  Two  Tables  containing  the  Ten  Commandments. 


The  Fl.  J  Table,  which  includes 
The  first  commandment 


The  second  commandment.. 


The  third  commandment 

,    The  fourth  commandment 

The  Second  Table,  which  includes 

The  fifth  commandment 

The  sixth  commandment 

The  seventh  commandment  .. 

The  eighth  commandment 

The  ninth  commandment 

The  tenth  commandment , 

The  sum  of  both  tables , 


Exodus,    i  Leviticus, 
chap.  chap. 


20,13 

20, 23,  24 

20,  23 

20,  23,  31, 

34,35 


10,  26, 18 


19,  26,  26 


20,22 

U 

20 

lb 

20 

18,19 

20,22 

19 

20,23 

19 

20 

IS 


2d  Class. —  The  Ceremonial  Lan 


Of  the  holy  place 

Of  the  structure  of  the  tabernacle... 

Of  the  instruments  of  the  same,  viz. : 

Of  the  laver  of  brass 

The  altar  of  burnt-offerings 

The  altar  of  incense 

The  candlestick  of  pure  gold 

The  table  of  shew-bread 

The  ark 

Of  the  priests  and  their  vestments.. 

Of  the  choosing  of  the  Levites 

Of  the  priests'  office  in  general 

Of  their  office  in  teaching 

■ >in  blessing 


Of  their  office  in  offering,  viz. : 

What  the  sacrifices  ought  to  be 

Of  the  continual  fire 

Of  the  manner  of  the  burnt-olferings. 
peace-offerings . 

Manner  and  kinds  of  sacrifices,  viz.  : 

For  sin  in  ignorance  ot  the  law 

fact 

For  witting  sin,  yet  not  impious 

The  special  law  of  sacrifice  for  sin 

Tilings  belonging  to  the  sacrifices 

Of  the  shew-bread 

Of  the  lamps 

Of  the  sweet  incense 


Of  the  use  of  ordinary  oblations,  viz. : 

Of  the  consecration  of  priests 

and  office  of  Levites... 

Of  the  dwellings  of  the  Levites 

Of  the  anointing  of  the  altar,  etc 

Of  the  continual  daily  sacrifice , 

Sabbath-day's  sacrifice 


Solemn  sacrifices  for  feast-days,  viz. : 

Of  trumpets 

Of  beginning  of  months 

The  three  most  common  feasts  in  general.  ... 
Of  the  feast  of  passover 

penteeost 

tabernacles 

blowing  the  trumpets 

expiation 

Of  first-fruits 

Of  tithes 

Of  fruits  growing  and  not  eaten  of. 

Of  the  first-born 

Of  the  sabbatical  year 

Of  the  year  of  jubilee 


20 

25,26,27,35 


27 

30 

25 
25,  26 
25,26 

28 


Of  vows  in  general 

What  persons  not  to  make  vows... 

What  things  cannot  be  vowed 

Of  redemption  of  vows 

Of  the  vows  of  the  Nazarites 

Laws  proper  for  the  priests,  viz.  : 

Of  pollutions 

Of  the  high-priest's  mourning 

Of  his  marriage 

Mourning  of  the  ordinary  priests.. 

Of  their  marriage 

Forbidden  the  use  of  wine,  etc 

Of  sanctified  meats 

Of  the  office  of  the  Levites. 

In  teaching 

In  offering 


Other  promiscuous  ceremonial  laws. 
Of  uncleanness  in  general 


Of  uncleanness  in  meats,  viz. : 

'Of  blood Gen.  9 

Of  fat 


27 
30 

29,30 


39,30 
29 


23,  34 

12,13,23,34 

23,  24 

23,24 

""36"'" 

22,  23,  34 


13,  22,  24 
23 


23 


19, 10. 


22 

6 
6,7 
3,7 

4 
5,7 

6 

6,7 

2,6,7 

24 

24 


6,8 


23 
23 
23 
23 

■    23 

16,13 

2 

21 

19 

""25"'" 

25 

27 
...„„.... 

27 


22 
21 
21 
21 
21 
10 
6,17,19,22 


15,  19 

7,  17,  10 
3,7 


Numbers, 
chap. 


Deuteron., 
cbap. 


5,6 

4,  5,  6,  7,  8, 

11,  12,  13,5, 

6,10 


5 
5 
5,23 
5 
5 
5 
6 


18, 3, 8 
3,18 


n 


85 


28 
29 


10 
28 


9,28 
28 
29 
29 
29 
15 
18 


30 
30 


5,  18 
"3,4,18 


18, 12, 15, 31 

15,17 


16 
16 
16 
16 


26 

12, 14,  26 


15 


23 


12,15,16 

17, 27, 31 
10 


12 


Of  uncleanness  of  meals,  viz. : 

Of  dead  carcasses 

Other  meats  and  divers  ereatures 

Of  personal  uncleanness 

In  the  dead  bodies  of  men 

In  the  leprosy 

Of  circumcision Gen.  1" 

Of  the  water  of  expiation 

Of  the  mourning  of  the  Israelites 

Of  mixtures 

Garments,  and  writing  the  law 

Of  not  taking  young  birds  with  the  dam 

Of  their  paddle-staves 


Exodus, 
chap. 


Leviticus, 
chap. 


17 
11,20 
15,  12 

13,  lT' 

12 
...„„.... 

19 


Numbers, 
chap. 


19 
19 


Deuteron., 
chap. 


14 
14 
23 

24 


14 

22 

,11,22 

22 

23 


3d  Class. —  The  Political  Law, 

The  magistrate  is  the  keeper  of  the  precepts  of  both  tables,  anft  to  have  respect  to  human 
society,  therefore  the  Political  Laws  of  the  Israelites  are  referred  to  both  the  tables,  and  are 
to  be  reduced  to  the  several  precepts  of  the  Moral  Law,  viz. 

Laws  referred  to  the  First  Table,  namely, 
I.  To  the  First  and  Second  Commandments,  viz.: 


Of  idolaters  and  apostates 

Of  abolishing  idolatry 

Of  diviners  and  false  prophets.. 
Of  covenants  with  other  gods  ■■ 


Exodus, 
chap. 


23,  24 

22 
23,24 


Leviticus, 
chap. 


20 


19,20 


Numbers, 
chap. 


33 


Deuterou., 
chap. 


13,  17 

7,12 

18 


II.  To  the  Third  Commandment,  viz.: 


Of  blasphemies. 


24 


15 


III.  To  the  Fourth  Commandment,  viz.: 

Of  breaking  the  Sabbath . ..|     31,35      |  |        15 

Political  Laws  referred  to  the  Second  Table,  namely. 
I.  To  the  Fifth  Commandment,  viz. : 

Of  magistrates  and  their  authority I      18,30     I   |        II 

Of  the  power  of  fathers |        21  20        | , 

II.  To  the  Sixth  Commandment,  viz.: 

Of  capital  punishments  in  general 

Of  willful  murder 21 

Of  manslaughter  and  refuge 21 

Of  heinous  injury.. 21  24 

Of  punishments,  not  capital 

Of  the  law  of  war 


35 
35 


III.  To  Vie  Seventh  Commandment,  vis. : 


Of  unlawful  marriages 

Of  fornication 

Of  whoredom 

Of  adultery  and  jealousy 

Of  copulation  against  nature.. 

Of  divorcements 

Other  matrimonial  laws 


22 
"2T 


18,  20 

19 

21 
19,20 
18,  20 

18720°' 


IV.  To  the  Eighth  Commandment,  viz,  : 


Of  the  punishment  of  thefts 

Of  sacrilege Josh.  7 

Of  not  injuring  strangers 

Of  not  defrauding  hirelings 

Of  just  weights 

Of  removing  the  landmark 

Of  lost  goods 

Of  stray  cattle 

Of  corrupted  judgments 

Of  fire  breaking  out  by  chance 

Of  men-stealing 

Of  the  fugitive  servant 

Of  gathering  fruits „ 


Of  contracts,  viz. : 

Of  borrowing 

Of  the  pledge 

Of  usury 

Of  selling 

Of  a  thing  lent 

Of  a  thing  committed  to  be  kept., 

Of  heirs 


22 


22,  23 


22 

22,  23 
23 
22 


22 
22 
21 
22 
22 


19 
19 
IS 


19 


19,23 


26,  27,  33, 
36 


,  16,  17,  23 
21 


21,24 

19 

19,  21.  22 

25 

25 

20,23 


7,2? 
23 
22 
22 

24 
21,22,24,  25 1 


26,  28 
25 
IS 

22 
16,21 

24 

23 

23,  2«- 


15 
24 
23 
15 


21 


V.  To  the  Ninth  Commandment,  viz.  : 


) 


Of  witnesses 

Establishing  of  the  political  law 

The  establishing  of  the  divine  law  in  general... 

From  the  dignity  of  the  lawgiver 

From  the  excellency  of  the  laws 

From  the  promises 

From  the  threatenings 


15,19,23,24 
23 


19,  20,  22 

18,26 
28 


15 


-{ 


17,  19 

4 

6,  11,  29,  36. 

31 

4,  5,  6,  7,  8, 

10,  26,  27 

4,26 

4,  5,  6,  7,  10, 

11, 12,  28 

4,  7,  11,27, 

28,  29,  30 


JEWISH  OBSERVANCES. 


THE  SABBATH.— Signifies  rest.    Observed  every  seventh  day. 
FEAST  OF  THE  NEW  MOON— Marked  the  completion  of  the  Lunar  month. 
SABBATICAL  MONTH.— The  seventh  of  the  Sacred  Year,  but  the  first  of  the  Civil. 
FEAST  OF  TRUMPETS— New  Year's  Day.    Ushered  in  by  blowing  of  trumpets. 
SABBATICAL  YEAR. — Each  seventh  day  and  month  and  year  were  holy.    The  land  rested 

and  creditors  and  slaves  were  released. 
YEAR  OF  JUBILEE— Every  fiftieth  year. 
THE  PASSOVER— Lasted  for  seven  days,  from  the  14th  to  21st  of  Nisan.    A  memorial  of 

the  Nation's  birth  and  typical  of  Christ. 
PENTECOST,  OR  FEAST  OF  WEEKS.— A  supplement  to  the  Passover,  lasting  one  day. 
FEAST  OF  TABERNACLES.— A  harvest  Home,  or  Thanksgiving  time,  lasting  seven  days. 

DAY  OF  ATONEMENT.— A  day  of  humiliation  and  fasting.    Observed  five  days  before  the 

Feast  of  Tabernacles. 
FEAST  OF  PURIM. — An  annual  feast  to  commemorate  the  preservation  of  the  Jews  in  Persia. 
FEAST  OF  DEDICATION.— A  rededication  of  the  Temple  after  the  expulsion  of  the  Syrians 

by  Judas  Maecabaeus. 

SACRIFICIAL  OFFERINGS. 

THE  BURNT  OFFERING. 
THE  MEAT  OFFERING. 
THE  SIN  OFFERING. 
THE  TRESPASS  OFFERING. 

THE  DRINK  OFFERING. 

THE  PEACE  OFFERING.                        i 

PROMISCUOUS  OBLATIONS, 

--  — — ™ — s 

CHRONOLOGY  OF  THE  LIFE  OF  OUR  SAVIOUR  JESUS  CHRIST. 


B.  C.  6  (about  Feb.  22).  Birth  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist ;  the  time  of  Elisabeth's  conception 
being  inferred  from  the  calculation  that 
the  course  of  Abia  went  out  of  office  on 
May  22,  b.  c.  7. 

B.  C.  6  (about  Aug.  1).  The  Nativity  of  Jesus 
Christ;   nearly  two  years  before  the 
death  of  Herod  (Matt.  2  :  16). 
The  Census  under  SentiusSaturninus,  who 
displaced  Varus  before  Sept.  2,  b.  c.  6. 

B.  C.  4,  April  1.  Death  of  Herod  at  Jericho. 
Beturn  of  the  Holy  Family  from  Egypt. 

A.  D.  6.  Banishment  of  Archelaus.  Cyrenius, 
prefect  of  Syria. 

A.  D.  7.  Completion  of  the  Census  of  Cyrenius. 
Christ  at  the  Passover.  (April  9th.) 

A.  D.  28  (about  August  or  September).  Preach- 
ing of  John  the  Baptist,  in  the  first  pear 
of  the  Sabbatic  eyclr,  in  the  sixth  year  of 
which  our  Lord's  Ministry  closed. 

A.  D.  29  (February).  Baptism  of  Jesus.  Age  33.* 
(February  to  March.)    The  Temptation. 


*Mr.   Lewin  gives  this  latitude  to   the   about   thirty 
(oKrei)  of  Luke  8  .  23.  


A.  D.  29-A.  D.  33.  The  Duration  of  Christ's  Min- 
istry, from  Passover  to  Passover,  four  full 
years,  in  accordance  with  Luke  13:  7. 
A.  D.  29.    First  Passover,  ending  April  2. 
Opening  of  our  Lord's  Ministry  at  Jeru- 
salem. 
Imprisonment  of  John. 
A.  D.  29  (Autumn).   Beginning  of  Christ's  Min- 
istry in  Galilee.     Its  duration — three 
years  and  six  months. 
First  Circuit  in  Galilee,  including  (about 
October)  his  rejection  at  Nazareth.f 
A.  D.  29  to  A.  D.  30  (Spring).    Second  Galilean 
Circuit:  duration — four  or  five  months. 
A.  D.  30  (Spring).     Third  Galilean  Circuit. 

April   22.     The    o'evTepoTrpwroi'    trd^arov, 
i.  e.,  the  first  Sabbath  of  the  second 
month  (Jyar). 
May  27.    The  Pentecost,  this  year  on  a  Sab- 
bath.   The  "  Feast. "  of  John  5. 
Jesus  returns  to  Galilee. 
Sermon  on  the  Mount. 


tMr.  Lewin's  authority  for  this  date  is  in  the  fact  that 
Isaiah  61  was  the  appointed  lesson  of  the  daily  Bervice 
aoout  the  Feast  of  Tabernacles,  which  in  this  year  fell 
on  October  11. 


A.  D.  30.    Fourth  Galilean  Circuit. 

(Autumn).    Return  to  Capernaum. 

A.  D.  31  (about  April).    Death  of  John  the 
Baptist. 

April  19  (10  of  Nisan).    Feeding  of  the 

Five  Thousand. 
April  21.    The  discourse  of  John  6  on  the 

Sabbath  before  the  Passover. 

Sept.  20.    Feast  of  the  Tabernacles  (John 

7:  1). 
Sept,  23  (about).  Jesus  reaches  Jerusalem. 

He  withdraws,  probably  to  Bethabara. 

Nov.  28  to  Dec.  5.     Feast  of  Dedication 

(John  10). 
Jesus  returned  to  Bethabara  (John  10 :  31 ). 

A.  D.  32.  (beginning).    Death  and  raising  of 
Lazarus. 
Jesus  retires  to  Ephraim,  and  thence  to 

Csesarea  Philippi. 
Return  to  Capernaum.    Tribute  Money. 

Passover,  April  13.  Beginning  of  our 
Lord's  last  circuit,  occupying  a  year 
and  terminating  at  Jerusalem. 


The  warning  to  flee  out 


A.  D.  32  (Autumn). 
of  dalilee. 

A.  D.  33  (Spring).  The  circuit  resumed  from 
West  to  East,  along  the  borders  of  Sama- 
ria and  Galilee,  in  the  direction  of  Persea, 
and  so  across  the  Jordan 

Recrosses  the  Jordan  to  Jericho. 

Friday,  March  27.  Arrives  at  Bethany, 
six  days  before  the  Passover. 

Satu/v»y,  March  28.  Rest  at  Bethany  or 
thf  aabbath  evening.  Supper  at  th< 
house  of  Simon. 

Palm  Sunday,  March  29.  Jesus  enters  Je- 
rusalem. 

Monday,  March  30-Thursday,  April  2.  As 

in  our  narrative. 
Thursday,  A  pril  2  (evening).  The  Passover 

and  Lord's  Supper. 
Good  Friday,  April  3.    The  Crucifixion 

Jesus  expires  at  3  p.  M. 
Easter  Sunday,  April  5.  The  Resurrection. 
Thursday,  May  14.    The  Ascension. 
Sunday,  May  24.    Day  of  Pentecost. 


THE  PARABLES  OF  JESUS, 

ARRANGED  IN  CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER. 


PARABLES. 

PLACES. 

REFERENCES. 

PARABLES. 

PLACES. 

KEFEEHK0ES. 

{Passable  of  ths 

Parable  of  the 

— .      i^ 

Sower. 

Capernaum. 

Matt.  xiii.  1-23. 

Lost  sheep. 

Galilee, 

Luke  xv.  Z-1. 

Tares. 

it 

24-30-36 

Lost  piece  of  money. 

it 

- 8-10. 

-43. 

Prodigal  son. 

SI 

11-32. 

Seed  springing  up  imperfectly. 
Grain  of  mustard  seed. 

u 

Mark  iv.  26-29. 

Dishonest  steward. 

it 

—  xvi.  1-12. 

it 

Matt.  xii.  31,  32. 

Rich  man  and  Lazarus 

a 

19-31. 

Leaven. 

It 

—     xiii.  33. 

Unjust  judge. 

Perse  a. 

—  xviii.  1-8. 

Found  treasure, 

it 

—         44. 

Pharisee  and  publican. 

tt 

9-14. 

Precious  pearl. 

a 

45,  46. 

Laborers  in  the  vineyard. 

« 

Matt.  xx.  1-16. 

Net. 

tt 

47-50. 

Pounds. 

Jericho. 

Luke  xix.  12-  27. 

Two  debtors. 

a 

Luke  vii.  36-50. 

Two  sons. 

Jerusalem. 

Matt.  xxi.  2o-32. 

Unmereiful  servant. 

tt 

Matt,  xviii.  23-35. 

Vineyard. 

tt 

33-46. 

Samaritan. 

Near  Jericho. 

Luke  x.  25-37. 

Marriage  feast. 

it 

—  xxii.      1-14. 

Rich  fool. 

Galilee. 

—    xii.  16-21, 

The  virgins. 

it 

—  xxv,      1-13. 

Servants  who  waited  for  their  lord. 

a 

—    xii.  35-48. 

Talents. 

it 

14-30, 

Barren  fig  tree. 

u 

—    xiii.  6-9. 

Sheep  and  the  goats. 

a 

31-4*y, 

THE  MIRACLES  OF  CHRIST, 

ARRANGED  IN  CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER. 


MIRACLES. 

PLACES. 

REFERENCES. 

MIRACLES. 

PLACES. 

REFERENCEft, 

J«STJS 

Jesus 

Turns  water  into  wine. 

Cana. 

John  ii.  1-11. 

Cures  a  man  with  a  withered  hand. 

Judea. 

Matt.  xii.  10-13. 

Cures  the  nobleman's  son  of  Caper- 

Cures a  demoniac. 

Capernaum. 

22,  23, 

naum. 

it 

—  iv.  46-61. 

Feeds  miraculously  five  thousand. 

Decapolis. 

—  xiv.;  xv.  21. 

Causes  a  miraculous  draught  of  fishes. 

Sea  of  Galilee. 

Luke  v.  1-11. 

Heals  the  woman  of  Canaan's  daugh- 

Cures a  demoniac. 

Capernaum. 

Mark  i.  22-28. 

ter. 

Near  Tyre. 

—     xv.  22-28. 

Heals  Peter's  wife's  mother  of  a  fever. 

u 

30-31. 

Heals  a  man  who  was  dumb  and  deaf. 

Decapolis. 

Mark  vii.  31-37. 

Heals  a  leper. 

a 

40-45. 

Feeds  miraculously  four  thousand. 

a 

Matt.  xv.  32-39. 

Heals  the  centurion's  servant. 

u 

Matt.  viii.  5-13. 

Gives  sight  to  a  blind  man. 

Bethsaida. 

Mark  xiii.  22-26. 

Raises  the  widow's  son. 

Nain. 

Luke  vii.  11-17. 

Cures  a  boy  possessed  of  a  devil. 

Tabor. 

Matt.  xvii.  14-21 

Calms  the  tempest. 

Sea  of  Galilee. 

Matt.  viii.  23-27. 

Gives  sight  to  a  man  born  blind. 

Jerusalem. 

John  ix. 

Cures  the  demoniacs  of  Gadara. 

Gadara. 

28-34. 

Heals   a   woman   under   an  infirmity 

Cures  a  man  of  the  palsy. 

Capernaum. 

—  ix.  1-8. 

eighteen  years. 

Galilee, 

Luke  xiii.  11-17 

Restores  to  life  the  daughter  of  Jairus. 

tt 

18,  19.  23- 

Cures  a  dropsy. 

u 

—  xiv.  1-6. 

26. 

Cleanses  ten  lepers. 

Samaria. 

—  xvii.  11-19. 

Cures  a  woman  diseased  with  a  flux 

Raises  Lazarus  from  the  dead. 

Bethany. 

John  xi. 

of  blood. 

a 

Luke  viii.  43-48. 

Restores  to  sight  two  blind  men. 

Jericho. 

Matt.  xx.  30-34, 

Restores  to  sight  two  blind  men. 

it 

Matt.  ix.  27-31. 

Blasts  the  fig  tree. 

Olivet. 

—  xxi.  18-22. 

Heals    one    possessed   with    a   dumb 

Heals  the  ear  of  Malchus. 

Gcthseinane. 

Luke  xxii.  50-51. 

spirit. 

tt 

82,  33. 

Causes   the  miraculous    draughts    of 

Cures  an  infirm  man  at  Bethesda. 

Jerusalem. 

John  v.  1-9. 

fishes. 

Sea.  of  Ga.lii-(w 

John  xxi.  1-14. 

THE  DISCOURSES  OF  JESUS, 

ARRANGED   IN    CHRONOLOGICAL   ORDER. 


DISCOURSES. 

PLACES. 

REFERENCES. 

DISCOURSES. 

PLACES. 

REFERENCES. 

Conversation  with  Nicodemus. 

Jerusalem. 

John  iii.  1-21. 

Discourse  at  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

Jerusalem. 

John  vii. 

Conversation  with  the  woman  of  Samaria. 

Sychar. 

—    iv.  1-42. 

Discourse  on  occasion  of  woman  taken  in 

Discourse  in  the  synagogue  of  Nazareth. 

Nazareth.     • 

Luke  iv.  16-31. 

adultery. 

it 

—  viii.  1-12, 

Sermon  upon  the  mount. 

tt 

Matt,  v.,  vii. 

Discourse  concerning  the  sheep. 

a 

X. 

Instructions  to  the  apostles. 

Galilee. 

X. 

Denunciations  against  the  Scribes  and  Pha- 

Denunciations against  Chorazin,  etc 

a 

—  xi.  20-24 

risees. 

Perasa. 

Luke  xi.  29-36. 

Discourse  on  occasion  of  healing  the  infirm 

Discourse  concerning    humility   and    pru- 

man at  Bethesda. 

Jerusalem. 

John  v. 

dence. 

Galilee. 

—    xiv.  7--.<V 

Discourse  concerning  the  disciples'  plucking 

Directions  how  to  attain  heaven. 

Perse  a. 

Matt.  xix.  1  fi— 3*V. 

of  oorn  on  the  Sabbath. 

Judea. 

Matt.  xii.  1-8. 

Discourse  concerning  his  sufferings. 

Jerusalem. 

—  xx.      17--X*. 

Reputation  of  his  working  miracles  by  the 

Denunciations  against  the  Pharisees. 

a 

—  XX111. 

agency  of  Beelzebub. 

Capernaum. 

22-37. 

Prediction  of  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem. 

a 

XXIV. 

Discourse  on  the  bread  of  Hfa. 

tt 

John  vii. 

The  consolatory  discourse. 

a 

John  xv.,  xvii. 

Disoourse  about  internal  purity. 

is 

Matt.  xv.  1-20. 

Discourse  as  he  went  to  Gethsemane. 

JB 

Matt.  xxvi.  31-3U. 

Piscourse  against  giving  or  taking  offence, 

Discourse  to  the  disciples  before  hie  ascen- 

fcnd concerning  forgiveness  of  injuries. 

a 

—  xviii, 

sion. 

tt 

—  xviii.  16-2S, 

JO 


IRACLES  RECORDED  IN  THE  OLD  TESTAMENT. 


MIRACLES. 

WHERE    WPOUGHT- 

RECORDED    IN 

MIRACLES. 

WHERE    WROUGHT. 

RECORDED   IN 

Aaron's  rod  changed. 

Egypt 

Ex.  vii.  10-12. 

Thunder  destroys  Philistines. 

Ebenezer. 

[I  Sam.  vii.  10-11 
'•       .  xii.  18. 

Waters  made  blood. 

Egypt. 

20-25. 

Thunder  and  rain  in  harvest. 

Gilgal. 

Progs  produced. 

Egypt. 

viii.  5-14. 

Sound  in  the  mulberry  trees. 

Rephaim. 

2  Sam.  v-  23-25. 

Lice. 

Egypt. 

16-18. 

Uzzah  struck  dead. 

Perez-uzzah. 

vi.  7. 

Flies. 

Egypt. 

20-24. 

Jeroboam's  hand  withered. 

Beth-el. 

1  Kings  xiii.  4. 

Murrain. 

Egypt. 

x.  3-6. 

Widow  of  Zarephath's  meaL 

Zarephath. 

xvii.  14-16. 

Boils. 

Egypt. 

8-11. 

Widow's  son  raised. 

Zarephath. 

17-24. 

Thunder,  ete« 

Egypt. 

22-26. 

Sacrifice  consumed. 

Mount  Carmel, 

xviii.  30-38 

Locusts. 

Egypt. 

x.  12-19. 

Rain  obtained. 

Land  of  Israel. 

41-45, 

Darkness. 

Egypt. 

21-23. 

Ahaziah's  captains  eonsumetL 

Near  Samaria. 

2  Kings  i.  10-12 

Death  of  the  firsi-borft, 

Egypt. 

xii.  29,  30. 

River  Jordan  divided. 

River  Jordan. 

ii.  7,  8,  14. 

Red  Sea. 

Egypt. 

xiv.  21-31. 

Waters  of  Jericho  healed, 

Jericho. 

21,  22. 

Marah's  waters  sweetened* 

Marah. 

xv.  23-25. 

Water  for  Jehoshaphat's  army. 

Land  of  Moab. 

iii.  16-20. 

Manna  ssnt. 

In  wilderness. 

xvi.  14-35. 

The  widow's  oil  multiplied. 

iv.  2-7. 

Water  from  the  rock  Rephidiirw 

Rephidim, 

xvii.  5-7. 

Shunammite's  son  raised. 

Shunem. 

32-37. 

Aaron's  rod  budded. 

Kadesh. 

Num.  xvii.  1,  etc. 

The  deadly  pottage  cured. 

Gilgal. 

38-41. 

Nadab  and  Abihu  consumed. 

Sinai. 

Lev.  x.  1,  2. 

Hundred  men  fed  with  twenty  loaves. 

Gilgal. 

42-44 

The  burning  of  Taberah. 

Taberah. 

Num.  xi.  1-3. 

Naaman  cured  of  his  leprosy. 

Samaria. 

v.  10-14. 

Earthquake  and  fire. 

xvi.  31-35. 

Leprosy  inflicted  on  Gehazi. 

Samaria. 

20-27. 

Water  flowing  from  the  rook. 

Desert  of  Zin. 

xx.  7-11. 

Iron  swims. 

River  Jordan. 

vi.  5-7. 

Serpent  healing  the  Israelites, 

Desert  of  Ein. 

xxi.  8,  9. 

King  of  Syria's  army  smitten. 

Dothan. 

18-20. 

Balaam's  ass  speaking. 

Pethor. 

xxii.  21-35. 

Elisha's  bones  revive  the  dead. 

xiii.  21, 

The  river  Jordan  divided. 

River  Jordan. 

Josh.  iii.  14-17. 

Sennacherib's  array  destroyed. 

Jerusalem. 

xix.  35. 

Walls  of  Jericho  fall  down. 

Jericho. 

vi.  6-20. 

Sun  goeth  back. 

Jerusalem. 

xx.  9-11. 

Sun  and  moon  stand  still. 

Gibeon. 

x.  12-14. 

Uzziah  struck  with  leprosy. 

Jerusalem. 

2  Ch.  xxvi.  16-2 J 

Water  flowing  from  the  rock. 

En-hakkore. 

Judg.  xv.  19. 

Shadrach,  Meshach,  etc.,  delivered. 

Babylon. 

Dan.  iii.  19-27. 

Philistines  slain  before  the  ark. 

Ashdod. 

1  Sam.  v.  1-12. 

Daniel  in  the  den  of  lions. 

Babylon. 

vi.  16-23, 

Men  of  Bethshemesh  smitten. 

Bethshemesh. 

vi.  19. 

Jonah  in  the  whale's  belly. 

Jonah  ii.  1  -10. 

REMARKABLE  MOUNTAINS  AND  HILLS. 


MENTION. 

SCRIPTURE    NAMES. 

COUNTRY. 

REMARKS. 

MENTION. 

SCRIPTURE    NAMES. 

COUNTRY. 

REMARKS. 

3fum.  xxxiii.  48. 

Abarim. 

Palestine. 

On  this  range  of  mountains  Ba- 
lak  tempted  Balaam  to  curse 

1  Sam.  xxxi.  1. 

Gilboa. 

Palestine. 

Here  Saul  and  his  sons  fell  in 
battle  with  the  Philistines. 

Israel. 

Gen.  xxxi.  21. 

Gilead. 

On  this  mount  Laban  overtook 

Sen.  vii.  4. 

Ararat. 

Armenia. 

Here    the    ark    rested    at    the 
deluge. 

Jacob,  and  searched  for  hi* 
images. 

lea.  Ixviii.  15. 

Bashan. 

Palestine. 

Remarkable  for  its  height. 

1  Sam.  xxiii.  19. 

Hachilah. 

ee 

On  this  hill  David  hid  a  whil« 

iT'Uke  xxiii.  33. 

Calvary. 

it 

A  common  place  of  execution, 

from  Saul. 

where  Christ  was  crucified. 

Ps.  cxxxiii.  3. 

Ilermon. 

it 

Celebrated  for  its  dews. 

Kings  xviii.  19.. 

CarmeL 

a 

On  this  mount  Elijah  had  his 
trial   against   the  priests  of 

Deut.  xxxii.  49. 

Nebo. 

u 

From  this  mount  Mos  >s  viewed 
the  promised  land. 

Baal. 

Matt.  xxiv.  3. 

Olives,    or    Olivet, 

« 

Here  Christ  preached  his  ser- 

7SQ. viii.  30. 

BbaL 

u 

Here  Moses  pronounced  twelve 
curses    against    the    disobe- 
dient. 

John  viii.  1. 
1  Sam.  xv.  30. 

the  ancient  name. 

mon. 
By  this  mount  David  escaped 
from  the  conspiracy  of  Ab- 

Sam. L  1. 

EphraisB. 

u 

This  mount  was  the  birthplace 

salom. 

of  Samuel. 

Num.  xxiii.  28. 

Peor. 

IS 

Here  Balaam  blessed  instead  of 

.,'st.  viii.  32. 

Geriiim, 

II 

Here  Moses  pronounced  twelve 

cursing  Israel. 

blessings. 

Deut.  xxxiv.  1. 

Pisgah, 

a 

The    highest   point   of    Mounf 

Here  Joshua  wrote  the  law  on 

Nebo,  where  Moses  stood  to 

stone. 

view  the  good  land. 

Here  Jotham  delivered  his  par- 

1 Kings  xvi.  24. 

Samaria. 

a 

On  this  hill  Omri  built  the  city 

able. 

Ahab  was  buried  here. 

PHYSICAL  FEATURES  OF  PALESTINE. 

SHOWING  THE  PROGRESS  OF   THE  SEASONS,  THE  PREVAILING  WINDS  AND  WEATHER,  FOR  EACH  MONTH  IN  THE  TBAE. 


PROGRESS   OF    THE   SEASONS. 

WIND. 

WEATHER. 

PROGRESS  OP    THE    SEASONS. 

WIND. 

WEATHER. 

Country  verdant   with   young   corn, 
groves  and  meadows  adorned  witb 
many  flowers.     Oranges   begin  to 
ripen. 

N.  W.,    N.,   N.  E. 

Heavy  rains;  thunder 
storms;  occasionally 
snow,  and  thin  ice; 
ground  neverfrozen. 

July. 

Various  fruits:  apples,  pears,  pmms, 
etc.     Grapes   fully   ripe.      Pump- 
kins.    Harvest  of  corn  in  the  high- 
er mountains. 

E. 

Greatest  heat  in  goa 
eral;  sky  serene. 

Almond  tree  and  peach  tree  in  blos- 
som;   in    the    lower   and   warmer 
parts,  orange  tree  laden  with  ripe 
fruit. 

N.  W.,    N.,  N.  E. 

Heavy   rains,  etc.,  in 
Jan.  andFeb., called 
by    the    Arabs    the 
"fathers  of  rain." 

Aug. 

Principal    fruit   month.      Grapes, 
figs,   etc.;   in   the   plains,    walnut 
and  olive. 

■ 

Dew  begins  to  fall; 
at  times  large  an<J 
dense  clouds  (Nile 
clouds). 

All  trees  in  full  leaf,  many  in  bloom. 
In  the  lowlands,  orange  and  lem- 
on trees   laden  with  fruits.     Palm 
tree  blossoms ;  barley  ripening. 

W. 

Rain,          hurricanes, 
sometimes       snow  ; 
rivers    much    swol- 
len. 

Sept. 

Commencement  of   vintage.     Har- 
vest  of    the    dourra    and    maize. 
Cotton  and  pomegranate  begins. 

N.  i- 

Mueh  lightning  with- 
out thunder;  verj 
rarely  rain. 

Fruits   of  oleaster   and   white   mul- 
berry     ripen.       Barley     harvest. 
Wheat  harvest  beginning. 

8, 

Occasionally         rain  ; 
sometimes     Sirocco 
from  the  s.  E. 

Oct. 

End  of  Vintage.     Gathering  of  cot- 
ton.    Ploughing  and  sowing  com- 
mence.    Pistachio-nuts  ripen. 

N.  E. 

Dews  very  heavy ;  au- 
tumnal rains  begin 

Principal  harvest  month,  especial- 
ly of  wheat.     Aprieots  and  apples 
ripen  (in  Jordan  valley  vegetation 
withered  and  burnt  up). 

8. 

Rain     very     seldom  ; 
from   this    to    Sep- 
tember no  rain  oc- 
curs. 

Nov. 

Month  of  ploughing  and  sowing. 
Rice  harvest.     Fig  tree  laden  with 
fruit.     Orange  and  citron  tree   in 
bloom. 

N.  W.,    N.,   K.  E. 

Rainy  month.  Thun- 
der storms.  Rainf 
from  the  w.  or  s.  w 

1  Almonds  ripe.     (Beyrouk  honey  of 
the    Jordan    valley    colleoted    in 
May,   June   and    July.)      Grapes 
begin  to  ripen. 

-  3, 

Frequent     hot   winds 
(Simoons);  air 
tionless. 

Dec 
1 

Trees  lose  their  leaves.     The  brown 
and  desolate  plains  and  deserts  be- 
come green  pastures. 

H.  W.,    H,,   H.  B. 

Rainy,  etc.  In  Dec, 
Jan.  and  Feb.  great- 
est amount  of  rain 
in  the  year. 

Jw. 


A?eb, 


Slaroh. 


&prv 


elSllft, 


11 


BIBLE  AIDS  FOR  SOCIAL  AND  PRIVATE  PRAYER. 

EXPRESSIONS   FOR   SOCIAL    PRAYER. 


Jar.  x.  6,  to 

iPsa.  cxlv.  30 

—lxv.  Ji 

'Dan.  u.  5. 

3  John  i.  8. 

jtsa.  Ixiv.  6. 

Psa.  Ixvii.  I. 

—  Ixxxv.  7. 

- 8. 

■ —  lxvii.  S 

—  vli.  9. 

—  ovii.  15. 

ADORATION. 

Foradmuch  as  there  is  none  like  unto  thee,  0  Lord ;  thou  art  great, 

and  thy  name  is  great  in  might :  who  would  not  fear  thee,  0  King 

■»f  nations? 
AH  thy  works  shall  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  and  thy  saints  shall  bless 

thee.     They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of  thy  kingdom,  an<i  ts-'^'of 

thy  power. 
0  thou  that  nearest  prayer,  unto  thee  shall  all  flesh  come 

CONFESSION. 

We  have  sinned,  and  have  committed  iniquity,  and  have  dune  Wick- 
edly, and  have  rebelled,  even  by  departing  from  thy  precepts  and 
from  thy  judgments. 

If  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  deceive  ourselves,  and  the  truth  is  not 
in  us. 

We  arc  all  as  an  unclean  thing. 

SUPPLICATION. 

God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us;  and  cause  his  face  to  shine 

upon  us. 
Wilt  thou  not  revive  us  again,  that  thy  people  may  rejoice  in  thee? 
Show  us  thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  and  grant  us  thy  salvation. 

INTERCESSION. 

Let  the  people  praise  thee,  0  God  ;  let  all  the  people  praise  thee. 
Oh  let  the  wickedness  of  the  wicked  come  to  an  end;  W;  establish 
the  just. 

THANKSGIVING. 

Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his  goodness,  for  his  wonder- 
ful works  to  the  children  of  men  ! 


Psa.  cviii.  4. 

—  cxiii.  2. 

—  cxiii.  3. 
5,  6. 


2  Cor.  ix.  15. 

7. 

1  Pet.  i   R  4. 


Eph.  i.  3. 

Isa.  xxvi  13. 

—  Ixiii.  19, 

Phil.  iv.  20. 
Rev.  vii.  10. 

—  vi.  12. 


For  thy  mercy  is  great  above  the  heavens,  and  thy  truth  reached 

unto  the  clouds. 
Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord  from  this  time  forth,  and  for  679?. 

moro. 
From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the  going  down  of  the  same,  th'i 

Lord's  name  is  to  be  praised. 
Who  is  Jike  unto  the  Lord  our  God,  who  dwelleth  on  high,  who  hum= 

bleth  himself  to  behold   the  things  that  are  in  heaven  and  in  tfe 

earth  7 
Thanks  be  unto  God  for  his  unspeakable  gift. 
In  whom  we  have  redemption  through  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  a 

sins  according  to  the  richness  of  his  grace. 
Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  .7hich  ao* 

cording  to  his    abundant  mercy  hath  begotten  us  again  unto  a 

lively  hope  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead,  to 

an  inheritance   incorruptible   and  undefiled,  and  that  fadeth  aoi 

away. 
Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  hatfc 

blessed  us  with  all  spiritual  blessings  in  Christ. 

DEDICATION. 

0  Lord  our  God,  other  lords  besides  thee  have  had  dominion  qtoe 

us ;  but  by  thee  only  will  we  make  mention  of  thy  name. 
We  are  thine. 

DOXOLOGT. 

Now  unto  God  and  our  Father  be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen, 
Salvation  to  our  God  which  sitteth  on   the  throne,  and  unto  the 

Lamb. 
Blessing,  and  glory,  and  wisdom,  and  thanksgiving,  and  honor,    and 

power,  and  might,  be  unto  our  God  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 


EXPRESSIONS  FOR  PRIVATE  PRATER. 


X"iii.  1. 
—  2. 


*-  Ixii.  1. 

2. 


—  li.  3, 
Rom.  vii.  18. 


24. 


Job  xi.  4. 


tmke  xviii.  A3, 
Psa.  li.  10. 

>— li.  L 


•  XXV.  11. 

•  XXV.  1- 


—  11. 

——12. 

15. 

■  xvii.  7. 
•  exix.  149. 


•*-  nsxix.  18. 
dChron.  i-  10 

Psa,  li.  9. 


ADORATION. 

I  will  love  thee,  O  Lord,  my  strength. 

The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my  fortress,  and  my  deliverer;  my  God, 

my  strength,  in  whom  I  will  trust ;  my  buckler  and  the  horn  of 

my  salvation,  and  my  high  tower. 
Truly  my  soul  waitcth  upon  God;  from  him  cometh  my  salvation. 
He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation;  he  is  my  defence  ;  I  shall  not 

be  greatly  moved. 

CONFESSION. 

I  acknowledge  my  transgression,  and  my  sin  is  ever  before  me. 

For  I  know  that  in  me,  that  is  in  my  flesh,  dwelleth  no  good  thing ; 

for  to  will  is  present  with  me;  but  how  to  perform  that  which  is 

good  I  find  not. 
O  wretched  mat.  that  I  am,  who  shall  deliver  me  from  the  body  of 

this  death  ? 
Behold,  I  am  vile  ;  what  shall  I  answer  thee  ?     I  will  lay  my  hand 
/    upon  my  mouth. 

SUPPLICATION. 

God  be  merciful  to  me  a  sinner. 

Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  O  God,  and  renew  a  right  spirit  within 
me. 

Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy  loving-kindness;  ac- 
cording unto  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies,  blot  out  my 
transgressions. 

For  thy  name's  sake,  O  Lord,  pardon  mine  iniquity,  for  it  is  great ! 

Remember  not  the  sins  of  my  youth,  nor  my  transgressions  ;  accord- 

v  ing  to  thy  mercy  remember  thou  me  for  thy  goodness'  sake,  O 
i    Lord. 

'Oast  me  not  away  from  thy  presence,  and  take  not  thy  holy  spirit 
from  me. 

Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation,  and  uphold  me  with  thy 
free  spirit. 

0  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips,  and  my  mouth  shall  show  forth  thy 
praise. 

Hold  up  my  goings  in  thy  paths,  that  my  footsteps  slip  not. 

Hear  my  voice  according  unto  thy  loving-kindness;  O  Lord,quicken 

me  according  to  thy  judgment. 
Let  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall  praise  thee;  and  let  thy  judgments 

help  me. 

1  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost  sheep ;  seek  thy  servant,  for  I  do  not 
forget  thy  commandments. 

Search  me,  0  God,  and  know  my  heart;  try  me,  and  know  my 
thoughts ; 

And  see  if  there  be  any  wicked  way  in  me,  and  lead  me  in  the  way 
everlasting. 

'Shew  me  thy  ways,  0  Lord  ;  teach  me  thy  paths. 

Lead  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach  me,  for  thou  art  the  God  of  my  sal- 
vation ;  on  thee  do  I  wait  all  the  day. 

Open  thou  mine  eyes,  that  I  may  behold  wondrous  things  out  of  thy 
law. 

Oh  that  thou  wouldst  bless  me  indeed,  and  enlarge  my  coast,  and  that 
thine  hand  might  be  with  me,  and  that  thou  wouldst  keep  me  from 
evil,  that  it  may  not  grieve  me ! 

Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins,  and  blot  out  all  mine  iniquities,, 


Gen.  xxxii. 
Prov.  xxx. 


26. 


Job  xvi.  22. 
Psa.  xxxix.  4. 


Eph.  vi.  24. 
Psa.  exxv.  4. 

Isa.  Ixiv.  1. 

Psa.  xliii.  3. 

—  lvii.  11. 

—  lxxii.  18. 
19. 


—  xl.  1„ 


—  exxxix.  17. 

—  exxxix.  18. 


—  cxlix.  4. 

—  cxvi.  16. 
9. 

1  Tim.  i.  17. 
Rom.  xvi.  27. 


I  will  not  let  thee  go,  except  thou  bless  me. 

Remove  far  from  me  vanity  and  lies ;  give  me  neither  poverty  no? 

riches;  feed  me  with  food  convenient  for  me. 
Lest  I   be  full,  and  deny  thee,  and  say,  Who  is  the  Lord  ?  or  lest  I 

be  poor,  and  steal,  and  take  the  name  of  my  God  in  vain. 
When  a  few  years  _are   come,    then  I   shall  go   the  way  whence  ? 

shall  not  return. 
Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and  the  measure  of  my  days, 

what  it  is,  that  I  may  know  how  frail  I  am. 

INTERCESSION. 

Grace  be  with  all  them  that  love  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity. 

Do  good,  0  Lord,  unto  those  that  be  good,  and  to  them  that  are  up-, 
right  in  their  hearts. 

Oh  that  thou  wouldst  rend  the  heavens,  that  thou  wouldst  come  dowBj 
that  the  mountains  might  flow  down  at  thy  presence. 

Oh  send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth. 

Be  thou  exalted,  0  God,  above  the  heavens;  let  thy  glory  be  abov-j 
all  the  earth. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  the  God  of  Israel,  who  only  doeth  won- 
drous things. 

And  blessed  be  his  glorious  name  for  ever;  and  let  the  whole  earth 
be  filled  with  his  glory.     Amen  and  Amen. 

THANKSGIVING. 

I  waited  patiently  for  the  Lord,  and  he  inclined  unto  me  and  heard] 

my  cry. 
Many,  O  Lord  my  God,  are  thy  wonderful  works  which  thou  hast 

done,  and  thy  thoughts   which  are  to  us-ward:  they  car.not  be 

reckoned  up  in  order  unto  thee :  if  I  would  declare  and  speak  of 

them,  they  are  more  than  can  be  numbered. 
How  precious  also  are  thy  thoughts  unto  me,  O  God!  how  great  is 

the  sum  of  them  ! 
If  I  should  count  them,  they  are  more  in  number  than  the  sand : 

when  I  awake,  I  am  still  with  thee. 
Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul,  and  all  that  is  within  me,  bless  his  holy 

name. 
Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  forget  not  all  his  benefits. 
Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities,  who  healeth  all  thy  diseases. 
Who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction :  who  crowneth  thee  witJs 

loving-kindness  and  tender  mercies. 
What  shall  I  render  unto  the  Lord  for  all  his  benefits  toward  me  ? 
I  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation  and  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 
All  thy  works  shall  praise  thee,  O  Lord,  and  thy  saints  shall  bless 

thee. 
For  the  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in  his  people,  he  will  beautify  the 

meek  with  salvation. 

DEDICATION. 

0  Lord,  truly  I  am  thy  servant;  I  am  thy  servant,  and  the  son  of 
thine  handmaid  :  thou  hast  loosed  my  bonds. 

1  will  walk  before  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living, 

DOXOLOGY. 

Now  unto  the  King  eternal,  immortal,  invisible,  the  only  wist  God, 

be  honor    and  glory  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 
To  God,  only  wise,  be  glory,  through  Jesus  Christ,  for  ever.    Amen, 


PARABLES  RECORDED  IN  THE  OLD  TESTAMENT. 


PARABLES. 

SPOKEN  AT 

RECORDED  IN. 

PARABLES. 

SPOKEN  AT 

RECORDED  ijj 

3ff  BAI/AAM. — Concerning  the  Moabites  and 

The  Smitten  Prophet. — The  escaped  pris- 

Israelites. 

Mount  Pisgah. 

Num.  xxiii.  24. 

oner. 

Near  Samaria. 

1  Kings  xx.  3&-^& 

foTHAM. — Trees  making  a  king. 

Mount  Gerizim. 

Judg.  ix.  7-15. 

Jehoash,  King  op  Israel.— The  thistle  and 

Samson. — Strong  bringing  forth  sweetness. 

Timnath. 

Judg.  xiv.  14. 

cedar. 

Jerusalem. 

2  Kings  xiv.  9. 

Nathan. — Poor  man's  ewe  lamb. 

Jerusalem, 

i  2  Sam.  xii.  1-4. 

Isaiah. — Vineyard  yielding  wild  grapeg. 

Jerusalem, 

Isa.  v.  1-6. 

3/oman  C8"  Tbk.oah.-Two  brothers  striv- 

) 

Ezekiel. — Lion's  whelps. 

Bapylon. 

Ezek.  xiv.  2 

Ja»» 

Jomssleri 

S  Bsm.  xiv,  1. 

The  boiling  pot. 

Babylon. 

Ezek.  xxiv<  3-S, 

i 

(                               I 

The  great  sagles  &n&  She  Tia©. 

Babyloa. 

Eiek.  xvii.  3-10. 

Haemont  of  the  Fouk  Gospels, 


i.  Luke's  preface 

God  the  Word" 

Birth  of  John  Baptist  foretold 
Annunciation  of  the  birth  of 

Jesus 

Mary  visits  Elizabeth 

Birth  of  John  the  Baptist 

The  two  genealogies 

Birth  of  Jesus  Christ 

The  watching  shepherds 

The  circumcision 

Presentation  in  the  temple.... 
The  wise  men  from  the  East.. 
Flight  into  Egypt,  and  return 

to  Nazareth 

Christ  in  the  temple  with  the 

doctors 

Ministry  of  John  the  Baptist.. 
Baptism  of  Jesus  Christ... 

The  temptation 

Andrew  and  another  disciple 

and  Simon  Peter , 

Philip  and  Nathanael 

The  marriage  in  Cana  of  Gali 

lee 

Passover  (first)  and  cleansing 

the  temple 

Nicodemus  comes  to  Jesus  by 

night 

Christ  and  John  baptizing 

Christ  at  the  well  of  Sychar... 

John  the  Baptist  in  prison 

Christ  returns  to  Galilee 

The  synagogue  at  Nazareth  ... 
The  nobleman's  son  at  Caper- 
naum healed 

Andrew  and  Simon,  James  and 

John  called 

The    demoniac   in   the   syna- 
gogue healed 

Simon's  wife's  mother  healed.. 

Circuit  round  Galilee 

Healing  a  leper 

Christ  stills  the  storm 

Demoniacs  in  the  land  of  the 

Gadarenes 

Jairus'     daughter.        Woman 

healed 

Blind  men  and  demoniac 

Healing  the  paralytic 

Matthew  the  publican 

"Thy  disciples  fast  not" 

The    "feast"     at     Jerusalem 

(passover,     second?).      The 

pool  of  Bethesda 

Plucking  ears  of  corn  on  the 

Sabbath 

The  withered  hand.    Miracles. 

The  twelve  apostles 

The  sermon  on  the  mount 

The  centurion's  servant  healed 

The  widow's  son  at  Nam 

Messengers  from  John 

Woe  denounced   to  the  cities 

of  Galilee 

Call  to  the  meek  and  suffering. 

Anointing  the  feet  of  Jesus 

Second  cirouit  round  Galilee... 

Parable  of  the  sower 

Parable  of  the  candle  under  a 

bushel 

Parable  of  the  seed  growing 

secretly 

Parable  of  the  wheatand  tares. 
Parable  of  the  grain  of  mus- 
tard seed 

Parable  of  the  leaven 

jn  teaching  by  parables 

The  wheat  and  tares  explained 
The   hid  treasure,  the   pearl, 

the  net 

His  mother  and  his  brethren.. 

Reception  at  Nazareth 

T^'rd  circuit  round  Galilee 


St.  Matt. 


i.  1 


17 

18-25 


beading  forth  of  the  twelve.... 

Herod's  opinion  of  Jesus 

&>eath  of  John  the  Baptist...... 

She  passover  (third?)  nigh  at 

H»Edl.,...o...J..o....„  ...,...„.., 


ii.  1-12 


ii.  13-23 


iii.  1-12 
iii.  13-17 
iv.  1-11 


iv.  12;  xiv. 
iv.  12 


iv.  13-22 


viii.  14-17 
iv.  23-25 
viii.  1-4 
viii.  18-27 

viii.  28-34 

ix.  18-26 
ix.  27-34 
ix.1-8 
ix.  9-13 
ix.  14-17 


xii.  1-8 
xii.  0-21 
x.  2-4 
v.  1  — vii. 
viii.  5-13 


29 


xi.  2-19 

xi.  20-24 
xi.  25-30 


1-23 


xiii.  24-30 

xiii.  31,  32 
xiii.  33 
xiii.  34,  35 
xiii.  36-43 

xiii.  44-52     ' 
xii.  46-50 
xiii.  53-58 
ix.       35-38; 

xi.  7 
x.  5-42 
xiv,  2,  1 
ziT.  VU 


St.  Mark. 


i.  1-8 
i.  9-11 
i.  12,  13 


14;  vi. 
14,15 


17 


i.  16-20 

21-28 
29-34 
35-39 
40-45 
iv.  35-41 

1-20 

v.  21-43 


1-12 
13-17 
ii.  18-22 


23-28 
.  1-12 
.  13-19 


1-20 


iv.  21-25 


iv.  26-29 


iv.  30-32 


33-34 


St.   Luke. 


i.  1-4 


St.  John. 


5-25 


i.  26-38 
i.  39-56 
i.  57-80 
iii.  23-38 
ii.  1-7 
ii.  8-20 
ii.  21 
ii.  22-38 


ii.  39 

40-52 
iii.  1-18 
iii.  21,  22 
iv.  1-13 


ol-<?5 

1-6 

6 

7-13 

14-16 

17-29 


iii.  19,  20 
iv.  14,  15 
iv.  16-30 


v.  1-11. 

iv.  31-37 
iv.  38-41 
iv.  42-44  ■ 
v.  12-16 
viii.  22-25 

viii.  26-39 

viii.  40-56 

v.  17-26 
v.  27-32 
v.  33-39 


vi.  1-5 
vi.  6-11 
vi.  12-16 
vi.  17-49 
vii.  1-10 
vii.  11-17 
vii.  18-35 


vii.  36-50 
viii.  1-3 
viii.  4-15 

viii,  16-18 


xiii.  18,  19 
xiii.  20,  21 


viii.  19-21 


ix.  1-6 

ix.  7-9 


i.  1-14 


i.  15-31 
i.  32-34 


i.  35-42 
i.  43-51 

1-11 

ii.  12-25 

iii.  1-21 
iii.  22 ;  iv. 
iv.  3-42 
iii.  24 
iv.  43-45 

iv.  46-54 


v.  1-47 


vi,  4 


Feeding  of  the  five  thousand 

Christ  walking  on  the  sea 

Miracles  in  Gennesaret 

"The  bread  of  life" 

The  washed  hands 

The  Syrophoenician  woman.... 

Miracles  of  healing 

Feeding  of  the  four  thousand.. 

The  sign  from  heaven 

The  leaven  of  the  Pharisees 

Blind  man  healed 

Peter's  profession  of  faith.., 

The  passion  foretold 

The  transfiguration 

Tho  coming  of  Elias 

The  lunatic  healed 

The  passion  again  foretold.. 

The  fish  caught  for  the  tribute 

The  little  child 

One  casting  out  devils 

Offences 

Tho  lost  sheep 

Forgiveness  of  injuries 

"Binding  and  loosing" 

Parable  of  the  unmerciful  ser- 
vant  

"  Salted  with  fire  " 

Journey  to  Jerusalem 

Fire  from  heaven 

Answers  to  disciples 

Mission  of  the  seventy 

Teaching  at  the  feast  of  tab- 
ernacles   

Woman  taken  in  adultery 

Dispute  with  the  Pharisees 

The  man  born  blind 

The  good  shepherd 

The  return  of  the  seventy 

The  good  Samaritan 

Mary  and  Martha 

The  Lord's  prayer 

Prayer  effectual 

The  blasphemous  Pharisees 
reproved 

The  unclean  spirit  returning... 

The  sign  of  Jonah 

The  light  of  the  body 


St 

Matt. 

xiv. 
xiv. 
xiv. 

13-21 
22,  23 

34-36 

xv.  1-20 
xv.  21-28 
xv.  29-31 
xv.  32-39 
xvi.  1-4 
xvi.  5-12 

xvi.  13-19 

xvi.  20-28 
xvii.  1-9 
xvii.  10-13 
xvii.  14-21 
xvii.  22,  23 
xvii.  24-27 
xviii.  1-5 


St.  Make. 


vi.  30-44 
vi.  45-52 
vi.  53-56 


The  Pharisees 

What  to  fear 

Covetousness 

Watchfulness 

Galileans  that  perished 

Woman  healed  on  the  Sabbath 

The  grain  of  mustard-seed 

The  leaven 

Journey  towards  Jerusalem.... 

"  Are  there  few  that  be  saved?" 

Warning  against  Herod 

Prophecy  against  Jerusalem- 
Dropsy  healed  on  the  Sabbath- 
day 

Choosing  the  chief  rooms 

Parable  of  the  great  supper... 

Following  Christ  with  the 
cross 

Parables  of  the  lost  sheep, 
piece  of  money,  prodigal 
son 

Parables  of  the  unjust  steward, 
rich  man  and  Lazarus 

Offences 

Faith  and  merit 

The  ten  lepers 

How  the  kingdom  eometh 

Parable  of  the  unjust  judge... 

Parable  of  the  Pharisee  and 
the  publican 

Divorce „ 

Infants  brought  to  Jesus 

The  rich  man  inquiring 

Promises  to  the  disciples 

Laborers  in  the  vineyard 

Death  of  Christ  foretold 

Bequest  of  James  and  John... 

Blind  men  at  Jericho 

Zaccheus 

Parable  of  the  ten  talents 

Feast  of  the  dedication 

Departure  beyond  Jordaa..,.., 


xviii.  6-9 
xviii.  10-14 
xviii.  15-17 
xviii.  18-20 

xviii.  21-35 


viii.  19-22 


vi.  9-13 
vii.  7-11 

xii.  22-37 
xii.  43-45 
xii.  38-42 
v.  15 ;  vi.  22, 

23 
xxiii. 
x.  26-33 
vi.  25.  33 


xiii.  31,32 
xiii.  33 


xxiii.  37-39 


xxii.  1-14 
x.  37,  38 


xviii.  6-15 
xvii.  20. 


xix.  1-12 
xix.  13-15 
xix.  16-26 
xix.  27-30 
xx.  1-16 
xx.  17-19 
xx. 20-28 
xx.  29-34 


xxv.  14-30 


vii.  1-23 

vii.  24-30 
vii.  31-37 
viii.  1-9 
viii.  10-13 
viii.  14-21 
viii.  22-26 
viii.  27-29 
viii.  30-ix. 
ix.  2-1 0 
ix.  11-13 
ix.  14-29 
ix.  30-32 

ix.  33-37 

ix.  38-41 
ix.  42-48 


ix.  49-50 


iii.  20-30 


iv.  30-3-2 


x.  1-12 
x.  13-16 
x.  17-27 
28-31 


32-34 
35-45 
x.  46-52 


St.   Luke. 


ix.  10-17 


ix.  18-20 
ix.  21-27 
ix.  28-36 

ix.  37-42 
ix.  43-45 

ix.  46-48 
ix.  49,  50 
xvii.  2 
xv.  4-7 


ix.  51 
ix.  52-56 
ix.  57-62 
x.  1-16 


x.  17-24 
x.  25-37 
x.  38-42 
xi.  1-4 
xi.  5-13 

xi.  14-23 

xi.  24-28 
xi.  29-32 
xi.  33-36 

xi.  37-54 
xii.  1-12 
xii.  13-31 
xi.  32-59 
xiii.  1-9 
xiii.  10-17 
xiii.  18,  19 
iii.  20,  21 
xiii.  22 
xiii.  23-30 
xiii.  31-33 

xiii.  34,  35 
xiv.  1-6 
xiv.  7-14 
xiv.  15-24 

xiv.  25-34 


xvi. 

xvii.  1-4 
xvii.  5-10 
xvii.  11-19 
xvii.  20-37 
xviii.  1--8 

xviii.  9-14 

xviii.  15-17 
xviii.  1S-27 
xviii.  28-30 

xviii.  31-34 

xviii.  35-43 
xix.  1-10 
xix  ■,1-28 


St.  Jom& 


vi.  1-15 
vi.  16-21 

vi.  22-**, 


vi.  m-n. 


■si.  l-JC 


vii.  11-68- 
viii.  1-11 
viii.  12-5; 
ix.  1-41 
x.  1-21. 


x.  23 


HARMONY  OF   THE  FOUK  GOSPELS— (Continued). 


SUBJECTS. 


JSoising  of  Lazarus 

Jfeeting  of  the  Banhedrim... 
Gliiist  departs  to  Ephraim... 

The  anointing  by  Mary 

Christ  enters  Jerusalem 

Clodnsing  the  temple  (second) 
The  barren  fig  tree 


St.  Matt. 


'Sxhc  rtation  to  prayer  and  for 
giveness , 

ehe  questioning  of  the  chief 
priests 

Parable  of  the  two  sons 

Parable   of  the   wicked    hus- 
bandmen   

Parable  of  the  wedding-gar- 
ment  

the  tribute  money 

Ehe  Sadducees  confuted 

The  great  commandment 

David's  Son  and  David's  Lord 

The  hypocrisy  and   ambition 
of  the  Pharisees.... 

The  widow's  mite .. 

Christ's   second   coming  fore- 
told  

Parable  of  the  ten  virgins 

Parable  of  the  talents 

Che  last  judgment 

jlreeks    visit    Jesus.      Voice 
from  heaven 

The  judgment  of  unbelief 

Last  passover.    Conspiracy  of 
Jews , 

Judas  Iseariot , 

Pa6ohal  supper . , 

Contention  of  the  apostles- 
Peter's  fall  foretold , 

Last   discourse.     The   depa 
ture.     The  Comforter , 


xvi.  6-13 
xxi.  1-11 
xxi.  12-16 
xxi.  17-22 


vi.  14-15 

xxi.  23-27 
xxi.  28-32 

xxi.  33-46 

xxii.  1-14 
xxii.  15-22 
xxii.  23-33 
xxii.  34-40 
xxii.  41-46 

xxiii.  1-39 


xxiv.  1-51 
xxv.  1-13 
xxv.  14-30 
xxv.  31-16 


St.  Mark. 


xiv.  3-9 
xi.  1-10 
xi.  15-18 
xi.        11-14, 
19-23 

xi.  24-26 

xi.  27-33 

xii.  1-12 


St.  Luke. 


xii.  13-17 
xii.  18-27 
xii.  23-34 
xii.  35-37 

xii.  38-40 
xii.  41-44 

xiii.  1-37 


xxvi.  1-5 
xxvi.  14-16 
xxvi.  17-30 


xxvi.  31-35 


xiv.  1,  2 
xiv.  10,  11 
xiv.  12-26 


xiv.  27-31 


vii.  36-50 
xix.  29-44 
xix.  45-48 


xx.  1-8 

xx.  9-18 

xiv.  16-24 
xx.  20-26 
xx.  27-40 

xx.  41-44 

xx.  45-47 
xxi.  1-4 

xxi.  5-36 

xix.  11-27 


St.  John. 


xi.  1-44 
xi.  45-53 
xi.  54-57 
xii.  1-11 
xii.  12-19 


xxii.  1,  2 
xxii.  3-6 
xxii.  7-23 
xxii.  24-30 
xxii.  31-39 


xii.  20-36 
xii.  37-50 


xiii.  1-S5 
xiii.  36-38 
xiv.  1-31 


The  vine  and  the  branches, 
Abiding  in  love 

Work  of  the  Comforter  in  the 
disciples 

The  prayer  of  Christ  for  them 

Gethsemane 

The  betrayal 

Christ  before  Annas  and  Caia- 
phas.     Peter's  denial 

Christ  before  the  sanhedrim.. 

Christ  before  Pilate „..., 


The  traitor's  death 

Christ  before  Herod 

Accusation  and  condemnation 


Treatment  by  the  soldiers 

The  crucifixion 

The   mother  of  Jesus   at  the 


cross 

Mockings  and  railings 

The  penitent  malefactor 

The  death  of  Christ 

Darkness  and  other  portents. 

The  bystanders 

The  side  pierced.... 

The  burial 

The  guard  of  the  sepulchre... 


The  resurrection 

Disciples  going  to  Emmaus.... 

Appearances  in  Jerusalem. 
Doubts  of  Thomas 

Appearance  at  the  sea  of  Ti- 
berias  

Appearance  on  the  mount  in 
Galilee 

Unrecorded  works 


The  ascension. 


St.  Matt. 


xxvi.  36-46 
xxvi.  47-56 
xvii.  57,  58, 

69-75 
xxvi.  59-68 
xx  vii.    1,    2, 

11-14 
xxvii.  3-10 


xxvii.  15-26 

xxvii.  27-31 
xxvii.  32-38 


xxvii.  39-44 


xxvii.  50 
xxvii.  45-53 
xxvii.  54-56 


xxvii.  57-61 
xxvii.  62-66 
xxviii.  11-15 
xxviii.  1-10 


xxviii.  16-20 


St.  Mark. 


xiv.  32-42 
xiv.  43-52 
xiv.    53,    54 

66-72 
xiv.  55-65 
xv.  1-5 


xv.  6-15 

xv.  16-20 
xv.  21-28 


xv.  29-32 


xv.  37 
xv.  33-38 
xv.  39-41 


xv.  42-47 


xvi.  1-11 
xvi.  12,  13 

xvi.  14-18 


xvi.  19-20 


St.  Luke. 


xxii.  40-46 
xxii.  47-53 
xxii.  54-65 

xxii.  66-71 
xxiii.  1-6 


xxiii.  7-12 
xxiii.  13-25 

xxiii.  36,  37 
xxiii.  26-34 


xxiii.  35-39 
xxiii.  40-43 
xxiii.  46 
xxiii.  44,  45 
xxiii.  47-49 


xxiii.  50-56 


xxiv.  1-12 
xxiv.  13-35 

xxiv.  36-49 


xxiv.  50-53 


St.  Johh. 


xv.  I  if 

xvi.  1-3? 
xvii.  1-  2$ 
xviii.  1 
xviii.  2-11 
xviii.  12  -Si 


xviii.  12=* 


xviii. 29-scbt 

16 
xix.  1,  2,  $ 
xix.  17-24 

xix.  25-27 


xix.  28-30 


xix.  31-37 
xix.  38-42 


xx. 1-18 

xx.  19-28 
xxi.  1-23 


xx.    30,   31 
xxi.  24,  25 


CHRONOLOGY  OF  THE  OLD  TESTAMENT  BOOKS,  AUTHORS 
AND  TIME  OF  WRITING. 

PENTATEUCH  AND  HISTORICAL  BOOKS. 


TITLES. 


Genesis 

Exonus 

Leviticus 

Numbers 

Deuteronomy  .. 

Joshua 

Judges 

Ruth  

1  Samuel 1 

2  Samuel J 

1  Kings \ 

2  Kings j 

1  Chronicles  1 

2  Chronicles  J 

Ezra 

Nehemiah 

Esther 


AUTHORS. 


Moses , 

Moses , 

Moses 

Moses 

Moses 

Joshua 

Samuel 

Unknown. 

Compiled  by  Samuel, 
Nathan,  Gad,  or  others. 

Probably  Jeremiah.... 


Ezra  and  others. 

Ezra 

Nehemiah 

In  doubt 


YEARS  B.  0. 


Prom 
From 

Prom 

From 
From 
From 
From 
From 
From 
From 


4004  to 
1635  to 

1491. 
1491  to 

1451. 
1451  to 
1425  to 
1241  to 
1135  to 
1055  to 
1016  to 
889  to 


1635. 
1491. 

1451. 

1425. 
1120. 
1231. 
1056. 
1016. 

889. 

588. 


From  4004  to  532. 

From    536  to  456. 

From    456  to  433. 

From    521  to  495.  (Outof  line  of  narrative.) 


POETICAL  BOOKS. 


TITLES. 


Job 

Psalms 

Solomon's  Song 

Proverbs 

Ecclesiastics... 


AUTHORS. 


Job,  or  perhaps  Moses. 


David  and  others \ 

Solomon 

Solomon,  and  perhaps  others., 
Solomon 


TEARS  B.  C. 


Unknown,  but  before  the  Exode,  B.C.  1491. 
Written  at  various  times,  those  by  David 

between  1060  and  1016. 
About  1016. 
About  1000. 
About  976,  or  in  Solomon's  old  age. 


PROPHETICAL  BOOKS. 


JlTLES. 

DATES, 
B.  C. 

KINGS  OF  JUDEA. 

KINGS  OP  ISRAEL. 

Between 
856—874 

810—795 
810—725 

810—698 

810—660 
758—699 
720—698 
640—609 
628—686 

628—586 

512—598 
606—534 

588—583 

r.33 — 662 

520—518 
520—518 
436—420 

(  Jehu  and  Jehoahaz,  or  Joash  and  Jero- 
j     boam  II. 

Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz,  Hezekiah 
Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz,  Hezekiah. 

/Zechariah,  Shallum,  Monahem,  Peka- 
|     hiah,  Pekah  and  Hoshea. 

Jotham,  Ahaz  and  Hezekiah 

Israel  led  captive. 

Zephaniah 
Lamentations. 

Josiah. 

f  Supposed  to  have  been  written  on 
\     tlie  death  o/Josiah. 
Jehoiakim. 

During  the  Captivity. 
(After  the  capture  of  Jerusalem. 
(  Nebuchadnezzar. 

Captivity. 
After  the  return  from  Babylon. 

Ezekiel 

Zechariah 

PROPHECIES  IN  THE  PENTATEUCH  AND  HISTORICAL 

BOOKS. 


14 


THE  PROPHECY. 

The  number  of  Abraham's  seed 

Bondage  of  his  descendants 

Concerning  the  deliverance  from  Egypt 

Concerning  Isaac 

Joseph's  advancement 

Builder  of  Jericho 

Death  of  Eli's  son 

Death  of  Saul 

Birth  of  Josiah 

Death  of  a  prophet 

Destruction  of  the  house  of  Jeroboam 

Death  of  Jeroboam's  son 

Destruction  of  Baasha's  house 

Great  drought  in  the  reign  of  Ahab 

Syrian  invasion.  

Punishment  for  the  murder  of  Naboth 

Destruction  of  the  house  of  Ahab 

Death  of  Jezebel 

Miraculous  supply  of  water 

Plentiful  supply  of  food 

Death  of  the  unbelieving  lord 

Reign  of  Jehu's  sons  to  the  fourth  generation. 

Death  of  the  king  of  Assyria 

Babylonish  captivity 


TEXT. 

Gen.  xv.  5,  6 

Gen.  xv.  13 

Gen.  xv.  14-16... 

Gen.  xviii.  10 

Gen.  xxxvii.  5.... 

Josh.  vi.  26 

1  Sam,  ii.  34 

1  Sam.  xxviii.  19. 
1  Kings  xiii.  2... 
1  Kings  xiii.  22.. 
1  Kings  xiv.  10.. 
1  Kings  xiv.  12.. 
1  Kings  xvi.  3_.. 
1  Kings  xvii.  1... 
1  Kings  xx.  22... 
1  Kings  xxi.  19.. 
1  Kings  xxi.  21.. 

1  Kings  xxi.  23.. 

2  Kings  iii.  17.... 

2  Kings  vii.  1 

2  Kings  vii.  2 

2  Kings  x.  30 

2  Kings  xix.  7  ... 
2  Kings  xx.  17.... 


FULFILMENT. 


1  Chron.  xxi.  5,  6= 
Gen.  xlvi.  3-7. 
Exod.  xii.  34-37. 
Gen.  xxi.  1. 
Gen.  xiii.  6. 
1  Kings  xvi.  34. 
1  Sam.  iv.  11. 

1  Sam.  xxxi.  2. 

2  Kings  xxiii.  15. 
1  Kings  xiii.  30. 
1  Kings  xv.  29. 

1  Kings  xiv.  17. 
1  Kings  xvi.  11. 
1  Kings  xviii.  41. 
1  Kings  xx.  26. 

1  Kings  xx-ii.38. 

2  Kings  x.  11. 
2  Kings  ix.  36. 
2  Kings  iii.  20. 
2  Kings  vii.  18. 

2  Kings  vii.  17-20. 
2  Kings  xv.  12. 
2  Kings  xix.  35,  37 
2  Kings  xxiv.  10-16. 


THE  MIRACLES  RECORDED  IN  THE  ACTS  OF  THE 
APOSTLES. 


MIRACLES. 

Peter  heals  a  lame  man 

Ananias  and  Sapphira  struck  dead 

Apostles  perform  many  wonders 

Peter   and   John   communicate    the    Holy 

Ghost 

Peter  healeth  Eneas  of  a  palsy 

—  raiseth  Tabitha,  or  Dorcas,  to  life 

—  delivered  outof  prison  by  an  angel... 

God  smites  Herod,  so  that  he  dies 

Elymas,  the  sorcerer,  smitten  with  blindness 
Paul  converted 

—  heals  a  cripple 

—  casts  out  a  spirit  of  divination 

—  and  Silas's  prison  doors  opened  by  an 

earthquake 

—  communicates  the  Holy  Ghost 

—  heals  multitudes 

—  restores  Eutyohus  to  life 

—  shakes  off  a  viper 

—  heals  the  father  of  Publius  and  others 


WHERE  WROUGHT, 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem 

Samaria 

Lydda , 

Joppa 

Jerusalem 

Jerusalem 

Paphos 

Road  to  Damascus. 

Lystra 

Philippi , 

a 

Corinth , 

a 

Troas 

Melita 


RECORDED  IN 


Acts  iii.  1-11. 
v.  1-10. 
t.  12-16. 

viii.  14-Ti 
ix.  33,  34. 
ix.  36-41. 
xii.  7-17. 
xii.  21-23, 
xiii.  6-11. 
ix.  1-9. 
xiv.  8-10. 
xvi.  16-18. 

xvi.  25,  26. 
xix.  1-6. 
tix.  11,  12. 
is.  9-12. 
xxviii.  3-6. 
xxviii.  7-9. 


CHRONO-GENEALOGICAL  TABt 

SHOWING  THE 

LINEAL  DESCENT  FROM  ADAM  TO  OUR  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST, 

AND  TO  THE 

FOURTH  CENTURY  A.  D. 


4004        1st  Century. 


2d  Century. 


3d  Century, 


4th  Century. 


5th  Century. 


6th  Century. 


3404  7th  Century.  3304  8th  Century. 


Adam. 

Tainan 

S\\ 

Hahalalkel 

! 

j 

.. 

Methuselah— 



16th  Century. 


15th  Century. 


The  Missionary  Travels  and  Events  in  the  Life  of  Saint  Paul 


A.D. 

5 


20 
30 
36 


40 


n 

14 
45 
16 


Born  in  Tarsus,  in  Cilicia 

^  Roman  citizen  by  birthright. 
A  Pharisee         .... 

By  trade  a  tent-maker.    (Goat's 
hair  —  Cilicia)     . 

At  the  school  of  Gamaliel,  Jeru- 
salem .... 

Assists  in  stoning  Stephen     . 

Makes  havoc  of  the  Church  . 

Goes  to  Damascus  to  persecute  the 
disciples      .... 

Baptized.  Begins  to  preach  Jesus 
the  Crucified 

Journey  into  Arabia;    return  to 
Damascus    .... 

Escape  from  Damascus  in  a  bas- 
ket (2  Cor.  xi.  33) 

Goes  up  to  Jerusalem.    Disciples 
afraid  of  him 

Introduced  by  Barnabas:  preached 
the  Lord  Jesus    . 

Driven  out  of  Jerusalem ;  goes  to 
Tarsus         .... 

At  Antioch.    Preaches  to  the  Gen- 
tiles       

Disciples  first  called  Christians  in 
Antioch        .... 

Two  Roman,  three  Jewish  scourg- 
ings(2Cor.  xi.  24-26). 

Agabus  prophesies  a  famine  . 

Barnabas  and  Saul  sent  to  Jeru- 
salem with  money 

Joined  by  Mark,  Barnabas'  sis- 
ter's son       .... 

Barnabas  and  Saul  "separated" 
for  the  work 

First  Missionary  Joueney. 
Antioch  to  Seleucia    . 

In  Cyprus  at  Salamis.     Paphos 

Saul's    name    changed    to  Paul. 
Elymas  blinded 

Sailed  from  Paphos  to  Perga,  in 
Pamphylia  .... 

Antioch  in  Pisidia.     Discourse  to 
the  Jews      .... 

The  Gospel  preached  to  the  Gen- 
tiles    ..... 

Paul  and  Barnabas  expelled  from 
Pisidia        .... 

They  came  to  Iconium  . 

To  Lystra.     A  cripple  healed 

The  people  propose  to  sacrifice  to 
them 

Paul  stoned,  and  supposed  to  be 
dead 

He  recovers,  and  they  go  to  Derbe 

Lystra,  Iconium,  and  Antioch 

Passed  through  Pisidia  to  Pam- 
phylia .... 

Preached  in  Perga,  Attalia,  and 
Antioch       .... 

End  of  the  first  missionary  journey 

Visit  to  Jerusalem  with  Barnabas 
and  Titus  (Gal.  ii.). 

The  Council  at  Jerusalem 

Barnabas  and  Silas  sent  with  Paul 
to  Antioch 

Paul  and  Barnabas  preach  in  An- 
tioch     

Second  Missionary  Journey  . 

Paul  and  Silas  go  through  Syria 
and  Cilicia 

Derbe.    Lystra.    Timothy  called 
to  help         . 

Phrygia,  Galatia,  Mysia  (Gal.  i.  2) 

Forbidden  by  the  Spirit  to  go  into 
Bithynia 

Troas.   Paul's  vision,  "  Come  over 
and  help  us"      . 

Samothracia  and  Neapolis.   Phi- 
lippi    ...... 


Acts 
Phil. 

Acts 


Gal. 

Acts 


xxii.    3 

iii.    5 

xviii.    3 

xxii.     3 

vii.  58 
viii.     4 

ix.     2 

ix.  18,  20 

i.  17,  18 

ix.  25 

"  26' 

"  27 

"  30 

xi.  25 

"  26 

"  28 

"  30 

xii.  25 

xiii.    2 

"  4 
"      8 

"  9 

"■  13 

"  14 

"  46 

"  50 
"  51 

xiv.    6 

"   13 

"  19 
"  20 
"   21 

"    24 

xiv. 25, 26 

27 

xv. 

"  22 

"  35 
"   36 

"  41 

xvi. 
"     6 

"  7 
"     9 

"   12 


A.  D. 

52  Lydia  of  Thyatira  baptized  . 
Slave-girl  cured  of  sorcery     . 
Paul  and  Cyrus  whipped  and  im- 
prisoned     .... 

Delivered  from  prison    . 
Amphipolis.     Apollonia.     Thes- 

salonica       .... 
Jason  persecuted  on  account  of 

Paul  and  Silas  . 
They  go  to  Berea  . 
Paul  goes  to  Athens.    Silas  and 

Timothy  remain . 
Discourse  to  the  Greeks  on  Mars 

Hill     .        .        ... 
Dionysius  and  Damaris  believe 

53  Corinth.  Tent-making  with  Aqui- 

laandPriscilla  . 
Silas  and  Timothy  join  him  at 

Corinth        .... 
The  two  epistles  to  the  Thessalo- 

nians  written. 
Crispus    and    many   Corinthians 

believe         .... 
Paul  before  Gallio,  the  proconsul. 

Sosthenes  beaten 

54  On   the  way  to   Jerusalem.    At 

Ephesus      .... 
Csesarea.     Jerusalem.     Antioch. 

Dispute  with  Peter  (Gal.  ii.). 
Third  Missionary  Journey. 

Galatia  and  Phrygia  . 
Epistle  to  the  Galatians  written  at 

Ephesus. 
Apollos  instructed  by  Aquila  and 

Priscilla 

56  Paul  baptizes  and  gives  the  Holy 

Ghost 

Two  years  in  the  hall  of  Tyran- 

nus 

Special  miracles  wrought  by  Paul 
Books  of  divination  burned  . 
Supposed  visit  to  Corinth  (2  Cor. 

xii.  14,  xiii.  1). 

57  First  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians 

written  at  Ephesus. 
Plans  another  journey,  and  sends 

Timothy  and  Erastus . 
Great  tumult  raised  by  Demetrius 

in  the  theatre      . 
Departs  for  Macedonia  . 
Timothy  joins  Paul  at  Philippi  (2 

Cor.  i.  1,  xiii.  14). 
Second  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians 

sent  by  Titus. 
Travels  through  Macedonia  as  far 

as  Illyria  (Rom.  xv.  19). 

58  Corinth.    Epistle  to  the  Romans, 
Luke  joins  Paul  at  Corinth  . 
Troas.    Eutychus  killed  by  a  fall, 

and  restored        . 

By  land  to  Assos;  by  ship  to  Mi- 
tylene  ...... 

Chios.  Samos.  Trogyllium.  Mi- 
letus    ...... 

Coos.  Rhodes.  Patara,  past  Cy- 
prus to  Tyre         . 

Paul  urged  to  go  to  Jerusalem  .     . 

59  Ptolemais    (Acre).     Caesarea,    at 

Philip's  house     . 

Agabus  prophesies  Paul's  danger 
at  Jerusalem       .        .        .        . 

Fifth  and  last  visit  to  Jerusalem  . 

Performs  the  Nazarite's  vow  in 
the  Temple 

The  Jews  arrest  him  in  the  Tem- 
ple      .        .        . 

Beaten  by  the  Jews,  rescued  by 
the  Romans         .        .        .        . 

Bound  with  chains 

Paul's  defense,  spoken  in  the  He- 
brew tongue        .        ,        .       . 


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"   18 

*  22 
"'  25 

xvii. 

"     9 
"   10 

"   15 

"   22 
"   34 

xviii.  1 

"     5 

"     8 

"   13 

xviii.  18 

"   22 

"   23 

"   24 

xix.    1 

"     9 
a   n 

"  19 

«   21 

«  23 

XX.    1 

«     5 

«    12 

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"   17 

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"  30 

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SX1V 

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ii 

10 

A.  D. 

59  Persecuted  for  his  mission  to  the 

Gentiles Acts      xxii.  22 

Saved  by  his  Roman  citizenship   .    "  "      27 

Before  the  council.    Ananias  the 

high -priest .        .        .        .        .    "  sxiii.  I 

The   dispute   between   Pharisees 

and  Sadducees    .        .        .        .    "  "6 

Vision  of  the  Lord  Jesus.    Paul 

cheered s"  "'   II 

Conspiracy  of  the  Jews   to   kill 

him "  "'   12 

The  plot  exposed  by  his  sister's 

son  to  Claudius  Lysias  .    "  '  16 

Paul    sent   under  guard  to  Anti- 

patris " 

Delivered  to  Felix  at  Csesarea  .  " 
Accused  by  Tertullus  .  .  .  " 
Paul  defends  himself  before  Felix  " 
Plot  of  the  high-priest  to  kill  him 

(Festus)  .  .  .  .  .  " 
Paul  before  Festus  .  .  .  " 
Paul  appeals  to  Caesar  .  .  .  " 
He  is  brought  before  Agrippa  and 

Bernice "  "23 

Defends  himself  before  the  king 

and  queen "  xxvi. 

60  Paul   sent   to   Rome   with   other 

prisoners "  xxvii. 

Sidon.     Cyprus.     Sea  of  Cilicia 

and  Pamphylia  .  •              .        .  "  "6 

Myra  in  Lycia,  Cnidus,  Crete,  Sa- 
lome      "  "7 

Fair  Havens,  near  Lasea       .        .  "  "8 

Aug.  —  Storm  in  Adria.    Clauda    .  "  "   14 

The  ship  lightened  by  casting  over- 
board the  tackle          ..."  "18 

Vision  of  the  angel  by  Paul  .        .  "  "  23 

Prophesies  the  events  of  the  voy- 
age        "  "26 

All   escaped  safe  to  land.    Ship 

wrecked "  "44 

A  viper  fastens  on  Paul's  hand. 

Malta "       xxxviii.  3 

The  father  of  Publius  healed  bv 

Paul ".  "  "8 

After  three  months  they  sail  for 

Syracuse "  11, 12 

Rhegium.    Puteoli.   Appii  Forum  "  "  13 

Three  Taverns       .        .        .        .  "  13-15 

61  Rome.     In  his  own  house               .  "  "   16 
He  persuades  the  Jews  ..."  A  23 

62  Writes    to  Philemon,   Colossians,  Ephesians,  ami 

Philippians  at  Rome. 

63  Goes  to  Macedonia  (Phil.  ii.  23;. 
Asia  Minor  (Phil.  xx.  ii.). 

64  Spain.    Supposed  visit  (Rom.  xv.  *,1). 

66  Asia  Minor  (1  Tim.  i.  3). 

67  Writes  First  Epistle  to  Timothy  from  Macedonia. 
Epistle  to  Titus  from  Ephesus.     Nicopolis. 

68  In  prison  at  Rome.    Writes  Second  Epistle  to  Tim° 

othy. 
Beheaded  in  May  or  June. 

The  date  of  the  beheading  of  Paul  is  placed  in  the 
14th  of  Nero's  reign.  Dionysius,  bishop  of  Corinth, 
A.  D.  170,  says  that  Peter  and  Paul  went  to  Italy, 
preached  together  there,  and  suffered  martyrdom  about 
the  same  time.  Caius  of  Rome,  in  the  2d  century, 
names  the  grave  of  Peter  on  the  Vatican,  and  of  Paul 
on  the  Ostian  Way;  and  others,  as  Eusebius,  Tertullian, 
and  Jerome,  agree  in  this  account.  The  locality  around 
Paul's  grave  is  now  used  as  a  cemetery  for  strangers 
who  die  in  Rome. 

The  principle  which  harmonizes  all  the  acts,  and 
preaching,  and  letters  of  Paul,  was  a  belief  in  Jesus  as 
the  Divine  Spirit  —  a  living  Master,  intimately  related 
to  every  living  soul,  of  whose  Gospel  he,  was  the  special 
Messenger.  This  purified  his  love  of  his  own  peoplei 
and  opened  his  heart  toward  all  mankind. 


EEMAEEABLE  EIVEES  AND  LAKES, 


MESTIOV. 


josEA./aSS  v-  12. 

*,ra  via.  15,  21. 
Joe' 
Mr 
N 
Z    Judges  xi.  18. 

jEzek.  L  1. 
Ezek.  xlvii.  18, 


posh  sv.  4. 
Sec.  ii.  14. 
Ma  tfc  iv.  18. 
John  vi.  1,  op 

Sunk  xsiiTo  11. 


Abana. 
JEnon. 

Ahava. 


Amort 
Chebar. 


Damascus. 

Palestine. 

Media. 


f 


East  Sea  (see  Salt 
Sea,  Sea  of  the 
Plain). 

Egypt,  River  of. 

Euphrates. 

Galilee,  Sea  of,  Ti- 
berias, Cinneroth 
or  Chinnereth. 


Syria. 
Ancient    Chal 

dea. 
Syria. 


Egypt. 
Babylonia. 


WHY  REMARKABLE. 


Commended  by  Naaman. 
Here  John  baptized. 
Here   Ezra   proclaimed  a 

fast  prior  to  returning 

from  captivity. 
The  boundary  of  Moab. 
Near    this    river   Ezekiel 

saw  hii,  first  vision. 
Salt  (or  B«,»d)  Sea. 


A  principal  river  ii  Eden. 


Luke  v.  1. 

Gen.  ii.  13. 
Matt.  iii.  5,  6.  13. 


2  Kings  v.  U, 

Gen.  ii.  11, 
Deut.  iv.  4C 


Exod.  xiii.  13  : 

27. 
Num.  rxxiy.  3. 


Gennesaret. 

Gihon. 
Jordan. 


Pharpar  (now   Bar- 

rada). 
Pison, 
Plain,    Sea    of    (see 

East      and      Salt 

Seas). 
Red  Sea. 

StTt   Sea   (see   East 
Sea). 


Palestine. 

Persia. 
Persia. 


Damascus. 

Persia. 
Palestine. 


Arabia, 


WHY   REMARKABLE. 


Miraculous     draught    of 

fishes. 
Second  river  in  Eden. 
Christ     baptized     in    th> 

river — the  principal  on« 

in  Palestine. 
Commended  by  Naaman. 

The  first  river  of  Paradise. 


Here  Pharaofe's  host  w  " 
drownei?.- 


THE  NAMES,  CHARACTERISTICS,  PRIVILEGES  AND  GLORY 


OF  THE 


REDEEMED  FAMILY  OF  MAN", 

CALLED  IN  THE  SCRIPTURES 

The  Chuech  of  G-od. 


ARRANGED   WITH   SPECIAL   REFERENCE   TO   THE   NAMES,   TITLES    AND    CHARACTERS   OP   OUR    LORD   JESUS   CHRIST. 

"  I  speak  concerning  Christ  and  the  Church." 


THE  NAME. 


I.— Jesus  Christ— The  SON. 


Now  are  we  the  Sons  of  God. 

Sons  of  God  (he  gave  them  power  to  become). 

Sons  of  God  (led  by  the  Spirits 

Sons  of  God  (blameless  aud  harmless). 

Sons.    Gal.  4 :  5,  6,  7  ;  Heb.  2:10;  12:7,8. 

Sons  of  the  living  God. 

Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  Lord  Almighty. 

Children  of  God. 

Children  of  the  living  God. 

Children  of  God  (by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus). 

Dear  "Children. 

Obedient  Children. 

Heirs  of  God,  and  Joint  Heirs  with  Christ. 

Heirs  according  to  the  Promise. 

Heirs  of  Salvation. 


II.— Jesus  Christ— GOD. 


Partakers  of  the  Divine  Nature. 

Begotten  of  God. 

Begotten  again  to  a  Lively  Hope. 

Born  again. 

Born  of  the  Spirit. 

Born  of  God. 


Born  of  him. 

New-born  babes. 

In  Christ  Jesus. 

Gods,  to  whom  the  Word  of  God  came. 

Man  created  in  God's  own  image. 

The  image  and  glory  of  God. 

The  godly. 

One  with  the  Pather  and  the  Son. 

Partakers  of  the  glory  of  Christ. 


III.— Jesus  Christ  — JEHOVAH,  JE- 
HOVAH-TSIDKENU. 


He  shall  be  called  Jehovah-tsidkenu. 

Covered  with  the  robe  of  Righteousness. 

Arrayed  in  fine  linen,  clean  and  white,  for  the 

fine  linen  is  the  righteousness  of  saints. 

Clothed  in  white  raiment. 

The  Righteous. 

The  righteousness  of  God  in  him. 

His  Name  in  their  foreheads. 

His  Father's  Name  in  their  foreheads. 

The  Seal  of  God  in  their  foreheads. 

Called  by  a  new  name. 

The  disciples  were  called  Christians. 

That  worthy  Name  by  which  ye  are  called. 

The  Gentiles  upon  whom  my  Name  is  called. 

They  that  love  his  Name. 


IV.— Jesus  Christ— The  CREATOR, 
the  BEGINNING,  the  LIFE. 


Created  by  him,  and  for  him. 

By  the  breath  of  the  Almighty. 

Called  unto  Eternal  Life. 

His  workmanship  created  in  Christ  Jesus. 

The  new  man  after  God  created  in  righteousness 

and  true  holiness. 

Created  by  Jesus  Christ. 

In  Christ,  a  new  creature. 

Life  given  by  the  Spirit. 

Life  in  Christ  Jesus. 

The  Life  of  Jesus  manifested. 

Believing,  having  life  through  his  Name. 

Our  life  hid  with  Christ  in  God. 

The  living. 

Living  by  the  Faith  of  the  Son  of  God. 

They  that  are  heavenly. 


V.— Jesus  Christ— The  WORD. 


Born  again  by  the  Word  of  God. 

Begotten  with  the  Word  of  Truth. 

Quickened  by  the  Word. 


TEXT. 


1  John  3:  2. 
John  1 :  12. 
Rom.  8 :  14. 
Phil.  2 :  15. 

Hos.  1 :  10. 

2  Cor.  6 :  18. 
Matt.  5:9; 

John  11  :52. 
Rom.  8 : 9 ; 9 

26. 
Gal.  3:  26. 
Eph.  5:  1. 
1  Pet.  1 :  14. 
Rom.  8 :  17. 
Gal.  3: 29;  4: 7 
Heb.l:  14. 


2  Pet.  1:4; 

James  1 :  18. 
Uohn5:l,18. 
1  Pet,  1 :  3. 
1  Pet.  1 :  23. 
John  3 :  5,  6. 
John  1:  18 j 
1  John3:9,4: 

7;5:  1,4,18. 
1  John  2 :  29. 
1  Pet.  2 :  2. 
1  Cor.  1 :  30. 
Ps.  82:  6; 
John  10 :  34,35. 
Gen.  1 :  27. 

1  Cor.  11 :  7. 

2  Pet.  2 :  9. 
John  17:  21. 
John  17:  22,23 


Jer.  33:  16. 
Isa.  61 :  10. 

Rev.  19 :  8. 
Rev.  4 :  4. 
Ps.  34 :  15. 
2  Cor.  5:  21. 
Rev.  22 :  4. 
Rev.  14 :  1. 
Rev.  9 :  4. 
Isa.  62 :  2, 12. 
Acts  11 :  26. 
James  2 :  7. 
Acts  13 :  17. 
Ps.  69 :  36. 


Col.  1 :  16 ; 

Rev.  4:  11. 
Job  33 :  4  ; 

Ps.  66 :  9. 

1  Tim.  6:12; 
Ps.  133 :  3. 

Eph.  2 :  10. 

Eph.  4 :  24  ; 

Col.  3 :  10. 
Eph.  3:  9; 

Col.  1 :  16. 

2  Cor.  5 :  17  ; 
Gal.  6:  15. 

2  Cor.  3:6; 

John  3 : 3-8. 
2  Tim.  1 :  1. 
2  Cor.  4 :  10. 
John  20 :  31 
Col.  3 :  3,  4. 
Ps.  69 :  28. 
Gal.  2 :  20. 
1  Cor.  15 :  48- 

55. 


1  Pet.  1 :  23. 
James  1 :  18. 
Ps.  119:  50; 
John  5 :  24. 


THE  NAME. 


Living  by  God's  Word. 

The  Church  sanctified  and  cleansed  with  the 

washing  of  water  by  the  Word. 

Clean  through  the  Word. 

Taught  in  the  Word. 

The  Word  in  the  heart. 

Disciples  indeed,  if  holding  God's  Word. 

Brethren  who  hear  the  Word  of  God,  and  do  it. 

Doers  of  the  Word. 

Holding  fast  the  faithful  Word. 

Believers. 


TEXT. 


VI.— Jesus  Christ — The  MAN. 


Brethren. 


His  brethren. 

Earthen  vessels. 

Partakers  of  flesh  and  blood. 

The  new  man  .  .  .  renewed. 

Renewed  day  by  day. 

Shall  be  fashioned  like  his  glorious  body. 

Shall  be  like  him  when  he  appears. 

Shall  awake  in  his  likeness. 

Strangers  and  pilgrims  on  earth. 


VII.— Jesus  Christ— The  CHILD,  the 
SERVANT,  the  PROPHET. 


Christ's  Servants. 

My  servants  and  my  handmaidens. 

My  servants. 

Thy  servants. 
Servants  of  God,  of  our  God. 

His  servants. 

Servants  of  the  Most  High  God. 
My  servants  the  Prophets. 

Humble. 

Lowly. 

Meek.    Ps.  22:26;  25:9:37:11;  149:4;  Isa.  11: 

4;  61: 1  j  Matt.  5 : 5. 

Poor  in  spirit. 

Honored  of  God. 

Taught  of  God.    John  6 :  45 ;  Isa.  54 :  13 ;  1  Thess. 

4:9;  1  John  2:  27. 

Disciples. 


Prophets  appointed  by  God. 

My  Prophets. 
Holy  Apostles  and  Prophets. 


VIII.— Jesus  Christ— Jesus  the  SA- 
VIOUR, Christ  the  MESSIAH. 


Heirs  of  salvation. 

Chosen  to  salvation. 

Appointed  to  obtain  salvation. 

Clothed  with  the  garments  of  salvation. 

Saved  with  an  everlasting  salvation. 

Wise  to  salvation. 

Such  as  love  thy  salvation. 

Anointed  of  God. 
Grace  given  in  Christ  Jesus. 


Apprehended  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Reconciled  by  Jesus  Christ. 

No  condemnation  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Forgiven  for  Christ's  sake. 

Justified  by  the  Faith  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Belonging  to  Christ. 

Dead  to  the  Law  by  the  body  of  Christ. 
Made  free  by  Christ. 

Preserved  in  Christ  Jesus. 
Sitting  in  heavenly  places  in  Christ  Jesus. 


Deut.  8:3; 
Luke  4:  4. 

Eph. 5:  25,26 
John  15:  3. 
Gal.  6:6; 

Acts  17  :  11. 
Deut.  30:  14; 

Rom.  10:  8. 
John  8:  31. 
Luke  8:  21. 
James  1 :  22. 
Tit.  1:9;  John 

17:  6. 
Acts  5:  14; 

lTim.  4:  12. 


Rom.  8 :  29  : 

12.  1;  Heb. 

2:  11,  12. 
Heb.  2:  17. 
2  Cor.  4 :  7. 
Heb.  2 :  14. 
Col.  3:  10; 

Eph.  4:  13. 
2  Cor.  4:  16; 

Ps.  103    5. 
Phil.  3:  21. 
1  John  3-  2. 
Ps.  17:  15. 
Heb.  11:  13; 

Ps.  119  :  19. 


1  Cor.  7 :  22. 
Acts  2:  18. 
Isa.S5:9,13,14: 
John  18 :  36. 
Acts  4:  29. 

1  Pet.  2:  16; 
Rev.  7:  3. 

Ps.  35 :  27 ;  Col. 

3:  24. 
Acts  16:  17. 

2  Kings  9:7; 
Jer.  7 :  25. 

Ps.9:12;34:2 
Isa.  57 :  15. 

Ps.  138:6; 
Prov.  3 :  34. 


Matt.  5:  3; 
Isa.  66 :  2. 
John  12 :  26. 


Acts  9 :  1,  26 ; 
11:26;19:1, 
30  ;  20 :  7. 

1  Cor.  12 :  28  ; 
Eph.  4:  11. 

Ps.  105 :  15. 

Rev.  18 :  20. 


Heb.  1 :  14. 
2  Thess.  2:  13. 
lThess.5:9;Ps. 
85:9;  37:39. 
Isa.  61 :  10. 
Isa.  45 :  1,7. 
2  Tim.  3 :  15. 
Ps.  40 :  16. 

1  John  2 :  27. 

2  Tim.  1:9; 
1  Cor.  1:4; 
Rom.  5 :  15. 

Phil.  3:  12. 
2  Cor.  5: 18,19. 
Rom.  8 :  1. 
Eph.  4 :  32. 
Gal.  2: 16; 

Rom.  3 :  24. 
Mark  9  :  41 ; 

1  Cor.  3 :  23 
Rom.  7 :  4. 
Gal.  5:1; 

1  Cor.  7 :  22 
Jude  1. 
Eph.  2 :  6. 


THE  NAME. 


Christ  living  in  his  people. 

The  Church's  Head  is  Christ. 

The  Church  received  by  Christ  to  God's  glory. 

Blessing  on  the  Gentiles  through  Jesus  Christ. 

Christ's,  then  Abraham's,  seed  and  heirs. 

Sinners  for  whom  Christ  died. 


IX.— Jesus  Christ— The  LAMB, 
BRIDEGROOM. 


the 


TEXT. 


The  Bride,  the  Lamb's  wife. 

The  Bride  of  the  Bridegroom. 

A  Bride  adorned  for  her  Husband. 

Clothed  as  a  Bride  adorned  with  jewels. 

Perfect,  through  the  comeliness  put  on  her. 

All  fair,  no  spot  in  her. 

Black,  but  comely. 

Fairest  among  women. 

A  lily  among  thorns. 

A  chaste  virgin. 

Worthy  to  walk  in  white  with  Christ. 

Robes  washed  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 

Prince's  daughter. 

God's  jewels,  his  peculiar  treasure. 

One,  the  choice  one. 

My  fair  one. 

My  dove.    Song  Sol.  2  :  14  ;  5 :  2  ;  6 :  9. 

My  love.    Song  Sol.  1 :  9,  15 ;  2:2,  10, 13. 

My  spouse. 

My  sister. 

My  undefiled. 

Beloved.    Jude  20 ;  Song  Sol.  5  :  1. 

My  beloved. 

His  beloved.    Ps.  127 :  2 ;  108 :  6 ;  Jude  20. 

Dearly  beloved  of  his  soul. 

The  Church  loved  by  Christ. 

The  Church  cherished  by  Christ. 

Leaning  on  her  Beloved. 

The  Church  subject  to  Christ. 

The  Church,  his  body. 

Beloved  of  God. 
The  Church  of  God. 

A  glorious  Church. 

Called  Hephzibah  (delight). 

Sought  out,  a  city  not  forsaken. 

The  city  of  righteousness,  the  faithful  city. 

Jerusalem,  the  city  of  Truth. 

The  name  of  the  city,  the  Lord  is  there. 

NeVi  Jerusalem. 

The  h  >ly  Jerusalem. 

The  heav  <nly  Jerusalem. 

The  City,  *he  holy  City. 

The  city  of  vfe£  living  God. 

That  griat  city. 

A  multitude  which  no  man  can  number. 

The  general  assembly. 

The  Church  in  the  Wilderness. 

Congregation  of  Saints. 

One  body. 

The  Church,  a  garden  enclosed. 

A  vineyard. 


X.— Jesus  Christ— The  SHEPHERD. 


The  flock.    1  Pet.  5:3;  John  10 :  16 ;  Acts  20 :  28. 

The  flock  of  God. 

The  flock  of  his  people. 

The  flock  of  his  pasture. 

The  little  flock. 

Kept  by  the  power  of  God. 

Led  like  a  flock. 

His  own  people  .  .  .  sheep. 

His  sheeD 

Sheep  of  his  pasture.  Ps.  74 : 1 ;  79: 13 ;  Jer.  23: 1. 

My  sheep.    Ezek.  34 :  11,  12 ;  John  10 :  14,  26 ; 

21 :  16, 17. 

The  sheep.    Zech.  13  :  7 ;  Matt.  25 :  33 ;  John  10 : 

2,  etc. ;  Heb.  13  :  20. 

The  sheep  of  the  flock. 

Lost  sheep.    Matt.  10 : 6 ;  15  :  24 ;  Luke  15  :  4,  6 ; 

Isa.  53 : 6 ;  Jer.  50 :  6. 

Sheep  going  astray. 

Sheep  for  the  slaughter.    Ps.  44 :  22 ;  Rom.  8 :  36. 

Sheep  in  the  midst  of  wolves. 

Led  in  the  paths  of  righteousness. 

Led  beside  still  waters. 

People  of  his  pasture.    Ps.  23 : 2 ;  95  :  7  ;  100 : 3. 

The  lambs. 

The  little  ones. 

My  lambs. 


Gal.  2  :  20 ; 

2  Cor.  13:5, 
Eph.  5 :  23. 
Rom.  15:  7. 
Gal.  3 :  9. 
Gal.  3 :  29. 
Rom.  5 :  6-8. 


Rev.  21  :  9  ; 

19:  7. 
John  3:  29. 
Rev.  21 :  2. 
Isa.  61 :  10. 
Ezek.  16 : 8-14. 
Song  Sol.  4 :  7, 
Song  Sol.  1 :  5. 
Song  Sol.  1 :8. 
Song  Sol.  2  :  2, 
2  Cor.  11:2; 

Jer.  31 :  4. 
Rev.  3 :  4,  5. 
Rev.  7 :  14. 
Song  Sol.  7  :  1, 
Mai.  3 :  17. 
Song  Sol.  6 :  9, 
Song  Sol.  2: 10, 


Song  Sol.  4 :  8. 
Song  Sol.  4  :  9. 
Song  Sol.  5:  2. 

Song  Sol.  7: 13, 

Jer.  12 :  7. 
Eph.  5:  25 ; 

Gal.  2 :  20. 
Eph.  5 :  29. 
Song  Sol.  8  :  5. 
Eph.  5 :  -24. 
Col.  1 :  24. 
Rom.  1 : 7. 
1  Cor.  1  •  2  ; 

Acts  20 :  28. 
Eph.  5 :  27. 
Isa.  62 :  4. 
Isa.  62:  12. 
Isa.  1 :  26. 
Zech.  8-  3. 
Ezek.  48 :  35. 
Rev.  21 :  2. 
Rev.  21 :  10. 
Heb.  12 :  22. 
Rev.  21:  23, 24. 
Heb.  12 :  22. 
Rev.  21 :  10 
Rev.  7 :  9 
Heb.  12 
Acts  7 
Ps.  149 

Col.  3 : 

Song  8c 
Isa.  5:1, 


1  Pet.  5:2.     . 
Zech.  9: 16.    . 
Ezek.  34 :  31. 
Luke  12 :  32.  / 
1  pet.  1 : 5. 
Ps.7;:20;80:l 
Ps.  7.-.-52. 
John  10 :1L 


Matt.  26:31. 


1  Pet.  2 :  25. 

Matt,  10 :  16. 
Ps.  23 : 3. 
Ps.  23 : 3. 

Isa.  40:11. 
Zech.  13:7. 
John  21 :  15. 


19 


NAMES,  CHARACTERS,  PRIVILEGES  AND  GLORY  OF  THE  REDEEMED,  ETC.  (continued). 


THE   KAME. 


XI.— Jesus  Cheist— The  TREE  OF 
LIFE,  the  BRANCH,  the  VINE,  the 
CORN  OF  WHEAT,  BREAD. 


A  palm  tree,  a  cedar. 

The  Lord  called  thy  name  a  green  olive  tree. 

Called  trees  of  Righteousness. 

Branches  of  the  olive. 

Holy  branches. 

The  Branch  of  the  Lord's  planting. 

Branches  (of  the  Vine). 

Fruitful  in  every  good  work. 

First  fruits. 

Planted  in  the  Lord's  House. 

Planted  by  the  Lord. 

A  tree  planted  by  rivers. 

Bringing  forth  fruit  in  season. 

A  tree  with  unwithered  leaves. 

Full  of  sap. 

God's  husbandry. 

The  fruit  of  "  The  corn  of  wheat." 

Planted  U.  e.  buried). 

Wheat. 

My  threshing,  the  corn  of  my  floor. 

Being  many,  are  one  bread. 
Feeding  on  Christ,  living  for  ever. 


XII— Jesus  Christ— The  LIGHT,  the 
SUN,  the  DAY-STAR. 


Children  of  light. 

Called  .  .  .  into  his  marvelous  light. 

Children  of  the  light. 

Children  of  the  day. 

Clear  as  the  sun. 

Fair  as  the  moon. 

A  woman  clothed  with  the  sun. 

The  lights  of  the  world. 

A  candlestick.    Matt,  5  :  14-16 ;  Rev.  1  :  12;  2  :  5. 

A  shining  light,  shining  more  and  more. 

Changed  from  glory  to  glory. 

Her  light  like  a  stone  most  precious. 

Virgins  with  lamps  burning. 

Stars  shining  for  ever  and  ever. 

Stars  differing  in  glory. 


XIII.— Jesus  Christ— HOPE, 
STRENGTH,  REFUGE. 


Christ  in  you  the  hope  of  glory. 

Looking  for  that  blessed  hope. 

Heirs,  according  to  that  hope,  of  eternal  life. 

Begotten  again  to  a  lively  hope. 

Called  in  one  hope  of  our  calling. 

Saved  (or  sustained)  by  hope. 

Rejoicing  in  hope.    Rom.  12  :  12 ;  5  :  2,  5. 

Blessed  whose  strength  is  in  God. 

Strong  when  the  word  of  God  abides  in  us. 

Strong  in  the  Lord,  in  the  power  of  his  might. 

Strength  made  perfect  in  weakness. 

Shoes,  iron  and  brass. 

Having  fled  for  refuge. 

Laying  hold  of  the  hope. 

Without  fear,  because  God  is  our  refuge  and 

strength. 


XIV.— Jesus  Cheist— The  ROCK. 


Upon  this  Rock  I  will  build  my  Church. 


XV.— Jesus  Christ  — The  BUILDER. 
the  FOUNDATION,  the  CORNER- 
STONE. 


Ye  are  God's  building. 

A  building  fitly  framed  together. 

Built  on  the  Foundation. 

Rooted  and  built  up  in  him. 

Her  walls  salvation,  her  gates  pra:^e. 

Salvation  .  .  .  for  walls  and  bulwarks. 

£■*  walls  great  and  high,  her  gates  pearls. 

Paly  stones,  built  up  a  spiritual  house. 

a      Corner-stones,  polished. 
j)e.  The  House  of  God. 

.The  Church  of  the  Living  God. 
lie  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth. 
P  Citizens. 

S2  P      Citizenship  (Gr.)  in  heaven. 


x.— Jesus  Cheist  — The  TEMPLE, 
E  HIGH  PRIEST,  the  OFFERING. 


The  temple  of  God,  which  temple  ye  are. 

The  temple  of  God,  the  Spirit  of  God  dwelling 

,  within. 

The  temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

An  holy  temple  in  the  Lord. 

An  hjbitation  of  God  through  the  Spirit. 

A  spiritual  house. 

Priests.    Rev.  1 :  6  ;  5  :  10;  20  :  6. 

A  holy  priesthood. 

A  royal  priesthood. 

God's  heritage. 

The  Lord's  portion. 

His  inheritance. 

Our  bodies  a  living  sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable 

to  God. 

Worshipers. 

True  worshipers. 


XVII.— Jesus  Cheist— Mine  ELECT. 
BELOVED,  the  REDEEMER,  the 
BLESSED. 


TEXT. 


Num.  24  :  6. 
Jer.  11  :  16. 
Isa.  61  :  3. 
Zech.  4 :  12. 
Rom.  11  :  16. 
Isa.  60 :  21. 
Jno.  15  :  2, 4-6. 
Col.  1  :  10. 
James  1  :  18. 
Ps.92:  13. 
Ps.  80  :  15. 
Ps.  1 :  3. 
Ter.  17  :  8. 
Ps.  92  :  14. 
Ps.  104  :  16. 
1  Cor.  3  :  9. 
John  12  :  24. 
Rom.  6  :  5. 
Luke  3  :  17. 
Isa.  21 :  10. 
1  Cor.  10: 16,17 
John  0:31,51 


Luke  16  :  8. 
1  Pet,  2  :  9. 
1  Thess.  5  :  5. 

1  Thess.  5  :  5. 
Song  Sol.  6: 10. 
SongSol.6:10. 
Rev.  12:  1. 
Matt.  5 :  14. 

Prov.  4  :  18. 

2  Cor.  3:  18. 
Rev.  21  :  11. 
Matt.  25 : 1-12. 
Dan.  12  :  3. 

1  Cor.  15  :  41. 


Col.  1  :  27. 
Tit.  2  :  13. 
Tit.  3  :  7. 
1  Pet,  1  :  3. 
Eph.  4 :  4. 
Rom.  8  :  24. 

Ps.  84  :  5. 

1  John  2  :  14. 
Eph.  6 :  10. 

2  Cor.  12 :  9, 10 
Dent.  33:25-27 
Heb.  6:18. 
Heb.  6:18. 
Ps.  46 : 1 ;  31  : 

13-15;  27:1 
62 : 5-7. 


Matt.  16 :  18. 


1  Cor.  3 :  9. 
Eph.  2:21. 
Eph.  2:20. 
Col.  2 : 7. 
Isa.  60 :  18. 
Isa.  26 : 1. 
Rev.  21 :  12. 
1  Pet.  2 : 5. 
Ps.  144 :  12. 
1  Tim.  3 :  15. 
1  Tim.  3 :  15. 
1  Tim.  3 :  15. 
Eph.  2:19. 
Phil.  3:20,21. 


1  Cor.  3  :  17. 

1  Cor.  3 :  16. 
1  Cor.  6  :  19. 
Eph.  2 :  21. 
Eph.  2 :  22. 
1  Pet.  2 :  5. 

1  Pet.  2 : 5. 
1  Pet.  2 : 9. 
1  Pet.  5 : 3. 
Luke  8  :  30. 
Eph.  1 :  18. 

Rom.  12 : 1. 
Heb.  10 : 2. 
John  4:23. 


The  elect,  Matt.  24  :  22. 

Elect  according  to  the  foreknowledge  of  God.    1  Pet.  1 :  2. 
Mine  elect  called  by  name.    Isa.  45:4  ;  65  :9,  22.1 


THE  NAME. 


His  own  elect. 

Chosen  out  of  the  world. 

A  chosen  generation. 

Those  whom  the  Father  has  given  to  Christ. 

God's  elect.    Rom.  8 :  33 ;  Tit.  1:1;  Col.  3  :  12. 

The  election  of  grace.    Rom.  9  :  11 ;  11 : 5. 

Called  and  chosen. 

Called  to  be  saints.    Rom.  1 :  6,  7 ;  1  Cor.  1 :  2. 

Called  according  to  His  purpose. 

Called  to  glory  and  virtue. 

Called  to  inherit  a  blessing. 

Called  ou^  of  darkness  into  light. 

Called  to  liberty. 

Called  to  the  fellowship  of  His  Son. 

Called  of  Jesus  Christ.    Rom.  1 :  6 ;  1  Th.  5 :  24. 

Called,  justified. 

Israel  my  called. 

His  people  which  he  foreknew. 

A  remnant  according  to  the  election  of  grace. 

The  election. 

Called  not  Jews  only,  but  also  Gentiles. 

His  hidden  ones. 

Sought  out. 

Ransomed. 

Redeemed  of  the  Lord.    Isa.  51 :  11 ;  62 :  12. 

Blessed,  whom  God  chooses. 

Blessed,  whom  Jesus  blesses. 

Blessed  of  God  the  Father. 

Blessed,  whose  iniquities  are  forgiven. 

Blessed,  to  whom  Jesus  is  not  an  offence. 

Blessed,  who  have  not  seen  him,  but  have 

believed. 

Blessed,  who  know  the  joyful  sound. 

Blessed,  who  hear  the  word  of  God  and  keep  it, 

Luke  11 :  28 ;  Isa.  56  :  1 ,  etc, ;  Prov.  8  :  34 ;  Rev. 

1:3;  22  :  7 ;  Ps.  1  :  1-3 ;  119  :  2  ;  106  :  3. 

Blessed,  who  put  their  trust  in  God. 

Blessed,  whose  strength  is  in  God. 

Blessed,  who  dwell  in  God's  house. 

Blessed  with  all  spiritual  blessings. 

Blessed,  who  fear  the  Lord. 

Blessed  are  the  undented. 

Blessed,  who  consider  the  poor. 

Blessed,  who  faithfully  work. 

Blessed,  with  faithful" Adam. 

Blessed,  whom  the  Lord  chastens. 

Blessed,  who  endures  temptation. 

Blessed,  who  watcheth. 

Blessed,  those  who  die  in  the  Lord. 

Blessed  is  the  memory  of  the  just. 

Blessed,  who  are  called  to  the  marriage  supper 

of  the  Lamb. 

Blessed,  who  have  part  in  the  first  resuirection. 

Blessed  for  ever,  if  blessed  by  the  Lord. 


TEXT. 


XVIIL— Jesus  Cheist— The  TRUTH, 
FAITHFUL  WITNESS. 


:38; 


29; 
17; 


The  righteous  nation  that  keepeth  the  truth. 
The  generation  of  the  upright. 
Upright  in  heart. 
The  just.    Job  12  :  4 ;  Hab.  2:4;  Heb.  10 
Prov.  4  :  18. 
Perfect  and  upright, 
The  upright.    Ps.  11  :  7 ;  18  :  25 ;  33  :  1 ;  37  :  37 
49  :  14 ;  111  :  1 ;  140.:  13 ;  Prov.  2  :  21 ;  10 
11  :  3,  6,  11,  20;  12:6;  13:6;  14  :  11 ;  16 
21  :  18,  29  ;  28  :  10. 
The  upright  an  abomination  to  the  wicked. 
The  upright  in  their  way, God's  delight. 
The  upright,  their  prayer  God's  delight. 
The  upright,  gracious,  full  of  compassion. 
The  upright  love  the  Bridegroom. 
Faithful  brethren  in  Christ. 
Faithful  in  Christ  Jesus. 
Good  and  faithful. 
The  spirits  of  just  men  made  perfect. 


XIX.— Jesus  Christ— The  HOLY  ONE. 


Sanctified.    Acts  20 :  32 ;  Heb.  10  :  14. 
He  that  sanctifieth  and  they  who  are  sanctified 

are  all  of  one. 

Sanctified  through  the  offering  of  the  body  of 

Jesus  Christ  once  for  all. 

Sanctified  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Sanctified  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Sanctified  by  faith  in  Jesus. 

Sanctified  by  God  the  Father. 

Sanctified  through  the  Truth. 

Sanctified  by  the  blood  of  the  covenant. 

Sanctified  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

Sanctified  for  the  Master's  use. 
Holy  and  without  blame  before  Him. 
The  holy  people. 
The  spiritual. 
Redeemed  from  all  iniquity. 
Purified  to  Himself. 
Zealous  of  good  works.  • 

The  saints,  the  excellent,  God's  delight. 
Holy  men  of  God. 
Saints.    Ps.  149  :  1;  Rom.  12  :  13;    15  :  26,  31; 
Col.  1 :2;Phil3.5;Rev.  8:3;Eph.  3:  8,18;5:  3; 
Phil.  1:1. 

The  saints.  Job.  5:1;  Ps.  89 : 5,  7  ;  149  :  5  ;  Dan. 
7:21;  Hos.  11 :  12 ;  Zech.  14  :  5  ;  Matt,  27  :  52 ; 
Acts  9  :  32,  41 ;  26  :  10 :  Col.  1  :  4 ;  1  Tim.  5  :  10 
Phile.  7  ;  Heb.  6  :  10 ;  Jude  3 ;  Rev.  8 :  4 ;  13 :  7 
10 ;  14  :  12;  16  :  6 ;  17  :  6  ;  18  :  24  ;  19  :  8 ;  20  :  9 
2  Cor.  9:  1,12;  13:  13;  Phil.  4  :  22;  Eph.  1  :  1 
15,  18 ;  2 :  19 ;  4  :  12 ;  Rom.  8 :  27  ;  15 :  25 ;  16 :  15 
Heb.  13  :  24 :  1  Cor.  6:1,2. 
Thy  saints.    2  Chron.  6  :  41 ;  Ps.  52  :  9  ;  132  :  9  ; 

145  :  10 ;  Acts  9  :  13. 
His  saints.    1  Sam.  2:9;  Job  15  :  15  ;  Ps.  31  :  23 
37  :  28 ;  116  :  15  ;  148  :  14 ;  149  :  9 ;  Prov.  2:8; 
Col.  1 :  26 ;  1  Thes.  3 :  13 ;  2  Thes.  1:10;  Jude  14. 
The  saints  of  the  Most  High.  Dan.  7 :  18, 22, 25, 27 

20 


Luke  18 :  7. 
John  15 :  19. 
1  Pet.  2 : 9. 
Jno.  17: 11, 12. 


Rev.  17 :  14. 

Rom.  8 :  28. 
2  Pet.  1 :  3. 
1  Pet.  3 :  9. 
1  Pet.  2 :  9. 
Gal.  5 :  18. 
1  Cor.  1 :  9. 

Rom.  8 :  30. 
Isa.  48 :  12. 
Rom.  11  : 2. 
Rom.  11  : 5. 
Rom.  11:7. 
Rom.  9:24. 
Ps.  83 :  3. 
Isa.  62 :  12. 
Isa.  51 :  10. 

Ps.  65 : 4. 
Matt,  5  :  3-11. 
Matt,  25  :  34. 
Rom.  4 :  7,  8. 
Matt.  11:6. 

John  20:29. 
Ps.  89 :  15. 


Ps.  34 : 8. 
Ps.  84 : 5. 
Ps.  84 : 4. 
Eph.  1 : 3. 
Ps.  128:1. 
Ps.  119:1. 
Ps.  41  :  1. 
James  1 :  26. 
Gal.  3 :  9. 
Ps.  94 :  12. 
James  1 :  12. 
Rev.  16:15. 
Rev.  14 :  13. 
Prov.  10 :  6,  7. 

Rev.  19:9. 
Rev.  20 : 6. 
IChron.  17:27. 


Isa.  62 : 2. 
Ps.  112:2. 
Ps.  97 :  11. 


Job  1 : 1,  8. 


Pro.  29: 10, 27 
Prov.  11  :20. 
Prov.  15  : 8. 
Ps.  112:4. 
Soug.  Sol.  1:2. 
Col.  1 : 2. 
Eph.  1 : 1. 
Matt.  25  :  21. 
Heb.  12 :  23. 


Heb.  2 :  11. 

Heb.  10:10. 
1  Cor.  1  :  2. 
Rom.  15:16. 
Acts  26 :  18. 
Jude  1. 
John  17:19. 
Heb.  10:29. 

1  Cor.  6  :  11. 

2  Tim.  2:21. 
Eph.  1 : 4. 
Isa.  62 :  12. 
Gal.  6:1. 
Tit.  2:14. 
Tit.  2 :  14. 
Tit,  2 :  14. 
Ps.  16:  3. 

2  Pet.  1  :  21. 


THE  NAME. 


My  saints,  who  have  made  a  covenant  with  me 

by  sacrifice. 
Saints,  who  give  thanks  at  the  remembrance  of 

God's  holiness. 
Made  meet  to  be  partakers  of  the  inheritance 

of  the  saints  in  light. 
Faultless  before  the  presence  of  God's  glory. 


TEXT. 


XX.— Jesus  Cheist— The  FIRST- 
BORN, the  RESURRECTION,  the 
HEAD. 


The  Church  of  the  first-born. 
My  brethren.    Ps.  22  :  22:  Heb.  2  :  12;  Matt, 
12  :  48, 49 ;  Mark  8 :  33, 34;  Matt.  25  :  40  :  28 :  10 ; 
Luke  8  :  21 ;  John  20  :  17. 

His  brethren. 
The  whole  family  in  heaven  and  earth. 
The  Israel  of  God. 
Children  of  the  resurrection. 
Begotten  .  .  .  unto  a  lively  hope  by  the  resur- 
rection of  Jesus  Christ. 
The  Church,  which  is  the  body  of  Christ.    Eph 
1  :  23 ;  4  :  12 ;  Col.  1 :  24 ;  1  Cor.  12  :  27. 
One  Body,  one  Spirit. 
Members  of  his  body,  his  flesh,  and  his  bones. 
By  one  Spirit  baptized  into  one  Body. 
Our  bodies  members  of  Christ. 
Complete  in  him  the  Head. 


XXL— Jesus  Christ— CAPTAIN, 
LEADER,  COMMANDER. 


Soldiers. 
Warric.'S. 

Wrestlers. 

Terrible  as  an  array  with  banners. 

Compared  to  two  armies  (Mahanaim). 

Who  through  faith  subdued  kingdoms. 

Who  fight  the  fight  of  faith. 

Defeated  without  God.    Deut.  1 :  42,  45  ;  Acts 

5  :  38,  39 ;  23  :  9. 

Conquerors  with  God.    2  Chron.  20  :  1-29 ; 

Zech.  10  :  5. 

Defended  by  angelic  agency.    2  Kings  6  :  8-17  ; 

Ps.  34  :  7 ;  Gen.  32  :  1,  2 ;  Dan.  10  :  1,  etc. ;  12  : 1. 

Clothed  in  the  armor  of  God. 

Looking  unto  Jesus. 

Fighting,  not  as  beating  the  air. 

Her  warfare  taught  by  Christ, 

Watchman.    Ezek.  33  :  2,  etc. ;  Isa.  21  :  6-9 ; 

52  :  8 ;  62  :  6  ;  Matt.  24  :  42. 

More  than  conquerors. 

Victors  through  Jesus  Christ. 


XXII.— Jesus  Cheist— The  LORD,  the 
KING. 


The  Church  crowned. 

The  elders  crowned. 

Kings. 

Translated  into  Christ's  kingdom. 

Children  of  the  kingdom. 

Heirs  of  the  kingdom. 

Worthy  of  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Called  ...  to  his  kingdom  and  glory. 

Sent  forth  to  preach  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Knowing  the  mystery  of  the  kingdom. 

New  birth  the  preparation  for  the  kingdom. 

Doing  the  Father's  will,  belonging  to  the 

kingdom  of  heaven. 


XXIII.— Jesus  Cheist— The  PRINCE 
OF  PEACE,  the  GLORY  of  his 
People  Israel. 


Peace  on  them  and  on  the  Israel  of  God. 
Peace,  from  God  the  Father  and  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.      Rom.  1:7;  1  Cor.  1  :  3 ;  2  Cor.  1:2; 
Gal.  1:3;  Eph.  1:2;  Phil.  1  :  2. 

Peace  which  passeth  understanding. 

Peace  in  believing. 

Peace  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit. 

Peace  from  Him  that  is,  was,  and  is  to  come. 

Peace  with  God  through  Christ. 

Peace  in  Christ.    John  16  :  33 ;  14 :  27. 

God  has  called  us  to  peace. 

Called  unto  his  eternal  glory. 

Glorified  together. 

Appearing  with  him  in  glory. 

Christ  in  them  the  hope  of  glory. 

Christ  glorified  in  his  saints. 

Grace  and  glory  given. 

Rejoicing  in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God. 

Partakers  of  the  glory  to  be  revealed. 

Glory  in  the  Church  by  Christ  Jesus,  through- 
out all  ages,  world  without  end,  Amen. 


XXIV— Jesus  Cheist— The  JLDGE. 


The  saints  will  sit  in  judgment  with  Christ. 

Themselves  judged  hy  Christ. 

His  throne  the  place  of  their  sanctuary. 

His  saints  gathered  to  him  before  the  general 

judgment. 

Placed  at  his  right  hand. 


"Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither 
have  entered  into  the  heart  of  man,  the  things 
which  God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love 
him.  But  God  hath  revealed  them  unto  us  by 
his  Spirit:  for  the  Spirit  searcheth  all  things, 
yea,  the  deep  things  of  God."     1  Cor.  2  :  9,  10. 


Ps.  50 : 5. 

Ps.  30:4. 

Col.  1 :  12. 
Jude  24. 


Heb.  12  :  23. 


Heb.  2  :  17. 
Eph.  3  :  15. 
Gal.  6 :  16. 
Luke  20 :  36. 

1  Pet.  1 :  3. 


Eph.  4  :  4. 
Eph.  5  :  30. 
ICor.  12:13. 
1  Cor.  6 :  15. 
Col.  2 :  10. 


2  Tim.  2  :  3,  4. 
1  Tim.  1  :  18; 
2  Cor.  10  :  3. 
Eph.  6  :  12 ; 
Gen.  32:  24, 25. 
Song  Sol.  6: 10. 
Song  Sol. 6: 13. 
Heb.  11  :  33. 
1  Tim.  6  :  12 


Eph.  6:10-17; 
1  Thess.  5  :  8. 
Heb.  12  :  2. 
1  Cor.  9  :  26. 
Matt.  4  :  1-11. 


Rom.  8  :  37. 

1  Cor.  15  :  57 ; 

Ps.  144 : 1,  2. 


Rev.  12:1; 

Ezek.  16:12 
Rev.  4:4-10. 
Rev.  1:6:5-10, 
Col.  1:13. 
Matt.8:l2;13: 
38;Lukel2:32, 
James  2  :  5. 
2  Thess.  1  :  5. 
1  Thess.  2  :  12, 
Luke8:l;9:2, 
Mark  4 :  11. 
John  3  :  3,  5. 
Matt.  7:21. 


Gal.  6  :  16. 


Phil.  4:  7. 
Rom. 15:13, 33. 
Gal.  5  :  22. 
Rev.  1  :  4. 
Rom.  5 :  1. 

1  Cor.  7  :  15. 

1  Pet.  5  :  10. 
Rom.  8  :  17. 
Col.  3  :  4. 
Col.  1  :  27. 

2  Thess.  1 :  10. 
Ps.  84 :  11. 
Rom.  5  :  2. 

1  Pet.  5 :  1 ;  1 : 
3-12. 

Eph.  3  :  21. 


1  Cor.  6  :  2,  3. 
Rom.  14: 10. 
Jer.  17  :  12. 

Ps.  50 : 3-6. 
Matt.24:31-40, 


Names  and  Titles  Applied  to  the  Holy  Ghost. 

HIS  PERSONALITY  AND  DIVINITY,  AND  HIS  CO-OPERATION  IN  THE  WORK  OF  REDEMPTION. 


THE  NAMES  AND  TITLES. 


Holy  Ghost. 


Holy  Spirit 

Holy  Spirit  of  God 
The  Spirit 


The  Spirit  of  God.. 


The  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God 

The  Spirit  of  the  Father 

The  Spirit  of  Jesus  Christ... 

The  Spirit  of  Christ 

The  Spirit  of  the  Son 

The  Eternal  Spirit 

The  Free  Spirit 

The  Good  Spirit 

The  Seven  Spirits  of  God 

The  Voice  of  the  Almighty.. 
The  Voice  of  the  Lord 


PASSAGES  WHERE  THEY  OCCUR. 


Matt.  1  :  18,  20 ;  12  :  31 ;  28  :  19  ;  Mark 
12:  36  ;  13  :  11 ;  Luke  1:15,  35,  41,  67 
2  :  25,  26  ;  3  :  22 ;  4  : 1 ;  John  7  :  39 
14  :  26  ;  20  :  22;  Acts  1  :  2,  8  ;  2  :  4,  33 
4 :  8,  31 ;  5  :  3 ;  in  all,  this  name  occurs 
in  the  New  Testament  nearly  one  hun- 
dred times. 

Ps.  51 :  11 ;  Isa.  63  :  10, 11 ;  Luke  11:13; 
Eph.  1 :  13  ;  1  These.  4  :  8. 

Eph.  4 :  30. 

Isa.  32  :  15 ;  Ezek.  2:2;  3:12;  Matt.  4  : 
1  ;  Mark  1 :  10  (see  Luke  3  :  22),  12 ; 
John  1  :  32,  33 ;  Luke  2  :  27  (see  25, 
26);  Luke4:14;  John  3:34;  7:39; 
Acts  2:4;  8 :  29 ;  10  :  19,  and  so  in 
nearly  a  hundred  passages. 

Gen.  1 :  2 ;  41 :  38 ;  Ex.  31 :  3 ;  Job  27  : 
3 ;  33  :  4 ;  Ezek.  11 :  24 ;  Matt.  3:16; 
12  :  28;  Eom.  8  :  9,  14,  and  so  in  a 
large  number  of  passages  in  Old  and 
New  Testaments. 

Isa.  11 :  2 ;  59  :  19 ;  63  :  14;  2  Cor.  3  :  17 ; 
Acts  5  r  9. 

Isa.  61 : 1  (Christ's  text,  Luke  4  :  18). 

Matt.  10 :  20. 

Phil.  1 :  19. 

Rom.  8  :  9 ;  1  Pet.  1 :  11. 

Gal.  4 : 6. 

Heb.  9 :  14. 

Ps.  51 :  12. 

Neh.  9 :  20. 

Rev.  1 : 4. 

Ezek.  1 :  24. 

Isa.  6  :  8 ;  Gen.  3:8;  Deut.  4>i&X:  8  :  20. 


THE  NAMES  AND  TITLES. 


My  Spirit  (God  speaking) 
Thy  Spirit  (addressing  God) 
His  Spirit  (speaking  of  God) 

The  Spirit  of  Adoption 

The  Spirit  of  Burning 

The  Spirit  of  Counsel 

The  Spirit  of  Faith 

The  Spirit  of  the  Fear  of  the 

Lord 

The  Spirit  of  Glory 

The  Spirit  of  Grace , 

The  Spirit  of  Holiness 

The  Spirit  of  Judgment , 

The  Spirit  of  Knowledge 

The  Spirit  of  Life 

The  Spirit  of  Love 

The  Spirit  of  Might , 

The  Spirit  of  Promise 

The  Spirit  of  Prophecy' 

The  Spirit  of  Revelation 

The  Spirit  of  Supplication , 

TnE  Spirit  of  Truth 

The  Spirit  of  Understanding 

The  Spirit  of  Wisdom 

The  Breath  of  the  Almighty 

The  Comforter , 

The  Power  of  the  Highest 

An  Unction  from  the  Holy  One 

Truth 


PASSAGES  WHERE  THEY  OCCUR. 


Gen.  6:3;  Isa.  42  : 1 ;  44  :  3  ;  Ezek.  39 : 

29  ;  Joel  2  :  28  (quoted  Acts  2  :  17) ; 
Matt.  12  :  18 ;  Num.  11  :  29 ;  Neh.  9  : 

30  ;  Job  26  :  13  ;  Ps.  104  :  30 ;  139  :  7  ; 
Isa.  48  :  16  ;  Zech.  7  :  12 ;  1  Cor.  2  :  10; 
1  John  4 :  13. 

Rom.  8  :  15. 
Isa.  4 : 4. 
Isa.  11 :  2. 
2  Cor.  4  :  13. 

Isa.  11 : 2. 

1  Peter  4 :  14. 

Heb.  10  :  29 ;  Zech.  12 :  10. 

Rom.  1 : 4. 

Isa.  4:4;  28  :  6. 

Isa.  11 :  2. 

Rom.  8:2;  Rev.  11 :  11. 

1  Tim.  1 :  7. 

Isa.  11  :  2. 

Eph.  1  :  13. 

Rev.  19:10. 

Eph.  1 :  17. 

Zech.  12 :  10. 

John  14: 17;  15:26;  16:13;  Uohn4:6. 

Isa.  11  :  2. 

Eph.  1 :  17  ;  Ex.  28  :  3 ;  Deut.  34 :  9 ;  Isa. 

11:2. 
Job  33  : 4. 

John  14  :  16,  26 ;  16  :  7. 
Luke  1 :  35. 
1  John  2  :  20 ;  compare  John  14 :  26 ;  16 : 

13,  14. 
1  John  5  :  6. 


The  Personality  and  Divinity  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 


THE  EVIDENCES. 


He  is  called  God.. 


He  is  called  The  Lord  or  Jehovah. 

Blasphemy  against  him  the  one 

Unpardonable  Sin , 

Essential  Perfections  of  God  are 
Ascribed  to  him: 

Eternal  existence 

Omniscience 

Omnipresence 

Omnipotence , 

Works    of    Divine    Power    are 
Attributed  to  him: 

Begets  the  Son  of  God 

Anoints  Jesus  for  his  work 

Communicates         supernatural 
gifts 


PASSAGES  IN  WHICH  THEY  OCCUR. 


Acts  5  :  3,  4 ;  1  Cor.  3  :  16  (with  1  Cor. 
6 :  19). 

Acts  28  :  25  (compare  Isa.  6  :  8,  9) ;  Heb. 
3  :  7-9  (compare  Ex.  17  :  7) ;  Heb.  10 : 
15,  16  (compare  Jer.  31 :  31-34). 

Matt.  12  :  31,  32. 


Heb.  9 :  14. 

1  Cor.  2:10-12. 

1  Cor.  3  :  16 ;  Ps.  139  :  7  ;  1  Cor.  G  :  19. 

1  Cor.  12  :  4-11. 


Luke  1 :  27-35 ;  Matt.  1 :  18-25. 
Luke  4  :  18,  21. 

1  Cor.  12  : 1-11. 


THE  EVIDENCES. 


Works  of  Divine  Powrr,  etc.  : 

Convinces  man  of  sin.  

Admits  him  to  the  Father 

Enlightens  his  mind 

Regenerates  his  soul <... 

Sanctifies  his  nature .\. 

Endows    him    with    Christian 

graces 

Seals  him  to  eternal  life 

Reveals  future  events 

Inspires  the  prophets 


PASSAGES  IN  WHICH  THEY  OCCUR. 


AS 


He    is    Distinctly    Named 
Person  in  the  Godhead: 

In  the  baptismal  formula 

In  the  apostolic  benediction 

One  of  the   witnesses    in   liea- 


John  16  : 8. 
Eph.  2 :  18. 
1  Cor  2 :  10. 
John  3  :  5,  6. 

1  Cor  .6:11. 

Gal.  5  :  22,  23. 
Eph.  4 :  30 ;  1 
Luke  2 :  26. 

2  Peter  1 :  21 ; 
6  « i" 


Matt.  28 :  19. 
2  Cor.  13  :  14. 

1  John  5  :  7. 


:  13,  14. 

Acts  1 :  16 ;  28  :  25 ;  Epl 


. 


CO-OPERATION   OF   THE   HOLY    GHOST   IN   THE   WORK   OF   EEDEMPTION. 


HIS  MINISTRATIONS. 


Instructs  Man: 

By  inspiration  of  the  Bible 

By  direct  teaching 

Regenerates  Man 


Makes  Man  the  Child  of  God.... 
Gives    the    Power     of    Prayer 

and  Prays  with  and  for  Man.. 
Gives  and  Increases  Faith 


PASSAGES  WHERE  THEY  ARE 
ANNOUNCED. 


Enables    Man    to    bring    Forth 
good  Fruit  to  God's  Glory 


2  Pet.  1 :  21 ;  2  Tim.  3 :  16 ;  Acts  1 :  16 ; 

28  :  25 ;  1  Cor.  2 :  12,  13 ;  Eph.  6  :  17 ; 

Heb.  3 :  7  ;  1  Pet.  1 :  11,  12. 
John  14 :  26 ;  16  :  13, 14 ;  1  Cor.  2  :  9-14; 

Eph.  1  :  17  ;  1  John  2  :  20,  27  ;  Luke 

1:67,70;  2:26,  27. 
John  3  :  5,  6  (with  Matt.  28  :  19 ;  John 

6  :  63) ;   Rom.  8  :  4,  13 ;  Titus  3:5; 

Job  33 : 4. 
Rom.  8:14-17;  Gal.  4:6,  7. 

Rom.  8  :  26,  27  ;  Eph.  6  :  18  ;  2  :  18. 
1  Cor.  12  :  3,  9 ;  1  John  4:2;  Jude  20; 
Gal.  5  :  5 ;  2  Cor.  4 :  13;  1  Cor.  2  :  14. 

Gal.  5  :  22,  23 ;  1  Pet.  1 :  22 ;  2  Tim.  1 : 
7 ;  Eph.  5  :  9. 


HIS  MINISTRATIONS. 


Sanctifies  Man 

How  we  may  Obtain  the  Holy 
Spirit  : 

In  answer  to  prayer 

By  faith 

By  repentance  and  obedience.... 

If  we  Keep  our  Lord's  Command- 
ments, the  Holy  Ghost  will 
Abide  with  us  for  Ever 

If  we  are  Christians,  we  are 
his  Temple 

We  must  Live  as  Becomes  his 
Holy  Presence 

And  Must  not  Grieve  him 


PASSAGES  WHERE  THEY  ARE 
ANNOUNCED. 


2  These.  2 :  13 ;  1  Pet.  1 : 2, 22 ;  1  Cor.  12 : 
13 ;  6  :  11 ;  Rom.  8  :  2,  5,  9. 13 ;  15  :  16. 


Luke  11 :  13 ;  James  1 :  5-7. 

Eph.  1  :  13 ;  Gal.  3  :  2,  3,  14;  John  7 : 

38  39 
Acts'2  :  38 ;  Titus  3:5;  1  Pet.  3 :  21. 


John  14 :  15-17. 

1  Cor.  3  :  16  ;  6  :  19. 

1  Cor.  3  :  17  ;  6 :  19,  20. 
Eph.  4 :  30. 


21 


A  COMPLETE  LIST  OF  THE  HIGH  PRIESTS  OF  THE  HEBREWS, 

FKOM  THE  COMMENCEMENT  TO  THE  SUBVERSION  OF  THEIR  STATE  AND  GOVERNMENT. 


BEFORE 
CHRIST. 

ORDER. 

1.  SUCCESSION,  ACCORDING  TO  SEV- 
ERAL PORTIONS  OF  THE  SCRIP- 
TURES. 

2.  TAKEN 
FROM 

1  CHRON. 
6:  3-15. 

3.  FROM  JOS. 

ANT.  JUD.,  1.  x. 

c.  8;  1.  xx. 

c.  10. 

4.  FROM  THE  JEWISH 

CHRONICLE 

ENTITLED  SEDER 

OLAM. 

ORDER. 

THE  FOLLOWING  IS  FROM  EZRA,  NEHEMIAH 
AND  JOSEPHUS. 

1490 

1452 
1433 
1414 

1186 
1146 

1090 

1045 

989 

959 

863 

825 
768 

734 

i  711 

6,' .5 

608 
575 
520 

1 

2 

3 

4 
5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 
14 

15 

16 

17 

18 
19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

^25 
26 

27 
28 

29 
30 

31 
32 
33 

34 
35 

36 

37 
38 

Aaron 

Aaron. 

Eleazar. 

Ph  in  eh  as. 

Eli. 

Ahitub. 
Abiathar. 
Zadok. 

Ahimaaz,  under  Ke- 

hoboam. 
Azariah,  under 

Abiah. 
Jehoachash,    under 

Jehoshaphat. 
Jehoiarib,  under  Je- 

lioram. 
Jehoshaphat,  under 

Ahaziah. 
Jehoiadah,  "t  under 
Phadaiah,   J  Joash. 

Zedekiah,        under 
jATv^-iah. 

Joel,  under  Uzziah. 

Jotham,  under  Joa- 
tham. 

Uriah,  under  Ahaz. 

Neraiah,  under 
Hezekiah. 

Hosaiah,  under  Ma- 
nasseh. 

Shallum,  under 
Amon. 

Hilkiah,  under 
Josiah. 

Azariah,  under  Je- 
hoiakim  and  Zede- 
kiah. 

Jehozadak,  after  the 
taking  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

Jesus,  son  of  Joza- 
dak,   after    Cap- 
tivity. 

39 
40 

41 
42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 

54 

55 
56 

57 
58 
59 

60 
61 
62 

63 
64 
65 
66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72 

73 

74 

75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 

81 

Simon  II.,  b.  c.  217 ;  died  195. 

Onias  III.,  b.  c.  195;  deposed  175,  and  died 
167. 

Jesus,  or  Jason,  b.  c.  175 ;  deposed  172. 

Onias  IV.,  otherwise  called  Menelaus,  b.  c. 
172 ;  died  163. 

Lysimachus,  vicegerent  of  Menelaus,  killed 
b.  c.  170. 

Alcimus,  Jacimus  or  Joachim,  b.  c.  160. 

Onias  V.,  did  not  exercise  his  office  in  Jeru- 
salem, but  retired  into  Egypt,  where  he 
built  the  temple  Onion,  B.  c.  157. 

Judas  Maccabeus  restored  the  altar  and  the 
sacrifices  in  165 ;  died  in  153. 

Jonathan,  the  Asamonsean,  brother  of  Judas 
Maccabseus,  consecrated  153 ;  died  143. 

Simon  Maccabseus,  b.  c.  143;  died  136. 

John  Hyrcanus,  b.  c.  136 ;  died  106. 

Aristobulus,  king  and  pontiff,  died  106. 

Alexander  Jannseus,  king  and  pontiff,  105. 

Hyrcanus,  from  68  to  42. 

Aristobulus,  brother  of  Hyrcanus,  usurped 
the  high  priesthood,  and  held  it  three  years 
and  three  months,  from  69  to  66. 

Antigonus,  his  son,  also  usurped  the  office 
and  held  it  from  42  to  37,  when  he  was 
taken  by  Socius. 

Ananeel  of  Babylon,  made  High  Priest  by 
Herod,  b.  c.  37  ;  held  the  office  till  36. 

Aristobulus,  the  last  of  the  Asamonseans,  held 
the  position  less  than  one  year,  and  Ananeel 
was  made  High  Priest  again  in  35. 

Jesus,  son  of  Phabis,  deposed  B.  C.  20. 

Simon,  son  of  Boethns,  b.  c.  20 ;  deposed  5  B.  c. 

Matthias,  son  of  Theophilus,  B.  C.  5  ;  meeting 
with  an  accident  that  prevented  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties,  Ellem  was  elevated  for 
one  day. 

Joazar,  son  of  Simon,  b.  c.  4 ;  relieved  A.  d.  1. 

Eleazar,  brother  of  Joazar,  A.  D.  1. 

Jesus,  son  of  Siali,  a.  d.  6 ;  Joazar  was  re- 
stored A.  D.  7  ;  deposed  13. 

Ananus,  son  of  Seth,  A.  d.  13  to  24. 

Ishmael,  son  of  Phala,  in  24. 

Eleazar,  son  of  Ananus,  made  in  24. 

Simon,  son  of  Camithus,  made  High  Priest 
in  25. 

Joseph,  surnamed  Caiaphas,  made  in  26,  and 
continued  till  35. 

Jonathan,  son  of  Ananus,  made  in  35,  and 
continued  till  37. 

Theophilus,  son  of  Jonathan,  made  in  37,  and 
continued  till  41. 

Simon,  surnamed  Cantharus,  and  son  of  Simon 
Boethus,  was  made  High  Priest  in  41. 

Matthias,  son  of  Ananus,  made  High  Priest 
in  42. 

Elioneus,  made  in  44,  and  continued  till  45. 
Simon,  son  of  Cantharus,  was  a  second  time 
made  High  Priest  A.  d.  45,  and  deposed  the 
same  year. 

Joseph,  son  of  Caneus,  was  made  High  Priest 
in  A.  D.  45,  till  57. 

Ananias,  the  son  of  Nebodeus,  was  made  High 
Priest  in  the  year  of  the  vulgar  era  47,  and 
enjoyed  the  priesthood -till  63. 

Ismael  was  ordained  High  Priest  A.  D.  63. 

Joseph,  surnamed  Cabei,  in  63. 

Ananus,  the  son  of  Ananus,  in  63. 

Jesus,  the  son  of  Ananus,  in  64. 

Jesus,  the  son  of  Gamaliel,  in  64. 

Matthias,  the  son  of  Theophilus,  was  made 
High  Priest  in  A.  D.  70. 

Phannias,  the  son  of  Samuel,  was  made  High 
Priest  in  70,  the  year  Jerusalem  and  the 
temple  were  destroyed,  and  a  final  period 
was  put  to  the  Jewish  priesthood. 

Died. 

Phinehas 

Bukki 

Eleazar 

Died. 

Died. 
Abiezer,  or  Abishua,  |  During  the 
Bukki,                         [rule  of  the 
Uzzi,                           J  Judges. 
Eli,  of  the  race  of  Ishamar,  con- 
secrated. 

Died. 
Ahitub 

Bukki 

Uzzi 

Ahitub  I 

Zadok  I 

Johanan, 
IChron. 
6 :  9,  10. 

Ahitub  II 

Zadok  II 

Hilkiah 

Jehozadak.... 

Eli 

Abiathar 

Murdered  by  Saul. 
Abiathar,  Ahimelech  or  Abime- 

lech. 
Zadok  consecrated. 

Died. 

Zadok 

Ahimaaz 

Azariah,  perhaps   Amariah  of  2 
Chron.  19:  11. 

Johanan,  perhaps  Jehoiada  of  2 
Chron.  24 :  15. 

Died  at  the  age  of  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty. 
Azariah,  perhaps  Zechariah,  son 
of  Jehoiada. 
Killed. 
Amariah,  perhaps  Azariah,  under 
Uzziah. 
Died. 
Ahitub  II.  \  under  Jotham,  king 
Zadok  II.    /     of  Judah. 

Sudeas 

Azariah, under  Hezekiah  (2  Chron. 

31:  10). 
Hilkiah,  unde,r.  Hezekiah 

Odeas 

if 

EliaVJim,  or  Joakim,  under  Manas- 
seh,    continued   to    live    under 
Josiah,  B.  c.  609,  and  longer. 

Azariah,  perhaps  Neriali 

Sallumus 

Hilkiah 

Seraiah,  at  commencement  of  Cap- 
tivity. 
Put  to  death. 
Jozadak,  during  Captivity 

Seraiah. 

Jozadak. 
Jesus,  or  Joshua 

Died. 
Joshua,  or  Jesus,  son  of  Jozadak.. 

SUCCESSION  AFTER  TE 

:e  oaptiyit 

Y. 

THE  FOLLOWING  IS  FROM  EZRA,  N] 

SHEMIAH  AND  J 

OSEPHUS. 

Joachim  under  the  reign  of  Xerxes,  Jos.  Ant.,  1 
Eliashib,  Joasib  or  Chazib,  consecrated  High  P 

miah,  b.  c.  420. 
Joiada,  or  Judas,  Neh.  12 :  10,  33.  C.  413. 
Jonathan,  or  John,  373. 
Jaddua,  or  Jaddus,  who  received  Alexander  the 

died  in  321. 
Onias  I.,  b.  c.  321 ;  died  301. 
Simon  I.,  called  the  Just,  300 ;  died  291. 
Eleazar,  b.  c.  291 ;  under  this  pontiff  the  Septus 

made  about  B.  c.  285 ;  died  276. 
Manasseh,  B.  c.  276  ;  died  250. 
Onias  II.,  b.  o.  250;  died  217. 

ii.  5. 

riest  during  gov 

Great  at  Jerusal 
gint  translation  i 

ernorship  of  Nehe- 
em  in  b,  c.  341,  and 
is  said  to  have  been 

22 


NAMES,  TITLES   AND   CHARACTERS 


OF  THE 


Son  of  GlOD,  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord, 

IN  THEIR  VARIETY  AS  FOTOTO  EST  THE  SCRIPTURES. 


"They  are  they  which  testify  of  me." 

THE  HEADINGS  ARE   DESIGNED   TO   DIRECT  THE  MIND   TO  VARIOUS  ASPECTS  OP  THE   PERSON  AND   GLORIES  OF   THE  LORD. 
EACH   TEXT   WITH   THE    CONTEXT   IN   PROOF   THAT   THE   SON   OF   GOD   IS   THE   SPEAKER   OR   THE   ONE    SPOKEN   OF. 


EXAMINE 


THE  NAME. 


I. — And  Simon  Peter  answered  and 
said,  Thou  art  the  Christ,  the  SON 
of  the  Living  GOD.    Matt.  16 :  16. 


The  Son. 

The  Son  of  God. 

The  Son  of  the  living  God. 

His  only  begotten  Son. 

The  only  begotten  Son  of  God. 

The  Son  of  the  Father. 

The  only  begotten  of  the  Father. 

The  only  begotten  Son,  which  is  in  the  bosom 

of  the  Father. 

The  first-born  of  every  creature. 

His  own  Son. 

A  Son  given. 

One  Son  (his  well-beloved). 

My  Son. 

His  dear  Son  (or  the  Son  of  his  love). 

The  Son  of  the  Highest. 

The  Son  of  the  Blessed. 

Secret. 

Wonderful. 


TEXT. 


Testimony  borne  to  the  SON  by  the 
Father,  by  Jesus  himself,  by  the 
Spirit,  by  angels,  saints,  men  and 

DEVILS. 


The  Father,  "My  Beloved  Son." 

Jesus  himself,  "I  am  the  Son  of  God." 

The  Spirit,  "The  Son  of  God." 

Gabriel,  "The  Son  of  God." 

John  Baptist,  "  This  is  the  Son  of  God." 
John,  Apostle,  "  The  Christ,  the  Son  of  God." 

Paul,  Apostle,  "He  is  the  Son  of  God." 

Disciples,  "Thou  art  the  Son  of  God." 
Nathaniel,  "Rabbi,  thou  art  the  Son  of  God." 

Martha,  "The  Christ,  the  Son  of  God." 

Eunuch,  "Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God." 

Centurion,  "Truly  this  was  the  Son  of  God." 

Unclean  spirits,  "Thou  art  the  Son  of  God." 

The  Legion,  "Thou  Son  of  the  Most  High  God.' 


II. — Unto  the  SON  he  saith,  Thy 
throne,  O  GOD,  is  for  ever  and 
ever.    Heb.  1 :  8. 


God. 


Thy  throne,  0  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever. 

The  Mighty  God. 

The  Everlasting  God. 

The  True  God. 

My  Lord  and  my  God. 

God  my  Saviour. 

Over  all,  God  blessed  for  ever,  amen. 

The  God  of  the  whole  earth. 

God  manifest  in  the  flesh. 

Our  God  and  Saviour. 

The  great  God  and  our  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ. 

Emanuel,  God  with  us. 
The  God  of  Abraham,  The  God  of  Isaac,  The 

God  of  Jacob. 
The  Highest. 


III.— Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you, 
Before  Abraham  was,  I  AM.  John 
8:  58.  Holy,  holy,  holy  is  Jeho- 
vah of  Hosts.    Isa.  6 :  3. 


Jehovah. 

The  Lord  Jehovah. 

Jehovah  my  God. 

Jehovah  of  Hosts. 

Jehovah,  God  of  Hosts. 

The  King,  Jehovah  of  Hosts. 

The  Strong  and  Mighty  Jehovah. 

Jehovah,  mighty  in  battle. 

The  Man,  Jehovah's  Fellow. 

Jehovah-tsidkenu  (the  Lord  our  righteousness) 

The  Lord. 

The  Lord  of  Glory. 
The  Same. 

I  am. 

I  am  (before  Abraham  was). 

I  am  (whom  they  sought  to  kill). 

I  am  (the  Son  of  Man  lifted  up). 

I  am  (the  Resurrection  and  the  Life). 


1  John  4:  14. 
John  1 :  34. 
Matt.  16:  16. 
John  3:  16. 
John  3 :  18. 

2  John  3. 
John  1 :  14. 

John  1 :  18. 
Col.  1 :  15. 
Rom.  8 :  32. 
Isa.  9 :  6. 
Mark  12:  6. 
Ps.  2 :  7. 
Col.  1 :  13. 
Luke  1 :  32. 
Mark  14:  61. 
Judg.  13 :  18. 
Isa.  9 :  6. 


Matt.  17 :  5. 
John  10:  36. 
Mark  1 :  1. 
Luke  1 :  35 ; 

Luke  2:  11. 
John  1 :  34. 
John  20 :  31. 
Acts  9:  20. 
Matt.  14:  33. 
John  1 :  49. 
John  11 :  27. 
Acts  8 :  37. 
Mark  15:  39. 
Mark  3:  11. 
Mark  5 :  7. 


John  1:1; 

Matt.  1:23; 

Isa.  40 :  3. 
Heb.  1 :  8. 
Isa.  9 :  6. 
Isa.  40 :  28. 
1  John  5:  20. 
John  20 :  28. 
Luke  1 :  47. 
Rom.  9 :  5. 
Isa.  54:  5. 

1  Tim.  3:  16. 

2  Pet.  1 :  1. 
Tit.  2:  13. 
Matt.  1 :  23. 

Ex.  3:  2,6. 
Luke  1 :  76. 


Isa.  40 :  3. 
Isa.  40 :  10. 
Zech.  14:  5. 
Isa.  6:3;  John 

12:  41. 
Hos.  12:  4,5; 

Gen.  32:  24. 
Isa.  6 :  5. 
Ps.  24 :  8. 
Ps.  24 :  8. 
Zech.  13 :  7. 
Jer.  23:  6. 
Rom.  10:  13; 

Joel  2 :  32. 
1  Cor.  2 :  8. 
Heb.l:12;Ps. 

102:  27. 
Ex.3:  14; 

John  8 :  24. 
John  8 :  58. 
John  18:  5,6. 
John  8:  28. 
John  11 :  25. 


THE  NAME. 


IV. — He  is  before  ALL  things,  and 
by  HIM  ALL  things  consist.  Col. 
1:  17. 


VI.— Thou  hast  made  HIM  a  little 
lower  than  the  angels.    Heb.  2 : 7. 


The  Almighty,  which  is,  and  which  was,  and 

which  is  to  come. 

The  Creator  of  all  things. 

The  Upholder  of  all  things. 

The  Everlasting  Father  (or  Father  of  Eternity). 

The  Beginning. 

The  Beginning  and  the  Ending. 

The  Alpha  and  the  Omega. 

The  First  and  the  Last. 

The  Life. 

Eternal  Life. 

That  Eternal  Life  which  was  with  the  Father. 

He  that  liveth. 


V.— NO   MAN  HATH    SEEN  GOD  AT  ANY 

time;    he  hath  DECLARED  HIM 
John  1 :  18. 


TEXT. 


Rev.  1 :  8. 
Col.  1 :  16. 
Heb.  1 :  3. 
Isa.  9 :  6. 
Col.  1 :  18. 
Rev.  1 :  8. 
Rev.  1 :  8. 
Rev.  1 :  17. 
1  John  1 :  2. 
1  John  5  :  20. 
1  John  1 :  2. 
Rev.  1 :  18. 


THE  NAME. 


The  Word. 

The  Word  was  with  God. 

The  Word  was  God. 

The  Word  of  God. 

The  Word  of  Life. 

The  Word  was  made  flesh. 

The  Image  of  God. 

The  Image  of  the  Invisible  God. 

The  Express  Image  of  his  Person. 

The  Brightness  of  his  Glory. 

Wisdom. 

The  Wisdom  of  God. 

The  Power  of  God. 

My  Messenger. 

The  Messenger  of  the  Covenant. 

The  Angel  of  Jehovah. 

The  Angel  of  God. 

The  Angel  of  his  presence. 


The  Man. 

The  Man  Christ  Jesus. 

A  Man  approved  of  God. 

The  Second  Man,  the  Lord  from  heaven. 

The  Son  of  Man. 

The  Son  of  Abraham. 

The  Son  of  David. 

The  Son  of  Mary. 

The  Son  of  Joseph  (reputed). 

The  Seed  of  the  Woman. 

The  Seed  of  Abraham. 

Of  the  Seed  of  David. 


VII. — LO,  I  COME,  TO  DO  THY  WILL, 

OGod.    Heb.  10:  9. 


The  Babe. 

The  Child. 

The  Young  Child. 

A  Child  Born. 

The  Child  Jesus. 

Her  First-Born  Son. 

The  Sent  of  the  Father. 

The  Apostle. 

A  Prophet. 

A  Great  Prophet. 

The  Prophet  of  Nazareth. 

A  Prophet  mighty  in  deed  and  word. 

A  Servant. 

The  Servant  of  the  Father. 

My  Servant,  0  Israel. 

My  Servant,  the  Branch. 

My  Righteous  Servant. 

A  Servant  of  Rulers. 

A  Nazarene,  or  Nazarlte. 

The  Carpenter. 

The  Carpenter's  Son  (reputed). 

He  humbled  himself  .  .  .  unto  death. 

A  Stranger  and  an  Alien. 

A  Man  of  Sorrows. 

A  Worm,  and  no  Man. 

Accursed  of  God  (or  the  Curse  of  God). 


John  1 :  1. 
John  1 :  1. 
John  1 :  1. 
Rev.  19 :  13. 

1  John  1 :  1. 
John  1 :  14. 

2  Cor.  4:  4. 
Col.  1 :  15. 
Heb.  1 :  3. 
Heb.  1:3.' 
Prov.8:12,22. 
1  Cor.  1 :  24. 

1  Cor.  1 :  24. 
Isa.  42 :  19. 
Mai.  3:  1. 
Gen.  22:  15. 
Gen.  31:  11, 
13;  Ex.  14: 19. 
Isa.  63 :  9. 


John  19 :  5. 
1  Tim.  2  :  5. 
Acts  2 :  22. 
1  Cor.  15:  47. 
Mark  10:  33. 
Matt.  1 :  1. 
Matt.  1:1. 
Mark  6 :  3. 
John  1  :  45. 
Gen.  3:  15. 
Gal.  3 :  16,  19. 
Rom.  1 :  3. 


Luke  2 :  12. 
Isa.  7 :  16. 
Matt.  2:  20. 
Isa.  9 :  6. 
Luke  2 :  43. 
Luke  2 :  7. 
John  10:  36. 
Heb.  3 :  1. 
Acts  3 :  22, 23. 
Luke  7:  16. 
Matt.  21 :  11. 
Luke  24 :  19. 
Phil.  2 :  7. 
Matt.  12 :  18. 
Isa.  49 :  3. 
Zech.  3 :  8. 
Isa.  53 :  11. 
Isa.  49 :  7. 
Matt.  2 :  23. 
Mark  6 :  3. 
Matt.  13 :  55. 

Ps.  69 :  8. 
Isa.  53 :  3. 
Ps.  22 :  6. 
Deut.  21 :  23. 


VIII.— God  hath  given  him  A  NAME 

WHICH  IS  ABOVE  EVERY  NAME.      Phil. 

2 :  9,  10. 


Jesus. 

Jesus  himself. 

I,  Jesus. 

A  Saviour,  Jesus. 

The  Saviour  of  the  World. 

A  Saviour,  which  is  Christ  the  Lord. 

Jesus  Christ. 

The  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  himself. 

Jesus  the  Christ. 

Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

Jesus  Christ  the  Righteous. 

Jesus  Christ,  the  same  yesterday,  to-day  and 

for  ever. 

Jesus  of  Nazareth. 

Jesus  Christ  of  Nazareth. 

Lord  Jesus. 

Christ  Jesus. 

Christ. 

Messiah,  which  is  called  Christ. 

Anointed. 

Christ  the  Lord. 

The  Lord  Christ. 

The  Christ  of  God. 

The  Lord's  Christ. 

The  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  Blessed. 

The  Christ,  the  Saviour  of  the  World. 


TEXT. 


I 


Matt.  1 :  21. 
Luke  24:  15. 
Rev.  22:  16. 
Acts  13 :  23. 

1  John  4:  14 
Luke  2:  11. 
Rev.  1 :  5. 
Col.  1 ;  2. 

2  Thess.  2 :  16. 
Matt.  16 :  20. 
Rom.  5 :  21. 

1  John  2 : 1. 

Heb.  13 :  8. 
Acts  22  :  8. 
Acts  4:  10. 
Acts  7 :  59. 
1  Tim.  1 :  15. 
Matt.  23 :  8. 
John  4:  25. 
Ps.  2 :  2  j  Acts! 

4:  27. 
Luke  2:  11. 
Col.  3 :  24. 
Luke  9 :  20. 
Luke  2:  26. 
Mark  14 :  61 
John  4 :  42. 


IX. — Worthy  is  the  LAMB  that  was 

SLAIN  TO  RECEIVE  POWER,  RICHES, 
WISDOM,  STRENGTH,  HONOR,  GLORY 
AND  BLESSING.     Rev.  5  :  12. 


The  Lamb  of  God. 

A  Lamb  without  blemish  and  without  spot. 

The  Lamb  that  was  slain. 

~       A  Lamb  as  it  had  been  slain. 

Vie  Lamb  in  the  midst  of  the  throne. 

The  Bridegroom. 

The  >mb  (the  Temple  of  the  City). 

The  Lamb  (the  Light  of  the  City;. 

The  Lamb  (the  Overcomer). 


X.— I  will  set  up  ONE  SHEPHERD 

OVER  THEM,  AND  HE  SHALL  FEED 

them.    Ezek.  34 :  23. 


One  Shepheri>,j^ 
Jehovah's  Shepherd.-_ 
The  Shepherd  of  the  ShetV  '- 
The  Way. 
The  Door  of  the  Sheep. 
The  Shepherd  of  Israel. 
The  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  Souls. 


John  1 :  29. 
1  Pet.  1 :  19. 
Rev.  5 :  12. 
Rev.  5 :  6. 
Rev.  7 :  17. 
Matt.  9:15; 
Rev.  21 :  9. 
Rev.  21 :  22. 
Rev.  21 :  23. 
Rev.  17:  14. 


-.(IN 
,1  WANING. 


The  Good  Shepherd  (that  laid  down  his  life). 
The  Great  Shepherd  (that  was  brought  again 

from  the  dead). 
The  Chief  Shepherd  (that  shall  again  appear). 


Drag. 
'  jnk. 
ETiPg- 
1  Pet.  i :  zd. 
John  10:  11. 


XL— The  TREE  OF  LIFE  in  the  midst 
of  the  Paradise  of  God.    Rev.  2 :  7. 


The  Root  of  Jesse. 

The  Root  of  David. 

The  Root  and  Offspring  of  David. 

A  Rod  out  of  the  stem  of  Jesse. 

A  Branch  out  of  his  roots. 

The  Branch. 

The  Branch  of  the  Lord. 

The  Branch  of  Righteousness. 

A  Righteous  Branch. 

The  Branch  strong  for  thyself. 

The  Vine. 

The  True  Vine. 

The  Tree  of  Life. 

The  Corn  of  Wheat. 

The  Bread  of  God. 

The  True  Bread  from  Heaven. 

The  Bread  which  came  down  from  Heaven. 

The  Bread  which  cometh  down  from  Heaven. 

The  Bread  of  Life. 

The  Living  Bread. 

The  Hidden  Manna. 

A  Plant  of  Renown. 

The  Rose  of  Sharon. 

The  Lily  of  the  Valley. 

A  Bundle  of  Myrrh. 

A  Cluster  of  Camphire. 


Heb.  13:  20. 
1  Pet.  5  :  4. 


Isa.  11 :  10. 
Rev.  5 :  5. 
Rev.  22 :  16. 
Isa.  11:  1. 
Isa.  11 :  1. 
Zech.  6 :  12. 
Isa.  4 :  2. 
Jer.  33 :  15. 
Jer.  23:  5. 
Ps.  80 :  15. 
John  15:  5. 
John  15:  1. 
Rev.  2 :  7. 
John  12 :  24. 
John  6 :  33. 
John  6 :  32. 
John  6:  41. 
John  6 :  50. 
John  6  :  35.     ' 
John  6 :  51. 
Rev.  2 :  17.      i 
Ezek.  34 :  29.  ' 
Song  Sol.  2:  1. 
Song  Sol.  2:  1. 
Song  Sol.  1:13. 
SongSol.l:14. 


NAMES,  TITLES  AND  CHARACTERS  OF  THE  SON  OF  GOD,  JESUS  CHRIST  OUR  LORD. 


THE  NAME. 


XII— I  AM  THE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD  ; 
HE  THAT  FOLLOWETH  ME  SHALL  HAVE 

the  Light  of  Life.    John  8 :  12. 


The  Light. 

The  True  Light. 

A  Great  Light. 

A  Light  came  into  the  world. 

The  Light  of  the  world. 

The  Light  of  men. 

A  Light  to  lighten  the  Gentiles. 

A  Light  of  the  Gentiles. 

A  Star. 

The  Morning  Star. 

The  Bright  and  Morning  Star. 

The  Day  Star. 

The  Day-spring  from  on  High. 

The  Sun  of  Righteousness. 


XIII.— The  name  of  the  Lord  is  a 
Strong  tower.    Prov.  18 :  10. 


The  Strength  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

A  Strength  to  the.  Poor. 

A  Strength  to  the  needy  in  distress. 

A  Refuge  from  the  Storm. 

A  Covert  from  the  Tempest. 

The  Hope  of  his  people. 

A  Horn  of  Salvation. 


XIV.— They  drank  of  that  spiritual 
Rock  that  followed  them,  and 
that  ROCK  was  Christ.    1  Cor.  10 :  4. 


The  Rock. 

My  Strong  Rock. 

The  Rock  of  Ages. 

The  Rock  that  is  higher  than  I. 

My  Rock  and  my  Fortress. 

The  Rock  of  my  Strength. 

The  Rock  of  my  Refuge. 

A  Rock  of  Habitation. 

The  Rock  of  my  Heart. 

The  Rock  of  my  Salvation. 

My  Rock  and  my  Redeemer. 

That  Spiritual  Rock. 

The  Rock  that  followed  them. 

A  Shadow  from  the  Heat. 


XV.— Other  FOUNDATION  can   no 

MAN  LAY  THAN  THAT  IS  LAID,  WHICH 

is  Jesus  Christ.    1  Cor.  3 :  11. 


The  Builder. 

The  Foundation. 

A  Sure  Foundation. 

A  Stone. 

A  Living  Stone. 

A  Tried  Stone. 

A  Chief  Corner-stone, 

An  Elect  Stone. 

A  Precious  Stone. 

The  Head  Stone  of  the  Corner. 

A  Stone  cut  out  without  hands. 

But  unto  /hem  which  are  disobedient, 

A  Sto^e  of  Stumbling. 

A  Rock  of  Offence. 


TEXT. 


John  12 :  35. 
John  1 :  9. 
Isa.  9 :  2. 
John  12:  46. 
John  8:  12. 
John  1:  4. 
Luke  2 :  32. 
Isa.  42  :  6. 
Num.  24:  17. 
Rev.  2 :  28. 
Rev.  22:  16. 
2  Pet.  1  :  19. 
Luke  1    78. 
Mai.  4 :  2. 


Joel  3  : 

12-16 

Isa,  25 

4. 

Isa.  25 : 

4. 

Isa.  25 

4. 

Isa.  32 : 

2. 

Joel  S : 

12-16 

Luke  1 

:  69. 

Matt.  16:  18. 
Ps.  31 :  2. 
Isa.  26 :  4. 
Ps.  61 :  2. 


Ps.  31 : 
Ps.  62 : 
Ps.  94 : 
Ps.  71 : 
Ps.  73 : 


3. 

7. 
22. 
3. 
26. 


XVI.— In  his  TEMPLE  every  WHIT 
of  it  uttereth  his  glory.  Ps.  29:  9. 


'■$& 


•Cs 


The  Temple. 
A  Sanctuary. 

>f  the  Sanctuary  and  of  the 
ue  Taherp.  .cle. 
of  Vr    J/ircuracision. 
L    vei  (his  flesh). 
fi.'.5  24  The  Altar. 

The  Offerer. 
The  Offering. 
The  Sacrifice. 
A  Ransom  (his  life). 
The  Lamb. 
The  Lamb  Slain. 
Within  the  Veil — 
The  Forerunner  (for  us  entered,  even  Jesua). 
The  Mercy-seat  (or  Propitiation). 
The  Priest. 
The  High  Priest. 
The  Great  High  Priest. 
The  Mediator. 
The  Daysman. 
The  Interpreter. 
The  Intercessor. 
The  Advocate. 
The  Surety. 


2  Sam.  22  :  47. 
Ps.  19 :  14. 
1  Cor.  10 :  4. 
1  Cor.  10 :  4. 
Isa.  25 :  4. 


Heb.  3:  3; 
Matt.  16 :  18. 
ICor.  3:  11. 
Isa.  28 :  16. 
Isa.  28 :  16. 
1  Pet.  2:  4. 
Isa.  28 :  16. 
1  Pet.  2 :  6. 
1  Pet.  2 :  6. 
1  Pet.J?..  6. 
Ps.  lrj:  22. 
Dan.  2:  34,45, 

x  Pet.  2 :  8. 
1  Pet.  2 :  8. 


Rev.  21 :  22. 
Isa.  8 :  14. 

Heb.  8 :  2. 
Rom.  15 :  8. 
Heb.  10 :  20. 
Heb.  13:  10. 
Heb.  7 :  27. 
Eph.  5 :  2. 
Eph.  5 :  2. 
Mark  10:  49. 
Rev.  7 :  9. 
Rev.  13 :  8. 

Heb.  6 :  20. 
Rom.  3 :  25. 
Heb.  5 :  6. 
Heb.  3 :  1. 
Heb.  4:  11. 
1  Tim.  2  :  5. 
Job  9 :  33. 
Job  33 :  23. 
Heb.  7 :  25. 
1  John  2:  1. 
Heb.  7 :  22. 


XVII.— A  GIFT  IS  A  PRECIOUS  STONE 
IN  THE  EYES  OF  HIM  THAT  HATH  IT  ; 
WHITHERSOEVER  IT  TURNETH,  IT 
PROSPERETH.     Prov.  17  :  8. 


The  Gift  of  God. 

His  Unspeakable  Gift. 

My  Beloved,  In  whom  my  soul  is  well  pleased. 

Mine  Elect,  In  whom  my  soul  delighteth. 

The  Holy  Child  Jesus. 

The  Chosen  of  God. 

The  Salvation  of  God. 

The  Salvation  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

The  Redeemer. 

The  Shiloh  (Peace-Maker). 

The  Consolation  of  Israel. 

The  Blessed. 
The  Most  Blessed  for  ever. 


John4:10;3: 

16. 
2  Cor.  9:  15. 
Matt.  12 :  18. 
Isa.  42 :  1. 
Acts  4 :  27. 
Luke  23:  35. 
Luke  2 :  30. 
Isa.  62 :  11. 
Isa.  59 :  20. 
Gen.  49  :  10. 
Luke  2 :  25. 
Ps.  77:  17. 
Ps.  21 :  6. 


THE  NAME. 


XVIII.— Who  was  FAITHFUL  to  Him 

THAT  APPOINTED  HIM.     Heb.  3  :  2. 


The  Truth. 

The  Faithful  and  True. 

A  Covenant  of  the  People. 

The  Testator  or  Covenanter. 

The  Faithful  Witness. 

The  Faithful  and  True  Witness. 

A  Witness  to  the  People. 

The  Amen. 


TEXT. 


XIX.— He  that  is  HOLY,  he  that  is 
TRUE.    Rev.  3  :  7. 


The  Just. 

The  Just  One. 

Thine  Holy  One. 

The  Holy  One  and  the  Just. 

The  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

The  Holy  One  of  God. 

Holy,  Holy,  Holy. 


XX. — That  in  ALL  things  he  might 
have  the  PRE-EMINENCE.  Col.  1 :  18. 


The  Beginning  of  the  Creation  of  God. 

My  First-Born. 

The  First-Born  from  the  dead. 

The  First-Begotten  of  the  dead. 

The  First-Born  among  many  Brethren. 

The  First-Fruits  of  them  that  slept. 

The  Last  Adam. 

The  Resurrection. 

A  Quickening  Spirit, 

The  Head  (even  Christ). 

The  Head  of  the  Body,  the  Church. 

The  Head  over  all  things  to  the  Church. 

The  Head  of  every  Man. 
The  Head  of  all  Principality  and  Power. 


XXL— Gird  thy  SWORD  upon  thy 
thigh,  O  Most  Mighty,  with  thy 
glory  and  thy  majesty.    Ps.  45 :  3. 


The  Captain  of  the  Host  of  the  Lord. 

The  Captain  of  Salvation. 

The  Author  and  Finisher  of  Faith. 

A  Leader. 

A  Commander. 

A  Ruler. 

A  Governor. 

The  Deliverer. 

The  Lion  of  the  Tribe  of  Judab. 

An  Ensign  of  the  People. 

The  Chiefest  among  Ten  Thousand  (in  an  array). 

A  Polished  Shaft. 

The  Shield. 


XXII.— ALL  POWER  is  given  unto 

ME  IN  HEAVEN  AND  IN  EARTH.     Matt 

28:  18. 


The  Lord. 

One  Lord. 

God  hath  made  that  same  Jesus  both  Lord 

and  Christ. 

Lord  of  Lords. 

King  of  Kings. 

Lord  both  of  the  dead  and  living. 

Lord  of  the  Sabbath. 

Lord  of  Peace. 

Lord  of  all. 
Lord  over  all. 


XXIIL— HIM  hath  GOD  EXALTED 
TO  be  a  PRINCE  and  a  SAVIOUR. 
Acts  5 :  31. 


The  Messiah  the  Prince. 

The  Prince  of  Life. 

A  Prince  and  a  Saviour. 

The  Prince  of  Peace. 

The  Prince  of  Princes. 

The  Prince  of  the  Kings  of  the  earth. 

A  Prince  (among  Israel). 

The  Glory  of  thy  people  Israel. 

He  that  filleth  all  in  all. 


John  14 :  6. 
Rev.  19 :  11. 
Isa.  42 :  6. 
Heb.  9:  16,17. 
Rev.  1 :  5. 
Rev.  3 :  14. 
Isa.  55 :  4. 
Rev.  3:  14. 


IPet.  3:  18. 
Acts  7 :  52. 
Acts  2 :  27. 
Acts  3 :  14. 
Isa.  49 :  7. 
Mark  1 :  24. 
Isa.  6: 3;  John 
12 :  41. 


Rev.  3 :  14. 
Ps.  89:  27. 
Col.  1 :  18. 
Rev.  1 :  5. 
Rom.  8 :  29. 
1  Cor.  15 :  20. 
1  Cor.  15 :  45. 
John  11 :  25. 
1  Cor.  15 :  45. 
Eph.  4:  15. 
Col.  1:18. 
Eph.  1 :  22. 
1  Cor.  11 :  3. 
Col.  2 :  10. 


Josh.  5:  14. 
Heb.  2 :  10. 
Heb.  12 :  2. 
Isa.  55 :  4. 
Isa.  55 :  4. 
Mic.  5:  2. 
Matt,  2 :  6. 
Rom.  11 :  26. 
Rev.  5 :  5. 
Isa.  11 :  10. 
Song  Sol.  5. 10. 
Isa.  49  :  2. 
Ps.  84 :  9. 


ICor.  12:  3. 
Eph.  4:  5. 

Acts.  2 :  36. 
Rev.  17 :  14. 
Rev.  17 :  14. 
Rom.  14 :  9. 
Luke  6 :  5. 
2  Thess.  3 :  16. 
Acts  10 :  36. 
Rom.  10 :  12. 


Dan.  9 :  25. 
Acts  3 :  15. 
Acts  5:  31. 
Isa.  9 :  6. 
Dan.  8:  25. 
Rev.  1 :  5. 
Ezek.  34 :  24. 
Luke  2 :  32. 
Eph.  1 :  23. 


XXIV.— He  shall  REIGN  for  ever 
and  ever.  Rev.  11 :  15. 


The  Judge. 
The  Righteous  Judge. 

The  King. 

The  King  of  Kings. 

Lord  of  Lords. 

A  Sceptre  (out  of  Israel). 

The  Kiss's  Son. 

David  their  King. 

The  King  of  Israel. 

King  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

The  King  of  the  Jews  (born). 

The  King  of  the  Jews  (crucified). 

The  King  of  Saints  or  King  of  Nations. 

King  over  all  the  Earth. 

The  King  of  Righteousness. 

The  King  of  Peace. 

The  King  of  Glory. 

The  King  in  his  beauty. 

He  sitteth  King  for  ever. 

Crowned  with  a  Crown  of  Thorns. 

Crowned  with  Glory  and  Honor. 

Crowned  with  a  Crown  of  Pure  Gold. 

Crowned  with  many  Crowns. 


Acts  17 :  31. 
2  Tim.  4:  8. 
Zech.  14:  16. 
Rev.  19 :  16. 
Rev.  19:  16. 
Num.24:  17. 
Ps.  72:  1. 
Jer.  30 :  9. 
John  1 :  49. 
John  12 :  15. 
Matt.  2:2; 

15:  2. 
John  19 :  19. 
Rev.  15 :  8. 
Zech.  14 : 4,5,9 
Heb.  7 :  2. 
Heb.  7 :  2. 
Ps.  24 :  10. 
Isa.  33 :  17. 
Ps.  29 :  10. 
John  19 :  2. 
Heb.  2 :  9. 
Ps.  21 :  3. 
Rev.  19:  12. 


ALLUSIONS,  CHARACTERISTICS  AND 
EPITHETS. 


As  a  Refiner's  Fire.    As  Fuller's  Soap. 

As  the  Light  of  the  Morning  when  the  sun 

riseth,  a  morning  without  clouds. 

As  the  Tender  Grass  by  clear  shining  after  rain. 

As  a  Tender  Plant  (to  God). 

As  a  Root  out  of  a  dry  ground  (to  man). 

As  Rain  upon  the  mown  grass. 

As  Showers  that  water  the  earth. 

As  Rivers  of  Water  in  a  dry  place. 

As  the  Shadow  of  a  great  Rock  in  a  weary 

land. 

As  an  Hiding-place  from  the  wind. 

As  Ointment  poured  forth. 

Fairer  than  the  Children  of  Men. 

A  glorious  high  Throne  from  the  beginning  is 

the  place  of  our  sanctuary. 

For  a  Glorious  Throne  to  his  father's  house. 

A  Crown  of  Glory  and  Beauty. 

A  Stone  of  Grace. 

Nail  fastened  in  a  sure  place. 

A  Brother  born  for  adversity. 

A  Friend  that  sticketh  closer  than  a  brother. 

A  Friend  that  loveth  at  all  times. 

His  Countenance  is  as  the  sun. 

His  Countenance  is  as  Lebanon. 

Yea,  He  is  altogether  lovely. 

This  is  my  beloved  and  my  Friend. 


CONSIDER  HIM. 


He  was  Obedient, 
He  was  Meek,  Lowly. 
He  was  Guileless. 
He  was  Tempted. 
He  was  Oppressed. 
He  was  Despised. 
He  was  Rejected. 
He  was  Betrayed. 
He  was  Condemned. 

He  was  Reviled. 
He  was  Scourged. 

He  was  Mocked. 
He  was  Wounded. 

He  was  Bruised. 
He  was  Stricken. 
He  was  Smitten. 
He  was  Crucified. 
He  was  Forsaken. 

He  is  Merciful. 

He  is  Faithful. 
He  is  Holy,  Harmless. 

He  is  Undented. 

He  is  Separate. 
He  is  Perfect. 

He  is  Glorious. 

He  is  Mighty. 

He  is  Justified. 

He  is  Exalted. 
He  is  Risen. 

He  is  Glorified. 


THE  LORD  IS  MY  PORTION. 


My  Maker,  Husband. 

"My  Well-beloved. 

My  Saviour. 

My  Hope. 

My  Brother. 

My  Portion. 

My  Helper. 

My  Physician. 

My  Healer. 

My  Refiner. 

My  Purifier. 

My  Lord,  Master. 

My  Servant. 

My  Example. 

My  Teacher. 

My  Shepherd. 

My  Keeper. 

My  Feeder. 

My  Leader. 

My  Restorer. 

My  Resting-place. 

My  Meat  (his  flesh). 

My  Drink  (his  blood). 

My  Passover. 

My  Peace. 

My  Wisdom. 

My  Righteousness. 

My  Sanctification. 

My  Redemption. 

My  All  in  All. 


Unto  us  a  Child  is  born,  unto  us  a  SON  Is 
given;  and  bis  name  shall  be  called  Wonder- 
ful, Counsellor,  the  Mighty  God,  the  Everlast- 
ing Father,  the  Prince  of  Peace.    Isa.  9 :  6. 

Then  he  said  unto  them,  O  fools,  and  slow  of 
heart  to  believe  ALL  that  the  Prophets  have 
spoken ! 

And  beginning  at  Moses,  and  ALL  the  Proph- 
ets, he  expounded  unto  them  in  ALL  the  Scrip- 
tures the  things  concerning  HIMSELF.  Luke 
24 :  25,  27. 

That  all  should  honor  the  SON,  even  as  they'; 
honor  the  Father.  He  that  honoreth  not  the 
SON,  honoreth  not  the  Father  which  has  sent 
him.    John  5 :  23. 


TEXT. 


Mai.  3 :  2. 

2  Sam.  23 :  4. 
Isa.  53 :  2. 
Ps.  72 :  6. 


Isa.  32 :  2. 
Song  Sol.  1 :  3, 
Ps.  45 :  2. 

Jer.  17 :  12. 
Isa.  22 :  23. 
Isa.  28 :  5. 
Prov.  17:  8. 
Isa.  22 :  23. 
Prov.  17 :  17. 
Prov.  18 :  24. 
Prov.  17  :  17. 
Rev.  1  :  16. 
SongSol.5:15 

Song.  Sol.5: 16. 


Phil.  2:  8. 
Matt.  11:  29. 
1  Pet,  2 :  22. 
Heb.  4:  15. 
Isa.  53 :  7. 
Isa.  53 :  3. 
Isa.  53:  3. 
Matt.  27 :  3. 
Mark  14 :  64. 
1  Pet.  2 :  23. 
John  19:  1. 
Matt,  27  :  29. 
Isa.  53 :  5. 
Isa.  53 :  5. 
Isa.  53 :  4. 
Isa.  53 :  4. 
Matt.  27  :  35. 


Ps.  22 
Heb.  2 
Heb.  2 
Heb.  7 
Heb.  7 
Heb.  7 
Heb.  5 
Isa.  49 
Isa.  63 
1  Tim. 
Acts  2 
Luke  24:  6. 
Acts  3:  13. 


1. 

;  17. 
:  17. 
:  26. 
:  26. 
:  26. 
:  9. 
;  5. 
:  1. 
3:  16. 
33. 


Isa.  54 :  5. 
Song  Sol.  l:ia 
2  Pet,  3:  18. 
1  Tim.  1 :  1. 
Mark  3 :  35. 
Jer.  10:  16. 
Heb.  13 :  6. 
Jer.  8 :  22. 
Luke  9:  11. 
Mai.  3 :  3. 
Mai.  3:  3. 
John  13 :  13. 
Luke  12 :  37. 
John  13 :  15. 
John  3 :  2. 
Ps.  23 :  1. 
John  17:  12. 
Ezek.  34:  23. 
Isa.  40 :  11. 
Ps.  23 :  3. 
Jer.  50 :  6. 
John  6 :  55. 
John  6 :  55. 
1  Cor.  5 :  7. 
Eph.  2 :  14. 
1  Cor.  1 :  30. 
1  Cor.  1 :  30. 
1  Cor.  1 :  30. 
1  Cor.  1 :  30. 
Col.  3 :  11. 


Symbolical  Language  used  by  the  Poets  and  Prophets  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments. 


TEXTS. 

SYMBOLS. 

MEANINGS. 

TEXTS. 

SYMBOLS. 

MEANINGS. 

Jer.  3:8,  9:  5:7. 

Adultery. 

Idolatry. 

Esth.  8  :  16. 

Light. 

Joy — prosperity. 

Rev.  1:20;  2:1,  eta. 

Angel. 

Messenger,  hence  minister. 

Isa.  8 :  20. 

Knowledge — bitterness. 

Ps.  10 :  15. 

Arm. 

Power. 

Eph.  5 :  8,  etc. 

Ezra  30 :  21,  etc. 

Moon  [see  Sun]. 

Job  6 : 4. 

Arrows. 

Judgments. 

Zech.  4 : 7. 

Mountains. 

A  state — Christ's  Church. 

Rev.  17 :  18. 

Babylon. 

Rome. 

Isa.  2 : 2. 

Dan.  7 :  17. 

Beast. 

A  tyrannical  heathen  monarch. 

Rom.  16  :  25,  etc. 

Mystery. 

Not  a  thing  unintelligible,  but  never  be- 

Job 30 :  30. 

Black. 

Affliction— anguish. 

fore  made  plain. 

Joel  2  : 5. 

Rev.  3 :  17. 

Naked. 

In  the  sinful  state  of  nature. 

Isa.  29 :  18. 

Blindness. 

Ignorance. 

Isa.  21 :  12. 

Night. 

Adversity — affliction— ignorance. 

Rom.  11 :  25. 

Rev.  21 :  25. 

Isa.  34 :  3. 

Blood. 

Slaughter — depth. 

Isa.  2  :  13. 

Oaks. 

Men  of  rank  and  power. 

|      Ezek.  32  : 6. 

Ps.  23 : 5. 

Oil. 

Abundance— fertility— joy. 

1  Job  18 :  15. 

Brimstone. 

Desolation — torments. 

—  92 :  11,  etc. 

j       Rev.  14 :  10. 

Rev.  7 :  5. 

Palms. 

Victory. 

J   Rev.  21 : 9. 

Bride. 

The  Church  of  God. 

Luke  23:  43. 

Paradise. 

Heaven. 

(   John  3 :  29. 

Bridegroom. 

Christ  wedded  to  his  Church. 

Rev.  2 : 7. 

1   Ps.  22 :  12,  etc. 

Bulls. 

Violent  enemies. 

Ps.  18 :  2. 

Rock. 

A  secure  refuge. 

Rev.  2 :  10. 

Candlestick. 

Church. 

—  2:9,  etc. 

Rod. 

Authority — correction. 

Ps.  68  :  18,  etc. 

Chariots. 

Heavenly  hosts. 

Job  9 :  34,  etc. 

James  1 :  12. 

Crown. 

Victory — reward. 

Col.  4  : 6,  etc. 

Salt. 

Purity — barrenness. 

Rev.  2 :  10. 
Ps.  23 . 5. 

Deut.  29 :  23. 

Cup. 

Divine  blessings. 

Isa.  51 :  42. 

S«a  in  commotion. 

An  army. 

Isa.  51 :  17. 

Divine  judgments. 

Sol.  Song  4  :  12. 

Seal. 

Security — secrecy. 

Jer.  23  : 1. 

Darkness. 

Misery — adversity — ignorance. 

Isa.  29:11. 

Amos  4 :  13. 

Gen.  3 : 1,  etc. 

Serpent. 

The  devil. 

Rom.  13 :  12. 

2  Cor.  11 : 3. 

Isa.  34 : 8,  etc. 

Day. 

An  indefinite   time — a   prophetic    year — 

Rev.  12 : 9. 

Rev.  2:10,  etc. 

gospel  period. 

John  10:11,  16,  etc. 

Sheep. 
Shepherds. 

Christ's  disciplea. 

1  Thess.  5  : 5,  etc. 

Nahum  3:18. 

Rulers,  civil  or  ecclesiastical 

Matt.  15 :  26. 

Dogs. 

Gentiles — impure  persons — persecutors. 

Ezek.  34 : 2,  etc. 

Rev.  21:8. 

Ps.  84 : 9. 

Shield. 

Defence — protection. 

Ps.  22 :  16. 

Eph.  6:16. 

1  Cor.  16 : 9. 

Door. 

An  opening. 

1  Thess.  4  :  14. 

Sleep. 

Death. 

Rev.  12:9. 

Dragon. 

Satan. 

Isa.  1 : 6,  etc. 

Sores. 

Spiritual  maladies. 

Isa.  29 :  9. 

Drunkenness. 

Effects  of  divine  judgments. 

Num.24: 17,  etc. 

Star. 

A  prince  or  ruler. 

Rev.  6 :  12,  etc. 

Earthquakes. 

Revolutions. 

Joel  2 :  31,  etc. 

Sun,  moon,  and  stars. 

The  various  governors  in  a  state 

Prov.  15  :  3,  etc. 

Eyes. 

Knowledge. 

Isa.  34 : 5. 

Sword. 

War  and  slaughter. 

Ps.  36 :  16,  etc. 

Face. 

The  divine  favor. 

Ezek.  21 :  3,  etc. 

Jer.  5  :  28. 

Fat. 

Abundance. 

Deut.  28:13. 

Tail. 

Subjection — degradation. 

Isa.  42 :  25,  etc. 

Fire. 

Judgments. 

Prov.  30 :  14. 

Teeth. 

Cruelty. 

Rev.  7  :  3,  etc. 

Forehead. 

A  public  profession. 

Gen.  12  : 4,  etc. 

Throne. 

Kingdom  or  government. 

Jer.  11 : 4. 

Furnace. 

Affliction. 

Jer.  4:31. 

Travail. 

Anguish — anxiety. 

Rev.  3 : 4,  etc. 

Garments. 

Outward  appearance. 

Gal.  4 :  19. 

Ps.  147 :  13. 

Gates. 

Power — security. 

Zech.  2:1,2. 

Trees. 

The  great  and  noble. 
The  Church  of  God. 

Job  12 :  18. 

Girdles. 

Strength. 

Ps.  80   8,  etc. 

Vine. 

Matt.  25 :  33. 

Goats. 

Wicked  persons. 

Isa.  5  : 1,  etc. 

Vineyard. 

11                      11                           It 

Ezek.  38 :  2. 

Gog  and  Mageg. 

God's  enemies. 

Ezek.  3 :  17. 

Watch-tower. 

The  prophets. 

~  39  :  11. 

Ps.  69 : 1. 

Waters. 

Afflictions — multitudes— ordinances. 

Rev.  20 : 8. 

Isa.  8 : 7,  etc. 

Rev .  S  :  7. 

Grass. 

The  lower  orders,  opposed   to  trees,  the 

—  55 : 1. 

higher  orders. 

Dan.  9 :  24. 

Week. 

Seven  years. 

Rev.  11 :  19. 

Hail. 

Divine  vengeance. 

Rev.  12 : 6. 

Wilderness. 

Afflicted  state. 

Ps.  18 :  35. 

Hand,  right. 

Protection — support. 

Isa.  28 : 8. 

Wind. 

Judgments— destructive  war. 

—  73  :  23. 

Jer.  51 : 1. 

Ezek.  8 : 1. 

Hand  of  the  Lord. 

Divine  influence. 

Isa.  25 : 6. 

Wine. 

Spiritual  blessings — divine  judgment*. 

Joel  3:13,  etc. 

Harvest. 

A  time  of  destruction. 

—  55 : 1,  etc. 

Eph.  1 :  23,  etc 

Head. 

Rule  or  ruler. 

Ps.  SO  :  3,  etc. 

Isa.  13:33. 

Heavens. 

Political  or  ecclesiastical  governments. 

Isa.  63 : 3. 

Winepress. 

Slaughter. 

Hag.  2 :  2,  21. 

Rev.  14 :  19. 

Zech.  10:23. 

Horse. 

War  and  conquest. 

Ps.  17 : 8,  etc. 

Wings. 

Protection. 

Matt.  5 : 6. 

Hunger  and  thirst. 

Spiritual  desires. 

Isa.  11 :  6. 

Wolves. 

Furious,  ungodly  persona. 

Rev.  5 : 8. 

Incense. 

Prayer. 

—  65 :  25. 

Ps.  120 : 6. 

Jerusalem. 

Church  of  God. 

Ezek.  26 : 2,  3. 

Woman. 

City,  or  body  politic. 

Heb.  12 :  22;  <Jtc. 

The  heavenly  state. 

Rev.  12 : 1. 

The  Church  of  Christ, 

Rev.  1 : 8. 

Keys. 

Power  and  authority. 

Deut,  28 :  48. 

Yoke. 

Labor — restraint.              "'',' 

1  KiDgs  15 : 4. 

Lamp. 

A  successor  or  offspring. 

Matt.  10 :  29,  30. 

sb 

Ps.  132 :  17. 

Lam.  3 :  27. 

i>d  in  ii 

Words  of  Scripture  Requiring  Explanation  in  the  Old  and 


,   he  dep. 
NEW   TEST^MTOexandei-' 


TEXT. 

COMMON 

MODERN 

TEXT. 

COMMON 

MODERN 

TEXT. 

COMMON 

MODERN 

TEXT. 

COMMv-  \ 

MODERN 

VERSION. 

MEANING. 

VERSION. 

MEANING. 

VERSION. 

MEANING. 

VERSION.  \ 

"MEANING. 

Gen.  41:2. 

Kine. 

Heifers. 

Josh.  13 :  25. 

Children  of  Am- 

Ammonites. 

1  Kings  6 :  18. 

Knops. 

Knobs. 

Luke  12 :  58. 

Hale. 

Drag. 

Ex.  3 : 5. 

Shoes. 

Sandals. 

nion. 

—  7 :  16. 

Chapiters. 

Capitals. 

—  17:9. 

Trow. 

Think. 

—  22. 

Borrow. 

Ask. 

—  20 : 3. 

Unwitttingly. 

Unintention- 

— 9. 

Rulers  of  cha- 

Charioteers. 

Acts  1 : 2. 

Passion. 

Suffering. 

—  4:24. 

Inn. 

Lodging-place. 

ally. 

riots. 

—  7 :  45. 

Jesus. 

Joshua. 

—  5:24. 

Let. 

Hinder. 

—  22. 

Strieken  in  age. 

Advanced       in 

— 10 :  26. 

Bestowed. 

Stationed. 

—  9:5 

Pricks. 

Goads. 

—   5:8. 

Tale. 

Number. 

years. 

—  11:22. 

Howbeit. 

Notwithstand- 

— 9 :  26. 

Assayed. 

Attempted. 

—    13:18. 

Harnessed. 

In  ranks. 

Judg.  3 :  24. 

Covereth         his 

Reposeth. 

ing. 

— 10 :  42. 

Quick. 

Living. 

—   28:40. 

Bonnets. 

Turbans. 

feet. 

—  11 :  28. 

Charge. 

Imposts. 

Rom.  1 :  13. 

Let. 

Hindered. 

—  34:15. 

Whoring. 

Astray. 

—  7 :  10. 

Host. 

Camp  army. 

— 14 : 3. 

Crackuels. 

Cakes. 

—  7:8. 

Concupiscence. 

Evil  desires. 

."6 

Boil 

Fellow. 
Shirts. 

Comrade. 
Sheets. 

—  20:12,16. 
2  Kings  4 :  43. 

Pavilions. 
Servitor. 

Booths. 
Servant. 

To  kill 

29. 

Wish.  ' 

Knew. 

—  14:13. 

—  15:11. 

I^aud. 

Celebrate. 

—  35:11. 

Taches. 

Clasps. 

—  15 : 4. 

Foxes. 

Jackals. 

—  5 :  24. 

Tower. 

Secret  place. 

1  Cor.  10: 11. 

Ensamples. 

Examples. 

—   37:29. 

Apothecary. 

Perfumer. 

— 18 : 2. 

Children  of  Dan. 

Danites. 

—  24:16. 

Craftsmen. 

Carpenters. 

—  11 :  29. 

Unworthy. 

Irreverently. 

39-23 

Habergeon. 
Me. it  -  offer- 

Coat  of  mail. 
Wheat  -  offer- 

1 Sam.  1 :  15. 

Daughter  of  Be- 
lial. 

Worthless     wo- 
man. 

lChron.30:l. 
—  22 : 5. 

Provoked. 
Magnifical. 

Proved. 
Magnificent. 

Lev.  2 : 1. 

—  13:1. 

Charity. 

Love. 

ings. 

ings. 

—  2:5. 

Seven. 

Many. 

2  Chron.  26  : 

Habergeons. 

Breastplates. 

2  Cor.  1 :  12. 

Conversation. 

Behavior. 

1  Sara.  2 :  12. 

Sons  of  Belial. 

Worthless  men. 

Isa.  7 :  23. 

Silverlings. 

Pieces  of  silver. 

14. 

—  5:21. 

Sin. 

Sin-offering. 

29. 

Kick. 

Spurn. 

—  30 :  24. 

Ear. 

Till. 

Job  1 : 1. 

Perfect- 

Sincere. 

—  8:1. 

Do  you  to  wit. 

Make  known  to 

—  3 :  18. 

Every  whit. 
Secret  parts. 

Everything. 
Inwardly. 

Hoi  pen. 
Delectable. 

Helped. 
Delightful. 

Eschewed. 
Prevent. 

you. 
Go  up  before. 

—  5:9. 

—  44 : 9. 

—  3 :  12. 

Receive. 

1  Thess.  4:15. 

Prevent. 

—  8 :  12. 

Ear. 

Till. 

Jer.  4 :  30. 

Rentest  thy  face. 

Distend     thine 

—  9 :  33. 

Daysman. 

Umpire. 

Heb.  1 : 1. 

Divers. 

Various. 

-13:17. 

Spoilers. 

Foragers. 

eyes. 

—  12:26. 

Habergeon. 

Javelin. 

—  1:3. 

Person. 

Substance. 

20. 

Coultery. 

Spade. 

—  7 :  33. 

Fray. 

Scare. 

Ps.  4 : 2. 

Leasing. 

Falsehood,    ly- 

— 2:11. 

Sanctifieth. 

Expiateth. 

—  17:24. 

Carriage. 

Baggage. 

— 10 :  22. 

Bruit. 

Rumor. 

ing. 

—  4:8. 

Jesus. 

Josnua. 

Sore. 

Exceedingly, 

Ezek.  13:18. 

Sew  pillows. 

Apply  cushions. 

—  7:10. 

Plate. 

Crown. 

James  3 : 4. 

Governor       list- 

Pilot  chooseth. 

greatly. 

Dan.  3 :  21. 

Hosen. 

Turbans. 

—  16:10. 

Soul  in  hell. 

Body     in     the 

eth. 

39. 

Assayed. 

Attempted. 

Zech.  13:6. 

My  fellows. 

United  to  me. 

grave. 

—  13. 

Good     conversa- 

Consistent con- 

— 22 :  17. 

Footman. 

Guard. 

Matt.  3 :  12. 

Fan. 

Winnowing- 

—  44:19. 

Dragons. 

Serpents. 

tion. 

duct. 

—  26 : 5. 

Pitched. 

Encamped. 

shovel. 

—  59 :  10. 

Prevent. 

Come    before — 

1  Pet.  2 : 2. 

Sincere. 

Unadulterated. 

—  27. 

Cruse. 

Jug. 

—  5 :  45. 

Publicans. 

Tax-gatherers. 

i.e.,  give  time- 

— 3:11. 

Eschew. 

Avoid. 

30'  13 

Agone 
League. 

Ago. 
Covenant. 

—  6 :  24. 

—  12 :  29. 

Mammon. 
Garnished. 

Riches. 

Set  in  order. 

ly  aid. 
Succor. 

Ensue. 
Slack. 

2  Sam.  3 :  12. 

—  79 :  8. 

Prevent. 

2  Pet.  3 : 9. 

Slow. 

— 17 :  10. 

Utterly  melt. 

Be  utterly  dis- 

— 13 :  20. 

Anon. 

Immediately. 

—  107 : 3. 

Minished. 

Diminished. 

—  3 :  12. 

Hastening  unto. 

Earnestly  desir- 

mayed. 

—  17:12. 

Listed. 

Chose. 

—  119 :  148. 

Prevent. 

Anticipate. 

ing. 

—  32. 

Prevented. 

Surrounded. 

Mark  11 :  13. 

Haply. 

Perhaps. 

Eccles.  4 : 4. 

Travail. 

Labor. 

1  John  2 :  17. 

Lust, 

Desire. 

Num.  1 :  2. 

Polls. 

One  by  one. 

1  Kings  2 : 8. 

Cursed. 

Reviled. 

Isa.  3-:  22. 

Wimples. 

Shawls. 

—  20. 

Unction. 

Anointing. 

Champaign. 
Coast. 

Plain. 
Districts. 

—  3:7. 

Go  out  or  come 
in. 

Conduct  affairs. 

Crisping-pins. 
Wish. 

Purses. 
Know. 

—  5  : 6,  8,  9. 
Rev.  1 :  13. 

Witness. 
Candlestick. 

Testimony. 
Lamps. 

—  16 : 1-4. 

Luke  2  :  49. 

Josh.  6 : 9. 

i  ■ 

Rereward. 

Rear. 

—  4:2. 

Princes. 

Chief  officers. 

—  7:1. 

Audience. 

Hearing. 

—  21 :  19. 

Garnished. 

Adorned. 

Prophecies  in  Old  and  New  Testaments  Literally  Fulfilled. 


TEXT. 


Gen.  9:25,  27. 


Gen.  16  :  10,  12 
Gen.  17 :  20. 
Gen.  49 :  10. 

Lev.  26  :  38,  39. 
Deut.  28  :  62, 67, 
Ezek.  5  :  10,  15. 
Hos.  3 : 4. 


Num.  23 : 9. 
Num.  24 :  20. 


Ps.  2 :  8. 
Mai.  1 :  11. 

Jer.  49  :  17,  etc. 
Ezek.  25: 12,  etc, 
Joel  3 :  19. 
Amos  1:11,  etc. 
Obad.l0:18,etc. 


THE  FULFILLMENT. 


The  descendants  of  Shem  and  Japheth  are  "ruling"  and  "en- 
larged," but  the  descendants  of  Ham  are  still  "  the  servants  of 
servants." 

The  posterity  of  Ishmael  have  "  multiplied  exceedingly,"  living 
like  "wild  men,"  "their  hand  against  every  man,"  free  in  "the 
presence  of  all  their  brethren,"  and  of  all  their  enemies. 

"  The  sceptre  has  departed  from  Judah." 

The  Jews  have  been  "led  away  into  all  nations,"  "Jerusalem  has 
been  trodden  down  by  the  Gentiles,"  the  people  have  been 
"plucked  from  off  their  own  land,"  "removed  into  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth,"  "scattered  among  the  heathen," 
"among  all  people,"  "sifted  among  all  nations,"  have  "be- 
come a  proverb,"  have  found  "  among  these  nations  no  ease, 
and  the  sole  of  their  foot  had  no  rest,"  have  "  been  many  days 
without  a  king  and  without  a  sacrifice." 

The  Jews  "dwell  alone,"  and  are  not  "reckoned  among  the 
nations." 

"  The  remembrance  of  Amalek  "  is  "  utterly  put  out  from  under 
heaven." 

The  Lord  has  given  to  the  Messiah  "  the  heathen  for  his  inherit- 
ance," and  the  progress  of  the  gospel  is  hastening  the  time 
when  "from  the  rising  of  the  sun,  even  to  the  going  down  of 
the  same,  his  name  shall  be  great  among  the  Gentiles.  " 

The  family  of  Esau  has  become  extinct,  "  cut  off  for  ever,"  so 
that  there  is  "none  remaining  of  the  house  of  Esau."  The 
"  palaces  of  Bozrah  "  have  been  "  devoured  by  fire."  Fire  was 
"  kindled  in  Rabbah  and  in  the  palaces  thereof,"  and  Ammon 
was  destroyed  as  in  "  the  day  of  the  whirlwind." 


TEXT. 


Nah.  1 :  3. 
Isa.  13:14. 

Ezek.  26 : 4,  5. 
Ezek.  29 :  14, 15. 
Dan.  11 :  37,  39. 


Luke  21 :  24. 
1  Tim.  4 : 1-3. 

Eev.  2 : 3. 

Rev.  13-17. 


THE  FULFILLMENT. 


Nineveh  is  completely  destroyed,  and  for  ages  its  locality  was 

unknown. 
Babylon  has  been  swept  with  "  the  besom  of  destruction,"  is  made 

"  a  desolation  for  ever,"  "  a  possession  for  the  bittern  and  pools 

of  water,"  "a  dwelling-place  for  dragons,  an  astonishment  and 

hissing,  without  an  inhabitant." 
Tyre  has  become  "  like  the  top  of  a  rock,  a  place  for  fishers  to 

spread  their  nets  upon." 
Egypt  became  "a  base  kingdom,"  tributary  to  strangers,  and 

never  able  to  "  exalt  itself  above  the  nations." 
The  fourth  and  last  of  the  four  great  kingdoms  was  divided  into 

ten  kingdoms,  and  among  them  has  arisen  a  power  with  a  triple 

crown,  "diverse  from  the  first,"  "with  a  mouth  speaking  very 

great  things,"  "wearing  out  the  saints  of  the   Most  High," 

"changing  times  and  laws,"  ruling  "over  many  and  dividing 

the  land  for  gain." 
The  Jews  have  been  led  into  all  nations,  and  Jerusalem  has  been 

trodden  down  of  the  Gentiles. 
The  apostasy  here  predicted  has  taken  place.   The  Roman  Church 

has  forbidden  the  priesthood  "  to  marry,"  and  commanded  "  to 

abstain  from  meats." 
The  decay  of  the  seven  Asiatic  churches  and  their  fate  have  been 

literally  foretold. 
The  rise,  power  and  fury  of  the  mystical  Babylon  are  here  set 

forth,  and  Rome  built  on  seven  hills  is  pointed  out  as  the  seat 

of  this  tyranny. 

The  omniscient  Lord  of  all,  who  seeth  the  end  from  the  begin- 
ning, could  alone  have  foretold  these  events,  which  have  al- 
ready come  to  pass. 


A  SUMMARY  OF  THE  CONTENTS  OF  EACH  OF  THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  OLD  AND  NEW  TESTAMENTS. 


OLD   TESTAMENT. 

Genesis.  Describes  the  creation ;  gives  the  history  of  the  old  world,  and  of 
the  steps  taken  by  God  toward  the  formation  of  the  theocracy. 

Exodus.  The  history  of  Israel's  departure  from  Egypt ;  the  giving  of  the  law; 
the  tabernacle. 

Leviticus.    The  ceremonial  law. 

Numbers.  The  census  of .  the  people ;  the  story  of  the  wanderings  in  the 
Wilderness. 

Deuteronomy.    The  law  rehearsed ;  the  death  of  Moses. 

Joshua.    The  story  of  the  conquest  and  partition  of  Canaan. 

Judges.    The  history  of  the  nation  from  Joshua  to  Samson. 

Ruth.    The  story  of  the  ancestors  of  the  royal  family  of  Judah. 

1  Samuel.  The  story  of  the  nation  during  the  judgeship  of  Samuel  and  the 
reign  of  Saul. 

2  Samuel.    Story  of  the  reign  of  David. 

1  and  2  Kings.  The  books  of  Kings  ferm  only  one  book  in  the  Hebrew  MSS. 
They  contain  the  history  of  the  nation  from  David's  death  and  Solomon's  accession 
to  the  destruet^^of  the  kingdom  of  Judah  and  the  desolation  of  Jerusalem,  with 

i  supplen>= Notice  of  the  liberation  of  Jehoiachin  from  his  prison  at  Babylon, 

twenty-si'*  his  T.ater;  they  comprehend  the  whole  time  of  the  Israelitish  monar- 
chy, excJTTERBTH  he  reigns  of  Saul  and  David. 

The  xhe  TempTNICLES  are  so  called  as  being  the  record  made  by  the 

appointea  .^y  A  Sanc^iers  of  the  kingdoms  of  Judah  and  Israel ;  they  are  the 
official  histov    '^^those  kingdoms. 

Ezra.  The  story  or  the  return  of  the  Jews  from  the  Babylonish  captivity,  and 
of  the  rebuilding  of  the  temple. 

Nehemiah.  A  further  account  of  the  rebuilding  of  the  temple  and  city,  and 
of  the  obstacles  encountered  and  overcome. 

Esther.  The  story  of  a  Jewess  who  becomes  queen  of  Persia  and  saves  the 
Jewish  people  from  destruction. 

Job.    The  story  of  the  trials  and  patience  of  a  holy  man  of  Edom. 

Psalms.  A  collection  of  sacred  poems  intended  for  use  in  the  worship  of 
Jehovah.     Chiefly  the  productions  of  David. 

Proverbs.    The  wise  sayings  of  Solomon. 

Ecclesiastes.    A  poem  respecting  the  vanity  of  earthly  things. 

Solomon's  Song.    An  allegory  relating  to  the  Church. 

Isaiah.    Prophecies  respecting  Christ  and  his  kingdom. 

Jeremiah.  Prophecies  announcing  the  captivity  of  Judah,  its  sufferings,  and 
the  final  overthrow  of  its  enemies. 

Laimsntations.  The  utterance  of  Jeremiah's  sorrow  upon  the  capture  of 
Jerusalem  and  the  destruction  of  the  temple. 

Ezekiel.    Messages  of  warning  and  comfort  to  the  Jews  in  their  captivity. 

Daniel.  A  narrative  of  some  of  the  occurrences  of  the  captivity,  and  a  series 
of  prophecies  concerning  Christ. 

Hosea.    Prophecies  relating  to  Christ  and  the  latter  days. 

Joel.  Prediction  of  woes  upon  Judah,  and  of  the  favor  with  which  God  will 
receive  the  penitent  people. 

Amos.  Prediction  that  Israel  and  other  neighboring  nations  will  be  punished 
by  conquerors  from  the  north,  and  of  the  fulfillment  of  the  Messiah's  kingdom. 

Obadiah.    Prediction  of  the  desolation  of  Edom. 

Jonah.    Prophecies  relating  to  Nineveh. 

Micah.  Predictions  relating  to  the  invasions  of  Shalmaneser  and  Sennacherib, 
the  Babylonish  captivity,  the  establishment  of  a  theocratic  kingdom  in  Jerusalem, 
and  the  birt)   of  the  Messiah  in  Bethlehem. 

Nahum.     Prediction  of  the  downfall  of  Assyria. 

Habak'  ck.     A  prediction  of  the  doom  of  the  Chaldeans. 


Zephaniah.  A  prediction  of  the  overthrow  of  Judah  for  its  idolatry  and 
wickedness. 

Haggai.     Prophecies  concerning  the  rebuilding  of  the  temple. 

Zechariah.  Prophecies  relating  to  the  rebuilding  of  the  temple  and  the 
Messiah. 

Mai.achi.  Prophecies  relating  to  the  calling  of  the  Gentiles  and  the  coming 
of  Christ, 

NEW  TESTAMENT. 

Gospel  of  St.  Matthew.    A  brief  history  of  the  life  of  Christ. 

Gospel  op  St.  Mark.  A  brief  history  of  the  life  of  Christ,  supplying  some 
incidents  omitted  by  St.  Matthew. 

Gospel  of  St.  Luke.  The  history  of  the  life  of  Christ,  with  especial  reference 
to  his  most  important  acts  and  discourses. 

Gospel,  of  St.  John.  The  life  of  Christ,  giving  important  discourses  not 
related  by  the  other  evangelists. 

Acts  of  the  Apostles.  The  history  of  the  labors  of  the  apostles  and  of  the 
foundation  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Epistle  to  the  Romans.  A  treatise  by  St.  Paul  on  the  doctrine  of  justifica- 
tion by  Christ. 

First  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians.  A  letter  from  St.  Paul  to  the  Corinth- 
ians, correcting  errors  into  which  they  had  fallen. 

Second  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians.  St.  Paul  confirms  his  disciples  in  their 
faith,  and  vindicates  his  own  character. 

Epistle  to  the  Galatians.  St.  Paul  maintains  that  we  are  justified  by  faith, 
and  not  by  rites. 

Epistle  to  the  Ephesians.  A  treatise  by  St.  Paul  on  the  power  of  divine 
grace. 

Epistle  to  the  Philippians.  St.  Paul  sets  forth  the  beauty  of  Christian 
kindness. 

Epistle  to  the  Colossians.  St.  Paul  warns  his  disciples  against  errors,  and 
exhorts  to  certain  duties. 

First  Epistle  to  the  Thessalonians.  St.  Paul  exhorts  his  disciples  to  con- 
tinue in  the  faith  and  in  holy  conversation. 

Second  Epistle  to  the  Thessalonians.  St.  Paul  corrects  an  error  concern- 
ing the  speedy  coming  of  Christ  the  second  time. 

First  and  Second  Epistles  to  Timothy.  St.  Paul  instructs  Timothy  in  the 
duty  of  a  pastor,  and  encourages  him  in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

Epistle  to  Titus.  St.  Paul  encourages  Titus  in  the  performance  of  his  min- 
isterial duties. 

Epistle  to  Philemon.  An  appeal  to  a  converted  master  to  receive  a  con* 
verted  escaped  slave  with  kindness. 

Epistle  to  the  Hebrews.  St.  Paul  maintains  that  Christ  is  the  substance  of 
the  ceremonial  law. 

Epistle  of  St.  James.  A  treatise  on  the  efficacy  of  faith  united  with  goo» 
works. 

First  and  Second  Epistles  of  St.  Peter.  Exhortations  to  a  Christian  life, 
with  various  warnings  and  predictions. 

First  Epistle  01*  St.  John.  Respecting  the  person  of  our  Lord,  and  an  ex- 
hortation to  Christian  love  and  conduct. 

Second  Epistle  of  St.  John.  St.  John  warns  a  converted  lady  against  false 
teachers. 

Third  Epistle  of  St.  John.  A  letter  to  Gaius,  praising  him  for  his  hos- 
pitality. 

Epistle  of  St.  Jude.    Warnings  against  deceivers. 

The  Revelation.    The  future  of  the  Church  foretold. 


HISTORICAL    ILLUSTRATIONS 


ow 


Bible  Text, 


DERIVED    FROM 


ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS 


OF    THE    PERIOD    OE    TIME    FEOM 


Alexander  the  Great  to  the  Destruction  of  Jerusalem, 

336    B.C.    TO    138    A.D., 

INCLUDING  GREEK,  ROMAN,  AND  HEBREW  MONEY,  DRAWN  FROM  THE  ORIGINAL  ANCIENT  COINS 

IN  THE  BRITISH  MUSEUM,  LONDON,  IN  COLLECTIONS  IN  PARIS,  AMSTERDAM, 

BRUSSELS,  BERLIN,  ROME,  AND  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

BY    A.    L.    H^lWSQjjST,    LL.D. 

Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1881,  in  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


Coins  op  Alexander  and  his  Successors. 

Before  the  time  of  Alexander  the  Great  of 
Macedonia  there  were  no  portraits  on  coins,  ex- 
cept of  Gelon  and  Hiero  at  Syracuse  in  Sicily 
(108).  Philip,  the  father  of  Alexander,  left  no 
portrait,  his  coins  bearing  a  head  of  Zeus  (Jupi- 
ter) or  Hercules.  The  local  deity  of  the  country 
was  honored  on  the  coins  of  each — as  Minerva 
at  Athens  (84),  Arethusa  at  Syracuse  (107),  the 
Minotaur  in  Crete  (142),  Apollo  and  Diana  in 


NO.  1.— ALEXANDER 


323  B.  C.). 


many  cities,  and    nearly  every  other  divinity, 
hero  or  heroine,  or  deified  ruler,  including  also 
animal  forms  and  mythical  figures,  mentioned 
in  the  ancient  classics. 
The  Greeks  were  the  earliest  people  to  make 


No.  2.— SELEUCUS  I.  (312-280  B.  C.). 

and  use  coins  with  an  image  stamped  >.n  them, 
and  also  to  make  them  depositories  of  portraits 
and  figures  of  persons  and  objects  which  have 
become  of  great  value  to  the  historical  student, 
adding  much  to  our  knowledge  of   antiquity. 


No.  3.— ANTIOCHUS  I.  SOTEK  (280-261  B.  C.). 

The  kingdom  of  Alexander  was  too  vast  to  hold 
together  under  any  other  ruler,  and  his  generals 
assumed  royalty  after  his  death,  and  each  seized 
a  portion.    Seleucus,  who  had  been  made  satrap 


of  Babylonia,  founded  the  Syrian  monarchy; 
Ptolemy  (see  Dictionary,  p.  80),  a  half-brother 
of  Alexander,  founded  the  dynasty  of  Greek  Ptol- 
emies in  Egypt;  Lysimachus  obtained  Thrace; 


NO.  4. — ANTIOCHUS   II.  THEOS. 

Antipater  and  Craterus  jointly  had  Macedonia 
and  Greece.  Antiochus  I.  was  son  and  successor 
of  Seleucus  I.,  and  was  honored  with  the  title 
Soter  (saviour)  for  his  military  successes.  Anti- 
ochus II.,  his  son,  was  called  in  flattery  Theos 


NO.  5. — ANTIOCHUS  III.,  THE  GKEAT  (222-187  B.  C). 

(Ptolemy  IV.,  in  Diet.,  p.  80.) 

(god),  and  was  the  first  of  the  name  mentioned 
in  the  Bible.  (See  Dictionary,  p.  7.)  The  first 
Seleucus  mentioned  was  the  Fourth,  who  was 
called  Patriot  (Philopator),  although  he  is  said 
to  have  greatly  increased  the  already  heavy  taxes. 
The  third  Antiochus  earned  the  title  the  Great  for 


No.  6.— seleucus  rv. 

his  military  genius,  although  defeated  by  the  Ro- 
man  general  Glabrio  at  Thermopylae  in  Greece, 
and  again  by  Scipio  at  Magnesia  in  Asia  Minor, 
when  he  lost  a  great  territory  and  paid  fifteen 
millions  to  the  Romans  for  the  expenses  of  the 
war. 


The  custom  of  the  Seleucid  kings  of  Syria 
was  to  adopt  the  names  Seleucus  or  Anti- 
ochus alternately  in  succession ;  so  the  son  and 
successor  of  Antiochus  the  Great  was  called  Se- 
leucus IV.,  and  his  brother,  who  succeeded  him, 
was  Antiochus  IV.  Epiphanes  (see  his  coin  in 
Dictionary,  p.  8) ;  and  the  student  will  find 


NO.  7.— ANTIOCHUS  V.  EUPATOR  (164-162  B.  C.). 

many  incidents  of  the  history  of  these  kings  in 
the  Apocrypha,  in  Maccabees,  and  in  Josephus. 
The  likeness  of  Antiochus  V.  is  here,  and  of  the 
Sixth  in  the  Dictionary,  p.  8.  Demetrius  I., 
son  of  Seleucus  IV.,  was  educated  in  Rome,  and 
succeeded  Antiochus  IV.,  whom  he  deposed ;  he 
was  killed  in  battle  against  Alexander  I.  Balas 


NO.  8.— DEMETRIUS  I.  AND  LAODICE  (162-150  B.  C.}. 

(A.  Balas,  Diet.,  p.  6.) 

(Baal,  Lord ;  see  coin  in  Dictionary,  p.  6),  who 
claimed  to  be  a  soh  of  Antiochus  IV.,  and  who 
succeeded  to  the  throne.  This  Cleopatra  was  the 


NO.  9. — ALEXANDER  BALAS  AND  CLEOPATRA  '144  B.  C). 

third  of  the  name  among  the  Greek  kings  in 
Syria,  was  very  talented,  the  wife  of  three  suc- 
cessive kings  of  Syria,  and  mother  of  two  others. 
(See  coin  15.) 


HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND   GEMS. 


Mithridates  VI.  was  the  last  of  a  Hue  of  kings 
pf  Pontus,  said  to  have  had  a  Persian  origin, 


NO.  10.— MITHRIDATES  VI.  (135-83  B.  C.). 

about  337  b.  c.  He  was  the  most  powerful  enemy 
the  Eomans  had  to  contend  with  next  to  Hanni- 
bal, as  estimated  by  Cicero.  He  was  father-in- 
law  to  Tigranes.    (See  Dictionary,  p.  92.) 

Demetrius  II.,  son  of  Demetrius  I.  (No.  8), 
was  taken  prisoner  by  Mithridates  VI.,  and  held 
nearly  nine  years,  who  gave  him  his  daughter  for 
a  wife,  during  which  time  his  brother,  Antiochus 
VII.,  held  the  throne  of  Syria,  and  espoused 
Cleopatra,  wife  of  Demetrius,  but  was  deposed 
on  his  return.  He  is  mentioned  in  Maccabees 
(1  Mace,  x.,  xi.,  xii.,  xiv.)  and  in  Josephus  (Ant. 
xiii.  9,  3)  as  a  friend  to  the  Jews,  reducing  their 
tribute.  He  wore  a  beard  after  the  Parthian 
fashion,  while  nearly  every  other  Syrian  king 


NO.  11.— DEMETRIUS  II.  NIKATOR  (146-125  B.  C.). 

in  that  age  shaved,  as  appears  on  their  coins. 
Nearly  all  of  these  kings  were  occupied  in  wars 
and  intrigues  to  the  exclusion  of  any  measures 
for  the  improvement  of  the  condition  of  their 
people. 

Tryphon  was  a  usurper  named  Diodotus,  from 
near  Apamea,  and  was  an  officer  of  the  court  of 
Alexander  Balas,  who  pretended  a  friendship  for 


NO.  12.— TRYPHON  (142-139  B.  a). 

the  young  king  Antiochus  VI.,  son  of  Alexan- 
der, and  who  usurped  the  throne  after  killing 
him.  He  put  his  name  on  the  coins  of  the 
young  king,  as  seen  in  the  Dictionary,  p.  8. 
(See  1  Mace,  xi.,  xiii.,  etc.) 

Antiochus  VII.  expelled  Tryphon  and  took 
his  brother's  wife.  He  made  concessions  to 
Simon,  "  high  priest  and  prince  of  the  Jews " 
(1  Mace,  xv.;  Jos.  Ant.  xiii.  7,  3).     He  after- 


No.  13.— ANTIOCHUS  VII.  SIDETES  (138-129  B.  C.). 

ward  besieged  Jerusalem,  but  made  honorable 
terms  with  John  Hyrcanus  (133  B.C.),  who  ac- 
eompanied  him  against  the  Parthians,  where  he 


was  killed.  This  coin  was  struck  at  Tarsus.  The 
shrine  on  the  reverse  of  this  coin  contained  a 
figure  of  the  Greek  goddess  Hera  (Juno  in  Rome) 
standing  on  a  lion,  holding  in  the  left  hand  two 
palm-branches;  the  right  hand  extended,  hold- 
ing a  staff  or  sceptre.  She  was  called  "  Queen 
of  heaven"  in  Jeremiah  (vii.  18;  xliv.  17;  etc.). 
On  each  side  of  the  lion  is  a  vase  or  cup  for  the 
drink-offerings  mentioned  by  Diodorus;  a  star 
over  her  head  refers  to  the  planet  which  was  sa- 
cred to  her.  She  was  called  the  "  Goddess  of 
Syria,"  and  had  a  great  statue  in  her  honor  at 
Hierapolis  (Dan.  xi.  38).  Called  also  Astarte, 
Ashtaroth,  Mylitta,  and  Alitta. 

Alexander  II.  was  a  purchased  slave  (zebina) 
and  a  pretender  to  the  throne ;  favored  by  Ptol- 


No.  14. — ALEXANDER  II.  ZEBINA  (128-123  B.  C). 

emy  Physcon  of  Egypt  for  his  own  purposes,  but 
was  deposed  by  him  after  six  years  for  refusing 
to  pay  tribute.  He  imitated  the  coins  of  Balas, 
putting  a  head  of  Zeus,  or  of  Dionysus,  instead 
of  his  own,  and  on  the  reverse  Pallas,  or  an  ele- 
phant, horn  of  plenty,  tripod,  eagle,  anchor,  etc. 
The  coin  of  Cleopatra  and  Antiochus  VIII. 
presents  the  heads  of  mother  and  son.  She  is 
entitled  "  goddess  "  on  the  reverse  (theas).    See 


NO.  15.— CLEOPATRA  AND  ANTIOCHUS  VIII.  (125-121  B.  0.). 
(Tigranes,  Diet.,  p.  92.) 

coin  9  for  an  earlier  portrait  of  Cleopatra.  This 
king  does  not  appear  in  Scripture,  but  was  an 
active  man — sometimes  called  Illustrious  (epiph- 
anes),  and  also  Grypus  (hook-nose).  He  was  a 
man  of  energetic  character. 

Antiochus  IX.  was  named  Cyzicenus  from  the 
city  where  he  was  educated  (by  Craterus),  and 
his  coins  add  the  title  Patriot  (philopatoros).  He 
was  a  son  of  Antiochus  VII.  (13),  and  born  while 
Demetrius  was  a  prisoner  among  the  Parthians ; 


NO.  16.— ANTIOCHUS  IX.  (116-95  B.  C). 

his  mother  was  a  Cleopatra.  He  shared  the  king- 
dom with  his  brother,  Grypus  (15),  having  Ccele- 
Syria  and  Palestine,  with  his  residence  at  Damas- 
cus. His  wife  had  been  repudiated  by  Ptolemy 
Lathyrus  of  Egypt,  and  brought  him  an  army  as 
a  dowry.  She  was  killed  by  order  of  her  sister, 
Tryphena,  at  the  altar  of  a  sanctuary  in  Antioch. 
Besides  his  own  head,  he  put  on  the  coins  those 
of  Hercules,  Zeus,  Eros,  Pallas  and  Apollo, 
Tyche,  Dionysus,  and  Artemis,  besides  the  an- 
chor and  various  emblematic  figures.  This  coin 
was  struck  at  Sidon. 

Demetrius  III.  Philopator  (patriot)  was  a  son 
of  Antiochus  Grypus  (15).   He  was  also  flattered 


on  his  coins  with  the  titles  "savior,"  "god," 
and  "  thunderer."  On  the  reverse  is  a  figure  of 
Demeter,  called  Ceres  by  the  Romans. 


NO.  17.— DEMETRIUS  III.  (95-88  B.  C... 

(Tigranes,  Diet.,  p.  92.) 

Tigranes  (Dictionary,  p.  92),  was  son-in-law 
to  Mithridates  VI.  (10),  and  after  some  extensive 
conquests  assumed  the  title  "  King  of  kings  "  in 
Armenia.  In  83  B.  c.  he  conquered  Syria  and 
founded  Tigranocerta.  After  submitting  to  the 
Romans,  he  was  kept  by  them  on  the  throne  of 
Armenia  until  he  died,  55  B.  c.  He  made  cap- 
tive and  tributary  kings  his  house-servants. 

Mark  Antony,  one  of  the  famous  Triumvirs 
(three  men,  Octavius  Caesar  and  Lepidus  the  other 


NO.  18. — ANTONY  AND  CLEOPATRA  (30.  B.  C.). 


two),  was  born  83  B.  c.  He  was  a  successful  cav- 
alry officer  in  Egypt  b.  c.  53,  was  Caesar's  lieu= 
tenant  in  Gaul,  chief  of  the  army  in  Italy  iQ 
Caesar's  absence,  and  consul  in  44.  After  Caesar^ 
death,  Asia  and  Egypt  were  allotted  to  Antony, 
and  with  the  famous  Cleopatra  he  indulged  in 
luxury  and  repose,  neglecting  state  affairs.  He 
was  defeated  at  Actium,  when  Octavius  became 
sole  emperor  and  augustus.  Cleopatra,  the  last 
of  the  Greek  dynasty  in  Egypt,  was  celebrated 
for  her  personal  charms  and  various  accomplish- 


No.  19. — ARSACES  XII.  (70-60  B.  G.). 

ments,  which  fill  a  large  space  in  the  history  or 
that  age.  Born  69,  died  30  b.  c.  She  was  in 
Rome  with  Julius  Caesar  until  his  death,  44  b.  c. 
and  with  Antony  in  Egypt  41  b.  c.  A  portrait 
of  her  son  by  Caesar  is  sculptured  on  the  wall  of 
a  temple  at  Koom  Ombos  on  the  Nile. 

Arsaces  also  assumed  the  title  of  "King  of 
kings,"  and  warred  with  the  Romans  after  iiig 
father,  Mithridates,  died.     His  grandson,  called 


NO.  20.— PHRAATES  IV.  (36  B.  C.-4  A.  D.). 

Phraates  IV.,  made  a  treaty  with  Augustus,  under 
which  he  restored  some  Roman  standards  taken 
by  the  Parthians  in  former  wars.   (See  No.  132.) 


HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS. 


3 


Hebrew  Money. 

Demetrius  II.  (No.  11),  before  his  captivity  in 
Parthia,  granted  the  Jews  the  privilege  of  strik- 
ing coins  with  their  own  devices  and  superscrip- 


NO.  21. — SILVER  SHEKEL,  SIMON  (139  B.  C.). 

tions,  and  during  his  absence  his  brother,  Anti- 
ochus  VII.,  confirmed  the  decree.  The  first  coin 
was  made  by  them  139  b.  c.  It  is  called  the 
shekel,  and  was  valued  at  sixty  cents.  The  in- 
scription is  read  "  Shekel  of  Israel "  around,  and 
A  for  year  1  over  a  cup  on  one  side,  and  on 
the  other,  "  Jerusalem  the  Holy  "  around  a  triple 
lily.  The  half-shekel  is  on  page  66  of  the  Dic- 
tionary, and  the  copper  shekel  on  page  67.  The 
next  coins  were  by  John  Hyrcanus,  son  of  Simon. 


NO.  22.— JOHN  HYRCANUS  (135-106  B.  C.). 

He  was  with  Antiochus  in  Parthia,  conquered 
the  Idumseans,  destroyed  Samaria,  and  built  Arak 
el-Emir,  east  of  Jordan.  His  coins  were  not 
called  shekels,  and  the  inscriptions  and  devices 
differed  from  the  shekel.  On  this  we  read  "  Jo- 
hanan  the  high  priest  and  the  Jews'  Union  "  in 
an  olive-wreath,  and  see  two  horns  of  plenty  on 
the  other  side. 

Judas  Aristobulus  struck  coins  only  in  bronze, 
with  a  similar  inscription  to  that  on  his  brother 


NO.  23.— JUDAS  ARISTOBUIUS  (106  B.  C.). 


John's,  calling  himself  "high  priest."  He  also 
assumed  the  title  of  "king,"  putting  an  end  to  the 
theocracy  and  establishing  the  monarchy  (Jos. 
Ant.  xiii.  11,  1)  for  one  year. 

Alexander  Jannaeus,  his  brother,  succeeded, 
and  reigned  twenty-seven  years,  issuing  many 
coins.  Ptolemy  Lathyrus,  king  of  Cyprus,  in- 
vaded Judaea,  and  was  defeated  by  Jannseus,  as- 
sisted by  Cleopatra,  queen  of  Egypt,  mother  of 
Lathyrus.     His  coins  have  for  devices  a  rose, 


NO.  24.— ALEXANDER  JANN.EUS  (105-78  B.  C.). 

lily,  palm,  star,  anchor,  and  horn  of  plenty. 
The  inscriptions  are  in  Hebrew  and  Greek  let- 
ters, and  he  first  called  himself  "  king  "  (of  the 
Jews)  on  the  coins. 

4ntigonus  was  king  until  Herod  was  placed 


and  no  Hebrew,  and  for  devices  many  symbols 
of  temple-worship,  etc.,  but  no  human  figure  or 


NO.  26.— HEROD  THE  GREAT  (37-4  B.  C.). 

(Mite,  Diet.,  p.  67.) 

portrait.    We  read  on  No.  26,  "  Of  King  Herod." 
The  Macedonian  helmet  and  shield  on  No.  27 


NO.  27.— HEROD  THE  GREAT. 


are  said  to  indicate  his  descent  from  the  Greek 
kings  of  that  country. 

Herod  Archelaus,   son  of  Herod,  was  made 
ethnarch  and  governor  of  Judaea,  Samaria,  and 


NO.  28.— HEROD  ARCHELAUS  (4  B.  C.-6  A.  D.). 

Idumaea,  but  after  ten  years'  misrule  Augustus 
banished  him  to  Gaul.    (See  No.  59.) 

Herod  Philip  II.  was  son  of  Herod  and  Cle- 
opatra, and  was  made  tetrarch  (governor  of  a 
fourth  part)  of  the  Hauran,  etc.  (Luke  iii.  1). 
He  married  Salome,  daughter  of  Herod  Philip 
I.  and  Herodias.  He  built  Caesarea  Philippi 
(Paneas),  and  named  Bethsaida  Julias  (Luke  x. 
10),-  where  he  was  buried  under  a  monument 


NO.  29.— PHILIP. 


built  by  himself.    This  coin  is  dated  33  A.  d. 
(L  A  Z,  year  37  of  his  reign). 
Herod  Agrippa  I.  was  grandson  of  Herod  I., 


NO.  30.— HEROD  AGRIPPA  I. 


and  was  educated  at  Rome  with  Drusus  and 
Claudius,  who  was  afterward  emperor.  He  was 
made  king  and  successor  to  Philip,  and  after- 
ward ruler  of  Judaea  and  Samaria.  In  earnest 
a  Jew,  he  lived  at  Jerusalem,  kept  the  laws,  and 
improved  the  country  by  building  or  repairing 
public  works  and  instituting  games. 


NO.  31.— HEROD  OP  CHALCIS  (41-48  A.  D.). 


NO.  25. — ANTIGONTJS  (40-37  B.  C.). 

on  the  throne  by  the  Eomans,  and  he  struck 
some  curious  coins. 

With  Herod  the  Great  the  monarchy  became 
powerful,  although  under  the  Romans.  All  the 
bronze  coins  of  Herod  have  Greek  inscriptions,    appointment  of  the  high  priest,  the  superintend- 


Herod  of  Chalcis  was  son  of  Aristobulus  and 
Berenice,  and  brother  of  Agrippa.  He  was  made 
king  by  Claudius  (who  at  the  same  time  gave 
Agrippa  II.  Judaea  and  Samaria),  and  resided  at 
Chalcis  in  Ccele-Syria,  and  he  was  also  given  the 


ence  of  the  temple,  and  regulation  of  the  sacred 
treasury. 
No.  32  is  the  only  coin  bearing  a  head  of 


NO.  32.— HEROD  AGRIPPA  II.  (48-100  A.  D.). 


Agrippa  II.  or  of  any  other  of  that  family,  and 
is  dated  58  A.  d.  (See  Dictionary,  p.  46,  foi 
coins  of  Agrippa,  with  portrait  of  Titus.) 


NO.  33.— CHALKOUS  OP  AGRIPPA. 

The  chalkous  is  supposed  to  have  been  the 
only  money  that  the  poor  Jews  were  able  to 
bring  to  the  synagogue  weekly  in  the  year  73 
A.  d.,  as  it  is  dated  when  the  temple  was  in 
ruins. 

Coponius  was  the  first  procurator  of  Judaea, 


NO.  34. — COPONIUS  (15  A.  D.). 

and  was  assigned  to  duty  after  Archelaus  was 
banished,  6  A.  d.  He  came  with  the  prefect 
Quirinus  (Cyrenius,  No.  58).  The  procurator 
was  the  governor  in  Judaea,  collector  of  revenue 
and  general  regulator  of  financial  affairs,  and  in 
later  times  was  supreme  in  both  civil  and  mili- 
tary duties  (Matt,  xxvii. ;  Luke  iii.  1 ;  Acts  xxii. ; 
etc.).  The  second  was  Ambivius;  the  third, 
Marcus  Rufus,  in  whose  term  the  augustus  died. 


NO.  35.— VALERIUS  GRATUS  (16  A.  p.). 


Then  Tiberius  sent  Valerius  Gratus,  who  was 
eleven  years  in  office,  from  15  to  26  A.  d.,  during 
whose  term  Joseph,  called  Caiaphas,  was  made 
high  priest,  who  was  also  son-in-law  of  Annas. 
(John  xviii.  13.) 

Pontius  Pilate  succeeded  Gratus,  and  the  cru- 
cifixion of  Jesus  Christ  is  dated  in  the  seventh 


NO.  36.— PONTTOS  PILATE  (29  A.  D.). 

year  of  his  term.  He  suspected  a  Samaritan 
impostor  of  plotting  treason,  and  killed  many 
people  on  Mount  Gerizim,  seized  the  sacred 
temple-treasure,  built  an  aqueduct  with  it,  and 
dedicated  some  Roman  shields  in  the  temple  in 
honor  of  Tiberius. 

Felix  was  a  slave  of  Antonia,  mother  of  Clau- 
dius, was  advanced  in  the  army  and  appointed  to 
Judffia  in  52  A.  D.  Tacitus  says,  "  He  wielded  the 
sceptre  of  a  monarch  with  the  soul  of  a  slave." 


NO.  37.— FELIX,  UNDER  NERO  (54-68  A.  D.). 

He  married  Drusilla,  sister  of  Agrippa.  His 
first  wife  was  Drusilla,  daughter  of  Juba;  his 
third  also  a  princess. 


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HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS   OF   ANCIENT  COINS  AND   GEMS. 


First  Revolt  of  the  Jews. 

The  Jews  were  so  oppressed  by  the  Romans 
that  they  broke  out  into  revolt  several  times, 
but  were  put  down  easily,  except  when,  under 
Gessius  Floras,  they  suffered  unbearable  tyranny. 


NO.  38. — ELEAZAR  (65  A.  D.). 

The  first  revolt  began  under  the  emperor  Nero, 
A.  D.  60,  and  one  of  the  first  war-measures  was 
to  issue  money  to  pay  soldiers  and  for  the  use 
of  the  people,  who  detested  the  coins  of  the  Ro- 
mans as  blasphemous  and  badges  of  servitude. 
The  most  capable  leader  was  Eleazar,  son  of  the 
high  priest  Ananias  before  whom  Paul  was  tried. 
(Acts  xxiii.  3.)  His  coins  have  the  words  "  Elea- 
zar the  high  priest "  and  "  First  year  of  the  Re- 


No.  39. — ELEAZAR,  BRONZE. 
(Simon,  Diet.,  p.  6.) 

demption  of  Israel."  The  types  he  used  were 
various,  being  vase,  harp,  treasury  (for  sacred 
books),  fruit,  palm  tree,  and  others. 

The  only  true  shekels  were  those  made  by 
Simon  the  Maccabee  (No.  21),  all  coins  after  his 
death  having  some  other  name,  although  writers 
usually  call  any  piece  of  Hebrew  money  a  shekel. 
The  sizes  of  the  various  pieces  were  made  to  con- 
form to  those  of  the  Greek  and  Roman  standards. 
The  stater  (Nos.  9,  135,  140)  was  equal  to  sixty 
cents  and  Simon's  shekel  (No.  21) ;  the  double 
stater  (Nos.  14,  10,  139,  etc.)  was  equal  to  two 
shekels;  the  mite  (Nos.  31,  33)  of  copper  was 
about  a  quarter  of  a  cent. 


NO.  40. — SIMON,  SON  OF  GAMALIEL. 

Simon,  son  of  Gamaliel,  chief  of  the  Sanhe- 
drin,  called  "Nasi"  (prince),  struck  coins  after 
Eleazar's  death,  and  also  Ananus,  son  of  Ananus. 
The  Sanhedrin  authorized  bronze  coins  to  be 
issued,  with  the  legend  "Year  2"  around  the 
vase,  and  "  Deliverance  of  Zion "  around  the 
vine-leaf. 


NO.  41. — SANHEDRIN. 


On  some  coins  the  name  Zion  stands  for  Jeru- 
salem. During  the  siege  by  Titus  Caesar  (who 
was  afterward  the  emperor  Titus)  the  Jews  used 
Greek  or  Roman  coins  to  strike  their  own  devices 
on,  as  appears  on  many  coins  of  that  time,  as 
also  on  those  of  the  second  revolt.  (Nos.  46, 
47,  48.) 

The  Romans  did  not  permit  their  provinces  to 
strike  coins  of  gold  or  silver ;  therefore,  the  only 
coins  of  Herod  and  his  successors  are  in  bronze. 
The  tribute-money  was  of  necessity  a  Roman 
coin,  bearing  the  head  of  "  Caesar "  or  the  em- 
peror, and  was  valued  at  sixty  cents,  the  sum 
required  for  two  persons. 


Jerusalem  Captured. 

The  revolt  was  suppressed,  and  Jerusalem  cap- 
tured by  the  Romans  under  Titus,  his  father, 
Vespasian,  being  emperor.  A  great  number 
was  struck  by  the  Romans  to  commemorate  the 
event — by  Vespasian,  in  gold,  silver,  and  bronze, 
and  also  by  Titus.  One  of  Vespasian  is  shown 
on  page  98  in  the  Dictionary.  This  bronze  (42) 
coin  of  Titus  is  read,  "  The  emperor  Titus  Caesar 


NO.  42.— VESPASIAN  (71  A.  D.). 

(See  Diet.,  p.  98.) 

Vespasian,  Priest,  Tribunal  Power,  Consul  second 
time."  On  the  reverse  is  a  palm  bearing  dates, 
with  a  Roman  soldier  (Titus)  armed,  and  a 
woman  for  Judsea  weeping,  seated  on  arms ;  S.  C. 
for  Decree  of  the  Senate. 


No.  43.— TITUS  (73  A.  D.). 

No.  43  is  described,  "  Titus  standing,  his  right 
foot  on  the  prow  of  a  vessel,  holding  a  '  Victory ' 
and  a  spear ;  at  his  feet  are  two  Jews  in  suppli- 
cation, and  near  a  palm."  Dated  73  A.  D.  No. 
44  is  a  coin  in  honor  of  a  naval  victory,  and  is 
supposed  to  refer  to  the  one  described  by  Jose- 
phus  (Wars,  iii.  9). 

When  the  war  began;  Nero  sent  Vespasian 
with  the  army  to  Palestine,  and  he  took  his  son, 
Titus,  with  him  as  his  lieutenant ;  and  when  Nero 
died,  A.  D.  68,  Vespasian  became  emperor,  return- 
ed to  Rome,  and  left  Titus  in  command  at  Jeru- 
salem. Vespasian  was  proclaimed  emperor  at 
Alexandria,  Egypt,  July  1,  69,  and  at  Jerusalem, 
in  the  camp  of  Titus,  July  3.  Jerusalem  was 
taken  September  8,  A.  d.  70. 

Titus  was  honored  with  the  title  of  "emperor" 
(which  was  equal  to  commander-in-chief)  on  the 
fall  of  Jerusalem.  He  had  served  under  his 
father  in  the  siege  and  capture  of  the  cities 
Tarichsea  and  Gamala,  described  by  Josephus. 
In  the  triumphal  procession  of  Vespasian  at 
Rome,  Titus  was  associated  with  his  father  and 
with  his  brother,  Domitian ;  he  was  also  nomi- 
nated a  ca?sar — that  is,  an  heir  to  the  throne  of 
Rome.     A  triumphal  arch,  the  "  Arch  of  Titus," 


^r^> 


NO.  44.— TITUS. 

was  erected  at  Rome,  and  is  still  standing,  bear- 
ing sculptures  in  memory  of  the  trophies  and 
victory  over  the  Jews.  It  is  the  oldest  arch  of 
the  kind  in  that  city,  and  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting monuments  in  the  world.  Besides  the 
coins  of  Vespasian  and  Titus,  those  of  Domitian 
bore  devices  recording  the  capture  of  Jerusalem. 
The  Romans  evidently  regarded  it  as  an  import- 
ant event,  for  they  stamped  it  on  their  coins  dur- 
ing twenty-six  years. 


The  Second  Revolt  op  the  Jews. 

From  the  time  of  the  first  Csesar,  Julius,  the 
Jews,  when  at  peace,  had  a  certain  amount  of 


NO.  45.— NERVA  (115  A, 


liberty  and  many  privileges.  Some  Jews  ha<5 
the  Roman  franchise  at  Ephesus  and  elsewhere, 
and  Seneca  said  of  them,  "Though  conquered, 
they  gave  laws  to  their  conquerors."  After  the 
revolt  which  was  put  down  by  Titus,  they  paid 
tributes  fixed  by  Vespasian,  but  under  Nerva 
these  were  abolished,  and  coin  No.  45  was  struck 
to  commemorate  the  event.     But  Jewish  hatred 


NO.  46. — SIMON  BARKOKAB. 

to  Rome  could  not  so  easily  be  quieted,  and  afteT 
a  few  years  a  second  revolt  broke  out,  in  115  A.  D., 
in  Cyrene,  Egypt,  Asia  Minor,  and  Cyprus.  In 
117  A.  d.,  Hadrian  sent  a  colony  of  veteran  sol- 
diers to  Jerusalem,  and  the  revolt  broke  out 
there,  aided  by  the  cry,  "The  Messiah  has 
come !"  referring  to  the  new  leader,  Simon  Bar- 
kokab,  called  "  Son  of  the  Star  "  (Num.  xxiv.  17- 
24),  but  the  war  did  not  begin  until  131  A.  D. 


NO.  47. — SIMON  BARKOKAB. 

It  was  an  ancient  custom  of  the  Syrian  kings 
and  Egyptian  Ptolemies  to  honor  a  successful 
general  or  a  patriotic  king  and  general  of  the 
army  with  the  title  "  savior  " — in  Greek,  soter 
—as  seen  on  coin  No.  3 ;  the  first  Ptolemy  was  a 
Soter,  also  the  first  Demetrius.  The  Romans 
honored  their  emperor  or  general  with  the  title 
"  Father  of  the  Country "  for  similar  services. 
The  Hebrews  were  very  jealous  of  permitting 
any  human  image  on  a  coin,  and  therefore  we 
read  only  the  name  of  the  high  priest  or  other 
person  in  chief  authority,  and  the  pious  sentence, 
"  The  Deliverance  of  Jerusalem,"  as  on  No.  47, 
and  "The  Deliverance  of  Zion"  on  others. 
These  coins  were  issued  at  the  mint  under  the 
authority  of  the  Sanhedrin  or  senate,  with  a  new 
device  on  the  accession  of  each  high  priest,  king, 
or  ethnarch.  The  coin  No.  48  is  probably  the 
last  coined  by  the  Jews  as  a  people. 

The  leader  Barkokab  struck  Hebrew  devices 
over  silver  coins  of  Titus,  as  in  this  case,  and 
over  those  of  Trajan  (No.  47)  and  of  Domitian, 


NO.  48. — SIMON  BARKOKAB,  BRONZE. 

and  of  copper  over  various  types,  as  in  48,  where 
the  letters  on  the  margin  show  that  the  original 
coin  was  of  Trajan. 


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HISTOKICAL  ILLUSTKATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS. 


The  imperial  coins  struck  at  Jerusalem  are 
preserved  in  great  variety,  and  are  of  great  value 
and  interest.     Hadrian  rebuilt  the  city  of  Jeru- 


NO.  49. — HADRIAN. 

salem,  and  gave  it  the  name  of  iELiA  Capito- 
lina,  in  honor  of  Jupiter  of  the  Capitol  at 
Rome  and  of  his  own  family,  iElius.  This  coin 
(49)  is  read,  "Hadrian  Augustus,  Consul  the 
third  term,  Father  of  the  Country,"  around  Ha- 


No.  50.- 


COLONIAL  COIN. 


drian's  bust;  and  on  the  reverse,  "The  advent 
of  Augustus  into  Judaea :"  a  woman,  as  Judaea, 
standing  with  two  children  bearing  palms,  her- 
self pouring  incense  on  an  altar:  "By  decree 
of  the  Senate."  (See  coin  of  Hadrian  in  Dic- 
tionary, p.  41.)  In  No.  50  is  shown  a  temple, 
within  which  is  a  statue,  probably  of  Jupiter, 
attended  by  two  other  divinities,  perhaps  Juno 
and  Minerva.  Coins  were  also  struck  by  Anto- 
ninus Pius,  Marcus  Aurelius,  Aurelius  and  Lu- 


No.  51. — AURELIUS  AND  VERUS. 


cius  Verus  (51),  by  Julia  Domna  (which  bears 
the  title  Commodiana,  at  the  request  of  the  em- 


No.  52.— JULIA  DOMNA  (173-217  A.  D.). 


peror  Commodus),  by  Caracalla  and  Diadume- 
nianus  (on  which  a  temple  with  a  statue  still  ap- 


No.  53. — COIN  OP  DIADUMENIANUS  (217  A.  D.). 


The 


pears).  The  coin  of  Elagabalus  records  the 
ancient  legend  of  the  she-wolf  suckling  the 
twin-founders  of  Rome,  Romulus  and  Remus. 
The  series  ended  with  Trajan,  iEtruscus,  and 
Hostilian.  No  other  Roman  coins  of  a  later 
date  struck  at  Jerusalem  have  been  found.  The 
next  coinage  of  that  city  is  of  the  Arabs,  who 
made  many  varieties,  No.  57  reading  "  Moham- 
med is  the  Apostle  of  God  "  in  Cufic  letters,  and 


on  the  other  side  Palestine,  on  each  side  of  the 
letter  M,  under  a  crescent.   The  coins  and  medals 


NO.  54.— ELAGABALUS  (218-222  A.  D.). 

on  page  54,  Dictionary,  are  of  the  crusaders 
after  1150  A.  D. 

Elagabalus  was  a  Syrian,  named  Bassianus, 
but  known  by  his  title  as  priest  of  the  sun-deity, 
which  was  worshiped  at  Emesa  under  that  name. 
He  was  an  Oriental  in  habits,  tastes,  and  train- 
ing, and  had  no  sympathy  for  Roman  laws,  dis- 
cipline, or  its  religion.  His  reign  was  cut  short 
by  the  mob,  his  successor  being  Alexander  Sev- 
erus,  his  cousin. 


No.  55.— TRAJAN  (249-251  A.  D.). 


Caius  Messius  Quintus  Trajan  Decius  was 
urged  to  accept  the  throne  of  Rome  much 
against  his  inclination.  Under  his  rule  the 
Goths  first  made  their  appearance  in  the  empire 
as  enemies.  Decius  entered  the  field  against 
them,  leaving  Valerian  in  Rome  to  rule  with 
the  title  of  Censor.  He  was  the  first  of  all  the 
Roman  emperors  to  fall  in  battle  with  the  enemy. 
The  coins  struck  in  Jerusalem  with  his  head  and 
titles  were  honorary,  as  it  is  not  recorded  that  he 
ever  visited  the  city.  His  wife,  Herennia  iEtrus- 
cilla,  is  honored  on  the  coin  with  the  title  Au- 


No.  56.— .ETRUSCUS  (249-251  A.  D.). 


gusta  (the  venerable) ,  and  with  a  fine  bust-portrait, 
set  in  a  crescent  moon  in  reference  to  her  purity 
of  character.  The  figure  on  the  other  side  of 
the  coin  is  of  the  goddess  Modesty,  and  is  also 
in  honor  of  the  queen.  These  religious  honors 
were  decreed  by  the  Senate,  and  have  been  the 
means  of  perpetuating  the  memory  of  the  noble 
woman  in  the  absence  of  other  records. 


NO.  57. — ARABIAN. 

The  caliph  Omar  captured  Jerusalem  637  A.  r>., 
and  struck  coins  in  honor  of  the  event,  one  of  a 
long  series,  during  over  400  years,  being  given 
here.  Their  inscriptions  are  always  in  mono- 
gram, often  artistically  constructed.  The  soil  in 
and  around  the  Holy  City  contains  many  buried 
treasures  of  coins,  vast  numbers  of  which  are 
brought  to  light  every  year.  The  people  in  the 
villages  of  Palestine,  in  digging  up  old  founda- 
tions or  cellars  for  new  houses,  find  deposits  of 
ancient  coins,  mostly  of  bronze,  a  few  silver,  and 
only  now  and  then  gold.  At  Sidon  three  differ- 
ent deposits  have  been  found  of  gold  coins  of 


Philip  and  Alexander  the  Great — in  all  over 
20,000  pieces,  of  from  $10  to  $50  each  in  value. 


NO.  58. — CYRENIUS,  PREFECT  OF  SYRIA. 


The  coin  of  Cyrenius  (Quirinus)  recalls  the 
mention  of  the  census  made  for  Caesar  Augustus 
in  Luke  (ii.  2),  when  "all  the  world"  was  taxed, 
about  the  time  of  the  birth  of  Jesus.  The  por- 
trait shows  a  character  in  accord  with  the  ac- 
counts given  by  historians  of  the  cruel  and  in- 
human exactions  of  the  tax-gatherers  of  that 
time.  He  was  so  detested  that  the  Senate  of 
Rome  refused  him  the  honors  of  a  public  fune- 
ral, although  requested  by  the  emperor  Tiberius. 

Herod  Archelaus  (59  and  28)  was  ruler  in  Pal- 
estine when,  it  is  supposed,  Paul  was  "  at  the  foot 
of  Gamaliel,"  Antipas  governed  Galilee  and 
Peraea,  and  Philip   (29)  Trachonitis,  Auranitis. 


NO.  59. — ARCHELAUS. 

and  Batanaea.  When  Archelaus  was  banished, 
Judaea,  etc.  became  a  Roman  province;  Copo- 
nius  was  procurator  when  Cyrenius  was  prefect  ; 
he  was  succeeded  by  Ambivius,  10  A.  D.,  and  An- 
nius  Rufus,  13  A.  D. ;  then  Valerius  Gratus,  14,  and 
Pontius  Pilate,  25 ;  Marcellus,  35 ;  Marullus,  37 ; 
and  in  38  Agrippa  I.  was  made  governor  of  Ju- 
daea until  44 ;  then  Cuspius  Fadus,  Tiberius 
Alexander,  47,  Felix,  52,  and  Festus,  60,  Annas, 
62,  Albinus,  62;  and  the  last  one  was  Gessius 
Florus,  in  A.  d.  65,  who  was  the  great  cause  of 
the  first  revolt. 


NO.  60. — AMBIVIUS. 

The  general  policy  of  Augustus  as  to  the  gov- 
ernment of  Judaea  was,  as  advised  by  Maecenas,  to 
continue  the  prefect  in  office  three  or  five  years. 
Augustus  died  14  A.  d.,  after  a  reign  of  fifty-seven 
years,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  adopted  son,  Tiberius,  son  of  his 
wife  Livia,  who  was  a  less  active  and  more  luxu- 
rious ruler,  and  who  adopted  a  new  line  of  policy, 
which  was  to  change  the  rulers  of  provinces  as 
seldom  as  possible,  so  as  to  avoid  plundering  the 
people  by  new  and  hungry  officials.  In  a  reign 
of  twenty-two  years  he  changed  the  procurator 
of  Judaea  only  once.  The  first  procurator  under 
Tiberius  was  Valerius  Gratus,  in  whose  time 
Joseph,  also  called  Caiaphas,  was  made  high 


NO.  61. — ANNIUS  RUFUS. 

priest.  After  ruling  eleven  years  he  made  way 
for  Pontius  Pilate,  in  the  seventh  year  of  whose 
rule  (33  A.  d.,  April  2d)  the  Gospel  narrative 
makes  Jesus  of  Nazareth  appear  before  him  for 
trial  before  crucifixion.  Recent  discoveries  have 
enabled  the  student  to  follow  the  entire  history  of 
that  age  from  one  ruler  to  another,  with  nearly 
every  detail  supplied  from  antiquities. 


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HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS. 


Paul  was  a  native  of  Tarsus,  which  was  a 
metropolis,  and  had  a  famous  idol-shrine  (as 
shown  here,  and  more  distinctly  on  No.  13). 
These  idol-shrines  are  scattered  throughout  Phce- 


NO.  62. — TARSUS. 

nicia,  and  are  now  tumbling  into  ruins.  Hera  is 
(Standing  on  a  lion,  holding  emblems  in  each 
hand,  a  conical  object  each  side  of  the  lion,  and 
an  eagle  on  the  apex ;  garlands  decorate  the 
front  and  sides.  The  inscription  is  "  (Money)  of 
King  Antiochus  the  Benefactor."  Some  of  the 
coins  of  Tarsus  have  a  figure  of  a  woman  as  an 
emblem  of  the  city,  and  of  another  for  the  river 
Cydnus,  on  which  the  famous  Cleopatra  made  a 
magnificent  display  in  entering  the  city.  (See 
«oin  of  Tarsus  in  Dictionary,  p.  103.) 


NO.  63. — CITY  OP  ANTIOCH. 

The  coin  of  Antioch  has  an  emblem  of  the 
river  Orontes  beneath  the  feet  of  a  woman  per- 
sonifying the  city,  the  inscription  reading,  "  Of 
Antioch  the  Metropolis."  This  city  was  found- 
ed by  Seleucus  I.,  300  b.  c.  (See  Dictionary, 
p.  7.)  The  coinage  includes  many  of  the  Greek 
kings  and  Roman  governors  of  Syria.  We  have 
coins  of  the  Roman  governors — P.  Q.  Varus,  dated 
B.  c.  7-6,  and  Volusius  Saturninus,  prefect  from 
4-5  A.  D. ;  and  he  was  followed  by  Quirinus  (Cy- 
renius;  No.  58). 

The  coin  of  Damascus  is  supposed  to  refer  to 
the  fountains  or  rivers  that  water  its  gardens  in 


NO.  64.— DAMASCUS. 

the  Greek  word  pegai.  The  device  is  an  emblem 
of  the  city,  a  woman  holding  fruit  and  a  horn  of 
plenty,  seated  in  a  court  surrounded  by  a  market, 
a  temple  with  a  statue  of  a  deity  above,  the  sun 
and  moon  on  either  side.  The  head  is  of  Julia 
Aquila  Severa,  wife  of  the  emperor  Elagabalus. 


NO.  65.— AEETAS. 


Avetas  was  the  title  of  the  rulers  of  the  Naba- 
theans  of  Arabia,  who  built  Petra  and  many 
other  cities  little  known.  There  were  several 
kings  with  this  title,  one  of  whom  is  here  called 
"Bacchius  the  Jew,"  and  on  the  other  side  of 
the  coin  is  the  name  of  a  Roman  general,  Plautus. 
The  head  is  an  emblem  of  the  city  of  Petra.  (See 
No.  143.) 

On  coin  66  we  read,  "  Tiberius  Claudius  Caesar 
Augustus  "  around  a  grain-measure ;  and  on  the 
other  side,  "Elected  Consul  the  second  time, 
High  Priest,  Tribunal  Power,  Emperor,"  around 


S.  C,  for  decreed  by  the  Senate  (of  Rome) ;  dated 
41-42  A.  d.  This  was  once  supposed  to  have  been 


NO.  66.— COIN  OP  CLAUDIUS. 

struck  to  commemorate  the  great  famine  in  Syria, 
relieved  by  Claudius. 

Josephus  says  the  great  famine  occurred  under 
the  procurators  Eadus  and  Tiberius  Alexander, 
44  to  48  A.  d.  It  was  the  custom  of  the  Jews  in 
all  countries  to  send  money  to  Jerusalem  to  re- 
lieve the  distress  of  their  brethren  there.  The 
custom  is  in  full  force  now. 

This  Nicocles,  king  of  Salamis,  Cyprus,  also  on 
the  coin  "  Of  the  Paphians,"  was  son  of  Evagoras 


NO.  67.— NICOCLES,  KING  OP  SALAMIS. 


I.,  and  ruled  about  375  B.  c.  Isocrates,  the  orator 
of  Athens,  made  a  flattering  eulogy  on  his  life 
and  deeds.  The  proconsul  of  Cyprus  mention- 
ed in  Acts  xiii.  7  was  succeeded  by  the  one 
named  on  the  coin  in  the  Dictionary,  p.  24, 
whose  inscription  is  "  (Money)  of  the  Cyprians, 


NO.  68.— PAPHOS  IN  CYPRUS. 

(Cyprus,  Diet.,  p.  24.) 

under  Cominius  Proclus,  Proconsul."  The  head 
is  of  the  emperor  Claudius.  The  coin  of  Paphos 
refers  to  a  temple  of  Venus,  now  in  ruins.  The 
temple-ruins  at  Paphos  have  not  yet  been  exam- 
ined ;  but  another  temple  to  Venus — also  called 
Aphrodite  and  Astarte — was  exhumed  at  Golgos, 
near  the  centre  of  the  island,  when  1000  marble 
statues  came  to  light,  some  colossal,  others  life- 
size,  and  many  smaller.  These  are  now  in  the 
Metropolitan  Museum,  New  York.  Pausanias 
says  in  his  ancient  history  that  Agapenor,  a  gen- 
eral of  the  Greeks  under  Agamemnon,  return- 
ing after  the  close  of  the  siege  of  Troy,  was 
wrecked  on  the  coast  of  Cyprus,  landed,  and  built 
the  town  of  Paphos  and  its  temple  to  Venus, 
which  was  much  later  in  time  than  the  one  at 
Golgos.  The  people  of  the  island  at  that  time 
are  said  to  have  numbered  seven  millions. 


NO.  69. — PERGA  IN  PAMPHYLIA. 


Mark,  the  cousin  of  Barnabas,  Paul's  com- 
panion, left  them  at  Perga,  whose  coin,  shown 
here,  bears  the  image  of  the  goddess  Diana,  a 
stag,  and  other  religious  emblems,  with  the  in- 
scription, "  Of  Diana  of  Perga."    (See  Perga  in 


the  Dictionary.)    Diana  is  named  on  this  coin 
Artemis. 

The  coin  of  Iconium,  shown  here,  is  inscribed 
"  Nero  Caesar  Augustus "  around  a  head  of  the 
young  Nero ;  and  on  the  reverse,  "  Poppsea  Au- 
gusta of  the  Claud-Iconians,"  around  a  seated 
figure  of  Poppaea,  wife  of  Nero.     Iconium  was 


NO.  70.— ICONIUM. 


made  a  Roman  colony  by  Claudius,  and  named 
Claudia.  (See  Iconium  in  the  Dictionary.) 
Xenophon  says  it  was  a  city  in  Phrygia,  as  in 
his  history  of  the  Expedition  of  Cyrus  he  says, 
"  he  came  to  Iconium,  the  last  city  of  Phrygia," 
but  Cicero,  Strabo,  and  other  ancients  say  it  was 
in  Pamphylia.  It  is  a  very  ancient  place,  for 
Xenophon  wrote  about  360  b.  c. 


NO.  71. — ATTALIA. 


The  coin  of  Attalia  is  of  the  emperor  Commo- 
dus  (180-192  A.  d.),  who  required  his  subjects  to 
salute  him  as  Hercules  the  god.  The  place  was 
originally  called  Corcyrus,  and  Attalus  II.  Phil- 
adelphus  (see  Nos.  127,  128),  king  of  Pergamus, 
added  a  new  town  and  built  a  wall  around  the 
whole,  giving  it  his  name. 

The  coin  of  Troas  is  of  Alexander  Severus, 
emperor  of  Rome,  222-235  A.  d.  The  city  was 
founded  by  Antigonus  (No.  137),  and  named  by 
him  Antigonia,  but  enlarged  by  Lysimachus,  who 
named  it  Antigonia  Troas.    It  became  a  Roman 


NO.  72.— ALEXANDRIA  TROAS. 

colony  under  Augustus,  and  had  many  immunities 
and  privileges.  The  port  was  artificial,  with  two 
basins,  outer  and  inner,  and  it  was  an  important 
commercial  centre  for  many  centuries.  The  an- 
tiquities found  by  Dr.  Schliemann  in  his  search 
for  the  Troy  of  Homer  indicate  great  wealth  and 
culture  among  the  people  in  some  early  age.  (See 
coin  of  Troas  in  Dictionary,  p.  94.) 


NO.  73.— SAMOTHRACIA. 

The  island  of  Samothrace  lies  about  halfway 
between  Troas  and  Macedonia ;  it  is  eight  miles 
long,  six  wide,  and  has  lofty  mountain-ranges, 
the  highest  being  5250  feet.  From  the  top,  or 
even  high  up  on  the  sides,  of  the  mountains  of 
this  island  one  can  see  the  plains  of  Troy,  as  is 
said  in  Homer's  Iliad.  This  is  a  very  interest- 
ing confirmation  of  the  accuracy  of  Homer  as  to 
geography  and  minute  observation. 


HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS   AND   GEMS. 


Macedonia  under  the  Roman  rule  was  divided 
into  four  districts  for  safety  against  a  general  re- 
bellion, 167  A.  d.     A  coin  of  the  first  division  is 


NO.  74. — MACEDONIA,  SECOND  DIVISION. 
(Mac.  I.,  Diet.,  p.  62.) 

on  page  62  in  the  Dictionary  ;  one  of  the  sec- 
ond (74)  is  here ;  none  is  known  of  the  third ; 
but  of  the  fourth  there  are  several,  besides  this 
one,  No.  75,  which  bears  the  mark  of  the  em- 
peror's legate   (leg).    The  chief  cities  were — 


NO.  75. — MACEDONIA  UNDER  ROMAN  RULE. 

Amphipolis,  capital  of  the  1st  district ;  Thessa- 
lonica,  of  the  2d;  Pella,  of  the  3d;  and  Heraclea, 
of  the  4th.  The  peoples  of  the  several  districts 
were  kept  wholly  distinct,  not  even  being  allow- 
ed to  marry  those  of  another  or  have  any  deal- 
ings in  houses  or  lands.  The  proconsul  over  the 
whole  country  resided  at  Thessalonica ;  the  Ro- 
man roads  were  excellent  throughout  the  coun- 
try, uniting  the  capitals.  The  chief  seaport 
eastward  was  Neapolis,  the  coin  of  which  bears 
an  archaic  head  of  Diana  with  a  peculiar  style 
of  hair-dressing,  and  the  letters  in  Greek  neop, 
for  Neapolis;  on  the  reverse  a  head  of  the  fabu- 
lous monster  called  Gorgon.  The  road  from 
Neapolis  to  Philippi  leads  over  the  river  Zy- 
gactes  (break-pole),  about  which  the  Greeks  tell 
this  legend :  Proserpine  was  gathering  flowers  by 
the  river,  when  Pluto  fell  in  love  with  her  and 


No.  76. 


took  her  into  his  chariot,  the  pole  of  which  broke 
as  he  tried  to  cross  the  river.  The  whole  coun- 
try is  poetically  dotted  with  similar  legends  and 
names. 

The  coin  of  Philippi  shows  that  it  was  a  Ro- 
man colony,  the  inscription  being,  "  Tiberius 
Claudius  Caesar  Augustus,  High  Priest,  Tribunal 


No  77. — PHILIPPI. 


Power,  Emperor,"  around  bust,  and  "  Colony  of 
Julia  Augusta  of  Philippi"  around  statues  of 
Julius  C&ssar  and  Augustus,  standing  on  a  ped- 


estal inscribed  "  The  Deified  Augustus."  The 
city  was  first  called  Crenides,  or  Fountains,  after- 
ward Datum ;  but  when  Philip,  father  of  Alex- 
ander the  Great,  fortified  it,  he  named  it  after 
himself.  The  gold-mines  of  the  vicinity  were 
very  productive,  yielding  a  million  a  year.  The 
famous  battle  between  Octavius  (afterward  Au- 
gustus) and  Antony  (No.  18)  on  one  side,  and 
Brutus  and  Cassius  on  the  other,  was  fought 
here  36  b.  c.  The  remains  of  the  earthworks 
used  on  that  day  can  be  traced  now  for  long 
distances,  and  there  are  remains  of  a  triumphal 
arch  near  the  modern  city.  (For  Thyatira  in 
Asia,  where  Lydia,  found  by  Paul  at  Philippi, 
resided,  see  coin  No.  123.) 


No.  78. — BRUTUS  AT  PHILIPPI. 


The  coin  of  Brutus  commemorates  his  victory 
at  Philippi,  showing  trophies. 

The  scourging  of  Paul  and  Silas  at  Philippi  is 
illustrated  by  this  scene  (No.  79)  from  an  ancient 
gem,  which  leaves  no  doubt  of  the  Roman  man- 


No.  79. — FLOGGING  IN  SCHOOL. 

ner.  Livy  (viii.  32)  and  Aulus  Gellius  (x.  3) 
describe  the  Roman  manner  of  flogging  in  the 
public  square  or  forum  on  the  naked  body. 

Philippi  was  then  the  capital  of  the  province, 
instead  of  Amphipolis  (see  under  75),  and  had 
the  "  Italian  right,"  which  included  exemption 
from  martial  law  and  its  hasty  punishments,  and 
from  certain  taxes,  and  also  being  favored  with 
peculiar  privileges.  The  Roman  citizen,  or  any 
other  person  having  the  "  Italian  right,"  could 
not  be  condemned  and  punished  without  a  trial, 
and  he  also  had  the  right  of  appeal.  The  scourg- 
ing was  done  in  the  public  square  of  the  city,  be- 
fore the  assembled  people.  Some  were  tied  to  a 
post ;  others  were  stripped  and  had  their  hands 
tied  behind  the  back. 


NO.  80.— THESSALONICA. 

On  the  coin  of  Thessalonica,  we  find  "  Caius 
(Caligula),  son  of  Augustus,"  around  the  por- 
trait of  Caius,  and  "  Of  the  Thessalonians " 
(money)  around  a  head  of  Augustus.  Caius 
was  an  adopted  son.  He  was  one  of  the  as- 
sessors when  Archelaus  and  Herod  Antipas  and 
Philip  were  heard  before  Augustus  prior  to  the 
death  of  Herod  the  Great.  (Jos.  Ant.  xvii.  9,  5; 
see  Thessalonica  in  the  Dictionary.) 

The  poetical  allusions  of  Paul  are  cited  as  evi- 
dence of  his  acquaintance  with,  and  keen  relish 
for,  their  beauties.  For  instance,  in  his  address 
to  the  Athenians  there  is  an  allusion  to  the  poems 
of  the  Cilician  poet  Aratus  in  this  line : 

"For  we  are  also  his  offspring"  (Acts  xvii.  28); 


and  when  he  rebukes  the  Cretans,  he  quotes  from 
their  own  writer,  Epimenides : 

"  The  Cretans 
Are  always  liars,  evil  beasts,  slow  bellies  "  (Tit.  i.  12) ; 

and  for  the  Corinthians  he  selects  a  line  from  the 
comedy  of  "Thais,"  a  word  of  the  excellent  writer 
Menander : 

"  Evil  communications  corrupt  good  manners." 

The  poet  Aratus  was  a  Cilician,  born  at  Soli, 
and  a  fellow-countryman  with  Paul.  He  was  at 
the  court  of  Antigonus   Gonatas  many   years, 


NO.  81.— THE   POET  ARATUS  (300-250  B.  C). 

where  he  wrote  the  astronomical  Greek  poem, 
called  "  Phenomena,"  from  which  Paul  quoted 
in  Acts  xvii.  28,  on  which  Hipparchus  wrote  a 
commentary,  and  of  which  Cicero  made  a  Latin 
version.  Ovid  said,  "  Aratus  will  always  be  as- 
sociated with  the  sun  and  moon  in  the  minds  of 
men,  for  his  excellent  qualities." 


No.  82. — MENANDER  (b.  341  B.  C.). 

Menander,  the  Greek  tragic  poet,  was  the 
originator  of  the  New  Comedy,  and  had  the  high- 
est reputation,  being  eulogized  by  Julius  Csesar, 
Plutarch,  and  other  ancients.  Paul  quoted  from 
his  comedy  of  Thais  in  1  Cor.  xiii.  33.  The  por- 
traits of  Socrates  and  Plato  are  from  an  ancient 
gem  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  John  Taylor 
Johnston  of  New  York  City.  They  are  intro- 
duced here  because  Socrates  was  accused  of  vio- 


NO.  83. — SOCRATES  AND  PLATO. 


lating  the  laws  by  corrupting  youth,  and  by 
acknowledging  strange  gods  not  sanctioned  by 
the  laws — accusations  made  against  Paul.  (On 
the  subject  of  the  accusations  against  Paul  see 
Acts  xxiii.  and  xvii.  22..) 


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8 


HISTOKICAL  ILLUSTKATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND   GEMS. 


The  coin  of  Athens  (84)  is  of  the  age  of  Peri- 
cles, 470  B.  c.  The  purity  of  the  silver  and  gold 
of  the  coinage  of  Athens  after  Solon's  reform 


NO.  84. — ATHENS. 

made  the  type  useful  as  late  as  the  time  of  Alex- 
ander, who  changed  the  standard  in  weight,  and 
then  new  and  better  designs  were  adopted.  The 
head  is  of  Minerva,  and  the  owl  was  sacred  to 
that  goddess  ;  athb  for  Athens. 

The  coin  of  Cenchrea,  the  port  of  Corinth,  is 
of  the  date  of  138  A.  D.  or  later,  and  shows  a 
head  of  the  emperor  Antoninus  Pius,  the  suc- 
cessor of  Hadrian  in  that  year.     The  reverse 


NO.  85. — CENCHREA,  POET  OP  CORINTH. 

has  a  plan  of  the  port,  where  a  circular  row  of 
warehouses  end  in  an  office,  or  perhaps  a  temple, 
on  either  side,  and  in  the  centre  stands  a  statue 
of  Neptune,  while  ships  in  full  sail  are  in  the 
harbor,  with  the  initials  of  "  Colonia  Laus  Julia 
Corinthos."  (See  in  the  Dictionary.) 

There  are  perhaps  more  coins  of  different 
types  of  Ephesus  than  of  any  other  ancient 
city.  The  political  and  religious  characteristics 
of  the  city  and  of  the  age  are  illustrated  on 
them,  which  have  many  allusions  to  the  Diana- 
worship,  and  bear  the  names  and  official  titles 


No.  86. — EPHESUS. 


f>f  various  public  officers  referred  to  in  the  New 
Testament.  The  one  below  (87),  with  the  head 
of  Nero,  is  dated  about  the  time  assigned  to 
Paul's  visit.  We  learn  from  the  coins  that  there 
were  many  temples  to  Diana  and  other  deities 
(117) — one  of  Apollo  at  the  head  of  the  port; 
one  opposite  the  great  theatre ;  another  of  Diana 
near  the  theatre.  One  of  the  Diana  temples  has 
four  columns;  another  has  columns  all  around 


No.  87.— EPHESUS. 

it;  a  third  (the  great  temple),  eight  columns  in 
front  (114).  The  theatre  was  the  largest  struc- 
ture ever  built  by  the  Greeks,  and  would  hold 
60,000  spectators.     In  this  were  displayed  the 

fmblic  games  by  the  Asiarch — running,  wrest- 
ing, feats  of  strength,  boxing,  horse-racing, 
gladiatorial  contests,  and  fights  with  wild  beasts 
U  Cor.  xv.  33)  j  one  of  the  latter  is  presented  on 


the  coin  No.  88.  (See  1  Cor.  ix.  24,  25.)  The 
emperor  Claudius  died  during  the  time  Paul 
was  at  Ephesus,  54  A.  d. 

The  inscription  on  coin  No.  87  is  "Nero  Caesar," 
around  a  portrait  of  the  emperor  on  one  side, 
and  on  the  other,  "  Of  the  Ephesians  Neocori, 
Aichmocles  Aviola,  Proconsul,"  around  a  temple 
of  Diana,  on  each  side  of  which  are  eph  in 
Greek  letters.  The  neokoros  was  a  conductor 
of  the  public-worship ;  we  have  no  such  officer 


NO.  88. — REGULUS. 

now.  The  city  also  had  the  privilege  of  build- 
ing a  temple  in  honor  of  the  reigning  emperor ; 
and  on  coin  No.  117  the  four  temples  suggest 
that  one  or  more  may  have  been  of  that  class. 
The  inscriptions  on  the  coins  of  Colossae  show 
that  the  name  of  the  city  was  written  differently 
in  most  ancient  times.  The  place  is  now  entirely 
deserted,  while  Xenophon  says  (Anab.  ii.  2)  it 
was  a  great,  populous,  and  flourishing  city ;  and 
Pliny  says  (v.  41)  it  was  one  of  the  most  cele- 


NO.  89.— COLOSSI. 


No.  90.— COLOSSI. 


brated  towns  in  Phrygia.  Laodicea  and  Hier- 
apolis  were  near,  and  were  included  in  the  circuit 
of  labors  of  the  apostle  and  his  assistants  (Col. 
iv.  13).  These  three  towns  were  all  in  the  valley 
of  the  river  Mseander,  within  a  circuit  of  fifteen 
miles.  Hierapolis  is  included  among  the  illus- 
trious cities  of  Asia  by  Tacitus.  It  has  been 
shaken  by  earthquakes  in  successive  ages,  but  is 
still  a  fine  city,  called  by  the  Turks  Pambook 
Kalessi.  The  hot  springs  near  are  the  resort  of 
invalids  and  curiosity-hunters,  who  examine  the 
deposits  of  lime  from  the  waters,  which  have 
formed  vast  masses  in  fantastic  shapes.  Among 
the  ruins  of  the  ancient  city  the  theatre  and  the 
gymnasium  are  the  most  noted.  The  Stoic  phil- 
osopher Epictetus  was  a  native  of  Hierapolis, 
where  he  was  sold  in  his  youth  as  a  slave  to  a 
freedman  of  the  emperor  Nero;  which  became 
the  means  of  his  good  fortune,  for  he  was  taken 
to  Eome,  where  he  found  means  of  gaining  an 
education  and  his  freedom. 


No.  91.— NERO. 

On  coin  No.  91  there  is  a  front  of  a  provision- 
market,  called  in  Latin  macellum  (mac  on 
the  coin),  which  is  interesting  in  connection  with 
the  text  of  1  Cor.  x.  25.  The  legend  is,  "  Nero 
Claudius,  Caesar  Augustus  Germanicus,  Tribunal 
Power,  Emperor,  Father  of  the  Country,"  around 
a  bust-portrait  of  Nero  on  one  side,  and  on  the 
other,  "Provision-Market  of  Augustus,  (struck 
by)  Decree  of  the  Senate." 

The  emperors  supplied  the  poor  people  of  Eome 
under  Augustus,  to  the  number  of  200,000,  with 
grain  for  bread.  This  free  gift  continued  in  prac- 
tice until  the  time  of  Alexander  Severus,  222  A.  D., 
when  it  was  abolished. 

The  island  of  Chios  is  named  in  Acts  (xx.  15) 


as  on  Paul's  route  to  Judsea,  and  coins  Nos.  92. 
93  are  from  it.     On  the   larger  one  we  read] 


No.  92.— CHIOS. 


"Under  the  Archonship  of  Quintus  Valerias 
Primus,  of  the  Chians,"  around  an  amphora 
(wine-bottle),  and  three  asses  around  and  below 
a  sphinx.  Three  asses  were  equal  to  six  cents. 
On  the  smaller  we  read,  "  Chios  iEschines,"  on 


No.  93. — CHIOS. 

either  side  of  a  water-bottle.  This  was  the  far- 
thing-piece or  half  a  cent;  two  mites  were  equal 
to  one  of  these. 

Earthquakes  have  recently  caused  a  great  loss 
of  life  and  a  destruction  of  many  houses  in  the 
cities  and  villages  of  Chios  (now  called  Scio). 
The  island  is  32  miles  long  by  8  to  18  miles 
wide.  Its  fertility  and  the  excellent  quality  of 
its  wine,  mastic,  figs,  and  other  products  have 
been  the  theme  of  writers  in  all  ages.  This  was 
one  of  the  seven  places  that  claimed  the  honor 
of  Homer's  nativity,  the  other  six  being  Smyrna, 
Rhodes,  Colophon,  Salamis,  Athens,  and  Argos. 
They  show  a  sepulchre  in  Chios  which  is  called 
Homer's,  near  the  ruins  of  an  ancient  temple  to 
Apollo. 


No.  94.— SAMOS. 


Samos  was  the  capital  of  an  island  of  the  same 
name.  We  read  on  the  coin  No.  94,  "  Hegesianax, 
of  the  Samians,"  above  a  head  and  shoulders  of 
an  ox ;  the  head  of  a  lion  is  without  inscription. 
This  is  a  very  ancient  place,  and  mentioned  in 
the  earliest  history. 


NO.  95. — MILETUS. 

The  coin  of  Miletus  has  a  head  of  Apollo 
bound  with  a  wreath  of  laurel,  and  on  the  re- 
verse a  lion  looking  back  at  a  star,  with  the 
monogram  of  Miletus  and  the  name  of  Theo- 
doras, who  was  a  chief  magistrate.  (See  Dic- 
tionary, pp.  65,  66.) 


No.  96. — COS. 

The  island  of  Cos  was  called  the  garden  of 
the  iEgean  Sea.  It  was  mentioned  in  the  book 
of  Maccabees  (1  Mace.  xv.  23)  and  in  Josephus 
(Ant.  xiv.  7,  2)  in  connection  with  the  war  with 
Mithridates.  Herod  the  Great  conferred  many 
favors  on  the  Jews  in  Cos. 


HISTOKICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS. 


For  coin  of  Rhodes,  see  Dictionary.  It  has 
4  head  of  Apollo  radiated  as  the  sun  on  one  side, 
and  "  Amynias  (a  magistrate)  of  the  Rhodians" 
on  the  other,  around  an  opening  rose. 


NO.  97. — PATARA. 
(Rhodes,  Diet.,  p.  85.) 

Patara  was  the  port  of  Xanthus,  the  capital  of 
Lycia,  and  stood  eight  miles  east  of  the  Yellow 
(xanthus)  River.  It  is  now  a  ruin,  and  its  port 
is  filled  up  with  sand.  On  the  coin  a  head  of 
Apollo  in  a  laurel-wreath  is  on  one  side,  and  a 
head  of  Diana  on  the  other,  with  the  words  "  Of 
the  Patareans."  Ruins  of  a  theatre,  baths,  and  a 
triple  arch  which  was  once  a  city-gate  mark  the 
site. 

Lycia  was  south  of  Asia,  and  had  its  Lysiarchs 
as  Asia  had  its  Asiarchs.     It  was  a  part  of  the 


No.  98.— LYCIA. 

Persian  dominions  before  Alexander  (Herodotus 
vii.  91,  92),  then  under  the  Greek  kings  to  the 
time  the  Romans  took  it  from  Antiochus.  It  is 
mentioned  in  1  Mace.  xv.  23,  and  was  made  a 
Roman  province  under  Claudius.  On  the  coin 
is  a  head  of  Apollo  and  a  lyre,  with  "Of  the 
Lycians,  Year  8." 


NO.  99.— ACRE  PTOY.EMATS. 

Acre  was  a  city  of  Phoenicia,  and  was  invested 
by  the  Romans  with  the  privileges  of  a  colony, 
as  appears  on  this  coin  of  Claudius,  with  the 
legend,  "(Claudius)  Caesar,  High  Priest,  Consul 
4th  time,  Emperor  13th  year"  (47  A.  D.),  around 
a  portrait,  and  "  The  Deified  Claudius,  Ptolemais, 
Claudian  Colony,  Citizens  Saved,"  around  two 
oxen  and  driver,  with  four  standards  of  the  le- 
gions— 6,  9,  10,  11. 


NO.  100. — ADRAMYTTIUS1. 

The  coin  of  Adramyttium  reads,  "  Antinous  the 
Bacchus,"  around  portrait  of  Antinous  (who  was 
deified  in  the  reign  of  Hadrian),  and  "  Dedicated 
by  Egesias  of  the  Adramyttians,"  around  a  fig- 
ure of  Ceres.  This  place  was  settled  in  the  time 
of  Croesus  by  the  Lydians,  590  B.  c. 


On  the  coin  of  Sidon  we  find  a  head  of  a  king 
or  emperor  without  name,  and  a  group  of  the 


No.  101.— SIDON. 

fabled  Europa  and  the  bull,  with  the  words  "  Of 
the  Sidonians."  This  myth  of  Europa  was  re- 
corded on  many  coins  of  different  nations.  (See 
Sidon  in  the  Dictionary.)  The  name  Europe 
means  "  the  west "  when  applied  to  the  country, 
but  it  means  on  this  coin  a  deified  daughter  of 
Agenor,  king  of  Phoenicia,  of  whom  it  is  fabled 
that  Jupiter  was  enamored,  and  she  became  the 
mother  of  the  heroes  Minos,  Sarpedon,  and  Rhad- 
amanthus,  and  after  that  married  Asterius,  the 
king  of  Crete ;  the  Cretans  deified  her  and  built 
shrines  for  her  worship. 


NO.  102. — CNIDUS. 

Cnidus  was  known  to  the  Jews  in  the  second 
century  B.  c.  (1  Mace.  xv.  23),  and  was  passed  by 
Paul  (Acts  xxvii.  7).  It  must  have  been  of  great 
importance  and  magnificence.  It  was  formerly 
on  an  island  of  the  same  name,  but  is  now  con- 
nected with  the  mainland  by  a  causeway.  The 
coin  presents  a  head  of  Venus  with  many  orna- 
ments, and  a  lion's  head,  with  Ethbolo,  the  name 
of  a  magistrate.  This  place  has  been  named 
Triopia,  Pegusia,  and  Stadia,  because  founded 
by  Triopas.  The  chief  deity  worshiped  there 
was  Venus,  whose  temple  was  famed  for  its  mar- 
ble statue  of  that  goddess,  the  work  of  Praxiteles. 
The  mathematician  Eudoxus,  the  philosopher 
Agatharcides,  the  historian  Theopompus,  and 
the  physician  Ctesias  were  natives  of  Cnidus. 
It  is  now  a  mass  of  ruins.  The  historian  Theo- 
pompus is  quoted  by  several  ancient  authors, 
and  is  favorably  compared  with  Thucydides  and 
Herodotus,  but  was  more  satirical  and  illiberal. 
His  works  are  lost,  only  the  passages  quoted  by 
others  being  extant.  Ctesias  wrote  a  history  of 
Persia  in  twenty-three  books. 


No.  103. — CNOSSUS. 

Crete  is  rich  in  the  early  mythology  of  the 
Greeks ;  Cnossus  was  its  chief  city,  and  Gortyna 
second.  (See  Dictionary.)  The  famous 
Labyrinth  is  presented  on  this  coin  and  on 
No.  142.  The  head  of  Diana  has  an  orna- 
mented cap,  and  she  has  earrings  and  neck- 
lace of  pearls  or  hollow  gold  beads ;  the  word 
is  "Of  the  Knossians."  The  Cretans  are 
named  among  those  who  witnessed  the  gift 
of  tongues  (Actsii.  11).  The  strange  fables 
of  the  Gnostics  were  received  on  the  island. 
A  natural  cave  is  shown  to  travelers  near 
Gortyna  as  the  original  Labyrinth;  it  has 
many  rooms  and  passages,  with  stalactites, 
and  may  have  suggested  the  poetic  idea 
which  the  ancient  poet  crystallized  in  the 
tale  of  Theseus  and  the  Minotaur. 

Gaulos   is  a  small  island  near  Malta.      The 
coin  is  Phoenician,  and  is  described:  Head  of 


the  governor  of  the  island,  with  a  caduceus  in 
token  of  his  good  conduct  in  office ;  on  tbe  re- 


No.  104. — GAULOS. 

verse  a  wreath  of  laurel  around  a  vase,  and  lie 
letters  all,  for  alal,  in  Phoenician  letters. 

The  coin  of  Malta  was  struck  by  the  Greeks, 
and  presents  a  head  of  the  Egyptian  goddess 
Isis  with  mystic  head-dress  and  crown,  a  bead 
of  barley,  and  the  words  "  Of  the  Maltese ;"  on 
the  reverse  a  figure  of  the  god  Osiris,  winged, 


NO.  105.— MELITA  (MALTA). 

crowned  with  the  serpent,  and  holding  the  em- 
blems of  power  in  either  hand.  The  knowledge 
and  use  of  the  Egyptian  gods  extended  to  Rome 
also  in  later  times. 

The  coin  of  Syracuse  (No.  106)  is  of  Gelon, 
485-478  b.  c,  and  presents  the  head  of  a  girl, 
hair  waved  in  front,  one  lock  hanging  over  the 
ear,  the  rest  braided  and  folded  or  gathered  in 
a  net,  bound  with  a  wreath  of  olive;  earring, 


NO.  106. — SYRACUSE. 

with  pendants  and  necklace;  four  dolphins  swim 
around  the  head  in  the  same  direction,  differing 
from  the  one  below ;  on  the  other  side  was  the 
chariot  and  four  horses  similar  to  that  on  the 
next  coin. 

Coin  No.  107  is  of  Hiero  of  Syracuse,  470  B.  c, 
and  bears  a  head  of  the  goddess  Arethusa,  with 
earring,  necklace,  band,  and  hair  in  a  net ;  four 
dolphins  swim  around,  two  meeting  before  the 
face,  indicating,  as  is  supposed,  that  the  island  on 
which  the  fountain  of  Arethusa  is  located  was 
there  united  to  the  mainland  by  a  causeway, 
built  after  the  former  coin  was  struck.  The 
chariot  and  four  horses  commemorate  victories 
won  by  King  Hiero  in  the  Olympic  Games,  which 
were  celebrated  by  the  poet  Pindar  in  his  Odes. 
Besides  Pindar,  his  court  was  frequented  by 
iEschylus,  Simon  ides,  and  Epicharmus — all  well- 


No.  107.— SYRACUSE. 


known  authors  of  Greek  literature.     Hiero  was 
a  generous  patron  of  the  arts  and  sciences. 


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HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS. 


This-  portrait  of  King  Hiero  on  No.  108  is  the 
oldest-known  portrait  on  any  coin,  and  is  dated 
48<*  J.c. 


NO.  108. — SYRACUSE. 


Nero  was  made  emperor  through  the  manage- 
ment of  his  mother,  Agrippina,  wife  of  Claudius, 
in  54  A.  r».,  when  he  was  seventeen  years  old. 
The  portrait  of  the  young  man  appears  beard- 
less on  many  coins  (see  70),  and  his  advancing 
years  can  be  traced  to  the  last  (in  68  A.  d.)  on 
various  specimens,  No.  91  or  111  marking  the 
greatest  age.  He  was  not  old  when  he  died  (by 
his  own  hand),  aged  thirty-one.  It  is  said  his 
chief  passion  was  to  sing  with  a  thin,  shrill  voice 
to  the  sound  of  a  guitar,  although  he  had  talents 
in  painting,  sculpture,  and  poetry.    It  is  said  that 


NO.  109.— NERO  (MUSICIAN). 


he  became  a  monster  of  crime  and  cruelty.  Sen- 
eca, one  of  his  advisers  in  state  affairs,  was  the 
most  elegant  scholar  of  the  age.  He  instituted 
games,  called  Juvenilia,  in  honor  of  his  first 
beard.    Coin  No.  110  is  inscribed,  "  Nero  Clau- 


NO.  110.— NERO  (GRAIN-SHIP). 

dius,  Caesar  Augustus  Germanicus,"  around  a 
portrait  with  a  radiated  crown ;  on  the  reverse, 
"Freighted  with  (or  by)  Augustus,"  around  a 
grain-ship,  in  reference  to  the  supplies  obtained 
from  Africa  for  the  people  of  Rome. 

Coin  No.  109  has  this  legend :  "  Nero  Claudius, 
Caesar  Augustus  Germanicus,  High  Priest,  Tri- 
bunal Power,  Emperor,  Father  of  the  Country," 
around  a  youthful  head  of  the  emperor ;  and  on 
the  other  side  a  figure  of  Nero  playing  on  a  lyre 
or  cithara. 


NO.  111. — NERO. 


Coin  No.  Ill  is  inscribed,  "Nero  Claudius, 
Caesar  Augustus  Germanicus,  Tribunal  Power, 
Father  of  the  Country,  Emperor ;"  and  on  the 
reverse,  "  Peace  in  the  earth  and  on  the  sea,  the 
temple  of  Janus  closed,"  around  a  front  of  the 
temple  of  Janus  hung  with  a  garland  over  the 
door,  the  letters  S  C  on  either  side  for  "  Decree 
of  the  Senate." 


The  Seven  Churches  of  Asia  (Rev.  i.  4). 

Of  Patmos  there  are  no  coins. 
Of  the  cities  of  the  seven  churches  in  Asia, 
some  are  a  heap  of  ruins,  and  others,  like 
Ephesus,  have  been  lost,  and  only  recent- 
ly restored  by  the  explorer's  shovel.     The 
city  was  originally  named  Smyrna  (Strabo 
xiv.  1,4).  The  Diana-worship  was  peculiar- 
ly Oriental,  and  included  magic,  charms, 
amulets,  soothsaying,  and  pretended  mir- 
acles.    The  image  of  Diana  in  the  great 
temple  was  of  immense  height,  carved  in 
ebony,  ivory,  and  gold,  and  probably  form- 
ed like  those  on  the  coins.    The  moon  was 
symbolized  behind  the  head  and  shoulders; 
the  signs  of  the  Zodiac  were  carved   on 
the  drapery  of  the  breast,  and  animals  or  mon- 
strous forms  were  distributed  over  the  drapery 
of  the  lower   limbs;  in  each   hand  was  a  tri- 


NO.  112. — EPHESUS. 


NO.  113. — EPHESUS. 


dent.  It  was  asserted  that  the  image  fell 
from  heaven  (or  Jupiter)  complete,  as  is  also 
said  of  the  Kaaba  Stone  in  Mecca.  Diana  was 
worshiped  in  three  characters  —  as  the  moon 
(Luna)  in  the  heavens,  Diana  on  earth,  and 
Hecate  in  Hades.  One  month  was  named  Arte- 
misia from  the  annual  festival  in  honor  of  the 
goddess  (called  Artemis),  the  record  of  which  in 
a  decree,  engraved  on  a  marble  slab,  was  found 
near  the  temple,  corroborating  the  text  of  Acts 
xix.  35.  During  the  month  of  revels  various 
scenes  were  enacted  in  which  the  gods  were  rep- 
resented: a  man  as  Jupiter  the  May  King,  who 


NO.  114.— EPHESUS. 

was  appointed  by  the  emperor  or  his  legate ;  one 
as  Apollo,  and  another  as  Mercury.  The  Jupiter 
wore  a  robe  glittering  with  gold,  white  as  snow, 
and  a  crown  of  carbuncles,  pearls,  and  other 
pregious  stones  (Malala,  lib.  xii.).  Ephesus  was 
the  great  market  of  the  region,  buyers  and  sellers 
flocking  there  in  great  numbers ;  thus  religion, 
business,  and  pleasure  combined  to  make  the  fes- 
tival-month a  success.  It  was  in  that  month  that 
Paul's  visit  was  timed.  The  expenses  of  the 
games  were  paid,  all  or  a  part,  by  the  Asiarch 
(see  Asiarch  in  the  Dictionary),  who  super- 
intended the  exhibition.  The  great  image  was 
copied  in  small  sizes  for  use  in  private  families, 
shops,  etc.,  and  for  travelers. 


NO.  115. — EPHESUS. 


On  coin  No.  115  are  heads  of  Augustus  and 
Livia  joined,  and  on  the  reverse  the  legend, 


"Aristion  Menophantus,  Recorder  of  the  Ephe* 
sians,"  around  a  stag,  the  emblem  of  Diana  of 


NO.  116.— EPHESUS. 

Ephesus.  No.  116  presents  the  image  of  Diana 
the  huntress,  with  bow,  quiver,  and  a  stag,  from  a 
fine  Greek  model.  No.  117  is  a  coin  bearing  the 
fronts  of  four  temples,  in  one  of  which  stands 


NO.  117.— EPHESUS. 


an  image  of  Diana,  the  others  having  effigies  o» 
the  emperors.  The  Apollo  (118)  was  the  male 
god,  the  sun,  as  the  Diana  was  the  female,  the 


NO.  118.— APOLLO. 

moon,  and  both  are  represented  with  bow  and 
arrow.  This  Apollo  is  from  the  original  marble 
in  the  Vatican,  Rome ;  the  Diana  below,  a  chariot 
and  two  horses  driven  by  the  goddess,  inside  a 


NO.  119. — DIANA. 


circle  formed  by  a  serpent  with  its  tail  in  iti 
mouth,  the  ancient  symbol  of  eternity. 


HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND   GEMS. 


11 


Smyrna,  the  second  of  the  "seven,"  is  men- 
tioned only  once  in  the  Scriptures  (Rev.  ii.  8-11), 


NO.  120.— SMYRNA. 


but  honorably,  and  it  enjoyed  the  proud  title, 
"The  Ornament  of  Asia."  The  most  popular 
deity  of  the  ancient  city  was  the  god  Bacchus ; 
other  gods  were  Apollo,  Diana,  the  Nemesis,  the 
father  of  the  gods  (Zeus),  the  mother  of  the  gods 
(Hera),  the  city  of  Rome  as  Roma,  and  peculiar- 
ly, Dionysus,  who  was  fabled  to  die  by  violence 
and  be  resuscitated  every  year.  It  had  a  large 
public  library  and  a  museum,  dedicated  to  Ho- 
mer, who  was  claimed  as  a  countryman,  an 
Odeum,  and  other  public  buildings,  including 
•a  hall  of  justice,  where  appeals  from  other  cities 


NO.  121.— SMYRNA. 


were  heard  under  the  Roman  laws.  It  is  now  a 
city  filled  with  ruins  built  into  modern  walls, 
which  include  many  fragments  of  sculptures  and 
other  works  of  art.  Herodotus  described  a  statue 
which  was  near  the  city,  cut  on  the  face  of  a  rock, 
seven  feet  high,  Egyptian  in  style,  with  this  in- 
Bcription  across  the  breast:  "I  conquered  this 
country  by  the  might  of  my  arms."  (See  Dan. 
xi.)  This  city  was  founded  by  Alexander  the 
Great  after  the  battle  .of  Granicus. 

Pergamus,  the  third  church  in  the  list,  was  in 
a  city  which  was  the  capital  of  a  district  of  the 
same  name.  The  city  was  founded  before  the  Tro- 
jan war,  when  Pergamos,  son  of  Pyrrhus,  deposed 


NO.  122. — PHILETA1RUS  OP  PERGAMUS. 

King  Arius  there.  Philetairus  founded  the  race 
of  Attalian  kings  of  Pergamus,  280  B.  c. ;  Eu- 
menes,  his  nephew,  succeeded  him,  262  B.  c. 
Eumenes  II.  was  rewarded  for  services  to  the 
Romans  by  the  addition  to  his  kingdom  of 
Mysia,  Lydia,  and  Phrygia ;  he  founded  a 
library  that  became  the  rival  of  that  at  Alex- 
andria. Attalus  III.  (133  B.  c.)  gave  his  king- 
dom to  the  Roman  people  and  ended  the  mon- 
archy of  Pergamus. 


NO.  123.— NERO  AT  THYATIRA. 


Thyatira  was  mentioned  fourth  in  the  Apoc- 
alypse. (See  in  the  Dictionary.)  The  coins 
bear  the  heads  of  Apollo  (Tyrimnas),  Hercules, 
Athene,  Roma,  Cybele,  and  the  reigning  empe- 
rors.    The  remains  of  antiquity  are  numerous, 


but  ruinous,  such  as  fragments  of  sculptures  and 
inscribed  stones  giving  an  account  of  the  various 
labor-guilds  of  that  age.    (Acts  xvi.  14.) 


NO.  124. — THYATIRA. 

The  city  of  Thyatira  was  founded  by  Seleucus 
I  i"  3.  2),  as  one  of  the  many  Macedonian  col- 
onieo  which  were  among  the  results  of  the  par- 
tition of  Persia  by  the  successors  of  Alexander 
the  Great.  It  had  been  a  city  from  remote  times, 
called  Pelopia,  Semiramis,  and  Euhippia,  after 
various  rulers  in  different  ages,  and  under  the 
Persian  rule  from  the  time  of  Cyrus  the  Great, 
546  B.  c.  A  very  curious  superstition  is  said  to 
have  been  introduced  there  by  the  Jews  in  the 
worship  of  the  sibyl  Sambatha.  (See  Rev.  ii. 
20-24.' 


NO.  125.— SARDIS. 

Sardis  was  the  fifth  in  the  list,  and  the  capital 
of  ancient  Lydia,  which  Homer  called  Mceonia, 
the  "  Queen  of  Asia,"  whose  earliest  king  was 
Candaules,  716  B.  c,  and  the  last  Croesus,  560- 
546  B.  c.  The  golden  sands  of  the  Pactolus  fur- 
nished metal  (electrum)  for  the  money  of  that 
age,  which  assisted  in  developing  the  manufac- 
tures and  trade  of  the  city.  (See  in  the  Diction- 
ary.) Two  massive  columns  (6  feet  6  inches 
thick  and  40  feet  high)  of  the  once  magnificent 
temple  of  Cybele  remain  among  a  heap  of  ruins. 
It  was  of  the  same  age  as  vhe  temple  of  Zeus  in 


No.  126.— SARDIS. 

iEgina  and  of  Hera  in  Samos.  An  earthquake 
in  the  time  of  Tiberius  very  much  damaged  the 
city,  when  its  tribute  to  Rome  was  remitted  for 
five  years.  Its  theatre  was  nearly  400  feet  in 
diameter,  and  the  stadium  adjoining  it  was  1000 
feet  long.  The  ancient  name  of  the  city  was 
HydS,  under  the  rule  of  Omphale,  a  wife  of  Her- 
cules. The  modern  name  is  Sart  Kalessi,  but  the 
place  is  deserted ;  only  heaps  of  ruins  remain  of 
the  once  famous  city,  which  was  full  of  temples, 
theatres,  factories,  and  commodious  dwellings,  all 
of  stone. 


NO.  127. — ATTALUS  II.  PHILADELPHUS. 

Philadelphia  was  a  city  on  the  border  of  Lydia 
and  Phrygia,  on  the  slopes  of  Mount  Tmolus  and 
on  the  banks  of  the  Cogamus  River. 

Philadelphia  was  the  sixth  in  the  list  of  the 
churches   in   Asia.    The   city   was  founded  by 


Attalus  II.,  called  Philadelphus,  140  b.  c,  as  a 
mart  for  the  famous  wine-district  celebrated  bj 


NO.  128.— ATTALUS  II.  PHILADELPHUS  (159-138  B.  C.). 


Virgil ;  and  the  coins  of  that  period  have  a  head 
of  Bacchus  or  the  figure  of  a  Bacchante.  Xerxes 
passed  near  the  site  of  the  city,  and  Herodotus 
speaks  of  the  sorghum  as  in  successful  cultiva- 
tion then  (485-465  b.  c).  The  valley  of  the  Her- 
mus  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  fruitful  in 
Asia.  The  coins  of  the  later  rulers  are  not  very 
numerous.     Attalus  II.  «n  coin  No.  128  is  repre 


NO.  129.— LAODICEA  IN   ASIA. 


sented  more  or  less  ideally  after  the  likeness  of 
the  progenitor  of  the  dynasty  of  Pergamus  (No, 
122),  whose  descendant  he  was. 


NO.  130. — LAODICEA. 

The  ruins  of  Laodicea  are  on  seven  hills,  and 
comprise  a  stadium,  three  theatres  (one  450  feet  in 
diameter),  a  gymnasium,  bridges,  aqueducts,  etc. 
The  earliest  name  was  Diospolis  (city  of  Jupiter) ; 
after  that,  Rhoas,  which  was  then  the  largest  city 
in  Phrygia ;  and  finally  Antiochus  named  it  aftei 


NO.  131. — LAODICEA. 

his  sister,  Laodice.  The  aqueducts  are  construct- 
ed with  a  knowledge  of  hydraulics  equal  to  ours, 
the  theatres  have  seats  numbered  and  lettered, 
and  the  place  abounds  in  evidences  of  a  high 
state  of  civilization.  This  city  under  the  Roman 
rule  was  a  place  of  importance  for  its  trade  and 
manufactures.  In  the  Christian  age  it  was  a 
populous  and  wealthy  city  where  the  great  coun- 
cils of  the  Church  met.  The  ruined  site  is  called 
Denislu. 


12 


HISTORICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  ANCIENT  COINS  AND  GEMS. 


Places  mentioned  in  the  Account  of  the 
Day  of  Pentecost,  Acts  ii.  9-11. 

The  Parthian  kingdom  was  founded  about  250 
B.  c  by  Arsaces,  a  Scythian,  and  it  extended  over 
a  large  part  of  Asia.  The  Parthians  were  never 
Wholly  subdued  by  the  Romans,  their  last  king, 
Artabanus  IV.,  being  killed  by  the  Persians  226 
A.  d.      The  Parthians    captured   many  Roman 


250  b.  c. 
NO.  132. — ARSACES,  PARTHIA. 

Btandards  in  battle,  which  were  returned  after 
a  solemn  treaty  amid  great  rejoicing  in  Rome 
Under  Augustus,  who  struck  several  medals  in 
commemoration  of  the  event.  The  coin  No.  132 
is  of  Arsaces  IX.,  Mithridates  II.,  who  was  the 
first  to  make  his  nation  known  to  the  Romans 
under  Sulla,  92  B.  c 

Mesopotamia  appears  first  in  history  as  a  coun- 
try inhabited  by  many  independent  tribes,  as 
Arabia  is  now,  then  as  a  part  of  the  Assyrian 
empire,    and    after   that   divided    between   the 


NO.  133.— MESOPOTAMIA. 

(For  Judaea,  see  No.  42.) 

Medes  and  Babylonians.  Cyrus  added  it  to 
Persia,  and  Alexander  made  it  a  satrapy  under 
his  rule;  it  fell,  after  his  death,  to  one  of  his 
generals,  Seleucus  I.,  and  to  the  Parthians,  B.  c 
160.  Trajan  made  it  a  Roman  province  A.  d.  115. 
Cappadocia  was  founded  by  Pharnaces744B.  c. ; 
conquered  by  Perdiccas  of  Macedonia  322.  The 
Romans  first  encouraged  the  formation  of  cities. 
The  king  Ariarathes  mentioned  in  1  Mace.  xv.  22 


NO.  134. — ARIARATHES  VII.,  CAPPADOCIA. 


was  the  sixth  of  that  name.  The  last  king  of 
Cappadocia  was  Archelaus,  who  was  favored  by 
Augustus,  but  died  at  Rome  A.  d.  17,  when  the 
country  was  made  a  Roman  province,  under  Ti- 
berius. 

Pontus  was  originally  a  part  of  Cappadocia, 
near  the  Pontus  Euxinus,  and  made  an  inde- 

gendent  nation  by  Artabazus,  under  Darius  of 
ersia,  487  b.  c.  Mithridates  VI.  (No.  10)  con- 
Suered  Scythia,  Bosphorus,  Colchis,  and  .Cappa- 
oeia.  The  kingdom  ended  in  the  death  of 
Mithridates,  63  b.  c,  and  it  became  a  Roman 
province  under  the  emperors.    P^emo  was  made 


No.  135.— PONTUS. 


feing  of  Pontus  by  Antony,  whom  he  attended  in 
his  expedition  against  Parthia.  His  son,  whose 
head  appears  on  this  coin,  was  confirmed  on  the 
throne  by  Claudius. 


Asia  as  a  province  dates  from  B.  c  138  (see 
Coin  No.  121) ;  before  that  it  had  been  from  the 
time  of  Alexander  under  the 
Seleucid  kings,  until  it  be- 
came a  Roman  province.  The 
Greeks  and  Persians  contend- 
ed for  centuries  for  suprem- 
acy in  Asia  until  Alexander's 
time,  since  when  it  was  under 
the  Seleucid  kings  (except 
Pergamus,  which  was  given 
to  the  Romans  by  will  133 
B.  a),  until  it  became  a  Roman  province  15  A.  D., 
under  Tiberius. 

Phrygia  was  made  a  part  of  the  kingdom  of 
Antigonus  Cyclops  after  the  death  of  Alexan- 
der, 323  b.  c.  It  was  made  a  Roman  province 
47  B.  c.     Phrygia  was  a  vague  term,  including  a 


NO.  136. — SELEUCUS  I. 


NO.  137. — ANTIGONUS,  PHRYGIA  (333-301  B.  C). 

large  territory,  from  which  portions  were  added 
to  several  Roman  provinces  at  different  times. 
Iconium  and  Colosse  were  in  Phrygia.  Jose- 
phus  says  Antiochus  the  Great  (No.  5)  first  in- 
troduced Jews  to  Phrygia  about  200  B.  c.  (Ant. 
xii.  3,  4).  Acts  xiii.  14;  xiv.  1,  19. 

Pamphylia  is  mentioned  by  Herodotus  (vii. 
91,  92)  as  one  of  the  lesser  states.  In  Paul's 
time  it  was  a  Roman  province,  enlarged  under 


NO.  138.— MYRA,  IN  PAMPHYLIA. 


Claudius  by  Lycia  and  a  part  of  Pisidia.  Myra 
was  the  port  where  Paul  changed  ships  on  the 
way  to  Rome.  It  contains  many  relics  of  dif- 
ferent ages :  tombs  with  Lycian  inscriptions,  a 
theatre  of  the  Greek  age,  a  Byzantine  church, 
and  later  remains.  The  Orthodox  Greeks  have  a 
legend  that  St.  Nicolas  was  born  at  Patara,  buried 
at  Myra,  and  his  bones  now  rest,  having  been 
moved  to  St.  Petersburg  recently.  (See  No.  69.) 
The  Egypt  of  the  Bible,  so  far  as  the  coins 
present  it,  dates  from  Alexander  the  Great,  332 
B.  c.  (No.  1).  The  Ptolemies  continued  from 
323  (see  Dictionary)  to  Cleopatra,  30  b.  c, 
when  it  became  a  Roman  province.     Hadrian 


NO.  139.— HADRIAN  IN  EGYPT  (117-188  A.  D.). 


spent  the  greater  part  of  his  reign  in  journeys 
throughout  the  provinces  of  his  empire,  display- 
ing liberality,  political  wisdom,  and  love  of  the 
fine  arts.  On  this  coin  appears  the  inscription, 
"Hadrian  Augustus,  Consul  3d  time,  Father 
of  the  Country,"  around  head  of  the  emperor ; 
and  an  emblem  of  the  Nile — a  strong  man  sur- 
rounded by  boys,  representing  the  districts  of 


Egypt,  Sphinx  and  Crocodile,  with  S  C  for  De- 
cree of  the  Senate. 

Cyrenaica  comprised  five  cities  and  theii 
outlying  districts  (see  Dictionary),  was  col- 
onized by  the  Greeks  as  early  as  600  B.  c,  and 
was  named  by  Aristaeus  after  his  mother.  After 
Alexander,  it  became  a  dependency  of  Egypt. 


NO.  140. — CYRENE,  IN  LIBYA. 

The  coin  presents  a  head  of  Jupiter  Ammon  on 
one  side,  and  on  the  other  the  sacred  silphion 
plant,  now  extinct.  The  Romans  received  it  as 
a  legacy  from  Apion,  son  of  Ptolemy  Physcon, 
97  B.  c.     It  is  now  a  desert. 

This  coin  (141)  is  of  the  Roman  people,  and 
represents  a  young  man  with  a  staff  and  a  horn 


NO.  141w— ROME. 

of  plenty.  The  people  owned  large  districts  1* 
the  provinces  in  the  time  of  the  emperors,  and 
the  taxes  were  derived  for  ages  entirely  from  the 
countries  subject  to  Rome  outside  of  Italy.  At 
one  time,  as  Pliny  says,  six  Roman  proprietors 
owned  half  the  land  in  Africa  outside  of  Egypt, 
and  Augustus  owned  all  Egypt. 

The  Minotaur  was  fabled  to  have  been  shut  in 
the  Cretan  labyrinth  and  fed  on  young  men  and 


NO.  142.— GNOSSUS,  IN  CRETE. 

maids,  supplied  by  Athens  yearly,  until  Theseus 
(a  king  of  Athens)  killed  the  monster  by  the 
help  of  Ariadne,  daughter  of  Minos,  king  of 
Crete.  Theseus  was  next  to  Hercules  in  suc- 
cess, killing  the  Minotaur,  vanquishing  the 
Centaurs,  but  was  finally  chained  to  a  huge 
rock  in  Hades  by  Pluto  for  attempting  the 
rescue  of  Proserpine.     (See  No.  103.) 

The  Aretas  of  Petra,  king  of  the  Naba- 
theans,  was  in  alliance  with  the  Greek  kings 
of  Syria,  and  inscribed  his  friendship  on  his 


NO.  143.— ARETAS,  ARABIA. 

coins,  as  on  this :  "  Aretas,  lover  of  the  Greeks." 
He  must  have  employed  Greek  architects  in  Pe- 
tra, for  the  remains  of  the  city,  cut  in  the  solid 
rock,  are  of  their  style.  (See  No.  65,  and  Dic- 
tionary, p.  78.1 


Coins,  Money  and  Weights  of  the  Bible. 

By  F.  W.  Madden,  M.B.A.S. 


General  Remarks. — Ancient  money  was  of 
two  kinds,  uncoined  and  coined.  By  uncoined  may 
be  understood  pieces  not  issued  under  an  authority, 
'hough  they  may  have  borne  some  stamp  or  impress 
of  their  value.  By  coined  may  be  understood  ingots, 
»f  which  the  weight  and  fineness  are  certified  by  the 
integrity  of  designs  impressed  upon  the  surfaces  of 
the  metal  (Prof.  Jevons,  Money,  p.  57). 

The  first  mention  in  the  Bible,  after  the  Flood,  of 
uncoined  money  is  when  Abraham  came  up  out  of 
Egypt  "very  rich  in  cattle,  in  silver,  and  in  gold" 
(Gen.  xiii.  2;  comp.  Gen.  xxiv.  35).    Though  this 

fiassage  does  not  imply  anything  more  than  "bul- 
ion,"  yet  we  soon  find  a  notice  of  the  use  of  money 
|Heb.  silver)  as  the  price  paid  for  a  slave  (Gen.  xvii. 
13).  The  first  actual  transaction  of  commerce  is  the 
purchase  by  Abraham  of  the  cave  of  Machpelah  for 
400  shekels  of  silver,  current  [money]  with  the  mer- 
ihant  (Gen.  xxiii.  16) ;  and  silver  as  a  medium  of 
commerce  appears  to  have  been  in  general  use  among 
the  nations  of  the  Philistines  (Gen.  xx.  16 ;  Judg. 
xvi.  5,  18  ;  xvii.  2,  seq.),  the  Midianites  (Gen.  xxxvii. 
i&),  and  the  Syrians  (2  Kings  v.  5,  23).  By  the  laws 
»f  Moses,  men  and  cattle  (Lev.  xxvii.  3,  seq. ;  Num. 
iii.  45,  seq.),  the  possessing  houses  and  fields  (Lev. 
xxvii.  14,  seq.),  provisions  (Deut.  ii.  6,  28 ;  xiv.  26), 
all  fines  for  offences  (Exod.  xxi.,  xxii.),  the  contribu- 
tions to  the  Temple  (Exod.  xxx.  13;  xxxviii.  26), 
the  sacrifice  of  animals  (Lev.  v.  15),  the  redemption 
of  the  first-born  (Num.  iii.  47-50;  xviii.  15),  were 
estimated  and  regulated  by  money  value.  It  is  prob- 
able that  a  fixed  weight  was  assigned  to  single  pieces, 
so  as  to  make  them  suitable  for  the  various  articles 
presented  in  trade.  The  system  of  weighing  (though 
frequent  mention  is  made  of  the  balance  and  the 
weighing  of  money,  Exod.  xxii.  17 ;  Lev.  xix.  36 ; 
Deut.  xxv.  13, 15 ;  2  Sam.  xviii.  12 ;  1  Kings  xx.  39 ; 
Jer.  xxxii.  9,  10;  Prov.  xi.  1,  etc.)  is  not  likely  to 
have  been  applied  to  every  individual  piece.  In  the 
large  total  of  603,550  half-shekels  accumulated  by  the 
contributions  of  each  Israelite  (Exod.  xxxviii.  26), 
each  individual  half-shekel  could  hardly  have  been 
weighed.  Money  was  sometimes  put  into  a  chest, 
which  when  full  was  emptied  by  the  high  priest,  and 
the  money  was  bound  up  in  bags,  and  then  told,  per- 
haps being  weighed  in  the  bags  (2  Kings  xii.  9,  10; 
comp.  2  Chron.  xxiv.  8-11).  That  there  were  pieces 
of  different  denominations  is  evident  from  the  pas- 
sage in  Exod.  xxx.  13,  where  the  half-shekel  is  to  be 
paid  as  the  atonement-money,  and  "  the  rich  shall  not 
give  more,  and  the  poor  shall  not  give  less"  (Exod. 
xxx.  15).  The  third,  part  of  the  shekel  is  mentioned 
in  Persian  times  (Neh.  x.  32),  and  the  fourth  part 
must  have  been  an  actual  piece,  for  it  was  all  the  sil- 
ver that  the  servant  of  Saul  had  to  pay  the  seer  (1 
Sam.  ix.  8,  9).  Iron  and  lead  bars  of  constant  form 
and  weight  circulated  in  Egypt ;  in  Greece,  bars  of 
iron  ;  in  Italy,  bars  of  copper ;  in  Britain,  in  the  time 
of  Julius  Caesar,  bars  of  copper  and  iron ;  and  from 
the  earliest  times  gold  and  silver  in  the  same  shape 
were  employed  in  general  traffic  in  the  East.  This 
explains  the  mention  of  a  wedge  (Heb.  tongue)  of 
gold  found  by  Achan  at  Jericho  (Josh.  vii.  21)  [see 
Talent  under  Weights],  as  well  as  the  different  pay- 
ments which  are  mentioned  in  the  O.  T.,  and  which 
presuppose  with  certainty  the  currency  of  single 
pieces  of  metal  according  to  weight. 

It  is  also  probable  that  a  system  of  "jewel  cur- 
rency "  or  ''  ring-money  "  was  in  vogue.  The  case  of 
Rebekah,  to  whom  the  servant  of  Abraham  gave  "  a 
golden  ear-ring  of  half  a  shekel  weight,  and  two 
bracelets  for  her  hands  of  ten  shekels  weight"  (Gen. 
xxiv.  22),  proves  that  the  ancient  Hebrews  made 
heir  jewels  of  a  specific  weight,  so  as  to  know  the 
value  of  these  ornaments  in  employing  them  for 
money.  That  the  Egyptians  kept  their  bullion  in 
jewels  is  evident  from  their  monuments,  where  they 
are  represented  weighing  rings  of  gold  and  silver, 
and  is  further  illustrated  by  the  fact  of  the  Israelites 
having  at  their  exodus  from  Egypt  borrowed  ''jewels 
[vessels]  of  silver  and  jewels  [vessels]  of  gold" 
(Keli  keseph,  Keli  zahab),  and  "spoiled  the  Egyp- 
tians" (Exod.  xii.  35,  36;  comp.  Exod.  iii.  22;  xi. 
i).  So  too  it  would  appear  that  the  money  used  by 
the  children  of  Jacob,  when  they  went  to  purchase 


corn  in  Egypt,  was  an  annular  currency  (Gen.  xlii. 
35).  Their  money  is  described  as  "bundles  of 
money,"  and  when  returned  to  them  was  found  to  be 
"of  [full]  weight"  (Gen.  xliii.  21).  It  was  there- 
fore of  a  form  capable  of  being  tied  up,  which 
receives  corroboration  from  the  passage  in  Deute- 
ronomy (xiv.  24-26),  where  directions  are  given  as 
to  the  payment  of  the  tithes  to  the  sanctuary  :  "  Then 
shalt  thou  turn  it  into  money,  and  bind  up  the  money 
in  thy  hand,  and  shalt  go  unto  the  place  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  shall  choose."  The  account  of  the 
sale  of  Joseph  to  the  Midianites  affords  another 
instance  of  the  employment  of  jewel  ornaments  as 
a  medium  of  exchange  (Gen.  xxxvii.  28),  as  we 
gather  from  the  account  in  Numbers  (xxxi.  50,  51) 
of  the  spoiling  of  the  Midianites,  that  they  carried 
their  whole  wealth  in  the  forms  of  chains,  bracelets, 
ear-rings,  and  tablets.  The  friends  of  Job  gave  him, 
in  addition  to  "a  piece  of  money"  [Kesitah],  "an 
ear-ring  of  gold"  (nezem  zahab,  LXX.  tetradrachmon 
chrusou  kai  asemou — tetradrachm  of  uncoined  gold, 
Job  xlii.  11).  Now  had  these  ear-rings  of  gold  not 
been  intended  as  representing  money,  all  the  friends 
of  the  patriarch  would  not  have  given  him  the 
same  article,  and  that  in  conjunction  with  a  piece  of 
silver. 

From  these  statements,  it  is  evident,  firstly,  that  if 
the  Hebrews  became  learned  in  "  all  the  wisdom  of 
the  Egyptians"  (Acts  vii.  22;  comp.  1  Kings  iv.  30), 
they  did  not  learn  from  them  the  use  of  money ;  and 
secondly,  that  nowhere  in  the  Pentateuch  is  there  any 
mention  of  money  that  was  coined.  Nor  do  the  pas- 
sages in  Joshua,  Judges,  and  Job  imply  an  actual 
coinage,  any  more  than  the  "piece  of  silver"  [Ago- 
eah]  mentioned  at  the  time  of  Samuel  (1  Sam.  ii. 
36).  The  reigns  of  David  and  Solomon  were  an  era 
of  prosperity  for  Judaea — "Silver  was  in  Jerusalem 
as  stones ;  it  was  nothing  accounted  of  in  the  days  of 
Solomon"  (1  Kings  x.  21,  27 ;  2  Chron.  ix.  20,  27) ; 
still,  it  is  certain  that  there  were  no  real  coins — namely, 
pieces  struck  under  an  authority — before  the  Exile. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  Hebrews,  as  I  have  shown, 
must  have  employed  pieces  of  a  definite  weight ;  but 
the  excavations  in  Palestine  have  never  brought  to 
light  an  example,  any  more  than  the  excavations  in 
Egypt,  Assyria  and  Babylonia.  It  may,  however, 
be  observed  that  when  the  pieces  of  silver  were  col- 
lected for  the  treasury  they  were  melted  down  before 
reissue.  It  is  recorded  (2  Kings  xxii.  9;  comp.  2 
Chron.  xxxiv.  17)  that  Shaphan  the  scribe  came  to 
King  Josiah,  and  said,  "  Thy  servants  have  gathered 
together  (Heb.  melted)  the  money  that  was  found  in 
the  house ;"  and  the  same  plan  was  also  followed  by 
the  Persian  king  Darius  (b.  c.  521-485),  who  melted 
the  gold  and  silver  into  earthen  vessels,  which  when 
full  were  broken  off,  leaving  the  metal  in  a  mass, 
from  which  pieces  were  broken  off"  as  necessity 
required. 

The  oldest  coins  extant  are  certain  electrum  staters 
of  Lydia,  probably  about  b.  c.  720,  which,  issued  on 
different  standards,  continued  in  circulation  till  the 
time  of  Croesus,  who,  on  his  accession  in  B.  c.  568, 
reorganized  the  Lydian  coinage,  abolished  electrum, 
and  issued  instead  pieces  of  gold  and  silver.  Before 
the  introduction  of  coined  money  into  Greece,  there 
was  a  currency  of  obeliskoi,  "  spits "  or  "  skewers," 
probably  of  iron  or  copper,  six  of  which  made  a 
handful  (drachme),  and  which  were  of  a  considerable 
size.  The  first  Greek  silver  coins  were  struck  at 
jEgina  in  B.  c.  670-660. 

The  earliest  coins  mentioned  in  the  Bible  are  the 
coins  called  drams,  b.  c.  538  [Dram].  It  is  sup- 
posed by  some  that  the  Jewish  silver  shekels  and 
half-shekels  were  introduced  under  Ezra,  about  B.  c. 
458  [Shekel]  ;  but  it  is  more  probable  that  they 
were  issued  under  Simon  Maccabaeus,  b.  o.  139  (1 
Mace.  xv.  6),  and  copper  coins  were  struck  by  the 
Asmonaean  and  Herodian  family. 

The  N.  T.  history  falls  within  the  reigns  of  Augus- 
tus, Tiberius,  Caligula,  Claudius,  and  Nero,  but  only 
Augustus  (Luke  ii.  1),  Tiberius  (Luke  iii.  1),  and 
Claudius  (Acts  xi.  28;  xviii.  2),  are  mentioned;  but 
Nero  is  alluded  to  in  the  Acts  from  chapter  xxv.  to 
the  end,  and  in  Phil.  iv.  22.  Coins  of  all  these 
emperors  would  therefore  be  in  circulation. 


The  following  list  embraces  all  the  denominations 
of  money  mentioned  in  the  Old  and  New  Testa* 
ments: 

Agorah.     See  Piece  of  Silver. 

Bekah  (Exod.  xxxviii.  26).  Literally  "a  half," 
"half  a  shekel,"  about  Is.  4d.  Extant  half-shekels 
weigh  about  110  grains.  [Half  a  Shekel  and 
Shekel.] 

Brass  [Money].  (1)  In  the  O.  T.  a  passage  in 
Ezekiel  (xvi.  36,  Heb.  nechosheth,  LXX.  Chalkos, 
Vulgate  ozs,  A.  V.  filthiness)  has  been  supposed  to 
refer  to  brass  money,  but  with  no  probability,  as  this 
was  the  latest  metal  introduced  into  Greece  for 
money.  The  Hebrew  word  probably  means  some- 
thing worthless,  like  "  base  metal "  (comp.  Jer.  vi. 
28;  Ezek.  xxii.  18).  (2)  Chalkos,  pecunia  (Matt.  x. 
9).  The  brass  coins  current  in  Palestine  in  the  N.  T. 
period  consisted  of  Roman  copper  and  Greek  impe- 
rial coins,  of  the  coins  of  Alexander  Jannaeus,  of  the 
Herodian  family,  and  of  the  procurators  of  Judaea 
See  Farthing  and  Mite. 

Daric.     See  Dram. 

Denarius.    See  Penny. 

Didrachm.     See  Shekel  and  Tribute-money. 

Drachm,  Drachme,  drachma  (2  Mace.  iv.  19; 
x.  20;  xii.  43;  Tobit  v.  14).  It  is  of  various  weights, 
according  to  the  use  of  the  different  talents.  The 
drachms  here  mentioned  are  of  the  Attic  talent,  which 
became  almost  universal  on  Alexander's  succession 
(b.  c.  338),  and  weighed  about  67.2  grains.  In  later 
times  (about  B.  c.  27),  the  drachm  weighed  only  61.3 
grains,  and  thus  became  very  nearly  equal  to  the 
Roman  denarius  [Penny],  the  average  weight  of 
which  was  60  grains.  The  earliest  Attic  drachm 
contained  about  fa  of  the  weight  of  alloy,  and 
there  remain  66.1  grains  of  silver  to  be  valued.  Our 
shillings  weigh  87.2  grains,  and  contain  80.7  grains 
of  pure  silver.  The  earliest  Attic  drachm  is  there- 
fore worth  ^  of  a  shilling,  or  9.82  pence,  which  is 
9fd.+  T2o  of  a  farthing.  The  later  Attic  drachm, 
deducting  also  fa  of  the  weight  of  alloy,  is  worth  ^ 
of  a  shilling,  or  8.93  pence,  which  is  8fd.-f  fa  of  a 
farthing ;  and  hence  the  value  of  the  latest  drachm 
or  denarius  may  be  taken  at  about  8d.  [Piece  of 
Silver  and  Penny.] 

Dram.  The  translation  in  the  A.  V.  of  the  He- 
brew words  Adarkon  and  Darkemon  (Ezra  ii.  69 ;  viii. 
27;  Neh.  vii.  70-72;  1  Chron.  xxix.  7).  Though 
there  are  several  opinions  concerning  the  origin  of 
these  words,  it  is  agreed  that  by  them  a  gold  coin  or 
stater — the  Persian  daric — is  intended.  The  origin 
of  the  term  has  been  sought  in  the  name  of  Darius 
the  Mede,  but  on  no  sure  grounds,  or  of  that  of 
Darius,  son  of  Hystaspes.  In  consequence  of  the 
type  of  the  coins  being  "an  archer"  (by  which  name 
— toxotai — they  were  sometimes  called),  some  have 
thought  that  the  Hebrew  words  were  derived  from 
darak,  "to  bend  the  bow;"  whilst  others  suggest  a 
connection  with  the  Persian  words  dashtan,  "  to  have, 
to  hold,  to  possess,"  or  dara,  "a  king,"  which  lattei 
would  be  a  likely  derivation,  as  the  figure  represented 
is  not  any  particular  king,  but  the  king  of  Persia  in 
a  general  sense.  Though  the  passages  in  Ezra  nnd 
Nehemiah  would  seem  to  show  that  coins  of  simi'at 
name  were  current  during  the  reigns  of  Cyrus,  Cam' 
byses,  and  Darius  Hystaspes,  it  is  a  question  if  th« 
coin  called  "  daric "  is  intended  by  those  mentioned 
during  the  reign  of  Cyrus,  b.  c.  530  (Ezra  ii.  69). 
The  daric  proper  was  not  in  circulation  till  the  reign 
of  Darius,  son  of  Hystaspes  (b.  c.  521-485),  who 
issued  a  new  coinage  of  pure  gold,  though  the  actual 
name  of  daric  stater  was  not  in  vogue  till  the  time  of 
his  successor,  Xerxes  (b.  c.  485-465) ;  and  the  drams 
mentioned  under  the  reign  of  his  son,  Artaxerxes 
Longimanus  (Ezra  viii.  27 ;  Neh.  vii.  72),  are  cer- 
tainly the  coins  called  dories,  which  at  this  period 
extensively  circulated  in  Persia.  It  is  probable  that 
the  staters  of  Croesus,  king  of  Lydia,  continued  in 
circulation  from  after  the  capture  of  Sardis  in  B.  c. 
554  to  the  time  when  Darius  reformed  the  coinage  ; 
and  if  so,  the  Lydian  staters  would  be  those  alluded 
to  during  the  reign  of  Cyrus.  The  ordinary  Persian 
daric  is  a  thick  gold  piece,  bearing  the  figure  of  a 
king  kneeling,  holding  in  left  hand  ft  bow  and  ifl 

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COINS,  MONEY  AND  WEIGHTS  OF  THE  BIBLE. 


right  a  spear  or  a  dagger  (comp.  Ezek.  xxxix.  3 ;  Isa. 
lxvi.  19),  and  has  an  average  weight  of  130  grains. 
The  English  sovereign  weighs  123.4  grains,  which, 
after  deducting  fe,  leaves  113.12  grains  of  fine 
gold ;  but  the  daric  is  aV  finer  than  our  gold,  and 
reckoning  it  at  130  grains  in  weight,  contains  124.6 
grains  of  pure  gold ;  therefore  in  value  it  equals  ^j2 
of  a  sovereign,  or  about  £1  2s.  Double  darics,  weigh- 
ing about  260  grains — but  rare — and  perhaps  half- 
darics,  weighing  60  grains,  are  also  in  existence. 
With  reference  to  the  mention  of  drams  at  the  time 
of  David  (1  Chron.  xxix.  7),  it  must  be  remembered 
that  the  writer,  who  in  all  probability  was  Ezra, 
wished  to  express  in  language  intelligible  to  his 
readers  the  value  of  the  gold  subscribed,  and  there- 
fore translated  the  terms  employed  in  his  documents, 
whatever  they  were,  into  terms  that  were  in  use  in 
his  own  day  (Speaker's  Cum.,  vol.  iii.,  p.  271). 

Farthing.  This  word  occurs  four  times  in  the 
A.  V.  of  the  N.  T.  Two  names  of  coins  are  rendered 
by  it.  (1)  Assarion  (Matt.  x.  29;  Luke  xii.  6),  the 
ftreek  name  of  the  Roman  as  or  assarius.  From  the 
/act  that  the  Vulgate  substitutes  the  word  dipondius 
(=  two  asses)  for  the  two  assaria  of  the  Greek  text,  it 
is  more  than  probable  that  a  single  coin  is  intended 
by  this  latter  expression — an  idea  fully  borne  out  by 
the  copper  coins  of  Chios,  on  which  are  inscribed  the 
words  assarion,  assaria  duo  or  duo,  and  assaria  tria. 
The  assarion  of  the  N.  T.  must  be  sought  for  among 
the  Greek  imperial  coins,  and  the  second  brass  coins 
of  Antioch  in  Syria  seem  to  furnish  us  with  probable 
specimens.  One  of  these  coins,  witli  the  counter- 
mark GAD  (in  Greek  letters),  proves  that  it  was 
lawfully  current  in  Gadara  of  Decapolis.  These 
coins,  from  the  time  of  Augustus,  consist  of  two 
series — (a)  with  Greek  legends,  and  having  the  name 
of  the  town  and  the  date  of  the  era  of  Antioch  ;  and 
(b)  with  the  name  of  the  emperor  in  Latin,  and  on  the 
reverse  the  letters  S.  C.  (Senatus  consulto).  After  the 
reign  of  Vespasian  (a.  d.  79)  the  two  sets  become 
amalgamated,  and  form  one  series.  The  second  brass 
coins  of  these  series  average  in  weight  143  grains, 
and  are  specimens  of  the  as,  which,  at  10  to  the 
denarius  [Penny],  would  be  equivalent  to  %d.  of  our 
money.  (2)  Kodrantes  (Matt.  v.  26;  Mark  xii.  42), 
or  quadrans,  the  fourth  part  of  the  Roman  as,  orig- 
inally equal  to  the  chalkous,  weighing  67.2  grains. 
The  copper  currency  of  Palestine  in  the  time  of 
Augustus  and  Tiberius  consisted  partly  of  Roman 
and  Jewish  coins  and  partly  of  Graeco-Roman  or 
Greek  imperial.  In  consequence  of  the  reduction 
of  the  weight  of  the  as,  the  quadrans  became  reduced 
to  just  half  the  weight,  or  33.6  grains,  and  the  Ro- 
man coins  and  small  copper  coins  of  the  Herodian 
family  of  this  weight  represent  the  farthing  of  the 
N.  T.  The  as  being  equivalent,  as  we  have  shown 
above,  to  fa1.,  the  quadrans  would  be  equal  to  about 
■fed.  or  f  of  an  English  farthing.  According  to  St. 
Mark,  "  two  mites  make  a  farthing ;"  but  on  this 
question  see  Mite. 

Fourth  Part  of  a  Shekel.  Rebah  (1  Sam. 
ix.  8),  about  8a".     [Shekel.] 

Gerah  (Exod.  xxx.  13;  Lev.  xxvii.  25;  Num. 
iii.  47;  xviii.  16;  Ezek.  xl v.  12).  The  twentieth  part 
of  a  shekel,  about  l%d.     [Shekel.] 

Gold  [Money].  (1)  There  is  no  positive  mention 
of  the  use  of  gold  money  among  the  Hebrews  (see  Isa. 
xlvi.  6 ;  Job  xxviii.  15)  [Piece  of  Gold;  Shekel], 
though  gold  constituted  part  of  the  wealth  of  Abra- 
ham (Gen.  xiii.  2),  if  we  exclude  the  "600  shekels 
of  gold  "  paid  by  David  for  the  threshing-floor  and 
oxen  (1  Chron.  xxi.  25;  comp.  2  Sam.  xxiv.  24, 
"shekels  of  silver"),  and  it  was  generally  employed 
for  personal  ornaments  and  for  objects  in  connection 
with  the  Temple  (2  Chron.  iii.  9,  etc.).  (2)  Chrusos, 
aurum  (Matt.  x.  9 ;  James  v.  3) ;  Chrusion,  aurum 
(Acts  iii.  6;  xx.  33;  1  Pet.  i.  18).  The  gold  coinage 
current  in  Palestine  in  the  N.  T.  period  was  the  Ro- 
man imperial  aureus,  which  passed  for  25  denarii, 
and  was  worth  about  £1  Is. 

Half  a  Shekel  (Exod.  xxx.  13,  15),  about  Is. 
id.     [Bekah;  Shekel.] 

Keseph.     See  Money,  Silver,  and  Silverling. 

Kesitah.  See  Piece  of  Money  and  Piece  of 
Silver. 

Mite  (Mark  xii.  42 ;  Luke  xii.  59 ;  xxi.  2).  The 
rendering  of  the  Greek  word  lepton,  which  was  a 
small  Greek  copper  coin  fe  of  the  obol,  weighing 
33.6  grains,  and  hence  half  of  the  original  chalkous 
or  quadrans.  St.  Mark  states  "two  mites,  which  is 
it  farthing;"    but  he  probably  meant  "two   small 


pieces  of  money,"  the  smallest  pieces  then  extant, 
and  the  words  "  which  is  a  quadrans "  have  been 
added  to  show  that  the  quadrans,  weighing  about  33.6 
grains,  was  then  the  smallest  piece  struck.  The  mite 
alluded  to  was  a  Jewish  coin,  for  the  Jews  were  not 
permitted  to  bring  any  but  Jewish  moneyinto  the 
Holy  Place,  and  for  this  cause  money  -  changers 
[Money-Changers]  stood  at  the  entrance  to  the 
Temple  in  order  to  give  Jewish  money  in  exchange 
for  foreign  ;  and  it  is  probable  that  the  small  coins 
of  Alexander  Jannaeus,  ranging  in  weight  from  30 
grains  to  15  grains,  are  the  pieces  in  question.  Their 
value  would  be  about  fed.,  or  f  of  an  English  farth- 
ing. If,  however,  the  pieces  of  15  grains  are  the 
half  of  those  of  30,  and  not  examples  of  the  same 
coin  of  light  weight,  then  two  would  equal  a  quadrans, 
and  their  value  would  be  f  of  an  English  farthing. 
But  this  conjecture  is  by  no  means  sure. 

Motley.  (1)  In  the  O.  T.  the  general  expression 
is  Keseph.  (2)  In  the  N.  T.  money  is  rendered  as  fol- 
lows: — (a)  Argurion,  pecunia,  "silver"  (Matt.  xxv. 
18,  27;  xxviii.  12,  15;  Mark  xiv.  11  ;  Luke  ix.  3; 
xix.  15,  23 ;  xxii.  5 ;  Acts  vii.  16  [argentum]  ■  viii. 
20  [pecunia].  In  Matt.  xxvi.  9,  the  phrase  is  "much 
[money]"),  (b)  Chalkos,  ess," brass"  (Mark  vi.  8; 
xii.  41).  (c)  Chrema,  "  a  thing  that  one  uses  or  needs," 
pretium  (Acts  iv.  37  ;  pecunia,  viii.  18,  20;  xxiv.  26). 
(d)  Kerma,  "  anything  cut  small,"  «es  (John  ii.  15). 
[Silver  and  Money-Changers.] 

Penny.  Denarion,  denarius  (Matt,  xviii.  28 ;  xx. 
2,  9,  10,  13;  xxii.  19;  Mark  vi.  37  ;  xii.  15;  xiv.  5; 
Luke  vii.  41 ;  x.  35 ;  xx.  24 ;  John  vi.  7  ;  xii.  5 ; 
Rev.  vi.  6).  Its  standard  weight  in  the  reign  of 
Augustus,  and  to  the  time  of  Nero,  was  60  grains. 
Deducting  ^  of  the  weight  for  alloy,  there  remain 
58  grs.  of  pure  silver,  and  the  shilling  containing 
80.7  grs.  of  pure  silver,  we  have  g^  of  a  shilling,  or 
8.6245  pence  =  about  8£d.  In  the  time  of  Nero  the 
weight  was  reduced  to  52.5 ;  and  applying  to  this  the 
same  method  of  reckoning,  the  penny  of  Nero's  time 
would  equal  about  7%d.  There  is  no  doubt  that  most 
of  the  silver  currency  in  Palestine  during  the  N.  T. 
period  consisted  of  denarii,  and  "  a  penny "  was  the 
tribute-money  payable  by  the  Jews  to  the  Roman 
emperor  [Tribute  (money),  2].  "A  penny"  was 
the  day's  pay  for  a  laborer  in  Palestine  at  the  time 
of  our  Lord  (Matt.  xx.  2,  9,  10,  13;  comp.  Tobit  v. 
13),  as  it  was  the  pay  of  a  field-laborer  in  the  Middle 
Ages ;  and  the  term  denarius  is  still  preserved  in  our 
£  s.  d.    [Drachm  and  Piece  of  Silver,  2.] 

Piece  of  Gold.  This  phrase  occurs  only  once 
in  the  O.  T.,  in  the  passage  respecting  Naaman  the 
Syrian  (2  Kings  v.  5).  In  several  other  passages  of 
a  similar  kind  in  connection  with  gold,  the  A.  V. 
supplies  the  word  "shekels"  [Shekel];  and  as  a 
similar  expression  is  found  in  connection  with  silver, 
and  as  there  is  not  much  doubt  that  a  weight  is  in- 
tended, the  word  understood  in  this  passage  would 
also  probably  be  "shekels." 

Piece  of  Money.  (1)  Kesitah  (Gen.  xxxiii. 
19 ;  "  piece  of  silver,"  Josh.  xxiv.  32 ;  Job  xlii.  11). 
From  the  translation  by  the  LXX.  of  "  lambs,"  it  has 
been  assumed  that  the  kesitah  was  a  coin  bearing  the 
impression  of  a  lamb  or  a  sheep,  but  the  coins  so 
frequently  quoted  as  examples  belong  probably  to 
Cyprus,  and  were  not  struck  till  after  B.  c.  450.  The 
real  meaning  of  kesitah  is  "  a  portion,"  and  it  was  in 
all  probability  a  piece  of  rough  silver  of  fixed  weight. 
(2)  State)-  (Matt.  xvii.  27).  The  word  stater  means  a  coin 
of  a  certain  weight,  and  hence  a  standard  (comp. 
shekel  and  pondo),  and  was  a  term  applied  by  the 
Greeks  to  coins  of  gold,  of  electrum,  and  of  silver. 
The  name  was  applied  first  to  the  didrachm  (two 
drachms),  and  then  to  the  tetradrachm  (four  drachms). 
During  the  first  and  second  centuries,  the  silver  cur- 
rency of  Palestine  consisted  of  tetradrachms  of  An- 
tioch on  Orontes,  of  Tyre,  etc.,  and  of  Roman  denarii 
of  a  quarter  their  weight.  The  Attic  tetradrachm 
was  called  stater,  as  the  standard  coin  of  the  system, 
and  no  other  stater  was  current  in  Palestine  at  this 
time.  The  great  cities  of  Syria  and  Phoenicia  either 
ceased  to  strike  tetradrachms,  or  debased  their  coin- 
age before  the  close  of  the  first  century  A.  D.  Antioch 
continued  to  strike  tetradrachms  to  the  third  century, 
but  gradually  depreciated  them,  the  commencement 
of  which  cannot  be  determined.  It  was  carried  so 
far  as  to  destroy  the  correspondence  of  the  stater  to 
four  denarii  by  the  time  of  Hadrian  (a.  d.  117). 
Other  cities,  if  they  issued  staters  towards  the  close 
of  the  first  century,  struck  them  of  such  base  metal 
as  to  render  their  separation  from  copper  money  im- 


possible. On  this  evidence,  the  Gospel  is  of  the  first 
century.  The  tetradrachm  of  Antioch  (stater)  is  a 
specimen  of  the  "  piece  of  money  "  that  was  found  by 
St.  Peter  in  the  fish's  mouth  (Matt.  xvii.  27).  ft 
represents  the  tax  for  two  persons — for  our  Lord  and 
for  St.  Peter  [Tribute  (Money),  1].  It  is  equivalent 
in  weight  to  the  shekel,  averaging  220  grains,  and 
to  about  2s.  8d.  of  our  money.  [Piece  of  Silver, 
2.] 

Piece  of  Silver.  This  phrase  occurs  in  the  A 
V.  of  both  the  O.  T.  and  N.  T.  ( 1 )  The  word  "  pieces  '. 
has  been  supplied  in  the  A.  V.  for  a  word  understood) 
in  the  Hebrew.  The  rendering  is  always  "a  thou- 
sand," or  the  like  "of  silver"  (Gen.  xx.  16  ;  xxxvii. 
28;  xiv.  22;  Judg.  ix.  4;  xvi.  5;  2  Kings  vi.  25; 
Song  of  Solomon  viii.  11 ;  Hosea  iii.  2;  Zech.  xi.  12, 
13).  In  similar  passages,  the  word  "shekels"  occurs 
in  the  Hebrew  [Shekel],  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
this  is  the  word  understood  in  all  these  cases.  There 
are,  however,  some  exceptional  passages  where  a 
word  equivalent  to  "  piece  "  or  "  pieces  "  is  found  in 
the  Hebrew.  The  first  occurs  in  1  Sam.  ii.  36,  Agorah 
keseph,  "piece  of  silver,"  and  the  agorah  may  be  the 
same  as  the  gerah  (q.  v.).  Both  are  translated  in  the 
LXX.  by  obolos.  The  second  is  in  Ps.  lxviii.  30  (Heb. 
32),  Ratsee  keseph,  "pieces  of  silver"  (LXX.  [Ixvii. 
30]  argurion),  and  the  word  ratz  from  ratsats,  "to 
break  in  pieces,"  must  mean  a  fragment  or  piece 
broken  off.  The  third,  the  kesitah,  to  which  I  have 
already  alluded  [Piece  of  Money,  1].  (2)  Two 
words  are  rendered  in  the  N.T.  by  "  piece  of  silver." 
(a)  Drachme,  drachma  (Luke  xv.  8),  and  here  correct- 
ly rendered,  as  the  Attic  drachm  was  at  the  time  of 
St.  Luke  equivalent  to  the  Roman  denarius  [Drachm; 
Penny].     This  accounts  for  the  remark  of  Josephus 

(Antiq.  iii.  8,  2),  who  says  that  "  the  shekel 

equalled  four  Attic  drachms,"  for  in  his  time  the 
drachm  and  'denarius  were  almost  equal  to  the  quarter 
of  a  shekel  [Shekel].  Value  about  8d.  or  7Jd.  (b) 
Argurion,  argenteus,  denarius.  This  word  occurs  in 
two  passages — (A)  the  account  of  the  betrayal  of  our 
Lord  for  "thirty  pieces  of  silver"  (Matt.  xxvi.  15; 
xxvii.  3,  5,  6,  9).  These  have  usually  been  consid- 
ered to  be  denarii,  but  on  no  sufficient  ground.  Tha' 
parallel  passage  in  Zechariah  (xi.  12,  13)  is  trans, 
lated  "  thirty  [pieces]  of  silver ;"  but  which  should 
doubtless  be  read,  "thirty  shekels  of  silver,"  whilst  it 
is  observable  that  "thirty  shekels  of  silver"  was  the 
price  of  blood  to  be  paid  in  the  case  of  a  servant  ac- 
cidentally killed  (Exod.  xxi.  32).  The  passage  may 
therefore  be  explained  as  "thirty  shekels  of  silver" — ■ 
not  current  shekels,  but  tetradrachms  of  the  Attic 
standard  of  the  Greek  cities  of  Syria  and  Phoenicia. 
These  tetradrachms  were  common  at  the  time  of  our 
Lord,  and  of  them  the  stater  was  a  specimen  [Piece 
of  Money,  2].  In  the  A.  V.  of  St.  Matthew  the 
prophecy  is  ascribed  to  Jeremiah  instead  of  to  Zech- 
ariah. Many  suggestions  have  been  made  on  this 
question,  but  it  may  be  observed  that  the  Syriac  ver- 
sion omits  the  proper  name,  and  merely  says  "  the 
prophet;"  hence  a  copyist  might  have  inserted  tha 
wrong  name.  (B)  The  price  of  the  conjuring  books 
that  were  burnt  (Acts  xix.  19).  The  Vulgate  has 
accurately  rendered  the  phrase  denarii,  as  there  is  no 
doubt  that  these  coins  are  intended.  [Money  and 
Silver.] 

Pound.  Mnd  (Luke  xix.  13-25) — money  of  ac- 
count. At  this  time  the  Attic  talent  obtained  in  Pal- 
estine. Sixty  mince  went  to  the  talent  (q.  v.).  The 
"pound"  contained  100  drachms.  The  drachm  of 
the  Gospel  period  being  equivalent  to  about  8d.,  the 
value  of  the  pound  would  be  £3  6s.  8d.  The  Greek 
name  mnd  was  probably  derived  from  the  Hebrew 
maneh  (q.  v.  under  Weights). 

Ratz.     See  Piece  of  Silver. 

Rebah.     See  Fourth  Part  of  a  Shekel. 

Shekel.  A  word  signifying  "  weight,"  and  also, 
the  name  of  a  coin,  either  silver  or  copper.  It  only 
occurs  in  the  O.  T.,  where  it  signifies  the  weight  of 
certain  objects,  or  where  it  is  employed  for  a  piece 
of  silver  of  fixed  value.  The  word  "  shekel  "  occurs 
in  the  Hebrew  and  the  A.  V.  in  the  following  pas- 
sages: Gen.  xxiii.  15,  16;  Exod.  xxi.  22;  xxx.  13; 
15;  xxxviii.  24-26 ;  Lev.  v.  15;  xxvii.  3-7;  Num. 
iii.  47,  50;  vii.  13,  19,  25,  31,  37,  43,  49,  55,  61,  67, 
73,  79,  85,  86 ;  xviii.  16 ;  Josh.  vii.  21 ;  1  Sam.  ix. 
8 ;  xvii.  5,  7 ;  2  Sam.  xiv.  26 ;  xxi.  16 ;  xxiv.  24 ;  3 
Kings  vii.  1 ;  xv.  20 ;  1  Chron.  xxi.  25  (gold  shek- 
els) ;  2  Chron.  iii.  9  (gold  shekels) ;  Neh.  v.  15;  x. 
32 ;  Jer.  xxxii.  9  ;  Ezek.  iv.  10 ;  xiv.  12 ;  Amos  viii. 
5.  It  is  supplied  in  the  A.  V.  in  connection  with 
"silver"  in  Deut  xxii.  19,  29;  Judg.  xvii  2-4, 10 j 


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2  Sam.  xviii.  11, 12 ;  1  Kings  x.  29 ;  2  Chron.  i.  17 ; 
and  in  connection  with  "gold"  in  Gen.  xxiv.  22; 

Num.  vii.  14,  20,  26,  32,  38,  44,  50,  56,  62,  68,  74,  80, 
86;  Judg.  viii.  26;  1  Kings  x.  16;  2  Chron.  ix.  15, 
16  [see  Maneh  under  Weights].  Three  kinds  of 
shekels  appear  to  be  mentioned — (1)  the  shekel,  (2) 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary,  and  (3)  the  shekel  of  the 
king's  weight.  The  "shekel  of  the  sanctuary"  or 
"  holy  shekel."  a  term  generally  applied  to  the  silver 
shekel,  but  once  to  the  gold  (Exod.  xxxviii.  24),  was 
probably  the  normal  weight,  and  was  kept  by  the 
priests.  The  "shekel  of  the  king"  was  connected 
with  the  Assyrio-Babylonian  maneh  of  the  king,  as 
marked  on  the  monuments  from  Nineveh  [Talent  un- 
der Weights].  The  LXX.  translate  the  denomina- 
tions in  silver  by  didrachmon  and  siklos.  The  shekel 
as  extant  corresponds  in  weight  to  the  tetradrachm 
or  didrachm  of  the  early  Phoenician  talent  in  use  in 
the  cities  of  Phoenicia  under  Persian  rule.  It  is 
probable  that  the  Alexandrian  Jews  adopted  the  term 
"  didrachm  "  as  the  common  name  of  the  coin  which 
was  equal  in  weight  to  the  shekel.  The  value  of  tbe 
silver  shekel  is  about  2s.  8d.  The  gold  shekel,  as  de- 
rived from  a  passage  in  Josephus,  must  have  weighed 
about  253  grains  [see  Pound  under  Weights],  a  very 
little  lower  than  the  60th  of  the  Assyrian  mina  in 
gold,  which  weighed  260  grains;  and  when  he  says 
in  another  passage  (Antiq.  iii.  8.  10;  comp.  Num. 
vii.  14)  that  ten  gold  shekels  equalled  ten  darics,  he 
must  mean  the  double  darics,  weighing  about  260 
grains.  The  gold  shekel  was  worth  about  £2.  None 
have  ever  been  discovered.  (See  General  Remarks.) 
Fifteen  shekels  of  silver,  each  weighing  about  224 
grains,  were  equal  in  value  to  one  shekel  of  gold 
[Talent  under  Weights].  The  divisions  of  the 
shekel  mentioned  in  the  O.  T.  are  the  half  (bekah), 
the  third  part,  the  fourth  part  (rebah)  and  the 
twentieth  part  (gerah),  q.  v.  In  the  reign  of  Ar- 
taxerxes  Longimanus  (b.  c.  458)  a  special  commis- 
sion was  granted  to  Ezra  "to  do  what  seems  good 
with  the  rest  of  the  silver  and  the  gold"  (Ezra  vii. 
18) ;  and  it  has  been  suggested  that  this  was  virtually 
permission  to  the  Jews  to  coin  money ;  and  the  silver 
shekels  extant,  dated  of  the  years  1  to  5,  and  the  half- 

bekels  of  the  years  1  to  4,  weighing  about  220  and 

10  grains  respectively,  are  considered  to  be  of  this 
period.  As  regards  the  "shekels  of  silver"  mention- 
ed in  Nehemiah  (v.  15 ;  comp.  x.  32),  these  may  per- 
haps refer  to  the  silver  coin  circulating  in  the  Per- 
sian kingdom  called  sighs,  of  which  20  went  to  one 
gold  daric,  and  weighing  84  grains,  but  having  no 
connection  with  the  siklos  (weighing  about  220  grains), 
excepting  in  name.  These  coins  are,  like  the  darics, 
impressed  with  the  figure  of  an  archer  [Dram].  In 
the  year  b.  C.  139,  Antiochus  VII.  (Sidetes)  granted 
special  permission  to  Simon  Maccabeeus  to  coin  money 
with  his  own  stamp  (1  Mace.  xv.  6),  and  the  silver 
shekels  and  half-shekels  most  probably  belong  to 
Simon,  and  perhaps  the  copper  pieces  (J  shekel,  £ 
shekel,  and  £  of  shekel),  dated  in  the  fourth  year;  but 
there  is  great  uncertainty  as  to  the  latter. 

The  Asmonaean  dynasty  continued  to  issue  a  copper 
coinage,  gradually  showing  .Greek  tendencies,  to  the 
time  of  Antigonus,  the  last  prince  of  the  Asmonaean 
dynasty,  (b.  c.  40-37),  and  the  numerous  coinage 
of  Alexander  Jannaeus  (b.  C.  105-78)  doubtless  cir- 
culated even  to  N.  T.  times  [Mite].  The  Idumaean 
princes,  commencing  with  Herod  I.  (surnamed  the 
Great),  continued  a  copper  coinage  with  only  Greek 
legends,  which  circulated  in  Judaea  (as  well  as  a  pro- 
curatorial  coinage,  A.  d.  6-59)  till  the  death  of  Agrip- 
pa  II.  (Acts  xxv.  13;  xxvi.  2,  seq.)  in  a.  d.  100. 
The  national  coinage,  consisting  of  silver  shekels  and 
£  shekels,  as  well  as  of  copper,  with  old  Hebrew  in- 
jcriptions,  was  revived  during  the  first  revolt  (May, 
A.  d.  66-September,  A.  d.  70),  and  during  the  sec- 
ond under  Bar-cochab  (a.  d.  132-a.  d.  135),  at 
which  time  many  of  the  Jewish  \  shekels  were  struck 
over  Roman  denarii. 

Silver  [Money].  (1)  Keseph  in  O.  T.  (q.  v.) ;  (2) 
in  N.  T.  arguros,  argentum  (Matt.  x.  9;  James  v.  3), 
or  argurion,  argentum  (Acts  iii.  6 ;  xx.  33 ;  1  Pet.  i. 
18).  The  silver  coins  current  in  Palestine  in  N.  T. 
period  consisted  of  the  tetradrachms  and  drachms  of 
the  Attic  standard,  and  of  the  Eoman  denarius. 
[Money,  1  and  2,  and  Piece  or  Silver,  2.] 

_  Silverling.  Keseph  (Isa.  vii.  23).  The  word 
mlverling  occurs  in  Tyndale's  version  of  Acts  xix.  19, 
and  in  Goverdale's  of  Judg.  ix.  4 ;  xvi.  5.  The  Ger- 
man  silberling  is  found  in  Luther's  version  (Bible 

Word- Book).  The  same  word  is  also  used  in  Cran- 
mer  and  Tyndale  for  the  money  stolen  by  Micah 


( Judg.  xvii.  2,  3) — "  the  leuen  hundredth  tylucrlyngs" 
(Bible  Educator,  vol.  iv.,  p.  210). 

Stater,  See  Piece  of  Money,  2,  and  Tribute-money,  1. 

Sum  [of  Money].  (1)  Kephalaion  (Acts  xxii.  28), 
i.  e.  in  classical  authors  capital  as  opposed  to  interest 
or  income  (cp.  "principal,"  Lev.  vi.  5;  Num.  v.  7). 
In  Mk.  xii.  15  epikephalaion,  "poll-tax,"  is  used  in 
the  place  of  the  ordinary  word  kensos.  [Tribute 
(Money),  2.]  Sum  of  Money.  (2)  Time  arguriou, 
pretium  argenti  (Acts  vii.  16),  i.  e.  price  in  silver. 
[Money.] 

Talent.  Talanton,  lalentum,  a  sum,  not  a  coin. 
(1)  In  O.  T.  the  rendering  of  the  Hebrew  kiccar  [see 
Talent  under  Weights]  ;  (2)  in  N.  T.  this  word 
occurs — (a)  in  the  parable  of  the  unmerciful  servant 
(Matt,  xviii.  23-25) ;  and  (%)  in  the  parable  of  the 
talents  (Matt.  xxv.  14-30).  At  this  time  the  Attic 
talent  obtained  in  Palestine;  60  mince  and  6000 
drachmae  went  to  the  talent.  It  was  consequently 
worth  about  £200.     [Pound.] 

Third  Tart  of  the  Shekel  (Neh.  x.  32), 
about  \Q\d.    See  Sliekel  and  Tribute  [Money], 

Tribute  [Money].  (1)  The  sacred  tribute,  di- 
drachma  (Matt.  xvii.  24).  The  sacred  tribute  or  pay- 
ment of  the  "  atonement- money  "  was  half  a  shekel 
(Exod.  xxx.  13,  16),  and  was  originally  levied  on 
every  male  of  twenty  years  old  and  above  when  the 
Israelites  were  first  numbered.  In  the  reign  of  Jo- 
ash  the  same  sum  was  demanded  for  the  repair  of 
the  Temple  (2  Chron.  xxiv.  4-14).  After  the  return 
from  the  Captivity,  the'  annual  payment  "for  the 
service  of  the  house  of  God  "  was  one-third  of  the 
shekel  (q.  v.),  and  was  voluntarily  contributed  (Neh. 
x.  32).  The  amount  of  tribute  was  again  restored  to 
the  half-shekel  (q.  v.),  which  the  Jews  when  dis- 
persed throughout  the  world  continued  to  pay  to- 
ward the  Temple.  It  is  to  this  tribute  that  St. 
Matthew  refers,  and  the  stater  found  in  the  fish's 
mouth  was  an  Attic  tetradrachm,  and  at  this  time 
equal  to  a  shekel  [Piece  of  Money;  Shekel]. 
Many  commentators,  both  ancient  and  modern,  have 
entirely  missed  the  meaning  of  this  miracle  by  in- 
terpreting the  payment  as  a  civil  one.  That  it  was 
the  sacred  tribute  is  plain  from  our  Lord's  reason  for 
exemption :  "  Of  whom  do  the  kings  of  the  earth 
take  custom  or  tribute  ?  of  their  own  children  or  of 
strangers?"  (Matt.  xvii.  25,  26),  and  further,  from 
His  reason  for  payment,  "lest  we  should  offend 
them,"  which  shows  that  the  Jews  willingly  paid  the 
tribute ;  indeed,  it  was  not  enforced  by  law  even  in 
the  earliest  times,  being  in  this  respect  unlike  the  civil 
tribute.  (2)  The  civil  tribute,  nomisma  tou  kensou, 
kensos,  phoros  (Matt.  xxii.  17,  19;  Mark  xii.  14; 
Luke  xx.  22;  xxiii.  2).  This  was  a  tax  paid  to  the 
Eoman  emperor,  and  was  doubtless  established  when 
Judaea  became  a  Roman  province.  The  sum  paid 
annually  is  not  known ;  but  after  the  capture  of 
Jerusalem  and  destruction  of  the  Temple,  Vespasian 
ordered  the  Jews,  in  whatever  country  they  might 
be,  to  pay  the  sum  of  two  drachmce  to  the  temple  of 
Jupiter  Capitolinus,  as  they  had  previously  paid  to 
the  Temple  at  Jerusalem.  Under  Domitian  the  tax 
was  enforced  with  great  severity,  but  upon  the  ac- 
cession of  Nerva  it  was  abolished.  Numismatic 
records  establish  this  fact ;  coins  are  extant  with  the 
legend,  Fisci  Judaici  calumnia  sublata  (comp.  syco- 
phantia — false  accusation — Luke  xix.  8).  After  the 
revolt  of  Bar-cochab,  Hadrian  renewed  the  tax,  and 
in  the  reign  of  Alexander  Severus  (a.  d.  226)  the 
Jews  continued  to  pay  the  didrachm.  This  civil 
tribute  was  paid  in  denarii,  "  Show  me  the  tribute- 
money  ;  and  they  brought  unto  Him  a  penny  "  (Matt. 
xxii.  19  ;  comp.  Mark  xii.  15 ;  Luke  xx.  24).  "And 
He  saith  unto  them,  Whose  is  this  image  and  super- 
scription ?  They  say  unto  Him,  Caesar's."  The  title 
of  Caesar  is  common  to  all  the  Roman  emperors,  and 
the  name  of  Tiberius,  who  was  the  Caesar  alluded  to, 
is  abbreviated  on  the  coins,  TL,  while  the  title  CAE- 
SAR is  at  length.  The  answer  may  further  be  illus- 
trated by  the  small  brass  coins  issued  under  the  pro- 
curators Coponius,  Ambivius,  and  Rufus,  circulating 
in  Judaea  at  this  time,  on  which  is  simply  the  legend 
Kaisaros — of  Caesar.     [Penny.] 

Twentieth  Part  of  the  Shekel;  about  l|d 
See  Gerah  and  Shekel. 


The  two  following  terms  bear  direct  relation  to 
money,  and  are  worthy  of  illustration : 

Money-Changers.  Three  distinct  terms  are 
employed  in  the  N.  T.  to  express  this  class — (1)  Tra- 
pezltes,  numularius,  A.  V.  "  exchanger "  (Matt.  xxv. 
27),  from  trapeza,  "a  table,"  a  word  employed  for  the 


"tables"  (menwc)  of  the  money-changers  in  Matt, 
xxi.  12;    Mark  xi.  15;   John  ii.  15,   and  for  the 

"bank"  (mensa)  in  Luke  xix.  23.  Trapezites  was 
the  ordinary  name  for  the  banker  at  Athens.  His 
principal  occupation  was  that  of  changing  money  at 
an  agio.  He  was  a  private  banker,  like  the  argentarii 
at  Rome,  who  must  be  distinguished  from  the  men- 
sarii  or  mensularii  and  the  numularii,  who  were  pub- 
lic bankers  appointed  by  the  state  on  various  emer- 
gencies, the  latter  of  whom  seem  to  have  been  perma- 
nently employed.  Hence  the  Vulgate  has  rendered 
their  name  in  all  cases  correctly.  As  the  Greek  word 
trapezites  is  from  trapeza,  "a  table,"  so  our  English 
word  "banker"  (French,  banquier)  is  derived  from 
the  French  banc,  "  a  bench,"  on  which  the  person  sat 
to  do  his  business.  (2)  Kollubisles,  numularius,  A.  V. 
"money-changer"  (Matt.  xxi.  12;  Mark  xi.  15); 
A.  V.  "changer"  (John  ii.  15),  from  kollubos  or  koU 
lubon,  sometimes  designated  as  "  the  changing  of 
money,"  or  "rate  of  exchange,"  sometimes  as  "a 
small  coin  "  or  "  a  kind  of  money."  A  passage  in 
Theophrastus  shows  us  that  the  kollubos  must  have 
been  a  silver  piece  ranging  between  the  lepton  [Mite] 
and  the  \  obol,  and  therefore  \  of  an  obol,  weighing 
about  1.4  grains.  It  would  thus  be  the  silver  equiva- 
lent of  the  chalkous,  which  was  the  copper  J  of  an 
obol.  (3)  Kermatistes,  numularius;  A.  V." changer 
of  money  "  (John  ii.  14),  from  a  Greek  word  signify- 
ing  "  to  cut  small,"  which  is  from  kerma,  "  money," 
John  ii.  15  [Money].  Money-changing  was  called 
kermatismos.  No  coin  was  called  by  this  name.  The 
money-changers,  of  which  perhaps  the  "goldsmiths" 
who  repaired  the  vessels  of  the  Temple  (Neh.  iii.  8) 
are  prototypes,  sat  in  the  courts  of  the  Temple  on  the 
25th  of  Nizan  for  the  purpose  of  exchanging  foreign 
money  for  Jewish,  as  the  Temple  tax  could  only  be 
paid  in  this  latter  coin.  They  also  seem  to  have 
acted  as  bankers,  money  being  placed  in  their  hands 
for  the  purpose  of  increasing  it,  and  on  which  in- 
terest was  paid  (Matt.  xxv.  27 ;  Luke  xix.  23). 
Though  the  system  of  "lending"  was  not  altogether 
objected  to  in  the  O.  T.  (Exod.  xxii.  25;  Lev.  xxv. 
36,  37;  Deut.  xxiii.  19,  20;  Proy.  vi.  1 ;  Ps.  xv.  5; 
Jer.  xv.  10;  Ezek.  xxii.  12;  xviii.  13,  etc.),  yet  after, 
the  Captivity  the  Jews  were  compelled  to  leave  off 
usury  (Neh.  v.  11,  12),  whilst  in  the  N.  T.  period  it 
was  sanctioned,  provided  it  was  done  "hoping  for 
nothing  again"  (Luke  vi.  35;  comp.  Matt.  v.  42). 
The  system,  however,  pursued  by  the  money-changers 
in  the  Temple  must  have  been  a  vicious  one,  as  is 
apparent  from  our  Lord's  denunciation  of  their  do- 
ings (Matt.  xxi.  13 ;  Mark  xi.  17 ;  Luke  xix.  46 ; 
comp.  Isa.  lvi.  7 ;  Jer.  vii.  11). 

Treasury  or  Treasure.  This  term  is  used  in 
the  A.  V.  of  the  N.  T.  as  the  translation  of  three 
different  words — (1)  Gazophulakion  (Mark  xii.  4', 
43 ;  Luke  xxi.  1 ;  John  viii.  20),  from  gaza,  "a  treas- 
ure," and  phulasso,  "  to  keep."  The  word  gaza  (Hefc. 
ganza),  which  occurs  in  this  sense  in  Acts  viii.  27,  is 
employed  frequently  in  the  O.  T.  for  "treasures"  or 
"treasure-house"  (Ezra  v.  17;  vi.  1;  vii.  20;  Esth. 
iii.  9;  iv.  7;  Ezek.  xxvii.  24 ;  1  Chron.  xxviii.  11). 
It  is  not  a  Hebrew  word,  but  probably  a  Persian. 
The  term  gazophulakion  or  gazophylacium  occurs  in 
various  passages  of  the  Maccabees,  and  the  Vulgate 
uses  it  as  the  term  for  the  "chest"  (Heb.  arun,  LXX. 
kibotos)  in  which  Jehoiada  collected  the  money  for 
the  repairs  of  the  Temple  [see  General  Remarks]. 
The  treasury-chamber  appears  to  have  been  a  place 
where  people  came  to  offer  their  charity-money  for 
the  repairs  and  other  uses  of  the  Temple,  and  con- 
sisted of  13  brazen  chests  (Heb.  trumpets,  because 
the  mouths  were  wide  at  the  top  and  narrow  below), 
which  stood  in  the  outer  court  of  the  women.  (2) 
Korbanas,  corbona  (Matt,  xxvii.  6),  the  sacred  treas- 
ure of  the  Jews,  and  explained  in  Mark  vii.  11  as  a 
gift  (doron),  and  by  Josephus  as  "a  gift  to  God." 
Korban  in  the  O.  T.  is  principally  employed  for  un- 
bloody sacrifices"  (comp.  Lev.  ii.  1,  4,  5,  6).  Doron 
in  the  N.  T.  principally  means  "gifts  in  general" 
(Matt.  ii.  11),  "sacrificial  gifts "  (Matt.  v.  23,  24 ;  Heb. 
v.  1;  xi.  4),  "gifts  of  God  to  man"  (Ephes.  ii.  8), 
"of  man  to  man"  (Rev.  xi.  10) ;  but  it  is  also  used 
of  gifts  to  the  "treasury"  (Luke  xxi.  1),  and  in  on« 
case  appears  to  mean  the  "  treasury  itself"  (Luke 
xxi.  4).  (3)  Thesauros,  thesaurus,  (a)  As  the  "treas. 
ure-house"  (Matt.  ii.  11 ;  xiii.  52) ;  (b)  as  the  "treas 
ure"  (Matt.  vi.  19,  20;  xii.  35;  xiii.  44;  xix.  21. 
Mark  x.  21 ;  Luke  vi.  45;  xii.  33:  xviii.  22;  2  Cor 
iv.  7 ;  Col.  ii.  3;  Heb.  xi.  26).  The  word  is  used  in 
the  LXX.  as  the  translation  of  the  Hebrew  oisar, 
meaning  either  "  treasures  of  God,"  "  store-house  fol 


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COINS,  MONEY  AND  WEIGHTS  OF  THE  BIBLE. 


corn,"  "  treasury  for  gold  and  silver,"  etc.  (Deut. 
xxviii.  12 ;  xxxii.  34 ;  1  Chron.  xxvii.  27 ;  Josh.  vi. 
19 ;  1  Kings  vii.  51,  etc.). 


WEIGHTS. 

The  following  weights  are  mentioned  in  the  Bible : 

Bekah  (Gen.  xxiv.  22),  "  half,"  "  half  a  shekel." 
This  word  occurs  only  in  the  Pentateuch.  See  Bekah 
under  Money. 

Gerah.  Properly  a  "grain"  or  "bean,"  the 
smallest  silver  weight,  ^th  part  of  the  shekel.  See 
Gerah  under  Money  and  Shekel. 

Litra.     See  Pound. 

Maneh  (LXX.  mna;  Vulgate,  mina).  "A  por- 
tion or  part ;"  A.  V.  "  pound,"  sometimes  called  sta- 
ter— standard ;  a  word  owing  its  origin  to  Babylon, 
and  which,  as  the  weight  was  employed  by  the  Egyp- 
tians, Phoenicians,  Hebrews,  and  Greeks,  has  the 
same  meaning  in  the  language  of  all  these  nations. 
The  weight  of  the  golden  targets  made  by  Solomon 
for  the  Temple  is  stated  to  have  been  300  [shekels] 
of  gold  each  (2  Chron.  ix.  16),  whilst  in  the  parallel 
passage  the  amount  of  gold  employed  for  each  shield 
is  given  as  three  pounds  (manelis,  1  Kings  x.  17).  It 
would  thus  appear  that  the  maneh  of  tfold  was  equal 
to  100  shekels,  but  it  must  be  observed  that  in  the 
Chronicles  the  Hebrew  is  "  300  of  gold,"  the  word 
shekels  being  supplied  in  the  A.  V. ;  and  it  has  con- 
sequently been  suggested  by  some  that  the  Chronicles 
was  written  in  the  Macedonian  period,  and  that  con- 
sequently one  should  reckon  what  is  here  meant  as 
"100  drachms  to  the  maneh,"  as  in  use  among  the 
Greeks.  The  passage,  however,  is  obscure,  and  in 
any  case  the  calculation  of  100  shekels  to  the  maneh 
is  not  likely.  That  in  Ezekiel  (xlv.  12)  relative  to 
the  maneh  is  also  difficult  ©f  explanation  [Shekel  ; 
Talent].  The  word  maneh  further  occurs  in  Ezra 
ii.  69;  Neh.  vii.  71,  72;  comp.  1  Esdras  v.  45. 

Pound.  (1)  Mna,  mina  (1  Mace.  xiv.  24;  xv. 
'8).  Here  large  sums  are  weighed  by  this  standard, 
and  it  refers  to  the  Attic  talent.  (2)  Litra,  a  word 
used  by  the  Greeks  of  Sicily  in  their  system  of  weights 
and  money,  sometimes  called  slater — standard — and 
equivalent  to  the  Latin  word  libra  or  as,  the  unit  of 
weight  among  the  Bomans.  Josephus  says  that  the 
Hebrew  maneh  of  gold  equalled  2J  litroz.  The  libra 
or  Boman  pound  =  5059  grains,  consequently  %\ 
Boman  pounds  =  12,647  grains;  and  as  the  Hebrew 
gold  shekel  was  the  fiftieth  part  of  the  maneh,  it 
must  have  weighed  about  253  grains  [Shekel  under 
Money].  The  word  litra  occurs  in  the  N.  T.  in 
John  xii.  3  and  xix.  39. 

Shekel.  A  word  signifying  "  weight,"  according 
to  which  numerous  objects  were  weighed,  especially 
the  metals.  The  passage  in  Ezek.  xlv.  12  is  confus- 
ing, and  cannot  be  satisfactorily  explained,  but  it 
must  be  remembered  that  it  is  prophetical.  50  or  60 
shekels  equalled  a  maneh  [Maneh;  Pound].  3600 
or  3000  shekels  equalled  a  talent  [Talent].  See 
Shekel  under  Money. 

Talent.  Kikkar,  properly  "  a  circle  "  or  "  globe ;" 
hence  kuklos,  circus.  The  largest  Hebrew  weight  for 
metals.  First  occurs  in  Exod.  xxv.  39,  "a  talent  of 
pure  gold."  It  is  also  specially  spoken  of  as  "  talent 
of  silver"  (2  Kings  v.  22),  "talent  of  lead"  (Zech. 
v.  7),  "talent  of  brass"  (Exod.  xxxviii.  29),  and 
"talent  of  iron"  (1  Chron.  xxix.  7).  A  talent  of 
silver  bound  up  in  a  bag,  and  one  change  of  garment, 
were  about  as  much  as  one  man  could  carry  (2  Kings 
v.  23),  and  weighing  was  probably  avoided  by  thesealed 
bags  containing  a  certain  weight  of  silver.  The  He- 
brew talent  was  derived  from  Assyria  and  Babylonia. 
Of  the  talents  current  in  these  countries,  the  heavy 
or  Assyrian  talent  passed  through  Mesopotamia  and 
Syria  to  the  Phoenician  coast-towns,  and  to  Palestine, 
where  we  find  it  in  use  among  the  Israelites.  In 
Nineveh,  as  well  as  in  Palestine,  besides  the  weights 
talent  of  the  king  of  3600  sixtieths  of  the  maneh  for 
valuing  precious  metals,  a  special  reckoning  was  made 
by  talents  of  3000  gold  and  silver  units ;  but  when  it 
was  found  convenient  to  reckon  3000  shekels  instead 
of  3600  to  the  talent  is  not  known,  nor  when  a  devia- 
tion was  made  from  the  sexagesimal  division  of  the 
maneh,  and  it  was  limited  to  50  instead  of  to  60  units. 
The  sum-total  of  the  taxes  to  the  sanctuary  paid  by 
the  people  is  stated  to  be  (Exod.  xxxviii.  25)  100 
talents,  1775  shekels,  to  which  603,550  men  each  con- 
tributed a  half  shekel,  so  that,  according  to  this,  3000 
shekels  are  reckoned  to  the  talent ;  and  as  the  talent  is 


always  divided  into  60  manehs,  20  shekels  went  to  the 
maneh ;  which  is  corroborated  from  the  fact  that  the 
taxes  for  persons  of  various  age  and  sex  commence 
at  a  maximum  point  of  50  shekels  (Lev.  xxvii.  3, 
16),  and  that  Achan  found  a  wedge  of  gold  of  just  50 
shekels'  weight,  and  not  60  (Josh.  vii.  21).  [See 
General   Remarks.] 

The  shekels  of  the  weight  talent  "  of  the  king  "  and 
the  gold  talent  are  identical,  the  latter  talent  having 
been  formed  from  the  former,  which  appears  to  have 
been  used  for  weighing  other  materials  than  the  met- 
als ("king's  weight,"  2  Sam.  xiv.  26).  [Shekel.] 
The  weight  of  9  "holy"  silver  shekels  (224.7975X9) 
thus  equals  8  sixteenths  of  the  "weight"  maneh 
(252.9165X8),  and  the  value  of  15  "holy"  silver 
shekels  equals  that  of  1  gold  shekel — i.  e.  £2.  Some, 
however,  have  taken  the  silver  talent  as  weighing 
660,000  grains  [114^  lbs.  troy],  and,  on  the  basis 
of  the  shekel  being  equivalent  to  3s.,  equalling  £450, 
and  the  gold  talent  (with  a  shekel  of  about  132 
grains)  as  weighing  double  the  silver,  1,320,000 
grains  [229£  lbs.  troy],  and  equalling,  at  £4  per  oz. 
troy,  £11,000  (Smith,  Students  O.  T.  Hist.).  As  to 
the  copper  talent,  which  is  supposed  by  some  to  have 
had  a  shekel  of  four  times  the  weight  of  the  gold 
shekel,  though  only  1500  to  the  talent,  and  therefore 
equalling  792,000  grains,  it  is  impossible  to  speak 
with  certainty ;  but  in  all  probability  the  copper 
talent  did  not  contain  a  fewer  number  of  shekels 
than  that  of  the  silver. 

The  amounts  of  talents  mentioned  in  the  Bible 
during  the  reigns  of  David  and  Solomon  are  almost 
incredible  (1  Chron.  xxii.  14;  xxix.  4,  7).  The 
annual  income  of  Solomon  is  said  to  have  been  666 
talents  of  gold  (1  Kings  x.  14;  2  Chron.  ix.  13), 
which,  taking  the  estimate  of  some  that  the  gold 
talent  was  double  the  silver,  would  be  equivalent  to 
£7,780,000,  a  sum  more  than  the  revenues  of  the 
whole  Persian  empire  under  Darius,  which  has  been 
calculated  at  about  three  millions  and  a  half.  But  if 
we  take  15  shekels  of  silver  as  equalling  one  shekel 
of  gold,  and  15  talents  of  silver  as  equalling  one 
talent  of  gold,  then  666g  talents  of  gold  were  exactly 
10,000  talents  of  silver,  or  £4,000,000.  It  is,  how- 
ever, difficult  to  hazard  any  safe  conjecture,  and  most 
likely  the  figures  in  all  these  passages  have  been 
corrupted. 

Boman  Money,  mentioned  in  the  Nero  Testament,  reduced  to  the 
English  and  American  Standard. 

£   *.   d.  cts.       cts. 

A  penny,  or  denarius 0    .0    8— 8J^—  14.67—15.59 

A  pound,  or  mina  (Gk.  mna)Z    6    8  $16    12 


MINING  AND  METALLURGY 
OF  THE   BIBLE. 

The  graphic  account  in  Job  xxviii.  is  a  striking 
description  of  mining  operations  in  olden  times: 
"  Surely  there  is  a  source  for  the  silver,  and  a  place 
for  the  gold  which  they  fine.  Iron  is  taken  out  of 
the  earth,  and  he  [i.  e.  the  miner  or  workman]  pour- 
eth  forth  stone  as  copper.  He  hath  made  an  end  of 
darkness,  and  he  searcheth  to  every  extremity  [i.  e. 
to  great  depths  and  with  diligent  care]  for  the  stone 
of  darkness  and  of  the  shadow  of  death.  He  break- 
eth  through  a  shaft  away  from  those  who  tarry 
above ;  there,  forgotten  of  every  foot,  they  hang  and 
swing  far  from  men.  The  earth,  from  it  cometh  forth 
bread,  and  beneath  it  is  upturned  like  fire:  its  stones 
are  the  place  of  the  sapphire,  which  also  hath  dust 
of  gold.  A  way  that  no  bird  of  prey  knoweth,  and 
the  eye  of  the  hawk  hath  not  seen  it;  which  the 
proud  beasts  of  prey  have  not  trodden,  nor  the  lion 
passed  along.  He  layeth  his  hand  upon  the  stone, 
he  turneth  up  mountains  from  the  root.  He  cutteth 
channels  in  the  rocks,  and  his  eye  seeth  all  rare 
things.  He  bindeth  fast  the  rivers  that  they  leak 
not,  and  that  which  is  hidden  he  bringeth  to  light " 
(Job  xxviii.  1-11). 

There  are,  as  we  have  already  seen,  traces  of 
ancient  mining  in  Egypt,  in  the  desert  of  Sinai,  in 
Palestine,  and  in  the  adjoining  lands,  and  this  poetic 
description  must  be  held  as  applying  to  some  of  these 
operations.  The  writer  sketches  the  vast  labor  and 
dangerous  enterprises  which  men  will  undertake  in 
order  to  win  from  the  earth  its  treasures,  and  then 
passes  on  to  the  question  :  "  Where  shall  wisdom  be 
found,  and  where  is  the  place  of  understanding?" 
These  shall  baffle  the  skill  of  the  miner,  and  are 


more  difficult  of  attainment  than  the  precious  treas- 
ures of  the  earth.  For  "  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  that  is 
wisdom ;  and  to  depart  from  evil  is  understanding " 
(vs.  12,  28). 

It  may  be  well  here  briefly  to  summarize  what  is 
known  concerning  the  mines  of  biblical  antiquity. 
Clearly,  gold,  silver,  and  tin  were  brought  to  the 
lands  of  the  Bible  mainly  by  commerce,  though 
there  are  traces  qr  records  of  gold-working  in 
Egypt,  and  of  both  gold  and  silver  in  Arabia  and 
Edom.  Copper  and  iron  were  both  native  product 
of  Palestine,  and  were  worked  also  in  the  island  of 
Meroe,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Nile  and  in  the  peninsula 
of  Sinai.  The  island  of  Cyprus  is  also  mentioned  as 
a  source  of  copper,  and  there  is  every  probability 
that  both  iron  and  copper  were  worked  in  other  dis- 
tricts likewise,  though  there  is  no  distinct  and  ex- 
plicit proof.  There  were  lead-mines  in  Egypt,  near 
the  coast  of  the  Bed  Sea,  and  also  near  Sinai,  and  it 
is  not  improbable  that  these  lead-mines  may  have 
yielded  small  quantities  of  silver  also. 

Diodorus  Siculus  gives  a  minute  description  of  the 
method  of  mining  and  refining  gold.  Shafts  were 
sunk  into  what  Diodorus  calls  veins  of  marble  of 
excessive  whiteness  (evidently  quartz-rock),  from 
which  day-and-night  relays  of  convicts  extracted  the 
auriferous  quartz.  This  was  then  broken  up  with 
picks  and  chisels,  and  further  reduced  by  iron  pestles 
in  stone  mortars  to  small  fragments.  Then  it  was 
ground  to  powder,  spread  upon  a  broad  inclined 
table,  and  washed  with  water  and  fine  sponges  until 
the  gold  became  pure  from  earthy  matter.  Finally, 
it  was  put,  with  a  little  lead,  tin,  salt  and  bran,  into 
earthen  crucibles  closed  with  clay,  and  subjected  for 
five  days  and  nights  to  the  fire  of  a  furnace.  From 
this  description  it  may  be  seen  that  gold-mining  in 
these  ancient  times  did  not  radically  differ  from  that 
of  one  hundred  years  ago. 

Concerning  the  arts  of  metallurgy  in  ancient  times 
we  are  left  in  much  ignorance.  These  arts  must  have 
existed  in  considerable  excellence  amongst  the  Egyp- 
tians and  Assyrians ;  and  the  accounts  given  in  the 
Bible  of  the  buildings  of  David  and  Solomon  show, 
that  the  Israelites,  and  especially  the  Phoenicians, 
were  accomplished  metal-workers.  Situated  between 
the  great  ancient  empires  of  the  East  and  West, 
Palestine  was  alternately  the  prey  of  each,  and  the 
carrying  away  of  metal-workers  into  captivity  shows 
the  esteem  in  which  they  were  then  held.  See  1  Sam. 
xiii.  19 ;  2  Kings  xxiv.  14, 15 ;  Jer.  xxiv.  1 ;  xxix.  2. 
The  book  of  Ecclesiasticus  (chap,  xxxviii.  27,  28),  in 
the  Apocrypha,  gives  an  account  of  a  smith's  work- 
shop which  those  who  are  used  to  factories  and  foun- 
dries will  fully  appreciate:  "So  every  carpenter  and 
workmaster,  that  laboreth  night  and  day ;  and  they 
that  cut  and  grave  seals,  and  are  diligent  to  make 
great  variety,  and  give  themselves  to  counterfeit 
imagery,  and  watch  to  finish  a  work :  the  smith  also 
sitting  by  the  anvil,  and  considering  the  iron-work, 
the  vapor  of  the  fire  wasteth  his  flesh,  and  he  fighteth 
with  the  heat  of  the  furnace ;  the  noise  of  the  ham- 
mer and  the  anvil  is  ever  in  his  ears,  and  his  eyes 
look  still  upon  the  pattern  of  the  thing  that  he  mak- 
eth ;  he  setteth  his  mind  to  finish  his  work,  and 
watcheth  to  polish  it  perfectly." 

In  the  Bible  are  references  to  casting  (Ex.  xxv.  12; 
xxvi.  37  ;  2  Chron.  iv.  17  ;  Isa.  xl.  19);  soldering  and 
welding  (Isa.  xli.  7) ;  hammering  into  sheets  (Num. 
xvi.  38;  Isa.  xli  v.  12;  Jer.  x.  4,  9);  gilding  and 
overlaying  with  metal  (Ex.  xxv.  11-24 ;  xxvi.  37 ; 
1  Kings  vi.  20;  2  Chron.  iii.  5;  Isa.  xl.  19;  Zech. 
xiii.  9).  But  perhaps  the  most  interesting  of  all  such 
allusions  are  those  to  the  melting  and  separation  and 
refining  of  metals  (Ps.  xii.  6 ;  Pro  v.  xvii.  3,  etc. ;  Isa. 
i.  25;  Jer.  vi.  29;  Ezek.  xxii.  18-20).  Malachi  (iii.  2, 
3)  makes  use  of  a  striking  metaphor  derived  from 
the  metallurgy  of  silver.  Before  the  discovery  of 
quicksilver,  lead  was  used  for  the  purification  of  the 
precious  metals.  How  far  the  ancients  were  acquaint- 
ed with  what  is  now  known  as  "  Pattison's  method " 
of  obtaining  silver  from  argentiferous  lead-ore  is  un- 
certain,  but  Pliny  apparently  hints  at  something  of 
the  kind  in  these  words :  "  When  submitted  to  the 
action  of  fire,  part  of  the  ore  precipitates  itself  in  the 
form  of  lead,  while  the  silver  is  left  floating  on  the 
surface." 

Clearly,  however,  the  passage  from  Malachi  above 
named  refers  to  the  process  of  "  cupellation  :"  "  He 
[the  Messiah]  shall  sit  as  a  refiner  and  purifier  of 
silver;  and  he  shall  purify  the  sons  of  Levi,  and 
purge  them  as  gold  and  silver,  that  they  may  offer 
unto  the  Lord  an  offering  in  righteousness." 


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FOREIGN  WORDS  CONTAINED  IN  THE  BIBLE. 

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A  ARON,  ar'on,  light.     Ex.  4.  14. 
Aaronites,  ar'on-ites,  descendants  of 

Aaron.     I  Cor.  12.  27. 
Abaddon,     a-bad'don,     destruction. 

Rev.  9.  11. 
Abagtlia ,  a-bag'tha,  given  by  fortune. 

Esther  I.  10. 
Abana,  ab'a-na,  stony.    2  Kin.  5.  12. 
Abarim,    ab'a-rim,   regions    beyond. 

Num.  27.  12. 
Abba,  ab'ba,  father.     Mark  14.  36. 
Abda.  ab'da,  servant.     I  Kin.  4.  6. 
Abdeel,   ab'de-el,  same   as  Abdiel. 

Jer.  36.  26. 
Abdi,  ab'dl,  servant  of  Jehovah.     1 

Chr.  6.  44. 
Abdiel,  ab'dl-el,  j-.of  God.  I  Chr.  5. 15. 
Abdon,  ab'don,  servile.    Judg.  12.  13. 
Abed-negO,  a-bed'ne-gQ,  servant  or 

worshipper  of  Nebo.     Dan.  1.  7. 
Abel,  a'bel,   (1)   vanity.     Gen.  4.  2. 

(2)  A  meadow.     2  Sam.  20.  14. 
Abel-beth-maachah,  a'bel-b&h- 

ma'a-kah,  meadow  of  the  house  Maa- 

chah.     I  Kin.  15.  20. 
Abel-maim,  a'bel-ma'im,  m.  of  the 

waters.     2  Chr.  16.  4. 
Abel-mebolah,  a'bel-me-hOlah,  in. 

of  dancing.     Judg.  7.  22. 
Abel-mizraim,  a'bel-mlz'ra-im,  m. 

of  Egypt.     Gen.  50.  II. 
Abez,  a/bez,  whiteness.     Josh.  19.  20. 
Abi,  a/bl,  shortened  form  of  Abiah. 

2  Kin.  18.  2. 
Abia,  a-bl'a,  Greek  form'  of  following. 

Mat.  I.  7. 
Abiah,  a-bi'ah,  same  as  Abijah.    2 

Kin.  18.  2. 
Abi-albon,    a'bi-al'bon,    father    of 

strength.     2  Sam.  23.  31. 
Abiasapb,  a-bl'a-saf,/.  of  gathering. 

Ex.  6.  24. 
Abiathar,  a-bi'a-thar,  /  of  plenty. 

1  Sam.  22.  20. 
Abib,  a'bib,  an  ear  of  corn,  or  green 

ear.     Ex.  13.  4. 
Abidah,    a-bi'dah,   father   of    know- 
ledge.    Gen.  25.  4. 
Abidan,  ab'i-dan,y;of  a  judge.  Num. 

1.  11. 
Abiel,  a-bl'el,/  of  strength.     1  Sam. 

9.  I. 
Abiezer,  a-bl-e'zer,/  of  help.    Josh. 

17.  2. 

Abiezrite,  a-bi-ez'nte,  a  descendant 

of  Abiezer.    Judg.  6.  11. 
Abigail,    ab'I-ga-il,  /   of    exultation. 

I  Sam.  25.  14. 
Abihail,    ab-i-ha'il,   /.    of   strength. 

Num.  3.  35. 
Abihu,  a-blliu,  He  (i.  e.  God)  is  my 

f.     Ex.  6.  23. 
Abihud,   i-blliud,  /   of  Judah.     I 

Chr.  8.  3. 


Abijah,  a-bl'jah,/  of  Jehovah.  I  Kin. 

14-  I. 
Abijam,  a-bl'jam,  another  mode  of 

spelling  Abijah.     i  Kin.  14.  31. 
Abilene,  ab-i-le'ne,  a  grassy  place  (?). 

Luke  3.  I. 
Abimael,  a-blm'a-el,  father  of  Mael. 

Gen.  10.  28. 
Abimelech,  a-bim'e-lek,  /  of  the 

king.     Gen.  20.  2. 
Abiliadab,  a-bln'a-dab./of  nobility. 

I  Sam.  7.  1. 
Abiner,  ab'I-ner,  same    as  Abner. 

I  Sam.  14.  50. 
Abinoaill,  a-bin'6-am,^  of  pleasant- 
ness.   Judg.  4.  6. 
Abiram,    a-bi'ram,  f.    of   loftiness. 

Num.  16.  I. 
Abi  Shag,    ab'i-shag,  f.  of  error  (?). 

I  Kin.  1.3. 
Abishai,  a-blsh-'a-I,  /  of  a  gift.     1 

Sam.  26.  6. 
Abishalom,  a-bish'a-lom,/  of  peace. 

I  Kin.  15.  2. 
Abishua,  a-bish'u-a,  /   of  welfare. 

1  Chr.  6.  4. 
Abishur,   ab'i-shur,  /  of  the  wall. 

1  Chr.  2.  28. 
Abital,  ab'i-tal,/".  of  dew.   2  Sam.  3.  4. 
Abitub,  ab'I-tub,  f.  of  goodness.     I 

Chr.. 8.  11. 
Abiud,  a-bi'ud,  Greek  form  of  Abi- 

hud.     Mat.  I.  13. 
Abner,  ab'ner,  /  of  light.     I  Sam. 

14.  50. 
Abram,  a'bram, a highyC  Gen.  1 1.  26. 
Abraham,   a'bra-ham,  f.  of  a  great 

multitude.     Gen.  17.  5. 
Absalom,  ab'sa-lom,  f.  of  peace.     2 

Sam.  3.  3. 
Accad,  ak'kad,  fortress  (?).  Gen.  10.10. 
Accho,  ak'ko,  sand-heated.     Judg.  I. 

31. 
Aceldama,     a-cel'da-ma,     field    of 

blood.     Acts  1.  19. 
Achaia,  a-ka'ja,  Greece.     Acts  18.  12. 
AchaiCUS,    a-ka'i-kus,   belonging    to 

Achaia.     I  Cor.  16.  17. 
Acban,  a'kan,  or   Achar,  a'kar, 

troubler.     Josh.  7.  18. 
Achaz,  a'kaz,  Greek  form  of  Ahaz. 

Mat.  i.  9. 
Achbor,  ak'bor,  a  mouse.  Gen.  36.  38. 
Acllim,    a'kim,    short    form    of    Ja- 

chin  (?).     Mat.  I.  14. 
Acbisll,  a'kish,  angry  (?).   I  Sam.  21. 

10. 
Achmetha,  ak'me-tha,  fortress   (?). 

Ezra  6.  2. 
Achor,  a'kor,  trouble.     Josh.  7.  24. 
Achsall,  ak'sah,  anklet.    Josh.  15.  16. 
Achshapll,     ak'shaf,     enchantment. 

Josh.  11.  I. 
Achzib,  ak'zlb,  deceit.     Josh.  15.  44. 


Adadah,  ad'a-dah,  festival  (?).   Josh. 

IS-  22- 

Adah,  a'dah,  ornament.     Gen.  4.  19. 
Adaiall,    ad-a-fah,    whom    Jehovah 

adorns.     2  Kin.  22.  I. 
Adalia,   ad-a-li'a,  upright  (?).      Est. 

9.8. 
Adam,  ad'am,  red.     Gen.  2.  19. 
Adamah,  ad'a-mah,  red  earth.    Josh. 

19.  36. 
Adami,  ad'a-ml,  human.  Josh.  19.  33. 
Adar,  a'dar,  fire  (?).     Est.  3.  7. 
Adbeel,  ad'be-el,  miracle  of  God  (?). 

Gen.  25.  13. 
Addan,  ad'dan,  humble.     Ezra  2.  59. 
Addar,  ad'dar,  greatness  (?).     1  Chr. 

8.3- 
Addi,  ad'dl,  ornament  (?).  Luke  3.  28. 
Addon,  ad'dcn,  same  as  Addan.  Neh. 

7.  61. 
Ader,  a'der,  flock.     I  Chr.  8.  15. 
Adiel,  a-dl'el,  ornament  of  God.      I 

Chr.  4.  36. 
Adin,  a'dln,  slender.     Ezra  2.  15. 
Adina,   ad'I-na,  same  as  preceding. 

1  Chr.  II.  42. 

Adino,  ad'i-nO.     2  Sam.  23.  8. 

Adithaim,  ad-i-tha'im,  twofold  orna- 
ment.    Josh.  15.  36. 

Adlai,  ad'la-I,  just  (?).     I  Chr.  27.  29. 

Admah,  ad'mah,  same  as  Adamah. 
Gen.  10.  19. 

Admatha,  ad'ma-tha.     Est.  I.  14. 

Adna,  ad'na,  pleasure.     Ezra  10.  30. 

Adnall,  ad'nah,  same  as  preceding. 

2  Chr.  17.  14. 

Adoni-Bezek,  a-don'i-be'zek,  lord 

of  Bezek.     Judg.  I.  5. 
Adonijall,  ad-6-ni'jah,  Jehovah  is  my 

Lord.     2  Sam.  3.  4. 
Adonikam,    a-dSn'i-kam,    lord    of 

enemies.     Ezra  2.  13. 
Adoniram,    ad-6-ni'ram,    lord    of 

height.     I  Kin.  4.  6. 
Adoni-zedec,   a-don'i-ze'dek,  lord 

of  justice.     Josh.  10.  I. 
Adorailll,  ad-6-ra'im,  two  chiefs  (?). 

2  Chr.  11.  9. 
Adoram,   a-do'ram,  contracted  from 

Adokiram.     2  Sam.  20.  24. 
Adrammelecli,        a-dram'me-Iek, 

magnifioence  of  the  king  (?),  king  of 

fire  (?).     2  Kin.  17.  31. 
Adramyttium,       ad-ra-myt'ti-um. 

Acts  27.  2. 
Adria,  a'drl-a.     Acts  27.  27. 
Adriel,  a'dri-el,  flock  of  God.   I  Sam. 

18.  19. 
Adullam,    a-dul'lam,  justice  of  the 

people.     Josh.  12.  15. 
Adnmmim,    a-dum/mlm,    the    red 

(men?).     Josh.  15.  7. 
.iElieas,  e'ne-as,  praiseworthy  (?).  Acts 

9-  33- 


.ZEnon,  e'n6n,  springs.     John  3.  23. 

Agabus,  ag'a-bus,  probably  Greek 
form  of  Hagab.     Acts  11.  28. 

Agag,  a'gag,  flaming  (?).    Num.  24.  7. 

Agagite,  a'gag-ite.    Est.  3.  1. 

Agar,  a'gar,  same  as  Hagar.  Gai.  4. 
24. 

Agee,  ag'e-e,  fugitive  (?).  2  Sam.  23. 
11. 

Agrippa,  a-grip'pa.    Acts  25.  13. 

Agur,  a'gur,  an  assembler.  I'rov. 
30.  1. 

Ahab,  a'hab,  uncle.     I  Kin.  16.  29. 

Alia  rah,  a-har'ah,  after  the  brother. 
I  Chr.  8.  1. 

Aharhel,  a-har'heJ, behind  the  breast- 
work.    1  Chr.  4.  8. 

Ahasai,  a-has'a-I,  probably  a  corrup- 
tion of  Jahzarah.     Neh.  11.  13. 

Ahasbai,  a-has'ba-I.     2  Sam.  23.  34. 

Ahasuerus,  a-hai'u-e'i-us,  king  (?). 
Est.  1.  1. 

Aliava,  i-ha'vah.     Ezra  8.  15. 

Ahaz,  a'haz,  possessor.  2  Kin.  15. 
38.    m 

Ahaziah,  a-ha-zl/ah,  whom  Jehovah 
upholds.     1  Kin.  22.  40. 

Allban,  ah/ban,  brotherly.  1  Chr.  2. 
29. 

Aher,  a'her,  following.     I  Chr.  7.  12. 

Alii,  a'hl,  brother.     I  Chr.  5.  15. 

Alliah,   a-hl'ah,  brother  of  Jehovah. 

1  Sam.  14.  3. 

Ahiam,  a-hfam,  b.  of  the  father  (?). 

2  Sam.  23.  33. 

Allian,  a-nl'an,  brotherly.     I   Chr.  7. 

19. 
Ahiezer,  a-hi-e/zer,  brother  of  help. 

Num.  I.  12. 
All  ill  ud,  i-hl'hud,  b.  of(?).     Num. 

34-  27. 
Ahijah,  a-hl'jah,  same  as  Ahiah.     f 

Kin.  11.  29. 
Ahikam,    a-hl'kam,    brother    of  the 

enemy.     2  Kin.  22.  12. 
Ahiltld,  a-hl'lud,  b.  of  one  born.     2 

Sam.  8.  16. 
Allimaaz,    a-hlm'a-az,  b.    of    anger. 

2  Sam.  15.  27. 
Alliman,  a-hl'man,  b.  of  a  gift.    Num. 

13.  22. 
Abimelech,  a-him'e-lek,  b.  of  the 

king.     I  iiani.  21.  I. 
Allimotll,  a-hl'moth,  b.  of  death.     I 

Chr.  6.  25. 
Abiliadab,  a-hin'a-dab,^.  of  a  noble- 
man.    I  Kin.  4.  14. 
Abinoaill,  a-hin'o-am,   b.  of  grace. 

1  Sam.  14.  50. 
Abio,  a-hl'6,  brotherly.     2  Sam.  6.  3. 
Ahira,    a-hl'ra,  brother  of  a  wicked 

man.     Num.  I.  15. 
Abiram,  a-hi'ram,  b.  of  a  tall  man, 

Num.  26.  38. 


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fdr,  furl,  rydc,  pash,  c  as  s,  g  as  i,  g  as  in  get,  s,  as  z,  J  as  gs. 


A   SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Ahisamach,  a-hls'a-mak,  brother  of 

aid.     Ex.  31.  6. 
Ailisliahar,   a-hlsVa-har,  b.  of  the 

dawn.     1  Chr.  7.  10. 
Aliisliar,  a-hi'shar,  6.  of  the  singer. 

I  Kin.  4.  6. 
Ahithophel,   a-hith'o-fel,  b.  of  im- 
piety.    2  Sam.  15.  12. 
Ahitufo,  a-hl'tub,  b.  of  goodness.     I 

Sam.  14.  3. 
Alllafo,  ah'lab,  fertility.     Judg.  I.  31. 
Ahlai,  ah'lai,  sweet  (?).     1  Chr.  2.  31. 
Ahoah,  a-ho'ah,  same  as  Ahijah  (?). 

I  Chr.  8.  4. 
Ahohite,  a-ho'hlte,  a  descendant  of 

Ahoah.     2.  Sam.  23.  9. 
Aholah,  a-ho'lah,  (she  has)  her  own 

tent.     Ezek.  23.  4. 
Alioliab,  a-ho'll-ab,  father's  tent.  Ex. 

31.  6. 
Aholibah,  a-hel'I-bah,  my  tent  is  in 

her.     Ezek.  23.  4. 
Abolibamah,    a-ho-lib'a-mah,    tent 

of  the  high  place.     Gen.  36.  2. 
Ahumai,  a-hu'ma-I,  brother  of  (i.  e. 

dwelling  near)  water.     1  Chr.  4.  2. 
Ahuzam,  a-hu'zam,  their  possession. 

I  Chr.  4.  6. 
Ahuzzath,     ahuz/zafh,     possession. 

Gen.  26.  26. 
Ai,  a/1,  a  heap  of  ruins.     Josh.  7.  2. 
Aiah,  a-I'ah,  hawk.     2  Sam.  3.  7. 
Aija,  a-l'jah,  same  as  Ai.     Neh.  11. 

31- 
Aiath,  a-I'afh,  ruins.     Is.  10.  28. 
Aijalon.   aj'a-lon,   place   of   gazelles. 

Josh.  21.  24. 

Aijeleth  Shahar,  aj'e-leth  sha'har, 

morning  hind.     Ps.  22,  title. 
Ain,  a'in,  an  eye,  or  fountain.     Num. 

24.  II. 
Ajah,  a'jah,  same  is  Aiah.     Gen.  36. 

24. 
Ajalon,   aj'a-l&n,  same   as   AlJALON. 

Josh.  19.  42. 
Akan,  a'kan.     Gen.  36.  27. 
Akkub,  ak'kub,  insidious.      1  Chr.  3. 

24- 
Akrabbim,    a.-krab/bim,     scorpions. 

Num.  34.  4. 
Alametll,  al'a-meth,  covering.    I  Chr. 

7.8. 
Alammelech,   a-lam'me-lek,  king's 

oak.     Josh.  19.  26. 
Alamoth,  al'a-moth,  virgins  (?).     Ps. 

46,  title. 
Alexander,   al-ej-an'der,   defending 

men.     Mark  15.  21. 
Alexandria,  al-ej-an'drl-a,  the  city 

named  after  Alexander.     Acts  18.  24. 
Aliah,  a-li'ah,  same  as  Alvah.    I  Chr. 

I.  51. 
Allan,  a-ll'an,  same  as  Alvan.    I  Chr. 

I.  40. 
Allon,  al'ldn,  an  oak.     I  Chr.  4.  37. 
Allon-bachuth,  al'lon-bak'uth,  oak 

of  weeping.     Gen.  35.  8. 
Almodad,  al-mo'dad,  extension  (?). 

Gen.  10.  26. 
Almon,    al/m6n,   hidden.     Josh.    21. 

18. 
Almon-diblathaim,    al'mSn-dib- 

la-tha'im,  hiding  of  the  two  cakes  (?). 

Num.  ^.  46. 
Aloth,   a'loth,   yielding   milk   (?).     I 

Kin.  4.  16. 
Alpha,  al'fa,  the  first  letter  of  the  Greek 

alphabet.     Rev.  I.  8. 
Alphseus,    al-fe'us,   exchange,  prob- 
ably Greek  form  of  Cleophas.     Mat. 

10.  3. 
Al-tascllitll,  al-tas'kith, "  do  not  de- 
stroy."    Ps.  57,  title. 
Alush,  a'lush.     Num.  33.  13. 
Alvah,  al'vak.     Gen.  36.  40. 
Alvan,  al'van,  tall.     Gen.  36.  23. 
Amad,    a'mad,    eternal    people     (?). 

Josh.  19.  26. 
Amal,  a'mal,  labor,  sorrow.     1  Chr.  7. 

35- 
Amalek,  am'a-lek.     Gen.  36.  12. 


Amalekites,  am'a-lek-Ites,  descend- 
ants of  Amalek.     Gen.  14.  7. 
Amain,  a'mam,  metropolis  (?).    Josh. 

15.  26. 

Ainana,  am'a-na,  fixed  (?).  Cant. 
4.  8.  _ 

Amariah,  am-a-rl/ah,  Jehovah  has 
said.     I  Chr.  6.  7. 

Amasa,  am'a-sa,  burden.  2  Sam.  17. 
25. 

Amasai,  a-mas/a-I,  burdensome.  I 
Chr.  6.  25. 

Amashai,  a-mash'a-I.     Neh.  II.  13. 

Amasiah,  am-a-si'ah,  burden  of  Je- 
hovah.    2  Chr.  17.  16. 

Amaziah,  am-a-zl'ah,  Jehovah 
strengthens.     2  Kin.  14.  I. 

Ami,  a'ml,  probably  same  as  Amon. 
Ezra  2.  57. 

Aminadab,  a-min'a-dab,  same  as 
•  Amminadab.     Mat.  1.  4. 

Amittai,  a-mit'ta-I.     2  Kin.  14.  25. 

Ammah,  am'mah.     2  Sam.  2.  24. 

Ammi,  am'ml,  my  people.    Hos.  2.  I. 

Ammiel,  am'mi-el,  people  of  God. 
Num.  13.  12. 

Ammihudjam-ml'hud,/.  of  praise  (?). 
Num.  1.  10. 

Amminadab,  am-mln'a-dab,  /.  of 
the  prince.     Ex.  6.  23. 

Ammishaddai,  am-mi-shad'da-I, 
people  of  the  Almighty.     Num.  I.  12. 

Ammizabad,  am-miz'a-bad,/.  of  the 
giver  (z.  e.  Jehovah).     1  Chr.  27.  6. 

Amnion,  am'm6n,  son  of  my/.  (?). 
Gen.  19.  38. 

Ammonites,  am'mdn-Ites,  a  tribe  de- 
scended from  Ammon.     Deut.  2.  20. 

Ammonitess,  am'mon-lt-ess,  femi- 
nine of  preceding.     I  Chr.  12.  13. 

Amnon,  am'non,  faithful.   2  Sam.  3.  2. 

Amok,  a'mok,  deep.     Neh.  12.  7. 

Anion,  a'mon.     2  Kin.  21.  18. 

Amorite,  am'dr-Ite,  mountaineer. 
Gen.  10.  16. 

Amos,  a'mos,  burden.     Amos  I.I. 

Amoz,  a'moz,  strong.     Is.  I.  I. 

/Vmpliipolis,  am-flp'o-l's.  named 
from  the  river  Strymon  flowing  rozmd 
the  city.     Acts  17.  I. 

Amplias,  am'pli-as,  short  form  of 
Ampliatus,  enlarged.     Rom.  16.  8. 

Amram,  am'ram,  people  of  the  High- 
est (z.  e.  God).     Ex.  6.  iS. 

AmramiteS,  am'ram-ltes,  the  de- 
scendants of  Amram.     Num.  3.  27. 

Amraphel,  am'ra-fel.     Gen.  14.  I. 

Amzi,  am'zl,  strong.     I  Chr.  6.  46. 

Anab,  a'nab,  place  fertile  in  grapes. 
Josh.  II.  21. 

Anah,  a'nah.     Gen.  36.  2. 

Anaharath,  an-a-ha'rath.     Josh.  19. 

19- . 
Anaiah,   an-S-I'ah,   Jehovah    has  an- 
swered.    Neh.  8.  4. 
Anak,  a'nak,  long-necked  (?).     Num. 

13.  22. 
Anakim,    an'a-kim,    a    tribe    called 

after  Anak.     Deut.  I.  28. 
Anamim,  an'a-mim.     Gen.  10.  13. 
Aliammelech,    a-nam'me-lek,    idol 

of    the    king    (?),   or    shepherd    and 

flock  (?).     2  Kin.  17.  31. 
Allan,  a'nan,  a  cloud.     Neh.  10.  26. 
Anani,    an-a'nl,   shortened  '  form    of 

Ananiah.      I  Chr.  3.  24. 
Ananiah,  an-a-nl'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

covers.     Neh.  3.  23. 
Ananias,  an-a-nl'as,  Greek  form  of 

Hananiah.     Acts  5.  1. 
Anath,  a'nath,  an  answer  to  prayer. 

Judg.  3.  31. 
Anathema,  an-ath'e-ma,   something 

accursed.     1  Cor.  16.  22. 
Anathoth,    an'a-thoth,    answers    to 

prayer.     Josh.  21.  18. 
Andrew,  an'dru,     Mark  I.  29. 
AndronicUS,   an-dro-nl'kus.     Rom. 

16.  7. 

Anem,  a'nem,  same  as  En-GANNIM  (?). 
I  Chr.  6.  73. 


Aner,  a'ner,  a  young  man  (?).     Gen. 

14.  13. 
Anethothite,       an-e-thoth'Ite,      or 

Anetothite,   an-e-toth'lte,  a  man 

of  Anathoth.     2  Sam.  23.  27. 
Aniam,  a'ni-am.     I  Chr.  7.  19. 
Anim,  a'nim,  fountains.    Josh.  15.  50. 
Anna,  an'na,  grace.     Luke  2.  36. 
Annas,  an'nas,  Greek  form  of  IlAN- 

aniah.     Luke  3.  2. 
Antioch,  an'ti-ak,  named   in  honor 

of  Antiochus.     Acts  6.  5. 
Antipas,  an'tl-pas,  contraction  of  An- 

tipater.     Rev.  2.  13. 
Antipatris,    an-tlp'a-trls,   from    the 

foregoing.     Acts  23.  31. 
AntOthijah,  an-to-thl'jah,  prayers  an- 
swered by  Jehovah  (?).     I  Chr.  8.  24. 
Antothite,    an'toth-Ite,   a    man    of 

Anathoth.     1  Chr.  11.  28. 
Anub,  a'nub,  bound  together  (?).     1 

Chr.  4.  8.  ' 
Apelles,  a-pel'les.     Rom.  16.  10. 
Apkarsachices,  a-'ai-'sak-ites.  Ezra 

5.6. 

Aphek,  a'fek,  strength.   Josh.  12.  18. 
Aphekah,  a-fe'kah,  same  as  preced- 
ing.    Josh.  15.  53. 
Aphiah,  a  ft'ah.    1  Sam.  9.  1. 
Aphik,  a'ftk,  same  as  Aphek.    Judg. 

1.  31. 

Aphrah,  aPrah,  dust.     Mic.  I.  10. 

Aphses,  af'sej,  dispersion.  I  Chr. 
24.  15. 

Apollonia,  ap-61-lO'ni-a.    Acts  17.  I. 

Apollos,  a-pCl'lOs,  another  form  of  Ap- 
ollonius  or  Apollodorus.     Acts  18.  24. 

Apollyon,  a-pOl'yon,  one  that  exter- 
minates.    Rev.  9.  II. 

Appaim,  ap'pa-im,  the  nostrils.  I 
Chr.  2.  30. 

Appllla,  af'fl-a,  the  Greek  form  of 
Appia.     Pbilem.  2. 

Appii  Forum,  ap'pl-l  fO/rum,  forum 
or  market-place  of  Appius.    Acts  28.  15. 

Aqudla,  a^wi-la,  an  eagle.    Acts  18.  2. 

Ar,  ar,  city.     Num.  21.  15. 

Ara,  a^a,  lion  (?).     1  Chr.  7.  38. 

Arab,  a'rab,  ambush.     Josh.  15.  52. 

Arabah,  ar'a-bah.aplain.  Josh.  18.  18. 

Arabia,  a-ra'bi-a.    Gal.  1.  17. 

Arabian,  a-ra'bi-an,  a  person  from 
Arabia.     Neh.  2.  19. 

Arad,  a'rad,  wild  ass.     I  Chr.  8.  15. 

Arab,  a'rah,  wandering.    I  Chr.  7.  39. 

Aram,  a'ram,  height.     Gen.  10.  22. 

Aramitess,  a'ram-It-ess,  a  female  in- 
habitant of  Aram.      I  Chr.  7.  14. 

Aran,  a'ran,  wild  goat.      Gen.  36.  28. 

Ararat,  ar'a-rat.     Gen.  8.  4. 

Araunall,  a  rau'nah,  calf  (?).  2  Sam. 
24.  18. 

Arba,  or  Arbah ,  ar'bah.  Gen.  35.  27. 

Arbathite,  ar'bath-Ite.   1  Chr.  il.  32. 

Arbite,  ar'blte,  an  inhabitant  of  Arab. 
2  Sam.  23.  25. 

ArchelauS,  ar-ke-la/us,  prince.    Mat. 

2.  22. 

Archevites,  ar'ke-vltes,  the  men  of 

Erech  (?),  q.  v.     Ezra  4.  9. 
Archi,  Ju/kl,  an  inhabitant  of  Erech. 

Josh.  16.  2. 
Archippus,  ar-kip/pus,  master  of  the 

horse.     Col.  4.  17. 
Archite,  ar'kite,  a  native  of  Erech. 

2  Sam.  15.  32. 
ArctUTUS,    ark-tu'rus,    probably    the 

constellations  known  as  the  Great  and 

Little  Bear.     Job  9.  9. 
Ard,  ard,  fugitive  (?).     Gen.  46.  21. 
Ardites,  ard'ttes,  descendants  of  Ard. 

Num.  26.  40. 
Ardon,  ar/d6n,  fugitive.     I  Chr.  2.  18. 
Areli,  a-re'll,  heroic.     Gen.  46.  16. 
Areopagite,   ar-e-6p/a-gite,   belong- 
ing to  the  council  held  on  Areopagus. 

Acts  17   34. 
Areopagus,    ar-e-6p/a-gus,    hill    of 

Mars.     Acts  17.  19. 
AretaS,  aT'e-tas,  a  husbandman   (?). 

2  Cor.  II.  32. 


Argob,  ar'gob,  a  rocky  district.   Deut, 

3-4- 
Aridai,  a-rld'a-l.     Est.  9.  9. 
Aridatha,  a-rld'a-tha.     Est.  9.  8. 
Arieh,  a-rl'eh,  lion.     2  Kin.  15.  25. 
Ariel,  a'ri-el,  lion  of  God.    Ezra  8.  16. 
Arimathsea,  ar-I-ma-the'a,the  same 

as  Ramah.     Mat.  27.  57. 
Arioch,  a'rl-ok.    Gen.  14.  1. 
Arisai,  a-rls'a-i.    Est.  9.  9. 
Aristarchus,  ar-Is-tar'kus,  best  rul- 
ing.    Acts  19.  29. 
Aristobulus,     ar-Is-ta-bu'lus,    best 

counsellor.     Rom.  16.  10. 
Arkite,  ark'Ite,  fugitive  (?).   Gen.  10. 

17. 
Armageddon,  5r-ma-ged/'don, 

height  of  Megiddo.     Rev.  15.  16. 
Armenia,  ar-me/nl-a,  land  of  Aram. 

2  Kin.  19.  37. 
Armoni,    ar-m0/nl,   belonging    to    a 

palace.     2  Sam.  21.  8. 
Arnan,  ar'nan,  active.     1  Chr.  3.  21. 
Arnon,  ar'ndn,  swift.     Num.  21.  13. 
Arod,  a'rod,  wild  ass.     Num.  26.  17. 
Arodi,    ar'G-dl,   same    as    preceding. 

Gen.  46.  16. 
Arodites,  a'rSd-ltes,  descendants  of 

Arod.     Num.  26.  17. 
Aroer,  ar'o-er,  ruins  (?).     Deu.  2.  36. 
Aroerite,  ar'S-er-Ite,  a  man  of  Aroer. 

1  Chr.  11.  44. 

Arpad,  ar/pad,  or  Arphad,  ar'fad, 

support.     2  Kin.  18.  34. 
Arphaxad,  ar-fax'ad.    Gen.  10.  22. 
ArtaxerxeS,   ar-taj-erx'eg,   honored 

king  (?).     Ezra  4.  8. 
Artemas,  ar'te-mas,  shortened  form 

of  Artemidorus  (?).     Tit.  3.  12. 
Aruboth,  ar'u-bdth,  windows.  I  Kin. 

4.  10. 
Arumah,  a  ru'mah,  elevated.    Judg. 

9.  41. 
Arvad,    ar'vad,    wandering.       Ezek. 

27.  8.  , 

Arvadites,  ar'vad-Ites,  inhabitants  of 

Arvad.     Gen.  10.  18. 
Arza,  ar'za,  earth.     I  Kin.  16.  9. 
Asa,  a^a,  physician.     I  Kin.  15.  8. 
Asahel,   a'sa-hel,  whom  God  made. 

2  Sam.  2.  18. 

Asahiah,  a-sa-hl'ah.     2  Kin.  22.  12. 

Asaiah,  a-sa-^ah.     I  Chr.  4.  36. 

Asaph,  a'saf,  collector.  2  Kin.  18. 
18;   I  Chr.  6.  39. 

Asareel,  a-sar'e-el,  whom  God  has 
bound.     1  Chr.  4.  16. 

Asarelah,  as-a-re'lah,  same  as  Jesh- 
ARELAH.     1  Chr.  25.  2. 

Asenath,  as'e-nath,  she  who  is  of 
Neith  (z.  e.  a  goddess  of  the  Egyp- 
tians) (?).  '  Gen.  41.  45. 

Aser,  a'ser,  same  as  Asher.     Luke  2. 

36. 
Aslian,  a'shan,  smoke.     Josh.  15.  42. 
Ashbea,  ash-be'a,  I  conjure.     I  Chr. 

4.  21. 
Ashbel,  ash/bel,  blame  (?).    Gen.  46. 

21. 
Asehenaz,  asVke-naz,  same  as  Ash- 

KENAZ.     1  Chr.  1.  6. 
Ashdod,  ash'd&d,  a  strong  place.  Josh- 

IS-  46. 

Ashdodites,  ash'dad-Ites,  the  in- 
habitants of  Ashdod.     Neh.  4.  7. 

Ashdoth-pisgah,  ash'doth-pis/gah, 
springs  of  Pisgah.     Josh.  12.  3. 

AshdothiteS,  ash'ddth-Ites,  same  as 
Ashdodites.    Josh.  13.  3. 

Asher,  ash'er,  fortunate,  happy.    Gen. 

3°-  13- 
Asherah,  ash-e'rah,  the  goddess  Ash- 

toreth.     2  Kin.  17.  IO. 
AsheriteS,    ash'er-Ites,    descendants 

of  Asher.     Judg.  I.  32. 
Asllima,  asl/I-ma.     2  Kin.  17.  30. 
Ashkelon,     ash/ke-lon,      migration. 

Judg.  14.  19. 
Ashkenaz,  ash'ke-naz.     Gen.  10.  3. 
Ashnah,  ash/nah,  strong.  Josh.  15. 33. 
Ashpenaz,  ash/pe-naz.     Dan.  I.  3. 


a.  e,  I,  0,  a,  y,  long ;  a,  6,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short ;  a,  e,  t,  6,  intermediate ;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

ffir,  ffixL  rude,  push,  c  as-  s,  g  as  j,  g  as  in  get,  §  as  z,  j  a«  gx. 


A   SELF-PRONOUNCING   DICTIONARY  OP   SCRIPTURE   PROPER   NAMES. 


Ashriel,  ash'rl-el,  same  as  Asriel. 
I  Chr.  7.  14. 

Ashtaroth,  ash'ta-rtfh,  statues  of 
Ashtoreth.     Josh.  9.  10. 

Ashterathite,  ash'te-rath-Ite,  a  na- 
tive of  Ashteroth.     1  Chr.  11.  44. 

Ashteroth  Karnaim,  ash'te-rcth 
kar-na'im,  Ashteroth  of  the  two  horns. 
Gen.  14.  5. 

Ashtoreth,  ash'td-reth,  she  who  en- 
riches.    I  Kin.  11.  5. 

Ashur,  ash'ur.     I  Chr.  2.  24. 

Ashurites,  ash'ur-Ites.     2  Sam.  2.  9. 

Ashvath,  ash'vath.     I  Chr.  7.  33. 

Asia,  a'sja.     Acts.  2.  9. 

Asiel,  a'sl-el,  created  by  God.     I  Chr. 

4-  35- 

/Ysnah,  as'nah,  bramble.  Ezra  2.  50. 

Asnapper,  as-nap'per,  Assur  has 
formed  a  son.     Ezra  4.  10. 

Aspatha,  as'pa-tha.     Est.  9.  7. 

Asriel,  as'rl-el,  the  prohibition  of  God. 
Num.  26.  31. 

Asrielites,  as'ri-el-ltes,  the  family  of 
Asriel.     Num.  26.  31. 

Asshur,  ash'ur,  the  gracious  One  (?). 
Gen.  10.  22. 

Asshurim,  as-shu'rim.     Gen.  25.  3. 

Assir,  as'slr,  captive.     Ex.  6.  24. 

ASSOS,  as'sos.     Acts  20.  13. 

Assyria,  as-syr'I-a,  the  land  so  named 
from  Asshur.     Gen.  2.  14. 

Assyrians,  as-syr'I-ang,  inhabitants  of 
Assyria.     Is.  10.  5. 

Astaroth,  as'ta-roth,  same  as  Ashto- 
reth.   Deut.  1.  4. 

Asiippim,  a-sup'pim.     I  Chr.  26.  15. 

Asyncritus,  a-syn'krl-tus,  incompar- 
able.    Rom.  16.  14. 

Atad,  a/tad,  buckthorn.     Gen.  50.  10. 

Atarah,  at'a-rah,  a  crown.  1  Chr.  2. 
26. 

Ataroth,    at'a-rtth,   crowns.      Num. 

32-  3- 
Ater,  a'ter,  bound,  shut  up.   Ezra  2. 16. 
Athach,  a'thak,  lodging-place.  I  Sam. 

3°-  3°- 
Athaiah,  ath-a-I'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

made  (?).     Neb.  11.  4. 
Athaliah,  ath-a-ll'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

has  afflicted.     2  Kin.  8.  26. 
Athlai,    ath'lai,    shortened    form    of 

Athaliah.     Ezra  10.  2S. 
Athenians,   ath-e'ni-ang,  natives  of 

Athens.     Acts  17.  21. 
Athens,  ath'enj.     Acts.  17.  15. 
Atroth,  at'rdth,  same   as   Ataroth. 

Num.  32.  35. 
Attai,  at'tai,  opportune.     I  Chr.  2.  35. 
Attalia,  at-ta'll-a,  so  called  from  At- 

talus,  the  royal  founder  of   the   city. 

Acts  14.  25. 
Augustus,      au-gfis'tus,     venerable. 

Luke  2.  1. 
Ava,  a'va.     2  Kin.  17.  24. 
Aven,arven,  nothingness.  Ezek.  30. 17. 
A  vim,  a'ylm,  ruins.     Josh.  18.  23. 
Avith,  a'vith.     Gen.  36.  35. 
Azal,  a'zal,  root  of  a  mountain.    Zech. 

14.  f 

Azaliah,   az-a-ll'ah,    whom    Jehovah 

has  reserved.     2  Kin.  22.  3. 
Azaniah,  az-a-nl'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

hears.     Neh.  10.  9. 
Azarael,  a-zar'a-el,  whom  God  helps. 

Neh.  12.  36. 
Azareel,  a-zar'e-el,  same  as  preceding. 

I  Chr.  12.  6. 
Azariah,  az-a-rl'ah,    whom  Jehovah 

aids.     2  Chr.  22.  6. 
Azaz,  a'zaz,  strong.     1  Chr.  5.  8. 
Azaziah,   az-a-zl'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

strengthened.  I  Chr.  15.  21. 
Azbuk,  az'buk.  Neh.  3.  16. 
Azekall,   a-ze'kah,  dug  over.     Josh. 

10.  IO. 
Azel,  a'zel,  noble.     I  Chr.  8.  37. 
Azeill,  a'zem,  strength,  bone.     Josh. 

15.  29. 

Azgad,  az'gad,  strong  in  fortune.   Ezra 

2.  12. 


Aziel,  a/zl-el,  whom  God  strengthens. 

1  Chr.  15.  20. 

Aziza,  a-zl'za,  strong.     Ezra  10.  27. 
Azmaveth,  az'ma-veth,  strength  (?). 

2  Sam.  23.  31. 

Azmon,  az'mon,  robust.     Num.  34.  4. 
Aziioth-tabor,  az'noth-ta'bor,  ears 

(i.  e.  summits)  of  Tabor.  Josh.  19.  34. 
Azor,  a'zor,  helper.     Mat.  I.  13. 
Azotus,  a-zO'tus,  the  Greek  form  of 

Ashdod.     Acts  8.  40. 
Azriel,  az'rl-el,  help  of  God.     1  Chr. 

5.  24. 

Azrikani,  az'rl-kam,  help  against  an 

enemy.     I  Chr.  3.  23. 
Azubah,  a-zu'bah,  forsaken.     1   Kin. 

22.  42. 
Azur,  a'zur,  same  as  Azor.   Jer.  28.  I. 
Azah,  a'zah,  strong,   fortified.     Deut. 

2.  23. 
Azzan,  az'zan,  strong.     Num.  34.  26. 
Azzur,  az'zur,  same  as  Azor.     Neh. 

10.  17. 

JDAALi,  ba'al,  lord,  master,  possessor, 
owner.     Num.  22.  41. 

Baalah,  ba'al-ah,  mistress.  Josh.  15. 
10. 

Baalath,  ba'al-ath,  same  as  preced- 
ing.    Josh.  19.  44. 

Baalath-beer,  ba'al-ath-le'er,  hav- 
ing a  well.     Josh.  19.  8. 

Baal-berith,  ba'al-be'rith,  lord  of 
covenant.     Judg.  8.  33. 

Baale,  ba'a-le,  plural  of  Baal.    2  Sam. 

6.  2. 

Baal-gad,  ba'al-gad,  lord  of  fortune. 

Josh.  11.  17. 
Baal-hamon,  ba'al-ha'mon,  place 

of  a  multitude.     Cant.  8.  11. 
Baal-hanan,  ba'al-ha'nan,  lord  of 

benignity.     Gen.  36.  38. 
Baal-hazor,  ba'al-ha'zor,   having  a 

village.     2  Sam.  13.  23. 
Baal-hermon,  ba'al-her'mon,  place 

of  Hermon.     Judg.  3.  3. 
Baali,  ba'al-I,  my  lord.     Hos.  2.  16. 
Baal-meon,  ba'al-me'on,  place  of 

habitation.     Num.  32.  38. 
Baal-peor,  ba'al-pe'or,  lord  of  the 
opening.     Num.  25.  3. 

Baal-perazim,        ba'al-per'a-zim, 

place  of  breaches.     2  Sam.  5.  20. 
Baal-shal  i  sha,  ba'al-shal'I-sha,  lord 

(or  place)  of  Shalisha.     2  Kin.  4.  42. 
Baal-tamar,  ba'al-ta'mar,  place  of 

palm  trees.     Judg.  20.  33. 
Baal-zebub,  ba'al-ze'bub,  lord  of 

flies.     2  Kin.  I,  2. 
Baal-zephon,  ba'al-ze'fon,  place  of 

Zephon,  or  sacred  to  Zephon.  Ex.  14.  2. 

Baana,  ba'a-na.     I  Kin.  4.  12. 

Baanah,  ba'a-nah.     2  Sam.  4.  2. 

Baara,  ba'a-ra,  foolish.     I  Chr.  8.  8. 

Baaseiah,  ba-a-se'jah,  work  of  Je- 
hovah.    I  Chr.  6.  40. 

Baasha,  ba'a-sha.  wicked  (?).  1  Kin. 
IS-  16. 

Babel,  ba'bel,  confusion.     Gen.  II.  9. 

Babylon,  bab'y-lon,  Greek  form  of 
Babel.     2  Kin.  20.  12. 

Babylonish,  bab'y-lo-nish,  of,  or  be- 
longing to,  Babylon.     Josh.  7.  21. 

Baca,  ba'ka,  weeping.     Ps.  84.  6. 

BachriteS,  bak'rltes,  the  family  of 
Becher.     Num.  26.  35. 

Baharuihite,  ba-ha'rum-Ite,  an  in- 
habitant of  Bahurim.     1  Chr.  11.  33. 

Bahurim,  ba-hu'rim  (town  of),  young 
men.     2  Sam.  16.  5. 

Bajith,  ba'jith  (same  as  Beth),  house. 
Is.  15.  2. 

Bakbakkar,  bak-bak'kar.     I   Chr. 

9-  15- 

Bakbuk,  bak'bak,  a  bottle.  Ezra 
2.51. 

Bakbukiah,  bak-buk-I'ah,  empty- 
ing (i.  e.  wasting)  of  Jehovah.     Neh. 

11.  17. 

Balaam,  ba'lam,  destruction  (?).  Num. 
22.  5. 


Balac,  ba'lak,  same  as  Balak.     Rev. 

2.  14. 

Baladan,  bal'a-dan,  He  has  given  a 

son.     2  Kin.  20.  12. 
Balah,  ba'lah.     Josh.  19.  3. 
Balak,  ba'lak,  to  make  empty.    Num. 

22.  2. 
Bamah,  ba'mah,  high  place.     Ezek. 

20.  29. 

Bamoth,  ba'mSth,  high  places.   Num. 

21.  19. 

Bamoth-baal,  ba'mdth-ba'al,  high 
places  of  Baal.     Josh.  13.  17. 

Bani,  ba'nl,  built.     2  Sam.  23.  36. 

Barabbas,  ba-rab'bas,  son  of  Abba 
or  father.     Mark  15.  17. 

Barachel,  bar'a-kel,  whom  God 
blessed.     Job  32.  6. 

BarachiaS,  bar-a-kl'as,  whom  Je- 
hovah blesses.     Mat.  23.  35. 

Barak,  ba'rak,  thunderbolt,  lightning. 
Judg.  4.  6. 

Barhumite,  bar-hu'mlte,  same  as 
Baharumite.     2  Sam.  23.  31. 

Bariah,  ba-rl'ah,  a  fugitive.     1  Chr. 

3.  22. 

Bar-jeSUS,  bar-je'sus,  son  of  Jesus. 

Acts  13.  6. 
Bar-jona,  bar  jo'na,  s.  of  Jona.    Mat. 

16.  17. 

Barkos,   bar'kos,    painter    (?).     Ezra 

2-53- 

Barnabas,  bar'na-bas,  son  of  exhor- 
tation.    Acts  4.  36. 

Barsabas,  bar'sa-bas,  j.  of  Seba. 
Acts  4.  23. 

Bartholomew,  bar-tli6l'd-mew,  s. 
of  Talmai.     Mat.  10.  46. 

Bartimseus,  Lar-ti-me'i.'s,  s.  of  Timai. 
Mark  10.  46. 

Baruch,  ba'rak,  blesseL    Jer.  32. 12. 

Barzillai,  bar-zil'la-I,  of  iron.  2  Sam. 

17.  27. 

Bashan,  ba'shan,  soft  rich  soil.  Num. 

2I-  33- 
Bashan-havoth-jair,      ba'shan- 

ha'voth-ja'ir,  Bashan  of  the  villages  of 
Jair.     Deut.  3.  id.. 

Bashemath,  Lash'e-math,  sweet- 
smelling.     Gen.  26.  34. 

Basmath,  bas'math,  same  as  Bashe- 
math.    1  Kin.  4.  15. 

Bath-sheba,  bath/she-ba,  d.  of  the 
oath.     2  Sam.  II.  3. 

Bath-shua,  bath'shu-a.    I  Chr.  3.  5. 

Bavai,  bav'a-I.     Neh.  3.  18. 

Bazlith,  baz'lithja  making  naked  (?). 
Neh.  7.  54. 

Bazluth,  baz'luth,  same  as  Bazlith. 
Ezra  2.  52. 

Bealiah,  be-a-ll/ah,  whom  Jehovah 
rules.     I  Chr.  12.  5. 

Bealoth,  be^-ldth,  citizens  (?),  plural 
of  Baalah.     Josh.  15.  24. 

Bebai,  beb'a-I.     Ezra  8.  II. 

Becher,  be'ker,  a  young  camel.  Gen. 
46.  21. 

BecllOrath,  be-ko'rath,  offspring  of 
the  first  birth.     I  Sam.  9.  1. 

Bedad,  be'dad,  separation,  part.  Gen. 

36.  35- 
Bedan,  be'dan,  son  of  Dan  (?).  I  Sam. 
12.  II. 

Bedeiah,  be-de'jah.     Ezra  10.  35. 
Beeliada,    be-el-I'a-da,    whom    Baal 

has  known.     I  Chr.  14.  7. 
Beelzebub,    be-eKze-buh,    same    as 

Baalzebub.     Mat.  10.   25. 
Beer,  be'er,  a  well.     Num.  21.  16. 
Beera,  be-e'ra,  same  as  Beer,    i  Chr. 

7-  37- 
Beerah,  be-e'rah,  same  as  Beer,     i 

"Chr.  5.  6. 
Beer-elim,    be'er-e'lim,    well    of 

heroes.     Is.  15.  8. 
Beeri,  be-e^i,  man  of  the  w.     Gen. 

26.  34. 
Beer-lahai-roi,  be/er-la-hai/roi,  w. 

of  vision  (of  God)  to  the  living.     Gen. 

16.  14. 
Beeroth,  be-e/rdth,  wells.  Josh.  9. 17. 


Beerothite,   bS-e'roth-ite,  a  native 

of  Beeroth.     2  Sam.  23.  37. 
Beer-sheba,  be'er-she'ba,  well  of 

the  oath.     Gen.  21.  31. 
Beesh-terall,    be-esh'te-rah,    house 

or  temple  of  Astarte  (?).  Josh.  21.27. 
Behemoth,    be/he-m6th,  the  water- 
ox.     Job  40.  15. 
Bekah,  be'kah,  part,  half.    Ex.  38.  26. 
Bel,  bgl,  another  form  of  Baal.     Is. 

46.  1. 
Bela,  be'la,  destruction.     Gen.  14.  2. 
Belah,  be'lah,  same  as  Bela.     Gen. 

46.  21. 
Belaites,   be'la-Ites,   descendants   of 

Bela.     Num.  26.  38. 
Belial,  be'li-al,  worthless.  Deu.  13.  13. 
Belshazzar,    bel-shaz/zar,   Bel  pro 

tects.     Dan.  5.  I. 
Belteshazzar,    bel-te-shaz'zar,   pre. 

serve  his  life.     Dan.  I.  7. 
Ben,  ben,  son.     I  Chr.  15.  18. 
Benaiah,   be-na'i'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

has  built.     2  Sam.  8.  18. 
Ben-ammi,  ben-arn'ml,  son  of  my 

own  kindred.     Gen.  19.  38. 

Bene-berak,  ben-e-be^ak,  sons  of 

Barak,  or  of  lightning.     Josh.  19.  45. 
Bene-jaakan,  ben-e-jVa-kan,  j.  of 
Jaakan.     Num.  33.  31. 

Ben-hadad,  ben-ha^ad,  son  of  Ha- 

dad.     I  Kin.  15.  18. 
Ben -hail,  ben-ha'il,  s.  of  the  host. 

2  Chr.  17.  7. 
Ben-hanan,   ben-ha/nan,  s.  of  one 

who  is  gracious.     I  Chr.  4.  20. 
Beninu,  ben'l-nu,  our  s.    Neh.  10. 

3°- 
Benjamin,  beVja-min,  s.  of  the  right 

hand,  i.  e.  fortunate.     Gen.  35.  18. 
Benjamite,  ben'ja-mlte,  a  man  of 

the  inbe  of  Benjamin.  Judg.  20.  35. 
Beno,  be'nO,  his  son.  I  Chr.  24.  26. 
Ben-oni,  bSn-o/nI,  s.  of  my  sorrow. 

Gen.  35.  18. 
Ben-zohetll,  ben-zO'heth,  s.  of  Zo' 

heth.     1  Chr.  4.  20. 
Bcon,  be'on,  contracted  from   Baal- 

MEON.     Num.  32.  3. 
Beor,  be^r.    Gen.  36.  32. 
Bera,  be-'ra.     Gen.  14.  2. 
Berachah,    ber'a-kah,   blessing.      I 

Chr.  12.  3. 
Berachiah,  ber-a.-kl/ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah hath  blessed.     1  Chr.  6.  39. 
Beraiall,   ber-a-Irah,   whom  Jehovah 

created.     I  Chr.  8.  21. 
Berea,  bg-re'a.     Acts  17.  10. 
Bered,  be'red,  hail.     Gen.  16.  14. 
Beri,  be'rl,  man  of  the  well.     I  Chr. 

7-  36- 
Beriah,  be-rP'ah,  in  evil  (?).     Gen. 

46.  17. 

Beriites,   be-rl'ltes,  descendants   o' 

Beriah.     Num.  26.  44. 
Berites,  be^ites.    2  Sam.  20.  14. 
Be:"ith,  be/rith,  a  covenant.     Judg.  9, 

Bernice,    ber-nl'ce,  Victoria.      Acts 

25.  13. 
Berodach-baladan,     be-ro'dak- 

baKa-dan,  Berodach  (spme  as  Mero- 

DACH)  has  given  a  son.    2  Kin.  20.  12. 

Berothah,  be-rC/thah,  wells.     Ezek. 

47.  16. 

Berothai,  ber'o-thai,  my  wells.     2 

Sam.  8.  8. 
Berothite,  berr6th-ite,  same  as  Be- 
erothite.    1  Chr.  11.  39. 
Besai,  be'sai,  sword  (?),  or  victory  (?). 

Ezra  2.  49. 
Besodeiah,  bes-6-de'jah,  in  the  secret 

of  Jehovah.     Neh.  3.  6. 
BeSOr,  be/s6r,  cool.     I  Sam.  30.  9. 
Betall,    be'tah,   confidence.     2   Sam, 

8.  8. 
Beten,  be'ten.    Josh.  19.  25. 
Bethabara,    b6th-ab/a-ra,  house   of 

passage.     John  1.  28. 
Beth-anath,  beth-a/nath,  echo.  Josk 

19.  38. 


a,  e,  I,  O,  a,  y,  long;  a,  e,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short;  a,  e,  f,  6,  intermediate ;  a,  e,  j,  o,  obscure  ;  care,  far,  las*-.  falL  term.  firm. iamil jasi 

tor,  furl,  rude,  push,  cass,  gasj,  gasin  get,  5  as  z,  5  as  gx 


A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Beth-anoth,  bah-a'noth.     John  15. 

59- 
Bethany,  bah'a-ny,  house  of  dates. 

Mat.  21.  17. 
Beth-arabah,  bah-ar'a-bah,  h.  of 

the  desert,     josh.  15.  6. 
Beth-aram,    bah-a'ram,   h.   of  the 

height.     Josh.  13.  27. 
Betll-arbel,  bah-ar'bel,    h.    of  the 

ambush  of  God.     Hos.  10.  14. 
Beth-aven,  bah-a'ven,  h.  of  vanity 

(1.  e.  of  idols).     Josh.  7.  2. 
Beth-azmavetll,    bah-az'ma-vah, 

h.  of  strength.     Neh.  7.  28. 
Beth-baal-meon,  bah-ba'al-me'- 

on,  h.  of  Baal-meon.     Josh.  13.  17. 
Beth-barall,   bah-ba'rah,   same   as 

Bethabara.     Judg.  7.  24. 
Beth-birei,   bah-blr'e-I,  h.  of  my 

creation.     I  Chr.  4.  31. 
Beth-car,    bah'kar,   h.   of   pasture. 

I  Sam.  7.  11. 

Beth-dagon,    bah-da'gon,   h.   of 

Dagon.     Josh.  15.  41. 

Beth-diblathaim,       bah-dib-la- 

tha'im,  h.  of  the  two  cakes.     Jer.  48. 

22. 
Bethel,  bah/el,/?,  of  God.   Gen.  12.  8. 
Bethelite,    bah'el-Ite,    a   native    of 

Bethel.     I  Kin.  16.  34. 
Beth-emek,  bah-e'mek,  h.  of  the 

valley.     Josh.  19.  27. 
Bether,    be'ther,    separation.      Cant. 

2.  17. 
Bethesda,  be-thes/da,  h.  of  mercy. 

John  5.  2. 
Beth-ezel,    bah-e'zel,    h.    cf    firm- 
ness (?).     Mic.  I.  II. 
Beth-gader,  bah-ga'der,  h.  of  the 

wall.     1  Chr.  2.  51. 
Beth-gamul,  bah-ga'mul,  h.  of  the 

weaned.     Jer.  48.  23. 
Beth-haccerem,   bah-hak'ce-ren>, 

h.  of  the  vineyard.     Neh.  3.  14. 
Bcth-harau,     bah-ha'ran.       Num. 

32.  36. 
Beth-hoglah,   bah-h&g'tah,  //.   of 

the  partridge.     Josh.  15.  6. 
Betll-horon,  bah-ho'r6n ,  h.  of  the 

hollow.     Josh.  10.  10. 
Beth-jeshimoth ,  bah-j{ : ih'I-mSth, 

h.  of  the  deserts.     Num.  3^.  49. 
Beth-lebaoth,  bah-laVa  6th,  h.  of 

lionesses.     Josh.  19.  6. 
Beth-lehem,    bah'le-h&n,    h.    of 

bread.     Gen.  35.  19. 
Peth-leliem  Ephratah,  beth'le- 

hem  ef'ra-tah,  B.  the  fruitful  (?).     Mic. 

5-2. 

Peth-lehem-judah,  bah'te-hSm- 

ja'dah,  B.  of  Judah.     Judg.  17.  7. 

Bcth-maacliah,  bah-ma/a-Ual'>>  k. 
of  Maachah.     2  Sam.  20.  14. 

Beth-marcaboth,  bah-«nar'ka- 
b6th,  h.  of  chariots.     Josh.  19.  5. 

Beth-meon,  bah-me'on,  h.  of  habi- 
tation.    Jer.  48.  23. 

Beth-nimrah,  bah-nlm'rah,  h.  of 
sweet  water.     Num.  32-  36. 

Beth-palet,  bah-pa^et,  h.  of  escape, 
or  of  Pelet.     Josh.  15.  27. 

Beth-pazzez,  bah-paz'zez,  h.  of  dis- 
persion.    Josh.  19,  21. 

Beth-peor,  betb-pe'6r,  temple  of 
Peor.     Deut.  3-  59. 

Bethphage,  bah'fa-ge,  house  of  un- 
ripe figs.     Mat.  21.  1. 

Beth-phelet.  bah-fe'let,  same  as 
Bethphalet.     Neh.  11.  26. 

Betk-rapba,  bah-ra'fa,  house  of 
Rapha.     I  Chr.  4.  12. 

Beth-rehob,  bah-re'h6b,  h.  of 
Rehob.     Judg.  18.  28. 

Bethsaida,  bah-sa'i-da,  k.  of  fish- 
ing.    Mat.  II.  21. 

Beth-Shan,  bah'shan,  h.  of  rest. 
I  Sam.  31.  10. 

Beth-shean,  bah-she'an,  same  as 

Bethshan.    Josh.  17.  11. 
Beth-shemesh,  bah-she'mesh,  h. 

of  the  sun.     Josh.  15.  10. 


Bethshemite,  bah-she'mlte,  a  na- 
tive of  Bethshemesh.     1  Sam.  6.  14. 

Beth-shittah,  bah-shit'tah,  h.  of 

acacias.     Judg.  7.  22. 

Beth-tappuah,  bah-tap'pu-ah,  h. 

of  apples.     Josh.  15.  53. 
Betbuel,  bah-u'el,  h.  of  God.    Gen. 

22.  22. 
Betbul,  be'thuljSame  as  Bethel  (?). 

Josh.  19.  4. 
Betb-zur,  bah'zfir,  h.  of  the  rock. 

Josh.  15.  58. 
Betonim,  ba'6-nim,  pistachio    nuts. 

Josh.  13.  26. 
Beulall,  bea'lah,  married.     Is.  62.  4. 
Bezai,  be'zai.    Ezra  2.  17. 
Bezaleel,  be-zal'e-el,  in  the  shadow 

of  God  (?).     Ex.  31.  2. 
Bezek,  be'zek,  lightning  (?).    Judg. 

1-4- 
Bezer,   be'zer,  ore  of  precious  metal. 

Deut.  4.  43. 
Bichri,  bik'rl,  young.     2  Sam.  20.  1. 
Bidkar,  bld'kar,  cleaver  (?).     2  Kin. 

9.  25. 

Bigtha,  big'tha.     Est.  1.  10. 
Bigthail.    big'than,   given    by   God. 

Est.  2.  21. 
Bigthana,  blg'tha-na,  same  as  Big- 

than.     Est.  6.  2. 
Bigvai,  big'va-I.     Ezra  2.  2. 
Bildad,  bll'aau,  son  of  contention  (?). 

Job  2.  11. 
Bileam,  bll'e-am,  same  as  Balaam  (?). 

or  Ibleam  (?).     1  Chr.  6.  70. 
Bilgah,  bll'gah,  cheerfulness.     I  Chr. 

24.  14. 
Bilgai,  bll'ga-I,  same  as  Bilgah.  Neh. 

10.  8. 

Bilhah,  bil'hah,  modesty.  Gen.  29. 29. 
Bilbail,  bll'han,  modest.    Gen.  36.  27. 
Bilshan,  bil'shan,  seeker  (?).     Ezra 
2.  2. 

Bhnhal,  bim'hal.    1  Chr.  7.  33. 
Binea,  buPe-a.     1  Chr.  8.  37. 
Binnui,    bln'nu-I,  a   building.     Ezra 

8-33- 
Birsha,  bir'sha.     Gen.  14.  2. 
Birzavith,    blr'za-vlth,   wounds   (?). 

1  Chr.  7.  31. 

Bislllam,  bish'Iam.     Ezra  4.  7. 
Bithiab,  blth'I-ah,  daughter  (*.  e.  wor- 
shipper) of  Jehovah.      I  Chr.  4.  18. 
Bitliron,    bith/ron,    a   broken   place. 

2  Sam.  2.  29. 

Bithynia,  ti-thyn'I-a.     Acts  16.  7. 
Bizjotbjah,  blz-j6th/ja,  contempt  of 

Jehovah.     Josh.  15.  28. 
Biztha,  blz'tha.     Est.  1.  10. 
BlastUS,  blas'tus,  a  shoot.    Acts  12.  20. 
Boanerges,   bo-a.n-er/ge§,     sons    of 

thunder.     Mark  3.  17. 
Boaz,  bs'az,  fleetness.     Ruth  2.  I. 
Bocheru,  bSl</e-ru,  firstborn  (?).     1 

Chr.  8.  38. 
Bochim,  bo'kim,  weepers.   Judg.  2.  I. 
Bohan,  bo'han,  thumb  (?).  Josh.  15.6. 
Booz,  bo'oz,  same  as  Boaz.    Mat.  1.  5. 
Boscatb,    bos'kath,    stony,    elevated 

ground.     2  Kin.  22.  I. 
Bosor,    bo'sor,    Greek   and   Aramaic 

form  of  Beor.     2  Pet.  2.  15. 
Bozez,  bo'zez,  shining.     I  Sam.  14.  4. 
Bozkatll,    boz'kath,    same   as    Bos- 

CATH.      Josh.  15.  39. 
Bozrah,    boz-'rah,    sheepfold.      Gen. 

36-  33- 
Bllkki,  bflk/kl,  wasting.  Num.  34.  22. 
Bukkiall,    buk-kl'ah,   wasting    from 

Jehovah.     1  Chr.  25.  4. 
Bill,  bul,  rain.     1  Kin.  6.  38. 
Blinah,  ba'nah,  prudence.  I  Chr.  2.  25. 
Bunni,  bun'nl,  built.     Neh.  9.  4. 
Buz,  buz,  contempt.     Gen.  22.  21. 
Buzi,    bu'zl,    descended    from     Buz. 

Ezek  I.  3. 

CaBBON",    kab'bon,   cake.      Josh. 

15.  40. 
Cabul,  ka^ul,  displeasing  (?).     Josh. 

19.  2-}, 


Caesar,  ce'sar.    Mat.  22.  17. 
Caesarea,  ces-a-re'a,  named  after  Au- 
gustus Cassar.     Acts  8.  40. 

Caesarea  Philippi,  ces-a-re'a  fi- 

lip'pl,  named  after  Philip  the  tetrarch. 

Mat.  16.  13. 
Caiaphas,  ka'ja  fas,  depression  (?). 

Mat.  26.  3. 
Cain,   kain,  possession.     Gen.   4.   1 ; 

Josh.  15.  57. 
Cainail,  ka-l'nan,  possessor.  Gen.  5. 9. 
Calah,  ka'lah.     Gen.  10.  II. 
Calcol,  kal'kol.      I  Chr.  2.  6. 
Caleb,  ka'leb,  a  dog.     Num.  26.  65. 
Caleb-ephratah,  ka'leb-efra-tah. 

C.  the  fruitful.      1  Chr.  2.  24. 
Calneh,  kaKneh.     Gen.  10.  10. 
Calno,  kal'nO,  same  as  Calneh.     Is. 

10.  9. 
Calvary,  kal'va-ry,  skull.  Luke  23.  33. 
Camon,  ka'mon,  abounding  in  stalks. 

Judg.  10.  5. 
Cana,  ka'na.     John  2.  I.  . 
Canaan,   ka'nan,  low   region.     Gen. 

9.  18. 

Canaanite  (or  Cananite),   ka/- 

nan-lie,  a  zealot.     Mark  3.  18. 
Canaanites,  ka'nan-Ites,  inhabitants 

of  Canaan.     Judg.  I.  I. 
CanaaniteSS,  ka-navi-It/ess,  feminine 

of  preceding.     1  Chr.  2.  3. 
Candace,  kan'da-ce.    Acts  8.  27. 
Caniieh,  kan/neh,  probably  same  as 

Calneh.     Ezek.  27.  23. 
Capernaum,  ka-per'na-um,  city  of 

consolation  (?).     Mat.  4.  13. 
Caphthorim,   kaPtho-rim,  same  as 

Caphtorim.     1  Chr.  1.  12. 
Caphtor,  kaftor.     Deut.  2.  23. 
Caphtorim,    kaPt6-rim,    inhabitants 

of  Caphtor.     Gen.  10.  14. 
Cappadocia,  kap-pa-do^hl-a.     Acts 

2.9. 
CarcaS,  kar'kas.     Est.  I.  10. 
Carchemish,    kar'kamish,    fortress 

of  Chemosh.     Jer.  46.  2. 
Careah,ka-re/ah,bald.  2  Kin.  25.  23. 
Carmel,  kar'mel,  park.     Josh.  12.  22. 
Carmelite,  kar'mel-Ite,  a  native  of 

Carmel.     I  Sam.  30.  5. 
Carmi,  kar/ml,  a  vine-dresser.     Gen. 

46.9. 
Carmites,  kar/mltes,  descendants  of 

Carmi.     Num.  26.  6. 
Carpus,    kar-'pus,  fruit   (?).     2    Tim. 

4-  13- 
Carshena,  kar-she'na.     Est.  I.  14. 
Casiphia,  ka-slFi-a,  silver  (?).     Ezra 

8.  17. 
Caslllllim,  kas'hi-hlm.     Cen.  10.  14. 
Castor,  kas'tor.     Acts  28.  II. 
Cedron,  se'drGn,  same  as  Kidron. 

John  18.  I. 
Cenchrea,  cen/kre-a,    millet,    small 

pulse.     Acts  18.  18. 
Cephas,  se'fas,  stone.    John  1.  42. 
Chalcol,    kal'k&l,  same   as   Calcol. 

1  Kin.  4.  31. 
Chaldea,  kal-de'a.    Jer.  50.  10. 
Chaldeans,    kal-de'an§,    inhabitants 

of  Chaldea.     Job  I.  17. 
Chaldees,  kaPdeej,  same  as  preced- 
ing.    Gen.  11.  28. 
Chanaan,  ka'nan,  another   form   of 

Canaan.     Acts  7.  11. 
Charashim,    kar'a-shlm,    craftsmen. 

I  Chr.  4.  14. 
Charchemish,  kar'ke-mish,  same  as 

Carchemish.     2  Chr.  35.  20. 
Charran,  kar'ran,  same  as  Haran. 

Acts  7.  2. 
Chebar,  ke'bar,  great  (?).   Ezek.  I.  I. 
Chedorlaomer,       kedor-la'o-mer, 

glory  of — (?).     Gen.  14.  I. 
Chelal,  ke'lal,  completion.     Ezra  10. 

30, 
Chelluh,  kel'luh.     Ezra  10.  35. 
Chelub,    ke7^!),  bird-trap.      1    Chr. 

4.  11. 
Chelubai,  ke-la/bai,  same  as  Caleb. 

I  Chr.  2.  9. 


Chemarim,    —  ken^a-rim,      persons 

dressed  in  black  attire.     Zeph.  I.  4. 
Chemosh,  ke'mosh,  subduer.     Num. 

21.  29. 

Chenaanah,  ke-na'a-nah,  probably 
fem.  of  Canaan.     I  Kin.  22.  II. 

Chenani,  k6n/a-nl,  probably  same  as 
Chenaniah.     Neh.  9.  4. 

Chenaniah,  ken-a-nPah,  whom  Je- 
hovah supports.     1  Chr.  15.  22. 

Chephar-haammonai,     kefar- 

ha-arn'o-nai,  village  of  the  Ammonites. 
Josh.  18.  24. 

Ciiephirah,  ke-fl'rah,  same  at 
Caphar.     Josh.  9.  17. 

Cheran,  ke'ran.     Gen.  36.  26. 

Cherethim,  ker'ah-Im,        Cre- 

tans (?).     Ezek.  25.  16. 

Cherethites,  ka-'eth-Ites,  probably 
same  as  preceding.     2  Sam.  8.  18. 

Cherith,  ke^Ith,  gorge  (?).     1  Kin. 

17-  3- 
Cherub,        cher'ub,        blessing   (?), 

strong  (?).     Ezra  2.  59. 
Cherubim,    cher'u-bim,    plural     of 

Cherub.     Gen.  3.  24. 
Chesalon,  kes'a-lon,  hope.    Josh.  15. 

10. 
Chesed,  ke'sed,  conqueror  (?).     Gen. 

22.  22. 

Chesil,  ke'sll,  a  fool.     Josh.  15.  30. 
Chesulloth,  kS-suPleth,  confidences, 

Josh.  19.  18. 
Chezib,  ke'zlb,  false.    Gen.  38.  5. 
Chidon,  kl'don,  javelin.   I  Chr.  13.  9. 
Chileab,    klPe-ab,   probably    anothei 

form  of  Caleb.     2  Sam.  3.  3. 
Chilion,  kil'I-on,  wasting  away.  Ruth 

I.  2. 
Chilmad,  kll'mad.     Ezek.  27.  23. 
Chimham,    klm'ham,    longing.      2 

Sam.  19.  37. 
Chinnereth,    kln/ne-rah,    a    lyre. 

Josh.  i9.  35. 
Chinnerotll,  kin/ne-r6th,  plural  of 

Chinnereth.    Josh.  11.  2. 
Chios,  ki'os.    Acts  20.  15. 
Chisleu,  kis'leu.     Neh.  I.  1. 
Chislon,    kls'lon,   confidence,    hope. 

Num.  34.  21. 
Chisloth-tabor,       kis'lsth-ta'bdr, 

flanks  (?)  of  Tabor.     Josh.  19.  12. 
Chittim,    klt'tim,    probably    Cyprus. 

Num.  24.  24. 
Chiun,  kl'un,  image.     Amos  5.  26. 
Chloe,  klo'e.     1  Cor.  1.  1 1. 
Chorashan,  ko-ra'shan,  smoking  fur- 
nace.    1  Sam.  30.  30. 
Chorazin,  ko-ra'zin.    Mat.  11.  21. 
Chozeba,  ko'ze-bah,  deceiver.  I  Chr. 

4.  22. 
Christ,    Christ,  the  anointed,   Greek 

for  Messiah.     Mat.  1.  1. 
Chub,  chub.     Ezek.  30.  5. 
Chun,    chun,   establishment.     1    Chr. 

18.8. 
Chushan-rishathaim,   ka'shan- 

rlsh-a-tha/im.     Judg.  3.  8. 
Chuza,  ka'za.     Luke  8.  3. 
Cilicia,  ci-lish/ja.    Acts  15.  23. 
Cinneroth,    kln'ne-roth,     same     as 

Chinneroth.     1  Kin.  15.  20. 
CiS,  cis.     Acts  13.  21.    Same  aj  KiSH 
Clauda,  klau'da.     Acts  27.  16. 
Claudia,  klau'di-a.     2  Tim.  4.  21. 
Claudius,  klau'dl-us.     Acts  11.  28. 

Clement,  klem'ait.    Phil.  4.  3. 

Cleopas,  kle'o-pas,  short  form  of 
Cleopatros.     Luke  24.  18. 

Cleophas,  kle'o-fas,  exchange,  prob- 
ably same  as  Alphaeus.     John  19.  25. 

Cnidus,  nl'dus,  nettle  (?).   Acts.  27.  7. 

Col-hozeh,  kol-hO'zeh,  every  one  that 
seeth.     Neh.  3.  15. 

Colosse,  ke-los'sg.    Col.  1.  2. 
Colossians,  ko-los'si-anj,  people  of 

Colosse. 
Coniah,    ko-nl'ah,    contracted    from 

Jeconiah.     Jer.  22.  24. 
Cononiah,  kon-6-ni/ah,  whom  Jeho> 

vah  has  set  up.     2  Chr.  31.  12. 


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A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE   PROPER   NAMES. 


COOS,  k0'6s.     Acts  21.  I. 

Core,  ko're,  Greek  form  of  Korah. 
Jude  ii. 

Corinth,  kfir'inth.    Acts  18.  i. 

Corinthians,  ko-rlnth'i-anj,  inhabit- 
ants of  Corinth.     Acts  iS.  8. 

Cornelius,  kor-ne'ljus.     Acts  10.  i. 

Cosam,  ko'sam.     Luke  3.  28. 

Coz,  k6s,  thorn.     I  Chr.  4.  8. 

Cozhi,  k6z/bl,  deceitful.    Num.  25.  15. 

Crescens,  kres'cens..     2  Tim.  4.  10. 

Crete,  krete.    Acts  27.  7. 

CreteS  or  CretiailS,  kre'shl-an§,  in- 
habitants of  Crete.  Acts  2.  1 1 ;  Tit. 
1.  12. 

Crispus,  kris'pus,  curled.   Acts  18.  8. 

Cunii,  ku'rnl,  arise.     Mark  5.  41. 

Cash,  kush,  black.     Gen.  10.  6. 

Cushan,  ki/shan,  same  meaning  as 
Cush.     Hab.  3.  7. 

Cushi,  ku'shl,  same  meaning  as  Cush. 
2  Sam.  18.  2i. 

Cuth,  kttth.     2  Kin.  17.  30. 

Cuthah,  ka'thah,  same  as  Cuth.  2 
Kin.  17.  24. 

Cyprus,  cy'prus.     Acts  4.  36. 

Cyrene,  cy-re'nS.    Mat.  27.  32. 

Cyrenian,  cy-re'nl-an,  a  native  of 
Cyrene.     Acts  6.  9. 

Cyrenius,  cy-re'nl-us,  Greek  form  of 
the  Roman  name  Quirinus.  Luke  2.  2. 

Cyrus,  cy'rus,  the  sun.     2  Chr.  36.  22. 

DaBABEH,     dab'a-reh,    pasture. 

Josh.  21.  28. 
Dab  bash  Cth,  dab'ba-sheth,  hump  of 

a  camel.     Josh.  19.  II. 
Dagon,  da'gon,  fish.     Judg.  16.  23. 
Dalaiah,   dal-a.-1'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

hath  delivered.     I  Chr.  3.  24. 
Dalmanutha,  dal-ma-nu'tha.   Mark 

8.  10. 
Dalinatia,  dal-ma'shl-a.     2  Tim.  4. 

10. 
Dalphon,   dal'fon,  proud  (?).    Est. 

/Damaris,  dam'a-rls,  calf  (?).     Acts 

»7-  34- 
Damascenes,  dam'as-ceneg,  people 

of  Damascus.     2  Cor.  II.  32. 
Damascus,  da-mas'kus,  activity  (?). 

Gen.  14.  15. 
Dan,  dan,  judge.     Gen.  30.  6. 
Dan-jaan,   dan-ja'an,   woodland  (?) 

Dan.     2  Sam.  24.  6. 
Daniel,  dan'jel,  God's  judge.     Dan. 

1.  6. 

Danites,    dan'ltes,    descendants     of 

Dan.     Judg.  13.  2. 
Dannah,  dan'nah.     Josh.  15.  49. 
Dara,  da'ra,  probably  contracted  from 

the  next  word.     I  Chr.  2.  6. 
Darda,   dar'da,  pearl  of  wisdom  (?). 

I  Kin.  4.  31. 
Darius,  da-rl'us,  governor  (?).     Ezra 

4.  5- 
Darkon,  dar'kon,  scatterer  (?).     Ezra 

2.  56. 

Dathan,  da'than.     Num.  16.  1. 
David,  da'vid,  beloved.     I   Sam.  16. 

I9". 
Debir,  de'bir,  a  recess.     Josh.  10.  3. 

Deborah,  deb'o-rah,  bee.    Judg.  4. 4. 

Decapolis,    de-kap'6-lis,    ten    cities. 

Mat.  4.  25- 
Dedan,  de'dan.    Gen.  10.  7. 
Dedanim,  ded'a-nlm,  inhabitants  of 

Dedan.     Is.  21.  13. 
Dehavites,  de-ha'vltes.     Ezra  4.  9. 
Dekar,  de'kar,  piercing.     I  Kin.  4.  9. 
Delaiah,   del-a-I'ah,    whom   Jehovah 

has  freed.     I  Chr.  24.  18. 
Delilah,    de-ll'lah,   delicate.       Judg. 

16.  4. 
Demas,  de'mas,  probably  same  as  fol- 
lowing.    Col.  4.  14. 
Demetrius,  de-me'trl-us,  belonging 

to  Demeter.     Acts  19.  24. 
Derbe,  der'bg,  juniper  (?).    Acts  14.  6. 
Deuel,  deu'el,  the  same  as  Reuel  (?). 

Num.  1.  14. 


Deuteronomy,   dea-ter-on'o-my,   a 

recapitulation  of  the  law. 
Diana,  di-an'a.     Acts  19.  24. 
Diblaim,  dib'la-im,  two  cakes.    Hos. 

i-3- 
Diblathaim,  dlb-la-tha'im,  same  as 

Diblaim.     Num.  33.  46. 
Diblath,  dlb'lath,  supposed  to  be  the 

same  as  Riblah.     Ezek.  6.  14. 
Dibon,  dl'bon,  wasting.    Num.  21.  30. 
Dibon-g'ad,  dl'bon-gad,  wasting  of 

Gad.     Num.  33.  45. 
Dibri,  dib'rl,  eloquent.     Lev.  24.  II. 
Didymus,    did'y-mus,    twin.      John 

II.  16. 
Diklah,  dlk'lah,  a  palm  tree.     Gen. 

10.  27. 
Dilean,  dil'6-an,  cucumber  field   (?). 

Josh.  15.  38. 
Dimnah,   dlm'nah,    dunghill.     Josh. 

21.  35- 

Dimon,  dl'mon,  same  as  DlBON.     Is. 

iS-9- 
Dimonall,  di-mO'nah,  probably  same 

as  preceding.     Josh.  15.  22. 
Dinah,  dl'nah,  vindicated.     Gen.  30. 

21. 

Dinaites,  dl'na-Ites.     Ezra  4.  9. 

Dinliabah,  din'ha-bah.    Gen.  36.  32. 

DionysillS,  di-o-nlsh/jus,  belonging 
to  Dionysus.     Acts  17.  34. 

Diotrephes,  di-of're-fes.,  nourished 
by  Zeus.     3  John  9. 

Dishan,  dl'shan,  antelope  (?).  Gen. 
36.  28. 

Dishon,  dl'shon,  same  as  preceding. 
Gen.  36.  21. 

Dizahab,  dlz'a-hab,  a  place  abound- 
ing in  gold  (?).     Deut.  I.  I. 

Dodai,  dod'a-I,  loving.      I  Chr.  27.  4. 

Dodanim,  dod'a-nim.     Gen.  10.  4. 

Dodavah,  dCd'a-vah,  love  of  Jeho- 
vah.    2  Chr.  20.  37. 

Dodo,  do'do,  same  as  Dodai.    2  Sam. 

23-9- 

Does',  do'eg,  anxious.     I  Sam,  21.7. 

Dophkah,  dof'kah.     Num.  32.  12. 

Dor,  dor,  dwelling.     Josh.  II.  2. 

Dorcas,  dor'kas,  gazelle.     Acts  9.  36. 

Dothan,  do'than,  two  wells  or  cis- 
terns.    Gen.  37.  17. 

Drusilla,  dru-sll'la.     Acts  24.  24. 

Dumah,  du'mah,  silence.  Gen.  25. 
14. 

Dura,  du'rah,  town.     Dan.  3.  I. 

Jc/B  ALi,  e'bal,  stony  (?).     Gen.  36.  23. 

Ebed,  e'bed,  servant.     Judg.  9.  36. 

Ebed-melecll,  e'bed-me'lek,  serv- 
ant of  the  king.     Jer.  38.  7. 

Eben-ezer,  eb'en-e'zer,  stone  of 
help.     1  Sam.  4.  I. 

Eber,  e'ber,  the  region  beyond.  Gen. 
10.  21. 

Ebiasaph,  £-bi/a-saf,  same  as  Abia- 
saph.     1  Chr.  6.  23. 

Ebronah,  e-bro'nah,  passage  (?). 
Num.  33.  34. 

Ecclesiastes,  ek-kle-ji-as'tei, 

preacher. 
Ed,  ed,  witness.     Josh.  22.  34. 
Edar,  e'dar,  flock.     Gen.  35.  21. 
Eden,  e'den,  pleasantness.    Gen.  2.  8. 
Eder,   e'der,    flock,  same   as    Edar. 

1  Chr.  23.  23. 
Edom,  e'dom,  red.     Gen.  25.  30. 
Edomites,  e'dom-Ites,  inhabitants  of 

Edom.     Gen.  36.  9. 
Edrei,  ed're-I,  strong.     Num.  21.  33. 
Eglah,  eg'lah,  heifer.     2  Sam.  3.  5. 
Eglaim,  eg'la-Im,  two  pools.   Is.  15.8. 
Eglon,  eg'lon.     Judg.  3.  12. 
Egypt,  e'gypt,  black.     Gen.  12.  10. 
Egyptian,    e-gyp'tjan,   a   native    of 

Egypt.      I  Sam.  30.  11. 
Ehi,    e'hl,    shortened   from    Ahiram. 

Gen.  46.  21. 
Ehud,    e'hud,   joined    together    (?). 

Judg.  3.  15. 
Eker,  e'ker,  same  as  Achar.     i  Chr. 

2.  27, 


Ekron,     fek'ron,    eradication.      Josh. 

13-  3- 
Eladall,  eKa-dah,  whom  God  clothes. 

1  Chr.  7.  20. 
Elah,  e'lah,  terebinth.     Gen.  36.  41. 
Elam,  e'lam.     Gen.  10.  22. 
Elamites,  e'lam-Ites,  inhabitants  of 

Elam.     Ezra  4.  9. 
Elasah,   el'a-sah,  whom   God  made. 

Ezra  10.  22. 
Elath,  e'lath,  a  grove.    Deut.  2.  8. 
El-beth-el,  el-b&h'el,  the  house  of 

God.     Gen.  35.  7. 
Eldaah,  el'da-ah,  whom  God  called. 

Gen.  25.  4. 
Eldad,    el'dad,    whom     God    loves. 

Num.  11.  26. 
Elead,    e'le-ad,  whom  God    praises. 

I  Chr.  7.  21. 
Elealeh,  e-Ie-a'leh,  whither  God  as- 
cends.    Num.  32.  3. 
Eleasah,  e-le'a-sah,  same  as  Elasah. 

1  Chr.  2.  39. 

Eleazar,  e-le-a'zar,  whom  God  aids. 

Ex.  6.  23. 
El-elohe-Israel,  el-e-lo'he-Is/ra-el, 

God,  the   God   of    Israel.     Gen.   33. 

20. 
Eleph,  e'lef,  ox.     Josh.  18.  28. 
Elba n an,  el-ha'narijwhom  God  gave. 

2  Sam.  21.  19. 

Eli,  e'll,  my  God.     Mat.  27.  46. 
Eli,  e'll,  height.     I  Sam.  I.  3. 
Eliab,   e-ll'ab,  whose   father   is  God. 

Num.  1.  9. 
Eliada,  Eliadah,  e-li'a  da,  whom 

God  cares  for.     2  Sam.  5.  16. 
Eliah,  e-ll'ah,  same  name  as  Elijah. 

1  Chr.  8.  27, 

Eliahba,  e-lVah-ba,  whom  God  hides. 

2  Sam.  23.  32. 

Eliakim,  e-ll'a-klm,  whom  God  es- 
tablishes.    2  Kin.  18.  18. 

Eliam,  e-ll'am,  same  as  Ammiel.  2 
Sam.  11.  3. 

Elias,  e-ll'as,  same  as  Elijah.  John 
1.  21. 

Eliasaph,  e-ll'a-saf,  whom  God  add- 
ed.    Num.  1.  14. 

Eiiashib,  e-ll'a-shib,  whom  God  re- 
stores.    I  Chr.  24.  12. 

Eliathall,  e-li'a-thah,  to  whom  God 
comes.     1  Chr.  25.  4. 

Elidad,  e-ll'dad,  whom  God  loves. 
Num.  34.  2r. 

Eliel,  e-ll'el,  to  whom  God  is  strength. 
1  Chr.  5.  24. 

Elienai,  e-li-e'na-I,  unto  Jehovah  my 
eyes  are  raised  (?).     I  Chr.  8.  20. 

Eliezer,  e-li-e'zer,  my  God  is  help. 
Gen.  15.  2. 

Elihoenai,  ei-i-ho-e'na-t,  same  as 
Elioenai.     Ezra  8.  4. 

Elihoreph,  el-f-ho'ref,  to  whom  God 
is  the  reward.      I  Kin.  4.  3. 

Elihu,  e-ll'ha,  whose  God  is  He. 
I  Sam.  I.  I. 

Elijah,  e-ll'jah,  my  God  is  Jehovah. 

1  Kin.  17.  1. 

Elika,  el'i-ka,  whom  God  purifies  (?). 

2  Sam.  23.  25. 

Elim,  e'lim,  oaks.     Ex.  15.  27. 
Elimelech,  e-liir/e-lek,  to  whom  God 

.  is  king.     Ruth  1.  2. 
Elioenai,  el-i-O-e'na-I,  nnto  Jehovah 

my  eyes  are  turned.     I  Chr.  3.  23. 
Eliphal,  Sl'I-fal,  whom  God  judges. 

1  Chr.  11.  35. 
Eliphalet,  e-Uf'a-lSt,  to  whom  God  is 

salvation.     2  Sam.  5.  16. 
Eliphaz,    el'I-faz,   to   whom    God    is 

strength.     Gen.  36.  4. 
Eliplieleh,    e-llf'e-leh,    whom    God 

distinguishes.     I  Chr.  15.  18. 
Elisabeth,  evUs/a-keth.)  same  as  Eli- 

sheba.     Luke  1.  5. 
Eliseus,*  61-i-se'us,   Greek    form    of 

Elisha.     Luke  4.  27. 
Elisha,  e-ll'sha,  to  whom  God  is  sal- 
vation.    1  Kin.  19.  16. 
Elishah,  e-lfshah.     Gen.  10.  4, 


JMlSJian,  e-u'snah.     oen.  io.  4.  josn.  i;,.  7. 

a,  e,  I,  0,  U,  y,  long;  a,  6,  I,  0,  u,  y,  short ;  a,  e,  t,  6,  intermediate;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

for,  furl,  rude,  push,  9  as  s,  g  as  j.  g  as  in  get,  5  as  z,  j  as  gz. 


Elishama,    e-llsh'a-ma,  whom   God 

hears.     Num.  I.  10. 
Elishaphat,  e-llsh'a-fat,  whom  God 

judges.     2  Chr.  23.  I. 
Elisheba,  e-lish'e-ba,  to  whom  God 

is  the  oath.     Ex.  6.  23. 
Elishua,  el-I-shu'a,  same  as  Elisha. 

2  Sam.  5.  15. 
Eliud,  e-ll'ud,  God  of  Judah.     Mat. 

I.  14. 
Elizaphan,   e-liz/a-fan,   whom   God 

protects.     Num.  3.  30. 
Elizur,  e-ll'zur,  God  is  a  Rock.  Num. 

'•5- 

Elkanah,  el'ka-nah,  whom  God  pos. 

sessed.     Ex.  6.  24. 
Elkoshite,  el'kosh-Ite,  inhabitant  of 

Elkosh.     Nah.  I.  I. 
Ellasar,  eKla-sar.     Gen.  14.  1. 
Elmodam,  el-mo'dam,  same  as  Al. 

modad.    Luke  3.  28. 
Elnaam,    el'na-am,   whose    pleasure 

God  is.     1  Chr.  11.  46. 
Elnathan,    el'na-than,    whom    God 

gave.     2  Kin.  24.  8. 
Eloi,  e-lO'I,  my  God.     Mark  15.  34. 
Elon,  e'lon,  oak.     Gen.  26.  34. 
Elon-beth-hanan,  e'lon-beth-ha'- 

nan,  oak  of  the  house  of  grace.     I 

Kin.  4.  9. 
Elonites,  e'lon-Ites,  descendants  of 

Elon.     Num.  26.  26. 
Eloth,  e'lath,  same  as  Elath.  i  Kin. 

9.  26. 
Elpaal,  fcl'pa-al,  to  whom  God  is  the 

reward.     1  Chr.  8.  II. 
Elpalet,  Sl'pa-let,  same   as   Elipha- 

let.     1  Chr.  14.  5. 
El-paran,   el-pa'ran,   oak   of  Paran. 

Gen.  14.  6. 
Eltekeh,    el'te-keh,   whose    fear    is 

God.     Josh.  19.  44. 
Eltekon,  el'te-kon,  whose  foundation 

is  God.    Josh.  15.  59. 
Eltolad,  el'to-lad,  whose  posterity  is 

from  God.     Josh.  15.  30. 
Elul,  e'lul.     Neh.  6.  15. 
Eluzai,  S-lu'za-I,  God  is  my  praises. 

I  Chr.  12.  5. 
Elymas,  el'y-mas,  a  whe  man.     Acts 

13- 8. 
Elzabad,  el'za-bad,  whom  God  gave. 

I  Chr.  12.  12. 
Elzaphan,  el'za-fan,  whom  God  pro- 
tects.    Ex.  6.  22. 
Emim,    e'mlm,   terrible  men.     Gen. 

14-5- 
Emmanuel,   em-man'a-el,  same   as 

Immanuel.     Mat.  I.  23. 
Emmaus,  ern'ma-us,  hot  springs  (?). 

Luke  24.  13. 
Emmor,  em/mor,  same  as   Hamor. 

Acts  7.  16. 
Enam,  e'nam,  two   fountains.     Josh. 

15-  34- 

Elian,  e'nan,  having  eyes.   Num.  I.  15. 

En-dor,  en'dor,  fountain  of  Dor. 
Josh.  17.  II. 

En-eglaim,  en-eg^a-Im,  f.  of  two 
calves.     Ezek.  47.  10. 

Ell-g-annim,  en-gan'nlm,  /  of  gar- 
dens.    Josh.  15.  34. 

En-gedi,  en-ge/di,  f.  of  the  kid. 
Josh.  15.  62. 

En-haddah,  en-had'dah,/  of  sharp- 
ness, i.  e.  swift  f.     Josh.  19.  21. 

En-hakkore,  en-hak'ke-re,  /  of 
him  that  calleth.     Judg.  15.  19. 

En-hazor,  en-ha'zSr,  /.  of  the  vil- 
lage.    Josh.  19.  37. 

En-mishpat,  en-mish'pat,/  of  judg- 
ment.    Gen.  14.  17. 

Enoch,  e'nok,  experienced  (?).    Gen. 

4.  17. 
EllOS,  e'nos,  man.     Gen.  4.  26. 
EllOSh,  e'nosh,  same  as  Enos.    I  Chr. 

I.  I. 
Ell-rimmon,   en-rlm^on,   fountain 

of  the  pomegranate.     Neh.  II.  29. 
En-rogel,  en-ro'gel,  /.  of  the  fuller. 

Josh.  15.  7. 


6 


A   SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


En--Shemesh,  en-she'mesh,  fountain 
of  the  sun.     Josh.  15.  7. 

En-tappuah,  en-tap'pu-ah,/  of  the 
apple  tree.     Josh.  17.  7. 

EpapliraS,  ep'a-fras,  contracted  from 
the  next  word  (?).     Col.  I.  7. 

Epaphl'OtlitUSje-paf-ro-dl'tus,  hand- 
some.    Phil.  2.  25. 

Epenetus,  orEpaenetus,  e-pen'e- 

tus,  praiseworthy.     Rom.  16.  5. 
Epliah,  e'fah.     Gen.  25.  4. 
Ephai,  e'fai,  languishing.     Jer.  40.  8. 
Eplier,  e'fer,  calf.     Gen.  25.  4. 
Ephes-dammim,    eTej-dam'mim, 

boundary  of  blood.     I  Sam.  17.  I. 
EphesiailS,  e-fe'sjang,  inhabitants  of 

Ephesus.     Acts  19.  28. 
Ephesus,  ePe-sus.     Acts  18.  19. 
Eplllal,  ef'lal,  judgment.   I  Chr.  2.  37. 
Eplipliatlia,    ef'fa-tha,   be    opened. 

Mark  7.  34. 
EpllOtl,  e'f6d.     Num.  34.  23. 
Epliraim,  e'fra-im.  fruitful  (?).    Gen. 

41.  52. 
EpliraimiteS,  e'fra-im-Ites,  inhabit- 
ants of  Ephraim.     Judg,  12.  4. 
Eplirain,  e'fra-ln,  same  as  Ephron. 

2  Chr.  13.  19. 
Epliratli,  eFrath,  or  Ephratah, 

fruitful  (?).   1  Chr.  2.  50;  Gen.  35.  16. 

EphratlliteS,  ef'rath-Ites,  inhabitants 
of  Ephrath.     Ruth  I.  2. 

Ephron,  e'fron,  of  or  belonging  to  a 
calf.     Gen.  23.  8. 

Epicureans,  ep4-ka-re/an§,  follow- 
ers of  Epicurus.     Acts  17.  18. 

Er,  er,  watchful.     Gen.  38.  3. 

Eran,  e'ran.     Num.  26.  35. 

Erastus,  e-ras/tus,  beloved.     Acts  19. 

22. 

Erech,  e'rek.     Gen.  10.  10. 

Eri,  e/rl,  same  as  Er.     Gen.  46.  16. 

Erites,    e'rltes,   descendants   of    Eri. 

Num.  26.  16. 
Esaias,  e-sa'jas,  same  as  Isaiah.  Mat. 

3-3- 
Esar-haddon,  e'sar-had'don,  Assur 

giveth  a  brother.  2  Kin.  19.  37. 
Esau,  e'sau,  hairy.  Gen.  25.  25. 
Ezek,  e'sek.  strife.  Gen.  26.  20. 
Esll-baal,    esh-ba'al,    man   of   Baal. 

I  Chr.  8.  33. 
Esllban,  esh'ban.     Gen.  36.  26. 
EsIlCOl,  esh'k6l,  cluster.     Gen.  14.  13. 
Esliean,  e'she-an,  support  (?).     josh. 

'5-  S2- 
Esliek,  e'shek,  oppression.     I  Chr.  8. 

39- 
Eshkalonites,  esh'ka-lon-Ites,  men 

of  Ashkalon.     Josh.  13.  3. 
Eshtaol,  esh'ta-ol.     Josh.  15.  33. 
EshtauliteS,    esh'ta-ul-Ites,    inhabit- 
ants of  Eshtaol.     I  Chr.  2.  53. 
Eslltemoa,    esh-te-mO'a,    obedience. 

Josh.  21.  14. 
Eshtemoh,  esVte-moh,  same  as  Esh- 

TEMOA.    Josh.  15.  50. 
EshtOll,  esh'ton,  womanly.     I  Chr.  4. 

II. 
Esli,  es'll,  same  as  Azaliah  (?).    Luke 

3-  25. 
Esrom,    es'rom,    same    as    Hezron. 

Mat.  I.  3. 
Esther,  es'ther,  star.     Est.  2.  7. 
Etain,   e'tarn,  a    place    of    ravenous 

creatures.    Judg.  15.  8. 
Etham,    e'tham,    boundary    of    the 

sea(?).     Ex.  13.  20. 
Ethan,  e'than, firmness.    I  Kin.  4.  31. 
Ethanim,  eth'a-nlm,  gifts  (?).   1  Kin. 

8.2. 

Ethbaal,  eth'ba-al,  living  with  Baal. 

I  Kin.  16.  31. 
Ether,  e'ther,  plenty.     Josh.  15.  42. 
Ethiopia,   e-thl-o'pl-a,    (region    of) 

burnt  faces.     Gen.  2.  13. 
Ethiopian,  e-thl-o'pi-an,  a  native  of 

Ethiopia.     Jer.  13.  23. 
Ethnan,  eth'nan,  a  gift.     I  Chr.  4.  7. 
Ethni,  eth'ni,   bountiful.     1    Chr.  6. 

41. 


Eubulus,  efl-bu'lus,  good  counsellor. 

2  Tim.  4.  21. 
Eunice,  ea'nlce.     2  Tim.  1.  5. 
Euodias,    ea-o'di-as,   success.     Phil. 

4.  2. 
Euphrates,     ea-fra'tes.,    the     fertile 

river  (?).     Gen.  2.  14. 
EuroClydon,    eu-rok'ly-don,    storm 

from  the  east.     Acts  27.  14. 
Eutychus,  eu'ty  kus,  fortunate.   Acts 

20.  9. 
Eve,  eve,  life.    Gen.  3.  20. 
Evi,  e'vl.     Num.  31.  8. 
Evil-merodach,     e'vil-me-ro'dak, 

man  of  Merodach.     2  Kin.  25.  27. 
ExodllS,  ex'6-dus,  departure. 
Ezar,  e'zar,  treasure.     I  Chr.  I.  38. 
Ezbai,  ez'ba-I.     I  Chr.  11.  37. 
Ezbon,  ez'b6n.     Gen.  46.  16. 
Ezekias,  ez-e-kl'as,  same  as    Heze- 

KIAH.     Mat.  I.  9. 
Ezekiel,  e-ze'kl-el,  whom  God  will 

strengthen.     Ezek.  I.  3. 
Ezel,  e'zel,  departure.     I  Sam.  20.  19. 
Ezem,  e'zem,  bone.     I  Chr.  4.  29. 
Ezer,  e'zer,  help.      I  Chr.  4.  4. 
Ezion-gaber,  or  Ezion-g-eber, 

e'zi-on-ga'ber,  the  backbone  of  a  giant. 

Num.  33.  35. 
Eznite,  ez'nite.     2  Sam.  23.  8. 
Ezra,  ez'ra,  help.     Ezra  7.  I. 
Ezrahite,  ez'ra-hlte,  a  descendant  of 

Zerah.     I  Kin.  4.  31. 
Ezri,    ez'rl,   the   help   of  Jehovah  (?). 

I  Chr.  27.  26. 

FELIX,  fe'llx,  happy.     Acts  23.  24. 
Festus,  fes'tus,  joyful.     Acts  24.  27. 
FortunatUS,    for-ta-na'tus,    prosper- 
ous.    I  Cor.  16.  17. 

IxAALi,  ga'al,  loathing.     Judg.  9.  26. 
Gaash,  ga'ash,  shaking.     Josh.  24.  30. 
Gaba,  ga'ba,  hill.     Josh.  18.  24. 
Gabbai,  gal/ha- 1,  a  collector  of  trib- 
ute.    Neh.  11.  8. 
Gabbatha,  gab'ba-tha,  height.    John 

19-  13- 
Gabriel,  ga'brl-el,  man  of  God.  Dan. 

8.  16. 
Gad,  gad,  a  troop,  good  fortune.     Gen. 

30.  11. 
GadareneS,  gad'a-renej,  inhabitants 

of  Gadara.     Mark  5.  I. 
Gaddi,  gad'dl,  fortunate.  Num.  13. 1 1. 
Gaddiel,  gad'di-el,  fortune  sent  from 

God.     Num.  13.  io. 
Gadites,  gad'ltes,  persons  belonging 

to  the  tribe  of  Gad.     Deut.  3.  12. 
Gaham,  ga'ham,  sunburnt  (?).     Gen. 

22.  24. 
Gahar,    ga'har,   hiding-place.       Ezra 

2.^47. 
Gaius,    ga'jus.     The   Greek   form  of 

Caius.     Acts  19.  29. 
Galal,  ga'lal,  worthy  (?).     1  Chr.  9.  15. 
Galatia,  ga-la'shja,  a  place  colonized 

by  Gauls.     Acts  16.  6. 
Galatians,    ga-la'shjan§,    inhabitants 

of  Galatia.     Gal.  3.  I. 
Galeed,  gal'e-ed,  witness-heap.    Gen. 

31-  47- 

Galilee,  gal'i-lee,  circuit.    Josh.  20.  7. 

Gallim,  gal'lfm,  heaps.   I  Sam.  25.44. 

Gallio,  gal'li-o.    Acts  iS.  12. 

Gamaliel,  ga-ma'll-el,  benefit  of  God. 
Num.  I.  10. 

Gammadim,  gam-ma'dlm,  war- 
riors (?).     Ezek.  27.  II. 

Gamut,  ga'mul,  weaned.     1  Chr.  24. 

17. 

Gareb,  ga'reb,  scabby.  2  Sam.  23.  38. 

Garmite,  gar'mlte,  bony.  I  Chr.  4.  19. 

Gashmu,  gash'majSame  as  Geshem. 
Neh.  6.  6. 

Gatam,  ga'tam.     Gen.  36.  II. 

Gatll,  gath,  wine-press.     Jo5h.   II.  22. 

Gath-heplier,  gath-he'fer,  the  wine- 
press of  the  well.     2  Kin.  14.  25. 

Gatll-rimmon,  gath-rlm'mon.wine- 
press  of  the  pomegranate.    Josh.  19. 45. 


Gaza,  ga'za,  same  as  Azzah.     Gen. 

10.  19. 
Gazathites,  ga'zath'ltes,  inhabitants 

of  Gaza.     Josh.  13.  3. 
Gazer,  ga'zer,  place  cut  off.     2  Sam. 

5-25- 

Gazez,  ga'zez,  shearer.     I  Chr.  2.  46. 

Gazites,  ga'zltes,  inhabitants  of  Gaza. 

.    Judg.  16.  2. 

Gazzam,  gaz'zam,  eating  up.  Ezra 
2.48. 

Geba,  ge'ba,  hill.     Josh.  21.  17. 

Gebal,  ge-bal,  mountain.     Ps.  83.  7. 

Geber,  ge'ber,  man.     I  Kin.  4.  13. 

Gebim,  ge'bim,  trenches.     Is.  10.  31. 

Gedaliah,  ged-a-li'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah has  made  great.     2  Kin.  25.  22. 

Gedeon,  ged'e-on,  Greek  form  of 
Gideon.     Heb.  11.  32. 

Geder,  ge'der,  wall.     Josh.  12.  13. 

Gederah,  ge-de'rah,  enclosure,  sheep- 
fold.     Josh.  15.  36. 

Gederathite,  ged'e-rath-Ite,  an  in- 
habitant of  Gederah.     1  Chr.  12.  4. 

Gederite,  ged'e-rlte,  native  of  Geder. 
1  Chr.  27.  28. 

Gederoth,  ge-de'r6th,  sheep-folds. 
Josh.  15.  41. 

Gederothaim,  ged-e  roth-a'im,  two 

sheep-folds.     Josh.  13.  36. 

Gedor,  ge'dor,  wall.     Josh.  15.  58. 

Gehazi,  ge-ha'zl,  valley  of  vision.  2 
Kin.  4.  12. 

Geliloth,  gel'i-loth,  regions.  Josh. 
18.  17.  ^ 

Gemalli,  ge-mal'll,  possessor  of  cam- 
els.    Num.  13.  12. 

Gemariah,  gem-a-rl/ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah has  completed.     Jer.  29.  3. 

Genesis,  gen'e-sis,  generation,  or  be- 
ginning. 

Gennesaret,    gen-nesVet-     Mat. 

14-  34- 
Gentiles,  gen'tllei.     Gen.  10.  5. 
Genubath,  ge-nu/bath.      I  Kin.   II. 

20. 
Gera,  ge'ra,  a  grain.     Gen.  46.  21. 
Gerah,  ge'rah.     Ex.  30.  13. 
Gerar,  ge'rar,   sojourning.     Gen.   io. 

19- 

Gei^gesenes,  ger'ge-sene§,  inhabit- 
ants of  Gerasa.     Mat.  8.  28. 

Gerizim,  ger'i-zlm,  persons  living  in 
a  desert.     Deut.  11.  29. 

Gershom,  ger/sh&m,  expulsion.  Ex. 
2.  22. 

Gershon,  ger'shon,  same  as  preced- 
ing.    Gen.  46.  11. 

GershoniteS,  ger'shon-Ites,  descend- 
ants of  Gershon.     Num.  3.  21. 

Gesham,  ge'sham.     1  Chr.  2.  47. 

Geshem,  ge'shem,  stout  (?}.  Neh. 
2.  19. 

Geshur,  ge'shur,  bridge.  2  Sam.  3.  3. 

Geshuri,  gesh/u-rl,  inhabitants  of 
Geshur.     Deut.  3.  14. 

Geshurites,  gesh/u-rnes,  same  as 
preceding.     Josh.  12.  5. 

Gether,  ge/ther,  dregs  (?).    Gen.  10. 

23- 
Gethsemane.    geth-sem/a-ne,    oil 

press.     Mat.  26.  36. 
Geuel,  ge-a'd,  majesty  of  God.   Num. 

13-  IS- 
Gezer,  ge'zer,  precipice.    Josh.  10.  33. 
Gezrites,    gez'ntes,    dwelling    in    a 

desert  land.     I  Sam.  27.  9. 
Giah,  gl'ah,  gushing  forth.     2  Sam.  2. 

24. 
Gibbar,  glb'bar,  a  hero.     Ezra  2.  20. 
Gibbethon,  glb'be-thon,  a  lofty  place. 

Josh.  19.  44. 
Gibea,  gnVe-a,  hill.     1  Chr.  2.  49. 
Gibeah,  gib'e-ah,  hill.     Tosh.  15.  57. 
Gibeath,  glb'e-ath,  hill.  "josh.  18.28. 
Gibeon,  gib'e-on,  pertaining  to  a  hill. 

Josh.  9.  3. 
Giblites,glb/lltes,inhabitants  of  Gebal. 

Josh.  13.  5. 
Giddalti,  gld-dal'tl,  I  have  increased. 

1  Chr.  25.  4. 


Giddel,  gld'del,  gigantic.    Ezra  2.  47. 
Gideon,  gld'e-on,  one  who  cuts  down. 

Judg.  6.  11. 
Gideoni,    gld-e-cVnl,  cutting    down. 

Num.  1.  11. 
Gidom,  gi'dom.    Judg.  20.  45. 
Gihon,  gl'hon,  a  river.    Gen.  2.  13. 
Gilalai,    gll'a-lai,   dungy    (?).     Neh. 

12.  36. 

Gilboa,    gil-bo'a,  bubbling   fountain. 

1  Sam.  28.  4. 

Gilead,  gll'e-ad,  hill  of  witness.   Gen. 

31.  21. 
Gileadite,  giPe-ad-Ite,  inhabitant  of 

Gilead.     Judg.  10.  3. 
Gilgal,  gil'gal,  a  circle.     Josh.  4.  19. 
Giloh,  g^loh,  exile.     Josh.  15.  51. 
Gilonite,  gl'lo-nlte,  an  inhabitant  of 

Giloh.     2  Sam.  15.  12. 
Gimzo,   gim/zO,   a  place    abounding 

with  sycamores.     2  Chr.  28.  18. 
Ginath,  gl'nath,  garden.     I  Kin.  16. 

21. 
Ginnetho,  gln'ne-tho,  garden.    Neh. 

12.  4. 
Ginnethon,    gln^e-thon,    same    as 

preceding.     Neh.  10.  6. 
Girgashite,  glr'ga-shlte,  dwelling  in 

a  clayey  soil.     I  Chr.  I.  14. 
Girgcisite,  gir'ga-slte,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Gen.  10.  16. 
Gispa,  gls'pa,  flattery.     Neh.  II.  21. 

Gittah-hepher,      git'tah-he'pher, 

wine-press  of  the  well.     Josh.  19.  13. 

Gittaim,  glt'ta-Im,  two  wine-presses. 

2  Sam.  4.  8. 

Gittites,  glt'tltes,  inhabitants  of  Gath. 

Josh.  13.  3. 
Gittith,  git'tith,  after  the  manner  of 

Gittites.     Ps.  8,  title. 
Gizonite,  gilonite.     1  Chr.  n.  34. 
Goath,  go'afh,  lowing.     Jer.  31.  39. 
Gob,  gob,  pit,  cistern.     2  Sam.  21.  18. 
Gogr»  g<5g.     I  Chr.  5.  4. 
Golan,  goTan,  exile.     Deut  4.  43. 
Golgotha,  g&l'go-tha,  a  skull.     Mat. 

27-  33- 
Goliath,  go-l^ath,  exile  (?).     1  Sam. 

17.  4. 
Gomer,  gO'mer,  complete.  Gen.  10.  2. 
Gomorrah,    go-mor'rah.      Gen.   10. 

19- 
Gomorrha,  go-mOr^ha,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Mat.  10.  15. 
Goshen,  go'shen.    Gen.  45.  10. 
Gozan,  gCzan.     2  Kin.  17.  6. 
Greece,  greece,  country  of  the  Greeks. 

Acts  20.  2. 
Grecia,   gre'shja,  same  as  Greece. 

Dan.  8.  21. 
Grecian,  gre'shjan,  a  Jew  who  speaks 

Greek.     Acts  II.  20. 
Gudgodah,  gud-'go-dah,  thunder  (?). 

Deut.  10.  7. 
Guni,  ga/nl,  painted  with  colors.  Gen, 

46.  24. 
Glinites,    ga'Dltes,    descendants    of 

Guni.     Num.  26.  48. 
Glir,  gflr,  a  young  lion.     2  Kin.  9.  27. 
Gur-baal,   gur-ba'al,  Gur  of   Baal. 

2  Chr.  26.  7. 

HaAHASHTARI,  ha  a  hasr/ta- 
rl,  the  muleteer  (?).     1  Chr.  4.  6. 

Habaiall,  ha-ba'jah,  whom  Jehovah 
hides.     Ezra  2.  61. 

Habakkllk,  ha-bak'kak,  embrace. 
Hab.  1.  I. 

Habaziniah,  hab-a-zl-nl'ah.lamp  of 
Jehovah  (?).    Jer.  35.  3. 

Habor,  ha'bdr,  joining  together,  a 
Kin.  17.  6. 

Hachaliah,  hak-a-ll'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah disturbs.     Neh.  1.  I. 

Hachilah,  hak-'i-lah,  dark.  I  Sam. 
23.  19. 

Ilachmoni,  hak'mo-ni,  wise.  1  Chr. 
27.  32. 

Hachmonite,  hak'monlte,  a  de- 
scendant of  Hachmoni.    I  Chr.  11.  II. 

Hadad,  ha'dad.    Gen.  36.  35. 


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A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Hadadezer,  had-id-e'zer,  whose  help 

is  Hadad.     2  Sam.  8.  3. 
Hadadrimmon,     ha-dad-rlm'mon, 

named    from    Hadad  and    Rimmon. 

Zech.  12.  II. 
Hadar,  ha'dar.  enclosure.  Gen.  25. 15. 
Hadarezer,    had-ar-e'zer,    saine    as 

Hadadezer.     1  Chr.  18.  3. 
Hadashall,  had'a-shah,  new.     Josh. 

IS-  37- 
Hadassah,  ha-das'sah,  myrtle.    Est. 

2.7. 
Hadattah,   ha-dat'tah,  new.     Josh. 

i5-  25. 

Hadid,  ha'did,  sharp.     Ezra  2.  33. 

Hadlai,  had'la-l,  rest.     2  Chr.  28.  1 2. 

Hadoram,  ha-do'ram.     Gen.  10.  27. 

Hadrach,  ha'drak.    Zech.  9.  1. 

llagab,  ha'gab,  locust.     Ezra  2.  46. 

Hagaba,  hag'a-ba,  same  as  Hagab. 
Neh.  7.  48. 

Hagar,  ha'gar,  flight.    Gen.  16.  3. 

Hagarenes,  ha'gar-eneg,  inhabitants 
of  Hagar.     Ps.  83.  6. 

Hagarites,  ha'gar-ites,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    1  Chr.  5.  10. 

Hagerite,  ha'ger-ite,  same  as  Ha- 
GARENE.     I  Chr.  27.  31. 

Haggai,  hag'ga-l,  festive.     Hag.  I.  I. 

Haggi,  hag'gl,  same  as  preceding. 
Gen.  46.  16. 

Haggeris  hag-ge'rt.     1  Chr.  n.  38. 

Haggiah,  hag-gl'ah,  festival  of  Jeho- 
vah.    I  Chr.  6.  30. 

Haggites,  hag'gites,  the  posterity  of 
Haggi.     Num.  26.  15. 

Haggith,  hag'gith,  festive.     2  Sam. 

3-4- 
Hai,  hari,  same  as  Ar.    Gen.  12.  8. 
Hakkatau,    hak'ka-tan,   the    small. 

Ezra  8.  12. 
Hakkoz,  hak'kdz,  the  thorn.     1  Chr. 

24.  10. 
Hakupha,  kaku'fa.    Ezra  2.  51. 
llalali,  ha'lah,  same  as  Calah  (?). 

2  Kin.  17.  6. 
Halak,  ha'lak,  smooth.     Josh.  II.  17. 
Hallllll,  haKhul.     Josh.  15.  58. 
Hali,  ha/ll,  necklace.     Josh.  19.  25. 
Halohesh,  ha-lo'hesh,  the  enchanter. 

Neh.  3.  12. 
Ham,  ham,  warm.     Gen.  9.  18. 
Hainan,  ha'man.    Est.  3.  1. 
Ha  math,    ha'math,    fortress.     Num. 

34.8. 
Hamathite,  ha'math-ite,   a   dweller 

at  Hamath.     Gen.  10.  18. 
Hamath-zobah,    ha'math-zo'bah, 

fortress  of  Zobah.     2  Chr.  8.  3. 
Hamiliath,  ham'math,  warm  springs. 

Josh.  19.  35. 
Hammedatha,  ham-med'a-tha,  giv- 
en by  the  moon  (?).     Est.  3.  I. 
Hammelech,  ham'me-lek,  the  king. 

Jer.  36.  26. 
Hamniolekotli,      ham-mol'e-keth, 

the  queen.     I  Chr.  7.  18. 
Hanimon,   ham'mon,   warm.      Josh. 

19.  28. 
Hammoth-dor,         hrtrn'moth-dor, 

warm  springs  of  Dor.     Josh.  21.  32. 
Hamonah,     ha-mo'nah,     multitude. 

Ezek.  39.  16. 
Hamon-gog,    ha'mon-gdg,    m.    of 

Gog.     Ezek.  39.  11. 
Hanior,  ha'mor,  ass.     Gen.  33.  19. 
llamuel,   ha-mu'el,  heat   (wrath)  .of 

God.     1  Chr.  4.  26. 
Hamul,  ha'mul,  who  has  experienced 

mercy.     Gen.  46.  12. 
Hamulites,  ha'mul-ltes,  the  posterity 

of  Hamul.     Num.  26.  21. 
Hamutal,  ha-mu'tal,  refreshing  like 

dew.     2  Kin.  23.  31. 
Haiiamecl,     ha-nam'e-el,     probably 

another  form  of  Hananeel.  Jer.  32.  7. 
Hanan,  ha'nan,  merciful.  I  Chr.  8.  23. 
Hananeel,    ha-nan'e-el,  whom  God 

graciously  gave.     Neh.  3.  I. 
Hanani,   ha-na'nl,  probably  same  as 
Hanan'.ah.     1  Kin.  16.  1. 


Hananiab,  han-a-nl'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah graciously  gave.     I  Chr.  3.  1 9. 

Hanes,  ha'nej.    Is.  30.  4. 
Haniel,  han'I-el,  favor  of  God.    1  Chr. 

7-39- 
Hannab,  han'nah,  gracious.     I  Sam. 

I.  2. 

Hannatbon,  han'na-thon,  gracious. 

Josh.  19.  14. 
Hanniel,  han'nl-el,  same  as  Haniel. 

Num.  34.  23. 
Hanoch,   ha'nok,  same  as  Enoch. 

Gen.  25.  4. 
Hanocbites,   ha'nok-Ites,    descend- 
ants of  Hanock.     Num.  26.  5. 
Hanun,   ha'nun,  whom   (God)  pities. 

2  Sam.  10.  I. 
Hapbraim,  haf-ra'im,  two  pits.  Josh. 

19.  19". 
Hara,  ha/ra,  mountainous.     I   Chr.  4. 

26. 
Haradab,  har'a-dah,  fear.    Num.  33. 

24. 
Haran,    ha'ran,   mountaineer.      Gen. 

II.  27. 

Hararite,  ha'ra-rlte,  a  mountaineer. 

2  Sam.  23.  II. 
Harbonab,  har-bo'nah.     Est.  7.  9. 
Hareph,  ha'ref,  plucking.  I  Chr.  2.  51. 
Hareth,  ha'reth,  thicket.   I  Sam.  22.  5. 
Harbaiab,  har-ha-l'ah,  dried  up  (?). 

Neh.  3.  8. 
Hai'bas,  har'has.     2  Kin.  22.  14. 
Harbur,  har'hur,  inflammation.    Ezra 

2.SI- 
Harim,  ha'rim,  flat-nosed.  I  Chr.  24.  8. 
Haripb,    ha'rif,    autumnal    showers. 

Neh.  7.  24. 
Harnepber,  har'ne-fer.     1  Chr.  7. 

30. 
Harod,  ha'rod,  terror.    Judg.  7.  1. 
Harodite,   ha'rod-lte,  inhabitant   of 

Harod.     2  Sam.  23.  25. 
Haroeb,  har/6/eh,  the  seer.     I  Chr. 

2.  52. 

Harorite,  ha'ro-rlte,  probably  another 
form  of  Harodite.     1  Chr.  11.  27. 

Harosheth,  ha-16'sheth,  carving. 
Judg.  4.  2. 

Harsba,  har'sha,  enchanter,  magician. 
Ezra  2.  52. 

Harum,  ha/rum,  high  (?).    I  Chr.  4.  8. 

Harumaph,  ha-ru'maf,  flat-nosed. 
Neh.  3.  10. 

Haruphite,  har'u-iite.    1  Chr.  12.  5. 

Haruz,  ha'ruz,  active.     2  Kin.  21.  19. 

Hasadiah,  has-a-dl'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah loves.     1  Chr.  3.  20. 

Hasenuab,  has-e-nu'ah,  she  that  is 
hated.     I  Chr.  9.  7. 

Hasbabiall,  hash-a-bl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah esteems.     1  Chr.  6.  45. 

Hashabnah,  ha-shab'nah,  same  as 
preceding  (?).     Neh.  10.  25. 

Hasbbadana,  hash-bad'a-na.     Neh. 

8.4. ' 

Hashem,  ha'shem,  fat.  1  Chr.  11.31.. 
Hasbmonab,  hash-mo'nah,  fatness, 

fat  soil.     Num.  33.  29. 
Hashub,  ha'shub,  thoughtful.     Neh. 

3.  II. 

Hashubah,  ha-shu'bah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    1  Chr.  3.  20. 

Hash  urn,  ha'shum,  rich.    Ezra  2.  19. 

Hashupha,  ha-shu'fa,  another  form 
of  Hasupha.     Neh.  7.  46. 

Hasrah,  has 'rah,  probably  same  as 
Harhas.     2  Chr.  34.  22. 

Hassenaab,  has-se-na'ah,  the  thorny. 
Neh.  3.  3. 

Hasshub,  haVshub,  same  as  Hashub. 
1  Chr.  9.  14. 

Hasupha,  ha-su'fa,  one  of  the  Ne- 
thinims.     Ezra  2.  43. 

Hatacb,  ha'tak.    Est.  4.  5. 

Hathath,  ha'thath,  terror.  I  Chr.  4.13. 
Hatipba,  hat'i-fa,  seized.  Ezra  2.  54. 
Hatita,  hat'i-ta,  digging.  Ezra  2.  42. 
Hattil,  hat'til,  wavering.  Ezra  2.  57. 
Hattush,  hat'tush,  assembled  (?).  I 
Chr.  3.  22. 


Ha  11  ran,  hau'ran,  hollow  land.    Ezek. 

47.  16. 
Havilah,  hav'Mah.     Gen.  10.  7. 
Havoth-jair,  ha'voth-ja'ir,  villages 

of  Jair.     Num.  32.  41. 
Hazael,  haz'a-el,  whom  God  watches 

over.     I  Kin.  19.  15. 
Hazaiah,   ha-za'jah,  whom  Jehovah 

watches  over.     Neh.  11.  5. 
Hazar-addar,  ha'zar-ad'dar,  Addar- 

town.     Num.  34.  4. 
Hazar-enan,  ha'zar-e'nan,  fountain- 
town.     Num.  34.  9. 
Hazar-gaddah,      ha'zar-gad'dah, 

luck-town.     Josh.  15.  27. 
Hazar-hatticon ,  ha'zar  hat'ti-c&n, 

middle-town.     Ezek.  47.  16. 

Hazarmavetb,        ha'zar-ma'veth, 

death-town.     Gen.  10.  26. 

Hazar-Shual,  ha'zar-shu'al,  jackal- 
town.     Josh.  15.  28. 

Hazar-SUSah,  ha'zar-sfi'sah,  mare- 
town.     Josh.  19.  5. 

Hazar-SUSim,  ha'zar-su'sim,  horse- 
town.     1  Chr.  4.  31. 

Hazelelponi,  haz-e-lel-po'nl,  the 
shadow  looking  on  me.     I  Chr.  4.  3. 

Hazerim,  ha-ze'rim,  villages.  Deut. 
2.  23. 

Hazeroth,  ha-ze'roth,  same  as  Ha- 
zerim.    Num.  11.  35. 

Hazezon-tamar,  haz'e-zon-ta'mar, 
pruning  of  the  palm.     Gen.  14.  7. 

Haziel,  harzl-el,  the  vision  of  God. 
I  Chr.  23.  9. 

Hazo,  ha-zO,  vision.     Gen.  22.  22. 

Hazor,  ha'zor,  castle.     Josh.  II.  I. 

Heber,  he'ber,  (1)  same  as  Ebkr.  1 
Chr.  5.  13  ;  (2)  fellowship.  Gen.  46.  17. 

HeberitCS,  he'ber-Ites,  descendants 
of  Heber.     Num.  26.  45. 

Hebrew,  he'bm,  the  language  spoken 
by  the  Jews.     John  19.  20. 

Hebrews,  he'bniz,  descendants  of 
Eber.     Gen.  40.  15. 

Hebron,  he'bron,  alliance.  Gen.  13.18. 

Hebronites,  he'bron-ites,  the  people 
of  Hebron.     Num.  3.  27. 

Hegai,  heg^-i.  °r  Hege,  he^e.  Est. 
2.  3,  8. 

Helah,  he'lah,  rust.     1  Chr.  4.  5. 

Helam,  he/lam,  stronghold.  2  Sam. 
10.  16. 

Helbah,  heFbah,  fatness.  Judg.  I.31. 

HelbOIl,  heKbon, fertile.   Ezek.  27.  18. 

Heldai,  heKda-l,  terrestrial.  I  Chr. 
27.  15. 

Heleb,  he'leb,  fat,  fatness.  2  Sam. 
23.  29. 

Heled,  he'led,  the  world.  1  Chr.  it.  30. 

Helek,  he'lek,  portion.   Num.  26.  30. 

Helekites,  hVlek-Ites,  descendants 
of  Helek.     Num.  26.  30. 

Helem,  he'lem,  another  form  of  Hel- 
dai.    1  Chr.  7.  35. 

Helepb,  he'lef,  exchange.  Josh.  19.  33. 

Helez,  he'lez,  liberation.  2  Sam.  23.  26. 

Heli,  he'll,  the  Greek  form  of  Eli. 
Luke  3.  23. 

Helkai,  hel'ka-I,  another  form  of 
Hii.kiah.     Neh.  12.  15. 

HelkatL,  hel'kath,  a  portion.  Josh. 
19.  25. 

Helkath-bazziirim,  hel'kath- 
haz'zu-rim,  the  field  of  swords  (?).  2 
Sam.  2.  16. 

Helon,  he'lon,  strong.     Num.  I.  9. 

Heiiiam,  he'mam,  same  as  Homam. 
Gen.  36.  22. 

Heman,  he'man,  faithful.  I  Kin.  4.  31. 

Hemath,  he'math,  (1 )  fortress,  I  Chr. 
2.  55;  (2)  same  as  Hamath,  Amos 
6.  14. 

Henidan,  hem^an,  pleasant.  Gen. 
36.  26. 

Hen,  hen,  favor.    Zech.  6.  14. 

Hena,  he'na.    2  Kin.  18.  34. 

Henadad,  hen'a-dad,  favor  of  Ha- 
dad (?).     Ezra  3.  9. 

Henoch,  he'nok,  same  as  Enoch. 
I  Chr.  1.  3. 


Hepher,  he'fer,  pit.    Josh.  12.  17. 

Hepherites,  he'fer-Ites,  descendants 
of  Hepher.     Num.  26.  32. 

Heph-zibah,  hePzi-bah,  in  whom  is 
my  delight.     2  Kin.  21.  I. 

Heres,  he'rej,  the  sun.    Judg.  1.  35. 

Heresh,  he'resh, artificer.  1  Chr.  9.  15. 

Hernias,  her'mas.     Rom.  16.  14. 

Hermes,  her'mes..     Rom.  16.  14. 

Hermogenes,  her-m6g'e-nes_.  2 
Tim.  1.  15. 

Hermon,  her'mon,  lofty.     Deut.  3.  8. 

Hermonites,  her'nton-ltes,  the  sum- 
mits of  Hermon.     Ps.  42.  6. 

Herod,  her'od.     Mat.  2.  1. 

Herodians,  he-ro'di.ang,  partisans  of 
Herod.     Mat.  22.  16. 

Herodias,  hS-ro'd:  as.    Mat.  14  3. 

Herodion,  he-rO'dl-on.  Rom.  16.  11. 

Hesed,  he'sed,  mercy.     I  Kin.  4.  10. 

Heshbon,  hesh'ben,  counting.  Num. 

21.  25. 

Heshmon,  hesh'mSn,  fatness.     Josh. 

15-  27- 

Heth,  heth.     Gen.  10.  15. 

Hethlon,  heth'ldn,  hiding-place. 
Ezek.  47.  15. 

Hezeki,  hez'e-kl,  shortened  from 
Hizkiah.     1  Chr.  8.  17. 

Hezekiah,  hez-e-kl'ah,  the  might  of 
Jehovah.     2  Kin.  18.  I. 

Hezion,  he'zi-on,  vision.  I  Kin.  15. 18. 

Hezir,  he'zir,  swine.     I  Chr.  24.  15. 

Hezrai,  hez'ra-l,  enclosed  wall.  2 
Sam.  23.  35.     ". 

Hezro,  hez'rO,  same  as  preceding.  1 
Chr.  II.  37. 

Hezron,  heVron,  same  as  Hezrai. 
Gen.  46.  12. 

Hezronites,  hez^on-Ites,  descend- 
ants of  Hezron.     Num.  26.  6. 

Hiddai,  hid'da-I,  the  rejoicing  of  Je- 
hovah.    2  Sam.  23.  30. 

Hiddekel,  hid'de-kel.     Gen.  2.  14. 

Hiel,  hl'el,  God  liveth.     I  Kin.  16.  34. 

Hierapolis,  hl-e-rap'o-lls,  a  sacred  or 
holy  city.     Col.  4.  13. 

Higgaion,  hig-ga'jon,  meditation.  Ps. 
9.  16. 

Hilen,  hl'len.     1  Chr.  6.  58. 

Hilkiah,  hil-kl'ah,  portion  of  Jeho- 
vah.    2  Kin.  18.  18. 

Hillel,  hil'lel,  praising.     Judg.  12.  13. 

Hinnoni,  hln'nom.     Josh.  15.  8. 

Hirah,  hl'rah,  nobility.     Gen.  38.  I. 

Hiram,    hl'ram,   noble  (?).     2   Sam. 

5-  ii- 

HittiteS,  hit'tTtes,  descendants  of 
Heth.     Gen.  15.  20. 

Hivites,  hl'vites,  villagers.     Ex.  3.  8. 

Hizkiah,  hlz-ki'ah,  might  of  Jeho- 
vah.    Zeph.  1.  1. 

Hizkijah,  hlz-kl'jah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Neh.  10.  17. 

Hobab,  ho'bab,  beloved.  Num.  10. 
29. 

Hobah,  hs'bah,  a  hiding-place.  Gen. 
14.  15. 

Hod,  h6d,  splendor.     I  Chr.  7.  37. 

Hodaiah,  hfid-a-i'ah,  praise,  of  Je- 
hovah.    1  Chr.  3.  24. 

Hodaviall,  hsd-a-vl'ah,  Jehovah  is 
his  praise.     I  Chr.  5.  24. 

Hodesh,  ho'desh,  new  moon.  1  Chr. 
8.9. 

Hodevah,  hfi-de'vah,  same  as  Hoda~ 
viah.     Neh.  7.  43. 

Hodiah,  ho-dl'ah,  same  as  HODAIAH. 
I  Chr.  4.  19. 

Hodijah,  ho-dl'jah,  same  as  preced- 
ing.    Neh.  8.  7. 

Hoglah,  hdg'lah,  partridge.  Num. 
26.  33. 

Hoham,  ho'ham.     Josh.  10.  3. 

Holon,  ho'lon,  sandy.     Josh.  15.  51. 

Homam,  ho'mam,  destruction.  I  Chr. 

I.  39- 
Hophni,  h6f'nT,  pugilist.    I  Sam.  I.  3. 
Hophra,  hoFra,  priest  of  the  sun.  Jei. 

44.  30. 
Hor,  h5r,  mountain.     Num.  20.  23. 


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A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OP  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Horam,  ho'ram.     Josh.  10.  33. 
Horeb,  ho''reb,  desert.     Ex.  3.  I. 
Horem,  ho'rem.    Josh.  19.  38. 
Hor-b.agidg'ad,         hor-ha-gld'gad, 

mountain  of  Gudgodah.  Num.  33.  32. 
H  ori,  ho'rl,  cave-dweller.  Gen.  36.  22. 
lloi'im,  ho'rim,  descendants  of  Hori. 

Deut.  2.  12. 
Hormah,  hor'mah,  a  devoting,  a  place 

laid  waste.     Num.  14.  45. 
Iloronaim,  her-o-na'im,  two  caverns. 

Is.  15.  5. 
Iloronite,  hor'o-nlte,  native  of  Beth- 

Horon.     Neh.  2.  10. 
Hosall,  ho'sah,  fleeing  to  Jehovah  for 

refuge  (?).     Josh.  19.  29. 
Hosaniia,  ho-san'na,  save  us,  we  pray. 

Mat.  21.  9. 
Hosea,  ho-je'a,  salvation,     Hos.  I.  I. 
Hoshaiah,  h6sh-a-l'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah has  set  free.     Neh.  12.  32. 
Hoshama,  hosh'a-ma.     I  Chr.  3.  18. 
Hoshea,  ho-she'a,  same  as   Hosea. 

Deut.  32.  44. 
Hothaill,  ho'tham,  signet  ring.  I  Chr. 

7-  32. 
Motlian,  ho'than.     1  Chr.  11.  44. 
Hothir,  h©-thir.     I  Chr.  25.  4. 
Hukkok,   huk'kok,  decreed.    Josh. 

19-  34- 
Ililkok,  ha'kSk,  same  as  preceding. 

1  Chr.  6.  75. 

IIul,  hul,  circle.     Gen.  10.  23. 
Iluldah,   hul'dah,  weasel.      2  Kin. 

22.  14. 
Hlimtah,  hiim'tah,  fortress  (?).    Josh. 

15-54- 
lllipham,  ha'pham,  inhabitant  of  the 

shore  (?).     Num.  26.  39. 
Hlippah,  hup'pah,  covering.     I  Chr. 

24.  13. 
Huppim,     hup'pim,    same    as    Hu- 

pham  (?).     Gen.  46.  21. 
Hur,  hur,  cavern.     Ex.  17.  10. 
Hurai.  hu'rai,  another  way  of  writing 

Hiddai.     I  Chr.  11.  32. 
Huram,    hQ'ram,   the   older   way  of 

spelling  Hiram.     2  Chr.  2.  23. 
Iluri,  hu'rl,  linen-worker  (?).     I  Chr. 

5-  14- 
Hushah,  ha'shah,  haste.    I  Chr.  4. 4. 
Hushai,    ha'shai,    hasting.      2    Sam. 

15-  32- 
Husham,  ha'sham,  haste.  Gen.  36.34. 
Hlishathitc,  hu'shath-Ite,  inhabitant 

of  Hushah.     2  Sam.  23.  27. 
Hushim,  hu'shim,  those  who  make 

haste.     Gen.  46.  23. 
Huz,  huz.     Gen.  22.  21. 
Huzzab,  huz'zab,  it  is  decreed.    Nah. 

2.7. 
Hymenseus,  hy-me-ne'us,  belonging 

to  Hymen.     2  Tim.  2.  1 7. 

1BHAK,  Ib'har,  whom  God  chooses. 

2  Sam.  5.  15. 

IMeam,    Ib'le-am,   He   destroys    the 

people.     Josh.  17.  11. 
Ibneiall,    ib-ne'jah,    whom    Jehovah 

will  build  up.     1  Chr.  9.  8. 
Ibnijah,  ib-nl'jah,  same  as  preceding. 

1  Chr.  9.  8. 
Ibri,  ib'rl,  Hebrew.     I  Chr.  24.  27. 
Ibzan,  ib'zan,  active  (?).    Judg.  12.  8. 
I-chabod,    ik'a-bod,    inglorious.      I 

Sam.  4.  21. 
Iconiimi,  i-ko'nl-um.     Acts  13.  51. 
Idalab,  i-da'lah,  snares  (?).   Josh.  19. 

15- 

Idbasll,  Id'bash,  honeyed.    I  Chr.  4.  3. 
Iddo,  id'do,  (1)  loving,  1  Chr.  27.  21 ; 

(2)  Ezra  8.  17;  (3)  seasonable,  Zech. 

1.  I. 
Idumea,  i-du-me'a,  same  as  Edom. 

Is.  34.  5. 
Igal,    I 'gal,  whom   God  will   avenge. 

ISum.  13.  7. 
Igdaliab.,  ig-da-ll'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

shall  make  great.     Jer.  35.  4. 
Ig"eal,  ig'e-al,  same  as  Igal.     I   Chr. 

3.22. 


Iim,  l'im,  ruins.     Num.  33.  45. 

Ije-abarim,  Ij-e-ab'a-rim,  ruinous 
heaps  of  Abarim.     Num.  21.  11. 

Tjon,  I'jon,  a  ruin.     I  Kin.  15.  20. 

ikkesll,  Ik'k&sh,  perverseness  of 
mouth.     2  Sam.  23.  26. 

Ilai,  I'lai,  most  high.     1  Chr.  11.  29. 

Illyricum,  Il-lyr'I-cum.  Rom.  15.  19. 

Imla,  Im'la,  same  as  Imlah.  2  Chr. 
18.  7. 

Imlah,  mr'Iah,  whom  (God)  will  fill 
up.     1  Kin.  22.  8. 

Immanuel,  Im-man/a-el,  God  with 
us.     Is.  7.  14. 

Immer,  Im'mer,  talkative.  I  Chr.  9. 
12. 

Inina,  Irc/na,  whom  (God)  keeps  back. 
I  Chr.  7.  35. 

Imnah,  im'nah,  whom  (God)  as- 
signs (?).     1  Chr.  7.  30. 

Imrall,  im'rah, stubborn.    I  Chr.  7.  36. 

Imri,  Im'rl,  eloquent.     I  Chr.  9.  4. 

India,  ind'ja.     Est.  1.  1. 

Ipbedeiah,  If-e-de'jah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah frees.     I  Chr.  8.  25. 

Ir,  ir,  city.     I  Chr.  7.  12. 

Ira,  I'ra,  watchful.     2  Sam.  20.  26. 

Irad,  I'rad.     Gen.  4.  18. 

Irani,  I'ram,  belonging  to  a  city.  Gen. 

36-  43- 
Iri,  I'rl,  same  as  Iram.     I  Chr.  7.  7. 
Irijab,  I-rl'jah,  whom  Jehovah  looks 

on.     Jer.  37.  13. 
Ir-nabasll,   ir-na'hash,   snake-town. 

1  Chr.  4.  r2. 
Iron,  i'ron,  reverence.     Josh.  19.  38. 
Irpeel,  Ir'pfe-el,  which  God  heals.  Josh. 

18.  27. 
Ir_-Shemesh,  ir-she'mesh,  sun-town. 

Josh.  19.  41. 
Il'U,  I'ru,  same  as  Tram.     1  Chr.  4.  15. 
Isaac,  I'gak,  laughter.     Gen.  17.  19. 
Isaiah,  1-s.a'jah,  salvation  of  Jehovah. 

Is.  I.  I. 
Iscah,  is'kah.     Gen.  11.  29. 
Iscariot,  Is-karT-ot,  man  of  Kerioth. 

Mat.  10.  4. 
Ishfoah,   Ish'bah,  praising.       1    Chr. 

4-  17- 

Ishbak,  ish'bak.     Gen.  25.  2. 

Ishbi-benob,  ish'bi-be'nob,  onewho 
dwells  at  Nob.     2  Sam.  21.  16. 

Ish-boshetll,  Ish-bo'sheth,  man  of 
shame.     2  Sam.  2.  8. 

Ishi,  ish'I,  my  husband.     Hos.  2.  16. 

Islli,  Ish'I,  salutary.     I  Chr.  2.  31. 

Ishiah,  Ish-I'ah,  whom  Jehovah  lends. 
I  Chr.  7.  3. 

Ishljah,  ish-I'jah,  same  as  Ishiah. 
Ezra  10.  31. 

Islima,  ish'ma.     I  Chr.  4.  3. 

Ishmael,  Ish'ma-el,  whom  God  hears. 
Gen.  16.  15. 

Ishmaelites,  Isli'ma-el-ites,  descend- 
ants of  Ishmael.     Judg.  8.  24. 

Ishmaiah,  ish-ma-I'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah hears.     I  Chr.  27.  19. 

Ishllierai,  ish'mfe-rai,  whom  Jehovah 
keeps.     1  Chr.  8.  18. 

Ishod,  I'shod,  man  of  glory.  1  Chr. 
7.18. 

Ishpan,  Ish'pan,  cunning  (?).  I  Chr. 
8.  22. 

Ish-tob,  ish'tob,  men  of  Tob.  2  Sam. 
10.  6. 

Isllliah,  ish'u-ah,  level.    Gen.  46.  17. 

Ishuai,  Ish'u-ai,  same  as  Isui.    I  Chr. 

7-  30. 

Ishui,  Ish'u-I,  same  as  Ishuah.  i 
Sam.  14.  49. 

Ismachiah,  Is-ma-ld'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah upholds.     2  Chr.  31.  13. 

Ismaiah,  Is-ma-l'ah,  same  as  Ish- 
maiah.    I  Chr.  12.  4. 

Ispah,  Is'pah,  bald.     1  Chr.  8.  16. 

Israel,  Is/ra-el,  soldier  of  God.  Gen. 
32.  28. 

Israelites,  is/ra-el-Ites,  descendants 
of  Israel.     Ex.  9.  7. 

Israelitish,  fs/ra-el-rt-ish,  after  the 
fashion  of  an  Israelite.     Lev.  24.  10. 


Issachar,  Is'sa-kar,  he  is  hired  (?). 

Gen.  30.  18. 
Isshiah,  is'shl-ah,  same  as  Ishiah. 

1  Chr.  24.  21. 
Isiiah,  Is'u-ah,  same  as  Ishuah.     i 

Chr.  7.  30. 
Isui,  is'u-i.same  as  Ishui.   Gen.  46. 17. 
Italian,  i-tal'jan,  belonging  to  Italy. 

Acts  10.  1. 
Italy,  it'a-ly.     Acts  18.  2. 
Ithai,  Ith'a-I,  ploughman.  1  Chr.  11. 31. 
Ithainar,  Ith'a-mar,  island  of  palms. 

Ex.  6.  23. 
Ithiel,  Ith'I-el,  God  is  with  me.    Neh. 

11.  7. 
Ithmah,   Ith/mah,  bereavedness.      1 

Chr.  11.  46. 
Ithnan,  ith'nan.     Josh.  15.  23. 
Ithra,  Ith'ra, excellence.  2  Sam.  17.25. 
Ithran,  Ith/ran,  same  as  Ithra.  Gen. 

36.  26. 
Ithream,  UVre-am,  remainder  of  the 

people.     2  Sam.  3.  5. 
Ithrite,    ith'rlte,  descendants  of  Je- 

ther  (?).     2  Sam.  23.  38. 
Ittah-kazin,   it'tah-ka'zin,   time  of 

the  chief.     Josh.  19.  13. 
Ittai,  It'ta-I,  same  as  Ithai.     2  Sam. 

15.  19. 
Iturjea,  f-tu-re/a,  a  province  so  named 

from  Jetur.     Luke  3.  I. 
Ivah,  I'vah.     2  Kin.  18.  34. 
Izeliar,  Iz^-har,  oil.     Num.  3.  19. 
Izeharites,  iz'e-har-Ites,  the  descend- 
ants of  Izehar.     Num.  3.  27. 
Izhar,  Iz'har,  same  as  Izehar.     Ex. 

6.  18. 
Izharites,   Iz'har-Ites,  the  same   as 

Izeharites.     i  Chr.  26.  23. 
Izrahiah,  Iz/ra-hl/ah,  whom  Jehovah 

brought  to  light.     I  Chr.  7.  3. 
Izrahite,  Iz'ra-hlte,  probably  same  as 

Zarhite.    2  Chr.  27.  8. 
Izri,   Iz'rl,  a  descendant  of  Jezer.     I 

Chr.  25.  II. 

J  AAKAN,  ja'a-kan,  one  who  turns. 
Deut.  10.  6. 

Jaakobah,  ja-ak'6-bah,  same  as 
Jacob,     i  Chr.  4.  36. 

Jaala,  ja-a'la,  wild  she-goat.  Neh.  7.58. 

Jaalah,ja-a/lah,same  as  JAALA.  Ezra 
2.  56. 

Jaalam,  ja-a/lam,  whom  God  hides. 
Gen.  36.  5. 

Jaanai,  ja-a'nai,  whom  Jehovah  an- 
swers.    1  Chr.  5.  12. 

Jaare-oregim,  ja-ar/g-6r/e-glm, 
forests  of  the  weavers.    2  Sam.  21.  19. 

Jaasail,  ja'a-sau.     Ezra  10.  37. 

Jaasiel,  ji-a'sl-el,  whom  God  created. 
1  Chr.  27.  21. 

Jaazaniah,  ja-az-a-nl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah hears.     2  Kin.  25.  23. 

Jaazer,  ja-a'zer,  whom  (God)  aids. 
Num.  21.  32. 

Jaaziah,  ja-a-zl/ah,  whom  Jehovah 
strengthens.     I  Chr.  24.  26. 

Jaaziel,  ja-a/zi-el,  whom  Godstrength- 
ens.     1  Chr.  15.  18 

Jabal,  ja'bal.     Gen.  4.  20. 

Jabbok,  jab'bok,  pouring  out.  Gen. 
32.  22. 

Jabesh,  ja'besh,  dry.     2  Kin.  15.  10. 

Jabesll-gilead,  jVbesh-glFe-ad, 
Jabesh  of  Gilead.     Judg.  21.  8. 

Jabez,  ja'bgz,  causing  pain.  I  Chr.4.  9. 

Jabin,  ja'bin,  whom  He  (God)  con- 
sidered.    Judg.  4.  2. 

Jabneel,  jab/ne-el,  may  God  cause  to 
be  built.     Josh.  15.  11. 

Jabneh,  jab'neh,  which  (God)  causes 
to  be  built.     2  Chr.  26.  6. 

Jachan,  ja'kan,  troubled.   I  Chr.  5.  1 3. 

Jachin,  ja'kinjwhom  (God)  strength- 
ens.   1  Kin.  7.  21. 

Jacob,  ja'kob,  supplanter.  Gen.  25. 26. 

Jada,  ja'da,  wise.     I  Chr.  2.  28. 

Jadau,  ja-da't}.     Ezra  10.  43. 

Jaddlia,jad-dfi/a,  skilled.  Neh.  10.21. 

Jadon,  ja'don,  a  judge.     Neh.  3.  7. 


Jacl,  ja'el,  same  as  Jaala.  Judg.  4. 17. 

Jagur,  ja'gur,  a  lodging.   Josh.  15. 21, 

Jail,  Jkh,  poetic  form  of  Jehovah.  Ps. 
68.4. 

Jahath,  ja'hath.    1  Chr.  6.  20. 

Jahaz,  ja'haz,  a  place  trodden  down. 
Num.  21.  23. 

Jahaza,  ja-ha'za,  same  as  Jahaz. 
Josh.  13.  18. 

Jahaza h,  ja-ha^ah,  same  as  Jahaza. 
Josh.  21.  36. 

Jahaziah,  ji-ha-zfah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah watches  over.     Ezra  10.  15. 

Jahaziel,  ja-ha'zi-el,  whom  God 
watches  over.     1  Chr.  16.  6. 

Jalldai,  jaVda-I,  whom  Jehovah  di- 
rects.    1  Chr.  2.  47. 

Jalldiel,  jah'di-el,  whom  God  makes 
glad.     1  Chr.  5.  24. 

Jahdo,  jah'do,  union.     1  Chr.  5.  14. 

Jahleel,  jah'le-el,  hoping  in  God. 
Num.  26.  26. 

Jahleelites,  jah'le-el-ltes,  descend- 
ants of  Jahleel.     Num.  26.  26. 

Jahniai,  jah'ma-l.     1  Chr.  7.  2. 

Jahzall,  jah/zah,  same  as  Jahaz.  I 
Chr.  6.  78. 

Jahzeel,  jah'zg-el,  whom  God  allots. 
Gen.  46.  24. 

Jahzeelites,  jah'ze-el-ltes,  descend- 
ants of  Jahzeel.     Nam.  26.  48. 

Jahzerah,  jah/z£-rah,  may  he  bring 
back.     1  Chr.  9.  12. 

Jahziel,  jah'zl-el,  same  as  Jahzeel> 

1  Chr.  7.  13. 

Jair,  ja'Ir,  (/.  e.  God)  enlightens.  Num. 

32.  41- 
Jairite,  ja'ir-lte,  a  descendant  of  Jair. 

2  Sam.  20.  26. 

Jairus,  ja-l'rus,  Greek  form  of  Jair. 

Mark.  5.  22. 
Jakan,  ja'kan,  same  as  Jaakan.     I 

Chr.  1.  42. 
Jakehjja'keh,  pious  (?).     Prov.  30.  1. 
Jakini,  ja'kim,  (God)  sets  up.    1  Chr. 

8.  19. 
Jalon,  jalon,  passing  the   night.     I 

Chr.  4.  17. 
Jamb  res,  jam^rlj.    2  Tim.  3.  8. 
James,  j&mej,  the  English  equivalent 

for  Jacob  in  the  New  Testament.  Mat. 

4.  21. 
Jamin,  ja'min^ighthand.  Gen.  46. 10, 
Jamlech,  jam'lek,  He  makes  to  reign. 

I  Chr.  4.  34. 
Janna,  jan/na,  probably  another  form 

of  John.     Luke  3.  24. 
Jannes,  jan'nes..     2  Tim.  3.  8. 
Janoalljja-no'ah.rest.    2  Kin.  15.  29. 
Janohah,  ja-nO'hah,  same  as  preced- 
ing.    Josh.  16.  6. 
Janiim,  jarnum,  sleep.     Josh.  15.  53, 
Japheth,  ja'feth,  extension.  Gen.  5.32. 
Jajphia,  ja-ft'a,  splendid.  Josh.  19.  12. 
Japlllet,  jaf'let,  may  he  deliver.     I 

Chr.  7.  32 
Japhleti,  jaf-le'ti,  the  Japhletite,  01 

descendant  of  Japhlet.  Josh.  16.  3. 
JapllO,  ja'fo,  beauty.  Josh.  19.  46. 
Jarall,  ja'rah,  forest..  I  Chr.  9.  42. 
Jareb,  ja'reb,  one  who  is  contentious. 

Hos.  5.  13. 
Jared,  ja'red,  descent.     Gen.  5.  15. 
Jaresiall,  jar-e-sl'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

nourishes.     1  Chr.  8.  27. 
Jarha,  jarTia.     I  Chr.  2.  34. 
Jarib,  ja'rib,  adversary.     I  Chr.  4.  24. 
Jarmilth,  jar'muth,  height.  Josh.  10.3. 
Jaroah,  ja-ro'ah,  moon  (?).      1  Chr. 

5-  '4- 
Jashen,  ja'shen,  sleeping.     2   Sam. 

23.  32- 

Jasher,  ja'sher,  upright.    Josh.  10.  13, 

Jashobeam,  ja-sho'be-am,  the  peo- 
ple returns.     I  Chr.  II.  11. 

Jashub,  jash/ub,  he  returns.  Num. 
26.  24. 

Jashubi-lehem,  jash'u-bi-le'hem, 

giving  bread  (?).     I  Chr.  4.  22. 
JashubiteS,    jash'ub-ites,    descend- 
ants of  Jashub.     Num.  26.  24. 


8,  e,  I,  0,  a,  y,  long  j  a,  b,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short ;  a,  e,  f,  6,  intermediate ;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

for,  furl,  rude,  push,  c  as  s,  g  as  j,  g  as  in  get,  5  as  z,  j  as  gz. 


A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


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Jasiel,  ja'sl-el,  whom  God  made.     I 

Chr.  II.  47. 
JasOll,  ja'son,  Greeco-Judaean  equiva- 
lent of  Joshua.     Acts  17.  5. 

Jathniei,  jath'nl-el,  God  gives.  I 
Chr.  26.  2. 

Jattir,  jat'Ur,  excelling.    Josh.  15.  48. 

Javan,  ja'van,  wine  (?).     Gen.  10.  2. 

Jazer,  ja'zer,  same  as  Jaazer.  Num. 
32.  1. 

Jaziz,  ja'zlz,  wanderer  (?).  I  Chr. 
27.  31. 

Jearim,  je'a-rlm,  forests.  Josh.  15. 
10. 

Jeaterai,  je-at'e-rai.     1  Chr.  6.  21. 

Jebereclliall,  je-ber-e-kl'ah,  whom 
Jehowah  blesses.     Is.  8.  2. 

JebllSjje'bus,  a  place  trodden  down(?). 
Judg.  19.  10. 

Jebusi,  je'btts-i,  a  Jebusite.  Josh. 
18.  16. 

Jebusites,  jeb'u-sites,  the  descend- 
ants of  Jebus,  the  son  of  Canaan. 
Num.  13.  29. 

Jecamiali,  jek-a-ml'ah.    I  Chr.  3. 18. 

Jecboliall,  jfik-o-ll'ah,  Jehovah  is 
strong.     2  Kin.  15.  2. 

Jechonias,  jek-o-nl'as,  the  Greek 
way  of  spelling  Jeconiah.     Mat.  I.  II. 

Jecoliall,  jek  -o-ll'ah,  same  as  Jecho- 
LIAH.     2  Chr.  26.  3. 

Jeconiah,  jek-o-nl'ah,  Jehovah  es- 
tablishes.    1  Chr.  3.  16. 

Jedaiall,  je-da'jah,  ( 1 )  Jehovah — (?), 
I  Chr.  4.  37 ;  (2)  Jehovah  knoweth, 
I  Chr.  24.  7. 

Jediael,  je-dl/a-el,  known  of  God.  I 
Chr.  7.  6. 

Jedidah,  je-dl'dah,  beloved.  2  Kin. 
22.  I. 

Jedidiah,  jfid-I-dl'ah,  beloved  of  Je- 
hovah.    2  Sam.  12.  25. 

Jed  U til  nil,  jed'u-thun,  friendship  (?). 

1  Chr.  16.  38. 

Jeezer,  jg-e'zSr,  contracted  from 
Abiezf.r.     Num.  26.  30. 

Jeg-ar-sahadutha,     je'gar-sa-ha- 

du'tha,  the  heap  of  testimony.     Gen. 

3»-  47- 

Jehaleleel,  je-ha-le'Ie-el,  he  praises 
God.     1  Chr.  4.  16. 

Jehalelel,  je-hal'e-lel,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    2  Chr.  29.  12. 

Jehdeiah,  jeh-de/jah,whom  Jehovah 
makes  glad.      1  Chr.  24.  20. 

Jehezekel,  j£-hez'e-kel,  same  as 
Ezekiel.     I  Chr.  24."  16. 

Jehlall,  je-hl'ah,  Jehovah  live*.  I 
Chr.  15.  24. 

Jehiel,  je-hl'el,  God  liveth.  1  Chr. 
IS-  18. 

Jehieli,  je-hl'e-ll,  a  Jehielite.  I  Chr. 
26.  21. 

Jellizkiah,  je-hlz-kl'ah,  same  as 
Hezekiah.     2  Chr.  28.  12. 

Jehoadall,  je-ho'a-dah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah adorns.     1  Chr.  8.  36. 

Jehoaddan,  je-ho-ad'dan,  Jehovah 
is  beauteous  (?).     2-Kin.  14.  2. 

Jehoahaz,  je-ho'a-haz,  whom  Jeho- 
vah holds  fast.     2  Kin.  10.  35. 

Jehoash,  j^-ha'ash,  Jehovah  supports. 

2  Kin.  11.  21. 
Jehohanan,  je-ho-ha'nan,   Jehovah 

is  gracious.     I  Chr.  26.  3. 
Jchoiachin,    je-hoi'a-kin,     Jehovah 

has  established.     2  Kin.  24.  6. 
Jchoiada,  je-hoi'a-da,  Jehovah  know- 
eth.    2  Sam.  8.  18. 
Jehoiakim,    je-hoi'a-kim,    Jehovah 

has  set  up.     2  Kin.  23.  34. 
Jehoiarib,  je-hoi'a-rib,  Jehovah  will 
■     contend.     I  Chr.  9.  10. 
Jchonadab,  jS-h&n'a-d&b,    Jehovah 

is  bounteous.     2  Kin.  10.  15. 
Jehonatlian,  je-hon'a-than,  same  as 

Jonathan,     i  Chr.  27.  25. 
Jehoram,  jg-ho'ram,  Jehovah  is  high. 

I  Kin.  22.  50. 
Jell  OShabeath,       je-ho-shab'e-ath, 

Jehovah  is  the  oath.     2  Chr.  22.  11. 


Jehoshaphat,  je-hosh'a-fat,  whom 

Jehovah  judges.     I  Kin.  15.  24. 
Jehosheba,  je-ljosh'e-ba,  same    as 

Jehoshabkath.     2  Kin.  11.  2. 
JellOSlma,     je-hosh'u-a,     same     as 

Joshua.     Num.  13.  16. 
Jehoshuall,   je-hosl/u-ah,  same   as 

Joshua,     i  Chr.  7.  27. 
Jehovah,  Je-ho'vah,  the  Eternal  One. 

Ex.  6.  3. 
Jehovah-jireh,     Je-ho'vah-ji'teh. 

Jehovah  will  provide.     Gen.  22.  14. 
Jehovah-nissi,      Je-ho'vah-mVsi, 

Jehovah  my  banner.     Ex.  17.  15. 
Jehovah -shalom,  Je-ho'vah-sha'- 

lom,  Jehovah  send  peace.    Judg.  6.  24. 
Jehozabad,    jS-hoz'a-bad,    Jehovah 

gave.     2  Kin.  12.  21. 
Jehozadak,  je-h6z'a-dak,  Jehovah  is 

just. 
Jehu,  je'hu,   Jehovah  is    He  (?).     I 

Kin.  19.  16. 
Jehubbah,    je-hub'bah,   hidden.     1 

Chr.  7.  34. 
Jehucal,  je'hQ-kal,  Jehovah  is  mighty. 

Jer.  37.  3- 
Jehud,  je'hud,  praise.     Josh.  19.  45. 
Jehudi,  je-hu'dl,  a  ]e\v.     Jer.  36.  14. 
Jehudijall,   je-hu-dl'jah,  a    Jewess. 

I  Chr.  4.  18. 
JellUSh,  je'hush,  to  whom  God  has- 
tens.    I  Chr.  8.  39. 
Jeiel,  je-I'el.     1  Chr.  5.  7. 
Jekabzeel,  je-kab'ze-el,  God  gathers. 

Neh.  11.  25. 
Jekameam,  jsk-a-me'am.    1   Chr. 

23.  19. 
Jekamiall,    jek-a-ml'ah,     same    as 

Jecamiah.     1  Chr.  2.  41. 
Jekuthiel,  je-kti'thl-el,   the  fear  of 

God.     1  Chr.  4.  18. 
Jemima,  je-ml'ma,  dove.    Job  42.  14. 
Jemuel,  je-mu'el,  day  of  God.    Gen. 

46.  10. 
Jephthae,  jef'tha-e,  Greek  way  of 

writing  Jephthah.     Heb.  II.  32. 
Jepllthall,  jef'thah,  God  opens.  Judg. 

II.  I. 
JepllUlinell,  je-fun/neh,   for  whom 

it  is  prepared.     Num.  13.  6. 
Jerah,  je'rah,  the  moon.    Gen.  10.  26. 
Jerahmeel,  je-rah'me-el,  whom  God 

loves.     I  Chr.  2.  9. 
Jerahmeelites,     je-rah'me-el-ites, 

descendants  of  Jerahmeel.     I  Sam.  27. 

10. 
Jered,  je'red,  descent.      I  Chr.  I.  2. 
Jeremai,     jSr'e-mai,      dwelling      in 

heights.     Ezra  10.  33. 
Jeremiah,  jer-e-nu'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah has  appointed.     Jer.  1.  I. 
Jeremias,   jer-e-ml'as,    Greek    form 

of  Jeremiah.     Mat.  16.  14. 
Jeremoth,  jer'e-moth,  high  places. 

I  Chr.  8.  14. 
Jeremy,  jeVe-my,  shortened  English 

form  of  Jeremiah.     Mat.  2.  17. 
Jeriah,   je-rl'ah,  whom  Jehovah    re- 
gards (?).     I  Chr.  23.  19. 
Jeribai,  jer'i-bai,  contentious.     I  Chr. 

II.  46. 
Jericho,   jSr'I-ko,  a    fragrant   place. 

Num.  22.  1. 
Jeriel,  je'rl-el,   founded   by  God.     I 

Chr.  7.  2. 
Jerijah,  je-ri'jah,  same  as  Jeriah. 

1  Chr.  26.  31. 
Jeriothjje'rI-oth, curtains.  I  Chr.2.18. 
Jeroboam,  jer-o-bo'am,  whose  peo- 
ple are  many.      1  Kin.  11.  26. 
Jeroham,  jeVg-ham,  who   is  loved. 

I  Sam.  I.  1. 
Jerubbaal,    je-riib'ba-al,    let     Baal 

plead.     Judg.  6.  32. 

Jerubbesheth,  je-rub'be-sheth,  let 
shame  plead,  another  name  for  Jerub- 
baal.    2  Sam.  11.  21. 

Jeruel,  jer'u-el,  same  as  Jeriel.  2 
Chr.  20.  16. 

Jerusalem,  je-ru'sa-lem,  founded  in 
peace  (?).     Josh.  10.  I. 


Jerusha,  je-ru'sha,  possession.  2  Kin. 

IS-  33- 

Jerushall,  je-ru'shah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    2  Chr.  27.  I, 

Jesaiah,  je-sa'jah,  same  as  Isaiah. 
1  Chr.  3.  21. 

Jeshaiall,  je-sha'jah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    1  Chr.  25.  3. 

Jeshanah,  jesh'a-nah,  old.  2  Chr. 
13.  19. 

Jesharelall,  je-shaT'e-lah,  right  be- 
fore God  (?).     1  Chr.  25.  14. 

Jeshebeab,  j£-sheb'e-ab,  father's 
seat.     1  Chr.  24.  13. 

Jesher,  je'sher,  uprightness.  I  Chr. 
2.  18. 

Jeshimon,  jesh'i-m6n,  the  waste. 
Num.  21.  20. 

Jeshishai,  je-shrsh'a-l,  like  an  old 
man.     1  Chr.  5.  14. 

Jeshohaiah,  jesh-6-ha-I'ah,  whom 
Jehovah  humbles.      I  Chr.  4.  36. 

Jeshua,  jesh'u-a,  Jehovah  is  salva- 
tion.    Ezra  2.  2. 

Jeshuall,  jesh'u-ah,  help.  lChr.24.II. 

Jeshurun,  jesh'u-run,  righteous. 
Deul.  32.  15. 

Jesiah,  je-si'ah.     1  Chr.  12.  6. 

Jesimiel,  je-slm'i-el,  whom  God 
founds  (?).      I  Chr.  4.  36. 

Jesse,  jes'se,  gift  (?).     Ruth  4.  17. 

JeSUi,  jes'u-i,  same  as  Ishua.  Num. 
26.  44- 

JeSlliteS,  jeVu-Ites,  the  posterity  of 
Jesui.     Num.  26.  44. 

JeSUS,  Je'sus,  Saviour.  Mat.  I.  21. 
Greek  form  for  Joshua.      Heb.  4.  8. 

Jether,  je'ther,  same  as  Ithp.a.  Judg. 
8.  20. 

Jetheth,  je'theth.     Gen.  36.  40. 

Jetlllall,  jeth'lah,  lofty.    Josh.  19.  42. 

Jethro,  je'thrS,  same  as  Ithra.    Ex. 

3-  I- 

Jetur,  je'tiir,  an  enclosure.  Gen.  25.15. 
Jeuel,  je-u'el,  same  as  Jeiel.  I  Chr.9.6. 
Jeush,  jg'ush,  same  as  Jehush.  Gen. 

36.  5- 
Jeuz,  je'uz,  counsellor.     I  Chr.  8.  10. 
Jew,  ju,  an  Israelite.     Est.  2.  5. 
Jewish,    ju'ish,    of   or   belonging   to 

Jews.     Tit.  1.  14. 
Jewry,  ju'ry,  Old  English  name  for 

Judea.     Dan.  5.  13. 
Jews,  ju§,  inhabitants  of  Judea.  2  Kin. 

16.  6. 
Jezailiall,        jez-a-nl'ah,       Jehovah 

adorns  (?).     Jer.  40.  8. 
Jezebel,  jeVe-b£l,  unmarried.    I  Kin. 

16.  31. 
Jezer,   je'zer,   anything  made.     Gen. 

46.  24. 
Jezerites,  je'zer-Ites,  descendants  of 

Jezer.     Num.  26.  49. 
Jeziah,  je-zl'ah,  whom  Jehovah   as- 
sembles.    Ezra  10.  25. 
Jeziel,  je'zi-el,  the  assembly  of  God. 

I  Chr.  12.  3. 
Jezliah,  jSz-ll'ah,  deliverance  (?).      I 

Chr,  8.  18. 
Jezoar,  j&z'o-ar,  splendid.    I  Chr.  4.  7. 
Jezrahiah,      jez-ra/hl'ah,      Jehovah 

shines  forth.     Neh.  12.42. 
Jezreel,  jez're-el,  God  scatters.  I  Chr. 

4-  3- 

Jezreelite,  jez're-el-Ite,  an  inhabitant 

of  Jezreel.      I  Kin.  21.  6. 
Jezreelitess,    jez're-el-Itess,     fem- 
inine of  preceding.     1  Sam.  27.  3. 
Jibsani,  jft/sam,  frngrant.    I  Chr.  7.  2. 
Jidlaph,  jld/laf,  weeping  (?).     Gen. 

22.  22. 
Jimna,  jlm'na,  same  as  Imna.    Num. 

26.  44. 
Jimnah,   jlm'nah,  same  as   Imnah. 

Gen.  46.  17. 
JimniteS,   jlrn'mtes,  descendants  of 

Jimnah.     Num.  26.  44. 
Jiphtah,  jlPtah,  same  as  Jephthah. 

Josh.  15.  43. 
Jiphthah-el,  jif'thah-el,  which  God 

opens.     Josh.  19.  14. 


Joab,  jo'ab,  Jehovah  is  father.  2  Sam. 
2.  13. 

Joah,  jo'ah,  Jehovah  is  brother.  2 
Kin.  18.  18. 

Joahaz,  jO'a-haz,  whom  Jehovah 
holds.     2  Chr.  34.  8. 

Joanna,  jo-an/na,  Greek  way  of  writ- 
ing Jehonan.     Luke  3.  27. 

Joash,  jO'ash,  whom  Jehovah  sup. 
ports  (?).     2  Kin.  II.  2. 

Joatham,  jo'a-tham,  Greek  form  of 
Jotham.     Mat.  I.  9. 

Job,  job,  (1)  a  desert,  Gen.  46.  13  j 
(2)  one  persecuted,  Job  I.  I. 

Jobab,  jo'bab,  a  desert.     Gen.  10.  29. 

Jochebed,  jok'e-bed,  Jehovah  is 
glorious  (?).     Ex.  6.  20. 

Joed,  jo'ed,  for  whom  Jehovah  is  wit- 
ness.    Neh.  11.  7. 

Joel,  jo/el,  Jehovah  is  might.    Joel  I.  I. 

Joelall,  jo-e'lah,  He  helps  (?).  I  Chr. 
12.  7. 

Joezer,  jo-e'zer,  Jehovah  is  help.  1 
Chr.  12.  6. 

Jogbehah,  jog-'be-hah,  lofty.     Num. 

32-  35- 

Jog'li,  j6g/ll,  an  exile.     Num.  34.  22. 

Joha,  jo'ha,  Jehovah  lives  (?).  I  Chr. 
8.  16. 

Johanan,  jo-ha/nan,  Jehovah  is  gra- 
cious.    2  Kin.  25.  23. 

John,  j6n,  English  way  of  spelling 
Johanan.     Mat.  3.  I. 

Joiada,  joi'a-da,  Jehovah  knows.  Neh. 

12.  10. 

Joiakim,  joi'a-klm,  shortened  from 
Jehoiakim.     Neh.  12.  10. 

Joiarib,  joi'a-rib,  whom  Jehovah  de- 
fends.    Ezra  8.  16. 

Jokim,  jo'kim,  shortened  from  Jeho- 
iakim.    1  Chr.  4.  22. 

Jokdeam,  jok'de-am,  burning  of  the 
people.     Josh.  15.  56. 

Jokmeam,  jok'me-am.    I  Chr.  6.  68. 

Jokneam,  jok'ne-am,  possessed  by 
the  people.     Josh.  12.  22. 

Jokshan,  jok'shan,  fowler.  Gen. 25. 2. 

Joktan,  jok'tan,  small.     Gen.  10.  25. 

Joktheel,  jdk'the-el,  subdued  by  God. 
Josh.  15.  38. 

Jona,  jo'na,  a  Greek  way  of  spelling 
Johanan.     John  I.  42. 

Jonadab,  jon'a-dab,  same  as  Jeho- 
NADAB.     2  Sam.  13.  3. 

Jonah,  js'nah,  dove.     2  Kin.  14.  25. 

Jonail,  jo'nan,  contracted  from  JO- 
HANAN.    Luke  3.  30. 

Jonas,  jo'nas,  (1)  same  as  Jona,  John 
21.  15;  (2)  or  Jonah,  Mat.  12.  39. 

Jonath-elem-rechokim,  jo/- 
nath-e'lem-re-ko'kim,  the  silent  dove 
afar  off.     Title  of  Ps.  56. 

Jonathan,  j6n/a-than,  whom  Jeho- 
vah gave.     I  Sam.  13.  2. 

Joppa,  jop'pa,  beauty  (?).  2  Chr. 
2.  16. 

Jorah,  jo'rah,  watering(P).  Ezra  2.  18. 

Jorai,  jo'ra-I,  archer  (?).     1  Chr.  5.  13. 

Jcram,  jo'ram,  same  as  Jehoram. 
2  Sam.  8.  10. 

Jordan,  jor'dan,  flowing  down.   Gen. 

13.  10. 

Jorim,  jo'rim,  a  form  of  Joram  (?). 
Luke  3.  29. 

Jorkoam,  jor'ko-am,  spreading  of  the 
people  (?).      1  Chr.  2.  44. 

Josabad,  jos'a-bad,  same  as  Jeho- 
zabad.      1  Chr.  12.  4. 

Josaphat,  jds'a-fat,  Greek  form  of 
Jehoshaphat.     Mat.  I.  8. 

Josedech,  jfis'e-dek,  same  as  Jeho- 
zadak.    Hag.  1.  1. 

Joseph,  jo'sef,  he  shall  add.  Gen.  3a 

24- 

Joses,  jo'ses.     Mat.  13.  55. 
Joshah,  jo'shah,  Jehovah  presents(?). 

I  Chr.  4.  34. 
Joshapliat,     jish'a-fat,      shortened 

from  Jehoshaphat.      I  Chr.  II.  43. 
Joshaviah,    j6sh-a-vl'ah,    same    as 

Joshah.     i  Chr.  11.  46. 


a,  e,  I,  o,  u,  y,  long;  a,  e,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short;  a,  e,  i,  6,  intermediate;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

f6r.  mrl,  rude,  push,  9  as  s,  g  as  j,  g  as  in  get,  g  as  z,  j  as  g«. 


IO 


A   SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Joshbekashah,      j6sh-bek'a-shah, 

seat  of  hardship  (?).     i  Chr.  25.  4. 
Joshua,  josh'u-a,  Jehovah  is  salvation. 

Num.  14.  6. 
Josiah,  jd-sl'ah,  whom  Jehovah  heals. 

2  Kin.  21.  24. 
Josias,  jo-sl'as,  Greek  form  of  Josiah. 

Mat.  1.  10. 
Josibiah,  jos-l-bl/ah,  to  whom  God 

gives  a  dwelling.     1  Chr.  4.  35. 
Josiphiall,  j&s-I-fl'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

will  increase.     Ezra  8.  ID. 
Jotbah,  j6t'bah,  please .itne-s  (?).     2 

Kin.  21.  19. 
Jotbath,  jot'bath,  same  us  Jotbah. 

Deut.  10.  7. 
Jotbathah,  jot'ba-thah,  same  as  Jot- 
bah.    Num.  33.  33. 
Jotham,  jo'tham,  Jehovah  is  upright. 

Judg.  9.  5. 
Jozabad,   ioz'a-bad,  same    as  Jeho- 

ZABAD.      I  Chr.  12.  20. 
Jozachar,  joz'a-kar,  whom   Jehovah 

has  remembered.     2  Kin.  12.  21. 
Jozadak,  jdz'a-dak,  same   as   Jeho- 

ZADAK.     Ezra  3.  2. 
Jllbal,  ja'bal,  music  (?).     Gen.  4.  21. 
Jucal,  ja'kal,  same  as  Jehi»_al.    Jer. 

38.  I.  ' 

Judah,  ja'dah,  praised.     Gen.  29.  35. 
Jlldas,  ja'das,  Greek  form  of  Judah. 

Mat.  10.  4. 
Jude,  jade,    abbreviated    from   Judas. 

Jude  I. 
Judea,  ja-de'a,  (land  of  Judah).    Ezra 

Judith,    ja'dith    (probably    from   the 

same).     Gen.  25.  34. 
Julia,  ja'lja,  feminine  form  of  Julius. 

Rom.  16.  15. 
Julius,  ja'ljus,  downy.     Acts  27.  I. 
Junia,  ja'nja.     Rom.  16.  7. 
Jupiter,  ja'pi  tgr.     Acts  14.  12. 
Jushab-hesed,       ja'shpb-he'sed, 

whose  love  is  returned.     I  Chr.  3.  20. 
Justus,  jas'tus,  upright.     Acts  I.  23. 
Juttah,  jut 'tali,  extended.  Josh.  15.55. 

KaBZEEL,    kab'ze-el,     God    has 

gathered.     Josh.  15.  21. 
Kadesh,  ka'desh,  consecrated.     Gen. 

20.  1. 
Kadesh-barnea,  ka'desh-bar'ne-a. 

Num.  34.  4. 

Kadmiel,  kad'ml-el,  eternity  of 
God  (?).     Ezra  2.  40. 

Kadmonites,  kad'mon-Ites,  Orien- 
tals.    Gen.  15.  19. 

Kallai,  kaPla-i,  swift.     Neh.  12.  20. 

Kanah,  ka'nah,  a  place  of  reeds.  Josh. 
19.  28. 

Kareah,  ka-re'ah,  bald.     Jer.  40.  8. 

Karkaa,  kar'ka-a,  floor.    Jcsh.  15.  3. 

Karkor,  kar'kSr,  plain  (?).  Judg.  8.10. 

Kamaim,  kar'na-Im,  two  horns.  Gen. 
14.  5. 

Kartah,  kar'tah,  city.     Josh.  21.  34. 

Kartan,  kar'tan,  double  city.     Josh. 

21.  32. 

Kattath,   kat'tath,  small  (?).    'Josh. 

19.  15. 
Kedar,  ke'dar,  black-skinned.     Gen. 

25.  13. 
Kedemah,      ked'e-mah,      eastward. 
;  Gen.  25.  15. 

Kedemoth,      ked'g-moth,      eastern 
'   parts.     Josh.  13.  18. 
Kedesll,    ke'desh,   sanctuary.     Josh. 

12.  22. 
Kehelatliall,   ke-hel'a-thah,   assem- 
bly.    Num.  33.  22. 
Keilah,  kei'lah,  sling  (?).  Josh.  15.  44. 
Kelaiah,  ke-la'jah,  contempc  (?).  Ezra 

IO.  23. 
Kelita,  kel'I-ta,  dwarf.     Neh.  8.  7. 
Kemuel,    ke-ma'el,    congregation   of 

God.     Gen.  22.  21. 
Kenan,  ke'nan,  smith  (?).   I  Chr.  I.  2. 
Kenath,  ke'nath,  possession.     Num. 

32.  42. 
Kenaz,  ke'naz, hunting.     Gen.  36.  II. 


Kenezite,  kdn'ez-lte,  descendant  of 

Kenaz.     Num.  32.  12. 
Kenites,  kgn'Ites,  descendants  of  an 

unknown  man  named  Kain.  Gen.  15.19. 
Keren -happ  UCh,  ker'en-hap'puch, 

horn  of  paint.     Job  42.  14. 
Kerioth,  ke'rl-oth,  cities.  Josh.  15.25. 
Kei'OS,  ke'ros,  crook  (?).     Ezra  2.  44. 
Keturah,   ke-tu'rah,  incense.     Gen. 

25.1. 
Kezia,  ke-zPa,  cassia.     Job  42.  14. 
Keziz,  ke'ziz,  cut  off.     Josh.  18.  21. 

Kibrotk-hattaavahjkiVroth-hat- 

ta'a-vah,  graves  of  lust.     Num.  11.  34. 
Kibzaim,  klb'za-im,  two  heaps.  Josh. 

21.  22. 

Kidron,  kld'ron,  turbid.  2  Sam.  15.  23. 
Kinah,     kPnah,   song   of    mourning, 

lamentation.     Josh.  15.  22. 
Kir,  kir,  town.     2  Kin.  16.  9. 
Kir-haraseth,  kir-har'a-seth,  brick- 
town.     2  Kin.  3.  25. 
Kir-hareseth,  kir-har'e-seth,  same 

as  preceding.     Is.  16.  7. 
Kir-haresll,    kir-Iia'resh,    same    as 

preceding.     Is.  16.  11. 
Kir-lieres,   kir-he'res,  same   as  pre- 
ceding. -Jer.  48.  31. 
Kiriatliaiin,  klr-l-a-tha/im,  same  as 

Kirjathaim.     Ezek.  25.  9. 
Kiriotb,  kir'I-oth,  cities.     Amos  2.  2. 
Kirjath,  klr/jath,city(?).  Josh.  18.28. 
Kirjathaim,    kir-jath-a'im,     double 

city.     Num.  32.  37. 
Kirjath-arba,  kir'jath-ar'ba,  city  of 

Arba.     Gen.  23.  2. 
Kirjath-arim,    kir'jath-a'rim,   con- 
tracted from  Kirjath-jearim.  Ezra  2.  25. 
Kirjath-baal,  kir'jath-ba'al,  city  of 

Baal.     Josh.  15.  60. 
Kirjath-huzoth,    kn/jath-ha/zoth, 

c.  of  streets.     Num.  22.  39. 
Kirjath-jearim,    kir'jath-je'a-rim, 

c.  of  woods.     Josh.  9.  17. 
Kirjath-saunall,   kir'jath-san'nah, 

c.  of  thorns.     Josh.  15.  49. 
Kirjath-sepher,       kh-'jath-seTer, 

book-city.     Josh.  15.  15. 
Kish,  kish,  bow.     1  Sam.  9.  I. 
Kishi,  kish/I,  bow  of  Jehovah.    I  Chr. 

6.  44. 
Kisllion,  klsTPI-dn,  hardness.     Josh. 

19.  20. 
Kishoil,  kPshon,  torture.     Judg.  4.  7. 
Kison,  kl'son,  same  as  Kishon.     Ps. 

83.9. 
Kithlisll,    kith'lish,    fortified.     Josh. 

15.  40. 
Kitron,  klt'ron,  burning.    Judg.  I.  30. 
Kittim,    kit'tim,  same  as    Chittim. 

Gen.  10.  4. 
Koa,  l<6'a,  prince.      Ezek.  23.  23. 
Kohath,  ko'hath,  assembly.  Gen.  46. 

11. 
Kolaiall,   k&l-a-l'ah,    voice  of  Jeho- 
vah (?)'.     Neh.  11.  7. 
Korall»  ko'rah,  bald.      Num.  16.  I. 
Korahites,  ko'rah-Ites,    descendants 

of  Korah.     I  Chr.  9.  19. 
Korathites,    ko'rath-Ites,     same    as 

preceding,     Num.  26.  58. 
Kore,  ko're,  partridge.     I  Chr.  9.   19. 
Korhite,  kor'hlte,  same  as  Korath- 

ite.     2  Chr.  20.  19. 
Koz,  koz,  thorn.     Ezra  2.  61. 
Kusliaiah,    kash-a'jah,  longer    form 

of  Kishi.     I  Chr.  15.  17. 

LAAT>AH,  la'a-dah,  order  (?).      I 

Chr.  4.  21. 
Laadail,    la'a-dan,  put   in   order  (?). 

1  Chr.  7.  26. 
Laban,  la'ban,  white.     Gen.  24.  29. 
Lacllish,  lavish,  impregnable.    Josh. 

10.  3. 
Lael,  Ia'el,  (devoted)  to  God.     Num. 

3-  24- 
Lahad,  la'had,  oppression.    I  Clir.  4.  2. 
Lahai-roi,  la-hai'roi,  to  the  living  in 

sight.     Gen.  24.  62. 
Laiimam,  lah'mam.     Josh.  15.  40. 


Lahmi,  lah'ml,  warrior.    1  Chr.  20.  5. 

Laish,  la'ish,  lion.     1  Sam.  25.  44. 

JLakum,  la'kum,  fort(?).    Josh.  19.33. 

Lama,  la'ma,  why  ?     Mat.  27.  46. 

Laniech,  la'mek,  destroyer.  Gen.  4.18. 

LaOdicea,  la  od-i-ge'a.    Col.  2.  1. 

Laodiceans,  la-od-i-ce'ans.,  inhabit- 
ants of  Laodicea.     Coi.  4.  16. 

Lapidoth,  lap'i-doth,  torches.  Judg. 
4.  4. 

Lasea,  la-se'a.    Acts  27.  8. 

Lasha,  la'sha,  fissure.     Gen.  10.  19. 

Lasharon,  la-shar'on,  of  the  plain. 
Josh.  12.  18. 

Latin,  laf'in,  the  language  spoken  by 
Romans.     John  19.  20. 

Lazarus,  laz'a-rus,  Greek  form  of 
Eleazer.     Luke  16.  20. 

Leah,  le'ah,  languid.     Gen.  29.  16. 

Lebaiiah,  leb'a-nah,  white.  Ezra  2.45. 

Lebanon,  leVa-non,  the  white  (moun- 
tain).    Deut.  1.  7. 

Lebaoth,  leb'a-oth,  lionesses.     Josh. 

15-  32. 
Lebbaeus,  leb-be'us.    Mat.  10.  3. 

Lebonah,     le-bo'nah,     frankincense. 

Judg.  21.  19. 
Lccah,  le'cah, journey  (?).   I  Chr.  421. 
Lehabiin,  le'ha-blm.     Gen.  10.  13. 
Lehi,  le'hl,  jaw-bone.     Judg.  15.  9. 
Lemuel,  lem'u-el  (devotedjto  God(?). 

Prov.  31.  1. 
Leshem,    le'shem,    precious    stone. 

Josh.  19.  47. 
Letushim,  le-ta'shim,  the  hammered. 

Gen.  25.  3. 
Leiimminijle-am'mim, peoples.  Gen. 

2S-.3- 
Levi,  le'vl,  associate  (?).    Gen.  29.  34. 
Leviathan,     le-vi'a-than,    a    water 

monster.     Ps.  104.  26. 
Levites,  le/vltes,  descendants  of  Levi. 

Ex.  6.  25. 
Leviticus,  le-vlt'i-cus,  the  book  which 

treats  of  the  affairs  of  the  Levitical  law. 
Libertines,    lib'er-tlneg,    freedmen. 

Acts  6.  9. 
Libnah,   lnVnah,  whiteness.      Num. 

33-  20. 
Libni,  luVnl,  white.     Ex.  6.  17. 
Libya,  lib'y-a.     Acts  2.  10. 
Likhi,  lik'hl,  fond  of  learning  (?).     I 

Chr.  7.  19. 
Linus,  ll'nus,  flax.     2  Tim. '4.  21. 
Lo-ammi,  16-am'mI,  not  my  people. 

Hos.  1.  9. 
Lod,  lod,  strife  (?).     1  Chr.  8.  12. 
Lo-debar,    16-de'bar,    without    pas- 
ture (?).     2  Sam.  9.  4. 
Lois,  lo'is.     2  Tim.  I.  5. 
Lo-ruliamah,  16-ru/ha-mah,  not  hav- 
ing obtained  mercy.     Hos.  I.  6. 
Lot,  l6t,  veil.     Gen.  11.  27. 
Lotan,  lo'tan,  veiling.     Gen.  36.  20. 
Lubim,     lu'blm,    same  as  Lehabim. 

2  Chr.  12.  3. 
Lucas,  lu/kas,  same  as  Luke.  Philem. 

24. 
Lucifer,   lu/cl-fer,    light-bearer.      Is. 

14.  12. 
Lucius,  lu'cjus,  a  noble  (?).  Acts  13. 1. 
Llld,  lad,  strife  (?).     Gen.  10.  22. 
Ludim,  lu'dim.     Gen.  IO.  13. 
Luhith,  lu'hith,  abounding  in  boards. 

Is.  15-  5-  " 
Luke,  luke,  of  or  belonging  to   Lu- 

cania.     Col.  4.  14. 
Luz,  luz,  almond  tree.     Gen.  28.  19. 
Lycaonia,  lyk-a-o'nl-a.    Acts  14.  6. 
Lycia,  lish'ja.     Acts  27.  5. 
Lydda,  lyd'da,  Greek  form  of  Lod  (?). 

Acts  9.  32. 
Lydia,  lyd'I-a.     Acts  16.  14. 
LysaniaS,  ly-sa/nl-as,  ending  sorrow. 

Luke  3.  1. 
Lysias,    Hsh'jas,   a  person  of  Lysia. 

Acts  23.  26. 
Lystra,  lys'tra.    Acts  14.  6. 

IVlAACAH,    ma'a-kah     (same     as 
Maachah).     2  Sam.  3.  3. 


Maachah,  ma'a-kah,  royal  (?).  1 
Kin.  2.  39. 

Maachathi,  ma-ak^-thl,  an  inhabit- 
ant of  Maachah.     Deut.  3.  14. 

Maachathites,  ma-ak'a-thites,  plu- 
ral of  preceding.     Josh.  12.  5. 

Maadai,  ma-ad'ai,  adorned.  Ezra 
10.  34. 

Maadiah,  ma-a-dl/ah,  ornament  of 
Jehovah.     Neh.  12.  5. 

Maai,  ma-a/i,  compassionate  (?).  Neh. 
12.  36. 

Maaleh-acrabbim,      ma-aPeh-a- 

krab'bim,  ascent  of  scorpions.  Josh.  1 5.3. 

Maarath,  ma-a-rath,  a  treeless  place. 
Josh.  15.  59. 

Maaseiah,  ma-a-se'jah,  work  of  Je- 
hovah.    Ezra  10.  18. 

Maasiai,  ma-as'i-ai,  same  as  Ama- 
shai  (?).     1  Chr.  9.  12. 

Maath,  ma'ath,  small  (?).    Luke  3.  26, 

Maaz,  ma'az,  wrath.     1  Chr.  2.  27.    i 

Maaziah,  ma-a-zi'ah.     1  Chr.  24. 18. 

Macedonia,  ma9-e-do/ni-a.  Acts 
16.  9. 

Machbanai,  mak'ba  -nai,  cloak.    1 

Chr.  12.  13. 

Machbenah,  mak/be-nah,  clad  with 
a  cloak  (?).     1  Chr,  2.  49. 

Maclli,  ma'kl.     Num.  13.  15. 

Macllir,  ma'kir,  sold.     Gen.  50.  23. 

Machirites,  ma'kir-Ites,  the  descend- 
ants of  Machir.     Num.  26.  29. 

Machnadebai,  mak-na-de'bai.  Ezra 
1  a  40. 

Maclipelah,  mak-pe'lah,  a  doubling. 
Gen.  23.  9. 

Madai,  mad'a-I.     Gen.  10.  2. 

Madian,  ma'di-an,  Greek  form  of 
Midian.     Acts  7.  29. 

Madmannah,  mad-man/nah,  dung- 
hill.    Josh.  15.  31. 

Madmen,  mad'men,  dungheap.  Jer. 
48.'  2. 

Madmenah,  mad-me/nah,  same  as 
Madmen.     Is.  10.  31. 

Madon,  ma'don,  place  of  contention. 
Josh.  11.  1. 

Mag'bish,  mag/bish,  congregating. 
Ezra  2.  30. 

Magdala,    mag^da-la,  tower.      Mat 

'5-  39- 
Mag-dalene,    mag-da-le'nS,    inhabit 

ant  of  Magdala.     Mat.  27.  56. 
Magdiel,   mag'dl-el,  praise  of  God. 

Gen.  36.  43. 
Magog,  ma-'gCg.     Gen.  10.  2. 

Mag-or-missabib,   ma/gar-mis/sa- 

blb,  fear  round  about.     Jer.  20.  3. 
Magpiash,  mag/pl-ash.    Neh.  10.  20. 
Malialah,  ma-ha'lah,  disease.    I  Chr. 

7.  18. 
Mahalaleel,  mi-ha'la-le-el,  praise  of 

God.     Gen.  5.  12. 
Mahalath,  ma'ha-lath,  a  musical  in- 
strument.    Gen.  28.  9. 
Mahalath  Leannoth,  ma'ha-lath 

le-an'noth.     Ps.  88,  title. 
Mahali,  ma'ha-ll,  weak.     Ex.  6.  19. 
MahaiiailU,  ma-ha-na/im,  two  camps. 

Gen.  32.  2. 
Mahaneh-dan,       ma'ha-neh-dan, 

camp  of  Dan.     Judg.  18.  12. 
Maharai,  ma-har'a-I,  impetuous.      2 

Sam.  23'.  28. 
Maliath,   ma'hath,   taking  hold  (?).  . 

1  Chr.  6.  35. 
Mahavite,  ma'ha-vite.   1  Chr.  1 1. 46. 

Mahazioth,  ma-ha'zi-fith,  visions.  I 
Chr.  25.  4. 

Maher-shalal-hash-baz,    ma'- 

her-shaPal-hash'baz,  the  spoil  hastens, 

the  prey  speeds.     Is.  8.  I. 
Mahlah,  mar/lah,  same  as  Mahalah. 

Num.  26.  33. 
Mahli,  mah/li,  same  as  Mahali.     I 

Chr.  6.  19. 
Mahlon,  mah'lon,  a  sick  person.   Ruth 

1.  2. 
Maliol,  ma/hol,  2  dance.     I  Kin.  4.  31. 
Makaz,  ma'kaz,  end(?).    I  Kin.  4.  9. 


a,  e,  I,  0,  a,  y,  long;  a,  6,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short;  a,  e,  i,  6,  intermediate ;  a,  e,  i,  q,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar. 

for.  furU  rude,  push,  c  as  s,  g  as  j,  g  as  in  get,  §  as  z,  x.  as  gz. 


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IX 


Makheloth,  mak-he'loth,  assemblies. 

Num.  33.  25. 
Makkedall,   mak-ke'dah,    place    of 

shepherds  (?).     Josh.  10.  10. 
Maktesll,  mak'tesh,  a  mortar.    Zeph. 

I.  11. 
Malachi,  mal'a-kl,  the  messenger  of 

Jehovah.     Mai.  I.  I. 
Malcham,   mal'kam,   their  king.     I 

Chr.  8.  9. 
TMalchiall,  mal-kl'ah,  Jehovah's  Idng. 

I  Chr.  6.  40. 
Malclliel,  mal/kl-el,  God's  king.  Gen. 

46.  17. 
Malcllielites,  mal'ki-el-Ites,  the  de- 
scendants of  Malchiel.     Num.  26.  45. 
Ptlalcll  ijall,  mal-ki'jah,  same  as  Mal- 

Ciiiah.     I  Chr.  9.  12. 
Malchiram,    mal-kl'ram,    king    of 

height  (?).     I  Chr.  3.  1 3. 
Malchi-shua,  mal-ki-shu'a,  king  of 

aid.     I  Chr.  8.  33. 
Mai  ell  US,    mal'kus,    Greek    form   of 

Malluch.     John  18.  10. 
Maleleel,  ma-le'le-el,  same    as   Ma- 

Halaleel.     Luke  3.  37. 
Mallothi,  mal'16-thi.     1  Chr.  25.  4. 
Mallueh,  mal'luk,  counsellor.    I  Chr. 

6.44. 
Mammon,  mam'mon,  fulness.     Mat. 

6.  24. 
Mamre,  mam're,  fatness.   Gen.  14.  13. 
Manaen,  maii'ii-en,  Greek   form   of 

Menahenr.     Acts  13.  I. 
Manahath,  man'a-hath,  rest.     Gen. 

3<>-  23- 
ManaliethiteS,  ma-na'heth-Ites,  in- 
habitants of  Manahath(P).   I  Chr.  2.52. 
Manasseh,     ma-nas'seh,    one     who 

causes  to  forget.     Gen.  41.  51. 
Manasses,   ma-nas'seg,   Greek   form 

of  Manasseh.     Mat.  1.  10. 
ManassiteS,   ma-nas'sltes,  members 

of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh.  Deut.  4.  43. 
Maneh,  ma'neh,  a  weight.  Ezek.45.12. 
Manoah,  mi-no'ah.rest.  Judg.  13.  2. 
Maoch,  ma'ok,  oppressed  (?).    I  Sam. 

27.  2. 
Maon,  ma'on,  habitation.  Josh.  15.55. 
Maonites,  ma'on-ites.     Judg.  10.  12. 
Mara,  ma'ra,  sad.     Ruth  I.  20. 
Marall,  ma'rah,  bitter.     Ex.  15.  23. 
Maralak,  mar'a-lah,  trembling.  Josh. 

19.  II. 
Maranatha,  mar-a-na'tha,  our   lord 

cometh.     I  Cor.  16.  22. 
MarcUS,  mar'kus.     Col.  4.  10. 
Mareshah,  ma-re'shah,  capital.  Josh. 

15-44- 

Mark,  mark,  English  form  of  Marcus. 
Acts  12.  12. 

Maroth,  ma'roth,  bitterness.  Mic. 
1.  12. 

Marsena,  mar'se-na.     Est.  I.  14. 

Martha,  maltha,  lady.    Luke  10.  38. 

Mary,  ma'ry,  same  as  Miriam.  Mat. 
I.  16.  _ 

Maschil,  mas'kfl,  understanding.  Ps. 
S3.  t"le. 

Mash,  mash.     Gen.  10.  23. 

Mashal,  ma'shal,  entreaty  (?).  I  Chr. 
6.  74- 

Masrekah,  mas're-kah,  vineyard. 
Gen.  36.  36. 

Massa,  maVsa,  burden.     Gen.  25.  14. 

Massah,  mas'sah,  temptation.  Ex. 
17.  7. 

Mathusala,  rna-tlm/sa-la,  Greek  form 
of  Methuselah.     Luke  3.  37. 

Matred,  ma'tred,  pushing  forward. 
Gen.  36.  39. 

Matri,  ma'lrl,  rainy.     I  Sam.  10.  21. 

Mattail,  mat'tan,  a  gift.    2,Kin.  1 1.  18. 

Mattanah,  mat'ta-nah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Num.  21.  18. 

Mattailiah,  mat-ta-ni'ah,  gift  of  Je- 
hovah.    2  Kin.  24.  17. 

Mattatha,  mat'ta-tha,  a  Greek  form 
of  above.     Luke  3.  31. 

Mattathah,  mat'ta-thah,  gift  of  Je- 
hovah.    Ezra  10.  33. 


Mattathias,  mat'ta-thl-as,  a   Greek 

form  of  the  preceding.     Luke  3.  26. 
Mattenai,  mat-te  na'I,  liberal.     E;ra 

10.  33- 

Matthan,  mat'than,  gift.    Mat.  I.  15. 
Matthat,  mat'that,  another  form  of 

Matthan.     Luke  3.  24. 
Matthew,  math'thu,  English  way  of 

spelling  Mattathiah.     Mat.  9.  9. 
Matthias,  math'thl-as,  another  Greek 

form  of  Mattathias.     Acts  I.  23. 
Mattithiah,    mat-tt-thl/ah,    another 

form  of  Mattathias.     1  Chr.  9.31. 
Mazzaroth,    maz'za-roth,   the  signs 

of  the  zodiac.     Job  38.  32. 
Meah,  me'ah,  a  hundred.     Neh.  3.  I. 
Mearah,  me-a'rah,  cave.   Josh.  13.  4. 
Meblinnai,  me-bun/nai,  built  (?).     2 

Sam.  23.  27. 
Mecheratllite,    mek'e-rath-ite,    in- 
habitant of  Mecherah  (?).   1  Chr.  11.36. 
Medad,  me'dad.     Num.  11.  26. 
Mo  dan,    me'dau,   contention.       Gen. 

25.  2. 

Medeba,  mSd'e-ba,  flowing  water  (?). 

Num.  21.  30. 
Medes,  medes.,  inhabitants  of  Media. 

2  Kin.  17.  6. 
Media,  me'di-a,  Greek  form  of  Madai. 

Est.  I.  3. 
Megiddo,  me-gld'do,  place  of  troops. 

Josh.  12.  21. 
Megiddon,  me-gld'don,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Zech.  12.  II. 
Mehetabeel,  me-het'a-beel,  same  as 

following.     Neh.  6.  10. 
Mehetabel,  me-het'a-bel,  God  makes 

happy.     Gen.  36.  39. 
Mehida,  me-hi'da.      Ezra  2.  52. 
Mehir,  me'hlr,  price.      I  Chr.  4.  1 1 . 
Meholathite,  me-hol'ath-ile,   native 

of  Meholah.     I  Sam.  18.  19. 
Mehujael,    me-hu'ja-el,    struck    by 

God.     Gen.  4.  18. 
Mehuinail,  me-hii'man.     Est.  I.  10. 
Mehunim,  me-hu/nim,  the  people  of 

Maon  (?).     2  Chr.  26.  7. 
Me-jarkon,   me-jar'kon,    waters   of 

yellowness.     Josh.  19.  46. 
Mekonah,  mek'o-nah,  a  base.    Neh. 

11.  28. 

Melatiah,  mel-a-tl-'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

freed.     Neh.  3.  7. 
Melchi,  mel'kl,  Greek  form  of  Mel- 

chiah.     Luke  3.  24. 
Melchiall,  mel-ki'ah,  Jehovah's  king. 

Jer.  21.  I. 
Melchi-shua,  mel'kl-shu'a,  same  as 

Mat.chi-shua.     i  Sam.  14.  49. 
Melchizedek,   mel-kiz'e-dek,    king 

of  righteousness.     Gen.  14.  18. 
Melea,   me'le-a,   fulness    (?).      Luke 

3-  31- 
Melech,  me'lek,  king.     1  Chr.  8.  35. 
Melicu,  mel'i-ku,  same  as  MaLLUCH. 

Neh.  12.  14. 
Melita,  meKi-ta.     Acts  28.  I. 
Melzar,  mel'zar,  steward.    Dan.  I.  II. 
Memphis,  mem'fis.     Hos.  9.  6. 
Memiican,  me-mu'kan.     Est.  I.  14. 
Menahem,  men'a-hem,  comforter.     2 

Kin.  15.  14. 
Menan,  me'nan.    Luke  3.  31. 
Mene,  me'ne,  numbered.    Dan.  5.  25. 
Meonenim,  me-on'e-nim.     Judg.  9. 

37- 

Meonothai,  me-on'o-thai,  my  habi- 
tations.    1  Chr.  4.  14. 

Mephaath,  mef'a-ath,  beauty.    Josh. 

13.  18. 

Mephiboshetll,  me-flb'o-sheth,  de- 
stroying shame.     2  Sam.  4.  4. 
Merab,    me'rab,    increase.        I    Sam. 

14.  49- 

Meraiah,  mer-a-I'ah,  contumacy.  Neh. 

12.  12. 

Meraioth,  me  ra'joth,  rebellions.     1 

Chr.  6.  6. 
Merari,  me-ra/rl,  bitter.     Gen.  46.  11. 
Merathaim,  mer-a-tha'im,  rebellions. 

Jer.  50.  21. 


MercurillS,  mer-ku'ri-us.  Acts  14.12. 

Mered,  me'red,  rebellion.  I  Chr.  4.  17. 

Mereuioth,  mer'e-moth,  elevations. 
Ezra  8.  33. 

Meres,  me'rei,  worthy  (?).    Est.  1. 14. 

Meribah,  mer'I-bah,  water  of  strife. 
Ex.  17.  7. 

Merib-baal,  meT'lb-ha'al,  contend- 
er (?)  against  Baal.     I  Chr.  8.  34 

Merodach,  me-ro'dak.    Je      ;  z. 

Merodach-baladan,  rne-ro'dak- 
bal'a-dan,  Merodach  gives  a  son.     Is. 

39-  I- 

Meroin,  me'rom,  a  high  place.  Josh. 
11.  5. 

Meronothite,  me-r6n'o-thlte,  an  in- 
habitant of  Meronoth.     I  Chr.  27.  30. 

Meroz,  me'roz,  refuge  (?).   Judg.  5.  23. 

Mesech,  me'sek,  same  as  Meshech. 
Ps.  120.  5. 

Mesha,  me'sha,  deliverance.     2  Kin. 

S-  4- 

Meshach,  me'shak.    Dan.  1.  7. 

Meshech,  me'shek,  tall  (?).  Gen. 
10.  2. 

Meshelemiah,  me-shel-e-ml'ah,  Je- 
hovah repays.     I  Chr.  9.  21. 

Meshezabeel,  me-shez'a-be-el,  God 
delivers.     Neh.  3.  4. 

Meshilleillith,  me-shlPIe-mith,  rec- 
ompense.     1  Chr.  9.  12. 

Meshillenioth,  me-shll'le-mofh,  ret- 
ribution.    2  Chr.  28.  12. 

Meshobab,me-shO'bab,  brought  back. 

1  Chr.  4.  34. 

Meshullaill,  me-shul'lam,  friend.     2 

Kin.  22.  3. 
Meshllllemeth,       me-shuKle-meth, 

feminine  of  preceding.     2  Kin.  21.  19. 
MeSObaite,   mes'o-ba-Ite,   inhabitant 

of  Mesoba  (?).     I  Chr.  11.  47. 
Mesopotamia,       mes'o-po-ta-mr-a, 

amidst  the  rivers.     Gen.  24.  10. 
Messiah,  Mes-sp'ah,  anointed.     Dan. 

9.  25. 
Messias,  Mes-sl^s,  Greek  form  of  the 

above.     John  I.  41. 
Metheg'-ammall,me/theg-am/mah, 

bridle  of  Amman.     2  Sam.  8.  I. 
Methusael,    me-thi/sa-el,    man    of 

God.     Gen.  4.  18. 
Methuselah,  me-lhu/se-lah,  man  of 

the  dart  (?).     Gen.  5.  21. 
Mezahab,  mez'a-hab,  water  of  gold. 

Gen.  36.  39. 
Miamin,  ml'a-min,  on  the  right  hand. 

Ezra  10.  25. 
Mibhar,    mlb/har,  choicest.     I    Chr. 

it- 38. 
Mibsam,  mlb'sam,  sweet  odor.    Gen. 

25-  r3- 

Mibzar,  mib'zar,  a  fortress.  Gen. 
36.  42. 

Micah,  ml^ah,  who  (is)  like  unto  Je- 
hovah ?     Judg.  17.  I. 

Micaiah,  ml-ka'jah,  fuller  form  of 
Micah.     1  Kin.  22.  8. 

Michael,  ml'kel,  who  (is)  like  unto 
God?     Dan.  10.  13. 

Michah,   ml'kah,  same  as    Micah. 

2  Chr.  24.  24. 

Michaiah,  ml-ka'jah,  same  as  Mi- 
caiah.    Neh.  12.  35. 

Michal,  mi'kal,  brook.    I  Sam.  14.  49. 

Michmas,  mik'mas,  later  form  of 
Michmash.     Ezra  2.  27. 

Michmash,  mik'mash,  treasured.  I 
Sam.  13.  2. 

Michmethah,  mlk/me-thah,  hiding- 
place  (?).     Josh.  16.  6. 

Michri,  mlk'rl,  precious(?).  I  Chr.  9.8. 

Michtam,  mik'tam,  writing  (?).  Ps. 
16,  title. 

Middin,  mid'din,  extensions.  Josh. 
15.  61. 

Midian,  mld'I-an,  strife.    Gen.  25.  2. 

Migdal-el,  mig'dal-el,  tower  of  God. 
Josh.  19.  38. 

Migdal-g'ad,  mlg'dal-gad,  tower  of 
Gad.     Josh.  15.  37. 

Mig-dol,  mlg'dol.     Ex.  14.  2. 


Migron,  mlg'ron,  a  precipice.    Is.  10. 

28. 
Mijamin,  mlj'a-mln,  same  as   MlA- 

min.     1  Chr.  24.  9. 
Mikloth,    mlk'loth,   staves,   lots.     1 

Chr.  8.  32. 
Mikneiah,  mlk-ne'jah,  possession  of 

Jehovah.      1  Chr.  15.  18. 
Milalai,  mll-a-la/l,  eloquent  (?).  Neh- 

12.  36. 
Milcah,  mil'kah,  counsel  (?).     Gen. 

11.  29. 
Milcom,  miPkom,  same  as  Moloch. 

I  Kin.  11.  5. 
Miletnm,  ml-le'tum,  improper  form 

of  Miletus.     2  Tim.  4.  20. 
Miletus,  ml-hytus.     Acts  20.  15. 
Millo,  mlPlo,  a  mound.     Judg.  9.  6. 
Miniamm,  mi-ni'a-min,  full  form  of 

Miamin.     2  Chr.  31.  15. 
Minni,  min'nl,  Armenia.     Jer.  51.  27. 
Minnith,  min'nith,  allotment.    Judg. 

I'-  33- 
Miphkad,  mlPkad,  place  of  meeting. 

Neh.  3.  31. 
Miriam,  mlr/l-am,  rebellion  (?).    Ex. 

15.  20. 
Mirma,  mlr'ma,  fraud.     1  Chr.  8.  10. 
Misgab,  mis'gab,  height.     Jer.  48.  I. 
Mishael,  mlsh'a-el,  who  is  what  God 

is?     Ex.  6.  22. 
Mishal,  ml'shal,  prayer.   Josh.  21.  30. 
Misheal,  ml'she-al,  same  as  Mishal. 

Josh.  19.  26. 
Mi  Sham,  ml'sham,  cleansing.    1  Chr. 

8.  12. 
Mishma,  mlsh'ma,  report.     Gen.  25. 

14. 
Mishmannah,    mish-man/nah,  fat- 
ness.    1  Chr.  12.  10. 
Mishraites,  mish'ra-ltes.  I  Chr.  2.53. 
Mispereth,     mis^e-reth,     number. 

Neh.  7.  7. 
Misrephoth-maim,    mrs/re-foth- 

ma'im,  burning  of  waters.   Josh.  11.  8. 
Mithcah,  mith'kah,  place  of  sweet' 

ness.     Num.  33.  28. 
Mithnite,  mlth/nite.  *  1  Chr.  11.  43. 
Mithredath,  mlth/re-dath,  given  by 

Mithra.     Ezra  I.  8. 
Mityleue,  mit'y-le-ne.     Acts  20. 14. 
Mizar,  ml'zar,  smallness.     Ps.  42.  6. 
Mizpah,   mlz'pah,   a  lookout.     Gen. 

31-  49- 

Mizpar,  miz-'par,  number.     Ezra  2.  2, 

Mizpeh,  mlz'peh,  watch-tower.  Josh. 
11.  3.^ 

Mizraim,  mlz'ra-Im,  fortresses.  Gen. 
10.  6. 

Mizzah,  mlz'zah.     Gen.  36.  13. 

Mnason,  na'son.    Acts  21.  16. 

Moab9  mo'ab,  progeny  of  a  father. 
Gen.  19.  37. 

Moadiah,  ir.O-a-dl'ah,  festival  of  Je- 
hovah.    Neh.  12.  17. 

Moladah,  mol'a-dah,  birth.  Josh. 
15.  26. 

Molech,  mO'lek,  English  form  fo} 
Moloch.     Lev.  18.  21. 

Moloch,  mo'lok,  king.     Amos  5.  26. 

Molid,  mo'lid,  begetter.     I  Chr.  2.  29. 

Morasthite,  mo'ras-thlte,  native  of 
Moresheth.     Jer.  26.  18. 

Mordecai,  mor-'de-kai,  worshipper  ol 
Merodach  (?).     Est.  2.  5. 

Moreh,  mo^eh,  archer.     Gen.  12.  6. 

Moreshetll-gath,  mor'esh-eth- 
gath.the  possession  ofGath.   Mic.  1. 14. 

Moriah,  m6-rl/ah,  provided  by  Jeho- 
vah.    Gen.  22.  2. 

Mosera,  mO-se'ra,  bond.    Deut.  10.  6. 

Moseroth,  mo-se'roth,  bonds.   Num. 

33-  30-  . 

Moses,  mO'ieg,  saved  from  the  water. 

Ex.  2.  10. 
Moza,  mS'za,  fountain.     I  Chr.  2.  46. 
Mozah,  mo-'zah,  same  as  Moza.  Josh- 

18.  26. 
Muppim,  mtip/pim,  probably  written 

for  Shupham.     Gen.  46.  21. 
Mushi,  mu'shl,  withdrawn.    Ex.  6.  19. 


a,  e,  I,  0,  u,  y,  long;  a,  e,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short;  a,  e,  1,  6,  intermediate;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familiar, 

for,  furl,  rude,  push,  9  as  s,  gasj,  gasin  get,  §  as  z,  g  as  gz. 


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A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Muth-labben,  mfith-lab'ben,  death 

to  the  son  (?).     Ps.  9,  title. 
Myra,  my'ra,  balsam.     Acts  27.  5. 
Mysia,  mish'ja.    Acts  16.  7. 

JN  AAM,  na'am,  pleasantness.    I  Chr. 

4-  IS- 

Naamall,  na'a-mah,  pleasant.     Gen. 

4.  22. 
Naamai),  na'a-man,  pleasantness.     2 

Kin.  5.  1. 
Naamathite,  na'a-math-tte.     Job  2. 

11. 
Naamites,    na'a-mltes,    descendants 

of  Naaman.     Num.  26.  40. 
Naarall,  na'a-rah,  a  girl.     I  Chr.  4.  5. 
Naarai,    na'a-rai,   youthful.      I    Chr. 

"•  37- 

Naaran,  na'a-ran,  same  as  Naaraii. 

I  Chr.  7.  28. 
Naarath,  na'a-rath,  to  Naarah.   Josh. 

16.  7. 
NaasllOIl,  na-aslPon,  enchanter.    Ex. 

6.  23. 
NaaSSOn,   na-as'son,  Greek  form  of 

NAASHON.     Mat.  1.  4. 
Nabal,  na'bal,  foolish.     I  Sam.  25.  3. 
Naboth,  na'both,  fruits  (?).     I   Sam. 

21.  I. 
Nachonjna'chd^prepared.  2  Sam. 6.6. 
Nachor,  na'chdr,  snorting.  Josh.  24.  2. 
Nadab,  na'dab,  liberal.     Ex.  6.  23. 
Nagge,  nag'ge,  Greek  form  of  Nogah. 

Luke  3.  28. 
Nahalal,  na'ha-la.1,  a  pasture.     Josh. 

21.  35- 
Nalialiel,  na-ha'll-el,  valley  of  God. 

Num.  21.  19. 
Nahallal,    na-haPlal,    same    as    Na- 

HALAL.      Josh.  19.  15. 

Nahalol,  na'ha-lol,  same   as  preced- 
ing.    Judg.  1.  30. 
Naham,  na'ham,  consolation.     I  Chr. 

4.  19. 
Nahamani,    na-hanPa-nl,  comforter. 

Neh.  7.  7. 
Naharai,  na-haPa-I,  one  who  snores. 

I  Chr.  II.  39. 
Nahash,   na'hash,    serpent.      I    Sam. 

II.  I. 
Nahath,  na'hath,  descent.  Gen.  36.13. 
Nallbi,  nah'bl,  hidden.     Num.  )  3.  14. 
Nahor,  na'hor,  another  way  of  spelling 

Nachor.     Gen.  II.  22. 
Nahshon,   nalPshon,  same   as  Naa- 

SHON.     Num.  1.  7. 
NallUIU,    na'hum,   comforter.      Nah. 

I.  I. 
Nain,  na'in,  pasture.     Luke  7.  11. 
Naiotll,  na'joth,  habitations.     I   Sam. 

19.  18. 
Naomi,  na-6'ml,  pleasant.     Ruth  I.  2. 
Naphisb,  na'fish,  cheerful.     Gen.  25. 

IS- 

Naphtali,    nafta-ll,     my    wrestling. 

Gen.  30.  8. 
Napbtubim,  naPtu-hlm.     Gen.   10. 

Narcissus,    nar-cls'sus,    benumbing. 

Rom.  16.  11. 
Nathan,  na'than,  gift.     2  Sam.  7.  2. 
Nathanael,  na-thaiPa-cl,  gift  of  God. 

John  I.  45. 

Nathan-melech,    na'than-me'lek, 

gift  of  the  king.     2  Kin.  23.  n. 
Naum,  na'um,same  as  Nauum.   Luke 

3-  25. 
Nazarene,    naz'a-rene,    a   native   of 

Nazareth.     Mat.  2.  23. 
Nazareth,  naz'a-reih,  branch.     Luke 

I.  26. 
Nazarite,   naz'a-rlte,   one    separated. 

Num.  6.  2. 
Neah,  ne'ah,  of  a  slope.    Josh.  19.  13. 
NeapolJS,  ne-ap'o-lis,  new  city.    Acts 

16.  II. 
Neariab,  ne-a-rl/ah,  servant  of  Jeho- 
vah.    1  Chr.  3.  22. 
Nebai,  neb'a-I,  fruitful.     Neh.  10.  19. 
Nebaioth,    ne-ba'joth,   high    places. 

I  Chr.  1.  29. 


Nebajoth,  ne-ba'joth,  same  as  Ne- 
baioth.    Gen.  25.  13. 

Neballat,  ne-baPlat.     Neh.  II.  34. 

Nebat,  ne'bat,  aspect.     I  Kin.  1 1 .  26. 

Nebo,  ne'bo,  a  lofty  place.    Deut.  32.49. 

Nebuchadnezzar,  neb-u-kad-nez'- 
zar,  another  way  of  spelling  the  follow- 
ing.    2  Kin.  24.  I. 

Nebuchadrezzar,  neb-u-kad-reV- 
zar,  Nebo  protect  the  crown.  Jer. 
21.  2. 

Nebushasban,neb-u-shas/ban,  Nebo 
will  save  me.     Jer.  39.  13. 

Nebuzar-adail,  nei  /u-zar-a'dan, 
Nebo  gives  posterity.     2  Kin.  25.  8. 

Necho,  ne'ko,  conqueror  (?).  Jer. 
46.  2. 

Nedabiall,  n£d-a-bPah,  Jehovah  is 
bountiful  (?).      1  Chr.  3.  18. 

Neglnah,  neg'I-nah,  a  stringed  in- 
strument.    Ps.  61,  title. 

Neginotll,  neg'i-noth,  stringed  instru- 
ments.    Ps.  4,  title. 

Jfego,  ne'go,  same  as  Nebo.  Dan.  1.  7. 

Nehelainite,  ne-h6Pa-mlte.  Jer. 
29.  24. 

Neliemiah,  ne-he-mPah,  Jehovah 
comforts.     Neh.  1.  I. 

Nehiloth,  ne-hPl&th,  flutes.  Ps.  5, 
title. 

Nehum,  ne'hum,  consolation.     Neh. 

7-7- 
Nehushta,    ne-huslPla,     bronze.      2 

Kin.  24.  8. 
Nehushtail,  ne-hush'tan,  brazen.     2 

Kin.  18.4. 
Neiel,  ne'I-el,  moved  by  God.     Josh. 

19.  27. 
Nekeb,  ne'keb,  cavern.    Josh.  19.  33. 
Nekoda,  ng-ko'da,  a  herdman.     Ezra 

2.48. 
Nemuel,    ne-mu'el,    same     as    Jem- 

Uel  (?).     Num.  26.  9. 
Nepheg,  ne'feg,  sprout.    Ex.  6.  21. 
Nephisll,  ne'fish,  same  as  Naphish. 

1  Chr.  5.  19. 
Nephishesim,  ne-fish'e-sim,  expan- 
sions.    Neh.  7.  52. 
Nephthalim,  nePtha-lim,  Creek  form 

of  Naphtali.     Mat.  4.  13. 
Nephtoah,  nePto-ah,  opened.     Josh. 

15.9. 
Nephusim,  ne-fu'sim,  a  better  form 

for  Nephishesim.     Ezra  2.  50. 
Ner,  ner,  light.     I  Sam.  14.  50. 
Nereus,    ne're-us,   liquid  (?).      Rom. 

16.  15. 
Nergal,  ngpgal,  lion.     2  Kin.  17.  30. 
Nergal-sharezer,    nePgalsha-re'- 

zer,  Nergal  protect  the  king.    Jer.  39.  3. 
Neri,    ne'rl,   Greek   form   of   Neriah. 

Luke  3.  27. 
Neriall,    ne-rPah,    lamp   of  Jehovah. 

Jer.  32.  12. 
Netbaneel,     ne-than'e-el,    same    as 

Nathanael.     Num.  1.  8. 
Nethaniah,  n&h-a-nPah,  whom  Je- 
hovah gave.     2  Kin.  25.  23. 
Netophah,  ne-tO'fah,  dropping.    Ezra 

2.  22. 
Netopbatbi,   ng-tOPa-thl,  an  inhab- 
itant of  Netophah.     Neh.  12.  28. 
Netopliatllite,  ne-tof'a-thlte,  same 

as  the  preceding.     2  Sam.  23.  28. 
Neziah,  ne-zpah,  illustrious.  Ezra  2.54. 
Nezib,  ne'zib,  garrison.     Josh.  15.  43. 
Nibbaz,  nib'haz.     2  Kin.  17.  31. 
Nibsban,   nib'shan,  level  (?).     Josh. 

IS-  62. 
Nicanor,  ni-ka'nor.    Acts  6.  5. 
NicodeniUS,  nlk-o-de'mus.  John  3. 1. 
Nicolaitans,    nik-o-la/i-tan§,   named 

after  Nicolas.     Rev.  2.  6. 
Nicolas,  nikVlas.     Acts  6.  5. 
NicopoliS,  ni-kdp'o-lls,  city  of  victory. 

Tit.  3.  12. 
Niger,  nPger,  black.     Acts  13.  I. 
Nillirah,     ninPrah,    limpid     (water). 

Num.  32.  3. 
Nimrim,  nlnPrim,  clear  waters.     Is. 

15.  6. 


Nimrod,  nlnProd,  an   inhabitant  of 

Marad  (?).     Gen.  10.  8. 
Nimshi,  nlnPshl,  discloser  (?).    1  Kin. 

19.  16. 
Nineveh,  nin'e-veh.dwelling^).  Gen. 

10.  II. 
NineviteS,  nin'e-vltes,  inhabitants  of 

Nineveh.     Luke  II.  30. 
Nisan,  nPsan.     Neh.  2.  1. 
Nisroch,  nis'rok,  eagle  (?).     2  Kin. 

19-  37- 
No,  no,  abode  (?).     Nah.  3.  8. 
No  Anion,  no-a'mon,  abode  of  Amon. 

Jer.  46.  25. 
Noadiah,  n5  a-dPah,  whom  Jehovah 

meets.     Neh.  6.  14. 
Noah,  nO'ah,  (1)  rest,  Gen.  5.  29;  (2) 

wandering,  Num.  26.  ^. 
Nob,  nob,  high  place.     I  Sam.  21.  I. 
Nobah,  no'bah,  a  barking.  Num. 32.42. 
Nod,  nod,  flight,  wandering.   Gen.  4.  16. 
Nodab,  no'ciab,  nobility.     1  Chr.  5.  19. 
Noe,  no'e,  Greek  form  of  Noah.    Mat. 

24-  37- 
Nogah,  no'gah,  brightness.  I  Chr.  3.  7. 
Nobah,  no'hah,  rest.     I  Chr.  8.  2. 
Non,  non,  same  as  Nun.    I  Chr.  7.  27. 
Noph,  nof,  same  as  Memphis,  ls.19.13. 
Nophah,  no'fah,  windy.   Num.  21.  30. 
Nun,  nun,  fish.     Ex.  ^3-  II. 
Nyiliphas,   nym'fas,  shertened  form 

of  Nymphodorus.     Col.  4.  15. 

ObADIAH,  O-ba-dl'ah,  worshipper 

of  Jehovah.     Obad.  I. 
Obal,  Q/bal,  hill  (?).     Gen.  10.  28. 
Obed,  o'bed,  worshipping  (God).  Ruth 

4.  17. 
Obed-edom,    0/bed-e/dom,   serving 

Edom.     2  Sam.  6.  10. 
Obil,  5'bil,  camel-keeper.   I  Chr.  27.  30. 
Oboth,  o'both,  bottles  (of  skin).  Num. 

21.  10. 
Ocran,  olf'ran,  troublesome.  Num. 1. 13. 
Oded,  o'ded,  setting up(?).  2  Chr.  15. 1. 
Og',  og,  circle  (?).     Num.  21.  33. 
Obad,  O'had,  might.     Gen.  46.  10. 
Ohel,  O'hel,  tent.     I  Chr.  3.  20. 
Olivet,  CPi-vet,  place  of  olives.    2  Sam. 

IS-  30. 

Olynipas,  o-lym'pas,  bright  (?).  Rom. 

16.  15. 
Oinar,  O'mar,  talkative.     Gen.  36.  II. 
Omega,  O'me-ga,  great  O.     Rev.  I.  8. 
Oniri,  Cm'rl,  like  a  sheaf  (?).     1  Kin. 

16.  16. 
On,  6n,  the  sun.     Gen.  41.  45. 
Onam,  O'nam,  wealthy.    Gen.  36.  23. 
Onan,  o'nan,  strong.     Gen.  38.  4. 
Onesimus,     6-nes^-mus,     profitable. 

Col.  4.  9. 
Onesiphorus,  fin-e-slfo-rus,  bring- 
ing profit.     2  Tim.  I.  16. 
Ono,  S'no,  strong.     I  Chr.  8.  12. 
Ophel,  O'fel,  a  hill.     2  Chr.  27.  3. 
Ophir,  6'fir.     Gen.  10.  29. 
Ophni,  of'nl,  man  of  the  hill.     Josh. 

18.  24. 
Opbrah,  6Prah,  fawn.     I  Chr.  4.  14. 
Oreb,  o'reb,  raven.     Judg.  7.  25. 
Oren,  O'ren,  pine  tree.     I  Chr.  2.  25. 
Orion,  6-n/on.    Job  9.  9. 
Ornan,  or'nan.      I  Chr.  21.  15. 
Orpah,  o^pah,  hind  (?).     Ruth  I.  4. 
Osee,  o'see,  same  as  Hosea.     Rom. 

9.  25. 
Oshea,  6-she'a,  same  as  Joshua.  Num. 

13.  8. 
Othni,  Cth'nl,  powerful  (?).     I   Chr. 

26.  7. 
Othniel,  Cth-'nlel,  powerful  man  of 

God.     Josh.  15.  17. 
Ozem,  O'zem,  strength.     I  Chr.  2.  15. 
Ozias,  6-zIras,  Greek  form  of  Uzziah. 

Mat.  1.  8. 
Ozni,  oz'nl,  hearing.     Num.  26.  16. 

PAARAI,     pa'a-rai,     devoted     to 

Peor  (?).     2  Sam.  23.  35. 
Padan-aram,    pa'dau-a'ram,    the 

plain  of  Syria.     Gen.  25.  20. 


Padon,  pa'don, redemption.  Ezra.2.44. 

Pagiel,  pa'gi-el,  intervention  of  God, 
Num.  1.  13. 

Pahath-moab,  pa/hath-mo/ab,  gov- 
ernor of  Moab.     Ezra  2.  6. 

Pai,  pa'1,  bleating.     1  Chr.  I.  50. 

Palal,  pa'lal,  judge.     Neh.  3.  25. 

Palestina,  pal-es-tl/na,  land  ol 
strangers  (?).     Ex.  15.  14. 

Pallll,  paKlu,  distinguished.    Ex.  6.  14. 

Palti,  paPtl,  deliverance  of  Jehovah, 
Num.  13.  9. 

Paltiel,  paPtl-el,  deliverance  of  God, 
Num.  34.  26. 

Paltite,  paPtlte,  a  descendant  of  Palti. 
2  Sam.  23.  26. 

Pamphylia,  pam-fyPi-a.    Acts  27.  5. 

Paphos,  pa'fos.    Acts  13.  6. 

Parah,  pa'rah,  heifer.     Josh.  18.  23. 

Paran,  pa'ran,  cavernous.  Deut.  33.  2. 

Parbar,  paPbar,  open  apartment.  1 
Chr.  26.  18. 

Parmashta,  par-maslPta,  supe- 
rior (?).     Est.  9.  9. 

Parmenas,  paPme-nas,  standing  finu 
Acts  6.  5. 

Parnach,  par'nach.     Num.  34.  25. 

Parosh,  pa'rosh,  flea.     Ezra  2.  3. 

Parshandatha,  par-shan'da-tha, 
given  to  Persia  (?).     Est.  9.  7. 

Parthians,  paPthl-an§.    Acts  2.  9. 

Paruah,  par'u-ah,  flourishing.  I  Kin. 
4.  17. 

Parvaim,  par-va'im,  Oriental  re- 
gions (?).     2  Chr.  3.  6. 

Pasach,  pa'sak,  divider.     I  Chr.  7.  33. 

Pas-danimim,  pas-danPmim,  short- 
ened from  Ephes-dammim.  I  Chr. 1 1. 13. 

Paseah,  pa-se'ah,  lam£.   I  Chr. 4. 12. 

Pashur,  paslPur,  prosperity  round 
about.     Jer.  20.  I. 

Patara,  paPa-ra.     Acts  21.  I. 

PathrOS,  path'ros.     Is.  11.  II. 

Pathrusim,  path-ru'sim,  people  of 
Pathros.     Gen.  10.  14. 

PatniOS,  paPmos.     Rev.  I.  9. 

Patrobas,  paPro-bas.     Rom.  16.  14. 

Pail,  pa'u,  older  form  of   Pai.     Gen. 

3°-  39- 

Paul,  paul,  or  Paulus,  pau'lus,  little. 
Acts  13.  9. 

Pedahel,  ped'a-hel,  God  redeemed. 
Num.  34.  28. 

Pedahzur,  pe-dalPzur,  the  Rock  re- 
deemed.    Num.  1.  10. 

Pedaiah,  p6-da/jah,  Jehovah  redeem- 
ed.    I  Chr.  27.  20. 

Pekah,  pe'kah,  open-eyed.   2  Kin.  15. 

25- 
Pekahiall,  p6k-a-hl/ah,  whose   eyes 

Jehovah  opened.     2  Kin.  15.  22. 
Pekod,  pe'ked,  visitation.    Jer.  50.  21. 
Pelaiah,    p6l-a-Pah,  whom   Jehovah 

made  distinguished.     I  Chr.  3.  24. 
Pelaliah,  pel-a-lPah,  whom  Jehovah 

judged.     Neh.  11.  12. 
Pelatiah,  pei-a-tPah,  whom  Jehovah 

delivered.     Ezek.  II.  I. 
Peleg,  pe'leg,  division,     •-^n.  I<_.  25. 
Pelet,  pe'let,  liberation.     ."  Chr.  1.  47. 
Peletll,  pe'leth,  swiftness.    Num.  16. 1. 
Pelethites,  pe'leth-ites,  runners,    a 

Sam.  8.  18. 
Pelonite,  pePo-mte.    1  Chr.  11.  27, 
Peniel,  pe-nPel,  the  face  of  God.  Gen. 

32-  3°- 
Peninnah,  pe-niiPnah,  coral.   I  Sam. 

1.  2. 

Pentecost,  pen'te-kost,  fiftieth.  Acts 

2.  I. 

Penuel,  p^-niPel,  old  form  of  Peniel. 

Gen.  32.  31. 
Peor,  pe'or,  point.     Num.  23.  28. 
Perazim,  pfePa-zIm,  breaches.  Is.  28. 

21. 
Peres,  pe'rej,  divided.     Dan.  5.  28. 
Peresh,  pe'resh,  distinction.     1  Chr. 

7.  16. 
Perez,  pa^ez,  breach.     I  Chr.  27.  3. 
Perez-uzzah,  pe/rez-uz/zah,  breach 

of  Uzzah.     2  Sam.  6.  8. 


0,  e,  I,  O,  u,  y,  long;  a,  fe,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short;  a,  e,  1,  6,  intermediate ;  a,  e,  j,  9,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

for,  furl,  rude,  push,  c  as  s,  g  as  j,  g  as  in  get,  5  as  z,  5  as  gz. 


A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


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Perga,  per'ga.     Acts  13.  13. 
Pergamos,   per'ga-mos,   citadel  (?). 

Rev.  I.  II. 
Perida,    pe-rZ'da,   a   recluse.       Neh. 

7-  57- 

Perizzites,  per'iz-zltes,  belonging  to 
a  village.     Gen.  34.  30. 

Persia,  per'sja.     2  Chr.  36.  20. 

PersiS,  per'sis,  a  Persian  woman.  Rom. 
16.  12. 

Peruda,  pe-ru/da,  same  as  Perida. 
Ezra  2.  55. 

Peter,  pe'ter,  a  stone.     Mat.  16.  18. 

Pethahiah,  peth-a-hl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah looses.      I  Chr.  24.  16. 

Pethor,  pe'thor.     Num.  22.  5. 

Petlmel,  pe-thu'el,  God's  opening  (?). 
Joel  1.  1. 

Peultbai,  pe-iil'thai,  deed  of  Jeho- 
vah.    1  Chr.  26.  5. 

Plialec,  fa'lek,  Greek  form  of  Peleg. 
Luke  3.  35. 

Pliallll,  fal'lu,  an  English  way  of 
spelling  Pallu.     Gen.  46.  9. 

Phalti,  fal'tl,  deliverance  of  Jehovah. 

1  Sam.  25.  44. 

Plialtiel,  fal'tl-el,  deliverance  of  God. 

2  Sam.  3.  15. 

Plianuel,    fan-u'el,    Greek   form    of 

Penuel.     Luke  2.  36. 
Pharaoh,  fa'rO,  the  sun.    Gen.  12.  15. 
Pharez,  fa'rez,  breach.     Gen.  38.  29. 
Pharisees,  far'i-seei,  the   separated. 

Mat.  5.  20. 
Pharosh,  fa'rosh,  same  as  Parosh. 

Ezra  8.  3. 
Pharpar,  far'par,  swift.     2  Kin.  5.  12. 
Pharzites,   far'zites,  descendants  of 

Pharez.     Num.  26.  20. 
Phaseah,  fa-se'ah,  same  as  Paseah. 

Neh.  7.  51. 
Phehe,  fe'be,  moon.     Rom.  16.  I. 
Phenice,  fe-nl'ce,  palm   tree.     Acts 

27.  12. 

jPheilicia,  fe-nlsh'ja,  land  of  palms. 

'     Acts  21.  2. 

Phichol,   fl'kol,  attentive  (?).     Gen. 

21.  22. 
Philadelphia,  fil-a-del'fja,  brotherly 

love.     Rev.  1.  11. 
Philemon,     fl-le'mon,     affectionate. 

Philem.  I. 
Philetus,  fl-le/tus,  beloved.     2  Tim. 

2.  17. 
Philip,   fil'Ip,  lover  of  horses.     Mat. 

10.  3. 
Philippi,  fl-llp'pl,  a  town  so  called  af- 
ter Philip  of  Macedon.     Acts  16.  12. 
PhilippiailS,  ft-lip'pi-ang,  the  people 

of  Philippi.     Phil.  4.  15. 
Philistia,'  fl-lis'tja,  the  land  of  the 

Philistines.     Ps.  60.  8. 
Philistim,  fl-lls'tim,  wanderers.  Gen. 

10.  14. 
Philistines,     fl-lls'tinej,     same     as 

Philistim.     Gen.  21.  34. 
PhilologUS,     fi-161'o-gus,    talkative. 

Rom.  16.  15. 
Phinehas,  fin'e-has,  serpent's  mouth. 

Num.  25.  7. 
PhlegOIS,    fle'gon,   zealous,    burning. 

Rom.  16.  14. 
Phrygia,  fryg'I-a.     Acts  2.  10. 
Phurah,    fu'rah,   branch  (?).     Judg. 

7.  10. 
Phut,  fut,  foot.     Gen.  10.  6. 
Phuvah,  fu'vah,  mouth.  Gen.  46.  13. 
PhygellllS,  fy-gel'lus,  little  fugitive. 

2  Tim.  1.  15. 
Pi-heseth,  pi-be'seth,  the    city  of 

Bast.     Ezek.  30.  17. 
Pi-hahiroth,    pl-ha-hl'roth,   where 

sedge  grows.     Ex.  14.  2. 
Pilate,  pl'late,  armed  with  a  javelin(?). 

Mat.  27.  2. 
Pildash,  pll'dash,  steelf?).  Gen. 22.22. 
Pileha,  pil'e-ha,  ploughman  (?).    Neh. 

10.  24. 
Piltai,  pil'tai,  whom  Jehovah  delivers. 

Neh.  12.  71. 
Pi  noil,  pi'non,  darkness.    Gen.  36.  41. 


Piram,  pl'ram,  like  a  wild  ass.     Josh. 

10.  3. 
Pirathon,  pir'a-thon,  leader.     Judg. 

12.  13. 
Pisgall,    pis/gah,    a    part,    boundary. 

Num.  21.  20. 
Pisidia,  pi-sid'l-a.     Acts  13.  14. 
PiSOU,  pl'son,  flowing  stream  (?).  Gen. 

2.  11. 
Pispah,  pis'pah,  expansion.     I   Chr. 

7.38. 
Pithom,  pi'thom.    Ex.  1.  11. 

Pithon,  pl'thon,  simple  (?).     I   Chr. 

8.35- 
Pleiades,  ple'ja-deg,  (coming  at)  the 

sailing  season  (?).     Job  9.  9. 
Pocherethoi'Zebaiin,p6k/e-reth, 

ze-ba'im,  offspring  of  gazelles  (?).  Ezra 

2.57. 
Pollux,  pdl'lux.     Acts  28.  II. 
Pontius,  pon'shi-us,  belonging  to  the 

sea.     Mat.  27.  2. 
Pontus,  p6n'tus,  sea.     Acts  2.  9. 
Poratha,     por'a-tha,    having     many 

chariots  (?).     Est.  9.  8. 
Porcius  Festus,  por'shl-us  fes'tus. 

Acts  24.  27. 
Potiphar,  pot/I-far,  belonging  to  the 

sun.     Gen.  37.  36. 
Poti-pherall,  po-tlFe-rah,  same  as 

Potiphar.     Gen.  41.  45. 
Prisca,  pris'ka,  ancient.     2  Tim.  4.  19. 
Priscilla,    prls-cil'la,    diminutive    of 

Prisca.     Acts  18.  2. 
Pl'OChorilS,  prok'o-rus,  he  that  pre- 
sides over  the  choir.     Acts  6.  5. 
Ptolemais,  tol-e-ma'is,  city  of  Ptol- 
emy.    Acts  21.  7. 
Pua,  pu'a,  same  as  Phuvah.     Num. 

26.  23. 
Puah,  pu'ah,  splendor.     Ex.  I.  15. 
Pllblius,  pub'll-us.     Acts  28.  7. 
Pudens,  pu'deng,  shamefaced.   2  Tim. 

4.  21. 
PuhiteS,  pu'hltes.     1  Chr.  2.  53. 
Pill,  pul,  ( 1)  a  short  name  for  Tiglath- 

Pileser  (?),  2  Kin.  15.  19;  (2)  son  (?), 

Is.  66.  19. 
PuniteS,  puAiItes,  descendants  of  Pua. 

Num.  26.  23. 
Punon,  pu'non,  same  as  Pinon.   Num. 

33-  42- 
Pur,  pur,  a  lot.     Est.  3.  7. 
Plirim,  pu'rim,  lots.     Est.  9.'  26. 
Put,  put,  same  as  Phut,     i  Chr.  8.  1. 
Puteoli,  pa-te'o-li,  wells.     Acts  28. 

•3- 
Putiel,  pu'tl-el.     Ex.  6.  25. 

QtJAKTUS,   kwar'tus,  the    fourth. 
Rom.  16.  23. 

K/AAMAH,    ra'a-mah,     trembling. 

Gen.  10.  7. 
Baamiall,   ra-a-ml'ah,   trembling  of 

Jehov;ih.      Neh.  7.  7. 
Raamses,  ra-am'se§,  son  of  the  sun. 

Ex.  1.  11. 
Kabbah,  rab'bah,  capital  city.     Josh. 

13-  25. 
Rabbi,  rab'bl,  master.     Mat.  23.  7. 
Rabbith,    rab'bith,   populous.     Josh. 

19.  20. 

Rabboni,  rab-bo/nI,  my  master.    John 

20.  16. 

Rab-mag,    rab'mag,    most    exalted. 

Jer.  39-  3- 
Rabsaris,    rab'sa-ris,    chief  eunuch. 

2  Kin.  18.  17. 
Rab-Shakell,  rab'sha-keh,  chief  of 

the  cupbearers.     2  Kin.  18.  17. 
Rachab,  ra'kab,  Greek  form  of  Ra- 

hab.     Mat.  1.  5. 
Rachal,  ra'kal,  traffic.   I  Sam.  30.  29. 
Rachel,  ra'chel,  ewe.     Gen.  29.  6. 
Raddai,  rad'da-I,  subduing.     1   Chr. 

2.  14. 
Rag'au,  ra'gau,  Greek  form  of  Reu. 

Luke  3.  35. 
Raguel,  ra-gu'el,  friend  of  God.  Num. 

10.  29. 


Rahab,  ra'hab,  (1)  broad,  Josh.  2.  I; 

(2)  violence,  Ps.  87.  4. 
Rahani,  ra'ham.     1  Chr.  2.  44. 
Rahel,  ra'hel,  same  as  Rachel.    Jer. 

3i-  15- 
Rakeui,  ra'kem,  variegated.     1   Chr. 

7.  16. 
Rakkathjrak'kafh.shore.  Josh.  19.35. 
Rakkon,  rak'kon,  same  as  Rakkath. 

Josh.  19.  46. 
Rani,  ram,  high.     Ruth  4.  19. 
Railia,  ra'ma,  Greek  form  of  Ramah. 

Mat.  2.  18. 
Ramah,  ra'mah,    high   place.     Josh. 

18.25. 
Rama  til,  ra'math,  same  as  preceding. 

Josh.  19.  8. 
Ramathaim,    ra-math-a/im,  douLle 

high  place.     I  Sam.  I.  I. 
Ramathite,  ra'math-lte,  a  native  of 

Ramah.     I  Chr.  27.  27. 
Ramath-lehi,  ra'math-le'hi,  height 

of  Lehi.     Judg.  15.  17. 
Ramath-mizpeh,     ra/math-miz/- 

peh,  height  of  Mizpeh.     Josh.  13.  26. 

Ranieses,  ra-me'seg,  same  as  Ra- 
amses.    Gen.  47. 11. 

Railiiah,  ra-mi'ah,  Jehovah  i3  high. 
Ezra  10.  25. 

Ramcth,  ra'moth,  plural  of  Ramah. 
I  Chr.  6.  73. 

Ramoth-gilead,  ra'moth-gil'e-ad, 
heights  of  Gilead.     1  Kin.  4.  13. 

Rapha,  ra'fa,  giant  (?).     I  Chr.  8.  37. 

RapllU,  ra'fu,  healed.     Num.  13.  9. 

Reaia,  re-a-I'a,  Jehovah  has  seen.  I 
.  Chr.  5.  5.  " 

Reaiah,  re-a-I'ah,  correct  form  of 
Reaia.     I  Chr.  4.  2. 

Reba,  re'ba,  a  fourth  part.    Num.  31.8. 

Rebecca,  re-bee'ea,  Greek  form  of 
Rebekah.     Rom.  9.  10. 

Rebekah,  re-bek'ah,  a  noose.  Gen. 
22.  23. 

Rechab,  re'kab,  horseman.  2  Kin. 
10.  15. 

Rechabites,  re'kab-Ites,  descendants 
of  Rechab.     Jer.  35.  2. 

Rechah ,  re  'kah,  side  (?) .   I  Chr.  4. 1 2. 

Reelaiah,  re-el-a'jah,  trembling 
caused  by  Jehovah.     Ezra  2.  2. 

Regem,  re'gem,  friend.    1  Chr.  2.  47. 

Regem-melech,  re'gem-me'lek, 
friend  of  the  king.     Zech.  7.  2. 

Rehabiah,  re-ha-bl'ah,  Jehovah  en- 
larges.    1  Chr.  23.  17. 

Rehob,  re'hob,  street.     2  Sam.  8.  3. 

Rehoboam,  re-ho-bo'am,  who  en- 
larges the  people.     I  Kin.  11.  43. 

Rehoboth,  re-ho'both,  roominess. 
Gen.  10.  II. 

Rchum,  re'hum,  merciful.    Ezra  4.  8. 

Rei,  re'I,  friendly.     I  Kin.  I.  8. 

Rekem,  re'kem,  same  as  Rakf.m. 
Num.  31.  8. 

Remaliah,  rem-a-ll'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah adorned.     2  Kin.  15.  25. 

Remeth,  re/meth,  a  high  place.  Josh. 
19.  21. 

Renimon-methoar,      rem'mon- 

meth'o-ar,    R.    stretching   (to   Neah). 

Josh.  19.  13. 
Remphan,  rem'fan.     Acts  7.  43. 
Rephael,  reTa-el,  whom  God  healed. 

1  Chr.  26.  7. 
Rephah,  re'fah,  riches.    I  Chr.  7.  25. 
Rephaiah,  ref-a-I'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

healed.     I  Chr.  3.  21. 
Rcphaim,  reT'a-Im,  giants.     2  Sam. 

5.  18. 
Rephidim,  reFl-dim,  supports.     Ex. 

17.  1. 
Resen,  re^en,  bridle.     Gen.  10.  12. 
Resheph,  re'shef,  flame.    I  Chr.  7.  25. 
Reu,  re'u,  same  as  Raguei..  Gen.  11.18. 
Reuben,   ru'ben,  behold   a  son  (?). 

Gen.  29.  32. 
Reubenites,    ru'ben-Ites,    descend- 
ants of  Reuben.     Num.  26.  7. 
Reuel,  ru'el,  friend  of  God.     I  Chr. 

9.8. 


Reumah,  ru/mah,  exalted.    Gen.  22. 

24. 
Rezeph,  re'zef,  a  stone.  2  Kin.  19.  12. 
Rezia,  re-zl'a,  delight.     I  Chr.  7.  39. 
Rezin,  re'zin,  firm.     2  Kin.  15.  37. 
Rezon,  re'zon,  lean.     I  Kin.  11.  23. 
Rhegium,  re'gi-um.    Acts  28.  13. 
Rhesa,  re'sa,  chieftain  (?).   Luke  3.  27. 
Rhoda,  rO'da,  a  rose.     Acts  12.  13. 
Rhodes,  r5de§.     Acts  21.  I. 
Ribai,    ri'bai,   contentious.      2   Sam. 

23.  29. 
Riblall,  rib'lah,  fertility.  Num.  34.  1 1. 
Rimnion,  rlm'mon,  pomegranate.     2 

Sam.  4.  2. 
Rimnion-parez,     rim'mon-pa'rez, 

pomegranate  of  the  breach.  Num. 33. 19. 
Rinnah,  rln'nah,  shout.    I  Chr.  4.  20. 
Riphath,  rlTath.     Gen.  10.  3. 
Rissall,  rls'sah,  ruin.     Num.  33.  21. 
Rithmall,  rlth'mah,  broom.     Num. 

33-  18. 
Rizpah,  riz/pah,  hot  coal.   2  Sam.  3.  7. 
Roboain,  rob'o-am,  Greek  form  of 

Rehoboam.     Mat.  1.  7. 
Rogelim,  ro-ge'lim,  fullers.     2  Sam. 

17.  27. 
Rollgah,  rO'gah,  outcry.     1  Chr.  7.  34. 
Romamti-ezer,  ro-man/ti-e'zer,  I 

have  exalted  help.     I  Chr.  25.  4. 
Rome,  rome,  strength  (?).  Acts  2.  10. 
Rosh,  rosh,  head.     Gen.  46.  21. 
RllfllS,  ru'fus,  red.     Mark  15.  21. 
Ruhamah,    ru'ha-mah,   compassion- 
ated.    Hos.  2.  1. 
Rumah,  ni'mah,  height.     2  Kin.  23. 

36. 
Ruth,  ruth,  friendship  (?).     Ruth  I.  4. 

SABACHTHANI,  sa  bak  tha'nl, 
thou  hast  forsaken  me.     Mark  15.  34. 

Sabaoth,  sab'a-eth,  hosts.    Rom.  9. 29. 

Sabeans,  sa-be'ang,  people  of  Seba. 
Is.  45.  14. 

Sabtah,  sab'tah,  rest  (?).   Gen.  10.  7. 

Sabteclia,  sab'te-ka.     I  Chr.  I.  9. 

Sabtechall,  sab'te-kah.     Gen.  10.  7. 

Sacar,  sa'kar,  hire,  reward.     I   Chr. 

"•  35- 
SadduceeS,  sad'du-ceeg  (named  from 

Zadok,  founderof  the  sect).    Mat.  3.  7. 
Sala,  sa'la,  Greek  form  of  Salah.  Luke 

3-  35- 
Salah,  sa'lah,  sprout  (?).     Gen.  10.  24. 
Salamis,  sal'a-mis.     Acts  13.  5. 
Salatlliel,  sa-la-'thl-el,  Greek  form  of 

Shealtiel.      I  Chr.  3.  17. 
Salcah  or  Salchah,  saKkah,  road. 

Deut.  3.  10. 
Salem,  sa'lem,  perfect.     Gen.  14.  18. 
Salilll,  sa'lim,  Greek  form  of  Salem. 

John  3.  23. 
Sallai,  sal'la-I,  exaltation.     Neh.  II.  8. 
Sallll,  sal'lu,  same  as  Sallai.     I  Chr. 

9-  7- 
Salma,  sal 'ma,  garment.    I  Chr.  2.  II. 
Salmon,  sal'mon,  shady.     Ps.  68.  14. 
Salmone,  sal-mO'ne.     Acts  27.  7. 
Salome,  sa-lO-'me,  perfect.     Mark  15. 

40. 
Salu,  sa'lu,  same  as  Sallu.    Num.  25. 

14. 
Samaria,    sa-ma^I-a,  Greek    equiva- 
lent of  Shomron,  which  means  guard. 

I  Kin.  16.  24. 
Samaritans,  sa-mar'i-tani,  inabitants 

of  Samaria.     2  Kin.  17.  29. 
Samgar-nebo,  sam'gar-ne'bd,   Be 

gracious,  Nebo.     Jer.  39.  3. 
Samlah,  sam'lah,  garment.  Gen. 36.36. 
SaniOS,  sa'mos,  a  height  (?).  Acts  20.15. 
Samothracia,  sam-o-thra'shja.  Acts 

16.  11. 
Samson,  sam'son,  like  the  sun.  Judg 

13.  24. 
Samuel,  sarVu-el,  heard  of  God.     I 

Sam.  1.  20. 
Sanballat,  san-bal'lat,  Sin  (the  rnoon) 

giveth  life  (?).     Neh.  2.  IO. 
Sansannah,      san-san^ali,      palm 

branch.     Josh.  15.  31. 


a,  e,  I,  0,  u,  y,  long;  a,  e,  i,  6,  u,  y,  short ;  a,  e,  1,  6,  intermediate;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

fSr,  furl,  rude,  push,  cass,  gasj,  gasin  get,  g  as  z,  x  as  gz, 


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A   SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Saph,  saf,  threshold.  2  Sam.  21.  1 8. 
Sapllir,  saf'ir,  beautiful.  Mic.  I.  II. 
Sappllira,  saf-fl'ia,  Greek  form  of  the 

above  (feminine).     Acts  5.  I. 
Sarah,  sa'rah,  princess.     Gen.  17.  15. 
Sarai,    sa'rai,   contentious  (?).      Gen. 

II.  29. 
Saraph,  sa'raf,  burning.   I  Chr.  4.  22. 
Sardis,  sarMis.     Rev.  1.  n. 
Sardites,    sar'dltes,    descendants    of 

Sered.     Num.  26.  26. 
Sarepta,   sa-rfep'ta,   Greek   form    of 

Zarephath.     Luke  4.  26. 
Sargon,  sar'gon,  (God)  appoints  the 

king.     Is.  20.  I. 
Sarid,  sa'rid,  survivor.     Josh.  19.  10. 
Saron,  sa'ron,  Greek  form  of  Sharon. 

Acts  9.  35. 
Barsechim,  sar-se'kim.     Jer.  39.  3. 
Saruch,  sa'ruch,  Greek  form  of  Serug. 

Luke  3.  35.  " 
Satan,  sa'tan,  adversary.   1  Chr.  21.  I. 
Saul,  saul,  asked  for.     I  Sam.  9.  2. 
Sceva,  se'va,  left-handed.    Acts  19.  14. 
Scythian,  slth'I-an.     Col.  3.  II. 
Seba,  se'ba,  man  (?).     Gen.  10.  7. 
Sebat,  se'bat,  rest  (?).     Zech.  I.  7. 
Secacall,  sfik'a-kah,  enclosure.    Josh. 

15.  61. 
Sechu,  se'ku,  watch-tower.     I    Sam. 

19.  22. 

Secundus,  se-kun'dus,  second.    Acts 

20.  4. 

Segub,  se'gub,  elevated.   I  Kin.  16.  34. 
Seir,  se'Ir,  hairy.     Gen.  36.  20. 
Seirath, se'i-rath, well vooded.  Judg. 

3.  26. 
Sela,  se'la,  rock.     Is.  1 5.  I. 
Sela-hammahlekoth,  se'la-ham- 

mah-le/koth,  rock  of  escapes.  I  Sam. 
23.  28. 

Selah,  se'lah,  forte  (?),  a  musical  di- 
rection.    Ps.  3.  2. 

Seled,  se'Ied,  exultation,  or  burning. 
I  Chr.  2.  30. 

Seleucia,  se-leu'shl-a,  called  after 
Seleucus.     Acts  13.  4. 

Sem,  sem,  Greek  form  of  Shem.  Luke 

Semachiah,  sem-a-kl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah sustains.     I  Chr.  26.  7. 

Semei,  sgm'e-i,  Greek  form  of  Shimei. 
Luke  3.  26. 

Senaall,  sg-na'ah,  perhaps  thorny. 
Ezra  2.  35. 

Seneh,  sfi'neh,  crag,  thorn.  I  Sam. 14. 4. 

Senir,  se'nir,  coat  of  mail.   I  Chr.  5.  23. 

Sennacherib,  sen-nak'e-""11'.  Sin  (the 
moon)  multiplies  brethren.  2  Kin.  18. 1 3. 

Senuah,  se-nu'ah,  bristling  (?).  Neh. 
II.  9. 

Seorim,  se-o'rim,  barley.   I  Chr.  24.  8. 

Sephar,  sa-far,  a  numbering.  Gen. 
10.  -jo. 

Sepharad,  seT'a-rad.     Obad.  20. 

Sepharvaim,  sef-ar-va'im.  2  Kin. 
17.  24. 

Serah,  se'rah,  abundance.  Gen.  46.  17. 

Seraiah,  sSr-a-I'ah,  soldier  of  Jeho- 
vah (?).    2  Sam.  8.  17. 

Seraphim,  ser'a-flm,  burning  ones. 
Is.  6.  2. 

Sered,  se'red,  fear.     Gen.  46.  14. 

Sergius,  ser'gl-us.     Acts  13.  7. 

Serug,  se'rug,  shoot.     Gen.  11.  20. 

Seth,  sSth,  substitute.     Gen.  4.  25. 

Sethur,  se'thur,  hidden.    Num.  13.  13. 

Shaalabbill,  sha-al-ab'bin,  earths  of 
foxes.     Josh.  19.  42. 

Shaalbim,  sha-al'bim,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Judg.  1.  35. 

Shaalbonite,  sha-al'bo-nlte,  inhabit- 
ant of  Shaalbim.     2  Sam.  23.  32. 

Shaaph,  sha'af,  anger  (?).   I  Chr.  2.47. 

Shaaraim,  sha-a-ra'im,  two  gates. 
I  Sam.  17.  52. 

Shaasllgaz,  sha-ash'gaz,  beauty's  ser- 
vant (?).     Est.  2.  14. 

Shabbethai,  shab-b&h'a-I,  born  on 
the  sabbath.     E/ra  10.  15. 

Shachia,  shak-I'a,  lustful.  I  Chr.  8. 10. 


Shaddai,  Shad'da-I,  Almighty.  Num. 

1.  6. 

Shadrach,  shad'rak.     Dan.  1.  7. 
Shage,  sha'ge,  wanderer.  I  Chr.  11.34. 
Shaharaim,  sha-ha-ra'im,  two  dawns. 

1  Chr.  8.  8. 
Shahazilliah,    sha-haz'i-mah,    lofty 

places.     Josh.  19.  22. 
Shalcm,  sha'lem,  safe,  perfect.     Gen. 

33-  .18- 
Shalini.  sha'lim,  foxes.     I  Sam.  9.  4. 
Shalisha,  shaKi-sha,  a  third  part.       I 

Sam.  9.  4.  . 

Shallecheth,    shal'le-keth,    felling. 

I  Chr.  26.  16. 
Shallum,    shal'lum,    retribution.      2 

Kin.  15.  10. 

Shallun,    shal'lun,   spoliation.     Neh. 

3-  IS- 
Shalmai,  shal'ma-I,  peaceful  (?).  Ezra 

2.  46. 

Shalman,  shal'man,  shortened  form 
of  following.     Hos.  10.  14. 

Shalmaiieser,  shal-man-e'ser,  Shal- 
man, be  propitious.     2  Kin.  17.  3. 

Shama,  sha'ma,  obedient.  I  Chr. 
II.  44. 

Shamariah,  sham-a-rl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah guards.     2  Chr.  II.  19. 

Shamed,  sha'med,  destroyer.  I  Chr. 
8.  12. 

Sliamer,  sha'mer,  keeper.  1  Chr.  6.46. 

Shamgar,  sham'gar,  destroyer  (?). 
Judg.  3.  31. 

Shamhuth,  sham'huth,  notoriety  (?). 
I  Chr.  27.  8. 

Shamir,  sha'mir,  a  thorn.  1  Chr. 
24.  24. 

Shamma,  sham'ma,  desert.      I   Chr. 

7-  37- 

Shammah,sham/mah,  same  as  Sham- 
ma.    Gen.  36.  13. 

Shammai,  sham'ma-I,  wasted.  I  Chr. 
2.  28. 

Shammoth,  shani'moth,  deserts.  I 
Chr.  II.  27. 

Shammua,  sham-md'a,  famous.  Num. 

13-4- 
Shammuah,    sham-ma'ah,  same    as 

preceding.     2  Sam.  5.  14. 
Shamsherai,  sham-she-ra'I.      I  Chr. 

8.  26. 
Shapham,  sha'fam.bald.  I  Chr.  5. 12. 
Shaphan,  shaman,  coney.  2  Kin.  22.3. 
Shaphat,  sha-fat,  judge.   Num.   13.  5. 
Shapher,  sha'fer,  pleasantness.  Num. 

33-  23. 
Sharai,  shar'a-I,  free.     Ezra  10.  40. 
Sharaiin,   shar-a'Im,    same   as    Sha- 

ARAIM.     Josh.  15.  36. 
Sharar,  sha'rar,  firm.     2  Sam.  23.  33. 
Sharezer,  sha-re'zer,    (God)    protect 

the  king.     2  Kin.  19.  37. 
Sharon,  shar'on,  plain.     I  Chr.  27.  29. 
Sharonite,  shar'on-Ite,  one  who  lives 

in  Sharon.     1  Chr.  27.  29. 
Sharilhen,  sha-ru'hen.     Josh.  19.  6. 
Shashai,  shash'a-i,  pale.    Ezra  10.  40. 
Shashak,    sha'shak,   activity  (?).       I 

Chr.  8.  14. 
Shaul,  sha'ul,  same  as  Saul.      Gen. 

46.  10. 
Shavell,  sha'veh,  plain.    Gen.  14.  17. 
Shaveh  Kiriathaim,  sha'veh  kir- 

i-a-tha'im,  plain  of  Kiriathaim.     Gen. 

14.  5. 
Shavsha,  shav'sha,  another  name  of 

Seraiah.     I  Chr.  18.  16. 
Sheal,  she'al,  prayer.     Ezra  10.  29. 
Shealtiel,  she-al'ti-el,  I  asked  from 

God.     Ezra  3.  2. 
Sheariah,   she-a-rl^h,  gate  of  Jeho- 
vah.    I  Chr.  8.  38. 
Shear-jashub,  she'ar-ja'shub,  the 

remnant  shall  return.     Is.  7.  3. 
Sheba,  she'ba,  an  oath.    2  Sam.  20.  I. 
Shebah,  she'bah,  seven.  Gen.  26.  33. 
Shebam,  she'bam,  fragrance.     Num. 

32.  3- 
Shebaniah,  sh£b-a-nl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah hides.     1  Chr.  15.  24. 


Shebarim,      sheb'a-rlm,      breaches. 

Josh.  7.  5. 
Sheber,  she'ber,  breaking.  I  Chr.  2.48. 
Sheblia,  sheb'na,  youth  (?).     2  Kin. 

18.  18. 
Shebuel,   sheb'u-el,  captive  of  God. 

1  Chr.  23.  16. 
Shecaniah,  shek-a-nl'ah,  same  as  fol- 
lowing.    1  Chr.  24.  11. 
Shechaniah,  shek-a-nl'ah,  Jehovah 

dwells.  1  Chr.  3.  21. 
Shechem,  she'kem,  back,  shoulder. 

Gen.  34.  2. 
Shechemites,  she'kem-Ites,  people 

of  Shechem.     Num.  26.  31. 
Shedeur,   shed'e-ur,  giving  forth  of 

light.     Num.  1.  5. 
Shehariah,     she-ha-rl'ah,     Jehovah 

seeks.     I  Chr.  8.  26. 
Shelah,  she'lah,  petition.    Gen.  38.  5. 
Shelanites,  she'lan-Ites,  descendants 

of  Shelah.     Num.  26.  20. 
Shelemiah,   shel-e-ml'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah repays.      I  Chr.  26.  14. 
Sheleph,  she'lef,  drawing  out.     Gen. 

10.  26. 
Shelesh,  she'lesh,  triad.   1  Chr.  7.  35. 
Shelomi,  shel'o-ml,  peaceful.     Num. 

34-  27. 
Shelomithjshel'o-mltl^peacefulness. 

Lev.  24.  11. 
Shelomoth,    shel'o-meth,    same    as 

Shelomith.     1  Chr.  24.  22. 
Shelumiel,    she-lu'mi-el,    friend    of 

God.     Num.  1.  6. 
Shem,  shgm,  name.     Gen.  5.  32. 
Shema,  she'ma,   (I)   echo   (?),  Josh. 

15.  26;  (2)  fame,  I  Chr.  2.  43. 
Shemaah,  she-ma'ah,  fame.     I   Chr. 

12.  3. 

Shemaiah,  shem-a-I'ah,  Jehovah  has 

heard.  I  Kin.  12.  22. 
Shemariah,    shem-a-rl'ah,    Jehovah 

guards.  I  Chr.  12.  5. 
Shemeber,    shem/e-ber,    soaring   on 

high  (?).  Gen.  14.  2. 
Shemer,  she'mer,  guardian.     I  Kin. 

16.  24. 

Shemida,  she-ml'da,  fame  of  wisdom. 
Num.  26.  32. 

Shemidah,  she-mi'dah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.     I  Chr.  7.  iq. 

Sheminith,  shem'i-nlth,  eighth.  I 
Chr.  15.  21. 

Shemiramoth,  sl.e-mlr'a-moth, 

most  high  name.      I  Chr.  15.  18. 

Shemiiel,  she-ma/el,same  as  Samuel. 
Num.  34.  20. 

Shell,  shen,  tooth.     I  Sam.  7.  12. 

Shenazar,  shg-na/zar.     I  Chr.  3.  18. 

Shenir,  she'nir,  same  as  Senir.  Deut. 

3-  9- 

Shepham,  shebam,  nakedness.  Num. 
34.  io. 

Shephathiah,  shef-a-thl/ah,  an  in- 
correct way  of  spelling  the  next  word. 
I  Chr.  9.  8. 

Shephatiall,  shef-a-tl'ah,  whom  Je- 
hovah defends.     2  Sam.  3.  4. 

Shephi,  she'fl,  baldness.    I  Chr.  1.40. 

SliepllO,  she'fo,  same  as  Siiephi. 
Gen.  36.  23. 

Shepllliphan,  she-fu/fan,serpent(?). 
I  Chr.  8.  5. 

Sherah,  she'rah,  consanguinity.  I 
Chr.  7.  24. 

Sherebiah,  shgr-e-bl'ah,  heat  of  Je- 
hovah.    Ezra  8.  18. 

Sberesh,  she'resh,  root.     I  Chr.  7.  16. 

Sherezer,  she-re'zer,  same  as  Sha- 
rkzer  (?).     Zech.  7.  2. 

Sheshacll,  she'shak,  a  name  for  Babel. 
Jer.  25.  26. 

Sheshai,  she'shai,  clothed  in  \vhite(?). 
Num.  13.  22. 

Sheshan,  she'shan,  lily  (?).  I  Chr. 
2.31. 

Shesllbazzar,  shesh-baz'zar.  Ezra 
1.8. 

Sheth,  shah,  tumult.     Num.  24.  17. 

Shethar,  sheshai,  star.     Est.  I.  14. 


Shethar-boznai,  she'thar-boz'na-4 

bright  star.     Ezra  5.  3. 
Sheva,  she'va,  vanity.     2  Sam.  20.  25. 
Shibboleth,  shib'bo-Itth,  an  ear  of 

corn  or  a  flood.     Judg.  12.  6. 
Sllibma'h,  shlb'mah,  fragrant.    Num. 

32.  38. 
Shid'On,  shl/kron,  drunkenness.  Josh. 

15.  II. 
Shiggaion,  shig-ga'jon,  irregular.  Ps. 

7,  title. 
Shigionoth,  shl-gi/o-noth.  Hab.  3. 1. 
Shihon,  shl'hon,  ruin.     Josh.  19.  19. 
Shihor,  shl'hor,  black.     I  Chr.  13.  5. 
Sllihor-libnath,     shl/hor-lib/nath. 

Josh.  19.  26. 
Shilhi,  shiKhl,  darter.     I  Kin.  22. 42. 
Shilhiin,  shIKhim,  aqueducts.     Josh, 

15-  32. 
Shillem,  shil'lem,  requital.  Gen.46.24. 
Shiloah,  shi-lo'ah,  outlet  of  water.  Is. 

8.6. 
Shiloh,  shi'loh,  rest.     Josh.  18.  I. 
Shiloni,    shi-lo'nl,   native   of  Shiloh. 

Neh.  11.  5. 
Shilonite,   shl'lo-nlte,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    1  Kin.  n.  29. 
Shilshall,  shlKshah,  triad.   I  Chr.7.37. 
Shimea,  shlm/e-a, famous.   I  Chr.  3.  5. 
Shillieah,   shim/e-ah,  same  as  She. 

Maah.     2  Sam.  21.  21. 
Sllimeam,  shim/e-am,  same  as  pre- 

ceding.     1  Chr.  9.  38. 
Shimeath,  shlm'e-ath,  fame.    2  Kin. 

12.  21. 
Shimeathite,  shlir/e-ath-ite.  1  Chr. 

2-55- 
Shimei,  shlm/e-l.  my  fame.  Num. 3.18. 
Shillieon,   shim/e-on,  a   hearkening. 

Ezra  10.  31. 
Shimhi,   shimei,  same  as   Shimei. 

1  Chr.  8.  21. 
Shillli,  shl'ml,  same  as  preceding.  Ex. 

6.  17. 
ShimiteS,  shim-'Ites,  descendants  of 

Shimei.     Num.  3.  21. 
Shimma,    shlm/nia,  rumor.     I    Chr. 

2.  13. 
Shimon,  shi'mon,     1  Chr.  4.  20. 
Shimrath,    shlm'rath,    watchfulness. 

I  Chr.  8.  21. 
Shimri,  shirn'rl,  watchful.  I  Chr.  4.  37, 
Shimrith,  shim'rith,  vigilant.    2  Chr. 

24.  26. 
Shim  roil,  shlm'ron,  watchful.     Josh. 

II.  1. 
Shimron-meron,shim/ron-me/ron. 

Josh.  12.  20. 
Shimshai,    shlm'shai,   sunny.     Ezra 

4.8. 
Shinab,  shl/nab,  hostile(?1.  Gen.  14.2. 
Shinar,  shi'nar.     Gen.  10.  10. 
Shiphi,  shi/ft,  abundant.    I  Chr.  4.  37. 
Shiphmite,    shlf'mlte,   a   native   of 

Shephan.      1  Chr.  27.  27. 
Slliphrah,  shif'rah,  beauty.  Ex.  1.1$. 
Shiplltan,    shif'tan,   judicial.     Num. 

34-  24. 
Sllisha,  shl'sha,  brightness.  I  Kin.  4.3. 
Shishak,  shl'shak,  illustrious.    I  Kin. 

II.  40. 
Sliitrai,    shit'ra-I,    official.       I    Chr. 

27.  29. 
Shittim,  shit'tim,  acacias.  Num.  25. 1 
Shiza,    shl'za,    cheerful  (?).       1    Chr 

II.  42. 
Shoa,  sho'a,  opulent.      Ezek.  23.  23. 
Shobab,  sho/bab,  apostate.     2   Sam. 

5-  14. 
Sliobach,  shVbak,  pouring.     2  Sam. 

10.  16. 
Shobai,  shO'ba-I,bright(?).  Ezra  2. 42. 
Shobal,  sho'bal,  stream.    Gen.  36.  20. 
Shobek,    sho'bek,   forsaken.       Neh, 

10.  24. 
Shobi,  sho'bl,  taking  captive.     2  Sam, 

17.  27. 
Shochoh,  sho'koh,  a  hedge.     I  Sam. 

17.  1. 
Shoco,  sko'ko,  same  as  the  preceding 

word.     2  Chr.  II.  7. 


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A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


*5 


Shoham.  sho'ham,  onyx.     1  Chr.  24 

27. 
Shomer,  sho'mer.  watchman.   2  Kin. 

12.  21 
Shophach,  shs'fak,  same  as  Shobak. 

1  Chr.  19.  16. 
Sbophan,  shO'fan,  baldness.     Num. 

32-  35- 
SllOSliannim,    sho-shan'nim,   lilies. 
Ps.  45,  title. 

Shoshannim-Eduth,  sho-shan'- 
nim-e'duth,  lilies  a  testimony.  Ps.  80, 
title. 

Sliua,  shu'a,  wealth.     I  Chr.  2.  3. 

Sliuall,  shu/ah,  depression.  Gen.  25.  2. 

Shual,  shu'al,  jackal.     I  Chr.  7.  36. 

bhubael,  shu'ba-el,  same  as  She- 
duel  (?).     1  Chr.  24.  20. 

Shu  ham,  shu/ham,  pitman  (?).  Num. 
26.  42. 

Shuhite,  shulilte,  a  descendant  of 
Shua.     Job  8.  I. 

Shulamite,  shulam-Ite,  same  as 
Shelomith.     Cant.  6.  13. 

Shumathites,  shu 'math-It  es,  people 
of  Shumah.     I  Chr.  2.  53. 

Shunammite,  shu'nam-mlte,  an  in- 
habitant of  Shunem.     I  Kin.  I.  3. 

Shu ueiii,  shu'nem,  two  resting-places. 
Josh.  19.  18. 

Slllini,  shu'nl,  quiet.     Gen.  46.  16. 

Shupham,  shu'fam,  serpent.  Num. 
26.  39. 

Shuphaillites,  shu'fam-Ites,  the  de- 
scendants of  Shupham.    Num.  26.  39. 

Shuppim,  shup'pim.      I  Chr.  7.  12. 

Shur,  sliur,  a  fort.     Gen.  16.  7. 

Shushau,  shu'sban.     Neh.  1.  r. 

Shushan-eduth,  slm'shan-e'duth, 
lily  of  the  testimony.     Ps.  60,  title. 

Shuthelall,shu'the-lah,plantation(?). 
Num.  26.  35. 

Sia,  sl'a,  assembly.     Neh.  7.  47. 

Siaha,  sl'a-ha,  council.     Ezra  2.  44. 

Sibbecai,  sib'be-kai,  entangling.  I 
Chr.  II.  29. 

Sibbecliai,  sib'be-kai,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    2  Sam.  21.  18. 

Sibboleth,  slb'bo-leth,  same  as  Shib- 
boleth.   Judg.  12.  6. 

Sibmah,  sib'mah,  same  as  Shibmah. 
Josh.  13.  19. 

Sibraim,  slb'ra-Im,  two  hills  (?). 
Ezek.  47.  16. 

Sicheni,  si'kem,  the  shoulder-blade. 
Gen.  12.  6. 

Siddim,   sld'dim,  the  plains.     Gen. 

14-  3- 
Sidon,  sl'don,  fishing.     Gen.  10.  15. 
Sihou,  sl'hon,  brush.     Num.  21.  21. 
Sihor,  sl'h&r,  same  as  Shichor.   Josh. 

*3-  3- 
Silas,   sl'las,   shortened  form   of   Sil- 

vanus.     Acts  15.  22. 
Silla,  sll'la,  way,  highway  (?).     2  Kin. 

12.  20. 
Siloam,  sMo'am,  same  as  Shiloah. 

John  9.  7. 
Sil  vanus,  sll-va'nus,  of  the  forest.     2 

Cor.  1.  19. 
Simeon,  slm'g-on,  same  as  Shimeon. 

Gen.  29.  33. 
Simon,   sl'mon,  same   as  preceding. 

Mat.  10.  4. 
Simri,  slm'rl,  same  as  Shimri.    i  Chr. 

26.  10. 
Sin,  sin,  clay.     Ex.  16.  I. 
Sina,  sl'na,  Greek  form  of  Sinai.    Acts 

7-30- 
Sinai,  sl'nai,  pointed.     Ex.  19.  I. 
Sini  111,  sl'nim,  Chinese  (?).    Is.  49.  12. 
Sinite,  sln'lte.     Gen.  10.  17. 
Si  on,  si 'on,  (1)  lifted  up,  Deut.  4.  48; 

(2)  Greek  name  for  Mount  Zion,  Mat. 

21.5- 

Siphmoth,  slf'moth,  bare  places  (?). 
I  Sam.  30.  28. 

Sippai,  sip'pai,  belonging  to  the  door- 
step (?).     I  Chr.  20.  4. 

Sirah,  sl'rah,  withdrawing.  2  Sam. 
3-  26. 


Sirion,  slr'i-dn,  a  coat  of  mail.   Deut. 

3-  9- 

Sisamai,  sl-sam'a-I,   fragrant  (?).     I 

Chr.  2.  40. 
Sisera,  sis'e-ra,  binding  in  chains  (?). 

Judg.  4.  2. 
Sitnali,  sit'nah,  contention.     Gen.  26. 

21. 
Sivan,  sl'van,  bright.     Est.  8.  9. 
Smyrna,  smir'na,  myrrh.     Rev.  I.  II. 
So,  so,  Hebrew  form  of  Egyptian  word 

Sevech.     2  Kin.  17.  4. 
SocliO,  so'ko,  same  as  Shocho.    I  Chr. 

4.  18. 
Socoll,  sO'ko,  same  as  Shochoh.  Josh. 

15-  35- 
Sodi,   sO'dl,  an  acquaintance.     Num. 

13.  10. 
Sodom,  s&d'om,  burning.  Gen.  10. 19. 
Sodoma,  sod'om-a,  Greek  form  of  the 

preceding.     Rom.  9.  29. 
Sodomites,  sdd'om-Ites,  persons  who 

were  as  wicked  as  the  men  of  Sodom. 

1  Kin.  15.  12. 
Solomon,  s&l'o-mon,  peaceable.     2 

Sam.  5.  14. 
Sopater,  sop'a-ter.     Acts  20.  4. 
Sopberetb,  sof'e-r£th,  scribe.     Ezra 

2-55- 
Sorek,   so'rek,    choice    vine.     Judg. 

16.  4. 
Sosipater,  so-slp'a-ter.   Rom.  16.21. 
Sostlienes,  sos'the-nes..    Acts  18.  17. 
Sotai,  sO'ta-I,  deviator.     Ezra  2.  55. 
Spain,  spain.     Rom.  15.  24. 
Stachys,  sta'kls,  an  ear  of  corn.  Rom. 

16.  9. 
Stephanas,   steT'a-nas,  crowned.     I 

Cor   1.  16. 
Stephen,   ste'ven,   English  form   of 

Stephanas.     Acts  o.  5. 
Stoics,    sto'iks,    philosophers    whose 

founder  taught  in  a  famous  porch  or 

stoa.     Acts  17.  18. 
Suah,  su'ah,  sweepings.    I  Chr.  7.  36. 
Snccoth,  suk'koth,  booths.    Gen.  33. 

17- 
Snccoth-benoth,      suk'koth-be'- 

noth.     2  Kin.  17.  30. 
Suchathites,  su'kath-ites.    1  Chr. 

2.  55- 

Sukkiim,  suk'kl-im,  nomads.  2  Chr. 
12.3. 

Snr,  sur.     2  Kin.  11.  6. 

Susaucllites,  su'san-kltes,  inhabit- 
ants of  Susa  or  Susinak.     Ezra  4.  9. 

Susanna,  su-san'na,  lily.     Luke  8.  3. 

Slisi,  su'si,  horseman.     Num.  13.  II. 

Sycbar,    sy'kar,   drunken  (?).     John 

4-  5- 

Sychem,  sy'kem,  Greek  form  of  She- 

chem.     Acts  7.  16. 
Syene,  sy-e'ne,   opening.     Ezek.  29. 

10. 
Syntyclie,  syn'ty-ke,  fortunate.  Phil. 

4.  2. 
Syracuse,  syr'a-kuse.     Acts  28.  12. 
Syria,  syr'I-a.     Judg.  10.  6. 
Syrian,   syr'I-an,  inhabitant  of  Syria. 

Gen.  25.  20. 
Syrophenician,      sy-ro-fe-nlsh'jan, 

Phenician  living  in   Syria.      Mark  7. 

26. 

TAANACH,  ta'a-nak,  castle  (?). 
Josh.  12.  21. 

Taanath-shiloh,  ta'a-nath-shi'loh, 

fig-tree  of  Shiloh  (?).     Josh.  16.  6, 
Tabbaoth,   tab'ba-&th,   rings.     Ezra 

2-43- 
Tabbath,  tab'hath,  pleasantness.  Judg. 

7.  22. 
Tabeal,    ta'be-al,   God  is  good.     Is. 

7.6. 
Tabeel,    ta'be-el,    another    way    of 

writing  Tabeal.     Ezra  4.  7. 
Taberah,  tab'e-rah,  burning.     Num. 

II.  3. 
Tabitha,  tab'j-tha,  gazelle.     Acts  9. 

36. 
Tabor,  ta'bar,  height.    Josh. 19.  22. 


Tabrimon,   tab'rl-m6n,  Rimmon  is 

good.     I  Kin.  15.  18. 
Tachsnonite,  tak'ino-nite,  same  as 

Hachmonite  (?).     2  Sam.  23.  8. 
Tadmor,  tad'mor,  city  of  palms  (?). 

I  Kin.  9.  18. 
Tahan,  ta'han,  camp.    Num.  26.  35. 
Tahapaues,    ta-hap'a-nes.,    head   of 

the  land.     Jer.  2.  16. 
Tahpanhes,    tah'pan-hes.,   same    as 

preceding.     Jer.  43.  7. 
Tahpenes,  tah'pen-es..     1   Kin.   11. 

19. 
Taliath,   ta'hath,  substitute.     I    Chr. 

6.  24. 
Tahrea,  tah-re'a,  cunning  (?).    I  Chr. 

9.41. 
Tahtim-hodslii,     tah'tim-hod'shl, 

nether  land  newly  inhabited  (?).     2 

Sam.  24.  6. 
Talitha,  tal'I-tha,  girl.     Mark  5.  41. 
Talmai,  tal'mai,  abounding  in  furrows. 

Num.  13.  22. 
Talmon,  tal'mon,  oppressed.     I  Chr. 

9.  17. 
Tamah,  ta'mah,  joy.    Neh.  7.  55. 
Tamar,  ta'mar,  a  palm   tree.     Gen. 

38.6. 
Tammuz,  tarn'muz,  son  of  life  (?). 

Ezek.  8.  14. 
Tanach,  ta'nak,  same  as  Taanach. 

Josh.  21.  25. 
Tanhumeth,  tanlm-m&h,  consola- 
_   tion.     2  Kin.  25.  23. 
Taphath,  ta'fath,  a  drop  (?).    1  Kin. 

4.  II. 
Tappuali,  tap'pu-ah,  apple.     1  Chr. 

2-43- 
Tarall,  ta'rah,  station.    Num.  33.  27. 
Taralah,  tar'a-lah,  reeling  (?).    Josh. 

18.  27. 
Tarea,  ta're-a,  same  as  Tahrea.    I 

Chr.  8.  35.  " 
Tarpelites,    tar'pel-Ites,   people    of 

Tarpel.     Ezra  4.  9. 
Tarshish,  tar'shish.    Gen.  10.  4. 
Tarsus,  tar'sus.     Acts  9.  11. 
Tartak,  tar'tak.    2  Kin.  17.  31. 
Tartan,  tar'tan,  military  chief.  2  Kin. 

18.  17. 
Tatnai,  tat'na-I,  gift  (?).     Ezra  5.  3. 
Tebah,   te'bah,  slaughter.     Gen.  22. 

24. 
Tebaliah,  teb-a-ll-'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

has  immersed.  I  Chr.  26.  11. 
Tebeth,  te'beth.  Est.  2.  16. 
Tehaplmehes,  te-haf'ne-hej,  same 

as  Tahapanes.     Ezek.  30.  18. 
Tehinnah,  te-htn'nah,  cry  for  mercy. 

1  Chr.  4.  12. 

Tekel,  te'kel,  weighed.     Dan.  5.  25. 
Tekoa,  te-ko'a,  sound  of  trumpet.     I 

Chr.  2.  24. 
Tekoah,  te-ko'ah,  same  as  Tekoa. 

2  Sam.  14.  2. 

Tekoite,  te-kO'Ite,  inhabitant  of  Te- 
koah.    2  Sam.  23.  26. 

Tel-abib,  tel-a'bib,  hill  of  ears  of 
corn.     Ezek.  3.  15. 

Telah,  te'lah.    1  Chr.  7.  25. 
Telaiin,    tel'a-im,   lambs.      1    Sam. 

15.4- 
Telassar,  te-las'sar,  Assyrian  hill.   Is. 

37.  12. 
Telem,  te'lem,  oppression.     Ezra   10. 

24- 

Tel-haresha,  tel-ha-re'sha,  forest- 
hill.     Neh.  7.  61. 

Tel-harsa,  tel-hai'sa,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Ezra  2.  59. 

Tel-melah,  tel-me'lah,  salt-hill.  Ezra 

2.'59- 

Tenia,  te'ma,  a  desert.     Gen.  25.  15. 

Teman,  te'man,  on  the  right  hand. 
Gen.  36.  11. 

Temani,  tem'a-nl,  descendants  of 
Teman.     Gen.  36.  34. 

Temanite,  te'man-ite,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Job  2.  II. 

Temeni,  tem'e-ni,  same  as  Temani. 
1  Chr.  4.  6. 


Terah,  te'rah,  a  station  (?).    Gen.  11. 

24. 
Teraphim,     ter'a-fim,      nourishers. 

Judg.  17.  5. 
Teresll,  te'resh,  severe  (?).    Est.  2. 

21. 
Tertius,  ter'shjus,  the  third.     Rom. 

16.  22. 

Tertullus,  ter-tul'lus  ( Urn.  of  Ter- 
tius).    Acts  24.  1. 

Thaddseus,  thad-de'us,  Greek  form 
of  Theudas.     Mat.  10.  3. 

Thahasll,  tha'hash,  seal  (?).  Gen. 
22.  24. 

Thamah,    tha'mah,  laughter.      Ezra 

2-53- 

Thainar,  tha'mar,  Greek  equivalent 
of  Tamar.     Mat.  I.  3. 

Thara,  tha'ra,  Greek  form  of  Terah. 
Luke  3.  34. 

Tharshish,  thar'shish,  same  as  Tar- 
shish.    1  Kin.  10.  22. 

Tliebez,    the'bez,  brightness.     Judg. 

9.  50. 

Thelasar,  thS-la'sar,  same  as  Telas- 
sar.   2  Kin.  19.  12. 

Theophilus,  thS-ofi-las,  loved  of 
God.     Luke  I.  3. 

Thessalonica,  thes-sa-16-ni/ka.  Acts 

17.  1. 

Theudas,  theu'das,  praise  (?).     Acts 

5-  36. 
Thimnathah,  thim'na-thah,  portion. 

Josh.  19.  43. 
Thomas,  tOm'as,  a  twin.     Mat.  10.  3. 
Thummim,  thuu^mim,  truth(?).  Ex. 

28.  30. 
Thyatira,  thy-a-tl/ra.     Acts  16.  14. 
Tiberias,  ti-te'rl-as,  a  place  named 

after  Tiberius.     John  6.  I. 
Tiberius,  ti-be'ri-us.     Luke  3.  1. 
Tibhath,  tlb'hath,  butchery.     1  Chr. 

18.8. 
Tibni,  tuVnl,  made  of  straw  (?).      I 

Kin.  16.  21. 
Tidal,  tl'dal,  dread.     Gen.  14.  I. 
Tiglath-pileser,   tig'lath-pi-le'ser, 

the  son  of  the   temple  of  Sarra  is  a 

ground  of  confidence  (?).     2  Kin.  15. 

29. 
Tikvah,  tlk'vah,  expectation.    2  Kin. 

22.  14. 
Tikvath,  tlk-'vath,  same  as  Tikvah. 

2  Chr.  34.  22. 
Tilgath-pilneser,  tiKgath-pil-ne/- 

jer,  same  as  Tiglath-pileser.    I  Chr. 

5-6. 
Tilon,  tl'lon,  gift  (?).     I  Chr.  4.  20. 
Timajus,  tl-me'us,  polluted(?).    Mark 

10.  46. 

Timna,  tlm'na,  unapproachable    Gen. 

36.  12. 
Timnah,   tlrn'oah,  a  portion.    Josh. 

15.  10. 
Timnath,  tlm/nath,  same  as  Timnah. 

Gen.  38.  12. 
Timnath -heres,     tin/nath-he'rej, 

portion  of  the  sun.     Judg.  2.  9. 
Timnath-serah,     tim/nath-se/rah, 

portion  of  the  remainder.     Josh.  19. 

50. 
Timnite,  tlm'nlte,  a  man  of  Timna. 

Judg.  15.  6. 
Timon,  tl'mon.     Acts  6.  5. 
Timotheus,   tl-mo'the-us,   honoring 

God.     Acts  16.  I. 
Timothy,  tlm'o-thy,  English  form  of 

the  above.     2  Cor.  I.  I. 
Tiphsah,    tlf'sah,  passage.      1   Kin. 

4-24- 
Tiras,  tl'ras,  crushing  (?).    Gen.  10. 

2. 
Tirathites,  tl'rath-ltes.     1   Chr.   2. 

55- 
Tirhakah,   tir'ha-kah,  distance  (?). 

2  Kin.  19.  9. 
Tirhanah,  th-'ha-nah,  murmuring  (?) 

1  Chr.  2.  48. 
Tiria,  tir'I-a,  fear,     i  Chr.  4.  16. 
Tirshatha,  tlr'sha-tha,  the  feared  (?) 


a,  e,  I,  O,  u,  y,  long;  a,  e,  I,  6,  u,  y,  short ;  a,  e,  i,  6,  intermediate ;  a,  e,  i,  o,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

fdr,  furl,  rade,  push,  ?ass,  gasj,  gasin  get,  §  as  z,  x  as  gz. 


i6 


A  SELF-PRONOUNCING  DICTIONARY  OF  SCRIPTURE  PROPER  NAMES. 


Tirzah,  tlr'zah,  pleasantness.     Num. 

26.  33. 
Tisllbite,    tlsh/blte,     inhabitant    of 

Tishbe.     I  Kin.  17.  x. 
Titus,  tl'tus,  protected.     2  Cor.  2.  13. 
Tizite,  ti'zite.     1  Chr.  11.  45. 
Toall,  to'ah,  low.     I  Chr.  6.  34. 
Tob,  tob,  good.     Judg.  II.  3. 
Tob-adonijalljtob-ad'o-ni'jah.good 

is  my  lord  Jehovah.     2  Chr.  17.  8. 
Tobiah,    to-bl'ah,   Jehovah   is  good. 

Ezra  2.  60. 
Tobijali,  to'bl'jah,  same  as  Tobiah. 

2  Chr.  17.  8. 
Tochen,  to'ken,  a  measure.     I  Chr. 

4-  32- 
Togarmall,  to-gar'mah,  rugged.  Gen. 

10.  3. 
Toll  U,  to'hu,  same  as  Toah.     I  Sam. 

I.  I. 
Toi,  to'I,  wanderer.     2  Sam.  8.  9. 
Tola,  to'la,  worm.     Gen.  46.  13. 
Tolad,  tO'lad,  birth.     I  Chr.  4.  29. 
Tophel,  to'phel,  lime.     Deut.  1.  1. 
Topliet,  tO'phet,  burning.     Is.  30.  33. 
Tophetll,  to'feth,  same  as  Tophet. 

2  Kin.  23.  10. 
Torinah,   tdr'mah,  privily.     Judg.  9. 

Toil,  tO'u,  older  form  of  Toi.     I  Chr. 

18.  9. 

Trachonitis,    trak-o-ni'tis,    rugged. 

Luke  3.  1. 
Troas,   trO'as,  so  called  from   Tros. 

Acts  16.  8. 
Trogyllium,  tro-gyKH-um.    Acts  20. 

IS- 
TrophimilS,  traf'l-mus,  master  of  the 

house  (?).     Acts  20.  4. 
Tryplieua,  try-fe'na,  delicate.    Rom. 

16.  12. 
Tryphosa,  try-fo'sa,  delicate.     Rom. 

16.  12. 
Tubal,   tu'bal,   production  (?).     Gen. 

10.  2. 
Tilbal-cain,  tu'bal-kain,  producer  of 

weapons  (?).     Gen.  4.  22. 
Tychicus,  tyk'i-kus,  fortuitous.    Acts 

20.  4. 
TyrailllUS,  ty-ran/'nus,  tyrant.     Acts 

19.9. 
Tyre,  tyre,  rock.     Josh.  19.  29. 
Tyrus,   ty'rus,  Latin   name  of  Tyre. 

Jer.  25.  22. 

XJCAL,  tt'kal,  I  shall  prevail.     Prov. 

30.  1. 
Uel,  u'el,  will  of  God  (?).     Ezra  10. 

34- 
Ulai,  tt'la-L     Dan.  8.  2. 
Ulaill,  u'lam,  foremost.     I  Chr.  7.  16. 
Ulla,  ul'la,  yoke.     I  Chr.  7.  39. 
Ullllliall,  urn'mah,  community.    Josh. 

19.  30. 

Uimi,   un'nl,  depressed.     I   Chr.  15. 

18. 
Upharsill,    u-far'sin,    and    dividers. 

Dan.  5.  25. 
XJphaz,  u'faz.    Jer.  10.  9. 
Ur,  ur,  light.     Gen.  11.  28. 
Urbane,    urbane,    pleasant.      Rom. 

16.  9. 
Uri,  a'rl,  fiery.     Ex.  31.  2. 
Uriah,   u-rl'ah,  light  of  Jehovah.     2 

Sam.  11.  3. 
Ur(as,  u-rt'as,  Greek  form  of  Uriah. 

Mat.  1.  6. 
Uriel,  u'ri-el,  light  of  God.     I  Chr. 

6.  24. 
Urijall,  u-rl'jah,  same   as  Uriah.     2 

Kin.  16.  10. 
Urim,  u'rim,  light.     Ex.  28.  30. 
Uthai,  u'tha-I,  helpful.     I  Chr.  9.  4. 
Uz,  uz,  fertile.     Gen.  10.  23. 
Uzai,  u'za-I,  hoped  for  (?).     Neh.  3. 

25- 
Uzal,  u'zal,  wanderer.     Gen.  10.  27. 
Uzza,    uz'za,  strength.       2    Kin.    21. 

18. 
Uzzah,  uz'zah,  another  form  of  Uzza. 

2  Sam.  6.  3. 


Uzzen-sherah,  uz'zen-she'rah.    1 

Chr.  7.  24. 
Uzzi,  uz'zl,  shortened  form  of  Uzziah. 

1  Chr.  6.  5. 
Uzzia,  uz-zl'a,  another  form  of  Uzziah. 

1  Chr.  11.  44. 

Uzziab,  uz-zi'ah,  might  of  Jehovah. 

2  Kin.  15.  13. 

Uzziel,  uz'zi-el,  power  of  God.  Ex. 
6.  18. 

VA  JEZ  ATH  A,va-jez'a-iha,  strong 

as  the  wind  (?).     Est.  9.  9. 
Vaniall,  va-nl'ah,  distress  (?).     Ezra 

10.  36. 

Vashlli,  vash'nl,  strong  (?),  but  per- 
haps not  a  proper  name.  I  Chr.  6. 
28. 

Vasllti,  vash'tl,  beautiful.     Est.  I.  9. 

Voplisi,  vofsi,  expansion  (?).  Num. 
13.  14. 

iLAANAIM,    za-a-na/im,     wander- 
ings (?).    Judg.  4.  11. 
Zaanan,  za'a-nan,   place    of  flocks. 

Mic.  1.  11. 
Zaaiiaiillim,  za-a-nan'nim,  same  as 

Zaanaim.     Josh.  19.  33. 
Zaavan,    za'a-van,   disturbed.      Gen. 

36.  27. 
Zabad,  za'bad,  gift.     1  Chr.  2.  36. 
Zabbai,  zab'bai:     Ezra  10.  28. 
Zabbud,  zab'bud,  given.     Ezra  8.  14. 
Zabdi,   zab'di,   the   gift   of  Jehovah. 

Josh.  7.  1. 
Zabdiel,   zaVdl-el,  the  gift  of  God. 

Chr.  27.  2. 
Zabud,  za'bud,  same  as  Zabbud.     i 

1  Kin.  4.  5. 
Zablllon,  zab'u-lon,  Greek   form  of 

Zebulun.     Mat.  4.  13. 
Zaccai,  zak'ka-I,  pure.     Ezra  2.  9. 

ZaccliaeusorZacclieus,  zak-ke'us, 

Greek  form  of  Zaccai.     Luke  19.  2. 

Zacclllir,  zak'kur,  mindful.  I  Chr. 
4.  26. 

Zaccur,  zak'kur,  same  as  preceding. 
Num.  13.  4. 

Zacliariall,  zak-a-rl'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah remembers.     2  Kin.  14.  29. 

Zacharias,  zak-a-rl'as,  Greek  form 
of  preceding.     Mat.  23.  35. 

Zacber,  za'ker,  memorial.     I  Chr.  8. 

3>- 
Zadok,  za'dak,  just.     2  Sam.  8.  17. 
Zaham,    za'ham,   loathing.      2   Chr. 

11.  19. 

Zair,  za'ir,  small.     2  Kin.  8.  21. 
Zalapli,  za'laf,  wound  (?).     Neh.  3. 

3°- 

Zalmon,  zal'mon,  shady.  2  Sam. 
23.  28. 

Zalniouall,  zal'mO'nah,  same  as  pre- 
ceding.    Num.  33.  41. 

Zalmunna,  zal-man/na,  shelter  de- 
nied.    Judg.  8.  5. 

Zailizuilimilll,  zam-zum'mim.  Deut. 
2.  20. 

Zanoab,  za-no'ah,  marsh.    Josh.  15. 

34- 
Zaphnath-paaiieah,  zaPnath-pa- 

a-ne'ah,  prince  of  the  life  of  the  age. 

Gen.  41.  45. 
Zaphon,  za'fon,  north.     Josh.  13.  27. 
Zara,  za'ra,  Greek  form  of  Zarah.   Mat. 

i-3- 
Zarah,  za'rah,  sunrise  (?).    Gen.  38. 

30- 

Zareall,  za're-ah,  hornet.  Neh.  II. 
29. 

Zareathites,  za're-ath-Ites,  inhabit- 
ants of  Zareah.     I  Chr.  2.  53. 

Zarcd,  za'red,  exuberant  growth.  Num. 
21.  12. 

Zarephath,  zar'e-fath,  workshop  for 
refining  metals.     I  Kin.  17.  9. 

Zaretan,  zar'e-tan,  same  as  Zarthan. 
Josh.  3.  16. 

Zareth-shahar,  za'refh-sha'har, 
the  splendor  of  the  morning.  Josh. 
13.  19. 


Zarhites,  zar'hlles,  persons  descended 

from  Zerah.     Num.  26.  13. 
Zartanah,  zar'ta-nah.     1  Kin.  4.  12. 
Zarthail,  zar'than,  same  as  Zaretan. 

1  Kin.  7.  46. 
Zatthu,  zat'thu,  same  as  Zattu.  Neh. 

10.  14. 

Zattu,  zat'tu,  irascible  (?).     Ezra  2.  8. 
Zavail,  za'van,  same  as  Zaavan.     I 

Chr.  1.  42. 
Zaza,  za'za.     I  Chr.  2.  33. 
Zebadiah,  zeb-a-dl'ah,  full  form  of 

Zabdi.     i  Chr.  8.  15. 
Zebah,  ze'bah,  sacrifice.     Judg.  8.  5. 
Zebaim,  ze-ba'im,  same  as  Zeboim. 

Ezra  2.  57. 
Zebedee,  zeVe-dee,  Greek  form  of 

Zebadiah.     Mat.  4.  21. 
Zebina,  ze-bl'na,  bought.     Ezra  10. 

43- 
Zeboim,  ze-bo'im,  gazelles.    Gen.  10. 

19. 
Zeblldall,  ze-bu'dah,  given.     2  Kin. 

23-  36. 
Zebul,    :e/bul,   habitation.     Judg.   9. 

28. 
Zeblllonite,   zSb'u-lon-lte,   a   mem- 
ber of  the  tribe  of  Zebulon.    Judg.  12. 

11. 
Zebulun,  zeb'u-lun.    Gen.  30.  20. 
Zebulunites,   zeb'u-lun-ltes,  a  less 

correct   way   of  spelling  Zebulonites. 

Num.  26.  27. 
Zechariall,  zek-a-rl'ah,  a  better  way 

of  spelling  Zachariah.     2  Chr.  24.  20. 
Zedad,    ze'dad,    hunting  (?).      Num. 

34-  8. 
Zedekiall,  z£d-e-kl'ah,  justice  of  Je- 
hovah.    1  Kin.  22.  11. 
Zeeb,  ze'eb,  wolf.     Judg.  7.  25. 
Zelall,  ze'lah,  side.     Josh.  18.  28. 
Zelek,  ze'lek,  fissure.     2  Sam.  23.  37. 
Zelophehad,    ze-lo'fe-had,    feature. 

Num.  26.  23. 
Zelotes,    ze-15'teg,   Greek   equivalent 

of  Canaanite,  an  emulator.     Luke  6. 

15. 
Zelzah,  zSl'zah,  shade  in  the  heat.     I 

Sam.  10.  2. 
Zemaraim,  zgm-a-ra'im,  two  fleeces. 

Josh.  18.  22. 
Zemarite,  zem'a-rlte.    Gen.  10.  18. 
Zeniira,  ze-ml'ra.     I  Chr.  7.  8. 
Zenan,  ze'nan,  same  as  Zaanan.  Josh. 

15-37- 
Zenas,    ze'nas,   contraction  of  Zeno- 

dorus.     Tit.  3.  13. 
Zephaniah,  zef  a-nl'ah,  whom  Jeho- 
vah hid.     2  Kin.  25.  18. 
Zephatll,    ze'fath,  watch-tower   (?). 

Judg.  1.  17. 
Zephathah,  zeFa-thah.    2  Chr.  14. 

10. 
Zephi,   ze'ft,  same  a3   Zephath.     i 

Chr.  1.  36. 
Zepho,    ze'fo,  older  form  of  Zephi. 

Gen.  36.  11. 
Zephon,  ze'fon,  a  looking  out.   Num. 

26.  15. 
Zer,  zer,  flint  (?).     Josh.  19.  35. 
Zerah,  ze'rah,  dawn.     2  Chr.  14.  9. 
Zeralliah,  zSr-a-hl'ah,  whom  Jehovah 

caused  to  rise.     I  Chr.  6.  6. 
Zered,  ze'red,  same  as  Zared.   Deut. 

2.  13. 
Zereda,  zer'e-da,  cool.  1  Kin.  11.  26. 
Zeredathah,  ze-red''a-thah,  same  as 

preceding.     2  Chr.  4.  17. 
Zererath,  zer'e-rath.    Judg.  7.  22. 
Zeresh,  zc'resh,  gold.     Est.  5.  10. 
Zereth,  ze'reth,  gold  (?).  1  Chr.  4.  7. 
Zeri,  ze'rl,  same  as  Izri.  i  Chr.  25.  3. 
Zeror,  ze'ror,  bundle.     I  Sam.  9.  I. 
Zeruah,    ze-ru/ah,  leprous.      I    Kin. 

11.  26. 

Zerubbabel,  ze-rub/ba-bel,  scattered 

in  Babylon.     Hag.  I.  I. 
Zeruiah,  z£r-u-I'ah.     1  Sam.  26.  6. 
Zetham,  ze'tham,  olive.  1  Chr.  23.  8. 
Zethan,  ze'than,  same  as   Zetham. 

I  Chr.  7.  10. 


Zethar,  ze'thar.    Est.  1.  10. 
Zia,  zl'a,  motion.     I  Chr.  5.  13. 
Ziba,  zi'ba,  planter.     2  Sam.  9.  2. 
Zibeon,  zlb'e-on,  dyed.     Gen.  36.  2. 
Zibia,   zib'i-a,  gazelle   (?).      1    Chr. 

8.  9. 
Zibiall,  zib-'I-ah,  same    as    ZlBIA.     2 

Kin.  12.  I. 
Zichri,  zlk'rl,  famous.    2  Chr.  23.  1. 
Ziddini,    zld'dim,   sides.      Josh.    19. 

.35- 
Zidkijah,  zid-kl'jah,  justice  of  Jeho- 
vah.    Neh.  10.  1. 
Zidon,  zl'don,  fishing.     Gen.  49.  Ij. 
Zif,  zif,  blossom.     1  Kin.  6.  1. 
Ziba,  zl'ha,  drought.     Ezra  2.  43. 
Ziklag',  zlk'lag.     Josh.  15.  31. 
Zillah,  zll'lah,  shade.     Gen.  4.  19. 
Zilpall,  zil'pah,  dropping.     Gen.  29. 

24. 
Zilthai,    zil'thai,  shady.     1    Chr.   8. 

20. 
Zimmall,  zim'mah,  planning.    1  Chr. 

6.  20. 
Zimran,    zlm'ran,   celebrated.     Gen. 

25.  2. 
Zimri,  zlrn'rl,  same  as  Zimran.    i  Kin. 

16.  9. 
Zin,  zin,  thorn.     Num.  13.  21. 
Zina,    zl'na,  abundance  (?).     I    Chr. 

23.  10. 
Zion,  zl'on,  sunny.     2  Sam.  5.  7. 
Zior,  zl'or,  smallness.     Josh.  15.  54. 
Ziph,  zif,  flowing.     1  Chr.  4.  16. 
Ziphall,  zl'fah,  feminine  of  ZlFH.     I 

Chr.  4.  16. 
Ziphim,   ziFim,  inhabitants  of  Ziph. 

Ps.  54,  title. 
Ziphites,  ziPites,  same   as   Ziphim. 

I  Sam.  23.  19. 
Ziphion,  ziFl-on,  same  as  Zephon. 

Gen.  46.  16. 
Ziphron,  ziFron,  sweet  smell.    Num. 

34-9- 
Zippor,  zTp'por,  bird.     Num.  22.  2. 
Zipporah,  zip-po'rah,  fem.  of  Zippor. 

Ex.  2.  21. 
Zithri,    zitVrl,    protection    of   Jeho- 
vah (?).     Ex.  6.  22. 
Ziz,  zlz,  a  flower.     2  Chr.  20.  16. 
Ziza,  zl'za,  abundance.     I  Chr.  4.  37. 
Zizah,  zr'zah.     1  Chr.  23.  11. 
Zoan,  zo'aiijlow  region.    Num.  13.  22. 
Zoar,  za'ar,  smallness.     Gen.  13.  10. 
Zoba,    zO'ba,  a  plantation.      2   Sam. 

10.  6. 
Zoball,  zO'bah,  same  as  preceding.     I 

Sam.  14.  47. 
Zobeball,  zo-be'bah,  walking  slowly. 

I  Chr.  4.  8. 
Zohar,  zO'har,  light.     Gen.  23.  8. 
Zoheleth,  zo'he-leth,  serpent  stone. 

1  Kin.  1.  9. 
Zoheth,  zO'heth,  strong  (?).     I  Chr. 

4.  20. 
Zophah,  zO'fah,  a  cruse  (?).     I  Chr. 

7-  35-  . 
Zophai,    zO-fai,  honeycomb.     I  Chr. 

6.  26. 
Zophar,  zO'far,  chatterer.     Job  2.  II. 
Zopllim,  zO'fim,  watchers.     Num.  23. 

14. 
Zerah,  zC'rah,  a  place  of  hornets.  Josh. 

19.  41. 
Zorathites,   zo'rath-ltes,  people   of 

Zorah.     1  Chr.  4.  2. 
Zoreah,    zo're-ah,  same   as   Zorah. 

Josh.  15.  33.   " 
Zorites,  zo'rites,  same  as  Zorath- 
ites.    1  Chr.  2.  54. 
Zorobabel,  zo-rab'a-bel,  Greek  form 

of  Zerubbabel.     Mat.  I.  12. 
Zuar,   zu'ar,  same  as   Zoar.     Num. 

1.  8. 
Zlipll,  zuf,  flag,  sedge.      I  Sam.  1.  I. 
Zur,  zur,  rock.     Num.  25.  15. 
Zuriel,    zu'rl-el,   God  is    the    Rock. 

Num.  3.  35. 
Zurishaddai,  zu-rl-shad'da-l,  whose 

/.Imighty  is  the  Rock.     Num.  I.  6. 
Zilizim,  zu'zim.     Gen.  14.  5. 


a,  e,  I,  0,  0,  y,  long;  a,  e,  I,  6,  fi,  y,  short;  a,  e,  t,  6,  intermediate;  a,  e,  J,  o,  obscure ;  care,  far,  last,  fall,  term,  firm,  familjar, 

for,  farL  rude,  push,  5  as  s,  g  as  j,  g  as  in  get,  g  as  z,  j  as  gz- 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  MOSES, 


CALLED 


GENESIS. 


Year  before  the  Common  Year  of  CHRIST,  4004.  — Julian  Period,  0710.  — Cycle  of  the  Sun,  0010.  — Dominical  Letter,  B.— 

Cycle  of  the  Moon,  0007.  —  Indiction,  0005.  —  Creation  from  Tisri,  0001. 


CHAPTER   1. 

1  The  creation  of  heaven  and  earth.     14  Sun,  moon  and  stars  are  created.    26  Man  is 
■made  in  the  image  of  God.    29  The  appointment  of  food. 

IN  athe  beginning  6God  created  the  heaven  and 
the  earth. 

2  And  the  earth  was  "without  form,  and  void  ; 
and  darkness  was  upon  the  face  of  the  deep.  d  And 
the  Spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters. 

3  II  'And  God  said,  Let  there  be  light :  and  there 
was  light. 

4  And  God  saw  the  light,  that  it  was  good  :  and 
God  divided  Hhe  light  from  the  darkness: 

5  And  God  called  the  light  rDay,  and  the  dark- 
ness he  called  Night.  2And  the  evening  and  the 
morning  were  the  first  day. 

6  If  And  God  said,  "Let  there  be  a  3 firmament  in 
the  midst  of  the  waters,  and  let  it  divide  the  wa- 
ters from  the  waters. 

7  And  God  made  the  firmament,  and  divided  the 
waters  which  were  under  the  firmament  from  the 
waters  which  were  above  the  firmament :  and  it 
was  so. 

8  And  God  called  the  firmament  Heaven.  And 
the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the  second  day. 

9  II  And  God  said,  feLet  the  waters  under  the  heaven 
be  gathered  together  unto  one  place,  and  let  the  dry 
land  appear  :  and  it  was  so. 

10  And  God  called  the  dry  land  Earth  ;  and  the 
gathering  together  of  the  waters  called  he  Seas  : 
and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

11  And  God  said,  fLet  the  earth  bring  forth  4  grass, 
the  herb  yielding  seed,  and  the  fruit  tree  yielding 
fruit  j  after  his  kind,  whose  seed  is  in  itself,  upon 
the  earth  :  and  it  was  so. 

12  And  the  earth  brought  forth  grass,  and  herb 
yielding  seed  after  his  kind,  and  the  tree  yielding 
fruit,  whose  seed  was  in  itself,  after  his  kind  :  and 
God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

13  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
third  day. 

14  If  And  God  said,  fcLet  there  be  lights  in  the  fir- 
mament of  the  heaven  to  divide  5the  day  from  the 
night ;  and  let  them  be  for  signs,  and  for  seasons, 
and  for  days,  and  years  : 

15  And  let  them  be  for  lights  in  the  firmament 
of  the  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth  :  and  it 
was  so. 

16  And  God  made  two  great  lights ;  the  greater 

1 


B.  C.  4004. 


a  John  1.  1,3. 

Heb.  1.  10. 
b  Job  38.  4. 

Isa.  44.  24. 

Rom.  1.  20.. 

Col.  1.  16. 

Heb.  11.  3. 

Rev.  4.  11. 
c  Jer.  4.  23. 
d  Isa.  40.  12. 
e  Ps.  33.  9. 


1  between  the 
light  and  be- 
tween the 
darkness. 

/  Ps.  74.  16. 

2  And  the  even- 
ing was,  and 
the  morning 
was. 

g  Job  37.  18. 
Ps.  33.  6. 
Ps.  136.  5. 
Jer.  10.  12. 

3  expansion. 


h  Job  26.  10. 

Job  38.  8. 

Ps.  33.  7. 

Ps.  95.  5.  • 
i  Heb.  6.  7. 

4  tender  grass. 
/  Luke  G.  44. 

k  Deut.  4.  19. 
Job  25.  3,  5. 
Ps.  74.  16. 
Ps.  136.  7. 

5  between  the 
day  and  be- 
tween the 
night. 

6  for  the  rule  of 
the  day,  etc. 

I  Ps.  8.  1. 

m  Ps.  104.  24. 

7  Or,  creeping. 

8  soul. 

9  let  fowl  fly. 

10  face  of  the 
firmament  of 
heaven. 

n  Ps.  104.  18-23. 

0  Ps.  100.  3. 
p  Eph.  4.  24. 

Jas.  3.  9. 
q  Ps.  8.  6. 
r  1  Cor.  11.  7. 

Eph.  4.  24. 

Col.  3.  10. 
s  Mai.  2.  15. 

Matt.  19.  4. 

Mark  10.  6. 

1  Ps.  127.  3. 

1  Tim.  4.  3. 
u  ch.  9.  1,  7. 
Lev.  26.  9. 
Ps.  128.  3,  4. 

11  creepeth. 

12  seeding  seed. 
v  Job  36.  31. 

Ps.  104.  14,  15. 
Ps.  136.  25. 
Ps.  146.  7. 
Acts  14.  17. 


light  Gto  rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser  light  to  rule 
the  night :  he  made  the  stars  also. 

17  And  God  *set  them  in  the  firmament  of  the 
heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth, 

18  And  to  rule  over  the  day  and  over  the  night, 
and  to  divide  the  light  from  the  darkness  :  and  God 
saw  that  it  was  good. 

19  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
fourth  day. 

20  And  God  said,  mLet  the  waters  bring  forth 
abundantly  the  7  moving  creature  that  hath  8  life, 
and  9fowl  that  may  fly  above  the  earth  in  the  10open 
firmament  of  heaven. 

21  And  God  created  great  whales,  and  every  liv- 
ing creature  that  moveth,  which  the  waters  brought 
forth  abundantly,  after  their  kind,  and  every  winged 
fowl  after  his  kind  :  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

22  And  God  blessed  them,  saying,  Be  fruitful,  and 
multiply,  and  fill  the  waters  in  the  seas,  and  let  fowl 
multiply  in  the  earth. 

23  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
fifth  day. 

24  If  And  God  said,  wLet  the  earth  bring  forth  the 
living  creature  after  his  kind,  cattle,  and  creeping 
thing,  and  beast  of  the  earth  after  his  kind  :  and 
it  was  so. 

25  And  God  made  the  beast  of  the  earth  after  his 
kind,  and  cattle  after  their  kind,  and  every  thing 
that  creepeth  upon  the  earth  after  his  kind  :  and 
God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

26  Tf  And  God  said,  "Let  us  make  man  pin  our 
image,  after  our  likeness  :  and  let  them  have  q  do- 
minion over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl 
of  the  air,  and  over  the  cattle,  and  over  all  the 
earth,  and  over  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth 
upon  the  earth. 

27  So  God  created  man  in  his  own  image,  in  the 
r  image  of  God  created  he  him ;  smale  and  female 
created  he  them. 

28  And  'God  blessed  them,  and  God  said  unto 
them,  Be  u  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  replenish  the 
earth,  and  subdue  it :  and  have  dominion  over  the 
fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and 
over  every  living  thing  that "  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

29  If  And  God  said,  Behold,  I  have  given  you  every 
herb  12  bearing  seed,  which  is  upon  the  face  of  all 
the  earth,  and  every  tree,  in  the  which  is  the  fruit 
of  a  tree  yielding  seed  ;  "to  you  it  shall  be  for  meat 

17 


The  garden  of  Eden. 


GENESIS,  2,  3. 


The  fall  of  man. 


30  And  wto  every  beast  of  the  earth,  and  xto  every 
fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every  thing  that  creepeth 
upon  the  earth,  wherein  there  is  13life,  i"  have  given 
every  green  herb  for  meat :  and  it  was  so. 

31  And  ^God  saw  every  thing  that  he  had  made, 
and,  behold,  it  was  very  good.  And  the  evening 
and  the  morning  were  the  sixth  day. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  The  first  sabbath.     8  The  garden  of  Eden.     21  The  making  of  woman,    24  The  insti- 
tution of  marriage. 

THUS  the  heavens  and  the  earth  were  finished, 
and  all  the  host  of  them. 

2  And  "on  the  seventh  day  God  ended  his  work 
which  he  had  made  ;  and  he  rested  on  the  seventh 
day  from  all  his  work  which  he  had  made. 

3  And  God  b  blessed  the  seventh  day,  and  sancti- 
fied it :  because  that  in  it  he  had  rested  from  all  his 
work  which  God  'created  and  made. 

4  If  These  are  the  generations  of  the  heavens  and 
of  the  earth  when  they  were  created,  in  the  day 
that  the  Lord  God  made  the  earth  and  the  heavens, 

5  And  c  every  plant  of  the  field  before  it  was  in 
the  earth,  and  every  herb  of  the  field  before  it 
grew  :  for  the  dLoRD  God  had  not  caused  it  to  rain 
upon  the  earth,  and  there  ivas  not  a  man  to  till  the 
ground. 

6  But 2  there  went  up  a  mist  from  the  earth,  and 
watered  the  whole  face  of  the  ground. 

7  And  the  Lord  God  formed  man  3o/  the  dust  of 
the  ground,  and  breathed  into  his  nostrils  the  breath 
of  life  ;  and  man  became  a  living  soul. 

8  J  And  the  Lord  God  planted  a e  garden  eastward 
in  E'den  ;  and  there  he  put  the  man  whom  he  had 
formed. 

9  And  out  of  the  ground  made  the  Lord  God  to 
•'grow  every  tree  that  is  pleasant  to  the  sight,  and 
good  for  food  ;  "the  tree  of  life  also  in  the  midst  of 
the  garden,  and  the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil. 

10  And  /la  river  went  out  of  E'den  to  water  the 
garden  ;  and  from  thence  it  was  parted,  and  became 
into  four  heads. 

11  The  name  of  the  first  is  Pi'son  :  that  is  it  which 
compasseth  the  whole  land  of  ^Hav'i-lah,  where 
there  is  gold  ; 

12  And  the  gold  of  that  land  is  good  :  there  is 
bdellium  and  the  onyx  stone. 

13  And  the  name  of  the  second  river  is  Gl'hon  : 
the  same  is  it  that  compasseth  the  whole  land  of 
^E-thi-o'pi-a. 

14  And  the  name  of  the  third  river  is  ^'Hid'de-kel : 
that  is  it  which  goeth  5  toward  the  east  of  As-syr'i-a. 
And  the  fourth  river  is  Eu-phra'teg. 

15  And  the  Lord  God  took  6the  man,  and  put 
him  into  the  garden  of  E'den  to  dress  it  and  to 
keep  it. 

16  And  the  Lord  God  commanded  the  man,  saying, 
Of  every  tree  of  the  garden 7  thou  may  est  freely  eat : 

17  But  of  the  tree  of  the  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil,  thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it :  for  in  the  day  that 
thou  eatest  thereof  8thou  shalt  surely  die. 


B.  C.  4004. 

w  Ps.  145.  15, 16. 

Ps.  147.  9. 
x  Job  38.  41. 
13  a  living  soul. 

y  Ps.  104.  24. 
1  Tim.  4.  4. 


a  Ex.  31.  17. 
Heb.  4.  4. 


b  Ex.  16.  22-30. 


1  created  to 
make. 


c  Ps.  104.  14. 


d  Ps.  65.  9,  11. 


2  Or,  a  mist 
which  went  up. 


3  the  dust  of,  etc. 


e  ch.  13.  10. 
/Ezek.  31.  8. 
g  ch.  3.  22. 

Rev.  22.  2,  14. 
h  Ps.  46.  4. 
i  ch.  25.  IS. 

4  Cush. 

j  Dan.  10.  4. 

5  Or,  eastward 
to  Assyria. 

6  Or,  Adam. 

7  eating  thou 
shalt  eat. 

8  dying  thou 
shalt  die. 

9  as  before  him. 
k  Ps.  8.  6. 

10  Or,  the  man. 

11  called. 

I  ch.  15.  12. 

12  builded. 

m  Prov.  18.  22. 

Heb.  13.  4. 
n  ch.  29.  14. 

Judg.  9.  2. 

2  Sam.  5.  1. 

Eph.  5.  30. 

13  Isha. 

14  Ish. 

1  Cor.  11.  8. 
0  Ps.  45.  10. 

Matt.  19.  5. 

Mark  10.  7. 

1  Cor.  6.  16. 
p  Eph.  5.  28-31. 
q  Ex.  32.  25. 

Isa.  47.  3. 


a  Matt.  10.  16. 
Rev.  12.  9. 
Rev.  20.  2. 

1  because,  etc. 
b  ch.  2.  16,  17. 
c  2  Cor.  11.  3. 

1  Tim.  2.  14. 

2  a  desire. 

d  Rom.  5.  12-19. 

3  Or,  things  to 
gird  about. 

e  Job  38.  1. 

4  wind. 
/■Job  31.  33. 

Ps.  139.  1-12. 

Jer.  23.  34. 

Amos  9.  3. 
g  ch.  4.  9. 
h  Job  23.  15. 

1  John  3.  20. 


18  Tf  And  the  Lord  God  said,  It  is  not  good  that 
the  man  should  be  alone  ;  I  will  make  him  an  help 
9  meet  for  him. 

19  And  out  of  the  ground  the  Lord  God  formed 
every  beast  of  the  field,  and  every  fowl  of  the  air ; 
and  k  brought  them  unto  Ad 'am  to  see  what  he  would 
call  them  :  and  whatsoever  10Ad'am  called  every 
living  creature,  that  was  the  name  thereof. 

20  And  Ad'am  "gave  names  to  all  cattle,  and  to 
the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every  beast  of  the  field ; 
but  for  Ad'am  there  was  not  found  an  help  meet 
for  him. 

21  And  the  Lord  God  caused  a  deep  'sleep  to  fall 
upon  Ad'am,  and  he  slept :  and  he  took  one  of  his 
ribs,  and  closed  up  the  flesh  instead  thereof  ; 

22  And  the  rib,  which  the  Lord  God  had  taken 
from  man,  12made  he  a  woman,  and  m  brought  her 
unto  the  man. 

23  And  Ad'am  said,  This  is  now  bone  n  of  my  bones, 
and  flesh  of  my  flesh  :  she  shall  be  called  13  Woman, 
because  she  was  taken  out  of  14Man. 

24  Therefore  °  shall  a  man  leave  his  father  and 
his  mother,  and  shall  cleave  unto  his  wife  :  and 
pthey  shall  be  one  flesh. 

25  And  they  were  both  naked,  the  man  and  his 
wife,  and  were  not  "ashamed. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Ere  deceived.    6  The  fall  of  man.    14  The  curse.    22  Expulsion  from  the  garden. 

"1VTOW  the  serpent  was  more  subtil  "than  any  beast 
-^  of  the  field  which  the  Lord  God  had  made. 
And  he  said  unto  the  woman,  Yea,  '  hath  God  said, 
Ye  shall  not  eat  of  every  tree  of  the  garden  ? 

2  And  the  woman  said  unto  the  serpent,  We  may 
eat  of  the  fruit  of  the  trees  of  the  garden  : 

3  6But  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  which  is  in  the 
midst  of  the  garden,  God  hath  said,  Ye  shall  not  eat 
of  it,  neither  shall  ye  touch  it,  lest  ye  die. 

4  And  the  serpent  said  unto  the  woman,  cYe  shall 
not  surely  die  : 

5  For  God  doth  know  that  in  the  day  ye  eat 
thereof,  then  your  eyes  shall  be  opened,  and  ye  shall 
be  as  gods,  knowing  good  and  evil. 

6  And  when  the  woman  saw  that  the  tree  was  good 
for  food,  and  that  it  was 2  pleasant  to  the  eyes,  and 
a  tree  to  be  desired  to  make  one  wise,  she  took  of 
the  fruit  thereof,  and  did  eat,  and  gave  also  unto 
her  husband  with  her  ;  dand  he  did  eat. 

7  And  the  eyes  of  them  both  were  opened,  and 
they  knew  that  they  were  naked  ;  and  they  sewed 
fig  leaves  together,  and  made  themselves  3  aprons. 

8  And  they  heard  "the  voice  of  the  Lord  God 
walking  in  the  garden  in  the  4cool  of  the  day  :  and 
Ad'am  and  his  wife  •'hid  themselves  from  the  pre- 
sence of  the  Lord  God  amongst  the  trees  of  the 
garden. 

9  And  the  Lord  God  called  unto  Ad'am,  and  said 
unto  him,  °  Where  art  thou  ? 

10  And  he  said,  I  heard  thy  voice  in  the  garden, 
and  hl  was  afraid,  because  I  was  naked  ;  and  I  hid 
myself. 

11  And  he   said,  Who  told  thee  that  thou  wast 


Driven  from  the  garden. 


GENESIS,  4. 


The  curse  of  Cain. 


naked?  Hast  thou  eaten  of  the  tree,  whereof  I 
commanded  thee  that  thou  shouldest  not  eat  ? 

12  And  the  man  said,  'The  woman  whom  thou 
gavest  to  be  with  me,  she  gave  me  of  the  tree,  and 
I  did  eat. 

13  And  the  Lord  God  said  unto  the  woman,  What 
is  this  that  thou  hast  done  ?  And  the  woman  said, 
The  serpent  beguiled  me,  and  I  did  eat. 

14  And  the  Lord  God  said  unto  the  serpent,  Be- 
cause thou  hast  done  this,  thou  art  cursed  above  all 
cattle,  and  above  every  beast  of  the  field  ;  upon  thy 
belly  shalt  thou  go,  and  J'dust  shalt  thou  eat  all  the 
days  of  thy  life  : 

15  And  I  will  put  k  enmity  between  thee  and  the 
woman,  and  between  thy  seed  and  her  seed  ;  l\t 
shall  bruise  thy  head,  and  thou  shalt  bruise  his  heel. 

16  Unto  the  woman  he  said,  I  will  greatly  multiply 
thy  sorrow  and  thy  conception  ;  ™in  sorrow  thou 
shalt  bring  forth  children  ;  and  thy  desire  shall  be 
5  to  thy  husband,  and  he  shall  rule  over  thee. 

17  And  unto  Ad' am  he  said,  Because  thou  hast 
hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  thy  wife,  and  hast  eaten 
of  the  tree,  of  which  I  commanded  thee,  saying, 
Thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it :  cursed  is  the  ground  for 
thy  sake  ;  nin  sorrow  shalt  thou  eat  of  it  all  the 
days  of  thy  life  ; 

18  Thorns  also  and  thistles  shall  it  6  bring  forth 
to  thee  ;  and  thou  shalt  eat  the  herb  of  the  field  ; 

19  In  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt  thou  eat  bread, 
till  thou  return  unto  the  ground  ;  for  out  of  it  wast 
thou  taken  :  for  dust  thou  art,  and  °unto  dust  shalt 
thou  return. 

20  And  Ad'am  called  his  wife's  name  7Eve;  be- 
cause she  was  the  mother  of  all  living. 

21  Unto  Ad'am  also  and  to  his.  wife  did  the  Lord 
God  make  coats  of  skins,  and  clothed  them. 

22  If  And  the  Lord  God  said,  v  Behold,  the  man  is 
become  as  one  of  us,  to  know  good  and  evil :  and 
now,  lest  he  put  forth  his  hand,  9and  take  also  of 
the  tree  of  life,  and  eat,  and  live  for  ever : 

23  Therefore_the  Lord  God  sent  him  forth  from 
the  garden  of  E'den,  to  till  the  ground  from  whence 
he  was  taken. 

24  So  he  drove  out  the  man ;  and  he  placed  rat 
the  east  of  the  garden  of  E'den  sCher'u-bim§,  and 
a,  flaming  sword  which  turned  every  way,  4to  keep 
the  way  of  the  tree  of  life. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Cain  and  Abel.    11  The  curse  of  Cain.    19  Lantech's  family.    25  Birth  of  Seth. 

AND  Ad'am  knew  Eve  his  wife  ;  and  she  con- 
-  ceived,  and  bare  1  Cain,  and  said,  I  have  gotten 
a  man  from  the  Lord. 

_2  And  she  again  bare  his  brother  2  A'bel.  And 
A'bel  was  3a  keeper  of  sheep,  but  Cain  was  a  tiller 
of  the  ground. 

3  And  4in  process  of  time  it  came  to  pass,  that 
Cain  brought  of  the  fruit  of  the  ground  an  offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

4  And  A'bel,  he  also  brought  of  Hhe  firstlings  of 
his  5  flock  and  of  the  fat  thereof.  And  the  Lord 
had  b  respect  unto  A'bel  and  to  his  offering  : 


B.  C.  4004. 


1  Piov.  28.  U 
Jaa   1.  13. 


j  Isa.  65.  25. 
Mic.  7.  IT. 


k  Num.  21.  G,  7. 

I  Rom.  16.  20. 
Heb.  2.  14. 
1  John  3.  8. 


m  John  16.  21. 
1  Tim.  2.  15. 


5  Or,  subject  to 
thy  husband. 


n  Job  5.  7. 
Eccl.  2.  23. 


6  cause  to  bud. 


ol  Cor.  15.21,22. 

7  Chavah,  or, 

living. 
p  verse  5. 
a  oh.  2.  9. 
r  ch.  2.  8. 
«  Ps.  104.  4. 

Heb.  1.7. 
I  John  14.  0. 


1  That  is,  gotten, 
or,  acquired. 

2  Hebel. 

3  feeder. 

4  at  the  end  of 
days. 

a  Ex.  13.  12. 
Ex.  34.  19. 
Lev.  27.  26. 
Num.  18.  17. 
Prov.  3.  9. 

5  sheep,  or, 
goats. 

b  Judg.  6.21. 
cHeb.  11.4. 
0  Or,  have  the 

excellency. 

Heb.  11.  4. 

7  Or,  subject 
unto  thee, 
ch.  3.  16. 

d  Matt.  23.  35. 

1  John  3. 
12-15. 
Jude  11. 

8  bloods. 

e  Heb.  12.  24. 

Rev.  6.  10. 
/Deut.  2S.  15-20. 

Gal.  3.  10. 
g  Job  16.  18. 

9  Or,  Mine 
iniquity  is 
greater  than 
that  it  may  be 
forgiven. 

h  Ezek.  9.  4,  0. 
i  2  Ki.  13.  23. 

2  Ki.  24.  20. 
Jer.  23.  39. 
Jer.  52.  3. 

10  Chanoch. 
j  Ps.  49.  11. 

11  Lemech. 

12  vvhetter. 

13  Or,  I  would 
slay  a  man  in 
my  wound,  etc. 

14  Or,  in  my 
hurt. 


5  But  c'unto  Cain  and  to  his  offering  he  had  not 
respect.  And  Cain  was  very  wroth,  and  his  counte- 
nance fell. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain,  Why  art  thou 
wroth  ?  and  why  is  thy  countenance  fallen  ? 

7  If  thou  doest  well,  shalt  thou  not  cbe  accepted? 
and  if  thou  doest  not  well,  sin  lieth  at  the  door.  And 
'  unto  thee  shall  be  his  desire,  and  thou  shalt  rule 
over  him. 

8  And  Cain  talked  with  A'bel  his  brother :  and  it 
came  to  pass,  when  they  were  in  the  field,  that  Cain 
rose  up  against  A'bel  his  brother,  and  dslew  him. 

9  ]f  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain,  Where  is  A'bel 
thy  brother  ?  And  he  said,  I  know  not :  Am  I  my 
brother's  keeper  ? 

10  And  he  said,  What  hast  thou  done  ?  the  voice 
of  thy  brother's  8  blood  ecrieth  unto  me  from  the 
ground. 

11  And  now  art  thou  •'"cursed  from  the  earth,  which 
hath  opened  her  °  mouth  to  receive  thy  brother's 
blood  from  thy  hand  ; 

12  When  thou  tillest  the  ground,  it  shall  not  hence- 
forth yield  unto  thee  her  strength  ;  a  fugitive  and 
a  vagabond  shalt  thou  be  in  the  earth. 

13  And  Cain  said  unto  the  Lord,  9My  punishment 
is  greater  than  I  can  bear. 

14  Behold,  thou  hast  driven  me  out  this  day  from 
the  face  of  the  earth  ;  and  from  thy  face  shall  I  be 
hid  ;  and  I  shall  be  a  fugitive  and  a  vagabond  in  the 
earth  ;  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every  one  that 
findeth  me  shall  slay  me.. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Therefore  who- 
soever slayeth  Cain,  vengeance  shall  be  taken  on  him 
sevenfold.  And  the  Lord  h  set  a  mark  upon  Cain, 
lest  any  finding  him  should  kill  him. 

16  If  And  Cain  went  out  from  the  *  presence  of  the 
Lord,  and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Nod,  on  the  east  of 
E'den. 

17  And  Cain  knew  his  wife ;  and  she  conceived, 
and  bare  10  E'noch :  and  he  builded  a  city,  J'and  called 
the  name  of  the  city,  after  the  name  of  his  son, 
E'noch. 

18  And  unto  E'noch  was  born  I'rad :  and  I'rad  be- 
gat Me-hu'ja-el :  and  Me-hu'ja-el  begat  Me-thu'- 
sa-el :  and  Me-thu'sa-el  begat  "La'mech. 

19  If  And  La'mech  took  unto  him  two  wives  :  the 
name  of  the  one  was  A'dah,  and  the  name  of  the 
other  Zil'lah. 

20  And  A'dah  bare  Ja'bal :  he  was  the  father  of 
such  as  dwell  in  tents,  and  of  such  as  have  cattle. 

21  And  his  brother's  name  was  Ju'bal :  he  was  the 
father  of  all  such  as  handle  the  harp  and  organ. 

22  And  Zil'lah,  she  also  bare  Tu'bal-cain,  an  12in- 
structer  of  every  artificer  in  brass  and  iron :  and  the 
sister  of  Tu'bal-cain  was  Na'a-mah. 

23  And  La'mech  said  unto  his  wives,  A'dah  and 
Zil'lah,  Hear  my  voice ;  ye  wives  of  La'mech,  hearken 
unto  my  speech  :  for  13I  have  slain  a  man  to  my 
wounding,  and  a  young  man  14to  my  hurt. 

24  If  Cain  shall  be  avenged  sevenfold,  truly  La'- 
mech seventy  and  sevenfold. 

25  If  And  Ad'am  knew  his  wife  again ;  and  she 

19 


Genealogy  of  the  patriarchs. 


GENESIS,  5,  6. 


Wickedness  of  man. 


bare  a  son,  and  called  his  name  15  Seth  :  For  God, 
said  she,  hath  appointed  me  another  seed  instead 
of  A'bel,  whom  Cain  slew. 

26  And  to  Seth,  to  him_also  there  was  born  a  son  ; 
and  he  called  his  name  16E'nos :  then  began  men  "  to 
call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  The  genealogy  and  age  of  the  patriarchs.     24  Translation  of  Enoch. 

THIS  is  the  "book  of  the  generations  of  Ad'am. 
In  the  day  that  God  created  man,  in  Hhe  like- 
ness of  God  made  he  him  ; 

2  Male  and  female  created  he  them  ;  and  blessed 
them,  and  called  their  name  Ad'am,  in  the  day  when 
they  were  created. 

3  11  And  Ad'am  lived  an  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
and  begat  a  son  in  his  own  likeness,  after  his  image ; 
and  called  his  name  Seth : 

4  And  the  days  of  Ad'am  after  he  had  begotten 
Seth  were  eight  hundred  years  :  and  he  begat  sons 
and  daughters  : 

5  And  all  the  days  that  Ad'am  lived  were  nine 
hundred  and  thirty  years  :  c  and  he  died. 

6  And  Seth  lived  an  hundred  and  five  years,  and 
begat  E'nos : 

7  And  Seth  lived  after  he  begat  E'nos  eight  hun- 
dred and  seven  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters : 

8  And  all  the  days  of  Seth  were  nine  hundred  and 
twelve  years  :  and  he  died. 

9  H  And  E'nos  lived  ninety  years,  and  begat  !Ca- 
I'nan  : 

10  And  E'nos  lived  after  he  begat  Ca-T'nan  eight 
hundred  and  fifteen  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters : 

11  And  all  the  days  of  E'nos  were  nine  hundred 
and  five  years  :  and  he  died. 

12  If  And  Ca-I'nan  lived  seventy  years,  and  begat 
2  Ma-ha'la-le-el: 

13  And  Ca-T'nan  lived  after  he  begat  Ma-ha'la-le-el 
eight  hundred  and  forty  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters  : 

14  And  all  the  days  of  Ca-I'nan  were  nine  hundred 
and  ten  years  :  and  he  died. 

15  IF  And  Ma-ha'la-le-el  lived  sixty  and  five  years, 
and  begat  3  Ja'red  : 

16  And  Ma-ha'la-le-el  lived  after  he  begat  Ja'red 
eight  hundred  and  thirty  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters  : 

17  And  all  the  days  of  Ma-ha'la-le-el  were  eight 
hundred  ninety  and  five  years  :  and  he  died. 

18  If  And  Ja'red  lived  an  hundred  sixty  and  two 
years,  and  he  begat  d  E'noch  : 

19  And  Ja'red  lived  after  he  begat  E'noch  eight 
hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters : 

20  And  all  the  days  of  Ja'red  were  nine  hundred 
sixty  and  two  years  :  and  he  died. 

21  If  And  E'noch  lived  sixty  and  five  years,  and 
begat  4Mi-thu'se-lah  : 

22  And  E'noch  e walked  with  God  after  he  begat 
Me-thu'se-lah  three  hundred  years,  and  begat  sons 
and  daughters : 

20 


B.  C.  4004. 


15  Slieth,  that 
is,  appointed, 
or,  put. 


1G  Enosh. 
17  Or,  to  call 

themselves  by 

the  name  of 

the  Lord. 

ch.  G.  2. 

1  Ki.  IS.  24.  . 

Ps.  11G.  17. 

Joel  2.  32. 

Zeph.  3.  9. 

John  1.  12. 

Acts  15.  17. 

1  Cor.  1.  2. 


a  1  Chr.  1.  1. 

Matt.  1.1. 

Luke  3.  38. 
b  ch.  1.  2G,  27. 

Eph.  4.  24. 

Col.  3.  10. 


c  ch.  3.  19. 
Job  30.  23. 
Ps.  49.  7-9. 
Ps.  89.  48. 
Rom.  5.  12. 
1  Cor.  15.  21. 
Heb.  9.  27. 


1  Kenan. 

2  Maleleel,  that 
is,  Praiser  of 
God. 

3  Jered,  that  is, 
descending. 

d\  Chr.  1.  3. 
Henoch. 
Jude  14,  15. 

4  Or,  Mathu- 
selah,  that  is, 
at  his  death 
the  sending 
forth  of 
wnters. 

e  ch.  G.  9. 

ch.  17.  1. 

2  Ki.  20.  3. 

Ps.  1G.  8. 

Mic.  6.  8. 

Mai.  2.  6. 

1  Thess.  2. 
f'2  Ki.  2.  11. 

Heb.  11.  5. 

5  Lemech. 

6  that  is,  rest, 
or,  comfort. 

g  ch.  3.  17. 
ch.  4.  11. 


12. 


a  2  Cor.  6.  18. 
6  Deut.  7.  3,  4. 
c  Luke  19.  42. 

Gal.  5.  16,  17. 

1  Pet.  3.  20. 
d  Ps.  78.  39. 
e  Rom.  1.  28-31. 

1  the  whole 
imagination, 
with  the  pur- 
poses and 
desires  of 
the  heart. 

/ch.  8.  21. 
Deut.  29.  19. 
Prov.  G.  18. 
Matt.  15.  19. 

2  every  day. 

g  Num.  23.  19. 

1  Bam.  15. 

11,  29. 
h  Isa.  G3.  10. 

Eph.  4.  30. 

3  from  man  unto 
beast. 

i  ch.  19.  19. 
Ex.  33.  12. 
Luke  1.  30. 
Acts  7.  46. 

4  Or,  upright. 
j  Ps.  14.  2. 

Ps.  33.  13. 


23  And  all  the  days  of  E'noch  were  three  hundred 
sixty  and  five  years  : 

24  And  ■''E'noch  walked  with  God  :  and  he  was  not ; 
for  God  took  him. 

25  And  Ms-thu'se-lah  lived  an  hundred  eighty  and 
seven  years,  and  begat  5  La'mech. 

26  And  Mg-thu'se-lah  lived  after  he  begat  La'mech 
seven  hundred  eighty  and  two  years,  and  begat  sons 
and  daughters  : 

27  And  all  the  days  of  Me-thu'se-lah  were  nine 
hundred  sixty  and  nine  years  :  and  he  died. 

28  If  And  La'mech  lived  an  hundred  eighty  and 
two  years,  and  begat  a  son  : 

29  And  he  called  his  name  G  No'ah,  saying,  This 
same  shall  comfort  us  concerning  our  work  and  toil 
of  our  hands,  because  of  the  ground  9  which  the 
Lord  hath  cursed. 

30  And  La'mech  lived  after  he  begat  No 'ah  five 
hundred  ninety  and  five  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters  : 

31  And  all  the  days  of  La'mech  were  seven  hun- 
dred seventy  and  seven  years  :  and  he  died. 

32  And  No'ah  was  five  hundred  years  old  :  and 
No'ah  begat  Shem,  Ham,  and  Ja'pheth. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Wickedness  of  man.    9  Generations  of  Nouh.    14  Noah  instructed  to  build  the  ark. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass,  when  men  began  to  multiply 
-£*-  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  and  daughters  were 
born  unto  them, 

2  That  "the  sons  of  God  saw  the  daughters  of  men 
that  they  were  fair  ;  and  they  Hook  them  wives  of 
all  which  they  chose. 

3  And  the  Lord  said,  c  My  spirit  shall  not  always 
strive  with  man,  rffor  that  he  also  is  flesh  :  yet  his 
days  shall  be  an  hundred  and  twenty  years. 

4  There  were  giants  in  the  earth  in  those  days ; 
and  also  after  that,  when  the  sons  of  God  came  in 
unto  the  daughters  of  men,  and  they  bare  children 
to  them,  the  same  became  mighty  men  which  were 
of  old,  men  of  renown. 

5  If  And  eG0D  saw  that  the  wickedness  of  man  was 
great  in  the  earth,  and  that  1  every  •''imagination  of 
the  thoughts  of  his  heart  was  only  evil 2  continually. 

6  And  9it  repented  the  Lord  that  he  had  made 
man  on  the  earth,  and  it h  grieved  him  at  his  heart. 

7  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  destroy  man  whom  I 
have  created  from  the  face  of  the  earth  ;  3both 
man,  and  beast,  and  the  creeping  thing,  and  the 
fowls  of  the  air ;  for  it  repenteth  me  that  I  have 
made  them. 

8  But  No'ah i found  grace  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord. 

9  If  These  are  the  generations  of  No'ah  :  No'ah 
was  a  just  man  and i  perfect  in  his  generations,  and 
No'ah  walked  with  God. 

10  And  No'ah  begat  three  sons,  Shem,  Ham,  and 
Ja'pheth. 

11  The  earth  also  was  corrupt  before  God,  and 
the  earth  was  filled  with  violence. 

12  And  God  i  looked  upon  the  earth,  and,  behold, 
it  was  corrupt ;  for  all  flesh  had  corrupted  his  way 
upon  the  earth. 


Building  of  the  ark. 


GENESIS,  7,  8. 


The  flood  upon  the  earth. 


13  And  God  said  unto  No' ah,  /cThe  end  of  all  flesh 
is  come  before  me  ;  for  the  earth  is  filled  with  vio- 
lence through  them  ;  and,  behold,  I  will  destroy 
them  5with  the  earth. 

14  1  Make  thee  an  ark  of  gopher  wood  ;  6  rooms 
shalt  thou  make  in  the  ark,  and  shalt  pitch  it  within 
and  without  with  pitch. 

15  And  this  is  the  fashion  which  thou  shalt  make 
it  of:  The  length  of  the  ark  shall  be  three  hundred 
cubits,  the  breadth  of  it  fifty  cubits,  and  the  height 
of  it  thirty  cubits. 

16  A  window  shalt  thou  make  to  the  ark,  and  in  a 
cubit  shalt  thou  finish  it  above  ;  and  the  door  of  the 
ark  shalt  thou  set  in  the  side  thereof  ;  with  lower, 
second,  and  third  sto7*ies  shalt  thou  make  it. 

17  l  And,  behold,  I,  even  I,  do  bring  a  flood  of  waters 
upon  the  earth,  to  destroy  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the 
breath  of  life,  from  under  heaven  ;  and  every  thing 
that  is  in  the  earth  m  shall  die. 

18  But  with  thee  will  I  establish  my  covenant ; 
and  thou  shalt  come  into  the  ark,  thou,  and  thy 
sons,  and  thy  wife,  and  thy  sons'  wives  with  thee. 

19  And  of  every  living  thing  of  all  flesh,  two  of 
every  sort  shalt  thou  bring  into  the  ark,  to  keep 
them  alive  with  thee ;  they  shall  be  male  and  fe- 
male. 

20  Of  fowls  after  their  kind,  and  of  cattle  after 
their  kind,  of  every  creeping  thing  of  the  earth  af- 
ter his  kind,  two  of  every  sort  shall  come  unto  thee, 
to  keep  them  alive. 

21  And  take  thou  unto  thee  of  all  nfood  that  is 
eaten,  and  thou  shalt  gather  it  to  thee  ;  and  it  shall 
be  for  food  for  thee,  and  for  them. 

22  "Thus  did  No 'ah  ;  p  according  to  all  that  God 
commanded  him,  so  did  he. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Noah  enters  the  ark.     17  The  flood  upon  the  earth. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  No'ah,  "Come  thou  and 
-  all  thy  house  into  the  ark;  6for  thee  have  I 
seen  righteous  before  me  in  this  generation. 

2  Of  every c  clean  beast  thou  shalt  take  to  thee  by 
1  sevens,  the  male  and  his  female  :  and  of  beasts 
that  are  not  clean  by  two,  the  male  and  his  female. 

3  Of  fowls  also  of  the  air  by  sevens,  the  male  and 
the  female  ;  to  keep  seed  alive  upon  the  face  of  all 
the  earth. 

4  For  yet  seven  days,  and  dI  will  cause  it  to  rain 
upon  the  earth  forty  days  and  forty  nights  ;  and 
every  living  substance  that  I  have  made  will  I  2  de- 
stroy from  off  the  face  of  the  earth. 

5  And  No'ah  did  according  unto  all  ethat  the 
Lord  commanded  him. 

6  And  No'ah  was  six  hundred  years  old  when  the 
flood  of  waters  was  upon  the  earth. 

7  If  •'"And  No'ah  went  in,  and  his  sons,  and  his 
wife,  and  his  sons'  wives  with  him,  into  the  ark,  be- 
cause of  the  waters  of  the  flood. 

8  Of  clean  beasts,  and  of  beasts  that  are  not 
clean,  and  of  fowls,  and  of  every  thing  that  creep- 
eth  upon  the  earth, 

9  There  went  in  two  and  two  unto  No'ah  into  the 


B.  C.  2349. 


k  Ezek.  7.  2. 
Amos  8.  2. 
1  Pet.  4.  7. 

5  Or,  from  the 
earth. 

6  nests. 


/  2  Pet.  2.  5. 


m  Rom.  5.  12,14. 


n  ch.  1.  29,  30. 
o  Heb.  11.  7. 

p  ch.  7.  5. 


aPs.  91.  1-10. 
Heb.  11.  7. 

1  Pet.  3.  20. 

2  Pet.  2.  5. 
b  eh.  G.  9. 

Ps.  33.  18,  19. 
2  Pet.  2.  9. 
c  Lev.  11. 

1  seven  seven. 
d  Job  22.  16. 

2  Pet.  2.  5. 

2  blot  out. 
e  eh.  G.  22. 

Ps.  119.  6. 
/Heb.  6.  18. 

3  Or,  on  the 
seventh  day. 

g  ch.  8.  2. 

Prov.  8.  28. 

Ezek.  26.  19. 
h  Ps.  78.  23. 

Isa.  24.  18. 

Mai.  3.  10. 

4  Or,  flood-gates. 

5  wing. 

i  Ps.  91. 
Ps.  17.  8. 
Ps.  145.  20. 

1  Pet.  1.  5. 
/  Ps.  104.  26. 
k  Ps.  104.  6. 

I  ch.  G.  13,  17. 
Job  22.  16. 
Matt.  24.  39. 
Luke  17.  27. 

2  Pet.  3.  6. 
m  ch.  2.  7. 

G  the  breath  of 

the  spirit  of 

life. 
n  Ezek.  14.  14. 

Mai.  3.  17,  18. 

Heb.  11.  7. 

1  Pet.  3.  20. 

2  Pet.  2.  5. 
0  ch.  8.  3.  4. 

compared  with 
verse  1 1  of  this 
chapter. 


a  ch.  19.  29. 

Ex.  2.  24. 

1  Sam.  1.  19. 

Ps.  105.  42. 

Ps.  136.  23. 
b  Ex.  14.  21. 

Ex.  15.  10. 

Ps.  104.  7. 
c  ch.  7.  11. 
d  1  Ki.  8.  35. 

Job  38.  37. 


ark,  the  male  and  the  female,  as  God   had  com- 
manded No'ah. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  3  after  seven  days,  that 
the  waters  of  the  flood  were  upon  the  earth. 

11  1[  In  the  six  hundredth  year  of  No'ah's  life, 
in.  the  second  month,  the  seventeenth  day  of  the 
month,  the  same  day  were  all  °  the  fountains  of  the 
great  deep  broken  up,  and  the  hi  windows  of  heaven 
were  opened. 

12  And  the  rain  was  upon  the  earth  forty  days 
and  forty  nights. 

13  In  the  selfsame  day  entered  No'ah,  and  Shem, 
and  Ham,  and  Ja'pheth,  the  sons  of  No'ah,  and 
No'ah's  wife,  and  the  three  wives  of  his  sons  with 
them,  into  the  ark  ; 

14  They,  and  every  beast  after  his  kind,  and  all 
the  cattle  after  their  kind,  and  every  creeping  thing 
that  creepeth  upon  the  earth  after  his  kind,  and 
every  fowl  after  his  kind,  every  bird  of  every 
5  sort. 

15  And  they  went  in  unto  No'ah  into  the  ark,  two 
and  two  of  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the  breath  of  life. 

16  And  they  that  went  in,  went  in  male  and  fe- 
male of  all  flesh,  as  God  had  commanded  him  :  and 
the  Lord  *shut  him  in. 

17  And  the  flood  was  forty  days  upon  the  earth  ; 
and  the  waters  increased,  and  bare  up  the  ark,  and 
it  was  lift  up  above  the  earth. 

18  And  the  waters  prevailed,  and  were  increased 
greatly  upon  the  earth  ;  •'and  the  ark  went  upon 
the  face  of  the  waters. 

19  And  the  waters  prevailed  exceedingly  upon 
the  earth  ;  fcand  all  the  high  hills,  that  were  under 
the  whole  heaven,  were  covered. 

20  Fifteen  cubits  upward  did  the  waters  prevail ; 
and  the  mountains  were  covered. 

21  'And  all  flesh  died  that  moved  upon  the  earth, 
both  of  fowl,  and  of  cattle,  and  of  beast,  and  of 
every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the  earth, 
and  every  man  : 

22  All  in  m  whose  nostrils  was  Gthe  breath  of  life, 
of  all  that  was  in  the  dry  land,  died. 

23  And  every  living  substance  was  destroyed 
which  was  upon  the  face  of  the  ground,  both  man, 
and  cattle,  and  the  creeping  things,  and  the  fowl 
of  the  heaven  ;  and  they  were  destroyed  from  the 
earth  :  and  "No'ah  only  remained  alive,  and  they 
that  were  with  him  in  the  ark. 

24  "And  the  waters  prevailed  upon  the  earth  an 
hundred  and  fifty  days. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  The  waters  assivage.    4  The  ark  rests.    IS  Xonh  goes  forth.    21  God  promises  to  curse 

the  earth  no  more- 

AND  God  a  remembered  No'ah,  and  every  living 
-  thing,  and  all  the  cattle  that  was  with  him  in 
the  ark :  b  and  God  made  a  wind  to  pass  over  the 
earth,  and  the  waters  asswaged  ; 

2  cThe  fountains  also  of  the  deep  and  the  win- 
dows of  heaven  were  stopped,  and  dthe  rain  from 
heaven  was  restrained ; 

3  And   the  waters  returned   from  off   the  earth 

21 


The  ark  rests. 


GENESIS,  9. 


The  covenant  established. 


Continually :   and  after  the  end  eof  the  hundred 
and  fifty  days  the  waters  were  abated. 

4  And  the  ark  rested  in  the  seventh  month,  on  the 
seventeenth  day  of  the  month,  upon  the  mountains 
of  Ar'a-rat. 

5  And  the  waters  2  decreased  continually  until  the 
tenth  month  :  in  the  tenth  month,  on  the  first  day 
of  the  month,  were  the  tops  of  the  mountains  seen. 

6  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  forty  days, 
that  No'ah  opened  ythe  window  of  the  ark  which 
he  had  made : 

7  And  he  sent  forth  °a  raven,  which  went  forth 
3  to  and  fro,  until  the  waters  were  dried  up  from  off 
the  earth. 

8  Also  he  sent  forth  a  dove  from  him,  to  see  if  the 
waters  were  abated  from  off  the  face  of  the  ground ; 

9  But  the  dove  h  found  no  rest  for  the  sole  of  her 
foot,  and  she  returned  unto  him  into  the  ark,  for 
the  waters  were  on  the  face  of  the  whole  earth  : 
then  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  her,  and i pulled 
her  in  unto  him  into  the  ark. 

10  And  he  stayed  yet  other  seven  days  ;  and  again 
he  sent  forth  the  dove  out  of  the  ark  ; 

11  And  the  dove  came  in  to  him  in  the  evening  ; 
and,  lo,  in  her  mouth  was  an  'olive  leaf  pluckt  off  : 
so  No'ah  knew  that  the  waters  were  abated  from 
off  the  earth. 

12  And  he  stayed  yet  other  seven  days  ;  and  sent 
forth  the  dove  ;  which  returned  not  again  unto  him 
any  more. 

13  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  six  hundredth  and 
first  year,  in  the  first  month,  the  first  day  of  the 
month,  the  waters  were  dried  up  from  off  the  earth : 
and  No'ah  removed  the  covering  of  the  ark,  and 
looked,  and,  behold,  the  face  of  the  ground  was  dry. 

14  And  in  the  second  month,  on  the  seven  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  month,  was  the  earth  dried. 

15  1[  And  God  spake  unto  No'ah,  saying, 

16  Go  j  forth  of  the  ark,  thou,  and  thy  wife,  and 
thy  sons,  and  thy  sons'  wives  with  thee. 

17  Bring  forth  with  thee  every  living  thing  that 
is  with  thee,  of  all  flesh,  both  of  fowl,  and  of  cattle, 
and  of  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth ;  that  they  may  breed  abundantly  in  the  earth, 
and  ''be  fruitful,  and  multiply  upon  the  earth. 

18  And  No'ah  went  forth,  and  his  sons,  and  his 
wife,  and  his  sons'  wives  with  him  : 

19  Every  beast,  every  creeping  thing,  and  every 
fowl,  and  whatsoever  creepeth  upon  the  earth,  after 
their  5  kinds,  went  forth  out  of  the  ark. 

20  Tf  And  No'ah  builded  an  altar  unto  the  Lord  ; 
and  took  of  l  every  clean  beast,  and  of  every  clean 
fowl,  and  offered  burnt  offerings  on  the  altar. 

21  And  the  Lord  smelled  6a  sweet  savour;  and 
the  Lord  said  in  his  heart,  I  will  not  again  m  curse 
the  ground  any  more  for  man's  sake  ;  7  for  the  n  im- 
agination of  man's  heart  is  evil  from  his  youth  ; 
"neither  will  I  again  smite  any  more  every  thing 
living,  as  I  have  done. 

22  8  While  the  earth  remaineth,  seedtime  and  har- 
vest, and  cold  and  heat,  and  summer  and  winter, 
and  May  and  night  shall  not  cease. 

22 


B.  C.  2349. 


1  in  going  and 

returning. 
e  ch.  7.  24. 


;  were  m  going 
and  decreas- 
ing. 


/ch.  G.  16. 


g  1  Ki.  17.  4. 

3  in  going  forth 
and  returning. 


h  Deut.  28.  65. 


4  caused  her  to 
come. 


I  Luke  2.  14. 


i  ch.  7.  13. 

Ps.  121.  8. 
k  ch.  1.  22. 

5  families. 
/Lev.  11. 

6  savour  of  rest. 
Lev.  1.  9. 

Ex.  20.  41. 
2  Cor.  2.  15. 
Eph.  5.  2. 
m  ch.  3.  17. 
ch.  6.  17. 
Isa.  54.  9. 

7  Or,  though. 
n  ch.  6.  5. 

Ps.  51.  5. 
Job  14.  4. 
Job  15.  14. 
Jer.  17.  9. 
Rom.  1.  21. 
Rom.  3.  23. 
Eph.  2.  1-3. 
o  ch.  9.  15. 

8  As  yet  ail  the 
days  of  the 
earth. 

1>  Jer.  33.  20,  25. 


a  oh.  1.  28. 
b  Hos.  2.  18. 

Jas.  3.  7. 
c  Deut.  12.  15. 

Deut.  14.  3. 
d  Lev.  17.  10. 

Lev.  19.  26. 

Deut.  12.  23. 

1  Sam.  14.  34. 

Acts  15.  20,  29. 
cEx.  21.  28,29. 
/Num.  35.  31. 
g  Acts  17.  20. 
h  Ex.21.  12,  14. 

Lev.  24.  17. 

Matt.  26.  52. 

Rev.  13.  10. 
i  ch.  1.  27. 

1  Cor.  11.  7. 
j  ch.  8.  1. 

k  2  Pet.  3.  5. 

/  Matt.  26.  26-28. 

m  Ex.  28.  12. 

Lev.  26.  42,  45. 

Ezek.  16.  60. 

Isa.  54.  9. 
n  ch.  17.  13,  19. 

2  Sam.  23.  5. 

0  ch.  10.  6. 

1  Chenaan. 
p  ch.  10.  32. 

1  Chr.  1.  4. 


CHAPTER  9. 

1  Noah  blessed.    8  The  covenant  established.     13  The  rainbow.     25  Canaan  cursed. 

AND  °God  blessed  No'ah  and  his  sons,  and  said 
-£*-  unto  them,  Be  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  re- 
plenish the  earth. 

2  6And  the  fear  of  you  and  the  dread  of  you  shall 
be  upon  every  beast  of  the  earth,  and  upon  every 
fowl  of  the  air,  upon  all  that  moveth  upon  the 
earth,  and  upon  all  the  fishes  of  the  sea  ;  into  your 
hand  are  they  delivered. 

3  c  Every  moving  thing  that  liveth  shall  be  meat 
for  you  ;  even  as  the  green  herb  have  I  given  you 
all  things. 

4  dBut  flesh  with  the  life  thereof,  which  is  the 
blood  thereof,  shall  ye  not  eat. 

5  And  surely  your  blood  of  your  lives  will  I  re- 
quire ;  e  at  the  hand  of  every  beast  will  I  require  it, 
and  ■'"at  the  hand  of  man ;  at  the  hand  of  every 
"man's  brother  will  I  require  the  life  of  man. 

6  h  Whoso  sheddeth  man's  blood,  by  man  shall  his 
blood  be  shed  :  'for  in  the  image  of  God  made  he 
man. 

7  And  you,  be  ye  fruitful,  and  multiply ;  bring 
forth  abundantly  in  the  earth,  and  multiply  therein. 

8  Tf  And  God  spake  unto  No'ah,  and  to  his  sons 
with  him,  saying, 

9  And  I,  behold,  I  establish  my  covenant  with  you, 
and  with  your  seed  after  you  ; 

10  And  with  j  every  living  creature  that  is  with 
you,  of  the  fowl,  of  the  cattle,  and  of  every  beast 
of  the  earth  with  you  ;  from  all  that  go  out  of  the 
ark,  to  every  beast  of  the  earth. 

11  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  you  ; 
neither  shall  all  flesh  be  cut  off  any  more  by  the 
waters  of  a  flood  ;  neither  shall  there  any  more  be 
ka  flood  to  destroy  the  earth. 

12  And  God  said,  This  is  'the  token  of  the  cove- 
nant which  I  make  between  me  and  you  and  every 
living  creature  that  is  with  you,  for  perpetual  gen- 
erations : 

13  I  do  set  my  bow  in  the  cloud,  and  it  shall  be 
for  a  token  of  a  covenant  between  me  and  the 
earth. 

14  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  I  bring  a  cloud 
over  the  earth,  that  the  bow  shall  be  seen  in  the 
cloud  : 

15  And  I  will  remember  my  covenant,  which  is 
between  me  and  you  and  every  living  creature  of 
all  flesh ;  mand  the  waters  shall  no  more  become  a 
flood  to  destroy  all  flesh. 

16  And  the  bow  shall  be  in  the  cloud  ;  and  I  will 
look  upon  it,  that  I  may  remember  "the  everlasting 
covenant  between  God  and  every  living  creature  of 
all  flesh  that  is  upon  the  earth. 

17  And  God  said  unto  No'ah,  This  is  the  token  of 
the  covenant,  which  I  have  established  between  me 
and  all  flesh  that  is  upon  the  earth. 

18  Tf  And  the  sons  of  No'ah,  that  went  forth  of  the 
ark,  were  Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Ja'pheth :  °and  Ham 
is  the  father  of  ^a'naan. 

19  These  are  the  three  sons  of  No'ah  :  "and  of 
them  was  the  whole  earth  overspread. 


Generations  of 


GENESIS,  10,  11. 


the  sons  of  Noah. 


20  And  No'ah  began  to  be  9an  husbandman,  and 
he  planted  a  vineyard  : 

21  And  he  drank  of  the  wine,  'and  was  drunken  ; 
and  he  was  uncovered  within  his  tent. 

22  And  Ham,  the  father  of  Ca'naan,  saw  the  naked- 
ness of  his  father,  and  told  his  two  brethren  without. 

23  sAnd  Shem  and  Ja'pheth  took  a  garment,  and 
laid  it  upon  both  their  shoulders,  and  went  back- 
ward, and  covered  the  nakedness  of  their  father ; 
and  their  faces  were  backward,  and  they  saw  not 
their  father's  nakedness. 

24  And  No'ah  awoke  from  his  wine,  and  knew 
what  his  younger  son  had  done  unto  him. 

25  And  he  said,  *  Cursed  be  Ca'naan  ;  "a  servant 
of  servants  shall  he  be  unto  his  brethren. 

26  And  he  said,  v  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of 
Shem  ;  and  Ca'naan  shall  be  2his  servant. 

27  God  shall 3 enlarge  Ja'pheth,  and  whe  shall  dwell 
in  the  tents  of  Shem ;  and  Ca'naan  shall  be  his 
servant. 

28  If  And  No'ah  lived  after  the  flood  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years. 

29  And  all  the  days  of  No'ah  were  nine  hundred 
and  fifty  years  :  and  he  "'died. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Generations  of  the  sons  of  Noah.     8  Kimrod  as  the  first  monarch. 

"VTOW  these  are  the  generations  of  the  sons  of 
-^  No'ah,  Shem,  Ham,  and  Ja'pheth  :  and  unto 
them  were  sons  born  after  the  flood. 

2  "The  sons  of  Ja'pheth  ;  Go'mer,  and  Ma'gog, 
and  Mad'a-I,  and  Ja'van,  and  Tu'bal,  and  Me'shech, 
and  Ti'ras. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Go'mer  ;  Ash'ke-naz,  and  Rl'- 
phath,  and  T6-gar'mah. 

4  And  the  sons  of  Ja'van ;  E-lI'shah,  and  Tar'shish, 
1KIt'tim,  and  2Dod'a-mm. 

5  By  these  were  the  isles  of  the  Gen 'tiles  divided 
in  their  lands  ;  every  one  after  his  tongue,  after 
their  families,  in  their  nations. 

6  1  And  the  sons  of  Ham  ;  Gush,  and  MTz'ra-im, 
and  Phut,  and  Ca'naan. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Cush  ;  Se'ba,  and  Hav'i-lah,  and 
Sab'tah,  and  Ra'a-mah,  and  Sab'te-chah  :  and  the 
sons  of  Ra'a-mah  ;  She'ba,  and  De'dan. 

8  And  Cush  begat  Mm 'rod  :  he  began  to  be  a 
mighty  one  in  the  earth. 

9  He  was  a  mighty  hunter  before  the  Lord  : 
wherefore  it  is  said,  Even  as  Nim'rod  the  mighty 
hunter  before  6the  Lord. 

10  And  the  beginning  of  his c  kingdom  was  3Ba'bel, 
and  E'rech,  and  Ac' cad,  and  Cal'neh,  in  the  land  of 
ShI'nar. 

11  Out  of  that  land  4went  forth  As'shur,  and 
builded  Nm'e-veh,  and  5the  city  Re-ho'both,  and 
Ca'lah, 

12  And  Re'sen  between  Nm'e-veh  and  Ca'lah :  the 
same  is  a  great  city. 

13  And  Miz'ra-im  begat  Lu'dhn,  and  An'a-mim, 
and  Le'ha-blm,  and  Naph'tu-him, 

14  And  Path- ru' sim,  and  Cas'lu-him,  (d out  of  whom 
came  Phi-lis'tim,)  and  Caph'to-rim. 


B.  C.  2347. 


q  ch.  3.  19. 

ch.  4.  2. 

Eocl.  5.  9. 
r  ch.  19.  32,  3G. 

Prov.  20.  1 . 

Eph.  5.  IS. 


s  Ex.  20.  12. 
Gal.  6.  1. 


t  Deut.  27.  16. 

Matt.  25.  41. 
u  Josh.  9.  23. 

1  Ki.  9.  20. 
v  Ps.  144.  15. 

Heb.  11.  16. 

2  Or,  servant  to 
them. 

3  Or,  persuade. 
w  Eph.  2.  13,  14. 

Eph.  3.  6. 


x  ch.  3.  19. 
Job  30.  23. 
Job  34.  15. 
Ps.  89.  48. 
Rom.  5.  12. 
1  Cor.  15.  21. 
Heb.  9.  27. 


a  1  Chr.  1.  5-7. 


1  Or,  Chittim. 

2  Or,  Rodanim. 


b  ch.  6.  11. 
c  Mic.  5.  G. 

3  Or,  Babylon. 

4  Or,  lie  went  out 
into  Assyria. 

5  Or,  the  streets 
of  the  city. 

rfl  Chr.  1.  12. 

C  Tzidon. 

ech.  13.  12,   14, 

15. 

ch.  15.  18-21. 

Num.  34.  2,12. 

Josh.  12.  7. 

7  Azzah. 

/I  Chr.  1.  17. 

8  Arpachshad. 

9  Shelah. 

g  ch.  11.  12. 
A  1  Chr.  1.  19. 

10  That  is, 
Division. 

i  1  Chr.  1.  4. 
j  ch.  9.  19. 


(t  Acts  2.  6. 

1  lip. 

2  words. 

3  Or,  eastwards, 
as  ch.  13.  11. 

J  Dan.  1.  2. 

4  a  man  said  to 
his  neighbour. 

5  burn  them  to  a 
burning. 

c  Deut.  1.  28. 

6  may  be  very 
high . 

d  John  5.  44. 
e  Luke  1.  51. 
/ch.  18.  21. 

Ps.  33.  13.  - 

Ps.  53.  2. 
g¥s.  2.  1,4. 


15  Tf  And  Ca'naan  begat  6Sl'don  his  firstborn,  and 
Heth, 

16  And  the  Jeb'u-slte,  and  the  Am'or-Ite,  and  the 
Gir'ga-site, 

17  And  the  Hl'vlte,  and  the  Ark'Ite,  and  the  Sm'Ite, 

18  And  the  Ar'vad-Ite,  and  the  Zem'a-rlte,  and  the 
Ha'math-Ite  :  and  afterward  were  the  families  of 
the  Ca'naan-Ites  spread  abroad. 

19  cAnd  the  border  of  the_  Ca'naan-Ites  was  from 
Sl'don,  as  thou  comest  to  Ge'rar,  unto  7Ga'za;  as 
thou  goest,  unto  Sod'om,  and  G6-mor'rah,  and  Ad'- 
mah,  and  Ze-bo'im,  even  unto  La'sha. 

20  These  are  the  sons  of  Ham,  after  their  families, 
after  their  tongues,  in  their  countries,  and  in  their 
nations. 

21_H  Unto  Shem  also,  the  father  of  all  the  children 
of  E'ber,  the  brother  of  Ja'pheth  the  elder,  even  to 
him  were  children  born. 

22  The  •'children  of  Shem  ;  E4am,  and  As'shur, 
and  8Ar-phax'ad,  and  Lud^and  A'ram. 

23  And  the  children  of  A'ram  ;  Uz,  and  Hul,  and 
Ge'ther,  and  Mash. 

24  And  Ar-phax'ad  begat  9"Sa'lah;  and  Sa'lah 
begat  E'ber. 

25  fcAnd  unto  E'ber  were  born  two  sons  :  the 
name  of  one  was  10  Pe'leg  ;  for  in  his  days  was  the 
earth  divided  ;  and  his  brother's  name  was  Jok'tan. 

26  And  Jok'tan  begat  Al-mo'dad,  and  She'leph, 
and  Ha'zar-ma'veth,  and  Je'rah, 

27  And  Ha-do'ram,jmd  U'zal,  and  Dik'lah, 

28  And  O'bal,  and  A-bim'a-el,  and  She'ba, 

29  And  O'phir,  and  Hav'i-lah,  and  Jo'bab  :  all  these 
were  the  sons  of  Jok'tan. 

30  And  their  dwelling  was  from  Me'sha,  as  thou 
goest  unto  Se'phar  a  mount  of  the  east. 

31  These  are  the  sons  of  Shem,  after  their  fami- 
lies, after  their  tongues,  in  their  lands,  after  their 
nations. 

32  'These  are  the  families  of  the  sons  of  No'ah, 
after  their  generations,  in  their  nations :  J"and  by 
these  were  the  nations  divided  in  the  earth  after 
the  flood. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  One  language.    3  Babel.    5  Confusion  of  tongues.    10  ShenV  s  offspring. 

AND  the  whole  earth  was  aof  one  language,  and 
-  of  one  2  speech. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  journeyed  3from 
the  east,  that  they  found  a  plain  in  the  land  of 
6  ShI'nar  ;  and  they  dwelt  there. 

3  And  4they  said  one  to  another,  Go  to,  let  us  make 
brick,  and  5burn  them  thoroughly.  And  they  had 
brick  for  stone,  and  slime  had  they  for  morter. 

4  And  they  said,  Go  to,  let  us  build  us  a  city  and  a 
tower,  c  whose  top  6may  reach  unto  heaven  ;  and  let 
us  make  dus  a  name,  lest  we  be  e  scattered  abroad 
upon  the  face  of  the  whole  earth. 

5  •'And  the  Lord  came  down  to  see  the  city  and 
the  tower,  which  the  children  of  men  builded. 

6  And  the  Lord  said,  Behold,  the  people  is  one, 
and  they  have  all  one  language  ;  and  this  they 
begin  to  do  :  and  now  nothing  will  be  restrained 
from  them,  which  they  have  °  imagined  to  do. 

23 


Shem's  offspring. 


GENESIS,  12. 


Abram  visits  Egypt 


7  Go  to,  Met  us  go  down,  and  there  confound  their 
language,  that  they  may  'not  understand  one  an- 
other's speech. 

8  So  the  Lord  scattered  them  abroad  from  thence 
^'upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth  :  and  they  left  off 
to  build  the  city. 

9  Therefore  is  the  name  of  it  called  rBa'bel ;  k  be- 
cause the  Lord  did  there  confound  the  language  of 
all  the  earth  :  and  from  thence  did  the  Lord  scat- 
ter them  abroad  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth. 

10  Tf l  These  are  the  generations  of  Shem  :  Shem 
was  an  hundred  years  old,  and  begat  Ar-phax'ad  two 
years  after  the  flood  : 

11  And  Shem  lived  after  he  begat  Ar-phax'ad  five 
hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

12  And  Ar-phax'ad  lived  five  and  thirty  years, 
™and  begat  Sa'lah  : 

13  And  Ar-phax'ad  lived  after  he  begat  Sa'lah 
four  hundred  and  three  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters. 

14  And  Sa'lah  lived  thirty  years,  and  begat  E'ber: 

15  And  Sa'lah  lived  after  he  begat  E'ber  four  hun- 
dred and  three  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

16  "And  E'ber  lived  four  and  thirty  years,  and 
begat  8Pe4eg: 

17  And  E'ber  lived  after  he  begat  Pe'leg  four  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

18  And  Pe'leg  lived  thirty  years,  and  begat  9Re'u  : 

19  And  Pe'leg  lived  after  he  begat  Re'u  two  hun- 
dred and  nine  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

20  And  Re'u  lived  two  and  thirty  years,  and  begat 
10  Se'rug : 

21  And  Re'u  lived  after  he  begat  Se'rug  two  hun- 
dred and  seven  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

22  And  Se'rug  lived  thirty  years,  and  begat  Na'hor  : 

23  And  Se'rug  lived  after  he  begat  Na'hor  two 
hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

24  And  Na'hor  lived  nine  and  twenty  years,  and 
begat  "Te'rah  : 

25  And  Na'hor  lived  after  he  begat  Te'rah  an 
hundred  and  nineteen  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters. 

26  And  Te'rah  lived  seventy  years,  and  ° begat 
A'bram,  Na'hor,  and  Ha'ran. 

27  If  Now  these  are  the  generations  of  Te'rah  : 
Te'rah  begat  A'bram,  Na'hor,  and  Ha'ran ;  and 
Ha'ran  begat  pLot. 

28  And  Ha'ran  died  before  his  father  Te'rah  in 
the  land  of  his  nativity,  in  Ur  of  the  Chal'deeg. 

29  And  A'bram  and  Na'h6r  took  them  wives  :  the 
name  of  A'bram's  wife  was  "Sa'rai  ;  and  the  name 
of  Na'hor's  wife,  rMTl'cah,  the  daughter  of  Ha'ran, 
the  father  of  Mil'cah,  and  the  father  of  Is'cah. 

30  But  s  Sa'rai  was  barren  ;  she  had  no  child. 

31  And  Te'rah  took  A'bram  his  son,  and  Lot  the 
son  of  Ha'ran  his  son's  son,  and  Sa'rai  his  daughter 
in  law,  his  son  A'bram's  wife ;  and  they  'went  forth 
with  them  from  tlr  of  the  Chal'deeg,  to  go  into  wthe 
land  of  Ca'naan;  and  they  came  unto  12 Ha'ran,  and 
dwelt  there. 

32  And  the  days  of  Te'rah  were  two  hundred  and 
five  years  :  and  Te'rah  died  in  Ha'ran. 

24 


B.  C.  2247. 


h  ch.  1.  2G. 
i  ch.  42.  23. 

Deut.  28.  49. 

Jer.  5.  15. 

Acts  2.  4-11. 

1  Cor.  14.   2, 

11,23. 
j  ch.  10.  25-32. 

Ps.  92.  9. 

Prov.  19.  29. 

Lukel.  51.   . 
7  That  is, 

Confusion. 
k  1  Cor.  14.  23. 


/  1  Chr.  1.  17-27. 


m  Luke  3.  35. 


n  1  Chr.  1.  19. 

8  Or,  Phalec, 
Luke  3.  35. 


9  Or,  Ragau, 
Luke  3.  35. 

10  Or,  Saruch, 
Luke  3.  35. 

11  Or,  Tliara, 
Luke  3.  34. 

o  ch.  12.  1. 
Josh.  24.  2. 

1  Chr.  1.  20. 
p  ch.  12.  4. 

ch.  13.  10. 
ch.  14.  12. 
ch.  19.  1,  29. 

2  Pet.  2.  7. 
q  ch.  17.  15. 
r  ch.  22.  20. 
s  ch.  16.  1. 

t  Neh.  9.  7. 

Acts  7.  4. 

Heb.  11.  8. 
u  ch.  10.  19. 

12  Or,  Charan. 


a  ch.  15.  7. 

Acts  7.  3. 
b  ch.  17.  0. 

ch.  18.  18. 

ch.  46.  3. 

Num.  23.  10. 

Deut.  26.  5. 

1  Ki.  3.  8. 
c  ch.  24.  35. 

ch.  27.  29. 

Ex.  23.  22. 

Num.  24.  9. 
d  ch.  22.  18. 

ch.  26.  4. 

ch.  28.  14. 

Ps.  72.  17. 

Acts  3.  25. 

Gal.  3.  8. 
(•eh.  11.  31. 
/Heb.  11.  8. 

1  Or,  Sychar. 
John  4.  5. 

g  Deut.  11.  30. 

Judg.  7.  1. 
h  ch.  17.  1. 
i  Deut.  34.  4. 

Ps.  105.  9-12. 
j  ch.  13.  4. 

2  Or,  Ai,  or  Aija. 

3  in  going  and 
journeying. 

k  ch.  13.  3. 
/ch.  20.  1. 
m  Ps.  105.  13. 
n  ch.  43.  1. 
o  ch.  26.  7. 
p  ch.  20.  11. 
q  Ps.  25.  21. 

Eph.  4.  25. 
r  ch.  20  5,  13. 
x  Esth.  2.  16. 
/  cli.  20.  18. 

1  Chr.  16.  21. 

Ps.  105.  14. 

Heb.  13.  4. 


CHAPTER  12. 

1  The  call  of  Abram.    4  Departure  for  Canaan.     10  Visit  to  Egypt.     14  Pharaoh  and 

the  plagues. 

1VTOW  the  "Lord  had  said  unto  A'bram,  Get  thee 
-^  out  of  thy  country,  and  from  thy  kindred,  and 
from  thy  father's  house,  unto  a  land  that  I  will 
shew  thee  : 

2  6And  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great  nation,  and  I 
will  bless  thee,  and  make  thy  name  great ;  and  thou 
shalt  be  a  blessing  : 

3  c  And  I  will  bless  them  that  bless  thee,  and  curse 
him  that  curseth  thee  :  dand  in  thee  shall  all  fam- 
ilies of  jthe  earth  be  blessed. 

4  So  A'bram  departed,  as  the  Lord  had  spoken 
unto  him  ;  and  Lot  went  with  him :  and  A'bram  was 
seventy  and  five  years  old  when  he  departed  out  of 
Ha'ran. 

5  And  A'bram  took  Sa'rai  his  wife,  and  Lot  his 
brother's  son,  and  all  their  substance  that  they  had 
gathered,  and  the  souls  that  they  had  gotten  ein 
Ha'ran  ;  and  they  went  forth  to  go  -^into  the  land 
of  Ca'naanj  and  into  the  land  of  Ca'naan  they  came. 

6  1[  And  A'bram  passed  through  the  land  unto  the 
place  of  ^I'chem,  "unto  the  plain  of  Mo'reh.  And 
the  Ca'naan-Ite  was  then  in  the  land. 

7  ''And  the  Lord  appeared  unto  A'bram,  and  said, 
'  Unto  thy  seed  will  I  give  this  land  :  and  there 
builded  he  an  j  altar  unto  the  Lord,  who  appeared 
unto  him. 

8  And  he  removed  from  thence  unto  a  mountain 
on  the  east  of  Beth' -el,  and  pitched  his  tent,  having 
Beth'-el  on  the  west,  and  2Ha'I  on  the  east :  and 
there  he  builded  an  altar  unto  the  Lord,  and  called 
upon  thename  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  A'bram  journeyed,  3going  on  fcstill  toward 
the  south. 

10  TF  And  there  was  la  famine  in  the  land  :  and 
A'bram  mwent  down  into  E'gypt  to  sojourn  there  ; 
for  the  famine  was  n  grievous  in  the  land. 

11  And  itcame  to  pass,  when  he  was  come  near  to 
enter  into  E'gypt,  that  he  said  unto  Sa'rai  his  wife, 
Behold  now,  I  know  that  thou  art  °a  fair  woman  to 
look  upon  : 

12  Therefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang  shall  see  thee,  that  they  shall  say,  This  is 
his  wife  :  and  they  pwill  kill  me,  but  they  will  save 
thee  alive. 

13  Say,  "  I  pray  thee,  '"thou  art  my  sister  :  that  it 
may  be  well  with  me  for  thy  sake  ;  and  my  soul 
shall  live  because  of  thee. 

14  IF  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  A'bram  was 
come  into  E'gypt,  the  E-gyp'tian§  beheld  the  wo- 
man that  she  was  very  fair. 

15  The  sprinces  also  of  Pha'raoh  saw  her,  and 
commended  her  before  Pha'raoh  :  and  the  woman 
was  taken  into  Pha'raofrs  house. 

16  And  he  entreated  A'bram  well  for  her  sake  : 
and  he  had  sheep,  and  oxen,  and  he  asses,  and 
menservants,  and  maidservants,  and  she  asses,  and 
camels. 

17  And  the  Lord  'plagued  Pha'raohand  his  house 
with  great  plagues  because  of  Sa'rai  A'bram's  wife. 


Abram  and  Lot  part. 


GENESIS,  13,  14. 


Battle  of  the  kings. 


18  And  Pha'raoh  called  A'bram,  and  said,  MWhat 
is  this  that  thou  hast  done  unto  me  ?  why  didst 
thou  not  tell  me  that  she  was  thy  wife  ? 

19  Why  saidst  thou,  She  is  my  sister  ?  so  I  might 
have  taken  her  to  me  to  wife  :  now  therefore  be- 
hold thy  wife,  take  her,  and  go  thy  way. 

20  And  Pha'raoh  commanded  his  men  concerning 
him :  and  they  sent  him  away,  and  his  wife,  and  all 
that  he  had. 

CHAPTER  13. 


1  Abram  and  Lot  pari. 


12  Abram  dwells  in  Canaan, 
altar  built. 


14  The  promise  renewed.    18  An 


AND  A'bram  went  up  out  of  E'gypt,  he,  and  his 
-  wife,  and  all  that  he  had,  and  Lot  with  him, 
into  the  south. 

2  And  A'bram  was  avery  rich  in  cattle,  in  silver, 
and  in  gold. 

3  And  he  went  on  his  journeys  from  the  south 
even  to  Beth '-el,  unto  the  place  where  his  tent  had 
been  at  the  beginning,  between  Beth'-el  and  Ha'i ; 

4  Unto  the  place  of  the  6altar^  which  he  had  made 
there  at  the  first :  and  there  A'bram  called  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

5  Tf  And  Lot  also,  which  went  with  A'bram,  had 
flocks,  and  herds,,  and  tents. 

6  And  the  cland  was  not  able  to  bear  them,  that 
they  might  dwell  together  :  for  their  substance  was 
great,  so  that  they  could  not  dwell  together. 

7  And  there  was  da  strife  between  the  herdmen 
of  A'bram's  cattle  and  the  herdmen  of  Lot's  cattle : 
and  the  Ca'naan-Ite  and  the  Per'iz-zite  dwelled  then 
in  the  land. 

8  And  A'bram  said  unto  Lot,  eLet  there'  be  no 
strife,  I  pray  thee,  between  me  and  thee,  and  be- 
tween my  herdmen  and  thy  herdmen ;  for  we  be 
brethren. 

9  Is  /not  the  whole  land  before  thee  ?  separate 
thyself,  I  pray  thee,  from  me  :  a\i  thou  wilt  take  the 
left  hand,  then  I  will  go  to  the  right ;  or  if  thou  de- 
part to  the  right  hand,  then  I  will  go  to  the  left. 

10  And  Lot  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  h  beheld  all  the 
*  plain  of  Jor'dan,  that  it  was  well  watered  every 
where,  before  the  Lord  j destroyed  Sod'om  and  G6- 
mor'rah,_even  as  the  garden  of  the  Lord,  like  the 
land  of  E'gypt,  as  thou  comest  /cunto  Zo'ar. 

11  Then  Lot  chose  him  all  the  plain  of  Jor'dan ; 
and  Lot  journeyed  east :  and  they  separated  them- 
selves the  one  from  the  other. 

12  A'bram  dwelled  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  and  Lot 
dwelled  in  the  cities  *of  the  plain,  and  pitched  his 
tent  toward  Sod'om. 

13  But  mthe  men  of  Sod'om  were  wicked  and  n  sin- 
ners before  the  Lord  exceedingly. 

14  \]  And  the  Lord  said  unto  A'bram,  after  that 
Lot  was  separated  from  him,  °Lift  up  now  thine 
eyes,  and  look  from  the  place  where  thou  art  p  north- 
ward, and  southward,  and  eastward,  and  westward  : 

15  For  all  the  land  which  thou  seest,  to  thee  will 
I  give  it,  and  to  thy  'seed  for  ever. 

16  And  I  will  make  thy  seed  as  the  ''dust  of  the 
earth  :  so  that  if  a  man  can  number  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  then  shall  thy  seed  also  be  numbered. 


B.  C.  1921. 


u  ch.  20.  9. 
ch.  26.  10. 
Prov.  21.  1. 


a  ch.  24.  35. 
Ps.  112.  3. 
Prov.  10.  22. 


b  ch.  12.  7,  8. 


c  ch.  36.  7. 
Luke  12. 17,18. 


d  ch.  26.  20. 


e  Phil.  2.  14,  15. 

1  men  brethren. 
Ex.  2.  13. 

Ps.  133.  1. 
/  ch.  20.  15. 
ij  Rom.  12.  18. 

Heb.  12.  14. 

Jas.  3.  13-18. 
h  Num.  32.  1. 
i  Deut.  34.  3. 

Ps.  107.  34. 
j  ch.  19.  24. 
•    Ps.  107.  34. 
k  ch.  14.  2. 

ch.  19.  22. 
!  ch.  19.  29. 
m  ch.  18.  20. 

Ezek.  1G.  49. 

2  Pet.  2.  7. ' 
n  ch.  6.  11. 
o  Isa.  49.  18. 
p  ch.  28.  14. 
n  2  Chr.  20.  7. 
;■  ch.  26.  4. 

Ex.  32.  13. 

Num.  23.  10. 

Deut.  1.  10. 

1  Chr.  27.  23. 

Jer.  33.  22. 

Rom.  4.  1G. 

Heb.  11.  12. 

2  plains. 


a  ch.  10.  10. 
6  Isa.  11.  11. 
c  Jas.  4.  1. 
d  Deut.  29.  23. 
e  ch.  19.  22. 
/  Deut.  3.  17. 

Num.  34.  12. 

Josh.  3.  16. 

Ps.  107.  34. 

1  Or,  the  plain 
of  Kiriathaim. 

2  Or,  the  plain 
of  Baran. 

g  2  Chr.  20.  2. 
Ach.  11.  3. 
i  ch.  19.  17,  30. 
j  ch.  11.  31. 
k  ch.  13.  12. 

Jer.  2.  17,  19. 
/  ver.  24. 
m  ch.  13.  8. 

3  Or,  led  forth. 

4  Or,  instructed. 
n  ch.  17.  27. 

ch.  15.  3. 
Eccl.  2.  7. 
o  Deut.  34.  1. 
Judg.  18.  29. 
Isa.  41.  2. 


17  Arise,  walk  through  the  land  in  the  length  of 
it  and  in  the  breadth  of  it ;  for  I  will  give  it  unto 
thee. 

18  Then  A'bram  removed  his  tent,  and  came  and 
dwelt  in  the  2  plain  of  Mam 're,  which  is  in  He'bron, 
and  built  there  an  altar  unto  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Battle  of  the  kings.    12  Lot  is  captured.    14  Abram  rescues  Lot.    20  Abram  gives  tithes 

to  Melchizedek. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of  Am'ra-phel 
J-^-  king  of  "Shi'nar,  A'ri-och  king  of  El'la-sar, 
Ched-or-la'o-mer  king  of  6E'lam,  and  Tl'dal  king  of 
nations ; 

2  That  these  cmade  war  with  Be'ra  king  of  Sod'om, 
and  with  Bir'sha  king  of  G6-mor'rah,  Shi'nab  king 
of  dAd'mah,  and  Shem'e-ber  king  of  Ze-boi'im,  and 
the  king  of  Be 'la,  which  is  c  Zo'ar. 

3  All  these  were  joined  together  in  the  vale  of 
Sid 'dim,  / which  is  the  salt  sea. 

4  Twelve  years  they  served  Ched-or-la'Q-mer,  and 
in  the  thirteenth  year  they  rebelled. 

5  And  in  the  fourteenth  year  came  Ched-or-la'Q- 
mer,  and  the  kings  that  were  with  him,  and  smote 
the  Reph'a-Im§  in  Ash'te-roth  Kar-na'im,  and  the 
Zu'zimg  in  Ham,  and  the  E'mimg  in  ^ha'veh  Kir-i- 
a-tha'im, 

6  And  the  Ho 'rites  in  their  mount  Se'ir,  unto 
2El-pa'ran,  which  is  by  the  wilderness. 

7  And  they  returned,  and  came  to  En-mish'pat, 
which  is  Ka'desh,  and  smote  all  the  country  of  the 
Am'a-lek-Ites,  and  also  the  Am'or-Ites,  that  dwelt  °m 
Haz '  e-zon-ta '  mar. 

8  And  there  went  out  the  king  of  Sod'om,  and  the 
king  of  G6-mor'rah,  and  the  king  of  Ad'mah,  and 
the  king  of  Ze-boi'im,  and  the  king  of  Be 'la  (the 
same  is  Ta^ox  ;)  and  they  joined  battle  with  them 
in  the  vale  of  Sid 'dim  ; 

9  With  Ched-or-la'o-mer  the  king  of  E'lam,  and 
with  Tl'dal  king  of  nations,  and  Am'ra-phel  king  of 
Shi'nar,  and  A'ri-och  king  of  El'la-sar  ;  four  kings 
with  five. 

10  And  the  vale  of  Sid'dim  was  full  of h  slimepits ; 
and  the  kings  of  Sod'om  and  G6-mor'rah  fled,  and  fell 
there  ;  and  they  that  remained  fled  to  the  'mountain. 

11  And  they  took  all  the  goods  of  Sod'om  and  G6- 
mor'rah,  and  all  their  victuals,  and  went  their  way. 

12  And  they  took  Lot,  j  A'bram's  brother's  son. 
''who  dwelt  in  Sod'om,  and  his  goods,  and  departed. 

13  Tl^And  there  came  one  that  had  escaped,  and 
told  A'bram  the  He'brew  ;  for  he  dwelt  in  the  plain 
of  Mam'rgthe  Am'or-Ite,  brother  of  Esh'col,  and 
brother  of  A'ner  :  and  these  lwere  confederate  with 
A'bram. 

14  And  when  A'bram  heard  that  his  m  brother  was 
taken  captive,  he 3  armed  his 4  trained  servants, n  born 
in  his  own  house,  three  hundred  and  eighteen,  and 
pursued  them  "unto  Dan. 

15  And  he  divided  himself  against  them,  he  and 
his  servants,  by  night,  and  smote  them,  and  pursued 
them  unto  Ho 'bah,  which  is  on  the  left  hand  of  Da- 


mascus. 


25 


Abram's  vision. 


GENESIS,  15,  16. 


Sarai  and  Hagar. 


16  And  phe  brought  back  all  the  goods,  and  also 
brought  again  his  brother  Lot,  and  his  goods,  and 
the  women  also,  and  the  people. 

17  II  And  the  king  of  Sod'om  went  out  to  meet 
him  after  his  return  from  the  slaughter  of  Ched-or- 
la'o-mer,  and  of  the  kings  that  were  with  him,  at 
the  valley  of  Sha'veh,  which  is  the  q  king's  dale. 

18  And  rMel-chiz'e-dek  king  of  Sa'lem  brought 
forth  bread  and  wine :  and  he  was  the  priest  of  sthe 
most  high  God. 

19  And  he  blessed  him,  and  said,  Blessed  be  A'bram 
of  the  most  high  God,  possessor  of  heaven  and  earth : 

20  And  blessed  be  the  most  high  God,  which  hath 
delivered  thine  enemies  into  thy  hand.  And  he  gave 
him  tithes  *of  all. 

21  And  the  king  of  Sod'om  said  unto  A'bram,  Give 
me  the  5  persons,  and  take  the  goods  to  thyself. 

22  And  A'b?  am  said  to  the  king  of  Sod'om,  UI  have 
lift  up  mine  hand  unto  the  Lord,  the  most  high  God, 
"the  possessor  of  heaven  and  earth, 

23  That  I  "'will  not  take  from  a  thread  even  to  a 
shoelatchet,  and  that  I  will  not  take  any  thing  that 
is  thine,  lest  thou  shouldest  say,  I  have  made  A'bram 
rich  : 

24  Save  only  that  which  the  young  men  have  eaten, 
and  theportion  of  the  men  which  went  with  me, 
A'ner,  Esh'col,  and  Mam're" ;  let  them  take  their 
portion. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Abram's  vision.    4  Seed  is  promised.     7  The  covenant  renewed.     12  A  vision. 

AFTER  these  things  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
-  unto  A'bram  in  aa  vision,  saying,  6Fear  not, 
A'bram :  I  am  thy  shield,  and  thy  exceeding  c great 
reward. 

2  And  A'bram  said,  Lord  God,  what  wilt  thou  give 
me,  seeing  I  go  childless,  and  the  steward  of  my 
house  is  jthis  E-li-e'zer  of  Da-mas  'cus? 

3  And  A'bram  said,  Behold,  to  me  thou  hast  given 
no  seed  :  and,  lo,  one  born  in  my  house  is  mine 
heir. 

4  And,  behold,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
him,  saying,  This  shall  not  be  thine  heir ;  but  he 
that  shall  dcome  forth  out  of  thine  own  bowels  shall 
be  thine  heir. 

5  And  he  brought  him  forth  abroad,  and  said,  Look 
now  toward  heaven,  and  etell  the  stars,  if  thou  be 
able  to  number  them  :  and  he  said  unto  him,  -^So 
shall  thy  seed  be. 

6  And  9he  believed  in  the  Lord  ;  and  he  h  counted 
it  to  him  for  righteousness. 

7  And  he  said  unto  him,  I  am  the  Lord  that 
brought  thee  out  of  "Or  of  the  Chal'deeg,  to  give 
thee  this  land  to  inherit  it. 

8  And  he  said,  Lord  God,  ■'whereby  shall  I  know 
that  I  shall  inherit  it  ? 

9  And  he  said  unto  him,  Take  me  an  heifer  of 
three  years  old,  and  a  she  goat  of  three  fears  old, 
and  a  ram  of  three  years  old,  and  a  turtledove, 
and  a  young  pigeon. 

10  And  he  took  unto  him  all  these,  and  divided 
them  in  the  midst,  and  laid  each  piece  one  against 
another  :  but  the  birds  divided  he  not. 

26 


B.  C.  1918. 


p  1  Sam.  30.  8, 
18,  19. 


g  2  Sam.  18.  18. 

J-Heb.  7.  1,  2. 

s  Ps.  110.  4. 
Mic.  6.  G. 
Acts  10.  17. 
Heb.  7.  10-22. 


t  Heb.  7.  4. 


5  souls. 


u  Dan.  12.  7. 
Rev.  10.  5. 


v  Ps.  24.  1. 

Matt.  11.  25. 
w  Estb.  0.  15. 

2  Cor.  11.9-12 


a  eh.  46.  2. 
b  Isa,  41.  10. 
c  Ps.  58.  11. 

Ps.  84.  9,  11. 

Heb.  11.  6. 


deb.  17.  16. 

2  Sam.  7.  12. 
e  Ps.  147.  4. 
/Ex.  32.  13. 

Heb.  11.  12. 
g  Rom.  4. 3-6, 20- 

25. 
h  Ps.  105.  31. 

Gal.  3.  6. 
i  Acts  7.  2. 
j  Judg.  6.  36-40. 

1  Sam.  14.  9, 
10. 

2  Ki.  20.  8. 
Luke  1.  18. 

ft  ch.  2.  21. 
/Ex.  1.  1. 
m  Ex.  1 .  11. 
n  Ex.  12.  40. 

0  Ex.  G.  G. 
Ex.  7.  14. 

p  ch.  25.  8. 

Job  5.  26. 

Heb.  11.  13. 
q  Matt.  23.  32. 

1  Thess.  2.  16. 

2  Pet.  3.  8,  9. 

1  a  lamp  of  fire. 
r  ch.  17.  8. 

Deut.  1.7. 
Num.  34.  3. 
2  Chr.  9.  2G. 
Neh.  9.  8. 
Ps.  105.  11. 


a  Judg.  13.  2. 
Luke  1.  7. 

1  Or,  Agar. 
Gal.  4.  24. 

b  ch.  30.  2. 

2  be  builded  by 
her. 

Ruth  4.  11. 
e  Prov.  30.  23. 
d  Ex.  5.  21. 

3  that  which  is 
good  in  thine 
eyes. 

4  afflicted  her. 
e  ch.  25. 18. 


11  And  when  the  fowls  came  down  upon  the  car- 
cases, A'bram  drove  them  away. 

12  And  when  J;he  sun  was  going  down,  a  /cdeep 
sleep  fell  upon  A'bram  ;  and,  lo,  an  horror  of  great 
darkness  fell  upon  him.  _ 

13  And  he  said  unto  A'bram,  Know  of  a  surety 
that  'thy  seed  shall  be  a  stranger  in  a  land  that  is 
not  theirs,  and  shall  serve  them ;  and  they  shall 
m  afflict  them  mfour  hundred  years  ; 

14  And  also  "that  nation,  whom  they  shall  serve, 
will  I  judge  :  and  afterward  shall  they  come  out 
with  great  substance. 

15  And  thou  shalt  go  to  thy  fathers  in  peace ; 
thou  shalt  be  buried  pin  a  good  old  age. 

16  But  in  the  fourth  generation  they  shall  come 
hither  again  :  for  the  iniquity  of  the  Am'or-Ites  Qis 
not  yet  full. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the  sun  went 
down,  and  it  was  dark,  behold  a  smoking  furnace, 
and  2a  burning  lamp  that  passed  between  those 
pieces. 

18  In  the  same  day  the  Lord  made  a  covenant  with 
A'bram,  saying,  Unto  thy  seed  rhave  I  given  this 
land,  from  the  river  of  E'gypt  unto  the  great  river, 
the  river  Eu-phra'teg  : 

19  The  Ken'ites,  and  the  Ken'iz-zltes,  and  the  Kad'- 
mon-Ites, 

20  And  the  Hit'tltes,  and  the  Per'iz-zites,  and  the 
Reph'a-ims, 

21  And  the  Am'or-Ites,  and  the  Ca'naan-Ites,  and 
the  Gir'ga-shltes,  and  the  Jeb'u-sltes. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Sarai  deals  hardly  with  Hagar.     7  An  angel  speaks  to  Hagar.     15  Ishmael  is  born. 

"IVTOW  Sa'rai  A'bram's  wife  "bare  him  no  children : 
-^  and  she  had  an  handmaid,  an  E-gyp'tian,  whose 
name  was  ha'gar. 

2  And  Sa'rai  said  unto  A'bram,  Behold  now,  the 
Lord  *hath  restrained  me  from  bearing  :  I  pray 
thee,  go  in  unto  my  maid  ;  itmay  be  that  I  may 
2 obtain  children  by  her.  And  A'bram  hearkened  to 
the  voice  of  Sa|rai. 

3  And  Sa'rai  A'brarrVs  wife  took  Ha'gar  her  maid 
the  E-gyp'tian,  after  A'bram  had  dwelt  ten  years 
in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  and  gave  her  to  her  husband 
A'bram  to  be  his  wife. 

4  1[  And  he  went  in  unto  Ha'gar,  and  she  con- 
ceived :  and  when  she  saw  that  she  had  conceived, 
her  mistress  was  c  despised  in  her  eyes. 

5  And  Sa'rai  said  unto  A'bram,  My  wrong  be  upon 
thee  :  I  have  given  my  maid  into  thy  bosom  ;  and 
when  she  saw  that  she'  had  conceived,  I  was  de- 
spised in  her  eyes  :  dthe  Lord  judge  between  me 
and  thee. 

6  But  A'bram  said  unto  Sa'rai,  Behold,  thy  maid 
is  in  thy  hand  ;  do  to  her  3as  it  pleaseth  thee.  And 
when  Sa'rai  4  dealt  hardly  with  her,  she  fled  from 
her  face. 

7  TF  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  found  her  by  a 
fountain  of  water  in  the  wilderness,  by  the  foun- 
tain in  the  way  to  eShur. 

8  And   he   said,    Ha'gar,    Sa'rai's   maid,   whence 


Renewal  of  the  covenant. 


GENESIS,  17,  18. 


Circumcision  instituted. 


earnest  thou  ?  and  whither  wilt  thou  go  ?   And  she 
said,  I  flee  from  the  face  of  my  mistress  Sa'rai. 

9  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  her,  Return 
to  thy  mistress,  and  •'"submit  thyself  under  her  hands. 

10  And  "the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  her,  hI 
will  multiply  thy  seed  exceedingly,  that  it  shall  not 
be  numbered  for  multitude. 

11  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  her,  Be- 
hold, thou  art  with  child,  and  shalt  bear  a  son,  and 
shalt  call  his  name  5Ish' ma-el ;  because  "the  Lord 
hath  heard  thy  affliction. 

12  And  he  will  be  a  wild  man ;  his  hand  will  be 
against  every  man,  and  every  man's  hand  against 
him  ;  and  ^'he  shall  dwell  in  the  presence  of  all  his 
brethren. 

13  And  she  called  the  name  of  the  Lord  that 
spake  unto  her,  &Thou  God  seest  me  :  for  she  said, 
Have  I  also  here  looked  after  him  that  seeth  me  ? 

14  Wherefore  the  well  was  called  6Be'er-la-hai'- 
roi ;  behold,  it  is  between  Ka'desh  and  Be'red. 

15  IF  And  Ha'gar  bare  A'bram  a  son  :  and  A'bram 
called  his  son's  name,  which  Ha'gar  bare,  Ish'ma-el. 

16  And  A'bram  was  fourscoreand  six  years  old, 
when  Ha'gar  bare  Ish'ma-el  to  A'bram. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Renewal  of  the  covenant.    5  A  brain's  name  changed.     10  Circumcision   instituted. 
15  Sarai's  name  changed. 

AND  when  A'bram  was  ninety  years  old  and 
-  nine,  the  Lord  appeared  to  A'bram,  and  said 
unto  him,  I  am  the  Almighty  God  ;  "walk  before 
me,  and  be  thou  bl  perfect. 

2  And  I  will  make  my  "covenant  between  me  and 
thee,  and  will  multiply  thee  exceedingly. 

3  And  A'bram  dfell  on  his  face  :  and  God  talked 
with  him,  saying, 

4  As  for  me,  behold,  my  covenant  is  with  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  be  a  father  of  2many  nations. 

5  Neither  shall  thy  name  anymore  be  called 
A'bram,  but  thy  name  shall  be  3A'bra-ham  ;  for  a 
father  of  many  nations  have  I  made  thee. 

6  And  I  will  make  thee  exceeding  fruitful,  and  I 
will  make  nations  of  thee,  and  kings  shall  come  out 
of  thee. 

7  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  between  me 
and  thee  and  thy  seed  after  thee  in  their  genera- 
tions for  an  everlasting  covenant,  eto  be  a  God  unto 
thee,  and  to  thy  seed  after  thee. 

8  And  I  will  give  unto  thee,  and  to  thy  seed  after 
thee,  the  land  4  wherein  thou  art  a  stranger,  all  the 
land  of  Ca'naan,  for  an  everlasting  possession  ;  and 
fI  will  be  their  God. 

9  1[  And  God  said  unto  A 'bra-ham,  sThou  shalt 
keep  my  covenant  therefore,  thou,  'and  thy  seed 
after  thee  in  their  generations. 

10  This  is  my  covenant,  which  ye  shall  keep,  be- 
tween me  and  you  and  thy  seed  after  thee  ;  Every 
man  child  among  you  shall  be  circumcised. 

11  And  7lye  shall  circumcise  the  flesh  of  your  fore- 
skin ;  and  it  shall  be  a  token  of  the  covenant  be- 
twixt me  and  you. 

12  And  5he  that  is  eight  days  old  shall  be  circum- 


ij.c. 


1913. 


/Eph.  6.  5-9. 

g  ch.  22.  15-18. 

Mai.  3.  1. 
h  ch.  25.  12. 


5  That  is,  God 

.shall  hear. 
i  Ex.  2.  23,  24. 


j  ch.  25.  18. 


k  Ps.  139.  1-12. 


G  That  is,  The 
well  of  him 
that  liveth  and 
seeth  me. 


a  ch.  5.  22. 
b  Job  1.  1. 

1  Or,  upright, 
or,  sincere. 

c  Gal.  3.  17,  18. 
<l  Ex.  3.  6. 

2  multitude  of 
nations. 

3  That  is,  Father 
of  a  great  mul- 
titude. 

e  ch.  2C.  24. 
ch.  28.  13. 
Heb.  11.  16. 
Bom.  9.  7-9. 

4  of  thy  sojourn- 
ings. 

eh.  23.  4. 

ch.  28.  4. 
/Ex.  6.  7. 

Ex.  29.  45. 

Lev.  2fi.  12. 

Deut.  4.  37. 

Dent.  14.  2. 

Deut.  2(1.  IS. 

Deut.  29.  13. 

Ps.  48.  14. 

Rev.  21.  7. 
g  Ps.  25.  10. 
h  Acts  7.  8. 

Rom.  4.  11. 

Gal.  6.  15. 

5  a  son  of  eight 
days. 

Luke  2.  21. 
John  7.  22. 

i  Ex.  4.  24. 
Josh.  5.  2-7. 

fi  That  is,  Prin- 
cess. 

j  ch.  18.  10. 
ch.  21.  1. 

7  she  shall  be- 
come nations. 

k  ch.  18.  12. 
ch.  21.  6. 

I  eh.  21.7. 

m  ch.  18.  10. 
ch.  21.  2. 
Gal.  4.  28-31. 

n  ch.  10.  10. 

o  ch.  25.  12-16. 

p  ch.  21.  18. 

q  ch.  21.  2. 

r  ch.  18.  33. 
ch.  35.  9-15. 

s  ver.  9. 

t  Ps.  119.  GO. 

u  ch.  18.  19. 

v  ch.  14.  14. 


a  ch.  13.  IS. 

ch.  14.  13. 

Acts  7.  2. 
6  ver.  22. 

ch.  19.  1. 
c  Heb.  13.  2. 

1  Pet.  4.  9. 


cised  among  you,  every  man  child  in  your  genera- 
tions, he  that  is  born  in  the  house,  or  bought  with 
money  of  any  stranger,  which  is  not  of  thy  seed. 

13  He  that  is  born  in  thy  house,  and  he  that  is 
bought  with  thy  money,  must  needs  be  circumcised  : 
and  my  covenant  shall  be  in  your  flesh  for  an  ever- 
lasting covenant. 

14  And  the  uncircumcised  man  child  whose  flesh  of 
his  foreskin  is  not  circumcised,  that  soul  shall  be 
4  cut  off  from  his  people  ;  he  hath  broken  my  cov- 
enant. 

15  IF  And  God  said  unto  A'bra-ham,  As  for  Sa'rai 
thy  wife,  thou  shalt  not  call  her  name  Sa'rai,  but 
6Sa'rah  shall  her  name  be. 

16  And  I  will  bless  her,  and  jgive  thee  a  son  also 
of  her  :  yea,  I  will  bless  her,  and  7she  shall  be  a  mo- 
ther of  nations  ;  kings  of  people  shall  be  of  her. 

17  Then  A'bra-ham  fell  upon  his  face,  and k  laughed, 
and  said  in  his  heart,  Shall  a  child  be  born  unto  him 
that  is  an  hundred  years  old?  and  shall  'Sa'rah, 
that  is  ninety  years  old,  bear  ? 

18  And  A'bra-ham  said  unto  God,  O  that  Ish'ma-el 
might  live  before  thee  ! 

19  And  God  said,  ™Sa'rah  thy  wife  shall  bear  thee 
a  son  indeed;  and  thou  shalt  call  his  name  I'saac  : 
and  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  him  for  an 
everlasting  covenant,  and  with  his  seed  after  him. 

20  And  as  for  Ish'ma-el,  I  have  heard  thee  :  Be- 
hold, I  have  blessed  him,  and  will  make  him  fruitful, 
and  will  "multiply  him  exceedingly ;  "twelve  princes 
shall  he  beget,  and  I  will  make  him  pa  great  nation. 

21  But  my  covenant  will  I  establish  with  I'saac, 
which  9Sa'rah  shall  bear  unto  thee  at  this  set  time 
in  the  next  year. 

22  And  he  left  off  r  talking  with  him,  and  God 
went  up  from  A'bra-ham. 

23  TF  And  A'bra-ham  took  Ish'ma-el  his  son,  and 
all  that  were  born  in  his  house,  and  all  that  were 
bought  with  his  money,  every  male  among  the  men 
of  A 'bra-ham's  house ;  and  circumcised  the  flesh  of 
their  foreskin  in  the  selfsame  day,  as  sGod  had  said 
unto  him._ 

24  And  A'bra-ham  was  ninety  years  old  and  nine, 
when  he  was  circumcised  in  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin. 

25  And  Ish'ma-el  his  son  was  thirteen  years  old, 
when  he  was  circumcised  in  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin. 

26  In  'the  selfsame  day  was  A'bra-ham  circum- 
cised, and  Ish'ma-el  his  son. 

27  And  all  the  men  of  "his  house,  born  "in  the 
house,  and  bought  with  money  of  the  stranger,  were 
circumcised  with  him. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Abraham  entertains  angels.     10  Sarah  promised  a  son.    23  Intercession  for  Sodom. 

AND  the  Lord  "appeared  unto  him  in  the  plains 
-  of  Mam 're  :  and  he  sat  in  the  tent  door  in  the 
heat  of  the  day  ; 

2  And  he  lift  up  his  eyes  and  looked,  and,  lo, b  three 
men  stood  by  him  :  and  when  he  saw  them,  he  ran 
cto  meet  them  from  the  tent  door,  and  bowed  him- 
self toward  the  ground, 

3  And  said,  My  Lord,  if  now  I  have  found  favour 

27 


Sarah  promised  a  son. 


GENESIS,  19. 


Intercession  for  Sodom. 


in  thy  sight,  pass  not  away,  I  pray  thee,  from  thy 
servant : 

4  Let  a  little  water,  I  pray  you,  be  fetched,  and 
dwash  your  feet,  and  rest  yourselves  under  the  tree  : 

5  And  I  will  fetch  a  morsel  of  bread,  and  Comfort 
ye  your  hearts ;  after  that  ye  shall  pass  on  :  for 
therefore  2are  ye  come  to  your  servant.  And  they 
said,  So  do,  as  thou  hast  said. 

6  And  A'bra-ham  hastened  into  the  tent  unto  Sa'- 
rah,  and  said,3  Make  ready  quickly  three  measures  of 
fine  meal^knead  it,  and  make  cakes  upon  the  hearth. 

7  And  A'bra-ham  ran  unto  the  herd,  and  fetcht  a 
calf  tender  and  good,  and  gave  it  unto  a  young  man ; 
and  he  hasted  to  dress  it. 

8  And  he  took  butter,  and  milk,  and  the  calf  which 
he  had  dressed,  and  set  it  before  them  ;  and  he  stood 
by  them  under  the  tree,,  and  they  did  eat. 

9  If  And  they  said  unto  him,  Where  is  Sa'rah  thy 
wife?     And  he  said,  Behold,  ein  the  tent. 

10  And  he  said,  I  will  certainly  return  unto  thee 
according  to  the  time  of  life  ;  and,  lo,  Sa'rah  thy 
wife  shall  have  a  ■'"son.  And  Sa'rah  heard  it  in  the 
tent  door,  which  tvas  behind  him.  • 

11  Now  A'bra-ham  and  Sa'rah  were  o'old  and  well 
stricken  in  age ;  and  it  ceased  to  be  with  Sa'rah 
after  the  h  manner  of  women. 

12  Therefore  Sa'rah  laughed  within  herself,  say- 
ing, i  After  I  am  waxed  old  shall  I  have  pleasure, 
my  J'lord  being  old  also? 

13  And  the  Lord  said  unto  A'bra-ham,  Wherefore 
did  Sa'rah  laugh,  saying,  Shall  I  of  a  surety  bear  a 
child,  which  am  old  ? 

14  Is  any  thing  Hoo  hard  for  the  Lord?  At  the 
time  appointed  I  will  return  unto  thee,  according  to 
the  time  of  life,  and  Sa'rah  shall  have  a  son. 

15  Then  Sa'rah  denied,  saying,  I  laughed  not ;  for 
she  was  afraid.  And  he  said,  Nay  ;  but  thou  didst 
laugh. 

16  II  And  the  men  rose  up  from  thence,  and  looked 
toward  Sod'om  :  and  A'bra-ham  went  with  them  to 
bring  them  on  the  way. 

17  And  the  Lord  said,  l  Shall  I  hide  from  A'bra- 
ham  that  thing  which  I  do  ; 

18  Seeing  that  A'bra-ham  shall  surely  become  a 
great  and  mighty  nation,  and  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth  shall  mbe  blessed  in  him  ? 

19  For  I  know  him,  that  he  wwill  command  his 
children  and  his  household  after  him,  and  they  shall 
keep  the  way  of  the  Lord,  to  do  justice  and  judg- 
ment ;  that  the  Lord  may  bring  upon  A'bra-ham 
that  which  he  hath  spoken  of  him. 

20  And  the  Lord  said,  Because  the  °cry  of  Sod'om 
and  G6-mor'rah  is  great,  and  because  their  sin  is 
very  grievous ; 

21  I  will  go  down  now,  pand  see  whether  they 
have  done  altogether  according  to  the  cry  of  it, 
which  is  come  unto  me  ;  and  if  not,  I  will  know. 

22  And  the  men  turned  their_  faces  from  thence, 
and  went  toward  Sod'om  :  but  A'bra-ham  stood  yet 
before  the  9Lord. 

23  U  And  A'bra-ham  drew  near,  and  said,  rWilt 
thou  also  destroy  the  righteous  with  the  wicked  ? 

28 


B.  C.  1898. 


d  ch.  24.  32. 
ch.  43.  24. 
1  stay. 


2  you  have 


3  Hasten. 


e  ch.  24.  67. 
Tit.  2.  5. 


/ch.  21.  2. 
Luke  1.  13. 
Rom.  0.  0. 

g  Rom.  4.  19. 


h  Heb.  11.  11. 


i  ch.  17.  17. 

Luke  1.  18. 
j  1  Pet.  3.  6. 

k  Ps.  115.  3. 

Jer.  32.  17. 

Zech.  8.  6. 

Matt.  3.  9. 

Matt.  19.  2G. 

Luke  1.  37. 

Rom.  4.  21. 

Heb.  11.  19. 
1  Ps.  25.  14. 

Amos  3.  7. 

John  15.  15. 
m  ch.  12.  3. 

ch.  22.  18. 

Ps.  72.  17. 

Acts  3.  25. 

Gal.  3.  8,  9, 10, 

IS. 
n  Deut.  G.  G,  7. 

Josh.  24.  15. 

Eph.  6.  4. 
0  ch.  4.  10. 

ch.  19.  13. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
p  ch.  11.  5. 

Ex.  3.  8. 

Ps.  14.  2. 

Heb.  4.  13. 
q  verses  1,  2. 
r  Num.  1G.  22. 

2  Sam.  24.  17. 

Ps.  11.  4-7. 
s  Matt.  7.  13, 14. 
/Isa.  3.  10,  11. 
u  Job  S.  3,  20. 

Job  34.  17. 

Ps.  58.  11. 

Ps.  94.  2. 

Rom.  3.  5,  6. 
v  Jer.  5.  1. 

Ezek.  22.  30. 

Matt.  24.  22. 
w  Luke  18.  1. 
x  Ps.  8.  4. 
y  1  Thess.  5.  17. 
z  Isa.  55.  8,  9. 
a  Heb.  4.  16. 
b  Judg.  G.  39. 
c  Ex.  34.  G,  7. 

Ps.  34.  15. 

Prov.  15.  29. 

1  John  3.  22. 

Jas.  5.  1G. 


a  ch.  18.  2,  22. 
b  Heb.  13.  2. 
c  Luke  24.  28. 
d  ch.  18.  8. 
e  Isa.  3.  9. 
/ch.  4.1. 

Judg.  19.  22. 

Rom.  1.  24. 

Jude  7. 
g  Judg.  19.  24. 


24  Peradventure  there  be  s  fifty  righteous  within 
the  city  :  wilt  thou  also  destroy  and  not  spare  the 
place  for  the  fifty  righteous  that  are  therein  ? 

25  That  be  far  from  thee  to  do  after  this  manner, 
to  slay  the  righteous  with  the  wicked :  and  'that 
the  righteous  should  be  as  the  wicked,  that  be  far 
from  thee  :  Shall  "not  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  do 
right  ? 

26  And  the  Lord  said,  vli  I  find  in  Sod'om  fifty 
righteous  within  the  city,  then  I  will  spare  all  the 
place  for  their  sakes. 

27  And  A'bra-ham  answered  and  said,  w  Behold 
now,  I  have  taken  upon  me  to  speak  unto  the  Lord, 
which  am  x  but  dust  and  ashes  : 

28  Peradventure  there  shall  lack  five  of  the  fifty 
righteous :  wilt  thou  destroy  all  the  city  for  lack  of 
five  ?  And  he  said,  If  I  find  there  forty  and  five, 
I  will  not  destroy  it. 

29  And  he  spake  unto  him  ^yet  again,  and  said, 
Peradventure  there  shall  be  forty  found  there. 
And  he  said,  I  will  not  do  it  for  forty's  sake. 

30  And  he  said  unto  him,  z  Oh  let  not  the  Lord  be 
angry,  and  I  will  speak :  Peradventure  there  shall 
thirty  be  found  there.  And  he  said,  I  will  not  do 
it,  if  I  find  thirty  there. 

31  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  al  have  taken  upon 
me  to  speak  unto  the  Lord  :  Peradventure  there 
shall  be  twenty  found  there.  And  he  said,  I  will 
not  destroy  it  for  twenty's  sake. 

32  And  he  said,  6Oh  let  not  the  Lord  be  angry, 
and  I  will  speak  yet  but  this  once  :  Peradventure 
ten  shall  be  found  there.  And  he  said,  CI  will  not 
destroy  it  for  ten's  sake. 

33  And  the  Lord  went  his  way,  as  soon  as  he 
had  left  communing  with  A'bra-ham :  and  A'bra- 
ham  returned  unto  his  place. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Lot  entertains  angels.     18  Lot's  escape  to  Zoar.    24  Cities  of  the  plain  destroyed. 
37  Birth  of  Moab  and  Amnion. 

AND  there  came  "two  angels  to  Sod'om  at  even; 
-  and  Lot  sat  in  the  gate  of  Sod'om  :  and  Lot 
seeing  them  rose  up  to  meet  them  ;  and  he  bowed 
himself  with  his  face  toward  the  ground  ; 

2  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  my  lords,  6turn  in,  I 
pray  you,  into  your  servant's  house,  and  tarry  all 
night,  and  wash  your  feet,  and  ye  shall  rise  up 
early,  and  go  on  your  ways.  And  they  said,  Nay  ; 
cbut  we  will  abide  in  the  street  all  night. 

3  And  he  pressed  upon  them  greatly ;  and  they 
turned  in  unto  him,  and  entered  into  his  house ; 
and  dhe  made  them  a  feast,  and  did  bake  unleav- 
ened bread,  and  they  did  eat. 

4  H  But  before  they  lay  down,  the  men  of  the  city, 
even  the  men  of  Sod'om,  compassed  the  house 
round,  both  old  and  young,  all  the  people  from 
every  quarter  : 

5  And  cthey  called  unto  Lot,  and  said  unto  him, 
f  Where  are  the  men  which  came  in  to  thee  this  night  ? 
bring  them  out  unto  us,  that  we  may  know  them. 

6  And  "Lot  went  out  at  the  door  unto  them,  and 
shut  the  door  after  him, 


Lot's  escape  to  Zoar. 


GENESIS,  20. 


Birth  of  Moab  and  Ammon. 


7  And  said,  I  pray  you,  brethren,  do  not  so  wickedly. 

8  Behold  now,  I  have  two  daughters  which  have 
not  known  man ;  let  me,  I  pray  you,  bring  them 
out  unto  you,  and  do  ye  to  them  as  is  good  in  your 
eyes  :  only  unto  these  men  do  nothing  ;  for  h  there- 
fore came  they  under  the  shadow  of  my  roof. 

9  And  they  said,  Stand  back.  And  they  said  again, 
'This  one  fellow  came  in  to  sojourn,  and  he  will 
needs  be  a  judge :  now  will  we  deal  worse  with  thee, 
than  with  them.  And  they  pressed  sore  upon  the 
man,  even  Lot,  and  came  near  to  break  the  door. 

10  But  the  men  put  forth  their  hand,  and  pulled 
Lot  into  the  house  to  them,  and  shut  to  the  door. 

11  And  they  smote  the  men  that  were  at  the  door 
of  the  house  3'with  blindness,  both  small  and  great : 
so  that  they  wearied  themselves  to  find  the  door. 

12  If  And  the  men  said  unto  Lot,  Hast  Hhou  here 
any  besides?  son  in  law,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
daughters,  and  whatsoever  thou  hast  in  the  city, 
'bring  them  out  of  this  place  : 

13  For  we  will  destroy  this  place,  because  the  cry 
of  them  is  waxen  great  before  the  face  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  the  Lord  hath  msent  us  to  destroy  it. 

14  And  Lot  went  out,  and  spake  unto  his  sons  in 
law,  which  married  "his  daughters,  and  said,  Up, 
"get  you  out  of  this  place ;  for  the  Lord  will  de- 
stroy this  city.  But  he  seemed  pas  one  that  mocked 
unto  his  sons  in  law. 

15  If  And  when  the  morning  arose,  then  the  angels 
hastened  Lot,  saying,  Arise,  take  thy  wife,  and  thy 
two  daughters,  which  J  are  here  ;  lest  thou  be  con- 
sumed in  the  2  iniquity  of  the  city. 

16  And  while  he  lingered,  the  men  laid  hold  upon 
his  hand,  and  upon  the  hand  of  his  wife,  and  upon 
the  hand  of  his  two  daughters ;  Hhe  Lord  being 
merciful  unto  him  :  and  they  brought  him  forth, 
and  set  him  without  the  city. 

17  1[  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  brought 
them  forth  abroad,  that  he  said,  '"Escape  for  thy 
life  ;  slook  not  behind  thee,  neither  stay  thou  in  all 
the  plain ;  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest  thou  be 
consumed. 

18  And  Lot  said  unto  them,  Oh,  not  so,  my  Lord : 

19  Behold  now,  thy  servant  hath  found  grace 
in  thy  sight,  and  thou  *hast  magnified  thy  mercy, 
which  thou  hast  shewed  unto  me  in  saving  my  life  ; 
and  I  cannot  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest  some  evil 
take  me,  and  I  die  : 

20  Behold  now,  this  city  is  near  to  flee  unto,  and 
it  is  a  little  one  :  Oh,  let  me  escape  thither,  (is  it 
not  a  little  one  ?)  and  my  soul  shall  live. 

21  And  he  said  unto  him,  See,  I  have  accepted 
3  thee  concerning  this  thing  also,  that  I  will  not 
overthrow  this  city,  for  the  which  thou  hast  spoken. 

22  Haste  thee,  escape  thither ;  for  I  cannot  do 
any  thing  till  thou  be  come  thither.  Therefore  the 
name  of  the  city  was  "called  4  Zo'ar. 

23  If  The  sun  was  5  risen  upon  the  earth  when  Lot 
entered  into  Zo'ar. 

24  Then  "the  Lord  rained  upon  Sod'om  and  upon 
Go-mor'rah  brimstone  and  fire  from  the  Lord  out 
of  heaven ; 


B.  C.  1898. 


h  ch.  18.  5. 


i  Ex.  2.  14. 

Acts  7.  26,  28. 
2  Pet.  2.  7,  8. 


j  2  Ki.  6.  18. 
Acts  13.  11. 


k  Josh.  6.  22. 


I  ch.  7.  1. 
2  Pet.  2.  9. 


m  1  Chr.  21.  15. 


n  Matt.  1.  18. 

0  Num.  1G.  21, 
45. 

Rev.  18.  4. 
p  Ex.  9.  21. 
Luke  17.  28-30. 
Luke  24.  11. 

1  are  found. 

2  Or,  punish- 
ment. 

q  Ex.  34.  7. 

1  Sam.  2.  9. 

1  Chr.  1G.  34. 

Ps.  25.  10. 

Ps.  31.  23. 

Ps.  32.  10. 

Ps.  33.  18. 

Ps.  34.  22. 

Ps.  97.  10. 

Ps.  145.  20. 

Prov.  2.  8. 

Eph.  2.  4,  5. 
r  Heb.  2.  3. 
s  verse  20. 
t  1  Tim.  1.14-16. 

3  thy  face. 
Job  42.  9. 

1  Sam.  25.  35. 
Ps.  145.  19. 

u  ch.  13.  10. 
ch.  14.  2. 

4  That  is,  little. 

5  pone  forth. 

v  Dent.  29.  23. 
Ps.  11.  (>. 
Isa.  13.  19. 
Jer.  20.  10. 
Jer.  50.  40. 
Ezek.  10. 
49,  50. 
Hos.  11.  8. 
Amos  4.  11. 
Zeph.  2.  9. 
Luke  17.  29. 

2  Pet.  2.  6. 
Jude  7. 

10  ch.  14.  3. 

Ps.  107.  34. 
x  Luke  17.  31. 
y  ch.  18.  22. 
z  Rev.  18.  9. 
a  ch.  8.  1. 

ch.  IS.  23. 
b  verses  17,  19. 
c  ch.  10.  2,4. 

ch.  38.  S. 

Deut.  25.  5. 
</  Luke  21.  34. 

1  Cor.  15.  33. 
e  Mark  12.  19. 
/"  Deut.  2.  9. 
(j  Deut.  2.  19. 


a  ch.  18.  1. 
b  ch.  2G.  6. 
c  ch.  12.  11-13. 

ch.  20.  7. 
d  ch.  12.  15. 
e  Ps.  105.  14. 
/  Job  4.  12. 

Job  33.  15. 
g  verse  7. 
1  married  to  an 

husband. 


25  And  he  overthrew  those  cities,  and  all  ™the 
plain,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  cities,  and  that 
which  grew  upon  the  ground. 

26  If  But  his  wife  *  looked  back  from  behind  him, 
and  she  became  a  pillar  of  salt. 

27  H  And  A'bra-ham  gat  up  early  in  the  morning 
to  the  place  where  he  y stood  before  the  Lord: 

28  And  he  looked  toward  Sod'om  and  Go-mor'rah, 
and  toward  all  the  land  of  the  plain,  and  beheld, 
and,  lo,  zthe  smoke  of  the  country  went  up  as  the 
smoke  of  a  furnace. 

29  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God  destroyed  the 
cities  of  the  plain,  that  God  "remembered  A'bra- 
ham,  and  sent  Lot  out  of  the  midst  of  the  overthrow, 
when  he  overthrew  the  cities  in  the  which  Lot 
dwelt. 

30  If  And  Lot  went  up  out  of  Zo'ar,  and  b  dwelt  in 
the  mountain,  and  his  two  daughters  with  him ; 
for  he  feared  to  dwell  in  Zo'ar  :  and  he  dwelt  in  a 
cave,  he  and  his  two  daughters. 

31  And  the  firstborn  said  unto  the  younger,  Our 
father  is  old,  and  there  is  not  a  man  in  the  earth 
cto  come  in  unto  us  after  the  manner  of  all  the 
earth  : 

32  Come,  d\et  us  make  our  father  drink  wine,  and 
we  will  lie  with  him,  ethat  we  may  preserve  seed 
of  our  father. 

33  And  they  made  their  father  drink  wine  that 
night :  and  the  firstborn  went  in,  and  lay  with  her 
father ;  and  he  perceived  not  when  she  lay  down, 
nor  when  she  arose. 

34  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  the 
firstborn  said  unto  the  younger,  Behold,  I  lay  yester- 
night with  my  father  :  let  us  make  him  drink  wine 
this  night  also  ;  and  go  thou  in,  and  lie  with  him, 
that  we  may  preserve  seed  of  our  father. 

35  And  they  made  their  father  drink  wine  that 
night  also  :  and  the  younger  arose,  and  lay  with 
him  ;  and  he  perceived  not  when  she  lay  down,  nor 
when  she  arose. 

36  Thus  were  both  the  daughters  of  Lot  with  child 
by  their  father. 

37  And  the  firstborn  bare  a  son,  and  called  his 
name  Mo'ab  :  the  same  fis  the  father  of  the  Mo'ab- 
Ites  unto  this  day. 

38  And  the  younger,  she  also  bare  a  son,  and  called 
his  name  Ben-am 'mi :  the  ?same  is  the  father  of 
the  children  of  Am'mon  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  20. 

\  Abraham  denies  Ms  wife.    1  Abimelech  takes  her.   §  Abraham  reproved.    17  Abimeleeh 

healed. 

AND  A'bra-ham  journeyed  from  thence  "toward 
-^-  the  south  country,  and  dwelled  between  Ka'- 
desh  and  Shur,  and  sojourned  in  6Ge'rar. 

2  And  c A'bra-ham  said  of  Sa'rah  his  wife,  She  is 
my  sister :  and  A-bim'e-lech  king  of  Ge'rar  sent, 
and  took  d  Sa'rah. 

3  But  God  e  came  to  A-blm'e-lech  in  fa  dream  by 
night,  and  said  to  him,  Behold,  thou  art  but  ga  dead 
man,  for  the  woman  which  thou  hast  taken  ;  for  she 
is  1a  man's  wife. 

29 


Abraham  reproved. 


GENESIS,  21. 


Hagar  banished. 


4  But  A-bim'e-lech  had  not  come  near  her :  and 
he  said,  Lord,  '"wilt  thou  slay  also  a  righteous  nation? 

5  Said  he  not  unto  me,  She  is  my  sister  ?  and  she, 
even  she  herself  said,  He  is  my  brother :  in  the 
2  integrity  of  my  heart  and  innocency  of  my  hands 
have  I  done  this. 

6  And  God  said  unto  him  in  a  dream,  Yea,  I  know 
that  thou  didst  this  in  the  integrity  of  thy  heart ; 
for  I  also  i  withheld  thee  from  sinning  against  me  : 
therefore  suffered  I  thee  not  to  touch  her. 

7  Now  therefore  restore  the  man  his  wife  ;  for  he 
is  a  prophet,  and  he  j  shall  pray  for  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  live  :  and  if  thou  restore  her  not,  know  thou 
that  thou  shalt  surely  die,  thou,  and  all  that  are 
thine. 

8  Therefore  A-bim'e-lech  rose  early  in  the  morning, 
and  called  all  his  servants,  and  told  all  these  things 
in  their  ears  :  and  the  men  were  sore  afraid. 

9  Then  A-blm'e-lech  called  A 'bra-ham,  and  said 
unto  him,  What  hast  thou  done  unto  us  ?  and  what 
have  I  offended  thee,  that  thou  hast  brought  on  me 
and  on  my  kingdom  *a  great  sin?  thou  hast  done 
deeds  unto  me  that  ought  not  to  be  done. 

10  And  A-bim'e-lech  said  unto  A' bra-ham,  What 
sawest  thou,  that  thou  hast  done  this  thing  ? 

11  And  A' bra-ham  said,  Because  I  thought,  'Surely 
the  fear  of  God  is  not  in  this  place  ;  and  they  will 
slay  me  for  my  wife's  sake. 

12  And  '"yet  indeed  she  is  my  sister ;  she  is  the 
daughter  of  my  father,  but  not  the  daughter  of  my 
mother ;  and  she  became  my  wife. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God  "caused  me  to 
wander  from  my  father's  house,  that  I  said  unto  her, 
This  is  thy  kindness  which  thou  shalt  shew  unto  me ; 
at  every  place  whither  we  shall  come,  say  of  me, 
"He  is  myJ)rother. 

14  And  A-bim'e-lech  took  "sheep,  and  oxen,  and 
menservants,  and  womenservants,  and  gave  them 
unto  A'bra-ham,  and  restored  him  Sa'rah  his  wife. 

15  And  A-bim'e-lech  said,  Q Behold,  my  land  is  be- 
fore thee  :  dwell  3  where  it  pleaseth  thee. 

16  And  unto  Sa'rah  he  said,  Behold,  I  have  given 
thy  r  brother  a  thousand  pieces  of  silver  :  behold,  he 
is  to  thee  a  covering  of  the  eyes,  unto  all  that  are 
with  thee,  and  with  all  other :  thus  she  was  reproved. 

17  If  So  A'bra-ham  "prayed  unto  God  :  and  God 
healed  A-bim'e-lech,  and  his  wife,  and  his  maidser- 
vants ;  and  they  bare  children. 

18  For  the  Lord  had  *fast  closed  up  all  the  wombs 


A-bim'e-lech,  because  of  Sa'rah 


of  the  house  of 
A 'bra-ham's  wife. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Birth  of  Isaac.    9  Hagar  is  banished.    22  The  well  of  covenant  at  Beer-sheba. 

AND  the  Lord  a  visited  Sa'rah  as  he  had  said,  and 
-  the  Lord  did  unto  Sa'rah  6as  he  had  spoken. 

2  For  Sa'rah  conceived,  cand  bare  A'bra-ham  a  son 
in  his  old  age,  at  the  set  time  of  which  God  had 
spoken  to  him. 

3  And  A'bra-ham  d  called  the  name  of  his  son  that 
was bornunto  him,  whom  Sa'rah  bare  to  him,  I'saac. 

4  And  A'bra-ham  "circumcised  his  son  I'saac  being 
eight  days  old,  as  God  had  commanded  him. 

30 


B.  C.  1898. 


h  eh.  IS.  23-25. 


2  Or,  simplicity, 
or,  sincerity. 


;•  ch.  35.  5. 
Ex.  34.  4. 
1  Sam.  25. 
26,  34. 


j  1  S;im.  7.  5. 
2  Ki.  5.  11. 
Job  42.  8. 
Jas.  5.  14-16. 
1  John  5.  16. 


k  ch.  39.  9. 
Josh.  7.  25. 


I  ch.  42.  18. 
Neh.  5.  15. 
Prov.  16.  6. 


m  ch.  11.  29. 


n  ch.  12.  1,  9,  11. 


0  ch.  12. 13. 
p  ch.  12!  16. 

q  ch.  13.  9.  . 

ch.  47.  6. 
3  as  is  good  in 

thine  eyes. 
r  verse  5. 
s  Job  42.  S. 

Jas.  5.  16. 

1  ch.  12.  17. 


a  1  Sam.  2.21. 
b  ch.  17.  19. 

ch.  18.  10,  14. 

Gal.  4.  23. 
c  Acts  7.  8. 

Heb.  11.  11. 
d  ch.  17.  19. 
e  eh.  17.  10-12. 
/  Ps.  126.  2. 

Isa.  54.  1. 
g  Luke  i.  14,  58. 
h  ch.  18.  11. 
i  ch.  10.  1,  4,  15. 
/  Gal.  4.  29. 
/.-  ch.  25.  6. 

ch.  36.  6,  7. 

Gal.  4.  30,  31. 
I  ch.  17.  18. 
m  Rom.  9.  7. 

Heb.  11.  18. 
n  ch.  16.  10. 

ch.  17.  20. 

ch.  25.  12. 

0  John  8.  35. 
p  Num.  20.  5. 

Ps.  63.  1. 
q  ch.  44.  34. 
)'  Ex.  3.  7. 

2  Ki.  13.  4,  23. 
s  verse  13. 

ch.  25.  12. 

Judg.  8.  24. 
t  Num.  22.  31. 

2  Ki.  0.  17. 

Luke  24.  16. 
u  ch.  39.  2,  3. 
D  ch.  16.  12. 
w  ch.  24.  4. 
x  ch.  20.  2. 
y  ch.  26.  28. 

Isa.  8.  10. 
z  Josh.  2.  12. 

1  Sam.  24.  21. 

1  if  thou  shalt 
lie  unto  me. 


5  And  A'bra-ham  was  an  hundred  years  old,  when 
his  son  I'saac  was  born  unto  him. 

6  If  And  Sa'rah  said,  •''God  hath  made  me  to  laugh, 
so  that  all  that  hear  will  laugh  3with  me. 

7  And  she  said,  Who  would  have  said  unto  A'bra- 
ham,  that  Sa'rah  should  have  given  children  suck  ? 
for  hl  have  born  him  a  son  in  his  old  age. 

8  And  the  child  grew,  and  was  weaned :  and  A'bra- 
ham  made  a  great  feast  the  same  day  that  I'saac 
was  weaned. 

9  If  And  Sa'rah  saw  the  ,:son  of  Ha'gar  the  E-gyp'- 
tian,  which  she  had  born  unto  A'bra-ham,  'mocking. 

10  Wherefore  she  .said  unto  A'bra-ham,  *Cast  out 
this  bondwoman  and  her  son  :  for  the  son  of  this 
bondwoman  shall  not  be  heir  with  my  son,  even 
with  I'saac. 

11  And  the  thing  was  very  'grievous  in  Abra- 
ham's sight  because  of  his  json. 

12  If  And  God  said  unto  A'bra-ham,  Let  it  not  be 
grievous  in  thy  sight  because  of  the  lad,  and  be- 
cause of  thy  bondwoman;  in  all  that  Sa'rah  hath 
said  unto  thee,  hearken  unto  her  voice ;  for  min 
I'gaac  shall  thy  seed  be  called. 

13  And  also  "of  the  son  of  the  bondwoman  will  I 
make  a  nation,  because  he  is  thy  seed. 

14  And  A'bra-ham  rose  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  took  bread,  and  a  bottle  of  water,  and  gave  it 
unto  Ha'gar,  putting  it  on  her  shoulder,  and  the 
child,  and  °  sent  her  away :  and  she  departed,  and 
wandered  in  the  wilderness  of  Be'er-she'ba. 

15  And  pthe  water  was  spent  in  the  bottle,  and 
she  cast  the  child  under  one  of  the  shrubs. 

16  And  she  went,  and  sat  her  down  over  against  him 
a  good  way  off,  as  it  were  a  bowshot :  for  she  said, 
"Let  me  not  see  the  death  of  the  child.  And  she  sat 
over  against  him,  and  lift  up  her  voice,  and  wept. 

17  And  rGod  heard  the  voice  of  the  lad  ;  and  the 
angel  of  God  called  to  Ha'gar  out  of  heaven,  and 
said  unto  her,  What  aileth  thee,  Ha'gar  ?  fear  not ; 
for  God  hath  heard  the  voice  of  the  lad  where  he  is. 

18  Arise,  lift  up  the  lad,  and  hold  him  in  thine 
hand  ;  for  s  I  will  make  him  a  great  nation. 

19  And  God  'opened  her  eyes,  and  she  saw  a  well 
of  water ;  and  she  went,  and  filled  the  bottle  with 
water,  and  gave  the  lad  drink. 

20  And  w  God  was  with  the  lad  ;  and  he  grew,  and 
"dwelt  in  the  wilderness,  and  became  an  archer. 

21  And  he  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  of  Pa 'ran :  and 
his  mother  took  him  a  wife  out  of  the  '"land  of 
E'gypt. 

22  If  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  that  *  A-bim'- 
e-lech  and  Phl'chol  the  chief  captain  of  his  host 
spake  unto  A'bra-ham,  saying,  ,JGod  is  with  thee  in 
all  that  thou  doest : 

23  Now  therefore  z  swear  unto  me  here  by  God 
Hhat  thou  wilt  not  deal  falsely  with  me,  nor  with 
my  son,  nor  with  my  son's  son  :  but  according  to  the 
kindness  that  I  have  done  unto  thee,  thou  shalt  do 
unto  me,  and  to  the  land  wherein  thou  hast  so- 
journed. 

24  And  A'bra-ham  said,  I  will  swear. 

25  And  A'bra-ham  reproved  A-bim'e-lech  because 


God  proves  Abraham. 


GENESIS,  22,  23. 


Abraham  blessed. 


of  a  well  of  water,  which  A-bim'e-lech's  servants 
had  violently  "taken  away. 

26  And  A-bim'e-lech  said,  I  wot  not  who  hath  done 
this  thing :  neither  didst  thou  tell  me,  neither  yet 
heard  I  ofit,  but  to  day. 

27  And  A'bra-ham  took  sheep  and  oxen,  and  gave 
them  unto  A-bim'e-lech ;  and  both  of  them  6made 
a  covenant 

28  And  A'bra-ham  set  seven  ewe  lambs  of  the 
flock  by  themselves. 

29  And  A-bim'e-lech  said  unto  A'bra-ham,  cWhat 
mean  these  seven  ewe  lambs  which  thou  hast  set 
by  themselves  ? 

30  And  he  said,  For  these  seven  ewe  lambs  shalt 
thou  take  of  my  hand,  that  d  they  may  be  a  witness 
unto  me,  that  I  have  digged  this  well. 

31  Wherefore  he  e  called  that  place  2  Be'er-she'ba; 
because  there  they  sware  both  of  them. 

32  Thus  they  made  a  covenant  at  Be'er-she'ba  : 
then  A-bim'e-lech  rose  up,  and  Phl'chol  the  chief 
captain  of  his  host,  and  they  returned  into  the  -Hand 
of  the  Phi-lis_'tme§. 

33  H  And  A'bra-ham  planted  a  3grove  in  Be'er- 
she'ba,  and  called  there  on  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
the  °  everlasting  God. 

34  And  A'bra-ham  sojourned  in  the  PhT-lis'tmeg' 
land  many  days. 

CHAPTER  22. 

*   Ibraham  offers  Isaac.  13  A  ram  substituted.  15  Abraham  blessed.    20  Nahor's  offspring. 

AND  it  came  tojpass  after  these  things,  that  aGod 
-  did   tempt    A'bra-ham,   and   said    unto   him, 
A'bra-ham  :  and  he  said,  2  Behold,  here  I  am. 

2  And  he  said,  6Take  now  thy  son,  thine  only  son 
I'gaac,  whom  thou  lovest,  and  get  thee  into  the  land 
cof  Mo-ri'ah  ;  and  offer  him  there  for  a  burnt  offer- 
ing upon  one  of  the  mountains  which  I  will  tell 
thee  of. 

3  1  And  A'bra-ham  rfrose  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  saddled  his  ass,  and  took  two  of  his  young  men 
with  him,  and  I'gaac  his  son,  and  clave  the  wood  for 
the  burnt  offering,  and  rose  up,  and  went  unto  the 
place  of  which  God  had  toldhim. 

4  Then  on  the  third  day  A'bra-ham  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  andsaw  the  place  afar  off. 

5  And  A'bra-ham  said  unto  his  young  men,  Abide 
ye  here  with  the  ass ;  and  I  and  the  lad  will  go  yon- 
der and  worship,  and  come  again  to  you. 

6  And  A'bra-ham  took  the  wood  of  the  burnt  offer- 
ing, and  elaid  it  upon  I'gaac  his  son  ;  and  he  took  the 
fire  in  his  hand,  and  a  knife  ;  and  they  went  both 
of  them  together. 

7  And  I'gaac  spake  unto  A'bra-ham  his  father,  and 
said,  My  father:  and  he  said,  2Here  am  I,  my  son. 
And  he  said,  Behold  the  fire  and  the  wood  :  but 
where  is  the  3lamb  for  a  burnt  offering? 

8  And  A'bra-ham  said,  My  son,  God  will  provide 
himself  f&  lamb  for  a  burnt  offering  :  so  they  went 
both  of  them  together. 

9  And  they  came  to  the  place  which  God  had  told 
him  of ;  and  A'bra-ham  built  an  altar  there,  and 
laid  the  wood  in  order,  and  a  bound  I'saac  his  son, 
and  laid  him  on  the  altar  upon  the  wood. 


B.  C.  1898. 


a  ch.  26.  15- 


b  cLl  26.  28-31. 


c  ch.  33.  8. 


d  ch.  31.  48. 


e  ch.  26.  33. 

2  That  is,  the 
well  of  the 
oath. 

/  Josh.  13.  2. 

3  Or,  tree. 

g  Deut.  33.  27. 
Ps.  9.  7. 
Ps.  29.  10. 
Ps.  45.  G. 
Ps.  90.  2. 
Ps.  93.  2. 
Isa.  9.  6. 
Isa.  40.  28. 
Isa.  63.  16. 
Jer.  10.  10. 
Lam.  5.  19. 
Mic.  5.  2. 
Hab.  1.  12. 
Rom.  16.  26. 
Heb.  13.  8. 
1  Tim.  1.  17. 
Rev.  10.  (>. 
Rev.  15.  7. 


a  Jas.  1.  12-14. 
Heb.  11.  17. 

1  Behold  me. 
b  John  3.  16. 
e2Chr.  3.  1. 

tf  Heb.  11.  17-19. 
e  John  19.  17. 
1  Pet.  2.  24. 

2  Behold  me. 

3  Or,  kid. 
/I  Pet.  1.  19. 
g  John  10. 

17,  18. 

Heb.  11.  17. 
h  Isa.  53.  6-12. 
i  1  Sam.  15.  22. 
j  ch.  26.  5. 

Rom.  8.  32. 

Jas.  2.  22. 
k  1  Cor.  5.  7,  8. 

4  That  is,  the 
Lord  will  see, 
or,  provide. 

I  Ps.  105.  9. 

Luke  1.  73. 

Heb.  6.  13,  14. 
m  ch.  15.  5. 

Jer".  33.  22. 
n  ch.  13.  16. 

5  lip. 

Ps.  2.  8. 
0  ch.  24.  60. 

Mic.  1.  9. 
p  ch.  12.  3. 

ch.  18.  18. 

Gal.  3.  8,  9, 

16,  18. 
q  verses  3,  10. 

ch.  26.  5. 
r  ch.  11.  29.  . 
*  Job  1.  1. 
t  Job  32.  2. 
u  ch.  24.  15. 


a  John  11.  31, 

35. 
b  ch.  17.  8. 

1  Chr.  29.  15. 
Ps.  39.  12. 
Ps.  105.  12. 
Ps.  119.  19. 

2  Cor.  5.  6,  7. 
Heb.  11.  9,  13. 
1  Pet.  1. 17. 

1  Pet.  2.  11. 
c  ch.  49.  30. 
1  a  prince  of 

God. 
d  ch.  13.  2. 

ch.  14.  14. 

ch.  24.  35. 


10  And  A'bra-ham  h  stretched  forth  his  hand,  and 
took  the  knife  to  slay  his  son. 

11  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  called  unto  him  out 
of  heaven,  and  said,  A'bra-ham,  A'bra-ham :  and  he 
said,  Here  am  I. 

12  And  he  said,  {Lay  not  thine  hand  upon  the  lad, 
neither  do  thou  any  thing  unto  him:  for  now  Jl 
know  that  thou  fearest  God,  seeing  thou  hast  not 
withheld  thy  son,  thine  only  son  from  me. 

13  And  A'bra-ham  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked, 
and  behold  behind  him  a  ram  caught  in  a  thicket 
by  his  horns:  and  A'bra-ham  went  and  took  the 
ram,  and  offered  him. up  for  a  burnt  offering  /cin 
the  stead  of  his  son. 

14  And  A'bra-ham  called  the  name  of  that  place 
4Je-ho'vah-jI'reh  :  as  it  is  said  to  this  day,  In  the 
mount  of  the  Lord  it  shall  be  seen. 

15  H  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  called  unto  A'bra- 
ham  out  of  heaven  the  second  time, 

16  And  said,  'By  myself  have  I  sworn,  saith  the 
Lord,  for  because  thou  hast  done  this  thing,  and  hast 
not  withheld  thy  son,  thine  only  son  : 

17  That  in  blessing  I  will  bless  thee,  and  in  multi- 
plying I  will  multiply  thy  seed  as  the  m  stars  of  the 
heaven,  and  as  the  "sand  which  is  upon  the  sea 
5 shore;  and  thy  seed  sha.ll  ° possess  the  gate  of  his 
enemies ; 

18  And  pin  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth  be  blessed  ;  because  9thou  hast  obeyed  my 
voice. 

19  So  A'bra-ham  returned  unto  his  young  men, 
and  they  rose  up  and  went  together  to  Be'er-she'ba ; 
and  A'bra-ham  dwelt  at  Be'er-she'ba. 

20  "f[  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that 
it  was  told  A'bra-ham,  saying,  Behold,  rMil'cah,  she 
hath  also  born  children  unto  thy  brother  Na'hor; 

21  Hiiz  shis  firstborn,  and  Buz  his  brother,  and 
Ke-mu'el  the  father  of  fA'ram, 

22  And  Che'sed,  and  Ha'zo,  and  Pil'dash,  and 
JTd'laph,  and  Beth-u'el. 

23  And  u  Beth-u'el  begat  Re-bek'ah  :  these  eight 
Mil'cah  did  bear  to  Na'hor,  A 'bra-ham's  brother. 

24  And  his  concubine,  whose  name  was  Reu'mah, 
she  bare  also  Te'bah,  and  Ga'ham,  and  Tha'hash, 
and  Ma'a-chah. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Sarah's  death.    3  Purchase  of  Machpelah.    19  Sarah's  burial. 

AND   Sa'rah   was   an   hundred    and   seven  and 
-  twenty  years  old  :  these  were  the  years  of  the 
life  of  Sa'rah. 

2  And  Sa'rah  died  in  Kir'jath-ar'ba  ;  the  same  is 
He'bron  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan  :  and  A'bra-ham 
came  "to  mourn  for  Sa'rah,  and  to  weep  for  her. 

3  1  And  A'bra-ham  stood  up  from  before  his  dead, 
and  spake  unto  the  sons  of  Heth,  saying, 

4  I  am  6a  stranger  and  a  sojourner  with  you :  give 
me  a  possession  of  a  cburyingplace  with  you,  that  I 
may  bury  my  dead  out  of  my  sight. 

5  And  the  children  of  Heth  answered  A'bra-ham, 
saying  unto  him, 

6  Hear  us,  my  lord  :  thou  art  1a  mighty  d  prince 
among  us  :  in  the  choice  of  our  sepulchres  bury  thy 

31 


Purchase  of  Machpelah. 


GENESIS,  24. 


Servant's  visit  to  the  east. 


dead  ;  none  of  us  shall  withhold  from  thee  his  sep- 
ulchre, but  that  thou  mayest  bury  thy  dead. 

7  And  A' bra-ham  stood  up,  and  bowed  e himself  to 
the  people  of  the  land,  even  to  the  children  of  Heth. 

8.  And  he  communed  with  them,  saying,  If  it  be 
your  mind  that  I  should  bury  my  dead_out  of  my 
sight ;  hear  me,  and  intreat  for  me  to  E'phron  the 
son  of  Zo'har, 

9  That  he  may  give  me  the  cave  of  Mach-pe'lah, 
which  he  hath,  which  is  in  the  end  of  his  field  ;  for 
2  as  much  money  as  it  is  worth  he  shall  give  it  me 
for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace  amongst  you. 

10  And  E'phron  dwelt  among  the  children  of 
Heth  :  and  E'phron  the  Hit'tite  answered  A 'bra- 
ham  in  the  3  audience  of  the  children  of  Heth,  even 
of  all  that  went  in  at  the  •'"gate  of  his  city,  saying, 

11  Nay,  ^my  lord,  hear  me :  the  field  give  I  thee, 
and  the  cave  that  is  therein,  I  give  it  thee  ;  in  the 
presence  of  the  sons  of  my  people  give  I  it  thee  : 
bury  thy  dead. 

12  And  A 'bra-ham  bowed  down  himself  before  the 
people  of  the  land. 

13  And  he  spake  unto  E'phron  in  the  audience  of 
the  people  of  the  land,  saying,  But  if  thou  wilt  give 
it,  I  pray  thee,  hear  me :  h  I  will  give  thee  money 
for  the  field ;  take  it  of  me,  and  I  will  bury  my  dead 
there. 

14  And  E'phron  answered  A' bra-ham,  saying  unto 
him, 

15  My  lord,  hearken  unto  me  :  the  land  is  ivorth 
four  hundred  shekels  ?:  of  silver;  what  -is  that  be- 
twixt me  and  thee?  bury  therefore  thy  dead. 

16  And  A'bra-ham  hearkened  unto  E'phron  ;  and 
A 'bra-ham  •'weighed  to  E'phron  the  silver,  which  he 
had  named  in  the  audience  of  the  sons  of  Heth, 
four  hundred  shekels  of  silver,  current  money  with 
the  merchant. 

17  H  And  Hhe  field  of  E'phron,  which  was  in  Mach- 
pe'lah,  which  was  before  Mam 're,  the  field,  and  the 
cave  which  loas  therein,  and  all  the  trees  that  were- 
in  the  field,  that  were  in  all  the  borders  round  about, 
were  made_sure 

18  Unto  A'bra-ham  for  a  possession  in  the  presence 
of  the  children  of  Heth,  before  all  that  went  in  at 
the  gate  of  his  city, 

19  And  after  this,  ?A'bra-ham  buried  Sa'rah  his 
wife  in  the  cave  of  the  field  of  Mach-pe'lah  before 
Marn're  :  the  same  is  He'bron  in  the  land  of  Ca'- 
naan. 

20  And  the  field,  and  the  cave  that  is  therein,  were 
mmade  sure  unto  A'bra-ham  for  a  possession  of  a 
buryingplace  by  the  sons  of  Heth. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Abraham  seeks  a  wife  for  Isaac.     10  Servant's  visit  to  the  east.    50  Rebekah  chosen. 

02  Isaac  meets  tier. 

AND  A'bra-ham  "was  old,  and  1we\\_  stricken  in 
-  age  :  and  the  Lord  had  b blessed  A'bra-ham  in 
all  things. 

2  And  A'bra-ham  said  cunto  his  eldest  servant  of 
his  house,  that  ruled  dover  all  that  he  had,  ePut,  I 
pray  thee,  thy  hand  under  my  thigh  : 

32 


B.  C. 1860. 


e  Rom.  13.  7. 


2  full  money. 


3  ears. 

/  ch.  34.  20,  24. 

Ruth  4.  4. 
(j  2  Sam.  24. 

20-24. 


h  Phil.  4.  5-8. 


i  Ex.  30.  13. 
Ezek.  45. 12. 


j  Jer.  32.  9-12. 


k  ch.  25.  9. 

ch.  40.  30-32. 

ch.  50.  13. 

Acts  7.  16. 
I  ch.  35.  29. 
m  Rutli  4.  7-10. 

Jer.  32.  10,  11. 


a  ch.  18.  11. 

1  gone  into  days. 

6  ch.  13.  2. 

Gal.  3.  9. 
c  ch.  15.  2. 
d  verse  10. 

ch.  39.  4-6. 
ecu.  47.  29.. 

Lam.  5.  6. 
/Ex.34.  16. 

Deut.  7.  3. 

2  Cor.  6.  14-17. 
g  ch.  28.  2. 
h  2  Pet.  2.  20-22. 
i  ch.  12.  1,  7. 
j  ch.  13.  15. 

Ex.  32.  13. 
k  Ex.  23.  20. 

Ps.  34.  7. 

Isa.  63.  9. 

1  Josh.  2. 17-20. 

2  Or,  and. 

m  ch.  27.  43. 

3  women  which 
draw  water  go 
forth. 

n  Ex.  2.  16. 

1  Sam.  9.  11. 
o  verse  27. 

ch.  26.  24. 

Ex.  3.  6,  15. 
p  Phil.  4.  6. 
q  Prov.  19.  14. 
r  Judg.  6.  17-37. 

1  Sam.  6.  7. 
5  Ps.  34.  15. 
tch.  11.29. 
u  ch.  26.  7. 

4  good  of  coun- 
tenance. 

v  John  4.  7. 

w  1  Pet.  3.  8. 

1  Pet.  4.  9. 


3  And  I  will  make  thee  swear  by  the  Lord,  the 
God  of  heaven,  and  the  God  of  the  earth,  that  thou 
shalt  /not  take  a  wife  unto  my  son  of  the  daughters 
of  the  Ca'naan-ites,  among  whom  I  dwell : 

4  But  thou  shalt  go  ffunto  my  country,  and  to  my 
kindred,  and  take  a  wife  unto  my  son  I'saac. 

5  And  the  servant  said  unto  him,  Peradventure 
the  woman  will  not  be  willing  to  follow  me  unto 
this  land :  must  I  needs  bring  thy  son  again  unto 
the  land  from  whence  thou  earnest  ? 

6  And  A'bra-ham  said  unto  him,  Beware  Hhou 
that  thou  bring  not  my  son  thither  again. 

7  II  The  Lord  God  of  heaven,  which  took  'me  from 
my  father's  house,  and  from  the  land  of  my  kindred,, 
and  which  spake  unto  me,  and  that  sware  unto  me, 
saying,  J'Unto  thy  seed  will  I  give  this  land ;  he 
shall  send  /chis  angel  before  thee,  and  thou  shalt  take 
a  wife  unto  my  son  from  thence. 

8  And  if  the  woman  will  not  be  willing  to  follow 
thee,  then  thou  shalt  *be  clear  from  this  my  oath  : 
only  bring  not  my  son  thither  again. 

9  And  the  servant  put  his  hand  under  the  thigh 
of  A'bra-ham  his  master,  and  sware  to  him  concern- 
ing that  matter. 

10H  And  the  servant  took  ten  camels  of  the  camels 
of  his  master,  and  departed  ;  2for  all  the  goods  of 
his  master  were  in  his  hand  :  and  he  arose,  and  went 
to  Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a,  unto  the  mcity  of  Na'hor. 

11  And  he  made  his  camels  to  kneel  down  without 
the  city  by  a  well  of  water  at  the  time  of  the  evening, 
even  the  time  that 3  women  ngo  out  to  draw  water. 

12  And  he  said,  °0  Lord  God  of  my  master  A'bra- 
ham,  p  I  pray  thee,  send  me  goodspeed  this  day,  and 
shew  kindness  unto  my  master  A'bra-ham. 

13  Behold,  I  stand  here  by  the  well  of  water  ;  and 
the  daughters  of  the  men  of  the  city  come  out  to 
draw  water  : 

14  And  let  it  come  to  pass,  that  the  damsel  to 
whom  I  shall  say,  Let  down  thy  pitcher,  I  pray  thee, 
that  I  may  drink ;  and  she  shall  say,  Drink,  and  I 
will  give  thy  camels  drink  also  :  let  the  same,  be  she 
qthat  thou  hast  appointed  for  thy  servant  I'saac ; 
and  r  thereby  shall  I  know  that  thou  hast  shewed 
kindness  unto  my  master. 

15  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  s  before  he  had  done 
speaking,  that,  behold,  Re-bek'ah  came  out,  who 
was  bornto  Beth-u'el,  son  of  *Mil'cah,  the  wife  of 
Na'hor,  A'bra-ham's  brother,  with  her  pitcher  upon 
her  shoulder. 

16  And  the  damsel  was  "very  4fair  to  look  upon, 
a  virgin,  neither  had  any  man  known  her  :  and  she 
went  down  to  the  well,  and  filled  her  pitcher,  and 
came  up. 

17  And  the  servant  ran  to  meet  her,  and  said, 
"Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  drink  a  little  water  of  thy 
pitcher. 

18  And  she  said,  w  Drink,  my  lord  :  and  she  hasted, 
and  let  down  her  pitcher  upon  her  hand,  and  gave 
him  drink. 

19  And  when  she  had  done  giving  him  drink,  she 
said,  I  will  draw  water  for  thy  camels  also,  until 
they  have  done  drinking. 


Report  of  Abraham's  servant. 


GENESIS,  24. 


Rebekah  chosen. 


20  And  she  hasted,  and  emptied  her  pitcher  into 
the  trough,  and  ran  again  unto  the  well  to  draw 
water,  and  drew  for  all  his  camels. 

21  And  the  man  x  wondering  at  her  held  his  peace, 
to  wit  whether  the  Lord  had  made  his  journey  pros- 
perous or  not. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  camels  had  done 
drinking,  that  the  man  took  a  golden  5  earring  of 
^half  a  shekel  weight,  and  two  bracelets  for  her 
hands  of  ten  shekels  weight  of  gold  ; 

23  And  said,  Whose  daughter  art  thou  ?  tell  me,  I 
pray  thee  :  is  there  room  in  thy  father's  house  for 
us  to  lodge  in  ? 

24  And  she  said  unto  him,  I  am  the  daughter  of 
Beth-u'el  the  son  of  Mil'cah,  which  she  bare  unto 
Na'hor. 

25  She  said  moreover  unto  him,  We  zhave  both 
straw  and  provender  enough,  and  room  to  lodge  in. 

26  And  the  man  "bowed  down  his  head,  and  wor- 
shipped the  Lord. 

27  And  he  said,  b  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  my 
master  A'bra-ham,  who  hath  not  left  destitute  my 
master  of  chis  mercy  and  his  truth  :  I  being  in  the 
way,  dthe  Lord  led  me  to  the  house  of  my  master's 
brethren. 

28  And  the  damsel  ran,  and  told  them  of  her  mo- 
ther's house  these  things. 

29  1  And  Re-bek'ah  had  a  brother,  and  his  name 
was  "La'ban:  and  La'ban  ran  out  unto  the  man, 
unto  the  well. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  saw  the  earring 
and  bracelets  upon  his  sister's  hands,  and  when  he 
heard  the  words  of  Re-bek'ah  his  sister,  saying, 
Thus  spake  the  man  unto  me  ;  that  he  came  unto 
the  man ;  and,  behold,  he  stood  by  the  camels  at 
the  well. 

31  And  he  said,  Come  in,  -^thou  blessed  of  the 
Lord  ;  wherefore  standest  thou  without  ?  for  I 
have  prepared  the  house,  and  room  for  the  camels. 

32  TI  And  the  man  came  into  the  house  :  and  he 
ungirded  his  camels,  and  ^gave  straw  and  provender 
for  the  camels,  and  water  to  wash  his  feet,  and  the 
men's  feet  that  were  with  him. 

33  And  there  was  set  meat  before  him  to  eat : 
but  he  said,  hl  will  not  eat,  until  I  have  told  mine 
errand.     And  he  said,  Speak  on. 

34  And  he  said,  I  am  A'bra-ham's  servant. 

35  And  the  Lord  hath  *  blessed  my  master  greatly ; 
and  he  is  become  great :  and  he  hath  given  him 
'flocks,  and  herds,  and  silver,  and  gold,  and  menser- 
vants,  and  maidservants,  and  camels,  and  asses. 

36  And  Sa'rah  my  master's  wife  bare  ka  son  to  my 
master  when  she  was  old  :  and  'unto  him  hath  he 
given  all  that  he  hath. 

37  And  my  master  mmade  me  swear,  saying,  Thou 
shalt  not  take  a  wife  to  my  son  of  the  daughters  of 
the  Ca'naan-ites,  in  whose  land  I  dwell : 

38  But  thou  shalt  go  unto  my  father's  house,  and 
to  my  kindred,  and  take  a  wife  unto  my  son. 

39  And  I  said  unto  my  master,  Peradventure  the 
woman  will  not  follow  me. 

40  And  "  he  said  unto  me,  The  Lord,  before  whom 


B.  C.  1857. 


x  Luke  2.  19,  51. 


5  Or,  jewel  for 
the  forehead. 

y  Ex.  32.  2,  3. 
Isa.  3.  19,  20. 
1  Pet.  3.  3. 


1  Pet.  4.  9. 


a  verse  52. 
Ex.  4.  31. 


b  Ex.  18.  10. 
Ruth  4.  14. 

1  Sam.  25.  32. 

2  Sam.  18.  28." 
Luke  1.  G8. 

c  eh.  32. 10. 

Ps.  98.  3. 
d  verse  48. 

Prov.  3.  6. 


e  ch.  29.  5. 


S, 


/ch.  26.29. 

Judg.  17.  2. 

Ruth  3.  10. 

Ps.  115.  15. 
g  ch.  43.  24. 

Judg.  19.  21. 
h  Job  23.  12. 

John  4.  34. 

Epli.  6.  5-7. 
i  verse  1. 

ch.  13.  2. 
j  Jobl.  3. 
k  ch.  21.  2. 

1  ch.  21.  10. 

ch.  25.  5. 
m  verse  3. 
n  verse  7. 
o  ch.  5.  22-24. 

ch.  17.  1. 
p  Ex.  23.  20. 
q  verse  8. 
r  1  Ki.  1.  3G, 

Acts  10.  7, 

22. 
sNeh.  1.  11. 

Ps.  90.  17. 

Rom.  1.  10. 
t  verse  13. 
u  Heb.  13.  2. 
v  verse  15. 
w  1  Sam.  1. 13, 

Isi.  C5.  24. 
x  Ezek.  16. 

11,12. 
y  verse  26. 

2  Ps.  32.  8. 
Ps.  48.  14. 
Ps.  107.  7. 
Isa.  48.  17. 

a  ch.  47.  29. 

Josh.  2.  14. 
b  Ps.  118.  23. 

Matt.  21.42. 

Mark  12.  11. 
c  ch.  20.  15. 
d  Ex.  3.  22. 

Ex.  11.  2. 

Ex.  12.  35. 

6  vessels. 

el  Chr.  21.  3. 

Ezra  1 .  6. 
f  verses  56,  59 

7  Or,  a  full 
year,  or,  ten 
months. 

<7  verse  40. 


0 1  walk,  will  send  his  p  angel  with  thee,  and  prosper 
thy  way  ;  and  thou  shalt  take  a  wife  for  my  son  of 
my  kindred,  and  of  my  father's  house  : 

41  Then  "  shalt  thou  be  clear  from  this  my  oath, 
when  thou  comest  to  my  kindred  ;  and  if  they  give 
not  thee  one,  thou  shalt  be  clear  from  my  oath. 

42  And  I  came  this  day  unto  the  well,  and  said, 
r  O  Lord  God  of  my  master  A'bra-ham,  if  now  thou 
sdo  prosper  my  way  which  I  go  : 

43  Behold,  *  I  stand  by  the  well  of  water  ;  and  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  the  virgin  cometh 
forth  to  draw  water,  and  I  say  to  her,  Give  me,  I 
pray  thee,  a  little  water  of  thy  pitcher  to  drink  ; 

44  And  she  say  to  me,  "Both  drink  thou,  and  I 
will  also  draw  for  thy  camels  :  let  the  same  be  the 
woman  whom  the  Lord  hath  appointed  out  for  my 
master's  son. 

45  And  v before  I  had  "done  speaking  in  mine 
heart,  behold,  Re-bek'ah  came  forth  with  her  pitcher 
on  her  shoulder  ;  and  she  went  down  unto  the  well, 
and  drew  water :  and  I  said  unto  her,  Let  me  drink, 
I  pray  thee. 

46  And  she  made  haste,  and  let  down  her  pitcher 
from  her  shoulder,  and  said,  Drink,  and  I  will  give 
thy  camels  drink  also  :  so  I  drank,  and  she  made 
the  camels  drink  also. 

47  And  I  asked  her,  and  said,  Whose  daughter  art 
thou?  And  she  said,  The  daughter  of  Beth-u'el, 
Na'hor's  son,  whom  Mil'cah  bare  unto  him :  and  I 
put  the  x  earring  upon  her  face,  and  the  bracelets 
upon  her  hands. 

48  And  I  y  bowed  down  my  head,  and  worshipped 
the  Lord,  and  blessed  the  LORD  God  of  my  master 
A'bra-ham,  which  had  *led  me  in  the  right  way 
to  take  my  master's  brother's  daughter  unto  his 
son. 

49  And  now  aif  ye  will  deal  kindly  and  truly  with 
my  master,  tell  me  :  and  if  not,  tell  me ;  that  I 
may  turn  to  the  right  hand,  or  to  the  left. 

50  Then  La'ban  and  Beth-u'el  answered  and  said, 
b  The  thing  proceedeth  from  the  Lord  :  we  cannot 
speak  unto  thee  bad  or  good. 

51  Behold,  Re-bek'ah  is  c before  thee,  take  her, 
and  go,  and  let  her  be  thy  master's  son's  wife,  as 
the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

52  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  A'bra-ham's 
servant  heard  their  words,  he  worshipped  the  Lord, 
bowing  himself  to  the  earth. 

53  And  the  servant  brought  forth  jewels  dof  sil- 
ver, and  6  jewels  of  gold,  and  raiment,  and  gave 
them  to  Re-bek'ah  :  he  gave  also  to  her  brother  and 
to  her  mother  e  precious  things. 

54  And  they  did  eat  and  drink,  he  and  the  men 
that  were  with  him,  and  tarried  all  night ;  and  they 
rose  up  in  the  morning,  and  he  said,  •'Send  me  away 
unto  my  master. 

55  And  her  brother  and  her  mother  said,  Let  the 
damsel  abide  with  us  7afeiv  days,  at  the  least  ten  ■ 
after  that  she  shall  go. 

56  And  he  said  unto  them,  Hinder  me  not,  seeing 
the  ^Lord  hath  prospered  my  way  ;  send  me  away 
that  I  may  go  to  my  master. 


Meeting  of  Isaac  and  Rehekah. 


GENESIS,  25. 


Birth  of  Esau  and  Jacob, 


.&. 


her  h 


57  And  they  said,  We  will  call  the  damsel,  and 
enquire  at  her  mouth. 

58  And  they  called  Re-bek'ah,  and  said  unto  her, 
Wilt  thou  go  with  this  man  ?  And  she  said,  I  will  go. 

59  And  they  sent  away  Re-bek'ah  their  sister,  and 
nurse,  and  A 'bra-ham's  servant,  and  his  men. 

60  And  they  blessed  Re-bek'ah,  and  said  unto  her, 
Thou  art  our  sister,  be  thou  Hhe  mother  of  thou- 
sands of  millions,  and  let  thy  j  seed  possess  the  gate 
of  those  which  hate  them. 

61  If  And  Re-bek'ah  arose,  and  her  damsels,  and 
they  rode  upon  the  camels,  and  followed  the  man : 
and  the  servant  took  Re-bek'ah,  and  went  his  way. 

62  And  I'gaac  came  from  the  way  of  the  well  /c  La- 
Mi '-roi  ;  for  he  dwelt  in  the  south  country. 

63  And  I'saac  went  out  8'to  meditate  in  the  field 
at  the  eventide  :  and  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
saw,  and,  behold,  the  camels  were  coming. 

64  And  Re-bek'ah  lifted  up  her  eyes,  and  when 
she  saw  I'gaac,  she  lighted  "'off  the  camel. 

65  For  she  had  said  unto  the  servant,  What  man 
is  this  that  walketh  in  the  field  to  meet  us  ?  And 
the  servant  had  said,  It  is  my  master  :  therefore 
she  took  a  nveil,  and  covered  herself. 

66  And  the  servant  told  I'gaac  all  things  that  he 
had  done. 

67  And  I'gaac  brought  her' into  his  mother  Sa'rah's 
tent,  and  took  Re-bek'ahL  and  she  became  his  wife ; 
and  he  loved  her  :  and  "I'gaac  was  comforted  after 
his  mother's  death. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  Abraham's  sons  by  Keturah.    7  Death  of  Abraham.    24  Birth  of  Esau  and  Jacob. 
29  Sale  of  Esau's  birthright. 

THEN   again   A'bra-ham   took  a  wife,  and   her 
name  was  Ke-tu'rah. 

2  And  she  bare  him  "Zim'ran,  and  Jok'shan,  and 
Me'dan,  and  Mid'i-an,  and  Ish'bak,  and  Shu'ah. 

3  And  Jok'shan  begat  She'ba,  and  De'dan.  And 
the  sons  of  De'dan  were  As-shu'rim,  and  Le-tu'shim, 
and  Le-um'mim. 

4  And  the  sons  of  Mid'i-an  ;  E'phah,  and  E'pher, 
and  Ha'noch,  and  A-bi'dah,  and  El'da-ah.  All  these 
were  the  children  of  Ke-tu'rah. 

5  H  And  A'bra-ham  6gave  all  that  he  had  unto 
I'saac. 

6  But  unto  the  sons  of  the  concubines,  which 
A'bra-ham  had,  A'bra-ham  gave  gifts,  and  csent 
them  away  from  I'gaac  his  son,  while  he  yet  lived, 
eastward,  unto  the  rfeast  country. 

7  And  these  are  the  days  of  the  years  of  Abra- 
ham's life  which  he  lived,  an  hundred  threescore 
and  fifteen  years. 

8  Then  A'bra-ham  gave  up  the  ghost,  and  died  in 
c  a  good  old  age,  an  old  man,  and  full  of  years ;  and 
was  fathered  to  his  people. 

9  And  his  sons  9 I'gaac  and  Ish'ma-el  buried  him 
/Jin  the  cave  of  Mach-pe'lah,  in  the  field  of  E'phron 
the  son  of  Zo'har  the  Hit'tlte,  which  is  before 
Mam' re ; 

10  The  afield  which  A'bra-ham  purchased  of  the 
sons  of  Heth  :  there  was  A'bra-ham  buried,  and  Sa'- 
rah  his  wife. 

34 


B.  C.  1857. 


h  ch.  35.  8. 


i  ch.  17.  1G. 

Ruth  4.  11. 
j  eh.  22.  17. 


k  ch.  16.  14. 
ch.  25.  11. 


8  Or,  to  pray. 
/Josh.  1.  8. 

Pa.  1.  2. 

Ps.  35.  17. 

Ps.  77. 12. 

Fs.  119.  15. 

Ps.  143.  5. 

Dan.  6.  10. 

Matt.  0.  5,  G. 

Matt.  14.  23. 

Markl.  35. 

Mark  6.  40. 

Luke  5.  Hi. 
•  Luke  G.  12. 

Acts  10.  9. 
in  Josh.  15.  18. 

1  Sam.  25.  23. 
n  1  Cor.  11.  3,  6, 

7,  10. 


o  1  Thess.  4.  13. 


a  1  Chr.  1.  32. 

b  ch.  24.  36. 
-•  ch.  21.  14. 
d  Judg.  6.  3. 
e  ch.  15.  15. 

ch.  47.  8,  9. 
fell.  35.  29. 

ch.  49.  33. 

Acts  13.  3C. 
q  ch.  50.  13. 
A  ch.  49.  29,  30. 
i  ch.  23. 1G. 
j  ch.  10.  14. 

ch.  24.  G2. 
*  1  Chr.  1.29. 
1  Or,  Hadad. 

1  Chr.  1.  30. 

1  ch.  17.  20. 
m  verse  8. 

eh.  49.  33. 
Mark  15.  37. 
n  1  Sam.  15.  7. 

2  fell. 

0  eh.  16.  12. 
p  Matt.  1.  2. 
a  ch.  24.  67. 

/  eh.  22.  23. 
s  ch.  24.  29. 

1  1  Sam.  1.  11. 
u  1  Chr.  5.  20. 

2  Chr.  33.  13. 
Ezra  8.  23. 

v  Rom.  9.  10. 
w  1  Sam.  9.  9. 

1  Sam.  10.  22. 
x  eh.  24.  60. 
y  ch.  27.  11. 

3  Hos.  12.  3. 
a  ch.  27.  36. 
b  ch.  27.  3,  5. 
c  Jobl.  1,8. 

Job  2.  3. 
d  Heb.  11.  9. 

3  venison  was 
in  his  mouth. 

e  ch.  27.  19. 
/ch.  27.6. 

4  with  that  red, 
with  that  red 
pottage. 

5  That  is,  Red. 

6  going  to  die. 


11  If  And  it  came  to  pass  after  the  death  of  A'bra- 
ham,  that  God  blessed  his  son  I'gaac  ;  and  I'gaac 
dwelt  by  the  well  JXa-hai'-roi. 

12  Tf  Now  these  are  the  k generations  of  Ish'ma-el, 
A'bra-ham's  son,  whom  Hangar  the  E-gyp'tian,  Sa'- 
rah's handmaid,  bare  unto  A'bra-ham  : 

13  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Ish'- 
ma-el, by  their  names,  according  to  their  genera- 
tions :  the  firstborn  of  Ish'ma-el,  Ne-ba'joth  ;  and 
Ke'dar,  and  Ad'be-el,  and  Mib'sam, 

14  And  Mish'ma,  and  Du'mah,  and  Mas'sa, 

15  aHa'dar,  and  Te'ma,  Je'tiir,  Na'phish,  and  Ked'- 
e-mah  : 

16  These  are  the  sons  of  Ish'ma-el,  and  these  are 
their  names,  by  their  towns,  and  by  their  castles ; 
'twelve  princes  according  to  their  nations. 

17  And  these  are  the  years  of  the  life  of  Ish'- 
ma-el, an  hundred  and  thirty  and  seven  years  :  and 
he  gave  '"up  the  ghost  and  died  ;  and  was  gathered 
unto  his  people. 

18  And  they  dwelt  from  "Hav'i-lah  unto  Shur, 
that  is  before  E'gypt,  as  thou  goest  toward  As- 
syr'i-a :  and  he  2died  in  the  "presence  of  all  his 
brethren. 

_19  If  And   theseare  the  generations  of   I'gaac, 
A'bra-ham's  son  :  A'bra-ham  p begat  I'gaac  : 

20  And  I'gaac  was  forty  years  old  when  he  took 
"Re-bek'ah  to  wife,  the  'daughter  of  Beth-u'el  the 
Syr'T-an  of  Pa'dan-a'ram,  the  ssister  to  La'ban  the 
Syr'T-an. 

21  And  I'gaac  Untreated  the  Lord  for  his  wife, 
because  she  ivas  barren  :  and  the  Lord  was  "in- 
treated  of  him,  and  Re-bek'ah  his  wife  "conceived. 

22  And  the  children  struggled  together  within 
her ;  and  she  said,  If  it  be  so,  why  am  I  thus  ? 
And  she  went  to  w  enquire  of  the  Lord. 

23  And  the  Lord  said  unto  her,  Two  nations  are 
in  thy  womb,  and  two  "manner  of  people  shall 
be  separated  from  thy  bowels  :  and  the  one  people 
shall  be  stronger  than  the  other  people  ;  and  the 
elder  shall  serve  the  younger. 

24  If  And  when  her  days  to  be  delivered  were  ful- 
filled, behold,  there  were  twins  in  her  womb. 

25  And  the  first  came  out  red,  all  ,Jover_  like  an 
hairy  garment ;  and  they  called  his  name  E.'sau. 

26  And  after  that^came  his  brother  out,  and  2his 
hand  took  hold  on  E^sau's  heel ;  and  "his  name  was 
called  Ja'cob  :  and  I'gaac  was  threescore  years  old 
when  she  bare  them. 

27  And  the  boys  grew  :  and  E'sau  was  a  b  cunning 
hunter,  a  man  of  the  field ;  and  Ja'cob  was  ca  plain 
man,  d  dwelling  in  tents^ 

28  And  I'gaac  loved  E'sau,  because  3he  did  eeat 
of  his  venison  :  ybut  Re-bek'ah  loved  Ja'cob. 

29  Tf  And  Ja'cob  sod  pottage  :  and  E'sau  came 
from  the  field,  and  he  was  faint : 

30  And  E'sau  said  to  Ja'cob,  Feed  me,  I  pray  thee, 
4 with  that  same  red  pottage^;  for  I  am  faint :  there- 
fore was  his  name  called  5E'dom. 

31  And  Ja'cob  said,  Sell  me  this  day  thy  birthright. 

32  And  E'sau  said,  Behold,  I  am  6at  the  point  to 
die :  and  what  profit  shall  this  birthright  do  to  me? 


Dispute  with  Abimelech. 


GENESIS,  26. 


Covenant  with  Abimelech. 


33  And  Ja'cob  said,  Swear  to  me  this  day  ;  and 
he  sware  unto  him  :  and  he  "sold  his  birthright 
unto  Ja'cob. 

34  Then  Ja'cob  gave  E'sau  bread  and  pottage  of 
lentiles ;  and  hhe  did  eatand  drink,  and  rose  up, 
and  went  his  way :  thus  E'sau  despised  his  birth- 
right. 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  God's  promise  lo  Isaac.    G  Dispute  with  Abimelech.    23  God  appears  to  Isaac  at  Beer- 

sheba.    26  A  covenant. 

AND  there  was  a  famine  in  the  land,  beside 
-  "the  first  famine  that  was  in  the  days  of  A' bra- 
ham.  And  I'gaac  went  unto  6A-bim'e-lech  king  of 
the  Phi-lls'tme§  unto  Ge'rar. 

2  And  the  Lord  appeared  unto  him,  and  said,  Go 
not  down  into  E'gypt ;  dwell  in  the  cland  which  I 
shall  tell  thee  of  : 

3  Sojourn  d'm  this  land,  and  eI  will  be  with  thee, 
and  •'"will  bless  thee  ;  for  unto  thee,  and  unto  thy 
seed,  °  I  will  give  all  these  countries,  and  I  will  per- 
form Hhe  oath  which  I  sware  unto  A 'bra-ham  thy 
father ; 

4  And  'I  will  make  thy  seed  to  multiply  as  the 
stars  of  heaven,  and  will  give  unto  thy  seed  all 
these  countries  ;  and  '"in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth  be  blessed  ; 

5  Because  Hhat  A 'bra-ham  obeyed  my  voice,  and 
kept  my  charge,  my  commandments,  my  statutes, 
and  my  laws. 

6  If  And  I'saac  dwelt  in  Ge'rar  : 

7  And  the  men  of  the  place  asked  him  of  his  wife  ; 
and  he  said,  'She  is  my  sister :  for  mhe  feared  to 
say,  She  is  my  wife  ;  lest,  said  he,  the  men  of  the 
place  should  kill  me  for  Re-bek'ah  ;  because  she 
was  Kfair  to  look  upon. 

8  And  it  came  Jo  pass,  when  he  had  been  there  a 
long  time,  that  A-bim'e-lech  king  of  the  Phi-lis|tine§ 
looked  out  at  a  window,  and  saw,  and,  behold,  I'saac 
was  sporting  with  Re-bek'ah.  his  wife. 

9  And  A-bim'e-lech  called  I'saac,  and  said,  Be- 
hold, of  a  surety  she  is  thy  wife  :  and  how  saidst 
thou,  She  is  my  sister?  And  I'gaac  said  unto  him, 
Because  Ijsaid,  Lest  I  die  for  her. 

10  And  A-bim'e-lech  said,  What  is  this  thou  hast 
done  unto  us  ?  one  of  the  people  might  lightly  have 
lien  with  thy  wife,  and  °thou  shouldest  have  brought 
guiltinessjipon  us. 

11  And  A-bim'e-lech  charged  all  his  people,  saying, 
He  that  ptoucheth  this  man  or  his  wife  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death. 

12  Then  I'gaac  sowed  in  that  land,  and  deceived 
in  the  same  year  an  q  hundredfold  :  and  the  Lord 
blessed  rhim. 

13  And  the  man  s  waxed  great,  and  2went  forward, 
and  grew  until  he  became  very  great : 

14  For  he  had  possession  of  flocks,  and  possession 
of  herds,  and  great  store  of  3  servants  :  and  the 
Phi-lis'tme§  'envied  him. 

15  For  all  the  wells  Mwhich_  his  father's  servants 
had  digged  in  the  days  of  A'bra-ham  his  father, 
the  Phi-lis'tme§  had  stopped  them,  and  filled  them 
with  earth. 


B.  C. 1853. 


g  Heb.  12.  1G. 


h  1  Cor.  15.  32. 


a  ch.  12.  10. 
6  ch.  20.  2. 


c  ch.  12.  1. 
Ps.  37.  3. 


dch.20.  1. 

Ps.  39.  12. 

Heb.  11.9. 
e  ch.  28.  15. 
/•ch.  12.  2. 
g  ch.  13.  15. 
h  Ps.  105.  9. 


i  ch.  15.  5. 


Jell.  22.  IS. 
Ps.  72.  17. 


k  eh.  22.  16. 


I  eh.  12.  13. 
m  Prov.  29.  25. 
n  ch.  24.  16. 

0  ch.  20.  9. 

p  Ps.  105.  15. 

1  found. 

q  Matt.  13.  S. 

Mark  4.  8. 
rch.  24.  1. 

Job  42.  12. 

Ps.  112.  3. 

Prov.  3.  16. 

Prov.  10.  22. 

Matt.  6.  33. 

Mark  10.  30. 
s  Prov.  10.  22. 

2  went  going. 

3  Or,  husbandry. 

I  ch.  37.  11. 

Eccl.  4.  4. 
v  ch.  21.  30. 
v  Ex.  1.  9. 
w  ch.  21.  31. 

4  living. 

x  ch.  21.  25. 

5  That  is, 
Contention. 

6  That  is, 

Hatred. 

7  That  is.  Room. 
y  ch.  17.  G. 

Ex.  1.  7. 
z  ch.  24.  12. 

Ex.  3.  6. 

Acts  7.  32. 
a  ch.  15.  1. 
b  verses  3.  4. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
c  ch.  12.  7. 

ch.  13.  18. 
tf  Ps.  116.17. 
e  Judg.  11.  7. 
S  Seeing  we  saw. 
/'ch.  21.  22,22. 

9  If  thou 
shalt,  etc. 

jch.  24.  31. 

Ps.  115.  15. 
h  ch.  19.  3. 
ich.  21.31. 

10  That  is, 
An  oath. 

j  ch.  21.  31. 

II  That  is,  The 
well  of  the 
oath. 

k-  ch.  36.  2. 
I  ch.  27.  4G. 

ch.  28.  1,  8. 
12  bitterness 

of  spirit. 


16  And  A-bim'e-lech  said  unto  I'§aac,  Go  from  us ; 
for  "thou  art  much  mightier  than  we. 

17  If  And  I'saac  departed  thence,  and  pitched  his 
tent  in  the  valley  of  Ge'rar,  and  dwelt  there. 

18  And  I'gaac  digged  again  the  wells  j}f  water, 
which  they  .had  digged  in  the  days  of  A'bra-ham 
his  father ;  for  the_Phi-lis'tme§  had  stopped  them 
after  the  death  of  A'bra-ham  :  "'and  he  called  their 
names  after  the  names  by  which  his  father  had 
called  them. 

19  And  I'saac's  servants  digged  in  the  valley,  and 
found  there  a  well  of  4  springing  water. 

20  And  the  herdmen  of  Ge'rar  did  'strive  with 
I'gaac's  herdmen,  saying,  The  water  is  ours  :  and 
he  called  the  name  of  the  well  5E'sek  ;  because  they 
strove  with  him. 

21  And  they  digged  another  well,  and  strove  for 
that  also  :  and  he  called  the  name  of  it  6Sit'nah. 

22  And  he  removed  from  thence,  and  digged  an- 
other well ;  and  for  that  they  strove  not :  and  he 
called  the  name  of  it  7Re-ho'both  ;  and  he  said,  For 
now  the  Lord  hath  made  room  for  us,  and  we  shall 
be  v  fruitful  in  the  land. 

23  And  he  went  up  from  thence  to  Be'er-she'ba. 

24  And  the  Lord  appeared*  unto  him  the  same 
night,  and  said,  2I  am  the  God  of  A'bra-ham  thy 
father:  afear  not,  for  hI  am  with  thee,  and  will 
bless  thee,  and  multiply  thy  seed  for  my  servant 
A 'bra-ham's  sake. 

25  And  he  cbuilded  an  altar  there,  and  d  called 
upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  pitched  his  tent 
there  :  and  there  I'saac's  servants  digged  a  well. 

26  I  Then  A-bim'e-lech  went  to  him  from  Ge'rar, 
and  A-huz'zath  one  of  his  friends,  and  Phi'chol  the 
chief  captain  of  his  army. 

27  And  I'saac  said  unto  them,  Wherefore  come  ye 
to  me,  seeing  ye  ehate  me,  and  have  sent  me  away 
from  you  ? 

28  And  they  said,  8  We  saw  certainly  that  the  Lord 
Avas  with  thee  :  and  we  said,  Let  there  be  now  an 
oath  betwixt  us,  even  betwixt  us  and  thee,  and  let 
us  make  a  covenant  with  thee  ; 

29  9That  thou  wilt  do  us  no  hurt,  as  we  have  not 
touched  thee,  and  as  we  have  done  unto  thee  nothing 
but  good,  and  have  sent  thee  away  in  peace  :  Hhou 
art  now  the  blessed  of  the  Lord. 

30  And  /Jhe  made  them  a  feast,  and  they  did  eat 
and  drink. 

31  And  they  rose  up  betimes  in  the  morning,  and 
'sware  one  to  another :  and  I'gaac  sent  them  away, 
and  they  departed  from  him  in  peace. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  day,  that  I'saac's 
servants  came,  and  ttold  him  concerning  the  well 
which  they  had  digged,  and  said  unto  him,  We  have 
found  water. 

33  And  he  called  it  10She'bah  :  therefore  Hhe 
name  of  thejeity  is  u  Be'er-she'ba  unto  this  day. 

34  If  And  k E'sau  was  forty  years  old  when  he  took 
to  wife  Ju'dith  the  daughter  of  Bg-e'ri  the  Hit'tite, 
and  Bash'e-math  the  daughter  of  E'lon  the  Hit'tite  : 

35  Which  'were  12a  grief  of  mind  unto  I'saac  and 
to  Re-bek'ah. 

35 


Jacob  deceives  Isaac. 


GENESIS,  27. 


He  obtains  the  blessing. 


CHAPTER  27. 

1  Isaac  sends  for  venison.    G  Jacob  deceives  Isaac.    23  He  obtains  (he  blessing.    41  Esau 

threatens  Jacob. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  I'saac  was  old, 
-  and  "his  eyes  were  dim,  so  that  he  could  not 
see,  he  called  E'sau  his  eldest  son,  and  said  unto 
him,  My  son  :  and  he  said  unto  him,  Behold,  here  am  I. 

2  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  I  am  old,  bl  know  not 
the  day  of  my  death  : 

3  Now  therefore  take,  I  pray  thee,  thy  weapons, 
thy  quiver  and  thy  bow,  and  go  out  to  the  field,  and 
2take  me  some  venison  ; 

4  And  make  me  savoury  meat,  such  as  I  love,  and 
bring  it  to  me,  that  I  may  eat ;  that  my  soul  dmay 
bless  thee  before  I  die. 

5  And  Re-bek'ah  heard  when  I'gaac  spake  to  E'sau 
his  son.  And  E'sau  went  to  the  field  to  hunt  for 
venison,  and  to  bring  it. 

6  If  And  Re-bek'ah  spake  unto  Ja'cob  her  son^ say- 
ing, Behold,  I  heard  thy  father  speak  unto  E'sau 
thy  brother,  saying, 

7  Bring  me  venison,  and  make  me  savoury  meat, 
that  I  may  eat,  and  bless  thee  before  the  Lord  be- 
fore my  death. 

8  Now  therefore,  my  son,  cobey  my  voice  accord- 
ing to  that  which  I  command  thee. 

9  Go  now  to  the  flock,  and  fetch  me  from  thence 
two  good  kids  of  the  goats  ;  and  I  will  make  them 
savoury  -^meat  for  thy  father,  such  as  he  loveth  : 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  it  to  thy  father,  that  he 
may  eat,  and  that  he  "may  bless  thee  before  his 
death. 

11  And  Ja'cob  said  to  Re-bek'ah  his  mother,  Behold, 
h E'sau  my  brother  is  a  hairy  man,  and  I  am  a 
smooth  man  : 

12  My  father  peradventure  'will  feel  me,  and  I 
shall  seem  to  him  as  a  deceiver  ;  and  I  shall  bring 
ja  curse  upon  me,  and  not  a  blessing. 

13  And  his  mother  said  unto  him,  Upon  kme  be 
thy  curse,  my  son  :  only  obey  my  voice,  and  go  fetch 
me  them. 

14  And  he  went,  and  fetched,  and  brought  them 
to  his  mother :  and  his  mother  'made  savoury  meat, 
such  as  his  father  loved. 

15  And  Rji-bek'ah  took  2  goodly  raiment  mof  her 
eldest  son  E'sau,  which  were  with  her  in  the  house, 
and  put  them  upon  Ja'cob  her  younger  son  : 

16  And  she  put  the  skins  of  the  kids  of  the  goats 
upon  his  hands,  and  upon  the  smooth  of  his  neck  : 

17  And  she  gave  the  savoury  meat  and  the  bread, 
which  she  had  prepared,  into  the  hand  of  her  son 
Ja'cob. 

18  If  And  he  came  unto  his  father,  and  said,  My 
father  :  and  he  said,  Here  am  I ;  who  art  thou,  my 
son? 

19  And  Ja'cob  said  unto  his  father,  I  am  E'sau  thy 
firstborn ;  n  I  have  done  according  as  thou  badest 
me :  arise,  I  pray  thee,  sit  and  eat  of  my  venison, 
"that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 

20  And  I'saac  said  unto  his  son,  How  is  it  that 
thou  hast  found  it  so  quickly,  my  son?  pAnd  he 
said,  Because  the  Lord  thy  God  brought  it  3to  me. 

36 


B.  C.  1760. 


a  ch.  48.  10. 
I  Sara.  3.  2. 
Eccl.  12.  3. 


b  Prov.  27.  1. 
Jas.  4.  14. 


c  ch.  25.  27,  28. 


1  hunt. 


d  verse  27. 
ch.  48.  9,  15. 
ch.  49.  28. 
Deut.  33.  1. 
Heb.  11.  20. 


e  verse  13. 


/  verse  4. 


g  ch.  48.  15. 


h  ch.  25.  25. 
i  verse  22. 
j  ch.  9.  25. 

Deut.  27.  18. 
k  ch.  43.  9. 

1  Sam.  25.  24. 

2  Sam.  14.  9. 
Matt.  27.  25. 

1  verses  4,  9. 

2  desirable. 
m  verse  27. 

n  1  Ki.  13.  18. 

1  Ki.  14.  2. 
Isa.  28.  15. 
Zech.  13.  4. 

o  verse  4. 
p  Ex.  20.  7. 

3  before  me. 
q  verse  12. 

r  verse  16. 
s  Rom.  3.  7,  8. 

Eph.  4.  25. 
t  verse  4. 
u  Hos.  14.  fi. 

Song  2.  13. 

Heb.  fi.  7. 
t'Heb.  11.  20. 
w  Deut.  33.  13. 

2  Sam.  1.  21. 
x  Num.  18.  12. 
y  Deut.  33.  28. 

Ps.  05.  9. 

Zech.  9.  17. 
s  ch.  9.  25. 

ch.  25.  23. 
a  ch.  49.  8. 
*  eh.  12.  3. 

Num.  24.  9. 
c  verse  4. 

4  trembled  with 
a  great  trem- 
bling greatly. 

5  hunted. 

d  ch.  28.  3,  4. 

Num.  23.  20. 

Eph.  1.  3. 

Rom.  11.  29. 
e  Heb.  12.  17. 
f  1  Tliess.  4.  6. 
ff  ch.  25.  2G. 
0  That  is,  a 

supplanter. 
h  ch.  25.  33. 
i  Fulfilled, 

2  Sam.  8.  14. 
/  verse  28. 
7  Or,  supported. 


21  And  I'saac  said  unto  Ja'cob,  Come  near,  I  pray 
thee,  that  ql  may  feel  thee,  my  son,  whether  thou 
be  my  very  son  E'sau  or  not. 

22  And  Ja'cob  went  near  unto  I'saac  his  father ; 
and  he  felt  him,  and  said,  The  voice  is  Ja'cob's 
voice,  but  the  hands  are  the  hands  of  E'sau. 

23  And  he  discerned  him  not,  because  rhis  hands 
were  hairy,  as  his  brother  E'sau's  hands :  so  he 
blessed  him. 

24  And  he  said,  Art  thou  my  very  son  E'sau  ?  And 
he  said,  SI  am. 

25  And  he  said,  Bring  it  near  to  me,  and  I  will  eat 
of  my  son's  venison,  Hhat  my  soul  may  bless  thee. 
And  he  brought  it  near  to  him,  and  he  did  eat :  and 
he  brought  him  wine,  and  he  drank. 

26  And  his  father  I'saac  said  unto  him,  Come  near 
now,  and  kiss  me,  my  son. 

27  And  he  came  near,  and  kissed  him  :  and  he 
smelled  the  smell  of  his  raiment,  and  blessed  him, 
and  said,  See,  *  the  smell  of  my  son  is  as  the  smell 
of  a  field  which  the  Lord  hath  blessed  : 

28  Therefore  "God  give  thee  of  the  wdew  of  hea- 
ven, and  xthe  fatness  of  the  earth,  and  Aplenty  of 
corn  and  wine : 

29  Let z  people  serve  thee,  and  nations  bow  down 
to  thee  :  be  lord  over  thy  brethren,  and  *let  thy 
mother's  sons  bow  down  to  thee  :  cursed  b  be  every 
one  that  curseth  thee,  and  blessed  be  he  that  bless- 
eth  thee. 

30  TI  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  I'saac  had 
made  an  end  of  blessing  Ja'cob,  and  Ja'cob  was  yet 
scarce  gone  out  from  the  presence  of  I'saac  his  fa- 
ther, that  E'sau  his  brother  came  in  from  his  hunting. 

31  And  he  also  had  made  savoury  meat,  and 
brought  it  unto  his  father,  and  said  unto  his  father, 
Let  my  father  arise,  and  ceat  of  his  son's  venison, 
that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 

32  And  I'saac  his  father  said  unto  him,  Who  art 
thou?  And  he  said,  I  am  thy  son,  thy  firstborn 
E'sau. 

33  And  I'saac 4  trembled  very  exceedingly,  and  said, 
Who?  where  is  he  that  hath  5 taken  venison,  and 
brought  it  me,  and  I  have  eaten  of  all  before  thou 
earnest,  and  have  blessed  him?  yea,  dand  he  shall 
be  blessed. 

34  And  when  E'sau  heard  the  words  of  his  father, 
ehe  cried  with  a  great  and  exceeding  bitter  cry,  and 
said  unto  his  father,  Bless  me,  even  me  also,  O  my 
father. 

35  And  he  said,  Thy  brother  came  with  /subtilty, 
and  hath  taken  away  thy  blessing. 

36  And  he  said,  ffIs  not  he  rightly  named  6  Ja'cob? 
for  he  hath  supplanted  me  these  two  times :  ''he 
took  away  my  birthright ;  and,  behold,  now  he  hath 
taken  away  my  blessing.  And  he  said,  Hast  thou 
not  reserved  a  blessing  for  me  ? 

37  And  I'saac  answered  and  said  unto  E'sau,  'Be- 
hold, I  have  made  him  thy  lord,  and  all  his  brethren 
have  I  given  to  him  for  servants ;  and  J'with  corn 
and  wine  have  I  Sustained  him  :  and  what  shall  I 
do  now  unto  thee,  my  son  ? 

38  And  E'sau  said  unto  his  father,  Hast  thou  but 


Esau  threatens  Jacob. 


GENESIS,  28,  29. 


Vision  of  Jacob's  ladder. 


one  blessing,  my  father  ?  bless  me,  even  me  also,  0  my 
father.     And  E'sau  lifted  up  his  voice,  ''and  wept. 

39  And  I'gaac  his  father  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  Behold,  'thy  dwelling  shall  be  8the  fatness  of 
the  earth,  and  of  the  dew  of  heaven  from  above  ; 

40  And  by  thy  sword  shalt  thou  live,  and  '"shalt 
serve  thy  brother ;  and  ?lit  shall  come  to  pass  when 
thou  shalt  have  the  dominion,  that  thou  shalt  break 
his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck. 

41  If  And  E'sau  "hated  Ja'cob  because  of  the  bless- 
ing wherewith  his  father  blessed  him  :  and  E'sau 
said  in  his  heart,  p  The  days  of  mourning  for  my 
father  are  at  hand  ;  q  then  will  I  slay  my  brother 
Ja'cob. 

42  And  these  words  of  E'sau  her  elder  son  were 
told  to  Re-bek'ah  :  and  she  sent  and  called  Ja'cob 
her  younger  son,  and  said  unto  him,  Behold,  thy 
brother  E'sau,  as  touching  thee,  doth  'comfort  him- 
self, purposing  to  kill  thee. 

43  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my  voice  ;  and 
arise,  flee  thou  to  La'ban  my  brother  to  sHa'ran  ; 

44  And  tarry  with  him  a  few  days,  until  thy  bro- 
ther's fury  turn  away  ; 

45  Until  thy  brother's  anger  turn  away  from  thee, 
and  he  forget  that  which  thou  hast  done  to  him  : 
then  I  will  send,  and  fetch  thee  from  thence  :  why 
should  I  be  deprived  also  of  you  both  in  one  day  ? 

46  And  Re-bek'ah  said  to  I'gaac,  *I  am  weary  of 
my  life  because  of  the  daughters  of  Heth  :  u  if 
Ja'cob  take  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  Heth,  such 
as  these  which  are  of  the  daughters  of  the  land, 
what  good  shall  my  life  do  me  ? 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  Jacob  goes  to  Padan-aram.    10  Vision  of  a  ladder.    20  Jacob's  vow. 

AND  I'gaac  called  Ja'cob,  and  blessed  "him,  and 
-  charged  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Thou  shalt 
not  take  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  Ca'naan. 

2  Arise,  go  to  Pa'dan-a'ram,  to  the  house  of  Beth- 
u'el  thy  mother's  father ;  and  take  thee  a  wife 
from  thence  of  the  daughters  of  La'ban  thy  mo- 
ther's brother. 

3  And  6God  Almighty  bless  thee,  and  make  thee 
fruitful,  and  multiply  thee,  that  thou  may  est  be  aa 
multitude  of  people  ; 

4  And  give  thee  cthe  blessing  of  A 'bra-ham,  to 
thee,  and  to  thy  seed  with  thee  ;  that  thou  mayest 
inherit  the  land  2  wherein  thou  art  a  d  stranger, 
which  God  gave  unto  A 'bra-ham. 

5  And  I'gaac  sent  away  Ja'cob :  and  he  went  to 
Pa'dan-a'ram  unto  La'ban,  son  of  Beth-u'el  the 
Syr'i-an,  the  brother  of  Re-bek'ah,  Ja'cob's  and 
E'sau's  mother. 

6  1  When  E'sau  saw  that  I'gaac  had  blessed  Ja'- 
cob, and  sent  him  away  to  Pa'dan-a'ram,  to  take 
him  a  wife  from  thence  ;  and  that  as  he  blessed 
him  he  gave  him  a  charge,  saying,  Thou  shalt  not 
[  take  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  Ca'naan  ; 

7  And  that  Ja'cob  obeyed  his  father  and  his  mo- 
ther, and  was  gone  to  Pa'dan-a'ram  ; 

8  And  E'sau  seeing  Hhat  the  daughters  of  Ca'naan 
3 pleased  not  I'gaac  his  father ; 


B.  C.  1760. 


k  Heb.  12.  17. 


I  Heb.  11.  20. 

8  Or,  of  the 

fatness. 

m  ch.  25.  23. 

2  Sam.  8.  14. 

Obad.  18-20. 
»  Fulfilled, 

2  Ki.  8.  20. 


o  cli.  37.  4,  8. 


ji  ch.  50.  3,  4, 

10. 
?  Obad.  10. 

1  John  3.  12. 


T  Ps.  64.  5. 


:ch.  11.  31. 


I  ch.  26.  35. 

ch.  28.  8. 

a  ch.  24.  3. 


a  ch.  27.  33. 
b  ch.  17.  1,  6. 

1  an  assembly  of 
people. 

c  ch.  12.  2. 
ch.  22.  17. 

2  of  thy  sojourn- 
ings. 

d  ch.  17.  8. 

1  Chr.  29.  15. 
Ps.  39.  12. 
Ps.  105.  12. 
Ps.  119.  19. 

2  Cor.  5.  6,  7. 
Heb.  11.  9.  13. 
1  Pet.  1.  17. 

1  Pet.  2.  11. 
e  ch.  24.  3. 

3  were  evil  in 
the  eyes,  etc. 

/  ch.  36.  3, 

she  is  called 

Bashemath. 
g  ch.  25.  13. 
//  Called, 

Acts  7.  2, 

Charran. 
i  ch.  41.  1. 

Job  33.  15. 
j  John  1.  51. 

Heb.  1.  14. 
ich.  35.  1. 

ch.  48.  3. 
I  ch.  26.  24. 
m  ch.  13.  15. 
v  ch.  13.  16. 

4  break  forth. 

0  ch.  13.  14. 
Dent.  12.  20. 

p  ch.  12.  3. 
q  ch.  26.  24. 

ch.  31.  3. 
r  ch.  48.  16. 

Ps.  121.  5. 
.s  ch.  35.  6. 

1  Deut.  31.  6. 

u  Num.  23.  19. 
r  Ex.  3.  5. 

Josh.  5.  15. 
w  Judg.  1 .  23. 

Hos.  4.  15. 

5  That  is,  The 
house  of  God. 

.r  ch.  31.  13. 
Judg.  11.  30. 

2  Sam.  15.  8. 
V  verse  15. 

z  1  Tim.  6.  8. 
a  Judg.  11.  31. 

2  Sam.  19.  24. 
b  Deut.  26.  17. 

2  Sara.  15.  8. 

2  Ki.  5.  17. 
r  ch.  35.  7. 
d  Lev.  27.  30 


1  lift  up  his  feet. 
a  Num.  23.  7. 

Hos.  12.  12. 

2  children. 


9  Then  went  E'sau  unto  Ish 'ma-el,  and  took  unto 
the  wives  which  he  had  -'"Ma'ha-lath  the  daughter 
of  Ish 'ma-el  A 'bra-ham's  son,  the  a  sister  of  Ne-ba'- 
joth,  to  be  his  wife. 

10  \  And  Ja'cob  went  out  from  Be'er-she'ba,  and 
went  h  toward  Ha'ran. 

11  And  he  lighted  upon  a  certain  place,  and  tarried 
there  all  night,  because  the  sun  was  set  ;  and  he 
took  of  the  stones  of  that  place,  and  put  them  for 
his  pillows,  and  lay  down  in  that  place  to  sleep. 

12  And  he  'dreamed,  and  behold  a  ladder  set  up 
on  the  earth,  and  the  top  of  it  reached  to  heaven  : 
and  behold  Jthe  angels  of  God  ascending  and  de- 
scending on  it. 

13  And/' behold,  the  Lord  stood  above  it,  and  said, 
'I  am  the  Lord  God  of  A'bra-ham  thy  father,  and 
the  God  of  I'gaac  :  TOthe  land  whereon  thou  liest, 
to  thee  will  I  give  it,  and  to  thy  seed  ; 

14  And  n  thy  seed  shall  be  as  the  dust  of  the  earth, 
and  thou  shalt 4 spread  abroad  to  the  "west,  and  to 
the  east,  and  to  the  north,  and  to  the  south  :  and 
in  thee  and  pin  thy  seed  shall  all  the  families  of  the 
earth  be  blessed. 

15  And,  behold,  QI  am  with  thee,  and  will  rkeep 
thee  in  all  places  whither  thou  goest,  and  will s  bring 
thee  again  into  this  land ;  for  *  I  will  not  leave  thee, 
"until  I  have  done  that  which  I  have  spoken  to  thee 
of. 

16  II  And  Ja'cob  awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and  he 
said,  Surely  the  Lord  is  in  "this  place  ;  and. I  knew 
it  not. 

17  And  he  was  afraid,  and  said,  How  dreadful  is 
this  place  !  this  is  none  other  but  the  house  of  God, 
and  this  is  the  gate  of  heaven. 

18  And  Ja'cob  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
took  the  stone  that  he  had  put  for  his  pillows,  and 
set  it  up  for  a  pillar,  and  poured  oil  upon  the  top  of  it. 

19  And  he  called  the  name  of  that  w  place  5Beth'- 
el :  but  the  name  of  that  city  was  called  Luz  at  the 
first. 

20  And  x  Ja'cob  vowed  a  vow,  saying,  If  yGod  will 
be  with  me,  and  will  keep  me  in  this  way  that  I  go, 
and  will  give  me z bread  to  eat,  and  raiment  to  put  on, 

21  So  that  "I  come  again  to  my  father's  house  in 
peace  ;  Hhen  shall  the  Lord  be  my  God  : 

22  And  this  stone,  which  I  have  set  for  a  pillar, 
'shall  be  God's  house  :  rfand  of  all  that  thou  shalt 
give  me  I  will  surely  give  the  tenth  unto  thee. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  Jacob  meets  Rachel.     15  Jacob  serves  Laban.    21  Marries  Leah  and  Rachel.    31  Leah's 

children. 

rt^HEN  Ja'cob  Jwent  on  his  journey,  aand  came 
J-    into  the  land  of  the  2  people  of  the  east. 

2  And  he  looked,  and  behold  a  well  in  the  field, 
and,  lo,  there  were  three  flocks  of  sheep  lying  by  it ; 
for  out  of  that  well  they  watered  the  flocks  :  and  a 
great  stone  was  upon  the  well's  mouth. 

3  And  thither  were  all  the  flocks  gathered  :  and 
they  rolled  the  stone  from  the  well's  mouth,  and 
watered  the  sheep,  and  put  the  stone  again  upon 
the  well's  mouth  in  his  place. 

37 


Jacob  serves  Laban. 


GENESIS,  30. 


Leah  and  Rachel. 


4  And  Ja'cob  said  unto  them,  My  brethren,  whence 
he  ye  ?    And  they  said,  Of  Ha'ran  are  we. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Know  ye  La'ban  the 
son  of  Na'hSr  ?    And  they  said,  We  know  him. 

6  And  he  said  unto  them,  ibIs  he  well  ?  And  they 
said,  He  is  well :  and,  behold,  Ra'chel  his  daughter 
cometh  with  the  sheep. 

7  And  he  said,  Lo,  iit  is  yet  high  day,  neither  is  it 
time  that  the  cattle  should  be  gathered  together  : 
water  ye  the  sheep,  and  go  and  feed  them. 

8  And  they  said,  We  cannot,  until  all  the  flocks 
be  gathered  together,  and  till  they  roll  the  stone 
from  the  well's  mouth  ;  then  we  water  the  sheep. 

9  If  And  while  he  yet  spake  with  them,  Ra'chel 
came  with  her  father's  sheep  :  cfor  she  kept  them. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ja'cob  saw  Ra'chel 
the  daughter  of  La'ban  his  mother's  brother,  and 
the  sheep  of  La'ban  his  mother's  brother,  that  Ja'- 
cob went  near,  and  d  rolled  the  stone  from  the  well's 
mouth,  and  watered  the  flock  of  La'ban  his  mother's 
brother. 

11  And  Ja'cob  e  kissed  Ra'chel,  and  lifted  up  his 
voice,  and  wept. 

12  And  Ja'cob  told  Ra'chel  that  he  ivas  -^her  fa- 
ther's brother,  and  that  he  was  Rg-bek'ah's  son : 
pand  she  ran  and  told  her  father. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  La'ban  heard  the 
5  tidings  of  Ja'cob  his  sister's  son,  that  hb.e  ran  to 
meet  him,  and  embraced  him,  and  kissed  him,  and 
brought  him  to  his  house.  And  he  told  La'ban  all 
these  things. 

14  And  La'ban  said  to  him,  Surely  4thou  art  rny 
bone  and  my  flesh.  And  he  abode  with  him  6the 
space  of  a  month. 

15  If  And  La'ban  said  unto  Ja'cob,  Because  thou 
art  my  brother,  shouldest  thou  therefore  serve  me 
for  nought  ?  tell  me,  what  shall  thy  wages  be  ? 

16  And  La'ban  had  two  daughters :  the  name  of 
the  elder  was  Le'ah,  and  the  name  of  the  younger 
was  Ra'chel. 

17  Le'ah  was  tender  eyed  ;  but  Ra'chel  was  beau- 
tiful and  well  favoured. 

18  And  Ja'cob  loved  Ra'chel ;  and  said,  jl  will 
serve  thee  seven  years  for  Ra'chel  thy  younger 
daughter. 

19  And  La'ban  said,  It  is  better  that  I  give  her  to 
thee,  than  that  I  should  give  her  to  another  man  : 
abide  with  me. 

20  And  Ja'cob  ''"served  seven  years  for  Ra'chel ; 
and  they  seemed  unto  him  but  a  few  days,  for  Hhe 
love  he  had  to  her. 

21  IT  And  Ja'cob  said  unto  La'ban,  Give  me  my 
wife,  for  my  days  are  fulfilled,  that  I  may  m  go  in 
unto  her. 

22  And  La'ban  gathered  together  all  the  men  of 
the  place,  and  made  a  "feast. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  evening,  that  he 
took  Le'ah  his  daughter,  and  brought  her  to  him  ; 
and  he  went  in  unto  her. 

24  And  La'ban  gave  unto  his  daughter  Le'ah  Zil'- 
pah  his  maid  for  an  handmaid. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the  morning,  be- 

38 


B.  C.  1760. 


3  Is  there  peace 

to  him  ? 
b  ch.  43.  27. 


4  }'et  the  day  is 
great. 


c  Ex.  2.  16. 


d  Ex.  2.  17. 


e  ch.  33.  4. 
ch.  45.  14. 
Rom.  16.  16. 

1  Cor.  16.  20. 

2  Cor.  13.  12. 
1  Pet.  5.  4. 

/ch.  13.8. 

ch.  14.  14. 
g  ch.  24.  28. 


5  hearing. 

h  ch.  24.  29. 
i  ch.  2.  23. 

Judg.  9.  2. 

2  Sam.  5.  1. 

2  Sam.  19. 

12,  13. 

6  a  month  of 
days. 

j  ch.  31.  41. 

2  Sam.  3.  14. 
k  ch.  30.  26. 
/  Song  8.  7. 
m  Judg.  15.  1. 
n  Judg.  14.  10. 

John  2.  1. 

7  place. 

o  Judg.  14.  12. 
p  ch.  30.  26. 

ch.  31.  41. 

Hos.  12.  12. 
q  Ps.  127.  3. 
rch.  30.  1. 

8  That  is, 
See  a  son. 

s  Ex.  3.  7. 
Ex.  4.  31. 
Dent.  26.  7. 
Ps.  25.  18. 
Ps.  106.  44. 

9  That  is, 
Hearing. 

10  That  is, 
Joined. 
Num.  18.  2, 

11  That  is, 
Praise. 

12  stood  from 
bearing. 


4. 


a  ch.  29.  31. 
ich.  37.  11. 
c  Job  5.  2. 
cl  ch.  16.  2. 

1  Sam.  1.  5. 
e  ch.  16.  2. 
/ch.  50.23. 

Job  3.  12. 
g  ch.  16.  2. 

1  be  built  by  her. 
h  ch.  35.  22. 

i  Ps.  35.  24. 
Ps.  43.  1. 
Lam.  3.  59. 

2  That  is, 
Judging. 

3  wrestlings 
of  God. 

j  Called, 
Nephthalim. 
Matt.  4.  13. 

4  That  is,  My 
wrestling. 

5  That  is,  A 
troop,  or, 
company. 
Isa.  65.  11. 


hold,  it  was  Le'ah  :  and  he  said  to  La'ban,  What  is 
this  thou  hast  done  unto  me  ?  did  not  I  serve  with 
thee  for  Ra'chel  ?  wherefore  then  hast  thou  beguiled 
me? 

26  And  La'ban  said,  It  must  not  be  so  done  in  our 
'  country,  to  give  the  younger  before  the  firstborn. 

27  °  Fulfil  her  week,  and  we  will  give  thee  this  also 
for  the  service  which  thou  shalt  serve  with  me  yet 
seven  other  years. 

28  And  Ja'cob  did  so,  and  fulfilled  her  week  :  and 
he  gave  him  Ra'chel  his  daughter  to  wife  also. 

29  And  La'ban  gave  to  Ra'chel  his  daughter  Bil'- 
hah  his  handmaid  to  be  her  maid. 

30  And  he  went  in  also  unto  Ra'chel,  and  he  loved 
also  Ra'chel  more  than  Le'ah,  and  served  with  him 
yet  p  seven  other  years. 

31  Tf  And  when  the  Lord  ?saw  that  Le'ah  was 
hated,  he '"opened  her  womb  :  but  Ra'chel  was  barren. 

32  And  Le'ah  conceived,  and  bare  a  son,  and  she 
called  his  name  8Reu'ben  :  for  she  said,  Surely  the 
Lord  hath  s  looked  upon  my  affliction  ;  now  there- 
fore my  husband  will  love  me. 

33  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a  son ;  and 
said,  Because  the  Lord  hath  heard  that  I  was  hated, 
he  hath  therefore  given  me  this  son  also  :  and  she 
called  his  name  9Sim'e-on. 

34  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a  son  ;  and 
said,  Now  this  time  will  my  husband  be  joined  unto 
me,  because  I  have  born  him  three  sons  :  therefore 
was  his  name  called  10Le'vi. 

35  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a  son  :  and 
she  said,  Now  will  I  praise  the  Lord  :  therefore  she 
called  his  name  "  Ju'dah  ;  and  12left  bearing. 


CHAPTER  30. 


1  Rachel's  envy.    5  Jacob's  children.    22  Rachel  has  a  son.    25  Jacob's  dealings  with 
Laban.    37  Jacob's  policy  to  enrich  himself. 

AND  when  Ra'chel  saw  that  ashe  bare  Ja'cob  no 
-  children,  Ra'chel  b  envied  her  sister ;  and  said 
unto  Ja'cob,  Give  me  children,  cor  else  I  die. 

2  And  Ja'cob's  anger  was  kindled  against  Ra'chel : 
and  he  said,  d  Am  I  in  God's  stead,  who  hath  with- 
held from  thee  the  fruit  of  the  womb  ? 

3  And  she  said,  Behold  ''my  maid  Bil'hah,  go  in 
unto  her  ;  yand  she  shall  bear  upon  my  knees,  "that 
I  may  also  ahave  children  by  her. 

4  And  she  gave  him  BTl'hah  her  handmaid  Ho 
wife  :  and  Ja'cob  went  in  unto  her. 

5  And  Bil'hah  conceived,  and  bare  Ja'cob  a  son. 

6  And  Ra'chel  said,  God  hath  ^judged  me,  and 
hath  also  heard  my  voice,  and  hath  given  me  a  son  : 
therefore  called  she  his  name  2Dan. 

7  And  BTl'hah  Ra'chel's  maid  conceived  again,  and 
bare  Ja'cob  a  second  son. 

8  And  Ra'chel  said,  With  3 great  wrestlings  have  I 
wrestled  with  my  sister,  and  I  have  prevailed  :  and 
she  called  his  name  •74Naph'ta-li. 

9  When  Le'ah  saw  that  she  had  left  bearing,  she 
took  Zil'pah  her  maid,  and  gave  her  Ja'cob  to  wife. 

10  And  Zil'pah  Le'ah's  maid  bare  Ja'cob  a  son. 

11  And  Le'ah  said,  A  troop  cometh  :  and  she  called 
his  name  5Gad. 


Birth  of  Joseph. 


GENESIS, 


ol . 


Jacob's  dealings  with  Laban. 


12  And  Zil'pah  Le'ah's  maid  bare  Ja'cob  a  second 
son. 

13  And  Le'ah  said, 6 Happy  am  I,  for  the  daughters 
^will  call  me  blessed  :  and  she  called  his  name 
;Ash'er. 

14  If  And  Reu'ben  went  in  the  days  of  wheat  har- 
vest, and  found  mandrakes  'in  the  field,  and  brought 
them  unto  his  mother  Le'ah.  Then  Ra'chel  said  to 
Le'ah,  mGive  me,  I  pray  thee,  of  thy  son's  man- 
drakes. 

15  And  she  said  unto  her,  nIs  it  a  small  matter 
that  thou  hast  taken  my  husband?  and  wouldest 
thou  take  away  my  son's  mandrakes  also?  And 
Ra'chel  said,  Therefore  he  shall  lie  with  thee  to 
night  for  thy  son's  mandrakes. 

16  And  Ja'cob  came  out  of  the  field  in  the  even- 
ing, and  Le'ah  went  out  to  meet  him,  and  said,  Thou 
must  come  in  unto  me  ;  for  surely  I  have  hired  thee 
with  my  son's  mandrakes.  And  he  lay  with  her 
that  night. 

17  And  God  hearkened  unto  Le'ah,  and  she  con- 
ceived, and  bare  Ja'cob  the  fifth  son. 

18  And  Le'ah  said,  God  hath  given  me  my  hire, 
because  I  have  given  my  maiden  to  my  husband  : 
and  she  called  his  name  8Is'sa-char. 

19  And  Le'ah  conceived  again,  and  bare  Ja'cob 
the  sixth  son. 

20  And  Le'ah  said,  God  hath  endued  me  with  a 
good  dowry  ;  now  will  my  husband  dwell  with  me, 
because  I  have  born  him  six  sons  :  and  she  called 
his  name  9Zeb'u-lun. 

21  And  afterwards  she  bare  a  daughter,  and  called 
her  name  10Di'nah. 

22  II  And  God  "remembered  Ra'chel,  and  God 
hearkened  to  her,  and  p  opened  her  womb. 

23  And  she  conceived,  and  bare  a  son ;  and  said, 
God  hath  taken  away  9my  reproach  : 

24  And  she  called  his  name  nJo'seph  ;  and  said, 
rThe  Lord  shall  add  to  me  another  son. 

25  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ra'chel  had  born 
Jo'seph,  that  Ja'cob  said  unto  La'ban,  sSend  me 
away,  that  I  may  go  unto  'mine  own  place,  and  to 
my  country. 

26  Give  me  my  wives  and  my  children,  u  for  whom 
I  have  served  thee,  and  let  me  go  :  for  thou  know- 
est  my  service  which  I  have  done  thee. 

27  And  La'ban  said  unto  him,  I  pray  thee,  if  I 
have  found  favour  in  thine  eyes,  tarry :  for v  I  have 
learned  by  experience  that  the  Lord  hath  blessed 
me  ™for  thy  sake. 

28  And  he  said,  x  Appoint  me  thy  wages,  and  I  will 
give  it. 

29  And  he  said  unto  him,  ^Thou  knowest  how  I 
have  served  thee,  and  how  thy  cattle  was  with  me. 

30  For  it  was  little  which  thou  hadst  before  I 
came,  and  it  is  noiv 12  increased  unto  a  multitude  ;  and 
the  Lord  hath  blessed  thee  13  since  my  coming :  and 
now  when  shall  I  z  provide  for  mine  own  house  also? 

31  And  he  said,  What  shall  I  give  thee?  And 
Ja'cob  said,  Thou  shalt  not  give  me  any  thing  :  if 
thou  wilt  do  this  thing  for  me,  I  will  again  feed 
and  keep  thy  flock. 


B.  C.  1749. 


G  In  my  hap- 
piness. 

/iProv.  31.  28. 
Luke  1.  48. 

7  That  is, 
Happy. 


I  Song  7.  13. 

Precious 

fruits,  or 

sweet  flowers 
in  cli.  25.  30. 


«  Num.  1G.  0. 


8  That  is, 
An  hire. 


9  That  is, 
Dwelling. 

10  That  is, 
Judgment. 

o  ch.  8.  1. 

1  Sam.  1.  19. 
/)  eh.  29.  31. 
q  1  Sam.  1.  6. 

Isa.  4.  1. 

Luke  1 .  25. 

11  That  is, 
Adding. 

r  ch.  35.  17. 
«  ch.  24.  55. 
t  ch.  18.  33. 

eh.  31.  55. 
u  ch.  29.  20. 
V  ch.  39.  3,  5. 

Ps.  1.  3. 

Isa.  61.  9. 
w  ch.  26.  24. 
x  ch.  29.  15. 
y  ch.  31.  I!. 

Matt.  24.  45. 

Tit.  2.  10. 

12  broken  forth. 

13  at  my  foot. 
-  1  Tim.  5.  8. 
a  ch.  31.  8. 

b  Ps.  37.  6. 

14  to  morrow, 
e  ch.  31.  9. 

(1  verse  30. 

ch.  28. 15. 

Job  1.  3. 

Eccl.  2.  7. 

Ezek.  39.  10. 
e  ch.  13.  2. 

ch.  24.  35. 

ch.  2G.  13. 


a  Job  5.  2. 

Job  31.  31. 

Ps.  57.  4. 

Prov.  14.  30. 

Eccl.  4.  4. 

Rom.  13.  13. 

Tit.  3.  3. 

Jas.  3.  8. 
b  Ps.  49.  16. 
c  ch.  4.  5. 
d  Deut.  28.  45. 
1  as  yesterday 

and  the  day 

before. 

1  Sam.  19.  7. 
e  ch.  28.  15. 

ch.  32.  9. 
f  verse  2. 
g  ch.  21.  22. 

Isa.  41.  10. 

Heb.  13.  5. 


32  I  will  pass  through  all  thy  flock  to  day,  remov- 
ing from  thence  all  the  speckled  and  spotted  cattle, 
and  all  the  brown  cattle  among  the  sheep,  and  the 
spotted  and  speckled  among  the  goats  :  and  aof 
such  shall  be  my  hire. 

33  So  shall  my  6  righteousness  answer  for  me  14in 
time  to  come,  when  it  shall  come  for  my  hire  be- 
fore thy  face  :  every  one  that  is  not  speckled  and 
spotted  among  the  goats,  and  brown  among  the 
sheep,  that  shall  be  counted  stolen  with  me. 

34  And  La'ban  said,  Behold,  I  would  it  might  be 
according  to  thy  word. 

35  And  he  removed  that  day  the  he  goats  that 
were  ringstraked  and  spotted,  and  all  the  she  goats 
that  were  speckled  and  spotted,  and  every  one  that 
had  some  white  in  it,  and  all  the  brown  among  the 
sheep,  and  gave  them  into  the  hand  of  his  sons. 

36  And  he  set  three  days'  journey  betwixt  himself 
and  Ja'cob  :  and  Ja'cob  fed  the  rest  of  La'ban's  flocks. 

37  If  And  c  Ja'cob  took  him  rods  of  green  poplar, 
and  of  the  hazel  and  chesnut  tree ;  and  pilled  white 
strakes  in  them,  and  made  the  white  appear  which 
was  in  the  rods. 

38  And  he  set  the  rods  which  he  had  pilled  before 
the  flocks  in  the  gutters  in  the  watering  troughs 
when  the  flocks  came  to  drink,  that  they  should 
conceive  when  they  came  to  drink. 

39  And  the  flocks  conceived  before  the  rods,  and 
brought  forth  cattle  ringstraked,  speckled,  and 
spotted. 

40  And  Ja'cob  did  separate  the  lambs,  and  set  the 
faces  of  the  flocks  toward  the  ringstraked,  and  all 
the  brown  in  the  flock  of  La'ban  ;  and  he  put  his 
own  flocks  by  themselves,  and  put  them  not  unto 
La'ban's  cattle. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass,  whensoever  the  stronger 
cattle  did  conceive,  that  Ja'cob  laid  the  rods  before 
the  eyes  of  the  cattle  in  the  gutters,  that  they 
might  conceive  among  the  rods. 

42  But  when  the  cattle  were  feeble,  he  put  them 
not  in :  so  the  feebler  were  La'ban's,  and  the 
stronger  Ja'cob's. 

43  And  the  man  d  increased  exceedingly,  and  ehad 
much  cattle,  and  maidservants,  and  menservants, 
and  camels,  and  asses. 

CHAPTER  31.    . 

1  Jacob  leaves  Laban.    22  Laban  pursues.    43  Their  covenant. 

AND  he  "heard  the  words  of  La'ban's  sons,  say- 
-  ing,  Ja'cob  hath  taken  away  all  that  was  our 
father's  ;  and  of  that  which  was  our  father's  hath 
he  gotten  all  this  6  glory. 

2  And  Ja'cob  beheld  cthe  countenance  of  La'ban, 
and,  behold,  it  was  not  d  toward  him  2as  before. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Ja'cob,  e  Return  unto 
the  land  of  thy  fathers,  and  to  thy  kindred  ;  and  I 
will  be  with  thee. 

4  And  Ja'cob  sent  and  called  Ra'chel  and  Le'ah  to 
the  field  unto  his  flock, 

5  And  said  unto  them,  fI  see  your  father's  coun- 
tenance, that  it  is  not  toward  me  as  before  ;  but 
the  God  of  my  father  "hath  been  with  me. 

39 


Jacob  leaves  Laban. 


GENESIS,  31. 


Jacob  vindicates  himself. 


6  And  ''ye  know  that  with  all  my  power  I  have 
served  your  father. 

7  And  your  father  hath  deceived  me,  and  'changed 
my  wages  yten  times  ;  but  God  ''suffered  him  not 
to  hurt  me. 

8  If  he  said  thus,  'The  speckled  shall  be  thy 
wages ;  then  all  the  cattle  bare  speckled :  and  if 
he  said  thus,  The  ringstraked  shall  be  thy  hire  ; 
then  bare  all  the  cattle  ringstraked. 

9  Thus  God  hath  '"taken  away  the  cattle  of  your 
father,  and  given  them  to  me. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  that  the  cattle 
conceived,  that  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  saw  in  a. 
dream,  and,  behold,  the  2rams  which  leaped  upon 
the  cattle  were  ringstraked,  speckled,  and  grisled. 

11  And  "the  angel  of  God  spake  unto  me  in  a 
dream,  saying,  Ja'cob  :  And  I  said,  Here  am  I. 

12  And  he  said,  Lift  up  now  thine  eyes,  and  see, 
all  the  rams  which  leap  upon  the  cattle  are  ring- 
straked, speckled,  and  grisled  :  for  °  I  have  seen  all 
that  La' ban  doeth  unto  thee. 

13  I  am  the  God  of  Beth'-el,  p  where  thou  anoint- 
edst  the  pillar,  and  where  thou  vowedst  a  vow  unto 
me  :  now  'arise,  get  thee  out  from  this  land,  and 
return  unto  the  land  of  thy  kindred. 

14  And  Ra'chel  and  Le'ah  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  rIs  there  yet  any  portion  or  inheritance  for  us 
in  our  father's  house  ? 

15  Are  we  not  counted  of  him  strangers  ?  for  she 
hath  sold  us,  and  hath  quite  devoured  also  our 
money. 

16  For  all  the  riches  which  God  hath  taken  from 
our  father,  that  is  ours,  and  our  children's  :  now 
then,  whatsoever  God  hath  said  unto  thee,  do. 

17  If  Then  Ja'cob  rose  up,  and  set  his  sons  and  his 
wives  upon  camels ; 

18  And  he  carried  away  all  his  cattle,  and  all  his 
goods  which  he  had  gotten,  the  cattle  of  his  getting, 
which  he  had  gotten  in  Pa'dan-a'ram,  for  to  go  to 
I'§aac  his  father  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 

19  And  La'ban  went  to  shear  his  sheep  :  and  Ra'- 
chel had  stolen  the  3 1  images  that  were  her  father's. 

20  And  Ja'cob  stole  away i unawares  to  La'ban  the 
Syr'i-an,  in  that  he  told  him  not  that  he  fled. 

21  So  he  fled  with  all  that  he  had  ;  and  he  rose 
up,  and  passed  oyer  the  river,  and  Mset  his  face  to- 
ward the  mount.  Gil 'e-ad. 

22  And  it  was  told  La'ban  on  the  third  day  that 
Ja'cob  was  fled. 

23  And  he  took  his  "brethren  with  him,  and  pur- 
sued after  him  seven  days'  journey  ;  and  they  over- 
took him  in  the  mount  Gil'e-ad. 

24  And  God  wcame  to  La'ban  the  Syr'i-an  in  a 
dream  by  night,  and  said  unto  him,  Take  heed  that 
thou  x speak  not  to  Ja'cob  5 either  good  or  bad. 

25  If  Then  La'ban  overtook  Ja'cob.  Now  Ja'cob 
had  pitched  his  tent  in  the  mount :  and  La'ban  with 
his  brethren  pitched  in  the  mount  of  Gil'e-ad. 

26  And  La'ban  said  to  Ja'cob,  What  hast  thou  done, 
that  thou  hast  stolen  away  unawares  to  me,  and 
^carried  away  my  daughters,  as  captives  taken  with 
the  sword  ? 

"40 


B.  C.  1739. 


h  ch.  30.  29. 
(  verse  41 . 

j  Num.  14.  22. 

Neh.  4.  12. 

Job  19.  3. 

Zech.  8.  23. 
fcch.  15.  1. 

ch.  20.  6. 

Job  22.  25. 

Ps.  5.  11. 

Ps.  7.  10. 

Ps.  20.  1. 

Ps.  62.  2. 

Ps.  84.  11. 

Ps.  105.  14. 

Ps.  115.  9. 

Prov.  30.  5. 
I  ch.  30.  32. 
m  verses  1,16. 


2  Or,  he  goats. 


n  ch.  48.  10. 


o  Ex.  3.  7. 

Deut.  24.  15. 

Ps.  12.  5. 

Eph.  6.  9. 
p  ch.  28.  18. 


q  verse  3. 
ch.  32.  9. 


r  ch.  2.  24. 


.1  ch.  29.  15. 


3  teraphim. 
Judg.  17.  5. 

1  Sam.  19.  13. 
Ezek.  21.  21. 
Hos.  3.  4. 

t  ch.  35.  2. 

4  the  heart  of 
Laban. 

«  ch.  46.  28. 

2  Ki.  12.  17. 
Luke  9.  51. 

v  ch.  13.  8. 
w  ch.  20.  3. 

Job  33.  15. 

Matt.  1.  20. 
x  ch.  24.  50. 

5  from  good 
to  bad. 

;/  1  Sam.  30.  2. 
0  hast  stolen  me. 
2  Ruth  1.  9. 

1  Ki.  19.  20. 
Acts  20.  37. 

a  1  Sam.  13.  13. 

2  Chr.  1G.  9. 
b  ch.  28.  13. 

Ps.  5.  11,  12. 

Ps.  84.  11. 

Ps.  115.  9. 
c  verse  24. 
d  verse  19. 

Josh.  24.  2. 

Judg.  18.  24. 

Ps.  115.  4-9. 

Isa.  44.  10-20. 

Jer.  10.  3-5. 

Acts  19.  26. 
e  ch.  44.  9. 

7  felt. 
/Ex.  20.  12. 

Lev.  19.  32. 

Eph.  6.  1. 
g  verse  19. 
/(  Eph.  4.  26. 

8  felt. 

i  1  Sam.  12.  3. 

1  Cor.  6.  5. 
j  Ex.  22.  10. 
k  Ex.  22.  12. 
/  ch.  29.  27. 
m  verse  7. 
n  Ps.  124.  1. 
0  verse  53. 

Isa.  8.  13. 
p  ch.  29.  32. 

Ex.  3.  7. 
o  1  Chr.  12.  17. 

Jude  9. 


27  Wherefore  didst  thou  flee  away  secretly,  and 
6  steal  away  from  me  ;  and  didst  not  tell  me,  that  I 
might  have  sent  thee  away  with  mirth,  and  with 
songs,  with  tabret,  and  with  harp  ? 

28  And  hast  not  suffered  me  zto  kiss  my  sons  and 
my  daughters?  "thou  hast  now  done  foolishly  in  so 
doing. 

29  It  is  in  the  power  of  my  hand  to  do  you  hurt : 
but  the  6God  of  your  father  spake  unto  me  c  yester- 
night, saying,  Take  thou  heed  that  thou  speak  not 
to  Ja'cob  either  good  or  bad. 

30  And  now,  though  thou  wouldest  needs  be  gone, 
because  thou  sore  longedst  after  thy  father's  house, 
yet  wherefore  hast  thou  d stolen  my  gods? 

31  And  Ja'cob  answered  and  said  to  La'ban,  Be- 
cause I  was  afraid  :  for  I  said,  Peradventure  thou 
wouldest  take  by  force  thy  daughters  from  me. 

32  With  whomsoever  thou  findest  thy  gods,  elet 
him  not  live  :  before  our  brethren  discern  thou  what 
is  thine  with  me,  and  take  it  to  thee.  For  Ja'cob 
knew  not  that  Ra'chel  had  stolen  them. 

33  And  La'ban  went  into  Ja' cob's  tent,  and  into 
Le'ah's  tent,  and  into  the  two  maidservants'  tents  ; 
but  he  found  them  not.  Then  went  he  out  of  Le'ah's 
tent,  and  entered  into  Ra'chel's  tent. 

34  Now  Ra'chel  had  taken  the  images,  and  put  them 
in  the  camel's  furniture,  and  sat  upon  them.  And 
La'ban  7 searched  all  the  tent,  but  found  them  not. 

35  And  she  said  to  her  father,  Let  it  not  displease 
my  lord  that  I  cannot  -'rise  up  before  thee  ;  for  the 
custom  of  women  is  upon  me.  And  he  searched, 
but  found  not  the  9  images. 

36  Tf  And  Ja'cob  ''was  wroth,  and  chode  with  La'- 
ban :  and  Ja'cob  answered  and  said  to  La'ban,  What 
is  my  trespass  ?  what  is  my  sin,  that  thou  hast  so 
hotly  pursued  after  me  ? 

37  Whereas  thou  hast 8  searched  all  my  stuff,  what 
hast  thou  found  of  all  thy  household  stuff?  'set  it 
here  before  my  brethren  and  thy  brethren,  that  they 
may  judge  betwixt  us  both. 

38  This  twenty  years  have  I  been  with  thee  ;  thy 
ewes  and  thy  she  goats  have  not  cast  their  young, 
and  the  rams  of  thy  flock  have  I  not  eaten. 

39  That  j  which  was  torn  of  beasts  I  brought  not 
unto  thee  ;  I  bare  the  loss  of  it ;  of  fcmy  hand  didst 
thou  require  it,  whether  stolen  by  day,  or  stolen  by 
night. 

40  Thus  I  was  ;  in  the  day  the  drought  consumed 
me,  and  the  frost  by  night ;  and  my  sleep  departed 
from  mine  eyes. 

41  Thus  have  I  been  twenty  years  in  thy  house ; 
I  'served  thee  fourteen  years  for  thy  two  daughters, 
and  six  years  for  thy  cattle  :  and  m  thou  hast  changed 
my  wages  ten  times. 

42  Except  "the  God  of  my  father,  the  God  of  A'bra- 
ham,  and  °the  fear  of  I'saac,  had  been  with  me, 
surely  thou  hadst  sent  me  away  now  empty.  pGod 
hath  seen  mine  affliction  and  the  labour  of  my 
hands,  and  "  rebuked  thee  yesternight. 

43  If  And  La'ban  answered  and  said  unto  Ja'cob, 
These  daughters  are  my  daughters,  and  these  chil- 
dren are  my  children,  and  these  cattle  are  my  cattle, 


Covenant  of  Jacob  and  Laban. 

and  all  that  thou  seest  is  mine  :  and  what  can  I 
do  this  day  unto  these  my  daughters,  or  unto  their 
children  which  they  have  born  ? 

44  Now  therefore  come  thou,  ""let  us  make  a  cove- 
nant, I  and  thou  ;  and  slet  it  be  for  a  witness  be- 
tween me  and  thee. 

45  And  Ja'cob  Hook  a  stone,  and  set  it  up  for  a 
pillar. 

46  And  Ja'cob  said  unto  his  brethren,  Gather 
stones ;  and  they  took  stones,  and  made  an  heap  : 
and  they  did  eat  there  upon  the  heap. 

47  And  La'ban  called  it  9Je'gar-sa-ha-du'tha:  but 
Ja'cob  called  it  10Gal'e-ed. 

48  And  La'ban  said,  "This  heap  is  a  witness  be- 
tween me  and  thee  this  day.  Therefore  was  the 
name  of  it  called  Gal'e-ed ; 

49  And  ullMTz'pah  ;  for  he  said,  The  Lord  watch 
between  me  and  thee,  when  we  are  absent  one  from 
another. 

50  If  thou  shalt  afflict  my  daughters,  or  if  thou 
shalt  take  other  wives  beside  my  daughters,  no  man 
is  with  us  ;  see,  God  is  witness  betwixt  me  and 
thee. 

51  And  La'ban  said  to  Ja'cob,  Behold  this  heap, 
and  behold  this  pillar,  which  I  have  cast  betwixt 
me  and  thee  ; 

52  This  heap  be  witness,  and  this  pillar  be  witness, 
that  I  will  not  pass  over  this  heap  to  thee,  and  that 
thou  shalt  not  pass  over  this  heap  and  this  pillar 
unto  me,  for  harm. 

53  The  God  of  A'bra-ham,  and  the  God  of  Na'hor, 
the  God  of  their  father,  w  judge  betwixt  us.  And 
Ja'cob  *sware  by  the  fear  of  his  father  I'saac. 

54  Then  Ja'cob  12  offered  sacrifice  upon  the  mount, 
and  called  his  brethren  to  eat  bread  :  and  they  did 
eat  bread,  and  tarried  all  night  in  the  mount. 

55  And  early  in  the  morning  La'ban  rose  up,  and 
kissed  his  sons  and  his  daughters,  and  v  blessed 
them  :  and  La'ban  departed,  and  returned  unto  his 
place. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1  Jacob's  vision.    13  He  sends  a  present  to  Esau.    24  Wrestles  with  an  angel. 

AND  Ja'cob  went  on  his  way,  and  "the  angels  of 
-  God  met  him. 

2  And  when  Ja'cob  saw  them,  he  said,  This  is 
God's  6host :  and  he  called  the  name  of  that  place 
^a-ha-na'im. 

3  And  Ja'cob  sent  messengers  before  him  to  E'sau 
hisJ)rother  unto 
of  E'dom. 

4  And  he  commanded  _them,  saying,  e  Thus  shall 
ye  speak  unto  my  lord  E'sau  ;  Thy  servant  Ja'cob 
saith  thus,  I  have  sojourned  with  La'ban,  and 
stayed  there  until  now  : 

5  And  fI  have  oxen,  and  asses,  flocks,  and  men- 
servants,  and  womenservants  :  and  I  have  sent  to 
tell  my  lord,  that  "I  may  find  grace  in  thy  sight. 

6  H  And  the  messengers  returned  to  Ja'cob,  say- 
ing, We  came  to  thy  brother  E'sau,  and  also  fehe 
cometh  to  meet  thee,  and  four  hundred  men  with 
him. 

7  Then  Ja'cob  was  greatly  afraid  and  distressed  : 


GENESIS,  32. 


Jacob's  present  to  Esau. 


the  land  of  Se'ir,  dthe  2 country 


B.  C.  1739. 


r  ch.  26.  28. 
s  Josh.  24.  27. 


t  ch.  28.  18. 


9  That  is,  The 
heap  of 
witness. 
Cliald. 

10  That  is, 
The  heap  of 
witness.    Heb. 

u  Josh.  24.  27. 

v  Judg.  11.  2!). 
1  Sam.  7.  5. 

11  That  is,  A 
beacon,  or, 
watch-tower. 


w  ch.  16.  5. 

x  ch.  21.  23. 

12  Or,  killed 
beasts. 


>j  ch.  28.  1. 
2  Sam.  6.  20. 


a  Ps.  91.  11. 

Heb.  1.  14. 
b  Josh.  5.  14. 

2  Ki.  6.  16. 

Ps.  103.  21. 

Ps.  148.  2. 

Luke  2.  13. 

1  That  is, 
Two  hosts, 
or  camps. 

c  ch.  33.  14. 
d  ch.  36.  6-8. 

Deut.  2.  5. 

Josh.  24.  4. 

2  field. 

e  Prov.  15.  1. 
/  ch.  30.  43. 
g  ch.  33.  8. 
h  ch.  33.  1. 
i  ch.  35.  3. 
j  Prov.  2.  11. 
Epli.  5.  15. 
k  Ps.  50.  15. 
I  ch.  28. 13. 
m  ch.  31.  3. 

3  I  am  less 
than  all,  etc. 

n  2  Sam.  9.  8. 
0  ch.  24.  27.    ■ 
p  Job  8.  7. 
q  Ps.  59.  1,  2. 
r  Hos.  10.  14. 

4  upon. 

s  ch.  2S.  13-15. 
tch.  43.  11. 
u  Prov.  21.  14. 

5  my  face. 

i'  Deut.  3.  16. 

6  caused  to  pass. 

7  ascending  of 
the  morning. 

uiMatt.  26.  41. 
2  Cor.  12.  7. 
x  Luke  24.  28. 


and  he  j  divided  the  people  that  was  with  him,  and 
the  flocks,  and  herds,  and  the  camels,  into  two  bands  ; 

8  And  said,  If  E'sau  come  to  the  one  company, 
and  smite  it,  then  the  other  company  which  is  left 
shall  escape. 

9  If  And  k  Ja'cob  said,  lO  God  of  my  father  A'bra- 
ham,  and  God  of  my  father  I'saac,  the  Lord  m which 
saidst  unto  me,  Return  unto  thy  country,  and  to 
thy  kindred,  and  I  will  deal  well  with  thee  : 

10  3I  am  not  "worthy  of  the  least  of  all  the 
"mercies,  and  of  all  the  truth,  which  thou  hast 
shewed  unto  thy  servant ;  for  with  v  my  staff  I 
passed  over  this  Jor'dan ;  and  now  I  am  become 
two  bands. 

11  q  Deliver  me,  I  pray  thee,  from  the  hand  of  my 
brother,  from  the  hand  of  E'sau  :  for  I  fear  him, 
lest  he  will  come  and  smite  me,  and  the  r  mother 
4  with  the  children. 

12  And  sthou  saidst,  I  will  surely  do  thee  good, 
and  make  thy  seed  as  the  sand  of  the  sea,  which 
cannot  be  numbered  for  multitude. 

13  If  And  he  lodged  there  that  same  night ;  and 
took  of  that  which  came  to  his  hand  a  '  present  for 
E'sau  his  brother ; 

14  Two  hundred  she  goats,  and  twenty  he  goats, 
two  hundred  ewes,  and  twenty  rams, 

15  Thirty  milch  camels  with  their  colts,  forty  kine, 
and  ten  bulls,  twenty  she  asses,  and  ten  foals. 

16  And  he  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of  his 
servants,  every  drove  by  themselves  ;  and  said  unto 
his  servants,  Pass  over  before  me,  and  put  a  space 
betwixt  drove  and  drove. 

17  And  he  commanded  the  foremost,  saying, 
When  E'sau  my  brother  meeteth  thee,  and  asketh 
thee,  saying,  Whose  art  thou  ?  and  whither  goest 
thou  ?  and  whose  are  these  before  thee  ? 

18  Then  thou  shalt  say,  They  be  thy  servant  Ja- 
cob's ;  it  is  a  present  sent  unto  my  lord  E'sau  : 
and,  behold,  also  he  is  behind  us. 

19  And  so  commanded  he  the  second,  and  the 
third,  and  all  that  followed  the  droves,  saying,  On 
this  manner  shall  ye  speak  unto  E'sau,  when  ye 
find  him. 

20  And  say  ye  moreover,  Behold,  thy  servant  Ja'- 
cob is  behind  us.  For  he  said,  I  will  w  appease  him 
with  the  present  that  goeth  before  me,  and  after- 
ward I  will  see  his  face  ;  peradventure  he  will  ac- 
cept 5of  me. 

21  So  went  the  present  over  before  him  :  and 
himself  lodged  that  night  in  the  company. 

22  And  he  rose  up  that  night,  and  took  his  tv/o 
wives,  and  his  two  womenservants,  and  his  eleven 
sores,  and  "  passed  over  the  ford  Jab'bok. 

23  And  he  took  them,  and  6sent  them  over  the 
brook,  and  sent  over  that  he  had. 

24  If  And  Ja'cob  was  left  alone  ;  and  there  wres- 
tled a  man  with  him  until  the  7  breaking  of  the  day. 

25  And  when  he  saw  that  he  prevailed  not  against 
him,  he  touched  the  hollow  of  his  thigh  ;  and  wthe 
hollow  of  Ja'cob's  thigh  was  out  of  joint,  as  he  wres- 
tled with  him. 

26  And  *he  said,  Let  me  go,  for  the  day  breaketh. 

41 


Jacob  meets  Esau. 


GENESIS,  33,  34. 


Dinah  is  defiled. 


And  he  said,  VI  will  not  let  thee  go,  except  thou 
bless  me. 

27  And  he  said  unto  him,  What  is  thy  name? 
And  he  said,  Ja'cob. 

28  And  he  said,  Thy  name  shall  be  called  no  more 
Ja'cob,  but  8I§'ra-el:  for  as  a  prince  hast  thou 
power  *with  God  and  "with  men,  and  hast  prevailed. 

29  And  Ja'cob  asked  him,  and  said,  Tell  me,  I  pray 
thee,  thy  name.  And  he  said, b  Wherefore  is  it  that 
thou  dost  ask  after  my  name  ?  And  he  blessed  him 
there. 

30  And  Ja'cob  called  the  name  of  the  place  9Pe- 
ni'el :  for  CI  have  seen  God  face  to  face,  and  my 
life  is  preserved. 

31  And  as  he  passed  over  Ps-nu'el  the  sun  rose 
upon  him,  and  he  halted  upon  his  thigh. 

32  Therefore  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  eat  not  of  the 
sinew  which  shrank,  which  is  upon  the  hollow  of 
the  thigh,  unto  this  day :  because  he  touched  the 
hollow  of  Ja'cob's  thigh  in  the  sinew  that  shrank. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  Meeting  oj  Jacob  and  Esau.    17  Jacob  settles  at  Succoth.    20  Erects  an  altar. 

AND  Ja'cobjifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked,  and, 
-  behold,  a  E'sau  came,  and  with  him  four  hun- 
dred men.  And  he  divided  the  children  unto  Le'ah, 
and  unto  Ra'chel,  and  unto  the  two  handmaids. 

2  And  he  put  the  handmaids  and  their  children 
foremost,  and  Le'ah  and  her  children  after,  and 
Ra'chel  and  Jo'geph  hindermost. 

3  And  he  passed  over  before  them,  and  6  bowed 
himself  to  the  ground  seven  times,  until  he  came 
near  to  his  brother. 

4  And  c  E'sau  ran  to  meet  him,  and  embraced  him, 
dand  fell  on  his  neck,  and  kissed  him  :  and  they 
wept. 

5  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  the  women 
and  the  children ;  and  said,  Who  are  those  awith 
thee?  And  he  said,  The  children  which  eGod  hath 
graciously  given  thy  servant. 

6  Then  the  handmaidens  came  near,  they  and  their 
children,  and  they  bowed  themselves. 

7  And  Le'ah  also  with  her  children  came  near,  and 
bowed  themselves  :  and  after  came  Jo'seph  near 
and  Ra'chel,  and  they  bowed  themselves. 

8  And  he  said,  2What  meanest  thou  by  ■'"all  this 
drove  which  I  met?  And  he  said,  These  are  ffto 
find  grace  in  the  sight  of  my  lord. 

9  And  E'sau  said,  I  have  enough,  my  brother ; 
3  keep  that  thou  hast  unto  thyself. 

10  And  Ja'cob  said,  Nay,  I  pray  thee,  if  now  I 
have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  then  receive  my 
present  at  my  hand :  for  therefore  I  ''have  seen  thy 
face,  as  though  I  had  seen  the  face  of  God,  and 
thou  wast  pleased  with  me. 

11  Take,  I  pray  thee,  *my  blessing  that  is  brought 
to  thee  ;  because  God  hath  dealt  graciously  with  me, 
and  because  I  have  4 enough.  jAnd  he  urged  him, 
and  he  took  it. 

12  And  he  said,  Let  us  take  our  journey,  and  let 
us  go,  and  I  will  go  before  thee. 

13  And  he  said  unto  him,  My  lord  knoweth  that 

42 


B.  C.  1739. 


y  Hos.  12.  4. 


8  That  is,  A 

prince  of  God. 

2  Ki.  17.  34. 
z  Hos.  12.  3,  4. 
a  ch.  25.  31. 

ch.  27.  33. 
b  Judg.  13.  18. 


9  Tiiat  is,  The 

face  of  God. 
c  ch.  16.  13. 

Ex.  24.  11. 

Ex.  33.  20. 

Deut.  5.  24. 

Judg.  6.  22. 

Judg.  13.  22. 

Isa.  6.  5. 


a  ch.  32.  6. 
b  ch.  18.  2. 

ch.  42.  6. 

ch.  43.  26. 
c  ch.  32.  28. 

Prov.  16.  1. 

Prov.  21.  1. 

Jer.  10.  23. 
d  ch.  45.  14. 

1  to  thee. 
e  ch.  48.  9. 

Ps.  127.  3. 
Isa.  8.  18. 

2  What  is  all 
this  band  to 
thee? 

/  ch.  32.  16. 
g  ch.  32.  5. 

3  be  that  to  thee 
that  is  thine. 

ft  ch.  43.  3. 

2  Sam.  3.  13. 

2  Sara.  14.  24, 

28,  32. 

Matt.  18.  10. 
i  Judg.  1.  15. 

1  Sara.  25.  27. 

2  Ki.  5.  15. 

4  all  things. 
Phil.  4.  18. 

j  2  Ki.  5.  23. 

5  according  to 
the  foot  of  the 
work,  etc., 
and  according 
to  the  foot  of 
the  children. 

ft  ch.  32.  3. 

6  set,  or,  place. 

7  Wherefore  is 
this? 

I  Ruth  2.  13. 
m  Josh.  13.  27. 
Judg.  8.  5. 

8  That  is, 
booths. 

n  John  3.  23. 

9  Called, 
Sychem. 
Acts  7.  16. 
Josh.  24.  1. 

o  Josh.  24.  32. 
John  4.  5. 

10  Acts  7.  16, 
Called, 
Emmor.' 

3 1  Or,  lambs. 
p  ch.  35.  7. 
12  That  is, 

God  the  God 

of  Israel. 


a  ch.  30.  21. 
b  Tit.  2.  5. 
c  ch.  6.  2. 

Judg.  14.  1. 
d  ch.  20.  2. 

1  humbled  her. 
Deut.  22.  29. 

2  to  the  heart  of 
the  damsel. 
Isa.  40.  2. 
Hos.  2.  14. 

e  Judg.  14.  2. 
/ch.  49.  7. 

2  Sara.  13.  21. 
g  Josh.  7.  15. 

Judg.  20.  6. 
h  Deut.  23.  17. 

2  Sam.  13.  12. 
i  Ex.  23.  32. 
j  ch.  13.  9. 

ch.  20.  15. 
ft  ch.  42.  34. 
I  ch.  47.  27. 
m  Ex.  22.  16. 

Deut.  22.  29. 

1  Sam.  18.  25. 


the  children  are  tender,  and  the  flocks  and  herds 
with  young  are  with  me  :  and  if  men  should  over- 
drive them  one  day,  all  the  flock  will  die. 

14  Let  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  pass  over  before  his 
servant :  and  I  will  lead  on  softly, 5  according  as  the 
cattle  that  goeth  before  me  and  the  children  be  able 
to  endure,_until  I  come  unto  my  lord  fcunto  Se'ir. 

15  And  E'sau  said,  Let  me  now  6 leave  with  thee 
some  of  the  folk  that  are  with  me.  And  he  said, 
7  What  needeth  it?  zlet  me  find  grace  in  the  sight 
of  my  lord 

16  Tf  So  E'sau  returned  that  day  on  his  way  unto 
Se'ir. 

17  And  Ja'cob  journeyed  to  '"Suc'coth,  and  built 
him  an  house,  and  made  booths  for  his  cattle : 
therefore  the  name  of  the  place  is  called  8Suc'coth. 

18  U  And  Ja'cob  came  to  "Sha'lem,  a  city  of  9She'- 
chem,  which  is  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  when  he 
came  from  Pa'dan-a'ram ;  and  pitched  his  tent  before 
the  city. 

19  And  °he  bought  a  parcel  of  a  field,  where  he 
had  spread  his  tent,  at  the  hand  of  the  children  of 
10  Ha'mor,  She'chem's  father,  for  an  hundred  npieces 
of  money. 

20  And  he  erected  there  an  altar,  and  "called  it 
12El-e-lo'he-I§'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1  Shechem  ravishes  Dinah.    24  ShechemUes  are  circumcised.     25  Slain  by  Jacob's  sons. 

AND  a  Dl'nah  the  daughter  of  Le'ah,  which  she 
-  bare  unto  Ja'cob,  'went  out  to  see  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  land. 

2  And  when  She'chem  the  son  of  Ha'mor  the  Hi'- 
vlte,  prince  of  the  country,  csaw  her,  he  dtook  her, 
and  lay  with  her,  and  ]  denied  her. 

3  And  his  soul  clave  unto  Dl'nah  the  daughter  of 
Ja'cob,  and  he  loved  the  damsel,  and  spake  2 kindly 
unto  the  damsel. 

4  And  She'chem  e  spake  unto  his  father  Ha'mor, 
saying,  Get  me  this  damsel  to  wife. 

5  And  Ja'cob  heard  that  he  had  defiled  Dl'nah  his 
daughter :  now  his  sons  were  with  his  cattle  in  the 
field :  and  Ja'cob  held  his  peace  until  they  were  come. 

6  If  And  Ha'mor  the  father  of  She'chem  went  out 
unto  Ja'cob  to  commune  with  him. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Ja'cob  came  out  of  the  field  when 
they  heard  it :  and  the  men  were  grieved,  and  they 
f  were  very  wroth,  because  he  9had  wrought  folly 
in  Ig'ra-el  in  lying  with  Ja'cob's  daughter ;  h  which 
thing  ought  not  to  be  done. 

8  And  Ha'mor  communed  with  them,  saying,  The 
soul  of  my  son  She'chem  longeth  for  your  daughter : 
I  pray  you  give  her  him  to  wife. 

9  And  l  make  ye  marriages  with  us,  and  give  your 
daughters  unto  us,  and  take  our  daughters  unto  you. 

10  And  ye  shall  dwell  with  us:  and  ythe  land  shall 
be  before  you;  dwell  and  k  trade  ye  therein,  and  get 
1  you  possessions  therein. 

11  And  She'chem  said  unto  her  father  and  unto 
her  brethren,  Let  me  find  grace  in  your  eyes,  and 
what  ye  shall  say  unto  me  I  will  give. 

12  Ask  me  never  so  much  '"dowry  and  gift,  and  I 


The  Shechemites  slain. 


GENESIS,  35. 


Jacob  moves  to  Beth-el. 


will  give  according  as  ye  shall  say  unto  me :  but  give 
me  the  damsel  to  wife. 

13  And  the  sons  of  Ja'cob  answered  She'chem  and 
Ha'mor  his  father  n  deceitfully,  and  said,  because  he 
had  defiled  Di'nah  their  sister : 

14  And  they  said  unto  them,  We  cannot  do  this 
thing,  to  give  our  sister  to  one  that  is  uncircum- 
cised ;  for  °  that  were  a  reproach  unto  us : 

15  But  in  this  will  we  consent  unto  you :  If  ye  will 
be  as  we  be,  that  every  male  of  you  be  circumcised ; 

16  Then  will  we  give  our  daughters  unto  you,  and 
we  will  take  your  daughters  to  us,  and  we  will  dwell 
with  you,  and  we  will  become  one  people. 

17  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  us,  to  be  cir- 
cumcised ;  then  will  we  take  our  daughter,  and  we 
will  be  gone. 

18  And  their  words  pleased  Ha'mor,  and  She'chem 
Ha'mor's  son. 

19  And  the  young  man  deferred  not  to  do  the  thing, 
because  he  had  delight  in  Ja'cob's  daughter :  and 
he  was  pmore  honourable  than  all  the  house  of  his 
father. 

20  H  And  Ha'mor  and  She'chem  his  son  came  unto 
the  "'gate  of  their  city,  and  communed  with  the  men 
of  their  city,  saying, 

21  These  men  are  peaceable  with  us;  therefore  let 
them  dwell  in  the  land,  and  trade  therein ;  for  the 
land,  behold,  it  is  large  enough  for  them ;  let  us  take 
their  daughters  to  us  for  wives,  and  let  us  give  them 
our  daughters. 

22  Only  herein  will  the  men  consent  unto  us  for  to 
dwell  with  us,  to  be  one  people,  if  every  male  among 
us  be  circumcised,  as  they  are  circumcised. 

23  Shall  not  their  cattle  and  their  substance  and 
every  beast  of  theirs  be  ours?  only  let  us  consent 
unto  them,  and  they  will  dwell  with  us. 

24  And  unto  Ha'mor  and  unto  She'chem  his  son 
hearkened  all  that  '"went  out  of  the  gate  of  his  city  ; 
and  every  male  was  circumcised,  all  that  went  out 
of  the  gate  of  his  city. 

25  H  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  day,  when 
they  were  sore,  that  two  of  the  sons  of  Ja'cob,  sSim'- 
e-on  and  Le'vi,  Dl'nah's  brethren,  took  each  man  his 
sword,  and  came  upon  the  city  boldly,  and  slew  all 
the  males. 

26  And  they  slew  Ha'mor  and  She'chem  his  son 
with  the  3edge  of  the  sword,  and  took  Di'nah  out  of 
She'chem's  house,  and  went  out. 

27  The  sons  of  Ja'cob  came  upon  the  slain,  and 
spoiled  the  city,  because  they  had  defiled  their  sister. 

28  They  took  their  sheep,  and  their  oxen,  and 
their  asses,  and  that  which  was  in  the  city,  and  that 
which  was  in  the  field, 

29  And  all  their  wealth,  and  all  their  little  ones, 
and  their  wives  took  they  captive,  and  spoiled  even 
all  that  was  in  the  house. 

30  And  Ja'cob  said  to  Sim'e-on  and  Le'vl,  'Ye 
have  "troubled  me  ''to  make  me  to  stink  among  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land,  among  the  Ca'naan-ites  and 
the  Per'iz-zltes  :  and  w  I  being  few  in  number,  they 
shall  gather  themselves  together  against  me,  and 
slay  me  ;  and  I  shall  be  destroyed,  I  and  my  house. 


B.  C.  1732. 


n  2  Sam.  13.  24. 


o  Josh.  5.  9. 


p  1  Chr.  4.  9. 


q  2  Sam.  15.  2. 
Ruth  4.  1. 


r  ch.  23.  10. 
*  ch.  49.  5-7. 
3  mouth. 
/  ch.  49.  6. 
u  Josh.  7.  25. 
i)Ex.  5.  21. 

1  Sam.  13.  4. 
w  Deut.  4.  27. 

Ps.  105.  12. 
x  Prov.  G.  34. 


a  ch.  28.  19. 
b  ch.  28.  13. 
c  ch.  27.  43. 
d  ch.  18.  19. 

Josh.  24.  15. 
e  ch.  31.  19,  34. 

1  Sam.  7.  3. 
/Ex.  19.  10. 
g  ch.  32.  7,  24. 

Ps.  107.  6. 
h  ch.  28.  20. 

ch.  31.  3,  42. 
i  Hos.  2.  13. 
j  Josh.  24.  26. 
k  Ex.  15.  16. 

Ex.  23.  27. 

Ex.  34.  24. 

Deut.  11.  25. 

Josh.  2.  9. 

Josh.  5.  1. 

1  Sam.  14.  15. 

2  Chr.  14.  14. 
I  ch.  28.  22. 

m  Eccl.  5.  4. 

1  That  is,  The 
God  of 
Beth-el. 

n  ch.  28.  13. 
0  ch.  24.  59. 

2  That  is,  The 
oak  of 
weeping. 

p  Hos.  12.  4. 
y  ch.  17.  5. 
r  ch.  32.  28. 
s  ch.  17.  1. 

ch.  48.  3,  4. 

Ex.  6.  3. 
(  ch.  17.  5.  G. 

ch.  48.  4. 
u  ch.  12.  7. 

ch.  13.  15. 

ch.  2G.  3,  4. 

ch.  28.  13. 

Ex.  32.  13. 
v  ch.  17.  22. 
w  ch.  28.  18. 
x  ch.  28.  19. 

3  a  little  piece 
of  ground. 

y  ch.  30.  24. 


31  And  they  said, 
as  with  an  harlot  ? 


:  Should  he  deal  with  our  sister 


CHAPTER  35. 

1  Jacob  moves  to  Beth-el.     6  Builds  an  attar.    1G  Benjamin  is  born.    19  Rachel  dies. 
28  Death  and  burial  of  Isaac. 

\  ND  God  said  unto  Ja'cob,  Arise,  go  up  to 
J-^-  "Beth'-el,  and  dwell  there:  and  make  there  an 
altar  unto  God,  Hhat  appeared  unto  thee  cwhen 
thou  fleddest  from  the  face  of  E'sau  thy  brother. 

2  Then  Ja'cob  said  unto  his  d household,  and  to  all 
that  were  with  him,  Put  away  €the  strange  gods 
that  are  among  you,  and  •'"be  clean,  and  change  your 
garments : 

3  And  let  us  arise,  and  go  up  to  Beth '-el ;  and  I 
will  make  there  an  altar  unto  God,  swho  answered 
me  in  the  day  of  my  distress,  feand  was  with  me  in 
the  way  which  I  went. 

4  And  they  gave  unto  Ja'cob  all  the  strange  gods 
which  were  in  their  hand,  and  all  their  { earrings 
which  were  in  their  ears ;  and  Ja'cob  hid  them 
under  J'the  oak  which  was  by  She'chem. 

5  And  they  journeyed  :  and  Hhe  terror  of  God 
was  upon  the  cities  that  were  round  about  them, 
and  they  did  not  pursue  after  the  sons  of  Ja'cob. 

6  Tf  So  Ja'cob  came  to  'Luz,  which  is  in  the  land 
of  Ca'naan,  that  is,  Beth'-el,  he  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him. 

7  And  he  m  built  there  an  altar,  and  called  the 
place  ^l-beth'-el :  because  "there  God  appeared 
unto  him,  when  he  fled  from  the  face  of  his  bro- 
ther. 

8  But  °Deb'o-rah  Rg-bek'ah's  nurse  died,  and  she 
was  buried  beneath  Beth'-el  under  an  oak :  and  the 
name  of  it  was  called  2A1' Ion-bach 'uth. 

9  TI  And  p  God  appeared  unto  Ja'cob  again,  when 
he  came  out  of  Pa'dan-a'ram,  and  blessed  him. 

10  And  God  said  unto  him,  Thy  name  is  Ja'cob  : 
5  thy  name  shall  not  be  called  any  more  Ja'cob,  rbut 
Ig'ra-el  shall  be  thy  name  :  and  he  called  his  name 
Ig'ra-el. 

11  And  God  said  unto  him,  SI  am  God  Almighty  r 
be  fruitful  and  multiply  ;  a  'nation  and  a  company 
of  nations  shall  be  of  thee,  and  kings  shall  come  out 
of  thy  loins ; 

12  And  the  land  "which  I  gave  A'bra-ham  and 
I'saac,  to  thee  I  will  give  it,  and  to  thy  seed  after 
thee  will  I  give  the  land. 

13  And  God  "  went  up  from  him  in  the  place  where 
he  talked  with  him. 

14  And  Ja'cob  '"set  up  a  pillar  in  the  place  where 
he  talked  with  him,  even  a  pillar  of  stone  :  and  he 
poured  a  drink  offering  thereon,  and  he  poured  oil 
thereon. 

15  And  Ja'cob  called  the  name  of  the  place  where 
God  spake  with  him,  x  Beth'-el. 

16  If  And  they  journeyed  from  Beth'-el ;  and 
there  was  but  3a  little  way  to  come  to  Eph'rath : 
and  Ra'chel  travailed,  and  she  had  hard  labour. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  was  in  hard 
labour,  that  the  midwife  said  unto  her,  Fear  not ; 
ythou  shalt  have  this  son  also. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  her  soul  was  in  depart- 

43 


Death  of  Isaac. 


GENESIS,  36. 


Esau's  generations. 


ing,  (for  she  died)  that  she  called  his  name  4Ben- 
o'ni :  but  his  father  called  him  5Ben'ja-min. 

19  And  *Ra'chel  died,  and  was  buried  in  the  way 
to  "Eph'rath,  which  is  Beth'-le-hem. 

20  And  Ja'cob  set  a  pillar  upon  her  grave  :  that 
is  the  pillar  of  Ra'chel's  grave  b  unto  this  day. 

21  Tf  And  Ig'ra-el  journeyed,  and  spread  his  tent 
beyond  c the  tower  of  E'dar. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ig'ra-el  dwelt  in 
that  land,  that  Reu'ben  went  and  dlay  with  Bil'hah 
his  father's  concubine  :  and  I§'ra-el  heard  it.  Now 
the  sons  of  Ja'cob  were  twelve  : 

23  The  sons  of  Le'ah  ;  e Reu'ben,  Ja'cob's  firstborn, 
and  Sim'e-on,  and  Le'vi,  and  Ju'dah,  and  Is'sa-char, 
and  Zeb'u-lun : 

24  The  sons  of  Ra'chel ;  Jo'geph,  and  Ben'ja-min  : 

25  And  the  sons  of  Bil'hah,  Ra'chel's  handmaid  ; 
Dan,  and  Naph'ta-H  : 

26  And  the  sons  of  Zil'pah,  Le'ah's  handmaid  ; 
Gad,  and  Ash'er :  these  are  the  sons  of  Ja'cob, 
which  were  born  to  him  in  Pa/dan-a'ram. 

27  11  And  Ja'cob  came  unto  I'saac  his  father  unto 
/Mam'rg,  unto  the  °city  ofAr'bah,  which  is  He'- 
bron,  where  A'bra-hamand  I'gaac  sojourned. 

28  And  the  days  of  I'saac  were  an  hundred  and 
fourscore  years. 

29  And  I'saac  /sgave  up  the  ghost,  and  died,  and 
i  was  gathered  unto  his  people,  being  old  and  full  of 
days  :  and  J'his  sons  E'sau  and  Ja'cob  buried  him. 


CHAPTER  36. 


1  Wives  and  generations  of  Esau.    24  Anah  finds  mules. 

Edom. 


31  The  dukes  and  kings  of 


1VTOW  these  are  the  generations  of  E'sau,  awho  is 
-^    E'dom. 

2  6E'sa/u  took  his  wives  of  the_daughters  of  Ca'- 
naan ;  A'dah  the  daughter  of  E'lon  the  Hit'tite, 
and  cA-ho-lib'a-mah  the  daughter  of  A'nah  the 
daughter  of  Zib'e-on  the  Hi'vite  ; 

3  And  dBash'e-math  Ish' ma-el's  daughter,  sister 
of  Ne-ba'joth. 

4  And  e  A'dah  bare  to  E'sau  El'i-phaz  ;  and  Bash'- 
e-math bare  Reu'el ; 

5  And  A-ho-lib'a-mah  bare  Je'iish,  and  Ja-a'lam, 
and  Ko'rah  :  these  are  the  sons  of  E'sau,  which 
were  born  unto  him  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 

6  And  E'sau  took  his  wives,  and  his  sons,  and  his 
daughters,  and  all  the  persons  of  his  house,  and  his 
cattle,  and  all  his  beasts,  and  all  his  substance, 
which  he  had  got  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan  ;  and  went 
into  the  country  from  the  face  of  his  ■''brother  Ja'cob. 

7  For  a  their  riches  were  more  than  that  they 
might  dwell  together ;  and  the  land  h  wherein  they 
were  strangers  could  not  bear  them  because  of  their 
cattle. 

_8  Thus  dwelt  E'sau  in  'mount   Se'ir:  J'E'sau  is 
E'dom. 

9  If  And  these  are  the  generations  of  E'sau  the  fa- 
ther of  2the  E'dom-ites  in  mount  Se'ir  : 

10  These  are  the  names  of  E'sau's  sons;  *  El'i-phaz 
the  son  of  A'dah  the  wife  of  E'sau,  Reu'el  the  son 
of  Bash'e-math  the  wife  of  E'sau. 

44 


B.  C.  1796. 


4  That  is,  The 
son  of  my 
sorrow. 

5  That  is,  The 
son  of  the 
right  hand. 

z  ch.  48.  7. 
a  Ruth  1.  2. 

Ruth  4.  11. 

Mic.  5.  2. 

Matt.  2.  6. 
b  1  Sara.  10.  2. 
c  Mic.  4.  8. 


<7  ch.  49.  4. 
1  Chr.  5.  1. 


ech.  40.  8. 
Ex.  1.  2. 


/ch.  13.  18. 
g  Josh.  14.  15. 


h  Ecel.  12.  7. 

i  ch.  15.  15. 

ch.  25.  8. 

ch.  49.  33. 
j  ch.  25.  9. 

ch.  49.  31. 


a  ch.  25.  30. 


b  ch.  26.  34. 


c  verse  25. 


d  ch.  28.  9. 


e  1  Chr.  1.  35. 

1  souls. 

/  Deut.  23.  7. 
g  ch.  13.  6,  11. 
'h  ch.  17.  8. 

1  Chr.  29.  15. 
Ps.  39. 12. 
Ps.  105.  12. 
Ps.  119.  19. 

2  Cor.  5.  6,  7. 
Heb.  11.  9. 

1  Pet.  1.  17. 

1  Pet.  2.  11. 
i  ch.  32.  3. 
/verse  1. 

2  Edom. 

k  1  Chr.  1.  35, 
etc. 

3  Or,  Zephi. 
/  Ex.  17.  8. 

Num.  24.  20. 

Deut.  25. 

17-19. 

1  Sam.  15. 

2,3. 
m  1  Chr.  1.  38. 
n  ch.  14.  G. 

Deut.  2. 12,  22. 

4  Or,  Horaam, 
1  Chr.  1.  39.. 

5  Or.  Alian, 

1  Chr   1.  40. 

6  Or,  Shephi, 
1  Chr.  1.  40. 

o  Lev.  19.  19. 

7  Or,  Amram, 
1  Chr.  1.  41. 

8  Or,  Jakan, 

1  Chr.  1.  42. 
p  1  Chr.  1.  43. 
q  1  Sam.  10.  24. 


11  And  the  sons  of  El'i-phaz  were  Te'man,  O'mar, 
3Ze'ph6,  and  Ga'tam,  and  Ke'naz. 

12  And  Tim'na  was  concubine  to  El'i-phaz  E'sau's 
son  ;  and  she  bare  to  El'i-phaz  'Am'a-lek  :  these 
were  the  sons  of  A'dah  E'sau's  wife. 

13  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Reu'el ;  Na'hath,  and 
Ze'rah,  Sham'mah,  and  Miz'zah  :  these  were  the 
sons  of  Bash'e-math  E'sau's  wife. 

14  If  And  these  were  the  sons  of  A-ho-lib'a-mah, 
the  daughter  of  A'nah  the  daughter  of  Zib'e-on, 
E'sau's  wife  :  and  she  bare  to  E'sau  Je'iish,  and  Ja- 
a'lam.,  and  Ko'rah. 

15  If  These  loere  dukes  of  the  sons  of_ E'sau  :  the 
sons  of  El'i-phaz  the  firstborn  son  of  E'sau  ;  duke 
Te'man,  duke  O'mar,  duke  Ze'pho,  duke  Ke'naz, 

16  Duke  Ko'rah,  duke  Ga'tam,  and  duke  Am'a- 
lek  :  these  are  the  dukes  that  came  of  El'i-phaz  in 
the  land  of  E'dom  ;  these  were  the  sons_of  A'dah. 

17  Tf  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Reu'el  E'sau's  son  ; 
duke  Na'hath,  duke  Ze'rah,  duke  Sham'mah,  duke 
Miz'zah :  these  are  the  dukes  that  came  of  Reu'el  in 
the  land  of  E'dom  ;  these  are  the  sons  of  Bash'e- 
math  E'sau's  wife. 

18  If  And  these  are  the  sons  of  A-ho-lib'a-mah 
E'sau's  wife ;  duke  Je'iish,  duke  Ja-a'lam,  duke 
Ko'rah :  these  were  the  dukes  that  came  of  A-ho- 
lib'a-mah  the  daughter  of  A'nah,  E'sau'swife. 

19  These  are  the  sons  of  E'sau,  who  is  E'dom,  and 
these  are  their  dukes. 

20  If  m  These  are  the  sons  of  Se'ir  the  "Ho'rite, 
who  inhabited_  the  land ;  Lo'tan,  and  Sho'bal,  and 
Zib'e-on,  and  A'nah, 

21  And  Di'shon,  and  E'zer,  and  Dl'shan  :  these  are 
the  dukes  of  the  Ho'rites,  the  children  of  Se'ir  in 
the  land  of  E'dom. 

22  And  the  children  of  Lo'tan  were  Ho'rl  and 
4  He 'mam  ;  and  Lo' tan's  sister  was  Tim'na. 

23  And  the  children  of  Sho'bal  were  these  ^5  Al'van, 
and  Man'a-hath,  and  E'bal,  6She'pho,  and  O'nam. 

24  And  these  are  the  children  of  Zib'e-on ;  both 
A'jah,  and  A'nah  :  this  was  that  A'nah  that  found 
0  the  mules  in  the  wilderness,  as  he  fed  the  asses  of 
Zib'e-on  his  father. 

25  And  the  children  of  A'nah  were  these ;  Di'- 
shon, and  A-ho-lib'a-mah  the  daughter  of  A'nah. 

26  And  these  are  the  children  of  Di'shon  ;  7Hem'- 
dan,  and  Esh'ban,  and  Ith'ran,  and  Che 'ran. 

27  The  children  of  E'zer  are  these  ;  Bil'han,  and 
Za'a-van,  and  8A'kan. 

28  The  children  of  Di'shan  are  these ;  Uz,  and 
A'ran. 

29  These  are  the  dukes  that  came  of  the  Ho'rites ; 
duke  Lo'tan,  duke  Sho'bal,  duke  Zib'e-on,  duke 
A'nah, 

30  Duke  Di'shon,  duke  E'zer,  duke  Di'shan :  these 
are  the  dukes  that  came  of  Ho'ri,  among  their  dukes 
in  the  land  of  Se'ir. 

31  Tf  And  p  these  are  the  kings  that  reigned  in  the 
land  of  E'dom,  before  there  reigned  any  9king  over 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

32  And  Be'la  the  son  of  Be'or  reigned  in  E'dom : 
and  the  name  of  his  city  was  Din'ha-bah. 


Joseph's  two  dreams. 


GENESIS,  37. 


Conspiracy  of  his  brethren. 


33  And  Be'la  died,  and  Jo'bab  the  son  of  Ze'rah 
of  Boz'rah  reigned  in  his  stead. 

34  And  Jo'bab  died,  and  Hu'sham  of  the  land  of 
Tem'a-ni  reigned  in  his  stead. 

35  And  Hu'sham  died,  and  Ha'dad  the  son  of  Be'- 
dad,  who  smote  Mid'i-an  in  the  field  of  Mo'ab, 
reigned  in  his  stead  :  and  the  name  of  his  city  was 
A'vith. 

36  And  Ha'dad  died,  and  Sam'lah  of  Mas're-kah 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

37  And  Sam'lah  died,  and  Saul  of  Re-ho'both  by 
the  river  reigned  in  his  stead. 

38  And  Saul  died,  and  Ba'al-ha'nan  the  son  of 
Ach'bor  reigned  in  his  stead. 

39  And  Ba'al-ha'nan  the  son  of  Ach'bor  died,  and 
rHa'dar  reigned  in  his  stead  :  and  the  name  of  his 
city  was  Pa'u  ;  and  his  wife's  name  ivas  Me-het'a- 
bel,  the  daughter  of  Ma'tred,  the  daughter  of  Mez'a- 
hab. 

40  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  s  dukes  that 
came  of  E'sau,  according  to  their  families,  after 
their  places,  by  their  names ;  duke  Tim'nah,  duke 
9Al'vah,  duke  Je'theth, 

41  Duke  A-ho-lib'a-mah,  duke  E'lah,  duke  Pl'non, 

42  Duke  Ke'naz,  duke  Te'man,  duke  Mib'zar, 

43  Duke  Mag'di-el,  duke  I'ram :  these  be  the  dukes 
of  E'dom,  according  to  their  habitations  in  the  land 
of  their  possession  :  he  is  E'sau  the  father  of  10the 
E'dom-Ites. 

CHAPTER  37. 

1  Joseph's  dreams.    18  Conspiracy  of  his  brethren.    26  He  is  sold  to  the  Ishmeelites. 
36  Sold  into  Egypt. 

AND  Ja'cob  dwelt  in  the  land  x  wherein  his  father 
-  was  a  stranger,  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 

2  These  are  the  generations  of  Ja'cob.  Jo'geph, 
being  seventeen  years  old,  was  feeding  the  flock 
with  his  brethren ;  and  the  lad  was  with  the  sons 
of  Bil'hah,  and  with  the  sons  of  Zil'pah,  his  father's 
wives  :  and  Jo'seph  brought  unto  his  father  a  their 
evil  report. 

3  Now  Ig'ra-el  loved  Jo'geph  more  than  all  his 
children,  because  he  was  Hhe  son  of  his  old  age  : 
and  he  made  him  a  coat  of  many  2  colours. 

4  And  when  his  brethren  saw  that  their  father 
loved  him  more  than  all  his  brethren,  they  c  hated 
him,  and  could  not  speak  peaceably  unto  him. 

5  11  And  Jo'geph  dreamed  a  dream,  and  he  told  it 
his  brethren  :  and  they  hated  him  yet  the  more. 

6  And  he  said  unto  them,  Hear,  I  pray  you,  this 
dream  which  I  have  dreamed  : 

7  For,  d behold,  we  were  binding  sheaves  in  the 
field,  and,  lo,  my  sheaf  arose,  and  also  stood  upright ; 
and,  behold,  your  sheaves  stood  round  about,  and 
made  obeisance  to  my  sheaf. 

8  And  his  brethren  said  to  him,  Shalt  thou  indeed 
reign  over  us  ?  or  shalt  thou  indeed  have  dominion 
over  us  ?  And  they  hated  him  yet  the  more  for 
his  dreams,  and  for  his  words. 

9  H  And  he  dreamed  yet  another  dream,  and  told 
it  his  brethren,  and  said,  Behold,  I  have  dreamed  a 
dream  more ;  and,  behold,  e  the  sun  and  the  moon 
and  the  eleven  stars  made  obeisance  to  me. 


B.  C.  1796. 


r  1  Chr.  1.  50, 
Hadad  Pai. 
After  his 
death  was  an 
Aristocracy, 
Ex.  15.  15. 

.s  1  Chr.  1.  51. 

0  Or,  Aliah. 

10  Edom. 


1  of  his  father's 
sojournings. 
ch.  17.  8. 

ch.  23.  4. 
ch.  28.  4. 
ch.  36.  7. 
ch.  47.  9. 

1  Chr.  29.  15. 
Ps.  39.  12. 
Ps.  105.  12. 
Ps.  119.  19. 

2  Cor.  5.  6,  7. 
Heb.  11.  9. 

1  Pet.  1.  17. 

1  Pet.  2. 11. 
a  1  Sam.  2. 

22-24. 
b  ch.  44.  20. 

2  Or,  pieces. 
Judg.  5.  30. 

2  Sam.  13. 18. 
Ps.  45.  14. 
Ezek.  1G.  16. 

e  ch.  27.  41. 

ch.  49.  23. 

1  Sam.  17.  28. 

John  7.  3,  5. 

1  John  2.  11. 

1  John  3. 

10, 12. 
d  ch.  42.  6,  9. 

ch.  43.  26. 

ch.  44.  14. 
e  ch.  46.  29. 
/ch.  27.  29. 
g  Acts  7.  9. 
h  Dan.  7.  28. 

Luke  2.  19,  51. 

3  see  the  peace 
of  thy  breth- 
ren, etc. 

ch.  29.  6. 

1  Sam.  17.  17. 
i  ch.  13.  18. 

ch.  23.  2,  19. 

ch.  35.  27. 

Josh.  14. 

14,  15. 

Judg.  1.  10. 
iSone  1.  7. 
k  2  Ki.  6.  13. 
1 1  Sam.  19.  1. 

Ps.  31.  13. 

Ps.  37.  12,  32. 

Ps.  94.  21. 

Matt.  27.  1. 

Mark  14.  1. 

John  11.  53. 

Acts  23.  12. 

4  master  of 
dreams. 

?«Prov.  1.  11. 

Prov.  6.  17. 

1  John  3. 

12,  13. 
n  ch.  42.  22. 

5  Or,  pieces. 

0  Prov.  30.  20. 
Amos  6.  6. 

p  verses  28,  36. 
g  Jer.  8.  22. 
r  ch.  4.  10. 

Job  16.  18. 
s  1  Sam.  18. 17. 

1  ch.  42.  21. 
u  ch.  29.  14. 

6  hearkened. 
11  ch.  39.  1. 

Judg.  6.  3. 

w  ch.  45.  4,  5. 

Ps.  105.  17. 

Acts  7.  9. 


10  And  he  told  it  to  his  father,  and  to  his  breth- 
ren :  and  his  father  rebuked  him,  and  said  unto 
him,  What  is  this  dream  that  thou  hast  dreamed  ? 
Shall  I  and  thy  mother  and  •'"thy  brethren  indeed 
come  to  bow  down  ourselves  to  thee  to  the  earth  ? 

11  And  "his  brethren  envied  him  :  but  his  father 
''observed  the  saying. 

12  If  And  his  brethren  went  to  feed  their  father's 
flock  in  She'chem. 

13  And  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Jo'geph,  Do  not  thy  breth- 
ren feed  the  flock  in  She'chem  ?  come,  and  I  will 
send  thee  unto  them.  And  he  said  to  him,  Here 
am  I. 

14  And  he  said  to  him,  Go,  I  pray  thee,  3see  whether 
it  be  well  with  thy  brethren,  and  well  with  the 
flocks  ;  and  bring  me  word  again.  So  he  sent  him 
out  of  the  vale  *of  He'bron,  and  he  came  to  She'- 
chem. 

15  IF  And  a  certain  man  found  him,  and,  behold, 
he  was  wandering  in  the  field  :  and  the  man  asked 
him,  saying,  What  seekest  thou  ? 

16  And  he  said,  I  seek  my  brethren  :  •'tell  me,  I 
pray  thee,  where  they  feed  their  flocks. 

17  And  the  man  said,  They  are  departed  hence ; 
for  I  heard  them  say,  Let  us  go  to  Do'than.  And 
Jo'seph  went  after  his  brethren,  and  found  them  in 
fcD5'than. 

18  And  when  they  saw  him  afar  off,  even  before 
he  came  near  unto  them,  they  l  conspired  against 
him  to  slay  him. 

19  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Behold,  this 
4  dreamer  cometh. 

20  Come  m  now  therefore,  and  let  us  slay  him,  and 
cast  him  into  some  pit,  and  we  will  say,  Some  evil 
beast  hath  devoured  him  :  and  we  shall  see  what 
will  become  of  his  dreams. 

21  And  "Reu'ben  heard  it,  and  he  delivered  him 
out  of  their  hands  ;  and  said,  Let  us  not  kill  him. 

22  And  Reu'ben  said  unto  them,  Shed  no  blood, 
but  cast  him  into  this  pit  that  is  in  the  wilderness, 
and  lay  no  hand  upon  him  ;  that  he  might  rid  him 
out  of  their  hands,  to  deliver  him  to  his  father 
again. 

23  IF  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jo'geph  was  come 
unto  his  brethren,  that  they  stript  Jo'geph  out  of  his 
coat,  his  coat  of  many  5  colours  that  was  on  him  ; 

24  And  they  took  him,  and  cast  him  into  a  pit : 
and  the  pit  was  empty,  there  was  no  water  in  it. 

25  And  °they  sat  down  to  eat  bread :  and  they 
lifted  up  their  eyes  and  looked,  and,  behold,  a  com- 
pany of  p  Ish'me-el-Ites  came  from  GH'e-ad  with 
their  camels  bearing  spicery  and  ffbalm  and  myrrh, 
going  to  carry  it  down  to  E'gypt. 

26  And  Ju'dah  said  unto  his  brethren,  What  profit 
is  it  if  we  slay  our  brother,  and  r conceal  his  blood? 

27  Come,  and  let  us  sell  him  to  the  Ish'me-el-Ites 
and  slet  not  our  hand  be  upon  him  ;  for  he  is  *our 
brother  and  "our  flesh.  And  his  brethren  6were 
content. 

28  Then  there  passed  by  ^Mid'I-an-Ites  merchant- 
men ;  and  they  drew  and  lifted  up  Jo'geph  out  of 
the  pit,  wand  sold  Jo'geph  to  the  Ish'me-el-Ites  for 

45 


Sons  of  Judah. 


GENESIS,  38. 


Tamar  deceives  Judah. 


x  twenty  pieces  of  silver  :  and  they  brought  Jo'seph 
into  E'gypt. 

29  H  And  Reu'ben  returned  unto  the  pit ;  and,  be- 
hold, Jo'seph  was  not  in  the  pit ;  and  he  ^rent  his 
clothes. 

30  And  he  returned  unto  his  brethren,  and  said, 
The  child  zis  not ;  and  I,  whither  shall  I  go? 

31  And  they  took  "Joseph's  coat,  and  killed  a  kid 
of  the  goats,  and  dipped  the  coat  in  the  blood  ; 

32  And  they  sent  the  coat  of  many  colours,  and 
they  brought  it  to  their  father  ;  and  said,  This  have 
we  found  :  know  now  whether  it  be  thy  son's  coat 
or  no. 

33  And  he  knew  it,  and  said,  It  is  my  son's  coat ; 
an  6evil  beast  hath  devoured  him  ;  Jo'seph  is  with- 
out doubt  rent  in  pieces. 

34  And  Ja'cob  crent  his  clothes,  and  put  sackcloth 
upon  his  loins,  and  mourned  for  his  son  many 
days. 

35  And  all  his  sons  and  all  his  daughters  drose  up 
to  comfort  him  ;  but  he  refused  to  be  comforted  ; 
a,nd  he  said,  eFor  I  will  go  down  into  the  grave  unto 
my  son  mourning.     Thus  his  father  wept  for^him. 

36  And  ythe  Mid'I-an-Ites  sold  him  into  E'gypt 
unto  Pot'i-phar,  an  7 officer  of  Pha'raoh's,  and  Cap- 
tain of  the  guard. 

CHAPTER  38. 

1  Sons  of  Judah.    13  Tamar  deceives  Judah.    27  She  brings  forth  twins. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  that  Ju'dah 
^-^-  wentdown  from  his  brethren,  and  "turned  in  to 
a  certain  A-dul'lam-Ite,  whose  name  was  Hl'rah. 

2  And  Ju'dah  6saw  there  a  daughter  of  a  certain 
Ca'naan-Ite,  whose  name  was  cShu'ah  ;  and  he  took 
her,  and  went  in  unto  her. 

3  And  shej;onceived,  and  bare  a  son  ;  and  he  called 
his  name  dEr. 

4  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a  son  ;  and 
she  called  his  name  e  O'nan. 

5  And  she  yet  again  conceived,  and  bare  a  son  ; 
and  called  his  name  •''She'lah  :  and  he  was  at  Che'- 
zib,  when  she  bare  him. 

6  And  Ju'dah  Hook  a  wife  for  Er  his  firstborn, 
whose  name  was  Ta'mar. 

7  And  ^Er,  Jti'dah's  firstborn,  was  wicked  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  ;  *and  the  Lord  slew  him. 

8  And  Ju'dah  said  unto  O'nan,  Go  in  unto  •'thy 
brother's  wife,  and  marry  her,  and  raise  up  seed  to 
thy  brother. 

9  And  O'nan  knew  that  the  seed  should  not  be 
fehis ;  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  went  in  unto 
his  brother's  wife,  that  he  spilled  it  on  the  ground, 
lest  that  he  should  give  seed  to  his  brother. 

10  And  the  thing  which  he  did  1  displeased  the 
Lord  :  wherefore  he  slew  'him  also. 

11  Then  said  Ju'dah  to  Ta'mar  his  daughter  in 
law,  m  Remain  a  widow  at  thy  father's  house,  till 
She'lah  my  son  be  grown  :  for  he  said,  Lest  perad- 
venture  he  die  also,  as  his  brethren  did.  And  Ta'- 
mar went  mand  dwelt  in  her  father's  house. 

12  TT  And  2in  process  of  time  the  daughter  of 
Shu'ah  Ju'dah's  wife  died ;  and  Ju'dah  was  °com- 

46 


B.  C.  1729. 


.c  Matt.  27.  9. 
y  Job  1.  20. 


z  ch.  42.  13,  36. 

Jer.  31.  15. 
a  verBe  23. 


b  verse  20. 
ch.  44.  28. 


c  verse  29. 


d  2  Sam.  12.  17 


e  ch.  42.  38. 


/ch.  39.  1. 

7  eunuch  :  But 
the  word  doth 
signify  not 
only  eunuchs, 
but  also  cham- 
berlains, 
courtiers,  and 
officers. 

S  chief  of  the 
slaughtermen, 
or,  execution- 
ers. 

Or,  chief  mar- 
shal. 


a  2  Ki.  4.  8. 
b  ch.  34.  2. 

c  1  Clir.  2.  3. 


d  Num   2C.  19. 


e  ch.  40.  12. 


/  Num.  20.  20. 

a  ch.  24.  4. 
h  ch.  46. 12. 
i  1  Chr.  2.  3. 
j  Matt.  22.  24. 
k  Dent.  25.  6. 
1  was  evil  in  the 

eyes  of  the 

Lord.    . 

1  Num.  26.  19. 
m  Ruth  1.  13. 
n  Lev.  22. 13. 

2  the  days  were 
multiplied. 

o  2  Sam.  13.  39. 
p  Josh.  15.  10, 

57. 

Judg.  14.  1. 
q  Prov.  7.  12. 

3  the  door  of 
eyes,  or,  of 
Enajim. 

r  verses  11,  26. 
.f  Ezek.  16.  33. 

4  a  kid  of  the 
goats. 

t  verse  20. 
u  verse  25. 
v  verse  14. 

5  Or,  in 
Enajim. 

6  become  a 
contempt. 

u'Judg.  19.2. 
.rLev.  21.  9. 

Deut.  22.  21. 
V  ch.  37.  32. 
z  ch.  37.  33. 
a  1  Sam.  24.  17. 
b  verse  14. 
<■  Job  34.  31. 


forted,  and  went  up  unto  his  sheepshearers  to  Tim'- 
nath,  he  and  his  friend  Hl'rah  the  A-dul'lam-Ite. 

13  And  it  was  told  Ta'mar,  saying,  Behold  thy  fa- 
ther in  law  goeth  up  pto  Tim'nath  to  shear  his 
sheep. 

14  And  she  put  her  widow's  garments  off  from 
her,  and  covered  her  with  a  veil,  and  wrapped  her- 
self, and  9sat  in  3an  open  place,  which  is  by  the 
way  to  Tim'nath  ;  for  she  saw  rthat  She'lah  was 
grown,  and  she  was  not  given  unto  him  to  wife. 

15  When  Ju'dah  saw  her,  he  thought  her  to  be  an 
harlot ;  because  she  had  covered  her  face. 

16  And  he  turned  unto  her  by  the  way,  and  said, 
Go  to,  I  pray  thee,  let  me  come  in  unto  thee  ;  (for 
he  knew  not  that  she  was  his  daughter  in  law.) 
And  she  said,  What  wilt  thou  give  me,  that  thou 
mayest  come  in  unto  me  ? 

17  And  he  said,  SI  will  send  thee  4a  kid  from  the 
flock.  And  she  said,  Wilt  'thou  give  me  a  pledge, 
till  thou  send  it  ? 

18  And  he  said,  What  pledge  shall  I  give  thee  ? 
And  she  said,  Thy  w  signet,  and  thy  bracelets,  and 
thy  staff  that  is  in  thine  hand.  And  he  gave  it 
her,  and  came  in  unto  her,  and  she  conceived  by  him. 

19  And  she  arose,  and  went  away,  and  ''laid  by 
her  veil  from  her,  and  put  on  the  garments  of  her 
widowhood. 

20  And  Ju'dah  sent  the  kid  by  the  hand  of  his 
friend  the  A-dul'lam-Ite,  to  receive  his  pledge  from 
the  woman's  hand  :  but  he  found  her  not. 

21  Then  he  asked  the  men  of  that  place,  saying, 
Where  is  the  harlot,  that  was  5  openly  by  the  way 
side  ?  And  they  said,  There  was  no  harlot  in  this 
place. 

22  And  he  returned  to  Ju'dah,  and  said,  I  cannot 
find  her ;  and  also  the  men  of  the  place  said,  that 
there  was  no  harlot  in  this  place. 

23  And  Ju'dah  said,  Let  her  take  it  to  her,  lest  we 
6  be  shamed  :  behold,  I  sent  this  kid,  and  thou  hast 
not  found  her. 

24  1f  And  it  came  to  pass  about  three  months 
after,  that  it  was  told  Ju'dah,  saying,  Ta'mar  thy 
daughter  in  law  hath  w  played  the  harlot ;  and  also, 
behold,  she  is  with  child  by  whoredom.  And  Ju'dah 
said,  Bring  her  forth,  a'and  let  her  be  burnt. 

25  When  she  was  brought  forth,  she  sent  to  her 
father  in  law,  saying,  By  the  man,  whose  these  are, 
am  I  with  child:  and  she  said,  '-'Discern,  I  pray 
thee,  whose  are  these,  the  signet,  and  bracelets, 
and  staff. 

26  And  Ju'dah  z acknowledged  them,  and  said, 
aShe  hath  been  more  righteous  than  I ;  because 
that  6I  gave  her  not  to  She'lah  my  son.  And  he 
knew  her  again  cno  more. 

27  IF  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  time  of  her  tra- 
vail, that,  behold,  twins  vjere  in  her  womb. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  travailed,  that 
the  one  put  out  his  hand  :  and  the  midwife  took 
and  bound  upon  his  hand  a  scarlet  thread,  saying, 
This  came  out  first. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  drew  back  his  hand, 
that,  behold,  his  brother  came  out :  and  she  said, 


Joseph's  advancement. 


GENESIS,  39,  40. 


The  butler's  dream. 


7  How  hast  thou  broken  forth  ?  this  breach  be  upon 
thee  :  therefore  his  name  was  called  8Pha'rez. 

30  And  afterward  came  out  his  brother,  that  had 
the  scarlet  thread  upon  his  hand  :  and  his  name 
was  called  9Za'rah. 

CHAPTER  39. 

1  Joseph's  advancement.    7  He  resists  temptation.    20  Is  cast  into  prison. 

AND  Jo'geph  was  brought  down  to  E'gypt ;  and 
-  aPot'i-phar,  an  officer  of  Pha'raoh,  captain  of 
the  guard,  an  E-gyp'tian,  'bought  him  of  the  hands 
of  the  Ish'me-el-Ites,  which  had  brought  him  down 
thither. 

2  And  cthe  Lord  was  with  Jo'seph,  and  he  was  a 
prosperous  man ;  and  he  was  in  the  house  of  his 
master  the  E-gyp'tian. 

3  And  his  master  saw  that  the  Lord  was  with 
him,  and  that  the  Lord  dmade  all  that  he  did  to 
prosper  in  his  hand. 

4  And  Jo'geph  c  found  grace  in  his  sight,  and  he 
served  him :  and  he  made  him  -^overseer  over  his 
house,  and  all  that  he  had  he  put  into  his  hand. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  from  the  time  that  he  had 
made  him  overseer  in  his  house,  and  over  all  that 
he  had,  that  "the  Lord  blessed  the  E-gyp'tian's 
house  for  Joseph's  sake  ;  and  the  blessing  of  the 
Lord  was  upon  all  that  he  had  in  the  house,  and  in 
the  field. 

6  And  he  left  all  that  he  had  in  Jo'geph's  hand  ;  and 
he  knew  not  ought  he  had,  save  the  bread  which  he 
did  eat.  And  Jo'geph  was  ha  goodly  person,  and 
well  favoured. 

7  If  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that 
his  master's  wife  cast  her  eyes  upon  Jo'geph  ;  and 
she  said,  'Lie  with  me. 

8  But  he  refused,  and  said  unto  his  master's  wife, 
Behold,  my  master  wotteth  not  what  is  with  me  in 
the  house,  and  he  hath  committed  all  that  he  hath 
to  my  hand ; 

9  There  is  none  greater  in  this  house  than  I ; 
neither  hath  he  kept  back  any  thing  from  me  but 
thee,  because  thou  art  his  wife  :  J'how  then  can  I 
do  this  great  wickedness,  and  fcsin  against  God? 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  spake  to  Jo'geph 
day  by  day,  that  he  hearkened  not  unto  her,  to  lie 
by  her,  or  to  be  with  her. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  about  this  time,  that  Jo'- 
seph went  into  the  house  to  do  his  business ;  and 
there  ivas  none  of  the  men  of  the  house  there  within. 

12  And  'she  caught  him  by  his  garment,  saying, 
Lie  with  me  :  and  he  left  his  garment  in  her  hand, 
and  fled,  and  got  him  out. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  saw  that  he  had 
left  his  garment  in  her  hand,  and  was  fled  forth, 

14  That  she  called  unto  the  men  of  her  house,  and 
spake  unto  them,  saying,  See,  he  hath  brought  in 
an  He'brew  unto  us  to  mock  us  ;  he  came  in  unto 
me  to  lie  with  me,  and  I  cried  with  a  Moud  voice  : 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  heard  that  I 
lifted  up  my  voice  and  cried,  that  he  left  his  gar- 
ment with  me,  and  fled,  and  got  him  out. 

16  And  she  laid  up  his  garment  by  her,  until  his 
lord  came  home. 


B.  C. 1729. 


7  Or,  where- 
fore hast 
thou  made 
this  breach 
against  thee  ? 

8  That  is,  A 
breach, 
cli.  4G.  12. 
Num.  20.  20. 
1  Chr.  2.  4. 
Matt.  1.  3. 

9  That  is, 
East,  or, 
Brightness. 


a  ell.  37.  30. 

Ps.  105.  17. 
b  ch.  37.  28. 

c  ch.  21.  22. 

ch.  20.  24,  28. 

ch.  28.  15. 

1  Sam.  10.  18. 

1  Sam.  18. 

14,  28. 

Job  17.  9. 

Ps.  5.  12. 

Prov.  3.  7-10, 

33. 

Prov.  30.  5. 

Acts  7.  9. 
d  Ps.  1.  3. 

Prov.  10.  6,  22. 

Prov.  28.  20. 
e  ch.  18.  3. 

ch.  19.  19. 
/  ch.  24.  2. 


g  ch.  30.  27. 


h  1  Sam.  16.  12. 


i  2  Sam.  13.  11. 


j  Prov.  0.  29,  32. 
k  ch.  20.  6. 

Lev.  6.  2. 

2  Sam.  12.  13. 

Ps.  51.  4. 
I  Prov.  7. 13,  etc. 

1  great. 

m  Ex.23.  1. 

Ps.  120.  3. 

Prov.  6.  25. 

Prov.  23.  27. 

Prov.  20.  28. 

Prov.  30.  23. 
n  Prov.  0.  34. 
0  Ps.  105.  18. 

1  Pet.  2.  19. 
p  eh.  40.  3. 

ch.  41.  14. 

2  extended 
kindness 
unto  him. 

q  Ex.  3.  21. 

Ex.  11.  3. 

Ex.  12.  30. 

Ps.  106.  46. 

Prov.  10.  7. 

Dan.  1.  9. 

Acts  7.  9. 
r  ch.  40.  3,  4. 
s  verses  2,  3. 

Prov.  11.  11. 


rc  Neb..  1.  11. 
b  Prov.  16.  14. 
c  ch.  39.  20. 
1  are  your 

faces  evil  ? 

Neh.  2.  2. 
d  ch.  41.  15. 
ech.  41.  10. 

Dan.  2.  11. 


17  And  she  '"spake  unto  him  according  to  these 
words,  saying,  The  He'brew  servant,  which  thou  hast 
brought  unto  us,  came  in  unto  me  to  mock  me : 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  I  lifted  up  my  voice  and 
cried,  that  he  left  his  garment  with  me,  and  fled  out. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  his  master  heard  the 
words  of  his  wife,  which  she  spake  unto  him,  say- 
ing, After  this  manner  did  thy  servant  to  me ;  that 
his  n  wrath  was  kindled. 

20  And  Joseph's  master  took  him,  and  "put  him 
into  the  v  prison,  a  place  where  the  king's  prisoners 
were  bound :  and  he  was  there  in  the  prison. 

21  If  But  the  Lord  was  with  Jo'geph,  and  2  shewed 
him  mercy,  and  9gave  him  favour  in  the  sight  of 
the  keeper  of  the  prison. 

22  And  the  keeper  of  the  prison  '"committed  to 
Jo'geph's  hand  all  the  prisoners  that  were  in  the 
prison ;  and  whatsoever  they  did  there,  he  was  the 
doer  of  it. 

23  The  keeper  of  the  prison  looked  not  to  any  thing 
that  was  under  his  hand;  because  sthe  Lord  was 
with  him,  and  that  which  he  did,  the  Lord  made  it 
to  prosper. 

CHAPTER  40. 

1  Pharaoh's  butler  and  baker  imprisoned.    5  Joseph   interprets  dreams.    20  His  word 

comes  to  pass. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that  the 
-  "butler  of  the  king  of  E'gypt  and  his  baker  had 
offended  their  lord  the  king  of  E'gypt. 

2  And  Pha'raoh  was  6  wroth  against  two  of  his  of- 
ficers, against  the  chief  of  the  butlers,  and  against 
the  chief  of  the  bakers. 

3  And  c  he  put  them  in  ward  in  the  house  of  the 
captain  of  the  guard,  into  the  prison,  the  place  where 
Jo'geph  was  bound. 

4  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  charged  Jo'geph 
with  them,  and  he  served  them :  and  they  continued 
a  season  in  ward. 

5  1  And  they  dreamed  a  dream  both  of  them,  each 
man  his  dream  in  one  night,  each  man  according  to 
the  interpretation  of  his  dream,  the  butler  and  the 
baker  of  the  king  of  E'gypt,  which  were  bound  in 
the  prison. 

6  And  Jo'geph  came  in  unto  them  in  the  morning, 
and  looked  upon  them,  and,  behold,  they  were  sad. 

7  And  he  asked  Pha'raoh's  officers  that  were  with 
him  in  the  ward  of  his  lord's  house,  saying,  Where- 
fore 1  look  ye  so  sadly  to  day  ? 

8  And  they  said  unto  him,  dWe  have  dreamed  a 
dream,  and  there  is  no  interpreter  of  it.  And  Jo'- 
geph said  unto  them, e  Do  not  interpretations  belong 
to  God  ?  tell  me  them,  I  pray  you. 

9  And  the  chief  butler  told  his  dream  to  Jo'geph, 
and  said  to  him,  In  my  dream,  behold,  a  vine  was 
before  me ; 

10  And  in  the  vine  were  three  branches  :  and  it 
ivas  as  though  it  budded,  and  her  blossoms  shot 
forth ;  and  the  clusters  thereof  brought  forth  ripe 
grapes : 

11  And  Pha'raoh's  cup  ivas  in  my  hand :  and  I  took 
the  grapes,  and  pressed  them  into  Pha'raoh's  cup, 
and  I  gave  the  cup  into  Pha'raoh's  hand. 

47 


Joseph  interprets  dreams. 


GENESIS,  41. 


Pharaoh's  dreams. 


12  And  J5'geph  said  unto  him,  ■'This  is  the  inter- 
pretation of  it :  The  three  branches  are  three  days : 

13  Yet  within  three  days  shall  Pha'raoh  2  9  lift  up 
thine  head,  and  restore  thee  unto  thy  place :  and 
thou  shalt  deliver  Pha'raoh's  cup  into  his  hand, 
after  the  former  manner  when  thou  wast  his  butler. 

14  But 3  h  think  on  me  when  it  shall  be  well  with 
thee,  and  i  shew  kindness,  I  pray  thee,  unto  me,  and 
make  mention  of  me  unto  Pha'raoh,  and  bring  me 
out  of  this  house : 

15  For  indeed  I  was  stolen  away  out  of  the  land 
of  the  He'brewg :  and  •'here  also  have  I  done  nothing 
that  they  should  put  me  into  the  dungeon. 

16  When  the  chief  baker  saw  that  the  interpreta- 
tion was  good,  he  said  unto  Jo'geph,  I  also  was  in 
my  dream,  and,  behold,  I  had  three  4  white  baskets 
on  my  head : 

17  And  in  the  uppermost  basket  there  was  of  all 
manner  of  5bakemeats  for  Pha'raoh;  and  the  birds 
did  eat  them  out  of  the  basket  upon  my  head. 

18  And  Jo'seph  answered  and  said,  This  is  the  in- 
terpretation thereof:  The  three  baskets  are  three 
days: 

19  Yet  within  three  days  shall  Pha'raoh  G  lift  up 
thy  head  from  off  thee,  and  shall  hang  thee  on  a 
tree ;  and  the  birds  shall  eat  thy  flesh  from  off  thee. 

20  If  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  day,  which  was 
fc  Pha'raoh's  birthday,  that  he  'made  a  feast  unto  all 
his  servants :  and  he  7 "'  lifted  up  the  head  of  the 
chief  butler  and  of  the  chief  baker  among  his  ser- 
vants. 

21  And  he  "restored  the  chief  butler  unto  his  but- 
lership  again ;  and  he  "gave  the  cup  into  Pha'raoh's 
hand: 

22  But  he  p hanged  the  chief  baker:  as  Jo'seph 
had  interpreted  to  them. 

23  Yet  did  not  the  chief  butler  remember  Jo'geph, 
but  'forgat  him. 

CHAPTER  41. 

1  Pharaoh's  dreams.    25  Joseph  interprets  them.    37  Is  made  ruler.    54  The  famine. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  two  full  years, 
-  that  Pha'raoh  dreamed  :  and,  behold,  he  stood 
by  the  river. 

2  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out  of  the  river  seven 
well  favoured  kine  and  fatfleshed  ;  and  they  fed  in 
a  meadow. 

3  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine  came  up  after 
them  out  of  the  river,  ill  favoured  and  leanfleshed ; 
and  stood  by  the  other  kine  upon  the  brink  of  the 
river. 

4  And  the  ill  favoured  and  leanfleshed  kine  did 
eat  up  the  seven  well  favoured  and  fat  kine.  So 
Pha'raoh  awoke. 

5  And  he  slept  and  dreamed  the  second  time :  and, 
behold,  seven  ears  of  corn  came  up  upon  one  stalk, 
*rank  and  good. 

6  And,  behold,  seven  thin  ears  and  blasted  with 
the  east  wind  sprung  up  after  them. 

7  And  the  seven  thin  ears  devoured  the  seven 
rank  and  full  ears.  And  Pha'raoh  awoke,  and,  be- 
hold, it  was  a  dream. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning  a  that  his 

48 


B.  C.  1720. 


/Judg.7.  14. 

Dan.  2.  36. 

Dan.  4.  19. 
2  Or,  reckon. 
g  Ps.  3.  3. 

Jer.  52.  31. 


3  remember  me 
with  thee. 

h  Luke  23.  42. 

i  Josh.  2.  12. 
1  Sam.  20.  14. 
1  Ki.  2.  7. 


j  ch.  39.  20. 


4  Or,  full  of 
holes. 


5  meat  of 
Pharaoh, 
the  work  of 
a  baker,  or, 
cook. 


6  Or,  reckon 
thee,  and 
take  thy 
office  from 
thee. 


h  Matt.  14.  G. 
/Mark  6.  21. 
7  Or,  reckoned. 
hi  Matt.  25.  19. 


n  verse  13. 
o  Neh.  2.  1. 
p  Ksth.  7.  10. 
q  Job  19.  14. 

Ps.  31.  12. 

Prov.  3.  27. 

Eccl.  9.  15. 

Amos  6.  G. 

Heb.  13.  16. 


1  fat. 

a  Dan.  4.  5. 
&Ex.  7.  11. 

Isa.  29.  14. 

Dan.  1.  20. 

Dan.  2.  2. 
c  Matt.  2.  1. 
d  ch.  40.  2,  3. 
e  eh.  39.  20. 
/  ch.  40.  5. 
g  2  Ki.  5.  4. 
A  ch.  37.  36. 
i  ch.  40.  12. 
j  ch.  40.  22. 
k  Ps.  105.  20. 
/  Dan.  2.  25. 

2  made  him  run. 
m  1  Sam.  2.  8. 

Ps.  113.  7,  8. 
n  Ps.  25.  14. 
Dan.  5.  16. 

3  Or,  when 
thou  hearest  a 
dream  thou 
canst  inter- 
pret it. 

o  Ps.  25.  14. 

Prov.  3.  32. 

Dan.  2.  30. 

Amos  3.  7. 

John  15.  15. 

Acts  3.  12. 

2  Cor.  3.  5. 
p  ch.  40.  8. 

Deut.  29.  29. 

Dan.  2.  22,  28. 

47. 

Dan.  4.  2. 

4  come  to  the 
inward  parts 
of  them , 

5  Or,  small. 
5  Ps.  60.  11. 

Ps.  118.  8. 

Ps.  146.  3. 

Isa.  8.  19. 

Dan.  4.  7. 
r  Dan.  2.  28, 

29,  45. 

Kev.  4.  1. 
s  2  Ki.  8.  1. 


spirit  was  troubled  ;_and  he  sent  and  called  for  all 
b  the  magicians  of  E'gypt,  and  all  the  cwise  men 
thereof  :  and  Pha'raoh  told  them  his  dream ;  but 
there  was  none  that  could  interpret  them  unto 
Pha'raoh. 

9  H  Then  spake  the  chief  butler  unto  Pha'raoh, 
saying,  I  do  remember  my  faults  this  day  : 

10  Pha'raoh  was  d  wroth  with  his  servants,  eand 
put  me  in  ward  in  the  captain  of  the  guard's  house, 
both  me  and  the  chief  baker  : 

11  And  /we  dreamed  a  dream  in  one  night,  I  and 
he  ;  we  dreamed  each  man  according  to  the  inter- 
pretation of  his  dream. 

12  And  °  there  was  there  with  us  a  young  man,  an 
He'brew,  h servant  to  the  captain  of  the  guard;  and 
we  told  him,  and  he  ^interpreted  to  us  our  dreams  ; 
to  each  man  according  to  his  dream  he  did  interpret. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  J'as  he  interpreted  to  us, 
so  it  was  ;  me  he  restored  unto  mine  office,  and  him 
he  hanged. 

14  H  Then  k Pha'raoh  sent  and  called  Jo'geph,  and 
they  l2 brought  him  hastily  mout  of  the  dungeon  : 
and  he  shaved  himself,  and  changed  his  raiment, 
and  came  in  unto  Pha'raoh. 

15  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  Jo'geph,  I  have  dreamed 
a  dream,  and  there  is  none  that  can  interpret  it : 
"and  I  have  heard  say  of  thee,  that  3thou  canst  un- 
derstand a  dream  to  interpret  it. 

16  And  Jo'geph  answered  Pha'raoh,  saying,  °It  is 
not  in  me  :  pGod  shall  give  Pha'raoh  an  answer  of 
peace. 

17  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  Jo'geph,  In  my  dream, 
behold,  I  stood  upon  the  bank  of  the  river  : 

18  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out  of  the  river 
seven  kine,  fatfleshed  and  well  favoured  ;  and  they 
fed  in  a  meadow  : 

19  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine  came  up  after 
them,  poor  and  very  ill  favoured  and  leanfleshed, 
such  as  I  never  saw  in  all  the  land  of  E'gypt  for 
badness : 

20  And  the  lean  and  the  ill  favoured  kine  did  eat 
up  the  first  seven  fat  kine  : 

21  And  when  they  had  4  eaten  them  up,  it  could 
not  be  known  that  they  had  eaten  them  ;  but  they 
were  still  ill  favoured,  as  at  the  beginning.  So  I 
awoke. 

22  And  I  saw  in  my  dream,  and,  behold,  seven 
ears  came  up  in  one  stalk,  full  and  good  : 

23  And,  behold,  seven  ears,  5  withered,  thin,  and 
blasted  with  the  east  wind,  sprung  up  after  them  : 

24  And  the  thin  ears  devoured  the  seven  good 
ears  :  and  Ql  told  this  unto  the  magicians  ;  but  there 
was  none  that  could  declare  it  to  me. 

25  H  And  Jo'geph  said  unto  Pha'raoh,  The  dream 
of  Pha'raoh  is  one  :  rGod  hath  shewed  Pha'raoh 
what  he  is  about  to  do. 

26  The  seven  good  kine  are  seven  years  ;  and  the 
seven  good  ears  are  seven  years  :  the  dream  is  one. 

27  And  the  seven  thin  and  ill  favoured  kine  that 
came  up  after  them  are  seven  years  ;  and  the  seven 
empty  ears  blasted  with  the  east  wind  shall  be 
s  seven  years  of  famine. 


Joseph  made  ruler. 


GENESIS,  42. 


The  famine  begins. 


28  This  is  the  thing  which  I  have  spoken  unto 
Pha'raoh  :  What  God  is  about  to  do  he  sheweth  unto 
Pha'raoh. 

29  Behold,  there  come  seven  years  of  great  plenty 
throughout  all  the  land  of  E'gypt : 

30  And  there  shall  arise  after  them  seven  years 
of  famine  ;  and  all  the  plenty  shall  be  forgotten  in 
the  land  of  E'gypt ;  and  the  famine  shall  *  consume 
the  land  ; 

31  And  the  plenty  shall  not  be  known  in  the  land 
by  reason  of  that  famine  following  ;  for  it  shall  be 
very  6  grievous. 

32  And  for  that  the  dream  was  doubled  unto 
Pha'raoh  twice  ;  it  is  because  the  thing  is  Estab- 
lished by  God,  and  God  will  shortly  bring  it  to  pass. 

33  Now  therefore  let  Pha'raoh  look  out  a  man  dis- 
creet and  wise,  and  set  him  over  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

34  Let  Pha'raoh  do  this,  and  let  him  appoint  Offi- 
cers over  the  land,  and  take  up  the  fifth  part  of 
the  land  of  E'gypt  in  the  seven  plenteous  years. 

35  And  let  them  gather  all  the  food  of  those  good 
years  that  come,  and  lay  up  corn  under  the  hand  of 
Pha'raoh,  and  let  them  keep  food  in  the  cities. 

36  And  that  food  shall  be  for  store  to  the  land 
against  the  seven  years  of  famine,  which  shall  be 
in  the  land  of  E'gypt ;  that  the  land  9 perish  not 
through  the  famine. 

37  H  And  the  thing  was  good  in  the  eyes  of  Pha'- 
raoh, and  in  the  eyes  of  all  his  servants. 

38  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  his  servants,  Can  we 
find  such  a  one  as  this  is,  a  man  Min  whom  the 
Spirit  of  God  is  ? 

39  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  Jo'geph,  Forasmuch  as 
God  hath  shewed  thee  all  this,  there  is  none  so  dis- 
creet and  wise  as  thou  art : 

40  Thou  shalt  be  over  my  house,  and  according 
unto  thy  word  shall  all  my  people  10be  ruled  :  only 
in  the  throne  will  I  be  greater  than  thou. 

41  And  Pha'raoh  said  untoJo'geph,  See,  I  vhave 
set  thee  over  all  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

42  And  Pha'raoh  wtook  off  his  ring  from  his  hand, 
and  put  it  upon  Joseph's  hand,  and  arrayed  him  in 
vestures  of  "fine  linen,  and  •'-'put  a  gold  chain  about 
his  neck  ; 

43  And  he  made  him  to  ride  in  the  second  chariot 
which  he  had  ;  and  they  cried  before  him,  12Bow 
theknee  :  and  he  made  him  ruler  over  all  the  land 
of  E'gypt. 

44  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  Jo'geph,  I  am  Pha'raoh, 
and  without  thee  shallno  man  lift  up  his  hand  or 
foot  in  all  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

45  And  Pha'raoh  called  Joseph's  name  13Zaph'- 
nath-pa-a-ne'ah  ;  and  he  gave  him  to  wife  As'e-nath 
the  daughter  of  P6-ti'-phe-rah  upriest_of  On.  And 
Jo'geph  went  out  over  all  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

46  1"  And  Jo'geph  was  thirty  years  old  when  he 
y stood  before  Pha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt.  And  Jo'- 
geph went  out  from  the  presence  of  Pha'raoh,  and 
went  throughout  all  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

47  And  in  the  seven  plenteous  years  the  earth 
brought  forth  by  handfuls. 

48  And  he  gathered  up  all  the  food  of  the  seven 

3 


B.  C.  1715. 


t  ch.  +7.  13. 
1  Ki.  17.  1. 
Ps.  105.  10. 


G  heavy. 


Or.  prepared 
of  God. 


8  Or,  overseers. 


9  be  not  cut  off. 
u  Num.  '27.  18. 

Job  32.  8. 
Prov.  2.  6. 
Dan.  4.  8. 
Dan.  5.  11. 

10  be  armed, 
or,  kiss. 

«Ps.  105.  21. 

Prov.  14.  35. 

Eccl.  4. 

13,  14. 

Dan.  6.  3. 

Acts  7.  10. 
w  Esth.  3.  10. 

Esth.  8.  2. 

11  Or,  silk. 

x  Dan.  5.  20. 

12  Abrech,  or, 
Tender  father. 

13  Which  in  the 
Coptic  sig- 
nifies, A  re- 
vealer  of  se- 
crets, or, 
The  man  to 
whom  secrets 
are  revealed. 

14  Or,  prince. 
Ex.  2.  10. 

2  Sam.  20.  2G. 
y\  Sam.  10.  21. 

1  Ki.  12.  G,  8. 

Dan.  1.  10. 
2  ch.  22.  17. 

Judg.  7.  12. 

1  Sam.  IS.  5. 
Ps.  78.  27. 

a  ch.  4G.  20. 
oil.  48.  5. 

15  Or,  prince. 
Hi  That  is, 

Forgett  ing. 

17  That  is, 
Fruitful. 

b  Ps.  105.  16. 
Acts  7.  11. 

18  all  wherein 
was. 

c  ch.  42.  G. 

ch.  47.  14,  24. 

Prov.  11.  26. 
d  Deut.  0.  28. 
ech.  12.  10. 

ch.  2G.  1. 

ch.  43.  1 . 

2  Ki.  8.  1. 


a  Acts  7.  12. 
b  ch.  43.  8. 

Ps.  33.  18,  10. 

Ps.  118.  17. 

Isa.  38.  1. 
c  verse  38. 
d  ch.  12.  10. 

ch.  2G.  1. 

Acts  7.  11. 
e  ch.  41.  41. 
/'ch.  27.  20. 

ch.  33:  G. 

ch.  37.  7. 

Ruth  2.  10. 

1  Ki.  1.  16. 

Isa.  CO.  14. 
1  hard  things 

with  them. 


years,  which  were  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  laid 
up  the  food  in  the  cities  :  the  food  of  the  field, 
which  was  round  about  every  city,  laid  he  up  in 
the  same. 

49  And  Jo'geph  gathered  corn  *as  the  sand  of  the 
sea,  very  much,  until  he  left  numbering  ;  for  it  was 
without  number. 

50  And  "unto  Jo'geph  were  born  two  sons  before 
the  years  of  famine  came,  which  As'e-nath  the 
daughter  of  P6-ti'-phe-rah  15 priest  of  On  bare  unto 
him. 

51  And  Jo'geph  called  the  name  of  the  firstborn 
^Ma-nas'seh  :  For  God,  said  he,  hath  made  me  for- 
get all  my  toil,  and  all  my  father's  house. 

52  And  the  name  of  the  second  called  he  "E'phra- 
Im  :  For  God  hath  caused  me  to  be  fruitful  in  the 
land  of  my  affliction. 

53  H  And  the  seven  years  of  plenteousness,  that 
was  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  were  ended. 

54  And  Hhe  seven  years  of  dearth  began  to  come, 
according  as  Jo'geph  had  said  :  and  the  dearth  was 
in  all  lands  ;  but  in  all  the  land  of  E'gypt  there 
was  bread. 

55  And  when  all  the  land  of  E'gypt  was  famished, 
the  people  cried  to  Pha'raoh  for  bread  :  and  Pha'- 
raoh said  unto  all  the  E-gyp'tiang,"  Go  unto  Jo'geph ; 
what  he  saith  to  you,  do. 

56  And  the  famine  was  over  all  the  face  of  the 
earth  :  And  Jo'geph  opened  I8all  the  storehouses, 
and  sold  cunto  the  E-gyp|tian§  ;  and  the  famine 
waxed  sore  in  the  land  of  E'gypt. _ 

57  And  dall  countries  came  into  E'gypt  to  Jo'geph 
for  to  buy  corn;  because  that  the  famine  was  eso 
sore  in  all  lands. 

CHAPTER  42. 

1  Jacob's  sons  sent  lo  Egypt  for  corn.    16  Imprisoned  as  spies.     18  Joseph's  treatment  of 
them.     24  Simeon  kept  for  a  pledge.. 

NOW  when  "Ja'cob  saw  that  there  was  corn  in 
E'gypt,  Ja'cob  said  unto  his  sons,  Why  do  ye 
look  one  upon  another  ? 

2  And  he  said,  Behold,  I  have  heard  that  there  is 
corn  in  E'gypt :  get  you  down  thither,  and  buy  for 
us  from  thence  ;  that  we  may  b  live,  and  not  die. 

3  H  And  Jo'geph's  ten  brethren  went  down  to  buy 
corn  in  E'gypt. 

4  But  Ben'ja-min,  Jo'geph's  brother,  Ja'cob  sent 
not  with  his  brethren  ;  for  he  said,  cLest  peradven- 
ture  mischief  befall  him. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Ig'ra-el  came  to  buy  corn  among 
those  that  came  :  for  the  famine  was  d  in  the  land 
of  Ca'naan. 

6  And  Jo'geph  was  the  governor  eover  the  land, 
and  he  it  ivas  that  sold  to  all  the  people  of  the  land : 
and  Jo'geph's  brethren  came,  and -'bowed  down  them- 
selves before  him  with  their  faces  to  the  earth. 

7  And  Jo'geph  saw  his  brethren,  and  he  knew  them, 
but  made  himself  strange  unto  them,  and  spake 
1  roughly  unto  them ;  and  he  said  unto  them,  Whence 
come  ye  ?  And  they  said,  From  the  land  of  Ca'naan 
to  buy  food. 

8  And  Jo'geph  knew  his  brethren,  but  they  knew 
not  him. 

49 


Joseph's  brethren  imprisoned. 


GENESIS,  43. 


Their  report  to  Jacob. 


9  And  Jo'seph  g  remembered  the  dreams  which  he 
dreamed  of  them,  and  said  unto  them,  Ye  are  spies ; 
to  see  the  nakedness  of  the  land  ye  are  come. 

10  And  they  said  unto  him,  Nay,  my  lord,  but  to 
buy  food  are  thy  servants  come. 

11  We  are  all  one  man's  sons  ;  we  are  true  men, 
thy  servants  are  no  spies. 

12  And  he  said  unto  them,  Nay,  but  to  see  the 
nakedness  of  the  land  ye  are  come. 

13  And  they  said,  Thy  servants  are  twelve  breth- 
ren, the  sons  of  one  man  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan  ; 
and,  behold,  the  youngest  is  this  day  with  our  father, 
and  one  his  not. 

14  And  Jo'seph  said  unto  them,  That  is  it  that  I 
spake  unto  you,  saying,  Ye  are  spies  : 

15  Hereby  ye  shall  be  proved:  *By  the  life  of 
Pha'raoh  ye  shall  not  go  forth  hence,  except  your 
youngest  brother  come  hither. 

16  Send  one  of  you,  and  let  him  fetch  your  brother, 
and  ye  shall  be  2kept  in  prison,  that  your  words 
may  be  proved,  whether  there  be  any  truth  in  you  : 
or  else  by  the  life  of  Pha'raoh  surely  ye  are  spies. 

17  And  he  3put  them  all  together  into  ward  three 
days. 

18  And  Jo'seph  said  unto  them  the  third  day, 
This  do,  and  live  ;  for  jl  fear  God  : 

19  If  ye  be  true  men,  let  one  of  your  brethren  be 
bound  in  the  house  of  your  prison  :  go  ye,  carry 
corn  for  the  famine  of  your  houses  : 

20  But k  bring  your  youngest  brother  unto  me  ;  so 
shall  your  words  be  verified,  and  ye  shall  not  die. 
And  they  did  so. 

21  II  And  they  said  one  to  another,  lWe  are  verily 
guilty  concerning  our  brother,  in  that  we  saw  the 
anguish  of  his  soul,  when  he  besought  us,  and  we 
would  not  hear;  m therefore  is  this  distress  come 
upon  us. 

22  And  Reu'ben  answered  them,  saying,  "Spake  I 
not  unto  you,  saying,  Do  not  sin  against  the  child  ; 
and  ye  would  not  hear  ?  therefore,  behold,  also  his 
blood  is  "required. 

23  And  they  knew  not  that  Jo'seph  understood 
them;  for  4he  spake  unto  them  by  an  interpreter. 

24  And  he  turned  himself  about  from  them,  and 
wept ;  and  returned  to  them  again,  and  communed 
with  them,  and  took  from  them  Sim'e-on,  and  bound 
him  before  their  eyes. 

25  Tf  Then  Jo'seph  commanded  to  fill  their  sacks 
with  corn,  and  to  restore  every  man's  money  into 
his  sack,  and  to  give  them  provision  for  the  way  : 
and  pthus  did  he  unto  them. 

26  And  they  laded  their  asses  with  the  corn,  and 
departed  thence. 

27  And  as  9one  of  them  opened  his  sack  to  give 
his  ass  provender  in  the  inn,  he  espied  his  money  ; 
for,  behold,  it  was  in  his  sack's  mouth. 

28  And  he  said  unto  his  brethren,  My  money  is 
restored  ;  and,  lo,  it  is  even  in  my  sack  :  and  their 
heart 5  failed  them,  and  they  were  afraid,  saying  one 
to  another,  What  is  this  that  God  hath  done  unto 
us? 

29  II  And  they  came  unto  Ja'cob  their  father  unto 

50 


B.  C.  1707. 


g  eh.  37.  5,  9. 


h  ch.  37.  30. 
ch.  44.  20. 
Lam.  5.  7. 


i  1  Sam.  1.  2G. 
1  Sam.  17.  5. 


:  bound. 


3  gathered. 


/  Lev.  25.  43. 
Neh.  5.  15. 


/■  verse  34. 
ch.  43.  5. 
ch.  44.  23. 


I  Job  3G.  8,  9. 
Hos.  5.  15. 


m  Ps.  107.  17. 

Prov.  5.  22. 

Prov.  11.  21. 

Prov.  21.  13. 

Matt.  7.  2. 
n  ch.  37.  21. 

0  ch.  9.  5. 

1  Ki.  2.  32. 

2  Chr.  24.  22. 
Ps.  9.  12. 
Luke  11. 

50,  51. 

4  an  interpreter 
was  between 
them. 

p  Matt.  5.  44. 

Rom.  12.  17, 

20,  21. 

1  Pet.  3.  9. 
q  ch.  43.  21. 

5  went  forth. 
r  verse  7. 

6  with  us  hard 
things. 

s  verses  15,  19, 
20. 

1  ch.  34.  10. 
u  ch.  43.  21. 
V  ch.  43.  14. 
w  verse  13. 

ch.  37.  33. 

ch.  44.  28. 
x  verse  4. 

ch.  44.  29. 
y  ch.  37.  35. 

ch.  44.  31. 


«  ch.  12.  10. 
ch.  26.  1. 
ch.  41.  57. 
1  Ki.  18.  2. 
2Ki.  8.1. 
Jer.  52.  6. 
Lam.  5.  10. 

1  protesting 
protested. 

b  ch.  42.  20. 
ch.44.  23. 

2  asking 
asked  us. 

3  mouth. 

4  knowing  could 
we  know. 


the  land  of  Ca'naan,  and  told  him  all  that  befell 
unto  them  ;  saying, 

30  The  man,  who  is  the  lord  of  the  land,  r  spake 
6  roughly  to  us,  and  took  us  for  spies  of  the  country. 

31  And  we  said  unto  him,  We  are  true  men;  we 
are  no  spies  : 

32  We  be  twelve  brethren,  sons  of  our  father  ;  one 
is  not,  and  the  youngest  is  this  day  with  our  father 
in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 

33  And  the  man,  the  lord  of  the  country,  said  unto 
us,  s  Hereby  shall  I  know  that  ye  are  true  men  ; 
leave  one  of  your  brethren  here  with  me,  and  take 
food  for  the  famine  of  your  households,  and  be  gone : 

34  And  bring  your  youngest  brother  unto  me  : 
then  shall  I  know  that  ye  are  no  spies,  but  that  ye 
are  true  men :  so  will  I  deliver  you  your  brother, 
and  ye  shall  Hraffick  in  the  land. 

35  If  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  emptied  their 
sacks,  that,  behold,  w  every  man's  bundle  of  money 
ivas  in  his  sack  :  and  when  both  they  and  their  fa- 
ther saw  the  bundles  of  money,  they  were  afraid. 

36  And  Ja'cob  their  father  said  unto  them,  Me  have 
ye  "  bereaved  of  my  children :  Jo'seph  is  not,  and 
SIm'e-on  is  not,  and  ye  will  take  Ben'ja-min  away : 
all  these  things  are  against  me. 

37  And  Reu'ben  spake  unto  his  father,  saying, 
Slay  my  two  sons,  if  I  bring  him  not  to  thee  :  de- 
liver him  into  my  hand,  and  I  will  bring  him  to  thee 
again. 

38  And  he  said,  My  son  shall  not  go  down  with 
you ;  for  his  w  brother  is  dead,  and  he  is  left  alone  : 
x  if  mischief  befall  him  by  the  way  in  the  which  ye 
go,  then  shall  ye  '-'bring  down  my  gray  hairs  with 
sorrow  to  the  grave. 

CHAPTER  43. 

1  Benjamin  sent  to  Egypt.    31  Joseph  feasts  Ins  brethren. 

AND  the  famine  was  asore  in  the  land. 
-  2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  eaten  up 
the  corn  which  they  had  brought  out  of  E'gypt,  their 
father  said  unto  them,  Go  again,  buy  us  a  little  food. 

3  And  Ju'dah  spake  unto  him,  saying,  The  man  Mid 
solemnly  protest  unto  us,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  see  my 
face,  except  6your  brother  be  with  you. 

4  If  thou  wilt  send  our  brother  with  us,  we  will  go 
down  and  buy  thee  food  : 

5  But  if  thou  wilt  not  send  him,  we  will  not  go 
down  :  for  the  man  said  unto  us,  Ye  shall  not  see 
my  face,  except  your  brother  be  with  you. 

6  And  Ig'ra-el  said,  Wherefore  dealt  ye  so  ill  with 
me,  as  to  tell  the  man  whether  ye  had  yet  a  brother  ? 

7  And  they  said,  The  man 2  asked  us  straitly  of  our 
state,  and  of  our  kindred,  saying,  Is  your  father  yet 
alive  ?  have  ye  another  brother  ?  and  we  told  him 
according  to  the  3 tenor  of  these  words  :  4  could  we 
certainly  know  that  he  would  say,  Bring  your  bro- 
ther down  ? 

8  And  Ju'dah  said  unto  Ig'ra-el  his  father,  Send 
the  lad  with  me,  and  we  will  arise  and  go  ;  that  we 
may  live,  and  not  die,  both  we,  and  thou,  and  also 
our  little  ones. 

9  I  will  be  surety  for  him  ;  of  my  hand  shalt  thou 


Benjamin  sent  to  Egypt. 


GENESIS,  44. 


Joseph's  brethren  stayed. 


require  him  :  cif  I  bring  him  not  unto  thee,  and  set 
him  before  thee,  then  let  me  bear  the  blame  for  ever : 

10  For  except  we  had  lingered,  surely  now  we  had 
returned  5this  second  time. 

11  And  their  father  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  them,  If  it 
must  be  so  now,  do  this  ;  take  of  the  best  fruits  in 
the  land  in  your  vessels,  and  d  carry  down  the  man 
a  present,  a  e  little  balm,  and  a  little  honey,  spices, 
and  myrrh,  nuts,  and  almonds  : 

12  And  take  double  money  in  your  hand  ;  and  the 
money  /that  was  brought  again  in  the  mouth  of 
your  sacks,  carry  it  again  in  your  hand  ;  peradven- 
ture  it  was  an  oversight : 

13  Take  also  your  brother,  and  arise,  go  again 
unto  the  man : 

14  And  °  God  Almighty  give  you  mercy  before  the 
man,  that  he  may  send  away  your  other  brother, 
and  Ben'ja-min.  6  If  I  be  bereaved  of  my  children, 
I  am  bereaved. 

15  If  And  the  men  took  that  present,  and  they  took 
double  money  in  their  hand,  and  Ben'ja-min  ;  and 
rose  up,  and  went  down  to  E'gypt,  and  stood  before 
Jo'geph. 

16  And  when  Jo'seph  saw  Ben'ja-min  with  them, 
he  said  to  h  the  ruler  of  his  house,  Bring  these  men 
home,  and  7  slay,  and  make  ready ;  for  these  men 
shall  Mine  with  me  at  noon. 

17  And  the  man  did  as  Jo'geph  bade  ;  and  the  man 
brought  the  men  into  Jo'seph's  house. 

18  And  the  men  were  afraid,  because  they  were 
brought  into  Jo'seph's  house  ;  and  they  said,  Be- 
cause of  the  money  that  was  returned  in  our  sacks 
at  the  first  time  are  we  brought  in ;  that  he  may 
9  seek  occasion  against  us,  and  fall  upon  us,  and  take 
us  for  bondmen,  and  our  asses. 

19  And  they  came  near  to  the  steward  of  Joseph's 
house,  and  they  communed  with  him  at  the  door  of 
the  house, 

20  And  said,  0  sir,  10we  came  indeed  down  at  the 
first  time  to  buy  food  : 

21  And  'it  came  to  pass,  when  we  came  to  the  inn, 
that  we  opened  our  sacks,  and,  behold,  every  man's 
money  was  in  the  mouth  of  his  sack,  our  money  in 
full  weight :  and  we  have  brought  it  again  in  our 
hand. 

22  And  other  money  have  we  brought  down  in  our 
hands  to  buy  food  :  we  cannot  tell  who  put  our 
money  in  our  sacks. 

23  And  he  said,  Peace  be  to  you,  fear  not :  your 
God,  and  the  God  of  your  father,  hath  given  you 
treasure  in  your  sacks  :  nI  had  your  money.  And 
he  brought  Sim'e-on  out  unto  them. 

24  And  the  man  brought  the  men  into  Jo'seph's 
house,  and  J'gave  them  water,  and  they  washed  their 
feet ;  and  he  gave  their  asses  provender. 

25  And  they  made  ready  the  present  against  Jo'- 
seph came  at  noon  :  for  they  heard  that  they  should 
eat  bread  there. 

26  H  And  when  Jo'geph  came  home,  they  brought 
him  the  present  which  was  in  their  hand  into  the 
house,  and  k  bowed  themselves  to  him  to  the  earth. 

27  And  he  asked  them  of  their 12  welfare,  and  said, 


B.  C.  1707. 


cell.  44.  3'.'. 
Pliilem.  IS,  19. 

5  Or,  twice 
by  this. 


d  ch.  32.  20. 

Prov.  18.  1C. 
e  ch.  37.  25. 

Jer.  8.  22. 

Ezek.  27.  17. 


/cb.42.  25,35. 


g  1  Sam.  14.  6. 

2  Sam.  22. 

3  13. 

Job  13. 15. 
Ps.  22.  4. 
Ps.  34.  8,  22. 
Ps.  40.  4. 
Ps.  52.  8. 
Ps.  61.  4. 
Ps.  71.  5. 
Ps.  141.  8. 
Prov.  28.  5. 
Isa.  57.  13. 
Nah.  1.7. 

6  Or,  and  I, 
as  I  have 
been,  etc. 
Esth.  4.  16. 

h  ch.  24.  2. 
ch.  39.  4. 
ch.  44.  1. 

7  kill  a  killing. 
1  Sam.  25.  11. 

8  eat. 


9  roll  himself 
upon  us. 
Job  30.  14. 


10  coming  down 
we  came  down, 
ch.  42.  3,  10. 

i  ch.  42.  27,  35. 


11  your  money 
came  to  me. 

j  ch.  18.  4. 
ch.  24.  32. 
Luke  7.  44. 
John  13.  5. 

1  Tim.  5.  10. 
k  ch.  27.  29. 

ch.  33.  6. 
ch.  37.  7,  10. 
Ruth  2.  10. 

12  peace, 
ch.  37.  14. 

13  Is  there  peace 
to  your  father  ? 

/  ch.  42.  11,  13. 

;?i  ch.  37.  7,  10. 

Prov.  14.  19. 

n  ch.  35.  17,  IS. 

0  ch.  42. 13. 
p  1  Ki.  3.  26. 

Jer.  31.  20. 
g  ch.  42.  24. 

2  Sam.  18.  33. 
r  verse  25. 

s  ch.  46.  34. 
Ex.  8.  26. 

1  ch.  45.  22. 

14  drank  largely. 
Hag.  1.6. 
John  2.  10. 


1  him  that  was 
over  his  house. 

2  Or,  maketh 
trial. 

ach.  43.  21. 
b  ch.  31.  32. 


13 Is  your  father  well,  the  old  man  of  'whom  ye 
spake  ?     7s  he  yet  alive  ? 

28  And  they  answered,  Thy  servant  our  father  is 
in  good  health,  he  is  yet  alive.  mAnd  they  bowed 
down  their  heads,  and  made  obeisance. 

29  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  his  brother 
Ben'ja-min,  "his  mother's  son,  and  said,  Is  this  your 
younger  brother,  °of  whom  ye  spake  unto  me?  And 
he  said,  God  be  gracious  unto  thee,  my  son. 

30  And  Jo'geph  made  haste  ;  pfor  his  bowels  did 
yearn  upon  his  brother :  and  he  sought  where  to 
weep  ;  and  he  entered  into  his  chamber,  and  "wept 
there. 

31  And  he  washed  his  face,  and  went  out,  and  re- 
frained himself,  and  said,  Set  on  'bread. 

32  And  they  set  on  for  him  by  himself,  and  for  them 
by  themselves,  and  for  the  E-gyp'tiang,  which  did 
eat  with  him,  by  themselves :  because  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang might  not  eat  bread  with  the  He'brewg ;  for 
that  is  an  s abomination  unto  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

33  And  they  sat  before  him,  the  firstborn  accord- 
ing to  his  birthright,  and  the  youngest  according  to 
his  youth  :  and  the  men  marvelled  one  at  another. 

34  And  he  took  and  sent  messes  unto  them  from 
before  him  :  but  Ben'ja-min's  mess  was  'five  times 
so  much  as  any  of  theirs.  And  they  drank,  and 
14  were  merry  with  him. 

CHAPTER  44. 

1  Joseph  slays  Ms  brethren.    14  Judah's  plea  for  Benjamin. 

AND  he  commanded  Uhe  steward  of  his  house, 
-^*-  saying,  Fill  the  men's  sacks  with  food,  as  much 
as  they  can  carry,  and  put  every  man's  money  in  his 
sack's  mouth. 

2  And  put  my  cup,  the  silver  cup,  in  the  sack's 
mouth  of  the  youngest,  and  his  corn  money.  And  he 
did  according  to  the  word  that  Jo'geph  had  spoken. 

3  As  soon  as  the  morning  was  light,  the  men  were 
sent  away,  they  and  their  asses. 

4  And  when  they  were  gone  out  of  the  city,  and 
not  yet  far  off,  Jo'geph  said  unto  his  steward,  Up, 
follow  after  the  men  ;  and  when  thou  dost  overtake 
them,  say  unto  them,  Wherefore  have  ye  rewarded 
evil  for  good  ? 

5  Is  not  this  it  in  which  my  lord  drinketh,  and 
whereby  indeed  he  2divineth?  ye  have  done  evil  in 
so  doing. 

6  H  And  he  overtook  them,  and  he  spake  unto 
them  these  same  words. 

7  And  they  said  unto  him,  Wherefore  saith  my 
lord  these  words?  God  forbid  that  thy  servants 
should  do  according  to  this  thing : 

8  Behold,  "the  money,  which  we  found  in  our  sacks' 
mouths,  we  brought  again  unto  thee  out  of  the  land 
of  Ca'naan :  how  then  should  we  steal  out  of  thy 
lord's  house  silver  or  gold  ? 

9  With  whomsoever  of  thy  servants  it  be  found, 
6  both  let  him  die,  and  we  also  will  be  my  lord's 
bondmen. 

10  And  he  said,  Now  also  let  it  be  according  unto 
your  words  :  he  with  whom  it  is  found  shall  be  my 
servant ;  and  ye  shall  be  blameless. 

51 


Judah's  plea. 


GENESIS,  45. 


11  Then  they  speedily  took  down  every  man  his 
sack  to  the  ground,  and  opened  every  man  his  sack. 

12  And  he  searched,  and  began  at  the  eldest,  and 
left  at  the  youngest :  and  the  cup  was  found  in 
Ben'ja-min's  sack. 

13  Then  they  c  rent  their  clothes,  and  laded  every 
man  his  ass,  and  returned  to  the  city. 

14  1  And  Ju'dah  and  his  brethren  came  to  Jo'- 
seph's  house  ;  for  he  was  yet  there  :  and  they  rffell 
before  him  on  the  ground. 

15  And  Jo'geph  said  unto  them,  What  deed  is  this 
that  ye  have  done  ?  wot  ye  not  that  such  a  man  as 
I  can  certainly  3 divine? 

16  And  Ju'dah  said,  eWhat  shall  we  say  unto  my 
lord?  what  shall  we  speak  ?  or  how  shall  we  clear 
ourselves  ?  God  hath  found  out  the  iniquity  of  thy 
servants  :  behold,  -^we  are  my  lord's  servants,  both 
we,  and  he  also  with  whom  the  cup  is  found. 

17  And  he  said,  3God  forbid  that  I  should  do  so  : 
but  the  man  in  whose  hand  the  cup  is  found,  he 
shall  be  my  servant ;  and  as  for  you,  get  you  up  in 
peace  unto  your  father. 

18  If  Then  Ju'dah  came  near  unto  him,  and  said, 
Oh  my  lord,  let  thy  servant,  I  pray  thee,  speak  a 
word  in  my  lord's  ears,  and  Met  not  thine  anger 
burn  against  thy  servant  :  for  thou  art  Jeven  as 
Pha'raoh. 

19  My  lord  asked  his  servants,  saying,  Have  ye  a 
father,  or  a  brother  ? 

20  And  we  said  unto  my  lord,  We  have  a  father, 
an  old  man,  and  Ja  child  of  his  old  age,  a  little  one ; 
and  his  brother  is  dead,  and  he  alone  is  left  of  his 
mother,  and  his  father  loveth  him. 

21  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  servants,  k  Bring  him 
down  unto  me,  that  I  may  set  mine  eyes  upon  him. 

22  And  we  said  unto  my  lord,  The  lad  cannot  leave 
his,  father :  for  if  he  should  leave  his  father,  his 
father  would  die. 

23  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  servants,  'Except  your 
youngest  brother  come  down  with  you,  ye  shall  see 
my  face  no  more. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  when  we  came  up  unto  thy 
servant  my  father,  we  told  him  the  words  of  my 
lord. 

25  And  "lour  father  said,  Go  again,  and  buy  us  a 
little  food. 

26  And  we  said,  We  cannot  go  down :  if  our  young- 
est brother.be  with  us,  then  will  we  go  down:  for 
we  may  not  see  the  man's  face,  except  our  young- 
est brother  be  with  us. 

27  And  thy  servant  my  father  said  unto  us,  Ye 
know  that  "my  wife  bare  me  two  sons: 

28  And  the  one  went  out  from  me,  and  I  said, 
"Surely  he  is  torn  in  pieces;  and  I  saw  him  not 
since : 

29  And  if  ye  p  take  this  also  from  me,  and  mis- 
chief befall  him,  ye  shall  bring  down  my  gray  hairs 
with  sorrow  to  the  grave. 

30  Now  therefore  when  I  come  to  thy  servant  my 
father,  and  the  lad  be  not  with  us  ;  seeing  q  that  his 
life  is  bound  up  in  the  lad's  life  ; 

31  It  shall  come  to  pass,  when  he  seeth  that  the 


B.  C.  1707. 


cli.  37.  29,  34. 
Num.  14.  6. 
'_'  Sam.  1.  11. 


d  ch.  37.  7. 


3  Or.  make 

trial. 

verse  5. 
e  Job  40.  4. 


f  verse  9. 


g  Josh.  22.  29. 

Josh.  24.  1G. 

1  Sam.  12.  23. 

1  Sam.  14.  45. 

1  Sam.  20.  2. 

Job  27.  5. 

Prov.  17.  15. 

Luke  20.  16. 

Rom.  3.  4,  G, 

31. 

Rom.  6.  2,  15. 

Rom.  7.  7,  13. 

Rom.  9.  14. 

Rom.  11.1,11 

1  Cor.  6.  15. 

Gal.  2.  17. 

Gal.  3.  21. 

Gal.  6.  14. 

h  ch.  18.  30.  32. 

Ex.  32.  22. 

ich.  41.40. 

Prov.  19.  12. 

j  ch.  37.  3. 


k  ch.  42.  15,  20. 
/ch.  43.  3,5. 
m  ch.  43.  2. 
v  ch.  4G.  19. 
o  ch.  37.  33. 
p  ch.  42.  3G,  38. 
q  1  Sam.  IS.  1. 
r  ch.  43.  9. 
.s  Ex.  32.  32. 
4  find  my  father. 

Ex.  18.8. 

Job  31.  29. 

Ps.  11G.  3. 

Ps.  119.  143. 


1  gave  forth 
his  voice  in 
weeping. 
Num.  14.  1. 

ii  Acts  7.  13. 

2  Or,  terrified. 
Job  4.  5. 
Job  23.  15. 
Ps.  77.  4. 
Zech.  12.  10. 
Matt.  14.  26. 
Mark  6.  50. 

b  ch.  37.  28. 
c  Isa.  40.  2. 
2  Cor.  2.  7. 

3  neither  let 
there  be  anger 
in  your  eyes. 

d  ch.  50.  20. 
Deut.  23.  14. 
2  Sam.  16. 
10,  11. 

Job  5.  19,  20, 
21. 

Job  38.  41. 
Ps.  33.  18,  19. 
Ps.  37.  18,  19. 
Ps.  62.  11. 
Ps.  73.  1. 
Ps.  105.  16,  17. 
Acts  4.  24. 
2  Pet.  2.  9. 

4  to  put  for  you 
a  remnant. 

e  ch.  41.  43. 

Judg.  17.  10. 

Job  29.  16. 
/ch.  47.  1. 
g  1  Tim.  5.  4. 
h  ch.  42.  23. 
i  Acts  7.  14. 


Joseph  sends  for  Jacob. 

lad  is  not  with  us,  that  he  will  die  :  and  thy  ser- 
vants shall  bring  dov/n  the  gray  hairs  of  thy  ser- 
vant our  father  with  sorrow  to  the  grave. 

32  For  thy  servant  became  surety  for  the  lad  unto 
my  father,  saying,  If  r  I  bring  him  not  unto  thee, 
then  I  shall  bear  the  blame  to  my  father  for  ever. 

33  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  &  let  thy  servant 
abide  instead  of  the  lad  a  bondman  to  my  lord  ;  and 
let  the  lad  go  up  with  his  brethren. 

34  For  how  shall  I  go  up  to  my  father,  and  the 
lad  be  not  with  me  ?  lest  peradventure  I  see  the  evil 
that  shall  4  come  on  my  father. 


CHAPTER  45. 

1  Joseph  makes  himself  known.    9  Sauls  for  Jacob.    21  Provides  for  their  journey. 

rpHEN  Jo'seph  could  not  refrain  himself  before 
■*-  all  them  that  stood  by  him  ;  and  he  cried,  Cause 
every  man  to  go  out  from  me.  And  there  stood  no 
man  with  him,  while  Jo'seph  made  himself  known 
unto  his  brethren. 

2  And  he  1  wept  aloud :  and  the  E-gyp'tian§  and  the 
house  of  Pha'raoh  heard. 

3  And  Jo'geph  said  unto  his  brethren,  a  I  am  Jo'- 
seph ;  doth  my  father  yet  live  ?  And  his  brethren 
could  not  answer  him  ;  for  they  were  2  troubled  at 
his  presence. 

4  And  Jo'seph  said  unto  his  brethren,  Come  near 
to  me,  I  pray  you.  And  they  came  near.  And  he 
said,  I  am  Jo'seph  your  brother, b  whom  ye  sold  into 
E'gypt. 

5  Now  therefore  c  be  not  grieved,  3  nor  angry  with 
yourselves,  that  ye  sold  me  hither  :  for  d  God  did 
send  me  before  you  to  preserve  life. 

6  For  these  two  years  hath  the  famine  been  in  the 
land :  and  yet  there  are  five  years,  in  the  which  there 
shall  neither  be  earing  nor  harvest. 

7  And  God  sent  me  before  you  4  to  preserve  you  a 
posterity  in  the  earth,  and  to  save  your  lives  by  a 
great  deliverance. 

8  So  now  it  was  not  you  that  sent  me  hither,  but 
God  :  and  he  hath  made  me  a  e  father  to  Pha'raoh, 
and  lord  of  all  his  house,  and  a  ruler  throughout  all 
the  land  of  E'gypt. 

9  Haste  ye,  and  go  up  to  my  father,  and  say  unto 
him,  Thus  saith  thy  son  Jo'seph,  God  hath  made  me 
lord  of  all  E'gypt :  come  down  unto  me,  tarry  not : 

10  And  •'thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  land  of  Go'shen, 
and  th'ou  shalt  be  near  unto  me,  thou,  and  thy  chil- 
dren, and  thy  children's  children,  and  thy  flocks, 
and  thy  herds,  and  all  that  thou  hast : 

11  And  there  will  I  nourish  thee  ;  for  "yet  there 
are  five  years  of  famine  ;  lest  thou,  and  thy  house- 
hold, and  all  that  thou  hast,  come  to  poverty. 

12  And,  behold,  your  eyes  see,  and  the  eyes  of  my 
brother  Ben' ja-min,  that  it  is  h  my  mouth  that  speak- 
eth  unto  you. 

13  And  ye  shall  tell  my  father  of  all  my  glory  in 
E'gypt,  and  of  all  that  ye  have  seen  ;  and  ye  shall 
haste  and  S  bring  down  my  father  hither. 

14  And  he  fell  upon  his  brother  Ben'ja-min's  neck, 
and  wept ;  and  Ben 'ja-min  wept  upon  his  neck. 

15  Moreover  he  kissed  all  his  brethren,  and  wept 


m 


Joseph's  gifts. 


GENESIS,  46. 


Jacob's  family. 


upon  them  :  and  after  that  his  brethren  talked  with 
him. 

16  If  And  the  fame  thereof  was  heard  in  Pha'raoh's 
house,  saying,  Joseph's  brethren  are  come  :  and  it 
5  pleased  Pha'raoh  well,  and  his  servants. 

17  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  Jo'seph,  Say  unto  thy 
brethren,  This  do  ye  ;  lade  your  beasts,  and  go,  get 
you  unto  the  land  of  Ca'naan  ; 

18  And  take  your  father  and  your  households,  and 
come  unto  me  :  and  I  will  give  you  the  good  of  the 
land  of  E'gypt,  and  ye  shall  eat j  the  fat  of  the  land. 

19  Now  thou  art  commanded,  this  do  ye ;  take  you 
wagons  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt  for  your  little 
ones,  and  for  your  wives,  and  bring  your  father,  and 
come. 

20  Also  G  regard  not  your  stuff;  for  the  good  of  all 
the  land  of  E'gypt  is  yours. 

21  And  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  did  so  :  and  Jo'- 
seph gave  them  wagons,  according  to  the  Com- 
mandment of  Pha'raoh,  and  gave  them  provision 
for  the  way. 

22  To  all  of  them  he  gave  each  man  changes  of 
raiment ;  but  to  Ben'ja-min  he  gave  three  hundred 
pieces  of  silver,  and  five  changes  of  raiment. 

23  And  to  his  father  he  sent  after  this  manner  ; 
ten  asses  8 laden  with  the  good  things  of  E'gypt,  and 
ten  she  asses  laden  with  corn  and  bread  and  meat 
for  his  father  by  the  way. 

24  So  he  sent  his  brethren  away,  and  they  de- 
parted :  and  he  said  unto  them,  See  that  ye  fall 
not  out  by  the  way. 

25  If  And  they  went  up  out  of  E'gypt,  and  came 
into  the  land  of  Ca'naan  unto  Ja'cob  their  father, 

26  And  told  him,  saying,  Jo'seph  isjyet  alive,  and 
he  is  governor  over  all  the  land  of  E'gypt.  /cAnd 
9  Ja'cob's  heart  fainted,  for  he  believed  them  not. 

27  And  they  told  him  all  the  words  of  Jo'seph, 
which  he  had  said  unto  them  :  and  when  he  saw 
the  wagons  which  Jo'seph  had  sent  to  carry  him, 
the  spirit  of  Ja'cob  their  father  revived  : 

28  And  I§'ra-el  said,  It  is  enough  ;  Jo'seph  my  son 
is  yet  alive  :  I  will  go  and  see  him  before  I  die. 

CHAPTER  46. 

1  Jacob  moves  to  Egypt.     8  His  family.    29  Josepli  meets  him. 

AND  I§'ra-el  took  his  journey  with  all  that  he 
-  had,  and  came  "to  Be'er-she'ba^  and  offered 
sacrifices  unto  6the  God  of  his  father  I'saac. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  I§'ra-el  cin  the  visions  of 
the  night,  and  said,  Ja'cob,  Ja'cob.  And  he  said, 
Here  am  I. 

3  And  he  said,  I  am  God,0'  the  God  of  thy  father  : 
fear  not  to  go  down  into  E'gypt ;  for  I  will  there 
make  eof  thee  a  great  nation  : 

4  -T  will  go  down  with  thee  into  E'gypt ;  and  I 
will  also  surely  ° bring  thee  up  again  :  and  h  Joseph 
shall  put  his  hand  upon  thine  eyes. 

5  And  'Ja'cob  rose  up  from  Be'er-she'ba  :  and  the 
sons  of  Ig'ra-el  carried  Ja'cob  their  father,  and  their 
little  ones,  and  their  wives,  in  the  wagons  which 
Pha'raoh  had  sent  to  carry  him. 

6  And  they  took  their  cattle,  and   their   goods, 


E.  C.  1707. 


5  was  Rood  in 
the  eyes  of 
Pharaoh. 
ch.  41.37. 


/  ch.  27.  28. 
Num.  18. 
12,  29. 


0  lpt  not  your 
eye  spare,  etc. 


mouth. 


S  carrying. 
k  Job  29.  24. 

Ps.  12G.  1. 

Luke  24. 

11,  41. 
9  his. 


"ch.  21.31. 
b  ch.  2G.  24. 

ch.  28.  13. 

ch.  31.42. 
ech.  15.  1. 

Job  33.  14,  15. 
d  ch.  28.  13. 
e  ch.  12.  2. 

Deut.  2G.  5. 

Ex.1.  9. 
f  ch.  28.  15. 

ch.  48.  21. 
g  ch.  15. 16. 

ch.  50. 13. 

Ex.  3.  8. 
h  ch.  50.  1. 
i  ch.  15. 13. 

Acts  7.  15. 
/  Deut.  20.  5. 

Josh.  24.  4. 

Ps.  105.  2o. 

Isa.  52.  4. 
k  Ex.  1.1. 

Ex.  0.  14. 
/Num.  20.  5. 

1  Chr.  5.  1. 
m  Ex.  0.  1.".. 

1  Chr.  4.  24. 

1  Or,  Nemuel. 

2  Or,  Jarib. 

3  Or,  Zerah, 

1  Chr.  4.  24. 

4  Or,  Gershom. 
n  ch.  38.  3. 

o  ch.  38.  29. 
1  Chr.  2.  5. 

5  Or.  Puah,  and 
Jashub. 

p  Num.  26.  15, 

Zephon. 
0  Or,  Ozni. 
7  Or,  Arod. 
q  1  Chr.  7.  30. 
)■  ch.  30.  10. 
sch.  41.  50. 

5  Or,  prince. 
1 1  Chr.  7.  6. 

u  Num.  26.  38, 

Ahiram. 
v  Num.  26.  39, 

Shupham. 

1  Chr.  7.  12, 

Shuppim. 

9  Hupham. 

w  1  Cor.  7.  12. 

10  Or,  Sliuham. 
r  1  Chr.  7.  13. 

//  ch.  30.  5,  7. 
z  ch.  29.  29. 
»Ex.  1.5. 

11  thigh. 

6  Deut.  10.  22. 
Acts  7.  14. 

c  ch.  31.  21. 


which  they  had  gotten  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  and 
came  into  E'gypt,  -'Ja'cob,  and  all  his  seed  with  him  : 

7  His  sons,  and  his  sons'  sons  with  him,  his  daugh- 
ters, and  his  sons'  daughters,  and  all  his  seed  brought 
he  with  him  into  E'gypt. 

8  If  And  k  these  are  the  names  of  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el,  which  came  into  E'gypt,  Ja'cob  and  his 
sons  :  'Reu'ben,  Ja'cob's  firstborn. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Reu'ben  ;  Ha'noch,  and  Phal'lu, 
and  Hez'ron,  and  Car 'ml. 

10  If  And  "Mthe  sons  of  Sim'e-on  ;  'Jg-mu'el,  and 
Ja'min,  and  O'had,  and  2Ja'chin,  and  3Zo'har,  and 
Sha'ul  the  son  of  a  Ca'naan-It-ish  woman. 

11  If  And  the  sons  of  Le'vT ;  4Ger'shon,  Ko'hath, 
and  Me-ra'rI. 

12  If  And  the  sons  of  Ju'dah  ;  Er,  and  O'nan,  and 
She'lah,  and  Pha'rez,  and  Za'rah  :  but  *Er  and 
O'nan  died  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan.  And  "the  sons 
of  Pha'rez  were  Hez'ron  and  Ha'mul. 

13  If  And  the  sons  of  Is'sa-char  ;  To 'la,  and  5Phu'- 
vah,  and  Job,  and  Shim'ron. 

14  If  And  the  sons  of  Zeb'u-lun  ;  Se'red,  and  E'lon, 
and  Jah'le-el. 

15  These  be  the  sons  of  Le'ah,  which  she  bare  unto 
Ja'cob  in  Pa'dan-a'ram,  with  his  daughter  Dl'nah  : 
all  the  souls  of  his  sons  and  his  daughters  were 
thirty  and  three. 

16  If  And  the  sons  of^Gad  ;  7JZiph'i-on,  and  Hag'gl, 
Shu'nl,  and  "Ez'bon,  E'rl,  and  7Ar'o-dI,  and  A-re'lT. 

17  If  And  Hhe  sons  of  Ash'er  ;  Jim'nah,  and  Ish'- 
u-ah,  and  Is'u-I,  and  Be-rl'ah,  and  Se'rah  their  sister  : 
and  the  sons  of  Be-ri'ah  ;  He'ber,  and  Mal'chi-el. 

18  These  are  'the  sons  of  Zil'pah,  whom  La 'ban 
gave  to  Le'ah  his  daughter,  and  these  she  bare 
unto  Ja'cob,  even  sixteen  souls. 

19  The  sons  of  Ra'chel  Ja'cob's  wife  ;  Jo'seph, 
and  Ben'ja-min. 

20  Tf  And  sunto  Jo'seph  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  were 
born  Ma-nas'seh  and  E'phra-Im,  which  As'e-nath 
the  daughter  of  Po-ti'-phe-rah  8 priest  of  On  bare 
unto  him. 

21  Tf  And  'the  sons  of  Ben'ja-min  were  Be'lah,_and 
Be'cher,  and  Ash'bel,  Ge'ra,  and  Na'a-man,  "E'hi, 
and  Rosh,  ''Mup'pim,  and  9Hup'pim,  and  Ard. 

22  These  are  the  sons  of  Ra'chel,  which  were  born 
to  Ja'cob  :  all  the  souls  were  fourteen. 

23  Tf  And  wthe  sons  of  Dan  ;  K'Hu'shim. 

24  Tf  And  Hhe  sons  of  Naph'ta-ll ;  Jah'ze-el,  and 
Gu'nl,  and  Je'zer,  and  Shll'lem. 

25  These  vare  the  sons  of  Bil'hah,  which  2La'ban 
gave  unto  Ra'chel  his  daughter,  and  she  bare  these 
unto  Ja'cob  :  all  the  souls  were  seven. 

26  "All  the  souls  that  came  with  Ja'cob  into  E'gypt, 
which  came  out  of  his  n  loins,  besides  Ja'cob's  sons' 
wives,  all  the  souls  were  threescore  and  six ; 

27  And  the  sons  of  Jo'seph,  which  were  born  him 
in  E'gypt,  were  two  souls  :  feall_the  souls  of  the 
house  of  Ja'cob,  which  came  into  E'gypt,  ivere  three- 
score and  ten. 

28  Tf  And  he  sent  Ju'dah  before  him  unto  Jo'seph, 
cto  direct  his  face  unto  Go'shen ;  and  they  came 
into  the  land  of  Go'shen. 

53 


Jacob  before  Pharaoh. 


GENESIS,  47. 


He  settles  in  Goshen, 


29  And  Jo'seph  made  ready  his  chariot,  and  went 
up  to  meet  Ig'ra-el  his  father,  to  Go'shen,  and  pre- 
sented himself  unto  him  ;  and  he  fell  on  his  neck, 
and  wept  on  his  neck  a  good  while. 

30  And  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Jo'seph,  Now  dlet  me 
die,  since  I  have  seen  thy  face,  because  thou  art  yet 
alive. 

31  And  Jo'seph  said  unto  his  brethren,  and  unto 
his  father's  house,  I  will  go  up,  and  shew  Pha'raoh, 
and  say  unto  him,  My  brethren,  and  my  father's 
house,  which  were  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  are  come 
unto  me ; 

32  And  the  men  are  shepherds,  for  n  their  trade 
hath  been  to  feed  cattle  ;  and  they  have  brought 
their  flocks,  and  their  herds,  and  all  that  they  have. 

33  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  Pha'raoh  shall 
call  you,  and  shall  say,  cWhat  is  your  occupation  ? 

34  That  ye  shall  say,  Thy  servants'  trade  hath 
been  about  cattle  •''from  our  youth  even  until  now, 
both  we,  and  also  our  fathers  :  that  ye  may  dwell 
in  the  land  of  Go'shen  ;  for  every  shepherd  is  aan 
abomination  unto  the  E-gyp'tian§. 

CHAPTER  47. 

1  Jacob  presented  to  Phnraoli.     II  I fe  settles  in  Goshen.     28  Jacob' s  age. 

rpHEN  Jo'seph  "came  and  told  Pha'raoh,  and  said, 
-*-  My  father  and  my  brethren,  and  their  flocks, 
and  their  herds,  and  all  that  they  have,  are  come 
out  of  the  land  of  Ca'naan ;  and,  behold,  they  are 
in  the  6land  of  Go'shen. 

2  And  he  took  some  of  his  brethren,  even  five  men, 
and  presented  them  unto  Pha'raoh. 

3  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  his  brethren,  rfWhat  is 
your  occupation  ?  And  they  said  unto  Pha'raoh, 
cThy  servants  are  shepherds,  both  we,  and  also  our 
fathers. 

4  They  said  moreover  unto  Pha'raoh,  -Tor  to 
sojourn  in  the  land  are  we  come ;  for  thy  servants 
have  no  pasture  for  their  flocks  ;  9for  the  famine  is 
sore  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan :  now  therefore,  we  pray 
thee,  let  thy  servants  ''dwell  in  the  land  of  Go'shen. 

5  And  Pha'raoh  spake  unto  Jo'geph,  saying,  Thy 
father  and  thy  brethren  are  come  unto  thee  : 

6  The  'land  of  E'gypt  is  before  thee  ;  in  the  best 
of  the  land  make  thy  father  and  brethren  to  dwell ; 
in  J'the  land  of  Go'shen  let  them  dwell :  and  if  thou 
knowest  any  men  of  activity  among  them,  then 
make  them  k  rulers  over  my  cattle. 

7  And  Jo'geph  brought  in  Ja'cob  his  father,  and 
set  him  before  Pha'raoh  :  and  Ja'cob  blessed  Pha'- 
raoh. 

8  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  Ja'cob,  'How  old  art 
thou? 

9  And  Ja'cob  said  unto  Pha'raoh,  The  'days  of  the 
years  of  my  pilgrimage  are  an  hundred  and  thirty 
years  :  '"few  and  evil  have  the  days  of  the  years  of 
my  life  been,  and  have  "not  attained  unto  the  days 
of  the  years  of  the  life  of  my  fathers  in  the  days  of 
their  pilgrimage. 

10  And  Ja'cob  "blessed  Pha'raoh,  and  went  out 
from  before  Pha'raoh. 

11  If  And  Jo'seph  placed  his  father  and  his  broth- 


lS.  c.  1707. 


</  Luke  2.  29. 


12  they  are  men 
of  cattle. 


e  ch.  47.  2,  3. 


/eh.  30.  35. 
ch.  34.  5. 
ch.  37.  12. 

g  Ex.  8.  26. 


a  ch.  4C.  31. 


b  ch.  45.  10. 
ch.  -W.  28. 


c  Acts  7.  13. 
d  ch.  4G.  33. 


e  ch.  4G.  34. 


/ch.  15.  13. 

Deut.  2G.  5. 

Ps.  105.  23. 

Isa.  52.  4. 
g  ch.  43.  1. 

Acts  7. 11. 
h  ch.  40.  34. 
i  ch.  20.  15. 
j  verse  4. 
k\  Ki.  11.28. 

Prov.  12.  24. 

Prov.  22.  29. 
1  How  many 

are  the  days 

of  the  years 

of  thy  life  ? 

1  Ps.  39.  12. 

Ps.  119.  19. 
2  Cor.  5.  6,  7. 
Heb.  11.  9, 13. 
1  Pet.  2.  11. 
m  Job  7.  7. 
Job  14.  1. 
Ps.  102.  3. 
Eccl.  2.  23. 
Jas.  4.  14. 

1  Pet:  1.24. 
n  ch.  25.  7. 

ch.  35.  28. 
o  verse  7. 
pEx.  1.  11. 

Kx.  12.  37. 
g  verse  6. 
r  Ex.  20.  12. 

Prov.  10.  1. 

2  Or,  as  a  little 
child  is  nour- 
ished ;  ac- 
cording to  the 
little  ones, 
ch.  50.  21. 

.U'h.  41.30. 
Acts  7. 11. 
tch.il.  5G. 
u  verse  19. 

3  led  them. 
v  Ezra  7.  24. 

4  Or,  princes, 
ch.  41.45. 

2  Sam.  8.  18. 
w  ch.  33.  15. 


ren,  and  gave  them  a  possession  in  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  in  the  best  of  the  land,  in  the  land  of  pRa- 
me'seg,  as  Q  Pha'raoh  had  commanded. 

12  And  Jo'geph  nourished  his  father,  and  his  breth- 
ren, and  all  his  r  father's  household,  with  bread, 2  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

13  If  And  there  was  no  bread  in  all  the  land  ;  for 
the  famine  ivas  very  sore,  sso  that  the  land  of 
E'gypt  and  all  the  land  of  Ca'naan  fainted  by  rea- 
son of  the  famine. 

14  And  'Jo'seph  gathered  up  all  the  money  that 
was  found  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  in  the  land  of 
Ca'naan,  for  the  corn  which  they  bought :  and  Jo'- 
seph brought  the  money  into  Pha'raoh's  house. 

15  And  when  money  failed  in  the  land  of  E'gypt, 
and  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  all  the  E-gyp'tian§  came 
unto  Jo'seph,  and  said,  Give  us  bread :  for  wwhy 
should  we  die  in  thy  presence  ?  for  the  money  fail- 
eth. 

16  And  Jo'geph  said,  Give  your  cattle  ;  and  I  will 
give  you  for  your  cattle,  if  money  fail. 

17  And  they  brought  their  cattle  unto  Jo'seph  : 
and  Jo'geph  gave  them  bread  in  exchange  for  horses, 
and  for  the  flocks,  and  for  the  cattle  of  the  herds, 
and  for  the  asses  :  and  he  3fed  them  with  bread  for 
all  their  cattle  for  that  year. 

18  When  that  year  was  ended,  they  came  unto  him 
the  second  year,  and  said  unto  him,  We  will  not  hide 
it  from  my  lord,  how  that  our  money  is  spent ;  my 
lord  also  hath  our  herds  of  cattle  ;  there  is  not  ought 
left  in  the  sight  of  my  lord,  but  our  bodies,  and  our 
lands : 

19  Wherefore  shall  we  die  before  thine  eyes,  both 
we  and  our  land  ?  buy  us  and  our  land  for  bread, 
and  we  and  our  land  will  be  servants  unto  Pha'raoh : 
and  give  us  seed,  that  we  may  live,  and  not  die, 
that  the  land  be  not  desolate. 

20  And  Jo'geph  bought  all  the  land  of  E'gypt  for 
Pha'raoh  ;  for  the  E-gyp'tian§  sold  every  man  his 
field,  because  the  famine  prevailed  over  them :  so 
the  land  became  Pha'raoh's. 

21  And  as  for  the  people,  he  removed  them  to  cities 
from  one  end  of  the  borders  of  E'gypt  even  to  the 
other  end  thereof. 

22  Only  "the  land  of  the  4 priests  bought  he  not ; 
for  the  priests  had  a  portion  assigned  them  of  Pha'- 
raoh, and  did  eat  their  portion  which  Pha'raoh  gave 
them  :  wherefore  they  sold  not  their  lands. 

23  Then  Jo'geph  said  unto  the  people,  Behold,  I 
have  bought  you  this  day  and  your  land  for  Pha'- 
raoh :  lo,  here  is  seed  for  you,  and  ye  shall  sow  the 
land. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  increase,  that 
ye  shall  give  the  fifth  part  unto  Pha'raoh,  and  four 
parts  shall  be  your  own,  for  seed  of  the  field,  and 
for  your  food,  and  for  them  of  your  households,  and 
for  food  for  your  little  ones. 

25  And  they  said,  Thou  hast  saved  our  lives  :  w  let 
us  find  grace  in  the  sight  of  my  lord,  and  we  will 
be  Pha'raoh's  servants. 

_26  And  Jo'seph  made  it  a  law  over  the  land  of 
E'gypt  unto  this  day,  that  Pha'raoh  should  have  the 


Joseph  visits  Jacob. 


GENESIS,  48,  49. 


Joseph's  children  blessed. 


fifth  part ;  *  except  the  land  of  the  5  priests  only, 
which  became  not  Pha'raoh's. 

27  f  And  Ig'ra-el  v dwelt  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  in 
the  country  of  Go'shen  ;  and  they  had  possessions 
therein,  and  zgrew,  and  multiplied  exceedingly. 

28  And  Ja'cob  lived  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  seven- 
teen years  :  so  6  the  whole  age  of  Ja'cob  was  an  hun- 
dred forty  and  seven  years. 

29  And  the  time  adrew  nigh  that  Ig'ra-el  must  die : 
and  he  called  his  son  Jo'seph,  and  said  unto  him,  If 
now  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  6put,  I  pray 
thee,  thy  hand  under  my  thigh,  and  cdeal  kindly 
and  truly  with  me  ;  dbury  me  not,  I  pray  thee,  in 
E'gypt: 

30  But  el  will  lie  with  my  fathers,  and  thou  shalt 
carry  me  out  of  E'gypt,  and  rbury  me  in  their  bury- 
ingplace.     And  he  said,  I  will  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

31  And  he  said,  Swear  unto  me.  And  he  sware 
unto  him.  And  "Ig'ra-el  bowed  himself  upon  the 
bed's  head. 

CHAPTER  48. 

1  Joseph  visits  Jacob.    0  Jacob's  blessing.    21  Me  foretells  a  return  to  Canaan. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that  one 
-  told  Jo'geph,  Behold,  thy  father  is  sick :  and 
he  took  with  him  his  two  sons,  Ma-nas'seh  and 
E'phra-im. 

2  And  one  told  Ja'cob,  and  said,  Behold,  thy  son 
Jo'seph  cometh  unto  thee :  and  Ig'ra-el  strengthened 
himself,  and  sat  upon  the  bed. 

3  And  Ja'cob  said  unto  Jo'geph,  God  Almighty  ap- 
peared unto  me  at  aLuz  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  and 
blessed  me, 

4  And  said  unto  me,  Behold,  I  will  make  thee  fruit- 
ful, and  multiply  thee,  and  I  will  make  of  thee  a 
multitude  of  people  ;  and  will  give  this  land  to  thy 
seed  after  thee  bfor  an  everlasting  possession. 

5  H  And  now  thy  ctwo  sons,  E'phra-im  and  Ma-nas'- 
seh, which  were  born  unto  theejn  the  land  of  E'gypt 
before  I  came  unto  thee  into  E'gypt,  are  mine  ;  as 
Reu'ben  and  Sim'e-on,  they  shall  be  mine. 

6  And  thy  issue,  which  thou  begettest  after  them, 
shall  be  thine,  and  shall  be  called  after  the  name  of 
their  brethren  in  their  inheritance. 

7  And  as  for  me,  when  I  came  from  Pa'dan,  dRa'- 
chel  died  by  me  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan  in  the  way, 
when  yet  there  was  but  a  little  way  to  come  unto 
Eph'rath  :  and  I  buried  her  there  in  the  way  of 
Eph'rath  ;  the  same  is  Beth'-le-hem. 

8  And  I§'ra-el  beheld  Joseph's  sons,  and  said,  Who 
are  these  ? 

9  And  Jo'seph  said  unto  his  father,  6They  are  my 
sons,  whom  God  hath  given  me  in  this  place.  And 
he  said,  Bring  them,  I  pray  thee,  unto  me,  and  /I 
will  bless  them. 

10  Now  5the  eyes  of  I§'ra-el  were  Mini  for  age, 
so  that  he  could  not  see.  And  he  brought  them 
near  unto  him  ;  and  he  ''  kissed  them,  and  embraced 
them. 

11  And  Is'ra-el  said  unto  Jo'seph,  *I  had  not 
thought  to  see  thy  face  :  and,  lo,  God  hath  shewed 
me  also  thy  seed. 

12  And  Jo'seph  brought  them  out  from  between 


B.  C.  1689. 


x  verse  22. 
5  Or,  princes. 
y  verse  11. 


zch.  12.  2. 

ch.  15.  13,  14. 

ch.  17.  G. 

ch.  18.  18. 

ch.  26.  4. 

ch.  4G.  3. 

Ex.  1.  7. 

Deut.  2G.  5. 

Ps.  105.  24. 

Acts  7.  17. 
G  the  days  of 

the  years  of 

his  life. 
a  Deut.  31.  14. 

1  Ki.  2.  1. 
b  ch.  24.  2. 
c  ch.  24.  49. 
d  ch.  50.  25. 


e  2  Sam.  19.  37. 

/ch.  23.  2,17- 

20. 

ch.  25.  9,  10. 

ch.  35.  29. 

ch.  49.  29. 

ch.  50.  5,  13. 

Acts  7.  16. 

Heb.  11.  22. 
g  ch.  48.  2. 

1  Ki.  1.47. 

Heb.  11.21. 


a  ch.  28.  13.  19. 
ch.  35.  G,  9, 
etc. 


b  ch.  17.  8. 
c  ch.41.  50. 

ch.  46.  20. 

Josh.  13.  7. 

Josh.  14.  4. 
d  ch.  35. 19. 
e  ch.  33.  5. 
/  ch.  27.  4. 
g  ch.  27. 1. 
1  heavy. 

Isa.  6.  10. 

Isa.  59.  1. 
//  ch.  27.  27. 
i  ch.  45.  26. 
jHeb.  11.  21. 
k  ch.  28.  15. 

1  Amos  9.  12. 

Acts  15.  17. 

2  as  fishes  do 
increase. 

m  verse  14. 

3  was  evil  in 
his  eyes. 

n  Num.  2.  19. 
Deut.  33.  17. 

4  fulness. 

o  Ruth  4.  11. 
p  ch.  50.  24. 
q  Josh.  24.  32. 

1  Chr.  5.  2. 

John  4.  5. 
r  eh.  34.  28. 

Josh.  17.  14. 


a  Deut.  33.  1. 

Amos  3.  7. 
6  Num.  24.  14. 

Deut.  4.  30. 
cPs.  34.  11. 
</  Deut.  21.  17. 

1  do  not  thou 
excel. 

<•  Deut.  'J7.  '_'(). 
1  Chr.  5.  1 . 

2  Or,  my  couch" 
is  gone. 

/Prov.  IS.  9. 

3  Or.  their 
swords  are 
weapons  of 
violence. 

g  ch.  34.  25. 
h  Prov.  1.  15. 
i  Ps.  26.  9. 

4  Or,  houghed 
oxen. 


his  knees,  and  he  bowed  himself  with  his  face  to 
the  earth. 

13  And  Jo'seph  took  them  both,  E'phra-im  in  his 
right  hand  toward  Ig'ra-el's  left  hand,  and  Ma-nas'- 
seh in  his  left  hand  toward  Ig'ra-el's  right  hand,  and 
brought  them  near  unto  him. 

14  And  I§'ra-el  stretched  out  his  right  hand,  and 
laid  it  upon  E'phra-im's  head,  who  was  the  younger, 
and  his  left  hand  upon  Ma-nas'seh's  head,  guiding 
his  hands  wittingly ;  for  Ma-nas'seh  was  the  first- 
born. 

15  IT  And  jhe  blessed  Jo'seph,  and  saidt  God,  be- 
fore whom  my  fathers  A'bra-ham  and  I'saac  did 
walk,  the  God  which  fed  me  all  my  life  long  unto 
this  day, 

16  The  Angel  k  which  redeemed  me  from  all  evil, 
bless  the  lads  ;  and  let  'my  name  be  named  on  them, 
and  the  name  of  my  fathers  A'bra-ham  and  I'saac  ; 
and  let  them  2grow  into  a  multitude  in  the  midst 
of  the  earth. 

17  And  when  Jo'seph  saw  that  his  father  '"laid  his 
right  hand  upon  the  head  of  E'phra-im,  it 3 displeased 
him  :  and  he  held  up  his  father's  hand,  to  remove 
it  from  E'phra-im's  head  unto  Ma-nas'seh's  head. 

18  And  Jo'seph  said  unto  his  father,  Not  so,  my 
father  :  for  this  is  the  firstborn  ;  put  thy  right 
hand  upon  his  head. 

19  And  his  father  refused,  and  said,  I  know  it,  my 
son,  I  know  it :  he  also  shall  become  a  people,  and 
he  also  shall  be  great  :  but  truly  his  "younger  bro- 
ther shall  be  greater  than  he,  and  his  seed  shall  be- 
come a  i  multitude  of  nations. 

20  And  he  blessed  them  that  day,  saying,  "In  thee 
shall  I§'ra-el  bless,  saying,  God  make  _  thee  as 
E'phra-im  and  as  Ma-nas'seh :  and  he  set  E'phra-im 
before  Ma-nas'seh. 

21  And  I§'ra-el  said  unto  Jo'seph,  Behold,  I  die  : 
but  pGod  shall  be  with  you,  and  bring  you  again 
unto  the  land  of  your  fathers. 

22  Moreover  "l  have  given  to  thee  one  portion 
above  thy  brethren,  which  I  took  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  r  Am'6r-Ite  with  my  sword  and  with  my  bow. 

CHAPTER  49. 

1  Jacob's  dying  blessing.    29  Charge  as  to  his  burial.    33  His  death. 

AND  Ja'cob  called  unto  his  sons,  and  said,  Gather 
-  yoursefves  together,  that  I  may  "tell  you  that 
which  shall  befall  you  6in  the  last  days. 

2  Gather  yourselves  together,  and  hear,  ye  sons  of 
Ja'cob  ;  and  c  hearken  unto  Ig'ra-el  your  father. 

3  If  Reu'ben,  thou  art  my  firstborn, my  might,  dand 
the  beginning  of  my  strength,  the  excellency  of 
dignity,  and  the  excellency  of  power  : 

4  Unstable  as  water,  1  e  thou  shalt  not  excel ;  be- 
cause thou  wentest  up  to  thy  father's  bed  ;  then 
defiledst  thou  it:  2he  went  up  to  my  couch. 

5  f  Sim'e-on  and  Le'vi  are  •'brethren  ;  ^instru- 
ments of  cruelty  are  in  their  habitations. 

6  O  my  soul,  h  come  not  thou  into  their  secret ; 
'unto  their  assembly,  mine  honour,  be  not  thou 
united :  for  in  their  anger  they  slew  a  man,  and  in 
their  self  will  they  4  digged  down  a  wall. 

55 


Jacob's  dying  blessi?ig. 


GENESIS,  50. 


Burial  of  Jacob. 


7  Cursed  be  their  anger,  for  it  was  fierce  ;  and 
their  wrath,  for  it  was  cruel :  jl  will  divide  them 
in  Ja'cob,  and  scatter  them  in  Ig'ra-el. 

8  U  Ju'dah,  thou  art  he  whom  thy  brethren  shall 
praise  :  thy  hand  shall  be  in  the  neck  of  thine  ene- 
mies ;  thy  father's  children  shall  bow  down  before 
thee. 

9  Ju'dah  is  a  lion's  whelp  :  from  the  prey,  my  son, 
thou  art  gone  up  :  khe  stooped  down,  he  couched 
as  a  lion,  and  as  an  old  lion  ;  who  shall  rouse  him 
up? 

10  The  'sceptre  shall  not  depart  from  Ju'dah,  nor 
a  m lawgiver  from  between  his  feet,  "until  Shi'loh 
come  ;  "and  unto  him  shall  the  gathering  of  the 
people  be. 

11  Binding  his  foal  unto  the  vine,  and  his  ass's 
colt  unto  the  choice  vine  ;  he  washed  his  garments 
in  wine,  and  his  clothes  in  the  blood  of  grapes  : 

12  His  eyes  shall  be  red  with  wine,  and  his  teeth 
white  with  milk. 

13  If  pZeb'u-lun  shall  dwell  at  the  haven  of  the 
sea ;  and  he  shall  be  for  an  haven  of  ships  ;  and  his 
border  shall  be  unto  Zi'don. 

14  Tf  Is'sa-char  is  a  strong  ass  couching  down  be- 
tween two  burdens  : 

15  And  he  saw  that  rest  was  good,  and  the  land 
that  it  was  pleasant ;  and  bowed  his  shoulder  to 
bear,  and  became  a  servant  unto  tribute. 

16  If  Q  Dan  shall  judge  his  people,  as  one  of  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el. 

17  rDan  shall  be  a  serpent  by  the  way,  5an  adder 
in  the  path,  that  biteth  the  horse  heels,  so  that  his 
rider  shall  fall  backward. 

18  s  I  have  waited  for  thy  salvation,  0  Lord. 

19  If  'Gad,  a  troop  shall  overcome  him :  but  he  shall 
overcome  at  the  last. 

20  I  Out  of  Ash'er  his  bread  shall  be  fat,  and  he 
shall  yield  royal  dainties. 

21  If  Naph'ta-lT  is  a  hind  let  loose :  he  giveth  goodly 
words. 

22  If  Jo'geph  is  a  fruitful  bough,  even  a  fruitful 
bough  by  a  well;  whose  6 branches  run  over  the 
wall : 

23  The  archers  have  "sorely  grieved  him,  and  shot 
at  him,  and  hated  him : 

24  But  his  ""bow  abode  in  strength,  and  the  arms 
of  his  hands  were  made  strong  by  the  hands  of  the 
'"mighty  God  of  Ja'cob;  (from  thence  xis  the  shep- 
herd, ^the  stone  of  Ig'ra-el':) 

25  Even  by  the  God  of  thy  father,  who  shall  help 
thee;  and  by  the  Almighty,  *who  shall  bless  thee 
with  blessings  of  heaven  above,  blessings  of  the  deep 
that  lieth  under,  blessings  of  the  breasts,  and  of  the 
womb: 

26  The  blessings  of  thy  father  have  prevailed  above 
the  blessings  of  my  progenitors  unto  the  utmost 
bound  of  the  everlasting  hills  :  they  shall  be  on  the 
head  of  Jo'geph,  and  on  the  crown  of  the  head  of 
him  that  was  separate  from  his  brethren. 

27  If  Ben'ja-min  shall  "ravin  as  a  wolf:  in  the 
morning  he  shall  devour  the  prey,  6and  at  night  he 
shall  divide  the  spoil. 

56 


B.  C.  1689. 


j  Josh.  21.  1. 
1  Chr.  4.  24. 


k  Num.  24.  9. 


I  Num.  24.  17. 

m  Ps.  CO.  7. 
n  1  Chr.  5.  2. 

Isa.  11.  1. 

Ezek.  21.27. 

Dan.  9.  25. 

Matt.  21.  9. 

Luke  1.  32. 
o  Isa.  2.  2. 

Isa.  11.  10. 

Isa.  42.  1,4. 

Isa.  49.  6. 

Isa.  55.  4,  5. 

Isa.  00.  1-5. 

Hag.  2.  7. 

Luke  2.  30. 

p  Deut.  33.  18. 


q  Judg.  15.  20. 
Judg.  18.  2. 


r  Judg.  18.  27. 

5  an  arrow- 
snake. 

s  Ps.  25.  3,  5. 
Ps.  62.  5. 
Ps.  119. 
166,  174. 
Ps.  130.  5. 
Isa.  25.  9. 
Isa.  40.  31. 
Lam.  3.  26. 
Rom.  2.  7. 

1  Cor.  1.  7. 
Phil.  3.  20. 
Tit.  2.  13. 

t  Deut.  33.  20. 

6  daughters. 
u  ch.  37.  24. 
v  Job  29.  20. 

w  Ps.  132.  2.  5. 
X  Ps.  80.  1. 
y  Isa.  28. 16. 
z  Deut.  33.  13. 
a  Judg.  20. 

21,  25. 
b  Num.  23.  24. 

Esth.  8.  11. 

Ezek.  39.  10. 

Zech.  14.  1,  7 
c  ch.  15.  15. 

ch.  25.  8. 
d  ch.  47.  30. 

2  Sam.  19.  37 
e  ch.  50.  13. 

/  ch.  23.  16. 

g  ch.  23.  19. 

ch.  25.  9. 

h  ch.  35.  29. 


a  ch.  46.  4. 
b  2  Ki.  13.  14. 
c  2  Chr.  16. 14. 

Matt.  26.  12. 

Mark  14.  8. 

Mark  16.  1. 

Luke  24.  1. 

John  19. 39,  40. 

1  wept.     - 

d  Num.  20.  29. 

Deut.  34.  8. 
e  Esth.  4.  2. 
f>  Chr.  16.  14. 

Isa.  22.  16. 

Matt.  27.  60. 
q  Acts  8.  2. 
h  1  Sam.  31.13. 

Job  2.  13. 

2  That  is,  The 
mourning  of 
the  Egyptians. 


28  If  All  these  are  the  twelve  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el : 
and  this  is  it  that  their  father  spake  unto  them,  and 
blessed  them ;  every  one  according  to  his  blessing  he 
blessed  them. 

29  And  he  charged  them,  and  said  unto  them,  I 
'am  to  be  gathered  unto  my  people :  dbury  me  with 
my  fathers  ein  the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of  E'phron 
the  Hit'tlte, 

30  In  the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of  Mach-pe'lah, 
which  is  before  Mam're,  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan, 
which  •'"A' bra-ham  bought  with  the  field  of  E'phron 
the  Hit'tlte  for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace. 

31  9  There  they  buried  A 'bra-ham  and  Sa'rah  his 
wife;  ''there  they  buried  I'gaac  and  Rs-bek'ah  his 
wife ;  and  there  I  buried  Le'ah. 

32  The  purchase  of  the  field  and  of  the  cave  that 
is  therein  ivas  from  the  children  of  Heth. 

33  And  when  Ja'cob  had  made  an  end  of  command- 
ing his  sons,  he  gathered  up  his  feet  into  the  bed, 
and  yielded  up  the  ghost,  and  was  gathered  unto  his 
people. 

CHAPTER  50. 

1  Burial  of  Jacob.    15  Joseph  comforts  his  brethren.    22  Joseph's  age  and  death. 

AND  Jo'geph  "fell  upon  his  father's  face,  and 
-  b  wept  upon  him,  and  kissed  him. 

2  And  Jo'geph  commanded  his  servants  the  phy- 
sicians to  e embalm  his  father:  and  the  physicians 
embalmed  Ig'ra-el. 

3  And  forty  days  were  fulfilled  for  him ;  for  so  are 
fulfilled  the  days  of  those  which  are  embalmed: 
and  the  E-gyp'tiang  ld  mourned  for  him  threescore 
and  ten  days. 

4  And  when  the  days  of  his  mourning  were  past, 
Jo'geph  spake  unto e  the  house  of  Pha'raoh,  saying, 
If  now  I  have  found  grace  in  your  eyes,  speak,  I 
pray  you,  in  the  ears  of  Pha'raoh,  saying, 

5  My  father  made  me  swear,  saying,  Lo,  I  die :  in 
my  grave  ■''which  I  have  digged  for  me  in  the  land 
of  Ca'naan,  there  shalt  thou  bury  me.  Now  there- 
fore let  me  go  up,  I  pray  thee,  and  bury  my  father, 
and  I  will  come  again. 

6  And  Pha'raoh  said,  Go  up,  and  bury  thy  father, 
according  as  he  made  thee  swear. 

7  If  And  Jo'geph  went  up  to  bury  his  father :  and 
with  him  went  up  all  the  servants  of  Pha'raoh,  the 
elders  of  his  house,  and  all  the  elders  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt, 

8  And  all  the  house  of  Jo'geph,  and  his  brethren, 
and  his  father's  house :  only  their  little  ones,  and 
their  flocks,  and  their  herds,  they  left  in  the  land 
of  Go'shen. 

9  And  there  went  up  with  him  both  chariots  and 
horsemen :  and  it  was  a  very  great  company.  _ 

10  And  they  came  to  the  threshingfloor  of  A 'tad, 
which  is  beyond  Jor'dan,  and  there  they  a  mourned 
with  a  great  and  very  sore  lamentation  :  ''and  he 
made  a  mourning  for  his  father  seven  days. 

11  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  the  Ca'- 
naan-Ites,  saw  the  mourning  in  the  floor  of^A'tad, 
they  said,  This  is  a  grievous  mourning  to  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang :  wherefore  the  name  of  it  was  called  2A'bel- 
miz'ra-im,  which  is  beyond  Jor'dan. 


Joseph  returns  to  Egypt. 


EXODUS,  1. 


Israel's  hard  lot. 


12  And  his  sons  did  unto  him  according  as  he  com- 
manded them  : 

13  For  'his  sons  carried  him  into  the  land  of  Ca'- 
naan,  and  buried  him  in  the  cave  of  the  field  of 
Mach-pe'lah,  which  A'bra-ham  bought  with  the  field 
for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace  Of  E'phron  the 
Hit'tite,  before  Mam'rg. 

14  Tf  And  Jo'geph  returned  into  E'gypt,  he,  and  his 
brethren,  and  all  that  went  up  with  him  to  bury  his 
father,  after  he  had  buried  his  father. 

15  II  And  when  Jo'geph's  brethren  saw  that  their 
father  was  dead,  Jthey  said,  Jo'geph  will  peradven- 
ture  hate  us,  and  will  certainly  requite  us  all  the 
evil  which  we  did  unto  him. 

16  And  they  3sent  a  messenger  unto  Jo'geph,  say- 
ing, Thy  father  did  command  before  he  died,  saying, 

17  So  shall  ye  say  unto  Jo'geph,  Forgive,  I  pray 
thee  now,  the  trespass  of  thy  brethren,  and  their 
sin  ;  for  fcthey  did  unto  thee  evil  :  and  now,  we 
pray  thee,  forgive  the  trespass  of  the  servants  of 
'the  God  of  thy  father.  And  Jo'geph  wept  when 
they  spake  unto  him. 

18  And  his  brethren  also  went  and "!  fell  down  before 
his  face ;  and  they  said,  Behold,  we  be  thy  ser- 
vants. 


B.  C.  1689. 


ich.23.  16. 
Acts  7.  1G. 


./Job  15.21. 


3  charged. 

*  Prov.  28.  13. 
I  ch.  49.  25. 
in  cb.  37.  7,  10. 
n  Dent.  32.  35. 

Rom.  12.  19. 

Heb.  10.  30. 
o  Ps.  56.  5. 

Isa.  10.  7. 
p  ch.  45.  5,  7. 

Acts  3.  13-15. 
flch.47.  12. 

Matt.  5.  44. 

4  to  their  hearts. 
r  Job  42.  16. 

s  ch.  30.  3. 

5  borne. 
tEx.  3.  16,  17. 

Heb.  11.22. 
u  ch.26.  3. 
i- eh.  47.  29. 

Ex.  13.  19. 

Josh.  24.  32. 


19  And  Jo'geph  said  unto  them,  Fear  not :  "for  am 
I  in  the  place  of  God  ? 

20  But  °as  for  you,  ye  thought  evil  against  me; 
but  p  God  meant  it  unto  good,  to  bring  to  pass,  as  it 
is  this  day,  to  save  much  people  alive. 

21  Now  therefore  fear  ye  not :  QI  will  nourish  you, 
and  your  little  ones.  And  he  comforted  them,  and 
spake  4  kindly  unto  them. 

22  II  And  Jo'geph  dwelt  in  E'gypt,  he,  and  his  fa- 
ther's house  :  and  Jo'geph  lived  an  hundred  and 
ten  years. 

23  And  Jo'geph  saw  E'phra-Im's  children  '"of  the 
third  generation:  the  children  also  of  Ma'chir  the 
son  of  Ma-nas'seh  swere  ° brought  up  upon  Jo'geph's 
knees. 

24  And  Jo'geph  said  unto  his  brethren,  I  die  :  and 
'  God  will  surely  visit  you,  and  bring  you  out  of  this 
land  unto  the  land  "which  he  sware  to  A'bra-ham, 
to  I'gaac,  and  to  Ja'cob. 

25  And  v  Jo'geph  took  an  oath  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  saying,  God  will  surely  visit  you,  and  ye 
shall  carry  up  my  bones  from  hence. 

26  So  Jo'geph  died,  being  an  hundred  and  ten  years 
old  :  and_  they  embalmed  him,  and  he  was  put  in  a 
coffin  in  E'gypt, 


THE   SECOND   BOOK   OF   MOSES,  CALLED 

EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Growihof  Jsruel.    8  Oppressed  by  a  new  king.    22  Pharaoh's  cruel  order. 

NOW  a  these  are  the  names_of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  which  came  into  E'gypt ;  every  man 
and  his  household  came  with  Ja'cob. 

2  Reu'ben,  Sim'e-on,  Le'vi,  and  Ju'dah, 

3  Is'sa-char,  Zeb'u-lun,  and  Ben'ja-min, 

4  Dan,  and  Naph'ta-ll,  Gad,  and  Ash'er. 

5  And  all  the  souls  that  came  out  of  the  J  loins 
of  Ja'cob  were  seventy  b  souls  :  for  Jo'geph  was  in 
E'gypt  already. 

6  And  c  Jo'geph  died,  and  all  his  brethren,  and  rfall 
that  generation. 

7  If  And  ethe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  were  fruitful,  and 
increased  abundantly,  and  multiplied,  and  waxed 
exceeding  mighty ;  and  the  land  was  filled  with 
them. 

8  Now  there  arose  up  a  new  king  over  E'gypt, 
which  knew  not  Jo'geph. 

9  And  he  said  unto  his  people,  Behold,  /the  people 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  are  more  and  mightier 
than  we  : 

10  Come  9on,  let  us  ,sdeal  wisely  with  them  ;  lest 
they  multiply,  and  it  come  to  pass,  that,  when  there 
falleth  out  any  war,  they  join  also  unto  our  ene- 
mies, and  fight  against  us,  and  so  get  them  up  out 
of  the  land. 

11  Therefore  they  did  set  over  them  taskmasters 
'to  afflict  them  with  their  J' burdens.  And  they 
built  for  Pha'raoh  treasure  cities,  Pi'thom  fcand  Ra- 
am'seg. 

12  2But  the  more  they  afflicted  them,  the  more 


B.  C.  1706. 


a  Gen.  46.  8. 
ch.  6.  14. 


1  thigh. 

b  Gen.  46.  26. 

Deut.  10.  22. 
c  Gen.  50.  26. 

Acts  7.  15. 
rfEccl.  1.4. 
e  Gen.  46.  3. 

Deut.  20.  5. 

Ps.  105.  24. 

Acts  7.  17. 
f  Ps.  105.  24. 
<j  Ps.  10.  2. 

Ps.  83.  3. 
h  Job  5.  13. 

Prov.  28.  1G. 

Acts  7.  19. 
i  Gen.  15.  13. 

ch.  3.  7. 
j  ch.  2.  11. 

ch.  5.  4,  5. 

Prov.  27.  3. 

Ps.  81.  6. 
A-  Gen.  47. 11. 

2  And  as  they 
afflicted  them, 
so  they  multi- 
plied, etc. 

I  ch.  2.  23. 

ch.  22.  21. 

Lev.  25. 14, 17. 

Num.  20.  15. 

Job  20.  19. 

Ps.  10.  17.  18. 

Prov.  14.31. 
m  Ps.  81 .  6. 
n  Prov.  16.  6. 
o  Dan.  3.  16,  18. 

Dan.  6.  13. 

Acts  5.  29. 
p  Josh.  2.  4. 

2  Sam.  17. 

19,  20. 
q  Prov.  11.  18. 

Eccl.  8.  12. 

Isa.  3. 10. 

Heb.  6.  10. 
r  1  Sam.  2.  35. 

2  Sam.  7.  11, 

13,  27,  29. 

1  Ki.  2.  24. 

1  Ki.  11.  38. 

Ps.  127.  1. 


they  multiplied  and  grew.  _  And  they  were  grieved 
because  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

13  And  the  E-gyp'tiang  made  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el to  serve  with  rigour  : 

14  And  they  'made  their  lives  bitter  with  hard 
bondage,  TOin  morter,  and  in  brick,  and  in  all  man- 
ner of  service  in  the  field  :  all  their  service,  wherein 
they  made  them  serve,  was  with  rigour. 

15  II  And  the  king  of  E'gypt  spake  to  the  He'brew 
midwives,  of  which  the  name  of  the  one  was  Shiph'- 
rah,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Pu'ah  : 

16  And  he  said,  When  ye  do  the  office  of  a  mid- 
wife to  the  He'brew  women,  and  see  them  upon  the 
stools  ;  if  it  be  a  son,  then  ye  shall  kill  him  :  but  if 
it  be  a  daughter,  then  she  shall  live. 

17  But  themidwives  "feared  God,  and  did  not  °as 
the  king  of  E'gypt  commanded  them,  but  saved  the 
men  children  alive. 

18  And  the  king  of  E'gypt  called  for  the  midwives, 
and  said  unto  them,  Why  have  ye  done  this  thing, 
and  have  saved  the  men  children  alive  ? 

19  And  Hhe  midwives  said  unto  Pha'raoh,  Because 
the  He'brew  women  are  not  as  the  E-gyp'tian  wo- 
men ;  for  they  are  lively,  and  are  delivered  ere  the 
midwives  come  in  unto  them. 

20  Therefore  9God  dealt  well  with  the  midwives  : 
and  the  people  multiplied,  and  waxed  very  mighty. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  because  the  midwives 
feared  God,  'that  he  made  them  houses. 

22  And  Pha'raoh  charged  all  his  people,  saying, 
Every  son  that  is  born  ye  shall  cast  into  the  river, 
and  every  daughter  ye  shall  save  alive. 

57 


Nurture  of  Moses. 


EXODUS,  2,  3. 


The  burning  bush. 


CHAPTER  2. 

1  Birth  of  Moses.    5  How  nurtured.    15  Flight  to  Midian. 

AND  there  went  "a  man  of  the  house  of  Le'vi,  and 
-  took  to  wife  a  daughter  of  Le'vi. 

2  And  the  woman  conceived,  and  bare  a  son  :  and 
6  when  she  saw  him  that  he  was  a  goodly  child,  she 
hid  him  three  months. 

3  And  when  she  could  not  longer  hide  him,  she 
took  for  him  an  ark  of  bulrushes,  and  daubed  it 
with  slime  and  with  pitch,  and  put  the  child  therein  ; 
and  she  laid  it  in  the  flags  by  the  river's  brink. 

4  And  chis  sister  stood  afar  off,  to  wit  what  would 
be  done  to  him. 

5  If  And  the  d  daughter  of  Pha'raoh  came  down  to 
wash  herself  at  the  river  ;  and  her  maidens  walked 
along  by  the  river's  side  ;  and  when  she  saw  the 
ark  among  the  flags,  she  sent  her  maid  to  fetch  it. 

6  And  when  she  had  opened  it,  she  saw  the  child  : 
and,  behold,  the  babe  wept.  And  she  had  compas- 
sion on  him,  and  said,  This  is  one  of  the  He'brewg' 
children. 

7  Then  said  his  sister  to  Pha'raoh's  daughter,  Shall 
I  go  and  call  to  thee  a  nurse  of  the  He'brew  women, 
that  she  may  nurse  the  child  for  thee  ? 

8  And  Pha'raoh's  daughter  said  to  her,  Go.  And 
the  maid  went  and  called  the  child's  mother. 

9  And  Pha'raoh's  daughter  said  unto  her,  Take 
this  child  away,  and  nurse  it  for  me,  and  I  will  give 
thee  thy  wages.  And  the  woman  took  the  child, 
and  nursed  it. 

10  And  the  child  grew,  and  she  brought  him  unto 
Pha'raoh's  daughter,  and  he  became  her  son.  And 
she  called  his  name  ^o'geg  :  and  she  said,  Because 
I  drew  him  out  of  the  water. 

11  1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  ''when 
Mo'geg  was  grown,  that  he  went  out  unto  his  breth- 
ren, and  looked  on  their  burdens  :  and  he  spied  an 
E-gyp'tian  smiting  an  He'brew,  one  of  his  brethren. 

12  And  he  looked  this  way  and  that  way,  and 
when  he  saw  that  there  was  no  man,  he  slew  the 
E-gyp'tian,  and  hid  him  in  the  sand. 

13  And  when  he  went  out  the  second  day,  behold, 
two  men  of  the  He'brewg  strove  together  :  and  he 
said  to  him  that  did  the  wrong,  Wherefore  smitest 
thou  thy  fellow  ? 

14  And  he  said,  Who  made  thee  2a  prince  and  a 
judge  over  us  ?  intendest  thou  to  kill  me,  as  thou 
killedst  the  E-gyp'tian  ?  And  Mo'geg  feared,  and 
said,  Surely  this  thing  is  known. 

15  Now  when  Pha'raoh  heard  this  thing,  he  sought 
to  slay  Mo'geg.  But  Mo'geg  fled  from  the  face  of 
Pha'raoh,  and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  MId'i-an  :  and 
he  sat  down  by  f&  well. 

16  "Now  the  3 priest  of  Mid'i-an  had  seven  daugh- 
ters :  Aand  they  came  and  drew  water,  and  filled 
the  troughs  to  water  their  father's  flock. 

17  And  the  shepherds  came  and  drove  them  away  : 
but  Mo'geg  stood  up  and  helped  them,  and  watered 
their  flock. 

18  And  when  they  came  to  'Reu'el  their  father, 
he  said,  How  is  it  that  ye  are  come  so  soon  to  day  ? 

19  And  they  said,  An  E-gyp'tian  delivered  us  out 

58 


B.  C.  1573. 


a  ch.  G.  20. 
Num.  26.  59. 
1  Chr.  23. 
13,  14. 


fcHeb.  11.23. 


c  ch.  15.  20. 
Num.  2G.  59. 


d  Acts  7.  21. 


1  That  is, 
Drawn  out. 

cHeb.  11.  24-26. 

2  a  man,  a 
prince. 
Gen.  13.  S. 
Gen.  47.22,26. 

1  Sam.  8.  IS. 

2  Sam.  20.  26. 
/Gen.  24.  11. 

Gen.  29.  2. 
gch.  3.  1. 

3  Or,  prince,  as 
Gen.  41.45. 

h  Gen.  29.  10. 

1  Sam.  9.  11. 
i  Num.  10.  29. 

Called  also 

Jethro,  or 

Jether. 
/Gen.  31.  54. 

4  That  is, 

A  stranger 

here, 
/.ch.  18.  3. 
/  Heb.  11.  13. 
m  ch.  7.  7. 
n  Ps.  12:  5. 
o  Gen.  18.  20. 

Deut.  24.  15. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
p  ch.  6.  5. 
q  Ps.  105.  8. 
r  Gen.  15.  14. 
i-2  Sam.  16.  12. 

Luke  1.  25. 

5  knew. 


a  1  Ki.  19.  8. 
6  Deut.  33.  16. 

Isa.  63.  9. 

Acts  7.  30. 
rPs.  111.2. 
d  Deut.  33.  16. 
e  Josh.  5.  15. 
/Gen.  28.  13. 

Mark  12.  26. 
g  Isa.  6. 1,  5. 

Rev.  1. 17. 
/(Gen.  18.21. 
/Gen.  11.5. 
1  eh.  12.  51. 
/,'  Deut.  1.  25. 
/  Num.  13.  27. 
m  Gen.  15.  IS. 
n  ch.  1.  11. 
0  Ps.  105.  2G. 

Mic.  6.  4. 
p  1  Sam.  18.  18. 

1  Ki.  3.  7-9. 

Isa.  6.  5,  8. 

Jer.  1.6. 


of  the  hand  of  the  shepherds,  and  also  drew  water 
enough  for  us,  and  watered  the  flock. 

20  And  he  said  unto  his  daughters,  And  where  is 
he  ?  why  is  it  that  ye  have  left  the  man  ?  call  him, 
that  he  may  jeat  bread. 

21  And  Mo'geg  was  content  to  dwell  with  the  man : 
and  he  gave  Mo'geg  Zip-po'rah  his  daughter. 

22  And  she  bare  him  a  son,  and  he  called  his 
name  4fcGer'shom :  for  he  said,  I  have  been  'a 
stranger  in  a  strange  land. 

23  If  And  itcame  to  pass  min  process  of  time,  that 
the  king  of  E'gypt  died  :  and  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el  "sighed  by  reason  of  the  bondage,  and  they 
cried,  and  their  °  cry  came  up  unto  God  by  reason 
of  the  bondage. 

24  And  God  p heard  their  groaning,  and  God  're- 
membered his r  covenant  with  A'brS-ham,  with  I'saac, 
and  with  Ja'cob. 

25  And  God  'looked  upon  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
and  God  5had  respect  unto  them. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Keeper  of  Jethro's  flock.    2  The  burning  bush.    9  God  commissions  Moses. 

NOW  Mo'geg  kept  the  flock  of  Je'thro  his  father 
in  law,  the  priest  of  Mid'i-an  :  and  he  led  the 
flock  to  the  backside  of  the  desert,  and  came  to  athe 
mountain  of  God,  even  to  Ho'reb. 

2  And  6the  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto  him 
in  a  flame  of  fire  out  of  the  midst  of  a  bush  :  and 
he  looked,  and,  behold,  the  bush  burned  with  fire, 
and  the  bush  was  not  consumed. 

3  And  Mo'geg  said,  I  will  now  turn  aside,  and  see 
cthis  great  sight,  why  the  bush  is  not  burnt. 

4  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  he  turned  aside  to 
see,  God  called  unto  rfhim  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
bush,  and  said,  Mo'geg,  Mo'geg.  And  he  said,  Here 
am  I. 

5  And  he  said,  Draw  not  nigh  hither  :  cput  off  thy 
shoes  from  off  thy  feet,  for  the  place  whereon  thou 
standest  is  holy  ground. 

6  Moreover^  he  said,  fI  am  the  God  of  thy  father, 
the  God  of  A'bra-ham,  the  God  of  I'saac,  and  the 
God  of  Ja'cob.  And  Mo'geg  hid  his  face  ;  for  "he 
was  afraid  to  look  upon  God. 

7  If  And  the  Lord  said,  I  have  surely  seen  the  afflic- 
tion of  my  people  which  are  in  E'gypt,  and  have  heard 
their  cry  by  reason  of  their  taskmasters ;  for  hI 
know  their  sorrows ; 

8  And  iI  an^come  down  to j  deliver  them  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  E-gyp'tiang,  and  to  bring  them  up  out 
of  that  land  /cunto  a  good  land  and  a  large,  unto  a 
land  'flowing  with  milk  and  honey  ;  unto  the  place 
of  the  TOCa'naan-Ites,  and  the  Hit'tites,  and  the 
Am'or-Ites,  and  the  Per'Iz-zites,  and  the  Hi'vltes, 
and  the  Jeb'u-sites. 

9  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  cry  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  is  come  unto  me  :  and  I  have  also  seen  the 
oppression  wherewith  n  the  E-gyp'tiang  oppress  them. 

10  Come  "now  therefore,  and  I  will  send  thee  unto 
Pha'raoh,  that  thou  mayest  bring  forth  my  people 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of  E'gypt. 

11  If  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  God,  "Who  am  I,  that  I 


Moses  commissioned. 


EXODUS,  4. 


The  rod  and  leprous  hand. 


should  go  unto  Pha'raoh,  and  that  I  should  bring 
forth  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of  E'gypt? 

12  And  he  said,  q  Certainly  I  will  be  with  thee  ; 
and  this  shall  be  a  token  unto  thee,  that  I  have  sent 
thee  :  When  thou  hast  brought  forth  the  people  out 
of  E'gypt,  ye  shall  serve  God  upon  this  mountain. 

13  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  God,  Behold,  when  I  come 
unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  shall  say  unto  them, 
The  God  of  your  fathers  hath  sent  me  unto  you ;  and 
they  shall  say  to  me, r  What  is  his  name  ?  what  shall 
I  say  unto  them? 

14  And  God  said  unto  Mo'geg,  I  AM  THAT  I  AM : 
and  he  said,  Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  SI  AM  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 

15  And  God  said  moreover  unto  Mo'geg,  Thus  shalt 
thou  say  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  The  Lord  God 
of  your  fathers,  the  God  of  A 'bra-ham,  the  God  of 
I'gaac,  and  the  God  of  Ja'cob,  hath  sent  me  unto 
you  :  this  is  'my  name  for  ever,  and  this  is  my  me- 
morial unto  all  generations. 

16  Go,  and  gather  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  together, 
and  say  unto  them,  The  u  Lord  God  of  your  fathers, 
the  God  of  A'bra-ham,  of  I'gaac,  and  of  Ja'cob,  ap- 
peared unto  me,  saying,  VI  have  surelyvisited  you, 
and  seen  that  which  is  done  to  you  in  E'gypt : 

17  And  I  have  said,  wl  will  bring  you  up  out  of  the 
affliction  of  E'gypt  unto  the  land  of  the  Ca'naan-Ites, 
and  the  Hit'tites,  and  the  Am'or-ites,  and  the  Per'- 
Iz-zites,  and  the  Hi'vltes,  and  the  Jeb'u-sltes,  unto 
a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 

18  And  they  shall  hearken  to  thy  voice  :  and  thou 
shalt  come,  thou  and  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el,  unto  the 
king  of  E'gypt,  and  ye  shall  say  unto  him,  The  Lord 
God  of  the  He'brewg  hath  xmet  with  us  :  and  now 
let  us  go,  we  beseech  thee,  three  days'  journey  into 
the  wilderness,  that  we  may  sacrifice  to  the  Lord 
our  God. 

19  If  And  I  am  sure  that  the  king  of  E'gypt  will 
not  let  you  go,  Jno,  not  by  a  mighty  hand. 

20  And  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand,  and  smite 
E'gypt  with  vall  my  wonders  which  I  will  do  in  the 
midst  thereof  :  and  z  after  that  he  will  let  you  go. 

21  And  aI  will  give  this  people  favour  in  the  sight 
of  the  E-gyp'tiang  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that, 
when  ye  go,  ye  shall  not  go  empty : 

22  But 6  every  woman  shall  borrow  of  her  neighbour, 
and  of  her  that  sojourneth  in  her  house,  jewels  of 
silver,  and  jewels  of  gold,  and  raiment :  and  ye  shall 
put  them  upon  your  sonsxand  upon  your  daughters ; 
cand  ye  shall  spoil  2the  E-gyp'tiang. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Rod  of  Moses.    6  His  leprous  hand.    1i  Aaron's  appointment.    2\  His  message  to 

Pharaoh. 

AND  Mo'geg  answered  and  said,  But,  behold,  they 
-  will  not  believe  me,  nor  hearken  unto  my  voice : 
for  they  will  say,  The  Lord  hath  not  appeared  unto 
thee. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  What  is  that  in 
thine  hand  ?     And  he  said,  A  rod. 

3  And  he  said,  Cast  it  on  the  ground.  And  he 
cast  it  on  the  ground,  and  it  became  a  serpent  ;  and 
Mo'geg  fled  from  before  it. 


B.  C 

1491. 

q  Gen. 

31.  3. 

Deut 

31.  23. 

Josh. 

1.  5. 

Isa.  43.  2. 

Rom 

8.31. 

r  Gen.  32.  29. 


s  eh.  6.  3. 
John  8.  58. 
Heb.  13.  8. 
Rev.  1.  4. 


/  Ps.  135.  13. 
Hos.  12.  5. 


u  Gen.  43.  15. 


c  Gen.  50.  24. 

ch.  2.  25. 

ch.  4.  31. 

Deut.  26.  7. 

Ps.  33.  13,  14. 

Ps.  80.  14. 

Lukel.  68. 
w  Gen.  15.  14. 


x  Num.  23.  3. 

1  Or,  but  by 
strong  hand. 

y  ch.  7.  3. 
Deut.  6.  22. 
Neh.  !>.  10. 
Ps.  105.  27. 
Ps.  135.  9. 
Jer.  32.  20. 
Acts  7.  36. 

2  ch.  12.  31. 
ach.  11.3. 

ch.  12.  36. 

Ps.  106.  46. 

Prov.  16.  7. 
b  Gen.  15.  14. 

ch.  11.  2. 
c  Job  27.  17. 

Prov.  13.  22. 

Ezek.  39.  10. 
2  Or,  Egypt. 


a  ch.  19.  9. 
b  Num.  12.  10. 

2  Ki.  5.  27. 
c  Num.  12. 13, 14. 

Deut.  32.  39. 

2  Ki.  5.  14. 

Matt.  8.  3. 
d  ch.  7.  19. 

1  shall  be  and 
shall  be. 

2  a  man  of 
words. 

3  since  yester- 
day, nor  since 
the  third  dav. 

e  ch.  6.  12. 

Jer.  1.  6. 
./'  Ps.  94.  9. 
(/  Isa.  50.  4. 

Jer.  1.  9. 

Matt.  10.  10. 

Mark  13.  11 

Luke  12. 

1 1,  12. 

Luke  21.  14. 
h  Jon.  1.  3. 

4  Or,  shouldest. 
;  Num.  23.  12. 

Deut.  18.  IS. 

Isa.  51.10. 

Jer.  1.  9. 
j  Deut.  5.31. 
Ach.  7.  1. 

ch.  18.  19. 

5  Jether. 

/  ch.  2.  15,  23. 

Matt.  2.  20. 
m  ch.  17.  9. 

Num.  20.  8. 


4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Put  forth  thine 
hand,  and  take  it  by  the  tail.  And  he  put  forth 
his  hand,  and  caught  it,  and  it  became  a  rod  in  his 
hand  : 

5  That  they  may  abelieve_that  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers,  the  God  of  A'bra-ham,  the  God  of 
I'gaac,  and  the  God  of  Ja'cob,  hath  appeared  unto 
thee. 

6  H  And  the  Lord  said  furthermore  unto  him,  Put 
now  thine  hand  into  thy  bosom!  And  he  put  his 
hand  into  his  bosom  :  and  when  he  took  it  out,  be- 
hold, his  hand  was  leprous  6as  snow. 

7  And  he  said,  Put  thine  hand  into  thy  bosom  again. 
And  he  put  his  hand  into  his  bosom  again  ;  and 
plucked  it  out  of  his  bosom,  and,  behold,  cit  was 
turned  again  as  his  other  flesh. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  not  believe 
thee,  neither  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  first  sign, 
that  they  will  believe  the  voice  of  the  latter  sign. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  not  believe 
also  these  two  signs,  neither  hearken  unto  thy  voice, 
that  thou  shalt  take  of  the  water  of  the  river,  and 
pour  it  upon  the  dry  land:  and  dthe  water  which 
thou  takest  out  of  the  river 1  shall  become  blood  upon 
the  dry  land. 

10  If  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  Lord,  O  my  Lord,  I 
am  not 2  eloquent,  neither 3  heretofore,  nor  since  thou 
hast  spoken  unto  thy  servant :  but  c  I  am  slow  of 
speech,  and  of  a  slow  tongue. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  ■'Who  hath  made 
man's  mouth  ?  or  who  maketh  the  dumb,  or  deaf, 
or  the  seeing,  or  the  blind  ?  have  not  I  the  Lord  ? 

12  Now  therefore  go,  and  I  will  be 9  with  thy  mouth, 
and  teach  thee  what  thou  shalt  say. 

13  And  he  said,  O  my  Lord,  ;'send,  I  pray  thee,  by 
the  hand  of  him  whom  thou  4wilt  send. 

14  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
Mo'geg,  and  he  said,  Is  not  Aar'on  the  Le'vite  thy 
brother?  I  know  that  he  can  speak  well.  And  also, 
behold,  he  cometh  forth  to  meet  thee  :  and  when 
he  seeth  thee,  he  will  be  glad  in  his  heart. 

15  And  Hhou  shalt  speak  unto  him,  and  put  words 
in  his  mouth  :  and  I  will  be  with  thy  mouth,  and 
with  his  mouth,  and  ''will  teach  you  what  ye  shall 
do. 

16  And  he  shall  be  thy  spokesman  unto  the  people  : 
and  he  shall  be,  even  he  shall  be  to  thee  instead  of 
a  mouth,  and  Hhou  shalt  be  to  him  instead  of  God. 

17  And  thou  shalt  take  this  rod  in  thine  hand, 
wherewith  thou  shalt  do  signs. 

18  1  And  Mo'geg  went  and  returned  to  5Je'throhis 
father  in  law,  and  said  unto  him,  Let  me  go,  I  pray 
thee,  and  return  unto  my  brethren  which  are  in 
E'gypt,  and  see  whether  they  be  yet  alive.  And 
Je'thro  said  to  Mo'geg,  Go  in  peace. 

19  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg  in  Mid'i-an,  Go, 
return  into  E'gypt :  for  'all  the  men  are  dead  which 
sought  thy  life. 

20  And  Mo'seg  took  his  wife  and  his  sons,  and  set 
them  upon  an  ass,  and  he  returned  to  the  land  of 
E'gypt :  and  Mo'seg  took  the  m  rod  of  God  in  his  hand. 

21  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  When  thou 

59 


Moses  returns  to  Egypt. 


EXODUS,  5,  6. 


The  people  murmur. 


goest  to  return  into  E'gypt,  see  that  thou  do  all 
those  wonders  before  Pha'raoh,  which  I  have  put  in 
thine  hand  :  but  nl  will  harden  his  heart,  that  he 
shall  not  let  the  people  go. 

22  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  Pha'raoh,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  °I§'ra-el  is  my  son,  peven  my  firstborn  : 

23  And  I  say  unto  thee,  Let  my  son  go,  that  he 
may  serve  me  :  and  if  thou  refuse  to  let  him  go, 
behold,  I  ^will  slay  thy  son,  even  thy  firstborn. 

24  IF  And  it  came*  to  pass  by  the  way  in  the  inn, 
that  the  rLORD  met  him,  and  sought  to  skill  him. 

25  Then  Zip-po'rah  took  'a  sharp  6 stone,  and  cut 
off  the  foreskin  of  her  son,  and  7cast  it  at  his  feet, 
and  said,  Surely  a  bloody  husband  art  thou  to  me. 

26  So  he  let  him  go  :  then  she  said,  A  bloody  hus- 
band thou  art,  because  of  the  circumcision. 

27  IF  And  the  Lord  said  to  Aar'on,  Go  into  the 
wilderness  to  meet  Mo'seg.  And  he  went,  and  met 
him  in  "the  mount  of  God,  and  kissed  him. 

28  And  Mo'seg  told  Aar'on  all  the  words  of  the 
Lord  who  had  sent  him,  and  all  the  signs  which  he 
had  commanded  him. 

29  IF  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  went  and  ''gathered 
together  all  the  elders  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  : 

30  And  Aar'on  spake  all  the  words  which  the 
Lord  had  spoken  unto  Mo'seg,  and  did  the  signs  in 
the  sight  of  the  people. 

31  And  the  people  w  believed :  and  when  they 
heard  that  the  Lord  had  x  visited  the  children  of 
I§' ra-el,  and  that  he  had  v  looked  upon  their  afflic- 
tion, then  z  they  bowed  their  heads  and  worshipped. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Pharaoh  chides  Moses  and  Aaron.     5  Israel's  tasks  increased.     20  Murmuring*  against 

Moses  and  Aaron. 

AND  afterward  Mo'seg  and  Aar'on  went  in,  and 
-  told  Pha'raoh,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  !§'- 
ra-el,  Let  my  people  go,  that  they  may  hold  a  a  feast 
unto  me  in  the  wilderness. 

2  And  Pha'raoh  said,  6Who  is  the  Lord,  that  I 
should  obey  his  voice  to  let  Ig'ra-el  go?  I  know 
not  the  Lord,  c  neither  will  I  let  I§'ra-el  go. 

3  And  they  said,  dThe  God  of  the  He'brewg  hath 
met  with  us  :  let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  three  days' 
journey  into  the  desert,  and  sacrifice  unto  the 
Lord  our  God  ;  lest  he  fall  upon  us  with  pestilence, 
or  with  the  sword. 

4  And  the  king  of  E'gypt  said  unto  them, e  Where- 
fore do  ye,  Mo'ses.  and  Aar'on,  let  the  people  from 
their  works  ?  get  you  unto  your  -'"burdens. 

5  And  Pha'raoh  said,  Behold,  the  people  of  the 
land  now  are  "many,  and  ye  make  them  rest  from 
their  burdens. 

6  And  Pha'raoh  commanded  the  same  day  the 
''  taskmasters  of  the  people,  and  their  officers,  saying, 

7  Ye  shall  no  more  give  the  people  straw  to  make 
brick,  as  heretofore  :  let  them  go  and  gather  straw 
for  themselves. 

8  And  the  tale  of  the  bricks,  which  they  did  make 
heretofore,  ye  shall  lay  upon  them  ;  ye  shall  not  di- 
minish ought  thereof :  for  they  be  idle  ;  therefore 
they  cry,  saying,  Let  us  go  and  sacrifice  to  our  God. 

60 


B.  C.  1491. 


n  Joali.  11.  20. 

1  Sam.  G.  6. 
Dan.  5.  20. 
Kom.  !).  14-23. 
Jas.  1.  13-17. 

oHos.  11.1. 
Rom.  9.  4. 

2  Cor.  C.  IS. 
p  Jer.  31.  0. 

Jas.  1.  18. 

<?  eh.  11.  5. 
ch.  12.  20. 


r  Num.  22.  22. 
s  Gen.  17. 14. 
t  Josh.  5.  2,  3. 
G  Or,  knife. 
7  made  it  touch. 


u  ch.  3.  1. 


v  verse  1C. 


w  ch.  3.  18. 
x  ch.  3.  16. 

y  ch.  2.  25. 

ch.  3.  7. 
z  Gen.  24.  26. 

ch.  12.  27. 

1  Chr.  29.  20. 


a  ch.  10.  9. 


b  2  Ki.  18.  35. 

Job  21. 15. 

Ps.  12.  3-5. 

2  Chr.  32.  14. 
c  ch.  3.  19. 
d  eh.  3.  18. 
e  Prov.  28.  15. 
/ch.  1.  11. 
ffch.  1.7,  9. 
Ach.  1.  11. 

1  let  the  work  be 
heavy  upon 
the  men. 

i'ch.  1.  11. 
Prov.  29.  12. 

2  a  matter  of  a 
day  in  his  day. 

j  Gen.  15.  13. 
*  ch.  6.  9. 

3  to  stink. 
Gen.  34.  30. 

1  Sam.  13.  4. 

2  Sam.  10.  6. 
1  Chr.  19.  G. 

/Num.  11.  11. 
1  Sam.  30.  G. 

4  delivering 
thou  hast  not 
delivered. 

m  Matt.  14.  31. 
Heb.  10.  23. 


a  ch.  11.  1. 

ch.  12.  31. 
1  Or, 

JEHOVAH. 
b  Gen.  17.  1. 

Gen.  35.  11. 

Gen.  48.  3. 
C  ch.  3.  14. 

Ps.  G8.  4. 

John  8.  58. 

Rev.  1.  4. 


9  *  Let  there  more  work  be  laid  upon  the  men,  that 
they  may  labour  therein  ;  and  let  them  not  regard 
vain  words. 

10  IF  And  the  *  taskmasters  of  the  people  went  out, 
and  their  officers,  and  they  spake  to  the  people, 
saying,  Thus  saith  Pha'raoh,  I  will  not  give  you 
straw. 

11  Go  ye,  get  you  straw  where  ye  can  find  it  :  yet 
not  ought  of  your  work  shall  be  diminished. 

12  So  the  people  were  scattered  abroad  through- 
out all  the  land  of  E'gypt  to  gather  stubble  instead 
of  straw. 

13  And  the  taskmasters  hasted  them,  saying,  Ful- 
fil your  works,  2your  daily  tasks,  as  when  there 
was  straw. 

14  And  ^'the  officers  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
which  Pha'raoh's  taskmasters  had  set  over  them, 
were  beaten,  and  demanded,  Wherefore  have  ye  not 
fulfilled  your  task  in  making  brick  both  yesterday 
and  to  day,  as  heretofore  ? 

15  IF  Then  the  officers  of  the  children  of  I§'  ra-el 
came  and  cried  unto  Pha'raoh,  saying,  Wherefore 
dealest  thou  thus  with  thy  servants  ? 

16  There  is  no  straw  given  unto  thy  servants,  and 
they  say  to  us,  Make  brick :  and,  behold,  thy  ser- 
vants are  beaten  ;  but  the  fault  is  in  thine  own 
people. 

17  But  he  said,  Ye  are  idle,  ye  are  idle :  therefore 
ye  say,  Let  us  go  and  do  sacrifice  to  the  LORD. 

18  Go  therefore  now,  and  work ;  for  there  shall 
no  straw  be  given  you,  yet  shall  ye  deliver  the  tale 
of  bricks. 

19  And  the  officers  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  did 
see  that  they  were  in  evil  case,  after  it  was  said, 
Ye  shall  not  minish  ought  from  your  bricks  of  your 
daily  task. 

20  IF  And  they  met  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on,  who  stood 
in  the  way,  as  they  came  forth  from  Pha'raoh  : 

21  And  k  they  said  unto  them,  The  Lord  look  upon 
you,  and  judge  ;  because  ye  have  made  our  savour 
3  to  be  abhorred  in  the  eyes  of  Pha'raoh,  and  in  the 
eyes  of  his  servants,  to  put  a  sword  in  their  hand  to 
slay  us. 

22  And  Mo'ses.  'returned  unto  the  Lord,  and  said, 
Lord,  wherefore  hast  thou  so  evil  entreated  this  peo- 
ple? why  is  it  that  thou  hast  sent  me? 

23  For  since  I  came  to  Pha'raoh  to  speak  in  thy 
name,  he  hath  done  evil  to  this  people;  4 neither 
'"  hast  thou  delivered  thy  people  at  all. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  The  covenant  renewed  with  Moses.    14  Genealogies. 

THEN  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ses.,  Now  shalt  thou 
see  what  I  will  do  to  Pha'raoh  :  for  with  a 
strong  hand  shall  he  let  them  go,  and  with  a  strong 
hand  "shall  he  drive  them  out  of  his  land. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  and  said  unto  him, 
I  am  a  the  Lord  : 

3  And  I  appeared  unto  A'bra-ham,  unto  I'saac, 
and  unto  Ja'cob,  by^the_name  of  6God  Almighty, 
but  cby  my  name  JE-HO'VAH  was  I  not  known  to 
them. 


The  covenant  renewed. 


EXODUS,  7. 


Moses  before  Pharaoh. 


4  And  dl  have  also  established  my  covenant  with 
them,  Ho  give  them  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  the  land 
of  their  pilgrimage,  wherein  they  were  strangers. 

5  And  fI  have  also  heard  the  groaning  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  whom  the  E-gyp'tiang  keep  in 
bondage ;  and  I  have  remembered  my  covenant. 

6  Wherefore  say  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  I 
am  the  Lord,  and  °  I  will  bring  you  out  from  under 
the  burdens  of  the  E-gyp'tiang,  and  I  will  rid  you 
out  of  their  bondage,  and  I  will  h  redeem  you  with 
a  stretched  out  arm,  and  with  great  judgments  : 

7  And  I  will  Hake  you  to  me  for  a  people,  and  Jl 
will  be  to  you  a  God  :  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord  your  God,  which^  bringeth  you  out k  from 
under  the  burdens  of  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

8  And  I  will  bring  you  in  unto  the  land,  concern- 
ing the  which  I  did  2* swear  to  give  it  to  A' bra-ham, 
to  I'gaac,  and  to  Ja'cob  ;  and  I  will  give  it  you  for 
an  heritage  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

9  If  And  Mo'geg  spake  so  unto  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el :  but  they  hearkened  not  unto  Mo'geg  for  3  an- 
guish of  spirit,  and  for  cruel  bondage. 

10  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

11  Go  in,  speak  unto  Pha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt, 
that  he  let  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  go  out  of  his 
land. 

12  And  Mo'ges  spake  before  the  Lord,  saying, 
Behold,  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  have  not  hearkened 
unto  me  ;  how  then  shall  Pha'raoh  hear  me,  '"who 
am  of  uncircumcised  lips  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'ges  and  unto 
Aar'on,  and  gave  them  a  charge  unto  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  and  unto  Pha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt,  to 
bring  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt. 

14  If  These  be  the  heads  of  their  fathers'  houses  : 
"The  sons  of  Reu'ben  the  firstborn  of  Ig'ra-el ; 
Ha'noch,  and  Pal'lu,  Hez'ron,  and  Car 'ml :  these  be 
the  families  of  Reu'ben. 

15  And  Hhe  sons  of  Sim'e-on  ;  Je-mti'el,  and  Ja'- 
min,  and  O'had,  and  Ja'chin,  and  Zo'har,  and  Sha'ul 
the  son  of  a  Ca'naan-Tt-ish  woman  :  these  are  the 
families  of  Sim'e-on. 

16  If  And  these  are  the  names  "of  the  sons  of  Le'vl 
according  to  their  generations  ;  Ger'shon,  and  Ko'- 
hath,  and  Me-ra'ri :  and  the  years  of  the  life  of 
Le'vl  were  an  hundred  thirty  and  seven  years. 

17  The  sons  of  Ger'shon  ;  Lib'ni,  and  ShI'ml,  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

18  And  Hhe  sons  of  Ko'hath  ;  Am 'ram,  and  Iz'har, 
and  He'bron,  and  Uz'zT-el  :  and  the  years  of  the 
life  of  Ko'hath  were  an  hundred  thirty  and  three 
years. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Me 
these  are  the  families  of 
generations. 

20  And  '"Am'ram  took  him  Joch'e-bed  his  father's 
sister  to  wife  ;  and  she  bare  him  Aar'on  and  Mo'- 
geg :  and  the  years  of  the  life  of  Am'ram  were  an 
hundred  and  thirty  and  seven  years. 

21  If  And  sthe  sons  of  Iz'har ;  Ko'rah,  and  Ne'- 
pheg,  and  Zich'rl. 


ra'n 


,  Ma'ha-ll  and  Mu'shi : 
Le'vl  according  to  their 


B.  C.  1491. 


d  Gen.  15.  18. 

Gen.  17.  4,  7. 
e  Gen.  17.  8. 

/ch.  2.  24. 


ycli.  3.  17. 

oh.  7.  4. 

Dent.  26.  8. 

Ps.  81.  C. 

Ps.  130.  11,  12. 
Sen.  15.  13. 

Deut.  7.  8. 

1  Chr.  17. 'Jl. 
Neh.  1.10. 

i  Deut.  7.  6. 

2  Sam.  7.  24. 
j  Gen.  17.  7,  8. 

ch.  29.  45,  40. 
Deut.  29.  13. 
Rev.  21.  7. 
/.Ps.  81.  <;. 


2  lift  up  my 

hand. 

Gen.  14.  22. 
/Gen.  15.  18. 

Gen.  2G.  3. 


3  shortness,  or, 
straitness. 


in  Jer.  1.  6. 


n  Gen.  40.  9. 

1  Chr.  5.  3. 
o  Gen.  4G.  10. 

1  Chr.  4.  24. 
p  Gen.  46.  11. 

Num.  3.  17. 

1  Chr.  6.  1. 
q  Num.  26.  57. 

1  Chr.  6.  IS. 
j-eh.2.  1,2. 

Num.  26.  59. 
s  Num.  16.  1 . 

1  Chr.  6.  37,  38. 
t  Lev.  10.  4. 

Num.  3.  30. 
u  Ruth  4.  19,  20. 

1  Chr.  2.  10. 

Matt.  1 .  4. 
(Lev.  10.  1. 

Num.  3.  2. 

Num.  26.  GO. 

1  Chr.  6.  3. 

1  Chr.  24.  1. 
»•  Num.  20.  11. 
-Num.  25.  7,  11, 

12. 

Josh.  24.  33. 
i/  ch.  7.  4. 

ch.  12.  17,  51. 

Num.  33.  1. 
z  ch.  32.  7. 

ch.  33.  1. 

Ps.  77.20. 
a  ch.  7.  2. 
I,  ch.  4.  10. 

Jer.  1.  6. 


a  ch.  4.  16. 

Jer.  1.  10. 
ich.  11.  9. 
c  ch.  4.  7. 
</ch.  10.  1. 

ch.  11.  9. 
e  ch.  6.  6. 
/ch.  8.  22. 

ch.  14.  4,  18. 

Ps.  9.  10. 

Ps.  59.  13. 

Ps.  83.  18. 
g  ch.  3.  20. 
/(  Deut.  29.  5. 

Deut.  31.  2. 

Deut.  34.  7. 

Acts  7.  23,  30. 
ilsa.  7.  11. 

Join.!'.  IS. 

John  0.  30. 
/ch.  4.2,  17. 
/■•  ch.  4.  3. 
/  Gen.  41.  8. 

Dan.  2.  2. 


22  And  Hhe  sons  of  Uz'zi-el ;  Mish'a-el,  and  El'- 
za-phan,  and  Zith'ri. 

23  And  Aar'on  took  him  E-lish'e-ba,  daughter  of 
"Am-mm'a-dab,  sister  of  Na-ash'on,  to  wife;  and 
she  bare  him  ,;Na'dab,  and  A-bi'hu,  E-le-a'zar,  and 
Ith'a-mar. 

24  And  the  '"sons  of  Ko'rah  ;  As'sir,  and  El'ka- 
nah,  and  A-bl'a-saph  :  these  are  the  families  of  the 
K6r'hltes._ 

25  And  E-le-a'zar  Aar'on's  son  took  him  one  of  the 
daughters  of  Pu'ti-el  to  wife ;  and  *she  bare  him 
Phm'e-has  :  these  are  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of 
the  Le'vltes  according  to  their  families. 

26  These  are  that  Aar'on  and  Mo'geg,  to  whom  the 
Lord  said,  Bring  out  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  from 
the  land  of  E'gypt  according  to  their  v armies. 

27_These  are  they  which  spake  to  Pha'raoh  king 
of  E'gypt,  Ho  bring  out  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
from  E'gypt :  these  are  that  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on. 

28  If  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  day  when  the 
Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  in  the  land  of  E'gypt, 

29  That  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying,  I 
am  the  Lord  :  "speak  thou  unto  Pha'raoh  king  of 
E'gypt  all  that  I  say  unto  thee. 

30  And  Mo'geg  said  before  the  Lord,  Behold,  6I 
am  of  uncircumcised  lips,  and  how  shall  Pha'raoh 
hearken  unto  me? 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Moses  before  Pharaoh.    8  Rod  and  serpen! .     19  First  plague. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  See,  I  have  made 
-  thee  aa  god  to  Pha'raoh :  and  Aar'on  thy  brother 
shall  be  thy  prophet. 

2  Thou  shalt  speak  all  that  I  command  thee  :  and 
Aar'on  thy  brother  shall  speak  unto  Pha'raoh,  that 
he  send  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of  his  land. 

3  And  I  will  harden  Pha'raoh's  heart,  and  Mul- 
tiply my  c  signs  and  my  wonders  in  the  land  of 
E'gypt. 

4  But  Pha'raoh  shall  not  hearken  unto  you,  Hhat 
I  may  lay  my  hand  upon  E'gypt,  and  bring  forth 
mine  armies,  and  my  people  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt  eby  great  judgments. 

5  And  the  E-gyp'tiang  shall  know  that  fl  ani  the 
Lord,  when  1 9 stretch  forth  mine  hand  upon  E'gypt, 
and  bring  out  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  from  among 
them. 

6  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  did  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded them,  so  did  they. 

7  And  Mo'geg  was  h  fourscore  years  old,  and  Aar'on 
fourscore  and  three  years  old,  when  they  spake  unto 
Pha'raoh. 

8  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  unto 
Aar'on,  saying, 

9  When  Pha'raoh  shall  speak  unto  you,  saying, 
1  Shew  a  miracle  for  you  :  then  thou  shalt  say  unto 
Aar'on,  J'Take  thy  rod,  and  cast  it  before  Pha'raoh, 
and  it  shall  become  a  serpent. 

10  If  And  Mo'ges  and  Aar'on  went  in  unto  Pha'- 
raoh, and  they  did  so  as  the  Lord  had  commanded : 
and  Aar'on  cast  down  his  rod  before  Pha'raoh,  and 
before  his  servants,  and  it k  became  a  serpent. 

11  Then  Pha'raoh  also  'called  the  wise  men  and 

61 


The  first  plague. 


EXODUS,  8. 


Plagues  of  frogs  and  lice. 


mthe  sorcerers  :  now  the  magicians  of  E'gypt,  they 
also  wdid  in  like  manner  with  their  enchantments. 

12  For  they  cast  down  every  man  his  rod,  and  they 
became  serpents :  but  Aar'on's  rod  swallowed  up 
their  rods. 

13  And  he  hardened  Pha'raoh's  heart,  that  he 
hearkened  not  unto  them  ;  °as  the  Lord  had  said. 

14  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  p  Pha'raoh's 
heart  is  hardened,  he  refuseth  to  let  the  people  go. 

15  Get  thee  unto  Pha'raoh  in  the  morning  ;  lo,  he 
goeth  out  unto  the  water ;  and  thou  shalt  stand  by 
the  river's  brink  against  he  come  ;  and  Hhe  rod 
which  was  turned  to  a  serpent  shalt  thou  take  in 
thine  hand. 

16  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  him,  The  Lord  God  of 
the  He'brewg  hath  sent  me  unto  thee,  saying,  Let 
my  people  go,  rthat  they  may  serve  me  in  the  wil- 
derness :  and,  behold,  hitherto  thou  wouldest  not 
hear. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  In  this  thou  s  shalt  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  :  behold,  I  will  smite  with  the 
rod  that  is  in  mine  hand  upon  the  waters  which  are 
in  the  river,  and  Hhey  shall  be  turned  "to  blood. 

18  And  the  fish  that  is  in  the  river  shall  die,  and 
the  river  shall  stink ;  and  the  E-gyp'tiang  shall 
v  loathe  to  drink  of  the  water  of  the  river. 

19  IF  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'ses.,  Say  unto 
Aar'on,  Take  thy  rod,  and  "'stretch  out  thine  hand 
upon  the  waters  of  E'gypt,  upon  their  streams,  upon 
their  rivers,  and  upon  their  ponds,  and  upon  all 
their  2  pools  of  water,  that  they  may  become  blood  ; 
andthat  there  may  be  blood  throughout  all  the  land 
of  E'gypt,  both  in  vessels  of  wood,  and  in  vessels  of 
stone. 

20  And  Mo'ses.  and  Aar'on  did  so,  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded ;  and  xhe  lifted  up  the  rod,  and  smote  the 
waters  that  were  in  the  river,  in  the  sight  of  Pha'- 
raoh, and  in  the  sight  of  his  servants  ;  and  all  the 
y  waters  that  were  in  the  river  were  turned  to  blood. 

21  And  the  fish  that  was  in  the  river  died ;  and 
the  river  stank,  and  the  E-gyp'tians.  could  not  drink 
of  the  water  of  the  riverj  and  there  was  blood 
throughout  all  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

22  And  the  magicians  of  E'gypt  did  so  with  their 
enchantments  :  and  Pha'raoh's  heart  was  hardened, 
neither  did  he  hearken  unto  them ;  as  the  Lord  had 
said. 

23  And  Pha'raoh  turned  and  went  into  his  house, 
neither  z  did  he  set  his  heart  to  this  also. 

24  And  all  the  E-gyp'tians.  digged  round  about  the 
river  for  water  to  drink ;  for  they  could  not  drink 
of  the  water  of  the  river. 

25  And  seven  days  were  fulfilled,  after  that  the 
Lord  had  smitten  the  river. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Plagues  of  frogs,  lice  and  flies.    32  Pharaoh  hardens  his  lieart. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  Go  unto  Pha'- 
-  raoh,  and  say  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Let  my  people  go,  "that  they  may  serve  me. 

2  And  if  thou  b  refuse  to  let  them  go,  behold,  I  will 
smite  all  thy  borders  with  c  frogs  : 

62 


B.  C.  1491. 


m  2  Tim.  3.  8. 
n  verse  22. 

ch.  8.  7,  18. 

Job  12.  10. 

Prov.  12.  5. 

Isa.  19.  13. 

Zeph.  1.8,  9. 

2  Cor.  11.  13. 

2  Theas.  2. 

9,11. 

2  Tim.  3.  13. 

2  Pet.  2.  13. 

Rev.  12.  9. 

Eev.  13.  14. 
o  ch.  4.  21. 
p  ch.  8. 15. 

ch.  10.  1,  20, 

27. 

q  ch.  4.  2,  3. 


r  ch.  3.  12,  18. 
ch.  5.  1,  3. 


s  Ps.  9.  16. 
Ezek.  20.  48. 
Ezek.  25.  17. 
Ezek.  34.  30. 
Joel  3. 17. 

t  ch.  4.  9. 

«  Rev.  10.  4,  G. 


v  verse  24. 


w  ch.  8.  5. 

ch.  9.  22. 
ch.  10.  12,21. 
ch.  14.  21,  2G. 


1  gathering  of 
their  waters. 


x  ch.  17.  5. 
y  Ps.  78.  44. 

Ps.  105.  29. 
z  Prov.  29.  1. 


a  ch.  3. 12. 
6  ch.  7.  14. 
ch.  9.  2. 
c  Rev.  16.  13. 
d  Ps.  105.  30. 

1  Or,  dough. 
e  ch.  7.  19. 
/  Ps.  78.  45. 

Ps.  105.  30. 
<7ch.  7.  11. 
h  ch.  9.  28. 

ch.  10.  17. 

Num.  21.7. 

1  Ki.  13.  6. 
Acts  8.  24. 

2  Or,  Have  this 
honour  over 
me,  etc. 

3  Or,  against 
when. 

4  to  cut  off. , 

5  Or,  against  to 
morrow. 

ich.  9.  14. 
Deut.  33.  26. 

2  Sam.  7.  22. 

1  Chr.  17.  20. 
Ps.  86.  8. 
Isa.  46.  9. 
Jer.  10.  6,  7. 

j  ch.  9.  33. 

ch.  10.  18. 

ch.  32.  11. 

Jas.  5.  16-18. 
iEccl.  8.  11. 
/Prov.  21.29. 
m  Ps.  105.  31. 
n  ch.  7.  11. 
o  Luke  10.  18. 

2  Tim.  3.  8,  9. 
p  1  Sam.  6.  3,  9. 

Job  27. 11. 
Ps.  8.  3. 
Matt.  12.  28. 
Luke  11.  20. 
Acts  13.  11. 
q  ch.  7.  15. 


3  And  the  river  shall  bring  forth  frogs  abundantly, 
which  shall  go  up  and  come  into  thine  house,  and 
into  dthy  bedchamber,  and  upon  thy  bed,  and  into 
the  house  of  thy  servants,  and  upon  thy  people,  and 
into  thine  ovens,  and  into  thy  l  kneadingtroughs  : 

4  And  the  frogs  shall  come  up  both  on  thee,  and 
upon  thy  people,  and  upon  all  thy  servants. 

5  Tf  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'se§,  Say  unto 
Aar'on, e  Stretch  forth  thine  hand  with  thy  rod  over 
the  streams,  over  the  rivers,  and  over  the  ponds, 
and  cause  frogs  to  come  up  upon  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

6  And  Aar'on  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the 
waters  of  E'gypt;  and  •''the  frogs  came  up,  and 
covered  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

7  And  "the  magicians  did  so  with  their  enchant- 
ments, and  brought  up  frogs  upon  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

8  If  Then  Pha'raoh  called  for  Mo'ses.  and  Aar'on, 
and  said,  ''Intreat  the  Lord,  that  he  may  take  away 
the  frogs  from  me,  and  from  my  people ;  and  I  will 
let  the  people  go,  that  they  may  do  sacrifice  unto 
the  Lord. 

9  And  Mo'ses.  said  unto  Pha'raoh,  2  Glory  over  me: 
3  when  shall  I  intreat  for  thee,  and  for  thy  servants, 
and  for  thy  people,  4to  destroy  the  frogs  from  thee 
and  thy  houses,  that  they  may  remain  in  the  river 
only? 

10  And  he  said,  5  To  morrow.  And  he  said,  Be  it 
according  to  thy  word :  that  thou  mayest  know  that 
1  there  is  none  like  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

11  And  the  frogs  shall  depart  from  thee,  and  from 
thy  houses,  and  from  thy  servants,  and  from  thy 
people ;  they  shall  remain  in  the  river  only. 

12  And  Mo'ses.  and  Aar'on  went  out  from  Pha'raoh : 
and  Mo'ses.  cried  'unto  the  Lord  because  of  the  frogs 
which  he  had  brought  against  Pha'raoh. 

13  And  the  Lord  did  according  to  the  word  of  Mo'- 
ses. ;  and  the  frogs  died  out  of  the  houses,  out  of  the 
villages,  and  out  of  the  fields. 

14  And  they  gathered  them  together  upon  heaps  : 
and  the  land  stank. 

15  But  when  Pha'raoh  saw  that  there  was  k respite, 
'he  hardened  his  heart,  and  hearkened  not  unto 
them ;  as  the  Lord  had  said. 

16  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Say  unto 
Aar'on,  Stretch  out  thy  rod,  and  smite  the  dust  of 
the  land^that  it  may  become  lice  throughout  all  the 
land  of  E'gypt. 

17  And  they  did  so;  for  Aar'on  stretched  out  his 
hand  with  his  rod,  and  smote  the  dust  of  the  earth, 
and  m  it  became  lice  in  man,  and  in  beast ;  all  the 
dust  of  the  land  became  lice  throughout  all  the  land 
of  E'gypt. 

18  And  "the  magicians  did  so  with  their  enchant- 
ments to  bring  forth  lice,  but  they  "could  not:  so 
there  were  lice  upon  man,  and  upon  beast. 

19  Then  the  magicians  said  unto  Pha'raoh,  This  is 
pthe  finger  of  God:  and  Pha'raoh's  heart  was  hard- 
ened, and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them;  as  the 
Lord  had  said. 

20  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  'Rise  up  early 
in  the  morning,  and  stand  before  Pha'raoh ;  lo,  he 
cometh  forth  to  the  water ;  and  say  unto  him,  Thus 


, 


Plague  of  files. 


EXODUS,  9. 


Plague  of  boils. 


saith  the  Lord,  Let  my  people  go,  that  they  may 
serve  me. 

21  Else,  if  thou  wilt  not  let  my  people  go,  behold, 
I  will  send  6  swarms  of  flies  upon  thee,  and  upon  thy 
servants,  and  upon  thy  people,  and  into  thy  houses : 
and  the  houses  of  the  E-gyp'tian§  shall  be  full  of 
swarms  of  flies,  and  also  the  ground  whereon  they 
are. 

22  And  'I  will  sever  in  that  day  the  land  of  Go'- 
shen,  in  which  my  people  dwell,  that  no  swarms  of 
flies  shall  be  there ;  to  the  end  thou  mayest  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

23  And  I  will  put  7a  division  between  my  people 
and  thy  people :  8to  morrow  shall  this  sign  be. 

24  And  the  Lord  did  so ;  s  and  there  came  a  griev- 
ous swarm  of  flies  into  the  house  of  Pha'raoh,  and 
into  his  servants'  houses,  and  into  all  the  land  of 
E'gypt :  the  land  was  9  corrupted  by  reason  of  the 
swarm  of  flies. 

25  If  And  Pha'raoh  called  for  Mo'geg  and  for  AaV- 
on,  and  said,  Go  ye,  sacrifice  to  your  God  in  the 
land. 

26  And  Mo'geg  said,  It  is  not  meet  so  todo ;  for  we 
shall  sacrifice  the  abomination  'of  the  E-gyp'tians. 
to  the  Lord  our  God :  lo,  shall  we  sacrifice  the  abom- 
ination of  the  E-gyp'tian§  before  their  eyes,  and 
will  they  not  stone  us  ? 

27  We  will  go  u  three  days'  journey  into  the  wil- 
derness, and  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God,  as  v  he 
shall  command  us. 

28  And  Pha'raoh  said,  I  will  let  you  go,  that  ye 
may  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  your  God  in  the  wilder- 
ness ;  only  ye  shall  not  go  very  far  away :  w  intreat 
for  me. 

29  And  Mo'geg  said,  Behold,  I  go  out  from  thee, 
and  I  will  intreat  the  Lord  that  the  swarms  of 
flies  may  depart  from  Pha'raoh,  from  his  servants, 
and  from  his  people,  to  morrow  :  but  let  not  Pha'- 
raoh deal  deceitfully  any  more  in  not  letting  the 
people  go  to  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

30  And  Mo'§e§  went  out  from  Pha'raoh,  and  in- 
treated  the  Lord. 

31  And  xthe  Lord  did  according  to  the  word  of 
Mo'§e§  ;  and  he  removed  the  swarms  of  flies  from 
Pha'raoh,  from  his  servants,  and  from  his  people ; 
there  remained  not  one. 

32  And  Pha'raoh  v hardened  his  heart  at  this  time 
'  also,  neither  would  he  let  the  people  go. 


CHAPTER  9. 


1  Plagues  of  murrain,  boils  and  hail. 


Pharaoh  unrelenting. 


npHEN  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ges.,  Go  a  in  unto 

-*-    Pha'raoh,  and  tell  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 

God  of  the  He'brewg,  Let  my  people  go,  that  they 

may  serve  me. 

2  For  if  thou  6  refuse  to  let  them  go,  and  wilt  hold 

•  them  still, 

£  3  Behold,  the  chand  of  the  Lord  is  upon  thy  cattle 
which  is  in  the  field,  upon  the  horses,  upon  the 
asses,  upon  the  camels,  upon  the  oxen,  and  upon  the 

;  sheep  :  there  shall  be  a  very  grievous  murrain. 
4  And  dthe  Lord  shall  sever  between  the  cattle  of 


B.  C.  1491. 


G  Or,  a  mixture 
of  noisome 
beasts,  etc. 


r  ch.  9.  4,  6,  2C. 


7  a  redemption. 

8  Or,  by  to 
morrow. 

s  Pa.  78.  45. 


9  Or,  destroyed. 


t  Gen.  46.  34. 
Deut.  7.  25,  26. 
Deut.  12.  31. 


u  ch.  3.  18. 
v  ch.  3.  12. 


w  ch.  9.  28. 

1  Ki.  13.  6. 

Ezra  6.  10. 

Acts  8.  24. 
X  Jas.  5. 17. 
7/ch.4.  21. 

Prov.  28.  14. 

Rom.  9.  17-23. 

Jas.  1.  13-17. 


20. 


«ch.  8.  1. 

Jer.  22.  1. 
6  ch.  8.  2. 

Rom.  2.  5. 
c  ch.  7.  4. 

1  Sam.  5.  6. 

1  Sam.  6.  3,  5. 
Job  27. 11. 
Ps.  39.  10. 
Luke  11.  20. 
Acts  13.  11. 

d  ch.  8.  22. 
e  Ps.  78.  50. 
/  ch.  8.  32. 
g  Rev.  16.  2. 
h  Deut.  28.  27. 
i  2  Tim.  3.  9. 
Jen.  4.  21. 

ch.  7.  14. 

ch.  8.  32. 

ch.  10.  1, 

ch.  14.  8. 

Deut.  2.  30. 

Josh.  11.  20. 

Isa.  63.  17. 

John  12.  40. 

Rom.  9.  18. 

Jas.  1.  13-17. 
fcch.  4.21. 
/  ch.  8.  20. 
in  Deut.  3.  24. 

Deut.  33.  26. 

2  Sam.  7.  22. 
1  CIiv.  17.  20. 
Ps.  71.  19. 
Ps.  86.  8. 
Isa.  45.  5-25. 
Isa.  46.  9. 
Jer.  10.  6,  7. 

??  ch.  3.  20. 

0  Prov.  16.  4. 
Rom.  9.  17. 
1  Pet.  2.  9. 

1  made  thee 
stand. 

2  set  not  his 
heart  unto. 

;)  Rev.  16.  21. 


Is_'ra-el  and  the  cattle  of  E'gypt :  and  there  shall 
nothing  die  of  all  that  is  the  children's  of  I§'ra-el. 

5  And  the  Lord  appointed  a  set  time,  saying,  To 
morrow  the  Lord  shall  do  this  thing  in  the  land. 

6  And  the  Lord  did_  that  thing  on  the  morrow, 
and  eall  the  cattle  of  E'gypt  died  :  but  of  the  cattle 
of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  died  not  one. 

7  And  Pha'raoh  sent,  and,  behold,  there  was  not 
one  of  the  cattle  of  the  I§'ra-el-Ites  dead.  And  ■''the 
heart  of  Pha'raoh  was  hardened,  and  he  did  not  let 
the  people  go. 

8  11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ses.  and  unto 
Aar'on,  Take  to  you  handfuls  of  ashes  of  the  fur- 
nace, and  let  Mo'ses.  sprinkle  it  toward  the  heaven 
in  the  sight  of  Pha'raoh. 

9  And  it  shall  become  small  dust  in  all  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  and  shall  be  ga  boil  breaking  forth  with 
blains  uponman,  and  upon  beast,  throughout  all 
the  land  of  E'gypt. 

10  And  they  took  ashes  of  the  furnace,  and  stood 
before  Pha'raoh  ;  and  Mo'ses.  sprinkled  it  up  toward 
heaven  ;  and  it  became  h  a  boil  breaking  forth  with 
blains  upon  man,  and  upon  beast. 

11  And  the  ^magicians  could  not  stand  before  Mo'- 
ses. because  of  the  boils  ;  for  the  boil  was  upon  the 
magicians,  and  upon  all  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

12  And  J'the  Lord  hardened  the  heart  of  Pha'raoh, 
and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them  ;  as  Hhe  Lord  had 
spoken  unto  Mo'ses.. 

13  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  'Rise  up  early 
in  the  morning,  and  stand  before  Pha'raoh,  and  say 
unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  the  He'brewg, 
Let  my  people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

14  For  I  will  at  this  time  send  all  my  plagues  upon 
thine  heart,  and  upon  thy  servants,  and  upon  thy 
people  ;  m  that  thou  mayest  know  that  there  is  none 
like  me  in  all  the  earth. 

15  For  now  I  will  n  stretch  out  my  hand,  that  I 
may  smite  thee  and  thy  people  with  pestilence  ;  and 
thou  shalt  be  cut  off  from  the  earth. 

16  And  in  very  deed  for  "this  cause  have  I 
1  raised  thee  up,  for  to  shew  in  thee  my  power  ;  and 
that  my  name  may  be  declared  throughout  all  the 
earth. 

17  As  yet  exaltest  thou  thyself  against  my  people, 
that  thou  wilt  not  let  them  go  ? 

18  Behold,  to  morrow  about  this  time  I  will  cause 
it  to  rain  a  very  grievous  hail,  such  as  hath  not 
been  in  E'gypt  since  the  foundation  thereof  even 
until  now. 

19  Send  therefore  now;  and  gather  thy  cattle,  and 
all  that  thou  hast  in  the  field  ;  for  upon  every  man 
and  beast  which  shall  be  found  in  the  field,  and 
shall  not  be  brought  home,  the  hail  shall  come  down 
upon  them,  and  they  shall  die. 

20  He  that  feared  the  word  of  the  Lord  among 
the  servants  of  Pha'raoh  made  his  servants  and  his 
cattle  flee  into  the  houses  : 

21  And  he  that  2  regarded  not  the  word  of  the 
Lord  left  his  servants  and  his  cattle  in  the  field. 

22  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ses.,  Stretch  forth 
thine  hand  toward  heaven,  that  there  may  be  phail 

63 


Plague  of  hail. 


EXODUS,  10. 


Plague  of  locusts. 


in  all  the  land  of  E'gypt,  upon  man,  and  upon  beast, 
and  upon  every  herb  of  the  field,  throughout  the 
land  of  E'gypt. 

23  And  Mo'geg  stretched  forth  his  rod  toward 
heaven  :  and  9the  Lord  sent  thunder  and  hail,  and 
the  fire  ran  along  upon  the  ground  ;  and  the  Lord 
rained  hail  upon  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

24  So  there  was  hail,  and  fire  mingled  with  the 
hail,  very  grievous,  such  as  there  was  none  like  it 
in  all  the  land  of  E'gypt  since  it  became  a  nation. 

25  And  the  hail  smote  throughout  all  the  land  of 
E'gypt  all  that  was  in  the  field,  both  man  and  beast ; 
and  the  hail  r  smote  every  herb  of  the  field,  and 
brake  every  tree  of  the  field. 

26  Only  sin  the  land  of  Go'shen,  where  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  were,  was  there  no  hail. 

27  1f  And  Pha'raoh  sent,  and  called  for  Mo'geg  and 
Aar'on,  and  said  unto  them,  'I  have  sinned  this  time : 
"the  Lord  is  righteous,  and  I  and  my  people  are 
wicked. 

28  v  Intreat  the  Lord  (for  it  is  enough)  that  there 
be  no  more  3  mighty  thunderings  and  hail  ;  and  I 
will  let  you  go,  and  ye  shall  stay  no  longer. 

29  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  him,  As  soon  as  I  am  gone 
out  of  the  city,  I  w  will  spread  abroad  my  hands  unto 
the  Lord  ;  and  the  thunder  shall  cease,  neither  shall 
there  be  any  more  hail  ;  that  thou  mayest  know 
how  that  the  x  earth  is  the  Lord's. 

30  But  as  for  thee  and  thy  servants,  yl  know  that 
ye  will  not  yet  fear  the  Lord  God. 

31  And  the  flax  and  the  barley  was  smitten  :  *for 
the  barley  was  in  the  ear,  and  the  flax  was  boiled. 

32  But  the  wheat  and  the  rie  were  not  smitten  : 
for  they  were  4not  grown  up. 

33  And  Mo'seg  went  out  of  the  city  from  Pha'raoh, 
and  "spread  abroad  his  hands  unto  the  Lord  :  and 
the  thunders  and  hail  ceased,  and  the  rain  was  not 
poured  upon  the  earth. 

34  And  when  Pha'raoh  saw  that  the  rain  and  the 
hail  and  the  thunders  were  ceased,  he  sinned  yet 
more,  and  hardened  his  heart,  he  and  his  servants. 

35  And  the  heart  of  Pha'raoh  was  hardened,  neither 
would  he  let  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  go  ;  as  the  Lord 
had  spoken  5by  Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Plagues  of  locusts  and  darkness.    27  Pharaoh's  heart  still  hardened. 

ND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ses,  Go  in  unto  Pha'- 


A1 


raoh  :  "for  I  have  hardened  his  heart,  and  the 
heart  of  his  servants,  that  6I  might  shew  these  my 
signs  before  him : 

2  And  that  cthou  mayest  tell  in  the  ears  of  thy  son, 
and_of  thy  son's  son,  what  things  I  have  wrought 
in  E'gypt,  and  my  signs  which  I  have  done  among 
them  ;  that  ye  may  know  how  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

3  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  came  in  unto  Pha'raoh, 
and  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  the 
He'brewg,  How  long  wilt  thou  refuse  to  d humble 
thyself  before  me  ?  let  my  people  go,  that  they  may 
serve  me. 

4  Else,  if  thou  refuse  to  let  my  people  go,  behold, 
to  morrow  will  I  bring  the  e  locusts  into  thy  coast : 

64 


B.  C.  1491. 


}  Josh.  10.  11. 
Ps.  18.  13. 
Ps.  78.  47. 
Ps.  105.  32. 
Ps.  148.  8. 
Isa.  30.  30. 
Ezek.  38.  22. 
Rev.  8.  7. 


r  Ps.  105.  33 


s  ch.  9.  4,  6. 
ch.  11.7. 
Isa.  32.  18,  19. 


/ch.  10.  16. 

u  2  Chr.  12.  6. 

Ps.  129.  4. 

Ps.  145.  17. 

Lam.  1.  18. 

Dan.  9.  14. 
V  ch.  8.  8,  28. 

ch.  10.  17. 

Acts  8.  24. 
3  voices  of  God. 

Ps.  29.  3,  4. 


w  1  Ki.  8.  22,  38. 
Ps.  143.  6. 
Isa.  1.  15. 


a-Ps.  24.  1. 

1  Cor.  10.  26. 
y  Isa.  26.  10. 
s  Ruth  1.  22. 

Ruth  2.  23. 

4  hidden,  or, 
dark. 

a  ch.  8.  12. 

5  by  the  hand 
of  Moses, 
ch.  4.  13. 


a  ch.  7.  14. 

Deut.  2.  30. 

Josh.  11.20. 

John  12.  40. 

Rom.  9.  18. 
b  ch.  7.  4. 

0  Deut.  4.  9. 
Ps.  44.  1. 
Ps.  71.  18. 
Joel  1.  3. 

d  1  Ki.  21.  29. 

2  Chr.  34.  27 

Jas.  4.  10. 

1  Pet.  5.  0. 
e  Prov.  30.  27. 

Rev.  9.  3. 

1  eye. 

/Joel  2.  25. 
goh.  8.  3,21. 
h  ch.  23.  33. 

Josh.  23.  13. 
1  Sam.  18.  21 
Eccl.  7.  26. 
1  Cor.  7.  35. 

2  who,  and 
who,  etc. 

i  Prov.  3.  9. 
/ch.  5.  1. 
I-  ch.  7.  19. 
/  verses  4.  5. 
m  Deut.  28. 

Ps.  78.  46. 

Ps.  105.  34. 

Rev.  9.  2. 
n  Joel-2.  2. 
o  verse  5. 
p  Ps.  105.  35. 

3  hastened  to 
call. 

q  ch.  9.  27. 
r  ch.  9.  28. 

1  Ki.  13.  6. 
Job  34.  31. 

sch.  8.  30. 

4  fastened. 
t  Joel  2.  20. 
uch.  4.  21. 

ch.  11.  10. 
Deut.  2.  30. 
Josh.  11.20. 

2  Chr.  28.  22. 
Rom.  2.  4,  5. 
Rom.  9.  17-22. 
Jas.  1.  13-17. 

V  ch.  9.  22. 


8. 


5  And  they  shall  cover  the  2face  of  the  earth,  that 
one  cannot  be  able  to  see  the  earth :  and  /they  shall 
eat  the  residue  of  that  which  is  escaped,  which  re- 
maineth  unto  you  from  the  hail,  and  shall  eat  every 
tree  which  groweth  for  you  out  of  the  field : 

6  And  they  9  shall  fill  thy  houses,  and  thejiouses 
of  all  thy  servants,  and  the  houses  of  all  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang ;  which  neither  thy  fathers,  nor  thy  fathers' 
fathers  have  seen,  since  the  day  that  they  were  upon 
the  earth  unto  this  day.  And  he  turned  himself, 
and  went  out  from  Pha'raoh. 

7  And  Pha'raoh's  servants  said  unto  him,  How  long 
shall  this  man  be  ;'  a  snare  unto  us  ?  let  the  men  go, 
that  they  may  serve  the  Lord  their  God  :  knowest 
thou  not  yet  that  E'gypt  is  destroyed? 

8  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  were  brought  again  unto 
Pha'raoh :  and  he  said  unto  them,  Go,  serve  the  Lord 
your  God  :  2  but  who  are  they  that  shall  go  ? 

9  And  Mo'geg  said,  'We  will  go  with  our  young  and 
with  our  old,  with  our  sons  and  with  our  daughters, 
with  our  flocks  and  with  our  herds  will  we  go  ;  for 
J"  we  must  hold  a  feast  unto  the  Lord. 

10  And  he  said  unto  them,  Let  the  Lord  be  so  with 
you,  as  I  will  let  you  go,  and  your  little  ones  :  look 
to  it ;  for  evil  is  before  you. 

11  Not  so  :  go  now  ye  that  are  men,  and  serve  the 
Lord  ;  for  that  ye  did  desire.  And  they  were  driven 
out  from  Pha'raoh's  presence. 

12  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  ''Stretch  out 
thine  hand  over  the  land  of  E'gypt  for  the  locusts, 
that  they  may  come  up  upon  the  land  of  E'gypt, 
?and  eat  every  herb  of  the  land,  even  all  that  the 
hail  hath  left. 

13_  And  Mo'geg  stretched  forth  his  rod  over  the  land 
of  E'gypt,  and  the  Lord  brought  an  east  wind  upon 
the  land  all  that  day,  and  all  that  night ;  and  when 
it  was  morning,  the  east  wind  brought  the  locusts. 

14  And  '"the  locusts  went  up  over  all  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  and  rested  in  all  the  coasts  of  E'gypt  :  very 
grievous  were  they;  "before  them  there  were  no 
such  locusts  as  they,  neither  after  them  shall  be  such. 

15  For  they  "covered  the  face  of  the  whole  earth, 
so  that  the  land  was  darkened  ;  and  they  v  did  eat 
every  herb  of  the  land,  and  all  the  fruit  of  the  trees 
which  the  hail  had  left :  and  there  remained  not 
any  green  thing  in  the  trees,  or  in  the  herbs  of  the 
field,  through  all  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

16  If  Then  Pha'raoh  3called  for  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on 
in  haste ;  and  he  said,  "I  have  sinned  against  the 
Lord  your  God,  and  against  you. 

17  Now  therefore  forgive,  I  pray  thee,  my  sin  only 
this  once,  rand  intreat  the  Lord  your  God,  that  he 
may  take  away  from  me  this  death  only. 

18  And  he  swent  out  from  Pha'raoh,  and  intreated 
the  Lord. 

19  And  the  Lord  turned  a  mighty  strong  west 
wind,  which  took  away  the  locusts,  and  *cast  them 
into  '  the  Red  sea  ;  _there  remained  not  one  locust 
in  all  the  coasts  of  E'gypt. 

20  But  the  Lord  "hardened  Pha'raoh's  heart,  so 
that  he  would  not  let  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  go. 

21  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ses,  "Stretch  out 


GOD  APPEARING  TO  MOSES  IN  A  BURNING  BUSH. 


J 


Firstborn  threatened. 


EXODUS,  11,  12. 


Passover  instituted. 


thine  hand  toward  heaven,  that  there  may  be  dark- 
ness over  the  land  of  E'gypt,  5even  darkness  which 
may  be  felt. 

22  And  Mo'geg  stretched  forth  his  hand  toward 
heaven  ;  and  there  was  a  w  thick  darkness  in  all  the 
land  of  E'gypt  three  days  : 

23  They  saw  not  one  another,  neither  rose  any 
from  his  place  for  three  days  :  "but  all  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  had  light  in  their  dwellings. 

24  If  And  Pha'raoh  called  unto  Mo'geg,  and  said, 
Go  ye,  serve  the  Lord  ;  only  let  your  flocks  and 
your  herds  be  stayed  :  let  your  ^  little  ones  also  go 
with  you. 

25  And  Mo'geg  said,  Thou  must  give  6us  also  sac- 
rifices and  burnt  offerings,  that  we  may  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

26  Our  cattle  also  shall  go  with  us  ;  there  shall 
not  an  hoof  be  left  behind  ;  for  thereof  must  we 
take  to  serve  the  Lord  our  God  ;  and  we  know  not 
with  what  we  must  serve  the  Lord,  until  we  come 
thither. 

27  1  But  the  Lord  hardened  Pha'raoh's  heart, 
and  he  would  not  let  them  go. 

28  And  Pha'raoh  said  unto  him,  Get  thee  from  me, 
take  heed  to  thyself,  see  my  face  no  more  ;  for  in 
that  day  thou  seest  my  face  thou  shalt  die. 

29  And  Mo'geg  said,  Thou  hast  spoken  well,  °  I  will 
see  thy  face  again  no  more. 

•      CHAPTER  11. 

1  Israel  to  borrow  jewels.    4  Death  of  the  firstborn  threatened. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Yet  will  I  bring 
-  one  plague  more  upon  Pha'raoh,  and  upon 
E'gypt ;  afterwards  he  will  let  you  go  hence : 
"when  he  shall  let  you  go,  he  shall  surely  thrust  you 
out  hence  altogether. 

2  Speak  now  in  the  ears  of  the  people,  and  let 
every  man  1  borrow  of  his  neighbour,  and  every  wo- 
man of  her  neighbour,  6  jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels 
of  gold. 

3  And  cthe  JLord  gave  the  people  favour  in  the 
sight  of  the  E-gyp'tiang.  Moreover  the  man  d  Mo'- 
geg was  very  great  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  in  the 
sight  of  Pha'raoh's  servants,  and  in  the  sight  of  the 
people. 

4  And  Mo'geg  said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  e  About 
midnight  will  I  go  out  into  the  midst  of_ E'gypt : 

5  And  7all  the  firstborn  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  shall 
die,  from  the  firstborn  of  Pha'raoh  that  sitteth  upon 
his  throne,  even  unto  the  firstborn  of  the  maidser- 
vant that  is  behind  the  mill ;  and  all  the  firstborn 
of  beasts. 

6  And  °  there  shall  be  a  great  cry  throughout  all 
the  land  of  E'gypt,  such  as  there  was  none  like  it, 
nor  shall  be  like  it  any  more. 

7  But  against  any  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  shall 
''  not  a  dog  move  his  tongue,  against  man  or  beast : 
that  ye  may  know  ho w_  that  the  Lord  doth  put  r'a 
difference  between  the  E-gyp'tiang  and  Ig'ra-el. 

8  And  all  these  thy  servants  shall  come  down  unto 
me,  and  bow  down  themselves  unto  me,  saying,  Get 
thee  out,  and  all  the  people  2that  follow  thee  :  and 

4 


B.  C.  1491. 


5  that  one  may 
feel  darkness. 


w  Ps.  105.  28. 


x  ch.  8.  22. 


y  verse  10. 


6  into  our  hands. 


2  verse  20. 
ch. 4.  21. 
ch.  14.  4, 


a  Heb.  11.  27 


a  ch.  12.  31. 

1  Or,  demand. 
b  ch.  3.  22. 

ch.  12.  35. 
c  ch.  3.  21. 

ch.  12.  36. 

Ps.  106.  46. 
dl  Sam.  7.  9. 

Esth.  9.  4. 
e  eh.  12. 12, 

23,  29. 

Amos  5.  17. 
/  Amos  4.  10. 
q  Amos  5.  17. 
A  Josh.  10.21. 

Job  5.  23. 

Hos.  2. 18. 
i  Mai.  3.  18. 

2  that  is  at  thy 
feet. 

Judg.  4.  10. 
Judg.  8.  5. 

1  Ki.  20.  10. 

2  Ki.  3.  9. 

3  heat  of  anger. 
j  ch.  7.  3,  13. 

ch.  9.  12,  35. 
ch.  10.  20.  27. 
Deut.  2.  30. 
Josh.  11.20. 
Isa.  63.  17. 
John  12.  40. 
Rom.  2.  5. 
Rom.  9.  22. 


a  ch.  13.  4. 
Deut.  16.  1. 

1  Or,  kid. 

6  Lev.  22.  19. 
Mai.  1.8,  14. 
Heb.  9.  14. 
1  Pet.  1.  19. 

2  son  of  a  year. 
Lev.  23.  12. 

c  Lev.  23.  5. 
Num.  9.  3. 
Num.  28.  16. 
Deut.  16.  1,  6. 

3  between  the 
two  evenings, 
ch.  16.  12. 

rfNuru.  9.  11. 

1  Cor.  5.  8. 
e  ch.  23.  18. 
/Deut.  16.5. 
<7ch.  11.4,5. 

Amos  5. 17. 
A  Num.  33.  4. 

4  Or,  princes, 
ch.  22.  2S. 
Ps.  82. 1,  6. 
John  10.  34. 

/Heb.  11.28. 

5  for  a  de- 
struction. 

j  Lev.  23.  4,  5. 

2  Ki.  23.  21. 


after  that  I  will  go  out.     And  he  went  out  from 
Pha'raoh  in  3a  great  anger. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Pha'raoh  shall 
not  hearken  unto  you  ;  that  my  wonders  may  be 
multiplied  in  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

10  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  did  all  these  wonders 
before  Pha'raoh  :  and  'the  Lord  hardened  Pha'- 
raoh's heart,  so  that  he  would  not  let  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  go  out  of  his  land. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  New  year  changed.    3  Passover  instituted.    29  Firstborn  slain. 

AND  the  LoRDspake  unto  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  in 
-  the  land  of  E'gypt,  saying, 

2  This  "month  shall  be  unto  you  the  beginning  of 
months  :  it  shall  be  the  first  month  of  the  year  to 
you. 

3  f  Speak  ye  unto  all  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el, 
saying,  In  the  tenth  day  of  this  month  they  shall 
take  to  them  every  man  a  ]  lamb,  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  a  lamb  for  an  house  : 

4  And  if  the  household  be  too  little  for  the  lamb, 
let  him  and  his  neighbour  next  unto  his  house  take 
it  according  to  the  number  of  the  souls  ;  every  man 
according  to  his  eating  shall  make  your  count  for 
the  lamb. 

5  Your  lamb  shall  be  b  without  blemish,  a  male  2of 
the  first  year :  ye  shall  take  it  out  from  the  sheep, 
or  from  the  goats  : 

6  And  ye  shall  keep  it  up  until  the  fourteenth  day 
of  the  same  month  :  and  the  whole  assembly  of  the 
congregation  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  kill  it  3in  the  evening. 

7  And  they  shall  take  of  the  blood,  and  strike  it 
on  the  two  side  posts  and  on  the  upper  door  post  of 
the  houses,  wherein  they  shall  eat  it. 

8  And  they  shall  eat  the  flesh  in  that  night,  roast 
with  fire,  dand  unleavened  bread  ;  and  with  bitter 
herbs  they  shall  eat  it. 

9  Eat  not  of  it  raw,  nor  sodden  at  all  with  water, 
but  roast  with  fire ;  his  head  with  his  legs,  and  with 
the  purtenance  thereof. 

10  And  eye  shall  let  nothing  of  it  remain  until  the 
morning  ;  and  that  which  remaineth  of  it  until  the 
morning  ye  shall  burn  with  fire. 

11  II  And  thus  shall  ye  eat  it;  with  your  loins 
girded,  your  shoes  on  your  feet,  and  your  staff  in 
your  hand  ;  and  ye  shall  eat  it  in  haste  :  it  fis  the 
Lord's  passover. 

12  For  I  "will  pass  through  the  land  of  E'gypt  this 
night,  and  will  smite  all  the  firstborn  in  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  both  man  and  beast ;  and  h against  all  the 
4 gods  of  E'gypt  I  will  execute  judgment:  I  am  the 
Lord. 

13  And  "'the  blood  shall  be  to  you  for  a  token  upon 
the  houses  where  ye  are :  and  when  I  see  the  blood, 
I  will  pass  over  you,  and  the  plague  shall  not  be 
upon  you  5to  destroy  you,  when  I  smite  the  land  of 
E'gypt. 

14  And  this  day  shall  be  unto  you  for  a  memorial ; 
and  ye  shall  keep  it  a  j  feast  to  the  Lord  through- 
out your  generations ;  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  by  an 
ordinance  for  ever. 

65 


Passover  instituted. 


EXODUS,  12. 


Ordinance  of  the  passover. 


15  k  Seven  days  shall  ye  eat  unleavened  bread  ; 
even  the  first  day  ye  shall  put  away  leaven  out  of 
your  houses  :  for  whosoever  eateth  leavened  bread 
from  the  first  day  until  the  seventh  day,  'that  soul 
shall  be  cut  off  from  Ig'ra-el. 

16  And  in  the  first  day  there  shall  be  an  holy  con- 
vocation, and  in  the  seventh  day  there  shall  be  an 
holy  convocation  to  you  ;  no  manner  of  work  shall 
be  done  in  them,  save  that  which  every  6man  must 
eat,  that  only  may  be  done  of  you. 

17  And  ye  shall  observe  the  feast  of  unleavened 
bread ;  for  min  this  selfsame  day  have  I  brought 
your  armies  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt :  therefore 
shall  ye  observe  this  day  in  your  generations  by  an 
ordinance  for  ever. 

18  If  In  Mthe  first  month,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  month  at  even,  ye  shall  eat  unleavened  bread, 
until  the  one  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month  at  even. 

19  °  Seven  days  shall  there  be  no  leaven  found  in 
your  houses  :  for  whosoever  eateth  that  which  is 
leavened,  peven  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  the 
congregation  of  Ig'ra-el,  whether  he  be  a  stranger, 
or  born  in  the  land. 

20  Ye  shall  eat  nothing  leavened  ;  in  all  your  hab- 
itations shall  ye  eat  unleavened  bread. 

21  If  Then  Mo'geg  called  for  all  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  said  unto  them, g  Draw  out  and  take  you  a 7  lamb 
according  to  your  families,  and  kill  the  passover. 

22  And  ye  shall  take  a  bunch  of  hyssop,  and  dip  it 
in  the  blood  that  is  in  the  bason,  and  strike  the  lin- 
tel and  the  two  side  posts  with  the  blood  that  is  in 
the  bason  ;  and  none  of  you  shall  go  out  at  the  door 
of  his  house  until  the  morning. 

23  For  the  Lord  will  pass  through  to  smite  the 
E-gyp'tiang  ;  and  when  he  seeth  the  blood  upon  the 
lintel,  and  on  the  two  side  posts,  the  Lord  will  pass 
over  the  door,  and  will  not  ''suffer  sthe  destroyer 
to  come  in  unto  your  houses  to  smite  you. 

24  And  ye  shall  observe  this  thing  for  an  ordinance 
to  thee  and  to  thy  sons  for  ever. 

25  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  be  come  to 
the  land  which  the  Lord  will  give  you,  according  as 
he  hath  promised,  that  ye  shall  keep  this  service. 

26  And  '  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  your  children 
shall  say  unto  you,  What  mean  ye  by  this  service  ? 

27  That  ye  shall  say,  It  is  the  sacrifice  of  the 
Lord's  passover,  who  passed  over  the  houses  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  E'gypt,  when  he  smote  the 
E-gyp'tiang,  and  delivered  our  houses.  And  the  peo- 
ple bowed  the  head  and  worshipped. 

28  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  away,  and  did 
as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on,  so 
did  they. 

29  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  midnight  the 
"  Lord  smote  all  the  firstborn  in  the  land  of  E'gypt, 
from  the  firstborn  of  Pha'raoh  that  sat  on  his  throne 
unto  the  firstborn  of  the  captive  that  was  in  the 
8 dungeon;  and  all  the  firstborn  of  cattle. 

30  And  Pha'raoh  rose  up  in  the  night,  he,  and  all 
his  servants,  andall  the  E-gyp'tiang  ;  and  there  was 
a  v great  cry  in  E'gypt;  for  there  was  not  a  house 
where  there  was  not  one  dead. 

66 


B.  C.  1491. 

k  Num.  28. 17. 
Deut.  16.  3,  8 
1  Cor.  5.  7. 

I  Gen.  17.  14. 
Num.  9.  13. 


G  soul. 


m  ch.  13.  3. 


n  Lev.  23.  5. 


o  ch.  23.  15. 
ch.  34.  18. 


p  Num.  9.  13. 


q  Num.  9.  4. 

Josh.  5.  10. 

Ezra  6.  20. 

Luke  22.  7. 
7  Or,  kid. 


r  Ezek.  9.  6. 

Rev.  7.  3. 

Rev.  9.  4. 
s2  Sam.  24.  lfi. 

1  Cor.  10.  10. 

Heb.  11.  28. 
t  ch.  13.  8.  14. 

Deut.  32.  7. 

Josh.  4.  6. 

Ps.  78.  C. 
n  Num.  8.  17. 

Num.  33.  4. 

Ps.  78.  51. 

Ps.  105.  30. 

Ps.  135.  8. 

Ps.  13G.  10. 

Isa.  37.  36. 

8  house  of  the 
pit. 

»th.  11.6. 

Prov.  21.  13. 

Ezek.  7.  27. 

Jas.  2. 13. 
w  eh.  10.  9. 
.rGen.  27.34. 
!/ch.  11.  8. 

Ps.  105.  38. 
z  Gen.  20.  3. 

9  Or,  dough. 
ch.  8.  3. 

10  Or, 
demanded. 

a  ch.  3.  22. 

ch.  11.  2. 
b  Gen.  15.  14. 

ch.  3.  22. 
C  Num.  33.  3,  5. 
d  Gen.  47. 11. 
e  Gen.  12.  2. 

Gen.  46.  3. 

ch.  38.  26. 

Num.  1.  46. 

Num.  11.21. 

11  a  great 
mixture, 
Num.  11.  4. 

/ch.  6.  1. 

ch.  11.  1. 
g  Gen.  15.  13. 

Acts  7.  6. 

Gal.  3.  17. 
h  ch.  7.  4. 

12  a  night  of 
observations. 

i  Num.  9.  14. 
j  Gen.  17. 12, 13. 
k  Lev.  22.  1.0. 
I  Ps.  34.  20. 
John  19.  33. 

13  do  it. 

m  Num.  9.  14. 
Num.  15.  15. 
Gal.  3.  28. 


31  If  And  he  called  for  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  by  night, 
and  said,  Rise  up,  and  get  you  forth  from  among  my 
people,  wboth  ye  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el;  and  go, 
serve  the  Lord,  as  ye  have  said. 

32  Also  take  your  flocks  and  your  herds,  as  ye  have 
said,  and  be  gone  ;  and  x  bless  me  also. 

33  And  Hhe  E-gyp'tiang  were  urgent  upon  the 
people,  that  they  might  send  them  out  of  the  land 
in  haste ;  for  they  said,  z  We  be  all  dead  men. 

34  And  the  people  took  their  dough  before  it  was 
leavened,  their  9kneadingtroughs  being  bound  up  in 
their  clothes  upon  their  shoulders. 

35  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  according  to 
the  word  of  Mo'geg ;  and  they  10  borrowed  of  the 
E-gyp'tiang  a  jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels  of  gold, 
and  raiment : 

36  And  the  Lord  gave  the  people  favour  in  the 
sight  of  the  E-gyp'tiang,  so  that  they  lent  unto  them 
such  things  as  they  required.  .  6And  they  spoiled  the 
E-gyp'tjang. 

37  If  And  cthe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  journeyed  from 
dRa-me'seg  to  Suc'eoth,  about e  six  hundred  thousand 
on  foot  that  were  men,  beside  children. 

38  And  ua  mixed  multitude  went  up  also  with 
them ;  and  flocks,  and  herds,  even  very  much  cat- 
tle. 

39  And  they  baked  unleavened  cakes  of  the  dough 
which  they  brought  forth  out  of  E'gypt,  for  it  was 
not  leavened;  because  f they  were  thrust  out  of 
E'gypt,  and  could  not  tarry,  neither  had  they  pre- 
pared for  themselves  any  victual. 

40  If  Now  thesojourning  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
who  dwelt  in  E'gypt,  was  "four  hundred  and  thirty 
years. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  the  four  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years,  even  the  selfsame  day  it  came 
to  pass,  that  all  Hhe  hosts  of  the  Lord  went  out 
from  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

42  It  is  12  a  night  to  be  much  observed  unto  the 
Lord  for  bringing  them  out  from  the  land  of  E'gypt : 
this  is  that  night  of  the  Lord  to  be  observed  of  all 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  their  generations. 

43  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on, 
This  is  Hhe  ordinance  of  the  passover:  There  shall 
no  stranger  eat  thereof  : 

44  But  every  man's  servant  that  is  bought  for 
money,  when  thou  hast j  circumcised  him,  then  shall 
he  eat  thereof. 

45  A  k  foreigner  and  an  hired  servant  shall  not  eat 
thereof. 

46  In  one  house  shall  it  be  eaten ;  thou  shalt  not 
carry  forth  ought  of  the  flesh  abroad  out  of  the 
house  ;  'neither  shall  ye  break  a  bone  thereof. 

47  All  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  13keep  it. 

48  And  when  a  stranger  shall  sojourn  with  thee, 
and  will  keep  the  passover  to  the  Lord,  let  all  his 
males  be  circumcised,  and  then  let  him  come  near 
and  keep  it ;  and  he  shall  be  as  one  that  is  born 
in  the  land  :  for  no  uncircumcised  person  shall  eat 
thereof. 

49  mOne  law  shall  be  to  him  that  is  homeborn,  and 
unto  the  stranger  that  sojourneth  among  you. 


Keeping  of  the  passover. 


EXODUS,  13,  14 


50  Thus  did  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el ;  as  the 
Lord  commanded  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on,  so  did  they. 

51  And  it  came  to  pass  the  selfsame  day,  that  the 
Lord  did  bring  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the 
land  of  E'gypt  by  n  their  armies. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Keeping  of  the  passover.    17  The  exodus  begun.    21  The  pillar  of  cloud  and  also  of  fire. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Sanctify  "unto  me  all  the  firstborn,  whatso- 
ever openeth  the  womb  among  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, both  of  man  and  of  beast :  it  is  mine. 

3  I  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  people,  b  Remember 
this  day,  in  which  ye  came  out  from  E'gypt,  out  of 
the  house  of  bondage ;  for  by c  strength  of  hand  the 
Lord  brought  you  out  from  this  place :  there  shall 
no  leavened  bread  be  eaten. 

4  This  dday  came  ye  out  in  the  month  A'blb. 

5  If  And  it  shall  be  when  the  Lord  shall  bring  thee 
into  the  land  of  the  Ca'naan-ites,  and  the  Hit'tites, 
and  the  Am'6r-Ites,  and  the  Hi'vites,  and  the  Jeb'- 
u-sltes,  which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give 
thee,  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  that  thou 
shalt  keep  this  service  in  this  month. 

6  e  Seven  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleavened  bread, 
and  in  the  seventh  day  shall  be  a  feast  to  the  Lord. 

7  Unleavened  bread  shall  be  eaten  seven  days  ; 
and  there  shall  no  leavened  bread  be  seen  with  thee, 
neither  shall  there  be  leaven  seen  with  thee  in  all 
thy  quarters. 

8  If  And  thou  shalt  ■'"shew  thy  son  in  that  day,  say- 
ing, This  is  done  because  of  that  which  the  Lord 
-did  unto  me  when  I  came  forth  out  of  E'gypt. 

9  And  it  shall  be  for  a  "sign  unto  thee  upon  thine 
hand,  and  for  a  memorial  between  thine  eyes,  that 
the  Lord's  law  may  be  in  thy  mouth  :  for  with  a 
strong  hand  hath  the  Lord  brought  thee  out  of 
E'gypt. 

10  Thou  shalt  therefore  keep  this  ordinance  in  his 
season  from  year  to  year. 

11  If  And  it  shall  be  when  the  Lord  shall  bring 
thee  into  the  land  of  the  Ca'naan-ites,  as  he  h  sware 
unto  thee  and  to  thy  fathers,  and  shall  give  it  thee, 

12  That  'thou  shalt  2set  apart  unto  the  Lord  all 
that  openeth  the  matrix,  and  every  firstling  that 
cometh  of  a  beast  which  thou  hast ;  the  males 
shall  be  the  Lord's. 

13  And  every  firstling  of  an  ass  thou  shalt  redeem 
with  a  3lamb  ;  and  if  thou  wilt  not  redeem  it,  then 
thou  shalt  break  his  neck  :  and  all  the  firstborn  of 
man  among  thy  children  j  shalt  thou  redeem. 

14  1  And  Mt  .shall  be  when  thy  son  asketh  thee 
4  in  time  to  come,  saying,  What  is  this  ?  that  thou 
shalt  say  unto  him,  By  strength  of  hand  the  Lord 
brought  us  out  from  E'gypt,  from  the  house  of 
bondage  : 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Pha'raoh  would 
hardly  let  us  go,  thatthe  Lord  slew  all  the  first- 
born in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  both  the  firstborn  of 
man,  and  the  firstborn  of  beast  :  therefore  I  sacri- 
fice to  the  Lord  all  that  openeth  the  matrix,  being 
males ;  but  all  the  firstborn  of  my  children  I  redeem. 


B.  C.  1491. 


H  Acts  7.  36. 


a  ch.  22.  29,  30. 

Lev.  27.  2G. 

Num.  3.  13. 

Num.  8. 1G,  17. 

Num.  18.  15. 

Deut.  15.  19. 

Luke  2.  23. 
b  ch.  12.  42. 

Deut.  1G.  3. 

1  servants. 
c  ch.  6.  1. 


d  ch.  23.  15. 
ch.  34.  18. 
Deut.  16.  1. 


e  ch.  12.  15,  1G. 


/Ps.  44.  1. 


g  ch.  12.  14. 

Num.  15.  39. 

Deut.  6.  8. 

Deut.  11.  18. 

Prov.  1.  9. 

Isa.  49. 16. 

Jer.  22.  24. 

Matt.  23.  5. 
h  Gen.  15.  18. 

Gen.  17.  8. 

Gen.  28.  15. 

Ps.  105.  42-45. 
i  ch.  22.  29. 

ch.  34.  19. 

Lev.  27.  2G. 

Num.  18.  15. 

Ezek.  44.  30. 

2  cause  to  pass 
over. 

3  Or,  kid. 

j  Num.  3.  46. 
k  ch.  12.  26. 

Deut.  6.  20. 

Josh.  4.6,  21. 

4  to  morrow. 
I  Deut.  6.  8. 
m  ch.  14.11. 

Num.  14.  1. 
n  Deut.  17.  16. 
o  ch.  14.  2. 

Num.  33.  6. 

5  Or,  by  five  in 
a  rank. 

p  Gen.  50.  25. 

Josh.  24.  32. 

Acts  7.  16. 
q  Num.  33.  6. 
r  Deut.  1.  33. 

Neh.  9.  12,  19. 

Ps.  78.  14. 

Isa.  4.  5. 

1  Cor.  10.  1. 
s  Ps.  121.  5-8. 


a  Num.  33.  7. 
b  Jer.  44.  1. 
cPs.  35.  21. 

Ps.  71.  11. 
d  Jas.  1.13-17. 
e  ch.  9.  16. 

Rom.  9.  17-23. 
/ch.  6.  1. 

ch.  13.  9. 

Num.  33.  3. 
g  ch.  15.  9. 

Josh.  24.  G. 


Pillar  of  cloud  and  fire. 


16  And  it  shall  be  for  l  a  token  upon  thine  hand, 
and  for  frontlets  between  thine  eyes  :  for  by 
strength  of  hand  the  Lord  brought  us  forth  out  of 
E'gypt. 

17  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Pha'raoh  had  let 
the  people  go,  that  God  led  them  not  through  the 
way  of  the  land  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  although  that 
tvas  near;  for  God  said,  Lest  peradventure  the 
people  repent  rawhen  they  see  war,  and  they  "re- 
turn to  E'gypt : 

18  But  °God  led  the  people  about,  through  the  way 
of  the  wilderness  of  the  Red  sea  :  and  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  went  up  5  harnessed  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt. 

19  And  Mo'geg  took  the  bones  of  Jo'geph  with 
him  :  for  he  had  straitly  sworn  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, saying,  *>God  will  surely  visit  you  ;  and  ye 
shall  carry  up  my  bones  away  hence  with  you. 

20  If  And  they  took  their  journey  from  Suc'coth, 
and  encamped  in  E'tham,  "in  the  edge  of  the  wil- 
derness. 

21  And  rthe  Lord  went  before  them  by  day  in  a 
pillar  of  a  cloud,  to  lead  them  the  way ;  and  by 
night  in  a  pillar  of  fire,  to  give  them  light  ;  to  go 
by  day  and  night : 

22  He  Hook  not  away  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  by 
day,  nor  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  from  before  the 
people. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Instructions  to  the  Israelites.   21  Passage  of  the  Bed  sea.    26  Pharaoli's  army  drowned. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they 
turn  and  encamp   before  "Pi-ha-hi'roth,  between 
6MIg'dol  and  the  sea,  over  against  Ba'al-ze'phon  : 
before  it  shall  ye  encamp  by  the  sea. 

3  For  Pha'raoh  will  say  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
c'They  are  entangled  in  the  land,  the  wilderness 
hath  shut  them  in. 

4  And  dI  will  harden  Pha'raoh's  heart,  that  he 
shall  follow  after  them  ;  and  I  e  will  be  honoured 
upon  Pha'raoh,  and  upon  all  his  host ;  that  the 
E-gyp'tiang  may- know  that  I  am  the  Lord.  And 
they  did  so. 

5  If  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  E'gypt  that  the 
people  fled  :  and  the  heart  of  Pha'raoh  and  of  his 
servants  was  turned  against  the  people,  and  they 
said,  Why  have  we  done  this,  that  we  have  let  Ig'- 
ra-el go  from  serving  us  ? 

6  And  he  made  ready  his  chariot,  and  took  his 
people  with  him  : 

7  And  he  took  six  hundred  chosen  chariots,  and 
all  the  chariots  of  E'gypt,  and  captains  over  every 
one  of  them. 

8  And  •Hhe  Lord  hardened  the  heart  of  Pha'raoh 
king  of  E'gypt,  and  he  pursued  after  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  out 
with  an  highjiand. 

9  But  the  ffE-gyp'tiang  pursued  after  them,  all  the 
horses  and  chariots  of  Pha'raoh,  and  his  horsemen, 
and  his  army,  and  overtook  them  encamping  by  the 
sea,  beside  Pl-ha-hl'roth,  before  Ba'al-ze'phon. 

10  Tf  And  when  Pha'raoh  drew  nigh,  the  children 

67 


Crossing  the  Red  sea. 


EXODUS,  15. 


Song  of  Moses. 


of  Ig'ra-el  lifted  up  their  eyes,  and,  behold,  the 
E-gyp'tiang  marched  after  them  ;  and  they  were 
sore  afraid  :  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  h  cried  out 
unto  the  Lord. 

11  And  Hhey_said  unto  Mo'geg,  Because  there  were 
no  graves  in  E'gypt,  hast  thou  taken  us  away  to 
die  in  the  wilderness  ?  wherefore  hast  thou  dealt 
thus  with  us,  to  carry  us  forth  out  of  E'gypt  ? 
_12  jIs  not  this  the  word  that  we  did  tell  thee  in 
E'gypt,  saying,  Let  us  alone,  that  we  may  serve 
the  E-gyp'tiang  ?  For  it  had  been  better  for  us  to 
serve  the  E-gyp'tiang,  than  that  we  should  die  in 
the  wilderness. 

13  J  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  people,  fcFear  ye 
not,  stand  still,  and  see  the  salvation  of  the^LoRD, 
which  he  will  shew  to  you  to  day  :  *for  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang whom  ye  have  seen  to  day,  ye  shall  see  them 
again  no  more  for  ever. 

14  The  *Lord  shall  fight  for  you,  and  ye  shall 
"'hold  your  peace. 

15  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Wherefore 
criest  thou  unto  me  ?  speak  unto  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  that  they  go  forward  : 

16  But  mlift  thou  up  thy  rod,  and  stretch  out  thine 
hand  over  the  sea,  and  divide  it :  and  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  shall  go  on  dry  ground  through  the  midst 
of  the  sea. 

17  And  I,  behold,  I  will  "harden  the  hearts  of  the 
E-gyp'tiang,  and  they  shall  follow  them :  and  I  will 
get  me  honour  upon  Pha'raoh,  and  upon  all  his 
host,  upon  his  chariots,  and  upon  his  horsemen. 

18  And  the  E-gyp'tiang  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  gotten  me  honour  upon  Pha'raoh, 
upon  his  chariots,  and  upon  his  horsemen. 

19  H  And  pthe  angel  of  God,  which  went  before 
the  camp  of  Ig'ra-el,  removed  and  went  behind 
them  ;  and  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  went  from  before 
their  face,  and  stood  behind  them  : 

20  And  it  came  between  the  camp  of  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang and  the  camp  of  Ig'ra-el  ;  and  9it  was  a  cloud 
and  darkness  to  them,  but  it  gave  light  by  night  to 
these  :  so  that  the  one  came  not  near  the  other  all 
the  night. 

21  And  Mo'geg  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the 
sea  ;  and  the  Lord  caused  the  sea  to  go  back  by  a 
strong  east  wind  all  that  night,  and  made  the  sea 
dry  land,  and  the  waters  were  ''divided. 

22  And  sthe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  into  the 
midst  of  the  sea  upon  the  dry  ground :  and  the 
waters  were  *a  wall  unto  them  on  their  right  hand, 
and  on  their  left^ 

23  H  And  the  E-gyp'tiang  pursued,  and  went  in 
after  them  to  the  midst  of  the  sea,  even  all  Pha'- 
raoh's  horses,  his  chariots,  and  his  horsemen. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the  morning  wcitch 
the  Lord  looked  unto  the  host  of  the  E-gyp'tiang 
through  the  pillar  of  fire  and  of  the  cloud,  and 
troubled  the  host  of  the  E-gyp'tiang, 

25  And  took  off  their  chariot  wheels,  2that  they 
drave  them  heavily  :  so  thatthe  E-gyp'tiang  said, 
Let  us  flee  from  the  face  of  Igjra-el  ;  for  the  Lord 
fighteth  for  them  against  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

68 


B.  C.  1491. 


h  Josh.  24.  7. 

Nell.  9.  9. 

Ps.  34.  17. 

Ps.  107.  6. 
i  Ps.  106.  7. 


j  ch.  6.  9. 


k  2  Chr.  20. 
15,  17. 
Isa.  41.  10, 

13,  14. 

1  Or,  for  where- 
as ye  have 
seen  the  Egyp- 
tians to  day, 
etc. 

I  Deut.  20.  4. 
Josh.  10. 

14,  42. 
Josh.  23.  3. 

2  Chr.  20.  29. 
Neh.  4.  20. 
Isa.  31.  4. 
m  Isa.  30.  15. 

n  ch.  7.  19. 


o  Prov.  29.  1. 


p  Gen.  4S.  10. 
g  Isa.  8. 14. 

2  Cor.  4.  3. 
r  Josh,  3.  16. 

Josh.  4.  23. 

Neh.  9.  11. 

Ps.  74.  13. 

Ps.  106.  9. 

Ps.  114.  3. 
s  ch.  15. 19. 

Num.  33.  8. 

Ps.  66.  6. 

Ps.  78. 13. 

1  Cor.  10.  1. 

Heb.  11.  29. 
t  Hab.  3.  10. 

2  Or,  and  made 
them  to  go 
heavily. 

u  Josh.  4.  18. 

3  shook  off. 
Deut.  11.  4. 
Neh.  9.  11. 
Ps.  78.  53. 

v  Hab.  3.  8. 
w  Ps.  77.  20. 

Ps.  78.  52,  53. 
i  Ps.  106.  8,  10. 
y  Ps.  58.  10. 

Ps.  59.  10. 

4  hand. 

z  ch.  19.  9. 
John  2.  11. 
John  11.  45. 


a  Judg.  5. 1. 

2  Sam.  22.  1. 
b  Isa.  12.  2. 
c  2  Sam.  22.  47. 

Ps.  99.  5. 
dRev.  19.  11. 
e  Ps.  83. 18. 
/Ps.  118.15. 
g  Deut.  4.  24. 

Ps.  59.  13. 

Heb.  12.  29. 
h  Isa.  5.  24. 
i  Job  4.  9. 
j  Hab.  3.  10. 
k  Isa.  53.  12. 

Luke  11.  22. 
1  Or,  repossess. 

1  2  Sam.  7.22. 

1  Ki.  8.  23. 
Ps.  86.  8. 
Jer.  49.  19. 

2  Or,  mighty 
ones. 


26  T  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Stretch  out 
thine  hand  over  the  sea,  that  the  waters  may  come 
again  upon  the  E-gyp'tiang,  upon  their  chariots,, 
and  upon  their  horsemen. 

27  And  Mo'geg  stretched  forth  his  hand  over  the 
sea,  and  the  sea  "returned  to  his  strength  when  the 
morning  appeared ;  and  the  E-gyp|tiang  fled  against 
it ;  and  the  Lord  Overthrew  the  E-gyp'tiang  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea. 

28  And  Hhe  waters  returned,  and  covered  the 
chariots,  and  the  horsemen,  and  all  the  host  of 
Pha'raoh  that  came  into  the  sea  after  them  ;  there 
remained  not  so  much  as  one  of  them. 

29  But  wthe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  walked  upon  dry 
land  in  the  midst  of  the  sea  ;  and  the  waters  were 
a  wall  unto  them  on  their  right  hand,  and  on  their 
left. 

30  Thus  the  Lord  *  saved  Ig'ra-el  that  day  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  E-gyp'tiang  ;  and  Ig'ra-el  saw  "the 
E-gyp'tiang  dead  upon  the  sea  shore. 

31  And  Ig'ra-el  saw  that  great  4work  which  the 
Lord  did  upon  the  E-gyp'tiang  :  and  the  people 
feared  the  Lord,  and  *  believed  the  Lord,  and  his  ser- 
vant Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Moses'  S07ig.    23  Waters  of  Marah.    27  Wells  of  Elim, 

rpHEN  sang  a Mo'geg  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
-*-  this  song  unto  the  Lord,  and  spake,  saying,  I 
will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  triumphed 
gloriously  :  the  horse  and  his  rider  hath  he  thrown 
into  the  sea. 

2  The  Lord  is  my  strength  6and  song,  and  he  is 
become  my  salvation  :  he  is  my  God,  and  I  will  pre- 
pare him  an  habitation ;  my  father's  God,  and  I 
cwill  exalt  him. 

3  The  Lord  is  a  man  of  dwar:  the  Lord  is  his 
c  name. 

4  Pha'raoh's  chariots  and  his  host  hath  he  cast  into 
the  sea :  his  chosen  captains  also  are  drowned  in 
the  Red  sea. 

5  The  depths  have  covered  them  :  they  sank  into 
the  bottom  as  a  stone. 

6  Thy  f  right  hand,  O  Lord,  is  become  glorious  in 
power :  thy  right  hand,  O  Lord,  hath  dashed  in 
pieces  the  enemy. 

7  And  in  the  greatness  of  thine  excellency  thou 
hast  overthrown  them  that  rose  up  against  thee : 
thou  sentest  forth  thy  wrath,  which 9  consumed  them 
feas  stubble. 

8  And  ^with  the  blast  of  thy  nostrils  the  waters 
were  gathered  together,  J'the  floods  stood  upright 
as  an  heap,  and  the  depths  were  congealed  in  the 
heart  of  the  sea. 

9  The  enemy  said,  I  will  pursue,  I  will  overtake,  I 
will  *  divide  the  spoil ;  my  lust  shall  be  satisfied 
upon  them  ;  I  will  draw  my  sword,  my  hand  shall 

1  destroy  them. 

10  Thou  didst  blow  with  thy  wind,  the  sea  covered 
them  :  they  sank  as  lead  in  the  mighty  waters. 

11  Who  Hs  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  among  the 

2  gods  ?  who  is  like  thee,  glorious  in  holiness,  fear-  ; 
ful  in  praises,  doing  wonders  ? 


Response  of  Miriam. 


EXODUS,  16. 


The  people  murmur. 


12  Thou  stretchedst  out  thy  right  hand,  the  earth 
swallowed  them. 

13  Thou  in  thy  mercy  hast  led  forth  the  people 
which  thou  hast  redeemed  :  thou  hast  guided  them 
in  thy  strength  unto  mthy  holy  habitation. 

14  The  "people  shall  hear,  and  be  afraid  :  "sorrow 
shall  take  hold  on  the  inhabitants  of  Pal-es-tl'na. 

15  Then  the  dukes  of  E'dom  shall  be  amazed  ;  pthe 
mighty  men  of  Mo'ab,  trembling  shall  take  hold  upon 
them ;  all  the  inhabitants  of  Ca'naan  shall  melt 
away. 

16  9Fear  and  dread  shall  fall  upon  them  ;  by  the 
greatness  of  thine  arm  they  shall  be  as  still  ras  a 
stone ;  till  thy  people  pass  over,  0  Lord,  till  the 
people  pass  over,  s  which  thou  hast  purchased. 

17  Thou  shalt  bring  them  in,  and  *  plant  them  in 
the  mountain  of  thine  inheritance,  in  the  place,  0 
Lord,  which  thou  hast  made  for  thee  to  dwell  in,  in 
the  Sanctuary,  0  Lord,  ivhich  thy  hands  have  estab- 
lished. 

18  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

19  For  the  horse  of  Pha'raoh  went  in  with  his  char- 
iots and  with  his  horsemen  into  the  sea,  and  the 
Lord  brought  again  the  waters  of  the  sea  upon 
them ;  but  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  went  on  dry  land 
in  the  midst  of  the  sea. 

20  11  And  MIr'i-am  the  prophetess,  the  sister  of 
Aar'on,  "took  a  timbrel  in  her  hand;  and  all  the 
women  went  out  after  her  with  timbrels  and  with 
dances. 

21  And  Mir'i-am  answered  them,  Sing  ye  to  the 
Lord,  for  he  hath  triumphed  gloriously  ;  the  horse 
and  his  rider  hath  he  thrown  into  the  sea. 

22  So  Mo'geg  brought  Ig'ra-el  from  the  Red  sea, 
and  they  went  out  into  the  wilderness  of  Shur  ;  and 
they  went  three  days  in  the  wilderness,  and  found 
no  water. 

23  1  And  when  they  came  "to  Ma'rah,  they  could 
not  drink  of  the  waters  of  Ma'rah,  for  they  were 
bitter  :  therefore  the  name  of  it  was  called  3  Ma'rah. 

24  And  the  people  murmured  against  Mo'ses.,  say- 
ing, What  shall  we  drink  ? 

25  And  he  w  cried  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  the  Lord 
shewed  him  a  tree,  x  which  when  he  had  cast  into 
the  waters,  the  waters  were  made  sweet :  there  he 
vmade  for  them  a  statute  and  an  ordinance,  and 
there  *he  proved  them, 

26  And  said,  aIf  thou  wilt  diligently  hearken  to 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  wilt  do  that 
which  is  right  in  his  sight,  and  wilt  give  ear  to  his 
commandments,  and  keep  all  his  statutes,  I  will  put 
none  of  these  6  diseases  upon  thee,  which  I  have 
brought  upon  the  E-gyp'tiang  :  for  I  am  the  Lord 
cthat  healeth  thee. 

27  Tf  And  dthey  came  to  E'lim,  where  were  twelve 
wells  of  water,  and  threescore  and  ten  palm  trees  : 
and  they  encamped  there  by  the  waters. 


B.  C. 

1491. 

m  Ps.  78 

54. 

>i  Josh.  2 
o  Ps.  48. 

.9. 
G. 

p  Hab.  3 

7. 

A1 


CHAPTER  16. 

1   Wilderness  of  Sin.    11  Sending  of  quails  and  manna.    32  An  orner  kept. 

ND  they  took  their  journey  from  E'lim,  and  all 
the  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 


8  Deut.  2.  25. 
r  1  Sara.  25.  37 


s  Deut.  32.  9. 
Isa.  43.  1. 
Jer.  31.  11. 
Tit.  2.  14. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 

2  Pet.  2.  1. 
I  Ps.  44.  2. 

u  Judg.  11.  34. 
Judg.  21.  21. 

1  Sam.  18.  G. 

2  Sam.  6.  1G. 
1  Chr.  15.  1G. 
Ps.  68.  25. 
Ps.  81.  2. 
Ps.  149.  3. 
Jer.  31.4. 

f  Num.  33.  8. 
3  That  is, 

Bitterness, 

Ruth  1.  20. 
w  ch.  14.  10. 

ch.  17.  4. 

Ps.  50.  15. 
jr2Ki.  2.21. 

2Ki.  4.  41. 
y  Josh.  24.  25. 
z  ch.  16.  4. 

Deut.  8.  2,  16. 

Judg.  2.  22. 

Judg.  3.  1,  4. 

Ps.  6G.  10. 

Ps.  81.  7. 
n  Deut.  7.  12. 
b  Deut.  28.  27. 
c  eh.  23.  25. 

Ps.  41.3,  4. 

Ps.  103.  3. 

Ps.  147.  3. 
d  Num.  33.  9. 


a  Ezek.  30.  15. 
b  ch.  15.  24. 

Ps.  106.  25. 

1  Cor.  10.  10. 
c  Num.  11.  4. 
d  Ps.  78.  24,  25. 

Ps.  105.  40. 

John  6.  31. 

1  Cor.  10.  3. 

1  the  portion  of 
a  day  in 

his  day, 

Prov.  30.  8. 

Matt.  G.  11. 
e  ch.  15.  25. 

Deut.  8.  2,  16. 
/Lev.  25.  21. 
gch.0.  1. 

Num.  1G.  28. 
h  Isa.  35.  2. 

Isa.  40.  5. 

John  11.  4,  40. 
i  1  Sam.  8.  7. 

Luke  10.  16. 

Rom.  13.  2. 

1  Thess.  4.  8. 
/  1  Ki.  8.  10. 
ft  Num.  14.  27. 
/  verse  G. 
m  verse  7. 
n  ch.  G.  7. 

1  Ki.  20.  28. 

Joel  3.  17. 
oNum.  11.  31. 

Ps.  78.  27,  28. 

Ps.  105.  40. 
p  Num.  11.  9. 
q  Num.  11.7. 

Deut.  8.  3. 

Neh.  9.  15. 

Ps.  78.  24. 

Ps.  105.  40. 

2  Or,  What  is 
this  ?  or,  It  is 
a  portion. 

r  Isa.  25.  6. 

John  6.  31, 

49,  58. 

1  Cor.  10.  3. 
*  verse  36. 

3  by  the  poll, 
or,  head. 


came  unto  the  wilderness  of  a  Sin,  which  is  between 

E'lim  and  Sl'nai,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  second 

month   after  their  departing  out  of  the  land  of 

E'gypt. 

_  2  And  the  whole  congregation  of  the  children  of 

Ig'ra-el b murmured  against  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  in  the 

wilderness : 

3  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  them, 
Would  to  God  wehad  died  by  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  when  cwe  sat  by  the  flesh 
pots,  and  when  we  did  eat  bread  to  the  full ;  for  ye 
have  brought  us  forth  into  this  wilderness,  to  kill 
this  whole  assembly  with  hunger. 

4  If  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  Mo'geg,  Behold,  I  will 
rain  d bread  from  heaven  for  you;  and  the  people 
shall  go  out  and  gather  xa  certain  rate  every  day, 
that  I  e  may  prove  them,  whether  they  will  walk  in 
my  law,  or  no. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  on  the  sixth  day 
they  shall  prepare  that  which  they  bring  in ;  and 
f\t  shall  be  twice  as  much  as  they  gather  daily. 

6  And  Mo'ses.  and  Aar'on  said  unto  all  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  ffAt  even,  then  ye  shall  know  that  the 
Lord  hath  brought  you  out  from  the  land  of  E'gypt : 

7  And  in  the  morning,  then  ye  shall  see  the  /( glory 
of  the  Lord  ;  for  that  he  heareth  your  murmurings 
against  the  Lord  :  and  what  are  we,  that  ye  mur- 
mur against  us? 

8  And  Mo'ses.  said,  This  shall  be,  when  the  Lord 
shall  give  you  in  the  evening  flesh  to  eat,  and  in  the 
morning  bread  to  the  full ;  for  that  the  Lord  hear- 
eth your  murmurings  which  ye  murmur  against 
him :  and  what  are  we  ?  your  murmurings  are  not 
against  us,  but  'against  the  Lord. 

9  If  And  Mo'ses.  spake  unto  Aar'on,  Say  unto  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  Come  near 
before  the  Lord  :  for  he  hath  heard  your  murmur- 
ings. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Aar'on  spake  unto  the 
whole  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that 
they  looked  toward  the  wilderness,  and,  behold,  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  j  appeared  in  the  cloud.  * 

11  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

12  I  ''have  heard  the  murmurings  of  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el :  speak  unto  them,  saying,  'At  even  ye 
shall  eat  flesh,  and  m  in  the  morning  ye  shall  be  filled 
with  bread  ;  and  ye  "  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  even  °  the  quails 
came  up,  and  covered  the  camp :  and  in  the  morning 
pthe  dew  lay  round  about  the  host. 

14  And  when  the  dew  that  lay  was  gone  up,  be- 
hold, upon  the  face  of  the  wilderness  there  lay  Qa 
small  round  thing,  as  small  as  the  hoar  frost  on  the 
ground. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  saw  it,  they 
said  one  to  another, 2  It  is  manna :  for  they  wist  not 
what  it  ivas.  And  Mo'ses.  said  unto  them,  rThis  is 
the  bread  which  the  Lord  hath  given  you  to  eat. 

16  If  This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded, Gather  of  it  every  man  according  to  his 
eating,  san  omer  3for  every  man,  according  to  the 

69 


Gathering  of  manna. 


EXODUS,  17. 


Battle  with  Amalek. 


number  of  your  i persons;  take  ye  every  man  for 
them  which  are  in  his  tents. 

17  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  so,  and  gathered, 
some  more,  some  less. 

18  And  when  they  did  mete  it  with  an  omer,  *  he 
that  gathered  much  had  nothing  over,  and  he  that 
gathered  little  had  no  lack  ;  they  gathered  every 
man  according  to  his  eating. 

19  And  Mo'geg  said,  Let  no  man  leave  of  it  till  the 
morning. 

20  Notwithstanding  they  hearkened  not  unto  Mo'- 
geg ;  but  some  of  them  left  of  it  until  the  morning, 
and  it  bred  worms,  and  stank  :  and  Mo'geg  was 
wroth  with  them. 

21  And  they  gathered  it  every  morning,  every  man 
according  to  his  eating :  and  when  the  sun  waxed 
hot,  it  melted. 

22  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the  sixth  day 
they  gathered  twice  as  much  bread,  two  omers  for 
one  man:  and  all  the  rulers  of  the  congregation 
came  and  told  Mo'geg. 

23  And  he  said  unto  them,  This  is  that  which  the 
Lord  hath  said,  To  morrow  is  u  the  rest  of  the  holy 
sabbath  unto  the  Lord  :  bake  that  which  ye  will  bake 
to  day,  and  seethe  that  ye  will  seethe  ;  and  that 
which  remaineth  over  lay  up  for  you  to  be  kept 
until  the  morning. 

24  And  they  laid  it  up  till  the  morning,  as  Mo'geg 
bade  :  and  it  did  not  v  stink,  neither  was  there  any 
worm  therein. 

25  And  Mo'geg  said,  Eat  that  to  day ;  for  to  day  w  is 
a  sabbath  unto  the  Lord  :  to  day  ye  shall  not  find  it 
in  the  field. 

26  x  Six  days  ye  shall  gather  it ;  but  on  the  sev- 
enth day,  which  is  the  sabbath,  in  it  there  shall  be 
none. 

27  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  there  went  out  some 
of  the  people  on  the  seventh  day  for  to  gather,  and 
they  found  none. 

28  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  How  long  v  re- 
fuse ye  to  keep  my  commandments  and  my  laws  ? 

29  See?  for  that  the  Lord  hath  given  you  the  sab- 
bath, therefore  he  giveth  you  on  the  sixth  day  the 
bread  of  two  days  ;  abide  ye  every  man  in  his  place, 
let  no  man  go  out  of  his  place  on  the  seventh  day. 

30  So  the  people  rested  on  the  seventh  day. 

31  And  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  called  the  name  thereof 
Manna :  and  zit  was  like  coriander  seed  white ;  and 
the  taste  of  it  was  like  wafers  made  with  honey. 

32  *jf  And  Mo'geg  said,  This  is  the  thing  which  the 
Lord  commandeth,  Fill  an  omer  of  it  to  be  kept 
for  your  generations  ;  that  they  may  see  the  bread 
wherewith  I  have  fed  you  in  the  wilderness,  when 
I  brought  you  forth  from  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

33  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  Aar'on,  Take  aa  pot, 
and  put  an  omer  full  of  manna  therein,  and  lay  it 
up  before  the  Lord,  to  be  kept  for  your  genera- 
tions. 

34  As  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg,  so  Aar'on 
laid  it  up  b  before  the  Testimony,  to  be  kept. 

35  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  eat  manna 
'forty  years,  d until  they  came  to  a  land  inhabited  ; 

.    70 


B.  C.  1491. 


4  souls. 


<2Cor.  8.  15. 


u  Gen.  2.  3. 
ch.  20.  8. 
eh.  31.  15. 
eh.  35.  3. 
Lev.  23.  3. 


v  verse  20. 

w  Matt.  12.  12. 

Matt.  24.  20. 

Heb.  4.  4. 
x  ch.  20.  9,  10. 
y  2  Ki.  17.  14. 

Ps.  78.  10,  22. 

Ps.  IOC.  13. 

Jer.  4.  14. 
s  Num.  11.  7,  8. 
a  Heb.  0.  4. 
b  ch.  25.  1G,  21. 

ch.  40.  20. 

Num.  17.  10. 

Deut.  10.  5. 

1  Ki.  8.  9. 
c  Num.  33.  38. 

Deut.  8.  2,  3. 

Neh.  9.  20,  21. 

John  6.  31,  49. 
d  Josh.  5.  12. 

Neh.  9.  15. 


a  ch.  16.  1. 
ch.  19.  2. 

Num.  33.  12, 

14. 
b  Num.  20.  3. 
c  Deut.  6.  10. 

Ps.  78.18,41. 

Isa.  7.  12. 

Matt.  4.  7. 

1  Cor.  10.  9. 
d  ch.  16.  2. 
e  1  Sam.  30.  G. 

John  8.  59. 

John  10.  31. 
/  Ezek.  2.  6. 
q  Num.  20.  8. 
h  Ps.  105.  41. 

Ps.  114.  8. 

1  Cor.  10.  4. 

1  That  is, 
Tentation, 
Ps.  95.  8. 
Heb.  3.  8. 

2  That  is,  Chill- 
ing, or,  Strife. 

i  Gen.  3G.  12. 

Num.  24.  20. 

Deut.  25.  17. 

1  Sam.  15.  2. 
j  Called,  Jesus, 

Acts  7.  45. 

Heb.  4.  8. 
k  Jas.  5.  16. 
I  ch.  34.  27. 
mi  Deut.  25.  19. 

1  Sam.  30.  1. 

2  Sam.  8. 12. 
Ezra  9.  14. 

3  That  is,  The 
Lord  my 
banner, 
Judg.  0.  24. 


they  did  eat  manna,  until  they  came  unto  the  bor- 
ders of  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 
36  Now  an  omer  is  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Bock  of  Horeb  smitten.     8  Battle  with  Amalek.     15  Moses1  altar. 

AND  "all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'- 
-  ra-el  journeyed  from  the  wilderness  of  Sin, 
after  their  journeys,  according  to  the  commandment 
of  the  Lord,  and  pitched  in  Reph'1-dim  :  and  there 
was  no  water  for  the  people  to  drink. 

2  b Wherefore  the  people  did  chide  with  Mo'ses., 
and  said,  Give  us  water  that  we  may  drink.  And 
Mo'ses.  said  unto  them,  Why  chide  ye  with  me  ? 
wherefore  do  ye  c  tempt  the  Lord  ? 

3  And  the  people  thirsted  there  for  water  ;  and 
the  people  d  murmured  against  Mo'geg,  and  said, 
Wherefore  is  this  that  thou  hast  brought  us  up  out 
of  E'gypt,  to  kill  us  and  our  children  and  our  cattle 
with  thirst? 

4  And  Mo'ges.  cried  unto  the  Lord,  saying,  What 
shall  I  do  unto  this  people  ?  they  be  almost  ready 
to  e  stone  me. 

5  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  yGo  on  before 
the  people,  and  take  with  thee  of  the  elders  of  Ig'- 
ra-el ;  and  thy  rod,  wherewith  "thou  smotest  the 
river,  take  in  thine  hand,  and  go. 

6  h  Behold,  I  will  stand  before  thee  there  upon  the 
rock  in  Ho'reb  ;  and  thou  shalt  smite  the  rock,  and 
there  shall  come  water  out  of  it,  that  the  people 
may  drink.  And  Mo'geg  did  so  in  the  sight  of  the 
elders  of  Ig'ra-el. 

7  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  place  ^as'sah, 
and  2Mer'i-bah,  because  of  the  chiding  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  and  because  they  tempted  the  Lord, 
saying,  Is  the  Lord  among  us,  or  not  ? 

8  If  Then  'came  Am'a-lek,  and  fought  with  Ig'ra-el 
in  Reph'i-dim. 

9  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  J' Josh'u-a,  Choose  us  out 
men,  and  go  out,  fight  with  Am'a-lek :  to  morrow  I 
will  stand  on  the  top  of  the  hill  with  the  rod  of  God 
in  mine  hand. 

10  So  Josh'u-a  did  as  Mo'geg  had  said  to  him,  and 
fought  with  Am'a-lek  :  and  Mo'geg,  Aar'on,  and  Hur 
went  up  to  the  top  of  the  hill. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Mo'geg  feheld  up  his 
hand,  that  Ig'ra-el  prevailed  :  and  when  he  let  down 
his  hand,  Am'a-lek  prevailed. 

12  But  Mo'geg'  hands  were  heavy  ;  and  they  took 
a  stone,  and  put  it  under  him,  and  he  sat  thereon  ; 
and  Aar'on  and  Hur  stayed  up  his  hands,  the  one 
on  the  one  side,  and  the  other  on  the  other  side ; 
and  his  hands  were  steady  until  the  going  down  of 
the  sun. 

13  And  Josh'u-a  discomfited  Am'a-lek  and  his  peo- 
ple with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

14  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  'Write  this  for 
a  memorial  in  a  book,  and  rehearse  it  in  the  ears  of 
Josh'u-a :  for  WI  will  utterly  put  out  the  remem- 
brance of  Am'a-lek  from  under  heaven. 

15  And  Mo'geg  built  an  altar,  and  called  the  name 
of  it 3  Jg-ho'vah-nis'sl : 


Visit  of  Jethro. 


EXODUS,  18,  19. 


Encampment  at  Sinai. 


' 


16  For  he  said,  4  Because  the  Lord  hath  sworn 
that  the  Lord  will  have  war  with  Am'a-lek  from 
generation  to  generation. 


B.  C.  1491. 


CHAPTER  18. 

1  Visit  of  Jethro.     13  He  counsels  Moses  and  departs. 

WHEN  Je'thro,  the  priest  of  Mid'I-an,  Mo'geg' 
father  in  law,  heard  of  all  that  God  had  done 
for  Mo'geg,  and  for  Ig'ra-el  his  people,  and  that  the 
Lord  had  brought  Ig'ra-el  out  of  E'gypt ; 

2  Then  Je'thro,  Mo'geg'  father  in  law,  took  Zip-po'- 
rah,  Mo'geg'  wife,  after  he  had  sent  her  back, 

3  And  her  two  sons ;  of  which  the  name  of  the 
one  was  ^er'shom  ;  for  he  said,  I  have  been  an 
alien  in  a  strange  land  : 

4  And  the  name  of  the  other  was  2E-li-e'zer ;  for 
the  God  of  my  father,  said  he,  was  mine  help,  and 
delivered  me  from  the  sword  of  Pha'raoh : 

5  And  Je'thro,  Mo'geg'  father  in  law,  came  with  his 
sons  and  his  wife  unto  Mo'geg  into  the  wilderness, 
where  he  encamped  at  the  mount  of  God : 

6  And  he  said  unto  Mo'geg,  I  thy  father  in  law 
Fe'thro  am  come  unto  thee,  and  thy  wife,  and  her 
two  sons  with  her. 

7  If  And  Mo'geg  went  out  to  meet  his  father  in  law, 
md  did  obeisance,  and  kissed  him  ;  and  they  asked 
?ach  other  of  their  3 welfare;  and  they  came  into 
the  tent. 

8  And  Mo'geg  told  his  father  in  law  all  that  the 
Lord  had  done  unto  Pha'raoh  and  to  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang for  Ig'ra-el's  sake,  and  all  the  travail  that  had 
4  come  upon  them  by  the  way,  and  how  the  Lord 
delivered  them. 

9  And  Je'thro  rejoiced  for  all  the  goodness  which 
the  Lord  had  done  to  Ig'ra-el,  whom  he  had  deliv- 
ered out  of  the  hand  of  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

10  And  Je'thro  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath 
delivered  you  out  of  the  hand  of  the  E-gyp'tiang, 
and  out  of  the  hand  of  Pha'raoh,  who  hath  delivered 
the  people  from  under  the  hand  of  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

11  Now  I  know  that  the  Lord  is  a  greater  than  all 
gods:  6for  in  the  thing  wherein  they  dealt c proudly 
he  was  above  them. 

12  And  Je'thro,  Mo'geg'  father  in  law,  took  a  burnt 
offering  and  sacrifices  for  God:  and  Aar'on  came, 
and  all  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  eat  bread  with  Mo'- 
geg' father  in  law  d  before  God. 

13  If  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  Mo'- 
geg sat  to  judge  the  people :  and  the  people  stood  by 
Mo'geg  from  the  morning  unto  the  evening. 

14  And  when  Mo'geg'  father  in  law  saw  all  that  he 
did  to  the  people,  he  said,  What  is  this  thing  that 
thou  doest  to  the  people  ?  why  sittest  thou  thyself 
alone,  and  all  the  people  stand  by  thee  from  morn- 
ing unto  even? 

15  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  his  father  in  law,  Because 
the  people  come  unto  me  to  enquire  of  God  : 

16  When  they  have  e  a  matter,  they  come  unto  me ; 
and  I  judge  between  5one  and  another,  and  I  do 
f  make  them  know  the  statutes  of  God,  and  his  laws. 

17  And  Mo'geg'  father  in  law  said  unto  him,  The 
thing  that  thou  doest  is  not  good. 


4  Or,  Because 
the  hand  of 
Amalek  is 
against  t lie 
throne  of  the 
Loud,  there- 
fore, etc. 

5  the  hand  upon 
the  throne  of 
the  Loru. 


1  That  is,  A 
stranger  there. 


2  That  is,  My 
God  is  an  help. 


o  peace, 
Gen.  43.  27 
2  Sam.  11. 


4  found  them. 
a  2  Chr.  2.  5. 

Ps.  95.  3. 

Ps.  97.  9. 

Ps.  135.  5. 

Isa.  37.  16-20. 

Dan.  2.  47. 
b  ch.  1.  10. 
c  Job  40.  11. 

Ps.  119.  21. 

Luke  1.  51. 
d  Deut.  12.  7. 

1  Cor.  10.  18, 
21,  31. 

e  2  Sam.  15.  3. 
Job  31.  13. 

5  a  man  and  his 
fellow. 

/  Num.  3G.  6. 

6  Fading  thou 
wilt  fade. 

(j  Num.  11.  14. 

Deut.  1.  0,  12. 
//  Deut.  5.  5. 
i  Num.  27.  5. 
j  Deut.  4.  1.  5. 
/.'  Ps.  143.  S. 
/Deut.  1.  IS. 
in  Deut.  10.  18. 

Acts  6.  3. 
»  Gen.  42.  18. 

2  Sam.  23.  3. 
o  Ezek.  IS.  S. 
pL,ev.  24.  11. 

Num.  15.  33. 

Deut.  17.  8. 
q  Deut.  1.  15. 

Acts  6.  5. 
r  Job  29.  16. 
s  Num.  10.  29. 


a  Acts  7.  38. 
b  Deut.  32.  11. 

Isa.  63.  9. 

Rev.  12.  14. 
c  Deut.  32.  8. 

1  Ki.  S.  53. 

Ps.  135.  4. 

Isa.  43.  1. 

Tit.  2. 14. 
</  Deut.  10.  14. 

Job  41.  11. 

Ps.  50.  12. 

1  Cor.  10.  26. 
e  1  Pet.  2.  5,  9. 

Rev.  20.  6. 
/  Lev.  20.  24. 

Deut.  7.  6. 

Isa.  62.  12. 

1  Thess.  5.  27. 


18  eThou  wilt  surely  wear  away,  both  thou,  and 
this  people  that  is  with  thee :  for  this  thing  is  too 
heavy  for  thee ;  "thou  art  not  able  to  perform  it  thy- 
self alone. 

19  Hearken  now  unto  my  voice,  I  will  give  thee 
counsel,  and  God  shall  be  with  thee:  Be  thou  ''for 
the  people  to  God- ward,  that  thou  mayest  *  bring  the 
causes  unto  God : 

20  And  thou  shalt J  teach  them  ordinances  and  laws, 
and  shalt  shew  them  Hhe  way  wherein  they  must 
walk,  and  l  the  work  that  they  must  do. 

21  Moreover  thou  shalt  provide  out  of  all  the  peo- 
ple mable  men,  such  as  "fear  God,  "men  of  truth, 
hating  covetousness ;  and  place  such  over  them,  to  be 
rulers  of  thousands,  and  rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers 
of  fifties,  and  rulers  of  tens. 

22  And  let  them  judge  the  people  at  all  seasons : 
p  and  it  shall  be,  that  every  great  matter  they  shall 
bring  unto  thee,  but  every  small  matter  they  shall 
judge  :  so  shall  it  be  easier  for  thyself,  and  they 
shall  bear  the  burden  with  thee. 

23  If  thou  shalt  do  this  thing,  and  God  command 
thee  so,  then  thou  shalt  be  able  to  endure,  and  all 
this  people  shall  also  go  to  their  place  in  peace. 

24  So  Mo'geg  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  his  father 
in  law,  and  did  all  that  he  had  said. 

25  And  "Mo'ses  chose  able  men  out  of  all  Ig'ra-el, 
and  made  them  heads  over  the  people,  rulers  of 
thousands,  rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers  of  fifties,  and 
rulers  of  tens. 

26  And  they  judged  the  people  at  all  seasons :  the 
'hard  causes  they  brought  unto  Mo'geg,  but  every 
small  matter  they  judged  themselves. 

27  If  And  Mo'geg  let  his  father  in  law  depart;  and 
s  he  went  his  way  into  his  own  land. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Encampment  at  Sinai.   3  Moses  on  the  mount.    19  God  answers  Moses  from  the  mount. 

IN  the  third  month,  when  the  childrenof  Ig'ra-el 
were  gone  forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  the 
same  day  came  they'  into  the  wilderness  of  Sl'nai. 

2  For  they  were  departed  from  Reph'i-dim,  and 
were  come  to  the  desert  of  Sl'nai,  and  had  pitched 
in  the  wilderness ;  and  there  Ig'ra-el  camped  before 
the  mount. 

3  And  "Mo'geg  went  up  unto  God,  and  the  Lord 
called  unto  him  out  of  the  mountain,  saying,  Thus 
shalt  thou  say  to  the  house  of  Ja'cob,  and  tell  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el ; 

4  Ye  have  seen  what  I  did  unto  the  E-gyp'tians, 
and  how  bl  bare  you  on  eagles'  wings,  and  brought 
you  unto  myself. 

5  Now  therefore,  if  ye  will  obey  my  voice  indeed, 
and  keep  my  covenant,  then  cye  shall  be  a  peculiar 
treasure  unto  me  above  all  people  :  for  dall  the 
earth  is  mine  : 

6  And  ye  shall  be  unto  me  ea  kingdom  of  priests, 
and  an  f  holy  nation.  These  are  the_ words  which 
thou  shalt  speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

7  If  And  Mo'geg  came  and  called  for  the  elders  of 
the  people,  and  laid  before  their  faces  all  these 
words  which  the  Lord  commanded  him. 

71 


Moses  on  the  mount. 


EXODUS,  20. 


The  commandments  given. 


8  And  ga\\  the  people  answered  together,  and  said, 
All  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken  we  will  do.  And 
Mo'seg  returned  the  words  of  the  people  unto  the 
Lord. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Lo,  I  come  unto 
thee  /lin  a  thick  cloud,  'that  the  people  may  hear 
when  I  speak  with  thee,  and  believe  thee  for  ever. 
And  Mo'seg  told  the  words  of  the  people  unto  the 
Lord. 

10  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Go  unto  the 
people,  ■'and  sanctify  them  to  day  and  to  morrow, 
and  let  them  fcwash  their  clothes, 

11  And  be  ready  against  the  third  day  :  for  the 
third  day  the  l  Lord  will  come  down  in  the  sight  of 
all  the  people  upon  mount  Si'nai. 

12  And  thou  shalt  set  bounds  unto  the  people 
round  about,  saying,  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  that 
ye  go  not  up  into  the  mount,  or  touch  the  border 
of  it :  m  whosoever  toucheth  the  mount  shall  be 
surely  put  to  death  : 

13  There  shall  not  an  hand  touch  it,  but  he  shall 
surely  be  stoned,  or  shot  through ;  whether  it  be 
beast  or  man,  it  shall  not  live  :  when  the  1  trumpet 
soundeth  long,  they  shall  come  up  to  the  mount. 

14  If  And  Mo'seg  went  down  from  the  mount  unto 
the  people,  and  sanctified  the  people  ;  and  they 
washed  their  clothes. 

15  And  he  said  unto  the  people,  Be  ready  against 
the  third  day  :  come  "not  at  your  wives. 

16  If  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  day  in  the 
morning,  that  there  were  thunders  and  lightnings, 
and  a  thick  cloud  upon  the  mount,  and  the  voice  of 
the  trumpet  exceeding  loud ;  so  that  all  the  peo- 
ple that  was  in  the  camp  trembled. 

17  And  °Mo'ses_  brought  forth  the  people  out  of 
the  camp  to  meet  with  God  ;  and  they  stood  at  the 
nether  part  of  the  mount. 

18  And  v  mount  Si'nai  was  altogether  on  a  smoke, 
because  the  Lord  descended  upon  it  ?in  fire  :  and 
the  smoke  r  thereof  ascended  as  the  smoke  of  a  fur- 
nace, and  the  whole  s  mount  quaked  greatly. 

19  And  when  the  voice  of  the  trumpet  sounded 
long,  and  waxed  louder  and  louder,  Mo'geg  spake, 
and  *God  answered  him  by  a  voice. 

20  And  the  Lord  came  down  upon  mount  Si'nai, 
on  the  top  of  the  mount :  and  the  Lord  called 
Mo'seg  up  to  the  top  of  the  mount ;  and  Mo'seg 
went  up. 

21  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Go  down, 
2  charge  the  people,  lest  they  break  through  unto 
the  Lord  to  "gaze,  and  many  of  them  perish. 

22  And  let  the  priests  also,  which  come  near  to 
the  Lord,  ''sanctify  themselves,  lest  the  Lord 
'"break  forth  upon  them. 

23  And  Mo'seg  said  unto  the  Lord,  The  people  can- 
not come  up  to  mount  Si'nai :  for  thou  chargedst  us, 
saying,  Set  bounds  about  the  mount,  and  sanctify  it. 

24  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Away,  get  thee 
down,  and  thou  shalt  come  up,  thou,  and  Aar'on 
with  thee  :  but  let  not  the  priests  and  the  people 
break  through  to  come  up  unto  the  Lord,  lest  he 
break  forth  upon  them. 

72 


B.  C.  1491. 


g  ch.  24.  3,  7. 
Deut.  26.  17. 


h  Deut.  4.  11. 

P8.  97.  2. 

Matt.  17.  5. 
i  Deut.  4.  12. 

John  12.  29. 


j  Heb.  10.  22. 
k  Lev.  15.  5. 


I  eh.  34.  5. 
Deut.  33.  2. 


m  Heb.  12.  20. 


25  So  Mo'ses.  went  down  unto  the  people,  and  spake 
unto  them. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  The  commandments  given.    22  Idolatry  forbidden.    24  The  altar. 

AND  God  spake  all  these  words,  "saying, 
-  2  I b  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  have  brought 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  ? out  of  the  house  of 
1  bondage. 

dThou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 
^f^Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any  graven  im- 
age, or  any  likeness'  of  any  thing  that  is  in  heaven 
above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in 
the  water  under  the  earth  : 

5  -Thou  shalt  not  •  bow  down  thyself  to  them,  nor 
serve  them  :  for  I  the  Lord'  thy  God  am  ga  jealous 
God,  ''visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the 
children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation  of 
them  that  hate  me  ; 

6  And  'shewing  mercy  unto  thousands  of  them 
that  love  me,  and  keep  my  commandments. 


* 


1  Or,  cornet. 

n  1  Cor.  7.  5. 
Rev.  5.  4. 

0  Deut.  4.  10. 
p  Judg.  5.  5. 

Ps.  08.  7,  8. 
q  2  Chr.  7.  1. 
/■  Gen.  15.  17. 

Ps.  144.  5. 

Rev.  15.  8. 
s  Ps.  68.  8. 

Ps.  114.  7. 

Jer.  4.  24. 

1  Neh.  9.  13. 

Ps.  81.  7. 

2  contest. 

u  1  Sam.  6. 19. 
v  Lev.  10.  3.  ' 
w  2  Sam.  6.  7. 


a  Deut.  5.  22. 
6  Lev.  26. 1. 

Deut.  5.  6. 

Ps.  81.  10. 

Hos.  13.  4. 
c  ch.  13.  3. 
1  servants. 
d  Deut.  C.  14. 

2  Ki.  17.  35. 

Jer.  25.  6. 
e  Lev.  20.  1. 

Deut.  4.  16. 
/Josh.  23.  7. 

2  Ki.  17.  35. 

Isa.  44.  15. 
g  Josh.  24.  19. 

Nah.  1.  2. 
h  Num.  14.  18 

Job  5.  4. 

Ps.  79.  8. 

Isa.  14.  20. 

Jer.  2.  9. 

Ezek.  18.  19. 
i  Deut.  7.  9. 

Ps.  89.  34. 

Rom.  11.  28. 
j  Ps.  15.  4. 

Matt.  5.  33. 
k  Mic.  6.  11. 
I  ch.  31.  13. 

Deut,  5.  12. 
m  Ezek.  20.  12. 

Luke  13.  14. 
n  Gen.  2.  2. 
o  Neh.  13.  16. 
p  Lev.  19.  3. 

Deut.  5.  16. 

Jer.  35.  7,  18. 

Matt.  15.  4. 

Matt.  19.  19. 

Luke  18.  20. 

Eph.  6.  2. 
q  Rom.  13.  9. 
r  Matt.  5.  27. 
sLev.  19.  11. 

Matt.  19.  18. 

1  Thess.  4.  6. 
t  Mic.  2.  2. 

Eph.  5.  3. 
u  Prov.  6.  29. 

Matt.  5.  28. 
v  Heb.  12.  18. 
w  Gal.  3.  19. 
X  Gen.  22.  1. 
y  Prov.  3.  7. 


Ar 


. 


7  yThou  shalt  not'  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  in  vain  ;  for  the  Lord  fcwill  not  hold  himguilt- 

ss  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain.    • 

8  l  Remember  the  sabbath  day,  to  keep  it  holy. 

9  mSix  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  do  all  thy 
work : 

10  But  the  n  seventh  day  is  the  sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  :  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any  work, 
thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy  manser- 
vant, nor  thy  maidservant,  nor  thy  cattle,  °nor  thy 
stranger  that  is  within  thy  gates  : 

11  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven  and 
earth,  "the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and  rested 
the  seventh  day  :  wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the 
sabbath  day,  and  hallowed  it. 

12  If  p  Honour  thy  father  and   thy  mother  :  that 
thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 
'  13  9Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

14  rThou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

15  sThou  shalt  not  steal. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against  thy 
iieighbour. 

17  4Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  house, 
thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife,  nor  his 

manservant,  nor  his  maidservant,  nor  his  ox,  nor 
his  ass,  nor  any  thing  that  is  thy  neighbour's. 

18  If  And  "all  the  people  saw  the  thunderings,  and 
the  lightnings,  and  the  noise  of  the  trumpet,  and 
the  mountain  smoking :  and  when  the  people  saw 
it,  they  removed,  and  stood  afar  off. 

19  And  they  said  unto  Mo'ses.,  '"Speak  thou  with 
us,  and  we  will  hear :  but  let  not  God  speak  with 
us,  lest  we  die. 

20  And  Mo'se§  said  unto  the  people,  Fear  not : 
8  for  God  is  come  to  prove  you,  and  y  that  his  fear 
may  be  before  your  faces,  that  ye  sin  not. 

21  And  the  people  stood  afar  off,  and  Mo'ses.  drew 
near  unto  the  thick  darkness  where  God  was. 

22  Tf  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Thus  thou 
shalt  say  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  Ye  have  seen 
that  I  have  talked  with  you  from  heaven. 


- 


Sundry  judgments. 


EXODUS,  21. 


Judgments  continued. 


23  Ye  shall  not  make  with  me  gods  of  silver, 
neither  shall  ye  make  unto  you  gods  of  gold. 

24  Tf  An  altar  of  earth  thou  shalt  make  unto  me, 
and  shalt  sacrifice  thereon  thy  burnt  offerings,  and 
thy  peace  offerings,  thy  sheep,  and  thine  oxen  :  in 
all  z  places  where  I  record  my  name  I  will  come 
unto  thee,  and  I  will  a  bless  thee. 

25  And  b  if  thou  wilt  make  me  an  altar  of  stone, 
thou  shalt  not 2  build  it  of  hewn  stone  :  for  if  thou 
lift  up  thy  tool  upon  it,  thou  hast  polluted  it. 

26  Neither  shalt  thou  go  up  by  steps  unto  mine 
altar,  that  thy  nakedness  be  not  discovered  thereon. 


.  Setting  forth  the  judgments. 


CHAPTER  21. 

17  Laws  for  cursers  of  parents, 
gores. 


28  Law  for  an  ox  that 


1  Setlii 

1VTOW  these  are  the  judgments  which  thou  shalt 
-^    aset  before  them. 

2  If  Hhou  buy  an  He'brew  servant,  six  years  he 
shall  serve  :  and  in  the  seventh  he  shall  go  out  free 
for  nothing. 

3  If  he  came  in  xby  himself,  he  shall  go  out  by 
himself  :  if  he  were  married,  then  his  wife  shall  go 
out  with  him. 

4  If  his  master  have  given  him  ca  wife,  and  she 
have  born  him  sons  or  daughters  ;  the  wife  and 
her  children  shall  be  her  master's,  and  he  shall  go 
out  by  himself. 

5  And  dif  the  servant 2  shall  plainly  say,  I  love  my 
master,  my  wife,  and  my  children ;  I  will  not  go 
out  free  : 

6  Then  his  master  shall  bring  him  unto  the e  judges ; 
he  shall  also  bring  him  to  the  door,  or  unto  the  door 
post ;  and  his  master  shall  f  bore  his  ear  through 
with  an  aul ;  and  he  shall  serve  him  for  ever. 

7  Tf  And  if  a  man  ^sell  his  daughter  to  be  a  maid- 
servant, she  shall  not  go  out  as  the  menservants  do. 

8  If  she  3  please  not  her  master,  who  hath  be- 
trothed her  to  himself,  then  shall  he  let  her  be  re- 
deemed :  to  sell  her  unto  a  strange  nation  he  shall 
have  no  power,  seeing  he  hath  dealt  deceitfully 
with  her. 

9  And  if  he  have  betrothed  her  unto  his  son,  he 
shall  deal  with  her  after  the  manner  of  daughters. 

10  If  he  take  him  another  wife :  her  food,  her 
raiment,  ^and  her  duty  of  marriage,  shall  he  not 
diminish. 

11  And  if  he  do  not  these  three  unto  her,  then 
shall  she  go  out  free  without  money. 

12  Tf  He  'that  smiteth  a  man,  so  that  he  die,  shall 
be  surely  put  to  death. 

13  And  Jif  a  man  lie  not  in  wait,  but  God  k  deliver 
him  into  his  hand  ;  then  1 1  will  appoint  thee  a  place 
whither  he  shall  flee. 

14  But  if  a  man  come  m  presumptuously  upon  his 
neighbour,  to  slay  him  with  guile ;  n  thou  shalt  take 
him  from  mine  altar,  that  he  may  die. 

15  Tf  And  he  that  smiteth  his  father,  or  his  mo- 
ther, shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 

16  Tf  And  °  he  that  stealeth  a  man,  and  pselleth 
him,  or  if  he  be  "found  in  his  hand,  he  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death. 


B.  C.  1491. 


2  2  Chr.  6.  6. 

a  Gen.  12.  2. 

b  Josh.  8.  31. 

2  build  them 
with  hewing. 


a  ch.  24.  3,  4. 

Deut.  4.  14. 

Deut.  (i.  1. 
b  Lev.  25.  39. 

Deut.  15.  12. 

Jer.  34.  14. 


1  with  his  body. 


c  Lev.  25.  44. 


d  Deut.  15.  1G. 
2  saying  shall 
say. 


e  ch.  12.  12. 

ch.  22.  8,  28. 

Deut.  1G.  18. 

Ps.  82.  1. 
/  Ps.  40.  G. 


g  Neh.  5.  5. 

3  be  evil  in  the 
eyes  of,  etc. 

h  1  Cor.  7.  5. 
i  Gen.  9.  6. 

Lev.  24.  17. 

Num.  35.  30. 

Matt.  26.  52. 
/  Deut.  19.  4,  5. 
k  1  Sam.  24.  4, 

10,  18. 
J  Num.  35.  11. 

Josh.  20.  2. 
m  Num.  15.  30. 

Deut.  19. 11. 

Heb.  10.  26. 
n  1  Ki.  2.  28-34. 

2  Ki.  11.  15. 

0  Deut.  24.  7. 
p  Gen.  37.  28. 
q  ch.  22.  4. 

r  Lev.  20.  9. 
Prov.  20.  20. 
Matt.  15.  4. 
Mark  7.  10. 

4  Or,  revileth. 

5  Or,  his 
neighbour. 

s  2  Sam.  3.  29. 

6  his  ceasing. 

7  avenged, 
Gen.  4.  15,  24. 
Lev.  25.  43. 
Rom.  13.  4. 
Eph.  6.  9. 

1  Tim.  3.  3. 
Jas.  3.  1. 

1  Lev.  25.  45. 
u  Deut.  22. 

18,  19. 
v  Lev.  24.  20. 

Deut.  19.  21. 

Matt.  5.  38. 

Matt.  7.  2. 
w  Col.  4.  1. 
x  Gen.  9.  5. 
j/Nuni.  35.  31. 
z  Zech.  11. 

12,  13. 

Matt.  26.  15. 

Phil.  2.  7. 


his 


17  If  And   rhe   that   4curseth   his   father,  or 
mother,  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

18  If  And  if  men  strive  together,  and  one  smite 
5 another  with  a  stone,  or  with  his  fist,  and  he  die 
not,  but  keepeth  his  bed  : 

19  If  he  rise  again,  and  walk  abroad  supon  his 
staff,  then  shall  he  that  smote  him  be  quit :  only 
he  shall  pay  for  6the  loss  of  his  time,  and  shall  cause 
him  to  be  thoroughly  healed. 

20  If  And  if  a  man  smite  his  servant,  or  his  maid, 
with  a  rod,  and  he  die  under  his  hand  ;  he  shall  be 
surely  '  punished. 

21  Notwithstanding,  if  he  continue  a  day  or  two, 
he  shall  not  be  punished  :  for  'he  is  his  money. 

22  If  If  men  strive,  and  hurt  a  woman  with  child, 
so  that  her  fruit  depart  from  her,  and  yet  no  mis- 
chief follow  :  he  shall  be  surely  punished,  according 
as  the  woman's  husband  will  lay  upon  him ;  and  he 
shall  "pay  as  the  judges  determine. 

23  And  if  any  mischief  follow,  then  thou  shalt 
give  life  for  life, 

24  "Eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for  hand, 
foot  for  foot, 

25  Burning  for  burning,  wound  for  wound,  stripe 
for  stripe. 

26  Tf  And  wif  a  man  smite  the  eye  of  his  servant, 
or  the  eye  of  his  maid,  that  it  perish  ;  he  shall  let 
him  go  free  for  his  eye's  sake. 

27  And  if  he  smite  out  his  manservant's  tooth,  or 
his  maidservant's  tooth  ;  he  shall  let  him  go  free 
for  his  tooth's  sake. 

28  Tf  If  an  ox  gore  a  man  or  a  woman,  that  they 
die  :  then  xthe  ox  shall  be  surely  stoned,  and  his 
flesh  shall  not  be  eaten ;  but  the  owner  of  the  ox 
shall  be  quit. 

29  But  if  the  ox  were  wont  to  push  with  his  horn 
in  time  past,  and  it  hath  been  testified  to  his  owner, 
and  he  hath  not  kept  him  in,  but  that  he  hath  killed 
a  man  or  a  woman  ;  the  ox  shall  be  stoned,  and  his 
owner  also  shall  be  put  to  death. 

30  If  there  be  laid  on  him  a  sum  of  money,  then 
he  shall  give  for  the  y  ransom  of  his  life  whatsoever 
is  laid  upon  him. 

31  Whether  he  have  gored  a  son,  or  have  gored 
a  daughter,  according  to  this  judgment  shall  it  be 
done  unto  him. 

32  If  the  ox  shall  push  a  manservant  or  a  maid- 
servant ;  he  shall  give  unto  their  master  z  thirty 
shekels  of  silver,  and  the  ox  shall  be  stoned. 

33  Tf  And  if  a  man  shall  open  a  pit,  or  if  a  man 
shall  dig  a  pit,  and  not  cover  it,  and  an  ox  or  an  ass 
fall  therein ; 

34  The  owner  of  the  pit  shall  make  it  good,  and 
give  money  unto  the  owner  of  them  ;  and  the  dead 
beast  shall  be  his. 

35  Tf  And  if  one  man's  ox  hurt  another's,  that  he 
die ;  then  they  shall  sell  the  live  ox,  and  divide  the 
money  of  it ;  and  the  dead  ox  also  they  shall  divide. 

36  Or  if  it  be  known  that  the  ox  hath  used  to  push 
in  time  past,  and  his  owner  hath  not  kept  him  in ; 
he  shall  surely  pay  ox  for  ox  ;  and  the  dead  shall 
be  his  own. 

73 


Judgments  continued. 


EXODUS,  22,  23. 


Judgments  concluded. 


CHAPTER  22. 

1  Farther  setting  forth  of  the  judgments.    20  Law  for  idolatry.    25  Law  of  usury. 

IF  a  man  shall  steal  an  ox,  or  a  x  sheep,  and  kill  it, 
or  sell  it ;  he  shall  restore  five  oxen  for  an  ox, 
and  "four  sheep  for  a  sheep. 

2  1[  If  a 6  thief  be  found  breaking  up,  and  be  smitten 
that  he  die,  there  shall  cno  blood  be  shed  for  him. 

3  If  the  sun  be  risen  upon  him,  there  shall  be  blood 
shed  for  him  ;  for  he  should  make  full  restitution  ;  if 
he  have  nothing,  then  he  shall  be  dsold  for  his  theft. 

4  If  the  2  theft  be  certainly  e  found  in  his  hand 
alive,  whether  it  be  ox,  or  ass,  or  sheep  ;  he  shall 
f  restore  double. 

5  II  If  a  man  shall  cause  a  field  or  vineyard  to  be 
eaten,  and  shall  put  in  his  beast,  and  shall  feed  in 
another  man's  field  ;  of  the  best  of  his  own  field, 
and  of  the  best  of  his  own  vineyard,  shall  he  make 
restitution. 

6  If  If  fire  break  out,  and  catch  in  thorns,  so  that 
the  stacks  of  corn,  or  the  standing  corn,  or  the  field, 
be  consumed  therewith;  he  that  kindled  the  fire 
shall  surely  make  restitution. 

7  Tf  If  a  man  shall  deliver  unto  his  neighbour  money 
or  stuff  to  keep,  and  it  be  stolen  out  of  the  man's 
house  ;  if  the  thief  be  found,  let  him  pay  double. 

8  If  the  thief  be  not  found,  then  the  master  of 
the  house  shall  be  brought  unto  the  judges,  to  see 
whether  he  have  put  his  hand  unto  his  neighbour's 
goods. 

9  For  all  manner  of  trespass,  whether  it  be  for  ox, 
for  ass,  for  sheep,  for  raiment,  or  for  any  manner 
of  lost  thing,  which  another  challengeth  to  be  his, 
the  a  cause  of  both  parties  shall  come  before  the 
judges  ;  and  whom  the  judges  shall  condemn,  he 
shall  pay  double  unto  his  neighbour. 

10  If  a  man  deliver  unto  his  neighbour  an  ass,  or 
an  ox,  or  a  sheep,  or  any  beast,  to  keep ;  and  it  die, 
or  be  hurt,  or  driven  away,  no  man  seeing  it: 

11  Then  shall  an  Aoath  of  the  Lord  be  between 
them  both,  that  he  hath  not  put  his  hand  unto  his 
neighbour's  goods ;  and  the  owner  of  it  shall  accept 
thereof,  and  he  shall  not  make  it  good. 

12  And i  if  it  be  stolen  from  him,  he  shall  make 
restitution  unto  the  owner  thereof. 

13  If  it  be  torn  in  pieces,  then  let  him  bring  it  for 
witness,  and  he  shall  not  make  good  that  which  was 
torn. 

14  H  And  if  a  man  borrow  ought  of  his  neighbour, 
and  it  be  hurt,  or  die,  the  owner  thereof  being  not 
with  it,  he  shall  surely  make  it  good. 

15  But  if  the  owner  thereof  be  with  it,  he  shall  not 
make  it  good :  if  it  be  an  hired  thing,  it  came  for  his 
hire. 

16  Tf  And  J'if  a  man  entice  a  maid  that  is  not  be- 
trothed, and  lie  with  her,  he  shall  surely  endow  her 
to  be  his  wife. 

17  If  her  father  utterly  refuse  to  give  her  unto 
him,  he  shall  3pay  money  according  to  the  k  dowry 
of  virgins. 

18  IT  'Thou  shalt  not  suffer  a  witch  to  live. 

19  If  Whosoever  lieth  with  a  beast  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death. 

74 


B.  C.  1491. 


1  Or,  goat. 


a  2  Sam.  12.  6. 

Prov.  6.  31. 

Luke  19.  8. 
b  Ex.  20.  15. 

Lev.  10.  11. 

Deut.  5.  19. 

Matt.  6.  19. 

Matt,  19.  18. 

Matt.  24.  43. 

Luke  18.  20. 

Kom.  13.  9. 

1  Cor.  6.  10. 

Eph.  4.  28. 

1  Pet.  4.  15. 
c  Num.  35.  27. 
d  ch.  21.  2. 

Matt.  18.  25. 
2  thing  stolen. 
e  ch.  21.  16. 
/Prov.  6.  31. 


g  Deut.  25.  1. 

2  Clir.  19.  10. 
h  Heb.  6.  16. 
i  Gen.  31.  39. 
j  Deut.  22.  28. 

3  weigh, 
Gen.  23.  16. 

k  1  Sam.  18.  25. 
I  Deut.  18.  10. 
m  Num.  25.  2. 

Deut.  13.  1. 

Deut.  17.  2. 

1  Ki.  IS.  40. 

2  Ki.  10.  25. 
Hos.  8.  14. 

n  Lev.  19.  33. 

Lev.  25.  35. 

Deut.  10.  19. 

Zech.  7.  10. 

Mai.  3.  5. 
o  Deut.  10.  18. 

Isa.  1.  17. 

Ezek.  22.  7. 
p  Deut.  15.  9. 

Job  35.  9. 
q  Job  34.  28. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
r  Job  31.  23. 
s  Ps.  109.  9. 
t  Lev.  25.  35. 

Neh.  5.  7. 

Ezek.  18.  8. 
u  Job  24.  3. 

Prov.  20.  16. 

Amos  2.  8. 
v  Eccl.  10.  20. 

2  Pet.  2.  10. 

4  Or,  judges, 
Ps.  82.  6. 

5  thy  fulness. 
w  Prov.  3.  9. 

6  tear. 

x  Deut.  15.  19. 
y  Lev.  22.  27. 
z  Lev.  19.  2. 
a  Ezek.  4.  14. 


a  Prov.  10.  18. 

1  Or,  receive. 
b  1  Ki.  21.  10. 

Prov.  19.  5. 

Acts  6.  11. 
c  1  Ki.  19.  10. 

Job  31.  34. 

Luke  23.  23. 
d  Ps.  72.  2. 

2  answer. 

e  Lev.  19.  15. 
/Prov.  25.  21. 
1  These..  5.  15. 

3  Or,  wilt  thou 
cease  to  help 
him  ?  or,  and 
wouldest 
cease  to  leave 
thy  business 
for  him  ;  thou 
shalt  surely 
leave  it  to 
join  with  him. 

g  Job  31.  13. 
/;  Eph.  4.  25. 
t  Rom.  1.  18. 
j  Prov.  17.  8. 

4  the  seeing. 
k  Ps.  94.  C. 

5  soul. 

/  Lev.  25.  3. 


20  If  mHe  that  sacrificeth  unto  any  god,  save  unto 
the  Lord  only,  he  shall  be  utterly  destroyed. 

21  If n  Thou  shalt  neither  vex  a  stranger,  nor  op- 
press him:  for  ye  were  strangers  in  the  land  of 
E'gypt. 

22  Tf  °  Ye  shall  not  afflict  any  widow,  or  fatherless 
child. 

23  If  thou  afflict  them  in  any  wise,  and  they  pcry 
at  all  unto  me,  I  will  surely  ''hear  their  cry  ; 

24  And  my  r  wrath  shall  wax  hot,  and  I  will  kill  you 
with  the  sword ;  and  syour  wives  shall  be  widows, 
and  your  children  fatherless. 

25  Tf  If  'thou  lend  money  to  any  of  my  people  that 
is  poor  by  thee,  thou  shalt  not  be  to  him  as  an 
usurer,  neither  shalt  thou  lay  upon  him  usury. 

26  If  u  thou  at  all  take  thy  neighbour's  raiment  to 
pledge,  thou  shalt  deliver  it  unto  him  by  that  the 
sun  goeth  down  : 

27  For  that  is  his  covering  only,  it  is  his  raiment 
for  his  skin:  wherein  shall  he  sleep?  and  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  when  he  crieth  unto  me,  that  I  will 
hear  ;  for  I  am  gracious. 

28  Tf  Thou  "shalt  not  revile  the  4 gods,  nor  curse  the 
ruler  of  thy  people. 

29  If  Thou  shalt  not  delay  to  offer  5  the  first  w  of  thy 
ripe  fruits,  and  of  thy  6  liquors :  the  firstborn  of  thy 
sons  shalt  thou  give  unto  me. 

30  Likewise  x  shalt  thou  do  with  thine  oxen,  and 
with  thy  sheep  :  seven  ^days  it  shall  be  with  his 
dam ;  on  the  eighth  day  thou  shalt  give  it  me. 

31  Tf  And  ye  shall  be  2holy  men  unto  me :  neither 
"shall  ye  eat  any  flesh  that  is  torn  of  beasts  in  the 
field  ;  ye  shall  cast  it  to  the  dogs. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Judgments  concluded.    14  Three  feasts.    20  Promise  of  an  Angel. 

rpHOU  a  shalt  not  a  raise  a  false  report :  put  not 
-*-    thine  hand  with  the  wicked  to  be  an  b  unright- 
eous witness. 

2  Tf  Thou  c shalt  not  follow  a  multitude  to  do  evil; 
d  neither  shalt  thou  2  speak  in  a  cause  to  decline 
after  many  to  wrest  judgment  : 

3  Tf  Neither  shalt  thou  e  countenance  a  poor  man  in 
his  cause. 

4  Tf  If  7thou  meet  thine  enemy's  ox  or  his  ass  going 
astray,  thou  shalt  surely  bring  it  back  to  him  again. 

5  If  thou  see  the  ass  of  him  that  hateth  thee  lying 
under  his  burden,  3and  wouldest  forbear  to  help  him, 
thou  shalt  surely  help  with  him. 

6  °  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  judgment  of  thy  poor 
in  his  cause. 

7  Keep  Hhee  far  from  a  false  matter;  and  the 
innocent  and  righteous  slay  thou  not :  for i  I  will  not 
justify  the  wicked. 

8  Tf  And  y  thou  shalt  take  no  gift :  for  the  gift  blind- 
eth  4the  wise,  and  perverteth  the  words  of  the  right- 
eous. 

9  Tf  Also  Hhou  shalt  not  oppress  a  stranger:  for 
ye  know  the  5  heart  of  a  stranger,  seeing  ye  were 
strangers  in  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

10  And  'six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  land,  and 
shalt  gather  in  the  fruits  thereof : 


Promise  of  an  Angel. 


EXODUS,  24. 


Altar  of  twelve  pillars. 


11  But  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt  let  it  rest  and 
lie  still ;  that  the  poor  of  thy  people  may  eat :  and 
what  they  leave  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  eat.  In 
like  manner  thou  shalt  deal  with  thy  vineyard,  and 
with  thy  6oliveyard. 

12  Six  mdays  thou  shalt  do  thy  work,  and  on  the 
seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest :  that  thine  ox  and  thine 
ass  may  rest,  and  the  son  of  thy  handmaid,  and  the 
stranger,  may  be  refreshed. 

13  And  in  all  things  that  I  have  said  unto  you  be 
circumspect :  and  make  n  no  mention  of  the  name  of 
other  gods,  neither  let  it  be  heard  out  of  thy  mouth. 

14  If  Three  "times  thou  shalt  keep  a  feast  unto  me 
in  the  year. 

15  Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread : 
(thou  shalt  eat  unleavened  bread  seven  days,  as  I 
commanded  thee,  in  the  time  appointed  of  the  month 
A'bib;  for  in  it  thou  earnest  out  from  E'gypt :  and 
none  shall  appear  before  me  empty :) 

16  And  pthe  feast  of  harvest,  the  firstfruits  of  thy 
labours,  which  thou  hast  sown  in  the  field  :  and  the 
feast  of  ingathering,  which  is  in  the  end  of  the  year, 
when  thou  hast  gathered  in  thy  labours  out  of  the 
field. 

17  Three  times  in  the  year  all  thy  males  shall 
appear  before  the  Lord  God. 

18  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of  my  sacrifice 
with  leavened  bread ;  neither  shall  the  fat  of  my 
Sacrifice  remain  until  the  morning. 

19  The q  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy  land  thou  shalt 
bring  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy  God.  Thou 
shalt  not  seethe  a  kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

20  If  Behold,  I  send  an  Angel  before  thee,  to  keep 
thee  in  the  way,  and  to  bring  thee  into  the  place 
which  I  have  prepared. 

21  Beware  of  him,  and  obey  his  voice,  provoke r  him 
not;  for  he  will s  not  pardon  your  transgressions  :  for 
'my  name  is  in  him. 

22  But  if  thou  shalt  indeed  obey  his  voice,  and  do 
all  that  I  speak ;  then  u  I  will  be  an  enemy  unto  thine 
enemies,  and  8an  adversary  unto  thine  adversaries. 

23  For  mine  Angel  shall  go  before  thee,  and v  bring 
thee  in  unto  the  Am'or-Ites,  and  the  Hit'tites,  and 
the  Per'iz-zltes,  and  the  Ca'naan-ites,  the  Hi'vites, 
and  the  Jeb'u-sites :  and  I  will  cut  them  off. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  ™bow  down  to  their  gods,  nor 
serve  them,  nor  do  after  their  works :  but  thou  shalt 
utterly  overthrow  them,  and  quite  break  down  their 
images. 

25  And  ye  shall  x  serve  the  Lord  your  God,  and  he 
" shall  bless  thy  bread,  and  thy  water;  and  ZI  will 
take  sickness  away  from  the  midst  of  thee. 

26  If  There  "shall  nothing  cast  their  young,  nor  be 
barren,  in  thy  land :  the  number  of  thy  days  I  will 
6  fulfil. 

27  I  will  send0  my  fear  before  thee,  and  will  destroy 
all  the  people  to  whom  thou  shalt  come,  and  I  will 
make  all  thine  enemies  turn  their  9  backs  unto  thee. 

28  And  I  d  will  send  hornets  before  thee,  which  shall 
drive  out  the  Hi'vite,  the  Ca'naan-ite,  and  the  Hit'- 
tite,  from  before  thee. 

29  I  ewill  not  drive  them  out  from  before  thee  in 


B.  C.  1491. 


G  Or,  olive 

trees. 
m  Luke  13.  14. 


n  Hos.  2.  17. 


o  Deut.  1G.  1G. 


p  Lev.  23.  10. 


7  Or,  feast. 

q  Neh.  10.  35. 

Prov.  3.  0. 
r  Epli.  4.  30. 
s  Josh.  24.  19. 

1  John  5.  1G. 
t  Isa.  9.  G. 

Jer.  23.  6. 

John  10.  38. 
?<Gen.  12.  3. 

8  Or,  I  will 
afflict  them 
that  afflict 
thee. 

v  Josh.  24.  8. 
w  ch.  20.  5. 
x  Deut.  10.  12. 

Josh.  22.  5. 

1  Sam.  12.  20. 

Matt.  4.  10. 
y  Deut.  28.  5. 
z  Deut.  7.  15. 
a  Job  21.  10. 
b  Gen.  25.  8. 
c  Gen.  35.  5. 

Deut.  2.  25. 

Josh.  2.  9,  11. 

1  Sam.  14.  15. 

9  neck, 

Ps.  18.  40. 
d  Deut.  7.  20. 
e  Deut.  7.  22. 
/I  Ki.4.  21. 
q  Josh.  21.  44. 
A  ch.  34.  12,  15. 

Deut.  7.  2. 

Deut.  12.  30. 

Josh.  23.  13. 

Judg.  2.  3. 

1  Sam.  18.  21. 

Ps.  10G.  36,  37. 


a  ch.  28.  1. 

Lev.  10.  1,  2. 
6  Num.  11.  16. 
cDeut.  31.  9. 
d  Gen.  28.  18. 

Gen.  31.  45. 
e  Heb.  9.  18. 
/Heb.  9.20. 

Heb.  13.  20. 

1  Pet.  1.  2. 
g  Gen.  32.  30. 

ch.  3.  6. 

ch.  33.  20,  23. 

Judg.  13.  22. 

Isa.  6.  1,  5. 

John  1.  IS. 

1  Tim.  6.  16. 

1  John  4.  12. 
AEzek.  1.26. 

Ezek.  10.  1. 

Rev.  4.  3. 
i  Matt.  17.  2. 
ich.  19.  21. 
*  Gen.  16.  13. 

Deut.  4.  33. 
I  Gen.  31.  54. 

ch.  18.  12. 

1  Cor.  10.  18. 
m  ch.  32.  15. 

Deut.  5.  22. 
n  ch.  33.  11. 


one  year;  lest  the  land  become  desolate,  and  the 
beast  of  the  field  multiply  against  thee. 

30  By  little  and  little  I  will  drive  them  out  from 
before  thee,  until  thou  be  increased,  and  inherit  the 
land. 

31  And  fl  will  set  thy  bounds  from  the  Red  sea 
even  unto  the  sea  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg,  and  from  the 
desert  unto  the  river:  for  I  "will  deliver  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land  into  your  hand ;  and  thou  shalt 
drive  them  out  before  thee. 

32  Thou  shalt  make  no  covenant  with  them,  nor 
with  their  gods. 

33  They  shall  not  dwell  in  thy  land,  lest  they  make 
thee  sin  against  me :  for  if  thou  serve  their  gods, 
'it  will  surely  be  a  snare  unto  thee. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Moses  builds  an  altar.    9  Ascends  the  mount.     18  Forty  days  and  nights  in  the  mount. 

AND  he  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Come  up  unto  the 
-^-  Lord,  thou,  and  Aar'on,  "Na'dab,  and  A-bi'hu, 
'and  seventy  of  the  elders  of  Is/ra-el;  and  worship 
ye  afar  off. 

2  And  Mo'geg  alone  shall  come  near  the  Lord  :  but 
they  shall  not  come  nigh ;  neither  shall  the  people 
go  up  with  him. 

3  If  And  Mo'geg  came  and  told  the  people  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  judgments :  and  all 
the  people  answered  with  one  voice,  and  said,  All 
the  words  which  the  Lord  hath  said  will  we  do. 

4  And  Mo'geg  c  wrote  all  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
and  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and  builded  an 
altar  under  the  hill,  and  twelve  d  pillars,  according 
to  the  twelve  tribes  of  Ig' ra-el. 

5  And  he  sent  young  men  of  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el,  which  offered  burnt  offerings,  and  sacrificed 
peace  offerings  of  oxen  unto  the  Lord. 

6  And  Mo'geg  Hook  half  of  the  blood,  and  put  it  in 
basons ;  and  half  of  the  blood  he  sprinkled  on  the 
altar. 

7  And  he  took  the  book  of  the  covenant,  and  read 
in  the  audience  of  the  people :  and  they  said,  All 
that  the  Lord  hath  said  will  we  do,  and  be  obedient. 

8  And  Mo'geg  took  the  blood,  and  sprinkled  it  on 
the  people,  and  said,  Behold  /the  blood  of  the  cove- 
nant, which  the  Lord  hath  made  with  you  concern- 
ing all  these  words. 

9  IfjThen  went  up  Mo'geg,  and  Aar'on,  Na'dab, 
and  A-bl'hu,  and  seventy  of  the  elders  of  Ig' ra-el : 

10  And  they  ssaw  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  there 
was  under  his  feet  as  it  were  a  paved  work  of  fta 
sapphire  stone,  and  as  it  were  the  'body  of  heaven 
in  his  clearness. 

11  And  upon  the  nobles  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
he  ■'laid  not  his  hand  :  also  Hhey  saw  God,  and  did 
'eat  and  drink. 

12  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Come  up  to 
me  into  the  mount,  and  be  there :  and  I  will  give 
thee  "'tables  of  stone,  and  a  law,  and  commandments 
which  I  have  written  ;  that  thou  mayest  teach 
them. 

13  And  Mo'geg  rose  up,  and  "his  minister  Josh 'u-a: 
and  Mo'geg  went  up  into  the  mount  of  God. 

75 


Tabernacle  pattern. 


EXODUS,  25. 


Tabernacle  furniture. 


14  And  he  said  unto  the  elders,  Tarry  ye  here 
for  us,  until  we  come  again  unto  you  :  and,  behold, 
Aar'on  and  Hur  are  with  you  :  if  any  man  have 
any  matters  to  do,  let  him  come  unto  them. 

15  And  Mo'seg  went  up  into  the  mount,  and  °a 
cloud  covered  the  mount. 

16  And  pthe  glory  of  the  Lord  abode  upon  mount 
Sl'nai,  and  the  cloud  covered  it  six  days  :  and  the 
seventh  day  he  called  unto  Mo'seg  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  cloud. 

17  And  the  sight  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord  ivas  like 
^devouring  fire  on  the  top  of  the  mount  in  the  eyes 
of  the  children  of  Is/ra-el. 

18  And  Mo'geg  went  into  the  midst  of  the  cloud, 
and  gat  him  up  into  the  mount :  and  rMo'ses_  was 
in  the  mount  forty  days  and  forty  nights. 

CHAPTER    25. 

1  The  tabernacle  and  its  furniture.    23  The  table.    31  The  candlestick. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  that  they 
1  bring  me  an  2  offering  :  °of  every  man  that  giveth 
it  willingly  with  his  heart  ye  shall  take  my  offering. 

3  And  this  is  the  offering  which  ye  shall  take  of 
them ;  gold,  and  silver,  and  brass, 

4  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  3fine  linen, 
and  goats'  hair, 

5  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  badgers'  skins,  and 
shittim  wood, 

6  Oil  for  the  light,  spices  for  anointing  oil,  and  for 
sweet  incense, 

7  Onyx  stones,  and  stones  to  be  set  in  the  ephod, 
and  in  the  6  breastplate. 

8  And  let  them  make  me  a  c  sanctuary  ;  that  dI 
may  dwell  among  them. 

9  According  to  all  that  I  shew  thee,  after  the  pat- 
tern of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  pattern  of  all  the 
instruments  thereof,  even  so  shall  ye  make  it. 

10  H  And  e  they  shall  make  an  ark  of  shittim  wood  : 
two  cubits  and  a  half  shall  be  the  length  thereof, 
and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth  thereof,  and  a 
cubit  and  a  half  the  height  thereof. 

11  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure  gold,  within 
and  without  shalt  thou  overlay  it,  and  shalt  make 
upon  it  a  crown  of  gold  round  about. 

12  And  thou  shalt  cast  four  rings  of  gold  for  it, 
and  put  them  in  the  four  corners  thereof  ;  and  two 
rings  shall  be  in  the  one  side  of  it,  and  two  rings  in 
the  other  side  of  it. 

13  And  thou  shalt  make  staves  of  shittim  wood, 
and  overlay  them  with  gold. 

14  And  thou  shalt  put  the  staves  into  the  rings  by 
the  sides  of  the  ark,  that  the  ark  may  be  borne  with 
them. 

15  The  /staves  shall  be  in  the  rings  of  the  ark  : 
they  shall  not  be  taken  from  it. 

16  And  thou  shalt  put  into  the  ark  Hhe  testimony 
which  I  shall  give  thee. 

17  And  Hhou  shalt  make  a  mercy  seat  of  pure 
gold  :  two  cubits  and  a  half  shall  be  the  length 
thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth  thereof. 

18  And  thou  shalt  make  two  cherubims  of  gold, 

76 


B.  C.  1491. 


0  ch.  19.  9. 

Matt.  17.  5. 


p  ch.  1G.  10. 
Num.  14.  10. 


g  Heb.  12.  18. 


r  Deut.  9.  9. 


1  take  for  me. 

2  Or,  heave 
offering. 

a  1  Chr.  29.  3. 
2  Cor.  9.  7. 


3  Or,  silk, 
Gen.  41.  42. 


b  ch.  28.  15. 

c  Lev.  4.  6. 
d  Heb.  3.  G. 
Rev.  21.  3. 

ech.  37.  1. 

Deut.  10.  3. 

Heb.  9.  4. 
/I  Ki.  8.8. 
g  ch.  10.  34. 

ch.  31.  IS. 

ch.  40.  20. 

Num.  17.  10. 

Deut.  10.  2. 

Deut.  31.26. 

1  Ki.  8.  9. 

2  Ki.  11.  12. 
h  ch.  37.  6. 

Rom.  3.  25. 
Heb.  9.  5. 

4  Or,  of  the 
matter  of  the 
mercy  seat. 

i  1  Ki.  8.  7. 

1  Chr.  28.  18. 
j  ch.  2G.  34. 

ch.  40.  20. 
k  ch.  29.  42,  43. 

ch.  30.  C,  36. 

Lev.  16.  2. 

Num.  17.  4. 

Ezek.  9.  3. 

.Tas.  2.  13. 
I  Num.  7.  89. 

1  Sam.  4.  4. 

2  Sam.  G.  2. 
2  Ki.  19.  15. 
Ps.  80.  1. 

PS.  90.  1: 

Isa.  37.  16. 
m  ch.  37.  10. 

1  Ki.  7.  48. 

2  Chr.  4.  8. 
Heb.  9.  2. 

n  ch.  37.  1G. 
Num.  4.  7. 

5  Or,  to  pour 
out  withal. 

0  Lev.  24.  5. 
p  ch.  37.  17. 

1  Ki.  7.  49. 

Zech.  4.  2. 

Heb.  9.  2. 

Rev.  1.  12. 

Rev.  4.  5. 
q  ch.  37.  18,  19. 

Num.  8.  4. 


of  beaten  work  shalt  thou  make  them,  in  the  two 
ends  of  the  mercy  seat. 

19  And  make  one  cherub  on  the  one  end,  and  the 
other  cherub  on  the  other  end  :  even  4of  the  mercy 
seat  shall  ye  make  the  cherubims  on  the  two  ends 
thereof. 

20  And  Hhe  cherubims  shall  stretch  forth  their 
wings  on  high,  covering  the  mercy  seat  with  their 
wings,  and  their  faces  shall  look  one  to  another ; 
toward  the  mercy  seat  shall  the  faces  of  the  cher- 
ubims be. 

21 3' And  thou  shalt  put  the  mercy  seat  above  upon 
the  ark ;  and  in  the  ark  thou  shalt  put  the  testi- 
mony that  I  shall  give  thee. 

22  And  k  there  I  will  meet  with  thee,  and  I  will 
commune  with  thee  from  above  the  mercy  seat,  from 
'between  the  two  cherubims  which  are  upon  the  ark 
of  the  testimony,  of  all  things  which  I  will  give  thee 
in  commandment  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

23  I  Thou  m  shalt  also  make  a  table  of  shittim 
wood :  two  cubits  shall  be  the  length  thereof,  and  a 
cubit  the  breadth  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half 
the  height  thereof. 

24  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure  gold,  and 
make  thereto  a  crown  of  gold  round  about. 

25  And  thou  shalt  make  unto  it  a  border  of  an 
hand  breadth  round  about,  and  thou  shalt  make  a 
golden  crown  to  the  border  thereof  round  about. 

26  And  thou  shalt  make  for  it  four  rings  of  gold, 
and  put  the  rings  in  the  four  corners  that  are  on 
the  four  feet  thereof. 

27  Over  against  the  border  shall  the  rings  be  for 
places  of  the  staves  to  bear  the  table. 

28  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves  of  shittim  wood, 
and  overlay  them  with  gold,  that  the  table  may  be 
borne  with  them. 

29  And  thou  shalt  make  "the  dishes  thereof,  and 
spoons  thereof,  and  covers  thereof,  and  bowls  there- 
of, 5to  cover  withal  :  of  pure  gold  shalt  thou  make 
them. 

30  And  thou  shalt  set  upon  the  table  "shewbread 
before  me  alway. 

31  H  And  Hhou  shalt  make  a  candlestick  of  pure 
gold  :  of  beaten  work  shall  the  candlestick  be  made  : 
his  shaft,  and  his  branches,  his  bowls,  his  knops,  and 
his  flowers,  shall  be  of  the  same. 

32  And  9six  branches  shall  come  out  of  the  sides 
of  it ;  three  branches  of  the  candlestick  out  of  the 
one  side,  and  three  branches  of  the  candlestick  out 
of  the  other  side  : 

33  Three  bowls  made  like  unto  almonds,  with  a 
knop  and  a  flower  in  one  branch  ;  and  three  bowls 
made  like  almonds  in  the  other  branch,  with  a  knop 
and  a  flower  :  so  in  the  six  branches  that  come  out 
of  the  candlestick. 

34  And  in  the  candlestick  shall  be  four  bowls  made 
like  unto  almonds,  with  their  knops  and  their  flowers. 

35  And  there  shall  be  a  knop  under  two  branches 
of  the  same,  and  a  knop  under  two  branches  of  the 
same,  and  a  knop  under  two  branches  of  the  same, 
according  to  the  six  branches  that  proceed  out  of 
the  candlestick. 


Tabernacle  curtains. 


EXODUS,  26. 


Tabernacle  boards. 


36  Their  knops  and  their  branches  shall  be  of  the 
same  :  all  it  shall  be  one  beaten  work  of  pure  gold. 

37  And  thou  shalt  make  the  r  seven  lamps  thereof  : 
and  s  they  shall 6  light  the  lamps  thereof,  that  they 
may  'give  light  over  against  Tit. 

38  And  the  tongs  thereof,  and  the  snuff  dishes 
thereof,  shall  be  of  pure  gold. 

39  Of  a  talent  of  pure  gold  shall  he  make  it,  with 
all  these  vessels. 

40  And  u  look  that  thou  make  them  after  their  pat- 
tern, 8  which  was  shewed  thee  in  the  mount. 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  Tlie  tabernacle  curtains.    14  Covering.    15  Boards.    31  Veil  for  the  ark. 

MOREOVER  thou  shalt  make  the  "tabernacle 
with  ten  curtains  of  fine  twined  linen,  and 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet :  b  with  cherubims  of 
Running  work  shalt  thou  make  them. 

2  The  length  of  one  curtain  shall  be  eight  and 
twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one  curtain  four 
cubits  :  and  every  one  of  the  curtains  shall  have 
one  measure. 

3  The  five  curtains  shall  be  coupled  c  together  one 
to  another  ;  and  other  five  curtains  shall  be  coupled 
one  to  another. 

4  And  thou  shalt  make  d  loops  of  blue  upon  the  edge 
of  the  one  curtain  from  the  selvedge  in  the  cou- 
pling ;  and  likewise  shalt  thou  make  in  the  uttermost 
edge  of  another  curtain,  in  the  coupling  of  the  sec- 
ond. 

5  Fifty  loops  shalt  thou  make  in  the  one  curtain, 
and  fifty  loops  shalt  thou  make  in  the  edge  of  the 
curtain  that  is  in  the  coupling  of  the  second  ;  that 
the  loops  may  take  hold  one  of  another. 

6  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  taches  of  gold,  and 
couple  the  curtains  together  with  the  taches  :  and 
it  shall  be  one  tabernacle. 

7  If  And  Hhou  shalt  make  curtains  of  goats'  hair 
to  be  a  covering  upon  the  tabernacle  :  eleven  cur- 
tains shalt  thou  make. 

8  The  length  of  one  curtain  shall  be  thirty  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  of  one  curtain  four  cubits  :  and 
the  eleven  curtains  shall  be  all  of  one  measure. 

9  And  thou  shalt  couple  five  curtains  by  them- 
selves, and  six  curtains  by  themselves,  and  shalt 
double  the  sixth  curtain  in  the  forefront  of  the 
tabernacle. 

10  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  loops  on  the  edge  of 
the  one  curtain  that  is  outmost  in  the  coupling,  and 
fifty  loops  in  the  edge  of  the  curtain  which  cou- 
pleth  the  second. 

11  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  taches  of  brass,  and 
put  the  taches  into  the  loops,  and  couple  the  2tent 
together,  that  it  may  be  one. 

12  And  the  remnant  that  remaineth  of  the  cur- 
tains of  the  tent,  the  half  curtain  that  remaineth, 
shall  hang  over  the  backside  of  the  tabernacle. 

13  And  a  cubit  on  the  one  side,  and  a  cubit  on  the 
other  side  3  of  that  which  remaineth  in  the  length 
of  the  curtains  of  the  tent,  it  shall  hang  over  the 
sides  of  the  tabernacle  on  this  side  and  on  that  side, 
to  cover  it. 


B.  C.  1491. 


r  Rev.  1.  12. 

i  ch.  27.  21. 
ch.  30.  8. 
Lev.  24.  3,  4. 
2  Chr.  13.  11. 

6  Or,  cause 
to  ascend. 

t  Num.  8.  2. 

7  the  face  of  it. 


u  ch.  26.  30. 

Num.  8.  4. 

]  Chr.  28. 

11,  19. 

Acts  7.  44. 

Heb.  8.  5. 
8  which  thou 

wast  caused 

to  see. 


a  ch.  25.  9. 

ch.  29.  42,  43. 

ch.  31.  7. 

ch.  33.  7. 

ch.  36.  8. 

ch.  39.  32-43. 

ch.  40.  2,  17. 

Acts  7.  44,  45. 

Heb.  8.  2-5. 

Heb.  9.  2,  11. 

Rev.  21.  3. 
6  1  Cor.  12.  28. 

Eph.  4.  11,  12. 

Heb.  1.  14. 
1  the  work  of 

a  cunning 

workman,  or, 

embroiderer, 
c  1  Cor.  12.  4, 

5,  6, 12. 
d  Eph.  4.  13. 

Col.  2.  2,  19. 


e  ch.  36.  14. 

2  Or,  covering. 

3  in  the  remain- 
der, or,  sur- 
plusage. 

/  ch.  36.  19. 
Num.  24.  5. 

4  hands. 

g  ch.  38.  27. 

5  seaward, 
Gen.  12.  8. 

6  twinned, 
Ps.  133.  1. 

1  Cor.  1.  10. 
Col.  3.  2,  19. 
h  ch.  36.  31. 
Num.  3.  36. 
Rom.  15.  1. 

1  Cor.  9.  19. 

2  Cor.  13.11. 
Gal.  6.  2. 

i  ch.  25.  9,  40. 

ch.  27.  8. 

Acts  7.  44. 

Heb.  8.  5. 
j  Lev.  16.  2. 

2  Chr.  3.  14. 

Matt.  27.  51. 

Mark  15.  38. 

Luke  23.  45. 

Heb.  9.  3. 
k  ch.  25.  16. 

ch.  37.  1. 

ch.  40.  21. 

Num.  3.31. 

Josh.  4.  11. 

1  Sam.  4.  6. 

1  Sam.  6.  19. 

1  Ki.  8.  6. 

1  Chr.  15.  1. 

Ps.  132.  8. 

Heb.  9.  4. 

Rev.  11.19. 
/  2  Chr.  3.  14. 
m  Lev.  16.  2. 

Matt.  24.  15. 

Heb.  9.  2,  3. 
n  ch.  25.  21. 

ch.  40.  20. 

Lev.  16.  2. 

Heb.  9.  5. 
0  ch.  40.  22. 

Heb.  9.  2. 
p  ch.  40.  24. 


14  And  7thou  shalt  make  a  covering  for  the  tent 
of  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  a  covering  above  of 
badgers'  skins. 

15  IF  And  thou  shalt  make  boards  for  the  taberna- 
cle of  shittim  wood  standing  up. 

16  Ten  cubits  shall  be  the  length  of  a  board,  and 
a  cubit  and  a  half  shall  be  the  breadth  of  one  board. 

17  Two  4  tenons  shall  there  be  in  one  board,  set  in 
order  one  against  another  :  thus  shalt  thou  make  for 
all  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle. 

18  And  thou  shalt  make  the  boards  for  the  taber- 
nacle, twenty  boards  on  the  south  side  southward. 

19  And  thou  shalt  make  forty  °  sockets  of  silver 
under  the  twenty  boards ;  two  sockets  under  one 
board  for  his  two  tenons,  and  two  sockets  under 
another  board  for  his  two  tenons. 

20  And  for  the  second  side  of  the  tabernacle  on 
the  north  side  there  shall  be  twenty  boards : 

21  And  their  forty  sockets  of  silver;  two  sockets 
under  one  board,  and  two  sockets  under  another 
board. 

22  And  for  the  sides  of  the  tabernacle  5  westward 
thou  shalt  make  six  boards. 

23  And  two  boards  shalt  thou  make  for  the  cor- 
ners of  the  tabernacle  in  the  two  sides. 

24  And  they  shall  be  6  coupled  together  beneath, 
and  they  shall  be  coupled  together  above  the  head 
of  it  unto  one  ring :  thus  shall  it  be  for  them  both ; 
they  shall  be  for  the  two  corners. 

25  And  they  shall  be  eight  boards,  and  their  sock- 
ets of  silver,  sixteen  sockets  ;  two  sockets  under  one 
board,  and  two  sockets  under  another  board. 

26  TT  And  thou  shalt  make  ftbars  of  shittim  wood; 
five  for  the  boards  of  the  one  side  of  the  tabernacle, 

27  And  five  bars  for  the  boards  of  the  other  side 
of  the  tabernacle,  and  five  bars  for  the  boards  of  the 
side  of  the  tabernacle,  for  the  two  sides  westward. 

28  And  the  middle  bar  in  the  midst  of  the  boards 
shall  reach  from  end  to  end. 

29  And  thou  shalt  overlay  the  boards  with  gold, 
and  make  their  rings  of  gold  for  places  for  the  bars : 
and  thou  shalt  overlay  the  bars  with  gold. 

30  And  thou  shalt  rear  up  the  tabernacle  accord- 
ing 'to  the  fashion  thereof  which  was  shewed  thee 
in  the  mount. 

31  IF  And  ^'thou  shalt  make  a  veil  of  blue,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen  of  cunning 
work  :  with  cherubims  shall  it  be  made : 

32  And  thou  shalt  hang  it  upon  four  pillars  of 
shittim  wood  overlaid  with  gold :  their  hooks  shall 
be  of  gold,  upon  the  four  sockets  of  silver. 

33  IF  And  thou  shalt  hang  up  the  veil  under  the 
taches,  that  thou  mayest  bring  in  thither  within  the 
veil  Hhe  ark  of  the  testimony:  and l the  veil  shall 
divide  unto  you  between  m  the  holy  place  and  the 
most  holy. 

34  And  "thou  shalt  put  the  mercy  seat  upon  the 
ark  of  the  testimony  in  the  most  holy  place. 

35  And  "thou  shalt  set  the  table  without  the  veil, 
and  the  p  candlestick  over  against  the  table  on  the 
side  of  the  tabernacle  toward  the  south :  and  thou 
shalt  put  the  table  on  the  north  side. 

77 


Tabernacle  court. 


EXODUS,  27,  28. 


Priesthood  established. 


36  And  Hhou  shalt  make  an  hanging  for  the  door 
of  the  tent,  of  'blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
twined  linen,  wrought  with  needlework. 

37  And  thou  shalt  make  for  the  hanging  five  '"pil- 
lars of  shittim  wood,  and  overlay  them  with  gold, 
and  their  hooks  shall  be  of  gold :  and  thou  shalt  cast 
five  sockets  of  brass  for  them. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  Furniture  of  the  tabernacle.    9  The  court.    18  Its  measure.    20  Oil  for  the  lamp. 

AND  thou  shalt  make  aan  altar  of  shittim  wood, 
-  five  cubits  long,  and  five  cubits  broad;  the 
altar  shall  be  foursquare  :  and  the  height  thereof 
shall  be  three  cubits. 

2  And  thou  shalt  make  Hhe  horns  of  it  upon  the 
four  corners  thereof :  his  horns  shall  be  of  the  same : 
and  c  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  brass. 

3  And  thou  shalt  make  his  pans  to  receive  his  ashes, 
and  his  shovels,  rfand  his  basons,  and  his  fleshhooks, 
and  his  firepans  :  all  the  vessels  thereof  thou  shalt 
make  of  brass. 

4  And  thou  shalt  make  for  it  a1  grate  of  network 
of  brass ;  and  upon  the  net  shalt  thou  make  four 
brasen  rings  in  the  four  corners  thereof. 

5  And  thou  shalt  put  it  under  the  compass  of  the 
altar  beneath,  that  the  net  may  be  even  to  the  midst 
of  the  altar. 

6  And  thou  shalt  make  staves  for  the  altar,  staves 
of  shittim  wood,  and  overlay  them  with  brass. 

7  And  the  staves  shall  be  put  into  the  rings,  and 
the  staves  shall  be  upon  the  two  sides  of  the  altar, 
to  ebear  it. 

8  Hollow  with  boards  shalt  thou  make  it :  •''as  2it 
was  shewed  thee  in  the  mount,  so  shall  they  make  it. 

9  If  And  ffthou  shalt  make  the  court  of  the  taber- 
nacle :  for  the  south  side  southward  there  shall  be 
hangings  for  the  court  of  fine  twined  linen  of  an 
hundred  cubits  long  for  one  side  : 

10  And  the  twenty  pillars  thereof  and  their  twenty 
sockets  shall  be  of  brass  ;  the  hooks  of  the  pillars 
and  their  fillets  shall  be  of  silver. 

11  And  likewise  for  the  north  side  in  length  there 
shall  be  hangings  of  an  hundred  cubits  long,  and 
his  twenty  pillars  and  their  twenty  sockets  of  brass  ; 
the  hooks  of  the  pillars  and  their  fillets  of  silver. 

12  II  And  for  the  breadth  of  the  court  on  the  west 
side  shall  be  hangings  of  fifty  cubits  :  their  pillars 
ten,  and  their  sockets  ten. 

13  And  the  breadth  of  the  court  on  the  east  side 
eastward  shall  be  fifty  cubits. 

14  The  hangings  of  one  side  of  the  gate  shall  be 
fifteen  cubits  :  their  pillars  three,  and  their  sockets 
three. 

15  And  on  the  other  side  shall  be  hangings  fif- 
teen cubits:  their  pillars  three,  and  their  sockets 
three. 

16  If  And  for  the  gate  of  the  court  shall  be  an 
hanging  of  twenty  cubits,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen,  wrought  with  needle- 
work :  and  their  pillars  shall  be  four,  and  their 
sockets  four. 

17  All  the  pillars  round  about  the  court  shall  be 

78 


B.  C.  1491. 


q  ch.  36.  37. 
r  ch.  36.  38. 


ach.  38.  1. 
Ezek.  43.  13. 


b  1  Ki.  1.  50. 
1  Ki.  2.  28. 
Ps.  118.  27. 

c  Num.  16.  38. 


d 1  Sam.  2. 
13,  14. 


1  Or,  sieve, 
Amos  9.  9. 


e  Num.  4.  15. 

Isa.  52. 11. 
f  ch.  25.  40. 

ch.  26.  30. 

Acts  7.  44. 

Heb.  8.  5. 

2  lie  shewed. 
g  ch.  38.  9. 

Ps.  100.  4. 

3  fifty  by  fifty. 

4  Or,  nails,  or, 
stakes, 
Ezra  9.  8. 
Isa.  33.  20. 
Zech.  10.  4. 

h  Lev.  24.  2. 

5  to  ascend  up. 
i  ch.  26.  31,  33. 
j  ch.  30.  8. 

1  Sam.  3.  3. 

2  Chr.  13.  11. 
/.-  ch.  28.  43. 

ch.  29.  9,  28. 
Lev.  3.  17. 
Lev.  16.  34. 
Lev.  24.  9. 
Num.  18.  23. 
Num.  19.  21. 
1  Sam.  30.  25. 


a  Num.  16.  1,  3. 

Num.  17.  1, 

3   8 

Num.  18.  7. 

Ps.  77.  20. 

Ps.  99.  6. 

Ps.  106.  16. 

Ps.  115.  10, 12. 

Ps.  118.  3. 

Heb.  5.  1,  4. 
b  ch.  29.  5,  29. 

ch.  31.  10. 

ch.  39.  1,  2. 

Lev.  8.  7,  30. 

Num.  20. 

26,  28. 
cch.  31.  6. 

ch.  35.  31-35. 

ch.  36.  1. 

1  Ki.  3.  12. 

Isa.  28.  26. 

Acts  6.  3. 
d  ch.  35.  30,  31. 

Deut.  34.  9. 

Isa.  11.  2. 

Isa.  28.  24-26. 

1  Cor.  12. 7-11. 

Eph.  1.  17. 
e  ch.  39.  2. 

Lev.  8.  7. 
1  Or,  embroid- 
ered. 


filleted  with  silver ;  their  hooks  shall  be  of  silver, 
and  their  sockets  of  brass. 

18  If  The  length  of  the  court  shall  be  an  hundred 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  3  fifty  every  where,  and  the 
height  five  cubits  of  fine  twined  linen,  and  their 
sockets  of  brass. 

19  All  the  vessels  of  the  tabernacle  in  all  the  ser- 
vice thereof,  and  all  the  pins  thereof,  and  all  the 
4  pins  of  the  court,  shall  be  of  brass. 

20  11  And  h  thou  shalt  command  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  that  they  bring  thee  pure  oil  olive  beaten 
for  the  light,  to  cause  the  lamp  5  to  burn  always. 

21  In  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  without 
Hhe  veil,  which  is'  before  the  testimony,  J  Aar'on 
and  his  sons  shall  order  it  from  evening  to  morn- 
ing before  the  Lord  :  kit  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever 
unto  their  generations  on  the  behalf  of  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  The  priesthood  established.     15  The  breastplate  of  twelve  precious  stones.    31  The  sacred 

vestments. 

AND  "take  thou  unto  thee  Aar'on  thy  brother, 
-^-  and  his  sons  with  him,  from  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  that  he  may  minister  unto  me  in 
the  priest's  office,  even  Aar'on,  Na'dab  and  A-bi'hu, 
E-le-a'zar  and  Ith'a-mar,  Aar'on's  sons. 

2  And  Hhou  shalt  make  holy  garments  for  Aar'on 
thy  brother  for  glory  and  for  beauty. 

3  And  cthou  shalt  speak  unto  all  that  are  wise 
hearted,  dwhom  I  have  filled  with  the  spirit  of 
wisdom,  that  they  may  make  Aar'on's  garments  to 
consecrate  him,  that  he  may  minister  unto  me  in 
the  priest's  office. 

4  And  these  are  the  garments  which  they  shall 
make  ;  a  breastplate,  and  an  ephod,  and  a  robe, 
and  a  broidered  coat,  a  mitre,  and  a  girdle  :  and 
they  shall  make  holy  garments  for  Aar'on  thy  bro- 
ther, and  his  sons,  that  he  may  minister  unto  me 
in  the  priest's  office. 

5  And  they  shall  take  gold,  and  blue,  and  purple, 
and  scarlet,  and  fine  linen. 

6  If  And  ethey  shall  make  the  ephod  of  gold,  of 
blue,  and  of  purple,  of  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen, 
with  cunning  work. 

7  It  shall  have  the  two  shoulderpieces  thereof 
joined  at  the  two  edges  thereof ;  and  so  it  shall  be 
joined  together. 

8  And  the  furious  girdle  of  the  ephod,  which  is 
upon  it,  shall  be  of  the  same,  according  to  the  work 
thereof ;  even  of  gold,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and  scar- 
let, and  fine  twined  linen. 

9  And  thou  shalt  take  two  onyx  stones,  and  grave 
on  them  the  names  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el : 

10  Six  of  their  names  on  one  stone,  and  the  other 
six  names  of  the  rest  on  the  other  stone,  according 
to  their  birth. 

11  With  the  work  of  an  engraver  in  stone,  like 
the  engravings  of  a  signet,  shalt  thou  engrave  the 
two  stones  with  the  names  of  the  children  of  I§'- 
ra-el  :  thou  shalt  make  them  to  be  set  in  ouches  of 
gold. 

12  And  thou  shalt  put  the  two  stones  upon  the 


nhe  breastplate. 


EXODUS,  29. 


The  sacred  vestments. 


shoulders  of  the  ephod  for  stones  of  memorial  unto 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  •'Aar'on  shall  bear  their 
names  before  the  Lord  upon  his  two  shoulders  9  for 
a  memorial. 

13  1[  And  thou  shalt  make  ouches  of  gold  ; 

14  And  two  chains  of  pure  gold  at  the  ends ;  of 
wreathen  work  shalt  thou  make  them,  and  fasten 
the  wreathen  chains  to  the  ouches. 

15  IF  And  Hhou  shalt  make  the  breastplate  of  judg- 
ment with  cunning  work;  after  the  work  of  the 
ephod  thou  shalt  make  it ;  of  gold,  of  blue,  and  of 
purple,  and  of  scarlet,  and  of  fine  twined  linen,  shalt 
thou  make  it. 

16  Foursquare  it  shall  be  being  doubled ;  a  span 
shall  be  the  length  thereof,  and  a  span  shall  be  the 
breadth  thereof. 

17  And  Hhou  shalt  2set  in  it  settings  of  stones, 
even  four  rows  of  stones :  the  first  row  shall  be  a 
8sardius,  a  topaz,  and  a  carbuncle :  this  shall  be  the 
first  row. 

18  And  the  second  row  shall  be  an  emerald,  a  sap- 
phire, and  a  diamond. 

19  And  the  third  row  a  ligure,  an  agate,  and  an 
amethyst. 

20  And  the  fourth  row  a  beryl,  and  an  onyx,  and 
a  jasper :  they  shall  be  set  in  gold  in  their  i  inclos- 
ings. 

21  And  the  stones  shall  be  with  the  names  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  twelve,  according  to  their  names, 
like  the  engravings  of  a  signet ;  every  one  with  his 
name  shall  they  be  j  according  to  the  twelve  tribes. 

22  TF  And  thou  shalt  make  upon  the  breastplate 
chains  at  the  ends  of  wreathen  work  of  pure  gold. 

23  And  thou  shalt  make  upon  the  breastplate  two 
rings  of  gold,  and  shalt  put  the  two  rings  on  the  two 
ends  of  the  breastplate. 

24  And  thou  shalt  put  the  two  wreathen  chains  of 
gold  in  the  two  rings  which  are  on  the  ends  of  the 
breastplate. 

25  And  the  other  two  ends  of  the  two  wreathen 
chains  thou  shalt  fasten  in  the  two  ouches,  and  put 
them  on  the  shoulderpieces  of  the  ephod  before  it. 

26  IF  And  thou  shalt  make  two  rings  of  gold,  and 
thou  shalt  put  them  upon  the  two  ends  of  the  breast- 
plate in  the  border  thereof,  which  is  in  the  side  of 
the  ephod  inward. 

27  And  two  other  rings  of  gold  thou  shalt  make, 
and  shalt  put  them  on  the  two  sides  of  the  ephod 
underneath,  toward  the  forepart  thereof,  over  against 
the  other  coupling  thereof,  above  the  curious  girdle 
of  the  ephod. 

28  And  they  shall  bind  the  breastplate  by  the  rings 
thereof  unto  the  rings  of  the  ephod  with  a  lace  of 
blue,  that  it  may  be  above  the  curious  girdle  of  the 
ephod,  and  that  the  breastplate  be  not  loosed  from 
the  ephod. 

29  And_  Aar'on  shall  fcbear  the  names  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el  in  the  breastplate  of  judgment  upon 
his  heart,  when  he  goeth  in  unto  the  holy  place,  'for 
a  memorial  before  the  Lord  continually. 

30  IF  And  mthou  shalt  put  in  the  breastplate  of 
judgment  the  U'rim  and  the  Thum'mim;  and  they 


B.  C. 1491. 

/ch.  39.  7. 

Zech.  G.  13. 
g  Gen.  9.  12-17. 

ch.  12.  14. 

eh.  13.  9. 

ch.  39.  7. 

Lev.  24.  7. 

Num.  1G.  40. 

Num.31.  54. 

Josh.  4.  7. 

Ps.  135.  13. 

Zech.  G.  14. 

Mark  14.  9. 

Acts  10.  4. 

1  Cor.  11.  24, 

25. 
h  ch.  39.  8. 

Lev.  8.  8. 

Isa.  59.  17. 

Eph.  6.  14. 

1  Thess.  5.  8. 


i  eh.  39.  10. 
Mai.  3.  17. 

2  fill  in  it  fillings 
of  stone. 

3  Or,  ruby. 


4  fillings, 
Jas.  1.  3. 


j  Num.  1,  5. 

Num.  2.  3. 

Num.  10.  14. 

Num.  26.  5. 

Rev.  7.  4-8. 

Rev.  21.  12. 
k  Song  8.  6. 

Isa.  49.  15,  16. 

Heb.  9.  24. 
I  verse  1 2. 
in  Lev.  8.  8. 

Num.  27.  21. 

Deut.  33.  8. 

1  Sam.  28.  6. 
Ezra  2.  63. 
Nell.  7.  G5. 

n  ch.  39.  22. 
Lev.  8.  7. 

2  Sam.  G.  14. 
Hos.  3.  4. 

5  Or,  skirts. 

0  ch.  39.  30. 
Lev.  8.  9. 

1  Chr.  16.  29. 

Ps.  29.  2. 

Ps.  93.  5. 

Zech.  14.  20. 

Heb.  4.  15. 

Heb.  7.  26. 

Heb.  12.  14. 
p  Lev.  10.  17. 

Lev.  22.  9. 

Num.  18.  1. 

Isa.  53.  11. 

Ezek.  4.  4. 

John  1.  29. 

Heb.  9.  28. 

1  Pet.  2.  24. 
q  Lev.  1.  4. 

Lev.  22.  27. 

Lev.  23.  11. 

Isa.  56.  7. 
r  ch.  39.  27. 

Ezek.  44. 

17,  18. 
sch.29.  7. 

ch.  30.  30. 

Lev.  10.  7. 

6  fill  their  hand. 

1  Lev.  8. 

Heb.  7.  28. 
u  Lev.  6.  10. 
Ezek.  44.  18. 

7  flesh  of  their 
nakedness. 

8  be. 

v  ch.  20.  26. 

w  Lev.  20.  19, 20. 

Num.  18.  22. 
x  Lev.  17.  7. 


a  Lev.  8.  2. 
b  Lev.  6.  20-22. 


shall  be  upon  Aar'on's  heart,  when  he  goeth  in  be- 
fore the  Lord:  and  Aar'on  shall  bear  the  judgment 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  upon  his  heart  before  the 
Lord  continually. 

31  TF  And  wthou  shalt  make  the  robe  of  the  ephod 
all  of  blue. 

32  And  there  shall  be  an  hole  in  the  top  of  it,  in 
the  midst  thereof :  it  shall  have  a  binding  of  woven 
work  round  about  the  hole  of  it,  as  it  were  the  hole 
of  an  habergeon,  that  it  be  not  rent. 

33  TF  And  beneath  upon  the  5hem  of  it  thou  shalt 
make  pomegranates  of  blue,  and  of  purple,  and  of 
scarlet,  round  about  the  hem  thereof ;  and  bells  of 
gold  between  them  round  about : 

34  A  golden  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  a  golden  bell 
and  a  pomegranate,  upon  the  hem  of  the  robe  round 
about. 

35  And  it  shall  be  upon  Aar'on  to  minister:  and 
his  sound  shall  be  heard  when  he  goeth  in  unto  the 
holy  place  before  the  Lord,  and  when  he  cometh 
out,  that  he  die  not. 

36  TF  And  "thou  shalt  make  a  plate  of  pure  gold, 
and  grave  upon  it,  like  the  engravings  of  a  signet, 
HOLINESS  TO  THE  LORD. 

37  And  thou  shalt  put  it  on  a  blue  lace,  that  it  may 
be  upon  the  mitre ;  upon  the  forefront  of  the  mitre 
it  shall  be. 

38  And  it  shall  be  upon  Aar'on's  forehead,  that 
Aar'on  may  pbear  the  iniquity  of  the  holy  things, 
which  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  hallow  in  all  their 
holy  gifts ;  and  it  shall  be  always  upon  his  forehead, 
that  they  may  be  Q  accepted  before  the  Lord. 

39  TF  And  thou  shalt  embroider  the  coat  of  fine 
linen,  and  thou  shalt  make  the  mitre  of  fine  linen, 
and  thou  shalt  make  the  girdle  of  needlework. 

40  TF  And  rfor  Aar'on's  sons  thou  shalt  make  coats, 
and  thou  shalt  make  for  them  girdles,  and  bonnets 
shalt  thou  make  for  them,  for  glory  and  for  beauty. 

41  And  thou  shalt  put  them  upon  Aar'on  thy  bro- 
ther, and  his  sons  with  him ;  and  shalt s  anoint  them, 
and  6  *■  consecrate  them,  and  sanctify  them,  that  they 
may  minister  unto  me  in  the  priest's  office. 

42  And  thou  shalt  make  them  linen  "breeches  to 
cover  7  their  nakedness ;  from  the  loins  even  unto 
the  thighs  they  shall  8  reach  : 

43  And  they  shall  be  upon  Aar'on,  and  upon  his 
sons,  when  they  come  in  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  or  when  they  come  near  *unto  the 
altar  to  minister  in  the  holy  place;  that  they  ™bear 
not  iniquity,  and  die  :  xit  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever 
unto  him  and  his  seed  after  him. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  Consecration  of  priests.    36  Various  offerings.    45  God's  promise  to  be  among  the 

Israelites. 

AND  this  is  the  thing  that  thou  shalt  do  unto 
-  them  to  hallow  them,  to  minister  unto  me  in 
the  priest's  office  :  "Take  one  young  bullock,  and 
two  rams  without  blemish, 

2  And  b  unleavened  bread,  and  cakes  unleavened 
tempered  with  oil,  and  wafers  unleavened  anointed 
with  oil :  of  wheaten  flour  shalt  thou  make  them. 

79 


Consecration  of  priests. 


EXODUS,  29. 


The  various  offerings. 


3  And  thou  shalt  put  them  into  one  basket,  and 
bring  them  in  the  basket,  with  the  bullock  and  the 
two  rams. 

4  And  Aar'on  and  his  sons  thou  shalt  bring  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
c  shalt  wash  them  with  water. 

5  And  dthou  shalt  take  the  garments,  and  put 
upon  Aar'on  the  coat,  and  the  robe  of  the  ephod,  and 
the  ephod,  and  the  breastplate,  and  gird  him  with 
cthe  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod  : 

6  And  thou  shalt  put  the  mitre  upon  his  head,  and 
put  the  holy  crown  upon  the  mitre. 

7  Then  shalt  thou  take  the  anointing  /oil,  and  pour 
it  upon  his  head,  and  anoint  him. 

8  And  thou  shalt  bring  his  sons,  and  put  coats  upon 
them. 

9  And  thou  shalt  gird  them  with  girdles,  Aar'on 
and  his  sons,  and  Jput  the  bonnets  on  them :  and 
the  °  priest's  office  shall  be  theirs  for  a  perpetual 
statute  :  and  thou  shalt 2 consecrate  Aar'on  and  his 
sons. 

10  And  thou  shalt  cause  a  bullock  to  be  brought 
before  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  :  and 
h  Aar'on  and  his  sons  shall  put  their  hands  upon  the 
head  of  the  bullock. 

11  And  thou  shalt  kill  the  bullock  before  the  Lord, 
by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

12  And  thou  'shalt  take  of  the  blood  of  the  bullock, 
and  put  it  upon  ''the  horns  of  the  altar  with  thy 
linger,  and  pour  all  the  blood  beside  the  bottom  of 
the  altar, 

13  And  *thou  shalt  take  all  the  fat  that  covereth 
the  inwards,  and  3the  caul  that  is  above  the  liver, 
and  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon  them, 
and  burn  them  upon  the  altar. 

14  But  'the  flesh  of  the  bullock,  and  his  skin,  and 
his  dung,  shalt  thou  burn  with  fire  without  the 
camp  :  it  -is  a  sin  offering. 

15  11  Thou  mshalt  also  take  one  ram  ;  and  Aar'on 
and  his  sons  shall  put  n  their  hands  upon  the  head 

of  the  ram. 

16  And  thou  shalt  slay  the  ram,  and  thou  shalt  take 
his  blood,  and  sprinkle  it  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

17  And  thou  shalt  cut  the  ram  in  pieces,  and  wash 
the  inwards  of  him,  and  his  legs,  and  put  them  unto 
his  pieces,  and  4unto  his  head. 

18  And  thou  shalt  burn  the  whole  ram  upon  the 
altar  :  it  is  &  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord  :  it  is 
°a  sweet  savour,  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord. 

19  If  And  nhou  shalt  take  the  other  ram  ;  and 
Aar'on  and  his  sons  shall  put  their  hands  upon  the 
head  of  the  ram. 

20  Then  shalt  thou  kill  the  ram,  and  take  of  his 
blood,  and  put  it  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of 
Aar'on,  and  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  his  sons, 
and  upon  the  thumb  of  their  right  hand,  and  upon 
the  great  toe  of  their  right  foot,  and  sprinkle  the 
blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

21  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the  blood  that  is  upon 
the  altar,  and  of  «the  anointing  oil,  and  sprinkle  it 
upon  Aar'on,  and  upon  his  garments,  and  upon  his 

80 


B.  C.  1491. 


c  ch.  40. 12. 

Lev.  8.  6. 

Heb.  10.  22. 
d  Lev.  8.  7. 


e  ch.  28.  8. 


/  ch.  30.  25. 
Lev.  8. 12. 
Lev.  10.  7. 
Lev.  21.  10. 
Num.  35.  25. 
Ps.  133.  1,  2. 
Isa.  61.  1. 


1  bind. 

g  Num.  18.  7. 

2  fill  the  hand  of. 


h  Lev.  1.  4. 
Lev.  8.  14. 


i  Lev.  8.  15. 

j  ch.  27.  2. 
ch.  30.  2. 


h  Lev.  3.  3. 

3  It  seemeth  by 
anatomy,  and 
the  Hebrew 
doctors,  to  be 
the  midriff. 

I  Lev.  4.  11, 
12,  21. 
Heb.  13.  11. 


m  Lev.  8.  18. 

n  Lev.  1.  4. 
Isa.  53.  6. 
Gal.  4.  3-5. 


4  Or,  upon. 

oGen.  8.  21. 
p  Lev.  8.  22. 
j  ch.  30.  25. 
Lev.  8.  30. 
r  Heb.  9.  22. 
s  Lev.  8.  26. 

5  Or,  shake  to 
and  fro. 

t  Lev.  8.  28. 
uhev.  7.31,  34. 

Lev.  8.  29. 

Num.18. 

11,  18. 
v  Ps.  99.  6. 
w  Deut.  18.  3. 
x  Lev.  10.  15. 
y  Lev.  7.  34. 
s  Num.  20.  26. 
a  Num.  18.  8. 

Num.  35.  25. 

6  he  of  his  sons. 
b  Lev.  8.  35. 

c  Lev.  8.  31. 
d  Matt.  12.  4. 
e  Lev.  10.  14. 

7  every  one  not 
a  Levite. 

/  Lev.  8.  33. 
g  Heb.  10.  11. 
h  ch.  30.  26. 
ich.  40.  10. 


sons,  and  upon  the  garments  of  his  sons  with  him : 
and  rhe  shall  be  hallowed,  and  his  garments,  and 
his  sons,  and  his  sons'  garments  with  him. 

22  Also  thou  shalt  take  of  the  ram  the  fat  and  the 
rump,  and  the  fat  that  covereth  the  inwards,  and 
the  caul  above  the  liver,  and  the  two  kidneys,  and 
the  fat  that  is  upon  them,  and  the  right  shoulder  ;. 
for  it  is  a  ram  of  consecration  : 

23  And  sone  loaf  of  bread,  and  one  cake  of  oiled 
bread,  and  one  wafer  out  of  the  basket  of  the  un- 
leavened bread  that  is  before  the  Lord  : 

24  And  thou  shalt  put  all  in  the  hands  of  Aar'on,. 
and  in  the  hands  of  his  sons  ;  and  shalt 5  wave  them 
for  a  wave  offering  before  the  Lord. 

25  And  'thou  shalt  receive  them  of  their  hands, 
and  burn  them  upon  the  altar  for  a  burnt  offering, 
for  a  sweet  savour  before  the  Lord  :  it  is  an  offer- 
ing made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

26  And  thou  shalt  take  wthe  breast  of  the  ram  of 
Aar'on's  consecration,  and  wave  it  for  a  wave  offer- 
ing before  the  Lord  :  and  "  it  shall  be  thy  part. 

27  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  ™the  breast  of  the 
wave  offering,  and  the  shoulder  of  the  heave  offer- 
ing, which  is  waved,  and  which  is  heaved  up,  of  the 
ram  of  the  consecration,  even  of  that  which  is  for 
Aar'on,  and  of  that  which  is  for  his  sons  : 

28  And  it  shall  be  Aar'on's  and  his  sons'  by  *a 
statute  for  ever  from  the  children  of  I§'ra-el :  for  it 
is  an  heave  offering  :  and  ^it  shall  be  an  heave 
offering  from  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  of  the  sacrifice 
of  their  peace  offerings,  even  their  heave  offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

29  If  And  the  holy  garments  of  Aar'on  shall  zbe 
his  sons'  after  him,  ato  be  anointed  therein,  and  to 
be  consecrated  in  them. 

30  And  6that  son  that  is  priest  in  his  stead  shall 
put  them  on  h  seven  days,  when  he  cometh  into  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  to  minister  in  the 
holy  place. 

31  II  And  thou  shalt  take  the  ram  of  the  consecra- 
tion, and  c  seethe  his  flesh  in  the  holy  place. 

32  And  Aar'on  and  his  sons  shall  eat  the  flesh  of 
the  ram,  and  the  bread  dthat  is  in  the  basket,  by 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

33  And  ethey  shall  eat  those  things  wherewith  the 
atonement  was  made,  to  consecrate  and  to  sanctify 
them  :  but 7  a  stranger  shall  not  eat  thereof  because 
they  are  holy. 

34  And  if  ought  of  the  flesh  of  the  consecrations, 
or  of  the  bread,  remain  unto  the  morning,  then 
thou  shalt  burn  the  remainder  with  fire :  it  shall 
not  be  eaten,  because  it  is  holy. 

35  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  Aar'on,  and  to 
his  sons,  according  to  all  things  which  I  have  com- 
manded thee  :  -^seven  days  shalt  thou  consecrate 
them. 

36  And  thou  shalt 3  offer  every  day  a  bullock  for 
a  sin  offering  for  atonement :  and  thou  shalt  cleanse 
the  altar,  when  thou  hast  made  an  atonement  for 
it,  *and  thou  shalt  anoint  it,  to  sanctify  it. 

37  Seven  days  thou  shalt  make  an  atonement  for 
the  altar,  and  sanctify  it ;  *and  it  shall  be  an  altar 


The  altar  of  incense. 


EXODUS,  30. 


The  atonement  money. 


most  holy  :  J' whatsoever  toucheth  the  altar  shall  be 
holy. 

38  T  Now  this  is  that  which  thou  shalt  offer  upon 
the  altar  ;  Hwo  lambs  of  the  first  year  'day  by  day 
continually. 

39  The  one  lamb  thou  shalt  offer  in  OTthe  morning ; 
and  the  other  lamb  thou  shalt  offer  at  even  : 

40  And  with  the  one  lamb  a  tenth  deal  of  flour 
mingled  with  the  fourth  part  of  an  hin  of  beaten 
oil ;  and  the  fourth  part  of  an  hin  of  wine  for  a 
drink  offering. 

41  And  the  other  lamb  thou  shalt  "offer  at  even, 
and  shalt  do  thereto  according  to  the  meat  offering 
of  the  morning,  and  according  to  the  drink  offering 
thereof,  for  a  sweet  savour,  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord. 

42  This  shall  be  °  a  continual  burnt  offering 
throughout  your  generations  at  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  before  the  Lord  : 
p  where  I  will  meet  you,  to  speak  there  unto  thee. 

43  And  there  I  will  meet  with  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  and  8the  tabernacle  q shall  be  sanctified  by 
my  glory. 

44  And  I  will  sanctify  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  the  altar  :  I  will r  sanctify  also  both 
Aar'on  and  his  sons,  to  minister  to  me  in  the  priest's 
office. 

45  If  And  SI  will  dwell  among  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  will  be  their  God. 

46  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God,  that  brought  them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  that  I  may  dwell  among  them  :  I  am  the 
Lord  their  God. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  The  altar.    11  Hansom  money.    17  The  laver.    22  The  incense. 

AND  thou  shalt  make  aan  altar  6to  burn  incense 
-^-  upon  :  of  shittim  wood  shalt  thou  make  it. 

2  A  cubit  shall  be  the  length  thereof,  and  a  cubit 
the  breadth  thereof  ;  foursquare  shall  it  be  :  and 
two  cubits  shall  be  the  height  thereof :  the  horns 
thereof  shall  be  of  the  same. 

3  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure  gold,  the 
Hop  thereof,  and  the  2  sides  thereof  round  about, 
and  the  horns  thereof  ;  and  thou  shalt  make  unto 
it  a  crown  of  gold  round  about. 

4  And  two  golden  rings  shalt  thou  make  to  it 
under  the  crown  of  it,  by  the  two  3  corners  thereof, 
upon  the  two  sides  of  it  shalt  thou  make  it ;  and 
they  shall  be  for  places  for  the  staves  to  bear  it 
withal. 

5  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves  of  shittim  wood, 
and  overlay  them  with  gold. 

6  And  thou  shalt  put  it  before  the  veil  that  is  by 
the  ark  of  the  testimony,  before  the  mercy  seat 
that  is  over  the  testimony,  where  I  will  meet  with 
thee. 

7  And  Aar'on  shall  burn  thereon  4c  sweet  incense 
every  morning :  when  he  dresseth  the  lamps,  he 
shall  burn  incense  upon  it. 

8  And  when  Aar'on  5lighteth  the  lamps  6at  even, 
he  shall  burn  incense  upon  it,  a  perpetual  incense 
before  the  Lord  throughout  your  generations. 

5 


B.  C.  1491. 


/eh.  30.  29. 
Matt.  23.  19. 

k  Num.  28.  3. 

1  Chr.  16.  40. 

2  Chr.  2.  4. 

2  Chr.  13.  11. 
2  Chr.  31.  3. 
Ezra  3.  3. 
/  Dan.  9.  27. 

Dan.  12.  11. 
-ao  Ezek.  40.  13. 


n  1  Ki.  18.  29. 
2  Ki.  1C.  15. 
Ezra  9.  4,  5. 
Ps.  141.  2. 
Ezek.  4.  3,  5. 
Dan.  9.  21. 


o  Dan.  8.  11. 


p  Num.  17.  4. 


8  Or,  Israel. 
q\  Ki.  8.  11. 

Hag.  2.  7,  9. 

Matt.  3.  1. 


;■  Lev.  21.  15. 
i  Ex.  25.  8. 

Lev.  26.  12. 

Zech.  2.  10. 

John  14.  17. 

2  Cor.  6.  16. 

Rev.  21.  3. 


a  ch.  37.  25. 
ch.  40.  5. 
b  Rev.  8.  3. 

1  roof. 

2  walls. 

3  ribs." 

4  incense  of 
spices. 

c  1  Sam.  2.  28. 

1  Chr.  23.  13. 
Luke  1.  9. 

5  causeth  to 
ascend,  or, 
setteth  up. 

6  between  the 
two  evens. 

tf  Lev.  10.  1. 
e  Lev.  23.  27. 
f  ch.  38.  25. 

Num.  1.  2,  5. 

Num.  26.  2. 

2  Sam.  24.  2. 

7  theui  that  are 
to  be  num- 
bered. 

'/Num.  31.  50. 

Job  33.  24. 

Job  36.  18. 

Ps.  49.  7. 

Matt.  20.  28. 

Mark  10.  45. 

1  Tim.  2.  6. 

1  Pet.  1.  18. 
/(  2  Sam.  24.  15. 
i  Matt.  17.  24. 
j  Lev.  27.  25. 

Num.  3.  47. 

Ezek.  45.  12. 
k  Job  34.  19. 

Prov.  22.  2. 

Acts  10.  34. 

Rom.  2.  11. 

Gal.  2.  6. 

Eph.  6.  9. 

Col.  3.  25. 

1  Pet.  1.  17. 

8  multiply. 

9  diminish. 

/  Num.  16.  40. 
m  1  Ki.  7.  38. 
n  Isa.  52. 11. 
Heb.  10.  22. 

0  ch.  28.  43. 
p  Song  4.  14. 

Ezek.  27.  22. 
q  Ps.  45.  8. 
r  Jer.  0.  20. 
s  Ps.  45.  8. 

1  ch.  29.  40. 

10  Or,  perfumer. 
u  Num.  35.  25. 

Ps.  89.  20. 

Ps.  133.  2. 

v  Lev.  8.  10. 

Num.  7.  1. 


9  Ye  shall  offer  no  d  strange  incense  thereon,  nor 
burnt  sacrifice,  nor  meat  offering  ;  neither  shall  ye 
pour  drink  offering  thereon. 

10  And  e  Aar'on  shall  make  an  atonement  upon  the 
horns  of  it  once  in  a  year  with  the  blood  of  the  sin 
offering  of  atonements  :  once  in  the  year  shall  he 
make  atonement  upon  it  throughout  your  genera- 
tions :  it  is  most  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

11  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

_  12  When  •'"thou  takest  the  sum  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  after  7  their  number,  then  shall  they  give 
every  man  "a  ransom  for  his  soul  unto  the  Lord, 
when  thou  numberest  them ;  that  there  be  no 
h  plague  among  them,  when  thou  numberest  them. 

13  This  Hhey  shall  give,  every  one  that  passeth 
among  them  that  are  numbered,  half  a  shekel  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary :  (Ja  shekel  is  twenty 
gerahs  :)  an  half  shekel  shall  be  the  offering  of  the 
Lord. 

14  Every  one  that  passeth  among  them  that  are 
numbered,  from  twenty  years  old  and  above,  shall 
give  an  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

15  The  fcrich  shall  not  8give  more,  and  the  poor 
shall  not  9give  less  than  half  a  shekel,  when  they 
give  an  offering  unto  the  Lord,  to  make  an  atone- 
ment for  your  souls. 

16  And  thou  shalt  take  the  atonement  money  of 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  shalt  appoint  it  for  the 
service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  ;  that 
it  may  be  la  memorial  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
before  the  Lord,  to  make  an  atonement  for  your 
souls. 

17  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

18  mThou  shalt  also  make  a  laver  of  brass,  and  his 
foot  also  of  brass,  to  wash  withal :  and  thou  shalt 
put  it  between  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
and  the  altar,  and  thou  shalt  put  water  therein. 

19  For  Aar'on  and  his  sons  *  shall  wash  their  hands 
and  their  feet  thereat : 

20  When  they  go  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, they  shall  wash  with  water,  that  they  die 
not ;  or  when  they  come  near  to  the  altar  to  min- 
ister, to  burn  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  : 

21  So  they  shall  wash  their  hands  and  their  feet, 
that  they  die  not  :  and  "it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever 
to  them,  even  to  him  and  to  his  seed  throughout 
their  generations. 

22  If  Moreover  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

23  Take  thou  also  unto  pthee  principal  spices,  of 
pure  q  myrrh  five  hundred  shekels,  and  of  sweet  cin- 
namon half  so  much,  even  two  hundred  and  fifty 
shekels,  and  of  sweet  r  calamus  two  hundred  and 
fifty  shekels, 

24  And  of  s  cassia  five  hundred  shekels,  after  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary,  and  of  oil  olive  an  *hin  : 

25  And  thou  shalt  make  it  an  oil  of  holy  ointment, 
an  ointment  compound  after  the  art  of  the 10  apothe- 
cary :  it  shall  be  "an  holy  anointing  oil. 

26  And v  thou  shalt  anoint  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation therewith,  and  the  ark  of  the  testimony, 

27  And  the  table  and  all  his  vessels,  and  the  can- 
dlestick and  his  vessels,  and  the  altar  of  incense, 

81 


The  sacred  perfume. 


EXODUS,  31,  32. 


The  molten  calf. 


28  And  the  altar  of  burnt  offering  with  all  his  ves- 
sels, and  the  laver  and  his  foot. 

29  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  them,  that  they  may  be 
most  holy  :  whatsoever  toucheth  them  shall  be  holy. 

30  And  thou  shalt  anoint  Aar'on  and  his  sons,  and 
consecrate  them,  that  they  may  minister  unto  me  in 
the  priest's  office. 

31  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the  children  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  saying,  This  shall  be  an  holy  anointing  oil  unto 
me  throughout  your  generations. 

32  Upon  man's  flesh  shall  it  not  be  poured,  neither 
shall  ye  make  any  other  like  it,  after  the  composi- 
tion of  it  :  it  is  holy,  and  it  shall  be  holy  unto  you. 

33  Whosoever  compoundeth  any  like  it,  or  whoso- 
ever putteth  any  of  it  upon  u  a  stranger, w  shall  even 
be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

34  1  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  *Take  unto 
thee  sweet  spices,  stacte,  and  onycha,  and  galba- 
num ;  these  sweet  spices  with  pure  frankincense  : 
of  each  shall  there  be  a  like  weight : 

35  And  thou  shalt  make  it  a  perfume,  a  confection 
after  the  art  of  the  apothecary, 12  tempered  together, 
pure  and  holy  : 

36  And  thou  shalt  beat  some  of  it  very  small,  and 
put  of  it  before  the  testimony  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  y  where  I  will  meet  with  thee  : 
*it  shall  be  unto  you  most  holy. 

37  And  as  for  the  perfume  which  thou  shalt  make, 
ye  shall  not  make  to  yourselves  according  to  the 
composition  thereof  :  it  shall  be  unto  thee  holy  for 
the  Lord. 

38  Whosoever  shall  make  like  unto  that,  to  smell 
thereto,  shall  even  be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  Tabernacle  workmen.    12  The  sabbath  a  sign.    18  Two  tables  of  stone. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-  2  See,  aI  have  called  by  name  Be-zal'e-el  the 
''son  of  U'rl,  the  son  of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah  : 

3  And  I  have  c  filled  him  with  the  spirit  of  God,  in 
wisdom,  and  in  understanding,  and  in  knowledge, 
and  in  all  manner  of  workmanship, 

4  To  devise  cunning  works,  to  work  in  gold,  and  in 
silver,  and  in  brass, 

5  And  in  cutting  of  stones,  to  set  them,  and  in  carv- 
ing of  timber,  to  work  in  all  manner  of  workmanship. 

6  And  I,  behold,  I  have  given  with  him  dA-ho'li- 
ab,  the  son  of  A-hTs'a-mach,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan  : 
and  in  the  hearts  of  all  that  are  e  wise  hearted  I 
have  put  wisdom,  that  they  may  make  all  that  I  have 
commanded  thee  ; 

7  The  -^tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  the  ark 
of  the  testimony,  and  the  mercy  seat  that  is  there- 
upon, and  all  the  1  furniture  of  the  tabernacle, 

8  And  the  table  and  his  furniture,  and  the  pure 
candlestick  with  all  his  furniture,  and  the  altar  of 
incense, 

9  And  the  altar  of  burnt  offering  with  all  his  furni- 
ture, and  the  laver  and  his  foot, 

10  And  the  cloths  of  service,  and  the  holy  gar- 
ments for  Aar'on  the  priest,  and  the  garments  of 
his  sons,  to  minister  in  the  priest's  office, 

82 


B.  C.  1491. 


11  One  not  a 

priest, 

Lev.  22.  10, 

12,  13. 

Num.  1.  51. 

Num.  3.  10. 
w  Gen.  17.  14. 

Lev.  7.  20,  2 
X  ch.  25.  6. 

ch.  37.  29. 


12  salted, 
Lev.  2.  13. 


y  ch.  29.  42. 

Lev.  16.  2. 
z  ch.  29.  37. 

Lev.  2.  3. 


a  ch.  35.  30. 
b  1  Chr.  2.  20. 
c  ch.  35.  31. 

1  Ki.  7.  14. 

Isa.  28.  26. 

1  Cor.  12.  4-8. 
d  ch.  35.  34. 

e  ch.  28.  3. 

ch.  36.  1. 

/  ch.  36.  8. 

1  vessels. 

g  Lev.  19.  3. 

Lev.  26.  2. 

Ezek.  20.  12. 

Ezek.  44.  24. 
h  Deut.  5.  15. 

Neh.  9.  14. 

Isa.  56.  6. 

Isa.  58.  13. 

Ezek.  20.  12. 
i  ch.  35.  2. 

Num.  15.  35. 
j  Gen.  2.  2. 

ch.  16.  23. 

ch.  20.  10. 

2  holiness, 
ch.  28.  36. 

h  Ezek.  20.  12. 
/  Gen.  1.  31. 
m  ch.  24.  12. 

ch.  32.  15. 

ch.  34.  28,  29. 

Deut.  4.  13. 

Deut.  5.  22. 

Deut.  9. 10,  11. 

2  Cor.  3.  3. 


a  ch.  24.  18. 

Deut.  9.  9. 
b  Isa.  46.  6,  7. 

Acts  7.  40. 
e  ,Iudg.  8.  24. 
(I  ch.  20.  23. 

Deut.  9.  16. 

Judg.  17.  3,  4 

1  Ki.  12.  28. 
Neh.  9.  18. 
Ps.  106.  19. 
Isa.  46.  6. 
Acts  7.  41. 
Rom.  1.  23. 

e  Lev.  23.  2. 

2  Ki.  10.  20. 
/  1  Cor.  10.  7. 
g  Deut.  9.  12. 
h  Gen.  6.  11. 

Deut.  4.  16. 
Deut.  32.  5. 
Judg.  2.  19. 
Hos.  9.  9. 


11  And  the  anointing  oil,  and  sweet  incense  for 
the  holy  place:  according  to  all  that  I  have  com- 
manded thee  shall  they  do. 

12  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

13  Speak  thou  also  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
saying,  9  Verily  my  sabbaths  ye  shall  keep  :  for  it  is 
a  sign  between  me  and  you  throughout  your  gen- 
erations ;  that  ye  may  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that 
doth  sanctify  you. 

14  h  Ye  shall  keep  the  sabbath  therefore ;  for  it  is 
holy  unto  you  :  every  one  that  defileth  it  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death :  for  i  whosoever  doeth  any  work 
therein,  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his 
people. 

15  Six  days  may  work  be  done  ;  but  in  the  j  sev- 
enth is  the  sabbath  of  rest,  2  holy  to  the  Lord  :  who- 
soever doeth  any  work  in  the  sabbath  day,  he  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

16  Wherefore  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  keep 
the  sabbath,  to  observe  the  sabbath  throughout  their 
generations,  for  a  perpetual  covenant. 

17  It  is  fca  sign  between  me  and  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  for  ever :  for  in  l  six  days  the  Lord  made 
heaven  and  earth,  and  on  the  seventh  day  he  rested, 
and  was  refreshed. 

18  1  And  he  gave  unto  Mo'seg,  when  he  had  made 
an  end  of  communing  with  him  upon  mount  Sl'nai, 
m  two  tables  of  testimony,  tables  of  stone,  written 
with  the  finger  of  God. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1   The  molten  calf.    19  Moses  breuhs  the  tables.    25  The  idolaters  slain. 

A  ND  when  the  people  saw  that  Mo'seg  "delayed 
J-^-  to  come  down  out  of  the  mount,  the  people 
gathered  themselves  together  unto  Aar'on,  and  said 
unto  him, b  Up,  make  us  gods,  which  shall  go  before 
us ;  for  as  for  this  Mo'seg^  the  man  that  brought 
us  up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  we  wot  not  what 
is  become  of  him. 

2  And  Aar'on  said  unto  them,  Break  off  the c golden 
earrings,  which  are  in  the  ears  of  your  wives,  of 
your  sons,  and  of  your  daughters,  and  bring  them 
unto  me. 

3  And  all  the  people  brake  off  the  golden  earrings 
which  were  in  their  ears,  and  brought  them  unto 
Aar'on. 

4  And  dhe  received  them  at  their  hand,  and  fash- 
ioned it  with  a  graving  tool,  after  he  had  made  it 
a  molten  calf :  and  they  said,  These  be  thy  gods,  O 
Ig'ra-el,  which  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land 
of  E'gypt. 

5  And  when  Aar'on  saw  it,  he  built  an  altar  before 
it ;  and  Aar'on  made  e  proclamation,  and  said,  To 
morrow  is  a  feast  to  the  Lord. 

6  And  they  rose  up  early  on  the  morrow,  and  of- 
fered burnt  offerings,  and  brought  peace  offerings  ; 
and  the  f  people  sat  down  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and 
rose  up  to  play. 

7  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  9  Go,  get  thee 
down  ;  for  thy  people,  which  thou  broughtest  out  of 
the  land  of  E'gypt,  fchave  corrupted  themselves: 

8  They  have  turned  aside  quickly  out  of  the  way 


Moses  breaks  the  tables. 


EXODUS,  33. 


The  idolaters  slain. 


which  I  *  commanded  them  :  they  have  made  them  a 
molten  calf,  and  have  worshipped  it,  and  have  sac- 
rificed thereunto,  and  said, j  These  be  thy  gods,  0 
I§'ra-el,  which  have  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land 
of  E'gypt. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  kl  have  seen 
this  people,  and,  behold,  it  is  a  stiffnecked  people  : 

10  Now  therefore  'let  me  alone,  that  my  wrath  may 
wax  hot  against  them,  and  that  I  may  consume 
them  :  and  m  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great  nation. 

11  And  wMo'se§  besought  Hhe  Lord  his  God,  and 
said,  Lord,  why  doth  thy  wrath  wax  hot  against 
thy  people,  which  thou  hast  brought  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  E'gypt  with  great  power,  and  with  a 
mighty  hand  ? 

12  Wherefore  should  the  E-gyp'tian§  speak,  and 
say,  For  mischief  did  he  bring  them  out,  to  slay 
them  in  the  mountains,  and  to  consume  them  from 
the  face  of  the  earth  ?  Turn  from  thy  fierce  wrath, 
and  repent  of  this  evil  against  thy  people. 

13  Remember  A'bra-ham,  I'saac,  and  Ig'ra-el,  thy 
servants,  to  whom  thou  "swarest  by  thine  own  self, 
and  saidst  unto  them,  PI  will  multiply  your  seed  as 
the  stars  of  heaven,  and  all  this  land  that  I  have 
spoken  of  will  I  give  unto  your  seed,  and  they  shall 
inherit  it  for  ever. 

14  And  the  Lord  ''repented  of  the  evil  which  he 
thought  to  do  unto  his  people. 

15  If  And  rMo'se§  turned,  and  went  down  from 
the  mount,  and  the  two  tables  of  the  testimony 
were  in  his  hand  :  the  tables  were  written  on  both 
their  sides  ;  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other  were 
they  written. 

16  And  the  s  tables  were  the  work  of  God,  and  the 
writing  was  the  writing  of  God,  graven  upon  the 
tables. 

17  And  when  Josh'u-a  heard  the  noise  of  the  peo- 
ple as  they  shouted,  he  said  unto  Mo'geg,  There  is 
a  noise  of  war  in  the  camp. 

18  And  he  said,  It  is  not  the  voice  of  them  that 
shout  for  mastery,  neither  is  it  the  voice  of  them 
that  cry  for  2  being  overcome :  but  the  noise  of  them 
that  sing  do  I  hear. 

19  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he  came  nigh 
unto  the  camp,  that  he  saw  the  calf,  and  the  dan- 
cing :  and  Mo'ges/  anger  waxed  hot,  and  he  cast 
the  tables  out  of  his  hands,  and  brake  them  beneath 
the  mount. 

20  And  he  took  the  calf  which  they  had  made,  and 
burnt  it  in  the  fire,  and  ground  it  to  powder,  and 
strawed  it  upon  the  water,  and  made  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  drink  of  it. 

21  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  Aar'on,  *What  did  this 
people  unto  thee,  that  thou  hast  brought  so  great  a 
sin  upon  them? 

22  And  Aar'on  said,  Let  not  the  anger  of  my  lord 
wax  hot  :  Mthou  knowest  the  people,  that  they  are 
set  on  mischief. 

23  For  they  said  unto  me,  Make  us  gods,  which 
shall  go  before  us  :  for  as  for  this  Mo'seg,  the  man 
that  brought  us  up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  we  wot 
not  what  is  become  of  him. 


B.  C.  1491. 


i  oil.  20.  3,  4,  23. 

Dent.  9.  in. 
j  1  Ki.  12.  2S. 


k  ch.  33.  3,  5. 

ch.  34.  9. 

Deut.  9.  G,  13. 

Dent.  31.  27. 

2  Clir.  30.  8. 

Isa.  48.  4. 

Acts  7.  51. 
I  Deut.  9.  14. 
m  Num.  14.  12. 

n  Deut.  9.  18, 

20-29. 

Ps.  74.  1. 

Ps.  100.  23. 
1  the  face  of 

the  Lord. 


o  Gen.  22.  16. 

Heb.  6.  13. 
p  Gen.  12.  7. 

Gen.  13.  15. 

Gen.  15.  7,  18. 

Gen.  20.  4. 

Gen.  28.  13. 

Gen.  35.  12. 


g  Num.  23.  19. 

Deut.  32.  36. 

2  Sam.  24.  26. 

1  Chr.  21.  15. 

Jer.  18.  8. 

Hos.  11.  8. 

Joel  2.  13. 

Jon.  3.  10. 
r  Deut.  9.  15. 


.seh.  31.  18. 

2  weakness. 
*  Gen.  20.  9. 
u  ch.  15.  24. 
v  ch.  33.  4,  5. 
w  2  Chr.  28.  19. 

3  those  that  rose 
up  against 
them. 

x  Deut.  33.  9. 

4  Or,  And 
Moses  said, 
Consecrate 
yourselves  to 
day  to  the 
Lord,  be- 
cause every 
man  hath 
been  against 
his  son,  and 
against  his 
brother,  etc. 

y  Num.  25.  11. 
Deut.  13.  6. 
Deut.  33.  9. 
Prov.  21.  3. 
Zech.  13.  3. 

5  fill  your  hands. 
z  1  Sam.  12.  20. 
a  2  Sam.  16.  12. 

Amos  5.  15. 
b  Deut.  9.  14. 

Ps.  G9.  28. 

Rom.  9.  3. 
c  Ps..56.  8. 

Ps.  139.  16. 

Dan.  12.  1. 

Phil.  4.  3. 

Rev.  3.  5. 

Rev.  20. 12, 15. 

Rev.  22.  19. 
d  Lev.  23.  30. 

Ezek.  18.  4. 
e  Num.  20.  16. 
/  Amos  3.  14. 

Rom.  2.  5,  6. 
g  2  Sam.  12.  9. 


a  Gen.  12.  7. 
b  Deut.  7.  22. 

Josh.  24.  11. 
c  ch.  32.  9. 

Deut.  9.  6. 
d  2  Sam.  19.  24. 


24  And  I  said  unto  them,  Whosoever  hath  any 
gold,  let  them  break  it  off.  So  they  gave  it  me  : 
then  I  cast  it  into  the  fire,  and  there  came  out  this 
calf. 

25  1  And  when  Mo'geg  saw  that  the  people  were 
v naked;  (for  Aar'on  had  w made  them  naked  unto 
their  shame  among  3  their  enemies  :) 

26  Then  Mo'ge§  stood  in  the  gate  of  the  camp,  and 
said,  Who  is  on  the  Lord's  side  ?  let  him  come  unto 
me.  And  all  the  sons  of  Le'vl  gathered  themselves 
together  unto  him. 

27  And  he  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el,  Put  every  man  his  sword  by  his  side, 
and  go  in  and  out  from  gate  to  gate  throughout 
the  camp,  and  *slay  every  man  his  brother,  and 
every  man  his  companion,  and  every  man  his  neigh- 
bour. 

28  And  the  children  of  Le'vl  did  according  to  the 
word  of  Mo'seg  :  and  there  fell  of  the  people  that 
day  about  three  thousand  men. 

29  42/For  Mo'§e§  had  said,  5  Consecrate  yourselves 
to  day  to  the  Lord,  even  every  man  upon  his  son, 
and  upon  his  brother ;  that  he  may  bestow  upon 
you  a  blessing  this  day. 

30  If  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  Mo'- 
s_e§  said  unto  the  people,  zYe  have  sinned  a  great 
sin :  and  now  I  will  go  up  unto  the  Lord  ;  a  perad- 
venture  I  shall  make  an  atonement  for  your  sin. 

31  And  Mo'se§  returned  unto  the  Lord,  and  said, 
Oh,  this  people  have  sinned  a  great  sin,  and  have 
made  them  gods  of  gold. 

32  Yet  now,  if  thou  wilt  forgive  their  sin  —  ;  and 
if  not,  6blot  me,  I  pray  thee,  cout  of  thy  book  which 
thou  hast  written. 

33  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  d  Whosoever 
hath  sinned  against  me,  him  will  I  blot  out  of  my 
book. 

34  Therefore  now  go,  lead  the  people  unto  the 
place  of  which  I  have  spoken  unto  thee  :  e  behold, 
mine  Angel  shall  go  before  thee :  nevertheless  -^in 
the  day  when  I  visit  I  will  visit  their  sin  upon  them. 

35  And  the  Lord  plagued  the  people,  because  9they 
made  the  calf,  which  Aar'on  made. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  The  tabernacle  moved .    9  God  talks  with  Moses.     12  Moses  prays  for  God's  presence. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Depart,  and  go 
-  up  hence,  thou  and  the  people  which  thou  hast 
brought  up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  unto  the  land 
which  I  sware  unto  A'bra-ham,  to  I'saac,  and  to  Ja'- 
cob,  saying,  aUnto  thy  seed  will  I  give  it : 

2  And  *  I  will  send  an  angel  before  thee ;  and  I 
will  drive  out  the  Ca'naan-Ite,  the  Am'or-Ite,  and 
the  Hit'tite,  and  the  Per'iz-zlte,  the  Hi'vlte,  and  the 
Jeb'u-slte : 

3  Unto  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey  :  for  I 
will  not  go  up  in  the  midst  of  thee ;  for  thou  art  ca. 
stiffnecked  people :  lest  I  consume  thee  in  the  way. 

4  If  And  when  the  people  heard  these  evil  tidings, 
they  mourned :  and  d  no  man  did  put  on  him  his 
ornaments. 

5  For  the  Lord  had  said  unto  Mo'ses,  Say  unto  the 

83 


God  talks  with  Moses. 


EXODUS,  34. 


Moses  hews  new  tables. 


children  of  Ig'ra-el,  Ye  are  a  stiffnecked  people :  I 
will  come  up  into  the  midst  of  thee  in  a  moment, 
and  consume  thee :  therefore  now  put  off  thy  orna- 
ments from  thee,  that  I  e  may  know  what  to  do  unto 
thee.     . 

6  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  stripped  themselves 
of  their  ornaments  by  the  mount  Ho'reb. 

7  And  Mo'geg  took  the  tabernacle,  and  pitched  it 
without  the  camp,  afar  off  from  the  camp,  and  called 
it  the  Tabernacle  of  the  congregation.  And  it  came 
to  pass,  that  every  one  which  /sought  the  Lord  went 
out  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  which 
was  without  the  camp. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Mo'geg  went  out  unto 
the  tabernacle,  that  all  the  people  rose  up,  and  stood 
every  man  a  at  his  tent  door,  and  looked  after  Mo'- 
geg, until  he  was  gone  into  the  tabernacle. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Mo'geg  entered  into  the 
tabernacle,  the  cloudy  pillar  descended,  and  stood  at 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  Lord  h  talked  with 
Mo'geg. 

10  And  all  the  people  saw  the  cloudy  pillar  stand 
at  the  tabernacle  door :  and  all  the  people  rose  up 
and  worshipped,  every  man  in  his  tent  door. 

11  And  Hhe  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  face  to  face, 
as  a  man  speaketh  unto  his  friend.  And  he  turned 
again  into  the  camp :  but  ■'his  servant  Josh'u-a,  the 
son  of  Nun,  a  young  man,  departed  not  out  of  the 
tabernacle. 

12  TT  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  Lord,  See,  thou 
sayest  unto  me,  Bring  up  this  people :  and  thou  hast 
not  let  me  know  whom  thou  wilt  send  with  me. 
Yet  thou  hast  said,  kl  know  thee  by  name,  and  thou 
hast  also  found  grace  in  my  sight. 

13  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  l\i  I  have  found 
grace  in  thy  sight,  m  shew  me  now  thy  way,  that  I 
may  know  thee,  that  I  may  find  grace  in  thy  sight : 
and  consider  that  this  nation  is  "thy  people. 

14  And  he  said,  °  My  presence  shall  go  with  thee, 
and  I  will  pgive  thee  rest. 

15  And  he  said  unto  him,  q  If  thy  presence  go  not 
with  me,  carry  us  not  up  hence. 

16  For  wherein  shall  it  be  known  here  that  I  and 
thy  people  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight  ?  ris  it  not 
in  that  thou  goest  with  us?  so  s shall  we  be  sepa- 
rated, I  and  thy  people,  from  all  the  people  that 
are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

17  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  '  I  will  do  this 
thing  also  that  thou  hast  spoken :  for  thou  hast  found 
grace  in  my  sight,  and  I  know  thee  by  name. 

18  And  he  said,  I  beseech  thee,  shew  me  "thy 
glory. 

19  And  he  said,  vl  will  make  all  my  goodness  pass 
before  thee,  and  I  will  proclaim  the  name  of  the 
Lord  before  thee ;  '"and  will  be  gracious  to  whom  I 
will  be  gracious,  and  will  shew  mercy  on  whom  I 
will  shew  mercy. 

20  And  he  said,  Thou  canst  not  see  my  face :  for 
x  there  shall  no  man  see  me,  and  live. 

21  And  the  Lord  said,  Behold,  there  is  a  place  by 
me,  and  thou  shalt  stand  upon  a  rock : 

22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  while  my  glory  pass- 

84 


B.  C.  1491. 


e  Ps.  139.  23. 


/2Sam.  21.1. 


g  Num.  16.  27. 


h  Ps.  99.  7. 


i  Gen.  32.  30. 
Deut.  5.  24. 
Deut.  34.  10. 

j  ch.  24.  13. 


/.Ps.  1.  6. 

Jer.  1.  5. 

John  10.  14. 

2  Tim.  2.  19. 
I  ch.  34.  9. 
m  Ps.  25.  4. 

Ps.  27.  11. 

Ps.  8G.  11. 

Ps.  119.  33. 
n  Deut.  9.  2G. 

Joel  2.  17. 
o  ch.  40.  34-38. 

Isa.  03.  9. 
p  Deut.  3.  20. 

Josh.  21.  44. 

Josh.  22.  4. 

Josh.  23.  1. 

Ps.  95.  11. 
q  ch.  34.  9. 
r  Num.  14.  14. 
s  Deut.  4.  34. 

2  Sam.  7.  23. 

Ps.  147.  20. 

Tit.  2.  14. 
t  Gen.  19.  21. 

Jas.  5.  16. 
■u  1  Tim.  6.  1G. 
v  Jer.  31.  14. 
V)  Rom.  4.4. 

Rom.  9.  15. 
x  Gen.  32.  30. 

Deut.  5.  24. 

Judg.  13.  22. 

Isa.  6.  5. 

Rev.  1.  16. 
V  Isa.  2.  21. 
z  Ps.  91.  1,  4. 
a  John  1.  18. 

1  Tim.  6.  16. 

1  John  4.  12. 


a  Deut.  10.  1. 
b  Deut.  10.  2,  4. 
c  Neh.  9.  17. 

Joel  2.  13. 
d  Rom.  2.  4. 
e  Ps.  108..  4. 
/Jer.  32.  18. 

Dan.  9.  4. 
g  Eph.  4.  32. 

1  John  1.  9. 
h  Josh.  24.  19. 

Job  10.  14. 
i  Ps.  94.  14. 

Zeeh.  2.  12. 
j  Deut.  29.  12. 
/;  2  Sam.  7.  23. 

Ps.  147.  20. 
7  Isa.  G4.  3. 
m  Deut.  12.  28. 
n  Jmlg.  2.  2. 
1  statues. 
o2Ki.  18.  4. 
p  Isa.  57.  15. 
q  ch.  20.  5. 


eth  by,  that  I  will  put  thee  ^in  a  clift  of  the  rock, 

and  will  z  cover  thee  with  my  hand  while  I  pass  by: 

23  And  I  will  take  away  mine  hand,  and  thou  shalt 

see  my  back  parts :  but  my  face  shall  anot  be  seen. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1   The  tables  renewed.     10  Go<Vs  covenant.    28   Moses  brings  the  tables  down  from  the 

mount  oj Her  forty  days. 

A  ND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  aHew  thee  two 
-^*-  tables  of  stone  like  unto  the  first :  and  b  I  will 
write  upon  these  tables  the  words  that  were  in  the 
first  tables,  which  thou  brakest. 

2  And  be  ready  in  the  morning,  and  come  up  in  the 
morning  unto  mount  Si 'nai,  and  present  thyself  there 
to  me  in  the  top  of  the  mount. 

3  And  no  man  shall  come  up  with  thee,  neither 
let  any  man  be  seen  throughout  all  the  mount ; 
neither  let  the  flocks  nor  herds  feed  before  that 
mount. 

4  If  And  he  hewed  two  tables  of  stone  like  unto 
the  first ;  and  Mo'geg  rose  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  went  up  unto  mount  Si 'nai,  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  him,  and  took  in  his  hand  the  two 
tables  of  stone. 

5  And  the  Lord  descended  in  the  cloud,  and  stood 
with  him  there,  and  proclaimed  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

6  And  the  Lord  passed  by  before  him,  and  pro- 
claimed, The  Lord,  The  Lord  cGod,  merciful  and 
gracious,  longsuffering,  and  abundant  in  d  goodness 
and  e  truth, 

7  ^'Keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  a  forgiving  ini- 
quity and  transgression  and  sin,  and  that  ''will  by 
no  means  clear  the  guilty ;  visiting  the  iniquity  of 
the  fathers  upon  the  children,  and  upon  the  chil- 
dren's children,  unto  the  third  and  to  the  fourth 
generation. 

8  And  Mo'geg  made  haste,  and  bowed  his  head  to- 
ward the  earth,  and  worshipped. 

9  And  he  said,  If  now  I  have  found  grace  in  thy 
sight,  O  Lord,  let  my  Lord,  I  pray  thee,  go  among 
us  ;  for  it  is  a  stiffnecked  people  ;  and  pardon  our 
iniquity  and  our  sin,  and  take  us  for  l  thine  inherit- 
ance. 

10  If  And  he  said,  Behold,  jl  make  a  covenant : 
before  all  thy  people  I  will  *do  marvels,  such  as 
have  not  been  done  in  all  the  earth,  nor  in  any  na- 
tion :  and  all  the  people  among  which  thou  art  shall 
see  the  work  of  the  Lord  :  for  it  is  'a  terrible  thing 
that  I  will  do  with  thee. 

11  m  Observe  thou  that  which  I  command  thee  this 
day  :  behold,  I  drive  out  before  thee  the  Am'or-Ite, 
and  the  Ca'naan-Ite,  and  the  Hit'tite,  and  the  Per'- 
iz-zlte,  and  the  Hi'vite,  and  the  Jeb'u-site. 

12  nTake  heed  to  thyself,  lest  thou  make  a  cove- 
nant with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  whither  thou 
goest,  lest  it  be  for  a  snare  in  the  midst  of  thee  : 

13  But  ye  shall  destroy  their  altars,  break  their 
1  images,  and  °cut  down  their  groves  : 

14  For  thou  shalt  worship  no  other  god  :  for  the 
Lord,  whose  pname  is  Jealous,  is  a  q  jealous  God  : 

15  Lest  thou  make  a  covenant  with  the  inhabitants 


God's  covenant. 


EXODUS,  35. 


Tabernacle  offerings. 


of  the  land,  and  they  rgo  a  whoring  after  their 
gods,  and  do  sacrifice  unto  their  gods,  and  one  scall 
thee,  and  thou  eat  'of  his  sacrifice  ; 

16  And  thou  take  of  their  u  daughters  unto  thy  sons, 
and  their  daughters  go  "a  whoring  after  their  gods, 
and  make  thy  sons  go  a  whoring  after  their  gods. 

17  wThou  shalt  make  thee  no  molten  gods. 

18  1  The  feast  of  ^unleavened  bread  shalt  thou 
keep.  Seven  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleavened  bread, 
as  I  commanded  thee,  in  the  time  of  the  month 
A' bib  \_  for  in  the  month  A' bib  thou  earnest  out 
from  E'gypt. 

19  yA\\  that  openeth  the  matrix  is  mine  ;  and 
every  firstling  among  thy  cattle,  whether  ox  or 
sheep,  that  is  male. 

20  But  3the  firstling  of  an  ass  thou  shalt  redeem 
with  a  2lamb  :  and  if  thou  redeem  him  not,  then 
shalt  thou  break  his  neck.  All  the  firstborn  of  thy 
sons  thou  shalt  redeem.  And  none  shall  appear 
before  me  "empty. 

21  H  6Six  days  thou  shalt  work,  but  on  the  seventh 
day  thou  shalt  rest :  in  earing  time  and  in  harvest 
thou  shalt  rest. 

22  1  And  cthou  shalt  observe  the  feast  of  weeks, 
of  the  firstf ruits  of  wheat  harvest,  and  the  feast  of 
ingathering  at  the  3  year's  end. 

23  II  d  Thrice  in  the  year  shall  all  your  menchildren 
appear  before  the  Lord  God,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

24  For  I  will  ecast  out  the  nations  before  thee,  and 
•'enlarge  thy  borders :  ° neither  shall  any  man  desire 
thy  land,  when  thou  shalt  go  up  to  appear  before 
the  Lord  thy  God  thrice  in  the  year. 

25  /lThou  shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of  my  sacrifice 
with  leaven  ;  neither  i  shall  the  sacrifice  of  the  feast 
of  the  passover  be  left  unto  the  morning. 

26  The  s  first  of  the  firstf  ruits  of  thy  land  thou 
shalt  bring  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 
Thou  shalt  not  seethe  a  kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Write  thou 
k  these  words  :  for  after  the  tenor  of  these  words  I 
have  made  a  covenant  with  thee  and  with  Ig'ra-el. 

28  And  'he  was  there  with  the  Lord  forty  days 
and  forty  nights  ;  he  did  neither  eat  bread,  nor 
drink  water.  And  mhe  wrote  upon  the  tables  the 
words  of  the  covenant,  the  ten  4  commandments. 

29  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Mo'geg  came  down 
from  mount  Si'nai  with  the  "two  tables  of  testimony 
in  Mo'geg'  hand,  when  he  came  down  from  the 
mount,  that  Mo'seg  wist  not  that  °the  skin  of  his 
face  shone  while  he  talked  with  him. 

30  And  when  Aar'on  and  all  the  children  of  Is'ra-el 
saw  Mo'geg,  behold,  the  skin  of  his  face  shone  ;  and 
they  were  afraid  to  come  nigh  him. 

31  And  Mo'seg  called  unto  them  ;  and  Aar'on  and 
all  the  rulers  of  the  congregation  returned  unto 
him  :  and  Mo'geg  talked  with  them. 

32  And  afterward  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  came 
nigh  :  p  and  he  gave  them  in  commandment  all  that 
the  Lord  had  spoken  with  him  in  mount  Si'nai. 

33  And  till  Mo'geg  had  done  speaking  with  them, 
he  put  9a  veil  on  his  face. 

34  But  when  Mo'geg  went  in  before  the  Lord  to 


B.  C.  1491. 


r  Ezek.  C.  9. 
s  1  Cor.  10.  27. 
/  1  Cor.  8.  4. 
u  Ezra  9.  2. 

v  Num.  25.  1,  2. 


w  Lev.  19.  4. 
x  ch.  23.  15. 


y  eh.  22.  29. 
Ezek.  44.  30. 
Luke  2.  23. 


z  Num.  18.  15. 
2  Or,  kid. 


a  Dent.  16.  16. 

2  Sim.  24.  24. 
b  Dent.  5.  12. 

Luke  13.  14. 


c  ch.  23.  16. 

3  revolution 
of  the  year. 

(1  Deut.  16.  16. 
eLev.  18.  24.     • 

Deut.  7.  1. 

Josh.  24.  8-13. 

Ps.  78.  55. 

Ps.  80.  8. 
/Deut.  19.  8. 
g  Gen.  35.  5. 

2  Chr.  17.  10. 

Prov.  16.  7. 
h  ch.  23.  18. 
i  ch.  12.  10. 
j  Deut.  26.  2, 10. 

Neh.  10.  35. 

Prov.  3.  9. 
k  Deut.  31.  9. 

Isa.  30.  8. 
I  Deut.  9.  9,  18. 
m  ch.  31.  18. 

ch.  32.  16. 

Deut.  10.  2,  4. 

4  words. 

n  ch.  32.  15. 
o  Matt.  17.  2. 
p  ch.  24.  3. 
q  2  Cor.  3.  13. 


a  ch.  34.  32. 
b  ch.  31.  14,  15. 

Lev.  23.  3. 

Num.  15.  32. 

Deut.  5.  12. 

Luke  13.  14. 
1  holiness, 
c  ch.  16.  23. 
d  ch.  25.  1,  2. 
e  eh.  25.  2. 

2  Cor.  9.  7. 
/  ch.  31.  6. 

1  Ki.  7.  14. 

Isa.  28.  26. 
g  ch.  25.  9. 

ch.  26.  1,  2. 

ch.  29.  42,  43. 

ch.  31.  7. 

ch.  33.  7. 

ch.  36.  8. 

ch.  39.  32-43. 

ch.  40.  2. 

Acts  7.  44,  46. 

Heb.  8.  2,  5. 

Heh.  9.  2,  11. 

Rev.  21.  3. 
h  ch.  25.  10. 
i  ch.  25.  23. 
j  ch.  25.  30. 

Lev.  24.  5,  6. 
/,•  ch.  25.  31. 
I  ch.  30.  1. 

ch.  37.  25. 

ch.  40.  5. 
m  ch.  30.  23. 
n  ch.  30.  34. 

1  Sam.  2.  28. 

1  Chr.  23.  13. 

2  Chr.  29.  11. 
Luke  1.  9. 

o  ch.  27.  1. 
p  ch.  27.  9. 
q  ch.  31.  10. 

ch.  39.  1,41. 

Num.  4.  5,  6. 


speak  with  him,  he  took  the  veil  off,  until  he  came 
out.  And  he  came  out,  and  spake  unto  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  that  which  he  was  commanded. 

35  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  saw  the  face  of 
Mo'geg,  that  the  skin  of  Mo'geg'  face  shone  :  and 
Mo'geg  put  the  veil  upon  his  face  again,  until  he 
went  in  to  speak  with  him. 

CHAPTER  35. 

1  Keeping  the  sabbath.    4  Tabernacle  offerings.    30   Workmen  ready. 

AND  Mo'geg  gathered  all  the  congregation  of  the 
-£*-  children  of  Ig'ra-el  together,  and  said  unto 
them,  a  These  are  the  words  which  the  Lord  hath 
commanded,  that  ye  should  do  them. 

2  b  Six  days  shall  work  be  done,  but  on  the  seventh 
day  there  shall  be  to  you  *an  holy  day,  a  sabbath 
of  rest  to  the  Lord  :  whosoever  doeth  work  therein 
shall  be  put  to  death. 

3  cYe  shall  kindle  no  fire  throughout  your  habi- 
tations upon  the  sabbath  day. 

4  Tf  And  Mo'geg  spake  unto  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  dThis  is  the  thing 
which  the  Lord  commanded,  saying, 

5  Take  ye  from  among  you  an  offering  unto  the 
Lord  :  e  whosoever  is  of  a  willing  heart,  let  him 
bring  it,  an  offering  of  the  Lord  ;  gold,  and  silver, 
and  brass, 

6  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  linen, 
and  goats'  hair, 

7  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  badgers'  skins,  and 
shittim  wood, 

8  And  oil  for  the  light,  and  spices  for  anointing 
oil,  and  for  the  sweet  incense, 

9  And  onyx  stones,  and  stones  to  be  set  for  the 
ephod,  and  for  the  breastplate. 

10  And  ■'"every  wise  hearted  among  you  shall  come, 
and  make  all  that  the  Lord  hath  commanded  ; 

11  The  9  tabernacle,  his  tent,  and  his  covering,  his 
taches,  and  his  boards,  his  bars,  his  pillars,  and  his 
sockets, 

12  The  ;tark,  and  the  staves  thereof,  with  the 
mercy  seat,  and  the  veil  of  the  covering, 

13  The  i  table,  and  his  staves,  and  all  his  vessels, 
and  the  ^'shewbread, 

14  The  k  candlestick  also  for  the  light,  and  his  fur- 
niture, and  his  lamps,  with  the  oil  for  the  light, 

15  And  zthe  incense  altar,  and  his  staves,  and  "'the 
anointing  oil,  and  n  the  sweet  incense,  and  the  hang- 
ing for  the  door  at  the  entering  in  of  the  tabernacle, 

16  The  "altar  of  burnt  offering,  with  his  brasen 
grate,  his  staves,  and  all  his  vessels,  the  laver  and 
his  foot, 

17  The  p  hangings  of  the  court,  his  pillars,  and  their 
sockets,  and  the  hanging  for  the  door  of  the  court, 

18  The  pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  pins  of  the 
court,  and  their  cords, 

19  The  "cloths  of  service,  to  do  service  in  the  holy 
place,  the  holy  garments  for  Aar'on  the  priest,  and 
the  garments  of  his  sons,  to  minister  in  the  priest's 
office. 

20  IF  And  all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  departed  from  the  presence  of  Mo'geg. 

85 


The  workmen  ready. 


EXODUS,  36. 


The  tabernacle  curtains. 


21  And  they  came,  every  one  r  whose  heart  stirred 
him  up,  and  every  one  whom  his  spirit  made  willing, 
and  they  brought  the  Lord's  offering  to  the  work 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  for  all  his 
service,  and  for  the  holy  garments. 

22  And  they  came,  both  men  and  women,  as  many 
as  were  willing  hearted,  and  brought  bracelets,  and 
earrings,  and  rings,  and  tablets,  all  jewels  of  gold  : 
and  every  man  that  offered  offered  an  offering  of 
gold  unto  the  Lord. 

23  And  s  every  man,  with  whom  was  found  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  linen,  and  goats' 
hair,  and  red  skins  of  rams,  and  badgers'  skins, 
brought  them. 

24  Every  one  that  did  offer  an  offering  of  silver 
and  brass  brought  the  Lord's  offering  :  and  every 
man,  with  whom  was  found  shittim  wood  for  any 
work  of  the  service,  brought  it. 

25  And  all  the  women  that  were  *wise  hearted  did 
spin  with  their  hands,  and  brought  that  which  they 
had  spun,  both  of  blue,  and  of  purple,  and  of  scarlet, 
and  of  fine  linen. 

26  And  all  the  women  whose  heart  stirred  them 
up  in  wisdom  spun  goats'  hair. 

27  And  "the  rulers  brought  onyx  stones,  and  stones 
to  be  set,  for  the  ephod,  and  for  the  breastplate  ; 

28  And  "spice,  and  oil  for  the  light,  and  for  the 
anointing  oil,  and  for  the  sweet  incense. 

29  The  children  of  Ig'ra-el  brought  a  "'willing  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord,  every  man  and  woman,  whose 
heart  made  them  willing  to  bring  for  all  manner  of 
work,  which  the  Lord  had  commanded  to  be  made 
by  the  hand  of  Mo'ges.. 

30  If  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
See,  xthe  Lord  hath  called  by  name  Bs-zal'e-el  the 
son  of  U'rl,  the  son  of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah  ; 

31  And  he  hath  filled  him  with  the  ^spirit  of  God, 
in  wisdom,  in  understanding,  and  in  knowledge,  and 
in  all  manner  of  workmanship  ; 

32  And  to  devise  curious  works,  to  work  in  gold, 
and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 

33  And  in  the  cutting  of  stones,  to  set  them,  and 
in  carving  of  wood,  to  make  any  manner  of  cunning 
work. 

34  And  he  hath  put  in  his  heart  that  he  may  teach, 
both  he,  and  *A-ho'li-ab,  the  son  of  A-hls'a-mach,  of 
the  tribe  of  Dan. 

35  Them  hath  he  "filled  with  wisdom  of  heart,  to 
work  all  manner  of  work,  of  the  engraver,  and  of 
the  cunning  workman,  and  of  the  embroiderer,  in 
blue,  and  in  purple,  in  scarlet,  and  in  fine  linen,  and 
of  the  weaver,  even  of  them  that  do  any  work,  and 
of  those  that  devise  cunning  work. 

CHAPTER  36. 

1  Workmen  receive  the  offerings.    8  The  work  goes  on.    35  The  veil. 

THEN  wrought   Be-zal'e-el  and  A-ho'li-ab,  and 
every  "wise  hearted  man,  in  whom  the  Lord 
put  wisdom  and  understanding  to  know  how  to  work 
all  manner  of  work  for  the  service  of  the  b  sanctuary, 
according  to  all  that  the  Lord  had  commanded. 
2  And  Mo'§es  called  Be-zal'e-el  and  A-ho'li-ab,  and 

86 


B.  C. 

1491. 

r  ch.  25. 

2. 

ch.  36 

2. 

1  Chr. 

28.  2,  9. 

1  Chr. 

29.  9. 

Ezral 

.  27. 

2  Cor. 

8.  12. 

2  Cor. 

9.7. 

s  1  Chr.  29.  8. 


I  ch.  28.  3. 
ch.  31.  6. 
ch.  36.  1. 
2  Ki.  23.  7. 
Prov.  31.  19, 
22  24. 


u  1  Chr.  29.  G. 
Ezra  2.  68. 


v  ch.  30.  23. 


w  1  Chr.  29.  9. 


zch.  31.  2. 
yGeti.  41.  38. 

Job  32.  8. 

Prov.  2.  6. 
sch.  31.  6. 
a  verse  31. 

ch.  31.  3,  6. 

ch.  36.  1,  2. 

1  Ki.  7.  14. 

2  Chr.  2.  14. 
Isa.  28.  26. 
Jas.  1.  5. 


a  ch.  28.  3. 

ch.  31.  6. 

ch.  35.  10,  35. 
'  Job  32.  8. 

lea.  28.  26. 

Prov.  2.  6. 
b  ch.  25.  8. 

Lev.  4.  6. 

Lev.  19.  30. 

Num.  3.  8. 

Num.  18.  5. 

1  Ki.  6.  16. 

Ps.  96.  6. 

Ps.  134.  2. 

Pa.  150. 1. 

Isa.  63.  18. 

Lam.  1.  10. 

Lam.  2.  20. 

Lam.  4.  1. 

Ezek.  5.  11. 

Dan.  8.  13,  14. 

Heb.  9.  1,  2. 
c  ch.  35.  21,  26. 

1  Chr.  29.  5. 
d  ch.  35.  27. 
e  2  Cor.  8.  2,  3. 
/ch.  26.  1. 

Job  32.  8. 

Prov.  10.  8. 

Prov.  15.  14. 

Prov.  16.  1. 

Prov.  18.  15. 

Prov.  21.  1. 
g  Gen.  3.  24. 

1  Ki.  6.  23. 

2  Chr.  3.  10. 
Ezek.  1.  5-28. 
Ezek.  10.  1. 

h  ch.  26.  5. 
i  ch.  26.  7. 
j  ch.  26.  14. 
k  ch.  26.  15. 
I  ch.  25.  5,  10. 

Num.  25.  1. 

Deut.  10.  3. 

Josh.  2.  1. 


every  wise  hearted  man,  in  whose  heart  the  Lord 
had  put  wisdom,  even  every  one  c  whose  heart  stirred 
him  up  to  come  unto  the  work  to  do  it : 

3  And  they  received_  of  Mo'geg  all  the  offering, 
which  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  dhad  brought  for  the 
work  of  the  service  of  the  sanctuary,  to  make  it 
withal.  And  they  brought  yet  unto  him  free  offer- 
ings every  morning. 

4  And  all  the  wise  men,  that  wrought  all  the  work 
of  the  sanctuary,  came  every  man  from  his  work 
which  they  made  ; 

5  If  And  they  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying,  eThe 
people  bring  much  more  than  enough  for  the  service 
of  the  work,  which  the  Lord  commanded  to  make. 

6  And  Mo'seg  gave  commandment,  and  they  caused 
it  to  be  proclaimed  throughout  the  camp,  saying, 
Let  neither  man  nor  woman  make  any  more  work 
for  the  offering  of  the  sanctuary.  So  the  people 
were  restrained  from  bringing. 

7  For  the  stuff  they  had  was  sufficient  for  all  the 
work  to  make  it,  and  too  much. 

8  If  rAnd  every  wise  hearted  man  among  them  that 
wrought  the  work  of  the  tabernacle  made  ten  cur- 
tains of  fine  twined  linen,  and  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet  :  with  9  cherubims  of  cunning  work  made  he 
them. 

9  The  length  of  one  curtain  ivas  twenty  and  eight 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one  curtain  four  cubits  : 
the  curtains  were  all  of  one  size. 

10  And  he  coupled  the  five  curtains  one  unto  an- 
other :  and  the  other  five  curtains  he  coupled  one 
unto  another. 

11  And  he  made  loops  of  blue  on  the  edge  of  one 
curtain  from  the  selvedge  in  the  coupling  :  likewise 
he  made  in  the  uttermost  side  of  another  curtain, 
in  the  coupling  of  the  second. 

12  ''Fifty  loops  made  he  in  one  curtain,  and  fifty 
loops  made  he  in  the  edge  of  the  curtain  which  was 
in  the  coupling  of  the  second  :  the  loops  held  one 
curtain  to  another. 

13  And  he  made  fifty  taches  of  gold,  and  coupled 
the  curtains  one  unto  another  with  the  taches  :  so 
it  became  one  tabernacle. 

14  If  And  ^e  made  curtains  of  goats'  hair  for  the 
tent  over  the  tabernacle  :  eleven  curtains  he  made 
them. 

15  The  length  of  one  curtain  was  thirty  cubits, 
and  four  cubits  was  the  breadth  of  one  curtain : 
the  eleven  curtains  were  of  one  size. 

16  And  he  coupled  five  curtains  by  themselves, 
and  six  curtains  by  themselves. 

17  And  he  made  fifty  loops  upon  the  uttermost 
edge  of  the  curtain  in  the  coupling,  and  fifty  loops 
made  he  upon  the  edge  of  the  curtain  which 
coupleth  the  second. 

18  And  he  made  fifty  taches  of  brass  to  couple  the 
tent  together,  that  it  might  be  one. 

19  And  J'he  made  a  covering  for  the  tent  of  rams' 
skins  dyed  red,  and  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins 
above  that. 

20  If  And  fche  made  boards  for  the  tabernacle  of 
'shittim  wood,  standing  up. 


Boards,  veil,  and  hanging. 


EXODUS,  37. 


Mercy  seat  and  candlestick. 


21  The  length  of  a  board  was  ten  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  of  a  board  one  cubit  and  a  half. 

22  One  board  had  two  tenons,  equally  distant  one 
from  another :  thus  did  he  make  for  all  the  boards 
of  the  tabernacle. 

23  And  he  made  boards  for  the  tabernacle ;  twenty- 
boards  for  the  south  side  southward : 

24  And  forty  sockets  of  silver  he  made  under  the 
twenty  boards ;  two  sockets  under  one  board  for  his 
two  *  tenons,  and  two  sockets  under  another  board 
for  his  two  tenons. 

25  And  for  the  other  side  of  the  tabernacle,  which 
is  toward  the  north  corner,  he  made  twenty  boards, 

26  And  their  forty  sockets  of  silver ;  two  sockets 
under  one  board,  and  two  sockets  under  another 
board. 

27  And  for  the  sides  of  the  tabernacle  2  westward 
he  made  six  boards. 

28  And  two  boards  made  he  for  the  corners  of  the 
tabernacle  in  the  two  sides. 

29  And  they  were  3  coupled  beneath,  and  coupled 
together  at  the  head  thereof,  to  one  ring :  thus  he 
did  to  both  of  them  in  both  the  corners. 

30  And  there  were  eight  boards ;  and  their  sockets 
were  sixteen  sockets  of  silver,  4  under  every  board 
two  sockets. 

31  If  And  he  made  OTbars  of  shittim  wood ;  five  for 
the  boards  of  the  one  side  of  the  tabernacle, 

32  And  five  bars'  for  the  boards  of  the  other  side 
of  the  tabernacle,  and  five  bars  for  the  boards  of 
the  tabernacle  for  the  sides  westward. 

33  And  he  made  the  middle  bar  to  shoot  through 
the  boards  from  the  one  end  to  the  other. 

34  And  he  overlaid  the  boards  with  gold,  and  made 
their  rings  of  gold  to  be  places  for  the  bars,  and 
overlaid  the  bars  with  gold. 

35  1[  And  he  made  wa  veil  o/blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen :  with  cherubims  made 
he  it  of  cunning  work. 

36  And  he  made  thereunto  four  pillars  of  shittim 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold :  their  hooks  were 
of  gold ;  and  he  cast  for  them  four  sockets  of  silver. 

37  T  And  he  made  an  "hanging  for  the  tabernacle 
door  of  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined 
linen,  5of  needlework; 

38  And  the  five  pillars  of  it  with  their  hooks :  and 
he  overlaid  their  chapiters  pand  their  fillets  with 
gold :  but  their  five  sockets  were  of  brass. 

CHAPTER  37. 

1  Furniture  of  the  tabernacle.    17  The  candlestick.    20  Oil  and  incense. 

AND  aBe-zal'e-el  made  6the  ark  of  shittim  wood: 
■  two  cubits  and  a  half  was  the  length  of  it,  and 
a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth  of  it,  and  a  cubit  and 
a  half  the  height  of  it : 

2  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold  within  and 
without,  and  made  a  crown  of  gold  to  it  round  about. 

3  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of  gold,  to  be  set 
by  the  four  corners  of  it ;  even  two  rings  upon  the 
one  side  of  it,  and  two  rings  upon  the  other  side  of  it. 

4  And  he  made  c  staves  of  shittim  wood,  and  over- 
laid them  with  gold. 


B.  C.  1491. 


1  hands. 


2  seaward, 
ch.  26.  22. 


3  twinned, 
ch.  26.  24. 
Ps.  133.  1. 
Acts  2.  46. 
1  Cor.  1.  10. 


4  two  sockets, 
two  sockets 
under  one 
board. 

m  ch.  26.  26. 


n  ch.  26.  31. 
Matt.  27.  51. 
Heb.  6.  19. 
Heb.  10.  20. 

o  ch.  26.  36. 

5  the  work  of  a 
needleworker, 
or,  embroid- 
erer. 

p  1  Ki.  7.  16. 
2  Chr.  4.  12. 
Jer.  52.  22. 


a  ch.  35.  30. 
b  ch.  25.  10. 
c  Num.  4.  6. 
d  Num.  1.  50. 
2  Sam.  6.  3. 
e  ch.  25.  17. 

1  Or,  out  of, 
etc. 

2  Or,  out  of, 
etc. 

/  Gen.  3.  24. 
ch.  25.  22. 

1  Ki.  6.  23. 

2  Chr.  3.  10. 
Ps.  80.  1. 
Ezek.  1.  5-28. 
Ezek.  10.  1. 
John  1.  51. 
Phil.  2.  10. 

1  Tim.  3.  16. 

Heb.  1.  14. 

1  Pet.  1.  12. 
g  ch.  25.  23. 

Mai.  1.  7,  12. 
h  ch.  25.  29. 

3  Or,  to  pour 
out  withal. 

i  ch.  25.  31. 

Lev.  24.  4. 

1  Chr.  28.  15. 

Zech.  4.  2. 

Matt.  5. 15, 16. 

John  5.  35. 

Phil.  2.  15. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 

Rev.  1.  20. 
/  Num.  17.  8. 

Jer.  1.  11. 
i'Rev.  1.  20. 

Kev.  4.  5. 
I  ch.  30.  1. 

ch.  40.  2G. 

1  Ki.  9.  25. 

2  Chr.  29.  6,  7. 
Isa.  60.  6. 
Mai.  1.  11. 
Heb.  7.  25. 

1  Pet.  2.  5. 
Rev.  8.  3. 


5  And  he  rfput  the  staves  into  the  rings  by  the  sides 
of  the  ark,  to  bear  the  ark. 

6  H  And  he  made  the  e  mercy  seat  of  pure  gold : 
two  cubits  and  a  half  was  the  length  thereof,  and 
one  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth  thereof. 

7  And  he  made  two  cherubims  of  gold,  beaten  out 
of  one  piece  made  he  them,  on  the  two  ends  of  the 
mercy  seat ; 

8  One  cherub  *on  the  end  on  this  side,  and  another 
cherub  2on  the  other  end  on  that  side:  out  of  the 
mercy  seat  made  he  the  cherubims  on  the  two  ends 
thereof. 

9  And  the  ■''cherubims  spread  out  their  wings  on 
high,  and  covered  with  their  wings  over  the  mercy 
seat,  with  their  faces  one  to  another ;  even  to  the 
mercy  seatward  were  the  faces  of  the  cherubims. 

10  IT  And  he  made  °  the  table  of  shittim  wood :  two 
cubits  was  the  length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  the  breadth 
thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  height  thereof  : 

11  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold,  and  made 
thereunto  a  crown  of  gold  round  about. 

12  Also  he  made  thereunto  a  border  of  an  hand- 
breadth  round  about ;  and  made  a  crown  of  gold  for 
the  border  thereof  round  about. 

13  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of  gold,  and  put 
the  rings  upon  the  four  corners  that  were  in  the 
four  feet  thereof. 

14  Over  against  the  border  were  the  rings,  the 
places  for  the  staves  to  bear  the  table. 

15  And  he  made  the  staves  of  shittim  wood,  and 
overlaid  them  with  gold  to  bear  the  table. 

16  And  he  made  the  vessels  which  were  upon  the 
table,  his  h  dishes,  and  his  spoons,  and  his  bowls, 
and  his  covers  3to  cover  withal,  of  pure  gold. 

17  IT  And  he  made  the  'candlestick  of  pure  gold  : 
of  beaten  work  made  he  the  candlestick  ;  his  shaft, 
and  his  branch,  his  bowls,  his  knops,  and  his  flowers, 
were  of  the  same  : 

18  And  six  branches  going  out  of  the  sides  there- 
of ;  three  branches  of  the  candlestick  out  of  the 
one  side  thereof,  and  three  branches  of  the  candle- 
stick out  of  the  other  side  thereof  : 

19  Three  bowls  made  after  the  fashion  of  almonds 
in  one  branch,  a  knop  and  a  flower ;  and  three 
bowls  made  like  almonds  in  another  branch,  a  knop 
and  a  flower :  so  throughout  the  six  branches  go- 
ing out  of  the  candlestick. 

20  And  in  the  candlestick  were  four  bowls  made 
like  j  almonds,  his  knops,  and  his  flowers  : 

21  And  a  knop  under  two  branches  of  the  same, 
and  a  knop  under  two  branches  of  the  same,  and  a 
knop  under  two  branches  of  the  same,  according  to 
the  six  branches  going  out  of  it. 

22  Their  knops  and  their  branches  were  of  the 
same  :  all  of  it  was  one  beaten  work  of  pure  gold. 

23  And  he  made  fchis  seven  lamps,  and  his  snuff- 
ers, and  his  snuff  dishes,  of  pure  gold. 

24  Of  a  talent  of  pure  gold  made  he  it,  and  all 
the  vessels  thereof. 

25  H  And  'he  made  the  incense  altar  of  shittim 
wood  :  the  length  of  it  was  a  cubit,  and  the  breadth 
of  it  a  cubit ;  it  was  foursquare ;  and  two  cubits 

87 


The  altar  vessels. 


EXODUS,  38. 


Sum  of  the  offerings. 


was  the  height  of  it ;  the  horns  thereof  were  of  the 
same. 

26  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold,  both  the  top 
of  it,  and  the  sides  thereof  round  about,  and  the 
horns  of  it :  also  he  made  unto  it  a  crown  of  gold 
round  about. 

27  And  he  made  two  rings  of  gold  for  it  under  the 
crown  thereof,  by  the  two  corners  of  it,  upon  the 
two  sides  thereof,  to  be  places  for  the  staves  to 
bear  it  withal. 

28  And  he  made  the  staves  of  shittim  wood,  and 
overlaid  them  with  gold. 

29  If  And  he  made  4the  holy  anointing  oil,  and 
the  pure  m  incense  of  sweet  spices,  according  to  the 
work  of  the  apothecary. 

CHAPTER  38. 

1  Furniture  of  the  tabernacle.    21  Sum  of  the  offerings. 

AND  he  made  the  altar  "of  burnt  offering  of 
-  shittim  wood :  five  cubits  was  the  length  there- 
of, and  five  cubits  the  breadth  thereof ;  it  was 
foursquare  ;  and  three  cubits  the  height  thereof. 

2  And  he  made  the  horns  thereof  on  the  four 
corners  of  it ;  the  horns  thereof  were  of  the  same  : 
and  he  overlaid  it  with  brass. 

3  And  he  made  all  the  vessels  of  the  altar,  the 
pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  basons,  and  the  flesh- 
hooks,  and  the  firepans  :  all  the  vessels  thereof 
made  he  ofb  brass. 

4  And  he  made  for  the  altar  a  brasen  grate  of  net- 
work under  the  compass  thereof  beneath  unto  the 
midst  of  it. 

5  And  he  cast  four  rings  for  the  four  ends  of  the 
grate  of  brass,  to  be  places  for  the  staves. 

6  And  he  made  the  staves  of  shittim  wood,  and 
overlaid  them  with  brass. 

7  And  he  put  the  staves  into  the  rings  on  the  sides 
of  the  altar,  to  bear  it  withal  ;  he  made  the  altar 
hollow  with  boards. 

8  If  And  he  made  cthe  laver  of  brass,  and  the  foot 
of  it  of  brass,  of  the  1  lookingglasses  of  the  ivomen 
2  assembling,  which  assembled  at  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

9  If  And  he  made  dthe  court :  on  the  south  side 
southward  the  hangings  of  the  court  ivere  of  fine 
twined  linen,  an  hundred  cubits  : 

10  Their  pillars  tvere  twenty,  and  their  brasen 
sockets  twenty  ;  the  hooks  of  the  pillars  and  their 
fillets  were  of  silver. 

11  And  for  the  north  side  the  hangings  were  an 
hundred  cubits,  their  pillars  were  twenty,  and  their 
sockets  of  brass  twenty  ;  the  hooks  of  the  pillars 
and  their  fillets  of  silver. 

12  And  for  the  west  side  were  hangings  of  fifty 
cubits,  their  pillars  ten,  and  their  sockets  ten  ;  the 
hooks  of  the  pillars  and  their  fillets  of  silver. 

13  And  for  the  east  side  eastward  fifty  cubits. 

14  The  hangings  of  the  one  side  of  the  gate  were 
fifteen  cubits  ;  their  pillars  three,  and  their  sockets 
three. 

15  And  for  the  other  side  of  the  court  gate, 
on  this  hand  and  that  hand,  were  hangings  of  fif- 

88 


B.  C.  1491. 


4  unction  of 

holiness, 

ch.  30.  23,  34. 

Ps.  133.  2. 

Isa,  11.  2. 

Isa.  61.  1. 

1  John  2.  20. 
»iPs.  141.  2. 

Song  4.  14. 

Mai.  1.  11. 

Heb.  5.  7. 

Heb.  7.  25. 

Rev.  5.  8. 


a  ch.  27.  1. 
2  Chr.  29. 
23,  24. 

Ps.  51.  15-19. 
Isa.  Gl.  8. 
Ezek.  44.  11. 
Heb.  9.  14. 
Heb.  13.  10. 


b  1  Ki.  7.  45. 


c  ch.  30.  18. 
2  Ki.  1G.  17. 
2  Chr.  4.  2. 
Ps.  26.  6. 
Ezek.  36.  25. 
Zech.  13.  1. 
2  Cor.  7.  1. 
Heb.  10.  22. 
1  John  5.  6. 

1  Or,  brasen 
glasses. 

2  assembling  by 
troops,  as 

1  Sam.  2.  22. 
d  ch.  27.  9. 

Ps.  84.  2,  10. 

Ps.  92.  13. 
e  2  Chr.  3.  14. 
/ch.  27.  19. 

2  Chr.  3.  9. 
Ezra  9.  8. 
Isa.  22.  23. 
Eph.  2.  21,  22. 

g  Num.  1.  50,  53. 

Num.  9.  15. 

2  Chr.  24.  6. 

Acts  7.  44. 
h  Num.  4.  28,  33. 
i  ch.  31.  2,6. 
j  ch.  30.  13. 

Lev.  5.  15. 

Lev.  27.  3,  25. 

Num.  3.  47. 

Num.  18.  16. 
ich.  30.  13,15. 

3  a  poll. 

I  Num.  1.  46. 
m  ch.  26.  19,  21, 

25,  32. 
n  ch.  27.  19. 

2  Chr.  3.  9. 

Ezra  9.  8. 

Isa.  22.  23. 

Eph.  2.  21,  22. 


teen  cubits ;  their  pillars  three,  and  their  sockets 
three. 

16  Ail  the  hangings  of  the  court  round  about  were 
of  fine  twined  linen. 

17  And  the  sockets  for  the  pillars  were  of  brass ; 
the  hooks  of  the  pillars  and  their  fillets  of  silver ; 
and  the  overlaying  of  their  chapiters  of  silver  ; 
and  all  the  pillars  of  the  court  were  filleted  with 
silver. 

18  And  the  hanging  for  the  gate  of  the  court  was 
needlework,  of  blue,  e  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  twined  linen :  and  twenty  cubits  was  the  length, 
and  the  height  in  the  breadth  was  five  cubits,  an- 
swerable to  the  hangings  of  the  court. 

19  And  their  pillars  were  four,  and  their  sockets 
of  brass  four  ;  their  hooks  of  silver,  and  the  over- 
laying of  their  chapiters  and  their  fillets  of  silver. 

20  And  all  the  ■'"pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and  of  the 
court  round  about,  were  of  brass. 

21  If  This  is  the  sum  of  the  tabernacle,  even  of 
9  the  tabernacle  of  testimony,  as  it  was  counted, 
according  to  the  commandment  of  Mo'seg,  for  the 
service  of  the  Le'vites,  by  Hhe  hand  of  Ith'a-mar, 
son  to  Aar'on  the  priest. 

22  And  "Bs-zal'e-el  the  son  of  U'ri",  the  son  of 
Hur,  of  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah,  made  all  that  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'seg. 

23  And  with  him  was  A-ho'lT-ab,  son  of  A-his'a- 
mach,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  an  engraver,  and  a  cun- 
ning workman,  and  an  embroiderer  in  blue,  and  in 
purple,  and  in  scarlet,  and  fine  linen. 

24  All  the  gold  that  was  occupied  for  the  work  in 
all  the  work  of  the  holy  place,  even  the  gold  of  the 
offering,  was  twenty  and  nine  talents,  and  seven 
hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  after  jthe  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary. 

25  And  the  silver  of  them  that  were  numbered  of 
the  congregation  ivas  an  hundred  talents,  and  a 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  threescore  and  fifteen 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  : 

26  A  fcbekah  for  3 every  man,  that  is,  half  a  shekel, 
after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary,  for  every  one 
that  went  to  be  numbered,  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward,  for l  six  hundred  thousand  and  three 
thousand  and  five  hundred  and  fifty  men. 

27  And  of  the  hundred  talents  of  silver  were  cast 
m  the  sockets  of  the  sanctuary,  and  the  sockets  of 
the  veil ;  an  hundred  sockets  of  the  hundred  talents, 
a  talent  for  a  socket. 

28  And  of  the  thousand  seven  hundred  seventy 
and  five  shekels  he  made  hooks  for  the  pillars,  and 
overlaid  their  chapiters,  and  filleted  them. 

29  And  the  brass  of  the  offering  was  seventy  tal- 
ents, and  two  thousand  and  four  hundred  shekels. 

30  And  therewith  he  made  the  sockets  to  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  the  bra- 
sen altar,  and  the  brasen.  grate  for  it,  and  all  the 
vessels  of  the  altar, 

31  And  the  sockets  of  the  court  round  about,  and 
the  sockets  of  the  court  gate,  and  all  the  pins  of 
the  tabernacle,  and  all  the  "pins  of  the  court  round 
about. 


The  ephod  and  breastplate. 


EXODUS,  39. 


Moses  views  the  work. 


CHAPTER  39. 

1  The  priestly  vestments.    32  Moses  views  and  approves. 

AND  of  Hhe  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  they 
-  made  b  cloths  of  service,  to  do  service  in  the  holy 
place,  and  made  the  holy  garments  for  Aar'on  ;  c  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Mo'seg. 

2  And  dhe  made  the  ephod  of  gold,  blue,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen. 

3  And  they  did  beat  the  gold  into  thin  plates,  and 
cut  it  into  wires,  to  work  it  in  the  blue,  and  in  the 
purple,  and  in  the  scarlet,  and  in  the  fine  linen,  with 
cunning  work. 

4  They  made  shoulderpieces  for  it,  to  couple  it  to- 
gether :  by  the  two  edges  was  it  coupled  together. 

5  And  the  e  curious  girdle  of  his  ephod,  that  was 
upon  it,  was  of  the  same,  according  to  the  work 
thereof ;  of  gold,  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  twined  linen  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'se§. 

6  If  And  ■'"they  wrought  a  onyx  stones  inclosed  in 
ouches  of  gold,  graven,  as  signets  are  graven,  with 
the  h names  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

7  And  he  put  them  on  the  shoulders  of  the  ephod, 
that  they  should  be  stones  for  a  i  memorial  to  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'ses.. 

8  If  And  J'he  made  the  breastplate  of  cunning  work, 
like  the  work  of  the  ephod  ;  of  gold,  blue,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen. 

9  It  was  foursquare;  they  made  the  breastplate 
double :  a  span  was  the  length  thereof,  and  a  span 
the  breadth  thereof,  being  doubled. 

10  And  k  they  set  in  it  four  rows  of  stones :  the 
first  row  ivas  a  ^ardius,  a  2l  topaz,  and  a  3m  carbun- 
cle :  this  was  the  first  row. 

11  And  the  second  row,  an in emerald,  a5 "sapphire, 
and  a  6p  diamond. 

12  And  the  third  row,  a  7ligure,  an  8  agate,  and  an 
9  amethyst. 

13  And  the  fourth  row,  a  Wg  beryl,  an  llr"onyx,  and 
a  12s  jasper  :  they  ivere  inclosed  in  ouches  of  gold  in 
their  inclosings. 

14  And  the  stones  were  according  to  the  names 
of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  twelve,  according  to  their 
names,  like  the  engravings  of  a  signet,  every  one 
with  his  name,  according  to  the  twelve  tribes. 

15  And  they  made  upon  the  breastplate  chains  at 
the  ends,  of  wreathen  work  of  pure  gold. 

16  And  they  made  two  ouches  of  gold,  and  two 
gold  rings  ;  and  put  the  two  rings  in  the  two  ends 
of  the  breastplate. 

17  And  they  put  the  two  wreathen  chains  of  gold 
in  the  two  rings  on  the  ends  of  the  breastplate. 

18  And  the  two  ends  of  the  two  wreathen  chains 
they  fastened  in  the  two  ouches,  and  put  them  on 
the  shoulderpieces  of  the  ephod,  before  it. 

19  And  they  made  two  rings  of  gold,  and  put  them 
on  the  two  ends  of  the  breastplate,  upon  the  border 
of  it,  which  was  on  the  side  of  the  ephod  inward. 

20  And  they  made  two  other  golden  rings,  and 
put  them  on  the  two  sides  of  the  ephod  underneath, 
toward  the  forepart  of  it,  over  against  the  other  cou- 
pling thereof,  above  the  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod. 

21  And  they  did  bind  the  breastplate  by  his  rings 


B.  C.  1491. 


a  ch.  35.  23. 

ich.  31.  10. 

ch.  35.  19. 

Ps.  93.  5. 

Ezek.  43.  12. 
c  ch.  28.  4. 

d  ch.  28.  G. 
'   Lev.  8.  7. 


e  Isa.  11.  5. 
Rev.  1.  13. 


/  ch.  28.  9. 
g  Job  28.  1G. 


h  Isa.  49.  1G. 
Rev.  2.  17. 


i  ch.  28.  12. 
Josh.  4.  7. 
Neh.  2.  20. 

j  ch.  28.  15. 
Isa.  59.  17. 


k  ch.  28.  17. 

1  Or,  ruby. 
Reuben's 
stone. 

2  Simeon's  stone. 

I  Job  28.  19. 

Ezek.  28.  13. 
Rev.  21. 19, 20. 

3  Levi's  stone. 
m  Isa.  54.  12. 

4  Judah's  stone. 
n  Ezek.  27.  1G. 

Rev.  4.  3. 

5  Issachar's 
stone. 

o  Job  28.  G. 

Song  5.  14. 

Isa.  54.  11. 
G  Zebulun's 

stone. 
p  Jer.  17.  1. 

7  Dan's  stone. 

8  Naphtali's 
stone. 

9  Gad's  stone. 

10  Asher's  stone. 
q  Dan.  10.  G. 

II  Joseph's 
stone. 

r  Job  28.  16. 

12  Benjamin's 
stone. 

s  Rev.  21.  11. 
t  ch.  28.  31. 
Lev.  8.  7. 

1  Sam.  2.  18. 

2  Sam.  G.  14. 
u  ch.  28.  33. 

The  pomegran- 
ates prevented 

the  bells  from 

striking 

against  each 

other. 
v  ch.  2C.  39,  40. 

Lev.  8.  13. 

Isa.  61.  10. 

Rom.  3.  22. 

Gal.  3.  27. 
w  ch.  28.  4,  39. 

Ezek.  44.  IS. 
zch.  28.  42. 

Lev.  6.  10. 

Lev.  1G.  4. 

Ezek.  44.  17. 
V  Ps.  93.  5. 

Zecli.  14.  20. 

Isa.  23.  18. 
t  ch.  25.  40. 
a  Heb.  9. 
b  Rev.  1.  13-20. 
cch.  27.  21. 

Matt.  5.  14. 

Phil.  2.  15. 

13  the  incense  of 
sweet  spices. 

d  ch.  38.  30. 

I  Ki.  S.  64. 
e  Rev.  3.  12. 


unto  the  rings  of  the  ephod  with  a  lace  of  blue,  that 
it  might  be  above  the  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod, 
and  that  the  breastplate  might  not  be  loosed  from 
the  ephod  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'ses.. 

22  If  And  'he  made  the  robe  of  the  ephod  of  woven 
work,  all  o/blue. 

23  And  there  was  an  hole  in  the  midst  of  the  robe, 
as  the  hole  of  an  habergeon,  with  a  band  round 
about  the  hole,  that  it  should  not  rend. 

24  And  they  made  upon  the  hems  of  the  robe 
pomegranates  of  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
twined  linen. 

25  And  they  made  u  bells  o/pure  gold,  and  put  the 
bells  between  the  pomegranates  upon  the  hem  of 
the  robe,  round  about  between  the  pomegranates  ; 

26  A  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  a  bell  and  a  pome- 
granate, round  about  the  hem  of  the  robe  to  minis- 
ter in ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'ses.. 

27  If  And  v  they  made  coats  of  fine  linen  of  woven 
work  for  Aar'on,  and  for  his  sons, 

28  And  wa  mitre  o/fine  linen,  and  goodly  bonnets 
of  fine  linen,  and  x  linen  breeches  of  fine  twined 
linen, 

29  And  a  girdle  of  fine  twined  linen,  and  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  of  needlework  ;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'seg. 

30  If  And  they  made  the  plate  of  the  holy  crown 
of  pure  gold,  and  wrote  upon  it  a  writing,  like  to 
the  engravings  of  a  signet,  ^HOLINESS  TO  THE 
LORD. 

31  And  they  tied  unto  it  a  lace  of  blue,  to  fasten 
it  on  high  upon  the  mitre  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'ses.. 

32  If  Thus  was  all  the  work  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  tent  of  the  congregation  finished  :  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el  did  According  to  all  that  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'seg,  so  did  they. 

33  IT  And  they  brought  "the  tabernacle  unto  Mo'- 
se§,  the  tent,  and  all  his  furniture,  his  taches,  his 
boards,  his  bars,  and  his  pillars,  and  his  sockets, 

34  And  the  covering  of  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and 
the  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and  the  veil  of  the 
covering, 

35  The  ark  of  the  testimony,  and  the  staves 
thereof,  and  the  mercy  seat, 

36  The  table,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  the 
shewbread, 

37  The  6pure  candlestick,  with  the  lamps  thereof, 
even  with  the  lamps  cto  be  set  in  order,  and  all  the 
vessels  thereof,  and  the  oil  for  light, 

38  And  the  golden  altar,  and  the  anointing  oil,  and 
13  the  sweet  incense,  and  the  hanging  for  the  taber- 
nacle door, 

39  The  <*brasen  altar,  and  his  grate  of  brass,  his 
staves,  and  all  his  vessels,  the  laver  and  his  foot, 

40  The  hangings  of  the  court,  his  pillars,  eand  his 
sockets,  and  the  hanging  for  the  court  gate,  his 
cords,  and  his  pins,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  ser- 
vice of  the  tabernacle,  for  the  tent  of  the  congre- 
gation, 

41  The  cloths  of  service  to  do  service  in  the  holy 
place,  and  the  holy  garments  for  Aar'on  the  priest, 

89 


Rearing  of  the  tabernacle. 


EXODUS,  40. 


The  covering  cloud. 


and  his  sons'  garments,  to  minister  in  the  priest's 
office. 

42  According  to  all   that  the   Lord  commanded 
Mo'geg,  so  the  children  of  Ig'ra-eKmade  all  the  work. 

43  And  Mo'geg  did  look  upon  all  the  work,  and, 
behold,  they  had  done  it  as  the  Lord  had  com- 


manded, even 
B  blessed  them. 


so   had   they  done  it :   and  Mo'ge§ 
CHAPTER   40. 


1  Bearing  of  the  tabernacle.     13  Sanctification  of  Aaron  and  his  sons.    34  The  covering 

cloud. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  On  the  first  day  of  the  "first  month  shalt 
thou  set  up  6the  tabernacle  of  the  tent  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

3  And  cthou  shalt  put  therein  the  ark  of  the  tes- 
timony, and  cover  the  ark  with  the  veil. 

4  And  dthou  shalt  bring  in  the  table,  and  set  ein 
order  xthe  things  that  are  to  be  set  in  order  upon 
it ;  and  thou  shalt  bring  in  the  candlestick,  and. 
light  the  lamps  thereof. 

5  And  thou  shalt  set  the  yaltar  of  gold  for  the 
incense  before  the  ark  of  the  testimony,  and  put 
the  hanging  of  the  door  to  the  tabernacle. 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offer- 
ing before  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  tent  of 
the  congregation. 

7  And  "thou  shalt  set  the  laver  between  the  tent 
of  the  congregation  and  the  altar,  and  shalt  put 
water  therein. 

8  And  thou  shalt  set  up  the  court  round  about, 
and  hang  up  the  hanging  at  the  court  gate. 

9  And  thou  shalt  take  Hhe  anointing  oil,  and  anoint 
the  tabernacle,  and  all  that  is  therein,  and  shalt 
hallow  it,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof  :  and  it  shall 
be  holy. 

10  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  altar  of  the  burnt 
offering,  and  all  his  vessels,  and  sanctify  the  altar : 
and  *it  shall  be  an  altar  2most  holy. 

11  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  laver  and  his  foot, 
and  sanctify  it. 

12  And j  thou  shalt  bring  Aar 'on  and  his  sons  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
wash  them  with  water. 

13  And  thou  shalt  put  upon  Aar 'on  the  holy  gar- 
ments, k  and  anoint  him,  and  sanctify  him  ;  that  he 
may  minister  unto  me  in  the  priest's  office. 

14  And  thou  shalt  bring  'his  sons,  and  clothe  them 
with  coats : 

15  And  thou  shalt  anoint  them,  as  thou  didst  anoint 
their  father,  that  they  may  minister  unto  me  in  the 
priest's  office  :  for  their  anointing  shall  surely  be 
man  everlasting  priesthood  throughout  their  genera- 
tions. 

16  Thus  did  Mo'geg  :  according  to  all  that  the 
Lord  commanded  him,  so  did  he. 

17  II  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  first  month  in  the 
second  year,  on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  that  the 
n  tabernacle  was  reared  up. 

18  And   Mo'geg   reared   up   the   tabernacle,  and 


B.  C.  1491. 


/ch.  35.  10. 


g  Gen.  14.  19.  ■ 
Lev.  9.  22. 
Num.  G.  23. 
Josh.  22.  6. 
2  Sam.  G.  18. 

1  Ki.  8.  14. 

2  Chr.  30.  27. 


a  ch.  12.  2. 

ch.  13.  4. 
b  ch.  25.  9. 

ch.  26.  1,  30. 

Num.  7.  1. 

Acts  7.  44,  45. 

Heb.  8.  2-5. 

Heb.  9.  2, 11. 

Rev.  21.  3. 
c  Num.  4.  5. 
d  ch.  2G.  35. 
e  Lev.  24.  5,  6. 
1  the  order 

thereof. 


f  Heb.  9.  24. 
Heb.  10. 19-22. 


g  ch.  30.  18. 


h  ch.  30.  23-26. 


i  ch.  29.  36. 

2  holiness  of 
holinesses. 

j  Lev.  8.  1-13. 
k  ch.  28.  41. 
I  Ps.  133.  2. 

Heb.  7.  23. 
m  Num.  25.  13. 

Heb.  7.  11. 

1  Pet.  2.  5,  9. 

Rev.  1.  6. 
n  Num.  7.  1. 

3  tables  of  the 
law. 

0  ch.  25.  16. 

Ps.  78.  5. 

Isa.  8.  20. 
p  ch.  35.  12. 
q  ch.  26.  35. 
r  ch.  26.  35. 
s  ch.  25.  37. 
t  ch.  30.  6. 
u  ch.  30.  7. 
v  ch.  26.  36. 
W  ch.  29.  38. 
x  ch.  30.  18. 
y  ch.  30.  19. 
z  ch.  27.  9, 16. 
a  Lev.  16.  2. 

Num.  9.  15. 

1  Ki.  8.  10. 

2  Chr.  5.  13. 
2  Chr.  7.  2. 
Isa.  6.  4. 
Ezek.  43.  4. 
Hag.  2.  7,  9. 
Rev.  15.  8. 

b  1  Ki.  8.  11. 

2  Chr.  5.  14. 

Ps.  78.  14. 
cNum.  10.  11. 

Neh.  9.  19. 

4  journeyed. 

d  Num.  9.  19-22. 
ech.  13.  21. 
Num.  9.  15. 


fastened  his  sockets,  and  set  up  the  boards  thereof, 
and  put  in  the  bars  thereof,  and  reared  up  his  pil- 
lars. 

19  And  he  spread  abroad  the  tent  over  the  taber- 
nacle, and  put  the  covering  of  the  tent  above  upon 
it ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

20  1  And  he  took  and  put  3othe  testimony  into  the 
ark,  and  set  the  staves  on  the  ark,  and  put  the  mercy 
seat  above  upon  the  ark  : 

21  And  he  brought  the  ark  into  the  tabernacle, 
and  yset  up  the  veil  of  the  covering,  and  covered 
the  ark  of  the  testimony  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'geg. 

22  T  And  5he  put  .the  table  in  the  tent  of  the  con- 
gregation, upon  the  side  of  the  tabernacle  north- 
ward, without  the  veil. 

23  And  he  set  the  bread  in  order  upon  it  before 
the  Lord  ;  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Mo'geg. 

24  1  And  rhe  put  the  candlestick  in  the  tent  of 
the  congregation,  over  against  the  table,  on  the  side 
of  the  tabernacle  southward. 

25  And  she  lighted  the  lamps  before  the  Lord  ;  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

26  II  And  'he  put  the  golden  altar  in  the  tent  of 
the  congregation  before  the  veil  : 

27  And  uhe  burnt  sweet  incense  thereon  ;  as  the 
Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

28  II  And  "he  set  up  the  hanging  at  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle. 

29  And  he  put  the  altar  of  burnt  offering  by  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  tent  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  w  offered  upon  it  the  burnt  offering 
and  the  meat  offering  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'geg. 

30  If  And  xhe  set  the  laver  between  the  tent  of  the 
congregation  and  the  altar,  and  put  water  there,  to 
wash  withal. 

31  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  and  his  sons  washed 
their  hands  and  their  feet  thereat : 

32  When  they  went  into  the  tent  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  when  they  came  near  unto  the  altar, 
they  washed  ;  ^as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

33  And  zhe  reared  up  the  court  round  about  the 
tabernacle  and  the  altar,  and  set  up  the  hanging  of 
the  court  gate.     So  Mo'geg  finished  the  work. 

34  If  Then  a  a  cloud  covered  the  tent  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  taber- 
nacle. 

35  And  Mo'geg6  was  not  able  to  enter  into  the  tent 
of  the  congregation,  because  the  cloud  abode  thereon, 
and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  tabernacle. 

36  And c  when  the  cloud  was  taken  up  from  over  the 
tabernacle,  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  4went  onward  in 
all  their  journeys : 

37  But  dif  the  cloud  were  not  taken  up,  then  they 
journeyed  not  till  the  day  that  it  was  taken  up. 

38  For  Hhe  cloud  of  the  Lord  was  upon  the  taber- 
nacle by  day,  and  fire  was  on  it  by  night,  in  the 
sight  of  all  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el,  throughout  all  their 
journeys. 


90 


THE   THIRD   BOOK   OF   MOSES,  CALLED 

LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  The  law  of  burnt  offerings.     10  Flocks.     14  Fowls. 

AND  the  Lord  "called  unto  Mo'seg,  and  spake 
-  6unto  him  out  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say  unto 
them, c  If  any  man  of  you  bring  an  offering  unto  the 
Lord,  ye  shall  bring  your  offering  of  the  cattle, 
even  of  the  herd,  and  of  the  flock. 

3  If  his  offering  be  a  burnt  sacrifice  of  the  herd, 
let  him  offer  a  male  d  without  blemish  :  he  shall 
offer  it  of  his  own  voluntary  will  at  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  before  the  Lord. 

4  And  ehe  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
burnt  offering  ;  and  it  shall  be  f  accepted  for  him 
to  "make  atonement  for  him. 

5  And  he  shall  kill  the  h  bullock  before  the  Lord  : 
*and  the  priests,  Aar'on's  sons,  shall  bring  the  blood, 
and  j  sprinkle  the  blood  round  about  upon  the  altar 
that  is  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

6-  And  he  shall  flay  the  burnt  offering,  and  cut  it 
into  his  pieces. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Aar'on  the  priest  shall  put  fire 
upon  the  altar,  and  k  lay  the  wood  in  order  upon  the 
fire  : 

8  And  the  priests,  Aar'on's  sons,  shall  lay  the  parts, 
the  head,  and  the  fat,  in  order  upon  the  wood  that 
is  on  the  fire  which  is  upon  the  altar : 

9  But  his  inwards  and  his  legs  shall  he  wash  in 
water  :  and  the  priest  shall  burn  all  on  the  altar,  to 
be  a  burnt  sacrifice,  an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a 
'sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

10  1  And  if  his  offering  be  of  the  flocks,  namely, 
of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats,  for  a  burnt  sacrifice  ; 
he  shall  bring  it  a  male  without  blemish. 

11  And  he  shall  kill  it  on  the  side  of  the  altar 
northward  before  the  Lord  :  and  the  priests,  Aar'- 
on's sons,  shall  sprinkle  his  blood  round  about  upon 
the  altar. 

12  And  he  shall  cut  it  into  his  pieces,  with  his  head 
and  his  fat  :  and  the  priest  shall  lay  them  in  order 
on  the  wood  that  is  on  the  fire  which  is  upon  the 
altar : 

13  But  he  shall  wash  the  inwards  and  the  legs  with 
water  :  and  the  priest  shall  bring  it  all,  and  burn  it 
upon  the  altar  :  it  is  a  burnt  sacrifice,  an  offering 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

14  If  And  if  the  burnt  sacrifice  for  his  offering  to 
the  Lord  be  of  fowls,  then  he  shall  bring  his  offer- 
ing of  "'turtledoves,  or  of  young  pigeons. 

15  And  the  priest  shall  bring  it  unto  the  altar,  and 
1  wring  off  his  head,  and  burn  it  on  the  altar  ;  and 
the  blood  thereof  shall  be  wrung  out  at  the  side  of 
the  altar : 

16  And  he  shall  pluck  away  his  crop  with  2his 
feathers,  and  cast  it  beside  the  altar  on  the  east  part, 
by  the  place  of  the  ashes  : 


B.  C.  1490. 


a  Ex.  19.  3. 
b  Num.  12.  4,  5. 


c  ch.  22.  18. 


d  Ex.  12.  5. 
ch.  3.  1. 
ch.  22.  20,  21. 
Dent.  15.  21. 
Mai.  1.  14. 
Eph.  5.  27. 
Heb.  9.  14. 

1  Pet.  1.  19. 
e  Ex.  29.  10. 

ch.  4.  15. 
ch.  8.  14. 
Isa.  53.  4. 

2  Cor.  5.  21. 
1  Pet.  2.  24. 

/  Isa.  56.  7. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

Phil.  4.  18. 
g  Num.  15.  25. 

Rom.  5.  11. 
h  Mic.  6.  6. 
i  Heb.  10.  11. 
j  Heb.  12.  24. 

1  Pet.  1.  2. 


k  Gen.  22.  9. 


ZGen.  8.  21. 

Ezek.  20.  28. 

2  Cor.  2.  15. 

Eph.  5.  2. 

Phil.  4.  18. 
m  ch.  5.  7. 

Luke  2.  24. 

1  Or,  pinch  off 
the  head  with 
the  nail. 

2  Or,  the  filth 
thereof. 

n  Gen.  15.  10. 


a  ch.  6.  14. 

ch.  9: 17. 

Num.  15.  4. 
b  ch.  5. 12. 

ch.  6.  15. 

ch.  24.  7. 

Isa.  66.  3. 

Acts  10.  4. 
c  ch.  7.  9. 

ch.  10.  12,  13. 
d  Ex.  29.  37. 

Num.  18.  9. 
e  Ex.  29.  2. 

1  Or,  on  a  flat 
plate,  or,  slice. 

/Ex.  29.  18. 

Rom.  12.  1. 
g  Ex.  29.  18,  37. 
h  ch.  6.  17. 

Matt.  16.  12. 

Mark  8.  15. 

Luke  12.  1. 

1  Cor.  5.  8. 

Gal.  5.  9. 
i  Ex.  22.  29. 

ch.  23.  10,  11. 

Deut.  26.  10. 

2  ascend. 

j  Mark  9.  49. 

Col.  4.  6. 
k  Num.  18.  19. 
I  Ezek.  43.  24. 
m  Ex.  23.  19. 

Prov.  3.  9. 
n  ch.  23.  10,  14. 


17  And  he  shall  cleave  it  with  the  wings  thereof, 
but  n shall  not  divide  it  asunder:  and  the  priest 
shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar,  upon  the  wood  that  is 
upon  the  fire  :  it  is  a  burnt  sacrifice,  an  offering 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  The  law  of  meat  offering.      13  Salt  of  the  offering. 

A  ND  when  any  will  offer  aa  meat  offering  unto 
-^-  the  Lord,  his  offering  shall  be  of  fine  flour ; 
and  he  shall  pour  oil  upon  it,  and  put  frankincense 
thereon : 

2  And  he  shall  bring  it  to  Aar'on's  sons  the  priests : 
and  he  shall  take  thereout  his  handful  of  the  flour 
thereof,  and  of  the  oil  thereof,  with  all  the  frankin- 
cense thereof  ;  and  the  priest  shall  burn  Hhe  me- 
morial of  it  upon  the  altar,  to  be  an  offering  made 
by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  : 

3  And  cthe  remnant  of  the  meat  offering  shall  be 
Aar'on's  and  his  sons' :  d it  is  a  thing  most  holy  of 
the  offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by  fire. 

4  If  And  if  thou  bring  an  oblation  of  a  meat  offer- 
ing baken  in  the  oven,  it  shall  be  unleavened  cakes 
of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil,  or  unleavened  wafers 
e  anointed  with  oil. 

5  If  And  if  thy  oblation  be  a  meat  offering  baken 
Mn  a  pan,  it  shall  be  of  fine  flour  unleavened, 
mingled  with  oil. 

6  Thou  shalt  part  it  in  pieces,  and  pour  oil  there- 
on :  it  'is  a  meat  offering. 

7  H  And  if  thy  oblation  be  a  meat  offering  baken 
in  the  f  ryingpan,  it  shall  be  made  of  fine  flour  with 
oil. 

8  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  meat  offering  that  is 
made  of  these  things  unto  the  Lord  :  and  when  it 
is  presented  unto  the  priest,  he  shall  bring  it  unto 
the  altar. 

9  And  the  priest  shall  take  from  the  meat  offer- 
ing a  memorial  thereof,  and  shall  burn  it  upon  the 
altar  :  it  is  an  -Offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord. 

10  And  that  which  is  left  of  the  meat  offering 
shall  be  Aar'on's  and  his  sons'  :  it  is  a  thing  most 
holy  of  the  offerings  of  the  Lord  ffmade  by  fire. 

11  No  meat  offering,  which  ye  shall  bring  unto 
the  Lord,  shall  be  made  with  h  leaven  :  for  ye  shall 
burn  no  leaven,  nor  any  honey,  in  any  offering  of 
the  Lord  made  by  fire. 

12  If  As  'for  the  oblation  of  the  firstfruits,  ye 
shall  offer  them  unto  the  Lord  :  but  they  shall  not 
2  be  burnt  on  the  altar  for  a  sweet  savour. 

13  And  every  oblation  of  thy  meat  offering  shalt 
J'thou  season  with  salt ;  neither  shalt  thou  suffer 
the  fesalt  of  the  covenant  of  thy  God  to  be  lacking 
from  thy  meat  offering  :  with  zall  thine  offerings 
thou  shalt  offer  salt. 

14  And  if  thou  offer  a  meat  offering  of  thy  m  first- 
fruits  unto  the   Lord,  thou  "shalt  offer   for  the 

91 


The  peace  offering. 


LEVITICUS,  3,  4. 


Of  sin  offerings. 


meat  offering  of  thy  firstfruits  green  ears  of  corn 
dried  by  the  fire,  even  corn  beaten  out  of  "full  ears. 

15  And  thou  shalt  put  oil  upon  it,  and  lay  frank- 
incense thereon  :  it  is  a  meat  offering. 

16  And  the  priest  shall  burn  the  memorial  of  it, 
part  of  the  beaten  corn  thereof,  and  part  of  the 
oil  thereof,  with  all  the  frankincense  thereof  :  it  is 
an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  The  law  of  peace,  offerings.    7  A  lamb. 

AND  if  his  oblation  be  a  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
-  ing,  if  he  offer  it  of  the  herd  ;  whether  it  be 
a  male  or  female,  he  shall  offer  it  without  blemish 
before  the  Lord. 

2  And  6he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  his 
offering,  and  kill  it  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  :  and  Aar'on's  sons  the  priests 
shall  sprinkle  the  blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

3  And  he  shall  offer  of  the  sacrifice  of  the  peace 
offering  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  ; 
the  1fat  that  covereth  the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat 
that  is  upon  the  inwards, 

4  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  on 
them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the  2caul  above 
the  liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he  take  away. 

5  And  Aar'on's  sons  c shall  burn  it  on  the  altar 
upon  the  burnt  sacrifice,  which  is  upon  the  wood 
that  is  on  the  fire  :  it  is  an  offering  made  by  fire, 
of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

6  If  And  if  his  offering  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace 
offering  unto  the  Lord  be  of  the  flock  ;  male  or 
female,  he  shall  offer  it  d  without  blemish. 

7  If  he  offer  a  lamb  for  his  offering,  then  shall  he 
offer  it  before  the  Lord. 

8  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  his 
offering,  and  kill  it  before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  :  and  Aar'on's  sons  shall  sprinkle  the 
blood  thereof  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

9  And  he  shall  offer  of  the  sacrifice  of  the  peace 
offering  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  ; 
the  fat  thereof,  and  the  whole  rump,  it  shall  he 
take  off  hard  by  the  backbone ;  and  the  fat  that 
covereth  the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon 
the  inwards, 

10  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the  caul  above 
the  liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he  take  away. 

11  And  the  priest  shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar  : 
it  is  ethe  food  of  the  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord. 

12  If  And  if  his  offering  be  a  goat,  then  he  shall 
offer  it  before  the  Lord. 

13  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  it, 
and  kill  it  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion :  and  the  sons  of  Aar'on  shall  sprinkle  the 
blood  thereof  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

14  And  he  shall  offer  thereof  his  offering,  even  an 
offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  ;  the  fat  that 
covereth  the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon 
the  inwards, 

15  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 

92 


B.  C.  1490. 


o  2  Ki.  4.  42. 


a  ch.  22.  21. 


6  Ex.  29.  10. 
Num.  8.  12. 
Isa.  53.  4. 
2  Cor.  5.  21. 
Heb.  9.  28. 
1  Pet.  2.  24. 
1  Pet.  3.  18. 


1  Or,  suet. 


2  Or,  midriff 
over  the  liver, 
and  over  the 
kidneys. 

c  Ex.  29.  13. 
1  Sam.  2.  15, 
10. 


<7  2  Cor.  5.  21. 

Tit.  2.  11,  12. 

Heb.  7.  20,  27. 

1  Pet.  1.  19. 
ech.  21.  0,  8,  17, 

21,  22. 

ch.  22.  25. 

Ezek.  44.  7. 

Mai.  1.  7,  12. 
/ch.  7.23.1 

1  Sam.  2.  15. 

2  Chr.  7.  7. 
g  ch.  0.  18. 

ch.  7.  36. 

ch.  17.  7. 

ch.  23.  14. 
3  Compare 

Deut.  62.  14, 

with 

Neh.  8.  10. 
h  Gen.  9.  4. 

ch.  17.  10. 

Deut.  12.  10. 

1  Sam.  14.  33. 

Ezek.  44.  7,15. 

Rom.  14.  20- 

23. 


a  ch.  5.  15, 17. 
Num.  15.  22. 

1  Sam.  14.  27. 
Ps.  19.  12. 

b  ch.  8.  12. 

ch.  21.  10,  12. 

Heb.  5.  3. 
c  ch.  9.  2. 
d  ch.  1.  3,  4. 
e  ch.  10.  14. 

Num.  19.  4. 

Heb.  9.  13. 
/Isa.  42.  21. 

John  8.  29. 

Rom.  3.  24. 

2  Cor.  5.  19. 
Eph.  2.  13. 
Rev.  5.  9. 

g  ch.  8.  15. 

ch.  9.  9. 

ch.  16.  18. 

Heb.  9.  21-25. 
h  ch.  5.  9. 
i  Ex.  29.  14. 

Num.  19.  5. 

1  to  without  the 
camp. 

/ch.  0.  11. 
'k  Heb.  13.  11. 

2  at  the  pouring 
out  of  the 
ashes. 

I  Num.  15.  24. 

Josh.  7.  11. 
m  ch.  5.  2,  3,  4, 

17. 


them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the  caul  above  the 
liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he  take  away. 

16  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the  altar  : 
it  is  the  food  of  the  offering  made  by  fire  for  a 
sweet  savour  :  •'"all  the  fat  is  the  Lord's. 

17  It  shall  be  a g  perpetual  statute  for  your  gener- 
ations throughout  all  your  dwellings,  that  ye  eat 
neither  3fat  nor  h  blood. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  The  law  of  sin  offerings.    13  Made  for  the  congregation. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-£*-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying, 
aIf  a  soul  shall  sin  through  ignorance  against  any 
of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  concerning  things 
which  ought  not  to  be  done,  and  shall  do  against 
any  of  them  : 

3  If  6the  priest  that  is  anointed  do  sin  according 
to  the  sin  of  the  people  ;  then  let  him  bring  for  his 
sin,  which  he  hath  sinned,  a  young  "bullock  without 
blemish  unto  the  Lord  for  a  sin  offering. 

4  And  he  shall  bring  the  bullock  unto  d  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  before  the  Lord  ; 
and  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  bullock's  head,  and 
kill  the  bullock  before  the  Lord. 

5  And  the  priest  that  is  anointed  shall  e  take  of 
the  bullock's  blood,  and  bring  it  to  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  : 

6  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  finger  in  the  blood, 
and  sprinkle  of  the  blood  seven  times  before  the 
•'"Lord,  before  the  veil  of  the  sanctuary. 

7  And  the  priest  shall  ffput  some  of  the  blood  upon 
the  horns  of  the  altar  of  sweet  incense  before  the 
Lord,  which  is  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion ;  and  shall  pour  /( all  the  blood  of  the  bullock 
at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering, 
which  is  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

8  And  he  shall  take  off  from  it  all  the  fat  of  the 
bullock  for  the  sin  offering  ;  the  fat  that  covereth 
the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon  the  inwards, 

9  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the  caul  above 
the  liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he  take  away, 

10  As  it  was  taken  off  from  the  bullock  of  the 
sacrifice  of  peace  offerings  :  and  the  priest  shall 
burn  them  upon  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering. 

11  And  'the  skin  of  the  bullock,  and  all  his  flesh, 
with  his  head,  and  with  his  legs,  and  his  inwards, 
and  his  dung, 

12  Even  the  whole  bullock  shall  he  carry  forth 
Without  the  camp  unto  a  clean  place, j  where  the 
ashes  are  poured  out,  and  *burn  him  on  the  wood 
with  fire  :  2  where  the  ashes  are  poured  out  shall 
he  be  burnt. 

13  If  And  'if  the  whole  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el  sin 
through  ignorance,  m  and  the  thing  be  hid  from  the 
eyes  of  the  assembly,  and  they  have  done  somewhat 
against  any  of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  con- 
cerning things  which  should  not  be  done,  and  are 
guilty  ; 

14  When  the  sin,  which  they  have  sinned  against 


Of  sin  offerings. 


LEVITICUS,  5. 


Of  trespass  offerings. 


it,  is  known,  then  the  congregation  shall  offer  a 
young  bullock  for  the  sin,  and  bring  him  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

15  And  the  elders  of  the  congregation  shall  "lay 
their  hands  upon  the  head  of  the  bullock  before  the 
Lord  :  and  the  bullock  shall  be  killed  before  the 
Lord. 

16  And  "the  priest  that  is  anointed  shall  bring  of 
the  bullock's  blood  to  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation : 

17  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  finger  in  some  of 
the  blood,  and  sprinkle  it  seven  times  before  the 
Lord,  even  before  the  veil. 

18  And  he  shall  put  some  of  the  blood  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  which  is  before  the  Lord,  that  is 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  shall  pour 
out  all  the  blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  of  the 
burnt  offering,  which  is  at  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation. 

19  And  he  shall  take  all  his  fat  from  him,  and  burn 
it  upon  the  altar. 

20  And  he  shall  do  with  the  bullock  as  he  did  with 
the  bullock  for  a  sin  offering,  so  shall  he  do  with 
this  :  pand  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
them,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  them. 

21  And  he  shall  carry  forth  the  bullock  without 
the  camp,  and  burn  him  as  he  burned  the  first  bul- 
lock :  it  is  sl  sin  offering  for  the  congregation. 

22  H  When  a  'ruler  hath  sinned,  and  done  somewhat 
through  ignorance  against  any  of  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  his  God  concerning  things  which 
should  not  be  done,  and  is  guilty  ; 

23  Or  if  his  sin,  wherein  he  hath  sinned,  come  to 
his  knowledge  ;  he  shall  bring  his  offering,  a  kid  of 
the  goats,  a  male  without  blemish  : 

24  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
goat,  and  kill  it  in  the  place  where  they  kill  the 
burnt  offering  before  the  Lord  :  it  is  a  sin  offering. 

25  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the 
sin  offering  with  his  finger,  and  put  it  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  of  burnt  offering,  and  shall  pour 
out  his  blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  of  burnt 
offering. 

26  And  he  shall  burn  all  his  fat  upon  the  altar,  as 
rthe  fat  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings  :  sand  the 
priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him  as  concern- 
ing his  sin,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

27  H  And  'if  3any  one  of  the  4 common  people  sin 
through  ignorance,  while  he  doeth  somewhat  against 
any  of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  concerning 
things  which  ought  not  to  be  done,  and  be  guilty ; 

28  Or  "if  his  sin,  which  he  hath  sinned,  come  to 
his  knowledge  :  then  he  shall  bring  his  offering,  a 
kid  of  the  goats,  a  female  without  blemish,  for  his 
sin  which  he  hath  sinned. 

29  And  whe  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
sin  offering,  and  slay  the  sin  offering  in  the  place 
of  the  burnt  offering. 

30  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  thereof 
with  his  finger,  and  put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the 
altar  of  burnt  offering,  and  shall  pour  out  all  the 
blood  thereof  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar. 


B.  C.  1490. 


n  Ex.  29.  10,  15, 

19. 

ch.  1.  4. 

ch.  3.  2,  8,  13. 

ch.  8.  14,  Z2. 

ch.  1G.  21. 

Isa.  53.  G. 

Matt.  8.  17. 

Heb.  9.  28. 

1  Pet.  2.  24. 
o  Heb.  9.  12-14. 


p  Num.  15.  25. 
Dan.  9.  24. 
Rom.  5.  11. 
Heb.  2.  17. 
Heb.  10.  10-12. 
1  John  1.  7. 

1  John  2.  2. 
q  Ex.  18.  21. 

Num.  16.  2. 

2  Sam.  21.  1-3. 
2  Sam.  24. 
10-17. 

Ezra  9.  2. 

Acts  3.  17. 
r  ch.  3.  5. 
s  Num.  15.  28. 
t  Num.  15.  27. 

Eccl.  7.  20. 

3  any  soul. 

4  people  of  the 
land. 

u  verse  23. 
V  verses  4,  24. 
w  ch.  3.  14. 
x  ch.  3.  3. 
y  Ex.  29.  18. 

ch.  1.  9. 

Ezra  6.  10. 
0  verse  26. 
a  Isa.  53.  7. 

Johnl.  29. 

Acts  8.  32. 

1  Pet.  1.  19. 

Rev.  5.  6-14. 

Rev.  13.  8. 
b  verse  28. 
c  ch.  3.  5. 
d  Dan.  9.  24. 

Rom.  5.  11. 

Heb.  9.  8,  28. 

1  John  1.  7. 

1  John  2.  2. 


al  Ki.  8.  31. 

Prov.  29.  24. 

Matt.  2G.  G3. 
h  Gen.  17.  14. 

ch.  7.  18. 

ch.  17.  16. 

ch.  19.  8. 

ch.  20.  17. 

Num.  9.  13. 
cch.  11.24,28, 

31,  39. 

Num.19.  11, 

13,  16. 
<2ch.  12.  1,  2. 

ch.  13.  1,  2. 

ch.  15.  1,  2. 
e  That  is, 

rashly,  as 

1  Sam.  14.  24. 
/ 1  Sam.  25.  22. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

Acts  23.  12. 
(I  Mark  6.  23. 
h  ch.  26.  40. 

Num.  5.  7. 

Ezra  10.  11. 
i-ch.  14.  21. 

1  his  hand  can- 
not reach  to 
the  sufficiency 
of  a  lamb. 

2  Or,  pinch  off 
the  head  with 
the  nail. 


31  And  whe  shall  take  away  all  the  fat  thereof, 
xas  the  fat  is  taken  away  from  off  the  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings  ;  and  the  priest  shall  burn  it  upon 
the  altar  for  a  "  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  *and 
the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him,  and  it 
shall  be  forgiven  him. 

32  And  if  he  bring  a  alamb  for  a  sin  offering,  6he 
shall  bring  it  a  female  without  blemish. 

33  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
sin  offering,  and  slay  it  for  a  sin  offering  in  the 
place  where  they  kill  the  burnt  offering. 

34  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the 
sin  offering  with  his  finger,  and  put  it  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  of  burnt  offering,  and  shall  pour 
out  all  the  blood  thereof  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar : 

35  And  he  shall  take  away  all  the  fat  thereof,  as 
the  fat  of  the  lamb  is  taken  away  from  the  sacri- 
fice of  the  peace  offerings  ;  and  the  priest  shall 
burn  them  upon  the  altar,  according  to  cthe  offer- 
ings made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  :  and  the  priest 
shall  make  an  d  atonement  for  his  sin  that  he  hath ' 
committed,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Law  of  trespass  offerings.    14  Sacrilege.     17  Ignorance. 

AND  if  a  soul  sin,  aand  hear  the  voice  of  swear- 
■£*-  ing,  and  is  a  witness,  whether  he  hath  seen  or 
known  of  it ;  if  he  do  not  utter  it,  then  he  shall  6bear 
his  iniquity. 

2  Or  c  if  a  soul  touch  any  unclean  thing,  whether 
it  be  a  carcase  of  an  unclean  beast,  or  a  carcase  of 
unclean  cattle,  or  the  carcase  of  unclean  creeping 
things,  and  if  it  be  hidden  from  him  ;  he  also  shall 
be  unclean,  and  guilty. 

3  Or  if  he  touch  the  rfuncleannessof  man,  whatso- 
ever uncleanness  it  be  that  a  man  shall  be  defiled 
withal,  and  it  be  hid  from  him  ;  when  he  knoweth 
of  it,  then  he  shall  be  guilty. 

4  Or  if  a  soul  swear,  e  pronouncing  with  his  lips 
7 to  do  evil,  or  "to  do  good,  whatsoever  it  be  that  a  man 
shall  pronounce  with  an  oath,  and  it  be  hid  from 
him  ;  when  he  knoweth  of  it,  then"  he  shall  be  guilty 
in  one  of  these. 

5  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  shall  be  guilty  in  one 
of  these  things,  that  he  shall  *  confess  that  he  hath 
sinned  in  that  thing  : 

6  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass  offering  unto  the 
Lord  for  his  sin  which  he  hath  sinned,  a  female 
from  the  flock,  a  lamb  or  a  kid  of  the  goats,  for  a  sin 
offering  ;  and  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement 
for  him  concerning  his  sin. 

7  And  Mf  xhe  be  not  able  to  bring  a  lamb,  then  he 
shall  bring  for  his  trespass,  which  he  hath  com- 
mitted, two  turtledoves,  or  two  young  pigeons,  unto 
the  Lord  ;  one  for  a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for 
a  burnt  offering. 

8  And  he  shall  bring  them  unto  the  priest,  who 
shall  offer  that  which  is  for  the  sin  offering  first, 
and  2  wring  off  his  head  from  his  neck,  but  shall  not 
divide  it  asunder  : 

9  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the  blood  of  the  sin  of- 
fering upon  the  side  of  the  altar ;  and  the  rest  of 

93 


Of  trespass  offerings. 


LEVITICUS,  6. 


Laws  of  the  offerings. 


the  blood  shall  be  wrung  out  at  the  bottom  of  the 
altar  :  it  is  a  sin  offering. 

10  And  he  shall  offer  the  second  for  a  burnt  offer- 
ing, according  to  the jZ manner  :  and  the  priest  shall 
make  an  atonement  for  him  for  his  sin  which  he 
hath  sinned,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

11  Tf  But  if  he  be  not  able  to  bring  two  turtle- 
doves, or  two  young  pigeons,  then  he  that  sinned 
shall  bring  for  his  offering  the  tenth  part  of  an 
ephah  of  fine  flour  for  a  sin  offering  ;  khe  shall  put 
no  oil  upon  it,  neither  shall  he  put  any  frankin- 
cense thereon  :  for  it  is  a  sin  offering. 

12  Then  shall  he  bring  it  to  the  priest,  and  the 
priest  shall  take  his  handful  of  it,  even  a  memorial 
thereof,  and  burn  it  on  the  altar,  according  zto  the 
offerings  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  :  it  is  a  sin 
offering. 

13  And  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him 
as  touching  his  sin  that  he  hath  sinned  in  one  of 
these,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him  :  and  the  rem- 
nant shall  be  the  priest's,  as  a  meat  offering. 

14  T  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

15  If  ma  soul  commit  a  trespass,  and  sin  through 
ignorance,  in  the  holy  things  of  the  Lord  ;  then  'lhe 
shall  bring  for  his  trespass  unto  the  Lord  a  ram 
without  blemish  out  of  the  flocks,  with  thy  estima- 
tion by  shekels  of  silver,  after  °the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary,  for  a  trespass  offering : 

16  And  he  shall  make  amends  for  the  harm  that 
he  hath  done  in  the  holy  thing,  and  v  shall  add  the 
fifth  part  thereto,  and  give  it  unto  the  priest :  q  and 
the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him  with  the 
ram  of  the  trespass  offering,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven 
him. 

17  If  And  if  a  soul  sin,  and  commit  any  of  these 
things  which  are  forbidden  to  be  done  by  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  ;  r  though  he  wist  it  not, 
yet  is  he  guilty,  and  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

18  And  he  shall  bring  a  ram  without  blemish  out  of 
the  flock,  with  thy  estimation,  for  a  trespass  offer- 
ing, unto  the  priest :  and  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  him  concerning  his  ignorance  wherein 
he  erred  and  wist  it  not,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

19  It  is  a  trespass  s offering:  'he  hath  certainly 
trespassed  against  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Law  for  sins  done  wittingly.    24  Laws  of  sin  offerings. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-  2  If  a  soul  sin,  and  "commit  a  trespass  against 
the  Lord,  and  6lie  unto  his  neighbour  in  that c  which 
was  delivered  him  to  keep,  or  in x  fellowship,  or  in  a 
thing  taken  away  by  violence,  or  hath  d  deceived  his 
neighbour ; 

3  Or  ehave  found  that  which  was  lost,  and  lieth 
concerning  it,  and  -^sweareth  falsely ;  in  any  of  all 
these  that  a  man  doeth,  sinning  therein : 

4  Then  it  shall  be,  because  he  hath  sinned,  and  is 
guilty,  that  he  shall  restore  that  which  he  took  vio- 
lently away,  or  the  thing  which  he  hath  deceitfully 
gotten,  or  that  which  was  delivered  him  to  keep,  or 
the  lost  thing  which  he  found, 

94 


B.  C.  1490. 


jch:  1.  14. 

3  Or,  ordinance. 


k  Num.  5.  15. 


I  ch.  4.  35. 


m  ch.  22.  14. 
n  Ezra  10.  19. 


o  Ex.  30.  13. 
ch.  27.  25. 


p  ch.  6.  5. 

ch.  22.  14. 

ch.  27.  13,  15, 

27,  31. 

Num.  5.  7. 
q  ch.  4.  26. 

Heb.  9.  13,  14. 
r  Ps.  19.  12. 

Luke  12,  48. 

Heb.  5.  2. 
s  Isa.  53.  10. 
t  Ezra  10.  2. 


a  Num.  5.  6. 
*  ch.  19.  11. 

Acts  5.  4. 

Col.  3.  9. 
c  Ex.  22.  7,  10. 

1  putting  of  the 
hand,  or,  in 
dealing. 

d  Prov.  24.  28. 

Prov.  26.  19. 
e  Deut.  22.  1. 
/Ex.22.  11. 

ch.  19.  12. 

Jer.  7.  9. 

Zech.  5.  4. 
g  ch.  5.  16. 

Num.  5.  7. 

2  Sam.  12.  6. 

Luke  19.  8. 

2  in  the  day  of 
his  trespass, 
or,  in  the  day 
of  his  being 
found  guilty. 

h  Ex.  12.  5. 
ch.  3.  1. 
ch.  22.  20,  21. 
Deut.  15.  21. 
Eph.  5.  27. 
1  Tim.  2.  5,  6. 
Heb.  9.  14. 

3  Or,  for  the 
burning. 

i  Ex.  28.  39-43. 

ch.  16.  4. 

Ezek.  44.  17. 
j  Ps.  50.  3. 

Isa.  33.  14. 

Dan.  7.  10. 
k  Num.  15.  4. 
I  Num.  18.  10. 
in  ch.  2.  11. 
n  Num.  18.  9,  10. 
o  Ex.  29.  37. 
p  Num.  18.  10. 
q  ch.  3.  17. 
r  Ex.  29.  37. 

ch.  22.  3. 
s  Ex.  29.  2. 
/  Ex.  16.  36. 


5  Or  all  that  about  which  he  hath  sworn  falsely ; 
he  shall  even  9  restore  it  in  the  principal,  and  shall 
add  the  fifth  part  more  thereto,  and  give  it  unto 
him  to  whom  it  appertaineth,  2in  the  day  of  his 
trespass  offering. 

6  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass  offering  unto 
the  Lord,  a  ram  without  ''blemish  out  of  the  flock, 
with  thy  estimation,  for  a  trespass  offering,  unto  the 
priest : 

7  And  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him 
before  the  Lord  :  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him  for 
any  thing  of  all  that  he  hath  done  in  trespassing 
therein. 

8  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

9  Command  Aar'on  and  his  sons,  saying,  This  is 
the  law  of  the  burnt  offering :  It  is  the  burnt  offer- 
ing, 3  because  of  the  burning  upon  the  altar  all  night 
unto  the  morning,  and  the  fire  of  the  altar  shall  be 
burning  in  it. 

10  And  Hhe  priest  shall  put  on  his  linen  garment, 
and  his  linen  breeches  shall  he  put  upon  his  flesh, 
and  take  up  the  ashes  which  the  fire  hath  consumed 
with  the  burnt  offering  on  the  altar,  and  he  shall  put 
them  beside  the  altar. 

11  And  he  shall  put  off  his  garments,  and  put  on 
other  garments,  and  carry  forth  the  ashes  without 
the  camp  unto  a  clean  place. 

12  And  the  fire  upon  the  altar  shall  be  burning  in 
it ;  it  shall  not  be  put  out :  and  the  priest  shall  burn 
wood  on  it  every  morning,  and  lay  the  burnt  offer- 
ing in  order  upon  it ;  and  he  shall  burn  thereon  the 
fat  of  the  peace  offerings. 

13  The  yfire  shall  ever  be  burning  upon  the  altar; 
it  shall  never  go  out. 

14  H  And  k  this  is  the  law  of  the  meat  offering :  the 
sons  of  Aar'on  shall  offer  it  before  the  Lord,  before 
the  altar. 

15  And  he  shall  take  of  it  his  handful,  of  the  flour 
of  the  meat  offering,  and  of  the  oil  thereof,  and  all 
the  frankincense  which  is  upon  the  meat  offering, 
and  shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar  for  a  sweet  savour, 
even  the  memorial  of  it,  unto  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  remainder  thereof  shall  Aar'on  and  his 
sons  eat :  'with  unleavened  bread  shall  it  be  eaten  in 
the  holy  place ;  in  the  court  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  they  shall  eat  it. 

17  It  m  shall  not  be  baken  with  leaven.  nl  have 
given  it  unto  them  for  their  portion  of  my  offerings 
made  by  fire ;  °  it  is  most  holy,  as  is  the  sin  offering, 
and  as  the  trespass  offering. 

18  PA11  the  males  among  the  children  of  Aar'on 
shall  eat  of  it.  QIt  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  in 
your  generations  concerning  the  offerings  of  the 
Lord  made  by  fire :  r  every  one  that  toucheth  them 
shall  be  holy. 

19  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

20  This  sis  the  offering  of  Aar'on  and  of  his  sons, 
which  they  shall  offer  unto  the  Lord  in  the  day 
when  he  is  anointed;  the  tenth  part  of  an  'ephah 
of  fine  flour  for  a  meat  offering  perpetual,  half  of  it 
in  the  morning,  and  half  thereof  at  night. 

21  In  a  pan  it  shall  be  made  with  oil ;  and  when 


Laws  of  the 


LEVITICUS,  7. 


various  offerings. 


it  is  baken,  thou  shalt  bring  it  in  :  and  the  baken 
pieces  of  the  meat  offering-  shalt  thou  offer  for  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

22  And  the  priest  of  his  sons  that  is  anointed  in 
his  stead  shall  offer  it :  it  is  a  statute  for  ever  unto 
the  Lord  ;  u  it  shall  be  wholly  burnt. 

23  For  every  meat  offering  for  the  priest  shall  be 
wholly  burnt :  it  shall  not  be  eaten. 

24  IF  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

25  Speak  unto  Aar'on  and  to  his  sons,  saying, 
This  is  the  law  of  the  sin  offering :  "  In  the  place 
where  the  burnt  offering  is  killed  shall  the  sin  of- 
fering be  killed  before  the  Lord  :  w  it  is  most  holy. 

26  The  x  priest  that  offereth  it  for  sin  shall  eat  it : 
in  the  holy  place  shall  it  be  eaten,  in  the  court  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

27  y  Whatsoever  shall  touch  the  flesh  thereof  shall 
be  holy :  and  when  there  is  sprinkled  of  the  blood 
thereof  upon  any  garment,  thou  shalt  wash  that 
whereon  it  was  sprinkled  in  the  holy  place. 

28  But  the  earthen  vessel  wherein  it  is  sodden 
z  shall  be  broken :  and  if  it  be  sodden  in  a  brasen 
pot,  it  shall  be  both  scoured,  and  rinsed  in  water. 

29  "All  the  males  among  the  priests  shall  eat  there- 
of :  it  is  most  holy. 

30  And  b  no  sin  offering,  whereof  any  of  the  blood 
is  brought  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
to  reconcile  withal  in  the  holy  place,  shall  be  eaten  : 
it  shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Laws  of  the  various  offerings.    12  Thanksgiving.    28  The  priests'  portion. 

LIKEWISE  a  this  is  the  law  of  the  trespass  offer- 
ing :  6  it  is  most  holy. 

2  In  c  the  place  where  they  kill  the  burnt  offering 
shall  they  kill  the  trespass  offering :  and  the  blood 
thereof  shall  he  sprinkle  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

3  And  he  shall  offer  of  it  d  all  the  fat  thereof ;  the 
rump,  and  the  fat  that  covereth  the  inwards, 

4  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  on 
them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the  caul  that  is 
above  the  liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he  take 
away  : 

5  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the  altar 
for  an  e  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  :  it  is 
a  trespass  offering. 

6  7Every  male  among  the  priests  shall  eat  thereof : 
it  shall  be  eaten  in  the  holy  place :  ffit  is  most  holy. 

7  As  the  sin  offering  is,  so  is  Hhe  trespass  offer- 
ing :  there  is  one  law  for  them  :  the  priest  that  mak- 
eth  atonement  therewith  shall  have  it. 

8  And  the  priest  that  offereth  any  man's  burnt  of- 
fering, even  the  priest  shall  have  to  himself  the  skin 
of  the  burnt  offering  which  he  hath  offered. 

9  And  'all  the  meat  offering  that  is  baken  in  the 
oven,  and  all  that  is  dressed  in  the  fryingpan,  and 
Mn  the  pan,  shall  be  the j  priest's  that  offereth  it. 

10  And  every  meat  offering,  mingled  with  oil,  and 
dry,  shall  all  the  sons  of  Aar'on  have,  one  as  much 
as  another. 

11  And  Hhis  is  the  law  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace 
offerings,  which  he  shall  offer  unto  the  Lord. 


B.  C.  1490. 


u  Ex.  29.  25. 
Isa.  53.  10. 
Dan.  9.  26. 
1  Tim.  2.  6. 


v  ch.  4.  24,  29. 


w  ch.  21.  22. 
Ps.  93.  5. 

X  Num.  18.  9. 
Ezek  44. 
27,  28. 


y  Ex.  29.  37. 
Ex.  30.  29. 


2  ch.  11.  33. 
ch.  15.  12. 


a  Num.  18.  10. 


6  ch.  16.  27. 
Heb.  13.  11. 


a  ch.  5.  1-6. 

ch.  6.  1-7. 
b  Ex.  29.  37. 

ch.  6.  17. 

ch.  21.  22. 
c  ch.  4.  24,  29, 

33. 
d  Ex.  29.  13. 

eh.  3.  4,  9, 

10,  14,  15. 

ch.  4.  8,  9. 
e  Tit.  2.  14. 

Heb.  9.  28. 
/ch.  6.  16. 

Num.  18.  9. 
g  ch.  2.  3. 

Ps.  93.  5. 
h  ch.  G.  25. 

ch.  14.  13. 
i  ch.  2.  3,  10. 

Num.  18.  9. 
1  Or,  on  the 

flat  plate, 

or,  slice. 
j  ch.  2.  3, 10. 

ch.  5.  13. 

Num.  5.  9. 

1  Cor.  9.  7-14. 
k  ch.  3.  1. 

ch.  22.  18. 

1  ch.  2.  4. 

Num.  6.  15. 
in  Amos  4.  5. 
n  Num.  18.  8. 
o  ch.  22.  30. 

Heb.  3.  13-15. 
p  ch.  19.  6. 
q  Gen.  4.  4,  5. 

Num.  18.  27. 
r  ch.  11. 10. 

Prov.  15.  8. 

Eccl.  5.  1. 

Jer.  6.  20. 

Amos  5.  22. 
s  ch.  15.  3. 
/  Gen.  17.  14. 
u  ch.  12. 

ch.  13. 

ch.  15. 

ch.  22.  4. 
rch.  11.  24,  28. 
iv  ch.  11.  10-13, 

20,  41,  42. 

Deut.  14.  3. 

Ezek.  4.  14. 
x  ch.  3.  17. 

1  Sam.  2.  29. 

2  carcase. 

V  Gen.  9.  4. 

ch.  3.  17. 

ch.  17.  10-14. 

Deut.  12.  16. 

1  Sam.  14.  33. 

Ezek.  44.  15. 

Acts  15.  20. 
2  ch.  3.  1. 


12  If  he  offer  it  for  a  thanksgiving,  then  he  shall 
offer  with  the  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving  unleavened 
cakes  mingled  with  oil,  and  unleavened  wafers 
'anointed  with  oil,  and  cakes  mingled  with  oil,  of 
fine  flour,  fried. 

13  Besides  the  cakes,  he  shall  offer  for  his  offer- 
ing m  leavened  bread  with  the  sacrifice  of  thanksgiv- 
ing of  his  peace  offerings. 

14  And  of  it  he  shall  offer  one  out  of  the  whole 
oblation  for  an  heave  offering  unto  the  Lord,  nand 
it  shall  be  the  priest's  that  sprinkleth  the  blood  of 
the  peace  offerings. 

15  And  °the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  his  peace 
offerings  for  thanksgiving  shall  be  eaten  the  same 
day  that  it  is  offered  ;  he  shall  not  leave  any  of  it 
until  the  morning. 

16  But  pif  the  sacrifice  of  his  offering  be  a  vow, 
or  a  voluntary  offering,  it  shall  be  eaten  the  same 
day  that  he  offereth  his  sacrifice  :  and  on  the  mor- 
row also  the  remainder  of  it  shall  be  eaten  : 

17  But  the  remainder  of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice 
on  the  third  day  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

18  And  if  any  of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  his 
peace  offerings  be  eaten  at  all  on  the  third  day,  it 
shall  not  be  accepted,  neither  shall  it  be  "imputed 
unto  him  that  offereth  it :  it  shall  be  an  ''abomina- 
tion, and  the  soul  that  eateth  of  it  shall  bear  his 
iniquity. 

19  And  the  flesh  that  toucheth  any  unclean  thing 
shall  not  be  eaten  ;  it  shall  be  burnt  with  fire  :  and 
as  for  the  flesh,  all  that  be  clean  shall  eat  thereof. 

20  But  the  soul  that  eateth  of  the  flesh  of  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace  offerings,  that  pertain  unto  the  Lord, 
s  having  his  uncleanness  upon  him,  even  that  soul 
'shall  be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

21  Moreover  the  soul  that  shall  touch  any  unclean 
thing,  as  "the  uncleanness  of  man,  or  any  "unclean 
beast,  or  any  w  abominable  unclean  thing,  and  eat 
of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
which  pertain  unto  the  Lord,  even  that  soul  shall 
be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

22  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto_  Mo'seg,  saying, 

23  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  "Ye 
shall  eat  no  manner  of  fat,  of  ox,  or  of  sheep,  or  of 
goat. 

24  And  the  fat  of  the  2  beast  that  dieth  of  itself, 
and  the  fat  of  that  which  is  torn  with  beasts,  may 
be  used  in  any  other  use  :  but  ye  shall  in  no  wise 
eat  of  it. 

25  For  whosoever  eateth  the  fat  of  the  beast,  of 
which  men  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord,  even  the  soul  that  eateth  it  shall  be  cut  off 
from  his  people. 

26  Moreover  '-'ye  shall  eat  no  manner  of  blood, 
whether  it  be  of  fowl  or  of  beast,  in  any  of  your 
dwellings. 

27  Whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  eateth  any  manner 
of  blood,  even  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  his 
people. 

28  1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto_  Mo'seg,  saying, 

29  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  2He 
that  offereth  the  sacrifice  of  his  peace  offerings  unto 

95 


Consecration  of  Aaron 


LEVITICUS,  8. 


and  his  sons. 


the  Lord  shall  bring  his  oblation  unto  the  Lord  of 
the  sacrifice  of  his  peace  offerings. 

30  His  own  hands  shall  bring  the  offerings  of  the 
Lord  made  by  fire,  the  fat  with  the  breast,  it  shall 
he  bring,  that  "the  breast  may  be  waved  for  a  wave 
offering  before  the  Lord. 

31  And  Hhe  priest  shall  burn  the  fat  upon  the 
altar:  but  the  breast  shall  be  Aar'on's  and  his  sons'. 

32  And  Hhe  right  shoulder  shall  ye  give  unto  the 
priest  for  an  heave  offering  of  the  sacrifices  of  your 
peace  offerings. 

33  He  among  the  sons  of  Aar'on,  that  offereth  the 
blood  of  the  peace  offerings,  and  the  fat,  shall  have 
the  right  shoulder  for  his  part. 

34  For  Hhe  wave  breast  and  the  heave  shoulder 
have  I  taken  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  from  off  the 
sacrifices  of  their  peace  offerings,  and  have  given 
them  unto  Aar'on  the  priest  and  unto  his  sons  by  a 
statute  for  ever  from  among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

35  If  This  is  the  portion  of  the  anointing  of  Aar'on, 
and  of  the  anointing  of  his  sons,  out  of  the  offer- 
ings of  the  Lord  made  by  fire,  in  the  day  when  he 
presented  them  to  minister  unto  the  Lord  in  the 
priest's  office ; 

36  Which  the  Lord  commanded  to  be  given  them  of 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  ein  the  day  that  he  anointed 
them,  by  a  statute  /f  or  ever  throughout  their  genera- 
tions. 

37  This  is  the  law  "of  the  burnt  offering,  of  the 
meat  offering,  /land  of  the  sin  offering,  and  of  the 
trespass  offering,  "and  of  the  consecrations,  and  of 
the  sacrifice  of  the  peace  offerings  ; 

38  Which  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg  in  mount 
Sl'nai,  in  the  day  that  he  commanded  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  to  offer  their  oblations  unto  the  Lord,  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sl'nai. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Consecration  of  Aaron  and  his  sons.    14  Their  offerings.    31  Place  of  consecration. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Take  "Aar'on  and  his  sons  with  him,  and  the 
garments,  and  Hhe  anointing  oil,  and  a  bullock  for 
the  sin  offering,  and  two  rams,  and  a  basket  of  un- 
leavened bread ; 

3  And  gather  thou  all  the  congregation  together 
unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

4  And  Mo'geg  did  as  the  Lord  commanded  him  ; 
and  the  assembly  was  gathered  together  unto  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

5  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  congregation,  This  is 
the  thing  which  the  Lord  commanded  to  be  done. 

6  And  Mo'geg  brought  Aar'on  and  his  sons,  and 
0  washed  them  with  water. 

7  And  he  put  upon  him  Hhe  coat,  and  girded  him 
with  the  girdle,  and  clothed  him  with  the  robe,  and 
put  the  ephod  upon  him,  and  he  girded  him  with 
the  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod,  and  bound  it  unto 
him  therewith. 

8  And  he  put  the  breastplate  upon  him  :  also  he 
put  in  the  breastplate  Hhe  U'rim  and  the  Thum'mim. 

9  And  ■''he  put  the  mitre  upon  his  head  ;  also  upon 
the  mitre,  even  upon  his  forefront,  did  he  put  the 

96 


B.  C.  1490. 


a  Ex.  29.  24,  27. 
ch.  8.  27. 
Num.  6.  20. 

b  ch.  3.  5,  11. 


c  ch.  9.  21. 
Num.  6.  20. 


d  Ex.  29.  28. 
ch.  10.  14,  15. 
Num.  18.  18. 
Deut.  18.  3. 


e  Ex.  40.  13, 15. 

ch.  8.  12,  30. 
/  Heb.  7.  18-28. 

Heb.  8.  1-13. 

g  ch.  6.  9. 

h  ch.  6.  25. 

iEx.  29.1. 
ch.  6.  20. 


a  Ex.  29.  1. 
b  Ex.  30.  24,  25. 
c  Ex.  30.  19. 

Ps.  20.  e. 

Isa.  52.  11. 

Ezek.  30.  25. 

1  Cor.  6.  11. 

Eph.  5  26. 

Heb.  9.  9-14. 

Rev.  1.  5,  G. 
d  Ex.  28.  4. 
«  Num.  27.  21. 

Deut.  33.  8. 

1  Sam.  28.  6. 

Ezra  2.  03. 

Neh.  7.  65. 
/■Ex.  29.  6. 

Zech.  3.  5. 
g  Ex.  28.  37. 
h  Ex.  30.  26-29. 
i  Ex.  29.  7. 

ch.  21.  10,  12. 

Ps.  133.  2. 

Isa.  01.  1. 
j  Ex.  29.  8.  9. 

Ps.  132.  9. 

Isa.  61.  10. 
1  bound. 
k  Ex.  29.  10. 

Ps.  51.  19. 

Ps.  60.  15. 

Ezek.  43.  19. 

Heb.  9.  13,  14. 
I  ch.  4.  4. 
m  Ex.  29.  12,  36. 

ch.  4.  7. 

Heb.  9.  22. 
n  Ex.  29.  13. 

eh.  4.  8. 

0  Ex.  29.  14. 
ch.  4.  11,  12. 

p  Ex.  29.  15. 
q  Ex.  29.  18. 
r  Ex.  29.  19,  31. 

ch.  7.  37. 

Rev.  1.  5,  6. 
«  Ex.  29.  20. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

1  Cor.  6.  20. 

1  Heb.  9.  18-24. 
u  Ex.  29.  22. 

v  Ex.  29.  23. 
w  Ex.  29.  24. 


golden  plate,  the  holy  crown ;  as  the  Lord  "com- 
manded Mo'geg. 

10  And  fe  Mo'geg  took  the  anointing  oil,  and  anointed 
the  tabernacle  and  all  that  was  therein,  and  sancti- 
fied them. 

11  And  he  sprinkled  thereof  upon  the  altar  seven 
times,  and  anointed  the  altar  and  all  his  vessels, 
both  the  laver  and  his  foot,  to  sanctify  them. 

12  And  he  'poured  of  the  anointing  oil  upon  Aar'- 
on's head,  and  anointed  him,  to  sanctify  him. 

13  And  J' Mo'geg  brought  Aar'on's  sons,  and  put 
coats  upon  them,  and  girded  them  with  girdles,  and 
*put  bonnets  upon  them  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'geg. 

14  And/,:he  brought  the  bullock  for  the  sin  offer- 
ing :  and  Aar'on  and  his  sons  4aid  their  hands  upon 
the  head  of  the  bullock  for  the  sin  offering. 

15  And  he  slew  it ;  m  and  Mo'geg  took  the  blood,  and 
put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar  round  about  with 
his  finger,  and  purified  the  altar,  and  poured  the 
blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar,  and  sanctified  it,  to 
make  reconciliation  upon  it. 

16  And  mhe  took  all  the  fat  that  ivas  upon  the 
inwards,  and  the  caul  above  the  liver,  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  their  fat,  and  Mo'geg  burned  it  upon  the 
altar. 

17  But  the  bullock,  and  his  hide,  his  flesh,  and  his 
dung,  he  burnt  with  fire  without  the  camp  ;  as  the 
Lord  "commanded  Mo'geg. 

18  IF  And  phe  brought  the  ram  for  the  burnt  offer- 
ing :  and  Aar'on  and  his  sons  laid  their  hands  upon 
the  head  of  the  ram. 

19  And  he  killed  it ;  and  Mo'geg  sprinkled  the 
blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

20  And  he  cut  the  ram  into  pieces  ;  and  Mo'geg 
burnt  the  head,  and  the  pieces,  and  the  fat. 

21  And  he  washed  the  inwards  and  the  legs  in 
water  ;  and  Mo'geg  burnt  the  whole  ram  upon  the 
altar  :  it  was  a  burnt  sacrifice  for  a  sweet  savour, 
and  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  ;  "as 
the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

22  1[  And  '"he  brought  the  other  ram,  the  ram  of 
consecration  :  and  Aar'on  and  his  sons  laid  their 
hands  upon  the  head  of  the  ram. 

23  And  he  slew  it ;  and  Mo'geg  took  of  the  blood  of 
it,  and  put  it  upon  Hhe  tip  of  Aar'on's  right  ear, 
and  upon  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the 
great  toe  of  his  right  foot. 

24  And  he  brought  Aar'on's  sons,  and  Mo'geg  put 
of  the  blood  upon  the  tip  of  their  right  ear,  and 
upon  the  thumbs  of  their  right  hands,  and  upon  the 
great  toes  of  their  right  feet :  and  Mo'geg  'sprinkled 
the  blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

25  And  "he  took  the  fat,  and  the  rump,  and  all 
the  fat  that  ivas  upon  the  inwards,  and  the  caul 
above  the  liver,  and  the  two  kidneys,  and  their  fat, 
and  the  right  shoulder  : 

26  And  "  out  of  the  basket  of  unleavened  bread, 
that  was  before  the  Lord,  he  took  one  unleavened 
cake,  and  a  cake  of  oiled  bread,  and  one  wafer,  and 
put  them  on  the  fat,  and  upon  the  right  shoulder  : 

27  And  he  put  all  w  upon  Aar'on's  hands,  and  upon 


Aaron's  sin  offering. 


LEVITICUS,  9,  10. 


Aaron's  peace  offering. 


his  sons'  hands,  and  waved  them  for  a  wave  offer- 
ing before  the  Lord. 

28  And  x  Mo'ges.  took  them  from  off  their  hands, 
and  burnt  them  on  the  altar  upon  the  burnt  offering : 
they  were  consecrations  for  ya  sweet  savour  :  it  is 
an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

29  And  Mo'seg  took  the  breast,  and  waved  it  for  a 
wave  offering  before  the  Lord  :  for  of  the  ram  of 
consecration  it  was  2Mo'ses/  part;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'seg. 

30  And  aMo'§e§  took  of  the  anointing  oil,  and  of 
the  blood  which  ivas  upon  the  altar,  and  sprinkled  it 
upon  Aar'on,  and  upon  his  garments,  and  upon  his 
sons,  and  upon  his  sons'  garments  with  him ;  and 
sanctified  Aar'on,  and  his  garments,  and  his  sons, 
and  his  sons'  garments  with  him. 

31  Tf  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  Aar'on  and  to  his  sons, 
b  Boil  the  flesh  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  :  and  there  eat  it  with  the  bread  that 
is  in  the  basket  of  consecrations,  as  I  commanded, 
saying,  Aar'on  and  his  sons  shall  eat  it. 

32  And  cthat  which  remaineth  of  the  flesh  and  of 
the  bread  shall  ye  burn  with  fire. 

33  And  ye'  shall  not  go  out  of  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation  in  seven  days,  until  the 
days  of  your  consecration  be  at  an  end  :  for  d  seven 
days  shall  he  consecrate  you. 

34  As  he  ehath  done  this  day,  so  the  Lord  hath 
commanded  to  do,  to  make  an  atonement  for  you. 

35  Therefore  shall  ye  abide  at  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  day  and  night  seven 
days,  and  /keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord,  that  ye  die 
not :  for  so  I  am  commanded. 

36  So  Aar'on  and  his  sons  did  all  things  which  the 
Lord  commanded  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  First  offerings  of  Aaron.    23  Thepeople  blessed.    24  Fire  comes  upon  the  altar. 

AND  "it  came  to  pass  on  the  eighth  day,  that 
-  Mo'ses.  called  Aar'on  and  his  sons,  and  the  elders 
of  Ig'ra-el ; 

2  And  he  said  unto  Aar'on,  6Take  thee  a  young 
calf  for  a  sin  offering,  and  c  a  ram  for  a  burnt  offer- 
ing, without  blemish,  and  offer  them  before  the  Lord. 

3  And  unto  the  children  of  Is'ra-el  thou  shalt  speak, 
saying,  dTake  ye  a  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing ;  and  a  calf  and  a  lamb,  both  of  the  first  year, 
without  blemish,  for  a  burnt  offering  ; 

4  Also  a  bullock  and  a  ram  for  peace  offerings, 
to  sacrifice  before  the  Lord  ;  and  a  emeat  offering 
mingled  with  oil  :  for  7to  day  the  Lord  will  appear 
unto  you. 

5  T  And  they  brought  that  which  Mo'seg  com- 
manded before  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  : 
and  all  the  congregation  drew  near  and  stood  before 
the  Lord. 

6  And  Mo'geg  said,  This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord 
commanded  that  ye  should  do :  and  ''the  glory  of  the 
Lord  shall  appear  unto  you. 

7  And  Mo'§e§  said  unto  Aar'on,  Go  unto  the  altar, 
and  h  offer  thy  sin  offering,  and  thy  burnt  offering, 
and  make  an  atonement  for  thyself,  and  for  the 

6 


B.  C.  1490. 


x  Ex.  29.  25. 


y  Gen.  8.  21. 
Eph.  5.  2. 


z  Ex.  29.  20. 


a  Ex.  29.  21. 
Ex.  30.  30. 
Num.  3.  3. 
1  Pet.  1.2. 


b  Ex.  29.  31. 
Ezek.  46.  20. 


c  Ex.  29.  34. 


d  Ex.  29.  30,  35. 

eh.  14.  8. 

Num.  19.  12. 

Ezek.  43.  25, 

26. 
e  Heb.  7.  16. 
f  Num.  3.  7. 

Num.  9. 19. 

Deut.  11.  1. 

1  Ki.  2.  3. 

Ezek.  48.  11. 

1  Tim.  1.  18. 

1  Tim.  5.  21. 


a  eh.  14.  10,  23. 

eh.  15.  14. 

Ezek.  43.  27. 
6  Ex.  29.  1. 

ch.  4.  3. 
c  ch.  S.  18. 
d  ch.  4.  23. 

Ezra  6.  17. 

Ezra  10.  19. 

Isa.  53.  10. 

Rom.  8.  3. 

1  Pet.  2.  24. 
e  ch.  2.  4. 
/  Ex.  29.  43. 
g  Ex.  24. 16. 

Ex.  40.  34,  35. 

1  Ki.  8.  10-12. 
h  1  Sam.  3.  14. 

Heb.  5.  3. 

Heb.  7.  27. 
i  ch.  4.  16,  20. 

Heb.  5.  1. 
j  ch.  8.  15. 
k  ch.  4.  7. 
I  ch.  8.  16. 
m  ch.  4.  S. 
n  ch.  4.  10,  11. 

ch.  8.  17. 

0  Isa.  53.  10. 
John  1.  29. 

1  Cor.  15.  3. 

2  Cor.  5.  21. 
Eph.  5.  2. 
Gal.  1.  4. 
Heb.  1.  3. 
Heb.  2.  17. 

1  Pet.  2.  24. 
1  John  2.  2. 
Rev.  1.  5. 

1  Or,  ordinance. 

2  rilled  his  hand 
out  of  it. 

p  Ex.  29.  38. 
q  Ex.  29.  24. 
r  Deut.  21.  5. 
Luke  24.  50. 
s  2  Sam.  6.  18. 

1  Chr.  16.  2. 

2  Chr.  6.  3. 
t  Num.  16.  19. 
u  Gen.  4.  4. 

Gen.  15.  17. 

2  Chr.  7.  1. 
v  Ex.  29.  18. 
w  1  Ki.  IS.  39. 

Ezra  3.  11. 


a  Num.  26.  61. 
6  Ex.  30.  9. 


people  :  and  'offer  the  offering  of  the  people,  and 
make  an  atonement  for  them ;  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded. 

8  1  Aar'on  therefore  went  unto  the  altar,  and  slew 
the  calf  of  the  sin  offering,  which  was  for  himself. 

9  And  J'the  sons  of  Aar'on  brought  the  blood  unto 
him  :  and  he  dipped  his  finger  in  the  blood,  and 
/cput  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar,  and  poured  out 
the  blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  : 

10  But  'the  fat,  and  the  kidneys,  and  the  caul 
above  the  liver  of  the  sin  offering,  he  burnt  upon 
the  altar  ;  mas  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'seg. 

11  And  Mthe  flesh  and  the  hide  he  burnt  with  fire 
without  the  camp. 

12  And  he  slew  the  burnt  offering  ;  and  Aar'on's 
sons  presented  unto  him  the  blood,  which  "he 
sprinkled  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

13  And  they  presented  the  burnt  offering  unto  him, 
with  the  pieces  thereof,  and  the  head  :  and  he  burnt 
them  upon  the  altar. 

14  And  he  did  wash  the  inwards  and  the  legs,  and 
burnt  them  upon  the  burnt  offering  on  the  altar. 

15  H  And  °he  brought  the  people's  offering,  and 
took  the  goat,  which  was  the  sin  offering  for  the 
people,  and  slew  it,  and  offered  it  for  sin,  as  the 
first. 

16  And  he  brought  the  burnt  offering,  and  offered 
it  according  to  the  1  manner. 

17  And  he  brought  the  meat  offering,  and  2took 
an  handful  thereof,  and  burnt  it  upon  the  altar, 
p  beside  the  burnt  sacrifice  of  the  morning. 

18  He  slew  also  the  bullock  and  the  ram  for  a 
sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  which  ivas  for  the  peo- 
ple :  and  Aar'on's  sons  presented  unto  him  the  blood, 
which  he  sprinkled  upon  the  altar  round  about, 

19  And  the  fat  of  the  bullock  and  of  the  ram,  the 
rump,  and  that  which  covereth  the  inwards,  and  the 
kidneys,  and  the  caul  above  the  liver : 

20  And  they  put  the  fat  upon  the  breasts,  and  he 
burnt  the  fat  upon  the  altar : 

21  And  the  breasts  and  the  right  shoulder  Aar'on 
waved  Qfor  a  wave  offering  before  the  Lord  ;  as 
Mo'ges.  commanded. 

22  And  Aar'on  lifted  up  his  hand  toward  the  peo- 
ple, and  r  blessed  them,  and  came  down  from  offer- 
ing of  the  sin  offering,  and  the  burnt  offering,  and 
peace  offerings. 

23  And  Mo'§e§  and  Aar'on  went  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  and  came  out,  and s  blessed 
the  people :  {and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared 
unto  all  the  people. 

24  And  "there  came  a  fire  out  from  v before  the 
Lord,  and  consumed  upon  the  altar  the  burnt  offer- 
ing and  the  fat :  which  when  all  the  people  saw, 
wthey  shouted,  and  fell  on  their  faces. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Burning  of  Xadab  and  Abihit.    12  Eating  of  holy  things. 

AND  "Na'dab  and  A-bl'hu,  the  sons  of  Aar'on, 
-  took  either  of  them  his  censer,  and  put  fire 
therein,  and  put  incense  thereon,  and  offered 6  strange 
fire  before  the  Lord,  which  he  commanded  them  not. 

97 


Eating  of  holy  things. 


LEVITICUS,  11. 


Meats  clean  and  unclean. 


2  And  there  cwent  out  fire  from  the  Lord,  and 
devoured  them,  and  they  died  before  the  Lord. 

3  Then  Mo'geg  said  unto  Aar'on,  This  is  it  that  the 
Lord  spake,  saying,  I  will  be  sanctified  in  them  that 
^come  nigh  me,  and  before  all  the  people  I  will  be 
e glorified.     And  Aar'on  held  his  peace. 

4  And  Mo'geg  called  Mish'a-el  and  El'za-phan,  the 
sons  of  -^Uz'zi-el  the  uncle  of  Aar'on,  and  said  unto 
them,  Come  near,  °  carry  your  brethren  from  before 
the  sanctuary  out  of  the  camp. 

5  So  they  went  near,  and  carried  them  in  their 
coats  out  of  the  camp ;  as  Mo'geg  had  said^ 

6  And  Mo|s_e§  said  unto  Aar'on,  and  unto  E-le-a'zar 
and  unto  Ith'a-mar,  his  sons,  h Uncover  not  your 
heads,  neither  rend  your  clothes ;  lest  ye  die,  and 
lest  'wrath  come  upon  all  the  people:  but  let  your 
brethren,  the  whole  house  of  I§'ra-el,  bewail  the 
burning  which  the  Lord  hath  kindled. 

7  And  jye  shall  not  go  out  from  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  lest  ye  die :  fcfor  the 
anointing  oil  of  the  Lord  is  upon  you.  And  they 
did  according  to  the  word  of  Mo'geg. 

8  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Aar'on,  saying, 

9  l  Do  not  drink  wine  nor  strong  drink,  thou,  nor 
thy  sons  with  thee,  when  ye  go  into  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  lest  ye  die  :  it  shall  be  a  statute 
for  ever  throughout  your  generations : 

10  And  that  ye  may  m  put  difference  between  holy 
and  unholy,  and  between  unclean  and  clean ; 

11  And  ^that  ye  may  teach  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
all  the  statutes  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  unto 
them  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

12  If  And  Mo'seg  spake  unto  Aar'on,  and  unto  E-le-a'- 
zar and  unto  Ith'a-mar,  his  sons  that  were  left,  Take 
the  °meat  offering  that  remainethof  the  offerings  of 
the  Lord  made  by  fire,  and  eat  it  without  leaven 
beside  the  altar :  for  pit  is  most  holy : 

13  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in  the  holy  place,  because  it 
is  thy  due,  and  thy  sons'  due,  of  the  sacrifices  of  the 
Lord  made  by  fire :  for  so  I  am  commanded. 

14  And  'the  wave  breast  and  heave  shoulder  shall 
ye  eat  in  a  clean  place ;  thou,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
daughters  with  thee :  for  they  be  thy  due,  and  thy 
sons'  due,  which  are  given  out  of  the  sacrifices  of 
peace  offerings  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

15  The  heave  shoulder  and  the  wave  breast  shall 
they  bring  with  the  offerings  made  by  fire  of  the 
fat,  to  wave  it  for  a  wave  offering  before  the  Lord.  ; 
and  it  shall  be  thine,  and  thy  sons'  with  thee,  by  a 
statute  for  ever  ;  as  the  Lord  hath  commanded. 

16  If  And  Mo'geg  diligently  sought  the  r  goat  of 
the  sin  offering,  and,  behold,  it  was  burnt :  and  he 
was  angry  with  E-le-a'zar  and  Ith'a-mar,  the  sons 
of  Aar'on  which  were  left  alive,  saying, 

17  s  Wherefore  have  ye  not  eaten  the  sin  offering 
in  the  holy  place,  seeing  it  is  most  holy,  and  God 
hath  given  it  you  to  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  con- 
gregation, to  make  atonement  for  them  before  the 
Lord? 

18  Behold,  the  blood  of  it  was  not  brought  in  within 
the  holy  place :  ye  should  indeed  have  eaten  it  in 
the  holy  place,  fas  I  commanded. 

98 


B.  C.  1490. 


c  Num.  16.  35. 
2  Sam.  6.  7. 


riEx.  19.22. 

Isa.  52.  11. 

Ezek.  20.  41. 
e  Isa.  49.  3. 

Ezek.  28.  22. 

John  13.  31. 

2  Thess.  1.  10. 
/  Ex.  6.  18. 

Num.  3.  19. 
g  Acts  5.  6. 


h  Num.  G.  G, 


i  2  Sam.  24.  1. 


jch.  21.  12. 
4  Ex.  28.  41. 


/  Prov.  31.  5. 

Isa.  28.  7. 

Ezek.  44.  21. 

Hos.  4.  11. 

Luke  1.  15. 

Eph.  5.  18. 

1  Tim.  3.  3. 

Tit.  1.  7. 
m  Jer.  15.  19. 

Ezek.  22.  2G. 


n  Deut.  24.  8. 
Neh.  8.  2,  13. 
Jer.  18.  18. 


o  Ex.  29.  2. 
ch.  G.  16. 

Num.  18.  9, 10. 

p  ch.  21.  22. 


}  Ex.  29.  24. 

ch.  7.  31,  34. 

Num.  18.  11. 
r  ch.  9.  3,  15. 
s  Ezek.  44.  29. 
I  ch.  6.  26. 
u  ch.  9.  8,  12. 
v  Jer.  6.  20. 

Jer.  14.  12. 

Hos.  9.  4. 


a  Deut.  14.  4. 

Ezek.  4.  14. 

Dau.  1.  8. 

Acts  10.  12. 

Rom.  14.  2. 

1  Cor.  8.  8. 

Col.  2.  16. 
!>  1  Tim.  4.  4,  5. 
e  Isa.  65.  4. 

Isa.  66.  3,  17. 
d  Isa.  52.  11. 

Acts  10.  14, 15. 

Acts  15.  29. 

Rom.  14.  14, 

17. 

1  Cor.  8.  8. 

Col.  2.  16,  21. 

Heb.  9.  10. 
e  Deut.  14.  9,  10. 
/ch.  7.  18. 

Deut.  14.  3. 
g  Deut.  14.  12. 

Rom.  14. 

1  A  species  of 
eagle. 

2  The  black 
eagle. 

h  Ps.  102.  6. 
Zeph.  2.  14. 

3  The  golden 
vulture. 

4  Supposed  to 
mean  all  fly- 
ing insects. 


19  And  Aar'on  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Behold,  this 
Mday  have  they  offered  their  sin  offering  and  their 
burnt  offering  before  the  Lord;  and  such  things 
have  befallen  me :  and  if  I  had  eaten  the  sin  offer- 
ing to  day,  "should  it  have  been  accepted  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord  ? 

20  And  when  Mo'geg  heard  that,  he  was  content. 

CHAPTER  11. 

Of  clean  and  unclean  meats. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  to  Aar'on, 
-  saying  unto  them, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  "These 
are  the  beasts  which  ye  shall  eat  among  all  the  beasts 
that  are  on  the  earth. 

3  Whatsoever  parteth  the  hoof,  and  is  clovenfooted, 
and  cheweth  the  cud,  among  the  beasts,  that  shall 
ye  eat. 

4  Nevertheless  these  shall  ye  not  eat  of  them  that 
chew  the  cud,  or  of  them  that  divide  the  hoof :  as 
the  camel,  because  he  cheweth  the  cud,  but  divideth 
not  the  hoof ;  he  is  unclean  unto  you. 

5  And  the  coney,  because  he  cheweth  the  cud,  but 
divideth  not  the  hoof  ;  he  is  unclean  unto  you. 

6  And  the  hare,  because  he  cheweth  the  cud,  but 
divideth  not  the  hoof;  he  is  h  unclean  unto  you. 

7  And  the  swine,  though  he  divide  the  hoof,  and 
be  clovenfooted,  yet  he  cheweth  not  the  cud ;  che 
is  unclean  to  you. 

8  Of  their  flesh  shall  ye  not  eat,  and  their  carcase 
shall  ye  not  touch  ;  dthey  are  unclean  to  you. 

9  Tf e  These  shall  ye  eat  of  all  that  are  in  the  wa- 
ters :  whatsoever  hath  fins  and  scales  in  the  waters, 
in  the  seas,  and  in  the  rivers,  them  shall  ye  eat. 

10  And  all  that  have  not  fins  and  scales  in  the 
seas,  and  in  the  rivers,  of  all  that  move  in  the  waters, 
and  of  any  living  thing  which  is  in  the  waters,  they 
shall  be  an  •'"abomination  unto  you  : 

11  They  shall  be  even  an  abomination  unto  you  ; 
ye  shall  not  eat  of  their  flesh,  but  ye  shall  have 
their  carcases  in  abomination. 

12  Whatsoever  hath  no  fins  nor  scales  in  the  wa- 
ters, that  shall  be  an  abomination  unto  you. 

13  If  And  "  these  are  they  which  ye  shall  have  in 
abomination  among  the  fowls;  they  shall  not  be 
eaten,  they  are  an  abomination  :  the  eagle,  and  the 
1  ossif rage,  and  the  2  ospray, 

14  And  the  vulture,  and  the  kite  after  his  kind ; 

15  Every  raven  after  his  kind  ; 

16  And  the  owl,  and  the  night  hawk,  and  the 
cuckow,  and  the  hawk  after  his  kind, 

17  And  the  little  owl,  and  the  cormorant,  and  the 
great  owl, 

18  And  the  swan,  and  the  ''pelican,  and  the  3g:3r 
eagle, 

19  And  the  stork,  the  heron  after  her  kind,  and 
the  lapwing,  and  the  bat. 

20  All 4  fowls  that  creep,  going  upon  all  four,  shall 
be  an  abomination  unto  you. 

21  Yet  these  may  ye  eat  of  every  flying  creeping 
thing  that  goeth  upon  all  four,  which  have  legs 
above  their  feet,  to  leap  withal  upon  the  earth ; 


Meats  clean  and  unclean. 


LEVITICUS,  12. 


Purification  of  ivomen. 


22  Even  these  of  them  ye  may  eat ;  the  i  locust 
after  his  kind,  and  the  bald  locust  after  his  kind, 
and  the  beetle  after  his  kind,  and  the  grasshopper 
yafter  his  kind. 

23  But  all  other  flying  creeping  things,  which 
have  four  feet,  shall  be  an  abomination  unto  you. 

24  And  for  these  ye  shall  be  unclean  :  whosoever 
toucheth  the  carcase  of  them  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

25  And  whosoever  beareth  ought  of  the  carcase  of 
them  k  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

26  The  carcases  of  every  beast  which  divideth  the 
hoof,  and  is  not  clovenfooted,  nor  cheweth  the  cud, 
are  unclean  unto  you  :  every  one  that  toucheth 
them  shall  be  unclean. 

27  And  5  whatsoever  goeth  upon  his  paws,  among 
all  manner  of  beasts  that  go  on  all  four,  those  are 
unclean  unto  you  :  whoso  toucheth  their  carcase 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

28  And  he  that  beareth  the  carcase  of  them  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even  : 
they  are  unclean  unto  you. 

29  H  These  also  shall  be  l  unclean  unto  you  among 
the  creeping  things  that  creep  upon  the  earth  ;  the 
weasel,  and  ™the  mouse,  and  the  6  tortoise  after  his 
kind, 

30  And  the  ferret,  and  the  chameleon,  and  the 
lizard,  and  the  "snail,  and  the  °mole. 

31  These  are  unclean  to  you  among  all  that  creep  : 
whosoever  doth  touch  them,  when  they  be  dead,  shall 
be  unclean  until  the  even. 

32  And  upon  whatsoever  any  of  them,  when  they 
are  dead,  doth  fall,  it  shall  be  unclean  ;  whether  it 
be  any  vessel  of  wood,  or  raiment,  or  skin,  or  sack, 
whatsoever  vessel  it  be,  wherein  any  work  is  done, 
*it  must  be  put  into  water,  and  it  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even  ;  so  it  shall  be  cleansed. 

33  And  every  earthen  vessel,  whereinto  any  of 
them  falleth,  whatsoever  is  in  it  shall  be  unclean  ; 
and  9ye  shall  break  it. 

34  Of  all  meat  which  may  be  eaten,  that  on  which 
such  water  cometh  shall  be  unclean :  and  all  drink 
that  may  be  drunk  in  every  such  vessel  shall  be 
unclean. 

35  And  every  thing  whereupon  any  part  of  their 
carcase  falleth  shall  be  unclean  ;  whether  it  be  oven, 
or  ranges  for  pots,  they  shall  be  broken  down  :  for 
they  are  unclean,  and  shall  be  unclean  unto  you. 

36  Nevertheless  a  fountain  or  pit,  7  wherein  there 
is  plenty  of  water,  shall  be  clean :  but  that  which 
toucheth  their  carcase  shall  be  unclean. 

37  And  if  any  part  of  their  carcase  fall  upon  any 
serving  seed  which  is  to  be  sown,  it  shall  be  clean. 

38  But  if  any  water  be  put  upon  the  seed,  and  any 
part  of  their  carcase  fall  thereon,  it  shall  be  un- 
clean unto  you. 

39  And  if  any  beast,  of  which  ye  may  eat,  die  ;  he 
that  toucheth  the  carcase  thereof  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

40  And  rhe  that  eateth  of  the  carcase  of  it  shall 
wash'his  clothes,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even  :  he 


B.  C.  1490. 


i  Matt.  3.  4. 


j  Judg.  6.  5. 
Jer.  46.  23. 
Nah.  3.  17. 


k  ch.  14.  8. 
ch.  15.  5. 
Num.  19. 
10,  22. 


5  Supposed  to 
mean  moii- 
.keys,  bears, 
frogs,  etc. 


/  Heb.  9.  10. 


m  Isa.  G6.  17. 
6  Supposed  to 
mean  the  frog. 


n  Ps.  58.  8. 
o  Isa.  2.  20. 


p  ch.  15.  12. 
q  ch.  C.  28. 

7  a  gathering 
together  of 
waters. 

r  ch.  17.  15. 
ch.  22.  8. 
Deut.  14.  21. 
Ezek.  4.  14. 

8  doth  multiply 
feet. 

s  ch.  20.  25. 

9  your  souls. 
/  Isa.  43.  3. 

Isa.  51.  15. 
u  Ex.  19.  6. 

ch.  19.  2. 

1  Thess.  4.  7. 

1  Pet.  1.  15. 
v  Gen.  35.  1,  2. 

Ex.  6.  7. 

Rom.  14.  17. 
id  Rom.  12.  1. 

1  Cor.  6.  11. 
x  ch.  10.  10. 

Jer.  15.  19. 

Ezek.  22.  26. 


a  Luke  2.  22. 
b  ch.  15.  19. 
c  Gen.  17.  12. 

Luke  1.  59. 

John  7.  22,  23. 
d  Luke  2.  22. 
e  Isa.  53.  7. 

Luke  24. 

26,  27. 

John  1.  29,  36. 

1  Pet.  1.18, 19. 
Rev.  5.  G-8. 

1  a  son  of  his 
year. 

/  Heb.  9.  9-28. 

Heb.  10.  1-12. 
(j  ch.  5.  7. 

Luke  2.  24. 

2  Cor.  8.  9. 

2  her  hand  find 
not  sufficiency 
of. 

h  ch.  4.  26. 
ch.  13. 


also  that  beareth  the  carcase  of  it  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

41  And  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth  shall  be  an  abomination  ;  it  shall  not  be  eaten. 

42  Whatsoever  goeth  upon  the  belly,  and  whatso- 
ever goeth  upon  all  four,  or  whatsoever  8hath  more 
feet  among  all  creeping  things  that  creep  upon  the 
earth,  them  ye  shall  not  eat ;  for  they  are  an  abom- 
ination. 

43  Ye  s  shall  not  make 9  yourselves  abominable  with 
any  creeping  thing  that  creepeth,  neither  shall  ye 
make  yourselves  unclean  with  them,  that  ye  should 
be  defiled  thereby. 

44  For  ll  am  the  Lord  your  God  :  ye  shall  there- 
fore sanctify  yourselves,  and  u  ye  shall  be  holy  ;  for 
I  am  holy  :  neither  shall  ye  defile  yourselves  with 
any  manner  of  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth. 

45  For  "I  am  the  Lord  that  bringeth  you  up  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  to  be  your  God  :  wye  shall 
therefore  be  holy,  for  I  am  holy. 

46  This  is  the  law  of  the  beasts,  and  of  the  fowl, 
and  of  every  living  creature  that  moveth  in  the 
waters,  and  of  every  creature  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth : 

47  To  "'make  a  difference  between  the  unclean  and 
the  clean,  and  between  the  beast  that  may  be  eaten 
and  the  beast  that  may  not  be  eaten. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Of  the  purification  of  women.    6  Their  offerings. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  saying, 
If  a  woman  have  conceived  seed,  and  born  a  man 
child  :  then  "she  shall  be  unclean  seven  days  ;  Ac- 
cording to  the  days  of  the  separation  for  her  infirm- 
ity shall  she  be  unclean. 

3  And  in  the  e  eighth  day  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin 
shall  be  circumcised. 

4  And  she  shall  then  continue  in  the  blood  of  her 
purifying  three  and  thirty  days  ;  she  shall  touch 
no  hallowed  thing,  nor  come  into  the  sanctuary, 
until  the  days  of  her  purifying  be  fulfilled. 

5  But  if  she  bear  a  maid  child,  then  she  shall  be 
unclean  two  weeks,  as  in  her  separation  :  and  she 
shall  continue  in  the  blood  of  her  purifying  three- 
score and  six  days. 

6  And  <*when  the  days  of  her  purifying  are  ful- 
filled, for  a  son,  or  for  a  daughter,  she  shall  bring  a 
elamb  *of  the  first  year  for  a  burnt  offering,  and  a 
young  pigeon,  or  a  turtledove,  for  a  sin  offering, 
unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
unto  the  priest  : 

7  Who  shall  offer  it  before  the  Lord,  and  make 
7an  atonement  for  her ;  and  she  shall  be  cleansed 
from  the  issue  of  her  blood.  This  is  the  law  for 
her  that  hath  born  a  male  or  a  female. 

8  And  ^if  2she  be  not  able  to  bring  a  lamb,  then 
she  shall  bring  two  turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons  ; 
the  one  for  the  burnt  offering,  and  the  other  for  a 
sin  offering :  and  the  Spriest  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  her,  and  she  shall  be  clean. 

99 


Signs  and  treatment 


LEVITICUS,  13. 


of  leprosy. 


CHAPTER  13. 

Signs  and  treatment  of  leprosy. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg  and  Aar'on, 
-£*-  saying, 

2  When  a  man  shall  have  in  the  skin  of  his  flesh  a 
1  rising,  aa  scab,  or  bright  spot,  and  it  be  in  the  skin 
of  his  flesh  like  the  plague  of  leprosy;  Hhen  he 
shall  be  brought  unto  Aar'on  the  priest,  or  unto  one 
of  his  sons  the  priests  : 

3  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  the  plague  in  the 
skin  of  the  flesh  :  and  when  the  hair  in  the  plague 
is  turned  white,  and  the  plague  in  sight  be  deeper 
than  the  skin  of  his  flesh,  it  is  a  plague  of  leprosy  : 
and  the  priest  shall  look  on  him,  and  pronounce  him 
unclean. 

4  If  the  bright  spot  be  white  in  the  skin  of  his 
flesh,  and  in  sight  be  not  deeper  than  the  skin,  and 
the  hair  thereof  be  not  turned  white  ;  then  the 
priest  shall  shut  up  him  that  hath  the  plague  seven 
days  : 

5  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  him  the  seventh 
day  :  and,  behold,  if  the  plague  in  his  sight  be  at  a 
stay,  and  the  plague  spread  not  in  the  skin  ;  then 
the  priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven  days  more  : 

6  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  him  again  the  sev- 
enth day  :  and,  behold,  if  the  plague  be  somewhat 
dark,  and  the  plague  spread  not  in  the  skin,  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean  :  it  is  but  a  scab  : 
and  he  shall  cwash  his  clothes,  and  be  clean. 

7  But  if  the  scab  spread  much  abroad  in  the  skin, 
after  that  he  hath  been  seen  of  the  priest  for  his 
cleansing,  he  shall  be  seen  of  the  priest  again  : 

8  And  if  the  priest  see  that,  behold,  the  scab 
spreadeth  in  the  skin,  then  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce him  unclean  :  it  is  d  a  leprosy. 

9  H  When  the  plague  of  leprosy  is  in  a  man,  then 
he  shall  ebe  brought  unto  the  priest ; 

10  And  ythe  priest  shall  see  him :  and,  behold,  if 
the  rising  be  white  in  the  skin,  and  it  have  turned  the 
hair  white,  and  there  be 2  quick  raw  flesh  in  the  rising ; 

11  It  is  an  old  leprosy  in  the  skin  of  his  flesh, 
and  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean,  and 
shall  not  shut  him  up  :  for  he  is  unclean. 

12  And  if  a  leprosy  break  out  abroad  in  the  skin, 
and  the  leprosy  cover  all  the  skin  of  him  that  hath 
the  plague  from  his  head  even  to  his  foot,  where- 
soever the  priest  looketh  ; 

13  Then  the  priest  shall  consider  :  and,  behold,  if 
the  leprosy  have  covered  all  his  flesh,  he  shall  3  pro- 
nounce him  clean  that  hath  the  plague  :  it  is  all 
turned  white  :  he  is  clean. 

14  But  when  raw  flesh  appeareth  in  him,  he  shall 
be  unclean. 

15  And  the  Spriest  shall  see  the  raw  flesh,  and 
pronounce  him  to  be  unclean  :  for  the  raw  flesh  is 
unclean  :  it  -is  a  leprosy. 

16  Or  if  the  raw  flesh  turn  again,  and  be  changed 
unto  white,  he  shall  h  come  unto  the  priest ; 

17  And  the  priest  shall  see  him  :  and,  behold,  if 
the  plague  be  turned  into  white  ;  then  the  priest 
shall  pronounce  him  clean  that  hath  the  plague  : 
he  Hs  clean. 

100 


B.  C.  1490. 


1  Or,  swelling. 
a  Deut.  28.  27. 

Isa.  3.  17. 
b  eh.  10.  10,  11. 

Deut.  17.  8,  9. 

Deut.  24.  8. 

Ezek.  22.  20. 

Luke  17. 

11-10. 

John  13.  8-10. 


c  ch.  11.  25. 
ch.  14.  8. 


d  2  Sam.  3.  29. 


e  2  Ki.  5.  3. 

/Num.  12. 
10,  12. 
2  Ki.  5.  27. 
2  Chr.  2G. 
19,  20. 
Luke  5.  14. 
Luke  17.  14. 

2  the  quickening 
of  living  flesh. 

3  make  clean 
the  plague, 
Ex.  15.  26. 
Ps.  103.  2,  3. 

q  Deut.  24.  8. 
h  Luke  5.  12-14. 
i  Deut.  32.  39. 

Ps.  147.  3. 
j  Ex.  9.  9. 

Ex.  15.  26. 

Deut.  28.  27. 

2  Ki.  20.  7. 

Job  2.  7. 

Ps.  38.  3-7. 

Isa.  38.  21. 
k  Prov.  28.  13. 

Luke  5.  14. 

Luke  17.  14. 

1  Cor.  5.  5. 

Gal.  6.  1. 

1  Pet.  4.  2,  3. 

4  a  burning  of 
fire. 

I  Ex.  4.  0,  7. 
Num.  12.  10. 

2  Sam.  3.  29. 
2  Ki.  5.  27. 

2  Chr.  26.  19. 

Luke  5.  12-14. 
m  ch.  10. 10. 

Jer.  15.  19. 

Ezek.  22.  26. 
n  Dent.  24.  8. 

Mai.  2.  7. 

1  Cor.  12.  9. 
o  Deut.  28.  27. 

Isa.  3.  17. 
p  Job  1.  20. 

Rom.  8.  13. 


18  If  The  flesh  also,  in  which,  even  in  the  skin 
thereof,  was  ja  boil,  and  is  healed, 

19  And  in  the  place  of  the  boil  there  be  a  white 
rising,  or  a  bright  spot,  white,  and  somewhat  red- 
dish, and  it  be  shewed  to  the  priest ; 

20  And  if,  when  the  priest  seeth  it,  behold,  it  be 
in  sight  lower  than  the  skin,  and  the  hair  thereof 
be  turned  white  ;  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
unclean  :  it  is  a  plague  of  leprosy  broken  out  of 
the  boil. 

21  But  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and,  behold,  there 
be  no  white  hairs  therein,  and  if  it  be  not  lower 
than  the  skin,  but  be  somewhat  dark ;  then  the 
priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven  days  : 

22  And  if  it  spread  much  abroad  in  the  skin,  then 
the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean  :  it  is  a 
plague. 

23  But  if  the  bright  spot  stay  in  his  place,  and 
spread  not,  it  is  a  burning  boil ;  and  the  priest 
k  shall  pronounce  him  clean. 

24  If  Or  if  there  be  any  flesh,  in  the  skin  whereof 
there  is  4a  hot  burning,  and  the  quick  flesh  that 
burneth  have  a  white  bright  spot,  somewhat  red- 
dish, or  white ; 

25  Then  the  priest  shall  look  upon  it :  and,  be- 
hold, if  the  hair  in  the  bright  spot  be  turned  white, 
and  it  be  in  sight  deeper  than  the  skin  ;  it  is  a 
leprosy  broken  out  of  the  burning  :  wherefore  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean  :  it  is  the 
'plague  of  leprosy. 

26  But  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and,  behold,  there 
be  no  white  hair  in  the  bright  spot,  and  it  be  no 
lower  than  the  other  skin,  but  be  somewhat  dark ; 
then  the  priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven  days  : 

27  And  the  priest  shall  look  upon  him  the  seventh 
day  :  and  if  it  be  spread  much  abroad  in  the  skin, 
then  "'the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean  :  it 
is  the  plague  of  leprosy. 

28  And  if  the  bright  spot  stay  in  his  place,  and 
spread  not  in  the  skin,  but  it  be  somewhat  dark  ;  it 
is  a  rising  of  the  burning,  and  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce him  clean  :  for  it  is  an  inflammation  of  the 
burning. 

29  If  If  a  man  or  woman  have  a  plague  upon  the 
head  or  the  beard  ; 

30  Then  "the  priest  shall  see  the  plague  :  and,  be- 
hold, if  it  be  in  sight  deeper  than  the  skin ;  and 
there  be  in  it  a  yellow  thin  hair  ;  then  the  priest 
shall  pronounce  him  unclean  :  it  is  a  dry  "scall, 
even  a  leprosy  upon  the  head  or  beard. 

31  And  if  the  priest  look  on  the  plague  of  the 
scall,  and,  behold,  it  be  not  in  sight  deeper  than  the 
skin,  and  that  there  is  no  black  hair  in  it ;  then 
the  priest  shall  shut  up  him  that  hath  the  plague 
of  the  scall  seven  days  : 

32  And  in  the  seventh  day  the  priest  shall  look  on 
the  plague  :  and,  behold,  if  the  scall  spread  not, 
and  there  be  in  it  no  yellow  hair,  and  the  scall  be 
not  in  sight  deeper  than  the  skin  ; 

33  He  shall  be  p  shaven,  but  the  scall  shall  he 
not  shave  ;  and  the  priest  shall  shut  up  him  that 
hath  the  scall  seven  days  more  : 


Treatment  of  leprosy. 


LEVITICUS,  14. 


Cleansing  of  lepers. 


34  And  in  the  seventh  day  the  priest  shall  look 
on  the  scall :  and,  behold,  if  the  scall  be  not  spread 
in  the  skin,  nor  be  in  sight  deeper  than  the  skin  ; 
then  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean  :  and  he 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  clean. 

35  But  if  the  scall  spread  much  in  the  skin  after 
his  cleansing  ; 

36  Then  the  priest  shall  look  on  him  :  and,  behold, 
if  the  scall  be  spread  in  the  skin,  the  priest  shall 
not  seek  for  yellow  hair  ;  he  is  unclean. 

37  But  if  the  scall  be  in  his  sight  at  a  stay,  and 
that  there  is  black  hair  grown  up  therein  ;  the  scall 
is  healed,  he  is  clean  :  and  the  Spriest  shall  pro- 
nounce him  clean. 

38  If  If  a  man  also  or  a  woman  have  in  the  skin 
of  their  flesh  bright  spots,,  even  white  bright 
spots ; 

39  Then  the  priest  shall  look :  and,  behold,  if  the 
bright  spots  in  the  skin  of  their  flesh  be  darkish 
white ;  it  is  a  freckled  spot  that  groweth  in  the 
skin ;  he  is  clean. 

40  And  the  man  whose  5hair  is  fallen  off  his  head, 
he  is  r  bald  ;  yet  is  he  clean. 

41  And  he  that  hath  his  hair  fallen  off  from  the 
part  of  his  head  toward  his  face,  he  is  forehead 
bald :  yet  is  he  clean. 

42  And  if  there  be  in  the  bald  head,  or  bald  fore- 
head, a  white  reddish  sore ;  it  -is  a  leprosy  sprung 
up  in  his  bald  head,  or  his  bald  forehead. 

43  Then  sthe  priest  shall  look  upon  it :  and,  behold, 
if  the  rising  of  the  sore  be  white  reddish  in  his  bald 
head,  or  in  his  bald  forehead,  as  the  leprosy  appear- 
eth  in  the  skin  of  the  flesh ; 

44  He  is  a  leprous  man,  he  is  unclean :  the  priest 
shall  pronounce  him  utterly  unclean ;  his  plague  is 
in  his  head. 

45  And  the  leper  in  whom  the  plague  is,  his  clothes 
shall  be  rent,  and  his  head  bare,  and  he  shall  put  fa 
covering  upon  his  upper  lip,  and  shall  cry,  u  Unclean, 
unclean. 

46  All  the  days  wherein  the  plague  shall  be  in  him 
he  shall  be  defiled ;  he  is  unclean  :  he  shall  dwell 
alone;  " without  the  camp  shall  his  habitation  be. 

47  If  The  "'garment  also  that  the  plague  of  leprosy 
is  in,  whether  it  be  a  woollen  garment,  or  a  linen 
garment ; 

48  Whether  it  be  in  the  warp,  or  woof ;  of  linen, 
or  of  woollen  ;  whether  in  a  skin,  or  in  any 6  thing 
made  of  skin ; 

49  And  if  the  plague  be  greenish  or  reddish  in  the 
garment,,  or  in  the  skin,  either  in  the  warp,  or  in 
the  woof,  or  in  any  7  thing  of  skin  ;  it  is  a  plague 
of  leprosy,  and  shall  be  shewed  unto  the  priest : 

50  And  x  the  priest  shall  look  upon  the  plague,  and 
shut  up  it  that  hath  the  plague  seven  days : 

51  And  he  shall  look  on  the  plague  on  the  seventh 
day :  if  the  plague  be  spread  in  the  garment,  either 
in  the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  a  skin,  or  in  any 
work  that  is  made  of  skin  ;  the  plague  is  v  a  fretting 
leprosy ;  it  is  unclean. 

52  He  shall  therefore  burn  that  garment,  whether 
warp  or  woof,  in  woollen  or  in  linen,  or  any  thing  of 


B.  C.  1490. 


q  ch.  10.  10. 
Jer.  15.  19. 
Ezek.  22.  2G. 
Ezek.  44.  23. 


5  head  is  pilled. 

r  Isa.  15.  2. 
Amos  8.  10. 


s  ch.  10.  10. 

Ezek.  22.  2G. 
*  Ezek.  24.17,22. 

Mic.  3.  7. 
u  1  Ki.  8.  37. 

Job  40.  4. 

Job  42.  6. 

Ps.  61. 

Ps.  72.  12. 

Isa.  6.  5. 

Lara.  4. 15. 

Luke  17. 

12,  13. 

Rev.  21.  4. 
v  Num.  5.  2. 

Num.  12.  14. 

2  Ki.  7.  3. 

2  Chr.  2G.  21. 

Luke  17.  12. 

1  Cor.  5.  5. 

2  Thess.  3.  G. 
Heb.  12.  15. 

w  Isa.  59.  G. 

Ezek.  16.  16. 

Zech.  3.  4. 

Rom.  1.  21-31. 

Rom.  13.  12. 

Jude  23. 
G  work  of. 

7  vessel,  or, 
instrument. 

X  Jer.  15.  19. 

Ezek.  44.  23. 
y  ch.  14.  44. 

Ezek.  1G.  43. 

8  whether  it  be 
bald  in  the 
head  thereof, 
or  in  the  fore- 
head thereof. 


a  Jer.  15.  19. 
Ezek.  44.  23. 
Luke  5.  12,  14. 
Luke  17.  14. 

1  Or,  sparrows. 
b  Num.  19.  6. 

c  Heb.  9.  19. 
d  Ex.  12.  22. 

Num.  19.  18. 

Ps.  51.  7. 
e  Ezek.  36.  25. 

Heb.  9.  13. 

Heb.  10.  22. 
/ch.  8.  11. 

1  Ki.  5.  10,  14. 

2  upon  the  face 
of  the  field. 

g  ch.  13.  6. 
'h  ch.  11.  25. 
i  Num.  5.  2,  3. 
Num.  12.  15. 

2  Chr.  26. 
20,21. 


skin,  wherein  the  plague  is :   for  it  is  a  fretting 
leprosy ;  it  shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 

53  And  if  the  priest  shall  look,  and,  behold,  the 
plague  be  not  spread  in  the  garment,  either  in  the 
warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  any  thing  of  skin  ; 

54  Then  the  priest  shall  command  that  they  wash 
the  thing  wherein  the  plague  is,  and  he  shall  shut  it 
up  seven  days  more  : 

55  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  the  plague,  after 
that  it  is  washed  :  and,  behold,  if  the  plague  have 
not  changed  his  colour,  and  the  plague  be  not  spread ; 
it  is  unclean  ;  thou  shalt  burn  it  in  the  fire  ;  it  is 
fret  inward,  8  whether  it  be  bare  within  or  without. 

56  And  if  the  priest  look,  and,  behold,  the  plague 
be  somewhat  dark  after  the  washing  of  it ;  then  he 
shall  rend  it  out  of  the  garment,  or  out  of  the  skin, 
or  out  of  the  warp,  or  out  of  the  woof : 

57  And  if  it  appear  still  in  the  garment,  either  in 
the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  any  thing  of  skin ;  it 
is  a  spreading  plague :  thou  shalt  burn  that  wherein 
the  plague  is  with  fire. 

58  And  the  garment,  either  warp,  or  woof,  or  what- 
soever thing  of  skin  it  be,  which  thou  shalt  wash,  if 
the  plague  be  departed  from  them,  then  it  shall  be 
washed  the  second  time,  and  shall  be  clean. 

59  This  is  the  law  of  the  plague  of  leprosy  in  a 
garment  of  woollen  or  linen,  either  in  the  warp,  or 
woof,  or  any  thing  of  skins,  to  pronounce  it  clean, 
or  to  pronounce  it  unclean. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Law  of  cleansing  lepers.    33  Signs  of  leprosy. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'§e§,  saying, 
-£*-  2  This  shall  be  the  law  of  the  leper  in  the  day  of 
his  cleansing :  He  a  shall  be  brought  unto  the  priest : 

3  And  the  priest  shall  go  forth  out  of  the  camp ; 
and  the  priest  shall  look,  and,  behold,  if  the  plague 
of  leprosy  be  healed  in  the  leper ; 

4  Then  shall  the  priest  command  to  take  for  him 
that  is  to  be  cleansed  two  *  birds  alive  and  clean, 
and  6  cedar  wood,  cand  scarlet,  dand  hyssop  : 

5  And  the  priest  shall  command  that  one  of  the 
birds  be  killed  in  an  earthen  vessel  over  running 
water : 

6  As  for  the  living  bird,  he  shall  take  it,  and  the 
cedar  wood,  and  the  scarlet,  and  the  hyssop,  and 
shall  dip  them  and  the  living  bird  in  the  blood  of 
the  bird  that  was  killed  over  the  running  water  : 

7  And  he  shall  e  sprinkle  upon  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed  from  the  leprosy  'seven  times,  and  shall 
pronounce  him  clean,  and  shall  let  the  living  bird 
loose  2into  the  open  field. 

8  And  he  that  is  to  be  cleansed  9  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  shave  off  all  his  hair,  and  h  wash  him- 
self in  water,  that  he  may  be  clean  :  and  after  that 
he  shall  come  into  the  camp,  and  'shall  tarry  abroad 
out  of  his  tent  seven  days. 

9  But  it  shall  be  on  the  seventh  day,  that  he  shall 
shave  all  his  hair  off  his  head  and  his  beard  and 
his  eyebrows,  even  all  his  hair  he  shall  shave  off : 
and  he  shall  wash  his  clothes,  also  he  shall  wash  his 
flesh  in  water,  and  he  shall  be  clean. 

101 


Cleansing  of  lepers. 


LEVITICUS,  14. 


Cleansing  leprous  houses. 


10  And  on  the  eighth  day  Jhe  shall  take  two  he 
lambs  without  blemish,  and  one  ewe  lamb  3of  the 
first  year  without  blemish,  and  three  tenth  deals  of 
fine  flour  for  k  a  meat  offering,  mingled  with  oil,  and 
one  log  of  oil. 

11  And  the  priest  that  maketh  him  clean  shall 
present  the  man  that  is  to  be  made  clean,  and  those 
things,  before  the  Lord,  at  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation  : 

12  And  the  priest  shall  take  one  he  lamb,  and 
'offer  him  for  a  trespass  offering,  and  the  log  of  oil, 
and  ™wave  them  for  a  wave  offering  before  the 
Lord  : 

13  And  he  shall  slay  the  "lamb  in  "the  place  where 
he  shall  kill  the  sin  offering  and  the  burnt  offering, 
in  the  holy  place  :  for  p  as  the  sin  offering  is  the 
priest's,  so  is  the  trespass  offering :  "it  is  most 
holy  : 

14  And  the  priest  shall  take  some  of  the  blood  r  of 
the  trespass  offering,  and  the  priest  shall  put  it 
upon  sthe  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand, 
and  upon  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot : 

15  And  the  priest  shall  take  some  of  the  log  of 
oil,  and  pour  it  into  the  palm  of  his  own  left  hand : 

16  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  right  finger  in  the 
oil  that  is  in  his  left  hand,  and  shall  sprinkle  of  the 
oil  with  his  finger  seven  times  before  the  Lord  : 

17  And  of  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is  in  his  hand 
shall  the  priest  put  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of 
him  'that  is  to  be  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb  of 
his  right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe  of  his  right 
foot,  upon  the  blood  of  the  trespass  offering  : 

18  And  the  remnant  of  the  oil  that  is  in  the 
priest's  hand  he  shall  pour  upon  the  head  of  him 
that  is  to  be  cleansed  :  and  the  priest  shall  make 
an  "atonement  for  him  before  the  Lord. 

19  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  sin  offering,  and 
make  an  atonement  for  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed 
from  his  uncleanness  ;  and  afterward  he  shall  kill 
the  burnt  offering : 

20  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  burnt  offering 
and  the  meat  offering  upon  the  altar  :  and  the  priest 
shall  make  an  atonement  for  him,  and  he  shall  be 
clean. 

21  And  "if  he  be  poor,  and  4 cannot  get  so  much  ; 
then  he  shall  take  one  lamb  for  a  trespass  offering 
5  to  be  waved,  to  make  an  atonement  for  him,  and 
one  tenth  deal  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meat  offering,  and  a  log  of  oil  ; 

22  And  wtwo  turtledoves,  or  two  young  pigeons, 
such  as  he  is  able  to  get ;  and  the  one  shall  be  a 
sin  offering,  and  the  other  a  burnt  offering. 

23  And  he  shall  bring  them  on  the  eighth  day  for 
his  cleansing  unto  the  priest,  unto  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  before  the  Lord. 

24  And  the  priest  shall  take  the  lamb  of  the  tres- 
pass offering,  and  the  log  of  oil,  and  the  priest 
shall  wave  them  for  a  wave  offering  before  the 
Lord  : 

25  And  he  shall  kill  the  lamb  of  the  trespass  offer- 
ing, and  the  priest  shall  take  some  of  the  x  blood  of 

102 


B.  C.  1490. 


j  Luke  5.  14. 
3  the  daughter 
of  her  year. 

4ch.  2.  1. 
Num.  15. 4,  15. 


I  ch.  5.  2,  6, 18. 

ch.  6.  6,  7. 
to  Ex.  29.  24. 


n  Isa.  53.  7. 
John  1.  29. 

1  Pet.  1. 19. 
Rev.  5.  6. 

o  Ex.  29.  11. 

ch.  1.  5,  11. 
p  ch.  7.  7. 
q  ch.  2.  3. 

ch.  7.  6. 

)■  Eph.  1.  7. 

Col.  1.  14. 

Heb.  9.  9-14. 

Rev.  12.  11. 
s  Ex.  29.  20. 

ch.  8.  23. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

2  Cor.  7.  1. 


/  Rom.  6.  13-22. 
Rom.  12.  1. 
1  Cor.  G.  20.- 


u  ch.  4.  26. 
Num.  15.  28. 
Dan.  9.  24. 
Rom.  5.  11. 
2  Cor.  5. 18, 19. 
Eph.  2.  12-22. 
Col.  1.  19-22. 
Heb.  2.  17. 
1  John  1.  7. 

v  ch.  5.  7. 
ch.  12.  8. 
Job  34.  19. 
Prov.  17.  5. 
Prov.  22.  2. 
Luke  6.  20. 
John  5.  3. 

4  his  hand 
reach  not. 

5  for  a  waving. 
w  ch.  12.  8. 

ch.  15.  14,  15. 

Luke  2.  24. 
x  1  Thess.  5.  23. 

1  Johnl.  7. 

Rev.  1.  5. 
y  1  Cor.  6.  11. 
2  ch.  15.  15. 

Rom.  8.  3. 
a  Gen.  17.  8. 

Num.  32.  22. 

Deut.  7.  1. 

Deut.  19.  1. 
b  Deut.  32.  39. 

Isa.  45.  7. 

Amos  3.  6. 
cPs.  91.10. 

Prov.  3.  33. 

Zech.  5.  4. 
fi  Or,  prepare. 
d  Num.  19.  18. 

Ps.  51.  7. 

Isa.  52.  11. 

1  Cor.  5.  6,  7. 

2  Cor.  6.  17. 
2  Thess.  3.  6. 
1  Tim.  5.  22. 
Rev.  18.  4. 

e  Jer.  15.  19. 
Ezek.  22.  26. 
Ezek.  44.  23. 


the  trespass  offering,  and  put  it  upon  the  tip  of  the 
right  ear  of  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed,  and  upon  the 
thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe  of 
his  right  foot : 

26  And  the  priest  shall  pour  of  the  oil  into  the 
palm  of  his  own  left  hand  : 

27  And  the  priest  shall  sprinkle  with  his  right 
finger  some  of  the  oil  that  is  in  his  left  hand  seven 
times  before  the  Lord  : 

28  And  the  priest  shall  put  of  the  oil  that  is  in 
his  hand  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  yhim  that 
is  to  be  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb  of  his  right 
hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot,  upon 
the  place  of  the  blood  of  the  trespass  offering : 

29  And  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is  in  the  priest's 
hand  he  shall  put  upon  the  head  of  him  that  is  to 
be  cleansed,  to  make  an  atonement  for  him  before 
the  Lord. 

30  And  he  shall  offer  the  one  of  the  turtledoves, 
or  of  the  young  pigeons,  such  as  he  can  get ; 

31  Even  such  as  he  is  able  to  get,  the  one  for  a 
sin  offering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt  offering,  with 
the  meat  offering  :  and  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed  before  the 
Lord. 

32  This  is  the  law  of  him  in  whom  is  the  plague 
of  leprosy,  whose  hand  is  not  able  to  get  that  which 
pertaineth  to  his  cleansing. 

33  T[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  unto 
Aar'on,  saying, 

34  "When  ye  be  come  into  the  land  of  Ca'naan, 
which  I  give  to  you  for  a  possession,  and  *  I  put  the 
plague  of  leprosy  in  a  house  of  the  land  of  your  pos- 
session ; 

35  And  he  that  owneth  the  house  shall  come  and 
tell  the  priest,  saying,  It  seemeth  to  me  there  is  as 
it  were  ca  plague  in  the  house  : 

36  Then  the  priest  shall  command  that  they 
6  empty  the  house,  before  the  priest  go  into  it  to  see 
the  plague,  that  dall  that  is  in  the  house  be  not 
made  unclean  :  and  afterward  the  priest  shall  go  in 
to  see  the  house  : 

37  And  he  shall  look  on  the  plague,  and,  behold, 
if  the  plague  be  in  the  walls  of  the  house  with  hol- 
low strakes,  greenish  or  reddish,  which  in  sight  are 
lower  than  the  wall ; 

38  Then  the  priest  shall  go  out  of  the  house  to  the 
door  of  the  house,  and  shut  up  the  house  seven  days  : 

39  And  the  priest  shall  come  again  the  seventh 
day,  and  shall  look :  and,  behold,  if  the  plague  be 
spread  in  the  walls  of  the  house  ; 

40  eThen  the  priest  shall  command  that- they  take 
away  the  stones  in  which  the  plague  is,  and  they 
shall  cast  them  into  an  unclean  place  without  the 
city: 

41  And  he  shall  cause  the  house  to  be  scraped 
within  round  about,  and  they  shall  pour  out  the 
dust  that  they  scrape  off  without  the  city  into  an 
unclean  place  : 

42  And  they  shall  take  other  stones,  and  put  them 
in  the  place  of  those  stones ;  and  he  shall  take  other 
morter,  and  shall  plaister  the  house. 


Cleansing  leprous  houses. 


LEVITICUS,  15. 


Cleansing  of  issues. 


43  And  if  the  plague  come  again,  and  break  out 
in  the  house,  after  that  he  hath  taken  away  the 
stones,  and  after  he  hath  scraped  the  house,  and 
after  it  is  plaistered  ; 

44  Then  the  priest  shall  come  and  look,  and,  be- 
hold, if  the  plague  be  spread  in  the  house,  it  is  fa 
fretting  leprosy  in  the  house  :  it  is  unclean. 

45  And  he  shall  break  down  the  house,  the  stones 
of  it,  and  the  timber  thereof,  and  all  the  morter  of 
the  house  ;  and  he  shall  carry  them  forth  out  of  the 
city  into  an  unclean  place. 

46  Moreover  he  that  goeth  into  the  house  all  the 
while  that  it  is  shut  up  shall  be  unclean  °  until  the 
even. 

47  And  he  that  lieth  in  the  house  shall  wash  his 
clothes  ;  and  he  that  eateth  in  the  house  shall  wash 
his  clothes. 

48  And  if  the  priest  7  shall  come  in,  and  look  upon 
it,  and,  behold,  the  plague  hath  not  spread  in  the 
house,  after  the  house  was  plaistered  :  then  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  the  house  clean,  because  the 
plague  is  h  healed. 

49  And  he  shall  take  to  cleanse  the  house  two  birds, 
and  cedar  wood,  and  scarlet,  and  hyssop  : 

50  And  he  shall  kill  the  one  of  the  birds  in  an 
earthen  vessel  over  running  water  : 

51  And  he  shall  take  the  cedar  wood,  and  the 
*  hyssop,  and  the  scarlet,  and  the  living  bird,  and  dip 
them  in  the  blood  of  the  slain  bird,  and  in  the  run- 
ning water,  and  sprinkle  the  house  seven  times  : 

52  And  he  shall  cleanse  the  house  with  the  blood 
of  the  bird,  and  with  the  running  water,  and  with 
the  living  bird,  and  with  the  cedar  wood,  and  with 
the  hyssop,  and  with  the  scarlet  : 

53  But  he  shall  let  go  the  living  bird  out  of  the 
city  into  the  open  fields,  and  make  an  atonement 
for  the  house  :  and  it  shall  be  clean. 

54  This  is  the  law  for  all  manner  of  plague  of 
leprosy,  and  ^'scall, 

55  And  for  the  k  leprosy  of  a  garment,  and  of  a 
house, 

56  And  'for  a  rising,  and  for  a  scab,  and  for  a 
bright  spot  : 

57  To  m  teach  8when  it  is  unclean,  and  when  it  is 
clean  :  this  is  the  law  of  leprosy. 

CHAPTER  15. 

Unclean  issues  and  their  cleansing. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg  and  to  Aar'on, 
-£*-  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say  unto 
them,  "When  any  man  hath  a  Running  issue  out 
of  his  flesh,  because  of  his  issue  he  is  unclean. 

3  And  this  shall  be  his  uncleanness  in  his  issue  : 
whether  his  flesh  run  with  his  issue,  or  his  flesh  be 
stopped  from  his  issue,  it  is  his  uncleanness. 

4  Every  bed,  whereon  he  lieth  that  hath  the  issue, 
is  unclean  :  and  every  2  thing,  whereon  he  sitteth, 
shall  be  unclean. 

5  And  whosoever  toucheth  his  bed  shall  wash  his 
clothes, b  and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 


B.  C.  1490. 


/ch.  13.  51. 
Zeoh.  5.  4. 


g  ch.  17.  15. 
eh.  22.  6. 
Num.  19.  7,  10, 
21,22. 
1  Cor.  15.  33. 


7  in  coming  in 
shall  come  in, 
etc. 


h  Deut.  32.  39. 
Job  5.  18. 
Hos.  G.  1. 
Luke  7.  21. 


i  1  Ki.  4.  33. 
Pa.  51.  7. 


j  ch.  13.  30. 
k  eh.  13.  47. 
I  ch.  13.  2. 
m  Ex.  15.  26. 

Deut.  4.  9. 

Deut.  24.  8. 

Ps.  78.  5. 

Ps.  119.  96. 

Prov.  6.  23. 

Prov.  13.  13. 

Eccl.  8.  5. 

Ezek.  44.  23. 
8  in  the  day  of 

the  unclean, 

and  in  the  day 

of  the  clean. 


a  ch.  22.  4. 
Num.  5.  2. 
2  Sam.  3.  29. 
Matt.  9.  20. 
Mark  5.  25. 
Luke  8.  43. 

1  Or,  running  of 
the  reins. 

2  vessel. 

o  ch.  11.  25. 

ch.  17.  15. 

Heb.  9.  10. 
c  Num.  12.  14. 

Job  30.  10. 
d  2  Cor.  7.  1. 
e  1  Cor.  15.  33. 
/  eh.  6.  28. 

ch.  11.  32,  33. 
g  ch.  14.  8. 

Num.  12.  14. 

Num.  19.  11. 
h  ch.  14.  22,  23. 

Num.  6.  10. 

Heb.  10.  10, 

12,  14. 
ich.  14.  30,31. 
jclx.  14.  19,31. 

Heb.  9.  14. 

Heb.  10.  1. 
k  ch.  22.  4. 

Deut.  23.  10. 
1 1  Sam.  21.  4. 
m  ch.  12.  2. 

Ezek.  36.  17. 

3  in  her  separa- 
tion. 

n  2  Cor.  7.  1. 

Heb.  10.  22. 
o  ch.  20.  18. 


6  And  he  that  sitteth  on  any  thing  whereon  he  sat 
that  hath  the  issue  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

7  And  he  that  toucheth  the  flesh  of  him  that  hath 
the  issue  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself 
in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

8  And  if  he  that  hath  the  issue  cspit  upon  him 
that  is  clean  ;  then  he  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
bathe  d  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even. 

9  And  what  saddle  soever  he  rideth  upon  that 
hath  the  issue  shall  be  unclean. 

10  And  whosoever  toucheth  any  thing  that  was 
under  him  shall  be  unclean  until  the  even  :  and  he 
that  beareth  any  of  those  things  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

11  And  whomsoever  he  e  toucheth  that  hath  the 
issue,  and  hath  not  rinsed  his  hands  in  water,  he 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

12  And  the  /vessel  of  earth,  that  he  toucheth 
which  hath  the  issue,  shall  be  broken  :  and  every 
vessel  of  wood  shall  be  rinsed  in  water. 

13  And  when  he  that  hath  an  issue  is  cleansed  of 
his  issue  ;  then  9he  shall  number  to  himself  seven 
days  for  his  cleansing,  and  wash  his  clothes,  and 
bathe  his  flesh  in  running  water,  and  shall  be  clean. 

14  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  shall  take  to  him 
Hwo  turtledoves,  or  two  young  pigeons,  and  come 
before  the  Lord  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  give  them  unto  the  priest : 

15  And  the  priest  shall  offer  them,  i  the  one  for 
a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt  offering  ; 
and  the  Spriest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him 
before  the  Lord  for  his  issue. 

16  And  *if  any  man's  seed  of  copulation  go  out 
from  him,  then  he  shall  wash  all  his  flesh  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

17  And  every  garment,  and  every  skin,  whereon 
is  the  seed  of  copulation,  shall  be  washed  with 
water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

18  The  woman  also  with  whom  man  shall  lie  with 
seed  of  copulation,  they  shall  both  bathe  themselves 
in  water,  and  'be  unclean  until  the  even. 

19  If  And  TOif  a  woman  have  an  issue,  and  her 
issue  in  her  flesh  be  blood,  she  shall  be  3put  apart 
seven  days  :  and  whosoever  toucheth  her  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  even. 

20  And  every  thing  that  she  lieth  upon  in  her 
separation  shall  be  unclean  :  every  thing  also  that 
she  sitteth  upon  shall  be  unclean. 

21  And  whosoever  toucheth  her  bed  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  un- 
clean until  the  even. 

22  And  whosoever  toucheth  any  thing  that  she  sat 
upon  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  n  himself  in 
water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

23  And  if  it  be  on  her  bed,  or  on  any  thing  whereon 
she  sitteth,  when  he  toucheth  it,  he  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

24  And  °if  any  man  lie  with  her  at  all,  and  her 

103 


Cleansing  of  issues. 


LEVITICUS,  16. 


The  scapegoat. 


flowers  be  upon  him,  he  shall  be  unclean  seven 
days  ;  and  all  the  bed  whereon  he  lieth  shall  be 
unclean. 

25  And  pif  a  woman  have  an  issue  of  her  blood 
many  days  out  of  the  time  of  her  separation,  or  if 
it  run  beyond  the  time  of  her  separation  ;  all  the 
days  of  the  issue  of  her  uncleanness  shall  be  as  the 
days  of  her  separation  :  she  shall  be  unclean. 

26  Every  bed  whereon  she  lieth  all  the  days  of 
her  issue  shall  be  unto  her  as  the  bed  of  her  sepa- 
ration :  and  whatsoever  she  sitteth  upon  shall  be 
unclean,  as  the  uncleanness  of  her  separation. 

27  And  whosoever  toucheth  those  things  shall  be 
unclean,  and  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  him- 
self in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

28  But  if  she  be  cleansed  of  her  issue,  then  she 
shall  number  to  herself  seven  days,  and  after  that 
she  shall  be  clean. 

29  And  on  the  eighth  day  she  shall  take  unto  her 
two  turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons,  and  bring  them 
unto  the  priest,  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

30  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  one  for  a  sin  of- 
fering, and  the  other  for  a  burnt  offering ;  and  the 
priest  shall  make  "an  atonement  for  her  before  the 
Lord  for  the  issue  of  her  uncleanness. 

31  Thus  shall  ye  r separate  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
from  their  uncleanness  ;  that  they  die  not  in  their 
uncleanness,  when  they  s  defile  my  tabernacle  that 
is  among  them. 

32  This  is  the  law  of  him  that  hath  an  issue,  and 
of  him  whose  seed  goeth  from  him,  and  is  defiled 
therewith ; 

33  And  of  her  that  is  sick  of  her  flowers,  and  of 
him  that  hath  an  issue,  of  the  man,  and  of  the  wo- 
man, and  of  him  that  lieth  with  her  that  is  unclean. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Priestly  vestments  and  offerings.    20  The  scapegoat.    29  Feast  of  expiations. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'ses  after  the  "death 
-  of  the  two  sons  of  Aar'on,  when  they  offered 
before  the  Lord,  and  died ; 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Speak  unto 
Aar'on  thy  brother,  that  he  6come  not  at  all  times 
into  the  holy  place  within  the  veil  before  the  mercy 
seat,  which  is  upon  the  ark  ;  that  he  die  not :  for  I 
cwill  appear  in  the  cloud  upon  the  mercy  seat. 

3  Thus  shall  Aar'on  dcome  into  the  holy  place: 
ewith  a  young  bullock  for  a  sin  offering,  and  a  ram 
for  a  burnt  offering. 

4  He  shall  put  on -'"the  holy  linen  coat,  and  he  shall 
have  the  linen  breeches  upon  his  flesh,  and  shall  be 
girded  with  a  linen  girdle,  and  with  the  linen  mitre 
shall  he  be  attired :  these  are  9holj  garments ;  there- 
fore h  shall  he  wash  his  flesh  in  water,  and  so  put 
them  on. 

5  And  he  shall  take  of  'the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el  two  kids  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering,  and  one  ram  for  a  burnt  offering. 

6  And  Aar'on  shall  offer  his  bullock  of  the  sin 
offering,  which  is  for  himself,  and  j  make  an  atone- 
ment for  himself,  and  for  his  house. 

104 


B.  C.  1490. 


p  Matt.  9.  20. 
Mark  5.  25. 
iuke  8.  43. 


q  Rom.  3.  25. 

2  Cor.  5. 

IS,  19. 

Eph.  1.  7. 

Eph.  2.  12-22 

Col.  1. 19-22. 

Heb.  2.  17. 

Heb.  9.  14. 

Heb.  10.  1. 

Heb.  13.  20. 

1  John  1.  2. 

1  John  1.  7. 

1  John  2.  1. 
r  eh.  11.  47. 

Deut.  24.  8. 

Ezek.  22.  26. 

Ezek.  44.  23. 
s  Num.  5.  3. 

Num.  19.  13, 

20. 

Ezek.  5.  11. 

Ezek.  23.  38. 

1  Cor.  3.  17. 


a  ch.  10.  1,2. 
6  Ex.  30.  10. 

eh.  23.  27,  28. 

Heb.  9.  7. 

Heb.  10.  19. 
c  Ex.  25.  22. 

Ex.  40.  34. 

1  Ki.  8.  10, 
11,  12. 

d  Heb.  9.  7-25. 
e  ch.  4.  3. 
/  Ex.  28.  39. 

ch.  6.  10. 

Ezek.  44.  17. 

Phil.  2.  7. 

Heb.  2.  14. 
q  Ps.  93.  5. 
A  Ex.  30.  20. 

Heb.  10.  22. 
i  ch.  4.  14. 

Num.  29.  11. 

2  Chr.  29.  21. 
Ezra  6.  17. 
Ezek.  45.  22. 

j  ch.  9.  7. 
Heb.  5.  1,  2. 
Heb.  7.  27,  28. 

1  Azazel. 

k  Prov.  10.  33. 

2  went  up. 

I  Isa.  53.  4-10. 

Rom.  3.  25. 

2  Cor.  5.  21. 

Heb.  7.  26. 

Heb.  9.  23,  24. 

1  John  2.  2. 
m  ch.  10.  1. 

Num.  16.  18. 

Rev.  8.  5. 
n  Ex.  30.  34. 

Ex.  31.  11. 

Ex.  37.  29. 

Rev.  8.  3,  4. 

0  Ex.  30.  1,  7,  8. 
Num.  16.  7, 
18,  46. 

Rev.  8.  3,  4. 
p  1  Tim.  6.  16. 
q  Ex.  25.  21,  22. 
r  Heb.  10.  4. 
s  Heb.  2.  17. 

1  Heb.  0.  19. 
n  Ex.  29.  36. 

3  dwelleth. 
fLuke  1.  10. 
w  Heb.  9.  22. 
x  Ezek.  43.  20. 
y  Ezek.  45.  20. 
z  Isa.  53.  6. 

4  a  man  of  op- 
portunity. 


7  And  he  shall  take  the  two  goats,  and  present  them 
before  the  Lord  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

8  And  Aar'on  shall  cast  lots  upon  the  two  goats ; 
one  lot  for  the  Lord,  and  the  other  lot  for  the 
Scapegoat. 

9  And  Aar'on  shall  bring  the  goat  upon  which  the 
Lord's  &lot  2fell,  and  offer  him  for  a  sin  offering. 

10  But  the  goat,  on  which  the  lot  fell  to  be  the  scape- 
goat, shall  be  presented  alive  before  the  Lord,  to 
make  'an  atonement  with  him,  and  to  let  him  go 
for  a  scapegoat  into  the  wilderness. 

11  And  AarJon  shall  bring  the  bullock  of  the  sin 
offering,  which  is  •  for  himself,  and  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  himself,  and  for  his  house,  and  shall 
kill  the  bullock  of  the  sin  offering  which  is  for 
himself : 

12  And  he  shall  take  m  a  censer  full  of  burning  coals 
of  fire  from  off  the  altar  before  the  Lord,  and  his 
hands  full  of  n  sweet  incense  beaten  small,  and  bring 
it  within  the  veil : 

13  And  °  he  shall  put  the  incense  upon  the  fire  be- 
fore the  Lord,  that  the  p  cloud  of  the  incense  may 
cover  the  Q  mercy  seat  that  is  upon  the  testimony, 
that  he  die  not : 

14  And  rhe  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the  bullock, 
and  sprinkle  it  with  his  finger  upon  the  mercy  seat 
eastward ;  and  before  the  mercy  seat  shall  he  sprin- 
kle of  the  blood  with  his  finger  seven  times. 

15  If s  Then  shall  he  kill  the  goat  of  the  sin  offering, 
that  is  for  the  people,  and  bring  his  blood  '  within 
the  veil,  and  do  with  that  blood  as  he  did  with  the 
blood  of  the  bullock,  and  sprinkle  it  upon  the  mercy 
seat,  and  before  the  mercy  seat : 

16  And  he  shall  u  make  an  atonement  for  the  holy 
place,  because  of  the  uncleanness  of  the  children  of 
I§'ra-el,  and  because  of  their  transgressions  in  all 
their  sins:  and  so  shall  he  do  for  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  that  3remaineth  among  them 
in  the  midst  of  their  uncleanness. 

17  And  "  there  shall  be  no  man  in  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  when  he  goeth  in  to  make  an 
atonement  in  the  holy  place,  until  he  come  out,  and 
have  made  an  atonement  for  himself,  and  for  his 
household,  and  for  all  the  congregation  of  I§'ra-el. 

18  And  he  shall  go  out  unto  the  altar  that  is  before 
the  Lord,  and  w  make  an  atonement  for  it ;  and  shall 
take  of  the  blood  of  the  bullock,  and  of  the  blood 
of  the  goat,  and  put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar 
round  about. 

19  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the  blood  upon  it  with 
his  finger  seven  times,  and  cleanse  it,  and  J"  hallow 
it  from  the  uncleanness  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

20  II  And  when  he  hath  made  an  end  of  v  reconcil- 
ing the  holy  place,  and  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  the  altar,  he  shall  bring  the  live  goat : 

21  And  Aar'on  shall  lay  both  his  hands  upon  the 
head  of  the  live  goat,  and  confess  over  him  all  the 
iniquities  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  all  their 
transgressions  in  all  their  sins,  z  putting  them  upon 
the  head  of  the  goat,  and  shall  send  him  away  by 
the  hand  of  i a  fit  man  into  the  wilderness: 


The  yearly  atonement. 


LEVITICUS,  17,  18. 


Eating  of  blood  forbidden. 


22  And  the  goat  shall  "bear  upon  him  all  their 
iniquities  unto  a  land  5not  inhabited:  and  he  shall 
let  go  the  goat  in  the  wilderness. 

23  And  Aar'on  shall  come  into  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  b  shall  put  off  the  linen  gar- 
ments, which  he  put  on  when  he  went  into  the  holy 
place,  and  shall  leave  them  there : 

24  And  he  shall  wash  his  flesh  with  water  in  the 
holy  place,  and  put  on  his  garments,  and  come  forth, 
and  offer  his  burnt  offering,  and  the  burnt  offering 
of  the  people,  and  make  an  atonement  for  himself, 
and  for  the  people. 

25  And  cthe  fat  of  the  sin  offering  shall  he  burn 
upon  the  altar. 

26  And  he  that  let  go  the  goat  for  the  scapegoat 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  dand  bathe  his  flesh  in  water, 
and  afterward  come  into  the  camp. 

27  And  "the  bullock  for  the  sin  offering,  and  the 
goat  for  the  sin  offering,  whose  blood  was  brought 
in  to  make  atonement  in  the  holy  place,  shall  one 
carry  forth  without  the  camp  ;  and  they  shall  burn 
in  the  fire  their  skins,  and  their  flesh,  and  their 
dung. 

28  And  he  that  burneth  them  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  bathe  his  flesh  in  water,  and  afterward  he  shall 
come  into  the  camp. 

29  Tf  And  this  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  unto  you : 
that  -^in  the  seventh  month,  on  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls,  and  do  no  work  at 
all,  whether  it  be  one  of  your  own  country,  or  a 
stranger  that  sojourneth  among  you  : 

30  For  on  that  day  shall  the  priest  make  an  atone- 
ment for  you,  to  9  cleanse  you,  that  ye  may  be  clean 
from  all  your  sins  before  the  Lord. 

31  AIt  shall  be  a  sabbath  of  rest  unto  you,  and  ye 
shall  afflict  your  souls,  by  a  statute  for  ever. 

32  And  the  priest,  whom  he  shall  anoint,  and  whom 
he i6  shall  consecrate  to  minister  in  the  priest's  office 
in  his  father's  stead,  shall  make  the  atonement,  and 
shall  put  on  the  linen  clothes,  even  the  holy  gar- 
ments : 

33  And  he  shall  make  an  atonement  for  the  holy 
sanctuary,  and  he  shall  make  an  atonement  for  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  for  the  altar, 
and  he  shall  make  an  atonement  for  the  priests,  and 
for  all  the  people  of  the  congregation. 

34  And  'this  shall  be  an  everlasting  statute  unto 
you,  to  make  an  atonement  for  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el for  all  their  sins  fconce  a  year.  And  he  did  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 


A1 


CHAPTER  17. 

1  The  sprinkling  of  blood.    10  Ealing  of  blood  forbidden. 

ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 


2  Speak  unto  Aar'on,  and  unto  his  sons,  and 
unto  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say  unto  them; 
This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord  hath  commanded, 
saying, 

3  What  man  soever  there  be  of  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  killeth  an  ox,  or  lamb,  or  goat,  in  the  camp,  or 
that  killeth  it  out  of  the  camp, 

4  And  "bringeth  it  not  unto  the  door  of  the  taber- 


B.  C.  1490. 


a  Ps.  103.  1-13. 

Matt.  8.  17. 

Heb.  9.  28. 

1  Pet.  2.  24. 
5  of  separation. 
b  Ezek.  42.  14. 

Phil.  2.  G-ll. 


c  Ex.  29.  13. 
ch.  4.  10. 


d  ch.  15.  5. 
Heb.  9.  10. 


e  ch.  8.  17. 
ch.  4.  12,  21. 
ch.  G.  30. 
Heb.  13.  11. 


/Ex.  30.  10. 

ch.  23.  27. 

Num.  29.  7. 

Isa.  58.  3,  5. 

Dan.  10.  3,  12. 
g  Ezek.  36.  25. 

Jer.  33.  8. 

Tit.  2.  14. 

Eph.  5.  26. 

Heb.  9.  13,  14. 
A  Ex,  31.  15. 

Ex.  35.  2. 

ch.  23.  32. 
i  Ex.  29.  29. 

Num.  20.  26. 
G  fill  hia  hand, 
jcli.  23.  31. 

Num.  29.  7. 
/.■  Ex.  30.  10. 

Heb.  9.  7,  25. 


a  Deut.  12.  5. 
b  Ps.  32.  2. 

Rom.  4.  G. 
c  Gen.  17.  14. 
d  Gen.  21.  33. 

Gen.  22.  2. 

Deut.  12.  2. 

1  Ki.  14.  22, 
23. 

2  Ki.  17.  10. 
Ezek.  20.  28. 

e  Ex.  29.  18. 

ch.  4.  31. 

Num.  18.  17. 
f  Deut.  32.  17. 

2  Chr.  11.  15. 

Ps.  106.  37. 

Acts  7.  42,  43. 

1  Cor.  10.  20. 
g  Ex.  34.  15. 

Deut.  31 .  16. 
h  Gen.  9.  4. 

1  Sam.  14.  33. 
i  ch.  26.  17. 

Jer.  44.  11. 

Ezek.  15.  7. 
j  Mark  14.  24. 

Rom.  5.  9. 

Eph.  1.  7. 

Col.  1.  14. 
A-  Heb.  9.  22. 
1  that  hunteth 

any  hunting. 

1  Deut.  12.  16. 

Deut.  15.  23. 

1  Sam.  14.  32- 

34. 
m  Ezek.  24.  7. 
»  Gen.  9.  4. 
o  Ex.  22.  31. 

Deut.  14.  21. 

2  a  carcase. 

p  Num.  19.  20. 
Heb.  9.  28. 


a  Ex.  G.  7. 
Ezek.  20.  5. 


nacle  of  the  congregation,  to  offer  an  offering  unto 
the  Lord  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  ;  blood 
shall  be  6  imputed  unto  that  man  ;  he  hath  shed 
blood  ;  and  that  man  c  shall  be  cut  off  from  among 
his  people  : 

5  To  the  end  that  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  may 
bring  their  sacrifices, d  which  they  offer  in  the  open 
field,  even  that  they  may  bring  them  unto  the  Lord, 
unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
unto  the  priest,  and  offer  them  for  peace  offerings 
unto  the  Lord. 

6  And  the  priest  shall  sprinkle  the  blood  upon  the 
altar  of  the  Lord  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  eburn  the  fat  for  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord. 

7  And  they  shall  no  more  offer  their  sacrifices 
•funto  devils,  after  whom  they  9  have  gone  a  whor- 
ing. This  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  unto  them 
throughout  their  generations. 

8  If  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Whatsoever  man 
there  be  of  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el,  or  of  the  strangers 
which  sojourn  among  you,  that  offereth  a  burnt 
offering  or  sacrifice, 

9  And  bringeth  it  not  unto  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  to  offer  it  unto  the  Lord  ; 
even  that  man  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people. 

10  If  And  ''whatsoever  man  there  be  of  the  house 
of  Ig'ra-el,  or  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  among 
you,  that  eateth  any  manner  of  blood  ;  *  I  will  even 
set  my  face  against  that  soul  that  eateth  blood,  and 
will  cut  him  off  from  among  his  people. 

11  For  the  life  of  the  flesh  is  in  the  blood  :  and 
I  have  given  it  to  you  upon  the  altar  'to  make  an 
atonement  for  your  souls  :  for  Mt  is  the  blood  that 
maketh  an  atonement  for  the  soul. 

12  Therefore  I  said  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
No  soul  of  you  shall  eat  blood,  neither  shall  any 
stranger  that  sojourneth  among  you  eat  blood. 

13  And  whatsoever  man  there  be  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  or  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  among  you, 
1  which  hunteth  and  catcheth  any  beast  or  fowl  that 
may  be  eaten  ;  he  shall  even  ?pour  out  the  blood 
thereof,  and  '"cover  it  with  dust. 

14  TCFor  it  is  the  life  of  all  flesh  ;  the  blood  of  it 
is  for  the  life  thereof :  therefore  I  said  unto  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  Ye  shall  eat  the  blood  of  no 
manner  of  flesh :  for  the  life  of  all  flesh  is  the  blood 
thereof  :  whosoever  eateth  it  shall  be  cut  off. 

15  And  °  every  soul  that  eateth  2that  which  died  of 
itself,  or  that  which  was  torn  with  beasts,  whether 
it  be  one  of  your  own  country,  or  a  stranger,  he 
shall  both  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in 
water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even :  then  shall 
he  be  clean. 

16  But  if  he  wash  them  not,  nor  bathe  his  flesh  ; 
then  phe  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  18. 

Unlawful  marriages  and  hisls. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  a  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

105 


Unlawful  marriages. 


LEVITICUS,  19. 


Sundry  laws  repeated^ 


3  After  Hhe  doings  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  wherein 
ye  dwelt,  shall  ye  not  do  :  and  after  cthe  doings  of 
the  land  of  Ca'naan,  whither  I  bring  you,  shall  ye 
not  do  :  neither  shall  ye  walk  in  their  ordinances. 

4  Ye  shall  do  my  judgments,  and  keep  mine  or- 
dinances, to  walk  therein  :  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God. 

5  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  my  statutes,  and  my 
judgments:  d which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall  live  in 
them  :  el  am  the  Lord. 

6  II  None  of  you  shall  approach  to  any  that  is  *  near 
of  kin  to  him,  to  uncover  their  nakedness  :  I  am 
the  Lord. 

7  The  nakedness  of  thy  father,  or  the  nakedness 
of  thy  mother,  shalt  thou  not  uncover  :  she  is  thy 
mother ;  thou  shalt  not  uncover  her  nakedness. 

8  The  -^nakedness  of  thy  father's  wife  shalt  thou 
not  uncover :  it  is  thy  father's  nakedness. 

9  The  9  nakedness  of  thy  sister,  the  daughter  of 
thy  father,  or  daughter  of  thy  mother,  whether  she 
be  born  at  home,  or  born  abroad,  even  their  naked- 
ness thou  shalt  not  uncover. 

10  The  nakedness  of  thy  son's  daughter,  or  of  thy 
daughter's  daughter,  even  their  nakedness  thou  shalt 
not  uncover  :  for  theirs  is  thine  own  nakedness. 

11  The  nakedness  of  thy  father's  wife's  daughter, 
begotten  of  thy  father,  she  is  thy  sister,  thou  shalt 
not  uncover  her  nakedness. 

12  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
father's  sister :  she  is  thy  father's  near  kinswoman. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
mother's  sister  :  for  she  is  thy  mother's  near  kins- 
woman. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
father's  brother,  thou  shalt  not  approach  to  his  wife : 
she  is  thine  aunt. 

15  ''Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
daughter  in  law  :  she  is  thy  son's  wife  ;  thou  shalt 
not  uncover  her  nakedness. 

16  ^Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
brother's  wife  :  it  is  thy  brother's  nakedness. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  a 
woman  and  her  daughter,  neither  shalt  thou  take 
her  son's  daughter,  or  her  daughter's  daughter,  to 
uncover  her  nakedness ;  for  they  are  her  near 
kinswomen  :  it  is  wickedness. 

18  Neither  shalt  thou  take  2a  wife  to  her  sister,  3to 
vex  her,  to  uncover  her  nakedness,  beside  the  other 
in  her  life  time. 

19  k  Also  thou  shalt  not  approach  unto  a  woman  to 
uncover  her  nakedness,  as  long  as  she  is  put  apart 
for  her  uncleanness. 

20  Moreover  l  thou  shalt  not  lie  carnally  with  thy 
neighbour's  wife,  to  defile  thyself  with  her. 

21  And  thou  shalt  not  let  any  of  thy  seed  mpass 
through  the  nfire  to  Mo 'lech,  neither  shalt  thou 
"profane  the  name  of  thy  God  :  v  I  am  the  Lord. 

22  9Thou  shalt  not  lie  with  mankind,  as  with 
womankind  :  it  is  abomination. 

23  Neither  shalt  thou  lie  with  any  beast  to  defile 
thyself  therewith  :  neither  shall  any  woman  stand 
before  a  beast  to  lie  down  thereto  :  it  is  confusion. 

106 


B.  C.  1490. 


6  Ezek.  23.  8. 
o  Ex.  23.  24. 


d  Luke  10.  28. 

Rom.  10.  5. 

Gal.  3.  12. 
e  Isa.  44.  6. 

Jer.  9.  24. 

Mai.  3.  6. 
1  remainder  of 

his  flesh. 


f  Gen.  49.  4. 
1  Cor.  5.  1. 


0  2  Sam.  13.  12. 


I)  Gen.  38.  18. 

Ezek.  22.  11. 
i  Matt.  14.  3,  4. 

Matt.  22.  24. 
2  Or,  one  wife 

to  another, 

1  Tim.  3.  2. 
j  Gen.  30.  15. 

Mai.  2.  15. 
k  Ezek.  18.  6. 

1  Prov.  6.  29. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

Matt.  5.  27,  28. 

1  Cor.  6.  9. 

Heb.  13.  4. 
m  2  Ki.  16.  3. 

Jer.  19.  5. 
n  1  Ki.  11.  7,  33. 

0  Ezek.  3G..20. 
Mai.  1.  12. 

p  Isa.  42.  8. 

2  Rom.  1.  27. 

1  Tim.  1.  10. 
r  Matt.  15.  18. 

1  Cor.  3.  17. 
s  Deut.  18.  12. 

1  Num.  35.  34. 

Isa.  24.  5. 
Jer.  1G.  18. 
u  Isa.  26.  21. 
Jer.  9.  9. 


a  Ex.  19.  6. 

ch.  11.  44. 

eh.  20.  7,  26. 

Eph.  1.  4. 

1  Thess.  4.  7. 

1  Pet.  1.  16. 
6  Gen.  2.  2. 

Ex.  20.  8. 

Ex.  31.  13. 

Neh.  9.  14. 

Neh.  13. 15-21. 

Isa.  56.  2. 

Isa.  58.  13. 

Mark  2.  27. 

Heb.  4.  9. 
c  Ex.  20.  3-5. 

1  Cor.  10.  14. 
dEx.  23.  11. 

ch.  23.  22. 

Deut.  15.  1-18. 

Deut.  24.  19. 

Ruth  2.  15. 
ePs.  41.  1. 

Ps.  140.  12. 

Prov.  14.  31. 

Prov.  22.  1G. 

Prov.  29.  7. 

Eccl.  5.  8. 

Isa.  3.  12-15. 

Jas.  2. 1-9. 
/I  Ki.  13.  18. 

Jer.  9.  3-5. 

Acts  5.  3,  4. 

Eph.  4.  25. 
g  Deut.  24.  14. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

Jas.  5.  4. 


24  r  Defile  not  ye  yourselves  in  any  of  these  things : 
sfor  in  all  these  the  nations  are  defiled  which  I  cast 
out  before  you  : 

25  And  *the  land  is  defiled  :  therefore  I  do  "visit 
the  iniquity  thereof  upon  it,  and  the  land  itself 
vomiteth  out  her  inhabitants. 

26  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  my  statutes  and  my 
judgments,  and  shall  not  commit  any  of  these  abom- 
inations ;  neither  any  of  your  own  nation,  nor  any 
stranger  that  sojourneth  among  you  : 

27  (For  all  these  abominations  have  the  men  of  the 
land  done,  which  were  before  you,  and  the  land  is 
denied  ;) 

28  That  the  land  spue  not  you  out  also,  when  ye 
defile  it,  as  it  spued  out  the  nations  that  were  before 
you. 

29  For  whosoever  shall  commit  any  of  these  abom- 
inations, even  the  souls  that  commit  them  shall  be 
cut  off  from  among  their  people. 

30  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  mine  ordinance,  that 
ye  commit  not  any  one  of  these  abominable  customs, 
which  were  committed  before  you,  and  that  ye  de- 
file not  yourselves  therein  :  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God. 

CHAPTER  19. 

Sundry  laws  repeated. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo's_e§,  saying, 
-^-  2  Speak  unto  all  the  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say  unto  them,  aYe  shall  be 
holy  :  for  I  the  Lord  your  God  am  holy. 

3  II  Ye  shall  fear  every  man  his  mother,  and  his 
father,  and  ^keep  my  sabbaths :  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

4  If  cTurn  ye  not  unto  idols,  nor  make  to  your- 
selves molten  gods  :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

5  Tf  And  if  ye  offer  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings 
unto  the  Lord,  ye  shall  offer  it  at  your  own  will. 

6  It  shall  be  eaten  the  same  day  ye  offer  it,  and 
on  the  morrow  :  and  if  ought  remain  until  the  third 
day,  it  shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 

7  And  if  it  be  eaten  at  all  on  the  third  day,  it  is 
abominable  ;  it  shall  not  be  accepted. 

8  Therefore  every  one  that  eateth  it  shall  bear  his 
iniquity,  because  he  hath  profaned  the  hallowed 
thing  of  the  Lord  :  and  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off 
from  among  his  people. 

9  If  And  dwhen  ye  reap  the  harvest  of  your  land, 
thou  shalt  not  wholly  reap  the  corners  of  thy  field, 
neither  shalt  thou  gather  the  gleanings  of  thy  har- 
vest. 

10  And  thou  shalt  not  glean  thy  vineyard,  neither 
shalt  thou  gather  every  grape  of  thy  vineyard  ;  thou 
shalt  leave  them  e  for  the  poor  and  stranger  :  I  am, 
the  Lord  your  God. 

11  If  Ye  shall  not  steal,  neither  deal  falsely,  -^nei- 
ther  lie  one  to  another. 

12  ff  And  ye  shall  not  swear  by  my  name  falsely, 
neither  shalt  thou  profane  the  name  of  thy  God :  I 
am  the  Lord. 

13  Tf  Thou  shalt  not  defraud  thy  neighbour,  nei- 
ther rob  him :  9the  wages  of  him  that  is  hired  shall 
not  abide  with  thee  all  night  until  the  morning. 


Sundry  laws  repeated. 


LEVITICUS,  20. 


Laws  and  ordinances. 


14  Tf  Thou  shalt  not  curse  the  deaf,  ''nor  put  a 
stumblingblock  before  the  blind,  but  shalt l  fear  thy 
God  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

15  Tf j  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteousness  in  judgment : 
thou  shalt  not  respect  the  person  of  the  poor,  nor 
honour  the  person  of  the  mighty  :  but  in  righteous- 
ness shalt  thou  judge  thy  neighbour. 

16  If  Thou  shalt  not  go  up  and  down  as  a  tale- 
bearer among  thy  people  :  neither  shalt  thou  k  stand 
against  the  blood  of  thy  neighbour :  I  am  the  Lord. 

17  1  'Thou  shalt  not  hate  thy  brother  in  thine 
heart :  mthou  shalt  in  any  wise  rebuke  thy  neigh- 
bour, x  and  not  suffer  sin  upon  him. 

18  If  "Thou  shalt  not  avenge,  nor  bear  any  grudge 
against  the  children  of  thy  people,  "but  thou  shalt 
love  thy  neighbour  as  thyself  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

19  Tf  Ye  shall  keep  my  statutes.  Thou  shalt  not 
let  thy  cattle  gender  with  a  diverse  kind  :  thou 
shalt  not  sow  thy  field  with  mingled  seed  :  neither 
shall  a  garment  mingled  of  linen  and  woollen  come 
upon  thee. 

20  Tf  And  whosoever  lieth  carnally  with  a  woman, 
that  is  a  bondmaid,  2  betrothed  to  an  husband,  and 
not  at  all  redeemed,  nor  freedom  given  her ;  3she 
shall  be  scourged  ;  they  shall  not  be  put  to  death, 
because  she  was  not  free. 

21  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass  offering  unto 
the  Lord,  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  even  a  ram  for  a  trespass  offering. 

22  And  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
him  with  the  ram  of  the  trespass  offering  before 
the  Lord  for  his  sin  which  he  hath  done :  and  the 
sin  which  he  hath  done  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

23  Tf  And  when  ye  shall  come  into  the  land,  and 
shall  have  planted  all  manner  of  trees  for  food,  then 
ye  shall  count  the  fruit  thereof  as  uncircumcised  : 
three  years  shall  it  be  as  uncircumcised  unto  you  : 
it  shall  not  be  eaten  of. 

24  But  in  the  fourth  year  all  the  fruit  thereof 
shall  be  4holy  pto  praise  the  Lord  withal. 

25  And  in  the  fifth  year  shall  ye  eat  of  the  fruit 
thereof,  that  it  may  yield  unto  you  the  increase 
thereof  :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

26  Tf  Ye  shall  not  eat  any  thing  with  the  blood : 
8  neither  shall  ye  use  enchantment,  nor  observe 
times. 

27  rYe  shall  not  round  the  corners  of  your  heads, 
neither  shalt  thou  mar  the  corners  of  thy  beard. 

28  Ye  shall  not  smake  any  cuttings  in  your  flesh 
for  the  dead,  nor  print  any  marks  upon  you  :  I  am 
the  Lord. 

29  Tf  'Do  not 5 prostitute  thy  daughter,  to  cause  her 
to  be  a  whore ;  lest  the  land  fall  to  whoredom,  and 
the  land  become  full  of  wickedness. 

30  Tf  "Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  "reverence 
my  sanctuary :  I  am  the  Lord. 

31  Tf  ""Regard  not  them  that  have  familiar  spirits, 
neither  seek  after  wizards,  to  be  defiled  by  them : 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

32  Tf  xThou  shalt  rise  up  before  the  hoary  head, 
and  honour  the  face  of  the  old  man,  and  fear  thy 
God  :  I  am  the  Lord. 


B.  C.  1490. 


h  Rom.  14.  13. 
i  1  Pet.  2.  17. 

3  Ps.  82.  2. 
Prov.  24.  23. 
Jas.  2.  9. 


*  1  Ki.  21.  13. 
Matt.  26.  60. 


I  Gen.  27.  41. 

1  John  2.  9, 11. 

1  John  3.  15. 
m  Luke  17.  3. 
1  Or,  that  thou 

bear  not  sin 

for  him, 

1  Cor.  5.  2. 
n  Rom.  12.  17. 
o  Matt.  5.  43,  44. 


2  reproached 
by,  or,  for 
man,  or, 
abused  by  any. 

3  there  shall  be 
a  scourging, 
or,  they  shall 
be  scourged. 


4  holiness  of 
praises,  to 
the  Lord. 

p  Deut.  12. 

17,  18. 
ql  Ki.  17.  17. 
r  Jer.  9.  26. 
s  Deut.  14.  1. 
t  Deut.  23.  17. 

5  profane. 
u  ch.  26.  2. 
v  Eccl.  5.  1. 

w  1  Sam.  28.  7. 

Isa.  8.  19. 
%  1  Ki.  2.  19. 

Prov.  20.  29. 

Prov.  23.  22. 

1  Tim.  5.  1. 
y  Ex.  22.  21. 

6  Or,  oppress, 
z  Ex.  12.  48. 

a  Deut.  10.  19. 
b  Deut.  25. 

13,  15. 

Prov.  20.  10. 

7  stones, 
cch.  18.  4,5. 

Deut.  5. 1. 
Deut.  6.  25. 


a  2  Ki.  17.  17. 

2  Ki.  23.  10. 

2  Chr.  33.  6. 
5  Ezek.  5.  11. 

Num.  19.  20. 
c  Ex.  20.  5. 
d  ch.  17.  7. 
e  ch.  19.  31. 

2  Ki.  23.  24. 
/Ex.  22.31. 

Matt.  5.  48. 

Eph.  1.  4. 

Col.  3.  12. 

1  Thess.  5.  23. 

1  Pet.  1.  16. 
g  Ex.  31.  13. 
h  Ex.  21.  17. 

Deut.  27.  16. 

Prov.  20.  20. 

Matt.  15.  4. 
i  2  Sam.  1.  16. 

1  Ki.  2.  32. 
j  Deut.  22.  22. 

Jer.  29.  23. 

John  8.  4,  5. 

1  Cor.  6.  9. 

Heb.  13.  4. 
k  ch.  18.  8. 

Deut.  27.  23. 
I  ch.  18.  15. 

Deut.  23.  17. 

Judg.  19.  22. 

Rom.  1.  27,32. 


33  Tf  And  ^if  a  stranger  sojourn  with  thee  in  your 
land,  ye  shall  not  6vex  him. 

34  But  *the  stranger  that  dwelleth  with  you  shall 
be  unto  you  as  one  born  among  you,  and  "thou  shalt 
love  him_as  thyself  ;  for  ye  were  strangers  in  the 
land  of  E'gypt :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

35  Tf  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteousness  in  judgment, 
in  meteyard,  in  weight,  or  in  measure. 

36  b  Just  balances,  just 7  weights,  a  just  ephah,  and 
a  just  hin,  shall  ye  have  :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
which  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

37  c  Therefore  shall  ye  observe  all  my  statutes,  and 
all  my  judgments,  and  do  thern  :  I  am  the  Lord. 


CHAPTER  20. 


1  Divers  laws  and  ordinances. 


7  Sanctification.     10  Adultery.     22  Obedience  required 
with  holiness. 


A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-^-  2  Again,  thou  shalt  say  to  the  children  of  !§'- 
ra-el,  "Whosoever  he  be  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
or  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  in  Ig'ra-el,  that 
giveth  any  of  his  seed  unto  Mo' lech ;  he  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death  :  the  people  of  the  land  shall  stone 
him  with  stones. 

3  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man,  and 
will  cut  him  off  from  among  his  people  ;  because 
he  hath  given  of  his  seed  unto  Mo1  lech,  to  b  defile  my 
sanctuary,  and  to  profane  my  holy  name. 

4  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  do  any  ways  hide 
their  eyes  from  the  man,  when  he  giveth  of  his  seed 
unto  Mo 'lech,  and  kill  him  not : 

5  Then  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man,  and 
c  against  his  family,  and  will  cut  him  off,  and  all 
that  dgo  a  whoring  after  him,  to  commit  whoredom 
with  Mo 'lech,  from   among  their  people. 

6  Tf  And  ethe  soul  that  turneth  after  such  as  have 
familiar  spirits,  and  after  wizards,  to  go  a  whoring 
after  them,  I  will  even  set  my  face  against  that  soul, 
and  will  cut  him  off  from  among  his  people. 

7  Tf  -^Sanctify  yourselves  therefore,  and  be  ye  holy  : 
for  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

8  And  ye  shall  keep  my  statutes,  and  do  them  :  °  I 
am  the  Lord  which  sanctify  you. 

9  Tf  For  h  every  one  that  curseth  his  father  or  his 
mother  shall  be  surely  put  to  death  :  he  hath  cursed 
his  father  or  his  mother ;  *  his  blood  shall  be  upon  him. 

10  Tf  And  ^'the  man  that  committeth  adultery  with 
another  man's  wife,  even  he  that  committeth  adultery 
with  his  neighbour's  wife,  the  adulterer  and  the 
adulteress  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  Hhe  man  that  lieth  with  his  father's  wife 
hath  uncovered  his  father's  nakedness  :  both  of  them 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death  ;  their  blood  shall  be 
upon  them. 

12  'And  if  a  man  lie  with  his  daughter  in  law, 
both  of  them  shall  surely  be  put  to  death  :  they 
have  wrought  confusion  ;  their  blood  shall  be  upon 
them. 

13  If  a  man  also  lie  with  mankind,  as  he  lieth  with 
a  woman,  both  of  them  have  committed  an  abom- 
ination :  they  shall  surely  be  put  to  death ;  their 
blood  shall  be  upon  them. 

107 


Laws  and  ordinances. 


LEVITICUS,  21. 


Laws  of  the  priesthood. 


14  And  mif  a  man  take  a  wife  and  her  mother,  it 
is  wickedness  :  they  shall  be  burnt  with  fire,  both 
he  and  they  ;  that  there  be  no  wickedness  among 
you. 

15  And  nif  a  man  lie  with  a  beast,  he  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death  :  and  ye  shall  slay  the  beast. 

16  And  if  a  woman  approach  unto  any  beast,  and 
lie  down  thereto,  thou  shalt  kill  the  woman,  and 
the  beast :  they  shall  surely  be  put  to  death ;  their 
blood  shall  be  upon  them. 

17  And  °if  a  man  shall  take  his  sister,  his  father's 
daughter,  or  his  mother's  daughter,  and  see  her 
nakedness,  and  she  see  his  nakedness ;  it  is  a 
wicked  thing  ;  and  they  shall  be  cut  off  in  the  sight 
of  their  people  :  he  hath  uncovered  his  sister's 
nakedness  ;  he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

18  And  pif  a  man  shall  lie  with  a  woman  having 
her  sickness,  and  shall  uncover  her  nakedness  ;  he 
hath  1  discovered  her  fountain,  and  she  hath  un- 
covered the  fountain  of  her  blood  :  and  both  of  them 
shall  be  cut  off  from  among  their  people. 

19  And  'thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of 
thy  mother's  sister,  nor  of  thy  father's  sister  :  for 
he  uncovereth  his  near  kin  :  they  shall  bear  their 
iniquity. 

20  And  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  his  uncle's  wife,  he 
hath  uncovered  his  uncle's  nakedness  :  they  shall 
bear  their  sin  ;  they  shall  die  childless. 

21  And  rif  a  man  shall  take  his  brother's  wife,  it 
is  2an  unclean  thing  :  he  hath  uncovered  his  bro- 
ther's nakedness  ;  they  shall  be  childless. 

22  If  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  all  my s  statutes,  and 
all  my  judgments,  and  do  them:  that  the  land, 
whither  I  bring  you  to  dwell  therein,  spue  you  not 
out. 

23  And  ye  shall  not  walk  in  the  manners  of  the 
nation,  which  I  cast  out  before  you  :  for  they  com- 
mitted all  these  things,  and  *  therefore  I  abhorred 
them. 

24  But  ul  have  said  unto  you,  Ye  shall  inherit 
their  land,  and  I  will  give  it  unto  you  to  possess  it, 
a  land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey :  I  am  the 
Lord  your  God,  v  which  have  separated  you  from 
other  people. 

25  wYe  shall  therefore  put  difference  between 
clean  beasts  and  unclean,  and  between  unclean 
fowls  and  clean  :  and  ye  shall  not  make  your  souls 
abominable  by  beast,  or  by  fowl,  or  by  any  manner 
of  living  thing  that 3  creepeth  on  the  ground,  which 
I  have  separated  from  you  as  unclean. 

26  And  ye  shall  be  holy  unto  me  :  for  XI  the  Lord 
am  holy,  and  ^have  severed  you  from  other  people, 
that  ye  should  be  mine. 

27  If  A  z  man  also  or  woman  that  hath  a  familiar 
spirit,  or  that  is  a  wizard,  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death  :  they  shall  stone  them  with  stones  :  their 
blood  shall  be  upon  them. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Lmcs  of  the  priesthood.    13  Marriages.     17  Blemishes. 

A  ND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Speak  unto 
■^*-  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aar'on,  and  say  unto 

108 


B.  C.  1490. 


m  ch.  18.  17. 


n  Deut.  27.  21. 


o  Gen.  20.  12. 


p  ch.  15.  24. 


1  made  naked. 


q  ch.  18.  12. 
r  ch.  18.  16. 

2  a  separation. 
s  ch.  18.  26. 

ch.  19.  37. 
I  Deut.  9.  5. 
u  Ex.  3.  17. 

Ex.  6.  8. 
v  Ex.  19.  5. 

Ex.  33.  10. 

Deut.  7.  6. 

Deut.  14.  2. 

1  Ki.  8.  53. 

Ps.  135.  4. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 
«'  ch.  11.  47. 

Deut.  14.  4. 

3  Or,  moveth. 
x  ch.  19.  2. 

Ps.  99.  5. 

Isa.  6.  3. 

Isa.  30.  11. 

1  Pet.  1.  16. 

Rev.  3.  7. 

Rev.  4.  8. 
y  Tit.  2.  14. 
e  Ex.  22.  18. 

Deut.  18.  10. 

1  Sara.  28.  7. 


a  ch.  5.  2. 
Ezek.  44.  25. 

1  Or,  being  an 
husband 
among  his 
people,  he 
shall  not  de- 
file himself 
for  his  wife, 
etc. 

b  ch.  19.  27,  28. 
Deut,  14.  1. 

c  Ex.  20.  7. 
ch.  18.  21. 
Deut.  5.  11. 
Ps.  15.  4. 
Matt.  5.  33-37. 

</ch.  3.  11. 

e  Ezek.  44.  22. 

/Deut.  24.  1,2. 

g  ch.  20.  7,  8. 
Isa.  43.  15. 

h  Gen.  38.  24. 

)'  Ex.  29.  29. 
Num.  35.  25. 

j  Ex.  28.  2. 

k  ch.  10.  6. 

1  Num.  19.  14. 
m  ch.  10.  7. 

n  Ex.  28.  36. 

ch.  8.  9,  12,  30. 
o  Ezek.  44.  22. 
p  Rom.  12.  1. 

1  Cor.  3. 

10,  17. 

Eph.  5.  27. 
g  Num.  16.  5. 

Ps.  64.  4. 

2  Or,  food. 
r  ch.  22.  23. 

3  Or,  too 
slender. 

s  Deut.  23.  1. 
t  ch.  2.  3,  10. 

ch.  6.  17,  29. 

ch.  24.  9. 

Num.  18.  9. 
u  ch.  22.  10. 

Num.  18.  19. 


them,  There  "shall  none  be  denied  for  the  dead 
among  his  people  : 

2  But  for  his  kin,  that  is  near  unto  him,  that  is,  for 
his  mother,  and  for  his  father,  and  for  his  son,  and 
for  his  daughter,  and  for  his  brother, 

3  And  for  his  sister  a  virgin,  that  is  nigh  unto 
him,  which  hath  had  no  husband  ;  for  her  may  he 
be  denied. 

4  But  1he  shall  not  defile  himself,  being  a  chief 
man  among  his  people,  to  profane  himself. 

5  6They  shall  not  make  baldness  upon  their  head, 
neither  shall  they  shave  off  the  corner  of  their 
beard,  nor  make  any  cuttings  in  their  flesh. 

6  They  shall  be  holy  unto  their  God,  and  cnot  pro- 
fane the  name  of  their  God  :  for  the  offerings  of 
the  Lord  made  by  fire,  and  the  d  bread  of  their 
God,  they  do  offer  :  therefore  they  shall  be  holy. 

7  eThey  shall  not  take  a  wife  that  is  a  whore,  or 
profane;  neither  shall  they  take  a  woman  rput 
away  from  her  husband  :  for  he  is  holy  unto  his 
God. 

8  Thou  shalt  sanctify  him  therefore ;  for  he  offer- 
eth  the  bread  of  thy  God  :  he  shall  be  holy  unto 
thee  :  °  f or  I  the  Lord,  which  sanctify  you,  am  holy. 

9  H  And  Hhe  daughter  of  any  priest,  if  she  pro- 
fane herself  by  playing  the  whore,  she  profaneth 
her  father :  she  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

10  And  lhe  that  is  the  high  priest  among  his  breth- 
ren, upon  whose  head  the  anointing  oil  was  poured, 
and  J'that  is  consecrated  to  put  on  the  garments, 
k  shall  not  uncover  his  head,  nor  rend  his  clothes  ; 

11  Neither  shall  he  *go  in  to  any  dead  body,  nor 
defile  himself  for  his  father,  or  for  his  mother  ; 

12  m  Neither  shall  he  go  out  of  the  sanctuary,  nor 
profane  the  sanctuary  of  his  God  ;  for  *  the  crown 
of  the  anointing  oil  of  his  God  is  upon  him  :  I  am 
the  Lord. 

13  And  °he  shall  take  a  wife  in  her  virginity. 

14  A  widow,  or  a  divorced  woman,  or  profane,  or 
an  harlot,  these  shall  he  not  take :  but  he  shall  take 
a  virgin  of  his  own  people  to  wife. 

15  Neither  ■  shall  he  profane  his  seed  among  his 
people  :  for  PI  the  Lord  do  sanctify  him. 

16  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

17  Speak  unto  Aar'on,  saying,  Whosoever  he  be  of 
thy  seed  in  their  generations  that  hath  any  blemish, 
let  him  not Q  approach  to  offer  the  2  bread  of  his  God. 

18  For  whatsoever  man  he  be  that  hath  a  blemish, 
he  shall  not  approach  :  a  blind  man,  or  a  lame,  or 
he  that  hath  a  flat  nose,  or  any  thing  r  superfluous, 

19  Or  a  man  that  is  brokenfooted,  or  broken- 
handed, 

20  Or  crookbackt,  or  a 3 dwarf,  or  that  hath  a  blem- 
ish in  his  eye,  or  be  scurvy,  or  scabbed,  or  shath 
his  stones  broken  ; 

21  No  man  that  hath  a  blemish  of  the  seed  of 
Aar'on  the  pfiest  shall  come  nigh  to  offer  the  offer- 
ings of  the  Lord  made  by  fire :  he  hath  a  blemish  ; 
he  shall  not  come  nigh  to  offer  the  bread  of  his  God. 

22  He  shall  eat  the  bread  of  his  God,  both  of  the 
*most  holy,  and  of  the  Mholy. 

23  Only  he  shall  not  go  in  unto  the  veil,  nor  come 


Laws  concerning  priests. 


LEVITICUS,  22,  23. 


Age  of  a  sacrifice. 


nigh  unto  the  altar,  because  he  hath  a  blemish  ; 
that  he  profane  not  my  sanctuaries  :  for  I  the  Lord 
do  sanctify  them. 

24  And  Mo'seg  told  it  unto  Aar'on,  and  to  his  sons, 
and  unto  all  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  Laws  concerning  priests  and  offerings.    26  Age  of  sacrifice.   29  Law  of  eating  sacrifice. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  Aar'on  and  to  his  sons,  that  they 
"separate  themselves  from  the  holy  things  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  that  they  profane  not  my 
holy  name  in  those  things  which  they  b  hallow  unto 
me  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

3  Say  unto  them,  Whosoever  he  be  of  all  your  seed 
among  your  generations,  that  goeth  unto  the  holy 
things,  which  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  hallow  unto 
the  Lord,  having  his  "uncleanness  upon  him,  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  my  presence  :  I  am  the 
Lord. 

4  What  man  soever  of  the  seed  of  Aar'on  is  a 
leper,  or  hath  d  a  x  running  issue  ;  he  shall  not  eat 
of  the  holy  things, e  until  he  be  clean.  And  f  whoso 
toucheth  any  thing  that  is  unclean  by  the  dead,  or 
a  man  whose  seed  goeth  from  him  ; 

5  Or  a  whosoever  toucheth  any  creeping  thing, 
whereby  he  may  be  made  unclean,  or  /la  man  of 
whom  he  may  take  uncleanness,  whatsoever  un- 
cleanness  he  hath  ; 

6  The  soul  which  hath  touched  any  such  shall  be 
unclean  until  even,  and  shall  not  eat  of  the  holy 
things,  unless  he  "wash  his  flesh  with  water. 

7  And  when  the  sun  is  down,  he  shall  be  clean, 
and  shall  afterward  eat  of  the  holy  things  ;  be- 
cause j\t  is  his  food. 

8  ^That  which  dieth  of  itself,  or  is  torn  with 
beasts,  he  shall  not  eat  to  defile  himself  therewith  : 
I  am  the  Lord. 

9  They  shall  therefore  keep  mine  ordinance,  'lest 
they  bear  sin  for  it,  and  die  therefore,  if  they  pro- 
fane it :  I  the  Lord  do  sanctify  them. 

10  m  There  shall  no  stranger  eat  of  the  holy  thing : 
a  sojourner  of  the  priest,  or  an  hired  servant, 
shall  not  eat  of  the  holy  thing. 

11  But  if  the  priest  buy  any  soul 2  with  his  money, 
he  shall  eat  of  it,  and  he  that  is  born  in  his  house  : 
they  shall  eat  of  his  meat. 

12  If  the  priest's  daughter  also  be  married  unto 
3  a  stranger,  she  may  not  eat  of  an  offering  of  the 
holy  things. 

13  But  if  the  priest's  daughter  be  a  widow,  or  di- 
vorced, and  have  no  child,  and  "is  returned  unto 
her  father's  house,  °as  in  her  youth,  she  shall  eat 
of  her  father's  meat :  but  there  shall  no  stranger 
eat  thereof. 

14  If  And  pif  a  man  eat  of  the  holy  thing  unwit- 
tingly, then  he  shall  put  the  fifth  part  thereof  unto 
it,  and  shall  give  it  unto  the  priest  with  the  holy 
thing. 

15  And  9they  shall  not  profane  the  holy  things  of 
the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  which  they  offer  unto  the 
Lord; 


B.  C.  1490. 


a  Num.  C.  3. 


b  Ex.  13.  12. 
Num.  18.  32. 
Deut.  15.  W. 


c  ch.  7.  20. 


d  ch.  15.  2. 

1  running  of  the 

reins. 
e  ch.  15.  13. 
/  Num.  19. 

11,  22. 

rj  ch.  11.  24. 
h  ch.  15.  7,  19. 


i  Heb.  10.  22. 
./Num.  18.  11. 
k  Ex.  22.  31. 
ch.  17.  15. 

1  Ex.  28.  43. 

Num.  18.  22. 
m  One  not  a 
priest, 
Ex.  29.  33. 
Num.  3.  10. 
1  Sam. 21.  6. 

2  with  the  pur- 
chase of  his 
money. 

3  a  man  a 
stranger. 

»fien.  38.  11. 
0  Num.  18.  11. 
p  ch.  5.  15,  16. 
q  Num.  18.  32. 

4  Or,  lade 
themselves 
with  the 
iniquity  of 
trespass  in 
their  eating. 

r  Num.  15.  1-1. 
*  Deut.  15.  21. 

Deut.  17.  1. 

Mai.  1.  8,  14. 

Eph.  5.  27. 

Heb.  9.  14. 
t  Num.  15.  3.  8. 

Deut.  23.  21. 

Ps.  61.  8. 

Ps.  65.  1. 

5  Or,  goats. 

6  Or,  kid. 

u  ch.  21.  18. 
v  Num.  15.  15. 
w  Mai.  1.  14. 
X  Ex.  22.  30. 

7  Or,  she  goat. 
y  Deut.  22.  6. 
z  Ps.  107.  22. 

Ps.  116.  17. 

Amos  4.  5. 
a  ch.  19.  37. 

Num.  15.  40. 

Deut.  4.  40. 
6  Isa.  6.  3. 

Matt.  6.  9. 

Luke  11.  2. 
c  Ex.  6.  7. 


a  Ex.  32.  5. 
2  Chr.  30.  5. 
Joel  1.  14. 
2  Ki.  10.  20. 
Ps.  81.  3. 


16  Or i  suffer  them  to  bear  the  iniquity  of  trespass, 
when  they  eat  their  holy  things  :  for  I  the  Lord 
do  sanctify  them. 

17  T  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

18  Speak  unto  Aar'on,  and  to  his  sons,  and  unto 
all  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  and  say  unto  them, 
r  Whatsoever  he  be  of  the  house  of  I§'ra-el,  or  of  the 
strangers  in  I§'ra-el,  that  will  offer  his  oblation  for 
all  his  vows,  and  for  all  his  freewill  offerings, 
which  they  will  offer  unto  the  Lord  for  a  burnt 
offering  ; 

19  Ye  shall  offer  at  your  own  will  a  male  without 
blemish,  of  the  beeves,  of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats. 

20  But s  whatsoever  hath  a  blemish,  that  shall  ye 
not  offer  :  for  it  shall  not  be  acceptable  for  you. 

21  And  whosoever  offereth  a  sacrifice  of  peace 
offerings  unto  the  Lord  Ho  accomplish  his  vow,  or 
a  freewill  offering  in  beeves  or  5  sheep,  it  shall  be 
perfect  to  be  accepted  ;  there  shall  be  no  blemish 
therein. 

22  Blind,  or  broken,  or  maimed,  or  having  a  wen, 
or  scurvy,  or  scabbed,  ye  shall  not  offer  these  unto 
the  Lord,  nor  make  an  offering  by  fire  of  them 
upon  the  altar  unto  the  Lord. 

23  Either  a  bullock  or  a  elamb  that  hath  any 
thing  "superfluous  or  lacking  in  his  parts,  that 
mayest  thou  offer  for  a  freewill  offering  ;  but  for 
a  vow  it  shall  not  be  accepted. 

24  Ye  shall  not  offer  unto  the  Lord  that  which  is 
bruised,  or  crushed,  or  broken,  or  cut ;  neither  shall 
ye  make  any  offering  thereof  in  your  land. 

25  Neither  "from  a  stranger's  hand  shall  ye  offer 
the  bread  of  your  God  of  any  of  these ;  because 
their  w  corruption  is  in  them,  and  blemishes  be  in 
them  :  they  shall  not  be  accepted  for  you. 

26  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

27  *When  a  bullock,  or  a  sheep,  or  a  goat,  is 
brought  forth,  then  it  shall  be  seven  days  under 
the  dam  ;  and  from  the  eighth  day  and  thenceforth 
it  shall  be  accepted  for  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  the  Lord. 

28  And  whether  it  be  cow  or  7ewe,  ye  shall  not  kill 
it  yand  her  young  both  in  one  day. 

29  And  when  ye  will  z  offer  a  sacrifice  of  thanks- 
giving unto  the  Lord,  offer  it  at  your  own  will. 

30  On  the  same  day  it  shall  be  eaten  up  ;  ye  shall 
leave  none  of  it  until  the  morrow  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

31  "Therefore  shall  ye  keep  my  commandments, 
and  do  them  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

32  Neither  shall  ye  profane  my  holy  name ;  but 
6 1  will  be  hallowed  among  the  children  of  I§'ra-el : 
I  am  the  Lord  which  hallow  you, 

33  cThat  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt, 
to  be  your  God  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Concerning  the  Zord's  feasts.    15  The  Pentecost.    20  The  day  of  atonement. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'ges,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto   them,  Concerning  the  feasts  of  the   Lord, 
which  ye  shall  "proclaim  to  be  holy  convocations, 
even  these  are  my  feasts. 

109 


Offering  of  first  fruits. 


LEVITICUS,  23. 


The  day  of  atonement. 


3  6Six  days  shall  work  be  done :  but  the  seventh 
day  is  the  sabbath  of  rest,  an  holy  convocation  ;  ye 
shall  do  no  work  therein  :  it  is  cthe  sabbath  of  the 
Lord  in  all  your  dwellings. 

4  If  d  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  Lord,  even  holy 
convocations,  which  ye  shall  proclaim  in  their  seasons. 

5  eIn  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first  month  at 
even  is  the  Lord's  passover. 

6  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same  month  is 
the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  unto  the  Lord  :  seven 
days  ye  must  eat  unleavened  bread. 

7  fln  the  first  day  ye  shall  have  an  holy  con- 
vocation :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto 
the  Lord  seven  days  :  in  the  seventh  day  is  an  holy 
convocation :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

9  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

10  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  sWhen  ye  be  come  into  the  land  which 
I  give  unto  you,  and  shall  reap  the  harvest  thereof, 
then  ye  shall  bring  a x  sheaf  of  A  the  firstfruits  of  your 
harvest  unto  the  priest : 

11  And  he  shall  *wave  the  sheaf  before  the  Lord, 
to  be  accepted  for  you :  on  the  morrow  after  the 
sabbath  the  priest  shall  wave  it. 

12  And  ye  shall  offer  that  day  when  ye  wave  the 
sheaf  an  he  lamb  without  blemish  of  the  first  year 
for  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  meat  offering  thereof  shall  be  two 
tenth  deals  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil,  an  offer- 
ing made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  for  a  sweet  savour  : 
and  the  drink  offering  thereof  shall  be  of  wine,  the 
fourth  part  of  an  hin. 

14  And  ye  shall  eat  neither  bread,  nor  parched 
corn,  nor  green  ears,  until  the  selfsame  day  that 
ye  have  brought  an  offering  unto  your  God :  it  shall 
be  a  statute  for  ever  throughout  your  generations 
in  all  your  dwellings. 

15  If  And  J'ye  shall  count  unto  you  from  the  mor- 
row after  the  sabbath,  from  the  day  that  ye  brought 
the  sheaf  of  the  wave  offering ;  seven  sabbaths 
shall  be  complete  : 

16  Even  unto  the  morrow  after  the  seventh  sab- 
bath shall  ye  number  k  fifty  days ;  and  ye  shall  offer 
a  new  meat  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

17  Ye  shall  bring  out  of  your  habitations  two  wave 
loaves  of  two  tenth  deals  :  they  shall  be  of  fine 
flour ;  they  shall  be  baken  with  leaven  ;  they  are 
zthe  firstfruits  unto  the  Lord. 

18  And  ye  shall  offer  with  the  bread  seven  lambs 
without  blemish  of  the  first  year,  and  one  young 
bullock,  and  two  rams  :  they  shall  be  for  a  burnt 
offering  unto  the  Lord,  with  their  meat  offering, 
and  their  drink  offerings,  even  an  offering  made  by 
fire,  of  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

19  Then  ye  shall  sacrifice  mone  kid  of  the  goats 
for  a  sin  offering,  and  two  lambs  of  the  first  year 
for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings. 

20  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them  with  the  bread 
of  the  firstfruits  for  a  wave  offering  before  the 
Lord,  with  the  two  lambs  :  "they  shall  be  2holy  to 
the  Lord  for  the  priest. 

110 


B.  C.  1490. 


b  Ex.  20.  9. 

Deut.  5.  13. 

Luke  13.  14. 
c  Neh.  13.  22. 

Isa.  56.  2. 

Isa.  58.  13. 
d  Ex.  23.  14. 


e  Ex.  12.  6. 
Num.  28.  1G. 
Deut.  16.  1. 


/"Ex.  12.  16. 
Num.  28. 18. 


g  Ex.  23.  16. 

Num.  15.  2, 18. 

Deut.  16.  9. 

Josh.  3.  15. 
1  orner,  or, 

handful. 
h  Prov.  3.  9. 

Rom.  11.  16. 

1  Cor.  15.  20. 
i  Ex.  29.  24. 

ch.  9.  21. 


j  Ex.  34.  22. 

ch.  25.  8. 

Deut.  16.  9. 
k  Acts  2.  1. 

1  Ex.  23.  16. 

Ex.  22.  29. 

Num.  28.  26. 

Deut.  26.  1,  2. 
m  ch.  4.  23,  28. 

Num.  28.  30. 
n  ch.  7.  31-34. 

oh.  8.  29. 

Num.  18.  12. 

Deut.  18.  4. 

2  most  holy. 

0  Ex.  23.  11. 
Deut.  15.  1-18. 
Job  20.  19. 

Pa.  112.  9. 

Prov.  14.  31. 

Prov.  29.  7. 

Eccl.  5.  8. 

Isa.  58.  7,  8. 

Jas.  2. 
p  ch.  19.  9, 10. 

Deut.  24.  19. 

Ruth  2.  15,  16. 
q  Num.  29.  1. 
r  ch.  25.  9. 

Num.  10.  10. 
s  Ex.  30.  10. 

ch.  16.  30. 

Num.  29.  7. 

Isa.  58.  3,  5. 

Dan.  10.  3,  12. 

1  Gen.  17.  14. 

ch.  13.  46. 
Num.  5.  2. 
2  Chr.  26.  21. 
2  Thess.  3.  6. 

3  rest. 

u  Ex.  23.  16. 

Num.  29.  12. 

Deut.  16.  13. 

Neh.  8.  14. 

Zech.  14.  16. 

John  7.  2. 

Heb.  11.  9. 
v  Num.  29.  35. 

2  Chr.  7.  8,  9. 

Neh.  8.  18. 

John  7.  37. 

4  day  of 
restraint. 

w  Ex.  23.  16. 
Deut.  16.  13. 
Matt.  21.  8. 


21  And  ye  shall  proclaim  on  the  selfsame  day,  that 
it  may  be  an  holy  convocation  unto  you  :  ye  shall 
do  no  servile  work  therein:  it  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  in  all  your  dwellings  throughout  your  genera- 
tions. 

22  If  And  °  when  ye  reap  the  harvest  of  your  land, 
thou  shalt  not  make  clean  riddance  of  the  corners 
of  thy  field  when  thou  reapest,  p  neither  shalt  thou 
gather  any  gleaning  of  thy  harvest :  thou  shalt 
leave  them  unto  the  poor,  and  to  the  stranger :  I 
am  the  Lord  your  God. 

23  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

24  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  In 
the  Q  seventh  month,  in  the  first  day  of  the  month, 
shall  ye  have  a  sabbath,  a r  memorial  of  blowing  of 
trumpets,  an  holy  convocation. 

25  Ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein :  but  ye 
shall  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

26  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

27  Also  on  the  tenth  day  of  this  seventh  month 
s there  shall  be  a  day  of  atonement:  it  shall  be  an 
holy  convocation  unto  you  ;  and  ye  shall  afflict  your 
souls,  and  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord. 

28  And  ye  shall  do  no  work  in  that  same  day :  for 
it  is  a  day  of  atonement,  to  make  an  atonement 
for  you  before  the  Lord  your  God. 

29  For  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  shall  not  be  af- 
flicted in  that  same  day,  f  he  shall  be  cut  off  from 
among  his  people. 

30  And  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  doeth  any  work 
in  that  same  day,  the  same  soul  will  I  destroy  from 
among  his  people. 

31  Ye  shall  do  no  manner  of  work  :  it  shall  be  a 
statute  for  ever  throughout  your  generations  in  all 
your  dwellings. 

32  It  shall  be  unto  you  a  sabbath  of  rest,  and  ye 
shall  afflict  your  souls :  in  the  ninth  day  of  the  month 
at  even,  from  even  unto  even,  shall  ye  3  celebrate 
your  sabbath. 

33  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

34  Speak  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  saying, 
u  The  fifteenth  day  of  this  seventh  month  shall  be 
the  feast  of  tabernacles  for  seven  days  unto  the 
Lord. 

35  On  the  first  day  shall  be  an  holy  convocation : 
ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

36  Seven  days  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord  :  "  on  the  eighth  day  shall  be 
an  holy  convocation  unto  you ;  and  ye  shall  offer  an 
offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  :  it  is  a 4  solemn 
assembly ;  and  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

37  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  Lord,  which  ye  shall 
proclaim  to  be  holy  convocations,  to  offer  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord,  a  burnt  offering,  and  a 
meat  offering,  a  sacrifice,  and  drink  offerings,  every 
thing  upon  his  day : 

38  Beside  the  sabbaths  of  the  Lord,  and  beside 
your  gifts,  and  beside  all  your  vows,  and  beside  all 
your  freewill  offerings,  which  ye  give  unto  the  Lord. 

39  Also  in  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  seventh  month, 
when  ye  have  w  gathered  in  the  fruit  of  the  land,  ye 


The  oil  and  shewbread. 


LEVITICUS,  24,  25. 


Seventh  year  sabbath. 


shall  keep  a  feast  unto  the  Lord  seven  days  :  on  the 
first  day  shall  be  a  sabbath,  and  on  the  eighth  day 
shall  be  a  sabbath. 

40  And x  ye  shall  take  you  on  the  first  day  the 5  boughs 
of  goodly  trees,  branches  of  palm  trees,  and  the 
boughs  of  thick  trees,  and  willows  of  the  brook; 
v  and  ye  shall  rejoice  before  the  Lord  your  God  seven 
days. 

41  And  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  unto  the  Lord 
seven  days  in  the  year.  It  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  in  your  generations :  ye  shall  celebrate  it  in  the 
seventh  month. 

42  Ye  shall  dwell  in  booths  seven  days ;  all  that 
are  Ig'ra-el-Ites  born  shall  dwell  in  booths  : 

43  z  That  your  generations  may  know  that  I  made 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  to  dwell  in  booths,  when  I 
brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt :  I  am  the 
Lord  your  God. 

44  And  Mo'seg  declared  unto  the  children  of  I§'- 
ra-el  the  feasts  of  the  Lord. 

rs 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  The  oil  and  sliewbreail.    23  Concerning  blasphemy. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'§e§,  saying, 
-  2  Command  athe  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they 
bring  unto  thee  pure  oil  olive  beaten  for  the  light, 
1  to  cause  the  lamps  to  burn  continually. 

3  Without  the  veil  of  the  testimony,  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  shall  Aar'on  order  it  from 
the  evening  unto  the  morning  before  the  Lord  con- 
tinually: it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  in  your 
generations. 

4  He  shall  order  the  lamps  upon  the  6  pure  candle- 
stick before  the  Lord  continually. 

5  If  And  thou  shalt  take  fine  flour,  and  bake  twelve 
c  cakes  thereof  :  two  tenth  deals  shall  be  in  one  cake. 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  them  in  two  rows,  six  on  a 
row,  dupon  the  pure  table  before  the  Lord. 

7  And  thou  shalt  put  pure  frankincense  upon  each 
row,  that  it  may  be  on  the  bread  for  a  memorial, 
even  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

8  e  Every  sabbath  he  shall  set  it  in  order  before  the 
Lord  continually,  being  taken  from  the  children  of 
I§'ra-el  by  an  everlasting  covenant. 

9  And  /it  shall  be  Aar'on's  and  his  sons' ;  and 
athey  shall  eat  it  in  the  holy  place  :  for  it  is  most 
holy  unto  him  of  the  offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by 
fire  by  a  perpetual  statute. 

10  If  And  the  son  of  an  Ig'ra-el-it-ish  woman,  whose 
father  was  an  E-gyp'tian,  went  out  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  this  son  of  the  Is_'ra-el-It-ish 
woman  and  a  man  of  Ig'ra-el  strove  together  in  the 
camp ; 

11  And  the  Ig'ra-el-It-ish  woman's  son  blasphemed 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  h  cursed.  And  they 
*  brought  him  unto  Mo'seg  :  (and  his  mother's  name 
was  Shel'o-mith,  the  daughter  of  Dib'ri,  of  the  tribe 
of  Dan  :) 

12  And  they  J'put  him  in  ward,2 that  the  mind  of 
the  Lord  might  be  shewed  them. 

13  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

14  Brins:  forth  him  that  hath  cursed  without  the 


B.  C.  1490. 


i  Neh.  8.  15. 
5  fruit. 


y  Dent.  16.  14. 
Isa.  35.  10. 
Isa.  66.  10. 
Rom.  5.  11. 


z  Deut.  31.  13. 
Ps.  78.  5,  6. 


a  Ex.  27.  20. 
Ex.  39.  37. 
Num.  8.  2-r4. 

1  to  cause  to 
ascend. 


b  Ex.  31. 


c  Ex.  40.  24. 
d  1  Ki.  7.  48. 

2  Chr.  4.  19. 

Heb.  9.  2. 
e  Num.  4.  7. 

1  Chr.  9.  32. 

2  Chr.  2.  4. 
/I  Sam.  21.  G. 

Matt.  12.  4. 

Mark  2.  26. 

Luke  6.  4. 
g  Ex.  29.  33. 

ch.  8.  31. 
h  Job  1.  5. 

Isa.  8.  21. 
i  Ex.  18.  22. 
j  Num.  15.  34. 

2  to  expound 
unto  them 
according  to 
the  mouth  of 
the  Lord. 

k  Deut.  17.  7. 
I  ch.  5.  1. 

Num.  9.  13. 
m  1  Ki.  21.  10. 

Ps.  74.  10, 18. 

Matt.  12.  31. 

Mark  3.  28. 
n  Gen.  9.  6. 

Deut.  19.  11. 

Matt.  26.  52. 

Rev.  13.  10. 

3  smiteth  the  life 
of  a  man. 

4  life  for  life. 
o  Deut.  19.  21. 

Matt.  5.  38. 
p  Ex.  21.  33. 
q  Ex.  12.  49. 

ch.  19.  34. 

Num.  15.  16. 
r  Deut.  13.  9. 


1  rest. 

a  ch.  26.  34,  35. 

2  Chr.  36.  21. 
b  2  Ki.  19.  29. 

Isa.  37.  30. 

2  of  thy  separa- 
tion. 

3  loud  of  sound, 
e  ch.  23.  24. 

ch.  16.  20,  30. 


camp  ;  and  let  all  that  heard  him  May  their  hands 
upon  his  head,  and  let  all  the  congregation  stone  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the  children  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  saying,  Whosoever  curseth  his  God  'shall  bear 
his  sin. 

16  And  he  that  '"blasphemeth  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  he  shall  surely  be  put  to  death,  and  all  the 
congregation  shall  certainly  stone  him :  as  well 
the  stranger,  as  he  that  is  born  in  the  land,  when 
he  blasphemeth  the  name  of  the  Lord,  shall  be  put 
to  death. 

17  If  And  Khe  that  3killeth  any  man  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death. 

18  And  he  that  killeth  a  beast  shall  make  it  good ; 
4  beast  for  beast. 

19  And  if  a  man  cause  a  blemish  in  his  neighbour ; 
as  °  he  hath  done,  so  shall  it  be  done  to  him  ; 

20  Breach  for  breach,  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth : 
as  he  hath  caused  a  blemish  in  a  man,  so  shall  it  be 
done  to  him  again. 

21  And  phe  that  killeth  a  beast,  he  shall  restore  it : 
and  he  that  killeth  a  man,  he  shall  be  put  to  death. 

22  Ye  shall  have  "one  manner  of  law,  as  well  for 
the  stranger,  as  for  one  of  your  own  country  :  for 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

23  If  And  Mo'seg  spake  to  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  they  should  bring  forth  him  that  had  cursed 
out  of  the  camp,  rand  stone  him  with  stones.  And 
the  children  of  I§'ra-el  did  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'§e§. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  The  seventh  year  sabbath.    8  Year  of  jubile.    35  Redeeming    the  poor.    47  Servants 

redeemed. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo's_e§  in  mount  Si'- 
-  nai,  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say  unto 
them,  When  ye  come  into  the  land  which  I  give  you, 
then  shall  the  land  xkeep  a  a  sabbath  unto  the  Lord. 

3  Six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  field,  and  six  years 
thou  shalt  prune  thy  vineyard,  and  gather  in  the 
fruit  thereof  ; 

4  But  in  the  seventh  year  shall  be  a  sabbath  of 
rest  unto  the  land,  a  sabbath  for  the  Lord  :  thou 
shalt  neither  sow  thy  field,  nor  prune  thy  vineyard. 

5  6That  which  groweth  of  its  own  accord  of  thy 
harvest  thou  shalt  not  reap,  neither  gather  the 
grapes  2of  thy  vine  undressed  :  for  it  is  a  year  of 
rest  unto  the  land. 

6  And  the  sabbath  of  the  land  shall  be  meat  for 
you  ;  for  thee,  and  for  thy  servant,  and  for  thy 
maid,  and  for  thy  hired  servant,  and  for  thy 
stranger  that  sojourneth  with  thee, 

7  And  for  thy  cattle,  and  for  the  beast  that  are  in 
thy  land,  shall  all  the  increase  thereof  be  meat. 

8  If  And  thou  shalt  number  seven  sabbaths  of 
years  unto  thee,  seven  times  seven  years ;  and  the 
space  of  the  seven  sabbaths  of  years  shall  be  unto 
thee  forty  and  nine  years. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  cause  the  trumpet  3of  the  jubile 
to  sound  on  the  tenth  day  of  the  seventh  month, 
in  cthe  day  of  atonement  shall  ye  make  the  trumpet 
sound  throughout  all  your  land. 

Ill 


Year  ofjubile. 


LEVITICUS,  25. 


Redemption  of  bondmen. 


10  And  ye  shall  hallow  the  fiftieth  year,  and  d  pro- 
claim liberty  throughout  all  the  land  unto  all  the 
inhabitants  thereof  :  it  shall  be  a  jubile  unto  you  ; 
and  eye  shall  return  every  man  unto  his  possession, 
and  ye  shall  return  every  man  unto  his  family. 

11  A  jubile  shall  that  fiftieth  year  be  unto  you  : 
ye  shall  not  sow,  neither  reap  that  which  groweth 
of  itself  in  it,  nor  gather  the  grapes  in  it  of  thy 
vine  undressed. 

12  For  it  is  the  jubile  ;  it  shall  be  holy  unto  you  : 
ye  shall  eat  the  increase  thereof  out  of  the  field. 

13  fln  the  year  of  this  jubile  ye  shall  return  every 
man  unto  his  possession. 

14  And  if  thou  sell  ought  unto  thy  neighbour,  or 
buyest  ought  of  thy  neighbour's  hand,  ffye  shall  not 
oppress  one  another : 

15  According  to  the  number  of  years  after  the 
jubile  thou  shalt  buy  of  thy  neighbour,  and  accord- 
ing unto  the  number  of  years  of  the  fruits  he  shall 
sell  unto  thee  : 

16  According  to  the  multitude  of  years  thou  shalt 
increase  the  price  thereof,  and  according  to  the 
fewness  of  years  thou  shalt  diminish  the  price  of 
it :  for  according  to  the  number  of  the  years  of  the 
fruits  doth  he  sell  unto  thee. 

17  hYe  shall  not  therefore  oppress  one  another  ; 
but  thou  shalt  fear  thy  God  :  for  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

18  IF  Wherefore  ye  shall  do  my  statutes,  and  keep 
my  judgments,  and  do  them  ;  "and  ye  shall  dwell 
in  the  land  in  safety. 

19  And  the  land  shall  yield  her  fruit,  and  ye  shall 
eat  your  fill,  and  dwell  therein  in  safety. 

20  And  if  ye  shall  say,  J'What  shall  we  eat  the 
seventh  year  ?  behold,  we  shall  not  sow,  nor  gather 
in  our  increase  : 

21  Then  I  will  k  command  my  blessing  upon  you 
in  the  sixth  year,  and  it  shall  bring  forth  fruit  for 
three  years. 

22  And  lye  shall  sow  the  eighth  year,  and  eat  yet 
of  wold  fruit  until  the  ninth  year  ;  until  her  fruits 
come  in  ye  shall  eat  of  the  old  store. 

23  1[  The  land  shall  not  be  sold  4for  ever  :  for  "the 
land  is  mine  ;  for  ye  are  "strangers  and  sojourners 
with  me. 

24  And  in  all  the  land  of  your  possession  ye  shall 
grant  a  redemption  for  the  land. 

25  IF p  If  thy  brother  be  waxen  poor,  and  hath  sold 
away  some  of  his  possession,  and  if  "any  of  his  kin 
come  to  redeem  it,  then  shall  he  redeem  that  which 
his  brother  sold. 

26  And  if  the  man  have  none  to  redeem  it,  and 
5  himself  be  able  to  redeem  it ; 

27  Then  let  him  count  the  years  of  the  sale  there- 
of, and  restore  the  overplus  unto  the  man  to  whom 
he  sold  it ;  that  he  may  return  unto  his  possession. 

28  But  if  he  be  not  able  to  restore  it  to  him,  then 
that  which  is  sold  shall  remain  in  the  hand  of  him 
that  hath  bought  it  until  the  year  of  jubile  :  and  in 
the  jubile  it  shall  go  out,  and  he  shall  return  unto 
his  possession. 

29  And  if  a  man  sell  a  dwelling  house  in  a  walled 

112 


B.  C.  1491. 


d  Ex.  20.  2. 

Isa.  49.  24,  25. 

lea.  61.  2. 

Jer.  34.  8, 

15,  17. 

Luke  4.  19. 

Gal.  5.  1. 
e  Num.  36.  4. 


/ch.  27.  24. 
Num.  36.  4. 


(j  ch.  19,  13. 
1  Sam.  12.  3. 
Ps.  10.  18. 
Mic.  2.  2. 


h  Prov.  14.  31. 
Prov.  22.  22. 
Jer.  7.  6. 

1  Thess.  i.  6. 
i  ch.  26.  5. 

Deut.  12.  10. 
Pe.  4.  8. 
Prov.  1.  33. 
j  Matt.  6.  25. 
Num.  11.  4-13. 

2  Ki.  6.  15. 
k  Deut.  28.  8. 

Pe.  33.  12. 
Ps.  119.  2. 
Prov.  3.  33. 
Prov.  8.  32. 

1  Tim.  4.  8. 

I  2  Ki.  19.  29. 
m  Josh.  5.  11. 

4  for  cutting  off, 
or,  to  be  quite 
cut  off. 

n  Deut.  32.  43. 

2  Chr.  7.  20. 
Ps.  24.  1. 
Ps.  85.  1. 
Isa.  8.  8. 

oPs.  119.  19. 
1  Pet.  2.  11. 
p  Ruth  2.  20. 
q  Ruth  3.  2. 

5  his  hand  hath 
attained  and 
found  suffi- 
ciency. 

6  redemption 
belongeth  unto 
it. 

r  Josh.  21.  2. 

7  Or,  one  of  the 
Levites  re- 
deem them. 

.s  Acts  4.  36. 

8  his  hand  fail- 
eth. 

9  strengthen. 
t  Deut.  15.  7. 

Ps.  37.  26. 

Prov.  14.  31. 

Luke  6.  35. 

Acts  11.  29. 

Rom.  12.  10. 
u  Ex.  22.  25. 

Deut.  23.  19. 

Neli.  5.  7. 

Ps.  15.  5. 

Prov.  28.  8. 
V  Ex.  21.  2. 

Deut.  15.  12. 

1  Ki.  9.  22. 

2Ki.  4.  1. 

Jer.  34.  14. 

10  serve  thyself 
with  him  with 
the  service, 
etc. 

w  Rom.  6.  22. 
1  Cor.  7.  23. 

II  with  the  sale 
of  a  bondman. 

j;Ex.  1.  13-14. 

Ex.  2.  23. 

Ex.  3.  7,  9. 

Isa.  47.  6. 

Eph.  6.  9. 

Col.  4.  1. 
y  Ex.  1.  17,21. 

Deut.  25.  18. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

12  ye  shall  serve 
yourselves 
with  them. 

13  his  hand  ob- 
tain, etc. 


city,  then  he  may  redeem  it  within  a  whole  year 
after  it  is  sold ;  within  a  full  year  may  he  redeem  it. 

30  And  if  it  be  not  redeemed  within  the  space  of 
a  full  year,  then  the  house  that  is  in  the  walled 
city  shall  be  established  for  ever  to  him  that  bought 
it  throughout  his  generations  :  it  shall  not  go  out 
in  the  jubile. 

31  But  the  houses  of  the  villages  which  have  no 
wall  round  about  them  shall  be  counted  as  the  fields 
of  the  country  :  6they  may  be  redeemed,  and  they 
shall  go  out  in  the  jubile. 

32  Notwithstanding  rthe  cities  of  the  Le'vites,  and 
the  houses  of  the  cities  of  their  possession,  may  the 
Le'vites  redeem  at  any  time. 

33  And  if  7a  man  purchase  of  the  Le'vites,  then 
the  house  that  was  sold,  and  the  city  of  his  posses- 
sion, shall  go  out  in  the  year  of  jubile  :  for  the 
houses  of  the  cities  of  the  Le'vites  are  their  posses- 
sion among  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

34  But  the  s  field  of  the  suburbs  of  their  cities 
may  not  be  sold  ;  for  it  is  their  perpetual  possession. 

35  If  And  if  thy  brother  be  waxen  poor,  and  8  fallen 
in  decay  with  thee  ;  then  thou  shalt 9f relieve  him : 
yea,  though  he  be  a  stranger,  or  a  sojourner  ;  that 
he  may  live  with  thee. 

36  u  Take  thou  no  usury  of  him,  or  increase  :  but 
fear  thy  God  ;  that  thy  brother  may  live  with  thee. 

37  Thou  shalt  not  give  him  thy  money  upon  usury, 
nor  lend  him  thy  victuals  for  increase. 

38  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  which  brought  you 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  to  give  you  the 
land  of  Ca'naan,  and  to  be  your  God. 

39  TF  And  "if  thy  brother  that  dwelleth  by  thee  be 
waxen  poor,  and  be  sold  unto  thee  ;  thou  shalt  not 
10  compel  him  to  serve  as  a  bondservant  : 

40  But  as  an  hired  servant,  and  as  a  sojourner, 
he  shall  be  with  thee,  and  shall  serve  thee  unto  the 
year  of  jubile  : 

41  And  then  shall  he  depart  from  thee,  both  he 
and  his  children  with  him,  and  shall  return  unto 
his  own  family,  and  unto  the  possession  of  his  fa- 
thers shall  he  return. 

42  For  they  are  w  my  servants,  which  I  brought 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt :  they  shall  not  be 
sold  nas  bondmen. 

43  xThou  shalt  not  rule  over  him  with  rigour; 
but  v  shalt  fear  thy  God. 

44  Both  thy  bondmen,  and  thy  bondmaids,  which 
thou  shalt  have,  shall  be  of  the  heathen  that  are 
round  about  you ;  of  them  shall  ye  buy  bondmen 
and  bondmaids. 

45  Moreover  of  the  children  of  the  strangers  that 
do  sojourn  among  you,  of  them  shall  ye  buy,  and 
of  their  families  that  are  with  you,  which  they  be- 
gat in  your  land :  and  they  shall  be  your  possession. 

46  And  ye  shall  take  them  as  an  inheritance  for 
your  children  after  you,  to  inherit  them  for  a  pos- 
session ;  they  12 shall  be  your  bondmen  for  ever: 
but  over  your  brethren  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  ye 
shall  not  rule  one  over  another  with  rigour. 

47  IF  And  if  a  sojourner  or  stranger  wax  13  rich  by 
thee,  and  thy  brother  that  dwelleth  by  him  wax 


Redemption  of  bondmen. 


LEVITICUS,  26. 


Penalties  for  disobedience. 


poor,  and  sell  himself  unto  the  stranger  or  sojourner 
by  thee,  or  to  the  stock  of  the  stranger's  family  : 

48  After  that  he  is  sold  he  may  be  redeemed 
again  ;  one  of  his  brethren  may  redeem  him : 

49  Either  his  uncle,  or  his  uncle's  son,  may  re- 
deem him,  or  any  that  is  nigh  of  kin  unto  him  of 
his  family  may  redeem  him ;  or  if  he  be  able,  he 
may  redeem  himself. 

50  And  he  shall  reckon  with  him  that  bought  him 
from  the  year  that  he  was  sold  to  him  unto  the 
year  of  jubile  :  and  the  price  of  his  sale  shall  be 
according  unto  the  number  of  years,  according  to 
the  time  of  an  hired  servant  shall  it  be  with  him. 

51  If  there  be  yet  many  years  behind,  according 
unto  them  he  shall  give  again  the  price  of  his 
redemption  out  of  the  money  that  he  was  bought 
for. 

52  And  if  there  remain  but  few  years  unto  the 
year  of  jubile,  then  he  shall  count  with  him,  and 
according  unto  his  years  shall  he  give  him  again  the 
price  of  his  redemption. 

53  And  as  a  yearly  hired  servant  shall  he  be  with 
him  :  and  the  other  shall  not  rule  with  rigour  over 
him  in  thy  sight. 

54  And  if  he  be  not  redeemed  14in  these  years, 
then  he  shall  go  out  in  the  year  of  jubile,  both  he, 
and  his  children  with  him. 

55  For  unto  me  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  are  ser- 
vants ;  they  are  my  servants  whom  I  brought  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt :  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God. 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  Idolatry.    3  Keeping  the  commandments.    14  Penalties  for  disobedience. 

X^E  shall  make  you  "no  idols  nor  graven  image, 
J-     neither  rear  you  up  a  1  standing  image,  neither 
shall  ye  set  up  any2  image  of  stone  in  your  land,  to 
bow  down  unto  it :  for  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

2  IF  Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  reverence  my 
sanctuary  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

'  3  IF  If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  rny  com- 
mandments, and  do  them ; 

4  b  Then  I  will  give  you  rain  in  due  season,  and 
the  land  shall  yield  her  increase,  and  the  trees  of 
the  field  shall  yield  their  fruit. 

5  And  your  threshing  shall  reach  unto  the  vintage, 
and  the  vintage  shall  reach  unto  the  sowing  time : 
and  cye  shall  eat  your  bread  to  the  full,  and  d  dwell 
in  your  land  safely. 

6  And  eI  will  give  peace  in  the  land,  and  ye  ■'"shall 
lie  down,  and  none  shall  make  you  afraid :  and  I 
will  3rid  "evil  beasts  out  of  the  land,  neither  shall 
Hhe  sword  go  through  your  land. 

7  And  ye  shall  chase  your  enemies,  and  they  shall 
fall  before  you  by  the  sword. 

8  And  five  of  you  shall  chase  an  hundred,  and  an 
hundred  of  you  shall  put  ten  thousand  to  flight : 
and  your  enemies  shall  fall  before  you  by  the  sword. 

9  For  I  will  ^have  respect  unto  you,  and  •'make 
you  fruitful,  and  multiply  you,  and  establish  my 
covenant  with  you. 

10  And  ye  shall  eat  old  store,  and  bring  forth  the 
old  because  of  the  new. 

7 


B.  C.  1491. 


14  Or,  by  these 
means. 


a  Ex.  20.  4,  5. 
Deut.  5.  8,  9. 
Isa.  44.  9-20. 
Ps.  97.  7. 

1  Or,  pillar. 

2  a  stone  of 
picture,  or, 
figured  stone. 

b  Deut.  28.  12. 

Isa.  30.  23. 
c  Deut.  11.  15. 

Joel  2.  19,  26. 
d  Job  11.  18. 
e  1  Chr.  22.  9. 

Isa.  45.  7. 
/  Ps.  3.  5. 

Jer.  30.  10. 

3  cause  to 
cease. 

g  2  Ki.  17.  25. 
h  Josh.  23.  10. 
('  Ex.  2.  25. 

2  Ki.  13.  23. 
j  Gen.  17.  6,  7. 
k  Ezek.  37.  26. 
I  Deut.  32.  19. 
m  2  Cor.  6.  16. 

Eph.  2.  21. 
n  Ezek.  1 1 .  20. 
o  Ezek.  34.  27. 
p  Deut.  28.  15. 
?2Ki.  17.  15. 

4  upon  you. 

r  Deut.  28.  22. 

5  1  Sara.  2.  33. 
/Job  31.  S. 

«  Judg.  2.  14. 
v  Ps.  106.  41. 
to  Ps.  53.  5. 
x  1  Sam.  2.  5. 
1/  1  Sam.  4.  10. 
z  Ps.  127.  1. 
a  Deut.  28.  18. 

Hag.  1.  10. 
5  Or,  at  all 

adventures 

with  me. 
b  Deut.  32.  24. 

2  Ki.  17.  25. 

0  Judg.  5.  6. 

2  Chr.  15.  5. 
d  Jer.  5.  3. 
e  2  Sam.  22.  27. 
/Ezek.  6.  3. 
g  Deut.  28.  22. 

Num.  14.  12. 

Amos  4.  10. 
h  Isa.  3.  1. 
i  Mic.  6.  14. 
j  Isa.  59.  18. 
k  2  Ki.  6.  29. 

1  2  Chr.  34.  3. 
m  2  Ki.  23.  20. 
n  Ps.  7S.  59. 


11  And  kI  will  set  my  tabernacle  among  you :  and 
my  soul  shall  not '  abhor  you. 

12  And  ml  will  walk  among  you,  and  "will  be  your 
God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people. 

13  I  am  the  Lord  yourGod,  which  brought  you 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  that  ye  should  not 
be  their  bondmen  ;  °and  I  have  broken  the  bands 
of  your  yoke,  and  made  you  go  upright. 

14  IF  But  v  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me,  and  will 
not  do  all  these  commandments ; 

15  And  if  ye  shall  q  despise  my  statutes,  or  if  your 
soul  abhor  my  judgments,  so  that  ye  will  not  do  all 
my  commandments,  but  that  ye  break  my  covenant : 

16  I  also  will  do  this  unto  you  ;  I  will  even  appoint 
4  over  you  terror,  consumption,  rand  the  burning 
ague,  that  shall s  consume  the  eyes,  and  cause  sor- 
row of  heart  :  and  'ye  shall  sow  your  seed  in  vain, 
for  your  enemies  shall  eat  it. 

17  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  you,  and  ye 
"shall  be  slain  before  your  enemies  :  ^they  that  hate 
you  shall  reign  over  you  ;  and  v'ye  shall  flee  when 
none  pursueth  you. 

18  And  if  ye  will  not  yet  for  all  this  hearken  unto 
me,  then  I  will  punish  you  a"  seven  times  more  for 
your  sins. 

19  And  I  will  y  break  the  pride  of  your  power  ; 
and  I  will  make  your  heaven  as  iron,  and  your  earth 
as  brass  : 

20  And  your  z strength  shall  be  spent  in  vain :  for 
a  your  land  shall  not  yield  her  increase,  neither  shall 
the  trees  of  the  land  yield  their  fruits. 

21  IF  And  if  ye  walk  5  contrary  unto  me,  and  will 
not  hearken  unto  me  ;  I  will  bring  seven  times  more 
plagues  upon  you  according  to  your  sins. 

22  b  I  will  also  send  wild  beasts  among  you,  which 
shall  rob  you  of  your  children,  and  destroy  your 
cattle,  and  make  you  few  in  number  ;  and  cyour 
high  ways  shall  be  desolate. 

23  And  if  dye  will  not  be  reformed  by  me  by  these 
things,  but  will  walk  contrary  unto  me ; 

24  e  Then  will  I  also  walk  contrary  unto  you,  and 
will  punish  you  yet  seven  times  for  your  sins. 

25  And  fI  will  bring  a  sword  upon  you,  that  shall 
avenge  the  quarrel  of  my  covenant  :  and  when  ye 
are  gathered  together  within  your  cities,  aI  will 
send  the  pestilence  among  you  ;  and  ye  shall  be 
delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  enemy. 

26  And  ''when  I  have  broken  the  staff  of  your 
bread,  ten  women  shall  bake  your  bread  in  one 
oven,  and  they  shall  deliver  you  your  bread  again 
by  weight :  and  *ye  shall  eat,  and  not  be  satisfied. 

27  And  if  ye  will  not  for  all  this  hearken  unto  me. 
but  walk  contrary  unto  me  ; 

28  Then  I  will  walk  contrary  unto  you  also  jin 
fury  ;  and  I,  even  I,  will  chastise  you  seven  times 
for  your  sins. 

29  And  kye  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  your  sons,  and 
the  flesh  of  your  daughters  shall  ye  eat. 

30  And  ll  will  destroy  your  high  places,  and  cut 
down  your  images,  and  mcast  your  carcases  upon 
the  carcases  of  your  idols,  and  my  soul  shall  *  abhor 
you. 

113 


Mercies  promised. 


LEVITICUS,  27. 


Estimation  of  vows. 


31  And  °  I  will  make  your  cities  waste,  and  p  bring 
your  sanctuaries  unto  desolation,  and  I  will  not 
smell  the  savour  of  your  sweet  odours. 

32  And  "I  will  bring  the  land  into  desolation  :  and 
your  enemies  which  dwell  therein  shall  be  astonished 
at  it. 

33  And  rI  will  scatter  you  among  the  heathen, 
and  will  draw  out  a  sword  after  you  :  and  your  land 
shall  be  desolate,  and  your  cities  waste. 

34  sThen  shall  the  land  enjoy  her  sabbaths,  as 
long  as  it  lieth  desolate,  and  ye  be  in  your  enemies' 
land  ;  even  then  shall  the  land  rest,  and  enjoy  her 
sabbaths. 

35  As  long  as  it  lieth  desolate  it  shall  rest ;  because 
it  did  not  rest  in  your  sabbaths,  when  ye  dwelt 
upon  it. 

36  And  upon  them  that  are  left  alive  of  you  I  *  will 
send  a  faintness  into  their  hearts  in  the  lands  of 
their  enemies;  and  the  "sound  of  a  6 shaken  leaf 
shall  chase  them  ;  and  they  shall  flee,  as  fleeing  from 
a  sword  ;  and  they  shall  fall  when  none  pursueth. 

37  And  "they  shall  fall  one  upon  another,  as  it 
were  before  a  sword,  when  none  pursueth  :  and  wye 
shall  have  no  power  to  stand  before  your  enemies. 

38  And  ye  shall  perish  among  the  heathen,  and 
the  land  of  your  enemies  shall  eat  you  up. 

39  And  they  that  are  left  of  you  x  shall  pine  away 
in  their  iniquity  in  your  enemies'  lands  ;  and  also 
in  the  iniquities  of  their  fathers  shall  they  pine 
away  with  them. 

40  vlt  they  shall  confess  their  iniquity,  and  the 
iniquity  of  their  fathers,  with  their  trespass  which 
they  trespassed  against  me,  and  that  also  they  have 
walked  contrary  unto  me  ; 

41  And  that  I  also  have  walked  contrary  unto 
them,  and  have  brought  them  into  the  land  of  their 
enemies  ;  if  then  their  zuncircumcised  hearts  be 
"humbled,  and  they  then  accept  of  the  punishment 
of  their  iniquity : 

42  Then  will  I  b  remember  my  covenant  with  Ja'- 
cob,  and  also  my_ covenant  with  I'saac,  and  also  my 
covenant  with  A 'bra-ham  will  I  remember ;  and  I 
will  c  remember  the  land. 

43  The  land  also  shall  be  left  of  them,  and  shall 
enjoy  her  sabbaths,  while  she  lieth  desolate  without 
them :  and  they  shall  accept  of  the  punishment  of 
their  iniquity  :  because,  even  because  they  despised 
my  judgments,  and  because  their  soul  abhorred  my 
statutes. 

44  And  yet  for  all  that,  when  they  be  in  the  land 
of  their  enemies,  d  I  will  not  cast  them  away,  neither 
will  I  abhor  them,  to  destroy  them  utterly,  and  to 
break  my  covenant  with  them  :  for  I  am  the  Lord 
their  God. 

45  But  I  will  cfor  their  sakes  remember  the  cove- 
nant of  their  ancestors,  whom  I  brought  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt  /in  the  sight  of  the  heathen, 
that  I  might  be  their  God  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

46  9  These  are  the  statutes  and  judgments  and 
laws,  which  the  Lord  made  between  him  and  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  mount  Si'nai  by  the  hand  of 
Mo'geg. 

114 


B.  C.  1491. 


o  Neh.  2.  3. 
p  Ps.  74.  1-8. 

Jer.  22.  5. 

Lam.  1.  10. 
j  Jer.  9.  11. 

Jer.  25.  11. 


r  Deut.  4.  27. 
Deut.  28.  64. 
Ps.  44.  11. 
Zech.  7.  14. 


s  ch.  25.  2-4. 
2  Chr.  36/21. 


t  Gen.  35.  5. 
Josh.  2.  9-11. 


U  Prov.  28.  1. 
C  driven. 


v  Judg.  7.  22. 

Isa.  10.  4. 
w  Judg.  2.  14. 


a:  Neh.  1.9. 
Jer.  3.  25. 


y\  Ki.8.  3S. 
Job  34.  31. 
Prov.  28.  13. 
Jer.  3. 12. 
Luke  15.  18. 


z  Jer.  9.  25. 

Acts  7.  51. 

Eom.  2.  29. 
a  1  Ki.  21.  29. 

2  Chr.  12.  6. 

b  Ex.  2.  24. 
Ps.  106.  45. 


e  Ps.  136.  23. 


d  Deut.  4.  31. 
e  Rom.  11.  28. 
/Ezek.  20.  9. 
g  Deut.  33.  4. 


a  Gen.  28.  20-22. 
Num.  6.  2. 
Deut.  23. 
21-23. 

1  Sam.  1. 
11,28. 
Job  22.  27. 
Ps.  50. 14, 15. 
Eccl.  5.  4-6. 
Jon.  1.  16. 

b  Ex.  30.  13. 

Num.  3.  47. 

Num.  18.  16. 
c  ch.  12.  8. 

ch.  14.  21,  22. 

Luke  21.  1. 

2  Cor.  8.  12. 

1  shall  be  sac- 
rificed. 

2  according  to 
thy  estimation, 
O  priest,  etc. 

d  ch.  25.  29-31. 
Num.  18.  14. 
2  Cor.  9.  10. 

3  Or,  the  land 
of  an  homer, 

e  ch.  25.  15,  16. 


CHAPTER  27. 

1  Of  vows  and  their  redemption.    32  Tithes  may  not  be  changed. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'se§,  saying, 
■£*-     2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  "When  a  man  shall  make  a  singular 
vow,  the  persons  shall  be  for  the  Lord  by  thy  esti- 
mation. 

.3  And  thy  estimation  shall  be  of  the  male  from 
twenty  years  old  even  unto  sixty  years  old,  even 
thy  estimation  shall  be  fifty  shekels  of  silver,  after 
b  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary. 

4  And  if  it  be  a  female,  then  thy  estimation  shall 
be  thirty  shekels. 

5  And  if  it  be  from  five  years  old  even  unto  twenty 
years  old,  then  thy  estimation  shall  be  of  the  male 
twenty  shekels,  and  for  the  female  ten  shekels. 

6  And  if  it  be  from  a  month  old  even  unto  five 
years  old,  then  thy  estimation  shall  be  of  the  male 
five  shekels  of  silver,  and  for  the  female  thy  esti- 
mation shall  be  three  shekels  of  silver. 

7  And  if  it  be  from  sixty  years  old  and  above ; 
if  it  be  a  male,  then  thy  estimation  shall  be  fifteen 
shekels,  and  for  the  female  ten  shekels. 

8  But  cif  he  be  poorer  than  thy  estimation,  then 
he  shall  present  himself  before  the  priest,  and  the 
priest  shall  value  him  ;  according  to  his  ability  that 
vowed  shall  the  priest  value  him. 

9  And  if  it  be  a  beast,  whereof  men  bring  an  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord,  all  that  any  man  giveth  of  such 
unto  the  Lord  1  shall  be  holy. 

10  He  shall  not  alter  it,  nor  change  it,  a  good  for 
a  bad,  or  a  bad  for  a  good  :  and  if  he  shall  at  all 
change  beast  for  beast,  then  it  and  the  exchange 
thereof  shall  be  holy. 

11  And  if  it  be  any  unclean  beast,  of  which  they 
do  not  offer  a  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord,  then  he  shall 
present  the  beast  before  the  priest : 

12  And  the  priest  shall  value  it,  whether  it  be 
good  or  bad  :  2as  thou  valuest  it,  ivho  art  the  priest, 
so  shall  it  be. 

13  But  if  he  will  at  all  redeem  it,  then  he  shall 
add  a  fifth  part  thereof  unto  thy  estimation. 

14  Tf  And  when  a  man  shall  d  sanctify  his  house  to 
be  holy  unto  the  Lord,  then  the  priest  shall  esti- 
mate it,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad  :  as  the  priest 
shall  estimate  it,  so  shall  it  stand. 

15  And  if  he  that  sanctified  it  will  redeem  his 
house,  then  he  shall  add  the  fifth  part  of  the  money 
of  thy  estimation  unto  it,  and  it  shall  be  his. 

16  And  if  a  man  shall  sanctify  unto  the  Lord 
some  part  of  a  field  of  his  possession,  then  thy  es- 
timation shall  be  according  to  the  seed  thereof:  3an 
homer  of  barley  seed  shall  be  valued  at  fifty  shekels 
of  silver. 

17  If  he  sanctify  his  field  from  the  year  of  jubile, 
according  to  thy  estimation  it  shall  stand. 

18  But  if  he  sanctify  his  field  after  the  jubile,  then 
the  priest  shall  e  reckon  unto  him  the  money  accord- 
ing to  the  years  that  remain,  even  unto  the  year  of 
the  jubile,  and  it  shall  be  abated  from  thy  estimation. 

19  And  if  he  that  sanctified  the  field  will  in  any 
wise  redeem  it,  then  he  shall  add  the  fifth  part  of 


Tithes  not  to  be  changed. 


NUMBERS,  1. 


Princes  of  the  tribes 


the  money  of  thy  estimation  unto  it,  and  it  shall  be 
assured  to  him. 

20  And  if  he  will  not  redeem  the  field,  or  if  he 
have  sold  the  field  to  another  man,  it  shall  not  be 
redeemed  any  more. 

21  But  the  field,  •'"when  it  goeth  out  in  the  jubile, 
shall  be  holy  unto  the  Lord,  as  a  field  devoted  ;  the 
9  possession  thereof  shall  be  the  priest's. 

22  And  if  a  man  sanctify  unto  the  Lord  a  field 
which  he  hath  bought,  which  is  not  of  the  fields  of 
his  possession ; 

23  Then  the  priest  shall  reckon  unto  him  the 
worth  of  thy  estimation,  even  unto  the  year  of  the 
jubile  :  and  he  shall  give  thine  estimation  in  that 
day,  as  a  holy  thing  unto  the  Lord. 

24  hln  the  year  of  the  jubile  the  field  shall  return 
unto  him  of  whom  it  was  bought,  even  to  him  to 
whom  the  possession  of  the  land  did  belong. 

25  And  all  thy  estimations  shall  be  according  to  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary:  twenty  gerahs  shall  be 
the  shekel. 

26  1[  Only  the i  firstling  of  the  beasts,  which  should 
be  the  Lord's  firstling,  no  man  shall  sanctify  it ; 
whether  it  be  ox,  or  sheep  :  it  is  the  Lord's. 

27  And  if  it  be  of  an  unclean  beast,  then  he  shall  re- 


B.  C.  1491. 


/ch.  25.  10, 
28,  31. 


g  Num.  18.  14. 
Ezek.  44.  29. 


h  verses  27,  29. 

ch.  25.  28. 

Isa.  35.  9,  10. 

Jer.  32.  15. 
t  Ex.  30.  13. 

Num.  3.  47. 

Num.  18.  16. 

Ezek.  45.  12. 

4  firstborn,  etc., 
Ex.  13.  2,  12. 
Ex.  22.  30. 
Num.  18.  17. 
Deut.  15.  19. 

j  Josh.  6.  17. 
Judg.  11. 
30,31. 

5  Persons, 
Ex.  22.  20. 
Num.  21.  2. 
Deut.  7. 
Deut.  20.  16. 
Deut.  25.  19. 
Josh.  6.  17. 

1  Sam.  15.  3. 
k  Gen.  28.  22. 

Num.  18.  21. 

2  Chr.  31.  5. 
Neh.  13.  12. 

I  Jer.  33.  13. 
Ezek.  20.  37. 
Mic.  7.  14. 


deem  it  according  to  thine  estimation,  and  shall  add 
a  fifth  part  of  it  thereto :  or  if  it  be  not  redeemed, 
then  it  shall  be  sold  according  to  thy  estimation. 

28  j  Notwithstanding  no  devoted  thing,  that  a  man 
shall  devote  unto  the  Lord  of  all  that  he  hath,  both 
of  man  and  beast,  and  of  the  field  of  his  possession, 
shall  be  sold  or  redeemed  :  every  devoted  thing  is 
most  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

29  None  devoted,  5  which  shall  be  devoted  of  men, 
shall  be  redeemed ;  but  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

30  And  fcall  the  tithe  of  the  land,  whether  of  the 
seed  of  the  land,  or  of.  the  fruit  of  the  tree,  is  the 
Lord's  :  it  is  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

31  And  if  a  man  will  at  all  redeem  ought  of  his 
tithes,  he  shall  add  thereto  the  fifth  part  thereof. 

32  And  concerning  the  tithe  of  the  herd,  or  of  the 
flock,  even  of  whatsoever  'passeth  under  the  rod, 
the  tenth  shall  be  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

33  He  shall  not  search  whether  it  be  good  or  bad, 
neither  shall  he  change  it :  and  if  he  change  it  at 
all,  then  both  it  and  the  change  thereof  shall  be  holy  ; 
it  shall  not  be  redeemed. 

34  These  are  the  commandments,  which  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'seg  for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  in 
mount  Si'nai. 


THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  1. 


1  The  numbering.    5  Princes  and  number  of  each  tribe.    47  The  Levites  exempt. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg  ain  the  wilder- 
-  nessof  Si'nai,  6in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, on  the  first  day  of  the  second  month,  in  the 
second  year  after  they  were  come  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  saying, 

2  cTake  ye  the  sum  of  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  after  their  families,  by  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  with  the  number  of  their  names, 
every  male  by  their  polls  ; 

3  From  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  are 
able  to  go  forth  to  war  in  I§'ra-el  :  thou  and  Aar'on 
shall 1  number  them  by  their  armies. 

4  And  with  you  there  shall  dbe  a  man  of  every 
tribe ;  every  one  head  of  the  house  of  his  fathers. 

5  IF  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  men  that  shall 
stand  with  you:  of  the  e tribe  of  Reu'ben  ;  E-H'zur 
the  son  of  Shed'e-ur. 

6  Of  Sim'e-on  ;  She-lu'mT-el  the  son  of  Zu-ri-shad'- 
da-T. 

7  Of  Ju'dah ;  -^Nah'shon  the  son  of  Am-mm'a- 
dab. 

8  Of  Is'sa-char  ;  Ng-than'e-el  the  son  of  Zu'ar. 

9  Of  ZebVlun  ;  E-lI'ab  the  son  of  He'lon. 

10  Of  the  children  of  Jo'geph  :  of  E'phra-im  ; 
E-lIsh'a-ma  the  son  of  Am-ml'hud  :  of  Ma-nas'seh  ; 
Ga-ma'li-el  the  son  of  Pg-dah'zur. 

11  Of  Ben'ja-min  ;  Ab'i-dan  the  son  of  2Gid-e-o'ni. 

12  Of  Dan  ;  A-hi-e'zerthesonof  Am-mi-shad'da-I. 

13  Of  Ash'erj  Pa'gi-el  the  son  of  Oc'ran. 

14  Of  Gad  ;  E-H'a-saph  the  son  of  "Deu'el. 


B.  C.  1490. 


a  Ex.  19.  1. 
b  Ex.  25.  22. 


c  Ex.  30.  12. 
2  Sam.  24.  2. 
1  Chr.  21.  2. 


1  muster. 

d  ch.  2.  2. 
1  Chr.  27.  1. 

e  Gen.  29.  32. 

Deut.  33.  6. 

Eev.  7.  5. 
/  ch.  7.  12. 

Ruth  4.  20. 

1  Chr.  2.  10. 

Luke  3.  32. 

2  That  is,  a 
cutter  down. 

g  ch.  2.  14, 

he  is  called 

Reuel. 
h  Gen.  6.  4. 

Ex.  18.  21. 

ch.  7.  2. 

Judg.  6.  15. 

1  Chr.  5.  24. 

Mic.  5.  2. 
i  Ex.  18.  21,  25. 

Deut.  1.  15. 

1  Sam.  22.  7. 
j  Neh.  7.  61. 

Heb.  7.  3. 
k  ch.  26.  1,  2. 

2  Sam.  24.  1. 
I  2  Sam.  22.  35. 

Ps.  44.  3. 
Ps.  60.  12. 
Ps.  144.  1. 

1  Cor.  16.  13. 

2  Cor.  3.  5. 
Eph.  6.  12. 


15  Of  Naph'ta-H  ;  A-hl'ra  the  son  of  E'nan. 

16  h  These  were  the  renowned  of  the  congregation, 
princes  of  the  tribes  of  their  fathers, l  heads  of  thou- 
sands in  Ig'ra-el. 

17  IF  And  Mo'seg  and  Aar'on  took  these  men  which 
are  expressed  by  their  names  : 

18  And  they  assembled  all  the  congregation  to- 
gether on  the  first  day  of  the  second  month,  and 
they  declared  their  ^'pedigrees  after  their  families, 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  names,  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
ward, by  their  polls. 

19  As  k  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg,  so  he  num- 
bered them  in  the  wilderness  of  Si'nai. 

20  And  the  children  of  Reu'ben,  Ig'ra-el's  eldest 
son,  by  their  generations,  after  their  families,  by 
the  house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the  number 
of  the  names,  by  their  polls,  every  male  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  'able  to  go  forth 
to  war ; 

21  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Reu'ben,  were  forty  and  six  thousand  and 
five  hundred. 

22  TF  Of  the  children  of  Sim'e-on,  by  their  genera- 
tions, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers, those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  by  their  polls,  every 
male  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that 
were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 

23  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Sim'e-on,  were  fifty  and  nine  thousand  and 
three  hundred. 

115 


Number  of  each  tribe. 


NUMBERS,  2. 


Levites  not  numbered. 


24  If  Of  the  children  of  m  Gad,  by  their  generations, 
after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth 
to  war ; 

25  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Gad,  were  forty  and  five  thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  fifty. 

26  If  Of  the  n  children  of  Ju'dah,  by  their  genera- 
tions, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers, according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war ; 

27  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of 
the  tribe  of  Ju'dah,  were  threescore  and  fourteen 
thousand  and  six  hundred. 

28  If  Of  the  children  of  Is'sa-char,  by  their  gener- 
ations, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  according  to  the  number  of  the  names, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were 
able  to  go  forth  to  war  ; 

29  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Is'sa-char,  were  fifty  and  four  thousand  and 
four  hundred. 

30  If  Of  the  children  of  Zeb'u-lun,  by  their  gen- 
erations, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war; 

31  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Zeb'u-lun,  ivere  fifty  and  seven  thousand 
and  four  hundred. 

32  If  Of  the_children  of  Jo'geph,  namely,  of  the 
"children  of  E'phra-im,  by  their  generations,  after 
their  families,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  names,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
war; 

33  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of 
the  tribe  of  E'phra-im,  were  forty  thousand  and  five 
hundred. 

34  I  Of  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh,  by  their  gen- 
erations, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war  ; 

35  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  were  thirty  and  two  thousand 
and  two  hundred. 

36  If  Of  the  p children  of  Ben'ja-min,  by  their  gen- 
erations, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war  ; 

37  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Ben'ja-min,  were  thirty  and  five  thousand 
and  four  hundred. 

38  If  Of  the9  children  of  Dan,  by  their  generations, 
after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth 
to  war ; 

116 


B.  C.  1490. 


m  Gen.  30.  11. 
Gen.  49.  19. 
Josh.  4.  12. 
Jer.  49.  1. 
Rev.  7.  5. 


n  Gen.  29.  35. 
Gen.  38.  1-3. 
Gen.  49.  8, 
with 

ch.  2.  3,  4. 
Deut.  33.  7. 
2  Sam.  24.  9. 
1  Chr.  5.  2. 
Ps.  78.  G8. 
Matt.  1.  2. 
Heb.  7.  14. 
Rev.  5.  5. 


o  Gen.  30.  24. 
Gen.  48. 19,  20, 
with 

ch.  2.  18,  19. 
Judg.  12.  6. 
Ps.  60.  7. 
Jer.  7.  15. 
Obad.  19. 


p  Gen.  35. 16-18- 

Gen.  44.  20. 

eh.  26.  41. 

Judg.  20. 

44-46. 

2  Chr.  17.  17. 

Ps.  68.  27. 

Rev.  7.  8. 
q  Gen.  30.  5,  6. 

Gen.  46.  23, 

with 

ch.  2.  25. 
r  ch.  26.  64. 
s  Gen.  13.  16. 

Ex.  12.  37. 

ch.  26.  51. 

Deut.  10.  22. 

1  Ki.  4.  20. 
I  ch.  2.  33. 

ch.  3. 

1  Chr.  6.  1. 

1  Chr.  21.6. 
u  eh.  26.  62. 
v  Ex.  31.  18. 

ch.  3.  7,  8. 

ch.  4.  15,  25, 

26,  27,  33. 
w  ch.  3.  23,  29, 

35,  38. 
x  ch.  10.  17,  21. 
3  Every  one 

not  a  Levite. 
y  ch.  2.  2,  34. 
z  Lev.  10.  6. 

ch.  8.  19. 

ch.  16.  46. 

1  Sam.  6.  19. 
a  ch.  8.  24. 

ch.  18.  3,  4. 

1  Chr.  23.  32. 

2  Chr.  13.  10. 


39  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Dan,  were  threescore  and  two  thousand  and 
seven  hundred. 

40  If  Of  the  children  of  Ash'er,  by  their  genera- 
tions, after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war ; 

41  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Ash'er,  were  forty  and  one  thousand  and 
five  hundred. 

42  If  Of.  the  children  of  Naph'ta-H,  throughout 
their  generations,  after  their  families,  by  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that 
were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 

43  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  even  of  the 
tribe  of  Naph'ta-H,  were  fifty  and  three  thousand 
and  four  hundred. 

44  ''These  are  those  that  were  numbered,  which 
Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  numbered,  and  the  princes  of 
Ig'ra-el,  being  twelve  men :  each  one  was  for  the 
house  of  his  fathers. 

45  So  were_  all  those  that  were  numbered  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were 
able  to  go  forth  to  war  in  Ig'ra-el ; 

46  Even  all  they  that  were  numbered  were  ssix 
hundred  thousand  and  three  thousand  and  five 
hundred  and  fifty. 

47  If  But  *the  Le'vltes  after  the  tribe  of  their 
fathers  were  not  numbered  among  them. 

48  For  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

49  u  Only  thou  shalt  not  number  the  tribe  of  Le'vl, 
neither  take  the  sum  of  them  among  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el : 

50  But  "thou  shalt  appoint  the  Le'vltes  over  the 
tabernacle  of  testimony,  and  over  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  and  over  all  things  that  belong  to  it :  they 
shall  bear  the  tabernacle,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof ; 
and  they  shall  minister  unto  it,  w  and  shall  encamp 
round  about  the  tabernacle. 

51  And  "when  the  tabernacle  setteth  forward,  the 
Le'vltes  shall  take  it  down :  and  when  the  taber- 
nacle is  to  be  pitched,  the  Le'vltes  shall  set  it  up: 
and  the  3  stranger  that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to 
death. 

52  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  pitch  their 
tents,  y  every  man  by  his  own  camp,  and  every  man 
by  his  own  standard,  throughout  their  hosts. 

53  But  the  Le'vltes  shall  pitch  round  about  the 
tabernacle  of  testimony,  that  there  be  no  *  wrath 
upon  the  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el : 
a  and  the  Le'vltes  shall  keep  the  charge  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  testimony. 

54  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  according  to  all 
that  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg,  so  did  they. 


A1 


CHAPTER  2. 

1  Captains  of  the  tribes.    10  Order  of  the  camps. 

ND   the   Lord   spake  unto   Mo'geg    and  unto 
Aar'on,  saying, 


Captains  of  the  tribes. 


NUMBERS,  3. 


2  "Every  man  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el shall b pitch 
by  his  own  standard,  with  the  ensign  of  their  fa- 
ther's house  :  xfar  off  about  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  shall  they  pitch. 

3  And  on  the  east  side  toward  the  rising  of  the  sun 
shall  they  of  the  standard  of  the  camp  of  Ju'dah 
pitch  throughout  their  armies:  and  cNah'shon  the 
son  of  Am-mm'a-dab  shall  be  captain  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ju'dah. 

4  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  threescore  and  fourteen  thousand  and 
six  hundred. 

5  And  those  that  do  pitch  next  unto  him  shall  be 
the  tribe  of  Is'sa-char  :  dand  Ne-than'e-el  the  son  of 
Zti'ar  shall  be  captain  of  the  children  of  Is'sa-char. 

6  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered 
thereof,  were  e  fifty  and  four  thousand  and  four 
hundred. 

7  Then  the  tribe  of -^Zeb'u-lun :  and  E-H'ab  the  son  of 
He'lon  shall  be  captain  of  the  children  of  Zeb'u-lun. 

8  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered 
thereof,  were  fifty  and  seven  thousand  and  four 
hundred. 

9  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp  of  Ju'dah 
were  an  hundred  thousand  and  fourscore  thousand 
and  six  thousand  and  four  hundred,  throughout  their 
armies.    9  These  shall  first  set  forth. 

10  If  On  the  south  side  shall  be  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  h  Reu'ben  according  to  their  armies :  and  the 
captain  of  the  children  of  Reu'ben  shall  be  E-H'zur 
the  son  of  Shed'e-ur. 

11  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered 
thereof,  were  forty  and  six  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred. 

12  And  those  which  pitch  by  him  shall  be  the  tribe 
of  Sim'e-on  :  and  the  captain  of  the  children  of  Sim'- 
e-on shall  be  She-lu'mi-el  the  son  of  Zu-rl-shad'da-T. 

13  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  fifty  and  nine  thousand  and  three  hundred. 

14  Then  the  tribe  of  Gad :  and  the  captain  of  the 
sons  of  Gad  shall  be  E-H'a-saph  the  son  of  2Reu'el. 

15  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  forty  and  five  thousand  and  six  hundred 
and  fifty. 

16  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp  of  Reu'- 
ben were  an  hundred  thousand  and  fifty  and  one 
thousand  and  four  hundred  and  fifty,  throughout 
their  armies.  And  i  they  shall  set  forth  in  the  second 
rank. 

17  If  ^'Then  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  shall 
set  forward  with  the  camp  of  the  Le'vltes  in  the 
midst  of  the  camp :  as  they  encamp,  so  shall  they  set 
forward,  every  k  man  in  his  place  by  their  standards. 

18  If  On  the  west  side  shall  be  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  'E'phra-im  according  to  their  armies:  and 
the  captain  of  the  sons  of  E'phra-im  shall  be  E-lish'- 
a-ma  the  son  of  Am-mi'hud. 

19  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  forty  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

20  And  by  him  shall  be  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  : 
and  the  captain  of  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh  shall 
be  Ga-ma'li-el  the  son  of  Ps-dah'zur. 


B.  C.  1490. 


ach.  1.  52. 
b  oh.  24.  2-9. 
1  over  a„aiust. 


c  eh.  10.  14. 
Ruth  4.  20. 
1  Chr.  2.  10. 
Matt.  1.  4. 
Luke  3.  32,  33. 


d  ch.  7.  18,  23 


e  ch.  2G.  25. 


/Gen.  49.  13. 
Deut.  33.  18. 


g  ch.  10.  14. 
1  Chr.  5.  2. 
Ps.  78.  52. 

h  Deut.  33.  6. 
1  Chr.  5.  1. 


2  Deuel. 

i  ch.  10.  18. 
Gen.  49.  3. 

1  Chr.  5.  1. 
j  Acts  7.  44. 

Keb.  8.  2. 
k  1  Cor.  14.  40. 
I  Gen.  48.  14-20. 

ch.  10.  22. 

Deut.  33.  17. 

Ps.  80.  2. 

Jer.  31.  9, 

18-21 . 

Hos.  11.  3. 

Zech.  9.  9-17. 
m  Ps.  68.  27. 

Rev.  7.  8. 

3  That  is,  A 
cutter  down. 

n  ch.  10.  22. 
o  Deut.  33.  22. 
p  Gen.  30.  8. 
Gen.  49.  21. 

2  Ki.  15.  29. 
Rev.  7.  6. 

q  ch.  10.  25. 
r  Ex.  12.  37. 

ch.  1.  40>. 

ch.  11.  21. 
s  ch.  1.  47. 

ch.  3.  5-51. 

ch.  26.  57-02. 

1  Chr.  6. 
t  Ex.  39.  42. 

ch.  24.  2. 

Ps.  119.  6. 

Isa.  45.  12. 

Lnkel.  0. 
it  ch.  24.  2-9. 

Song  6.  10. 

1  Cor.  14.  40. 


a  Ex.  6.  23. 

ch.  26.  61. 

1  Chr.  6.  3. 
b  Ex.  28.  41. 

Lev.  8.  1. 
1  whose  hand 

he  filled. 
eLev.  10.  t. 

1  Chr.  24.  2. 
Isa.  66.  15. 

2  Thess.  1.  8. 
Heb.  12.  29. 


Order  of  the  camps. 

21  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  thirty  and  two  thousand  and  two  hundred. 

22  Then  the  tribe  of  m  Ben'ja-min  :  and  the  cap- 
tain of  the  sons  of  Ben'ja-min  shall  be  Ab'i-dan  the 
son  of  3Gid-e-o'ni. 

23  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  thirty  and  five  thousand  and  four  hun- 
dred. 

24  All  that  were  numbered  of  the  camp  of  E'phra- 
Im  ivere  an  hundred  thousand  and  eight  thousand 
and  an  hundred,  throughout  their  armies.  And "  they 
shall  go  forward  in  the  third  rank. 

25  If  The  standard  of  the  camp  of  °  Dan  shall  be  on 
the  north  side  by  their  armies :  and  the  captain  of 
the  children  of  Dan  shall  be  A-hf-e'zer  the  son  of 
Am-mi-shad'da-I. 

26  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  threescore  and  two  thousand  and  seven 
hundred. 

27  And  those  that  encamp  by  him  shall  be  the 
tribe  of  Ash'er  :  and  the  captain  of  the  children  of 
Ash'er  shall  be  Pa'gi-el  the  son  of  Oc'ran. 

28  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them,  ivere  forty  and  one  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred. 

29  If  Then  the  tribe  of  pN2ph'ta-li :  and  the  cap- 
tain of  thechildren  of  Naph'ta-ll  shall  be  A-hl'ra 
the  son  of  E'nan. 

30  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them,  ivere  fifty  and  three  thousand  and  four 
hundred. 

31  All  they  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp  of 
Dan  ivere  an  hundred  thousand  and  fifty  and  seven 
thousand  and  six  hundred.  «They  shall  go  hind- 
most with  their  standards. 

32  If  These  are  those  which  were  numbered  of 
the  children  of  I§'ra-el  by  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers: rall  those  that  were  numbered  of  the  camps 
throughout  their  hosts  were  six  hundred  thousand 
and  three  thousand  and  five  hundred  and  fifty. 

33  But  sthe  Le'vltes  were  not  numbered  among 
the  children  of  Ig'ra  el ;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'§e§. 

34  And  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  did  according  to  all 
that t the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg :  so  "they  pitched 
by  their  standards,  and  so  they  set  forward,  every 
one  after  their  families,  according  to  the  house  of 
their  fathers. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  The  Levitical  families.    21  Their  number  and  charges.    40  Freedom  of  the  firstborn. 

THESE  also  are  the  generations  of  Aar'on  and 
Mo'§e§  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  spake  with 
Mo'ges  in  mount  Si'nai. 

2  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Aar'on ; 
Na'dab  the  "firstborn,  and  A-bi'hu,  E-le-a'zar,  and 
Ith'a-mar. 

3  These  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Aar'on,  6the 
priests  which  were  anointed,  J  whom  he  consecrated 
to  minister  in  the  priest's  office. 

4  And  c  Na'dab  and  A-bl'hu  died  before  the  Lord,  - 
when  they  offered  strange  fire  before  the  Lord,  in 
the  wilderness  of  Si'nai,  and  they  had  no  children  : 

117 


The  Levitical  families. 


NUMBERS, 


o. 


Their  number  and  charges. 


and   E-le-a'zar   and   Ith'a-mar   ministered   in   the 
priest's  office  in  the  sight  of  Aar'on  their  father. 

5  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

6  d Bring  the  tribe  of  Le'vl  near,  and  present  them 
before  Aar'on  the  priest,  that  they  may  minister 
unto  him. 

7  And  they  shall  keep  his  charge,  and  the  charge 
of  the  whole  congregation  before  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  to  do  the  e  service  of  the  taber- 
nacle. 

8  And  they  shall  keep  all  the  instruments  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  the  charge  of 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  do  the  service  of  the 
tabernacle. 

9  And  /thou  shalt  give  the  Le'vites  unto  Aar'on 
and  to  his  sons  :  they  are  wholly  given  unto  him 
out  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

10  And  thou  shalt  appoint  Aar'on  and  his  sons, 
"and  they  shall  wait  on  their  priest's  office  :  and 

2  the  stranger  that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

12  And  I,  behold,  hI  have  taken  the  Le'vites  from 
among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  instead  of  all  the 
firstborn  that  openeth  the  matrix  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el :  therefore  the  Le'vites  shall  be  mine ; 

13  Because  'all  the  firstborn  are  mine ;  jfor  on 
theday  that  I  smote  all  the  firstborn  in  the  land 
of  E'gypt  I  hallowed  unto  me  all  the  firstborn  in  Ig'- 
ra-el, both  man  and  beast :  mine  shall  they  be  :  I 
am  the  Lord. 

14  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  in  the  k  wil- 
derness of  Sl'nai,  saying, 

15  Number  the  children" of  Le'vl  after  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  by  their  families :  l  every  male  from 
a  month  old  and  upward  shalt  thou  number  them. 

16  And  Mo'geg  numbered  them  according  to  the 

3  word  of  the  Lord,  as  he  was  commanded. 

17  And™  these  were  the  sons  of  Le'vl  by  their 
names  ;  Ger'shon,  and  Ko'hath,  and  Me-ra'rI. 

18  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Ger'- 
shon by  their  families  ;  "Lib'nl,  and  Shim'e-I. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Ko'hath  by  their  families  ; 
Am'ram,  and  Iz'e-har,  He'bron,  and  Uz'zi-el. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rI  by  their  families  ; 
Mah'H,  and  Mu'shl.  These  are  the  families  of  the 
Le'vites  according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

21  Of  Ger'shon  was  the  family  of  the  Lib'nltes, 
and  the  family  of  the  Shim'Ites  :  these  are  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  Ger'shon-Ites. 

22  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  according 
to  the  number  of  all  the  males,  from  a  month  old 
and  upward,  even  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them  were  seven  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

23  The  °  families  of  the  Ger'shon-Ites  shall  pitch 
behind  the  tabernacle  westward. 

24  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the  father  of  the 
Ger'shon-Ites  shall  be  E-lI'a-saph  the_son  of  La'el. 

25  And  pthe  charge  of  the  sons  of  Ger'shon  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  shall  be  Hhe  tab- 
ernacle, and  rthe  tent,  sthe  covering  thereof,  and 
'the  hanging  for  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation, 

118 


B.  C.  1490. 


d  Ex.  32.  26. 
ch.  8.  6. 


e  ch.  1.  50. 


/  ch.  8.  19. 


g  ch.  18.  7. 

1  Chr.  6.  49. 

Acts  6.  3,  4. 

Rom.  12.  7. 
2  Every  one  not 

a  Levite. 
h  ch.  8.  16. 

ch.  18.  6. 


iEx.  13.  2. 

Lev.  27.  26. 

ch.  8.  16. 

Neh.  10.  36. 

Luke  2.  23. 
j  Ex.  13.  12,  15. 


k  Ex.  19.  1. 


I  ch.  26.  62. 


3  mouth. 

m  Gen.  46.  11. 
Ex.  6.  16. 

ch.  26.  57. 
1  Chr.  23.  6. 


raEx.  6.  17. 


0  ch.  1.  53. 

p  ch.  4.  24-26. 
1  Chr.  9.  14, 
33. 

1  Chr.  23.  32. 
q  Ex.  25.  9. 

r  Ex.  26. 1. 
sEt.  26.  7,  14. 
t  Ex.  26.  36. 
u  Ex.  27.  9. 
v  Ex.  27.  16. 
w  Ex.  35.  18. 
x  1  Chr.  26.  23. 
y  ch.  1.  53. 
sch.  4.  15. 
a  Ex.  25.  10. 
b  Ex.  25.  23. 
e  Ex.  25.  31. 
d  Ex.  27.  1. 
Ex.  30.  1. 
c  Ex.  26.  32. 
/  ch.  20.  25-28. 

2  Ki.  25.  18. 
1  Chr.  9.  20. 

17  ch.  1.53. 

4  the  office  of 
the  charge. 

Ach.  1.53. 

ch.  2.  3. 
i  ch.  18.  5. 

1  Chr.  6.  48, 

49. 
j  verses  7,  8. 

5  Every  one  not 
a  Levite. 

Ach.  4.  47,  48. 
ch.  26.  62. 

1  verse  15. 

m  verses  12,  45. 


26  And  "the  hangings  of  the  court,  and  "the  cur- 
tain for  the  door  of  the  court,  which  is  by  the 
tabernacle,  and  by  the  altar  round  about,  and  wthe 
cords  of  it  for  all  the  service  thereof. 

27  If  And  *of  Ko'hath  was  the  family  of  the  Am'- 
ram-Ites,  and  the  family  of  the  Iz'e-har-Ites,  and 
the  family  of  the  He'bron-Ites,  and  the  family  of 
the  Uz'zi-el-Ites  :  these  are  the  families  of  the  Ko'- 
hath-Ites. 

28  In  the  number  of  all  the  males,  from  a  month 
old  and  upward,  were  eight  thousand  and  six  hun- 
dred, keeping  the  charge  of  the  sanctuary. 

29  The  ^families  of  the  sons  of  Ko'hath  shall  pitch 
on  the  side  of  the  tabernacle  southward. 

30  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the  father  of  the 
families  of  the  Ko'hath-Ites  shall  be  E-liz'a-phan  the 
son  of  Uz'zi-el. 

31  And  z  their  charge  shall  be  Hhe  ark,  and  Hhe 
table,  and  cthe  candlestick,  and  dthe  altars,  and  the 
vessels  of  the  sanctuary' wherewith  they  minister, 
and  Hhe  hanging,  and  all  the  service  thereof. 

32  And  E-le-a'zar  the  son  of  Aar'on  the  priest 
shall  be  f  chief  over  the  chief  of  the  Le'vites,  and 
have  the  oversight  of  them  that  keep  the  charge  of 
the  sanctuary. 

33  If  Of  Me-ra'rI  tvas  the  family  of  the  Mah'lltes, 
and  the  family  of  the  Mu'shltes  :  these  are  the  fam- 
ilies of  Me-ra'rI. 

34  And  those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  all  the  males,  from  a  month 
old  and  upward,  were  six  thousand  and  two  hun- 
dred. 

35  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the  father  of  the 
families  of  Me-ra'rI  was  Zu'ri-el  the  son  of  Ab-i- 
ha'il  :  9  these  shall  pitch  on  the  side  of  the  tabernacle 
northward. 

36  And  4  under  the  custody  and  charge  of  the  sons 
of  Me-ra'rI  shall  be  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle, 
and  the  bars  thereof,  and  the  pillars  thereof,  and 
the  sockets  thereof,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and 
all  that  serveth  thereto, 

37  And  the  pillars  of  the  court  round  about,  and 
their  sockets,  and  their  pins,  and  their  cords. 

38  If  ''But  those  that  encamp  before  the  taber- 
nacle toward  the  east,  even  before  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation  eastward,  shall  be  Mo'geg,  and 
Aar'on  and  his  sons,  keeping  'the  charge  of  the  sanc- 
tuary jf or  the  charge  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and 
5  the  stranger  that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to 
death. 

39  k  All  that  were  numbered  of  the  Le'vites,  which 
Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  numbered  at  the  commandment 
of  the  Lord,  throughout  their  families,  all  the  males 
from  a  month  old  and  upward,  were  twenty  and  two 
thousand. 

40  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Number  l  all 
the  firstborn  of  the  males  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
from  a  month  old  and  upward,  and  take  the  number 
of  their  names. 

41  And  mthou  shalt  take  the  Le'vites  for  me  (I  am 
the  Lord)  instead  of  all  the  firstborn  among  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and  the  cattle  of  the  Le'vites 


The  firstborn  redeemed. 


NUMBERS,  4. 


Service  of  the  Levites. 


instead  of  all  the  firstlings  among  the  cattle  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

42  And  Mo'geg  numbered,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
him,  all  the  firstborn  among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

43  And  all  the  firstborn  males  by  the  number  of 
names,  from  a  month  old  and  upward,  of  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  were  twenty  and  two  thou- 
sand two  hundred  and  threescore  and  thirteen. 

44  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

45  Take  the  Le'vites  instead  of  all  the  firstborn 
among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  the  cattle  of 
the  Le'vltes  instead  of  their  cattle  ;  and  the  Le'vltes 
shall  be  "mine  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

46  And  for  those  that  are  to  be  °  redeemed  of  the 
two  hundred  and  threescore  and  thirteen  of  the 
firstborn  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, v  which  are  more 
than  the  Le'vltes ; 

47  Thou  shalt  even  take  9five  shekels  apiece  by  the 
poll,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  shalt  thou 
take  them :  ('the  shekel  is  twenty  gerahs  :) 

48  And  thou  shalt  give  the  money,  wherewith  the 
odd  number  of  them  is  to  be  redeemed,  unto  Aar'on 
and  to  his  sons. 

49  And  Mo'geg  took  the  "redemption  money  of 
them  that  were  over  and  above  them  that  were 
redeemed  by  the  Le'vltes  : 

50  Of  the  firstborn  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  took 
he  the  money  ;  fa  thousand  three  hundred  and 
threescore  and  five  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  : 

51  And  Mo'geg  gave  the  money  of  them  that  were 
redeemed  unto  Aar'on  and  to  his  sons,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER   4. 

1  On  moving  the  tabernacle.    17  Service  of  the  Levites. 

AND    the   Lord  spake  unto   Mo'geg  and  unto 
-  Aar'on,  saying, 

2  Take  the  sum  of  the  sons  of  Ko'hath  from 
among  the  sons  of  Le'vl,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers, 

3  "From  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even  until 
fifty  years  old,  all  that  enter  into  the  l  host,  to  do 
the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

4  6This  shall  be  the  service  of  the  sons  of  Ko'hath 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  about  the 
most  holy  things  : 

5  \  And  when  the  camp  setteth  forward,  Aar'on 
shall  come,  and  his  sons,  and  they  shall  take  down 
cthe  covering  veil,  and  cover  the  dark  of  testimony 
with  it  : 

6  And  shall  put  thereon  the  covering  of  badgers' 
skins,  and  shall  spread  over  it  a  cloth  wholly  of 
blue,  and  shall  put  in  e  the  staves  thereof. 

7  And  upon  the  ''table  of  shewbread  they  shall 
spread  a  cloth  of  blue,  and  put  thereon  the  dishes, 
and  the  spoons,  and  the  bowls,  and  covers  to  2  cover 
withal :  and  the  continual  bread  shall  be  thereon  : 

8  And  they  shall  spread  upon  them  a  cloth  of 
scarlet,  and  cover  the  same  with  a  covering  of  badg- 
ers' skins,  and  shall  put  in  the  staves  thereof. 

9  And  they  shall  take  a  cloth  of  blue,  and  cover 


B.  C.  1490. 


n  verses  12,  41. 
1  Sam.  1.  28. 
o  ch.  18.  15. 


p  verses  39,  43. 


g  Lev.  27.  C. 
ch.  18.  IS. 


r  Lev.  27.  25. 
ch.  18.  16. 


s  Gal.  4.  4,  5. 
1  Tim.  2.  6. 
Tit.  ■>.  14. 
Heb.  9.  12. 
1  Pet.  1.  18. 


t  verses  46,  47. 
Acts  20.  33. 


a  Gen.  41.  46. 
ch.  3.  40. 

1  Chr.  23.  3, 
24,  27. 
Luke  3.  23. 

1  Or,  warfare. 
b  verse  15. 
cEx.  26.  31. 

Lev.  16.  2. 

2  Chr.  3.  14. 
Matt.  27.  51. 
Heb.  9.  3. 

d  Ex.  25.  10,  16. 
e  Ex.  25.  13. 
/  Lev.  24.  6,  8. 

2  Or,  pour  out 
withal. 

ffEx.  25.  31. 
h  Ex.  25.  37,  38. 
tEs.  30.  1. 

3  Or,  bowls. 
j  ch.  7.  9. 

Deut.  31.  9. 

2  Sam.  6.  13. 
k  2  Sam.  6.  6,  7. 
I  ch.  3.  31. 
m  Ex.  25.  6. 

Lev.  24.  2. 
n  Ps.  141.  2. 

Mai.  1.  11. 

Rev.  5.  8. 
o  Ex.  29.  40. 

ch.  28.  3. 

Dan.  9.  27. 
p  Ex.  30.  23. 
g  verse  4. 
r  1  Sam.  6.  19. 
s  1  Chr.  23.  3, 

24,  27. 

4  to  war  the 
warfare. 

5  Or,  carriage. 
/  Ex.  26.  1-14. 

ch.  3.  25,  26. 


the  "candlestick  of  the  light,  ''and  his  lamps,  and  his 
tongs,  and  his  snuffdishes,  and  all  the  oil  vessels 
thereof,  wherewith  they  minister  unto  it : 

10  And  they  shall  put  it  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof  within  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and 
shall  put  it  upon  a  bar. 

11  And  upon  Hhe  golden  altar  they  shall  spread  a 
cloth  of  blue,  and  cover  it  with  a  covering  of  badg- 
ers' skins,  and  shall  put  to  the  staves  thereof : 

12  And  they  shall  take  all  the  instruments  of 
ministry,  wherewith  they  minister  in  the  sanctuary, 
and  put  them  in  a  cloth  of  blue,  and  cover  them 
with  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and  shall  put 
them  on  a  bar  : 

13  And  they  shall  take  away  the  ashes  from  the 
altar,  and  spread  a  purple  cloth  thereon  : 

14  And  they  shall  put  upon  it  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  wherewith  they  minister  about  it,  even  the 
censers,  the  fleshhooks,  and  the  shovels,  and  the 
3  basons,  all  the  vessels  of  the  altar ;  and  they  shall 
spread  upon  it  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and  put 
to  the  staves  of  it. 

15  And  when  Aar'on  and  his  sons  have  made  an 
end  of  covering  the  sanctuary,  and  all  the  vessels  of 
the  sanctuary,  as  the  camp  is  to  set  forward  ;  after 
that,  the  •'sons  of  Ko'hath  shall  come  to  bear  it  : 
/cbut  they  shall  not  touch  any  holy  thing,  lest  they 
die.  l  These  things  are  the  burden  of  the  sons  of 
Ko'hath  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

16  H  And  to  the  office  of  E-le-a'zar  the  son  of 
Aar'on  the  priest  pertaineth  mthe  oil  for  the  light, 
and  the  "sweet  incense,  and  the  "daily  meat  offer- 
ing, and  the  p  anointing  oil,  and  the  oversight  of  all 
the  tabernacle,  and  of  all  that  therein  is,  in  the 
sanctuary,  and  in  the  vessels  thereof. 

17  IF  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  unto 
Aar'on,  saying, 

18  Cut  ye  not  off  the  tribe  of  the  families  of  the 
Ko'hath-Ites  from  among  the  Le'vltes : 

19  But  thus  do  unto  them,  that  they  may  live,  and 
not  die,  when  they  approach  unto  the  'most  holy 
things  :  Aar'on  and  his  sons  shall  go  in,  and  appoint 
them  every  one  to  his  service  and  to  his  burden : 

20  '"But  they  shall  not  go  in  to  see  when  the  holy 
things  are  covered,  lest  they  die. 

21  II  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

22  Take  also  the  sum  of  the  sons  of  Ger'shon, 
throughout  the  houses  of  their  fathers,  by  their 
families ; 

23  sFrom  thirty  years  old  and  upward  until  fifty 
years  old  shalt  thou  number  them  ;  all  that  enter 
in  4to  perform  the  service,  to  do  the  work  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

24  This  is  the  service  of  the  families  of  the  Ger'- 
shon-ites,  to  serve,  and  for  5  burdens  : 

25  And  'they  shall  bear  the  curtains  of  the  taber- 
nacle, and  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  his 
covering,  and  the  covering  of  the  badgers'  skins 
that  is  above  upon  it,  and  the  hanging  for  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 

26  And  the  hangings  of  the  court,  and  the  hang- 
ing for  the  door  of  the  gate  of  the  court,  which  is 

119 


Service  of  the  Levites. 


NUMBERS,  5. 


Cleansing  the  camps. 


by  the  tabernacle  and  by  the  altar  round  about,  and 
their  cords,  and  all  the  instruments  of  their  service, 
and  all  that  is  made  for  them  :  so  shall  they  serve. 

27  At  the  6"  appointment  of  Aar'on  andhis  sons 
shall  be  all  the  service  of  the  sons  of  the  Ger'shon- 
Ites,  in  all  their  burdens,  and  in  all  their  service  : 
and  ye  shall  appoint  unto  them  in  charge  all  their 
burdens. 

28_ This  is  the  service  of  the  families  of  the  sons 
of  Ger'shon  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  : 
and  their  charge  shall  be  under  the  hand  of  Ith'a- 
mar  the  son  of  Aar'on  the  priest. 

29  If  As  for  the  sons  of  Me-ra'ri,  thou  shalt  number 
them  after  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers ; 

30  ^From  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even  unto 
fifty  years  old  shalt  thou  number  them,  every  one 
that  entereth  into  the  7w  service,  to  do  the  work  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 

31  And  *this  is  the  charge  of  their  burden,  accord- 
ing to  all  their  service  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation; the  boards  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
bars  thereof,  and  the  pillars  thereof,  and  sockets 
thereof, 

32  And  the  pillars  of  the  court  round  about,  and 
their  sockets,  and  their  pins,  and  their  cords,  with 
all  their  instruments,  and  with  all  their  service  : 
and  by  name  ye  shall  reckon  ythe  instruments  of 
the  charge  of  their  burden. 

33  This  is  the  service  of  the  families  of  the  sons 
of  M§-ra'rI,  according  to  all  their  service,  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  under  the  hand  of 
Ith'a-mar  the  son  of  Aar'on  the  priest. 

34  If  And  *  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  and  the  chief  of  the 
congregation  numbered  the  sons  of  the  Ko'hath- 
Ites  after  their  families,  and  after  the  house  of  their 
fathers, 

35  aFrom  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even  unto 
fifty  years  old,  every  one  that  entereth  into  the 
service,  for  the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation : 

36  And  those  that  were  numbered  of  them  by 
their  families  were  two  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  fifty. 

37  These  were  they  that  were  numbered  of  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  Ko'hath-ites,  all  that  might  do  service  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  which  Mo'geg 
and  Aar'on  did  number  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

38  And  those  that  were  numbered  of  the  sons  of 
Ger'shon,  throughout  their  families,  and  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers, 

39  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even  unto 
fifty  years  old,  every  one  that  entereth  into  the  ser- 
vice, for  the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, 

40  Even  those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
throughout  their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  were  two  thousand  and  six  hundred  and 
thirty. 

41  These  are  they  that  were  numbered  of  the 
families  of  the  sons  of  Ger'shon,  of  all  that  might 

120 


B.  C.  1490. 


6  mouth. 
u  Luke  1.  70. 


v  Terse  3. 

Gen.  41.  46. 

eh.  4.  23. 

ch.  8.  24,  26. 

1  Chr.  28. 

12,  13. 
7  warfare. 
w  Ps.  110. 

1  Tim.  6.  11. 

2  Tim.  2.  4. 
2  Tim.  4.  7. 

x  ch.  3.  36,  37. 


y  Ex.  25.  9. 
ch.  3.  8. 

ch.  7.  1. 
1  Chr.  9.  29. 


2  verse  2. 
ch.  3.  19,  27. 


a  ch.  8.  24-26. 
1  Chr.  23.  24. 
Luke  3.  23. 

1  Tim.  3.  G. 
b  verses  35—10. 

Deut.  33.  25. 

2  Cor.  12.  9. 
c  Rom.  12.  6-8. 
d  1  Cor.  12.  4-28. 


a  Lev.  13.  3,  46. 

ch.  12.  14. 

Deut.  23.  10. 

2  Ki.  5.  27. 

2  Chr.  26.  20. 

Isa.  52.  11. 

Luke  17.  12. 
b  Lev.  15.  2. 
c  Lev.  21.  1. 

ch.  9.  6,  10. 
d  Ex.  25.  8. 

Lev.  26.  11,  12. 

Deut.  32.  19. 

Josh.  22.  19. 

Ps.  76.  2. 

Zech.  2.  10. 

2  Cor.  6.  16. 

Rev.  21.  3. 
e  Lev.  6.  2,  3. 
/  Lev.  5.  5. 

Josh.  7.  19. 
g  Lev,  6.  5. 


h  Lev.  7.  7. 


1  Or,  heave 
offering. 


do  service  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
whom  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  did  number  according  to 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord. 

42  If  And  those  that  were  numbered  of  the  fami- 
lies of  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl,  throughout  their  fami- 
lies, by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 

43  b  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even  unto 
fifty  years  old,  every  one'  that  entereth  into  the  ser- 
vice, for  the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, 

44  Even  those  that  were  numbered  of  them  after 
their  families,  were  three  thousand  and  two  hun- 
dred. 

45  These  be  those  that  were  numbered  of  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl,  whom  Mo'geg  and 
Aar'on  numbered  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
by  the  hand  of  Mo'seg. 

46  All  those  that  were  numbered  of  the  Le'vites, 
whom  Mo'seg  and  Aar'on  and  the  chief  of  Ig'ra-el 
numbered,  after  their  families,  and  after  the  house 
of  their  fathers, 

47  cFrom  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even  unto 
fifty  years  old,  every  one  that  came  to  do  the  ser- 
vice of  the  ministry,  and  the  service  of  the  burden 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 

48  Even  those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  were 
eight  thousand  and  five  hundred  and  fourscore. 

49  According  to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
they  were  numbered  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg,  d  every 
one  according  to  his  service,  and  according  to  his 
burden  :  thus  were  they  numbered  of  him,  as  the 
Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Cleansing  the  camps.    5  Recompensing  trespasses.    11  Trial  of  jealousy. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Command  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they 
put  out  of  the  camp  every  "leper,  and  every  one 
that  hath  an  6  issue,  and  whosoever  is  defiled   by 
the  cdead  : 

3  Both  male  and  female  shall  ye  put  out,  without 
the  camp  shall  ye  put  them ;  that  they  defile  not 
their  camps,  din  the  midst  whereof  I  dwell. 

4  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  so,  and  put  them 
out  without  the  camp  :  as  the  Lord  spake  unto 
Mo'geg,  so  did  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

5  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

6  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  eWhen  a 
man  or  woman  shall  commit  any  sin  that  men  com- 
mit, to  do  a  trespass  against  the  Lord,  and  that 
person  be  guilty ; 

7  ■'Then  they  shall  confess  their  sin  which  they 
have  done  :  and  he  shall  recompense  his  trespass 
0  with  the  principal  thereof,  and  add  unto  it  the 
fifth  part  thereof,  and  give  it  unto  him  against 
whom  he  hath  trespassed. 

8  But  if  the  man  have  no  kinsman  to  recompense 
the  trespass  unto,  let  the  trespass  be  recompensed 
unto  the  Lord,  even  to  the  priest ;  beside  hthe  ram 
of  the  atonement,  whereby  an  atonement  shall  be 
made  for  him. 

9  And  every  a  offering  of  all  the  holy  things  of 


'Trial  of  jealousy. 


NUMBERS,  6. 


Law  of  the  Nazarites. 


the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  which  they  bring  unto  the 
priest,  shall  be  his. 

10  And  every  man's  hallowed  things  shall  be  his  : 
whatsoever  any  man  giveth  the  priest,  it  shall  be 
^his. 

11  IF  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

12  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  If  any  man's  J'wife  go  aside,  and  commit 
a  trespass  against  him, 

13  And  a  man  fclie  with  her  carnally,  and  it  be  hid 
from  the  eyes  of  her  husband,  and  be  kept  close, 
and  she  be  defiled,  and  there  be  no  witness  against 
her,  neither  she  be  taken  with  the  manner  ; 

14  And  *the  spirit  of  jealousy  come  upon  him,  and 
he  be  jealous  of  his  wife,  and  she  be  defiled  :  or  if 
the  spirit  of  jealousy  come  upon  him,  and  he  be 
jealous  of  his  wife,  and  she  be  not  defiled  : 

15  Then  shall  the  man  bring  his  wife  unto  the 
priest,  and  he  shall  bring  her  m  offering  for  her,  the 
tenth  part  of  an  epliah  of  barley  meal ;  he  shall 
pour  no  oil  upon  it,  nor  put  frankincense  thereon  ; 
for  it  is  an  offering  of  jealousy,  an  offering  of 
memorial,  "bringing  iniquity  to  remembrance. 

16  And  the  priest  shall  bring  her  near,  and  °set 
her  before  the  Lord  : 

17  And  the  priest  shall  take  holy  water  in  an 
earthen  vessel ;  and  of  the  dust  that  is  in  the  floor 
of  the  tabernacle  the  priest  shall  take,  and  put  it 
into  the  water  : 

18  And  the  priest  shall  set  the  woman  before  the 
Lord,  and  uncover  the  woman's  head,  and  put  the 
offering  of  memorial  in  her.  hands,  which  is  the 
jealousy  offering :  and  the  priest  shall  have  in  his 
hand  the  bitter  water  that  causeth  the  curse  : 

19  And  the  priest  shall  charge  her  by  an  oath, 
and  say  unto  the  woman,  If  no  man  have  lain  with 
thee,  and  if  thou  hast  not  gone  aside  to  unclean- 
ness  2ivith  another  instead  of  thy  husband,  be  thou 
free  from  this  bitter  water  that  causeth  the  curse  : 

20  But  if  thou  hast  gone  aside  to  another  instead 
of  thy  husband,  and  if  thou  be  defiled,  and  some 
man  have  lain  with  thee  beside  thine  husband  : 

21  Then  the  priest  shall  p  charge  the  woman  with 
an  oath  of  cursing,  and  the  priest  shall  say  unto 
the  woman,  9The  Lord  make  thee  a  curse  and  an 
oath  among  thy  people,  when  the  Lord  doth  make 
thy  thigh  to  3  rot,  and  thy  belly  to  swell  ; 

22  And  this  water  that  causeth  the  curse  r  shall  go 
into  thy  bowels,  to  make  thy  belly  to  swell,  and  thy 
thigh  to  rot  :  sAnd  the  woman  shall  say,  Amen, 
amen. 

23  And  the  priest  shall  write  these  curses  in  a 
book,  and  he  shall  blot  them  out  with  the  bitter 
water : 

24  And  he  shall  cause  the  woman  to  drink  the  bit- 
ter water  that  causeth  the  curse  :  and  the  water 
that  causeth  the  curse  shall  enter  into  her,  and  be- 
come bitter. 

25  Then  the  priest  shall  take  the  jealousy  offering 
out  of  the  woman's  hand,  and  shall  *wave  the  of- 
fering before  the  Lord,  and  offer  it  upon  the  altar : 

26  And  "the  priest  shall  take  an  handful  of  the 


B.  C.  1490. 


i  Lev.  10.  13. 


j  Prov.  2.  1G. 
Prov.  7.  10-27. 
Hos.  4.  13. 

k  Lev.  18.  20. 
Prov.  30.  20. 


I  Prov.  6.  34. 
Song  8.  6. 
Isa.  19.  14. 


m  Lev.  5.  11. 
Isa.  53.  2. 


n  1  Ki.  17.  18. 

oLev.  1.  3. 
1  Chr.  28.  9. 
Jer.  17.  10. 
Mai.  3.  5. 
Heb.  13.  4. 


2  under  thy 
husband,  or, 
being  in  the 
power  of  thy 
husband. 

p  Gen.  9.  25. 

Josh.  6.  26. 

Neh.  10.  29. 

Mai.  4.  6. 

Matt.  26.  74. 
g  Isa.  65.  15. 

Jer.  29.  22. 

3  fall. 

r  Ps.  1U9.  18. 

Prov.  1.  31. 
s  Deut.  27.  15. 
t  Lev.  8.  27. 
u  Lev.  2.  2,  9. 
v  Deut.  28.  37. 

Ps.  83.  9. 

Eccl.  7.  26. 

Isa.  65.  15. 

Jer.  24.  9. 

Zech.  8.  13. 
w  Job  17.  8,  9. 

Ps.  37.  5,  6. 

Rom.  5.  3-5. 
x  Lev.  20.  17. 

Rom.  2.  8,  9. 


1  Or,  make 
themselves 
Nazarites. 

a  Lev.  10.  9. 
Judg.  13.  4. 
Amos  2.  12. 
Luke  1.  15. 

2  Or,  Nazarite- 
ship. 

3  vine  of  the 
wine. 

b  Judg.  13.  5. 

1  Sam.  1.  11. 

Lam.  4.  7. 
c  Lev.  19.  28. 

Lev.  21.  11. 

Jer.  16.  5,  6. 

Matt.  8.  21,  22. 
d  ch.  9.  6. 

4  separation. 
e  Acts  18.  18. 
/  Lev.  5.  7. 


offering,  even  the  memorial  thereof,  and  burn  it 
upon  the  altar,  and  afterward  shall  cause  the  wo- 
man to  drink  the  water. 

27  And  when  he  hath  made  her  to  drink  the 
water,  then  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that,  if  she  be 
defiled,  and  have  done  trespass  against  her  hus- 
band, that  the  water  that  causeth  the  curse  shall 
enter  into  her,  and  become  bitter,  and  her  belly 
shall  swell,  and  her  thigh  shall  rot :  and  the  woman 
"shall  be  a  curse  among  her  people. 

28  And  if  the  woman  be  not  defiled,  but  be  clean  ; 
then  she  w  shall  be  free,  and  shall  conceive  seed. 

29  This  is  the  law  of  jealousies,  when  a  wife  goeth 
aside  to  another  instead  of  her  husband,  and  is 
defiled ; 

30  Or  when  the  spirit  of  jealousy  cometh  upon  him, 
and  he  be  jealous  over  his  wife,  and  shall  set  the 
woman  before  the  Lord,  and  the  priest  shall  execute 
upon  her  all  this  law. 

31  Then  shall  the  man  be  guiltless  from  iniquity, 
and  this  woman  x  shall  bear  her  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Law  of  the  Nazarites.    22  Form  of  blessing  the  people. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-^*-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  When  either  man  or  woman  shall  Sepa- 
rate themselves  to  vow  a  vow  of  a  Naz'a-rlte,  to 
separate  themselves  unto  the  Lord  : 

3  a  He  shall  separate  himself  from  wine  and  strong 
drink,  and  shall  drink  no  vinegar  of  wine,  or  vine- 
gar of  strong  drink,  neither  shall  he  drink  any  liquor 
of  grapes,  nor  eat  moist  grapes,  or  dried. 

4  All  the  days  of  his  2  separation  shall  he  eat 
nothing  that  is  made  of  the  3  vine  tree,  from  the 
kernels  even  to  the  husk. 

5  All  the  days  of  the  vow  of  his  separation  there 
shall  no  6  razor  come  upon  his  head :  until  the  days 
be  fulfilled,  in  the  which  he  separateth  himself  unto 
the  Lord,  he  shall  be  holy,  and  shall  let  the  locks 
of  the  hair  of  his  head  grow. 

6  All  the  days  that  he  separateth  himself  unto  the 
Lord  c  he  shall  come  at  no  dead  body. 

7  dHe  shall  not  make  himself  unclean  for  his 
father,  or  for  his  mother,  for  his  brother,  or  for 
his  sister,  when  they  die  :  because  the  i  consecration 
of  his  God  is  upon  his  head. 

8  All  the  days  of  his  separation  he  is  holy  unto 
the  Lord. 

9  And  if  any  man  die  very  suddenly  by  him,  and 
he  hath  defiled  the  head  of  his  consecration  ;  then 
he  shall  e  shave  his  head  in  the  day  of  his  cleansing, 
on  the  seventh  day  shall  he  shave  it. 

10  And  ■''on  the  eighth  day  he  shall  bring  two 
turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons,  to  the  priest,  to  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation : 

11  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  one  for  a  sin 
offering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt  offering,  and 
make  an  atonement  for  him,  for  that  he  sinned  by 
the  dead,  and  shall  hallow  his  head  that  same  day. 

12  And  he  shall  consecrate  unto  the  Lord  the  days 
of  his  separation,  and  shall  bring  a  lamb  of  the 

121 


Form  of  blessing. 


NUMBERS,  7. 


Offerings  of  the  princes. 


first  year  for  a  trespass  offering :  but  the  days  that 
were  before  shall  5be.  lost,  because  his  separation 
was  defiled. 

13  If  And  this  is  the  law  of  the  Naz'a-rlte,  when 
0  the  days  of  his  separation  are  fulfilled :  he  shall 
be  brought  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation : 

14  And  he  shall  offer  his  offering  unto  the  Lord, 
one  he  lamb  of  the  first  year  without  blemish  for  a 
burnt  offering,  and  one  ewe  lamb  of  the  first  year 
without  blemish  hfoY  a  sin  offering,  and  one  ram 
without  blemish  "for  peace  offerings, 

15  And  a  basket  of  unleavened  bread, j  cakes  of  fine 
flour  mingled  with  oil,  and  wafers  of  unleavened 
bread  k  anointed  with  oil,  and  their  meat  offering, 
and  their  'drink  offerings. 

16  And  the  priest  shall  bring  them  before  the 
Lord,  and  shall  offer  his  sin  offering,  and  his  burnt 
offering : 

17  And  he  shall  offer  the  ram  for  a  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings  unto  the  Lord,  with  the  basket  of 
unleavened  bread:  the  priest  shall  offer  also  his 
meat  offering,  and  his  drink  offering. 

18  And  mthe  Naz'a-rlte  shall  shave  the  head  of  his 
separation  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  shall  take  the  hair  of  the  head  of  his 
separation,  and  n  put  it  in  the  fire  which  is  under 
the  sacrifice  of  the  peace  offerings. 

19  And  the  priest  shall  take  the  °  sodden  shoulder 
of  the  ram,  and  one  unleavened  cake  out  of  the 
basket,  and  one  unleavened  wafer,  and  p  shall  put 
them  upon  the  hands  of  the  Naz'a-rlte,  after  the 
hair  of  his  separation  is  shaven : 

20  And  the  priest  shall  wave  q  them  for  a  wave 
offering  before  the  Lord  :  this  is  holy  for  the  priest, 
with  the  wave  breast  and  heave  shoulder:  and 
r after  that  the  Naz'a-rlte  may  drink  wine. 

21  This  is  the  law  of  the  Naz'a-rlte  who  hath  vowed, 
and  of  his  offering  unto  the  Lord  for  his  separation, 
beside  that  that  his  hand  shall  get :  according  to  the 
vow  which  he  vowed,  so  he  must  do  after  the  law 
of  his  separation. 

22  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

23  Speak  unto  Aar'on  and  unto  his  sons,  saying, 
On  this  wise  sye  shall  bless  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
saying  unto  them, 

24  The  Lord  'bless  thee,  and  "keep  thee : 

25  The  Lord  "make  his  face  shine  upon  thee,  and 
""be  gracious  unto  thee  : 

26  The  tLord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon  thee, 
and  ^give  thee  peace. 

27  And  *they  shall  put  my  name  upon  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el ;  and  al  will  bless  them. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Offerings  of  the  princes  at  the  dedication  of  the  altar.     89  God  speaks  to  Moses. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  on  the  day  that  Mo'seg  had 
-^-  fully  set  up  the  tabernacle,  and  had  anointed 
it,  and  "sanctified  it,  and  all  the  instruments  thereof, 
both  the  altar  and  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  had 
anointed  them,  and  sanctified  them  ; 

2  That  the  princes  of  I§'ra-el,  heads  of  the  house 

122" 


B.  C.  1490. 


5  fall. 


g  Acts  21.  26. 


h  Lev.  4.  2. 
i  Lev.  3.  6. 
j  Lev.  2.  4. 

Lev.  8.  2. 

John  6.  50-53. 
k  Ex.  29.  2. 

1  ch.  15.  5,  7. 

Isa.  62.  9. 

Joel  1.  9,  13. 

1  Cor.  10.  3. 
m  Acts  21.  24. 
n  Luke  17.  10. 

Rom.  6.  6. 

Gal.  5.  24. 

Eph.  4.  23. 

Col.  3.  9. 
0  Lev.  8.  31. 
p  Ex.  29.  23,  24. 
q  Lev.  9.  21. 
r  Eccl.  9.  7. 

Isa.  35.  10. 

John  17.  4,  5. 

Rev.  14.  13. 
s  1  Chr.  23.  13. 
t  Ps.  134.  3. 
ttPs.  121.  7. 

John  17.  11. 

1  Pet.  1.  5. 
i'  Ps.  67.  1. 

Ps.  80.  3. 

Dan.  9.  17. 
w  Gen.  43.  29. 

John  1.  17. 

Rom.  5.  21. 
x  Ps.  21.  6. 

Acts  2.  28. 
y  Ps.  85.  10. 

Isa.  20.  3,  12. 

Luke  2.  14. 

Rom.  15.  13. 

2  Thess.  3.  16. 

2  Deut.  28.  10. 
2  Chr.  7.  14. 

a  Ps.  115.  12. 


a  Gen.  32.  26,  29. 
1  Ki.  8.  64. 
1  Chr.  4.  10. 
Matt.  23.  19. 
Eph.  1.  3. 

1  who  stood. 
6  Ex.  35.  27. 

1  Chr.  29.  6-8. 

2  Chr.  35.  8. 
Neh.  7.  70-72. 

c  2  Sam.  6.  13. 

1  Chr.  23.  26. 
d  Deut.  20.  5. 

1  Ki.  8.  03. 

Ezra  6.  16. 
e  1  Cor.  15.  23. 
/  Ex.  25.  29. 

Ezra  1.  9,  10. 

Jer.  52.  19. 

Dan.  5.  3. 

2  Tiiere  were 
three  shekels  : 
the  royal 
shekel,  value 
Is.  3(/.,  the 
shekel  of  the 
sanctuary, 
value  'Is.  6d., 
and  the  com- 
mon shekel, 
about  Is. 

g2Ki.  25.14,15. 
h  Ex.  30.  34. 

Lev.  16.  12,  13. 

ch.  16.  46,  47. 

Deut.  33.  8, 10. 

Ps.  141.  2. 

Isa.  60.  6-. 

Jer.  6.  20. 

Jer.  41.  5. 

Ezek  16.  18. 

Mai.  1.11. 

Rev.  5.  8. 
i  Lev.  4.  23. 
j  Luke  3.  32. 
k  Gen.  8.  20. 

Lev.  6.  9. 

Ps.  20.  1-3. 

Ps.  51.  19. 

Ezek.  45.  17. 

Eph.  5.  2. 

Heb.  9.  13. 
2  Lev.  7.  11,  13. 

1  Ki.  8.  63. 

Prov.  7.  14. 

Col.  1.  20. 


of  their  fathers,  who  were  the  princes  of  the  tribes, 
*and  were  over  them  that  were  numbered, b  offered  : 

3  And  they  brought  their  offering  before  the  Lord, 
six  covered  wagons,  and  twelve  oxen  ;  a  wagon  for 
two  of  the  princes,  and  for  each  one  an  ox  :  and 
they  brought  them  before  the  tabernacle. 

4  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

5  Take  it  of  them,  that  they  may  be  to  do  the 
service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  ;  and 
thou  shalt  give  them  unto  the  Le'vites,  to  every  man 
according  to  his  service. 

6  And  Mo'seg  took  the  wagons  and  the  oxen,  and 
gave  them  unto  the  Le'vites. 

7  Twojwagons  and  four  oxen  he  gave  unto  the 
sons  of  Ger'shon,  according  to  their  service  : 

8  And  four  wagons  and  eight  oxen  he  gave  unto 
the  sons  of  Me-ra'ri,  according  unto  their  service, 
under  the  hand  of  Ith'a-mar  the  son  of  Aar'on  the 
priest. 

9  But  unto  the  sons  of  Ko'hath  he  gave  none : 
because  the  service  of  the  sanctuary  belonging  unto 
them c  was  that  they  should  bear  upon  their  shoulders. 

10  If  And  the  princes  offered  dfor  dedicating  of 
the  altar  in  the  day  that  it  was  anointed,  even  the 
princes  offered  their  offering  before  the  altar. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  They  shall  offer 
their  offering,  each  prince  eon  his  day,  for  the  dedi- 
cating of  the  altar. 

12  If  And  he  that  offered  his  offering  the  first  day 
was  Nah'shon  the  son  of  Am-min'a-dab,  of  the  tribe 
of  Ju'dah  : 

13  And  his  offering  was  one  silver  charger,  the 
•'"weight  thereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels, 
one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after2 the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary ;  both  of  them  were  full  of  fine 
flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

14  One  g  spoon  of  ten  shekels  of  gold,  full  of  h  in- 
cense : 

15  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

16  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  'a  sin  offering  : 

17  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  was  the  offering  of  Nah'shon  Jthe  son  of  Am- 
mln'a-dab. 

18  If  On  the  second  day  Ne-than'e-el  the  son  of 
Zu'ar,  prince  of  Is'sa-char,  did  offer  : 

19  He  offered  for  his  offering  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary  ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine 
flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

20  One  spoon  of  gold  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  in- 
cense : 

21  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  fca  burnt  offering  : 

22  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

23  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  'peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  was  the  offering  of  Ne:than'e-el  the  son  of  Zu'ar. 

24  If  On  the  third  day  E-H'ab  the  son  of  He'lon, 
prince  of  the  children  of  Zeb'u-lun,  did  offer: 


Offerings  of  the  princes 


NUMBERS,  7. 


at  dedication  of  the  altar. 


25  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

26  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense : 

27  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  "iamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

28  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

29  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  was  the  offering  of  JE-li'ab  the  son  of  He' Ion. 

30  1  On  the  fourth  day  E-li'zur  the  son  of  Shed'e-ur, 
prince  of  the  children  of  Reu'ben,  did  offer: 

31  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger  of  the  weight 
of  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  ; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for 
a  meat  offering  : 

32  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense  : 

33  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

34  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering  : 

35  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats, Jive  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  ivas  the  offering  of  E-li'ziir  the  son  of  Shed'e-ur. 

36  If  On  the  fifth  day  She-lu'mi-el  the  son  of  Zu-ri- 
shad'da-I,  prince  of  the  children  of  Sim'e-on,  did 
offer: 

37  His  offering  ivas  one  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  ivas  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering : 

38  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense  : 

39  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  nlamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering : 

40  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

41  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  was  the  offering  of  She-lu'mi-el  the  son  of  Zu- 
ri-shad'da-I. 

42  If  On  the  sixth  day  o3E-lI'a-saph  the  son  of 
Deu'el,  prince  of  the  children  of  Gad,  offered: 

43  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger  of  the  weight 
of  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  a  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  ; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  poil  for 
a  meat  offering : 

44  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense : 

45  One  q  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering : 

46  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering  : 

47  And  for  a  sacrifice  of i  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats^five  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  was  the  offering  of  E-H'a-saph  the  son  of  Deu'el. 

48  If  On  the  seventh  day  'E-lish'a-ma  the  son  of 
Am-ml'hud,  prince  of  the  children  of  E'phra-Im, 
offered  : 

49  His  offering  ivas  one  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 


B.  C.  1490. 


m  Isa.  53.  7. 
John  1.  29. 
Acts  8.  32. 
Gal.  1.  4. 
1  Pet.  1.  19. 
Rev.  5.  6-14. 


n  Ex.  12.  5. 
Isa.  53.  7. 
John  1.  29. 
Acts  8.  32. 
Heb.  9.  28. 
1  Pet.  1.  19. 
Rev.  5.  6. 

0  ch.  1.  14. 
ch.  2.  14. 
ch.  10.  20. 

3  Son  of  Reuel. 
p  Lev.  2.  5. 

Lev.  14.  10. 
Heb.  1.  9. 

1  John  2.  27. 
q  Ps.  40.  6. 

Ps.  50.  8-14. 
Ps.  51.  1G. 
Isa.  1.  11. 
Jer.  7.  22. 
Amos  5.  22. 

2  Cor.  5.  21. 

4  A  sacrifice  of 
payment,  or, 
of  perfections. 

)■  ch.  1.  10. 
ch.  2.  18. 
1  Chr.  7.  26. 

5  Deut.  33.  10. 
Ps.    06.  15. 
Ps.  141.  2. 
Ezek.  8.  11. 
Mai.  1. 11. 
Luke  1. 10. 
Rev.  5.  8. 
Rev.  8.  3. 

1  Mic.  6.  6-8. 
u  ch.  1. 10. 

ch.  2.  20. 
V  Ex.  30.  7. 
u-  Ex.  12.  5. 

John  1.  29. 

Acts  8.  32. 

1  Pet.  1.  19. 
Rev.  5.  6. 

x  Lev.  3.  1. 
Mic.  5.  5. 

2  Cor.  5. 19,  21. 
Eph.  2.  14. 

ych.  1.  11. 

ch.  2.  22. 
z  Isa.  66.  20. 

Ps.  141.  2. 

Dan.  9.  27. 

Rom.  15.  16. 

Phil.  4.  18. 

Heb.  13.  15. 

Rev.  5.  8. 
a  Ps.  40.  6. 

Isa.  53.  4. 

2  Cor.  5.  21. 
J  Lev.  3.  1. 

1  Ki.  8.  G3. 

Prov.  7.  14. 

Col.  1.  20. 
c  ch.  1.  12. 

ch.  2.  25. 
d  Lev.  27.  25. 

ch.  3.  47. 
e  Ex.  30.  7-9. 

Ps.  141.  2. 

Isa.  60.  20. 

Dan.  9.  27. 

Mai.  1.  11. 

Luke  1.  9. 

Rom.  15.  16. 

Phil.  4.  18. 

Heb.  13.  15. 
/  ch.  1.  13. 

ch.  2.  27. 
g  Mai.  1.  11. 

Luke  1.  11. 


sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

50  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of s  incense : 

51  One  *  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

52  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

53  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year  : 
this  was  the  offering  of  E-lish'a-ma  the  son  of  Am- 
ml'hiid. 

54  If  On  the  eighth  day  offered  Ga-ma'li-el  "the  son 
of  Pe-dah'zur,  prince  of  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh  : 

55  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger  of  the  weight 
of  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  ; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for 
a  meat  offering : 

56  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of v  incense  : 

57  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  "iamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

58  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

59  And  for x  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year  : 
this  was  the  offering  of  Ga-ma'li-el  the  son  of  Pe- 
dah'zur. 

60  I  On  the  ninth  day  ^Ab'i-dan  the  son  of  Gld-e- 
o'nl,  prince  of  the  children  of  Ben' ja-min,  offered : 

61  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

62  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  z  incense : 

63  One  a young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

64  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering  : 

65  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  b peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year : 
this  was  the  offering  of  Ab'i-dantheson  of  Gid-e-o'nI. 

66  If  On  the  tenth  day  c  A-ht-e'zer  the  son  of  Am- 
mf-shad'da-I,  prince  of  the  children  of  Dan,  offered: 

67  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  d  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering : 

68  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  c  incense : 

69  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

70  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

71  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year  : 
this  was  the  offering  of  A-hi-e'zer  the  son  of  Am- 
mi-shad'da-T. 

72  1  On  the  eleventh  day  yPa'gi-el  the  son  of  Oc1- 
ran,  prince  of  the  children  of  Ash'er,  offered : 

73  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

74  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  °  incense : 

123 


Sum  of  the  offerings. 


NUMBERS,  8. 


Separation  of  the  Levites. 


75  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

76  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering  : 

77  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  firstyear  : 
this  was  the  offering  of  Pa/gi-el  the  son  of  Oc'ran. 

78  If  On  the  twelfth  day  h  A-hl'ra  the  son  of  E'nan, 
prince  of  the  children  of  Naph'ta-H,  offered  : 

79  His  offering  was  one i  silver  charger,  the  weight 
whereof  was  an  hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

80  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense  : 

81  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  of  the 
first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering  : 

82  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering  : 

83  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year  : 
this  was  the  offering  of  A-hl'ra  the  son  of  E'nan. 

84  This  was  J'the  dedication  of  the  altar,  in  the  day 
when  it  was  anointed,  by  Hhe  princes  of  Ig'ra-el : 
twelve  chargers  of  silver,  twelve  silver  bowls,  twelve 
spoons  of  gold : 

85  Each  charger  of  silver  weighing  an  hundred 
and  thirty  shekels,  each  bowl  seventy  :  all  the  sil- 
ver vessels  weighed  two  thousand  and  four  hundred 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  : 

86  The  golden  spoons  were  twelve,  full  of  incense, 
weighing  ten  shekels  apiece,  after  the  *  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  :  all  the  gold  of  the  spoons  was  an  hun- 
dred and  twenty  shekels. 

87  All  the  oxen  for  the  m  burnt  offering  were 
twelve  bullocks,  the  rams  twelve,  the  lambs  of  the 
first  year  twelve,  with  their  wmeat  offering  :  and 
the  kids  of  the  goats  for  sin  offering  twelve. 

88  And  all  the  oxen  for  the  sacrifice  of  the  peace 
offerings  were  twenty  and  four  bullocks,  the  rams 
sixty,  the  he  goats  sixty,  the  lambs  of  the  first  year 
sixty.  This  was  the  dedication  of  the  altar,  after 
that  it  was  anointed. 

89  And  when  Mo'geg  was  gone  into  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  °to  speak  with  5him,  then  he 
heard  Hhe  voice  of  one  speaking  unto  him  from  off 
the  mercy  seat  that  was  upon  the  ark  of  testimony, 
from  between  Hhe  two  cherubims :  and  he  spake 
unto  him. 

CHAPTER  8. 


1  Lighting  of  the  lamps.    5  Separation  of  the  Levites.    23  Term  of  their  service. 


A1 


ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 


2  Speak  unto  Aar'on,  and  say  unto  him,  When 
thou  a  lightest  the  lamps,  the  seven  lamps  shall  give 
light  over  against  the  candlestick. 

3  And  Aar'on  did  so  ;  he  lighted  the  lamps  thereof 
over  against  the  candlestick,  as  the  Lord  commanded 


KK 


Mo^ 

4  And  Hhis  work  of  the  candlestick  was  of  beaten 
gold,  unto  the  shaft  thereof,  unto  the  flowers  there- 
of, was  c  beaten  work  :  d  according  unto  the  pattern 
which  the  Lord  had  shewed  Mo'geg,  so  he  made  the 
candlestick. 

5  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

124 


B.  C.  14=90. 


h  ch.  1.  15. 
ch.  2.  29. 


i  Ezra  1.  9,  10. 
Jer.  52.  19. 
Dan.  5.  2. 
Zech.  14.  20. 
Matt.  14.  8. 11. 


j  1  Chr.  29.  6. 

Ezra  2.  68. 

Neh.  7.  70. 

Isa.  60.  6,  10. 

Heb.  13.  10. 

Rev.  21.  14. 
k  Josh.  22. 

13,  14. 

Judg.  5.  9. 

Prov.  17.  7. 

Hos.  13.  10. 


I  Ex.  30.  13. 

m  Rom.  12.  1. 
n  Lev.  2.  1. 

Lev.  fi.  14-18. 

ch.  15.  4. 
0  Ex.  31.  18. 

ch.  11.  17. 

ch.  12.  8. 
5  That  is,  God. 
p  Ex.  25.  22. 

Lev.  1.  1. 

Heb.  4.  16. 
q  Gen.  3.  24. 

1  Ki.  6.  23. 

Ps.  18.  10. 

Ps.  99.  1. 

Heb.  1.  14. 


a  Ex.  40.  25. 

Lev.  24.  1,  2. 

Ps.  119. 

105,   130. 

Isa.  8.  20. 

Matt.  5.  14. 

John  1.  9. 
b  Ex.  25.  31. 
c  Ex.  25.  18. 
d  Ex.  25.  40. 
e  Ps.  26.  6. 

Isa.  52.  11. 

Heb.  7.  26. 

1  sin  water, 
ch.  19.  9, 17. 

2  let  them  cause 
a  razor  to  pass 
over,  etc. 

/  Lev.  14.  S,  9. 
g  Lev.  2.  1. 
h  Ex.  29.  4. 
i  Lev.  8.  3. 
j  Lev.  1.  4. 

3  wave. 

4  wave  offering. 

5  they  may  be  to 
execute, etc. 

k  Ex.  29.  10. 

Lev.  1.  4. 

Lev.  8.  14. 

Lev.  16.  21. 
I  ch.  3.  45. 

ch.  16.  9. 

Mai.  3.  17. 
m  Ex.  29.  24. 
n  ch.  3.  12,  45. 
0  Ex.  13.  2, 12, 

13,  15. 

Luke  2.  23. 
p  ch.  3.  9. 

6  given. 
}ch.  1.53. 

ch.  16.  46. 
r  Rom.  15.  16. 


6  Take  the  Le'vites  from  among  the  children  of 
Is'ra-el,  and  e  cleanse  them. 

7  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  them,  to  cleanse 
them  :  Sprinkle  *  water  of  purifying  upon  them,  and 
2  let  them  ■'shave  all  their  flesh,  and  let  them  wash 
their  clothes,  and  so  make  themselves  clean. 

8  Then  let  them  take  a  young  bullock  with  "his 
meat  offering,  even  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil,  and 
another  young  bullock  shalt  thou  take  for  a  sin  of- 
fering. 

9  And  Hhou  shalt  bring  the  Le'vites  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  :  *and  thou  shalt 
gather  the  whole  assembly  of  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el together : 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  Le'vites  before  the 
Lord  :  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el j  shall  put  their 
hands  upon  the  Le'vites  : 

11  And  Aar'on  shall 3  offer  the  Le'vites  before  the 
Lord  for  an  4 offering  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  Hhey  may  execute  the  service  of  the  Lord. 

12  And  Hhe  Le'vites  shall  lay  their  hands  upon 
the  heads  of  the  bullocks  :  and  thou  shalt  offer  the 
one  for  a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt 
offering,  unto  the  Lord,  to  make  an  atonement  for 
the  Le'vites. 

13  And  thou  shalt  set  the  Le'vites  before  Aar'on, 
and  before  his  sons,  and  offer  them  for  an  offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

14  Thus  shalt  thou  separate  the  Le'vites  from 
among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  the  Le'vites 
shall  be  *mine. 

15  And  after  that  shall  the  Le'vites  go  in  to  do 
the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  : 
and  thou  shalt  cleanse  them,  and  "'offer  them  for 
an  offering. 

16  For  they  are_  wholly  given  unto  me  from  among 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  ;  n instead  of  such  as  open 
every  womb,  even  instead  of  the  firstborn  of  all  the 
children  of  Is'ra-el,  have  I  taken  them  unto  me. 

17  "For  all  the  firstborn  of  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el are  mine,  both  man  and  beast :  on  the_day  that 
I  smote  every  firstborn  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  I 
sanctified  them  for  myself. 

18  And  I  have  taken  the  Le'vites  for  all  the  first- 
born of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

19  And  PI  have  given  the  Le'vites  as  6a  gift  to 
Aar'on  and  to  his  sons  from  among  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  to  do  the  service  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  to  make 
an  atonement  for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el]  'that 
there  be  no  plague  among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
when  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  come  nigh  unto  the 
sanctuary. 

20  And  Mo'geg,  and  Aar'on,  and  all  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  did  to  the  Le'vites 
according  unto  all  that  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'- 
geg concerning  the  Le'vites,  so  did  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  unto  them. 

21  And  the  Le'vites  were  purified,  and  they 
washed  their  clothes;  and  ''Aar'on  offered  them  as 
an  offering  before  the  Lord  ;  and  Aar'on  made  an 
atonement  for  them  to  cleanse  them. 


««■«* 


Concerning  the  passover. 


NUMBERS,  9,  10. 


The  directing  cloud. 


22  And  safter  that  went  the  Le'vites  in  to  do 
their  service  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
before  Aar'on,  and  before  his  sons:  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded  Mo'geg  concerning  the  Le'vltes,  so 
did  they  unto  them. 

23  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

24  This  is  it  that  belongeth  unto  the  'Le'vltes  : 
from  twenty  and  five  years  old  and  upward  they 
shall  go  in  7  to  wait  upon  the  service  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation  : 

25  And  from  the  age  of  fifty  years  they  shall 
8  cease  waiting  upon  the  service  thereof,  and  shall 
serve  no  more  : 

26  But  shall  minister  with  their  brethren  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation, u  to  keep  the  charge, 
and  shall  do  no  service.  Thus  shalt  thou  do  unto 
the  Le'vltes  touching  their  charge. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Concerning  the  passover.    15  The  directing  cloud. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  in  the  wilder- 
-  ness  of  Si'nai,  in  the  first  month  of  the  sec- 
ond year  after  they  were  come  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  saying, 

2  Let  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  also  keep  "the  pass- 
over  at  his  appointed  season. 

3  In  the  fourteenth  day  of  this  month,  *at  even, 
ye  shall  keep  it  in  his  appointed  season  :  according 
to  all  the  rites  of  it,  and  according  to  all  the  cere- 
monies thereof,  shall  ye  keep  it. 

4  And  Mo'geg  spake  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  they  should  keep  the  passover. 

5  And  Hhey  kept  the  passover  on  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  first  month  at  even  in  the  wilderness  of 
Si'nai :  according  to  all  that  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'geg,  so  did  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

6  f  And  there  were  certain  men,  who  were  c  de- 
filed by  the  dead  body  of  a  man,  that  they  could 
not  keep  the  passover  on  that  day :  and  d  they  came 
before  Mo'geg  and  before  Aar'on  on  that  day  : 

7  And  those  men  said  unto  him,  We  are  defiled  by 
the  dead  body  of  a  man :  wherefore  are  we  kept 
back,  that  we  may  enot  offer  an  offering  of  the 
Lord  in  his  appointed  season  among  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  ? 

8  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  them,  Stand  still,  and  /I 
will  hear  what  the  Lord  will  command  concerning 
you. 

9  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

10  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  If 
any  man  of  you  or  of  your  posterity  shall  be  unclean 
by  reason  of  a  dead  body,  or  be  in  a  journey  afar 
off,  yet  he  shall  keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord. 

11  The  9  fourteenth  day  of  the  second  month  at 
even  they  shall  keep  it,  and'1  eat  it  with  unleavened 
bread  and  bitter  herbs. 

12  {They  shall  leave  none  of  it  unto  the  morning, 
J'nor  break  any  bone  of  it :  k  according  to  all  the 
ordinances  of  the  passover  they  shall  keep  it. 

13  But  the  man  that  is  clean,  and  is  not  in  a  jour- 
ney, and  forbeareth  to  keep  the  passover,  even  the 
same  soul  l  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people  : 


B.  C.  1490. 


*  2  Clir.  30.  15. 
2  Chr.  31.  2. 


t  ch.  4.  3. 
1  Clir.  23.  3, 
24,  27. 

7  to  war  tlie 
warfare  of,  etc. 


8  return  from 
the  warfare  of 
the  service. 


u  ch.  1.  53. 
1  Chr.  23. 
28-32. 
Ezek.  44.  8, 11. 


a  Ex.  12.  1. 

Lev.  23.  5. 

ch.  28.  16. 

Deut.  16.  1,  2. 

Heb.  10.  1. 
1  between  the 

two  evenings. 
b  Josh.  5,  10. 
c  ch.  5.  2. 

ch.  6.  6,  7. 

John  18.  28. 
d  Ex.  18.  15. 
e  1  Cor.  5.  7,  8. 
/  Ps.  25.  14. 

Ps.  85.  8. 

Prov.  3.  5,  6. 

John  7.  17. 

Eph.  1.  9,  18. 

Heb.  3.  5,  6. 
g  2  Chr.  30.  2, 15. 
h  Ex.  12.  8. 
i  Ex.  12.  10. 
j  John  19.  36. 
k  Ex.  12.  43. 

1  Gen.  17.  14. 

Ex.  12.  15. 

Lev.  17.  4,  10, 

14-16. 

Heb.  6.  6. 

Heb.  12.  25. 
m  ch.  5.  31. 

Gal.  3.  10. 

Heb.  10.  26. 
n  Ex.  12.  49. 

2  proselyte. 

0  Ex.  13.  21. 

p  Ex.  13.  21,  22. 

Deut.  1.  33. 

Neh.  9.  12. 
q  Ex.  40.  36,  37. 

ch.  10.  11, 

33,  34. 

Ps.  78.  14. 

Isa.  49.  10. 

John  10.  4. 
r  1  Cor.  10.  1. 

3  prolonged. 
s  Ps.  48.  14. 

Prov.  3.  5,  6. 

4  was. 

1  Ex.  40.  36,  37. 

Ps.  73.  24. 

Isa.  63.  14. 

u  Ps.  73.  24. 

Isa.  63.  14. 


a  Ps.  81.  3. 

Ps.  89.  15. 

Isa.  1.  13. 

Hos.  8.  1. 

Joel  1.  14. 
b  Jer.  4.  5. 

Joel  2.  15. 
c  Ps.  22.  22. 

Ps.  35.  18. 

Ps.  36.  7,  8. 

Ps.  40.  9,  10. 

Isa.  55.  1^. 

Zech.  8.  21-23. 

Rev.  22. 17. 
d  Ex.  18.  21. 

ch.  1.  16. 
e  ch.  2.  3. 


because  he  brought  not  the  offering  of  the  Lord  in 
his  appointed  season,  that  man  shall  OTbear  his  sin. 

14  And  if  a  stranger  shall  sojourn  among  you,  and 
will  keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord  ;  according  to 
the  ordinance  of  the  passover,  and  according  to  the 
manner  thereof,  so  shall  he  do  :  nye  shall  have  one 
ordinance,  both  for  the 2  stranger,  and  for  him  that 
was  born  in  the  land. 

15  If  And  on  the  day  that  the  tabernacle  was  reared 
up  the  cloud  covered  the  tabernacle,  namely,  the 
tent  of  the  testimony:  and  "at  even  there  was 
upon  the  tabernacle  as  it  were  the  appearance  of 
fire,  until  the  morning. 

16  So  it  was  alway  :  the  cloud  covered  it  by  day, 
and  the  appearance  of  fire  by  night. 

17  And  when  the  v  cloud  5was  taken  up  from  the 
tabernacle,  then  after  that  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
journeyed  :  and  in  the  place  where  the  cloud  abode, 
there  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  pitched  their  tents. 

18  At  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  journeyed,  and  at  the  commandment  of 
the  Lord  they  pitched  :  ras  long  as  the  cloud  abode 
upon  the  tabernacle  they  rested  in  their  tents. 

19  And  when  the  cloud  Harried  long  upon  the 
tabernacle  many  days,  then  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
kept  the  charge  of  the  Lord,  and  journeyed  not. 

20  And  so  it  was,  when  the  cloud  was  a  few  days 
upon  the  tabernacle  ;  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord  they  abode  in  their  tents,  and 
according  to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  Hhey 
journeyed. 

21  And  so  it  was,  when  the  cloud  4  abode  from 
even  unto  the  morning,  and  that  the  cloud  was 
taken  up  in  the  morning,  then  they  journeyed : 
whether  it  was  by  day  or  by  night  that  the  cloud 
was  taken  up,  they  journeyed. 

22  Or  whether  it  were  two  days,  or  a  month,  or  a 
year,  that  the  cloud  tarried  upon  the  tabernacle, 
remaining  thereon,  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  abode 
in  their  tents,  and  journeyed  not :  'but  when  it  was 
taken  up,  they  journeyed. 

23  At  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  they  rested 
in  the  tents,  and  u  at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
they  journeyed  :  they  kept  the  charge  of  the  Lord, 
at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of 
Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Use  of  the  trumpets.    11  Journey  from  Sinai,  to  Paran.    33  Blessing  of  Moses. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
J^*-  2  Make  thee  two  trumpets  of  silver ;  of  a  whole 
piece  shalt  thou  make  them  :  that  thou  mayest  use 
them  for  the  a  calling  of  the  assembly,  and  for  the 
journeying  of  the  camps. 

3  And  when  Hhey  shall  blow  with  them,  all  cthe 
assembly  shall  assemble  themselves  to  thee  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

4  And  if  they  blow  but  with  one  trumpet,  then 
the  princes,  which  are  d  heads  of  the  thousands  of 
Ig'ra-el,  shall  gather  themselves  unto  thee. 

5  When  ye  blow  an  alarm,  then  the  e  camps  that 
lie  on  the  east  parts  shall  go  forward. 

6  When  ye  blow  an  alarm  the  second  time,  then 

125 


From  Sinai  to  Paran. 


NUMBERS,  11. 


Lusting  for  flesh. 


the  camps  that  lie  on  the  south  side  shall  take 
their  journey  :  they  shall  blow  an  alarm  for  their 
journeys. 

7  But  when  the  congregation  is  to  be  gathered  to- 
gether, ye  shall  blow,  but  ye  shall  not  /sound  an 
alarm. 

8  And  °the  sons  of  Aar'on,  the  priests,  shall  blow 
with  the  trumpets  ;  and  they  shall  be  to  you  for  an 
ordinance  for  ever  throughout  your  generations. 

9  And  if  ye  go  to  war  in  your  land  against  the 
enemy  that  ,loppresseth  you,  then  ye  shall  blow  an 
alarm  with  the  trumpets  ;  and  ye  shall  be  i  remem- 
bered before  the  Lord  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be 
saved  from  your  enemies. 

10  Also  ■'in  the  day  of  your  gladness,  and  in  your 
solemn  days,  and  in  the  beginnings  of  your  months, 
ye  shall  blow  with  the  trumpets  over  your  burnt 
offerings,  and  over  the  sacrifices  of  your  peace  offer- 
ings ;  that  they  may  be  to  you  fefor  a  memorial  be- 
fore your  God  :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

11  If  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  twentieth  day  of 
the  second  month,  in  the  second  year,  that  the 
cloud  was  'taken  up  from  off  the  tabernacle  of  the 
testimony. 

12  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  took  "'their  jour- 
neys out  of  the  "wilderness  of  Si'nai ;  and  the  cloud 
rested  in  the  "wilderness  of  Pa'ran. 

13  And  they  first  took  their  journey  p  according 
to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of 
Mo'ses. 

14  Tf  In  the  first  place  went  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  the  children  of  Jii'dah  according  to  their 
armies  :  and  over  his  host  was  Nah'shon  the  son  of 
Am-mm'a-dab. 

15  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Is'sa-char  was  Ne-than'e-el  the  son  of  Zu'ar. 

16  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Zeb'u-lun  was  E-li'ab  the  son  of  He'lon. 

17  And  5the  tabernacle  was  taken  down ;  and  the 
sons  of  Ger'shon  and  the  sons  of  Me-ra'ri  set  for- 
ward, r  bearing  the  tabernacle. 

18  If  And  the  standard  of  the  camp  of  Reu'ben 
set  forward  according  to  their  armies  :  and  over 
his  host  was  E-li'zur  the  son  of  Shed'e-ur. 

19  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Sim'e-on  was  She-lu'mi-el  the  son  of  Zu-ri-shad'- 
da-I. 

20  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Gad  was  E-li'a-saph  the  son  of  Deii'el. 

21  And  the  Ko'hath-ites  set  forward,  bearing  the 
1  sanctuary  :  and  2the  other  did  set  up  the  tabernacle 
against  they  came. 

22  If  And  the  standard  of  the  camp  of  the  chil- 
dren of  E'phra-Im  set  forward  according  to  their 
armies  :  and  over  his  host  was  E-Hsh'a-ma  the  son 
of  Am-ml'hud. 

23  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Ma-nas'seh  was  Ga-ma'H-el  the  son  of  Pe-dah'zur. 

24  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Ben'ja-min  was  Ab'i-dan  the  son  of  Gid-e-o'nI. 

25  Tf  And  sthe  standard  of  the  camp  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Dan  set  forward,  which  was  the  rereward 

126 


B.  C.  1490. 


/  Joel  2. 1. 


ych.  31.  G. 
Josh.  6.  4. 

1  Chr.  15.  24. 

2  Chr.  13.  12. 


h  Judg.  2.  18. 

Judg.  3.  27. 

Judg.  6.  9. 

1  Sam.  10.  18. 

Ps.  106.  42. 
i  Gen.  8.  1. 

1  Ki.  8.  44. 

Ps.  10G.  4. 
j  Lev.  23.  24. 

1  Chr.  15.  24. 

2  Chr.  7.  6. 
Ezra  3.  10. 
Neli.  12.  35. 
Ps.  81.  3. 


*  Ex.  28.  29. 
Josh.  4.  7. 
1  Cor.  11.  24- 
26. 


I  ch.  9.  17. 


m  Ex.  40.  36. 
n  ch.  1.  1. 

o  ch.  12.  16. 

ch.  13.  3,  26. 

Deut.  1.  1. 

Deut.  33.  2. 

1  Sam.  25.  1. 

Hab.  3.  3. 
p  ch.  2.  34. 


0  ch.  1.  51. 

r  ch.  4.  24,  31. 

1  The  most  holy 
furniture. 

2  That  is,  the 
Gershonites 
and  the 
Merarites. 

s  Josh.  o.  y. 

3  These. 
(Ps.  SO.  1. 

Song  G.  10. 
u  Ex.  2.  IS. 
V  Gen.  12.  7. 
w  Judg.  1.  1G. 
i  Gen.  32.  12. 
y  Job  29.  15. 
z  Ex.  3.  1. 
a  Deut.  1.  33. 

Jer.  31.  2. 
b  Neh.  9.  12,  19. 

Ps.  105.  39. 
c  Ps.  68.  1,  2. 

Isa.  51.  9. 
d  Ps.  90.  14-17. 

Ps.  132.  8. 

4  ten  thousand 
thousands. 


a  Ex.  15.  23,  24. 
Deut.  9.  22. 
Lam.  3.  3y. 

1  Or,  were  as 
it  were  com- 
plainers. 

2  it  was  evil  in 
the  ears  of,  etc. 

b  Lev.  10.  2. 
2  Ki.  1.  12. 
c  Jas.  5.  16. 

3  sunk. 

4  That  is,  A 
burning. 

d  Ex.  12.  38. 

5  lusted  a  lust. 

6  returned  and 
wept. 

e  1  Cor.  10.  6. 
/  Ex.  16.  3. 

Matt.  6.  24-34. 

Rom.  8.  7. 

Phil.  3.  19. 

7  eye  of  it  as 
the  eye  of. 

g  Gen.  2.  12. 


of  all  the  camps  throughout  their  hosts  :  and  over 
his  host  was  A-hi-e'zer  the  son  of  Am-mi-shad'da-I. 

26  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Ash'er  was  Pa'gi-el  the  son  of  Oc'ran. 

27  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Naph'ta-ll  was  A-hl'ra  the  son  of  E'nan. 

28  3tThus  were  the  journeyings  of  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  according  to  their  armies,  when  they  set 
forward. 

29  IT  And  Mo'ses.  said  unto  Ho'bab,  the  son  of  MRa- 
gu'el  the  Mid'i-an-ite,  Mo'ses.'  father  in  law,  We  are 
journeying  unto  the  place  of  which  the  Lord  said, 
"I  will  give  it  you  :  come  thou  with  us,  and  wwe 
will  do  thee  good  ;  for  xthe  Lord  hath  spoken  good 
concerning  Ig'ra-el. 

30  And  he  said  unto  him,  I  will  not  go  ;  but  I  will 
depart  to  mine  own  land,  and  to  my  kindred. 

31  And  he  said,  Leave  us  not,  I  pray  thee  ;  foras- 
much as  thou  knowest  how  we  are  to  encamp  in 
the  wilderness,  and  thou  mayest  be  to  us  ^instead 
of  eyes. 

32  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  go  with  us,  yea,  it  shall 
be,  that  what  goodness  the  Lord  shall  do  unto  us, 
the  same  will  we  do  unto  thee. 

33  If  And  they  departed  from  z  the  mount  of  the 
Lord  three  days'  journey  :  and  the  ark  of  the  cov- 
enant of  the  Lord  "went  before  them  in  the  three 
days'  journey,  to  search  out  a  resting  place  for 
them. 

34  And  b  the  cloud  of  the  Lord  was  upon  them  by 
day,  when  they  went  out  of  the  camp. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  ark  set  forward, 
that  Mo'seg  said,  cRise  up,  Lord,  and  let  thine  ene- 
mies be  scattered  ;  and  let  them  that  hate  thee 
flee  before  thee. 

36  And  when  it  rested,  he  said,  Return,  dO  Lord, 
unto  the  4many  thousands  of  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Lusting  for  flesh.    10  Complaint  of  Moses.    16  The  seventy  elders.    31  Quails  sent. 

AND  awhen  the  people  Complained,  2it  displeased 
-  the  Lord  :  and  the  Lord  heard  it ;  and  his 
anger  was  kindled  ;  and  the  hfvce  of  the  Lord 
burnt  among  them,  and  consumed  them  that  were 
in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  camp. 

2  And  the  people  cried  unto  Mo'ses. ;  and  when 
Mo'ses.  c  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  the  fire  3  was 
quenched. 

3  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  place  4Tab'e-rah  : 
because  the  fire  of  the  Lord  burnt  among  them. 

4  If  And  the  rfmixt  multitude  that  was  among 
them  5fell  a  lusting  :  and  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
also  6wept  again,  and  said,  eWho  shall  give  us  flesh 
to  eat  ? 

_5  fWe  remember  the  fish,  which  we  did  eat  in 
E'gypt  freely  ;  the  cucumbers,  and  the  melons,  and 
the  leeks,  and  the  onions,  and  the  garlick : 

6  But  now  our  soul  is  dried  away  :  there  is  nothing 
at  .all,  beside  this  manna,  before  our  eyes. 

7  And  the  manna  was  as  coriander  seed,  and  the 
7  colour  thereof  as  the  colour  of  a  bdellium. 

8  And  the  people  went  about,  and  gathered  it,  and 


Seventy  elders  chosen. 


NUMBERS,  12. 


Quails  are  sent. 


ground  it  in  mills,  or  beat  it  in  a  mortar,  and  baked 
it  in  pans,  and  made  cakes  of  it :  and  the  taste  of 
it  was  as  the  taste  of  fresh  oil. 

9  And  when  the  dew  fell  upon  the  camp  in  the 
night,  the  manna  fell  upon  it. 

10  H  Then  Mo's_e§  heard  the  people  weep  through- 
out their  families,  every  man  in  the  door  of  his 
tent:  and  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
greatly  ;  Mo'§e§  also  was  displeased. 

11  And  ''Mo'se§  said  unto  the  Lord,  Wherefore 
hast  thou  afflicted  thy  servant  ?  and  wherefore  have 
I  not  found  favour  in  thy  sight,  that  thou  layest 
the  burden  of  all  this  people  upon  me? 

12  Have  I  conceived  all  this  people  ?  have  I  begot- 
ten them,  that  thou  shouldest  say  unto  me,  i  Carry 
them  in  thy  bosom,  as  a  j  nursing  father  beareth  the 
sucking  child,  unto  the  land  which  thou  fcswarest 
unto  their  fathers  ? 

13  'Whence  should  I  have  flesh  to  give  unto  all 
this  people  ?  for  they  weep  unto  me,  saying,  Give 
us  flesh,  that  we  may  eat. 

14  OTI  am  not  able  to  bear  all  this  people  alone, 
because  it  is  too  heavy  for  me. 

15  And  if  thou  deal  thus  with  me,  "kill  me,  I  pray 
thee,  out  of  hand,  if  I  have  found  favour  in  thy 
sight;  and  let  me  not  °see  my  wretchedness. 

16  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'§e§,  Gather  unto 
me  v  seventy  men  of  the  elders  of  I§'ra-el,  whom 
thou  knowest  to  be  the  elders  of  the  people,  and 
officers  over  them  ;  and  bring  them  unto  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  that  they  may  stand  there 
with  thee. 

17  And  I  will  5come  down  and  talk  with  thee 
there  :  and  rl  will  take  of  the  spirit  which  is  upon 
thee,  and  will  put  it  upon  them ;  and  they  shall 
bear  the  burden  of  the  people  with  thee,  that  thou 
bear  it  not  thyself  alone. 

18  And  say  thou  unto  the  people,  s  Sanctify  your- 
selves against  to  morrow,  and  ye  shall  eat  flesh  :  for 
ye  have  wept  'in  the  ears  of  the  Lord,  saying,  Who 
shall  give  us  flesh  to  eat  ?  u  for  it  was  well  with  us 
in  E'gypt :  therefore  the  Lord  will  give  you  flesh, 
and  ye  shall  eat. 

19  Ye  shall  not  eat  one  day,  nor  two  days,  nor  five 
days,  neither  ten  days,  nor  twenty  days  ; 

20  But  even  a  8  whole  month,  until  it  come  out  at 
your  nostrils,  and  it  be  loathsome  unto  you  :  because 
that  ye  have  despised  the  Lord  which  is  among 
you,  and  have  wept  before  him,  saying,  Why  came 
we  forth  out  of  E'gypt? 

21  And  Mo'§e§  said,  The  people,  among  whom  I 
am,  are  six  hundred  thousand  footmen  ;  and  thou 
hast  said,  I  will  give  them  flesh,  that  they  may  eat 
a  whole  month. 

22  v  Shall  the  flocks  and  the  herds  be  slain  for 
them,  to  suffice  them  ?  or  shall  all  the  fish  of  the 
sea  be  gathered  together  for  them,  to  suffice  them? 

23  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo's_es_,  w  Is  the  Lord's 
hand  waxed  short  ?  thou  shalt  see  now  whether x  my 
word  shall  come  to  pass  unto  thee  or  not. 

24  If  And  Mo'§es_  went  out,  and  told  the  people  the 
words  of  the  Lord,  and  gathered  the  seventy  men 


B.  C.  1490. 


h  Ex.  17.  4. 
Deut.  1.  12. 
Jer.  15.  10,  18. 
Mai.  3.  14. 
2  Cor.  11.  28. 


i  Isa.  40.  11. 

Ezek.  34.  23. 
j  Isa.  49.  23. 

1  Thess.  2.  7. 
A- Gen.  22.  16,17. 

Gen.  26.  3. 

Ex.  13.  5. 

I  2  Ki.  4.  43. 
Matt.  15.  33. 
Mark  8.  4. 


m  Ex.  18.  18. 

«  1  Ki.  19.  4. 
Job  6.  8-10. 
Jon.  4.  3. 

a  Zepli.  3.  15. 
p  Ex.  24.  1,  9. 


q  Gen.  11.5. 
r  1  Sam.  10.  6. 

2  Ki.  2.  15. 

Job  32.  8. 

Joel  2.  28. 
«  Ex.  19.  10. 

I  Ex.  1G.  7. 

u  Acts  7.  39. 

8  month  of  days. 
V  2  Ki.  7.  2. 

Mitt.  15.  33. 

Mark  G.  37. 
w  Isa.  50.  2. 
x  Ezek.  12.  25. 
y  Ex.  34.  5. 

ch.  12.  5. 
z  2  Ki.  2.  15. 
a  1  Sam.  10.  5,  6. 

Joel  2.  28. 

Acts  2.  17,  18. 

1  Cor.  14.  1. 
b  1  Sam.  20.  26. 

Jer.  36.  5. 
e  Mark  9.  38. 

John  3.  26. 
d  Acts  26.  29. 

1  Cor.  14.  5. 
e  Ps.  78.  26. 

9  the  way  of 
a  day. 

/'  Ex.  16.  36. 
r,  Ps.  78.  30. 

10  That  is, 
The  graves 
of  lust. 

h  ch.  33.  17. 
Deut.  1.  1. 

II  they  were 
in,  etc. 


1  Or,  Cushite. 
a  Ex.  2.  21. 

2  taken. 

b  Ex.  15.  20. 

Mic.  6.  4. 
c  Gen.  29.  33. 

2  Ki.  19.  4. 

Ps.  94.  9. 

Isa.  37.  4. 
d  Ps.  147.  6. 

Ps.  149.  4. 

Matt.  5.  5. 

1  Tim.  6.  11. 

2  Tim.  2.  25. 
1  Pet.  3.  4. 

e  Ps.  76.  9. 
/Ex.  34.  5. 
ch.  16.  19. 


of  the  elders  of  the  people,  and  set  them  round  about 
the  tabernacle. 

25  And  the  Lord  y  came  down  in  a  cloud,  and  spake 
unto  him,  and  took  of  the  spirit  that  was  upon  him, 
and  gave  it  unto  the  seventy  elders  :  and  it  came 
to  pass,  that,  *when  the  spirit  rested  upon  them, 
they  "prophesied,  and  did  not  cease. 

26  But  there  remained  two  of  the  men  in  the  camp, 
the  name  of  the  one  was  El'dad,  and  the  name  of 
the  other  Me' dad  :  and  the  spirit  rested  upon  them ; 
and  they  were  of  them  that  were  written,  but  6went 
not  out  unto  the  tabernacle  :  and  they  prophesied 
in  the  camp. 

27  And  there  ran  a  young  man,  and  told  Mo'seg, 
and  said,  El'dad  and  Me'dad  do  prophesy  in  the 
camp. 

28  And  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  the  servant  of 
Mo'geg,  one  of  his  young  men,  answered  and  said, 
My  lord  Mo'§es_,  c  forbid  them. 

29  And  Mo'§e§  said  unto  him,  Enviest  thou  for  my 
sake?  d would  God  that  all  the  Lord's  people  were 
prophets,  and  that  the  Lord  would  put  his  spirit 
upon  them  ! 

30  And  Mo'§es_  gat  him  into  the  camp,  he  and  the 
elders  of  I§'ra-el. 

31  TT  And  there  went  forth  a  e  wind  from  the  Lord, 
and  brought  quails  from  the  sea,  and  let  them  fall 
by  the  camp,  as  it  were  9a  day's  journey  on  this 
side,  and  as  it  were  a  day's  journey  on  the  other 
side,  round  about  the  camp,  and  as  it  were  two 
cubits  high  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

32  And  the  people  stood  up  all  that  day,  and  all 
that  night,  and  all  the  next  day,  and  they  gathered 
the  quails  :  he  that  gathered  least  gathered  ten 
■^homers  :  and  they  spread  them  all  abroad  for  them- 
selves round  about  the  camp. 

33  And  while  the  9  flesh  was  yet  between  their 
teeth,  ere  it  was  chewed,  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was 
kindled  against  the  people,  and  the  Lord  smote  the 
people  with  a  very  great  plague. 

34  And  he  called  the  name  of  that  place  10KIb'- 
roth-hat-ta'a-vah  :  because  there  they  buried  the 
people  that  lusted. 

35  And  Hhe  people  journeyed  from  Kib'roth-hat- 
ta'a-vahunto  Ha-ze'roth  ;  and  "abode  at  Ha-ze'roth. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Sedition  of  Miriam  and  Aaron.    10  Miriam  healed  of  leprosy. 

AND  Mir'i-am  andAar'on  spake  against  Mo'seg 
•^-  because  of  the  ^-thi-o'pi-an  woman  whom  he 
had  married :  for  "he  had  2  married  an  E-thi-o'pi-an 
woman. 

2  And  they  said,  Hath  the  Lord  indeed  spoken 
only  by  Mo'§es_?  6hath  he  not  spoken  also  by  us? 
And  the  Lord  c  heard  it. 

3  (Now  the  man  Mo'se§  ivas  dvery  meek,  above  all 
the  men  which  were  upon  the  face  of  the  earth.) 

4  And  Hhe  Lord  spake  suddenly  unto  Mo'§e§,  and 
unto  Aar'on,  and  unto  Mir'i-am,  Come  out  ye  three 
unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation.  And  they 
three  came  out. 

5  And  ythe  Lord  came  down  in  the  pillar  of  the 

127 


Miriam's  leprosy. 


NUMBERS,  13. 


Spies  sent  out. 


cloud,  and  stood  in  the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
called  Aar'on  and  Mir'i-am  :  and  they  both  came 
forth. 

6  And  he  said,  Hear  now  my  words  :  If  there  be 
a  prophet  among  you,  I  the  Lord  will  make  myself 
known  unto  him  sin  a  vision,  and  will  speak  unto 
him  h  in  a  dream. 

7  'My  servant  Mo'geg  is  not  so,  ■'who  is  faithful  in 
all  mine  house. 

8  With  him  will  I  speak  *  mouth  to  mouth,  even 
'apparently,  and  not  in  dark  speeches  ;  and  mthe 
similitude  of  the  Lord  shall  he  behold  :  wherefore 
then  "were  ye  not  afraid  to  speak  against  my  ser- 
vant Mo'geg? 

9  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
them  ;  and  he  departed. 

10  And  the  cloud  departed  from  off  the  tabernacle ; 
and,  "behold,  Mir'i-am  became  p leprous,  white  as 
snow :  and  Aar'on  looked  upon  Mir'i-am,  and,  behold, 
she  was  leprous. 

11  And  Aar'on  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Alas,  my  lord,  I 
beseech  thee,  9lay  not  the  sin  upon  us,  wherein  we 
have  done  foolishly,  and  wherein  we  have  sinned. 

12  Let  her  not  be  ras  one  dead,  of  whom  the  flesh 
is  half  consumed  when  he  cometh  out  of  his  mother's 
womb. 

13  And  Mo'geg  s  cried  unto  the  Lord,  saying,  Heal 
her  now,  0  God,  I  beseech  thee. 

14  1  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  'If  her  father 
had  but  spit  in  her  face,  should  she  not  be  ashamed 
seven  days?  let  her  be  Mshut  out  from  the  camp 
seven  days,  and  after  that  let  her  be  received  in 
again. 

15  And  "Mir'i-am  was  shut  out  from  the  camp 
seven  days  :  and  the  people  journeyed  not  till  Mir'- 
l-am  was  brought  in  again. 

16  And  afterward  the  people  removed  from  Ha- 
ze'roth,  and  pitched  in  the  wilderness  of  Pa 'ran. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Spies  sent  out.    21  Their  journey  and  report. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  "Send  thou  men,  that  they  may  search  the 
land  of  Ca'naan,  which  I  give  unto  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el :  of  every  tribe  of  their  fathers  shall  ye  send 
a  man,  every  one  a  ruler  among  them. 

3  And  Mo'geg  by  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
sent  them  from  the  wilderness  of  Pa'ran  :  all  those 
men  were  heads  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

4  And  these  were  their  names  :  of  the  tribe  of 
Reu'ben,  Sham-mu'a  the  son  of  Zac'cur. 

5  Of  the  tribe  of  Sim'e-on,  Sha'phat  the  son  of 
Ho'rl. 

6  Of  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah,  6Ca'leb  the  son  of  Js- 
phun'neh. 

7  Of  the  tribe  of  Is'sa-char,  I'gal  the  son  of 
Jo'geph.  ^ 

8  Of  the  tribe  of  E'phra-im,  6-she'a  the  son  of  Nun. 

9  Of  the  tribe  of  Ben'ja-min,  Pal'ti  the  son  of 
Ra'phu. 

10  Of  the  tribe  of  Zeb'u-lun,  Gad'di-el  the  son  of 

So'dl. 

128 


B.  C.  1490. 


g  Gen.  46.  2. 

Job  33.  15. 

Luke  1. 

11,  22. 
h  Matt.  1.  20. 
i  Ps.  105.  2G. 
j  Heb.  3.  2,  5. 

k  Deut.  34.  10. 

/ 1  Cor.  13.  12. 
m  Ex.  33.  19. 


n  2  Pet.  2.  10. 


o  Deut.  24.  9. 
p  2  Ki.  5.  27. 
2  Chr.  26.  19. 


q  2  Sam.  19.  19. 


r  Ps.  88.  4. 
Eph.  2.  1-5. 
Col.  2.  13. 
1  Tim.  5.  6. 


s  Jas.  5.  16. 


i  Heb.  12.  9. 


u  Lev.  13.  46. 
ch.  5.  2,  3. 


v  Deut.  24.  9. 
2  Chr.  26.  20. 


a  eli.  32.  8. 

Deut.  1.  22. 
b  ch.  14.  6.  30. 

ch.  26.  65. 

ch.  34.  19. 

Josh.  14.  6. 
c  Ex.  17.  9. 

1  He  shall  save. 

2  Into  the  south 
country. 

d  Gen.  14.  10. 

ch.  14.  40. 

Deut.  1. 19. 

Judg.  1.  9,  19. 
e  Deut.  8.  7,  8. 

Neh.  9.  25,  35. 

Ezek.  20.  6. 

Ezek.  34.  14. 
/Deut.  31.  6. 

Josh.  1.  6,  9. 

.Heb.  13.  6. 
g  Judg.  1.  10. 

Josh.  11.  21, 

22. 

Josh.  15.  13, 

14. 
h  Ps.  78.  12. 

Isa.  19.  11. 

Isa.  30.  4. 

3  Or,  valley. 

4  Or,  valley. 

5  That  is, 

A  cluster  of 

grapes. 
i  Ex.  3.  8. 

Ex.  13.  5. 

Ex.  33.  3. 

Deut.  1.  25. 
/Deut.  1.25. 
k  Deut.  1.  28. 

Deut.  9. 1,  2. 
I  Ex.  17.  8. 

Judg.  6.  3. 

ch.  14.  43. 

1  Sam.  14.  48. 

1  Sam.  15.  3. 


11  Of  the  tribe  of  Jo'geph,  namely,  of  the  tribe  of 
Ma-nas'seh,  Gad'di  the  son  of  Su'sT. 
_12  Of  the  tribe   of   Dan,   Am'mi-el   the   son  of 
Ge-mal'H. 

13  Of  the  tribe  of  Ash'er,  Se'thur  the  son  of 
MT'chael. 

14  Of  the  tribe  of  Naph'ta-H,  Nah'bi  the  son  of 
Voph'si.    ■ 

15  Of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Ge-u'el  the  son  of  Ma'chl. 

16  These  are  the  names  of  the  men  which  Mo'geg 
sent  to  spy  out  the  land.  And  Mo'geg  called  cO-she'a 
the  son  of  Nun  ^g-hosh'u-a. 

17  II  And  Mo'geg  sent  them  to  spy  out  the  land  of 
Ca'naan,  and  said .  unto  them,  Get  you  up  this  way 
Southward,  and  go  up  into  dthe  mountain  : 

18  And  see  the  land,  what  it  is;  and  the  people 
that  dwelleth  therein,  whether  they  be  strong  or 
weak,  few  or  many ; 

19  And  what  the  land  is  that  they  dwell  in, 
whether  it  be  good  or  bad  ;  and  what  cities  they  be 
that  they  dwell  in,  whether  in  tents,  or  in  strong 
holds  ; 

20  And  what  the  land  is,  whether  it  be  €fat  or 
lean,  whether  there  be  wood  therein,  or  not.  And 
/be  ye  of  good  courage,  and  bring  of  the  fruit  of 
the  land.  Now  the  time  was  the  time  of  the  first- 
ripe  grapes. 

21  Tf  So  they  went  up,  and  searched  the  land  from 
the  wilderness  of  Zln  unto  Re 'hob,  as  men  come  to 
Ha'math. 

22  And  they  ascended  by  the  south,  and  came  unto 
He'bron  ;  where  ^A-hl'man,  She'shai,  and  Tal'mai, 
the  children  of  A'nak,  were.  (Now  He'bron  was 
built  seven  years  before  AZo'an  in  E'gypt.) 

23  And  they  came  unto  the  3brook  of  Esh'col,  and 
cut  down  from  thence  a  branch  with  one  cluster  of 
grapes,  and  they  bare  it  between  two  upon  a  staff  ; 
and  they  brought  of  the  pomegranates,  and  of  the 
figs. 

24  The  place  was  called  the  4brook  5Esh'col,  be- 
cause of  the  cluster  of  grapes  which  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  cut  down  from  thence. 

25  And  they  returned  from  searching  of  the  land 
after  forty  days. 

26  H  And  they  went  and  came  to  Mo'geg,  and  to 
Aar'on,  and  to  all  the  congregation  of  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  unto  the  wilderness  of  Pa'ran,  to  Ka'desh ; 
and  brought  back  word  unto  them,  and  unto  all  the 
congregation,  and  shewed  them  the  fruit  of  the 
land. 

27  And  they  told  him,  and  said,  We  came  unto  the 
land  whither  thou  sentest  us,  and  surely  it  floweth 
with  'milk  and  honey  ;  •'and  this  is  the  fruit  of  it. 

28  Nevertheless  Hhe  people  be  strong  that  dwell 
in  the  land,  and  the  cities  are  walled,  and_very 
great :  and  moreover  we  saw  the  children  of  A'nak 
there. 

29  The  'Am'a-lek-Ites  dwell  in  the  land  of  the 
south :  and  the  Hit'tites,  and  the  Jeb'u-sltes,  and 
the  Am'6r-Ites,  dwell  in  the  mountains :  and  the 
Ca'naan-ites  dwell  by  the  sea,  and  by  the  coast  of 
JGr'dan. 


**£ 


The  people  murmur. 


NUMBERS,  14. 


Intercession  of  Moses. 


30  And  m  Ca'leb  stilled  the  people  before  Mo'geg, 
and  said,  Let  us  go  up  at  once,  and  possess  it ;  for  we 
are  well  able  to  overcome  it. 

31  But  the  men  that  went  up  with  him  said,  We 
be  not  able  to  go  up  against  the  people  ;  for  they 
are  stronger  than  we. 

32  And  they  "brought  up  an  evil  report  of  the 
land  which  they  had  searched  unto  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  saying,  The  land,  through  which  we  have 
gone  to  search  it,  is  a  land  that  6eateth  up  the  in- 
habitants thereof  ;  and  "all  the  people  that  we  saw 
in  it  are  '  men  of  a  great  stature. 

33  And  there  we  saw  the  giants,  pthe  sons  of 
A'nak,  which  come  of  the  giants  :  and  we  were  in 
our  own  sight  "as  grasshoppers,  and  so  we  were  in 
their  sight. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  The  people  murmur.    13  Moses  intercedes.    26  God's  sentence. 

AND  all  the  congregation  lifted  up  their  voice, 
-  and  cried  ;  and  the  people  wept  that  night. 

2  And  "all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  murmured 
against  Mo'geg  and  against  Aar'on  :  and  the  whole 
congregation  said  unto  them,  b  Would  God  that  we 
had  died  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  !  or  would  God  we 
had  died  in  this  wilderness  ! 

3  And  wherefore  hath  the  Lord  brought  us  unto 
this  land,  to  fall  by  the  sword,  that  our  wives  and 
our  children  should  be  a  prey  ?  were  it  not  better 
for  us  to  return  into  E'gypt  ? 

4  And  they  said  one  to  another,  cLet  us  make  a 
captain,  and  let  us  return  into  E'gypt. 

5  Then  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  fell  on  their  faces  be- 
fore all  the  assembly  of  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

6  If  And  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  Ca'leb  the 
son  of  Jg-phun'neh,  which  were  of  them  that 
searched  the  land,  rent  their  clothes  : 

7  And  they_  spake  unto  all  the  company  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  The  land,  which  we 
passed  through  to  search  it,  is  an  exceeding  good 
land. 

8  If  the  Lord  d  delight  in  us,  then  he  will  bring 
us  into  this  land,  and  give  it  us ;  ea  land  which  flow- 
eth  with  milk  and  honey. 

9  Only  yrebel  not  ye  against  the  Lord,  a  neither  fear 
ye  the  people  of  the  land  ;  for  Hhey  are  bread  for 
us:  their  1  defence  is  departed  from  them,  "and  the 
Lord  is  with  us  :  fear  them  not. 

10  yBut  all  the  congregation  bade  stone  them  with 
stones.  And  *the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  before  all  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

11  f  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  How  long 
will  this  people  l provoke  me?  and  how  long  will  it 
be  ere  they  m  believe  me,  for  all  the  signs  which  I 
have  shewed  among  them  ? 

12  I  will  smite  them  with  the  pestilence,  and  dis- 
inherit them,  and  "will  make  of  thee  a  greater 
nation  and  mightier  than  they. 

J.3  1  And  °  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  Lord,  Then  the 
E-gyp'tiang  shall  hear  it,  (for  thou  broughtest  up 
this  people  in  thy  might  from  among  them  ;) 
8 


B.  C.  1490. 


m  Josh.  14.  7. 
IV  60.  12. 
Ps.  IIS.  10. 
Isa.  11.  10. 
Rom.  8.  31. 
Phil.  4.  13. 
Heb.  11.33,34. 


n  Matt.  23.  13. 


G  Perhaps  a 
plague  was 
then  in  the 
country. 

o  Amos  2.  9. 

7  men  of  stat- 
ures. 

p  1  Sain.  17.  4- 


o  Isa.  40.  22. 


a  Ps.  106.  25. 


6  Deut.  28.  68. 


c  Neh.  9.  17. 

Acts  7.  39. 

Heb.  11.  15. 
d  Deut.  10.  15. 

2  Sam.  15.  25. 

1  Ki.  10.  9. 
Ps.  22.  8. 

Ps.  147.  10,  11. 

Isa.  62.  4. 
e  ch.  13.  27. 
/  Deut.  9.  7, 

23,24. 
g  Deut.  20.  3. 
h  ch.  24.  8. 
1  shadow. 
i  Gen.  48.  21. 

Ex.  33.  16. 

Deut.  20.  1. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 
Isa.  41.  10. 

j  Ex.  17.  4. 
k  Ex.  16.  10. 

Lev.  9.  23. 
/  Heb.  3.  8. 
m  Ps.  78.  22. 

John  12.  37. 
n  Ex.  32.  10. 

0  Ezek.  20.  9. 
p  Ex.  15.  14. 
q  Neh.  9.  12. 
r  Josh.  7.  9. 

s  Ps.  103.  8. 
Ps.  145.  8. 
Jon.  4.  2. 

1  Ex.  34.  7. 

2  Or,  hitherto. 
u  Jas.  5.  16. 

1  John  5.  14. 
v  Ps.  72.  19. 

Isa.  5.  16. 

Isa.  11.  9. 

Ezek.  IS.  3. 

Hab.  2.  14. 

Rev.  11.  15. 
w  Deut.  1.  31,  34. 

Ps.  95.  11. 

Heb.  4.  6.  7. 
x  Gen.  31.  7. 

3  If  they  see 
the  land. 

y  Deut.  1.35. 

Ps.  95.  11. 

Ps.  106.  26. 

Ezek.  20.  15. 

Heb.  3.  18. 
z  Ps.  25.  13. 

Ps.  37.  11. 

Isa.  33.  15. 

Matt.  5.  5. 
a  Ex.  16.  28. 

Matt.  17. 17. 

Mark  9.  19. 
6  Ex.  16.  12. 

1  Cor.  10.  10. 
r  Heb.  3.  17. 
d  ch.  26.  64. 

4  lifted  up  my 
hand. 

e  Deut.  1.  36.  3S. 
/'  Ps.  106.  24. 

Prov.  1.  25,  26. 

Heb.  12. 

16,  17. 


14  And  they  will  tell  it  to  the  inhabitants  of  this 
land  :  pfor  they  have  heard  that  thou  Lord  art 
among  this  people,  that  thou  Lord  art  seen  face  to 
face,  and  that  9thy  cloud  standeth  over  them,  and 
that  thou  goest  before  them,  by  day  time  in  a  pillar 
of  a  cloud,  and  in  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night. 

15  H  Now  if  thou  shalt  kill  all  this  people  as  one 
man,  then  the  nations  which  have  heard  the  fame 
of  thee  will  speak,  saying, 

16  Because  the  Lord  was  not  '"  able  to  bring  this 
people  into  the  land  which  he  sware  unto  them, 
therefore  he  hath  slain  them  in  the  wilderness. 

17  And  now,  I  beseech  thee,  let  the  power  of  my 
Lord  be  great,  according  as  thou  hast  spoken,  say- 
ing, 

18  The  Lord  is  slongsuffering,  and  of  great  mercy, 
forgiving  iniquity  and  transgression,  and  by  no 
means  clearing  the  guilty,  *  visiting  the  iniquity  of 
the  fathers  upon  the  children  unto  the  third  and 
fourth  generation. 

19  Pardon,  I  beseech  thee,  the  iniquity  of  this 
people  according  unto  the  greatness  of  thy  mercy, 
and  as  thou  hast  forgiven  this  people,  from  E'gypt 
2  even  until  now. 

20  And  the  Lord  said,  I  "have  pardoned  accord- 
ing to  thy  word  : 

21  But  as  truly  as  I  live,  vall  the  earth  shall  be 
filled  with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

22  w  Because  all  those  men  which  have  seen  my 
glory,  and  my  miracles,  which  I  did  in  E'gypt  and 
in  the  wilderness,  and  have  tempted  me  now  x  these 
ten  times,  and  have  not  hearkened  to  my  voice  ; 

23  3y  Surely  they  shall  not  see  the  land  which  I 
sware  unto  their  fathers,  neither  shall  any  of  them 
that  provoked  me  see  it : 

24  But  my  servant  Ca'leb,  because  he  had  another 
spirit  with  him,  and  hath  followed  me  fully,  him 
will  I  bring  into  the  land  whereinto  he  went ;  and 
z  his  seed  shall  possess  it. 

25  (Now  the  Am'a-lek-Ites  and  the  Ca'naan-ites 
dwelt  in  the  valley.)  To  morrow  turn  you,  and  get 
you  into  the  wilderness  by  the  way  of  the  Red  sea. 

26  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  unto 
Aar'on,  saying, 

27  ttHow  long  shall  I  bear  with  this  evil  congre- 
gation, which  murmur  against  me  ?  b  I  have  heard 
the  murmurings  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  which 
they  murmur  against  me. 

28  Say  unto  them,  cAs  truly  as  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord,  as  ye  have  spoken  in  mine  ears,  so  will  I  do 
to  you  : 

29  Your  carcases  shall  fall  in  this  wilderness  ;  and 
dall  that  were  numbered  of  you,  according  to  your 
whole  number,  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
which  have  murmured  against  me, 

30  Doubtless  ye  shall  not  come  into  the  land,  con- . 
cerning  which  I  4  sware  to  make  you  dwell  therein, 
esave  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun'neh,  and  Josh'u-a 
the  son  of  Nun. 

31  But  your  little  ones,  which  ye  said  should  be  a 
prey,  them  will  I  bring  in,  and  they  shall  know  the 
land  which  •'ye  have  despised. 

129 


The  rebellious  smitten. 


NUMBERS,  15. 


Laws  of  offerings. 


32  But  as  for  you,  g  your  carcases,  they  shall  fall 
in  this  wilderness. 

33  And  your  children  shall  6h  wander  in  the  wil- 
derness l  forty  years,  and  bear  your  whoredoms,  until 
your  carcases  be  wasted  in  the  wilderness. 

34  J" After  the  number  of  the  days  in  which  ye 
searched  the  land,  even  k  forty  days,  each  day  for  a 
year,  shall  ye  bear  your  iniquities,  even  forty  years, 
'and  ye  shall  know  my  6 breach  of  promise. 

35  m  I  the  Lord  have  said,  I  will  surely  do  it  unto 
all  this  evil  congregation,  that  are  gathered  together 
against  me  :  in  this  wilderness  they  shall  be  con- 
sumed, and  there  they  shall  die. 

36  And  wthe  men,  which  Mo'geg  sent  to  search  the 
land,  who  returned,  and  made  all  the  congregation 
to  murmur  against  him,  by  bringing  up  a  slander 
upon  the  land, 

37  Even  those  men  that  did  bring  up  the  evil 
report  upon  the  land,  °died  by  the  plague  before 
the  Lord. 

38  p  But  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  Ca'leb  the 
son  of  Je-phim'neh,  which  were  of  the  men  that 
went  to  search  the  land,  lived  still. 

39  And  Mo'geg  told  these  sayings  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el :  and  f/the  people  mourned  greatly. 

40  Tf  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
gat  them  up  into  the  top  of  the  mountain,  saying, 
Lo,  rwe  be  here,  and  will  go  up  unto  the  place  which 
the  Lord  hath  promised :  for  we  have  sinned. 

41  And  Mo'geg  said,  Wherefore  now  do  ye  trans- 
gress sthe  commandment  of  'the  Lord?  but  it  shall 
not  prosper. 

42  u  Go  not  up,  for  the  Lord  is  not  among  you ; 
that  ye  be  not  smitten  before  your  enemies. 

43  For  the  Am'a-lek-Ites  and  the  Ca'naan-Ites  are 
there  before  you,  and  ye  shall  fall  by  the  sword  : 
"  because  ye  are  turned  away  from  the  Lord,  there- 
fore the  Lord  will  not  be  with  you. 

44  But  they  presumed  to  go  up  unto  the  hill  top  : 
nevertheless  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
and  Mo'geg,  departed  not  out  of  the  camp. 

45  Then  the  Am'a-lek-Ites  came  down,  and  the 
Ca'naan-Ites  which  dwelt  in  that  hill,  and  smote 
them,  and  discomfited  them,  even  unto  Hor'mah. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Laws  for  offerings  for  observance  in  Canaan.    32  Punishment  of  a  Sabbathbieaker. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-  2  "Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  When  ye  be  come  into  the  land  of  your 
habitations,  which  I  give  unto  you, 

3  And b  will  make  an  offering  by  fire  unto  the  Lord, 
a  burnt  offering,  or  a  sacrifice  c'in  performing  a  vow, 
or  in  a  freewill  offering,  dor  in  your  solemn  feasts, 
to  make  a  e  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord,  of  the  herd, 
or  of  the  flock : 

4  Then  ■'"shall  he  that  offereth  his  offering  unto  the 
Lord  bring  9  a  meat  offering  of  a  tenth  deal  of  flour 
mingled  fewith  the  fourth  part  of  an  hin  of  oil. 

5  And  Hhe  fourth  part  of  an  hin  of  wine  for  a 
drink  offering  shalt  thou  prepare  with  the  burnt 
offering  or  sacrifice,  for  one  lamb. 

130 


B.  C.  1490. 


g  1  Cor.  10.  5. 

5  Or,  feed. 
h  Ps.  107.  40. 
i  Deut.  2.  14, 


j  eli.  13.  25. 
k  Ps.  'J5.  10. 


/  1  Ki.  8.  56. 
Ps.  77.  8. 
Heb.  4.  1. 

G  Or,  interrup- 
tion. 

m  eh.  23.  19. 


n  ch.  13.  31. 


o  Jer.  28.  16,  17. 

1  Cor.  10.  10. 

Heb.  3.  17. 

Jude  5. 
p  Josh.  14.  6. 


q  Pvov.  19.  3. 
Matt.  8.  12. 
Heb.  12.  17. 


j-Deut.  1.41. 
Eccl.  9.  3. 
Matt.  7.  21. 
Luke  13.  25 


«2Chr.  24.  20. 
/  Job  9.  4. 

Isa.  59.  1,  2. 

Jer.  2.  37. 

1  Cor.  10.  22. 
u  Deut.  1.  42. 

Ps.  44.  1-3. 
v  Judg.  16.  20. 


tr  Lev.  23.  10. 
b  Ex.  29.  IS, 

25,  41. 

Lev.  1.  2,  3. 
c  Lev.  7.  16. 

Lev.  22.  18,21. 
1  separating. 
d  Lev.  23.  8,  12. 

ch.  2S.  19.  27. 

ch.  29.  2,  8, 13. 

Deut.  16.  10. 
e  Gen.  8.  21. 

Lev.  1.  9. 

Ezek.  20.  41. 

2  Cor.  2.  15. 

Eph.  5.  2. 

Phil.  4.  18. 
/Lev.  2.  1. 

Lev.  6.  14. 

Lev.  7.  9,  10. 

Lev.  23.  13. 

Isa.  66.  20. 
g  Ex.  29.  40. 
/(  Lev.  14.  10. 
('  ch.  2S.  7. 
;'  Lev.  7.  11. 
k  Lev.  24.  22. 

eh.  9.  14. 

Gal.  3.  28. 

Col.  3.  11. 

1  Josh.  5.  11,  12. 
m  Ex.  23.  19. 

Deut.  26.  2, 10. 

Neh.  10.  37. 

Prov.  3.  9. 
n  Lev.  2.  14. 

Lev.  23.  10. 
o  Lev.  4.  2. 

1  John  2.  1. 
p  Lev.  4.  13. 

2  from  the  eyes. 

3  Or,  ordinance. 
g  Lev.  4.  23. 

ch.  28.  15. 
Ezra  6.  17. 
r  Lev.  4.  20. 
Dan.  9.  24. 
Rom.  5.  11. 
Heb.  2.  17. 
Heb.  10.  10, 
11,  12. 
1  John  1.7. 


6  Or  for  a  ram,  thou  shalt  prepare  for  a  meat 
offering  two  tenth  deals  of  flour  mingled  with  the 
third  part  of  an  hin  of  oil. 

7  And  for  a  drink  offering  thou  shalt  offer  the  third 
part  of  an  hin  of  wine,  for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord. 

8  And  when  thou  preparest  a  bullock  for  a  burnt 
offering,  or  for  a  sacrifice  in  performing  a  vow,  or 
J  peace  offerings  unto  the  Lord  : 

9  Then  shall  he  bring  with  a  bullock  a  meat  offer- 
ing of  three  tenth  deals  of  flour  mingled  with  half 
an  hin  of  oil. 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  for  a  drink  offering  half 
an  hin  of  wine,  for  an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

11  Thus  shall  it  be  done  for  one  bullock,  or  for 
one  ram,  or  for  a  lamb,  or  a  kid. 

12  According  to  the  number  that  ye  shall  pre- 
pare, so  shall  ye  do  to  every  one  according  to  their 
number. 

13  All  that  are  born  of  the  country  shall  do  these 
things  after  this  manner,  in  offering  an  offering 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

14  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn  with  you,  or  whoso- 
ever be  among  you  in  your  generations,  and  will 
offer  an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour 
unto  the  Lord  ;  as  ye  do,  so  he  shall  do. 

15  feOne  ordinance  shall  be  both  for  you  of  the 
congregation,  and  also  for  the  stranger  that  so- 
journeth  with  you,  an  ordinance  for  ever  in  your 
generations :  as  ye  are,  so  shall  the  stranger  be 
before  the  Lord. 

16  One  law  and  one  manner  shall  be  for  you,  and 
for  the  stranger  that  sojourneth  with  you. 

17  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

18  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  When  ye  come  into  the  land  whither  I 
bring  you, 

19  Then  it  shall  be,  that,  when  ye  eat  of  the  'bread 
of  the  land,  ye  shall  offer  up  an  heave  offering  unto 
the  Lord. 

20  mYe  shall  offer  up  a  cake  of  the  first  of  your 
dough  for  an  heave  offering:  as  ye  do  "the  heave 
offering  of  the  threshingfloor,  so  shall  ye  heave  it. 

21  Of  the  first  of  your  dough  ye  shall  give  unto 
the  Lord  an  heave  offering  in  your  generations. 

22  H  And  °  if  ye  have  erred,  and  not  observed  all 
these  commandments,  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
unto  Mo'geg, 

23  Even  all  that  the  Lord  hath  commanded  you 
by  the  hand  of  Mo'seg,  from  the  day  that  the  Lord 
commanded  M>'§e§,  and  henceforward  among  your 
generations ; 

24  Then  it  shall  be,  v  if  ought  be  committed  by  ig- 
norance 2  without  the  knowledge  of  the  congregation, 
that  all  the  congregation  shall  offer  one  young  bul- 
lock for  a  burnt  offering,  for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord,  with  his  meat  offering,  and  his  drink  offering, 
according  to  the 3  manner,  and  ?one  kid  of  the  goats 
for  a  sin  offering. 

25  And  rthe  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and 


The  sabbathbreaker  stoned. 


NUMBERS,  16. 


The  rebellion  of  Korah. 


it  shall  be  forgiven  them  ;  for  it  is  ignorance  :  and 
they  shall  bring  their  offering,  a  sacrifice  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord,  and  their  sin  offering  before  the 
Lord,  for  their  ignorance  : 

26  And  it  shall  be  forgiven  all  the  congregation 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  the  stranger  that 
sojourneth  among  them  ;  seeing  all  the  people  were 
in  ignorance. 

27  If  And  sif  any  soul  sin  through  ignorance,  then 
he  shall  bring  a  she  goat  of  the  first  year  for  a  sin 
offering. 

28  And  'the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
the  soul  that  sinneth  ignorantly,  when  he  sinneth 
by  ignorance  before  the  Lord,  to  make  an  atonement 
for  him ;  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

29  Ye  shall  have  one  law  for  him  that 4  sinneth 
through  ignorance,  both  for  him  that  is  born  among 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  for  the  stranger  that 
sojourneth  among  them. 

30  H  But  "the  soul  that  doeth  ought 5 presumptu- 
ously, whether  he  be  born  in  the  land,  or  a  stranger, 
the  same  reproacheth  the  Lord  ;  and  that  soul  shall 
be  cut  off  from  among  his  people. 

31  Because  he  hath v  despised  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
and  hath  broken  his  commandment,  that  soul  shall 
utterly  be  cut  off ;  w  his  iniquity  shall  be  upon  him. 

32  H  And  while  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  were  in  the 
wilderness,  xthey  found  a  man  that  gathered  sticks 
upon  the  sabbath  day. 

33  And  they  that  found  him  gathering  sticks 
brought  him  unto  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on,  and  unto  all 
the  congregation. 

34  And  they  put  him  v  in  ward,  because  it  was  not 
declared  what  should  be  done  to  him. 

35  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  2The  man  shall 
be  surely  put  to  death :  all  the  congregation  shall 
a  stone  him  with  stones  without  the  camp. 

36  And  all  the  congregation  brought  him  without 
the  camp,  and  stoned  him  with  stones,  and  he  died  ; 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

37  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

38  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  bid 
Hhem  that  they  make  them  fringes  in  the  borders 
of  their  garments  throughout  their  generations,  and 
that  they  put  upon  the  fringe  of  the  borders  a 
ribband  of  blue : 

39  And  it  shall  be  unto  you  for  a  fringe,  that  ye 
may  look  upon  it,  and  remember  all  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord,  and  do  them ;  and  that  ye  c  seek 
not  after  your  own  heart  and  your  own  eyes,  after 
which  ye  use  dto  go  a  whoring  : 

40  That  ye  may  remember,  and  do  all  my  com- 
mandments, and  be  eholy  unto  your  God. 

411  am  the  Lord  your  God,  which  brought  you  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  to  be  your  God :  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  The  rebellion  of  Korah.    31  The  punishment.    41  Ravages  of  the  plague. 

"XTOW  "Ko'rah,  the  son  of  Iz'har,  the  son  of 
-^  Ko'hath,  the  son  of  Le'vi,  and  Da'than  and 
A-bl'ram,  the  sons  of  E-lI'ab,  and  On,  the  son  of 
Pe'leth,  sons  of  Reu'ben,  took  men : 


B.  C.  1490. 


s  Lev.  4.  27,  28. 
Ps.  19.  13. 
Luke  12.  48. 


t  Lev.  4.  35. 


4  doth. 


u  Deut.  17.  12. 

Ps.  19.  13. 

Rom.  10.  16. 

Heb.  10.  20. 

2  Pet.  2.  10. 
5  with  au 

high  hand. 

v  2  Sam.  12.  9. 

Prov.  13.  13. 

Isa.  30.  12. 

Heb.  10.  28. 
w  Ezek.  18.  20. 


x  Ex.  35.  2,  3. 


y  Lev.  24.  12. 


zEx.  31.  14,  15. 
Gal.  3.  5. 


a  1  Ki.  21.  13. 

Acts  7.  5S. 
b  Deut.  22.  12. 

Matt.  9.  2H. 

Matt.  23.  5. 

Luke  8.  43,  44. 
c  Deut.  29.  19. 

Job  31.  7. 

Jer.  9.  14. 

Ezek.  6.  9. 
d  Ex.  34.  15,  16. 

Ps.  73.  27. 

Hos.  2.  2. 

Jas.  4.  4. 
e  Lev.  11.  44,45. 

Matt.  5.  48. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

Col.  1.  22. 

1  Thess.  5.  8. 

1  Pet.  1.  15. 


a  Jude  11. 
b  ch.  26.  9. 
c  Ps.  106.  16. 

1  It  is  much 
for  you. 

d  Ex.  19.  6. 
e  Ex.  29.  45. 
f  ch.  20.  fi. 
g  2  Tim.  2.  19. 
h  Lev.  21.  6-12. 
i  Ex.  28.  1. 

1  Sam.  2.  28. 
Ps.  105.  26. 

j  Lev.  10.  ?. 
k  1  Sam.  18.  23. 

Isa.  7.  13. 
/  Deut.  10.  8. 
m  1  Cor.  3.  5. 
n  Acts  7.  27,  35. 
o  Ex.  3.  8. 

Lev.  20.  24. 

2  bore  out,  that 
is,  blind  with 
fair  words. 

p  Gen.  4.  4,  5. 
q  1  Sam.  12.  3. 
Acts  20.  33. 

2  Cor.  7.  2. 


2  And  they  rose  up  before  Mo'geg,  with  certain  of 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  two  hundred  and  fifty  princes 
of  the  assembly,  b  famous  in  the  congregation,  men 
of  renown : 

3  And  c  they  gathered  themselves  together  against 
Mo'geg  and  against  Aar'on,  and  said  unto  them,  1  Ye 
take  too  much  upon  you,  seeing  d  all  the  congrega- 
tion are  holy,  every  one  of  them,  eand  the  Lord  is 
among  them :  wherefore  then  lift  ye  up  yourselves 
above  the  congregation  of  the  Lord  ? 

4  And  when  Mo'geg  heard  it/he  fell  upon  his  face : 

5  And  he  spake  unto  Ko'rah  and  unto  all  his  com- 
pany, saying,  Even  to  morrow  the  Lord  will  shew 
"who  are  his,  and  who  is  Aholy;  and  will  cause  him, 
to  come  near  unto  him :  even  him  whom  he  hath 
'chosen  will  he  cause  to  'come  near  unto  him. 

6  This  do ;  Take  you  censers,  Ko'rah,  and  all  his 
company ; 

7  And  put  fire  therein,  and  put  incense  in  them 
before  the  Lord  to  morrow  :  and  it  shall  be  that  the 
man  whom  the  Lord  doth  choose,  he  shall  be  holy : 
ye  take  too  much  upon  you,  ye  sons  of  Le'vi. 

8  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  Ko'rah,  Hear,  I  pray  you, 
ye  sons  of  Le'vi : 

9  Seemeth  it  but  ka  small  thing  unto  you,  that  the 
God  of  Ig'ra-el  hath  l  separated  you  from  the  con- 
gregation of  Ig'ra-el,  to  bring  you  near  to  himself 
to  do  the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and 
to  stand  before  the  congregation  to  minister  unto 
them? 

10  And  he  hath  brought  thee  near  to  him,  and  all 
thy  brethren  the  sons  of  Le'vi  with  thee  :  and  seek 
ye  the  priesthood  also  ? 

11  For  which  cause  both  thou  and  all  thy  company 
are  gathered  together  against  the  Lord  :  mand 
what  is  Aar'on,  that  ye  murmur  against  him  ? 

12  If  And  Mo'geg  sent  to  call  Da'than  and  A-bf  ram, 
the  sons  of  E-H'ab :  which  said,  We  will  not  come  up : 

13  Is  it  a  small  thing  that  thou  hast  brought  us 
up  out  of  a  land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey, 
to  kill  us  in  the  wilderness,  except  thou  "  make  thy- 
self altogether  a  prince  over  us  ? 

14  Moreover  thou  hast  not  brought  us  into  "a 
land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey,  or  given  us 
inheritance  of  fields  and  vineyards  :  wilt  thou  2put 
out  the  eyes  of  these  men  ?  we  will  not  come  up. 

15  And  Mo'geg  was  very  wroth,  and  said  unto  the 
Lord,  p  Respect  not  thou  their  offering :  q  I  have  not 
taken  one  ass  from  them,  neither  have  I  hurt  one 
of  them. 

16  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  Ko'rah,  Be  thou  and  all 
thy  company  before  the  Lord,  thou,  and  they,  and 
Aar'on,  to  morrow : 

17  And  take  every  man  his  censer,  and  put  in- 
cense in  them,  and  bring  ye  before  the  Lord  every 
man  his  censer,  two  hundred  and  fifty  censers  ; 
thou  also,  and  Aar'on,  each  of  you  his  censer. 

18  And  they  took  every  man  his  censer,  and  put 
fire  in  them,  and  laid  incense  thereon,  and  stood  in 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  with 
Mo'geg  and  Aar'on. 

19  And   Ko'rah    gathered   all    the   congregation 

131 


Pun ishment  of  Koi 'ah. 

against  them  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation :  and  r  the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared 
unto  all  the  congregation. 

20. And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  unto 
Aar'on,  saying, 

21  "Separate  yourselves  from  among  this  congre- 
gation, that  I  may  'consume  them  in  a  moment. 

22  And  they  fell  upon  their  faces,  and  said,  0 
God,  "the  God  of  the  spirits  of  all  flesh,  shall  *one 
man  sin,  and  wilt  thou  be  wroth  with  all  the  con- 
gregation ?    ■ 

23  IF  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

24  Speak  unto  the  congregation,  saying,  Get  you 
up  from  about  the  tabernacle  of  Ko'rah,  Da'than, 
and  A-bi'ram. 

25  And  Mo'geg  rose  up  and  went  unto  Da'than 
and  A-bl'ram  ;  and  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  followed 
him. 

26  And  he  spake  unto  the  congregation,  saying, 
w  Depart,  I  pray  you,  from  the  tents  of  these  wicked 
men,  and  touch  nothing  of  theirs,  lest  ye  be  con- 
sumed in  all  their  sins. 

27  So  they  gat  up  from  the  tabernacle  of  Ko'rah, 
Da'than,  and  A-bi'ram,  on  every  side  :  and  Da'than 
and  A-bi'ram  came  out,  and  stood  *in  the  door  of 
their  tents,  and  their  wives,  and  their  sons,  and 
their  little  children. 

28  And  Mo'geg  said,  v  Hereby  ye  shall  know  that 
the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  do  all  these  works  ;  for 
i"  have  not  done  them  zof  mine  own  mind. 

29  If  these  men  die  3the  common  death  of  all 
men,  or  if  they  be  "visited  after  the  visitation  of 
all  men  ;  then  the  Lord  hath  not  sent  me. 

30  But  if  the  Lord  4make  6a  new  thing,  and  the 
earth  open  her  mouth,  and  swallow  them  up,  with 
all  that  appertain  unto  them,  and  they  cgo  down 
quick  into  the  pit ;  then  ye  shall  understand  that 
these  men  have  provoked  the  Lord. 

31  Tf  And  d\t  came  to  pass,  as  he  had  made  an  end 
of  speaking  all  these  words,  that  the  ground  clave 
asunder  that  was  under  them  ; 

32  And  the  earth  opened  her  mouth,  and  swal- 
lowed them  up,  and  their  houses,  and  eall  the  men 
that  appertained  unto  Ko'rah,  and  all  their  goods. 

33  They,  and  all  that  appertained  to  them,  went 
down  alive  into  the  pit,  and  the  earth  closed  upon 
them  :  and  they  perished  from  among  the  congre- 
gation. 

34  And  all  Ig'ra-el  that  were  round  about  them 
fled  at  the  cry  of  them  :  for  they  said,  Lest  the 
earth  swallow  us  up  also. 

35  And  there  -^came  out  a  fire  from  the  Lord,  and 
consumed  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  men  that  of- 
fered incense. 

36  IF  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

37  Speak  unto  E-le-a'zar  the  son  of  Aar'on  the 
priest,  that  he  take  up  the  censers  out  of  the  burn- 
ing, and  scatter  thou  the  fire  yonder  ;  for  they  are 
hallowed. 

38  The  censers  of  these  "sinners  against  their  own 
souls,  let  them  make  them  broad  plates  for  a  cover- 
ing of  the  altar  :  for  they  offered  them  before  the 

132 


NUMBERS,  17. 


The  plague  begun. 


B.  C.  1471. 


r  Ex.  10.  7,  10. 
Lev.  9.  G,  23. 


sGen.  19.  17. 

Jer.  51.  6. 

Acts  2.  40. 

Rev.  18.  4. 
I  Ex.  32.  10. 

Ps.  73.  19. 

Isa.  37.  36. 
u  Job  12.  10. 

Eccl.  12.  7. 

Isa.  57.  16. 

Zeeh.  12.  1. 

Heb.  12.  9. 
v  2  S  ira.  24.  17. 

1  Chr.  21.  17. 

Ezek.  18.  20. 


«>Gen.  19.  12. 
Isa.  52.  11. 
Acts  2.  40. 
2  Cor.  G.  17. 
Kev.  18.  4. 

x  Job  9.  4. 

Prov.  16.  18. 
y  Deut.  18.  22. 

Zech.  2.  9. 
z  Jer.  23.  16. 

Ezek.  13. 17. 

3  as  every  man 
dieth. 

a  Ex.  20.  5. 
Job  35.  15. 
Isa.  10.  3. 
Jer.  5.  9. 
Lara.  4.  22. 

4  create  a 
creature. 

b  Job  31.  3. 

Isa.  28.  21. 
c  Ps.  55.  15. 

Rev.  9.  2. 
d  ch.  2G.  10. 

oh.  27.  3. 

Dent.  11.  6. 

Ps.  100.  17. 
e  1  Chr  6.  22. 
f  Lev.  10.  2. 

ch.  11.  1. 

Ps.  106.  18. 
g  Prov.  20.  2. 

Hab.  2.  10. 
Ach.  17.10. 

oh.  26.  10. 

Ezek.  14.  8. 

1  Cor.  10.  11. 

2  Pet.  2.  6. 
i  ch.  3.  38. 

ch.  18.  4-7. 

1  Ki.  13. 
j  ch.  14.  2. 

Ps.  106.  13,  26. 
Matt.  5.  11. 
Ads  21.  28. 

2  Cor.  6.  8. 

k  Ex.  16.  7,  10. 

Ex.  24,  16. 

Ex.  40.  34. 

Lev.  9.  23. 

ch.  14.  10. 
I  ch.  20.  6. 

1  Chr.  21.  16. 

Matt.  26.  39. 
m  Lev.  10.  6. 

ch.  1.  53. 

ch.  8.  19. 

ch.  11.  33. 

ch.  18.  5. 

Josh.  7. 1. 

Josh.  22. 

18,  20. 

1  Sam.  G.  19. 

2  Sam.  24.  1. 
1  Chr.  27.  24. 
Ps.  106.  29. 

n  2  Sam.  24.  16, 
17,  25. 
Job  33.  24. 
Ps.  106.  30. 
Matt,  20.  28. 
1  Thess.  1.  10. 
Heb.  7.  24. 
Jae.  5.  16. 


a  Ex.  25.  22. 

Ex.  29.  42,  43. 

Ex.  30.  36. 

Lev.  16.  2. 

1  Ki.  8.  10-12. 
b  ch.  1G.  5. 


Lord,  therefore  they  are  hallowed  :  Aand  they  shall 
be  a  sign  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

39  And  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  took  the  brasen  cen- 
sers, wherewith  they  that  were  burnt  had  offered  ; 
and  they  were  made  broad  plates  for  a  covering  of 
the  altar : 

40  To  be  a  memorial  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
l'that  no  stranger,  which  is  not  of  the  seed  of  Aar'on, 
come  near  to  offer  incense  before  the  Lord  ;  that 
he  be  not  as  Ko'rah,  and  as  his  company :  as  the 
Lord  said  to  him  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

41  II  But  on  the  morrow  J'all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  murmured  against  Mo'geg 
and  against  Aar'on,  saying,  Ye  have  killed  the 
people  of  the  Lord. 

42  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  congregation 
was  gathered  against  Mo'geg  and  against  Aar'on, 
that  they  looked  toward  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation :  and,  behold,  the  k  cloud  covered  it,  and 
the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared. 

43  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  came  before  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation. 

44  1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

45  Get  you  up  from  among  this  congregation,  that 
I  may  consume  them  as  in  a  moment.  And  'they 
fell  upon  their  faces. 

46  TF  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  Aar'on,  Take  a  censer, 
and  put  fire  therein  from  off  the  altar,  and  put  on 
incense,  and  go  quickly  unto  the  congregation,  and 
make  an  atonement  for  them :  m  for  there  is  wrath 
gone  out  from  the  Lord  ;  the  plague  is  begun. 

47  And  Aar'on  took  as  Mo'geg  commanded,  and  ran 
into  the  midst  of  the  congregation  ;  and,  behold, 
the  plague  was  begun  among  the  people  :  and  he 
put  on  incense,  and  made  an  atonement  for  the 
people. 

48  And  he  "stood  between  the  dead  and  the  living ; 
and  the  plague  was  stayed. 

49  Now  they  that  died  in  the  plague  were  fourteen 
thousand  and  seven  hundred,  beside  them  that  died 
about  the  matter  of  Ko'rah. 

50  And  Aar'on  returned  unto  Mo'geg  unto  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation :  and  the 
plague  was  stayed. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  The  budding  of  Aaron's  rod.     10  A  token  against  rebels. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
-  2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  take 
of  every  one  of  them  a  rod  according  to  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  of  all  their  princes  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers  twelve  rods  :  write  thou  every 
man's  name  upon  his  rod. 

3  And  thou  shalt  write  Aar'on's  name  upon  the 
rod  of  Le'vT:  for  one  rod  shall  be  for  the  head  of 
the  house  of  their  fathers. 

4  And  thou  shalt  lay  them  up  in  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  before  the  testimony,  "where  I 
will  meet  with  you. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  man's  rod, 
6  whom  I  shall  choose,  shall  blossom :  and  I  will 
make  to  cease  from  me   the  murmurings  of  the 


The  priestly  charge. 


NUMBERS,  18. 


The  priestly  portion. 


children  of  Ig'ra-el,  whereby  they  murmur  against 
you. 

6  1  And  Mo'geg  spake  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  every  one  of  their  princes  gave  him  1  a  'rod 
apiece,  for  each  prince  one,  according  to  their 
fathers'  houses,  even  twelve  rods  :  and  the  rod  of 
Aar'on  ivas  among  their  rods. 

7  And  Mo'geg  laid  up  the  rods  before  the  Lord  in 
cthe  tabernacle  of  witness. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the  morrow  Mo'geg 
went  into  the  tabernacle  of  witness  ;  and,  behold, 
the  rod  of  Aar'on  for  the  house  of  Le'vi  was  d  budded, 
and  brought  forth  buds,  and  bloomed  blossoms,  and 
yielded  almonds. 

9  And  Mo'geg  brought  out  all  the  rods  from  before 
the  Lord  unto  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el :  and  they 
looked,  and  took  every  man  his  rod. 

10  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Bring  eAar'- 
on's  rod  again  before  the  testimony,  to  be  kept  for  fa 
token  against  the  2  rebels ;  and  thou  shalt  quite  take 
away  their  murmurings  from  me,  that  they  die  not. 

11  And  Mo'geg  did  so :  as  the  Lord  commanded 
him,  so  did  he. 

12  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  spake  unto  Mo'geg, 
saying,  Behold,  we  die,  we  perish,  we  all  perish. 

13  g  Whosoever  cometh  any  thing  near  unto  the 
tabernacle  of  the  Lord  shall  die  :  shall  we  be  con- 
sumed with  dying  ? 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  The  Levitical  charge.    9  Portion  of  the  priests.     25  The  heave  offering. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Aar'on,  aThou  and  thy 
-  sons  and  thy  father's  house  with  thee  shall 
*bear  the  iniquity  of  the  sanctuary  :  and  thou  and 
thy  sons  with  thee  shall  bear  the  iniquity  of  your 
priesthood. 

2  And  thy  brethren  also  of  the  tribe  of  Le'vi,  the 
tribe  of  thy  father,  bring  thou  with  thee,  that  they 
may  be  b joined  unto  thee,  and  c minister  unto  thee: 
but  thou  and  thy  sons  with  thee  shall  minister 
before  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 

3  And  they  shall  keep  thy  charge,  and  the  d  charge 
of  all  the  tabernacle  :  eonly  they  shall  not  come 
nigh  the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary  and  the  altar, 
7  that  neither  they,  nor  ye  also,  die. 

4  And  they  shall  be  joined  unto  thee,  and  keep 
the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
for  all  the  service  of  the  tabernacle :  and  a  stranger 
shall  not  come  nigh  unto  you. 

5  And  ye  shall  keep  ffthe  charge  of  the  sanctuary, 
and  the  charge  of  the  altar  :  that  there  be  no  wrath 
any  more  upon  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

6  And  I,  behold,  I  have  ;'  taken  your  brethren  the 
Le'vites  from  among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  :  to 
you  they  are  given  as  a  gift  for  the  Lord,  to  do  the 
service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

7  Therefore  thou  and  thy  sons  with  thee  shall  keep 
your  priest's  office  for  every  thing  of  the  altar,  and 
'within  the  veil ;  and  ye  shall  serve  :  I  have  given 
your  priest's  office  unto  you  as  a  service  of  gift : 
and  the  j  stranger  that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to 
death. 


B.  C.  1471. 


1  a  rod  for  one 
prince,  a  rod 
lor  one  prince. 


cEx.  38.  21. 
cli.  is.  2. 
Acts  7.  44. 


d  Gen.  40.  10. 
Ps.  110.  2. 
Song  2.  3. 
Isa.  4.  2. 
I*a.  9.  7. 
Isa.  35.  1,  2. 


e  Heb.  9.  4. 

/Ex.  1G.  32. 

ch.  1G.  38. 

Dent.  31.  19- 

20. 
2  children  of 

rebellion. 


g  ch.  IS.  4, 


a  ch.  17.  13. 
1  be  responsible 

for  whatever 

is  done  about 

the  sanctuary. 
b  Gen.  29.  34. 
c  ch.  3.  G-10. 
d  ch.  3.  25,  31. 
e  ch.  10.  40. 
/ch.  4.  15. 
g  Ex.  27.  21. 

Ex.  30.  7. 

Lev.  24.  3. 

1  Chr.  9.  19, 

23,  33. 

1  Chr.  24.  5. 
h  ch.  3.  12,  45. 
i  Heb.  9.  3,  G. 
/  1  Sam.  6.  19. 
X-Lev.  G.  1G.  IS. 

Lev.  7.  G,  32. 

Lev.  10.  14,  15. 

1  Ex.  H).  13,  15. 
m  Lev.  2.  2,  3. 

Lev.  10.  12. 13. 

n  Lev.  4.  22,  27. 

Lev.  G.  25,  2G. 

2  inner  court. 

o  Ex.  29.  27,  28. 

Lev.  7.  30,  34. 
p  Lev.  10.  14. 

Deut.  IS.  3. 
q  Lev.  22.  2. 
r  Ex.  23.  19. 

Deut.  IS.  4. 

3  fat. 

.s  Lev.  27.  28. 
t  Ex.  13.  2. 

Ex.  34.  2P. 

Lev.  27.  26. 

ch.  3.  13. 
u  Ex.  13.  13. 

Lev.  27.  27. 
v  Lev.  27.  2,  G. 

ch.  3.  47. 
w  Ex.  30.  13. 

Lev.  27.  25. 

Ezek.  45.  12. 
.r  Deut.  15.  19. 
i/  Lev.  3.  2,  5. 
z  Ex.  29.  2G-2S. 

Lev.  7.  31. 

4  a  perpetual 
covenant. 

a  Deut.  10.  9. 

Dent.  14.  27. 

Deut.  IS.  1,  2. 

Josh.  13. 

14,  33. 

Josh.  IS.  7. 

Ps.  1G.  5. 

Ps.  73.  26. 

Ps.  142.  5. 

Ezek.  44.  28. 
6  Lev.  27.  30,  32. 

Deut.  12. 

17-19. 

Neh.  10.  37. 

Neh.  12.  44. 

Heb.  7.  5,  8. 
c  Lev.  22.  9. 

5  to  die. 


8  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Aar'on,  Behold,  *  I 
also  have  given  thee  the  charge  of  mine  heave  of- 
ferings of  all  the  hallowed  things  of  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el ;  unto  thee  have  I  given  them  'by  reason 
of  the  anointing,  and  to  thy  sons,  by  an  ordinance 
for  ever. 

9  This  shall  be  thine  of  the  most  holy  things,  re- 
served from  the  fire  :  every  oblation  of  theirs,  every 
wmeat  offering  of  theirs,  and  every  "sin  offering  of 
theirs,  and  every  trespass  offering  of  theirs,  which 
they  shall  render  unto  me,  shall  be  most  holy  for 
thee  and  for  thy  sons. 

10  In  the  2most  holy  place  shalt  thou  eat  it ;  every 
male  shall  eat  it :  it  shall  be  holy  unto  thee. 

11  And  this  is  thine  ;  °the  heave  offering  of  their 
gift,  with  all  the  wave  offerings  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el :  I  have  given  them  unto  thee,  "and  to  thy 
sons  and  to  thy  daughters  with  thee,  by  a  statute 
for  ever  :  Q  every  one  that  is  clean  in  thy  house 
shall  eat  of  it. 

12  rAll  the  3best  of  the  oil,  and  all  the  best  of  the 
wine,  and  of  the  wheat,  the  firstfruits  of  them  which 
they  shall  offer  unto  the  Lord,  them  have  I  given 
thee. 

13  And  whatsoever  is  first  ripe  in  the  land,  which 
they  shall  bring  unto  the  Lord,  shall  be  thine  ; 
every  one  that  is  clean  in  thine  house  shall  eat  of  it. 

14  s Every  thing  devoted  in  Ig'ra-el  shall  be  thine. 

15  Every  thing  that  openeth  'the  matrix  in  all 
flesh,  which  they  bring  unto  the  Lord,  ivhether  it  be 
of  men  or  beasts,  shall  be  thine  :  nevertheless  "the 
firstborn  of  man  shalt  thou  surely  redeem,  and  the 
firstling  of  unclean  beasts  shalt  thou  redeem. 

16  And  those  that  are  to  be  redeemed  from  a 
month  old  shalt  thou  redeem,  'according  to  thine 
estimation,  for  the  money  of  five  shekels,  after  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary,  "which  is  twenty  gerahs. 

17  But  xthe  firstling  of  a  cow,  or  the  firstling  of 
a  sheep,  or  the  firstling  of  a  goat,  thou  shalt  not 
redeem  ;  they  are  holy  :  Hhou  shalt  sprinkle  their 
blood  upon  the  altar,  and  shalt  burn  their  fat  for 
an  offering  made  by  fire,  for  a  sweet  savour  unto 
the  Lord. 

18  And  the  flesh  of  them  shall  be  thine,  as  the 
zwave  breast  and  as  the  right  shoulder  are  thine. 

19  All  the  heave  offerings  of  the  holy  things, 
which  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  offer  unto  the  Lord, 
have  I  given  thee,  and  thy  sons  and  thy  daughters 
with  thee,  by  a  statute  for  ever  :  it  is  4a  covenant 
of  salt  for  ever  before  the  Lord  unto  thee  and  to 
thy  seed  with  thee. 

20  T  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Aar'on,  Thou  shalt 
have  no  inheritance  in  their  land,  neither  shalt  thou 
have  any  part  among  them  :  a  I  am  thy  part  and 
thine  inheritance  among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

21  And,  behold,  6I  have  given  the  children  of 
Le'vi  all  the  tenth  in  Ig'ra-el  for  an  inheritance,  for 
their  service  which  they  serve,  even  the  service  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

22  Neither  must  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  henceforth 
come  nigh  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  c  lest 
they  bear  sin,  5and  die. 

133 


Portion  of  the  Levites. 


NUMBERS,  19. 


Water  of  separation. 


23  But  the  Le'vites  shall  do  the  service  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  they  shall  bear 
their  iniquity :  it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations,  that  among  the  children  of 
I§'ra-el  they  have  no  inheritance. 

24~But  the  tithes  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  which 
they  offer  as  an  heave  offering  unto  the  Lord,  I 
have  given  to  the  Le'vltes  to  inherit :  therefore  I 
have  said  unto  them,  d  Among  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el  they  shall  have  no  inheritance. 

25  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 

26  Thus  speak  unto  the  Le'vltes,  and  say  unto 
them,  When  ye  take  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
the  tithes  which  I  have  given  you  from  them  for 
your  inheritance,  then  ye  shall  offer  up  an  heave 
offering  of  it  for  the  Lord,  even  ea  tenth  part  of 
the  tithe. 

27  And  this  your  heave  offering  shall  be  reckoned 
unto  you,  as  though  it  were  the  corn  of  the  thresh- 
ingfloor,  and  as  the  fulness  of  the  winepress. 

28  Thus  ye  also  shall  offer  an  heave  offering  unto 
the  Lord  of  all  your  tithes,  which  ye  receive  of  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el ;  and  ye  shall  give  thereof  the 
Lord's  heave  offering  to  Aar'on  the  priest. 

29  Out  of  all  your  gifts  ye  shall  offer  every  heave 
offering  of  the  Lord,  of  all  the  6best  thereof,  even 
the  hallowed  part  thereof  out  of  it. 

30  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  When  ye 
have  heaved  the  best  thereof  from  it,  then  it  shall 
be  counted  unto  the  Le'vltes  as  the  increase  of  the 
threshingfloor,  and  as  the  increase  of  the  winepress. 

31  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in  every  place,  ye  and  your 
households  :  for  it  is  ryour  reward  for  your  service 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

32  And  ye  shall  "bear  no  sin  by  reason  of  it,  when 
ye  have  heaved  from  it  the  best  of  it :  neither  shall 
ye  pollute  the  holy  things  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
lest  ye  die. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  The  water  of  separation.    11  Laws  for  its  use. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg  and  unto  Aar'on, 
-£±-  saying, 

2  This  is  the  ordinance  of  the  law  which  the  Lord 
hath  commanded,  saying,  Speak  unto  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they  bring  thee  aa  red  heifer  with- 
out spot,  wherein  is  no  blemish,  and  6upon  which 
never  came  yoke  : 

3  And  ye  shall  give  her  unto  E-le-a'zar  the  priest, 
that  he  may  bring  her  c  forth  without  the  camp,  and 
one  shallslay  her  before  his  face  : 

4  And  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  shall  take  of  her  blood 
with  his  finger,  and  d  sprinkle  of  her  blood  directly 
before  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  seven 
times  : 

5  And  one  shall  burn  the  heifer  in  his  sight ;  e  her 
skin,  and  her  flesh,  and  her  blood,  with  her  dung, 
shall  he  burn  : 

6  And  the  priest  shall  take  rcedar  wood,  and  hys- 
sop, and  scarlet,  and  cast  it  into  the  midst  of  the 
burning  of  the  heifer. 

7  9Then  the  priest  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  he 
shall  bathe  his  flesh  in  water,  and  afterward  he 

134 


B.  C.  1471. 


d  Deut.  10.  9. 


e  Neli.  10.  38. 


Cfat. 

/Matt.  10.  10. 
Luke  10.  7. 

1  Cor.  9.  13. 

2  Cor.  12.  13. 
Gal.  C.  6. 

1  Thess.  5. 
12,  13. 

1  Tim.  5.  18. 
g  Lev.  19.  8. 
Lev.  22.  10. 


a  Isa. 

53. 

1-0. 

Gal. 

4.' 

. 

Heb 

9. 

13,  14. 

Rev. 

1. 

5. 

b  Deul 

.  21 

.3. 

I  Sam.  ( 

7. 

Jolir 

10 

17. 

Phil 

>> 

0,  8. 

c  Lev. 

4.  12,  21. 

Lev. 

13. 

40. 

Lev. 

16. 

27. 

Lev. 

24. 

14. 

Heb 

13 

11. 

d  Lev. 

4. 

3,  17. 

Lev. 

1R 

14. 

52 

Ezek.  30.  25. 
Heb.  9.  13,  14. 

1  Pet.  1.  2. 
e  Ex.  29.  14. 

Lev.  4.  11,  12. 

Isa.  53.  10. 
/Lev.  14.  4,  G. 
fj  Lev.  11.  25. 

Lev.  15.  5. 
/(  Heb.  9.  13. 
(  ch.  31.  23. 

Zech.  13.  1. 

2  Cor.  7.  1. 
j  Lev.  21.  1. 

ch.  5.  2. 
ch.  9.  G,  10. 
Isa.  52.  11. 
Lam.  4.  14. 
Hag.  2.  13. 
Rom.  5.  12. 
2  Cor.  G.  17. 
Eph.  2.  1. 

1  soul  of  man. 
kch.  31.  19. 
/Lev.  15.  31. 
m  eh.  8.  7. 

n  Lev.  7.  20. 

Lev.  22.  3. 
0  Lev.  11.  32. 

ch.  31.  20. 

2  dust, 

3  living  waters 
shall  be  given. 

p  Ps.  51.  7. 

John  15.  2. 

John  17.  19. 

1  Cor.  1.  30. 

Heb.  9.  14. 
q  Lev.  14.  9. 
r  Gen.  17.  14. 

Mark  1G.  1G. 

Acts  13.  39-41. 

Rom.  2.  4,  5. 

Gal.  3.  10. 
.v  Hag.  2.  13. 


shall  come  into  the  camp,  and  the  priest  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  even. 

8  And  he  that  burneth  her  shall  wash  his  clothes 
in  water,  and  bathe  his  flesh  in  water,  and  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  even. 

9  And  a  man  that  is  clean  shall  gather  up  the 
''ashes  of  the  heifer,  and  lay  them  up  without  the 
camp  in  a  clean  place,  and  it  shall  be  kept  for  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  ffor  a  water 
of  separation  :  it  is  a  purification  for  sin. 

10  And  he  that  gathereth  the  ashes  of  the  heifer 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even  :  and  it  shall  be  unto  the  children  of  l§'ra-el, 
and  unto  the  stranger  that  sojourneth  among  them, 
for  a  statute  for  ever. 

11  H  j  He  that  toucheth  the  dead  body  of  any  'man 
shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 

12  fcHe  shall  purify  himself  with  it  on  the  third 
day,  and  on  the  seventh  day  he  shall  be  clean  :  but 
if  he  purify  not  himself  the  third  day,  then  the 
seventh  day  he  shall  not  be  clean. 

13  Whosoever  toucheth  the  dead  body  of  any  man 
that  is  dead,  and  purifieth  not  himself, 'defileth  the 
tabernacle  of  the  Lord  ;  and  that  soul  shall  be  cut 
off  from  I§'ra-el :  because  mthe  water  of  separation 
was  not  sprinkled  upon  him,  he  shall  be  unclean  ; 
"his  uncleanness  is  yet  upon  him. 

14  This  is  the  law,  when  a  man  dieth  in  a  tent : 
all  that  come  into  the  tent,  and  all  that  is  in  the 
tent,  shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 

15  And  every  °open  vessel,  which  hath  no  covering 
bound  upon  it,  is  unclean. 

16  And  whosoever  toucheth  one  that  is  slain  with 
a  sword  in  the  open  fields,  or  a  dead  body,  or  a 
bone  of  a  man,  or  a  grave,  shall  be  unclean  seven 
days. 

17  And  for  an  unclean  person  they  shall  take  of 
the  2  ashes  of  the  burnt  heifer  of  purification  for 
sin,  and  3  running  water  shall  be  put  thereto  in  a 
vessel : 

18  And  a  clean  person  shall  take  "hyssop,  and  dip 
it  in  the  water,  and  sprinkle  it  upon  the  tent,  and 
upon  all  the  vessels,  and  upon  the  persons  that  were 
there,  and  upon  him  that  touched  a  bone,  or  one 
slain,  or  one  dead,  or  a  grave  : 

19  And  the  clean  person  shall  sprinkle  upon  the 
unclean  on  the  third  day,  and  on  the  seventh  day : 
and  9on  the  seventh  day  he  shall  purify  himself, 
and  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  shall  be  clean  at  even. 

20  But  the  man  that  shall  be  unclean,  and  shall 
not  purify  himself,  that  rsoul  shall  be  cut  off  from 
among  the  congregation,  because  he  hath  defiled 
the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord  :  the  water  of  separation 
hath  not  been  sprinkled  upon  him  ;  he  is  unclean. 

21  And  it  shall  be  a  perpetual  statute  unto  them, 
that  he  that  sprinkleth  the  water  of  separation  shall 
wash  his  clothes ;  and  he  that  toucheth  the  water 
of  separation  shall  be  unclean  until  even. 

22  And  s  whatsoever  the  unclean  person  toucheth 
shall  be  unclean ;  and  the  soul  that  toucheth  it 
shall  be  unclean  until  even. 


Water  from  the  rock. 


NUMBERS,  2(),  k21. 


Death  of  Aaron. 


CHAPTER  20. 

I  Miriam's  death.    7  The  water  of  Meribah.    22  Aaron's  death. 

rpHEN  "came  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  even  the 
J-  whole  congregation,  into  the  desert  of  Zm  in  the 
first  month  :  and  the  people  abode  in  Ka'desh  ;  and 
6  Mir'i-am  died  there,  and  was  buried  there. 

2  And  c  there  was  no  water  for  the  congregation  : 
dand  they  gathered  themselves  together  against 
Mo'geg  and  against  Aar'on. 

3  And  the  people  e  chode  with  Mo'geg,  and  spake, 
saying,  Would  God  that  we  had  died  ■'"when  our 
brethren  died  before  the  Lord  ! 

4  And  °  why  have  ye  brought  up  the  congregation 
of  the  Lord  into  this  wilderness,  that  we  and  our 
cattle  should  die  there  ? 

5  And  wherefore  have  ye  made  us  to  come  up  out 
of  E'gypt,  to  bring  us  in  unto  this  evil  place  ?  it  is 
no  place  of  seed,  or  of  figs,  or  of  vines,  or  of  pome- 
granates ;  neither  is  there  any  water  to  drink. 

6  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  went  from  the  presence 
of  the  assembly  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  h  they  fell  upon  their  faces  : 
and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto  them. 

7  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

8  *Take  the  rod,  and  gather  thou  the  assembly 
together,  thou,  and  Aar'on  thy  brother,  and.  speak 
ye  unto  the  rock  before  their  eyes  ;  and  it  shall 
give  forth  his  water,  and j  thou  shalt  bring  forth  to 
them  water  out  of  the  rock  :  so  thou  shalt  give  the 
congregation  and  their  beasts  drink. 

9  And  Mo'geg  took  the  rod  k  from  before  the  Lord, 
as  he  commanded  him. 

10  And  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  gathered  the  congrega- 
tion together  before  the  rock,  and  he  said  unto 
them,  'Hear  now,  ye  rebels ;  must  we  fetch  you 
water  out  of  this  rock  ? 

«11  And  Mo'geg  lifted  up  his  hand,  and  with  his 
od  he  smote  the  rock  m twice  :  and  the  "water  came 
ut  abundantly,  and  the  congregation  drank,  and 
their  beasts  also. 

12  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on, 
Because  °ye  believed  me  not,  to  "  sanctify  me  in  the 
eyes  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  therefore  ye  shall 
not  bring  this  congregation  into  the  land  which  I 
have  given  them. 

13  9This  is  the  water  of  ^er'i-bah;  because  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  strove  with  the  Lord,  and  he 
was  sanctified  in  them. 

14  If  rAnd  Mo'geg_sent  messengers  from  Ka'desh 
unto  the  king  of  E'dom,  sThus  saith  thy  brother 
Ig'ra-el,  Thou  knowest  all  the  travail  that  hath 
2  befallen  us  : 

15  How  our  fathers  went  down  into  E'gypt,  and  we 
have  dwelt  in  E'gypt  a  long  time  ;  and  the  E-gyp'- 
tiang  vexed  us,  and  our  fathers  : 

16  And  '  when  we  cried  unto  the  Lord,  he  heard 
I    our  voice,  and  *  sent  an  angel,  and  hath  brought  us 

forth  out  of  E'gypt :  and,  behold,  we  are  in  Ka'desh, 
a  city  in  the  uttermost  of  thy  border  : 

17  "Let  us  pass,  I  pray  thee,  through  thy  country : 
we  will  not  pass  through  the  fields,  or  through  the 
vineyards,  neither  will  we  drink  of  the  water  of  the 


B.  C.  1453. 


a  ch.  33.  30. 


b  ch,  26.  59. 

c  Ex.  17.  1. 

<iEx.  16.  2,7-12. 

ch.  1G.  19,  42. 

cli.  21.5. 

1  Cor.  10.  10. 
e  Ex.  17.  2. 

ch.  14.  2. 
/ch.  11.  1,  33. 

ch.  14.  37. 

ch.  10.  32, 

33,  49. 

Lam.  4.  0. 
#Ex.  5.  21. 

ch.  11.  5. 

Ps.  106.  21 . 

Acts  7.  3.3,  40. 


h  ch.  14.  5. 


Ex.  17.  5. 


/Neh.  9.  15. 

Ps.  78.  15,  16. 

Isa.  41'..  20. 
k  ch.  17.  10. 
/  Ps.  106.  33. 
m  Jas.  1 .  20. 
n  Ex.  17.  6. 

Dent.  8.  15. 

1  Cor.  10.  4. 

0  ch.  27.  14. 
Deut.  3.  26. 

p  Lev.  10.  3. 

Ezek.  20.  41. 

1  Pet.  3.  15. 
q  Ps.  95.  8. 

1  That  is.  Strife. 
.■  Judg.  11. 

16,  17. 
s  Deut.  23.  7. 
Obad.  10,  12. 

2  found  us. 
I  Ex.  2.  23. 

Ex.  3.  7. 
u  Acts  7.  35. 
?•  ch.  21.  22. 
w  Deut.  2.  6,  28. 
.rGen.  27.  41. 

Gen.  32.  6. 

Judg.  11.  17. 

Ps.  120.  7. 

Amos  1.  11. 
1/  Deut.  2.  27. 29. 
z  Judg.  11.  18. 

Rom.  12.  18. 

H>-b.  12.  14. 
a  ch.  33.  37. 
b  ch.  21.  4. 
0  Gen.  25.  8. 

ch.  27.  13. 

Isa.  57.  1.  2. 

Heb.  12.  23. 

3  mouth. 

d  Deut.  32.  50. 
e  Ex.  29.  29,  30. 

ch.  23.  10. 

Deut.  10.  6. 

Job  30.  23. 
frh.  '_'3.  10. 

Deut.  10.  fi. 

Job  14.  12. 

Prov.  14.  32. 

Hos.  13.  14. 

Rev.  14.  13. 
g  Gen.  50.  3,  10. 

Deut.  34.  S. 


a  ch.  33.  40. 

Judg.  1.16. 
6  Gen.  28.  20. 

Judg.  11.  30. 
c  Lev.  27.  28. 

1  That  is,  Utter 
destruction. 

2  shortened,  or, 
grieved. 

d  Ps.  78.  19. 
e  Ex.  16.  3. 


wells  :  we  will  go  by  the  king's  high  way,  we  will 
not  turn  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left,  until 
we  have  passed  thy  borders. 

18  And  E'dom  said  unto  him,  Thou  shalt  not  pass 
by  me,  lest  I  come  out  against  thee  with  the  sword. 

19  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  him,  We 
will  go  by  the  high  way  :  and  if  I  and  my  cattle 
drink  of  thy  water,  w  then  I  will  pay  for  it :  I  will 
only,  without  doing  any  thing  else,  go  through  on 
my  feet. 

20  And  he  said,  *Thou  shalt  not  go  through.  And 
E'dom  came  out  against  him  with  much  people,  and 
with  a  strong  hand. 

21  Thus  E'dom  , refused  to  give  Ig'ra-el  passage 
through  ^his  border:  wherefore  Ig'ra-el  z turned 
away  from  him. 

22  If  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  even  the  whole 
congregation,  journeyed  from  a  Ka'desh,  and  6came 
unto  mount  Hor. 

23  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on 
in  mount  Hor,  by  the  coast  of  the  land  of  E'dom, 
saying^ 

24  Aar'on  shall  cbe  gathered  unto  his  people  :  for 
he  shall  not  enter  into  the  land  which  I  have  given 
unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  because  ye  rebelled 
against  my  3  word  at  the  water  of  Mer'I-bah. 

25  d  Take  Aar'on  and  E-le-a'zar  his  son,  and  bring 
them  up  unto  mount  Hor  : 

26  And  strip  Aar'on  of  his  garments,  and  put 
them  upon  E-le-a'zar  his  son':  and  Aar'on  shall  be 
gathered  unto  his  people,  and  shall  die  there. 

27  And  Mo'geg  did  as  the  Lord  commanded  :  and 
they  went  up  into  mount  H6r  in  the  sight  of  all 
the  congregation. 

28  e  And  Mo'geg  stripped  Aar'on  of  his  garments, 
and  put  them  upon  E-le-a'zar  his  son  ;  and  'Aar'on 
died  there  in  the  top  of  the  mount :  and  Mo'geg  and 
E-le-a'zar  came  down  from  the  mount. 

29  And  when  all  the  congregation  saw  that  Aar'on 
was  dead,  they  mourned  for  Aar'on  9  thirty  days, 
even  all  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  The  fiery  serpents.    9  The  serj^ent  of  brass.    21  IsraeVs  victories. 

AND  ivhen  aking  A'rad  the  Ca'naan-!te,_ which 
-  dwelt  in  the  south,  he^rd  tell  that  Ig'ra-el 
came  by  the  way  of  the  spies ;  tries  hQ  fought 
against  Ig'ra-el,  and  took  some  of  them  prisoners. 

2  And  b Ig'ra-el  vowed  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  and 
said,  If  thou  wilt  indeed  deliver  this  people  into  my 
hand,  then  CI  will  utterly  destroy  their  cities. 

3  And  the  Lord  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  delivered  up  the  Ca'naan-Ites ;  and  they  utterly 
destroyed  them  and  their  cities  :  and  he  called  the 
name  of  the  place  x  Hor'mah. 

4  If  And  they  journeyed  from  mount  H6r_by  the 
way  of  the  Red  sea,  to  compass  the  land  of  E'dom  : 
and  the  soul  of  the  people  was  much  2  discouraged 
because  of  the  way. 

5  And  the  people  d  spake  against  God,  and  against 
Mo'geg,  e  Wherefore  have  ye  brought  us  up  out  of 
E'gypt  to  die  in  the  wilderness?   for  there  is  no 

135 


The  serpent  of  brass. 


NUMBERS,  22. 


The  defeat  of  Og. 


bread,  neither  is  there  any  water;  and  •''our  soul 
loatheth  this  light  bread. 

6  And  "the  Lord  sent h fiery  serpents  among  the 
people,  and  they  bit  the  people ;  and  much  people 
of  Ig'ra-el  died. 

7  II  i Therefore  the  people  came  to  Mo'geg,  and 
said,  We  have  sinned,  for  we  have  spoken  against 
the  Lord,  and  against  thee ;  J'pray  unto  the  Lord, 
that  he  take  away  the  serpents  from  us.  And 
Mo'geg  prayed  for  the  people. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Make  thee  a 
fiery  serpent,  and  set  it  upon  a  pole :  and  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  every  one  that  is  bitten,  when  he 
looketh  upon  it,  shall  live. 

9  And  ^Mo'geg  made  a  serpent  of  brass,  and  put  it 
upon  a  pole,  and  it  came  to  pass,  that  if  a  serpent 
had  bitten  any  man,  when  he  beheld  the  serpent  of 
brass,  he  lived. 

10  II  And  Jhe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  set  forward,  and 
pitched  in  O'both. 

11  And  they  journeyed  from  O'both,  and  pitched 
at  3Ij'e-ab'a-r!m,  in  the  wilderness  which  is  before 
Mo'ab,  toward  the  sunrising. 

12  TI  From  thence  they  removed,  and  pitched  in 
the  valley  of  Za'red. 

13  From  thence  they  removed,  and  pitched  on  the 
other  side  of  Ar'non,  which  is  in  the  wilderness  that 
cometh  out  of  the  coasts  of  the  Am'6r-Ites:  for 
'Ar'non  is  the  border  of  Mo'ab,  between  Mo'ab  and 
the  Am'or-Ites. 

14  Wherefore  it  is  said  in  the  book  of  the  wars  of 
the  Lord,  4  What  he  did  in  the  Red  sea,  and  in  the 
brooks  of  Ar'non, 

15  And  at  the  stream  of  the  brooks  that  goeth 
down  to  the  dwelling  of  Ar,  and  6  lieth  upon  the 
border  of  Mo'ab. 

16  And  from  thence  they  went  to  mBe'er:  that 
is  the  well  whereof  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg, 
Gather  the  people  together,  and  n  I  will  give  them 
water. 

17  H  "Then  Ig'ra-el  sang  this  song,  6  Spring  up,  0 
well ;  7sing  ye  unto  it : 

18  The  princes  digged  the  well,  the  nobles  of  the 
people  digged  it,  by  the  direction  of  the  v  lawgiver, 
with  their  staves.  And  from  the  wilderness  they 
went  to  Mat'ta-nah  :  - 

19  A  rid- from' Mat'ta-nah  to  Na-ha'lT-el:  and  from 
JSla-ha'li-el  to  Ba'moth : 

20  And  from  Ba'moth  in  the  valley,  that  is  in 
the 8  country  of  Mo'ab,  to  the  top  of  9  Pig'gah,  which 
looketh  q  toward  10Jesh'i-mon. 

21  If  And  rI§'ra-el  sent  messengers  unto  Si'hon 
king  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  saying, 

22  s  Let  me  pass  through  thy  land  :  we  will  not  turn 
into  the  fields,  or  into  the  vineyards ;  we  will  not 
drink  of  the  waters  of  the  well :  but  we  will  go  along 
by  the  king's  high  way,  until  we  be  past  thy  borders. 

23  And  'Si'hon  would  not  suffer  Ig'ra-el  to  pass 
through  his  border  :  but  Si'hon  gathered  all  his 
people  together,  and  went  out  against  I§'ra-el  into 
the  wilderness :  and  Mhe  came  to  Ja'haz,  and  fought 
against  Ig'ra-el. 

136 


B.  C. 1452. 


/  Prov.  27.  7. 
g  Amos  9.  3,  4. 
1  Cor.  10.  9. 
h  Deut.  8.  15. 


i  Ps.  78.  34. 
Isa.  2G.  1G. 
Hos.  5.  15. 

j  Ex.  8.  8,  28. 
1  Sam.  12.  19. 
1  Ki.  13.  6. 

Acts  8.  24. 


k  2  Ki.  18.  4. 
John  3.  14,  15. 


3  Or,  Heaps  of 
Abarim. 


/  ch.  22.  36. 
Judg.  11.  IS. 


4  Or,  Valieb  in 
Suphah. 


5 leaneth. 
??)  Judg.  9.  21. 
n  Rev.  7.  17. 
o  Ex.  15.  1. 
Ps.  105.  2. 
G  Ascend. 

7  Or,  answer. 
p  Deut.  33.  4. 

Isa.  33.  22. 

8  field. 

9  Or,  the  hill. 
q  ch.  23.  28. 

10  Or,  the  wil- 
derness. 

r  Deut.  2.  2G. 

Judg.  11.  19. 
*  ch.  20.  17. 
t  Deut.  29.  7. 
u  Deut.  2.  32,  33. 
v  Deut.  29.  7. 

Josh.  12.  1,  2. 

Neh.  9.  22. 

Ps.  135.  10. 

Amos  2.  9. 

11  daughters. 
w  Isa.  15.  4. 

Jer.  48.  45,  46. 
X  Deut.  2.  9. 

Isa.  15.  1. 
y  Judg.  11.  24. 

1  Ki.  11.  7,  33. 

2  Ki.  23.  13. 

z  Jer.  48.  18,  22. 
a  Jer.  48.  32. 
b  Josh.  13.  12. 
c  Deut.  3.  2. 
d  Ps.  135. 10. 
Ps.  136.  20. 
e  Deut.  3.  3,  4. 


a  ch.  33.  48. 

Gen.  35.  5. 

Deut.  2.  25. 

Josh.  2.  9. 

Jer.  32.  21. 
4  Judg.  11.  25. 
c  Ex.  15.  15. 
d  ch.  31.  8. 

Josh.  13.  21. 
e  Deut.  23.  4. 

Josh.  13.  22. 

Neh.  13.  1,2. 

Mic.  6.  5. 
/  Deut.  23.  4. 


24  And  "Ig'ra-el  smote  him  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  possessed  his  land  from  Ar'non  unto 
Jab'bok,  even  unto  the  children  of  Am'mon  :  for 
the  border  of  the  children  of  Am'mon  was  strong. 

25  And  I§'ra-el  took  all  these  cities  :  and  Ig'ra-el 
dwelt  in  all  the  cities  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  in  Hesh'- 
bon, and  in  all  the  u  villages  thereof. 

26  For  Hesh'bon  was  the  city  of  Si'hon  the  king 
of  the  Am'or-Ites,  who  had  fought  against  the 
former  king  of  Mo'ab,  and  taken  all  his  land  out  of 
his  hand,  even  unto  Ar'non. 

27  Wherefore  they  that  speak  in  proverbs  say, 
Come  into  Hesh'bon,  let  the  city  of  Si'hon  be  built 
and  prepared  : 

28  For  there  is  wa  fire  gone  out  of  Hesh'bon,  a 
flame  from  the  city  of  Si'hon  :  it  hath  consumed 
xAr  of  Mo'ab,  and  the  lords  of  the  high  places  of 
Ar'non. 

29  Woe  to  thee,  Mo'ab  !  thou  art  undone,  O  people 
of  ^Che'mosh  :  he  hath  given  his  sons  that  escaped, 
and  his_  daughters,  into  captivity  unto  Si'hon  king 
of  the  Am'or-Ites. 

30  We  have  shot  at  them  ;  Hesh'bon  is  perished 
even  *unto  Dl'bon,  and  we  have  laid  them  waste 
even  unto  No'phah,  which  reacheth  unto  Med'e-ba. 

31  If  Thus  Ig'ra-el  dwelt  in  the  land  of  the  Am'- 
or-Ites. 

32  And  Mo'seg  sent  to  spy  out a  Ja-a'zer,  and  they 
took  the  villages  thereof,  and  drove  out  the  Am'- 
or-Ites that  were  there. 

33  IT  And  they_ turned  and  went  up  by  the  way  of 
Ba'shan  :  and  Og  the  king  of  Ba'shan  went  out 
against  them,  he,  and  all  his  people,  to  the  battle 
6  at  Ed're-I. 

34  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  cFear  him  not : 
for  I  have  delivered  him  into  thy  hand,  and  all  his 
people,  and  his  land  ;  and  'Hhou  shalt  do  to  him  as 
thou  didst  unto  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'6r-Ites,  which 
dwelt  at  Hesh'bon. 

35  e  So  they  smote  him,  and  his  sons,  and  all  his 
people,  until  there  was  none  left  him  alive  :  and 
they  possessed  his  land. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  Balak  and  Balaam.    22  The  opposing  angel.    36  Balak  entertains  Balaam. 

AND  athe  children  of  I§'ra-el  set  forward,  and 
■*-*-  pitched  in  the  plains  of  Mo'ab  on  this  side  Jor'- 
dan  by  Jer'i-cho. 

2  If  And  6Ba'lak  the  son  of  Zip'por  saw  all  that 
Ig'ra-el  had  done  to  the  Am'or-Ites. 

3  And  c  Mo'ab  was  sore  afraid  of  the  people,  be- 
cause they  were  many  :  and  Mo'ab  was  distressed 
because  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

4  And  Mo'ab  said  unto  the  d  elders  of  Mid'i-an, 
Now  shall  this  company  lick  up  all  that  are  round 
about  us,  as  the  ox  licketh  up  the  grass  of  the  field. 
And  Ba'lak  the  son  of  Zip'por  ivas  king  of  the  Mo'- 
ab-Ites  at  that  time. 

5  He  sent  messengers  therefore  unto  eBa'laam 
the  son  of  Be' or  to  /Pe'th6r,  which  is  by  the  river 
of  the  land  of  the  children  of  his  people,  to  call  him, 
saying,  Behold,  there  is  a  people  come  out  from 


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THE  EXPULSION   OF  HAGAR.— Genesis  xxi.  14. 


Balak  and  Balaam. 


NUMBERS,  22. 


The  opposing  angel. 


E'gypt :  behold,  they  cover  the  xface  of  the  earth, 
and  they  abide  over  against  me  : 

6  Come  now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  °  curse  me 
this  people  ;  for  they  are  too  mighty  for  me  :  per- 
adventure  I  shall  prevail,  that  we  may  smite  them, 
and  that  I  may  drive  them  out  of  the  land  :  for  I 
wot  that  he  whom  thou  blessest  is  blessed,  and  he 
whom  thou  cursest  is  cursed. 

7  And  the  elders  of  Mo'ab  and  the  elders  of 
Mid'i-an  departed  with  the  h rewards  of  divination 
in  their  hand  ;  and  they  came  unto  Ba'laam,  and 
spake  unto  him  the  words  of  Ba'lak. 

8  And  he  said  unto  them,  Lodge  here  this  night, 
and  I  will  bring  you  word  again,  as  the  Lord  shall 
speak  unto  me  :  and  the  princes  of  Mo'ab  abode 
with  Ba'laam. 

9  And  "God  came  unto  Ba'laam,  and  said,  What 
men  are  these  with  thee  ? 

10  And  Ba'laam  said  unto  God,  Ba'lak  the  son  of 
Zip'por,  king  of  Mo'ab,  hath  sent  unto  me,  saying, 

11  Behold,  there  is  a  people  come  out  of  E'gypt, 
which  covereth  the  face  of  the  earth :  come  now, 
curse  me  them ;  peradventure  2 1  shall  be  able  to 
overcome  them,  and  drive  them  out. 

12  And  God  said  unto  Ba'laam,  Thou  shalt  not  go 
with  them  ;  thou  shalt  not  curse  the  people  :  for 
J'they  are  blessed. 

13  And  Ba'laam  rose  up  in  the  morning,  and  said 
unto  the  princes  of  Ba'lak,  Get  you  into  your  land  : 
for  the  Lord  refuseth  to  give  me  leave  to  go  with 
you. 

14  And  the  princes  of  Mo'ab  rose  up,  and  they 
went  unto  Ba'lak,  and  said,  Ba'laam  refuseth  to 
come  with  us. 

15  TT  And  Ba'lak  sent  yet  again  princes,  more,  and 
more  honourable  than  they. 

16  And  they  came  to  Ba'laam,  and  said  to  him, 
Thus  saith  Ba'lak  the  son  of  Zip'por,  3Let  nothing, 
I  pray  thee,  hinder  thee  from  coming  unto  me  : 

17  For  k  I  will  promote  thee  unto  very  great  honour, 
and  I  will  do  whatsoever  thou  sayest  unto  me  : 
come  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  curse  me  this  people. 

18  And  Ba'laam  answered  and  said  unto  the  ser- 
vants of  Ba'lak,  If  Ba'lak  would  give  me  his  house 
full  of  silver  and  gold, 1 1  cannot  go  beyond  the  word 
of  the  Lord  my  God,  to  do  less  or  more. 

19  Now  therefore,  I  pray  you,  tarry  ye  also  here 
this  night,  that  I  may  know  what  the  Lord  will  say 
unto  me  more. 

20  And  God  came  unto  Ba'laam  at  night,  and  said 
unto  him,  If  the  men  come  to  call  thee,  rise  up,  and 
go  with  them ;  but  rayet  the  word  which  I  shall  say 
unto  thee,  that  shalt  thou  do. 

21  And  Ba'laam  rose  up  in  the  morning,  and 
saddled  his  ass,  and  went  "with  the  princes  of 
Mo'ab. 

22  Tf  And  God's  anger  was  kindled  because  he 
went  :  °  and  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  in  the  way 
for  an  adversary  against  him.  Now  he  was  riding 
upon  his  ass,  and  his  two  servants  ivere  with  him. 

23  And  "the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stand- 
ing in  the  way,  and  his  sword  drawn  in  his  hand  : 


B.  C.  1452. 


1  eye. 

(j  Gen.  12.  3. 

ch.  23.  7. 

Deut.  23.  4. 

Josh.  24.  9. 

1  Sam.  17.  43. 

Neh.  13.  2. 


h  Ex.  23.  8. 
1  Sam.  9.  7,  8. 
Prov.  17.  23. 
Isa.  56.  11. 
Mic.  3.  11. 


i  Gen.  20.  3. 
Gen.  31.  24. 


2  I  shall  prevail 
in  fighting 
against  him. 

j  Gen.  12.  2. 
Gen.  22.  17. 
ch.  23.  20. 
Deut.  23.  5. 
Deut.  33.  29. 
Ps.  144.  15. 
Rom.  11.  29. 

3  Be  not  thou 
letted  from, 

/.Deut.  1G.  19. 

Ps.  49.  17. 

Matt.  4.  8,  9. 

Matt.  16.  26. 
I  1  Ki.  22.  14. 

2  Chr.  18.  13. 
m  ch.  23.  12,  26. 

ch.  24.  13. 

Ps.  33.  10,  11. 

Isa.  37.  29. 

Isa.  46.  10. 
n  Prov.  15.  27. 

1  Tim.  G.  9,10. 

2  Pet.  2.  15. 
Jude  11. 

o  Ex.  4.  24. 

Ex.  23.  20. 
p  2  Ki.  6.  17. 
q  Isa.  47.  12. 

1  Cor.  3.  19. 
r  Isa.  26.  11. 

Hos.  2.  6. 
*  Prov.  14.  16. 

Prov.  27.  3,  4. 

Jas.  1.  19.. 
/  Matt.  19.  26. 

1  Cor.  1.  19. 

2  Pet.  2.  16. 
u  Prov.  12.  10. 

Eccl.  9.  3. 
Jer.  17.  9. 
Matt.  15.  19. 
el  Cor.  1.  27. 

4  who  hast 
ridden  upon 
me. 

5  Or,  ever  since 
thou  wast.  etc. 

w  Gen.  21.  19. 
2  Ki.  6.  17. 

1  Chr.  21.  16. 
Luke  24.  16. 

z  Job8.  20. 

Prov.  11.  2. 

Jer.  3.  25. 
G  Or,  bowed 

himself. 

7  to  be  an 
adversary 
unto  thee. 

y  Deut.  23.  4. 
Prov.  28.  6. 
Mic.  G.  5. 
Acts  13.  10. 

2  Pet.  2.  14.  15. 
z  1  Sam.  26.  21 . 

2  Sam.  12.  13. 

8  be  evil  in 
thine  eyes. 

«  Gen.  14.  17. 
Gen.  18.  2. 

1  Sam.  13.  10. 
Acts  28.  15. 

b  1  Ki.  22.  14. 

2  Clir.  18.  13. 

9  Or,  A  city  of 
streets. 


and  the  ass  turned  aside  out  of  the  way,  and  went 
into  the  field  :  and  Ba'laam  smote  the  ass,  to  turn 
her  into  the  way. 

24  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  in  a  path  of 
the  vineyards,  a  wall  being  on  this  side,  and  a  wall 
on  that  side. 

25  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
she  thrust  herself  unto  the  wall,  and  crushed  Ba- 
laam's "  foot  against  the  wall :  and  he  smote  her 
again. 

26  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  further,  and 
stood  in  a  narrow  place, r  where  was  no  way  to  turn 
either  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

27  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
she  fell  down  under  Ba'laam :  sand  Ba'laam's  anger 
was  kindled,  and  he  smote  the  ass  with  a  staff. 

28  And  the  Lord  'opened  the  mouth  of  the  ass, 
and  she  said  unto  Ba'laam,  What  have  I  done  unto 
thee,  that  thou  hast  smitten  me  these  three  times? 

29  And  Ba'laam  said  unto  the  ass,  Because  thou 
hast  mocked  me  :  I  would  there  were  a  sword  in 
mine  hand,  "for  now  would  I  kill  thee. 

30  And  *the  ass  said  unto  Ba'laam,  Am  not  I  thine 
ass,  4upon  which  thou  hast  ridden  5  ever  since  I  was 
thine  unto  this  day  ?  was  I  ever  wont  to  do  so  unto 
thee  ?     And  he  said,  Nay. 

31  Then  the  Lord  w opened  the  eyes  of  Ba'laam, 
and  he  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord  standing  in"  the 
way,  and  his  sword  drawn  in  his  hand  :  and  he 
x  bowed  down  his  head,  and  6fell  flat  on  his  face. 

32  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  him, 
Wherefore  hast  thou  smitten  thine  ass  these  three 
times?  behold,  I  went  out 7  to  withstand  thee,  because 
thy  way  is  v  perverse  before  me  : 

33  And  the  ass  saw  me,  and  turned  from  me  these 
three  times  :  unless  she  had  turned  from  me,  surely 
now  also  I  had  slain  thee,  and  saved  her  alive. 

34  And  Ba'laam  said  unto  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
ZI  have  sinned  ;  for  I  knew  not  that  thou  stoodest 
in  the  way  against  me :  now  therefore,  if  it 8  displease 
thee,  I  will  get  me  back  again. 

35  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  Ba'laam, 
Go  with  the  men  :  but  only  the  word  that  I  shall 
speak  unto  thee,  that  thou  shalt  speak.  So  Ba'laam 
went  with  the  princes  of  Ba'lak. 

36  IF  And  when  Ba'lak  heard  that  Ba'laam  was 
come,  "he  went  out  to  meet  him  unto  a  city  of 
Mo'ab,  which  is  in  the  border  of  Ar'non,  which  is 
in  the  utmost  coast. 

37  And  Ba'lak  said  unto  Ba'laam,  Did  I  not  ear- 
nestly send  unto  thee  to  call  thee  ?  wherefore  earnest 
thou  not  unto  me  ?  am  I  not  able  indeed  to  promote 
thee  to  honour  ? 

38  And  Ba'laam  said  unto  Ba'lak,  Lo,  I  am  come 
unto  thee  :  have  I  now  any  power  at  all  to  say  any 
thing  ?  b  the  word  that  God  putteth  in  my  mouth, 
that  shall  I  speak. 

39  And  Ba'laam  went  with  Ba'lak,  and  they  came 
unto  9Kir'jath-hu'zoth. 

40  And  Ba'lak  offered  oxen  and  sheep,  and  sent  to 
Ba'laam,  and  to  the  princes  that  were  with  him. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  Ba'- 

137 


Balak's  sacrifice. 


NUMBERS,  23,  24. 


Balaam's  parable. 


lak  took  Ba'laam,  and  brought  him  up  into  the 
chigh  places  of  Ba'al,  that  thence  he  might  see  the 
utmost  part  of  the  people. 

CHAPTER  23. 

Balak's  sacrifice  and  Balaam's  parable. 

\  ND  Ba'laam  said  unto  Ba'lak,  Build  me  here 
-^-  seven  altars,  and  prepare  me  here  seven  oxen 
and  seven  rams. 

2  And  Ba'lak  did  as  Ba'laam  had  spoken;  and 
Ba'lak  and  Ba'laam  offered  on  every  altar  a  bullock 
and  a  ram. 

3  And  Ba'laam  said  unto  Ba'lak,  Stand  by  thy 
burnt  offering,  and  I  will  go:  peradventure  the 
Lord  will  come  to  meet  me  :  and  whatsoever  he 
sheweth  me  I  will  tell  thee.  And  *  he  went  to  an 
high  place. 

4  And  God  met  Ba'laam :  and  he  said  unto  him,  I 
have  prepared  seven  altars,  and  I  have  offered  upon 
every  altar  a  bullock  and  a  ram. 

5  And  the  Lord  "put  a  word  inBa'laam's  mouth,  and 
said,  Return  unto  Ba'lak,  and  thus  thou  shalt  speak. 

6  And  he  returned  unto  him,  and,  lo,  he  stood  by 
his  burnt  sacrifice,  he,  and  all  the  princes  of  Mo'ab. 

7  And  6he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said,  JBa'lak  the 
king  of  Mo'ab  hath  brought  me  from  c  A'ram,  out 
of  the  mountains  of  the  east,  saying,  Come,  curse 
me  Ja'cob,  and  come,  d  defy  Is'ra-el. 

8  How  shall  I  curse,  whom  God  hath  not  cursed  ? 
or e  how  shall  I  defy,  ivhom  the  Lord  hath  not  defied  ? 

9  For  from  the  top  of  the  rocks  I  see  him,  and  from 
the  hills  I  behold  him :  lo,  ythe  people  shall  dwell 
alone,  and  °  shall  not  be  reckoned  among  the  nations. 

10  feWho  can  count  the  dust  of  Ja'cob,  and  the 
number  of  the  fourth  part  of  Ig'ra-el  ?  Let 2  me 
die  the  i  death  of  the  righteous,  and  let  my  last  end 
be  like  his ! 

11  And  Ba'lak  said  unto  Ba'laam,  What  hast  thou 
done  unto  me?  jl  took  thee  to  curse  mine  enemies, 
and,  behold,  thou  hast  blessed  them  altogether. 

12  And  he  answered  and  said,  Must  I  not  take  heed 
to  speak  that  which  the  Lord  hath  put  in  my  mouth? 

13  And  Ba'lak  said  unto  him,  Come,  I  pray  thee, 
with  me  unto  another  place,  from  whence^hou  may- 
est  see  them :  thou  shalt  see  but  the  utmost  part  of 
them,  and  shalt  not  see  them  all :  and  curse  me 
them  from  thence. 

14  Tf  And  he  brought  him  into  the  field  of  Zo'phim, 
to  the  top  of  3Pig'gah,  ''and  built  seven  altars,  and 
offered  a  bullock  and  a  ram  on  every  altar. 

15  And  he  said  unto  Ba'lak,  Stand  here  by  thy 
burnt  offering,  while  I  meet  the  Lord  yonder. 

16  And  the  Lord  met  Ba'laam,  and  put  a  word  in 
his  mouth,  and  said,  Go  again  unto  Ba'lak,  and  say 
thus. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  him,  behold,  he  stood  by 
his  burnt  offering,  and  the  princes  of  Mo'ab  with 
him.  And  Ba'lak  said  unto  him,  What  'hath  the 
Lord  spoken  ? 

18  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said,  mRise  up, 
Ba'lak,  and  hear ;  hearken  unto  me,  thou  son  of 
Zip'por : 

138 


B.  C.  1452. 


c  Deut.  12.  2. 
2  Chr.  11.  15. 
Jer.  48.  35. 


1  Or,  be  went 
solitary. 


a  Deut.  IS.  IS. 
Jer.  1.  9. 

0  Job  27.  1. 
Ps.  78.  2. 
Ezek.  17.  2. 
Mic.  2.  4. 
Hab.  2.  G. 
Matt.  13.  35. 

c  Gen.  10.  22. 

Gen.  28.  5. 
d  1  Sam.  17.  10. 
e  Prov.  21.  30. 

Isa.  47.  12. 
/Lev.  20.  24. 

Deut.  33.  28. 

1  Ki.  8.  53. 
g  Ezra  9.  2. 

Eph.  2.  14. 
h  Gen.  22.  17. 

2  my  soul,  or, 
my  life. 

i  Ps.  116.  15. 

Isa.  57.  1,  2. 
j  Josh.  24.  10. 

Neb.  13.  2. 

3  Or,  The  hill. 
A' Isa.  1.  10,  11. 

Hos.  12.  11. 

1  1  Sam.  3.  17. 
m  .Tudg.  3.  20. 
n  1  Sam.  15.  29. 

Ps.  102.  2fi,  27. 

Mai.  3.  6. 

Rom.  11.  29. 

Tit.  1.  2. 

Jas.  1.  17. 
o  Gen.  12.  2. 

Gen.  22.  17. 

ch.  22.  12. 
;>  Jer.  50.  20. 

Hos.  14.  2-4. 

Mic.  7.  1S-20. 

Rom.  4.  7. 

Rom.  fi.  14. 

2  Cor.  5.  19. 
q  Ex.  13.  21. 

r  Ps.  89.  15. 

Ps.  97.  1. 

Ps.  98.  6. 

Isa.  33.  22. 

Luke  19. 

37,  38. 
s  Deut.  33.  17. 

4  Or,  in. 
^Ps.  31.  19. 

5  Or,  The 
wilderness. 

u  2  Pet.  2.  1G. 


1  to  the  meet- 
ing of  en- 
chantments. 

a  ch.  11.  25. 

1  Sum.  19.  20. 

2  Cbr.  lo.  1. 
Matt.  7.  21-23. 

1  Cor.  12.  8,10. 
b  ch.  23.  7. 

2  who  had  his 
eye3  shut,  but 
now  opened. 

c  1  Sam.  19.  24. 
Ezek.  1.  28. 
Dan.  8.  18. 

2  Cor.  12.  2. 
Rev.  1.  10,  17. 

dPs.  1.  3. 

Jer.  17.  8. 
e  1  Sam.  15.  32. 
f-2  Sam.  5.  12. 

1  Ki.  4.21. 

1  Chr.  14.  2. 

Isa.  2.  2. 


19  n  God  is  not  a  man,  that  he  should  lie ;  neither 
the  son  of  man,  that  he  should  repent :  hath  he  said, 
and  shall  he  not  do  it  ?  or  hath  he  spoken,  and  shall 
he  not  make  it  good? 

20  Behold,  I  have  received  commandment  to  bless : 
and  °he  hath  blessed ;  and  I  cannot  reverse  it. 

21  pHe  hath  not  beheld  iniquity  in  Ja'cob,  neither 
hath  he  seen  perverseness  in  Ig'ra-el :  the  9Lord  his 
God  is  with  him,  rand  the  shout  of  a  king  is  among 
them. 

22  God  brought  them  out  of  E'gypt;  he  hath  as  it 
were  sthe  strength  of  an  unicorn. 

23  Surely  there  is  no  enchantment 4  against  Ja'cob, 
neither  is  there  any  divination  against  Ig'ra-el: 
according  to  this  time  it  shall  be  said  of  Ja'cob  and 
of  Ig'ra-el,  *What  hath  God  wrought! 

24  Behold,  the  people  shall  rise  up  as  a  great  lion, 
and  lift  up  himself  as  a  young  lion :  he  shall  not  lie 
down  until  he  eat  of  the  prey,  and  drink  the  blood 
of  the  slain. 

25  U  And  Ba'lak  said  unto  Ba'laam,  Neither  curse 
them  at  all,  nor  bless  them  at  all. 

26  But  Ba'laam  answered  and  said  unto  Ba'lak, 
Told  not  I  thee,  saying,  All  that  the  Lord  speaketh, 
that  I  must  do? 

27  H  And  Ba'lak  said  unto  Ba'laam,  Come,  I  pray 
thee,  I  will  bring  thee  unto  another  place ;  perad- 
venture it  will  please  God  that  thou  mayest  curse 
me  them  from  thence. 

28  And  Ba'lak  brought  Ba'laam  unto  the  top  of 
Pe'or,  that  looketh  toward  5  Jesh'i-mon. 

29  And  "Ba'laam  said  unto  Ba'lak,  Build  me  here 
seven  altars,  and  prepare  me  here  seven  bullocks 
and  seven  rams. 

30  And  Ba'lak  did  as  Ba'laam  had  said,  and  offered 
a  bullock  and  a  ram  on  every  altar. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Balaam  prophesies  in  favor  of  Israel.     10  BaluWs  anger. 

AND  when  Ba'laam  saw  that  it  pleased  the  Lord 
■£*-  to  bless  Ig'ra-el,  he  went  not,  as  at  other  times, 
Ho  seek  for  enchantments,  but  he  set  his  face  to- 
ward the  wilderness. 

2  And  Ba'laam  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  he  saw  Ig'- 
ra-el abiding  in  his  tents  according  to  their  tribes  ; 
and  "the  spirit  of  God  came  upon  him. 

3  And  6he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said,  Ba'laam 
the  son  of  Be'or  hath  said,  and  the  man  2  whose 
eyes  are  open  hath  said  : 

4  He  hath  said,  which  heard  the  words  of  God, 
which  saw  the  vision  of  the  Almighty,  c  falling  into 
a  trance,  but  having  his  eyes  open  : 

5  How  goodly  are  thy  tents,  O  Ja'cob,  and  thy 
tabernacles,  O  Ig'ra-el ! 

6  As  the  valleys  are  they  spread  forth,  as  gardens 
by  the  river's  side,  as  the  trees  of  lign  aloes  d  which 
the  Lord  hath  planted,  and  as  cedar  trees  beside 
the  waters. 

7  He  shall  pour  the  water  out  of  his  buckets,  and 
his  seed  shall  be  in  many  waters,  and  his  king  shall 
be  higher  than  eA'gag,  and  his7 kingdom  shall  be 
exalted. 


- 


Balak's  anger. 


NUMBERS,  25. 


Israel's  whoredoms. 


8  God  brought  him  forth  out  of  E'gypt ;  he  hath 
as  it  were  the  strength  of  an  unicorn  :  he  shall 
eat  up  the  nations  his  enemies,  and  shall  break 
their  bones,  and  pierce  them  through  with  his  ar- 
rows. 

9  He  couched,  he  lay  down  as  a  lion,  and  as  a 
great  lion  :  who  shall  stir  him  up  ?  9  Blessed  is  he 
that  blesseth  thee,  and  cursed  is  he  that  curseth 
thee. 

10  If  And  Ba'lak's  anger  was  kindled  against  Ba'- 
laam, and  he  smote  his  hands  together :  and  Ba'- 
lak said  unto  Ba'laam,  I  called  thee  to  curse  mine 
enemies,  and,  behold,  thou  hast  altogether  blessed 
them  these  three  times. 

11  Therefore  now  flee  thou  to  thy  place :  I  thought 
to  promote  thee  unto  great  honour;  but,  lo,  the 
Lord  hath  kept  thee  back  from  honour. 

12  And  Ba'laam  said  unto  Ba'lak,  Spake  I  not  also 
to  thy  messengers  which  thou  sentest  unto  me, 
saying, 

13  If  Ba'lak  would  give  me  his  house  full  of  silver 
and  gold,  I  cannot  go  beyond  the  commandment 
of  the  Lord,  to  do  either  good  or  bad  of  mine 
own  mind  ;  but  what  the  Lord  saith,  that  will  I 
speak  ? 

14  And  now,  behold,  I  go  unto  my  people  :  come 
therefore,  and  I  will  advertise  thee  what  this  peo- 
ple shall  do  to  thy  people  in  the  latter  days. 

15  If  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said,  Ba'- 
laam the  son  of  Be 'or  hath  said,  and  the  man  whose 
eyes  are  open  hath  said  : 

16  He  hath  said,  which  heard  the  words  of  God, 
and  knew  the  knowledge  of  the  most  High,  which 
saw  the  vision  of  the  Almighty,  falling  into  a  trance, 
but  having  his  eyes  open  : 

17  hl  shall  see  him,  but  not  now  :  I  shall  behold 
him,  but  not  nigh  :  there  shall  come  l'a_Star  out  of 
Ja'cob,  and  ja  Sceptre  shall  rise  out  of  Ig'ra-el,  and 
shall  3 smite  the  corners  of  Mo'ab,  and  destroy  all 
the  children_of  Sheth. 

18  And  feE'dom  shall  be  a  possession,  Se'ir  also 
shall  be  a  possession  for  his  enemies  ;  and  Ig'ra-el 
shall  do  valiantly. 

19  Out  of  Ja'cob  shall  come  he  that  shall  have 
dominion,  and  shall  destroy  him  that  remaineth  of 
the  city. 

20  If  And  when  he  looked  on  Am'a-lek,  he  took  up 
his  parable,  and  said,  Am'a-lek  ivas  4the  first  of  the 
nations  ;  but  his  latter  end  5  shall  be  that  he  perish 
for  ever. 

21  And  he  looked  on  the  Ken'ites,  and  took  up  his 
parable,  and  said,  Strong  is  thy  dwellingplace,  and 
thou  puttest  thy  nest  in  a  rock. 

22  Nevertheless  6the  Ken'ite  shall  be  wasted, 
:  until  Assh'ur  shall  carry  thee  away  captive. 

23  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said,  Alas, 
who  shall  live  when  God  doeth  this  ! 

24  And  ships  shall  come  from  the  coast  of  'Ch.it'- 
tim,  and  shall  afflict  Assh'ur,  and  shall  afflict  '"E'ber, 
and  "he  also  shall  perish  for  ever. 

25  And  Ba'laam  rose  up,  and  went  and  returned 
to  his  place  :  and  Ba'lak  also  went  his  way. 


B.  C.  1452. 


g  Gen.  12.  3. 
Ex.  23.  22. 
Ps.  122.  (i. 

Matt.  25. 
40.  45. 


h  Job  19.  25-27. 
i  Jer.  23.  5. 

Dan.  2.  44. 

Luke  1.  32,  33. 

Heb.  1.  8. 

Rev.  22.  1G. 
j  Gen.  49.  10. 

Ps.  110.  2. 

3  Or,  smite 
through  the 
princes  of 
Moab. 

k  Gen.  27.  37. 
2  Sam.  8.  14. 
Ps.  GO.  8-12. 
Isa.  34.  5. 
Amos  9.  12. 

4  Or,  the  first 
of  the  nations 
that  warred 
against  Israel. 

5  Or,  shall  be 
even  to  de- 
struction. 

6  Kain. 

7  Or,  how  long 
shall  it  be  ere 
Asshur  carry 
thee  away 
captive  ? 

I  Gen.  10.  4. 

Isa.  23. 1. 

Dan.  11.  30. 
m  Gen.  11.  14. 
n  Lev.  26.  28. 

Deut.  28.  3G. 

Matt.  23.  37. 


a  ch.  33.  49. 

Mic.  6.  5. 
&ch.  31.  16. 

Rev.  2.  14. 
c  Josh.  22.  17. 

Hos.  9.  10. 
t!  Ex.  34.  15. 
e  Ex.  20.  5. 
f  Ps.  106.  29. 
g  Josh.  22.  17. 
h  Deut.  13.  17. 
i  1  Ki.  18.  40. 
/  Joel  2.  17. 
k  Ex.  6.  25. 

1  a  spear,  or, 
pike. 

J  1  Cor.  10.  8. 
m  Ps.  106.  30. 

2  with  my  zeal. 
n  Ex.  20.  5. 

Ps.  78.  53. 

Nah.  1.  2. 

Zeph.  1.  18. 
o  Hal.  3.  1. 
p  1  Chr.  6.  4. 
q  Ex.  40.  15. 
r  Acts  22.  3. 

3  house  of  a 
father. 


CHAPTER  25. 

l  The  ramp  at  Shittim.    10  Phinehas  given  an  everlasting  priesthood. 

AND  I§'ra-el  abode  in  "Shit'tim,  and  6the  people 
-£*-  began  to  commit  whoredom  with  the  daughters 
of  Mo'ab. 

2  And  cthey  called  the  people  unto  the  d  sacrifices 
of  their  gods  :  and  the  people  did  eat,  and  e  bowed 
down  to  their  gods. 

3  And  Ig'ra-el  joined  himself  unto  Ba'al-pe'or  : 
and  'the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
Ig'ra-el. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  "Take  all  the 
heads  of  the  people,  and  hang  them  up  before  the 
Lord  against  the  sun,  h  that  the  fierce  anger  of  the 
Lord  may  be  turned  away  from  Ig'ra-el. 

5  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  judges  of  Ig'ra-el, 
'Slay  ye  every  one  his  men  that  were  joined  unto 
Ba'al-pe'or. 

6  If  And,  behold,  one  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
came  and  brought  unto  his  brethren  a  Mid'i-an-it- 
ish  woman  in  the  sight  of  Mo'geg,  and  in  the  sight 
of  all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
Jwho  were  weeping  before  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation. 

7  And  when  Phin'e-has,  '-the  son  of  E-le-a'zar,  the 
son  of  Aar'on  the  priest,  saw  it,  he  rose  up  from 
among  the  congregation,  and  took  Ja  javelin  in  his 
hand ; 

8  And  he  went  after  the  man  of  Ig'ra-el  into  the 
tent,  and  thrust  both  of  them  through,  the  man  of 
Ig'ra-el,  and  the  woman  through  her  belly.  So 
the  plague  was  stayed  from  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

9  And  'those  that  died  in  the  plague  were  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

10  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

11  m Phin'e-has,  the  son  of  E-le-a'zar,  the  son  of 
Aar'on  the  priest,  hath  turned  my  wrath  away  from 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  while  he  was  zealous  2for 
my  sake  among  them,  that  I  consumed  not  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  mmy  jealousy. 

12  Wherefore  say,  "Behold,  I  give  unto  him  my 
covenant  of  peace  : 

13  And  he  shall  have  it,  and  phis  seed  after  him, 
even  the  covenant  of  "an  everlasting  priesthood  ; 
because  he  was  r zealous  for  his  God,  and  made  an 
atonement  for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

14  Now  the  name  of  the  Ig'ra-el-Ite  that  was  slain, 
even  that  was  slain  with  the  Mid'i-an-It-ish  woman, 
was  Zim'ri,  the  son  of  Sa'lu,  a  prince  of  a  3  chief 
house  among  the  Sim'e-on-Ites. 

15  And  the  name  of  the  Mid'i-an-it-ish  woman 
that  was  slain  was  Coz'bl,  the  daughter  of  Zur  ;  he 
was  head  over  a  people,  and  of  a  chief  house  in 
MId'i-an. 

16  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

17  Vex  the  Mid'i-an-ites,  and  smite  them  : 

18  For  they  vex  you  with  their  wiles,  wherewith 
they  have  beguiled  you  in  the  matter  of  Pe'or,  and 
in  the  matter  of  Coz'bl,  the  daughter  of  a  prince  of 
Mid'i-an,  their  sister,  which  was  slain  in  the  day  of 
the  plague  for  Pe'or's  sake. 

139 


Numbering  of  Israel. 


NUMBERS,  26. 


Numbering  of  Israel. 


CHAPTER  26. 

1  Israel  is  numbered.    52  Inheritance  to  be  by  lot. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  the  plague,_that  the 
-  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg  and  unto  E-le-a'zar 
the  son  of  Aar'on  the  priest,  saying, 

2  "Take  the  sum  of  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
ward, throughout  their  fathers'  house,  all  that  are 
able  to  go  to  war  in  Jg'ra-el. 

3  And  Mo'geg  and  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  spake  with 
them  6in  the  plains  of  Mo'ab  by  Jor'dan  near  Jer'i- 
cho,  saying, 

4  Take  the  sum  of  the  people,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg 
and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  which  went  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

5  TI  "Reu'ben,  the  eldest  son  of  Ig'ra-el  :  the  chil- 
dren of  Reu'ben  ;  Ha'noch,  of  ivhom  cometh  the 
family  of  the  Ha'noch-Ites  :  of  Pal'lu,  the  family  of 
the  Pal'lu-Ites  : 

6  Of  Hez'ron,  the  family  of  the  Hez'ron-Ites  :  of 
Car'mi,  the  family  of  the  Car'mltes. 

7  These  are  the  families  of  the  Reu'ben-Ites  :  and 
they  that  were  numbered  of  them  were  forty  and 
three  thousand  and  seven  hundred  and  thirty. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Pal'lu  ;  E-lI'ab. 

9  And  the  sons  of  E-li'ab  ;  Ne-mu'el,  and  J3a'than, 
and  A-bi'ram.  This  is  that  Da'than  and  A-bl'ram, 
which  ivere  d  famous  in  the  congregation,  who  strove 
against  Mo'geg  and  against  Aar'on  in  the  company 
of  Ko'rah,  when  they  strove  against  the  Lord  : 

10  And  the  earth  opened  her  mouth,  and  swallowed 
them  up  together  with  Ko'rah,  when  that  company 
died,  what  time  the  fire  devoured  two  hundred  and 
fifty  men  :  e  and  they  became  a  sign. 

11  Notwithstanding  -^the  children  of  Ko'rah  died 
not. 

12  TI  The  sons  of  Sim'e-on  after  their  families  :  of 
sNg-mu'el,  the  family  of  the  Ng-mu'el-Ites :  of 
Ja'min,  the  family  of  the  Ja'min-Ites  :  of  h  Ja'chin, 
the  family  of  the  Ja'chin-Ites  : 

13  Of  'Ze'rah,  the  family  of  the  Zar'hites  :  of 
Sha'ul,  the  family  of  the  Sha'ul-Ites. 

14  These  are  the  families  of  the  Sim'e-on-ites, 
twenty  and  two  thousand  and  two  hundred. 

15  TI  The  children  of  Gad  after  their  families  :  of 
^'Ze'phon,  the  family  of  the  Ze'phon-Ites  :  of  Hag'gT, 
the  family  of  the  Hag'gTtes  :  of  Shu'ni,  the  family 
of  the  Shu'nltes  : 

16  Of  ^z'nl,  thefamily  of  the  Oz'nltes  :  of  E'rl, 
the  family  of  the  E 'rites  : 

JlI  Of'  /cA'rod,  the  family  of  the  A'rod-Ites  :  of 
A-re'll,  the  family  of  the  A-re'lltes. 

18  These  are  the  families  of  the  children  of  Gad 
according  to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
forty  thousand  and  five  hundred^ 

19  TI  The  'sons  of  Ju'dah  ivere  Er  and  O'nan  :  and 
Er  and  O'nan  died  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 

20  And  mthe  sons  of  Ju'dah  after  their  families 
were  ;  of  She'lah,  the  family  of  the  She'lan-Ites  :  of 
Pha'rez,  the  family  of  the  Phar'zltes :  of  Ze'rah,  the 
family  of  the  Zar'hites. 

140 


B.  C.  1452. 


a  Ex.  30.  12. 
ch.  1.  2. 


b  Deut.  4.  40-49. 
Deut.  34.  1, 
6-8. 

ch.  22.  1. 
ch.  31.  12. 
ch.  33.  48. 
ch.  35. 1. 


c  Gen.  29.  32. 
Gen.  46.  8. 
Gen.  49.  2,  3. 
Ex.  6.  14. 
ch.  1.  21. 
Deut.  33.  6. 
1  Chr.  5.  1. 
Rev.  7.  5. 


</  ch.  10.  1,  2. 

ch.  27.  3. 

Deut.  11.6. 

Ps.  106.  17. 

Isa.  65.  16. 

Jude  11. 
e  cli.  16.  38. 

1  Sam.  2.  34. 

Job  31.  3. 

Fs.  145.  20. 

Prov.  2.  22. 

Prov.  10.  29. 

Prov.  11.  21. 

.Ter.  29.  22. 

Ezek.  14.  8. 

1  Cor.  10.  6. 

2  Pet.  2.  6. 
Jude  7. 

/Ex.  6.  24. 

1  Chr.  6.  22. 
g  Gen.  46.  10, 

Ex.  6.  15, 

Jemuel. 
h  1  Chr.  4.  24, 

Jarib. 
i  Gen.  46.  10, 

Zohar. 
j  Gen.  46.  16, 

Ziphion. 
1  Or,  Ezbon. 
k  Gen.  46.  16, 

Arodi. 

1  Gen.  38.  2. 

Gen.  46.  12. 

1  Chr.  2.  3. 
m  Gen.  49.  8. 

1  Chr.  2.  3. 

Rev.  7.  5. 
n  Gen.  46.  13. 

ch.  1.  28.  29. 

1  Chr.  7.  1. 

2  Or,  Phuvah. 

3  Or,  Job. 

o  Gen.  46.  14. 

Gen.  49.  13. 

ch.  1.  30,31. 

Deut.  33.  18. 
p  Gen.  41.  51. 

Gen.  46.  20. 

ch.  1.  32-35. 

Deut.  33.  17. 
q  ch.  32.  39,  40. 

ch.  36.  1. 

Deut.  3.  15. 

Josh.  17.  1. 

Judg.  5.  14. 

1  Chr.  7. 14, 15. 
r  Called  Abiezer, 

Josh.  17.  2. 

Judg.  6.  11, 

24,  34. 
s  ch.  27.  1. 

Josh.  17.  3. 
1 1  Chr.  7.  20, 

Bered. 
u  Deut.  33.  13- 

17. 
v  Gen.  40.  21. 

1  Chr.  7.  6. 

1  Chr.  8.  1. 
w  Gen.  40.  21, 

Ehi. 

1  Chr.  8.  1, 

Aharah. 
.rGen.  46.  21, 

Muppim,  and, 

Hnppim. 
y  1  Chr.  8.  3, 

Addar. 


21  And  the  sons  of  Pha'rez  were ;  of  Hez'ron,  the 
family  of  the  Hez'ron-Ites  :  of  Ha'miil,  the  family 
of  the  Ha'mul-Ites. 

22  These  are  the  families  of  Ju'dah  according  to 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  threescore  and 
sixteen  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

23  II  n  Of  the  sons  of  Is'sa-char  after  their  fami- 
lies :  of  To 'la,  the  family  of  the  To'la-Ites  :  of  2  Pu'a, 
the  family  of  the  Pu'nltes  : 

24  Of  3  Jash'ub,  the  family  of  the  Jash'ub-Ites  :  of 
Shim'ron,  the  family  of  the  Shim'ron-Ites. 

25  These  are  the  families  of  Is'sa-char  according 
to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  threescore 
and  four  thousand  and  three  hundred. 

26  T[  "Of  the  sons  of  Zeb'u-lun  after  their  fami- 
lies :  of  Se'red,  the  family  of  the  Sar'dltes  :  of 
E'lon,  the  family  of  the  E'lon-Ites  :  of  Jah'le-el,  the 
family  of  the  Jah'le-el-Ites. 

27  These  are  the  families  of  the  Zeb'u-lun-Ites 
according  to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
threescore  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

28  If  The  p  sons  of  Jo'geph  after  their  families  were 
Ma-nas'seh  and  E'phra-Im. 

29  Of  the  sons  of  Ma-nas'seh  :  of  5Ma'chir,_the 
family  of  jthe  Ma'chir-Ites  :  and  Ma'chir  begat  Gil'- 
e-ad:  of  Gil'e-ad  come  the  family  of  the  Gil'e-ad- 
Ites. 

30  These  are  the  sons  of  Gil'e-ad  :  of  r  Je-e'zer, 
the  family  of  the  Je-e'zer-Ites  :  of  He'lek,  the  family 
of  the  He'lek-Ites : 

31  And  o/As'ri-el,  the  family  of  the  As'ri-el-Ites : 
and  o/She'chem,  the  family  of  the  She'chem-Ites  : 

32  And  of  She-mI'da,  the  family  of  the  She-ml'da- 
Ites  :  and  of  He'pher,  the  family  of  the  He'pher- 
Ites. 

33  TI  And  sZe-lo'phe-had  the  son  of  He'pher  had 
no  sons,  but  daughters  :  and  the  names  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Ze-lo'phe-had  were  Mah'lah,  and  No'ah, 
Hog'lah,  Mll'cah,  and  Tir'zah. 

34  These  are  the  families  of  Ma-nas'seh,  and  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them,  fifty  and  two  thou- 
sand and  seven  hundred. 

35  TI  These  are  the  sons  of  E'phra-Im  after  their 
families  :  of  Shu'the-lah,  the  family  of  the  Shu'thal- 
hltes  :  of  'Be'cher,  the  family  of  the  Bach 'rites  :  of 
Ta'han,  the  family  of  the  Ta'han-Ites. 

36  And  these  are  the_sons  of  Shu'the-lah:  of 
E'ran,  the  family  of  the  E'ran-Ites. 

37  These  are  the  families  of  the  sons  of  E'phra-Im 
according  to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
thirty  and  two  thousand  and  five  hundred.  These 
are  the  sons  of  "Jo'geph  after  their  families. 

38  TI  The  ''sons  of  Ben'ja-min  after  their  families : 
of  Be'la,  the  family  of  the  Be'la-Ites^  of  Ash'bel, 
the  family  of  _the  Ash'bel-Ites  :  of  w  A-hl'ram,  the 
family  of  the  A-hl'ram-Ites : 

39  Of  x  Shu'pham,  the  family  of  the  Shu'pham- 
Ites  :  of  Hu'pham,  the  family  of  the  Hu'pham-Ites. 

40  And  the  sons  of  Be'la  were  «Ard  and  Na'a- 
man :  of  Ard,  the  family  of  the  Ard'Ites :  and  of 
Na'a-man,  the  family  of  the  Na'a-mltes. 

41  These  are  the  sons  of  Ben'ja-min  after  their 


Inheritance  by  lot. 


NUMBERS,  27. 


Law  of  inheritance. 


families  :  and  they  that  were  numbered  of  them 
were  forty  and  five  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

42  II  z  These  are  the  sons  of  Dan  after  their  fami- 
lies :  of  4  Shu 'ham,  the  family  of  the  Shu'ham-ites. 
These  are  the  families  of  Dan  after  their  families. 

43  All  the  families  of  the  Shu'ham-Ttes,  according 
to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them,  were  three- 
score and  four  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

44  If  a0f  the  children  of  Ash'er  after  their  fam- 
ilies: of  Jim'na,  the  family  of  the  Jim'nltes:  of 
Jes'u-I,  the  family  of  the  Jes'u-Ites  :  of  Be-rl'ah,  the 
family  of  the  Be-ri'ites. 

45  Of  the  sons  of  Be-rl'ah :  of  He'ber,  the  family 
of  the  He'ber-Ites  :  of  Mal'chi-el,  the  family  of  the 
Mal'chi-el-Ites. 

46  And  the  name  of  the  daughter  of  Ash'er  was 
Sa'rah. 

47  These  are  the  families  of  the  sons  of  Ash'er 
according  to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them ; 
who  were  fifty  and  three  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

48  If  60/the  sons  of  Naph'ta-li  after  their  fami- 
lies :  of  Jah'ze-el,  the  family  of  the  Jah'ze-el-Ites : 
of  Gu'nl,  the  family  of  the  Gu'nltes  : 

49  Of  Je'zer,  the  family  of  the  Je'zer-ites  :  of 
"Shil'lem,  the  family  of  the  Shil'lem-ites. 

50  These  a,re  the  families  of  Naph'ta-li  according 
to  their  families  :  and  they  that  were  numbered 
of  them  were  forty  and  five  thousand  and  four 
hundred. 

51  d  These  were  the  numbered  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el,  six  hundred  thousand  and  a  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  thirty. 

52  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

53  Unto  5  these  the  land  shall  be  divided  for  an 
inheritance  according  to  the  number  of  names. 

54  eTo  many  thou  shalt6  give  the  more  inheritance, 
and  to  few  thou  shalt  7give  the  less  inheritance :  to 
every  one  shall  his  inheritance  be  given  according 
to  those  that  were  numbered  of  him. 

55  Notwithstanding  the  land  shall  be  /divided  by 
lot :  according  to  the  names  of  the  tribes  of  their 
fathers  they  shall  inherit. 

56  According  to  the  lot  shall  the  possession  thereof 
be  divided  between  many  and  few. 

57  If  And  ?  these  are  they  that  were  numbered  of 
i  the  Le'vites  after  their  families  :  of  Ger'shon,  the 
I  family  of  the  Ger'shon-Ites  :  of  Ko'hath,  the  family 

of  the  Ko'hath-Ites  :  of  Me-ra'rl,  the  family  of  the 
M§-ra' rites. 

58  These  are  the  families  of  the  Le'vltes  :  the 
family  of  the  LIb'nItes,  the  family  of  the  He'bron- 
Ites,  the  family  of  the  Mah'lites,  the  family  of 
the  Mu'shltes,  the  family  of  the  Ko'rath-Ites.  And 
Ko'hath  begat  Am'ram. 

59  And  the  name  of  Am 'ram's  wife  was h  Joch'e-bed, 
the  daughter  of  Le'vi,  whom  her  mother  bare  to 
Le'vi  in  E'gypt :  and  she  bare  unto  Am'ram  Aar'on 
and  Mo's_e§,  and  Mir  'I- am  their  sister. 

60  And  unto  Aar'on  was  born  Na'dab,  and  A-bi'hu, 
E-le-a'zar,  and  Ith'a-mar. 

61  And  'Na'dab  and  A-bi'hu  died,  when  they 
offered  strange  fire  before  the  Lord. 


B.  C.  1452. 


z  Gen.  4G.  2:5. 
Gen.  49. 16,  17 
ch.  1.38,  39. 
Deut.  33.  22. 

4  Or,  Hushim. 


a  Gen.  40.  17. 
1  Chr.  7.  30. 


b  Gen.  4G.  24. 
1  Chr.  7. 13. 


c  1  Chr.  7.  13, 
Shallmn. 


d  ch.  1.  4G. 
ch.  2.  32. 

5  Thus  each 
man's  portion 
would  be  fif- 
teen acres. 

e  ch.  33.  54. 

6  multiply  his 
inheritance. 

7  diminish  his 
inheritance. 

/ch.  34.  13. 

Josh.  11.23. 

Josh.  14.  2. 

Josh.  17.  14. 

Josh.  18.  G, 

10,  11. 
jrGen.  46.  11. 

Ex.  6.  1G. 

1  Chr.  6.  1,  16. 
h  Ex.  2.  1,  2. 
fLev.  10.  1,2. 

ch.  3.  4. 

1  Chr.  24.  2. 
j  ch.  3.  39. 
k  ch.  1.  49. 
I  ch.  18.  20, 

23,  24. 

ch.  35.  2-8. 

Deut.  10.  9. ' 

Deut.  14. 

27-29. 

Deut.' 18.  1,2. 

Josh.  14.  3. 
m  ch.  1.1. 

Deut.  2.  14, 15. 
n  ch.  14.  28. 

Deut.  32. 

49,50. 

Ps.  90.  3-8. 

Rom.  11.  22. 

1  Cor.  10.  5. 

Heb.  3. 17,  18. 

Jude  5. 
o  ch.  14.  30. 

ch.  32.  12. 

Deut.  1.3G,  38. 


ach.  1.  34,35. 

ch.  2G.  33. 

ch.  3G.  1,  11. 

1  Chr.  7. 15. 
b  ch.  26.  G4,  G5. 
c  ch.  16.  1,  2. 
d  ch.  14.  22-37. 

Rom.  5.  12. 
1  diminished. 
e  Ex.  18.  15. 

Lev.  24. 12, 13. 

Prov.  3.  5,  6. 
/  ch.  36.  2. 
g  ch.  35.  29. 
h  Deut.  3.  27. 

Deut.  32.  49. 


62  And  j those  that  were  numbered  of  them  were 
twenty  and  three  thousand,  all  males  from  a  month 
old  and  upward  :  fcfor  they  were  not  numbered 
among  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  because  there  was 
'no  inheritance  given  them  among  the  children  of 
I§'ra-el. 

63  If  These  are  they  that  were  numbered  by  Mo'geg 
and  E-le-a'zar  the  priest,  who  numbered  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  in  the  plains  of  Mo'ab  by  Jor'dan  near 
Jer'i-cho. 

64  m  But  among  these  there  was  not  a  man  of  them 
whom  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  the  priest  numbered,  when 
they  numbered  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Si'nai. 

65  For  the  Lord  had  said  of  them,  They  "shall 
surely  die  in  the  wilderness.  And  there  was  not 
left  a  man  of  them,  °save  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Jg- 
phiin'neh,  and  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  Law  of  inheritance.    18  Joshua  to  succeed  Moses. 

fTlHEN  came  the  daughters  of  ^Ze-lo'phe-had,  the 
-*-  son  of  He'pher,  the  son  of  Gil'e-ad,  the  son  of 
Ma'chir,  the  son  of  Ma-nas'seh,  of  the  families  of 
Ma-nas'seh  the  son  of  Jo'geph  :  and  these  are  the 
names  of  his  daughters  ;  Mah'lah,  No'ah,  and  Hog'- 
lah,  and  MTl'cah,  and  Tir'zah. 

2  And  they  stood  before  Mo'§e§,  and  before  E-le- 
a'zar  the  priest,  and  before  the  princes  and  all  the 
congregation,  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  saying, 

3  Our  father  6died  in  the  wilderness,  and  he  was 
not  in  the  company  of  them  that  gathered  them- 
selves together  against  the  Lord  cin  the  company 
of  Ko'rah ;  d  but  died  in  his  own  sin,  and  had  no 
sons. 

4  Why  should  the  name  of  our  father  be  xdone 
away  from  among  his  family,  because  he  hath  no 
son  ?  Give  unto  us  therefore  a  possession  among 
the  brethren  of  our  father. 

5  And  Mo'geg  e brought  their  cause  before  the 
Lord. 

6  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

7  The  daughters  of  Ze-lo'phe-had  speak  right : 
^"thou  shalt  surely  give  them  a  possession  of  an 
inheritance  among  their  father's  brethren ;  and  thou 
shalt  cause  the  inheritance  of  their  father  to  pass 
unto  them. 

8  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
saying,  If  a  man  die,  and  have  no  son,  then  ye  shall 
cause  his  inheritance  to  pass  unto  his  daughter. 

9  And  if  he  have  no  daughter,  then  ye  shall  give 
his  inheritance  unto  his  brethren. 

10  And  if  he  have  no  brethren,  then  ye  shall  give 
his  inheritance  unto  his  father's  brethren. 

11  And  if  his  father  have  no  brethren,  then  ye 
shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  his  kinsman  that  is 
next  to  him  of  his  family,  and  he  shall  possess  it  : 
and  it  shall  be  unto  the  children  of  Is'ra-el  "a 
statute  of  judgment,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'seg. 

12  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'§e§,  *Get  thee  up 

141 


Joshua  chosen  leader. 


NUMBERS,  28. 


Of  feasts  and  offerings. 


into  this  mount  Ab'a-rim,  and  see  the  land  which 

1  have  given  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

13  And  when  thou  hast  seen  it,  thou  also  'shalt 
be  gathered  unto  thy  people,  as  Aar'on  thy  brother 
was  gathered. 

14  For  ye  j  rebelled  against  my  commandment  in 
the  desert  of  Zin,  in  the  strife  of  the  congregation, 
to  sanctify  me  at  the  water  before  their  eyes  :  that 
is  the  k  water  of  Mer'i-bah  in  Ka'desh  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Zin. 

15  1  And  Mo'geg  spake  unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

16  Let  the  Lord,  the  'God  of  the  spirits  of  all 
flesh,  set  a  man  over  the  congregation, 

17  m  Which  may  go  out  before  them,  and  which 
may  go  in  before  them,  and  which  may  lead  them 
out,  and  which  may  bring  them  in ;  that  the  con- 
gregation of  the  Lord  be  not  *  as  sheep  which  have 
no  shepherd. 

18  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Take  thee 
Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  a  man  °in  whom  is  the 
spirit,  and  lay  thine  hand  upon  him  ; 

19  And  set  him  before  E-le-a'zar  the  priest^-and 
before  all  the  congregation ;  and  pgive  him  a  charge 
in  their  sight. 

20  And  9thou  shalt  put  some  of  thine  honour  upon 
him,  that  all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  '"may  be  obedient. 

21  And  she  shall  stand  before  E-le-a'zar  the  priest, 
who_ shall  ask  counsel  for  him  'after  the  judgment 
of  U'rim  before  the  Lord  :  i(at  his  word  shall  they 
go  out,  and  at  his  word  they  shall  come  in,  both  he, 
and  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  with  him,  even  all 
the  congregation. 

22  And  Mo'geg  did  as  the  Lord  commanded  him  : 
and  he  took  Josh'u-a,  and  set  him  before  E-le-a'zar 
the  priest,  and  before  all  the  congregation  : 

23  And  he  laid  his  hands  upon  him,  vand  gave 
him  a  charge,  as  the  Lord  commanded  by  the  hand 
of  Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  Observance  of  offerings.     11  Feusts.    26  Firslfruits. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 
■  2  Command  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  My  offering,  and  "my  bread  for  my 
sacrifices  made  by  fire,  for  1a  sweet  savour  unto  me, 
shall  ye  observe  to  offer  unto  me  in  their  due  season. 

3  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  6This  is  the  of- 
fering made  by  fire  which  ye  shall  offer  unto  the 
Lord  ;  two  lambs  of  the  first  year  without  spot 

2  day  by  day,  for  a  continual  burnt  offering. 

4  The  one  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  in  the  morning, 
and  the  other  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  3  at  even  ; 

5  And  ca  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of  flour  for  a 
rfmeat  offering,  mingled  with  the  fourth  part  of  an 
ehin  of  beaten  oil. 

6  It  is  a  continual  burnt  offering,  which  was  or- 
dained in  mount  Sl'nai  for  a  sweet  savour,  a  sacri- 
fice made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  drink  offering  thereof  shall  be  the 
fourth  part  of  an  hin  for  the  one  lamb :  •'"in  the 
holy  place  shalt  thou  cause  the  strong  wine  to  be 
poured  unto  the  Lord  for  a  drink  offering. 

142 


B.  C.  1452. 


i  ch.  20.  24,  28. 
ch.  31.  2. 
Deut.  10.  0. 


./Deut.  1.  37. 
Ps.  106.  32. 


*  Ex.  17.  7. 
ch.  20.  1, 
13,  24. 


I  eh.  1G.  22. 
Heb.  12.  9. 
Zech.  12.  1. 

m  Deut.  31.  2. 

1  Sam.  8.  20. 

2  Chr.  1.  10. 


n  1  Ki.  22.  17. 
2  Chr.  18.  16. 
Matt.  9.  36. 


o  Gen.  41.  38. 


p  Deut.  31.  7. 


?ch.  11.  17. 

1  Sam.  10.  6. 

2  Ki.  2.  15. 

r  Deut.  34.  9. 

Josh.  1.  16. 
S  Josh.  9.  14. 

Judg.  1.1. 

1  Sam.  23.  9. 

1  Sam.  30.  7. 
I  Lev.  8.  8. 

Deut.  33.  8. 

1  Sam.  28.  6. 
u  Josh.  9.  14. 

1  Sam.  22.  10. 


v  Deut.  3.  28. 
Isa.  55.  4. 


«  Lev.  3.  11. 
Mai.  1.  7,  12. 

1  a  savour  of 
my  rest. 

b  Ex.  29.  38. 

2  in  a  day. 

3  between  the 
two  evenings. 

c  Ex.  16.  36. 

Lev.  2.  1. 

ch.  15.  4. 
dLev.  2.  1. 
e  Ex.  29.  40. 
/  Ex.  29.  42. 

Lev.  23.  13. 

ch.  15.  5,7,10. 

Isa.  57.  6. 
g  Ezek.  46.  4. 
h  ch.  10. 10. 

1  Sam.  20.  5. 

1  Chr.  23.  31. 

2  Chr.  2.  4. 
Neh.  10.  33. 
Isa.  1.  13,  14. 
Hos.  2.  11. 
Col.  2.  16. 

i  ch.  15.  4. 

ch.  29.  10. 
j  Ex.  12.  6. 

Lev.  23.  5. 

Ezek.  45.  21. 

Matt.  2G.  2, 17. 

Luke  22.  7. 
k  Ex.  12.  15-17. 

Lev.  23.  6. 
I  Lev.  23.  7. 
m  Lev.  22.  20. 

ch.  29.  8. 

Deut.  15.  21. 
n  Lev.  16.  18. 

Rom.  8.  3. 

Gal.  4.  4. 

Heb.  9.  12. 
o  2  Cor.  2.  15. 

Eph.  5.  2. 
p  Ex.  12.  16. 

Lev.  23.  8. 
q  Ex.  23.  16. 

Lev.  23.  10, 15. 

Deut.  16.  10. 

Prov.  3.  9. 

Acts  2.  1. 


8  And  the  other  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  at  even  : 
as  the  meat  offering  of  the  morning,  and  as  the 
drink  offering  thereof,  thou  shalt  offer  it,  a  sacri- 
fice made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

9  1  And  on  the  sabbath  day  two  lambs  of  the  first 
year  without  spot,  and  two  tenth  deals  of  flour  for 
a  meat  offering,  mingled  with  oil,  and  the  drink 
offering  thereof : 

10  This  is  9the  burnt  offering  of  every  sabbath, 
beside  the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  his  drink 
offering. 

11  Tf  And  Mn  the  beginnings  of  your  months  ye 
shall  offer  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord  ;  two 
young  bullocks,  and  one  ram,  seven  lambs  of  the 
first  year  without  spot ; 

12  And  i  three  tenth  deals  of  flour  for  a  meat  of- 
fering, mingled  with  oil,  for  one  bullock ;  and  two 
tenth  deals  of  flour  for  a  meat  offering,  mingled 
with  oil,  for  one  ram  ; 

13  And  a  several  tenth  deal  of  flour  mingled  with 
oil  for  a  meat  offering  unto  one  lamb  ;  for  a  burnt 
offering  of  a  sweet  savour,  a  sacrifice  made  by  fire 
unto  the  Lord. 

14  And  their  drink  offerings  shall  be  half  an  hin  of 
wine  unto  a  bullock,  and  the  third  part  of  an  hin 
unto  a  ram,  and  a  fourth  part  of  an  hin  unto  a 
lamb  :  this  is  the  burnt  offering  of  every  month 
throughout  the  months  of  the  year. 

15  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering  unto 
the  Lord  shall  be  offered,  beside  the  continual  burnt 
offering,  and  his  drink  offering. 

16  And  5in  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first  month 
is  the  passover  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  /cin  the  fifteenth  day  of  this  month  is  the 
feast :  seven  days  shall  unleavened  bread  be  eaten. 

18  In  the  'first  day  shall  be  an  holy  convocation; 
ye  shall  do  no  manner  of  servile  work  therein  : 

19  But  ye  shall  offer  a  sacrifice  made  by  fire  for  a 
burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord  ;  two  young  bullocks, 
and  one  ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
mthey  shall  be  unto  you  without  blemish  : 

20  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be  of  flour  min- 
gled with  oil :  three  tenth  deals  shall  ye  offer  for  a 
bullock,  and  two  tenth  deals  for  a  ram ; 

21  A  several  tenth  deal  shalt  thou  offer  for  every 
lamb,  throughout  the  seven  lambs : 

22  And  n  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering,  to  make  an 
atonement  for  you. 

23  Ye  shall  offer  these  beside  the  burnt  offering  in 
the  morning,  which  is  for  a  continual  burnt  offering. 

24  After  this  manner  ye  shall  offer  daily,  through- 
out the  seven  days,  the  meat  of  the  sacrifice  made 
by  fire,  of  °a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord:  it  shall 
be  offered  beside  the  continual  burnt  offering,  and 
his  drink  offering. 

25  And  p  on  the  seventh  day  ye  shall  have  an  holy 
convocation  ;  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work. 

26  H  Also  "  in  the  day  of  the  firstf raits,  when  ye 
bring  a  new  meat  offering  unto  the  Lord,  after  your 
weeks  be  out,  ye  shall  have  an  holy  convocation ;  ye 
shall  do  no  servile  work : 

27  But  ye  shall  offer  the  burnt  offering  for  a  sweet 


Solemn  feasts 


NUMBERS,  29. 


and  their  offerings. 


savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  ''  two  young  bullocks,  one 
ram,  seven  lambs  of  the  first  year ; 

28  And  their  meat  offering  of  flour  mingled  with 
oil,  three  tenth  deals  unto  one  bullock,  two  tenth 
deals  unto  one  ram, 

29  A  several  tenth  deal  unto  one  lamb,  throughout 
the  seven  lambs  ; 

30  And  one  kid  of  the  goats,  to  make  an  atone- 
ment for  you. 

31  Ye  shall  offer  them  beside  the  continual  burnt 
offering,  and  his  meat  offering,  (they  shall  be  unto 
you  without  blemish)  and  their  drink  offerings. 

CHAPTER  29. 

Solemn  feasts  and  their  offerings. 

AND  in  the  seventh  month,  on  the  first  day  of 
-  the  month,  ye  shall  have  an  holy  convocation ; 
ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  :  °  it  is  a  day  of  blowing 
the  trumpets  unto  you. 

2  And  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering  for  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  one  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
and  seven  lambs  of  the  first  year  without  blemish : 

3  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be  of  flour  mingled 
with  oil,  three  tenth  deals  for  a  bullock,  and  two 
tenth  deals  for  a  ram, 

4  And  one  tenth  deal  for  one  lamb,  throughout  the 
seven  lambs : 

5  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering,  to 
make  an  atonement  for  you  : 

6  Beside  Hhe  burnt  offering  of  the  month,  and  his 
meat  offering,  and  c  the  daily  burnt  offering,  and 
his  meat  offering,  and  their  drink  offerings,  d  accord- 
ing unto  their  manner,  for *  a  sweet  savour,  a  sacrifice 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

7  H  And  eye  shall  have  on  the  tenth  day  of  this 
seventh  month  an  holy  convocation ;  and  ye  shall 
f  afflict  your  souls :  ye  shall  not  do  any  work  therein : 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord 
for  a  sweet  savour ;  one  young  bullock,  one  ram,  and 
seven  lambs  of  the  first  year ;  "they  shall  be  unto 
you  without  blemish : 

9  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be  of  flour  mingled 
with  oil,  three  tenth  deals  to  a  bullock,  and  two 
tenth  deals  to  one  ram, 

10  A  several  tenth  deal  for  one  lamb,  throughout 
the  seven  lambs : 

11  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering;  beside 
Hhe  sin  offering  of  atonement,  and  the  continual 
burnt  offering,  and  the  meat  offering  of  it,  and  their 
drink  offerings. 

12  TI  And  *on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  seventh 
month  ye  shall  have  an  holy  convocation ;  ye  shall 
do  no  servile  work,  and  ye  shall  keep  a  feast  unto 
the  Lord  seven  days  : 

13  And  ^'ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering,  a  sacrifice 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  thir- 
teen young  bullocks,  two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs 
of  the  first  year  ;  they  shall  be  without  blemish : 

14  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be  of  flour  min- 
gled with  oil,  three  tenth  deals  unto  every  bullock  of 
the  thirteen  bullocks,  two  tenth  deals  to  each  ram 
of  the  two  rams, 


B.  C.  1452. 


r  Lev.  23.  18,  l'J. 


a  Lev.  23.  24. 
Ps.  89.  15. 
Isa.  27.  13. 
Zech.  9.  14. 
Mark  16.  15. 
1  Cor.  15.  52. 
Rev.  8.  6-13. 


b  ch.  28.  11. 

c  Ex.  29.  38. 

Lev.  6.  9. 

ch.  28.  3. 

Dan.  12.  11. 
d  ch.  15.  11,  12. 
1  a  savour  of 

rest. 

e  Lev.  16.  29. 

Lev.  23.  27. 


/EzraS.  21. 
Ps.  35.  13. 
Isa.  58.  5. 
Matt.  5.  4. 
Luke  13.  3,  4 

1  Cor.  9.  27. 

2  Cor.  7.  9. 
Jas.  4.  9. 

g  Lev.  22.  20. 
ch.  28.  19. 
Deut.  15.  21. 
Deut.  17.  1. 


h  Lev.  16.  3,  5. 


i  Ex.  23.  16. 
Ex.  34.  22. 
Lev.  23.  34. 
Deut.  16.  13. 
Ezek.  45.  25. 

j  Ezra  3.  4. 
Dan.  9.  24. 
Heb.  7.  18,  19. 
Heb.  8.  13. 
Heb.  10.  1-18. 

2  Perhaps  the 
gradual  de- 
crease of  the 
bullocks  de- 
noted the 
gradual  aboli- 
tion of  the 
ceremonies. 

k  ch.  15.  12. 
ch.  28.  7,  14. 
Lev.  2. 

I  Heb.  7.  26. 
1  Pet.  1.  19. 
Rev.  5.  6-14. 


15  And  a  several  tenth  deal  to  each  lamb  of  the 
fourteen  lambs : 

16  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering ; 
beside  the  continual  burnt  offering,  his  meat  offer- 
ing, and  his  drink  offering. 

17  If  And  on  the  second  day  ye  shall  offer  twelve 
2  young  bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  the 
first  year  without  spot : 

18  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and  for  the 
lambs,  shall  be  according  to  their  number,  k  after 
the  manner : 

19  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering ; 
beside  the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  the  meat 
offering  thereof,  and  their  drink  offerings. 

20  H  And  on  the  third  day  eleven  bullocks,  two 
rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first  year  without 
blemish  ; 

21  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and  for  the 
lambs,  shall  be  according  to  their  number,  after  the 
manner : 

22  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering ;  beside  the  con- 
tinual burnt  offering,  and  his  meat  offering,  and  his 
drink  offering. 

23  T[  And  on  the  fourth  day  ten  bullocks,  two  rams, 
and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first  year  without  blem- 
ish : 

24  Their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offerings 
for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs, 
shall  be  according  to  their  number,  after  the  man- 
ner : 

25  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering ; 
beside  the  continual  burnt  offering,  his  meat  offer- 
ing, and  his  drink  offering. 

26  Tf  And  on  the  fifth  day  nine  bullocks,  two  rams, 
and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first  year  l  without  spot : 

27  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and  for  the 
lambs,  shall  be  according  to  their  number,  after  the 
manner : 

28  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering;  beside  the 
continual  burnt  offering,  and  his  meat  offering,  and 
his  drink  offering. 

29  H  And  on  the  sixth  day  eight  bullocks,  two 
rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first  year  without 
blemish  : 

30  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and  for  the 
lambs,  shall  be  according  to  their  number,  after  the 
manner  : 

31  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering ;  beside  the 
continual  burnt  offering,  his  meat  offering,  and  his 
drink  offering. 

32  1  And  on  the  seventh  day  seven  bullocks,  two 
rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first  year  without 
blemish  : 

33  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and  for  the 
lambs,  shall  be  according  to  their  number,  after  the 
manner : 

34  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering;  beside  the 

143 


Laivs  concerning  vows. 


NUMBERS,  30,  31. 


Conquest  of  Midian. 


continual  burnt  offering,  his  meat  offering,  and  his 
drink  offering. 

35  If  On  the  eighth  day  ye  shall  have  a  "'solemn 
assembly :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein : 

36  But  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering,  a  sacrifice 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  :  one 
bullock,  one  ram,  seven  lambs  of  the  first  year  with- 
out blemish : 

37  Their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  offerings 
for  the  bullock,  for  the  ram,  and  for  the  lambs, 
shall  be  according  to  their  number,  after  the  manner : 

38  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering;  beside  the 
continual  burnt  offering,  and  his  meat  offering,  and 
his  drink  offering. 

39  These  things  ye  shall  3do  unto  the  Lord  in  your 
"set  feasts,  beside  .your  "vows,  and  your  freewill 
offerings,  for  your  b  rnt  offerings,  and  for  your 
meat  offerings,  and  for  your  drink  offerings,  and 
for  your  peace  offerings. 

40  And  p  Mo'geg  told  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  accord- 
ing to  all  that  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Concerning  a  maid's  row.    9  That  of  a  widow. 

A  ND  Mo'geg  spake  unto  "the  heads  of  the  tribes 
-^-  concerning  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying, 
This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord  hath  commanded. 

2  6If  a  man  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  or  "swear 
an  oath  to  bind  his  soul  with  a  bond ;  he  shall  not 
1  break  his  word,  he  shall  ddo  according  to  all  that 
proceedeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

3  If  a  woman  also  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  and 
bind  herself  by  a  bond,  being  in  her  father's  house 
in  her  youth ; 

4  And  her  father  hear  her  vow,  and  her  bond 
wherewith  she  hath  bound  her  soul,  and  her  father 
shall  hold  his  peace  at  her  :  then  all  her  vows  shall 
stand,  and  every  bond  wherewith  she  hath  bound 
her  soul  shall  stand. 

5  But  if  her  father  disallow  her  in  the  day  that  he 
heareth ;  not  any  of  her  vows,  or  of  her  bonds  where- 
with she  hath  bound  her  soul,  shall  stand  :  and  the 
Lord  shall  forgive  her,  because  her  father  disal- 
lowed her. 

6  And  if  she  had  at  all  an  husband,  when  2she 
vowed,  or  uttered  ought  out  of  her  lips,  wherewith 
she  bound  her  soul  ; 

7  And  her  husband  heard  it,  and  held  his  peace  at 
her  in  the  day  that  he  heard  it :  then  her  vows  shall 
stand,  and  her  bonds  wherewith  she  bound  her  soul 
shall  stand. 

8  But  if  her  husband  c  disallowed  her  on  the  day 
that  he  heard  it ;  then  he  shall  make  her  vow  which 
she  vowed,  and  that  which  she  uttered  with  her 
lips,  wherewith  she  bound  her  soul,  of  none  effect : 
and  the  Lord  shall  forgive  her. 

9  But  every  vow  of  a  widow,  and  of  her  that  is 
f  divorced,  wherewith  they  have  bound  their  souls, 
shall  stand  against  her. 

10  And  if  she  vowed  in  her  husband's  house,  or 
bound  her  soul  by  a  bond  with  an  oath  ; 

11  And  her  husband  heard  it,  and  held  his  peace  at 

144 


B.  C.  1452. 


7n  Lev.  23.  36. 
Ps.  47.  5,  6. 
La.  11.  10. 
Isa.  54. 
Isa.  GO. 
Matt.  28. 
John  7.  37. 
Heb.  1.  3. 
Heb.  4.  9. 
Rev.  7.  9-17. 
Rev.  11.  15. 


3  Or,  offer. 
n  Lev.  23.  2. 

1  Chr.  23.  31. 

Neh.  10.  33. 

Isa.  1.  14. 
o  Lev.  7.  11,  16. 

Lev.  22.21,23. 

Lev.  23.  38. 

ch.  6.  21. 

Deut.  12.  6. 

1  Cor.  10.  31. 
p  Ex.  24.  3. 

Deut.  5.  27-31. 

John  1.  17. 

Acts  7.  37,  38. 


a  ch.  1.  4,  16. 
Deut.  1.13,17 


0  Gen.  28.  20. 
Lev.  27.  2. 
Judg.  11. 
30,  35. 

Ps.  56.  12. 
Prov.  20.  25. 
Eccl.  5.  4. 
c  Lev.  5.  4. 
Matt.  14.  9. 
Acts  23.  14. 

1  profane. 

d  Job  22.  27. 
Ps.  22.  25. 
Ps.  50.  14. 
Ps.  66.  13,  14. 
Nah.  1.  15. 

2  her  vows  were 
upon  her. 

e  Gen.  3.  16. 

1  Cor.  7.  4. 

Eph.  5.  22-24. 

Col.  3.  18. 

1  Pet.  3. 1. 
/Lev.  21.  7. 

3  making  void 
hath  made 
them  void. 

4  Or,  take  away. 


a  ch.  25.  17. 

Deut.  32. 

35,  43. 

Ps.  94.  1. 
b  Gen.  15.  15. 

Gen.  25.  8. 

Gen.  35.  29. 

Gen.  49.  33. 

ch.  27.  13. 

Acts  13.  36. 
c  Deut.  32.  35. 

Jer.  50.  28. 

Ps.  94.  1. 

Rom.  12.  19. 

Heb.  10.  30. 
1  A  thousand 

of  a  tribe, 

a  thousand 

of  a  tribe. 
d  ch.  10.  9. 
e  Deut.  20.  13. 

Judg.  21.11. 

1  Sam.  27.  9. 

1  Ki.  11. 

15,  16. 
/Judg.  6.  1,2, 

33 
g  Josh.  13.  21. 
h  ch.  22. 10. 

ch.  24.  25. 

Ps.  9.  12. 

Prov.  16.  5. 

Prov.  26.  27. 

Matt.  7.  22,  23. 

1  Tim.  6.  9, 10. 

2  Pet.  2. 14-22. 
Jude  11. 
Rev.  2.  14. 

i  Deut.  20.  14. 


her,  and  disallowed  her  not :  then  all  her  vows  shall 
stand,  and  every  bond  wherewith  she  bound  her 
soul  shall  stand. 

12  But  if  her  husband  hath  3  utterly  made  them 
void  on  the  day  he  heard  them ;  then  whatsoever 
proceeded  out  of  her  lips  concerning  her  vows,  or 
concerning  the  bond  of  her  soul,  shall  not  stand  : 
her  husband  hath  made  them  void  ;  and  the  Lord 
shall  forgive  her. 

13  Every  vow,  and  every  binding  oath  to  afflict 
the  soul,  her  husband  may  establish  it,  or  her  hus- 
band may  make  it  void. 

14  But  if  her  husband  altogether  hold  his  peace 
at  her  from  day  to  day  ;  then  he  establisheth  all 
her  vows,  or  all  her  bonds,  which  are  upon  her :  he 
confirmeth  them,  because  he  held  his  peace  at  her 
in  the  day  that  he  heard  them. 

15  But  if  he  shall  any  ways  make  them  void  after 
that  he  hath  heard  them  ;  then  he  shall 4  bear  her 
iniquity. 

16  These  are  the  statutes,  which  the  Lord  com- 
manded Mo'seg,  between  a  man  and  his  wife,  between 
the  father  and  his  daughter,  being  yet  in  her  youth 
in  her  father's  house. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  The  Midianites  conquered.     19  Purification  of  soldiers.    25  Division  of  the  spoils. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-£*-  2  "Avenge  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  of  the  Mid'- 
I-an-Ites  :  afterward  shalt  thou  6be  gathered  unto 
thy  people. 

3  And  Mo'geg  spake  unto  the  people,  saying,  Arm 
some  of  yourselves  unto  the  war,  and  let  them  go 
against  the  Mid'i-an-Ites,  and  c avenge  the  Lord  of 
Mid'i-an. 

4  l  Of  every  tribe  a  thousand,  throughout  all  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  shall  ye  send  to  the  war. 

5  So  there  were  delivered  out  of  the  thousands  of 
Ig'ra-el,  a  thousand  of  every  tribe,  twelve  thousand 
armed  for  war. 

6  And  Mo'geg  sent  them  to  the  war,  a  thousand  of 
every  tribe,  them  and  Phm'e-has  the  son  of  E-le- 
a'zarthe  priest,  to  the  war,  with  the  holy  instruments, 
and  the  d  trumpets  to  blow  in  his  hand. 

7  And  they  warred  against  the  Mid'i-an-ites,  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg ;  and  ethey  slew  all  the 
/males. 

8  And  they  slew  the  kings  of  Mid'i-an,  beside  the 
rest  of  them  that  were  slain  ;  namely,  sE'vi,  and 
Re'kem,  and  Zur,  and  Hur,  and  Re'ba,  five  kings 
of  Mid'i-an  :  *Ba'laam  also  the  son  of  Be'or  they 
slew  with  the  sword. 

9  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  took  all  the  women 
of  Mid'i-an  captives,  and  their  little  ones,  and  took 
the  spoil  of  all  their  cattle,  and  all  their  flocks,  and 
all  their  goods. 

10  And  they  burnt  all  their  cities  wherein  they 
dwelt,  and  all  their  goodly  castles,  with  fire. 

11  And  Hhey  took  all  the  spoil,  and  all  the  prey, 
both  of  men  and  of  beasts. 

12  And  they  brought  the  captives,  and  the  prey, 
and  the  spoil,  unto  Mo'geg,  and  E-le-3'zar  the  priest, 


r  J  /** 


Division  of  the  spoil. 


NUMBERS,  31. 


Sum  of  the  spoil. 


and  unto  the  congregation  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
unto  the  camp  at  the  plains  of  Mo'ab,  which  are  by 
Jor'dan  near  Jer'i-cho. 

13  "II  And  Mo'seg,  and  E-le-a'zar  the  priest,  and  all 
the  princes  of  the  congregation,  went  forth  to  meet 
them  without  the  camp. 

14  And  Mo'seg  was  wroth  with  the  officers  of  the 
host,  with  the  captains  over  thousands,  and  captains 
over  hundreds,  which  came  from  the  2  battle. 

15  And  Mo'ses  said  unto  them,  Have  ye  saved  all 
j  the  women  alive  ? 

16  Behold,  Hhese  caused  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
through  the l  counsel  of  Ba'laam,  to  commit  trespass 
against  the  LORD  in  the  matter  of  Pe'or,  and  there 
was  a  plague  among  the  congregation  of  the  Lord. 

17  Now  therefore  '"kill  every  male  among  the  little 
ones,  and  kill  every  woman  that  hath  known  man 
by  lying  with  3  him. 

18  But  all  the  women  children,  that  have  not  known 
a  man  by  lying  with  him,  keep  alive  for  yourselves. 

19  And  n  do  ye  abide  without  the  camp  seven  days : 
whosoever  hath  killed  any  person,  and  whosoever 
"hath  touched  any  slain,  purify  both  yourselves  and 
your  captives  on  the  third  day,  and  on  the  seventh 
day. 

20  And  purify  all  your  raiment,  and  all  4that  is 
made  of  skins,  and  all  work  of  goats'  hair,  and  all 
things  madeof  wood. 

21  T[  And  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  said  unto  the  men 
of  war  which  went  to  the  battle,  This  is  the  ordi- 
nance of  the  law  which  the  Lord  commanded 
Mo'seg ; 

22  Only  the  gold,  and  the  silver,  the  brass,  the 
iron,  the  tin,  and  the  lead, 

23  Every  thing  that  may  abide  the  fire,  ye  shall 
make  it  go  through  the  fire,  and  it  shall  be  clean  : 
nevertheless  it  shall  be  purified  with  "the  water  of 
separation :  and  all  that  abideth  not  the  fire  ye 
shall  make  go  through  the  water. 

24  And  ?ye  shall  wash  your  clothes  on  the  seventh 
day,  and  ye  shall  be  clean,  and  afterward  ye  shall 
come  into  the  camp. 

25  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'se§,  saying, 

26  Take  the  sum  of  the  prey  5that  was  taken, 
both  of  man  and  of  beast,  thou,  and  E-le-a'zar  the 
priest,  and  the  chief  fathers  of  the  congregation  : 

27  And  '"divide  the  prey  into  two  parts  ;  between 
them  that  took  the  war  upon  them,  who  went  out 
to  battle,  and  between  all  the  congregation  : 

28  And  levy  a  s  tribute  unto  the  Lord  of  the  men 
of  war  which  went  out  to  battle  :  *one  soul  of  five 
hundred,  both  of  the  persons,  and  of  the  beeves, 
and  of  the  asses,  and  of  the  sheep : 

29  Take  it  of  their  half,  and  give  it  unto  E-le-a'- 
zar the  priest,  for  an  heave  offering  of  the  Lord. 

30  And  of  the  children  of  Is'ra-el's  half,  thou 
shalt  take  one  portion  of  fifty,  of  the  persons,  of 
the  beeves,  o^  the  asses,  and  of  the  6  flocks,  of  all 
manner  of  beasts,  and  give  them  unto  the  Le'vites, 
*  which  keep  the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord. 

31  And  Mo'seg  and  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  did  as  the 
Lord  commanded  Mo'seg. 

9 


B.  C.  1452. 


2  host  of  war. 


j  Deut.  2.  34. 
Deut.  20.  14. 
Josh.  «.  21. 
Josh.  8.  25. 

1  Sam.  15.  3. 
I:  eh.  25.  2. 

/  eh.  24.  14. 
Deut.  4.  3. 
Josh.  22.  17. 
Ps.  lOii.  28,  20. 
Hos.  9.  10. 
Mic.  G.  5. 

2  Pet.  2.  15. 
Rev.  2.  14. 

m  Judg.  21.  11. 
3  a  male. 


n  ch.  5.  2. 
ch.  19.  11. 


o  ch.  9.  G.  10. 
ch.  19.  11. 


4  instrument, 
or,  vessel  of 
skins. 


p  ch.  8.  7. 

ch.  19.  9,  17. 
qLev.  11.  25. 

Lev.  14.  9. 

Lev.  15.  13. 

ch.  19.  10,  21. 

Ps.  51.2. 

Zech.  13.  1. 

Eph.  5.  20. 

Heb.  9.  9.  10. 

Heb.  10.  22. 

1  John  1.  7. 
5  of  the  captiv- 
ity- 
r  Josh.  22.  8. 

1  Sam.  30.  4. 

Ps.  G8.  12. 
.s2  Sam.  S.  11. 

1  Chr.  18.  11. 

1  Chr.  2G.  27. 

Isa.  18.7. 

Isa.  23.  18. 

Isa.  GO.  9. 

Matt.  22.  21. 
I  ch.  18.  26. 
G  Or,  goats. 
u  ch.  3.  7.  8, 

25,  31,36. 
eh.  IS.  3,  4. 
1  Chr.  9. 
27-29. 

1  Chr.  23.  32. 
v  Lev.  25.  23. 
Deut.  10. 14. 
Job  41.  11. 
Ps.  24. 1. 
Ps.  50.  12. 
Prov.  3.  9. 
Matt.  22.21. 
Mark  12.  17. 
Luke  20.  25. 
1  Cor.  10. 

26,  28. 

«.'  ch.  5.  9,  10. 

ch.  18.  8,  19. 
7  hand. 
x  Ex.  23.  7. 

Lev.  26.  7-9. 

1  Sam.  30.  19. 

Ps.  72.  14. 

Ps.  116.  15. 
S  found. 
y  Ex.  30.  12,  16. 

Lev.  17.  11. 

Matt.  26.  28. 

Rom.  3.  25. 
9  heave  offering. 
z  Deut.  20.  14. 
a  Ex.  30.  16. 

ch.  1G.  40. 

Zech.  G.  14. 

Luke  22.  19. 

Acts  10.  4. 


32  And  the  booty,  being  the  rest  of  the  prey  which 
the  men  of  war  had  caught,  was  six  hundred  thou- 
sand and  seventy  thousand  and  five  thousand  sheep, 

33  And  threescore  and  twelve  thousand  beeves, 

34  And  threescore  and  one  thousand  asses, 

35  And  thirty  and  two  thousand  persons  in  all,  of 
women  that  had  not  known  man  by  lying  with 
him. 

36  And  the  half,  which  was  the  portion  of  them 
that  went  out  to  war,  was  in  number  three  hundred 
thousand  and  seven  and  thirty  thousand  and  five 
hundred  sheep  : 

37  And  the  Lord's  "tribute  of  the  sheep  was  six 
hundred  and  threescore  and  fifteen. 

38  And  the  beeves  we^e  thirty  and  six  thousand  ; 
of  which  the  Lord's,  tribute  ivas  threescore  and 
twelve.  ;, 

39  And  the  asses  were  thirty  thousand  and  five 
hundred  ;  of  which  the  Lord's  tribute  teas  three- 
score and  one. 

40  And  the  persons  were  sixteen  thousand  ;  of 
which  the  Lord's  tribute  teas  thirty  and  two  persons. 

41  And  Mo'geg  gave  the  tribute,  which  was  the 
Lord's  heave  offering,  unto  E-le-a'zar  the  priest, 
"'as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

42  And  of  the  children  of  Is/ra-el's  half,  which 
Mo'geg  divided  from  the  men  that  warred, 

43  (Now  the  half  that  pertained  unto  the  congre- 
gation was  three  hundred  thousand  and  thirty 
thousand  and  seven  thousand  and  five  hundred  sheep, 

44  And  thirty  and  six  thousand  beeves, 

45  And  thirty  thousand  asses  and  five  hundred, 

46  And  sixteen  thousand  persons ;) 

47  Even  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el's  half,  Mo'ses 
took  one  portion  of  fifty,  both  of  man  and  of  beast, 
and  gave  them  unto  the  Le'vites,  which  kept  the 
charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  ;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'geg. 

48  H  And  the  officers  which  were  over  thousands 
of  the  host,  the  captains  of  thousands,  and  cap- 
tains of  hundreds,  came  near  unto  Mo'geg  : 

49  And  they  said  unto  Mo'geg,  Thy  servants  have 
taken  the  sum  of  the  men  of  war  which  are  under 
our  7  charge,  and  there  lacketh  not  one  xman  of  us. 

50  We  have  therefore  brought  an  oblation  for  the 
Lord,  what  every  man  hath  b gotten,  of  jewels  of 
gold,  chains,  and  bracelets,  rings,  earrings,  and 
tablets, y  to  make  an  atonement  for  our  souls  before 
the  Lord. 

51  And  Mo'§e§  and  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  took  the 
gold  of  them,  even  all  wrought  jewels. 

52  And  all  the  gold  of  the  Offering  that  they  of- 
fered up  to  the  Lord,  of  the  captains  of  thousands, 
and  of  the  captains  of  hundreds,  was  sixteen  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  fifty  shekels. 

53  (For  zthe  men  of  war  had  taken  spoil,  every 
man  for  himself.) 

54  And  Mo'seg  and  E-le-a'zar  the  priest  took  the 
gold  of  the  captains  of  thousands  and  of  hundreds, 
and  brought  it  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, "for  a  memorial  for  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
before  the  Lord. 

145 


Inheritance  of 


NUMBERS,  32. 


Reubenites  and  Gadites. 


CHAPTER  32. 

Reuben  and  Gad  inherit  east  of  Jordan. 

"VTOW  the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  the  children 
-^  of  Gad  had  a  very  great  multitude  of  cattle  : 
and  when  they  saw  the  land  of  "Ja'zer,  and  the 
land  of  Gil'e-ad,  that,  behold,  the  place  ivas  a  place 
for  cattle ; 

2  The  children  of  Gad  and  the  children  _of  Reu'- 
ben came  and  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  and  to  E-le-a'zar 
the  priest,  and  unto  the  princes  of  the  congregation, 
saying, 

3  At'a-roth,  and  Di'bon,  and  Ja'zer,  and  6Nim'rah, 
and  Hesh'bon,  and  E-le-a'leh,  and  cShe'bam,  and 
Ne'bo,  and  dBe'on, 

4  Even  the  country e  which  the  Lord  smote  before 
the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el,  is  a  land  for  cattle,  and 
thy  servants  have  cattle  : 

5  Wherefore,  said  they,  if  we  have  found  grace  in 
thy  sight,  let  this  land  be  given  unto  thy  servants 
for  a  possession,  and  bring  us  not  over  Jor'dan. 

6  T[  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  the  children  of  Gad  and 
to  the  children  of  Reu'ben,  Shall  your  brethren  go 
to  war,  and  shall  ye  sit  here  ? 

7  And  wherefore  a  discourage  ye  the  heart  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  from  going  over  into  the  land 
which  the  Lord  hath  given  them? 

8  Thus  did  your  fathers,  /when  I  sent  them  from 
Ka'desh-bar'ne-a  "to  see  the  land. 

9  For  h  when  they  went  up  unto  the  valley  of  Esh'- 
col,  and  saw  the  land,  they  discouraged  the  heart 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they  should  not  go 
into  the  land  which  the  Lord  had  given  them. 

10  And  *the  Lord's  anger  was  kindled  the  same 
time,  and  he  sware,  saying, 

11  Surely  none  of  the  men  that  came  up  out  of 
E'gypt,  ^'from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  shall 
see  the  land  which  I  sware  unto  A 'bra-ham,  unto 
I'saac,  and  unto  Ja'cob ;  because  Hhey  have  not 
2  wholly  followed  me : 

12  Save  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun'neh  the  Ken'- 
ez-Ite,  and  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun :  'for  they  have 
wholly  followed  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  Lord's  anger  was  kindled  against 
Ig'ra-el,  and  he  made  them  m  wander  in  the  wil- 
derness forty  years,  until  mall  the  generation,  that 
had  done  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  was  con- 
sumed. 

14  And,  behold,  ye  are  risen  up  in  your  fathers' 
stead,  an  increase  of  sinful  men,  to  augment  yet 
the  "fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  toward  Ig'ra-el. 

15  For  if  ye  pturn  away  from  after  him,  he  will 
yet  again  leave  them  in  the  wilderness;  and  ye 
shall  destroy  all  this  people. 

16  If  And  they  came  near  unto  him,  and  said,  We 
will  build  sheepfolds  here  for  our  cattle,  and  cities 
for  our  little  ones : 

17  But  Qwe  ourselves  will  go  ready  armed  before 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  until  we  have  brought  them 
unto  their  place  :  and  our  little  ones  shall  dwell  in 
the  fenced  cities  because  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land. 

18  rWe  will  not  return  unto  our  houses,  until  the 

146 


B.  C. 

1452. 

a  ch.  21.  32. 
Josh.  13.  25. 
2  Sam.  24.  5. 
Isa.  16.  8,  9. 

b  verse  36, 

Beth-nirarah. 
c  verse  38, 

Shibniah. 
(/  verse  38, 

Baal-meon. 
e  ch.  21.  24,  34. 


1  break. 


/ch.  13.  3. 

g  Deut.  1.  22. 

h  ch.  13.  23. 
Deut.  1.  24. 


('ch.  14.  11. 
Deut.  1.  34. 
Ps.  95.  11. 
Heb.  3.  8-19. 


j  Deut.  1.  35. 


k  ch.  14.  24. 
2  fulfilled  after 

me. 
/  Deut.  1.  36. 

Josh.  14.  8,  9. 

Job  4.  7. 

Ps.  37.  29. 

Prov.  11.  31. 
m  ch.  14.  33. 
n  ch.  26.  64. 
o  Deut.  1.  34. 
p  Deut.  30.  17. 

2  Chr.  7.  19. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 
q  Josh.  4.  12,  13. 
r  Josh.  22.  4. 
s  Josh.  12.  1. 
t  Deut.  3.  18. 

Josh.  1.  14. 
u  Deut.  3.  20. 

Josh.  11.  23. 
v  Josh.  22.  4. 
w  Deut.  3.  12. 

Josh.  1.  15. 

Josh.  13.  8,  32. 
x  Gen.  4.  7. 

Gen.  44.  16. 

Ps.  140.  11. 

Prov.  13.  21. 

Isa.  3.  11. 

Isa.  59.  12. 

Rom.  2.  9. 

1  Cor.  4.  5. 
y  verses  16,  34. 
z  Josh.  1.  14. 
a  Josh.  4.  12. 
b  Deut.  3.  12. 

Josh.  12.  6. 
e  ch.  21.  24. 

Deut.  2.  30-35. 

Deut.  3.  1-8. 

Ps.  135.  10,  11. 

Ps.  136.  19-21. 
d  ch.  33.  45. 
e  Deut.  2.  36. 
/verses  1,  3, 

Jazer. 
g  verse  3, 

Nimrah. 


children  of  Ig'ra-el  have  inherited  every  man  his 
inheritance. 

19  For  we  will  not  inherit  with  them  on  yonder 
side  Jor'dan,  or  forward  ;  s because  our  inheritance 
is  fallen  to  us  on  this  side  Jor'dan  eastward. 

20  Tf  And  *  Mo'geg  said  unto  them,  If  ye  will  do 
this  thing,  if  ye  will  go  armed  before  the  Lord  to 
war, 

21  And  will  go  all  of  you  armed  over  J6r'dan 
before  the  Lord,  until  he  hath  driven  out  his 
enemies  from  before  him, 

22  And  "the  land  be  subdued  before  the  Lord: 
then  afterward  vye  shall  return,  and  be  guiltless 
before  the  Lord,  and  before  Ig'ra-el ;  and  u'this  land 
shall  be  your  possession  before  the  Lord. 

23  But  if  ye  will  not  do  so,  behold,  ye  have  sinned 
against  the  Lord:  and  be  sure  *your  sin  will  find 
you  out. 

24  v  Build  you  cities  for  your  little  ones,  and  folds 
for  your  sheep ;  and  do  that  which  hath  proceeded 
out  of  your  mouth. 

25  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  children  of 
Reu'ben  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying,  Thy  servants 
will  do  as  my  lord  commandeth. 

26  zOur  little  ones,  our  wives,  our  flocks,  and  all 
our  cattle,  shall  be  there  in  the  cities  of  Gil'e-ad  : 

27  "But  thy  servants  will  pass  over,  every  man 
armed  for  war,  before  the  Lord  to  battle,  as  my 
lord  saith. 

28  So  concerning  them  Mo'geg  commanded  E-le-a'- 
zar the  priest,  and  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  the 
chief  fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el : 

29  And  Mo'geg  said  unto  them,  If  the  children  of 
Gad  and  the  children  of  Reu'ben  will  pass  with  you 
over  Jor'dan,  every  man  armed  to  battle,  before 
the  Lord,  and  the  land  shall  be  subduedbefore 
you  ;  then  ye  shall  give  them  the  land  of  Gil'e-ad 
for  a  possession  : 

30  But  if  they  will  not  pass  over  with  you  armed, 
they  shall  have  possessions  among  you  in  the  land 
of  Ca'naan. 

31  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  children  of 
Reu'ben  answered,  saying,  As  the  Lord  hath  said 
unto  thy  servants,  so  will  we  do. 

32  We  will  pass  over  armed  before  the  Lord  into 
the  land  of  Ca'naan,  that  the  possession  of  our  in- 
heritance on  this  side  Jor'dan  may  be  ours. 

33  And  '"  Mo'geg  gave  unto  them,  even  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Gad,  and  to  the  children  of  Reu'ben,  and 
unto  half  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  the  son  of  Jo'- 
geph,  cthe  kingdom  of  Sl'hon  king  of  the  Am'or- 
Ites,  and  the  kingdom  of  Og  king  of  Ba'shan,  the 
land,  with  the  cities  thereof  in  the  coasts,  even  the 
cities  of  the  country  round  about. 

34  1  And  the  children  of  Gad  built  d  Di'bon,  and 
At'a-roth,  and  eAr'o-er, 

35  And  At' roth,  Sho'phan,  and  /Ja-a'zer,  and  Jog'- 
be-hah, 

36  And  °  Beth-nim'rah,  and  Beth-ha'ran,  fenced 
cities  :  and  folds  for  sheep. 

37  And  the  children  of  Reu'ben  built  Hesh'bon, 
and  E-le-a'leh,  and  Kir-jath-a'im, 


The  journeys 


NUMBERS,  33. 


of  the  Israelites. 


38  And  feNe'b6,  and  ^Ba'al-me'on,  (J  their  names 
being  changed,)  and  Shlb'mah  :  and  3gave  other 
names  unto  the  cities  which  they  builded. 

39  And  the  children  of  feMa'ch!r  the  son  of  Ma- 
nas'seh  went  to  Gil'e-ad,  and  took  it,  and  dispos- 
sessed the  Am'or-Ite  which  was  in  it. 

40  And  Mo'geg  'gave  Gil'e-ad  unto  Ma'chir  the 
son  of  Ma-nas'seh  ;  and  he  dwelt  therein. 

41  And  mJa'ir  the  son  of  Ma-nas'seh  went  and 
took  the  small  towns  thereof,  and  called  them 
"Ha'voth-ja'ir. 

42  And  No' bah  went  and  took  Ke'nath,  and  the 
villages  thereof,  and  called  it  No'bah,  after  "his 
own  name. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  T/ic  wilderness  journeys.    50  Canuaniles  to  be  erpelled. 

THESE  are  the  journeys  of  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el,  which  went  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt  with  their  armies  under  the  hand  of  Mo'geg 
and  Aar'on. 

2  And  Mo'geg  wrote  their  goings  out  according  to 
their  journeys  by  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  : 
and  these  are  their  journeys  according  to  their 
goings  out. 

3  And  they  "departed  from  Ra-me'seg  in  the  b first 
month,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  first  month ; 
on  the  morrow  after  the  passover  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  jvvent  out  "with  an  high  hand  in  the  sight  of 
all  the  E-gyp'tiang. 

4  For  the  E-gyp'tiang  buried  all  their  firstborn, 
which  the  Lord  had  smitten  among  them  :  dupon 
their  gods  also  the  Lord  executed  judgments. 

5  And  "the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  removed  from  Ra- 
me'seg,  and  pitched  in  Siic'coth. 

6  And  they  departed  from  -^Suc'coth,  and  pitched 
in  E'tham,  which  is  in  the  edge_of  the  wilderness. 

7  And  ffthey  removed  from  E'tham,  and  turned 
again  unto  Pi-ha-hi'roth,  which  is  before  Ba'al-ze'- 
phon  :  and  they  pitched  before  Mig'dol. 

8  And  they  departed  from  before  Pi-ha-hi'roth, 
and  h  passed  through  the  midst  of  the  sea  into 
the  wilderness^and  went  three  days'  journey  in  the 
wilderness  of  E'tham,  and  pitched  in  Ma'rah. 

9  And  they  removed  from  Ma'rah,  and  came  unto 
E'lim  :  and  in  E'lim  were  twelve  fountains  of  water, 
and  threescore  and  ten  palm  trees ;  and  they 
pitched  there. 

10  And  they  removed  from  E'lim,  and  encamped 
by  the  Red  sea. 

11  And  they  removed  from  the  Red  sea,  and  en- 
camped in  the  i  wilderness  of  Sin. 

12  And  they  took  their  journey  out  of  the  wilder- 
ness of  Sin,  and  encamped  in  Doph'kah. 

13  And  they  departed  from  Doph'kah,  and  en- 
camped in  A 'lush. 

14  And  they  removed  from  A 'lush,  and  encamped 
at  ^'Reph'i-dim,  where  was  no  water  for  the  people 
to  drink. 

15  And  they  departed  from  Reph'i-dim,  and 
pitched  in  the  k  wilderness  of  Si'nai. 

16  And  they  removed  from  the  desert  of  Si'nai, 
and  pitched  'at  ^Ib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah. 


B.  C.  1452. 


/'  Isa.  4G.  1 . 
i  ch.  22.  41. 
j  Ex.  23.  13. 
3  they  called  by 

names  the 

names  of  the 

cities. 
k  Gen.  00.  23. 

ch.  20.  29. 

Josh.  17.  1. 
/  Deut.  3.  12. 

Josh.  17.  1. 

m  Deut.  3.  14. 
1  Chr.  2.  21. 


R  Judg.  10.  4. 
1  Ki.  4.  13. 


0  2  Sam.  18.  18. 
Ps.  49.  11. 


a  Gen.  47.  11. 

Ex.  1.  11. 
b  Ex.  12.  2. 

Ps.  105.  38. 

Isa.  52.  12. 

Mic.  2.  13. 
c  Ex.  14.  8. 


d  Ex.  12.  12. 

Isa.  19. 1. 

Zeph.  2.  11. 

Rev.  12.  8. 
e  Ex.  12.  37. 


/Gen.  33.  17. 

Ex.  13.  20. 

Josh.  13.  27. 

1  Ki.  7.  46. 

Ps.  60.  6. 
g  Ex.  14.  2,  9. 


h  Ex.  14.  22. 


i~Ex.  16.  1. 
j  Ex.  17.  1. 
k  Ex.  16.  1. 
Ich.  11.34. 

1  That  is,  The 
graves  of  lust. 

m  ch.  12.  16. 

Deut.  1.  1. 
n  Deut.  1.1, 

Laban. 
o  Deut.  10.  6. 
p  Gen.  36.  27. 

Deut.  10.  6. 

1  Chr.  1.  42. 
q  Deut.  10.  7, 

Gudgodah. 
r  Deut.  2.  8. 

1  Ki.  9.  26. 

1  Ki.  22.  48. 
s  ch.  13.  21. 

ch.  20.  1. 

ch.  27.  14. 

ch.  34.  3,  4. 

Deut.  32.  51. 

Josh.  15.  1. 
t  ch.  20.  22,  23. 

ch.  21.4. 
u  ch.  20.  25,  28. 

Deut.  10.  6. 

Deut.  32.  50. 
v  ch.  21.  1. 

2  Or,  Heaps  of 
Abarim. 

w  ch.  32.  34. 


17  And  they  departed  from  Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah, 
and  encamped  at  Ha-ze'roth. 

18  And  they  departed  from  Ha-ze'roth,  and  pitched 
in  '"Rith'mah. 

19  And  they  departed  from  Rith'mah,  and  pitched 
at  Rim'mon-pa'rez. 

20  And  they  departed  from  Rim'mon-pa'rez,  and 
pitched  in  *  Lib'nah. 

21  And  they  removed  from  Lib'nah,  and  pitched 
at  Ris'sah. 

22  And  they  journeyed  from  Ris'sah,  and  pitched 
in  Ke-hel'a-thah. 

23  And  they  went  from  Ke-hel'a-thah,  and  pitched 
in  mount  Sha'pher. 

24  And  they  removed  from  mount  Sha'pher,  and 
encamped  in  Har'a-dah. 

25  And  they  removed  from  Har'a-dah,  and  pitched 
in  Mak-he'loth. 

26  And  they  removed  from  Mak-he'loth,  and  en- 
camped at  Ta'hath. 

27  And  they  departed  from  Ta'hath,  and  pitched 
at  Ta'rah. 

28  And  they  removed  from  Ta'rah,  and  pitched  in 
Mith'cah. 

29  And  they  went  from  Mith'cah,  and  pitched  in 
Hash-mo 'nah. 

30  And  they  departed  from  Hash-mo 'nan,  and 
"encamped  at  M6-se'roth. 

31  And  they  departed  from  M6-se' roth,  and  pitched 
in  Ben-e-ja'a-kan. 

32  And  they  removed  from  p  Ben-e-ja'a-kan,  and 
encamped  at  9H6r-ha-gid'gad. 

33  And  they  went  from  Hor-ha-gid'gad,  and 
pitched  in  Jot'ba-thah. 

34  And  they  removed  from  Jot'ba-thah,  and 
encamped  at  E-bro'nah. 

35  And  they  departed  from  E-bro'nah,  'and  en- 
camped at  E'zi-on-ga'ber. 

36  And  they  removed  from  E'zi-on-ga'ber,  and 
pitched  in  the  s  wilderness  of  ZTn,  which  is  Ka'desh. 

37  And  they  removed  from  'Ka'desh,  and  pitched 
in  mount  Hor,  in  the  edge  of  the  land  of  E'dom. 

38  And  "Aar'on  the  priest  went  up  into  mount  Hor 
at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord,  and  died_  there, 
in  the  fortieth  year  after  the  _children  of  Ig'ra-el 
were  come  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  in  the  first 
day  of  the  fifth  month. 

39  And  Aar'on  was  an  hundred  and  twenty  and 
three  years  old  when  he  died  in  mount  H6r. 

40  And  "king  A'rad  the  Ca'naan-Ite,  which  dwelt 
in  the  south  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  heard  of  the 
coming  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

41  And  they  departed  from  mount  Hor,  and 
pitched  in  Zal-mo'nah. 

42  And  they  departed  from  Zal-mo'nah,  and  pitched 
in  Pu'non. 

43  And  they  departed  from  Pu'non,  and  pitched 
in  O'both. 

44  And  they  departed  from  O'both,  and  pitched  in 
2Ij'e-ab'a-rim,  in  the  border  ofMo'ab. 

45  And  they  departed  from  I'lm,  and  pitched  in 
wDl'bon-gad. 

147 


Borders  of  Canaan. 


NUMBERS, 


34. 


46  And  they  removed  from  Di'bon-gad,  and  en- 
camped in  xAl'mon-dib-la-tha'im. 

47  And  they  removed  from  Al'mon-dib-la-tha'im, 
"and  pitched  in  the  mountains  of  Ab'a-rim,  before 
Ne'bo. 

48  And  they  departed  from  the  mountains  of 
Ab'a-rim,  and  z  pitched  in  the  plains  of  Mo'ab  by 
Jor'dan  near  Jer'i-cho. 

49  And  they  pitched  by  Jor'dan,  from  Beth-jes'- 
T-moth  even  unto  3A'bel-shit'tim  in  the  plains  of 
Mo'ab. 

50  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'§es_  in  the  plains 
of  Mo'ab  by  Jor'dan  near  Jer'i-cho,  saying, 

51  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Is'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  "When  ye  are  passed  over  Jor'dan  into 
the  land  of  Ca'naan ; 

52  6Then  ye  shall  drive  out  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  from  before  you,  and  destroy  all  their  pictures, 
and  destroy  all  their  molten  images,  and  quite  pluck 
down  all  their  high  places : 

53  And  ye  shall  dispossess  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  and  dwell  therein:  cfor  I  have  given  you  the 
land  to  possess  it. 

54  And  dye  shall  divide  the  land  by  lot  for  an  in- 
heritance among  your  families :  and  to  the  more 
ye  shall  4give  the  more  inheritance,  and  to  the  fewer 
ye  shall  5give  the  less  inheritance :  every  man's  in- 
heritance shall  be  in  the  place  where  his  lot  f  alleth ; 
according  to  the  tribes  of  your  fathers  ye  shall  in- 
herit. 

55  But  if  ye  will  not  drive  out  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land  from  before  you;  then  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that  those  which  ye  let  remain  of  them 
shall  be  e  pricks  in  your  eyes,  and  thorns  in  your 
sides,  and  shall  vex  you  in  the  land  wherein  ye 
dwell. 

56  Moreover  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  I  shall  do 
unto  you,  as  I  thought  to  do  unto  them. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1  Borders  of  Canaan.     16  Princes  to  partition  it. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg,  saying, 
-  2  Command  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them,  When  ye  come  into  "the  land  of  Ca'- 
naan ;  (this  is  the  land  that  shall  fall  unto  you  for 
an  inheritance,  even  the  land  of  Ca'naan  with  the 
coasts  thereof :) 

3  Then  *  your  south  quarter  shall  be  from  the  wil- 
derness of  Zin  along  by  the  coast  of  E'dom,  and  your 
south  border  shall  be  the  outmost  coast  of  cthe  salt 
sea  eastward : 

4  And  your  border  shall  turn  from  the  south 
dto  the  ascent  of  A-krab'bim,  and  pass  on  to  Zin  : 
and  the  going  forth  thereof  shall  be  from  the  south 
to  Ka'desh-bar'ne-a,  and  shall  go  on  to  Ha'zar-ad'- 
dar,  and  pass  on  to  Az'mon  : 

5  And  the  border  shall  jf  etch  a  compass  from  Az'- 
mon eunto  the  river  of  E'gypt,  and  the  goings  out 
of  it  shall  be  at  the  sea. 

6  And  as  for  the  western  border,  ye  shall  even 
have  1  the  great  sea  for  a  border :  this  shall  be 
your  west  border. 

148 


B.  C.  1452. 


x  Jer.  48.  22. 
ych.  21.  20. 

z  ch.  22.  1. 


3  Mournful 
Shittim,  or. 
The  plains  of 
Shittim. 


a  Deut.  7.  1. 
Deut.  9.  1. 


b  Ex.  23.  24. 

Ex.  34.  12-17. 

Deut.  7.  2-5, 

25,  20. 

Deut.  12.  2,  3, 

30,  31. 

Deut.  20.  16- 

18. 

Josh.  11.  12. 

Judg.  2.  2. 
cPs.  24.  1. 

Deut.  10.  14. 

Job  41.  11. 

Dan.  4.  35. 
d  ch.  26.  53. 


4  multiply  his 
inheritance. 

5  diminish  his 
inheritance. 


e  Josh.  23.  13. 
Ps.  100.  34. 


a  Gen.  17.  8. 

Deut.  1.  7. 

Ps.  78.  55. 
b  Josh.  15.  1. 
c  Gen.  14.  3. 
d  ch.  32.  8. 
e  Gen.  15.  18. 

1  Ki.  8.  65. 
Isa.  27.  12. 

1  The  Mediter- 
ranean. 

2  Not  the  Mount 
Hor  on  the 
border  of 
Edom,  where 
Aaron  died, 
but  Mount 
Hor  north  of 
Lebanon. 

/ch.  13.  21.      - 
Josh.  13.  5,  6. 

2  Sam.  8.  9. 
2  Ki.  14.  25. 
Isa.  10.  9. 
Jer.  39.  5. 

g  Ezek.  47.  15. 
h  Ezek.  47.  17. 
i  2  Ki.  23.  33. 

3  shoulder. 

j  Deut.  3.  17. 

Josh.  11.  2. 
k  Josh.  14.  1,  2. 
I  ch.  32.  33. 
m  EX.  0.  23-25. 
n  Gen.  29.  35. 

Deut.  33.  7. 

Ps.  GO.  7. 
och.  13.  6,  30. 

ch.  14.  24,30. 

ch.  20.  65. 

ch.  32.  11,  12. 

Deut.  1.  36. 
p  Gen.  29.  33. 

Gen.  49.  5. 

Ezek.  48.  24. 
q  Gen.  35.  18. 

Deut.  33.  12. 

Ps.  6S.  27. 
r  Gen.  48.  8-22. 

Deut.  33.  13. 

Ps.  80.  1. 
s  Deut.  32.  8. 

Acts  17.  26. 


Princes  to  partition  it 

7  And  this  shall  be  your  north  border :  from 
the  great  sea  ye  shall  point  out  for  you  mount 
2H6r  : 

8  From  mount  Hor  ye  shall  point  out  your  border 
funto  the  entrance  of  Ha 'math  ;  and  the  goings 
forth  of  the  border  shall  be  to  "Ze'dad  : 

9  If  And  the  border  shall  go  on  to  Ziph'ron,  and 
the  goings  out  of  it  shall  be  at  7iHa'zar-e'nan  :  this 
shall  be  your  north  border. 

10  And  ye  shall  point  out  your  east  border  from 
Ha'zar-e'nan  to  She'pham  : 

11  And  the  coast  shall  go  down  from  She'pham 
'  to  Rib'lah,  on  the  east  side  of  A'in ;  and  the 
border  shall  descend,  and  shall  reach  unto  the  3side 
of  the  sea  iof  Chm'ne-reth  eastward  : 

12  And  the  border  shall  go  down  to  Jor'dan,  and 
the  goings  out  of  it  shall  be  at  the  salt  sea :  this 
shall  be  your  land  with  the  coasts  thereof  round 
about. 

13  And  Mo'ge§  commanded  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
saying,  k  This  is  the  land  which  ye  shall  inherit  by 
lot,  which  the  Lord  commanded  to  give  unto  the 
nine  tribes,  and  to  the  half  tribe  : 

14  'For  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Reu'ben  ac- 
cording to  the  house  of  their  fathers,  and  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Gad  according  to  the  house  of 
their  fathers,  have  received  their  inheritance ;  and 
half  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  have  received  their  in- 
heritance : 

15  The  two  tribes  and  the  half  tribe  have  received 
their  inheritance  on  this  side  Jor'dan  near  Jer'i-cho 
eastward,  toward  the  sunrising. 

16  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'§e§,  saying, 

17  These  are  the  names  of  the  men  which  shall 
divide  the  land  unto  you :  '"  E-le-a'zar  the  priest,  and 
Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun. 

18  And  ye  shall  take  one  prince  of  every  tribe,  to 
divide  the  land  by  inheritance. 

19  And  the  names  of  the  men  are  these :  Of  the 
tribe  of  n  Ju'dah,  Ca'leb  "the  son  of  Je-phun'neh. 

20  And  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  p  Sim'e-on, 
Shg-mu'el  the  son  of  Am-mi'hud.  _ 

21  Of  the  tribe  of  5Ben'ja-min,  E-H'dad  the  son  of 
Chis'lon. 

22  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Dan,  Buk'ki  the  son  of  Jog'll. 

23  The  prince  of  the  'children  of  Jo'geph,  for  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh,  Han'ni-el  the 
son  of  E'phod. 

24  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
E'phra-im,  Kg-mu'el  the  son  of  Shiph'tan. 

25  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Zeb'u-lun,  E-liz'a-phan  the  son  of  Par'nach. 

26  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Is'sa-char,  Pal'ti-el  the  son  of  Az'zan. 

27  And^  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Ash'er,  A-hi'hud  the  son  of  Shel'o-mi. 

28  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Naph'ta-li,  Ped'a-hel  the  son  of  Am-mi'hud. 

29  These  are  they  whom  the  Lord  commanded  to 
divide  the  s inheritance  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 


The  Levitical  cities. 


NUMBEES,  35,  36. 


The  cities  of  refuge. 


CHAPTER  35. 

1  The  Levitical  cities.    G  Refuge  cities.    9  Laws  of  murder. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'seg  in  the  plains 
-  of  Mo'ab  by  Jor'dan  near  Jer'i-cho,  saying, 

2  a  Command  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they  give 
unto  the  Le'vites  of  the  inheritance  of  their  posses- 
sion cities  to  dwell  in  ;  and  ye  shall  give  also  unto 
the  Le'vltes  suburbs  for  the  cities  round  about  them. 

3  And  the  cities  shall  they  have  to  dwell  in  ;  and 
the  suburbs  of  them  shall  be  for  their  cattle,  and 
for  their  goods,  and  for  all  their  beasts. 

4  And  the  suburbs  of  the  cities,  which  ye  shall 
give  unto  the  Le'vltes,  shall  reach  from  the  wall  of 
the  city  and  outward *  a  thousand  cubits  round  about. 

5  And  ye  shall  measure  from  without  the  city  on 
the  east  side  two  thousand  cubits,  and  on  the  south 
side  two  thousand  cubits,  and  on  the  west  side  two 
thousand  cubits,  and  on  the  north  side  two  thousand 
cubits  ;  and  the  city  shall  be  in  the  midst :  this  shall 
be  to  them  the  suburbs  of  the  cities. 

6  And  among  the  cities  which  ye  shall  give  unto 
the  Le'vltes  there  shall  be  'six  cities  for  refuge, 
which  ye  shall  appoint  for  the  manslayer,  that  he 
may  flee  thither :  and  2  to  them  ye  shall  add  forty 
and  two  cities. 

7  So  all  the  cities  which  ye  shall  give  to  the  Le'- 
vltes shall  be  c  forty  and  eight  cities  :  them  shall  ye 
give  with  their  suburbs. 

8  And  the  cities  which  ye  shall  give  shall  be  rfof 
the  possession  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el:  efrom 
them  that  have  many  ye  shall  give  many ;  but  from 
them  that  have  few  ye  shall  give  few :  every  one 
shall  give  of  his  cities  unto  the  Le'vltes  according 
to  his  inheritance  which  3  he  inheriteth. 

9  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'geg,  saying, 

10  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  say 
unto  them/ When  ye  be  come  over  Jor'dan  into  the 
land  of  Ca'naan ; 

11  Then  °ye  shall  appoint  you  cities  to  be  cities 
of  refuge  for  you  ;  that  the  slayer  may  flee  thither, 
which  killeth  any  person  4at  unawares. 

12  And  Hhey  shall  be  unto  you  cities  for  refuge 
from  the  avenger  ;  that  the  manslayer  die  not,  until 
he  stand  before  the  congregation  in  judgment. 

13  And  of  these  cities  which  ye  shall  give  six  cities 
shall  ye  have  for  refuge. . 

14  *Ye  shall  give  three  cities  on  this  side- Jor'dan, 
and  three  cities  shall  ye  give  in  the  land  of  Ca'- 
naan, which  shall  be  cities  of  refuge. 

15  These  six  cities  shall  be  a  refuge,  both  for  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el,  and  5for  the  stranger,  and  for 
the  sojourner  among  them :  that  every  one  that  kill- 
eth any  person  unawares  may  flee  thither. 

16  And  k  if  he  smite  him  with  an  instrument  of 
iron,  so  that  he  die,  he  is  a  murderer :  the  murderer 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

17  And  if  he  smite  him  5  with  throwing  a  stone, 
wherewith  he  may  die,  and  he  die,  he  is  a  mur- 
derer :  the  murderer  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

18  Or  if  he  smite  him  with  an  hand  weapon  of 
wood,  wherewith  he  may  die,  and  he  die,  he  is  a  mur- 
derer :  the  murderer  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 


B.  C. 

1451. 

a  Lev.  25.  32,  33. 

ch.  It 

.  20-24. 

Dent. 

IS.  1,  2. 

1  Chr 

0.  (i4. 

Josh. 

14.  3,  4. 

Ezek. 

45.  1. 

1  Six  hundred 
and  eight 
yards. 


b  Deut.  4.  41. 

Josh.  20.  2. 

Ps.  9.  9. 

Ps.  62.  7,  8. 

Isa.  4.  G. 
2  above  them  ye 

shall  give. 


c  1  Chr.  6.  54-81. 
d  Josh.  21.  3. 
e  Ex.  1G.  18. 
ch.  26.  54. 

3  they  inherit. 
/  Deut.  19.  2. 
g  Ex.  21.  13. 

4  by  error. 

//  Deut.  19.  6. 
i  Deut.  4.  41 . 

2  Cor.  8. 13, 14. 
j  ch.  15.  16. 
k  Ex.  21.  12,  14. 

Lev.  24.  f7. 

Deut.  19.  11, 

12. 

5  with  a  stone 
of  the  hand. 

6  He  was  the 
nearest  kins- 
man of  the 
person  slain. 

I  Gen.  4.  8. 

2  Sam.  3.  27. 

1  Ki.  2.  31. 

Luke  4.  29. 
mil.  21.  14. 

Deut  19.  11. 

1  Sam.  18.  10, 

11,  25. 

1  Sain.  20.  1. 

1  Sam.  24.  11. 
Ps.  10.  7-10. 

n  Josh.  20.  6. 

0  Eph.  1.7. 
p  Ex.  29.  7. 

Lev.  4.  3. 
Lev.  21.  10. 

7  no  blood  shall 
be  to  him. 

qch.  27.  11. 
r  Deut.  17.  6. 
Matt.  IS.  1G. 

2  Cor.  13.  1. 

1  Tim.  5.  19. 
Heb.  10.  28. 
Rev.  11.  3. 

8  faulty  to  die. 
s  Acts  4.  12. 

Gal.  2.  21. 

1  Gen.  4.  9-12. 

Lev.  18.  25. 
Deut.  21.  23. 
Ps.  10G.  38. 
Isa.  '26.  21. 
Hos.  4.  2,  3. 
Mic.  4.  11. 

9  there  can  oe 
no  expiation 
for  the  land. 

u  Gen.  9.  6. 
v  Lev.  IS.  25. 

Deut.  21.  23. 
w  ch.  5.  3. 

Ps.  76.  2. 

Isa.  8.  IS. 

Hos.  9.  3. 

2  Cor.  6.  1G. 


a  ch.  26.  29. 


19  GThe  revenger  of  blood  himself  shall  slay  the 
murderer :  when  he  meeteth  him,  he  shall  slay  him. 

20  But  4f  he  thrust  him  of  hatred,  or  hurl  at  him 
mby  laying  of  wait,  that  he  die ; 

21  Or  in  enmity  smite  him  with  his  hand,  that  he 
die :  he  that  smote  him  shall  surely  be  put  to  death  ; 
for  he  is  a  murderer  :  the  revenger  of  blood  shall 
slay  the  murderer,  when  he  meeteth  him. 

22  But  if  he  thrust  him  suddenly  without  enmity, 
or  have  cast  upon  him  any  thing  without  laying  of 
wait, 

23  Or  with  any  stone,  wherewith  a  man  may  die, 
seeing  him  not,  and  cast  it  upon  him,  that  he  die, 
and  was  not  his  enemy,  neither  sought  his  harm : 

24  Then  n  the  congregation  shall  judge  between  the 
slayer  and  the  revenger  of  blood  according  to  these 
judgments : 

25  And  the  congregation  shall  deliver  the  slayer 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  revenger  of  blood,  and  the 
congregation  shall"  restore  him  to  the  city  of  his 
refuge,  whither  he  was  fled :  and  °  he  shall  abide  in 
it  unto  the  death  of  the  high  priest,  which  pwas 
anointed  with  the  holy  oil. 

26  But  if  the  slayer  shall  at  any  time  come  with- 
out the  border  of  the  city  of  his  refuge,  whither  he 
was  fled ; 

27  And  the  revenger  of  blood  find  him  without 
the  borders  of  the  city  of  his  refuge,  and  the  re- 
venger of  blood  kill  the  slayer;  7he  shall  not  be 
guilty  of  blood : 

28  Because  he  should  have  remained  in  the  city 
of  his  refuge  until  the  death  of  the  high  priest: 
but  after  the  death  of  the  high  priest  the  slayer 
shall  return  into  the  land  of  his  possession. 

29  So  these  things  shall  be  for  9a  statute  of  judg- 
ment unto  you  throughout  your  generations  in  all 
your  dwellings. 

30  Whoso  killeth  any  person,  the  murderer  shall 
be  put  to  death  by  the  'mouth  of  witnesses:  but 
one  witness  shall  not  testify  against  any  person  to 
cause  him  to  die. 

31  Moreover  ye  shall  take  no  satisfaction  for  the 
life  of  a  murderer,  which  is  8  guilty  of  death  :  but 
he  shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 

32  And  ye  shall  take  s  no  satisfaction  for  him  that 
is  fled  to  the  city  of  his  refuge,  that  he  should  come 
again  to  dwell  in  the  land,  until  the  death  of  the 
priest. 

33  So  ye  shall  not  pollute  the  land  wherein  ye 
are  :  for  blood  *it  defileth  the  land  :  and  9the  land 
cannot  be  cleansed  of  the  blood  that  is  shed  therein, 
but  u  by  the  blood  of  him  that  shed  it. 

34  "  Defile  not  therefore  the  land  which  ye  shall 
inhabit,  wherein  I  dwell  :  for  w  I  the  Lord  dwell 
among  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  36. 

1  Law  of  female  inheritance.    5  Marriage  within  the  tribe. 

AND  the  chief  fathers  of  the  families  of  the 
-  "children  of  Gil'e-ad,  the  son  of  Ma'chir,  the 
son  of  Ma-nas'seh,  of  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Jo'geph,  came  near,  and  spake  before  Mo'seg,  and 

149 


Inheritance  of  daughters. 


DEUTERONOMY,  1. 


Speech  of  Moses. 


before  the  princes,  the  chief  fathers  of  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el : 

2  And  they  said,  6The  Lord  commanded  my  lord 
to  give  the  land  for  an  inheritance  by  lot  to  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  cmy  lord  was  commanded 
by  the  Lord  to  give  the  inheritance  of  Ze-lo'phe- 
had  our  brother  unto  his  daughters. 

3  And  if  they  be  married  to  any  of  the  sons  of  the 
other  tribes  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  then  shall 
their  inheritance  be  taken  from  the  inheritance  of 
our  fathers,  and  shall  be  put  to  the  inheritance  of 
the  tribe  *  whereunto  they  are  received  :  so  shall  it 
be  taken  from  the  lot  of  our  inheritance. 

4  And  when  dthe  jubile  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
shall  be,  then  shall  their  inheritance  be  put  unto 
the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  whereunto  they  are 
received  :  so  shall  their  inheritance  be  taken  away 
from  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  our  fathers. 

5  And  Mo'geg  commanded  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
according  to  the  word  of  the '  Lord,  saying,  The 
tribe  of  the  sons  of  Jo'geph  ehath  said  well. 

6  This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord  doth  com- 
mand concerning  the  daughters  of  Ze-lo'phe-had, 
saying,  Let  them  2  marry  to  whom  they  think  best ; 
only  to  the  family  of  the  tribe  of  their  father  shall 
they  marry. 


B.  C.  1451. 


b  ch.  2G.  55. 
ch.  33.  54. 


c  ch.  27.  1,  7. 


1  unto  whom 
they  shall  be. 


d  Lev.  25.  10. 


e  ch.  27.  7. 

2  be  wives. 
/I  Ki.  21.  3. 

3  cleave  to 
the,  etc. 

g  1  Chr.  23.  22. 
h  ch.  27.  1. 

4  to  some  that 
were  of  the 
families. 

i  Deut.  33.  4. 

Neh.  9.  12, 

13,  14. 

John  1.  17. 
j  ch.  22.  1. 

ch.  26.  3. 

ch.  31.  12. 

ch.  33.  50. 


not  the  -^inheritance  of  the  children  of 
remove  from  tribe  to  tribe  :  for  every  one 


7  So  shall 
Ig'ra-el 

of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  3keep  himself  to  the 
inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  his  fathers. 

8  And  g  every  daughter,  that  possesseth  an  inherit- 
ance in  any  tribe  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  shall 
be  wife  unto  one  of  the  family  of  the  tribe  of  her 
father,  that  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  may  enjoy  every 
man  the  inheritance  of  his  fathers. 

9  Neither  shall  the  inheritance  remove  from  one 
tribe  to  another  tribe  ;  but  every  one  of  the  tribes 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  keep  himself  to  his 
own  inheritance. 

10  Even  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg,  so  did 
the  daughters  of  Ze-lo'phe-had  : 

11  "For  Mah'lah,  Tir'zah,  and  Hog'lah,  and  Mil'- 
cah,  and  No'ah,  the  daughters  of  Ze-15'phe-had,, 
were  married  unto  their  father's  brothers'  sons  : 

12  And  they  were  married  i  into  the  families  of 
the  sons  of  Ma-nas'seh  the  son  of  Jo'geph,  and  their 
inheritance  remained  in  the  tribe  of  the  family  of 
their  father. 

13  These,  are  the  commandments  and  the  judg- 
ments, '  which  the  Lord  commanded  by  the  hand 
of  Mo'geg  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  •'the  plains 
of  Mo'ab  by  Jor'dan  near  Jer'I-cho. 


THE   FIFTH   BOOK   OF   MOSES,  CALLED 

DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Speech  of  Moses  in  the  plains  of  Moab.    34  God's  anger  for  Israel's  unbelief. 

THESE  be  the  words  which  Mo'geg  spake  unto  all 
Ig'ra-el  "on  this  side  Jor'dan  in  the  wilderness, 
in  the  plain  over  against  1  the  Red  sea,  between 
Pa'ran,  and  To'phel,  and  La'ban,  and  Ha-ze'roth,  and 
Diz'a-hab. 

2  (There  are  eleven  days'  journey  from  Ho'reb  by 
the  way  of  mount  Se'Ir  6unto  Ka'desh-bar'ne-a.) 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  c  in  the  fortieth  year,  in  the 
eleventh  month,  on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  that 
Mo'geg  spake  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  according 
unto  all  that  the  Lord  had  given  him  in  command- 
ment unto  them ; 

4  d  After  he  had  slain  Si'hon  the  king  of  the  Am'- 
6r-Ites,  which  dwelt  in  Hesh'bon,  and  6g  the  king 
of  Ba'shan,  which  dwelt  at  As'ta-roth  e  in  Ed're-I : 

5  On  this  side  Jor'dan,  in  the  land  of  Mo'ab, 
began  Mo'geg  to  declare  this  lav/,  saying, 

6  The  Lord  our  God  spake  unto  us-^in  Ho'reb,  say- 
ing, Ye  have  dwelt  long  a  enough  in  this  mount : 

7  Turn  you,  and  take  your  journey,  and  go  to  the 
mount  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  and  unto  2all  the  places 
nigh  thereunto,  in  the  plain,  in  the  hills,  and  in  the 
vale,  and  in  the  south,  and  by  the  sea  side,  to  the 
land  of  the  Ca'naan-Ites,  and  unto  Leb'a-non,  unto 
the  great  river,  the  river  Eu-phra'teg. 

8  Behold,  I  have  3  set  the  land  before  you  :  go  in 
and  possess  the  land  which  the  Lord  sware  unto 
your  fathers,  AA'bra-ham,  I'gaac,  and  Ja'cob,  to  give 
unto  them  and  to  their  seed  after  them. 

150 


B.  C.  1451. 


a  Num.  32.  6, 

20,  29. 

Josh.  9.  1. 
1  Or,  Zuph. 


b  Num.  13.  26. 

ch.  9.  23. 
c  Num.  33.  38. 


d  Num.  21.  24. 

Neh.  9.  22. 

Ps.  135.  11. 
e  Josh.  13. 12. 
/Ex.3.  1. 
g  Ex.  19.  1. 

Num.  10.  11. 

2  all  his 
neighbours. 

3  given. 

/*  Gen.  12.  7. 

Gen.  15.  18. 
i  Ex.  18.  18. 
j  Gen.  15.  5. 

Gen.  22.  17. 

Ex.  32.  13. 

ch.  10.  22. 

1  Chr.  27.  23. 
h  Gen.  22.  17. 

Ex.  32.  13. 
1 1  Ki.  3.  8. 

2  Cor.  11.  28. 

4  Give. 

5  gave. 

m  Ex.  23.  2,  3, 

7,8. 

John  7.  24. 
n  Lev.  24.  22. 
o  1  Sam.  16.  7. 

Prov.  24.  23. 

Jas.  2.  1. 

6  acknowledge 
faces. 

p  Prov.  28.  21. 
q  2  Chr.  19.  6. 
r  Ex.  18.  22,  26. 


9  If  And  'I  spake  unto  you  at  that  time,  saying,  I 
am  not  able  to  bear  you  myself  alone  : 

10  The  Lord  your  God  hath  multiplied  you,  and, 
behold,  jye  are  this  day  as  the  stars  of  heaven  for 
multitude. 

11  (The  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  make  you  a 
thousand  times  so  many  more  as  ye  are,  and  bless 
you,  /cas  he  hath  promised  you  !) 

12  'How  can  I  myself  alone  bear  your  cumbrance, 
and  your  burden,  and  your  strife  ? 

13  4Take  you  wise  men,  and  understanding,  and 
known  among  your  tribes,  and  I  will  make  them 
rulers  over  you. 

14  And  ye  answered  me,  and  said,  The  thing  which 
thou  hast  spoken  is  good  for  us  to  do. 

15  So  I  took  the  chief  of  your  tribes,  wise  men, 
and  known,  and  5made  them  heads  over  you,  cap- 
tains over  thousands,  and  captains  over  hundreds, 
and  captains  over  fifties,  and  captains  over  tens, 
and  officers  among  your  tribes. 

16  And  I  charged  your  judges  at  that  time,  say- 
ing, Hear  the  causes  between  your  brethren,  and 
m  judge  righteously  between  every  man  and  his 
"brother,  and  the  stranger  that  is  with  him. 

17  °Ye  shall  not  6  respect  persons  in  judgment ; 
but  ye  shall  hear  the  small  as  well  as  the  great ; 
ye  shall  v  not  be  afraid  of  the  face  of  man  ;  for  the 
9  judgment  is  God's  :  and  the  cause  that  is  too  hard 
for  you,  '"bring  it  unto  me,  and  I  will  hear  it. 

18  And  I  commanded  you  at  that  time  all  the 
things  which  ye  should  do. 


Moses  rehearses  the  story 


DEUTERONOMY,  2. 


of  Israel's  wanderings. 


19  1  And  when  we  departed  from  Ho'reb, s  we  went 
through  all  that  great  and  terrible  wilderness,  which 
ye  saw  by  the  way  of  the  mountain  of  the  Am'or- 
Ites,  as  the  Lord  our  God  commanded  us  ;  and  'we 
came  to  Ka'desh-bar'ne-a. 

20  And  I  said  unto  you,  Ye  are  come  unto  the 
mountain  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  which  the  Lord  our 
God  doth  give  unto  us. 

21  Behold,  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  set  the  land 
before  thee  :  go  up  and  possess  it,  as  the  Lord  God 
of  thy  fathers  hath  said  unto  thee  ;  w  fear  not, 
neither  be  discouraged. 

22  If  And  ye  came  near  unto  me  every  one  of  you, 
and  said-,  We  will  send  men  before  us,  and  they 
shall  search  us  out  the  land,  and  bring  us  word 
again  by  what  way  we  must  go  up,  and  into  what 
cities  we  shall  come. 

23  And  the  saying  pleased  me  well :  and  vl  took 
twelve  men  of  you,  one  of  a  tribe  : 

24  And  they  turned  and  went  up  into  the  moun- 
tain, and  came  unto  the  valley  of  Esh'col,  and 
searched  it  out. 

25  And  they  took  of  the  fruit  of  the  land  in  their 
hands,  and  brought  it  down  unto  us,  and  brought 
us  word  again,  and  said,  It  is  a  good  land  which  the 
Lord  our  God  doth  give  us. 

26  w  Notwithstanding  ye  would  not  go  up,  but  re- 
belled against  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  your 
God: 

27  And  ye  murmured  in  your  tents,  and  said,  Be- 
cause the  Lord  x  hated  us,  he  hath  brought  us  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  to  deliver  us  into  the  hand 
of  the  Am'6r-Ites,  to  destroy  us. 

28  Whither  shall  we  go  up  ?  our  brethren  have 
7 discouraged  our  heart,  saying,  '-'The  people  is 
greater  and  taller  than  we ;  the  cities  are  great  and 
walled  up  to  heaven  ;  and  moreover  we  have  seen 
the  sons  of  the  2An'a-kim§  there. 

29  Then  I  said  unto  you,  Dread  not,  neither  be 
afraid  of  them. 

30  "The  Lord  your  God  which  goeth  before  you, 
he  shall  fight  for  you,  according  to  all  that  he  did 
for  you  in  E'gypt  before  your  eyes  ; 

31  And  in  the  wilderness,  where  thou  hast  seen 
how  that  the  Lord  thy  God  6bare  thee,  as  a  man 
doth  bear  his  son,  in  all  the  way  that  ye  went,  until 
ye  came  into  this  place. 

32  Yet  in  this  thing  cye  did  not  believe  the  Lord 
your  God, 

33  dWho  went  in  the  way  before  you,  eto  search 
you  out  a  place  to  pitch  your  tents  in,  in  fire  by 
night,  to  shew  you  by  what  way  ye  should  go,  and 
in  a  cloud  by  day. 

34  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of  your  words, 
and  was  wroth,  /and  sware,  saying, 

35  a  Surely  there  shall  not  one  of  these  men  of  this 
evil  generation  see  that  good  land,  which  I  sware 
to  give  unto  your  fathers, 

36  Save  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Jg-phun'neh ;  he  shall 
see  it,  and  to  him  will  I  give  the  land  that  he  hath 
trodden  upon,  and  to  his  children,  because  he  hath 
8  wholly  followed  the  Lord. 


B.  C.  1451. 


i  Num.  10.  12. 
ch.  8.  15. 


I  Num.  13.  2G. 


u  Num.  13.  30. 
Josh.  1.  9. 
Ps.  27. 1-3. 
Ps.  46.  1,7,11. 
Isa.  41.  10. 
Isa.  43.  1,  2. 
Luke  12.  32. 
Heb.  13.  6. 


v  Num.  13.  3. 


u-  Num.  14.  1-4. 
Ps.  100.  24. 


i  ch.  9.  28. 

7  melted. 

y  Num.  13.  28, 

31-33. 

ch.  9.  1,  2. 
z  Num.  13.  28. 
a  Ex.  14. 14. 

Neh.  4.  20. 
b  Ex.  19.  4. 

ch.  32.  11. 

Isa.  40.  3,  4. 

Hos.  11.  3. 

Acts  13.  18. 
c  Ps.  100.  24. 

Jude  5. 
d  Ex.  13.  21. 

Ps.  78.  14. 
e  Num.  10.  33. 

Ezek.  20.  0. 
fch.  2.  14. 
g  Num.  14.  22. 

Ps.  95.  11. 

8  fulfilled  to 
go  after. 

//  Num.  27.  14. 

ch.  3.  26. 

ch.  4.  21. 

Ps.  100.  32. 
i  Ex.  24.  13. 

Ex.  33.  11. 

1  Sam.  16.  22. 
/ch.  31.  7,23. 
k  Isa.  7.  15,  10. 

Ezek.  18.  20. 

9  ye  were  pre- 
sumptuous, 
and  went  up. 

;  eh.  28.  25. 

ch.  32.  30. 

Ps.  118.  12. 

Isa.  7.  18. 
m  Job  27.  9. 

Ps.  GO.  18. 

Prov.  1.  24. 

Isa.  1.  15. 

Jer.  11.  7-14. 

Zech.  7.  11. 
n  Num.  13.  25. 

Num.20.  1,22. 


1  even  to  the 

treading  of 

the  sole  of 

the  foot. 
a  Gen.  36.  8. 

ch.  32.  8. 

Josh.  24.  4. 

Ps.  115.  3. 

Dan.  4.  32,  35. 

Acts  17.  26. 
b  1  Ki.  9.  26. 

2  Ki.  14.  22. 


37  /lAlso  the  Lord  was  angry  with  me  for  your 
sakes,  saying,  Thou  also  shalt  not  go  in  thither. 

38  But  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  i which  standeth 
before  thee,  he  shall  go  in  thither  :  ^ encourage  him : 
for  he  shall  cause  I§'ra-el  to  inherit  it. 

39  Moreover  your  little  ones,  which  ye  said  should 
be  a  prey,  and  your  children,  which  in  that  day  k  had 
no  knowledge  between  good  and  evil,  they  shall  go 
in  thither,  and  unto  them  will  I  give  it,  and  they 
shall  possess  it. 

40  But  as  for  you,  turn  you,  and  take  your  journey 
into  the  wilderness  by  the  way  of  the  Red  sea. 

41  Then  ye  answered  and  said  unto  me,  We  have 
sinned  against  the  Lord,  we  will  go  up  and  fight, 
according  to  all  that  the  Lord  our  God  commanded 
us.  And  when  ye  had  girded  on  every  man  his 
weapons  of  war,  ye  were  ready  to  go  up  into  the 
hill. 

42  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Say  unto  them, 
Go  not  up,  neither  fight ;  for  I  am  not  among  you  ; 
lest  ye  be  smitten  before  your  enemies. 

43  So  I  spake  unto  you  ;  and  ye  would  not  hear, 
but  rebelled  against  the  commandment  of  the  Lord, 
9  and  went  presumptuously  up  into  the  hill. 

44  And  the  Am'or-Ites,  which  dwelt  in  that  moun- 
tain, came  out  against  you,  and  chased  you,  'as  bees 
do,  and  destroyed  you  in  Se'ir,  even  unto  Hor'mah. 

45  And  ye  returned  and  wept  before  the  Lord  ; 
mbut  the  Lord  would  not  hearken  to  your  voice,  nor 
give  ear  unto  you. 

46  "So  ye  abode  in  Ka'desh  many  days,  according 
unto  the  days  that  ye  abode  there. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Speech  of  Moses  continued.    35  Sihon  is  subdued. 

rilHEN  we  turned,  and  took  our  journey  into  the 
J-    wilderness  by  the  way  of  the  Red  sea,  as  the 
Lord  spake  unto  me  :   and  we  compassed  mount 
Se'ir  many  days. 

2  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  me,  saying, 

3  Ye  have  compassed  this  mountain  long  enough  : 
turn  you  northward. 

4  And  command  thou  the  people,  saying,  Ye  are 
to  pass  through  the  coast  of  your  brethren  the  chil- 
dren of  E'sau,  which  dwell  in  Se'ir  ;  and  they  shall 
be  afraid  of  you  :  take  ye  good  heed  unto  yourselves 
therefore  : 

5  Meddle  not  with  them  ;  for  I  will  not  give  you 
of  their  land,  1  no,  not  so  much  as  a  foot  breadth ; 
"because  I  have  given  mount  Se'ir  unto  E'sau  for  a 
possession. 

6  Ye  shall  buy  meat  of  them  for  money,  that  ye 
may  eat  ;  and  ye  shall  also  buy  water  of  them  for 
money,  that  ye  may  drink. 

7  For  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee  in  all 
the  works  of  thy  hand :  he  knoweth  thy  walking 
through  this  great  wilderness  :  these  forty  years 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  been  with  thee  ;  thou  hast 
lacked  nothing. 

8  And  when  we  passed  by  from  our  brethren  the 
children  of  E'sau,  which  dwelt  in  Se'ir,  through  the 
way  of  the  plain  from  6E'lath,  and  from  E'zi-on- 

151 


Moses  rehearses  the  story 


DEUTERONOMY,  3. 


of  Israel's  wanderings. 


ga'ber,  we  turned  and  passed  by  the  way  of  the  wil- 
derness of  Mo'ab. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  2  Distress  not  the 
Mo'ab-Ites,  neither  contend  with  them  in  battle :  for 
I  will  not  give  thee  of  their  land  for  a  possession ; 
because  I  have  given  cAr  unto  dthe  children  of  Lot 
for  a  possession. 

10  eThe  Ef minis,  dwelt  therein  in  times  past,  a 
people  great,  and  many,  and  tall,  as  ■'"the  An'a-kimg ; 

11  Which  also  were  accounted  giants,  as  the  An'a- 
klms. ;  but  the  Mo'ab-Ites  call  them  E'mimg. 

12  s  The  Ho'rims.  also  dwelt  in  Se'ir  beforetime  ; 
but  the  children  of  E'sau  Succeeded  them,  when 
they  had  destroyed  them  from  before  them,  and 
dwelt  in  their  4 stead  ;  as  Ig'ra-el  did  unto  the  land 
of  his  possession,  which  the  Lord  gave  unto  them. 

13  Now  rise  up,  said  I,  and  get  you  over  the 5  brook 
Ze'red.     And  we  went  over  the  brook  Ze'red. 

14  And  the  space  in  which  we  came  from  Ka'desh- 
bar'ne-a,  until  we  were  come  over  the  brook  Ze'red, 
was  thirty  and  eight  years  ;  h  until  all  the  genera- 
tion of  the  men  of  war  were  wasted  out  from  among 
the  host,  "as  the  Lord  sware  unto  them. 

15  For  indeed  the  jhand  of  the  Lord  was  against 
them,  to  destroy  them  from  among  the  host,  until 
they  were  consumed. 

16  H  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  men  of  war 
were  consumed  and  dead  from  among  the  people, 

17  That  the  Lord  spake  unto  me,  saying, 

18  Thou  art  to  pass  over  through  Ar,  the  coast  of 
Mo'ab,  this  day  : 

19  And  when  thou  comest  nigh  over  against  the 
children  of  Am'mon,  distress  them  not,  nor  meddle 
with  them  :  for  I  will  not  give  thee  of  the  land  of 
the  children  of  Am'mon  any  possession ;  because  I 
have  given  it  unto  fcthe  children  of  Lot  for  a  pos- 
session. 

20  (That  also  was  accounted  a  land  of  giants : 
giants  dwelt  therein  in  old  time ;  and  the  Am'mon- 
Ites  call  them  'Zam-zum'mimg ; 

21  A  people  great,  and  many,  and  tall,  as  the 
An'a-klm§  ;  but  the  Lord  destroyed  them  before 
them ;  and  they  succeeded  them,  and  dwelt  in  their 
stead  : 

22  As  he  did  to  the  children  of  E'sau,  m which 
dwelt  in  Se'ir,  when  he  "destroyed  the  Ho'rimg 
from  before  them  ;  and  they  succeeded  them,  and 
dwelt  in  their  stead  even  unto  this  day : 

23  And  "the  A 'vims,  which  dwelt  in  Ha-ze'rim, 
even  unto  pAz'zah,  "the  Caph'to-rimg,  which  came 
forth  out  of  Caph'tor,  destroyed  them,  and  dwelt 
in  their  stead.) 

24  T[  Rise  ye  up,  take  your  journey,  and  'pass 
over  the  river  Ar'non :  behold,  I  have  given  into 
thine  hand  Si'hon  the  Am'or-Ite,  king  of  Hesh'bon, 
and  his  land  :  6  begin  to  possess  it,  and  contend  with 
him  in  battle. 

25  sThis  day  will  I  begin  to  put  the  dread  of  thee 
and  the  fear  of  thee  upon  the  nations  that  are 
under  the  whole  heaven,  who  shall  hear  report  of 
thee,  and  shall  tremble,  and  be  in  anguish  because 
of  thee. 


B.  C.  1451. 


2  Or,  use  no 
hostility 
against  Moab. 


c  Num.  21.  2S. 

d  Gen.  19.  30. 

Ps.  83.  8. 

e  Gen.  14.  5. 

/  Num.  13.  22. 
ch.  9.  2. 


<j  Gen.  14.  6. 

Gen.  3().  20. 
3  inherited  them. 


4  Or,  room. 

5  Or,  valley. 


h  Num.  14.  33. 

Num.  2G.  04. 

Ps.  78.  33. 

Ps.  90.  3-9. 
ich.  1.34,3:). 

j  1  Sara.  5.  G, 
9,  11. 

1  Sam.  7.  13. 
Ps.  78.  33. 
Ps.  95.  10,  11 
Heb.  4.  1-5. 

k  Gen.  19.  38. 
/  Gen.  14.  5, 

Zuzims. 
m  Gen.  3G.  8. 
n  Job  12.  23. 
o  Josh.  13.  3. 
p  Jer.  25.  20. 

Zeph.  2.  4. 
q  Gen.  10.  14. 

Amos  9.  7. 
r  Num.  21.  13, 

14. 

6  begin,  possess. 
s  Ex.  15.  14. 

ch.  11.  25. 
t  ch.  20.  10. 

Esth.  9.  30. 
u  Num.  21.  21. 
))  Num.  20.  19. 
w  ch.  23.  3. 
x  Num.  21.  23. 
V  Josh.  11.  20. 
z  Ex.  4.  21. 

Hos.  4.  17. 
a  Ex.  23.  31. 

ch.  7.  2. 

Ps.  135.  10-12. 

Ps.  136.  18-20. 
b  ch.  29.  7. 
c  Lev.  27.  28. 

ch.  7.  2,  26. 

Josh.  7.  11. 

Josh.  9.  24. 

Josh.  11.  14. 

1  Sam.  15.  3, 

8,9. 

7  every  city  of 
men,  and 
women,  and 
little  ones. 

d  ch.  3.  12. 

Josh.  13.  9. 
e  Ps.  44.  3. 
/'  Gen.  32.  22. 

Num.  21.  24. 

ch.  3.  10. 


a  Num.  21.  34. 
!j  ch.  29.  8. 


26  H  And  I  sent  messengers  out  of  the  wilderness 
of  Ked'e-moth  unto  Si'hon  king  of  Hesh'bon  'with 
words  of  peace,  saying, 

27  u  Let  me  pass  through  thy  land  :  I  will  go  along 
by  the  high  way,  I  will  neither  turn  unto  the  right 
hand  nor  to  the  left. 

28  Thou  shalt  sell  me  meat  for  money,  that  I  may 
eat ;  and  give  me  water  for  money,  that  I  may 
drink :  v  only  I  will  pass  through  on  my  feet ; 

29  ('"As  the  children  of  E'sau  which  dwell  in  Se'ir, 
and  the  Mo'ab-Ites  which  dwell  in  Ar,  did  unto 
me ;)  until  I  shall  pass  over  Jor'dan  into  the  land 
which  the  Lord  our  God  giveth  us. 

30  xBut  Si'hon  king  of  Hesh'bon  would  not  let  us 
pass  by  him :  for  the  ^Lord  thy  God  z  hardened  his 
spirit,  and  made  his  heart  obstinate,  that  he  might 
deliver  him  into  thy  hand,  as  appeareth  this  day. 

31  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Behold,  I  have 
begun  to  give  Si'hon  and  his  land  before  thee : 
begin  to  possess,  that  thou  mayest  inherit  his  land. 

32  Then  Si'hon  came  out  against  us,  he  and  all  his 
people,  to  fight  at  Ja'haz. 

33  And  "the  Lord  our  God  delivered  him  before 
us;  and  6we  smote  him,  and  his  sons,  and  all  his 
people. 

34  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that  time,  and 
c  utterly  destroyed  the 7  men,  and  the  women,  and  the 
little  ones,  of  every  city,  we  left  none  to  remain : 

35  Only  the  cattle  we  took  for  a  prey  unto  our- 
selves, and  the  spoil  of  the  cities  which  we  took. 

36  dFrom  Ar'o-er,  which  is  by  the  brink  of  the 
river  of  Ar'non,_and  from  the  city  that  is  by  the 
river,  even  unto  Gil'e-ad,  there  was  not  one  city  too 
strong  for  us :  ethe  Lord  our  God  delivered  all  unto 
us: 

37  Only  unto  the  land  of  the  children  of  Am'mon 
thou  earnest  not,  nor  unto  any  place  of  the  river 
■Mab'bok,  nor  unto  the  cities  in  the  mountains,  nor 
unto  whatsoever  the  Lord  our  God  forbad  us. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Speech  of  Moses  continued.    26  Moses  views  the  promised  land. 

THEN  we  turned,  and  went  up  the  way  to  Ba'- 
shan :  and  Og  the  king  of  Ba'shan  came  out 
against  us,  he  and  all  his  people,  to  battle  at  Ed're-I. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Fear  him  not :  for 
I  will  deliver  him,  and  all  his  people,  and  his  land, 
into  thy  hand ;  and  thou  shalt  do  unto  him  as  thou 
didst  unto  "Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  which 
dwelt  at  Hesh'bon. 

3  So  the  Lord  our  God  delivered  into  our  hands 
Og  also,  the  king  of  Ba'shan,  and  all  his  people  :  and 
we  smote  him  until  none  was  left  to  him  remain- 
ing. 

4  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that  time,  there 
was  not  a  city  which  we  took  not  from  them,  three- 
score cities,  6all  the  region  of  Ar'gob,  the  kingdom 
of  Og  in  Ba'shan. 

5  All  these  cities  were  fenced  with  high  walls, 
gates,  and  bars;  beside  unwalled  towns  a  great 
many. 

6  And  we  utterly  destroyed  them,  as  we  did  unto 


Partition  of  the  land. 


DEUTERONOMY,  4. 


Exhortation  to  obedience. 


Sl'hon  king  cof  Hesh'bon,  utterly  destroying  the 
men,  women,  and  children,  of  every  city. 

7  But  all  the  cattle,  and  the  spoil  of  the  cities,  we 
took  for  a  prey  to  ourselves. 

8  And  we  took  at  that  time  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  two  kings  of  the  Am'or-Ites  the  land  that  was 
on  this  side  Jor'dan,  from  the  river  of  Ar'non  unto 
mount  Her'mon ; 

9  {Which  d Her'mon  the  Sl-do'm-an§  call  Slr'i-on ; 
and  the  Am'or-Ites  call  it  eShe'nir;) 

10  •''All  the  cities  of  the  plain,  and  all  Gil'e-ad,  and 
^  all  Ba'shan,  unto  Sal'chah  and  Ed're-I,  cities  of  the 
kingdom  of  Ogin  Ba'shan. 

11  /lFor  only  Og  king  of  Ba'shan  remained  of  the 
remnant  of  'giants ;  behold,  his  bedstead  was  a  bed- 
stead of  iron  ;  is  it  not  in  iRab'bath.  of  the  children 
of  Am'mon?  nine  cubits  was  the  length  thereof, 
and  four  cubits  the  breadth  of  it,  after  the  cubit  of 
a  man. 

12  And  this  land,  which  we  possessed  at  that  time, 
*from  Ar'o-er,  which  is  by  the  river  Ar'non,  and 
half  mount  Gil'e-ad,  and  l  the  cities  thereof,  gave  I 
unto  the  Reu'ben-Ites  and  to  the  Gad'Ites. 

13  mAnd  the  rest  of  Gil'e-ad,  and  all  Ba'shan,  be- 
ing the  kingdom  of  Og,  gave  I  unto  the  half  tribe 
of  Ma-nas'seh ;  all  the  region  of  Ar'gob,  with  all 
Ba'shan,  which  was  called  the  land  of  giants. 

14  n  Ja'lr  the  son  of  Ma-nas'seh  took  all  the  country 
of  Ar'gob  "unto  the  coasts  of  Gesh'u-rl  and  Ma-ach'- 
a-thi ;  and  called  them  after  his  own  name,  Ba'shan- 
ha'voth-ja'ir,  unto_this  day. 

15  pAnd  I  gave  Gil'e-ad  unto  Ma'chir. 

16  And  unto  the  Reu'ben-Ites  9and  unto  the  Gad'- 
Ites I  gave  from  Gil'e-ad  even  unto  the  river  Ar'- 
non half  the  valley,  and  the  border  even  unto  the 
river  Jab'bok,  r which  is  the  border  of  the  children 
of  Am'mon ; 

17  The  plain  also,  and  Jor'dan,  and  the  coast 
thereof,  from  sChm'ne-reth  feven  unto  the  sea  of 
the  plain,  ""even  the  salt  sea,  * under  Ash'doth-pig'- 
gah  eastward. 

18  H  And  I  commanded  you  at  that  time,  saying, 
The  Lord  your  God  hath  given  you  this  land  to 
possess  it :  ye  shall  pass  over  armed  before  your 
brethren  the  children  of  Is'ra-el,  all  that  are  2meet 
for  the  war. 

19  But  your  wives,  and  your  little  ones,  and  your 
cattle,  (for  I  know  that  ye  have  much  cattle,)  shall 
abide  in  your  cities  which  I  have  given  you  ; 

20  Until  the  Lord  have  given  rest  unto  your  breth- 
ren, as  well  as  unto  you,  and  until  they  also  possess 
the  land  which  the  Lord  your  God  hath  given  them 
beyond  Jor'dan:  and  then  shall  ye  "return  every 
man  unto  his  possession,  which  I  have  given  you. 

21  1  And  I  commanded  Josh'u-a  at  that  time,  say- 
ing, Thine  eyes  have  seen  all  that  the  Lord  your 
God  hath  done  unto  these  two  kings  :  so  shall  the 
Lord  do  unto  all  the  kingdoms  whither  thou  passest. 

22  Ye  shall  not  fear  them  :  for  the  wLord  your 
God  he  shall  fight  for  you. 

23  And  I  besought  the  Lord  at  that  time,  saying, 

24  0  Lord  God,  thou  hast  begun  to  shew  thy  ser- 


B.  C.  1451. 


c  ch.  2.  24. 
Pa.  135.  10-12. 


d  Ps.  29.  S. 

Ps.  80.  12. 

Ps.  133.  3. 
e  1  Chr.  5.  23. 
/  oh.  4.  49. 

g  Josh.  12.  5. 


h  Amos  2.  9. 

i  Gen.  14.  5, 
Rephaims. 

j  2  Sam.  12.  2G. 
Jer.  19.  2. 
Amos  1.  14. 


*Num.  32. 

33-38. 

ch.  12.  3G. 

Josh.  12.  2. 

2  Ki.  10.  33. 
I  Num.  32.  33. 
in  Num.  32. 

39—42. 

1  Chr'.  5.  23. 


n  1  Chr.  2.  22. 

0  2  Sam.  3.  3. 

2  Sam.  10.  6. 
p  Num.  2G.  29. 

Josh.  17.  1. 
q  2  Sam.  24.  5. 
r  Num.  21.  24. 
iNum.  34.  11. 

1  Gen.  13.  10. 

Gen.  14.  3. 
Josh.  12.  3. 
u  Gen.  14.  3, 
The  sea  of 
Sodom. 

1  Or,  under  the 
springs  of 
Pisgah,  or, 
the  hill. 

2  sons  of  power. 
V  Josh.  22.  4. 

w  Ex.  14.  14. 

eh.  1.  30. 
x  ch.  11.  2. 

Neh.  9.  32. 

Ps.  10G.  2. 

Ps.  145.  3,  6. 
'/Ex.  15.  11. 

2  Sam.  7.  22. 

Ps.  71.  19. 

Ps.  8G.  8. 
0  ch.  4.  22. 

3  Or,  The  hill. 
a  Num.  27.  18. 

eh.  1.  38. 
0  ch.  4.  46. 


a  Ezek.  20.  11. 

Rom.  10.  5. 
6  ch.  12.  32. 

Josh.  1.  7. 

Prov.  30.  6. 

Matt.  15.  9. 

Rev.  22.  18. 
c  Job  28.  28. 

Ps.  19.  7. 

Prov.  1.  7. 

2  Tim.  3.  15. 
d  1  Ki.  10.  6,  9. 

Dan.  1.  20. 

Mai.  3.  12. 

Acts  4.  13. 
e  2  Sam.  7.  23. 
/Ex.  25.  8. 

Lev.  26.  12. 

1  Ki.  G.  13. 

Ps.  46.  1. 

Tsa.  55.  G. 

Zech.  2.  10. 

Eph.  2.  17. 

Jas.  4.  8. 
g  Prov.  4.  23. 
h  Prov.  3.  1,  3. 
i  Gen.  18.  19. 

ch.  6.  7. 

Ps.  78.  5,  6. 

Prov.  22.  6. 

Eph.  6.  4. 
j  Ex.  19.  9.  16. 

Heb.  12.  18. 


vant  *thy  greatness,  and  thy  mighty  hand  :  for 
ywhat  God  is  there  in  heaven  or  in  earth,  that  can 
do  according  to  thy  works,  and  according  to  thy 
might  ? 

25  I  pray  thee,  let  me  go  over,  and  see  zthe  good 
land  that  is  beyond  Jor'dan,  that  goodly  mountain, 
and  Leb'a-non. 

26  But  the  Lord  was  wroth  with  me  for  your 
sakes,  and  would  not  hear  me  :  and  the  Lord  said 
unto  me,  Let  it  suffice  thee  ;  speak  no  more  unto  me 
of  this  matter. 

27  Get  thee  up  into  the  top  of  3Pig'gah,  and  lift  up 
thine  eyes  westward,  and  northward,  and  southward, 
and  eastward,  and  behold  it  with  thine  eyes  :  for 
thou  shalt  not  go  over  this  Jor'dan. 

28  But  a charge  Josh'u-a,  and  encourage  him,  and 
strengthen  him :  for  he  shall  go  over  before  this 
people,  and  he  shall  cause  them  to  inherit  the  land 
which  thou  shalt  see. 

29  So  we  abode  in  Hhe  valley  over  against  Beth- 
pe'or. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Moses"1  exhortation.     41  Cities  of  refuge  chosen. 

"VTOW  therefore  hearken,  O  Ig'ra-el,  unto  athe 
^  statutes  and  unto  the  judgments,  which  I  teach 
you,  for  to  do  them,  that  ye  may  live,  and  go  in 
and  possess  the  land  which  the  Lord  God  of  your 
fathers  giveth  you. 

2  6Ye  shall  not  add  unto  the  word  which  I  com- 
mand, you,  neither  shall  ye  diminish  ought  from  it, 
that  ye  may  keep  the  commandments  of  the  Lord 
your  God  which  I  command  you. 

3  Your  eyes  have  seen  what  the  Lord  did  because 
of  Ba'al-pe'or :  for  all  the  men  that  followed  Ba'- 
al-pe'or,  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  destroyed  them 
from  among  you. 

4  But  ye  that  did  cleave  unto  the  Lord  your  God 
are  alive  every  one  of  you  this  day. 

5  Behold,  I  have  taught  you  statutes  and  judg- 
ments, even  as  the  Lord  my  God  commanded  me, 
that  ye  should  do  so  in  the  land  whither  ye  go  to 
possess  it. 

6  Keep  therefore  and  do  them ;  for  this  is  cyour 
wisdom  and  your  understanding  in  the  sight  of  the 
nations,  which  shall  hear  all  these  statutes,  and  say, 
d  Surely  this  great  nation  is  a  wise  and  understand- 
ing people. 

7  For  ewhat  nation  is  there  so  great,  who  hath 
-fGod  so  nigh  unto  them,  as  the  Lord  our  God  is  in 
all  things  that  we  call  upon  him  for  ? 

8  And  what  nation  is  there  so  great,  that  hath 
statutes  and  judgments  so  righteous  as  all  this  law, 
which  I  set  before  you  this  day  ? 

9  Only  take  heed  to  thyself,  and  9keep  thy  soul 
diligently,  ''-lest  thou  forget  the  things  which  thine 
eyes  have  seen,  and  lest  they  depart  from  thy 
heart  all  the  days  of  thy  life  :  but  'teach  them  thy 
sons,  and  thy  sons'  sons  ; 

10  Specially  ■'the  day  that  thou  stoodest  before 
the  Lord  thy  God  in  Ho'reb,  when  the  Lord  said 
unto  me,  Gather  me  the  people  together,  and  I  will 
make  them  hear  my  words,  that  they  may  learn  to 

153 


Idolatry  to  be  avoided. 


DEUTERONOMY,  4. 


Exhortation  to  obedience. 


fear  me  all  the  days  that  they  shall  live  upon  the 
earth,  and  that  they  may  teach  their  children. 

11  And  ye  came  near  and  stood  under  the  moun- 
tain ;  and  the  mountain  burned  with  fire  unto  the 
1  midst  of  heaven,  with  darkness,  clouds,  and  thick 
darkness. 

12  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  you  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire  :  ye  heard  the  voice  of  the  words,  but 
saw  no  similitude  ;  2only  ye  heard  a  voice. 

13  And  he  declared  unto  you  his  covenant,  which 
he  commanded  you  to  perform,  even  ten  command- 
ments ;  and  he  wrote  them  upon  two  tables  of 
stone. 

14  If  And  the  Lord  commanded  me  at  that  time 
to  teach  you  statutes  and  judgments,  that  ye  might 
do  them  in  the  land  whither  ye  go  over  to  possess  it. 

15  ''Take  ye  therefore  good  heed  unto  yourselves ; 
for  ye  saw  no  manner  of  l  similitude  on  the  day 
that  the  Lord  spake  unto  you  in  Ho'reb  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire  : 

16  Lest  ye  corrupt  yourselves,  and  make  you  a 
graven  image,  the  similitude  of  any  figure,  '"the 
likeness  of  male  or  female, 

17  The  likeness  of  any  beast  that  is  on  the  earth, 
the  likeness  of  any  winged  fowl  that  flieth  in  the  air, 

18  The  likeness  of  any  thing  that  creepeth  on  the 
ground,  the  likeness  of  any  fish  that  is  in  the  waters 
beneath  the  earth  : 

19  And  lest  thou  "lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  heaven, 
and  when  thou  seest  the  sun,  and  the  moon,  and 
the  stars,  even  "all  the  host  of  heaven,  shouldest 
be  driven  to  worship  them,  and  serve  them,  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  divided  3unto  all  nations 
under  the  whole  heaven. 

20  But  the  Lord  hath  taken  you,  and  brought  you 
forth  out  of  the  iron  furnace,  even  out  of  E'gypt, 
to  be  unto  him  a  people  of  inheritance,  as  ye  are 
this  day. 

21  Furthermore  the  Lord  was  angry  with  me  for 
your  sakes,  and  sware  that  I  should  not  go  over 
Jor'dan,  and  that  I  should  not  go  in  unto  that  good 
land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an 
inheritance  : 

22  But  p  I  must  die  in  this  land,  I  must  not  go  over 
Jor'dan  :  but  ye  shall  go  over,  and  possess  that  good 
land. 

23  Take  heed  unto  yourselves,  lest  ye  forget  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  your  God,  which  he  made 
with  you,  and  make  you  a  graven  image,  or  the 
likeness  of  any  thing,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
forbidden  thee. 

24  For  Hhe  Lord  thy  God  is  a  consuming  fire, 
even  r  a  jealous  God. 

25  If  When  thou  shalt  beget  children,  and  chil- 
dren's children,  and  ye  shall  have  remained  long  in 
the  land,  and  shall  corrupt  yourselves,  and  make  a 
graven  image,  or  the  likeness  of  any  thing,  and 
s  shall  do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to 
provoke  him  to  anger  : 

26  *  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  witness  against  you 
this  day,  that  ye  shall  soon  utterly  perish  from  off 
the  land  whereunto  ye  go  over  Jor'dan  to  possess  it ; 

154 


B.  C.  1451. 


1  heart. 


save  a  voice. 


k  Prov.  4.  23,  27. 

Jer.  17.  21. 

Mai.  2.  15. 
I  Isa.  40.  18. 

Acts  17.  24-29. 


in  Rom.  1.  23. 


n  ch.  17.  3. 
Job  31.  26. 

0  Gen.  2.  1. 

2  Ki.  17.  16. 

3  Or,  imparted. 
p  2  Pet.  1.  13. 
q  Ex.  24.  17. 

ch.  9.  3. 

Isa.  33.  14. 

Heb.  12.  29. 
r  Ex.  20.  5. 

ch.  6.  15. 

Isa.  42.  8. 
s  2  Ki.  17.  17. 

1  ch.  30.  18,  19. 

Isa.  1.  2. 

Mic.  6.  2. 
n  Lev.  26.  33. 

ch.  28.  62,  64. 

Neh.  1.  8. 

Ezek.  12.  15. 
v  ch.  28.  36,  64. 

1  Sam.  26.  29. 
Jer.  16.  13. 
Acts  7.  42. 

w  2  Clir.  15.  4. 
Neh.  1.  9. 
Isa.  55.  6. 

4  have  found 
thee. 

r  Gen.  49.  1. 

ch.  31.  29. 

Jer.  23.  20. 
y  Jer.  4.  1,  2. 
z  Ex.  34.  6. 

Num.  14.  18. 

2  Chr.  30.  9. 
Neh.  9.  31. 
Ps.  86.  5,  15. 
Ps.  103.  8. 
Ps.  111.  4. 
Ps.  116.  5. 
Ps.  130.  4,  7. 
Jon.  4.  2. 

(i  Job  8.  8. 
b  Ex.  15.  11. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

2  Sam.  22. 
31,  32. 

Isa.  44.  6,  8. 
Matt.  24.  31. 
Mark  12.  29. 
c  ch.  32.  39. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

2  Sam.  22.  32. 
Isa.  45.  5,  18. 
Mark  12.  29. 

d  Ex.  19.  9.  19. 

1  Chr.  29.  11. 

2  Chr.  20.  6. 
Heb.  12.  18. 

e  Josh.  2.  11. 

Isa,  42.  8. 

Dan.  4.  35. 
/•Lev.  22.  31. 
r/ch.  5.  16. 

ch.  6.  3,  18. 

ch.  22.  7. 

Eph.  6.  3. 
h  Num.  35.  6. 


ye  shall  not  prolong  your  days  upon  it,  but  shall 
utterly  be  destroyed. 

27  And  the  Lord  "shall  scatter  you  among  the 
nations,  and  ye  shall  be  left  few  in  number  among 
the  heathen,  whither  the  Lord  shall  lead  you. 

28  And  ''there  ye  shall  serve  gods,  the  work  of 
men's  hands,  wood  and  stone,  which  neither  see,  nor 
hear,  nor  eat,  nor  smell. 

29  "'But  if  from  thence  thou  shalt  seek  the  Lord 
thy  God,  thou  shalt  find  him,  if  thou  seek  him  with 
all  thy  heart  and  with  all  thy  soul. 

30  When  thou  art  in  tribulation,  and  all  these 
things  4are  come  upon  thee,  xeven  in  the  latter  days, 
if  thou  nurn  to  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  shalt  be 
obedient  unto  his  voice  ; 

31  (For  the  Lord  thy  God  is  2a  merciful  God;) 
he  will  not  forsake  thee,  neither  destroy  thee,  nor 
forget  the  covenant  of  thy  fathers  which  he  sware 
unto  them. 

32  For  aask  now  of  the  days  that  are  past,  which 
were  before  thee,  since  the  day  that  God  created 
man  upon  the  earth,  and  ask  fcfrom  the  one  side  of 
heaven  unto  the  other,  whether  there  hath  been  any 
such  thing  as  this  great  thing  is,  or  hath  been  heard 
like  it? 

33  Did  ever  people  hear  the  voice  of  God  speaking 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  as  thou  hast  heard,  and 
live? 

34  Or  hath  God  assayed  to  go  and  take  him  a 
nation  from  the  midst  of  another  nation,  by  temp- 
tations, by  signs,  and  by  wonders,  and  by  war,  and 
by  a  mighty  hand,  and  by  a  stretched  out  arm,  and 
by  great  terrors,  according  to  all  that  the  Lord  your 
God  did  for  you  in  E'gypt  before  your  eyes? 

35  Unto  thee  it  was  shewed,  that  thou  mightest 
know  that  the  Lord  he  is  God ;  c  there  is  none  else 
beside  him. 

36  dOut  of  heaven  he  made  thee  to  hear  his  voice, 
that  he  might  instruct  thee:  and  upon  earth  he 
shewed  thee  his  great  fire ;  and  thou  heardest  his 
words  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire. 

37  And  because  he  loved  thy  fathers,  therefore  he 
chose  their  seed  after  them,  and  brought  J;hee  out 
in  his  sight  with  his  mighty  power  out  of  E'gypt; 

38  To  drive  out  nations  from  before  thee  greater 
and  mightier  than  thou  art,  to  bring  thee  in,  to  give 
thee  their  land  for  an  inheritance,  as  it  is  this  day. 

39  Know  therefore  this  day,  and  consider  it  in  thine 
heart,  that  Hhe  Lord  he  is  God  in  heaven  above, 
and  upon  the  earth  beneath :  there  is  none  else. 

40  -'Thou  shalt  keep  therefore  his  statutes,  and 
his  commandments,  which  I  command  thee  this  day, 
"that  it  may  go  well  with  thee,  and  with  thy  chil- 
dren after  thee,  and  that  thou  mayest  prolong  thy 
days  upon  the  earth,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  for  ever. 

41  If  Then  Mo'seg  h  severed  three  cities  on  this 
side  Jor'dan  toward  the  sunrising ; 

42  That  the  slayer  might  flee  thither,  which  should 
kill  his  neighbour  unawares,  and  hated  him  not  in 
times  past;  and  that  fleeing  unto  one  of  these  cities 
he  might  live : 


The  covenant  in  Horeb. 


DEUTERONOMY,  5. 


43  Namely,  ^e'zer  in  the  wilderness,  in  the  plain 
country,  of  the  Reu'ben-Ites ;  and  Ra'moth  in  GIl'- 
e-ad,  of  the  Gad'Ites ;  and  Go' Ian  in  Ba'shan,  of  the 
Ma-nas' sites. 

44  If  And  this  is  the  law  which  Mo'geg  set  before 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el : 

45  These  are  the  testimonies,  and  the  statutes,  and 
the  judgments,  which  Mo'geg  spake  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  after  they  came  forth  out  of  E'gypt, 

46  On  this  side  Jor'dan,  ■'in  the  valley  over  against 
Beth-pe'or,  in  the  land  of  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'or- 
ites,  who  dwelt  at  Hesh'bon,  whom  Mo'seg  and  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  smote,  after  they  were  come 
forth  out  of  E'gypt : 

47  And  they  possessed  his  land,  and  the  land  /cof 
Og  king  of  Ba'shan,  two  kings  of  the  Am'or-ites, 
which  ivere  on  this  side  Jor'dan  toward  the  sun- 
rising  ; 

48  'From  Ar'o-er,  which  is  by  the  bank  of  the  river 
Ar'non,  even  unto  mount  Si'on,  which  is  '"Her'mon, 

49  And  all  the  plain  on  this  side  Jor'dan  eastward, 
even  unto  the  sea  of  the  plain,  under  the  springs  of 
Pig'gah. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  The  covenant  in  Horeb.    6  Moses  repeats  the  commandments. 

AND  Mo'geg  called  all  I§'ra-el,  and  said  unto  them, 
-  Hear,  0  Is_'ra-el,  the  statutes  and  judgments 
which  I  speak  in  your  ears  this  day,  that  ye  may 
learn  them,  and  *keep,  and  do  them. 

2  The  "Lord  our  God  made  a  covenant  with  us  in 
Ho'reb. 

3  The  Lord  6made  not  this  covenant  with  our 
fathers,  but  with  us,  even  us,  who  are  all  of  us 
here  alive  this  day. 

4  The  cLord  talked  with  you  face  to  face  in  the 
mount  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire, 

5  (d  I  stood  between  the  Lord  and  you  at  that  time, 
to  shew  you  the  word  of  the  Lord:  for  eye  were 
afraid  by  reason  of  the  fire,  and  went  not  up  into 
the  mount ;)  saying, 

6  If  fl  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  brought  thee 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  from  the  house  of 2 bond- 
age. 

7  ffThou  shalt  have  none  other  gods  before  me. 

8  /lThou  shalt  not  make  thee  any  graven  image,  or 
any  likeness  of  any  thing  that  is  in  heaven  above,  or 
that  is  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in  the  waters 
beneath  the  earth : 

9  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  unto  them,  nor 
serve  them :  for  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous 
God,  i  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the 
children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation  of 
them  that  hate  me, 

10  And  ^'shewing  mercy  unto  thousands  of  them 
that  love  me  and  keep  my  commandments. 

11  fcThou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  in  vain  :  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him  guilt- 
less that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

12  'Keep  the  sabbath  day  to  sanctify  it,  as  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded  thee. 

13  TOSix  days  thou  shalt  labour,  and  do  all  thy 
work  : 


B.  C.  1451. 


i  Josh.  20.  8. 


j  ch  3.  29. 


Hum.  21.35. 
ch.  3.  3,  4. 


I  ch.  2.  36. 
m  Pa.  133.  3. 


1  keep  to  do 
them. 

a  Ex.  19.  5. 

ch.  4.  23. 

Heb.  8.  G-13. 
b  Matt.  13.  17. 

Heb.  8.  9. 
c  Ex.  19.  9,  19. 

ch.  4.  33,  36. 

ch.  34.  10. 
d  Ex.  19.  16. 

Num.  16.  48. 

Ps.  106.  23. 

Jer.  30.  21. 

Gal.  3.  19. 

Heb.  12. 18, 19. 
e  Ex.  19.  16. 
/  Ex.  20.  2. 

Lev.  20.  1. 

ch.  6.  4. 

Ps.  81.  10. 

2  servants. 
g  Ex.  20.  3. 
/(  Ex.  20.  4. 

Ps.  97.  7. 

Acts  17.  29. 
i  Ex.  34.  7. 
j  Jer.  32.  18. 

Dan.  9.  4. 

1  John  1.  7. 
k  Ex.  20.  7. 

Lev.  19.  12. 

Jas.  5.  12. 

Matt.  5.  33. 
I  Ex.  20.  8. 

Neh.  13.  17. 
m  Ex.  23.  12. 
n  Gen.  2.  2. 

Heb.  4.  4. 
o  Lev.  19.  3. 

ch.  27.  16. 

Eph.  6.  2,  3. 

Col.  3.  20. 
p  ch.  4.  40. 
gMatt.  5.  21. 
r  Luke  18.  20. 
s  Rmn.  13.  9. 
t  1  Ki.  21.  10. 
u  Mic.  2.  2. 

Hab.  2.  9. 

Luke  12.  15. 

Rom.  7.  7. 

Gal.  5.  14. 
V  Ex.  24.  12. 

3  add  to  hear. 
w  ch.  4.  33. 

x  Heb.  12.  19. 
y  ch.  32.  29. 

Ps.  81.  13. 

Isa.  48.  18. 

Matt.  23.  37. 

Luke  19.  42. 

2  Cor.  5.  20. 
Heb.  12.  25. 

ach.  11.  1. 

Ps.  119.  1-5. 

Luke  11.  28. 

John  15.  14. 

Rev.  22. 14. 
a  Mai.  4.  4. 

Gal.  3. 19. 


Commandments  repeated. 

14  But  the  seventh  day  is  the  "sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  :  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any  work, 
thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  nor  thy  man- 
servant, nor  thy  maidservant,  nor  thine  ox,  nor 
thine  ass,  nor  any  of  thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger 
that  is  within  thy  gates  ;  that  thy  manservant  and 
thy  maidservant  may  rest  as  well  as  thou. 

15  And  remember  that  thou  wast  a  servant  in  the 
land  of  E'gypt,  and  that  the  Lord  thy  God  brought 
thee  out  thence  through  a  mighty  hand  and  by  a 
stretched  out  arm :  therefore  the  Lord  thy  God 
commanded  thee  to  keep  the  sabbath  day. 

16  If  "Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  as  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded  thee  ;  • p  that  thy 
days  may  be  prolonged,  and  that  it  may  go  well 
with  thee,  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee. 

17  '  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

18  r  Neither  shalt  thou  commit  adultery. 

19  s  Neither  shalt  thou  steal. 

20  'Neither  shalt  thou  bear  false  witness  against 
thy  neighbour. 

21  "Neither  shalt  thou  desire  thy  neighbour's  wife, 
neither  shalt  thou  covet  thy  neighbour's  house,  his 
field,  or  his  manservant,  or  his  maidservant,  his  ox, 
or  his  ass,  or  any  thing  that  is  thy  neighbour's. 

22  Tf  These  words  the  Lord  spake  unto  all  your 
assembly  in  the  mount  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire, 
of  the  cloud,  and  of  the  thick  darkness,  with  a  great 
voice  :  and  he  added  no  more.  And  he  ^  wrote 
them  in  two  tables  of  stone,  and  delivered  them 
unto  me. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  ye  heard  the  voice 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  darkness,  (for  the  mountain 
did  burn  with  fire,)  that  ye  came  near  unto  me, 
even  all  the  heads  of  your  tribes,  and  your  elders  ; 

24  And  ye  said,  Behold,  the  Lord  our  God  hath 
shewed  us  his  glory  and  his  greatness,  and  we  have 
heard  his  voice  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire  :  we 
have  seen  this  day  that  God  doth  talk  with  man, 
and  he  liveth. 

25  Now  therefore  why  should  we  die  ?  for  this 
great  fire  will  consume  us :  if  we  3hear  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  our  God  any  more,  then  we  shall  die. 

26  "'For  who  is  there  of  all  flesh,  that  hath  heard 
the  voice  of  the  living  God  speaking  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire,  as  we  have,  and  lived  ? 

27  Go  thou  near,  and  hear  all  that  the  Lord  our 
God  shall  say  :  and  x  speak  thou  unto  us  all  that  the 
Lord  our  God  shall  speak  unto  thee ;  and  we  will 
hear  it,  and  do  it. 

28  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of  your  words, 
when  ye  spake  unto  me  ;  and  the  Lord  said  unto 
me,  I  have  heard  the  voice  of  the  words  of  this 
people,  which  they  have  spoken  unto  thee  :  they 
have  well  said  all  that  they  have  spoken. 

29  ^O  that  there  were  such  an  heart  in  them,  that 
they  would  fear  me,  and  *keep  all  my  command- 
ments always,  that  it  might  be  well  with  them,  and 
with  their  children  for  ever  ! 

30  Go  say  to  them,  Get  you  into  your  tents  again. 

31  But  as  for  thee,  stand  thou  here  by  me,  and  "I 

155 


Exhortation  to  obedience. 


DEUTERONOMY,  6,  7. 


Warning  against  idolatry. 


will  speak  unto  thee  all  the  commandments,  and  the 
statutes,  and  the  judgments,  which  thou  shalt  teach 
them,  that  they  may  do  them  in  the  land  which  I 
give  them  to  possess  it. 

32  Ye  shall  observe  to  do  therefore  as  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  commanded  you  :  6ye  shall  not  turn 
aside  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

33  Ye  shall  walk  in  call  the  ways  which  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  commanded  you,  that  ye  may  live, 
dand  that  it  may  be  well  with  you,  and  that  ye  may 
prolong  your  days  in  the  land  which  ye  shall  possess. 

CHAPTER  6. 

An  exhortation  to  obedience. 

"VTOW  these  are  the  commandments,  the  statutes, 
-^  and  the  judgments,  which  the  Lord  your  God 
commanded  to  teach  you,  that  ye  might  do  them  in 
the  land  whither  ye  1  go  to  possess  it  : 

2  aThat  thou  mightest  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  to 
keep  all  his  statutes  and  his  commandments,  which 
I  command  thee,  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  son's 
son,  all  the  days  of  thy  life  ;  6and  that  thy  days 
may  be  prolonged. 

3  H  Hear  therefore,  0  Ig'ra-el,  and  observe  to  do 
it ;  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and  that  ye  may 
increase  mightily,  as  the  Lord  God  of  thy  fathers 
hath  promised  thee,  in  the  land  that  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey. 

4  cHear,  0  Is'ra-el :  the  Lord  our  God  is  one  Lord  : 

5  And  rfthou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all 
thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy 
might. 

6  And  e  these  words,  which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  shall  be  in  thine  heart : 

7  And  ythou  shalt 2  teach  them  diligently  unto  thy 
children,  and  shalt  talk  of  them  when  thou  sittest 
in  thine  house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by  the  way, 
and  when  thou  liest  down,  and  when  thou  risest 
up. 

8  And  "thou  shalt  bind  them  for  a  sign  upon  thine 
hand,  and  they  shall  be  as  frontlets  between  thine 
eyes. 

9  And  Hhou  shalt  write  them  upon  the  posts  of 
thy  house,  and  on  thy  gates. 

10  And  it  shall  be,  when  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
have  brought  thee  into  the  land  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers,  to  A' bra-ham,  to  I'gaac,  and  to 
Ja'cob,  to  give  thee  great  and  goodly  cities,  'which 
thou  buildedst  not, 

11  And  houses  full  of  all  good  things,  which  thou 
filledst  not,  and  wells  digged,  which  thou  diggedst 
not,  vineyards  and  olive  trees,  which  thou  plantedst 
not ;  when  thou  shalt  have  eaten  and  be  full ; 

12  Then  beware  lest  thou  forget  the  Lord,  which 
brought  thee  forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  from 
the  house  of  3  bondage. 

13  Thou  shalt  -Hear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  serve 
him,  and  k  shalt  swear  by  his  name. 

14  Ye  shall  not  l  go  after  other  gods,  of  the  gods 
of  the  people  which  are  round  about  you  ; 

15  (For  the  Lord  thy  God  is  a  jealous  God  among 
you)  lest  the  anger  of  the  Lord  thy  God  be  kindled 

156 


B.  C. 1451. 


6  ch.  17.  20. 
Josh.  1.  1. 
Prov.  4.  27. 

c  ch.  10.  12. 

Ps.  119.  6. 

Eccl.  8.  12. 

Lukel.  G. 

1  Tim.  4,  8. 
d  ch.  4.  40. 

ch.  12.  25,  28. 

Eph.  6.  3. 


1  pass  over. 

a  Ex.  20.  20. 
Ps.  111.  10. 
Ps.  128.  1. 
Eccl.  12.  13. 


b  Prov.  3.  1. 


c  Isa.  9.  6. 

Mark  12.  29. 

Johnl.  1. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 

Eph.  4.  0. 

Phil.  2.  5,  6. 
d  ch.  30.  6. 

Matt.  22.  37. 

Mark  12.  30- 

32. 
e  Isa.  51.  7. 

./'  Eph.  6.  4. 
2  whet,  or, 
sharpen. 


g  Prov.  3.  3. 
Prov.  7.  3. 


h  ch.  11.  20. 

Isa.  50.  8. 

Isa.  57.  8. 
i  Josh.  24.  13. 

Ps.  105.  44. 

3  bondmen, 
or,  servants. 

j  ch.  13.  i. 

Luke  4.  8. 
iPs.  63. 11. 
I  Jer.  25.  0. 
m  Matt.  4.  7. 
n  1  Cor.  10.  9. 
o  Ps.  119.  4. 

4  to  morrow. 

5  evil. 

p  Job  35.  7,  8. 
q  Ps.  41.  2. 

Luke  10.  28. 
r  Rom.  10.  3. 


a  Josh.  C.  17. 
b  Ex.  23.  32. 

Josh.  2.  14. 

Judg.  1 .  24. 
c  Josh.  23.  12. 

1  Ki.  11.2. 

Ezra  9.  2. 
d  Ex.  23.  24. 
1  statues,  or, 

pillars. 
e  Ps.  50.  5. 

Jer.  2.  3. 

Amos  3.  2. 

Tit.  2.  14. 

1  Pet.  2.  5. 
/  Ps.  135.  4. 

Amos  3.  2. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 


against  thee,  and  destroy  thee  from  off  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

16  If  m Ye  shall  not  tempt  the  Lord  your  God,  "as 
ye  tempted  him  in  Mas'sah. 

17  Ye  shall  "diligently  keep  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  your  God,  and  his  testimonies,  and  his 
statutes,  which  he  hath  commanded  thee. 

18  And  thou  shalt  do  that  which  is  right  and  good 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  that  it  may  be  well  with 
thee,  and  that  thou  mayest  go  in  and  possess  the 
good  land  which  the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers, 

19  To  cast  out  all  thine  enemies  from  before  thee, 
as  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

20  And  when  thy  son  asketh  thee  4in  time  to  come, 
saying,  What  mean  the  testimonies,  and  the  stat- 
utes, and  the  judgments,  which  the  Lord  our  God 
hath  commanded  you? 

21  Then  thou  shalt  say  unto  thy  son,  We  were 
Pha'raoh's  bondmen  in  E'gypt;  and  the  Lord 
brought  us  out  of  E'gypt  with  a  mighty  hand  : 

22  And  the  Lord  shewed  signs  and  wonders,  great 
and  5sore,  upon  E'gypt,  upon  Pha'raoh,  and  upon 
all  his  household,  before  our  eyes  : 

23  And  he  brought  us  out  from  thence,  that  he 
might  bring  us  in,  to  give  us  the  land  which  he 
sware  unto  our  fathers. 

24  And  the  Lord  commanded  us  to  do  all  these 
statutes,  to  fear  the  Lord  our  God,  pfor  our  good 
always,  that  9he  might  preserve  us  alive,  as  it  is  at 
this  day. 

25  And  r  it  shall  be  our  righteousness,  if  we  ob- 
serve to  do  all  these  commandments  before  the 
Lord  our  God,  as  he  hath  commanded  us. 

CHAPTER  7. 

Communion  with  the  nations  forbidden. 

T\7"HEN  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bring  thee  into 
»  »  the  land  whither  thou  goest  to  possess  it,  and 
hath  cast  out  jmany  nations  before  thee,  the  Hit'- 
tites,  and  the  Glr'ga-shltes,  and  the  Am'or-Ites,  and 
the  Ca'naan-Ites,  and  the  Per'iz-zltes,  and  the  Hl'- 
vltes,  and  the  Jeb'u-sltes,  seven  nations  greater  and 
mightier  than  thou ; 

2  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  deliver  them 
before  thee ;  thou  shalt  smite  them,  and  "utterly 
destroy  them  ;  Hhou  shalt  make  no  covenant  with 
them,  nor  shew  mercy  unto  them  : 

3  c  Neither  shalt  thou  make  marriages  with  them ; 
thy  daughter  thou  shalt  not  give  unto  his  son,  nor 
his  daughter  shalt  thou  take  unto  thy  son. 

4  For  they  will  turn  away  thy  son  from  following 
me,  that  they  may  serve  other  gods  :  so  will  the 
anger  of  the  Lord  be  kindled  against  you,  and  de- 
stroy thee  suddenly. 

5  But  thus  shall  ye  deal  with  them;  ye  shall  d de- 
stroy their  altars,  and  break  down  their  :  images, 
and  cut  clown  their  groves,  and  burn  their  graven 
images  with  fire. 

6  e  For  thou  art  an  holy  people  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God :  •'"the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  thee  to  be  a 
special  people  unto  himself,  above  all  people  that 
are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 


**£ 


Fruits  of  obedience. 


DEUTERONOMY,  8. 


Moses  further  exhorts. 


7  The  LORD  did  not  set  his  love  upon  you,  nor 
choose  you,  because  ye  were  more  in  number  than 

i  any  people ;  for  ye  were  the  fewest  of  all  people : 

8  But  because  the  Lord  loved  you,  and  because  he 
i  would  keep  the  9  oath  which  he  had  sworn  unto  your 
;  fathers,  ''hath  the  Lord  brought  you  out  with  a 

mighty  hand,  and  redeemed  you  out  of  the  house 
.of  bondmen,  from  the  hand  of  Pha'raoh  king  of 
E'gypt. 

9  Know  therefore  that  the  Lord  thy  God,  he  is 
God,  'the  faithful  God,  ■'which  keepeth  covenant 
and  mercy  with  them  that  love  him  and  keep  his 
commandments  to  a  thousand  generations ; 

10  And  k  repay eth  them  that  hate  him  to  their 
face,  to  destroy  them :  he  will  not  be  slack  to  him 
|  that  hateth  him,  he  will  repay  him  to  his  face. 

11  Thou  shalt  therefore  keep  the  commandments, 
and  the  statutes,  and  the  judgments,  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day,  to  do  them. 

12  If  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass.,  2  if  ye 
hearken  to  these  judgments,  and  keep,  and  do 
them,  that  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  keep  unto  thee 
the  covenant  and  the  mercy  which  he  sware  unto 
thy  fathers : 

13  And  he  will  'love  thee,  and  bless  thee,  and 
multiply  thee :  he  will  also  bless  the  fruit  of  thy 
womb,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  thy  corn,  and  thy 
wine,  and  thine  oil,  the  increase  of  thy  kine,  and 
the  flocks  of  thy  sheep,  in  the  land  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee. 

14  Thou  shalt  be  blessed  above  all  people  :  there 
shall  not  be  male  or  female  barren  among  you,  or 
among  your  cattle. 

15  And  the  Lord  will  take  away  from  thee  all 
sickness,  and  will  put  none  of  the  evil  "'diseases  of 
E'gypt,  which  thou  knowest,  upon  thee ;  but  will  lay 
them  upon  all  them  that  hate  thee. 

16  And  thou  shalt  consume  all  the  people  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  shall  deliver  thee ;  thine  eye 
shall  have  no  pity  upon  them :  neither  shalt  thou 
serve  their  gods;  for  that  will  be  Ma  snare  unto 
thee. 

17  If  thou  shalt  say  in  thine  heart,  These  nations 
are  more  than  I ;  how  can  I  °  dispossess  them  ? 

18  Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  of  them :  but  shalt 
well  v  remember  what  the  Lord  thy  God  did  unto 
Pha'raoh,  and  unto  all  E'gypt; 

19  The  great  temptations  which  thine  eyes  saw, 
and  the  signs,  and  the  wonders,  and  the  mighty 
hand,  and  the  stretched  out  arm,  whereby  the  Lord 
thy  God  brought  thee  out :  so  shall  the  Lord  thy 
God  do  unto  all  the  people  of  whom  thou  art  afraid. 

20  Q  Moreover  the  Lord  thy  God  will  send  the 
hornet  among  them,  until  they  that  are  left,  and 
hide  themselves  from  thee,  be  destroyed. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  be  affrighted  at  them :  for  the 
Lord  thy  God  is  '"among  you,  sa  mighty  God  and 
terrible. 

22  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  3put  out  those 
nations  before  thee  by  little  and  little :  thou  mayest 
not  consume  them  at  once,  lest  the  beasts  of  the 
field  increase  upon  thee. 


B.C.  1451. 


rj  Ex.  Z->.  13. 
Ps.  105.  8. 
Luke  1.  55. 

/( Ex.  ia.  a. 


i  Isa.  49.  7. 

1  Cor.  1.  9. 

2  Cor.  1.  18. 

1  Thess.  5.  24. 

2  Tim.  2.  13. 
Heb.  11.  11. 

./Neh.  1.  5. 

Dan.  9.  4. 
i-Ps.  21.8. 

Prov.  11.31. 

Isa.  59.  18. 

Nail.  1.  2. 

Rom.  12.  19. 


'  because. 


/  Ex.  23.  25. 
Ps.  1.  3. 
Ps.  11.7. 
Ps.  63.  3. 
Ps.  140.  8. 
Prov.  15.  9. 
John  14.  21. 


»n  Ex.  9.  14. 

ch.  28.  27. 

Ps.  105.  37. 
n  Judg.  8.  27. 

Ps.  100.  30. 
o  Num.  33.  53. 
p  Judg.  6.  13. 

Ps.  77.  11. 

Ps.  105.  5. 

Ps.  135.  8-10. 

Isa.  63. 11-15. 
q  Ex.  23.  28. 

Josh.  24.  12. 
i-Num.  14.  9. 
ich.  10.  17. 

Neh.  1.  5. 

3  pluck  off. 

4  before  thy 
face. 

t  Josh.  10.  24. 
uch.  11.25. 

Josh.  1.  5. 
v  Ex.  32.  20. 

ch.  12.  3. 

1  Chr.  14.  12. 
»•  Ex.  20.  17. 

Josh.  7.  1. 

Luke  12.  15. 

Col.  3.  5. 
x  Judg.  8.  27. 

Zeph.  1 .  3. 
i/ch.  17.  1. 
z  Lev.  27.  28. 


a  Ps.  136.  16. 

Amos  2.  10. 
b  2  Chr.  32.  31. 

John  2.  25. 
c  Ex.  16.  2. 

Ps.  78.  23-25. 

1  Cor.  10.  3,  4. 
d  Ps.  104.  29. 

Matt.  4.  4. 

Heb.  13.  5,  6. 
e  ch.  29.  5. 

Neh.  9.  21. 
/'  Ps.  89.  32. 

Prov.  3.  12. 

Heb.  12.  5. 

Rev.  3.  19. 
1  of  olive  tree 

of  oil. 
gP*.  103.  2. 

1  Cor.  10.  31. 

1  Tim.  4.  3. 
h  Prov.  30.  9. 


23  But  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  deliver  them  4unto 
thee,  and  shall  destroy  them  with  a  mighty  destruc- 
tion, until  they  be  destroyed. 

24  And  'he  shall  deliver  their  kings  into  thine 
hand,  and  thou  shalt  destroy  their  name  from  under 
heaven :  u  there  shall  no  man  be  able  to  stand  before 
thee,  until  thou  have  destroyed  them. 

25  The  graven  images  of  their  gods  ''shall  ye  burn 
with  fire:  thou  w shalt  not  desire  the  silver  or  gold 
that  is  on  them,  nor  take  it  unto  thee,  lest  thou  be 
x snared  therein:  for  it  is  Kan  abomination  to  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

26  Neither  shalt  thou  bring  an  abomination  into 
thine  house,  lest  thou  be  a  cursed  thing  like  it :  but 
thou  shalt  utterly  detest  it,  and  thou  shalt  utterly 
abhor  it ;  z  for  it  is  a  cursed  thing. 

CHAPTER  8. 

Moses  further  exhorts  to  obedience. 

ALL  the  commandments  which  I  command  thee 
-  this  day  shall  ye  observe  to  do,  that  ye  may 
live,  and  multiply,  and  go  in  and  possess  the  land 
which  the  Lord  sware  unto  your  fathers. 

2  And  thou  shalt  remember  all  the  way  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  aled  thee  these  forty  years  in  the 
wilderness,  to  humble  thee,  and  to  prove  thee, 
6  to  know  what  was  in  thine  heart,  whether  thou 
wouldest  keep  his  commandments,  or  no. 

3  And  he  humbled  thee,  and  buffered  thee  to 
hunger,  and  fed  thee  with  manna,  which  thou 
knewest  not,  neither  did  thy  fathers  know ;  that  he 
might  make  thee  know  that  man  doth  dnot  live  by 
bread  only,  but  by  every  word  that  proceedeth  out 
of  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  doth  man  live. 

4  eThy  raiment  waxed  not  old  upon  thee,  neither 
did  thy  foot  swell,  these  forty  years. 

5  -^Thou  shalt  also  consider  in  thine  -heart,  that, 
as  a  man  chasteneth  his  son,  so  the  Lord  thy  God 
chasteneth  thee. 

6  Therefore  thou  shalt  keep  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to 
fear  him. 

7  For  the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee  into  a  good 
land,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water,  of  fountains  and 
depths  that  spring  out  of  valleys  and  hills  ; 

8  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and  vines,  and  fig 
trees,  and  pomegranates  ;  a  land  l  of  oil  olive,  and 
honey  ; 

9  A  land  wherein  thou  shalt  eat  bread  without 
scarceness,  thou  shalt  not  lack  any  thing  in  it ;  a 
land  whose  stones  are  iron,  and  out  of  whose  hills 
thou  mayest  dig  brass. 

10  When  sthou  hast  eaten  and  art  full,  then  thou 
shalt  bless  the  Lord  thy  God  for  the  good  land 
which  he  hath  given  thee. 

11  Beware  that  thou  forget  not  the  Lord  thy  God, 
in  not  keeping  his  commandments,  and  his  judg- 
ments, and  his  statutes,  which  I  command  thee  this 
day: 

12  ,lLest  when  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full,  and 
hast  built  goodly  houses,  and  dwelt  therein  ; 

13  And  when  thy  herds  and  thy  flocks  multiply, 

157 


Moses  recalls 


DEUTERONOMY,  9. 


Israel's  rebellions. 


and  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  multiplied,  and  all 
that  thou  hast  is  multiplied  ; 

14  "Then  thine  heart  be  lifted  up,  and  thou  j for- 
get the  Lord  thy  God,  which  brought  thee  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  from  the  house  of  bond- 
age ; 

15  Who  A'led  thee  through  that  great  and  terrible 
wilderness,  l  wherein  were  fiery  serpents,  and  scor- 
pions, and  drought,  where  there  was  no  water  ; 
mwho  brought  thee  forth  water  out  of  the  rock  of 
flint; 

16  Who  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness  with  n  manna, 
which  thy  fathers  knew  not,  that  he  might  humble 
thee,  and  that  he  might  prove  thee,  °to  do  thee 
good  at  thy  latter  end  ; 

17  And  pthou  say  in  thine  heart,  My  power  and 
the  might  of  mine  hand  hath  gotten  me  this  wealth. 

18  But  thou  shalt  remember  the  Lord  thy  God  : 
q  for  it  is  he  that  giveth  thee  power  to  get  wealth, 
that  he  may  establish  his  covenant  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers,  as  it  is  this  day. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  do  at  all  forget  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  walk  after  other  gods,  and  serve 
them,  and  worship  them,  I  testify  against  you  this 
day  that  ye  shall  surely  perish. 

20  As  the  nations  which  the  Lord  destroyeth 
before  your  face,  rso  shall  ye  perish;  because  ye 
would  not  be  obedient  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
your  God. 

CHAPTER  9. 

Moses  recalls  the  rebellions  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

HEAR,  0  Ig'ra-el :  Thou  art  to  pass  over  J6r'dan 
this  day,  to  go  in  to  possess  nations  "greater 
and  mightier  than  thyself,  cities  great  and  b  fenced 
up  to  heaven, 

2  A  people  great  and  tall,  fthe  children  of  the 
An'a-kimg,  whom  thou  knowest,  and  of  whom  thou 
hast  heard  say,  Who  can  stand  before  the  children 
of  A'nak  ! 

3  Understand  therefore  this  day,  that  the  Lord 
thy  God  is  he  which  dgoeth  over  before  thee  ;  as 
a  e  consuming  fire  he  shall  destroy  them,  and  he 
shall  bring  them  down  before  thy  face  :  -^so  shalt 
thou  drive  them  out,  and  destroy  them  quickly,  as 
the  Lord  hath  said  unto  thee. 

4  a  Speak  not  thou  in  thine  heart,  after  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  cast  them  out  from  before  thee, 
saying,  For  my  righteousness  the  Lord  hath  brought 
me  in  to  possess  this  land  :  but  fefor  the  wickedness 
of  these  nations  the  Lord  doth  drive  them  out  from 
before  thee. 

5  'Not  for  thy  righteousness,  or  for  the  upright- 
ness of  thine  heart,  dost  thou  go  to  possess  their 
land  :  but  for  the  wickedness  of  these  nations  the 
Lord  thy  God  doth  drive  them  out  from  before 
thee,  and  that  he  may  perform  J'the  word  which  the 
Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers,  A 'bra-ham,  I'gaac, 
and  Ja'cob. 

6  Understand  therefore,  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee  not  this  good  land  to  possess  it  for  thy 
righteousness  ;  for  thou  art  a  stiffnecked  people. 

7  1  Remember,  and  forget  not,  how  thou  provok- 

158 


B.  C.  1451. 


i  1  Cor.  4.  7. 
j  Ps.  106.  21. 


k  Isa.  G3.  12. 


/Num.  21.  6. 
Hos.  13.  5. 


m  Num.  20.  11. 


n  Ex.  1G.  15. 


o  Jer.  24.  D,  6. 

Rom.  8.  28. 

2  Cor.  4.  17. 

Heb.  12.  11. 

1  Pet.  1.  7. 
p  ch.  9.  4. 


q  Prov.  10.  22. 
Hos.  2.  8. 


r  Lam.  1. 
Dan.  9.  12. 
Zech.  1.  0. 


a  ch.  4.  38. 

ch.  7.  1 . 
b  ch.  1.  28. 
c  Num.  13.  22. 
d  ch.  31.  3. 

Mic.  2.  13. 

Rev.  19.  11-15. 
e  ch.  4.  24. 

Isa.  30.  27. 

Nah.  1.5,  6. 

2  Thess.  1.8. 

Heb.  12.  29. 
/Ex.  23.  31. 
gch.  8.  11,  17. 

Rom.  11.  fi. 

1  Cor.  4.  4. 
/(  Gen.  15. 1G. 

Lev.  IS.  24. 

ch.  18.  12. 
i  2  Tim.  1.  9. 

Tit.  3.  5. 
j  Gen.  12.  7. 

Gen.  13.  15. 

Gen.  15.  7. 

Gen.  17.  8. 

Gen.  20.  4. 

Gen.  28.  13. 

Ex.  32.  13. 

Luke  1.54,  55. 

Acts  13.  32,  33. 

Rom.  15.  8. 
A  Ex.  14.  11. 

Num.  11.  4. 
I  Ex.  32.  4. 

Ps.  10G.  19. 
m  Ex.  24.  IS. 

Luke  4.  1. 
n  Ex.  32.  7. 

0  ch.  31.  29. 
Judg.  2.  17. 

p  Ex.  32.  9. 

q  ch.  10.  1G. 

ch.  31.  27. 

2  Ki.  17.  14. 
r  ch.  29.  30. 

Ps.  9.  5. 
Ps.  109.  13. 
s  Ps.  GO.  9. 
Ps.  119.  139. 

1  Ex.  34.  28. 

Ps.  10G.  23. 
u  Ex.  32.  10,  11. 

Heb.  12.  29. 
v  Ex.  32.  14. 

ch.  10.  10. 

Ps.  106.  23. 

Amos  7.  1-6. 

Jas.  5.  15. 
w  Ex.  32.  20. 

Isa.  2.  18-21. 

Isa.  30.  22. 

Isa.  31.  7. 

Hos.  8.  11. 
r  Num.  11.  1. 
y  Num.  11.  4. 


edst  the  Lord  thy  God  to  wrath  in  the  wilderness : 
fcfrom  the  day  that  thou  didst  depart  out  of  the 
land  of  E'gypt,  until  ye  came  unto  this  place,  ye 
have  been  rebellious  against  the  Lord. 

8  Also  '  in  Ho'reb  ye  provoked  the  Lord  to  wrath, 
so  that  the  Lord  was  angry  with  you  to  have  de- 
stroyed you. 

9  When  I  was  gone  up  into  the  mount  to  receive 
the  tables  of  stone,  even  the  tables  of  the  covenant 
which  the  Lord  made  with  you,  then  m  I  abode  in 
the  mount  forty  days  and  forty  nights,  I  neither 
did  eat  bread  nor  drink  water  : 

10  And  the  Lord  delivered  unto  me  two  tables  of 
stone  written  with  the  finger  of  God  ;  and  on  them 
was  written  according  to  all  the  words,  which  the 
Lord  spake  with  you  in  the  mount  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire  in  the  day  of  the  assembly. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  forty  days 
and  forty  nights,  that  the  Lord  gave  me  the  two 
tables  of  stone,  even  the  tables  of  the  covenant. 

12  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  n  Arise,  get  thee 
down  quickly  from  hence  ;  for  thy  people  which 
thou  hast  brought  forth  out  of  E'gypt  have  corrupted 
themselves;  they  are  "quickly  turned  aside  out  of 
the  way  which  I  commanded  them  ;  they  have  made 
them  a  molten  image. 

13  Furthermore  pthe  Lord  spake  unto  me,  saying, 
I  have  seen  this  people,  and,  behold,  5it  is  a  stiff- 
necked  people : 

14  Let  me  alone,  that  I  may  destroy  them,  and 
r  blot  out  their  name  from  under  heaven  :  and  I  will 
make  of  thee  a  nation  mightier  and  greater  than 
they. 

15  So  I  turned  and  came  down  from  the  mount, 
and  the  mount  burned  with  fire  :  and  the  two  tables 
of  the  covenant  ivere  in  my  two  hands. 

16  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  ye  had  sinned  against 
the  Lord  your  God,  and  had  made  you  a  molten 
calf :  ye  had  turned  aside  quickly  out  of  the  way 
which  the  Lord  had  commanded  you. 

17  And  SI  took  the  two  tables,  and  cast  them  out 
of  my  two  hands,  and  brake  them  before  yoi&  .  eyes. 

18  And  I  'fell  down  before  the  Lord,  as  at  the 
first,  forty  days  and  forty  nights  :  I  -did  neither  eat 
bread,  nor  drink  water,  because  of  all  your  sins 
which  ye  sinned,  in  doing  wickedly  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

19  "For  I  was  afraid  of  the  anger  and  hot  dis- 
pleasure, wherewith  the  Lord  was  wroth  against 
you  to  destroy  you.  v  But  the  Lord  hearkened  unto 
me  at  that  time  also. 

20  And  the  Lord  was  very  angry  with  Aar'on  to 
have  destroyed  him  :  and  I  prayed  for  Aar'on  also 
the  same  time. 

21  And  WI  took  your  sin,  the  calf  which  ye  had 
made,  and  burnt  it  with  fire,  and  stamped  it,  and 
ground  it  very  small,  even  until  it  was  as  small  as 
dust :  and  I  cast  the  dust  thereof  into  the  brook 
that  descended  out  of  the  mount. 

22  And  at  "Tab'e-rah,  and  at  Mas'sah,  and  at 
?JKIb'roth-hat-ta'a-vah,  ye  provoked  the  Lord  to 
wrath. 


The  two  tables  restored. 


DEUTERONOMY,  10,  11. 


The  people  exhorted. 


:  23  Likewise  zwhen  the  Lord  sent  you  from  Ka'- 
desh-bar'ne-a,  saying,  Go  up  and  possess  the  land 
which  I  have  given  you  ;  then  ye  rebelled  against 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord  your  God,  and  ye 
,a believed  him  not,  nor  hearkened  to  his  voice. 

24  b  Ye  have  been  rebellious  against  the  Lord  from 
the  day  that  I  knew  you. 

25  Thus  I  fell  down  before  the  Lord  forty  days 
and  forty  nights,  as  I  fell  down  at  the  first;  because 
the  Lord  had  said  he  would  destroy  you. 

26  c  I  prayed  therefore  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  0 
Lord  God,  destroy  not  thy  people  and  thine  inherit- 
ance, which  thou  hast  redeemed  through  thy_great- 
ness,  which  thou  hast  brought  forth  out  of  E'gypt 
with  a  mighty  hand. 

27  Remember  thy  servants,  A1  bra-ham,  I'gaac,  and 
Ja'cob ;  look  not  unto  the  stubbornness  of  this  people, 
nor  to  their  wickedness,  nor  to  their  sin  : 

28  Lest  dthe  land  whence  thou  broughtest  us  out 
say,  e  Because  the  Lord  was  not  able  to  bring  them 
into  the  land  which  he  promised  them,  and  because 
he  hated  them,  he  hath  brought  them  out  to  slay 
them  in  the  wilderness. 

29  yYet  they  are  thy  people  and  thine  inheritance, 
which  thou  broughtest  out  by  thy  mighty  power  and 
by  thy  stretched  out  arm. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Restoration  of  the  tables.    12  An  exhortation  by  Moses. 

AT  that  time  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  aHew  thee 
-  two  tables  of  stone  like  unto  the  first,  and  come 
up  unto  me  into  the  mount,  and  b  make  thee  an  ark 
of  wood. 

2  And  I  will  write  on  the  tables  the  words  that 
were  in  the  first  tables  which  thou  brakest,  and 
thou  shalt  put  them  in  the  ark. 

3  And  I  made  an  ark  of c  shittim  wood,  and  hewed 
two  tables  of  stone  like  unto  the  first,  and  went  up 
into  the  mount,  having  the  two  tables  in  mine 
hand. 

4  And  d  he  wrote  on  the  tables,  according  to  the 
first  writing,  the  ten  *  commandments,  e  which  the 
Lord  spake  unto  you  in  the  mount  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire  /in  the  day  of  the  assembly :  and  the 
Lord  gave  them  unto  me. 

5  And  I  turned  myself  and  ''came  down  from  the 
mount,  and  fcput  the  tables  in  the  ark  which  I  had 
made  ;  *'and  there  they  be,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
me. 

6  1  And  the  children  of  Is_'ra-el  took  their  journey 
from  Be-e'roth  joi  the  children  of  Ja'a-kan  to  M6- 
se'ra  :  k there  Aar'on  died,  and  there  he  was  buried, 
and  E-le-a'zar  his  son  ministered  in  the  priest's 
office  in  his  stead. 

7  From  thence  they  journeyed  unto  Gud'go-dah  ; 
and  from  Gud'go-dah  to  Jot'bath,  a  land  of  rivers 
of  waters. 

8  T  At  that  time  the  Lord  separated  the  tribe  of 
Le'vi,  to  bear  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
to  stand  before  the  Lord  to  minister  unto  him,  and 
zto  bless  in  his  name,  unto  this  day.. 

9  m Wherefore  Le'vi  hath  no  part  nor  inheritance 


B.  C.  1451. 


2  Num.  13.  3. 


a  Ps.  78.  22. 

Ps.  IOC.  24. 

Heb.  3.  IS,  10. 

Heb.  4.  2. 
b  ch.  31.  27. 


c  1  Sam.  7.  9. 
Prov.  15.  29. 
Jer.  15.  1. 


dGen.  41.  57. 

1  Sam.  14.  25. 
e  Num.  14.  16. 

ch.  32.  26,  27. 

Josh.  7.  7-9. 

Pa.  115.  1,  2. 

Isa.  48.  9-11. 


/ch.  4.20. 
1  Ki.  8.  51. 
Neh.  1.  10. 
Ps.  95.  7. 


a  Ex.  34.  1,  2. 


b  Ex.  25.  10. 


c  Ex.  25.  5. 
d  Jer.  31.  33. 

1  words. 

e  Ex.  20. 1. 
/'  ch.  9.  10. 

ch.  18.  16. 
g  Ex.  34.  29. 
'/-  Ex.  40.  20. 
i  1  Ki.  8.  9. 
j  Num.  33.  31. 
k  Num.  20.  28. 
/  Lev.  9.  22. 

Num.  6.  23. 

ch.  21.  5. 
m  Num.  18. 

20,  24. 

ch.  18.  1,  2. 

Ezek.  44.  28. 

2  Or,  former 
days. 

3  go  in  journey. 
n  Mic.  6.  8. 

o  Matt.  22.  37. 

1  Tim.  1.  5. 
p  1  Ki.  8.  27. 

Ps.  115.  16. 
q  Gen.  14.  19. 

Ps.  24.  1. 
r  Lev.  26.  41. 

Rom.  2.  28. 

Eph.  4.  22. 

Col.  2.  11. 
s  Ps.  136.  2. 

Dan.  2.  47. 
t  Rev.  17.  14. 
u  2  Chr.  19.  7. 

Acts  10.  34. 

Rom.  2.  11. 

Gal.  2.  6. 

Eph.  6.  9. 

Col.  3.  25. 

1  Pet.  1.  17. 
r  Ps.  68.  5. 

Ps.  146.  9. 
w  Matt.  4.  10. 
x  Ps.  63.  11. 
i/  Ps.  22.  3. 


a  Zech.  3.  7. 


with  his  brethren  ;   the  Lord  is  his  inheritance, 
according  as  the  Lord  thy  God  promised  him. 

10  And  I  stayed  in  the  mount,  according  to  the 
2  first  time,  forty  days  and  forty  nights ;  and  the 
Lord  hearkened  unto  me  at  that  time  also,  and 
the  Lord  would  not  destroy  thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Arise,  3take  thy 
journey  before  the  people,  that  they  may  go  in  and 
possess  the  land,  which  I  sware  unto  their  fathers 
to  give  unto  them. 

12  If  And  now,  I§'ra-el,  "what  doth  the  Lord  thy 
God  require  of  thee,  but  to  fear  the  Lord  thy  God, 
to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  °  to  love  him,  and  to 
serve  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart  and  with 
all  thy  soul, 

13  To  keep  the  commandments  of  the  Lord,  and  his 
statutes,  which  I  command  thee  this  day  for  thy  good  ? 

14  Behold,  p  the  heaven  and  the  heaven  of  heavens 
is  the  Lord's  thy  God,  "the  earth  also,  with  all  that 
therein  is. 

15  Only  the  Lord  had  a  delight  in  thy  fathers  to 
love  them,  and  he  chose  their  seed  after  them,  even 
you  above  all  people,  as  it  is  this  day. 

16  Circumcise  therefore  rthe  foreskin  of  your 
heart,  and  be  no  more  stiffnecked. 

17  For  the  Lord  your  God  is  s  God  of  gods,  and 
'Lord  of  lords,  a  great  God,  a  mighty,  and  a  ter- 
rible, which  "regardeth  not  persons,  nor  taketh 
reward  : 

18  "  He  doth  execute  the  judgment  of  the  father- 
less and  widow,  and  loveth  the  stranger,  in  giving 
him  food  and  raiment. 

19  Love  ye  therefore  the  stranger :  for  ye  were 
strangers  in  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

20  w  Thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God ;  him  shalt 
thou  serve,  and  to  him  shalt  thou  cleave,  x  and  swear 
by  his  name. 

21  y  He  is  thy  praise,  and  he  is  thy  God,  that  hath 
done  for  thee  these  great  and  terrible  things,  which 
thine  eyes  have  seen. 

22  Thy  fathers  went  down  into  E'gypt  with  three- 
score and  ten  persons  ;  and  now  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  made  thee  as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multitude. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Moses  exhorts  to  obedience.    26  A  blessing  and  a  curse. 

THEREFORE  thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  "keep  his  charge,  and  his  statutes,  and  his 
judgments,  and  his  commandments,  alway. 

2  And  know  ye  this  day  :  for  /  speak  not  with  your 
children  which  have  not  known,  and  which  have  not 
seen  the  chastisement  of  the  Lord  your  God,  his 
greatness,  his  mighty  hand,  and  his  stretched  out 
arm, 

3  And  his  miracles,  and  his  acts,  which  he  did 
in  the  midst  of  E'gypt  unto  Pha'raoh  the  king  of 
E'gypt,  and  unto  all  his  land; 

4  And  what  he  did  unto  the  army  of  E'gypt,  unto 
their  horses,  and  to  their  chariots  ;  how  he  made  the 
water  of  the  Red  sea  to  overflow  them  as  they  pur- 
sued after  you,  and  how  the  Lord  hath  destroyed 
them  unto  this  day ; 

159 


The  promised  land. 


DEUTERONOMY,  12. 


Rewards  of  obedience. 


5  And  what  he  did  unto  you  in  the  wilderness, 
until  ye  came  into  this  place  ; 

6  And  b  what  he  did  unto  Da'than  and  A-bi'ram, 
the  sons  of  E-li'ab,  the  son  of  Reu'ben  :  how  the 
earth  opened  her  mouth,  and  swallowed  them  up, 
and  their  households,  and  their  tents,  and  all  the 
1  substance  that 2  was  in  their  possession,  in  the  midst 
of  all  I§'ra-el : 

7  But  your  eyes  have  seen  all  the  great  acts  of 
the  Lord  which  he  did. 

8  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  all  the  commandments 
which  I  command  you  this  day,  that  ye  may  cbe 
strong,  and  go  in  and  possess  the  land,  whither  ye 
go  to  possess  it ; 

9  And  dthat  ye  may  prolong  your  days  in  the  land, 
which  the  Lord  sware  unto  your  fathers  to  give  unto 
them  and  to  their  seed,  ea  land  that  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey. 

10  If  For  the  land,  whither  thou  goest  in  to  possess 
it,  is  not  as  the  land  of  E'gypt,  from  whence  ye  came 
out,  •''where  thou  sowedst  thy  seed,  and  wateredst  it 
with  thy  foot,  as  a  garden  of  herbs : 

11  sBut  the  land,  whither  ye  go  to  possess  it,  is  a 
land  of  hills  and  valleys,  and  drinketh  water  of  the 
rain  of  heaven : 

12  A  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  3careth  for : 
;'  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  thy  God  are  always  upon  it, 
from  the  beginning  of  the  year  even  unto  the  end 
of  the  year. 

13  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye  shall  hearken 
*  diligently  unto  my  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand you  this  day,  •'to  love  the  Lord  your  God,  and  to 
serve  him  with  all  your  heart  and  with  all  your  soul, 

14  That  kI  will  give  you  the  rain  of  your  land  in 
his  due  season,  zthe  first  rain  and  the  latter  rain, 
that  thou  mayest  gather  in  thy  corn,  and  thy  wine, 
and  thine  oil. 

15  And  m  I  will  4send  grass  in  thy  fields  for  thy 
cattle,  that  thou  mayest  neat  and  be  full. 

16  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  "that  your  heart  be 
not  deceived,  and  ye  turn  aside,  and  serve  other 
gods,  and  worship  them ; 

17  And  then  pthe  Lord's  wrath  be  kindled  against 
you,  and  he  Q  shut  up  the  heaven,  that  there  be  no 
rain,  and  that  the  land  yield  not  her  fruit ;  and  lest 
ye  perish  quickly  from  off  the  good  land  which  the 
Lord  giveth  you. 

18  If  Therefore  shall  ye  lay  up  these  my  words  in 
your  heart  and  in  your  soul,  and  bind  them  for  a 
sign  upon  your  hand,  that  they  may  be  as  frontlets 
between  your  eyes. 

19  rAnd  ye  shall  teach  them  your  children,  speak- 
ing of  them  when  thou  sittest  in  thine  house,  and 
when  thou  walkest  by  the  way,  when  thou  liest  down, 
and  when  thou  risest  up. 

20  s  And  thou  shalt  write  them  upon  the  door  posts 
of  thine  house,  and  upon  thy  gates : 

21  That  4your  days  may  be  multiplied,  and  the  days 
of  your  children,  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  sware 
unto  your  fathers  to  give  them,  "as  the  days  of 
heaven  upon  the  earth. 

22  Tf  For  if  "ye  shall  diligently  keep  all  these  com- 

160 


B.  C.  1451. 


b  Num.  1C.  1. 
Ps.  IOC.  17. 


1  Or,  living 
substance 
which  fol- 
lowed them. 

2  was  at  their 
feet. 


c  Josh.  1.  C,  7. 


d  ch.  4.  40. 

ch.  5.  16. 

Prov.  3.  1.  26. 

Prov.  10.  27. 
e  Ex.  3.  8. 


/Zech.  14.  18. 


g  ch.  8.  7. 


3  seeketh. 
h  1  Ki.  9.  3. 


i  ch.  6.  17. 

j  2  Thess.  3.  5. 


k  Lev.  26.  4. 

ch.  28.  12. 
I  Joel  2.  23. 

Jas.  5.  7. 


m  Ps.  104.  14. 
4  give. 
n  Joel  2. 19. 
o  Job  31.  27. 
;)  ch.  6.  15. 
o  1  Ki.  8.  35. 

2  Chr.  6.  26. 

2  Chr.  7.  13. 
r  Prov.  22.  6. 
«  Hab.  2.  2. 
/  Prov.  3.  2. 

Prov.  4.  10. 

Prov.  9.  11. 
u  Ps.  72.  5. 

Ps.  89.  29. 
v  ch.  6.  17. 
w  ch.  4.  38. 
x  ch.  9.  1. 
(/Josh.  1.  3. 

Josh.  14.  9. 
z  Gen.  15.  IS. 

Num.  34.  3. 
a  ch.  7.  24. 
b  Ex.  23.  27. 
c  ch.  30.  1. 
dch.  28."  2. 
fich.  28.  15. 
/ch.  27.  12. 


a  ch.  4.  10. 

1  Ki.  8.  40. 
Gal.  0.  9. 

b  Ex.  34.  13. 

1  Or,  inherit. 
c2  Ki.  16.4. 

2  Ki.  17.10,11. 
Jer.  3.  6. 

d  Num.  33.  52. 
Judg.  2.  2. 

2  break  down. 
e  Ps.  16.  4. 

Zech.  13.  2. 
/ch.  26.  2. 

1  Ki.  8.  29. 

2  Chr.  7.  12. 
Ps.  78.  68. 

f/Lev.  17.  3. 
h  ch.  14.  22. 


mandments  which  I  command  you,  to  do  them,  to 
love  the  Lord  your  God,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and 
to  cleave  unto  him ; 

23  Then  will  the  Lord  w  drive  out  all  these  nations 
from  before  you,  and  ye  shall  x  possess  greater 
nations  and  mightier  than  yourselves. 

24  v  Every  place  whereon  the  soles  of  your  feet 
shall  tread  shall  be  yours  :  0from  the  wilderness  and 
Leb'a-non,  from  the  river,  the  river  Eu-phra'teg, 
even  unto  the  uttermost  sea  shall  your  coast  be. 

25  "There  shall  no  man  be  able  to  stand  before  you : 
for  the  Lord  your  God  shall  lay  the  fear  of  you  and 
the  dread  of  you  upon  all  the  land  that  ye  shall  tread 
upon,  6  as  he  hath  said  unto  you. 

26  If c  Behold,  I  set  before  you  this  day  a  blessing 
and  a  curse  ; 

27  A  d  blessing,  if  ye  obey  the  commandments  of 
the  Lord  your  God,  which  I  command  you  this  day : 

28  And  a  e  curse,  if  ye  will  not  obey  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  your  God,  but  turn  aside  out  of 
the  way  which  I  command  you  this  day,  to  go  after 
other  gods,  which  ye  have  not  known. 

29  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  brought  thee  in  unto  the  land  whither  thou 
goest  to  possess  it,  that  thou  shalt  put  ■'"the  blessing 
upon  mount  Ger'i-zim,  and  the  curse  upon  mount 
E'bal. 

30  Are  they  not  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan,  by  the 
way  where  the  sun  goeth  down,  in  the  land  of  the 
Ca'naan-Ites,  which  dwell  in  the  champaign  over 
against  Gil'gal,  beside  the  plains  of  Mo'reh? 

31  For  ye  shall  pass  over  Jor'dan  to  go  in  to  pos- 
sess the  land  which  the  Lord  your  God  giveth  you, 
and  ye  shall  possess  it,  and  dwell  therein. 

32  And  ye  shall  observe  to  do  all  the  statutes  and 
judgments  which  I  set  before  you  this  day. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Moses  lays  down  certain  laws  and  judgments.    17  Holy  things  to  be  eaten  in  a  holy 

place. 

HHHESE  are  the  statutes  and  judgments,  which  ye 
J-    shall  observe  to  do  in  the  land,  which  the  Lord 
God  of  thy  fathers  giveth  thee  to  possess  it,  "all  the 
days  that  ye  live  upon  the  earth. 

2  6Ye  shall  utterly  destroy  all  the  places,  wherein 
the  nations  which  ye  shall  possess  served  their  gods, 
cupon  the  high  mountains,  and  upon  the  hills,  and 
under  every  green  tree : 

3  And  dye  shall  Overthrow  their  altars,  and  break 
their  pillars,  and  burn  their  groves  with  fire ;  and 
ye  shall  hew  down  the  graven  images  of  their  gods, 
and  destroy  the  e  names  of  them  out  of  that  place. 

4  Ye  shall  not  do  so  unto  the  Lord  your  God. 

5  But  unto  the  place  which  the  Lord  your  God 
shall  •'"choose  out  of  all  your  tribes  to  put  his  name 
there,  even  unto  his  habitation  shall  ye  seek,  and 
thither  thou  shalt  come : 

6  And  a  thither  ye  shall  bring  your  burnt  offerings, 
and  your  sacrifices,  and  your  h  tithes,  and  heave 
offerings  of  your  hand,  and  your  vows,  and  your 
freewill  offerings,  and  the  firstlings  of  your  herds 
and  of  your  flocks : 


True  ivorship  enjoined. 


DEUTERONOMY,  13. 


Blood  is  forbidden. 


7  And  » there  ye  shall  eat  before  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  jje  shall  rejoice  in  all  that  ye  put  your 
hand  unto,  ye  and  your  households,  wherein  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee. 

8  Ye  shall  not  do  after  all  the  things  that  we  do 
here  this  day,  every  man  whatsoever  is  right  in  his 
own  eyes. 

9  For  ye  are  not  as  yet  come  to  the  rest  and  to 
the  inheritance,  which  the  Lord  your  God  giveth 
you. 

10  But  when  ye  go  over  Jor'dan,  and  dwell  in  the 
land  which  the  Lord  your  God  giveth  you  to  in- 
herit, and  ivhen  he  giveth  you  rest  from  all  your 
enemies  round  about,  so  that  ye  dwell  in  safety ; 

11  Then  there  shall  be  fca  place  which  the  Lord 
your  God  shall  choose  to  cause  his  name  to  dwell 
there  ;  thither  shall  ye  bring  all  that  I  command 
you ;  your  burnt  offerings,  and  your  sacrifices,  your 
tithes,  and  the  heave  offering  of  your  hand,  and  all 
3  your  choice  vows  which  ye  vow  unto  the  Lord  : 

12  And  ye  shall  rejoice  before  the  Lord  your  God, 
ye,  and  your  sons,  and  your  daughters,  and  your 
menservants,  and  your  maidservants,  and  the  Le'- 
vlte  that  is  within  your  gates ;  forasmuch  as  l  he 
hath  no  part  nor  inheritance  with  you. 

13  m  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  offer  not  thy 
burnt  offerings  in  every  place  that  thou  seest : 

14  But  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall  choose 
in  one  of  thy  tribes,  there  thou  shalt  offer  thy  burnt 
offerings,  and  there  thou  shalt  do  all  that  I  com- 
mand thee. 

15  Notwithstanding  thou  may  est  kill  and  eat  flesh 
in  all  thy  gates,  whatsoever  n  thy  soul  lusteth  after, 
according  to  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  thy  God 
which  he  hath  given  thee :  the  unclean  and  the  clean 
may  eat  thereof,  °as  of  the  roebuck,  and  as  of  the 
hart. 

16  pOnly  ye  shall  not  eat  the  blood ;  ye  shall  pour 
it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

17  If  Thou  may  est  not  eat  within  thy  gates  the 
tithe  of  thy  corn,  or  of  thy  wine,  or  of  thy  oil,  or  the 
firstlings  of  thy  herds  or  of  thy  flock,  nor  any  of 
thy  vows  which  thou  vowest,  nor  thy  freewill  offer- 
ings, or  heave  offering  of  thine  hand  : 

18  9But  thou  must  eat  them  before  the  Lord  thy 
God  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose,  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy 
manservant,  and  thy  maidservant,  and  the  Le'vite 
that  is  within  thy  gates:  and  thou  shalt r rejoice 
before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  all  that  thou  puttest 
thine  hands  unto. 

19  sTake  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  forsake  not  the 
Le'vite  4as  long  as  thou  livest  upon  the  earth. 

20  H  When  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  enlarge  thy 
border,  *as  he  hath  promised  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
say,  I  will  eat  flesh,  because  thy  soul  longeth  to  eat 
flesh ;  thou  mayest  eat  flesh,  whatsoever  thy  soul 
lusteth  after. 

21  If  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
chosen  to  put  his  name  there  be  too  far  from  thee, 
then  thou  shalt  kill  of  thy  herd  and  of  thy  flock, 
which  the  Lord  hath  given  thee,  as  I  have  com- 

10 


B.  C.  1451. 


i  ch.  14.  2G. 
j  Lev.  23.  40. 

Eccl.  3.  12. 

Eocl.  5.  18. 


k  ch.  i-i   23. 

ch.  15.  20. 

ch.  16.  2. 

ch.  17.  8. 

ch.  18.  6. 

ch.  26.  2. 

ch.  31.  11. 

Josh.  18.  1. 

1  Ki.  8.  29. 

Ps.  78.  68. 

Ps.  87.  2. 
3  the  choice  of 

your  vows. 


/ch.  10.  9. 
ch.  14.  29. 


m  Lev.  17.  4. 

n  Gen.  9.  :;. 
o  ch.  14.  5. 

ch.  15.  22. 
p  Gen.  9.  4. 

Lev.  7.  26. 

ch.  15.  23. 

1  Sara.  14. 

33,  34. 

Acts  15.  20,29. 
q  ch.  14.  23. 
rEccl.  3.  12,13. 

Eccl.  5.  18-20. 
■i  ch.  14.  27. 

4  all  thy  days. 
t  Gen.  15.  18. 

Gen.  28.  14. 
ch.  11.24. 
ch.  19.  8. 

5  be  strong. 
u  Gen.  9.  4. 

Lev.  17. 11,  14. 
!•  ch.  4.  40. 

Isa.  3.  10. 
w  ch.  13.  18. 

1  Ki.  11.  38. 

i  Num.  5.  9,  10. 
2/1  Sam.  21. 

22.  24. 
z  Lev.  1.  5,  9, 13. 

Lev.  17.  11. 
a  Ps.  25.  12,  13. 

Prov.  1.  33. 

Prov.  3.  1-4. 

Eccl.  S.  12. 
b  Ex.  23.  23. 

Ps.  78.  55. 

6  inheritest, 
or,  possessest 
them. 

7  after  them, 
c  Lev.  18.  3, 

26,  30. 

2  Ki.  17.  15. 
2  Chr.  33.  2. 

8  abomination 
of  the. 

d  Jer.  32.  35. 
e  Josh.  1.  7. 

Prov.  30.  6. 

Rev.  22.  18. 


a  2  Thess.  2.  9. 
6  Jer.  28.  9. 

Matt.  7.  22. 
c  Matt.  24.  24. 

1  Cor.  11.  19. 

2  Thess.  2.  11. 
(7  2  Ki.  23.  3. 

2  Chr.  34.  31. 

1  John  1.  7. 
e  1  Ki.  18.  40. 

Isa.  9.  15,  16. 

Zech.  13.  3. 

Rev.  19.  20. 
f\  Ki.  18.40. 

2Ki.  10. 18-28. 
1  spoken  revolt 

against  the 

Lord. 


manded  thee,  and  thou  shalt  eat  in  thy  gates  what- 
soever thy  soul  lusteth  after. 

22  Even  as  the  roebuck  and  the  hart  is  eaten,  so 
thou  shalt  eat  them :  the  unclean  and  the  clean  shall 
eat  of  them  alike. 

23  Only  ''be  sure  that  thou  eat  not  the  blood  :  "  for 
the  blood  is  the  life ;  and  thou  mayest  not  eat  the 
life  with  the  flesh. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it ;  thou  shalt  pour  it  upon 
the  earth  as  water. 

25  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it ;  "that  it  may  go  well  with 
thee,  and  with  thy  children  after  thee,  w  when  thou 
shalt  do  that  which  is  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

26  Only  thy  'choly  things  which  thou  hast,  and  nhy 
vows,  thou  shalt  take,  and  go  unto  the  place  which 
the  Lord  shall  choose  : 

27  And  2thou  shalt  offer  thy  burnt  offerings,  the 
flesh  and  the  blood,  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  :  and  the  blood  of  thy  sacrifices  shall  be  poured 
out  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  thou 
shalt  eat  the  flesh. 

28  Observe  and  hear  all  these  words  which  I  com- 
mand thee,  athat  it  may  go  well  with  thee,  and  with 
thy  children  after  thee  for  ever,  when  thou  doest 
that  which  is  good  and  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord 
thy  God. 

29  H  When  Hhe  Lord  thy  God *  shall  cut  off  the 
nations  from  before  thee,  whither  thou  goest  to  pos- 
sess them,  and  thou  6succeedest  them,  and  dwellest 
in  their  land ; 

30  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  be  not  snared 
7  by  following  them,  after  that  they  be  destroyed 
from  before  thee ;  and  that  thou  enquire  not  after 
their  gods,  saying,  How  did  these  nations  serve  their 
gods  ?  even  so  will  I  do  likewise. 

31  cThou  shalt  not  do  so  unto  the  Lord  thy  God : 
for  every 8  abomination  to  the  Lord,  which  hehateth, 
have  they  done  unto  their  gods;  for  <*even  their 
sons  and  their  daughters  they  have  burnt  in  the 
fire  to  their  gods. 

32  What  thing  soever  I  command  you,  observe  to 
do  it:  ethou  shalt  not  add  thereto,  nor  diminish 
from  it. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Idolaters  to  be  put  to  death.     12  Idolatrous  eities  to  be  destroyed. 

TF  there  arise  among  you  a  prophet,  or  a  dreamer 
-*-  of  dreams,  and  "giveth  thee  a  sign  or  a  wonder, 

2  And  Hhe  sign  or  the  wonder  come  to  pass,  where- 
of he  spake  unto  thee,  saying,  Let  us  go  after  other 
gods,  which  thou  hast  not  known,  and  let  us  serve 
them ; 

3  Thou  shalt  not  hearken  unto  the  words  of  that 
prophet,  or  thatt1  dreamer  of  dreams :  for  the  Lord 
your  God  cproveth  you,  to  know  whether  ye  love 
the  Lord  your  God  with  all  your  heart  and  with  all 
your  soul. 

4  Ye  shall  rfwalk  after  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
fear  him,  and  keep  his  commandments,  and  obey  his 
voice,  and  ye  shall  serve  him,  and  cleave  unto  him. 

5  And  ethat  prophet,  or  that  dreamer  of  dreams, 
shall  -^be  put  to  death ;  because  he  hath  *  spoken  to 
turn  you  away  from  the  Lord  your  God,  which 

1G1 


Treatment  of  idolaters. 


DEUTERONOMY,  14. 


Clean  and  unclean  meats. 


brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  re- 
deemed you  out  of  the  house  of  bondage,  to  thrust 
thee  out  of  the  way  which  the  Lord  thy  God  com- 
manded thee  to  walk  in.  BSo  shalt  thou  put  the 
evil  away  from  the  midst  of  thee. 

6  IT  If  thy  brother,  the  son  of  thy  mother,  or  thy 
son,  or  thy  daughter,  or  Hhe  wife  of  thy  bosom,  or 
thy  friend,  which  is  as  thine  own  soul,  entice  thee 
secretly,  saying,  Let  us  go  and  serve  other  gods, 
which  thou  hast  not  known,  thou,  nor  thy  fathers ; 

7  Namely,  of  the  gods  of  the  people  which  are 
round  about  you,  nigh  unto  thee,  or  far  off  from 
thee,  from  the  one  end  of  the  earth  even  unto  the 
other  end  of  the  earth  ; 

8  Thou  shalt  *not  consent  unto  him,  nor  hearken 
unto  him ;  neither  shall  thine  eye  pity  him,  neither 
shalt  thou  spare,  neither  shalt  thou  conceal  him : 

9  But  thou  shalt  surely  kill  him ;  3  thine  hand  shall 
be  first  upon  him  to  put  him  to  death,  and  after- 
wards the  hand  of  all  the  people. 

10  And  thou  shalt  stone  him  with  stones,  that  he 
die ;  because  he  hath  sought  to  thrust  thee  away 
from  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  brought  thee  out  of 
the  land  of  E'gypt,  from  the  house  of  2 bondage. 

11  And  &  all  Ig'ra-el  shall  hear,  and  fear,  and  shall 
do  no  more  any  such  wickedness  as  this  is  among  you. 

12  If  *If  thou  shalt  hear  saij  in  one  of  thy  cities, 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee  to  dwell 
there,  saying, 

13  Certain  men,  Hhe  children  of  Be'li-al, '"  are  gone 
out  from  among  you,  and  have  n  withdrawn  the  in- 
habitants of  their  city,  saying,  Let  us  go  and  serve 
other  gods,  which  ye  have  not  known ; 

14  Then  shalt  thou  enquire,  and  make  search,  and 
ask  diligently  ;  and,  behold,  if  it  be  truth,  and  the 
thing  certain,  that  such  abomination  is  wrought 
among  you ; 

15  Thou  shalt  surely  smite  the  inhabitants  of  that 
city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  "destroying  it  ut- 
terly, and  all  that  is  therein,  and  the  cattle  thereof, 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

16  And  thou  shalt  gather  all  the  spoil  of  it  into  the 
midst  of  the  street  thereof,  and  shalt  burn  with  fire 
the  city,  and  all  the  spoil  thereof  every  whit,  for 
the  Lord  thy  God :  and  it  shall  be  p  an  heap  for  ever ; 
it  shall  not  be  built  again. 

17  And  'there  shall  cleave  nought  of  the  4 cursed 
thing  to  thine  hand  :  that  the  Lord  may  '"turn  from 
the  fierceness  of  his  anger,  and  shew  thee  mercy, 
and  have  compassion  upon  thee,  and  multiply  thee, 
sas  he  hath  sworn  unto  thy  fathers; 

18  When  thou  shalt  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  'to  keep  all  his  commandments  which 
I  command  thee  this  day,  to  do  that  which  is  right 
in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  No  disfiguring  mourning  for  Cod's  children.    3  Of  meats  clean  and  unclean.    23  Of 

tithes. 

"V7"E  are  "the  children  of  the  Lord  your  God  :  6ye 
J-    shall  not  cut  yourselves,  nor  make  any  bald- 
ness between  your  eyes  for  the  dead. 

162 


B.  C.  1451. 


g  1  Cor.  5.  13. 


h  Job  2.  9. 
Mic.  7.  5. 


i  Prov.  1.  10. 
Gal.  1.  8,  9. 


j  ch.  17.  ' 
Acts  7. 


2  bondmen. 
k  ch.  19.  20. 


/Josh.  22.  11. 


3  Or,  naughty 

men. 
m  1  John  2.  19. 
n  2  Ki.  17.  21. 


o  Josh.  6.  17. 
p  Isa.  17.  1. 

Isa.  25.  2. 
q  ch.  7.  26. 
4  Or,  devoted. 
r  Josh.  6.  20. 
s  Gen.  22.  17. 

Gen.  26.  4,  24. 

Gen.  28.  14. 
t  ch.  12.  25. 


13. 


a  Gen.  6.  2.  4. 

Ps.  82.  6,  7. 

Jer.  3.  19. 

Hos.  1.  10. 

Rom.  8.  16. 

Gal.  3.  20. 

1  John  3.  1. 
*  Lev.  19.  28. 

Lev.  21.  5. 

Jer.  16.  6. 

1  Thess.  4 
C  Lev.  11.  45. 

Lev.  19.  2. 

Lev.  20.  20. 

Isa.  62.  12. 

Dan.  8.  24. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 
d  Isa.  65.  4. 

Ezek.  4.  14. 

Acts  10.  13. 

Rom.  14.  14. 
e  Lev.  11.  2. 
1  dishon,  or, 

bison. 
/Lev.  11.  13. 
g  Ex.  22.  31. 

Lev.  17.  15. 

Lev.  22.  8. 

Ezek.  4.  14. 
h  Ex.  23.  19. 
i  Lev.  27.  30. 

ch.  12.  6,  17. 

Neh.  10.  37. 
yPs.  2.  11. 

Ps.  5.  7. 

Ps.  111.  10. 

Ps.  147.  11. 

Prov.  3.  13. 

Isa.  8.  13. 

Jer.  32.  38-41 

Heb.  12.  28. 
/.■ch.  12.  21. 


2  cFor  thou  art  an  holy  people  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  the  Lord  hath  chosen  thee  to  be  a  pecul- 
iar people  unto  himself,  above  all  the  nations  that 
are  upon  the  earth. 

3  If  dThou  shalt  not  eat  any  abominable  thing. 

4  e  These  are  the  beasts  which  ye  shall  eat :  the  ox, 
the  sheep,  and  the  goat, 

5  The  hart,  and  the  roebuck,  and  the  fallow  deer, 
and  the  wild  goat,  and  the  ^ygarg,  and  the  wild 
ox,  and  the  chamois. 

6  And  every  beast  that  parteth  the  hoof,  and 
cleaveth  the  cleft  into  two  claws,  and  cheweth  the 
cud  among  the  beasts,  that  ye  shall  eat. 

7  Nevertheless  these  ye  shall  not  eat  of  them  that 
chew  the  cud,  or  of  them  that  divide  the  cloven 
hoof ;  as  the  camel,  and  the  hare,  and  the  coney : 
for  they  chew  the  cud,  but  divide  not  the  hoof ; 
therefore  they  are  unclean  unto  you. 

8  And  the  swine,  because  it  divideth  the  hoof,  yet 
cheweth  not  the  cud,  it  is  unclean  unto  you  :  ye 
shall  not  eat  of  their  flesh,  nor  touch  their  dead 
carcase. 

9  If  These  ye  shall  eat  of  all  that  are  in  the  waters : 
all  that  have  fins  and  scales  shall  ye  eat : 

10  And  whatsoever  hath  not  fins  and  scales  ye 
may  not  eat ;  it  is  unclean  unto  you. 

11  If  O/all  clean  birds  ye  shall  eat. 

12  •'"But  these  are  they  of  which  ye  shall  not  eat : 
the  eagle,  and  the  ossifrage,  and  the  ospray, 

13  And  the  glede,  and  the  kite,  and  the  vulture 
after  his  kind, 

14  And  every  raven  after  his  kind, 

15  And  the  owl,  and  the  night  hawk,  and  the 
cuckow,  and  the  hawk  after  his  kind, 

16  The  little  owl,  and  the  great  owl,  and  the 
swan, 

17  And  the  pelican,  and  the  gier  eagle,  and  the 
cormorant, 

18  And  the  stork,  and  the  heron  after  her  kind, 
and  the  lapwing,  and  the  bat. 

19  And  every  creeping  thing  that  flieth  is  unclean 
unto  you  :  they  shall  not  be  eaten. 

20  But  of  all  clean  fowls  ye  may  eat. 

21  If  gYe  shall  not  eat  of  any  thing  that  dieth  of 
itself  :  thou  shalt  give  it  unto  the  stranger  that  is 
in  thy  gates,  that  he  may  eat  it ;  or  thou  mayest  sell 
it  unto  an  alien  :  for  thou  art  an  holy  people  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God.  ''Thou  shalt  not  seethe  a  kid 
in  his  mother's  milk. 

22  'Thou  shalt  truly  tithe  all  the  increase  of  thy 
seed,  that  the  field  bringeth  forth  year  by  year. 

23  And  thou  shalt  eat  before  the  Lord  thy  God, 
in  the  place  which  he  shall  choose  to  place  his  name 
there,  the  tithe  of  thy  corn,  of  thy  wine,  and  of 
thine  oil,  and  the  firstlings  of  thy  herds  and  of  thy 
flocks  ;  that  thou  j  mayest  learn  to  fear  the  Lord 
thy  God  always. 

24  And  if  the  way  be  too  long  for  thee,  so  that 
thou  art  not  able  to  carry  it ;  or  k  if  the  place  be 
too  far  from  thee,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose  to  set  his  name  there,  when  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  blessed  thee  : 


The  year  of  release. 


DEUTERONOMY,  15,  16. 


Treatment  of  bondmen. 


25  Then  shalt  thou  turn  it  into  money,  and  bind 
up  the  money  in  thine  hand,  and  shalt  go  unto  the 
place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose  : 

26  And  thou  shalt  bestow  that  money  for  what- 
soever thy  soul  lusteth  after,  for  oxen,  or  for  sheep, 
or  for  wine,  or  for  strong  drink,  or  for  whatsoever 
thy  soul  2desireth  :  and  thou  shalt  eat  there  be- 
fore the  Lord  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt  rejoice,  thou, 
and  thine  household, 

27  And  'the  Le'vite  that  is  within  thy  gates  ;  thou 
shalt  not  forsake  him  ;  for  m  he  hath  no  part  nor 
inheritance  with  thee. 

28  If  wAt  the  end  of  three  years  thou  shalt  bring 
forth  all  the  tithe  of  thine  increase  the  same  year, 
and  shalt  lay  it  up  within  thy  gates  : 

29  And  the  Le'vite,  (because  he  hath  no  part  nor 
inheritance  with  thee,)  and  "the  stranger,  and  the 
fatherless,  and  the  widow,  which  are  within  thy 
gates,  shall  come,  and  shall  eat  and  be  satisfied  ; 
that  the  pLord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the 
work  of  thine  hand  which  thou  doest. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  The  seventh  year  and  manner  of  release.     12  Concerning  an  Hebrew  servant. 

\  T  the  end  of  a  every  seven  years  thou  shalt  make 
-^-  a  release. 

2  And  this  is  the  manner  of  the  release :  Every 
1  creditor  that  lendeth  ought  unto  his  neighbour 
shall  release  it ;  he  shall  not  exact  it  of  his  neigh- 
bour, or  of  his  brother ;  because  it  is  called  the  Lord's 
release. 

3  b  Of  a  foreigner  thou  may  est  exact  it  again  : 
but  that  which  is  thine  with  thy  brother  thine  hand 
shall  release  ; 

4  2Save  when  there  shall  be  no  poor  among  you; 
cfor  the  Lord  shall  greatly  bless  thee  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inherit- 
ance to  possess  it : 

5  Only  if  thou  carefully  hearken  unto  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  to  observe  to  do  all  these  com- 
mandments which  I  command  thee  this  day. 

6  For  the  Lord  thy  God  blesseth  thee,  as  he  pro- 
mised thee :  and  thou  shalt  lend  unto  many  nations, 
but  thou  shalt  not  borrow  ;  and  dthou  shalt  reign 
over  many  nations,  but  they  shall  not  reign  over 
thee. 

7  If  If  there  be  among  you  a  poor  man  of  one  of 
thy  brethren  within  any  of  thy  gates  in  thy  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  thou  e  shalt 
not  harden  thine  heart,  nor  shut  thine  hand  from 
thy  poor  brother  : 

8  -^But  thou  shalt  open  thine  hand  wide  unto  him, 
and  shalt  surely  lend  him  sufficient  for  his  need,  in 
that  which  he  wanteth. 

9  Beware  that  there  be  not  a  3  thought  in  thy 
4  wicked  heart,  saying,  The  seventh  year,  the  year 
of  release,  is  at  hand ;  and  thine  "eye  be  evil  against 
thy  poor  brother,  and  thou  givest  him  nought ;  and 
fehe  cry  unto  the  Lord  against  thee,  and  Mt  be  sin 
unto  thee. 

10  Thou  shalt  surely  give  him,  and  j  thine  heart 
shall  not  be  grieved  when  thou  givest  unto  him: 


B.  C.  1451. 


2  asketh  of  thee. 


/Rom.  13.  4. 
Rom.  15.  27. 
1  Cor.  9.  1-14. 

in  Num.  18.  20. 
ch.  18.  1,  2. 

n  Amos  4.  4. 


o  ch.  10.  18. 
Ps.  94.  0. 
Luke  14.  13. 
Heb.  13.  2. 


p  ch.  15.  10. 
Ps.  41.  1. 
Prov.  3.  9,  10. 
Prov.  11.  24. 
Isa.  58.  7-12. 
Mai.  3.  10. 
Luke  11.  41. 
2  Cor.  9.  G-ll. 


a  Ex.  23.  10. 
Jer.  34.  14. 

1  master  of  the 
lending  of  his 
hand. 

*  ch.  23.  20. 

2  Or,  to  the  end 
that  there  be 
no  poor  among 
you. 

ceh.2S.  8. 
d  Prov.  22.  7. 
c  Matt.  IS.  30. 

1  John  3.  17. 
f  Lev.  25.  35. 

Matt.  5.  42. 
Luke  6.  34. 
Gal.  2.  10. 

3  word. 

4  Belial. 

g  ch.28.  54. 

Prov.  23.  G. 

Matt.  20.  15. 
h  ch.  24.  15. 

Job  34.  28. 

Ps.  12.  5. 

Amos  5.  11. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
i  Matt.  25.  41 . 
j  Matt.  25.  40. 

Acts  20.  35. 

Rom.  12.  S. 

2  Cor.  9.  5. 

1  Tim.  6. 18. 

1  Pet.  4.  11. 
k  ch.  14.  29. 

Ps.  41.  1. 

Prov.  14.21, 

31. 

Prov.  22.  9. 

Prov.  29.  7. 
ZEx.  21.  2. 

Jer.  34.  14. 
m  Prov.  10.  22. 
n  Ex.  21.  5,  6. 
o  Isa.  10.  14. 

Isa.  21,  16. 
p  Ex.  13.  2. 
q  ch.  12.  5. 

ch.  14.  23. 

ch.  1G.  11. 
r  Lev.  22.  20. 

ch.  17.  1. 
s  ch.  12.  15,  22. 
/  Gen.  9.  4. 

Lev.  7.  26. 

ch.  12.  16. 


a  Ex.  12.  2. 

Lev.  23.  5. 

Num.  9.  2-5. 

John  18.  28. 
6  1  Cor.  5.  7,  8. 

Heb.  11.  28. 
c  Ex.  12.  5-7. 

2  Chr.  35.  7. 

Matt.  26.  2. 

Mark  14.  12. 

Luke  22.  8,  15. 

1  Cor.  5.  7. 
d  Ex.  12.  15, 

19,  39. 


because  that  ''for  this  thing  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
bless  thee  in  all  thy  works,  and  in  all  that  thou 
puttest  thine  hand  unto. 

1 1  For  the  poor  shall  never  cease  out  of  the  land  : 
therefore  I  command  thee,  saying,  Thou  shalt  open 
thine  hand  wide  unto  thy  brother,  to  thy  poor,  and 
to  thy  needy,  in  thy  land. 

12  Tf  And  'if  thy  brother,  an  He'brew  man,  or  an 
He'brew  woman,  be  sold  unto  thee,  and  serve  thee 
six  years  ;  then  in  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt  let 
him  go  free  from  thee. 

13  And  when  thou  sendest  him  out  free  from  thee, 
thou  shalt  not  let  him  go  away  empty  : 

14  Thou  shalt  furnish  him  liberally  out  of  thy 
flock,  and  out  of  thy  floor,  and  out  of  thy  winepress : 
of  that  wherewith  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  m  blessed 
thee  thou  shalt  give  unto  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
bondman  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  the  Lord  thy 
God  redeemed  thee  :  therefore  I  command  thee  this 
thing  to  day. 

16  And  it  shall  be,  "  if  he  say  unto  thee,  I  will  not 
go  away  from  thee  ;  because  he  loveth  thee  and 
thine  house,  because  he  is  well  with  thee  ; 

17  Then  thou  shalt  take  an  aul,  and  thrust  it 
through  his  ear  unto  the  door,  and  he  shall  be  thy 
servant  for  ever.  And  also  unto  thy  maidservant 
thou  shalt  do  likewise. 

18  It  shall  not  seem  hard  unto  thee,  when  thou 
sendest  him  away  free  from  thee ;  for  he  hath  been 
worth  "a  double  hired  servant  to  thee,  in  serving 
thee  six  years  :  and  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bless 
thee  in  all  that  thou  doest. 

19  Tf  p  All  the  firstling  males  that  come  of  thy  herd 
and  of  thy  flock  thou  shalt  sanctify  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God :  thou  shalt  do  no  work  with  the  firstling 
of  thy  bullock,  nor  shear  the  firstling  of  thy  sheep. 

20  9Thou  shalt  eat  it  before  the  Lord  thy  God  year 
by  year  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall  choose, 
thou  and  thy  household. 

21  And  rif  there  be  any  blemish  therein,  as  if  it 
be  lame,  or  blind,  or  have  any  ill  blemish,  thou  shalt 
not  sacrifice  it  unto  the  Lord  thy  God. 

22  Thou  shalt  eat  it  within  thy  gates :  the  s  unclean 
and  the  clean  person  shall  eat  it  alike,  as  the  roe- 
buck, and  as  the  hart. 

23  Only  thou  shalt  not  eat  'the  blood  thereof; 
thou  shalt  pour  it  upon  the  ground  as  water. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Of  the  stated  feasts.    18  Of  judges  and  judgments. 

OBSERVE  the  a  month  of  A'bib,  and  keep  the 
6  passoyer  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  :  for  in  the 
month  of  A^blb  the  Lord  thy  God  brought  thee 
forth  out  of  E'gypt  by  night. 

2  Thou  shalt  therefore  sacrifice  the  passover  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God,  of  the  flock  and  the  herd,  in  the 
place  which  the  Lord  shall  choose  to  place  his  name 
there. 

3  dThou  shalt  eat  no  leavened  bread  with  it ; 
seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened  bread  there- 
with, even  the  bread  of  affliction  ;  for  thou  earnest 

163 


Of  the  stated  feasts. 


DEUTERONOMY,  17. 


Divers  injunctions. 


forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt  in  haste  :  that  thou 
mayest  remember  the  day  when  thou  earnest  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

4  And  there  shall  be  no  leavened  bread  seen  with 
thee  in  all  thy  coast  seven  days  ;  e  neither  shall 
there  any  thing  of  the  flesh,  which  thou  sacrificedst 
the  first  day  at  even,  remain  all  night  until  the 
morning. 

5  Thou  mayest  not  Sacrifice  the  passover  within 
any  of  thy  gates,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee  : 

6  But  at  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose  to  place  his  name  in,  there  thou  shalt  sac- 
rifice the  passover  yat  even,  at  the  going  down  of 
the  sun,  at  the  season  that  thou  earnest  forth  out 
of  E'gypt. 

7  And  thou  shalt  "roast  and  eat  it  ''in  the  place 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose  :  and  thou 
shalt  turn  in  the  morning,  and  go  unto  thy  tents. 

8  J3ix  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleavened  bread  :  and 
*on  the  seventh  day  shall  be  a  2  solemn  assembly  to 
the  Lord  thy  God  :  thou  shalt  do  no  work  therein. 

9  If j  Seven  weeks  shalt  thou  number  unto  thee  : 
begin  to  number  the  seven  weeks  from  such  time  as 
thou  beginnest  to  'put  the  sickle  to  the  corn. 

10  And  thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  weeks  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God  with  3a  tribute  of  a  freewill  offer- 
ing of  thine  hand,  which  thou  shalt  give  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God,  k  according  as  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
blessed  thee  : 

11  And  thou  shalt  rejoice  before  the  Lord  thy 
God,  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy 
manservant,  and  thy  maidservant,  and  the  Le'vite 
that  is  within  thy  gates,  and  -  the  stranger,  and  the 
fatherless,  and  the  widow,  that  are  among  you,  in 
the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  to 
place  his  name  there. 

12  And  ,nthou  shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
bondman  in  E'gypt :  and  thou  shalt  observe  and  do 
these  statutes. 

13  If  wThou  shalt  observe  the  feast  of  tabernacles 
seven  days,  after  that  thou  hast  gathered  in  thy 
4corn  and  thy  wine  : 

14  And  "thou  shalt  rejoice  in  thy  feast,  thou,  and 
thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy  manservant,  and 
thy  maidservant,  and  the  Le'vlte,  the  stranger,  and 
the  fatherless,  and  the  widow,  that  are  within  thy 
gates. 

15  Seven  days  shalt  thou  keep  a  solemn  feast  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall 
choose  :  because  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bless  thee 
in  all  thine  increase,  and  in  all  the  works  of  thine 
hands,  therefore  thou  shalt  surely  rejoice. 

16  Tf  Three  times  in  a  year  shall  all  thy  males 
appear  before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  the  place  which 
he  shall  choose  ;  in  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread, 
and  in  the  feast  of  weeks,  and  in  the  feast  of  taber- 
nacles :  and  they  shall  not  appear  before  the  Lord 
empty  : 

17  Every  man  shall  give  5as  he  is  able,  according 
to  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  thy  God  which  he  hath 
given  thee. 

164 


B.  C.  1451. 


e  Ex   12.  10. 


1  Or,  kill. 


/Matt.  27.46. 


q  Ex.  12.  8. 

2  Chr.  35.  13. 
h  2  Ki.  23.  23. 

John  2.  13. 


(Ex.  12.  16. 
Lev.  23.  8. 
2  restraint. 

j  Ex.  23.  16. 
Lev.  23.  15. 
Num.  28.  26. 
Acts  2.  1. 


3  Or,  sufficiency. 
k  Prov.  10.  22. 

Joel  2.  14. 

1  Cor.  16.  2. 
/  Luke  14.  12. 
m  Gen.  15.  13. 

ch.  15.  15. 

ch.  25.  6. 

Ps.  105.  23,  25. 
n  Lev.  23.  34. 

Num.  29.  12. 

4  floor,  and  thy 
winepress. 

0  ch.  26.  11. 
Neh.  8.  9. 
Eccl.  9.  7. 
Isa.  12. 
Isa.  25.  6-8. 
Isa.  30.  29. 

5  according  to 
the  gift  of  his 
hand. 

p  Ex.  23.  2. 

Lev.  19.  15. 

1  Sim.  8.  3. 

Job  31.  21,22. 

Prov.  17.  23. 

Eccl.  7.  7. 

Isa.  1.  17,  23. 
q  Prov.  24.  23. 

Acts  10.  34. 
r  Ex.  23.  8. 

Prov.  17.  23. 

Eccl.  7.  7. 

6  Or,  matters. 

7  Justice, 
justice. 

s  ch.  4.  1. 
Ezek.  18.  5. 

1  Ex.  34.  13. 

Jndg.  3.  7. 

1  Ki.  14.  15. 

2  Ki.  17.  16. 
2  Chr.  33.  3. 

8  Or,  statue, 
or,  pillar. 


1  Or,  goat. 
a  Job  31.  26. 
b  .Ter.  7.  22. 
c  Lev.  24.  14. 

Josh.  7.  25. 
d  Num.  35.  30. 

Matt.  18.  10. 

John  8.  17. 

2  Cor.  13.  1. 

1  Tim.  5.  19. 

Heb.  10.  28. 
e  2  Chr.  19.  10. 

Hag.  2.  11. 

Mai.  2.  7. 
/Ex.  21.  13. 

Num.  35.  11. 
g  ch.  12.  5. 

Ps.  122.  5. 
h  Jer.  18.  18. 
i  ch.  19.  17. 
j  Judg.  4.  5. 

1  Ki.  3.  10. 


up  any    image 


18  If  Judges  and  officers  shalt  thou  make  thee  in 
all  thy  gates,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee, 
throughout  thy  tribes  :  and  they  shall  judge  the 
people  with  just  judgment. 

19  pThou  shalt  not  wrest  judgment;  Hhou  shalt 
not  respect  persons, r  neither  take  a  gift :  for  a  gift 
doth  blind  the  eyes  of  the  wise,  and  pervert  the 
B  words  of  the  righteous. 

20  7  That  which  is  altogether  just  shalt  thou  follow, 
that  thou  mayest  slive,  and  inherit  the  land  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

21  Tf  *Thou  shalt  not  plant  thee  a  grove  of  any 
trees  near  unto  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
thou  shalt  make  thee. 

22  Neither  shalt  thou  set  thee 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hateth. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Hirers  injitm/ions.     14  Choice  of  a  king.     16  His  duties. 

rpHOU  shalt  not  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  thy  God 
-■-    any  bullock,  or  *  sheep,  wherein  is  blemish,  or 
any  evilfavouredness  :  for  that  is  an  abomination 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God. 

2  If  If  there  be  found  among  you,  within  any  of 
thy  gates  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee, 
man  or  woman,  that  hath  wrought  wickedness  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  in  transgressing  his 
covenant, 

3  And  hath  gone  and  served  other  gods,  and  wor- 
shipped them,  either  the  asun,  or  moon,  or  any  of 
the  host  of  heaven,  6 which  I  have  not  commanded; 

4  And  it  be  told  thee,  and  thou  hast  heard  of  it, 
and  enquired  diligently,  and,  behold,  it  be  true,  and 
the  thing  certain,  that  such  abomination  is  wrought 
in  Is'ra-el : 

5  Then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  that  man  or  that 
woman,  which  have  committed  that  wicked  thing, 
unto  thy  gates,  even  that  man  or  that  woman,  and 
'shalt  stone  them  with  stones,  till  they  die. 

6  dAt  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses,  or  three  wit- 
nesses, shall  he  that  is  worthy  of  death  be  put  to 
death  ;  but  at  the  mouth  of  one  witness  he  shall  not 
be  put  to  death. 

7  The  hands  of  the  witnesses  shall  be  first  upon 
him  to  put  him  to  death,  and  afterward  the  hands 
of  all  the  people.  So  thou  shalt  put  the  evil  away 
from  among  you. 

8  If e  If  there  arise  a  matter  too  hard  for  thee  in 
judgment,  ■''between  blood  and  blood,  between  plea 
and  plea,  and  between  stroke  and  stroke,  being 
matters  of  controversy  within  thy  gates :  then  shalt 
thou  arise,  ffand  get  thee  up  into  the  place  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose ; 

9  And  Hhou  shalt  come  unto  the  priests  the 
Le'vites,  and  ''unto  the  judge  that  shall  be  in  those 
days,  and  enquire ;  J'and  they  shall  shew  thee  the 
sentence  of  judgment : 

10  And  thou  shalt  do  according  to  the  sentence, 
which  they  of  that  place  which  the  Lord  shall 
choose  shall  shew  thee ;  and  thou  shalt  observe  to 
do  according  to  all  that  they  inform  thee : 

11  According  to  the  sentence  of  the  law  which 


Duties  of  a  king. 


DEUTERONOMY,  18,  19. 


A  promised  Prophet. 


they  shall  teach  thee,  and  according  to  the  judg- 
ment which  they  shall  tell  thee,  thou  shalt  do :  thou 
shalt  not  decline  from  the  sentence  which  they 
shall  shew  thee,  to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the  left. 

12  And  k  the  man  that  will  do  presumptuously, 
2 and  will  not  hearken  unto  the  priest  'that  stand- 
eth  to  minister  there  before  the  Lord  thy  God,  or 
unto  the  judge,  even  that  man  shall  die :  and  thou 
shalt  put  away  the  evil  from  Is/ra-el. 

13  And  all  the  people  shall  hear,  and  fear,  and  do 
no  more  presumptuously. 

14  1  When  thou  art  come  unto  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  and  shalt  possess  it,  and 
shalt  dwell  therein,  and  shalt  say,  m  I  will  set  a  king 
over  me,  like  "as  all  the  nations  that  are  about 
me; 

15  Thou  shalt  in  any  wise  set  him  king  over  thee, 
whom  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose :  one  °  from 
among  thy  brethren  shalt  thou  set  king  over  thee  : 
thou  mayest  not  set  a  stranger  over  thee,  which  is 
not  thy  brother. 

16  But  he  shall  not  multiply  horses  Ho  himself, 
nor  cause  the  people  Ho  return  to  E'gypt,  to  the 
end  that  he  should  multiply  horses  :  forasmuch  as 
rthe  Lord  hath  said  unto  you,  sYe  shall  henceforth 
return  no  more  that  way. 

17  Neither  shall  he  multiply  wives  to  himself, 
that  'his  heart  turn  not  away:  neither  shall  he 
greatly  "multiply  to  himself  silver  and  gold. 

18  And  "it  shall  be,  when  he  sitteth  upon  the 
throne  of  his  kingdom,  that  he  shall  write  him  a 
copy  of  this  law  in  a  book  out  of  that  w  ivhich  is 
before  the  priests  the  Le'vites : 

19  And  "it  shall  be  with  him,  and  he  shall  read 
therein  all  the  days  of  his  life :  that  he  may  learn 
to  fear  the  Lord  his  God,  to  keep  all  the  words  of 
this  law  and  these  statutes,  to  do  them : 

20  That  his  heart  be  not  lifted  up  above  his  breth- 
ren, and  that  he  Hum  not  aside  from  the  command- 
ment, to  the  right  hand,  or  to  the  left :  to  the  end 
that  he  may  prolong  his  days  in  his  kingdom,  he, 
and  his  children,  in  the  midst  of  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  0/ priestly  dues.    9  Avoiding  abominations.    15  A  promised  Prophet. 

THE  priests  the  Le'vites,  and  all  the  tribe  of 
Le'vl,  shall  have  no  part  nor  inheritance  with 
Ig'ra-el:  they  "shall  eat  the  offerings  of  the  Lord 
made  by  fire,  and  his  inheritance. 

2  Therefore  shall  they  have  no  inheritance  among 
their  brethren :  the  Lord  is  their  inheritance,  as  he 
hath  said  unto  them. 

3  IT  And  this  shall  be  the  priest's  due  from  the 
people,  from  them  that  offer  a  sacrifice,  whether  it 
be  ox  or  sheep ;  and  6  they  shall  give  unto  the  priest 
the  shoulder,  and  the  two  cheeks,  and  the  maw. 

4  The  cfirstfruit  also  of  thy  corn,  of  thy  wine,  and 
of  thine  oil,  and  the  first  of  the  fleece  of  thy  sheep, 
shalt  thou  give  him. 

5  For  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  him  out  of 
all  thy  tribes,  Ho  stand  to  minister  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  him  and  his  sons  for  ever. 


B.  C. 1451. 

k  Num.  15.  30. 

Kzra  10.  8. 

Hos.  4.  4. 
2  not  to  hearken 
/  ch,  18.  5. 

m  1  Sam.  11).  19. 

Hos.  13.  9. 
a  1  Sam.  8.  5. 


0  Jer.  30.  21. 


p  1  Ki.  4.  2G. 

Ps.  20.  7. 
q  Isa.  31.  1. 


r  Ex.  13.  17. 
s  Hos.  11.  5. 


t\  Ki.  11.3. 
U  1  Ki.  10.  21. 
c  2  Ki.  11.  12. 


w  ch.  31.  9. 
2  Ki.  22.  8. 


Josh.  1.  S. 
Ps.  119.  97. 


y  ch.  5.  32. 
1  Ki.  15.  5. 


a  Num.  IS.  8,  9. 

1  Cor.  9.  13. 
b  Lev.  7.  30. 
c  Ex.  22.  29. 
d  ch.  10.  8. 
e  Num.  35.  2,  3. 
/2  Chr.  31.4. 

1  his  sales  by 
the  fathers. 

g  Lev.  IS.  20. 

ch.  12.  29. 
A  Lev.  19.  2G. 
i  Lev.  IS.  24. 

2  Or,  upright, 
or,  sincere. 

3  Or,  inherit. 
j2Ki.  21.  6. 
k  Num.  24.  17. 

Isa.  11.  1. 

Matt.  11.  3. 

Matt.  21.  11. 

Luke  2.  25-34. 

Luke  4.  16-22. 

Luke  7. 16. 

Luke  24.  19. 

John  4.  19, 

25,26. 

John  6.  14. 

Acts  3.  22. 

Acts  7.  37. 
I  Johnl.  45. 
m  Isa.  51.  16. 

John  17.  8. 
n  John  4.  25. 

John  8.  28. 
0  Acts  3.  23. 
p  ch.  13.  5. 

Jer.  14.  14. 

Zech.  13.  3. 
q  Jer.  2.  8. 
r  Jer.  28.  9. 


1  iuheritest,  or, 
possesses!. 


6  Tf  And  if  a  Le'vlte  come  from  any  of  thy  gates 
out  of  all  I§'ra-el,  where  he  e sojourned,  and  come 
with  all  the  desire  of  his  mind  unto  the  place  which 
the  Lord  shall  choose  ; 

7  Then  he  shall  minister  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
his  God,  as  all  his  brethren  the  Le'vites  do,  which 
stand  there  before  the  Lord. 

8  They  shall  have  like  ■''portions  to  eat,  beside 
Uhat  which  cometh  of  the  sale  of  his  patrimony. 

9  If  When  thou  art  come  into  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  "thou  shalt  not  learn  to 
do  after  the  abominations  of  those  nations. 

10  There  shall  not  be  found  among  you  any  one 
that  maketh  his  son  or  his  daughter  to  pass  through 
the  fire,  hor  that  useth  divination,  or  an  observer  of 
times,  or  an  enchanter,  or  a  witch, 

11  Or  a  charmer,  or  a  consulter  with  familiar 
spirits,  or  a  wizard,  or  a  necromancer. 

12  For  all  that  do  these  things  are  an  abomination 
unto  the  Lord  :  and  '  because  of  these  abominations 
the  Lord  thy  God  doth  drive  them  out  from  before 
thee. 

13  Thou  shalt  be  2 perfect  with  the  Lord  thy  God. 

14  For  these  nations,  which  thou  shalt  3  possess, 
hearkened  unto  J  observers  of  times,  and  unto  divin- 
ers :  but  as  for  thee,  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  not 
suffered  thee  so  to  do. 

15  H  fcThe  Lord  thy  God  will  raise  up  unto  thee  a 
Prophet  from  the  midst  of  thee,  of  thy  brethren, 
like  unto  me  ;  unto  him  ye  shall  hearken  ; 

16  According  to  all  that  thou  desiredst  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  Ho'reb  in  the  day  of  the  assembly, 
saying,  Let  me  not  hear  again  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  my  God,  neither  let  me  see  this  great  fire  any 
more,  that  I  die  not. 

17  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  They  have  well 
spoken  that  which  they  have  spoken. 

18  'I  will  raise  them  up  a  Prophet  from  among 
their  brethren,  like  unto  thee,  and  "'will  put  my 
words  in  his  mouth  ;  n  and  he  shall  speak  unto  them 
all  that  I  shall  command  him. 

19  And  "it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  whosoever  will 
not  hearken  unto  my  words  which  he  shall  speak  in 
my  name,  I  will  require  it  of  him. 

20  But  Hhe  prophet,  which  shall  presume  to  speak 
a  word  in  my  name,  which  I  have  not  commanded 
him  to  speak,  or  Hhat  shall  speak  in  the  name  of 
other  gods,  even  that  prophet  shall  die. 

21  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  How  shall  we 
know  the  word  which  the  Lord  hath  not  spoken  ? 

22  rWhen  a  prophet  speaketh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  if  the  thing  follow  not,  nor  come  to  pass,  that 
is  the  thing  which  the  Lord  hath  not  spoken,  but 
the  prophet  hath  spoken  it  presumptuously  :  thou 
shalt  not  be  afraid  of  him. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Of  refuge  cities.     14  Landmarks.    15  Witnesses. 

WHEN  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  cut  off  the  na- 
tions, whose  land  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  and  thou  asucceedest  them,  and  dwellest  in 
their  cities,  and  in  their  houses  ; 

165 


Cities  of  refuge. 


DEUTERONOMY,  20. 


Officers  in  war. 


2  aThou  shalt  separate  three  cities  for  thee  in  the 
midst  of  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee  to  possess  it. 

3  Thou  shalt  prepare  thee  a  way,  and  divide  the 
coasts  of  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee  to  inherit,  into  three  parts,  that  every  slayer 
may  flee  thither. 

4  Tf  And  this  is  the  case  of  the  slayer,  which  shall 
flee  thither,  that  he  may  live  :  Whoso  killeth  his 
neighbour  ignorantly,  whom  he  hated  not  2in  time 
past ; 

5  As  when  a  man  goeth  into  the  wood  with  his 
neighbour  to  hew  wood,  and  his  hand  fetcheth  a 
stroke  with  the  ax  to  cut  down  the  tree,  and  the 
3  head  slippeth  from  the  4  helve,  and  5lighteth  upon 
his  neighbour,  that  he  die  ;  he  shall  flee  unto  one 
of  those  cities,  and  live  : 

6  Lest  the  avenger  of  the  blood  pursue  the  slayer, 
while  his  heart  is  hot,  and  overtake  him,  because 
the  way  is  long,  and  6slay  him  ;  whereas  he  was 
not  worthy  of  death,  inasmuch  as  he  hated  him  not 
7  in  time  past. 

7  Wherefore  I  command  thee,  saying,  Thou  shalt 
separate  three  cities  for  thee. 

8  And  if  the  Lord  thy  God  b  enlarge  thy  coast,  as 
he  hath  sworn  unto  thy  fathers,  and  give  thee  all  the 
land  which  he  promised  to  give  unto  thy  fathers  ; 

9  If  thou  shalt  keep  all  these  commandments  to 
do  them,  which  I  command  thee  this  day,  to  love 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  to  walk  ever  in  his  ways  ; 
'then  shalt  thou  add  three  cities  more  for  thee, 
beside  these  three  : 

10  That  innocent  blood  be  not  shed  in  thy  land, 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inherit- 
ance, and  so  blood  be  upon  thee. 

11  If  But  dif  any  man  ehate  his  neighbour,  and  lie 
in  wait  for  him,  and  rise  up  against  him,  and  smite 
him  8  mortally  that  he  die,  and  fleeth  into  one  of 
these  cities : 

12  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall  send  and  fetch 
him  thence,  and  deliver  him  into  the  hand  of  the 
avenger  of  blood,  that  he  may  die. 

13  Thine  eye  shall  not  pity  him,  •''but-  thou  shalt 
put  away  the  guilt  of  innocent  blood  from  I§'ra-el, 
that  it  may  go  well  with  thee. 

14  If  ffThou  shalt  not  remove  thy  neighbour's  land- 
mark, which  they  of  old  time  have  set  in  thine  in- 
heritance, which  thou  shalt  inherit  in  the  land  that 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  to  possess  it. 

15  If  ftOne  witness  shall  not  rise  up  against  a  man 
for  any  iniquity,  or  for  any  sin,  in  any  sin  that  he 
sinneth  :  at  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses,  or  at  the 
mouth  of  three  witnesses,  shall  the  matter  be  estab- 
lished. 

16  If  If  a  false  witness  i  rise  up  against  any  man 
to  testify  against  him  9  that  which  is  wrong ; 

17  Then  both  the  men,  between  whom  the  contro- 
versy is,  shall  stand  before  the  Lord,  before  the 
priests  and  the  judges,  which  shall  be  in  those  days ; 

18  And  the  judges  shall  make  diligent  inquisition : 
and,  behold,  if  the  witness  be  a  false  witness,  and 
hath  testified  falsely  against  his  brother ; 

166 


B.  C.  1451. 


a  Josh.  20.  2. 


2  from  yester- 
day the 
third  day. 


3  iron. 

4  wood. 

5  fmdeth. 


6  smite  him 
in  life. 


7  from  yester- 
day the  third 
day. 


b  Gen.  15.  18. 


c  Josh.  20.  7. 


dEx.  21.  12. 

Num.  35.  16. 

Prov.  28.  17. 
e  Prov.  29.  10. 

1  John  3.  15. 

8  in  life. 

/I  Ki.  2.  31. 
g  ch.  27.  17. 

Job  24.  2. 

Prov.  22.  28. 

Hos.  5.  10. 
h  Matt.  18.  16. 

John  8.  17. 

2  Cor.  13.  1. 
1  Tim.  5.  19. 
Heb.  10.  28. 

i  Ps.  27.  12. 
1  Ki.  21.  13. 

9  Or,  falling 
away. 

/  Prov.  19.  5. 

Dan.  6.  24. 
S  ch.  17.  13. 

ch.  21.  21. 
1  Ex.  21.  23. 

Lev.  24.  20. 


a  Ps.  20.  7. 
Isa.  31.  1. 

0  Num.  23.  21. 
ch.  31.  6,  8. 

2  Chr.  13.  12. 
2  Chr.  32.  7,  8. 
Ps.  23.  4. 
Isa.  41.  10. 

1  be  tender. 

2  make  haste. 
c  ch.  1.  30. 

ch.  3.  22. 
Josh.  23.  10. 
d  Neh.  12.  27. 
See  title  of 
Ps.  30. 

3  made  it  com- 
mon. 

e  ch.  24.  5. 
/  Judg.  7.  3. 

4  melt. 

5  to  be  in  the 
head  of  the 
people. 

g  2  Sam.  20.  18, 

20. 
1/  1  Ki.  9.  21. 
i  Num.  31.  7. 
.7  Josh.  8.  2. 

6  spoil. 

k  Josh.  22.  8. 


19  ^'Then  shall  ye  do  unto  him,  as  he  had  thought 
to  have  done  unto  his  brother  :  so  shalt  thou  put  the 
evil  away  from  among  you. 

20  And  k  those  which  remain  shall  hear,  and  fear, 
and  shall  henceforth  commit  no  more  any  such  evil 
among  you. 

21  And  thine  eye  shall  not  pity ;  but  'life  shall  go 
for  life,  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for  hand, 
foot  for  foot. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  Priests  and  officers  in  tear.     12  Besieging  cities. 

WHEN  thou  goest  out  to  battle  against  thine 
enemies,  and  seest  a  horses,  and  chariots,  and 
a  people  more  than  thou,  be  not  afraid  of  them :  for 
the  Lord  thy  God  is  6with  thee,  which  brought  thee 
up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  when  ye  are  come  nigh  unto  the 
battle,  that  the  priest  shall  approach  and  speak  unto 
the  people, 

3  And  shall  say  unto  them,  Hear,  O  Ig'ra-el,  ye 
approach  this  day  unto  battle  against  your  enemies  : 
let  not  your  hearts  1  faint,  fear  not,  and  do  not 
2  tremble,  neither  be  ye  terrified  because  of  them ; 

4  For  the  Lord  your  God  is  he  that  goeth  with  you, 
c  to  fight  for  you  against  your  enemies,  to  save  you. 

5  If  And  the  officers  shall  speak  unto  the  people, 
saying,  What  man  is  there  that  hath  built  a  new 
house,  and  hath  not  d dedicated  it?  let  him  go  and 
return  to  his  house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and 
another  man  dedicate  it. 

6  And  what  man  is  he  that  hath  planted  a  vine- 
yard, and  hath  not  yet 3  eaten  of  it  ?  let  him  also  go 
and  return  unto  his  house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle, 
and  another  man  eat  of  it. 

7  And  e  what  man  is  there  that  hath  betrothed  a 
wife,  and  hath  not  taken  her?  let  him  go  and  return 
unto  his  house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and  another 
man  take  her. 

8  And  the  officers  shall  speak  further  unto  the 
people,  and  they  shall  say,  -'What  man  is  there  that 
is  fearful  and  fainthearted  ?  let  him  go  and  return 
unto  his  house,  lest  his  brethren's  heart 4  faint  as 
well  as  his  heart. 

9  And  it  shall  be,  when  the  officers  have  made  an 
end  of  speaking  unto  the  people,  that  they  shall 
make  captains  of  the  armies  5to  lead  the  people. 

10  If  When  thou  comest  nigh  unto  a  city  to  fight 
against  it,  9  then  proclaim  peace  unto  it. 

11  And  it  shall  be,  if  it  make  thee  answer  of  peace, 
and  open  unto  thee,  then  it  shall  be,  that  all  the 
people  that  is  found  therein  shall  be  ''tributaries 
unto  thee,  and  they  shall  serve  thee. 

12  And  if  it  will  make  no  peace  with  thee,  but  will 
make  war  against  thee,  then  thou  shalt  besiege  it : 

13  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  delivered 
it  into  thine  hands,  'thou  shalt  smite  every  male 
thereof  with  the  edge  of  the  sword : 

14  But  the  women,  and  the  little  ones,  and  Hhe 
cattle,  and  all  that  is  in  the  city,  even  all  the  spoil 
thereof,  shalt  thou  6take  unto  thyself;  and  Hhou 
shalt  eat  the  spoil  of  thine  enemies,  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  hath  given  thee. 


Of  uncertain  murder. 

15  Thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  all  the  cities  which  are 
very  far  off  from  thee,  which  are  not  of  the  cities 
of  these  nations. 

16  But  'of  the  cities  of  these  people,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  doth  give  thee  for  an  inheritance, 
thou  shalt  save  alive  nothing  that  breatheth  : 

17  But  thou  shalt  utterly  destroy  them  ;  namely, 
the  Hit'tites,  and  the  Am'or-Ites,  the  Ca'naan-Ites, 
and  the  Per'iz-zltes,  the  Hl'vltes,and  the  Jeb'u-sltes ; 
as  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded  thee : 

18  That  mthey  teach  you  not  to  do  after  all  their 
abominations,  which  they  have  done  unto  their  gods ; 
so  should  ye  "  sin  against  the  Lord  your  God. 

19  If  When  thou  shalt  besiege  a  city  a  long  time, 
in  making  war  against  it  to  take  it,  thou  shalt  not 
destroy  the  trees  thereof  by  forcing  an  ax  against 
them :  for  thou  mayest  eat  of  them,  and  thou  shalt 
not  cut  them  down  ( 7  for  the  tree  of  the  field  is 
man's  life)  8to  employ  them  in  the  siege  : 

20  Only  the  trees  which  thou  knowest  that  they 
be  not '  trees  for  meat,  thou  shalt  destroy  and  cut 
them  down  ;  and  thou  shalt  build  bulwarks  against 
the  city  that  maketh  war  with  thee,  until  9  it  be 
subdued. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Concerning  uncertain  murder.     10  Captive  women.     IS  Rebellious  sons. 

FF  one  be  found  a  slain  in  the  land  which  the  Lord 
-*-  thy  God  giveth  thee  to  possess  it,  lying  in  the 
field,  and  it  be  not  known  who  hath  slain  him  : 

2  Then  thy  elders  and  thy  judges  shall  come  forth, 
and  they  shall  measure  unto  the  cities  which  are 
round  about  him  that  is  slain  : 

3  And  it  shall  be,  that  the  city  which  is  next  unto 
the  slain  man,  even  the  elders  of  that  city  shall 
take  an  heifer,  which  hath  not  been  wrought  with, 
and  which  hath  not  drawn  in  the  yoke  ; 

4  And  the  elders  of  that  city  shall  bring  down  the 
heifer  unto  a  rough  valley,  which  is  neither  eared 
nor  sown,  and  shall  strike  off  the  heifer's  neck 
there  in  the  valley  : 

5  And  the  priests  the  sons  of  Le'vl  shall  come  near  ; 
for  Hhem  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen  to  min- 
ister unto  him,  and  to  bless  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  c  by  their  1  word  shall  every  controversy 
and  every  stroke  be  tried: 

6  And  all  the  elders  of  that  city,  that  are  next  unto 
the  slain  man,  d  shall  wash  their  hands  over  the 
heifer  that  is  beheaded  in  the  valley  : 

7  And  they  shall  answer  and  say, e  Our  hands  have 
not  shed  this  blood,  neither  have  our  eyes  seen  it. 

8  Be  merciful,  0  Lord,  unto  thy  people  Is_'ra-el, 
whom  thou  hast  redeemed,  fand  lay  not  innocent 
blood  2unto  thy  people  of  Is'ra-el's  charge.  And 
the  blood  shall  be  forgiven  them. 

9  So  °  shalt  thou  put  away  the  guilt  of  innocent 
blood  from  among  you,  when  thou  shalt  do  that 
which  is  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

10  If  When  thou  goest  forth  to  war  against  thine 
enemies,  and  the  ''Lord  thy  God  hath  delivered 
them  into  thine  hands,  and  thou  hast  taken  them 
captive, 

11  And  seest  among  the  captives  a  beautiful  wo- 


DEUTERONOMY,  21,  22. 


Of  a  rebellious  son. 


B.  C 

1451. 

/  Num. 

21. 

3,  :r.. 

Nmn 

33 

r>'j. 

ch.  7 

1, 

? 

Josh. 

11. 

14. 

m  Ex.  34.  12-17. 
ch.  7.  4. 
oh.  12.  30,  31. 
ch.  18.  9. 
Josh.  23. 
12,  13. 

1  Cor.  15.  33. 
n  Ex.  23.  33. 

2  Ki.  21.  3-15. 
Ps.  106.  34-41. 
Hos.  8.  11. 


7  Or,  for,  O 
man,  the  tree 
of  the  field  is 
to  be  em- 
ployed in  the 
siege. 

S  to  go  from 
before  thee. 


9  it  come  down. 


a  Ps.  9.  12. 
Prov.  28.  17. 


6  1  Clir.  23.  13. 
cell.  17.  8,  9. 

1  mouth. 

d  Job  9.  30. 

Ps.  19.  12, 

Ps.  73.  13. 

Jer.  2.  22. 

Matt.  27.  24. 

Heb.  9.  10.     • 
e  2  Sam.  3.  28. 
/Jer.  2G.  15. 

Ezek.  22.  3. 

Jon.  1.  14. 

1  Thess.  2. 
15,  16. 

2  in  the  midst. 
g  ch.  19.  13. 

h  Josh.  21.  44. 

2  Chr.  32.  8. 

3  make,  or, 
dress,  or, 
suffer  to  grow. 

i  Ps.  45.  10. 
j  Gen.  34.  2. 

Judg.  19.  24. 
k  Gen.  29.  33. 
J  2  Chr.  11.  19. 

2  Chr.  21.  3. 

Rom.  8.  29. 
m  Gen.  25.  5,  6. 

1  Chr.  5.  1. 

4  that  is  found 
with  him. 

n  Gsn.  49.  3. 

0  Gen.  25.  31. 
p  Ex.  20.  12. 

Lev.  19.  3. 

Lev.  21.9. 

Prov.  1.  8. 

Prov.  15.  5. 

Epli.  6.  1. 
r/  ch.  19.  19. 
r  ch.  13.  11. 
■i  ch.  22.  26. 

1  Sam.  26.  16. 

Matt.  26.  66. 

Acts  23.  29. 

1  Josh.  S.  29. 

John  19.  31. 
»  Gal.  3.  13. 

5  the  curse  of 
God. 

;•  Lev.  18.  25. 
Num.  35.  34. 


a  Ex.  23.  4. 

Rom.  12.  10. 

2  Pet.  1.  7. 

1  John  3. 15. 

1  John  4.  21. 
h  Prov.  27.  10. 

Zech.  7.  9. 


man,  and  hast  a  desire  unto  her,  that  thou  wouldest 
have  her  to  thy  wife  ; 

12  Then  thou  shalt  bring  her  home  to  thine  house ; 
and  she  shall  shave  her  head,  and  3pare  her  nails  ; 

13  And  she  shall  put  the  raiment  of  her  captivity 
from  off  her,  and  shall  remain  in  thine  house,  'and 
bewail  her  father  and  her  mother  a  full  month  : 
and  after  that  thou  shalt  go  in  unto  her,  and  be  her 
husband,  and  she  shall  be  thy  wife. 

14  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  have  no  delight  in  her, 
then  thou  shalt  let  her  go  whither  she  will ;  but 
thou  shalt  not  sell  her  at  all  for  money,  thou  shalt 
not  make  merchandise  of  her,  because  thou  j  hast 
humbled  her. 

15  If  If  a  man  have  two  wives,  one  beloved,  and 
k  another  hated,  and  they  have  born  him  children, 
both  the  beloved  and  the  hated  ;  and  if  the  first- 
born son  be  hers  that  was  hated  : 

16  Then  it  shall  be,  'when  he  maketh  his  sons  to 
inherit  that  which  he  hath,  that  he  may  not  make 
the  son  of  the  beloved  firstborn  before  the  son  of 
the  hated,  which  is  indeed  the  firstborn  : 

17  But  he  shall  acknowledge  the  son  of  the  hated 
for  the  firstborn,  by  '"giving  him  a  double  portion 
of  all  4that  he  hath  :  for  he  is  "the  beginning  of 
his  strength  ;  "the  right  of  the  firstborn  is  his. 

18  II  If  a  man  have  a  stubborn  and  rebellious  son, 
which  will  not  obey  the  voice  of  his  p  father,  or 
the  voice  of  his  mother,  and  that,  when  they  have 
chastened  him,  will  not  hearken  unto  them  : 

19  Then  shall  his  father  and  his  mother  lay  hold 
on  him,  and  bring  him  out  unto  the  elders  of  his 
city,  and  unto  the  gate  of  his  place ; 

20  And  they  shall  say  unto  the  elders  of  his  city, 
This  our  son  is  stubborn  and  rebellious,  he  will  not 
obey  our  voice  ;  he  is  a  glutton,  and  a  drunkard. 

21  And  all  the  men  of  his  city  shall  stone  him  with 
stones,  that  he  die  :  "  so  shalt  thou  put  evil  away 
from  among  you  ;  'and  all  Ig'ra-el  shall  hear,  and 
fear. 

22  If  And  if  a  man  have  committed  a  sin  "worthy 
of  death,  and  he  be  to  be  put  to  death,  and  thou 
hang  him  on  a  tree  : 

23  'His  body  shall  not  remain  all  night  upon  the 
tree,  but  thou  shalt  in  any  wise  bury  him  that  day ; 
(for  u  he  that  is  hanged  is  5  accursed  of  God  ;)  that 
"thy  land  be  not  denied,  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  Divers  laws  and  ordinances.     12  Fringes  upon  the  vesture. 

THOU  °  shalt  not  see  thy  brother's  ox  or  his 
sheep  go  b astray,  and  hide  thyself  from  them: 
thou  shalt  in  any  case  bring  them  again  unto  thy 
brother. 

2  And  if  thy  brother  be  not  nigh  unto  thee,  or  if 
thou  know  him  not,  then  thou  shalt  bring  it  unto 
thine  own  house,  and  it  shall  be  with  thee  until  thy 
brother  seek  after  it,  and  thou  shalt  restore  it  to 
him  again. 

3  In  like  manner  shalt  thou  do  with  his  ass  ;  and 
so  shalt  thou  do  with  his  raiment ;  and  with  all  lost 

167 


Divers  laws 


DEUTERONOMY,  23. 


and  ordinances. 


thing  of  thy  brother's,  which  he  hath  lost,  and  thou 
hast  found,  shalt  thou  do  likewise :  thou  mayest  not 
hide  thyself. 

4  1[  Thou  shalt  not  see  thy  brother's  ass  or  his  ox 
fall  down  by  the  way,  and  hide  thyself  from  them : 
thou  shalt  surely  help  him  to  lift  them  up  again. 

5  IF  The  c  woman  shall  not  wear  that  which  per- 
taineth  unto  a  man,  neither  shall  a  man  put  on  a 
woman's  garment :  for  all  that  do  so  are  abomina- 
tion unto  the  Lord  thy  God. 

6  TF  If  a  bird's  nest  chance  to  be  before  thee  in  the 
way  in  any  tree,  or  on  the  ground,  whether  they  be 
young  ones,  or  eggs,  and  the  dam  sitting  upon  the 
young,  or  upon  the  eggs,  dthou  shalt  not  take  the 
clam  with  the  young : 

7  But  thou  shalt  in  any  wise  let  the  dam  go,  and 
take  the  young  to  thee;  Hhat  it  may  be  well  with 
thee,  and  that  thou  mayest  prolong  thy  days. 

8  TF  When  thou  buildest  a  new  house,  then  thou 
shalt  make  a  battlement  for  thy  roof,  that  thou 
bring  not  blood  upon  thine  house,  if  any  man  fall 
from  thence. 

9  TF  ■'Thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  vineyard  with  divers 
seeds:  lest  the  *  fruit  of  thy  seed  which  thou  hast 
sown,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  vineyard,  be  defiled. 

10  TF  "Thou  shalt  not  plow  with  an  ox  and  an  ass 
together. 

11  1  Thou  shalt  not  wear  a  garment  of  divers 
sorts,  as  of  woollen  and  linen  together. 

12  TF  Thou  shalt  make  thee  *  fringes  upon  the  four 
2  quarters  of  thy  vesture,  wherewith  thou  coverest 
thyself. 

13  TF  If  any  man  take  a  wife, j  and  go  in  unto  her, 
and  hate  her, 

14  And  give  occasions  of  speech  against  her,  and 
bring  up  an  evil  name  upon  her,  and  say,  I  took  this 
woman,  and  when  I  came  to  her,  I  found  her  not  a 
maid: 

15  Then  shall  the  father  of  the  damsel,  and  her 
mother,  take  and  bring  forth  the  tokens  of  the  dam- 
sel's virginity  unto  the  elders  of  the  city  in  the  gate : 

16  And  the  damsel's  father  shall  say  unto  the 
elders,  I  gave  my  daughter  unto  this  man  to  wife, 
and  he  hateth  her ; 

17  And,  lo,  he  hath  given  occasions  of  speech  against 
her,  saying,  I  found  not  thy  daughter  a  maid ;  and 
yet  these  are  the  tokens  of  my  daughter's  virginity. 
And  they  shall  spread  the  cloth  before  the  elders  of 
the  city. 

18  And  Hhe  elders  of  that  city  shall  take  that  man 
and  chastise  him ; 

19  And  they  shall  amerce  him  in  an  hundred  shek- 
els of  silver,  and  give  them  unto  the  father  of  the 
damsel,  because  he  hath  brought  up  an  evil  name 
upon  a  virgin  of  Ig'ra-el :  and  she  shall  be  his  wife ; 
he  may  not  put  her  away  all  his  days. 

20  But  if  this  thing  'be  true,  and  the  tokens  of 
virginity  be  not  found  for  the  damsel : 

21  Then  they  shall  bring  out  the  damsel  to  the 
door  of  her  father's  house,  and  the  men  of  her  city 
shall  stone  her  with  stones  that  she  die  :  because 
she   hath  m wrought  folly  in  Ig'ra-el,  to   play  the 

168 


B.  C.  1451. 


c  1  Cor.  14.  40. 


d  Lev.  22.  28. 

Neh.  9.  G. 

Ps.  36.  6. 

Ps.  145.  9. 

Prov.  12.  10. 

Matt.  10.  29. 

Luke  12.  C. 
e  ch.  4.  40. 


/Lev.  19.  19. 

Matt.  6.  24. 

Matt.  9.  10. 

2  Cor.  6. 14-16. 

2  Cor.  11.  3. 
1  fulness  of  thy 

seed. 
g  2  Cor.  6.  14, 

15,  10. 

/(Lev.  19.  19. 


i  Num.  15.  38. 
Matt.  23.  5. 
2  wings. 


j  Gen.  29.  21 . 
Judg.  15.  1. 


it  Ex.  IS.  21. 

ch.  1.9-18. 

Rom.  13.  4. 
I  ch.  17.  4. 
m  Geu.  34.  7. 

Lev.  21.  9. 

Judg.  20.  6, 10. 
n  ch.  13.  5. 

ch.  17.  7. 
0  Lev.  20.  10. 

Prov.  6.  22. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

Matt.  5.  27,  28. 

John  8.  5. 

1  Cor.  6.  9. 

Heb.  13.  4. 
p  Matt.  1. 18, 19. 
q  ch.  21.  14. 

Matt.  1.  20,  24. 
3  Or,  take 

strong  hold 

of  her. 
r  Ex.  22.  16,  17. 
*  Lev.  IS.  8. 

Lev.  20.  11. 

ch.  27.  20. 

1  Cor.  5.  1. 
t  Gen.  9.  22-27. 

Ruth  3.  9. 


a  Ruth  4.  5. 

Neh.  4.  3-7. 

Neh.  13.  1.  2. 
b  Gen.  14.  18. 

ch.  2.  29. 

1  Sam.  25.  11. 

1  Ki.  18.  4. 

Isa.  63.  9. 

Matt.  10. 

40,  42. 
c  Num.  22.  5,  6. 

Josh.  24.  9. 
d  Prov.  26.  2. 
e  Ezra  9.  12. 
1  good. 
/Gen.  25.  24, 

25,  26. 

Obad.  10,  12. 
g  Ex.  22.  21. 

Lev.  19.  34. 

ch.  10.  19. 


whore  in  her  father's  house :  mso  shalt  thou  put  evil 
away  from  among  you. 

22  TF  °  If  a  man  be  found  lying  with  a  woman  mar- 
ried to  an  husband,  then  they  shall  both  of  them 
die,  both  the  man  that  lay  with  the  woman,  and  the 
woman  :  so  shalt  thou  put  away  evil  from  Ig'ra-el. 

23  TF  If  a  damsel  that  is  a  virgin  be  p  betrothed  unto 
an  husband,  and  a  man  find  her  in  the  city,  and  lie 
with  her ; 

24  Then  ye  shall  bring  them  both  out  unto  the  gate 
of  that  city,  and  ye  shall  stone  them  with  stones  that 
they  die ;  the  damsel,  because  she  cried  not,  being 
in  the  city;  and  the  man,  because  he  hath  Q hum- 
bled his  neighbour's  wife :  so  thou  shalt  put  away 
evil  from  among  you. 

25  TF  But  if  a  man  find  a  betrothed  damsel  in  the 
field,  and  the  man 3  force  her,  and  lie  with  her :  then 
the  man  only  that  lay  with  her  shall  die : 

26  But  unto  the  damsel  thou  shalt  do  nothing; 
there  is  in  the  damsel  no  sin  worthy  of  death :  for 
as  when  a  man  riseth  against  his  neighbour,  and 
slayeth  him,  even  so  is  this  matter : 

27  For  he  found  her  in  the  field,  and  the  betrothed 
damsel  cried,  and  there  was  none  to  save  her. 

28  TF  rlf  a  man  find  a  damsel  that  is  a  virgin,  which 
is  not  betrothed,  and  lay  hold  on  her,  and  lie  with 
her,  and  they  be  found  ; 

29  Then  the  man  that  lay  with  her  shall  give  unto 
the  damsel's  father  fifty  shekels  of  silver,  and  she 
shall  be  his  wife ;  because  he  hath  humbled  her,  he 
may  not  put  her  away  all  his  days. 

30  TF  SA  man  shall  not  take  his  father's  wife,  nor 
*  discover  his  father's  skirt. 

CHAPTER  23. 

Divers  laws  and  ordinances. 

HE  that  is  wounded  in  the  stones,  or  hath  his 
privy  member  cut  off,  shall  not  enter  into  the 
congregation  of  the  Lord. 

2  A  bastard  shall  not  enter  into  the  congregation 
of  the  Lord  ;  even  to  his  tenth  generation  shall  he 
not  enter  into  the  congregation  of  the  Lord. 

3  "An  Am'mon-Ite  or  Mo'ab-ite  shall  not  enter  into 
the  congregation  of  the  Lord  ;  even  to  their  tenth 
generation  shall  they  not  enter  into  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  Lord  for  ever  : 

4  6  Because  they  met  you  not  with  bread  and  with 
water  in  the  way,  when  ye  came  forth  out  of  E'gypt ; 
and  "because  they  hired  against  thee  Ba'laam  the  son 
of  Be 'or  of  Pe'th6r  of  Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a,  to  curse  thee. 

5  Nevertheless  the  Lord  thy  God  would  not  hearken 
unto  Ba'laam ;  but  the  Lord  thy  God  turned  the 
d  curse  into  a  blessing  unto  thee,  because  the  Lord 
thy  God  loved  thee. 

6  cThou  shalt  not  seek  their  peace  nor  their  J  pros- 
perity all  thy  days  for  ever. 

7  TF  Thou  shalt  not  abhor  an  E'dom-Ite^  /for  he  is 
thy  brother :  thou  shalt  not  abhor  an  E-gyp'tian  ; 
because  "thou  wast  a  stranger  in  his  land. 

8  The  children  that  are  begotten  of  them  shall 
enter- into  the  congregation  of  the  Lord  in  their 
third  generation. 


Divers  laws 


DEUTERONOMY,  24. 


and  ordinances. 


9  Tf  When  the  host  goeth  forth  against  thine  ene- 
mies, then  keep  thee  from  every  wicked  thing. 

10  If  AIf  there  be  among  you  any  man,  that  is  not 
clean  by  reason  of  uncleanness  that  chanceth  him 
by  night,  then  shall  he  go  abroad  out  of  the  camp, 
he  shall  not  come  within  the  camp  : 

11  But  it  shall  be,  when  evening  2cometh  on,  he 
shall  wash  himself  with  water  :  and  when  the  sun 
is  down,  he  shall  come  into  the  camp  again. 

12  Tf  Thou  shalt  have  a  place  also  without  the 
camp,  whither  thou  shalt  go  forth  abroad  : 

13  And  thou  shalt  have  a  paddle  upon  thy  weapon ; 
and  it  shall  be,  when  thou  3wilt  ease  thyself  abroad, 
thou  shalt  dig  therewith,  and  shalt  turn  back  and 
cover  that  which  cometh  from  thee  : 

14  For  the  Lord  thy  God  l'walketh  in  the  midst 
of  thy  camp,  to  deliver  thee,  and  to  give  up  thine 
enemies  before  thee  ;  therefore  shall  thy  camp  be 
J'holy :  that  he  see  no  i unclean  thing  in  thee,  and 
turn  away  from  thee. 

15  Tf  &Thou  shalt  not  deliver  unto  his  master  the 
servant  which  is  escaped  from  his  master  unto  thee : 

16  He  shall  dwell  with  thee,  even  among  you,  in  that 
place  which  he  shall  choose  in  one  of  thy  gates,  where 
it  5liketh  him  best :  'thou  shalt  not  oppress  him. 

17  If  There  shall  be  no  6  whore  of  ™the  daughters 
of  Ig'ra-el,  nor  na  sodomite  of  the  sons  of  Ig'ra-el. 

18  Thou  shalt.  not  bring  the  hire  of  a  whore,  or 
the  price  of  a  dog,  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  for  any  vow :  for  even  both  these  are  abomi- 
nation unto  the  Lord  thy  God. 

19  If  °Thou  shalt  not  lend  upon  usury  to  thy  bro- 
ther ;  usury  of  money,  usury  of  victuals,  usury  of 
any  thing  that  is  lent  upon  usury  : 

20  pUnto  a  stranger  thou  may  est  lend  upon  usury ; 
but  unto  thy  brother  thou  shalt  not  lend  upon  usury : 
9  that  the  Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  that 
thou  settest  thine  hand  to  in  the  land  whither  thou 
goest  to  possess  it. 

21  If  ''When  thou  shalt  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God,  thou  shalt  not  slack  to  pay  it :  for  the 
Lord  thy  God  will  surely  require  it  of  thee  ;  and  it 
would  be  sin  in  thee. 

22  But  if  thou  shalt  forbear  to  vow,  it  shall  be  no 
sin  in  thee. 

23  sThat  which  is  gone  out  of  thy  lips  thou  shalt 
keep  and  perform  ;  even  a  freewill  offering,  accord- 
ing as  thou  hast  vowed  unto  the  Lord  thy  God, 
which  thou  hast  promised  with  thy  mouth. 

24  If  When  thou  comest  into  thy  neighbour's  vine- 
yard, then  thou  mayest  eat  grapes  thy  fill  at  thine 
own  pleasure ;  but  thou  shalt  not  put  any  in  thy 
vessel. 

"  25  When  thou  comest  into  the  standing  corn  of 
thy  neighbour,  *then  thou  mayest  pluck  the  ears 
with  thine  hand  ;  but  u  thou  shalt  not  move  a  sickle 
unto  thy  neighbour's  standing  corn. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Divers  laws  and  ordinances.    14  Oppression  of  servants. 

WHEN  a  "man  hath  taken  a  wife,  and  married 
her,  and  it  come  to  pass  that  she  find  no  favour 


B.  C.  1451. 


h  Lev.  15.  1C. 
Num.  5.  2,  3. 
lCor.  5.  11,13. 


turneth 
toward. 


3  sittest  down. 


Gen.  15.  1. 
Lev.  26.  12. 
Jer.  32.  40. 
2  Cor.  G.  1G. 


j  Ex.  3.  5. 
4  nakedness  of 
any  thing. 

/.'  1  Sam.  30.  15. 


5  is  good  for  him. 
I  Ex.  22.  21. 

Prov.  22.  22. 
Jer.  7.  6. 
Zech.  7.  10. 
Mai.  3.  5. 

6  Or,  sodornitess. 
vi  Prov.  2.  16. 

n  Gen.  19.  5. 

0  Lev.  25.  36. 

Neh.  5.  2,  7. 

Ps.  15.  5. 

Luke  6.  34. 
p  Lev.  10.  34. 
q  ch.  15.  10. 
r  Job  22.  27. 

Ps.  61.  8. 

Eccl.  5.  4.  5. 
s  Ps.  66.  13. 
t  Matt.  12.  1 . 
u  Luke  12.  15. 

1  Cor.  6.  10. 

Col.  3.  5. 


a  Matt.  5.  31. 
Mark  10.  4. 

1  matter  of 
nakedness. 

2  cutting  off. 
b  Jer.  3.  1. 

3  not  any  thing 
shall  pass 
upon  him. 

c  Prov.  5.  18. 
d  Isa.  47.  2. 
e  Ex.  21.  16. 
/Lev.  13.  2. 

Matt.  8.  4. 

Mark  1.  44. 

Luke  5.  14. 
g  Luke  17.  32. 

1  Cor.  10.  6. 
h  Num.  12,  10. 

4  lend  the  loan 
of  any  thing 
to,  etc. 

i  Ex.  22.  26. 

Job  24.  7,  8. 

Ezek.  33.  15. 

Amos  2.  8. 
j  Job  29.  11. 

2  Cor.  9.  13. 
2  Tim.  1.  18. 

k  ch.  6.  25. 

Ps.  106.  31. 

Dan.  4.  27. 
ZProv.  14.  31. 

Amos  4.  1. 

Mai.  3.  5. 
m  Lev.  19.  13. 

5  lifteth  his 
soul  unto  it. 

n  Job  27.  13. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
o  2  Ki.  14.  6. 

Ezek.  18.  20. 
p  Ex.  22.  21,  22 

Prov.  22.  22. 

Isa.  1.  23. 

Zech.  7.  10. 

Mai.  3.  5. 
q  Ex.  22.  26. 


in  his  eyes,  because  he  hath  found  xsome  unclean- 
ness in  her :  then  let  him  write  her  a  bill  of  2  di- 
vorcement, and  give  it  in  her  hand,  and  send  her 
out  of  his  house. 

2  And  when  she  is  departed  out  of  his  house,  she 
may  go  and  be  another  man's  wife. 

3  And  if  the  latter  husband  hate  her,  and  write 
her  a  bill  of  divorcement,  and  giveth  it  in  her  hand, 
and  sendeth  her  out  of  his  house  ;  or  if  the  latter 
husband  die,  which  took  her  to  be  his  wife ; 

4  b  Her  former  husband,  which  sent  her  away,  may 
not  take  her  again  to  be  his  wife,  after  that  she  is 
denied ;  for  that  is  abomination  before  the  Lord  : 
and  thou  shalt  not  cause  the  land  to  sin,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 

5  Tf  When  a  man  hath  taken  a  new  wife,  he  shall 
not  go  out  to  war, 3  neither  shall  he  be  charged  with 
any  business :  but  he  shall  be  free  at  home  one  year, 
and  shall  c  cheer  up  his  wife  which  he  hath  taken. 

6  If  No  man  shall  take  the  nether  or  the  upper 
d  millstone  to  pledge :  for  he  taketh  a  man's  life  to 
pledge. 

7  Tf  e  If  a  man  be  found  stealing  any  of  his  brethren 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  maketh  merchandise 
of  him,  or  selleth  him  ;  then  that  thief  shall  die ; 
and  thou  shalt  put  evil  away  from  among  you. 

8  Tf  Take  heed  in  ■''the  plague  of  leprosy,  that  thou 
observe  diligently,  and  do  according  to  all  that  the 
priests  the  Le'vites  shall  teach  you  :  as  I  commanded 
them,  so  ye  shall  observe  to  do. 

9  a  Remember  what  the  Lord  thy  God  did  h  unto 
Mir'i-am  by  the  way,  after  that  ye  were  come  forth 
out  of  E'gypt. 

10  Tf  When  thou  dost  4lend  thy  brother  any  thing, 
thou  shalt  not  go  into  his  house  to  fetch  his  pledge. 

11  Thou  shalt  stand  abroad,  and  the  man  to  whom 
thou  dost  lend  shall  bring  out  the  pledge  abroad 
unto  thee. 

12  And  if  the  man  be  poor,  thou  shalt  not  sleep 
with  his  pledge : 

13  "In  any  case  thou  shalt  deliver  him  the  pledge 
again  when  the  sun  goeth  down,  that  he  may  sleep 
in  his  own  raiment,  Jand  bless  thee  :  and  /cit  shall 
be  righteousness  unto  thee  before  the  Lord  thy 
God. 

14  Tf  Thou  shalt  not l  oppress  an  hired  servant  that 
is  poor  and  needy,  ivhether  he  be  of  thy  brethren, 
or  of  thy  strangers  that  are  in  thy  land  within  thy 
gates : 

15  At  his  day  mthou  shalt  give  him  his  hire, 
neither  shall  the  sun  go  down  upon  it ;  for  he  is 
poor,  and  5setteth  his  heart  upon  it:  "lest  he  cry 
against  thee  unto  the  Lord,  and  it  be  sin  unto  thee. 

16  "The  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to  death  for  the 
children,  neither  shall  the  children  be  put  to  death 
for  the  fathers :  every  man  shall  be  put  to  death  for 
his  own  sin. 

17  Tf  pThou  shalt  not  pervert  the  judgment  of  the 
stranger,  nor  of  the  fatherless ;  nor 'take  a  widow's 
raiment  to  pledge : 

18  But  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
bondman  in  E'gypt,  and  the  Lord  thy  God  redeemed 

169 


Divers  ordinances. 


DEUTERONOMY,  25,  26. 


Offering  of  firstfruits. 


thee  thence :  therefore  I  command  thee  to  do  this 
thing. 

19  If  ''When  thou  cuttest  down  thine  harvest  in 
thy  field,  and  hast  forgot  a  sheaf  in  the  field,  thou 
shalt  not  go  again  to  fetch  it :  it  shall  be  for  the 
stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  for  the  widow :  that 
the  Lord  thy  God  may  s  bless  thee  in  all  the  work 
of  thine  hands. 

20  When  thou  beatest  thine  olive  tree, 6  thou  shalt 
not  go  over  the  boughs  again :  it  shall  be  for  the 
stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  for  the  widow. 

21  When  thou  gatherest  the  grapes  of  thy  vine- 
yard, thou  shalt  not  glean  it  7 afterward:  it  shall 
be  for  the  stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  for  the 
widow. 

22  And  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
bondman  in  the  land  of  E'gypt:  therefore  I  com- 
mand thee  to  do  this  thing. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  Divers  laws  and  ordinances.     11  The  immodest  woman.     13  Unjust  weights. 

IF  there  be  a  controversy  between  men,  and  they 
come  unto  judgment,  that  the  judges  may  judge 
them;  then  they  shall  justify  the  righteous,  and 
condemn  the  wicked. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  if  the  wicked  man  be  "worthy 
to  be  beaten,  that  the  judge  shall  cause  him  to  lie 
down,  6and  to  be  beaten  before  his  face,  according 
to  his  fault,  by  a  certain  number. 

3  c  Forty  stripes  he  may  give  him,  and  not  exceed : 
lest,  if  he  should  exceed,  and  beat  him  above  these 
with  many  stripes,  then  thy  brother  should  rfseem 
vile  unto  thee. 

4  If e  Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox  when  he  1  tread- 
eth  out  the  corn. 

5  TI  flf  brethren  dwell  together,  and  one  of  them 
die,  and  have  no  child,  the  wife  of  the  dead  shall 
not  marry  without  unto  a  stranger:  her  2 husband's 
brother  shall  go  in  unto  her,  and  take  her  to  him 
to  wife,  and  perform  the  duty  of  an  husband's 
brother  unto  her. 

6  And  it  shall  be,  that  the  firstborn  which  she 
beareth  °  shall  succeed  in  the  name  of  his  brother 
which  is  dead,  that  his  name  be  not  put  out  of  I§'- 
ra-el. 

7  And  if  the  man  like  not  to  take  his  3  brother's 
wife,  then  let  his  brother's  wife  go  up  to  the  gate 
unto  the  elders,  and  say,  My  husband's  brother  re- 
fuseth  to  raise  up  unto  his  brother  a  name  in  I§'- 
ra-el,  he  will  not  perform  the  duty  of  my  husband's 
brother. 

8  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall  call  him,  and 
speak  unto  him  :  and  if  he  stand  to  it,  and  say,  I 
like  not  to  take  her  ; 

9  Then  shall  his  brother's  wife  come  unto  him  in 
the  presence  of  the  elders,  and  h  loose  his  shoe  from 
off  his  foot,  and  spit  in  his  face,  and  shall  answer 
and  say,  So  shall  it  be  done  unto  that  man  that  will 
not  build  up  his  brother's  house. 

10  And  ^his  name  shall  be  called  in  Ig'ra-el,  The 
house  of  him  that  hath  his  shoe  loosed. 

11  If  When  men  strive  together  one  with  another, 

170 


B.  C.  1451. 


r  Lev.  23.  22. 


s  Prov.  19.  17. 


6  thou  shalt 
not  bough 
it  after  thee. 


'  after  thee. 


a  Luke  12.  48. 
Prov.  19.  29. 


b  Matt.  10.  17. 


cl  Cor.  11.  24. 


d  Job  13.  3. 


e  Prov.  12.  10. 
1  Cor.  9.  9. 
1  Tim.  5.  18. 

1  thresheth. 
/  Luke  20.  28. 

2  Or,  next 
kinsman. 

g  Gen.  38.  9. 

3  Or,  next 
kinsman's 
wife. 

h  Ruth  4.  7. 

Isa.  20.  2. 
i  Prov.  G.  33. 

1  Tim.  3.  7. 
j  ch.  19.  13. 
k  Lev.  19.  35. 

Prov.  11.  1. 

Ezek.  45.  10. 

Amos  8.  5. 

Mic.  6.  11. 

4  a  stone  and 
a  stone. 

5  an  ephah  and 
an  ephah. 

I  Ex.  20.  12. 
m  Prov.  11.1. 

Amos  8.  5-7. 

1  Cor.  8.  9-11. 

1  Thess.  4.  G. 

Rev.  21.  27. 
n  Ex.  17.  8. 
o  Neb.  5.  9,  15. 

Ps.  36.  1. 

Prov.  1G.  G. 

Rom.  3.  18. 
p  1  Sam.  15.  3. 


a  Ex.  23.  19. 

Num.  18.  13. 

Prov.  3.  9. 

Rom.  8.  23. 

1  Cor.  15.  20. 
b  cb.  12.  5. 
c  Gen.  26.  5. 

Hos.  12. 12. 
d  Gen.  43.  1 ,  2. 
e  Gen.  46.  27. 

ch.  10.  22. 
/Ex.  1.11. 
g  Ex.  3.  9. 

Ex.  4.  31. 
h  ch.  4.  34. 

eh.  34.  11,  12. 


and  the  wife  of  the  one  draweth  near  for  to  deliver 
her  husband  out  of  the  hand  of  him  that  smiteth 
him,  and  putteth  forth  her  hand,  and  taketh  him  by 
the  secrets  : 

12  Then  thou  shalt  cut  off  her  hand, j  thine  eye 
shall  not  pity  her. 

13  If  ^Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thy  bag  4  divers 
weights,  a  great  and  a  small. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thine  house  5  divers 
measures,  a  great  and  a  small. 

15  But  thou  shalt  have  a  perfect  and  just  weight, 
a  perfect  and  just  measure  shalt  thou  have  :  'that 
thy  days  may  be  lengthened  in  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

16  For  mall  that  do  such  things,  and  all  that  do 
unrighteously,  are  an  abomination  unto  the  LORD 
thy  God. 

17  If  "Remember  what  Am'a-lek  did  unto_thee  by 
the  way,  when  ye  were  come  forth  out  of  E'gypt ; 

18  How  he  met  thee  by  the  way,  and  smote  the 
hindmost  of  thee,  even  all  that  were  feeble  behind 
thee,  when  thou  wast  faint  and  weary ;  and  he 
"feared  not  God. 

19  Therefore  it  shall  be,  pwhen  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  given  thee  rest  from  all  thine  enemies  round 
about,  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee  for  an  inheritance  to  possess  it,  that  thou  shalt 
blot  out  the  remembrance  of  Am'a-lek  from  under 
heaven  ;  thou  shalt  not  forget  it, 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  Offering  of  firstfruits.     12  Of  tithing. 

A  ND  it  shall  be,  when  thou  art  come  in  unto  the 
-^-  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an 
inheritance,  and  possessest  it,  and  dwellest  therein ; 

2  "That  thou  shalt  take  of  the  first  of  all  the  fruit 
of  the  earth,  which  thou  shalt  bring  of  thy  land 
that  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  and  shalt  put  it 
in  a  basket,  and  shalt  6go  unto  the  place  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  shall  choose  to  place  his  name  there. 

3  And  thou  shalt  go  unto  the  priest  that  shall  be 
in  those  days,  and  say  unto  him,  I  profess  this  day 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  I  am  come  unto  the 
country  which  the  Lord  sware  unto  our  fathers  for 
to  give  us. 

4  And  the  priest  shall  take  the  basket  out  of  thine 
hand,  and  set  it  down  before  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
thy  God. 

5  And  thou  shalt  speak  and  say  before  the  Lord 
thy  God,  CA  Syr'I-an  d  ready  to  perish  was  my  fa- 
ther, and  he  went  down  into  E'gypt,  and  sojourned 
there  with  a  cfew,  and  became  there  a  nation,  great, 
mighty,  and  populous  : 

6  And  rthe  E-gyp'tiang  evil  entreated  us,  and  af- 
flicted us,  and  laid  upon  us  hard  bondage  : 

7  And  "when  we  cried  unto  the  Lord  God  of  our 
fathers,  the  Lord  heard  our  voice,  and  looked  on 
our  affliction,  and  our  labour,  and  our  oppression  : 

8  And  the  Lord  brought  us  forth  out  of  E'gypt 
with  a  mighty  hand,  and  with  an  outstretched  arm, 
and  7twith  great  terribleness,  and  with  signs,  and 
with  wonders  : 


Of  tithing. 


DEUTERONOMY,  27. 


Curses  from  Ebal. 


9  And  he  hath  brought  us  into  this  place,  and  hath 
given  us  this  land,  even  *'a  land  that  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey. 

10  And  now,  behold,  I  have  brought  the  firstfruits 
of  the  land,  which  j  thou,  0  Lord,  hast  given  me. 
And  thou  shalt  set  it  before  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
worship  before  the  Lord  thy  God  : 

11  And  Hhou  shalt  rejoice  in  every  good  thing 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  unto  thee,  and 
unto  thine  house,  thou,  and  the  Le'vite,  and  the 
stranger  that  is  among  you. 

12  If  When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of  tithing  all 
the  l  tithes  of  thine  increase  the  third  year,  which 
is  mthe  year  of  tithing,  and  hast  given  it  unto  the 
Le'vite,  the  stranger,  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow, 
that  they  may  eat  within  thy  gates,  and  be  filled  ; 

13  Then  thou  shalt  say  before  the  Lord  thy  God, 
I  have  brought  away  the  hallowed  things  out  of 
mine  house,  and  also  have  given  them  unto  the 
Le'vite,  and  unto  the  stranger,  to  the  fatherless, 
and  to  the  widow,  according  to  all  thy  command- 
ments which  thou  hast  commanded  me  :  I  have 
not  transgressed  thy  commandments, n  neither  have 
I  forgotten  them : 

14  °I  have  not  eaten  thereof  in  my  mourning, 
neither  have  I  taken  away  ought  thereof  for  any 
unclean  use,  nor  given  ought  thereof  for  the  dead  : 
hut  I  have  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  my 
God,  and  have  done  according  to  all  that  thou  hast 
commanded  me. 

15  pLook  down  from  thy  holy  habitation,  from 
heaven,  and  bless  thy  people  Is'ra-el,  and  the  land 
which  thou  hast  given  us,  as  thou  swarest  unto  our 
fathers,  a  land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey. 

16  If  This  day  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded 
thee  to  do  these  statutes  and  judgments  :  thou  shalt 
therefore  keep  and  do  them  with  all  thine  heart, 
and  with  all  thy  soul. 

17  Thou  hast Q  avouched  the  Lord  this  day  to  be 
thy  God,  and  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to  keep  his 
statutes,  and  his  commandments,  and  his  judgments, 
and  to  hearken  unto  his  voice  : 

18  And  r  the  Lord  hath  avouched  thee  this  day  to 
be  his  peculiar  people,  as  he  hath  promised  thee, 
and  that  thou  shouldest  keep  all  his  commandments  ; 

19  And  to  make  thee  shigh  above  all  nations  which 
he  hath  made,  in  praise,  and  in  name,  and  in  honour ; 
and  that  thou  may  est  be  an  'holy  people  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God,  as  he  hath  spoken. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  An  altar  commanded.    12  Mount  of  blessing.     14  Curses  from  moxmt  Ebal. 

AND  Mo'seg  with  the  elders  of  Is_'ra-el  commanded 
-  the  people,  saying,  Keep  all  the  commandments 
which  I  command  you  this  day. 

2  And  it  shall  be  on  the  day  a  when  ye  shall  pass 
over  J6r'dan  unto  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee,  that  thou  b  shalt  set  thee  up  great 
stones,  and  plaister  them  with  plaister  : 

3  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  them  all  the  words  of 
this  law,  when  thou  art  passed  over,  that  thou  mayest 
go  in  unto  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 


B.  C.  1451. 


Ex. 


j  eh.  8.  18. 
Prov.  10.  22. 


k  ch.  12. 7, 12,18. 

ch.  10.  11. 
Keel.  3.  12,  13. 
Isa.  C5.  14. 
Acts  2.  46,  47. 
Phil.  4.  4. 
1  Tim.  G.  17. 


I  Lev.  27.  30. 

Num.  18.  24. 
m  ch.  14.  28,  29. 


n  Ps.  119.  141, 
153,  176. 

0  Lev.  7.  20. 
Hos.  9.  4. 

p  2  Chr.  6. 

20,  27. 

Ps.  80.  14. 

Ps.  102.  19,  20. 

Isa.  1.  2. 

Isa.  57.  15. 

Zech.  2.  13. 

Acts  7.  49. 
g  Ex.  20.  19. 

Ps.  48.  14. 
r  Ex.  6.  7. 

ch.  7.  6. 

ch.  14.  2. 

ch.  28.  9. 

ch.  29.  13. 

2  Sam.  7. 

23,  24. 
s  ch.  4.  7,  8. 

ch.  28.  1. 

Ps.  148.  14. 

1  Ex.  19.  6. 

Lev.  20.  24,  26. 
ch.  7.  6. 
Ps.  50.  5. 
Isa.  62.  12. 
1  Cor.  3.  17. 
1  Thess.  5.  27. 
1  Pet.  2.  9. 


a  Josh.  4.  1. 
b  Josh.  8.  32. 
c  ch.  11.  29. 

Josh.  8.  30. 
d  Ex.  20.  25. 

Josh.  8.  31. 
e  Hab.  2.  2. 
/  ch.  11.  29. 

Judg.  9.  7. 
1  for  a  cursing. 
g  ch.  33.  10. 

Josh.  8.  33. 

Neh.  8.  7,  8. 

Dan.  9.  11. 

Mai.  2.  7-9. 
/i  Ex.  20.  4. 

Lev.  19.  4. 

Lev.  26.  1. 

ch.  4.  16,  23. 

Isa.  44.  9. 

Hos.  13.  2. 
i  Num.  5.  22. 

1  Cor.  14.  16. 
j  Ex.  20.  12. 

Lev.  19.  3. 
]<  Prov.  22.  28. 
I  Lev.  19.  14. 

Job  29.  15. 

Prov.  28.  10. 

Matt.  15.  14. 

Rev.  2.  14. 
m  Ex.  22.  21. 

ch.  10.  18. 

Mai.  3.  5. 
n  Lev.  18.  8. 

1  Cor.  5.  1. 
0  2  Sain.  13.  1. 
p  Lev.  24.  17. 

Num.  35.  31. 
q  Ex.  23.  7. 

ch.  10.  17. 

Ps.  15.  5. 


thee,  a  land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey ;  as 
the  Lord  God  of  thy  fathers  hath  promised  thee. 

4  Therefore  it  shall  be  when  ye  be  gone  over 
Jor'dan,  that  ye  shall  set  up  these  jstones,  which  I 
command  you  this  day,  cin  mount  E'bal,  and  thou 
shalt  plaister  them  with  plaister. 

5  And  there  shalt  thou  build  an  altar  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God,  an  altar  of  stones :  d  thou  shalt  not  lift 
up  any  iron  tool  upon  them. 

6  Thou  shalt  build  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God 
of  whole  stones :  and  thou  shalt  offer  burnt  offer- 
ings thereon  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  : 

7  And  thou  shalt  offer  peace  offerings,  and  shalt 
eat  there,  and  rejoice  before  the  Lord  thy  God. 

8  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  the  stones  all  the 
words  of  this  law  very  e  plainly. 

9  If  And  Mo'geg  and  the  priests  the  Le'vltes  spake 
unto  all  I§'ra-el,  saying,  Take  heed,  and  hearken,  O 
I§'ra-el ;  this  day  thou  art  become  the  people  of  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

10  Thou  shalt  therefore  obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  do  his  commandments  and  his  statutes, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day. 

11  If  And  Mo'geg  charged  the  people  the  same  day, 
saying, 

12  These  shall  stand  •'"upon  mount  Ger'i-zim  to  bless 
the  people,  when  ye  are  come  over  Jor'dan ;  Sim'e-on, 
and  Le'vT,  and  Ju'dah,  and  Is'sa-char,  and  Jo'geph, 
and  Ben'ja-min  : 

13  And. these  shall  stand  upon  mount  E'bal  Ho 
curse  ;  Reu'ben,  Gad,  and  Ash'er,  and  Zeb'u-lun, 
Dan,  and  Naph'ta-H. 

14- If  And  ffthe_  Le'vltes  shall  speak,  and  say  unto 
all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  with  a  loud  voice, 

15  h  Cursed  be  the  man  that  maketh  any  graven  or 
molten  image,  an  abomination  unto  the  Lord,  the 
work  of  the  hands  of  the  craftsman,  and  putteth  it 
in  a  secret  place.  'And  all  the  people  shall  answer 
and  say,  Amen. 

16  j  Cursed  be  he  that  setteth  light  by  his  father  or 
his  mother.     And  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

17  k  Cursed  be  he  that  removeth  his  neighbour's 
landmark.     And  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

18  l  Cursed  be  he  that  maketh  the  blind  to  wan- 
der out  of  the  way.  And  all  the  people  shall  say,. 
Amen. 

19  m  Cursed  be  he  that  perverteth  the  judgment  of 
the  stranger,  fatherless,  and  widow.  And  all  the 
people  shall  say,  Amen. 

20  n  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  father's  wife  ; 
because  he  uncovereth  his  father's  skirt.  And  all 
the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

21  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  any  manner  of 
beast.     And  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

22  "Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  sister,  the 
daughter  of  his  father,  or  the  daughter  of  his  mo- 
ther.    And  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

23  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  mother  in  law. 
And  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

24  v  Cursed  be  he  that  smiteth  his  neighbour 
secretly.     And  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

25  q  Cursed  be  he  that  taketh  reward  to  slay  an 

171 


Blessings  for  obedience. 


DEUTERONOMY,  28. 


Curses  for  disobedience. 


innocent   person.     And   all   the   people  shall   say, 
Amen. 

26  r  Cursed  be  he  that  confirmeth  not  all  the  words 
of  this  law  to  do  them.  And  all  the  people  shall 
say,  Amen. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  Blessings  /or  obedience.    15  Cursings  for  disobedience. 

A  ND  it  shall  come  to  pass,  aif  thou  shalt  hearken 
-^-  diligently  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
to  observe  and  to  do  all  his  commandments  which 
I  command  thee  this  day,  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
6  will  set  thee  on  high  above  all  nations  of  the 
earth  : 

2  And  all  these  blessings  shall  come  on  thee,  and 
"overtake  thee,  if  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

3  d  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and  blessed 
shalt  thou  be  e  in  the  field. 

4  Blessed  shall  be  ythe  fruit  of  thy  body,  and  the 
fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  the 
increase  of  thy  kine,  and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

5  Blessed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy  *  store. 

6  9  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou  comest  in,  and 
blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou  goest  out. 

7  The  Lord  h  shall  cause  thine  enemies  that  rise 
up  against  thee  to  be  smitten  before  thy  face  :  they 
shall  come  out  against  thee  one  way,  and  flee  be- 
fore thee  seven  ways. 

8  The  Lord  shall  *  command  the  blessing  upon 
thee  in  thy  2  storehouses,  and  in  all  that  thou  j  set- 
test  thine  hand  unto  ;  and  he  shall  bless  thee  in  the 
land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

9*  The  Lord  shall  establish  thee  an  holy  people 
unto  himself,  as  he  hath  sworn  unto  thee,  if  thou 
shalt  keep  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  walk  in  his  ways. 

10  And  all  people  of  the  earth  shall  see  that  thou 
*art  called  by  the  name  of  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall 
be  afraid  of  thee. 

11  And  mthe  Lord  shall  make  thee  plenteous  3in 
goods,  in  the  fruit  of  thy  4  body,  and  in  the  fruit  of 
thy  cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee. 

12  The  Lord  n  shall  open  unto  thee  his  good  trea- 
sure, the  heaven  to  give  the  rain  unto  thy  land  in 
his  season,  and  to  bless  all  the  work  of  thine  hand : 
and  thou  shalt  lend  unto  many  nations,  and  thou 
shalt  not  borrow. 

13  And  the  Lord  shall  make  thee  the  head,  and 
not  the  tail  ;  and  thou  shalt  be  above  only,  and  thou 
shalt  not  be  beneath  ;  if  that  thou  hearken  unto  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day,  to  observe  and  to  do  them : 

14  "And  thou  shalt  not  go  aside  from  any  of  the 
words  which  I  command  thee  this  day,  to  the  right 
hand,  or  to  the  left,  to  go  after  other  gods  to  serve 
them. 

15  H  But  it  shall  come  to  pass,  pif  thou  wilt  not 
hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to 
observe  to  do  all  his  commandments  and  his  statutes 
which  I  command  thee  this  day  ;  that  all  these 
curses  shall  come  upon  thee,  and  overtake  thee : 

172 


B.  C.  1451. 


rPs.  110.21. 
Jer.  11.  3. 
Gal.  3.  10. 


a  Ex.  15.  26. 
Lev.  26.  3. 
Ps.  106.  3. 
Isa.  1.  19. 
Isa.  3.  10. 
Jer.  11.  4. 


b  1  Chr.  14.  2. 
Rom.  2.  10. 


C  Zech.  1.  6. 

dPa.  128.  1,4. 

e  Gen.  39.  5. 

/Gen.  22.  17. 
1  Tim.  4.  8. 


1  Or,  dough,  or, 
kneading- 
trough. 

g  Ps.  121.  8. 

h  2  Sam.  22.  38. 


i  Lev.  25.  21. 

2  Or,  barns. 
j  ch.  15.  10. 


k  Gen.  17.  7. 
Ex.  19.  5. 
Isa.  1.  26. 
Tit.  2.  14. 


I  2  Chr.  7.  14. 

m  Prov.  10.  22. 

3  Or,  for  good. 

4  belly. 

n  Jas.  1.  18. 
o  Josh.  1.  7. 

2  Ki.  22.  2. 

Prov.  4.  27. 
p  Lev.  26.  14. 

Lam.  2.  17. 

Dan.  9.  11. 

Mai.  2.  2. 

Rom.  2.  8,  9. 
q  Isa.  3.  1. 

Hab.  3.  17. 
r  Prov.  3.  33. 

Zech.  5.  3,  4. 

Mai.  2.  2. 
s  Ps.  80.  16. 

Isa.  30.  17. 

Isa.  51.20. 

5  which  thou 
wouldest  do. 

/  Lev.  26.  25. 

Num.  14.  12. 

Jer.  16.  4. 

Amos  4.  10. 

Matt.  24.  7. 
v  Lev.  26.  16. 

6  Or,  drought. 
v  Lev.  26.  17. 

ch.  32.  30. 
Isa.  30.  17. 
w  Jer.  15.  4. 
Ezek.  23.  46. 

7  for  a  removing. 
x  Ex.  9.  9. 

y  1  Sam.  5.  6. 

Ps.  78.  66. 
z  Job  31.  10. 

Jer.  8.  10. 

8  profane,  or, 
use  it  as  com- 
mon meat. 

9  shall  not  re- 
turn to  thee. 

a  Lev.  26.  16. 
Jer.  5.  17. 


16  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and  cursed 
shalt  thou  be  in  the  field. 

17  Cursed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy  store. 

18  Cursed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and  the 
q  fruit  of  thy  land,  the  increase  of  thy  kine,  and  the 
flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

19  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou  comest  in,  and 
cursed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou  goest  out. 

20  The  Lord  shall  send  upon  thee  cursing,  'vexa- 
tion, and  s  rebuke,  in  all  that  thou  settest  thine  hand 
unto  5for  to  do,  until  thou  be  destroyed,  and  until 
thou  perish  quickly  ;  because  of  the  wickedness  of 
thy  doings,  whereby  thou  hast  forsaken  me. 

21  The  Lord  shall  make  Hhe  pestilence  cleave  unto 
thee,  until  he  have  consumed  thee  from  off  the 
land,  whither  thou  goest  to  possess  it. 

22  "The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  with  a  consump- 
tion, and  with  a  fever,  and  with  an  inflammation,  and 
with  an  extreme  burning,  and  with  the  6  sword,  and 
with  blasting,  and  with  mildew ;  and  they  shall  pur- 
sue thee  until  thou  perish. 

23  And  thy  heaven  that  is  over  thy  head  shall  be 
brass,  and  the  earth  that  is  under  thee  shall  be  iron. 

24  The  Lord  shall  make  the  rain  of  thy  land  pow- 
der and  dust :  from  heaven  shall  it  come  down  upon 
thee,  until  thou  be  destroyed. 

25  ''The  Lord  shall  cause  thee  to  be  smitten 
before  thine  enemies  :  thou  shalt  go  out  one  way 
against  them,  and  flee  seven  ways  before  them  : 
and  w  shalt  be  7  removed  into  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth. 

26  And  thy  carcase  shall  be  meat  unto  all  fowls 
of  the  air,  and  unto  the  beasts  of  the  earth,  and  no 
man  shall  fray  them  away. 

27  The  Lord  will  smite  thee  with  •'"the  botch  of 
E'gypt,  and  with  Hhe  emerods,  and  with  the  scab, 
and  with  the  itch,  whereof  thou  canst  not  be  healed. 

28  The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  with  madness,  and 
blindness,  and  astonishment  of  heart : 

29  And  thou  shalt  grope  at  noonday,  as  the  blind 
gropeth  in  darkness,  and  thou  shalt  not  prosper  in 
thy  ways  :  and  thou  shalt  be  only  oppressed  and 
spoiled  evermore,  and  no  man  shall  save  thee. 

30  zThou  shalt  betroth  a  wife,  and  another  man 
shall  lie  with  her  :  thou  shalt  build  an  house,  and 
thou  shalt  not  dwell  therein  :  thou  shalt  plant  a 
vineyard,  and  shalt  not 8  gather  the  grapes  thereof. 

31  Thine  ox  shall  be  slain  before  thine  eyes,  and 
thou  shalt  not  eat  thereof  :  thine  ass  shall  be  vio- 
lently taken  away  from  before  thy  face,  and  9  shall 
not  be  restored  to  thee  :  thy  sheep  shall  be  given 
unto  thine  enemies,  and  thou  shalt  have  none  to 
rescue  them. 

32  Thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  shall  be  given  unto 
another  people,  and  thine  eyes  shall  look,  and  fail 
with  longing  for  them  all  the  day  long :  and  there 
shall  be  no  might  in  thine  hand. 

33  "The  fruit  of  thy  land,  and  all  thy  labours, 
shall  a  nation  which  thou  knowest  not  eat  up  ;  and 
thou  shalt  be  only  oppressed  and  crushed  alway  : 

34  So  that  thou  shalt  be  mad  for  the  sight  of  thine 
eyes  which  thou  shalt  see. 


The  curses 


DEUTERONOMY,  28. 


for  disobedience. 


35  The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  in  the  knees,  and  in 
the  legs,  with  a  sore  botch  that  cannot  be  healed, 
from  the  sole  of  thy  foot  unto  the  top  of  thy  head. 

36  The  Lord  shall b  bring  thee,  and  cthy  king  which 
thou  shalt  set  over  thee,  unto  a  nation  which  neither 
thou  nor  thy  fathers  have  known ;  and  d  there  shalt 
thou  serve  other  gods,  wood  and  stone. 

37  And  thou  shalt  become  ean  astonishment,  a 
proverb,  'and  a  byword,  among  all  nations  whither 
the  Lord  shall  lead  thee, 

38  ffThou  shalt  carry  much  seed  out  into  the  field, 
and  shalt  gather  but  little  in  ;  for  Hhe  locust  shall 
consume  it. 

39  Thou  shalt  plant  vineyards,  and  dress  them,  but 
shalt  neither  drink  of  the  wine,  nor  gather  the  grapes ; 
for  the  worms  shall  eat  them. 

40  Thou  shalt  have  olive  trees  throughout  all  thy 
coasts,  but  thou  shalt  not  anoint  thyself  with  the  oil ; 
for  thine  olive  shall  cast  his  fruit. 

41  Thou  shalt  beget  sons  and  daughters,  but  10thou 
shalt  not  enjoy  them  ;  for  Hhey  shall  go  into  cap- 
tivity. 

42  All  thy  trees  and  fruit  of  thy  land  shall  the 
locust  u  consume. 

43  The  stranger  that  is  within  thee  shall  get  up 
above  thee  very  high  ;  and  thou  shalt  come  down 
very  low. 

44  He  shall  lend  to  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  lend  to 
him  :  jhe  shall  be  the  head,  and  thou  shalt  be  the  tail. 

45  Moreover  all  these  curses  shall  come  upon  thee, 
and  shall  pursue  thee,  and  overtake  thee,  till  thou 
be  destroyed  ;  because  thou  hearkenedst  not  unto 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments and  his  statutes  which  he  commanded 
thee  : 

46  And  they  shall  be  upon  thee  fcfor  a  sign  and 
for  a  wonder,  and  upon  thy  seed  for  ever. 

47  'Because  thou  servedst  not  the  Lord  thy  God 
with  joyfulness,  and  with  gladness  of  heart,  for  the 
abundance  of  all  things ; 

48  Therefore  shalt  thou  serve  thine  enemies  which 
the  Lord  shall  send  against  thee,  in  hunger,  and  in 
thirst,  and  in  nakedness,  and  in  want  of  all  things : 
and  he  m  shall  put  a  yoke  of  iron  upon  thy  neck, 
until  he  have  destroyed  thee. 

49  nThe  Lord  shall  bring  a  nation  against  thee 
from  far,  from  the  end  of  the  earth,  °as  swift  as 
the  eagle  flieth  ;  a  nation  whose  tongue  thou  shalt 
not  ^understand ; 

50  A  nation  13of  fierce  countenance,  p which  shall 
not  regard  the  person  of  the  old,  nor  shew  favour 
to  the  young : 

51  And  he  shall  ffeat  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  and 
the  fruit  of  thy  land,  until  thou  be  destroyed  : 
which  also  shall  not  leave  thee  either  corn,  wine,  or 
oil,  or  the  increase  of  thy  kine,  or  flocks  of  thy 
sheep,  until  he  have  destroyed  thee. 

52  And  he  shall  'besiege  thee  in  all  thy  gates, 
until  thy  high  and  fenced  walls  come  down,  where- 
in thou  trustedst,  throughout  all  thy  land  :  and  he 
shall  besiege  thee  in  all  thy  gates  throughout  all  thy 
land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee. 


B.  C.  1451. 


6  2  Ki.  17.4. 

2  Ki.  25.  7, 11. 
c  Jer.  39. 

2  Chr.  33. 
d  Jer.  111.  13. 


e  1  Ki.  9.  7.  8. 

Jer.  24.  9. 

Zeeh.  8.  13. 
/Ps.  44.  14. 


rj  Mic.  G.  15. 

Hag.  1.  6. 
h  Ex.  10.  4. 

Joel  1.  4. 


10  they  shall 

not  be  thine. 
i  Jer.  52.  28. 


11  Or,  possess. 
j  Ezra  9.  7. 

Lam.  1.  5. 
k  Num.  26.  10. 

Isa.  8.  18. 

Ezek.  5. 15. 

Ezek.  14.  8. 
/  Neh.  9.  3.3,  36, 

37. 
m  Isa.  47.  6. 

Jer.  27.  12. 

Jer.  28.  14. 

Matt.  11.  29. 
n  Jer.  5.  15. 

Jer.  6.  22,  23. 

Luke  19.  43. 

0  Jer.  48.  40. 
Jer.  49.  22. 
Lam.  4.  19. 
Ezek.  17.  3. 
Hos.  8.  1. 

12  hear. 

13  strong  of  face, 
Prov.  7.  13. 
Eccl.  8.  1. 

p  2  Chr.  36.  17. 

Isa.  47.  6. 
q  Isa.  1.  7. 

Isa.  62.  8. 

Jer.  5.  15-17. 
r  2  Ki.  25.  1. 

Jer.  37.  8. 

Matt.  22.  7. 
S  Lev.  26.  29. 

2  Ki.  6.  28,  29. 

Jer.  19.  9. 

Lam.  2.  20. 

Lam.  4.  10. 

Luke  21.  23. 

14  belly. 

1  Lam.  4.  10. 

15  afterbirth. 
u  Ex.  6.  3. 

Ps.  99.  3. 

Isa.  29.  23. 

Isa.  57.  15. 

Mai.  1.  14. 
?'Ps.  20.  1. 

Ps.  83.  18. 

Ps.  113.  3. 

Isa.  42.  8. 

Mai.  2.  2. 

Mai.  4.  2. 

Phil.  2.  10. 
w  1  Ki.  9.  7,  9. 

2  Chr.  21. 

12-15. 

Lam.  1.  9,  12. 

Lam.  4.  12. 

Dan.  9.  12. 

16  cause  to  as- 
cend. 

x  Neh.  9.  23. 
y  Isa.  62.  5. 

Jer.  32.  41. 

Mic.  7.  18. 

Zeph.  3.  17. 

Luke  15.  6, 10. 
0  Prov.  1.  26. 

Isa.  1.  24. 
a  Lev.  26.  33. 

Neh.  1.  8. 
b  Gen.  8.  9. 

Isa.  57.  21. 

Amos  9.  4. 
c  Lev.  26.  36. 
d  Job  7.  4. 


53  And  sthou  shalt  eat  the  fruit  of  thine  own 
14  body,  the  flesh  of  thy  sons  and  of  thy  daughters, 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee,  in  the 
siege,  and  in  the  straitness,  wherewith  thine  ene- 
mies shall  distress  thee  : 

54  So  that  the  man  that  is  tender  among  you,  and 
very  delicate,  his  eye  shall  be  evil  toward  his  bro- 
ther, and  toward  the  wife  of  his  bosom,  and  toward 
the  remnant  of  his  children  which  he  shall  leave  : 

55  So  that  he  will  not  give  to  any  of  them  of  the 
flesh  of  his  children  whom  he  shall  eat :  because  he 
hath  nothing  left  him  in  the  siege,  and  in  the  strait- 
ness, wherewith  thine  enemies  shall  distress  thee  in 
all  thy  gates. 

56  The  tender  and  delicate  woman  among  you, 
which  would  not  adventure  to  set  the  sole  of  her 
foot  upon  the  ground  for  delicateness  and  tenderness, 
her  eye  shall  be  evil  toward  the  husband  of  her 
bosom,  and  toward  her  son,  and  toward  her  daughter, 

57  And  'toward  her  15 young  one  that  cometh  out 
from  between  her  feet;  and  toward  her  children 
which  she  shall  bear :  for  she  shall  eat  them  for 
want  of  all  things  secretly  in  the  siege  and  strait- 
ness, wherewith  thine  enemy  shall  distress  thee  in 
thy  gates. 

58  If  thou  wilt  not  observe  to  do  all  the  words  of 
this  law  that  are  written  in  this  book,  that  thou 
mayest  fear  Mthis  glorious  and  fearful  "name,  THE 
LORD  THY  GOD ; 

59  Then  the  Lord  will  make  thy  plagues  w  wonder- 
ful, and  the  plagues  of  thy  seed,  even  great  plagues, 
and  of  long  continuance,  and  sore  sicknesses,  and  of 
long  continuance. 

60  Moreover  he  will  bring  upon  thee  all  the  dis- 
eases of  E'gypt,  which  thou  wast  afraid  of;  and 
they  shall  cleave  unto  thee. 

61  Also  every  sickness,  and  every  plague,  which  is 
not  written  in  the  book  of  this  law,  them  will  the 
Lord  16  bring  upon  thee,  until  thou  be  destroyed. 

62  And  ye  shall  be  left  few  in  number,  whereas  ye 
were  *as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multitude ;  because 
thou  wouldest  not  obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy 
God. 

63  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  the  Lord 
y  rejoiced  over  you  to  do  you  good,  and  to  multiply 
you ;  so  the  Lord  z  will  rejoice  over  you  to  destroy 
you,  and  to  bring  you  to  nought ;  and  ye  shall  be 
plucked  from  off  the  land  whither  thou  goest  to 
possess  it. 

64  And  the  Lord  a  shall  scatter  thee  among  all 
people,  from  the  one  end  of  the  earth  even  unto 
the  other ;  and  there  thou  shalt  serve  other  gods, 
which  neither  thou  nor  thy  fathers  have  known, 
even  wood  and  stone. 

65  And  h  among  these  nations  shalt  thou  find  no 
ease,  neither  shall  the  sole  of  thy  foot  have  rest : 
cbut  the  Lord  shall  give  thee- there  a  trembling 
heart,  and  failing  of  eyes,  and  sorrow  of  mind : 

66  And  thy  life  shall  hang  in  doubt  before  thee ; 
and  thou  shalt  fear  day  and  night,  and  shalt  have 
none  assurance  of  thy  life  : 

67  dIn  the  morning  thou  shalt  say,  Would  God  it 

173 


Exhortation  to  obedience. 


DEUTERONOMY,  29,  30. 


Covenant  entered  into. 


were  even  !  and  at  even  thou  shalt  say,  Would  God 
it  were  morning !  for  the  fear  of  thine  heart  where- 
with thou  shalt  fear,  and  for  the  sight  of  thine  eyes 
which  thou  shalt  see. 

68  And  the  Lord  e shall  bring  thee  into  E'gypt 
again  with  ships,  by  the  way  whereof  I  spake  unto 
thee,  Thou  shalt  see  it  no  more  again :  and  17  there 
ye  shall  be  sold  unto  your  enemies  for  bondmen  and 
bondwomen,  and  no  man  shall  buy  you. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  Moses  exhorts  to  obedience.     10  Covenant  entered  into.    29  Secret  things  are  God's. 

THESE  are  the  words  of  the  covenant,  which 
the  Lord  commanded  Mo'seg  to  make  with  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el  in  the  land  of  Mo'ab,  beside  the 
covenant  which  he  made  with  them  in  Ho'reb. 

2  If  And  Mo'seg  called  unto  all  I§'ra-el,  and  said 
unto  them,  Ye  have  seen  all  that  the  Lord  did  be- 
fore your  eyes  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  unto  Pha'raoh, 
and  unto  all  his  servants,  and  unto  all  his  land ; 

3  a  The  great  temptations  which  thine  eyes  have 
seen,  the  signs,  and  those  great  miracles  : 

4  Yet  b  the  Lord  hath  not  given  you  an  heart  to 
perceive,  and  eyes  to  see,  and  ears  to  hear,  unto 
this  day. 

5  c  And  I  have  led  you  forty  years  in  the  wilder- 
ness :  your  clothes  are  not  waxen  old  upon  you,  and 
thy  shoe  is  not  waxen  old  upon  thy  foot. 

6  d  Ye  have  not  eaten  bread,  neither  have  ye  drunk 
wine  or  strong  drink :  that  ye  might  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord  your  God. 

7  And  when  ye  came  unto  this  place,  cSl'hon  the 
king  of  Hesh'bon,  and  Og  the  king  of  Ba'shan,  came 
out  against  us  unto  battle,  and  we  smote  them : 

8  And  we  took  their  land,  and  •'gave  it  for  an 
inheritance  unto  the  Reu'ben-Ites,  and  to  the  Gad'- 
ites,  and  to  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh. 

9  °  Keep  therefore  the  words  of  this  covenant,  and 
do  them,  that  ye  may  prosper  in  all  that  ye  do. 

10  H  Ye  stand  this  day  all  of  you  before  the  Lord 
your  God  ;  your  captains  of  your  tribes,  your  elders, 
and  your  officers,  with  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el, 

11  Your  little  ones,  your  wives,  and  thy  stranger 
that  is  in  thy  camp,  from  Hhe  hewer  of  thy  wood 
unto  the  drawer  of  thy  water  : 

12  That  thou  shouldest 1  enter  into  covenant  with 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  into  his  oath,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  maketh  with  thee  this  day  : 

13  That  he  may  i  establish  thee  to  day  for  a  people 
unto  himself,  and  that  he  may  be  unto  thee  a  God, 
as  he  hath  said  unto  thee,  and  as  he  hath  sworn 
unto  thy  fathers,  to  A 'bra-ham,  to  I'saac,  and  to 
Ja'cob. 

14  Neither  with  you  only3' do  I  make  this  covenant 
and  this  oath  ; 

15  But  with  him  that  standeth  here  with  us  this 
day  before  the  Lord  our  God,  fcand  also  with  him 
that  is  not  here  with  us  this  day  : 

16_(For  ye  know  how  we  have  dwelt  in  the  land 
of  E'gypt ;  and  how  we  came  through  the  nations 
which  ye  passed  by  ; 

17  And  ye  have  seen  their  abominations,  and  their 

174 


B.  C.  1451. 


e  Jer.  43.  7. 
Hos.  8.  13. 


17  Fulfilled 
at  the  de- 
struction of 
Jerusalem  by 
the  Romans, 
A.  D.  79. 


a  ch.  4.  34. 

ch.  7.  19. 
b  Ps.  13.  3. 

Ps.  19.  8. 

Ps.  146.  8. 

Isa.  6.  9. 

Isa.  63.  17. 

Ezek.  12.  2. 

Matt.  13.  14. 

John  8.  43. 

Acts  28.  26. 

Rom.  11.8. 

Eph.  1.  18. 

2  Thess.  2.  11. 
c  ch.  1.  3. 

ch.  8.  2. 
d  Ex.  16.  12. 

Neh.  9.' 15. 

Ps.  78.  24. 
e  Num.  21.  23. 

ch.  2.  32. 
/  Num.  32.  33. 
y  Josh.  1.  7. 

1  Ki.  2.  3. 

Ps.  25.  10. 

Isa.  56.  1,  2, 

4,7. 

Jer.  1.  5. 
h  Josh.  9.  21. 

1  pass. 

i  Gen.  17.  6,  7. 
j  Jer.  31.31. 

Heb.  8.  7,  8. 
/■■Acts  .2.  39. 

1  Cor.  7.  14. 

2  dungy  gods. 
/  Heb^l2.  15. 

3  rosh,  or,  a 
poisonful 
herb. 

m  Ps.  14.  1. 
n  Num.  15.  39. 
Eccl.  11.  9. 

4  Or,  stub- 
bornness. 

o  Job  15. 16. 
Isa.  30.  1. 
Eph.  4.  19. 

5  the  drunken 
to  the  thirsty. 

p  Ezek.  14.  7. 
q  Ps.  74.  1. 
r  Ps.  79.  5. 
s  Matt.  24.  51. 

6  is  written. 

7  wherewith 
the  Lord  hath 
made  it  sick. 

t  Judg.  9.  45. 

Ps.  107.  34. 

Ezek.  47.  11. 

Zeph.  2.  9. 

Luke  14. 34, 35. 
u  Gen.  19.  24. 
v  1  Ki.  9.  8. 

8  Or,  who  had 
not  given  to 
them  any 
portion. 

9  divided. 
w  Ps.  11.  6. 

x  2  Chr.  7.  20. 

Job  11.  6,7. 

Ps.  52.  5. 

Prov.  2.  22. 
V  Job  11.6,  7. 

Prov.  3.  32. 

Jer.  23.  18. 

Amos  3.  7. 

Actsl.  7. 
z  Ps.  19.  7. 

Luke  16.  29. 

John  5.  39. 

Acts  17.  11. 

2  Tim.  3.  16. 


a  Lev.  26.  40. 

6  ch.  28. 

c  1  Ki.  8.  47. 

Luke  15.  17. 
d  Neh.  1.  9. 


2  idols,  wood  and  stone,  silver  and  gold,  which  were 
among  them :) 

18  Lest  there  should  be  among  you  man,  or  woman, 
or  family,  or  tribe,  whose  heart  turneth  away  this 
day  from  the  Lord  our  God,  to  go  and  serve  the 
gods  of  these  nations  ;  l  lest  there  should  be  among 
you  a  root  that  beareth  3gall  and  wormwood ; 

19  And  it  come  to  pass,  when  he  heareth  the  words 
of  this  curse,  that  he  bless  himself  in  his  heart, 
saying,  mI  shall  have  peace,  though  I  walk  "in  the 
4  imagination  of  mine  heart,  °to  add 5  drunkenness  to 
thirst : 

20  pThe  Lord  will  not  spare  him,  but  then  'the 
anger  of  the  Lord  and  'his  jealousy  shall  smoke 
against  that  man,  and  all  the  curses  that  are  written 
in  this  book  shall  lie  upon  him,  and  the  Lord  shall 
blot  out  his  name  from  under  heaven. 

21  And  the  Lord  s  shall  separate  him  unto  evil  out 
of  all  the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el,  according  to  all  the 
curses  of  the  covenant  that  6are  written  in  this 
book  of  the  law  : 

22  So  that  the  generation  to  come  of  your  children 
that  shall  rise  up  after  you,  and  the  stranger  that 
shall  come  from  a  far  land,  shall  say,  when  they  see 
the  plagues  of  that  land,  and  the  sicknesses  7  which 
the  Lord  hath  laid  upon  it ; 

23  And  that  the  whole  land  thereof  is  brimstone, 
'and  salt,  and  burning,  that  it  is  not  sown,  nor 
beareth,  nor  any  grass  groweth  therein,  Mlike  the 
overthrow  of  Sod'om,  and  G6-mor'rah,  Ad'mah,  and 
Ze-bo'im,  which  the  Lord  overthrew  in  his  anger, 
and  in  his  wrath  : 

24  Even  all  nations  shall  say, v  Wherefore  hath  the 
Lord  done  thus  unto  this  land  ?  what  meaneth  the 
heat  of  this  great  anger  ? 

25  Then  men  shall  say,  Because  they  have  forsaken 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  which 
he  made  with  them  when  he  brought  them  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt : 

26  For  they  went  and  served  other  gods,  and  wor- 
shipped them,  gods  whom  they  knew  not,  and 8  whom 
he  had  not 9  given  unto  them : 

27  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
this  land,  ™to  bring  upon  it  all  the  curses  that  are 
written  in  this  book  : 

28  And  the  Lord  x  rooted  them  out  of  their  land 
in  anger,  and  in  wrath,  and  in  great  indignation, 
and  cast  them  into  another  land,  as  it  is  this  day. 

29  The  v  secret  things  belong  unto  the  Lord  our 
God:  but z those  things  which  are  revealed  belong 
unto  us  and  to  our  children  for  ever,  that  we  may 
do  all  the  words  of  this  law. 


CHAPTER  30. 

1  A  promise  of  mercies.    15  Good  and  evil  before  all. 


AND  a  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  6all  these  things 
-  are  come  upon  thee,  the  blessing  and  the  curse, 
which  I  have  set  before  thee,  and  cthou  shalt  call 
them  to  mind  among  all  the  nations,  whither  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  driven  thee, 

2  And  shalt  d  return  unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
shalt  obey  his  voice  according  to  all  that  I  command 


, 


The  promise  of  mercies. 


DEUTERONOMY,  31, 


The  people  encouraged. 


thee  this  day,  thou  and  thy  children,  with  all  thine 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul  ; 

3  e  That  then  the  Lord  thy  God  will  turn  thy  cap- 
tivity, and  have  compassion  upon  thee,  and  will  re- 
turn and  -'gather  thee  from  all  the  nations,  whither 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  scattered  thee. 

4  9  If  any  of  thine  be  driven  out  unto  the  outmost 
parts  of  heaven,  from  thence  will  the  Lord  thy 
God  gather  thee,  and  from  thence  will  he  fetch 
thee  : 

5  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  bring  thee  into  the 
land  which  thy  fathers  possessed,  and  thou  shalt 
possess  it ;  and  he  will  do  thee  good,  and  multiply 
thee  above  thy  fathers. 

6  And  Hhe  Lord  thy  God  will  circumcise  thine 
heart,  and  the  heart  of  thy  seed,  to  love  the  Lord 
thy  God  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
that  thou  mayest  live. 

7  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  put  all  these  curses 
upon  thine  enemies,  and'on  them  that  hate  thee, 
which  persecuted  thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  return  and  obey  the  voice  of  the 
Lord,  and  do  all  his  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day. 

9  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  make  thee  plenteous 
in  every  work  of  thine  hand,  in  the  fruit  of  thy 
body,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  and  in  the 
'fruit  of  thy  land,  for  good  :  for  the  Lord  will 
again  j rejoice  over  thee  for  good,  as  he  rejoiced 
over  thy  fathers  : 

10  If  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  his  commandments  and  his 
statutes  which  are  written  in  this  book  of  the  law, 
and  if  thou  turn  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all 
thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul. 

11  H  For  this  commandment  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  it  is  /vnot  hidden  from  thee,  neither 
is  it  far  off. 

12  l  It  is  not  in  heaven,  that  thou  shouldest  say, 
Who  shall  go  up  for  us  to  heaven,  and  bring  it  unto 
us,  that  we  may  hear  it,  and  do  it  ? 

13  Neither  is  it  beyond  the  sea,  that  thou  shouldest 
say,  Who  shall  go  over  the  sea  for  us,  and  bring  it 
unto  us,  that  we  may  hear  it,  and  do  it  ? 

14  But  the  word  is  very  nigh  unto  thee,  in  thy 
mouth,  and  in  thy  heart,  that  thou  mayest  do  it. 

15  H  See,  ml  have  set  before  thee  this  day  life  and 
good,  and  death  and  evil ; 

16  In  that  I  command  thee  this  day  to  love  the 
Lord  thy  God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to  keep  his 
commandments  and  his  statutes  and  his  judgments, 
that  thou  mayest  live  and  multiply  :  and  the  Lord 
thy  God  shall  bless  thee  in  the  land  whither  thou 
goest  to  possess  it. 

17  But  if  thine  heart  turn  away,  so  that  thou  wilt 
not  hear,  but  shalt  be  drawn  away,  and  worship 
other  gods,  and  serve  them  ; 

18  nl  denounce  unto  you  this  day,  that  ye  shall 
surely  perish,  and  that  ye  shall  not  prolong  your 
days  upon  the  land,  whither  thou  passest  over  Jor'- 
dan to  go  to  possess  it. 

19  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  record   this  day 


B.  C.  1451. 


e  Ps.  10G.  45. 
Jer.  29.  1  4. 
Lam.  3.  22. 

/  Ps.  147.  2. 
Ezek.  34.  13 


<7ch.  28.  C4. 


Ach.  10.  1G. 


i  Ezek.  34.  27. 

/Jer.  32.  41. 

Zeph.  3.  17. 

Luke  15.  6, 

10,  32. 
k  Isa.  45.  19. 
I  Prov.  30.  4. 

John  3.  13. 

Rom.  10.  G. 
m  ch.  11.  26. 

Mark  1G.  1G-. 

John  3.  16. 

Gal.  3.  13,  14. 
n  ch.  4.  26. 

ch.  8.  19. 

Isa.  63.  17, 18. 
0  Job  12.  10. 

Ps.  27.  1. 

Ps.  66.  9. 

Dan.  5.  23. 

John  11.  25. 

Acts  17.  25,  28. 
p  Gen.  12.  7. 

Gen.  13.  15. 

Gen.  15.  18. 

Gen.  17.  1-8. 

Gen.  26.  4. 

Gen.  28.  13. 

Acts  7.  5. 


0  Ex.  7.  7. 
ch.  34.  7. 

b  Num.  27.  17. 

1  Ki.  3.  7. 
c  Num.  20.  12. 

Num.  27.  13. 

ch.  3.  27. 
d  ch.  9.  3. 
eNum.  21.  24. 
/ch.  7.  2. 
g  1  Chr.  22.  13. 
h  ch.  1.  29. 

ch.  7.  18. 
i  ch.  20.  4. 

Ps.  118.  6. 
/  Heb.  13.  5. 
k  ch.  1.  38. 

1  Ex.  13.  21. 

Num.  14.  9. 

Ps.  37.  3. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
m  1  Chr.  28.  20. 
n  ch.  17. 18. 

0  Num.  4.  15. 

1  Cbr.  15.  12. 
p  ch.  15.  1. 

q  Lev.  23.  34. 
r  eh.  16.  16. 
s  Josh.  8.  34. 

2  Ki.  23.  2. 

1  ch.  4.  10. 
u  ch.  11.  2. 

Prov.  22.  6. 

Eph.  6.  4. 
r  Ps.  78.  6,  7. 
w  Num.  27.  13. 


against  you,  that  I  have  set  before  you  life  and 
death,  blessing  and  cursing  :  therefore  choose  life, 
that  both  thou  and  thy  seed  may  live  : 

20  That  thou  mayest  love  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
that  thou  mayest  obey  his  voice,  and  that  thou 
mayest  cleave  unto  him :  for  he  is  thy  °  life,  and 
the  length  of  thy  days  :  that  thou  mayest  dwell  in 
the  land  which  the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers,  to 
A' bra-ham,  to  I'saac,  and  to  Ja'cob,  "to  give  them. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  T/ie  people  encouraged.     14  Joshua  charged.    24  Book  of  the  law  given  to  the  Letiles. 

ND  Mo'ges  went  and  spake  these  words  unto 


A1 


all  Ig'ra-el. 
2  And  he  said  unto  them, 
twenty  years  old  this  day  ; 


I  a  am  an  hundred  and 
I  can  no  more  6go  out 

and  come  in  :  also  the  Lord  hath  said  unto  me, 

cThou  shalt  not  go  over  this  Jor'dan. 

3  The  Lord  thy  God,  rfhe  will  go  over  before  thee, 
and  he  will  destroy  these  nations  from  before  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  possess  them  :  and  Josh'u-a,  he  shall 
go  over  before  thee,  as  the  Lord  hath  said. 

4  And  the  Lord  shall  do  unto  them  eas  he  did  to 
Si'hon  and  to  Og,  kings  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  and  unto 
the  land  of  them,  whom  he  destroyed. 

5  And  ■'"the  Lord  shall  give  them  up  before  your 
face,  that  ye  may  do  unto  them  according  unto  all 
the  commandments  which  I  have  commanded  you. 

6  gBe  strong  and  of  a  good  courage,  Afear  not,  nor 
be  afraid  of  them  :  for  the  Lord  thy  God,  {he  it  is 
that  doth  go  with  thee  ;  jhe  will  not  fail  thee,  nor 
forsake  thee. 

7  T[  And  Mo'§e§  called  unto  Josh'u-a,  and  said  unto 
him  in  the  sight  of  all  Ig'ra-el,  ''Be  strong  and  of  a 
good  courage  :  for  thou  must  go  with  this  people 
unto  the  land  which  the  Lord  hath  sworn  unto 
their  fathers  to  give  them  ;  and  thou  shalt  cause 
them  to  inherit  it. 

8  And  the  Lord,  'he  it  is  that  doth  go  before 
thee  ;  "lhe  will  be  with  thee,  he  will  not  fail  thee, 
neither  forsake  thee  :  fear  not,  neither  be  dismayed. 

9  1  And  Mo'geg  wrote  this  law,  *  and  delivered 
it  unto  the  priests  the  sons  of  Le'vi,  "which  bare 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  unto  all 
the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el. 

10  And  Mo'geg  commanded  them,  saying,  At  the 
end  of  every  seven  years,  in  the  solemnity  of  the 
pyear  of  release,  9in  the  feast  of  tabernacles, 

11  When  all  I§'ra-el  is  come  to  r  appear  before  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  the  place  which  he  shall  choose, 
sthou  shalt  read  this  law  before  all  Ig'ra-el  in  their 
hearing. 

12  t  Gather  the  people  together,  men,  and  women, 
and  children,  and  thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy 
gates,  that  they  may  hear,  and  that  they  may  learn, 
and  fear  the  Lord  your  God,  and  observe  to  do  all 
the  words  of  this  law  : 

13  And  that  their  children,  u  which  have  not  known 
any  thing,  v  may  hear,  and  learn  to  fear  the  Lord 
your  God,  as  long  as  ye  live  in  the  land  whither  ye 
go  over  Jor'dan  to  possess  it. 

14  Tf  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'ge§,  w  Behold,  thy 

175 


The  charge  to  Joshua. 


DEUTERONOMY,  32. 


The  song  of  Moses. 


days  approach  that  thou  must  die  :  call  Josh'u-a, 
and  present  yourselves  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  that  I  may  give  him  a  charge.  And 
Mo'geg  and  Josh'u-a  went,  and  presented  themselves 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

15  And  Kthe  Lord  appeared  in  the  tabernacle  in  a 
pillar  of  a  cloud :  and  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  stood 
over  the  door  of  the  tabernacle. 

16  f  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'seg,  Behold,  thou 
shalt  l sleep  with  thy  fathers;  and  this  people  will 
wrise  up,  and  zgo  a  whoring  after  the  gods  of  the 
strangers  of  the  land,  whither  they  go  to  be  among 
them,  and  will  "forsake  me,  and  break  my  covenant 
which  I  have  made  with  them. 

17  Then  my  anger  shall  be  kindled  against  them  in 
that  day,  and  6I  will  forsake  them,  and  I  will  chide 
my  face  from  them,  and  they  shall  be  devoured,  and 
many  evils  and  troubles  shall  2 befall  them;  so  that 
they  will  say  in  that  day,  d  Are  not  these  evils  come 
upon  us,  because  our  God  is  enot  among  us? 

18  And  I  will  surely  hide  my  face  in  that  day  for 
all  the  evils  which  they  shall  have  wrought,  in  that 
they  are  turned  unto  other  gods. 

19  Now  therefore  write  ye  this  song  for  you,  and 
teach  it  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el :  put  it  in  their 
mouths,  that  this  song  may  be  a  witness  for  me 
against  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

20  For  when  I  shall  have  brought  them  into  the 
land  which  I  sware  unto  their  fathers,  that  floweth 
with  milk  and  honey ;  and  they  shall  have  eaten  and 
filled  themselves,  -fand  waxen  fat ;  then  will  they 
turn  unto  other  gods,  and  serve  them,  and  provoke 
me,  and  break  my  covenant. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  many  evils  and 
troubles  are  befallen  them,  that  this  song  shall  tes- 
tify 3 against  them  as  a  witness;  for  it  shall  not  be 
forgotten  out  of  the  mouths  of  their  seed :  for  g  I 
know  their  imagination  h  which  they  4go  about,  even 
now,  before  I  have  brought  them  into  the  land  which 
I  sware. 

22  H  Mo'geg  therefore  wrote  this  song  the  same 
day,  and  taught  it  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

23  And  he  gave  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun  a  charge, 
and  said,  ^e  strong  and  of  a  good  courage  :  for 
thou  shalt  bring  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  into  the  land 
which  I  sware  unto  them :  and  I  will  be  with  thee. 

24  T[  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Mo'seg  had  made 
an  end  of  writing  the  words  of  this  law  in  a  book, 
until  they  were  finished, 

25  That  Mo 'geg  commanded  the  Le'vltes,  which  bare 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  saying, 

26  Take  this  book  of  the  law,  Jand  put  it  in  the 
side  of  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  that  it  may  be  there  for  a  witness  against  thee. 

27  fcFor  I  know  thy  rebellion,  and  thy  l  stiff  neck : 
behold,  while  I  am  yet  alive  with  you  this  day,  ye 
have  been  rebellious  against  the  Lord;  and  how 
much  more  after  my  death? 

28  "[f  Gather  unto  me  all  the  elders  of  your  tribes, 
and  your  officers,  that  I  may  speak  these  words  in 
their  ears,  mand  call  heaven  and  earth  to  record 
against  them. 

176 


B.  C.  1451. 


a:  Ex.  33.  9. 
Ps.  99.  7. 


1  lie  down. 

y  Ex.  32.  6. 
z  Judg.  2.  17. 


a  eh.  32.  15. 

1  Ki.  11.31-33. 

2  Ki.  22. 16, 17. 
Isa.  1.  4. 


b  2  Chr.  15.  2. 

2  Chr.  24.  20. 
c  ch.  32.  20. 

Ps.  104.  29. 

Isa.  8.  17. 

Ezek.  39.  23. 
2  find  them. 
(1  Num.  14.  42. 

Isa.  63.  17. 
e  Num.  14.  42. 


/eh.  32.  15. 
Neh.  9.  26. 
Ps.  17.  10. 
Ps.  73.  7. 
Ps.  119.  70. 
Jer.  5.  28. 
Hos.  13.  6. 

3  before. 

g  1  Chv.  28.  9. 

Hos.  5.  3. 

Hos.  13.  5. 

John  2.  24. 

Rev.  2.  23. 
h  Amos  5.  25. 

4  do. 

i  Josh.  1.  6. 
j  1  Ki.  8.  9. 

2  Ki.  22.  8. 
k  ch.  9.  24. 
I  eh.  9.  6. 

2  Chr.  30.  8. 

Ps.  78.  8. 
m  ch.  30.  19. 
n  Judg\  2.  19. 

Hos.  9.  9. 


a  Ps.  50.  4. 

Isa.  1.  2. 
b  2  Sam.  23.  4. 

Isa.  55.  10. 

Hos.  6.  4. 

1  Cor.  3.  6-8. 
c  Ps.  72.  6. 
d  2  Sam.  22.  3. 
e  Dan.  4.  37. 
/Jer.  10.  10. 
g  Job  34.  10. 

1  He  hath  cor- 
rupted to 
himself. 

2  Or,  that  they 
are  not  his 
children,  that 
is  their  blot. 

h  Ps.  116.  12. 
i  Isa.  63.  16. 
/  2  Sam.  7.  23. 
Ps.  74.  2. 

3  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

k  Zech.  9.  2. 
I  Gen.  11.  8. 
ml  Sam.  10.  1. 

4  cord. 

5  Or,  com- 
passed him 
about. 

n  ch.  4.  36. 

Neh.  9.  20. 

Ps.  32.  8,  10. 

Kom.  2.  18. 
o  Ps.  17.  8. 

Prov.  7.  2. 
p  Isa.  58.  14. 
q  Job  29.  6. 
r  Ps.  147.  14. 
s  Gen.  49.  11. 

Matt.  26. 

28,29. 
(Isa.  1.4. 
u  Ps.  89.  26. 

6  Or,  which 
were  not  God. 


29  For  I  know  that  after  my  death  ye  will  utterly 
n  corrupt  yourselves,  and  turn  aside  from  the  way 
which  I  have  commanded  you ;  and  evil  will  befall 
you  in  the  latter  days ;  because  ye  will  do  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger  through 
the  work  of  your  hands. 

30  And  Mo'geg  spake  in  the  ears  of  all  the  congre- 
gation of  Ig'ra-el  the  words  of  this  song,  until  they 
were  ended. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1  Song  of  Moses.    48  He  is  ordered  to  Nebo  to  die. 

GIVE  "ear,  O  ye  heavens,  and  I  will  speak;  and 
hear,  O  earth,  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

2  6  My  doctrine  shall  drop  as  the  rain,  my  speech 
shall  distil  as  the  dew,  cas  the  small  rain  upon  the 
tender  herb,  and  as  the  showers  upon  the  grass : 

3  Because  I  will  publish  the  name  of  the  Lord: 
ascribe  ye  greatness  unto  our  God. 

4  He  is  the  Rock,  dhis  work  is  perfect :  for  eall 
his  ways  are  judgment:  f&  God  of  truth  and  g with- 
out iniquity,  just  and  right  is  he. 

5  xThey  have  corrupted  themselves,  2  their  spot  is 
not  the  spot  of  his  children :  they  are  a  perverse  and 
crooked  generation. 

6  Do  ye  thus  ''requite  the  Lord,  O  foolish  people 
and  unwise  ?  is  not  he i  thy  father  that  hath  ■'bought 
thee  ?  hath  he  not  made  thee,  and  established  thee  ? 

7  H  Remember  the  days  of  old,  consider  the  years 
of  3many  generations :  ask  thy  father,  and  he  will 
shew  thee ;  thy  elders,  and  they  will  tell  thee. 

8  When  the  most  High  k  divided  to  the  nations 
their  inheritance,  when  he  'separated  the  sons  of 
Ad 'am,  he  set  the  bounds  of  the  people  according 
to  the  number  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

9  For  mthe  Lord's  portion  is  his  people;  Ja'cob  is 
the  i  lot  of  his  inheritance. 

10  He  found  him  in  a  desert  land,  and  in  the  waste 
howling  wilderness  ;  he  5  led  him  about,  he  n  in- 
structed him,  he  °  kept  him  as  the  apple  of  his  eye. 

11  As  an  eagle  stirreth  up  her  nest,  fluttereth  over 
her  young,  spreadeth  abroad  her  wings,  taketh  them, 
beareth  them  on  her  wings : 

12  So  the  Lord  alone  did  lead  him,  and  there  was 
no  strange  god  with  him. 

13  p  He  made  him  ride  on  the  high  places  of  the 
earth,  that  he  might  eat  the  increase  of  the  fields ; 
and  he  made  him  to  suck  q  honey  out  of  the  rock, 
and  oil  out  of  the  flinty  rock ; 

14  Butter  of  kine,  and  milk  of  sheep,  with  fat  of 
lambs,  and  rams  of  the  breed  of  Ba'shan,  and  goats, 
rwith  the  fat  of  kidneys  of  wheat;  and  thou  didst 
drink  the  pure  s  blood  of  the  grape. 

15  U  But  Jesh'u-run  waxed  fat,  and  kicked :  thou 
art  waxen  fat,  thou  art  grown  thick,  thou  art  cov- 
ered with  fatness;  then  he  *  forsook  God  which  made 
him,  and  lightly  esteemed  the  "Rock  of  his  salva- 
tion. 

16  They  provoked  him  to  jealousy  with  strange 
gods,  with  abominations  provoked  they  him  to  anger. 

17  They  sacrificed  unto  devils,  6not  to  God ;  to 
gods  whom  they  knew  not,  to  new  gods  that  came 
newly  up,  whom  your  fathers  feared  not. 


The  song  of  Moses. 


DEUTERONOMY,  33. 


Moses  ordered  to  Nebo. 


18  Of  the  Rock  that  begat  thee  thou  art  unmind- 
ful, and  hast  forgotten  God  that  formed  thee. 

19  And  when  the  Lord  saw  it,  he  7  abhorred  them, 
because  of  the  provoking  of  his  sons,  and  of  his 
daughters. 

20  And  he  said,  I  will  hide  my  face  from  them,  I 
will  see  what  their  end  shall  be :  for  they  are  a  very 
froward  generation,  'children  in  whom  is  no  faith. 

21  They  have  moved  me  to  jealousy  with  that 
which  is  not  God  ;  they  have  provoked  me  to  anger 
wwith  their  vanities  :  and  ^1  will  move  them  to 
jealousy  with  those  which  are  not  a  people ;  I  will 
provoke  them  to  anger  with  a  foolish  nation. 

22  For  ya  fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger,  and  8  shall 
burn  unto  the  lowest  hell,  and  9  shall  consume  the 
earth  with  her  increase,  and  set  on  fire  the  founda- 
tions of  the  mountains. 

23  I  will  heap  mischiefs  upon  them  ;  I  will  spend 
mine  arrows  upon  them. 

24  They  shall  be  burnt  with  hunger,  and  devoured 
with  10 burning  heat,  and  with  bitter  destruction:  I 
will  also  send  the  teeth  of  beasts  upon  them,  with 
the  poison  of  serpents  of  the  dust. 

25  zThe  sword  without,  and  terror  "within,  shall 
12  destroy  both  the  young  man  and  the  virgin,  the 
suckling  also  with  the  man  of  gray  hairs. 

26  I  said,  I  would  scatter  them  into  corners,  I 
would  make  the  remembrance  of  them  to  cease 
from  among  men : 

27  Were  it  not  that  I  feared  the  wrath  of  the 
enemy,  lest  their  adversaries  should  behave  them- 
selves strangely,  and  lest  they  should  "say,  13Our 
hand  is  high,  and  the  Lord  hath  not  done  all  this. 

28  For  they  are  a  nation  void  of  counsel,  neither 
is  there  any  understanding  in  them. 

29  b  0  that  they  were  wise,  that  they  understood 
this,  that  they  would  consider  their  latter  end ! 

30  How  should  cone  chase  a  thousand,  and  two 
put  ten  thousand  to  flight,  except  their  Rock  dhad 
sold  them,  and  the  Lord  had  shut  them  up  ? 

31  For  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Rock,  eeven  our 
enemies  themselves  being  judges. 

32  For  their  vine  uis  of  the  vine  of  Sod'om,  and 
of  the  fields  of  G6-mor'rah :  their  grapes  are  grapes 
of  gall,  their  clusters  are  bitter  : 

33  Their  wine  is  the  poison  of  dragons,  and  the 
cruel  venom  of  asps. 

34  Is  not  this-^laid  up  in  store  with  me,  and  sealed 
up  among  my  treasures  ? 

35  "To  me  belongeth  vengeance,  and  recompence  ; 
their  foot  shall  slide  in  due  time  :  for  the  day  of 
their  calamity  is  at  hand,  and  the  things  that  shall 
come  upon  them  make  haste. 

36  For  the  Lord  shall  judge  his  people,  Aand  repent 
himself  for  his  servants,  when  he  seeth  that  their 
10  power  is  gone,  and  there  is  none  shut  up,  or  left. 

37  And  he  shall  say,  i  Where  are  their  gods,  their 
rock  in  whom  they  trusted, 

38  Which  did  eat  the  fat  of  their  sacrifices,  and 
drank  the  wine  of  their  drink  offerings  ?  let  them 
rise  up  and  help  you,  and  be  16your  protection. 

39  See  now  that  I,  even  I,  am  he,  and  j  there  is  no 

11 


B.  C.  1451. 


Or,  despised. 


v  Matt.  IT.  17. 


»•  1  Sam.  12.  21. 
j-  Rom.  10.  19. 


y  Lam.  4.  11. 

8  Or,  hath 
hurned. 

9  Or,  hath 
consumed. 


10  burning  coals. 


j  Lam.  1.  20. 

11  from  the 
chambers. 

12  bereave. 


a  Ps.  140.  8. 

13  Or,  Our  high 
hand,  and 
not  the  Lord, 
hath  done  all 
this. 

b  Ps.  81.  13. 
c  Josh.  23.  10. 
d  Ps.  44.  12. 
e  1  Sam.  4.  8. 

14  Or,  is  worse 
than  the  vine 
of  Sodom,  etc. 

/Job  14.  17. 
g  Ps.  94. 1. 

Rom.  12.  19. 

Heb.  10.  30. 
h  Judg.  2.  18. 

Ps.  90.  13. 

Ps.  106.  45. 

15  hand. 

i  Judg.  10.  14. 
2  Ki.  3.  13. 

16  an  hiding 
for  you. 

./Isn.  41.4. 

Isa.  45.  5. 
k  1  Sam.  2.  6. 

Ps.  68.  20. 

Isa.  43.  13. 

Hos.  6.  1. 
I  Ex.  6.  8. 
m  Job  13.  24. 

17  Or,  Praise 
his  people, 
ye  nations  : 
or.  Sing  ye. 

n  Rom.  15.  10. 
o  Rev.  6.  10. 
p  Ps.  85.  1. 

18  Or,  Joshua. 
g  Prov.  3.  2. 

Rom.  10.  5. 
r  Num.  27.  12. 
s  Num.  20.  11. 

19  Or.  strife  at 
Kadesh. 


a  Gen.  49.  28. 

Luke  24.  50, 

53. 
b  Ex.  19.  18. 

Hab.  3.  3. 
c  Dan.  7.  10. 

Acts  7.  53. 

Gal.  3.  19. 

Heb.  2.  2. 
1  a  fire  of  law. 
rfHos.  11.  1. 

Mai.  1.  2. 
e  1  Sam.  2.  9. 

Ps.  50.  5. 
/Luke  10.  39. 

Acts  22.  3. 
g  John  7.  19. 


god  with  me  :  AI  kill,  and  I  make  alive  ;  I  wound, 
and  I  heal :  neither  is  there  any  that  can  deliver 
out  of  my  hand. 

40  'For  I  lift  up  my  hand  to  heaven,  and  say,  I 
live  for  ever. 

41  If  I  whet  my  glittering  sword,  and  mine  hand 
take  hold  on  judgment ;  I  will  render  vengeance  to 
mine  enemies,  and  will  reward  them  that  hate  me. 

42  I  will  make  mine  arrows  drunk  with  blood,  and 
my  sword  shall  devour  flesh;  and  that  with  the 
blood  of  the  slain  and  of  the  captives,  from  the  be- 
ginning of  revenges  mupon  the  enemy. 

43  ^"Rejoice,  O  ye  nations,  with  his  people:  for 
he  will  "avenge  the  blood  of  his  servants,  and  "will 
render  vengeance  to  his  adversaries,  and  will  be 
merciful  unto  his  land,  and  to  his  people. 

44  T  And  Mo'ses.  came  and  spake  all  the  words  of 
this  song  in  the  ears  of  the  people,  he,  and  18H6- 
she'a  the  son  of  Nun. 

45  And  Mo'ses.  made  an  end  of  speaking  all  these 
words  to  all  Ig'ra-el  : 

46  And  he  said  unto  them,  Set  your  hearts  unto 
all  the  words  which  I  testify  among  you  this  day, 
which  ye  shall  command  your  children  to  observe 
to  do,  all  the  words  of  this  law. 

47  For  it  is  not  a  vain  thing  for  you ;  "because 
it  is  your  life  :  and  through  this  thing  ye  shall 
prolong  your  days  in  the  land,  whither  ye  go  over 
Jor'dan  to  possess  it. 

48  r  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo'ses.  that  selfsame 
day,  saying, 

49  Get  thee  up  into  this  mountain  Ab'a-rim,  unto 
mount  Ne'bo,  which  is  in  the  land  of  Mo'ab,  that 
is  over  against  Jer'i-cho  ;  and  behold  the  land  of 
Ca'naan,  which  I  give  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
for  a  possession  : 

50  And  die  in  the  mount  whither  thou  goest  up,  and 
be  gathered  unto  thy  people  ;  as  Aar'on  thy  brother 
died  in  mount  Hor,  and  was  gathered  unto  his  people : 

51  Because  sye  trespassed  against  me  among  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  at  the  waters  of  ^Mer'I-bah-Ka'- 
desh,  in  the  wilderness  of  Zin ;  because  ye  sanctified 
me  not  in  the  midst  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

52  Yet  thou  shalt  see  the  land  before  thee ;  but 
thou  shalt  not  go  thither  unto  the  land  which  I  give 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  Moses  Messes  the  tribes.    28  Safely  of  Israel. 

A  ND  "this  is  the  blessing,  wherewith  Mo'ses.  the 
J-^-  man  of  God  blessed  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
before  his  death. 

2  And  he  said,  _6  The  Lord  came  from  Si'nai,  and 
rose  up  from  Se'ir  unto  them  ;  he  shined  forth 
from  mount  Pa'ran,  and  he  came  with  cten  thou- 
sands of  saints  :  from  his  right  hand  went  Ja  fiery 
law  for  them. 

3  Yea,  dhe  loved  the  people  ;  pall  his  saints  are  in 
thy  hand  :  and  they  ■'sat  down  at  thy  feet ;  every  one 
shall  receive  of  thy  words. 

4  ffMo'se§  commanded  us  a  law,  even  the  inherit- 
ance of  the  congregation  of  Ja'cob. 

177 


The  tribes  blessed. 


DEUTERONOMY,  34. 


The  death  of  Moses. 


5  And  he  was  hkmg  in  Jesh'u-run,  when  the  heads 
of  the  people  and  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  were  gath- 
ered together. 

6  If  Let  Reu'ben  live,  and  not  die ;  and  let  not  his 
men  be  few. 

7  If  And  this  is  the  blessing  of  Ju'dah  :  and  he 
said,  Hear,  Lord,  the  voice  of  Ju'dah,  and  bring 
him  unto  his  people  :  i  let  his  hands  be  sufficient  for 
him ;  and  be  thou  an  help  to  him  from  his  enemies. 

8  Tf_And  of  Le'vl  he  said,  jLet  thy  Thum'mim  and 
thy  U'rim  be  with  thy  holy  one,  whom  thou  didst 
prove  at  Mas'sah,  and  ivith  whom  thou  didst  strive 
at  the  waters  of  Mer'i-bah  ; 

9  Who  said  unto  his  k  father  and  to  his  mother,  I 
have  not  seen  him;  'neither  did  he  acknowledge 
his  brethren,  nor  knew  his  own  children  :  for  mthey 
have  observed  thy  word,  and  kept  thy  covenant. 

10  2They  shall  teach  Ja'cob  thy  judgments,  and 
Ig'ra-el  thy  law:  3they  shall  put  incense  4 before 
thee,  "and  whole  burnt  sacrifice  upon  thine  altar. 

11  Bless,  Lord,  his  substance,  and  accept  °the 
work  of  his  hands  :  smite  through  the  loins  of  them 
that  rise  against  him,  and  of  them  that  hate  him, 
that  they  rise  not  again. 

12  If  And  of  Ben'ja-min  he  said,  The  beloved  of 
the  Lord  shall  dwell  in  safety  by  him ;  and  the 
Lord  shall  cover  him  all  the  day  long,  and  he  shall 
dwell  between  his  shoulders. 

13  If  And  of  Jo'geph  he  said,  p  Blessed  of  the  Lord 
be  his  land,  for  the  precious  things  of  heaven,  for 
"  the  dew,  and  for  the  deep  that  coucheth  beneath, 

14  And  for  the  precious  fruits  brought  forth  by 
the  sun,  and  for  the  precious  things  5put  forth  by 
the  6moon, 

15  And  for  the  chief  things  of  the  ancient  moun- 
tains, and  for  the  precious  things r  of  the  lasting  hills, 

16  And  for  the  precious  things  of  the  earth  and 
fulness  thereof,  and  for  the  good  will  of  shim  that 
dwelt  in  the  bush  :  let  the  blessing  come  upon  the 
head  of  Joseph,  and  upon  the  top  of  the  head  of 
him  that  was  separated  from  his  brethren. 

17  His  glory  is  like  the  firstling  of  his  bullock, 
and  his  horns  are  like  the  horns  of  'unicorns  :  with 
them  *he  shall  push  the  people  together  to  the  ends 
of  the  earth  :  and  they  are  the  ten  thousands  of 
E'phra-im,  and  they  are  the  thousands  of  Ma-nas'seh. 

18  If  And  of  Zeb'u-lun  he  said,  Rejoice,  Zeb'u-lun, 
in  thy  going  out ;  and,  Is'sa-char,  in  thy  tents. 

19  They  shall  "call  the  people  unto  the  mountain  ; 
there  °  they  shall  offer  sacrifices  of  righteousness  : 
for  they  shall  suck  of  the  abundance  of  the  seas, 
and  of  treasures  hid  in  the  sand. 

20  If  And  of  Gad  he  said,  Blessed  be  he  that  wen- 
largeth  Gad  :  he  dwelleth  as  a  lion,  and  teareth  the 
arm  with  the  crown  of  the  head. 

21  And  *he  provided  the  first  part  for  himself, 
because  there,  in  a  portion  of  the  lawgiver,  was  he 
8  seated  ;  and  yhe  came  with  the  heads  of  the  peo- 
ple, he  executed  the  justice  of  the  Lord,  and  his 
judgments  with  Ig'ra-el. 

22  If  And  of  Dan  he  said,  Dan  is  a  lion's  whelp  : 
zhe  shall  leap  from  Ba'shan. 

178 


B.  C.  1451. 


h  Job  29.  25. 


i  Gen.  49.  8. 


j  Ex.  28.  30. 
Lev.  8.  S. 
Num.27.  21. 


k  ch.  13.  6. 

Matt.  10.  37. 

Mark  10.  29. 

Luke  14.  20. 
/  Ex.  32.  26. 
m  Mai.  2.  5. 


2  Or,  Let  them 
teach,  etc. 

3  Or,  let  them 
put  incense. 

4  at  thy  nose. 
n  Ps.  51.  19. 

o  Ps.  20.  3. 


p  Gen.  49.  25. 


>j  Gen.  27.  28. 


5  thrust  forth. 
0  moons. 

r  Hab.  3.  6. 
s  Ex.  3.  2,  4. 
Acts  7.  30. 

7  an  unicorn. 
1 1  Ki.  22.  11. 
u  Isa.  2.  3. 

v  Ps.  4.  5. 

w  1  Chr.  12.  8. 

x  Num.  32.  16. 

8  cieled. 

y  Num.  32.  1G, 

21. 
2  Josh.  19.  47. 
a  Josh.  19.  32. 

6  Job  29.  6. 

9  Or,  Under 
thy  shoes 
shall  be  iron. 

c  Ps.  86.  8. 

Jer.  10.  6. 
d  Ps.  68.  4,  33, 

34. 

Hab.  3.  8. 
e  Ps.  90.  1. 
/  Num.  23.  9. 

Jer.  23.  6. 
q  Ps.  144.  15. 
h  2  Sam.  7.  23. 

10  Or,  shall  be 
subdued. 


1  Or,  the  lull. 
a  Judg.  18.  28. 
b  Ex.  23.  31. 

Num.  34.  6. 

ch.  11.  24. 
c  Judg.  1.  16. 

2  Chr.  28.  15. 
d  ch.  32.  50. 

Josh.  1.  1,  2. 

Mai.  4.  4. 
e  Jude  9. 
/ch.  31.  2. 
g  Gen.  27.  1. 

2  moisture  fled. 
h  Gen.  50.  3. 

Num.  20.  29. 
i  Ex.  31.  3. 

Num.  11.  17. 

1  Ki.  3.  12. 

Isa.  11.  2. 
j  Num.  27.  18. 
k  ch.  18.  15,  18. 
I  Ex.  33.  11. 

Num.  12.  6. 

ch.  5.  4. 


23  If  And  of  Naph'ta-li  he  said,  O  Naph'ta-ll,  sat- 
isfied with  favour,  and  full  with  the  blessing  of  the 
Lord  :  "possess  thou  the  west  and  the  south. 

24  If  And  of  Ash'er  he  said,  Let  Ash'er  be  blessed 
with  children  ;  let  him  be  acceptable  to  his  breth- 
ren, and  let  him  6dip  his  foot  in  oil. 

25  9Thy  shoes  shall  be  iron  and  brass  ;  and  as  thy 
days,  so  shall  thy  strength  be. 

26  If  There  is  cnone  like  unto  the  God  of  Jesh'u- 
run,  dwho  rideth  upon  the  heaven  in  thy  help,  and 
in  his  excellency  on  the  sky. 

27  The  eternal  God  is  thy  e  refuge,  and  underneath 
are  the  everlasting  arms  :  and  he  shall  thrust  out  the 
enemy  from  before  thee  ;  and  shall  say,  Destroy  them. 

28  •'Tg'ra-el  then  shall  dwell  in  safety  alone  :  the 
fountain  of  Ja'cob  shall  be  upon  a  land  of  corn  and 
wine  ;  also  his  heavens  shall  drop  down  dew. 

29  Happy  gart  thou,  O  Ig'ra-el :  fewho  is  like  unto 
thee,  O  people  saved  by  the  Lord,  the  shield  of  thy 
help,  and  who  is  the  sword  of  thy.  excellency  !  and 
thine  enemies  10  shall  be  found  liars  unto  thee  ;  and 
thou  shalt  tread  upon  their  high  places. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1  Moses  on  mount  Nebo.    5  He  views  the  land  and  dies.    9  Joshua  succeeds  him. 

AND  Mo'geg  went  up  from  the  plains  of  Mo'ab 
-  unto  the  mountain  of  Ne'bo,  to  the  top  of 
^lg'gah,  that  is  over  against  Jer'i-cho.  And  the 
Lord  shewed  him  all  the  land  of  Gil' e-ad,a unto  Dan, 

2  And  all  Naph'ta-ll,  and  the  land  of  E'phra-im, 
and  Ma-nas'seh,  and  all  the  land  of  Ju'dah,  6unto 
the  utmost  sea, 

3  And  the  south,  and  the  plain  of  the  valley  of 
Jer'i-cho,  cthe  city  of  palm  trees,  unto  Zo'ar. 

4  And  the  Lord  saidunto  him,  This  is  the  land 
which  I  sware  unto  A'bra-ham,  unto  I'saac,  and 
unto  Ja'cob,  saying,  I  will  give  it  unto  thy  seed  :  I 
have  caused  thee  to  see  it  with  thine  eyes,  but  thou 
shalt  not  go  over  thither. 

5  If  rfSo  Mo'geg  the  servant  of  the  Lord  died  there 
in  the  land  of  Mo'ab,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord. 

6  And  he  buried  him  in  a  valley  in  the  land  of 
Mo'ab,  over  against  Beth-pe'or :  but  €no  man  know- 
eth  of  his  sepulchre  unto  this  day. 

7  If  fAnd  Mo'geg  was  an  hundred  and  twenty  years 
old  when  he  died  :  3his  eye  was  not  dim,  nor  his 
2  natural  force  abated. 

8  If  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  wept  for  Mo'geg 
in  the  plains  of  Mo'ab  h thirty  days  :  so  the  days  of 
weeping  and  mourning  for  Mo'geg  were  ended. 

9  If  And  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun  was  full  of  the 
'  spirit  of  wisdom  ;  for  Mo'geg  j  had  laid  his  hands 
upon  him  :  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  hearkened 
unto  him,  and  did  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

10  If  And  there  k  arose  not  a  prophet  since  in  Ig'ra-el 
like  unto  Mo'geg,  'whom  the  Lord  knew  face  to  face, 

11  In  all  the  signs  and  the  wonders,  which  the 
Lord  sent  him  to  do  in  the  land  of  E'gypt  to  Pha'- 
raoh,  and  to  all  his  servants,  and  to  all  his  land, 

12  And  in  all  that  mighty  hand,  and  in  all  the  great 
terror  which  Mo'geg  shewed  in  the  sight  of  all  Ig'ra-el. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  JOSHUA 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Joshua  ordered  to  cross  Jordan.    10  He  prepares  the  people. 

1VTOW  after  the  death  of  Mo'geg  the  servant  of 
-^  the  Lord  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  Lord  spake 
unto  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Ntin,  Mo'geg'  "minister, 
sayingL 

2  b  Mo'geg  my  servant  is  dead ;  now  therefore 
arise,  go  over  this  Jor'dan,  thou,  and  all  this  people, 
unto  the  land  which  I  do  give  to  them,  even  to  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

3  c  Every  place  that  the  sole  of  your  foot  shall 
tread  upon,  that  have  I  given  unto  you,  as  I  said 
unto  Mo'geg. 

4  ^From  the  wilderness  and  this  Leb'a-non  even 
unto  the  great  river,  the  river  Eu-phra'teg,  all  the 
land  of  the  Hit'tites,  and  unto  the  great  sea  toward 
the  going  down  of  the  sun,  shall  be  your  coas't. 

5  e  There  shall  not  any  man  be  able  to  stand  before 
thee  all  the  days  of  thy  life  :  -^as  I  was  with  Mo'- 
geg, so  I  will  be  with  thee :  a  I  will  not  fail  thee,  nor 
forsake  thee. 

6  Be  strong  and  of  a  good  courage :  for  :unto  this 
people  shalt  thou  divide  for  an  inheritance  the 
land,  which  I  sware  unto  their  fathers  to  give  them. 

7  Only  be  thou  strong  and  very  courageous,  that 
thou  mayest  observe  to  do  according  to  all  the  law, 
h  which  Mo'geg  my  servant  commanded  thee  :  turn 
not  from  it  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left,  that 
thou  mayest 2  prosper  whithersoever  thou  goest. 

8  ^This  book  of  the  law  shall  not  depart  out  of  thy 
mouth ;  but  ^'thou  shalt  meditate  therein  day  and 
night,  that  thou  mayest  observe  to  do  according  to 
all  that  is  written  therein  :  for  ''then  thou  shalt 
make  thy  way  prosperous,  and  then  thou  shalt  3have 
good  success. 

9  Have  not  I  commanded  thee  ?  Be  strong  and  of 
a  good  courage  ;  'be  not  afraid,  neither  be  thou  dis- 
mayed :  for  the  Lord  thy  God  is  with  thee  whither- 
soever thou  goest. 

10  H  Then  Josh'u-a  commanded  the  officers  of  the 
people,  saying, 

11  Pass  through  the  host,  and  command  the  peo- 
ple, saying,  Prepare  you  victuals ;  for  m  within  three 
days  ye  shall  pass  over  this  J6r'dan,  to  go  in  to 
possess  the  land,  which  the  Lord  your  God  giveth 
you  to  possess  it. 

12  1  And  to  the  Reu'ben-Ites,  and  to  the  Gad'Ites, 
and  to  half  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  spake  Josh'u-a, 
saying, 

13  Remember  wthe  word  which  Mo'geg  the  servant 
of  the  Lord  commanded  you,  saying,  The  Lord  your 
God  hath  given  you  rest,  and  hath  given  you  this 
land. 

14  Your  wives,  your  little  ones,  and  your  cattle, 
shall  remain  in  the  land  which  Mo'geg  gave  you 
on  this  side  Jor'dan;  but  ye  shall  pass  before  your 
brethren  4  armed,  all  the  mighty  men  of  valour,  and 
help  them ; 


B.  C. 1451. 


«  Deut.  1.  38. 


b  Deut.  34. 


cDeut.  11.  '24. 


d  Gen.  15.  18. 
Ex.  23.  31. 
Num.  34.  3. 
Deut.  1.  7. 
1  Chr.  5.  9. 


e  Deut.  7.  24. 

Ps.  46.  11. 

Rom.  8. 

31,  37. 
/Ex.3.  12. 
g  Deut.  31.  6. 


1  Or,  thou  shalt 
cause  this  peo- 
ple to  inherit 
the  land. 


h  Num.  27.  23. 
ch.  11.  15. 


2  Or,  do  wisely. 
i  Deut.  17. 18, 19. 
jVs.  1.  2. 


k  1  Chr.  22.  13. 

Prov.  3.  1. 
3  Or,  do  wisely. 


iPs.  27.  1. 

Jer.  1.  8. 
m  Deut.  9.  1. 

ch.  3.  2. 
n  Num.  32.  20. 

ch.  22.  2,  3,  4. 
4  marshalled  by 

five :  as 

Ex.  13.  18. 
o  ch.  22.  4. 
p  Gen.  21.  22. 

Gen.  2U.  24,  28. 

1  Sam.  16.  18. 

1  Ki.  1.  37. 

Ps.  20.  1-4,  9. 

Rom.  8.  31. 


1  Or,  had  sent. 
a  Num.  25.  1. 

b  Heb.  11.  31. 
Jas.  2.  25. 

c  Matt.  1.  5. 
But  it  is 
doubtful 
whether  this  is 
the  same  per- 
son. 

2  lay. 

d  Ps.  127.  1. 

Prov.  21.30. 
e  2  Sam.  17.  19. 
/Ex.  1.  17. 
g  Gen.  35.  5. 

Ex.  15.  15. 

Deut.  2.  25. 

3  melt. 

A  ch.  4.  23. 
i  Num.  21.  24, 

34,  35. 
/  Ex.  15.  14,  15. 
ich.  5.  1. 

oh.  7.  5. 

Isa.  13.  7. 

4  rose  up. 


15  Until  the  Lord  have  given  your  brethren  rest, 
as  he  hath  given  you,  and  they  also  have  possessed 
the  land  which  the  Lord  your  God  giveth  them : 
°then  ye  shall  return  unto  the  land  of  your  posses- 
sion, and  enjoy  it,  which  Mo'geg  the  Lord's  servant 
gave  you  on  this  side  Jor'dan  toward  the  sunrising. 

16  If  And  they  answered  Josh'u-a,  saying,  All  that 
thou  commandest  us  we  will  do,  and  whithersoever 
thou  sendest  us,  we  will  go. 

17  According  as  we  hearkened  unto  Mo'geg  in  all 
things,  so  will  we  hearken  unto  thee  :  only  the  Lord 
thy  God  phe  with  thee,  as  he  was  with  Mo'geg. 

18  Whosoever  he  be  that  doth  rebel  against  thy 
commandment,  and  will  not  hearken  unto  thy  words 
in  all  that  thou  commandest  him,  he  shall  be  put  to 
death  :  only  be  strong  and  of  a  good  courage. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Spies  sent  to  Jericho.    4  Eahab  conceals  them.     VI  Their  covenant. 

A  ND  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun 1  sent  "out  of  Shit'tim 
■£*-  two  men  to  spy  secretly,  saying,  Go  view  the 
land,  even  Jer'i-cho.  And  they  went,  and  6came 
into  an  harlot's  house,  named  ''Ra'hab,  and  2 lodged 
there. 

2  And  d  it  was  told  the  king  of  Jer'i-cho,  saying, 
Behold,  there  came  men  in  hither  to  night  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  to  search  out  the  country. 

3  And  the  king  of  Jer'i-cho  sent  unto  Ra'hab,  say- 
ing, Bring  forth  the  men  that  are  come  to  thee, 
which  are  entered  into  thine  house  :  for  they  be  come 
to  search  out  all  the  country. 

4  eAnd  the  woman  took  the  two  men,  and  hid 
them,  and  said  thus,  There  came  men  unto  me,  but 
I  wist  not  whence  they  ivere  : 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  about  the  time  of  shutting 
of  the  gate,  when  it  was  dark,  that  the  men  went 
out  :  whither  the  men  went  I  wot  not :  pursue  after 
them  quickly  ;  for  ye  shall  overtake  them. 

6  But  •'she  had  brought  them  up  to  the  roof  of  the 
house,  and  hid  them  with  the  stalks  of  flax,  which 
she  had  laid  in  order  upon  the  roof. 

7  And  the  men  pursued  after  them  the  way  to 
Jor'dan  unto  the  fords  :  and  as  soon  as  they  which 
pursued  after  them  were  gone  out,  they  shut  the 
gate. 

8  1  And  before  they  were  laid  down,  she  came  up 
unto  them  upon  the  roof  ; 

9  And  she  said  unto  the  men,  I  know  that  the 
Lord  hath  given  you  the  land,  and  that  your 9  terror 
is  fallen  upon  us,  and  that  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  3  faint  because  of  you. 

10  For  we  have  heard  how  the  Lord  h  dried  up  the 
water  of  the  Red  sea  for  you,  when  ye  came  out  of 
E'gypt ;  and  ^what  ye  did  unto  the  two  kings  of 
the  Am'or-Ites,  that  were  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan, 
Si'hon  and  Og,  whom  ye  utterly  destroyed. 

11  And  as  soon  as  we  had j  heard  these  things,  *'our 
hearts  did  melt,  neither4 did  there  remain  any  more 

179 


The  spies  and  Rahab. 


JOSHUA,  3. 


The  Jordan  divided. 


courage  in  any  man,  because  of  you  :  for  'the  Lord 
your  God,  he  is  God  in  heaven  above,  and  in  earth 
beneath. 

12  Now  therefore,  I  pray  you,  m  swear  unto  me  by 
the  Lord,  since  I  have  shewed  you  kindness,  that 
ye  will  also  shew  kindness  unto  n  my  father's  house, 
and  give  me  a  true  token  : 

13  And  that  ye  will  save  alive  my  father,  and  my 
mother,  and  my  brethren,  and  my  sisters,  and  all 
that  they  have,  and  deliver  our  lives  from  death. 

14  And  the  men  answered  her,  Our  life  5for  yours, 
if  ye  utter  not  this  our  business.  And  it  shall  be, 
when  the  Lord  hath  given  us  the  land,  that  "we 
will  deal  kindly  and  truly  with  thee. 

15  Then  she  "let  them  down  by  a  cord  through 
the  window  :  for  her  house  was  upon  the  town  wall, 
and  she  dwelt  upon  the  wall. 

16  And  she  said  unto  them,  Get  you  to  the  moun- 
tain, lest  the  pursuers  meet  you  ;  and  hide  your- 
selves there  three  days,  until  the  pursuers  be 
returned  :  and  afterward  may  ye  go  your  way. 

17  And  the  men  said  unto  her,  We  will  be  Q  blame- 
less of  this  thine  oath  which  thou  hast  made  us 
swear. 

18  Behold,  when  we  come  into  the  land,  thou  shalt 
bind  this  line  of  scarlet  thread  in  the  window  which 
thou  didst  let  us  down  by:  'and  thou  shalt  6 bring 
thy  father,  and  thy  mother,  and  thy  brethren,  and 
all  thy  father's  household,  home  unto  thee. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  that  whosoever  shall  go  sout  of 
the  doors  of  thy  house  into  the  street,  his  blood 
shall  be  upon  his  head,  and  we  will  be  guiltless  : 
and  whosoever  shall  be  with  thee  in  the  house,  ^his 
blood  shall  be  on  our  head,  if  any  hand  be  upon 
him. 

20  And  if  thou  utter  this  our  business,  then  we 
will  be  quit  of  thine  oath  which  thou  hast  made  us 
to  swear. 

21  And  she  said,  According  unto  your  words,  so  be 
it.  And  she  sent  them  away,  and  they  departed  : 
and  she  bound  the  scarlet  line  in  the  window. 

22  And  they  went,  and  came  unto  the  mountain, 
and  abode  there  three  days,  until  the  pursuers  were 
returned  :  and  the  pursuers  sought  them  through- 
out all  the  way,  but  found  them  not. 

23  H  So  the  two  men  returned,  and  descended 
from  the  mountain,  and  passed  over,  and  came  to 
Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  told  him  all  things 
that  befell  them  : 

24  And  they  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  Truly  "the  Lord 
hath  delivered  into  our  hands  all  the  land ;  for  even 
all  the  inhabitants  of  the  country  do  7  faint  because 
of  us. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  At  the  Jordan.    Z  Directions  for  crossing.     14  The  waters  divided.    17  The  crossing. 

AND  Josh'u-a  rose  early  in  the  morning ;  and 
-  they  removed  "from  Shit'tim,  and  came  to 
Jor'dan,  he  and  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and 
lodged  there  before  they  passed  over. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  6  after  three  days,  that  the 
officers  went  through  the  host ; 

3  And  they  commanded  the  people,  saying,  ''When 

180 


B.  C.  1451. 

;  Deut.  4 

39. 

1  Ki.  8 

GO. 

Ps.  83. 

18. 

Dan.  4 

34,  35. 

Zech.  t 

.  20,  23. 

vi  1  Sam 

20.  14, 

15,  17. 

n  Eph.  6. 

1,  2. 

1  Tim. 

5.  8. 

5  instead  of 
you  to  die. 

o  Matt.  5.  7. 


p  Acts  9.  25. 
Heb.  11.  31. 


q  Ex.  20.  7. 


r  Gen.  7.  1. 
Gen.  19.  12, 17. 
oh.  6.  23. 
Esth.  8.  6. 
Acts  11.  14. 
2  Tim.  1.  16. 

6  gather. 

s  Num.  35.  26,27. 
I  Matt.  27.  25. 
u  Ex.  23.  31. 

ch.  6.  2. 

ch.  21.  44. 

7  melt. 


a  Num.  25.  1. 

eh.  2.  1. 
b  ch.  1.  10,  11. 
c  Num.  10.  33. 
d  Deut.  31.  9. 
e  Ex.  19.  12. 

Deut.  28.  58. 

1  Chr.  16.  30. 

Ps.  2.  11. 

Heb.  12.  28. 
1  since  yester- 
day, and  the 

third  day. 
/  Lev.  20.  7. 

Num.  11.  18. 

ch.  7.  13. 

1  Sam.  16.  5. 
q  Num.  4.  15. 
h  ch.  4.  14. 

1  Chr.  29.  25. 

2  Chr.  1.  1. 
i  Deut.  5.  26. 

1  Sam.  17.  26. 

2  Ki.  19.  4. 
Hos.  1.  10. 
Matt.  16.  16. 

j  Ex.  33.  2. 

Deut.  7.  1. 

Ps.  44.  2. 
k  Job  41.  11. 

Ps.  24.  1 . 

Mic.  4.  13. 

Zech.  4.  14. 

1  ch.  4.  2. 

m  Ex.  15.  8. 

Ps.  78.  13. 

Hab.  3.  15. 
n  Ex.  25.  10. 

Deut.  10.  3. 

2  Chr.  6.  41. 

Ps.  132.  8. 

Acts  7.  45. 

Heb.  9.  4. 

0  1  Chr.  12.  15. 
Jer.  12.  5. 

2  Occasioned  by 
the  melting  of 
the  snow  on 
Lebanon. 

p  ch.  4.  18. 

ch.  5.  10,  12. 
q  1  Ki.  4.  12. 

1  Ki.  7.  46. 
r  Deut.  3.  17. 
s  Gen.  14.  3. 

Deut.  3.  17. 

Num.  34.  3. 

1  Ex.  14.  29. 

Heb.  11.  29. 


ye  see  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  d  and  the  priests  the  Le'vltes  bearing  it,  then 
ye  shall  remove  from  your  place,  and  go  after  it. 

4  eYet  there  shall  be  a  space  between  you  and  it, 
about  two  thousand  cubits  by  measure :  come  not 
near  unto  it,  that  ye  may  know  the  way  by  which 
ye  must  go  :  for  ye  have  not  passed  this  way :  here- 
tofore. 

5  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  the  people,  Sanctify 
■^yourselves :  for  to  morrow  the  Lord  will  do  wonders 
among  you. 

6  And  Josh'u-a  spake  unto  the  priests,  saying, 
"Take  up  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  and  pass  over 
before  the  people.  And  they  took  up  the  ark  of 
the  covenant,  and  went  before  the  people. 

7  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  This  day 
will  I  begin  to  ''magnify  thee  in  the  sight  of  all 
Is/ra-el,  that  they  may  know  that,  as  I  was  with 
Mo'geg,  so  I  will  be  with  thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  command  the  priests  that  bear 
the  ark  of  the  covenant,  saying,  When  ye  are  come 
to  the  brink  of  the  water  of  Jor'dan,  ye  shall  stand 
still  in  Jor'dan. 

9  H  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
Come  hither,  and  hear  the  words  of  the  Lord  your 
God. 

10  And  Josh'u-a  said,  Hereby  ye  shall  know  that 
the  •  living  God  is  among  you,  and  that  he  will  with- 
out fail  j  drive  out  from  before  you  the  Ca'naan- 
Ites,  and  the  Hit'tltes,  and  the  Hi'vltes,  and  the 
Per'iz-zites,  and  the  Gir'ga-shltes,  and  the  Am'or- 
Ites,  and  the  Jeb'u-sites. 

11  Behold,  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Hhe  Lord 
of  all  the  earth  passeth  over  before  you  into  J6r'dan. 

12  Now  therefore  'take  you  twelve  men  out  of 
the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el,  out  of  every  tribe  a  man. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  as  soon  as  the  soles 
of  the  feet  of  the  priests  that  bear  the  ark  of  the 
Lord,  the  Lord  of  all  the  earth,  shall  rest  in  the 
waters  of  Jor'dan,  that  the  waters  of  Jor'dan  shall 
be  cut  off  from  the  waters  that  come  down  from 
above  ;  and  they  '"shall  stand  upon  an  heap. 

14  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  people  re- 
moved from  their  tents,  to  pass  over  Jor'dan,  and 
the  priests  bearing  the  "  ark  of  the  covenant  before 
the  people  ; 

15  And  as  they  that  bare  the  ark  were  come  unto 
Jor'dan,  and  the  feet  of  the  priests  that  bare  the 
ark  were  dipped  in  the  brim  of  the  water,  (for 
"Jor'dan  2overfloweth  all  his  banks  pall  the  time 
of  harvest,) 

16  That  the  waters  which  came  down  from  above 
stood  and  rose  up  upon  an  heap  very  far  from  the 
city  Ad'am,  that  is  beside  9Zar'e-tan  :  and  those  that 
came  down  'toward  the  sea  of  the  plain,  even  Hhe 
salt  sea,  failed,  and  were  cut  off :  and  the  people 
passed  over  right  against  Jer'i-cho. 

17  And  the  priests  that  bare  the  ark  of  the  cov- 
enant of  the  Lord  stood  firm  on  dry  ground  in  the 
midst  of  Jor'dan,  fand  all  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  passed 
over  on  dry  ground,  until  all  the  people  were  passed 
clean  over  J6r'dan. 


Memorial  of  twelve  stones. 


JOSHUA,  4, 


5. 


A  second  circumcision. 


CHAPTER  4. 

1  The  twelve  stones  of  Jordan.    10  Crossing  of  the  people.    20  Camp  at  Gil  gal. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  people  were 
-  clean  passed  "over  JcVdan,  that   the   Lord 
spake  unto  Josh'u-a,  saying, 

2  6Take  you  twelve  men  out  of  the  people,  out  of 
every  tribe  a  man, 

3  And  command  ye  them,  saying,  Take  you  hence 
out  of  the  midst  of  Jor'dan,  out  of  the  place  where 
the  priests'  feet  stood  firm,  twelve  stones,  and  ye 
shall  carry  them  over  with  you,  and  leave  them  in 
the  lodging  place,  where  ye  shall  lodge  this  night. 

4  Then  Josh'u-a  called  the  twelve  men,  whom  he 
had  prepared  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  out  of 
every  tribe  a  man  : 

5  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  them,  Pass  over  before 
the  ark  of  the  Lord  your  God  into  the  midst  of 
Jor'dan,  and  take  you  up  every  man  of  you  a  stone 
upon  his  shoulder,  according  unto  the  number  of 
the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el : 

6  That  this  may  be  a  sign  among  you,  that c  when 
your  children  ask  their  fathers  Mn  time  to  come, 
saying,  What  mean  ye  by  these  stones? 

7  Then  ye  shall  answer  them,  That  d  the  waters  of 
Jor'dan  were  cut  off  before  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord  ;  when  it  passed  over  Jor'dan,  the  waters 
of  Jor'dan  were  cut  off :  and  these  stones  shall  be 
for  ea  memorial  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  for  ever. 

8  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  so  as  Josh'u-a 
commanded,  and  took  up  twelve  stones  out  of  the 
midst  of  Jor'dan,  as  the  Lord  spake  unto  Josh'u-a, 
according  to  the  number  of  the  tribes  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  and  carried  them  over  with  them 
unto  the  place  where  they  lodged,  and  laid  them 
down  there. 

9  And  Josh'u-a  •''set  up  twelve  stones  in  the  midst 
of  Jor'dan,  in  the  place  where  the  feet  of  the  priests 
which  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant  stood :  and  they 
are  there  2unto  this  day. 

10  If  For  the  priests  which  bare  the  ark  stood  in 
the  midst  of  Jor'dan,  until  every  thing  was  finished 
that  the  Lord  commanded  Josh'u-a  to  speak  unto 
the  people,  according  to  all  that  Mo'geg  commanded 
Josh'u-a :  and  the  people  hasted  and  passed  over. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  people  were 
clean  passed  over,  that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  passed 
over,  and  the  priests,  in  the  presence  of  the  people. 

12  And  °  the  children  of  Reu'ben,  and  the  children 
of  Gad,  and  half  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  passed  over 
armed  before  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  as  Mo'geg 
spake  unto  them  : 

13  About  forty  thousand  3  prepared  for  war  passed 
over  before  the  Lord  unto  battle,  to  the  plains  of 
Jer'i-cho. 

14  If  On  that  day  the  Lord  magnified  h  Josh'u-a  in 
the  sight  of  all  Ig'ra-el ;  and  they  feared  him,  as 
they  feared  Mo'geg,  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

15  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Josh'u-a,  saying, 

16  Command  the  priests  that  bear  'the  ark  of  the 
testimony,  that  they  come  up  out  of  Jor'dan. 

17  Josh'u-a  therefore  commanded  the  priests,  say- 
ing, Come  ye  up  out  of  Jor'dan. 


B.  C.  1451. 


a  Dent.  27.  2, 
ch.  3.  17. 


b  Num.  13.  2. 
Num.  34.  18. 
Deut.  1 .  23. 
ch.  1.  4-15. 
ch.  3.  12. 
1  Ki.  18.  31. 


cEx.  12.  26. 

Deut.  6.  20. 

Ps.  44.  1. 

Ps.  48.  13,  14. 

Ps.  78.  3,  4, 

5,6. 

Isa.  38.  16*. 
1  to  morrow. 
d  ch.  3.  13. 


e  Ex.  12.  14. 
Num.  10.  40. 
1  Cor.  11.  24. 


/'Gen.  28.  18. 
ch.  24.  27. 
1  Sam.  7. 12. 

2  B.  C.  1427. 

g  Num.  32.  20. 

3  Or,  ready 
armed. 

I)  ch.  3.  7. 
1  Sam.  2.  30. 

1  Chr.  29. 
12,  25. 

2  Chr.  1.  1. 
i  Ex.  25.  16. 

Rev.  11.  19. 

4  plucked  up. 

5  went. 

j  ch.  5.  0. 
1  Sam.  11. 
14,  15. 
Amos  4.  4. 
Mic.  6.  5. 

6  to  morrow. 
k  Ex.  14.  21. 

Neh.  9.  11. 
Ps.  77.  16,  19. 
Isa.  43.  16. 
/  Ex.  9.  16. 
Deut.  28.  10. 
1  Sam.  17.  46. 

1  Ki.  8.  42. 

2  Ki.  5.  15. 
Ps.  89.  7. 
Ps.  106.  8. 
Dan.  3.  26-29. 

m  1  Chr.  29.  12. 

Ps.  89.  13. 
n  Ex.  14.  31. 

Ps.  76.  6-8. 

Jer.  10.  7. 

7  all  days. 


a  Num.  13.  29. 
b  Ex.  15.  14. 

Ps.  48.  6. 
c  1  Ki.  10.  5. 

1  Or,  knives  of 
flints. 

2  Or,  Gibeah- 
haaraloth. 

d  Num.  14.  29. 

Num.  2(1.  G4. 
?Deut.  1.  3. 

Ps.  95.  10. 
fHeb.  3.  11. 
g  Num.  14.  31. 

3  when  the 
people  had 
made  an  end 
to  be  circum- 
cised. 


18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  priests  that  bare 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  were  come  up 
out  of  the  midst  of  Jor'dan,  and  the  soles  of  the 
priests'  feet  were  4  lifted  up  unto  the  dry  land,  that 
the  waters  of  Jor'dan  returned  unto  their  place, 
and  5  flowed  over  all  his  banks,  as  they  did  before. 

19  If  And  the  people  came  up  out  of  Jor'dan  on 
the  tenth  day  of  the  first  month,  and  encamped  j  in 
Gil'ga'l,  in  the  east  border  of  Jer'i-cho. 

20  And  those  twelve  stones,  which  they  took  out 
of  Jor'dan,  did  Josh'u-a  pitch  in  Gil 'gal. 

21  And  he  spake  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  say- 
ing, When  your  children  shall  ask  their  fathers  6in 
time  to  come,  saying,  What  mean  these  stones? 

_  22  Then  ye  shall  let  your  children  know,  saying, 
Ig'ra-el  came  over  this  Jor'dan  on  dry  land. 

23  For  the  Lord  your  God  dried  up  the  waters  of 
Jor'dan  from  before  you,  until  ye  were  passed  over, 
as  the  Lord  your  God  did  to  the  Red  sea,  *  which  he 
dried  up  from  before  us,  until  we  were  gone  over : 

24  'That  all  the  people  of  the  earth  might  know 
the  hand  of  the  Lord,  that  it  is  m  mighty :  that  ye 
might  "fear  the  Lord  your  God  7for  ever. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  A  second  circumcision.     10  Passover  at  Gilgal.     12  Manna  ceases. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  kings  of  the 
-^-  Am'or-ites,  which  were  on  the  side  of  Jor'dan 
westward,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  Ca'naan-ites, 
"which  were  by  the  sea,  b  heard  that  the  Lord  had 
dried  up  the  waters  of  Jor'dan  from  before  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  until  we  were  passed  over,  that 
their  heart  melted,  '"neither  was  there  spirit  in  them 
any  more,  because  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

2  If  At  that  time  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a, 
Make  thee  * sharp  knives,  and  circumcise  again  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  the  second  time. 

3  And  Josh'u-a  made  him  sharp  knives,  and  cir- 
cumcised the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  at  2the  hill  of  the 
foreskins. 

4  And  this  is  the  cause  why  Josh'u-a ^id  circum- 
cise :  d  All  the  people  that  came  out  of  E'gypt,  that 
were  males,  even  all  the  men  of  war,  died  in  the 
wilderness  by  the  way,  after  they  came  out  of 
E'gypt. 

5  Now  all  the  people  that  came  out  were  circum- 
cised: but  all  the  people  that  were  born  in  the 
wilderness  by  the  way  as  tehey  came  forth  out  of 
E'gypt,  them  they  had  not  circumcised. 

6  For  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  walked  e forty  years 
in  the  wilderness,  till  all  the  people  that  were  men 
of  war,  which  came  out  of  E'gypt,  were  consumed, 
because  they  obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord  : 
unto  whom  the  Lord  sware  that  fhe  would  not 
shew  them  the  land,  which  the  Lord  sware  unto 
their  fathers  that  he  would  give  us,  a  land  that  flow- 
eth  with  milk  and  honey. 

7  And  °  their  children,  whom  he  raised  up  in  their 
stead,  them  Josh'u-a  circumcised  :  for  they  were 
uncircumcised,  because  they  had  not  circumcised 
them  by  the  way. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  3when  they  had  done  cir- 

181 


Siege  of  Jericho. 


JOSHUA,  6. 


The  walls  fall. 


cumcising  all  the  people,  that  they  abode  in  their 
places  in  the  camp,  Hill  they  were  whole. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  This  day  have 
I  rolled  away  Hhe  reproach  of  E'gypt  from  off  you. 
Wherefore  the  name  of  the  place  is  called  4Gil'gal 
unto  this  day. 

10  11  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  encamped  in  Gil'- 
gal,  and  kept  the  passover  3on  the  fourteenth  day 
of  the  month  at  even  in  the  plains  of  Jer'i-ch.6. 

11  And  they  did  eat  of  the  old  corn  of  the  land  on 
the  morrow  after  the  passover,  unleavened  cakes, 
and  parched  corn  in  the  selfsame  day. 

12  II  And  the  manna  ceased  on  the  morrow  after 
they  had  eaten  of  the  old  corn  of  the  land ;  neither 
had  the  children  of  LVra-el  manna  any  more  ;  but 
they  did  eat  of  the  fruit  of  the  land  of  Ca'naan  that 
year. 

13  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Josh'u-a  was  by 
Jer'i-cho,  that  he  lifted  up  his  eyes  and  looked, 
and,  behold,  there  stood  /ca  man  over  against  him 
with  his  sword  drawn  in  his  hand  :  and  Josh'u-a 
went  unto  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  for  us, 
or  for  our  adversaries  ? 

14  And  he  said,  Nay  ;  but  as  5  captain  of  the  host 
of  the  Lord  am  I  now  come.  And  Josh'u-a *fell  on 
his  face  to  the  earth,  and  did  worship,  and  said  unto 
him,  What  saith  my  lord  unto  his  servant  ? 

15  And  the  captain  of  the  Lord's  host  said  unto 
Josh'u-a, m Loose  thy  shoe  from  off  thy  foot ;  for  the 
place  whereon  thou  standest  is  holy.  And  Josh'u-a 
did  so. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Siege  of  Jericho.     20  The  walls  Jail.    22  Mahab  is  saved. 

~VTOW  Jer'i-cho  awas  straitly  shut  up  because  of 
-^  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el :  none  went  out,  and 
none  came  in. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  See,  al  have 
given  into  thine  hand  Jer'i-cho,  and  the  king  thereof, 
and  the  mighty  men  of  valour. 

3  And  ye  shall  compass  the  city,  all  ye  men  of  war, 
and  go  round  about  the  city  once.  Thus  shalt  thou 
do  six  days. 

4  And  seven  priests  shall  bear  before  the  ark  seven 
b  trumpets  of  rams'  horns  :  and  the  seventh  day  ye 
shall  compass  the  city  seven  times,  and  cthe  priests 
shall  blow  with  the  trumpets. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  they  make 
a  long  blast  with  the  ram's  horn,  and  when  ye  hear 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  all  the  people  shall  shout 
with  a  great  shout  ;  and  the  wall  of  the  city  shall 
fall  down  2flat,  and  the  people  shall  ascend  up  every 
man  straight  before  him. 

6  Tf  And  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun  called  the  priests, 
and  said  unto  them,  Take  up  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant, and  let  seven  priests  bear  seven  trumpets  of 
rams'  horns  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  he  said  unto  the  people,  Pass  on,  and  com- 
pass the  city,  and  let  him  that  is  armed  pass  on 
before  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 

8  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Josh'u-a  had  spoken 
unto  the  people,  that  the  seven  priests  bearing  the 
seven  trumpets  of  rams'  horns  d  passed  on  3  before 

182 


B.  C.  1451. 


h  Gen.  34.  25. 


i  Lev.  18.  3, 

ch.  24.  14. 

1  Sam.  14.  G. 

Ezek.  20.  7. 
4  That  is, 

Rolling. 


j  Ex.  12.  (">. 
Num.  9.  5 


k  Gen.  18.  2. 
Zech.  1.  8. 
Acts  1.  10. 


5  Or,  prince. 

/  Gen.  17.  3. 
Lev.  9.  24. 
Num.  16. 

22,  45. 


m  Ex.  3.  5. 
Lev.  19.  2. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 
1  Chr.  1G. 
25,  29. 
Ps.  22.  3. 
Ps.  29.  2. 
Ps.  33.  8. 
Ps.  70.  7,  11. 
Ps.  89.  7. 
Ps.  90.  4,  9. 
Isa.  G.  3. 
Acts  7.  33. 
Rev.  4.  8. 


1  did  shut  up, 
and  was 
shut  up. 

ach.  2.  9. 

2  Sam.  5.  19. 

Neh.  9.  24. 

Dan.  5.  18,  19. 
h  Judg.  7.  1G. 
cNum.  10.  8. 

2  under  it. 
d  ch.  4.  13. 

3  That  is,  before 
the  ark. 

e  Num.  10.  25. 
Isa.  42.  12,  13. 

4  gathering  host. 

5  make  your 
voice  to  be 
heard. 

/'Deut.  31.  25. 
g  1  Chr.  15.  26. 
h  Judg.  7.  20. 

2  Chr.  13.  14. 
G  Or,  devoted, 

Lev.  27.  28. 

Mic.  4.  13. 
i  Gen.  12.  3. 

ch.  2.  4. 

1  Sam.  15.  6. 
Matt.  10.  41. 
Heb.  6.  10. 

j  Deut.  7.  26. 
eh.  7.  1,11,12. 
Isa.  52.  11. 
Rom.  12.  9. 

2  Cor.  6.  17. 
Eph.  5.  11. 
1  Thess.  5. 

It  eh.  7.  25. 
Jon.  1.  12. 

7  holiness. 

/  Heb.  11.  30. 

8  under  it. 

m  Deut.  7.  2. 

1  Sam.  15.  3, 

8.  18,  19. 

1  Ki.  20.  42. 

Jer.  48.  18. 

Rev.  18.  21. 
n  ch.  2.  14. 

Heb.  11.  31. 
o  ch.  2.  13. 


22. 


the  Lord,  and  blew  with  the  trumpets :  and  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  followed  them. 

9  If  And  the  armed  men  went  before  the  priests 
that  blew  with  the  trumpets,  eand  the  4rereward 
came  after  the  ark,  the  priests  going  on,  and  blow- 
ing with  the  trumpets. 

10  And  Josh'u-a  had  commanded  the  people,  say- 
ing, Ye  shall  not  shout,  nor  5make  any  noise  with 
your  voice,  neither  shall  any  word  proceed  out  of 
your  mouth,  until  the  day  I  bid  you  shout ;  then 
shall  ye  shout. 

11  So  the  ark  of  the  Lord  compassed  the  city, 
going  about  it  once  :  and  they  came  into  the  camp, 
and  lodged  in  the  camp. 

12  If  And  Josh'u-a  rose  early  in  the  morning,  yand 
the  priests  took  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 

13  And  seven  priests  bearing  seven  trumpets  of 
rams'  horns  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord  "went  on 
continually,  and  blew  with  the  trumpets  :  and  the 
armed  men  went  before  them ;  but  the  rereward 
came  after  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  the  priests  going 
on,  and  blowing  with  the  trumpets. 

14  And  the  second  day  they  compassed  the  city 
once,  and  returned  into  the  camp  :  so  they  did  six 
days. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day,  that 
they  rose  early  about  the  dawning  of  the  day,  and 
compassed  the  city  after  the  same  manner  seven 
times  :  only  on  that  day  they  compassed  the  city 
seven  times. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seventh  time,  when 
the  priests  blew  with  the  trumpets,  Josh'u-a  said 
unto  the  people,  ''  Shout  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  given 
you  the  city. 

17  Tf  And  the  city  shall  be  6  accursed,  even  it,  and 
all  that  are  therein,  to  the  Lord  :  only  Ra'hab  the 
harlot  shall  live,  she  and  all  that  are  with  her  in 
the  house,  because  ^he  hid  the  messengers  that  we 
sent. 

18  And  ye,  Jin  any  wise  keep  yourselves  from  the 
accursed  thing,  lest  ye  make  yourselves  accursed, 
when  ye  take  of  the  accursed  thing,  and  make  the 
camp  of  Ig'ra-el  a  curse,  ''and  trouble  it. 

19  But  all  the  silver,  and  gold,  and  vessels  of  brass 
and  iron,  are 7  consecrated  unto  the  Lord  :  they  shall 
come  into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord. 

20  So  the  people  shouted  when  the  priests  blew  with 
the  trumpets :  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  people 
heard  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  the  people 
shouted  with  a  great  shout,  that l  the  wall  fell  down 
8  flat,  so  that  the  people  went  up  into  the  city,  every 
man  straight  before  him,  and  they  took  the  city. 

21  And  they  m  utterly  destroyed  all  that  was  in  the 
city,  both  man  and  woman,  young  and  old,  and  ox, 
and  sheep,  and  ass,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

22  But  Josh'u-a  had  said  unto  the  two  men  that 
had  spied  out  the  country,  Go  into  the  harlot's  house, 
and  bring  out  thence  the  woman,  and  all  that  she 
hath,  "as  ye  sware  unto  her. 

23  And  the  young  men  that  were  spies  went  in, 
and  brought  out  Ra'hab,  "and  her  father,  and  her 
mother,  and  her  brethren,  and  all  that  she  had  :  and 


i 


The  defeat  at  Ai. 


JOSHUA,  7. 


The  crime  of  Ac}  tan. 


they  brought  out  all  her  9  kindred,  and  left  them 
without  the  camp  of  Ig'ra-el. 

24  And  they  burnt  the  city  with  fire,  and  all  that 
was  therein :  only  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the 
vessels  of  brass  and  of  iron,  they  put  into  the  trea- 
sury of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

25  And  Josh'u-a  saved  Ra'hab  the  harlot  alive,  and 
her  father's  household,  and  all  that  she  had ;  and 
pshe  dwelleth  in  Ig'ra-el  even  10unto  this  day;  be- 
cause she  hid  the  messengers,  which  Josh'u-a  sent 
to  spy  out  Jer'i-cho. 

26  T  And  Josh'u-a  adjured  them  at  that  time,  say- 
ing, q  Cursed  be  the  man  before  the  Lord,  that  riseth 
up  and  buildeth  this  city  Jer'i-cho :  he  shall  lay  the 
foundation  thereof  in  his  firstborn,  and  in  his  young- 
est son  shall  he  set  up  the  gates  of  it. 

27  rSo  the  Lord  was  with  Josh'u-a ;  and  his  sfame 
was  noised  throughout  all  the  country. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Israel  smitten  at  Ai.    16  Crime  and  death  of  Aehan. 

13  UT  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  committed  a  trespass 
*-*  in  the  accursed  thing:  for"1  A'chan,  the  son  of 
Car 'ml,  the  son  of  2  Zab'dl,  the  son  of  Ze'rah,  of  the 
tribe  of  Ju'dah,  took  of  the  accursed  thing:  and 
the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

2  And  Josh'u-a  sent  men  from  Jer'i-cho  to  A'1, 
which  is  beside  Beth-a'ven,  on  the  east  side  of 
Beth '-el,  and  spake  unto  them,  saying,  Go  up  and 
view  the  country.  And  the  men  went  up  and 
viewed  A'L 

3  And  they  returned  to  Josh'u-a,  and  said  unto 
him,  Let  not  all  the  people  go  up;  but  let  3 about 
two  or  three  thousand  men  go  up  and  smite  A'l ; 
and  make  not  all  the  people  to  labour  thither ;  for 
they  are  but  few. 

4  So  there  went  up  thither  of  the  people  about 
three  thousand  men :  *  and  they  fled  before  the  men 
of  A'l. 

5  And  the  men  of  A'l  smote  of  them  about  thirty 
and  six  men :  for  they  chased  them  from  before  the 
gate  even  unto  Sheb'a-rim,  and  smote  them  4in  the 
going  down:  wherefore  cthe  hearts  of  the  people 
melted,  and  became  as  water. 

6  II  And  Josh'u-a  drent  his  clothes,  and  fell  to  the 
earth  upon  his  face  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord  until 
the  eventide,  he  and  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  eput 
dust  upon  their  heads. 

7  And  Josh'u-a  said,  Alas,  0  Lord  God,  ■''wherefore 
hast  thou  at  all  brought  this  people  over  J6r'dan,  to 
deliver  us  into  the  hand  of  the  Am'or-ites,  to  destroy 
us?  would  to  God  we  had  been  content,  and  dwelt 
on  the  other  side  Jor'dan ! 

8  0  Lord,  what  shall  I  say,  when  Ig'ra-el  turneth 
their  5  backs  before  their  enemies ! 

9  For  the  Ca'naan-ites  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  shall  hear  of  it,  and  shall  environ  us  round, 
and  "cut  off  our  name  from  the  earth :  and  h  what 
wilt  thou  do  unto  thy  great  name? 

10  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  Get  thee 
up;  wherefore  6 liest  thou  thus  upon  thy  face? 


B.  C.  1451. 


9  families. 


p  Matt.  1.  5. 
10  B.  C.  1427 


7  1  Ki.  10.  34. 
Mai.  1.  4. 


r  Gen.  39.  2. 
oh.  1.  5. 

eh.  3.  T. 
Judg.  1.  19. 

:'-  Sum.  7.  9. 
Rom.  8.  31. 
.v  ch.  9.  1.  3. 
1  Sain.  2.  30. 


a  ch.  22.  20. 

1  1  Chr.  2.  T, 
Achar. 

2  Or,  Ziinri, 

1  Chr.  2.  0. 


3  about  two 
thousand 
men,  or 
about  three 
thousand 
men. 

b  Lev.  26.  17. 
Dent.  28.  25. 
Isa.  30.  17. 
Isa.  59.  2. 

4  Or,  in  Morad. 
cch.2.  9,11. 

Lev.  26.  36. 

Ps.  22.  14. 
d  Gen.  37.  29. 

2  Sam.  13.  31. 

Esth.  4.1. 

Acts  14.  14. 
e  1  Sam.  4.  12. 

'2  Sam.  1.  2. 

Neh.  9.  1. 

Job  2.  12. 
./Ex.  5.  22. 

5  necks. 

g  Ps.  83.  4. 
'/)  Ex.  32.  12. 
0  tallest. 
i  ch.  6.  17. 
j  Acts  5.  1. 
/.'  Num.  14.  45. 
/  Deut.  7.  26. 

ch.  6.  18. 
in  Ex.  19.  10. 
ii  ch.  3.  5. 
o  1  Sam.  10. 

19-21. 

Prov.  16.  33. 

,Ton.  1.  7. 

Actsl.  24-26. 
j>  1  Sain.  14. 

3,8,  39. 
7  Gen.  34.  7. 

7  Or,  wicked- 
ness. 

i'  Gen.  4.  7. 

Num.  32.  23. 

Prov.  13.  21. 

Jer.  2.  26. 

Acts  5.  1-10. 
s  1  Sam.  6.  5. 

John  9.  24. 
/  Num.  5.  6,  7. 

2  Chr.  30.  22. 

Ps.  51.  3. 

Dan.  9.  4. 

8  tonsrue. 

u  Ex.'  20.  17. 
1  Ki.  21. 
Prov.  15.  27. 
Hab.  2.  9. 
Luke  12.  15. 
Kom.  7.  7,  8. 
Eph.  5.  5. 
1  Tim.  6.  10. 

9  poured. 


11  Ig'ra-el  hath  sinned,  and  they  have  also  trans- 
gressed my  covenant  which  I  commanded  them  : 
'for  they  have  even  taken  of  the  accursed  thing, 
and  have  also  stolen,  and  ^'dissembled  also,  and  they 
have  put  it  even  among  their  own  stuff. 

12  /l  Therefore  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  could  not 
stand  before  their  enemies,  but  turned  their  backs 
before  their  enemies,  because  'they  were  accursed  : 
neither  will  I  be  with  you  any  more,  except  ye 
destroy  the  accursed  from  among  you. 

13  Up,  '"sanctify  the  people,  and  say,  "Sanctify 
yourselves  against  to  morrow :  for  thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  There  is  an  accursed  thing  in 
the  midst  of  thee,  O  Ig'ra-el  :  thou  canst  not  stand 
before  thine  enemies,  until  ye  take  away  the  ac- 
cursed thing  from  among  you. 

14  In  the  morning  therefore  ye  shall  be  brought 
according  to  your  tribes  :  and  it  shall  be,  that  the 
tribe  which  "the  Lord  taketh  shall  come  according 
to  the  families  thereof:  and  the  family  which  the 
Lord  shall  take  shall  come  by  households  ;  and  the 
household  which  the  Lord  shall  take  shall  come 
man  by  man. 

15  "And  it  shall  be,  that  he  that  is  taken  with  the 
accursed  thing  shall  be  burnt  with  fire,  he  and  all 
that  he  hath  :  because  he  hath  transgressed  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  because  he  9hath  wrought 
7 folly  in  Ig'ra-el. 

16  If  So  Josh'u-a  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
brought  Is'ra-el  by  their  tribes  ;  and  the  tribe  of 
Ju'dah  was  taken  : 

17  And  he  brought  the  family  of  Ju'dah  ;  and  he 
took  the  family  of  the  Zar'hites  :  and  he  brought 
the  family  of  the  Zar'hites  man  by  man  ;  and 
Zab'dl  was  taken  : 

18  And  he  brought  his  household  man  by  man  ; 
and  r  A'chan,  the  son  of  Car 'ml,  the  son  of  Zab'dl, 
the  son  of  Ze'rah, of  the  tribeof  Ju'dah,  was  taken. 

19  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  A'chan,  My  son,  sgive, 
I  pray  thee,  glory  to  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  'and 
make  confession  unto  him  ;  and  tell  me  now  what 
thou  hast  jione  ;  hide  it  not  from  me. 

20  And  A'chan  answered  Josh'u-a,  and  said,  In- 
deed I  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  thus  and  thus  have  I  done  : 

21  When  I  saw  among  the  spoils  a  goodly  Bab'y- 
lo-nish  garment,  and  two  hundred  shekels  of  silver, 
and  a  8  wedge  of  gold  of  fifty  shekels  weight,  then 
I  "  coveted  them,  and  took  them  ;  and,  behold,  they 
are  hid  in  the  earth  in  the  midst  of  my  tent,  and 
the  silver  under  it. 

22  If  So  Josh'u-a  sent  messengers,  and  they  ran 
unto  the  tent ;  and,  behold,  it  was  hid  in  his  tent, 
and  the  silver  under  it. 

23  And  they  took  them  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
tent,  and  brought  them  unto  Josh'u-a,  and  unto  all 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  9laid  them  out  before 
the  Lord. 

24  And  Josh'u-a,  and  all  Ig'ra-el  with  him,  took 
A'chan  the  son  of  Ze'rah,  and  the  silver,  and  the 
garment,  and  the  wedge  of  gold,  and  his  sons,  and 
his  daughters,  and  his  oxen,  and  his  asses,  and  his 

183 


Joshua's  stratagem. 


JOSHUA,  8. 


The  capture  of  Ai. 


sheep,  and  his  tent,  and  all  that  he  had  :  and  they 
brought  them  unto  vthe  valley  of  A'chor. 

25  And  Josh'u-a  said,  '"Why  hast  thou  troubled 
us?  the  Lord  shall  trouble  thee  this  day.  '"And 
all  Ig'ra-el  stoned  him  with  stones,  and  burned 
them  with  fire,  after  they  had  stoned  them  with 
stones. 

26  And  they  ^  raised  over  him  a  great  heap  of 
stones  unto  this  day.  So  *the  Lord  turned  from 
the  fierceness  of  his  anger.  Wherefore  the_  name 
of  that  place  was  called,  "The  valley  of  10 A'chor, 
unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Joshua  encouraged.    3  Capture  of  Ai.    30  Joshua's  altar. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  aFear  not, 
-  neither  be  thou  dismayed  :  take  allthe  people 
of  war  with  thee,  and  arise,  go  up  to  A'I :  see,  6I 
have  given  into  thy  hand  the  king  of  A'I,  and  his 
people,  and  his  city,  and  his  land  : 

2  And  thou  shalt  do  to  A'I  and  her  king  as  thou 
didst  unto  cJer'i-cho  and  her  king  :  only  dthe  spoil 
thereof,  and  the  cattle  thereof,  shall  ye  take  for  a 
prey  unto  yourselves  :  lay  thee  an  ambush  for  the 
city  behind  it. 

3  If  So  Josh'u-a  arose,  and  all  the  people  of  war,  to 
go  up  against  A'I  :  and  Josh'u-a  chose  out  thirty 
thousand  mighty  men  of  valour,  and  sent  them 
away  by  night. 

4  And  he  commanded  them,  saying,  Behold,  cye 
shall  lie  Mn  wait  against  the  city,  even  behind  the 
city  :  go  not  very  far  from  the  city,  but  be  ye  all 
ready  : 

5  And  I,  and  all  the  people  that  are  with  me,  will 
approach  unto  the  city  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
when  they  come  out  against  us,  as  at  the  first,  that 
7  we  will  flee  before  them, 

6  (For  they  will  come  out  after  us)  till  we  have 
2  drawn  them  from  the  city  ;  for  they  will  say, 
They  flee  before  us,  as  at  the  first :  therefore  we 
will  flee  before  them. 

7  Then  ye  shall  rise  up  from  the  ambush,  and 
seize  upon  the  city  :  for  the  Lord  your  God  will 
deliver  it  into  your  hand. 

8  And  it  shall  be,  when  ye  have  taken  the  city, 
that  ye  shall  set  the  city  on  fire  :  according  to  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord  shall  ye  do.  ^See,  I 
have  commanded  you. 

9  H  Josh'u-a  therefore  sent  them  forth  :  and  they 
went  to  lie  in  ambush,  and  abodebetween  Beth'-el 
and  A'I,  on  the  west  side  of  A'I  :  but  Josh'u-a 
lodged  that  night  among  the  people. 

10  And  Josh'u-a  7,rose  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  numbered  the  people,  and  went  upA  he  and  the 
elders  of  Ig'ra-el,  before  the  people  to  A'I. 

11  And  all  the  people,  even  the  people  of  war  that 
were  with  him,  went  up,  and  drew  nigh,  and  came 
before  the  city,  and  pitched  on  the  north  side_of 
A'I :  now  there  was  a  valley  between  them  and  A'I. 

12  And  he  took  about  five  thousand  men,  and  set 
them  to  lie  in  ambush  'between  Beth'-el  and  A'I,  on 
the  west  side  3of  the  city. 

13  And  when  they  had  set  the  people,  even  all  the 

184 


B.  C.  1451. 

v  ch.  15.  7. 

w  ch.  6.  18. 

1  Ki.  18.  17. 

1  Chr.  2.  7. 

Gal.  5.  12. 
x  Deut.  17.  5. 


y  ch.  8.  29. 

2  Sam.  18.  17. 

Lam.  3.  53. 
z  Deut.  13.  17. 


a  Isa.  65.  10. 
10  That  is, 
Trouble. 


a  Deut.  1.  21. 
Deut.  7.  18. 
ch.  1.  9. 

b  ch.  2.  24. 
ch.  6.  2. 
Ps.  44.  3. 


c  ch.  6.  21. 
d  Deut.  20.  14. 


e  Judg.  20.  29. 
1  Or,  iu  ambush. 


/  Judg.  20.  32. 


2  pulled. 

g  ch.  1.  16. 

2  Sam.  13.  28. 
h  Gen.  22.  3. 

ch.  3.  1. 

ch.  6.  12. 

ch.  7.  10. 

Ps.  101.  8. 

Ps.  119.  00. 

Eccl.  9.  10. 

Jer.  21.  12. 
i  Gen.  12.  8. 

Gen.  28.  19. 

Judg.  1.  22. 

3  Or,  of  Ai 

4  their  lying  in 
wait. 

j  Judg.  20.  34. 
Eccl.  9.  12. 
Matt.  24. 
39,  50. 

1  Thess.  5. 1-3. 

2  Pet.  2.  3. 

k  Judg.  20.  36. 
I  ch.  15.  61. 

ch.  1G.  1. 

ch.  18.  12. 
m  Ex.  14.  3,  4. 

Judg.  20.  31. 

Ps.  9. 16. 
n  Deut.  7.  23,  24. 

Deut.  9.  3. 

Deut.  31.5-8. 

ch.  1.  5. 

Jer.  49.  3. 

5  hand. 

0  Lev.  27.  29. 
Deut.  7.  2. 
Job  20.  5. 
Luke  17. 26-30. 

1  Thess.  5.  3. 
p  Num.  31. 

22,  26. 
Matt.  20.  15. 
q  Deut.  13.  16. 

2  Ki.  19.  25. 
Isa.  17.  1. 
Jer.  9.  11. 

r  B.  C.  1427. 


host  that  was  on  the  north  of  the.  city,  and  4  their 
liers  in  wait  on  the  west  of  the  city,  Josh'u-a  went 
that  night  into  the  midst  of  the  valley. 

14  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  of  A'I 
saw  it,  that  they  hasted  and  rose  up  early,  and  the 
men  of  the  city  went  out  against  Ig'ra-el  to  battle, 
he  and  all  -his  people,  at  a  time  appointed,  before 
the  plain  ;  but  he  Jwist  not  that  there  were  liers  in 
ambush  against  him  behind  the  city. 

15  And  Josh'u-a  and  all  Ig'ra-el  *made  as  if  they 
were  beaten  before  them,  and  fled  'by  the  way  of 
the  wilderness. 

16  And  all  the  people  that  were  in  A'I  were  called 
together  to  pursue  after  them  :  and  they  pursued 
after  Josh'u-a,  and  were  drawn  away  ™  from  the  city. 

17  And  there  was  not  a  man  left  in  A'I  or  Beth'-el, 
that  went  not  out  after  Ig'ra-el :  and  they  left  the 
city  open,  and  pursued  after  Ig'ra-el. 

18  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  Stretch  out 
the  spear  that  is  in  thy  hand  toward  A'I ;  for  nI 
will  give  it  into  thine  hand.  And  Josh'u-a  stretched 
out  the  spear  that  he  had  in  his  hand  toward  the 
city.  _ 

19  And  the  ambush  arose  quickly  out  of  their 
place,  and  they  ran  as  soon  as  he  had  stretched  out 
his  hand :  and  they  entered  into  the  city,  and  took 
it,  and  hasted  and  set  the  city  on  fire. 

20  And  when  the  men  of  A'I  looked  behind  them, 
they  saw,  and,  behold,  the  smoke  of  the  city  as- 
cended up  to  heaven,  and  they  had  no  5  power  to 
flee  this  way  or  that  way  :  and  the  people  that  fled 
to  the  wilderness  turned  back  upon  the  pursuers. 

21  And  when  Josh'u-a  and  all  Ig'ra-el  saw  that  the 
ambush  had  taken  the  city,  and  that  the  smoke  of 
the  city  ascended,  then  they  turned  again,  and  slew 
the  men  of  A'I. 

22  And  the  other  issued  out  of  the  city  against 
them ;  so  they  were  in  the  midst  of  Ig'ra-el,  some 
on  this  side,  and  some  on  that  side  :  and  they  smote 
them,  so  that  they  "let  none  of  them  remain  or 
escape. 

23  And  the  king  of  A'I  they  took  alive,  and 
brought  him  to  Josh'u-a. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ig'ra-el  had  made 
an  end  of  slaying  all  the  inhabitants  of  A'I  in  the 
field,  in  the  wilderness  wherein  they  chased  them, 
and  when  they  were  all  fallen  on  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  until  they  were  consumed,  that  all  the  Ig'- 
ra-el-Ites  returned  unto  A'I,  and  smote  it  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword. 

25  And  so  it  was,  that  all  that  fell  that  day,  both 
of  men  and  women,  were  twelve  thousand,  even  all 
the  men  of  A'I. 

26  For  Josh'u-a  drew  not  his  hand  back,  wherewith 
he  stretched  out  the  spear,  until  he  had  utterly  de- 
stroyed all  the  inhabitants  of  A'I. 

27  ^Only  the  cattle  and  the  spoil  of  that  city  Ig'- 
ra-el took  for  a  prey  unto  themselves,  according 
unto  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he  commanded 
Josh'u-a. 

28  And  Josh'u-a  burnt  A'I,  and  made  it  an  "heap 
for  ever,  even  a  desolation  unto  rthis  day. 


The  altar  in  Ebal. 


JOSHUA,  9. 


The  craft  of  Gibeon. 


29  sAnd  the  king  of  A'l  he  hanged  on  a  tree  until 
eventide  :  'and  as  soon  as  the  sun  was  down, 
Josh'u-a  commanded  that  they  should  take  his  car- 
case down  from  the  tree,  and  cast  it  at  the  entering 
of  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  w  raise  thereon  a  great 
heap  of  stones,  that  remaineth  unto  this  day. 

30  1  Then  Josh'u-a  "built_an  altar  unto  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el  wm  mount  E'bal, 

31  As  Mo'geg  the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  as  it  is  written  in  the  xbook 
of  the  law  of  Mo'geg,  an  altar  of  whole  stones,  over 
which  no  man  hath  lift  up  any  iron ;  and  Hhey  of- 
fered thereon  burnt  offerings  unto  the  Lord,  and 
sacrificed  peace  offerings. 

32  If  And  zhe  wrote  there  upon  the  stones  a  copy 
of  the  law  of  Mo'geg,  which  he  wrote  in  the  pre- 
sence of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

33  And  all  Ig'ra-el,  and  their  elders,  and  officers, 
and  their  judges,  stood  on  this  side  the  ark  and  on 
that  side  before  the  priests  the  Le'vites,  "which 
bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  as  well 
6  the  stranger,  as  he  that  was  born  among  them  ; 
half  of  them  over  against  mount  Ger'I-zTm,  and 
half  of  them  over  against  mount  E'bal ;  cas  Mo'geg 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  had  commanded  before, 
that  they  should  bless  the  people  of  Ig'ra-el. 

34  And  afterward  d  he  read  all  the  words  of  the 
law,  "the  blessings  and  cursings,  according  to  all 
that  is  written  in  the  book  of  the  law. 

35  There  was  not  a  word  of  all  that  Mo'geg  com- 
manded, which  Josh'u-a  read  not  before  all  the 
congregation  of  Ig'ra-el,  /with  the  women,  and  the 
little  ones,  and  Hhe  strangers  that 6  were  conversant 
among  them. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Gibeon's  crafty  league.     16  Their  servantage  to  Israel. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  kings  which 
-  were  on  this  side  Jor'dan,  in  the  hills,  and  in 
the  valleys,  and  in  all  the  coasts  of  the  a  great  sea 
over  against  Leb'a-non,  Hhe  Hit'tlte,  and  the  Am'- 
6r-ite,  the  Ca'naan-Ite,  the  Per'iz-zlte,  the  Hl'vlte, 
and  the  Jeb'u-slte,  heard  thereof: 

2  That  they  c  gathered  themselves  together,  to 
fight  with  Josh'u-a  and  with  Ig'ra-el,  with  one 
1  accord. 

3  IF  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  Gib'e-on  d  heard 
ewhat  Josh'u-a  had  done  unto  Jer'i-cho  and  to  A'l, 

4  They  did  work  wilily,  and  went  and  made  as  if 
they  had  been  ambassadors,  and  took  old  sacks  -upon 
their  asses,  and  •'wine  bottles,  old,  and  rent,  and 
bound  up  ; 

5  And  old  shoes  and  clouted  upon  their  feet,  and 
old  garments  upon  them  ;  and  all  the  bread  of  their 
provision  was  dry  and  mouldy. 

_6  And  they  went  to  Josh'u-a  3unto  the  camp^at 
GTl'gal,  and  said  unto  him,  and  to  the  men  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, We  be  come  from  a  far  country  :  now  there- 
fore make  ye  a  league  with  us. 

7  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Hhe  Hl'vltes, 
Peradventure  ye  dwell  among  us  ;  and  'how  shall 
we  make  a  league  with  you  ? 

8  And  they  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  J'We  are  thy  ser- 


B.  C.  1451. 


.s  cli.  10.  26. 

Ps.  1D7.  40. 
I  Deut.  '21.  23. 

oh,  10.  27. 

u  cli.  7.  2fi. 
2  Sam.  18.  17 


V  Gen.  8.  20. 
Ex.  2(1.  24. 
w  Deut.  27.  4,  5. 


f  Deut.  27.  5,  0. 


y  Ex.  20.  24. 


z  Deut.  27.  2,  8. 


a  Deut.  31.  9,  25. 


b  Lev.  24.  22. 
Num.  15.  10. 


c  Deut.  11.  29. 


tf  Deut.  31.  11. 

Neh.  8.  3. 
eDeut.  29.  20,21. 


/  Deut.  31. 12. 

g  Zech.  8.  23. 
C  walked. 


a  Num.  34.  6. 
b  Gen.  15.  18,21. 

Ex.  3.  17. 

Deut.  7.  1. 
c  1  Chr.  20.  1. 

Ps.  2.  1,  2. 

Ps.  83.  3,  5. 

Prov.  11.  21. 

Isa.  8.  9,  10, 12. 

Acts  4.  20-28. 
1  month. 
d  ch.  10.  2. 

2  Sam.  21. 1,2. 
e  ch.  6.  27. 
/  Matt.  9.  17. 

Luke  5.  37,  38. 
g  ch.  5.  10. 
h  ch.  11.  19. 
i  Ex.  23.  32. 

Deut.  7.  2. 
/Deut.  20.  11. 
k  Deut.  20.  15. 

1  Ex.  15.  14. 
m  Num.  21. 

24,  33. 

2  in  your  hand. 

3  Or,  they  re- 
ceived the 
men  by  rea- 
son of  their 
victuals. 

n  Num.  27.  21. 
Judg.  1.1. 
1  Sam.  22.  10. 

1  Sam.  30.  8. 

2  Sam.  2.  1. 
Isa.  30.  1,  2. 

0  2  Sam.  21.  2. 
p  ch.  18.  25. 

Ezra  2  25. 
q  Ps.  15.  4. 
r  2  Sam.  21.  1. 

Zech.  5.  3,  4. 

Mai.  3.  5. 
i  Deut.  29.  11. 
t  Gen.  9.  25. 

4  not  be  cut  off 
from  you. 

u  Ex.  23.  32. 
Num.  33.  51, 
52,  55,  56. 
Deut.  7.  1,  2. 


vants.     And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  them,  Who  are  ye? 
and  from  whence  come  ye  ? 

9  And  they  said  unto  him,  /i'From  a  very  far 
country  thy  servants  are  come  because  of  the  name 
of  the  Lord  thy  God  :  for  we  have  'heard  the 
fame  of  him,  and  all  that  he  did  in  E'gypt, 

10  And  mall  that  he  did  to  the  two  kings  of  the 
Am'or-Ites,  that  tyerebeyond  Jor'dan,  to  Si'hon  king 
of  Hesh'bon,  and  to  Og  king  of  Ba'shan,  which  was 
at  Ash'ta-roth. 

11  Wherefore  our  elders  and  all  the  inhabitants 
of  our  country  spake  to  us,  saying,  Take  victuals 
2  with  you  for  the  journey,  and  go  to  meet  them,  and 
say  unto  them,  We  are  your  servants  :  therefore 
now  make  ye  a  league  with  us. 

12  This  our  bread  we  took  hot  for  our  provision 
out  of  our  houses  on  the  day  we  came  forth  to  go 
unto  you;  but  now,  behold,  it  is  dry,  and  it  is 
mouldy  : 

13  And  these  bottles  of  wine,  which  we  filled,  were 
new  ;  and,  behold,  they  be  rent :  and  these  our 
garments  and  our  shoes  are  become  old  by  reason 
of  the  very  long  journey. 

14  And  3the  men  took  of  their  victuals, n  and  asked 
not  counsel  at  the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 

15  And  Josh'u-a  "made  peace  with  them,  and 
made  a  league  with  them,  to  let  them  live  :  and 
the  princes  of  the  congregation  sware  unto  them. 

16  IF  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  three  days 
after  they  had  made  a  league  with  them,  that  they 
heard  that  they  were  their  neighbours,  and  that  they 
dwelt  among  them. 

17  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  journeyed,  and 
came  unto  their  cities  on  the  third  day.  Now  their 
cities  were  p  Gib'e-on,  and  Che-phl'rah,  and  Be-e'- 
roth,  and  Klr'jath-je'a-rim. 

18  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  smote  them  not, 
9  because  the  princes  of  the  congregation  had  sworn 
unto  them  by  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el.  And  all 
the  congregation  murmured  against  the  princes. 

19  But  all  the  princes  said  unto  all  the  congrega- 
tion, We  have  sworn  unto  them  by  the  Lord  God 
of  Ig'ra-el  :  now  therefore  we  may  not  touch  them. 

20  This  we  will  do  to  them  ;  we  will  even  let  them 
live,  lest  r  wrath  be  upon  us,  because  of  the  oath 
which  we  sware  unto  them. 

21  And  the  princes  said  unto  them,  Let  them  live  ; 
but  let  them  be  s  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of 
water  unto  all  the  congregation  ;  as  the  princes  had 
promised  them. 

22  TF  And  Josh'u-a  called  for  them,  and  he  spake 
unto  them,  saying,  Wherefore  have  ye  beguiled  us, 
saying,  We  are  very  far  from  you  ;  when  ye  dwell 
among  us  ? 

23  Now  therefore  ye  are  'cursed,  and  there  shall 
4  none  of  you  be  freed  from  being  bondmen,  and 
hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of  water  for  the  house 
of  my  God. 

24  And  they  answered  Josh'u-a,  and  said,  Because 
it  was  certainly  told  thy  servants,  how  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  "  commanded  his  servant  Mo'geg  to 
give  you  all  the  land,  and  to  destroy  all  the  inhabit- 

185 


Joshua  rescues  Gibeon. 


JOSHUA,  10. 


Death  of  the  jive  kings. 


ants  of  the  land  from  before  you,  therefore  "we 
were  sore  afraid  of  our  lives  because  of  you,  and 
have  done  this  thing. 

25  And  now,  behold,  we  are  w  in  thine  hand  :  as  it 
seemeth  good  and  right  unto  thee  to  do  unto  us, 
do. 

26  And  so  did  he  unto  them,  and  delivered  them 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  they 
slew  them  not. 

27  And  Josh'u-a  5made  them  that  day  hewers  of 
wood  and  drawers  of  water  for  the  congregation, 
and  for  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  even  unto  this  day, 
*in  the  place  which  he  should  choose. 


1  Conspiracy  against   Gibeon. 


CHAPTER  10. 

8  Joshua  defeats  the  kings. 
28  Further  conquests. 


13  The  sun   stands   still. 


IVTOW  it  came  to  pass,  when  A-don'i-ze'dec  king  of 
-^  Je-ru'sa-lem  had  heard  how  Josh'u-a  had  taken 
A'l,  and  had  utterly  destroyed  it  ;  aas  he  had  done 
to  Jer'i-cho  and  her  king,  so  he  had  doneto  6A'I 
and  her  king  ;  and  chow_the  inhabitants  of  Gib'e-on 
had  made  peace  with  Ig'ra-el,  and  were  among 
them  ; 

2  That  they  d  feared  greatly,  because  Gib'e-on  was 
a  great  city,  as  one  of  _the  1  royal  cities,  and  because 
it  was  greater  than  A'l,  and  all  the  men  thereof 
were  mighty. 

3  Wherefore  A-don'i-ze'dec  king  of  Je-ru'sa-lem 
sent  unto  Ho'ham  king  of  e  He'bron,  and  unto  Pl'ram 
king  of  Jar'muth,  and  unto  Ja-phi'aking  of  La'chish, 
and  unto  De'bir  king  of  Eg1  Ion,  saying, 

4  Come  up  unto  me,  and  help  me,  that  we  may 
smite  Gib'e-on  :  ■''for  it  hath  made  peace  with 
Josh'u-a  and  with  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

5  Therefore  the  five  kings  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  the 
king  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  the  king  of  He'bron,  the  king 
of  Jar'muth,  the  king  of  La'chish,  the  king  of  Eg'lon, 
9  gathered  themselves  together,  and  went  up,  they 
and  all  their  hosts,  and  encamped  before  Gib'e-on, 
and  made  war  againstit. 

6  II  And  the_men  of  Gib'e-on  sent  unto  Josh'u-a  Ho 
the  camp  to  Gil'gal,  saying,  Slack  not  thy  hand  from 
thy  servants ;  come  up  to  us  quickly,  and  save  us, 
and  help  us  :  for  all  the  kings  of  the  Am'or-Ites  that 
dwell  in  the  mountains  are  gathered  together  against 
us. 

7  So  Josh'u-a  ascended  from  Gil'gal,  he,  and  'all 
the  people  of  war  with  him,  and  all  the  mighty  men 
of  valour. 

8  f  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  JFear  them 
not :  for  I  have  delivered  them  into  thine  hand  ; 
Hhere  shall  not  a  man  of  them  stand  before  thee. 

9  Josh'u-a  therefore  came  unto  them  suddenly,  and 
went  up  from  Gil'gal  all  night. 

10  And  the  Lord  'discomfited  them  before_I§'ra-el, 
and  slew  them  with  a  great  slaughter  at  Gib'e-on, 
and  chased  them  along  the  way  that  j^oeth  up  m  to 
Beth-ho'ron,  and  smote  them  to  "A-ze'kah,  and 
unto  Mak-ke'dah. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  fled  from  before 
Ig'ra-el,  and  were  in  the  going  down  to  Beth-ho'ron, 

186 


B.  C.  1451. 


V  Ex.  15.  14. 


w  Gen.  1G.  6. 


5  gave,  or,  de- 
livered to  be. 


x  Deut.  12.  5. 
1  Ki.  8.  29. 

1  Ki.  9.  7. 

2  Clir.  7.  12,  20. 
Ps.  78.  G8. 


a  ch.  C.  21. 

b  eli.  8.  22. 

c  ch.  9.  15. 

d  Ex.  15.  14-1(1. 

Deut.  11.25. 

Ps.  48.  4-G. 

Prov.  1:  2G,  27. 

Heb.  10.  27,31. 

Rev.  G.  15-17. 
1  cities  of  the 

kingdom. 
e  Gen.  23.  2. 
/  ch.  9.  15. 
q  ch.  9.  2. 
h  ch.  5.  10. 
/ch.  8.  1. 
j  Deut.  7.  24. 

ch.  11.  G. 

ch.  23.  9. 
/.-  ch.  1.  5. 

1  Judg.  4.  15. 

1  Sam.  7.  10. 

2  Chr.  14.  12. 
Ps.  18.  14. 
Isa.  28.  21. 

m  ch.  1G.  3,  5. 
n  ch.  15.  35. 
oPs.  18.  13,  14. 

Ps.  77.  17. 

Isa.  28.  2. 

Isa.  30.  30. 

Rev.  1G.  21. 
p  Deut.  4.  19. 

Ps.  19.  4. 

Isa.  28.  21. 

Isa.  38.  8. 

Isa.  60.  20. 

Hab.  3.  11. 

2  be  silent. 

q  Judg.  12.  12. 
r'2  Sam.  1.  18. 

3  Or,  The 
upright. 

s  Isa.  38.  8. 
/  Ex.  14.  14. 

Deut.  1.  30. 

Deut.  3.  22. 

ch.  23.  3,  10. 

2  Chr.  20.  29. 

Neh.  4.  20. 

Ps.  33.  8.  12- 

20. 

Isa.  31.  4. 

Isa.  42.  13. 

Isa.  52.  10,  12. 

Zech.  14.  3. 

4  cut  oft  the 
tail. 

u  Ex.  11.  7. 

Isa.  54.  17. 
v  Deut.  33.  29. 

Ps.  2.  8-12. 

Ps.  91.  13. 

Ps.  107.  40. 

Ps.  110.  5. 

Isa.  26.  5,  6. 

Mai.  4.  3. 

Rev.  2.  26,  27. 
w  ch.  1.  9. 

1  Sam.  17.  37. 
Ps.  63.  7. 

2  Cor.  1.  10. 
2  Tim.  4.  17. 

x  Deut.  3.  21. 
V  Num.  25.  4. 

ch.  8.  29. 

2  Sam.  21.6,  9. 

Esth.  2.  23. 

Esth.  7.  9,  10. 

Ps.  149.  7,  9. 
-Deut.  21.  23. 

ch.  8.  29. 


0  that  the  Lord  cast  down  great  stones  from  heaven 
upon  them  unto  A-ze'kah,  and  they  died  :  they  were 
more  which  died  with  hailstones  than  they  whom 
the  children  of  Is'ra-el  slew  with  the  sword. 

12  1  Then  spake  Josh'u-a  to  the  Lord  in  the  day 
when  the  Lord  delivered  up  the  Am'or-Ites  before 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  he  said  in  the  sight  of 
Ig'ra-el,  pSun,  2  stand  thou  still  upon  Gib'e-on  ;  and 
thou,  Moon,  in  the  valley  of  9Aj'a-lon. 

13  And  the  sun  stood  still,  and  the  moon  stayed, 
until  the  people  had  avenged  themselves  upon  their 
enemies.  rIs  not  this  written  in  the  book  of 3  Ja'sher? 
So  the  sun  stood  still  in  the  midst  of  heaven,  and 
hasted  not  to  go  down  about  a  whole  day. 

14  And  there  was  sno  day  like  that  before  it  or 
after  it,  that  the  Lord  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of 
a  man  :  for  'the  Lord  fought  for  I§'ra-el. 

15  T[  And  Josh'u-a  returned,  and  all  I§'ra-el  with 
him,  unto  the  camp  to  Gil'gal. 

16  But  these  five  kings  fled,  and  hid  themselves 
in  a  cave  at  Mak-ke'dah. 

17  And  it  was  told  Josh'u-a,  saying,  The  five  kings 
are  found  hid  in  a  cave  at  Mak-ke'dah. 

18  And  Josh'u-a  said,  Roll  great  stones  upon  the 
mouth  of  the  cave,  and  set  men  by  it  for  to  keep 
them  : 

19  And  stay  ye  not,  but  pursue  after  your  enemies, 
and  i smite  the  hindmost  of  them  ;  suffer  them  not 
to  enter  into  their  cities  :  for  the  Lord  your  God 
hath  delivered  them  into  your  hand. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Josh'u-a  and  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el  had  made  an  end  of  slaying  them 
with  a  very  great  slaughter,  till  they  were  con- 
sumed, that  the  rest  which  remained  of  them  en- 
tered into  fenced  cities. 

21  And  all  the  people  returned  to  the  camp  to 
Josh'u-a  at  Mak-ke'dah  in  peace  :  "none  moved  his 
tongue  against  any  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

22  Then  said  Josh'u-a,  Open  the  mouth  of  the  cave, 
and  bring  out  those  five  kings  unto  me  out  of  the 
cave. 

23  And  they  did  so,  and  brought  forth  those  five 
kings  unto  him  out  of  the  cave,  the  king  of  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  the  king  of  He'bron,  the  king  of  Jar'muth,  the 
king  of  La'chish,  and  the  king  of  Eg'lon. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  brought  out 
those  kings  unto  Josh'u-a,  that  Josh'u-a  called  for 
all  the  men  of  I§'ra-el,  and  said  unto  the  captains 
of  the  men  of  war  which  went  with  him,  Come 
near,  v  put  your  feet  upon  the  necks  of  these  kings. 
And  they  came  near,  and  put  their  feet  upon  the 
necks  of  them. 

25  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  them,  "'Fear  not,  nor 
be  dismayed,  be  strong  and  of  good  courage:  a'for 
thus  shall  the  Lord  do  to  all  your  enemies  against 
whom  ye  fight. 

26  And  afterward  Josh'u-a  smote  them,  and  slew 
them,  and  hanged  them  on  five  trees :  and  they 
?Jwere  hanging  upon  the  trees  until  the  evening. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  of  the  going 
down  of  the  sun,  that  Josh'u-a  commanded,  and 
they  Hook  them  down  off  the  trees,  and  cast  them 


Joshua's  further  conquests. 


JOSHUA,  11. 


Many  kings  conquered. 


into  the  cave  wherein  they  had  been  hid,  and  laid 
great  stones  in  the  cave's  mouth,  which  remain 
until  this  very  day. 

28  H  And  that  day  Josh'u-a  took  Mak-ke'dah,  and 
smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  the  king 
thereof  he  utterly  destroyed,  them,  and  all  the  souls 
that  were  therein  ;  he  let  none  remain :  and  he  did 
to  the  king  of  Mak-ke'dah  aas  he  did  unto  the  king 
of  Jer'i-cho. 

29  Then  Josh'u-a  passed  from  Mak-ke'dah,  and  all 
Ig'ra-el  with  him,  unto  6  LIb'nah,  and  fought  against 
LIb'nah  : 

30  And  the  Lord  delivered  it  also,  and  the  king 
thereof,  into  the  hand  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and  he  smote  it 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  all  the  souls  that 
were  therein ;  he  let  none  remain  in  it  ;  but  did 
unto  the  king  thereof  as  he  did  unto  the  king  of 
Jer'i-cho. 

31  IF  And  Josh'u-a  passed  from  LIb'nah,  and  all 
Ig'ra-el  with  him,  unto  c  La'chish,  and  encamped 
against  it,  and  fought  against  it : 

32  And  the  Lord  delivered  La'chish  into  the  hand 
of  Ig'ra-el,  which  took  it  on  the  second  day,  and 
smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  all  the 
souls  that  were  therein,  according  to  all  that  he  had 
done  to  LIb'nah. 

33  \  Then  Ho'ramkingof  dGe'zercame  up  to  help 
La'chish  ;  and  Josh'u-a  smote  him  and  his  people, 
until  he  had  left  him  none  remaining. 

34  1[  And  from  La'chish  Josh'u-a  passed  unto  Eg'- 
lon, and  all  Ig'ra-el  with  him  ;  and  they  encamped 
against  it,  and  fought  against  it : 

35  And  they  took  it  on  that  day,  and  smote  it  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  all  the  souls  that  were 
therein  he  utterly 5  destroyed  that  day,  according  to 
all  that  he  had  done  to  La'chish.  _ 

36  And  Josh'u-a  went  up  from  Eg'lon,  and  all  Ig'- 
ra-el with  him,  unto  eHe'bron  ;  and  they  fought 
against  it : 

37  And  they  took  it,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  and  the  king  thereof,  and  all  the 
cities  thereof,  and  all  the  souls  that  were  therein ; 
he  left  none  remaining,  according  to  all  that  he  had 
done  to  Eg'lon ;  but  destroyed  it  utterly,  and  all  the 
souls  that  were  therein. 

38  IT  And  Josh'u-a  returned,  and  all  Ig'ra-el  with 
him,  to  -^De'bir  ;  and  fought  against  it : 

39  And  he  took  it,  and  the  king  thereof,  and  all 
the  cities  thereof  ;  and  they  smote  them  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword,  and  utterly  destroyed  all  the 
souls  that  were  therein  ;  he  left  none  remaining  :  as 
he  had  done  to  He'bron,  so  he  did  to  De'bir,  and  to 
the  king  thereof  ;  as  he  had  done  also  to  LIb'nah, 
and  to  her  king. 

40  IF  So  Josh'u-a  smote  ffall  the  country  of  the  hills, 
and  of  the  south,  and  of  the  vale,  and  of  the  springs, 
and  all  their  kings  :  he  left  none  remaining,  but 
utterly  destroyed  all  that  breathed,  as  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el  h commanded. 

41  And  J5sh'u-a  smote  them  from  Ka'desh-bar'- 
ne-a  *even  unto  J'Ga'za,  and  *all  the  country  of 
Go'shen,  even  unto  GIb'e-on. 


B.  C.  1451. 


a  ch.  6.  21 . 


b  i'li.  15.  42. 
ch.  21.  13. 
2  Ki.  8.  22. 
2  Ki.  19.  8. 


c  2  Ki.  14.  19. 
Mic.  1.  13. 


deli.  1G.  :'.,  10. 
1  Ki.  9.  1G,  IT 
1  Chr.  20.  4. 


5  pulled  down. 
e  Num.  13.  22. 

ch.  14.  13. 

ch.  15.  13. 

Judg.  1.  10. 

2  Sam.  5.  1,  3. 
r'ch.  15.  15. 

ch.  21.  15. 
g  ch.  15.  21-63. 

ch.  19.  1-8. 
h  Ex.  23.  31-33. 

Ex.  34.  12. 

Deut.  7.  2. 
i  Num.  13. 17, 26. 
j  (Jen.  10.  19. 

Deut.  2.  23. 

Amos  1.  6. 

Zeph.  2.  4. 

Zech.  9.  5. 

Acts  8.  26. 
fcch.  11.  16. 
I  Ps.  44.  2. 

Ps.  80.  8. 

Isa.  43.  4. 


a  Ps.  2.  1,  2. 

Ps.  S3. 
b  ch.  10.  3. 
c  ch.  19.  15. 
d  Num.  34.  11. 
e  ch.  17.  11. 

1  Ki.  4.  11. 
f  Judg.  3.  3. 
gch.  13.  11. 
/;  Gen.  31.  40. 

Judg.  20.  1. 

1  Sam.  7.  5-7. 

1  Ki.  15.  22. 
i  Gen.  22.  17. 

Gen.  32.  12. 

1  Sam.  13.  5. 

1  assembled  by 
appointment. 

j  2  Sam.  8.  4. 

2  Or,  Zidon- 
rabbah. 

3  Burnings 
of  waters, 
or,  Salt  pits. 

4  any  breath. 
h  Num.  33.  52. 

Deut.  7.  2. 

5  on  their  heap. 


42  And  l  all  these  kings  and  their  land  did  Josh'u-a 
take  at  one  time,  because  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el 
fought  for  Ig'ra-el. 

43  And  Josh'u-a  returned,  and  all  Is'ra-el  with 
him,  unto  the  camp  to  Gil 'gal. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Joshua  conquers  ninny  lings.     21  The  Anakims  cut  off. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  a  Ja'bin  king  of  Ha'- 
-  zor  had  heard  those  things,  that  he  *sent  to 
Jo'bab  king  of  Ma'don,  and  to  the  king  cof  Shim'- 
ron,  and  to  the  king  of  Ach'shaph, 

2  And  to  the  kings  that  were  on  the  north  of  the 
mountains,  and  of  the  plains  south  of  dChIn'ne-roth, 
and  in  the  valley,  and  in  the  borders  cof  Dor  on  the 
west, 

3  And  to  the  Ca'naan-Ite  on  the  east  and  on  the 
west,  and  to  the  Am'or-Ite,  and  the  HIt'tlte,  and  the 
Per'Iz-zite,  and  the  Jeb'u-slte,  in  the  mountains/ and 
to  the  Hl'vite  under  "Her'mon  Mn  the  land  of  MIz1- 
peh. 

4  And  they  went  out,  they  and  all  their  hosts  with 
them,  much  people,  'even  as  the  sand  that  is  upon 
the  sea  shore  in  multitude,  with  horses  and  chariots 
very  many. 

5  And  when  all  these  kings  were  1  met  together, 
they  came  and  pitched  together  at  the  waters  of 
Me'rom,  to  fight  against  Ig'ra-el. 

6  IF  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  Be  not  afraid 
because  of  them:  for  to  morrow  about  this  time 
will  I  deliver  them  up  all  slain  before  Ig'ra-el :  thou 
shalt  j  hough  their  horses,  and  burn  their  chariots 
with  fire. 

7  So  Josh'u-a  came,  and  all  the  people  of  war  with 
him,  against  them  by  the  waters  of  Me'rom  sud- 
denly ;  and  they  fell  upon  them. 

8  And  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of 
Ig'ra-el,  who  smote  them,  and  chased  them  unto 
2great  Zl'don,  and  unto  3MIs're-photh-ma'im,  and 
unto  the  valley  of  MIz'peh  eastward ;  and  they  smote 
them,  until  they  left  them  none  remaining. 

9  And  Josh'u-a  did  unto  them  as  the  Lord  bade 
him :  he  houghed  their  horses,  and  burnt  their  chari- 
ots with  fire. 

10  IF  And  Josh'u-a  at  that  time  turned  back,  and 
took  Ha'zor,  and  smote  the  king  thereof  with  the 
sword  :  for  Ha'zor  beforetime  was  the  head  of  all 
those  kingdoms. 

11  And  they  smote  all  the  souls  that  were  therein 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  utterly  destroying 
them :  there  was  not 4  any  left  to  breathe :  and  he 
burnt  Ha'zor  with  fire. 

12  And  all  the  cities  of  those  kings,  and  all  the 
kings  of  them,  did  Josh'u-a  take,  and  smote  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  he  utterly  destroyed 
them,  /cas  Mo'geg  the  servant  of  the  Lord  com- 
manded. 

13  But  as  for  the  cities  that  stood  still  6in  their 
strength,  Ig'ra-el  burned  none  of  them,  save  Ha'zor 
only ;  that  did  Josh'u-a  burn. 

14  And  all  the  spoil  of  these  cities,  and  the  cattle, 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  took  for  a  prey  unto  them- 

187 


The  Anakims  cut  off. 


JOSHUA,  12,  13. 


Conquests  by  Joshua. 


selves ;  but  every  man  they  smote  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  until  they  had  destroyed  them,  neither 
left  they  any  to  breathe. 
15  1[ l  As  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg  his  servant, 


so  TOdid  Mo'geg  command  Josh'u-a,  and  ,lso  did  Josh 
u-a ;  6  he  left  nothing  undone  of  all  that  the  Lord 
commanded  Mo'geg. 

16  So  Josh'u-a  took  all  that  land,  the  °  hills,  and 
all  the  south  country,  pand  all  the  land  of  Go'shen, 
and  the  valley,  and  the  plain,  and  the  mountain  of 
Ig'ra-el,  and  the  valley  of  the  same ; 

17  "Even  from  7the  mount  Ha'lak,  that  goeth  up 
to  Se'ir,  even  unto  Ba'al-gad  in  the  valley  of  Leb'a- 
non  under  mount  Her'mon  :  and  rall  their  kings  he 
took,  and  smote  them,  and  slew  them. 

18  8  Josh'u-a  made  war  a  long  time  with  all  those 
kings. 

19  There  was  not  a  city  that  made  peace  with,  the 
childrenof  Ig'ra-el,  save  sthe  Hi'vltes  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Gib'e-on :  all  other  they  took  in  battle. 

20  For  'it  was  of  the  Lord  to  harden  their  hearts, 
that  they  should  come  against  Ig'ra-el  in  battle,  that 
he  might  destroy  them  utterly,  and  that  they  might 
have  no  favour,  but  that  he  might  destroy  them, 
Mas  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

21  IF  And  at  that  time  came  Josh'u-a,  and  cut  off 
"the  An'a-kimg  from  the  mountains,  from  He'bron, 
from  De'blr,  from  A 'nab,  and  from  all  the  mountains 
of  Ju'dah,  and  from  all  the  mountains  of  Ig'ra-el : 
Josh'u-a  destroyed  them  utterly  with  their  cities. 

22  There  was  none  of  the  An'a-kimg  left  in  the  land 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el :  only  in  Ga'za,  in  wGath, 
and  xin  Ash'dod,  there  remained. 

23  So  Josh'u-a  took  the  whole  land,  y  according  to 
all  that  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo^geg  ;  and  Josh'u-a 
gave  it  for  an  inheritance  unto  Ig'ra-el z  according 
to  their  divisions  by  their  tribes.  "And  the  land 
rested  from  war. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Countries  disposed  of  by  3foses.    7  Conquests  by  Joshua. 

^VTOW  these  are  the  kings  of  the  land,  which  the 
-^  children  of  Ig'ra-el  smote,  and  possessed  their 
land  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan  toward  the  rising  of 
the  sun,  "from  the  river  Ar'non  6unto  mount  Her'- 
mon, and  all  the  plain  on  the  east  : 

2  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  who  dwelt  in 
Hesh'bon,  and  ruled  from  Ar'o-er,  which  is  upon 
the  bank  of  the  river  Ar'non,  and  from  the  middle 
of  the  river,  and  from  half  Gil'e-ad,  even  unto  the 
river  Jab'bok,  ivhich  is  the  border  of  the  children 
of  Am'mon ; 

3  And  cfrom  the  plain  to  the  sea  of  Chm'ne-roth 
on  the  east,  and  unto  the  sea  of  the  plain,  even  the 
salt  sea  on  the  east,  dthe  way  to  Beth-jesh'i-moth  ; 
and  from  Hhe  south,  under  2Ash'doth-pig'gah  : 

4  IF  And  e  the  coast  of  Og  king  of  Ba'shan,  which 
was  of  -^the  remnant  of  the  giants,  that  dwelt  at 
Ash'ta-roth  and  at  Ed're-I, 

5  And  reigned  in  mount  Her'mon,  and  °m  Sal'cah, 
and  in  all  Ba'shan,  unto  ''the  border  of  jthe  Gesh'u- 
rites  and  the  Ma-ach'a-thltes,  and  half  Gil'e-ad,  the 
border  of  Si'hon  king  of  Hesh'bon. 

188 


B.  C. 1452. 


I  Ex.  34.  11. 

m  Deut.  7.  2. 
n  ch.  1.  7. 
6  he  removed 
nothing. 


o  ch.  12.  8. 
p  ch.  10.  «. 


q  ch.  12.  7. 

7  Or,  the 
smooth 
mountain. 

r  Deut.  7.  24. 


Till  1445. 
verse  23. 


s  ch.  9.  3,  7. 


/  Ex.  4.  21. 
1  Sam.  2.  25. 
1  Ki.  12.  15. 
Rom.  9.  18. 
Jus.  1.  13-17. 


n  Deut.  20.  16. 


v  Num.  13.  22. 
Deut.  1.  28. 
ch.  15.  13,  14. 
Judg.  1.  10. 


w  1  Sam.  17.  4. 
x  ch.  15.  46. 
y  Num.  34.  2. 
z  Num.  26.  53. 
a  ch.  14.  15. 

ch.  21.  44. 

ch.  23.  1. 


a  Num.21.  24. 

Deut.  2.  24. 

Isa.  16.  2. 
b  Deut.  3.  8,  9. 
c  Deut.  3.  17. 
d  ch.  13.  20. 

1  Or,  Ternan. 

2  Or,  The 
springs  of 
Pisgah,  or, 
The  hill. 

slum.  21.35. 
/Deut.  3.  11. 
f/ch.  13.  11. 
h  Deut.  3.  14. 

1  Sam.  27.  8. 

2  Sam.  3.  3. 

2  Sam.  13.  37. 

2  Ki.  25.  23. 
i  Gen.  14.  6. 

Gen.  32.  3. 
/  ch.  10.  40. 
k  Ex.  3.  8. 
I  ch.  6.  2. 
m  ch.  8.  29. 
n  ch.  10.  23. 
o  ch.  19. 13. 

1  Ki.  4.  10. 

3  Or,  Sharon. 
p  ch.  11.  1. 

ch.  19.  15. 
q  ch.  19.  37. 
r  Gen.  14.  1,  2. 


a  Gen.  18.  11. 
ch.  14.  10. 
ch.  23.  1. 

1  Ki.  1.  1. 
Lukel.  7. 

1  to  possess  it, 

Deut.  31.  3. 
b  Ex.  23.  29,  31. 

Deut.  11.  23, 

24. 
c  Gen.  10.  14. 

Gen.  26.  1. 
d  1  Sam.  27.  8. 

2  Sam.  3.  3. 

2  Sam.  13.  37. 
e  Jer.  2. 18. 
/  1  Sam.  6.  4, 16. 

Zeph.  2.  5. 
g  Deut.  2.  23. 


6  Them  did  Mo'geg  the  servant  of  the  Lord  and 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  smite  :  and  Mo'geg  the  ser- 
vant of  the  Lord  gave  it  for  a  possession  unto  the 
Reu'ben-Ites,  and  the  Gad'Ites,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
Ma-nas'seh. 

7  IF  And  these  are  the  kings  of  the  country  which 
Josh'u-a  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  smote  on  this 
side  Jor'dan  on  the  west,  from  Ba'al-gad  in  the 
valley  of  "Leb'a-non  even  unto  the  mount  Ha'lak, 
that  goeth  up  to  'Se'ir  ;  which  Josh'u-a  gave  unto 
the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  for  a  possession  according  to 
their  divisions ; 

8  JTn  the  mountains,  and  in  the  valleys,  and  in  the 
plains,  and  in  the  springs,  and  in  the  wilderness, 
and  in  the  south  country ;  the  Hit'tltes,  &the  Am'- 
or-Ites, and  the  Ca'naan-Ites,  the  Per'iz-zltes,  the 
Hi'vltes,  and  the  Jeb'u-sltes  : 

9  TF  'The  king  of  Jer'i-cho,  one  ;  mthe  king  of  A'l, 
which  is  beside  Beth '-el,  one  ; 

10  wThe  king  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  one  ;  the  king  of 
He'bron,  one ; 

11  The  king  of  Jar'miith,  one  ;  the  king  of  La'- 
chish,  one  ; 

12  The  king  of  Eg'lon,  one ;  the  king  of  Ge'zer,  one ; 

13  The  king  of  De'bir,  one ;  the  king  of  Ge'der,  one ; 

14  The  king  of  Hor'mah,  one  ;  the  king  of  A'rad, 
one  ; 

15  The  king  of  Lib'nah,  one  ;  the  king  of  A-dul'- 
lam,  one ; 

16  The  king  of  Mak-ke'dah,  one  ;  the  king  of 
Beth '-el,  one ; 

17  The  king  of  Tap'pu-ah,  one  ;  °the  king  of  He'- 
pher,  one  ; 

18  The  king  of  A'phek,  one  ;  the  king  of  3La- 
shar'on,  one  ; 

19  The  king  of  Ma'don,  one  ;  the  king  of  Ha'zor, 
one ; 

20  The  king  of  pShim'ron-me'ron,  one  ;  the  king 
of  Ach'shaph,  one  ; 

21  The  king  of  Ta'a-nach,  one ;  the  king  of  Me- 
gld'do,  one  ; 

22  9The  king  of  Ke'desh,  one  ;  the  king  of  Jok'- 
ne-am  of  Car'mel,  one  ; 

23  The  king  of  D6r  inthe  coast  of  Dor,  one ;  the 
king  of  'the  nations  of  Gil 'gal,  one  ; 

24  The  king  of  Tir'zah,  one  :  all  the  kings  thirty 
and  one. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Lands  yet  uneonqitered.    8  The  inheritances  east  of  Jordan.    22  Balaam  u  slain. 

"IVTOW  Josh'u-a  "was  old  and  stricken  in  years; 
-^  and  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Thou  art  old  and 
stricken  in  years,  and  there  remaineth  yet  very 
much  land  Ho  be  possessed. 

2  6This  is  the  land  that  yet  remaineth  :  all  fthe 
borders  of  the  Phi-lTs'tmeg,  and  all/Gesh'u-rl, 

3  eFrom  Sl'hor,  which  is  before  E'gypt,  even  unto 
the  borders  of  Ek'ron  northward,  which  is  counted 
to- the  Ca'naan-Ite  :  •'"five  lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ; 
the  Ga'zath-Ites,  and  the  Ash'doth-Ites,  the  Esh'ka- 
lon-Ites,  the  Git'tltes,  and  the  Ek'ron-Ites  ;  also  "the 
A'vltes  : 

4  From  the  south,  all  the  land  of  the  Ca'naan-Ites, 


The  unconquered  land. 


JOSHUA,  14. 


East  Jordan  inheritances. 


and  2Me-a'rah  that  is  beside  the  Sl-do'ni-ang,  /lunto 
A'phek,  to  the  borders  of/ the  Am'or-Ites  : 

5  And  the  land  of  ■'the  Gib'lltes,  and  all  Leb'a-non, 
toward  the  sunrising,  /cfrom  Ba'al-gad  under  mount 
Her'mon  unto  the  entering  into  Ha'math. 

6  All  the  inhabitants  of  the  hill  country  from 
Leb'a-non  unto  zMIs're-photh-ma'im,  and  all  the 
Sl-do'ni-ang,  them  mwill  I  drive  out  from  before  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  :  only  "divide  thou  it  by  lot 
unto  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  for  an  inheritance,  as  I  have 
commanded  thee. 

7  Now  therefore  divide  this  land  for  an  inherit- 
ance unto  the  nine  tribes,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
Ma-nas'seh, 

8  With  whom  the  Reu'ben-Ites  and  the  Gad'Ites 
have  received  their  inheritance,  "which  Mo'geg  gave 
them,  beyond  Jor'dan  eastward,  even  as  Mo'geg  the 
servant  of  the  Lord  gave  them  ; 

9  From  Ar'o-er,  that  is  upon  the  bank  of  the  river 
Ar'non,  and  the  city  that  is  in  the  midst  of  the  river, 
pand  all  the  plain  of  Med'e-ba  unto  Dl'bon  ; 

10  And  all  the  cities  of  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'6r- 
Ites,  which  reigned  in  Hesh'bon,  unto  the  border  of 
the  children  of  Am'mon ; 

11  aAnd  Gil'e-ad,  and  the  border  of  the  Gesh'u- 
rites  and  Ma-ach'a-thites,  and  all  mount  Her'mon, 
and  all  Ba'shan  unto  Sal'cah ; 

12  All  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Ba'shan,  which 
reigned  in  Ash'ta-roth  and  in  Ed're-I,  who  remained 
of  rthe  remnant  of  the  giants :  sfor  these  did 
Mo'geg  smite,  and  cast  them  out. 

13  Nevertheless  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  expelled 
not  the  Gesh'u-rites,  nor  the  Ma-ach'a-thites :  but 
the  Gesh'u-rites  and  the  Ma-ach'a-thites  dwell 
among  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  until  this  day. 

14  'Only  unto  the  tribe  of  Le'vi  he  gave  none 
inheritance ;  the  sacrifices  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'- 
ra-el made  by  fire  are  their  inheritance,  as  he  said 
unto  them. 

15  If  And  Mo'geg  gave  unto  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Reu'ben  inheritance  according  to  their 
families. 

16  And  their  coast  was  "from  Ar'o-er,  that  is  on 
the  bank  of  the  river  Ar'non,  v  and  the  city  that 
is  in  the  midst  of  the  river,  and  all  the  plain  by 
Med'e-ba ; 

17  Hesh'bon,  and  all  her  cities  that  are  in  the  plain ; 
Dl'bon,  and  3Ba'moth-ba'al,  and  Beth-ba'al-me'on, 

18  w  And  Ja-ha'za,  and  Ked'e-moth,  and  Meph'a-ath, 

19  xAnd  Kir-jath-a'im,  and  Sib'mah,  and  Za'reth- 
sha'har  in  the  mount  of  the  valley, 

20  And  Beth-pe'or,  and  4Ash'doth-pig'gah,  and 
Beth- j  esh '  I-moth, 

21  ^And  all  the  cities  of  the  plain,  and  all  the 
kingdom  of  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  which 
reigned  in  Hesh'bon, z  whom  Mo'geg  smote  with  "the 
princes  of  Mid'i-an,  E'vl,  and  Re'kem,  and  Zur, 
and  Hur,  and  Re'ba,  which  were  dukes  of  Si'hon, 
dwelling  in  the  country. 

22  If  6Ba'laam  also  the  son  of  Be'or,  the  Sooth- 
sayer, did  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  slay  with  the 
sword  among  them  that  were  slain  by  them. 


B.  C.  1445. 


2  Or,  The  cave. 
A  ch.  19.  30. 
i  Judg.  1 .  34. 
j  1  Ki.  5.  18. 

Pa.  8ii.  7. 
k  ch.  12.  7. 


fch.  11.  8. 
inch.  23.  13. 
n  ch.  14.  1,2. 


o  Num.  32.  33. 
ch.  22.  4. 


p  Num.  21.  30. 
Isa.  15.  2. 


q  ch.  12.  5. 


rDeut.  3.  11. 
jNuiii.  21.24. 

I  Num.  18.  20. 

Deut.  10.  9. 

Deut.  18.  2. 

ch.  14.  3,  4. 
u  Num.  21.  28, 

30. 

Deut.  3.  12. 

ch.  12.  2. 
v  Num.  21.  28. 

3  Or,  The  high 
places  of 
Baal,  and 
house  of 
Baal-meon. 

w  Num.  21.  23. 
it  Num.  32.  37. 

4  Or,  Springs 
of  Pisgah, 
or,  The  hill. 

y  Deut.  3.  10. 
z  Nam   21.  24. 
a  Num.  31.  8. 
b  Num.  22.  5. 

2  Pet.  2.  15. 

Kev.  2.  14. 

5  Or,  diviner. 
c  Num.  32.  35. 
d  Num.  21.  26, 

28,  29, 

with 

Deut.  2.  19. 

Judg.  11.  13. 
el  Sam.  11.  1. 

2  Sam.  12.  26. 
/Gen.  33.  17. 

1  Ki.  7.  46. 
g  ch.  11.  2. 

Matt.  14.  34. 

Luke  5.  1. 
h  1  Chr.  2.  23. 
i  ch.  12.  4. 
j  ch.  18.  7. 
A  Num.  18.  20. 

Deut.  10.  9. 

Deut.  12.  12. 

ch.  18.  7. 

Ezek.  44.  28. 


a  Num.  34.  17. 
b  Num.  26.  55. 

Ps.  16.  5. 

Prov.  16.  33. 

Prov.  18.  18. 
c  Num.  32.  29. 

ch.  13.  8. 
d  Gen.  48.  5. 

1  Chr.  5.  1,  2. 
e  Num.  35.  2. 

ch.  21.  2. 

Ezek.  45.  1-8. 


23  And  the  border  of  the  children  of  Reu'ben 
was  Jor'dan,  and  the  border  thereof.  This  was  the 
inheritance  of  the  children  of  Reu'ben  after  their 
families,  the  cities  and  the  villages  thereof. 

24  And  Mo'geg  gave  inheritance  unto  the  tribe  of 
Gad,  even  unto  the  children  of  Gad  according  to 
their  families. 

25_cAnd  their  coast  was  Ja'zer,  and  all  the  cities 
of  Gil'e-ad,  dand  half  the  land  of  the  children  of 
Am'mon,  unto  Ar'o-er  that  is  before  cRab'bah; 

26  And  from  Hesh'bon  unto  Ra'math-miz'peh,  and 
Bet'o-nim ;  and  from  Ma-ha-na'im  unto  the  border 
of  De'bir; 

27  And  in  the  valley,  Beth-a'ram,  and  Beth-nim'- 
rah,  yand  Suc'coth,  and  Za'phon,  the  rest  of  the 
kingdom  of  Si'hon  king  of  Hesh'bon,  Jor'dan  and 
his  border,  even  unto  the  edge  ''of  the  sea  of  Chm'- 
ne-reth  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan  eastward. 

28  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Gad 
after  their  families,  the  cities,  and  their  villages. 

29  If  And  Mo'geg  gave  inheritance  unto  the  half 
tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  :  and  this  was  the  possession  of 
the  half  tribe  of  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh  by  their 
families. 

30  And  their  coast  was  from  Ma-ha-na'im,  all 
Ba'shan,  all  the  kingdom  of  Og  king  of  Ba'shan, 
and  h  all  the  towns  of  Ja'ir,  which  are  in  Ba'shan, 
threescore  cities  : 

'31  And  half  Gil'e-ad,and  ^Ash'ta-roth,  and  Ed're-I, 
cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Ba'shan,  were  per- 
taining unto  the  children  of  Ma'chir  the  son  of 
Ma-nas'seh,  even  to  the  one  half  of  the  children  of 
Ma'chir  by  their  families. 

32  These  are  the  countries  which  Mo'geg  did  dis- 
tribute for  inheritance  in  the  plains  of  Mo'ab,  on 
the  other  side  Jor'dan,  by  Jer'I-cho,  eastward. 

33  J'But  unto  the  tribe  of  Le'vi  Mo'geg  gave  not 
any  inheritance  :  the  /cLord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  was  their 
inheritance,  as  he  said  unto  them. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  The  west  Jordan  inheritance  to  be  by  lot.    6  Caleb  is  given  Hebron. 

\  ND  these  are  the  countries  which  the  children 
-^-  of  Ig'ra-el-  inherited  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan, 
"which  E-le-a'zar  the  priest,  and  Josh'u-a  the  son 
of  Nun,  and  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  tribes 
of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  distributed  for  inheritance 
to  them. 

2  6By  lot  was  their  inheritance,  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg,  for  the  nine  tribes, 
and  for  the  half  tribe. 

3  cFor  Mo'geg  had  given  the  inheritance  of  two 
tribes  and  an  half  tribe  on  the  other  side  Jor'- 
dan :  but  unto  the  Le'vltes  he  gave  none  inheritance 
among  them. 

4  For  dthe  children  of  Jo'geph  were  two  tribes, 
Ma-nas'seh  and  E'phra-im  :  therefore  they  gave  no 
part  unto  the  Le'vltes  in  the  land,  save  cities  to 
dwell  in,  with  their  suburbs  for  their  cattle  and  for 
their  substance. 

5  l  As  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg,  so  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  did,  and  they  divided  the  land. 

189 


Caleb  obtains  Hebron. 


JOSHUA,  15. 


Borders  of  Judah. 


6  II  Then  the  children  of  Ju'dah  came  unto  Josh'u-a 
in  Gil 'gal:  and  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun'neh  the 
-^Ken'ez-Ite  said  unto  him,  Thou  knowest  °the  thing 
that  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo'geg  the  man  of  God 
concerning  me  and  thee  hm  Ka'desh-bar'ne-a. 

7  Forty  years  old  was  I  when  Mo'seg  the  servant 
of  the  Lord  sent  me  from  Ka'desh-bar'ne-a  to  espy 
out  the  land ;  and  I  brought  him  word  again  as  it 
was  in  mine  heart. 

8  Nevertheless  my  brethren  that  went  up  with  me 
made  the  heart  of  the  people  melt :  but  I  wholly 
*  followed  the  Lord  my  God. 

9  And  Mo'§e§  sware  on  that  day,  saying/'  Surely  the 
land  k  whereon  thy  feet  have  trodden  shall  be  thine 
inheritance,  and  thy  children's  for  ever,  because 
thou  hast  wholly  followed  the  Lord  my  God. 

10  And  now,  behold,  the  Lord  hath  kept  me  alive, 
1  as  he  said,  these  forty  and  five  years,  even  since 
the  Lord  spake  this  word  unto  Mo'geg,  while  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el  1  wandered  in  the  wilderness  : 
and  now,  lo,  I  am  this  day  fourscore  and  five  years 
old. 

11  TOAs  yet  I  am  as  strong  this  day  as  I  was  in  the 
day  that  Mo'seg  sent  me  :  as  my  strength  was  then, 
even  so  is  my  strength  now,  for  war,  both  Mto  go 
out,  and  to  come  in. 

12  Now  therefore  give  me  this  mountain,  whereof 
the  Lord  spake  in  that  day ;  for  thou  heardest  in 
that  day  how  the  An'a-kim§  were  there,  and  that  the 
cities  were  great  and  fenced  :  °  if  so  be  the  Lord 
will  be  with  me,  then  v  I  shall  be  able  to  drive  them 
out,  as  the  Lord  said. 

13  And  Josh'u-a  q  blessed  him,  and  rgave  unto 
Ca'leb  the  son  of  Jg-phun'neh  He'bron  for  an  in- 
heritance. 

14  He'bron  therefore  became  the  inheritance  of 
Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun'neh  the  Ken'ez-ite  unto 
this  day,  because  that  he  wholly  followed  the  Lord 
God  of  I§'ra-el. 

15  And  sthe  name  of  He'bron  before  was  Kir'jath- 
ar'ba ;  which  Ar'bd  was  a  great  man  among  the 
An'a-kim§.     'And  the  land  had  rest  from  war. 

CHAPTER  15.     . 

1  JudafC s  boundaries.     13  Caleb'1  s portion.    21  Judah* s  cities. 

y^HIS  then  was  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Ju'dah  by  their  families  ;  aeven  to  the  border 
of  E'dom  the  b wilderness  of  Zm  southward  was  the 
uttermost  part  of  the  south  coast. 

2  And  their  south  border  was  from  the  shore  of 
the  salt  sea,  from  the  :bay  that  looketh  south- 
ward : 

3  And  it  went  out  to  the  south  side  to  2Ma-al'eh- 
a-crab'bim,  and  passed  along  to  Zm,  and  ascended 
up  on  the  south  side  unto  Ka'desh-bar'ne-a,  and 
passed  along  to  Hez'ron,  and  went  up  to  A'dar,  and 
fetched  a  compass  to  Kar'ka-a  : 

4  From  thence  it  passed c  to  ward  Az'mon,  and  went 
out  unto  ^the  river  of  E'gypt ;  and  the  goings  out 
of  that  coast  were  at  the  sea  :  this  shall  be  your 
south  coast. 

5  And  the  east  border  was  the  salt  sea,  even  unto 

190 


B.  C.  1444. 


/Num.  32.  12. 

ch.  15.  17. 
g  Deut.  1.  36. 

h  Num.  13.  26. 
Deut.  1.  19. 


i  Deut.  1 .  36. 
Rev.  14.  4. 
j  ch.  1.  3. 

/.'  Num.  13.  22. 


I  Num.  14.  30. 
Ps.  90.  10. 


1  walked. 


m  Deut.  34.  7. 


n  Deut,  31.  2. 


o  1  Sam.  14.  6. 

2  Chr.  14. 

11,  12. 

Ps.  18.  32. 

Ps.  44.  3. 

Ps.  60.  12. 

Ps.  118.  10-12. 

Rom.  8.  31. 

Phil.  4.  13. 
p  ch.  15.  14. 

Judg.  1.  10. 
q  Gen.  47.  7-10. 

ch.  22.  6. 
r  ch.  10.  37. 

ch.  21.  11. 

1  Chr.  6.  55. 


s  Gen.  23.  2. 

ch.  15.  13. 

t  ch.  11.  23. 


a  Num.  34.  3. 
b  Num.  33.  36. 

1  tongue. 

2  Or,  The  going 
up  to  Acrab- 
bim. 

c  Num.  34.  5. 
d  Gen.  15.  18. 

1  Ki.  8.  65. 
e  ch.  18.  17. 
f  ch.  7.  26. 

Isa.  65.  10. 
Hos.  2.  15. 

3  Fuller's 
fountain. 

g  ch.  18.  16. 

2  Ki.  23.  10. 
Jer.  19.  2,  6. 

h  ch.  18.  28. 

Judg.  1.  21. 

Judg.  19.  10. 
i  ch.  18.  16. 

4  Or,  Rephaim. 
/  1  Chr.  13.  6. 
k  Judg.  18.  12. 
/  Gen.  38.  13. 
m  ch.  19.  43.  ' 
u  Deut.  11.  24. 

Ezek.  47.  20. 
o  ch.  14.  13. 

5  Or,  Kirjath- 
arba. 

p  Judg.  1.  10. 
g  Num.  13.  22. 
)'  ch.  10.  38. 
.v  Judg.  3.  9. 
/  ch.  14.  6. 
n  Judg.  1.  14. 
v  Gen.  24.  64. 

1  Sam.  25.  23. 
w  Gen.  33.  11. 


the  end  of  Jor'dan.  And  their  border  in  the  north 
quarter  was  from  the  bay  of  the  sea  at  the  utter- 
most part  of  Jor'dan : 

6  And  the  border  went  up  to  Beth-hog' la,  and 
passed  along  by  the  north  of  Beth-ar'a-bah  ;  and 
the  border  went  up  e  to  the  stone  of  Bo'han  the  son 
of  Reu'ben  : 

7  And  the  border  went  up  toward  De'bir  from  -^the 
valley  of  A'chor,  and  so  northward,  looking  toward 
Gil 'gal,  that  is  before  the  going  up  to  A-dum'mlm, 
which  is  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  :  and  the 
border  passed  toward  the  waters  of  En-she 'mesh, 
and  the  goings  out  thereof  were  at  3En-ro'gel : 

8  And  the  border  went  up  ffby  the  valley  of  the 
son  of  Hm'norn  unto  the  south  side  of  the  ''Jeb'u- 
site  ;  the  same  is  JS-ru'sa-lem  :  and  the  border  went 
up  to  the  top  of  the  mountain  that  lieth  before  the 
valley  of  Hm'norn  westward,  which  is  at  the  end  r'of 
the  *  valley  of  the  giants  northward  : 

9  And  the  border  was  drawn  from  the  top  of  the 
hill  unto  the  fountain  of  the  water  of  Neph'to-ah, 
and  went  out  to  the  cities  of  mount  E'phron  ;  and 
the  border  was  drawn  to  ^Ba'al-ah,  which  is  *KIr'- 
jath-je'a-rim  : 

10  And  the  border  compassed  from  Ba'al-ah  west- 
ward unto  mount  Se'ir,  and  passed  along  unto  the 
side  of  mount  Je'a-rlm,  which  is  Ches'a-lon,  on  the 
north  side,  and  went  down  to  Beth-she 'mesh,  and 
passed  on  to  'Tim'nah : 

11  And  the  border  went  out  unto  the  side  of 
'"Ek'ron  northward:  and  the  border  was  drawn  to 
Shi'cron,  and  passed  along  to  mount  Ba'al-ah,  and 
went  out  unto  Jab'ne-el ;  and  the  goings  out  of  the 
border  were  at  the  sea. 

12  And  the  west  border  was  "to  the  great  sea,  and 
the  coast  thereof  This  is  the  coast  of  the  children 
of  Ju'dah  round  about  according  to  their  families. 

13  If  And  °unto  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun'neh  he 
gave  a  part  among  the  children  of  Ju'dah,  according 
to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  to  Josh'u-a,  even 
5 the  city  of  Ar'ba  the  father  of  A'nak,  which  city  is 
He'bron. 

14  And  Ca'leb  drove  J;hence  pthe  three  sons  of 
A'nak,  ^She^shai,  and  A-hI'man,  and  Tal'mai,  the 
children  of  A'nak. 

15  And  rhe  went  up  thence  to  the  inhabitants  of 
De'bir:  and  the  name  of  De'bir  before  ivas  Klr'- 
jath-se'pher. 

16  If  And  Ca'leb  said,  He  that  smiteth  Kir'jath- 
se'pher,  and  taketh  it,  to  him  will  I  give  Ach'sah 
my  daughter  to  wife. 

17  And  sOth'nI-el  the  'son  of  Ke'naz,  the  brother 
of  Ca'leb,  took  it :  and  he  gave  him  Ach'sah  his 
daughter  to  wife. 

18  And  Mit  came  to  pass,  as  she  came  unto  him, 
that  she  moved  him  to  ask  of  her  father  a  field :  and 
'she  lighted  off  her  ass  ;  and  Ca'leb  said  unto  her, 
What  wouldest  thou? 

19  Who  answered,  Give  me  "a  blessing;  for  thou 
hast  given  me  a  south  land ;  give  me  also  springs 
of  water.  And  he  gave  her  the  upper  springs,  and 
the  nether  springs. 


Cities  of  Judah. 


JOSHUA,  16,  17. 


Ephraim's  lot. 


the 


20  ^This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
children  of  Ju'dah  according  to  their  families. 

21  And  the  uttermost  cities  of  thejtribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ju'dah  toward  the  coast  of  E'dom  southward 
were6Kab'ze-el,  and  '-'E'der,  and  Ja'giir, 

22  And  Kl'nah,  and  Di-mo'nah,  and  Ad'a-dah, 

23  And  Ke'desh,  and  Ha'zor,  and  Ith'nan, 

24  Ziph,  and  *Te'lem,  and  Be'a-loth, 

25  And  Ha'zor,  Ha-dat'tah,  and  Ke'ri-oth,  and 
Hez'ron,  which  is  Ha'zor, 

26  A'mam,  and  She'ma,  and  Mol'a-dah, 

27  And  Ha'zar-gad'dah,  and  Hesh'mon,  and  Beth- 
pa'let, 

28  And  Ha'zar-shu'al,  and  Be'er-she'ba,  and  Biz- 
joth'jah, 

29  Ba'al-ah,  and  1'im,  and  A'zem, 

30  And  El'to-lad,  and  Che'sil,  and  Hor'mah, 

31  And  "Zik'lag,  and  Mad-man'nah,  and  San-san'- 
nah, 

32  And  Leb'a-oth,  and  Shil'him,  and  A' in,  and 
6RIm'mon:  all  the  cities  are  twenty  and  nine,  with 
their  villages : 

33  And  in  the  valley,  cEsh'ta-ol,  and  Zo're-ah,  and 
Ash'nah, 

_34  And  Za-no'ah,  and  En-gan'mm,  Tap'pu-ah,  and 
E'nam, 

35  dJar'muth,  and  eA-dul'lam,  /So'coh,  and  9A-ze'- 
kah, 

36  And  ''Shar-a'im,  and  Ad-i-tha'im,  and  Ge-de'rah, 

7  and  Ged-e-roth-a'im ;  fourteen  cities  with  their  vil- 
lages : 

37  Ze'nan,  and  Had'a-shah,  and  Mig'dal-gad, 

38  And  Dil'e-an,  and  l"Miz'peh,  andj'Jok'the-el, 

39  feLa'chish,  and  'Boz'kath,  and  TOEg'lon,. ' 

40  And  Cab'bon,  and  Lah'mam,  and  Kith'lish, 

41  And  Ge-de'roth,  Beth-da'gon,  andNa'a-mah,  and 
Mak-ke'dah ;  sixteen  cities  with  their  villages : 

42  Lib'nah,  and  E'ther,  and  A'shan, 

43  And  Jiph'tah,  and  Ash'nah,  and  Ne'zib, 

44  And  Kei'lah,  and  Ach'zib,  and  Ma-re'shah ;  nine 
cities  with  their  villages : 

45  Ek'ron,_with  her  towns  and  her  villages: 

46  From  Ek'ron  even  unto  the  sea,  all  that  lay 

8  near  TCAsh'dod,  with  their  villages : 

47  Ash'dod  with  her  towns  and  her  villages,  Ga'za 
with  her  towns  and  her  villages,  unto  the  "river 
of  E'gypt,  and  pthe  great  sea,  and  the  border 
thereof: 

48  11  And  in  the  mountains,  Sha'mir,  and  Jat'tir, 
and  So'coh, 

49  And  Dan'nah,  and  Kir'jath-san'nah,  which  is 
De'bir, 

50  And  A'nab,  and  Esh'te-moh,  and^A'nim,  " 

51  And  9Go'shen,  and  Ho'lon,  and  Gi'loh;  eleven 
citieswith  their  villages  : 

52  A'rab,  and  Du'mah,  and  E'she-an,  ^ 

53  And  9  Ja'num,  and  Beth-tap'pu-ah,  and  A-phe'- 
kah, 

54  And  Hum'tah,  and  rKir'jath-ar'ba,  which  is 
He'bron,  and  Zi'or  ;  nine  cities  with  their  villages  : 

55  Ma'on,  Car'mel,  and  Ziph,  and  Jut'tah, 

56  And  Jez're-el,  and  Jok'de-am,  and  Za-no'ah, 


B.  C.  1444. 


x  Geu.  49.  8-1'.'. 


<i  Jekabzeel. 
y  Geu.  35.  21. 


z  1  Sam.  15.  i. 


a  eh.  19.  5. 
1  Sam.  '11.  C. 
1  Chr.  12. 1. 


iNeh:  11.  29. 


cch.  19.  41. 


(I  eh.  10.  3,  5. 
ech.  VI.  15. 
f\  Sam.  17.  1. 
q  eh.  10.  10. 
//  1  Sam.  IT.  52. 

7  Or,  or. 

i  Not  that  in 

eh.  11. :;. 

Geu.  31.  49, 

or 

ell.  18.  26. 
j  2  Ki.  14.  7. 
k  eh.  10.  3. 

2  Ki.  18.  14. 

2  Chr.  11.9. 
Z2Ki.  22.  1. 
m  ch.  12.  12. 

8  by  the  place  of. 
n  ch.  13.  3. 

o  Gen.  15.  18. 
p  Num.  34.  G. 
y  ch.  10.  41. 
ch.  11.  1C. 

9  Or,  Janus. 
r  Geu.  23.  2. 

ch.  14.  15. 
s  ch.  18.  14. 
1  Sam.  7.  1,  2. 

1  Chr.  13.  6. 
1 1  Sam.  23.  29. 
u  Judg.  1.  8,  21. 
v  Judg.  1.  21. 

2  Sam.  24.  16, 
18. 

2  Chr.  3.  1 . 
Zech.  9.  7. 


1  went  forth, 
a  Gen.  28.  19. 

ch.  18.  13. 

Judg.  1.  26. 
b  ch.  18.  13. 

2  Chr.  8.  5. 
c  1  Chr.  7.  28. 
</  ch.  17.  14. 
e  ch.  18.  13. 
./'  2  Chr.  8.  5. 
<7  ch.  17.  7. 
h  1  Chr.  7.  28. 
i  ch.  17.  9. 

ch.  19.  28. 
j  ch.  15.  63. 

1  Ki.  9.  16. 
k  Gen.  9.  25. 

ch.  17.  12,  13. 

1  Ki.  9.  20,  21. 


a  Gen.  41.  51. 

Gen.  40.  20. 

Gen.  48.  18. 
b  Gen.  50.  23. 

1  Chr.  7.  14. 
c  Deut.  3.  15. 
d!  Num.  26.  29- 

32 
e  1  Chr.  7.  18. 
1  Jezer. 
/Num.  26.  32. 


57  Cain,  Gib'e-ah,  and  Tim'nah  ;  ten  cities  with 
their  villages  : 

58  Hal'hul,  Beth'-zur,  and  Ge'dor, 

59  And  Ma'a-rath,  and  Beth-a'noth,  and  El'te-kon; 
six  cities  with  their  villages  : 

60  sKIr'jath-ba'al,  which  is  Klr'jath-je'a-rlm,  and 
Rab'bah  ;  two  cities  with  their  villages  : 

61  In  the  wilderness,  Beth-ar'a-bah,  Mid'din,  and 
Sec'a-cah, 

62  And  Nib'shan,  and  the  city  of  Salt,  and  'En- 
ge'd! ;  six  cities  with  their  villages. 

63  If  As  for  the  Jeb'u-sltes  the  inhabitants  of  Jg- 
ru'sa-lem,  Mthe  children  of  Ju'dah  could  not  drive 
them  out :  ''but  the  Jeb'u-sltes  dwell  with  the  chil- 
dren of  Ju'dah  at  Jg-ru'sa-lem  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Boundaries  of  Joseph  and  Ephraim.    10  Canaaitiles  conquered. 

A  ND  the  lot  of  the  children  of  Jo'seph  Jfell  from 
■£*-  Jor'dan  by  Jer'i-cho,  unto  the  water  of  Jer'i- 
cho  on  the  east,  to  the  wilderness  that  goeth  up 
from  Jer'i-cho  throughout  mount  Beth'-el, 

2  And  goeth  out  from  Beth'-el  to  aLuz,  and  pass- 
eth  along  unto  the  borders  of  Ar'chI  to  At'a-roth, 

3  And  goeth  down  westward  to  the  coast  of  Japh- 
le'tlx  Hmto  the  coast  of  Beth-ho'ron  the  nether,  and 
to  cGe'zer  :  and  the  goings  out  thereof  are  at  the  sea. 
_4  dSo  the  children  of  Jo'seph,  Ma-nas'seh  and 
E'phra-im,  took  their  inheritance. 

5  Tf  And  the  border  of  the  children  of  E'phra-im 
according  to  their  families  was  thus :  even  the  bor- 
der of  their  inheritance  on  the  east  side  was  eAt'a- 
roth-ad'dar,  /unto  Beth-ho'ron  the  upper  ; 

6  And  the  border  went  out  toward  the  sea  to 
"Mich'me-thah  on  the  north  side  ;  and  the  border 
went  about  eastward  unto  Ta'a-nath-shi'loh,  and 
passed  by  it  on  the  east  to  Ja-no'hah  ; 

7  And  it  went  down  from  Ja-no'hah  to  At'a-roth, 
''and  to  Na'a-rath,  and  came  to  Jer'i-cho,  and  went 
out  at  Jor'dan. 

8  The  border  went  out  from  Tap'pu-ah  westward 
unto  the  'river  Ka'nah  ;  and  the  goings  out  thereof 
were  at  the  sea.  This_is  the  inheritance  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  E'phra-im  by  their  families. 

9  And  the  separate  cities  for  the  children  of  E'phra- 
im  were  among  the  inheritance  of  the  children  of 
Ma-nas'seh,  all  the  cities  with  their  villages. 

10  yAnd_they  drave  not  out  the  Ca'naan-Ites  that 
dwelt  in  Ge'zer  :  but  the  Ca'naan-Ites  dwell  among 
the  E'phra-im-Ites  unto  this  day,  and  serve  k under 
tribute. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Lot  of  half  Manasseh.     14  Addition  to  Joseph's  lot. 

THERE  was  also  a  lot  for  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh ; 
for  he  was  the  "firstborn  of  Jo'geph ;  to  wit, 
for^Ma'chir  the  firstborn  of  Ma-nas'seh,  the  father 
of  Gil'e-ad  :  because  he  was  a  man  of  war,  there- 
fore he  had  cGil'e-ad  and  Ba'shan. 

2  There  was  also  a  lot  for  dthe  rest  of  the  children 
of  Ma-nas'seh  by  their  families  ;  for  ethe  children 
of  aA-bi-e'zer,  and  for  the  children  of  He'lek,  and 
rfor  the  children  of  As'ri-el,  and  for  the  children  of 

191 


Lot  of  half  Manasseh. 


JOSHUA,  18. 


The  land  described. 


She'chem,  and  for  the  children  of  He'pher,  and  for 
the  children  of  Shg-ml'da  :  these  were  the  male 
children  of  Ma-nas'seh  the  son  of  Jo'seph  by  their 
families. 

3  If  But  a  Ze-lo'phe-had,  the  son  of  He'pher,  the 
son  of  Gil'e-ad,  the  son  of  Ma'chir,  the  son  of  Ma- 
nas'seh,  had  no  sons,  but  daughters  :  and  these  are 
the  names  of  his  daughters,  Mah'lah,  and  No 'ah, 
Hog'lah,  Mil'cah,  and  Tir'zah. 

4  And  they  came  near  before  ''E-le-a'zar  the  priest, 
and  before  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  before  the 
princes,  saying,  ^he  Lord  commanded  Mo'seg  to 
give  us  an  inheritance  among  our  brethren.  There- 
fore according  to  the  2  commandment  of  the  Lord 
he  gave  them  an  inheritance  among  the  brethren 
of  their  father. 

5  And  there  fell  ten  portions  to  Ma-nas'seh,  beside 
the  land  of  Gil'e-ad  and  Ba'shan,  which  were  on  the 
other  side  Jor'dan  ; 

6  Because  the  daughters  of  Ma-nas'seh  had  an  in- 
heritance among  his  sons :  and  J'the  rest  of  Ma-nas'- 
seh's  sons  had  the  land  of  Gil'e-ad. 

7  If  And  the  coast  of  Ma-nas'seh  was  from  Ash'er 
to  Mich'me-thah,  that  lieth  before  She'chem  ;  and 
the  border  went  along  on  the  right  hand  unto  the 
inhabitants  of  En-tap'pu-ah. 

8  Now  Ma-nas'seh  had  the  land  of  3*Tap'pu-ah  : 
but  Tap'pu-ah  on  the  border  of  Ma-nas'seh  belonged 
to  the  children  of  E'phra-im  ; 

9  And  the  coast  descended  *unto  the  i  river  Ka'nah, 
southward  of  the  river  :  m these  cities  of  E'phra-im 
are  among  the  cities  of  Ma-nas'seh  :  the  coast  of 
Ma-nas'seh  also  was  on  the  north  side  of  the  river, 
and  the  outgoings  of  it  were  at  the  sea  : 

10  Southward  it  was  E'phra-im's,  and  northward 
it  was  Ma-nas'seh's,  and  the  sea  is  his  border  ;  and 
they  met  together  in  Ash'er  on  the  north,  and  in 
Is'sa-char  on  the  east. 

11  nAnd  Ma-nas'seh  had  in  Is'sa-char  and  in 
Ash'er  °Beth-she'an  and  her  towns,  and  Ib'le-am 
and  her  towns,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Dor  and  her 
towns,  and  the  inhabitants  of  En'-dor  and  her  towns, 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Ta'a-nach  and  her  towns, 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Me-gid'do  and  her  towns, 
even  three  countries. 

12  Yet  p£he  children  of  Ma-nas'seh  could  not  drive 
out  the  inhabitants  of  those  cities  ;  but  the  Ca'- 
naan-ites  would  dwell  in  that  land. 

13  Yet  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
were  waxen  strong,  that  they  put  the  Ca'naan-Ites 
to  "  tribute  ;  but  Mid  not  utterly  drive  them  out. 

14  And  rthe  children  of  Jo'seph  spake  unto 
Josh' u-a,  saying,  Why  hast  thou  given  me  but  sone 
lot  and  one  portion  to  inherit,  seeing  I  am  *a  great 
people,  forasmuch  as  the  Lord  hath  blessed  me 
hitherto  ? 

15  And  Josh'u-a  answered  them,  If  thou  be  a  great 
people,  then  get  thee  up  to  the  wood  country,  and 
cut  down  for  thyself  there  in  the  land  of  the  Per'iz- 
zltes  and  of  the  6 giants,  if  mount  E'phra-im  be  too 
narrow  for  thee. 

16  And  the  children  of  Jo'seph  said,  The  hill  is 

192 


B.  C.  1444. 


g  Num.  26.  33. 


h  ch.  14.  1. 


i  Num.  27.  G, 


2  mouth. 


j  Num.  26.  29. 


3  Or,  City  of 
apples. 

k  ch.  12.  17. 
ch.  15.  34. 

ch.  10.  8. 

I  ch.  16.  8. 

4  Or,  brook 
of  reeds. 

m  ch.  16.  9. 


n  ch.  16.  9. 
1  Chr.  7.  29. 

0  1  Sam.  31.  10. 
1  Ki.  4.  12. 

p  Ex.  23.  29-33. 
q  ch.  16.  10. 

5  driving  they 
drove  them 
not  out. 

»■  ch.  16.  4. 
*  Gen.  48.  22. 

1  Gen.  48.  19. 

6  Jtephaims. 
u  Judg.  1.  19. 
v  ch.  19.  18. 

Judg.  6.  33. 
1  Ki.  4.  12. 
1  Ki.  18.  46. 
w  ch.  11.  4-6. 
ch.  13.  6. 
Rom.  8.  31. 
Heb.  13.  6. 


a  ch.  19.  51. 

ch.  21.  2. 

ch.  22.  9. 

Judg.  21.  19. 

1  Sam.  14.  3. 

Ps.  78.  58, 

59,  GO. 

Jer.  7.  12. 
b  Judg.  18.  31. 

1  Sara.  1.  3,24. 

1  Sam.  4.  3,  4. 
1  Where  it 

remained  till 

taken  by  the 

Philistines 

at  the  death 

of  Eli. 
c  Prov.  2.  2-6. 

Prov.  10.  4. 

Zeph.  3.  16. 

Matt.  20.  G. 

Phil.  3.  13,  14. 
dch.  15.  1. 
e  ch.  1G.  1,  4. 
/  ch.  14.  2. 
g  ch.  13.  33. 
h  Deut.  10.  9. 

Ezek.  44.  28. 
i  ch.  13.  8. 
j  Prov.  10.  33. 


not  enough  for  us  :  and  all  the  Ca'naan-Ites  that 
dwell  in  the  land  of  the  valley  have  w  chariots  of 
iron,  both  they  who  are  of  Beth-she 'an  and  her 
towns,  and  they  who  are  "of  the  valley  of  Jez're-el. 

17  And_  Josh'u-a  spake  unto  the  house  of  Jo'seph, 
even  to  E'phra-im  and  to  Ma-nas'seh,  saying,  Thou 
art  a  great  people,  and  hast  great  power :  thou 
shalt  not  have  one  lot  only  : 

18  But  the  mountain  shall  be  thine  ;  for  it  is  a 
wood,  and  thou  shalt  cut  it  down  :  and  the  outgo- 
ings of  it  shall  be  thine  :  for  thou  shalt  drive  out 
the  Ca'naan-Ites,  w  though  they  have  iron  chariots, 
and  though  they  be  strong. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Tabernacle  set  up.    2  Land  described.    11  Benjamin's  lot. 

A  ND  the  whole  congregation  of  the  children  of 
-£*-  I§'ra-el  assembled  together  aat  ShI'loh,  and 
6  set  up  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  l  there. 
And  the  land  was  subdued  before  them. 

2  And  there  remained  among  the  children  of  I§'- 
ra-el  seven  tribes,  which  had  not  yet  received  their 
inheritance. 

3  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
cHow  long  are  ye  slack  to  go  to  possess  the  land, 
which  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  hath  given 
you  ? 

4  Give  out  from  among  you  three  men  for  each 
tribe  :  and  I  will  send  them,  and  they  shall  rise, 
and  go  through  the  land,  and  describe  it  according 
to  the  inheritance  of  them ;  and  they  shall  come 
again  to  me. 

5  And  they  shall  divide  it  into  seven  parts  :  d  Ju'- 
dah  shall  abide  in  their  coast  on  the  south,  and  ethe 
house  of  Jo'seph  shall  abide  in  their  coasts  on  the 
north. 

6  Ye  shall  therefore  describe  the  land  into  seven 
parts,  and  bring  the  description  hither  to  me,  /that 
I  may  cast  lots  for  you  here  before  the  Lord  our 
God. 

7  9But  the  Le'vites  have  no  part  among  you  ;  for 
the  h  priesthood  of  the  Lord  is  their  inheritance  : 
'and  Gad,  and  Reu'ben,  and  half  the  tribe  of  Ma- 
nas'seh,  have  received  their  inheritance  beyond 
Jor'dan  on  the  east,  which  Mo'seg  the  servant  of 
the  Lord  gave  them. 

8  H  And  the  men  arose,  and  went  away :  and 
Josh'u-a  charged  them  that  went  to  describe  the 
land,  saying,  Go  and  walk  through  the  land,  and 
describe  it,  and  come  again  to  me,  that  I  may  here 
cast  lots  for  you  before  the  Lord  in  ShI'loh. 

9  And  the  men  went  and  passed  through  the  land, 
and  described  it  by  cities  into  seven  parts  in  a  book, 
and  came  again  to  Josh'u-a  to  the  host  at  ShI'loh. 

10  If  And  Josh'u-a  ■'cast  lots  for  them  in  ShI'loh 
before  the  Lord:  and  there  Josh'u-a  divided  the 
land  unto  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  according  to  their 
divisions. 

11  If  And  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Ben'ja-min  came  up  according  to  their  families  : 
and  the  coast  of  their  lot  came  forth  between  the 
children  of  Ju'dah  and  the  children  of  Jo'seph. 


Borders  of  Benjamin. 


JOSHUA,  19. 


Boundaries  of  other  lots. 


12  And  *  their  border  on  the  north  side  was  from 
Jor'dan ;  and  the  border  went  up  to  the  side  of 
Jer'i-cho  on  the  north  side,  and  went  up  through 
the  mountains  westward ;  and  the  goings  out 
thereof  were  at  the  wilderness  of  Beth-a'ven. 

13  And  the  border  went  over  from  thence  toward 
Luz,  to  the  side  of  Luz,  'which  is  Beth'-el,  south- 
ward ;  and  the  border  descended  to  At'a-roth-a'dar, 
near  the  hill  that  lieth  on  the  south  side  mof  the 
nether  Beth-ho'ron. 

14  And  the  border  was  drawn  thence,  and  com- 
passed the  corner  of  2the  sea  southward,  from  the 
hill  that  lieth  before  Beth-ho'ron  southward  ;  and 
the  goings  out  thereof  were  at  "Kir'jath-ba'al, 
which  is  Kir'jath-je'a-rim,  a  city  of  the  children  of 
Ju'dah  :  this  ivas  the  west  quarter. 

15  And  the  south  quarter  was  from  the  end  of 
Kir'jath-je'a-rim,  and  the  border  went  out  on  the 
west,  and  went  out  to  "the  well  of  waters  of  Neph'- 
to-ah  : 

16  And  the  border  came  down  to  the  end  of  the 
mountain  that  lieth  before  v  the  valley  of  the  son 
of  Hin'nom,  and  which  is  in  the  3  valley  of  the 
giants  on  the  north,  and  descended  to  the  valley  of 
Hin'nom,  to  the  side  of  JS-bu'si  on  the  south,  and 
descended  to  4En-ro'gel, 

17  And  was  drawn  from  the  north,  and  went  forth 
to  En-she' mesh,  and  went  forth  toward  Gel'i-loth, 
which  is  over  against  the  going  up  of  A-diim'mim, 
and  descended  to  the  9stone  of  Bo'han  the  son  of 
Reu'ben, 

18  And  passed  along  toward  the  side  over  against 
5Ar'a-bah  northward,  and  went  down  unto  Ar'a- 
bah  : 

19  And  the  border  passed  along  to  the  side  of 
Beth-hog' lah  northward  :  and  the  outgoings  of  the 
border  were  at  the  north  6bay  of  the  salt  sea  at  the 
south  end  of  Jor'dan :  this  was  the  south  coast. 

20  And  Jor'dan  was  the  border  of  it  on  the  east 
side.  This  ivas  the  inheritance  of  the  children  of 
Ben'ja-min,  by  the  coasts  thereof  round  about,  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

21  Now  the  cities  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Ben'ja-min  according  to  their  families  were  r Jer'i- 
cho,  and  £ Beth-hog' lah,  and  the  valley  of  Ke'ziz, 

22  And  Beth-ar'a-bah,  and  Zem-a-ra'im,  and 
Beth'-el,  _ 

23  And  A'vim,  and  Pa'rah,  and  Oph'rah, 

24  And  Che'phar-ha-am'mo-nai,  and  Oph'ni,  and 
'Ga'ba  ;  twelve  cities  with  their  villages  : 

25  Gib'e-on,  and  Ra'mah,  and  Be-e'roth, 

26  And  Miz'peh,  and  Che-phi'rah,  and  Mo'zah, 

27  And  Re'kem,  and  Ir'pe-el,  and  Tar'a-lah, 

28  And  MZe'lah,  E'leph,  and  7Je-bu'si,  which  is 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  Gib'e-ath,  and  Kir'jath ;  fourteen 
cities  with  their  villages.  This  is  the  inheritance 
of  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  v  according  to  their 
families. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Boundaries  of  other  lots:    49  Joshua's  inheritance. 

AND  the  second  lot  came  forth  to  Sim'e-on,  even 
-  for  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Sim'e-on  ac- 
12 


B.  C.  1444. 


/.-  cli.  1C.  1. 


I  Gen.  28.  19. 


m  ch.  1G.  3. 


2  The  pool  of 
Gibeon. 


n  ch.  9.  17. 
1  Clir.  13.  6. 


o  ch.  15.  9. 


p  ch.  15.  8. 
2  Ki.  23.  10. 
2  Chr.  28.  3. 
2  Chr.  33.  G. 
Isa.  30.  33. 
Jer.  19.  2. 

3  Or, 
Rephaiin. 

4  Fuller's 
fountain. 


g  ch.  15.  6. 


5  Or,  the  plain, 
ch.  15.  6. 

6  tongue. 
r  ch.  2.  1. 

ch.  6.  26. 

1  Ki.  16.  34. 

Luke  10.  30. 

Luke  19.  1. 
s  ch.  15.  6. 
t  ch.  21.  17. 

1  Sam.  15.  34. 

Ezra  2.  26. 

Isa.  10.  29. 
u  2  Sam.  21.  14. 

7  Which  be- 
longed partly 
to  Benjamin, 
and  partly  to 
Judah, 

ch.  15.  8. 
v  Gen.  46.  21. 
1  Chr.  7.  6. 
1  Chr.  S.  1. 
Acts  17.  26. 


a  Gen.  49.  7. 
b  1  Chr.  4.  28. 
eGen.  21.  14,31. 

Gen.  26.  :>,:>. 

ch.  15.  28. 
dNeh.  11.  26. 
e  1  Chr.  4.  29,  30. 
/Gen.  49.  13. 

Ex.  23.31. 

The  Mediter- 
ranean. 
g  ch.  12.  22. 

1  Ki.  4.  12. 

1  Chr.  6.  08. 
1  Or,  which  is 

drawn. 
h  ch.  21.  34.      ■ 
i  ch.  11.  1. 

ch.  12.  20. 
j  Acts  17.  26. 
k  ch.  17.  16. 

Judg.  6.  33. 

1  Ki.  21.  1,  23. 

2  Ki.  8.  29. 
Hos.  1.  4,  5. 

I  1  Sam.  28.  4. 

2  Ki.  4.  8. 
m  ch.  21.  29, 

Jarnnith. 
n  Judg.  4.  G. 

1  Sam.  10.  3. 

1  Chr.  6.  77. 

Ps.  89.  12. 


cording  to  their  families  :  and  their  inheritance  was 
"within  the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Ju'dah. 

2  And  Hhey  had  in  their  inheritance  cBe'er- 
she'ba,  and  She'ba,  and  d  Mol'a-dah, 

3  And  Ha'zar-shu'al,  and  Ba'lah,  and  A'zem, 

4  And  eEl'to-lad,  and  Be'thul,  and  Hor'mah, 

5  And  Zik'lag,  and  BSth-mar'ca-both,  and  Ha'zar- 
su'sah, 

6  And  Beth-leb'a-oth,  and  Sha-ru'hen  ;  thirteen 
cities  and  their  villages :  _ 

7  A 'in,  Rem'mon,  and  E'ther,  and  A'shan  ;  four 
cities  and  their  villages : 

8  And  all  the  villages  that  were  round  about  these 
cities  to  Ba'al-ath-be'er,  Ra'math  of  the  south.  This 
is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Sim'e-on  according  to  their  families. 

9  Out  of  the  portion  of  the  children  of  Ju'dah 
was  the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Sim'e-on :  for 
the  part  of  the  children  of  Ju'dah  was  too  much  for 
them  :  therefore  the  children  of  Sim'e-on  had  their 
inheritance  within  the  inheritance  of  them. 

10H  And  the  third  lot  came  up  for  the  children  of 
Zeb'u-lun  according  to  their  families  :  and  the  bor- 
der of  their  inheritance  was  unto  Sa'rid  : 

11  f  And  their  border  went  up  toward  the  sea,  and 
Mar'a-lah,  and  reached  to  Dab'ba-sheth,  and  reached 
to  the  river  that  is  °  before  Jok'ne-am; 

12  And  turned  from  Sa'rid  eastward  toward  the 
sunrising  unto  the  border  of  Chis'loth-ta'bGr,  and 
then  goeth  out  to  Dab'e-rath,  and  goeth  up  to  Ja- 
phi'a, 

13_And  from  thence  passeth  on  along  on  the  east 
to  Git'tah-he'pher,  to  It'tah-ka'zin,  and  goeth  out 
to  Rem'mon-1  meth'o-ar  to  Ne-ah  ; 

14  And  the  border  compasseth  it  on  the  north  side 
to  Han'na-thon :  and  the  outgoings  thereof  are  in 
the  valley  of  Jlph'thah-el : 

15  And  ^Kat'tath,  and  Na-hal'lal,  and  'Shim'ron, 
and  I-da'lah,  and  Beth'-le-hem  :  twelve  cities  with 
their  villages. 

16  J'This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Zeb'- 
u-lun according  to  their  families,  these  cities  with 
their  villages. 

17  II  And  the  fourth  lot  came  out  to  Is'sa-char, 
for  the  children  of  Is'sa-char  according  to  their 
families. 

18  And  their  border  was  toward  feJez' re-el,  and 
Che-sill 'loth,  and  'Shu'nem, 

19  And  Haph-ra'im,  and  Shi'hon,  and  An-a-ha'- 
rath, 

20  And  Rab'bith,  and  Klsh'i-on,  and  A'bez, 

21  And  '"Re'meth,  and  En-gan'nim,  and  En-had'- 
dah,  and  Beth-paz'zez  ; 

22  And  the  coast  reacheth  "  to  Ta'bor,  and  Sha- 
haz'i-mah,  and  Beth-she 'mesh  ;  and  the  outgoings 
of  their  border  were  at  Jor'dan  :  sixteen  cities  with 
their  villages. 

23  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Is'sa-char  according  to  their  families,  the 
cities  and  their  villages. 

24  IF  And  the  fifth  lot  came  out  for  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Ash'er  according  to  their  families. 

193 


Borders  of  Naphtali. 


JOSHUA,  20,  21. 


The  cities  of  refuge. 


25  And  their  border  was  "Hel'kath,  and  Ha'li,  and 
Be' ten,  and  Ach'shaph, 

26  And  A-lam'mg-lech,  and  A 'mad,  and  Mi'she-al ; 
and  reacheth  to  "Cax'mel  westward,  and  to  Shl'hor- 
lib'nath ; 

27  And  turneth  toward  the  sunrising  to  Beth-da'- 
gon,  and  reacheth  to  Zeb'u-lun,  and  to  the  valley  of 
Jiph'thah-el  toward  the  north  side  of  Beth-e'mek, 
and  Ne'i-el,  and  goeth  out  to  yCa'bul  on  the  left 
hand, 

28  And  He'bron,  and  Re 'hob,  and  Ham'mon,  and 
rKa'nah,  even  unto  great  sZl'don  ; 

29  And  then  the  coast  turneth  to  Ra'mah,  and  to 
the  strong  city  2Tyre  ;  and  the  coast  turneth  to 
Ho'sah  ;  and  the  outgoings  thereof  are  at  the  sea 
fromthe  coast  to  'Ach'zib  : 

30  Um'mah  also,  and  A'phek,  and  Re'hob  :  twenty 
and  two  cities  with  their  villages. 

31  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ash'er  according  to  their  families,  these 
cities  with  their  villages. 

32  U  The  sixth  lot  came  out  to  the  children  of 
Naph'ta-ll  even  for  the  children  of  Naph'ta-ll  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

33  And  their  coast  was  from  He'leph,  from  Al'lon 
to  Za-a-nan'nim,  and  Ad'a-ml,  Ne'keb,  and  Jab'ne-el, 
unto  La'kiim  ;  and  the  outgoings  thereof  were  at 
JSr'dan  : 

34  And  then  Mthe  coast  turneth  westward  to  Az'- 
noth-ta'bor,  and  goeth  out  from  thence  to  Huk'kok, 
and  reacheth  to  Zeb'u-lun  on  the  south  side,  and 
reacheth  to  Ash'er  on  the  west  side,  and  to  Ju'dah 
upon  Jor'dan  toward  the  sunrising. 

35  And  the  fenced  cities  are  Zid'dim,  Zer,  and 
"Ham 'math,  Rak'kath,  and  '"Chm'ne-reth, 

36  And  Ad'a-mah,  and  Ra'mah,  and  Ha'zor, 

37  And  Ke'clesh,  and  Ed're-I,  and  En-ha'zor, 

38  And  I'ron,  and  Mig'dal-el,  Ho 'rem,  and  Beth- 
a'nath,  and  Beth-she'mesh ;  nineteen  cities  with 
their  villages. 

39  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Naph'ta-li  according  to  their  families,  the 
cities  and  their  villages. 

40  Tf  And  the  seventh  lot  came  out  for  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Dan  according  to  their  families. 

41  And  the  coast  of  their  inheritance  was  ^Zo'rah, 
and  Esh'ta-ol,  and  Ir-she'mesh, 

42  And  '-'Sha-al-ab'bin,  and  Aj'a-lon,  and  Jeth'- 
lah, 

43  And  E'lon,  and  ThinVna-thah,  and  Ek'ron, 

44  And  El'te-keh,  and  GIb'be-thon,  and  Ba'al-ath, 

45  And  Je'hiid,  and  Ben'e-be'rak,  and  Gath-rim'- 
mon, 

46  And  Me-jar'kon,  and  Rak'kon,  with  the  border 
3  before  4Ja'pho. 

47  And  *the  coast  of  the  children  of  Dan  went  out 
too  little  for  them  :  therefore  the  children  of  Dan 
went  up  to  fight  against  Le'shem,  and  took  it,  and 
"smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  possessed 
it,  and  dwelt  therein,  and  called  Le'shem,  6Dan, 
after  the  name  of  Dan  their  father. 

48  cThis  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 

194 


B.  C.  1444. 


o  2  Sam.  2.  16. 

1  Clir.  6.  75, 
Hukok. 

p  1  Ki.  18.  19. 

2  Ki.  2.  2.3. 
Isa.  35.  2. 
Jer.  4G.  IS. 
Amos  1.  2. 
Amos  9.  3. 
Mic.  7.  14. 


}  1  Ki  9.  13. 


r  John  2.  1, 

Cana. 
s  Gen.  10.  15, 19. 

ch.  11.  8. 

Judg.  1.  31. 

Acts  27.  3. 
2  Tzor,  that  is, 

The  rock. 
I  Gen.  38.  5. 

Mic.  1.  14. 


u  Deut.  33.  23. 


v  Gen.  10.  18. 
ip  Dent.  3.  17. 

ch.  11.  2. 

ch.  12.  3. 

Mark  6.  53. 

Luke  5.  1. 
x  Judg.  13.  2. 
y  1  Ki.  4.  9. 

3  Or,  over 
against. 

4  Or,  Joppa. 
z  Judg.  IS. 

a  Gen.  49.  17. 
6  Judg.  18.  29. 
c  Num.  26.  54. 

Acts  17.  26. 
d  ch.  24.  30. 
e  1  Chr.  7.  24. 
/  Num.  34.  17. 

ch.  14.  1. 
gch.  18.  1,  10. 

Ps.  78.  60. 

Jer.  7.  12. 


a  Ex.  21.  13. 

Deut.  4.  41^3. 

Rom.  8.  1, 

33,  34. 

Heb.  6.  18,  19. 
b  Ruth  4.  1,2. 

Job  5.  4. 

Jer.  38.  7. 

1  gather, 
Ps.  26.  9. 

c  Num.  35.  12: 
d  Num.  35. 
12,  25. 

2  sanctified. 
e  ch.  21.  32. 

1  Chr.  6.  76. 
/  Gen.  33. 

18,  19. 
ch.  21.  21. 

2  Chr.  10.  1. 
g  ch.  14.  15. 

ch.  21.  11,  13. 
h  Luke  1 .  39. 
i  ch.  21.  36. 

1  Chr.  6.  78. 
j  ch.  21.  38. 

1  Ki.  22.  3. 
k  ch.  21.  27. 
I  Num.  35.  15. 


a  ch.  14.  1. 
ch.  17.  4. 


dren  of  Dan  according  to  their  families,  these  cities 
with  their  villages. 

49  Tf  When  they  had  made  an  end  of  dividing  the 
land  for  inheritance  by  their  coasts,  the  children  of 
Is'ra-el  gave  an  inheritance  to  Josh'u-a  the  son  of 
Nun  among  them : 

50  According  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  they  gave 
him  the  city  which  he  asked,  even  ^Tim'nath-^se'- 
rah  in  mount  E'phra-Im  :  and  he  built  the  city,  and 
dwelt  therein. 

51  -^These  are  the  inheritances,  which  E-le-a'zar 
the  priest,  and  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  the 
heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el,  divided  for  an  inheritance  by  lot  ffin 
Shi'loh  before  the  Lord,  at  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation.  So  they  made  an  end 
of  dividing  the  country. 

CHAPTER  20. 

Six  cities  of  refuge  appointed. 

npHE  Lord  also  spake  unto  Josh'u-a,  saying, 
-*-    2  Speak   to   the   children  of   I§'ra-el,  saying, 
a  Appoint  out  for  you  cities  of  refuge,  whereof  I 
spake  unto  you  by  the  hand  of  Mo'§e§ : 

3  That  the  slayer  that  killeth  any  person  unawares 
and  unwittingly  may  flee  thither :  and  they  shall  be 
your  refuge,  from  the  avenger  of  blood. 

4  And  when  he  that  doth  flee  unto  one  of  those 
cities  shall  stand  at  the  entering  of  b  the  gate  of  the 
city,  and  shall  declare  his  cause  in  the  ears  of  the 
elders  of  that  city,  they  shall  Hake  him  into  the 
city  unto  them,  and  give  him  a  place,  that  he  may 
dwell  among  them. 

5  And  c  if  the  avenger  of  blood  pursue  after  him, 
then  they  shall  not  deliver  the  slayer  up  into  his 
hand ;  because  he  smote  his  neighbour  unwittingly, 
and  hated  him  not  beforetime. 

6  And  he  shall  dwell  in  that  city,  d  until  he  stand 
before  the  congregation  for  judgment,  and  until 
the  death  of  the  high  priest  that  shall  be  in  those 
days :  then  shall  the  slayer  return,  and  come  unto 
his  own  city,  and  unto  his  own  house,  unto  the  city 
from  whence  he  fled. 

7  If  And  they  Appointed  eKe'desh  in  Gal'I-lee  in 
mount  Naph'ta-ll,  and  /She'chem  in  mount  E'phra- 
Im,  and  ^Kir'jath-ar'ba,  which  is  He'bron,  in  Hhe 
mountain  of  Ju'dah. 

8  And  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan  by  Jer'i-cho  east- 
ward, they  assigned  *  Be  'zer  in  the  wilderness  upon 
theplain  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reu'ben,  and  ^Ra'moth 
in  Gil'e-ad  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and  /cGo'lan  in 
Ba'shan  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh. 

9  l  These  were  the  cities  appointed  for  all  the  chil- 
dren of  I§'ra-el,  and  for  the  stranger  that  sojourneth 
among  them,  that  whosoever  killeth  any  person  at 
unawares  might  flee  thither,  and  not  die  by  the 
hand  of  the  avenger  of  blood,  until  he  stood  before 
the  congregation. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  The  Levitical  cities.    43  Israel  possesses  the  land, 

THEN  came  near  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of  the 
Le'vites  unto  aE-le-a'zar  the  priest,  and  unto 


The  cities  given 


JOSHUA,  21. 


to  the  Levites. 


Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  and  unto  the  heads  of  the 
fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el ; 

2  And  they  spake  unto  them  at  6ShI'loh  in  the 
land  of  Ca'naan,  saying,  cThe  Lord  commanded  by 
the  hand  of  Mo'se§  to  give  us  cities  to  dwell  in, 
with  the  suburbs  thereof  for  our  cattle. 

3  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  gave  unto  the  Le'- 
vltes  out  of  their  inheritance,  at  the  commandment 
of  the  Lord,  these  cities  and  their  suburbs. 

4  And  the  lot  came  out  for  the  families  of  the 
Ko'hath-Ites  :  and  the  children  of  Aar'on  the  priest, 
which  were  of  the  Le'vites,  dhad  by  lot  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Ju'dah,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Sim'e-on, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ben'ja-min,  thirteen  cities. 

5  And  the  rest  of  the  children  of  Ko'hath  had  by 
lot  out  of  the  families  of  the  tribe  of  E'phra-im, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  and  out  of  the  half 
tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  ten_cities. 

6  And  the  children  of  Ger'shon  had  by  lot  out  of 
the  families  of  the  tribe  of  Is'sa-char,  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Ash'er,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph'ta-H, 
and  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  in  Ba'shan, 
thirteen  cities. 

7  The  children  of  Me-ra'ri  by  their  families  had 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Reu'ben,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Gad,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zeb'u-lun,  twelve  cities. 

8  And  ethe  children  of  Is'ra-el  gave  by  lot  unto 
the  Le'vites  these  cities  with  their  suburbs,  /as  the 
Lord  commanded  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

9  If  And  they  gave  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Ju'dah,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Sim'e-on,  these  cities  which  are  here  x  mentioned  by 
name, 

10  Which  the  children  of  Aar'on,  being  of  the 
families  of  the  Ko'hath-Ites,  who  were  of  the  children 
of  Le'vl,  had :  for  theirs  was  the  first  lot. 

11  And  "they  gave  them  2the  city  of  Ar'ba  the 
father  of  /lA'nak,  which  city  is  He'bron,  Mn  the  hill 
country  of  Ju'dah,  with  the  suburbs  thereof  round 
about  it. 

12  But  J'the  fields  of  the  city,  and  the  villages 
thereof,  gave  they  to  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Jg-phun'neh 
for  his  possession. 

13  If  Thus  Hhey  gave  to  the  children  of  Aar'on 
the  priest ' He'bron  with  her  suburbs,  to  be  a  city  of 
refuge  for  the  slayer  ;  and  mLib'nah  with  her  sub- 
urbs, 

14  And  n  J&t'tir  with  her  suburbs,  and  °Esh-te- 
mo'a  with  her  suburbs, 

15  And  pHo'lon  with  her  suburbs,  and  5De'bir 
with  her  suburbs, 

16  And  '"A'in  with  her  suburbs,  and  sJut'tah  with 
her  suburbs,  and  'Beth-she 'mesh  with  her  suburbs ; 
nine  cities  out  of  those  two  tribes. 

17  And  out  of  thetribe  of  Ben'ja-min,  MGIb'e-on 
with  her  suburbs,  ^Ge'ba  with  her  suburbs, 

18  An'a-thoth  with  her  suburbs,  and  wAl'mSn  with 
her  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

19  All  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Aar'on,  the 
priests,  were  thirteen  cities  with  their  suburbs. 

20  If  *And  the  families  of  the  children  of  Ko'hath, 
the  Le'vites  which  remained  of  the  children  of  Ko'- 


B.  C.  1444. 


b  eh.  18.  1. 

c  Num.  33.  •_'. 
Matt,  10.  10. 
Gal.  G.  G. 
1  Tim.  5. 
17,  18. 


(I  ch.  24.  33. 


e  Gen.  49.  7. 

ch.  18.  G. 

Prov.  1G.  33. 
/  Num.  35.  2. 


1  called. 


7  1  Chr.  G.  53. 

2  Or,  Kirjath- 
avba. 

h  ch.  14. 15. 

ch.  15.  13. 
i  2  Sam.  2.  1-3. 

2  Sam.  5.  1-5. 

Luke  1.  39. 
jch.  14.  14. 
k  ch.  20.  7-9. 

1  Chr.  6.  57. 
I  ch.  15.  54. 
m  ch.  10.  29. 

ch.  15.  42. 

Isa.  37.  8. 
nch.  15.  48. 
o  ch.  15.  50. 
p  1  Chr.  G.  58, 

Hileu. 
q  ch.  15.  49. 
r  1  Chr.  G.  59, 

Ashan. 
5  ch.  15.  55. 
t  ch.  15. 10. 
u  ch.  18.  25. 
v  ch.  18.  24, 

Gaba. 
w  1  Chr.  6.  60, 

Alemeth. 
X  1  Chr.  6.  6G. 
y  Gen.  33.  19. 

ch.  20.  7. 

1  Ki.  12.  1. 
z  1  Chr.  6.  71. 
a  Deut.  1.  4. 

ch.  20.  8. 

1  Chr.  G.  71. 

3  Or,  Ashtaroth. 
b  ch.  20.  7. 

c  1  Chr.  6.  77. 
cl  eh.  20.  8. 
e  Deut.  4.  43. 

1  Ki.  4.  13. 
/  Gen.  32.  2. 

2  Sam.  2.  8. 
g  Gen.  49.  7. 

4  That  is,  608 
yards  broad 
for  barns, 
gardens,  etc., 
and  1216  more 
for  fields   and 
vineyards. 

h  Gen.  13.  15. 
Gen.  15.  IS. 
Gen.  2G.  3. 


hath,  even  they  had  the  cities  of  their  lot  out  of  the 
tribe  of  E'phra-im. 

21  For  they  gave  them  ^She'chem  with  her  sub- 
urbs in  mount  E'phra-im,  to  be  a  city  of  refuge  for 
the  slayer  ;  and  Ge'zer  with  her  suburbs, 

22  And  Kib'za-im  with  her  suburbs,  and  Beth-ho'- 
ron  with  her  suburbs  ;  four  cities._ 

23  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  El'te-keh  with  her 
suburbs,  Gib'be-thon  with  her  suburbs, 

24  Aij'a-lon  with  her  suburbs,  Gath-rim'mon  with 
her  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

25  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  Ta'- 
nach  with  her  suburbs,  and  Gath-rim'mon  with  her 
suburbs ;  two  cities. 

26  All  the  cities  were  ten  with  their  suburbs  for  the 
families  of  the  children  of  Ko'hath_that  remained. 

27  If  zAnd  unto  the  children  of  Ger'shon,  of  the 
families  of  the  Le'vites,  out  of  the  other  half  tribe 
of  Ma-nas'seh  they  gave  "Go'lan  in  Ba'shan  with 
her  suburbs,  to  be  a  city  of  refuge  for  the  slayer  ; 
and  3Be-esh'-te-rah  with  her  suburbs  ;  two  cities. 

28  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Is'sa-char,  Kl'shon  with 
her  suburbs,  Dab'a-reh  with  her  suburbs, 

29  Jar'muth  with  her  suburbs,  En-gan'nim  with 
her  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

30  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ash'er,  Ml'shal  with 
her  suburbs,  Ab'don  with  her  suburbs, 

31  Hel'kath  with  her  suburbs,  and  Re'hob  with 
her  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

32  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph'ta-ll,  6Ke'desh  in 
Gal'i-lee  with  her  suburbs,  to  be  a  city  of  refuge 
for  the  slayer  ;  and  Ham'moth-dor  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Kar'tan  with  her  suburbs  ;  three  cities. 

33  All  the  cities  of  the  Ger'shon-Ites  according  to 
their  families  were  thirteen  cities  with  their  sub- 
urbs. 

34  If  cAnd  unto  the  families  of  the  children  of 
M6-ra'rI,  the  rest  of  the  Le'vites,  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Zeb'u-lun,  Jok'ne-am  with  her  suburbs,  and  Kar'- 
tah  with  her  suburbs, 

35  Dim'nah  with  her  suburbs,  Na'ha-lal  with  her 
suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

36  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reu'ben,  dBe'zer  with 
her  suburbs,  and  Ja-ha'zah  with  her  suburbs, 

37  Ked'e-moth  with  her  suburbs,  and  Meph'a-ath 
with  her  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

38  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  eRa'moth  in  Gil'- 
e-ad  with  her  suburbs,  to  be  a  city  of  refuge  for  the 
slayer  ;  and  /Ma-ha-na'im  with  her  suburbs, 

39  Hesh'bon  with  her  suburbs,  Ja'zer  with  her 
suburbs  ;  four  cities  in  all. 

40  So  all  the  cities  for  the  children  of  Me-ra'ri  by 
their  families,  which  were  remaining  of  the  families 
of  the  Le'vites,  were  by  their  lot  twelve  cities. 

41  "All  the  cities  of  the  Le'vites  within  the  pos- 
session of  the  children  of  Is'ra-el  were  forty  and 
eight  cities  with  their  suburbs. 

42  These  cities  were  every  one  with 4  their  suburbs 
round  about  them  :  thus  were  all  these  cities. 

43  I  And  the  Lord  gave  unto  I§'ra-el  h  all  the 
land  which  he  sware  to  give  unto  their  fathers  ;  and 
they  possessed  it,  and  dwelt  therein. 

195 


Return  of  east  Jordan  tribes. 


JOSHUA,  22. 


Dispute  about  the  altar* 


44  *  And  the  Lord  gave  them  rest  round  about,  ac- 
cording to  all  that  he  sware  unto  their  fathers :  and 
there  j  stood  not  a  man  of  all  their  enemies  before 
them  ;  the  Lord  delivered  all  their  enemies  into 
their  hand. 

45  k  There  failed  not  ought  of  any  good  thing 
which  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  the  house  of  Ig'- 
ra-el ;  all  came  to  pass. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  The  east  Jordan  tribes  sent  home.    10  Their  altar.    11  The  dispute  and  reconciliation. 

THEN  Josh'u-a  called  the  Reu'ben-Ites,  and  the 
Gad'ites,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh, 

2  And  said  unto  them,  Ye  have  kept  aall  that 
Mo'geg  the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded  you, 
fcand  have  obeyed  my  voice  in  all  that  I  commanded 
you: 

3  Ye  have  not  left  your  brethren  these  many  days 
unto  this  day,  but  have  kept  the  charge  of  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord  your  God. 

4  And  now  the  Lord  your  God  hath  given  rest 
unto  your  brethren,  as  he  promised  them  :  there- 
fore now  return  ye,  and  get  you  unto  your  tents, 
and  unto  the  land  of  your  possession, c  which  Mo'seg 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  gave  you  on  the  other  side 
Jor'dan. 

5  But  dtake  diligent  heed  to  do  the  commandment 
and  the  law,  which  Mo'seg  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
charged  you,  eto  love  the  Lord  your  God,  and  to 
walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  to  cleave  unto  him,  and  to  serve  him 
with  all  your  heart  and  with  all  your  soul. 

6  So  Josh'u-a  -^blessed  them,  and  sent  them  away  : 
and  they  went  unto  their  tents. 

7  Tf  Now  to  the  one  half  of  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh 
Mo'seg  had  given  possession  in  Ba'shan  :  "but  unto 
the  other  half  thereof  gave  Josh'u-a  among  their 
brethren  on  this  side  JQr'dan  westward.  And  when 
Josh'u-a  sent  them  away  also  unto  their  tents,  then 
he  blessed  them, 

8  And  he  spake  unto  them,  saying,  Return  with 
much  riches  unto  your  tents,  and  with  very  much 
cattle,  with  silver,  and  with  gold,  and  with  brass, 
and  with  iron,  and  with  very  much  raiment :  ;'  divide 
the  spoil  of  your  enemies  with  your  brethren. 

9  Tf  And  the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  the  children 
of  Gad  and  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  returned, 
and  departed  from  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of 
ShI'loh,  which  is_m  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  to  go  unto 
the  'country  of  Gil'e-ad,  to  the  land  of  their  posses- 
sion, whereof  they  were  possessed,  according  to  the 
word  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

10  Tf  And  when  they  came  unto  the  borders  of 
Jor'dan,  that  are  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  the  children 
of  Reu'ben  and  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  half 
tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  built  there  an  altar  by  Jor'dan, 
a  great  altar  to  see  to. 

11  If  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  J'heard  say,  Be- 
hold, the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  the  children  of 
Gad  and  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  have  built  an 
altar  over  against  the  land  of  Ca'naan,  in  the  borders 
of  Jor'dan,  at  the  passage  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

196 


B.  C. 1444. 


ich.  11.  23. 
ch.  22.  4. 
j  Deut.  7.  24. 


k  ch.  23.  14. 
Ex.  3.  7,  8. 
1  Ki.  8.  56. 
Isa.  49.  7,  8, 

15,  ie. 

Matt.  24.  35. 
Luke  21.  33. 


a  Num.  32.  20. 


b  ch.  1.  16,  17 


c  Deut.  29.  8. 
ch.  13.  8. 


d  Deut.  G.  6,  17. 

2  Ki.  10.  31. 

Ps.  119.  4. 

Matt.  22.  36. 

Rom.  13.  10. 

1  Tim.  1.  5. 
e  Deut.  10.  12. 

Deut.  19.  9. 

ch.  23.  11. 

Luke  11.  42. 

John  15.  9, 10. 

1  John  5.  3. 
Jude  21. 

/Gen.  47.  7. 
ch.  14.  13. 

2  Sam.  6. 18. 
Luke  24.  50. 

g  ch.  17.  5. 


h  1  Sam.  30.  24. 
f  Num.  32.  1, 

26,  29. 
j  Lev.  17.  8. 

Deut.  13. 12. 
k  Judg.  20.  1. 
/  Deut.  13.  14. 
m  Ex.  0.  25. 

1  house  of  the 
father. 

n  Num.  1.  4. 
o  Lev.  17.  8,  9. 

1  Sam.  15.  23. 
p  Deut.  4.  3. 
q  Gen.  18.  23,  25. 

Num.  16.  22. 

ch.  7.  1, 11, 12. 

1  Chr.  21. 

1,  14. 
r  Lev.  17.  8,  9. 

ch.  18.  1. 
i  ch.  7.  1,  5. 

1  Chr.  2.  6,  7. 
<Prov.  15.  1. 

Prov.  18.  13. 

Prov.  24.  26. 
u  Ex.  15.  11. 

Deut.  10.  17. 

Ps.  82.  1. 

Ps.  86.  8. 

Ps.  136.  2. 

Dan.  2.  47. 

Rev.  19.  16. 
v  1  Ki.  8.  39. 

Job  10.  7. 

Ps.  44.  21. 

Ps.  139.  1,  2. 

Jer.  12.  3. 

John  2.  25. 

2  Cor.  11. 
11,31. 
Heb.  4.  13. 
Rev.  2.  23. 

w  Deut.  18.  19. 
1  Sam.  20.  16. 
Ps.  7.  3,  5. 
Ps.  10.  13, 14. 

2  To  morrow. 


12  And  when  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  heard  of  it,. 
Hhe  whole  congregation  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
gathered  themselves  together  at  ShI'loh,  to  go  up 
to  war  against  them. 

13  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  'sent  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Reu'ben,  and  to  the  children  of  Gad,  and  to 
the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  into  the  land  of  Gil'e-ad, 
mPhm'e-has  the  son  of  E-le-a'zar  the  priest. 

14  And  with  him  ten  princes,  of  each  1  chief  house 
a  prince  throughout  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and 
n  each  one  was  an  head  of  the  house  of  their  fathers 
among  the  thousands  of  Ig'ra-el. 

15  Tf  And  they  came  unto  the  children  of  Reu'ben, 
and  to  the  children  of  Gad,  and  to  the  half  tribe  of 
Ma-nas'seh,  unto  the  land  of  Gil'e-ad,  and  they  spake 
with  them,  saying, 

16  Thus  saith  the  whole  congregation  of  the  Lord, 
What  trespass  is  this  that  ye  have  committed  against 
the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  turn  away  this  day  from  fol- 
lowing the  Lord,  in  that  ye  have  builded  you  an 
altar,  °that  ye  might  rebel  this  day  against  the 
Lord? 

17  Is  the  iniquity  pof  Pe'or  too  little  for  us,  from 
which  we  are  not  cleansed  until  this  day,  although 
there  was  a  plague  in  the  congregation  of  the  Lord, 

18  But  that  ye  must  turn  away  this  day  from 
following  the  Lord  ?  and  it  will  be,  seeing  ye  rebel 
to  day  against  the  Lord,  that  to  morrow  Q  he  will  be 
wroth  with  the  whole  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el. 

19  Notwithstanding,  if  the  land  of  your  possession 
be  unclean,  then  pass  ye  over  unto  the  land  of  the 
possession  of  the  Lord,  'wherein  the  Lord's  taber- 
nacle dwelleth,  and  take  possession  among  us  :  but 
rebel  not  against  the  Lord,  nor  rebel  against  us,  in 
building  you  an  altar  beside  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
our  God. 

20  sDid  not  A'chan  the  son  of  Ze'rah  commit  a 
trespass  in  the  accursed  thing,  and  wrath  fell  on  all 
the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el?  and  that  man  perished 
not  alone  in  his  iniquity. 

21  Tf  'Then  the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  the  children 
of  Gad  and  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  answered, 
and  said  unto  the  heads  of  the  thousands  of  Ig'ra-el, 

22  The  Lord  "God  of  gods,  the  Lord  God  of  gods, 
he  vknoweth,  and  Ig'ra-el  he  shall  know;  if  it  be  in 
rebellion,  or  if  in  transgression  against  the  Lord, 
(save  us  not  this  day,) 

23  That  we  have  built  us  an  altar  to  turn  from 
following  the  Lord,  or  if  to  offer  thereon  burnt 
offering  or  meat  offering,  or  if  to  offer  peace  offer- 
ings thereon,  let  the  Lord  himself  w  require  it ; 

24  And  if  we  have  not  rather  done  it  for  fear  of 
this  thing,  saying,  2In  time  to  come  your  children 
might  speak  unto  our  children,  saying,  What  have 
ye  to  do  with  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el? 

25  For  the  Lord  hath  made  Jor'dan  a  border  be- 
tween us  and  you,  ye  children  of  Reu'ben  and  chil- 
dren of  Gad ;  ye  have  no  part  in  the  Lord  :  so  shall 
your  children  make  our  children  cease  from  fearing 
the  Lord. 

26  Therefore  we  said,  Let  us  now  prepare  to  build 
us  an  altar,  not  for  burnt  offering,  nor  for  sacrifice : 


The  reconciliation. 


JOSHUA,  23,  24. 


Joshua's  parting  address. 


27  But  that  it  may  be  xsl  witness  between  us,  and 
you,  and  our  generations  after  us,  that  we  might 
^do  the  service  of  the  Lord  before  him  with  our 
burnt  offerings,  and  with  our  sacrifices,  and  with 
our  peace  offerings ;  that  your  children  may  not  say 
to  our  children  in  time  to  come,  Ye  have  no  part  in 
the  Lord. 

28  Therefore  said  we,  that  it  shall  be,  when  they 
should  so  say  to  us  or  to  our  generations  in  time  to 
come,  that  we  may  say  again,  Behold  the  pattern 
of  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  which  our  fathers  made, 
not  for  burnt  offerings,  nor  for  sacrifices  ;  but  it  is 
a  witness  between  us  and  you. 

29  God  forbid  that  we  should  rebel  against  the 
Lord,  and  turn  this  day  from  following  the  Lord, 
zto  build  an  altar  for  burnt  offerings,  for  meat 
offerings,  or  for  sacrifices,  beside  the  altar  of  the 
Lord  our  God  that  is  before  his  tabernacle. 

30  H  And  when  Phm'e-has  the  priest,  and  the 
princes  of  the  congregation  and  heads  of  the  thou- 
sands of  Ig'ra-el  which  were  with  him,  heard  the 
words  that  the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  the  children 
of  Gad  and  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh  spake,  3it 
pleased  them. 

31  And  Phm'e-has  the  son  of  E-le-a'zar  the  priest 
said  unto  the  children  of  Reu'ben,  and  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Gad,  and  to  the  children  of  Ma-nas'seh, 
This  day  we  perceive  that  the  Lord  is  a  among  us, 
because  ye  have  not  committed  this  trespass  against 
the  Lord:  4now  ye  have  delivered  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Lord. 

32~H  And  Phm'e-has  the  son  of  E-le-a'zar  the  priest, 
and  the  princes,  returned  from  the  children  of 
Reu'ben,_and  from  the  children  of  Gad,  out  of  the 
land  of  Gil'e-ad,  unto  the  land  of.  Ca'naan,  to  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el,  and  brought  them  word  again. 

33  And  the  thing  pleased  the  children  of  !§'ra-el ; 
and  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 6  blessed  God,  and  did  not 
intend  to  go  up  against  them  in  battle,  to  destroy  the 
land  wherein  the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  Gad  dwelt. 

34  And  the  children  of  Reu'ben  and  the  children 
of  Gad  called  the  altar  '°£d:  for  it  shall  be  a  wit- 
ness between  us  that  the  Lord  is  God. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Joshua  addresses  elders  and  people.    1 1  He  threatens  them. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  a  long  time  after  that  the 
-  Lord  ahad  given  rest  unto  !§'ra-el  from  all 
their  enemies  round  about,  that  Josh'u-a  b  waxed 
old  and  Stricken  in  age. 

2  And  Josh'u-a  "called  for  all  Is_'ra-el,  and  for 
their  elders,  and  for  their  heads,  and  for  their 
judges,  and  for  their  officers,  and  said  unto  them, 
I  am  old  and  stricken  in  age  : 

3  And  ye  have  seen  all  that  the  Lord  your  God 
hath  done  unto  all  these  nations  because  of  you  ; 
for  the  Lord  your  God  is  he  that  hath  fought  for  you. 

4  Behold,  I  have  divided  unto  you  by  lot  these 
nations  that. remain,  to  be  an  inheritance  for  your 
tribes,  from  Jor'dan,  with  all  the  nations  that  I 
have  cut  off,  even  unto  the  great  sea  2  westward. 

5  And  the  Lord  your  God,  dhe  shall  expel  them 


B.  C. 1427. 


x  Gen.  31.  48. 

ch.  24.  27. 

1  Sam.  7.  12. 
y  Deut.  12.  5,  6, 

11,  12,  17,  18, 

26,  27. 


z  Deut.  12. 
13,  14. 


3  it  was  good 
in  their  eyes. 


a  Ex.  25.  8. 
Lev.  26.  11, 12. 
2  Car.  15.  2. 
Zech.  8.  23. 
1  Cor.  14.  25. 
Rev.  21.3. 

4  then. 

b  1  Chr.  29.  20. 
Dan.  2.  19. 
Luke  2.  28. 

5  That  is,  A 
witness. 


a  ch.  21.  44. 
A  ch.  13.  1. 

1  come  into  days. 
c  Deut.  31.  28. 

ch.  24.  1. 

2  at  the  sunset. 
d  Ex.  23.  30. 

Ex.  33.  2. 

Deut.  11.  23. 
e  Num.  33.  53. 
/'  Deut.  5.  32. 
'y  Ex.  23.  33. 

Deut.  7.  2,  3. 

Prov.  4.  14. 

Eph.  5.  11. 
h  Ex.  23.  13. 

Ps.  16.  4. 

Jer.  5.  7. 

Zeph.  1.  5. 

3  Or,  For  if  ye 

will  cleave. 

4  Or,  Then  the 
Lord  will 
drive. 

i  ch.  1.  5. 
j  Judg.  3.  31. 
2  Sam.  23.  8. 

5  your  souls. 
k  Heh.  10.  38. 

2  Pet.  2.  20. 
;  Judg.  2.  3. 
m  1  Ki.  11.  4. 
n  Eccl.  12.  3-7. 

Heb.  9.  27. 
o  Luke  21 .  33. 
p  Deut.  28.  63. 
q  Lev.  20.  16.    • 

Deut.  28. 

l.->,  16. 

Judg.  3.  8,  12. 

Luke  21.  22. 


a  Gen.  12.  6. 

Gen.  35.  4. 

Judg.  9.  1-3. 
b  Ex.  IS.  25. 

ch.  23.  2. 
c  1  Sam.  10.  19. 

Acts  10.  33. 
tf  Gen.  11.  26. 

Deut.  26.  5. 

Isa.  51.  2. 
e  Gen.  31.  53. 


from  before  you,  and  drive  them  from  out  of  your 
sight;  and  ye  shall  possess  their  land,  fias  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  promised  unto  you. 

6  Be  ye  therefore  very  courageous  to  keep  and 
to  do  all  that  is  written  in  the  book  of  the  law 
of  Mo's_e§,  ■'"that  ye  turn  not  aside  therefrom  to  the 
right  hand  or  to  the  left ; 

7  That  ye  ycome  not  among  these  nations,  these 
that  remain  among  you  ;  neither  ;'  make  mention  of 
the  name  of  their  gods,  nor  cause  to  swear  by  them, 
neither  serve  them,  nor  bow  yourselves  unto  them  : 

8  3  But  cleave  unto  the  Lord  your  God,  as  ye  have 
done  unto  this  day. 

9  4For  the  Lord  hath  driven  out  from  before  you 
great  nations  and  strong  :  but  as  for  you,  *  no  man 
hath  been  able  to  stand  before  you  unto  this  day. 

10  One  J'man  of  you  shall  chase  a  thousand  :  for 
the  Lord  your  God,  he  it  is  that  fighteth  for  you, 
as  he  hath  promised  you. 

11  Take  good  heed  therefore  unto  5  yourselves, 
that  ye  love  the  Lord  your  God. 

12  Else  if  ye  do  in  any  wise  kgo  back,  and  cleave 
unto  the  remnant  of  these  nations,  even  these  that 
remain  among  you,  and  shall  make  marriages  with 
them,  and  go  in  unto  them,  and  they  to  you  : 

13  Know  for  a  certainty  that  'the  Lord  your  God 
will  no  more  drive  out  any  of  these  nations  from 
before  you  ;  mbut  they  shall  be  snares  and  traps 
unto  you,  and  scourges  in  your  sides,  and  thorns  in 
your  eyes,  until  ye  perish  from  off  this  good  land 
which  the  Lord  your  God  hath  given  you. 

14  And,  behold,  this  day  "I  am  going  the  way  of 
all  the  earth  :  and  ye  know  in  all  your  hearts  and 
in  all  your  souls,  that  "not  one  thing  hath  failed  of 
all  the  good  things  which  the  Lord  your  God  spake 
concerning  you  ;  all  are  come  to  pass  unto  you,  and 
not  one  thing  hath  failed  thereof. 

15. ''Therefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  all 
good  things  are  come  upon  you,  which  the  Lord 
your  God  promised  you  ;  so  shall  the  Lord  bring 
upon  you  "all  evil  things,  until  he  have  destroyed 
you  from  off  this  good  land  which  the  Lord  your 
God  hath  given  you. 

16  When  ye  have  transgressed  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  your  God,  which  he  commanded  you,  and  have 
gone  and  served  other  gods,  and  bowed  yourselves 
to  them  ;  then  shall  the  anger  of  the  Lord  be  kin- 
dled against  you,  and  ye  shall  perish  quickly  from 
off  the  good  land  which  he  hath  given  unto  you. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  The  assembly  at  Shechem.    2  Joshua's  dying  exhortation.    29  His  death  and  burial. 

AND  Josh'u-a  gathered  all  the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el 
-  to  "She'chem,  and  6 called  for  the  elders  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  and  for  their  heads,  and  for  their  judges,  and 
for  their  officers  ;  and  they  presented  themselves 
before  God. 

2  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  all  the  people,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el,  d  Your  fathers  dwelt  on  the 
other  side  of _  the  flood  in  old  time,  even  Te'rah, 
the  father  of  A'bra-ham,  and  the  father  of  Na'chor : 
and  ethey  served  other  gods. 

197 


Joshua's  dying  words. 


JOSHUA,  24. 


His  death  and  burial. 


3  And  /I  took  your  father  A' bra-ham  from  the 
other  side  of  the  flood,  and  led  him  throughout  all 
the  land  of  Ca'naan,  and  multiplied  his  seed,  and 
^gave  him  I'gaac. 

4  And  I  gave  unto  I'gaac  Ja'cob  and  E'sau  :  and 
I  gave  unto  h E'sau  mount  Se'ir,  to  possess  it ;  but 
Ja'cob  and  his  children  went  down  into  E'gypt. 

_5  ll  sent  Mo'geg  also  and  Aar'on,  and  jl  plagued 
E'gypt,  according  to  that  which  I  did  among  them  : 
and  afterward  I  brought  you  out. 

6  And  I  * brought  your  fathersjDut  of  E'gypt :  and 
ye  came  unto  the  sea ;  *and  the  E-gyp'tiang  pursued 
after  your  fathers  with  chariots  and  horsemen  unto 
the  Red  sea. 

7  And  when  they  cried  unto  the  Lord,  he  put 
darkness  between  you  and  the  E-gyp'tian§,  and 
brought  the  sea  upon  them,  and  covered  them ;  and 
your  eyes  have  seen  what  I  have  done  in  E'gypt : 
and  ye  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  a  long  season. 

8  And  I  brought  you  into  the  land  of  the  Am'or- 
ites,  which  dwelt  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan  ;  mand 
they  fought  with  you  :  and  I  gave  them  into  your 
hand,  that  ye  might  possess  their  land  ;  and  I  de- 
stroyed them  from  before  you. 

9  Then  nBa'lak  the  son  of  Zip'por,  king  of  Mo'ab, 
arose  and  warred  against  Is'ra-el,  and  "sent  and 
called  Ba'laam  the  son  of  Be 'or  to  curse  you  : 

10 p But  I  would  not  hearken  unto  Ba'laam; 
9  therefore  he  blessed  you  still  :  so  I  delivered  you 
out  of  his  hand. 

11  And  ye  went  over  Jor'dan,  and  came  unto  Jer'- 
l-cho :  and  the  men  of  Jer'i-cho  fought  against  you, 
the  Am'or-ites,  and  the  Per'iz-zites,  and  the  Ca'- 
naan-ites,  and  the  Hit'tltes,  and  the  Gir'ga-shltes, 
the  Hi'vltes,  and  the  Jeb'u-sites  ;  and  I  delivered 
them  into  your  hand. 

12  And  rI  sent  the  hornet  before  you,  which  drave 
them  out  from  before  you,  even  the  two  kings  of 
the  Am'or-ites  ;  but  snot  with  thy  sword,  nor  with 
thy  bow. 

13  And  I  have  given  you  a  land  for  which  ye  did 
not  labour,  and  'cities  which  ye  built  not,  and  ye 
dwell  in  them  ;  of  the  vineyards  and  oliveyards 
which  ye  planted  not  do  ye  eat. 

14  11  "Now  therefore  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve 
him  in  "sincerity  and  in  truth  :  and  "'put  away  the 
gods  which  your  fathers_  served  on  the  other  side 
of  the  flood,  and  ^in  E'gypt ;  and  serve  ye  the 
Lord. 

15  And  if  it  seem  evil  unto  you  to  serve  the  Lord, 
choose  you  this  day  whom  ye  will  serve  ;  whether 
the  gods  which  your  fathers  served  that  were  on 
the  other  side  of  the  flood,  or  wthe  gods  of  the 
Am'or-ites,  in  whose  land  ye  dwell  :  *but  as  for  me 
and  my  house,  we  will  serve  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  people  answered  and  said,  God  forbid 
that  we  should  forsake  the  Lord,  to  serve  other 
gods  ; 

17  For  the  Lord  our  God,  he  it  is  that  brought  us 
up  and  our  fathers  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  from 


B.  C.  1427. 


/Acts  7.  2,  3. 
g  Ps.  127.  3. 


h  Gen.  36.  8. 
Deut.  2.  5. 
Acts  17.  26. 

i  Ex.  3.  10. 
j  Ex.  7. 
Ex.  8. 

Ex.  a. 


k  Ex.  12.  37,  51. 

Mic.  6.  4. 
;  Ex.  14.  9. 

Ps.  77.  15-20. 

Ps.  7S.  13. 

Isa.  63.  12,  13. 

Acts  7.  36. 

Heb.  1 1.  29. 


in  Num.  21. 
21,  33. 
Deut.  2.  32. 


it  Judg.  11.  25. 
o  Num.  22.  5. 

p  Deut.  23.  5. 

7  Num.  23.  11. 


r  Ex.  23.  28. 

Deut.  7.  20. 
J  Ps.  44.  3,  6. 
/  Deut.  0.  10. 

ch.  11.  13. 

Prov.  13.  22. 
ii  Deut.  10.  12. 

1  Sam.  12.  24. 
Jobl.  1. 
Acts  9.  31. 

V  Gen.  17.  1. 
Deut.  18.  13. 
Ps.  119.  1. 

2  Cor.  1.  12. 
Eph.  0.  24. 

w  Lev.  17.  7. 
z  Ezek.  20.  7. 
?/  Ex.  23.  24. 
s  Gen.  IS.  19. 
a  Ruth  1.  15. 

Matt.  6.  24. 

Luke  14. 

25-33. 
b  Lev.  19.  2. 

1  Sam.  6.  20. 
Ps.  99.  5,  9. 
Isa.  5.  16. 

eEx.  23.  21. 
Isa.  27.  11. 
(I  ch.  23.  12-15. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 
Ezra  8.  22. 
Isa.  1.  28. 
Jer.  17.  13. 
Heb.  10.  26, 
27,  28. 

r  Isa.  03.  10. 

Acts  7.  42. 
/•Ps.  119.  173. 
g  Gen.  35.  2. 

1  Sam.  7.  3. 
h  Ex.  15.  25. 
i  Deut.  31.  24. 
/Judg.  9.  6. 
A' Gen.  28.  18. 

ch.  4.  3. 
/Gen.  31.  48. 
in  Deut.  32.  1. 
ii  ch.  19.  50. 

0  Judg.  2.  7. 

1  prolonged 
their  days 
after  Joshua. 

p  Gen.  50.  25. 

Ex.  13.  19. 

Acts  7.  16. 
q  Gen.  33.  19. 

2  Or,  lambs. 
r  Ex.  6.  25. 


the  house  of  bondage,  and  which  did  those  great 
signs  in  our  sight,  and  preserved  us  in  all  the  way 
wherein  we  went,  and  among  all  the  people  through 
whom  we  passed  : 

18  And  the  Lord  drave  out  from  before  us  all  the 
people,  even  the  Am'or-ites  which  dwelt  in  the 
land  :  therefore  will  we  also  serve  the  Lord  ;  for  he 
is  our  God. 

19  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  the  people,  aYe  cannot 
serve  the  Lord  :  for  he  is  an  6holy  God ;  he  'is  a 
jealous  God ;  che  will  not  forgive  your  transgres- 
sions nor  your  sins. 

20  dIf  ye  forsake  the  Lord,  and  serve  strange 
gods,  cthen  he  will  turn  and  do  you  hurt,  and  con- 
sume you,  after  that  he  hath  done  you  good. 

21  And  the  people  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  Nay ;  but 
we  will  serve  the  Lord. 

22  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  the  people,  Ye  are 
witnesses  against  yourselves  that  fye  have  chosen 
you  the  Lord,  to  serve  him.  And  they  said,  We  are 
witnesses. 

23  Now  therefore  ffput  away,  said  he,  the  strange 
gods  which  are  among  you,  and  incline  your  heart 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el. 

24  And  the  people  said  unto  Josh'u-a,  The  Lord 
our  God  will  we  serve,  and  his  voice  will  we  obey. 

25  So  Josh'u-a  ,lmade  a  covenant  with  the  people 
that  day,  and  set  them  a  statute  and  an  ordinance 
in  She'chem. 

26  H  And  Josh'u-a  'wrote  these  words  in  the  book 
of  the  law  of  God,  and  took  ja  great  stone,  and  &set 
it  up  there  under  an  oak,  that  was  by  the  sanctuary 
of  the  Lord. 

27  And  Josh'u-a  said  unto  all  the  people,  Behold, 
this  stone  shall  be  'a  witness  unto  us  ;  for  mit  hath 
heard  all  the  words  of  the  Lord  which  he  spake 
unto  us  :  it  shall  be  therefore  a  witness  unto  you, 
lest  ye  deny  your  God. 

28  So  Josh'u-a  let  the  people  depart,  every  man 
unto  his  inheritance. 

29  If  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that 
Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  the  servant  of  the  Lord, 
died,  being  an  hundred  and  ten  years  old. 

30  And  they  buried  him  in  the  border  of  his  in- 
heritance in  "Tim'nath-se'rah,  which  is  in  mount 
E'phra-im,  on  the  north  side  of  the  hill  of  Ga'ash. 

31  And  °Ig'ra-el  served  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
Josh'u-a,  and  all  the  days  of  the  elders  that  x over- 
lived Josh'u-a,  and  which  had  known  all  the  works 
of  the  Lord,  that  he  had  done  for  I§'ra-el. 

32  If  And  pthe  bones  of  Jo'geph^  which  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  brought  up  out  of  E'gypt,  buried  they 
in  She'chem,  in  a  parcel  of  ground  Q which  Ja'cob 
bought  of  the  sons  of  Ha'mor  the  father  of  She'chem 
for  an  hundred  2  pieces  of  silver  :  and  it  became  the 
inheritance  of  the  children  of  Jo'geph. 

33  And  E-le-a'zar  the  son  of  Aar'on  died  ;  and 
they  buried  him  in  a  hill  that  pertained  to  rPhm'- 
e-has  his  son,  which  was  given  him  in  mount 
E'phra-im. 


198 


THE 


BOOK  OF  JUDGES. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Conquests  by  Judah,    8  Jerusalem  taken.    21  The  acts  of  Benjamin.    2d  Nations 
remaining  unconquered. 

1VTOW  after  the  death  of  Josh'u-a  it  came  to  pass, 
-^  that  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  "asked  the  Lord, 
saying,  Who  shall  go  up  for  us  against  the  Ca'naan- 
Ites  first,  to  fight  against  them  ? 

2  And  the  Lord  said,  6  Ju'dah  shall  go  up  :  behold, 
I  have  delivered  the  land  into  his  hand. 

3  And  Ju'dah  said  unto  Sim'e-on  his  brother,  Come 
up  with  me  into  my  lot,  that  we  may  fight  against 
the  Ca'naan-Ites  ;  and  I  likewise  will  go  with  thee 
into  thy  lot.     °  So  Sim'e-on  went  with  him. 

4  And  Ju'dah  went  up;  and  dthe  Lord  delivered 
the  Ca'naan-Ites  and  the  Per'iz-zltes  into  their  hand  : 
and  they  slew  of  them  in  Be'zek  ten  thousand  men. 

5  And  they  found  A-don'i-be'zek  in  Be'zek  :  and 
they  fought  against  him,  and  they  slew  the  Ca'- 
naan-Ites and  the  Per'iz-zltes. 

6  But  A-don'i-be'zek  fled  ;  and  they  pursued  after 
him,  and  caught  him,  and  cut  off  his  thumbs  and 
his  great  Joes. 

7  And  A-don'i-bs'zek  said,  Threescore  and  ten 
kings,  having  J  their  thumbs  and  their  great  toes 
cut  off,  2 gathered  their  meat  under  my  table:  cas 
I  have  done,  so  God  hath  requited  me.  And  they 
brought  him  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  there  he  died. 

8  Now  ^he  children  of  Ju'dah  had  fought  against 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  had  taken  it,  and  smitten  it  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  set  the  city  on  fire. 

9  TI  ''And  afterward  the  children  of  Ju'dah  went 
down  to  fight  against  the  Ca'naan-Ites,  that  dwelt 
in  the  mountain,  and  in  the  south,  and  in  the  3  val- 
ley. 

10  And  Ju'dah  went  against  the  Ca'naan-Ites  that 
dwelt  in  He'bron  :  (now  the  name  of  He'bron  be- 
fore wets  h  Kir' jath-ar'ba  :)  and  they  slew  She'shai, 
and  A-hl'man,  and  Tal'mai. 

11  *And  from  thence  he  went  against  the  inhabit- 
ants of  De'bir  :  and  the  name  of  De'bir  before  was 
Kir'jath-se'pher : 

12  And  Ca'leb  said,  He  that  smiteth  Kir'jath-se'- 
pher, and  taketh  it,  to  him  will  I  give  Ach'sah  my 
daughter  to  wife. 

13  And  Oth'm-el  the  son  of  Ke'naz,  ^'Ca'leb's 
younger  brother,  took  it :  and  he  gave  him  Ach'sah 
his  daughter  to  wife. 

14  &And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  came  to  him, 
that  she  moved  him  to  ask  of  her  father  a  field  ; 
and  she  lighted  from  off  her  ass  ;  and  Ca'leb  said 
unto  her,  What  wilt  thou  ? 

15  And  she  said  unto  him,  'Give  me  a  4 blessing  : 
for  thou  hast  given  me  a  south  land  ;  give  me  also 
springs  of  water.  And  Ca'leb  gave  her  the  upper 
springs  and  the  nether  springs. 

16  1  And  mthe  children  of  the  Ken'ite,  Mo'ges' 
father  in  law,  went  up  out  n  of  the  city  of  palm 
trees  with  the  children  of  Ju'dah  into  the  wilder- 


B.  C.  1425. 


a  Ex.  28.  30. 
ch.  20.  18. 
1  Sam.  23. 
9,  10. 


b  Gen.  49.  8. 


c  Eccl.  4.  9. 

Mark  G.  7. 

1  Cor.  12.  2G. 

Gal.  G.  2. 
tf  Dent.  9.  1. 

Ps.  44.  2. 


1  the  thumbs  of 
their  hands 
and  of  their 
feet. 

2  Or,  gleaned. 
e  Lev.  24.  19. 

Ps.  109.  16. 

Prov.  1.  31. 

Mark  4.  24. 

/Josh.  15.  G3. 


g  Josh.  10. 
12,  3G. 


3  Or,  low 
country. 

h  Josh.  14.  15. 
i  Josh.  15.  15. 
j  eh.  3.  9. 
k  Josh.  15.  18. 
I  Gen.  33.  11. 

1  Sam.  25.  27. 

Heb.  G.  7. 

4  Or,  present. 
m  Num.  10. 

29-32. 
ch.  4.  11. 
1  Sam.  15.  6. 

1  Chr.  2.  55. 
Jer.  35.  2. 

n  Dent.  34.  3. 

2  Chr.  28.  15. 
o  Num.  21.  1. 
p  Num.  10.  32. 
q  Num.  21.  3. 

r  Josh.  11.22. 
ch.  16.  1. 

1  Sam.  6.  17. 
*  Gen.  39.  2,  21. 

2  Sam.  5.  10. 
2  Ki.  IS.  7. 
Rom.  S.  31. 

5  Or,  lie  pos- 
sessed the 
mountain. 

/Josh.  17.  16. 
u  Num.  14.  24. 

Dent.  1.  36. 

Josh.  14.  9,  13. 
v  Josh.  15.  63. 

2  Sam.  5.  G. 
w  Josh.  2.  1. 

ch.  18.  2. 
r  Gen.  28.  19. 
y  1  Sam.  30.  15. 
z  Josh.  17.  11. 
a  Josh.  21.  25. 

6  driving  he 
drove  them 
not  out. 

b  1  Ki.  9.  1G. 
c  Josh.  19.  15. 
d  Josh.  19. 

24-30. 
e  Ps.  106.  34,  35. 


ness  of  Ju'dah,  which  lieth  in  the  south  of  °  A'rad  ; 
p  and  they  went  and  dwelt  among  the  people. 

17  And  Ju'dah  went  with  Sim'e-on  his  brother, 
and  they  slew  the  Ca'naan-Ites  that  inhabited  Ze'- 
phath,  and  utterly  destroyed  it.  And  the  name  of 
the  city  was  called  9H6r'mah. 

18  Also  Ju'dah  took  'Ga'za  with  the  coast  thereof, 
and  As'ke-lon  with  the  coast  thereof,  and  Ek'ron 
with  the  coast  thereof. 

19  And  "the  Lord  was  with  Ju'dah ;  and  "he 
drave  out  the  inhabitants  of  the  mountain  ;  but 
could  not  drive  out  the  inhabitants  of  the  valley, 
because  they  had  'chariots  of  iron. 

20  "And  they  gave  He'bron  unto  Ca'leb,  as  Mo'ges. 
said  :  and  he  expelled  thence  the  three  sons  of 
A'nak. 

21  "And  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  did  not  drive 
out  the  Jeb'u-sltes  that  inhabited  Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  but 
the  Jeb'u-sltes  dwell  with  the  children  of  Ben'ja- 
min  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  unto  this  day. 

22  Tf  And  the  house  of  Jo'seph,  they  also  went  up 
against  Beth '-el :  and  the  Lord  ivas  with  them. 

23  And  the  house  of  Jo'seph  w  sent  to  descry 
Beth '-el.  (Now  the  name  of  the  city  before  was 
x  Luz.) 

24  And  the  spies  saw  a  man  come  forth  out  of  the 
city,  and  they  said  unto  him,  Shew  us,  we  pray 
thee,  the  entrance  into  the  city,  and  ^we  will  shew 
thee  mercy. 

25  And  when  he  shewed  them  the  entrance  into 
the  city,  they  smote  the  city  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword  ;  but  they  let  go  the  man  and  all  his  family. 

26  And  the  man  went  into  the  land  of  the  Hit'- 
tites,  and  built  a  city,  and  called  the  name  thereof 
Liiz  :  which  is  the  name  thereof  unto  this  day. 

27  T[  Neither  did  *Ma-nas'seh  drive  out  the  inhab- 
itants of  Beth-she 'an  and  her  towns,  nor  aTa'a- 
nach  and  her  towns,  nor  the  inhabitants  of  Dor 
and  her  towns,  nor  the  inhabitants  of  Ib'le-am  and 
her  towns,  nor  the  inhabitants  of  Me-gid'do  and  her 
towns :  but  the  Ca'naan-Ites  would  dwell  in  that  land. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I§'ra-el  was  strong, 
that  they  put  the  Ca'naan-Ites  to  tribute,  and  6did 
not  utterly  drive  them  out. 

29  H  b Neither  did  E'phra-im  drive  out  the  Ca'- 
naan-Ites that  dwelt  in  Ge'zer  ;  but  the  Ca'naan- 
Ites  dwelt  in  Ge'zer  among  them. 

30  T[  Neither  did  Zeb'u-lun  drive  out  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Kit'ron,  nor  the  c  inhabitants  of  Na'ha-lol  ; 
but  the  Ca'naan-Ites  dwelt  among  them,  and  be- 
came tributaries. 

31  H  d Neither  did  Ash'er  drive  out  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Ac'cho,  nor  the  inhabitants  of  ZI'don,  nor 
of  Ah'lab,  nor  of  Ach'zib,  nor  of  Hel'bah,  nor  of 
A'phik,  nor  of  Re 'hob  : 

32  But  the  Ash'er-Ites  e dwelt  among  the  Ca'naan- 
Ites,  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  :  for  they  did  not 
drive  them  out. 

199 


An  angel's  rebuke. 


JUDGES,  2,  3. 


The  raising  up  of  judges. 


33  If  -'"Neither  did  Naph'ta-ll  drive  out  the  inhab- 
itants of  Beth-she' mesh,  nor  the  inhabitants  of 
Beth-a'nath  ;  but  he  dwelt  among  the  Ca'naan-Ites, 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land  :  nevertheless  the  in- 
habitants of  Beth-she' mesh  and  of  Beth-a'nath 
became  tributaries  unto  them. 

34  And  the  Am'or-Ites  forced  the  children  of  Dan 
into  the  mountain :  for  they  would  not  suffer  them 
to  come  down  to  the  valley  : 

35  But  the  Am'or-Ites  would  dwell  in  mount  He'reg 
9in  Aij'a-lon,  and  in  Sha-al'bim  :  yet  the  hand  of 
the  house  of  Jo 'geph 7  prevailed,  so  that  they  became 
tributaries. 

36  And  the^ coast  of  the  Am'or-Ites  was  Afrom  8the 
going  up  to  A-krab'bim,  from  the  rock,  and  upward. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  An  angel  rebukes  Israel.    6  A  wicked  generation.     1G  Judges  defied. 

AND  an  al angel  of  the  Lord  came  up  from 
-  Gil 'gal  to  Bo'chim,  and  said,  I  made  you  to  go 
up  out  of  E'gypt,  and  have  brought  you  unto  the 
land  which  I  sware  unto  your  fathers ;  and  b  I  said, 
I  will  never  break  my  covenant  with  you. 

2  And  ye  shall  make  no  league  with  the  inhabit- 
ants of  this  land ;  ye  shall  throw  down  their  altars  : 
but  ye  have  not  obeyed  my  voice :  why  have  ye 
done  this  ? 

3  Wherefore  I  also  said,  I  will  not  drive  them  out 
from  before  you;  but  they  shall  be  cas  thorns  in 
your  sides,  and  d  their  gods  shall  be  a  snare  unto  you. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
spake  these  words  unto  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  the  people  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept. 

5  And  they  called  the  name  of  that  place 2  Bo'chim  : 
and  they  sacrificed  there  unto  the  Lord. 

6  If  And  when  Josh'u-a  had  let  the  people  go,  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  every  man  unto  his  inher- 
itance to  possess  the  land. 

7  And  the  people  served  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
Josh'u-a,  and  all  the  days  of  the  elders  that 3 out- 
lived Josh'u-a,  who  had  seen  all  the  great  works  of 
the  Lord,  that  he  did  for  Ig'ra-el. 

8  And  Josh'u-a  the  son  of  Nun,  the  servant  of  the 
Lord,  died,  being  an  hundred  and  ten  years  old. 

9  And  they  buried  him  in  the  border  of  his  inherit- 
ance in  Tim'nath- he'reg,  in  the  mount  of  E'phra-im, 
on  the  north  side  of  the  hill  Ga'ash. 

10  And  also  all  that  generation  were  gathered  unto 
their  fathers :  and  there  arose  another  generation 
after  them,  which  c  knew  not  the  Lord,  nor  yet  the 
works  which  he  had  done  for  Ig'ra-el. 

11  If  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  and  served  Ba'al-im  : 

12  And  they-^forsook  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers, 
which  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and 
followed  9  other  gods,  of  the  gods  of  the  people  that 
were  round  about  them,  and  h  bowed  themselves  unto 
them,  and  provoked  the  Lord  to  anger. 

13  And  they  forsook  the  Lord,  and  served  Ba'al 
and  Ash'ta-roth. 

_  14  If i  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  hot  against 
Ig'ra-el,  and   ihe  delivered  them  into  the  hands 

200 


B.  C.  1425. 


/Josh.  19.  38. 


g  ch.  12.  12. 
7  was  heavy. 


h  Num.  34.  4. 

8  Or,  Maaleh- 

akrabbiin. 


a  Gen.  lfi.  7. 

Gen.  32.  1. 

Ex.  3.  1-G. 

John  1.51. 
1  Or,  messenger. 

b  Gen.  17.  7. 
Ex.  G.  4. 
Ps.  105,  8-11. 
Mio.  7.  20. 
Luke  1 .  54, 
55,  72-75. 


c  Josh.  23.  13. 

d  Ex.  23.  33. 
Deut.  7.  16. 
ch.  3.  0. 
Ps.  10G.  3G. 

2  That  is, 
Weepers. 

3  prolonged 
days  after 
Joshua. 

e  Ex.  5.  2. 
1  Sam.  2.  12. 

1  Chr.  28.  9. 
Jer.  9.  3. 
Gal.  4.  8. 

2  Thess.  1.  8. 
Tit.  1.  16. 

/Deut.  13.  5. 
ch.  10.  6,  13. 

1  Chr.  28.  9. 
g  Deut.  G.  14. 
h  Ex.  20.  5. 

i  ch.  3.  8. 

2  Chr.  7.  19. 
Ps.  78.  58-62. 
Ps.  89.  30. 
Isa.  1.  28. 

j  2  Ki.  17.  20. 
k  ch.  3.  8. 

Ps.  44.  12. 

Isa.  50.  1. 
I  Lev.  2G.  37. 

Josh.  7.  12. 
m  Lev.  26. 14,  34. 

Deut.  28. 

15-G8. 
n  ch.  3.  9. 

1  Sam.  12.  11. 

Acts  13.  20. 

4  saved. 

o  Ex.  34.  15,  16. 

Lev.  17.  7. 

Rev.  17.  1-5. 
p  Josh. 1.  5. 
q  Gen.  6.  6. 

Deut.  32.  36. 

Ps.  106.  44. 

Jer.  18.  7-10. 

5  Or,  were 
corrupt. 

G  they  let 

nothing  fall 

of  their. 
r  Josh.  23.  16. 
s  Deut.  8.  2. 
7  Or,  suffered. 


a  Gen.  22.  1. 

Deut.  8.  2,  16. 

John  2.  24. 

1  Cor.  11.  19. 
b  Josh.  13.  3. 
c  Ps.  106.  35. 


of  spoilers  that  spoiled  them,  and  *he  sold  them 
into  the  hands  of  their  enemies  round  about,  so 
that  *they  could  not  any  longer  stand  before  their 
enemies. 

15  Whithersoever  they  went  out,  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  was  against  them  for  evil,  as  the  Lord  had 
said,  and  TOas  the  Lord  had  sworn  unto  them:  and 
they  were  greatly  distressed. 

16  If  Nevertheless  wthe  Lord  raised  up  judges, 
which 4  delivered  them  out  of  the  hand  of  those  that 
spoiled  them. 

17  And  yet  they  would  not  hearken  unto  their 
judges,  but  they  "went  a  whoring  after  other  gods, 
and  bowed  themselves  unto  them :  they  turned 
quickly  out  of  the  way  which  their  fathers  walked 
in,  obeying  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  ;  but 
they  did  not  so. 

18  And  when  the  Lord  raised  them  up  judges, 
then  v  the  Lord  was  with  the  judge,  and  delivered 
them  out  of  the  hand  of  their  enemies  all  the  days 
of  the  judge  :  for  5it  repented  the  Lord  because  of 
their  groanings  by  reason  of  them  that  oppressed 
them  and  vexed  them. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  judge  was  dead, 
that  they  returned,  and  5  corrupted  themselves  more 
than  their  fathers,  in  following  other  gods  to  serve 
them,  and  to  bow  down  unto  them;  6they  ceased 
not  from  their  own  doings,  nor  from  their  stubborn 
way. 

20  If  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  hot  against 
Ig'ra-el ;  and  he  said,  Because  that  this  people  hath 
''  transgressed  my  covenant  which  I  commanded  their 
fathers,  and  have  not  hearkened  unto  my  voice  ; 

21  I  also  will  not  henceforth  drive  out  any  from 
before  them  of  the  nations  which  Josh'u-a  left  when 
he  died : 

22  That  through  them  I  s  may  prove  Ig'ra-el, 
whether  they  will  keep  the  way  of  the  Lord  to  walk 
therein,  as  their  fathers  did  keep  it,  or  not. 

23  Therefore  the  Lord  7  left  those  nations,  without 
driving  them  out  hastily  ;  neither  delivered  he  them 
into  the  hand  of  Josh'u-a. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Nations  left  to  prove  Israel.    8  Othniel  as  judge.     12  Ehud  slays  Eglon. 

NOW  these  are  the  nations  which  the  Lord  left, 
°to  prove  Ig'ra-el  by  them,  even  as  many  of 
Is'ra-el  as  had  not  known  all  the  wars  of  Ca'naan  ; 

2  Only  that  the  generations  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  might  know,  to  teach  them  war,  at  the  least 
such  as  before  knew  nothing  thereof ; 

3  Namely,  6five  lords  of  the  Phl-lls'tmeg,  and  all 
the  Ca'naan-Ites,  and  the  Sl-do'ni-ang,  and  the  Hl'- 
vltes  that  dwelt  in  mount  Leb'a-non,  from  mount 
Ba'al-her'mon  unto  the  entering  in  of  Ha'math. 

4  And  they  were  to  prove  Ig'ra-el  by  them,  to 
know  whether  they  would  hearken  unto  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord,  which  he  commanded  their 
fathers  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

5  If  cAnd  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  dwelt  among  the 
Ca'naan-Ites,  Hit'tltes,  and  Am'or-Ites,  and  Per'iz- 
zltes,  and  Hl'vltes,  and  Jeb'u-sltes : 


Ehud  slays  Eglon. 


JUDGES,  4. 


Moab  is  smitten. 


6  And  dthey  took  their  daughters  to  be  their 
wives,  and  gave  their  daughters  to  their  sons,  and 

I  served  their  gods. 
7  "And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  and  forgat  the  Lord  their  God,  and 
served  Ba'al-im  and  •'"the  groves. 
8  If  Therefore  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  hot 
against  Ig'ra-el,  and  he  sold  them  into  the  hand  of 
sChu'shan-rish-a-tha'im  king  of  ^es-o-po-ta'mi-a: 
and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  served  Chu'shan-rish-a- 
tha'im  eight  years. 

9  And  when  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  h cried  unto 
the  Lord,  the  Lord  l  raised  up  a  2  deliverer  to  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  who  delivered  them,  even  iOth'- 
ni-el  the  son  of  Ke'naz,  Ca'leb's  younger  brother. 

10  And  fcthe  Spirit  of  the  Lord  3came  upon  him, 
and  he  judged  Ig'ra-el,  and  went  out  to  war:  and 
the  Lord  delivered  Chu'shan-rish-a-tha'im  king  of 
4Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a  into  his  hand;  and  his  hand  pre- 
vailed against  Chu'shan-rish-a-tha'im. 

11  And  the  land  had  rest  forty  years.  And  Oth'- 
ni-el  the  son  of  Ke'naz  died. 

12  I  'And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  evil  again  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  and  the  Lord  strengthened 
™  Eg'lon  the  king  of  Mo'ab  against  Ig'ra-el,  because 
they  had  done  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

•  13  And  he  gathered  unto  him  the  children  of 
Am'mon  and  "Am'a-lek,  and  went  and  smote  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  possessed  °the  city  of  palm  trees. 

14  So  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  p served  Eg'lon  the 
king  of  Mo'ab  eighteen  years. 

15  But  when  the  children  of  Is'ra-el  "cried  unto 
the  Lord,  the  Lord  raised  them  up  a  deliverer, 
E'hiid  the  son  of  Ge'ra,  5a  Ben'ja-mite,  a  man  6 left- 
handed  :  and  by  him  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  sent  a 

I  present  unto  Eg'lon  the  king  of  Mo'ab. 
16  But  E'hiid  made  him  a  dagger  which  had  two 
edges,  of  a  cubit  length  ;  and  he  did  gird  it  under 
his  raiment  upon  his  right  thigh. 
17  And  he  brought  the  present  unto  Eg'lon  king 
of  Mo'ab :  and  Eg'lon  was  a  very  fat  man. 
18  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  to  offer  the 
present,  he  sent  away  the  people  that  bare  the 
present. 

19  But  he  himself  turned  again  ''from  the  Quar- 
ries that  were  by  Gil 'gal,  and  said,  I  have  a  secret 
errand  unto  thee,  0  king :  who  said,  Keep  silence. 
And  all  that  stood  by  him  went  out  from  him. 

20  And  E'hiid  came  unto  him;  and  he  was  sitting 
in  8a  summer  parlour,  which  he  had  for  himself 
alone.  And  E'hiid  said,  I  have  a  message  from  God 
unto  thee._  And  he  arose  out  of  his  seat; 

21  And  E'hiid  put  forth  his  left  hand,  and  took 
the  dagger  from  his  right  thigh,  and  thrust  it  into 
his  belly : 

22  And  the  haft  also  went  in  after  the  blade ;  and 
the  fat  closed  upon  the  blade,  so  that  he  could  not 
draw  the  dagger  out  of  his  belly;  and  9the  dirt 
came  out. 

23  Then  E'hiid  went  forth  through  the  porch,  and 
shut  the  doors  of  the  parlour  upon  him,  and  locked 
them. 


B.  C. 1406. 


d  Ex.  34.  10. 

Deut.  7.  3. 

Ezra  9.  12. 
e  ch.  2.  11. 


/Ex.  34.  13. 
Deut.  10.  21. 
ch.  6.  25. 


g  Hab.  3.  7. 
1  Aram-naha- 
raiui. 


h  eh.  6.  7. 

ch.  10.  10. 

1  Sam.  12.  10. 

Neh.  9.  27. 

Ps.  22.  5. 

Ps.  100.  44. 
('  ch.  2.  10. 

2  saviour, 
j  ch.  1.  13. 

k  Num.  11.  17. 
1  Sam.  10.  0. 

1  Sam.  11.  G. 

2  Chr.  15.  1. 
Heb.  G.  4. 

3  was. 

4  Aram. 


I  ch.  2.  19. 

Jer.  16.  12. 

Hos.  G.  4. 

Matt.  23.  32. 
m  1  Sam.  12.  9. 


i>  ch.  5.  14. 
o  Deut.  34.  3. 

ch.  1.  16. 
p  Lev.  2G.  23-25. 

Deut.  28.  48.. 
q  Ps.  50.  15. 

Ps.  78.  34. 

Jer.  29.  12,  13. 

Dau.  9.  3. 

5  Or,  the  son 
of  Jemini. 

6  shut  of  his 
right  hand. 

;■  Josh.  4.  20. 

7  Or,  graven 
images. 

8  a  parlour  of 
cooling. 

9  Or,  it  came 
out  at  the 
fundament. 

10  Or,  easeth 
nature. 

s  ch.  5.  14. 

ch.  6.  34. 

1  Sam.  13.  3. 
t  Josh.  17.  15. 

ch.  7.  24. 

ch.  17.  1. 
u  ch.  7.  9,  15. 

1  Sam.  17.  47. 
i'  Josh.  2.  7. 

ch.  12.  5. 

11  fat. 

12  This  seems  to 
concern  only 
the  country 
next  to  the 
Philistines. 

w  1  Sam.  17. 

47,  50. 
x  ch.  2.  1G. 

13  So  part  is 
called  Israel, 
ch.  4.  1,  and 
ch.  10.  7. 


a  ch.  2.  19. 
b  Josh.  11.  1. 
c  1  Sam.  12.  9. 

Ps.  S3.  9. 
d  Josh.  17.  18. 

ch.  1.  19. 
e  Deut.  28.  29, 

33,  47,  48. 

ch.  5.  8. 

Ps.  100.  42. 
/2  Ki.  22.  14. 

1  Cor.  1.  27. 
q  Gen.  35.  8. 
h  Heb.  11.  32. 
i  Josh.  19.  37. 
j  Ex.  14.  4. 

Ezek.  38. 

10-16. 

Joel  3.  11-14. 
k  ch.  5.  21. 

Ps.  83.  9. 


lown  dead  on  the 

8  they  tarried,  and 
id  escaped  unto  Se'I- 


24  When  he  was  gone  out,  his  servants  came  ;  and 
when  they  saw  that,  behold,  the  doors  of  the  par- 
lour were  locked,  they  said,  Surely  he  10covereth  his 
feet  in  his  summer  chamber. 

25  And  they  tarried  till  they  were  ashamed :  and, 
behold,  he  opened  not  the  doors  of  the  parlour; 
therefore  they  took  a  key,  r  1  opened  them :  and, 
behold,  their  lord  tvas  fal1 
earth. 

26  And   E'hiid   escaped 
passed  beyond  the  quarrit 
rath. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  was  come,  that 
she  blew  a  trumpet  in  the  'mountain  of  E'phra-im, 
and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  down  with  him 
from  the  mount,  and  he  before  them. 

28  And  he  said  unto  them,  Follow  after  me :  for 
"the  Lord  hath  delivered  your  enemies  the  Mo'ab- 
Ites  into  your  hand.  And  they  went  down  after 
him,  and  took  "the  fords  of  Jor'dan  toward  Mo'ab, 
and  suffered  not  a  man  to  pass  over. 

29  And  they  slew  of  Mo'ab  at  that  time  about  ten 
thousand  men,  all  n lusty,  and  all  men  of  valour; 
and  there  escaped  not  a  man. 

30_  So  Mo'ab  was  subdued  that  day  under  the  hand 
of  Ig'ra-el.     And  the  land  had  rest  fourscore  years. 

31  If  And  after  him  was  12Sham'gar  the  son  of 
A'nath,  which  slew  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  six  hundred 
men  wwith  an  ox  goad:  a'and  he  also  delivered 
13  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  D'.horah  and  Barak  deliver  Israel.     18  Death  of  Sisera. 

A  ND  athe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  again  did  evil  in 
-^-  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  when  E'hiid  was  dead. 

2  And  the  Lord  sold  them  into  the  hand  of  Ja'bin 
king  of  Ca'naan,  that  reigned  in  ftHa'zor;  the 
captain  of  whose  host  was  cSis'e-ra,  which  dwelt  in 
Ha-ro'sheth  of  the  Gen'tlleg. 

3  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  cried  unto  the  Lord  :  . 
for  he  had  nine  hundred  d chariots  of  iron;  and 
twenty  years  ehe  mightily  oppressed  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el. 

4  If  rAnd  Deb'o-rah,  a  prophetess,  the  wife  of  Lap'i- 
doth,  she  judged  Ig'ra-el  at  that  time. 

5  "And  she  dwelt  under  the  palm  tree  ofJDeb'o-rah 
between  Ra'mah  and  Beth'-el  in  mount  E'phra-im: 
and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  came  up  to  her  for  judg- 
ment. 

6  And  she  sent  and  called  ^Ba'rak  the  son  of 
A-bm'o-am  out  ioi  Ke'desh-naph'ta-li,  and  said 
unto  him,  Hath  not  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  com- 
manded, saying,  Go  and  draw  toward  mount  Ta'bor, 
and  take  with  thee  ten  thousand  men  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Naph'ta-li  and  of  the  children  of  Zeb'u-lun? 

7  And  j  I  will  draw  unto  thee  to  the  k  river  Ki'shon 
Sis'e-ra,  the  captain  of  Ja1  bin's  army,  with  his  chari- 
ots and  his  multitude ;  and  I  will  deliver  him  into 
thine  hand. 

8  And  Ba'rak  said  unto  her,  If  thou  wilt  go  with 
me,  then  I  will  go :  but  if  thou  wilt  not  go  with  me, 
then  I  will  not  go. 

9  And  she  said,  I  will  surely  go  with  thee :  not- 

201 


Death  of  Sisera. 


JUDGES, 


5. 


The  song  of  victory. 


withstanding  the  journey  that  thou  takest  shall  not 
be  for  thine  honour  ;  for  the  Lord  shall l  sell  Sis'e-ra 
into  the  hand  of  a  woman.  And  Deb'o-rah  arose, 
and  went  with  Ba'rak  to  Ke'desh. 

10  U  And  Ba'rak  called  ra  Zeb'u-lun  and  Naph'ta-li 
to  Ke'desh ;  and  he  went  up  with  ten  thousand  men 
mat  his  feet:  and  Deb'o-rah  went  up  with  him. 

11  Now  He'ber  °the  Ken'ite,  which  was  of  the  chil- 
dren of  p  Ho'bab  the  father  in  law  of  Mo'seg,  had 
severed  himself  from  "the  Ken'Ites,  and  pitched  his 
tent  unto  the  plain  of  Za-a-na'im,  which  is  by  Ke'- 
desh. 

12^ And  they  shewed  Sis'e-ra  that  Ba'rak  the  son 
of  A-bm'o-am  was  gone  up  to  mount  Ta'bor. 

13  And  Sis'e-ra  1  gathered  together  all  his  chariots, 
even  nine  hundred  chariots  of  iron,  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  from  Ha-ro'sheth  of  the  Gen'- 
tiles.  unto  the  river  of  Kl'shon. 

14  And  Deb'o-rah  said  unto  Ba'rak,  Up ;  for  this 
is  the  day  in  which  the  Lord  hath  delivered  Sis'e-ra 
into  thine  hand :  'is  not  the  Lord  gone  out  before 
thee?  So  Ba'rak  went  down  from  mount  Ta'b6r, 
and  ten  thousand  men  after  him. 

15  And  sthe  Lord  discomfited  Sis'e-ra,  and  all  his 
chariots,  and  all  his  host,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword 
before  Ba'rak ;  so  that  Sis'e-ra  lighted  down  off  his 
chariot,  and  fled  away  on  his  feet. 

16  But  Ba'rak  pursued  after  the  chariots,  and  after 
the  host,  unto  Ha-ro'sheth  of  the  Gen 'tiles. :  and  all 
the  host  of  Sis'e-ra  fell  upon  the  edge  of  the  sword ; 
and  there  was  not  2a  man  left. 

17  Howbeit  Sis'e-ra  *fled  away  on  his  feet  to  the 
tent  of  Ja'el  the  wife  of  He'ber  the  Ken'ite :  for 
there  was  peace  between  Ja'bin  the  king  of  Ha'zor 
and  the  house  of  He'ber  the  Ken'ite. 

18  1  And  Ja'el  went  out  to  meet  Sis'e-ra,  and  said 
unto  him,  Turn  in,  my  lord,  turn  in  to  me ;  fear  not. 
And  when  he  had  turned  in  unto  her  into  the  tent, 
she  covered  him  with  a  3  mantle. 

19  And  he  said  unto  her,  Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  a 
little  water  to  drink ;  for  I  am  thirsty.  And  she 
opened  w  a  bottle  of  milk,  and  gave  him  drink,  and 
covered  him. 

20  Again  he  said  unto  her,  Stand  in  the  door  of 
the  tent,  and  it  shall  be,  when  any  man  doth  come 
and  enquire  of  thee,  and  say,  Is  there  any  man 
here?  that  thou  shalt  say,  No. 

21  Then  Ja'el  He'ber's  wife  "took  a  nail  of  the 
tent,  and  4took  an  hammer  in  her  hand,  and  went 
softly  unto  him,  and  smote  the  nail  into  his  temples, 
and  fastened  it  into  the  ground :  for  he  was  fast 
asleep  and  weary.     So  he  died. 

22  And,  behold,  as  Ba'rak  pursued  Sis'e-ra,  Ja'el 
came  out  to  meet  him,  and  said  unto  him;  Come, 
and  I  will  shew  thee  the  man  whom  thou  seekest. 
And  when  he  came  into  her  tent,  behold,  Sis'e-ra 
lay  dead,  and  the  nail  was  in  his  temples. 

23  So  wGod  subdued  on  that  day  Ja'bin  the  king 
of  Ca'naan  before  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

24  And  the  hand  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  5 pros- 
pered, and  prevailed  against  Ja'bin  the  king  of  Ca'- 
naan, until  they  had  destroyed  Ja'bin  king  of  Ca'naan. 

202 


B.  C.  1296. 


/  ch.  2.  14. 
Ps.  44.  12. 
Isa.  50.  1. 


m  ch.  5.  18. 


n  Ex.  11.  8. 
o  ch.  1.  16. 

p  Ex.  3.  1. 
Ex.  18.  1. 

q  Num.  24.  21. 


1  gathered  by 
cry,  or,  pro- 
clamation. 


r  Deut.  9.  3. 
2  Sam.  5.  24. 
Ps.  68.  7. 
Isa.  52.  12. 
Mic.  2.  13. 

s  Ps.  83.  9, 10. 
Josh.  10.  10. 


2  unto  one. 

I  Job  12.  21,  24. 
Ps.  IS.  14. 
Ps.  107.  40. 
Prov.  29.  23. 
Amos  5.  19. 

3  Or,  rug,  or, 
blanket. 

u  ch.  5.  25. 
v  ch.  5.  20. 

4  put. 

w  1  Chr.  22.  18. 
Ps.  18.  47. 

5  going  went 
and  was  hard. 


a  Deut.  33.  2. 

Ps.  68.  7,  8. 
b  Isa.  04.  3. 

Hab.  3.  3. 
c  Deut.  4. 11. 

1  flowed. 
</ch.  3.  31. 

e  Lev.  26.  22. 
Isa.  33.  8. 
Lam.  1.4. 

2  walkers  of 
paths. 

3  crooked  ways, 
/oh.  4.  4-6. 

Isa.  49.  23. 
g  Deut.  32.  16. 

ch.  2.  12. 
//  1  Sam.  13.  19, 

22. 

ch.  4.  3. 

4  Or,  Meditate. 
i  ch.  12.  14. 

5  righteous- 
nesses of 
the  Loud. 

/  ch.  3.  27. 
k  Num.  32.  39. 

6  draw  with 
the  pen,  etc. 

7  his  feet. 

8  Or,  In  the 
divisions,  etc. 

9  impressions. 
/  Num.  32.  1. 

10  Or,  In. 

m  Josh.  13.  25. 
n  Josh.  19.  29. 

11  Or,  port. 

12  Or,  creeks, 
o  ch.  4.  10, 

13  exposed  to 
reproach. 

p  ch.  4.  16. 
Ps.  44.  12. 


then  was  war  in  the 
or  spear  seen  among 


CHAPTER  5. 

Song  of  Deborah  and  Barak. 

THEN   sang   Deb'o-rah  and   Ba'rak   the  son  of 
A-bm'o-am  on  that  day,  saying, 

2  Praise  ye  the  Lord  for  the  avenging  of  Ig'ra-el, 
when  the  people  willingly  offered  themselves. 

3  Hear,  O  ye  kings ;  give  ear,  O  ye  princes ;  I,  even 
I,  will  sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  I  will  sing  praise  to  the 
Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el. 

4  Lord,  "when  thou  wentest  out  of  Se'ir,  when 
thou  marchedst  out  of  the  field  of  E'dom,  Hhe  earth 
trembled,  and  the  heavens  dropped,  the  clouds  also 
dropped  water. 

5  cThe  mountains  1  melted  from  before  the  Lord, 
even  that  Si'nai  from  before  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el.. 

6  In  the  days  of  rfSham'gar  the  son  of  A'nath,  in 
the  days  of  Ja'el,  Hhe  highways  were  unoccupied, 
and  the  2  travellers  walked  through  3  byways. 

7  The  inhabitants  of  the  villages  ceased,  they 
ceased  in  Ig'ra-el,  until  that  I  Deb'o-rah  arose,  that 
I  arose  ya  mother  in  I§'ra-el. 

8  They  °  chose  new  gods  ; 
gates  :  ;'was  there  a  shield 
forty  thousand  in  I§'ra-el  ? 

9  My  heart  is  toward  the  governors  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  offered  themselves  willingly  among  the  people. 
Bless  ye  the  Lord. 

10  i  Speak,  ye  Hhat  ride  on  white  asses,  ye  that 
sit  in  judgment,  and  walk  by  the  way. 

11  They  that  are  delivered  from  the  noise  of  archers 
in  the  places  of  drawing  water,  there  shall  they 
rehearse  the  5  righteous  acts  of  the  Lord,  even  the 
righteous  acts  toward  the  inhabitants  of  his  villages 
in  Ig'ra-el  :  then  shall  the  people  of  the  Lord  go 
down  to  the  gates. 

12  Awake,  awake,  Deb'o-rah :  awake,  awake,  utter 
a  song :  arise,  Ba/rak,  and  lead  thy  captivity  cap- 
tive, thou  son  of  A-bm'o-am. 

13  Then  he  made  him  that  remaineth  have  domin- 
ion over  the  nobles  among  the  people  :  the  Lord 
made  me  have  dominion  over  the  mighty. 

14  J'Out  of  E'phra-im  was  there  a  root  of  them 
against  Am'a-lek ;  after  thee,  Ben'ja-min,  among 
thy  people  ;  out  of  A"Ma'chir  came  down  governors, 
and  out  of  Zeb'u-lun  they  that  6  handle  the  pen  of 
the  writer. 

15  And  the  princes  of  Is'sa-char  were  with  Deb'- 
o-rah ;  even  Is'sa-char,  and  also  Ba'rak  :  he  was 
sent  on  7foot  into  the  valley.  8For  the  divisions  of 
Reu'ben  there  were  great 9  thoughts  of  heart. 

16  Why  abodest  thou  l  among  the  sheepfolds,  to 
hear  the  bleatings  of  the  flocks  ?  10  For  the  divi- 
sions of  Reu'ben  there  were  great  searchings  of  heart. 

17  mGil'e-ad  abode  beyond  Jor'dan  :  and  why  did 
Dan  remain  in  ships?  "Ash'er  continued  on  the 
sea  "shore,  and  abode  in  his12 breaches. 

18  ° Zeb'u-lun  and  Naph'ta-H  were  a  people  that 
13  jeoparded  their  lives  unto  the  death  in  the  high 
places  of  the  field. 

19  The  kings  came  and  fought,  then  fought  the 
kings  of  Ca'naan  in  Ta'a-nach  by  the  waters  of 
Me-gid'do  ;  pthey  took  no  gain  of  money. 


The  song  of  victory. 


JUDGES,  6. 


Gideon  and  the  angel. 


20  aThey  fought  from  heaven  ;  the  r  stars  in  their 
14  courses  fought  against  Sis'e-ra. 

21  sThe  river  of  Ki'shon  swept  them  away,  that 
ancient  river,  the  river  Ki'shon.  0  my  soul,  thou 
hast  trodden  down  strength. 

22  Then  were  the  horsehoofs  broken  by  the  means 
of  the  15pransings,  the  pransings  of  their  mighty 
ones. 

23  Curse  ye  Me'roz,  said  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
curse  ye  bitterly  the  inhabitants  thereof  ;  *  because 
they  came  not  to  the  help  Mof  the  Lord,  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty. 

24  Blessed  above  women  shall  Ja'el  the  wife  of 
He'ber  the  Ken'ite  be,  " blessed  shall  she  be  above 
women  in  the  tent. 

25  He  asked  water,  and  she  gave  him  milk  ;  she 
brought  forth  butter  in  a  lordly  dish. 

26  She  put  her  hand  to  the  nail,  and  her  right 
hand  to  the  workmen's  hammer  ;  and  16with  the 
hammer  she  smote  Sis'e-ra,  she  smote  off  his  head, 
when  she  had  pierced  and  stricken  through  his 
temples. 

27  17At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell,  he  lay  down  : 
at  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell :  where  he  bowed, 
there  he  fell  down  18dead. 

28  The  mother  of  Sis'e-ra  looked  out  at  a  window, 
and  cried  through  the  lattice,  Why  is  his  chariot 
so  long  in  coming?  why  tarry  the  wheels  of  his 
chariots  ? 

29  Her  wise  ladies  answered  her,  yea,  she  returned 
19  answer  to  herself, 

30  wHave  they  not  sped?  have  they  not  divided 
the  prey  ;  20to  every  man  a  damsel  or  two;  to  Sis'- 
e-ra a  prey  of  divers  colours,  a  prey  of  divers  colours 
of  needlework,  of  divers  colours  of  needlework  on 
both  sides,  meet  for  the  necks  of  them  that  take  the 
spoil  ? 

31  wSo  let  all  thine  enemies  perish,  0  Lord  :  but 
let  them  that  love  him  be  v  as  the  sun  2when  he 
goeth  forth  in  his  might.  And  the  land  had  rest 
forty  years. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  MUlitm  oppresses  Israel.    11  Gideon  and  tlie  angel.    36  Gideon's  signs. 

A  ND  athe  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  evil  in  the  sight 
■J-*-  of  the  Lord  :  and  the  Lord  delivered  them 
into  the  hand  6of  Mid'i-an  seven  years. 

2  And  the  hand  of  Mid'i-an  prevailed  against 
Ig'ra-el :  and  because  of  the  Mid'i-an-ites  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el  made  them  ethe  dens  which  are  in 
the  mountains,  and  caves,  and  strong  holds. 

3  And  so  it  was,  when  Ig'ra-el  had  sown,  that  the 
Mid'i-an-ites  came  up,  and  the  Am'a-lek-Ites,  dand 
the  children  of  the  east,  even  they  came  up  against 
them ; 

4  And  they  encamped  against  them,  and e  destroyed 
the  increase  of  the  earth,  till  thou  come  unto  Ga'za, 
and  left  no  sustenance  for  Ig'ra-el,  neither  2  sheep, 
nor  ox,  nor  ass. 

5  For  they  came  up  with  their  cattle  and  their 
tents,  and  they  came  as  grasshoppers  for  multitude  ; 
for  both  they  and  their  camels  were  without  num- 
ber :  and  they  entered  into  the  land  to  destroy  it. 


B.  C.  1256. 


?  Josh.  10.  11. 
r  eh.  4.  15. 
14  paths. 
«  eh.  4.  7. 


15  Or,  tram- 
plings,  or, 
plungings. 


(ch.  21.  9. 

u  1  Sam.  17.  47 


V  Prov.  31.  31. 
Luke  1.  28. 


16  she  ham- 
mered. 


17  Between. 


18  destroyed. 


19  her  words. 
iv  Ex.  15.  9. 

20  to  the  head 
of  a  man. 

x  Ps.  48.  4,  5. 

Ps.  58.  11. 

Ps.  68.  1-3. 

Ps.  83.  9. 

Rev.  6.  10. 

Rev.  18.  20. 
y  2  Sam.  23.  4. 

Ps.  37.  6. 

Matt.  13.  43. 
z  Ps.  19.  5. 


17.  35. 


a  Lev.  26.  14. 

ch.  2.  19. 
b  Gen.  25.  2. 

Hab.  3.  7. 

1  was  strong. 

c  1  Sam.  13.  6. 

Heb.  11.38. 
d  Gen.  29.  1. 

ch.  7.  12. 

1  Ki.  4.  30. 
Job  1.  3. 

e  Lev.  20.  16. 
Deut.  28.  30. 
Job  31.  7,  8. 
Jer.  5.  17. 
Mic.  0.  15. 

2  Or,  goat. 
/  Ps.  50.  15. 

Ps.  78.  34. 
Hos.  5.  15. 

3  a  man  a 
prophet. 

g  2  Ki.  17 
h  Josh.  17.  2. 
ch.  8.  2. 

4  to  cause  it 
to  flee. 

/  Gen.  16.  7-13. 

ch.  13.  3. 

Lukel.  11, 
j  Ps.  89.  49. 

Isa.  59.  1 . 
1;  2  Chr.  15.  2. 
/  1  Sam.  12.  11. 

Heb.  11.  32. 
m  Josh.  1.  9. 

5  my  thousand 
is  the  meanest. 

n  Ex.  3.  12. 
oEx.  4.  1. 
p  Gen.  18.  3. 

6  Or,  meat 
offering. 

7  a  kid  of  the 
goats. 

q  ch.  13.  19. 
r  1  Ki.  18.  33. 
s  Lev.  9.  24. 

2  Chr.  7.  1. 


28. 


6  And  Ig'ra-el  was  greatly  impoverished  because 
of  the  Mid'T-an-ites  ;  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
-'cried  unto  the  Lord. 

_  7  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  cried  unto  the  Lord  because  of  the  Mid'i-an- 
Ites, 

8  That  the  Lord  sent  3a  prophet  unto  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  which  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  I  brought  you  up  from  E'gypt, 
and  brought  you  forth  out  of  the  house  of  bondage  ; 
J)  And  I  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
E-gyp'tiang,and  outof  the  hand  of  all  that  oppressed 
you,  and  drave  them  out  from  before  you,  and  gave 
you  their  land ; 

10  And  I  said  unto  you,  I  am  the  Lord  your  God ; 
9  fear  not  the  gods  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  in  whose  land 
ye  dwell :  but  ye  have  not  obeyed. my  voice. 

11  If  And  there  came  an  angelof  the  Lord,  and 
sat  under  an  oak  which  ivas  in  Oph'rah,  that  per- 
tained unto  Jo'ash  ''the  A'bi-ez'rite  :  and  his  son 
Gid'e-on  threshed  wheat  by  the  winepress,  4to  hide 
it  from  the  Mid'i-an-ites. 

12  And  the  i  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto  him, 
and  said  unto  him,  The  Lord  is  with  thee,  thou 
mighty  man  of  valour. 

13  And  Gid'e-on  said  unto  him,  Oh  my  Lord,  if  the 
Lord  be  with  us,  why  then  is  all  this  befallen  us  ? 
and  j  where  be  all  his  miracles  which  our  fathers 
told  us  of,  saying,  Did  not  the  Lord  bring  us  up  from 
E'gypt?  but  now  the  Lord  hath  k forsaken  us,  and 
delivered  us  into  the  hands  of  the  Mid'i-an-ites. 

14  And  the  Lord  looked  upon  him,  and  said,  'Go 
in  this  thy  might,  and  thou  shalt  save  Ig'ra-el  from 
the  hand  of  the  Mid'i-an-ites  :  '"have  not  I  sent 
thee? 

15  And  he  said  unto  him,  Oh  my  Lord,  wherewith 
shall  I  save  Ig'ra-el  ?  behold,  5my  family  is  poor  in 
Ma-nas'seh,  and  I  am  the  least  in  my  father's  house. 

16  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  "Surely  I  will  be 
with  thee,  and  thou  shalt  smite  the  Mid'i-an-ites  as 
one  man. 

17  And  he  said  unto  him,  If  now  I  have  found 
grace  in  thy  sight,  then  °shew  me  a  sign  that  thou 
talkest  with  me. 

*  18  p  Depart  not  hence,  I  pray  thee,  until  I  come  unto 
thee,  and  bring  forth  my  G  present,  and  set  it  before 
thee.  And  he  said,  I  will  tarry  until  thou  come 
again. 

19  If  And  Gid'e-on  went  in,  and  made  ready  7a 
kid,  and  unleavened  cakes  of  an  ephah  of  flour :  the 
flesh  he  put  in  a  basket,  and  he  put  the  broth  in  a 
pot,  and  brought  it  out  unto  him  under  the  oak,  and 
presented  it. 

20  And  the  angel  of  God  said  unto  him,  Take  the 
flesh  and  the  unleavened  cakes,  and  q  lay  them  upon 
this  rock,  and  r  pour  out  the  broth.     And  he  did  so. 

21  Tf  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  put  forth  the  end 
of  the  staff  that  was  in  his  hand,  and  touched  the 
flesh  and  the  unleavened  cakes;  and  s there  rose 
up  fire  out  of  the  rock,  and  consumed  the  flesh  and 
the  unleavened  cakes.  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
departed  out  of  his  sight. 

203 


BaaVs  altar  destroyed. 


JUDGES,  7. 


Gideon's  three  hundred. 


22  And  when  Gid|e-on  perceived  that  he  was  an 
angel  of  the  Lord,  Gid'e-on  said,  Alas,  0  Lord  God  ! 
*for  because  I  have  seen  an  angel  of  the  Lord  face 
to  face. 

23  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  "Peace  be  unto 
thee  ;  fear  not :  thou  shalt  not  die. 

24  Then  Gid'e-on  built  an  altar  there  unto  the 
Lord,  and  calledit  8JS-ho'vah-sha'lom :  unto  this 
day  it  is  yet  "in  Oph'rah  of  the  A'bi-ez' rites. 

25  If  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  night,  that  the 
Lord  said  unto  him,  Take  thy  father's  young  bul- 
lock, 9even  the  second  bullock  of  seven  years  old, 
and  throw  down  the  altar  of  Ba'al  that  thy  father 
hath,  and  wcut  down  the  grove  that  is  by  it  : 

26  And  build  an  altar  unto  the  Lord  thy  God 
upon  the  top  of  this  10rock,  uin  the  ordered  place, 
and  take  the  second  bullock,  and  offer  a  burnt  sac- 
rifice with  the  wood  of  the  grove  which  thou  shalt 
cut  down. 

27  Then  Gid'e-on  took  ten  men  of  his  servants, 
and  did  as  the  Lord  had  said  unto  him  :  and  so  it 
was,  because  he  feared  his  father's  household,  and 
the  men  of  the  city,  that  he  could  not  do  it  by  day, 
that  he  did  it  xby  night. 

28  1  And  when  the  men  of  the  city  arose  early  in 
the  morning,  behold,  the  altar  of  Ba'al  was  cast 
down,  and  the  grove  was  cut  down  that  was  by  it, 
and  the  second  bullock  was  offered  upon  the  altar 
that  was  built. 

29  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Who  hath  done 
this  thing?  And  when  they  enquired  and  asked, 
they  said,  Gid'e-on  the  son  of  Jo'ash  hath  done  this 
thing. 

30  Then  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto  Jo'ash, 
v  Bring  out  thy  son,  that  he  may  die  :  because  he 
hath  cast  down  the  altar  of  Ba'al,  and  because  he 
hath  cut  down  the  grove  that  was  by  it. 

31  And  Jo'ash  said  unto  all  that  stood  against  him, 
Will  ye  plead  for  Ba'al  ?  will  ye  save  him  ?  he  that 
will  plead  for  him,  let  him  be  put  to  death  whilst 
it  is  yet  morning  :  if  he  be  a  god,  let  him  plead  for 
himself,  because  one  hath  cast  down  his  altar. 

32  Therefore  on  that  day  he  called  him12*J6-rub'- 
ba-al,  saying,  Let  Ba'al  plead  against  him,  because 
he  hath  thrown  down  his  altar. 

33  If  Then  all  the  Mid'i-an-ites  and  the  Am'a-lek- 
Ites  and  the  children  of  the  east  were  gathered 
together,  and  went  over,  and  pitched  in  athe  valley 
of  Jez're-el. 

34  But  6the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  13came  upon  Gid'- 
e-on, and  he  cblew  a  trumpet;  and  A'bi-e'zer  14was 
gathered  after  him. 

35  And  he  sent  messengers  throughout  all  Ma- 
nas'seh  ;  who  also  was  gathered  after  him  :  and  he 
sent  messengers  unto  Ash'er,  and  unto  Zeb'u-lun, 
and  unto  Naph'ta-li ;  and  they  came  up  to  meet 
them. 

36  If  And  Gid'e-on  said  unto  God,  If  thou  wilt  save 
Ig'ra-el  by  mine  hand,  as  thou  hast  said, 

37  d  Behold,  I  will  put  a  fleece  of  wool  in  the  floor ; 
and  if  the  dew  be  on  the  fleece  only,  and  it  be  dry 
upon  all  the  earth  beside,  then  shall  I  know  that 

204 


B.  C.  1249. 


I  Gen.  16.  13. 
Ex.  33.  20. 
ch.  13.  22. 

u  Dan.  10.  19. 
Luke  24.  36. 


8  That  is,  The 
Lord  send 
peace. 

v  eli.  8.  32. 


9  Or,  and. 


w  Ex.  34.  13. 
Deut.  7.  5. 
ch.  3.  7. 

10  strong  place. 

11  Or,  in  an 
orderly 
manner. 


x  John  3.  2. 


y  John  16.  2. 
Acts  26.  9. 

12  That  is,  Let 
Baal  plead. 

z  1  Sam.  12.  11. 

Or,  Jerubbe- 

sheth  ;  that 

is,  Let  sh'tme, 

or,  confusion, 

plead, 

2  Sam.  11.  21. 

Jer.  11.  13. 

Hos.  9.  10. 
a  Josh.  17.  16. 

1  Ki.  18.  45. 
b  ch.  3.  10. 

ch.  11.  29. 

ch.  13.  25. 

1  Chr.  12.  IS. 

2  Chr.  24.  20. 

1  Cor.  12.  8-11. 

13  clothed. 
c  ch.  3.  27. 

14  was  called 
after  him. 

tf  Ex.4.  3,4, 

6,7. 

Deut.  32.  2. 

Ps.  72.  6. 

Hos.  6.  3,  4. 
e  Gen.  18.  32. 


a  ch.  6.  32. 

1  Sam.  12.  11. 
b  Gen.  22.  3. 

Josh.  3'.  1. 

Ecel.  9.  10. 

1  That  is, 
Trembling. 

c  Gen.  12.  6. 
d  Deut.  8.  17. 

Deut.  9.  4. 

1  Sam.  17.  47. 

Ps.  33.  16, 

17,  18. 

Ps.  44.  6,  7. 

Prov.  25.  6. 

Eccl.  9.  11. 

Isa.  10.  13. 

Jer.  9.  23,  24. 

Zech.  4.  6. 

Rom.  3.  27. 

1  Cor.  1.  29. 

2  Cor.  4.  7. 

2  Cor.  10.  17. 
Eph.  2.  9. 
e  Deut.  20.  8. 

2  separate,  or, 
purify. 

/I  Sam.  14.  6. 

Isa.  41.  14-18. 
g  Gen.  46.  2,  3. 

Job  4.  13. 

Matt.  1.  20. 

Acts  18.  9,  10. 

Acts  27.  23. 
h  Gen.  24.  14. 

1  Sam.  14. 

9,  10. 


thou  wilt  save  I§'ra-el  by  mine  hand,  as  thou  hast 
said. 

38  And  it  was  so  :  for  he  rose  up  early  on  the 
morrow,  and  thrust  the  fleece  together,  and  wringed 
the  dew  out  of  the  fleece,  a  bowl  full  of  water. 

39  And  Gid'e-on  said  unto  God,  eLet  not  thine 
anger  be  hot  against  me,  and  I  will  speak  but  this 
once  :  let  me  prove,  I  pray  thee,  but  this  once  with 
the  fleece  ;  let  it  now  be  dry  only  upon  the  fleece, 
and  upon  all  the  ground  let  there  be  dew. 

40  And  God  did  so  that  night.:  for  it  was  dry 
upon  the  fleece  only,  and  there  was  dew  on  all  the 
ground. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Gideon's  three  hundred.     16  The  lamps  and  pitchers.    24  Midian  defeated. 

mHEN  aJe-rub'ba-al,  who  is  Gid'e-on,  and  all  the 
J-  people  that  were  with  him,  6rose  up  early,  and 
pitched  beside  the  well  of  *  Ha 'rod  :  so  that  the 
host  of  the  Mid'i-an-Ites  were  on  the  north  side  of 
them,  by  the  hill  of  cMo'reh,  in  the  valley. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Gid'e-on,  The  people 
that  are  with  thee  are  too  many  for  me  to  give  the 
Mid'i-an-ites  into  their  hands,  lest  I§'ra-el  d vaunt 
themselves  against  me,  saying,  Mine  own  hand  hath 
saved  me. 

3  Now  therefore  go  to,  proclaim  in  the  ears  of  the 
people,  saying,  e  Whosoever  is  fearful  and_afraid, 
let  him  return  and  depart  early  from  mount  Gil'e-ad. 
And  there  returned  of  the  people  twenty  and  two 
thousand  ;  and  there  remained  ten  thousand. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  GId'e-on,  The  people  are 
yet  too  many ;  bring  them  down  unto  the  water, 
and  I  will  2try  them  for  thee  there  :  and  it  shall 
be,  that  of  whom  I  say  unto  thee,  This  shall  go  with 
thee,  the  same  shall  go  with  thee  ;  and  of  whomso- 
ever I  say  unto  thee,  This  shall  not  go  with  thee, 
the  same  shall  not  go. 

5  So  he  brought  down  the  people  unto  the  water  : 
and  the  Lord  said  unto  Gid'e-on,  Every  one  that 
lappeth  of  the  water  with  his  tongue,  as  a  dog  lap- 
peth,  him  shalt  thou  set  by  himself  ;  likewise  every 
one  that  boweth  down  upon  his  knees  to  drink. 

6  And  the  number  of  them  that  lapped,  putting 
their  hand  to  their  mouth,  were  three  hundred 
men  :  but  all  the  rest  of  the  people  bowed  down 
upon  their  knees  to  drink  water. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Gid'e-on,  yBy  the  three 
hundred  men  that  lapped  will  I  save  you,  and  de- 
liver the  Mid'i-an-Ites  into  thine  hand  :  and  let  all 
the  other  people  go  every  man  unto  his  place. 

8  So  the  people  took  victuals  in  their  hand,  and 
their  trumpets  :  and  he  sent  all  the  rest  o/Ig'ra-el 
every  man  unto  his  tent,  and  retained  those  three 
hundred  men  :  and  the  host  of  Mid'i-an  was  be- 
neath him  in  the  valley. 

9  I  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  9  night,  that  the 
Lord  said  unto  him,  Arise,  get  thee  down  unto  the 
host ;  for  I  have  delivered  it  into  thine  hand. 

10  But  if  thou  fear  to  go  down,  go  thou  with  Phu'- 
rah  thy  servant  down  to  the  host : 

11  And  thou  shalt  Ahear  what  they  say;  and 
afterward  shall  thine  hands  be  strengthened  to  go 


The  defeat  of  Midian. 


JUDGES,  8. 


The  chiding  of  Ephraim. 


down  unto  the  host.  Then  went  he  down  with 
Phu'rah  his  servant  unto  the  outside  of  the  3  armed 
men  that  were  in  the  host. 

12  And  the  Mid'i-an-Ites  and  the  Am'a-lek-Ites  and 
fall  the  children  of  the  east  lay  along  in  the  valley 
like  grasshoppers  for  multitude  ;  and  their  camels 
were  without  number,  as  the  sand  by  the  sea  side 
for  multitude. 

13  And  when  Gid'e-on  was  come,  behold,  there 
was  a  man  that  told  a  dream  unto  his  fellow,  and 
said,  Behold,  I  dreamed  a  dream,  and,  lo,  Ja  cake  of 
barley  bread  tumbled  into  the  host  of  Mid'i-an,  and 
came  unto  a  tent,  and  smote  it  that  it  fell,  and 
overturned  it,  that  the  tent  lay  along. 

14  And  fchis  fellow  answered  and  said,  This  is  no- 
thing else  save  the  sword  of  Gid'e-on  the  son  of 
Jo 'ash,  a  man  of  Ig'ra-el  :  for  into  his  hand  hath 
God  delivered  Mid'i-an,  and _all  the  host. 

15  If  And  it  was  so,  when  Gid'e-on  heard  the  tell- 
ing of  the  dream,  and  i  the  interpretation  thereof, 
that  he  worshipped,  and  returned  into  the  host  of 
Is'ra-el,  and  said,  Arise  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  deliv- 
ered  into  your  hand  the  host  of  Mid  I-an. 

16  And  he  divided  the  three  hundred  men  into 
three  companies,  and  he  put  5a  trumpet  in  every 
man's  hand,  with  empty  pitchers,  and  6  lamps  within 
the  pitchers. 

17  And  he  said  unto  them,  Look  on  me,  and  do 
likewise  :  and,  behold,  when  I  come  to  the  outside 
of  the  camp,  it  shall  be  that,  as  I  do,  so  shall  ye  do. 

18  When  I  blow  with  a  trumpet,  I  and  all  that  are 
with  me,  then  blow  ye  the  trumpets  also  on  every 
side  of  all  the  camp,  and  say,  The  sword  of  the 
Lord,  and_of  Gid'e-on. 

19  If  So  Gid'e-on,  and  the  hundred  men  that  were 
with  him,  came  unto  the  outside  of  the  camp  in  the 
beginning  of  the  l  middle  watch  ;  and  they  had  but 
newly  set  the  watch  :  and  they  blew  the  trumpets, 
and  brake  the  pitchers  that  were  in  their  hands. 

20  And  the  three  companies  blew  the  trumpets, 
and  brake  the  pitchers,  and  held  the  lamps  in  their 
left  hands,  and  the  trumpets  in  their  right  hands 
to  blow  withal:  and  they  cried,  The  sword  of  the 
Lord,  and  of  Gid'e-on. 

21  And  they  m  stood  every  man  in  his  place  round 
about  the  camp  :  "and  all  the  host  ran,  and  cried, 
and  fled. 

22  And  the  three  hundred  "blew  the  trumpets, 
and  pthe  Lord  set  q  every  man's  sword  against  his 
fellow,  even  throughout  all  the  host :  and  the  host 
fled  to  Beth-shit'tah  7in  Zer'e-rath,  and  to  the 
8border  of  A'bel-me-ho'la'h,  unto  Tab'bath. 

23  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  gathered  themselves 
together  out  of  Naph'ta-li,  and  out  of  Ash'er,  and 
out  of  all  Ma-nas'seh,  and  pursued  after  the  Mid'i- 
an-Ites. 

24  If  And  Gid'e-on  sent  messengers  throughout  all 
r mount  E'phra-im,  saying,  Come  down  against  .the 
Mid'i-an-Ites,  and  take  before  them  the  waters  unto 
Beth-ba'rah  and  Jor'dan.  Then  all  the  men  of 
E'phra-im  gathered  themselves  together,  and  stook 
the  waters  unto  'Beth-ba'rah  and  Jor'dan. 


B.  C.  1249. 


3  Or,  ranks  by 
five. 


I  ch.  6.  5,  33. 
ch.  8.  10. 


j  ch.  6.  16. 
Isa.  41.  14.  15. 
1  Cor.  1.  27. 


k  Gen.  40.  8. 


4  the  breaking 
thereof. 


5  trumpets  in 
the  hand  of 
all  of  them. 

6  Or,  fire- 
brands, or, 
torches. 


I  Ex.  14.  24. 

Luke  12.  38. 

Rev.  lft.  15. 
in  Ex.  14.  13,  14. 

2  Chr.  2d.  17. 

Isa.  30.  7,  15. 
n  Ex.  14.  25. 

2Ki.  7.  7. 

Job  15.  21,  22. 

Prov.  28.  1. 
o  2  Cor.  4.  7. 
p  1  Sam.  14. 

10-20. 

Ps.  83.  9. 

Isa.  9.  4. 
q  1  Sam.  14.  20. 

2  Chr.  20.  23. 
7  Or,  toward. 
Slip. 
r  ch.  3.  27. 

Rom.  15.  30. 

Phil.  1.  27. 
s  ch.  3.  28. 
i  John  1.28. 
u  ch.  8.  3. 

Ps.  83.  11. 
v  Isa.  10.  2G. 
!<■  ch.  8.  4. 


a  ch.  12. 1. 

2  Sam.  19.  41. 

1  What  thing  is 
this  thou  hast 
done  unto  us  ? 

2  strongly. 
b  ch.  7.  24. 

Ps.  44.  3. 
Prov.  15.  1. 
Rom.  12.  3,  6. 

3  spirit. 

c  Gen.  33. 17. 

Ps.  60.  6. 
d  1  Ki.  20.  11. 
e  1  Sam.  25.  11. 

4  thresh. 
/Gen.  32.  30. 
g  1  Ki.  22.  27. 

Luke  12.  45. 
lThess.5.  2,  3. 
h  ch.  7.  12. 

5  Or,  an  hun- 
dred and 
twenty  thou- 
sand, every 
one  drawing 
a  sword. 

»  Num.  32.  35. 
j  ch.  18.  27. 

Prov.  17.  18. 

1  Thess.  5.  3. 
k  Ps.  83.  11. 

6  terrified. 

7  writ. 


25  And  they  took  "two  princes  of  the  Mid'i-an-Ites, 
O'reband  Ze'eb;  and  they  slew  O'reb  upon  rthe 
rock  O'reb,  and  Ze'eb  they  slew  at  the  winepress  of 
Ze'eb,  and  pursued  MuTl-an,  and  brought  the  heads 
of  O'reb  and  Ze'eb  to  Gid'e-on  on  the  w  other  side 
Jor'dan. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Gideon  slays  Vidian's  kings.     29  His  children  and  death.     33  Idolatry  of  Israel. 

AND  "the  men  of  E'phra-im  said  unto  him,  1  Why 
-  hast  thou  served  us  thus,  that  thou  calledst  us 
not,  when  thou  wentest  to  fight  with  the  Mid'i-an- 
Ites  ?     And  they  did  chide  with  him  2  sharply. 

2  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  have  I  done  now 
in  comparison^  of  you  ?  Is  not  the  gleaning  of 
the  grapes  of  E'phra-im  better  than  the  vintage  of 
A'bi-e'zer? 

3  b  God  hath_ delivered  into  your  hands  the  princes 
of  Mid'i-an,  O'reb  and  Ze'eb:  and  what  was  I  able 
to  do  in  comparison  of  you?  Then  their 3 anger  was 
abated  toward  him,  when  he  had  said  that. 

4  If  And  Gid'e-on  came  to  Jor'dan,  and  passed  over, 
he,  and  the  three  hundred  men  that  were  with  him, 
faint,  yet  pursuing  them. 

5  And  he  said  unto  the  men  c  of  Suc'coth,  Give,  I 
pray  you,  loaves  of  bread  unto  the  people  that  fol- 
low me ;  for  they  he  faint,  and  I  am  pursuing  after 
Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na,  kings  of  Mid'i-an. 

6  Tf  And  the  princes  of  Suc'coth  said,  dAre  the 
hands  of  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na  now  in  thine  hand, 
that e wejshould  give  bread  unto  thine  army? 

7  And  Gid'e-on  said,  Therefore  when  the  Lord 
hath  delivered  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na  into  mine 
hand,  then  I  will 4  tear  your  flesh  with  the  thorns 
of  the  wilderness  and  with  briers. 

8  If  And  he  went  up  thence  -^to  Pg-nu'el,  and  spake 
unto  them  likewise  :  and  the  men  of  Pe-nu'el  an- 
swered him  as  the  men  of  Suc'coth  had  answered 
him. 

9  And  he  spake  also  unto  the  men  of  Pg-nu'el, 
saying,  When  I  ffcome  again  in  peace,  I  will  break 
down  this  tower. 

10  Tf  Now  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na  were  in  Kar'kor, 
and  their  hosts  with  them,  about  fifteen  thousand 
men,  all  that  were  left  of  all  h  the  hosts  of  the  chil- 
dren of  the  east:  for  there  fell  6an  hundred  and 
twenty  thousand  men  that  drew  sword. 

11  If  And  Gid'e-on  went  up  by  the  way  of  them  that 
dwelt  in  tents  on  the  east  *of  No'bah  and  Jog'be- 
hah,  and  smote  the  host :  for  the  host  was  j  secure. 

12  And  when  Ze'bah  and  Zal-miln'na  fled,  he  pur- 
sued after  them,  and  Hook  the  two  kings  of  Mid'- 
I-an,  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na,  and  6 discomfited  all 
the  host. 

13  If  And  Gid'e-on  the  son  of  Jo 'ash  returned  from 
battle  before  the  sun  ivas  up, 

14  And  caught  a  young  man  of  the  men  of  Suc'- 
coth, and  enquired  of  him :  and  he  7  described  unto 
him  the  princes  of  Suc'coth,  and  the  elders  thereof, 
even  threescore  and  seventeen  men. 

15  And  he  came  unto  the  men  of  Suc'coth,  and 
said,  Behold  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na,  with  whom  ye 
did  upbraid  me,  saying,  Are  the  hands  of  Ze'bah 

205 


Gideon  refuses  to  rule. 


JUDGES,  9. 


Jotham's  fable. 


and  Zal-mun'na  now  in  thine  hand,  that  we  should 
give  bread  unto  thy  men  that  are  weary? 

16  And  he  took  the  elders  of  the  city,  and  thorns 
of  the  wilderness  and  briers,  and  with  them  he 
8 taught  the  men  of  Suc'coth. 

17  And  he  beat  down  the  tower  of  'Pe-nu'el,  and 
slew  the  men  of  the  city. 

18  If  Then  said  he  unto  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na, 
What  manner  of  men  were  they  whom  ye  slew  m  at 
Ta'bor  ?  And  they  answered,  As  thou  art,  so  were 
they;  each  one  9 resembled  the  children  of  a  king. 

19  And  he  said,  They  were  my  brethren,  even  the 
sons  of  my  mother  :  as  the  LORD  liveth,  if  ye  had 
saved  them  alive,  I  would  not  slay  you. 

20  And  he  said  unto  Je'ther  his  firstborn,  Up,  and 
slay  them.  But  the  youth  drew  not  his  sword :  for 
he  feared,  because  he  was  yet  a  youth. 

21  Then  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'na  said,  Rise  thou, 
and  fall  upon  us :  for  as  the  man  is,  so  is  his  strength. 
And  Gid'e-on  arose,  and  n slew  Ze'bah  and  Zal-mun'- 
na, and  took  away  the  10  ornaments  that  were  on 
their  camels'  necks. 

22  TF  Then  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Gid'e-on, 
Rule  thou  over  us,  both  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy 
son's  son  also :  for  thou  hast  delivered  us  from  the 
hand  of  Mid'i-an. 

23  And  Gid'e-on  said  unto  them,  I  will  not  rule 
over  you,  neither  shall  my  son  rule  over  you:  °the 
Lord  shall  rule  over  you. 

24  If  And  Gid'e-on  said  unto  them,  I  would  desire 
a  request  of  you,  that  ye  would  give  me  every  man 
the  earrings  of  his  prey.  (For  they  had  golden 
earrings,  v  because  they  were  Ish'ma-el-Ites.) 

25  And  they  answered,  We  will  willingly  give 
them.  And  they  spread  a  garment,  and  did  cast 
therein  every  man  the  earrings  of  his  prey. 

26  And  the  weight  of  the  golden  earrings  that  he 
requested  was  a  thousand  and  seven  hundred  shek- 
els of  gold;  beside  ornaments,  and  u collars,  and 
purple  raiment  that  was  on  the  kings  of  Mid'i-an, 
and  beside  the  chains  that  were  about  their  camels' 
necks. 

27  And  Gid'e-on  °  made  an  ephod  thereof,  and  put 
it  in  his  city,  even r  in  Oph'rah :  and  all  Ig'ra-el s  went 
thither  a  whoring  after  it :  which  thing  became  f  a 
snare  unto  GTd'e-on,  and  to  his  house. 

28  Tf  Thus  was  Mid'i-an  subdued  before  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  so  that  they  lifted  up  their  heads 
no  more.  And  the  country  was  in  quietness  forty 
years  in  the  days  of  Gid'e-on. 

29  If  And  Jg-rub'ba-al  the  son  of  Jo 'ash  went  and 
dwelt  in  his  own  house. 

30  And  Gid'e-on  had  "threescore  and  ten  sons  12of 
his  body  begotten :  for  he  had  many  wives. 

31  And  his  concubine  that  was  in  She'chem,  she 
also  bare  him  a  son,  whose  name  he  13  called  u  A-bim'- 
e-lech. 

32  IF  And  Gid'e-on  the  son  of  Jo 'ash  died  in  a  good 
old  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of  Jo 'ash 
his  father,  "in  Oph'rah  of  the  A'bi-ez'rites. 

33  And  it  came  to  pass,  was  soon  as  Gid'e-on  was 
dead,  that  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  turned  again,  and 

206 


B.  C.  1249. 


8  made  to  know. 
I 1  Ki.  12.  25. 


m  ch.  4.  G. 
Ps.  89.  12. 


9  according  to 
the  form,  etc. 


n  Ps.  83.  11. 

10  Or,  orna- 
ments like 
the  moon. 


0  1  Sam.  8.  7. 

1  Sam.  10.  19. 
Ps.  10. 16. 
Ps.  29.  10. 
Ps.  89.  18. 
Isa.  26.  13. 
Isa.  33.  22. 
Isa.  43.  15. 
Hos.  13.  10. 
p  Gen.  16.  10. 
Gen.  25.  13. 
Gen.  37.  25. 

11  Or,  sweet 
jewels. 

q  ch.  17.  5. 

ch.  18.  14, 17. 
r  ch.  6.  24. 
s  Ex.  23.  33. 

Ps.  73.  27. 

Ps.  106.  39. 

1  Dent.  7.  16. 
u  ch.  9.  2,  5. 

ch.  10.  4. 

12  going  out  of 
his  thigh. 

13  set. 

14  That  is, 
My  father 
the  king. 

V  eh.  6.  24. 
w  ch.  2.  19. 
x  ch.  9.  4. 

15  That  is, 
Idol  of  the 
covenant. 

)/Ps.  7S.  11,42. 

Eccl.  12.  1. 
z  ch.  9.  16. 

Eccl.  9. 

14,  15. 


a  ch.  8.  31. 

1  What  is  good  ? 
whether,  etc. 

b  ch.  8.  30. 
c  Gen.  29.  14. 

2  Sam.  19.  13. 

1  Chr.  11.  1. 

Heb.  2.  14. 

2  after. 

d  Gen.  29.  15. 
e  ch.  8.  33. 
/ch.  11.  3. 

1  Sam.  22,2. 

2  Chr.  13.  7. 
Prov.  12.  11. 
Acts  17.  5. 

g  ch.  6.  24. 
A2Ki.  10.  17. 

Matt.  2. 

16,  20. 

3  Or,  by  the 
oak  of  the 
pillar. 

tDeut.  11.  29. 

Josh.  8.  33. 

John  4.  20. 
j2Ki.  14.  9. 
k  ch.  8.  22. 
I  Ps.  104.  15. 

4  go  up  and 
down  for 
other  trees. 

5  Or,  thistle. 


went  a  whoring  after  Ba'al-im,  and  xmade  15Ba'al- 
be'rith  their  god. 

34  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  ^remembered  not 
the  Lord  their  God,  who  had  delivered  them  out  of 
the  hands  of  all  their  enemies  on  every  side : 

35  z  Neither  shewed  they  kindness  to  the  house  of 
Je-rilb'ba-al,  namely,  Gid'e-on,  according  to  all  the 
goodness  which  he  had  shewed  unto  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Abimelech  made  king.    7  Jotham's  fable.    22  GauVs  conspiracy.    50  Abimelech  slain. 

AND  A-bim'e-lech  the  son  of  Je-rilb'ba-al  went  to 
-  She'chem  unto  "his  mother's  brethren,  and 
communed  with  them,  and  with  all  the  family  of 
the  house  of  his  mother's  father,  saying, 

2  Speak,  I  pray  you,  in  the  ears  of  all  the  men  of 
She'chem,  1  Whether  is  better  for  you,  either  that 
all  the  sons  of  Jg-rub'ba-al,  which  are  b  threescore 
and  ten  persons,  reign  over  you,  or  that  one  reign 
over  you  ?  remember  also  that  I  am  c  your  bone  and 
your  flesh. 

3  And  his  mother's  brethren  spake  of  him  in  the 
ears  of  all  the  men  of  She'chem  all  these  words : 
and  their  hearts  inclined  2  to  follow  A-bim'e-lech ; 
for  they  said,  He  is  our  d  brother. 

.  4  And  they  gave  him  threescore  and  ten  pieces  of 
silver  out  of  the  house  of  eBa'al-be'rith,  wherewith 
A-bim'e-lech  hired  ■'vain  and  light  persons,  which 
followed  him. 

5  And  he  went  unto  his  father's  house  "at  Oph'- 
rah, and  /( slew  his  brethren  the  sons  of  Je-rub'ba-al, 
being  threescore  and  ten  persons,  upon  one  stone : 
notwithstanding  yet  Jo'tham  the  youngest  son  of 
Jg-rub'ba-al  was  left ;  for  he  hid  himself. 

6  And  all  the  men  of  She'chem  gathered  together, 
and  all  the  house  of  Mil' 16,  and  went,  and  made 
A-bim'e-lech  king,  3by  the  plain  of  the  pillar  that 
ivas  in  She'chem. 

7  TF  And  when  they  told  it  tq_  Jo'tham,  he  went 
and  stood  in  the  top  of  'mount  Ger'i-zim,  and  lifted 
up  his  voice,  and  cried,  and  said  unto  them,  Hearken 
unto  me,  ye  men  of  She'chem,  that  God  may  hearken 
unto  you. 

8  ^The  trees  went  forth  on  a  time  to  anoint  a  king 
over  them ;  and  they  said  unto  the  olive  tree, k  Reign 
thou  over  us. 

9  But  the  olive  tree  said  unto  them,  Should  I  leave 
my  fatness, l  wherewith  by  me  they  honour  God  and 
man,  and  4go  to  be  promoted  over  the  trees? 

10  And  the  trees  said  to  the  fig  tree,  Come  thou, 
and  reign  over  us. 

11  But  the  fig  tree  said  unto  them,  Should  I  for- 
sake my  sweetness,  and  my  good  fruit,  and  go  to  be 
promoted  over  the  trees  ? 

12  Then  said  the  trees  unto  the  vine,  Come  thou, 
and  reign  over  us. 

13  And  the  vine  said  unto  them,  Should  I  leave 
my.  wine,  which  cheereth  God  and  man,  and  go  to 
be  promoted  over  the  trees? 

14  Then  said  all  the  trees  unto  the  5  bramble, 
Come  thou,  and  reign  over  us. 

15  And  the  bramble  said  unto  the  trees,  If  in  truth 


Shechem's  revolt. 


JUDGES,  9. 


Gaal's  conspiracy. 


ye  anoint  me  king  over  you,  then  come  and  put 
your  trust  in  my  m  shadow :  and  if  not,  n  let  fire 
come  out  of  the  bramble,  and  devour  the  "cedars 
of  Leb'a-non. 

16  Now  therefore,  if  ye  have  done  truly  and  sin- 
cerely, in  that  ye  have  made  A-bim'e-lech  king,  and 
if  ye  have  dealt  well  with  Jg-rub'ba-al  and  his  house, 
and  have  done  unto  him  p  according  to  the  deserv- 
ing of  his  hands ; 

17  (For  my  father  fought  for  you,  and 6  adventured 
his  life  far,  and  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand  of 
Mid'I-an  : 

18  And  ye  are  risen  up  against  my  father's  house 
this  day,  and  have  slain  his  sons,  threescore ^and  ten 
persons,  upon  one  stone,  and'  have  made  A-bim'e- 
lech,  the  son  of  his  maidservant,  king  over  the  men 
of  She'chem,  because  he  is  your  brother  ;) 

19  If  ye  then  have  dealt  truly  and  sincerely  with 
Je-rub'ba-al^and  with  his  house  this  day,  then  Q  re- 
joice ye  in  A-bim'e-lech,  and  let  him  also  rejoice  in 
you:  _      ' 

20  But  if  not,  let  fire  come  out  from  A-bim'e-lech, 
and  devour  the  men  of  She'chem,  and  the  house  of 
Mil'16  ;  and  let  fire  come  out"  from  the  men  of  She'- 
chem, and  from  the  house  of  Mil '16,  and  devour 
A-bim'e-lech. 

21  And  Jo'tham  ran  away,  and  fled,  and  went  to 
*"Be'er,  and  dwelt  there,  for  fear  of  A-bim'e-lech  his 
brother. 

22  HWhen  A-bim'e-lech  had  reigned  three  years 
over  I§'ra-el, 

23  Then  sGod  sent  an  evil  spirit  between  A-bim'e- 
lech  and  the  men  of  She'chem  ;  and  the  men  of 
She'chem  4 dealt  treacherously  with  A-bim'e-lech  : 

24  "That  the  cruelty  done  to  the  threescore  and 
ten  sons  of  Je^rilb'ba-al  might  come,  and  their  blood 
be  laid  upon  A-bim'e-lech  their  brother,  which  slew 
them;  and  upon  the  men  of  She'chem,  which  7 aided 
him  in  the  killing  of  his  brethren. 

25  And  the  men  of  She'chem  set  Hers  in  wait  for 
him  in  the  top  of  the  mountains,  and  they  robbed 
all  that  came  along  that  way  by  them  :  and  it  was 
told  A-bim'e-lech. 

26  And  Ga'al  the  son  of  E 'bed  came  with  his  breth- 
ren, and  went  over  to  She'chem  :  and  the  men  of 
She'chem  put  their  confidence  in  him. 

27  And  they  went  out  into  the  fields,  and  gathered 
their  vineyards,  and  trode  the  grapes,  and  made 
8 merry,  and  went  into  ''the  house  of  their  god,  and 
did  eat  and  drink,  and  cursed_A-bim'e-lech. 

_28  And  Ga'al  the  son  of  E'bed  said,  wWho  is 
A-bim'e-lech,  and  who  is  She'chem,  that  we  should 
serve  him  ?  is  not  he  the  son  of  Je-rub'ba-al  ?  and 
Ze'bul  his  officer  ?  serve  the  men  of  x  Ha'mor  the 
father  of  She'chem  :  for  why  should  we  serve  him? 

29  And  y would  to  God  this  people  were  under  my 
hand  !  then  would  I  remove  A-bim'e-lech.  And  he 
said  to  A-bim'e-lech,  Increase  thine  army,  and  come 
out. 

30  II  And  when  Ze'bul  the  ruler  of  the  city  heard 
the  words  of  Ga'al  the  son  of  E'bed,  his  anger  was 
9  kindled. 


B.  C.  1209. 


m  Isa.  30.  2. 

Dan.  4.  12. 

Hos.  14.  7. 
n  Ezek.  19.  14. 
o  ■>  Ki.  14.  9. 

l'.s.  1D4.  16. 

Isa.  2.  13. 


p  ch.  8.  35. 


6  cast  his  life. 


q  Isa.  8.  6. 
Phil.  3.  3. 
Jas.  4.  16. 


r  Num.  21.  1G. 

Josh.  19.  8. 

2  Sam.  20.  14. 
s  1  Sam.  16.  14. 

1  Sam.  18. 

9,  10. 

1  Ki.  12.  15. 

1  Ki.  18.  19. 

2  Chr.  18. 
19-22. 

'Isa.  19.  2.  14. 

2  Thess.  2. 

1,11. 
t  Isa.  33.  1. 

Matt.  7.  2. 
u  1  Sam.  15.  33. 

1  Ki.  2.  32. 

Esth.  9.  25. 

Ps.  7.  16. 

Ps.  58.  10.  11. 

Matt.  23.  35. 

7  strengthened 
his  hands 

to  kill. 

8  Or,  songs. 
v  ch.  8.  33. 
w  Ex.  5.  2. 

1  Sam.  25.  10. 
x  Gen.  34.  2. 
i/2  Sam.  15.4. 

1  Ki.  20.  11. 
Ps.  10.  3. 

9  Or,  hot. 

10  craftily,  or, 
to  Tormah. 

11  as  thine  hand 
shall  find. 

z  Mark  8.  24. 

12  navel. 

1£  Or,  The  re- 
"  garders  of  the 
times,  sooth- 
sayers. 

a  2  Sam.  2. 
26,  27. 

2  Ki.  14.  8. 
Jer.  2.  28. 

b  Deut.  29.  23. 
See  verse  20. 

1  Ki.  12.  25. 

2  Ki.  3.  25. 
Job  8.  22. 
Job  21.  17,  30. 
Ps.  9.  16. 

Ps.  11.  6. 
Ps.  76.  10. 
Ps.  119.  119. 
Prov.  2.  22. 
Eccl.  8.  12,  13. 

14  Thus  marking 
it  out  for  per- 
petual desola- 
tion and 
barrenness. 

c  ch.  8.  33. 

1  Ki.  18.  26. 

2  Ki.  1.  2-4. 
Ps.  115.  8. 
Isa.  2S.  15-18. 
Isa.  37.  38. 


31  And  he  sent  messengers  unto  A-bim'e-lech 
10privily,  saying,  Behold,  Ga'al  the  son  of  E'bed  and 
his  brethren  be  come  to  She'chem  ;  and,  behold, 
they  fortify  the  city  against  thee. 

32  Now  therefore  up  by  night,  thou  and  the  people 
that  is  with  thee,  and  lie  in  wait  in  the  field  : 

33  And  it  shall  be,  that  in  the  morning,  as  soon  as 
the  sun  is  up,  thou  shalt  rise  early,  and  set  upon 
the  city  :  and,  behold,  when  he  and  the  people  that 
is  with  him  come  out  against  thee,  then  mayest 
thou  do  to  them  nas  thou  shalt  find  occasion. 

34  f  And  A-bim'e-lech  rose  up,  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  by  night,  and  they  laid  wait 
against  She'chem  in  four  companies. 

35  And  Ga'al  the  son  of  E'bed  went  out,  and  stood 
in  the  entering  of  the  gate  of  the  city  :  and  A-bim'- 
e-lech  rose  up,  and  the  people  that  were  with  him, 
from  lying  in  wait. 

36  And  when  Ga'al  saw  the  people,  he  said  to  Ze'- 
bul, Behold,  there  come  people  down  from  the  top 
of  the  mountains.  And  Ze'bul  said  unto  him, z  Thou 
seest  the  shadow  of  the  mountains  as  if  they  were 
men. 

37  And  Ga'al  spake  again  and  said,  See  there  come 
people  down  by  the  12  middle  of  the  land,  and  an- 
other company  come  along  by  the  plain  of  1:JMe-on'- 
e-nim. 

38  Then  said  Ze'bul  unto  him,  Where  is  now  thy 
mouth,  wherewith  thou  saidst,  Who  is  A-bim'e-lech, 
that  we  should  serve  him  ?  is  not  this  the  people 
that  thou  hast  despised?  ago  out,  I  pray  now,  and 
fight  with  them. 

39  And  Ga'al  went  out  before  the  men  of  She'chem, 
and  fought  with  A-bim'e-lech. 

40  And  A-bim'e-lech  chased  him,  and  he  fled  be- 
fore him,  and  many  were  overthrown  and  wounded, 
even  unto  the  entering  of  the  gate. 

41  And  A-bim'e-lech  dwelt  at  A-ru'mah  :  and  Ze'- 
bul thrust  out  Ga'al  and  his  brethren,  that  they 
should  not  dwell  in  She'chem. 

42  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  the 
people  went  out  into  the  field ;  and  they  told  A-bim'- 
e-lech. 

43  And  he  took  the  people,  and  divided  them  into 
three  companies,  and  laid  wait  in  the  field,  and 
looked,  and,  behold,  the  people  were  come  forth  out 
of  the  city  ;  and  he  rose  up  against  them,  and 
smote  them. 

44  And  A-bim'e-lech,  and  the  company  that  ivas 
with  him,  rushed  forward,  and  stood  in  the  entering 
of  the  gate  of  the  city  :  and  the  two  other  compa- 
nies ran  upon  all  the  people  that  were  in  the  fields, 
and  slew  them. 

45  And  A-bim'e-lech  fought  against  the  city  all 
that  day ;  and  he  took  the  city,  and  slew  the  peo- 
ple that  was  therein,  and  6beat  down  the  city,  and 
14  sowed  it  with  salt. 

46  If  And  when  all  the  men  of  the  tower  of  She'- 
chem heard  that,  they  entered  into  an  hold  of  the 
house  cof  the  god  Be'rith. 

47  And  it  was  told  A-bim'e-lech,  that  all  the  men 
of  the  tower  of  She'chem  were  gathered  together. 

207 


Abimelech  slain. 


JUDGES,  10,  11. 


The  misery  of  Israel. 


48  And  A-bim'e-lech  gat  him  up  to  mount dZal'mon, 
he  and  all  the  people  that  were  with  him  ;  and 
A-bim'e-lech  took  an  ax  in  his  hand,  and  cut  down 
a  bough  from  the  trees,  and  took  it,  and  laid  it  on 
his  shoulder,  and  said  unto  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  What  ye  have  seen  15me  do,  make  haste,  and 
do  as  I  have  done. 

49  And  all  the  people  likewise  cut  down  every  man 
his  bough,  and  followed  A-bim'e-lech,  and  put  them 
to  the  hold,  and  set  the  hold  on  fire  upon  them  ;  so 
that  all  the  men  of  the  tower  of  She'chem  died  also, 
about  a  thousand  men  and  women. 

50  If  Then  ewent  A-bim'e-lech  to  The'bez,  and  en- 
camped against  The'bez,  and  took  it. 

51  But  there  was  a  strong  tower  within  the  city, 
and  thither  fled  all  the  men  and  women,  and  all  they 
of  the  city,  and  shut  it  to  them,  and  gat  them  up  to 
the  top  of\the  tower. 

52  And  A-bim'e-lech  came  unto  the  tower,  and 
fought  against  it,  and  went  hard  unto  the  door  of 
the  tower  to  burn  it  with  fire. 

53  And7a  certain  woman  cast  a  piece  of  a  millstone 
upon  A-bim'e-lech's  head,  and  all  to  brake  his  skull. 

54  Then  "he  called  hastily  unto  the  young  man  his 
armourbearer,  and  said  unto  him,  Draw  thy  sword, 
and  slay  me,  that  men  say  not  of  me,  A  woman  slew 
him.  And  his  young  man  thrust  him  through,  and 
he  died. 

55  And  when  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  saw  that  A-bim'- 
e-lech  was  dead,  they  departed  every  man  unto  his 
place. 

56  II  feThus  God  rendered  the  wickedness  of  A-bim'- 
e-lech,  which  he  did  unto  his  father,  in  slaying  his 
seventy  brethren  : 

57  And  all  the  evil  of  the  men  of  She'chem  did  God 
render  upon  their  heads  :  and  upon  them  came  the 
curse,  of  Jo'tham  the  son  of  Je-rub'ba-al. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Judges  Tola  and  Jair.    7  The  misery  of  Israel. 

AND  after  A-bim'6-lech  there  arose  to  al  defend 
-  Ig'ra-el  To'la  the  son  of  Pu'ah,  the  son  of  Do'do, 
a  man  of  Is'sa-char  ;  and  he  dwelt  in  Sha'mir  in 
mount  E'phra-im. 

2  And  he  judged  I§'ra-el  twenty  and  three  years, 
and  died,  and  was  buried  in  Sha'mm 

3  If  And  after  him  arose  Ja'ir,  a  Gil'e-ad-Ite,  and 
judged  Ig'ra-el  twenty  and  two  years. 

4  And  he  had  thirty  sons  that  6rode  on  thirty  ass 
colts,  and  they  had  thirty  cities,  c  which  are  called 
2Ha'voth-ja'Tr  unto  this  day,  which  are  in  the  land 
of  Gil'e-ad. 

5  And  Ja'ir  died,  and  was  buried  in  Ca'mon. 

6  If  And  dthe  children  of  I§'ra-el  did  evil  again  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  e  served  Ba'al-im,  and 
Ash'ta-roth,  and  ythe  gods  of  Syr'i-a,  and  the  gods 
of  "Zi'don,  and  the  gods  of  Mo'ab,  and  the  gods 
of  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  the  gods  of  the 
PhMis'tineg,  and  forsook  the  Lord,  and  served  not 
him. 

7  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  hot  against 
Ig'ra-el,  and  he  ,ssold  them  into  the  hands  of  the 

208 


B.  C.  1206. 


d  Ps.  68.  14. 


15  I  have  done. 


Ex.  14.  4. 


/  ch.  4. 17. 

2  Sam.  11.  21. 

Job  31.  3. 

Jer.  49.  20. 

1  Cor.  1.  27. 
g  1  Sam.  31.  4. 


h  Gen.  0.  5,  6. 
Job  31.  3. 
Ps.  9.  12. 
Ps.  11.  6. 
Ps.  58.  10,  11. 
Ps.  94.  23. 
Prov.  5.  22. 
Prov.  24.  12. 
Acts  28.  4. 
Rom.  2.  6. 
Gal.  6.  7. 
Rev.  19.20,21. 


a  ch.  2.  16. 
ch.  3.  9. 

1  save,  or, 
deliver. 

b  ch.  5.  10. 
c  Deut.  3.  14. 

2  Or,  The  vil- 
lages of  Jair. 

d  ch.  2.  11. 

ch.  4.  1. 

ch.  6.  1. 
e  ch.  2.  13. 

ch.  3.  7. 

2  Chr.  28.  23. 

Ps.  106.  30. 
fch.  2.  12. 
g  1  Ki.  11.  33. 

1  Ki.  16.  31. 

2  Ki.  23.  13. 
Ps.  106.  36. 

h  1  Sam.  12.  9. 

3  crushed. 

i  1  Sam.  12.  10. 
j  Ex.  14.  30. 

1  Sam.  12.  8. 
k  Num.  21.  21. 
I  ch.  3.  12. 
m  ch.  3.  31. 
n  ch.  5.  19. 

0  ch.  6.  3. 

p  Ps.  10C.  42. 
q  Deut.  32.  15. 

ch.  2.  12. 

1  Chr.  28.  9. 
r  2  Ki.  3.  13. 
*  1  Sam.  3.  18. 

4  is  good  in 
thine  eyes. 

1  2  Chr.  7.  14. 

5  gods  of 
strangers. 

u  Ps.  106.  44. 

6  was  shortened. 

7  cried  together. 
v  Gen.  31.  49. 


a  ch.  6.  12. 

1  a  woman  an 
harlot. 

2  from  the  face. 
b  ch.  9.  4. 

1  Sam.  22.  2. 
Job  30.  1-10. 
Acts  17.  5. 

3  after  days. 


Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  into  the  hands  of  the  children  of 
Am'mon. 

8  And  that  year  they  vexed  and  8  oppressed  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el :  eighteen  years,  all  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  that  were  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan  in  the 
land  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  which  is  in  Gil'e-ad. 

9  Moreover  the  children  of  Am'mon  passed  over 
Jor'dan  to  fight  also  against  Ju'dah,_and  against 
Ben'ja-min,  and  against  the  house  of  E'phra-im  ;  so 
that  I§'ra-el  was  sore  distressed. 

10  1  "And  the  children  of  Is'ra-el  cried  unto  the 
Lord,  saying,  We  have  sinned  against  thee,  both 
because  we  have  forsaken  our  God,  and  also  served 
Ba'al-im. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
Did  not  /  deliver  you  J'from  the  E-gyp'tians_,  and 
''from  the  Am'6r-ites,'from  the  children  of  Am'mon, 
mand  from  the  Phi-lis'tine§  ? 

12  "The  Zl-do'ni-ans_  also,  "and  the  Am'a-lek-ites, 
and  the  Ma'on-Ites,  did  p  oppress  you  ;  and  ye  cried 
to  me,  and  I  delivered  you  out  of  their  hand. 

13  9Yet  ye  have  forsaken  me,  and  served  other 
gods  :  wherefore  I  will  deliver  you  no  more. 

14  Go  and  'cry  unto  the  gods  which  ye  have 
chosen ;  let  them  deliver  you  in  the  time  of  your 
tribulation. 

15  If  And  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  said  unto  the 
Lord,  We  have  sinned  :  s  do  thou  unto  us  whatso- 
ever 4seemeth  good  unto  thee  ;  deliver  us  only,  we 
pray  thee,  this  day. 

16  f  And  they  put  away  the  5  strange  gods  from 
among  them,  and  served  the  Lord  :  and  "his  soul 
6 was  grieved  for  the  misery  of  Ig'ra-el. 

17  Then  the  children  of  Am'mon  were  7 gathered 
together,  and  encamped  in  Gil'e-ad.  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Is_'ra-el  assembled  themselves  together,  and 
encamped  in  ^Miz'peh. 

18  And  the  people  and  princes  of  Gil'e-ad  said  one 
to  another,  What  man  is  he  that  will  begin  to  fight 
against  the  children  of  Am/mon  ?  he  shall  be  head 
over  all  the  inhabitants  of  Gil'e-ad. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Jephthah  captains  Gilead.    12  Ms  message  lo  Amman.    29  His  vow.    32  He  conquers 

Amnion. 

"VTOW  Jeph'thah  the  Gil'e-ad-Ite  was  aa  mighty 
-1^  man_of  valour,  and  he  was  the  son  of  2an  har- 
lot :  and_Gil'e-ad  begat  Jeph'thah. 

2  And  GU'e-Sd's  wife  bare  him  sons;  and  his  wife's 
sons  grew  up,  and  they  thrust  out  Jeph'thah,  and 
said  unto  him,  Thou  shalt  not  inherit  in  our  fa- 
ther's house  ;  for  thou  art  the  son  of  a  strange 
woman. 

3  Then  Jeph'thah  fled  2from  his  brethren,  and 
dwelt  in  the  land  of  Tob  :  and  there  were  gathered 
6  vain  men  to  Jeph'thah,  and  went  out  with  him. 

4  T  And  it  came  to  pass  3in  process  of  time,  that 
the  children  of  Am'mon  made  war  against  I§'ra-el. 

5  And  it  was  so,  thatwhen  the  children  of  Am'- 
mon made  war  against  Is'ra-el,  the  elders  of  Gil'e-ad 
went  to  fetch  Jeph'thah  out  of  the  land  of  Tob  : 

6  And  they  said  unto  Jeph'thah,  Come,  and  be  our 


Jephthah  captains  Gilead. 


JUDGES,  11. 


Jephthah 's  rash  vow. 


captain,  that   we  may  fight  with   the  children  of 
Am'mon. 

7  And  Jeph'thah  said  unto  the  elders  of  Gil'e-ad, 
°'Did  not  ye  hate  me,  and  expel  me  out  of  my  fa- 
ther's house  ?  and  why  are  ye  come  unto  me  now 
when  ye  are  in  distress^ 

8  And  the  elders  of  Gil'e-ad  said  unto  Jeph'thah, 
Therefore  we  dturn  again  to  thee  now,  that  thou 
mayest  go  with  us,  and  fight  against  the  children  of 
AirVmon,  and  be  our  ehead  over  all  the  inhabitants 
of  Gil'e-ad. 

9  And  Jeph'thah  said  unto  the  elders  of  Gil'e-ad, 
If  ye  bring  me  home  again  to  fight  against  the 
children  of  Am'mon,  and  the  Lord  deliver  them 
before  me,  shall  I  be  your  head  ? 

10  And  the  elders  of  Gil'e-ad  said  unto  Jeph'thah, 
rthe  Lord  4be  witness  between  us,  if  we  do  not  so 
according  to  thy  words. 

11  Then  Jeph'thah  went  with  the  elders  of  Gil'- 
e-ad, and  the  people  made  him  head  and  captain 
over  them  :  and  Jeph'thah  uttered  all  his  words 
9 before  the  Lord  in  Miz'peh. 

12  I  And  Jeph'thah  sent  messengers  unto  the  king 
of  the  children  of  Am'mon,  saying,  What  hast  thou 
to  do  with  me,  that  thou  art  come  against  me  to 
fight  in  my  land  ? 

13  And  the  king  of  the  children  of  Am'mon  an- 
swered unto  the  messengers  of  Jeph'thah, h Because 
Ig'ra-el  took  away  my  land,  when  they  came  up  out 
of  E'gypt,  from  Ar'non  even  unto  l  Jab'bok,  and 
unto  Jor'dan  :  now  therefore  restore  those  lands 
again  peaceably. 

14  And  Jeph'thah  sent  messengers  again  unto  the 
king  of  the  children  of  Am'mon  : 

15  And  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  Jeph'thah,  3'I§'- 
ra-el  took  not  away  the  land  of  Mo'ab,  nor  the  land 
of  the  children  of  Am'mon : 

16  But  when  Ig'ra-el  came  up  from  E'gypt,  and 
k  walked  through  the  wilderness  unto  the  Red  sea, 
and  'came  to  Ka'desh  ; 

17_Then  mIg'ra-el  sent  messengers  unto  the  king 
of  E'dom,  saying,  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  pass  through 
thy  land :  but  the  king  of  E'dom  would  not  hearken 
thereto.  And  in  like  manner  they  sent  unto  the 
king  of  Mo'ab  :  but  he  would  not  consent :  and  I§'- 
ra-el  "abode  in  Ka'desh. 

18  Then  they  went  along  through  the  wilderness, 
and  ° compassed  the  land  of  E'dom,  and  the  land  of 

»Mo'ab,  and  pcame  by  the  east  side  of  the  land  of 
Mo'ab,  and  pitched  on  the  other  side  of  Ar'non,  but 
came  not  within  the  border  of  Mo'ab  :  for  Ar'non 
ivas  the  border  of  Mo'ab. 

19  And  9l§'ra-el  sent  messengers  unto  Si'hon  king 
of  the  Am'or-ites,  the  king  of  Hesh'bon  ;  and  I§'- 
ra-el  said  unto  him,  Let  us  pass,  we  pray  thee, 
through  thy  land  into  my  place. 

20  But  Sl'hon  trusted  not  Ig'ra-el  to  pass  through 
his  coast:  but  Sl'hon  gathered  all  his  people  to- 
gether, and  pitched  in  Ja'haz,  and  fought  against 
Ig'ra-el. 

21  And  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  delivered  Sl'hon 
and  all  his  people  into  the  hand  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  they 

13 


B.  C. 1161. 


c  Gen.  26.  27. 


d  Luke  17.  4. 


e  eh.  10.  18. 


/Gen.  31.  50. 

Jer.  29.  23. 

Mic.  1.  2. 

Rom.  1 .  9. 

1  Tliess.  2.  5. 
4  be  the  hearer 

between  us. 


g  fli.  in.  17. 
ch.  20.  1. 

1  Sam.  10.  17. 
Prov.  10.  3. 

h  Num.  21.  24. 
i  Gen.  32.  22. 
/Num.  22. 

13-15. 

Deut.  2.  9,  19. 

2  Chr.  20.  10. 
A-  Num.  14.  25. 

Deut.  1.  40. 

Josh.  5.  6. 
I  Num.  13.  20. 

Deut.  1.  46. 
m  Num.  20.  14. 
n  Num.  20.  1. 
o  Num.  21.  4. 
/>  Num.  21.  11. 
q  Num.  21. 

21,  35. 

Deut.  2.  26. 

Josh.  13.  8-12. 
(■Num.  21.  24. 

Deut.  2.33,34. 
s  Num.  21 .  29. 

1  Ki.  11.7. 
Jer.  48.  7. 

<Ex.  23.  28,  31. 
Ex.  34.  11. 
Num.  33. 
r.ii,  54. 

Deut.  7.  1G.24. 
Deut.  9.  3,  C. 
Deut.  18.  12. 
Josh.  3.  10. 
Josh.  13.  6. 

2  Chr.  7.  20. 
2  Chr.  20.  7. 
Ps.  44.  2,  3. 
Acts  13.  19. 

u  Num.  22.  2. 

Deut.  23.  3,  4. 

Josh.  24.  9. 

Mic.  G.  5. 
v  Deut.  2.  36. 
w  Gen.  IS.  25. 

Job  9.  15. 

John  5.  22,23. 
x  ch.  3.  1(1. 
y  Gen.  28.  20. 

1  Sam.  1.11. 

Eccl.  5.1,2. 

5  that  which 
cometh  forth, 
which  shall 
come  forth. 

t  Lev.  27.  2. 
1  Sam.  1.11. 

6  Or,  or  I  will 
offer  it,  etc. 

n  Ezek.  27.  17. 

7  Or,  Abel. 
b  ch.  10.  17. 
c  Ex.  15.  20. 

1  Sam.  IS.  6. 
Ps.  68.  25. 
Jer.  31.  4. 

8  of  himself,  or, 
he  had  not  of 
his  owfn 
either  son  or 
daughter. 

(I  Gen.  37.  29. 

2  Sam.  13. 
30  31. 
Job  1.  20. 

e  Eccl.  5.  2. 
/  Ps.  15.  4. 

Eccl.  5.  4.  5. 
g  Num.  30.  2. 


r  smote  them:  so  Ig'ra-el  possessed  all  the  land  of 
the  Am'or-ites,  the  inhabitants  of  that  country. 

22  And  they  possessed  all  the  coasts  of  the  Am'or- 
ites,  from  Ar'non  even  unto  Jab'bok,  and  from  the 
wilderness  even  unto  Jor'dan. 

23  So  now  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  hath  dispos- 
sessed the  Am'or-ites  from  before  Ms  people  I§'ra-el, 
and  shouldest  thou  possess  it? 

24  Wilt  not  thou  possess  that  which  sChe'mosh  thy 
god  giveth  thee  to  possess?  So  whomsoever  'the 
Lord  our  God  shall  drive  out  from  before  us,  them 
will  we  possess. 

25  And  now  art  thou  any  thing  better  than  v  Ba1- 
lak  the  son  of  Zip'por,  king  of  Mo'ab?  did  he  ever 
strive  against  Is>a-el,  or  did  he  ever  fight  against 
them, 

26  While  I§'ra-el  dwelt  in  Hesh'bon  and  her  towns, 
and  in  lAr'o-er  and  her  towns,  and  in  all  the  cities 
that  be  along  by  the  coasts  of  Ar'non,  three  hundred 
years?  why  therefore  did  ye  not  recover  them  within 
that  time? 

27  Wherefore  I  have  not  sinned  against  thee,  but 
thou  doest  me  wrong  to  war  against  me :  the  Lord 
'"the  Judge  be  judge  this  day  between  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el  and  the  children  of  Am'mon. 

28  Howbeit  the  king  of  the  children  of  Am'mon 
hearkened  not  unto  the  words  of  Jeph'thah  which 
he  sent  him. 

29  If  Then  Tthe  Spirit  of  the  J.ORD  came  upon 
Jeph'thah,  and  he  passed  over  Gil'e-ad,  and  Ma- 
nas'seh,  and  passed  over  Miz'peh  of  Gil'e-ad,  and 
from  Miz'peh  of  Gil'e-ad  he  passed  over  unto  the 
children  of  Am'mon. 

30  And  Jeph'thah  » vowed  a  vow  unto  the  Lord, 
and  said,  If  thou  shalt  without  fail  deliver  the 
children  of  Am'mon  into  mine  hands, 

31  Then  it  shall  be,  that 5  whatsoever  cometh  forth 
of  the  doors  of  my  house  to  meet  me,  when  I  return 
in  peace  from  the  children  of  Am'mon, z  shall  surely 
be  the  Lord's,  6and  I  will  offer  it  up  for  a  burnt 
offering. 

32  If  So  Jeph'thah  passed  over  unto  the  children 
of  Am'mon  to  fight  against  them ;  and  the  Lord 
delivered  them  into  his  hands. 

33  And  he  smote  them  from  Ar'o-er,  even  till  thou 
come  to  a  Min'nith,  even  twenty  cities,  and  unto  7the 
plain  of  the  vineyards,  with  a  very  great  slaughter. 
Thus  the  children  of  Am'mon  were  subdued  before 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

34  If  And  Jeph'thah  came  to  h Miz'peh  unto  his 
house,  and,  behold,  chis  daughter  came  out  to  meet 
him  with  timbrels  and  with  dances :  and  she  was 
his  only  child  ;  8  beside  her  he  had  neither  son  nor 
daughter. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  saw  her,  that 
he  d  rent  his  clothes,  and  said,  Alas,  my  daughter ! 
thou  hast  brought  me.  very  low,  and  thou  art  one 
of  them  that  trouble  me :  for  I  chave  opened  my 
mouth  unto  the  Lord,  and  /I  cannot  go  back. 

36  And  she  said  unto  him,  My  father,  if  thou  hast 
opened  thy  mouth  unto  the  Lord,  ffdo  to  me  accord- 
ing to  that  which  hath  proceeded  out  of  thy  mouth ; 

209 


Ephraim  is  smitten. 


JUDGES,  12,  13. 


An  angel  and  Manoah. 


forasmuch  as  Hhe  Lord  hath  taken  vengeance  for 
thee  of  thine  enemies,  even  of  the  children  of  Am'- 
mon. 

37  And  she  said  unto  her  father,  Let  this  thing  be 
done  for  me :  let  me  alone  two  months,  that  I  may 
(Jgo  up  and  down  upon  the  mountains,  and  bewail 
1  my  virginity,  I  and  my  fellows. 

38  And  he  said,  Go.  And  he  sent  her  away  for  two 
months:  and  she  went  with  her  companions,  and' 
bewailed  her  virginity  upon  the  mountains. 

39  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  two  months, 
that  she  returned  unto  her  father,  who  Mid  with 
her  according  to  his  vow  which  he  had  vowed :  and 
she  knew  no  man.    And  it  was  a10  custom  in  Ig'ra-el, 

40  That  the  daughters  of  Ig'ra-el  went  ^yearly  to 
12 lament  the  daughter  of  Jeph'thah  the  Gil'e-ad-Ite 
four  days  in  a  year. 

CHAPTER  12, 

1  The  quarrel  with  Ephraim.    7  Jephthah  dies.    8  Subsequent  judges. 

AND  "the  men  of  E'phra-im  fathered  themselves 
-  together,  and  went  northward,  and  said  unto 
Jeph'thah,  Wherefore  passedst  thou  over  to  fight 
against  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  didst  not  call 
us  to  go  with  thee  ?  we  will  burn  thine  house  upon 
thee  with  fire. 

2  And  Jeph'thah  said  unto  them,  I  and  my  people 
were  at  great  strife  with  the  children  of  Am'mon ; 
and  when  I  called  you,  ye  delivered  me  not  out  of 
their  hands. 

3  And  when  I  saw  that  ye  delivered  me  not,  I  6put 
my  life  in  my  hands,  and  passed  over  against  the 
children  of  Am'mon,  and  the  Lord  delivered  them 
into  my  hand :  wherefore  then  are  ye  come  up  unto 
me  this  day,  to  fight  against  me? 

4  Then  Jeph'thah  gathered  together  all  the  men 
of  Gil'e-ad,  and  fought  with  E'phra-im  :  and  the 
menof  Gil'e-ad  smote  E'phra-im,  because  they  said, 
Ye  Gil'e-ad-Ites  care  fugitives  of  E'phra-im  among 
the  E'phra-Tm-Ites,  and  among  the  Ma-nas'sites. 

5  And  the  Gil'e-ad-Ites  took  dthe  passages  of  Jor'- 
dan  before  the  E'phra-Im-Ites  :  and  it  was  so,  that 
when  those  E'phra-Im-Ites  which  were  escaped  said, 
Let  me  go  over  ;  that  the  men  of  Gil'e-ad  said  unto 
him,  Art  thou  an  E'phra-Im-Ite  ?     If  he  said,  Nay  ; 

6  Then  said  they  unto  him,  Say  now  2Shib'bo-leth : 
and  he  said  Slb'bo-leth :  for  he  could  not  frame  to 
pronounce  it  right.  Then  they  took  him,  and  slew 
him  at  the  passages^  of  Jor'dan:  and  there  fell 
at  that  time  of  the  E'phra-Im-Ites  forty  and  two 
thousand. 

7  And  Jeph'thah  judged  Ig'ra-el  six  years.  Then 
died  Jeph'thah  the_GIl'e-ad-Ite,  and  was  buried  in 
one  of  the  cities  of  Gil'e-ad. 

8  1  And  after  him  3Ib'zan  of  Beth'-le-hem  judged 
Ig'ra-el. 

9  And  he  had  thirty  sons,  and  thirty  daughters, 
whom  he  sent  abroad,  and  took  in  thirty  daughters 
from  abroad  for  his  sons.  And  he  judged  Ig'ra-el 
seven  years. 

10  Then  died  Ib'zan,  and  was  buried  at  Beth'-le- 
hem.- 

210 


B.  C.  1143. 


h  2  Sain.  18.  19. 


9  go  and  go 

down. 
i  Gen.  30.  23. 

Luke  1.  25. 


j  1  Sam.  1.  22. 


10  Or,  ordinance. 

1 1  from  year  to 
year. 

12  Or,  talk  with. 


a  ch.  8.  1. 
1  were  called. 


b  1  Sam.  19.  5. 

Job  13.  14. 

Ps.  119.  109. 

Rom.  16.  4. 

Rev.  12.  11. 
c  1  Sam.  25.  10. 

Ps.  78.  9. 
d  Josh.  22.  11. 

ch.  3.  28. 

2  Which  signi- 
fieth  a  burden, 
or,  ear  of 
corn,  or, 
stream. 

3  He  seems  to 
have  been 
only  a  civil 
Judge  to  do  jus- 
tice in  North 
east  Israel. 

4  A  civil  Judge 
in  North  east 
Israel. 

5  A  civil  Judge 
also  in  North 
east  Israel. 

6  sons'  sons. 
e  ch.  5.  10. 

ch.  10.  4. 

/Gen.  14.  7. 

Ex.  17.  8. 

ch.  3.  13. 


1  added  to  com- 
mit, etc. 

2  This  seems  a 
partial  captiv- 
ity. 

a  1  Sam.  12.  9. 
b  Josh.  15.  33. 
c  Gen.  16.  7-13. 

Ex.  3.  2-6. 

ch.  6.  12. 

Hos.  12.  3-5. 

Mai.  3.  1. 

Luke  1.  11,  13, 

28,  31. 

Acts  7.  30. 
d  Num.  6.  2,  3. 

Luke  1.  15. 
e  Num.  6.  5. 

1  Sam.  1.  11. 
/ 1  Sam.  7.  13. 

2  Sam.  8.  1. 
1  Chr.  18.  1. 

g  Deut.  33.  1. 

1  Sam.  2.  27. 

1  Ki.  17.  24. 
h  Matt.  28.  3. 

Luke  9.  29. 

Acts  6.  15. 

3  What  shall  be 
the  manner  of 
the,  etc. 

4  what  shall  be 
his  work  ?  or, 
what  shall  he 
do? 


_  11  TI  And  after  him  4E'lon,  a  Zeb'u-lon-Ite,  judged 
Ig'ra-el  ;  and  he  judged  Ig'ra-el  ten  years. 

12  And  E'lon  the  Zeb'u-lon-Ite  died,  and  was  buried 
in  Aij'a-lon  in  the  country  of  Zeb'u-lun. 

13  1  And  after  him  _5  Ab'don  the  son  of  Hil'lel,  a 
Pir'a-thon-Ite,  judged  Ig'ra-el. 

14  And  he  had  forty  sons  and  thirty  6  nephews, 
that  erode  on  threescore  and  ten  ass  colts  :  and  he 
judged  Ig'ra-el  eight  years. 

15  And  Ab'don  the  son  of  Hil'lel  the  Pir'a-thon-Ite 
died,  and  was  buried  in  Pir'a-thon  in  the  land  of 
E'phra-im,  •'"in  the  mount  of  the  Am'a-lek-Ites. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  An  angel  and  Manoah.    15  His  offering.    24  Birth  of  Samson. 

AND  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  Mid  evil  again  in  the 
-^-  sight  of  the  Lord  ;  2and  the  Lord  delivered 
them  "into  the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg  forty  years. 

2  If  And  there  was  a  certain  man  of  6Zo'rah,  of 
the  family  of  the  Dan'Ites,  whose  name  was  Ma- 
no 'ah ;  and  his  wife  was  barren,  and  bare  not. 

3  And  the  c  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto  the 
woman,  and  said  unto  her,  Behold  now,  thou  art 
barren,  and  bearest  not :  but  thou  shalt  conceive, 
and  bear  a  son. 

4  Now  therefore  beware,  I  pray  thee,  and  d  drink 
not  wine  nor  strong  drink,  and  eat  not  any  unclean 
thing : 

5  For,  lo,  thou  shalt  conceive,  and  bear  a  son  ;  and 
no  e  razor  shall  come  on  his  head  :  for  the  child 
shall  be  a  Naz'a-rlte  unto  God  from  the  womb  :  and 
he  shall  f  begin  to  deliver  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Phi-lis'tineg. 

6  If  Then  the  woman  came  and  told  her  husband, 
saying,  aA  man  of  God  came  unto  me,  and  fehis 
countenance  ivas  like  the  countenance  of  an  angel 
of  God,  very  terrible  :  but  I  asked  him  not  whence 
he  was,  neither  told  he  me  his  name  : 

7  But  he  said  unto  me,  Behold,  thou  shalt  con- 
ceive, and  bear  a  son  ;  and  now  drink  no  wine  nor 
strong  drink,  neither  eat  any  unclean  thing :  for 
the  child  shall  be  a  Naz'a-rlte  to  God  from  the 
womb  to  the  day  of  his  death. 

8  If  Then  Ma-no 'ah  intreated  the  Lord,  and  said,  O 
my  Lord,  let  the  man  of  God  which  thou  didst  send 
come  again  unto  us,  and  teach  us  what  we  shall  do 
unto  the  child  that  shall  be  born. 

9  And  God  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  Ma-no'ah ; 
and  the  angel  of  God  came  again  unto  the  woman 
as  she  sat  in  the  field  :  but  Ma-no'ah  her  husband 
was  not  with  her. 

10  And  the  woman  made  haste,  and  ran,  and 
shewed  her  husband,  and  said  unto  him,  Behold, 
the  man  hath  appeared  unto  me,  that  came  unto 
me  the  other  day. 

11  And  Ma-no'ah  arose,  and  went  after  his  wife, 
and  came  to  the  man,  and  said  unto  him,  Art  thou 
the  man  that  spakest  unto  the  woman  ?  And  he 
said,  I  am. 

12  And  Ma-no'ah  said,  Now  let  thy  words  come  to 
pass.  3How  shall  we  order  the  child,  and  ihow 
shall  we  do  unto  him  ? 


The  birth  of  Samson. 


JUDGES,  14. 


Samson's  riddle. 


13  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  Ma-no'ah, 
Of  all  that  I  said  unto  the  woman  let  her  beware. 

14  She  may  not  eat  of  any  thing  that  cometh  of 
the  vine,  neither  let  her  drink  wine  or  strong  drink, 
nor  eat  any  unclean  thing :  all  that  I  commanded 
her  let  her  observe. 

15  H  And  Ma-no'ah  said  unto  the  angel  of  the 
Lord,  I  pray  thee,  'let  us  detain  thee,  until  we 
shall  have  made  ready  a  kid  5for  thee. 

16  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  Ma-no'ah, 
Though  thou  detain  me,  I  will  not  eat  of  thy  bread : 
and  if  thou  wilt  offer  a  burnt  offering,  thou  must 
offer  it  unto  the  Lord.  For  Ma-no'ah  knew  not  that 
he  tvas  an  angel  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  Ma-no'ah  said  unto  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
What  is  thy  name,  that  when  thy  sayings  come  to 
pass  we  may  do  thee  honour  ? 

18  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  him, 
^'Why  askest  thou  thus  after  my  name,  seeing  it  is 
6  secret? 

19  So  Ma-no'ah  took  a  kid  with  a  meat  offering, 
fcand  offered  it  upon  a  rock  unto  the  Lord  :  and  the 
angel  did  wonderously ;  and  Ma-no'ah  and  his  wife 
looked  on. 

20  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  flame  went  up 
toward  heaven  from  off  the  altar,  that  the  angel  of 
the  Lord  ascended  in  the  flame  of  the  altar.  And 
Ma-no'ah  and  his  wife  looked  on  it,  and  'fell  on 
their  faces  to  the  ground. 

21  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  did  no  more  appear 
to  Ma-no'ah  and  to  his  wife.  mThen  Ma-no'ah 
mew  that  he  was  an  angel  of  the  Lord. 

22  And  Ma-no'ah  said  unto  his  wife,  "We  shall 
surely  die,  because  we  have  seen  God. 

23  But  his  wife  said  unto  him,  If  the  Lord  were 
pleased  to  kill  us,  he  would  not  have  received  a 
)urnt  offering  and  a  meat  offering  at  our  hands, 

neither  would  he  have  "shewed  us  all  these  things, 
nor  would  as  at  this  time  have  told  us  such  things 
as  these. 

24  1  And  the  woman  bare  a  son,  and  called  his 
name  7  Sam 'son  :  and  the  "child  grew,  and  the  Lord 
blessed  him. 

25  And  'the  Spirit. of  the  Lord  began  to  move  him 
at  times  in  8the  camp  of  Dan  r  between  Zo'rah  and 
Esh'ta-ol. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Samson's  strength.     10  His/east  and  riddle.     19  Philistines  slain. 

AND  Sam'son  went  down  ato  Tim'nath,  and  6saw 
-£"*-  a  woman  in  Tim'nath  of  the  daughters  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg. 

2  And  he  came  up,  and  told  his  father  and  his 
mother,  and  said,  I  have  seen  a  woman  in  Tim'nath 
of  the  daughters  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  :  now  there- 
fore cget  her  for  me  to  wife. 

3  Then  his  father  and  his  mother  said  unto  him, 
7s  there  never  a  woman  among  the  daughters  of 
dthy  brethren,  or  among  all  my  people,  that  thou 
goest  to  take  a  wife  of  the  euncircumcised  Phi-lis'- 
tmeg ?  And  Sam'son  said  unto  his  father,  Get  her 
for  me;  for  ^he  pleaseth  me  well. 

4  But  his  father  and  his  mother  knew  not  that  it 


B.  C.  1141. 


i  Gen.  18.  5. 
eh.  G.  18. 

5  before  thee. 


j  Gen.  32.  29. 
6  Or,  wonderful. 


/,•  ch.  G.  19,  20. 
1  Ki.  18. 
30-38. 


I  Lev.  9.  24. 

1  Chr.  21.  1G. 

Ezek.  1.  28. 

Dan.  10.  9. 

Hos.  12.  4,  5. 

Matt.  17.  6. 
m  eh.  G.  22. 
n  Gen.  32.  30. 

Ex.  33.  20. 

Deut.  4.  3. 

ch.  6.  22. 

Isa.  6.  5. 
o  Ps.  25.  14. 

Prov.  3.  22. 

John  14. 

20-23. 

7  That  is, 
Serving  like 
the  sun. 

p  1  Sam.  3.  19. 

Luke  1.80. 

Luke  2.  52. 
q  ch.  3.  10. 

ch.  6.  34. 

1  Sam.  11.  G. 

Matt.  4.  1. 

John  3.  34. 

8  Mahaneh-dan. 
r  Josh.  15.  33. 


a  Gen.  38.  13. 

Josh.  15.  10. 
b  Gen.  34.  2. 

Ps.  119.  37. 
c  Gen.  21.  21. 

Gen.  24.  2, 13. 
d  Gen.  24.  3,  4. 
e  Ex.  34.  16. 

Deut.  7.  3. 

1  she  is  right 
in  mine  eyes. 

/■Josh.  11.  20. 
2  Chr.  10.  15. 

2  in  meeting  him. 
g  ch.  3.  10. 

ch.  13.  25. 

1  Sam.  11.  6. 
A  1  Ki.  10.  1. 

Ezek.  17.  2. 

Luke  14.  7. 
i  Gen.  29.  27. 

3  Or,  shirts. 

/  Gen.  45.  22. 
k  Gen.  3.  G. 

ch.  16.  5. 

Prov.  6.  26. 

Mic.  7.  6. 
I  ch.  15.  6. 

4  to  possess  us, 
or,  to  impover- 
ish us  ? 

m  ch.  16.  15. 

5  Or,  the  rest 
of  the  seven 
days,  etc. 

n  Num.  11.  17. 
ch.  3.  10. 
ch.  13.  25. 
1  Sam.  10.  6. 
1  Sam.  11.  6. 
1  Cor.  12. 
4,11. 


was  foi  the  Lord,  that  he  sought  an  occasion  against 
the  Phi-lis'tmeg  :  for  at  that  timethe  Phi-lis'tineg 
had  dominion  over  Ig'ra-el. 

5  If  Then  went  Sam'son  down,  and  his  father  and 
his  mother,  to  Tim'nath,  and  came  to  the  vineyards 
of  Tim'nath  :  and,  behold,  a  young  lion  roared 
2  against  him. 

6  And  "the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  mightily  upon 
him,  and  he  rent  him  as  he  would  have  rent  a  kid, 
and  he  had  nothing  in  his  hand  :  but  he  told  not 
his  father  or  his  mother  what  he  had  done. 

7  And  he  went  down,  and  talked  with  the  woman  ; 
and  she  pleased  Sam'son  well. 

8  If  And  after  a  time  he  returned  to  take  her,  and 
he  turned  aside  to  see  the  carcase  of  the  lion  :  and, 
behold,  there  was  a  swarm  of  bees  and  honey  in  the 
carcase  of  the  lion. 

9  And  he  took  thereof  in  his  hands,  and  went  on 
eating,  and  came  to  his  father  and  mother,  and  he 
gave  them,  and  they  did  eat :  but  he  told  not  them 
that  he  had  taken  the  honey  out  of  the  carcase  of 
the  lion. 

10  If  So  his  father  went  down  unto  the  woman  : 
and  Sam'son  made  there  a  feast ;  for  so  used  the 
young  men  to  do. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  saw  him,  that 
they  brought  thirty  companions  to  be  with  him. 

12  If  And  Sam'son  said  unto  them,  I  will  now  ''put 
forth  a  riddle  unto  you  :  if  ye  can  certainly  declare 
it  me  'within  the  seven  days  of  the  feast,  and  find 
it  out,  then  I  will  give  you  thirty  3  sheets  and  thirty 
j  change  of  garments  : 

13  But  if  ye  cannot  declare  it  me,  then  shall  ye 
give  me  thirty  sheets  and  thirty  change  of  garments. 
And  they  said  unto  him,  Put  forth  thy  riddle,  that 
we  may  hear  it. 

14  And  he  said  unto  them,  Out  of  the  eater  came 
forth  meat,  and  out  of  the  strong  came  forth  sweet- 
ness. And  they  could  not  in  three  days'  expound 
the  riddle. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day,  that 
they  said  unto  Sam'son's  wife,  k  Entice  thy  husband, 
that  he  may  declare  unto  us  the  riddle,  'lest  we  burn 
thee  and  thy  father's  house  with  fire  :  have  ye 
called  us  4to  take  that  we  have?  is  it  not  so  ? 

16  And  Sam'son's  wife  wept  before  him,  and  said, 
m  Thou  dost  but  hate  me,  and  lovest  me  not :  thou 
hast  put  forth  a  riddle  unto  the  children  of  my 
people,  and  hast  not  told  it  me.  And  he  said  unto 
her,  Behold,  I  have  not  told  it  my  father  nor  my 
mother,  and  shall  I  tell  it  thee  ? 

17  And  she  wept  before  him  5  the  seven  days, 
while  their  feast  lasted  :  and  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
seventh  day,  that  he  told  her,  because  she  lay  sore 
upon  him  :  and  she  told  the  riddle  to  the  children 
of  her  people. 

18  And  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto  him  on  the 
seventh  day  before  the  sun  went  down,  What  is 
sweeter  than  honey  ?  and  what  is  stronger  than  a 
lion  ?  And  he  said  unto  them,  If  ye  had  not  plowed 
with  my  heifer,  ye  had  not  found  out  my  riddle. 

19  If  And  nthe  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upoxi  him, 

211 


Burning  of  the  corn. 


JUDGES,  15,  16. 


The  gates  of  Gaza  taken. 


and  he  went  down  to  Ash'ke-lon,  and  slew  thirty 
men  of  them,  and  took  their 6  spoil,  and  gave  change 
of  garments  unto  them  which  expounded  the  riddle. 
And  his  anger  was  kindled,  and  he  went  up  to  his 
father's  house. 

20  But  Sam'son's  wife  "was  given  to  his  companion, 
whom  he  had  used  as  phis  friend. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Samso7i,s  wife  is  denied  him.    3  Burning  of  the  corn.    7  Other  feats  of  Samson. 

BUT  it  came  to  pass  within  a  while  after,  in  the 
time  of  wheat  harvest,  that  Sam' son  visited  his 
wife  with  a  a  kid  ;  and  he  said,  I  will  go  in  to  my 
wife  into  the  chamber.  But  her  father  would  not 
suffer  him  to  go  in. 

2  And  her  father  said,  I  verily  thought  that  thou 
hadst  utterly  b  hated  her  ;  therefore  I  gave  her  to 
thy  companion  :  is  not  her  younger  sister  fairer 
than  she?  Hake  her,  I  pray  thee,  instead  of  her. 

3  If  And  Sam'son  said  concerning  them,  2Now  shall 
I  be  more  blameless  than  the  Phi-lis' tines.,  though  I 
do  them  a  displeasure. 

4  And  Sam'son  went  and  caught  three  hundred 
3  foxes,  and  took  4  firebrands,  and  turned  tail  to  tail, 
and  put  a  firebrand  in  the  midst  between  two  tails. 

5  And  when  he  had  set  the  brands  on  fire,  he  let 
them,  go  into  the  standing  corn  of  the  Phi-lis' tines., 
and  burnt  up  both  the  shocks,  and  also  the  standing 
corn,  with  the  vineyards  and  olives. 

6  If  Then  the  Phi-lis' tines,  said,  Who  hath  done 
this  ?  And  they  answered,  Sam'son,  the  son  in  law 
of  the  Tim'nite,  because  he  had  taken  his  wife,  and 
given  her  to  his  companion.  c  And  the  Phi-lis 'tines, 
came  up,  and  burnt  her  and  her  father  with  fire. 

7  If  And  Sam'son  said  unto  them,  Though  ye  have 
done  this,  yet  will  I  be  avenged  of  you,  and  after 
that  I  will  cease. 

8  And  he  smote  them  5hip  and  thigh  with  a  great 
slaughter  :  and  he  went  down  and  dwelt  in  the  top 
of  the  rock  dE'tam. 

9  If  Then  the  Phi-lis 'tines,  went  up,  and  pitched  in 
Ju'dah,  and  spread  themselves  in  Le'hl. 

10  And  the  men  of  Ju'dah  said,  Why  are  ye  come 
up  against  us  ?  And  they  answered,  To  bind  Sam'- 
son are  we  come  up,  to  do  to  him  as  he  hath  done 
to  us. 

11  Then  three  thousand  men  of  Ju'dah  6went  to 
the  top  of  the  rock  E'tam,  and  said  to  Sam'son, 
Knowest  thou  not  that  the  Phi-lis' tmes.  are  e rulers 
over  us?  what  is  this  that  thou  hast  done  unto  us? 
And  he  said  unto  them,  As  they  did  unto  me,  so 
have  I  done  unto  them. 

12  And  they  said  unto  him,  We  are  come  down  to 
bind  thee,  that  we  may  deliver  thee  into  the  hand 
of  the  Phi-lis'tmes..  And  Sam'son  said  unto  them, 
Swear  unto  me,  that  ye  will  not  fall  upon  me  your- 
selves. 

13  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying,  No  ;  but  we 
will  bind  thee  fast,  and  deliver  thee  into  their  hand : 
but  surely  we  will  not  kill  thee.  And  they  bound 
him  with  two  new  cords,  and  brought  him  up  from 
the  rock. 

212 


B.  C.  1140. 


G  Or,  apparel. 


o  ch.  15.  2. 
p  Jolin  3.  29. 


a  Gen.  38.  17. 
1  Sam.  16.  20. 
Luke  15.  29. 


b  ch.  14.  20. 


1  let  her  be 
thine. 

2  Or,  Now  shall 
I  be  blameless 
from  the  Phi- 
listines, 
though,  etc. 


3  Or,  jackals, 
which  were 
in  great  num- 
bers in  some 
parts  of 
Palestine. 

4  Or,  torches. 
c  ch.  14. 15. 

5  That  is, 
with  great 
confusion. 

d  1  Chr.  4.  3. 
2  Chr.  11.  6. 

6  went  down. 
e  Lev.  20.  25. 

Deut.  28. 
43,  44. 
ch.  2.  13,  14. 
ch.  14.  4. 

7  were  melted. 

8  moist. 

/  Lev.  2G.  8. 
Deut.  32.  30. 
Josh.  23.  10. 
ch.  3.  31. 
2  Sam.  23.  8. 

9  an  heap, 
two  heaps. 

10  That  is,  The 
lifting  up  of 
the  jawbone, 
or,  casting 
away  of  the 
jawbone. 

7  Ps.  3.  7. 

11  Lehi,  the 
name  of 
the  place. 

h  Gen.  45.  27. 
Isa.  40.  29. 

12  That  is,  The 
well  of  him 
that  called, 
or,  cried. 

13  He  seems  to 
have  judged 
South  west 
Israel  during 
twenty  years 
of  their  servi- 
tude of  the 
Philistines. 

?  ch.  13.  1. 


1  a  woman 
an  harlot. 

a  1  Sam.  19.  11. 

1  Sam.  23.  26. 
Ps.  118.  10, 
11,  12. 

Acts  9.  24. 

2  Cor.  11. 
32,  33. 

2  silent. 

3  with  the  bar. 

4  Or,  by  the 
brook. 

6  ch.  14.  15. 
Prov.  2.  16-19. 
Prov.  5.  3-11. 
Prov.  7.  21. 

5  Or,  humble. 

6  moist. 

7  one. 

c  Prov.  6.  26. 


14  Tf  And  when  he  came  unto  Le'hl,  the  Phi-lis' tines 
shouted  against  him  :  and  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
came  mightily  upon  him,  and  the  cords  that  were 
upon  his  arms  became  as  flax  that  was  burnt  with 
fire,  and  his  bands  7  loosed  from  off  his  hands. 

15  And  he  found  a  8new  jawbone  of  an  ass,  and 
put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  it,  and  /slew  a  thousand 
men  therewith. 

16  And  Sam'son  said,  With  the  jawbone  of  an  ass, 
9  heaps  upon  heaps,  with  the  jaw  of  an  ass  have  I 
slain  a  thousand  men. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had  made  an  end 
of  speaking,  that  he  cast  away  the  jawbone  out  of 
his  hand,  and  called  that  place  10Ra'math-le'hi. 

18  If  And  he  was  sore  athirst,  and  called  on  the 
Lord,  and  said,  °  Thou  hast  given  this  great  deliver- 
ance into  the  hand  of  thy  servant  :  and  now  shall 
I  die  for  thirst,  and  fall  into  the  hand  of  the  uncir- 
cumcised  ? 

19  But  God  clave  an  hollow  place  that  was  in  nthe 
jaw,  and  there  came  water  thereout ;  and  when  he 
had  drunk,  ''his  spirit  came  again,  and  he  revived  : 
wherefore  he  called  the  name  thereof  12En-hak'ko-re, 
which  is  in  Le'hl  unto  this  day. 

20  J3And  he  judged  I§'ra-el  'in  the  days  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmes.  twenty  years. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Samson's  escape  from  Gaza.    4  Delilah's  importunity.    26  Samson's  tragic  death. 

THEN  went  Sam'son  to  Ga'za,  and  saw  there  :an 
harlot,  and  went  in  unto  her. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  Ga'zites,  saying,  Sam'son  is 
come  hither.  And  they  "compassed  him  in,  and 
laid  wait  for  him  all  night  in  the  gate  of  the  city, 
and  were  2  quiet  all  the  night,  saying,  In  the  morn- 
ing, when  it  is  day,  we  shall  kill  him. 

3  And  Sam'son  lay  till  midnight,  and  arose  at 
midnight,  and  took  the  doors  of  the  gate  of  the  city, 
and  the  two  posts,  and  went  away  with  them,  3bar 
and  all,  and  put  them  upon  his  shoulders,  and  car- 
ried them  up  to  the  top  of  an  hill  that  is  before 
He'bron. 

4  If  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward,  that  he  loved 
a  woman  4in  the  valley  of  So'rek,  whose  name  was 
De-li'lah. 

5  And  the  lords  of  the  Phi-lis' tines,  came  up  unto 
her,  and  said  unto  her, b  Entice  him,  and  see  wherein 
his  great  strength  lieth,  and  by  what  means  we  may 
prevail  against  him,  that  we  may  bind  him  to 5 afflict 
him:  and  we  will  give  thee  every  one  of  us  eleven 
hundred  pieces  of  silver. 

6  If  And  De-li'lah  said  to  Sam'son,  Tell  me,  I  pray 
thee,  wherein  thy  great  strength  lieth,  and  where- 
with thou  mightest  be  bound  to  afflict  thee. 

7  And  Sam'son  said  unto  her,  If  they  bind  me  with 
seven6  green  withs  that  were  never  dried,  then  shall 
I  be  weak,  and  be  as  7  another  man. 

8  Then  the  lords  of  the  Phi'lis'tlnes.  brought  up  to 
her  seven  green  withs  which  had  not  been  dried, 
and  she  c  bound  him  with  them. 

9  Now  there  were  men  lying  in  wait,  abiding  with 
her  in  the  chamber.     And  she  said  unto  him,  The 


Delilah  entices  Samson. 


JUDGES,  17. 


Samson's  tragic  death. 


Phi-lis' tines,  be  upon  thee,  Sam 'son.  And  he  brake 
the  withs,  as  a  thread  of  tow  is  broken  when  it 
8  toucheth  the  fire.     d  So  his  strength  was  not  known. 

10  And  De-H'lah  said  unto  Sam'son,  Behold,  thou 
hast  mocked  me,  and  told  me  lies :  now  tell  me,  I 
pray  thee,  wherewith  thou  mightest  be  bound. 

11  And  he  said  unto  her,  If  they  bind  me  fast 
with  new  ropes  9that  never  were  occupied,  then 
shall  I  be  weak,  and  be  as  another  man. 

12  De-H'lah  therefore  took  new  ropes,  and  e  bound 
him  therewith,  and  said  unto  him,  The  Phi-lls'tme§ 
be  upon  thee,  Sam'son.  And  there  ivere  liers  in  wait 
abiding  in  the  chamber.  And  he  brake  them  from 
off  his  arms  like  a  thread. 

13  And  De-H'lah  said  unto  Sam'son,  Hitherto  thou 
hast  mocked  me,  and  told  me  lies  :  tell  me  where- 
with thou  mightest  be  bound.  And  he  said  unto 
her,  If  thou  weavest  the  seven  locks  of  my  head 
with  the  web. 

14  And  she  fastened  it  with  the  pin,  and  said  unto 
him,  The  Phl-lis'tineg  be  upon  thee,  Sam'son.  And 
he  awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and  went  away  with  the 
pin  of  the  beam,  and  with  the  web. 

15  H  And  she  said  unto  him,  •''How  canst  thou  say, 
I  love  thee,  when  thine  heart  is  not  with  me  ?  thou 
hast  mocked  me  these  three  times,  and  hast  not 
told  me  wherein  thy  great  strength  lieth. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  pressed  him 
daily  with  her  words,  and  urged  him,  so  that  his 
soul  was  10  vexed  unto  death  ; 

17  That  he  Hold  her  all  his  heart,  and  said  unto 
her,  h  There  hath  not  come  a  razor  upon  mine  head ; 
for  I  have  been  a  Naz'a-rlte  unto  God  from  my  mo- 
ther's womb  :  if  I  be  shaven,  then  my  strength  will 
go  from  me,  and  I  shall  become  weak,  and  be  like 
any  other  man. 

18  And  when  De-H'lah  saw  that  he  had  told  her 
all  his  heart,  she  sent  and  called  for  the  lords  of  the 
Phi-Hs' tines.,  saying,  Come  up  this  once,  for  he  hath 
shewed  me  all  his  heart.  Then  the 'lords  of  the 
Phi-Hs' tines,  came  up  unto  her,  and  brought  money 
in  their  hand. 

19  And  *she  made  him  sleep  upon  her  knees  ;  and 
she  called  for  a  man,  and  she  caused  him  to  shave 
off  the  seven  locks  of  his  head  ;  and  she  began  to 
afflict  him,  and  his  strength  went  from  him. 

20  And  she  said,  The  Phi-Hs' tines,  be  upon  thee, 
Sam'son.  And  he  awoke  out  of  his  sleep,  and 
said,  I  will  go  out  as  at  other  times  before,  and 
shake  myself.  And  he  wist  not  that  the  Lord  J'was 
departed  from  him. 

2  IT  But  the  Phi-lis' tines,  took  him,  and  "put  out 
his  eyes,  and  brought  him  down  to  Ga'za,  and  bound 
him  with  fetters  of  brass  ;  and  he  did  grind  in  the 
prison  house. 

22  Howbeit  the  hair  of  his  head  began  to  grow 
again  12  after  he  was  shaven. 

23  Then  the  lords  of  the  Phi-Hs' tines,  gathered 
them  together  for  to  offer  a  great  sacrifice  unto 
13Da'gon  their  god,  and  to  rejoice:  for  they  said, 
Our  god  hath  delivered  Sam'son  our  enemy  into  our 
hand. 


B.  C.  1120. 


8  smelleth. 
d  John  5.  14. 


9  wherewith 
work  hath  not 
been  done. 

e  Prov.  7.  22. 


/ch.  14.  1G. 
Prov.  2.  16. 


10  shortened. 
g  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 

Prov.  18.  2. 

Mic.  7.  5. 
ft  Num.  G.  5. 

ch.  13.  5. 

Acts  18.  18. 
i  Prov.  5.  3,  4. 

Prov.  7.  21. 

Eccl.  7.  25,  2G. 
j  Num.  14.  9, 

42,  43. 

Josh.  7.  12. 

1  Sara.  16.  14. 

1  Sara.  18.  12. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 
Ps.  33.  16. 
Prov.  22.  14. 
Jer.  9.  23,  24. 
Hos.  9.  12. 

1 1  bored  out. 

12  Or,  as  when 
he  was  shaven. 

13  Signifieth  a 
fish. 

k  1  Sam.  31 .  9. 
1  Chr.  10.  9. 
Ps.  97.  7. 
Ps.  115.  4,  8. 
Ps.  135.  15,  18. 
Dan.  5.  4,  23. 
1  Cor.  8.  4. 

1  Cor.  10. 
19,  20. 

14  and  who 
multiplied 
our  slain. 

I  verses  6-9. 
ch.  9.  27. 

2  Sam.  13.  28. 
1  Ki.  20.  12. 
Esth.  3.  15. 
Isa.  32.  13. 
Dan.  5.  2-4. 
Matt.  14.  6,  7. 

15  before  them. 
m  Deut.  22.  8. 
n  Jer.  15.  15. 

16  Or,  he  leaned 
on  them. 

17  ray  soul. 
o  ch.  13.  25. 


a  Gen.  14.  19. 

Ruth  2.  20. 

2  Sam.  2.  5. 
6  Ex.  20.  4,  23. 

Lev.  19.  4. 

Deut.  12.  30. 

Ps.  115.  4-8. 
c  Isa.  46.  6. 
d  Ex.  28.  4-15. 

ch.  8.  27. 

1  Sara.  23.  6. 
e  Gen.  31.  19. 

Hos.  3.  4. 
1  filled  the  hand. 


24  And  when  the  people  saw  him,  they  praised 
k  their  god :  for  they  said,  Our  god  hath  delivered 
into  our  hands  our  enemy,  and  the  destroyer  of  our 
country,  "which  slew  many  of  us. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  their  hearts  were 
'merry,  that  they  said,  Call  for  Sam'son,  that  he 
may  make  us  sport.  And  they  called  for  Sam'son 
out  of  the  prison  house  ;  and  he  made  15  them  sport : 
and  they  set  him  between  the  pillars. 

26  And  Sam'son  said  unto  the  lad  that  held  him 
by  the  hand,  Suffer  me  that  I  may  feel  the  pillars 
whereupon  the  house  standeth,  that  I  may  lean 
upon  them. 

27  Now  the  house  was  full  of  men  and  women ; 
and  all  the  lords  of  the  Phi-Hs' tines,  iv ere  there ;  and 
there  were  upon  the  m  roof  about  three  thousand  men 
and  women,  that  beheld  while  Sam'son  made  sport. 

28  And  Sam'son  called  unto  the  Lord,  and  said, 
O  Lord  God,  "remember  me,  I  pray  thee,  and 
strengthen  me,  I  pray  thee,  only  this  once,  O  God, 
that  I  may  be  at  once  avenged  of  the  Phi-lTs'tmeg 
for  my  two  eyes. 

29  And  Sam'son  took  hold  of  the  two  middle  pil- 
lars upon  which  the  house  stood,  and  luon  which  it 
was  borne  up,  of  the  one  with  his  right  hand,  and 
of  the  other  with  his  left. 

30  And  Sam'son  said,  Let  1Tme  die  with  the  Phi- 
Hs'tmeg.  And  he  bowed  himself  with  all  his  might ; 
and  the  house  fell  upon  the  lords,  and  upon  all  the 
people  that  ivere  therein.  So  the  dead  which  he 
slew  at  his  death  were  more  than  they  which  he 
slew  in  his  life. 

31  Then  his  brethren  and  all  the  house  of  his 
father  came  down,  and  took  him,  and  brought  him 
up,  and  "buried  him  between  Zo'rah  and  Esh'ta-ol 
in  the  buryingplace  of  Ma-no 'ah  his  father.  And 
he  judged  Ig'ra-el  twenty  years. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Micah's  images.    7  His  hired  priest. 

AND  there  was  a  man  of  mount  E'phra-im,  whose 
-  name  was  Ml'cah. 

2  And  he  said  unto  his  mother,  The  eleven  hun- 
dred shekels  of  silver  that  were  taken  from  thee, 
about  which  thou  cursedst,  and  spakest  of  also  in 
mine  ears,  behold,  the  silver  is  with  me ;  I  took  it. 
And  his  mother  said,  "Blessed  be  thou  of  the  Lord, 
my  son. 

3  And  when  he  had  restored  the  eleven  hundred 
shekels  of  silver  to  his  mother,  his  mother  said,  I 
had  wholly  dedicated  the  silver  unto  the  Lord  from 
my  hand  for  my  son,  to  b  make  a  graven  image  and 
a  molten  image :  now  therefore  I  will  restore  it  unto 
thee. 

4  Yet  he  restored  the  money  unto  his  mother ; 
and  his  mother  c  took  two  hundred  shekels  of  silver, 
and  gave  them  to  the  founder,  who  made  thereof  a 
graven  image  and  a  molten  image :  and  they  were 
in  the  house  of  Ml'cah. 

5  And  the  man  Ml'cah  had  an  house  of  gods,  and 
made  an  dephod,  and  Heraphim,  and  Consecrated 
one  of  his  sons,  who  became  his  priest. 

213 


The  Danite  spies. 


JUDGES,  18. 


Micah's  gods  taken* 


6  -'In  those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Ig'ra-el,  abut 
every  man  did  that  which  was  right  in  his  own 
eyes. 

7  If  And  there  was  a  young  man  out  feof  Beth' -le- 
hem-ju'dah  of  the  family  of  Ju'dah,  who  was  a 
Le'vite,  and  he  sojourned  there. 

8  And  the  man  departed  out  of  the  city  from 
Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah  to  sojourn  where  he  could  find 
a  place:  and  he  came  to  mount  E'phra-im  to  the 
house  of  Mi'cah,  2as  he  journeyed. 

9  And  Mi'cah  said  unto  him,  Whence  comest  thou  ? 
And  he  said  unto  him,  I  am  a  Le'vite  of  Beth'-le- 
hem -ju'dah,  and  I  go  to  sojourn  where  I  may  find 
a  place. 

10  And  Mi'cah  said  unto  him,  Dwell  with  me,  'and 
be  unto  me  a  j  father  and  a  priest,  and  I  will  give 
thee  ten  shekels  of  silver  by  the  year,  and  3a  suit  of 
apparel,  and  thy  victuals.     So  the  Le'vite  went  in. 

11  And  the  Le'vite  was  content  to  dwell  with  the 
man  ;  and  the  young  man  was  unto  him  as  one  of 
his  sons. 

12  And  Mi'cah  consecrated  the  Le'vite ;  and  the 
young  man  became  his  priest,  and  was  in  the  house 
of  Mi'cah. 

13  Then  said  Mi'cah,  Now  know  I  that  the  Lord 
will  do  me  good,  seeing  I  have  a  Le'vite  to  my 
priest. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Dan  seeks  new  territory.    14  They  take  Micah's  images  and  priests.    27  Laish  con- 
quered. 

IN  "those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Ig'ra-el :  and 
in  those  days  6the  tribe  of  the  Dan'Ites  sought 
them  an  inheritance  to  dwell  in  ;  for  unto  that  day 
all  their  inheritance  had  not  fallen  unto  them  among 
the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el. 

2  And  the  children  of  Dan  sent  of  their  family 
five  men  from  their  coasts,  ^en  of  valour,  from 
c  Zo'rah,  and  from  Esh'ta-ol,  dto  spy  out  the  land, 
and  to  search  it ;  and  they  said  unto  them,_Go,  search 
the  land :  who  when  they  came  to  mount  E'phra-im, 
to  the  e  house  of  Mi'cah,  they  lodged  there. 

3  When  they  were  by  the  house  of  Mi'cah,  they 
knew  the  voice  of  the  young  man  the  Le'vite :  and 
they  turned  in  thither,  and  said  unto  him,  Who 
brought  thee  hither?  and  what  makest  thou  in  this 
place  ?  and  what  hast  thou  here  ? 

4  And  he  said  unto  them,  Thus  and  thus  dealeth 
Mi'cah  with  me,  and  hath  / hired  me,  and  I  am  his 
priest. 

5  And  they  said  unto  him,  ^Ask  counsel,  we  pray 
thee, h  of  God,  that  we  may  know  whether  our  way 
which  we  go  shall  be  prosperous. 

6  And  the  priest  said  unto  them,  i  Go  in  peace : 
before  the  Lord  is  your  way  wherein  ye  go. 

7  If  Then  the  five  men  departed,  and  came  to  J'La'- 
ish,  and  saw  the  people  that  were  therein,  how  they 
dwelt  careless,  after  the  manner  of  the  Zi-do'ni-ang, 
quiet  and  secure  ;  and  there  was  no  2  magistrate  in 
the  land,  that  might  putthem  to  shame  in  any  thing ; 
and  they  were  far  from  the  Zl-do'nT-ang,  and  had  no 
business  with  any  man. 

8  And  they  came  unto  their  brethren  to  Zo'rah 

214 


B.  C.  1406. 


/ch.  18.  1. 

ch.  19.  1. 

Deut.  33.  5. 
g  Deut.  12.  8. 
h  Josh.  19.  15. 

ch.  19.  1. 

Ruth  1.  1,  2. 

Mic.  5.  2. 

Matt.  2. 1,  5, 


2  in  making  his 
way. 


i  Gen.  45.  8. 

ch.  18.  19. 

Job  29.  16. 

Isa.  22.  21. 
j  Gen.  45.  8. 

Job  29.  16. 
3  an  order  of 

garments,  or, 

a  double  suit, 

etc. 


a  ch.  17.  6. 

ch.  21.  25. 
6  Josh.  19.  47. 


1  sons. 

c  ch.  13.  25. 
d  Num.  13.  17. 
ech.  17.  1. 
/ch.  17.  10. 

John  10. 12, 13. 

Acts  20.  33. 

1  Tim.  3.  3. 
Tit,  1.  11. 

2  Pet.  2.  3. 
g  1  Ki.  22.  5. 

Hos.  4.  12. 
h  ch.  17.  5. 
i  1  Ki.  22.  6. 
j  Josh.  19.  47, 

called  Leshem. 

2  possessor,  or, 
heir  of 
restraint. 

k  Num.  13.  30. 

Num.  14.  7-9. 

Josh.  2.  23,  24. 

1  Sam.  14.  48. 
1 1  Ki.  22.  3. 
m  Deut.  8.  9. 

3  girded. 

n  Josh.  15.  60. 

4  That  is,  Camp 
of  Dan. 

o  1  Sam.  14.  28. 
p  ch.  8.  27. 
ch.  17.  5. 

1  Sam.  23.  6. 

5  asked  him 
of  peace. 

q  Gen.  31. 19,  30. 
ch.  6.  31. 

2  Ki.  19.  18. 
Isa.  41.  29. 
Mic.  5.  13. 

r  Job  21.  5. 

Job  29.  9. 

Prov.  30.  32. 

Mic.  7.  16. 
s  Gen.  45.  8. 

ch.  17.  10. 

2  Ki.  6.  21. 

Job  29.  16. 

Isa.  22.  21. 

Matt.  23.  9. 

6  that  thou  art 
gathered  to- 
gether. 


and  Esh'ta-ol :  and  their  brethren  said  unto  them, 
What  say  ye? 

9  And  they  said, k  Arise,  that  we  may  go  up  against 
them  :  for  we  have  seen  the  land,  and,  behold,  it  is' 
very  good  :  and  are  lye  still?  be  not  slothful  to  go, 
and  to  enter  to  possess  the  land. 

10  When  ye  go,  ye  shall  come  unto  a  people  secure, 
and  to  a  large  land :  for  God  hath  given  it  into  your 
hands  ;  m  a  place  where  there  is  no  want  of  any  thing 
that  is  in  the  earth. 

11  If  And  there  went  from  thence  of  the  family  of 
the  Dan'Ites,  out  of  Zo'rah  and  out  of  Esh'ta-ol,  six 
hundred  men 3  appointed  with  weapons  of  war. 

12  And  they  went  up,  and  pitched  in  "Kir'jath- 
je'a-rim,  in  Ju'dah  :  wherefore  they  called  that  place 
4Ma'ha-neh-dan  unto  this  day:  behold,  it  is  behind 
Kir'jath-je'a-rim. 

13  And  they  passed  thence  unto  mount  E'phra-im,. 
and  came  unto  the  house  of  Mi'cah. 

14  If  "Then  answered  the  five  men  that  went  to 
spy  out  the  country  of  La'ish,  and  said  unto  their 
brethren,  Do  ye  know  that  p  there  is  in  these  houses 
an  ephod,  and  teraphim,  and  a  graven  image,  and 
a  molten  image?  now  therefore  consider  what  ye 
have  to  do. 

15  And  they  turned  thitherward,  and  came  to  the 
house  of  the  young  man  the  Le'vite,  even  unto  the 
house  of  Mi'cah,  and  5 saluted  him. 

16  And  the  six  hundred  men  appointed  with  their 
weapons  of  war,  which  w ere  of  the  children  of  Dan, 
stood  by  the  entering  of  the  gate. 

17  And  the  five  men  that  went  to  spy  out  the  land 
went  up,  and  came  in  thither,  and  took  Hhe  graven 
image,  and  the  ephod,  and  the  teraphim,  and  the 
molten  image :  and  the  priest  stood  in  the  entering 
of  the  gate  with  the  six  hundred  men  that  were 
appointed  with  weapons  of  war. 

18  And  these  went  into  Ml'cah's  house,  and  fetched 
the  carved  image,  the  ephod,  and  the  teraphim,  and 
the  molten  image.  Then  said  the  priest  unto  them, 
What  do  ye? 

19  And  they  said  unto  him,  Hold  thy  peace,  rlay 
thine  hand  upon  thy  mouth,  and  go  with  us,  "  and 
be  to  us  a  father  and  a  priest :  is  it  better  for  thee 
to  be  a  priest  unto  the  house  of  one  man,  or  that 
thou  be  a  priest  unto  a  tribe  and  a  family  in  Ig'ra-el  ? 

20  And  the  priest's  heart  was  glad,  and  he  took 
the  ephod,  and  the  teraphim,  and  the  graven  image, 
and  went  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 

21  So  they  turned  and  departed,  and  put  the  little 
ones  and  the  cattle  and  the  carriage  before  them. 

22  If  And  when  they  were  a  good  way  from  the 
house  of  Mi'cah,  the  men  that  were  in  the  houses 
near  to  Ml'cah's  house  were  gathered  together,  and 
overtook  the  children  of  Dan. 

23  And  they  cried  unto  the  children  of  Dan.  And 
they  turned  their  faces,  and  said  unto  Mi'cah,  What 
aileth  thee,  6that  thou  comest  with  such  a  company  ? 

24  And  he  said,  Ye  have  taken  away  my  gods  which 
I  made,  and  the  priest,  and  ye  are  gone  away :  and 
what  have  I  more  ?  and  what  is  this  that  ye  say 
unto  me,  What  aileth  thee? 


The  Levite  of  Ephraim. 


JUDGES,  19. 


His  treatment  at  Gibeah. 


25  And  the  children  of  Dan  said  unto  him,  Let 
not  thy  voice  be  heard  among  us,  lest 7  angry  fel- 
lows run  upon  thee,  and  8thou  lose  thy  life,  with 

he  lives  of  thy  household. 

26  And  the  children  of  Dan  went  their  way  :  and 
when  Ml'eah  saw  that   they  were  too  strong  for 

im,  he  turned  and  went  back  unto  his  house. 

27  And  they  took  the  things  which  Ml'eah  had 
made,  and  the  priest  which  he  had,  and  '  came  unto 

a'ish,  unto  a  people  that  were  at  quiet  and  secure  : 
and  they  smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
nd  burnt  the  city  with  fire. 

28  And  there  was  no  deliverer,  because  it  was 
far  from  Zi'don,  and  they  had  no  business  with 
ny  maji ;  and  it  was  in  the  valley  that  lieth  w  by 

Beth-re 'hob.     And   they  built  a   city,  and   dwelt 
therein. 

29  And  Kthey  called  the  name  of  the  city  yDan, 
after  the  name  of  Dan  their  father,  who  was  born 
unto  I§'ra-el:  howbeit  the  name  of  the  city  ivas 
La'ish  at  the  first. 

30  11  And  the  children  of  Dan  set  up  the  graven 
image  :  and  Jon'a-than,  the  son  of  Ger'shom,  the 
son  of  Ma-nas'seh,  he  and  his  sons  were  priests  to 
the  tribe  of  Dan  z  until  the  day  of  the  captivity  of 
the  land. 

31  And  they  set  them  up  Mi'cah's  graven  image, 
which  he  made,  aall  the  time  that  the  house  of  God 

Kin  Shi'loh. 
CHAPTER  19. 


1  The  Levite  of  mount  Ephraim. 


16  His  treatment  at  Gibeah. 
divided. 


20  His  concubine 


ND  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  "when  there 
was  no  king  in  I§'ra-el,  that  there  was  a  cer- 
tain Le'vlte  sojourning  on  the  side  of  mount  E'phra- 
im,  who  took  to  him  *a  concubine  out  of  6  Beth'-le- 
hem-ju'dah. 

2  And  his  concubine  played  the  whore  against 
him,  and  went  away  from  him  unto  her  father's 
house  to  Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah,  and  was  there  2four 
whole  months.     ' 

3  And  her  husband  arose,  and  went  after  her,  to 
peak  3  friendly  unto  her,  and  to  bring  her  again, 
aving  his  servant  with  him,  and  a  couple  of  asses  : 

and  she  brought  him  into  her  father's  house  :  and 
hen  the  father  of  the  damsel  saw  him,  he  rejoiced 
to  meet  him. 

14  And  his  father  in  law,  the  damsel's  father,  re- 
tained him  ;  and  he  abode  with  him  three  days  : 
so  they  did  eat  and  drink,  and  lodged  there. 
5  If  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  fourth  day,  when 
they  arose  early  in  the  morning,  that  he  rose  up 
to  depart :  and  the  damsel's  father  said  unto  his 
son  in  law,  i  Comfort  thine  heart  with  a  morsel  of 
bread,  and  afterward  go  your  way. 

6  And  they  sat  down,  and  did  eat  and  drink  both 
of  them  together  :  for  the  damsel's  father  had  said 
unto  the  man,  Be  content,  I  pray  thee,  and  tarry 
all  night,  and  let  thine  heart  be  merry. 

7  And  when  the  man  rose  up  to  depart,  his  father 
in  law  urged  him  :  therefore  he  lodged  there  again. 

8  And  he  arose  early  in  the  morning  on  the  fifth 


B.  C.  1406. 


7  bitter  of  soul. 

8  gather  thy 
soul  and  the 
soul  of  thy 
household. 


/  Deut.  33.  22. 


u  Josh.  19.  47 


v  verse  7. 

Gen.  49.  13. 

Josh.  11.  8. 

ch.  10.  12. 

Isa.  23.  4-12. 

Ezek.  27.  8. 
w  Num.  13.  21. 

2  Sam.  10.  6. 
i  Josh.  19.  47. 
II  Gen.  14.  14. 

ch.  20.  1. 

1  Ki.  12.  29. 


i  ch.  13.  1. 
1  Sam.  4.  2. 
Ps.  78.  60. 


a  Josh.  18.  1. 
1  Sam.  4. 


a  ch.  17.  6. 

1  a  woman  a 
concubine,  or, 
a  wife  a  con- 
cubine. 

6  ch.  17.  7. 

2  days  four 
months,  or,  a 
year  and  four 
months. 

3  to  her  heart. 

4  Strengthen. 

5  till  the  day 
declined. 

6  is  weak. 

7  it  is  the 
pitching  time 
of  the  day. 

8  to  thy  tent. 

9  to  over  against. 
c  Josh.  18.  28. 

2  Sam.  5.  6. 
d  Gen.  10.  15, 16. 

Ex.  33.  2. 

Num.  13.  29. 

Josh.  15.  8,  63. 

ch.  1.  21. 

2  Sam.  5.  6. 

2  Sam.  24.  16. 

IChr.  1.13, 14. 
e  Josh.  18.  28. 

1  Sam.  10.  26. 

Isa.  10.  29. 

Hos.  5.  8. 

10  gathered. 
/  Ps.  104.  23. 

11  sons  of  Jemini. 
g  Josh.  18.  1. 

ch.  18.  31. 
1  Sara.  1.  3,  7. 

12  gathereth. 
A  Gen.  43.  23. 

ch.  6.  23. 
i  Gen.  19.  2. 
j  Gen.  24.  32. 

Gen.  43.  24. 
k  Gen.  18.  4. 

Gen.  24.  32. 

Luke  7.  38,  44. 

John  13.  5. 

1  Tim.  5.  10. 
!  Gen.  19.  4. 

ch.  20.  5. 

Hos.  9.  9. 

Hos.  10.  9. 
m  Deut.  13.  13. 

1  Sam.  2.  12. 

1  Ki.  21.  10. 

2  Chr.  13.  7. 
2  Cor.  6.  15. 


day  to  depart  :  and  the  damsel's  father  said,  Com- 
fort thine  heart,  I  pray  thee.  And  they  tarried 
5  until  afternoon,  and  they  did  eat  both  of  them. 

9  And  when  the  man  rose  up  to  depart,  he,  and 
his  concubine,  and  his  servant,  his  father  in  law, 
the  damsel's  father,  said  unto  him,  Behold,  now  the 
day  Mraweth  toward  evening,  I  pray  you  tarry  all 
night  :  behold,  7the  day  groweth  to  an  end,  lodge 
here,  that  thine  heart  may  be  merry  ;  and  to  mor- 
row get  you  early  on  your  way,  that  thou  mayest 
go  8home. 

10  But  the  man  would  not  tarry  that  night,  but 
he  rose  up  and  departed,  and  came  9over  against 
c  Je'bus,  which  is  Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  and  there  were  with 
him  two  asses  saddled,  his  concubine  also  was  with 
him. 

11  And  when  they  were  by  Je'bus,  the  day  was 
far  spent ;  and  the  servant  said  unto  his  master, 
Come,  I  pray  thee,  and  let  us  turn  in  into  this  city 
dof  the  Jeb'u-sites,  and  lodge  in  it. 

12  And  his  master  said  unto  him,  We  will  not 
turn  aside  hither  into  the  city  of  a  stranger,  that  is 
not  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  ;  we  will  pass  over 
eto  Gib'e-ah. 

13  And  he  said  unto  his  servant,  Come,  and  let  us 
draw  near  to  one  of  these  places  to  lodge  all  night, 
in  Gib'e-ah,  or  in  Ra'mah. 

14  And  they  passed  on  and  went  their  way  ;  and 
the  sun  went  down  upon  them  when  they  were  by 
Gib'e-ah,  which  belongeth  to  Ben'ja-min. 

15  And  J;hey  turned  aside  thither,  to  go  in  and  to 
lodge  in  Gib'e-ah  :  and  when  he  went  in,  he  sat  him 
down  in  a  street  of  the  city  :  for  there  was  no  man 
that  10  took  them  into  his  house  to  lodging. 

16  1"  And,  behold,  there  came  an  old  man  from 
•''his  workout  of  the  field  at  even,  whichju.'as  also 
of  mount  E'phra-im ;  and  he  sojourned  in  Gib'e-ah : 
but  the  men  of  the  place  were  "Ben'ja-mites. 

17  And  when  he  had  lifted  up  his  eyes,  he  saw 
a  wayfaring  man  in  the  street  of  the  city  :  and 
the  old  man  said,  Whither  goest  thou  ?  and  whence 
comest  thou  ? 

18  And  he  said  unto  him,  We  are  passing  from 
Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah  toward  the  side  of  mount 
E'phra-im ;  from  thence  am  I :  and  I  went  to  Beth'- 
le-hem-ju'dah,  but  I  am  now  going  to  athe  house 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  there  is  no  man  that  12receiveth 
me  to  house. 

19  Yet  there  is  both  straw  and  provender  for  our 
asses  ;  and  there  is  bread  and  wine  also  for  me,  and 
for  thy  handmaid,  and  for  the  young  man  which  is 
with  thy  servants  :  there  is  no  want  of  any  thing. 

20  And  the  old  man  said,  h  Peace  be  with  thee  ; 
howsoever  let  all  thy  wants  lie  upon  me  ;  'only 
lodge  not  in  the  street. 

21  ■'So  he  brought  him  into  his  house,  and  gave 
provender  unto  the  asses  :  fcand  they  washed  their 
feet,  and  did  eat  and  drink. 

22  IF  Noiv  as  they  were  making  their  hearts  merry, 
behold,  zthe  men  of  the  city,  certain  msons  of  Be'- 
li-al,  beset  the  house  round  about,  and  beat  at  the 
door,  and  spake  to  the  master  of  the  house,  the  old 

215 


The  Levite  vindicated. 


JUDGES,  20. 


War  with  Benjamin. 


man,  saying,  "Bring  forth  the  man  that  came  into 
thine  house,  that  we  may  know  him. 

23  And  °the  man,  the  master  of  the  house,  went 
out  unto  them,  and  said  unto  them,  Nay,  my  breth- 
ren, nay,  I  pray  you,  do  not  so  wickedly  ;  seeing 
that  this  man  is  come  into  mine  house,  pdo  not  this 

folly. 

24  9  Behold,  here  is  my  daughter  a  maiden,  and  his 
concubine ;  them  I  will  bring  out  now,  and  r  humble 
ye  them,  and  do  with  them  what  seemeth  good  unto 
you  :  but  unto  this  man  do  not  13  so  vile  a  thing. 

25  But  the  men  would  not  hearken  to  him  :  so  the 
man  took  his  concubine,  and  brought  her  forth  unto 
them  ;  and  they  sknew  her,  and  abused  her  all  the 
night  until  the  morning  :  and  when  the  day  began 
to  spring,  they  let  her  go. 

26  Then  came  the  woman  in  the  dawning  of  the 
day,  and  fell  down  at  the  door  of  the  man's  house 
where  her  lord  ivas,  till  it  was  light. 

27  And  her  lord  rose  up  in  the  morning,  and 
opened  the  doors  of  the  house,  and  went  out  to  go 
his  way  :  and,  behold,  the  woman  his  concubine  was 
fallen  down  at  the  door  of  the  house,  and  her  hands 
were  upon  the  threshold. 

28  And  he  said  unto  her,  Up,  and  let  us  be  going. 
But  *none  answered.  Then  the  man  took  her  up 
upon  an  ass,  and  the  man  rose  up,  and  gat  him  unto 
his  place. 

29  f  And  when  he  was  come  into  his  house,  he 
took  a  knife,  and  laid  hold  on  his  concubine,  "and 
divided  her,  together  with  her  bones,  into  twelve 
pieces,  and  sent  her  into  all  the  coasts  of  Ig'ra-el. 

30  And  it  was  so,  that  all  that  saw  it  said,  There 
was  no  such  deed  done  nor  seen  from  the  day  that 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  came  up  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt  unto  this  day  :  consider  of  it,  "take  advice, 
and  speak  your  minds. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  The  Levite  vindicated.    8  War  declared.    26  Benjamin  vanquished. 

THEN  "all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  out,  and 
the  congregation  was  gathered  together  as  one 
man,  from  aDan  even  to  Be'er-she'ba,  with  the  land 
of  Gil'e-ad,  unto  the  Lord  6in  Miz'peh. 

2  And  the  chief  of  all  the  people,  even  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  presented  themselves  in  the  as- 
sembly of  the  people  of  God,  four  hundred  thou- 
sand footmen  cthat  drew  sword. 

3  (Now  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  heard  that  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  were  gone  up  to  Miz'peh.) 
Then  said  the  children  of  Is'ra-el,  Tell  us,  how  was 
this  wickedness  ? 

4  And  2the  Le'vite,  the  husband  of  the  woman 
that  was  slain,  answered  and  said,  dl  came  into 
Gib'e-ah  that  belongeth  to  Ben'ja-min,  I  and  my 
concubine,  to  lodge. 

5  eAnd  the  men  of  Gib'e-ah  rose  against  me,  and 
beset  the  house  round  about  upon  me  by  night,  and 
thought  to  have  slain  me  :  •'and  my  concubine  have 
they  3  forced,  that  she  is  dead. 

6  And  g  I  took  my  concubine,  and  cut  her  in  pieces, 
and  sent  her  throughout  all  the  country  of  the 

216 


B.  C.  1406. 


n  Gen.  19.  5. 

Rom.  1.  26,27. 
o  Gen.  19.  6. 


p  2  Sam.  13.  12. 


q  Gen.  19.  8. 

r  Gen.  34.  2. 
Deut.  21.  14. 


13  the  matter 
of  this  folly. 


*  Gen.  4.  1. 


t  ch.  20.  5. 


u  ch.  20.  6. 

1  Sam.  11.  7. 
v  ch.  20.  7. 

Prov.  11.  14. 

Prov.  13.  10. 

Prov.  15.  22. 

Prov.  20.  18. 


a  Deut.  13.  12. 
Josh.  22.  12. 
ch.  21.  5. 
1  Sara.  11.  7. 

1  That  is, 
The  whole 
country. 

6  Judg.  10.  17. 
Judg.  11.  11. 
1  Sam.  7.  5. 

1  Sam.  10.  17. 

2  Ki.  25.  23. 
c  ch.  8.  10. 

2  Sam.  24.  9. 
2  Ki.  3.  26. 

2  the  man 
the  Levite. 

d  ch.  19.  15. 
e  ch.  19.  22. 
/  ch.  19.  25,  26. 

3  humbled. 
g  ch.  19.  29. 
'h  Gen.  34.  7. 

Josh.  7.  15. 
i  Ex.  19.  5,  6. 
Josh.  9.  14. 
ch.  19.  30. 
Prov.  13.  10. 

4  fellows. 

j  Deut.  13.  14. 

Josh. 22. 13, 10. 

Matt.  18. 

15-18. 

Rom.  12.  18. 
/„•  Deut.  13.  13. 

ch.  19.  22. 

1  Sam.  30.  22. 

2  Sam.  20.  1. 

1  Ki.  21.  13. 

2  Chr.  13.  7. 
2  Cor.  6.  15. 

I  Deut.  13.  5. 

Deut.  17.  12. 

1  Cor.  5.  13. 
m  2  Chr.  25.  16. 

Rom.  1 .  32. 
n  ch.  3.  15. 

1  Chr.  12.  2. 
o  Ex.  28.  30. 

Num.  27.  21. 

Josh.  9.  14. 

ch.  1.  1. 

1  Sam.  22.  10, 

13,  15. 

Ezra  8.  21. 
p  Gen.  49.  27. 
q  Deut.  23.  9. 

Eccl.  9.  1, 11. 
r  Ps.  78.  34-36. 

Hos.  5.  15. 


inheritance  of  Ig'ra-el  :  for  they  7ihave  committed 
lewdness  and  folly  in  Ig'ra-el. 

7  Behold,  ye  are  all  children  of  Ig'ra-el ;  "give  here 
your  advice  and  counsel. 

8  Tf  And  all  the  people  arose  as  one  man,  saying, 
We  will  not  any  of  us  go  to  his  tent,  neither  will 
we  any  of  us  turn  into  his  house. 

9  But  now  this  shall  be  the  thing  which  we  will 
do  to  Gib'e-ah  ;  we  will  go  up  by  lot  against  it ; 

10  And  we  will  take  ten  men  of  an  hundred 
throughout  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  an  hundred 
of  a  thousand,  and  a  thousand  out  of  ten  thousand, 
to  fetch  victual  for  the  people,  that  they  may  do, 
when  they  come  to  Gib'e-ah  of  Ben'ja-min,  according 
to  all  the  folly  that  they  have  wrought  in  Ig'ra-el. 

11  So  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  were  gathered  against 
the  city,  4  knit  together  as  one  man. 

12  H j And  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  sent  men  through 
all  the  tribe  of  Ben'ja-min,  saying,  What  wickedness 
is  this  that  is  done  among  you  ? 

13  Now  therefore,  deliver  us_  the  men,  fcthe  chil- 
dren of  Be'li-al,  which  are  in  Gib'e-ah,  that  we  may 
put  them  to  death,  and  *put  away  evil  from  Ig'ra-el. 
But  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  would  not m  hearken 
to  the  voice  of  their  brethren  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el : 

14  But  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  gathered  them- 
selves together  out  of  the  cities  unto  Gib'e-ah,  to 
go  out  to  battle  against  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

15  And  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  were  numbered 
at  that  time  out  of  the  cities  twenty  and  six  thou- 
sand men  that  drew  sword,  beside  the  inhabitants 
of  Gib'e-ah,  which  were  numbered  seven  hundred 
chosen  men. 

16  Among  all  this  people  there  were  seven  hun- 
dred chosen  mmen  lefthanded;  every  one  could 
sling  stones  at  an  hair  breadth,  and  not  miss. 

17  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el,  beside  Ben' ja-min,  were 
numbered  four  hundred  thousand  men  that  drew 
sword :  all  these  were  men  of  war. 

18  If  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  arose,  and  went 
up  to  the  house  of  God,  and  "asked  counsel  of  God, 
and  said,  Which  of  us  shall  go  up  first  to  the  battle 
against  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  ?  And  the  Lord 
said,  Ju'dah  shall  go  up  first. 

19  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  rose  up  in  the 
morning,  and  encamped  against  Gib'e-ah. 

20  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  went  out  to  battle 
against  Ben'ja-min;  and  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  put 
themselves  in  array  to  fight  against  them  at 
Gib'e-ah. 

21  And  pthe  children  of  Ben'ja-min  came  forth 
out  of  Gib'e-ah,  and  " destroyed  down  to  the  ground 
of  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  that  day  twenty  and  two  thou- 
sand men. 

22  And  the  people  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  encouraged 
themselves,  and  set  their  battle  again  in  array  in 
the  place  where  they  put  themselves  in  array  the 
first  day. 

23  (And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  up  and r wept 
before  the  Lord  until  even,  and  asked  counsel  of  the 
Lord,  saying,  Shall  I  go  up  again  to  battle  against 


Third  battle  at  Gibeah. 


JUDGES,  21. 


Benjamin  is  vanquished. 


the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  my  brother?     And  the 
Lord  said,  Go  up  against  him.) 

24  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  came  near  against 
the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  the  second  day. 

25  And  Ben'ja-min  went  forth  against  them  out  of 
Gib'e-ah  the  second  day,  and  destroyed  down  to  the 
ground  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  again  eighteen 
thousand  men ;  all  these  drew  the  sword. 

26  1  Then  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  all  the 
people,  went  up,  and  came  unto  the  house  of  God, 
and  wept,  and  sat  there  before  the  Lord,  and  fasted 
that  day  until  even,  and  offered  burnt  offerings  and 
peace  offerings  before  the  Lord. 

27  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  'enquired  of  the 
Lord,  (for  Mthe  ark  of  the  covenant  of  God  was 
there  in  those  days, 

28  vAnd  Phm'e-has,  the  son  of  E-le-a'zar,  the  son 
of  Aar'on,  w  stood  before  it  in  those  days,)  saying, 
Shall  I  yet  again  go  out  to  battle  against  the  chil- 
dren of  Ben'ja-min  my  brother,  or  shall  I  cease? 
And  the  Lord  said,  Go  up;  for  to-morrow  I  will 
deliver  them  into  thine  hand. 

29  And  Ig'ra-el  "'set  liers  in  wait  round  about  Gib'- 
e-ah. 

30  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  went  up  against  the 
children  of  Ben'ja-min  on  the  third  day,  and  put 
themselves  in  array  against  Gib'e-ah,  as  at  other 
times. 

31  And  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  went  out  against 
the  people,  and  were  drawn  away  from  the  city ; 
and  they  began  5to  smite  of  the  people,  and  kill,  as 
at  other  times,  in  the  highways,  of  which  one  goeth 
up  to  6the  house  of  God,  and  the  other  to  Gib'e-ah 
in  the  field,  about  thirty  men  of  Ig'ra-el. 

32  And  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  said,  They  are 
smitten  down  before  us,  as  at  the  first.  But  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  said,  Let  us  flee,  and  draw  them 
from  the  city  unto  the  highways. 

33  And  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  rose  up  out  of  their 
place,  and  put  themselves  in  array  at  Ba'al-ta'mar : 
and  the  liers  in  wait  of  Ig'ra-el  came  forth  out  of 
their  places,  even  out  of  the  meadows  of  Gib'e-ah. 

34  And  there  came  against  Gib'e-ah  ten  thousand 
chosen  men  out  of  all  Ig'ra-el,  and  the  battle  was 
sore :  ^but  they  knew  not  that  evil  was  near  them. 

35  And  the  Lord  smote  Ben'ja-min  before  Ig'ra-el : 
and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  destroyed  of  the  Ben'- 
ja-mites that  day  twenty  and  five  thousand  and  an 
hundred  men  :  all  these  drew  the  sword. 

36  So  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  saw  that  they 
were  smitten  :  zfor  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  gave  place 
to  the  Ben'ja-mites,  because  they  trusted  unto  the 
liers  in  wait  which  they  had  set  beside  Gib'e-ah. 

37  a  And  the  liers  in  wait  hasted,  and  rushed  upon 
Gib'e-ah  ;  and  the  liers  in  wait  7drew  themselves 
along,  and  smote  all  the  city  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword. 

38  Now_  there  was  an  appointed  8sign  between  the 
men  of  Ig'ra-el  9and  the  liers  in  wait,  that  they 
should  make"  a  great  10  flame  with  smoke  rise  up  out 
of  the  city. 

39  And  when  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  retired  in  the 


B.  C.  1406. 


s.Tob9.  12. 
Ps.  60.  IS. 
Ps.  97.  2. 
Hus.  10.  9. 
Mic.  3.  4. 
John  9.  31. 


t  Job  22 

27. 

Ps.  50 

15. 

Ps.  91 

.  15. 

Prov. 

3.  0. 

u  Josh. 

18.  1. 

1  Sam 

4.  3,  4. 

Ps.  78 

.  GO,  01. 

Jer.  7 

12. 

v  Ex.  6. 

25. 

Num. 

25.7,11 

Josh. 

22.  13. 

Ps.  IOC.  30,  31 

w  Deut. 

10.8. 

/  Josh.  8.  4. 

2  Sam 

.  5.  23. 

5  to  smite  of 
the  people 
wounded 
as  at,  etc. 

G  Or,  Beth-el. 
y  Josh.  8.  14. 

Job  21.  13. 

Prov.  4.  19. 

Eccl.  8.  11. 

Isa.  3.  10,  11. 

Matt.  24.  44. 

Luke  21.  34. 

1  Thess.  5.  3. 
z  Josh.  8.  15. 
a  Josh.  8.  19. 

7  Or,  made  a 
long  sound 
with  the 
trumpet. 

8  Or,  time. 

9  with. 

10  elevation. 

11  to  smite  the 
wounded. 

6  Josh.  8.  20. 

12  the  whole 
consumption. 

c  Ex.  15.  9,  10. 
Prov.  5.  22. 
Prov.  11.  5,  6. 
Isa.  33.  14. 
Luke  17. 27, 28. 

13  touched  them. 
d  Hos.  9.  9. 

14  Or,  from 
Memichah, 
etc. 

15  unto  over 
against. 

e  Josh.  15.  32. 
/  ch.  21.  13. 

Isa.  1.  9. 

Jer.  14.  9,  10. 

Lam.  3.  32. 

Hab.  3.  2. 

16  was  found. 

17  were  found. 


ach.  20.  1. 

1  Sara.  7.  5,  6. 
6  Josh.  18.  1. 

ch.  20.  18,  26. 
e  Gen.  8.  20. 

Ex.  20.  24,  25. 

ch.  6.  26. 

1  Sam.  14.  35. 

2  Sam.  24.  25. 
1  Ki.  8.  64. 
Heb.  13.  10. 

d  Lev.  27.  28, 29. 
ch.  5.  23. 
1  Sam.  11.  7. 
Jer.  48.  10. 


battle,  Ben'ja-min  began  nto  smite  and  kill  of  the 
men  of  Ig'ra-el  about  thirty  persons  :  for  they  said, 
Surely  they  are  smitten  down  before  us,  as  in  the 
first  battle. 

40  But  when  the  flame  began  to  arise  up  out  of 
the  city  with  a  pillar  of  smoke,  the  Ben'ja-mites 
''looked  behind  them,  and,  behold,  12the  flame  of 
the  city  ascended  up  to  heaven. 

41  And  when  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  turned  again, 
cthe  men  of  Ben'ja-min  were  amazed  :  for  they  saw 
that  evil  1:3was  come  upon  them. 

42  Therefore  they  turned  their  backs  before  the 
men  of  Ig'ra-el  unto  the  way  of  the  wilderness  ; 
but  the  battle  overtook  them  ;  and  them  which 
came  out  of  the  cities  they  destroyed  in  the  midst 
of  them. 

43  Thus  they  d inclosed  the  Ben'ja-mites  round 
about,  and  chased  them,  jand  trode  them  down 
uwith  ease  15over  against  Gib'e-ah  toward  the  sun- 
rising. 

44  And  there  fell  of  Ben' ja-min  eighteen  thousand 
men  ;  all  these  were  men  of  valour. 

45  And  they  turned  and  fled  toward  the  wilder- 
ness unto  the  rock  of  e  Rim'mon  :  and  they  gleaned 
of  them  in  the  highways  five  thousand  men  ;  and 
pursued  hard  after  them  unto  Gl'dom,  and  slew 
two  thousand  men  of  them. 

46  So  that  all  which  fell  that  day  of  Ben'ja-min 
were  twenty  and  five  thousand  men  that  drew  the 
sword  ;  all  these  were  men  of  valour. 

47  -^But  six  hundred  men  turned  and  fled  to  the 
wilderness  unto  the  rock  Rim'mon,  and  abode  in  the 
rock  Rim'mon  four  months. 

48  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  turned  again  upon  the 
children  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  smote  them  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword,  as  well  the  men  of  every  city, 
as  the  beast,  and  all  that  16  came  to  hand  :  also  they 
set  on  fire  all  the  cities  that  17they  came  to. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Benjamin's  fate  lamented.     16  Wives  provided  for  the  remnant. 

"VTOW  "the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  had  sworn  in  Miz'peh, 
-1^1  saying,  There,  shall  not  any  of  us  give  his 
daughter  unto  Ben'ja-min  to  wife. 

2  And  the  people  came  Ho  the  house  of  God,  and 
abode  there  till  even  before  God,  and  lifted  up  their 
voices,  and  wept  sore  ; 

3  And  said,  O  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  why  is  this 
come  to  pass  in  Ig'ra-el,  that  there  should  be  to  day 
one  tribe  lacking  in  Ig'ra-el  ? 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  the 
people  rose  early,  and  °  built  there  an  altar,  and 
offered  burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings. 

5  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  said,  Who  is  there 
among  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  that  came  not  up 
with  the  congregation  unto  the  Lord?  dFor  they 
had  made  a  great  oath  concerning  him  that  came 
not  up  to  the  Lord  to  Miz'peh,  saying,  He  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

6  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  repented  them  for 
Ben'ja-min  their  brother,  and  said,  There  is  one 
tribe  cut  off  from  Ig'ra-el  this  day. 

~  217 


Jabesh-gilead  conquered. 


RUTH,  1. 


Benjamin  given  wives. 


7  How  shall  we  do  for  wives  for  them  that  remain, 
seeing  we  have  sworn  by  the  Lord  that  we  will  not 
give  them  of  our  daughters  to  wives  ?  . 

8  If  And  they  said,  What  one  is  there  of  the  tribes 
of  Ig'ra-el  that  came  not  up  to  Miz'peh  to  the  Lord? 
And,  behold,  there  came  none  to  the  camp  from 
eJa'besh-gil'e-ad  to  the  assembly. 

9  For  the  people  were  numbered,  and,  behold,  there 
were  none  of  the  inhabitants  of  Ja'besh-gil'e-ad 
there.  • 

10  And  the  congregation  sent  thither  twelve  thou- 
sand men  of  the  valiantest,  and  commanded  them, 
saying,  yGo  and  smite  the  inhabitants  of  Ja'besh- 
gil'e-ad  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  with  the  women 
and  the  children. 

11  And  this  is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do, a  Ye  shall 
utterly  destroy  every  male,  and  every  woman  that 
■^ath  lain  by  man. 

12  And  they  found  among  the  inhabitants  of  Ja'- 
besh-gil'e-ad  four  hundred  2 young  virgins,  that 
had  known  no  man  by  lying  with  any  male  :  and 
they  brought  them  unto  the  camp  to  h  ShI'loh,  which 
is  in  the  land  of  Ca'naan. 

13  And  the  whole  congregation  sent  some 3  to  speak 
to  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  'that  were  in  the  rock 
Rim'mon,  and  to  4call  peaceably  unto  them. 

14  And  Ben'ja-min  came  again  at  that  time ;  and 
they  gave  them  wives  which  they  had  saved  alive 
of  the  women  of  Ja'besh-gil'e-ad  :  and  yet  so  they 
sufficed  them  not. 

15  And  the  people  repented  them  for  Ben'ja-min, 
because  that  the  Lord  had  made  a  breach  in  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el. 

16  II  Then  the  elders  of  the  congregation  said, 
How  shall  we  do  for  wives  for  them  that  remain, 
seeing  the  women  are  destroyed  out  of  Ben'ja-min? 


B.  C.  1406. 


e  1  Sam.  11.  1. 
2  Sam.  2.  5,  6. 


f  Deut.  13.  15. 
Josh.  7.  24-26. 
eh.  5.  23. 
1  Sam.  11.  7. 


y  Num.  31.  17. 


1  knoweth  the 
lying  with 
man. 

2  young  women 
virgins. 

h  Josh.  18.  1. 
Josh.  22.  9. 
1  Sam.  1.  3. 
Ps.  78.  59,  60. 
Jer.  7.  12,  14. 

3  and  spake  and 
called. 

i  ch.  20.  47. 

4  Or,  proclaim 
peace. 

j  ch.  11.  35. 

5  from  year  to 
year. 

6  Or,  toward  the 
sunrising. 

7  Or,  on. 

k  Ex.  15.  20. 
Ex.  32.  6,  19. 
ch.  11.  34. 
1  Sam.  18.  6. 
1  Sam.  21. 11. 
Jer. -31.  4,  13. 

8  Or,  Gratify  us 
in  them. 

I  ch.  20.  48. 
m  ch.  17.  6. 

ch.  18. 1. 
n  Deut.  12.  8. 

ch.  17.  6. 

Lam.  5.  14. 

Rom.  13.  3, 

4,5. 


17  And  they  said,  There  must  be  an  inheritance 
for  them  that  be  escaped  of  Ben'ja-min,  that  a  tribe 
be  not  destroyed  out  of  Ig'ra-el. 

18  Howbeit  we  may  not  give  them  wives  of  our 
daughters:  3for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  have  sworn, 
saying,  Cursed  be  he  that  giveth  a  wife  to  Ben'ja- 
min. 

19  Then  they  said,  Behold,  there  is  a  feast  of  the 
Lord  in  ShI'loh  5 yearly  in  a  'place  which  is  on  the 
north  side  of  Beth'-el, G  on  the  east  side 7  of  the  high- 
way that  goeth  up  from  Beth'-el  to  She'chem,  and 
on  the  south  of  Le'bo-nah. 

20  Therefore  they  commanded  the  children  of  Ben'- 
ja-min, saying,  Go  and  lie  in  wait  in  the  vineyards  ; 

21  And  see,  and,  behold,  if  the  daughters  of  ShI'loh 
come  out  Ho  dance  in  dances,  then  come  ye  out  of 
the  vineyards,  and  catch  you  every  man  his  wife 
of  the  daughters  of  ShI'loh,  and  go  to  the  land  of 
Ben'ja-.min. 

22  And  it  shall  be,  when  their  fathers  or  their 
brethren  come  unto  us  to  complain,  that  we  will  say 
unto  them, 8  Be  favourable  unto  them  for  our  sakes : 
because  we  reserved  not  to  each  man  his  wife  in  the 
war  :  for  ye  did  not  give  unto  them  at  this  time, 
that  ye  should  be  guilty. 

23  And  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  did  so,  and  took 
them  wives,  according  to  their  number,  of  them  that 
danced,  whom  they  caught :  and  they  went  and 
returned  unto  their  inheritance,  and  l  repaired  the 
cities,  and  dwelt  in  them._ 

24  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  departed  thence  at 
that  time,  every  man  to  his  tribe  and  to  his  family,, 
and  they  went  out  from  thence  every  man  to  his 
inheritance. 

25  TOIn  those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Ig'ra-el  r 
"every  man  did  that  which  ivas  right  in  his  own  eyes. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  RUTH. 


CHAPTER  1. 


1  Elimelech  in  Moab.    3  He  and  his  sons  die.    19  Naomi  returns  itrith  Ruth. 

"XT O Wit  came  to  pass  in  the  days  when  the  "judges 
-^  1  ruled,  that  there  was  b  a  famine  in  the  land. 
And  a  certain  man  of  cBeth'-le-hem-ju'dah  went  to 
sojourn  in  the  country  of  Mo'ab,  he,  and  his  wife, 
and  his  two  sons. 

2  And  the  name  of  the  man  was  E-lim'e-lech,  and 
the  name  of  his  wife  Na-o'ml,  and  the  name  of  his 
two  sons  Mah'lon  and  Chil'i-on,  dEph'rath-Ites  of 
Beth'  le-hem-ju'dah.  And  they  came  einto  the 
country  of  Mo'ab,  and  2 continued  there. 

3  And  E-lim'e-lech  Na-o'mfs  husband  died  ;  and 
she  was  left,  and  her  two  sons. 

4  And  they  took  them  wives  of  the  women  of 
Mo'ab ;  the  name  of  the  one  was  Or'pah,  and  the 
name  of  the  other  Ruth  :  and  they  dwelled  there 
about  ten  years. 

5  And  Mah'lon  and  Chil'i-on  died  also  both  of 
them  ;  and  the  woman  was  left  of  her  two  sons  and 
her  husband. 

218 


B.  C.  1322. 


a  Judg.  2.  16. 

1  judged. 

b  Gen.  12.  10. 
Deut.  28.  38 
1  Ki.  18.  2. 

c  Judg.  17.  8. 
Mic.  5.  2. 


d  Gen.  35.  19. 

e  Judg.  3.  30. 

2  were. 

f  Ex.  4.  31. 

Ps.  80.  14. 

Jer.  29.  10. 

Zeph.  2.  7. 
.    Zech.  10.  3. 

Luke  1.  68. 
g  Gen.  28.  20. 

Gen.  48.  15. 

Ex.  16.  4,  6. 

Ps.  104.  14,  16. 

Ps.  111.  5. 

Ps.  132.  15. 

Ps.  145.  15. 

Prov.  30.  8. 

Isa.  55.  10. 

Matt.  6.  11. 
h  Josh.  24.  15. 
i  2  Tim.  1.  16. 
j  ch.  3.  1. 


6  Tf  Then  she  arose  with  her  daughters  in  law,  that 
she  might  return  from  the  country  of  Mo'ab  :  for 
she  had  heard  in  the  country  of  Mo'ab  how  that 
the  Lord  had  -^visited  his  people  in  °  giving  them 
bread. 

7  Wherefore  she  went  forth  out  of  the  place  where 
she  was,  and  her  two  daughters  in  law  with  her ; 
and  they  went  on  the  way  to  return  unto  the  land 
of  Ju'dah. 

8  And  Na-o'ml  said  unto  her  two  daughters  in  law, 
feGo,  return  each  to  her  mother's  house  :  Hhe  Lord 
deal  kindly  with  you,  as  ye  have  dealt  with  the  dead, 
and  with  me. 

9  The  Lord  grant  you  that  ye  may  find  jrest,  each 
of  you  in  the  house  of  her  husband.  Then  she 
kissed  them  ;  and  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and 
wept. 

10  And  they  said  unto  her,  Surely  we  will  return 
with  thee  unto  thy  people. 

11  And  Na-o'ml  said,  Turn  again,  my  daughters:, 
why  will  ye  go  with  me?  are  there  yet  any  more 


The  return  of  Naomi. 


RUTH,  2. 


Boaz  favours  Ruth. 


sons  in  my  womb,  Hhat  they  may  be  your  hus- 
bands? 

12  Turn  again,  my  daughters,  go  your  way ;  for  I 
am  too  old  to  have  an  husband.  If  I  should  say,  I 
have  hope,  3if  I  should  have  an  husband  also  to 
night,  and  should  also  bear  sons ; 

13  Would  ye  4  tarry  for  them  till  they  were  grown  ? 
would  ye  stay  for  them  from  having  husbands?  nay, 
my  daughters  ;  for  5it  grieveth  me  much  for  your 
sakes  that  'the  hand  of  the  Lord  is  gone  out  against 
me. 

14  And  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept  again : 
and  Or'pah  kissed  her  mother  in  law ;  but  Ruth 
m  clave  unto  her. 

15  And  she  said,  Behold,  thy  sister  in  law  is  gone 
back  unto  her  people,  and  unto  her  n  gods :  return 
thou  after  thy  sister  in  law. 

16  And  Ruth  said,  6Intreat  me  not  to  leave  thee, 
or  to  return  from  following  after  thee :  for  whither 
thou  goest,  I  will  go ;  and  where  thou  lodgest,  I  will 
lodge  :  thy  people  shall  be  my  people,  and  thy  God 
my  God : 

17  Where  thou  diest,  will  I  die,  and  there  will  I 
be  buried:  "the  Lord  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also, 
if  ought  but  death  part  thee  and  me. 

18  p  When  she  saw  that  she 7  was  stedfastly  minded 
to  go  with  her,  then  she  left  speaking  unto  her. 

19  If  So  they  two  went  until  they  came  to  Beth'- 
le-hem.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  come 
to  Beth'-le-hem,  that  "all  the  city  was  moved  about 
them,  and  they  said,  rIs  this  Na-o'mi? 

20  And  she  said  unto  them,  Call  me  not  8  Na-o'mi, 
call  me  9Ma'ra  :  for  the  Almighty  hath  dealt  very 
bitterly  with  me. 

21  I  went  out  full,  sand  the  Lord  hath  brought 
me  home  again  empty  :  why  then  call  ye  me  Na-o'- 
mi, seeing  the  Lord  hath  testified  against  me,  and 
the  Almighty  hath  afflicted  me  ? 

'22  So  Na-o'mi  returned,  and  Ruth  the  Mo'ab-it-ess, 
her  daughter  in  law,  with  her,  which  returned .  out 
of  the  country  of  Mo'ab  :  and  they  came  to  Beth'- 
le-hem  'in  the  beginning  of  barley  harvest. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Ruth  gleans  in  Boaz's  field.    8  He  favours  her. 

AND  Na-o'mi  had  a  "kinsman  of  her  husband's, 
-  a  mighty  man  of  wealth,  of  the  family  of 
E-lim'e-lech  ;  and  his  name  was  *  Bo'az. 

2  And  Ruth  the  Mo'ab-it-ess  said  unto  Na-o'mi, 
Let  me  now  go  to  the  field,  and  glean  h  ears  of  corn 
after  him  in  whose  sight  I  shall  find  grace.  And 
she  said  unto  her,  Go,  my  daughter. 

3  And  she  went,  and  came,  and  gleaned  in  the  field 
after  the  reapers:  and  her  2hap  was  to  light  on  a 
part  of  the  field  belonging  unto  Bo'az,  who  was  of 
the  kindred  of  E-lim'e-lech. 

4  If  And,  behold,  Bo'az  came  from  Beth'-le-hem, 
and  said  unto  the  reapers,  cThe  Lord  be  with 
you.  And  they  answered  him,  dThe  Lord  bless 
thee. 

5  Then  said  Bo'az  unto  his  servant  that  was  set 
over  the  reapers,  Whose  damsel  is  this  ? 


B.  C.  1312. 


k  Gen.  38.  11. 
Deut.  '.25.  5. 


3  Or,  if  I  were 
with  an  hus- 
band. 


4  hope. 


5  I  have  much 

bitterness. 
I  Judg.  2.  15. 

Job  19.  21. 

Ps.  32.  4. 

Ps.  38.  2. 

Ps.  39.  9,  10. 


m  Deut.  4.  4. 

Deut.  10.  20. 

Prov.  17.  17. 

John  G.  GG-09. 

Heb.  10.  39. 
n  Josh.  24.  15, 

19,  21. 

Judg.  11.  24. 
6  Or,  Be  not 

against  me. 


o  1  Sam.  3.'  17. 
2  Ki.  6.  31. 


p  Acts  21.  14. 
7  strengthened 
herself. 


g  Matt.  21.  10. 

r  Isa.  23.  7. 
Lam.  2.  15. 

8  That  is,  Plea- 
sant. 

9  That  is,  Bitter. 


s  1  Sam.  2.  7, ! 


t  Ex.  9.  31. 
2  Sam.  21.  9. 


a  ch.  3.  2,  12. 

1  That  is, 
Strength  is  in 
him. 

b  Lev.  19.  9. 
Deut.  24.  19. 

2  hap, 
happened. 

c  Judg.  6.  12. 

Ps.  118.  2G. 

Ps.  129.  7,  8. 

Luke  1.  28. 

2  Thess.  3.  16. 

2  Tim.  4.  22. 
d  Col.  4.  6. 
e  ch.  1.  22. 
/Gen.  18.  2. 

1  Sam.  25.  23. 
g  Prov.  31.  31. 
'h  ch.  1.  14. 

Luke  5.  11,  28. 
Luke  14.  33. 
Heb.  11.  8,  9, 
24-26. 
!  1  Sam.  24.  19. 
Ps.  19. 11. 
Ps.  58.  11. 
Prov.  11.  18. 
Matt.  5.  12. 
Matt.  6.  1. 
Luke  6.  35. 

2  Tim.  1.  18. 
Heb.  6.  10. 

j  Ps.  17.  8. 
Ps.  36.  7. 
Ps.  57.  1. 
Ps.  63.  7. 

3  Or,  I  find 
favour. 

4  to  the  heart. 
k  1  Sam.  25.  41. 

Phil.  2.  3. 

5  shame  her  not. 
I  Ps.  41.  1. 


''all  that  thou  hast  done 
since  the  death  of  thine 


6  And  the  servant  that  was  set  over  the  reapers 
answered  and  said,  It  is  the  Mo'ab-it-ish  damsel 
that  ecame  back  with  Na-o'mi  out  of  the  country  of 
Mo'ab : 

7  And  she  said,  I  pray  you,  let  me  glean  and 
gather  after  the  reapers  among  the  sheaves:  so 
she  came,  and  hath  continued  even  from  the 
morning  until  now,  that  she  tarried  a  little  in  the 
house. 

8  Then  said  Bo'az  unto  Ruth,  Hearest  thou  not, 
my  daughter?  Go  not  to  glean  in  another  field, 
neither  go  from  hence,  but  abide  here  fast  by  my 
maidens : 

9  Let  thine  eyes  be  on  the  field  that  they  do  reap,, 
and  go  thou  after  them :  have  I  not  charged  the 
young  men  that  they  shall  not  touch  thee  ?  and  when 
thou  art  athirst,  go  unto  the  vessels,  and  drink  of 
that  which  the  young  men  have  drawn. 

10  Then  she  -^fell  on  her  face,  and  bowed  herself 
to  the  ground,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  have  I  found 
grace  in  thine  eyes,  that  thou  shouldest  take  know- 
ledge of  me,  seeing  I  am  a  stranger? 

11  And  Bo'az  answered  and  said  unto  her,  "It  hath 
fully  been  shewed  me, 
unto  thy  mother  in  law 
husband :  and  how  thou  hast  left  thy  father  and 
thy  mother,  and  the  land  of  thy  nativity,  and  art 
come  unto  a  people  which  thou  knewest  not  here- 
tofore. 

12  *TTie  Lord  recompense  thy  work,  and  a  full 
reward  be  given  thee  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el, 
j  under  whose  wings  thou  art  come  to  trust. 

13  Then  she  said,  3Let  me  find  favour  in  thy  sight, 
my  lord  ;  for  that  thou  hast  comforted  me,  and  for 
that  thou  hast  spoken  i  friendly  unto  thine  hand- 
maid, k  though  I  be  not  like  unto  one  of  thine  hand- 
maidens. 

14  And  Bo'az  said  unto  her,  At  mealtime  come 
thou  hither,  and  eat  of  the  bread,  and  dip  thy  mor- 
sel in  the  vinegar.  And  she  sat  beside  the  reapers : 
and  he  reached  her  parched  corn,  and  she  did  eat, 
and  was  sufficed,  and  left. 

15  And  when  she  was  risen  up  to  glean,  Bo'az 
commanded  his  young  men,  saying,  Let  her  glean 
even  among  the  sheaves,  and  5  reproach  her  not : 

16  And  let  fall  also  some  of  the  handfuls  of  pur- 
pose for  her,  and  leave  them,  that  she  may  glean 
them,  and  rebuke  her  not. 

17  So  she  gleaned  in  the  field  until  even,  and  beat 
out  that  she  had  gleaned :  and  it  was  about  an  ephah 
of  barley. 

18  IT  And  she  took  it  up,  and  went  into  the  city  : 
and  her  mother  in  law  saw  what  she  had  gleaned  : 
and  she  brought  forth,  and  gave  to  her  that  she 
had  reserved  after  she  was  sufficed. 

19  And  her  mother  in  law  said  unto  her,  Where 
hast  thou  gleaned  to  day  ?  and  where  wroughtest 
thou?  blessed  be  he  that  did  'take  knowledge  of 
thee.  And  she  shewed  her  mother  in  law  with 
whom  she  had  wrought,  and  said,  The  man's  name 
with  whom  I  wrought  to  day  is  Bo'az. 

20  And  Na-o'mi  said  unto  her  daughter  in  law, 

219 


Naomi  instructs  Ruth. 


RUTH,  3,  4. 


Sale  of  the  inheritance. 


m  Blessed  be  he  of  the  Lord,  who  nhath  not  left  off 
his  kindness  to  the  living  and  to  the  dead.  And 
Na-o'mi  said  unto  her,  The  man  is  near  of  kin  unto 
us,  6one  of  our  next  kinsmen. 

21  And  Ruth  the  Mo'ab-it-ess  said,  He  said  unto 
me  also,  Thou  shalt  keep  fast  by  my  young  men, 
until  they  have  ended  all  my  harvest. 

22  And  Na-o'mi  said. unto  Ruth  her  daughter  in 
law,  It  is  good,  my  daughter,  that  thou  go  out  with 
his  maidens,  that  they7 meet  thee  not  in  any  other 
field. 

23  So  she  kept  fast  by  the  maidens  of  Bo'az  to 
glean  unto  the  end  of  barley  harvest  and  of  wheat 
harvest ;  and  dwelt  with  her  mother  in  law. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Naomi  instructs  Ruth.     8  Boas  admits  kinsmanship.    14  His  gift  to  Rutli. 

THEN  Na-o'mi  her  mother  in  law  said  unto  her, 
My  daughter,  "shall  I  not  seek  6rest  for  thee, 
that  it  may  be  well  with  thee  ? 

2  And  now  is  not  Bo'az  of  our  kindred, c  with  whose 
maidens  thou  wast  ?  Behold,  he  winnoweth  barley 
to  night  in  the  threshingfloor. 

3  Wash  thyself  therefore,  dand  anoint  thee,  and 
put  thy  raiment  upon  thee,  and  get  thee  down  to 
the  floor  :  but  make  not  thyself  known  unto  the 
man,  until  he  shall  have  done  eating  and  drinking. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  lieth  down,  that  thou 
shalt  mark  the  place  where  he  shall  lie,  and  thou 
shalt  go  in,  and  Uncover  his  feet,  and  lay  thee 
down  ;  and  he  will  tell  thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 

5  And  she  said  unto  her,  e  All  that  thou  sayest 
unto  me  I  will  do. 

6  Tf  And  she  went  down  unto  the  floor,  and  did 
according  to  all  that  her  mother  in  law  bade  her. 

7  And  when  Bo'az  had  eaten  and  drunk,  and  ■'"his 
heart  was  merry,  he  went  to  lie  down  at  the  end  of 
the  heap  of  corn  :  and  she  came  softly,  and  uncov- 
ered his  feet,  and  laid  her  down. 

8  1  And  it  came  to  pass  at  midnight,  that  the  man 
was  afraid,  and  2 turned  himself:  and,  behold,  a 
woman  lay  at  his  feet. 

9  And  he  said,  Who  art  thou  ?  And  she  answered, 
I  am  Ruth  thine  handmaid:  9 spread  therefore  thy 
skirt  over  thine  handmaid ;  for  thou  art  3a  near 
kinsman. 

10  And  he  said,  h  Blessed  be  thou  of  the  Lord,  my 
daughter  :  for  thou  hast  shewed  more  kindness  in 
the  latter  end  than  'at  the  beginning,  inasmuch  as 
thou  followedst  not  young  men,  whether  poor  or 
rich. 

11  And  now,  my  daughter,  fear  not ;  I  will  do  to 
thee  all  that  thou  requirest :  for  all  the  4city  of  my 
people  doth  know  that  thou  art  ja  virtuous  woman. 

12  And  now  it  is  true  that  I  am  thy  near  kinsman : 
howbeit  /c  there  is  a  kinsman  nearer  than  I. 

13  Tarry  this  night,  and  it  shall  be  in  the  morn- 
ing, that  if  he  will  l  perform  unto  thee  the  part  of 
a  kinsman,  well ;  let  him  do  the  kinsman's  part : 
but  if  he  will  not  do  the  part  of  a  kinsman  to  thee, 
then  will  I  do  the  part  of  a  kinsman  to  thee,  mas 
the  Lord  liveth  :  lie  down  until  the  morning. 

220 


B.  C.  1312. 


m  ch.  3.  10. 

2  Sam.  2.  5. 

Job  29.  13. 

2  Tim.  1.  16. 
n  Prov.  17.  17. 
G  Or,  one  that 

hath  right 

to  redeem. 


7  Or,  fall  upon 
thee. 


7.36. 


a  1  Cor. 

1  Tim.  5.  8. 
b  Deut.  4.  40. 

ch.  1.  9. 

Ps.  128.  2. 

Jer.  22.  15,  16. 
c  ch.  2.  8. 


d  2  Sam.  14. 


1  Or,  lift  up  the 
clothes  that  are 
on  his  feet. 

e  Eph.  6.  1. 

Col.  3.  20. 
/Judg.  19.  6. 

2  Sam.  13.  28. 

Esth.  1.  10. 

2  Or,  took  hold 
on. 

g  Ezek.  16.  8. 

3  Or,  one  that 
hath  right  to 
redeem. 

h  ch.  2.  20. 
i  ch.  1.  8. 

4  gate. 

j  Prov.  12.  4. 
k  ch.  4.  1. 

1  Thess.  4.  6. 
I  Deut.  25.  5. 

ch.  4.  5. 

Matt.  22.  24. 
m  Judg.  8.  19. 

Jer.  4.  2. 

Heb.  6.  16. 
n  Rom.  12.  17. 

1  Cor.  10.  32. 

2  Cor.  8.  21. 

1  Thesa.  5.  22. 
1  Pet.  2.  12. 


a  ch.  3.  12. 

b  Ex.  18.  21,  22. 

Deut.  1G.  18. 

Deut.  17.  9. 

1  Ki.  21.  8. 
Ps.  82.  2. 
Prov.  31.  23. 

1  I  said  I  will 

reveal  in 

thine  ear. 
c  Jer.  32.  7,  8. 

Rom.  12.  17. 

2  Cor.  8.  21. 
Phil.  4.  8. 

d  Gen.  23.  18. 
e  Lev.  25.  25. 
/  Gen.  38.  8. 

Deut.  25.  5,  0. 

ch.  3.  13. 

Matt.  22.  24. 
g  ch.  3.  12,  13. 
h  Deut.  25.  7,  9. 
i  Deut.  25.  6. 
jfGen.  1.  28. 

Gen.  9.  1. 

Gen.  17.  16. 

Gen.  24.  60. 

Gen.  28.  3. 

Ps.  127.  3. 

Ps.  128.  3. 


14  II  And  she  lay  at  his  feet  until  the  morning  : 
and  she  rose  up  before  one  could  know  another. 
And  he  said,  "Let  it  not  be  known  that  a  woman 
came  into  the  floor. 

15  Also  he  said,  Bring  the  veil  that  thou  hast  upon 
thee,  and  hold  it.  And  when  she  held  it,  he  mea- 
sured six  measures  of  barley,  and  laid  it  on  her  : 
and  she  went  into  the  city. 

16  And  when  she  came  to  her  mother  in  law,  she 
said,  Who  art  thou,  my  daughter  ?  And  she  told 
her  all  that  the  man  had  done  to  her. 

17  And  she  said,  These  six  measures  of  barley 
gave  he  me ;  for  he  said  to  me,  Go  not  empty  unto 
thy  mother  in  law. 

18  Then  said  she,  Sit  still,  my  daughter,  until  thou 
know  how  the  matter  will  fall :  for  the  man  will 
not  be  in  rest,  until  he  have  finished  the  thing  this 
day. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Boaz  redeems  the  inheritance.    11  He  marries  Ruth.    13  Their  generations. 

PT1HEN  went  Bo'az  up  to  the  gate,  and  sat  him 
*-  down  there  :  and,  behold,  a  the  kinsman  of 
whom  Bo'az  spake  came  by ;  unto  whom  he  said, 
Ho,  such  a  one  !  turn  aside,  sit  down  here.  And 
he  turned  aside,  and  sat  down. . 

2  And  he  took  ten  men  of  b  the  elders  of  the  city, 
and  said,  Sit  ye  down  here.     And  they  sat  down. 

3  And  he  said  unto  the  kinsman,  Na-o'mi,  that  is 
come  again  out  of  the  country  of  Mo'ab,  selleth  a 
parcel  of  land,  which  ivas  our  brother  E-lIm'e-lech's : 

4  And  1 1  thought  to  advertise  thee,  saying,  eBuy 
it  d  before  the  inhabitants,  and  before  the  elders  of 
my  people.  If  thou  wilt  redeem  it,  redeem  it :  but 
if  thou  wilt  not  redeem  it,  then  tell  me,  that  I  may 
know  :  efor  there  is  none  to  redeem  it  beside  thee  ; 
and  I  am  after  thee.    And  he  said,  I  will  redeem  it. 

5  Then  said  Bo'az,  What  day  thou  buyest  the  field 
of  the  hand  of  Na-o'mi,  thou  must  buy  it  also  of 
Ruth  the  Mo'ab-it-ess,  the  wife  of  the  dead,  -to 
raise  up  the  name  of  the  dead  upon  his  inheritance. 

6  If 9  And  the  kinsman  said,  I  cannot  redeem  it  for 
myself,  lest  I  mar  mine  own  inheritance :  redeem 
thou  my  right  to  thyself ;  for  I  cannot  redeem  it. 

7  ''Now  this  tvas  the  manner  in  former  time  in  !§'- 
ra-el  concerning  redeeming  and  concerning'  chang- 
ing, for  to  confirm  all  things ;  a  man  plucked  off 
his  shoe,  and  gave  it  to  his  neighbour  :  and  this 
was  a  testimony  in  Ig' ra-el. 

8  Therefore  the  kinsman  said  unto  Bo'az,  Buy  it 
for  thee.     So  he  drew  off  his  shoe. 

9  11  And  Bo'az  said  unto  the  elders,  and  unto  all 
the  people,  Ye  are  witnesses  this  day,  that  I  have 
bought  all  that  was  E-lim'e-lech's,  and  all  that  was 
Chil'i-on's  and  Mah'lon's,  of  the  hand  of  Na-o'mi. 

10  Moreover  Ruth  the  Mo'ab-it-ess,  the  wife  of 
Mah'lon,  have  I  purchased  to  be  my  wife,  to  raise 
up  the  name  of  the  dead  upon  his  inheritance,  'that 
the  name  of  the  dead  be  not  cut  off  from  among  his 
brethren,  and  from  the  gate  of  his  place  :  ye  are 
witnesses  this  day. 

11  And  all  the  people  that  were  in  the  gate,  and 
the   elders,  said,   We  are  witnesses.    •'The  Lord 


Elkanah  and  Hannah. 


1  SAMUEL,  1. 


make  the  woman  that  is  come  into  thine  house  like 
Ra'chel  and  like  Le'ah,  which  two  did  A'build  the 
house  of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  2do  thou  worthily  in  'Eph'- 
ra-tah,  and  3be  famous  in  Beth'-le-hem  : 

12  And  let  thy  house  be  like  the  house  of  Pha'rez, 
m  whom  Ta'mar  bare  unto  Ju'dah,  of  "the  seed  which 
the  Lord  shall  give  thee  of  this  young  woman. 

13  Tf  So  Bo'az  took  Ruth,  and  she  was  his  wife  : 
and  when  he  went  in  unto  her,  "the  Lord  gave  her 
conception,  and  she  bare  a  son. 

14  And  Hhe  women  said  unto  Na-o'ml,  Blessed  be 
the  Lord,  which  hath  not  4left  thee  this  day  with- 
out a  5  kinsman,  that  his  name  may  be  famous  in 
Ig'ra-el. 

15  And  he  shall  be  unto  thee  a  restorer  of  thy 
life,  and  6a  nourisher  of  '  thine  old  age  :  for  thy 


B.  C.  1312. 

k  Deut.  25.  9. 

2  Or,  get  tliee 
riches,  or, 
power. 

I  Gen.  35. 1G. 
Mia  5.  2. 

3  proclaim  thy 
name. 

in  Gen.  38.  29. 

1  Chr.  2.  4. 

Matt.  1.  3. 
ii  1  Sam.  2.  20. 
o  Gen.  29.  31. 
p  Luke  1 .  5S. 

Rom.  12.  15. 

4  caused  to 
cease  unto 
thee. 

5  Or,  redeemer. 
C  to  nourish. 

7  thy  gray 
hairs. 

q  1  Sam.  1.  8. 
r  Luke  1.  58,  59. 
s  1  Chr.  2.  4. 
Matt.  1.  3. 
/  Nun,.  1.  7. 

8  Or,  Saluiah. 


THE 


The  prayer  of  Hannah. 

daughter  in  law,  which  loveth  thee,  which  is  'better 
to  thee  than  seven  sons,  hath  born  him. 

16  And  Na-o'ml  took  the  child,  and  laid  it  in  her 
bosom,  and  became  nurse  unto  it. 

17  'And  the  women  her  neighbours  gave  it  a 
name,  saying,  There  is  ji  son  born  to  Na-o'ml  ;  and 
they  called  his  name  0 'bed:  he  is  the  father  of 
Jes'se,  the  father  of  Da'vid. 

18  Tf  Now  these  are  the  generations  of  Pha'rez  : 
s Pha'rez  begat  Hez'ron, 

19  And  Hez'ron  begat  Ram,  and  Ram  begat  Am- 
mm'a-dab, 

20  And  Am-mm'a-dab  begat  'Nah'shon,  and  Nah'- 
shon  begat  8Sal'mon, 

21  And  Sal'mon  begat  Bo'az,  and  Bo'az  begat  O'bed, 

22  And  O'bed  begat  Jes'se,  and  Jes'se  begat  Da'vid. 


FIRST    BOOK    OF    SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE   CALLED, 

THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Elkanah  and  Hannah.    9  Hannah's  prayer.     19  She  bears  Samuel. 

"VTOW  there  was  a  certain  man  of  Ra-math-a'im- 
-^  zo'phim,  of  mount  E'phra-im,  and  his  name 
was  "El'ka-nah,  the  son  of  Jer'o-ham,  the  son  of 
E-li'hu,  the  son  of  To'hu,  the  son  of  Zuph,  6an 
Eph'rath-Ite  : 

2  And  he  had  two  wives  ;  the  name  of  the  one 
ivas  Han'nah,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Pe-nin'- 
nah  :  and  Pe-nm'nah  had  children,  but  Han'nah 
had  no  children. 

3  And  this  man  went  up  out  of  his  city  1  yearly 
cto  worship  and  to  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  of  hosts 
in  dShI'loh;  And  the  two  sons  of  E'H,  Hoph'ni  and 
Phm'e-has,  the  priests  of  the  Lord,  were  there. 

4  11  And  when  the  time  was  that  El'ka-nah  offered, 
he  gave  to  Pe-nln'nah  his  wife,  and  to  all  her  sons 
and  her  daughters,  portions  : 

5  But  unto  Han'nah  he  gave  2a  worthy  portion  ; 
for  he  loved  Han'nah  :  ebut  the  Lord  had  shut  up 
her  womb. 

6  And  her  adversary  also  3  provoked  her  sore,  for 
to  make  her  fret,  because  the  Lord  had  shut  up  her 
womb. 

7  And  as  he  did  so  -^year  by  year,  4  when  she  went 
up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  so  she  provoked  her  ; 
therefore  she  wept,  and  did  not  eat. 

8  Then  said  El'ka-nah  her  husband  to  her,  Han'- 
nah, why  weepest  thou  ?  and  why  eatest  thou  not  ? 
and  why  is  thy  heart  grieved?  am  not  I  "better  to 
thee  than  ten  sons  ? 

9  Tf  So  Han'nah  rose  up  after  they  had  eaten  in 
ShI'loh,  and  after  they  had  drunk.  Now  E'H  the 
priest  sat  upon  a  seat  by  a  post  of  the  h  temple  of 
the  Lord. 

10  And  *she  was  5in  bitterness  of  soul,  and  prayed 
unto  the  Lord,  and  wept  sore. 

11  And  she  j  vowed  a  vow,  and  said,  0  Lord  of 


B.  C.  1171. 


a  1  Chr.  G.  27. 
6  Ruth  1.  2. 


1  from  year  to 

year, 
c  Deut.  12.  5. 

d  Josh.  18.  1. 
Judg.  18.  31. 


2  Or,  a  double 
portion. 

e  Gen.  30.  2. 

3  angered  her. 
/Ex.  23.  14. 

Deut.  1G.  1G. 

4  from  her  going 
up,  or,  from  the 
time  that  she, 
etc. 

g  Ruth  4.  15. 
h  ch.  3.  3. 
i  Job  7.  11. 

5  bitter  of  soul. 
j  Gen.  28.  20. 

Num.  21.  2. 

Judg.  11.  30. 
k  Gen.  29.  32. 

Ex.  4.  31. 

2  Sam.  10.  12. 
I  Gen.  S.  1. 

Ps.  132.  1,  2. 
G  seed  of  men. 
?/?  Num.  G.  5. 

7  multiplied  to 
pray. 

8  hard  of  spirit. 
n  Ps.  G2.  8. 
o2Cor.  G.  15. 

9  Or,  meditation. 
p  Judg.  18.  G. 

ch.  25.  35. 
q  Ps.  20.  4,  5. 
r  Gen.  33.  15. 
i  Eccl.  9.  7. 

John  1G.  24. 
I  Gen.  30.  22. 

10  in  revolution 
of  days. 

11  That  is, 
Asked  of  God. 


hosts,  if  thou  wilt  indeed  k  look  on  the  affliction  of 
thine  handmaid,  and  'remember  me,  and  not  forget 
thine  handmaid,  but  wilt  give  unto  thine  handmaid 
6  a  man  child,  then  I  will  give  him  unto  the  Lord 
all  the  days  of  his  life,  and  '"there  shall  no  razor 
come  upon  his  head. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  Continued  praying 
before  the  Lord,  that  E'H  marked  her  mouth. 

13  Now  Han'nah,  she  spake  in  her  heart  ;  only 
her  lips  moved,  but  her  voice  was  not  heard :  there- 
fore E'H  thought  she  had  been -drunken. 

14  And  E'H  said  unto  her,  How  long  wilt  thou  be 
drunken  ?  put  away  thy  wine  from  thee. 

15  And  Han'nah  answered  and  said,  No,  my  lord, 
I  am  a  woman  8of  a  sorrowful  spirit :  I  have  drunk 
neither  wine  nor  strong  drink,  but  have  "poured 
out  my  soul  before  the  Lord. 

16  Count  not  thine  handmaid  for  a  daughter  of 
"Be'li-al :  for  out  of  the  abundance  of  my 9 complaint 
and  grief  have  I  spoken  hitherto. 

17  Then  E'H  answered  and  said,  "Go  in  peace  : 
and  Hhe  God  of  I§'ra-el  grant  thee  thy  petition  that 
thou  hast  asked  of  him. 

18  And  she  said,  '"Let  thine  handmaid  find  grace 
in  thy  sight.  So  the  woman  swent  her  way,  and 
did  eat,  and  her  countenance  was  no  more  sad. 

19  Tf  And  they  rose  up  in  the  morning  early,  and  • 
worshipped   before  the   Lord,  and  returned,   and 
came  to  their  house  to  Ra'mah  :    and   El'ka-nah 
knew  Han'nah  his  wife  ;  and  'the  Lord  remem- 
bered her. 

20  Wherefore  it  came  to  pass,  10when  the  time 
was  come  about  after  Han'nah  had  conceived,  that 
she  bare  a  son,  and  called  his  name  nSam'u-el,  say- 
ing, Because  I  have  asked  him  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  the  man  El'ka-nah,  and  all  his  house,  went 
up  to  offer  unto  the  Lord  the  yearly  sacrifice,  and 
his  vow. 

221 


Hannah's  song. 


1  SAMUEL,  2. 


Eli's  wicked  sons. 


22  But  Han'nah  went  not  up ;  for  she  said  unto 
her  husband,  I  will  not  go  up  until  the  child  be 
weaned,  and  then  I  will  "bring  him,  that  he  may 
appear  before  the  Lord,  and  there  v  abide  for  ever. 

23  And  *"  El'ka-nah  her  husband  said  unto  her,  Do 
what  seemeth  thee  good  ;  tarry  until  thou  have 
weaned  him ;  *only  the  Lord  establish  his  word. 
So  the  woman  abode,  and  gave  her  son  suck  until 
she  weaned  him. 

24  Tf  And  when  she  had  weaned  him,  she  nook 
him  up  with  her,  with  three  bullocks,  and  one 
ephah  of  flour,  and  a  bottle  of  wine,  and  brought 
him  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  Shi'loh  :  and  the 
child  was  young. 

25  And  they  slew  a  bullock,  and  brought  the  child 
to  E'li. 

26  And  she  said,  Oh  my  lord,  as  thy  soul  liveth, 
my  lord,  I  am  the  woman  that  stood  by  thee  here, 
praying  unto  the  Lord. 

27  zFor  this  child  I  prayed;  and  the  Lord  hath 
given  me  my  petition  which  I  asked  of  him : 

28  Therefore  also  I  have  12  lent  him  to  the  Lord  ; 
as  long  as  he  liveth  13he  shall  be  lent  to  the  Lord. 
And  he  a  worshipped  the  Lord  there. 

CHAPTER  2. ' 

1  Hannah's  song.    12  Eli's  wicked  sons.    18  Samuel's  ministry. 

AND  Han'nah  "prayed,  and  said,  6My  heart 
-  rejoiceth  in  the  Lord,  mine  horn  is  exalted  in 
the  Lord  :  my  mouth  is  enlarged  over  mine  enemies ; 
because  I  c  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

2  d  There  is  none  holy  as  the  Lord  :  for  there  is 
enone  beside  thee :  neither  is  there  any  rock  like  our 
God. 

3  Talk  no  more  so  exceeding  proudly ;  •'let  not 
1arrogancy  come  out  of  your  mouth:  for  the  Lord 
is  a  God  of  knowledge,  and  by  him  actions  are 
weighed. 

4  The  bows  of  the  mighty  men  are  broken,  and 
they  that  stumbled  are  girded  with  strength. 

5  g  They  that  were  full  have  hired  out  themselves 
for  bread  ;  and  they  that  were  hungry  ceased :  so 
that  Hhe  barren  hath  born  seven;  and  i she  that 
hath  many  children  is  waxed  feeble. 

6  j  The  Lord  killeth,  and  maketh  alive  :  he  bring- 
eth  down  to  the  grave,  and  bringeth  up. 

7  The  Lord  k  maketh  poor,  and  maketh  rich  :  '  he 
bringeth  low,  and  lifteth  up. 

8"He  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of  the  dust,  and 
lifteth  up  the  beggar  from  the  dunghill,  mto  set 
them  among  princes,  and  to  make  them  inherit  the 
throne  of  glory :  for  °  the  pillars  of  the  earth  are 
the  Lord's,  and  he  hath  set  the  world  upon  them. 

9  v  He  will  keep  the  feet  of  his  saints,  and  the 
wicked  shall  be  silent  in  darkness ;  q  for  by  strength 
shall  no  man  prevail. 

10  The  adversaries  of  the  Lord  shall  be  broken 
to  pieces ;  out  of  heaven  shall  he  thunder  upon  them : 
rthe  Lord  shall  judge  the  ends  of  the  earth ;  and  he 
shall  give  strength  unto  his  king,  and  exalt  the  horn 
of  his  anointed. 

11  And  El'ka-nah  went  to  Ra'mah  to  his  house. 

222 


B.  C.  1171. 


u  Luke  2.  22. 
t>ch.  2.11. 
w  Num.  30.  7. 

x  2  Sam.  7.  25. 
y  Deut.  12.  5. 


2  Matt.  7.  7. 

12  Or,  returned 
him,  whom  I 
have  obtained 
by  petition,  to 
the  Lobd. 

13  Or,  he  whom  1 
have  obtained 
by  petition 
shall  be  re- 
turned. 

a  Gen.  2-1.  2G,  52. 


a  Phil.  4.  G. 
6  Luke  1.  46. 


c  Ps.  9.  14. 

Ps.  13.  5. 
d  Ex.  15.  11. 

Isa.  6.  3. 
e  Deut.  4.  35. 

Ps.  73.  25. 

/  Mai.  3.  13. 
1  hard. 
q  Luke  1.  53. 
A  Ps.  113.  9. 
i  Isa.  54.  1. 

Gal.  4.  27. 
j  Deut.  32.  39. 

Job  5.  18. 

Hos.  6.  1. 

John  5.  25-29. 

Rev.  1.  18. 
h  Job  1.  21. 

Ps.  102.  10. 

1  Ps.  75.  7. 

m  Dan.  4. 17. 
n  Gen.  41.  14. 

ch.  15.  17. 

Job  36.  7. 

Jas.  2.  5. 

Rev.  1.  6. 

Rev.  3.  21. 
o  Heb.  1.  3. 
p  Ps.  91.  11. 
q  1  Sam.  14.  6. 
r  Ps.  96.  13. 
sch.  3.  1. 
t  Deut.  13.  13. 
«  Rom.  1.  28. 

2  as  on  the  day. 
v  Gen.  6.  11. 

w  Mai.  2.  8. 

Rom.  2.  24. 
r  Ex.  28.  4. 

3  Or,  petition 
which  she 
asked,  etc. 

y  Gen.  21.  1. 
z  Luke  2.  40. 

4  assembled  by 
troops. 

5  Or,  I  hear  evil 
words  of  you. 

6  Or,  to  cry  out. 
a  Num.  15.  30. 

b  Deut.  2.  30. 

Prov.  15.  10. 
c  Prov.  3.  4. 

Luke  2.  40. 

Acts  2.  47. 

Rom.  14.  18. 
d  1  Ki.  13.  1. 
e  Ex.  4.  14. 
fEx.  28.  1. 
g  Lev.  2.  3. 
h  Deut.  32.  15. 

Mai.  1.  12. 


s_And  the  child  did  minister  unto  the  Lord  before 
E'li  the  priest. 

12  If  Now  the  sons  of  E'li  wete  *sons  of  Be'li-al ; 
u  they  knew  not  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  priest's  custom  with  the  people  was, 
that,  when  any  man  offered  sacrifice,  the  priest's 
servant  -came,  while  the  flesh  was  in  seething,  with 
a  fleshhook  of  three  teeth  in  his  hand  ; 

14  And  he  struck  it  into  the  pan,  or  kettle,  or 
caldron,  or  pot ;  all  that  the  fleshhook  brought  up 
the  priest  took  for  himself.  So  they  did  in  Shi'loh 
unto  all  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  that  came  thither. 

15  Also  before  they  burnt  the  fat,  the  priest's 
servant  came,  and  said  to  the  man  that  sacrificed, 
Give  flesh  to  roast  for  the  priest ;  for  he  will  not 
have  sodden  flesh  of  thee,  but  raw. 

16  And  if  any  man  said  unto  him,  Let  them  not 
fail  to  burn  the  fat 2  presently,  and  then  take  as 
much  as  thy  soul  desireth ;  then  he  would  answer 
him,  Nay ;  but  thou  shalt  give  it  me  now :  and  if 
not,  I  will  take  it  by  force. 

17  Wherefore  the  sin  of  the  young  men  was  very 
great  v  before  the  Lord  :  for  men  w  abhorred  the 
offering  of  the  Lord. 

18  1[  But  Sam'u-el  ministered  before  the  Lord, 
being  a  child,  a'  girded  with  a  linen  ephod. 

19  Moreover  his  mother  made  him  a  little  coat, 
and  brought  it  to  him  from  year  to  year,  when 
she  came  up  with  her  husband  to  offer  the  yearly 
sacrifice. 

20  If  And  E'li  blessed  El'ka-nah  and  his  wife,  and 
said,  The  Lord  give  thee  seed  of  this  woman  for  the 
3  loan  which  is  lent  to  the  Lord.  And  they  went 
unto  their  own  home. 

21  And  the  Lord  ^visited  Han'nah,  so  that  she 
conceived,  and  bare  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 
And  the  child  Sam'u-el  z  grew  before  the  Lord. 

22  If  Now  E'li  was  very  old,  and  heard  all  that 
his  sons  did  unto  all  Ig'ra-el ;  and  how  they  lay 
with  the  women  that  i  assembled  at  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

23  And  he  said  unto  them,  Why  do  ye  such  things? 
for  5I  hear  of  your  evil  dealings  by  all  this  people. 

24  Nay,  my  sons ;  for  it  is  no  good  report  that  I 
hear  :  ye  make  the  Lord's  people  6to  transgress. 

25  If  one  man  sin  against  another,  the  judge  shall 
judge  him  :  but  if  a  man  asin  against  the  Lord,  who 
shall  intreat  for  him  ?  Notwithstanding  they  heark- 
ened not  unto  the  voice  of  their  father,  b  because 
the  Lord  would  slay  them. 

26  And  the  child  Sam'u-el  grew  on,  and  was  cin 
favour  both  with  the  Lord,  and  also  with  men. 

27  If  dAnd  there  came  a  man  of  God  unto  E'H,  and 
said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  eDid  I  plainly 
appear  unto  the  house  of  thy  father,  when  they  were 
in  E'gypt  in  Pha'raoh's  house? 

28  And  did  I  /choose  him  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
I§'ra-el  to  be  my  priest,  to  offer  upon  mine  altar,  to 
burn  incense,  to  wear  an  ephod  before  me  ?  and 3  did 
I  give  unto  the  house  of  thy  father  all  the  offerings 
made  by  fire  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el? 

29  Wherefore  fekick  ye  at  my  sacrifice  and  at  mine 


■Samuel's  vision. 


1  SAMUEL,  3,  4. 


Samuel  as  prophet. 


offering,  which  I  have  commanded  in  imy  habita- 
tion; and  honourest  thy  sons  above  me,  to  make 
yourselves  fat  with  the  chiefest  of  all  the  offerings 
of  Ig'ra-el  my  people  ? 

30  Wherefore  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  saith,  I  said 
indeed  that  thy  house,  and  the  house  of  thy  father, 
should  walk  before  me  for  ever :  but  now  the  Lord 
saith, j  Be  it  far  from  me  ;  for  them  that  honour 
me  k  I  will  honour,  and  l  they  that  despise  me  shall 
be  lightly  esteemed. 

31  Behold,  '"the  days  come,  that  I  will  cut  off  thine 
arm,  and  the  arm  of  thy  father's  house,  that  there 
shall  not  be  an  old  man  in  thine  house. 

32  And  thou  shalt  see  7an  enemy  in  my  habita- 
tion, in  all  the  wealth  which  God  shall  give  Ig'ra-el : 
and  there  shall  not  be  an  "old  man  in  thine  house 
for  ever. 

33  And  the  man  of  thine,  whom  I  shall  not  cut  off 
from  mine  altar,  shall  be  to  consume  thine  eyes,  and 
to  grieve  thine  heart :  and  all  the  increase  of  thine 
house  shall  die  8in  the  flower  of  their  age. 

34  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  unto  thee,  that  shall 
come  upon  thy  two  sons,  on  Hoph'nl  and  Phm'e-has ; 
°in  one  day  they  shall  die  both  of  them. 

35  pAnd  I  will  raise  me  up  a  faithful  priest,  that 
shall  do  according  to  that  which  is  in  mine  heart  and 
in  my  mind :  and  Q I  will  build  him  a  sure  house ; 
and  he  shall  walk  before  'mine  anointed  for  ever. 

36  sAnd  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every  one  that 
is  left  in  thine  house  shall  come  and  crouch  to  him 
for  a  piece  of  silver  and  a  morsel  of  bread,  and  shall 
say,  9Put  me,  I  pray  thee,  into  10one  of  the  priests' 
offices,  that  I  may  eat  a  piece  of  bread. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  SumueVs  vision  /old  io  E/i.     19  Samuel  recognized  as  a  prophet. 

AND  "the  child_  Sam'u-el  ministered  unto  the 
-^-  Lord  before  E'H.  And  the  word  of  the  Lord 
was  precious  in  those  days;  there  was  no  open 
vision. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  when  E'H  was 
laid  down  in  his  place,  and  his  eyes  began  to  wax 
dim,  that  he  could  not  see ; 

3  And  ere  6the  lamp  of  God  went  out  in  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  where  the  ark  of  God  was,  and 
Sam'u-el  was  laid  down  to  sleep; 

4  That  the  Lord  called  Sam'u-el :  and  he  answered, 
Here  am  I. 

5  And  he  ran  unto  E'li,  and  said,  Here  am  I ;  for 
thou  aalledst  me.  And  he  said,  I  called  not;  lie 
down  again.     And  he  went  and  lay  down. 

6  And  the  Lord  called  yet_again,  Sam'u-el.  And 
Sam'u-el  arose  and  went  to  E'li,  and  said,  Here  am 
I;  for  thou  didst  call  me.  And  he  answered,  I 
called  not,  my  son ;  lie  down  again. 

7  xNow  Sam'u-el  cdid  not  yet  know  the  Lord, 
neither  was  the  word  of  the  Lord  yet  revealed  unto 
him. 

8  And  the  Lord  called  Sam'u-el  again  the  third 
time.  And  he  arose  and  went  to  E'li,  and  said,  Here 
am  I ;  for  thou  didst  call  me.  And  E'li  perceived 
that  the  Lord  had  called  the  child. 


B.  C.  1141. 


i  Deut.  12.  5. 


j  1  Clir.  15.  '.». 

Jer.  18.  9. 
/.-  Ps.  18.  20. 

Ps.  91.  14. 
I  Num.  11.  'JO. 

2  Sam.  12. 

9,  10. 
■     Mai.  2.  '.i. 
m  eh.  4.  11. 


7  Or,  the  afflic- 
tion of  the 
tabernacle, 
for  all  the 
wealth  which 
God  would 
have  given 
Israel. 

n  Zech.  8.  4. 


8  men. 


o  ch.  4.  11. 

p  1  Ki.  2.  35. 
1  Chr.  29.  22. 
Heb.  2.  17. 

q  2  Sam.  7.  11. 

r  Ps.  2.  2. 

*  1  Ki.  2.  27. 


9  Join. 

10  Or,  somewhat 
about  the 
priesthood. 


a  Ps.  74.  9. 

Amos  8.  11. 
JEs.  27.  21. 

Lev.  24.  3. 

1  Or,  Thus  did 
Samuel  before 
he  knew  the 
Lord,  and  be- 
fore the  word 
of  the  Lord 
was  revealed 
unto  him. 

c  Jer.  9.  24. 

Acts  19.  2. 
d  Ps.  85.  8. 

Acts  9.  6. 
e  ch.  2.  30. 

2  beginning  and 
ending. 

3  Or,  And  I  will 
tell  him. 

/ch.  2.  12. 

4  Or,  accursed. 

5  frowned  not 
upon  them. 

g  Num.  15.  30. 

Isa.  22.  14. 

Heb.  10.26-31. 
h  Ruth  1.  17. 

Matt.  20.  G3. 
0  so  add. 

7  Or,  word. 

8  all  the  things, 
or,  words. 

i  Gen.  18.  25. 

ch.  16.  10-12. 

Job  1.21. 
j  Gen.  39.  2. 

ch.  18.  14. 

2  Tim.  4.  22. 
I-  ch.  9.  6. 
Z  Judg.  20.  1. 

9  Or,  faithful. 
m  Gen.  12.  7. 

Num.  12.  6. 


1  was,  or,  came 
to  pass. 

a  ch.  7.  12. 

2  the  battle 
was  spread. 

3  the  array. 

4  take  unto  us. 


9  Therefore  E'li  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  Go,  lie  down : 
and  it  shall  be,  if  he  call  thee,  that  thou  shalt  say, 
Speak,  Lord  ;  for  thy  servant  heareth.  So  Sam'u-el 
went  and  lay  down  in  his  place. 

10  And  the  Lord  came,  and  stood,  and  called  as 
at  other  times,  Sam'u-el,  Sam'u-el.  Then  Sam'u-el 
answered,  d  Speak ;  for  thy  servant  heareth. 

11  H  And  the  Lord  said  to  Sam'u-el,  Behold,  I  will 
do  a  thing  in  Ig'ra-el,  at  which  both  the  ears  of  every 
one  that  heareth  it  shall  tingle. 

12  In  that  day  I  will  perform  against  E'li  all 
e  things  which  I  have  spoken  concerning  his  house : 
2  when  I  begin,  I  will  also  make  an  end. 

13  3For  I  have  told  him  that  I  will  judge  his  house 
for  ever  for  the  iniquity  which  he  knoweth ;  because 
rhis  sons  made  themselves  4  vile,  and  he  5  restrained 
them  not. 

JL4  And  therefore  I  havesworn  unto  the  house  of 
E'H,  that  the  iniquity  of  E'lfs  house  "shall  not  be 
purged  with  sacrifice  nor  offering  for  ever. 

15  If  And  Sam'u-el  lay  until  the  morning,  and 
opened  the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And 
Sam'u-el  feared  to  shew  E'H  the  vision. 

16  Then  E'H  called  Sam'u-el,  and  said,  Sam'u-el, 
my  son.     And  he  answered,  Here  am  I. 

17  And  he  said,  What  is  the  thing  that  the  Loud  hath 
said  unto  thee  ?  I  pray  thee  hide  it  not  from  me  : 
feGod  do  so  to  thee,  and  6more  also,  if  thou  hide  any 
7  thing  from  me  of  all  the  things  that  he  said  unto 
thee. 

18  And  Sam'u-el  told  him  8every  whit,  and  hid 
nothing  from  him.  And  he  said,  l  It  is  the  Lord  : 
let  him  do  what  seemeth  him  good. 

19  Tf  And  Sam'u-el  grew,  and  Hhe  Lord  was  with 
him,  *and  did  let  none  of  his  words  fall  to  the 
ground. 

20  And  all  Ig'ra-el  'from  Dan  even  to  Be'er-she'ba 
knew  that  Sam'u-el  was  9  established  to  be  a  prophet 
of  the  Lord. 

21  And  mthe  Lord  appeared  again  in  ShI'loh  :  for 
the  Lord  revealed  himself  to  Sam'u-el  in  ShI'loh  by 
the  word  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Israel  smitten.     11  The  ark  captured.     12  Death  of  Eli. 

AND  the  word  of  Sam'u-el '  came  to  all  Ig'ra-el. 
-  Now  Ig'ra-el  went  out  against  the  Phi-Hs'tlneg 
to  battle,  and  pitched  "beside Eb'en-e'zer  :  and  the 
Phi-Hs'tlneg  pitched  in  A'phek. 

2  And  the  Phi-Hs'tlneg  put  themselves  in  array 
against  Ig'ra-el :  and  when  2they  joined  battle, 
Ig'ra-el  was  smitten  before  the  Phi-Hs'tlneg  :  and 
they  slew  of  3the  army  in  the  field  about  four  thou- 
sand men. 

3  If  And  when  the  people  were  come  into  the  camp, 
the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  said,  Wherefore  hath  the  Lord 
smitten  us  to  day  before  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ?  Let  us 
*  fetch  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  out  of 
ShI'loh  unto  us,  that,  when  it  cometh  among  us,  it 
may  save  us  out  of  the  hand  of  our  enemies. 

4  So  the  people  sent  to  ShI'loh,  that  they  might 
bring  from  thence  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 

223 


Death  of  Eli. 


1  SAMUEL,  5. 


The  ark  at  Ashdod. 


Lord  of  hosts,  b  which  dwelleth  between  cthe  cheru- 
bims  :  and  the  two  sons  of  E'H,  Hoph'ni  and  Phm'- 
e-has, were  there  with  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
God. 

5  And  when  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
came  into  the  camp,  all  Ig'ra-el  shouted  with  a  great 
shout,  so  that  the  earth  rang  again. 

6  And  when  the  Phi-lis'tineg  heard  the  noise  of 
the  shout,  they  said,  What  meaneth  the  noise  of  this 
great  shout  in  the  camp  of  the  He'brewg?  And  they 
understood  that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  come  into 
the  camp. 

7  And  the  Phi-Hs'tmeg  were  afraid,  for  they  said, 
God  is  come  into  the  camp.  And  they  said,  Woe 
unto  us!  for  there  hath  not  been  such  a  thing 
5  heretofore. 

8  Woe  unto  us !  who  shall  deliver  us  out  of  the 
hand  of  these  mighty  Gods  ?  these  are  the  Gods  that 
smote  the  E-gyp'tiang  with  all  the  plagues  in  the 
wilderness. 

9  dBe  strong,  and  quit  yourselves  like  men,  0  ye 
Phl-lis'tineg,  that  ye  be  not  servants  unto  the 
He'brewg,  eas  they  have  been  to  you  :  6quit  your- 
selves like  men,  and  fight. 

10  If  And  the  Phi-lis'tineg  fought,  and  ■'Ig'ra-el  was 
smitten,  and  they  fled  every  man  into  his  tent  :  and 
there  was  a  very  great  slaughter ;  for  there  fell  of 
Ig'ra-el  thirty  thousand  footmen. 

11  And_Hhe  ark  of  God  was  taken  ;  hand  the  two 
sons  of  E'H,  Hoph'nl  and  Phin'e-has,  7were  slain. 

12  H  And  there  ran  a  man  of  Ben'ja-min*out  of  the 
army,  and  came  to  ShI'loh  the  same  day  with  his 
clothes  rent,  and  *with  earthy  upon  his  head. 

13  And  when  he  came,  lo,  E'H  sat  upon  ja  seat  by 
the  wayside  watching  :  for  his  heart  trembled  for 
the  ark  of  God.  And  when  the  man  came  into  the 
city,  and  told  it,_a\\  the  city  cried  out. 

14  And  when  E'H  heard  the  noise  of  the  crying, 
he  said,  What  meaneth  the  noise  of  this  tumult  ? 
And  the  man  came  in  hastily,  and  told  E'H. 

15  Now  E'H  was  ninety  and  eight  years  old  ;  and 
his  eyes  8were  dim,  that  he  could  not  see. 

16  And  the  man  said  unto  E'H,  I  am  he  that  came 
out  of  the  army,  and  I  fled  to  day  out  of  the  army. 
And  he  said,  ftWhat  9is  there  done,  my  son? 

17  And  the  messenger  answered  and  said,  Ig'ra-el 
is  fled  before  the  Phi-lis'tineg,  and  there  hath  been 
also  a  great  slaughter  among  the  people,  and  thy 
two  sons  also,  Hoph'nl  and  Phm'e-has,  are  dead,  and 
the  ark  of  God  is  taken. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  made  mention  of 
the  ark  of  God,  that  he  fell  from  off  the  seat  back- 
ward by  the  side  of  the  gate,  and  his  neck  brake, 
and  he  died  :  for  he  was  an  old  man,  and  heavy. 
And  he  had  judged  Ig'ra-el  forty  years. 

19  IT  And  his  daughter  in  law,  Phm'e-has'  wife, 
was  with  child,  near  10to  be  delivered:  and  when 
she  heard  the  tidings  that  the  ark  of  God  was 
taken,  and  that  her  father  in  law  and  her  husband 
were  dead,  she  bowed  herself  and  travailed ;  for  her 
pains  "came  upon  her. 

20  And  about  the  time  of  her  death  'the  women 

224 


B.  C.  1141. 


b  2  Sam.  6.  2. 

Ps.  80.  1. 
cEx.  25.  18. 

Num.  7.  89. 


5  yesterday, 
or,  the  third 
day. 


d  2  Sam.  10.  12. 
1  Chr.  19.  13. 

1  Cor.  1G.  13. 
Eph.  G.  10,  11. 

e  Judg.  13.  1. 
ch.  12.  9. 

6  be  men. 

/Lev.  26.  17. 

Deut.  28.  25. 

Ps.  78.  9,  02. 
g  oil.  2.  32. 

Ps.  78.  61. 
h  Ps.  78.  64. 

7  died. 

i  Josh.  7.  6. 

2  Sam.  13. 19. 
Neh.  9.  1. 
Job  2.  12. 

jell.  1.  9. 

8  stood. 

k  2  Sam.  1.  4. 

9  is  the  thing. 

10  Or,  to  cry  out. 

11  were  turned. 
/  Gen.  35.  17. 

12  set  not  her 
heart. 

13  That  is, 
Where  is  the 
glory?  or, 
There  is  no 
glory. 

m  Ps.  26.  8. 
Ps.  78.  Gl. 
Hos.  9.  12. 


a  Ex.  12.  12. 

Judg.  1G.  23. 
6  Ex.  18.  11. 

1  Chr.  16.  24, 

25,  26. 

Ps.  95.  3. 

Ps.  96.  4,  5. 

Isa.  19.  1. 

Nah.  1.  14. 
c  Isa.  46.  7. 
il  Isa.  40.  18. 
e  Jer.  50.  2. 

Ezek.  6.  4,  6. 

Mic.  1.  7. 

1  Or,  the  fishy 
part.     The 
upper  part  of 
Dagon  re- 
sembled a 
man,  and  the 
lower  a  fish. 

/Zeph.  1.  9. 
g  verses  7,  11.    " 

Ex.  9.  3. 

Ps.  9.  17. 

Ps.  32.  4. 

Ps.  75.  8. 

Ps.  139.  19. 

Isa.  31.  3. 

Dan.  4.  35. 

A-ts  13.  11. 
h  ei    6.  5. 
i  D<  „t.  28.  27. 

Ps.  78.  66. 
j  Deut.  2. 15. 

ch.  7.  13. 
h  Ps.  78.  G6. 

2  me,  to  slay 
me  and  my. 

3  me  not,  and 
my. 

/Ex.  11.  6. 
Prov.  21.  13. 
Isa.  15.  3. 
Jer.  25.  34. 
Amos  5.  17. 


that  stood  by  her  said  unto  her,  Fear  not ;  for  thou 
hast  born  a  son.  But  she  answered  not,  12  neither 
did  she  regard  it. 

21  And  she  named  the  child  13I'-cha'-bod,  saying, 
m The  glory  is  departed  from  Ig'ra-el:  because  the 
ark  of  God  was  taken,  and  because  of  her  father  in 
law  and  her  husband. 

22  And  she  said,  The  glory  is  departed  from 
Ig'ra-el :  for  the  ark  of  God  is  taken. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  The  ark  in  the  house  of  Dagon.    6  Philistines  smitten  on  account  of  the  ark. 

AND  the  Phi-lis'tineg  took  the  ark  of  God,  and 
-  brought  it  from  Eb'en-e'zer  unto  Ash'dod. 

2  When  the  Phi-lis'tineg  took  the  ark  of  God,  they 
brought  it  into  the  house  of  Da'gon,  and  set  it  by 
Da'gon. 

3  H  And  when  they  of  Ash'dod  arose  early  on  the 
morrow,  behold,  "Da'gon  was  b fallen  upon  his  face 
to  the  earth  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord.  And  they 
took  Da'gon,  and  c  set  him  in  his  place  again. 

4  And  when  they  arose  early  on  the  morrow  morn- 
ing, behold,  Da'gon  was  fallen  upon  his  face  to  the 
ground  before  the  ark  of  dthe  Lord;  and  ethe  head 
of  Da'gon  and  both  the  palms  of  his  hands  were  cut 
off  upon  the  threshold ;  only  ]  the  stump  of  Da'gon 
was  left  to  him. 

5  Therefore  neither  the  priests  of  Da'gon,  nor  any 
that  come  into  Da'gon's  house,  tread  •'"on  the  thresh- 
old of  Da'gon  in  Ash'dod  unto  this  day. 

6  But 9  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  heavy  upon  them 
of  Ash'dod,  and  he  h  destroyed  them,  and  smote  them 
with  *  emerods,  even  Ash'dod  and  the  coasts  thereof. 

7  And  when  the  men  of  Ash'dod  saw  that  it  was 
so,  they  said,  The  ark  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el  shall 
not  abide  with  us :  for  his  hand  is  sore  upon  us,  and 
upon  Da'gon  our  god. 

8  They  sent  therefore  and  gathered  all  the  lords 
of  the  Phi-lis'tineg  unto  them,  and  said,  What  shall 
we  do  with  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el?  And 
they  answered,  Let  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el 
be  carried  about  unto  Gath.  And  they  carried  the 
ark  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el  about  thither. 

9  And  it  was  so,  that,  after  they  had  carried  it 
about,  ^'the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  against  the  city 
with  a  very  great  destruction:  and  ^he  smote  the 
men  of  the  city,  both  small  and  great,  and  they  had 
emerods  in  their  secret  parts. 

10  H  Therefore  they  sent  the  ark  of  God  to  Ek'ron. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  ark  of  God  came  to 
Ek'ron,  that  the  Ek'ron-ites  cried  out,  saying,  They 
have  brought  about  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el 
to  2  us,  to  slay  us  and  our  people. 

11  So  they  sent  and  gathered  together  all  the 
lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg,  and  said,  Send  away  the 
ark  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  let  it  go  again  to  his 
own  place,  that  it  slay  3us  not,  and  our  people  :  for 
there  was  a  deadly  destruction  throughout  all  the 
city ;  the  hand  of  God  was  very  heavy  there. 

12  And  zthe  men  that  died  not  were  smitten  with 
the  emerods  :  and  the  cry  of  the  city  went  up  to 
heaven. 


NAOMI  NURSING  RUTH'S  ^ON. 


The  ark  returned. 


1  SAMUEL,  6,  7. 


The  curious  smitten. 


CHAPTER  6. 


1  Philistines  return  the  ark.    19  The  curious  smitten. 

AND  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  in  the  country  of 
-  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  seven  months. 

2  And  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  a  called  for  the  priests  and 
the  diviners,  saying,  What  shall  we  do  to  the  ark  of 
the  Lord  ?  tell  us  wherewith  we  shall  send  it  to  his 
place. 

3  And  they  said,  If  ye  send  away  the  ark  of  the 
God  of  Ig'ra-el,  send  it  not  b empty  ;  but  in  any  wise 
return  him  c a  trespass  offering:  then  ye  shall  be 
healed,  and  it  shall  be  known  to  you  why  his  hand 
is  not  removed  from  you. 

4  Then  said  they,  What  shall  be  the  trespass  offer- 
ing which  we  shall  return  to  him  ?  They  answered, 
Five  golden  emerods,  and  five  golden  mice, d  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg : 
for  one  plague  ivas  on  1  you  all,  and  on  your  lords. 

5  Wherefore  ye  shall  make  images  of  your  emer- 
ods, and  images  of  your  mice  that  emar  the  land  ; 
and  ye  shall  •'"give  glory  unto  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el: 
perad  venture  he  will a  lighten  his  hand  from  off  you, 
and  from  off  your  gods,  and  from  off  your  land. 

6  Wherefore  then  do  ye  harden  your  hearts,  Aas 
the  E-gyp'tjang  and  Pha'raoh  hardened  their  hearts  ? 
when  he  had  wrought  2  wonderfully  among  them, 
'did  they  not  let  3the  people  go,  and  they  departed ? 

7  Now  therefore  make  %  new  cart,  and  take  two 
milch  kine,  /con  which  there  hath  come  no  yoke,  and 
tie  the  kine  to  the  cart,  and  bring  their  calves  home 
from  them  : 

8  And  take  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  lay  it  upon 
the  cart ;  and  put  the  jewels  of  gold,  which  ye  re- 
turn him  for  a  trespass  offering,  in  a  coffer  by  the 
side  thereof ;  and  send  it  away,  that  it  may  go. 

9  And  see,  if  it  goeth  up  by  the  way  of  his  own 
coast  to  'Beth-she 'mesh,  then  4he  hath  done  us  this 
great  evil :  but  if  not,  then  we  shall  know  that  it 
is  not  his  hand  that  smote  us  ;  it  was  a  chance  that 
happened  to  us. 

10  If  And  the  men  did  so;  and  took  two  milch 
kine,  and  tied  them  to  the  cart,  and  shut  up  their 
calves  at  home : 

11  And  they  laid  the  ark  of  the  Lord  upon  the 
cart,  and  the  coffer  with  the  mice  of  gold  and  the 
images  of  their  emerods. 

12  And  the  kine  took  the  straight  way  to  the  way 
of  Beth-she' mesh,  and  6went  along  the  highway, 
lowing  as  they  went,  and  turned  not  aside  to  the 
right  hand  or  to  the  left ;  and  the  lords  of  the  Phi- 
lis'tmeg  went  after  them  unto  the  border  of  Beth- 
she 'mesh. 

13  And  they  of  Beth-she'mesh  were  reaping  their 
wheat  harvest  in  the  valley :  and  they  lifted  up 
their  eyes,  and  saw  the  ark,  and  rejoiced  to  see  it. 

14  And  the  cart  came  into  the  field  of  Josh'u-a,  a 
Beth-she 'mite,  and  stood  there,  where  there  was  a 
great  stone  :  and  they  clave  the  wood  of  the  cart, 
and  offered  the  kine  a  burnt  offering  unto  the 
Lord. 

15  And  the  Le'vltes  took  down  the  ark  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  coffer  that  was  with  it,  wherein  the 

14 


B.  C.  1140. 


a  Gen.  41.  8. 
Ex.  7.  11. 
Dan.  2.  ■>. 
Matt.  a.  4. 


b  Ex.  23.  15. 

Dent.  16.  10. 
c  Lev.  5.  15. 

Lev.  C.  (i. 


d  Josh.  13.  3. 
Judg.  3.  3. 

1  them. 


e  ch.  5.  6. 

/  Josh.  7.  19. 

1  Chr.  10.  28. 
Isa.  42.  12. 
Jer.  13.  10. 
Mai.  2.  2. 
John  9.  24. 
Rev.  14.  7. 

g  Ex.  9.  3. 

ch.  5.  0,  11. 

Ps.  39.  10. 

Acts  13.  11. 
/(  Ex.  7.  13. 

Ex.  8.  15. 

2  Or,  reproach- 
fully. 

i  Ex.  3.  19,  20. 
Ex.  0.  1. 
Ex.  11.  1,  8. 
Ps.  105.  38. 

3  them. 

j  2  Sam,  6.  3. 
k  Num.  19.  2. 
I  Josh.  15.  10. 

4  Or,  it. 

5  in  a  street 
they  went. 

m  Josh.  13.  3. 

Judg.  3.  3. 

ch.  29.  2. 

Zeph.  2.  5. 
0  Or,  great 

Abel,  that  is, 

mourning. 
n  Ex.  19.  21. 

Lev.  10.  1-3. 

Num.  4.  5, 

15,  20. 

Deut.  29.  29. 

2  Sam.  6.  7. 
Col.  2.  18. 

1  Pet.  4.  17. 
o  2  Sam.  0.  9. 

Mai.  3.  2. 

Rev.  6.  17. 
p  Josh.  IS.  14. 

Jiulg.  18.  12. 

1  Chr.  13.  5,  0. 


a  ch.  G.  21. 

Ps.  132.  G. 
b  2  Sam.  (i.  4. 
c  Deut.  30.  '-'. 

1  Ki.  8.  48. 
Isa.  55.  7. 
Hos.  G.  1. 
Joel  2.  12. 

d  Gen.  35.  2. 
e  Judg.  2.  13. 
/Deut.  30.  0. 

2  Chr.  30.  19. 
Job  11.  13. 
Prov.  Ki.  1 . 
Matt.  15.  8. 

g  Deut.  G.  13. 

Deut.  10.  20. 

Josh.  24.  14. 

Matt.  4.  10. 

Luke  4.  8. 
h  Judg.  2.  11. 
i  Judg.  10.  17. 

Judg.  11.  11. 

ch.  10.  17. 

2  Ki.  25.  23. 
j  2  Sam.  14.  14. 
ftNeh.  9.  1,  2. 

Dan.  9.  3. 

Joel  2.  12. 
I  Lev.  2G.  40. 

Judg.  10.  10. 

1  Ki.  8.  47. 

Job  33.  27,  28. 

Ps.  10G.  G. 


jewels  of  gold  were,  and  put  them  on  the  great  stone : 
and  the  men  of  Beth-she'mesh  offered  burnt  offer- 
ings and  sacrificed  sacrifices  the  same  day  unto  the 
Lord. 

16  And  when  '"the  five  lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg 
had  seen  it,  they  returned  to  Ek'ron  the  same  day. 

17  And  these  are  the  golden  emerods  which  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  returned  for  a  trespass  offering  untc 
the  Lord  ;  for  Ash'dod  one,  for  Ga'za  one,  for  As'- 
ke-lon  one,  for  Gath  one,  for  Ek'ron  one  ; 

18  And  the  golden  mice,  according  to  the  number 
of  all  the  cities  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  belonging  to  the 
five  lords,  both  of  fenced  cities,  and  of  country  vil- 
lages, even  unto  the  °  great  stone  of  A'bel,  whereon 
they  set  down  the  ark  of  the  Lord  :  which  stone 
remaineth  unto  this  day  in  the  field  of  Josh'u-a, 
the  Beth-she 'mite. 

19  If  And  "he  smote  the  men  of  Beth-she'mesh, 
because  they  had  looked  into  the  ark  of  the  Lord, 
even  he  smote  of  the  people  fifty  thousand  am. 
threescore  and  ten  men  :  and  the  people  lamented 
because  the  Lord  had  smitten  many  of  the  people 
with  a  great  slaughter. 

20  And  the  men  of  Beth-she'mesh  said,  "  Who  it 
able  to  stand  before  this  holy  Lord  God  ?  and  tc 
whom  shall  he  go  up  from  us  ? 

21  If  And  they  sent  messengers  to  the  inhabitants 
of  pKIr'jath-je'a-rim,  saying,  The  Phi-lis'tmeg  have 
brought  again  the  ark  of  the  Lord  ;  come  ye  down, 
and  fetch  it  up  to  you. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  The  restored  ark.     13  I'liilistines  subduid.     15  Samuel  judges  Israel. 

AND  the  men  of  aKir'jath-je'a-rim  came,  and 
-  fetched  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  brought  it 
into  the  house  of  b  A-bm'a-dab  in  the  hill,  and  sancti- 
fied E-le-a'zar  his  son  to  keep  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  the  ark  abode  in 
KIr'jath-je'a-rim,  that  the  time  was  long;  for  it 
was  twenty  years  :  and  all  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el 
lamented  after  the  Lord. 

3  If  And  Sam'u-el  spake  unto  all  the  house  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, saying,  If  ye  do  °  return  unto  the  Lord  with 
all  your  hearts,  then  dput  away  the  strange  gods 
and  eAsh'ta-roth  from  among  you,  and  }  prepare 
your  hearts  unto  the  Lord,  and  °  serve  him  only : 
and  he  will  deliver  you  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Phi-lls' tines. 

4  Then  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  put  away  ''Ba'- 
al-im  and  Ash'ta-roth,  and  served  the  Lord  only. 

5  And  Sam'u-el  said,  'Gather  all  Ig'ra-el  to  Miz'peh, 
and  I  will  pray  for  you  unto  the  Lord. 

6  And  they  gathered  together  to  Miz'peh,  and 
^'drew  water,  and  poured  it  out  before  the  Lord, 
and  k fasted  on  that  day,  and  said  there,  'We  have 
sinned  against  the  Lord.  And  Sam'u-el  judged  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  in  Miz'peh. 

7  And  when  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  heard  that  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el  were  gathered  together  to  Miz'peh, 
the  lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  went  up  against  Ig'- 
ra-el.    And  when  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  heard  it 
they  were  afraid  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

225 


The  Philistines  subdued. 


1  SAMUEL,  8,  9. 


Samuel  dissuades  Israel. 


8  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  said  to  Sam'u-el, 
1  Cease  not  to  cry  unto  the  Lord  our  God  for  us, 
that  he  will  save  us  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis'- 
tineg. 

9  If  And  Sam'u-el  took  a  sucking  lamb,  and  offered 
it  for  a  burnt  offering  wholly  unto  the  Lord  :  and 
'"Sam'u-el  cried  unto  the  Lord  for  Ig'ra-el ;  and  the 
Lord  2  heard  him. 

10  And  as  Sam'u-el  was  offering  up  the  burnt  of- 
fering, the  Phi-lis'tineg  drew  near  to  battle  against 
Ig'ra-el  :-M but  the  Lord  thundered  with  a  great 
thunder  on  that  day  upon  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  dis- 
comfited them  ;  and  they  were  smitten  before  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

11  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  went  out  of  Miz'peh, 
and  pursued  the  Phi-lis'tineg,  and  smote  them,  until 
they  came  under  Beth '-car. 

12  Then  Sam'u-el  took  a  stone,  and  set  it  between 
Miz'peh  and  Shen,  and  called  the  name  of  it  3Eb'- 
en-e'zer,  saying,  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us. 

13  1  °So  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  were  subdued,  and  they 
"came  no  more  into  the  coast  of  Ig'ra-el :  and  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  was  against  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  all 
the  days  of  Sam'u-el. 

14  And  the  cities  which  the  Phi-lis'tineg  hadtaken 
from  Is'ra-el  were  restored  to  Is'ra-el,  from  Ek'ron 
even  unto  Gath  ;  and  the  coasts  thereof  did  Ig'ra-el 
deliver  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg.  And 
there  was  peace  between  Ig'ra-el  and  the  Am'or-Ites. 

15  And  Sam'u-el  ^judged  Ig'ra-el  all  the  days  of 
his  life. 

16  And  he  went  from  year  to  year  4in  circuit  to 
Beth'-el,  and  Gil'gal,  and  Miz'peh,  and  judged  Ig'- 
ra-el in  all  those  places. 

17  And  his  return  ivas  to  Ra'mah  ;  for  there  was 
his  house ;  and  there  he  judged  Ig'ra-el ;  and  there 
he  built  ran  altar  unto  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Israel  desires  a  king.     10  Samuel  tries  to  dissuade  them.    22  God  interposes. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when   Sam'u-el  was   old, 
-  that  he  amade  his  fesons  judges  over  Ig'ra-el. 

2  Now  the  name  of  his  firstborn  was  ^o'el  ;  and 
the  name  of  his  second,  A-bi'ah  :  they  were  judges 
in  Be'er-she'ba. 

3  And  his  sons  c  walked  not  in  his  ways,  but  turned 
aside  after  d  lucre,  and  Hook  bribes,  and  perverted 
judgment. 

4  Then  all  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  gathered  them- 
selves together,  and  came  to  Sam'u-el  unto  Ra'mah, 

5  And  said  unto  him,  Behold,  thou  art  old,  and  thy 
sons  walk  not  in  thy  ways  :  now  •'"make  us  a  king 
to  judge  us  like  all  the  nations. 

6  Tf  But  the  thing  2  displeased  Sam'u-el,  when  they 
said,  Give  us  a  king  to  judge  us.  And  Sam'u-el 
0  prayed  unto  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  Hearken  unto 
the  voice  of  the  people  in  all  that  they  say  unto 
thee  :  for  Hhey  have  not  rejected  thee,  but  'they 
have  rejected  me,  that  I  should  not  reign  over  them. 

8  According  to  all  the  works  which  they  have  done 
since  the  day  that  I  brought  them  up  out  of  E'gypt 

226 


B.  C.  1095. 


1  Be  not  silent 
from  us  from 
crying. 


m  Ps.  99.  6. 

2  Or,  answered. 


n  Josh.  10.  10. 
Judg.  4.  15. 
ch.  2.  10. 


3  That  is,  The 
stone  of  help. 


o  Judg.  13.  1. 
p  ch.  13.  5. 


q  ch.  12.  11. 
4  and  he 

circuited. 
r  Judg.  21.  4. 


a  Deut.  16.  18. 
*  Judg.  10.  4. 

Judg.  12.  14, 

compared 

with 

Judg.  5.  10. 

1  Vashni. 

c  Eccl.  2.  19. 

Jer.  22.  15. 
d  Ex.  18.  21. 

Deut.  16.  19. 

1  Tim.  3.  3. 
e  Deut.  16.  19. 

Ps.  15.  5. 
/  ch.  12. 13. 
Hos.  13.  10. 
Acts  13.  21. 

2  was  evil  in 
the  eyes  of 
Samuel. 

g  ch.  15. 11. 

Prov.  3.  5. 
h  Ex.  16.  8. 

Matt.  10. 

24,  25. 

Luke  10.  16. 
i  ch.  10.  19. 

3  Or,  obey. 

4  Or,  notwith- 
standing when 
thou  hast 
solemnly 
protested 
against 
them,  then 
thou  shalt 
shew,  etc. 

/Deut.  17.  16. 
k  ch.  14.  52. 

2  Chr.  26. 
10-15. 

1 1  Ki.  21.  7. 

5  eunuchs. 
m  Job  27.  9. 

Ps.  18.  41. 

Prov.  1.  25. 

Isa.  1. 15. 

Mic.  3.  4. 

Luke  13.  25. 
n  Isa.  GQ.  4. 

Jer.  44.  16. 
o  Hos.  13.  11. 


ach.  14.  51. 
1  Chr.  8.  33. 
Acts  13.  21. 

1  Or,  the  son 
of  a  man  of 
Jemini. 

2  Or,  sub- 
stance. 

6  ch.  10.  23. 
r  2  Ki.  4.  42. 


even  unto  this  day,  wherewith  they  have  forsaken 
me,  and  served  other  gods,  so  do  they  also  unto 
thee. 

9  Now  therefore  3  hearken  unto  their  voice:  4how- 
beit  yet  protest  solemnly  unto  them,  and  shew  them 
the  manner  of  the  king  that  shall  reign  over  them. 

10  If  And  Sam'u-el  told  all  the  words  of  the  Lord 
unto  the  people  that  asked  of  him  a  king. 

11  And  he  said,  ^'This  will  be  the  manner  of  the 
king  that  shall  reign  over  you  :  k  He  will  take  your 
sons,  and  appoint  them  for  himself,  for  his  chariots, 
and  to  be  his  horsemen  ;  and  some  shall  run  before 
his  chariots.  „ 

12  And  he  will  appoint  him  captains  over  thou- 
sands, and  captains  over  fifties ;  and  will  set  them 
to  ear  his  ground,  and  to  reap  his  harvest,  and  to 
make  his  instruments  of  war,  and  instruments  of 
his  chariots. 

13  And  he  will  take  your  daughters  to  be  confec- 
tionaries,  and  to  be  cooks,  and  to  be  bakers. 

14  And  'he  will  take  your  fields,  and  your  vine- 
yards, and  your  oliveyards,  even  the  best  of  them, 
and  give  them  to  his  servants. 

15  And  he  will  take  the  tenth  of  your  seed,  and 
of  your  vineyards,  and  give  to  his  5  officers,  and  to 
his  servants. 

16  And  he  will  take  your  menservants,  and  your 
maidservants,  and  your  goodliest  young  men,  and 
your  asses,  and  put  them  to  his  work. 

17  He  will  take  the  tenth  of  your  sheep  :  and  ye 
shall  be  his  servants. 

18  And  ye  shall  cry  out  in  that  day  because  of 
your  king  which  ye  shall  have  chosen  you  ;  and  the 
Lord  ™will  not  hear  you  in  that  day. 

19  IT  Nevertheless  the  people  n  refused  to  obey  the 
voice  of  Sam'u-el ;  and  they  said,  Nay ;  but  we  will 
have  a  king  over  us  ; 

20  That  we  also  may  be  like  all  the  nations  ;  and 
that  our  king  may  judge  us,  and  go  out  before  us, 
and  fight  our  battles. 

21  And  Sam'u-el  heard  all  the  words  of  the  people, 
and  he  rehearsed  them  in  the  ears  of  the  Lord. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  to  Sam'u-el,  "Hearken  unto 
their  voice,  and  make  them  a  king.  And  Sam'u-el 
said  unto  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el,  Go  ye  every  man  unto 
his  city. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Saul  meets  Samuel.     19  Samuel's  entertainment.    25  They  commune  together. 

"^TOW  there  was  a  man  of  Ben'ja-min,  whose 
— ^  name  was  "Kish,  the  son  of  A-bi'el,  the  son  of 
Ze'ror,  the  son  of  Be-cho'rath,  the  son  of  A-phl'ah, 
2a  Ben'ja-mlte,  a  mighty  man  of  2power. 

2  And  he  had  a  son,  whose  name  was  Saul,  a 
choice  young  man,  and  a  goodly  :  and  there  was  not 
among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  a  goodlier  person 
than  he  :  6from  his  shoulders  and  upward  he  was 
higher  than  any  of  the  people. 

3  And  the  asses  of  Kish  Saul's  father  were  lost. 
And  Kish  said  to  Saul  his  son,  Take  now  one  of  the 
servants  with  thee,  and  arise,  go  seek  the  asses. 

4  And  he  passed  through  mount  E'phra-im,  and 
passed  through  the  land  of  cShal'i-sha,  but  they 


Saul  seeks  Samuel. 


1  SAMUEL,  10. 


Samuel  anoints  Saul. 


found  them  not  :  then  they  passed  through  the  land 
of  Sha'lim,  and  there  they  ivere  not  :  and  he  passed 
through  the  land  of  the  Ben'ja-mltes,  but  they 
found  them  not. 

5  And  when  they  were  come  to  the  land  of  dZuph, 
Saul  said  to  his  servant  that  was  with  him,  Come, 
and  let  us  return  ;  lest  my  father  leave  caring  for 
the  asses,  and  take  thought  for  us. 

6  And  he  said  unto  him,  Behold  now,  there  is  in 
this  city  ea  man  of  God,  and  he  is  an  honourable 
man  ;  all  •'"that  he  saith  cometh  surely  to  pass  :  now 
let  us  go  thither ;  peradventure  he  can  shew  us  our 
way  that  we  should  go. 

7  Then  said  Saul  to  his  servant,  But,  behold,  if  we 
9  go,  what  shall  we  bring  the  man  ?  for  the  bread 
3  is  spent  in  our  vessels,  and  there  is  not  a  present 
to  bring  to  the  man  of  God  :  what  4have  we  ? 

8  And  the  servant  answered  Saul  again,  and  said, 
Behold,  5I  have  here  at  hand  the  fourth  part  of  a 
shekel  of  silver :  that  will  I  give  to  the  man  of  God, 
to  tell  us  our  way. 

9  (Beforetime  in  Ig'ra-el,  when  a  man  ^went  to 
enquire  of  God,  thus  he  spake,  Come,  and  let  us  go 
to  the  seer  :  for  he  that  is  now  called  a  Prophet 
was  beforetime  called  ia  Seer.) 

10  Then  said  Saul  to  his  servant,  6Well  said ; 
come,  let  us  go.  So  they  went  unto  the  city  where 
the  man  of  God  ivas. 

1 1  If  And  as  they  went  up  7  the  hill  to  the  city, 
J'they  found  young  maidens  going  out  to  draw 
water,  and  said  unto  them,  Is  the  seer  here  ? 

12  And  they  answered  them,  and  said,  He  is  ;  be- 
hold, he  is  before  you  :  make  haste  now,  for  he 
came  to  day  to  the  city  ;  for  k  there  is  a  8  sacrifice 
of  the  people  to  day  in  the  l  high  place  : 

13  As  soon  as  ye  be  come  into  the  city,  ye  shall 
straightway  find  him,  before  he  go  up  to  the  high 
place  to  eat :  for  the  people  will  not  eat  until  he 
come,  because  he  doth  bless  the  sacrifice ;  and 
afterwards  they  eat  that  be  bidden.  Now  there- 
fore get  you  up  ;  for  about  9this  time  ye  shall  find 
him. 

14  And  they  went  up  into  the  city  :  and  when 
they  were  come  into  the  city,  behold,  Sam'u-el  came 
out  against  them,  for  to  go  up  to  the  high  place. 

15  HmNow  the  Lord  had  10told  Sam'u-el  in  his 
ear  a  day  before  Saul  came,  saying, 

16  To  morrow  about  this  time  I  will  send  thee  a 
man  out  of  the  land  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  •" thou  shalt 
anoint  him  to  be  captain  over  my  people  Ig'ra-el, 
that  he  may  save  my  people  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  :  for  I  have  ° looked  upon  my  people, 
because  their  cry  is  come  unto  me. 

17  And  when  Sam'u-el  saw  Saul,  the  Lord  said 
unto  him,  p  Behold  the  man  whom  I  spake  to  thee 
of  !  this  same  shall  u  reign  over  my  people. 

18  Then  Saul  drew  near  to  Sam'u-el  in  the  gate, 
and  said,  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  where  the  seer's 
house  is. 

19  And  Sam'u-el  answered  Saul,  and  said,  I  am 
the  seer :  go  up  before  me  unto  the  high  place ;  for 
ye  shall  eat  with  me  to  day,  and  to  morrow  I  will 


B.  C.  1095. 


</cli.  1.  1. 


e  Deut.  33.  1. 
ch.  2.  27. 

1  Ki.  13.  1. 

2  Ki.  G.  6. 

1  Tim.  G.  11. 
/ch.  3.  19. 
Isa.  44.  2G. 
Matt.  24.  35. 


0  Judg.  6.  18. 

1  Ki.  14.  3. 

2  Ki.  4.  42. 

3  is  gone  out 
of,  etc. 

4  is  with  us. 


5  there  is  found 
in  my  hand. 


h  Gen.  25.  22. 
Ex.  28.  30. 
Num.  27.  21. 
Judg.  1.  1. 


(2  Sam.  24.  11. 
2  Ki.  17.  13. 
1  Chr.  29.  29. 
Isa.  30.  10. 
Amos  7.  12. 

6  Thy  word 
is  good. 

7  i-n  the  ascent 
of  the  city. 

J  Gen.  24.  11. 
Ex.  2.  16. 


AGen.  31.  54. 
ch.  16.  2.  . 
8  Or,  feast. 
I 1  Ki.  3.  2. 


9  to  day. 

m  ch.  15.  1. 
Ps.  25.  14. 
Mark  11.  2-4. 
Acts  13.  21. 

10  revealed  the 
ear  of  Samuel. 

n  ch.  10.  1. 
ch.  15.  1. 
ch.  16.  3. 

0  Ex.  2.  25. 
Ex.  3.  7,  9. 

p  ch.  16.  12. 
Hos.  13.  11. 

11  restrain  in. 

12  to  day  three 
days. 

q  Judg.  20.  46. 

Ps.  68.  27. 
r  Judg.  6.  15. 

1 3  according  to 
this  word  ? 

s  Lev.  7.  32. 
Ezek.  24.  4. 

14  Or,  reserved. 

1  Deut.  22.  8. 

Acts  10.  9. 

15  to  day. 

16  Or,  cause 
thee  to  hear. 


a  ch.  1G.  13. 

2  Ki.  9.  3. 
b  Ex.  19.  5,  6. 

Deut.  32.  £. 

Jer.  10.  16. 
c  Geii.  35.  19. 
d  Josh.  18.  28. 

1  the  business. 
e  Josh.  19.  22. 

Judg.  4.  6,  12. 
Ps.  89.  12. 
/  Gen.  28.  22. 
Gen.  35.  1. 

2  ask  thee  of 
peace. 

g  ch.  13.  3. 


let  thee  go,  and  will  tell  thee  all  that  is  in  thine 
heart. 

20  And  as  for  thine  asses  that  were  lost  w  three 
days  ago,  set  not  thy  mind  on  them  ;  for  they  are 
found.  And  on  whom  is  all  the  desire  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 
Is  it  not  on  thee,  and  on  all  thy  father's  house'? 

21  And  Saul  answered  and  said,  Am  not  I  a  Ben'- 
ja-mite,  of  9the  smallest  of  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el? 
and  my  r family  the  least  of  all  the  families  of  the 
tribe  of  Ben'ja-min  ?  wherefore  then  speakest  thou 
13 so  to  me? 

22  And  Sam'u-el  took  Saul  and  his  servant,  and 
brought  them  into  the  parlour,  and  made  them  sit 
in  the  chief  est  place  among  them  that  were  bidden, 
which  were  about  thirty  persons. 

23  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  the  cook,  Bring  the 
portion  which  I  gave  thee,  of  which  I  said  unto  thee, 
Set  it  by  thee. 

24  And  the  cook  took  up  sthe  shoulder,  and  that 
which  was  upon  it,  and  set  it  before  Saul.  And 
Sam'u-el  said,  Behold  that  which  is  "left!  set  it 
before  thee,  and  eat  :  for  unto  this  time  hath  it 
been  kept  for  thee  since  I  said,  I  have  invited  the 
people.     So  Saul  did  eat  with  Sam'u-el  that  day. 

25  Tf  And  when  they  were  come  down  from  the 
high  place  into  the  city,  Sam'u-el  communed  with 
Saul  upon  'the  top  of  the  house. 

26  And  they  arose  early :  and  it  came  to  pass 
about  the  spring  of  the  day,  that  Sam'u-el  called 
Saul  to  the  top  of  the  house,  saying,  Up,  that  I 
may  send  thee  away.  And  Saul  arose,  and  they 
went  out  both  of  them,  he  and  Sam'u-el,  abroad. 

27  And  as  they  were  going  down  to  the  end  of  the 
city,  Sam'u-el  said  to  Saul,  Bid  the  servant  pass  on 
before  us,  (and  he  passed  on,)  but  stand  thou  still 
15  a  while,  that  I  may  16shew  thee  the  word  of  God. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Samuel  anoints  Saul.    9  Saul  prophesies.    17  He  is  chosen  by  lot. 

THEN  a Sam'u-el  took  a  vial  of  oil,  and  poured 
it  upon  his  head,  and  kissed  him,  and  said,  Is 
it  not  because  the  Lord  hath  anointed  thee  to  be 
captain  over  b  his  inheritance  ? 

2  When  thou  art  departed  from  me  to  day,  then 
thou  shalt  find  two  men  by  c  Ra'chel's  sepulchre  in 
the  border  of  Ben'ja-min  dat  Zel'zah  ;  and  they  will 
say  unto  thee,  The  asses  which  thou  wentest  to  seek 
are  found  :  and,  lo,  thy  father  hath  left  1  the  care 
of  the  asses,  and  sorroweth  for  you,  saying,  What 
shall  I  do  for  my  son  ? 

3  Then  shalt  thou  go  on  forward  from  thence, 
and  thou  shalt  come  to  the  plain  of  cTa'bor,  and 
there  shall  meet  thee  three  men  going  up  to  God 
•^to  Beth'-el,  one  carrying  three  kids,  and  another 
carrying  three  loaves  of  bread,  and  another  carry- 
ing a  bottle  of  wine  : 

4  And  they  will  2  salute  thee,  and  give  thee  two 
loaves  of  bread  ;  which  thou  shalt  receive  of  their 
hands. 

5  After  that  thou  shalt  come  to  the  hill  of  God, 
9  where  is  the  garrison  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  :  and  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  when  thou  art  come  thither  to 

227 


Saul  as  a  prophet. 


1  SAMUEL,  11. 


The  Ammonite  insult 


the  city,  that  thou  shalt  meet  a  company  of  prophets 
coming  down  fefrom  the  high  place  with  a  psaltery, 
and  a  tabret,  and  a  pipe,  and  a  harp,  before  them  ; 
*and  they  shall  prophesy: 

6  And  J' the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  will  come  upon  thee, 
and  fcthou  shalt  prophesy  with  them,  and  shalt  be 
turned  into  another  man. 

7  And  3let  it  be,  when  l  these  signs  are  come  unto 
thee,  i  that  thou  do  as  occasion  serve  thee ;  for 
m  God  is  with  thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  go  down  before  me  wto  Gil 'gal ; 
and,  behold,  I  will  come  down  unto  thee,  to  offer 
burnt  offerings,  and  to  sacrifice  sacrifices  of  peace 
offerings  :  "seven  days  shalt  thou  tarry,  till  I  come 
to  thee,  and  shew  thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 

9  Tf  And  it  was  so,  that  when  he  had  turned  his 
5back  to  go  from  Sam'u-el,  God  6gave  him  another 
heart :  and  all  those  signs  came  to  pass  that  day. 

10  And  when  they  came  thither  to  the  hill,  be- 
hold, pa  company  of  prophets  met  him  ;  and  the 
Spirit  of  God  came  upon  him,  and  Qhe  prophesied 
among  them. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  that  knew  him 
beforetime  saw  that,  behold,  he  prophesied  among 
the  prophets,  then  the  people  said  7one  to  another, 
What  is  this  that  is  come  unto  the  son  of  Kish  ? 
rIs  Saul  also  among  the  prophets? 

12  And  one  8of  the  same  place  answered  and  said, 
But  swho  is  their  father  ?  Therefore  it  became  a 
proverb,  Is  Saul  also  among  the  prophets  ? 

13  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  prophesying, 
he  came  to  the  high  place. 

14  If  And  Saul's  l  uncle  said  unto  him  and  to  his 
servant,  Whither  went  ye?  And  he  said,  To  seek 
the  asses  :  and  when  we  saw  that  they  ivere  no 
where,  we  came  to  Sam'u-el. 

15  And  Saul's  uncle  said,  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee, 
what  Sam'u-el  said  unto  you. 

16  And  Saul  said  unto  his  uncle,  He  told  us  plainly 
that  the  asses  were  found.  But  of  the  matter  of  the 
kingdom,  whereof  Sam'u-el  spake,  he  told  him  not. 

17  TI  And  Sam'u-el  called  the  people  together 
Munto  the  Lord  Ho  Miz'peh  ; 

18  And  said  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  **  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  I  brought  up  Ig'ra-el 
out  of  E'gypt,  and  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  E-gyp'tiang,  and  out  of  the  hand  of  all  king- 
doms, and  of  them  that  oppressed  you  : 

19  And  "ye  have  this  day  rejected  your  God,  who 
himself  saved  you  out  of  all  your  adversities  and 
your  tribulations  ;  and  ye  have  said  unto  him,  Nay, 
but  set  a  king  over  us.  Now  therefore  present 
yourselves  before  the  Lord  by  your  tribes,  and  by 
your  thousands. 

20  And  when  Sam'u-el  had  ^caused  all  the  tribes 
of  Ig'ra-el  to  come  near,  the  tribe  of  Ben'ja-minwas 
taken. 

21  When  he  had  caused  the  tribe  of  Ben'ja-min  to 
come  near  by  their  families,  the  family  of  Ma'tri 
was  taken,  and  Saul  the  son  of  Kish  was  taken  :  and 
when  they  sought  him,  he  could  not  be  found. 

22  Therefore  they  z  enquired  of  the  Lord  further, 

228 


B.  C.  1095. 


A  ch.  9.  12. 


i  Ex.  15.  20. 

2  Ki.  3.  15. 

1  Cor.  14.  1. 
j  Num.  11.  25. 

ch.  16.  13. 

Matt.  7.  22. 
Ic  ch.  19.  23. 

3  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that 
when  those 
signs,  etc. 

/  Ex.  4.  8. 

4  do  for  thee  as 
thine  hand 
shall  find. 

m  Gen.  21.  20. 

Deut.  20.  1. 

Judg.  0.  12. 

Matt.  1.  23. 
n  ch.  11.  14. 
o  ch.  13.  8. 


5  shoulder. 
0  turned. 


p  ch.  19.  20. 
q  Matt.  7.  21-23. 


7  a  man  to  his 
neighbour. 

r  Matt.  13.  54. 
John  7.  15. 
Acts  4.  13. 

8  from  thence. 
s  Isa.  54. 13. 

t  ch.  14.  50. 
u  Judg.  11.  11. 

ch.  11.  15. 
v  ch.  7.  5. 
w  Ex.  3.  7,  8. 

Ex.  14.11. 

Deut.  4.  34. 

Judg.  6.  8. 

Neh.  9.  9-12, 

27,  28. 
x  ch.  8.  7. 

ch.  12.  12. 

Luke  18.  16. 
y  Josh.  7. 14. 

Acts  1.  24. 
z  ch.  23.  2r 

9  Let  the 
king  live. 

a  Deut.  17.  14. 

ch.  8.  11. 
b  Deut.  13.  13. 

ch.  11.  12. 

Acts  7.  35, 

51,  52. 
c  2  Sain.  8.  2. 

1  Ki.  4.  21. 

2  Chr.  17.  5. 
Ps.  72.  10. 
Matt.  2.  11. 

10  Or,  he  was  as 
though  he  had 
been  deaf. 


a  Judg.  21.  8. 

ch.  31.  11-13. 
b  Gen.  26.  28. 

Ex.  23.  32. 

1  Ki.  20.  34. 
Job  41.  4. 
Ezek.  17. 13. 

c  Gen.  34.  14. 
ch.  17.  26. 

1  Forbear  us. 
d  ch.  10.  26. 

ch.  14.  2. 

2  Sam.  21.  6. 
e  Judg.  2.  4. 

Judg.  21.  2. 

Rom.  12.  15. 
/  Judg.  3.  10. 

Judg.  6.  34. 

Judg.  11.  29. 

ch.  10.  10. 

ch.  16.  13. 
g  Judg.  19.  29. 
h  Judg.  21.  5. 
iGen.  35.  5. 

2  Chr.  14.  14. 

2  Chr.  17.  10. 

Prov.  14.  26. 

2  as  one  man. 
j  Judg.  1.  5. 

k  2  Sam.  24.  9. 

3  Or,  deliver- 
ance. 


if  the  man  should  yet  come  thither.  And  the  Lord 
answered,  Behold,  he  hath  hid  himself  among  the 
stuff. 

23  And  they  ran  and  fetched  him  thence  :  and 
when  he  stood  among  the  people,  he  was  higher  than 
any  of  the  people  from  his  shoulders  and  upward. 

24  And  Sam'u-el  said  to  all  the  people,  See  ye  him 
whom  the  Lord  hath  chosen,  that  there  is  none  like 
him  among  all  the  people  ?  And  all  the  people 
shouted,  and  said,  °God  save  the  king. 

25  Then  Sam'u-el  told  the  people  the  "manner  of 
the  kingdom,  and  wrote  it  in  a  book,  and  laid  it  up 
before  the  Lord.  And  Sam'u-el  sent  all  the  people 
away,  every. man  to  his  house. 

26  II  And  Saul  also  went  home  to  Gib'e-ah  ;  and 
there  went  with  him  a  band  of  men,  whose  hearts 
God  had  touched. 

27  But  Hhe  children  of  Be'li-al  said,  How  shall  this 
man  save  us  ?  And  they  despised  him, c  and  brought 
him  no  presents.     But  he  10held  his  peace. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Xahash  and  the  men  of  Jubesh.   11  Said  defeats  the  Ammonites.    12  He  is  confirmed  king 

at  Gilgal. 

rflHEN  Na'hash  the  Am'mon-Ite  came  up,  and  en- 
-*-    camped  against  aJa'besh-gil'e-ad  :  and  all  the 
men  of  Ja'besh  said  unto  Na'hash,6  Make  a  covenant 
with  us,  and  we  will  serve  thee. 

2  And  Na'hash  the  Am'mon-Ite  answered  them, 
On  this  condition  will  I  make  a  covenant  with  you, 
that  I  may  thrust  out  all  your  right  eyes,  and  lay  it 
for  l'a  reproach  upon  all  Ig'ra-el. 

3  And  the  elders  of  Ja'besh  said  unto  him,  1  Give 
us  seven  days'  respite,  that  we  may  send  messengers 
unto  all  the  coasts  of  Ig'ra-el  :  and  then,  if  there  be 
no  man  to  save  us,  we  will  come  out  to  thee. 

4  H  Then  came  the  messengers  dto  Gib'e-ah  of 
Saul,  and  told  the  tidings  in  the  ears  of  the  people : 
and  e  all  the  people  lifted  up  their  voices,  and  wept. 

5  And,  behold,  Saul  came  after  the  herd  out  of  the 
field  ;  and  Saul  said,  What  aileth  the  people  that 
they  weep  ?  And  they  told  him  the  tidings  of  the 
men  of  Ja'besh. 

6  yAnd  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Saul  when 
he  heard  those  tidings,  and  his  anger  was  kindled 
greatly. 

7  And  he  took  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and  a  hewed  them  in 
pieces,  and  sent  them  throughout  all  the  coasts  of 
Ig'ra-el  by  the  hands  of  messengers,  saying,  h  Who- 
soever cometh  not  forth  after  Saul  and  after  Sam'- 
u-el, so  shall  it  be  done  unto  his  oxen.  *  And  the 
fear  of  the  Lord  fell  on  the  people,  and  they  came 
out  2with  one  consent. 

8  And  when  he  numbered  them  in  ^'Be'zek,  the 
children  feof  Ig'ra-el  were  three  hundred  thousand, 
and  the  men  of  Ju'dah  thirty  thousand. 

9  And  they  said  unto  the  messengers  that  came, 
Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  the  men  of  Ja'besh-gil'e-ad, 
To  morrow,  by  that  time  the  sun  be  hot,  ye  shall 
have  3help.  And  the  messengers  came  and  shewed 
it  to  the  men  of  Ja'besh  ;  and  they  were  glad. 

10  Therefore  the  men  of  Ja'besh  said,  To  morrow 


Saul  confirmed  king. 


1  SAMUEL,  12,  13. 


Samuel  comforts  Israel. 


we  will  come  out  unto  you,  and  ye  shall  do  with  us 
all  that  seemeth  good  unto  you. 

11  And  it  was  so  on  the  morrow,  that  'Saul  put 
the  people  min  three  companies  ;  and  they  came 
into  the  midst  of  the  host  in  the  morning  watch, 
and  slew  the  Am'mon-Ites  until  the  heat  of  the  day : 
and  it  came  to  pass,  that  they  which  remained  were 
scattered,  so  "that  two  of  them  were  not  left  to- 
gether. 

12  If  And  the  people  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  "Who  is 
he  that  said,  Shall  Saul  reign  over  us?  v bring  the 
men,  that  we  may  put  them  to  death. 

13  And  Saul  said,  "  There  shall  not  a  man  be  put 
to  death  this  day :  for  to  day  ''the  Lord  hath  wrought 
salvation  in  Ig'ra-el. 

14  Then  said  Sam'u-el  to  the  people,  Come,  and 
let  us  go  sto  Gil'gal,  and  renew  the  kingdom  there. 

15  And  all  the  people  went  to  Gil'gal  'L  and  there 
they  made  Saul  king  before  the  Lord  in  Gil'gal ;  and 
there  they  sacrificed  sacrifices  of  peace  offerings 
before  the  Lord  ;  and  there  Saul  and  all  the  men 
of  I§'ra-el  rejoiced  greatly. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Samuel  reasons  with  Israel.     16  He  admonishes  them.    20  Comfort  in  God's  mercy. 

AND  Sam'u-el  said  unto  all  Ig'ra-el,  Behold,  I  have 
-  hearkened  unto  "your  voice  in  all  that  ye  said 
unto  me,  and  6  have  made  a  king  over  you. 

2  And  now,  behold,  the  king  cwalketh  before  you : 
nd  I  am  old  and  grayheaded ;  and,  behold,  my  sons 
■re  with  you :  and  I  have  walked  before  you  from 

my  childhood  unto  this  day. 

3  Behold,  here  I  am :  witness  against  me  before 
the  Lord,  and  before  his  anointed :  d  whose  ox  have 
I  taken?  or  whose  ass  have  I  taken?  or  whom  have 
I  defrauded?  whom  have  I  oppressed?  or  of  whose 
hand  have  I  received  any  1  bribe  2to  e  blind  mine 
eyes  therewith  ?  and  I  will  restore  it  you. 

4  And  they  said,  Thou  hast  not  defrauded  us,  nor 
oppressed  us,  neither  hast  thou  taken  ought  of  any 
man's  hand. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  The  Lord  is  witness 
against  you,  and  his  anointed  is  witness  this  day, 
ythat  ye  have  not  found  ought  sin  my  hand.  And 
they  answered,  He  is  witness. 

6  If  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  the  people,  hIt  is  the 
Lord  that  3advanced  Mo'ses  and  Aar'on,  and  that 
brought  your  fathers  up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

7  Now  therefore  stand  still,  that  I  may  "reason 
with  you  before  the  Lord  of  all  the  4  righteous  acts 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  did  5  to  you  and  to  your  fathers. 

8  When  Ja'cob  was  come  into  E'gypt,  and  your 
fathers  cried  unto  the  Lord,  then  the  Lord  sent 
Mo'seg  and  Aar'on,  which  brought  forth  your  fathers 
out  of  E'gypt,  and  made  them  dwell  in  this  place. 

9  And  when  they  forgat  the  Lord  their  God,  he 
sold  them  into  the  hand  of  Sis'e-ra,  captain  of  the 
host  of  Ha'zor,  and  into  the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis'- 
tineg,  and  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Mo'ab,  and 
they  fought  against  them. 

10  And  they  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  We 
have  sinned,  because  we  have  forsaken  the  Lord, 


• 


B.  C.  1095. 


I  ch.  31.  11. 
m  .Tudg.  7.  16. 


n  Jas.  2.  13. 


o  ch.  in.  27. 
Ps.  21.  8. 
p  Luke  19.  27. 


q  2  Sam.  19.  22. 

r  Ex.  14  13,  30. 
ch.  14.  45. 
ch.  19.  5. 


s  ch.  10. 


a  ch.  S.  5. 
b  ch.  10.  24. 
cNurn.  27.  17. 

ch.  8.  20. 
d  Nun).  16.  15. 

Acts  20.  33. 

1  Thess.  2.  5. 

1  ransom. 

2  Or,  that  I 
should  hide 
mine  eyes  at 
him, 

e  Deut.  lfi.  10. 

/John  18.  38. 

Acts  23.  9. 

2  Cor.  1.  12. 
g  Ex.  22.  4. 

Ps.  17.  3. 
h  Ex.  6.  26. 
Neh.  9.  9-14. 
Ps.  77.  19,  20. 
Hos.  12.  13. 
Mic.  6.  4. 

3  Or,  made. 
i  Isa.  1.  18. 

Isa.  5.  3. 
Mic.  6.  2,  3. 

4  righteous- 
nesses, or, 
benefits. 

5  with. 

j  Gen.  17.  7. 

Judg.  8.  23. 

ch.  8.  7. 
k  Hos.  13.  11. 
I  Deut.  6.  13. 

Deut.  10.  12. 

Deut.  13.  4. 

Deut.  14.  2:;. 

Deut.  17.  19. 

Josh.  24.  14. 

Ps.  81.  13. 

Eccl.  S.  12. 

Isa.  3.  10. 

6  mouth. 

7  be  after. 

m  Lev.  26.  14. 

Deut.  28.  15. 

Josh.  24.  20. 
n  Prov.  26.  1. 

0  Josh.  10.  12. 
ch.  7.  9. 
Jas.  5.  16. 

p  ch.  8.  7. 

Hos.  13.  10. 
q  Ex.  14.31. 

Ezra  10.  0. 
r  Gen.  20.  7. 

Ex.  9.  28. 

Ps.  78.  34,  35. 

Acts  8.  24. 

Jas.  5.  15. 

1  John  5.  10. 
i  Jer.  16.  19. 

Hab.  2.  IS. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 

1  Ps.  106.  8. 

Jer.  14.  21. 
a  Mai.  1.  2. 

Matt.  11.  26. 

John  15.  16. 
v  1  Cor.  9.  16. 

8  from  ceasing. 
«'  1  Ki.  8.  36. 

2  Chr.  6.  27. 
"  Jer.  6.  16. 

r  Ezra  9.  13. 

9  Or,  what  a 
great  thing, 

y  Josh.  24.  20. 
s  Deut.  28.  36. 


1  the  son  of  one 
year  in  his 
reigning. 


and  have  served  Ba'al-im  and  Ash'ta-roth :  but  now 
deliver  us  out  of  the  hand  of  our  enemies,  and  we 
will  serve  thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  sent  Je-rub'ba-al,  and  Be'dan, 
and  Jeph'thah,  and  Sam'u-el,  and  delivered  you  out 
of  the  hand  of  your  enemies  on  every  side,  and  ye 
dwelled  safe. 

12  And  when  ye  saw  that  Na'hash  the  king  of  the 
children  of  Am'mon  came  against  you,  ye  said  unto 
me,  Nay  ;  but  a  king  shall  reign  over  us :  when 
J'the  Lord  your  God  was  your  king. 

13  Now  therefore  behold  the  king  whom  ye  have 
chosen,  and  whom  ye  have  desired!  and,  behold, 
Hhe  Lord  hath  set  a  king  over  you. 

14  If  ye  will  'fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him,  and 
obey  his  voice,  and  not  rebel  against  the ,j  command- 
ment of  the  Lord,  then  shall  both  ye  and  also  the 
king  that  reigneth  over  you  T  continue  following  the 
Lord  your  God : 

15  But  if  ye  will  mnot  obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord, 
but  rebel  against  the  commandment  of  the  Lord, 
then  shall  the  hand  of  the  Lord  be  against  you,  as 
it  was  against  your  fathers. 

16  If  Now  therefore  stand  and  see  this  great  thing, 
which  the  Lord  will  do  before  your  eyes. 

17  Is  it  not  "wheat  harvest  to-day?  °I  will  call 
unto  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  send  thunder  and  rain ; 
that  ye  may  perceive  and  see  that  pyour  wicked- 
ness is  great,  which  ye  have  done  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  in  asking  you  a  king. 

18  So  Sam'u-el  called  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  the  Lord 
sent  thunder  and  rain  that  day :  "and  all  the  people 
greatly  feared  the  Lord  and  Sam'u-el. 

19  And  all  the  people  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  'Pray  for 
thy  servants  unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  we  die 
not :  for  we  have  added  unto  all  our  sins  this  evil, 
to  ask  us  a  king. 

20  If  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  the  people,  Fear  not : 
ye  have  done  all  this  wickedness :  yet  turn  not  aside 
from  following  the  Lord,  but  serve  the  Lord  with 
all  your  heart ; 

21  And  turn  ye  not  aside  :  sfor  then  should  ye  go 
after  vain  things,  which  cannot  profit  nor  deliver ; 
for  they  are  vain. 

22  For  the  Lord  will  not  forsake  his  people  '  for 
his  great  name's  sake :  because  "  it  hath  pleased  the 
Lord  to  make  you  his  people. 

23  Moreover  as  for  me,  "God  forbid  that  I  should 
sin  against  the  Lord  8  in  ceasing  to  pray  for  you  : 
but  I  will  teach  you  the  wgood  and  the  right  way  : 

24  Only  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him  in  truth 
with  all  your  x  heart :  for  consider  &how  great 
things  he  hath  done  for  you. 

25  But  if  ye  shall  still  do  wickedly,  ^ye  shall  be 
consumed,  *both  ye  and  your  king. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Israel  in  distress.    8  Smd presumes  to  sacrifice.    11  Samuel's  reproof. 

SAUL  deigned  one  year ;  and  when  he  had  reigned 
two  years  over  Ig'ra-el, 
2  Saul  chose  him  three  thousand  men  of  I§'ra-el ; 
whereof  two  thousand  were  with  Saul  in  Mich 'mash 

229 


Samuel  rebukes  Saul. 


1  SAMUEL,  14. 


Jonathan's  exploit. 


and  in  mount  Beth' -el,  and  a  thousand  were  with 
Jon'a-than  in  Gib'e-ah  of  Ben'ja-min  :  and  the  rest 
of  the  people  he  sent  every  man  to  his  tent. 

3  And  Jon'a-than  smote  "the  garrison  of  the  Phi- 
lis'tineg  that  ivas  in  2Ge'ba,  and  the  Phi-lis'tmeg 
heard  of  it.  And  Saul  blew  the  trumpet  through- 
out all  the  land,  saying,  Let  the  He'brewg  hear. 

4  And  all  Ig'ra-el  heard  say  that  Saul  had  smitten 
a  garrison  of  the  PhT-lis'tmeg,  and  that  Ig'ra-el  also 
3  was  had  in  abomination  with  the  Phi-lis'tineg.  And 
the  people  were  called  together  after  Saul  to  Gil'- 
gal. 

5  If  And  the  Phi-lis'tineg  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether to  fight  with  Ig'ra-el,  thirty  thousand  char- 
iots, and  six  thousand  horsemen,  and  people  as  the 
sand  which  is  on  the  sea  shore  in  multitude  :  and 
they  came  up,  and  pitched  in  Mich 'mash,  eastward 
6  from  Beth-a'ven. 

6  When  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  saw  that  they  were  in 
a  strait,  (for  the  people  were  distressed,)  then  the 
people  "did  hide  themselves  in  caves,  and  in  thickets, 
and  in  rocks,  and  in  high  places,  and  in  pits. 

7  And  some  of  the  He'brewg  went  over  Jor'dan  to 
the  landof  Gad  and  Gil'e-ad.  As  for  Saul,  he  was 
yet  in  Gil 'gal,  and  all  the  people  4  followed  him 
trembling. 

8  If  dAnd  he  tarried  seven  days,  according  to  the 
set  time  that_Sam'u-el  had  appointed :  but  Sam'u-el 
came  not  to  Gil 'gal  ;  and  the  people  were  scattered 
from  him. 

9  And  Saul  said,  Bring  hither  a  burnt  offering  to 
me,  and  peace  offerings.  And  he  e  offered  the  burnt 
offering. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  as  soon  as  he  had 
made  an  end  of  offering  the  burnt  offering,  behold, 
Sam'u-el  came  ;  and  Saul  went  out  to  meet  him, 
that  he  might 5  salute  him, 

11  If  And  Sam'u-el  said,  What  hast  thou  done? 
And  Saul  said,  Because  I  saw  that  the  people  were 
scattered  from  me,  and  that  thou  earnest  not  within 
the  days  appointed,  and  that  the  Phi-lis'tineg  gath- 
ered themselves  together  at  Mich 'mash  ; 

12  Therefore  said  I,_The  Phi-lis'tmeg  will  come 
down  now  upon  me  to  Gil 'gal,  and  I  have  not  6made 
supplication  unto  the  Lord  :  I  forced  myself  there- 
fore, and  offered  a  burnt  offering. 

13  And  Sam'u-el  said  to  Saul,  /rThou  hast  done 
foolishly  :  9thou  hast  not  kept  the  commandment 
of  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  he  commanded  thee  : 
for  now  would  the  Lord  have  established  thy  king- 
dom upon  Ig'ra-el  for  ever. 

14 /lBut  now  thy  kingdom  shall  not  continue: 
'the  Lord  hath  sought  him  a  man  after  his  own 
heart,  and  the  Lord  hath  commanded  him  to  be 
captain  over  his  people,  because  thou  hast  not  kept 
that  which  the  Lord  commanded  thee. 

15  And  Sam'u-el  arose,  and  gat  him  up  from  Gil- 
gal  unto  Gib'e-ah  of  Ben'ja-min.  And  Saul  num- 
bered the  people  that  were  "'  present  with  him, 
i  about  six  hundred  men. 

16  And  Saul,  and  Jon'a-than  his  son,  and  the  peo- 
ple that  were  present  with  them,  abode  in  8 Gib'e-ah 

230 


B.  C.  1093. 


a  ch.  10.  5. 
2  Or,  The  hill. 


3  did  stink. 


b  Josh.  18.  12. 


c  Judg.  6.  2. 


4  trembled 
after  him. 

d  eh.  10.  8. 
e  Deut.  12.  5-14. 
ch.  15.  22. 

1  Ki.  3.  4. 

2  Chr.  26.  16. 
Prov.  15.  8. 
Prov.  21.  3,27. 
Heb.  5.  4. 

5  bless  him. 

6  intreated  the 
face. 

fl  Sam.  12.  7-9. 

1  Ki.  18.  IS. 

2  Chr.  16.  9. 
Job  34.  IS. 
Prov.  19.  3. 
Matt.  14.  3,  4. 

</ch.  15.  11. 

Lev.  17. 

Num.  18.  7. 
h  ch.  2.  30. 

ch.  15.  28. 
i  2  Sam.  7.  15. 

Ps.  78.  70. 

Ps.  89.  20. 

Acts  13.  22. 

7  found. 

j  ch.  14.  2. 

S  Geba. 

k  Josh.  18.  23. 

I  Josh.  IS.  13, 14. 

1  Chr.  6.  68. 

2  Chr.  8.  5. 

9  Or,  serpents. 
in  2  Ki.  24.  14. 

Jer.  24.  1. 

10  a  file  with 
mouths. 

II  to  set. 

n  Judg.  3.  31. 

ch.  17.  47,  50. 

Zech.  4.  6. 

1  Cor.  1.27,29. 
12  Or,  standing 

camp. 
o  ch.  14.  5. 


1  Or,  there  was 
a  day. 

a  ch.  13.  15. 
b  ch.  22.  9, 

Ahimelech. 
c  ch.  4.  21. 
d  Ex.  28.  30. 

ch.  2.  28. 

ch.  22.  18. 
e  ch.  13.  23. 

2  tooth. 
/Gen.  17.7-11. 

Judg.  14.  3. 
ch.  17.  36. 
2  Sam.  1.  20. 

1  Chr.  10.  4. 
Eph.  2.  11,  12. 
Phil.  3.  3. 

g  Deut.  32.  30. 
Josh.  14.  12. 

2  Chr.  14.  11. 
Ps.  115.  1-3. 
Zech.  4.  6. 
Matt.  19.  26. 
Rom.  8.  31. 


of  Ben'ja-min  :  but  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  encamped  in 
Mich 'mash. 

17  If  And  the  spoilers  came  out  of  the  camp  of 
the  Phi-lis'tmeg  in  three  companies  :  one  company 
turned  unto  the  way  that  leadeth  to  ^Oph'rah,  unto 
the  land  of  Shu'al : 

18  And  another  company  turned  the  way  to  zBeth- 
ho'ron  :  and  another  company  turned  to  the  way 
of  the  border  that  looketh  to  the  valley  of  9Ze-bo'im 
toward  the  wilderness. 

19  If  Now  m  there  was  no  smith  found  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Ig'ra-el :  for  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  said, 
Lest  the  He'brewg  make  them  swords  or  spears  : 

20  But  all  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  went  down  to  the  Phi- 
lls'tlneg,  to  sharpen  every  man  his  share,  and  his 
coulter,  and  his  ax,  and  his  mattock. 

21  Yet  they  had  10a  file  for  the  mattocks,  and  for 
the  coulters,  and  for  the  forks,  and  for  the  axes, 
and  nto  sharpen  the  goads. 

22  So  it  came  to  pass  in  the  day  of  battle,  that 
"there  was  neither  sword  nor  spear  found  in  the 
hand  of  any  of  the  people  that  were  with  Saul  and 
Jon'a-than  :  but  with  Saul  and  with  Jon'a-than  his 
son  was  there  found. 

23  And  the  12garrison  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg  went 
out  to  the  passage  of  °  Mich  'mash. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Jonathan's  exploit.    27  He  eats  forbidden  food.    45  The  people  save  him. 

"VTOW  Mt  came  to  pass  upon  a  day,  that  Jon'a- 
-^  than  the  son  of  Saul  said  unto  the  young  man 
that  bare  his  armour,  Come,  and  let  us  go  over  to 
the  Phi-lis'tineg'  garrison,  that  is  on  the  other  side. 
But  he  told  not  his  father. 

2  And  Saul  tarried  in  the  uttermost  part  of  Gib'- 
e-ah under  a  pomegranate  tree  which  is  in  Mig'ron  : 
and  the  people  that  were  with  him  were  "about  six 
hundred  men ; 

3  And  6A-hI'ah,  the  son  of  A-hi'tub,  cl'-cha-bod's 
brother,  the  son  of  Phin'e-has,  the  son  of  E'lT,  dthe 
Lord's  priest  in  Shi'loh,  wearing  an  ephod.  And 
the  people  knew  not  that  Jon'a-than  was  gone. 

4  If  And  between  the  passages,  by  which  Jon'a- 
than  sought  to  go  over  eunto  the  Phi-lis'tineg'  gar- 
rison, there  was  a  sharp  rock  on  the  one  side, 
and  a  sharp  rock  on  the  other  side  :  and  the  name 
of  the  one  was  Bo'zez,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
Se'neh. 

5  The  2f orefront  of  the  one  was  situate  northward 
over  against  Mich 'mash,  and  the  other  southward 
over  against  Gib'e-ah. 

6  And  Jon'a-than  said  to  the  young  man  that  bare 
his  armour,  Come,  and  let  us  go  over  unto  the  gar- 
rison of  these  Amcircumcised :  it  may  be  that  the 
Lord  will  work  for  us  :  for  there  is  no  restraint  to 
the  Lord  ^to  save  by  many  or  by  few. 

7  And  his  armourbearer  said  unto  him,  Do  all  that 
is  in  thine  heart  :  turn  thee ;  behold,  I  am  with 
thee  according  to  thy  heart. 

8  Then  said  Jon'a-than,  Behold,  we  will  pass  over 
unto  these  men,  and  we  will  discover  ourselves  unto 
them. 


The  Philistine  discomfitwe. 


1  SAMUEL,  14. 


Saul's  first  altar. 


9  If  they  say  thus  unto  us, 3  Tarry  until  we  come 
to  you  ;  then  we  will  stand  still  in  our  place,  and 
will  not  go  up  unto  them. 

10  But  if  they  say  thus,  Come  up  unto  us  ;  then 
we  will  go  up :  for  the  Lord  hath  delivered  them 
into  our  hand  :  and  Hhis  shall  be  a  sign  unto  us. 

11  And  both  of  them  discovered  themselves  unto 
the  garrison  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg :  and  the  Phi-lis'- 
tmeg said,  Behold,  the  He'brewg  come  forth  out  of 
the  holes  where  they  had  hid  themselves. 

12  And  the  men  of  the  garrison  answered  Jona- 
than and  his  armourbearer,  and  said,  Come  up  to 
us,  and  we  will  shew  you  a  thing.  And  Jon'a-than 
said  unto  his  armourbearer,  Come  up  after  me  :  for 
the  Lord  hath  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

13  And  Jon'a-than  climbed  up  upon  his  hands  and 
upon  his  feet,  and  his  armourbearer  after  him :  and 
they  fell  before  Jon'a-than  ;  and  his  armourbearer 
slew  after  him. 

14  And  that  first  slaughter,  which  Jon'a-than  and 
his  armourbearer  made,  was  about  twenty  men, 
within  as  it  were  4an  half  acre  of  land,  which  a  yoke 
of  oxen  might  plow. 

15  And  'there  was  trembling  in  the  host,  in  the 
field,  and  among  all  the  people  :  the  garrison,  and 
Jthe  spoilers,  they  also  trembled,  and  the  earth 
quaked  :  so  it  was  5a  very  great  trembling. 

16  And  the  watchmen  of  Saul  in  Gib'e-ah  of  Ben'- 
ja-min  looked  ;  and,  behold,  the  multitude  melted 
away,  and  they  went  on  beating  down  one  another. 

17  Then  said  Saul  unto  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  Number  now,  and  see  who  is  gone  from  us. 
And  when  they  had  numbered,  behold,  Jon'a-than 
and  his  armourbearer  were  not  there. 

18  And  Saul  said  unto  A-hi'ah,  Bring  hither  the 
ark  of  God.  For  the  ark  of  God  was  at  that  time 
with  the  children  of  Is'ra-el. 

19  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  Saul  k  talked  unto 
the  priest,  that  the  6  noise  that  was  in  the  host  of 
the  Phi-lis'tmeg  went  on  and  increased  :  and  ?Saul 
said  unto  the  priest,  Withdraw  thine  hand. 

20  And  Saul  and  all  the  people  that  were  with  him 
Assembled  themselves,  and  they  came  to  the  battle  : 
and,  behold,  m  every  man's  sword  was  against  his 
fellow,  and  there  was  a  very  great  discomfiture. 

21  Moreover  the  He'brewg  that  were  with  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  before  that  time,  which  went  up  with 
them  into  the  camp  from  the  country  round  about, 
even  they  also  turned  to  be  with  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites 
that  were  with  Saul  and  Jon'a-than. 

22  Likewise  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  which  "had 
hid  themselves  in  mount  E'phra-im,  when  they  heard 
that  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  fled,  even  they  also  followed 
hard  after  them  in  the  battle. 

23  So  °the  Lord  saved  Is'ra-el  that  day  :  and  the 
battle  passed  over  punto  Beth-a'ven. 

24  H  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  were  distressed  that 
day :  for  Saul  had  q  adjured  the  people,  saying, 
Cursed  be  the  man  that  eateth  any  food  until  even- 
ing, that  I  may  be  avenged  on  mine  enemies.  So 
none  of  the  people  tasted  any  food. 


B.  C.  1087. 


3  Be  still. 


//  Gen.  24.  14. 
Judg.  7.  11 
ill.  10.  7. 
2  Sam.  5.  24. 
Isa.  7.  11,  14. 


4  Or,  half  a  fur- 
row of  an 
acre  of  land. 

i  Josh.  2.  9. 

Judg.  7.  21. 

2  Ki.  7.  7. 

Job  IS.  11. 

Ps.  14.  5. 
j  ch.  13.  17. 

5  a  trembling 
of  God. 

ft  Num.  27.  21. 
0  Or,  tumult. 
/  Josh.  0.  14. 
Ps.  106.  13. 

7  were  cried 
together. 

in  Judg.  7.  22. 

2  Chr.  20.  33. 

Isa.  9.  19-21. 
n  ch.  13.  G. 

0  Ex.  14.  39. 
Deut.  33.  29. 
ch.  10.  19. 

1  Chr.  11.  14. 
Ps.  17.  7. 

Ps.  44.  6,  7. 

Isa.  G3.  9. 

Hos.  1.  7. 
p  ch.  13.  5. 
q  Lev.  27.  29. 

Num.  21 .  2. 

Deut.  27. 

15-20. 

Josh.  6.  2G. 

Judg.  11.  30. 

Prov.  11.  9. 
r  Deut.  9.  28. 

Matt.  3.  5. 
s  Ex.  3.  8. 

Num.  13.  2i . 

Matt.  3.  4. 

8  Or,  wood- 
honey. 

9  adjuring, 
adjured. 

10  Or,  weary. 

1  Gen.  9.  4. 

Lev.  3.  17. 
Lev.  7.  26. 
Lev.  17.  10. 
Deut.  12.  1G, 
23,  24. 
Acts  15.  20,  29. 

11  Or,  dealt 
treacherously. 

12  in  his  hand. 
u  Judg.  21.  4. 

ch.  7.  17. 

2  Sam.  24.  25. 

13  that  altar  he 
began  to  build 
unto  the 
Lord. 

v  Mai.  2.  7. 

Jas.  4.  8. 
w  Ex.  14.  3-5. 

ch.  28.  6. 

Ps.  66.  18. 

John  9.  31. 
x  Josh.  7.  14. 

ch.  10.  19. 

14  corners. 
y  ch.  19.  6. 

ch.  20.  31. 
ch.  22.  16. 
2  Sam.  12.  5. 
Eccl.  9.  2. 


25  r  And  all  they  of  the  land  came  to  a  wood ;  and 
there  was  *  honey  upon  the  ground. 

26  And  when  the  people  were  come  into  the  wood, 
behold,  the  honey  dropped  ;  but  no  man  put  his  hand 
to  his  mouth :  for  the  people  feared  the  oath. 

27  But  Jon'a-than  heard  not  when  his  father 
charged  the  people  with  the  oath  :  wherefore  he  put 
forth  the  end  of  the  rod  that  ivas  in  his  hand,  and 
dipped  it  in  an  8 honeycomb,  and  put  his  hand  to  his 
mouth ;  and  his  eyes  were  enlightened. 

28  Then  answered  one  of  the  people,  and  said,  Thy 
father  9straitly  charged  the  people  with  an  oath, 
saying,  Cursed  be  the  man  that  eateth  any  food  this 
day.     And  the  people  were  10  faint. 

29  Then  said  Jon'a-than,  My  father  hath  troubled 
the  land :  see,  I  pray  you,  how  mine  eyes  have  been 
enlightened,  because  I  tasted  a  little  of  this  honey. 

30  How  much  more,  if  haply  the  people  had  eaten 
freely  to  day  of  the  spoil  of  their  enemies  which 
they  found?  for  had  there  not  been. now  a  much 
greater  slaughter  among  the  Phi-lis'tmeg? 

31  And  they  smote  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  that  day  from 
MTch'mash  to  Aij'a-lon:  and  the  people  were  very 
faint. 

32  And  the  people  flew  upon  the  spoil,  and  took 
sheep,  and  oxen,  and  calves,  and  slew  them  on  the 
ground:  and  the  people  did  eat  them  'with  the 
blood. 

33  If  Then  they  told  Saul,  saying,  Behold,  the 
people  sin  against  the  Lord,  in  that  they  eat  with 
the  blood.  And  he  said,  Ye  have  "  transgressed : 
roll  a  great  stone  unto  me  this  day. 

34  And  Saul  said,  Disperse  yourselves  among  the 
people,  and  say  unto  them,  Bring  me  hither  every 
man  his  ox,  and  every  man  his  sheep,  and  slay  them 
here,  and  eat ;  and  sin  not  against  the  Lord  in  eat- 
ing with  the  blood.  And.  all  the  people  brought 
every  man  his  ox  12with  him  that  night,  and  slew 
them  there. 

35  And  Saul  "built  an  altar  unto  the  Lord:  13the 
same  was  the  first  altar  that  he  built  unto  the  Lord. 

36  IF  And  Saul  said,  Let  us  go  down  after  the  Phi- 
lips'tineg  by  night,  and  spoil  them  until  the  morning 
light,  and  let  us  not  leave  a  man  of  them.  And 
they  said,  Do  whatsoever  seemeth  good  unto  thee. 
Then  said  the  priest, "  Let  us  draw  near  hither  unto 
God. 

37  And  Saul  asked  counsel  of  God,  Shall  I  go 
down  after  the  Phi-lis'tmeg?  wilt  thou  deliver  them 
into  the  hand  of  Ig'ra-el?  But  whe  answered  him 
not  that  day. 

38  And  Saul  said,  *Draw  ye  near  hither,  all  the 
14  chief  of  the  people  :  and  know  and  see  wherein 
this  sin  hath  been  this  day. 

39  For,  yas  the  Lord  liveth,  which  saveth  Ig'ra-el, 
though  it  be  in  Jon'a-than  my  son,  he  shall  surely 
die.  But  there  was  not  a  man  among  all  the  people 
that  answered  him. 

40  Then  said  he  unto  all  Ig'ra-el,  Be  ye  on  one  side, 
and  I  and  Jon'a-than  my  son  will  be  on  the  other 
side.  And  the  people  said  unto  Saul,  Do  what  seem- 
eth good  unto  thee. 

231 


The  people  rescue  Jonathan. 


1  SAMUEL,  15. 


Samuel  denounces  Saul.  ■ 


41  Therefore  Saul  said  unto  the  Lord  God  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  15Give  a  perfect  lot.  *And  Saul  and  Jona- 
than were  taken  :  but  the  people  16  escaped. 

42  And  Saul  said,  Cast  lots  between  me  and  Jon'- 
a-than my  son.     And  Jon'a-than  was  taken. 

43  Then  Saul  said  to  Jon'a-than,  "Tell  me  what 
thou  hast  done.  And  Jon'a-than  told  him,  and 
said,  I  did  but  taste  a  little  honey  with  the  end  of 
the  rod  that  was  in  mine  hand,  and,  lo,  I  must 
die. 

44  And  Saul  answered, 6  God  do  so  and  more  also  : 
for  thou  shalt  surely  die,  Jon'a-than. 

45  And  the  people  said  unto  Saul,  Shall  Jon'a-than 
die,  who  hath  wrought  this  great  salvation  in  Ig'- 
ra-el?  God  forbid  :  cas  the  Lord  liveth,  there  shall 
not  one  hair  of  his  head  fall  to  the  ground  ;  d  for 
he  hath  wrought  with  God  this  day.  So  the  people 
rescued  Jon'a-than,  that  he  died  not. 

46  Then  Saul  went  up  from  following  the  Phi-lis1- 
tineg :  and  the  Phi-lis' tines,  went  to  their  own  place. 

47  If  So  Saul  took  the  kingdom  over  Ig'ra-el,  and 
fought  against  all  his  enemies  on  every  side,  against 
Mo'ab,  and  against  the  children  of  eAm'mon,  and 
against  E'dom,  and  against  the  kings  of  ■''Zo'bah, 
and  against  the  Phi-lis'tmes. :  and  whithersoever  he 
turned  himself,  he  a  vexed  them. 

48  And  he  "gathered  an  host,  and  h smote  the 
Am'a-lek-Ites,  and  delivered  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the 
hands  of  them  that  spoiled  them. 

_  49  Now  i  the  sons  of  Saul  were  Jon'a-than,  and 
Ish'u-I,  and  Mel'chi-shu'a :  and  the  names  of  his 
two  daughters  were  these ;  the  name  of  the  firstborn 
Me'rab,  and  the  name  of  the  younger  Mf  chal : 

50  And  the  name  of  Saul's  wife  was  A-hm'o-am, 
the  daughter  of  A-him'a-az  :  and  the  name  of  the 
captain  of  his  host  was  18Ab'ner,  the  son  of  Ner, 
Saul's  uncle. 

51 3' And  Kish  was  the  father  of  j3aul ;  and  Ner  the 
father  of  Ab'ner  ivas  the  son  of  A-bl'el. 

52  And  there  was  sore  war  against  the  Phi-lis'tmeg 
all  the  days  of  Saul :  and  when  Saul  saw  any  strong 
man,  or  any  valiant  man,  fche  took  him  unto  him. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Saul  spares  Agag.     10  Samuel  denounces  Saul.    32  Agag  killed. 

O  AM'U-EL  also  said  unto  Saul,  The  a  Lord  sent 
^  me  to  anoint  thee  to  be  king  over  his  people, 
over  Ig'ra-el :  now  therefore  hearken  thou  unto  the 
voice  of  the  words  of  the  Lord. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  remember  that 
which  Am'a-lek  did  to  Is'ra-el,  fchow  he  laid  wait 
for  him  in  the  way,  when  he  came  up  from  E'gypt. 

3  Now  go  and  smite  Am'a-lek,  and  c utterly  destroy 
all  that  they  have,  and  spare  them  not ;  but  slay 
both  man  and  woman,  d  infant  and  suckling,  cox 
and  sheep,  camel  and  ass. 

4  And  Saul  gathered  the  people  together,  and  num- 
bered them  -^in  Tel'a-im,  two  hundred  thousand  foot- 
men, and  ten  thousand  men  of  Ju'dah. 

5  And  Saul  came  to  a  city  of  Am'a-lek,  and  x  laid 
wait  in  the  valley. 

6  1  And  Saul  said  unto  9the  Ken'Ites,  *Go,  depart, 

232 


B.  C.  1079. 


15  Or,  Shew  the 

innocent. 
z  Josh.  7.  16. 

ch.  10.  20,  21. 

John  1.  7. 
1G  went  forth. 

a  Josh.  7.  19. 


b  ch.  25.  22. 


e2Sam.  14.  11. 

1  Ki.  1.52. 
Luke  21.  18. 

d  Isa.  13.  3. 
Acts  15.  12. 

2  Cor.  6. 1. 


e  ch.  11.  11. 
/2  Sam.  10.6. 

g  Num.  25.  17. 
17  Or,  wrought 

mightily. 
h  ch.  15.  3,  7. 
i  ch.  31.  2. 

1  Chr.  8.  33. 
IS  Abiner. 
j  ch.  9.  1. 
kch.  8.  11. 


a  ch.  9.  16. 
b  Ex.  17.  S. 

Deut.  25.  17. 
c  Lev.  27.  28. 

Josh.  6.  17. 
d  Ex.  20.  5. 

Isa.  14.  21. 
e  Gen.  3.  17. 

Josh.  7.  24. 
/Josh.  15.  24. 
1  Or,  fought. 
g  Num.  24.  21. 

Judg.  1.  16. 
h  Gen.  18.  25. 

Gen.  19.  12. 

Acts  2.  40. 

Rev.  IS.  4. 
i  Ex.  18.  10. 

Num.  10.  29. 
j  ch.  14.  48. 
k  Gen.  2.  11. 

Gen.  25.  18. 

1  Gen.  16.  7. 

ch.  27.  8. 
m  1  Ki.  20.  34. 

Estli.  3. 1. 
n  ch.  30. 1 . 
o  Prov.  15.  27. 

1  Tim.  6.  10. 

2  Or,  of  the 
second  sort. 

p  Gen.  6.  6. 

2  Sam.  24.  16. 
g  Josh.  22.  16. 

1  Ki.  9.  6.  . 

Ps.  36.  3. 

Zeph.  1.  6. 

Matt.  24.  13. 
r  ch.  13.  13. 
sch.  16.  1. 

Luke  19. 

41,  44. 

Rom.  9.  1-3. 
/  Josh.  15.  55. 
u  Gen.  14.  19. 

Ruth  3.  2. 
wLuke  IS.  11. 
w  Gen.  3.  12. 

Prov.  28.  13. 

3  they  consume 
them. 

x  Ps.  50.  8,  9. 

Prov.  21.  3. 

Isa.  1. 11. 

Amos  5. 21,  24. 

Mic.  6.  6. 

Matt.  9.  13. 

Heh.  10.  0. 
y  Ex.  19.  5. 

Eocl.  5.  1. 

Hos.  6.  6. 

Matt.  5.  24. 

Mark  12.  33. 


get  you  down  from  among  the  Am'a-lek-Ites,  lest  I 
destroy  you  with  them :  lim  ye  shewed  kindness  to 
all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  when  they  came  up  out 
of  E'gypt.  So  the  Ken'Ites  departed  from  among 
the  Am'a-lek-Ites. 

7  And  ^'Saul  smote  the  Am'a-lek-Ites  from  ^Hav'i- 
lah  until  thou  comest  to  l  Shur,  that  is  over  against 
E'gypt. 

8  And  mhe  took  A'gag  the  king  of  the  Am'a-lek- 
Ites  alive,  and  n  utterly  destroyed  all  the  people 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

9  But  Saul  and  the  people  spared  A'gag,  and  °  the 
best  of  the  sheep,  and  of  the  oxen,  and 2  of  the  fat- 
lings,  and  the  lambs,  and  all  that  was  good,  and 
would  not  utterly  destroy  them  :  but  every  thing 
that  was  vile  and  refuse,  that  they  destroyed  utterly. 

10  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Sam'- 
u-el,  saying, 

11  pIt  repenteth  me  that  I  have  set  up  Saul  to  be 
king :  for  he  is  q  turned  back  from  following  me,  and 
'hath  not  performed  my  commandments.  And  it 
s  grieved  Sam'u-el ;  and  he  cried  unto  the  Lord  all 
night. 

12  And  when  Sam'u-el  rose  early  to  meet  Saul  in 
the  morning,  it  was  told  Sam'u-el,  saying,  Saul  came 
to  'Car'mel,  and,  behold,  he  set  him  up  a  place,  and 
is  gone  about,  and  passed  on,  and  gone  down  to  Gil'gal. 

13  And  Sam'u-el  came  to  Saul :  and  Saul  said  unto 
"  him,  Blessed  be  thou  of  the  Lord  :  v  I  have  per- 
formed the  commandment  of  the  Lord. 

14  And  Sam'u-el  said,  What  meaneth  then  this 
bleating  of  the  sheep  in  mine  ears,  and  the  lowing 
of  the  oxen  which  I  hear? 

15  And  Saul  said,  They  have  brought  them  from 
the  Am'a-lek-Ites :  w  for  the  people  spared  the  best 
of  the  sheep  and  of  the  oxen,  to  sacrifice  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God ;  and  the  rest  we  have  utterly  destroyed. 

16  Then  Sam'u-el  said  unto  Saul,  Stay,  and  I  will 
tell  thee  what  the  Lord  hath  said  to  me  this  night. 
And  he  said  unto  him,  Say  on. 

17  And  Sam'u-el  said,  When  thou  wast  little  in 
thine  own  sight,  wast  thou  not  made  the  head  of 
the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el,  and  the  Lord  anointed  thee 
king  over  Ig'ra-el? 

18  And  the  Lord  sent  thee  on  a  journey,  and  said, 
Go  and  utterly  destroy  the  sinners  the  Am'a-lek-Ites, 
and  fight  against  them  until  3  they  be  consumed. 

19  Wherefore  then  didst  thou  not  obey  the  voice 
of  the  Lord,  but  didst  fly  upon  the  spoil,  and  didst 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  LORD  ? 

20  And  Saul  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  Yea,  I  have 
obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  and  have  gone  the 
way  which  the  Lord  sent  me,  and  have  brought 
A'gag  the  king  of  Am'a-lek,  and  have  utterly 
destroyed  the  Am'a-lek-Ites. 

21  But  the  people  took  of  the  spoil,  sheep  and 
oxen,  the.  chief  of  the  things  which  should  have 
been  utterly  destroyed,  to  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God  in  Gil'gal. 

22  And  Sam'u-el  said,  x  Hath  the  Lord  as  great 
delight  in  burnt  offerings  and  sacrifices,  as  in  obey- 
ing the  voice  of  the  Lord?     Behold,  '-'to  obey  is 


Samuel  slays  Agag. 


1  SAMUEL,  16. 


David  is  anointed. 


better  than  sacrifice,  and  to  hearken  than  the  fat 
of  rams. 

23  For  rebellion  is  as  the  sin  of  4  witchcraft,  and 
stubbornness  is  as  iniquity  and  idolatry.  Because 
thou  hast  rejected  the  word  of  the  Lord,  he  hath 
also  rejected  thee  from  being  king. 

24  H  And  *Saul  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  aI  have  sinned : 
for  I  have  transgressed  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord,  and  thy  words  :  because  b  I  feared  the  people, 
and  obeyed  their  voice. 

25  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  pardon  my  sin,  and 
turn  again  with  me,  that  I  may  worship  the  Lord. 

26  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  Saul,  I  will  not  return 
with  thee  :  cfor  thou  hast  rejected  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  Lord  hath  rejected  thee  from  being 
king  over  Ig'ra-el. 

27  And  as  Sam'u-el  turned  about  to  go  away,  dhe 
laid  hold  upon  the  skirt  of  his  mantle,  and  it  rent. 

28  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  him,  eThe  Lord  hath 
rent  the  kingdom  of  Ig'ra-el  from  thee  this  day, 
and  hath  given  it  to  a  neighbour  of  thine,  that  is 
better  than  thou. 

29  And  also  the  5  Strength  of  Ig'ra-el  /will  not  lie 
nor  repent :  for  he  is  not  a  man,  that  he  should 
repent. 

30  Then  he  said,  I  have  sinned:  yet 9 honour  me 
now,'  I  pray_  thee,  before  the  elders  of  my  people, 
and  before  Ig'ra-el,  and  turn  again  with  me,  that  I 
may  worship  the  Lord  thy  God. 

31  So  Sam'u-el  turned  again  after  Saul ;  and  Saul 
worshipped  the  Lord. 

32  If  Then  said  Sam'u-el,  Bring  ye  hither  to  me 
A'gag  the  king  of  the  Am'a-lek-Ites.  And  A'gag 
came  unto  him  delicately.     And  A'gag  said,  Surely 

.  the  bitterness  of  death  is  past. 

33  And  Sam'u-el  said,  7lAs  thy  sword  hath  made 
women  childless,  so  shall  thy  mother  be  childless 
among  women.  And  'Sam'u-el  hewed  A'gag  in 
pieces  before  the  Lord  in  Gil 'gal. 

34  If  Then  Sam'u-el  went  to  Ra'mah  ;  and  Saul 
went  up  to  his  house  to  ^'Gib'e-ah  of  Saul. 

35  And  Sam'u-el  came  no  more  to  see  Saul  until 
the  day  of  his  death :  nevertheless  Sam'u-el  mourned 
for  Saul :  and  the  Lord  repented  that  he  had  made 
Saul  king  over  Ig'ra-el. 


CHAPTER  16. 

1  Samuel  and  Jesse's  sons.    13  David  anointed.    19  Saul  favours  David. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  How  long  wilt 
-  thou  mourn  for  Saul,  seeing  I  have  rejected 
him  from  reigning  over  Ig'ra-el?  "fill  thine  horn 
with  oil,  and  go,  I  will  send  thee  to  Jes'se  the  Beth'- 
le-hem-Ite  :  f or  b  I  have  provided  me  a  king  among 
his  sons. 

2  And  Sam'u-el  said,  How  can  I  go  ?  if  Saul  hear 
it,  he  will  kill  me.  And  the  Lord  said,  Take  an 
heifer  2with  thee,  and  say,  °I  am  come  to  sacrifice 
to  the  Lord. 

3  And  call  Jes'se  to  the  Sacrifice,  and  dl  will  shew 
thee  what  thou  ~shalt  do  :  and  "thou  shalt  anoint 
unto  me  him  whom  I  name  unto  thee. 

4  And  Sam'u-el  did  that  which  the  Lord  spake, 


B.  C.  X063. 


4  divination. 


s  2  Sam.  12.  13. 
a  Ex.  9.  27. 
Matt.  27.  4. 

b  Ex.  23.  2. 
Prov.  29.  25. 
Isa.  51.  12. 
Luke  23.  20-25. 
Rev.  21.  8. 


30. 


d  1  Ki.  11.  30. 


e  ch.  28.  17. 


5  Or,  Eternity, 

or,  Victory. 
/Num.  23.  19. 

Ezek.  24.  14. 

2  Tim.  2.  13. 

Tit.  1.2. 
g  ch.  2.  30. 

Ps.  49.  20. 

Prov.  4.  8. 

Prov.  26.  1. 

Rom.  2.  28,  29. 


h  Gen.  9.  6. 

Ex.  17.  11. 

Judg.  1.  7. 

Matt.  7.  2. 

Rev.  16.  6. 
i  1  Ki.  18.  40. 
V'ch.  11.  4. 


ff.2Ki.  9.  1. 
6  Ps.  78.  70. 
Acts  13.  22. 

1  in  thine  hand, 
c  ch.  20.  29. 

2  Or,  feast. 
d  Ex.  4.  15. 
e  ch.  9.  10. 
/ch.  21.  1. 

2  Sam.  0.  9. 
Hos.  6.  5. 
Hos.  11.  10. 
Luke  5.  8. 
Acts  24.  25. 

3  meeting.4 
c/lKi.  2.  13. 
h  Ex.  19.  10. 

i  Called  Elihu, 

1  Chr.  27.  18. 
j  1  Ki.  12.  26. 
/.'  Ps.  147.  10. 

/  Isa.  55.  S. 
m  2  Cor.  10.  7. 

4  eyes. 

n  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

2  Chr.  16.  9. 
Ps.  7.  9. 
.Ter.  11.20. 
Actsl.  24. 
Rev.  2.  23. 

o  eh.  17.  12. 
p  2  Sam.  7.  8. 
Ps.  78.  70. 

5  round. 

q  Song  5.  10. 

6  fair  of  eyes. 
r  ch.  9.  17. 

.?  Ps.  89.  20. 
t  Num.  27.  IS. 

Judg.  11.29. 
u  ch.  18.  12. 

Ps.  51.  11. 
v  ch.  19.  9. 

7  Or,  terrified. 

8  Or,  speech. 
w  Gen.  41.  46. 

1  Ki.  10.  8. 
Prov.  22.  29. 


and  came  to  Beth'-le-hem.  And  the  elders  of  the 
town  'trembled  at  his  3 coming,  and  said,  -'Comest 
thou  peaceably  ? 

5  And  he  said,  Peaceably  :  I  am  come  to  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord  :  ''sanctify  yourselves,  and  come  with 
me  to  the  sacrifice.  And  he  sanctified  Jes'se  and 
his  sons,  and  called  them  to  the  sacrifice. 

6  If  And  it  came  to^  pass,  when  they  were  come, 
that  he  looked  J'on  E-li'ab,  and  ^'said,  Surely  the 
Lord's  anointed  is  before  him. 

7  But  the  Lord  said  unto  Sam'u-el,  Look  not  on 
/£his  countenance,  or  on  the  height  of  his  stature ; 
because  I  have  refused  him  :  l  for  the  Lord  seeth  not 
as  man  seeth  ;  for  man  '"looketh  on  the  4  outward 
appearance,  but  the  Lord  looketh  on  the  "heart. 

8  Then  Jes'se  called  A-bm'a-dab,  and  made  him 
pass  before  Sam'u-el.  And  he  said,  Neither  hath 
the  Lord  chosen  this. 

9  Then  Jes'se  made  Sham'mah  to  pass  by.  And 
he  said,  Neither  hath  the  Lord  chosen  this. 

10  Again,  Jes'se  made  seven  of  his  sons  to  pass 
before  Sam'u-el.  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  Jes'se, 
The  Lord  hath  not  chosen  these. 

11  And  Sam'u-el  said  unto  Jes'se,  Are  here  all  thy 
children?  And  he  said, /'There  remaineth  yet  the 
youngest,  and,  behold,  he  keepeth  the  sheep.  And 
Sam'u-el  said  unto  Jes'se,  pSend  and  fetch  him  : 
for  we  will  not  sit  5down  till  he  come  hither. 

12  And  he  sent,  and  brought  him  in.  Now  he 
was  "ruddy,  and  withal  6of  a  beautiful  countenance, 
and  goodly  to  look  to.  rAnd  the  Lord  said,  Arise, 
anoint  him  :  for  this  is  he. 

13  Then  Sam'u-el  took  the  horn  of  oil,  and  s  anointed 
him  in  the  midst  of  his  brethren  :  and  'the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord  came  upon  Da'vid  from  that  day  for- 
ward.    So  Sam'u-el  rose  up,  and  went  to  Ra'mah. 

14  If  "But  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  departed  from 
Saul,  and  "an  evil  spirit  from  the  Lord  troubled 
him. 

15  And  Saul's  servants  said  unto  him,  Behold  now, 
an  evil  spirit  from  God  troubleth  thee. 

16  Let  our  lord  now  command  thy  servants,  which 
are  before  thee,  to  seek  out  a  man,  who  is  a  cunning 
player  on  an  harp  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
the  evil  spirit  from  God  is  upon  thee,  that  he  shall 
play  with  his  hand,  and  thou  shalt  be  well. 

17  And  Saul  said  unto  his  servants,  Provide  me 
now  a  man  that  can  play  well,  and  bring  him  to  me. 

18  Then  answered  one  of  the  servants,  and  said, 
Behold,  I  have  seen  a  son  of  Jes'se  the  Beth'-le-hem- 
Ite,  that  is  cunning  in  playing,  and  a  mighty  valiant 
man,  and  a  man  of  war,  and  prudent  in  s  matters, 
and  a  comely  person,  and  the  Lord  is  with  him. 

19  If  Wherefore  Saul  sent  messengers  unto  Jes'se, 
and  said,  Send  me  Da'vid  thy  son,  which  is  with  the 
sheep. 

20  And  Jes'se  took  an  ass  laden  with  bread,  and  a 
bottle  of  wine,  and  a  kid,  and  sent  them  by  Da'vid 
his  son  unto  Saul. 

21  And  Da'vid  came  to  Saul,  and  "'stood  before 
him  :  and  he  loved  him  greatly ;  and  he  became  his 
armourbearer. 

233 


The  challenge  of  Goliath. 


1  SAMUEL,  17. 


David  goes  to  the  camp. 


22  And  Saul  sent  to  Jes'se,  saying,  Let  Da'vid,  I 
pray  thee,  stand  before  me  ;  for  he  hath  found 
favour  in  my  sight. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  evil  spirit  from 
God  was  upon  Saul,  that  Da'vid  took  an  harp,  and 
played  with  his  hand  :  so  Saul  was  refreshed,  and 
was  well,  and  the  evil  spirit  departed  from  him. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  GolialWs  challenge.    49  David  slays  him.    55  SauVs  notice  of  David. 

"VTOW  the  Phl-lis' tines,  gathered  together  their 
-^  armies  to  battle,  and  were  gathered  together 
at  "Sho'choh,  which  belongeth  to  Ju'dah^and  pitched 
between  Sho'choh  and  A-ze'kah,  in  ^'pheg-dam'- 
mim. 

2  And  Saul  and  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  were  gathered 
together,  and  pitched  by  the  valley  of  E'lah,  and 
2  set  the  battle  in  array  against  the  Phl-lis' tines.. 

3  And  the  Phl-lis' tines,  stood  on  a  mountain  on  the 
one  side,  and  Ig'ra-el  stood  on  a  mountain  on  the  other 
side  :  and  there  was  a  valley  between  them. 

4  1  And  there  went  out  3a  champion  out  of  the 
camp  of  the  Phl-Hs'tlne§,  named  6G6-H'ath,  of  cGath, 
whose  height  was  i  six  cubits  and  a  span. 

5  And  he  had  an  helmet  of  brass  upon  his  head, 
and  he  was  5  armed  with  a  coat  of  mail  ;  and  the 
weight  of  the  coat  was  five  thousand  shekels  of 
brass. 

6  And  he  had  greaves  of  brass  upon  his  legs,  and 
a  6  target  of  brass  between  his  shoulders. 

7  And  the  d  staff  of  his  spear  was  like  a  weaver's 
beam  ;  and  his  spear's  head  weighed  six  hundred 
shekels  of  iron  :  and  one  bearing  a  shield  went 
before  him. 

8  And  he  stood  and  cried  unto  the  armies  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  said  unto  them,  Why  are  ye  come  out  to  set 
your  battle  in  array  ?  am  not  I  a  Phi-lis'tine,  and  ye 
Servants  to  Saul?  choose  you  a  man  for  you,  and 
let  him  come  down  to  me. 

9  If  he  be  able  to  fight  with  me,  and  to  kill  me, 
then  will  we  be  your  servants  :  but  if  I  prevail 
against  him,  and  kill  him,  then  shall  ye  be  our  ser- 
vants, and  •''serve  us. 

10  And  the  Phi-lis'tine  said,  I  "defy  the  armies  of 
I§'ra-el  this  day ;  give  me  a  man,  that  we  may  fight 
together. 

11  When  Saul  and  all  Ig'ra-el  heard  those  words  of 
the  Phi-lis'tine,  they  were  dismayed,  and  greatly 
afraid. 

12  If  Now  Da'vid  was  Hhe  son  of  that  ^Eph'rath- 
Ite  of  Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah,  whose  name  ivas  Jes'se ; 
and  he  had  j  eight  sons  :  and  the  man  went  among 
men  for  an  old  man  in  the  days  of  Saul. 

13  And  the  three  eldest  sons  of  Jes'se  went  and 
followed  Saul  to  the  battle :  and  the  k  names  of  his 
three  sons  that  went  to  the  battle  were  E-lI'ab  the 
firstborn,  and  next  unto  him  A-bln'a-dab,  and  the 
third  Sham'mah. 

14  And  Da'vid  was  the  youngest :  and  the  three 
eldest  followed  Saul. 

15  But  Da'vid  went  and  returned  from  Saul  to  feed 
his  father's  sheep  at  Beth'-le-hem. 

234 


B.  C.  1063. 


a  Josh.  15.  35. 

2  Chr.  28.  18. 
1  Or,  The  coast 

of  bloods, 

called  Pas- 

dammim. 


2  ranged  the 
battle. 


3  atreaderdown. 

b  2  Sara.  21.  19. 

1  Chr.  20.  5. 
c  Josh.  11.  22. 

2  Sam.  21.  22. 
1  Chr.  8.  13. 

1  Chr.  18.  1. 

1  Chr.  20.  8. 

2  Chr.  26.  0. 
Amos  6.  2. 

4  About  eleven 
feet  and  a 
half. 

5  clothed. 

6  Or,  gorget. 

dl  Sam.  21.  10. 
1  Chr.  11.  23. 


ech.  8.  17. 

1  Chr.  21.  3. 
/ch.  11.  1. 

g  Num.  23.  7,  8. 

2  Sam.  21.  21. 
Neh.  2.  19. 

h  Ruth  4.  22. 

ch.  16.  1,18. 
i  Gen.  35.  19. 
j  ch.  16.  10,  11. 

1  Chr.  2.  13. 
i-  ch.  16.  6. 

1  Chr.  2.  13. 

7  cheeses  of 
milk. 

8  captain  of  a 
thousand. 

I  Gen.  37.  14. 
0  Or,  place  of 

the  carriage. 
10  battle  array, 
or,  place  of 
fight. 

II  the  vessels 
from  upon 
him. 

12  asked  his 
brethren  of 
peace,  as 
Gen.  43.  27. 
Judg.  18.  15. 

13  from  his  face. 
m  Josh.  15.  16. 

n  ch.  11.  2. 
o  ch.  14.  6. 
p  Deut.  5.  26. 

Jer.  1(1.  10. 
q  Gen.  37.  4. 

Prov.  18.  19. 

Prov.  27.  4. 

Eccl.  4.  4. 

Matt,  10.  36. 

Matt.  27.  18. 

MarkS.  21. 
r  Prov.  15. 1. 

14  word. 

15  took  him. 

s  Num.  13.  30. 

Num.  14.  9. 

Deut.  20.  1,  3. 

Isa.  30.  3. 

Heb.  12.  12. 
t  ch.  16.  18. 
u  Num.  13.  31. 

Deut.  9.  2. 


16  And  the  Phi-lis'tine  drew  near  morning  and 
evening,  and  presented  himself  forty  days. 

17  And  Jes'se  said  unto  Da'vid  his  son,  Take  now 
for  thy  brethren  an  ephah  of  this  parched  corn,  and 
these  ten  loaves,  and  run  to  the  camp  to  thy  brethren ; 

18  And  carry  these  ten  7  cheeses  unto  the 8  captain 
of  their  thousand,  and  l  look  how  thy  brethren  fare, 
and  take  their  pledge. 

19  Now  Saul,  and  they,  and  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el, 
were  in  the  valley  of  E'lah,  fighting  with  the  Phl- 
lls'tlneg. 

20  If  And  Da'vid  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
left  the  sheep  with  a  keeper,  and  took,  and  went, 
as  Jes'se  had  commanded  him ;  and  he  came  to  the 
9  trench,  as  the  host  was  going  forth  to  the  10  fight, 
and  shouted  for  the  battle. 

21  For  I§'ra-el  and  the  Phi-lis' tines,  had  put  the 
battle  in  array,  army  against  army. 

22  And  Da'vid  left  "his  carriage  in  the  hand  of 
the  keeper  of  the  carriage,  and  ran  into  the  army, 
and  came  and  12  saluted  his  brethren. 

23  And  as  he  talked  with  them,  behold,  there  came 
up  the  champion,  the  Phi-lis'tine  of  Gath,  Go-H'ath 
by  name,  out  of  the  armies  of  the  Phl-lis' tines.,  and 
spake  according  to  the  same  words:  and  Da'vid 
heard  them. 

24  And  all  the  men  of  I§'ra-el,  when  they  saw  the 
man,  fled  13from  him,  and  were  sore  afraid. 

25  And  the  men  of  I§'ra-el  said,  Have  ye  seen  this 
man  that  is  come  up?  surely  to  defy  I§'ra-el  is  he 
come  up  :  and  it  shall  be,  that  the  man  who  killeth 
him,  the  king  will  enrich  him  with  great  riches,  and 
mwill  give  him  his  daughter,  and  make  his  father's 
house  free  in  Ig'ra-el. 

28  And  Da'vid  spake  to  the  men  that  stood  by 
him,  saying,  What  shall  be  done  to  the  man  that 
killeth  this  Phi-lis'tine,  and  taketh  away  "the  re- 
proach from  I§'ra-el?  for  who  is  this  "uncircum- 
cised  Phi-lis'tine,  that  he  should  defy  the  armies  of 
"the  living  God? 

27  And  the  people  answered  him  after  this  man- 
ner, saying,  So  shall  it  be  done  to  the  man  that 
killeth  him._ 

28  If  And  E-H'ab  his  eldest  brother  heard  when  he 
spake  unto  the  men ;  and  E-H'ab's  "  anger  was 
kindled  against  Da'vid,  and  he  said,  Why  earnest 
thou  down  hither?  and  with  whom  hast  thou  left 
those  few  sheep  in  the  wilderness  ?  I  know  thy  pride, 
and  the  naughtiness  of  thine  heart ;  for  thou  art 
come  down  that  thou  mightest  see  the  battle. 

29  And  Da'vid  said,  What  have  I  now  done?  r Is 
there  not  a  cause  ? 

30  II  And  he  turned  from  him  toward  another,  and 
spake  after  the  same  u  manner :  and  the  people 
answered  him  again  after  the  former  manner. 

31  And  when  the  words  were  heard  which  Da'vid 
spake,  they  rehearsed  them  before  Saul :  and  he 
15  sent  for  him. 

32  1"  And  Da'vid  said  to  Saul,  sLet  no  man's  heart 
fail  because  of  him  ;  *thy  servant  will  go  and  fight 
with  this  Phi-lis'tine. 

33  And  Saul  said  to  Da'vid,  MThou  art  not  able  to 


Goliath  disdains  David. 


1  SAMUEL,  18. 


David  slays  Goliath. 


go  against  this  Phi-Its' tine  to  fight  with  him :  for 
thou  art  but  a  youth,  and  he  a  man  of  war  from  his 
youth. 

34  And  Da'vid  said  unto  Saul,  Thy  servant  kept 
his  father's  sheep,  and  there  came  a  lion,  and  a  bear, 
and  took  a  16  lamb  out  of  the  flock  : 

35  And  I  went  out  after  him,  and  smote  him,  and 
delivered  it  out  of  his  mouth :  and  when  he  arose 
against  me,  I  caught  him  by  his  beard,  and  smote 
him,  and  slew  him. 

36  Thy  servant  slew  both  the  lion  and  the  bear  : 
and  this  uncircumcised  Pht-lis'tine  shall  be  as  one 
of  them,  seeing  he  hath  defied  the  armies  of  the 
living  God. 

37  Da'vid  said  moreover, v  The  Lord  that  delivered 
me  out  of  the  paw  of  the  lion,  and  out  of  the  paw 
of  the  bear,  he  will  deliver  me  out  of  the  hand  of 
this  Phi-lis'ttne.  And  Saul  said  unto  Da'vid,  Go, 
and  wthe  Lord  be  with  thee. 

38  If  And  Saul  17  armed  Da'vid  with  his  armour, 
and  he  put  an  helmet  of  brass  upon  his  head ;  also 
he  armed  him  with  a  coat  of  mail. 

39  And  Da'vid  girded  his  sword  upon  his  armour, 
and  he  assayed  to  go ;  for  he  had  not  proved  it. 
And  Da'vid  said  unto  Saul,  I  cannot  go  with  these; 
for  I  have  not  proved  them.  And  Da'vid  put  them 
off  him. 

40  And  he  took  his  staff  in  his  hand,  and  chose 
him  five  smooth  stones  out  of  the  1S  brook,  and  put 
them  in  a  shepherd's  19bag  which  he  had,  even  in  a 
scrip  ;  and  his  sling  was  in  his  hand  :  and  he  drew 
near  to  the  Pht-lis'tine. 

41  And  the  Pht-lis'tine  came  on  and  drew  near 
unto  Da'vid  ;  and  the  man  that  bare  the  shield  went 
before  him. 

42  And  when  the  Phi-lts'tine  looked  about,  and 
saw  Da'vid,  he  x  disdained  him  :  for  he  was  but  a 
youth,  and  y  ruddy,  and  of  a  fair  countenance. 

43  And  the  Pht-lis'tine  said  unto  Da'vid,  zAm  I  a 
dog,  that  thou  comest  to  me  with  staves  ?  And  the 
Pht-lis'tine  cursed  Da'vid  by  his  gods. 

44  And  the  Pht-lis'tine  "said  to  Da'vid,  Come  to 
me,  and  I  will  give  thy  flesh  unto  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the  field. 

45  Then  said  Da'vid  to  the  Phi-lis'ttne,  Thou  com- 
est to  me  with  a  sword,  and  with  a  spear,  and  with  a 
shield  :  6but  I  come  to  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  the  armies  of  I§'ra-el,  whom 
thou  hast  defied. 

46  This  day  will  the  Lord  20  deliver  thee  into  mine 
hand ;  and  I  will  smite  thee,  and  take  thine  head 
from  thee;  and  I  will  give  cthe  carcases  of  the  host 
of  the  Phi-lis'ttneg  this  day  unto  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  and  to  the  wild  beasts  of  the  earth ;  d  that  all  the 
earth  may  know  that  there  is  a  God  in  Ig'ra-el. 

47  And  all  this  assembly  shall  know  that  the  Lord 
e  saveth  not  with  sword  and  spear :  for  f  the  battle  is 
the  Lord's,  and  he  will  give  you  into  our  hands. 

48  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Phi-lis'ttne  arose, 
and  came  and  drew  nigh  to  meet  Da'vid,  that  Da'vid 
hasted,  and  ran  toward  the  army  to  meet  the  Phi- 
lis'ttne. 


B.  C.  1063. 


1G  Or,  kid. 


v  ch.  7.  12. 

Ps.  18.  1C,  17. 

Ps.  C3.  7. 

Ps.  77.  11. 

Ps.  138.  3. 

2  Cor.  1.10. 

2  Tim.  4.  17, 

18. 
w  ch.  20.  13. 

1  Chr.  22. 

11,  16. 
17  clothed  David 

with  his 

clothes. 


18  Or,  valley. 

19  vessel. 

i  Ps.  123.  4. 

ICor.  1.27,  28. 
y  ch.  1G.  12. 
s  ch  24. 14. 

2  Sam.  3.  8. 
«1  Ki.  20.10,11. 

Jer.  9.  23. 

Ezek.  28.  2, 

9,  10. 
b  2  Sam.  22. 

33,  35. 

2  Chr.  32.  8. 

Ps.  124.  8. 

Prov.  18.  10. 

2  Cor.  10.  4. 

Phil.  4.  13. 

Heb.  11.33,34. 

20  shut  thee  up. 
c  Deut.  28.  26. 
d  Josh.  4.  24. 

1  Ki.  8.  43. 

2  Ki.  19.  19. 
Isa.  52.  10. 

e  Ps.  44.  6,  7. 

Hos.  1.  7. 

Zech.  4.  6. 
/  2  Chr.  20.  15. 

21  sunk  as  a 
stone  in  the 
water. 

jrch.21.  9. 

Judg.  3.  31. 

2  Sam.  23.  21. 
h  Heb.  11.34. 
i  Josh.  15.  36. 
,/ch.  16.21,22. 
k  Ruth  4.  22. 

1  Chr.  2.  13, 

14,  15. 

Isa.  11.  1,  10. 

Matt.  1 .  G. 
•    Acts  13.  22. 

Rom.  15.  12. 


a  Gen.  44.  30. 

2  Sam.  18.  33. 

Col.  2.  2. 
b  Deut.  13.  G. 

ch.  19.  2. 

ch.  20.  17. 

2  Sam.  1.  2G. 

Prov.  18.  24. 

John  15. 17-19: 

1  John  3. 

12-14. 
cch.  8.  11. 

ch.  14.  52. 

1  Or,  prospered. 

2  Or,  Philistines. 
d  Ex.  15.  20. 

Judg.  5.  1,  2. 
Judg.  11.34. 
Ps.  G8.  25. 
Ps.  150.  4. 
Jer.  31.  4. 

3  threestringed 
instruments. 


49  And  Da'vid  put  his  hand  in  his  bag,  and  took 
thence  a  stone,  and  slang  it,  and  smote  the  Phi-lis'- 
ttne in  his  forehead,  that  the  stone  21sunk  into  his 
forehead ;  and  he  fell  upon  his  face  to  the  earth. 

50  So  "Da'vid  prevailed  over  the  Pht-lis'tine  with 
a  sling  and  with  a  stone,  and  smote  the  Phi-lts'tine, 
and  slew  him  ;  but  there  ivas  no  sword  in  the  hand 
of  Da'vid. 

51  Therefore  Da'vid  ran,  and  stood  upon  the  Pht- 
lis'tine,  and  took  his  sword,  and  drew  it  out  of  the 
sheath  thereof,  and  slew  him,  and  cut  off  his  head 
therewith.  And  when  the  Pht-lts'tineg  saw  their 
champion  was  dead,  Hhey  fled. 

52  And  the  men  of  I§'ra-el  and  of  Ju'dah  arose, 
and  shouted,  and  .pursued  the  Phi-lis'ttneg,  until 
thou  come  to  the  valley,  and  to  the  gates  of  Ek'ron. 
And  the  wounded  of  the  Pht-lts'tine§  fell  down  by 
the  way  to  i  Sha-a-ra'im,  even  unto  Gath,  and  unto 
Ek'ron. 

53  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  returned  from 
chasing  after  the  Phi-lis'tine§,  and  they  spoiled 
their  tents. 

54  And  Da'vid  took  the  head  of  the  Pht-lis'tine, 
and  brought  it  to  Jg-ru'sa-lem ;  but  he  put  his  armour 
in  his  tent. 

55  If  And  when  Saul  saw  Da'vid  go  forth  against 
the  Pht-lis'tine,  he  said  unto  Ab'ner,  the  captain  of 
the  host,  Ab'ner,  ■'whose  son  is  this  youth?  And 
Ab'ner  said,  As  thy  soul  liveth,  O  king,  I  cannot  tell. 

56  And  the  king  said,  Enquire  thou  whose  son  the 
stripling  is. 

57  And  as  Da'vid  returned  from  the  slaughter  of 
the  Phi-lts'tine,  Ab'ner  took  him,  and  brought  him  be- 
fore Saul  with  the  head  of  the  Phi-lis'ttne  in  his  hand. 

58  And  Saul  said  to  him,  Whose  son  art  thou,  thou 
young  man?  And  Da'vid  answered,  lam  the  son  of 
thy  servant  fcJes'se  the  Beth'-le-hem-ite. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Jonathan  loves  David.    5  SauVs  envy  and  fear.    22  MuhaVs  dowry. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had  made  an 
-  end  of  speaking  unto  Saul,  that  "the  soul  of 
Jon'a-than  was  knit  with  the  soul  of  Da'vid,  6and 
Jon'a-than  loved  him  as  his  own  soul. 

2  And  Saul  took  him  that  day,  and  c  would  let  him 
go  no  more  home  to  his  father's  house. 

3  Then  Jon'a-than  and  Da'vid  made  a  covenant, 
because  he  loved  him  as  his  own  soul. 

4  And  Jon'a-than  stripped  himself  of  the  robe  that 
was  upon  him,  and  gave  it  to  Da'vid,  and  his  gar- 
ments, even  to  his  sword,  and  to  his  bow,  and  to  his 
girdle. 

5  If  And  Da'vid  went  out  whithersoever  Saul  sent 
him,  and  behaved  himself  wisely :  and  Saul  set  him 
over  the  men  of  war,  and  he  was  accepted  in  the 
sight  of  all  the  people,  and  also  in  the  sight  of  Saul's 
servants. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  came,  when  Da'vid 
was  returned  from  the  slaughter  of  the  2 Pht-lis'tine, 
that  dthe  women  came  out  of  all  cities  of  I§'ra-el, 
singing  and  dancing,  to  meet  king  Saul,  with  tab- 
rets,  with  joy,  and  with  instruments  of  musick. 

235 


Saul's  envy  and  fear. 


1  SAMUEL,  19. 


He  seeks  David's  life. 


7  And  the  women  e  answered  one  another  as  they 
played,  and  said,  Saul  hath  slain  his  thousands,  and 
Da'vid  his  ten  thousands. 

8  And  Saul  was  very  wroth,  and  the  saying  4  dis- 
pleased him ;  and  he  said,  They  have  ascribed  unto 
Da'vid  ten  thousands,  and  to  me  they  have  ascribed 
but  thousands :  and  what  can  he  have  more  but  the 
kingdom? 

9  And  Saul  ■'eyed  Da'vid  from  that  day  and  for- 
ward. 

10  I  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that 
9  the  evil  spirit  from  God  came  upon  Saul,  ;'and  he 
prophesied  in  the  midst  of  the  house :  and  Da'vid 
played  with  his  hand,  as  at  other  times :  and  there 
was  a  javelin  in  Saul's  hand. 

11  And  Saul  *cast  the  javelin;  for  he  said,  I  will 
smite  Da'vid  even  to  the  wall  with  it.  And  Da'vid 
avoided  out  of  his  presence  twice. 

12  IF  And  Saul  was  afraid  of  Da'vid,  because  J'the 
Lord  was  with  him,  and  was  k  departed  from  Saul. 

13  Therefore  Saul  removed  him  from  him,  and 
made  him  his  captain  over  a  thousand  ;  and  'he 
went  out  and  came  in  before  the  people. 

14  And  Da'vid  5  behaved  himself  wisely  in  all  his 
ways  ;  and  mthe  Lord  was  with  him. 

15  Wherefore  when  Saul  saw  that  he  behaved 
himself  very  wisely,  he  was  afraid  of  him. 

16  But  all  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah  loved  Da'vid,  be- 
cause he  went  out  and  came  in  before  them. 

17  If  And  Saul  said  to  Da'vid,  Behold  my  elder 
daughter  Me'rab,  "her  will  I  give  thee  to  wife : 
only  be  thou  6  valiant  for  me,  and  fight  °the  Lord's 
battles.  For  Saul  said,  pLet  not  mine  hand  be  upon 
him,  but  let  the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis' tines,  be  upon 
him. 

18  And  Da'vid  said  unto  Saul,  aWho  am  I?  and 
what  is  my  life,  or  my  father's  family  in  Ig'ra-el, 
that  I  should  be  son  in  law  to  the  king  ? 

19  But  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  when  Me'rab 
Saul's  daughter  should  have  been  given  to  Da'vid, 
that  she  was  given  runto  A'dri-el  thesMg-hol'ath-Ite 
to  wife. 

20  And  Mi'chal  Saul's  daughter  loved  Da'vid :  and 
they  told  Saul,  and  the  thing  7  pleased  him. 

21  And  Saul  said,  I  will  give  him  her,  that  she 
may  be  fa  snare  to  him,  and  that  the  hand  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  may  be  against  him.  Wherefore  Saul 
said  to  Da'vid,  Thou  shalt  this  day  be  my  son  in  law 
in  the  one  of  the  twain. 

22  IF  And  Saul  commanded  his  servants,  saying, 
Commune  with  Da'vid  secretly,  and  say,  Behold, 
the  king  hath  delight  in  thee,  and  all  his  servants 
love  thee  :  now  therefore  be  the  king's  son  in  law. 

23  And  Saul's  servants  spake  those  words  in  the 
ears  of  Da'vid.  And  Da'vid  said,  Seemeth  it  to 
you  a  light  thing  to  be  a  king's  son  in  law,  seeing 
that  I  am  a  poor  man,  and  lightly  esteemed  ? 

24  And  the  servants  of  Saul  told  him,  saying,  8On 
this  manner  spake  Da'vid. 

25  And  Saul  said,  Thus  shall  ye  say  to  Da'vid, 
The  king  desireth  not  any  "dowry,  but  an  hundred 
foreskins  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  to  be  v  avenged  of  the 

236 


B.  C. 1063. 


e  Ex.  15.  21. 

Judg.  5.  3. 

2  Chr.  5.  13. 

Ps.  24. 

Isa.  5.  1. 
4  was  evil  in 

his  eyes. 


/  Gen.  4.  5. 
Matt.  20. 15. 
Luke  15.  28. 


q  ch.  16.  14. 
h  ch.  19.  24. 
Acts  16.  16. 


i  ch.  19.  10. 
ch.  20.  33. 
Proy.  27. 


j  ch.  16.  13. 
k  ch.  28.  15. 


/Num:  27.  17. 
2  Sam.  5.  2. 


5  Or,  prospered. 

m  Gen.  39.  2. 
Josh.  6.  27. 
ch.  10.  7. 
cli.  16.  18. 
Acts  7.  9. 

n  ch.  17.  25. 

6  a  son  of 
valour. 

o  Num.  32.  20. 

ch.  25.  28. 
p  2  Sam.  12.  9. 
q  Ruth  2.  10. 

ch.  9.  21. 

2  Sam.  7.  18. 

Prov.  15.  33. 
r  2  Sam.  21.  8. 
s  Judg.  7.  22. 

7  was  right  in 
his  eyes. 

t  Ex.  10.  7. 
Ps.  7.  14-10. 
Prov.  26. 
24-26. 
Jer.  5.  26. 

8  According  to 
these  words. 

«Gen.  34.  12. 
Ex.  22.  17. 
V  ch.  14.  24. 

9  was  Tight  in 
the  eyes  of. 

10  fulfilled. 

w  2  Sam.  3.  14. 
x  ch.  12.  15. 

Job  5.  2, 12,13. 

Ps.  37.  12,  13. 

Eccl.  4.  4. 

Jas.  2.  13. 
y2  Sam.  11.  1. 
z  Luke  21 .  15. 

11  precious. 


a  Prov.  27.  4. 
ft  Acts  23.  16. 
c  Prov.  31.  8. 
d  Gen.  42.  22. 

ch.  2.  25. 

2  Chr.  6.  22. 

Ps.  35.  12. 

Ps.  109.  5. 

Prov.  17.  13. 

Jer.  18.  20. 

1  Cor.  8.  12. 

1  John  3.  15. 
e  Judg.  9. 17. 

Judg.  12.  3. 

ch.  28.  21. 
'    Ps.  119.  109. 
/  ch.  17.  49. 
g\  Sam.  11.  13. 

1  Chr.  11.  14. 
h  ch.  20.  32. 
i  Matt.  27.  4. 

1  yesterday 
third  day. 

2  his  face. 

j  ch.  16.  14. 

ch.  18.  10. 
k  Job  5.  2. 

Ps.  5.  6. 

Prov.  1.  16. 

Prov.  29.  10. 


king's  enemies.     But  Saul  thought  to  make  Da'vid 
fall  by  the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

26  And  when  his  servants  told  Da'vid  these  words, 
it 9 pleased  Da'vid  well  to  be  the  king's  son  in  law  : 
and  the  days  were  not  10  expired. 

27  Wherefore  Da'vid  arose  and  went,  he  and  his 
men,  and  slew  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  two  hundred  men ; 
and  w  Da'vid  brought  their  foreskins,  and  they  gave 
them  in  full  tale  to  the  king,  that  he  might  be  the 
king's  son  in  law.  And  Saul  gave  him  Mi'chal  his 
daughter  to  wife. 

28  H  And  Saul  saw  and  knew  that  the  Lord  was 
with  Da'vid,  and  that  Mi'chal  Saul's  daughter  loved 
him. 

29  And  *Saul  was  yet  the  more  afraid  of  Da'vid  ; 
and  Saul  became  Da'vid's  enemy  continually. 

30  Then  the  princes  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ^went 
forth :  and  it  came  to  pass,  after  they  went  forth, 
that  Da'vid  behaved  himself  z  more  wisely  than  all 
the  servants  of  Saul ;  so  that  his  name  was  much 
11  set  by. 

CHAPTER  19. 


1  Saul  seeks  David's  life.    4  Jonathan  interposes.     12  MichaVs  ruse.    23  Saul's  prophecy. 

AND  Saul  "spake  to  Jon'a-than  his  son,  and  to 
^V  all  his  servants,  that  they  should  kill  Da'vid. 

2  But  Jon'a-than  Saul's  son  delighted  much  in 
Da'vid  :  and  Jon'a-than  told  Da'vid,  6saying,  Saul 
my  father  seeketh  to  kill  thee  :  now  therefore,  I 
pray  thee,  take  heed  to  thyself  until  the  morning, 
and  abide  in  a  secret  place,  and  hide  thyself  : 

3  And  I  will  go  out  and  stand  beside  my  father  in 
the  field  where  thou  art,  and  I  will  commune  with 
my  father  of  thee  ;  and  what  I  see,  that  I  will  tell 
thee. 

4  IF  And  Jon'a-than  c spake  good  of  Da'vid  unto 
Saul  his  father,  and  said  unto  him,  Let  not  the 
king  d  sin  against  his  servant,  against  Da'vid  ;  be- 
cause he  hath  not  sinned  against  thee,  and  because 
his  works  have  been  to  thee- ward  very  good  : 

5  For  he  did  put  his  e life  in  his  hand,  and  ■'slew 
the  Phi-lTs'tme,  and  ffthe  Lord  wrought  a  great 
salvation  for  all  Is'ra-el  :  thou  sawest  it,  and  didst 
rejoice  :  /( wherefore  then  wilt  thou  'sin  against  in- 
nocent blood,  to  slay  Da'vid  without  a  cause  ? 

6  And  Saul  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  Jon'a- 
than  :  and  Saul  sware,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  he  shall 
not  be  slain. 

7  And  Jon'a-than  called  Da'vid,  and  Jon'a-than 
shewed  him  all  those  things.  And  Jon'a-than 
brought  Da'vid  to  Saul,  and  he  was  in  his  presence, 
as  Mn  times  past. 

8  1[  And  there  was  war  again  :  and  Da'vid  went 
out,  and  fought  with  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  slew 
them  with  a  great  slaughter  ;  and  they  fled  from 
2  him. 

9  And  Jthe  evil  spirit  from  the  Lord  was  upon 
Saul,  as  he  sat  in  his  house  with  his  javelin  in  his 
hand  :  and  Da'vid  played  with  his  hand. 

10  And  Saul  k sought  to  smite  Da'vid  even  to  the 
wall  with  the  javelin ;  but  he  slipped  away  out  of 
Saul's  presence,  and  he  smote  the  javelin  into  the 
wall  :  and  Da'vid  fled,  and  escaped  that  night. 


Saul  assumes  to  prophesy. 


1  SAMUEL,  20. 


David  plans  with  Jonathan. 


11  'Saul  also  sent  messengers  unto  Da'vid's  house, 
to  watch  him,  and  to  slay  him  in  the  morning  :  and 
Mi'chal  Da'vid's  wife  told  him,  saying,  If  thou  save 
not  thy  life  to  night,  to  morrow  thou  shalt  be  slain. 

12  If  So  Mi'chal  m  let  Da'vid  down  through  a  win- 
dow :  and  he  went,  and  fled,  and  escaped. 

13  And  Mi'chal  took  an  3  image,  and  laid  it  in  the 
bed,  and  put  a  pillow  of  goats'  hair  for  his  bolster, 
and  covered  it  with  a  cloth. 

14  And  when  Saul  sent  messengers  to  take  Da'vid, 
she  said,  He  is  sick. 

15  And  Saul  sent  the  messengers  again  to  see 
Da'vid,  saying,  Bring  him  up  to  me  in  the  bed,  that 
I  may  slay  him. 

16  And  when  the  messengers  were  come  in,  behold, 
there  was  an  image  in  the  bed,  with  a  pillow  of 
goats'  hair  for  his  bolster. 

17  And  Saul  said  unto  Mi'chal,  Why  hast  thou  de- 
ceived me  so,  and  sent  away  mine  enemy,  that  he 
is  escaped  ?  And  Mi'chal  answered  Saul,  He  said 
unto  me,  Let  me  go  ;  nwhy  should  I  kill  thee? 

18  H  So  Da'vid  fled,  and  escaped,  and  came  to 
°  Sam'u-el  to  Ra'mah,  and  told  him  all  that  Saul  had 
done  to  him.  And  he  and  Sam'u-el  went  and  dwelt 
in  Na'ioth. 

19  And  it  was  told  Saul,  saying,  Behold,  Da'vid  is 
at  Na'ioth  in  Ra'mah. 

20  And  pSaul  sent  messengers  to  take  Da'vid: 
9  and  when  they  saw  the  company  of  the  prophets 
prophesying,  and  Sam'u-el  standing  as  appointed 
over  them,  the  Spirit  of  God  was  upon  the  mes- 
sengers of  Saul,  and  they  also  r  prophesied. 

21  And  when  it  was  told  Saul,  he  sent  other  mes- 
sengers, and  they  prophesied  likewise.  And  Saul 
sent  messengers  again  the  third  time,  and  they 
prophesied  also. 

22  Then  went  he  also  to  Ra'mah,  and  came  to  a 
great  well  that  is  in  Se'chu  :  and  he  asked  and  said, 
Where  are  Sam'u-el  and  Da'vid  ?  And  one  said, 
Behold,  they  be  at  Na'ioth  in  Ra'mah. 

23  And  he  went  thither  to  Na'ioth  in  Ra'mah  : 
and  sthe  Spirit  of  God  was  upon  him  also,  and  he 
went  on,  and  prophesied,  until  he  came  to  Na'ioth 
in  Ra'mah. 

24  'And  he  stripped  off  his  clothes  also,  and  pro- 
phesied before  Sam'u-el  in  like  manner,  and  May 
down  "naked  all  that  day  and  all  that  night. 
Wherefore  they  say,  vIs  Saul  also  among  the  pro- 
phets ? 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  Jonathan  covenants  with  David.   18  His  token  to  David.   24  Saul's  great  anger.   35  Part- 
ing of  Jonathan  and  David. 

AND  Da'vid  fled  from  Na'ioth  in  Ra'mah,  and 
-  came  and  said  before  Jon'a-than,  What  have  I 
done  ?  what  is  mine  iniquity  ?  and  what  is  my  sin 
before  thy  father,  that  he  seeketh  my  life  ? 

2  And  he  said  unto  him,  aGod  forbid  ;  thou  shalt 
not  die  :  behold,  my  father  will  do  nothing  either 
great  or  small,  but  that  he  will  Shew  it  me  :  and 
why  should  my  father  hide  this  thing  from  me  ?  it 
is  not  so. 

3  And  Da'vid  sware  moreover,  and  said,  Thy  fa- 


B.  C.  1062. 


/  Pa.  59,  title. 


m  Josh.  2.  15. 

Acts  9.  24,  25. 


3  terapliim. 


n  2  Sam.  2.  22. 
0  Prov.  17.  17. 

Mai.  2.  7. 
p  John  7.  32,  45. 
q  ch.  10.  5,  G. 

1  Cor.  14.  3, 

24,  25. 
c  Num.  11.  25. 

Joel  2.  28. 
j  Gen.  31.24. 

Num.  23.  5. 

ch.  10.  10. 

Prov.  21.  1. 

Dan.  4.  35. 

Matt.  7.  22. 

John  11.  51. 

1  Cor.  13.  2. 
t  Isa.  20.  2. 
4  fell. 
u  2  Sam.  6. 

14,  20. 

Mic.  1.  8. 
V  ch.  10.  11. 

Acts  9.  21. 


a  Gen.  44.  7. 
Jo6h.  22.  29. 

1  uncover  mine 
ear. 

2  Or,  say  what 
is  thy  mind, 
and  I  will  do, 
e'tc. 

3  speaketh,  or, 
thinketh. 

b  Num.  10.  10. 
Num.  28.  11. 
2  Ki.  4.  23. 

1  Chr.  23.  31. 

2  Chr.  2.  4. 
Ezra  3.  5. 
Neh.  10.  33. 
Ps.  81.  3. 
Isa.  1.  13. 
Ezek.  45.  17. 

c  ch.  19.  2. 

Ps.  55.  12. 

John  8.  59. 

Acts  17.  14. 
d  ch.  16.  4. 

4  Or,  feast. 

e  Deut.  1.  23. 

2  Sam.  17.  4. 
/Josh.  2.  14. 

Ruthl.  8. 
g  ch.  18.  3. 

ch.  23.  18. 
h  2  Sam.  14.  32. 
i  Josh.  22.  22. 

5  searched. 

6  uncover  thine 
ear. 

/  Ruth  1.  17. 
1c  Josh.  1.  5. 
ch.  17.  37. 

1  Chr.  22. 
11,  10. 

I  Gen.  21 .  23. 

2  Sam.  9.  1, 
3.7. 

2  Sam.  21.  7. 

7  cut. 

m  ch.  25.  22. 
ch.  31.  2. 
2  Sara.  4.  7. 
2  Sara.  21.  8. 

8  Or,  by  his 
love  toward 
him. 

9  missed. 

10  greatly,  or, 
diligently. 

n  ch.  19.  2. 

11  in  the  day  of 
the  business. 

12  Or,  that 
sheweth  the 
way. 


ther  certainly  knoweth  that  I  have  found  grace  in 
thine  eyes  ;  and  he  saith,  Let  not  Jon'a-than  know 
this,  lest  he  be  grieved  :  but  truly  as  the  Lord 
liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  there  is  but  a  step 
between  me  and  death. 

4  Then  said  Jon'a-than  unto  Da'vid,  2Whatsoever 
thy  soul 3  desire th,  I  will  even  do  it  for  thee. 

5  And  Da'vid  said  unto  Jon'a-than,  Behold,  to 
morrow  is  the  6new  moon,  and  I  should  not  fail  to  sit 
with  the  king  at  meat  :  but  let  me  go,  that  I  may 
c  hide  myself  in  the  field  unto  the  third  day  at  even. 

6  If  thy  father  at  all  miss  me,  then  say,  Da'vid 
earnestly  asked  leave  of  me  that  he  might  run  dto 
Beth'-le-hem  his  city  :  for  there  is  a  yearly  Sacri- 
fice there  for  all  the  family. 

7  eIf  he  say  thus,  It  is  well  ;  thy  servant  shall 
have  peace  :  but  if  he  be  very  wroth,  then  be  sure 
that  evil  is  determined  by  him. 

8  Therefore  thou  shalt  ydeal  kindly  with  thy  ser- 
vant ;  for  o'thou  hast  brought  thy  servant  into  a 
covenant  of  the  Lord  with  thee  :  notwithstanding, 
Mf  there  be  in  me  iniquity,  slay  me  thyself  ;  for 
why  shouldest  thou  bring  me  to  thy  father  ? 

9  And  Jon'a-than  said,  Far  be  it  from  thee  :  for 
if  I  knew  certainly  that  evil  were  determined  by 
my  father  to  come  upon  thee,  then  would  not  I  tell 
it  thee  ? 

10  Then  said  Da'vid  to  Jon'a-than,  Who  shall  tell 
me  ?  or  what  if  thy  father  answer  thee  roughly  ? 

11  H  And  Jon'a-than  said  unto  Da'vid,  Come,  and 
let  us  go  out  into  the  field.  And  they  went  out 
both  of  them  into  the  field. 

12  And  Jon'a-than  said  unto  Da'vid,  1'0  Lord  God 
of  Ig'ra-el,  when  I  have  sounded  my  father  about 
to  morrow  any  time,  or  the  third  day,  and,  behold, 
if  there  be  good  toward  Da'vid,  and  I  then  send  not 
unto  thee,  and  6shew  it  thee  ; 

13  •'The  Lord  do  so  and  much  more  to  Jon'a-than : 
but  if  it  please  my  father  to  do  thee  evil,  then  I 
will  shew  it  thee,  and  send  thee  away,  that  thou 
may  est  go  in  peace  :  and  fcthe  Lord  be  with  thee, 
as  he  hath  been  with  my  father. 

14  And  thou  shalt  not  only  while  yet  I  live  shew 
me  the  kindness  of  the  Lord,  that  I  die  not : 

15  But  also  'thou  shalt  not  cut  off  thy  kindness 
from  my  house  for  ever :  no,  not  when  the  Lord 
hath  cut  off  the  enemies  of  Da'vid  every  one  from 
the  face  of  the  earth. 

16  So  Jon'a-than  7made  a  covenant  with  the  house 
of  Da'vid,  saying,  '"Let  the  Lord  even  require  it  at 
the  hand  of  Da'vid's  enemies. 

17  And  Jon'a-than  caused  Da'vid  to  swear  again, 
8  because  he  loved  him  :  for  he  loved  him  as  he 
loved  his  own  soul. 

18  Then  Jon'a-than  said  to  Da'vid,  To  morrow  is 
the  new  moon  :  and  thou  shalt  be  missed,  because 
thy  seat  will  be  9  empty. 

19  And  when  thou  hast  stayed  three  days,  then 
thou  shalt  go  down  10 quickly,  and  come  to  "the 
place  where  thou  didst  hide  thyself  u  when  the  busi- 
ness was  in  hand,  and  shalt  remain  by  the  stone 
12E'zel. 

237 


Saul's  great  anger. 


1  SAMUEL,  21. 


David  at  Nob. 


20  And  I  will  shoot  three  arrows  on  the  side 
thereof,  as  though  I  shot  at  a  mark. 

21  And,  behold,  I  will  send  a  lad,  saying,  Go,  find 
out  the  arrows.  If  I  expressly  say  unto  the  lad, 
Behold,  the  arrows  are  on  this  side  of  thee,  take 
them  ;  then  come  thou  :  for  there  is  peace  to  thee, 
and  13no  hurt ;  °as  the  Lord  liveth. 

22  But  if  I  say  thus  unto  the  young  man,  Behold, 
the  arrows  are  beyond  thee  ;  go  thy  way  :  for  the 
Lord  hath  sent  thee  away. 

23  And  as  touching  the  matter  which  thou  and  I 
have  spoken  of,  behold,  the  Lord  be  between  thee 
and  me  for  ever. 

24  If  So  Da'vid  phid  himself  in  the  field  :  and 
when  the  new  moon  was  come,  the  king  sat  him 
down  to  eat  meat. 

25  And  the  king  sat  upon  his  seat,  as  at  other 
times,  even  upon  a  seat  by  the  wall :  and  Jon'a-than 
arose,  and  9Ab'ner  sat  by  Saul's  side,  and  Da'vid's 
place  was  empty. 

26  Nevertheless  Saul  spake  not  any  thing  that 
day  :  for  he  thought,  Something  hath  befallen  him, 
he  is  rnot  clean  ;  surely  he  is  not  clean. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  which  was 
the  second  day  of  the  month,  that  Da'vid's  place 
was  empty  :  and  Saul  said  unto  Jon'a-than  his  son, 
Wherefore  cometh  not  the  son  of  Jes'se  to  meat, 
neither  yesterday,  nor  to  day? 

28  And  Jon'a-than  answered  Saul,  Da'vid  earnestly 
asked  leave  of  me  to  go  to  Beth'-le-hem  : 

29  And  he  said,  Let  me  go,  I  pray  thee  ;  for  our 
family  hath  a  sacrifice  in  the  city  ;  and  my  brother, 
he  hath  commanded  me  to  be  there :  and  now,  if  I 
have  found  favour  in  thine  eyes,  let  me  get  away, 
I  pray  thee,  and  see  my  brethren.  Therefore  he 
cometh  not  unto  the  king's  table. 

30  Then  Saul's  anger  was  kindled  against  Jon'a- 
than,  and  he  said  unto  him,  u  Thou  son  of  the  per- 
verse rebellious  ivoman,  do  not  I  know  that  thou 
hast  chosen  the  son  of  Jes'se  to  thine  own  confu- 
sion, and  unto  the  confusion  of  thy  mother's  naked- 
ness? 

31  For  as  long  as  the  son  of  Jes'se  liveth  upon  the 
ground,  thou  shalt  not  be  established,  nor  thy  king- 
dom. Wherefore  now  send  and  fetch  him  unto  me, 
for  he  15  shall  surely  die. 

32  And  Jon'a-than  answered  Saul  his  father,  and 
said  unto  him,  "Wherefore  shall  he  be  slain  ?  what 
hath  he  done  ? 

33  And  Saul  cast  a  javelin  at  him  to  smite  him  : 
whereby  Jon'a-than  knew  that  it  was  determined 
of  his  father  to  slay  Da'vid. 

34  So  Jon'a-than  arose  from  the  table  in  fierce 
anger,  and  did  eat  no  meat  the  second  day  of  the 
month  :  for  he  was  grieved  for  Da'vid,  because  his 
father  had  done  him  shame. 

35  If  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  that 
Jon'a-than  went  out  into  the  field  at  the  time 
appointed  with  Da'vid,  and  a  little  lad  with  him. 

36  And  he  said  unto  his  lad,  Run,  find  out  now 
the  arrows  which  I  shoot.  And  as  the  lad  ran,  he 
shot  an  arrow  16  beyond  him. 

238 


B.  C.  1062. 


13  not  any  thing. 
o  Deut.  0.  13. 

Deut.  10.  20. 

Ps.  03.  11. 

Isa.  05.  10. 

Jer.  4.  2. 


p  Prov.  27.  12. 


q  ch.  14.  50. 


r  Lev.  0.  2,  3. 
Lev.  7.  21. 
Lev.  11.  24, 
27,  31,  40. 
Lev.  15.  5. 
Num.  19.  10. 

1  Cor.  15.  33. 

2  Cor.  0. 17. 
Eph.  2.  1-3. 
Eph.  5.  11. 


14  Son  of 
perverse 
rebellion, 
or,  Thou 
perverse  rebel. 

15  is  the  son 
of  death.    . 

sGen.  31.  30. 

ch.  19.  5. 

Ps.  25.  3. 

Ps.  09.  4. 

Ps.  82.  4. 

Prov.  14.  25. 

Prov.  24.  11. 

Prov.  31.  9. 

Matt.  27.  23. 

Luke  23.  32. 

John  7.  51. 

John  15.  25. 
10  to  pass 

over  him. 

17  instruments. 

18  that  was  his. 

19  Or,  the 
Lord  be 
witness  of 
that  which, 
etc. 


a  ch.  22.  19. 

Neh.  11.  32. 

Isa.  10.  32. 
b  ch.  14.  3, 

called  Ahiah. 

Called  also 

Abiathar. 
c  Gen.  27.  20-24. 

ch.  19.  11. 

Ps.  119.  29. 

Prov.  29.  25. 

Gal.  2.  12,  13. 

Col.  3.  9. 

1  found. 

d  Ex.  25.  30. 

Lev.  24.  5. 

Matt.  12.  4. 
e  Ex.  19. 15. 

Zech.  7.  3. 
/ 1  Thess.  4.  4. 

2  Or,  especially 
when  thi»  day 
there  is  other 
sanctified  in 
the  vessel. 

g  Lev.  8.  20. 
h  Matt.  12.  3. 

Mark  2.  25. 

Luke  0.  3. 
i  Lev.  24.  8. 
j  ch.  22.  9. 

Ps.  52,  title. 


37  And  when  the  lad  was  come  to  the  place  of  the 
arrow  which  Jon'a-than  had  shot,  Jon'a-than  cried 
after  the  lad,  and  said,  Is  not  the  arrow  beyond 
thee? 

38  And  Jon'a-than  cried  after  the  lad,  Make  speed, 
haste,  stay  not.  And  Jon'a-than's  lad  gathered  up 
the  arrows,  and  came  to  his  master. 

39  But  the  lad  knew  not  any  thing :  only  Jon'a- 
than  and  Da'vid  knew  the  matter. 

40  And  Jon'a-than  gave  his  17  artillery  unto  18his 
lad,  and  said  unto  him,  Go,  carry  them  to  the  city. 

41  If  And  as  soon  as  the  lad  was  gone,  Da'vid  arose 
out  of  a  place  toward  the  south,  and  fell  on  his  face 
to  the  ground,  and  bowed  himself  three  times :  and 
they  kissed  one  another,  and  wept  one  with  another, 
until  Da'vid  exceeded. 

42  And  Jon'a-than  said  to  Da'vid,  Go  in  peace, 
19  forasmuch  as  we  have  sworn  both  of  us  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  saying,  The  Lord  be  between 
me  and  thee,  and  between  my  seed  and  thy  seed 
for  ever.  And  he  arose  and  departed :  and  Jon'a- 
than  went  into  the  city. 

CHAPTER  21. 

\  David  at  Xob.    10  He  flees  to  Gath.     13  Feigns  madness. 

fFHEN  came  Da'vid  to  aNob  to  6A-him'e-lech  the 
-*-    priest :  and  A-him'e-lech  was  afraid  at  the  meet- 
ing of  Da'vid,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  art  thou 
alone,  and  no  man  with  thee  ? 

2  And  Da'vid  said  unto  A-him'e-lech  the  priest, 
c  The  king  hath  commanded  me  a  business,  and  hath 
said  unto  me,  Let  no  man  know  any  thing  of  the 
business  whereabout  I  send  thee,  and  what  I  have 
commanded  thee  :  and  I  have  appointed  my  servants 
to  such  and  such  a  place. 

3  Now  therefore  what  is  under  thine  hand  ?  give 
me  five  loaves  of  bread  in  mine  hand,  or  what  there 
is  present. 

4  And  the  priest  answered  Da'vid,  and  said,  There 
is  no  common  bread  under  mine  hand,  but  there 
is  d hallowed  bread;  e-if  the  young  men  have  kept 
themselves  at  least  from  women. 

5  And  Da'vid  answered  the  priest,  and  said  unto 
him,  Of  a  truth  women  have  been  kept  from  us  about 
these  three  days,  since  I  came  out,  and  the  -^vessels 
of  the  young  men  are  holy,  and  the  bread  is  in  a 
manner  common,  2yea,  though  it  were  sanctified  this 
day  ffin  the  vessel. 

6  So  the  priest  ''gave  him  hallowed  bread:  for 
there  was  no  bread  there  but  the  shewbread,  'that 
was  taken  from  before  the  Lord,  to  put  hot  bread 
in  the  day  when  it  was  taken  away. 

7  Now  a  certain  man  of  the  servants  of  Saul  was 
there  that  day,  detained  before  the  Lord  ;  and  his 
name  ivas  J'Do'eg,  an  E'dom-Ite,  the  chief  est  of  the 
herdmen  that  belonged  to  Saul. 

8  1  And  Da'vid  said  unto  A-hlm'e-lech,  And  is  there 
not  here  under  thine  hand  spear  or  sword?  for  I 
have  neither  brought  my  sword  nor  my  weapons 
with  me,  because  the  king's  business  required  haste. 

9  And  the  priest  said,  The  sword  of  G6-lI'ath  the 
Phi-lis'tme,  whom  thou   slewest  in  the  valley  of 


David  at  Adullam. 


1  SAMUEL,  22,  23. 


Slaughter  of  the  priests. 


E'lah,  k behold,  it  is  here  wrapped  in  a  cloth  behind 
the  ephod :  if  thou  wilt  take  that,  take  it :  for  there 
is  no  other  save  that  here.  And  Da'vid  said,  There 
is  none  like  that ;  give  it  me. 

10  If  And  Da'vid  arose,  and  fled  that  day  for  fear 
of  Saul,  and  went  to  3  A'chish  the  king  of  Gath. 

11  And  'the  servants  of  A'chish  said  unto  him,  Is 
not  this  Da'vid  the  king  of  the  land  ?  did  they  not 
sing  one  to  another  of  him  in  dances,  saying,  m  Saul 
hath  slain  his  thousands,  and  Da'vid  his  ten  thou- 
sands ? 

12  And  Da'vid  laid  up  these  words  in  his  heart, 
and  was  sore  afraid  of  A'chish  the  king  of  Gath. 

13  And  nhe  changed  his  behaviour  before  them, 
and  feigned  himself  mad  in  their  hands,  and  4  scrab- 
bled on  the  doors  of  the  gate,  and  let  his  spittle 
fall  down  uponjiis  beard. 

14  Then  said  A'chish  unto  his  servants,  Lo,  ye  see 
the  man  5  is  mad  :  wherefore  then  have  ye  brought 
him  to  me  ? 

15  Have  I  need  of  mad  men,  that  ye  have  brought 
this  fellow  to  play  the  mad  man  in  my  presence? 
shall  this  fellow  come  into  my  house? 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  David  at  Adullam.    11  Saul's  vengeance  on  the  priests  of  Nob.    20  David  hears  the  news. 

DA'VID  therefore  departed  thence,  and  "escaped 
6  to  the  cave  A-dul'lam :  and  when  his  brethren 
and  all  his  father's  house  heard  it,  they  went  down 
thither  to  him. 

2  cAnd  every  one  that  was  in  distress,  and  every 
one  that  1was  in  debt,  and  every  one  that  was  2  dis- 
contented, gathered  themselves  unto  him  ;  and  he 
became  a  captain  over  them  :  and  there  were  with 
him  about  four  hundred  men. 

3  If  And  Da'vid  went  thence  to  Miz'peh  of  Mo'ab : 
and  he  said  unto  the  king  of  Mo'ab,  d  Let  my  father 
and  my  mother,  I  pray  thee,  come  forth,  and  be  with 
you,  till  I  know  what  God  will  do  for  me. 

4  And  he  brought  them  before  the  king  of  Mo'ab : 
and  they  dwelt  with  him  all  the  while  that  Da'vid 
was  in  the  hold. 

5  If  And  the  prophet  eGad  said  unto  Da'vid,  Abide 
not  in  the  hold  ;  depart,  and  get  thee  into  the  land 
of  Ju'dah.  Then  Da'vid  departed,  and  came  into 
the  forest  of  Ha'reth. 

6  If  When  Saul  heard  that  Da'vid  was  discovered, 
andthe  men  that  were  with  him,  (now  Saul  abode 
in  Gib'e-ah  under  a  3tree  in  Ra'mah,  having  his 
spear  in  his  hand,  and  all  his  servants  were  standing 
about  him  ;) 

7  Then  Saul  said  unto  his  servants  that  stood  about 
him,  Hear  now,  ye  Ben'ja-mltes ;  will  the  son  of 
Jes'se  /give  every  one  of  you  fields  and  vineyards, 
and  make  you  all  captains  of  thousands,  and  cap- 
tains of  hundreds  ; 

8  That  all  of  you  have  conspired  against  me,  and 
there  is  none  that  4sheweth  me  that  ffmy  son  hath 
made  a  league  with  the  son  of  Jes'se,  and  there  is 
none  of  you  that  is  sorry  for  me,  or  sheweth  unto 
me  that  my  son  hath  stirred  up  my  servant  against 
me,  to  lie  in  wait,  as  at  this  day  ? 


B.  C.  1062. 


k  ch.  31.  10. 


3  Or,  Abinielech. 
/  Ps.  56,  title. 

m  ch.  18.  7. 


n  Ps.  34,  title. 

4  Or,  made 
marks. 


5  Or,  playeth 
the  mad  man. 


a  Ps.  57,  title. 

Ps.  142,  title. 
b  Josh.  12.  15. 

2  Sam.  23.  13. 

Mie.  1.  15. 

Heb.  11.  38. 

c  Judg.  11.  3. 

1  had  a  creditor. 

2  bitter  of  soul. 


</Gen.  47.  11. 

Ex.  20. 12. 

Deut.  5.  1G.' 

Prov.  10.  1. 

Prov.  23.  24. 

Matt.  19.  19. 

Eph.  6.  2. 

1  Tim.  5.  4. 
e  2  Sara.  24.  11. 

1  Chr.  21.  9. 

2  Chr.  29.  25. 

3  Or,  grove  in 
a  high  place. 

/ch.  8.  14. 

4  uncovereth 
mine  ear. 

g  ch.  18.  3. 

ch.  20.  30. 
h  ch.  21.  7. 

Ps.  52,  title, 
('ch.  21.  1. 
/  ch.  14.  3. 
h  Num.  27.  21. 
/  ch.  21.  6,  9. 

5  Behold  me. 
in  ch.  19.  4,  5. 

ch.  20.  32. 
ch.  24.  11. 
Prov.  24. 
11,  12. 
Prov.  31.  9. 

6  little,  or, 
great. 

7  runners,  or, 
guard. 

nEx.  1.  17. 
Acts  4.  19. 

0  Ps.  12.  5. 
Prov.  2S.  15. 

p  ch.  2.  31. 
q  Ex.  28.  40. 
rNeh.  11.  32. 

Isa.  10.  32. 
s  Ps.  10. 

Isa.  26.  13. 

1  ch.  23.  6. 

u  Judg.  9.  5. 

ch.  2.  33. 
v  1  Ki.  2.  26. 

Matt.  24.  9. 

John  16.  2. 

Heb.  12.  1-3. 


a  Josh.  15.  44. 


9  If  Then  answered  ''Do'eg  the  E'dom-Ite,  which 
was  set  over  the  servants  of  Saul,  and  said,  I  saw 
the  son  of  Jes'se  coming  to  Nob,  to  *  A-him'e-lech 
the  son  of  ^'A-hi'tub. 

10  And  ''he  enquired  of  the  Lord  for  him,  and 
'gave  him  victuals,  and  gave  him  the  sword  of 
G6-lI'ath  the  Phi-lis'tine. 

11  Then  the  king  sent  to  call  A-him'e-lech  the 
priest,  the  son  of  A-hl'tub,  and  all  his  father's  house, 
the  priests  that  were  in  Nob  :  and  they  came  all  of 
them  to  the  king. 

12  And  Saul  said.  Hear  now,  thou  son  of  A-hl'tub. 
And  he  answered,  °Here  I  am,  my  lord. 

13  And  Saul  said  unto  him,  Why  have  ye  conspired 
against  me,  thou  and  the  son  of  Jes'se,  in  that  thou 
hast  given  him  bread,  and  a  sword,  and  hast  en- 
quired of  God  for  him,  that  he  should  rise  against 
me,  to  lie  in  wait,  as  at  this  day  ? 

14  Then  A-him'e-lech  m answered  the  king,  and 
said,  And  who  is  so  faithful  among  all  thy  servants 
as  Da'vid,  which  is  the  king's  son  in  law,  and  goeth 
at  thy  bidding,  and  is  honourable  in  thine  house  ? 

15  Did  I  then  begin  to  enquire  of  God  for  him  ? 
be  it  far  from  me  :  let  not  the  king  impute  any 
thing  unto  his  servant,  nor  to  all  the  house  of  my 
father  :  for  thy  servant  knew  nothing  of  all  this, 
6  less  or  more. 

16  And  the  king  said,  Thou  shalt  surely  die,  A-him1- 
e-lech,  thou,  and  all  thy  father's  house. 

17  If  And  the  king  said  unto  the  7  footmen  that 
stood  about  him,  Turn,  and  slay  the  priests  of  the 
Lord  ;  because  their  hand  also  is  with  Da'vid,  and 
because  they  knew  when  he  fled,  and  did  not  shew 
it  to  me.  But  the  servants  of  the  king  "would  not 
put  forth  their  hand  to  fall  upon  the  priests  of  the 
Lord. 

18  And  °the  king  said  to  Do'eg,  Turn  thou,  and 
fall  upon  the  priests.  And  Do'eg  the  E'dom-Ite 
turned,  and  he  fell  upon  the  priests,  and  v  slew  on 
that  day  fourscore  and  five  persons  that  did  wear 
a  Q  linen  ephod. 

19  rAnd  Nob,  the  city  of.  the  priests,  smote  she 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  both  men  and  women, 
children  and  sucklings,  and  oxen,  and  asses,  and 
sheep,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

20  If  'And  one  of  the  sons  of  A-him'e-lech  the  son 
of  A-hl'tub,  named  A-bl'a-thar,  u  escaped,  and  fled 
after  Da'vid. 

21  And  A-bi'a-thar  shewed  Da'vid  that  Saul  had 
slain  the  Lord's  priests. 

22  And  Da'vid  said  unto  A-bl'a-thar,  I  knew  it 
that  day,  when  Do'eg  the  E'dom-ite  was  there,  that 
he  would  surely  tell  Saul :  I  have  occasioned  the 
death  of  all  the  persons  of  thy  father's  house. 

23  Abide  thou  with  me,  fear  not :  v  for  he  that  seek- 
eth  my  life  seeketh  thy  life :  but  with  me  thou  shalt 
be  in  safeguard. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  David  saves  Keilah.    7  Saul  pursues  David.    13  David's  escape. 

THEN  they  told  Da'vid,  saying,  Behold,  the  Phi- 
lips'tines,  fight  against  aKei'lah,  and  they  rob 
the  threshingfloors. 

239 


David  saves  Keilah. 


1  SAMUEL,  24. 


Treachery  of  the  Ziphites. 


2  Therefore  Da'vid  b  enquired  of  the  Lord,  saying, 
Shall  I  go  and  smite  these  Phi-lis' tines.  ?  And  the 
Lord  said  unto  Da'vid,  Go,  and  smite  the  Phi-lis'- 
tineg,  and  save  Kei'lah. 

3  And  Da'vid's  men  said  unto  him,  Behold,  we  be 
afraid  here  in  Ju'dah  :  how  much  more  then  if  we 
come  to  Kei'lah  against  the  armies  of  the  Phi-lis '- 
tineg  ? 

4  Then  Da'vid  enquired  of  the  Lord  yet  again. 
And  the  Lord  answered  him  and  said,  Arise,  go 
down  to  Kei'lah  ;  for  I  will  deliver  the  Phi-lis'tme§ 
into  thine  hand. 

5  So  Da'vid  and  his  men  went  to  Kei'lah,  and 
fought  with  the  Phi-lis 'tines.,  and  brought  away 
their  cattle,  and  smote  them  with  a  great  slaughter. 
So  Da'vid  saved  the  inhabitants  of  Kei'lah. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  A-bi'a-thar  the  son 
of  A-him'e-lech  cfled  to  Da'vid  to  Kei'lah,  that  he 
came  down  with  an  ephod  in  his  hand. 

7  If  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  Da'vid  was  come  to 
Kei'lah.  And  Saul  said,  God  dhath  delivered  him 
into  mine  hand  ;  for  he  is  shut  in,  by  entering  into 
a  town  that  hath  gates  and  bars. 

8  And  Saul  called  all  the  people  together  to  war, 
to  go  down  to  Kei'lah,  to  besiege  Da'vid  and  his 
men. 

9  If  And  Da'vid  knew  that  Saul  secretly  practised 
mischief  against  him ;  and  che  said  to  A-bi'a-thar 
the  priest,  Bring  hither  the  ephod. 

10  Then  said  Da'vid,  0  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  thy 
servant  hath  certainly  heard  that  Saul  seeketh  to 
come  to  Kei'lah,  -^to  destroy  the  city  for  my  sake. 

11  Will  the  men  of  Kei'lah  deliver  me  up  into  his 
hand?  will  Saul  come  down,  as  thy  servant  hath 
heard  ?  0  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  I  beseech  thee,  tell 
thy  servant.  And  the  Lord  said,  He  will  come 
down. 

12  Then  said  Da'vid,  Will  the  men  of  Kei'lah 
deliver  me  and  my  men  into  the  hand  of  Saul? 
And  the  Lord  said,  They  will  deliver  thee  up. 

13  II  Then  Da'vid  and  his  men,  °  which  were  about 
six  hundred,  arose  and  departed  out  of  Kei'lah,  and 
went  whithersoever  they  could  go.  And  it  was  told 
Saul  that  Da'vid  was  escaped  from  Kei'lah  ;  and  he 
forbare  to  go  forth. 

14  And  Da'vid  abode  in  the  wilderness  in  strong 
holds,  and  remained  in  /la  mountain  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  ^Iph.  And  Saul  j  sought  him  every  day, 
but  feGod  delivered  him  not  into  his  hand. 

15  And  Da'vid  saw  that  Saul  was  come  out  to  seek 
his  life  :  and  Da'vid  was  in  the  wilderness  of  Ziph 
in  a  wood. 

16  t  And  Jon'a-than  Saul's  son  arose,  and  went  to 
Da'vid  into  the  wood,  and  strengthened  his  hand  in 
God. 

17  And  he  said  unto  him,  Fear  not :  for  the  hand 
of  Saul  my  f ather_  shall  not  find  thee  ;  and  thou 
shalt  be  king  over  I§'ra-el,  and  I  shall  be  next  unto 
thee  ;  and  'that  also  Saul  my  father  knoweth. 

18  And  they  two  mmade  a  covenant  before  the 
Lord  :  and  Da'vid  abode  in  the  wood,  and  Jon'a-than 
went  to  his  house. 

240 


B.  C. 

1062. 

b  Num. 

27. 

21. 

ch.  28 

6. 

ch.  30 

8. 

2  Sam 

5. 

19,  23 

1  Chr. 

10. 

14. 

Ps.  37 

5. 

Prov. 

3.  5 

6. 

c  ch.  22.  20. 


d  Ex.  15.  6. 
ch.  24.  4-6. 
ch.  26.  8,  9. 
Ps.  71.  11. 


e  Num.  27.  21. 

ch.  30.  7. 
/ch.  22.  19. 

2  Sam.  20.  20. 

Estli.  3.  6. 

Ps.  44.  22. 
1  shut  up. 
q  ch.  22.  2. 
h  Ps.  11.  1. 
i  Josh.  15.  55. 
j  ch.  27.  1. 

Ps.  54.  3,  4. 

Prov.  1. 16. 
/.-  Deut.  33.  3. 

ch.  2.  9. 

Ps.  32.  7. 

Ps.  33.  18. 

Ps.  121.  3,  8. 

Prov.  2.  8. 

Prov.  21.  30. 

Rom.  8.  31. 

2  Tim.  3.  11. 

1  ch.  24.  20. 
m  ch.  18.  3. 

2  Sam.  21.  7. 
ii  ch.  26.  1. 
Ps.  54,  title. 

2  on  the  right 
hand. 

3  Or,  the  wilder- 
ness. 

4  it  becometh 
me. 

5  foot  shall  be. 
o  Josh.  15.  55. 

ch.  25.  2. 

6  Or,  from  the 
rock. 

p  ch.  19.  12. 

ch.  20.  38. 

2  Sam.  15.  14. 

Ps.  31.  22. 
q  2  Chr.  20.  12. 

Ps.  17.  9. 

2  Cor.  1.  8. 
r  Deut.  32.  36. 

ch.  14.  6. 

2  Sam.  22. 

2  Ki.  19.  9. 

Ps.  18. 

Isa.  37.  6-9. 

7  spread  them- 
selves upon, 
etc. 

8  That  is.  The 
rock  of  divi- 
sions. 

s  2  Chr.  20.  2. 


a  ch.  23.  28. 

1  after. 

b  Ps.  38.  12. 
c  Judg.  3.  24. 
d  Ps.  57,  title. 
e  ch.  26.  8. 

2  the  robe  which 
was  Saul's. 

/  2  Sam.  24.  10. 


19  If  Then  "came  up  the  Ziph'ites  to  Saul  to  Gib'- 
e-ah,  saying,  Doth  not  Da'vid  hide  himself  with  us 
in  strong  holds  in  the  wood,  in  the  hill  of  Hach'i-lah,. 
which  is  2on  the  south  of  3Jesh'i-mon  ? 

20  Now  therefore,  O  king,  come  down  according  to 
all  the  desire  of  thy  soul  to  come  down  ;  and  4our 
part  shall  be  to  deliver  him  into  the  king's  hand. 

21  And  Saul  said,  Blessed  he  ye  of  the  Lord  ;  for 
ye  have  compassion  on  me. 

22  Go,  I  pray  you,  prepare  yet,  and  know  and  see 
his  place  where  his  5  haunt  is,  and  who  hath  seen 
him  there  :  for  it  is  told  me  that  he  dealeth  very 
subtilly. 

23  See  therefore,  and  take  knowledge  of  all  the 
lurking  places  where  he  hideth  himself,  and  come 
ye  again  to  me  with  the  certainty,  and  I  will  go  with 
you  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  he  be  in  the  land, 
that  I  will  search  him  out  throughout  all  the  thou- 
sands of  Ju'dah. 

24  And  they  arose,  and  went  to  Ziph  before  Saul  : 
but  Da'vid  and  his  men  were  in  the  wilderness  °of 
Ma'on,  in  the  plain  on  the  south  of  Jesh'i-mon. 

25  Saul  also  and  his  men  went  to  seek  him.  And 
they  told  Da'vid  :  wherefore  he  came  down  cinto  a 
rock,  and  abode  in  the  wilderness  of  Ma'on.  And 
when  Saul  heard  that,  he  pursued  after  Da'vid  in 
the  wilderness  of  Ma'on. 

26  And  Saul  went  on  this  side  of  the  mountain, 
and  Da'vid  and  his  men  on  that  side  of  the  moun- 
tain :  pand  Da'vid  made  haste  to  get  away  for  fear 
of  Saul ;  for  Saul  and  his  men  Q compassed  Da'vid 
and  his  men  round  about  to  take  them. 

27  If  rBut  there  came  a  messenger  unto  Saul,  say- 
ing, Haste  thee,  and  come ;  for  the  Phi-lis'tlne§  have 
7  invaded  the  land. 

28  Wherefore  Saul  returned  from  pursuing  after 
Da'vid,  and  went  against  the  Phi-lis' tines. :  therefore 
they  called  that  place  8Se'la-ham-mah-le'koth. 

29  If  And  Da'vid  went  up  from  thence,  and  dwelt 
in  strong  holds  at  sEn-ge'dI. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  David  at  En-gedi.    4  He  spares  Saul's  life.    16  David's  oath  to  Saul. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  "when  Saul  was  returned 
-  from  following  the  Phi-lis 'tines.,  that  it  was 
told  him,  saying,  Behold,  Da'vid  is  in  the  wilderness 
of  En-ge'di. 

2  Then  Saul  took  three  thousand  chosen  men  out 
of  all  !§'ra-el,  6and  went  to  seek  Da'vid  and  his  men 
upon  the  rocks  of  the  wild  goats. 

3  And  he  came  to  the  sheepcotes  by  the  way, 
where  was  a  cave;  and  Saul  went  in  to  c cover  his 
feet :  and  d  Da'vid  and  his  men  remained  in  the  sides 
of  the  cave. 

4  cAnd  the  men  of  Da'vid  said  unto  him,  Behold 
the  day  of  which  the  Lord  said  unto  thee,  Behold, 

1  will  deliver  thine  enemy  into  thine  hand,  that 
thou  mayest  do  to  him  as  it  shall  seem  good  unto 
thee.     Then  Da'vid  arose,  and  cut  off  the  skirt  of 

2  Saul's  robe  privily. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward,  that  -^Da'vid's 
heart  smote  him,  because  he  had  cut  off  Saul's  skirt. 


David  spares  Saul. 


1  SAMUEL,  25. 


Nabal's  sordidness. 


6  And  he  said  unto  his  men,  9The  Lord  forbid 
that  I  should  do  this  thing  unto  my  master,  the 
Lord's  anointed,  to  stretch  forth  mine  hand  against 
him,  seeing  he  is  the  anointed  of  the  Lord. 

7  So  Da'vid  3 stayed  his  servants  with  these  words, 
and  suffered  them  not  to  rise  against  Saul.  But 
Saul  rose  up  out  of  the  cave,  and  went  on  his  way. 

8  Da'vid  also  arose  afterward,  and  went  out  of  the 
cave,  and  cried  after  Saul,  saying,  My  lord  the  king. 
And  when  Saul  looked  behind  him,  Da'vid  stooped 
with  his  face  to  the  earth,  and  bowed  himself. 

9  If  And  Da'vid  said  to  Saul,  h Wherefore  hearest 
thou  men's  words,  saying,  Behold,  Da'vid  seeketh 
thy  hurt? 

10  Behold,  this  day  thine  eyes  have  seen  how  that 
the  Lord  had  delivered  thee  to  day  into  mine  hand 
in  the  cave :  and  some  bade  me  kill  thee :  but  mine 
eye  spared  thee ;  and  I  said,  I  will  not  put  forth 
mine  hand  against  my  lord  ;  for  he  is  the  Lord's 
anointed. 

11  Moreover,  my  father,  see,  yea,  see  the  skirt  of 
thy  robe  in  my  hand :  for  in  that  I  cut  off  the  skirt 
of  thy  robe,  and  killed  thee  not,  know  thou  and  see 
that  there  is  neither  *  evil  nor  transgression  in  mine 
hand,  and  I  have  not  sinned  against  thee ;  yet  thou 
•'huntest  my  soul  to  take  it. 

12  fcThe  Lord  judge  between  me  and  thee,  and  the 
Lord  avenge  me  of  thee  :  but  mine  hand  shall  not 
be  upon  thee. 

13  As  saith  the  proverb  of  the  ancients,  Wicked- 
ness proceedeth  from  the  wicked :  but  mine  hand 
shall  not  be  upon  thee. 

14  After  whom  is  the  'king  of  Ig'ra-el  come  out? 
after  whom  dost  thou  pursue?  m after  a  dead  dog, 
after  "a  flea. 

15  The  Lord  therefore  be  judge,  and  judge  be- 
tween me  and  thee,  and  °  see,  and  p  plead  my  cause, 
and  4  deliver  me  out  of  thine  hand. 

16  1[  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Da'vid  had  made 
an  end  of  speaking  these  words  unto  Saul,  that  Saul 
said,  "[Is  this  thy  voice,  my  son  Da'vid?  And  Saul 
lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept. 

17  And  he  said  to  Da'vid,  Thou  art  rmore  right- 
eous than  I :  for  s  thou  hast  rewarded  me  good, 
whereas  I  have  rewarded  thee  evil. 

18  And  thou  hast  shewed  this  day  how  that  thou 
hast  dealt  well  with  me :  forasmuch  as  when  the 
Lord  had  5  delivered  me  into  thine  hand,  thou 
killedst  me  not. 

19  For  if  a  man  find  his  enemy,  will  he  let  him  go 
well  away  ?  wherefore  the  Lord  reward  thee  good 
for  that  thou  hast  done  unto  me  this  day. 

20  And  now,  behold,  fI  know  well  that  thou  shalt 
surely  be  king,  and  that  the  kingdom  of  Ig'ra-el 
shall  be  established  in  thine  hand. 

21  Swear  now  therefore  unto  me  by  the  Lord, 
that  thou  wilt  not  cut  off  my  seed  after  me,  and  that 
thou  wilt  not  destroy  my  name  out  of  my  father's 
house. 

22  And  Da'vid  sware  unto  Saul.  And  Saul  went 
home;  but  Da'vid  and  his  men  gat  them  up  unto 
the  hold. 

15 


B.  C. 1061. 


g  eli.  2G.  11. 
2  Sam.  1 .  14. 
Job  31.  '20,30. 


3  cut  off. 


APs.  141.  G. 
Prov.  16.  28. 
Prov.  17.  9. 


i  Ps.  7.  3. 
Ps.  35.  7. 


j  ch.  2G.  20. 

k  Gen.  1G.  5. 
Judg.  11.  27. 


I  Prov.  5.  23. 
to  ch.  17.  43. 

2  Sam.  9.  8. 
n  ch.  26.  20. 
o  2  Chr.  24.  22. 
p  Ps.  35.  1. 

Ps.  43.  1. 

Mic.  7.  9. 
4  judge. 
q  ch.  26. 17. 
r  Gen.  38.  26. 

Ex.  9.  27. 
s  Matt.  5.  44. 

0  shut  up. 

1  eh.  23.  17. 

2  Sam.  3.  17. 
Matt.  2.  3-6, 
13,  16. 


a  ch.  28.  3. 

Isa.  57.  1,  2. 
b  Gen.  50.  11. 

Deut.  34.  8. 

Acts  8.  2. 
c  Gen.  14.  6. 

Num.  12. 16. 

Ps.  120.  5. 
d  ch.  23.  24. 

1  Or,  business. 
e  Josh.  15.  55. 
/Gen.  38.  13. 

2  Sam.  13.  23. 
g  Ruth  4.  11. 

Prov.  14.  1. 

Prov.  24.  3,  i. 
h  Isa.  32.  5,  7. 
i  Gen.  38.  13. 

2  ask  him  in  my 
name  of  peace. 

j  2  Sam.  18.  28. 
1  Chr.  12.  18. 
Ps.  122.  7. 
Matt.  10.  12, 
13. 
Luke  10.  5. 

3  shamed. 

k  Neh.  8.  1C. 
Esth.  9.  19. 

4  rested. 

/  Judg.  9.  28. 

Ps.  73.  7,  8. 

m  Judg.  8.  6. 

5  slaughter. 
n  ch.  30.  24. 

6  flew  upon 
them. 

7  shamed. 

o  Ex.  14.  22. 
Jobl.  10. 
Zech.  2.  5. 


CHAPTER  25. 

1  Death  of  Samuel.    14  Abigail  pacifies  David.    3'J  He  marries  her. 

A  ND  aSam'u-el  died ;  and  all  the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  were 
J-*-  gathered  together,  and  h  lamented  him,  and 
buried  him  in  his  house  at  Ra'mah.  And  Da'vid 
arose,  and  went  down  c  to  the  wilderness  of  Pa'ran. 

2  And  there  was  a  man  din  Ma'on,  whose  posses- 
sions were  in  c  Car'mel ;  and  the  man  was  very  great, 
and  he  had  three  thousand  sheep,  and  a  thousand 
goats  :  and  he  was  •'"shearing  his  sheep  in  Car'mel. 

3  Now  the  name  of  the  man  was  Na'bal ;  and  the 
name  of  his  wife  Ab'i-gail :  and  she  was  a  9  woman 
of  good  understanding,  and  of  a  beautiful  counte- 
nance :  but  the  man  was  h  churlish  and  evil  in  his 
doings  ;  and  he  was  of  the  house  of  Ca'leb. 

4  IF  And  Da'vid  heard  in  the  wilderness  that  Na'bal 
did  *  shear  his  sheep. 

5  And  Da'vid  sent  out  ten  young  men,  and  Da'vid 
said  unto  the  young  men,  Get  you  up  to  Car'mel, 
and  go  to  Na'bal,  and  2greet  him  in  my  name  : 

6  And  thus  shall  ye  say  to  him  that  liveth  in  pros- 
perity, j  Peace  be  both  to  thee,  and  peace  be  to  thine 
house,  and  peace  be  unto  all  that  thou  hast. 

7  And  now  I  have  heard  that  thou  hast  shearers  : 
now  thy  shepherds  which  were  with  us,  we  3hurt 
them  not,  neither  was  there  ought  missing  unto 
them,  all  the  while  they  were  in  Car'mel. 

8  Ask  thy  young  men,  and  they  will  shew  thee. 
Wherefore  let  the  young  men  find  favour  in  thine 
eyes  :  for  we  come  in  ha  good  day  :  give,  I  pray 
thee,  whatsoever  cometh  to  thine  hand  unto  thy 
servants,  and  to  thy  son  Da'vid. 

9  And  when  Da'vid's  young  men  came,  they  spake 
to  Na'bal  according  to  all  those  words  in  the  name 
of  Da'vid,  and  4  ceased. 

10  IF  And  Na'bal  answered  Da'vid's  servants,  and 
said,  'Who  is  Da'vid  ?  and  who  is  the  son  of  Jes'se  ? 
there  be  many  servants  now  a  days  that  break 
away  every  man  from  his  master. 

11  m  Shall  I  then  take  my  bread,  and  my  water, 
and  my  5  flesh  that  I  have  killed  for  my  shearers, 
and  give  it  unto  men,  whom  I  know  not  whence  they 
be? 

12  So  Da'vid's  young  men  turned  their  way,  and 
went  again,  and  came  and  told  him  all  those  sayings. 

13  And  Da'vid  said  unto  his  men,  Gird  ye  on  every 
man  his  sword.  And  they  girded  on  every  man  his 
sword  ;  and  Da'vid  also  girded  on  his  sword  :  and 
there  went  up  after  Da'vid  about  four  hundred 
men  ;  and  two  hundred  "  abode  by  the  stuff. 

14  TF  But  one  of  the  young  men  told  Ab'i-gail,  Na'- 
bal's  wife,  saying,  Behold,  Da'vid  sent  messengers 
out  of  the  wilderness  to  salute  our  master  ;  and  he 
6  railed  on  them. 

15  But  the  men  were  very  good  unto  us,  and  we 
were  not  7hurt,  neither  missed  we  any  thing,  as  long 
as  we  were  conversant  with  them,  when  we  were  in 
the  fields : 

16  They  were  °a  wall  unto  us  both  by  night  and 
day,  all  the  while  we  were  with  them  keeping  the 
sheep. 

17  Now  therefore  know  and  consider  what  thou 

241 


Abigail's  suit  with  David. 


1  SAMUEL,  26. 


David  marries  Abigail. 


wilt  do  ;  for  evil  is  determined  against  our  master, 
and  against  all  his  household  :  for  he  is  such  a  son 
of  Be'li-al,  that  a  man  cannot  speak  to  him. 

18  If  Then  Ab'i-gail  made  haste,  and  v  took  two  hun- 
dred loaves,  and  two  bottles  of  wine,  and  five  sheep 
ready  dressed,  and  five  measures  of  parched  corn, 
and  an  hundred  8  clusters  of  raisins,  and  two  hun- 
dred cakes  of  figs,  and  laid  them  on  asses. 

19  And  she  said  unto  her  servants,  9Go  on  before 
me  ;  behold,  I  come  after  you.  But  she  told  not 
her  husband  Na'bal. 

20  And  it  was  so,  as  she  rode  on  the  ass,  that  she 
came  down  by  the  covert  of  the  hill,  and,  behold, 
Da'vid  and  his  men  came  down  against  her ;  and 
she  met  them. 

21  Now  Da'vid  had  said,  Surely  in  vain  have  I 
kept  all  that  this  fellow  hath  in  the  wilderness,  so 
that  nothing  was  missed  of  all  that  pertained  unto 
him  :  and  he  hath  'requited  me  evil  for  good. 

22  sSo  and  more  also  do  God  unto  the  enemies  of 
Da'vid,  if  I  leave  of  all  that  pertain  to  him  by  the 
morning  light  any  that  pisseth  against  the  wall. 

23  And  when  Ab'i-gail  saw  Da'vid,  she  hasted, 
and  *  lighted  off  the  ass,  and  fell  before  Da'vid  on 
her  face,  and  bowed  herself  to  the  ground, 

24  And  fell  at  his  feet,  and  said,  Upon  me,  my 
lord,  upon  me  let  this  iniquity  be :  and  let  thine 
handmaid,  I  pray  thee,  speak  in  thine  9  audience, 
and  hear  the  words  of  thine  handmaid. 

25  Let  not  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  10 regard  this  man 
of  Be'li-al,  even  Na'bal  :  for  as  his  name  is,  so  is 
he  ;  u  Na'bal  is  his  name,  and  folly  is  with  him  : 
but  I  thine  handmaid  saw  not  the  young  men  of 
my  lord,  whom  thou  didst  send. 

26  Now  therefore,  my  lord,  uas  the  Lord  liveth, 
and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  seeing  the  Lord  hath  "  with- 
holden  thee  from  coming  to  shed  blood,  and  from 
12  avenging  thyself  with  thine  own  hand,  now  ,ulet 
thine  enemies,  and  they  that  seek  evil  to  my  lord, 
be  as  NaJbal. 

27  And  now  "this  13  blessing  which  thine  handmaid 
hath  brought  unto  my  lord,  let  it  even  be  given 
unto  the  young  men  that  14  follow  my  lord. 

28  I  pray  thee,  forgive  the  trespass  of  thine  hand- 
maid :  for  v  the  Lord  will  certainly  make  'my  lord 
a  sure  house  ;  because  my  lord  fighteth  the  battles 
of  the  Lord,  and  2evil  hath  not  been  found  in  thee 
all  thy  days. 

29  Yet  a  man  is  risen  to  pursue  thee,  and  to  seek 
thy  soul  :  but  the  soul  of  my  lord  shall  be  a  bound 
in  the  bundle  of  life  with  the  Lord  thy  God  ;  and 
the  souls  of  thine  enemies,  them  shall  he  b  sling 
out,  15as  out  of  the  middle  of  a  sling. 

30  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  the  Lord  shall 
have  done  to  my  lord  according  to  all  the  good  that 
he  hath  spoken  concerning  thee,  and  shall  have  ap- 
pointed thee  ruler  over  I§'ra-el  ; 

31  That  this  shall  be  16no  grief  unto  thee,  nor 
offence  of  heart  unto  my  lord,  either  that  thou  hast 
shed  blood  causeless,  or  that  my  lord  hath  avenged 
himself  :  but  when  the  Lord  shall  have  dealt  well 
with  my  lord,  then  remember  thine  handmaid. 

242 


B.  C.  1060. 


p  Gen.  32.  13. 
2  Sam.  17. ' 
28,  29. 
Prov.  18.  16. 


8  Or,  lumps. 
q  Gen.  32.  16. 


r  Gen.  44.  4. 

Ps.  35.  12. 

Prov.  17.  13. 

1  Pet.  2.  20. 
s  Ruth  1.  17. 

ch.  3.  17. 

oil.  20.  13,  16. 


t  Josh.  15.  IS. 


9  ears. 

10  lay  it  to  his 
heart. 

11  That  is, 
Fool. 

u  2  Ki.  2.  2. 
v  Gen.  20.  6. 

12  saving  thy- 
self. 

w  2  Sam.  18.  32. 
x  Gen.  33.  11. 

13  Or,  present. 

14  walk  at  the 
feet  of,  etc. 

y  2  Sam.  7.  11. 
1  Ki.  9.  5. 

1  Chr.  17.  1G. 
2  ch.  24.  11. 

a  Deut.  33.  29. 

Ps.  66.  9. 

Matt.  10. 

29,  30. 

Acts  17.  28. 
JJer.  10.  18. 

15  in  the  midst 
of  the  bought 
of  a  sling. 

16  no  stagger- 
ing, or, 
stumbling. 

c  Gen.  24.  27. 

Ex.  18.  10. 

Ezra  7.  27. 

Ps.  41.  12,  13. 

Ps.  72.  18. 

Luke  1.  68. 
d  ch.  20.  42. 

2  Sam.  15.  9. 
Luke  7.  50. 

e  Gen.  19.  21. 
fl  Sam.  13.  23. 
g  Prov.  20.  1. 

Isa.  5.  11. 

Hos.  4.  11. 

Luke  21.  34. 

Eph.  5.  18. 
h  Deut.  28.  28. 

Job  15.  21. 
i  Ex.  12.  29. 

2  Sam.  6.  7. 

Job  12.  10. 

Ps.  104.  29. 

Acts  12.  23. 
/  Prov.  22.  23. 
k  2  Sam.  3. 

28,  29. 

Esth.  7.  10. 

Ps.  7.  16. 
I  Ruth  2.  10,  13. 

Prov.  15.  33. 

17  at  her  feet. 
m  Josh.  15.  56. 

2  Sam.  3.  2. 
n  Gen.  2.  24. 

ch.  27.  3. 

Matt.  19.  5,  8. 
0  2  Sam.  3.  14. 

18  Phaltiel. 
p  Isa.  10.  30. 


a  ch.  23.  19. 
Ps.  54,  title. 


32  1  And  Da'vid  said  to  Ab'i-gail,  c  Blessed  be  the 
Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  which  sent  thee  this  day  to 
meet  me : 

33  And  blessed  be  thy  advice,  and  blessed  be  thou, 
which  hast  kept  me  this  day  from  coming  to  shed 
blood,  and  from  avenging  myself  with  mine  own 
hand. 

34  For  in  very  deed,  as  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el 
liveth,  which  hath  kept  me  back  from  hurting  thee, 
except  thou  hadst  hasted  and  come  to  meet  me, 
surely  there  had  not  been  left  unto  Na'bal  by  the 
morning  light  any  that  pisseth  against  the  wall. 

35  So  Da'vid  received  of  her  hand  that  which  she 
had  brought  him,  and  said  unto  her,  dGo  up  in  peace 
to  thine  house ;  see,  I  have  hearkened  to  thy  voice, 
and  have  accepted  e  thy  person. 

36  If  And  Ab'i-gail  came  to  Na'bal ;  and,  behold, 
'he  held  a  feast  in  his  house,  like  the  feast  of  a 
king;  and  Na'bal's  heart  was  merry  within  him, 
for  he  was  ^very  drunken :  wherefore  she  told  him 
nothing,  less  or  more,  until  the  morning  light. 

37  But  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  when  the 
wine  was  gone  out  of  Na'bal,  and  his  wife  had  told 
him  these  things,  that  his  h  heart  died  within  him, 
and  he  became  as  a  stone. 

38  And  it  came  to  pass  about  ten  days  after,  that 
'the  Lord  smote  Na'bal,  that  he  died. 

39  If  And  when  Da'vid  heard  that  Na'bal  was  dead, 
he  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  that  hath  J  pleaded  the 
cause  of  my  reproach  from  the  hand  of  Na'bal,  and 
hath  kept  his  servant  from  evil :  for  the  Lord  hath 
''returned  the  wickedness  of  Na'bal  upon  his  own 
head.  And  Da'vid  sent  and  communed  with  Ab'i-gail, 
to  take  her  to  him  to  wife. 

40  And  when  the  servants  of  Da'vid  were  come 
to  Ab'i-gail  to  Car'mel,  they  spake  unto  her,  saying, 
Da'vid  sent  us  unto  thee,  to  take  thee  to  him  to  wife. 

41  And  she  arose,  and  bowed  herself  on  her  face  to 
the  earth,  and  said,  Behold,  let  'thine  handmaid  be  a 
servant  to  wash  the  feet  of  the  servants  of  my  lord. 

42  And  Ab'i-gail  hasted,  and  arose,  and  rode  upon 
an  ass,  with  five  damsels  of  hers  that  went  17  after 
her ;  and  she  went  after  the  messengers  of  Da'vid, 
and  became  his  wife.^ 

43  Da'vid  also  took  A-hm'o-am  TOof  Jez're-el ;  "and 
they  were  also  both  of  them  his  wives. 

44  H  But  Saul  had  given  "Mi'chal  his  daughter, 
Da'vid's  wife,  to  18Phal'tI  the  son  of  La'ish,  which 
tvas  of  pGal'lim. 

CHAPTER  26. 

I  Saul  pursues  Darid.    5  David  spares  him.    21  Saul's  penitence. 

AND  the  Ziph'Ites  came  unto  Saul   to  Gib'e-ah, 
-  saying,  "Doth  not  Da'vid  hide  himself  in  the 
hill  of  Hach'i-lah,  which  is  before  Jesh'i-mon  ? 

2  Then  Saul  arose,  and  went  down  to  the  wilder- 
ness of  Ziph,  having  three  thousand  chosen  men  of 
Ig'ra-el  with  him,  to  seek  Da'vid  in  the  wilderness 
of  Ziph. 

3  And  Saul  pitched  in  the  hill  of  Hach'i-lah,  which 
is  before  Jesh'i-mon,  by  the  way.  But  Da'vid  abode 
in  the  wilderness,  and  he  saw  that  Saul  came  after 
him  into  the  wilderness. 


David  chides  Abner. 


1  SAMUEL,  27. 


He  dwells  at  Gath. 


4  Da'vid  therefore  sent  out  spies,  and  understood 
that  Saul  was  come  in  very  deed. 

5  If  And  Da'vid  arose,  and  came  to  the  place  where 
Saul  had  pitched:  and  Da'vid  beheld  the  place 
where  Saul  lay,  and  6  Ab'ner  the  son  of  Ner,  the 
captain  of  his  host :  and  Saul  lay  in  the  x  trench, 
and  the  people  pitched  round  about  him. 

6  Then  answered  Da'vid  and  said  to  A-him'e-lech 
the  Hit'tite,  and  to  A-bish'a-T  cthe  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah, 
brother  to  Jo'ab,  saying,  Who  will  dgo  down  with 
me  to  Saul  to  the  camp  ?  And  A-bish'a-I  said,  I  will 
go  down  with  thee^ 

7  So  Da'vid  and  A-bish'a-i  came  to  the  people  by 
night:  and,  behold,  Saul  lay  sleeping  within  the 
trench,  and  his  spear  stuck  in  the  ground  at  his 
bolster :  but  Ab'ner  and  the  people  lay  round  about 
him. 

8  Then  said  A-bish'a-I  to  Da'vid,  God  hath  2  de- 
livered thine  enemy  into  thine  hand  this  day :  now 
therefore  let  me  smite  him,  I  pray  thee,  with  the 
spear  even  to  the  earth  at  once,  and  I  will  not  smite 
him  the  second  time. 

9  And  Da'vid  said  to  A-bish'a-I,  Destroy  him  not : 
for  who  can  stretch  forth  his  hand  against  the 
Lord's  anointed,  and  be  guiltless  ? 

10  Da'vid  said  furthermore,  As  the  Lord  liveth, 
*  the  Lord  shall  smite  him  ;  or  ■''his  day  shall  come 
to  die  ;  or  he  shall  a  descend  into  battle,  and  perish. 

11  /lThe  Lord  forbid  that  I  should  stretch  forth 
mine  hand  against  the  Lord's  anointed  :  but,  I  pray 
thee,  take  thou  now  the  spear  that  is  at  his  bolster, 
and  the  cruse  of  water,  and  let  us  go. 

12  So  Da'vid  took  the  spear  and  the  cruse  of 
water  from  Saul's  bolster ;  and  they  gat  them 
away,  and  no  man  saw  it,  nor  knew  it,  neither 
awaked  :  for  they  were  all  asleep  ;  because  r'a  deep 
sleep  from  the  Lord  was  fallen  upon  them. 

13  IF  Then  Da'vid  went  over  to  the  other  side,  and 
stood  on  the  top  of  an  hill  afar  off  ;  a  great  space 
being  between  them  : 

14  And  Da'vid  cried  to  the  people,  and  to  Ab'ner 
the  son  of  Ner,  saying,  Answerest  thou  not,  Ab'- 
ner? Then  Ab'ner  answered  and  said,  Who  art 
thou  that  criest  to  the  king  ? 

15  And  Da'vid  said  to  Ab'ner,  Art  not  thou  a 
valiant  man  ?  and  who  is  like  to  thee  in  I§'ra-el  ? 
wherefore  then  hast  thou  not  kept  thy  lord  the 
king  ?  for  there  came  one  of  the  people  in  to  de- 
stroy the  king  thy  lord. 

16  This  thing  is  not  good  that  thou  hast  done. 
As  the  Lord  liveth,  ye  are  3  worthy  to  die,  because 
ye  have  not  kept  your  master,  the  Lord's  anointed. 
And  now  see  where  the  king's  spear  is,  and  the 
cruse  of  water  that  was  at  his  bolster. 

17  And  Saul  knew  Da'vid's  voice,  and  said,  j  Is 
this  thy  voice,  my  son  Da'vid?  And  Da'vid  said, 
It  is  my  voice,  my  lord,  0  king. 

18  And  he  said,  *  Wherefore  doth  my  lord  thus 
pursue  after  his  servant  ?  for  what  have  I  done  ? 
1  or  what  evil  is  in  mine  hand  ? 

19  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  let  my  lord  the 
king  hear  the  words  of  his  servant.     If  the  Lord 


B.  C.  1060. 


b  ch.  14.  50. 

eh.  17.  55. 

2  Sam.  2.  8. 
1  Or,  midst  of 

his  carriages. 


c  1  Chr.  2.  16. 
(/  Judg.  7.  10. 


2  shut  up. 


e  ch.  24.  15. 

Ps.  94.  1,  2,23. 

Prov.  20.  22. 

Luke  18.  7. 

Rom.  12.  19. 

Heb.  10.  30. 

Rev.  18.  8. 
/  Gen.  47.  29. 

Deut.  31.  14. 

Job  7.  1. 

Ps.  37.  13. 
ff  ch.  31.  6. 
h  Lev.  19.  18. 

ch.  24.  6, 12. 

Prov.  24.  29. 

Rom.  12. 17, 19. 

1  Pet.  3.  9. 

i  Gen.  2.  21. 
Esth.  6.  1. 
Isa.  29.  10. 

3  the  sons  of 
death. 

j  ch.  24.  16. 
A'ch.  24.  9,  11. 
I  Ps.  7.  3. 
m  ch.  16.  14,  23. 
ch.  18.  10. 

2  Sam.  16.  11. 

4  smell. 

n  Deut.  4.  28. 
Ps.  120.  5. 

5  cleaving. 

0  Ex.  15.  17. 
Deut.  4.  20. 
Deut.  9.  26. 

2  Sam.  14.  16. 

Ps.  106.  4,  5. 

Isa.  19.  25. 
p  ch.  24.  14. 
q  Ex.  9.  27. 

Num.  22.  34. 

ch.  15.  24. 

Matt.  27.  4. 
r  ch.  18.  30. 
«  Ps.  7.  8. 

Ps.  18.  20. 

Ps.  28.  4. 

Eccl.  8.  12. 

Isa.  3.  10,  11. 

1  Gen.  32.  28. 

Isa.  54.  17. 


1  be  consumed. 
a  ch.  25.  13. 

b  ch.  21.  10. 
e Josh.  15.31. 

2  the  number 
of  days. 

3  a  year  of 


ch.  29.  3, 

till  1056. 
d  Josh.  13.  2. 
e  Judg.  1.  29. 
4  Or,  Gerzites. 
/Ex.  17.  16. 

ch.  15.  7,  8. 
g  Gen.  25.  18. 


have  m  stirred  thee  up  against  me,  let  him  4  accept 
an  offering  ;  but  if  they  be  the  children  of  men, 
cursed  be  they  before  the  Lord  ;  "for  they  have 
driven  me  out  this  day  from  5 abiding  in  the  "in- 
heritance of  the  Lord,  saying,  Go,  serve  other  gods. 

20  Now  therefore,  let  not  my  blood  fall  to  the 
earth  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  :  for  the  king  of 
!§'ra-el  is  come  out  to  seek  pa  flea,  as  when  one 
doth  hunt  a  partridge  in  the  mountains. 

21  TF  Then  said  Saul,  QI  have  sinned  :  return,  my 
son  Da'vid  :  for  I  will  no  more  do  thee  harm,  be- 
cause my  soul  was  'precious  in  thine  eyes  this  day  : 
behold,  I  have  played  the  fool,  and  have  erred  ex- 
ceedingly. 

22  And  Da'vid  answered  and  said,  Behold  the 
king's  spear  !  and  let  one  of  the  young  men  come 
over  and  fetch  it. 

23  sThe  Lord  render  to  every  man  his  righteous- 
ness and  his  faithfulness  :  for  the  Lord  delivered 
thee  into  my  hand  to  day,  but  I  would  not  stretch 
forth  mine  hand  against  the  Lord's  anointed. 

24  And,  behold,  as  thy  life  was  much  set  by  this 
day  in  mine  eyes,  so  let  my  life  be  much  set  by  in 
the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  let  him  deliver  me  out 
of  all  tribulation. 

25  Then  Saul  said  to  Da'vid,  Blessed  be  thou,  my 
son  Da'vid :  thou  shalt  both  do  great  things,  and 
also  shalt  still  'prevail.  So  Da'vid  went  on  his 
way,  and  Saul  returned  to  his  place. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  David  dwells  at  Gath.    6  Achish  gives  him  Ziklag. 

AND  Da'vid  said  in  his  heart,  I  shall  now  l  perish 
-  one  day  by  the  hand  of  Saul  :  there  is  nothing 
better  for  me  than  that  I  should  speedily  escape 
into  the  land  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ;  and  Saul  shall 
despair  of  me,  to  seek  me  any  more  in  any  coast  of 
I§'ra-el  :  so  shall  I  escape  out  of  his  hand. 

2  And  Da'vid  arose,  "and  he  passed  over  with  the 
six  hundred  men  that  were  with  him  b  unto  A'chish, 
the  son  of  Ma'och,  king  of  Gath. 

3  And  Da'vid  dwelt  with  A'chish  at  Gath,  he  and 
his  men,  every  man  with  his  household,  even  Da'vid 
with  his  two  wives,  A-hm'o-am  the  Jez're-el-It-ess, 
and  Ab'i-gail  the  Car'mel-It-ess,  Na'bal's  wife. 

4  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  Da'vid  was  fled  to 
Gath  :  and  he  sought  no  more  again  for  him. 

5  IF  And  Da'vid  said  unto  A'chish,  If  I  have  now 
found  grace  in  thine  eyes,  let  them  give  me  a  place 
in  some  town  in  the  country,  that  I  may  dwell 
there  :  for  why  should  thy  servant  dwell  in  the 
royal  city_with  thee  ? 

6  Then  A'chish  gave  him  Zik'lag  that  day :  where- 
fore cZik'lag  pertaineth  unto  the  kings  of  Ju'dah 
unto  this  day. 

7  And  2the  time  that  Da'vid  dwelt  in  the  country 
of  the  Phi-lis' tines,  was  3a  full  year  and  four  months. 

8  IF  And  Da'vid  and  his  men  went  up,  and  invaded 
dthe  Gesh'u-rites,  eand  the  4Gez' rites,  and  7the 
Am'a-lek-Ites :  for  those  nations  were  of  old  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land,  ^as  thou  goest  to  Shur, 
even  unto  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

243 


Saul  seeks  a  witch. 


1  SAMUEL,  28,  29. 


Samuel  appears  to  SauL 


9  And  Da'vid  smote  the  land,  and  left  neither  man 
nor  woman  alive,  and  took  away  the  sheep,  and  the 
oxen,  and  the  asses,  and  the  camels,  and  the  ap- 
parel, and  re  turned,  and  came  to  A'chish. 

10  And  A'chish  said,  5Whither  have  ye  made  a 
road  to  day?  And  Da'vid  said,  h Against  the  south 
of  Ju'dah,  and  against  the  south  of  Hhe  Jg-rah'me- 
el-Ites,  and  against  the  south  of  the  Ken'Ites. 

11  And  Da'vid  saved  neither  man  nor  woman  alive, 
to  bring  tidings  to  Gath,  saying,  Lest  they  should 
tell  on  us,  saying,  So  did  Da'vid,  and  so  will  be  his 
manner  all  the  while  he  dwelleth  in  the  country  of 
the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

12  And  A'chish  believed  Da'vid,  saying,  He  hath 
6 made  his  people  I§'ra-el  utterly  to  abhor  him; 
therefore  he  shall  be  my  servant  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  Achish  confides  in  David.    7  Saul  at  En-dor.     14  Samuel  appears.    15  Saul's  fate 

foretold. 

AND  ait  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  that  the 
-  Phi-lis'tmeg  gathered  their  armies  together  for 
warfare,  to  fight  with  I§'ra-el.  And  A'chish  said 
unto  Da'vid, *  Know  thou  assuredly,  that  thou  shalt 
go  out  with  me  to  battle^  thou  and  thy  men. 

2  And  Da'vid  said  to  A'chish,  b  Surely  thou  shalt 
know  what  thy  servant  can  do.  And  A'chish  said 
to  Da'vid,  Therefore  will  I  make  thee  keeper  of 
mine  head  for  ever. 

3  1  Now  c  Sam'u-el  was  dead,  and  all  Is_'ra-el  had 
lamented  him,  and  buried  him  in  Ra'mah,  even  in 
his  own  city.  And  Saul  had  put  away  d  those  that 
had  familiar  spirits,  and  the  wizards,  out  of  the  land. 

4  And  the  Phi-lis'tme§  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether, and  came  and  pitched  in  eShu'nem:  and 
Saul_  gathered  all  Ig'ra-el  together,  and  they  pitched 
in  /Gil-bo'a. 

5  And  when  Saul  saw  the  host  of  the  Phi-lis'tine§, 
he  was  B  afraid,  and  his  heart  greatly  trembled. 

6  And  when  Saul  enquired  of  the  Lord,  Hhe  Lord 
answered  him  not,  neither  by  'dreams,  nor  Jby 
U'rim,  nor  by  prophets. 

7  If  Then  said  Saul  unto  his  servants,  Seek  me  a 
woman  that  hath  a  familiar  spirit,  that  I  may  go  to 
her,  and  enquire  of  her.  And  his  servants  said  to 
him,  Behold,  there  is  a  woman  that  hath  a  familiar 
spirit  at  En'-dor. 

8  And  Saul  disguised  himself,  and  put  on  other 
raiment,  and  he  went,  and  two  men  with  him,  and 
they  came  to  the  woman  by  night :  and  k  he  said,  I 
pray  thee,  divine  unto  me  by  the  familiar  spirit, 
and  bring  me  him  up,  whom  I  shall  name  unto  thee. 

9  And  the  woman  said  unto  him,  Behold,  thou 
knowest  what  Saul  hath  done,  how  he  hath  cut  off 
those  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and  the  wizards, 
out  of  the  land :  wherefore  then  layest  thou  a  snare 
for  my  life,  to  cause  me  to  die? 

10  And  Saul  sware  to  her  by  the  Lord,  saying,  As 
the  Lord  liveth,  there  shall  no  punishment  happen 
to  thee  for  this  thing. 

11  Then  said  the  woman,  Whom  shall  I  bring  up 
unto  thee?    And  he  said,  Bring  me  up  Sam'u-el. 

12  And  when  the  woman  'saw  Sam'u-el,  she  cried 

244 


B.  C.  1056. 


5  Or,  did  you 
not  make  a 
road,  etc. 

h  Ps.  141.  3. 

i  1  Chr.  2.  9. 


6  made  himself 
to  stink  to  his 
people  Israel. 


a  ch.  29.  1. 


1  Knowing, 
know. 


b  Rom.  12.  9. 


c  ch.  26.  1. 
Isa.  57.  1,  2. 
ActslG.  16,19. 

d  Ex.  22.  18. 
Lev.  19.  31. 
Deut.  18.  10. 


e  Josh.  19. 18. 


/ch.  31.  1. 
g  Jo.b  15.  21. 

Ps.  48.  5,  G. 

Isa.  57.  20. 

Dan.  5.  6. 
h  Prov.  1.28. 

Lam.  2.  9. 
i  Num.  12.  6. 
j  Ex.  28.  30. 

Num.  27.  21. 
A  Deut.  18.  11. 

1  Chr.  10.  13. 

Isa.  8.  19. 
/  Isa.  57.  2. 

Rev.  14.  13. 
m  Ex.  22.  28. 

Ps.  138.  1. 

2  What  is  his 
form  ? 

n  ch.  15.  27. 
o  2  Tliess.  2. 

10,  11. 
p  Prov.  5.  11. 

Prov.  14.  14. 
q  ch.  18.  12. 

3  by  the  hand  of 
prophets. 

4  Or,  for  himself. 
r  ch.  15.  28. 

5  mine  hand. 
s  ch.  15.  9. 

1  Ki.  20.  42. 
1  Chr.  10.  13. 

6  made  haste, 
and  fell  with 
the  fulness  of 
his  stature. 

t  ch.  25.  37. 

Job  15.  20-24. 

Ps.  50.  21. 
u  Judg.  12.  3. 

ch.  19.  5. 
v  Gen.  4.  6. 

Prov.  25. 

20,  21. 
to  Gen.  18.  7,  8. 

Luke  15.  23, 

27,  30. 


a  ch.  28. 1. 
0  ch.  4.  1. 
1  Ki.  20.  30. 


with  a  loud  voice :  and  the  woman  spake  to  Saul,  say- 
ing, Why  hast  thou  deceived  me  ?  for  thou  art  Saul. 

13  And  the  king  said  unto  her,  Be  not  afraid  :  for 
what  sawest  thou  ?  And  the  woman  said  unto  Saul, 
I  saw  m  gods  ascending  out  of  the  earth. 

14  And  he  said  unto  her,  2What  form  is  he  of? 
And  she  said,  An  old  man  cometh  up  ;  and  he  is 
covered  with  n  a  mantle.  And  Saul  perceived  that 
it  ivas  Sam'u-el,  and  he  °  stooped  with  his  face  to 
the  ground,  and  bowed  himself. 

15  If  And  Sam'u-el  said  to  Saul,  Why  hast  thou 
disquieted  me,  to  bring  me  up  ?  And  Saul  answered, 
p  I  am  sore  distressed  ;  for  the  Phi-lis'tme§  make 
war  against  me,  and  q  God  is  departed  from  me, 
and  answereth  me  no  more,  neither  3  by  prophets, 
nor  by  dreams  :  therefore  I  have  called  thee,  that 
thou  mayest  make  known  unto  me  what  I  shall  do. 

16  Then  said  Sam'u-el,  Wherefore  then  dost  thou 
ask  of  me,  seeing  the  Lord  is  departed  from  thee, 
and  is  become  thine  enemy  ? 

17  And  the  Lord  hath  done  4  to  him,  '"as  he  spake 
by  5  me  :  for  the  Lord  hath  rent  the  kingdom  out 
of  thine  hand,  and  given  it  to  thy  neighbour,  even  to 
Da'vid  : 

18  s  Because  thou  obeyedst  not  the  voice  of  the 
Lord,  nor  executedst  his  fierce  wrath  upon  Am'a- 
lek,  therefore  hath  the  Lord  done  this  thing  unto 
thee  this  day. 

19  Moreover  the  Lord  will  also  deliver  Ig'ra-el 
with  thee  into  the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg :  and  to 
morrow  shalt  thou  and  thy  sons  be  with  me :  the 
Lord  also  shall  deliver  the  host  of  I§'ra-el  into 
the  hand  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

20  Then  Saul  6fell  straightway  all  along  on  the 
earth,  and  'was  sore  afraid,  because  of  the  words  of 
Sam'u-el  :  and  there  was  no  strength  in  him ;  for 
he  had  eaten  no  bread  all  the  day,  nor  all  the  night. 

21  If  And  the  woman  came  unto  Saul,  and  saw  that 
he  was  sore  troubled,  and  said  unto  him,  Behold, 
thine  handmaid  hath  obeyed  thy  voice,  and  I  have 
"  put  my  life  in  my  hand,  and  have  hearkened  unto 
thy  words  which  thou  spakest  unto  me. 

22  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  hearken  thou  also 
unto  the  voice  of  thine  handmaid,  and  let  me  set  a 
morsel  of  bread  before  thee  ;  and  eat,  that  thou 
mayest  have  strength,  when  thou  goest  on  thy  way. 

23  But  he  refused,  and  said,  vl  will  not  eat.  But 
his  servants,  together  with  the  woman,  compelled 
him ;  and  he  hearkened  unto  their  voice.  So  he 
arose  from  the  earth,  and  sat  upon  the  bed. 

24  And  the  woman  had  w  &  fat  calf  in  the  house  ; 
and  she  hasted,  and  killed  it,  and  took  flour,  and 
kneaded  it,  and  did  bake  unleavened  bread  thereof : 

25  And  she  brought  it  before  Saul,  and  before  his 
servants  ;  and  they  did  eat.  Then  they  rose  up, 
and  went  away  that  night. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  The  Philistines  mistrust  David.    6  Achish  dismisses  him. 

1VTOW  athe  Phi-lis'tmeg  gathered  together  all  their 
-L^  armies  Ho  A'phek  :  and  thel§'ra-el-ites  pitched 
by  a  fountain  which  is  in  Jez' re-el. 


Achish  dismisses  David. 


1  SAMUEL,  30. 


David  pursues  the  Amalekites. 


2  And  the  lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tine§  passed  on  by 
hundreds,  and  by  thousands :  but  Da'vid  and  his 
men  passed  on  in  the  rereward  cwith  A'chish. 

3  Then  said  the  princes  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  What 
do  these  He'brewg  here  ?  And  A'chish  said  unto  the 
princes  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  Is  not  this  Da'vid,  the 
servant  of  Saul  the  king  of  I§'ra-el,  which  hath 
been  with  me  d  these  days,  or  these  years,  and  I  have 
e  found  no  fault  in  him  since  he  fell  unto  me  unto 
this  day  ? 

4  And  the  princes  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  were  wroth 
with  him  ;  and  the  princes  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  said 
unto  him,  /Make  this  fellow  return,  that  he  may 
go  again  to  his  place  which  thou  hast  appointed  him, 
and  let  him  not  go  down  with  us  to  battle,  lest  °  in 
the  battle  he  be  an  adversary  to  us  :  for  wherewith 
should  he  reconcile  himself  unto  his  master  ?  should 
it  not  be  with  the  heads  of  these  men  ? 

5  Is  not  this  Da'vid,  of  whom  they  sang  one  to 
another  in  dances,  saying, h  Saul  slew  his  thousands, 
and  Da'vidhis  ten  thousands  ? 

6  11  Then  A'chish  called  Da'vid,  and  said  unto  him, 
Surely,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  thou  hast  been  upright, 
and  i  thy  going  out  and  thy  coming  in  with  me  in 
the  host  is  good  in  my  sight  :  for  I  have  not  found 
evil  in  thee  since  the  day  of  thy  coming  unto  me  unto 
this  day  :  nevertheless  Hhe  lords  favour  thee  not. 

7  Wherefore  now  return,  and  go  in  peace,  that  thou 
2  displease  not  the  lords  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg. 

8  Tf  And  Da'vid  said  unto  A'chish,  But  what  have  I 
one?  and  what  hast  thou  found  in  thy  servant  so 

long  as  I  have  been  3with  thee  unto  this  day,  that 
I  may  not  go  fight  against  the  enemies  of  my  lord 
the  kingj* 

9  And  A'chish  answered  and  said  to  Da'vid,  I  know 
that  thou  art  good  in  my  sight,  yas  an  angel  of  God : 
notwithstanding  the  princes  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  have 
said,  He  shall  not  go  up  with  us  to  the  battle. 

10  Wherefore  now  rise  up  early  in  the  morning 
with  thy  master's  servants  that  are  come  with  thee : 
and  as  soon  as  ye  be  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
have  light,  depart. 

11  &So  Da'vid  and  his  men  rose  up  early  to  depart 
in  the  morning,  to  return  into  the  land  of  the  Phi- 
lis'tmeg.     'And  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  went  up  to  Jez're-el. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Amalekiie  despoiltrs.    10  David's  pursuit.    22  The  law  of  spoils. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Da'vid  and  his  men 
-  were  come  to  Zik'lag  on  the  third  day,  that  the 
\aAm'a-lek-Ites  had  invaded  the  south,  and  Zik'lag, 
and  smitten  Zik'lag,  and  burned  it  with  fire  ; 
2  And  had  taken  the  women  captives,  that  tuere 

(therein  :  b they  slew  not  any,  either  great  or  small, 
but  carried  them  away,  and  went  on  their  way. 
3  Tf  So  Da'vid  and  his  men  came  to  the  city,  and, 
behold,  it  was  burned  with  fire  ;  and  their  wives, 
and  their  sons,  and  their  daughters,  were  taken 
captives. 
4  Then  Da'vid  and  the  people  that  were  with  him 
c  lifted  up  their  voice  and  wept,  until  they  had  no 
more  power  to  weep. 


t 


B.  C.  1056. 


cch.  28.  1, 


d  ch,  27.  7. 

e  Dan.  G.  5. 
John  19.  6. 
1  Pet.  3.  10. 


./'I  Chr.  12.  19. 


g  eh.  14.  21. 


h  eh.  18.  7. 
Prov.  27.  14. 


('  Num.  27.  17. 
2  Sam.  3.  25. 
Ps.  121.  8. 
Isa.  37.  28. 

1  thou  art  not 
good  in  the 
eyes  of  the 
lords. 

2  do  not  evil 
in  the  eyes 
of  the  lords. 

3  before  thee. 

j  2  Sam.  14.  l1. 
k  Ps.  37.  23. 

Ps.  73.  2. 

Ps.  91.  11. 

Ps.  119.  133. 

Prov.  10.  9. 
I  2  Sam.  4.  4. 


a  Ex.  17.  8, 
14,  10. 
Num.  24.  20. 
Deut.  25. 
17,  19. 
ch.  15.  7. 
ch.  27.  8. 

1  Chr.  4.  43. 
Ezek.  25.  15. 

b  Job  38.  11. 

Ps.  70.  10. 

Isa.  27.  8. 

Hab.  3.  2. 
c  Num.  14.  1. 
d  ch.  25.  42,  43. 
e  Ex.  17.  4. 
1  bitter. 
/'Ps.  31.  24. 

Ps.  33.  18. 

Ps.  39.  7. 

Ps.  42.  5. 

Ps.  43. 5. 

Ps.  71.  4,  5. 

Ps.  119.  81. 

Ps.  140.  5. 

Lam.  3.  24,  25. 

Joel  3.  10. 

Hab.  3.  17. 

Rom.  4.  20. 
'g  ch.  23.  0,  9. 
h  ch.  23.  2,  4. 
i  Ps.  22.  4,  5. 

Ps.  28.  0. 

Ps.  GO.  15. 
./Ps.  111.  2. 
k  Judg.  15.  19. 

ch.  i4.  27. 

1  2  Sam.  8.  18. 

Ezek.  25.  10. 

Zeph.  2.  5. 
m  Josh.  14.  13. 
n  Ex.  32.  0. 

ch.  25.  3G-38. 

2  Sam.  13.  28. 
Dan.  5.  1-4. 
Luke  12. 

.  19,  20. 
Luke  21.  34. 
1  Thess.  5.  3. 
Rev.  11. 
10,  18. 
o  Job  20.  5. 

2  their  morrow. 
p  Gen.  14.  10. 


J>  And  Da'vid's  rftwo  wives  were  taken  captives, 
A-hm'o-am  the  Jez're-el-It-ess,  and  Ab'i-gail  the  wife 
of  Na'bal  the  Car'mel-ite. 

6  And  Da'vid  was  greatly  distressed;  e  for  the  people 
spake  of  stoning  him,  because  the  soul  of  all  the 
people  was  grieved,  every  man  for  his  sons  and  for 
his  daughters :  but  f  Da'vid  encouraged  himself  in 
the  Lord  his  God. 

7  "And  Da'vid  said  toA-bi'a-thar  the  priest,  A-himr- 
e-lech's  son,  I  pray  thee,  bring  me  hither  the  ephod. 
And  A-bi'a-thar  brought  thither  the  ephod  to  Da'vid. 

8  ''And  Da'vid  enquired  at  the  Lord,  saying,  Shall 
I  pursue  after  this  troop?  shall  I  overtake  them? 
And  he  Answered  him,  Pursue :  for  thou  shalt  surely 
overtake  them,  and  without  fail  recover  all. 

9  So  Da'vid  went,  he  and  the  six  hundred  men  that 
were  with  him,  and  came  to  the  brook  Be'sor,  where 
those  that  were  left  behind  stayed. 

10  But  Da'vid  pursued,  he  and  four  hundred  men : 
for  two  hundred  abode  behind,  which  were  so  faint 
that  they  could  not  go  over  the  brook  Be'sor. 

11  Tf  J'And  they  found  an  E-gyp'tian  in  the  field, 
and  brought  him  to  Da'vid,  and  gave  him  bread,  and 
he  did  eat ;  and  they  made  him  drink  water ; 

12  And  they  gave  him  a  piece  of  a  cake  of  figs,  and 
two  clusters  of  raisins :  and  k  when  he  had  eaten,  his 
spirit  came  again  to  him  :  for  he  had  eaten  no  bread, 
nor  drunk  any  water,  three  days  and  three  nights. 

13  And  Da'vid  said  unto  him,  To  whom  belongest 
thou?  and  whence  art  thou?  And  he  said,  I  am  a 
young  man  of  E'gypt,  servant  to  an  Am'a-lek-Ite ; 
and  my  master  left  me,  because  three  days  agone  I 
fell  sick. 

14  We  made  an  invasion  upon  the  south  of  'the 
Cher'eth-Ites,  and  upon  the  coast  which  belongeth 
to  Ju'dah,  and  upon  the  south  mof  Ca'leb;  and  we 
burned  Zik'lag  with  fire. 

15  And  Da'vid  said  to  him,  Canst  thou  bring  me 
clown  to  this  company  ?  And  he  said,  Swear  unto 
me  by  God,  that  thou  wilt  neither  kill  me,  nor  de- 
liver me  into  the  hands  of  my  master,  and  I  will 
bring  thee  down  to  this  company. 

16  Tf  And  when  he  had  brought  him  down,  behold, 
they  were  spread  abroad  upon  all  the  earth,  n  eating 
and  drinking,  and  dancing,  because  of  all  the  great 
spoil  that  they  had  taken  out  of  the  land  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  out  of  the  land  of  Ju'dah. 

17  And  Da'vid  °  smote  them  from  the  twilight  even 
unto  the  evening  of 2  the  next  day :  and  there  escaped 
not  a  man  of  them,  save  four  hundred  young  men, 
which  rode  upon  camels,  and  fled. 

18  And  Da'vid  p  recovered  all  that  the  Am'a-lek- 
Ites  had  carried  away  :  and  Da'vid  rescued  his  two 
wives. 

19  And  there  was  nothing  lacking  to  them,  neither 
small  nor  great,  neither  sons  nor  daughters,  neither 
spoil,  nor  any  thing  that  they  had  taken  to  them : 
Da'vid  recovered  all. 

20  And  Da'vid  took  all  the  flocks  and  the  herds, 
which  they  drave  before  those  other  cattle,  and  said, 
This  is  Da'vid's  spoil. 

21  Tf  And  Da'vid  came  to  the  two  hundred  men, 

245 


David's  law  of  spoil. 


1  SAMUEL,  31. 


The  death  of  SauL 


which  were  so  faint  that  they  could  not  follow  Da'- 
vid,  whom  they  had  made  also  to  abide  at  the  brook 
Be'sor :  and  they  went  forth  to  meet  Da'vid,  and 
to  meet  the  people  that  were  with  him  :  and  when 
Da'vid  came  near  to  the  people,  he  3 saluted  them. 

22  Then  answered  all.  the  wicked  men  and  men  "of 
Be'li-al,  of  4those  that  went  with  Da'vid,  and  said, 
Because  they  went  not  with  us,  we  will  not  give  them 
ought  of  the  spoil  that  we  have  recovered,  save  to 
every  man  his  wife  and  his  children,  that  they  may 
lead  them  away,  and  depart. 

23  Then  said  Da'vid,  Ye  shall  not  do  so,  my  breth- 
ren, with  that  which  the  Lord  hath  given  us,  who 
hath  preserved  us,  and  delivered  the  company  that 
came  against  us  into  our  hand. 

24  For  who  will  hearken  unto  you  in  this  matter  ? 
but  ras  his  part  is  that  goeth  down  to  the  battle, 
so  shall  his  part  be  that  tarrieth  by  the  stuff :  they 
shall  part  alike. 

25  And  it  was  so  from  that  day  °  forward,  that  he 
made  it  a  statute  and  an  ordinance  for  Ig'ra-el  unto 
this  day. 

26  II  And  when  Da'vid  came  to  Zik'lag,  he  sent 
of  the  spoil  unto  the  elders  of  Ju'dah,  even  to  his 
friends,  saying,  Behold  a  6  present  for  you  of  the 
spoil  of  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  ; 

27  To  them  which  were  in  sBeth'-el,  and  to  them 
which  were  in  'south  Ra'moth,  and. to  them  which 
were  in  MJat'tir, 

28  And  to  them  which  were  in "  Ar'o-er,  and  to  them 
which  were  in  Siph'moth,  and  to  them  which  were  in 
wEsh-te-mo'a, 

29  And  to  them  which  were  in  Ra'chal,  and  to  them 
which  were  in  the  cities  of  -""the  Je-rah'me-el-Ites, 
and  to  them  which  were  in  the  cities  of  the  '-'Ken'- 
Ites, 

30  And  to  them  which  were  in  *H6r'mah,  and  to 
them  which  were  in  Ch6r-a'shan,  and  to  them  which 
were  in  A'thach, 

31  And  to  them  which  were  °in  He'bron,  and  to  all 
the  places  where  Da'vid  himself  and  his  men  were 
wont  to  haunt. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  Saul's  death.    11  His  body  burned  and  bones  buried.  . 

OW  "the  Phi-lis'tmeg  fought  against  Ig'ra-el : 
and  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  fled  from  before  the 


B.  C.  1056. 


3  Or,  asked 
them  how 
they  did. 

o  Deut.  13.  13. 
ch.  22.  2. 
ch.  25.  17,  25. 

4  men. 


N 


r  Num.  31.  27. 
Ps.  68.  12. 


5  and  forward. 


6  blessing. 


s  Gen.  12.  8. 
t  Josh.  19.  8. 
«  Josh.  15.  48. 
v  Josh.  13.  16. 
w  Josh.  15.  50. 
x  ch.  27.  10. 
V  Judg.  1.  16. 
z  Judg.  1.  17. 
a  2  Sam.  2.  1. 


a  ch.  29.  1. 

1  Chr.  10.  1.    . 

1  Or,  wounded. 
b  ch.  28.  4. 

c  1  Chr.  8.  33. 
d  2  Sam.  1.  6. 

2  shooters,  men 
with  bows. 

3  found  him. 
e  Judg.  9.  54. 
/  ch.  14.  6. 

4  Or,  mock  me. 
<7  2  Sam.  1.  10. 
h  ch.  12.  25. 

Rom.  6.  23. 
i  2  Sam.  1.  20. 
j  ch.  21.  9. 
k  Judg.  2.  13. 
/Josh.  17.  11. 

5  Or,  concerning 
him. 

mcli.  11.  1-11. 

2  Sam.  2.  4-7. 
n  2  Chr.  16. 14. 

Amos  6.  10. 
o  2  Sam.  21.  12, 

13,  14. 
p  Gen.  50.  10. 


Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  fell  down  1  slain  in  mount  6Gil- 
bo'a. 

2  And  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  followed  hard  upon  Saul 
and  upon  hisjsons  ;  and  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  slew  c  J5n'- 
a-than,  and  A-bm'a-dab,  and  MeTchi-shu'a,  Saul's 
sons. 

3  And  dthe  battle  went  sore  against  Saul,  and  the 
2  archers  3hit  him  ;  and  he  was  sore  wounded  of  the 
archers. 

4  eThen  said  Saul  unto  his  armourbearer,  Draw 
thy  sword,  and  thrust  me  through  therewith  ;  lest 
/these  uncircumcised  come  and  thrust  me  through, 
and  4  abuse  me.  But  his  armourbearer  would  not ; 
for  he  was  sore  afraid.  Therefore  Saul  took  a 
sword,  and  "fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  his  armourbearer  saw  that  Saul  was 
dead,  he  fell  likewise  upon  his  sword,  and  died  with 
him. 

6  So  Saul  Mied,  and  his  three  sons,  and  his  armour- 
bearer,  and  all  his  men,  that  same  day  together. 

7  II  And  when  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  that  were  on  the 
other  side  of  the  valley,  and  they  that  vjere  on  the 
other  side  Jor'dan,  saw  that  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  fled, 
and  that  Saul  and  his  sons  were  dead,  they  forsook 
the  cities,  and  fled ;  and  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  came  and 
dwelt  in  them. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  when  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  came  to  strip  the  slain,  that  they 
found  Saul  and  his  three  sons  fallen  in  mount  Gil- 
bo'a. 

9  And  they  cut  off  his  head,  and  stripped  off  his 
armour,  and  sent  into  the  land  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg 
round  about,  to  'publish  it  in  the  house  of  their 
idols,  and  among  the  people. 

10  ■'And  they  put  his  armour  in  the  house  of 
''Ash'ta-roth:  and  they  fastened  his  body  to  the 
wall  of  'Beth'-shan. 

Ill  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  Ja'besh-gil'e-ad 
heard  5of  that  which  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  had  done  to 
Saul; 

12  m  All  the  valiant  men  arose,  and  went  all  night, 
and  took  the  body  of  Saul  and  the  bodies  of  his  sons 
from  the  wall  of  Beth'-shan,  and  came  to  Ja'besh, 
and  n  burnt  them  there. 

13  And  they  took  their  bones,  and  °  buried  them 
under  a  tree  at  Ja'besh,  pand  fasted  seven  days. 


THE 

SECOND    BOOK   OF   SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE   CALLED, 

THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  The  Amalekile  informer.     17  David's  lamentation. 

1VTOW  it  came  to  pass  after  the  death  of  Saul, 
-^  when  Da'vid  was  returned  from  a  the  slaughter 
of  the  Am'a-lek-Ttes,  and  Da'vid  had  abode  two  days 
in  Zik'lag ; 

2  It  came  even  to  pass  on  the  third  day,  that,  be- 
hold, 6a  man  came  out  of  the  camp  from  Saul  c  with 

246 


B.  C.  1056. 


a  1  Sam.  11.  11. 

1  Ki.  20. 

29,  30. 
6  ch.  4.  10. 
c  Gen.  37.  29. 

Num.  14.  6. 

Josh.  7.  6. 

1  Sam.  4.  12. 

Job  1.  20. 

Acts  14.  14. 
1  What  was,  etc. 


his  clothes  rent,  and  earth  upon  his  head :  and  so 
it  was,  when  he  came  to  Da'vid,  that  he  fell  to  the 
earth,  and  did  obeisance. 

3  And  Da'vid  said  unto  him,  From  whence  comest 
thou  ?  And  he  said  unto  him,  Out  of  the  camp  of 
Ig'ra-el  am  I  escaped. 

4  And  Da'vid  said  unto  him,  *How  went  the  mat- 
ter ?    I  pray  thee,  tell  me.   And  he  answered,  That 


David's  lamentation. 


2  SAMUEL,  2. 


Judah  anoints  David. 


the  people  are  fled  from  the  battle,  and  many  of 
the  people  also  are  fallen  and  dead  ;  and  Saul  and 
Jon'a-than  his"  son  are  dead  also. 

5  And  Da'vid  said  unto  the  young  man  that  told 
him,  How  knowest  thou  that  Saul  and  Jon'a-than 
his  son  be  dead  ? 

6  And  the  young  man  that  told  him  said,  2  As  I 
happened  by  chance  upon  d  mount  Gil-bo'a,  behold, 
eSaul  leaned  upon  his  spear;  and,  lo,  the  chariots 
and  horsemen  followed  hard  after  him. 

7  And  when  he  looked  behind  him,  he  saw  me,  and 
called  unto  me.     And  I  answered,  3Here  am  I. 

8  And  he  said  unto  me,  Who  art  thou  ?  And  I 
answered  him,  I  am  an  Am'a-lek-Ite. 

9  He  said  unto  me  again,  Stand,  I  pray  thee,  upon 
me,  and  slay  me  :  for  4  anguish  is  come  upon  me, 
because  my  life  is  yet  whole  in  me. 

10  So  I  stood  upon  him,  and  ^"slew  him,  because  I 
was  sure  that  he  could  not  live  after  that  he  was 
fallen :  and  I  took  the  crown  that  was  upon  his 
head,  and  the  bracelet  that  was  on  his  arm,  and 
have  brought  them  hither  unto  my  lord. 

11  Then  Da'vid  took  hold  on  his  clothes,  and  g  rent 
them  ;  and  likewise  all  the  men  that  were  with 
him: 

12  And  they  mourned,  and  wept,  and  fasted  until 
even,  for  Saul,  and  for  Jon'a-than  his  son,  and  for 
the  people  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  house  of  I§'- 
ra-el ;  because  they  were  fallen  by  the  sword. 

13  If  And  Da'vid  said  unto  the  young  man  that 
told  him,  Whence  art  thou?  And  he  answered,  I 
am  the  son  of  a  stranger,  an  Am'a-lek-Ite. 

14  And  Da'vid  said  unto  him,  h  How  wast  thou  not 
afraid  to  stretch  forth  thine  hand  to  destroy  the 
Lord's  anointed  ? 

15  And  "Da'vid  called  one  of  the  young  men,  and 
said,  Go  near,  and  fall  upon  him.  And  he  smote 
him  that  he  died. 

16  And  Da'vid  said  unto  him, j  Thy  blood  be  upon 
thy  head  ;  for  *thy  mouth  hath  testified  against 
thee,  saying,  I  have  slain  the  Lord's  anointed. 

17  T[  And  Da'vid  lamented  with  this  lamentation 
over  Saul  and  over  Jon'a-than  his  son  : 

18  (Also  he  bade  them  teach  the  children  of  Ju'dah 
6 the  use  of  the  bow:  behold,  it  is  written  lm  the 
book  6of  Ja'sher.) 

19  The  beauty  of  I§'ra-el  is  slain  upon  thy  high 
places  :  how  are  the  mighty  fallen  ! 

20  TOTell  it  not  in  Gath,  publish  it  not  in  the  streets 
of  As'ke-lon  ;  lest  nthe  daughters  of  the  Phi-lis'- 
tme§  rejoice,  lest  the  daughters  of  °the  uncircum- 
cised  triumph. 

21  Ye  mountains  of  Gil-bo'a,  v  let  there  be  no  dew, 
neither  let  there  be  rain,  upon  you,  nor  fields  of 
offerings  :  for  there  the  shield  of  the  mighty  is 
vilely  cast  away,  the  shield  of  Saul,  as  though  he  had 
not  been  Q  anointed  with  oil. 

22  From  the  blood  of  the  slain,  from  the  fat  of 
the  mighty, r  the  bow  of  Jon'a-than  turned  not  back, 
and  the  sword  of  Saul  returned  not  empty. 

23  Saul  and  Jon'a-than  were  lovely  and  7 pleasant 
in  their  lives,  and  in  their  death  they  were  not 


B.  C.  1056. 


2  Meeting,  I  met. 
d  1  Sam.  31.  1. 
e  1  Sam.  31.  2-4. 


3  Behold  me. 


4  Or,  my  coat 
of  mail,  or, 
my  embroid- 
ered coat 
hindereth  me, 
that  my,  etc. 

/  Judg.  9.  54. 


c/ch.  3.  31. 
2  Chr.  34.  27. 
Ezra  9.  3. 


h  Num.  12.  8. 
1  Sam.  24.  6. 
Pa.  105.  15. 


i  1  Sam.  22. 

17,18.       ' 

ch.  4.  10. 
j  1  Sam.  26.  9. 
k  Luke  19.  22. 
5  Or,  the  ode  of 

the  bow. 
I  Josh.  10.  13. 
G  Or,  of  the  up- 
right. 
m  1  Sam.  31.  9. 

Mic.  1.  10. 
n  Ex.  15.  20. 

1  Sam.  18.  6. 
ol  Sam.  31.4. 
p  Job  3.  3,  4. 
q\  Sam.  10.1. 
r  1  Sam.  18.  4. 
7  Or,  sweet. 
s  Judg.  14.  18. 
/  1  Sam.  18.  1,  3. 

1  Sam.  19.  2. 


a  Num.  27.  21. 

1  Sam.  23.  2, 

4,9. 
b  1  Sam.  30.  31. 
c  1  Sam.  27.  2. 

1  That  is,  Sub- 
urbs. 

d  ch.  5.  5. 
e  1  Sam.  31. 11. 
/Ps.  115.  15. 
g  2  Tim.  1.  16. 
h  Matt.  5.  44. 

2  be  ye  the  sons 
of  valour. 

i  1  Sam.  14.  50. 
1  Sam.  17.  55. 

3  the  host 
which  was 
Saul's. 

4  Esh-baal. 

j  Gen.  32.  2. 
ch.  17.  27. 

5  number  of 
days. 

k  Josh.  9.  3. 
Isa.  28.  21. 

6  Them 
together. 

I  Jer.  41.  12. 


divided  :  they  were  swifter  than  eagles,  they  were 
■'stronger  than  lions. 

24  Ye  daughters  of  I§'ra-el,  weep  over  Saul,  who 
clothed  you  in  scarlet,  with  other  delights,  who  put 
on  ornaments  of  gold  upon  your  apparel. 

25  How  are  the  mighty  fallen  in  the  midst  of  the 
battle  !  O  Jon'a-than,  thou  wast  slain  in  thine  high 
places. 

26  I  am  distressed  for  thee,  my  brother  Jon'a-than  : 
very  pleasant  hast  thou  been  unto  me:  'thy  love 
to  me  was  wonderful,  passing  the  love  of  women. 

27  How  are  the  mighty  fallen,  and  the  weapons  of 
war  perished  ! 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  David  anointed  king  of  Judah.     8  Ish-bosheth  rules  Israel.     18  Asahel  is  killed. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Da'vid 
■£*-  "enquired  of  the  Lord,  saying,  Shall  I  go  up 
into  any  of  the  cities  of  Ju'dah  ?  And  the  Lord 
said  unto  him,  Go  up.  And  Da'vid  said,  Whither 
shall  I  go  up?     And  he  said,  Unto  6  He'bron. 

2  So JDa'vid  went  up  thither,  and  his  two  wives 
also,  A-hm'o-am  the  Jez're-el-It-ess,  and  Ab'i-gail 
Na'bal's  wife  the  Car'mel-Ite. 

3  And  chis  men  that  were  with  him  did  Da'vid 
bring  up,  every  man  with  his  household  :  and  they 
dwelt  in  the  2  cities  of  He'bron. 

4  dAnd  the  men  of  Ju'dah  came,  and  there  they 
anointed  Da'vid  king  over  the  house  of  Ju'dah. 
And  they  told  Da'vid,  saying,  That  ethe  men  of 
Ja'besh-gil'e-ad  were  they  that  buried  Saul. 

5  1  And  Da'vid  sent  messengers  unto  the  men  of 
Ja'besh-gil'e-ad,  and  said  unto  them,  -^Blessed  be  ye 
of  the  Lord,  that  ye  have  shewed  this  kindness 
unto  your  lord,  even  unto  Saul,  and  have  buried 
him. 

6  And  now  Hhe  Lord  shew  kindness  and  truth 
unto  you  :  and  h  I  also  will  requite  you  this  kindness, 
because  ye  have  done  this  thing. 

7  Therefore  now  let  your  hands  be  strengthened, 
and  2be  ye  valiant :  for  your  master  Saul  is  dead, 
and  also  the  house  of  Ju'dah  have  anointed  me  king 
over  them. 

8  If  But  'Ab'ner  the  son  of  Ner,  captain  of  3  Saul's 
host,  took 4  Ish-bo'sheth  the  son  of  Saul,  and  brought 
him  over  to  ^'Ma-ha-na'im  ; 

9  And  made  him  king  over  Gil'e-ad,  and  over  the 
Ash'ur-ites,  and  over  Jez're-el,  and  over  E'phra-im, 
and  over  Ben'ja-min,  and  over  all  Ig'ra-el. 

10  Ish-bo'sheth  Saul's  son  was  forty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign  over  Ig'ra-el,  and  reigned 
two  years.    But  the  house  of  Ju'dah  followed  Da'vid. 

11  And  the  5time  that  Da'vid  was  king  in  He'bron 
over  the  house  of  Ju'dah  was  seven  years  and  six 
months. 

12  If  And  Ab'ner  the  son  of  Ner,  and  the  servants 
of  Ish-bo'sheth  the  son  of  Saul,  went  out  from  Ma- 
ha-na'im  to  fcGib'e-on. 

13  And  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-T'ah,  and  the  ser- 
vants of  Da'yid,  went  out,  and  met  6  together  by 
fthe  pool  of  Gib'e-on  :  and  they  sat  down,  the  one 
on  the  one  side  of  the  pool,  and  the  other  on  the 
other  side  of  the  pool. 

247 


Asahel  is  slain. 


2  SAMUEL,  3. 


The  rival  kings. 


14  And  Ab'ner  said  to  Jo'ab,  '"Let  the  young  men 
now  arise,  and  play  before  us.  And  Jo'ab  said,  Let 
them  arise. 

15  Then  there  arose  and  went  over  by  number 
twelve  of  Ben'ja-min,  which  pertained  to  Ish-bo'- 
sheth  the  son  of  Saul,  and  twelve  of  the  servants 
of  Da'vid. 

16  And  they  caught  every  one  his  fellow  by  the 
head,  and  thrust  his  sword  in  his  fellow's  side  ;  so 
they  fell  down  together :  wherefore  that jplace  was 
called  7  Hel'kath-haz'zu-rlm,  which  is  in  Gib'e-on. 

17  And  there  was  a  very  sore  battle  that  day  ; 
"and  Ab'ner  was  beaten,  and  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el, 
before  the  servants  of  Da'vid. 

18  If  And  there  were  "three  sons  of  Zer-u-I'ah 
there,  Jo'ab,  and  A-bish'a-I,  and  A'sa-hel  :  and 
A'sa-hel  ivas  pas  light  8of  foot  9as  a  wild  roe. 

19  And  A'sa-hel  pursued  after  Ab'ner  ;  and  in 
going  he  turned  not  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the 
left  10from  following  Ab'ner. 

20  Then  Ab'ner  looked  behind  him,  and  said,  Art 
thou  A'sa-hel  ?    And  he  answered,  I  am. 

21  And  Ab'ner  said  to  him,  Turn  thee  aside  to  thy 
right  hand  or  to  thy  left,  and  lay  thee  hold  on  one 
of  the  'young  men,  and  take  thee  his  n armour. 
But  A'sa-hel  would  not  turn  aside  from  following 
of  him. 

22  And  Ab'ner  said  again  to  A'sa-hel,  Turn  thee 
aside  from  following  me :  wherefore  should  I  smite 
thee  to  the  ground  ?  how  then  should  I  hold  up  my 
face  to  Jo'ab  thy  brother  ? 

23  Howbeit  he  refused  to  turn  aside  :  wherefore 
Ab'ner  with  the  hinder  end  of  the  spear  smote  him 
r  under  the  fifth  rib,  that  the  spear  came  out  behind 
him ;  and  he  fell  down  there,  and  died  in  the  same 
place  :  and  it  came  to  pass,  that  as  many  as  came 
to  the  place  where  A'sa-hel  fell  down  and  died 
stood  still. 

24  Jo'ab  also  and  A-bish'a-I  pursued  after  Ab'ner : 
and  the  sun  went  down  when  they  were  come  to  the 
hill  of  Am'mah,  that  lieth  before  Gi'ah  by  the  way 
of  the  wilderness  of  s  Gib'e-on. 

25  If  And  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min  gathered 
themselves  together  after  Ab'ner,  and  became  one 
troop,  and  stood  on  the  top  of  an  hill. 

26  Then  Ab'ner  called  to  Jo'ab,  and  said,  Shall  the 
sword  devour  for  ever  ?  knowest  thou  not  that  it 
will  be  bitterness  in  the  latter  end  ?  how  long  shall 
it  be  then,  ere  thou  bid  the  people  return  from  fol- 
lowing their  *  brethren  ? 

27  And  Jo'ab  said,  As  God  liveth,  unless  "thou 
hadst  spoken,  surely  then  12in  the  morning  the  peo- 
ple had  13gone  up  every  one  from  following  his 
brother. 

28  So  Jo'ab  blew  a  trumpet,  and  all  the 
stood   still,  and   pursued   after  I§'ra-el 
neither  fought  they  any  more. 

29  And  Ab'ner  and  his  men  walked  all  that  night 
through  the  plain,  and  passed  over  Jor'dan,  and 
went  through  all  T'Bith'ron,  and  they  came  to  wMa- 
ha-na'im. 

30  And   Jo'ab  returned  from   following  Ab'ner  : 

248 


people 
no   more, 


B.  C.  1053. 


m  Prov.  10.  23. 
Prov.  13.  10. 
Prov.  17.  14. 
Prov.  20.  3. 
Prov.  25.  8. 
Prov.  26. 
18,  19. 


7  That  is,  The 
field  of  strong 
men,  or,  of 
rocks. 

n  1  Ki.  20.  11. 


o  1  Chr.  2.  16. 


p  1  Chr.  12.  8. 

8  of  his  feet. 

9  as  one  of  the 
roes  that  is  in 
the  field. 

10  from  after 
Abner. 


q  1  Sam.  17.  42. 
11  garment,  or, 
spoil. 


r  ch.  3.  27. 

ch.  4.  0. 

ch.  20. 10. 
i  Josh.  9.  3. 
t  Ps.  4.  2. 

Acts  7.  26. 
u  Prov.  17.  14. 

Prov.  20.  IS. 

Prov.  25.  8. 

Luke  14. 

31,  32. 

12  from  the 
morning. 

13  Or,  gone 
away. 

v  Song  2.  17. 
w  Gen.  32.  2. 

Josh.  21.  38. 

ch.  17.  24. 
x  Gen.  47.  29,  30. 

Gen.  49.  29. 

ch.  17.  23. 

ch.  19.  37. 


a  Ps.  46.  9. 

Isa.  2.  4. 

Mic.  4.  3. 

Matt.  10. 

35,  36. 

Gal.  5.  17. 
b  1  Chr.  3.  1. 
c  1  Sam.  25.  43. 
1  Or,  Daniel. 
d  ch.  13.  37. 

1  Sam.  27.  8. 
e  1  Ki.  1.  5. 

/  ch.  2.  8,  9. 

2  Chr.  25.  8. 
<7Ch.  21.8,  10. 
h  ch.  16.  21. 

i  Deut.'  23.  IS. 

1  Sam.  24.  15. 

ch.  16.  9. 
/  Ruth  1.  17. 
k  1  Sam.  15.  28. 

1  Chr.  12.  23. 

Ps.  78.  70. 

Ps.  89.  19,  20. 

Acts  13.  22. 

1  Judg.  20.  1. 

ch.  17.  11. 

2  saying. 

m  Gen.  43.  3. 

Gen.  44.  23,  26. 
n  1  Sam.  18.  20. 


and  when  he  had  gathered  all  the  people  together, 
there  lacked  of  Da'vid's  servants  nineteen  men  and 
A'sa-hel. 

31  But  the  servants  of  Da'vid  had  smitten  of 
Ben'ja-min,  and  of  Ab'ner's  men,  so  that  three 
hundred  and  threescore  men  died. 

32  Tf  And  they  took  up  A'sa-hel,  and  buried  him 
in  the  x sepulchre  of  his  father,  which  was  in  Beth'- 
le-hem.  And  Jo'ab  and  his  men  went  all  night, 
and  they  came  to  He'bron  at  break  of  day. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  The  rival  kings.    22  Abner  killed  by  Joab.    31  David  mourns  Abner. 

lyrOW  there  was  long  a  war  between  the  house  of 
-^  Saul  and  the  house  of  Da'vid  :  but  Da'vid 
waxed  stronger  and  stronger,  and  the  house  of 
Saul  waxed  weaker  and  weaker. 

2  If  And  6unto  Da'vid  were  sons  born  in  He'bron  : 
and  his  firstborn  was  Am'non,  cof  A-hm'o-am  the 
Jez're-el-It-ess ; 

3  And  his  second,  ^hll'e-ab,  of  Ab'i-gail  the  wife 
of  Na'bal  the  Car'mel-Ite  ;  and  the  third,  Ab'sa-lom 
the  son  of  Ma'a-cah  the  daughter  of  Tal'mafking 
dof  Ge'shur ; 

4  And  the  fourth,  e  Ad-o-nl' jah  the  son  of  Hag'- 
gith  ;  and  the  fifth,  Sheph-a-ti'ah  the  son  of  Ab'i- 
tal ; 

5  And  the  sixth,  Ith're-am,  by  Eg'lah  Da'vid's 
wife.     These  were  born  to  Da'vid  in  He'bron. 

6  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  there  was  war  be- 
tween the  house  of  Saul  and  the  house  of  Da'vid, 
that  Ab'ner  -'"made  himself  strong  for  the  house  of 
Saul. 

7  And  Saul  had  a  concubine,  whose  ^name  was 
f'RTz'pah,  the  daughter  of  A-I'ah:  and  Ish-bo'sheth 
said  to  Ab'ner,  Wherefore  hast  thou  ''gone  in  unto 
my  father's  concubine  ? 

8  Then  was  Ab'ner  very  wroth  for  the  words  of 
Ish-bo'sheth,  and  said,  Am  I  r'a  dog's  head,  which 
against  Ju'dah  do  shew  kindness  this  day  unto  the 
house  of  Saul  thy  father,  to  his  brethren,  and  to  his 
friends,  and  have  not  delivered  thee  into  the  hand 
of  Da'vid,  that  thou  chargest  me  to  day  with  a 
fault  concerning  this  woman  ? 

9  ^'So  do  God  to  Ab'ner,  and  more  also,  except,  fcas 
the  Lord  hath  sworn  to  Da'vid,  even  so  I  do  to  him ; 

10  To  translate  the  kingdom  from  the  house  of 
Saul,  and  to  set  up  the  throne  of  Da'vid  over  !§'- 
ra-el  and  over  Ju'dah,  'from  Dan  even  to  Be'er- 
she'ba. 

11  And  he  could  not  answer  Ab'ner  a  word  again, 
because  he  feared  him. 

12  If  And  Ab'ner  sent  messengers  to  Da'vid  on  his 
behalf,  saying,  Whose  is  the  land  ?  saying  also, 
Make  thy  league  with  me,  and,  behold,  my  hand 
shall  be  with  thee,  to  bring  about  all  I§'  ra-el  unto 
thee. 

13  If  And  he  said,  Well ;  I  will  make  a  league  with 
thee  :  but  one  thing  I  require  of  thee,  2  that  is, 
mThou  shalt  not  see  my  face,  except  thou  first 
bring  "Mi'chal  Saul's  daughter,  when  thou  comest 
to  see  my  face. 


Abner  deserts  to  David. 


2  SAMUEL,  4. 


David  mourns  Abner. 


14  And  Da'vid  sent  messengers  to  Ish-bo'she'th 
Saul's  son,  saying,  Deliver  me  my  wife  Mi'chal, 
which  I  espoused  to  me  °for  an  hundred  foreskins 
of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

15  And  Ish-bo'sheth  sent,  and  took  her  from  her 
husband,  even  from  "Phal'ti-el  the  son  of  La'ish. 

16  And  her  husband  went  with  her  3  along  weep- 
ing behind  her  to  "Ba-hu'rim.  Then  said  Ab'ner 
unto  him,  Go,  return.     And  he  returned. 

17  If  And  Ab'ner  had  communication  with  the 
elders  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  Ye  sought  for  Da'vid  4in 
times  past  to  be  king  over  you  : 

18  Now  then  do  it :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  of 
Da'vid,  saying,  By  the  hand  of  my  servant  Da'vid 
I  will  save  my  people  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  out  of  the  hand  of  all  their  enemies. 

19  And  Ab'ner  also  spake  in  the  ears  of  rBen'ja- 
min  :  and  Ab'ner  went  also  to  speak  in  the  ears  of 
Da'vid  in  He'bron  all  that  seemed  good  to  Ig'ra-el, 
and  that  seemed  good  to  the  whole  house  of  Ben'- 
ja-min. 

20  So  Ab'ner  came  to  Da'vid  to  He'bron,  and 
twenty  men  with  him.  And  Da'vid  made  Ab'ner 
and  the  men  that  were  with  him  a  feast. 

21  And  Ab'ner  said  unto  Da'vid,  I  will  arise  and 
go,  and  will  gather  all  Ig'ra-el  unto  my  lord  the 
king,  that  they  may  make  a  league  with  thee,  and 
that  thou  mayest s  reign  over  all  that  thine  heart 
desireth.  And  Da'vid  sent  Ab'ner  away  ;  and  he 
went  in  peace. 

22  H  And,  behold,  the  servants  of  Da'vid  and  Jo'ab 
came  from  pursuing  a  troop,  and  brought  in  a  great 
spoil  with  them  :  but  Ab'ner  was- not  with  Da'vid 
in  He'bron  ;  for  he  had  sent  him  away,  and  he  was 
gone  in  peace. 

23  When  Jo'ab  and  all  the  host  that  was  with  him 
were  come,  they  told  Jo'ab,  saying,  Ab'ner  the  son 
of  Ner  came  .to  the  king,  and  he  hath  sent  him 
away,  and  he  is  gone  in  peace. 

24  Then  Jo'ab  came  to  the  king,  and  said,  What 
hast  thou  done?  behold,  Ab'ner  came  unto  thee  ; 
why  is  it  that  thou  hast  sent  him  away,  and  he  is 
5  quite  gone  ? 

25  Thou  knowest  Ab'ner  the  son  of  Ner,  that  he 
came  to  deceive  thee,  and  to  know  fthy  going  out 
and  thy  coming  in,  and  to  know  all  that  thou  doest. 

26  And  when  Jo'ab  was  come  out  from  Da'vid,  he 
sent  messengers  after  Ab'ner,  which  brought  him 
again  from  the  well  of  Si'rah  :  but  Da'vid  knew  it 
not. 

27  And  when  Ab'ner  was  returned  to  He'bron, 
J5'ab  "took  him  aside  in  the  gate  to  speak  with  him 
8 quietly,  and  smote  him  there  "under  the  fifth  rib, 
that  he  died,  for  the  blood  of  wA'sa-hel  his  brother. 

28  II  And  afterward  when  Da'vid  heard  it,  he  said, 
I  and  my  kingdom  are  guiltless  before  the  Lord 
for  ever,  from  the  7  blood  of  Ab'ner  the  son  of  Ner : 

29  "'Let  it  rest  on  the  head  of  Jo'ab,  and  on  all  his 
father's  house  ;  and  let  there  not  8fail  from   the 

louse  of  Jo'ab  one  Hhat  hath  an  issue,  or  that  is  a 
leper,  or  that  leaneth  on  a  staff,  or  that  falleth  on 
the  sword,  or  that  lacketh  bread. 


B.  C.  1048. 


0  1  Sam.  18. 
■25,  27. 


p  1  Sam.  25.  44, 

Phalti. 
3  going  and 

weeping. 
q  ch.  19.  16. 


4  both  yester- 
day and  the 
third  day. 


r  1  Chr.  12.  29. 


s  Deut.  14.  26. 


5  going,  gone. 
t  Num.  27.  17. 

1  Sam.  29.  6. 
Ps.  121.  8. 
Isa.  37.  28. 
u  1  Ki.  2.  5. 
ch.  20.  9,  10. 

6  Or,  peaceably. 
v  Gen.  4.  8. 

ch.  2.  23. 
ch.  4.  6. 
w  ch.  2.  23. 

7  bloods. 

z  Judg.  9.  54, 
56,  57. 

1  Ki.  2.  32,  33. 
Ps.  7.  11,  16. 
Ps.  94.  22,  23. 
Prov.  5.  22. 

8  be  cut  off. 
'/  Lev.  15.  2. 
a  ch.  2.  23. 
a  Josh.  7.  6. 

ch.  1.  2,  11. 

2  Ki.  19.  1. 
b  Gen.  37.  34. 

2  Ki.  19.  1. 
Job  16.  15. 

9  bed. 

c  1  Sam.  30.  4. 

ch.  1.  12. 

Prov.  24.  17. 
d  ch.  13.  13. 

Eccl.  2.  15,  16. 

10  children  of 
iniquity. 

e  ch.  12.  17. 
fRuth  1.  17. 
g  ch.  1.  12. 

11  was  good  in 
their  eyes. 

12  tender. 
h  ch.  19.  7. 
i  ch.  19.  13. 

Ps.  28.  4. 
2  Tim.  4.  14. 


1  second. 

a  Josh.  9.  17. 
b  Neh.  11.  33. 
c  ch.  9.  3. 
il  1  Sam.  29.  1. 

2  Or,  Meribbaal. 
e  Judg.  5.  25. 

Ps.  147.  14. 
/ch.  2.  23. 
ch.  3.  27. 


30  So  Jo'ab  and  A-bish'a-I  his  brother  slew  Ab'ner, 
because  he  had  slain  their  brother z  A'sa-hel  at  Gib'- 
e-on  in  the  battle. 

31  If  And  Da'vid  said  to  Jo'ab,  and  to  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  "Rend  your  clothes,  and  6gird 
you  with  sackcloth,  and  mourn  before  Ab'ner.  And 
king  Da'vid  himself  followed  the  9bier. 

32  And  they  buried  Ab'ner  in  He'bron  :  and  the 
king  lifted  up  his  voice,  and  cwept  at  the  grave  of 
Ab'ner ;  and  all  the  people  wept. 

33  And  the  king  lamented  over  Ab'ner,  and  said, 
Died  Ab'ner  as  a  rffool  dieth? 

34  Thy  hands  were  not  bound,  nor  thy  feet  put 
into  fetters  :  as  a  man  falleth  before  10  wicked  men, 
so  f  ellest  thou.  And  all  the  people  wept  again  over 
him. 

35  And  when  all  the  people  came  to  e  cause  Da'vid 
to  eat  meat  while  it  was  yet  day,  Da'vid  sware, 
saying,  ■'So  do  God  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  I  taste 
bread,  or  ought  else,  ^  till  the  sun  be  down. 

36  And  all  the  people  took  notice  of  it,  and  it 
11  pleased  them :  as  whatsoever  the  king  did  pleased 
all  the  people. 

37  For  all  the  people  and  all  Ig'ra-el  understood 
that  day  that  it  was  not  of  the  king  to  slay  Ab'ner 
the  son  of  Ner. 

38  And  the  king  said  unto  his  servants,  Know  ye 
not  that  there  is  a  prince  and  a  great  man  fallen 
this  day  in  Ig'ra-el  ? 

39  And  I  am  this  day  12weak,  though  anointed 
king  ;  and  these  men  the  sons  of  Zer-u-I'ah  hbe  too 
hard  for  me  :  Hhe  Lord  shall  reward  the  doer  of 
evil  according  to  his  wickedness. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Ish-bosheth  is  murdered.    9  David  slays  the  murderers. 

A  ND  when  Saul's  son  heard  that  Ab'ner  was  dead 
-^-  in  He'bron,  his  hands  were  feeble,  and  all  the 
Ig'ra-el-Ites  were  troubled. 

2  And  Saul's  son  had  two  men  that  were  captains 
of  bands  :  the  name  of  the  one  was  Ba'a-nah,  and 
the  name  of  the  '  other  Re'chab,  the  sons  of  Rim'mon 
a  Be-e'roth-Ite,  of  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min':  (for 
aBe-e'roth  also  was  reckoned  to  Ben'ja-min. 

3  And  the  Be-e'roth-ites  6fled  to  Git'ta-im,  and  were 
sojourners  there  until  this  day.) 

4  And  cJon'a-than,  Saul's  son,  had  a  son  that  was 
lame  of  his  feet.  He  was  five  years  old  when  the 
tidings  came  of  Saul  and  Jon'a-than  dout  of  Jez' re-el, 
and  his  nurse  took  him  up,  and  fled  :  and  it  came 
to  pass,  as  she  made  haste  to  flee,  that  he  fell,  and 
became  lame.     And  his  name  was2, Ms-phib'o-sheth. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Rim'mon  the  Be-e'roth-Ite,  Re'- 
chab and  Ba'a-nah,  went,  and  came  about  the  heat 
of  the  day  to  the  house  of  Ish-bo'sheth,  who  lay  on 
a  bed  at  noon. 

6  And  they  came  thither  into  the  midst  of  the 
house,  eas  though  they  would  have  fetched  wheat  ; 
and  they  smote  him  •'under  the  fifth  rib  :  and  Re'- 
chab and  Ba'a-nah  his  brother  escaped. 

7  For  when  they  came  into  the  house,  he  lay  on 
his  bed  in  his  bedchamber,  and  they  smote  him,  and 

249 


David  made  king  of  Israel. 


2  SAMUEL,  5,  6. 


Defeat  of  the  Philistines. 


slew  him,  and  beheaded  him,  and  Hook  his  head, 
and  gat  them  away  through  the  plain  all  night. 

8  And  they  brought  the  head  of  Ish-bo'sheth  unto 
Da'vid  to  He'bron,  and  said  to  the  king,  Behold  the 
head  of  Ish-bo'sheth  the  son  of  Saul  thine  enemy, 
/;  which  sought  thy  life  ;  and  the  Lord  hath  avenged 
my  lord  the  king  this  day  of  Saul,  and  of  his  seed. 

9  If  And  Da'vid  answered  Re'chab  and  Ba'a-nah  his 
brother,  the  sons  of  Rim'mon  the  Bg-e'roth-ite,  and 
said  unto  them,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  ^who  hath  re- 
deemed my  soul  out  of  all  adversity, 

10  When  J'one  told  me,  saying,  Behold,  Saul  is  dead, 
3  thinking  to  have  brought  good  tidings,  I  took  hold 
of  him,  and  slew  him  in  Zik'lag,  4who  thought  that 
I  would  have  given  him  a  reward  for  his  tidings  : 

11  How  much  more,  when  wicked  men  have  slain 
a  righteous  person  in  his  own  house  upon  his  bed  ? 
shall  I  not  therefore  now  k  require  his  blood  of  your 
hand,  and  take  you  away  from  the  earth  ? 

12  And  Da'vid  commanded  his  young  men,  and 
they  slew  them,  and  cut  off  their  hands  and  their 
feet,  and  hanged  them  up  over  the  pool  in  He'bron. 
But  they  took  the  head  of  Ish-bo'sheth,  and  buried 
it  in  the  l sepulchre  of  Ab'ner  in  He'bron. 


CHAPTER  5. 


5  David  anointed  king  of  all  Israel. 


C  He  dwells  at  Jerusalem, 
to  him. 


13  Eleven  sons  are  born 


THEN  "came  all  the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el  to  Da'vid 
unto  He'bron,  and  spake,  saying,  Behold,  6we 
are  thy  bone  and  thy  flesh. 

2  Also  in  time  past,  when  Saul  was  king  over  us, 
cthou  wast  he  that  leddest  out  and  broughtest  in 
I§'ra-el :  and  the  Lord  said  to  thee,  dThou  shalt 
feed  my  people  Ig'ra-el,  and  thou  shalt  be  a  captain 
over  Ig'ra-el. 

3  eSo  all  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  came  to  the  king  to 
He'bron ;  yand  king  Da'vid  made  a  league  with  them 
in  He'bron  9 before  the  Lord:  and  they  anointed 
Da'vid  king  over  Ig'ra-el. 

4  1[  Da'vid  was  thirty  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  hand  he  reigned  forty  years. 

5  In  He'bron  he  reigned  over  Ju'dah  'seven  years 
and  six  months  :  and  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  he  reigned 
thirty  and  three  years  over  all  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah. 

6  If  And  the  king  and  his  men  went  Ho  Je-ru'sa- 
lem  unto  Hhe  jeb'u-sltes,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land :  which  spake  unto  Da'vid,  saying,  Except 
thou  take  away  the  blind  and  the  lame,  thou  shalt 
not  come  in  hither  :  1  thinking,  Da'vid  cannot  come 
in  hither. 

7  Nevertheless  Da'vid  took  the  strong  hold  of 
Zl'on  :  the  same  is  the  city  of  Da'vid. 

8  And  Da'vid  said  on  that  day,  Whosoever  getteth 
up  to  the  gutter,  and  smiteth  the  Jeb'u-sltes,  and 
the  lame  and  the  blind,  that  are  hated  of  Da'vid's 
soul,  lhe  shall  be  chief  and  captain.  2  Wherefore 
they  said,  The  blind  and  the  lame  shall  not  come 
into  the  house. 

9  So  Da'vid  dwelt  in  the  fort,  and  called  it  the  city 
of  Da'vid.  And  Da'vid  built  round  about  TCfrom 
Mil '16  and  inward. 

250 


B.  C.  1048. 


g  1  Sam.  17.  54. 
Matt.  14.  11. 


h  1  Sam.  19.  2. 
1  Sam.  23.  15. 


I  Gen.  48.  16. 

1  Ki.  1.  29. 

Ps.  31.  7. 

Ps.  103.  4. 
j  ch.  1.  2. 

3  he  was  in  liis 
own  eyes  as  a 
bringer,  etc. 

4  Or,  which  was 
the  reward  I 
gave  him  for 
his  tidings. 


k  Gen.  9.  5,  G. 


I  ch.  3.  32. 


a  1  Chr.  12.  23. 

6  Gen.  29.  14. 
e  1  Sam.  18.  13. 
d  1  Sam.  16.  1. 

ch.  7.  7. 

Ps.  78.  71. 
e  1  Chr.  11.  3. 
/2Ki.  11.  17. 
g  1  Sam.  23.  18. 
h  1  Chr.  26.  31. 
i  1  Chr.  3.  4. 
./ Judg.  1.21. 
k  Josh.  15.  63. 
1  Or,  saying, 

David  shall 

not,  etc. 

1  1  Chr.  11.  6. 

2  Or,  Because 
they  had  said, 
even  the  blind 
and  the  lame, 
He  shall  not 
come  into  the 
house. 

m  1  Ki.  9.  24. 
2  Chr.  32.  5. 

3  went,  going 
and  growing. 

n  1  Ki.  5.  2. 

4  hewers  of  the 
stone  of 

the  wall. 
o  2  Chr.  2. 11. 

Esth.  4.  14. 

Isa.  45.  4. 
p  Gen.  25.  5,  6. 
q\  Chr.  11.  16. 
r  ch.  23.  14. 
s  Isa.  17.  5. 

5  Or,  Giants. 
/Num.  27.  21. 

1  Sam.  23.  2,  4. 
ch.  2.  1. 
u  Isa.  28.  21 . 

6  That  is,  The 
plain  of 
breaches. 

7  Or,  took 
them  away. 


a  1  Chr.  13.  5. 

1  Or,  Baalah, 
that  is,  Kir- 
jath-jearim. 

2  Or,  at  which' 
the  name, 
even  the  name 
of  the  Lord 

of  hosts,  was 
called  upon. 
b  1  Sam.  4.  4. 
Ps.  80.  1. 

3  made  to  ride. 
c  Num.  7.  9. 


10  And  Da'vid  3  went  on,  and  grew  great,  and  the 
Lord  God  of  hosts  was  with  him. 

11  IT  And  "Hi'ram  king  of  Tyre  sent  messengers 
to  Da'vid,  and  cedar  trees,  and  carpenters,  and 
4  masons  :  and  they  built  Da'vid  an  house. 

12  And  Da'vid  perceiyed  that  the  Lord  had  estab- 
lished him  king  over  Ig'ra-el,  and  that  he  had  ex- 
alted his  kingdom  °for  his  people  Ig'ra-el's  sake. 

13  H  And  v  Da'vid  took  him  more  concubines  and 
wives  out  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  after  he  was  come  from 
He'bron  :  and  there  were  yet  sons  and  daughters 
born  to  Da'vid. 

14  And  these  be  the  names  of  those  that  were 
born  unto  him  in  Je-ru'sa-lem ;  Sham-mu'ah,  and 
Sho'bab,  and  Na'than,  and  Sol'o-mon, 

15  Ib'har  also,  and  El-I-shu'a,  and  Ne'pheg,  and 
Ja-phi'a, 

16  And  E-lish'a-ma,  and  E-lI'a-da,  and  E-liph'a-let.. 

17  If  ?But  when  the  Phi-lis 'tineg  heard  that  they 
had  anointed  Da'vid  king  over  Ig'ra-el,  all  the  Phi- 
lis'tineg  came  up  to  seek  Da'vid  ;  and  Da'vid  heard 
of  it,  ''and  went  down  to  the  hold. 

18  The  Phi-lis 'tineg  also  came  and  spread  them- 
selves in  Hhe  valley  of  5Reph'a-im. 

19  And  Da'vid  t  enquired  of  the  Lord,  saying,  Shall 
I  go  up  to  the  Phi-lis 'tineg?  wilt  thou  deliver  them 
into  mine  hand  ?  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Da'vid, 
Go  up  :  for  I  will  doubtless  deliver  the  PhT-lis'tineg 
into  thine  hand. 

20  And  Da'vid  came  to  u  Ba'al-per'a-zim,  and  Da'- 
vid smote  them  there,  and  said,  The  Lord  hath 
broken  forth  upon  mine  enemies  before  me,  as  the 
breach  of  waters.  Therefore  he  called  the  name  of 
that  place  6  Ba'al-per'a-zim. 

21  And  there  they  left  their  images,  and  Da'vid 
and  his  men  7  burned  them. 

22  If  And  the  Phi-lis'tineg  came  up  yet  again,  and 
spread  themselves  in  the  valley  of  Reph'a-im. 

23  And  when  Da'vid  enquired  of  the  Lord,  he 
said,  Thou  shalt  not  go  up  ;  but  fetch  a  compass 
behind  them,  and  come  upon  them  over  against  the 
mulberry  trees. 

24  And  let  it  be,  when  thou  hearest  the  sound  of 
a  going  in  the  tops  of  the  mulberry  trees,  that  then 
thou  shalt  bestir  thyself  :  for  then  shall  the  Lord 
go  out  before  thee,  to  smite  the  host  of  the  Phi-lis'- 
tineg. 

25  And  Da'vid  did  so,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
him  ;  and  smote  the  Phi-lis'tineg  from  Ge'ba  until 
thou  come  to  Ga'zer. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  The  ark  brought  to  Jerusalem.     12  David's  joy.    20  MichaV s  reproof . 

AGAIN,  Da'vid  gathered  together  all  the  chosen 
-  men  of  Ig'ra-el,  thirty  thousand. 
.2  And  "Da'vid  arose,  and  went  with  all  the  peo- 
ple that  were  with  him  from  ^a'a-le  of  Ju'dah,  ta 
bring  up  from  thence  the  ark  of  God,  2  whose  name 
is  called  by  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  h  that 
dwelleth  between  the  cherubims. 

3  And  they  3set  the  ark  of  God  cupon  a  new  cart, 
and  brought  it  out  of  the  house  of  A-bin'a-dab  that 


Removal  of  the  ark. 


2  SAMUEL,  7. 


David  forbidden  to  builds 


was  in  4Gib'e-ah  :  and  Uz'zah  and  A-hi'6,  the  sons 
of  A-bm'a-dab,  drave  the  new  cart. 

4  And  they  brought  it  out  of  the  house  of  A-bm'- 
a-dab which  was  at  Gib'e-ah, 5 accompanying  the  ark 
of  God :  and  A-hi'S  went  before  the  ark. 

5  And  Da'vid  and  all  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  played 
before  the  Lord  on  all  manner  of  instruments 
made  of  fir  wood,  even  on  harps,  and  on  psalteries, 
and  on  timbrels,  and  on  cornets,  and  on  cymbals. 

6  IF  And  when  they  came  to  6Na'chon's  threshing- 
floor,  Uz'zah  dput  forth  his  hand  to  the  ark  of  God, 
and  took  hold  of  it ;  for  the  oxen  7  shook  it. 

7  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
Uz'zah;  and  eGod  smote  him  there  for  his  8 error  ; 
and  there  he  died  by  the  ark  of  God. 

8  And  Da'vid  was  displeased,  because  the  Lord 
had  9made  a  breach  upon  Uz'zah :  and  he  called  the 
name  of  the  place  10  Pe'rez-iiz'zah  to  this  day. 

9  And  f  Da'vid  was  afraid  of  the  Lord  that  day, 
and  said,  How  shall  the  ark  of  the  Lord  come  to 
me? 

10  So  Da'vid  would  not  remove  the  ark  of  the 
Lord  unto  him  into  the  city  of  Da|yid :  but  Da'vid 
carried  it  aside  into  the  house  of  O'bed-e'dom  the 
Git'tite. 

ll_And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  continued  in  the  house 
of  O'bed-e'dom  the  Git'tite  three  months:  and  the 
Lord  g blessed  O'bed-e'dom,  and  all  his  household. 

12  IF  And  it  was  told  king  JDa'vid,  saying,  The  Lord 
hath  blessed  the  house  of  O'bed-e'dom,  and  all  that 
pertaineth  unto  him,  because  of  the  ark  of  God. 
So  Da'vid  went^  and  brought  up  the  ark  of  God  from 
the  house  of  O'bed-e'dom  into  the  city  of  Da'vid 
with  gladness. 

13  And  it  was  so,  that  when  h  they  that  bare  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  had  gone  six  paces,  he  sacrificed 
*oxen  and  fatlings. 

14  And  Da'vid  ^danced  before  the  Lord  with  all 
his  might;  and  Da'vid  was  girded  fewith  a  linen 
ephod. 

15  So  Da'vid  and  all  the  house  of  I§'ra-el  brought 
up  the  ark  of  the  Lord  with  shouting,  and  with  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet. 

16  And  as  the  ark  of  the  Lord  came  into  the  city 
of  Da'vid,  Mi'chal  Saul's  daughter  looked  through 
a  window,  and  saw  king  Da'vid  leaping  and  dancing 
before  the  Lord  ;  and  she  despised  him  in  her  heart. 

17  IF  And  they  brought  in  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and 
set  it  in  l  his  place,  in  the  midst  of  the  tabernacle 
that  Da'vid  had  "pitched  for  it :  and  Da'vid  m  offered 

I  burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings  before  the  Lord. 

18  And  as  soon  as  Da'vid  had  made  an  end  of 
offering  burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings,  he 
blessed  the  people  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

19  And  he  dealt  among  all  the  people,  even  among 
the  whole  multitude  of  Ig'ra-el,  as  well  to  the  wo- 
men as  men,  to  every  one  a  cake  of  bread,  and  a 
good  piece  of  flesh,  and  a  flagon  of  wine.  So  all  the 
people  departed  every  one  to  his  house. 

20  If  n  Then  Da'vid  returned  to  bless  his  household. 
And  Mi'chal  the  daughter  of  Saul  came  out  to  meet 
Da'vid,  and  said,  "How  glorious  was  the  king  of 


B.  C.  1042. 


4  Or,  The  hill. 

5  with. 


C  Or,  Chidon, 

1  Chr.  13.  9, 

that  is, 

Destroying 

stroke. 
<7  Num.  4.  15. 

7  Or,  stumbled. 

e  1  Sam.  6.  19. 

8  Or,  rashness. 


9  broken. 

10  That  is, 
The  breach 
of  Uzzah. 

/Num.  17. 
12,  13. 
Ps.  119.  120. 
Luke  5.  8. 


q  Gen.  30.  27. 
Prov.  3.  9,  10. 
Isa.  01.  9. 


h  Num.  4.  15. 

1  Chr.  15. 
2,15. 

i  1  Ki.  8.  5. 

2  Chr.  5.  6. 
j  Ex.  15.  20. 

Judg.  11.34. 

Ps.  30.  11. 
k  1  Sam.  2.  18. 
Zl  Chr.  15.  1. 

11  stretched. 
m  1  Ki.  8.  5. 

n  Ps.  30,  title. 
o  Eccl.  7.  16. 
p  1  Sam.  19.  24. 
q  Judg.  9.  4. 

12  Or,  openly. 
r  1  Sara.  13.  14. 

13  Or,  of  the 
handmaids  of 
my  servants. 

s  1  Sam.  15.  35. 
Isa.  22.  14. 


a  1  Chr.  17.  1. 

Dan.  4.  29,  30. 
b  ch.  5.  11. 
c  Ex.  26.  1. 
d  1  Ki.  8.  17. 

1  Chr.  22.  7. 

1  to  my  servant, 
to  David. 

e  1  Ki.  8.  16. 
/'Lev.  26.11. 

2  1  Chr.  17.  6, 
any  of  the 
judges. 

g  ch.  5.  2. 
Ps.  78.  71,  72. 
Ezek.  34.  2, 
15,  23. 
Matt.  2.  6. 
Acts  20.  28. 

3  from  afte^ . 

4  from  thy  face. 
h  Gen.  12.  2. 

1  Chr.  17.  8. 

Luke  1.  52. 
i  Ps.  44.  2. 

Jer.  24.  6. 

Amos  9.  15. 
j  1  Ki.  2. 1. 
k  Deut.  31.  16. 

Acts  13.  36. 
/Ps.  132.  11. 

Isa.  11. 1-3, 10. 


I§'ra-el  to  day,  who  "  uncovered  himself  to  day  in 
the  eyes  of  the  handmaids  of  his  servants,  as  one 
of  the  q  vain  fellows  12  shamelessly  uncovereth  him- 
self ! 

21  And  Da'vid  said  unto  Mi'chal,  It  was  before 
the  Lord,  r  which  chose  me  before  thy  father,  and 
before  all  his  house,  to  appoint  me  ruler  over  the 
people  of  the  Lord,  over  Ig'ra-el  :  therefore  will  I 
play  before  the  Lord. 

22  And  I  will  yet  be  more  vile  than  thus,  and  will 
be  base  in  mine  own  sight :  and  13of  the  maidser- 
vants which  thou  hast  spoken  of,  of  them  shall  I  be 
had  in  honour. 

23  Therefore  Mi'chal  the  daughter  of  Saul  had  no 
child  sunto  the  day  of  her  death. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Nathan  approves  the  purpose  of  David.    4  David  not  to  build  a  temple.    18  His  prayer- 
ful submission. 

\  ND  it  came  to  pass, a  when  the  king  sat  in  his 
-^-  house,  and  the  Lord  had  given  him  rest  round 
about  from  all  his  enemies  ; 

2  That  the  king  said  unto  Na'than  the  prophet, 
See  now,  I  dwell  in  6an  house  of  cedar,  but  the  ark 
of  God  dwelleth  within  c  curtains. 

3  And  Na'than  said  to  the  king,  Go,  do  all  that  is 
d  in  thine  heart ;  for  the  Lord  is  with  thee. 

4  11  And  it  came  to  pass  that  night,  that  the  word 
of  the  Lord  came  unto  Na'than,  saying, 

5  Go  and  tell  1  my  servant  Da'vid,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Shalt  thou  build  me  an  house  for  me  to  dwell 
in? 

6  Whereas  I  have  not  dwelt  in  any  house  since 
cthe  time  that  I  brought  up  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
out  of  E'gypt,  even  to  this  day,  but  have  walked  in 
a  tent  and  in  a  tabernacle. 

7  In  all  the  places  wherein  I  have  •'"walked  with 
all  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  spake  I  a  word  with  2any 
of  the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el,  whom  I  commanded a  to  feed 
my  people  I§'ra-el,  saying,  Why  build  ye  not  me  an 
house  of  cedar  ? 

8  Now  therefore  so  shalt  thou  say  unto  my  servant 
Da'vid,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  took  thee 
from  the  sheepcote,  3-from  following  the  sheep,  to 
be  ruler  over  my  people,  over  Is_'ra-el : 

9  And  I  was  with  thee  whithersoever  thou  went- 
est,  and  have  cut  off  all  thine  enemies  4out  of  thy 
sight,  and  have  made  thee  7ia  great  name,  like  unto 
the  name  of  the  great  men  that  are  in  the  earth. 

10  Moreover  I  will  appoint  a  place  for  my  people 
Ig'ra-el,  and  'will  plant  them,  that  they  may  dwell 
in  a  place  of  their  own,  and  move  no  more  ;  neither 
shall  the  children  of  wickedness  afflict  them  any 
more,  as  beforetime, 

11  And  as  since  the  time  that  I  commanded  judges 
to  be  over  my  people  I§'ra-el,  and  have  caused  thee 
to  rest  from  all  thine  enemies.  Also  the  Lord  tell- 
eth  thee  that  he  will  make  thee  an  house. 

12  IF  And  ywhen  thy  days  be  fulfilled,  and  thou 
k  shalt  sleep  with  thy  fathers,  ll  will  set  up  thy  seed 
after  thee,  which  shall  proceed  out  of  thy  bowels, 
and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom. 

251 


David  submits  to  God. 


2  SAMUEL,  8. 


Spread  of  David's  fame. 


13  wHe  shall  build  an  house  for  my  name,  and  I 
will  n  stablish  the  throne  of  his  kingdom  for  ever. 

14  °I  will  be  his  father,  and  he  shall  be  my  son. 
If  phe  commit  iniquity,  I  will  chasten  him  with  the 
rod  of  men,  and  with  the  stripes  of  the  children  of 
men  : 

15  But  my  mercy  shall  not  depart  away  from  him, 
9  as  I  took  it  from  Saul,  whom  I  put  away  before  thee. 

16  And  r  thine  house  and  thy  kingdom  shall  be 
established  for  ever  before  thee :  thy  throne  shall 
be  established  for  ever. 

17  According  to  all  these  words,  and  according  to 
all  this  vision,  so  did  Na'than  speak  unto  Da'vid. 

18  If  Then  went  king  Da'vid  in,  and  sat  before  the 
Lord,  and  he  said,  sWho  am  I,  0  Lord  God?  and 
what  is  my  house,  that  thou  hast  brought  me  hith- 
erto? 

19  And  this  was  yet  a  small  thing  in  thy  sight,  0 
Lord  God  ;  but  thou  hast  spoken  also  of  thy  ser- 
vant's house  for  a  great  while  to  come.  And  fis 
this  the  5 manner  of  man,  0  Lord  God? 

20  And  what  can  Da'vid  say  more  unto  thee  ?  for 
thou,  Lord  God,  u  knowest  thy  servant. 

21  For  thy  "word's  sake,  and  according  to  thine 
own  heart,  hast  thou  done  all  these  great  things,  to 
make  thy  servant  know  them. 

22  Wherefore  ™thou  art  great,  0  Lord  God:  for 
x  there  is  none  like  thee,  neither  is  there  any  God 
beside  thee,  according  to  all  that  we  have  heard 
with  our  ears. 

23  And  vwhat  one  nation  in  the  earth  is  like  thy 
people,  even  like  Ig'ra-el,  whom  God  went  to  redeem 
for  a  people  to  himself,  and  to  make  him  a  name, 
and  to  do  for  you  great  things  and  terrible,  for  thy 
land,  before  zthy  people,  which  thou  redeemedst  to 
thee  from  E'gypt,  from  the  nations  and  their  gods? 
_  24  For  a  thou  hast  confirmed  to  thyself  thy  people 
I§'ra-el  to  be  a  people  unto  thee  for  ever  :  and  thou, 
Lord,  art  become  their  God. 

25  And  now,  0  Lord  God,  the  word  that  thou  hast 
spoken  concerning  thy  servant,  and  concerning  his 
house,  establish  it  for  ever,  and  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

26  And  let  Hhy  name  be  magnified  for  ever,  say- 
ing, The  Lord  of  hosts  is  the  God  over  I§'ra-el :  and 
let  the  house  of  thy  servant  Da'vid  be  established 
before  thee. 

27  For  thou,  0  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  hast 
6  revealed  to  thy  servant,  saying,  I  will  build  thee 
an  house  :  therefore  hath  thy  servant  found  in  his 
heart  to  pray  this  prayer  unto  thee. 

28  And  now,  0  Lord  God,  thou  art  that  God,  and 
cthy  words  be  true,  and  thou  hast  promised  this 
goodness  unto  thy  servant : 

29  Therefore  now  7let  it  please  thee  to  bless  the 
house  of  thy  servant,  that  it  may  continue  for  ever 
before  thee  :  for  thou,  0  Lord  God,  hast  spoken  it: 
and  with  thy  blessing  let  the  house  of  thy  servant  be 
blessed  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  David's  victories.  9  Toi  sends  presents  to  bless  /iim.   14  David  gels  a  name  among  nations. 

ND  "after  this  it  came  to  pass,  that  Da'vid 
smote  the  Phi-lis'tine§,  and  subdued  them  :  and 

252 


A1 


B.  C.  1040. 


m  1  Ki.  5.  5. 
n  Ps.  89.  4. 
oHeb.  1.  5. 
p  Ps.  89.  30. 


q  1  Sam.  IS.  23. 

r  Ps.  89.  36,  37. 
John  12.  34. 


s  Gen.  32.  10. 


t  Isa.  55.  8. 
5  law. 

u  Gen.  18.  19. 
v  Eph.  4.  32. 


w  1  Chr.  16.  25. 

2  Chr.  2.  5. 

Ps.  48.  1. 

Ps.  86.  10. 

Ps.  96.  4. 

Ps.  135.  5. 
x  Deut.  3.  24. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

Ps.  86.  8. 

Isa.  45.  5. 
y  Deut.  4.  7. 

Ps.  147.  20. 


2  Neh.  1.  10. 

a  Deut.  26.  18. 
*  Ps.  72.  19. 
Matt.  6.  9. 

6  opened  the  ear. 
c  John  17.  17. 

7  be  thou  pleased 
and  bless. 


a  ch.  7.  9. 
ch.  21.  15-22. 
1  Chr.  18.  1. 

1  Or,  The  bridle 
of  Ammah. 

6  1  Sam.  14.  47. 

Ps.  CO.  8. 
c  Ps.  72.  10. 
d  ch.  10.  6. 

Ps.  60,  title. 
e  Gen.  15.  18. 

2  Or,  of  his. 

3  Or,  Tibhath. 

4  Or,  Chun. 

5  ask  him  of 
peace. 

6  was  a  man  of 
wars  with. 

7  in  his  hand 
were. 

f\  Ki.  7.  51. 
1  Chr.  18.  11. 
1  Chr.  22. 
14-16. 
Mic.  4.  13. 
Rev.  21.  24. 

8  his  smiting. 
g  2  Ki.  14.  7. 

9  Or,  slaying. 
h  Gen.  27.  29. 
i  Ps.  37.  28. 

Ps.  121.  8. 
j  ch.  19.  13. 
k  1  Ki.  4.  3. 

10  Or,  remem- 
brancer, or, 
writer  of 
chronicles. 

1 1  Chr.  24.  3. 

11  Or,  secretary. 
m  1  Chr.  18.  17. 
n  1  Sam.  30.  14. 

12  Or,  princes. 


Da'vid  took  *  Me'theg-am'mah  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

2  And  6he  smote  Mo'ab,  and  measured  them  with 
a  line,  casting  them  down  to  the  ground ;  even 
with  two  lines  measured  he  to  put  to  death,  and 
with  one  full  line  to  keep  alive.  And  so  the  Mo'ab- 
Ites  became  Da'vid's  servants,  and  c  brought  gifts. 

3  If  Da'vid  smote  also  Had-ad-e'zer,  the  son  of 
Re 'hob,  king  of  <*  Zo'bah,  as  he  went  to  recover  ehis 
border  at  the  river  Eti-phra'teg. 

4  And  Da'vid  took  2from  him  a  thousand  chari- 
ots, and  seven  hundred  horsemen,  and  twenty  thou- 
sand footmen  :  and  Da'vid  houghed  all  the  chariot 
horses,  but  reserved  of  them  for  an  hundred 
chariots. 

5  And  when  the  Syr'I-ans.  of  Da-mas'cus  came  to 
succour  Had-ad-e'zer  king  of  Zo'bah,  Da'vid  slew  of 
the  Syr'i-ang  two  and  twenty  thousand  men. 

6  Then  Da'vid  put  garrisons  in  Syr'i-a  of  Da-mas'- 
cus :  and  the  Syr'i-ang  became  servants  to  Da'vid, 
and  brought  gifts.  And  the  Lord  preserved  Da'vid 
whithersoever  he  went. 

7  And  Da'vid  took  the  shields  of  gold  that  were 
on  the  servants  of  Had-ad-e'zer,  and  brought  them 
to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

8  And  from  3Be'tah,  and  from  4Ber'o-thai,  cities 
of  Had-ad-e'zer,  king  Da'vid  took  exceeding  much 
brass. 

9  If  When  To'I  king  of  Ha'math  heard  that  Da'vid 
had  smitten  all  the  host  of  Had-ad-e'zer, 

10  Then  To'I  sent  Jo'ram  his  son  unto  king  Da'vid, 
to  5  salute  him,  and  to  bless  him,  because  he  had 
fought  against  Had-ad-e'zer,  and  smitten  him  :  for 
Had-ad-e'zer  6had  wars  with  To'I.  And  Jo'ram 
7  brought  with  him  vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of 
gold,  and  vessels  of  brass  : 

11  Which  also  king  Da'vid  ■'"did  dedicate  unto  the 
Lord,  with  the  silver  and  gold  that  he  had  dedi- 
cated of  all  nations  which  he  subdued  ; 

12  Of  Syr'i-a,  and  of  Mo'ab,  and  of  the  children  of 
Am'mon,  and  of  the  Phi-lis'tlne§,  and  of  Am'a-lek, 
and  of  the  spoil  of  Had-ad-e'zer,  son  of  Re'hob, 
king  of  Zo'bah. 

13  And  Da'vid  gat  him  a  name  when  he  returned 
from  8  smiting  of  the  Syr'i-an§  in  ffthe  valley  of 
salt,  9  being  eighteen  thousand  men. 

14  If  And  he  put  garrisons  in  E'dom  ;  throughout 
all  E'dom  put  he  garrisons,  and  *all  they  of  E'dom 
became  Da'vid's  servants.  And  the  Lord  l preserved 
Da'vid  whithersoever  he  went. 

15  And  Da'vid  reigned  over  all  Ig'ra-el ;  and  Da'- 
vid executed  judgment  and  justice  unto  all  his 
people. 

16  J'And  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  was  over  the 
host ;  and  k  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  A-hl'lud  was 
10  recorder ; 

17  And  'Za'dok^the  son  of  A-hl'tub,  and  A-him'e- 
lech  the  son  of  A-bl'a-thar,  were  the  priests ;  and 
Ser-a-I'ah  was  the  "scribe  ; 

18  m  And  Bg-na'iah  the  son  of  Jg-hoi'a-da  was  over 
both  the  "Cher'eth-ites  and  the  Pe'leth-Ites  ;  and 
Da'vid's  sons  were  12  chief  rulers. 


David  and  Mephibosheth. 


2  SAMUEL,  9,  10. 


David's  messengers  insulted. 


CHAPTER  9. 

1  David  restores  Saul's  possessions  to  Mephibosheth.    9  Ziba  becomes  his  farmer. 

AND  Da'vid  said,  Is  there  yet  any  that  is  left  of 
-  the  house  of  Saul,  that  I  may  "shew  him  kind- 
ness for  Jon'a-than's  sake  ? 

2  And  there  was  of  the  house  of  Saul  a  servant 
whose  name  was  *  Zl'ba.  And  when  they  had  called 
him  unto  Da'vid,  the  king  said  unto  him,  Art  thou 
Zl'ba  ?     And  he  said,  Thy  servant  is  he. 

3  And  the  king  said,  Is  there  not  yet  any  of  the 
house  of  Saul,  that  I  may  shew  cthe  kindness  of 
God  unto  him?  And  Zl'ba  said  unto  the  king,  Jon'- 
a-than  hath  yet  a  son,  which  is  dlame  on  his  feet. 
~4  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Where  is  he  ?  And 
Zl'ba  said  unto  the  king.  Behold,  he  is  in  the  house 
of  eMa'ch!r,  the  son  of  Am'ml-el,  in  Lo-de'bar. 

5  1  Then  king  Da'vid  sent,  and  fetched  him  out 
of  the  house  of  Ma'chir,  the  son  of  Am'mi-el,  from 
L6-de'bar. 

6  Now  when  J  Me-phib'o-sheth,  the  son  of  Jona- 
than, the  son  of  Saul,  was  come  unto  Da'vid,  he  fell 
on  his  face,  and  did  reverence.  And  Da'vid  said, 
Me-phib'o-sheth.  And  he  answered,  Behold  thy  ser- 
vant ! 

7  II  And  Da'vid  said  unto  him,  -Tear  not :  for  I 
will  surely  shew  thee  kindness  for  Jon'a-than  thy 
father's  sake,  and  will  restore  thee  all  the  land  of 
Saul  thy  father  ;  and  thou  shalt  -"eat  bread  at  my 
table  continually. 

8  And  he  bowed  himself,  and  said,  What  is  thy 
servant,  that  thou  shouldest  look  upon  such  h  a  dead 
dog  as  I  am  ? 

9  1  Then  the  king  called  to  Zl'ba,  Saul's  servant, 
and  said  unto  him,  *I  have  given  unto  thy  master's 
son  all  that  pertained  to  Saul  and  to  all  his  house. 

10  Thou  therefore,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  servants, 
shall  till  the  land  for  him,  and  thou  shalt  bring  in 
the  fruits,  that  thy  master's  son  may  have  food  to 
eat :  but  Me-phib'o-sheth  thy  master's  son  shall  eat 
bread  alway  at  my  table.  Now  Zl'ba  had  j fifteen 
sons  and  twenty  servants. 

11  Then  said  Zl'ba  unto  the  king,  k  According  to 
all  that  my  lord  the  king  hath  commanded  his  ser- 
vant, so  shall  thy  servant  do.  As  for  Me-phib'o- 
sheth,  said  the  king,  he  shall  eat  at  my  table,  as 
one  of  the  king's  sons. 

12  And  Me-phib'o-sheth  had  a  young  son,  l  whose 
name  was  Ml'cha.  And  all  that  dwelt  in  the  house 
of  Zl'ba  were  servants  unto  Me-phib'o-sheth. 

13  So  Me-phib'o-sheth  dwelt  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem  :  for 
he  did  m  eat  continually  at  the  king's  table  ;  and 
was  lame  on  both  his  feet. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  David's  messengers  insulted.     13  The  Syrians  smitten. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  the  "king  of 
-£*-  the  children  of  Am'mon  died,  and  Ha'nun  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead.    . 

2  Then  said  Da'vid,  I  will  shew  kindness  unto 
Ha'nun  the  son  of  Na'hash,  as  his  father  shewed 
kindness  unto  me.  And  Da'vid  sent  to  comfort 
him  by  the  hand  of  his  servants  for  his  father. 


B.  C.  1040. 


a  1  Sam.  18.  3. 
Prov.  27.  10. 


6  ch.  1G.  1. 


c  Deut.  10.  15. 

1  Sam.  20.  14. 

Luke  G.  3G. 

Tit.  3.  3,  4. 
d  ch.  4.  4. 


ech.  17.  27. 


1  Called  Merib- 
baal. 


/"Gen.  43.18,23. 
1  Sam.  12. 19, 
20,  24. 


g  Jer.  52.  33. 


h  1  Sam.  24.  14. 
ch.  1G.  9.    . 


i  ch.  16.  4. 
ch.  19.  29. 
Isa.  32.  8. 


j  ch.  19.  17. 
k  ch.  1G.  1-4. 

Prov.  12.  17. 
/  1  Chr.  8.  34. 
m  ch.  19.  33,  36. 

2  Ki.  25.  29. 


a  1  Sam.  11.  1. 
ch.  17.  27. 
1  Chr.  19.  1. 

1  In  thine  eyes 
doth  David. 

b  Isa.  3.  17. 
Isa.  20.  4. 
Jer.  13.  22,  26. 
Ezek.  lfi.  37. 
Mic.  1.  11. 
Nan.  3.  5. 

2  Probably 
some  village 
near  to  it. 
Compare 
Josh.  6.  24 
with 

1  ICi.  16.  34. 
c  Gen.  34.  30. 

Ex.  5.  21. 

1  Sam.  13.  4. 
d  ch.  8.  3,  5. 

3  Or,  The  men 
of  Tob. 

e  ch.  23.  8. 
/"Deut.  31.  6. 
g  1  Sam.  4.  9. 
A  1  Sam.  3.  IS. 

ch.  15.  26. 

Ps.  20.  7. 

Ps.  37.  3,  5, 40. 

Ps.  44.  5,  6. 

Ps.  118.  8. 

Prov.  29.  25. 

4  That  is, 
Euphrates. 

5  Or,  Shophach. 


And  Da'vid's  servants  came  into  the  land  of  the 
children  of  Am'mon. 

.  3  And  the  princes  of  the  children  of  Am'mon  said 
unto  Ha'nun  their  lord,  ^hinkest  thou  that  Da'vid 
doth  honour  thy  father,  that  he  hath  sent  comforters 
unto  thee  ?  hath  not  Da'vid  rather  sent  his  servants 
unto  thee,  to  search  the  city,  and  to  spy  it  out,  and 
to  overthrow  it  ? 

4  Wherefore  Ha'nun  took  Da'vid's  servants,  and 
shaved  off  the  one  half  of  their  beards,  and  cut  off 
their  garments  in  the  middle, b  even  to  their  buttocks, 
and  sent  them  away. 

5  When  they  told  it  unto  Da'vid,  he  sent  to  meet 
them,  because  the  men  were  greatly  ashamed :  and 
the  king  said,  Tarry  at  2-  Jer'i-cho  until  your  beards 
be  grown,  and  then  return. 

6  If  And  when  the  children  of  Am'mon  saw  that 
they  c stank  before  Da'vid,  the  children  of  Am'mon 
sent  and  hired  rfthe  Syr'i-ang  of  Beth-re'hob,  and 
the  Syr'i-an§  of  Zo'ba,  twenty  thousand  footmen, 
and  of  king  Ma'a-cah  a  thousand  men,  and  of 
3Ish'-tob  twelve  thousand  men. 

7  And  when  Da'vid  heard  of  it,  he  sent  Jo'ab,  and 
all  the  host  of  ethe  mighty  men. 

8  And  the  children  of  Am'mon  came  out,  and  put 
the  battle  in  array  at  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  : 
and  the  Syr'i-an§  of  Zo'ba,  and  of  Re'hob,  and  Ish'- 
tob,  and  Ma'a-cah,  were  by  themselves  in  the  field. 

9  When  Jo'ab  saw  that  the  front  of  the  battle  was 
against  him  before  and  behind,  he  chose  of  all  the 
choice  men  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  put  them  in  array  against 
the  Syr'i-an§ : 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  delivered  into 
the  hand  of  A-bish'a-I  his  brother,  that  he  might 
put  them  in  array  against  the  children  of  Am'mon. 

11  And  he  said,  If  the  Syr'i-an§  be  too  strong  for 
me,  then  thou  shalt  help  me  :  but  if  the  children 
of  Am'mon  be  too  strong  for  thee,  then  I  will  come 
and  help  thee. 

12  -^Be  of  good  courage,  and  let  ffus  play  the  men 
for  our  people,  and  for  the  cities  of  our  God :  and 
''the  Lord  do  that  which  seemeth  him  good. 

13  And  Jo'ab  drew  nigh,  and  the  people  that  were 
with  him,  unto  the  battle  against  the  Syr'i-an§  :  and 
they  fled  before  him. 

14  And  when  the  children  of  Am'mon  saw  that 
the  Syr'i-an§  were  fled,  then  fled  they  also  before 
A-bish'a-I,  and  entered  into  the  city.  So  Jo'ab 
returned  from  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  came 
to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

15  H  And  when  the  Syr'i-an§  saw  that  they  were 
smitten  before  I§'ra-el,  they  gathered  themselves 
together. 

16  And  Had-ar-e'zer  sent,  and  brought  out  the 
Syr'i-an§  that  were  beyond  the  4  river :  and  they 
came  to  He 'lam  ;  and  5Sho'bach  the  captain  of  the 
host  of  Had-ar-e'zer  went  before  them. 

17  And  when  it  was  told  Da'vid,  he  gathered  all 
I§'ra-el  together,  and  passed  over  Jor'dan,  and  came 
to  He 'lam.  And  the  Syr'i-ans.  set  themselves  in 
array  against  Da'vid,  and  fought  with  him. 

18  And  the   Syr'i-an§   fled   before   I§'ra-el  ;   and 

253 


The  plot  against  Uriah. 


2  SAMUEL,  11,  12. 


Uriah  is  slain. 


Da'vid  slew  the  men  of  seven  hundred  chariots  of 
the  Syr'i-an§,  and  forty  thousand  6  horsemen,  and 
smote  Sho'bach  the  captain  of  their  host,  who  died 
there. 

19  And  when  all  the  kings  that  were  { servants 
to  Had-ar-e'zer  saw  that  they  were  smitten  before 
Ig'ra-el,  they  made  peace  with  Ig'ra-el,  and  served 
them.  So  the  Syr'i-an§  feared  to  help  the  children 
of  Am'mon  any  more. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  David's  adultery.    6  His  treatment  of  Uriah.    26  Marries  Bath-sheba. 

AND  it  came  to  pass, *  after  the  year  was  expired, 
-  at  the  time  when  kings  go  forth  to  battle,  that 
Da'vid  "sent  Jo'ab,  and  his  servants  with  him,  and 
all  Ig'ra-el ;  and  they  destroyed  the  children  of 
Am'mon,  and  besieged  Rab'bah.  But  Da'vid  tarried 
still  at  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

2  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  an  eveningtide,  that 
Da'vid  arose  from  off  his  bed,  6and  walked  upon 
the  roof  of  the  king's  house  :  and  from  the  roof  he 
csaw  a  woman  washing  herself ;  and  the  woman 
was  very  beautiful  to  look  upon. 

3  And  Da'vid  sent  and  enquired  after  the  woman. 
And_one  said,  Is  not  this  2Bath'-she-ba,  the  daughter 
of  3E-li'am,  the  wife  <*of  U-rt'ah  the  Hit'tite? 

4  And  Da'vid  sent  messengers,  and  took  her  ;  and 
she  came  in  unto  him,  and  ehe  lay  with  her  ;  4for 
she  was  /purified  from  her  uncleanness  :  and  she 
returned  unto  her  house. 

5  And  the  woman  conceived,  and  sent  and  told 
Da'vid,  and  said,  °l  am  with  child. 

6  If  And  Da'vid  sent  to  Jo'ab,  saying,  Send  me 
U-ri'ah  the  Hit'tite.  And  Jo'ab  sent  U-rl'ah  to 
Da'vid. 

7  And  when  U-rl'ah  was  come  unto  him,  Da'vid 
demanded  of  him  5how  Jo'ab  did,  and  how  the 
people  did,  and  how  the  war  prospered. 

8  And  Da'vid  said  to  U-rl'ah,  ''Go  down  to  thy 
house,  and  'wash  thy  feet.  And  U-rl'ah  departed 
out  of  the  king's  house,  and  there  6  followed  him  a 
mess  of  meat  from  the  king. 

9  J'But  U-rl'ah  slept  at  the  door  of  the  king's  house, 
with  all  the  servants  of  his  lord,  and  went  not  down 
to  his  house. 

10  And  when  they  had  told  Da'vid,  saying,  U-rl'ah 
went  not  down  unto  his  house,  Da'vid  said  unto 
U-rl'ah,  Camest  thou  not  from  thy  journey?  why 
then  didst  thou  not  go  down  unto  thine  house  ? 

11  And  U-rl'ah  said  unto  Da'vid,  &The  ark,  and 
I§'ra-el,  and  Ju'dah,  abide  in  tents;  and  *my  lord 
Jo'ab,  and  the  servants  of  my  lord,  mare  encamped 
in  the  open  fields  ;  shall  I  then  go  into  mine  house, 
to  eat  and  to  drink,  and  to  lie  with  my  wife  ?  as 
thou  livest,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  do  this 
thing. 

12  And  Da'vid  said  to  U-rl'ah,  "Tarry  here  to  day 
also,  and  to  morrow  I  will  let  thee  depart.  So 
U-rl'ah  abode  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  that  day,  and  the 
morrow. 

13  And  when  Da'vid  had  called  him,  he  did  eat 
and  drink  before  him  ;  and  he  made  him  °  drunk  : 

254 


B.  C.  1035. 


6  1  Chr.  19.  18, 
footmen. 


i  Gen.  14.  4. 


1  at  the  return 
of  the  year. 

a  1  Chr.  20.  1. 


b  Deut.  22.  8. 


c  Gen.  34.  2. 
Job  31.  1. 
Ps.  119.  37. 
Matt.  5.  28. 


2  Or,  Bath- 
shuah. 

3  Or,  Ammiel. 
d  ch.  23.  39. 


e  Ex.  20.  17. 
Lev.  18.  20. 
Heb.  13.  4. 
Jas.  1.  14. 

4  Or,  and  when 
she  had  puri- 
fied herself, 
etc.,  she  re- 
turned. 

/■Lev.  15.  19. 
y  Lev.  20.  10. 

5  of  the  peace 
of,  etc. 

APs.  44.  21. 

Ps.  55.  21. 

i  Gen.  18.  4. 

6  went  out 
after  him. 

/Job  5.  12-14. 
ftch.  7.  2,  6. 

1  Sam.  4.  4. 
I  ch.  20.  G. 

Matt.  10.  25. 
m  2  Tim.  2.  3. 
n  Job  20.  12-14. 
o  Gen.  9.  21,  22. 

Ex.  32.  20. 

Prov.  20.  1. 

Prov.  23. 

29-35. 

Hos.  4.  11. 

Gal.  5.  21. 
p  1  Ki.  21.  8. 

Ps.  19.  13. 

Ps.  62.  9. 

Eecl.  8.  11. 

Jer.  9. 1-4. 

Mic.  7.  3-5. 

7  strong. 

8  from  after 
him. 

q  ch.  12.  9. 
;•  Judg.  9.  53. 

ch.  20.  21. 

Job  31.  3. 
*  Judg.  6.  32, 

Jerubbaal. 

9  be  evil  in 
thine  eyes. 

10  so  and  such. 
t  ch.  12.  9. 

11  was  evil  in 
the  eyes  of. 
Job  10.  14. 
Ps.  5.  4. 
Ps.  45.  7. 
Ps.  139.  1-5. 
Prov.  15.  9. 
Hab.  1.  13. 


a  Ps.  51,  title. 
6  ch.  14.  5. 

1  Ki.  20.  35. 

Matt.  21. 

33,  45. 

Luke  15.  11. 


and  at  even  he  went  out  to  lie  on  his  bed  with  the 
servants  of  his  lord,  but  went  not  down  to  his  house. 

14  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  that 
Da'vid  v  wrote  a  letter  to  Jo'ab,  and  sent  it  by  the 
hand  of  U-ri'ah. 

15  And  he  wrote  in  the  letter,  saying,  Set  ye 
U-ri'ah  in  the  forefront  of  the  7 hottest  battle,  and 
retire  ye  8from  him,  that  he  may  Qbe  smitten,  and 
die. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jo'ab  observed  the 
city,  that  he  assigned  U-rl'ah  unto  a  place  where 
he  knew  that  valiant  men  were. 

17  And  the  men  of  the  city  went  out,  and  fought 
with  Jo'ab  :  and  there  fell  some  of  the  people  of 
the  servants  of  Da'vid;  and  U-rl'ah  the  Hit'tite 
died  also. 

18  TI  Then  Jo'ab  sent  and  told  Da'vid  all  the  things 
concerning  the  war ; 

19  And  charged  the  messenger,  saying,  When  thou 
hast  made  an  end  of  telling  the  matters  of  the  war 
unto  the  king, 

20  And  if  so  be  that  the  king's  wrath  arise,  and 
he  say  unto  thee,  Wherefore  approached  ye  so  nigh 
unto  the  city  when  ye  did  fight  ?  knew  ye  not  that 
they  would  shoot  from  the  wall  ? 

21  Who  smote  rA-bim'e-lech  the  son  of  sJe-riib'be- 
sheth  ?  did  not  a  woman  cast  a  piece  of  a  millstone 
upon  him  from  the  wall,  that  he  died  in  The'bez  ? 
why  went  ye  nigh  the  wall  ?  then  say  thou,  Thy 
servant  U-rl'ah  the  Hit'tite  is  dead  also. 

22  H  So  the  messenger  went,  and  came  and  shewed 
Da'vid  all  that  Jo'ab  had  sent  him  for. 

23  And  the  messenger  said  unto  Da'vid,  Surely 
the  men  prevailed  against  us,  and  came  out  unto  us 
into  the  field,  and  we  were  upon  them  even  unto 
the  entering  of  the  gate. 

24  And  the  shooters  shot  from  off  the  wall  upon 
thy  servants  ;  and  some  of  the  king's  servants  be 
dead,  and  thy  servant  U-ri'ah  the  Hit'tite  is  dead 
also. 

25  Then  Da'vid  said  unto  the  messenger,  Thus 
shalt  thou  say  unto  Jo'ab,  Let  not  this  thing  Mis- 
please  thee,  for  the  sword  devoureth  10one  as  well 
as  another  :  make  thy  battle  more  strong  against 
the  city,  and  overthrow  it  :  and  encourage  thou 
him. 

26  H  And  when  the  wife  of  U-ri'ah  heard  that 
U-ri'ah  her  husband  was  dead,  she  mourned  for  her 
husband. 

27  And  when  the  mourning  was  past,  Da'vid  sent 
and  fetched  her  to  his  house,  and  she  'became  his 
wife,  and  bare  him  a  son.  But  the  thing  that  Da'- 
vid had  done  "displeased  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Nathan  rebukes  David.    13  David's  penitence.    24  Birth  of  Solomon. 

AND  the  Lord  sent  Na'than  unto  Da'vid.  And 
-  ahe  came  unto  him,  and  6said  unto  him,  There 
were  two  men  in  one  city ;  the  one  rich,  and  the 
other  poor. 

2  The  rich  man  had  exceeding  many  flocks  and 
herds : 


Nathan's  'parable. 


2  SAMUEL,  13. 


Birth  of  Solomon. 


3  But  the  poor  man  had  nothing,  save  one  little  ewe 
lamb,  which  he  had  bought  and  nourished  up :  and 
it  grew  up  together  with  him,  and  with  his  children  ; 
it  did  eat  of  his  own  1  meat,  and  drank  of  his  own 
cup,  and  lay  in  his  bosom,  and  was  unto  him  as  a 
daughter. 

4  And  there  came  a  traveller  unto  the  rich  man, 
and  he  spared  to  take  of  his  own  flock  and  of  his 
own  herd,  to  dress  for  the  wayfaring  man  that  was 
come  unto  him ;  but  took  the  poor  man's  lamb,  and 
dressed  it  for  the  man  that  was  come  to  him. 

5  And  Da'vid's  anger  was  greatly  kindled  against 
the  man ;  and  he  said  to  Na'than,  As  the  Lord  liv- 
eth,  the  man  that  hath  done  this  thing  2  shall  surely 
die: 

6  And  he  shall  restore  the  lamb  c  fourfold,  because 
he  did  this  thing,  and  because  he  had  no  pity. 

7  T  And  Na'than  said  to  Da'vid,  Thou  art  the  man. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  dl  anointed  thee 
king  over  Ig'ra-el,  and  I  delivered  thee  out  of  the 
hand  of  Saul ; 

8  And  I  gave  thee  thy  master's  house,  and  thy 
master's  wives  into  thy  bosom,  and  gave  thee  the 
house  of  Ig'ra-el  and  of  Ju'dah ;  and  if  that  had  been 
too  little,  I  would  moreover  have  given  unto  thee 
such  and  such  things. 

9  e  Wherefore  hast  thou  f  despised  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord,  to  do  evil  in  his  sight?  Hhou 
hast  killed  U-rl'ah  the  Hit'tite  with  the  sword,  and 
hast  taken  his  wife  to  be  thy  wife,  and  hast  slain  him 
with  the  sword  of  the  children  of  Am'mon. 

10  Now  therefore  ''the  sword  shall  never  depart 
from  thine  house ;  because  thou  hast  despised  me, 
and  hast  taken  the  wife  of  U-ri'ah  the  Hit'tite  to  be 
thy  wife. 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  raise  up  evil 
against  thee  out  of  thine  own  house,  and  I  will  Hake 
thy  wives  before  thine  eyes,  and  give  them  unto  thy 
neighbour,  and  he  shall  lie  with  thy  wives  in  the 
sight  of  this  sun. 

12  For  thou  didst  it  secretly :  J'but  I  will  do'  this 
thing  before  all  Ig'ra-el,  and  before  the  sun. 

13  fcAnd  Da'vid  said  unto  Na'than,  'I  have  sinned 
against  the  Lord.  And  Na'than  said  unto  Da'vid, 
The  Lord  also  hath  mput  away  thy  sin;  thou  shalt 
not  die. 

14  Howbeit,  because  by  this  deed  thou  hast  given 
great  occasion  to  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  n  to  blas- 
pheme, the  child  also  that  is  born  unto  thee  shall 
surely  die. 

15  If  And  Na'than  departed  unto  his  house.  And 
the  Lord  "struck  the  child  that  U-rl'ah's  wife  bare 
unto  Da'vid,  and  it  was  very  sick. 

16  Da'vid  therefore  '"besought  God  for  the  child; 
and  Da'vid  3 fasted,  and  went  in,  and  9lay  all  night 
upon  the  earth. 

17  And  the  elders  of  his  house  arose,  and  went  to 
nim,  to  raise  him  up  from  the  earth :  but  he  would 
not,  neither  did  he  eat  bread  with  them. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day,  that 
the  child  died.  And  the  servants  of  Da'vid  feared 
to  tell  him  that  the  child  was  dead :  for  they  said, 


B.  C.  1034. 


1  morsel. 


2  is  a  son  of 
death,  or,  is 
worthy  to  die. 

cEx.  22.  1. 
Luke  19.  8. 


d  1  Sam.  16. 
ch.  7.  8. 


13. 


e  Gen.  9.  5,  G. 

1  Sam.  15.  19. 
/  Lev.  26.  15, 16. 

Num.  15.  31. 

Prov.  13.  13. 

Isa.  5.  24. 
gch.  11.  15. 
//  Amos  7.  9. 
i  Deut.  28.  30. 
j  ch.  16.  22. 
I;  1  Sam.  15.  24. 
/  ch.  24.  10. 

Job  7.  20. 

Ps.  32.  5. 

Prov.  28.  13. 
m  Ps.  32.  1. 

Mic.  7.  18. 

Zech.  3.  4. 
n  Isa.  52. 5. 

Ezek.  36.  20. 

Rom.  2.  24. 
o  Gen.  4.  7. 

Amos  3.  2. 
p  Isa.  26.  16. 

Jer.  18.  8. 

3  fasted  a  fast. 
q  ch.  13.  31. 

4  do  hurt. 

r  Ruth  3.  3. 
sPs.  95.  6,  7,  8. 

Ps.  103.  1, 

8-17. 

Prov.  3.  7. 

Prov.  16.  6. 
t  Isa.  38.  1,  5. 

Jon.  3.  9. 
u  2  Cor.  5.  1-8. 

Heb.  11.  10. 
v  Job  7.  8,  9. 
w  Matt.  1.  6. 
x  1  Chr.  22.  9. 

5  That  is. 
Peaceable 
and  perfect. 

G  That  is. 

Beloved  of 

the  Lord. 
y  1  Chr.  20.  1. 
-  Deut.  3.  11. 

7  That  part 
where  the  cis- 
terns were. 

8  my  name  be 
called  upon  it. 

a  1  Chr.  20.  2. 

9  very  great. 

10  Or,  made 
them  saw 
wood  and 
stones,  dig 
iron,  and 
labour  about 
furnaces. 


a  ch.  3.  2,  3. 

b  1  Chr.  3.  9. 

1  It  was  mar- 
vellous, or, 
hidden  in 
the  eyes  of 
Amnon. 


Behold,  while  the  child  was  yet  alive,  we  spake  unto 
him,  and  he  would  not  hearken  unto  our  voice  :  how 
will  he  then  4vex  himself,  if  we  tell  him  that  the 
child  is  dead? 

19  But  when  Da'vid  saw  that  his  servants  whis- 
pered, Da'vid  perceived  that  the  child  was  dead : 
therefore  Da'vid  said  unto  his  servants,  Is  the  child 
dead  ?     And  they  said,  He  is  dead. 

20  Then  Da'vid  arose  from  the  earth,  and  washed, 
and  '"anointed  himself,  and  changed  his  apparel,  and 
came  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  s  worshipped : 
then  he  came  to  his  own  house ;  and  when  he  re- 
quired, they  set  bread  before  him,  and  he  did  eat. 

21  Then  said  his  servants  unto  him,  What  thing  is 
this  that  thou  hast  done?  thou  didst  fast  and  weep 
for  the  child,  while  it  was  alive ;  but  when  the  child 
was  dead,  thou  didst  rise  and  eat  bread. 

22  And  he  said,  While  the  child  was  yet  alive,  I 
fasted  and  wept :  f  for  I  said,  Who  can  tell  whether 
God  will  be  gracious  to  me,  that  the  child  may  live? 

23  But  now  he  is  dead,  wherefore  should  I  fast? 
can  I  bring  him  back  again  ?  u  I  shall  go  to  him,  but 
"he  shall  not  return  to  me. 

24  If  And  Da'vid  comforted  Bath'-she-ba  his  wife, 
and  went  in  unto  her,  and  lay  with  her :  and  w  she 
bare  a  son,  and  xhe  called  his  name  5Sol'o-mon :  and 
the  Lord  loved  him. 

25  And  he  sent  by  the  hand  of  Na'than  the  pro- 
phet; and  he  called  his  name  6Jed-i-dI'ah,  because 
of  the  Lord. 

26  If  And  ^Jo'ab  fought  against  z  Rab'bah  of  the 
children  of  Am'mon,  and  took  the  royal  city. 

27  And  Jo'ab  sent  messengers  to  Da'vid,  and  said, 
I  have  fought  against  Rab'bah,  and  have  taken  rthe 
city  of  waters. 

28  Now  therefore  gather  the  rest  of  the  people 
together,  and  encamp  against  the  city,  and  take  it : 
lest  I  take  the  city,  and  8it  be  called  after  my  name. 

29  And  Da'vid  gathered  all  the  people  together, 
and  went  to  Rab'bah,  and  fought  against  it,  and 
took  it. 

30  aAnd  he  took  their  king's  crown  from  off  his 
head,  the  weight  whereof  was  a  talent  of  gold  with 
the  precious  stones  :  and  it  was  set  on  Da'vid's 
head.  And  he  brought  forth  the  spoil  of  the  city 
9  in  great  abundance. 

31  And  he  brought  forth  the  people  that  were 
therein,  and  10  put  them  under  saws,  and  under  har- 
rows of  iron,  and  under  axes  of  iron,  and  made 
them  pass  through  the  brickkiln :  and  thus  did  he 
unto  all  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Am'mon.  So 
Da'vid  and  all  the  people  returned  unto  Je-ru'sa- 
lem. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Amnori's  crime.    29  Absalom  slays  Amnon.    37  Absalom's  flight. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  aAb'sa-lom 
-  the  son  of  Da'vid  had  a  fair  sister,  whose 
name  was  6Ta'mar  ;  and  Am'non  the  son  of  Da'vid 
loved  her. 

2  And  Am'non  was  so  vexed,  that  he  fell  sick  for 
his  sister  Ta'mar  ;  for  she  was  a  virgin  ;  and  Am'- 
non thought  it  hard  for  him  to  do  any  thing  to  her. 

255 


Amnon's  crime. 


2  SAMUEL,  13. 


Absalom  kills  Amnon. 


3  But  Am'non  had  a  friend,  whose  name  was  Jon'- 
a-dab, cthe  son  of  Shim'e-ah  Da'vid's  brother  :  and 
Jon'a-dab  was  a  very  subtil  man. 

4  And  he  said  unto  him,  Why  art  thou,  being  the 
king's  son,  2lean  3from  day  to  day?  wilt  thou  not 
tell  me?  And  Am'non  said  unto  him,  dl  love  Ta'- 
mar,  my  brother  Ab'sa-lom's  sister. 

5  And  Jon'a-dab  said  unto  him,  Lay  thee  down  on 
thy  bed,  and  make  thyself  sick  :  and  when  thy  fa- 
ther cometh  to  see  thee,  say  unto  him,  I  pray  thee, 
let  my  sister  Ta'mar  come,  and  give  me  meat,  and 
dress  the  meat  in  my  sight,  that  I  may  see  it,  and 
eat  it  at  her  hand. 

6  Tf  So  Am'non  lay  down,  and  made  himself  sick  : 
and  when  the  king  was  come  to  see  him,  Am'non 
said  unto  the  king,  I  pray  thee,  let  Ta'mar  my  sister 
come,  and  emake  me  a  couple  of  cakes  in  my  sight, 
that  I  may  eat  at  her  hand. 

7  Then  Da'vid  sent  home  to  Ta'mar,  saying,  Go 
now  to  thy  brother  Am'non's  house,  and  dress  him 
meat. 

8  So  Ta'mar  went  to  her  brother  Am'non's  house  ; 
and  he  was  laid  down.  And  she  took  4  flour,  and 
kneaded  it,  and  made  cakes  in  his  sight,  and  did 
bake  the  cakes. 

9  And  she  took  a  pan,  and  poured  them  out  before 
him  ;  but  he  refused  to  eat.  And  Am'non  said, 
yHave  out  all  men  from  me.  And  they  went  out 
every  man  from  him. 

10  And  Am'non  said  unto  Ta'mar,  Bring  the  meat 
into  the  chamber,  that  I  may  eat  of  thine  hand. 
And  Ta'mar  took  the  cakes  which  she  had  made, 
and  brought  them  into  the  chamber  to  Am'non  her 
brother. 

11  And  when  she  had  brought  them  unto  him  to 
eat,  he  "took  hold  of  her,  and  said  unto  her,  Come 
lie  with  me,  my  sister. 

12  And  she  answered  him,  Nay,  my  brother,  do 
not 5 force  me  ;  for  6no  such  thing  ought  to  be  done 
in  Ig'ra-el :  do  not  thou  this  h  folly. 

13  And  I,  whither  shall  I  cause  my  shame  to  go  ? 
and  as  for  thee,  thou  shalt  be  as  one  of  the  fools 
in  I§'ra-el.  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  speak  unto 
the  king  ;  *  for  he  will  not  withhold  me  from  thee. 

14  Howbeit  he  would  not  hearken  unto  her  voice  : 
but,  being  stronger  than  she, j  forced  her,  and  lay 
with  her. 

15  II  Then  Am'non  hated  her  7  exceedingly  ;  so 
that  the  hatred  wherewith  he  hated  her  was  greater 
than  the  love  wherewith  he  had  loved  her.  And 
Am'non  said  unto  her,  Arise,  be  gone. 

16  And  she  said  unto  him,  There  is  no  cause  :  this 
evil  in  sending  me  away  is  greater  than  the  other 
that  thou  didst  unto  me.  But  he  would  not  hearken 
unto  her. 

17  Then  he  called  his  servant  that  ministered  unto 
him,  and  said,  Put  now  this  woman  out  from  me, 
and  bolt  the  door  after  her. 

18  And  she  had  ka  garment  of  divers  colours  upon 
her  :  for  with  such  robes  were  the  king's  daughters 
that  were  virgins  apparelled.  Then  his  servant 
brought  her  out,  and  bolted  the  door  after  her. 

256 


B.  C.  1032. 


c  1  Chr.  2.  13. 


2  thin. 

3  morning  by 
morning. 

d  Isa.  3.  9. 


:  Gen.  18.  6. 


4  Or,  paste. 


/Gen.  45.  1. 
Judg.  3.  19. 


g  Gen.  39.  12. 

Prov.  7.  13. 

Ecel.  7.  26. 
5  humble  me. 
(5  it  ought  not 

so  to  be  done. 
h  Gen.  34.  7. 

Judg.  19.  23. 

Prov.  7.  7-23. 
i  Gen.  19.  8. 

Lev.  18.  9,  11. 

Judg.  19.  24. 
j  Lev.  18.  9. 

Deut.  22.  25. 

Judg.  20.  5. 

ch.  12.11. 

Esth.  7.  8. 

7  with  great 
hatred  greatly. 

1;  Gen.  37.  3. 

Judg.  5.  30. 

Ps.  45.  14. 
I  Josh.  7.  6. 

ch.  1.  2. 

Job  2.  12. 
m  Jer.  2.  37. 

8  Aminon. 

9  set  not 
thine  heart. 

10  and  desolate. 
n  Lev.  19.  17. 

Prov.  10.  18. 
Eph.  4.  26,31. 
1  John  2.  9, 11. 

0  Gen.  38.  12. 

1  Sam.  25.  4. 

2  Ki.  3.  4. 

p  Josh.  17.  18. 
q  Gen.  9.  21. 

Ruth  3.  7. 

1  Sam.  25.  36. 

Esth.  1.  10. 

Ps.  101.  15. 

11  Or,  will  you 
not,  since  I 
have  com- 
manded you  ? 

12  sons  of  valour. 

13  rode. 

r  Gen.  37.  29,  34. 

ch.  1. 11. 
s  ch.  12.  16. 

14  mouth. 

15  Or,  settled. 

1  ch.  19.  19. 

16  according  to 
the  word  of 
thy  servant. 


19  U  And  Ta'mar  put  l  ashes  on  her  head,  and  rent 
her  garment  of  divers  colours  that  ivas  on  her,  and 
m  laid  her  hand  on  her  head,  and  went  on  crying. 

20  And  Ab'sa-lom  her  brother  said  unto  her,  Hath 
8  Am'non  thy  brother  been  with  thee  ?  but  hold  now 
thy  peace,  my  sister:  he  is  thy  brother;  9 regard 
not  this  thing.  So  Ta'mar  remained  10  desolate  in 
her  brother  Ab'sa-lom's  house. 

21  If  But  when  king  Da'vid  heard  of  all  these 
things,  he  was  very  wroth. 

22  And  Ab'sa-lom  spake  unto  his  brother  Am'non 
neither  good  nor  bad :  for  Ab'sa-lom  "hated  Am'non, 
because  he  had  forced  his  sister  Ta'mar. 

23  II  And  it  came  to  pass  after  two  full  years,  that 
Ab'sa-lom  ^had  sheepshearers  in  Ba'al-ha'zor,  which 
is  beside  "E'phra-im  :  and  Ab'sa-lom  invited  all  the 
king's  sons. 

24  And  Ab'sa-lom  came  to  the  king,  and  said,  Be- 
hold now,  thy  servant  hath  sheepshearers  ;  let  the 
king,  I  beseech  thee,  and  his  servants  go  with  thy 
servant. 

25  And  the  king  said  to  Ab'sa-lom,  Nay,  my  son, 
let  us  not  all  now  go,  lest  we  be  chargeable  unto 
thee.  And  he  pressed  him  :  howbeit  he  would  not 
go,  but  blessed  him. 

26  Then  said  Ab'sa-lom,  If  not,  I  pray  thee,  let  my 
brother  Am'non  go  with  us.  And  the  king  said 
unto  him,  Why  should  he  go  with  thee  ? 

27  But  Ab'sa-lom  pressed  him,  that  he  let  Am'non 
and  all  the  king's  sons  go  with  him. 

28  H  Now  Ab'sa-lom  had  commanded  his  servants, 
saying,  Mark  ye  now  when  Am'non's  "heart  is  merry 
with  wine,  and  when  I  say  unto  you,  Smite  Am'non  ; 
then  kill  him,  fear  not :  "  have  not  I  commanded 
you?  be  courageous,  and  be  n valiant. 

29  And  the  servants  of  Ab'sa-lom  did  unto  Am'non 
as  Ab'sa-lom  had  commanded.  Then  all  the  king's 
sons  arose,  and  every  man  13gat  him  up  upon  his 
mule,  and  fled. 

30  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they  were  in  the 
way,'  that  tidings  came  to  Da'vid,  saying,  Ab'sa-lom 
hath  slain  all  the  king's  sons,  and  there  is  not  one 
of  them  left. 

31  Then  the  king  arose,  and  rtare  his  garments, 
and  slay  on  the  earth  ;  and  all  his  servants  stood 
by  with  their  clothes  rent. 

32  And  Jon'a-dab,  the  son  of  Shim'e-ah  Da'vid's 
brother,  answered  and  said,  Let  not  my  lord  suppose 
that  they  have  slain  all  the  young  men  the  king's 
sons  ;  for  Am'non  only  is  dead  :  for  by  the  14 appoint- 
ment of  Ab'sa-lom  this  hath  been  ir> determined  from 
the  day  that  he  forced  his  sister  Ta'mar. 

33  Now  therefore  'let  not  my  lord  the  king  take 
the  thing  to  his  heart,  to  think  that  all  the  king's 
sons  are  dead  :  for  Am'non  only  is  dead. 

34  But  Ab'sa-lom  fled.  And  the  young  man  that 
kept  the  watch  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked,  and, 
behold,  there  came  much  people  by  the  way  of  the 
hill  side  behind  him. 

35  And  Jon'a-dab  said  unto  the  king,  Behold,  the 
king's  sons  come :  16as  thy  servant  said,  so  it  is. 

36  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he  had  made  an 


The  woman  of  Tekoah. 


2  SAMUEL,  14. 


Absalom  returns  home. 


end  of  speaking,  that,  behold,  the  king's  sons  came, 
and  lifted  up  their  voice  and  wept :  and  the  king 
also  and  all  his  servants  wept  "very  sore. 

37  1[  But  Ab'sa-lom  fled,  and  went  to  "Tal'mai,  the 
son  of  18Am-mI'hud,  king  of  Ge'shur.  And  Da'vid 
mourned  for  his  son  every  day. 

38  So  Ab'sa-lom  fled,  and  went  to  " Ge'shur,  and 
was  there  three  years. 

39  And  the  soul  of  king  Da'vid 19 longed  to  go  forth 
unto  Ab'sa-lom  :  for  he  was  w  comforted  concerning 
Am'non,  seeing  he  was  dead. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  The  wise  woman  of  Tekonh.    23  Absalom's  return  to  Jerusalem.    33  He  comes  before 

the  king. 

"VTOW  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  perceived  that 
-^    the  king's  heart  was  toward  Ab'sa-lom. 

2  And  Jo'ab  sent  to  a  Te-ko'ah,  and  fetched  thence 
a  wise  woman,  and  said  unto  her,  I  pray  thee,  feign 
thyself  to  be  a  mourner,  6and  put  on  now  mourning 
apparel,  and  anoint  not  thyself  with  oil,  but  be  as  a 
woman  that  had  a  long  time  mourned  for  the  dead : 

3  And  come  to  the  king,  and  speak  on  this  manner 
unto  him.     So  Jo'ab  cput  the  words  in  her  mouth. 

4  If  And  when  the  woman  of  Te-ko'ah  spake  to  the 
king,  she  dfell  on  her  face  to  the  ground,  and  did 
obeisance,  and  said,  ^elp,  0  king. 

5  And  the  king  said  unto  her,  What  aileth  thee  ? 
And  she  answered,  eI  am  indeed  a  widow  woman, 
and  mine  husband  is  dead. 

6  And  thy  handmaid  had  two  sons,  and  they  two 
strove  together  in  the  field,  and  there  was  2none  to 
part  them,  but  the  one  smote  the  other,  and  slew 
him. 

7  And,  behold,  rthe  whole  family  is  risen  against 
thine  handmaid,  and  they  said,  Deliver  him  that 
smote  his  brother,  that  we  may  kill  him,  for  the  life 
of  his  brother  whom  he  slew ;  and  we  will  destroy 
the  heir  also  :  and  so  they  shall  quench  my  coal 
which  is  left,  and  shall  not  leave  to  my  husband 
neither  name  nor  remainder  3upon  the  earth. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto  the  woman,  Go  to  thine 
house,  and  I  will  give  charge  concerning  thee. 

9  And  the  woman  of  Te-ko'ah  said  unto  the  king, 
My  lord,  0  king,  3the  iniquity  be  on  me,  and  on  my 
father's  house  :  h  and  the  king  and  his  throne  be 
guiltless. 

10  And  the  king  said,  Whosoever  saith  ought  unto 
thee,  bring  him  to  me,  and  he  shall  not  touch  thee 
any  more. 

11  Then  said  she,  I  pray  thee,  let  the  king  remem- 
ber the  Lord  thy  God,  Hhat  thou  wouldest  not  suffer 
"the  revengers  of  blood  to  destroy  any  more,  lest 
they  destroy  my  son.  And  he  said,  jAs  the  Lord 
liveth,  there  shall  not  one  hair  of  thy  son  fall  to 
the  earth. 

12  Then  the  woman  said,  Let  thine  handmaid,  I 
pray  thee,  speak  one  word  unto  my  lord  the  king. 
And  he  said,  Say  on. 

13  And  the  woman  said,  Wherefore  then  hast  thou 
thought  such  a  thing  against  Hhe  people  of  God? 
for  the  king  doth  speak  this  thing  as  one  which  is 

16 


B.  C. 1027. 


17  with  a  great 

weeping 

greatly. 
u  ell.  3.  3. 
IS  Auimihur. 


i'  ch.  14.  23. 


19  Or,  was 

consumed. 
w  Gen.  38.  12. 


a  2  Chr.  11.  6. 

2  Chr.  20.  20. 

Neh.  3.  5,  27. 

Jer.  G.  I. 

Amos  1.  1. 
b  Ruth  3.  3. 


c  Ex.  4.  15. 


d  1  Sam.  20.  41. 

ch.  1.  2. 
1  Save. 

2  Ki.  G.  2G. 


e  ch.  12.  1. 


2  no  deliverer 
between  them. 

/Gen.  4.  14. 
Num.  35.  10. 
Deut.  19.  12. 

3  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth. 

g  Gen.  27.  13. 

1  Sam.  25.  24. 

Matt.  27.  25. 
h  Num.  35.  33. 

ch.  3.  28. 

4  that  the  re- 
venger of 
blood  do  not 
multiply  to 
destroy. 

i  Num.  35.  19. 

Josh.  20.  3-G. 
j  1  Sam.  14.  45. 

Acts  27.  34. 
k  Judg.  20.  2. 
I  ch.  13.  37. 
m  Job  30.  23. 

Eccl.  3.  19. 

Heb.  9.  27. 

5  Or,  because 
God  hath  not 
taken  away 
his  life,  he 
hath  also  de- 
vised means, 
etc. 

n  Num.  35.  15. 

6  for  rest. 

o  1  Sam.  29.  9. 

7  to  hear. 

p  ch.  19.  27. 

8  blessed. 

9  Or,  thy. 

5  Deut.  ?,.  14. 

eh.  3.  3. 
r  Gen.  43.  3. 

ch.  3.  13. 

Eev.  22.  4. 

10  And  as  Absa- 
lom there  was 
not  a  beauti- 
ful man  in  all 
Israel  to  praise 
greatly. 

s  Deut.  28.  35. 

Job  2.  7. 

Isa.  1.  6. 
/ch.  IS.  9. 

11  Six  pounds 
and  a  quarter 
avoirdupois. 

u  ch.  18. 18. 


faulty,  in  that  the  king  doth  not  fetch  home  again 
'his  banished. 

14  For  we  '"must  needs  die,  and  are  as  water  spilt 
on  the  ground,  which  cannot  be  gathered  up  again  ; 
0 neither  doth  God  respect  any  person :  yet  doth  he 
"devise  means,  that  his  banished  be  not  expelled 
from  him. 

15  Now  therefore  that  I  am  come  to  speak  of  this 
thing  unto  my  lord  the  king,  it  is  because  the  peo- 
ple have  made  me  afraid :  and  thy  handmaid  said, 
I  will  now  speak  unto  the  king ;  it  may  be  that  the 
king  will  perform  the  request  of  his  handmaid. 

16  For  the  king  will  hear,  to  deliver  his  handmaid 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  man  that  would  destroy 
me  and  my  son  together  out  of  the  inheritance  of 
God. 

17  Then  thine  handmaid  said,  The  word  of  my 
lord  the  king  shall  now  be  b  comfortable  :  for  °as  an 
angel  of  God,  so  is  my  lord  the  king  7to  discern 
good  and  bad :  therefore  the  Lord  thy  God  will  be 
with  thee, 

18  Then  the  king  answered  and  said  unto  the 
woman,  Hide  not  from  me,  I  pray  thee,  the  thing 
that  I  shall  ask  thee.  And  the  woman  said,  Let  my 
lord  the  king  now  speak.  • 

19  And  the  king  said,  Is  not  the  hand  of  Jo'ab 
with  thee  in  all  this?  And  the  woman  answered 
and  said,  As  thy  soul  liveth,  my  lord  the  king,  none 
can  turn  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left  from  ought 
that  my  lord  the  king  hath  spoken  :  for  thy  servant 
Jo'ab,  he  bade  me,  and  he  put  all  these  words  in 
the  mouth  of  thine  handmaid  : 

20  To  fetch  about  this  form  of  speech  hath  thy 
servant  Jo'ab  done  -this  thing  :  and  my  lord  is  wise, 
p  according  to  the  wisdom  of  an  angel  of  God,  to 
know  all  things  that  are  in  the  earth. 

21  If  And  the  king  said  unto  Jo'ab,  Behold  now,  I 
have  done  this  thing :  go  therefore,  bring  the  young 
man  Ab'sa-lom  again. 

22  And  Jo'ab  fell  to  the  ground  on  his  face,  and 
bowed  himself,  and  8  thanked  the  king :  and  Jo'ab 
said,  To  day  thy  servant  knoweth  that  I  have 
found  grace  in  thy  sight,  my  lord,  O  king,  in  that 
the  king  hath  fulfilled  the  request  of  9_his  servant. 

23  So  Jo'ab  arose  'and  went  to  Ge'shur,  and 
brought  Ab'sa-lom  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

24  And  the  king  said,  Let  him  turn  to  his  own 
house,  and  let  him  rnot  see  my  face.  So  Ab'sa- 
lom  returned  to  his  own  house,  and  saw  not  the 
king's  face. 

25  If  10But  in  all  !§'ra-el  there  was  none  to  be  so 
much  praised  as  Ab'sa-lom  for  his  beauty :  s  from  the 
sole  of  his  foot  even  to  the  crown  of  his  head  there 
was  no  blemish  in  him. 

26  And  when  he  polled  his  head,  (for  it  was  at 
every  year's  end  that  he  polled  it :  because  l  the  hair 
was  heavy  on  him,  therefore  he  polled  it:)  he 
weighed  the  hair  of  his  head  at  "two  hundred  shek- 
els after  the  king's  weight. 

27  And  "  unto  Ab'sa-lom  there  were  born  three 
sons,  and  one  daughter,  whose  name  ivas  Ta'mar: 
she  was  a  woman  of  a  fair  countenance. 

257 


Absalom's  conspiracy. 


2  SAMUEL,  15. 


David's  flight 


28  II  So  Ab'sa-lom  dwelt  two  full  years  in  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem, and  saw  not  the  king's  face. 

29  Therefore  Ab'sa-lom  sent  for  Jo'ab,  to  have 
sent  him  to  the  king ;  but  he  would  not  come  to 
him :  and  when  he  sent  again  the  second  time,  he 
would  not  come. 

30  Therefore  he  said  unto  his  servants,  See,  Jo'ab's 
field  is  12  near  mine,  and  he  hath  barley  there  ;  v  go 
and  set  it  on  fire.  And  Ab'sa-lom's  servants  set 
the  field  on  fire. 

31  Then  Jo'ab  arose,  and  came  to  Ab'sa-lom  unto 
his  house,  and  said  unto  him,  Wherefore  have  thy 
servants  set  my  field  on  fire  ? 

32  And  Ab'sa-lom  answered  Jo'ab,  Behold,  I  sent 
unto  thee,  saying,  Come  hither,  that  I  may  send 
thee  to  the  king,  to  say,  Wherefore  am  I  come  from 
Ge'shur?  it  had  been  good  for  me  to  have  been  there 
still :  now  therefore  let  me  see  the  king's  face  ;  and 
if  w  there  be  any  iniquity  in  me,  let  him  kill  me. 

33  So  Jo'ab  came  to  the  king,  and  told  him  :  and 
when  he  had  called  for  Ab'sa-lom,  he  came  to  the 
king,  and  bowed  himself  on  his  face  to  the  ground 
before  the  king  :  and  the  king  x  kissed  Ab'sa-lom. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Absalom  conspires  against  his  father.     13  David's /tight.     29  Return  of  the  ark. 

AND  ait  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Ab'sa-lom 
-  6 prepared  him  chariots  and  horses,  and  fifty 
men  to  run  before  him. 

2  And  Ab'sa-lom  "rose  up  early,  and  stood  beside 
the  way  of  the  gate  :  and  it  was  so,  that  when  any 
man  that  had  a  controversy  acame  to  the  king  for 
judgment,  then  Ab'sa-lom  called  unto  him,  and  said, 
Of  what  city  art  thou  ?  And  he  said,  Thy  servant 
is  of  one  of  the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el.    • 

3  And  Ab'sa-lom  said  unto  him,  ''See,  thy  matters 
are  good  and  right ;  but 2 'there  is  no  man  deputed 
of  the  king  to  hear  thee. 

4  Ab'sa-lom  said  moreover,  eOh  that  I  were  made 
judge  in  the  land,  that  every  man  which  hath  any 
suit  or  cause  might  come  unto  me,  and  I  would  do 
him  justice ! 

5  And  it  was  so,  that  when  any  man  came  nigh  to 
him  to  do  him  obeisance,  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and 
■'took  him,  and  kissed  him. 

6  And  on  this  manner  did  Ab'sa-lom  to  all  Ig'ra-el 
that  came  to  the  king  for  judgment :  ^so  Ab'sa-lom 
stole  the  hearts  of  the  men  of  I§'ra-el. 

7  U  And  it  came  to  pass  after  3  forty  years,  that 
Ab'sa-lom  said  unto  the  king,  I  pray  thee,  let  me 
go  and  pay  my  vow,  which  I  •  have  vowed  unto  the 
Lord,  in  fe  He'bron. 

8  \For  thy  servant  j  vowed  a  vow  k  while  I  abode 
at  Ge'shur  in  Syr'i-a,  saying,  If  the  Lord  shall  bring 
me  again  indeed  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  then  I  will  serve 
the  Lord. 

9  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Go  in  peace.  So  he 
arose,  and  went  to  He'bron. 

10  H  But_  Ab'sa-lom  sent  spies  throughout  all  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying,  As  soon  as  ye  hear  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  then  ye  shall  say,  Ab'sa-lom 
reigneth  in  He'bron. 

258 


B.  C.  1023. 


12  near  my 

place. 
V  ch.  13.  28. 

Prov.  29.  12. 


w  Prov.  28.  13. 


j-  Gen.  33.  4. 
Luke  15.  20. 


a  ch.  12.  11. 


ft  1  Ki.  1.  5. 
Prov.  11.  2. 


e  Prov.  1.  16. 

1  to  come. 

(I  Prov.  12.  2. 

2  Or,  none  will 
hear  thee 
from  the  king 
downward. 

e  Judg.  9.  29. 
f  Ps.  12.  2. 
g  Rom.  10.  18. 

3  Forty  years 
from  David's 
anointing, 

as  recorded  in 
1  Sam.  10.  1. 
Or,  four  years 
from  Absa- 
lom's return. 

h  ch.  2.  1. 

i  1  Sam.  16.  2. 

j  Gen.  28.  20. 
ISam.  1.  11. 
Ps.  56.  12. 

k  ch.  13.  38. 

Z 1  Sam.  9.  13. 

m  Gen.  20.  5. 
Prov.  14.  15. 
Matt.  10.  10. 
Rom.  10. 
18,  19. 

rcPs.  41.  9. 
Mic.  7.  5,  0. 

o  Josh. 15. 51. 

p  Ps.  3.  1. 

q  Judg.  9.  3. 

r  ch.  19.  9. 
Ps.  3,  title. 

4  thrust. 

5  choose. 

*  Ps.  3,  title. 
0  at  his  feet. 
t  ch.  12.  11. 

eh.  16.21. 
u  ch.  8.  IS. 
v  ch.  18.  2. 
7  make  thee 

wander  in 

going. 
w  1  Sam.  23.  13. 
r  Ruth  1.  10. 

1  Sam.  20.  3. 
2Ki.  2.2,4,  0. 

>l  1  Ki.  2.  37. 

2  Clir.  30.  14. 
z  ch.  16.  2. 

Matt.  3.  1-3. 
a  Num.  4.  15. 

6  Ps.  43.  3. 
cch.  0.  17. 

d  Num.  14.  8. 

1  Ki.  10.  9. 

2  Chr.  9.  8. 
e  \  Sam.  3.  IS. 


11  And  with  Ab'sa-lom  went  two  hundred  men 
out  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  that  were  *  called  ;  and  they 
went  min  their  simplicity,  and  they  knew  not  any 
thing. 

12  And  Ab'sa-lom  sent  for  A-hith'o-phel  the  Gl'- 
lq-nlte, n  Da'vid's  counsellor,  from  his  city,  even  from 
°Gl'loh,  while  he  offered  sacrifices.  And  the  con- 
spiracy was  strong  ;  for  the  people  v  increased 
continually  with  Ab'sa-lom. 

13  Tf  And  there  came  a  messenger  to  Da'vid,  say- 
ing, 9The  hearts  of  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  are  after 
Ab'sa-lom. 

14  And  Da'vid  said  unto  all  his  servants  that  were 
with  him  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  Arise,  and  let  us  rflee  ; 
for  we  shall  not  else  escape  from  Ab'sa-lom  :  make 
speed  to  depart,  lest  he  overtake  us  suddenly,  and 
4  bring  evil  upon  us,  and  smite  the  city  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword. 

15  And  the  king's  servants  said  unto  the  king, 
Behold,  thy  servants  are  ready  to  do  whatsoever  my 
lord  the  king  shall  5  appoint. 

16  And  Hhe  king  went  forth,  and  all  his  house- 
hold 6  after  him.  And  the  king  left  *ten  women, 
ivhich  were  concubines,  to  keep  the  house. 

17  And  the  king  went  forth,  and  all  the  people 
after  him,  and  tarried  in  a  place  that  was  far  off. 

18  And  all  his  servants  passed  on  beside  him  ; 
"and  all  the_Cher'eth-Ites,  and  all  the  Pe'leth-Ites, 
and  all  the  Git'tltes,  six  hundred  men  which  came 
after  him  from  Gath,  passed  on  before  the  king. 

19  If  Then  said  the  king  to  v  It'ta-I  the  Git'tite, 
Wherefore  goest  thou  also  with  us  ?  return  to  thy 
place,  and  abide  with  the  king  :  for  thou  art  a 
stranger,  and  also  an  exile. 

20  Whereas  thou  earnest  but  yesterday,  should  I 
this  day  7  make  thee  go  up  and  down  with  us  ?  see- 
ing I  go  "whither  I  may,  return  thou,  and  take 
back  thy  brethren  :  mercy  and  truth  be  with  thee. 

21  And  It'ta-I  answered  the  king,  and  said,  xAs 
the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  my  lord  the  king  liveth, 
surely  in  what  place  my  lord  the  king  shall  be, 
whether  in  death  or  life,  even  there  also  will  thy 
servant  be. 

22  And  Da'vid  said  to  It'ta-I,  Go  and  pass  over. 
And  It'ta-I  the  Git'tite  passed  over,  and  all  his  men, 
and  all  the  little  ones  that  were  with  him. 

23  And  all  the  country  wept  with  a  loud  voice,  and 
all  the  people  passed  over :  the  king  also  himself 
passed  over  the  v brook  Kid'ron,  and  all  the  people 
passed  over,  toward  the  way  of  the  z  wilderness. 

24  Tf  And  lo  Za'dok  also,  and  all  the  Le'vltes  were 
with  him,  "bearing  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  God : 
and  they  set  down  the  ark  of  God  ;  and  A-bl'a-thar 
went  up,  until  all  the  people  had  done  passing  out 
of  the  city. 

25  And  the  king  said  unto  Za'dok,  Carry  back  the 
ark  of  God  into  the  city  :  if  I  shall  find  favour  in 
the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  he  'will  bring  me  again,  and 
shew  me  both  it,  and  his  habitation  : 

26  But  if  he  thus  say,  I  have  no  d  delight  in  thee ; 
behold,  here  am  I,  elet  him  do  to  me  as  seemeth 
good  unto  him. 


Return  of  the  ark. 


2  SAMUEL,  16. 


Shimei  curses  David. 


27  The  king  said  also  unto  Za'dok  the  priest,  Art 
not  thou  a  ■'"seer?  return  into  sthe  city  in  peace,  and 
your  two  sons  with  you,  A-him'a-az  thy  son,  and 
Jon'a-than  the  son  of  A-bi'a-thar. 

28  See,  I  will  tarry  in  the  plain  of  the  wilderness, 
until  there  come  word  from  you  to  certify  me. 

29  Za'dok  therefore  and  A-bi'a-thar  carried  the  ark 
of  God  again  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  and  they  tarried  there. 

30  If  And  Da'vid  went  up  by  the  ascent  of  mount 
;i01'i-vet,  8and  wept  as  he  went  up,  and  'had  his 
head  covered,  and  he  went  j  barefoot :  and  all  the 
people  that  was  with  him  k  covered  every  man  his 
head,  and  they  went  up,  l  weeping  as  they  went  up. 

31  1"  And  one  told  Da'vid,  saying,  m  A-hith'o-phel 
is  among  the  conspirators  with  Ab'sa-lom.  And 
Da'vid  said,  0  Lord,  I  pray  thee,  turn  "the  counsel 
of  A-hith'o-phel  into  foolishness. 

32  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  tvhen  Da'vid  was 
come  to  the  top  of  the  mount,  where  he  worshipped 
God,  behold,  Hu'shai  the  °  Ar'chite  came  to  meet  him 
pwith  his  coat  rent,  and  earth  upon  his  head : 

33  Unto  whom  Da'vid  said,  If  thou  passest  on  with 
me,  then  thou  shalt  be  "  a  burden  unto  me  : 

34  But  if  thou  return  to  the  city,  and  say  unto 
Ab'sa-lom,  I  will  be  thy  servant,  0  king ;  as  I  have 
been  thy  father's  servant  hitherto,  so  will  I  now 
also  be  thy  servant :  then  may  est  thou  for  me  defeat 
the  counsel  of  A-hith'o-phel. 

35  And  hast  thou  not  there  with  thee  Za'dok  and 
A-bi'a-thar  the  priests?  therefore  it  shall  be,  that 
what  thing  soever  thou  shalt  hear  out  ofjthe  king's 
house,  thou  shalt  tell  it  to  Za'dok  and  A-bi'a-thar 
the  priests. 

36  Behold,  they  have  there  with  them  their^two 
sons,  A-him'a-az  Za'dok's  son,  and  Jon'a-than  A-bi'- 
a-thar's  son;  and  by  them  ye  shall  send  unto  me 
every  thing  that  ye  can  hear. 

37  So  Hu'shai  rDa'vid's  friend  came  into  the  city, 
sand  Ab'sa-lom  came  into  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Ziba's  deceit.    5  Shimei  curses  David.     15  Absalom  enters  Jerusalem. 

AND  "when  Da'vid  was  a  little  past  the  top  of 
-  the  hill,  behold,  b  Zi'ba  the  servant  of  Ms-phib'- 
o-sheth  met  him,  with  a  couple  of  asses  saddled, 
and  upon  them  two  hundred  loaves  of  bread,  and 
an  hundred  bunches  of  raisins,  and  an  hundred  of 
summer  fruits,  and  a  bottle  of  wine. 

2  And  the  king  said  unto  Zi'ba,  What  meanest  thou 
by  these  ?  And  Zi'ba  said,  The  asses  be  for  the  king's 
household  c  to  ride  on  ;  and  the  bread  and  summer 
fruit  for  the  d  young  men  to  eat ;  and  the  wine, 
e  that  such  as  be  faint  in  the  wilderness  may  drink. 

3  And  the  king  said,  And  where  is  thy  master's 
son?  /And  Zi'ba  said  unto  the  king,  Behold,  he 
abideth  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  for  he  said,  To  day  shall 
.the  house  of  Is'ra-el  restore  me  the  kingdom  of  my 

rther. 

4  9  Then  said  the  king  to  Zi'ba,  Behold,  thine  are 
all  that  pertained  unto  Mg-phib'o-sheth.  And  Zi'ba 
said,  1 1  humbly  beseech  thee  that  I  may  find  grace 
in  thy  sight,  my  lord,  0  king. 


B.  C.  1023. 


/"  cli .  24.  11. 

y  ch.  17.  17. 


h  Zech.  14.  4. 

Matt.  21.  1. 

Luke  19.  29. 

Acts  1.  12. 
8  going  up,  and 

weeping. 
i  Estli.  6.  12. 
/Isa.  2(1.  2. 
k  Jer.  14.  3. 
/  Ps.  12C.  0. 

Matt.  5.  4. 

Rom.  12.  15. 
m  Pa.  3.  1. 

Ps.  55.  12. 
it  ch.  l(i.  23. 


o  Josh.  16.  2. 
p  ch.  1.  2. 

q  eh.  19.  35. 


rch.  16.  16. 

Prov.  17.  17. 
s  ch.  16.  15. 


a  ch.  15.  30. 
b  ch.  9.  2. 
c  Judg.  5.  10. 

ch.  15.  1. 
.7  1  Sam.  25.  27. 
e  ch.  15.  23. 

Pa.  104.  15. 

Prov.  31.6. 

1  Tim.  5.  23. 
/ch.  19.  27. 
g  Prov.  18.  13. 

1  I  do  obei- 
sance. 

h  ch.  19.  16. 

2  Or,  he  still 
came  forth 
and  cursed. 

3  man  of  blood. 
i  Judg.  9.  24. 

Rev.  16.  6. 
/ch.  1.  16. 
ch.  3.  28,  29. 

4  behold  thee 
in  thy  evil. 

k  Ex.  22.  28. 
t  ch.  3.  39. 

1  Pet.  2.  23. 
m  2  Ki.  18.  25. 

Lam.  3.  38. 
n  Rom.  9.  20. 

5  eye,  or,  tears. 
o  Ps.  37.  7. 

Lam.  3.  22-26. 
Matt.  5.11,12. 
Rom.  8.  28. 

2  Cor.  4.  17. 

6  dusted  him 
with  dust. 

7  Let  the 
king  live. 

p  ch.  15.  32,  37. 

Prov.  17.  17. 
q  1  Sam.  28.  2. 
r  Ex.  1.  10. 

Ps.  2.  2. 

Prov.  21.  30. 

Matt.  27.  1. 
s  Gen.  35.  22. 

ch.  12.  11. 

ch.  15.  16. 
i  Gen.  34.  30. 
«  ch.  2.  7. 

Zech.  8.  13. 


5  Tf  And  when  king  Da'vid  came  to  Ba-hu'rim,  be- 
hold, thence  came  out  a  man  of  the  family  of  the 
house  of  Saul,  whose  name  h  was  Shim'e-i,  the  son 
of  Ge'ra  :  2he  came  forth,  and  cursed  still  as  he  came. 

6  And  he  cast  stones  at  Da'vid,  and  at  all  the  ser- 
vants of  king  Da'vid  :  and  all  the  people  and  all  the 
mighty  men  were  on  his  right  hand  and  on  his  left. 

7  And  thus  said  Shim'e-i  when  he  cursed,  Come 
out,  come  out,  thou  3  bloody  man,  and  thou  man  of 
Be'li-al : 

8  The  Lord  hath  { returned  upon  thee  all  Hhe 
blood  of  the  house  of  Saul,  in  whose  stead  thou  hast 
reigned ;  and  the  Lord  hath  delivered  the  kingdom 
into  the  hand  of  Ab'sa-lom  thy  son:  and,  4 behold, 
thou  art  taken  in  thy  mischief,  because  thou  art  a 
bloody  man. 

9  If  Then  said  A-bish'a-i  the  son  of  Zer-u-i'ah  unto 
the  king,  Why  should  this  dead  dog  k  curse  my  lord 
the  king?  let  me  go  over,  I  pray  thee,  and  take  off 
his  head. 

10  And  the  king  said,  'What  have  I  to  do  with 
you,  ye  sons  of  Zer-u-i'ah  ?  so  let  him  curse,  because 
mthe  Lord  hath  said  unto  him,  Curse  Da'vid. 
11  Who  shall  then  say,  Wherefore  hast  thou  done  so? 

11  And  Da'vid  said  to  A-bish'a-i,  and  to  all  his 
servants,  Behold,  my  son,  which  came  forth  of  my 
bowels,  seeketh  my  life  :  how  much  more  now  may 
this  Ben' ja-mite  do  it  ?  let  him  alone,  and  let  him 
curse  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  bidden  him. 

12  It  may  be  that  the  Lord  will  look  on  mine 
0 affliction,  and  that  the  Lord  will  "requite  me  good 
for  his  cursing  this  day. 

13  And  as  Da'vid  and  his  men  went  by  the  way, 
Shim'e-i  went  along  on  the  hill's  side  over  against 
him,  and  cursed  as  he  went,  and  threw  stones  at 
him,  and  6cast  dust. 

14  And  the  king,  and  all  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  came  weary,  and  refreshed  themselves  there. 

15  If  And  Ab'sa-lorn,  and  all  the  people  the  men  of 
I§'ra-el,  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  A-hith'o-phel 
with  him. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Hu'shai  the  Ar'chite, 
Da'vid's  friend,  was  come  unto  Ab'sa-lom,  that  Hu'- 
shai said  unto  Ab'sa-lom,  7God  save  the  king,  God 
save  the  king. 

17  And  Ab'sa-lom  said  to  Hu'shai,  Is  this  thy 
kindness  to  thy  friend  ?  p  why  wentest  thou  not 
with  thy  friend  ? 

18  And  Hu'shai  said  unto  Ab'sa-lorn,  Nay  ;  but 
whom  the  Lord,  and  this  people,  and  all  the  men  of 
Ig'ra-el,  choose,  his  will  I  be,  and  with  him  will  I 
abide. 

19  And  again,  "whom  should  I  serve  ?  should  I  not 
serve  in  the  presence  of  his  son  ?  as  I  have  served 
in  thy  father's  presence,  so  will  I  he  in  thy  presence. 

20  If  Then  said  Ab'sa-lom  to  A-hith'o-phel,  Give 
r  counsel  among  you  what  we  shall  do. 

21  And  A-hith'o-phel  said  unto  Ab'sa-lom,  Go  in 
unto  thy  father's  s  concubines,  which  he  hath  left  to 
keep  the  house  ;  and  all  Ig'ra-el  shall  hear  that  thou 
'art  abhorred  of  thy  father  :  then  shall  "the  hands 
of  all  that  are  with  thee  be  strong. 

259 


Hushai's  counsel. 


2  SAMUEL,  17. 


Messengers  warn  David. 


22  So  they  spread  Ab'sa-lom  a  tent  upon  the  top 
of  the  house ;  and  Ab'sa-lom  went  in  unto  his 
father's  concubines  vm  the  sight  of  all  Ig'ra-el. 

23  And  the  counsel  of  A-hith'o-phel,  which  he 
counselled  in  those  days,  was  as  if  a  man  had  en- 
quired at  the  8  oracle  of  God  :  so  was  all  the  counsel 
of  A-hith'o-phel  '"both  with  Da'vid  and  with  Ab'- 
sa-lom. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Hushai's  counsel.    23  Ahithophel  hangs  himself.    24  David  crosses  Jordan. 

"jl/TOREOVER  A-hith'o-phel  said  unto  Ab'sa-lom, 
-^-*-  Let  me  now  choose  out  twelve  thousand  men, 
and  I  will  arise  and  pursue  after  Da'vid  this  night : 

2  And  I  will  come  upon  him  while  he  is  "weary 
and  weak  handed,  and  will  make  him  afraid  :  and 
all  the  people  that  are  with  him  shall  flee  ;  and  I 
will  6  smite  the  king  only  : 

3  And  I  will  bring  back  all  the  people  unto  thee  : 
the  man  whom  thou  seekest  is  as  if  all  returned  : 
so  all  the  people  shall  be  in  "peace. 

4  And  the  saying  pleased  Ab'sa-lom  well,  and  all 
the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el. 

5  Then  said  Ab'sa-lom,  Call  now  Hu'shai  the  Ar'- 
chlte  also,  and  let  us  hear  likewise  2what  he  saith. 

6  And  when  Hu'shai  was  come  to  Ab'sa-lom,  Ab'- 
sa-lom  spake  unto  him,  saying,  A-hith'o-phel  hath 
spoken  after  this  manner :  shall  we  do  after  his 
3 saying?  if  not;  speak  thou. 

7  And  Hu'shai  said  unto  Ab'sa-lom,  The  counsel 
that  A-hith'o-phel  hath  i given  is  not  good  at  this 
time. 

8  For,  said  Hu'shai,  thou  knowest  thy  father  and 
his  men,  that  they  be  mighty  men,  and  they  be 
5  chafed  in  their  minds,  as  da  bear  robbed  of  her 
whelps  in  the  field  :  and  thy  father  is  a  man  of 
war,  and  will  not  lodge  with  the  people. 

9  Behold,  he  is  hid  now  in  some  pit,  or  in  some 
other  place  :  and  it  will  come  to  pass,  when  some 
of  them  be  6  overthrown  at  the  first,  that  whosoever 
heareth  it  will  say,  There  is  a  slaughter  among  the 
people  that  follow  Ab'sa-lom. 

10  And  he  also  that  is  7  valiant,  whose  heart  is  as 
the  heart  of  a  lion,  shall  utterly  melt :  for  all  Ig'- 
ra-el knoweth  that  thy  father  is  a  mighty  man,  and 
they  which  be  with  him  are  valiant  men. 

11  Therefore  I  counsel  that  all  Ig'ra-el  be  gener- 
ally gathered  unto  thee,  from  Dan  even  to  Be'er- 
she'ba,  "as  the  sand  that  is  by  the  sea  for  multi- 
tude ;  8and  that  thou  go  to  battle  in  thine  own 
person. 

12  So  shall  we  come  upon  him  in  some  place 
where  he  shall  be  found,  and  we  will  light  upon 
him  as  the  dew  falleth  on  the  ground  :  and  of  him 
and  of  all  the  men  that  are  with  him  there  shall 
not  be  left  so  much  as  one. 

13  Moreover,  if  he  be  gotten  into  a  city,  then 
shall  all  Ig'ra-el  bring  ropes  to  that  city,  and  we 
will  draw  it  into  the  river,  until  there  be  not  one 
small  stone  found  there. 

14  And  Ab'sa-lom  and  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  said, 
The  counsel  of  Hu'shai  the  Ar'chite  is  better  than 
the  counsel  of  A-hith'o-phel.     For  •''the  Lord  had 

"  260 


B.  C. 

1023. 

v  Lev.  18.  8. 

Deut. 

22.  30. 

ch.  12 

11. 

Prov. 

28.  7. 

Isa.  3 

9. 

Mic.  7 

.  3,  G. 

8  word. 

to  ch.  15 

.  12. 

a  Deufc.  25.  18. 
ch.  1G.  14. 
1  Ki.  22.  31. 

John  11.  50. 


6  Zech.  13.  7. 
•   Matt.  21 .  38. 


c  Jer.  6.  14. 

1  was  right  in 
the  eyes  of, 
etc. 


2  what  is  in  his 
mouth. 


3  word  ? 


4  counselled. 


5  bitter  of  soul. 
d  Hos.  13.  8. 


G  fallen. 

7  a  son  of 
valour. 

e  Gen.  22.  17. 

8  that  thy  face, 
or,  presence 
go,  etc. 

/ch.  15.  31,  34. 
Ps.  9. 15. 

9  commanded. 
q  ch.  15.  27,  3G. 
h  Josh.  2.  4. 

i  Josh.  15.  7. 

1  Ki.  1.  9. 

That  is,  the 

fuller's  well. 
j  ch.  3.  16. 

ch.  16.  5. 

ch.  19.  16. 
k  Josh.  2.  6. 
J  Ex.  1.  19. 

Josh.  2.  4. 

1  Sam.  19. 

14-17. 

1  Sam.  21 .  2. 

1  Sam.  27. 

11,  12. 

10  done. 

m  ch.  15.  12. 

11  gave  charge 
concerning 
his  house. 

;?  1  Sam.  31 .  4,  5. 

Job  31.  3. 

Ps.  55.  23. 

Matt.  27.  5. 
o  Gen.  32.  2. 

ch.  2.  8. 

12  Or,  Jetlier  an 
Ishmaelite. 

13  Abigal. 

p  1  Sam.  11.  1. 

ch.  10.  1. 
q  ch.  9.  4. 
rch.  19.  31,  32. 

Ezra  2.  61. 
s  1  Sam.  25.  18. 

Prov.  11.  25. 

Matt.  5.  7. 

14  Or,  cups. 


9 appointed  to  defeat  the  good  counsel  of  A-hith'o- 
phel,  to  the  intent  that  the  Lord  might  bring  evil 
upon  Ab'sa-lom. 

15  I  Then  said  Hu'shai  unto  Za'dok  and  to  A-bl'- 
a-thar  the  priests,  Thus  and  thus  did  A-hith'o-phel 
counsel  Ab'sa-lom  and  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  ;  and 
thus  and  thus  have  I  counselled. 

16  Now  therefore  send  quickly,  and  tell  Da'vid, 
saying,  Lodge  not  this  night  in  the  plains  of  the 
wilderness,  but  speedily  pass  over  ;  lest  the  king  be 
swallowed  up,  and  all  the  people  that  are  with  him. 

17  ffNow  Jon'a-than  and  A-him'a-az  stayed  Aby 
^En-ro'gel ;  for  they  might  not  be  seen  to  come 
into  the  city  :  and  a  wench  went  and  told  them ; 
and  they  went  and  told  king  Da'vid. 

18  Nevertheless  a  lad  saw  them,  and  told  Ab'sa- 
lorn  :  but  they  went  both  of  them  away  quickly, 
and  came  to  a  man's  house  J'in  Ba-hu'rim,  which 
had  a  well  in  his  court ;  whither  they  went  down. 

19  And  Hhe  woman  took  and  spread  a  covering 
over  the  well's  mouth,  and  spread  ground  corn 
thereon  ;  and  the  thing  was  not  known. 

20  And  when  Ab'sa-lom's  servants  came  to  the 
woman  to  the  house,  they  said,  Where  is  A-him'a-az 
and  Jon'a-than?  And  'the  woman  said  unto  them, 
They  be  gone  over  the  brook  of  water.  And  when 
they  had  sought  and  could  not  find  them,  they 
returned  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  they  were  departed, 
that  they  came  up  out  of  the  well,  and  went  and 
told  king  Da'vid,  and  said  unto  Da'vid,  Arise,  and 
pass  quickly  over  the  water  :  for  thus  hath  A-hith'- 
o-phel counselled  against  you. 

22  Then  Da'vid  arose,  and  all  the  people  that  were 
with  him,  and  they  passed  over  Jor'dan :  by  the 
morning  light  there  lacked  not  one  of  them  that 
was  not  gone  over  JQr'dan. 

23  If  And  when  A-hith'o-phel  saw  that  his  counsel 
was  not  10  followed,  he  saddled  his  ass,  and  arose, 
and  gat  him  home  to  his  house,  to  '"his  city,  and 
11  put  his  household  in  order,  and  n  hanged  himself, 
and  died,  and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of  his 
father. 

24  Then  Da'vid  came  to  °Ma-ha-na'im.  And  Ab'- 
sa-lom passed  over  Jor'dan,  he  and  all  the  men  of 
Is'ra-el  with  him. 

25  If  And  Ab'sa-lom  made  Am'a-sa  captain  of  the 
host  instead  of  Jo'ab  :  which  Am'a-sa  was  a  man's 
son,  whose  name  was  12Ith'ra  an  Ig'ra-el-ite,  that 
went  in  to  13  Ab'i-gail  the  daughter  of  Na'hash,  sister 
to  Zer-u-I'ah  Jo'ab's  mother. 

26_So  Is'ra-el  and  Ab'sa-lom  pitched  in  the  land 
of  Gil'e-ad.  ~ 

27  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Da'vid  was  come 
to  Ma-ha-na'im,  that  pSho'bi  the  son  of  Na'hash  of 
Rab'bah  of  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  9Ma'chir 
the  son  of  Am 'mi-el  of  L6-de'bar,  and  'Bar-zil'la-i 
the  Gil'e-ad-ite  of  R6-ge'lim,  *d 

28  Brought  sbeds,  and  14  basons,  and  earthen  ves- 
sels, and  wheat,  and  barley,  and  flour,  and  parched 
corn,  and  beans,  and  lentiles,  and  parched  pulse, 

29  And  honey,  and  butter,  and  sheep,  and  cheese 


Death  of  Absalom. 


2  SAMUEL,  18. 


The  tidings  reach  David. 


of  kine,  for  Da'vid,  and  for  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  '  to  eat  :  for  they  said,  The  people  is  hungry, 
and  weary,  and  thirsty,  in  the  wilderness. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Defeat  of  Absalom's  army.     14  Absalom  slain.    33  David's  lament. 

AND  Da'vid  numbered  the  people  that  were  with 
-  him,  and  set  captains  of  thousands  and  captains 
of  hundreds  over  them. 

2  And  Da'vid  sent  forth  a  third  part  of  the  people 
under  the  hand  of  Jo'ab,  and  a  third  part  under  the 
hand  of  A-bish'a-I  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah,  Jo'ab's 
brother,  "and  a  third  part  under  the  hand  of  It'ta-I 
the  Git'tlte.  And  the  king  said  unto  the  people,  I 
will  surely  go  forth  with  you  myself  also. 

3  6But  the  people  answered,  Thou  shalt  not  go 
forth:  for  if  we  flee  away,  they  will  not  *care  for 
us  ;  neither  if  half  of  us  die,  will  they  care  for  us : 
but  now  thou  art 2  worth  ten  thousand  of  us :  there- 
fore now  it  is  better  that  thou  3  succour  us  out  of 
the  city. 

4  And  the  king  said  unto  them,  What  seemeth 
you  best  I  will  do.  And  the  king  stood  by  the  gate 
side,  and  all  the  people  came  out  by  hundreds  and 
by  thousands. 

5  And  the  king  commanded  Jo'ab  and  A-bish'a-I 
and  It'ta-I,  saying,  Deal  gently  for  my  sake  with 
the  young  man,  even  with  Ab'sa-lom.  And  all  the 
people  heard  when  the  king  gave  all  the  captains 
charge  concerning  Ab'sa-15m. 

6  T  So  the  people  went  out  into  the  field  against 
Ig'ra-el  :  and  the  battle  was  in  the  cwood  of 
E'phra-Im ; 

7  Where  the  people  of  Ig'ra-el  were  slain  before 
the  servants  of  Da'vid,  and  there  was  there  da  great 
slaughter  that  day  of  twenty  thousand  men. 

8  For  the  battle  was  there  scattered  over  the  face 
of  all  the  country  :  and  the  wood  4  devoured  more 
people  that  day  than  the  sword  devoured. 

9  If  And  Ab'sa-lom  met  the  servants  of  Da'vid. 
And  Ab'sa-lom  rode  upon  a  mule,  and  the  mule  went 
under  the  thick  boughs  of  a  great  oak,  and  ehis 
head  caught  hold  of  the  oak,  and  he  was  taken  up 
between  the  heaven  and  the  earth  ;  and  the  mule 
that  ivas  under  him  went  away. 

10  And  a  certain  man  saw  it,  and  told  Jo'ab,  and 
said,  Behold,  I  saw  Ab'sa-lom  hanged  in  an  oak. 

11  And  Jo'ab  said  unto  the  man  that  told  him, 
And,  behold,  thou  sawest  him,  and  why  didst  thou 
not  smite  him  there  to  the  ground  ?  and  I  would 
have  given  thee  ten  shekels  of  silver,  and  a  girdle. 

12  And  the  man  said  unto  Jo'ab,  Though  I  should 
5 receive  a  thousand  shekels  of  silver  in  mine  hand, 
yet  would  I  not  put  forth  mine  hand  against  the 
king's  son  :  for  in  our  hearing  the  king  charged 
thee  and  A-bish'a-I  and  It'ta-I,  saying,  6  Beware  that 
none  touch  the  young  man  Ab'sa-lom. 

13  Otherwise  I  should  have  wrought  falsehood 
against  mine  own  life  :  for  there  is  no  matter  hid 
from  the  king,  and  thou  thyself  wouldest  have  set 
thyself  against  me. 

14  Then  said  Jo'ab,  I  may  not  tarry  thus  7with 


B.  C. 

1023. 

1  Deut. 

15:  7. 

Judg; 

8.  4-6. 

Ps.  3, 

.  8-10. 

Prov. 

21.  20. 

Eccl. 

11.  1. 

Isa.  5 

3.  7-12. 

Rom. 

12.  13. 

a  ch.  15.  19. 


bch.  21.  17. 

1  set  their  heart 
on  us. 


2  as  ten  thousand 
of  us. 

3  be  to  succour. 


c  Josh.  17.  15,18. 
Josh.  20.  7. 
Near  to  which 
Jephthah  slew 
the  Ephraim- 
ites. 
Judg.  12.  6. 

d  Prov.  11.  21. 


4  multiplied  to 
devour. 

e  ch.  14.  2G. 
Job  18.  5-14. 
Matt.  27.  5. 
1  Cor.  11.  14. 

5  weigh  upon 
mine  hand. 

6  Beware  who- 
soever ye  be 
of,  etc. 

7  before  thee. 

8  heart. 
/Josh.  7.  26. 

Jer.  22.  18,  19. 

Lam.  3.  53. 
q  Gen.  14.  17. 
'h  ch.  14.  27. 

Job  13.  12. 

Ps.  34. 16. 

Ps.  109.  13. 

Prov.  2.  22. 
iPs.49.  11. 
j  ch.  15.  36. 

ch.  17.  17. 

9  judged  him 
from  the 
hand,  etc. 

10  be  a  man  of 
tidings. 

11  The  Ethio- 
pian. 

12  be  what  may. 

13  Or,  conven- 
ient. 

k  1  Sam.  1.  9. 

1  Sam.  i.  13. 
7  ch.  13.  34. 

2  Ki.  9.  17. 

14  I  see  the 
running. 

m  1  Ki.  1.  42. 

15  Peace,  or, 
Peace  be  to 
thee. 

16  shut  up. 

17  Is  there 
peace '.' 


thee.  And  he  took  three  darts  in  his  hand,  and 
thrust  them  through  the  heart  of  Ab'sa-lom,  while 
he  was  yet  alive  .in  the  8  midst  of  the  oak. 

15  And  ten  young  men  that  bare  Jo'ab's  armour 
compassed  about  and  smote  Ab'sa-lom,  and  slew  him. 

16  And  Jo'ab  blew  the  trumpet,  and  the  people 
returned  from  pursuing  after  Ig'ra-el :  for  Jo'ab 
held  back  the  people. 

17  And  they  took  Ab'sa-lom,  and  cast  him  into  a 
great  pit  in  the  wood,  and  /laid  a  very  great  heap 
of  stones  upon  him  :  and  all  Ig'ra-el  fled  every  one 
to  his  tent. 

18  If  Now  Ab'sa-lom  in  his  lifetime  had  taken  and 
reared  up  for  himself  a  pillar,  which  is  in  ffthe  king's 
dale :  for  he  said,  h  I  have  no  son  to  keep  my  name 
in  remembrance  :  and  he  { called  the  pillar  after  his 
own  name  :  and  it  is  called  unto  this  day,  Ab'sa-lom's 
place. 

19  Tf  Then  said  5'A-him'a-az  the  son  of  Za'dok,  Let 
me  now  run,  and  bear  the  king  tidings,  how  that 
the  Lord  hath  9  avenged  him  of  his  enemies. 

20  And  Jo'ab  said  unto  him,  Thou  shalt  not  10bear 
tidings  this  day,  but  thou  shalt  bear  tidings  another 
day :  but  this  day  thou  shalt  bear  no  tidings,  be- 
cause the  king's  son  is  dead. 

21  Then  said  Jo'ab  to  n  Cu'shi,  Go  tell  the  king 
what  thou  hast  seen.  And  Cu'shi  bowed  himself 
unto  Jo'ab,  and  ran. 

22  Then  said  A-him'a-az  the  son  of  Za'dok  yet 
again  to  Jo'ab,  But  12 howsoever,  let  me,  I  pray 
thee,  also  run  after  Cu'shi.  And  Jo'ab  said,  Where- 
fore wilt  thou  run,  my  son,  seeing  that  thou  hast 
no  tidings  13 ready? 

23  But  howsoever,  said  he,  let  me  run.  And  he 
said  unto  him,  Run.  Then  A-him'a-az  ran  by  the 
way  of  the  plain,  and  overran  Cu'shi. 

24  And  Da'vid  sat  A' between  the  two  gates:  and 
*the  watchman  went  up  to  the  roof  over  the  gate 
unto  the  wall,  and  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked, 
and  behold  a  man  running  alone. 

25  And  the  watchman  cried,  and  told  the  king. 
And  the  king  said,  If  he  be  alone,  there  is  tidings  in 
his  mouth.     And  he  came  apace,  and  drew  near. 

26  And  the  watchman  saw  another  man  running : 
and  the  watchman  called  unto  the  porter,  and  said, 
Behold  another  man  running  alone.  And  the  king 
said,  He  also  bringeth  tidings. 

27  And  the  watchman  said,  14Me  thinketh  the  run- 
ning of  the  foremost  is  like  the  running  of  A-him'- 
a-az  the  son  of  Za'dok.  And  the  king  said, '"  He  is 
a  good  man,  and  cometh  with  good  tidings. 

28  And  A-him'a-az  called,  and  said  unto  the  king, 
10  All  is  well.  And  he  fell  down  to  the  earth  upon 
his  face  before  the  king,  and  said,  Blessed  be  the 
Lord  thy  God,  which  hath  1(j  delivered  up  the  men 
that  lifted  up  their  hand  against  my  lord  the  king. 

29  And  the  king^said,  17Is  the  young  man  Ab'sa- 
lom  safe  ?  And  A-him'a-az  answered,  When  Jo'ab 
sent  the  king's  servant,  and  me  thy  servant,  I  saw 
a  great  tumult,  but  I  knew  not  what  it  was. 

30  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Turn  aside,  and 
stand  here.     And  he  turned  aside,  and  stood  still. 

261 


David's  lament. 


2  SAMUEL,  19. 


Amasa  made  captain. 


said, 
hath 
"up 


31  And,  behold,  Cu'shI  came  ;  and  Cu'shI 
18  Tidings,  my  lord  the  king  :  for  the  Lord 
avenged  thee   this   day  of  all  them  that  rose 
against  thee. 

32  And  the  king  said  unto  Cu'shI,  Is  the  young 
man  Ab'sa-lom  safe?  And  Cu'shi  answered,  The 
enemies  of  my  lord  the  king,  and  all  that  rise 
against  thee  to  do  thee  hurt,  be  as  that  young  man 
is. 

33  II  And  the  king  was  much  moved,  and  went  up 
to  the  chamber  over  the  gate,  and  wept :  and  as  he 
went,  thus  he  said,  °0  my  son  Ab'sa-lom,  my  son, 
my  son  Ab'sa-lom  !  would  God  I  had  died  for  thee, 
0  Ab'sa-lom,  my  son,  my  son  ! 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Joab  chides  David's  indifference.    13  Amasa  made  leader.    IS  David's  escort.    32  Bar- 

zillai  dismissed. 

AND  it  was  told  Jo'ab,  Behold,  the  king  weepeth 
-  and  mourneth  for  Ab'sa-lom. 

2  And  the  Victory  that  day  was  turned  into 
mourning  unto  all  the  people  :  for  the  people  heard 
say  that  day  how  the  king  was  grieved  for  his 
son. 

3  And  the  people  gat  them  by  stealth  that  day  into 
the  city,  as  people  being  ashamed  steal  away  when 
they  flee  in  battle. 

4  But  the  king  "covered  his  face,  and  the  king 
cried  with  a  loud  voice,  60  my  son  Ab'sa-lom,  0 
Ab'sa-lom,  my  son,  my  son  ! 

5  And  Jo'ab  came  into  the  house  to  the  king,  and 
said,  Thou  hast  shamed  this  day  the  faces  of  all  thy 
servants,  which  this  day  have  saved  thy  life,  and  the 
lives  of  thy  sons  and  of  thy  daughters,  and  the  lives 
of  thy  wives,  and  the  lives  of  thy  concubines ; 

6  2In  that  thou  lovest  thine  enemies,  and  hatest 
thy  friends.  For  thou  hast  declared  this  day,  3that 
thou  regardest  neither  princes  nor  servants:  for 
this  day  I  perceive,  that  if  Ab'sa-lom  had  lived,  and 
all  we  had  died  this  day,  then  it  had  pleased  thee 
well. 

7  Now  therefore  arise,  go  forth,  and  speak  Com- 
fortably unto  thy  servants :  for  I  swear  by  the  Lord, 
if  thou  go  not  forth,  c  there  will  not  tarry  one  with 
thee  this  night :  and  that  will  be  worse  unto  thee 
than  all  the  evil  that  befell  thee  from  thy  youth 
until  now. 

8  Then  the  king  arose,  and  sat  d  in  the  gate.  And 
they  told  unto  all  the  people,  saying,  Behold,  the 
king  doth  sit  in  the  gate.  And  all  the  people  came 
before  the  king:  efor  I§'ra-el  had  fled  every  man  to 
his  tent. 

9  If  And  all  the  people  were  at  strife  throughout  all 
the  tribes  of  I§'ra-el,  saying,  yThe  king  saved  us  out 
of  the  hand  of  our  enemies,  and  he  delivered  us  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  Phl-lis' tines. ;  and  now  he  is  fffled 
out  of  the  land  for  Ab'sa-lom. 

10  And  Ab'sa-lom,  whom  we  anointed  over  us,  is 
dead  in  battle.  Now  therefore  why  5  speak  ye  not 
a  word  of  bringing  the  king  back  ? 

11  If  And  king  Da'vid  sent  to  Za'dok  and  to  A-bi'a- 
thar  the  priests,  saying,  Speak  unto  the  elders  of 

262 


B.  C.  1023. 


18  Tidings  is 
brought. 

n  Ps.  27.  2. 
Ps.  55.  18. 


0  ch.  19.  4. 
Prov.  10.  1. 
Prov.  19.  13. 


1  salvation,  or, 
deliverance. 


a  ch.  15.  30. 

1  Sam.  4.  12. 
b  ch.  18.  33. 

2  By  loving,  etc. 

3  that  princes 
or  servants 
are  not  to 
thee. 

4  to  the  heart 
of  thy  ser- 
vants. 

c  Prov.  14.  28. 
d  Ruth  4.  1. 

ch.  18.  4.  24. 
el  Ki.  12.  1G. 

2  Ki.  14.  12. 
/ch.  5.  18. 

1  Sam.  17.  1. 
g  eh.  15.  14. 

5  are  ye  silent  ? 
h  Gen.  2.  23. 

Judg.  9.  2. 

ch.  5.  1. 
i  ch.  17.  25. 

1  Chr.  2. 

1G,  17. 

1  Chr.  12.  18. 
j  Ruth  1.  17. 

1  Ki.  19.  2. 
*  ch.  3.  29,  30. 

ch.  8.  1G. 
I  Judg.  20.  1. 

Ps.  110.2,3. 

Acts  4.  32. 
m  Josh.  5.  9. 

1  Sam.  11. 
14,  15. 

n  ch.  1G.  5. 
o  eh.  9.  2,  10. 

ch.  1G.  1.  2. 
G  the  good  in 

his  eyes. 
p  Ps.  32.  2. 

Rom.  4.  6,  8. 

2  Cor.  5.  19. 
q  ch.  1G.  5,  6. 

Prov.  28.  13. 

Matt.  5.  25. 
)•  ch.  13.  33. 
s  eh.  10.  5. 
t  Ex.  22.  28. 

1  Sam.  24.  G. 
ch.  1G.  5,  7, 13. 
Eccl.  10.  20. 
Acts  23.  5. 

2  Pet.  2. 10, 11. 
u  1  Sam.  2G.  8. 

ch.  1G.  10. 

Matt.  8.  29. 
r  1  Sam.  11.  13. 
w  1  Ki.  2.  8,  9, 

37,  46. 
z  ch.  9.  6. 
i/ch.  16.  17. 
z  ch.  16.  3. 

Ps.  15.  3. 

Ps.  G3.  11. 

Ps.  101.  7. 

Prov.  6. 16,  17. 

Prov.  21.  6. 


Ju'dah,  saying,  Why  are  ye  the  last  to  bring  the 
king  back  to  his  house?  seeing  the  speech  of  all 
Ig'ra-el  is  come  to  the  king,  even  to  his  house. 

12  Ye  are  my  brethren,  ye  are  7imy  bones  and  my 
flesh :  wherefore  then  are  ye  the  last  to  bring  back 
the  king? 

13  'And  say  ye  to  Am'a-sa,  Art  thou  not  of  my 
bone,  and  of  my  flesh?  J'God  do  so  to  me,  and  more 
also,  if  thou  be  not  captain  of  the  host  before  me 
continually  fcin  the  room  of  Jo'ab. 

14  And  he  bowed  the  heart  of  all  the  men  of  Ju'- 
dah, l  even  as  the  heart  of  one  man ;  so  that  they 
sent  this  word  unto  the  king,  Return  thou,  and  all 
thy  servants. 

15  So  the  king  returned,  and  came  to  Jor'dan. 
And  Ju'dah  came  to  mGIl'gal,  to  go  to  meet  the 
king,  to  conduct  the  king  over  JSr'dan. 

16  I  And  mShim'e-I  the  son  of  Ge'ra,  a  Ben'ja-mlte, 
which  was  of  Ba-hu'rim,  hasted  and  came  down 
with  the  men  of  Ju'dah  to  meet  king  Da'vid. 

17  And  there  were  a  thousand  men  of  Ben'ja-min 
with  him,  and  °Zl'ba  the  servant  of  the  house  of 
Saul,  and  his  fifteen  sons  and  his  twenty  servants 
with  him ;  and  they  went  over  Jor'dan  before  the 
king. 

18  And  there  went  over  a  ferry  boat  to  carry  over 
the  king's  household,  and  to  do  6what  he  thought 
good.  And  Shim'e-I  the  son  of  Ge'ra  fell  down 
before  the  king,  as  he  was  come  over  Jor'dan ; 

19  And  said  unto  the  king,  pLet  not  my  lord  im- 
pute iniquity  unto  me,  neither  do  thou  remember 
11  that  which  thy  servant  did  perversely  the  day  that 
my  lord  the  king  went  out  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  that 
the  king  should  rtake  it  to  his  heart. 

20  For  thy  servant  doth  know  that  I  have  sinned : 
therefore,  behold,  I  am  come  the  first  this  day  of  all 
sthe  house  of  Jo'seph  to  go  down  to  meet  my  lord  the 
king. 

21  But  A-bish'a-T  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  answered  and 
said,  Shall  not  Shim'e-I  be  put  to  death  for  this, 
because  he  'cursed  the  Lord's  anointed? 

22  And  Da'vid  said,  u  What  have  I  to  do  with  you, 
ye  sons  of  Zer-u-I'ah,  that  ye  should  this  day  be  ad- 
versaries unto  me?  v shall  there  any  man  be  put  to 
death  this  day  in  Ig'ra-el?  for  do  not  I  know  that  I 
am  this  day  king  over  I§'ra-el? 

23  Therefore  "'the  king  said  unto  Shim 'e-T,  Thou 
shalt  not  die.     And  the  king  sware  unto  him. 

24  If  And  xMg-phib'o-sheth  the  son  of  Saul  came 
down  to  meet  the  king,  and  had  neither  dressed  his 
feet,  nor  trimmed  his  beard,  nor  washed  his  clothes, 
from  the  day  the  king  departed  until  the  day  he 
came  again  in  peace. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  was  come  to  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  to  meet  the  king,  that  the  king  said  unto 
him,  y  Wherefore  wentest  not  thou  with  me,  Me- 
phib'o-sheth  ? 

26  And  he  answered,  My  lord,  0  king,  my  servant 
deceived  me  :  for  thy  servant  said,  I  will  saddle  me 
an  ass,  that  I  may  ride  thereon,  and  go  to  the  king ; 
because  thy  servant  is  lame. 

27  And z  he  hath  slandered  thy  servant  unto  my 


Barzillai  dismissed. 


2  SAMUEL,  20. 


Joab  kills  Amasa. 


king  is  as  an  an- 
thine 


is 


good 


in 


lord  the  king ;  abut  my  lord  the 
gel  of  God  :  do  therefore  what 
eyes. 

28  For  all  of  my  father's  house  were  but  7dead  men 
before  my  lord  the  king  :  6yet  didst  thou  set  thy 
servant  among  them  that  did  eat  at  thine  own  table. 
What  right  therefore  have  I  yet'  to  cry  any  more 
unto  the  king  ? 

29  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Why  speakest  thou 
any  more  of  thy  matters  ?  I  have  said,  c  Thou  and 
Zi'ba  divide  the  land. 

30  And  Me-phib'o-sheth  said  unto  the  king,  Yea, 
let  him  take  all,  forasmuch  as  my  lord  the  king  is 
come  again  in  peace  unto  his  own  house. 

31  If  And  dBar-zil'la-I  the  Gil'e-ad-Ite  came  down 
from  Ro-ge'lim,  and  went  over  Jor'dan  with  the 
king,  to  conduct  him  over  Jor'dan. 

32  Now  Bar-zil'la-I  was  a  very  aged  man,  even 
fourscore  years  old :  and  ehe  had  provided  the  king 
of  sustenance  while  he  lay  at  Ma-ha-na'im  ;  for  he 
was  a  very  great  man. 

33  And  the  king  said  unto  Bar-zil'la-I,  Come  thou 
over  with  me,  and  I  will  feed  thee  with  me  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem. 

34  And  Bar-zil'la-I  said  unto  the  king,  8How  long 
have  I  to  live,  that  I  should  go  up  with  the  king 
unto  Je-ru'sa-lem? 

35  I  am  this  day  •''fourscore  years  old  :  and  can 
I  discern  between  good  and  evil  ?  can  thy  servant 
taste  what  I  eat  or  what  I  drink  ?  can  I  a  hear  any 
more  the  voice  of  singing  men  and  singing  women  ? 
wherefore  then  should  thy  servant  be  yet  a  burden 
unto  my  lord  the  king  ? 

36  Thy  servant  will  go  a  little  way  over  Jor'dan 
with  the  king :  and  why  should  the  king  recompense 
it  me  with  such  a  reward  ? 

37  Let  thy  servant,  I  pray  thee,  turn  back  again, 
that  I  may  die  in  mine  own  city,  and  be  buried  by 
the  grave  of  my  father  and  of  my  mother.  But 
behold  thy  servant  ''Chim'ham  ;  let  him  go  over 
with  my  lord  the  king ;  and  do  to  him  what  shall 
seem  good  unto  thee. 

38  And  the  king  answered,  Chim'ham  shall  go  over 
with  me,  and  I  will  do  to  him  that  which  shall  seem 
good  unto  thee  :  and  whatsoever  thou  shalt 9  require 
of  me,  that  will  I  do  for  thee. 

39  And  all  the  people  went  over  Jor'dan.  And 
when  the  king  was  come  over,  the  king  'kissed  Bar- 
zil'la-I,  and  j  blessed  him  ;  and  he  returned  unto  his 
own  place. 

40  Then  the  king  went  on  to  Gil 'gal,  and  10  Chim'- 
ham went  on  with  him :  and  all  the  people  of  Ju'dah 
conducted  the  king,  and  also  half  the  people  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

41  11  And,  behold,  all  the  men  of  Is'ra-el  came  to 
the  king,  and  said  unto  the  king,  Why  have  our 
brethren  the  men  of  Ju'dah  stolen  thee  away,  and 
fehave  brought  the  king,  and  his  household,  and  all 
Da'vid's  men  with  him,  over  Jor'dan  ? 

42  And  all  the  men  of  Ju'dah  answered  the  men 
of  Ig'ra-el,  Because  the  king  is  znear  of  kin  to  us  : 
wherefore  then  be  ye  angry  for  this  matter  ?  have 


B.  C.  1022. 


a  1  Sam.  29.  9. 
ch.  14.  17,  20. 

7  men  of  death. 
b  eh.  9.  7,  10,  13. 


c  Deut.  19. 
10-21. 
Ps.  82.  2. 
Ps.  101. 
Prov.  29.  4. 


d  1  Ki.  2.  7. 
Ezra  2.  61. 
Neh.  7.  03. 


e  ch.  17 


8  How  many 
days  are  the 
years  of 
my  life  ? 


/Ps.  90.  10. 


g  Eccl.  12.  3-G. 


h  1  Ki.  2.  7. 
Jer.  41.  17. 

9  choose. 
(Gen.  31.  55. 
j  Gen.  14.  19. 

Ex.  39.  43. 
Josh.  22.  6. 
1  Sam.  2.  20. 

10  Chimhan. 
k  verse  15. 

I  verse  12. 

Ruth  4.  12, 

18-22. 

1  Chr.  2.  3-15, 

Ps.  78.  08,  70. 

Matt.  1.  1-0. 
m  1  Ki.  11. 

30,  31. 

11  set  us  at 
light. 

n  Judg.  S.  1. 


a  ch.  12.  10. 
6  Deut.  13.  13. 
Judg.  19.  22. 

1  Sam.  2.  12. 
ch.  23.  0. 
IKi.  21.  10,13. 

2  Chr.  13.  7. 
c  ch.  19.  43. 

d  1  Ki.  12.  16. 

2  Chr.  10.  16. 
e  Prov.  17.  14. 
/ch.  15.  16. 

1  an  house  of 
ward. 

2  bound . 

3  in  widowhood 
of  life. 

4  Call. 

g  1  Sam.  26.  6. 

ch.  2.  IS. 
h  ch.  11.  11. 

1  Ki.  1.33. 

5  deliver  him- 
self from 
our  eyes. 

i  ch.  8.  18. 

IKi.  1.  38. 
/Matt.  26.  49. 

Luke  22.  47. 
k  Gen.  4.  8. 

ch.  2.  23. 
I  ch.  2.  23. 

6  doubled  not 
his  stroke. 


we  eaten  at  all  of  the  king's  cost  ?  or  hath  he  given 
us  any  gift  ? 

43  And  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  answered  the  men  of 
Ju'dah,  and  said,  We  have  ten  m parts  in  the  king, 
and  we  have  also  more  right  in  Da'vid  than  ye: 
why  then  did  ye  "  despise  us,  that  our  advice  should 
not  be  first  had  in  bringing  back  our  king  ?  n  And 
the  words  of  the  men  of  Ju'dah  were  fiercer  than 
the  words  of  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el. 


CHAPTER  20. 


1  Sheba's  revolt.    4  Amasa's  tardiness.    10  Joab  kills  hit) 


22  sin  bn  beheaded. 


AND  there  "happened  to  be  there  a  man  of  6Be'- 
-£*-  li-al,  whose  name  was  She'ba,  the  son  of  Bich'rl, 
a  Ben'ja-mlte  :  and  he  blew  a  trumpet,  and  said, 
cWe  have  no  part  in  Da'vid,  neither  have  we  inher- 
itance in  the  son  of  Jes'se  :  d every  man  to  his  tents, 
O  Ig'ra-el. 

2  e  So  every  man  of  Ig'ra-el  went  up  from  after 
Da'vid,  and  followed  She'ba  the  son  of  Bich'rl :  but 
the  men  of  Ju'dah  clave  unto  their  king,  from  Jor'- 
dan even  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

3  If  And  Da'vid  came  to  his  house  at  Jg-ra'sa-lem ; 
and  the  king  took  the  ten  women  his  •''concubines, 
whom  he  had  left  to  keep  the  house,  and  put  them 
in  1 ward,  and  fed  them,  but  went  not  in  unto  them. 
So  they  were  2shut  up  unto  the  day  of  their  death, 
3  living  in  widowhood. 

4  H  Then  said  the  king  to  Am'a-sa,  4  Assemble  me 
the  men  of  Ju'dah  within  three  days,  and  be  thou 
here  present. 

5  So  Am'a-sa  went  to  assemble  the  men  of  Ju'dah  : 
but  he  tarried  longer  than  the  set  time  which  he 
had  appointed  him. 

6  And  Da'vid  said  to  '■>  A-bish'a-I,  Now  shall  She'ba 
the  son  of  Bich'rl  do  us  more  harm  than  did  Ab'- 
sa-lom :  take  thou  Hhy  lord's  servants,  and  pursue 
after  him,  lest  he  get  him  fenced  cities,  and  5  es- 
cape us. 

7  And  there  went  out  after  him  Jo'ab's  men,  and 
the  i  Cher'eth-Ites,  and  the  Pe'leth-Ites,  and  all  the 
mighty  men :  and  they  went  out  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  to 
pursue  after  She'ba  the  son  of  Bich'rl. 

_8  When  they  were  at  the  great  stone  which  is  in 
Gib'e-on,  Am'a-sa  went  before  them.  And  Jo'ab's 
garment  that  he  had  put  on  was  girded  unto  him, 
and  upon  it  a  girdle  with  a  sword  fastened  upon  his 
loins  in  the  sheath  thereof  ;  and  as  he  went  forth  it 
fell  out. 

9  And  Jo'ab  said  to  Am'a-sa,  Art  thou  in  health, 
my  brother  ?  j  And  Jo'ab  took  Am'a-sa  by  the  beard 
with  the  right  hand  to  kiss  him. 

10  But  Am'a-sa  took  no  heed  to  the  sword  that 
was  in  Jo'ab's  hand:  so  *he  smote  hirn  therewith 
'in  the  fifth  rib,  and  shed  out  his  bowels  to  the 
ground,  and  c struck  him  not  again;  and  he  died. 
So  Jo'ab  and  A-bish'a-I  his  brother  pursued  after 
She'ba  the  son  of  Bich'rl. 

11  And  one  of  Jo'ab's  men  stood'by  him,  and  said. 
He  that  favoureth  Jo'ab,  and  he  that  is  for  Da'vid, 
let  him  go  after  Jo'ab. 

12  And  Am'a-sa  wallowed  in  blood  in  the  midst 

263 


Sheba  is  beheaded. 


2  SAMUEL,  21. 


Hanging  of  Saul's  sons. 


of  the  highway.  And  when  the  man  saw  that  all 
the  people  stood  still,  he  removed  Am'a-sa  out  of 
the  highway  into  the  field,  and  cast  a  cloth  upon 
him,  when  he  saw  that  every  one  that  came  by  him 
stood  still. 

13  When  he  was  removed  out  of  the  highway,  all 
the  people  went  on  after  Jo'ab,  to  pursue  after 
She'ba  the  son  of  Bich'ri. 

14  H  And  he  went  through  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el 
unto  m  A'bel,  and  to  Beth-ma 'a-chah,  and  all  the 
Be' rites :  and  they  were  gathered  together,  and 
went  also  after  him. 

15  And  they  came  and  besieged  him  in  A'bel  of 
Beth-ma'a-chah,  and  they  mcast  up  a  bank  against 
the  city,  and  7  it  stood  in  the  trench :  and  all  the 
people  that  were  with  Jo'ab  8  battered  the  wall,  to 
throw  it  down. 

16  H  Then  cried  a  wise  woman  out  of  the  city, 
Hear,  hear;  say,  I  pray  you,  unto  Jo'ab,  Come  near 
hither,  that  I  may  speak  with  thee. 

17  And  when  he  was  come  near  unto  her,  the 
woman  said,  Art  thou  Jo'ab  ?  And  he  answered,  I 
am  he.  Then  she  said  unto  him,  Hear  the  words 
of  thine  handmaid.     And  he  answered,  I  do  hear. 

18  Then  she  spake,  saying,  9They  were  wont  to 
speak  in  old  time,  saying,  They  shall  surely  ask 
counsel  at  A'bel :  and  so  they  ended  the  matter. 

19  I  am  one  of  them  that  are  peaceable  and  faith- 
ful in  Ig'ra-el. :  thou  seekest  to  destroy  a  city  and  a 
10  mother  in  Ig'ra-el  :  why  wilt  thou  swallow  up  °the 
inheritance  of  the  Lord  ? 

20  And  Jo'ab  answered  and  said,  Far  be  it,  far  be 
it  from  me,  that  I  should  swallow  up  or  destroy. 

21  The  matter  is  not  so :  but  a  man  of  mount 
E'phra-im,  She'ba  the  son  of  Bich'ri  "byname,  hath 
lifted  up  his  hand  against  the  king,  even  against 
Da'vid :  deliver  him  only,  and  I  will  depart  from 
the  city.  And  the  woman  said  unto  Jo'ab,  Behold, 
his  head  shall  be  thrown  to  thee  over  the  wall. 

22  Then  the  woman  went  unto  all  the  people  pin 
her  wisdom.  And  they  cut  off  the  head  of  She'ba 
the  son  of  Bich'ri,  and  cast  it  out  to  Jo'ab.  And 
he  blew  a  trumpet,  and  they  12  retired  from  the  city, 
every  man  to  his  tent.  And  Jo'ab  returned  to  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  unto  the  king. 

23  II  Now  q  Jo'ab  was  over  all  the  host  of  Ig'ra-el : 
and  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da  ivas  over  the 
Cher'eth-Ites  and  over  the  Pe'leth-Ites  : 

24  And  A-do'ram  ivas^  over  the  tribute  :  and  s  Je- 
hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  A-hl'lud  was  n recorder  : 

25  And  She'va  ivas  scribe:  and  'Za'dok  and  A-bl'- 
a-thar  ivere  the  priests : 

26  "And  I'ra  also  the  Ja'ir-Ite  was  14a  chief  ruler 
about  Da'vid. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Hanging  of  Saul's  sons.    10  Rizpah's  watch.     12  Burial  of  Saul's  bones. 

fTlHEN  there  was  a  famine  in  the  days  of  Da'vid 
-■-  three  years,  year  after  year;  and  Da'vid  in- 
quired of  the  Lord.  And  the  Lord  answered,  aIt 
is  for  Saul,  and  for  Ms  bloody  house,  because  he 
slew  the  Gib'e-on-Ites. 
2  And  the  king  called  the  Gib'e-on-Ites,  and  said 

264 


B.  C.  1021. 


to  1  Ki.  15.  20. 
2  Chr.  16.  4. 


n  2  Ki.  19.  32. 
Jer.  32.  24. 
Luke  19.  43. 

7  Or,  it  stood 
against  the 
outmost  wall. 

8  marred  to 
throw  down. 


9  Or,  They 
plainly  spake 
in  the  begin- 
ning, saying, 
Surely  they 
will  ask  of 
Abel,  and  so 
make  an  end. 


10  That  is,  a 
chief  city. 
o  1  Sam.  20.  19. 


11  by  his  name. 


j>  Eccl.  7.  19. 

12  were 
scattered. 

g  ch.  8.  1G. 
r  1  Ki.  4.  G. 
s  1  Ki.  4.  3. 

13  Or,  remem- 
brancer. 

t  ch.  8.  17. 
u  ch.  23.  38. 

14  Or,  a  prince. 


1  sought  the 
face,  etc. 

a  Lev.  18.  25. 

Num.  35.  33. 

Isa.  26.  21. 
b  Josh.  9.  3. 
c  ch.  20.  19. 

2  Or,  It  is  not 
silver  nor  gold 
that  we  have 
to  do  with 
Saul  or  his 
house,  neither 
pertains  it  to 
us  to  kill,  etc. 

3  Or,  cut  us  off. 
d  Jndg.  20.  4. 

4  Or,  chosen  of 
the  Lord. 

e  1  Sam.  18.  3. 

1  Sam.  23. 18. 
/ch.  3.7. 

5  Or,  Michal's 
sister. 

G  bare  to  Adriel. 
g  ch.  6.  17. 
A  ch.  3.  7. 
i  Dent.  21.  23. 
j\  Sam.  31.  11, 

12,  13. 
k  Josh.  18.  28. 
/  Josh.  7.  2G. 


unto  them ;  (now  the  Gib'e-on-Ites  were  not  of  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el,  but  6of  the  remnant  of  the 
Am'or-Ites ;  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  had  sworn 
unto  them :  and  Saul  sought  to  slay  them  in  his  zeal 
to  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah.) 

3  Wherefore  Da'vid  said  unto  the  Gib'e-on-Ites, 
What  shall  I  do  for  you?  and  wherewith  shall  I 
make  the  atonement,  that  ye  may  bless  cthe  inherit- 
ance of  the  Lord  ? 

4  And  the  Gib'e-on-Ites  said  unto  him,  2We  will 
have  no  silver  nor  gold  of  Saul,  nor  of  hishouse  ; 
neither  for  us  shalt  thou  kill  any  man  in  Ig'ra-el. 
And  he  said,  What  ye  shall  say,  that  will  I  do  for  you. 

5  And  they  answered  the  king,  The  man  that  con- 
sumed us,  and  that  3  devised  against  us  that  we 
should  be  destroyed  from  remaining  in  any  of  the 
coasts  of  Ig'ra-el, 

6  Let  seven  men  of  his  sons  be  delivered  unto  us, 
and  we  will  hang  them  up  unto  the  Lord  din  Gib'- 
e-ah  of  Saul,  iivhom  the  Lord  did  choose.  And  the 
king  said,  I  will  give  them. 

7  But  the  king  spared  Me-phib'o-sheth,  the  son  of 
Jon'a-than  the  son  of  Saul,  because  of  cthe  Lord's 
oath  that  was  between  them,  between  Da'vid  and 
Jon'a-than  the  son  of  Saul. 

8  But  the  king  took  the  two  sons  of  -^Riz'pah  the 
daughter  of  A-I'ah,  whom  she  bare  unto  Saul,  Ar- 
mo'nl  and  Me-phib'o-sheth  ;  and  the  five  sons  of 
5Ml'chal  the  daughter  of  Saul,  whom  she  6  brought 
up  for  A'dri-el  the  son  of  Bar-zil'la-I  the  Me-hol'- 
ath-ite  : 

9  And  he  delivered  them  into  the  hands  of  the 
Gib'e-on-Ites,  and  they  hanged  them  in  the  hill  B  be- 
fore the  Lord  :  and  they  fell  all  seven  together,  and 
were  put  to  death  in  the  days  of  harvest,  in  the 
first  days,  in  the  beginning  of  barley  harvest. 

10  H  And  *Riz'pah  the  daughter  of  A-I'ah  took 
sackcloth,  and  spread  it  for  her  upon  the  rock,  'from 
the  beginning  of  harvest  until  water  dropped  upon 
them  out  of  heaven,  and  suffered  neither  the  birds 
of  the  air  to  rest  on  them  by  day,  nor  the  beasts  of 
the  field  by  night. 

11  And  it  ^was  told  Da'vid  what  Riz'pah  the 
daughter  of  A-I'ah,  the  concubine  of  Saul,  had  done. 

12  II  And  Da'vid  went  and  took  the  bones  of  Saul 
and  the  bones  of  Jon'a-than  his  son  from  the  men 
of  ^'Ja'besh-gll'e-ad,  which  had  stolen  them  from 
the  street  of  Beth'-shan,  where  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  had 
hanged  them,  when  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  had  slain  Saul 
in  Gil-bo'a : 

13  And  he  brought  up  from  thence  the  bones  of 
Saul  and  the  bones  of  Jon'a-than  his  son  ;  and  they 
gathered  the  bones  of  them  that  were  hanged. 

14  And  the  bones  of  Saul  and  Jon'a-than  his  son 
buried  they  in  the  country  of  Ben'ja-minin  ''Ze'lah, 
in  the  sepulchre  of  Kish  his  father :  and  they  per- 
formed all  that  the  king  commanded.  And  after 
that  zGod  was  intreated  for  the  land. 

15  IF  Moreover  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  had  yet  war  again 
with  Ig'ra-el;  and  Da'vid  went  down,  and  his  ser- 
vants with  him,  and  fought  against  the  Phi-lis'- 
tines  :  and  Da'vid  waxed  faint. 


David's  song  of  thanks 


2  SAMUEL,  22. 


for  deliverance. 


£ 


16  And  Ish'bi-be'nob,  which  was  of  the  sons  of 
the  giant,  the  weight  of  whose  8  spear  weighed 
three  hundred  shekels  of  brass  in  weight,  he  being 

girded  with  a  new  sword,  thought  to  have  slain 
Da'vid. 

17  But  A-bish'a-I  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  succoured 
him,  and  smote  the  Phi-lis'tme,  and  killed  him. 
Then  the  men  of  Da'vid  sware  unto  him,  saying, 
Thou  shalt  go  no  more  out  with  us  to  battle,  that 
thou  quench  not  the  10 light  of  Ig'ra-el. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  there  was 
again  a  battle  with  the  Phi-lis'tmes_  at  Gob  :  then 
mSib'be-chai  the  Hu'shath-Ite  slew  "Saph,  which 
ivas  of  the  sons  of  12the  giant. 

19  And  there  was  again  a  battle  in  Gob  with  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg,  where  El-ha'nan  the  son  of  13Ja-ar'e- 
or'e-gim,  a  Beth'-le-hem-Tte,  slew  the  brother  of 
Go-li'ath  the  Git'tlte,  the  staff  of  whose  spear  was 
like  a  weaver's  beam. 

20  And  "there  was  yet  a  battle  in  Gath,  where 
was  a  man  of  great  stature,  that  had  on  every  hand 
six  fingers,  and  on  every  foot  six  toes,  four  and 
twenty  in  number ;  and  he  also  was  born  to  uthe 
giant. 

21  And  when  he  15 defied  Ig'ra-el,  Jon'a-than  the 
son  of  Shim'e-ah  the  brother  of  Da'vid  slew  him. 

22  These  four  were  born  to  the  giant  in  Gath,  and 
fell  by  the  hand  of  Da'vid,  and  by  the  hand  of  his 
servants. 

CHAPTER  22. 

David's  song  of  thanks  for  deliverance. 

\ ND  Da'vid  "spake  unto  the  Lord  the  words  of 
■£*-  this  song  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  had  deliv- 
ered him  out  of  the  hand  of  all  his  enemies,  and 
out  of  the  hand  of  Saul  : 

2  And  he  said,  b  The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my 
fortress,  and  my  deliverer ; 

3  The  God  of  my  rock  ;  cin  him  will  I  trust :  he  is 
my  d  shield,  and  the  €horn  of  my  salvation,  my  high 
ytower,  and  my  9  refuge,  my  saviour  ;  thou  savest 
me  from  violence. 

4  I  will  call  on  the  Lord,  who  is  worthy  to  be 
praised  :  so  shall  I  be  saved  from  mine  enemies. 

5  When  the  1  waves  of  death  compassed  me,  the 
floods  of  2  ungodly  men  made  me  afraid  ; 

6  The  3  sorrows  of  hell  compassed  me  about ;  the 
snares  of  death  prevented  me  ; 

7  In  my  distress  ;'I  called  upon  the  Lord,  and 
cried  to  my  God  :  and  he  did  'hear  my  voice  out  of 
his  temple,  and  my  cry  did  enter  into  his  ears. 

8  Then  jthe  earth  shook  and  trembled  ;  the  foun- 
dations of  heaven  moved  and  shook,  because  he  was 
wroth. 

9  There  went  up  a  smoke  4out  of  his  nostrils,  and 
''fire  out  of  his  mouth  devoured  :  coals  were  kin- 
dled by  it. 

10  He  'bowed  the  heavens  also,  and  came  down  ; 
and  darkness  ivas  under  his  feet. 

11  And  he  rode  upon  a  cherub,  and  did  fly :  and 
he  was  seen  upon  mthe  wings  of  the  wind. 

12  And  he  made  darkness  pavilions  round  about 
him,  Mark  waters,  and  thick  clouds  of  the  skies.  . 


B.  C.  1018. 


7  Or,  Rapha. 

8  the  staff,  or, 
the  head. 

9  Nine  pounds 
and  a  half 
avoirdupois. 


10  candle,  or, 
lamp. 


m  1  Chr.  11.  29. 

11  Or,  Sippai. 

12  Or,  Rapha. 


13  Or,  Jair. 


n  1  Chr.  20.  6. 


14  Or,  Rapha. 

15  Or, 
reproached. 


a  Ex.  15.  1. 
b  Gen.  15.  1. 

Deut.  32.  4. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

Ps.  18.  2. 

Prov.  18.  10. 

Matt.  18.  11. 
c  Heb.  2.  13. 
d  Gen.  15.  1. 

Ps.  3.  3. 
eLukel.  C9. 
/  Prov.  18.  10. 
(j  Ps.  9.  9. 

Ps.  18.  2. 

Ps.  59.  16. 

Isa.  32.  2. 

1  Or,  pangs. 

2  Belial. 

3  Or,  cords. 
h  Ps.  116.  4. 
i  Ex.  3.  7. 

j  Judg.  5.  4. 
Ps.  18.  7. 
Ps.  77.  18. 

4  by. 

k  Ps.  97.  3. 

Hab.  3.  5. 

Heb.  12.  29. 
I  Isa.  64.  1. 
m  Ps.  104.  3. 

5  binding  of 
waters. 

n  Isa.  30.  30. 

0  Deut.  32.  23. 
Ps.  7.  13. 
Ps.  77.  17. 
Ps.  144.  6. 
Hab.  3.  11. 

6  Or,  anger. 

7  Or,  great. 
p  Ps.  31.  8. 
q  ch.  15.  2G. 
)•  Deut.  7.  12. 
«  Gen.  C.  9. 

Jobl.  1. 

8  to  him. 

9  before  his  eyes. 

1  Matt.  5.  7. 

u  Lev.  26.  23. 

10  Or,  wrestle. 
v  Ps.  12.  5. 

Matt.  5.  3. 

11  Or,  candle. 

12  Or,  broken 
a  troop. 

w  Dan.  4.  37. 

Rev.  15.  3. 
x  Ps.  12.  G. 

Prov.  30.  5. 

13  Or,  refined. 
y  Deut.  32.  31. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 
Isa.  45.  5,  6. 
zPs.  27.  1. 

14  riddeth,  or, 
looseth. 

a  Deut.  18.  13. 

15  equalleth. 

16  for  the  war. 

17  multiplied  me. 
IS  ankles. 


13  Through  the  brightness  before  him  were  coals 
of  fire  kindled. 

14  The  Lord  "thundered  from  heaven,  and  the 
most  High  uttered  his  voice. 

15  And  he  sent  out  "arrows,  and  scattered  them  ; 
lightning,  and  discomfited  them. 

16  And  the  channels  of  the  sea  appeared,  the 
foundations  of  the  world  were  discovered,  at  the 
rebuking  of  the  Lord,  at  the  blast  of  the  breath  of 
his  6  nostrils. 

17  He  sent  from  above,  he  took  me  ;  he  drew  me 
out  of  7many  waters  ; 

18  He  delivered  me  from  my  strong  enemy,  and 
from  them  that  hated  me :  for  they  were  too  strong 
for  me. 

19  They  prevented  me  in  the  day  of  my  calamity : 
but  the  Lord  was  my  stay. 

20  pHe  brought  me  forth  also  into  a  large  place  : 
he  delivered  me,  because  he  ''delighted  in  me. 

21  The  Lord  rewarded  me  according  to  my  right- 
eousness :  according  to  the  cleanness  of  my  hands 
hath  he  recompensed  me. 

22  For  I  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  and 
have  not  wickedly  departed  from  my  God. 

23  For  all  his  r  judgments  were  before  me  :  and 
as  for  his  statutes,  I  did  not  depart  from  them. 

24  I  was  also  s upright 8  before  him,  and  have  kept 
myself  from  mine  iniquity. 

25  Therefore  the  Lord  hath  recompensed  me  ac- 
cording to  my  righteousness  ;  according  to  my 
cleanness  9in  his  eye  sight. 

26  With  'the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew  thyself 
merciful,  and  with  the  upright  man  thou  wilt  shew 
thyself  upright. 

27  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew  thyself  pure  ; 
and  w  with  the  fro  ward  thou  wilt  10shew  thyself  un- 
savoury. 

28  And  the  "afflicted  people  thou  wilt  save:  but 
thine  eyes  are  upon  the  haughty,  that  thou  mayest 
bring  them  down. 

29  For  thou  art  my  u  lamp,  0  Lord  :  and  the 
Lord  will  lighten  my  darkness. 

30  For  by  thee  I  have  12run  through  a  troop  :  by 
my  God  have  I  leaped  over  a  wall. 

31  As  for  God,  w'his  way  is  perfect ;  Hhe  word  of 
the  Lord  is  13  tried  :  he  is  a  buckler  to  all  them 
that  trust  in  him. 

32  For  ^who  is  God,  save  the  Lord?  and  who  is 
a  rock,  save  our  God  ? 

33  God  is  my  z  strength  and  power  :  and  he 
14  make th  my  way  "perfect. 

34  He  15maketh  my  feet  like  hinds'  feet:  and  set- 
teth  me  upon  my  high  places. 

35  He  teacheth  my  hands  luto  war  ;  so  that  a  bow 
of  steel  is  broken  by  mine  arms. 

36  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  shield  of  thy  sal- 
vation :  and  thy  gentleness  hath  17made  me  great. 

37  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  under  me  ;  so 
that  my  18feet  did  not  slip. 

38  I  have  pursued  mine  enemies,  and  destroyed 
them  ;  and  turned  not  again  until  I  had  consumed 
them. 

265 


David's  last  song. 


2  SAMUEL,  23. 


David's  mighty  men. 


39  And  I  have  consumed  them,  and  wounded 
them,  that  they  could  not  arise  :  yea,  they  are  fallen 
under  my  feet. 

40  For  thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  to  bat- 
tle :  them  that  rose  up  against  me  hast  thou  10  sub- 
dued under  me. 

41  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  necks  of  mine  ene- 
mies, that  I  might  destroy  them  that  hate  me. 

42  6They  looked,  but  there  was  none  to  save  ; 
even  cunto  the  Lord,  but  he  answered  them  not. 

43  Then  did  I  beat  them  as  small  as  the  dust  of 
the  earth,  I  did  stamp  them  as  the  mire  of  the 
street,  and  did  spread  them  abroad. 

44  Thou  also  hast  delivered  me  from  the  strivings 
of  my  people,  thou  hast  kept  me  to  be  dhead  of  the 
heathen  :  ea  people  which  I  knew  not  shall  serve  me. 

45  20 Strangers  shall 21  submit  themselves  unto  me : 
as  soon  as  they  hear,  they  shall  be  obedient  unto  me. 

46  Strangers  shall  fade  away,  and  they  shall  be 
afraid  -^ut  of  their  close  places. 

47  The  Lord  liveth  ;  and  blessed  be  my  rock ;  and 
exalted  be  the  God  of  the  ffrock  of  my  salvation. 

48  It  is  God  that  22avengeth  me,  and  that  ^bring- 
eth  down  the  people  under  me, 

49  And  that  bringeth  me  forth  from  mine  ene- 
mies :  thou  also  hast  lifted  me  up  on  high  above 
them  that  rose  up  against  me  :  thou  hast  delivered 
me  from  the  violent  man. 

50  Therefore  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  0  Lord, 
among  'the  heathen,  and  I  will  sing  praises  unto 
thy  name. 

51  He  is  the  tower  of  salvation  for  his  king :  and 
sheweth  mercy  to  his  anointed,  unto  Da'vid,  and  to 
his  seed  for  evermore. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  David's  last  song.    6  State  of  the  loicked.    8  Hosier  of  David's  mighty  men. 

OW  these  be  the  last  words  of  Da'vid.     Da'vid 
the  son  of  Jes'se  said,  and  the  man  who  was 

/-.  7 

raised  up  on  high,  the  anointed  of  the  God  of  Ja'- 
cob,  and  the  sweet  psalmist  of  I§'ra-el,  said, 

2  aThe  Spirit  of  the  Lord  spake  by  me,  and  his 
word  was  in  my  tongue. 

3  The  God  of  Is_'ra-el  said,  the  Rock  of  I§'ra-el 
spake  to  me, ]  He  that  ruleth  over  men  must  be  just, 
ruling  b  in  the  fear  of  God. 

4  And  che  shall  be  as  the  light  of  the  morning, 
when  the  sun  riseth,  even  a  morning  without  clouds ; 
as  the  tender  grass  springing  out  of  the  earth  by 
clear  shining  after  rain. 

5  d  Although  my  house  be  not  so  with  God  ;  yet 
he  hath  made  with  me  an  everlasting  covenant,  or- 
dered in  all  things,  and  sure :  for  this  is  all  my  sal- 
vation, and  all  my  desire,  although  he  make  it  not 
to  grow. 

6  II  But  the  sons  of  Be'li-al  shall  be  all  of  them  as 
thorns  thrust  away,  because  they  cannot  be  taken 
with  hands  : 

7  But  the  man  that  shall  touch  them  must  be 
2  fenced  with  iron  and  the  staff  of  a  spear  ;  and  they 
shall  be  utterly  burned  with  fire  in  the  same  place. 

8  If  These  be  the  names  of  the  mighty  men  whom 

266 


B.  C.  1018. 


19  caused  to  bow. 


6  1  Sam.  28.  6. 
c  Prov.  1.  28. 


d  Deut.  28.  13. 
e  Isa.  55.  5. 

20  Sons  of  the 
stranger. 

21  lie,  or,  yield 
feigned 
obedience. 

/Mic.  7.  17. 


g  Ps.  89.  26. 

22  giveth 

avengeraent 

for  me. 
h  Pa.  144.  2. 


i  Rom.  15.  9. 


11.  12. 
11.12. 


rr2Pet.  1.  21. 

1  Or,  Be  thou 
ruler,  etc. 

b  Ex.  18.  21. 
c  Prov.  4.  IS. 
d  1  Ki.  9.  4-6. 

2  filled. 

3  Or,  Josheb- 
bassebet,  the 
Tachmonite, 
head  of  the 
three. 

4  slain, 
e  1  Chr. 
/I  Chr 

5  Or,  for 
foraging. 

6  Or,  the  three 
captains  over 
the  thirty. 

g  Deut.  33.  29. 
1  Sam.  22.  1. 

1  Chr.  29.  11. 

2  Chr.  14. 
11-14. 
Ps.  3.  8. 
Ps.  46.  1. 
Ps.  9S.  1. 
Prov.  21. 
30,  31. 
Rom.  8.  31. 

h  Or,  giants. 
i  1  Sam.  22.  4. 

1  Chr.  12.  16. 
j  Lev.  17.  10. 
k  ch.  2.  18. 

7  slain. 

;  Josh.  15.  21. 

8  great  of  acts. 
m  Ex.  15.  15. 

9  lions  of  God. 

10  a  man  of 
countenance, 
or,  sight. 

1  Chr.  11.23, 
a  man  of  great 
stature. 

11  Or,  honour- 
able among 
the  thirty. 

n  ch.  8.  18. 

12  at  his  com- 
mand, or, 
council. 


Da'vid  had :  3The  Tach'mo-mte  that  sat  in  the  seat, 
chief  among  the  captains ;  the  same  was  Ad'i-no 
the  Ez'nite  :  he  lift  up  his  spear  against  eight  hun- 
dred, 4whom  he  slew  at  one  time. 

9  And  after  him  was  eE-le-a'zar  the  son  of  Do 'do 
the  A-ho'hlte,  one  of  the  three  mighty  men  with 
Da'vid,  when  they  defied  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  that  were 
there  gathered  together  to  battle,  and  the  men  of 
I§'ra-el  were  gone  away : 

10  He  arose,  and  smote  the  Phi-lis'tlneg  until  his 
hand  was  weary,  and  his  hand  clave  unto  the  sword : 
and  the  Lord  wrought  a  great  victory  that  day  ; 
and  the  people  returned  after  him  only  to  spoil. 

11  And  after  him  was  Sham'mah  the  son  of  Ag'e-e 
the  Ha'ra-rlte.  'And  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  were  gath- 
ered together  5into  a  troop,  where  was  a  piece  of 
ground  full  of  lentiles  :  and  the  people  fled  from 
the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

12  But  he  stood  in  the  midst  of  the  ground,  and 
defended  it,  and  slew  the  Phi-lis'tmeg :  and  the  Lord 
wrought  a  great  victory. 

13  And  6  three  of  the  thirty  chief  went  down,  and 
came  to  Da'vid  in  the  harvest  time  unto  9the  cave 
of  A-dul'lam  :  and  the  troop  of  the  Phi-lis' tines, 
pitched  in  Hhe  valley  of  Reph'a-im. 

14  And  Da'vid  ivas  then  in  ''an  hold,  and  the  gar- 
rison of  the  Phi-lis'trne§  was  then  in  Beth'-le-hem. 

15  And  Da'vid  longed,  and  said,  Oh  that  one  would 
give  me  drink  of  the  water  of  the  well  of  Beth'- 
le-hem,  which  is  by  the  gate  ! 

16  And  the  three  mighty  men  brake  through  the 
host  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  drew  water  out  of  the 
well  of  Beth'-le-hem,  that  was  by  the  gate,  and  took 
it,  and  brought  it  to  Da'vid :  nevertheless  he  would 
not  drink  'thereof,  but  poured  it  out  unto  the  Lord. 

17  And  he  said,  Be  it  far  from  me,  O  Lord,  that 
I  should  do  this  :  is  not  this  Hhe  blood  of  the  men 
that  went  in  jeopardy  of  their  lives  ?  therefore  he 
would  not  drink  it.  These  things  did  these  three 
mighty  men. 

18  And  k  A-bish'a-I,  the  brother  of  Jo'ab,  the  son 
of  Zer-u-I'ah,  was  chief  among  three.  And  he  lifted 
up  his  spear  against  three  hundred, "  and  slew  them, 
and  had  the  name  among  three. 

19  Was  he  not  most  honourable  of  three?  therefore 
he  was  their  captain :  howbeit  he  attained  not  unto 
the  first  three. 

20  And  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  the  son  of 
a  valiant  man,  of  'Kab'ze-el,  8who  had  done  many 
acts,  mhe  slew  two  9  lionlike  men  of  Mo'ab:  he  went 
down  also  and  slew  a  lion  in  the  midst  of  a  pit  in 
time  of  show : 

21  And  Jie  slew  an  E-gyp'tian,  10  a  goodly  man  : 
and  the  E-gyp'tian  had  a  spear  in  his  hand  ;  but 
he  went  down  to  him  with  a  staff,  and  plucked  the 
spear  out  of  the  E-gyp'tian's  hand,  and  slew  him 
with  his  own  spear. 

22  These  things  did  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Js-hoi'- 
a-da,  and  had  the  name  among  three  mighty  men. 

23  He  was  nmore  honourable  than  the  thirty,  but 


he  attained  not  to  the  first  three, 
him  *  over  his  n  guard. 


And  Da'vid  set 


The  fatal  numbering. 


2  SAMUEL,  24 


24  °A'sa-hel  the  brother  of  Jo'ab  was  one  of  the 
thirty;  El-ha'nan  the  son  of  Dq'doof  Beth' -le-hem, 

25  p  Sham'mah  the  Ha'rod-ite,  El'i-kathe  Ha'rod-ite, 

26  He'lez  the  Pal'tlte,  I'ra  the  son  of  Ik'kesh  the 
Te-kq'Ite, 

27  A-bi-e'zer  the  An'e-thoth-Ite,  Me-bun'nai  the 
Hu'shath-Ite, 

28  Zal'mon  the  A-ho'hlte,  Ma-har'a-I  the  Ne-toph'- 
a-thite, 

29  He'leb  the  son  of  Ba'a-nah,  a  Ne-toph'a-thite, 
It'ta-I  the  son  of  Pa'bai  out  of  Gib'e-ah  of  the  chil- 
dren  of  Ben'ja-min, 

30  Be-na'iah  the  'Pir'a-thon-ite,  Hid'da-i  of  the 
13  brooks  of  rGa'ash, 

31  A'bl-al'bon  the  Ar'bath-ite,  Az'ma-veth  the 
Bar-hu'mite, 

32  E-H'ah-ba  the  Sha-al'bo-nlte,  of  the  sons  of 
Ja'shen,  Jon'a-than, 

33  Sham'mah  the  Ha'ra-rlte,  A-hl'am  the  son  of 
Sha'rar  the  Ha'ra-rlte, 

34  E-liph'e-let  the  son  of  A-has'b§J,  the  son  of  the 
Ma-ach'a-thite,  E-li'am  the  son  of  A-hith'o-phel  the 
Gi'lo-nite, 

35  Hez'ra-I  the  Car'mel-Ite,  Pa'a-rai  the  Ar'blte, 

36  I'gal  the  son  of  Na'than  of  Zo'bah,  Ba'ni  the 
Gad'ite, 

37  Ze'lek  the  Am'mon-Ite,  Na'ha-ri  the  Be-e'roth- 
Ite,  armourbearer  to  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah, 

38  sI'ra  an  *Ith'rite,  Ga'reb  an  Ith'rite, 

39  MU-ri'ah  the  Hit'tite  :  thirty  and  seven  in  all. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  The  numbering.     10  The  plague.    16  Jerusalem  escapes.    21  The  plague  stayed. 

AND  "again  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
-  against  Ig'ra-el,  and  Jhe  moved  Da'vid  against 
them  to  say,  6  Go,  number  I§'ra-el  and  Ju'dah. 

2  For  the  king  said  to  Jo'ab  the  captain  of  the 
host,  which  was  with  him,  2Go  now  through  all  the 
tribes  of  I§'ra-el,  from  Dan  even  to  Be'er-she'ba, 
and  number  ye  the  people,  that  c  I  may  know  the 
number  of  the  people. 

3  And  Jo'ab  said  unto  the  king,  Now  the  Lord  thy 
God  add  unto  the  people,  how  many  soever  they  be, 
an  hundredfold,  and  that  the  eyes  of  my  lord  the 
king  may  see  it :  but  why  doth  my  lord  the  king 
delight  in  this  thing? 

4  Notwithstanding  dthe  king's  word  prevailed 
against  Jo'ab,  and  against  the  captains  of  the  host. 
And  Jo'ab  and  the  captains  of  the  host  went  out 
from  the  presence  of  the  king,  to  number  the  peo- 
ple of  Ig'ra-el. 

5  H  And  they  passed  over  Jor'dan,  and  pitched  in 
€Ar'o-er,  on  the  right  side  of  the  city  that  lieth  in 
the  midst  of  the  3  river  of  Gad,  and  toward  /  Ja'zer : 

6  Then  they  came  to  Gil'e-ad,  and  to  the  4land  of 
Tah'tim-hod'shI;  and  they  came  to  ^Dan-ja'an,  and 
about  to  h  Zl'don, 

7  And  came  to  the  strong  hold  of  Tyre,  and  to  all 
the  cities  of  the  Hi'vltes,  and  of  the  Ca'naan-ites  : 
and  they  went  out  to  the  south  of  Ju'dah,  even  to 
Be'er-she'ba. 

8  So  when  they  had  gone  through  all  the  land, 


B.  C.  1017. 

o  ch.  2.  18. 

p  1  Chr.  11.  27. 


g  Judg.  12.  15. 

13  Or,  valleys. 
r  Judg.  2.  9. 


s  ch.  20.  26. 
t  Josh.  15.  48. 
u  ch.  11.  3,  6. 


a  ch.  16.  10. 

1  Ki.  22.  22. 

1  Satan. 

b  1  Chr.  27.  23. 

2  Or,  Compass. 
c  Gen.  26.  4. 

Deut.  8.13,14. 

2  Chr.  32. 
25,  26. 
Prov.  18.  12. 

d  1  Chr.  21.  4. 

Eccl.  8.  4. 

Acts  5.  29. 
e  Deut.  2.  36. 

3  Or,  valley. 
/Num.  32.  1,3. 

4  Or,  nether 
land  newly 
inhabited. 

g  Josh.  19.  47. 
h  Judg.  18.  28. 
(1  Chr.  21.5. 
j  1  Sam.  24.  5. 

Prov.  18.  4. 

1  John  3.  20. 
k  ch.  12.  13. 

1  Chr.  21.  8. 
/ 1  Sam.  13.  13. 
m  1  Sam.  22.  5. 
n  1  Sam.  9.  9. 
o  1  Chr.  21.  12. 

That  is,  three 

years  and  the 

present  added 

to  those 

mentioned, 

ch.  21.  1. 
p  Ps.  103.  8. 

Ps.  119.  156. 

5  Or,  many. 
g  Isa.  47.  6. 

Zech.  1.  15. 
r  1  Chr.  21.  14. 

1  Chr.  27.  24. 
s  Ex.  12.  23. 

1  Chr.  21.  15. 

Ps.  104.  4. 
i  Gen.  6.  6. 

1  Sam.  15.  11. 

Ps.  78.  38. 

Joel  2.  13. 

Jon.  3.  10. 
u  1  Chr.  21.  15, 

Oman. 
vl  Chr.  21.17. 
w  1  Chr.  21.  18. 

6  Araniah. 

x  Gen.  23.  8. 
y  Num.  16.  48. 
z\  Ki.  19.21. 


The  'plague  is  stayed. 


they  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  at  the  end  of  nine  months 
and  twenty  days. 

9  And  Jo'ab  gave  up  the  sum  of  the  number  of 
the  people  unto  the  king :  i  and  there  were  in  I§'ra-el 
eight  hundred  thousand  valiant  men  that  drew  the 
sword  ;  and  the  men  of  Ju'dah  were  five  hundred 
thousand  men. 

10H  And  ^'Da'vid's  heart  smote  him  after  that  he 
had  numbered  the  people.  And  Da'vid  said  unto 
the  Lord,  kl  have  sinned  greatly  in  that  I  have 
done :  and  now,  I  beseech  thee,  G  Lord,  take  away 
the  iniquity  of  thy  servant ;  for  I  have  l  done  very 
foolishly. 

11  For  when  Da'vid  was  up  in  the  morning,  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  the  prophet  m  Gad, 
Da'vid's  "  seer,  saying, 

12  Go  and  say  unto  Da'vid,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
I  offer  thee  three  things;  choose  thee  one  of  them, 
that  I  may  do  it  unto  thee. 

13  So  Gad  came  to  Da'vid,  and  told  him,  and  said 
unto  him,  Shall  °  seven  years  of  famine  come  unto 
thee  in  thy  land  ?  or  wilt  thou  flee  three  months 
before  thine  enemies,  while  they  pursue  thee  ?  or 
that  there  be  three  days'  pestilence  in  thy  land? 
now  advise,  and  see  what  answer  I  shall  return  to 
him  that  sent  me. 

14  And  Da'vid  said  unto  Gad,  I  am  in  a  great 
strait :  let  us  fall  now  into  the  hand  of  the  Lord  ; 
^for  his  mercies  are  5  great :  and  ?let  me  not  fall 
into  the  hand  of  man. 

15  H  So  rthe  Lord  sent  a  pestilence  upon  I§'ra-el 
from  the  morning  even  to  the  time  appointed  :  and 
there  died  of  the  people  from  Dan  even  to  Be'er- 
she'ba  seventy  thousand  men. 

16  And  when  the  s  angel  stretched  out  his  hand 
upon  Je-ru'sa-lem  to  destroy  it,  fthe  Lord  repented 
him  of  the  evil,  and  said  to  the  angel  that  destroyed 
the  people,  It  is  enough  :  stay  now  thine  hand. 
And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  was  by  the  threshing- 
place  of  u  A-rau'nah  the  Jeb'u-slte. 

17  And  Da'vid  spake  unto  the  Lord  when  he  saw 
the  angel  that  smote  the  people,  and  said,  Lo,  "I 
have  sinned,  and  I  have  done  wickedly  :  but  these 
sheep,  what  have  they  done  ?  let  thine  hand,  I  pray 
thee,  be  against  me,  and  against  my  father's  house. 

18  II  And  Gad  came  that  day  to  Da'vid,  and  said 
unto  him,  wGo  up,  rear  an  altar  unto  the  Lord  in 
the  threshingfloor  of  6  A-rau'nah  the  Jeb'u-slte. 

19  And  Da'vid,  according  to  the  saying  of  Gad, 
went  up  as  the  Lord  commanded. 

20  And  A-rau'nah  looked,  and  saw  the  Jang  and 
his  servants  coming  on  toward  him  :  and  A-rau'nah 
went  out,  and  bowed  himself  before  the  king  on  his 
face  uponjhe  ground. 

21  And  A-rau'nah  said,  Wherefore  is  my  lord  the 
king  come  to  his  servant  ?  *And  Da'vid  said,  To 
buy  the  threshingfloor  of  thee,  to  build  an  altar 
unto  the  Lord,  that  Hhe  plague  may  be  stayed  from 
the  people^ 

22  And  A-rau'nah  said  unto  Da'vid,  Let  my  lord 
the  king  take  and  offer  up  what  seemeth  good  unto 
him  :  z  behold,  here  be  oxen  for  burnt  sacrifice,  and 

-  267 


Adonijah' s  usurpation. 


1  KINGS,  1. 


Bath-sheba's  intercession. 


threshing  instruments  and  other  instruments  of  the 
oxen  for  wood. 

23  All  these  things  did  A-rau'nah,  as  a  king,  give 
unto  the  king.  And  A-rau'nah  said  unto  the  king, 
The  Lord  thy  God  "accept  thee. 

24  And  the  king  said  unto  A-rau'nah,  Nay ;  but  I 
will  surely  buy  it  of  thee  at  a  price  :  neither  will  I 


B.  C.  1017. 


a  Ps.  20.  3. 
Ezek.  20.  40. 
1  Pet.  2.  5. 

b  1  Chr.  21.  24. 

7  Which  be- 
came the 
site  of  the 
Temple. 

c  2  Chr.  33.  13. 
Isa.  19.  22. 


offer  burnt  offerings  unto  the  Lord  my  God  of  that 
which  doth  cost  me  nothing.  So  b  Da' vid  bought  the 
threshingfioor  and  the  oxen  for  fifty  shekels  of  silver. 
25  And  Da'vid  built  there  7an  altar  unto  the  Lord, 
and  offered  burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings.  So 
the  Lord  was  Untreated  for  the  land,  and  the  plague 
was  stayed  from  I§'ra-el. 


THE 

FIRST    BOOK    OF    THE    KINGS, 

COMMONLY   CALLED, 

THE  THIRD  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Adonijak's  usurpation.    15  Bath-sheba  intercedes  for  Solomon.    32  Solomon  anointed 

king. 

1VTOW  king  Da'vid  was  old  and  Stricken  in  years ; 
-^  and  they  covered  him  with  clothes,  but  he  gat 
no  heat. 

2  Wherefore  his  servants  said  unto  him,  2Let  there 
be  sought  for  my  lord  the  king  3a  young  virgin  : 
and  alet  her  stand  before  the  king,  and  let  her 
4  cherish  him,  and  let  her  lie  in  thy  bosom,  that  my 
lord  the  king  may  get  heat. 

3  So  they  sought  for  a  fair  damsel  throughout  all 
the  coasts  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  found  Ab'i-shag  a  6  Shu'- 
nam-mlte,  and  brought  her  to  the  king. 

4  And  the  damsel  was  very  fair,  and  cherished 
the  king,  and  ministered  to  him  :  but  the  king 
cknew  her  not. 

5  If  Then  dAd-o-nI'jah  the  son  of  Hag'gith  exalted 
himself,  saying,  I  will  5be  king  :  and  ehe  prepared 
him  chariots  and  horsemen,  and  fifty  men  to  run 
before  him. 

6  And  his  father  had  ■'not  displeased  him  6at  any 
time  in  saying,  Why  hast  thou  done  so  ?  and  he  also 
ivas  a  very  goodly  man;  9and  his  mother  bare  him 
after  Ab'sa-lom. 

7  And  7he  conferred  with  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer- 
u-I'ah,  and  with  feA-bi'a-thar  the  priest  :  and  ithej 
*  following  Ad-o-nl'jah  helped  him. 

8  But  Za'dok  the  priest,  and  Be-na'iah  the  son  of 
Je-hoi'a-da,  and  Na'than  the  prophet,  and  J'Shim'e-i, 
and  Re'I,  and  fcthe  mighty  men  which  belonged  to 
Da'vid,  were  not  with  Ad-o-ni'jah. 

9  And  Ad-o-nl'jah  slew  sheep  and  oxen  and  fat 
cattle  by  the  stone  of  Zo'he-leth,  which  is  by  9En- 
ro'gel,  and  called  all  his  brethren  the  king's  sons, 
and  all  the  men  of  Ju'dah  the  king's  servants  : 

10  But  Na'than  the  prophet,  and  Bg-na'iah,  and  the 
mighty  men,  and  Sol'o-mon  his  brother,  he  called 
not. 

11  II  Wherefore  Na'than  spake  unto  Bath'-she-ba 
the  mother  of  Sol'o-mon,  saying,  Hast  thou  not 
heard  that  Ad-o-nl'jah  the  son  of  'Hag'gith  doth 
reign,  and  Da'vid  our  lord  knoweth  it  not  ? 

12  Now  therefore  come,  let  me,  I  pray  thee,  give 
mthee  counsel,  that  thou  may  est  save  thine  own  life, 
and  the  life  of  thy  son  Sol'o-mon. 

13  Go  and  get  thee  in  unto  king  Da'vid,  and  say 

268 


B.  c.  1015. 


1  entered 
iuto  days. 


2  Let  them  seek. 

3  a  damsel,  a 
virgin. 

a  1  Sam.  16.  21. 

4  be  a  cherisher 
unto  him. 


b  Josh.  19.  18. 


c  Gen.  4.  1. 

Matt.  1.  25. 
d  2  Sam.  3.  4. 

1  Chr.  3.  2.. 
5  reign. 

e  Deut.  17. 10. 

2  Sam.  15.  1. 
Ps.  20.  7. 


/I  Sam.  3.  13. 
Prov.  23.  13. 
6  from  his  days. 

g  2  Sam.  3.  3,  4. 
1  Chr.  3.  2. 


7  his  words  were 
with  Joab. 

h  2  Sam.  20.  25. 
i  ch.  2.  22. 

8  helped  after 
Adonijah. 


j  ch.  4. 18. 
k  2  Sam.  23.  8. 


9  Or,  the  fuller's 
well. 


I  2  Sam.  3.  4. 
m  Prov.  11.  14. 
n  1  Chr.  22.  9. 
10  fill  up. 

II  What  to  thee? 
o  Gen.  18. 12. 

Eph.  5.  33. 
1  Pet.  3.  G. 
T2  lie  down. 

13  sinners. 

14  Let  king 
Adonijah 
live. 


unto  him,  Didst  not  thou,  my  lord,  O  king,  swear 
unto  thine  handmaid,  saying,  "Assuredly  Sol'o-mon 
thy  son  shall  reign  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon 
my  throne  ?  why  then  doth  Ad-o-nl' jah  reign  ? 

14  Behold,  while  thou  yet  talkest  there  with  the 
king,  I  also  will  come  in  after  thee,  and  10  confirm 
thy  words. 

15  If  And  Bath'-she-ba  went  in  unto  the  king  into 
the  chamber  :  and  the  king  was  very  old  ;  and  Ab'- 
l-shag  the  Shu'nam-mite  ministered  unto  the  king. 

16  And  Bath'-she-ba  bowed,  and  did  obeisance 
unto  the  king.  And  the  king  said,  n  What  wouldest 
thou? 

17  And  she  said  unto  him,  My  lord,  °thou  swarest 
by  the  Lord  thy  God  unto  thine  handmaid,  saying, 
Assuredly  Sol'o-mon  thy  son  shall  reign  after  me, 
and  he  shall  sit  upon  my  throne. 

18  And  now,  behold,  Ad-o-nl'jah  reigneth  ;  and 
now,  my  lord  the  king,  thou  knowest  it  not : 

19  And  he  hath  slain  oxen  and  fat  cattle  and 
sheep  in  abundance,  and  hath  called  all  the  sons  of 
the  king,  and  A-bi'a-thar  the  priest,  and  Jo'ab  the 
captain  of  the  host :  but  Sol'o-mon  thy  servant  hath 
he  not  called. 

20  And  thou,  my  lord,  O  king,  the  eyes  of  all  !§'- 
ra-el  are  upon  thee,  that  thou  shouldest  tell  them 
who  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  my  lord  the  king 
after  him. 

21  Otherwise  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  my  lord 
the  king  shall  12  sleep  with  his  fathers,  that  I  and 
my  son  Sol'o-mon  shall  be  counted  13 offenders. 

22  If  And,  lo,  while  she  yet  talked  with  the  king, 
Na'than  the  prophet  also  came  in. 

23  And  they  told  the  king,  saying,  Behold  Na'than 
the  prophet.  And  when  he  was  come  in  before  the 
king,  he  bowed  himself  before  the  king  with  his 
face  to  the  ground. 

24  And  Na'than  said,  My  lord,  O  king,  hast  thou 
said,  Ad-o-nl'jah  shall  reign  after  me,  and  he  shall 
sit  upon  my  throne  ? 

25  For  he  is  gone  down  this  day,  and  hath  slain 
oxen  and  fat  cattle  and  sheep  in  abundance,  and 
hath  called  all  Jhe  king's  sons,  and  the  captains  of 
the  host,  and  A-bl'a-thar  the  priest ;  and,  behold, 
they  eat  and  drink  before  him,  and  say,  14God  save 
king  Ad-o-nl'jah. 

26  But  me,  even  me  thy  servant,  and  Za'dok  the 


Solomon  anointed  king. 


1  KINGS,  2. 


David's  charge  to  Solomon. 


priest,  and  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  and  thy 
servant  Sol'o-mon,  hath  he  not  called. 

27  Is  this  thing  done  by  my  lord  the  king,  and 
thou  hast  not  shewed  it  unto  thy  servant,  who 
should  sit  on  the  throne  of  my  lord  the  king  after 
him? 

28  If  Then  king  Da'vid  answered  and  said,  Call  me 
Bath'-she-ba.  And  she  came  15into  the  king's  pre- 
sence, and  stood  before  the  king. 

29  And  the  king  sware,  and  said,  p  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  that  'hath  redeemed  my  soul  out  of  all  dis- 
tress, 

30  Even  as  I  sware  unto  thee  by  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el,  saying,  Assuredly  Sol'o-mon  thy  son  shall 
reign  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon  my  throne  in 
my  stead  ;  even  so  will  I  certainly  do  this  day. 

31  Then  Bath'-she-ba  bowed  with  her  face  to  the 
earth,  and  did  reverence  to  the  king,  and  said,  rLet 
my  lord  king  Da'vid  live  for  ever. 

32  U  And  king  Da'vid  said,  Call  me  Za'dok  the 
priest,  and  Na'than  the  prophet,  and  Be-na'iah  the 
son  of  Je-hoi'a-da.    And  they  came  before  the  king. 

33  The  king  also  said  unto  them,  sTake  with  you 
the  servants  of  your  lord,  and  cause  Sol'o-mon  my 
son  to  ride  upon  1G  mine  own  mule,  and  bring  him 
down  to  'Gl'hon  : 

34  And  let  Za'dok  the  priest  and  Na'than  the 
prophet  "anoint  him  there  king  over  I§'ra-el  :  and 
vblow  ye  with  the  trumpet,  and  say,  God  save  king 
Sol'o-mon. 

35  Then  ye  shall  come  up  after  him,  that  he  may 
come  and  sit  upon  my  throne  ;  for  he  shall  be  king 
in  my  stead  :  and  I  have  appointed  him  to  be  ruler 
over  I§'ra-el  and  over  Ju'dah. 

36  And  Bs-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da  answered 
the  king,  and  said,  ,wAmen  :  the  Lord  God  of  my 
lord  the  king  say  so  too. 

37  x  As  the  Lord  hath  been  with  my  lord  the  king 
even  so  be  he  with  Sol'o-mon,  and  make  his  throne 
greater  than  the  throne  of  my  lord  king  Da'vid. 

38  So  Za'dok  the  priest,  and  Na'than  the  prophet, 
^and  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  and  the  Cher'- 
eth-Ites,  and  the  Pe'leth-Ites,  went  down,  and  caused 
Sol'o-mon  to  ride  upon  king  Da'vid's  mule,  and 
brought  him  to  Gl'hon. 

39  And  Za'dok  the  priest  took  an  horn  of  oil  zout 
of  the  tabernacle,  and  "anointed  Sol'o-mon.  And 
they  blew  the  trumpet ;  6and  all  the  people  said, 
God  save  king  Sol'o-mon. 

40  And  all  the  people  came  up  after  him,  and  the 
people  piped  with  17  pipes,  and  rejoiced  with  great 
joy,  so  that  the  earth  rent  with  the  sound  of  them. 

41  Tf  And  Ad-o-ni'jah  and  all  the  guests  that  were 
with  him  heard  it  as  they  had  made  an  end  of  eat- 
ing. And  when  Jo'ab  heard  the  sound  of  the  trum- 
pet, he  said,  Wherefore  is  this  noise  of  the  city 
being  in  an  uproar? 

42  And  while  he  yet  spake,  behold,  Jon'a-than  the 
son  of  A-bl'a-thar  the  priest  came  :  and  Ad-o-ni'jah 
said  unto  him,  Come  in  ;  for  cthou  art  a  valiant 
man,  and  bringest  good  tidings. 

43  And  Jon'a-than  answered  and  said  to  Ad-o-nl'- 


B.  C.  1015. 


15  before 

the 

king. 

]>  Judg. 

8,  in. 

1  Sain. 

14.  30 

1  Sam. 

23.  34 

2  Sam. 

4.9. 

Oh.  17. 

1. 

2Ki.  •) 

.30. 

q  Gen.  48.  10. 

2  Sam. 

4.  9. 

Ps.  19. 

14. 

Ps.  31. 

5;  7. 

Ps.  34. 

19,  22 

Ps.  71. 

23. 

Ps.  103 

.1,4. 

Lam.  '£ 

.58. 

r  Neh.  2. 

3. 

Dan.  2 

4. 

,  4. 
.  5.  3. 


i  2  Sam.  20.  6. 
Esth.  0.  8. 


10  which  be- 

longeth  to  me. 
t  2  Chr.  32.  30. 


n  1  Sam.  10.  1. 

1  Sam.  16. 
3,  12. 

2  Sam. 
2  Sam. 
ch.  19.  1G. 
2  Ki.  9.  3. 

v  2  Sam.  15.  10. 

2Ki.  9.  13. 

Mark  11.  9,10. 
w  Deut.  27. 

15-2G. 

Jer.  11.  5. 

Matt.  6.  13. 
x  Deut.  2.  7. 

Josh.  1.  5,  17. 

1  Sam.  20.  13. 
ch.  8.  57. 

2  Ki.  2.  9. 

1  Chr.  28.  20. 
y  2  Sam.  8.  18. 
z  Ex.  30.  23, 

25,  32. 

Ps.  S9.  20. 
a  1  Sam.  10.  1. 

1  Chr.  29.  22. 
Ps.  89.  20. 

6  1  Sam.  10.  24. 
17  Or,  flutes. 
e2Sam.  18.27. 
d  1  Chr.  29.  23. 
fGen.  47.  31. 
/  ch.  3.  G. 

Ps.  132. 11,  12. 
q  Ex.  21.  14. 
h  1  Sam.  14.  45. 

2  Sam.  14.  11. 
Acts  27.  34. 

i  Deut.  1.  17. 


a  Gen.  3.  19. 
Deut.  31.  14. 
2  Sam.  14.  14. 
Job  30.  23. 
Ps.  89.  48. 
Eccl.  12.  7. 

0  Josh.  23.  14. 
Heb.  9.  27. 

c  Deut.  17.  19. 
Josh.  1.  7. 
1  Sam.  18.  5, 
14,  30. 

1  Chr.  22. 
12,  13. 

1  Or,  do  wisely. 
d  2  Sam.  7.  25. 

e  Ps.  132.  12. 
/2Ki.  20.  3. 
g  2  Sam.  7.  12. 

2  be  cut  off 
from  thee 
from  the 
throne. 

h  2  Sam.  3.  39. 

2  Sam.  19.  5, 
6,7. 

i  2  Sam.  3.  27. 


jah,  Verily  our  lord  king  Da'vid  hath  made  Sol'o- 
mon  king. 

44  And  the  king  hath  sent  with  him  Za'dok  the 
priest,  and  Na'than  the  prophet,  and  Be-na'iah  the 
son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  and  the  Cher'eth-Ites,  and  the 
Pe'leth-Ites,  and  they  have  caused  him  to  ride  upon 
the  king's  mule  : 

45  And  Za'dok  the  priest  and  Na'than  the  prophet 
have  anointed  him  king  in  Gl'hon  :  and  they  are 
come  up  from  thence  rejoicing,  so  that  the  city  rang 
again.     This  is  the  noise  that  ye  have  heard. 

46  And  also  Sol'o-mon  rfsitteth  on  the  throne  of 
the  kingdom. 

47  And  moreover  the  king's  servants  came  to  bless 
our  lord  king  Da'vid,  saying,  God  make  the  name 
of  Sol'o-mon  better  than  thy  name,  and  make  his 
throne  greater  than  thy  throne.  cAnd  the  king 
bowed  himself  upon  the  bed. 

48  And  also  thus  said  the  king,  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
God  of  I§'ra-el,  which  hath  ■'"given  one  to  sit  on  my 
throne  this  day,  mine  eyes  even  seeing  it. 

49  And  all  the  guests  that  were  with  Ad-o-ni'jah 
were  afraid,  and  rose  up,  and  went  every  man  his 
way. 

50  H  And  Ad-o-ni'jah  feared  because  of  Sol'o-mon, 
and  arose,  and  went,  and  a  caught  hold  on  the  horns 
of  the  altar. 

51  And  it  was  told  Sol'o-mon,  saying,  Behold,  Ad- 
o-nl'jah  feareth  king  Sol'o-mon  :  for,  lo,  he  hath 
caught  hold  on  the  horns  of  the  altar,  saying,  Let 
king  Sol'o-mon  swear  unto  me  to  day  that  he  will 
not  slay  his  servant  with  the  sword. 

52  And  Sol'o-mon  said,  If  he  will  shew  himself  a 
worthy  man,  Hhere  shall  not  an  hair  of  him  fall 
to  the  earth  :  *but  if  wickedness  shall  be  found  in 
him,  he  shall  die. 

53  So  king  Sol'o-mon  sent,  and  they  brought  him 
down  from  the  altar.  And  he  came  and  bowed  himself 
to  king  Sol'o-mon  :  and  Sol'o-mon  said  unto  him,  Go" 
to  thine  house. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  David's  charge  to  Solomon.     10  His  death.    25  Solomon's  severe  policy.    36  Treatment 

of  Shhnei. 

~VTOWathe  days  of  Da'vid  drew  nigh  that  he  should 
-L 1    die ;  and  he  charged  Sol'o-mon  his  son,  saying, 

2  6I  go  the  way  of  all  the  earth  :  be  thou  strong 
therefore,  and  shew  thyself  a  man  ; 

3  And  keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  cto 
walk  in  his  ways,  to  keep  his  statutes,  and  his  com- 
mandments, and  his  judgments,  and  his  testimonies, 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Mo'geg,  that  thou  may- 
est  prosper  in  all  that  thou  doest,  and  whitherso- 
ever thou  turnest  thyself : 

4  That  the  Lord  may  d  continue  his  word  which  he 
spake  concerning  me,  saying,  eIf  thy  children  take 
heed  to  their  way,  to  /walk  before  me  in  truth  with 
all  their  heart  and  with  all  their  soul,  3  there  shall 
not  2fail  thee  (said  he)  a  man  on  the  throne  of 
I§'ra-el. 

5  Moreover  thou  knowest  also  what  Jo'ab  the  son 
of  Zer-u-I'ah  Mid  to  me,  and  what  he  did  to  the  two 
captains  of  the  hosts  of  I§'ra-el,  unto  'Ab'ner  the 

269 


Death  of  David. 


1  KINGS,  2. 


Adonijah  is  slain. 


son  of  Ner,  and  unto  jAm'a-sa  the  son  of  Je'ther, 
whom  he  slew,  and  3shed  the  blood  of  war  in  peace, 
and  put  the  blood  of  war  upon  his  girdle  that  ivas 
about  his  loins,  and  in  his  shoes  that  were  on  his 
feet. 

6  Do  therefore  k  according  to  thy  wisdom,  and  let 
not  his  hoar  head  go  down  to  the  grave  in  peace. 

7  But  shew  kindness  unto  the  sons  of  l  Bar-zil'la-I 
the  Gil'e-ad-Ite,  and  let  them  be  of  those  that  m  eat 
at  thy  table :  for  so  "they  came  to  me  when  I  fled 
because  of  Ab'sa-lom  thy  brother. 

8  And,  behold,  thou  hast  with  thee  °  Shim1  e-I  the  son 
of  Ge'ra,  a  Ben'ja-mlte  of  Ba-hu'rim,  which  cursed 
me  with  a  4  grievous  curse  in  the  day  when  I  went 
to  Ma-ha-na'im :  but  he  came  down  to  meet  me  at 
Jor'dan,  and  I  sware  to  him  by  the  Lord,  saying,  I 
will  not  put  thee  to  death  with  the  sword. 

9  Now  therefore  phold  him  not  guiltless :  for  thou 
art  a  wise  man,  and  knowest  what  thou  oughtest  to 
do  unto  him ;  but  his  hoar  head  bring  thou  down 
to  the  grave  with  blood. 

10  So  9  Da'vid  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  rthe  city  of  Da'vid. 

11  And  the  days  that  Da'vid  s reigned  over  Ig'ra-el 
were  forty  years :  seven  years  reigned  he  in  He'bron, 
and  thirty  and  three  years  reigned  he  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem. 

12  Tf  *Then  sat  Sol'o-mon  upon  the  throne  of  Da'vid 
his  father ;  and  his  kingdom  was  established  greatly. 

13  If  And  Ad-o-nl'jah  the  son  of  Hag'gith  came 
to  Bath'-she-ba  the  mother  of  Sol'o-mon.  And  she 
said,  "  Comest  thou  peaceably  ?  And  he  said,  Peace- 
ably. 

14  He  said  moreover,  I  have  somewhat  to  say  unto 
thee.     And  she  said,  Say  on. 

15  And  he  said,  Thou_  knowest  that  the  kingdom 
was  mine,  and  that  all  I§'ra-el  set  their  faces  on  me, 
that  I  should  reign :  howbeit  the  kingdom  is  turned 
about,  and  is  become  my  brother's:  for  "it  was  his 
from  the  Lord. 

16  And  now  I  ask  one  petition  of  thee,  5deny  me 
not.     And  she  said  unto  him,  Say  on. 

17  And  he  said,  Speak,  I  pray  thee,  unto  Sol'o-mon 
the  king,  (for  he  will  not  say  thee  nay,)  that  he  give 
me  '"Ab'i-shag  the  Shu'nam-mlte  to  wife. 

18  And  Bath'-she-ba  said,  Well ;  I  will  speak  for 
thee  unto  the  king. 

19  If  Bath'-she-ba  therefore  went  unto  king  Sol'o- 
mon,  to  speak  unto  him  for  Ad-o-ni'jah.  And  the 
king  rose  up  to  meet  her,  and  x  bowed  himself  unto 
her,  and  sat  down  on  his  throne,  and  caused  a  seat 
to  be  set  for  the  king's  mother ;  ^and  she  sat  on  his 
right  hand. 

20  Then  she  said,  I  desire  one  small  petition  of 
thee  ;  /  pray  thee,  say  me  not  nay.  And  the  king 
said  unto  her,  Ask  on,  my  mother  :  for  I  will  not  say 
thee  nay. 

21  And  she_  said,  Let  Ab'i-shag  the  Shu'nam-mlte 
be  given  to  Ad-o-nl'jah  thy  brother  to  wife. 

22  And  king  Sol'o-mon  answered  and  said  unto  his 
mother,  And  why  dost  thou  ask  Ab'i-shag  the  Shu'- 
nam-mlte for  Ad-o-nl' jah  ?  ask  for  him  the  kingdom 

270 


B.  C.  1015. 


j  2  Sam.  20.  10. 
3  put. 


k  Prov.  20.  26. 

11  Sam.  19.  31. 
m  2  Sam.  9.  7. 
n  2  Sam.  17.  27. 

o  2  Sam.  16.  .5. 

4  strong. 


p  Ex.  20.  7. 


q  ch.  1.  21. 

Job  14.  1. 

Eccl.  12.  5. 

Acts  2.  29. 
T  2  Sam.  5.  7. 
s  2  Sam.  5.  4. 

1  Chr.  29. 

26,  27. 


U  Chr.  29.  23. 

2  Chr.  1.  1. 
u  1  Sam.  16.  4. 
v  1  Chr.  22.  9. 

1  Chr.  28.  5, 
6,7. 

2  Chr.  20.  6. 
Job  9.  12. 
Ps.  33.  10,  11. 
Ps.  115.  3. 
Ps.  132.  10. 
Prov.  19.  21. 
Isa.  14.  27. 
Isa.  43.  13. 
Isa.  46.  9,  10. 
Dan.  2.  21. 
Acts  5.  39. 

5  turn  not  away 
my  face. 

w  ch.  1.  3,  4. 
x  Ex.  20.  12. 

Lev.  19.  32. 

Prov.  23.  22. 
y  Ps.  45.  9. 

Ps.  110.  1. 

Matt.  20.  21. 
z  ch.  1.  7. 
a  Ruth  1.  17. 

1  Sam.  14.  44. 

2  Sam.  3.  9,  35. 
ch.  20.  10. 

b  2  Sam.  7.  11. 
<?Josh.  21.  18. 

6  a  man  of  death. 
d  1  Sam.  23.  6. 

2  Sam.  15. 

24,  29. 
e  1  Sam.  22.  20. 

2  Sam.  15.  24. 
/I  Sam.  2.  31. 
y  ch.  1.  7. 
A  ch.  1.  50. 

Ex.  21.  14. 
i  Ex.  21.  14. 
j  Num.  35.  33. 

Deut.  19.  13. 
k  Gen.  4.  11. 

Judg.  9.  24. 

Ps.  7.  16. 

Ps.  9.  15,  16. 
I  2  Sam.  3.  27. 

2  Chr.  21.  13. 

Esth.  1.  19. 
m  2  Sam.  3.  27. 
n  2  Sam.  20.  10. 
0  2  Sam.  3.  29. 
p  2  Sam.  3.  28. 

Prov.  16.  7. 

Isa.  9.  6,  7. 

Phil.  i.  7. 

Acts  7.  45,  46. 
q  Josh.  15.  61. 

Matt.  3. 1. 
?-Num.  25. 11,13. 

1  Sam.  2.  35. 

1  Chr.  6.  53. 
s  2  Sam.  16.  5. 
t  Prov.  20.  8,  26. 


also  ;j:or  he  is  mine  elder  brother  ;  even  for  him,  and 
for  2A-bi'a-thar  the  priest,  and  for  Jo'ab  the  son  of 
Zer-u-I'ah. 

23  Then  king  Sol'o-mon  sware  by  the  Lord,  say- 
ing, "God  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  Ad-o-nl'jah 
have  not  spoken  this  word  against  his  own  life. 

24  Now  therefore,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  which  hath 
established  me,  and  set  me  on  the  throne  of  Da'vid 
my  father,  and  who  hath  made  me  an  house,  as  he 
b  promised,  Ad-o-nl'jah  shall  be  put  to  death  this  day. 

25  And  king  Sol'o-mon  sent  by  the  hand  of  Be-na'- 
jah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da ;  and  he  fell  upon  him  that 
he  died. 

26  If  And  unto  A-bl'a-thar  the  priest  said  the  king, 
Get  thee  to  c  An'a-thoth,  unto  thine  own  fields ;  for 
thou  art 6 worthy  of  death:  but  I  will  not  at  this 
time  put  thee  to  death,  d  because  thou  barest  the  ark 
of  the  Lord  God  before  Da'vid  my  father,  and  be- 
cause Hhou  hast  been  afflicted  in  all  wherein  my 
father  was  afflicted. 

27  So  Sol'o-mon  thrust  out  A-bl'a-thar  from  being 
priest  unto  the  Lord  ;  that  he  might  •''fulfil  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  concerning  the  house 
of  E'll  in  Shi'loh. 

28  Tf  Then  tidings  came  to  Jo'ab:  for  Jo'ab  9had 
turned  after  Ad-o-nl' jah,  though  he  turned  not  after 
Ab'sa-lom.  And  Jo'ab  fled  unto  the  tabernacle  of 
the  Lord,  and  h  caught  hold  on  the  horns  of  the 
altar. 

29  And  it  was  told  king  Sol'o-mon  that  Jo'ab  was 
fled  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  ;  and,  behold, 
he  is  by  the  altar.  Then  Sol'o-mon  sent  Be-na'iah 
the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  saying,  Go,  fall  upon  him. 

30  And  Be-na'iah  came  to  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  king,  Come 
forth.  And  he  said,  Nay  :  but  I  will  die  here.  And 
Be-na'iah  brought  the  king  word  again,  saying,  Thus 
said  Jo'ab,  and  thus  he  answered  me. 

31  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  *Do  as  he  hath 
said,  and  fall  upon  him,  and  bury  him ;  J'that  thou 
may  est  take  away  the  innocent  blood,  which  Jo'ab 
shed,  from  me,  and  from  the  house  of  my  father. 

32  And  the  Lord  k  shall  return  his  blood  upon  his 
own  head,  who  fell  upon  two  men  more  righteous 
'and  better  than  he,  and  slew  them  with  the  sword, 
my  father  Da'vid  not  knowing  thereof,  to  wit,  TOAb'- 
ner  the  son  of  Ner,  captain  of  the  host  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  "  Am'a-sa  the  son  of  Je'ther,  captain  of  the  host 
of  Ju'dah. 

33  Their  blood  shall  therefore  return  upon  the 
head  of  Jo'ab,  and  "upon  the  head  of  his  seed  for 
ever:  pbut  upon  Da'vid,  and  upon  his  seed,  and 
upon  his  house,  and  upon  his  throne,  shall  there  be 
peace  for  ever  from  the  Lord. 

34  So  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da  went  up, 
and  fell  upon  him,  and  slew  him :  and  he  was  buried 
in  his  own  house  in  9the  wilderness. 

35  Tf  And  the  king  put  Be-na'jah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'- 
a-da in  his  room  over  the  host :  and  ^Za'dok  the 
priest  did  the  king  put  in  the  room  of  A-bl'a-thar. 

36  If  And  the  king  sent  and  called  for  s  Shim'e-I, 
and  said  unto  him,  *  Build  thee  an  house  in  Je-ru'- 


Shimei  put  to  death. 


1  KINGS, 


3. 


Solomon  chooses  wisdom. 


sa-lem,  and  dwell  there,  and  go  not  forth  thence 
any  whither. 

37  For  it  shall  be,  that  on  the  day  thou  goest  out, 
and  passest  over  the  brook  "Kid'ron,  thou  shalt  know 
for  certain  that  thou  shalt  surely  die  :  "thy  blood 
shall  be  upon  thine  own  head. 

38  And  Shim'e-I  said  unto  the  king,  The  saying  is 
good :  as  my  lord  the  king  hath  said,  so  will  thy  ser- 
vant do.  And  Shim'e-I  dwelt  in  Je-ru 'sa-lem  many 
days. 

39  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  three  years, 
that  two  of  the  servants  of  Shim'e-I  ran  away  unto 
wA'chish  son  of  Ma'a-chah  king  of  Gath.  And  they 
told  Shim'e-i,  saying,  Behold,  thy  servants  be  in  Gath. 

40  And  Shim  'e-i^  arose,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and 
went  to  Gath  to  A'chish  to  seek  his  servants :  and 
Shim'e-I  went,  and  brought  his  servants  from  Gath. 

41  And  it  was  told  Sol'o-mon  that  Shim'e-I  had 
gone  from  Jg-ru 'sa-lem  to  Gath,  and  was  come 
again. 

42  And  the  king  sent  and  called  for  Shim'e-I,  and 
said  unto  him,  Did  I  not  make  thee  to  v  swear  by 
the  Lord,  and  protested  unto  thee,  saying,  Know 
for  a  certain,  on  the  day  thou  goest  out,  and  walk- 
est  abroad  any  whither,  that  thou  shalt  surely  die  ? 
and  thou  saidst  unto  me,  The  word  that  I  have  heard 
is  good. 

43  Why  then  hast  thou  not  kept  the  *oath  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  commandment  that  I  have  charged 
thee  with? 

44  The  king  said  moreover  to  Shim'e-I,  Thou  know- 
est  all  the  wickedness  which  thine  heart  is  privy  to, 
that  thou  didst  to  Da'vid  my  father :  therefore  the 
Lord  shall  a  return  thy  wickedness  upon  thine  own 
head; 

45  And  king  Sol'o-mon  shall  be  blessed,  and  b  the 
throne  of  Da'vid  shall  be  established  before  the 
Lord  for  ever. 

46  So  the  king  commanded  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je- 
hoi'a-da ;  which  went  out,  and  fell  upon  him,  that  he 
died.  And  the  kingdom  was  established  in  the  hand 
of  Sol'o-mon. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Solomon's  league  with  Phuraoh.    5  His  choice  of  wisdom.     10  His  judgment. 

AND  Sol'o-mon  made  affinity  with  Pha'raoh  king 
-  of  E'gypt,  and  took  Pha'raoh's  daughter,  and 
brought  her  into  the  city  of  Da'vid,  until  he  had 
made  an  end  of  building  his  own  house,  and  "the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  wall  of  Je-ru 'sa-lem 
round  about. 

2  6Only  the  people  sacrificed  in  high  places,  be- 
cause there  was  no  house  built  unto  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  until  those  days. 

3  And  Sol'o-mon  c loved  the  Lord,  walking  in  the 
statutes  of  Da'vid  his  father :  only  he  sacrificed  and 
burnt  incense  in  high  places. 

4  And  the  king  went  to  Gib'e-on  to  sacrifice  there  ; 
d  for  that  was  the  great  high  place :  a  thousand 
burnt  offerings  did  Sol'o-mon  offer  upon  that  altar. 

5  1  eIn  Gib'e-on  the  Lord  appeared  to  Sol'o-mon 
'in  a  dream  by  night:  and  God  said,  9Ask  what  I 
shall  give  thee. 


B.  C.  1014. 


a  2  Sain.  15.  23 
2  Ki.  23.  0. 

v  Lev.  20.  9. 
2  Sam.  1.  16. 
Ezek.  18.  13. 


w  1  Sara.  27 


x  Prov.  15.  27. 


y  Ps.  15.  4. 


2  Ezek.  17.  19. 
a  Ps.  7.  16. 
b  Prov.  2.3.  5. 


a  ch.  9.  15. 
b  Lev.  17.  3. 

Deut.  12.  2. 

ch.  22.  43. 
<•  Dent.  6.  5. 

Dent.  10.  12. 

Ps.  31.  23. 

Pa.  145.  20. 

Matt.  22.  37. 

Mark  12.  30. 

Luke  10.  27. 

Rom.  S.  28. 

1  Cor.  8.  3. 

1  John  5.  3. 
d  1  Chr.  1G.  39. 
e  ch.  9.  2. 

2  Chr.  1.  3. 
/Num.  12.  6. 

Matt.  1.  20. 
q  John  15.  7. 
h  2  Chr.  1.  8. 
1  Or,  bounty. 
i  1  Chr.  29.  1. 

Job  32.  6-8. 

Eccl.  10.  1C. 

Jer.  1.  G. 
j  Num.  27.  17. 
k  Deut.  7.  G. 

1  Gen.  13.  1G. 
m  2  Chr.  1.  10. 

Ps.  72.  1. 
Prov.  2.  3. 
Prov.  3.  13-15. 
Jas.  1.  5. 

2  hearing. 
n  Ps.  72.  1. 

0  Heb.  5.  14. 
p  Jas.  4.  3. 

3  many  days. 

4  to  hear. 

q  1  John  5.  14. 
r  ch.  4.  29. 

ch.  5.  12. 

Prov.  3.  13-18. 

Eccl.  1.  16. 
s  Matt.  6.  33. 

Eph.  3.  20. 

1  ch.  10.  23. 

Prov.  3.  16. 

1  Cor.  3.  21-23. 

2  Cor.  6.  10. 

5  Or,  hath 
not  been. 

MPs.  91.  1G. 

Prov.  3.  2. 
v  Gen.  41.  7. 

Jer.  31.  26. 
W  Gen.  31.  54. 

ch.  8.  65. 

Esth.  1.3. 

Dan.  5. 1. 

Mark  G.  21. 
x  Lev.  19.  29. 

Deut.  23.  17. 
y  Num.  27.  2. 


6  h  And  Sol'o-mon  said,  Thou  hast  shewed  unto  thy 
servant  Da'vid  my  father  great  1  mercy,  according 
as  he  walked  before  thee  in  truth,  and  in  righteous- 
ness, and  in  uprightness  of  heart  with  thee ;  and 
thou  hast  kept  for  him  this  great  kindness,  that 
thou  hast  given  him  a  son  to  sit  on  his  throne,  as  it 
is  this  day. 

7  And  now,  O  Lord  my  God,  thou  hast  made  thy 
servant  king  instead  of  Da'vid  my  father :  '  and  I 
am  but  a  little  child  :  I  know  not  how  j  to  go  out  or 
come  in. 

8  And  thy  servant  is  in  the  midst  of  thy  people 
which  thou  ''hast  chosen,  a  great  people,  *that  can- 
not be  numbered  nor  counted  for  multitude. 

9  mGive  therefore  thy  servant  an  2  understanding 
heart  '"to  judge  thy  people,  that  I  may  "discern  be- 
tween good  and  bad  :  for  who  is  able  to  judge  this 
thy  so  great  a  people  ? 

10  And  the  speech  pleased  the  Lord,  that  Sol'o- 
mon  had  asked  this  thing. 

11  And  God  said  unto  him,  Because  thou  hast 
asked  this  thing,  and  hast  pnot  asked  for  thyself 
3  long  life  ;  neither  hast  asked  riches  for  thyself, 
nor  hast  asked  the  life  of  thine  enemies  ;  but  hast 
asked  for  thyself  understanding4 to  discern  judg- 
ment ; 

-12  q  Behold,  I  have  done  according  to  thy  words  : 
rlo,  I  have  given  thee  a  wise  and  an  understanding 
heart ;  so  that  there  was  none  like  thee  before  thee, 
neither  after  thee  shall  any  arise  like  unto  thee. 

13  And  I  have  also  s  given  thee  that  which  thou 
hast  not  asked,  both  '  riches,  and  honour  :  so  that 
there  5  shall  not  be  any  among  the  kings  like  unto 
thee  all  thy  days. 

14  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  to  keep  my 
statutes  and  my  commandments,  as  thy  father  Da'- 
vid did  walk,  then  I  will  u  lengthen  thy  days. 

15  And  Sol'o-mon  "awoke ;  and,  behold,  it  was  a 
dream.  And  he  came  to  Je-ru 'sa-lem,  and  stood 
before  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and 
offered  up  burnt  offerings,  and  offered  peace  offer- 
ings, and  wmade  a  feast  to  all  his  servants. 

16  H  Then  came  there  two  women,  that  were  x  har- 
lots, unto  the  king,  and  v  stood  before  him. 

17  And  the  one  woman  said,  O  my  lord,  I  and  this 
woman  dwell  in  one  house  ;  and  I  was  delivered  of 
a  child  v/ith  her  in  the  house. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  day  after  that  I 
was  delivered,  that  this  woman  was  delivered  also  : 
and  we  were  together  ;  there  was  no  stranger  with 
us  in  the  house,  save  we  two  in  the  house. 

19  And  this  woman's  child  died  in  the  night ;  be- 
cause she  overlaid  it. 

20  And  she  arose  at  midnight,  and  took  my  son 
from  beside  me,  while  thine  handmaid  slept,  and 
laid  it  in  her  bosom,  and  laid  her  dead  child  in  my 
bosom. 

21  And  when  I  rose  in  the  morning  to  give  my 
child  suck,  behold,  it  was  dead  :  but  when  I  had 
considered  it  in  the  morning,  behold,  it  was  not  my 
son,  which  I  did  bear. 

22  And  the  other  woman  said,  Nay  ;  but  the  liv- 

271 


Solomon's  officers. 


1  KINGS,  4. 


His  resources. 


ing  is  my  son,  and  the  dead  is  thy  son.  And  this 
said,  No  ;  but  the  dead  is  thy  son,  and  the  living 
is  my  son.     Thus  they  spake  before  the  king. 

23  Then  said  the  king,  The  one  saith,  This  is  my 
son  that  liveth,  and  thy  son  is  the  dead  :  and  the 
other  saith,  Nay  ;  but  thy  son  is  the  dead,  and  my 
son  is  the  living. 

24  And  the  king  said,  Bring  me  a  sword.  And 
they  brought  a  sword  before  the  king. 

25  And  the  king  said,  Divide  the  living  child  in 
two,  and  give  half  to  the  one,  and  half  to  the  other. 

26  Then  spake  the  woman  whose  the  living  child 
was  unto  the  king,  for  Hier  bowels  6  yearned  upon 
her  son,  and  she  said,  0  my  lord,  give  her  the  liv- 
ing child,  and  in  no  wise  slay  it.  But  the  other 
said,  Let  it  be  neither  mine  nor  thine,  but  divide  it. 

27  Then  the  king  answered  and  said,  Give  her  the 
living  child,  and  in  no  wise  slay  it :  she  is  the  mo- 
ther thereof. 

28  And  all  Ig'ra-el  heard  of  the  judgment  which 
the  king  had  judged  ;  and  they  feared  the  king  : 
for  they  saw  that  the  "wisdom  of  God  was  7in  him, 
to  do  judgment. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Solomon's  princes  and  officers.    22  His  daily  provision.     24  His  greatness  and  wisdom. 

SO  king  Sol'o-mon  was  king  over  all  Ig'ra-el. 
2  And  these  were  the  princes  which  he  had  ; 
Az-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Za'dok  Hhe  priest, 

3  El-1-ho'reph  and  A-hi'ah,  the  sons^of  Shi'sha, 
2 scribes  ;  aJe-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  A-hi'lud,  the 
3  recorder. 

4  And  6Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Jg-hoi'a-da  was  over 
the  host :  and  Za'dok  and  cA-bI'a-thar  were  the 
priests  : 

5  And  Az-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Na'than  ivas  over  the 
officers  :  and  Za'bud  the  son  of  Na'than  ivas  d prin- 
cipal officer,  and  Hhe  king's  friend  : 

6  And  A-hl'shar  ivas  over  the  household  :  and 
f  Ad-o-nl'ram  the  son  of  Ab'da  ivas  over  the  4  tribute. 

7  If  And  Sol'o-mon  had  twelve  officers  over  all  I§'- 
ra-el,  which  provided  victuals  for  the  king  and  his 
household  :  each  man  his  month  in  a  year  made 
provision. 

8  And  these  are  their  names  :  5The  son  of  Hur, 
in  mount  E'phra-im  : 

9  6The  son  of  De'kar,  in  Ma'kaz,  and  in  Sha-al'bim, 
and  Beth-she'mesh,  and  E'lon-beth-ha'nan  : 

10  7The  son  of  He'sed,  in  Ar'u-both  ;  to  him  per- 
tained So'choh,  and  all  the  land  of  He'pher : 

11  8The  son  of  A-bm'a-dab,  in  all  the  region  of 
Dor  ;  which  had  Ta'phath  the  daughter  of  Sol'o- 
mon  to  wife  : 

12  Ba'a-na  the  son  of  A-hi'lud ;  to  him  pertained 
Ta'a-nach  and  Me-gid'do,  and  all  Beth-she'an,  which 
is  by  Zar'ta-nah  beneath  Jez' re-el,  from  Beth-she'an 
to  A'bel-mg-ho'lah,  even  unto  the  place  that  is  be- 
yond Jok'ne-am  :_ 

13  9The  son  of  Ge'ber,  in  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad  ;  to  him 
pertained  g  the  towns  of  Ja'ir  the  son  of  Ma-nas'seh, 
which  are  in  Gll'e-ad ;  to  him  also  pertained  Hhe 
region  of  Ar'gob,  which  is  in  Ba'shan,  threescore 
great  cities  with  walls  and  brasen  bars  : 

272 


B.  C.  1014. 


z  Gen.  43.  30. 

Isa.  49.  15. 

Jer.  31.  20. 

Hos.  11.  8. 
G  were  hot. 


a  Ezra  7.  25. 

Isa.  11.  3. 

Dan.  1.  17. 

Col.  2.  2,  3. 
7  in  the  midst 

of  hiin. 


1  Or,  the  chief 
officer. 

2  Or,  secretaries. 
a  2  Sam.  8.  1G. 

3  Or,  remem- 
brancer. 

6  ch.  2.  35. 
c  ch.  2.  27. 

d  2  Sam.  8.  18. 
e  2  Sam.  15.  37. 
1  Chr.  27.  33. 
/ch.  5.  14. 

4  Or,  levy. 

5  Or,  Ben-lmr. 

G  Or,  Ben-dekar. 

7  Or,  Ben-hesed. 

8  Or,  Ben- 
abinadab. 

9  Or,  Ben-geber. 
g  Num.  32.  41. 

h  Deut.  3.  4. 

10  Or,  to  Maha- 
naim. 

8  Deut.  3.  8. 
j  Gen.  22.  17. 

ch.  3.  8. 
k\  Sam.  30.  1G. 

1  Chr.  12.  39. 
Ps.  72.  3. 
Mic.  4.  4. 
Zech.  9.  15. 
Acts  2.  46. 

I  Gen.  15.  IS. 
Ex.  23.  31. 
Deut.  11.  24. 

2  Chr.  9.  26. 
Ps.  72.  8. 

11  bread. 

12  cors. 

A  cor  is  about 

75  gallons. 
m  Gen.  10.  19. 
n  Deut.  33. 

28,  29. 

Ps.  33.  12. 

Jer.  23.  G. 

Mic.  4.  4. 

Zech.  3.  10. 

13  confidently. 
oDeut.  17.  1G. 

ch.  10.  25,  26. 
Ps.  20.  7. 
p  verse  7. 

14  Or,  mules, 
or,  swift 
beasts. 

a  Gen.  25.  G. 

Matt.  2.  1 . 
r  Acts  7.  22. 
*  1  Chr.  15.  19. 

Ps.  89,  title. 
I  1  Chr.  6.  33. 

Ps.  88,  title. 
u  Prov.  1.1. 

Eccl.  12.  9. 
v  Song  1.1. 
w  ch.  10.  1. 


14  A-hm'a-dab  the  son  of  Id'do  had  10Ma-ha-na'im  : 

15  A-him'a-az  was  in  Naph'ta-lT ;  he  also  took  Bas'- 
math  the  daughter  of  Sol'o-mon  to  wife  : 

16_Ba'a-nah  the  son  of  Hu'shai  was  in  Ash'er  and 
in  A'loth : 

17  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  Par'u-ah,  in  Is'sa- 
char : 

18  Shim'e-I  the  son  of  E'lah,  in  Ben'ja-min  : 

19  Ge'ber  the  son  of  U'rl  was  in  the  country  of 
Gil'e-ad,  in  Hhe  country  of  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'- 
6r-Ites,  and  of  Og  king  of  Ba'shan  ;  and  he  was  the 
only  officer  which  was  in  the  land. 

20  If  Ju'dah  and  Ig'ra-el  were  many,  J'as  the  sand 
which  is  by  the  sea  in  multitude,  k  eating  and  drink- 
ing, and  making  merry. 

21  And  Sol'o-mon  reigned  over  all  kingdoms  from 
Hhe  river  unto  the  land  of  the  Phi-Hs'tme§,  and 
unto  the  border  of  E'gypt :  they  brought  presents, 
and  served  Sol'o-mon  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

22  If  And  Sol'o-mon's  "provision  for  one  day  was 
thirty  12  measures  of  fine  flour,  and  threescore  mea- 
sures of  meal, 

23  Ten  fat  oxen,  and  twenty  oxen  out  of  the  pas- 
tures, and  an  hundred  sheep,  beside  harts,  and  roe- 
bucks, and  fallowdeer,  and  fatted  fowl. 

24  For  he  had  dominion  over  all  the  region  on  this 
side  the  river,  from  Tiph'sah  even  'Ho  Az'zah,  over 
all  the  kings  on  this  side  the  river:  and  he  had 
peace  on  all  sides  round  about  him. 

25  And  Ju'dah  and  I§'ra-el  n  dwelt  13  safely,  every 
man  under  his  vine  and  under  his  fig  tree,  from 
Dan  even  to  Be'er-she'ba,  all  the  days  of  Sol'o- 
mon. 

26  If  And  Sol'o-mon  had  forty  thousand  stalls  °of 
horses  for  his  chariots,  and  twelve  thousand  horse- 
men. ' 

27  And  p  those  officers  provided  victual  for  king 
Sol'o-mon,  and  for  all  that  came  unto  king  Sol'o- 
mon's  table,  every  man  in  his  month :  they  lacked 
nothing. 

28  Barley -also  and  straw  for  the  horses  and 
14  dromedaries  brought  they  unto  the  place  where 
the  officers  were,  every  man  according  to  his  charge. 

29  If  And  God  gave  Sol'o-mon  wisdom  and  under- 
standing exceeding  much,  and  largeness  of  heart, 
even  as  the  sand  that  is  on  the  sea  shore. 

30  And  Sol'o-mon's  wisdom  excelled  the  wisdom 
of  all  the  children  9of  the  east  country,  and  all  Hhe 
wisdom  of  E'gypt. 

31  For  he  was  wiser  than  all  men  ;  Hhan  E'than 
the  Ez'ra-hite,  'and  He'man,  and  Chal'col,  and 
Dar'da,  the  sons  of  Ma'hol :  and  his  fame  was  in 
all  nations  round  about. 

32  And  uhe  spake  three  thousand  proverbs  :  and 
his  "  songs  were  a  thousand  and  five. 

33  And  he  spake  of  trees,  from  the  cedar  tree 
that  is  in  Leb'a-non  even  unto  the  hyssop  that 
springeth  out  of  the  wall :  he  spake  also  of  beasts, 
and  of  fowl,  and  of  creeping  things,  and  of  fishes. 

34  And  w  there  came  of  all  people  to  hear  the  wis- 
dom of  Sol'o-mon,  from  all  kings  of  the  earth,  which 
had  heard  of  his  wisdom. 


The  contract  to  build. 


1  KINGS,  5,  6. 


The  temple  begun. 


CHAPTER  5. 

1  Solomon  contracts  with  Hiram.    13  Preparing  to  build  the  temple. 

AND  Hl'ram  king  of  Tyre  sent  his  servants  unto 
-  Sol'o-mon  ;  for  he  had  heard  that  they  had 
anointed  him  king  in  the  room  of  his  father  :  a  for 
Hl'ram  was  ever  a  lover  of  Da'vid. 

2  And  b Sol'o-mon  sent  to  Hl'ram,  saying, 

3  Thou  knowest  how  that  Da'vid  my  father  c could 
not  build  an  house  unto  the  name  of  the  Lord  his 
God  rffor  the  wars  which  were  about  him  on  every 
side,  until  the  Lord  put  them  under  the  soles  of 
his  feet. 

4  But  now  the  Lord  my  God  hath  given  me  erest 
on  every  side,  so  that  there  is  neither  adversary  nor 
evil  occurrent. 

5  rAnd,  behold,  I  1  purpose  to  build  an  house  unto 
the  name  of  the  Lord  my  God,  9  as  the  Lord  spake 
unto  Da'vid  my  father,  saying,  Thy  son,  whom  I 
will  set  upon  thy  throne  in  thy  room,  he  shall  build 
an  house  unto  my  name. 

6  Now  therefore  command  thou  that  they  hew  me 
h  cedar  trees  out  of  Leb'a-non  ;  and  my  servants 
shall  be  with  thy  servants  :  and  unto  thee  will  I 
give  hire  for  thy  servants  according  to  all  that  thou 
shalt 2  appoint :  for  thou  knowest  that  there  is  not 
among  us  any  that  can  skill  to  hew  timber  like  unto 
the  ^Si-do'ni-ang. 

7  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Hl'ram  heard  the 
words  of  Sol'o-mon,  that  he  rejoiced  greatly,  and 
said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  this  day,  which  hath 
given  unto  Da'vid  a  wise  son  over  this  great  peo- 
ple. 

8  And  Hl'ram  sent  to  Sol'o-mon,  saying,  I  have 
3  considered  the  things  which  thou  sentest  to  me 
for :  and  I  will  do  all  thy  desire  concerning  timber 
of  cedar,  and  concerning  timber  of  fir. 

9  My  j servants  shall  bring  them  down  from  Leb'- 
a-non unto  the  sea :  /cand  I  will  convey  them  by  sea 
in  floats  unto  the  place  that  thou  shalt 4  appoint  me, 
and  will  cause  them  to  be  discharged  there,  and 
thou  shalt  receive  them :  and  thou  shalt  accomplish 
my  desire,  'in  giving  food  for  my  household. 

10  So  Hl'ram  gave  Sol'o-mon  cedar  trees  and  fir 
trees  according  to  all  his  desire. 

11  mAnd  Sol'o-mon  gave  Hl'ram  twenty  thousand 
5  measures  of  wheat  for  food  to  his  household,  and 
6 twenty  measures  of  pure  oil :  thus  gave  Sol'o-mon 
to  Hl'ram  year  by  year. 

12  And  the  Lord  gave  Sol'o-mon  wisdom,  "as  he 
promised  him  :  and  there  was  peace  between  Hl'- 
ram and  Sol'o-mon ;  and  they  two  made  a  league 
together. 

_  13  1  And  king  Sol'o-mon  raised  a  7levy  out  of  all 
I§'ra-el ;  and  the  levy  was  thirty  thousand  men. 

14  And  he  sent  them  to  Leb'a-non,  ten  thousand 
a  month  by  courses  :  a  month  they  were  in  Leb'a- 
non,  and  two  months  at  home  :  and  °Ad-o-nI'ram 
was  over  the  levy. 

15  And  Sol'o-mon  had  threescore  and  ten  thou- 
sand that  bare  burdens,  and  fourscore  thousand 
hewers  in  the  mountains  ; 

16  Beside  the  chief  of  Sol'o-mon's  officers  which 

17 


B.  C.  1014. 


a  Amos  I.  9. 


b  2  Chr.  2.  3. 

cl  Sam.  7.  5. 

1  Chr.  22.  8. 

2  Chr.  6.  G-8. 

d  1  Chr.  22.  8. 


e  1  Chr.  22.  9. 
Ps.  72.  7. 
Isa.  9.  7. 


/  2  Chr.  2.  4. 
1  say. 

g  2  Sam.  7.  13. 
1  Chr.  22.  10. 


h  ch.  6.  9,  10, 
16,  20. 


2  say. 


i  Ezek.  27.  5. 


3  heard. 
jch.  9.  20,  21. 
k  2  Chr.  2.  16. 

4  send. 

(  Ezra  3.  7. 

Ezek.  27.  17. 

Acts  12.  20. 
m  2  Chr.  2.  10. 

5  cors. 
That  is. 
about  42,500 
boles. 

6  About  15C0 
gallons, 
wine  measure. 

n  ch.  3.  12. 
2  Chr.  1.  12. 
Jas.  1.  5. 

7  tribute  of  men. 
o  ch.  12.  18. 

S  Or,  Giblites. 


1  Of  the  sacred 
year  :  about 
the  end  of 
April. 

2  built. 

a  Ezek.  41. 1. 

3  Or,  windows 
broad  within, 
and  narrow 
without :  or, 
skewed  and 
closed. 

4  Or,  upon,  or, 
joining  to. 

5  floors. 

0  Or,  holy  of 
holies. 

7  ribs. 

8  narrowings, 
or,  rebate- 
ments. 

9  shoulder. 

10  Or,  the 
vault-beams 
and  the  ciel- 
ings  with 
cedar. 

b  Ex.  25.  8. 

Lev.  26.  11. 

Ps.  132.  13,  14. 

2  Cor.  6.  1C. 

Heb.  3.  6. 

Rev.  21.  3. 
cDeut.  31.  6. 

Heb.  13.  5. 


were  over  the  work,  three  thousand  and  three  hun- 
dred, which  ruled  over  the  people  that  wrought  in 
the  work. 

17  And  the  king  commanded,  and  they  brought 
great  stones,  costly  stones,  and  hewed  stones,  to  lay 
the  foundation  of  the  house.  . 

18  And  Sol'o-mon's  builders  and  Hl'ram's  builders 
did  hew  them,  and  the  8stonesquarers  :  so  they  pre- 
pared timber  and  stones  to  build  the  house. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  The  temple  begun.    5  Its  style.     1G  Its  dimensions.    21  lis  ornaments. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  four  hundred  and 
-^-  eightieth  year  after  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
were  come  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  in  the  fourth 
year  of  Sol'o-mon's  reign  over  I§'ra-el,  in  the  month 
Zif ,  which  is  the  second  x  month,  that  he  2  began  to 
build  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  "the  house  which  king  Sol'o-mon  built  for 
the  Lord,  the  length  thereof  was  threescore  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  thereof  twenty  cubits,  and  the 
height  thereof  thirty  cubits. 

3  And  the  porch  before  the  temple  of  the  house, 
twenty  cubits  was  the  length  thereof,  according  to 
the  breadth  of  the  house  ;  and  ten  cubits  ivas  the 
breadth  thereof  before  the  house. 

4  And  for  the  house  he  made  3  windows  of  narrow 
lights. 

5  If  And  4  against  the  wall  of  the  house  he  built 

5  chambers  round  about,  against  the  walls  of  the 
house  round  about,  both  of  the  temple  and  of  the 

6  oracle :  and  he  made  7  chambers  round  about : 

6  The  nethermost  chamber  was  five  cubits  broad, 
and  the  middle  ivas  six  cubits  broad,  and  the  third 
was  seven  cubits  broad :  for  without  in  the  wall  of 
the  house  he  made  8  narrowed  rests  round  about, 
that  the  beams  should  not  be  fastened  in  the  walls 
of  the  house. 

7  And  the  house,  when  it  was  in  building,  was 
built  of  stone  made  ready  before  it  was  brought 
thither  :  so  that  there  was  neither  hammer  nor  ax 
nor  any  tool  of  iron  heard  in  the  house,  while  it  was 
in  building. 

8  The  door  for  the  middle  chamber  was  in  the 
right  9  side  of  the  house  :  and  they  went  up  with 
winding  stairs  into  the  middle  chamber,  and  out  of 
the  middle  into  the  third. 

9  So  he  built  the  house,  and  finished  it ;  and  cov- 
ered the  house  10with  beams  and  boards  of  cedar. 

10  And  then  he  built  chambers  against  all  the  house, 
five  cubits  high  :  and  they  rested  on  the  house  with 
timber  of  cedar. 

11  If  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Sol'o-mon, 
saying, 

12  Concerning  this  house  which  thou  art  in  build- 
ing, if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  execute 
my  judgments,  and  keep  all  my  commandments  to 
walk  in  them  ;  then  will  I  perform  my  word  with 
thee,  which  I  spake  unto  Da'vid  thy  father :_ 

13  And  6I  will  dwell  among  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  will  not c  forsake  my  people  I§'ra-el. 

14  So  Sol'o-mon  built  the  house,  and  finished  it. 

273 


Description  of  the  temple. 


1  KINGS,  7. 


Solomon's  palace. 


15  And  he  built  the  walls  of  the  house  within  with 
boards  of  cedar,  "both  the  floor  of  the  house,  and 
the  walls  of  the  cieling :  and  he  covered  them  on 
the  inside  with  wood,  and  covered  the  floor  of  the 
house  with  planks  of  fir. 

16  And  he  built  twenty  cubits  on  the  sides  of  the 
house,  both  the  floor  and  the  walls  with  boards  of 
cedar  :  he  even  built  them  for  it  within,  even  for  the 
oracle,  even  for  the  rfmost  holy  place. 

17  And  the  house,  that  is,  the  temple  before  it,  was 
forty  cubits  long. 

18  And  the  cedar  of  the  house  within  was  carved 
with  12knops  and  13open  flowers  :  all  was  cedar  ; 
there  was  no  stone  seen. 

19  And  the  oracle  he  prepared  in  the  house  within, 
to  eset  there  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord. 

20  And  the  oracle  in  the  forepart  was  twenty  cubits 
in  length,  and  twenty  cubits  in  breadth,  and  twenty 
cubits  in  the  height  thereof :  and  he  overlaid  it  with 
14  pure  gold  ;  and  so  covered  the  altar  which  was  of 
cedar. 

21  So  Sol'o-mon  overlaid  the  house  within  with  pure 
gold  :  and  he  made  a  partition  by  the  chains  of  gold 
before  the  oracle  ;  and  he  overlaid  it  with  gold. 

22  And  the  whole  house  he  overlaid  with  gold, 
until  he  had  finished  all  the  house  :  also  -^the  whole 
altar  that  was  by  the  oracle  he  overlaid  with  gold. 

23  Tf  And  within  the  oracle  a  he  made  two  cheru- 
bims  o/15 olive  tree,  each  ten  cubits  high. 

24  And  five  cubits  was  the  one  wing  of  the  cherub, 
and  five  cubits  the  other  wing  of  the  cherub  :  from 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  one  wing  unto  the  utter- 
most part  of  the  other  were  ten  cubits. 

25  And  the  other  cherub  ivas  ten  cubits :  both  the 
cherubim  s  were  of  one  measure  and  one  size. 

26  The  height  of  the  one  cherub  was  ten  cubits, 
and  so  ivas  it  of  the  other  cherub. 

27  And  he  set  the  cherubims  within  the  inner 
house  :  and  1(i  they  stretched  forth  the  wings  of  the 
cherubims,  so  that  the  wing  of  the  one  touched  the 
one  wall,  and  the  wing  of  the  other  cherub  touched 
the  other  wall ;  and  their  wings  touched  one  another 
in  the  midst  of  the  house. 

28  And  he  overlaid  the  cherubims  with  gold. 

29  And  he  carved  all  the  walls  of  the  house  round 
about  with  carved  figures  of  cherubims  and  palm 
trees  and  "  open  flowers,  within  and  without. 

30  And  the  floor  of  the  house  he  overlaid  with  gold, 
within  and  without. 

31  II  And  for  ''the  entering  of  the  oracle  he  made 
doors  of  olive  tree  :  the  lintel  and  side  posts  were 
18  a  fifth  part  of  the  wall. 

32  The  19two  doors  also  were  of  olive  tree  ;  and  he 
carved  upon  them  carvings  of  cherubims  and  palm 
trees  and  20open  flowers,  and  overlaid  them  with 
gold,  and  spread  gold  upon  the  cherubims,  and  upon 
the  palm  trees. 

33  So  also  made  he  for  the  door  of  the  temple  posts 
of  olive  tree,  21  a  fourth  part  of  the  wall. 

34  And  the  two  doors  were  of  fir  tree  :  the  l'two 
leaves  of  the  one  door  were  folding,  and  the  two 
leaves  of  the  other  door  were  folding. 

274 


B.  c.  1005. 


11  Or,  from  the 
floor  of  the 
house  unto 
the  walls,  etc. ; 
and  so 
verse  16. 


d  Ex.  32.  34. 
Lev.  7.  6. 
Num.  18.  10. 
ch.  S.  6. 
Heb.  9.  3. 


12  Or,  gourds. 

13  openings  of 
flowers. 


e  Ex.  40.  20. 
ch.  8.  6-10. 


14  shut  up. 


/Ex.  30.  1. 


g  Ex.  25.  20. 
2  Chr.  3.  10, 
11,  12. 
2  Chr.  5.  8. 

15  trees  of  oil, 
or,  oily  trees. 

16  Or,  the 
cherubims 
stretched  forth 
their  wings. 

17  openings  of 
flowers. 

h  John  10.  7. 

18  Or,  five- 
square. 

10  Or,  leaves 
of  the  doors. 

20  openings  of 
flowers. 

21  Or,  four- 
square. 

iEzek.  41.  23. 

22  About  the  end 
of  October. 

23  Or,  with  all 
the  appurte- 
nances there- 
of, and  with 
all  the  or- 
dinances 
thereof. 


a  ch.  9.  10. 
2  Chr.  8.  1. 

1  ribs. 

2  sight  against 
sight. 

3  Or,  spaces 
and  pillars 
were  square 
in  prospect. 

4  Or,  according 
to  them. 

5  Or,  according 
to  them. 

6  ch.  10.  18. 
Ps.  45.  6. 
Ps.  110.  1. 
Prov.  20.  8. 
Isa.  9.  7. 

G  from  floor 

to  floor, 
c  ch.  3.  1. 
J  John  10.  23. 

Acts  3.  11. 
e  2  Chr.  4.  11, 

Huram. 
/  2  Chr.  2.  14. 

7  the  son  of  a 
widow  woman. 

q  2  Chr.  4.  16. 
h  Ex.  28.  3. 

Ex.  31.  3. 

Job  35.  11. 

Isa.  28.  26. 

Dan.  1.  17. 

Luke  2.  40. 


35  And  he  carved  thereon  cherubims  and  palm 
trees  and  open  flowers:  and  covered  them  with 
gold  fitted  upon  the  carved  work. 

36  Tf  And  he  built  the  inner  court  with  three  rows 
of  hewed  stone,  and  a  row  of  cedar  beams. 

37  Tf  In  the  fourth  year  was  the  foundation  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  laid,  in  the  month  Zif  : 

38  And  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  22the  month  Bui, 
which  is  the  eighth  month,  was  the  house  finished 
23  throughout  all  the  parts  thereof,  and  according  to 
all  the  fashion  of  it.  So  was  he  seven  years  in 
building  it.  - 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Solomon's  palace.    15  The  pillars  of  brass.    23  The  molten  sea.    27  Other  work  for  the 

temple. 

T>UT  Sol'o-mon  was  building  his  own  house  "thir- 
*-*  teen  years,  and  he  finished  all  his  house. 

2  Tf  He  built  also  the  house  of  the  forest  of  Leb'a- 
non  ;  the  length  thereof  ivas  an  hundred  cubits,  and 
the  breadth  thereof  fifty  cubits,  and  the  height 
thereof  thirty  cubits,  upon  four  rows  of  cedar  pillars, 
with  cedar  beams  upon  the  pillars. 

3  And  it  was  covered  with  cedar  above  upon  the 
Yearns,  that  lay  on  forty  five  pillars,  fifteen  in  a  row. 

4  And  there  were  windows  in  three  rows,  and  2  light 
was  against  light  in  three  ranks. 

5  And  all  the  3  doors  and  posts  were  square,  with 
the  windows  :  and  light  ivas  against  light  in  three 
ranks. 

6  Tf  And  he  made  a  porch  of  pillars  ;  the  length 
thereof  was  fifty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof 
thirty  cubits :  and  the  porch  was  4  before  them :  and 
the  other  pillars  and  the  thick  beam  were  5  before 
them. 

7  If  Then  he  made  a  porch  for  6the  throne  where 
he  might  judge,  even  the  porch  of  judgment :  and  it 
was  covered  with  cedar  6from  one  side  of  the  floor 
to  the  other. 

8  If  And  his  house  where  he  dwelt  had  another 
court  within  the  porch,  which  was  of  the  like  work. 
Sol'o-mon  made  also  an  house  for  Pha'raoh's  daugh- 
ter, cwhom  he  had  taken  to  wife,  like  unto  this 
porch. 

9  All  these  were  of  costly  stones,  according  to  the 
measures  of  hewed  stones,  sawed  with  saws,  within 
and  without,  even  from  the  foundation  unto  the 
coping,  and  so  on  the  outside  toward  the  great 
court. 

10  And  the  foundation  was  of  costly  stones,  even 
great  stones,  stones  of  ten  cubits,  and  stones  of 
eight  cubit's. 

11  And  above  were  costly  stones,  after  the  mea- 
sures of  hewed  stones,  and  cedars. 

12  And  the  great  court  round  about  was  with 
three  rows  of  hewed  stones,  and  a  row  of  cedar 
beams,  both  for  the  inner  court  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  dand  for  the  porch  of  the  house. 

13  Tf  And  king  Sol'o-mon  sent  and  fetched  eHi'ram 
out  of  Tyre. 

14  fB.e  was  7a  widow's  son  of  the  tribe  of  Naph'- 
ta-H,  and  shis  father  was  a  man  of  Tyre,  a  worker 
in  brass  :    and  ''he  was  filled  with  wisdom,  and 


The  ornaments 


1  KINGS,  7. 


and  sacred  vessels. 


understanding,  and  cunning  to  work  all  works  in 
brass.  And  he  came  to  king  Sol'o-mon,  and  wrought 
all  his  work. 

15  For  he  8cast  Hwo  pillars  of  brass,  of  eighteen 
cubits  high  apiece  :  and  a  line  of  twelve  cubits  did 
compass  either  of  them  about. 

16  And  he  made  two  chapiters  of  molten  brass,  to 
set  upon  the  tops  of  the  pillars :  the  height  of  the 
one  chapiter  ivas  five  cubits,  and  the  height  of  the 
other  chapiter  ivas  five  cubits  : 

17  And  nets  of  checker  work,  and  wreaths  of 
chain  work,  for  the  chapiters  which  were  upon  the 
top  of  the  pillars  ;  seven  for  the  one  chapiter,  and 
seven  for  the  other  chapiter. 

18  And  he  made  the  pillars,  and  two  rows  round 
about  upon  the  one  network,  to  cover  the  chapiters 
that  were  upon  the  top,  with  pomegranates :  and  so 
did  he  for  the  other  chapiter. 

19  And  the  chapiters  that  were  upon  the  top  of 
the  pillars  were  of  lily  work  in  the  porch,  four 
cubits. 

20  And  the  chapiters  upon  the  two  pillars  had 
pomegranates  also  above,  over  against  the  belly 
which  was  by  the  network  :  and  the  pomegranates 
were  j  two  hundred  in  rows  round  about  upon  the 
other  chapiter. 

21  *And  he  set  up  the  pillars  in  ?the  porch  of  the 
temple  :  and  he  set  up  the  right  pillar,  and  called 
the  name  thereof  9  Ja'chin  :  and  he  set  up  the  left 
pillar,  and  called  the  name  thereof  10Bo'az. 

22  And  upon  the  top  of  the  pillars  was  lily  work  : 
so  was  the  work  of  the  pillars  finished. 

23  Tf  And  he  made  ma  molten  sea,  ten  cubits 
11  from  the  one  brim  to  the  other  :  it  was  round  all 
about,  and  his  height  ivas  five  cubits  :  and  a  line  of 
thirty  cubits  did  compass  it  round  about. 

24  And  under  the  brim  of  it  round  about  there 
were  knops  compassing  it,  ten  in  a  cubit,  n  compass- 
ing the  sea  round  about :  the  knops  were  cast  in 
two  rows,  when  it  was  cast. 

25  It  stood  upon  "twelve  oxen,  three  looking  to- 
ward the  north,  and  three  looking  toward  the  west, 
and  three  looking  toward  the  south,  and  three  look- 
ing toward  the  east :  and  the  sea  was  set  above 
upon  them,  and  all  their  hinder  parts  were  inward. 

26  And  it  was  an  hand  breadth  thick,  and  the 
brim  thereof  was  wrought  like  the  brim  of  a  cup, 
with  flowers  of  lilies  :  it  contained  12two  thousand 
baths. 

27  If  And  he  made  ten  bases  of  brass  ;  four  cubits 
was  the  length  of  one  base,  and  four  cubits  the 
breadth  thereof,  and  three  cubits  the  height  of  it. 

28  And  the  work  of  the  bases  ivas  on  this  man- 
ner:  they  had  13  borders,  and  the  borders  were  be- 
tween the  ledges  : 

29  And  on  the  borders  that  were  between  the 
ledges  were  v  lions,  oxen,  and  cherubims :  and  upon 
the  ledges  there  was  a  base  above  :  and  beneath 
the  lions  and  oxen  were  certain  additions  made  of 
thin  work. 

30  And  every  base  had  four  brasen  wheels,  and 
plates  of  brass  :  and  the  four  corners  thereof  had 


B.  C.  1005. 


8  fashioned. 

i2  Ki.  25.  17. 
2  Chr.  3.  IS, 
Jer.  52.  21. 


j  2  Ki.  25.  17. 
2  Chr.  3.  16. 
Jer.  52.  23. 

k  2  Chr.  3.  17. 
Song  3.  10. 
Gal.  2.  9. 
Rev.  3.  12. 

I  ch.  G.  3. 

9  That  is,  He 
shall  establish. 

10  That  is,  In  it 
is  strength. 

m  2  Ki.  25.  13. 
2  Chr.  4.  2. 
Jer.  52.  17. 

II  from  his  brim 
to  his  brim. 

n  2  Chr.  4.  3. 
o  2  Chr.  4.  4,  5. 

Jer.  52.  20. 

Ezek.  1.  10. 

Rev.  4.  G,  7. 

12  There  were 
but  2000  baths 
in  it  usually, 
but  when 
quite  filled  it 
contained 
3000,  or  22,210 
gallons,  wine 
measure. 

13  shootings. 
p  Gen.  3.  24. 

■  ch.  6.  27. 
Ps.  18.  10. 
Ezek.  1.  10. 
Ezek.  41. 
18.  19. 
Rev.  4.  6-8. 

14  in  the  base. 

15  hands,  or, 
handles. 

16  nakedness. 
q  Ex.  30.  IS. 

2  Chr.  4.  6. 
Zech.  13.  1. 
Tit.  3.  5. 

17  shoulder. 

18  upon  the  face 
of  the  pillars. 

rEi.  27.3. 
2  Chr.  4.  16. 
Zech.  14. 
20,  21. 

19  made  bright, 
or,  scoured. 

*  2  Chr.  4.  17. 

20  in  the  thick- 
ness of  the 
ground. 

t  Gen.  33.  17. 

Josh.  3.  16. 

2  Chr.  4.  17. 
u  Josh.  3.  16. 

21  for  the  ex- 
ceeding mul- 
titude. 

22  searched, 

1  Chr.  22.  14. 
V  Ex.  37.  25. 
w  Ex.  37.  10. 
x  Ex.  25.  30. 

Lev.  24.  5. 


undersetters  :  under   the   laver  were  undersetters 
molten,  at  the  side  of  every  addition. 

31  And  the  mouth  of  it  within  the  chapiter  and 
above  was  a  cubit  :  but  the  mouth  thereof  was 
round  after  the  work  of  the  base,  a  cubit  and  an 
half  :  and  also  upon  the  mouth  of  it  were  gravings 
with  their  borders,  foursquare,  not  round. 

32  And  under  the  borders  were  four  wheels ;  and 
the  axletrees  of  the  wheels  were  u  joined  to  the  base : 
and  the  height  of  a  wheel  was  a  cubit  and  half  a 
cubit. 

33  And  the  work  of  the  wheels  was  like  the  work 
of  a  chariot  wheel :  their  axletrees,  and  their  naves, 
and  their  felloes,  and  their  spokes,  were  all  molten. 

34  And  there  were  four  undersetters  to  the  four 
corners  of  one  base :  and  the  undersetters  were  of 
the  very  base  itself. 

35  And  in  the  top  of  the  base  was  there  a  round 
compass  of  half  a  cubit  high  :  and  on  the  top  of  the 
base  the  ledges  thereof  and  the  borders  thereof  were 
of  the  same. 

36  For  on  the  plates  of  the 15  ledges  thereof,  and  on 
the  borders  thereof,  he  graved  cherubims,  lions,  and 
palm  trees,  according  to  the  16  proportion  of  every 
one,  and  additions  round  about. 

37  After  this  manner  he  made  the  ten  bases  :  all 
of  them  had  one  casting,  one  measure,  and  one  size. 

38  If  Then  9made  he  ten  lavers  of  brass :  one  laver 
contained  forty  baths  :  and  every  laver  was  four  cu- 
bits :  and  upon  every  one  of  the  ten  bases  one  aver. 

39  And  he  put  five  bases  on  the  right  1Tside  of  the 
house,  and  five  on  the  left  side  of  the  house :  and  he 
set  the  sea  on  the  right  side  of  the  house  eastward 
over  against  the  south. 

40  Tf  And  Hi' ram  made  the  lavers,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  basons.  So  Hi'ram  made  an  end  of  doing 
all  the  work  that  he  made  king  Sol'o-mon  for  the 
house  of  the  Lord  : 

41  The  two  pillars,  and  the  two  bowls  of  the  chapi- 
ters that  were  on  the  top  of  the  two  pillars ;  and  the 
two  networks,  to  cover  the  two  bowls  of  the  chapi- 
ters which  were  upon  the  top  of  the  pillars ; 

42  And  four  hundred  pomegranates  for  the  two 
networks,  even  two  rows  of  pomegranates  for  one 
network,  to  cover  the  two  bowls  of  the  chapiters 
that  were  18  upon  the  pillars ; 

43  And  the  ten  bases,  and  ten  lavers  on  the  bases ; 

44  And  one  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under  the  sea ; 

45  r  And  the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  basons : 
and  all  these  vessels,  which  Hi'ram  made  to  king 
Sol'o-mon  for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  were  of 19  bright 
brass. 

46  sIn  the  plain  of  Jor'dan  did  the  king  cast  them, 
20in  the  clay  ground  between  'Suc'coth  and  MZaV- 
than. 

47  And  Sol'o-mon  left  all  the  vessels  unweighed, 
21  because  they  were  exceeding  many:  neither  was 
the  weight  of  the  brass  ^  found  out. 

48  And  Sol'o-mon  made  all  the  vessels  that  per- 
tained unto  the  house  of  the  Lord:  "the  altar  of 
gold,  and  ™the  table  of  gold,  whereupon  *the  shew- 
bread  was, 

275 


The  temple  dedicated. 


1  KINGS,  8. 


Solomon's  prayer. 


49  And  the  candlesticks  of  pure  gold,  five  on  the 
right  side,  and  five  on  the  left,  before  the  oracle, 
with  the  flowers,  and  the  lamps,  and  the  tongs  of 
gold, 

50  And  the  bowls,  and  the  snuffers,  and  the  ba- 
sons, and  the  spoons,  and  the  ^  censers  of  pure  gold ; 
and  the  hinges  of  gold,  both  for  the  doors  of  the 
inner  house,  the  most  holy  place,  and  for  the  doors 
of  the  house,  to  wit,  of  the  temple. 

51  So  was  ended  all  the  work  that  king  Sol'o-mon 
made  for  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And  Sol'o-mon 
brought  in  the  %  things  which  Da'vid  his  father  had 
dedicated ;  even  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  ves- 
sels, did  he  put  among  the  treasures  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  8. 

I  Dedication  of  the  temple.    4  The  ark  deposited.     14  Solomon's  blessing  and  prayer. 

G2  His  sacrifice. 

THEN  Sol'o-mon  assembled  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  all  the  heads  of  the  tribes,  the  1  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  unto  king  Sol'o- 
mon  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  "that  they  might  bring  up  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  6out  of  the  city  of 
Da'vid,  which  is  Zl'on. 

2  And  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  assembled  themselves 
unto  king  Sol'o-mon  at  the  feast  cin  the  month 
Eth'a-nim,  which  is  the  seventh  month. 

3  And  all  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  came,  dand  the 
priests  took  up  the  ark. 

4  And  they  brought  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  €and 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  all  the  holy 
vessels  that  were  in  the  tabernacle,  even  those  did 
the  priests  and  the  Le'vltes  bring  up. 

5  And  king  Sol'o-mon,  and  all  the  congregation  of 
Ig'ra-el,  that  were  assembled  unto  him,  were  with 
him  before  the  ark,  sacrificing  sheep  and  oxen,  that 
could  not  be  told  nor  numbered  for  multitude. 

6  And  the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  unto  -^his  place,  into  the  oracle  of 
the  house,  to  the  most  holy  place,  even  a  under  the 
wings  of  the  cherubims. 

7  For  the  cherubims  spread  forth  their  two  wings 
over  the  place  of  the  ark,  and  the  cherubims  covered 
the  ark  and  the  staves  thereof  above. 

8  And  they  Adrew  out  the  staves,  that  the  2ends 
of  the  staves  were  seen  out  in  the  3  holy  place  be- 
fore the  oracle,  and  they  were  not  seen  without : 
and  there  they  are  unto  this  day. 

9  *  There  was  nothing  in  the  ark  J'save  the  two 
tables  of  stone,  which  Mo'geg  ''put  there  at  Ho'reb, 
*  when  the  Lord  made  a  covenant  with  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el,  when  they  came  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  priests  were  come 
out  of  the  holy  place,  that  the  cloud  filled  the  house 
of  the  Lord, 

11  So  that  the  priests  could  not  stand  to  minister 
because  of  the  cloud :  for  the  glory  of  the  Lord  had 
filled  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

12  Tf  Then  spake  Sol'o-mon,  The  Lord  said  that 
he  would  dwell  zin  the  thick  darkness. 

13  I  have  surely  built  thee  an  house  to  dwell  in, 
m  a  settled  place  for  thee  to  abide  in  for  ever. 

276 


B.  C.  1004. 


23  ash  pans. 


21  holy  things 
of  David. 


1  princes. 


a  Num.  10.  33. 

2  Sam.  6.  17. 

ch.  3.  15. 

1  Chr.  13.  3. 
6  2  Sam.  5.  7. 


c  Lev.  23.  34. 
Deut.  16.  13. 
2  Chr.  7.  8. 

d  Num.  4.  15. 
Deut.  31.  9. 
Josh.  3.  3,  G. 

1  Chr.  15.  14. 
c  ch.  3.  4. 

2  Chr.  1.  3. 


/■Ex.  26.  33. 

g  ch.  6.  27. 
h  Ex.  25.  14. 

2  heads. 

3  Or,  ark. 
»Ex.  25.  21. 

Deut.  10.  2. 
;  Deut.  10.  5. 

Heb.  9.  4. 
k  Ex.  40.  20. 

4  Or,  where. 
I  Lev.  16.  2. 

Ps.  18.  11. 

Ps.  97.  2. 
m  Ps.  132.  14. 

John  4.  21-23. 

Acts  6.  14. 
n  Josh.  22.  6. 

2  Sam.  6.  18. 

1  Chr.  16.  2. 

2  Chr.  6.  3. 
o  Luke  1.  68. 
p  2  Chr.  6.  5. 
q  Deut.  12.  11. 
rDeut.  31.  26. 
s  2  Ki.  23.  3. 

2  Chr.  6.  12. 
Job  11.  13. 
Ps.  63.  4. 
Isa.  1.  15. 
1  Tim.  2.  8. 
t  Ex.  15.  11. 

1  Chr.  29. 
10-13. 
Ps.  35.  10. 
Ps.  86.  8-10. 
Jer.  10.  6-16. 
Mic.  7.  18. 

u  Deut.  7.  9. 

Neh.  1.  5. 

Dan.  9.  4. 
v  Gen.  17.  1. 

2  Ki.  20.  3. 

5  There  shall 

not  be  cut 
off  unto  thee 
a  man  from 
my  sight. 

6  only  if. 

w  2  Sam.  7.  25. 
x  2  Chr.  2.  6. 

Ps.  113.  4. 

Isa.  66.  1. 

Jer.  23.  24. 

Acts  7.  49. 
y  2  Cor.  12.  2. 
z  Phil.  4.  6. 
a  Dan.  6.  10. 

7  Or,  in  this 
place. 


14  And  the  king  turned  his  face  about,  and  "blessed 
all  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el :  (and  all  the  congre- 
gation of  Ig'ra-el  stood  ;) 

15  And  he  said,  °  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, which  spake  with  his  mouth  unto  Da'vid  my 
father,  and  hath  with  his  hand  fulfilled  it,  saying, 

_  16  p  Since  the  day  that  I  brought  forth  my  people 
Ig'ra-el  out  of  E'gypt,  I  chose  no  city  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  to  build  an  house,  that  9my  name 
might  be  therein  ;  but  I  chose  Da'vid  to  be  over  my 
people  Is'ra-el. 

17  And  it  was  in  the  heart  of  Da'vid  my  father  to 
build  an  house  for  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

18  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Da'vid  my  father,. 
Whereas  it  was  in  thine  heart  to  build  an  house  unto 
my  name,  thou  didst  well  that  it  was  in  thine  heart. 

19  Nevertheless  thou  shalt  not  build  the  house ; 
but  thy  son  that  shall  come  forth  out  of  thy  loins, 
he  shall  build  the  house  unto  my  name. 

20  And  the  Lord  hath  performed  his  word  that  he 
spake,  and  I  am  risen  up  in  the  room  of  Da'vid  my 
father,  and  sit  on  the  throne  of  Ig'ra-el,  as  the  Lord 
promised,  and  have  built  an  house  for  the  name  of 
the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

21  And  I  have  set  there  a  place  for  the  ark, 
wherein  is  '"the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
made  with  our  jfathers,  when  he  brought  them  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

22  Tf  And  Sol'o-mon  stood  before  sthe  altar  of  the 
Lord  in  the  presence  of  all  the  congregation  of 
Ig'ra-el,  and  spread  forth  his  hands  toward  heaven  : 

23  And  he  said,  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  ' there  is  no 
God  like  thee,  in  heaven  above,  or  on  earth  beneath, 
"who  keepest  covenant  and  mercy  with  thy  ser- 
vants that  *  walk  before  thee  with  all  their  heart : 

24  Who  hast  kept  with  thy  servant  Da'vid  my 
father  that  thou  promisedst  him  :  thou  spakest  also 
with  thy  mouth,  and  hast  fulfilled  it  with  thine 
hand,  as  it  is  this  day. 

25  Therefore  now,  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  keep  with 
thy  servant  Da'vid  my  father  that  thou  promisedst 
him,  saying, 5  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  in  my 
sight  to  sit  on  the  throne  of  Ig'ra-el ;  6  so  that  thy 
children  take  heed  to  their  way,  that  they  walk 
before  me  as  thou  hast  walked  before  me. 

26  w  And  now,  O  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  let  thy  word,  I 
pray  thee,  be  verified,  which  thou  spakest  unto  thy 
servant  Da'vid  my  father. 

27  But  xwill  God  indeed  dwell  on  the  earth?  be- 
hold, the  heaven  and  v heaven  of  heavens  cannot 
contain  thee ;  how  much  less  this  house  that  I  have 
builded  ? 

28  Yet  have  thou  respect  unto  the  z  prayer  of  thy 
servant,  and  to  his  supplication,  O  Lord  my  God, 
to  hearken  unto  the  cry  and  to  the  prayer,  which 
thy  servant  prayeth  before  thee  to  day : 

29  That  thine  eyes  may  be  open  toward  this  house 
night  and  day,  even  toward  the  place  of  which  thou 
hast  said,  My  name  shall  be  there :  that  thou  may- 
est  hearken  unto  the  prayer  which  thy  servant  shall 
make  a7  toward  this  place. 


Solomon's  prayer  at  the 


1  KINGS,  8. 


dedication  of  the  temple. 


30  6And  hearken  thou  to  the  supplication  of  thy 
servant,  and  of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  when  they  shall 
pray  8  toward  this  place  :  and  hear  thou  in  heaven 
thy  dwelling  place :  and  when  thou  hearest, °  forgive. 

31  IF  If  any  man  trespass  against  his  neighbour, 

9  and  an  oath  be  laid  upon  him  to  cause  him  to 
swear,  and  the  oath  come  before  thine  altar  in  this 
house  : 

32  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  do,  and  judge 
thy  servants,  d  condemning  the  wicked,  to  bring  his 
way  upon  his  head ;  and  justifying  the  righteous, 
to  give  him  according  to  his  righteousness. 

33  IF  cWhen  thy  people  Ig'ra-el  be  smitten  down 
before  the  enemy,  because  they  have  sinned  against 
thee,  and  /shall  turn  again  to  thee,  and  confess  thy 
name,  and  pray,  and  make  supplication  unto  thee 

10  in  this  house  : 

34  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  forgive  the  sin 
of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  and  bring  them  again  unto 
the  land  which  thou  gavest  unto  their  fathers. 

35  \  When  heaven  is  shut  up,  and  there  is  no  rain, 
because  they  have  sinned  against  thee  ;  if  they  pray 
toward  this  place,  and  confess  thy  name,  and  turn 
from  their  sin,  when  thou  afflictest  them  : 

36  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  forgive  the  sin 
of  thy  servants,  and  of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  that  thou 
0  teach  them  Hhe  good  way  wherein  they  should 
walk,  and  give  rain  upon  thy  land,  which  thou  hast 
given  to  thy  people  for  an  inheritance. 

37  IF i  If  there  be  in  the  land  famine,  if  there  be 
pestilence,  blasting,  mildew,  locust,  or  if  there  be 
caterpiller  ;  if  their  enemy  besiege  them  in  the  land 
of  their  u  cities  ;  whatsoever  plague,  whatsoever 
sickness  there  be ; 

38  What  prayer  and  supplication  soever  be  made 
by  any  man,  or  by  all  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  which 
shall  know  every  man  the  plague  of  his  own  heart, 
and  spread  forth  his  hands  toward  this  house  : 

39  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven  thy  dwelling  place, 
and  forgive,  and  do,  and  give  to  every  man  accord- 
ing to  his  ways,  whose  heart  thou  knowest ;  (for 
thou,  even  thou  only, j  knowest  the  hearts  of  all  the 
children  of  men  ;) 

40  That  they  may  fear  thee  all  the  days  that  they 
live  in  the  land  which  thou  gavest  unto  our  fathers. 

41  Moreover  concerning  a  stranger,  that  is  not  of 
thy  people  Is/ra-el,  but  cometh  out  of  a  far  country 
for  thy  name's  sake  ; 

42  (For  they  shall  hear  of  thy  great  name,  and  of 
thy  k  strong  hand,  and  of  thy  stretched  out  arm  :) 
when  he  shall  come  and  pray  toward  this  house  ; 

43  Hear  thou  in  heaven  thy  dwelling  place,  and 
do  according  to  all  that  the  stranger  calleth  to  thee 
for :  l  that  all  people  of  the  earth  may  know  thy 
name,  to  mfear  thee,  as  do  thy  people  Ig'ra-el ;  and 
that  they  may  know  that  12  this  house,  which  I  have 
builded,  is  called  by  thy  name. 

44  IF  If  thy  people  go  out  to  battle  against  their 
enemy,  whithersoever  thou  shalt  send  them,  and 
shall  pray  unto  the  Lord  13  toward  the  city  which 
thou  hast  chosen,  and  toward  the  house  that  I  have 
built  for  thy  name  : 


B.  C.  1004. 


b  2  Chr.  20.  9. 

Neh.  1.  6. 
S  Or,  in  this 

place. 
eEx.  34.  6,7. 

Ps.  85.  2. 

Ps.  103.  '-'.  3. 

Dan.  9.  9. 

Matt.  G.  12. 

1  J'.liul.  9. 
9  and  lie  require 

an  oath  of 

him. 


it  Deut.  29. 


Deut.  28.  25. 


/'Lev.  26.  39. 
Jer.  20.  12. 


10  Or,  toward. 


g  Ps.  5.  8. 

Ps.  25.  4,  5. 

Ps.  27.  11. 

Ps.  86.  11. 

Ps.  94.  12. 

Ps.  119.  133. 

Isa.  35.  8. 

Hos.  2.  21. 
h  1  Sam.  12.  23. 

Jer.  6.  16. 
('  Lev.  26.  16. 

Deut.  28. 

21-52. 
11  Or,  juris- 
diction. 


j  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

Ps.  11.4. 

Jer.  17.  10. 

Acts  1.  24. 
k  Deut.  3.  24. 

1 1  Sam.  17.  46. 
Ps.  67.  2. 

m  Ps.  102.  15. 

12  thy  name  is 
called  upon 
this  house. 

13  the  way  of 
the  city. 

14  Or,  right. 

n  2  Chr.  6.  36. 
Job  9.  2. 
Ps.  1.30.  3. 
Ps.  143.  2. 
Prov.  20.  9. 
Eccl.  7.  20. 
Jas.  3.  2. 

1  John  1.  8. 
o  Lev.  26.  40. 

15  bring  back  to 
their  heart. 

p  Neh.  1.  6. 

Ps.  106.  6. 

Dan.  9.  5. 
q  Deut.  4.  29. 

Neh.  1.  9. 

Prov.  23.  26. 

Jer.  29.  12. 

Dan.  6.  10. 

Acts  8.  37. 

Eom.  10.  10. 
r  2  Chr.  6.  38. 

Pa.  5.  7. 

Dan.  6.  10. 

16  Or,  right. 
5  Ezra  7.  6. 

Ps.  106.  46. 
t  2  Sam.  6.  18. 
u  Deut.  12.  10. 

Josh.  21.  45. 

17  fallen. 

v  Deut.  31.  6. 

w  Ps.  119.  36. 

Jer.  10.  23. 

2  Cor.  3.  5. . 
IS  the  thing  of 

a  day  in 
this  day. 


45  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven  their  prayer  and 
their  supplication,  and  maintain  their  14  cause. 

46  If  they  sin  against  thee,  ("for  there  is  no  man 
that  sinneth  not,)  and  thou  be  angry  with  them,  and 
deliver  them  to  the  enemy,  so  that  they  carry  them 
away  captives  unto  the  land  of  the  enemy,  far  or 
near ; 

47  "Yet  if  they  shall  l0 bethink  themselves  in  the 
land  whither  they  were  carried  captives,  and  re- 
pent, and  make  supplication  unto  thee  in  the  land 
of  them  that  carried  them  captives,  "saying,  We 
have  sinned,  and  have  done  perversely,  we  have 
committed  wickedness  ; 

48  And  so  Q  return  unto  thee  with  all  their  heart, 
and  with  all  their  soul,  in  the  land  of  their  enemies, 
which  led  them  away  captive,  and  rpray  unto  thee 
toward  their  land,  which  thou  gavest  unto  their 
fathers,  the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and  the 
house  which  I  have  built  for  thy  name  : 

49  Then  hear  thou  their  prayer  and  their  suppli- 
cation in  heaven  thy  dwelling  place,  and  maintain 
their  16  cause, 

50  And  forgive  thy  people  that  have  sinned  against 
thee,  and  all  their  transgressions  wherein  they  have 
transgressed  against  thee,  and  sgive  them  compas- 
sion before  them  who  carried  them  captive,  that 
they  may  have  compassion  on  them : 

51  For  they  be  thy  people,  and  thine  inheritance, 
which  thou  broughtest  forth  out  of  E'gypt,  from  the 
midst  of  the  furnace  of  iron  : 

52  That  thine  eyes  may  be  open  unto  the  suppli- 
cation of  thy  servant,  and  unto  the  supplication  of 
thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  to  hearken  unto  them  in  all  that 
they  call  for  unto  thee. 

53  For  thou  didst  separate  them  from  among  all 
the  people  of  the  earth,  to  be  thine  inheritance,  as 
thou  spakest  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg  thy_  servant, 
when  thou  broughtest  our  fathers  out  of  E'gypt,  O 
Lord  God. 

54  And  it  was  so,  that  when  Sol'o-mon  had  made 
an  end  of  praying  all  this  prayer  and  supplication 
unto  the  Lord,  he  arose  from  before  the  altar  of 
the  Lord,  from  kneeling  on  his  knees  with  his 
hands  spread  up  to  heaven. 

55  And  he  stood,  'and  blessed  all  the  congregation 
of  Ig'ra-el  with  a  loud  voice,  saying, 

56  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  that  hath  given  rest  unto 
his  people  Ig'ra-el,  according  to  all  that  he  promised : 
"  there  hath  not 1T  failed  one  word  of  all  his  good 
promise,  which  he  promised  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg 
his  servant. 

57  The  Lord  our  God  be  with  us,  as  he  was  with 
our  fathers  :  ''let  him  not  leave  us,  nor  forsake  us  : 

58  That  he  may  w  incline  our  hearts  unto  him,  to 
walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  his  statutes,  and  his  judgments,  which 
he  commanded  our  fathers. 

59  And  let  these  my  words,  wherewith  I  have 
made  supplication  before  the  Lord,  be  nigh  unto 
the  Lord  our  God  day  and  night,  that  he  maintain 
the  cause  of  his  servant,  and  the  cause  of  his  peo- 
ple Ig'ra-el  18at  all  times,  as  the  matter  shall  require  : 

277 


God's  covenant 


1  KINGS,  9. 


Solomon's  new  cities. 


60  x  That  all  the  people  of  the  earth  may  know 
that  Hhe  Lord  is  God,  and  that  there  is  none  else. 

61  Let  your  z  heart  therefore  be  perfect  with  the 
Lord  our  God,  to  walk  in  his  statutes,  and  to  keep 
his  commandments,  as  at  this  day. 

62  II  And  the  king,  and  all  Ig'ra-el  with  him,  of- 
fered sacrifice  before  the  Lord. 

63  And  Sol'o-mon  offered  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, which  he  offered  unto  the  Lord,  two  and 
twenty  thousand  oxen,  and  an  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  sheep.  So  the  king  and  all  the  children 
of  Ig'ra-el  dedicated  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

64  The  same  day  did  the  king  hallow  the  middle 
of  the  court  that  was  before  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 
for  there  he  offered  burnt  offerings,  and  meat  of- 
ferings, and  the  fat  of  the  peace  offerings  :  because 
the  brasen  altar  that  was  before  the  Lord  ivas  too 
little  to  receive  the  burnt  offerings,  and  meat  offer- 
ings, and  the  fat  of  the  peace  offerings. 

65  And  at  that  time  Sol'o-mon  held  aa  feast,  and 
all  Ig'ra-el  with  him,  a  great  congregation,  from 
6  the  entering  in  of  Ha' math  unto  cthe  river  of 
E'gypt,  before  the  Lord  our  God,  seven  days  and 
seven  days,  even  fourteen  days. 

66  On  the  eighth  day  he  sent  the  people  away :  and 
they  19  blessed  the  king,  and  went  unto  their  tents 
joyful  and  glad  of  heart  for  all  the  goodness  that  the 
Lord  had  done  for  Da'vid  his  servant,  and  for  Ig'ra-el 
his  people. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  God's  covenant  with  Solomon.     12  Hiram's  disappointment.     17  Solomon's  new  cities. 
26  His  nary  brings  gold  from  Ophir. 

AND  ait  came  to  pass,  when  Sol'o-mon  had  fin- 
-  ished  the  building  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
6  and  the  king's  house,  and  call  Sol'o-mon's  desire 
which  he  was  pleased  to  do, 

2  That  the  Lord  appeared  to  Sol'o-monthe  second 
time,  das  he  had  appeared  unto  him  at  Gib'e-on. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  eI  have  heard  thy 
prayer  and  thy  supplication,  that  thou  hast  made 
before  me :  I  have  hallowed  this  house,  which  thou 
hast  built,  -^to  put  my  name  there  for  ever ;  g  and 
mine  eyes  and  mine  heart  shall  be  there  perpetually. 

4  And  if  thou  wilt  ''walk  before  me,  as  Da'vid  thy 
father  walked,  in  integrity  of  heart,  and  in  upright- 
ness, to  do  according  to  all  that  I  have  commanded 
thee,  and  wilt  keep  my  statutes  and  my  judgments : 

5  Then  I  will  establish  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom 
upon  Ig'ra-el  for  ever,  'as  I  promised  to  Da'vid  thy 
father,  saying,  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  upon 
the  throne  of  Ig'ra-el. 

6  jBut  if  ye  shall  at  all  turn  from  following  me, 
ye  or  your  children,  and  will  not  keep  my  command- 
ments and  my  statutes  which  I  have  set  before  you, 
but  go  and  serve  other  gods,  and  worship  them  : 

7  k  Then  will  I  cut  off  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the  land  which 
I  have  given  them ;  and  this  house,  which  I  have 
hallowed  l  for  my  name,  will  I  cast  out  of  my  sight ; 
mand  Ig'ra-el  shall  be  a  proverb  and  a  byword  among 
all  people  : 

8  And  "at  this  house,  which  is  high,  every  one 
that  passeth  by  it  shall  be  astonished,  and  shall  hiss ; 

278 


B.  C.  992. 


x  Josh.  4.  24. 

1  Sam.  17.  46. 

2  Ki.  19.  19. 
y  Deut.  4.  35. 

eh.  18.  39. 
Jer.  10.  10-12. 
2  ch.  11.  4. 


a  Lev.  23.  34. 


b  Num.  34.  8. 

Josh.  13.  5. 

Judg.  3.  3. 
c  Gen.  15.  18. 

Ex.  23.  31. 


19  Or,  thanked. 


a  2  Chr.  7.  11. 
6ch.  7.  1. 

2  Chr.  8.  1. 

Eccl.  2.  4. 
c  2  Chr.  8.  6. 
d  ch.  3.  5. 
e  2  Ki.  20.  5. 

Ps.  10.  17. 

Dan.  9.  23. 
f  ch.  8.  29. 
g  Deut.  11.  12. 
h  Gen.  5.  22. 

Gen.  6.  9. 

Gen.  17.  1. 

ch.  2.  4. 

ch.  3.  6. 

2  Ki.  20.  3. 

Ps.  1G.  8. 

Ps.  128.  1, 

Mic.  6.  8. 

Mai.  2.  6. 
t  2  Sam.  7.  12. 

ch.  2.  4. 

1  Chr.  22.  10. 
j  2  Sam.  7.14. 

2  Chr.  15. 
Ps.  89.  30. 

k  Deut.  4.  26. 

2  Ki.  17.  23. 
/  Jer.  7.  14. 
m  Deut.  28.  37. 

Ps.  44.  14. 
n  Deut.  29.  24. 

2  Chr.  7.  21. 

0  Jer.  22.  8. 

1  Which  were 
inhabited  by 
Canaanites. 

2  were  not  right 
in  his  eyes. 

3  That  is, 
Displeasing, 
or,  Dirty. 

p  ch.  5.  13. 
q  2  Sam.  5.  9. 
r  Josh.  19.  36. 
s  Josh.  17.  11. 
t  Judg.  1.  29. 
u  Josh.  16.  10. 
v  Josh.  16.  3. 
2  Chr.  8.  5. 
tr  Josh.  19.  44. 

4  the  desire  of 
Solomon 
which  he  de- 
sired. 

x  Judg.  1.  21. 
y  Gen.  9.  25. 

Ezra  2.  55. 

Neh.  7.  57. 
z  Lev.  25.  39. 

Jer.  34.  14. 
a  ch.  3.  1. 

2  Chr.  8.  11. 
6  ch.  11.  27. 

2  Chr.  32.  5. 


and  they  shall  say,  °Why  hath  the  Lord  done  thus 
unto  this  land,  and  to  this  house  ? 

9  And  they  shall  answer,  Because  they  forsook 
the  Lord  their  God,  who  brought  forth  their  fathers 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  have  taken  hold  upon 
other  gods,  and  have  worshipped  them,  and  served 
them :  therefore  hath  the  Lord  brought  upon  them 
all  this  evil. 

10  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  twenty 
years,  when  Sol'o-mon  had  built  the  two  houses,  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  king's  house, 

11  (Now  Hi'ram  the  king  of  Tyre  had  furnished 
Sol'o-mon  with  cedar  trees  and  fir  trees,  and  with 
gold,  according  to  all  his  desire,)  that  then  king 
Sol'o-mon  gave  Hi'ram  twenty  cities  1m  the  land  of 
Gal'i-lee. 

12  And  Hi'ram  came  out  from  Tyre  to  see  the 
cities  which  Sol'o-mon  had  given  him ;  and  they 
2  pleased  him  not. 

13  And  he  said,  What  cities  are  these  which  thou 
hast  given  me,  my  brother?  And  he  called  them 
the  land  of  3Ca'bul  unto  this  day. 

14  And  Hi'ram  sent  to  the  king  sixscore  talents  of 
gold. 

15  If  And  this  is  the  reason  of  pthe  levy  which 
king  Sol'o-mon  raised  ;  for  to  build  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  and  his  own  house,  and  Q  Mil  '16,  and  the 
wall  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  'Ha'zor,  and  sMe-gid'd6, 
and  'Ge'zer. 

16  For  Pha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt  had  gone  up,  and 
taken  Ge'zer,  and  burnt  it  with  fire,  Mand  slain  the 
Ca'naan-Ites  that  dwelt  in  the  city,  and  given  it  for 
a  present  unto  his  daughter,  Sol'o-mon's  wife. 

17  And  Sol'o-mon  built  Ge'zer,  and  "  Beth-ho'ron 
the  nether, 

18  And  w  Ba'al-ath,  and  Tad'morin  the  wilderness, 
in  the  land, 

19  And  all  the  cities  of  store  that  Sol'o-mon  had, 
and  cities  for  his  chariots,  and  cities  for  his  horse- 
men, and  4that  which  Sol'o-mon  desired  to  build  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  in  Leb'a-non,  and  in  all  the  land 
of  his  dominion. 

20  And  all  the  people  that  were  left  of  the  Am'- 
6r-Ites,  Hit'tltes,  Per'iz-zltes,  Hl'vltes,  and  Jeb'u- 
sltes,  which  were  not  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 

21  Their  children  xthat  were  left  after  them  in 
the  land,  whom  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  also  were 
not  able  utterly  to  destroy,  upon  those  did  Sol'o- 
mon  levy  a  tribute  of  y bondservice  unto  this  day. 

22  But  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  Sol'o-mon 
z  make  no  bondmen  :  but  they  were  men  of  war, 
and  his  servants,  and  his  princes,  and  his  captains, 
and  rulers  of  his  chariots,  and  his  horsemen. 

23  These  were  the  chief  of  the  officers  that  were 
over  Sol'o-mon's  work,  five  hundred  and  fifty,  which 
bare  rule  over  the  people  that  wrought  in  the  work. 

24  If  But  Pha'raoh's  daughter  came  up  out  of  the 
city  of  Da'vid  unto  aher  house  which  SoVo-mon  had 
built  for  her  :  Hhen  did  he  build  Mil '16. 

25  If  And  three  times  in  a  year  did  Sol'o-mon  offer 
burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings  upon  the  altar 
which  he  built  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  burnt  incense 


Queen  of  Sheba's  visit. 


1  KINGS,  10,  11. 


Solomon's  great  wealth. 


5  upon  the  altar  that  was  before  the  Lord.     So  he 
finished  the  house. 

26  I  And  king  Sol'o-mon  made  a  navy  of  ships  in 
cE'zi-on-ge'ber,  which  is    beside    Eloth,    on    the 

6  shore  of  the  Red  sea,  in  the  land  of  E'dom. 

27  dAnd  Hi 'ram  sent  in  the  navy  his  servants, 
shipmen  that  had  knowledge  of  the  sea,  with  the 
servants  of  Sol'o-mon. 

28  And  they  came  to  eO'phir,  and  fetched  from 
thence  gold,  four  hundred  and  twenty  talents,  and 
brought  it  to  king  Sol'o-mon. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Queen  of  Sheba's  visit.    18  Solomon's  throne.    21  His  fleet.    24  His  wealth. 

A  ND  when  the  "queen  of  She'ba  heard  of  the 
-^-  fame  of  Sol'o-mon  concerning  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  she  came  Ho  prove  him  with  hard  ques- 
tions. 

2  And  she  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  with  a  very  great 
train,  with  camels  that  bare  spices,  and  very  much 
gold,  and  precious  stones  :  and  when  she  was  come 
to  Sol'o-mon,  she  communed  with  him  of  all  that 
was  in  her  heart. 

3  And  Sol'o-mon  Hold  her  all  her  Questions :  there 
was  not  any  thing  hid  from  the  king,  which  he  told 
her  not. 

4  And  when  the  queen  of  She'ba  had  seen  all  Sol'- 
o-mon's  wisdom,  and  the  house  that  he  had  built, 

5  And  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the  sitting  of  his 
servants,  and  the  2  attendance  of  his  ministers,  and 
their  apparel,  and  his  3  cupbearers,  dand  his  ascent 
by  which  he  went  up  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  ; 
there  was  no  more  spirit  in  her. 

6  And  she  said  to  the  king,  It  was  a  true  4  report 
that  I  heard  in  mine  own  land  of  thy  5acts  and  of 
thy  wisdom. 

7  Howbeit  I  believed  not  the  words,  until  I  came, 
and  mine  eyes  had  seen  it :  and,  behold,  the  half 
was  not  told  me  :  Hhy  wisdom  and  prosperity  ex- 
ceedeth  the  fame  which  I  heard. 

8  e  Happy  are  thy  men,  happy  are  these  thy  ser- 
vants, which  stand  continually  before  thee,  and  that 
hear  thy  wisdom. 

9  -'"Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  delighted 
in  thee,  to  set  thee  on  the  throne  of  I§'ra-el  :  be- 
cause the  Lord  loved  Ig'ra-el  for  ever,  therefore 
"made  he  thee  king,  Ho  do  judgment  and  justice. 

10  And  she  gave  the  king  an  hundred  and  twenty 
talents  of  gold,  and  of  spices  very  great  store,  and 
precious  stones :  there  came  no  more  such  abundance 
of  spices  as  these  which  the  queen  of  She'ba  gave 
to  king  Sol'o-mon. 

11  "And  the  navy  also  of  Hi 'ram,  that  brought 
gold  from  ^O'phTr,  brought  in  from  O'phir  great 
plenty  of  7almug  trees,  and  precious  stones. 

12  And  Hhe  king  made  of  the  almug  trees  8  pillars 
for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  king's  house, 
harps  also  and  psalteries  for  singers  :  there  came  no 
such  almug  trees,  nor  were  seen  unto  this  day. 

13  And  king  Sol'o-mon  gave  unto  the  queen  of 
She'ba  all  her  desire,  whatsoever  she  asked,  beside 
that  which  Sol'o-mon  gave  her  9of  his  royal  bounty. 


B.  C.  992. 


5  upon  it. 


C  Num.  33.  35. 

Dent.  2.  8. 

oil.  22.  48. 
6  lip. 
d  oil.  5.  G,  7. 

oh.  10.  11. 


e  Gen.  10.  20. 
oh.  10.  11. 
2  Chr.  8.  18. 
Ps.  45.  0. 
Isa.  13.  12. 


a  2  Chr.  9.  1. 

Ps.  72.  10,  15. 

Isa.  GO.  6. 

Jer.  6.  20. 

Matt.  12.  42. 

Luke  11.  31. 
b  Judg.  14.  12. 


c  Prov.  1.  5. 
1  words. 


2  standing. 

3  Or,  butlers. 

(7  1  Chr.  26.  16. 

4  word. 

5  Or,  sayings. 
G  thou  hast 

added  wisdom 
and  goodness 
to  the  fame. 

e  Prov.  8.  34. 

/ch.  5.  7. 

g  Deut.  7.  8. 
Dan.  2.  21. 

h  2  Sam.  8.  15. 
Ps.  72.  2. 
Prov.  8.  15. 

i  ch.  9.  27. 

7  Job  22.  24. 

7  algum  trees. 
k  2  Chr.  9.  11. 

8  a  prop,  or, 
rails. 

9  according  to 
the  hand  of 
king  Solomon. 

I  Ps.  72.  10. 
Isa.  21.  13. 
Gal.  4.  25. 

10  Or,  captains. 
m  ch.  14.  26. 

n  ch.  7.  2. 

o  2  Chr.  9.  17. 

Heb.  1 .  3,  8. 

Rev.  20.  11. 

11  on  the  hinder 
part  thereof. 

12  bands. 

13  so. 

14  Or,  there 
was  no  silver 
in  them. 

p  Gen.  UL  4. 
ch.  22748. 
Ps.  48.  7. 
Isa.  2.  16. 

15  Or,  ele- 
phants' teeth. 

1G  sought  the 

face  of. 
g  Job  42.  11. 

Ps.  68.  29. 

Matt.  2.  11. 
;•  Deut.  17.  16. 

ch.  4.  26. 

2  Chr.  1.  14. 
s  2  Chr.  1.  15. 

17  gave. 

18  And  the  go- 
ing forth  of 
the  horses 
which  was 
Solomon's. 

t  Ezek.  27.  7. 
u  Josh.  1.  4. 

19  by  their 
hand. 


So  she  turned  and  went  to  her  own  country,  she 
and  her  servants. 

14  If  Now  the  weight  of  gold  that  came  to  Sol'o- 
mon  in  one  year  was  six  hundred  threescore  and 
six  talents  of  gold, 

15  Beside  that  he  had  of  the  merchantmen,  and 
of  the  traffick  of  the  spice  merchants,  and  'of  all 
the  kings  of  A-ra'bi-a,  and  of  the  10 governors  of  the 
country. 

16  I  And  king  Sol'o-mon  made  two  hundred  targets 
of  beaten  gold  :  six  hundred  shekels  of  gold  went 
to  one  target. 

17  And  he  made  '"three  hundred  shields  of  beaten 
gold  ;  three  pound  of  gold  went  to  one  shield  :  and 
the  king  put  them  in  "the  house  of  the  forest  of 
Leb'a-non. 

18  1  "Moreover  the  king  made  a  great  throne  of 
ivory,  and  overlaid  it  with  the  best  gold. 

19  The  throne  had  six  steps,  and  the  top  of  the 
throne  was  round  u  behind  :  and  there  were  n  stays 
on  either  side  on  the  place  of  the  seat,  and  two  lions 
stood  beside  the  stays. 

20  And  twelve  lions  stood  there  on  the  one  side 
and  on  the  other  upon  the  six  steps  :  there  was  not 
13  the  like  made  in  any  kingdom. 

21  1  And  all  king  Sol'o-mon's  drinking  vessels  were 
of  gold,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  forest 
of  Leb'a-non  were  of  pure  gold  ;  "none  were  of  silver : 
it  was  nothing  accounted  of  in  the  days  of  Sol'o-mon. 

22  For  the  king  had  at  sea  a  navy  of  ^Thar'shish 
with  the  navy  of  Hi'ram  :  once  in  three  years  came 
the  navy  of  Thar'shish,  bringing  gold,  and  silver, 
15  ivory,  and  apes,  and  peacocks. 

23  So  king  Sol'o-mon  exceeded  all  the  kings  of  the 
earth  for  riches  and  for  wisdom. 

24  IT  And  all  the  earth  16 sought  to  Sol'o-mon,  to 
hear  his  wisdom,  which  God  had  put  in  his  heart. 

25  And  Hhey  brought  every  man  his  present, 
vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of  gold,  and  garments, 
and  armour,  and  spices,  horses,  and  mules,  a  rate 
year  by  year. 

26  1  '"And  Sol'o-mon  gathered  together  chariots 
and  horsemen  :  and  he  had  a  thousand  and  four 
hundred  chariots,  and  twelve  thousand  horsemen, 
whom  he  bestowed  in  the  cities  for  chariots,  and 
with  the  king  at  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

27  "And  the  king  17made  silver  to  be  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem  as  stones,  and  cedars  made  he  to  be  as  the  syc- 
omore  trees  that  are  in  the  vale,  for  abundance. 
_28  If  18And  Sol'o-mon  had  horses  brought  out  of 
E'gypt,  and  l linen  yarn  :  the  king's  merchants  re- 
ceived the  linen  yarn  at  a  price. 

29  And  a  chariot  came  up  and  went  out  of  E'gypt 
for  six  hundred  shekels  of  silver,  and  an  horse  for 
an  hundred  and  fifty  :  "  and  so  for  all  the  kings  of 
the  Hlt'tltes,  and  for  the  kings  of  Syr'i-a,  did  they 
bring  them  out  19by  their  means. 


a  Gen.  6.  2. 
1  Or,  beside. 


B 


CHAPTER  11. 

1  Solomon's  wives.    4  His  idolatry.    9  God's  threat.    14  The  hostile  nations. 

UT  king  Sol'o-mon  loved  amany  strange  women, 
1  together   with    the    daughter    of    Pha'raoh, 

279 


Solomon's  wives. 


1  KINGS,  11. 


Ahijah's  prophecy. 


women  of  the  Mo'ab-ites,  Am'mon-Ites,  E'dom-Ites, 
Zi-do'ni-ang,  and  Hit'tltes  ; 

2  Of  the  nations  concerning  which  the  Lord  said 
unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  6Ye  shall  not  go  in  to 
them,  neither  shall  they  come  in  unto  you  :  for 
surely  they  will  turn  away  your  heart  after  their 
gods  :  Sol'o-mon  clave  unto  these  in  love. 

3  And  he  had  seven  hundred  wives,  princesses, 
and  three  hundred  concubines  :  and  his  wives  turned 
away  his  heart. 

4  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  Sol'o-mon  was  old, 
Hhat  his  wives  turned  away  his  heart  after  other 
gods  :  and  his  heart  was  not  perfect  with  the  Lord 
his  God,  as  was  the  heart  of  Da'vid  his  father. 

5  For  Sol'o-mon  went  after  dAsh'to-reth  the  god- 
dess of  the  Zl-do'nl-ang,  and  after  Mil 'com  the 
abomination  of  the  Am'mon-Ites. 

6  And  Sol'o-mon  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
and  2went  not  fully  after  the  Lord,  as  did  Da'vid 
his  father. 

7  eThen  did  Sol'o-mon  build  an  high  place  for 
■^Che'mosh,  the  abomination  of  Mo'ab,  in  ''the  hill 
that  is  before  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and  for  Mo'lech,  the 
abomination  of  the  children  of  Am'mon. 

8  And  likewise  did  he  for  all  his  strange  wives, 
which  burnt  incense  and  sacrificed  unto  their  gods. 

9  H  And  the  Lord  was  h angry  with  Sol'o-mon,  be- 
cause his  heart  was  turned  from  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el,  'which  had  appeared  unto  him  twice, 

10  And  J'had  commanded  him  concerning  this 
thing,  that  he  should  not  go  after  other  gods  :  but 
he  kept  not  that  which  the  Lord  commanded. 

11  Wherefore  the  Lord  said  unto  Sol'o-mon,  For- 
asmuch as  this  3is  done  of  thee,  and  thou  hast  not 
kept  my  covenant  and  my  statutes,  which  I  have 
commanded  thee,  k  I  will  surely  rend  the  kingdom 
from  thee,  and  will  give  it  to  thy  servant. 

12  Notwithstanding  in  thy  days  I  will  not  do  it 
for  Da'vid  thy  father's  sake  :  but  I  will  rend  it  out 
of  the  hand  of  thy  son. 

13  'Howbeit  I  will  hot  rend  away  all  the  kingdom ; 
but  will  give  mone  tribe  to  thy  son  "for  Da'vid  my 
servant's  sake,  and  for  Je-ru'sa-lem's  sake  °  which 
I  have  chosen. 

14  TI  And  the  Lord  v  stirred  up  an  adversary  unto 
Sol'o-mon,  Ha'dad  the  E'dom-Ite  :  he  ivas  of  the 
king's  seed  in  E'dom. 

_15  "For  it  came  to  pass,  when  Da'vid  was  in 
E'dom,  and  Jo'ab  the  captain  of  the  host  was  gone 
up  to  bury  the  slain,  r  after  he  had  smitten  every 
male  in  E'dom  ; 

16  (For  six  months  did  Jo'ab  remain  there  with 
all  I§'ra-el,  until  he  had  cut  off  every  male  in 
E'dom  :) 

17  That  Ha'dad  fled,  he  and  certain  E'dom-Ites  of 
his  father's  servants  with  him,  to  go  into  E'gypt  ; 
Ha'dad  being  yet  a  little  child. 

18  And  they  arose  out  of  Mid'i-an,  and  came  to 
Pa'ran  :  and  they  took  jnen  with  them  out  of  Pa'- 
ran^ and  they  came  to  E'gypt,  unto  Pha'raoh  king 
of  E'gypt ;  which  gave  him  an  house,  and  appointed 
him  victuals,  and  gave  him  land. 

280 


B.  C.  984. 


6  Ex.  34.  16. 


e  Deut.  17.  17. 
Neh.  13.  26. 


</  Judg.  2.  13. 


2  fulfilled 
not  after. 

e  Num.  33.  52. 


/■Num.  21.  29. 
g  2  Ki.  23.  13. 


h  Deut.  7.  3. 
Ps.  90.  7. 


i  ch.  3.  5. 

y'ch.  6.  12. 
2  Chr.  7.  17- 


3  is  with  thee. 


k  ch.  12.  15. 
2Ki.  17.  15,21. 


I  2  Sam.  7.  15. 

1  Chr.  17. 
13,  14. 
Ps.  89.  33. 

m  ch.  12.  20. 
n  Ex.  32.  13. 

2  Ki.  13.  23. 
0  Deut.  12.  11. 

2  Ki.  21.  4. 
Ps.  132.  13,  14. 
Isa.  14.  32. 
p  Deut.  31. 
16,  17. 

1  Chr.  5.  26. 
Isa.  10.  5,  26. 
Hos.  9.  12. 
Nah.  1.  2. 

q  1  Ch^J8. 

12,  IX 

Ps  108.  10. 
r  Num.  24.  19. 

Deut.  20.  13. 

Ps.  60,  title. 

Mai.  1.  2,  3,  4. 
s  ch.  2.  10,  34. 

4  Send  me  away. 

5  Not. 

t  2  Sam.  8.  3. 
u  2  Sam.  10. 

8,  18. 
v  2  Chr.  15.  2. 
w  ch.  12.  2. 

2  Chr.  13.  6. 
x  2  Sam.  20.  21. 
y  eh.  9.  24. 

6  closed. 

7  did  work. 

8  burden. 
z  ch.  14.  2. 

Josh.  18.  1. 
a  1  Sam.  15.  27. 
b  ch.  12.  1, 

16-20. 
c  Judg.  2.  13. 
d  Num.  21.  29. 

Jer.  48.  7,  13. 
e  Acts  7.  43. 


19  And  Ha'dad  found  great  favour  in  the  sight  of 
Pha'raoh,  so  that  he  gave  him  to  wife  the  sister  of 
his  own  wife,  the  sister  of  Tah'pen-eg  the  queen. 

20  And  the  sister  of  Tah'pen-eg  bare  him  Ge-nu'- 
bath  his  son,  whom  Tah'pen-e§  weaned  in  Pha'raoh's 
house  :  and  Ge-nu'bath  was  in  Pha'raoh's  household 
among  the  sons  of  Pha'raoh. 

21  s And  when  Ha'dad  heard  in  E'gypt  that  Da'vid 
slept  with  his  fathers,  and  that  Jo'ab  the  captain  of 
the  host  was  dead,  Ha'dad  said  to  Pha'raoh,  4Let 
me  depart,  that  I  may  go  to  mine  own  country. 

22  Then  Pha'raoh  said  unto  him,  But  what  hast 
thou  lacked  with  me,  that,  behold,  thou  seekest  to 
go  to  thine  own  country?  And  he  answered,  5 No- 
thing :  howbeit  let  me  go  in  any  wise. 

23  H  And  God  stirred  him  up  another  adversary, 
Re'zon  the  son  of  E-lI'a-dah,  which  fled  from  his 
lord  *Had-ad-e'zer  king  of  Zo'bah  : 

24  And  he  gathered  men  unto  him,  and  became 
captain  over  a  band,  "when  Da'vid  slew  them  of 
Zo'bah :  and  they  went  to  Da-mas 'cus,  and  dwelt 
therein,  and  reigned  in  Da-mas 'cus. 

25  And  he  was  an  " adversary  to  Ig'ra-el  all  the 
days  of  Sol'o-mon,  beside  the  mischief  that  Ha'dad 
did :  and  he  abhorred  I§'ra-el,  and  reigned  over 
Syr'i-a. 

26  If  And  w  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  an  Eph'- 
rath-Ite  of  Zer'e-da,  Sol'o-mon's  servant,  whose  mo- 
ther's name  was  Ze-ru'ah,  a  widow  woman,  even  he 
x  lifted  up  his  hand  against  the  king. 

27  And  this  was  the  cause  that  he  lifted  up  his 
hand  against  the  king  :  y  Sol'o-mon  built  Mil '16,  and 
6  repaired  the  breaches  of  the  city  of  Da'vid  his 
father. 

28  And  the  man  Jer-o-bo'am  was  a  mighty  man 
of  valour :  and  Sol'o-mon  seeing  the  young  man 
that  he  7was  industrious,  he  made  him  ruler  over 
all  the  8  charge  of  the  house  of  Jo'seph. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time  when  Jer-o- 
bo'am  went  out  of  Je-m'sa-lem,  that  the  prophet 
zA-hI'jah  the  Shi'lo-nlte  found  him  in  the  way  ;  and 
he  had  clad  himself  with  a  new  garment ;  and  they 
two  were  alone  in  the  field  : 

30  And  A-hl'jah  caught  the  new  garment  that  was 
on  him,  and  "rent  it  in  twelve  pieces  : 

31  And  he  said  to  Jer-o-bo'am,  Take  thee  ten 
pieces  :  for  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el, 
Behold,  I  b  will  rend  the  kingdom  out  of  the  hand 
of  Sol'o-mon,  and  will  give  ten  tribes  to  thee  : 

32  (But  he  shall  have  one  tribe  for  my  servant 
Da'vid's  sake,  and  for  Je-ra'sa-lem's  sake,  the  city 
which  I  have  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el : ) 

33  Because  that  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have 
worshipped  cAsh'to-reth  the  goddess  of  th£  Zi-do'- 
ni-an§,  dChe'mosh  the  god  of  the  Mo'ab-ites,  and 
e  Mil  'com  the  god  of  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and 
have  not  walked  in  my  ways,  to  do  that  which  is 
right  in  mine  eyes,  and  to  keep  my  statutes  and  my 
judgments,  as  did  Da'vid  his  father. 

34  Howbeit  I  will  not  take  the  whole  kingdom  out 
of  his  hand  :  but  I  will  make  him  prince  all  the 
days  of  his  life  for  Da'vid  my  servant's  sake,  whom 


Death  of  Solomon. 


1  KINGS,  12. 


The  ten  tribes  revolt. 


I  chose,  because  he  kept  my  commandments  and  my 
statutes  : 

35  But  I  will  take  the  kingdom  out  of  his  son's 
hand,  and  will  give  it  unto  thee,  even  ten  tribes. 

36  And  unto  his  son  will  I  give  one  tribe,  that 
-''Da'vid  my  servant  may  have  a  9 light  alway  before 
me  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  the  city  which  I  have  chosen  me 
to  put  my  name  there. 

37  And  I  will  take  thee,  and  thou  shalt  reign 
according  to  all  that  thy  soul  desireth,  and  shalt  be 
king  over  Ig'ra-el. 

38  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  wilt  hearken  unto  all 
that  I  command  thee,  and  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  and 
do  that  is  right  in  my  sight,  to  keep  my  statutes  and 
my  commandments,  as  Da'vid  my  servant  did  ;  that 
9 1  will  be  with  thee,  and  h  build  thee  a  sure  house, 
as  I  built  for  Da'vid,  and  will  give  Ig'ra-el  unto  thee. 

39  And  I  will  for  this  afflict  the  seed  of  Da'vid, 
but  not  for  ever. 

40  Sol'o-mon  sought  therefore  to  kill  Jer-o-bo'am. 
And  Jer-o-bo'am  arose,  and  fled  into  E'gypt,  unto 
ShI'shak  king  of  E'gypt,  and  was  in  E'gypt  until 
the  death  of  Sol'o-mon. 

41  Tf  And  'the  rest  of  the  10acts  of  Sol'o-mon,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  wisdom,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  acts  of  Sol'o-mon  ? 

42  J'And  the  n  time  that  Sol'o-mon  reigned  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  over  all  Ig'ra-el  was  forty  years. 

43  fcAnd  Sol'o-mon  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  his  father  :  and  'Re- 
ho-bo'am  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 


CHAPTER  12. 


1  Rehoboam  succeeds  Solomon.     16  Ten  tribes  revolt  to  Jeroboam. 
Judah  and  Israel. 


20  Kingdoms  of 


AND  a  Re-ho-bo'am  went  to  She'chem  :   for  all 
-  Ig'ra-el  were  come  to  She'chem  to  make  him 
king. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  b  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son 
of  Ne'bat,  who  was  yet  in  cE'gypt,  heard  of  it,  (for 
he  was  fled  from  the  presence  of  king  Sol'o-mon, 
and  Jer-o-bo'am  dwelt  in  E'gypt ;) 

3  That  they  sent  and  called  him.  And  Jer-o-bo'am 
and  all  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el  came,  and  spake 
unto  Re-ho-bo'am,  saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  ''yoke  grievous  :  now  there- 
fore make  thou  the  grievous  service  of  thy  father, 
and  his  heavy  yoke  which  he  put  upon  us,  lighter, 
and  we  will  serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Depart  yet  for  three  days, 
then  come  again  to  me.     And  the  people  departed. 

6  Tf  And  king  Re-ho-bo'am  e  consulted  with  the  old 
men,  that  stood  before  Sol'o-mon  his  father  while 
he  yet  lived,  and  said,  How  do  ye  advise  that  I  may 
answer  this  people  ? 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying,  /If  thou  wilt 
be  a  servant  unto  this  people  this  day,  and  wilt  serve 
them,  and  answer  them,  and  speak  good  words  to 
them,  then  they  will  be  thy  servants  for  ever. 

8  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  of  the  old  men,  which 
they  had  given  him,  and  consulted  with  the  young 
men  that  were  grown  up  with  him,  and  which  stood 
before  him  : 


B.  C.  975. 


/2  Sam.  7 
ch.  15.  4. 
Ps.  132.  17. 
Luke  1.  69, 
70,  7S,  79. 
Acts  15.  16, 

0  lamp,  or, 
candle. 


■I'.K 


g  Deut.  31.  8. 

Josh.  1.  5. 
h  1  Chr.  17.  10, 

24-27. 


i  2  Chr.  9.  29. 
10  Or,  words, 
.    or,  things. 


j  2  Chr.  9.30. 
11  days. 


k  2  Chr.  9.  31. 

J  Matt.  1.  7, 
called 
Roboam. 


a  2  Chr.  10.  1. 

bch.  11.  26. 
cch.  11.40. 
d  1  Sam.  8. 

11-18. 

ch.  4.  7,  22. 

Job  20.  19,  20, 

22,23. 

Prov.  3.  31. 

Eccl.  5.  8. 

Isa.  58.  6. 

Ezek.  45.  8. 

Amos  4.  1,  2. 

Mic.  2.  1,  3. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

1  Thess.  4.  6. 
e  Job  12.  12. 

Prov.  27.  10. 

Eccl.  10.  4. 

Jer.  42.  2-5. 
/2Chr.  10.  7. 

Prov.  15.  1. 
g  ch.  3.  7. 

ch.  14.  21. 

2  Chr.  10. 
10,  11. 
Ps.  7.  16. 
Ps.  140.  11. 
Prov.  18.  6,  7. 
Isa.  47.  6. 

1  hardly. 

h  Judg.  14.  4. 

ch.  22.  23. 

2  Chr.  10.  15. 

Ps.  5.  10. 

Amos  3.  6. 
ich.  11.  11. 
)1  Sam.  20.  1. 
k  ch.  11.  13. 

2  Chr.  11. 

13-17. 

1  2  Sam.  20.  24. 

ch.  4.  6. 

2  Chr.  10.  13. 

2  strengthened 
himself. 

m  1  Sam.  10.  19. 
2  Ki.  17.  21. 
2  Chr.  10.  19. 

3  Or,  fell  away. 
n  eh.  11.  13. 

0  2  Chr.  11.  1. 
pi  Chr.  11.  2. 


9  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  counsel  give  ye 
that  we  may  answer  this  people,  who  have  spoken 
to  me,  saying,  Make  the  yoke  which  thy  father  did 
put  upon  us  lighter  ? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were  grown  up  with 
him  spake  unto  him,  saying,  Thus  shalt  thou  speak 
unto  this  people  that  spake  unto  thee,  saying,  Thy 
father  made  our  yoke  heavy,  but  make  thou  it 
lighter  unto  us  ;  thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  them, 
9  My  little  finger  shall  be  thicker  than  my  father's 
loins. 

11  And  now  whereas  my  father  did  lade  you  with 
a  heavy  yoke,  I  will  add  to  your  yoke  :  my  father 
hath  chastised  you  with  whips,  but  I  will  chastise 
you  with  scorpions. 

12  Tf  So  Jer-o-bo'am  and  all  the  people  came  to  Re- 
ho-bo'am  the  third  day,  as  the  king  had  appointed, 
saying,  Come  to  me  again  the  third  day. 

13  And  the  king  answered  the  people  J  roughly, 
and  forsook  the  old  men's  counsel  that  they  gave 
him ; 

14  And  spake  to  them  after  the  counsel  of  the 
young  men,  saying,  My  father  made  your  yoke 
heavy,  and  I  will  add  to  your  yoke  :  my  father  also 
chastised  you  with  whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you 
with  scorpions. 

15  Wherefore  the  king  hearkened  not  unto  the 
people  ;  for  Hhe  cause  was  from  the  Lord,  that  he 
might  perform  his  saying,  which  the  Lord  *  spake 
by  A-hi'jah  the  Shl'lo-nlte  unto  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son 
of  Ne'bat. 

16  Tf  So  when  all  Ig'ra-el  saw  that  the  king  heark- 
ened hot  unto  them,  the  people  answered  the  king, 
saying, 3' What  portion  have  we  in  Da'vid  ?  neither 
have  we  inheritance  in  the  son  of  Jes'se  :  to  your 
tents,  O  Ig'ra-el  :  now  see  to  thine  own  house, 
Da'vid.     So  Ig'ra-el  departed  unto  their  tents. 

17  But  k as  for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  which  dwelt 
in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  Re-ho-bo'am  reigned  over 
them. 

18  Then  king  Re-ho-bo'am  'sent  A-do'ram,  who 
was  over  the  tribute  ;  and  all  Ig'ra-el  stoned  him 
with  stones,  that  he  died.  Therefore  king  Re-ho- 
bo'am  2made  speed  to  get  him  up  to  his  chariot,  to 
flee  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

19  So  m  Ig'ra-el 3  rebelled  against  the  house  of  Da'- 
vid unto  this  day. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  Ig'ra-el  heard 
that  Jer-o-bo'am  was  come  again,  that  they  sent 
and  called  him  unto  the  congregation,  and  made 
him  king  over  all  Ig'ra-el :  there  was  none  that  fol- 
lowed the  house  of  Da'vid,  but  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah 
"only. 

21  Tf  And  when  °  Re-ho-bo'am  was  come  to  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  he  assembled  all  the  house  of  Ju'dah,  with  the 
tribe  of  Ben'ja-min,  an  hundred  and  fourscore  thou- 
sand chosen  men,  which  were  warriors,  to  fight 
against  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  bring  the  kingdom 
again  to  Re-ho-bo'am  the  son  of  Sol'o-mon. 

22  But  nhe~word  of  God  came  unto  Shem-a-I'ah 
the  man  of  God,  saying, 

23  Speak  unto  Re-ho-bo'am,  the  son  of  Sol'o-mon, 

281 


Jeroboam's  idolatry. 


1  KINGS,  13. 


Two  prophets  at  Beth-el. 


king  of  Ju'dah,  and  unto  all  the  house  of  Ju'dah 
and  Ben'ja-min,  and  to  the  remnant  of  the  people, 
saying, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  go  up,  nor 
fight  against  your  brethren  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el : 
return  every  man  to  his  house ;  for  this  thing  is 
9  from  me.  They  hearkened  therefore  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  and  returned  to  depart,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord. 

25  If  Then  Jer-o-bo'am  '"built  She'chem  in  mount 
E'phra-im,  and  dwelt  therein ;  and  went  out  from 
thence,  and  built  sPg-nu'el. 

26  And  Jer-o-bo'am  said  in  'his  heart,  Now  shall 
the  kingdom  return  to  the  house  of  Da'vid : 

27  If  this  people  "go  up  to  do  sacrifice  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  at  Js-ru'sa-lem,  then  shall  the 
heart  of  this  people  turn  again  unto  their  lord,  even 
unto  Re-ho-bo'am  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  they  shall 
kill  me,  and  go  again  to  Re-ho-bo'am  king  of  Ju'dah. 

28  Whereupon  the. king  took  counsel,  and  "made 
two  calves .  of  gold,  and  said  unto  them,  It  is  too 
much  for  you  to  go  up  to  Je-ru'sa-lem :  '"behold  thy 
gods,  0  Ig'ra-el,  which  brought  thee  up  out  of  the 
land  of  E'gypt. 

29  And  he  set  the  one  in  x  Beth'-el,  and  the  other 
put  he  in  ^Dan. 

30  And  this  thing  became  *a  sin  :  for  the  people 
went  to  worship  before  the  one,  even  unto  Dan. 

31  And  he  made  an  "house  of  high  places,  6and 
made  priests  of  the  lowest  of  the  people,  which  were 
not  of  the  sons  of  Le'vi. 

32  And  Jer-o-bo'am  ordained  a  feast  in  the  eighth 
month,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  like  unto 
cthe  feast  that  is  in  Ju'dah,  and  he  4  offered  upon 
the  altar.  So  did  he  in  Beth'-el,  Sacrificing  unto 
the  calves  that  he  had  made  :  rfand  he  placed  in 
Beth'-el  the  priests  of  the  high  places  which  he  had 
made. 

33  So  he  6  offered  upon  the  altar  which  he  had 
made  in  Beth'-el  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  eighth 
month,  even  in  the  month  which  he  e  had  devised  of 
his  own  heart ;  and  ordained  a  feast  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el :  and  he  offered  upon  the  altar,  7and 
•^burnt  incense. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Jeroboam's  hand  withers.    11  Two  prophets  at  Beth-el.    23  Disobedient  prophet  is  killed 
by  a  lion.    33  Obstinacy  of  Jeroboam. 

AND,  behold,  there  "came  a  man  of  God  out  of 
-  Ju'dah  by  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Beth'-el : 
6  and  Jer-o-bo'am  stood  by  the  altar  to  xburn  incense. 

2  And  he  cried  against  the  altar  in  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  and  said,  0  altar,  altar,  thus  saith  the 
Lord  ;  Behold,  a  child  shall  be  born  unto  the  house 
of  Da'vid,  c  J6-sI'ah  by  name  ;  and  upon  thee  shall 
he  offer  the  priests  of  the  high  places  that  burn 
incense  upon  thee,  and  men's  bones  shall  be  burnt 
upon  thee. 

3  And  he  gave  da  sign  the  same  day,  saying,  This 
is  the  sign  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  ;  Behold, 
the  altar  shall  be  rent,  and  the  ashes  that  are  upon 
it  shall  be  poured  out. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  king   Jer-o-bo'am 

282 


B.  C.  975. 


q  Prov.  16.  9. 


)■  Gen.  12.  6. 
Judg.  9.  45. 


*  Gen.  32.  30,  31. 

Judg.  8.  17. 
t  Ps.  14.  1. 

Rom.  8.  7. 


u  Deut.  12.  5. 


V  2  Ki.  10.  29. 
Hos.  8.  4,  7. 

w  Ex.  32.  4. 


x  Gen.  28.  19. 

Hos.  4.  15. 

y  Judg.  18.  29. 

2  ch.  13.  34. 


a  ch.  13.  32. 
b  Num.  3.  10. 

ch.  13.  33. 
c  Lev.  23.  33. 

Num.  29.  12. 

4  Or,  went  up 
to  the  altar, 
etc. 

5  Or,  to  sacrifice. 
d  Amos  7.  13. 

(i  Or,  went  up 
to  the  altar, 

e  Num.  15.  39. 
7  to  burn 
incense, 
/ch.  13.  1. 


a  2  Ki.23.  17. 
b  ch.  12.  32. 

1  Or,  to  offer. 

c  2  Ki.  23. 15, 16. 
d  Ex.  4.  8,  9. 

Deut.  13.  1-3. 

Isa.  7.  14. 

John  2.  18. 

1  Cor.  1.  22. 
e  Jer.  20.  2. 

Acts  12.  1. 
/Prov.  21.  30. 
Isa.  8.  9,  10. 
Acts  5.  39. 

2  Cor.  10.  6. 
g  Ex.  8.  8. 

Num.  21.  7. 
Jer.  37.  3. 
Acts  8.  24. 
Jas.  5.  16. 
h  Ex.  S.  12. 
Matt.  5.  44. 
Acts  7.  60. 
Rom.  12.  20. 

2  the  face  of 
the  Lord. 

i  1  Sam.  9.  7. 

1  Cor.  2.  14. 
j  Num.  22.  18. 
k  1  Cor.  5.  11. 

3  son. 

4  a  word  was. 
/  ch.  20.  35. 

1  Thess.  4.  15. 
m  Jer.  5.  12. 

Matt.  7.  15. 

1  John  4.  1. 
n  Gal.  1.  8. 
o  Ps.  63.  11. 

Prov.  6.  16, 

17,  19. 

Jer.  29.  31,  32. 

Ezek.  13.  8,  9. 

1  Tim.  4.  1,  2. 

2  Pet.  2. 18, 19. 
p  Num.  23.  5. 

John  11.  51. 


heard  the  saying  of  the  man  of  God,  which  had 
cried  against  the  altar  in  Beth'-el,  that  he  eput 
forth  his  hand  from  the  altar,  saying,  Lay  hold  on 
him.  And  his  hand,  which  he  put  forth  against 
him,  •''dried  up,  so  that  he  could  not  pull  it  in  again 
to  him. 

5  The  altar  also  was  rent,  and  the  ashes  poured 
out  from  the  altar,  according  to  the  sign  which  the 
man  of  God  had  given  by  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  the  king  answered  and  said  unto  the  man 
of  God, 9  Intreat  now  the  face  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  pray  for  me,  that  my  hand  may  be  restored  me 
again.  And  the  man  of  God  h  besought  2the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  hand  was  restored  him  again,  and 
became  as  it  was  before. 

7  And  the  king  said  unto  the  man  of  God,  Come 
home  with  me,  and  refresh  thyself,  and  *  I  will  give 
thee  a  reward. 

8  And  the  man  of  God  said  unto  the  king,  jli  thou 
wilt  give  me  half  thine  house,  I  will  not  go  in  with 
thee,  neither  will  I  eat  bread  nor  drink  water  in 
this  place  : 

9  For  so  was  it  charged  me  by  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  saying,  fcEat  no  bread,  nor  drink  water,  nor 
turn  again  by  the  same  way  that  thou  earnest. 

10  So  he  went  another  way,  and  returned  not  by 
the  way  that  he  came  to  Beth'-el. 

■11  I  Now  there  dwelt  an  old  prophet  in  Beth'-el  * 
and  his  3sons  came  and  told  him  all  the  works  that 
the  man  of  God  had  done  that  day  in  Beth'-el :  the 
words  which  he  had  spoken  unto  the  king,  them 
they  told  also  to  their  father. 

12  And  their  father  said  unto  them,  What  way 
went  he  ?  For  his  sons  had  seen  what  way  the 
man  of  God  went,  which  came  from  Ju'dah. 

13  And  he  said  unto  his  sons,  Saddle  me  the  ass. 
So  they  saddled  him  the  ass  :  and  he  rode  thereon,. 

14  And  went  after  the  man  of  God,  and  found 
him  sitting  under  an  oak  :  and  he  said  unto  him, 
Art  thou  the  man  of  God  that  earnest  from  Ju'dah? 
And  he  said,  I  am. 

15  Then  he  said  unto  him,  Come  home  with  me, 
and  eat  bread. 

16  And  he  said,  I  may  not  return  with  thee,  nor 
go  in  with  thee  :  neither  will  I  eat  bread  nor  drink 
water  with  thee  in  this  place  : 

17  For  4it  was  said  to  'me  by  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  Thou  shalt  eat  no  bread  nor  drink  water 
there,  nor  turn  again  to  go  by  the  way  that  thou 
earnest. 

18  He  said  unto  him,  mI  am  a  prophet  also  as' thou 
art :  and  *  an  angel  spake  unto  me  by  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  saying,  Bring  him  back  with  thee  into 
thine  house,  that  he  may  eat  bread  and  drink  water. 
But  he  °lied  unto  him. 

19  So  he  went  back  with  him,  and  did  eat  bread 
in  his  house,  and  drank  water. 

20  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  sat  at  the  table,, 
that  the  pword  of  the  Lord  came  unto  the  prophet 
that  brought  him  back  : 

21  And  he  cried  unto  the  man  of  God  that  came 
from  Ju'dah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Foras- 


"he  disobedient  prophet. 


1  KINGS,  14. 


Prophecy  of  Ahijah. 


mch  as  thou  hast  disobeyed  the  mouth  of  the  Lord, 
and  hast  not  kept  the  commandment  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee, 

22  But  earnest  back,  and  hast  eaten  bread  and 
drunk  water  in  the  place,  of  the  which  the  Lord  did 
say  to  thee,  Eat  no  bread,  and  drink  no  water  ;  thy 
carcase  shall  not  come  unto  the  sepulchre  of  thy 
fathers. 

23  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had  eaten  bread, 
and  after  he  had  drunk,  that  he  saddled  for  him  the 
ass,  to  wit,  for  the  prophet  whom  he  had  brought  back. 

24  And  when  he  was  gone,  9a  lion  met  him  by  the 
way,  and  slew  him  :  and  his  carcase  was  cast  in  the 
way,  and  the  ass  stood  by  it,  the  lion  also  stood  by 
the  carcase. 

25  And,  behold,  men  passed  by,  and  saw  the  car- 
case cast  in  the  way,  and  the  lion  standing  by  the 
carcase  :  and  they  came  and  told  it  in  the  city 
where  the  old  prophet  dwelt. 

26  And  when  the  prophet  that  brought  him  back 
from  the  way  heard  thereof,  he  said,  It  is  the  man 
of  God,  who  was  disobedient  unto  the  word  of  the 
Lord  :  therefore  the  Lord  hath  delivered  him  unto 
the  lion,  which  hath  Horn  him,  and  slain  him,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake 
unto  him. 

27  And  he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying,  Saddle  me 
the  ass.     And  they  saddled  him. 

28  And  he  went  and  found  his  carcase  cast  in  the 
way,  and  the  ass  and  the  lion  standing  by  the  car- 
case :  the  lion  had  rnot  eaten  the  carcase,  nor  6torn 
the  ass. 

29  And  the  prophet  took  up  the  carcase  of  the 
man  of  God,  and  laid  it  upon  the  ass,  and  brought 
it  back :  and  the  old  prophet  came  to  the  city,  to 
mourn  and  to  bury  him. 

30  And  he  laid  his  carcase  in  his  own  grave  ;  and 
they  mourned  over  him,  saying,  sAlas,  my  brother! 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had  buried  him, 
that  he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying,  When  I  am  dead, 
then  bury  me  in  the  sepulchre  wherein  the  man  of 
God  is  buried  ;  *  lay  my  bones  beside  his  bones  : 

32  *  For  the  saying  which  he  cried  by  the  word  of 
the  Lord  against  the  altar  in  Beth'-el,  and  against 
all  the  "houses  of  the  high  places  which  are  in  the 
cities  of  ^Sa-ma'ri-a,  shall  surely  come  to  pass. 

33  H  x  After  this  thing  Jer-o-bo'am  returned  not 
from  his  evil  way,  but  7made  again  of  the  lowest  of 
the  people  priests  of  the  high  places  :  whosoever 
would,  he  8  consecrated  him,  and  he  became  one  of 
the  priests  of  the  high  places. 

34  ^And  this  thing  became  sin  unto  the  house  of 
Jer-o-bo'am,  even  to  *cut  it  off,  and  to  destroy  it 
from  off  the  face  of  the  earth. 


CHAPTER  14. 

1  Jeroboam's  wife  takes  presents  to  Ahijah.    5  Ahijah' s  prophecy.     17  Jeroboam's  death. 

25  Jerusalem  despoiled. 


AT  that  time  A-bi'jah  the  son  of  Jer-o-bo'am  fell 
-£*-  sick. 

2  And  Jer-o-bo'am  said  to  his  wife,  Arise,  I  pray 
thee,  and  disguise  thyself,  that  thou  be  not  known 


B.  C.  975. 


}  Deut.  4.  24. 
ch.  20.  3G. 
2  Sam.  6.  7. 
2  Ki.  2.  24. 
Eccl.  12. 13,14. 
Nah.  1.  2. 
1  Pet.  4.  17. 


5  broken. 


r  Lev.  10.  2,  5. 

Job  5.  22,  23. 

Dan.  6.  22. 
(>  broken. 
s  ch.  14.  13. 

Jer.  22.  18. 

Acts  8.  2. 
I  Ruth  1.17. 

Ps.  26.  9. 

Eccl.  8.  10. 
u  2  Ki.  23. 16, 19. 
v  Lev.  26.  30. 

Hos.  12.  11. 
w  ch.  16.  24. 

John  4.  5. 

Acts  8.  1,  14. 
x  2  Chr.  13.  9. 

Jer.  3.  8. 

7  returned  and 
made. 

8  filled  his  hand. 
1/  ch.  12.  30. 

2  Ki.  10.  31. 
z  ch.  14.  10. 
2  Ki.  17.  20-23. 


a  ch.  11.  31. 
b  1  Sam.  9.  7. 

1  in  thine  hand. 

2  Or,  cakes. 

3  Or,  bottle, 
c  ch.  11.  29. 

4  stood  for  hi3 
hoariness. 

d  Prov.  21.  30. 

5  hard. 

e  2  Sam.  12.  7. 

ch.  16.  2. 
/ch.  11.  31. 
q  ch.  15.  5. 
'hi  Chr.  11.  15. 
i  Neh.  9.  26. 

Ps.  50.  17. 

Ezek.  23.  35. 
/  ch.  15.  29. 
k  ch.  21.  21. 

2  Ki.  9.  8. 
I  Deut.  32.  36. 
m  ch.  21.  24. 
n  2  Chr.  12.  12. 

Philem.  6. 

2  Pet.  2.  8,  9. 
o  ch.  15.  27. 
p  Deut.  29.  28. 

Ps.  52.  5. 

Amos  2.  9. 

Zeph.  2.  4. 

Matt.  15.  13. 
<7  Josh.  23.  15. 
r  1  Ki.  15.  29. 
*  Ex.  34.  13. 

Deut.  12.  3. 
/  Isa.  13. 14. 
u  ch.  12.  30. 

ch.  13.  4. 

ch.  16.  2. 

Mic.  6.  16. 

Matt.  18.  7. 


to  be  the  wife  of  Jer-o-bo'am ;  and  get  thee  to  Shi'- 
loh :  behold,  there  is  A-hi'jah  the  prophet,  which 
told  me  that  aI  should  be  king  over  this  people. 

3  6And  take1  with  thee  ten  loaves,  and  2  cracknels, 
and  a  3  cruse  of  honey,  and  go  to  him :  he  shall  tell 
thee  what  shall  become  of  the  child. 

4  And  Jer-o-bo'am's  wife  did  so,  and  arose,  cand 
wentjto  Shl'loh,  and  came  to  the  house  of  A-hi'jah. 
But  A-hi' jah  could  not  see  ;  for  his  eyes  4  were  set 
by  reason  of  his  age. 

5  1  d  And  the  Lord  said  unto  A-hi'jah,  Behold,  the 
wife  of  Jer-o-bo'am  cometh  to  ask  a  thing  of  thee 
for  her  son ;  for  he  is  sick :  thus  and  thus  shalt 
thou  say  unto  her  :  for  it  shall  be,  when  she  cometh 
in,  that  she  shall  feign  herself  to  be  another  woman. 

6  And  it  was  so,  when  A-hi'jah  heard  the  sound  of 
her  feet,  as  she  came  in  at  the  door,  that  he  said, 
Come  in,  thou  wife  of  Jer-o-bo'am;  why  feignest 
thou  thyself  to  be  another?  for  I  am  sent  to  thee 
with  °  heavy  tidings. 

_  7  Go,  tell  Jer-o-bo'am,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
I§'ra-el,  e  Forasmuch  as  I  exalted  thee  from  among 
the  people,  and  made  thee  prince  over  my  people 
Ig'ra-el, 

8  And  /rent  the  kingdom  away  from  the  house  of 
Da'vid,  and  gave  it  thee :  and  yet  thou  hast  not  been 
as  my  servant  Da'vid,0  who  kept  my  commandments, 
and  who  followed  me  with  all  his  heart,  to  do  that 
only  which  was  right  in  mine  eyes ; 

9  But  hast  done  evil  above  all  that  were  before 
thee :  /lfor  thou  hast  gone  and  made  thee  other  gods, 
and  molten  images,  to  provoke  me  to  anger,  and 
'hast  cast  me  behind  thy  back : 

10  Therefore,  behold,  jI  will  bring  evil  upon  the 
house  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  and  /cwill  cut  off  from  Jer-o- 
bo'am  him  that  pisseth  against  the  wall,  land  him 
that  is  shut  up  and  left  in  Ig'ra-el,  and  will  take 
away  the  remnant  of  the  house  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  as  a 
man  taketh  away  dung,  till  it  be  all  gone. 

11  mHim  that  dieth  of  Jer-o-bo'am  in  the  city  shall 
the  dogs  eat ;  and  him  that  dieth  in  the  field  shall 
the  fowls  of  the  air  eat :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

12  Arise  thou  therefore,  get  thee  to  thine  own 
house :  and  when  thy  feet  enter  into  the  city,  the 
child  shall  die. 

13  And  all  I§'ra-el  shall  mourn  for  him,  and  bury 
him :  for  he  only  of  Jer-o-bo'am  shall  come  to  the 
grave,  because  in  him  "there  is  found  some  good 
thing  toward,  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el  in  the  house 
of  Jer-o-bo'am. 

14  "Moreover  the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up  a  king 
over  I§'ra-el,  who  shall  cut  off  the  house  of  Jer-o- 
bo'am  that  day  :  but  what  ?  even  now. 

15  For  the  Lord  shall  smite  I§'ra-el,  as  a  reed  is 
shaken  in  the  water,  and  he  shall  proot  up  I§'ra-el 
out  of  this  "good  land,  which  he  gave  to  their 
fathers,  and  shall  scatter  them  r  beyond  the  river, 
"because  they  have  made  their  groves,  provoking 
the  Lord  to  anger. 

16  And  'he  shall  give  Ig'ra-el  up  because  of  the 
sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  "who  did  sin,  and  who  made 
I§'ra-el  to  sin. 

283 


Jerusalem  despoiled. 


1  KINGS,  15. 


Asa  succeeds  Abijam. 


17  H  And  Jer-o-bo'am's  wife  arose,  and  departed, 
and  came  to  "Tir'zah:  and  when  she  came  to  the 
threshold  of  the  door,  the  child  died ; 

18  And  they  buried  him ;  and  all  Ig'ra-el  mourned 
for  him,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  spake  by  the  hand  of  his  servant  A-hl'jah  the 
prophet. 

19  And  the  rest  of-  the  acts  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  how 
he  '"warred,  and  how  he  reigned,  behold,  they  are 
written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Ig'ra-el. 

20  And  the  days  which  Jer-o-bo'am  reigned  were 
two  and  twenty  years:  and  he  6 slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  Na'dab  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

21  11  And  Re-ho-bo'am  the  son  of  Sol'o-mon  reigned 
in  Ju'dah.  Re-ho-bo'am  was  x  forty  and  one  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  seven- 
teen years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  the  city  v  which  the  Lord 
did  choose  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  put  his 
name  there.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Na'a-mah 
an  Am'mon-It-ess. 

22  And  *  Ju'dah  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
and  they  "provoked  him  to  jealousy  with  their  sins 
which  they  had  committed,  above  all  that  their 
fathers  had  done. 

23  For  they  also  built  them  6high  places,  and  im- 
ages, cand  groves,  on  every  high  hill,  and  d  under 
every  green  tree. 

24  eAnd  there  were  also  sodomites  in  the  land  : 
and  they  did  according  to  all  the  abominations 
of  the  nations  which  the  Lord  cast  out  before  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el. 

25  If  /And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fifth  year  of 
king  Re-ho-bo'am,  that  Shl'shak  king  of  E'gypt 
came  up  against  Je-ru'sa-lem : 

26  And  °he  took  away  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house ; 
he  even  took  away  all :  and  he  took  away  all  the 
shields  of  gold  h  which  Sol'o-mon  had  made. 

27  And  king  Re-ho-bo'am  made  in  their  stead 
brasen  shields,  and  committed  them  unto  the  hands 
of  the  chief  of  the  8  guard,  which  kept  the  door  of 
the  king's  house. 

28  And  it  was  so,  when  the  king  went  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  that  the  guard  bare  them,  and 
brought  them  back  into  the  guard  chamber. 

29  U  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Re-ho-bo'am,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah?. 

30  And  there  was  {war  between  Re-ho-bo'am  and 
Jer-o-bo'am  all  their  days. 

31  And  Re-ho-bo'am  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid. 
And  his  mother's  name  was  Na'a-mah  an  Am'mon- 
It-ess.     And  A-bi'jam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Abijam's  relyn  in  Judah.    9  Asa  succeeds  him.    33  Baashu  smites  Jeroboam's  house. 

"XTOW   in   the   eighteenth   year  of    king   Jer-o- 
-^    bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat  reigned  A-bi'jam  over 
Ju'dah. 
2  Three  years  reigned  he  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.     And 

284 


B.  C.  958. 


v  ch.  16.  6. 
Song  6.  4. 


«•  2  Chr.  13.  2. 


6  lay  down. 


x  Job  32.  9. 
Eccl.  4.  13. 


y  ch.  11.  36. 


z  2  Chr.  12.  1. 

a  Ps.  78.  58. 
Isa.  62.  2,  5. 
1  Cor.  10.  22 


6  Deut.  12.  2. 

7  Or,  standing 
images,  or, 
statues. 

c2Ki.  17.  9. 
d  Isa.  57.  5. 
e  Gen.  19.  5. 

Deut.  23.  17. 

ch.  15.  12. 


/ch.  11.  40. 


,?ch.  7.51. 
2  Chr.  12.  9. 

A  ch.  10.  17. 

2  Chr.  9. 15, 16. 

Prov.  23.  5. 
8  runners. 
i  ch.  12.  24. 


a  2  Chr.  13.  2, 

Michaiah  the 

daughter  of 

Uriel. 
&2Chr.  11.  21, 

Absalom. 
c  ch.  11.  4. 

Ps.  119.  80. 
d  Gen.  12.  2. 

2  Chr.  21.  7. 

Isa.  37.  35. 

1  Or,  candle. 
e  ch.  14.  8. 

Luke  1.  6. 
/2Chr.  13.  2, 

3,22. 
<7  2Chr.  14.  1. 

2  That  is, 
grand- 
mother's. 

h  2  Chr.  14.  2. 

2  Chr.  15.  17. 
i  ch.  14.  24. 

ch.  22.  46. 
j  Deut.  13.  6. 

2  Chr.  15.  16. 

Matt.  10.  37. 

Luke  12. 51, 53. 

3  cut  off. 

*  Ex.  32.  20. 
I  ch.  22.  43. 

4  holy. 

m  2  Chr.  16.  1. 
n  Josh.  18.  25. 

1  Sam.  15.  34. 
o  ch.  12.  27. 

p  ch.  20.  1-5, 
33,  34. 

2  Ki.  8.  7-15. 
q  Gen.  14.  15. 

ch.  11.  23. 

5  go  up. 


his  mother's  name  was  "Ma'a-chah,  the  daughter  6of 
A-bish'a-lom. 

3  And  he  walked  in  all  the  sins  of  his  father, 
which  he  had  done  before  him :  and  c  his  heart  was 
not  perfect  with  the  Lord  his  God,  as  the  heart  of 
Da'vid  his  father. 

4  Nevertheless  d  for  Da'vid's  sake  did  the  Lord  his 
God  give  him  a  1  lamp  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  to  set  up  his 
son  after  him,  and  to  establish  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 

5  Because  Da'vid  cdid  that  which  was  right  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  turned  not  aside  from  any 
thing  that  he  commanded  him  all  the  days  of  his 
life,  save  only  in  the  matter  of  U-ri'ah  the  Hit'tite. 

6  And  there  was  war  between  Re-ho-bo'am  and 
Jer-o-bo'am  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

7  7Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A-bi'jam,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah?  And  there  was 
war  between  A-bi'jam  and  Jer-o-bo'am. 

8  9  And  A-bi'jam  slept  with  his  fathers  ;  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  city  of  Da'vid :  and  A'sa  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

9  1[  And  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Jer-o-bo'am  king 
of  I§'ra-el  reigned  A'sa  over  Ju'dah. 

10  And  forty  and  one  years  reigned  he  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem.  And  his 2  mother's  name  was  Ma'a-chah,  the 
daughter  of  A-bish'a-lom. 

11  ^And  A'sa  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes 
of  the  Lord,  as  did  Da'vid  his  father. 

12  f  And  he  took  away  the  sodomites  out  of  the 
land,  and  removed  all  the  idols  that  his  fathers  had 
made. 

13  And  also  Ma'a-chah  his  mother,  even  ^'her  he 
removed  from  being  queen,  because  she  had  made 
an  idol  in  a  grove ;  and  A'sa  3 destroyed  her  idol, 
and  k  burnt  it  by  the  brook  Kid'ron. 

14  l  But  the  high  places  were  not  removed :  never- 
theless A'sa's  heart  was  perfect  with  the  Lord  all 
his  days. 

15  And  he  brought  in  the 4  things  which  his  father 
had  dedicated,  and  the  things  which  himself  had 
dedicated,  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  silver,  and 
gold,  and  vessels. 

16  H  And  there  was  war  between  A'sa  and  Ba'a- 
sha  king  of  I§'ra-el  all  their  days. 

17  And  m  Ba'a-sha  king  of  I§'ra-el  went  up  against 
Ju'dah,  and  built  "Ra'mah,  "that  he  might  not  suf- 
fer any  to  go  out  or  come  in  to  A'sa  king  of  Ju'dah. 

18  Then  A'sa  took  all  the  silver  and  the  gold  that 
were  left  in  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house,  and  delivered 
them  into  the  hand  of  his  servants :  and  king  A'sa 
sent  them  to  pBen-ha'dad,  the  son  of  Tab'ri-mon, 
the  son  of  He'zi-on,  king  of  Syr'I-a,  that  dwelt  at 
"  Da-mas 'cus,  saying, 

19  There  is  a  league  between  me  and  thee,  and 
between  my  father  and  thy  father :  behold,  I  have 
sent  unto  thee  a  present  of  silver  and  gold_;  come 
and  break  thy  league  with  Ba'a-sha  king  of  I§'ra-el, 
that  he  may  5  depart  from  me. 

20  So  Ben-ha'dad  hearkened  unto  king  A'sa,  and 
sent  the  captains  of  the  hosts  which  he  had  against 


Baasha's  wicked  reign. 


1  KINGS,  16. 


Zimri's  acts  and  death. 


the  cities  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  smote  'I'jon,  and  sDan,  and 
'A'bel-beth-ma'a-chah,  and  all  Cm'ne-roth,  with  all 
the  land  of  Naph'ta-li. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ba'a-sha  heard 
thereof,  that  he  left  off  building  of  Ra'mah,  and 
dwelt  in  Tir'zah.  _ 

22  "Then  king  A'sa  made  a  proclamation  through- 
out all  Ju'dah ;  none  ivas  6 exempted :  and  they  took 
away  the  stones  of  Ra'mah,  and  the  timber  thereof, 
wherewith  Ba'a-sha  had  builded  ;  and  king  A'sa 
built  with  them  ^Ge'ba  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  wMIz'- 
pah. 

23  The  rest  of  all  the  acts  of  A'sa,  and  all  his 
might,  and  all  that  he  did,  and  the  cities  which  he 
built,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah?  Nevertheless  xm  the 
time  of  his  old  age  he  was  diseased  in  his  feet. 

24  And  A'sa  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  his  father : 
yand  zJg-hosh'a-phat  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  TI  And  Na'dab  the  son  of  Jer-o-b5'am  7_began  to 
reign  over  Ig'ra-el  in  the  second  year  of  A'sa  king 
of  Ju'dah,  and  reigned  over  Ig'ra-el  two  years. 

26  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
walked  in  the  way  of  his  father,  and  in  "his  sin 
wherewith  he  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin. 

27  H  6And  Ba'a-sha  the  son  of  A-hl'jah,  of  the 
house  of  Is'sa-char,  conspired  against  him ;  and 
Ba'a-sha  smote  him  at  c  Gib'be-thon,  which  belonged 
to  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ;  for  Na'dab  and  all  Ig'ra-el  laid 
siege  to  Gib'be-thon. 

28  Even  in  the  third  year  of  A'sa  king  of  Ju'dah 
did  Ba'a-sha  dslay  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  reigned,  that  he 
smote  all  the  house  of  Jer-o-bo'am ;  he  left  not  to 
Jer-o-bo'am  any  that  breathed,  until  he  had  e  de- 
stroyed him,  according  unto  the  saying  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  spake  by  his  servant  A-hi'jah  the  Shi'lo- 
nite: 

30  Because  of  the  sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  which  he 
sinned,  and  which  he  made  Ig'ra-el  sin,  by  his  pro- 
vocation wherewith  he  provoked  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el  to  anger. 

31  II  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Na'dab,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

32  And  there  was  war  between  A'sa  and  Ba'a-sha 
king  of  Ig'ra-el  all  their  days. 

33  In  the  third  year^of  A'sa  king  of  Ju'dah  began 
Ba'a-sha  the  son  of  A-hl'jah  to  reign  overall  Ig'- 
ra-el in  Tir'zah,  twenty  and  four  years. 

34  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
walked  in  ythe  way  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  and  in  his  sin 
wherewith  he  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin. 


B.  C.  930. 


CHAPTER  16. 


1  Jehu's  prophecy. 


15  Death  o/Zimri.    23  Omri  builds  Samaria.    29  Ahab's  reign. 
34  Fulfilment  of  JosiaWs  curse. 


THEN  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  "Je'hu  the 
son  of  Ha-na'nl  against  Ba'a-sha,  saying, 
2  h  Forasmuch  as  I  exalted  thee  out  of  the  dust, 
and  made  thee  prince  over  my  people  Ig'ra-el ;  and 


r  2  Ki.  15.  29. 
s  Judg.  18.  29. 
<2Sam.  20.  14. 


u  2  Clir.  1G.  G. 
fi  free. 


i' Josh.  21.  17. 
w  1  Sam.  7.  6. 
Jer.  40.  6,  10. 


x  2  Chr.  1G.  12. 
Ps.  90.  10. 
Eccl.  12.  1. 


y  oh.  22.  41-43. 
Matt.  1.8. 

z  Matt.  1.  8, 
called 
Josaphat. 

7  reigned. 


a  ch.  12.  30. 


b  ch.  14.  14. 


e  Josh.  19.  44. 
ch.  1G.  15. 


d  Deut.  32.  35. 
e  ch.  14.  10, 14. 

Job  18.  13-21. 

Ps.  21.  10. 

Isa.  14.  20. 
/ch.  12.  28,29. 

ch.  13.  33. 


a  ch.  21.  20-24. 

2  Chr.  19.  2. 
b  1  Sam.  2.  8. 

ch.  14.  7. 

Ps.  75.  6,  7. 

Jer.  27.  5. 

Dan.  2.  21. 
c  ch.  15.  34. 
d  ch.  14.  10. 

ch.  15.  29. 

Isa.  6G.  24. 
e  ch.  14.  11. 
/2  Chr.  1G.  1. 
g  ch.  14.  17. 
h  Ps.  115.  4. 

Isa.  2.  8. 
i  ch.  14.  14. 

2Ki.  10.  30,  31. 

Hos.  1.  4. 
j  ch.  15.  27. 

2Ki.  9.  31. 

2  Ki.  12.  20. 
k  1  Sam.  25. 

3G-38. 

2  Sam.  13. 

28,  29. 

ch.  20.  1G. 

Job  31.  3. 

Prov.  20.  1. 

Isa.  1.  28. 

1  which  was 
over. 

/ 1  Sam.  25.  22. 

2  Or,  both  his 
kinsmen  and 
his  friends. 

3  by  the  hand  of. 
m  Isa.  3.  16. 

n  Deut.  32.  21 . 

1  Sam.  12.  21. 

Isa.  41.  29. 

Jer.  10.  8,  15. 

Jon.  2.  8. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 
o  Job  20.  5. 

Ps.  37.  35. 
p  ch.  15.  27. 
q  Judg.  9.  54. 
r  Ps.  9.  16. 


Hhou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  and 
hast  made  my  people  Ig'ra-el  to  sin,  to  provoke  me 
to  anger  with  their  sins  ; 

3  Behold,  I  will  take  away  the  posterity  of  Ba'a- 
sha,  and  the  posterity  of  his  house  ;  and  will  make 
thy  house  like  rfthe  house  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of 
Ne'bat. 

4  cHim  that  dieth  of  Ba'a-sha  in  the  city  shall  the 
dogs  eat ;  and  him  that  dieth  of  his  in  the  fields 
shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  eat. 

5  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ba'a-sha,  and  what 
he  did,  and  his  might,  fare  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el? 

6  So  Ba'a-sha  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
in  g Tir'zah  :  and  E'lah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  also  by  the  hand  of  the  prophet  Je'hu  the 
son  of  Ha-na'nl  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  against 
Ba'a-sha,  and  against  his  house,  even  for  all  the 
evil  that  he  did  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  in  pro- 
voking him  to  anger  with  the  ''work  of  his  hands, 
in  being  like  the  house  of  Jer-o-bo'am ;  and  because 
'he  killed  him. 

8  H  In  the  twenty  and  sixth  year  of  A'sa  king  of 
Ju'dah  began  E'lah  the  son  of  Ba'a-sha  to  reign  over 
Ig'ra-el  in  Tir'zah,  two  years. 

9  'And  his  servant  Zim'rl,  captain  of  half  his  char- 
iots, conspired  against  him,  as  he  was  in  Tir'zah, 
k  drinking  himself  drunk  in  the  house  of  Ar'za 
1  steward  of  his  house  in  Tir'zah. 

10  And  Zim'rl  went  in  and  smote  him,  and  killed 
him,  in  the  twenty  and  seventh  year  of  A'sa  king 
of  Ju'dah,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

11  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  began  to  reign, 
as  soon  as  he  sat  on  his  throne,  that  he  slew  all  the 
house  of  Ba'a-sha  :  he  left  him  'not  one  that  pisseth 
against  a  wall,  2  neither  of  his  kinsfolks,  nor  of  his 
friends. 

12  Thus  did  Zim'rl  destroy  all  the  house  of  Ba'a- 
sha,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
spake  against  Ba'a-sha  3by  Je'hu  the  prophet, 

13  mFor  all  the  sins  of  Ba'a-sha,  and  the  sins  of 
E'lah  his  son,  by  which  they  sinned,  and  by  which 
they  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin,  in  provoking  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el  to  anger  "with  their  vanities. 

14  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  E'lah,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

15  H  In  the  twenty  and  seventh  year  of  A'sa  king 
of  Ju'dah  did  ZTm'rl  reign  "seven  days_in  Tir'zah. 
And  the  people  were  encamped  "against  Gib'be-thon, 
which  belonged  to  the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

16  And  the  people  that  were  encamped  heard  say, 
Zim'rl  hath  conspired,  and  hath  also  slain  the  king  : 
wherefore  all  Ig'ra-el  made  Om'rl,  the  captain  of 
the  host,  king  over  Ig'ra-el  that  day  in  the  camp. 

17  And  Om'rl  went  up  from  Gib'be-thon,  and  all 
Ig'ra-el  with  him,  and  they  besieged  Tir'zah. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Zim'rl  saw  that  the 
city  was  taken,  that  he  went  into  the  palace  of  the 
king's  house,  and  burnt  the  king's  house  over  him 
with  fire,  and  "died, 

19  For  his  sins  which  he  sinned  in  'doing  evil  in 

285 


Omri  builds  Samaria. 


1  KINGS,  17. 


Elijah  fed  by  ravens. 


the  sight  of  the  Lord,  sin  walking  in  the  way  of 
Jer-o-bo'am,  and  in  his  sin  which  he  did,  to  make 
Ig'ra-el  to  sin. 

20  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zim'rf,  and  his 
treason  that  he  wrought,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

21  If  Then  were  the  people  of  Ig'ra-el  divided  into 
'two  parts  :  half  of  the  people  followed  Tib'nl  the 
son  of  Gi'nath,  to  make  him  king  ;  and  half  followed 
Om'rl. 

22  But  the  people  that  followed  Om'rl  prevailed 
against  the  people  that  followed  Tib'ni  the  son  of 
Gi'nath  :  so  Tib'nl  died,  and  Om'rl  reigned. 

23  11  In  the  thirty  and  first  year  of  A'sa  king  of 
Ju'dah  began  Om'rl  to  reign  over  Ig'ra-el,  twelve 
years  :  six  years  reigned  he  in  Tir'zah. 

24  And  he  bought  the  hill  Sa-ma'ri-a  of  She'mer 
for  two  talents  of  silver,  and  built  on  the  hill,  and 
called  the  name  of  the  city  which  he  built,  after 
the  name  of  She'mer,  owner  of  the  hill,  4Sa-ma'r!-a. 

25  If  But  ''Om'rl  wrought  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord,  and  did  worse  than  all  that  were  before  him. 

26  For  he  walked  in  all  the  way  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the 
son  of  Ne'bat,  and  in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made 
Ig'ra-el  to  sin,  to  provoke  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el 
to  anger  with  their  v  vanities. 

27  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Om'rl  which  he  did, 
and  his  might  that  he  shewed,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el? 

28  So  Om'rl  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
in  Sa-ma'ri-a  :  and  A'hab  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

29  Tf  And  in  the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of  A'sa 
king  of  Ju'dah  began  A'hab  the  son  of  OnVri  to 
reign  over  Ig'ra-el  :  and  A'hab  the  son  of  Om'rl 
reigned  over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'rI-a  twenty  and  two 
years. 

30  And  A'hab  the  son  of  Om'rl  did  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  above  all  that  were  before  him. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  5as  if  it  had  been  a  light 
thing  for  him  to  walk  in  the  sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the 
son  of  Ne'bat,  "'that  he  took  to  wife  Jez'e-bel  the 
daughter  of  Eth'ba-al  king  of  the  xZl-do'ni-ang, 
^and  went  and  served  Ba'al,  and  worshipped  him. 

32  And  he  reared  up  an  altar  for  Ba'al  in  Hhe 
house  of  Ba|al,  which  he  had  built  in  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

33  "And  A'hab  made  a  grove;  and  A'hab  6did 
more  to  provoke  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  to  anger 
than  all  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  that  were  before  him. 

34  If  In  his  days  did  Hi'el  the  Beth'-el-Ite  build 
Jer'i-cho  :  he  laid  the  foundation  thereof  in  A-bl'- 
ram  his  firstborn,  and  set  up  the  gates  thereof  in 
his  youngest  son  Se'gub,  According  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  Josh'u-a  the  son  of 
Nun. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Elijah's  advent.    6  He  is  fed  by  ravens.    17  Widow's  son  raised. 

AND  1E-li'jah  the  Tish'blte,  who  was  of  the  in- 
J-*-  habitants  of  Gil'e-ad,  said  unto  A'hab,  aAs  the 
Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  liveth,  ^before  whom  I  stand, 
"there  shall  not  be  dew  nor  rain  d these  years,  but 
according  to  my  word. 

286 


B.  C.  910. 


,'  ch.  12.  28. 


t  Isa.  9.  18. 


4  Shomeron. 

u  ch.  14.  9. 
Mic.  6.  1G. 


v  Jer.  16.  19. 
Acts  14.  15. 


5  was  it  a  light 

thing,  etc. 
w  Gen.  6.  2. 

Josh.  23.  12. 

ch.  18.  4-19. 
X  Judg.  18.  7. 
I)  ch.  21.  25. 

2  Ki.  10.  18. 
z  2  Ki.  10.  21, 

26,  27. 
a  Ex.  34.  13. 

Jer.  17.  2. 
b  ch.  21.  25. 
c  Num.  15.  30. 

Ps.  119.  89,126. 

Prov.  13.  13. 

Isa.  40.  8. 

Matt.  24.  35. 

Luke  21.  33. 

1  Pet.  1.  25. 


1  Elijahu, 
Lukel.  17. 
Luke  4.  25, 
Elias. 

a  2  Ki.  3.  14. 
b  Deut.  10.  8. 
c  Jas.  5.  17. 
</  Luke  4.  25. 
e  Ps.  37.  3. 

2  at  the  end 
of  days. 

/  Obad.  20. 

Luke  4.  26, 

Sarepta. 
g  Gen.  24.  17. 

Ps.  24.  1. 

John  4.  7. 

Heb.  11.  37. 
h  Gen.  18.  C. 
i  Gen.  21. 

15,  10. 
J  Gen.  22.  1,  2. 

1  Pet.  1.  7. 
/„'Ps.  34.  11. 

Phil.  4.  19. 

1  Tim.  4.  8. 

3  giveth. 

1 2  Chr.  20.  20. 
Matt.  20.  28. 
Heb.  11.  8. 

4  Or,  a  full  year. 
m  Deut.  15.  10. 

Prov.  11.  24. 

5  by  the 
hand  of. 

n  2  Sam.  16.  10. 

Luke  4.  34. 

John  2.  4. 
o  Ex.  15.  25. 

Num.  11.  11. 

1  Sam.  7.  8. 

ch.  18.  30,  37. 

Phil.  4.  6. 

Jas.  5.  13,  16. 


2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  him,  say- 
ing, 

3  Get  thee  hence,  and  turn  thee  eastward,  and 
hide  thyself  by  the  brook  Che'rith,  that  is  before 
Jor'dan. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  that  thou  shalt  drink  of  the 
brook  ;  and  e  I  have  commanded  the  ravens  to  feed 
thee  there. 

5  So  he  went  and  did  according  unto  the  word 
of  the  Lord  :  for  he  went  and  dwelt  by  the  brook 
Che'rith,  that  is  before  JQr'dan. 

6  And  the  ravens  brought  him  bread  and  flesh  in 
the  morning,  and  bread  and  flesh  in  the  evening ; 
and  he  drank  of  the  brook. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  2  after  a  while,  that  the 
brook  dried  up,  because  there  had  been  no  Tain  in 
the  land. 

8  If  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  him, 
saying, 

9  Arise,  get  thee  to  -^Zar'e-phath,  which  belongeth 
to  Zi'don,  and  dwell  there  :  behold,  I  have  com- 
manded a  widow  woman  there  to  sustain  thee. 

10  So  he  arose  and  went  to  Zar'e-phath.  And 
when  he  came  to  the  gate  of  the  city,  behold,  the 
widow  woman  was  there  gathering  of  sticks  :  and 
he  called  to  her,  and  said,  °  Fetch  me,  I  pray  thee, 
a  little  water  in  a  vessel,  that  I  may  drink. 

11  And  as  she  was  going  to  fetch  it,  he  called  to 
her,  and  said,  Bring  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  morsel  of 
bread  in  thine  hand. 

12  And  she  said,  As  the  Lord  thy  God  liveth,  I 
have  not h  a  cake,  but  an  handful  of  meal  in  a  barrel, 
and  a  little  oil  in  a  cruse  :  and,  behold,  I  am  gath- 
ering two  sticks,  that  I  may  go  in  and  dress  it  for 
me  and  my  son,  that  we  may  eat  it,  and  'die. 

13  And  E-lI'jah  said  unto  her,  Fear  not ;  go  and 
do  as  thou  hast  said  :  but  J'make  me  thereof  a  little 
cake  first,  and  bring  it  unto  me,  and  after  make 
for  thee  and  for  thy  son. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  fcThe 
barrel  of  meal  shall  not  waste,  neither  shall  the 
cruse  of  oil  fail,  until  the  day  that  the  Lord  3sendeth 
rain  upon  the  earth. 

15  And  she  went  and  ?did  according  to  the  saying 
of  E-lT'jah  :  and  she,  and  he,  and  her  house,  did  eat 
imany  days. 

16  And  mthe  barrel  of  meal  wasted  not,  neither 
did  the  cruse  of  oil  fail,  according  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  spake  5by  E-H'jah. 

17  If  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that 
the  son  of  the  woman,  the  mistress  of  the  house, 
fell  sick  ;  and  his  sickness  was  so  sore,  that  there 
was  no  breath  left  in  him. 

18  And  she  said  unto  E-lI'jah,  "What  have  I  to  do 
with  thee,  O  thou  man  of  God  ?  art  thou  come  unto 
me  to  call  my  sin  to  remembrance,  and  to  slay  my 
son? 

19  And  he  said  unto  her,  Give  me  thy  son.  And 
he  took  him  out  of  her  bosom,  and  carried  him  up 
into  a  loft,  where  he  abode,  and  laid  him  upon  his 
own  bed. 

20  "And  he  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  O  Lord 


Elijah  goes  to  meet  Ahab. 


1  KINGS,  18. 


Test  of  Baal's  prophets. 


I  my  God,  hast  thou  also  brought  evil  upon  the  widow 
with  whom  I  sojourn,  by  slaying  her  son  ? 

21  v  And  he  6  stretched  himself  upon  the  child  three 
times,  and  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  0  Lord 
my  God,  I  pray  thee,  let  this  child's  soul  come  7  into 
him  again. 

22  And  the  Lord  "heard  the  voice  of  E-H'jah  ; 
and  the  soul  of  the  child  came  into  him  again,  and 
he  r  revived. 

23  And  E-H'jah  took  the  child,  and  brought  him 
down  out  of  the  chamber  into  the^house,  and 
delivered  him  unto  his  mother  :  and  E-H'jah  said, 
See,  thy  son  liveth. 

24  If  And  the  woman  said  to  E-li'jah,  Now  by  this 
SI  know  that  thou  art  a  man  of  God,  and  that  the 
word  of  the  Lord  in  thy  mouth  is  truth. 

•  CHAPTER  18.    . 

1  Elijah  meets  Obadiah  and  Ahab.    17  Test  of  BaaVs  prophets.    40  They  are  slain. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  "many  days,  that  the 
-  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  E-H'jah  in  the  third 
year,  saying,  Go,  shew  thyself  unto  A'hab  ;  and  6I 
will  send  rain  upon  the  earth. 

2  And  E-H'jah  went  to  shew  himself  unto  A'hab. 
And  there  was  a  sore  famine  in  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

3  And  A'hab  called  1 0-ba.-dl' ah±  which  ivas  2the 
governor  of  his  house.  (Now  O-ba-dl'ah  c  feared 
the  Lord  greatly : 

4  For  it  was  so,  when 3  Jez'e-bel  cut  off  the  prophets 
of  the  Lord,  that  O-ba-dl'ah  took  an  hundred  pro- 
phets, and  hid  them  by  fifty  in  a  cave,  and  dfed 
them  with  bread  and  water) 

5  And  A'hab  said  unto  O-ba-dl'ah,  Go  into  the 
land,  unto  all  fountains  of  water,  and  unto  all  brooks : 
peradventure  we  may  find  grass  to  save  the  horses 
and  mules  alive,  4  that  we  lose  not  all  the  beasts. 

6  So  they  divided  the  land  between  them  to  pass 
throughout  it  :  A'hab  went  one  way  by  himself,  and 
O-ba-dl'ah  went  another  way  by  himself. 

fl  H  And  as  O-ba-dl'ah  was  in  the  way,  behold, 
E-H'jah  met  him  :  and  he  knew  him,  and  fell  on 
his  face,  and  said,  Art  thou  that  my  lord  E-H'jah  ? 

8  And  he  answered  him,  I  am  :  go,  tell  thy  lord, 
Behold,  E-H'jah  is  here. 

9  And  he  said,  What  have  I  sinned,  that_  thou 
wouldest  deliver  thy  servant  into  the  hand  of  A'hab, 
to  slay  me  ? 

10  As  the  Lord  thy  God  liveth,  there  is  no  nation 
■or  kingdom,  whither  my  lord  hath  not  sent  to  seek 
thee  :  and  when  they  said,  He  is  not  there ;  he  took 
an  oath  of  the  kingdom  and  nation,  that  they  found 
thee  not. 

11  And  now  thou  say  est,  Go,  tell  thy  lord,  Behold, 
E-H'jah  is  here. 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  as  soon  as  I  am  gone 
from  thee,  that  "the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  carry 

Itheewhither  I  know  not ;  and  so  when  I  come  and 
tell  A'hab,  and  he  cannot  find  thee,  he  shall  slay 
me  :  but  I  thy  servant  fear  the  Lord  from  my 
youth. 

13  Was  it  not  told  my  lord  what  I  did  when  Jez'- 
e-bel slew  the  prophets  of  the  Lord,  how  I  hid  an 


B.  C.  906. 


p  2  Ki.  4.  34,  33. 
6  measured. 


7  into  his  in- 
ward parts. 


q  Ps.  C5.  2. 

Prov.  15.  8,  29. 

Matt.  21.  22. 

Luke  11.  9,  10. 

1  John  3.  22. 
c  Deut.  32.  39. 

Luke  7.  14. 

Acts  20. 10, 12. 

Heb.  11.  35. 


s  John  3.  2. 
John  10.  30. 


a  Luke  4.  : 


6  Deut.  28.  12 


1  Obadiahu. 

2  over  his  house. 
c  Neh.  7.  2. 

Job  28.  28. 


3  Izebel. 


rfMatt.  10.  40-42. 


4  that  we  cut 
not  off  our- 
selves from 
the  beasts. 


e  Ezek.  3.  12,  14. 

Matt.  4.  1. 

Acts  8.  39. 
/ch.  21.20. 
a  Josh.  7.  25. 

Luke  23.  2. 

Acts  16.  20. 
h  ch.  9.  9. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 
i  Jer.  4G.  18. 
j  ch.  16.  33. 
A-  ch.  22.  6. 
Z  Matt.  6.  24. 

1  Cor.  10. 

21,  22. 

Kev.  3.  15. 

5  Or,  thoughts. 
m  Josh.  24.  15. 

Ps.  100.  3. 
n  ch.  19.  10,  14. 
o  Lev.  9.  24. 

1  Chr.  21.  26. 

2  Chr.  7.  1. 

6  The  word 
is  good. 

7  Or,  answer. 
p  Ps.  115.  5. 

Jer.  10.  5. 
1  Cor.  8.  4. 

8  Or,  heard. 

9  Or,  leaped  up 
and  down  at 
the  altar. 

10  with  a 
great  voice. 

11  Or,  he 
meditateth. 

12  hath  a 
pursuit. 

q  Lev.  19.  28. 

13  poured  out 
blood  upon 
them. 

»1  Cor.  11.4,  5. 

14  ascending. 

15  attention. 


hundred  men  of  the  Lord's  prophets  by  fifty  in  a 
cave,  and  fed  them  with  bread  and  water  ? 
_14  And  now  thou  sayest,  Go,  tell  thy  lord,  Behold, 
E-H'jah  isjiere  :  and  he  shall  slay  me. 

15  And  E-H'jah  said,  As  the  Lord  of  hosts  liveth, 
before  whom  I  stand,  I  will  surely  shew  myself  unto 
him  to  day. 

16  So  O-ba-dl'ah  went  tojneet  A'hab,  and  told  him : 
and  A'hab  went  to  meet  E-H'jah.  _ 

17  I^And  it  came  to  pass,  when  A'hab  saw  E-H'jah, 
that  A'hab  said  unto  him,  f  Art  thou  he  "that  trou- 
bleth  Ig'ra-el? 

18  And  he  answered,  I  have  not  troubled  Ig'ra-el ; 
but  thou,  and  thy  father's  house,  ''in  that  ye  have 
forsaken  the  commandments  of  the  Lord,  and  thou 
hast  followed  Ba'al-im. 

19  Now  therefore  send,  and  gather  to  me  all  Ig'- 
ra-el unto  mount  'Car'mel,  and  the  prophets  of 
Ba'al  four  hundred  and  fifty,  yand  the  prophets  of  the 
groves  four  hundred,  which  eat  at  Jez'e-beTs  table. 

20  So  A'hab  sent  unto  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  k  gathered  the  prophets  together  unto  mount 
Car'mel. 

21  And  E-H'jah  came  unto  all  the  people,  and  said, 
'How  long  halt  ye  between  two  5 opinions?  if  the 
Lord  be  God,  follow  him:  but  if  Ba'al,  mthen  follow 
him.     And  the  people  answered  him  not  a  word. 

22  Then  said  E-H'jah  unto  the  people,  nl,  even  I 
only,  remain  a  prophet  of  the  Lord  ;  but  Ba'al's 
prophets  are  four  hundred  and  fifty  men. 

23  Let  them  therefore  give  us  two  bullocks  ;  and 
let  them  choose  one  bullock  for  themselves,  and  cut 
it  in  pieces,  and  lay  it  on  wood,  and  put  no  fire 
under  :  and  I  will  dress  the  other  bullock,  and  lay 
it  on  wood,  and  put  no  fire  under : 

24  And  call  ye  on  the  name  of  your  gods,  and  I 
will  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  and  the  God 
that  °answereth  by  fire,  let  him  be  God.  And  all 
the  people^answered  and  said,  6  It  is  well  spoken. 

25  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  the  prophets  of  Ba'al, 
Choose  you  one  bullock  for  yourselves,  and  dress  it 
first ;  for  ye  are  many ;  and  call  on  the  name  of 
your  gods,  but  put  no  fire  under. 

26  And  they  took  the  bullock  which  was  given 
them,  and  they  dressed  it,  and  called  on  the  name 
of  Ba'al  from  morning  even  until  noon,  saying,  O 
Ba'al,  7hear  us.  But  there  was  pno  voice,  nor  any 
that  8  answered.  And  they  9  leaped  upon  the  altar 
which  was  made.  _ 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  at  noon;  that  E-H'jah  mocked 
them,  and  said,  Cry  10  aloud :  for  he  is  a  god ;  either 
11  he  is  talking,  or  he  12is  pursuing,  or  he  is  in  a 
journey,  or  peradventure  he  sleepeth,  and  must  be 
awaked. 

28  And  they  cried  aloud,  and  "cut  themselves  after 
their  manner  with  knives  and  lancets,  till  13the  blood 
gushed  out  upon  them. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  midday  was  past, 
'"and  they  prophesied  until  the  time  of  the14 offering 
of  the  evening  sacrifice,  that  there  was  neither  voice, 
nor  any  to  answer,  nor  any  15that  regarded. 

30  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  all  the  people,  Come  near 

287 


Baal's  prophets  slain. 


1  KINGS,  19. 


Elijah  at  Horeb. 


unto  me.  And  all  the  people  came  near  unto  him. 
And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the  Lord  that  was 
broken  down. 

31  And  E-H'jah  took  twelve  stones,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  tribes  of  the  sons  of  Ja'cob,  unto 
whom  the  word  of  the  Lord  came,  saying,  sIg'ra-el 
shall  be  thy  name  : 

32  And  with  the  stones  he  built  an  altar  *in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  made  a  trench  about  the 
altar,  as  great  as  would  contain  two  measures  of  seed. 

33  And  he  "put  the  wood  in  order,  and  cut  the 
bullock  in  pieces,  and  laid  him  on  the  wood,  and 
said,  Fill  four  barrels  with  water,  and  ''pour  it  on 
the  burnt  sacrifice,  and  on  the  wood. 

34  And  he  said,  Do  it  the  second  time.  And  they 
did  it  the  second  time.  And  he  said,  Do  it  the 
third  time.     And  they  did  it  the  third  time. 

35  And  the  water  16ran  round  about  the  altar ;  and 
he  filled  the  trench  also  with  water. 

36  And  it  came  to  pass  at  wthe  time  of  the  offer- 
ing of  the  evening  sacrifice,  that  E-H'jah  the  pro- 
phet came  near,  and  said,  Lord  *God  of  A' bra-ham, 
I'saac,  and  of  Ig'ra-el,  ylet  it  be  known  this  day  that 
thou  art  God  in  I§'ra-el,  and  that  I  am  thy  servant, 
and  that  ZI  have  done  all  these  things  at  thy  word. 

37  Hear  me,  0  Lord,  hear  me,  that  this  people 
may  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord  God,  and  that 
thou  hast  "turned  their  heart  back  again. 

38  Then  6the  fire  of  the  Lord  fell,  and  consumed 
the  burnt  sacrifice,  and  the  wood,  and  the  stones, 
and  the  dust,  and  licked  up  the  water  that  was  in 
the  trench. 

39  And  when  all  the  people  saw  it,  they  fell  on 
their  faces :  and  they  said,  The  Lord,  he  is  the 
God  ;  the  JjORD,  he  is  the  God. 

40  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  them,  17Take  the  pro- 
phets of  Ba'al  ;  let  not  one  of  them  escape.  And 
they  took  them :  and  E-H'jah  brought  them  down 
to  the  brook  Ki'shon,  and  cslew_them  there. 

41  If  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  A'hab,  Get  thee  up, 
eat  and  drink  ;  for  there  is  18  a  sound  of  'abundance 
of  rain.  _ 

j42  So  A'hab  went  up  to  eat  and  to  drink.  And 
E-li'jah  went  up  to  the  top  of  Car'mel ;  dand  he 
cast  himself  down  upon  the  earth,  and  put  his  face 
between  his  knees, 

43  And  said  to  his  servant,  Go  up  now,  look  to- 
ward the  sea.  And  he  went  up,  and  looked,  and 
said,  There  is  nothing.  And  he  said,  "Go  again 
seven  times. 

44  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seventh  time,  that 
he  said,  Behold,  there  ariseth  a  little  cloud  out  of 
the  sea,  like  a  man's  hand.  And  he  said,  Go  up, 
say  unto  A'hab,  19  Prepare  thy  chariot,  and  get  thee 
down,  that  the  rain  stop  thee  not. 

45  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  mean  while,  that 
the  heaven  was  black  with  clouds  and  wind,  and 
there  was  a  great  rain.  And  A'hab  rode,  and  went 
to  Jez' re-el. 

46  And  /the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  on  E-lfjah  ; 
and  he  girded  up  his  loins,  and  ran  before  A'hab 
20 to  the  entrance  of  Jez're-el. 

288 


B.  C.  906. 


s  Gen.  32.  28. 


i  Col.  3.  17. 


u  Lev.  1.  6. 


v  Judg.  6.  20. 


16  went. 


w  Ex.  29.  39. 


X  Gen.  28.  13. 

Ex.  3.  6. 

Matt.  22.  32. 

Heb.  11.  1G. 
y  ch.  8.  43. 

2  Ki.  19.  19. 

Ps.  83.  18. 
z  Num.  16.  28. 


a  Jer.  10.  23. 

b  Lev.  9.  24. 
Judg.  6.  21. 
2  Chr.  7.  1. 


17  Or,  Appre- 
hend. 

cDeut.  13.  5. 
Rev.  19.  20. 

18  Or,  a  sound 
of  a  noise  of 
rain. 

d  Jas.  5.  17. 
e  Hab.  2.  3. 

19  Tie,  or,  Bind. 
/  2  Ki.  3.  15. 

Ezek.  i.  3. 

20  till  thou 
come  to 
Jezreel. 


a  ch.  18.  40. 
b  Ruth  1.  17. 

eh.  2.  23. 
c  Prov.  27.  1. 
dNum.  11.  15. 

Jon.  4.  3,  8. 

Phil.  1.21-24. 

1  for  his  life. 
e  Ps.  34.  7. 

Acts  12.  7. 
Heb.  1.  14. 

2  bolster. 
/Ex.  24.  18. 

Deut.  9.  9,  18. 

Matt.  4.  2. 

Luke  4.  2. 
g  Ex.  3.  1. 
h  Ex.  33.  21. 
tRom.  11.  3. 
j  Ex.  20.  5. 

Ps.  69.  9. 
*  ch.  18.  4. 
I  eh.  18.  22. 

Rom.  11.  3. 
m  Ex.  24.  12. 
n  Ezek.  1.  4. 
o  Num.  14.  18. 

Neh.  9.  17. 

Job  4.  16. 

Ps.  86.  15. 

Ps.  103.  8-18. 

Ps.  111.  4. 

Jas.  5.  11 
p  Ex.  3.  6. 

Isa.  6.  2. 


CHAPTER  19. 

1  Jezebel  threatens  Elijah.    4  His  flight  to  Horeb.     15  Jehu  anointed.    19  Elisha  chosen. 

AND  A'hab  told  Jez'e-bel  all  that  E-H'jah  had 
-^*-  done,  and  withal  how  he  had  "slain  all  the  pro- 
phets with  the  sword. 

2  Then  Jez'e-bel  sent  a  messenger  unto  E-H'jah, 
saying,  6So  let  the  gods  do  to  me,  and  more  also,  if 

1  make  not  thy  life  as  the  life  of  one  of  them  by 
cto  morrow  about  this  time. 

3  And  when  he  saw  that,  he  arose,  and  went  for 
his  life,  and  came  to  Be'er-she'ba,  which  belongeth 
to  Ju'dah,  and  left  his  servant  there. 

4  If  But  he  himself  went  a  day's  journey  into  the 
wilderness,  and  came  and  sat  down  under  a  juniper 
tree  :  and  he  d  requested  *for  himself  that  he  might 
die  ;  and  said,  It  is  enough  ;  now,  O  Lord,  take 
away  my  life  ;  for  I  am  not  better  than  my  fathers. 

5  And  as  he  lay  and  slept  under  a  juniper  tree, 
behold,  then  can  angel  touched  him,  and  said  unto 
him,  Arise  and  eat. 

6  And  he  looked,  and,  behold,  there  was  a  cake 
baken  on  the  coals,  and  a  cruse  of  water  at  his 

2  head.     And  he  did  eat  and  drink,  and  laid  him 
down  again. 

7  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  again  the  sec- 
ond time,  and  touched  him,  and  said,  Arise  and  eat ; 
because  the  journey  is  too  great  for  thee. 

8  And  he  arose,  and  did  eat  and  drink,  and  went 
in  the  strength  of  that  meat  ff orty  days  and  forty 
nights  unto  g  Ho'reb  the  mount  of  God. 

9  If  And  he  came  thither  h  unto  a  cave,  and  lodged 
there  ;  and,  behold,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
him,  and  he  said  unto  him,  What  doest  thou  here, 
E-H'jah  ? 

10  And  he  said,  *I  have  been  very  j jealous  for  the 
Lord  God  of  hosts  :  for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  have 
forsaken  thy  covenant,  thrown  down  thine  altars, 
and  k slain  thy  prophets  with  the  sword ;  and  lI, 
even  I  only,  am  left ;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to  take 
it  away. 

11  And  he  said,  Go  forth,  and  stand  '"upon  the 
mount  before  the  Lord.  And,  behold,  the  Lord 
passed  by,  and  "a  great  and  strong  wind  rent  the 
mountains,  and  brake  in  pieces  the  rocks  before  the 
Lord  ;  but  the  Lord  was  not  in  the  wind  :  and  after 
the  wind  an  earthquake  ;  but  the  Lord  was  not  in 
the  earthquake  : 

12  And  after  the  earthquake  a  fire  ;  but  the  Lord 
ivas  not  in  the  fire  :  and  after  the  fire  a  "still  small 
voice. 

13  And  it  was  so,  when  E-H'jah  heard  it,  that  phe 
wrapped  his  face  in  his  mantle,  and  went  out,  and 
stood  in  the  entering  in  of  the  cave.  And,  behold, 
there  came  a  voice  unto  him,  and  said,  What  doest 
thou  here,  E-H'jah  ? 

14  And  he  said,  I  have  been  very  jealous  for  the 
Lord  God  of  hosts  :  because  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
have  forsaken  thy  covenant,  thrown  down  thine 
altars,  and  slain  thy  prophets  with  the  sword  ;  and 
I,  even  I  only,  am  left ;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to 
take  it  away. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Go,  return  on  thy 


Samaria  is  besieged. 


1  KINGS,  20. 


The  Syrians  defeated. 


way  to  the  wilderness  of  Da-mas'eus  :  "and  when 
thoucomest,  anoint  Haz'a-el  to  be  king  over  Syr'i-a  : 

16  And  r  Je'hu  the  son  of  Nim'shi  shalt  thou  anoint 
to  be  king  oyer  I§ 'ra-el :  and  SE-H'sha  the  son  of 
Sha'phat  of  A'bel-mS-ho'lah  shalt  thou  anoint  to  be 
prophet  in  thy  room. 

17  And  'it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  him  that  escap- 
eth  the  sword  of  Haz'a-el  shall  Je'hu  slay  :  andjiim 
that  escapeth  from  the  sword  of  Je'hu  "shall  E-H'- 
sha  slay. 

18  3Yet  I  "have  left  me  seven  thousand  in  I§' ra-el, 
all  the  knees  which  have  not  bowed  unto  Ba'al,  wand 
every  mouth  which  hath  not  kissed  him. 

19  If  So  he  departed  thence,  and  found  E-lI'sha 
the  son  of  Sha'phat,  who  was  plowing  with  twelve 
yoke  of  oxen  before  him,  and  he  with  the  twelfth  : 
and  E-H'jah  passed  by  him,  and  cast  his  mantle  upon 
him. 

20  And  he  left  the  oxen,  and  ran  after  E-H'jah, 
and  said,  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  kiss  my  father  and 
my  mother,  and  then  I  will  follow  thee.  And  he 
said  unto  him,  4  Go  back  again  :  for  what  have  I 
done  to  thee  ? 

21  And  he  returned  back  from  him,  and  took  a 
yoke  of  oxen,  and  slew  them,  and  *  boiled  their  flesh 
with  the  instruments  of  the  oxen,  and  gave  unto 
the  people,  and  they  did  eat.  y  Then  he  arose,  and 
went  after  E-H'jah,  and  z  ministered  unto  him. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  Samaria  besieged.    13  Ahab  defeats  Ben-hadad.    Si  A  covenant.    35  The  prophet's 

reproof. 

AND  Ben-ha'dad  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  gathered  all 
-  his  host  together  :  aand  there  were  thirty  and 
two  kings  with  him,  and  horses,  and  chariots  :  and 
he  went  up  and  besieged  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  warred 
against  it. 

2  And  he  sent  messengers  to  A'hab  king  of  !§'- 
ra-el  into  the  city,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith 
Ben-ha'dad, 

3  Thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  mine  ;  thy  wives  also 
and  thy  children,  even  the  goodliest,  are  mine. 

4  And  the  king  of  I§'  ra-el  answered  and  said,  My 
lord,  0  king,  according  to  thy  saying,  6I  am  thine, 
and  all  that  I  have. 

5  And  the  messengers  came  again,  and  said,  Thus 
speaketh  Ben-ha'dad,  saying,  Although  I  have  sent 
unto  thee,  saying,  Thou  shalt  deliver  me  thy  silver, 
and  thy  gold,  and  thy  wives,  and  thy  children  ; 

6  Yet  I  will  send  my  servants  unto  thee  to  morrow 
about  this  time,  and  they  shall  search  thine  house, 
and  the  houses  of  thy  servants  ;  and  it  shall  be,  that 
whatsoever  is  pleasant  in  thine  eyes,  they  shall  put 
it  in  their  hand,  and  take  it  away. 

7  Then  the  king  of  Is 'ra-el  called  all  cthe  elders 
of  the  land,  and  said,  Mark,  I  pray  you,  and  see  how 
this  man  seeketh  mischief  :  for  he  sent  unto  me  for 
my  wives,  and  for  my  children,  and  for  my  silver, 
and  for  my  gold  ;  and  2 1  denied  him  not. 

8  And  all  the  elders  and  all  the  people  said  unto 
him,  Hearken  not  unto  him,  nor  consent. 

9  Wherefore  he  said  unto  the  messengers  of  Ben- 

18 


B.  C.  901. 

</2Ki.  8.  12,  13. 
r2Ki.  9.  1. 

s  Luke  4.  27, 
called 
Eliseus. 


t  2  Ki.  8.  12. 
2Ki.  9.  14. 
Amos  2.  14. 

u  2  Ki.  2.  23,  24. 

Isa.  11.4. 

Hos.  6.  5. 

Rev.  19.  21. 
3  Or,  I  will 

leave. 
v  Isa.  1.  9. 

Ezek.  G.  8. 

Joel  2.  32. 

Rom.  11.  4. 
w  Job  31.  27. 

Hos.  13.  2. 


4  Go  return. 


x  2  Sam.  24.  22. 


y  Matt.  4.  18-22. 
Luke  5.  27,  28. 
z  Ex.  24.  13. 


a  Gen.  14.  1,  2. 
2  Ki.  8.  7-15. 


b  Deut.  28.  48. 

1  desirable, 
e  Ex.  3.  16. 

Lev.  4.  15. 

2  I  kept  not 
back  from 
him. 

d  ch.  19.  2. 
Acts  23.  12. 

3  are  at  my  feet. 
e  Prov.  27.  1. 

Eccl.  7.  8. 

4  word, 
/ch.  16.  9. 

Prov.  31.  4,5. 
Eccl.  10.  17. 

5  Or,  tents. 
G  Or,  Place 

the  engines  : 
And  they 
placed 
engines. 

7  approached. 
g-Ex.  7.  17. 

Ps.  9.  16. 

8  Or,  servants. 

9  bind,  or,  tie. 
h  ch.  16.  9. 

Prov.  20. 1 . 

Dan.  5.  2,  30. 

Hos.  4.  11. 

Eph.  5.  18. 
i  1  Sam.  2.  3. 

2  Ki.  14.  8-12. 

Prov.  16.  18. 

Luke  14.  11. 
j  Lev.  26.  8. 

Ps.  33.  16. 
k  Job  40.  11. 
12  Sam.  11.  1. 

2  Chr.  36.  10. 
m  2  Chr.  32. 

13-19. 

Isa.  42.  8. 

Rom.  1.  21-23 
n  Job  5.  12,  13.  ' 


ha'dad,  Tell  my  lord  the  king,  All  that  thou  didst 
send  for  to  thy  servant  at  the  first  I  will  do  :  but 
this  thing  I  may  not  do.  And  the  messengers  de- 
parted, and  brought  him  word  again. 

10  And  Ben-ha'dad  sent  unto  him,  and  said,  rfThe 
gods  do  so  unto  me,  and  more  also,  if  the  dust  of 
Sa-ma'ri-a  shall  suffice  for  handfuls  for  all  the 
people  that 3  follow  me. 

11  And  the  king  of  I§'ra-el  answered  and  said,  Tell 
him,  e  Let  not  him  that  girdeth  on  his  harness  boast 
himself  as  he  that  putteth  it  off. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ben-ha'dad  heard 
this  i  message,  as  he  was  •'drinking,  he  and  the 
kings  in  the  5  pavilions,  that  he  said  unto  his  ser- 
vants, 6Set  yourselves  in  array.  And  they  set 
themselves  in  array  against  the  city. 

13  II  And,  behold,  there  7came  a  prophet  unto 
A'hab  king  of  I§'ra-el,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Hast  thou  seen  all  this  great  multitude  ?  behold,  I 
will  deliver  it  into  thine  hand  this  day  ;  and  ffthou 
shalt  knowthat  I  am  the  Lord. 

14  And  A'hab  said,  By  whom  ?  And  he  said, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  by  the  8  young  men  of 
the  princes  of  the  provinces.  Then  he  said,  Who 
shall  9  order  the  battle  ?     And  he  answered,  Thou. 

15  Then  he  numbered  the  young  men  of  the 
princes  of  the  provinces,  and  they  were  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty  two  :  and  after  them  he  numbered 
all  the  people,  even  all  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  being 
seven  thousand. 

16  And  they  went  out  at  noon.  But  Ben-ha'dad 
was  h  drinking  himself  drunk  in  the  pavilions,  he 
and  the  kings,  the  thirty  and  two  kings  that  helped 
him. 

17  And  the  young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  pro- 
vinces went  out  first ;  and  Ben-ha'dad  sent  out, 
and  they  told  him,  saying,  There  are  men  come  out 
of  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

18  And  he  said,  'Whether  they  be  come  out  for 
peace,  take  them  alive  ;  or  whether  they  be  come 
out  for  war,  take  them  alive. 

19  So  these  young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  pro- 
vinces came  out  of  the  city,  and  the  army  which 
followed  them. 

20  And  they  slew  every  one  his  man  :  and  the 
Syr'i-an§  ^'fled  ;  and  Is_'ra-el  pursued  them  :  and 
k Ben-ha'dad  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  escaped  on  an 
horse  with  the  horsemen. 

21  And  the  king  of  I§' ra-el  went  out,  and  smote 
the  horses  and  chariots,  and  slew  the  Syr'i-ang  with 
a  great  slaughter. 

22  If  And  the  prophet  came  to  the  king  of  I§'ra-el, 
and  said  unto  him,  Go,  strengthen  thyself,  and 
mark,  and  see  what  thou  doest  :  l  for  at  the  return 
of  the  year  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  will  come  up  against 
thee. 

23  And  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  said 
unto  him,  '"Their  gods  are  gods  of  the  hills  ;  there- 
fore they  were  stronger  than  we  ;  but  let  us  fight 
against  them  in  the  plain,  and  surely  we  shall  be 
stronger  than  they. 

24  And  do  this  thing,  "Take  the  kings  away,  every 

289 


Ahab  dismisses  Ben-hadad. 


1  KINGS,  21. 


The  affair  of  Naboth. 


man  out  of  his  place,  and  put  captains  in  their 
rooms  : 

25  And  number  thee  an  army,  like  the  army  that 
10  thou  hast  lost,  horse  for  horse,  and  chariot  for 
chariot :  and  we  will  fight  against  them  in  the  plain, 
and  surely  we  shall  be  stronger  than  they.  And  he 
hearkened  unto  their  voice,  and  did  so. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  return  of  the  year, 
that  Ben-ha'dad  numbered  the  Syr'i-ang,  and  went 
up  to  °A'phek,  nto  fight  against  Ig'ra-el. 

27  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  were  numbered, 
and  12  were  all  present,  and  went  against  them :  and 
the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  pitched  before  them  like  two 
little  flocks  of  kids  ;  but  the  Syr'i-ang  p  filled  the 
country. 

28  If  And  there  came  a  man  of  God,  and  spake 
unto  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  said,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  'Because  the  Syr'i-ang  have  said,  The  Lord 
is  God  of  the  hills,  but  he  is  not  God  of  the  valleys, 
therefore  will  I  deliver  all  this  great  multitude  into 
thine  hand,  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

29  And  they  pitched  one  over  against  the  other 
seven  days.  And  so  it  was,  that  in  the  seventh 
day  the  battle  was  joined :  and  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el slew  of  the  Syr'i-ang  an  hundred  thousand 
footmen  in  one  day. 

30  But  the  rest  fled  to  A'phek,  into  the  city  ;  and 
there  a  wall  fell  upon  twenty  and  seven  thousand 
of  the  men  that  were  left.  And  Ben-ha'dad  fled, 
and  came  into  the  city,  13into  an  inner  chamber. 

31  If  And  his  servants  said  unto  him,  Behold  now, 
we  have  heard  that  the  kings  of  the  house  of  Ig'- 
ra-el are  merciful  kings  :  let  us,  I  pray  thee,  rput 
sackcloth  on  our  loins,  and  ropes  upon  our  heads, 
and  go  out  to  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el :  perad venture  he 
will  save  thy  life. 

32  So  they  girded  sackcloth  on  their  loins,  and  put 
ropes  on  their  heads,  and  came  to  the  king  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  said,  Thy  servant  Ben-ha'dad  saith,  I 
pray  thee,  let  me  live.  And  he  said,  7s  he  yet  alive  ? 
he  is  my  brother. 

33  Now  the  men  did  diligently  observe  whether 
any  thing  would  come  from  him,  and  did  hastily 
catch  it:  and  they  said,  Thy  brother  Ben-ha'dad. 
Then  he  said,  Go  ye,  bring  him.  Then  Ben-ha'dad 
came  forth  to  him ;  and  he  caused  him  to  come  up 
into  the  chariot. 

34  And  Ben-ha'dad  said  unto  him,  sThe  cities, 
which  my  father  took  from  thy  father,  I  will  re- 
store ;  and  thou  shalt  make  streets  for  thee  in  Da- 
mascus, as  my  father  made  in  Sa-ma'ri-a.  Then 
said  A'hab,!  will  send  thee  away  with  this  covenant. 
So  *  he  made  a  covenant  with  him,  and  sent  him  away. 

35  If  And  a  certain  man  of  "the  sons  of  the 
prophets  said  unto  his  neighbour  "in  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the  man 
refused  to  smite  him. 

36  Then  said  he  unto  him,  Because  thou  hast  not 
obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  behold,  as  soon. as 
thou  art  departed  from  me,  a  lion  shall  slay  thee. 
And  as  soon  as  he  was  departed  from  him,  wa  lion 
found  him,  and  slew  him. 

290 


B.  C.  900. 


10  that  was 
fallen. 


o  Josh.  13.  4. 

11  to  the  war 
with  Israel. 

12  Or,  were 
victualled. 


p  Judg.  6.  5. 


q  Ex.  20.  5. 

Deut.  4.  24. 

Josh.  24.  19 

Ps.  33.  10. 

Ps.47.  8. 

Ps.  149.  7. 

Nah.  1.  2. 

13  into  a  cham- 
ber within  a 
chamber,  or, 
from  chamber 
to  chamber. 

r  Gen.  37.  34. 


s  ch.  15.  20. 
/  Isa.  26. 10. 

Isa.  28.  15. 
u  2  Ki.  2.  3,  5,  7 

15. 
v  ch.  13.  17, 18. 
w  ch.  13.  24. 

14  smiting  and 
wounding. 

x  2  Sam.  12.  1 . 
y  Judg.  9.  7-20. 
2  Sam.  14.  5-7 
z  2  Ki.  10.  24. 

15  weigh. 

16  he  was  not. 
a  Job  15.  6. 

Matt.  21.  41. 
Luke  19.  22. 
b  1  Sam.  15.  9. 
ch.  22.  31-37. 

17  of  my  curse. 
c  ch.  21.  4. 

Esth.  5.  13. 
Job  5.  2. 
Prov.  19.  3. 


a  Judg.  6.  33. 

1  Sam.  29.  1. 
b  Gen.  3.  6.      • 

Ex.  20.  17. 

Deut.  5.  21. 

Hab.  2.  9. 

Luke  12.  15. 

1  Tim.  6.  9, 10. 

Jas.  1.  14,  15. 
c  1  Sam.  8.  14. 
1  be  good  in 

thine  eyes. 
d  Lev.  25.  23. 

Num.  36.  7. 

Ezek.  40.  18. 
e  1  Sam.  8.  14. 
/  Jer.  6.  7. 

Mic.  2.  1. 


37  Then  he  found  another  man,  and  said,  Smite 
me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the  man  smote  him,  14so  that 
in  smiting  he  wounded  him. 

38  So  the  prophet  departed,  and  waited  for  the 
king  by  the  way,  and  disguised  himself  with  ashes 
upon  his  face. 

39  And  xas  the  king  passed  by,  he  cried  unto  the 
king  :  and  ,Jhe  said,  Thy  servant  went  out  into 
the  midst  of  the  battle  ;  and,  behold,  a  man  turned 
aside,  and  brought  a  man  unto  me,  and  said,  Keep 
this  man  :  if  by  any  means  he  be  missing,  then 
-shall  thy  life  be  for  his  life,  or  else  thou  shalt  15pay 
a  talent  of  silver. 

40  And  as  thy  servant  was  busy  here  and  there, 
16  he  was  gone.  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto 
him,  "So  shall  thy  judgment  be;  thyself  hast  de- 
cided it. 

41  And  he  hasted,  and  took  the  ashes  away  from 
his  face  ;  and  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  discerned  him 
that  he  was  of  the  prophets. 

42  And  he  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
6  Because  thou  hast  let  go  out  of  thy  hand  a  man 
"  whom  I  appointed  to  utter  destruction,  therefore 
thy  life  shall  go  for  his  life,  and  thy  people  for  his 
people. 

43  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  cwent  to  his  house 
heavy  and  displeased,  and  came  to  Sa-ma'rT-a. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Naboth  condemned  and  stoned.    15  His  vineyard  taken.    17  Elijah's  denunciation. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that 
-  Na'both  the  Jez're-el-Ite  had  a  vineyard,  which 
ivas  in  a  Jez're-el,  hard  by  the  palace  of  A'hab  king 
of  Sa-ma|ri-a. 

2  And  A'hab  spake  unto  Na'both,  saying,  6Give 
me  thy  c  vineyard,  that  I  may  have  it  for  a  garden 
of  herbs,  because  it  is  near  unto  my  house  :  and  I 
will  give  thee  for  it  a  better  vineyard  than  it ;  or, 
if  it  J  seem  good  to  thee,  I  will  give  thee  the  worth 
of  it  in  money. 

3  And  Na'both  said  to  A'hab,  The  Lord  forbid  it 
me,  dthat  I  should  give  the  inheritance  of  my  fathers 
unto  thee. 

4  And  A'hab  came  into  his  house  heavy  and  dis- 
pleased because  of  the  word  which  Na'both  the 
Jez're-el-Ite  had  spoken  to  him  :  for  he  had  said, 
I  will  not  give  thee  the  inheritance  of  my  fathers. 
And  he  laid  him  down  upon  his  bed,  and  turned 
away  his  face,  and  would  eat  no  bread. 

5  1  But  Jez'e-bel  his  wife  came  to  him,  and  said 
unto  him,  Why  is  thy  spirit  so  sad,  that  thou  eat- 
est  no  bread  ? 

6  And  he  said  unto  her,  Because  I  spake  unto.  Na'- 
both the  Jez're-el-Ite,  and  said  unto  him,  Give  me 
thy  vineyard  for  money  ;  or  else,  if  it  please  thee, 
I  will  give  thee  another  vineyard  for  it :  and  he 
answered,  I  will  not  give  thee  my  vineyard. 

7  And  Jez'e-bel  his  wife  said  unto  him,  Dost  thou 
enow  govern  the  kingdom  of  Ig'ra-el?  arise,  and  eat 
bread,  and  let  thine  heart  be  merry  :  I  •''will  give 
thee  the  vineyard  of  Na'both  the  Jez're-el-Ite. 

8  So  she  wrote  letters  in  A'hab's  name,  and  sealed 


I 


Naboth  stoned  to  death. 


1  KINGS,  22. 


Ahab's  false  prophets. 


them  with  his  seal,  and  sent  the  letters  unto  the 
elders  and  to  the  nobles  that  were  in  his  city,  dwell- 
ing with  Na'both. 

9  And  she  wrote  in  the  letters,  saying,  2  Proclaim 
a  fast,  and  set  Na'both  3on  high  among  the  people : 

10  And  set  two  men,  ffsons  of  Be'li-al,  before  him, 
to  bear  witness  against  him,  saying,  Thou  h  didst 
blaspheme  God  and  the  king.  And  then  carry  him 
out,  and  'stone  him,  that  he  may  die. 

11  And  the  men  of  his  city,  even  the  elders  and 
the  nobles  who  were  the-  inhabitants  in  his  city, 
did  as  Jez'e-bel  had  sent  unto  them,  and  as  it  was 
written  in  the  letters  which  she  had  sent  unto  them. 

12  JThey  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  set  Na'both  on 
high  among  the  people. 

13  And  there  came  in  two  men,  children  of  Be'li-al, 
and  sat  before  him  :  and  the  men  of  Be'li-al  wit- 
nessed against  him,  even  against  Na'both,  in  the 
presence  of  the  people,  saying,  Na'both  did  blas- 
pheme God  and  the  king.  ''Then  they  carried  him 
forth  out  of  the  city,  and  stoned  him  with  stones, 
that  he  died. 

14  Then  they  sent  to  Jez'e-bel,  saying,  Na'both  is 
stoned,  and  is  dead. 

15  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jez'e-bel  heard 
that  Na'both  was  stoned,  and  was  dead,  that  Jez'e- 
bel  said  to  A'hab,  Arise,  take  possession  of  the  vine- 
yard of  Na'both  the  Jez're-el-Ite,  which  he  refused 
to  give  thee  for  money  :  for  Na'both  is  not  alive, 
but  dead. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  A'hab  heard  that 
Na'both  was  dead,  that  A'hab  rose  up  to  go  down 
to  the  vineyard  of  Na'both  the  Jez're-el-Ite,  to  take 
possession  of  it. 

17  H  'And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  E-lI'jah 
the  Tish'blte,  saying, 

18  Arise,  go  down  to  meet  A'hab  king  of  Ig'ra-el, 
m  which  is  in  Sa-ma'ri-a  :  behold,  he  is  in  the  vine- 
yard of  Na'both,  whither  he  is  gone  down  to  pos- 
sess it. 

19  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  him,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  TOHast  thou  killed,  and  also  taken 
possession  ?  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  him,  say- 
ing, Thus  saith  the  Lord,  °In  the  place  where  dogs 
licked  the  blood  of  Na'both  shall  dogs  lick  thy  blood, 
even  thine. 

20  And  A'hab  said  to  E-H' jah,  Hast  thou  found  me, 
pO  mine  enemy?  And  he  answered,  I  have  found 
thee:  because  Hhou  hast  sold  thyself  to  work  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

21  Behold, r  I  will  bring  evil  upon  thee,  and  will 
take  away  thy  posterity,  and  will  cut  off  from  A'hab 
shim  that  pisseth  against  the  wall,  and  'him  that  is 
shut  up  and  left  in  Ig'ra-el, 

22  And  will  make  thine  house  like  the  house  of 
u  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  and  like  the  house 
of  "Ba'a-sha  the  son  of  A-hl'jah,  for  the  provoca- 
tion wherewith  thou  hast  provoked  me  to  anger,  and 
made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin. 

23  And  "'of  Jez'e-bel  also  spake  the  Lord,  saying, 
The  dogs  shall  eat  Jez'e-bel  by  the  4wall  of  Jez'- 
re-el. 


B.  C.  899. 


2  Or,  Call  an 
assembly. 

3  in  the  top  of 
the  people. 

y  Deut.  13.  13. 
Judg.  10.  22. 

1  Sam.  2.  12. 

2  Sam.  20.  1. 
2  Cor.  6.  15. 

h  Ex.  22.  28. 

Lev.  24. 15, 16. 

ActsO.  11. 
i  Lev.  24.  14. 


j  Job  15.  34. 
Prov.  11.  0. 
Isa.  0.  16,  17. 
Isa.  58.  4. 
1  Tim.  4.  2. 


k  Num.  15.  36. 
Josh.  7.  25. 
Mark  15.  20. 
Acts  7.  58,  59. 
Heb.  11.  37. 


I  Ps.  9.  12. 


m  ch.  13.  32. 

n  Gen.  4.  9,  11. 
0  ch.  22.  38. 
p  ch.  18.  17. 

Isa.  29.  21. 

Amos  5.  10. 
?2Ki.  17.  17. 

Rom.  7.  14. 
r  ch.  14.  10. 

Deut.  32.  35. 

Ps.  94. 
s  1  Sam.  25.  22. 
t  ch.  14.  10. 
u  ch.  15.  29. 
v  ch.  10.  3,  11. 
w  2  Ki.  9.  36. 

Ps.  7.  16. 

4  Or,  ditch, 
.r  ch.  14.  11. 
V  ch.  16.  30. 
sell.  11.  1,4. 

Gen.  6.  2-5. 

5  Or.  incited. 
a  2Ki.  21.11. 

Gen.  15.  16. 
b  Gen.  37.  34. 
r  Ps.  78.  34-37. 
d  2  Ki.  9.  25. 


a  2  Chr.  18. 

2,  34. 
b  Dent.  4.  43. 

1  silent  from 
taking  it. 

r2Ki.  3.  7. 
d  ch.  18.  19. 

2  They  were 
prophets  of 
the  groves, 
hirelings  of 
Jezebel. 

«2Ki.  3.  11. 
fch.  19.  10. 
.7  ch.  20.  43. 

3  Or,  eunuch. 

4  floor. 


24  *Him  that  dieth  of  A'hab  in  the  city  the  dogs 
shall  eat ;  and  him  that  dieth  in  the  field  shall  the 
fowls  of  the  air  eat. 

25  1  But  y  there  was  none  like  unto  A'hab,  which 
did  sell  himself  to  work  wickedness  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  2whom  Jez'e-bel  his  wife  5stirred  up. 

26  And  he  did  very  abominably  in  following  idols, 
according  to  all  things  a  as  did  the  Am'or-Ites,  whom 
the  Lord  cast  out  before  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  A'hab  heard  those 
words,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  ''put  sackcloth 
upon  his  flesh,  and  fasted,  and  lay  in  sackcloth,  and 
went  softly. 

28  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  E-lI'jah  the 
Tish'blte,  saying, 

29  Seestthou  how  A'hab  chumbleth  himself  before 
me?  because  hehumbleth  himself  before  me,  I  will 
not  bring  the  evil  in  his  days:  but  dm  his  son's 
days  will  I  bring  the  eyil  upon  his  house. 


CHAPTER  22. 


1  A  hub's  false  prophets 


34  He  is  slain  in  battle. 
Ahaziah. 


41  JeJwshaphat's  reign.    51  Reign  of 


without   war 


AND   they  continued  three  years 
^-^-  between  Syr'i-a  and  Ig'ra-el. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  third  year,  that a  Je- 
hosh'a-phat  the  king  of  Ju'dah  came  down  to  the 
king  of  Ig'ra-el. 

3  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  his  servants, 
Know  ye  that  6Ra'moth  in  Gil'e-ad  is  ours,  and  we 
be  x  still,  and  take  it  not  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Syr'i-a? 

4  And  he  said  unto  Je-hosh'a-phat,  Wilt  thou  go 
with  me  to,  battle  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad?  And  Je- 
hosh'a-phat  said  to  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  CI  am  as 
thou  art,  my  people  as  thy  people,  my  horses  as  thy 
horses. 

5  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  said  unto  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el, 
Enquire,  I  pray  thee,  at  the  word  of  the  Lord  to 
day. 

6  Then  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el d  gathered  the  prophets 
together,  about  2four  hundred  men,  and  said  unto 
them,  Shall  I  go  against  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad  to  battle, 
or  shall  I  forbear  ?  And  they  said,  Go  up  ;  for  the 
Lord  shall  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the  king. 

7  And  e  Je-hosh'a-phat  said,  Is  there  not  here  a 
prophet  of  the  Lord  besides,  that  we  might  enquire 
of  him? 

8  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
f  There  is  yet  one  man,  Ml-ca'iah  the  son  of  Im'lah, 
by  whom  we  may  enquire  of  the  Lord  :  but  "I  hate 
him ;  for  he  doth  not  prophesy  good  concerning  me, 
but  evil.  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  said,  Let  not  the  king 
say  so. 

9  Then  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  called  an  3 officer,  and 
said,  Hasten  hither  Mi-ca'iah  the  son  of  Im'lah. 

10  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Je-hosh'a-phat  the 
king  of  Ju'dah  sat  each  on  his  throne,  having  put 
on  their  robes,  in  a  4  void  place  in  the  entrance  of  the 
gate  of  Sa-ma'ri-a  ;  and  all  the  prophets  prophesied 
before  them. 

11  And  Zed-e-kl'ah  the  son  of  Che-na'a-nah  made 

291 


Micaiah's  prediction. 

him  horns  of  iron :  and  he  said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
With  these  shalt  thou  push  the  Syr'i-an§,  until  thou 
have  consumed  them. 

12  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  so,  saying, h  Go 
up  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad,  and  prosper  :  for  the  Lord 
shall  deliver  it  into  the  king's  hand. 

13  And  the  messenger  that  was  gone  to  call  Ml-ca'- 
iah spake  unto  him,  saying,  Behold  now,  the  words 
of  the  prophets  declare  good  unto  the  king  with  one 
mouth  :  let  thy  word,  I  pray  thee,  be  like  the  word 
of  one  of  them,  and  speak  that  which  is  good. 

14  And  Ml-ca'iah  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  'what 
the  Lord  saith  unto  me,  that  will  I  speak. 

15  If  So  he  came  to  the  king.  And  the  king  said 
unto  him,  Ml-ca'iah,  shall  we  go  against  Ra'moth- 
gil'e-ad  to  battle,  or  shall  we  forbear?  And  he 
answered  him,  Go,  and  prosper :  for  the  Lord  shall 
deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the  king. 

16  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  How  many  times 
shall  I  adjure  thee  that  thou  tell  me  nothing  but  that 
which  is  true  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  ? 

17  And  he  said,  I  saw  all  I§'ra-el  •'scattered  upon 
the  hills,  as  sheep  that  have  not  a  shepherd  :  and 
the  Lord  said,  These  have  no  master :  let  them 
return  every  man  to  his  house  in  peace. 

18  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Je-hosh'a- 
phat,  Did  I  not  tell  thee  that  he  would  prophesy  no 
good  concerning  me,  but  evil? 

19  And  he  said,  Hear  thou  therefore  the  word  of 
the  Lord  :  k  I  saw  the  Lord  sitting  on  his  throne, 
1  and  all  the  host  of  heaven  standing  by  him  on  his 
right  hand  and  on  his  left. 

20  And  the  Lord  said,  Who  shall  5  persuade  A'hab, 
that  he  may  go  up  and  fall  at  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad? 
And  one  said  on  this  manner,  and  another  said  on 
that  manner. 

21  And  there  came  forth  a  spirit,  and  stood  before 
the  Lord,  and  said,  I  will  persuade  him. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Wherewith  ? 
And  he  said,  I  will  go  forth,  and  I  will  be  a  lying 
spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets.  And  he 
said,  mThou  shalt  persuade  him,  and  prevail  also  : 
go  forth,  and  do  so. 

23  nNow  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  hath  put  a 
lying  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  these  thy  prophets, 
and  the  Lord  hath  spoken  evil  concerning  thee. 

24  But  Zed-e-kl'ah  the  son  of  Che-na'a-nah  went 
near,  and  "smote  Ml-ca'iah  on  the  cheek,  and  said, 
p  Which  way  went  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  from  me 
to  speak  unto  thee  ? 

25  And  Ml-ca'iah  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  in 
that  day,  when  thou  shalt  go  6into  7an  inner  cham- 
ber to  hide  thyself. 

26  And  the  king  of  I§'ra-el  said,  Take  Ml-ca'iah, 
and  carry  him  back  unto  A'mon  the  governor  of  the 
city,  and  to  Jo 'ash  the  king's  son ; 

27  And  say,  Thus  saith  the  king,  Put  this  fellow 
in  the  prison,  and  feed  him  with  bread  of  affliction 
and  with  water  of  affliction,  until  I  come  in  peace. 

28  And  Ml-ca'iah  said,  If  thou  return  at  all  in 
peace,  "the  Lord  hath  not  spoken  by  me.  And  he 
said,  Hearken,  0  people,  every  one  of  you. 

292 


1"  KINGS,  22. 


Death  of  Ahab. 


B.  C.  897. 


Ii  Jer.  23.  25-32. 


)'  Num.  22.  38. 
Ps.  27. 
Ps.  5G.  1-10. 
Prov.  28.  1. 
Jer.  1.  7, 
17-19. 

Ezek.  2.  3-8. 
Acts  4.  13, 
29,  31. 
Acts  9.  29. 
Rom.  8.  31. 
2  Cor.  3.  12. 
Gal.  1.  9,  10. 
Eph.  6.  19,  20. 
Phil.  1.  20. 
1  Thess.  2.  2-6. 

1  Tim.  3. 13. 

2  Tim.  4.  1-5. 
Tit.  1.9,  10. 
Heb.  13,  5,  (;. 

j  Matt.  9.  36. 


ilsa.  6.  1. 

Dan.  7.  9. 
I  Job  1.6. 

Ps.  103.  20. 

Dan.  7.  10. 

Zech.  1.  10. 

Matt.  18.  10. 

Heb.  1.  7,  14. 
5  Or,  deceive. 


m  Job  12.  1(3. 

Ezek.  14.  9. 

2  Thess.  2.  11. 
>i  Ezek.  14.  9. 
o  Jer.  28.  16. 
p  2  Chr.  18.  23. 

6  Or,  from 
chamber  to 
chamber. 

7  a  chamber  in 
a  chamber. 

q  Num.  16.  29. 
Deut.  IS.  20. 

8  Or,  when  he 
was  to  dis- 
guise himself, 
and  enter  into 
the  battle. 

r  2  Chr.  35.  22. 

s2Chr.  18.  31. 

Prov.  13.  20. 

9  in  his  sim- 
plicity. 

10  joints  and 
the  breast- 
plate. 

11  made  sick. 

12  ascended. 

13  bosom. 

14  came. 

t  Deut.  32.  35. 
oh.  21.  19. 
Ps.  33.  11. 
Ps.  119.  89. 
Isa.  14.  27. 
Nahum  1.  2. 
Matt.  24.  35. 

1  Pet.  1 .  25. 
ii  Amos  3.  15. 
)'2Chr.  20.  31. 
w  2  Chr.  17.  3. 
x  ch.  14.  23. 

Deut.  12.  5-14. 
V  2  Chr.  19.  2. 

2  Cor.  6.  14. 


29  So  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Je-hosh'a-phat  the 
king  of  Ju'dah  went  up  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad. 

30  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto"  Je-hosh'g- 
phat,  8I  will  disguise  myself,  and  enter  into  the 
battle  ;  but  put  thou  on  thy  robes.  And  the  king 
of  Ig'ra-el  'disguised  himself,  and  went  into  the 
battle. 

31  But  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  commanded  his  thirty 
and  two  captains  that  had  rule  over  his  chariots, 
saying,  Fight  neither  with  small  nor  great,  save 
only  with  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains  of  the 
chariots  saw  Je-hosh'a-phat,  that  they  said,  Surely 
it  is  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el.  And  they  turned  aside  to 
fight  against  him  :  and  Je-hosh'a-phat s cried  out. 

33  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains  of  the 
chariots  perceived  that  it  was  not  the  king  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, that  they  turned  back  from  pursuing  him. 

34  And  a  certain  man  drew  a  bow  9  at  a  venture, 
and  smote  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  between  the  10  joints 
of  the  harness  :  wherefore  he  said  unto  the  driver 
of  his  chariot,  Turn  thine  hand,  and  carry  me  out  of 
the  host  ;  for  I  am  "wounded. 

35  And. the  battle  12increased  that  day  :  and  the 
king  was  stayed  up  in  his  chariot  against  the  Syr'i- 
ang,  and  died  at  even :  and  the  blood  ran  out  of  the 
wound  into  the  13  midst  of  the  chariot. 

36  And  there  went  a  proclamation  throughout 
the  host  about  the  going  down  of  the  sun,  saying, 
Every  man  to  his  city,  and  every  man  to  his  own 
country. 

37  If  So  the  king  died,  and  Hwas  brought  to  Sa- 
ma'ri-a  ;  and  they  buried  the  king  in  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

38  And  one  washed  the  chariot  in  the  pool  of  Sa- 
ma'ri-a ;  and  the  dogs  licked  up  his  blood  ;  and  they 
washed  his  armour ;  according  'unto  the  word  of 
the  Lord  which  he  spake. 

39  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A'hab,  and  all  that 
he  did,  and  "the  ivory  house  which  he  made,  and 
all  the  cities  that  he  built,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

40  So  A'hab  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and  A-ha-zI'ah 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

41  If  And  v  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  A'sa  began  to 
reign  over  Ju'dah  in  the  fourth  year  of  A'hab  king 
of  Ig'ra-el. 

42  Je-hosh'a-phat  was  thirty  and  five  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  twenty 
and  five  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  A-zu'bah  the  daughter  of  Shll'hl._ 

43  And  whe  walked  in  all  the  ways  of  A'sa  his 
father;  he  turned  not  aside  from  it,  doing  that 
which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  :  never- 
theless *the  high  places  were  not  taken  away  ;  for 
the  people  offered  and  burnt  incense  yet  in  the 
high  places. 

44  And  v  Je-hosh'a-phat  made  peace  with  the  king 
of  Ig'ra-el. 

45  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je-hosh'a-phat,  and 
his  might  that  he  shewed,  and  how  he  warred,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of 
the  kings  of  Ju'dah? 


Ahaziah's  sickness. 


2  KINGS,  1. 


Elijah  calls  down  fire. 


46  zAnd  the  remnant  of  the  sodomites,  which  re- 
mained in  the  days  of  his  father  A'sa,  he  took  out 
of  the  land. 

47  a  There  was  then  no  king  in  E'dom  :  a  deputy 
was  king. 

48  Je-hosh'a-phat  laimade  ships  of  Thar'shish  to 
go  to  O'phir  for  gold  :  ^but  they  went  not ;  for  the 
ships  were  broken  at  rfE'zi-on-ge'ber. 

49  Then  said  A-ha-zi'ah  the  son  of  A'hab  unto 
Je-hosh'a-phat,  Let  my  servants  go  with  thy  ser- 
vants in  the  ships.     But  Je-hosh'a-phat  would  not. 

50  H  And  e  Je-hosh'a-phat  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'- 


B.  C.  897. 


Gen.  13.  13. 
cli.  14.  24. 

.Tnde  7. 
Gen.  25.  23. 
2  Sam.  8.  14. 
2  Ki.  3.  9. 
>  Or,  had 
ten  ships. 
2  Chr.  20.  36. 
2  Chr.  20.  37. 
cli.  9"  20. 


2  Chr.  21.  : 
oli.  15.  26. 
Judg.  2.  1 1 
oh.  16.  31. 


vid  his  father :  and  Je-ho'ram  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

51  H  A-ha-zi'ah  the  son  of  A'hab  began  to  reign 
over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'ri-a  the  seventeenth  year  of 
Je-hosh'a-phat  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  reigned  two 
years  over  Ig'ra-el. 

52  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
'walked  in  the  way  of  his  father,  and  in  the  way 
of  his  mother,  and  in  the  way  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the 
son  of  Ne'bat,  who  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin  : 

53  For  "he  served  Ba'al,  and  worshipped  him,  and 
provoked  to  anger  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  accord- 
ing to  all  that  his  father  had  done. 


THE 

SECOND    BOOK    OF   THE    KINGS, 

COMMONLY    CALLED. 

THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  1. 


1  Rebellion  of  Moub.    9  Ahaziah's  fifties  slain.    16  Death  of  Ahaziah. 

ceeds  him. 


17  Jehoritm  .\nc- 


B.  C.  896. 


THEN  Mo'ab  a rebelled  against  Ig'ra-el  6 after  the 
death  of  A'hab. 

2  And  A-ha-zi'ah  fell  down  through  a  lattice  in 
his  upper  chamber  that  was  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  was 
sick  :  and  he  sent  messengers,  and  said  untothem, 
Go,  enquire  'of  Ba'al-ze'bub  the  god  of  cEk'ron 
whether  I  shall  recover  of  this  disease. 

3  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  E-H'jah  the 
Tish'blte,  Arise,  go  up  to  meet  the  messengers  of 
the  king  of  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  say  unto  them,  d£s  it 
not  because  there  is  not  a  God  in  Ig'ra-el,  that  ye 
go  to  enquire  of  Ba'al-ze'biib  the  god  of  Ek'ron  ? 

4  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  2Thou  shalt 
not  come  down  from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art 
gone  up,  ebut  shalt  surely  die.  And  E-H'jah  de- 
parted. 

5  1  And  when  the  messengers  turned  back  unto 
him,  he  said  unto  them,  Why  are  ye  now  turned 
back? 

6  And  they  said  unto  him,  There  came  a  man  up 
to  meet  us,  and  said  unto  us,  Go,  turn  again  unto 
the  king  that  sent  you,  and  say  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Is  it  not  because  there  is  not  a  God 
in  Ig'ra-el,  that  thou  sendest  to  enquire  of  Ba'al- 
ze'biib  the  god  of  Ek'ron?  therefore  thou  shalt  not 
come  down  from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone 
up,  but  shalt  'surely  die. 

7  And  he  said  unto  them,  3What  manner  of  man 
was  he  which  came  up  to  meet  you,  and  told  you 
these  words  ? 

8  And  they  answered  him,  He  was  "an  hairy  man, 
and  girt  with  a  girdle  of  leather  about  his  loins. 
And  he  said,  It  is  E-H'jah  the  Tish'blte. 

9  Then  the  king  /lsent  unto  him  a  captain  of  fifty 
with  his  fifty.  And  he  went  up  to  him  :  and,  be- 
hold, he  sat  on  the  top  of  an  hill.  And  he  spake 
unto  him,  Thou  l"man  of  God,  the  king  hath  said, 
Come  down. 


a  2  Sam.  S. 
*  ch.  3.  5. 


1  The  master 

of  flies, 
c  1  Sam.  5.  10. 


d  Isa.  S.  19. 
Jer.  2.  10-13. 


2  The  bed 

whither  thou 

art  gone  up, 

thou  shalt  not 

oome  down 

from  it. 
p. Job  18.  14-21. 

Prov.  11.  19. 

Eccl.  8.  13. 

Isa.  3.  11. 

Rom.  6.  23. 

Jas.  1.  15. 


/  Prov.  14.  32. 

3  What  was 
the  manner 
of  the  man  ? 

n  Zech.  13.  4. 

Matt.  3.  4. 
h  oh.  6.  13,  14. 

Ps.  105.  15. 
!'  Amos  7.  12. 

Matt.  27.  29. 
J  Num.  11.  1. 

Luke  9.  54. 
/-■  Isa.  26.  11. 
/  Prov.  27.  22. 

Eecl.  9.  3. 

Isa.  1.  5. 

Jer.  5.  3. 

4  bowed. 

m  1  Sam.  26.  21. 

Ps.  72.  14. 
n  Isa.  51.  12. 

Jer.  1.  17. 

Ezek.  2.  6. 

5  The  second 
year  that 
Jehoram  was 
Prorex,  3nd 
the  eighteenth 
of  Jehosha- 
phat. 


10  And  E-H'jah  answered  and  said  to  the  captain 
of  fifty,  If  I  be  a  man  of  God,  then  •'let  fire  come 
down  from  heaven,  and  consume  thee  and  thy  fifty. 
And  there  came  down  fire  from  heaven,  and  con- 
sumed him  and  his  fifty. 

11  k  Again  also  he  sent  unto  him  another  captain 
of  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  he  answered  and  said 
unto  him,  O  man  of  God,  thus  hath  the  king  said, 
Come  down  quickly. 

12  And  E-H'jah  answered  and  said  unto  them,  If 
I  be  a  man  of  God,  let  fire  come  down  from  heaven, 
and  consume  thee  and  thy  fifty.  And  the  fire  of 
God  came  down  from  heaven,  and  consumed  him 
and  his  fifty. 

13  H  And  he  sent  'again  a  captain  of  the  third 
fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  the  third  captain  of  fifty 
went  up,  and  came  and  4fell  on  his  knees  before 
E-H'jah,  and  besought  him,  and  said  unto  him,  O 
man  of  God,  I  pray  thee,  let  my  life,  and  the  life  of 
these  fifty  thy  servants,  m  be  precious  in  thy  sight. 

14  Behold,  there  came  fire  down  from  heaven,  and 
burnt  up  the  two  captains  of  the  former  fifties  with 
their  fifties :  therefore  let  my  life  now  be  precious 
in  thy  sight. 

15  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  E-H'jah, 
Go  down  with  him :  be  not  *  afraid  of  him.  And 
he  arose,  and  went  down  with  him  unto  the  king. 

16  And  he  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Forasmuch  as  thou  hast  sent  messengers  to  enquire 
of  Ba'al-ze'bub  the  god  of  Ek'ron,  is  it  not  because 
there  is  no  God  in  Ig'ra-el  to  enquire  of  his  word? 
therefore  thou  shalt  not  come  down  off  that  bed  on 
which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt  surely  die. 

17  T[  So  he  died  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
which  E-H'jah  had  spoken.  And 5  Je-ho'ram  reigned 
in  his  stead  in  the  second  year  of  Je-ho'ram  the  son 
of  Je-hosh'a-phat  king  of  Ju'dah  ;  because  he  had  no 
son. 

18  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A-ha-zi'ah  which  he 
did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chroni- 
cles of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

293 


Elijah  taken  up  to  heaven. 


2  KINGS,  2,  3. 


Elisha's  mockers  destroyed. 


CHAPTER  2. 

1  Elijah  divides  the  Jordan.     11  He  is  taken  up  to  heave.n.     12  Elishn  succeeds  him. 
19  Waters  of  Jericho  healed. 

AND  it^came  to  pass,  when  the  Lord  would  "take 
-  up  E-H'jah  into  heaven  by  a  whirlwind,  that 
E-H'jah  went  with  6  E-H'sha  from  Gil 'gal. 

2  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  E-H'sha,  c  Tarry  here,  I 
pray  thee  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Beth'-el. 
And  E-li'sha  said  unto  him,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  and 
d  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  So  they 
went  down  to  Beth'-el. 

3  And  c  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at 
Beth'-el  came  forth  to  E-li'sha,  and  said  unto  him, 
Knowest  thou  that  the  Lord  will  take  away  thy 
master  from  thy  head  to  day?  And  he  said,  Yea, 
I  know  it;  hold  ye  your  peace. 

4  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  him,  E-li'sha,  tarry  here, 
I  pray  thee ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jer'i-cho. 
And  he  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul 
liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  So  they  came  to  Jer'- 
i-cho. 

5  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at  Jer'- 
i-cho came  to  E-li'sha,  and  said  unto  him,  Knowest 
thou  that  the  Lord  will  take  away  thy  master  from 
thy  head  to  day?  And  he  answered,  Yea,  I  know 
it ;  hold  ye  your  peace. 

6  And  E-H'jah  said  unto  him,  Tarry,  I  pray  thee, 
here  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jor'dan.  And 
he  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth, 
I  will  not  leave  thee.     And  they  two  went  on. 

7  And  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  went, 
and  stood  1  to  view  afar  off :  and  they  two  stood  by 
Jor'dan. 

8  And  E-H'jah  took  his  mantle,  and  wrapped  it 
together,  and  smote  the  waters,  and  ■''they  were 
divided  hither  and  thither,  so  that  they  two  went 
over  on  dry  ground. 

9  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  gone 
over,  that  E-H'jah  said  unto  E-li'sha,  Ask  what  I 
shall  do  for  thee,  before  I  be  taken  away  from  thee. 
And  E-li'sha  said,  I  pray  thee,  let  a  "double  portion 
of  thy  spirit  be  upon  me. 

10  And  he  said,  2Thou  hast  asked  a  hard  thing: 
nevertheless,  if  thou  h  see  me  when  I  am  taken  from 
thee,  it  shall  be  so  unto  thee ;  but  if  not,  it  shall 
not  be  so. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  still  went  on, 
and  talked,  that,  behold,  there  appeared  ?:a  chariot 
of  fire,  and  horses  of  fire,  and  parted  them  both 
asunder ;  and  E-H'jah  went  up  by  a  whirlwind  into 
heaven. 

12  H  And  E-li'sha  saw  it,  and  he  cried,  jMy  father, 
my  father,  the  chariot  of  I§'ra-el,  and  the  horsemen 
thereof.  And  he  fcsaw  him  no  more:  and  he  took 
hold  of  his  own  clothes,  and  *rent  them  in  two 
pieces. 

13  He  took  up  also  the  mantle  of  E-H'jah  that  fell 
from  him,  and  went  back  and  stood  by  the  3bank  of 
Jor'dan ; 

14  And  he  took  the  mantle  of  E-H'jah  that  fell 
from  him,  and  m smote  the  waters,  and  said,  Where 
is  the  Lord  God  of  E-H'jah  ?  and  when  he  also  had 

294 


B.  C.  896. 


a  Gen.  5.  24. 
Heb.  11.5. 


b  1  Ki.  19.  21. 
c  Ruth  1.  15,  10. 


d  1  Sain.  1.  26. 
eh.  4.  30. 


e  1  Sam.  19.  20. 
1  Ki.  20.  35. 
ch.  4.  1,  38. 


1  in  sight,  or, 
over  against. 

/■Ex.  14.  21. 
Josh.  3.  1G. 
7  Num.  11. 17-25. 

2  Thou  hast 
done  hard 
in  asking. 

h  Acts  1.  10. 
i  eh.  0.  17. 

Ps.  08.  17. 

Heb.  1.  7,  14. 
/  oh.  13.  14.   ' 
k  Actsl.  9. 
/  Gen.  37.  29,  34. 

Josh.  7.  G. 

3  lip. 

m  John  14.  12. 

4  sons  of 
strength. 

h  1  Ki.  18.  12. 
Ezek.  8.  3. 
Acts  8.  39. 

5  one  of  the 
mountains. 

o  Josh.  G.  26. 
0  causing  to 

miscarry. 
p  Ex.  15.  25. 

ch.  4.  41. 

John  9.  6. 
q  2  Chr.  36.  16. 

Ps.  31.  17,  18. 

Ps.  94.  4, 

21-23. 

Prov.  13.  13. 

Isa.  5.  24. 

Isa.  28.  22. 

Jer.  5.  10-14. 

Luke  10.  16. 

1  Thess.  4.  8. 

2  Tim.  3.  3. 
JudeH,  15, 18. 

»■  Dent.  32.  35, 
41,  43. 
Job  31.  3. 
Nan.  1.  2. 
Luke  12.  5. 
Rom.  12.  19. 
Heb.  10.  30,  31. 


a  ch.  1.  17. 
1  statue. 
b  1  Ki.  16.  31,  32 
r  ch.  10.  28-31. 
d  1  Ki.  12.  28, 

31,  32. 
e  Gen.  13.  2. 

Job  1.  3. 
/Isa.  16.  1. 


smitten  the  waters,  they  parted  hither  and  thither : 
and  E-H'sha  went  over. 

15  And  when  the  sons  of  the  prophets  which  were 
to  view  at  Jer'i-cho  saw  him,  they  said,  The  spirit 
of  E-H'jah  doth  rest  on  E-H'sha.  And  they  came 
to  meet  him,  and  bowed  themselves  to  the  ground 
before  him. 

16  If  And  they  said  unto  him,  Behold  now,  there 
be  with  thy  servants  fifty  i  strong  men  ;  let  them 
go,  we  pray  thee,  and  seek  thy  master  :  nlest  per- 
adventure  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  hath  taken  him 
up,  and  cast  him  upon 5  some  mountain,  or  into  some 
valley.     And  he  said,  Ye  shall  not  send. 

17  And  when  they  urged  him  till  he  was  ashamed, 
he  said,  Send.  They  sent  therefore  fifty  men ;  and 
they  sought  three  days,  but  found  him  not. 

18  And  when  they  came  again  to  him,  (for  he  tar- 
ried at  Jer'i-cho,)  he  said  unto  them,  Did  I  not  say 
unto  you,  Go  not  ? 

19  Tf  And  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto  E-H'sha, 
Behold,  I  pray  thee,  the  situation  of  this  city  is 
pleasant,  as  my  lord  seeth :  but  the  "water  is  naught, 
and  the  ground  6  barren. 

20  And  he  said,  Bring  me  a  new  cruse,  and  put 
salt  therein.     And  they  brought  it  to  him. 

21  And  he  went  forth  unto  the  spring  of  the 
waters,  and  pcast  the  salt  in  there,  and  said,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  I  have  healed  these  waters ;  there 
shall  not  be  from  thence  any  more  death  or  barren 
land. 

22  So  the  waters  were  healed  unto  this  day,  accord- 
ing to  the  saying  of  E-H'sha  which  he  spake. 

23  TI  And  he  went  up  from  thence  unto  Beth'-el  : 
and;  as  he  was  going  up  by  the  way,  there  came  forth 
little  children  out  of  the  city,  and  Q  mocked  him,  and 
said  unto  him,  Go  up,  thou  bald  head  ;  go  up,  thou 
bald  head. 

24  And  he  turned  back,  and  looked  on  them,  and 
cursed  them  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  And  there 
came  forth  two  she  bears  out  of  the  wood,  'and  tare 
forty  and  two  children  of  them. 

25  And  he  went  from  thence  to  mount  Car'mel, 
and  from  thence  he  returned  to  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Reign  of  Jehoram .     6  JudahJs  league  with  Israel.     13  Elisha's  prophecy.    21  Moab 

smitten. 

"1VTOW  °  Je-ho'ram  the  son  of  A'hab  began  to  reign 
-^  over  I§'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'ri-a  the  eighteenth  year 
of  Je-hosh'a-phat  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  reigned  twelve 
years. 

2  And  he  wrought  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  ; 
but  not  like  his  father,  and  like  his  mother  :  for  he 
put  away  the  l  image  of  Ba'al  Hhat  his  father  had 
made. 

3  Nevertheless  he  'cleaved  unto  "the  sins  of  Jer-o- 
bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  which  made  I§'ra-el  to  sin ; 
he  departed  not  therefrom. 

4  H  And  Me'sha  king  of  Mo'ab  was  ea  sheepmaster, 
and  rendered  unto  the  king  of  I§'ra-el  an  hundred 
thousand  -'"lambs,  and  an  hundred  thousand  rams. 
with  the  wool. 


Elisha's  prophecy. 


2  KINGS,  4. 


5  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  °  A'hab  was  dead,  that 
the  king  of  Mo'ab  rebelled  against  the  king  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

6  If  And  king  Js-ho'ram  went  out  of  Sa-ma'ri-a  the 
same  time,  and  numbered  all  Ig'ra-el. 

7  And  he  went  and  sent  to  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  king 
of  Ju'dah,  saying,  The  king  of  Mo'ab  hath  rebelled 
against  me :  wilt  thou  go  with  me  against  Mo'ab  to 
battle  ?  And  he  said,  I  will  go  up  :  hI  am  as  thou 
art,  my  people  as  thy  people,  and  my  horses  as  thy 
horses. 

8  And  he  said,  Which  way  shall  we  go  up  ?  And 
he  answered,  The  way  through  the  wilderness  of 
E'dom. 

9  So  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  went,  and  the  king  of  Ju'- 
dah, and  the  king  of  E'dom  :  and  they  fetched  a 
compass  of  seven  days'  journey  :  and  there  was  no 
water  for  the  host,  and  for  the  cattle  2  that  followed 
them. 

10  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said,  'Alas  !  that  the 
Lord  hath  called  these  three  kings  together,  to  de- 
liver them  into  the  hand  of  Mo'ab  ! 

11  But  J' Je-hosh'a-phat  said,  Is  there  not  here  a 
*  prophet  of  the  Lord,  that  we  may  inquire  of  the 
Lord  by  him?  And  one  of  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el's 
servants  answered  and  said,  Here  is  E-H'sha  the  son 
of  Sha'phat,  which  poured  water  on  the  hands  of 
E-H'jah. 

12  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  said,  The  word  of  the  Lord 
is  with  him.  So  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Je-hosh'a- 
phat  and  the  king  of  E'dom  mwent  down  to  him. 

13  And  E-li'sha  said  unto  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el, 
"What  have  I  to  do  with  thee?  °get  thee  to  pthe 
prophets  of  thy  father,  and  to  the  prophets  of  thy 
mother.  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  him, 
Nay  :  for  the  Lord  hath  called  these  three  kings 
together,  to  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  Mo'ab. 

14  And  E-li'sha  said,  "As  the  Lord  of  hosts  liveth, 
before  whom  I  stand,  surely,  were  it  not  that  I  re- 
gard rthe  presence  of  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  king  of 
Ju'dah,  I  would  not  look  toward  thee,  nor  see  thee. 

15  But  now  bring  me  sa  minstrel.  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  the  minstrel  played,  that  *the  hand 
of  the  Lord  came  upon  him. 

16  And  he  said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  MMake  this 
valley  full  of  ditches. 

17  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  see  wind, 
neither  shall  ye  see  rain  ;  yet  that  valley  v  shall  be 
filled  with  water,  that  ye  may  drink,  both  ye,  and 
your  cattle,  and  your  beasts. 

18  And  this  is  but  a  w  light  thing  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  :  *he  will  deliver  the  Mo'ab-ites  also  into 
your  hand. 

19  v  And  ye  shall  smite  every  fenced  city,  and  every 
choice  city,  and  shall  fell  every  good  tree,  and  stop 
all  wells  of  water,  and  3mar  every  good  piece  of 
land  with  stones. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  when  zthe 
meat  offering  was  offered,  that,  behold,  there  came 
water  by  the  way  of  E'dom,  and  the  country  was 
filled  with  water. 

21  Tf  And  when  all  the  Mo'ab-ites  heard  that  the 


B.  C.  895. 


g  ch.  1.  1. 


h  1  Ki.  22.  4. 


2  at  their  feet. 


i  Ps.  78.  34. 
Prov.  19.  3. 
Isa.  8.  21. 


j  1  Ki.  22.  7. 

k  Amos  3.  7. 
I  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

Ps.  55.  22. 

Prov.  3.  5,  G. 

m  ch.  2.  25. 
n  Ezek.  14.  3. 

0  Judg.  10.  14. 
Ruth  1.  15. 

p  1  Ki.  18.  19. 
</l  Ki.  17.  1. 

ch.  5.  16. 
r  Ps.  15.  4. 
*  1  Sam.  10.  5. 

1  Ezek.  1.  3. 

Ezek.  8.  1. 
u  ch.  4.  3. 
v  Ps.  107.  35. 
w  Jer.  32.  17,  27. 

Mark  10.  27. 

Luke  1.  37. 

Eph.  3.  20. 
x  1  Ki.  20.  28. 
y  1  Sam.  15.  3. 

3  grieve. 

z  Ex.  29.  39,  40. 

4  were  cried 
together. 

5  gird  himself 
with  a  girdle. 

G  destroyed. 

7  Or,  they 
smote  in  it 
even  smiting. 

8  until  he  left 
the  stones 
thereof  in  Kir- 
haraseth. 

a  Isa.  16.7,  11. 

9  Perhaps  the 
king  of 
Edoin's  son. 

b  Lev.  18.  21. 
Deut.  12.  31. 
ch.  17.  17. 
2  Chr.  28.  3. 
Ps.  106.  37,  38. 
Jer.  7.  31. 
Ezek.  10.  20. 
Ezek.  20. 
2G,  31. 

10  As  they  saw 
the  Moabites 
so  desperately 
resolute. 


a  1  Ki.  20.  35. 

ch.  2.  3,  5,  7. 
b  Ex.  21.  2. 

Lev.  25.  39. 

Deut.  15.  12- 

15,  18. 

Neh.  5.  1  13. 

Jer.  34.  8-18. 

Matt.  18.  25. 
c  1  Ki.  17.  12. 

1  Or,  scant  not. 
d  Matt.  14.  20. 

2  Or,  creditor. 

3  there  was  a 
day. 

e  Josh.  19.  18. 
1  Sam.  28.  4. 

4  laid  hold 
on  him. 


The  widoiv's  oil  multiplied. 

kings  were  come  up  to  fight  against  them,  they 
4 gathered  all  that  were  able  to  5put  on  armour, 
and  upward,  and  stood  in  the  border. 

22  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and  the 
sun  shone  upon  the  water,  and  the  Mo'ab-ites  saw 
the  water  on  the  other  side  as  red  as  blood  : 

23  And  they  said,  This  is  blood  :  the  kings  are 
surely  e slain,  and  they  have  smitten  one  another: 
now  therefore,  Mo'ab,  to  the  spoil. 

24  And  when  they  came  to  the  camp  of  Ig'ra-el, 
the  Ig'ra-el-Ites  rose  up  and  smote  the  Mo'ab-ites, 
so  that  they  fled  before  them  :  but 7  they  went  for- 
ward smiting  the  Mo'ab-ites,  even  in  their  country. 

25  And  they  beat  down  the  cities,  and  on  every 
good  piece  of  land  cast  every  man  his  stone,  and 
filled  it ;  and  they  stopped  all  the  wells  of  water, 
and  felled  all  the  good  trees  :  8only  in  aKir-har'a- 
seth  left  they  the  stones  thereof ;  howbeit  the  sling- 
ers  went  about  it,  and  smote  it. 

26  If  And  when  the  king  of  Mo'ab  saw  that  the 
battle  was  too  sore  for  him,  he  took  with  him  seven 
hundred  men  that  drew  swords,  to  break  through 
even  unto  the  king  of  E'dom :  but  they  could  not. 

27  Then  he  took  9his  eldest  son  that  should  have 
reigned  in  his  stead,  and  b  offered  him  for  a  burnt 
offering  upon  thewall.  And  there  was  great  in- 
dignation against  Ig'ra-el :  and  they  departed  10from 
him,  and  returned  to  their  own  land. 


1  The  widow's  oil  multiplied. 


CHAPTER  4. 

34  The  Shunammiie's  son  raised, 
twenty  loaves. 


42  A  n  hundred  fed  on 


1VTOW  there  cried  a  certain  woman  of  the  wives 
-^  of  "the  sons  of  the  prophets  unto  E-H'sha,  say- 
ing, Thy  servant  my  husband  is  dead  ;  and  thou 
knowest  that  thy  servant  did  fear  the  Lord  :  and 
the  creditor  is  come  Ho  take  unto  him  my  two  sons 
to  be  bondmen. 

2  And  E-li'sha  said  unto  her,  What  shall  I  do  for 
thee?  tell  me,  what  hast  thou  in  the  house?  And 
she  said,  Thine  handmaid  hath  not  any  thing  in  the 
house,  save  ca  pot  of  oil. 

3  Then  he  said,  Go,  borrow  thee  vessels  abroad  of 
all  thy  neighbours,  even  empty  vessels ;  J  borrow  not 
a  few. 

4  And  when  thou  art  come  in,  thou  shalt  shut  the 
door  upon  thee  and  upon  thy  sons,  and  shalt  pour  out 
into  all  those  vessels,  and  thou  shalt  set  aside  that 
which  is  full. 

5  So  she  went  from  him,  and  shut  the  door  upon 
her  and  upon  her  sons,  who  brought  the  vessels  to 
her;  and  she  poured  out. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  dthe  vessels  were 
full,  that  she  said  unto  her  son,  Bring  me  yet  a 
vessel.  And  he  said  unto  her,  There  is  not  a  vessel 
more.     And  the  oil  stayed. 

7  Then  she  came  and  told  the  man  of  God.  And 
he  said,  Go,  sell  the  oil,  and  pay  thy  2debt,  and  live 
thou  and  thy  children  of  the  rest._ 

8  II  And  3it  fell  on  a  day,  that  E-H'sha  passed  to 
eShu'nem,  where  was  a  great  woman;  and  she  4  con- 
strained him  to  eat  bread.     And  so  it  was,  that  as 

295 


The  Shunammite's  kindness. 


2  KINGS,  4. 


Her  son  raised. 


oft  as  he  passed  by,  he  turned  in  thither  to  eat 
bread. 

9  And  she  said  unto  '"her  husband,  Behold  now,  I 
perceive  that  this  is  an  holy  man  of  God,  which 
passeth  by  us  continually. 

10  9Let  us  make  a  little  chamber,  I  pray  thee,  on 
the  wall ;  and  let  us  set  for  him  there  a  bed,  and  a 
table,  and  a  stool,  and  a  candlestick :  and  it  shall  be, 
when  he  cometh  to  us,  that  he  shall  turn  in  thither. 

11  And  it  fell  on  a  day,  that  he  came  thither,  and 
he  turned  into  the  chamber,  and  lay  there. 

12  And  he  said  to  Ge-ha'zi  his  servant,  Call  this 
Shu'nam-mlte.  And  when  he  had  called  her,  she 
stood  before  him. 

13  And  he  said  unto  him,  Say  now  unto  her,  Be- 
hold, thou  hast  been  careful  for  us  with  all  this 
care ;  what  is  to  be  done  for  thee?  wouldest  thou  be 
spoken  for  to  the  king,  or  to  the  captain  of  the  host? 
And  she  answered,  I  dwell  among  mine  own  people. 

14  And  he  said,  What  then  is  to  be  done  for  her  ? 
And  Ge-ha'zi  answered,  Verily  she  hath  no  child, 
and  her  husband  is  old. 

15  And  he  said,  Call  her.  And  when  he  had  called 
her,  she  stood  in  the  door. 

16  And  he  said,  h  About  this  5  season,  according  to 
the  time  of  life,  thou  shalt  embrace  a  son.  And 
she  said,  Nay,  my  lord,  thou  man  of  God,  do  not  lie 
unto  thine  handmaid. 

17  And  the  woman  conceived,  and  bare  a  son  at 
that  season  that  E-H'sha  had  said  unto  her,  accord- 
ing to  the  time  of  life. 

18  If  And  when  the  child  was  grown,  it  fell  on  a 
day,  that  he  went  out  to  his  father  to  the  reapers. 

19  And  he  said  unto  his  father,  My  head,  my 
head.  And  he  said  to  a  lad,  Carry  him  to  his 
mother. 

20  And  when  he  had  taken  him,  and  brought  him 
to  his  mother,  he  sat  on  her  knees  till  noon,  and 
then  died. 

21  And  she  went  up,  and  laid  him  on  the  bed  of 
the  man  of  God,  and  shut  the  door  upon  him,  and 
went  out. 

22  And  she  called  unto  her  husband,  and  said, 
Send  me,  I  pray  thee,  one  of  the  young  men,  and 
one  of  the  asses,  that  I  may  run  to  the  man  of  God, 
and  come  again. 

23  And  he  said,  Wherefore  wilt  thou  go  to  him  to 
day  ?  it  is  neither  new  moon,  nor  sabbath.  And  she 
said,  It  shall  be  6well. 

24  Then  she  saddled  an  ass,  and  said  to  her  ser- 
vant, Drive,  and  go  forward  ;  7  slack  not  thy  riding 
for  me,  except  I  bid  thee. 

25  So  she  went  and  came  unto  the  man  of  God  "to 
mount  Car'mel.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
man  of  God  saw  her  afar  off,  that  he  said  to  Ge- 
ha'zi  his  servant,  Behold,  yonder  is  that  Shu'nam- 
mlte  : 

26  Run  now,  I  pray  thee,  to  meet  her,  and  say 
unto  her,  Is  it  well  with  thee  ?  is  it  well  with  thy 
husband  ?  is  it  well  with  the  child  ?  And  she  an- 
swered, It  is  well. 

27  And  when  she  came  to  the  man  of  God  to  the 

296 


B.  C.  895. 


/Prov.  31. 10, 11. 


pMatt.  10.  41,42. 
Matt.  25.  40. 
Rom.  12.  13. 
Heb.  13.  1,  2. 


h  Gen.  18. 10,  14. 
5  set  time. 


6  peace. 

7  restrain  not  for 
me  to  ride. 

i  ch.  2.  25. 

8  by  his  feet. 

j  Matt.  15.  23. 

9  bitter. 

k  1  Ki.  18.  40. 

eh.  9.  1. 
/  Luke  10.  4. 
m  Ex.  7.  19. 

Ex.  14.  16. 

ch.  2.  8,  14. 

Acts  19.  12. 
n  ch.  2.  2. 

10  attention. 

0  John  11.  11. 
p  Matt.  6.  6. 
q  1  Ki.  17.  20. 

Jas.  5.  16. 
r  Acts  20.  10. 

11  once  hither,    • 
and  once 
thither. 

s  1  Ki.  17.  21. 

1  ch.  8.  1. 

u  Heb.  11.  35. 

v  ch.  2. 1. 

m  Luke  10.  39. 

Acts  22.  3. 
.r  Matt.  7.  16. 
</  Ex.  10.  17. 
-  Ex.  15.  25. 

ch.  2.  21. 

ch.  5.  10. 

John  9.  6. 

12  evil  thing. 
a  1  Sam.  9.  4. 
6  1  Cor.  9.  11. 

Gal.  6.  6. 

13  Or,  in  his 
scrip,  or, 
garment. 


hill,  she  caught  8him  by  the  feet :  but  Ge-ha'zi 
3came  near  to  thrust  her  away.  And  the  man  of 
God  said,  Let  her  alone ;  for  her  soul  is  9  vexed 
within  her  :  and  the  Lord  hath  hid  it  from  me,  and 
hath  not  told  me. 

28  Then  she  said,  Did  I  desire  a  son  of  my  lord  ? 
did  I  not  say,  Do  not  deceive  me  ? 

29  Then  he  said  to  Ge-ha'zi,  feGird  up  thy  loins, 
and  take  my  staff  in  thine  hand,  and  go  thy  way : 
if  thou  meet  any  man,  l  salute  him  not ;  and  if  any 
salute  thee,  answer  him  not  again  :  and  mlay  my 
staff  upon  the  face  of  the  child. 

30  And  the  mother  of  the  child  said,  nAs  the 
Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave 
thee.     And  he  arose,  and  followed  her. 

31  And  Gg-ha'zl  passed  on  before  them,  and  laid 
the  staff  upon  the  face  of  the  child ;  but  there  was 
neither  voice,  nor  10  hearing.  Wherefore  he  went 
again  to  meet  him,  and  told  him,  saying,  The  child 
is  "not  awaked. 

32  And  when  E-H'sha  was  come  into  the  house, 
behold,  the  child  was  dead,  and  laid  upon  his  bed. 

33  He  v  went  in  therefore,  and  shut  the  door  upon 
them  twain,  9and  prayed  unto  the  Lord. 

34  And  he  went  up,  and  lay  upon  the  child,  and 
put  his  mouth  upon  his  mouth,  and  his  eyes  upon 
his  eyes,  and  his  hands  upon  his  hands:  and  rhe 
stretched  himself  upon  the  child  ;  and  the  flesh  of 
the  child  waxed  warm. 

35  Then  he  returned,  and  walked  in  the  house  uto 
and  fro ;  and  went  up,  s  and  stretched  himself  upon 
him  :  and  'the  child  sneezed  seven  times,  and  the 
child  opened  his  eyes. 

36  And  he  called  Ge-ha'zi,  and  said,  Call  this  Shu'- 
nam-mite.  So  he  called  her.  And  when  she  was 
come  in  unto  him,  he  said,  Take  up  thy  son. 

37  Then  she  went  in,  and  fell  at  his  feet,  and 
bowed  herself  to  the  ground,  and  "took  up  her  son, 
and  went  out. 

38  If  And  E-H'sha  came  again  to  ''Gil'gal :  and 
there  was  a  dearth  in  the  land  ;  and  the  sons  of 
the  prophets  were  w  sitting  before  him :  and  he  said 
unto  his  servant,  Set  on  the  great  pot,  and  seethe 
pottage  for  the  sons  of  the  prophets. 

39  And  one  went  out  into  the  field  to  gather  herbs, 
and  found  a  wild  vine,  and  gathered  thereof  wild 
gourds  his  lap  full,  and  came  and  shred  them  into 
the  pot  of  pottage :  for  they  x  knew  them  not. 

40  So  they  poured  out  for  the  men  to  eat.  And 
it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were  eating  of  the  pottage 
that  they  cried  out,  and  said,  O  thou  man  of  God, 
there  is  v  death  in  the  pot.  And  they  could  not  eat 
thereof. 

41  But  he  said,  Then  bring  meal.  And  2he  cast  it 
into  the  pot ;  and  he  said,  Pour  out  for  the  people, 
that  they  may  eat.  And  there  was  no  12harm  in  the 
pot. 

42  If  And  there  came  a  man  from  aBa'al-shal'I-sha, 
6  and  brought  the  man  of  God  bread  of  the  first- 
fruits,  twenty  loaves  of  barley,  and  full  ears  of  corn 
13  in  the  husk  thereof.  And  he  said,  Give  unto  the 
people,  that  they  may  eat. 


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2  KINGS,  5. 


Gehazi's  avarice. 


43  And  his  servitor  said, c  What,  should  I  set  this 
before  an  hundred  men  ?  He  said  again,  Give  the 
people,  that  they  may  eat :  for  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
They  shall  eat,  and  shall  leave  thereof. 

44  So  he  set  it  before  them,  and  they  did  eat,  dand 
left  thereof,  according  to  the  "word  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Naaman  goes  to  Samaria.     8  He  is  cured  of  leprosy.    20  GehazVs  avarice.     27  He 

becomes  leprous. 

NOW  "Na'a-man,  captain  of  the  host  of  the  king 
of  Syr'i-a,  was  a  b  great  man  x  with  his  master, 
and 2  honourable,  because  by  him  the  Lord  had  given 
3  deliverance  unto  Syr'i-a  :  he  was  also  a  mighty 
man  in  valour,  but  he  was  a  leper. 

2  And  the  Syr'i-ang  had  gone  out  by  companies, 
and  had  brought  away  captive  out  of  the  land  of 
Ig'ra-el  a  little  maid  ;  and  she  4 waited  on  Na'a- 
man's  wife. 

3  And  she  said  unto  her  mistress,  Would  God  my 
lord  ivere  5with  the  prophet  that  is  in  Sa-ma'ri-a ! 
for  he  would  B  recover  him  of  his  leprosy. 

4  And  one  went  in,  and  told  his  lord,  saying,  Thus 
and  thus  said  the  maid  that  is  of  the  land  of  Ig'ra-el. 

5  And  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  said,  Go  to,  go,  and  I 
will  send  a  letter  unto  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el.  And  he 
departed,  and  Hook  7  with  him  ten  talents  of  silver, 
and  six  thousand  pieces  of  gold,  and  ten  changes  of 
raiment. 

6  And  he  brought  the  letter  to  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el, 
saying,  Now  when  this  letter  is  come  unto  thee,  be- 
hold, I  have  therewith  sent  Na'a-man  my  servant  to 
thee,  that  thou  mayest  recover  him  of  his  leprosy. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el 
had  read  the  letter,  that  he  d  rent  his  clothes,  and 
said,  Am  I  e  God,  to  kill  and  to  make  alive,  that  this 
man  doth  send  unto  me  to  recover  a  man  of  his 
leprosy?  wherefore  consider,  I  pray  you,  and  see 
how  he  seeketh  a  quarrel  against  me. 

8  I  And  it  was  so,  when  E-li'sha  the  man  of  God 
had  heard  that  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  had  rent  his 
clothes,  that  he  sent  to  the  king,  saying,  Wherefore 
hast  thou  rent  thy  clothes  ?  let  him  come  now  to 
me,  and  fhe  shall  know  that  there  is  a  prophet  in 
Ig'ra-el. 

9  So  Na'a-man  came  with  his  horses  and  with  his 
chariot,  and  stood  at  the  door  of  the  house  of  E'li'sha. 

10  And  E-li'sha  sent  a  messenger  unto  him,  saying, 
Go  and  g  wash  in  Jor'dan  seven  times,  and  thy  flesh 
shall  come  again  to  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  clean. 

11  But  Na'a-man  was  h  wroth,  and  went  away,  and 
said,  Behold,  8I  thought,  He  will  surely  come  out  to 
me,  and  stand,  and  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord 
his  God,  and  9  strike  his  hand  over  the  place,  and 
recover  the  leper. 

12  Are  not  10Ab'a-na  and  Phar'par,  rivers  of  Da- 
mascus, better  than  all  the  waters  of  Ig'ra-el  ?  may 
I  not  wash  in  them,  and  be  clean  ?  So  he  turned 
and  *went  away  in  a  rage. 

13  And  his  servants  came  near,  and  spake  unto 
him,  and  said,  My  father,  if  the  prophet  had  bid 
thee  do  some  great  thing,  wouldest  thou  not  have 


B.  C.  894. 


c  Luke  9.  13. 
John  G.  9. 


d  Matt.  14.  20. 

John  G.  13. 
e  Gen.  IS.  14. 

Zech.  8.  C. 

Matt.  19.  20. 

Luke  1.  37. 


a  Luke  4.  27. 

4Ex.  11.  3. 
ch.  4.  8. 
Esth.  9.  4. 

1  before. 

2  lifted  up, 
or,  accepted 
in  counte- 
nance, or, 
pracious.   ' 

3  Or,  victory. 


4  was  before. 


5  before. 
0  gather  in. 


c  1  Sam.  9.  8. 

7  in  his  band. 

d  Gen.  37.  29. 
e  Gen.  30.  2. 

1  Sam.  2.  0. 
/  Ex.  4.  30. 
g  ch.  4.  41. 

John  9.  7. 
h  1  Cor.  2.  14. 

8  I  said,  or,  I 
said  with 
myself,  He 
will  surely 
come  out,  etc. 

9  move  up 
and  down. 

10  Or,  Aniam. 
i  Prov.  14.  17. 

Eccl.  7.  9. 

Eph.  4.  31. 

Col.  3.  8. 

Jas.  1.19. 
;  Job  33.  25. 
'k  Luke  4.  27. 
I  Luke  17.  15. 
m  Isa.  43.  10,  11. 

Rom.  10.  10. 
n  Dan.  2.  47. 
o  Gen.  33.  11. 
p  ch.  3.  14. 
q  Gen.  14.  23. 

Matt.  10.  8. 

Acts  8.  18,  20. 
r  ch.  7.  2,  17. 
11a  little  piece 

of  ground,  as, 

Gen.  35.  10. 
s  Ex.  20.  17. 

Josh.  G.  18. 

1  Sam.  8.  3-5. 

Ps.  10.  3. 

Prov.  1.  19. 

Prov.  15.  27. 

Luke  12.  15. 

Col.  3.  5. 

1  Tim.  G.  10. 

12  Is  there 
peace  ? 

13  Or,  secret 
place. 

/  Prov.  30.  20. 
Ezek.  33.  31. 

14  not  hither 
or  thither. 

u  Ps.  32.  10. 

Ps.  03.  11. 

Ps.  140.  11. 

Prov.  13.  21. 

Isa.  3.  11. 

Isa.  57.  21. 

Acts  13.  9. 
v  1  Tim.  6.  10. 
w  Ex.  4.  6. 

Lev.  13.  2,  3. 

Lev.  14.  3,  35. 

Num.  12.  10. 

ch.  15.  5. 

2  Chr.  26. 
19,20. 


done  it  ?  how  much  rather  then,  when  he  saith  to 
thee,  Wash,  and  be  clean  ? 

14  Then  went  he  down,  and  dipped  himself  seven 
times  in  Jor'dan,  according  to  the  saying  of  the 
man  of  God  :  and  •'his  flesh  came  again  like  unto 
the  flesh  of  a  little  child,  and  /g'he  was  clean. 

15  IT  'And  he  returned  to  the  man  of  God,  he  and 
all  his  company,  and  came,  and  stood  before  him  : 
and  he  said,  Behold,  now  m  I  know  that  there  is  n  no 
God  in  all  the  earth,  but  in  Ig'ra-el :  now  therefore, 
I  pray  thee,  take  °a  blessing  of  thy  servant. 

16  But  he  said,  v  As  the  Lord  liveth,  before  whom 
I  stand,  QI  will  receive  none.  And  he  urged  him  to 
take  it ;  but  he  refused. 

17  And  Na'a-man  said,  Shall  there  not  then,  I  pray 
thee,  be  given  to  thy  servant  two  mules'  burden  of 
earth  ?  for  thy  servant  will  henceforth  offer  neither 
burnt  offering  nor  sacrifice  unto  other  gods,  but 
unto  the  Lord. 

18  In  this  thing  the  Lord  pardon  thy  servant,  that 
when  my  master  goeth  into  the  house  of  Rim'mon 
to  worship  there,  and  rhe  leaneth  on  my  hand,  and 
I  bow  myself  in  the  house  of  Rim'mon  :  when  I 
bow  down  myself  in  the  house  of  Rim'mon,  the 
Lord  pardon  thy  servant  in  this  thing. 

19  And  he  said  unto  him,  Go  in  peace.  So  he  de- 
parted from  him  na  little  way. 

20  If  But  Gl-ha'zl,  the  servant  of  E-li'sha  the  man 
of  God,  said,  Behold,  my  master  hath  spared  Na'a- 
man  this  Syr'i-an,  in  not  receiving  at  his  hands  that 
which  he  brought :  but,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  I  will 
srun  after  him,  and  take  somewhat  of  him. 

21  So  G§-ha'zi  followed  after  Na'a-man.  And  when 
Na'a-man  saw  him  running  after  him,  he  lighted 
down  from  the  chariot  to  meet  him,  and  said,  12Is 
all  well  ? 

22  And  he  said,  All  is  well.  My  master  hath  sent 
me,  saying,  Behold,  even  now  there  be  come  to  me 
from  mount  E'phra-im  two  young  men  of  the  sons 
of  the  prophets  :  give  them,  I  pray  thee,  a  talent  of 
silver,  and  two  changes  of  garments. 

23  And  Na'a-man  said,  Be  content,  take  two  tal- 
ents. And  he  urged  him,  and  bound  two  talents  of 
silver  in  two  bags,  with  two  changes  of  garments, 
and  laid  them  upon  two  of  his  servants  ;  and  they 
bare  them  before  him. 

24  And  when  he  came  to  the  1S  tower,  he  took  them 
from  their  hand,  and  bestowed  them  in  the  house : 
and  he  let  the  men  go,  and  they  departed. 

25  But  he  went  in,  and  *  stood  before  his  master. 
And  E-li'sha  said  unto  him,  Whence  comest  thou, 
Ge-ha'zl?  And  he  said,  Thy  servant  went  14no 
whither. 

26  And  "he  said  unto  him,  Went  not  mine  heart 
with  thee,  when  the  man  turned  again  from  his 
chariot  to  meet  thee  ?  Is  it  a  time  to  receive  money, 
and  to  receive  garments,  and  oliveyards,  and  vine- 
yards, and  sheep,  and  oxen,  and  menservants,  and 
maidservants  ? 

27  The  leprosy  therefore  of  Na'a-man  v shall  cleave 
unto  thee,  and  unto  thy  seed  for  ever.  And  he  went 
out  from  his  presence  wa  leper  as  white  as  snow. 

297 


The  iron  made  to  swim. 


2  KINGS,  6,  7. 


Famine  in  Samaria. 


CHAPTER  6. 

1  The  iron  swims.     S  Elisha  and  the  Syrians.     24  The  famine  in  Samaria.    30  A  messen- 
ger sent  to  slay  Elisha. 

AND  "the  sons  of  the  prophets  said  unto  E-H'sha, 
-  Behold  now,  the  place  where  we  1  dwell  with 
thee  is  too  strait  for  us. 

2  Let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  unto  Jor'dan,  and  take 
thence  every  man  a  beam,  and  let  us  make  us  a  place 
there,  where  we  may  dwell.   And  he  answered,  Go  ye. 

3  And  one  said,  Be  content,  I  pray  thee,  and  go 
with  thy  servants.     And  he  answered,  I  will  go. 

4  So  he  went  with  them.  And  when  they  came  to 
Jor'dan,  they  cut  down  wood. 

5  But  as  one  was  felling  a  beam,  the  2ax  head  fell 
into  the  water :  and  he  cried,  and  said,  Alas,  mas- 
ter !  for  it  was  borrowed. 

6  And  the  man  of  God  said,  Where  fell  it  ?  And 
he  shewed  him  the  place.  And  b  he  cut  down  a  stick, 
and  cast  it  in  thither ;  and  the  iron  did  swim. 

7  Therefore  said  he,  Take  it  up  to  thee.  And  he 
put  out  his  hand,  and  took  it. 

8  H  Then  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  warred  against  Ig'ra-el, 
and  took  counsel  with  his  servants,  saying,  In  such 
and  such  a  place  shall  be  my  3  camp. 

9  And  the  man  of  God  sent  unto  the  king  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, saying,  'Beware  that  thou  pass  not  such  a 
place  ;  for  thither  the  Syr'i-ang  are  come  down. 

10  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  sent  to  the  place  which 
the  man  of  God  told  him  and  warned  him  of,  and 
saved  himself  there,  not  once  nor  twice. 

11  Therefore  the  heart  of  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  was 
sore  troubled  for  this  thing ;  and  he  called  his  ser- 
vants, and  said  unto  them,  Will  ye  not  shew  me 
which  of  us  is  for  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el? 

12  And  one  _of  his  servants  said,  4None,  my  lord, 

0  king:  but  E-H'sha,  the  prophet  that  is  in  Ig'ra-el, 
telleth  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  the  words  that  thou 
speakest  in  thy  bedchamber. 

13  1  And  he  said,  Go  and  spy  where  he  is,  that  I 
may  send  and  fetch  him.  And  it  was  told  him, 
saying,  Behold,  he  is  in  d  Do  'than. 

14  Therefore  sent  he  thither  horses,  and  chariots, 
and  a  5  great  host :  and  they  came  by  night,  and 
compassed  the  city  about. 

15  And  when  the  6  servant  of  the  man  of  God  was 
risen  early,  and  gone  forth,  behold,  an  host  com- 
passed the  city  both  with  horses  and  chariots.  And 
his  servant  said  unto  him,  Alas,  my  master !  how 
shall  we  do? 

16  And  he  answered,  Fear  not :  for  e  they  that  be 
with  us  are  more  than  they  that  be  with  them. 

17  And  E-H'sha  prayed,  and  said,  Lord,  I  pray 
thee,  open  his  eyes,  that  he  may  see.  And  the  Lord 
opened  the  eyes  of  the  young  man  ;  and  he  saw  : 
and,  behold,  the  mountain  ivas  full  of  -'"horses  and 
chariots  of  fire  round  about  E-H'sha. 

18  And  when  they  came  down  to  him,  E-H'sha 
prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  Smite  this  people, 

1  pray  thee,  with  blindness.  And  ^he  smote  them 
with  blindness  according  to  the  word  of  E-H'sha. 

19  II  And  E-H'sha  said  unto  them,  This  is  not  the 
way,  neither  is  this  the  city :  7  follow  me,  and  I  will 

298 


B.  C.  893. 


a  1  Sara.  10.  12. 

eli.  2.  3. 

ch.  4.  1,  38. 

ch.  9.  1. 
1  sit  before. 


2  iron. 


b  Ex.  15.  25. 
ch.  2.  21. 
ch.  4.  41. 


3  Or,  encamping. 


ceh.  13.  14. 
Ps.  25.  14. 
Prov.  3.  32. 
Isa.  6.  13. 
Amos  3.  7. 
Matt.  5.  13. 

4  No. 

d  Gen.  37.  17. 

5  heavy. 

G  Or,  minister. 
e  2  Sam.  22. 3,  31. 

2  Chr.  32.  7. 

Ps.  3.  3-8. 

Ps.  18.  2. 

Ps.  27.  1-3. 

Ps.  28.  7,  8. 

Ps.  34.  22. 

Ps.  40.  4. 

Ps.  55.  18. 

Prov.  18.  10. 

Isa.  43.  1. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
/ch.  2.  11. 

Ps.  34.  7. 

Zech.  1.  8. 

Heb.  1.  14. 
g  Gen.  19.  11. 

Acts  13.  9. 

7  come  ye  after 
me. 

h  ch.  2.  12. 
iProv.  25.21. 
Rom.  12.  20. 
j  ch.  5.  2. 
k  Lev.  26.  26. 

8  That  is, 
about  three 
gills,  a  cab 
being  about 
three  pints. 

9  Or,  let  not 
the  Lord 
save  thee. 

/  Judg.  18.  23. 

Isa.  22.  1. 
m  Lev.  26.  29. 

10  other. 

n  Gen.  37.  29, 34. 

ch.  5.  7. 
o  Ruth  1.  17. 

2  Sam.  3.  9,  35. 

Acts  23.  14. 
p  Ps.  118.  6,  9. 
q  Ezek.  8.  1. 

Mai.  3.  16. 
r  Luke  13.  32. 
s  1  Ki.  18.  4. 

11  That  is,  Je- 
horam. 

t  Job  21.  15. 
Ps.  27.  14. 
Prov.  30.  9. 
Isa.  8.  17. 
Hab.  2.  3. 
Mai.  3.  14. 
Rev.  16.  9. 


a  Ex.  8.  23. 
Josh.  3.  5. 
Ps.  46.  1. 


bring  you  to  the  man  whom  ye  seek.  But  he  led 
them  to  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

20  And  it  camejx)  pass,  when  they  were  come  into 
Sa-ma'ri-a,  that  E-H'sha  said,  Lord,  open  the  eyes 
of  these  men,  that  they  may  see.  And  the  Lord 
opened  their  eyes,  and  they  saw  ;  and,  behold,  they 
were  in  the  midst  of  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

21  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  E-H'sha, 
when  he  saw  them,  /lMy  father,  shall  I  smite  them? 
shall  I  smite  them  ? 

22  And  he  answered,  Thou  shalt  not  smite  them: 
wouldest  thou  smite  those  whom  thou  hast  taken 
captive  with  thy  sword  and  with  thy  bow?  *set 
bread  and  water  before  them,  that  they  may  eat  and 
drink,  and  go  to  their  master. 

23  And  he  prepared  great  provision  for  them  : 
and  when  they  had  eaten  and  drunk,  he  sent  them 
away,  and  they  went  to  their  master.  So  ■'the  bands 
of  Syr'i-a  came  no  more  into  the  land  of  Ig'ra-el. 

24  H  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Ben-ha'- 
dad  king  of  Syr'i-a  gathered  all  his  host,  and  went 
up,  and  besieged  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

25  And  there  was  a  great k famine  in  Sa-ma'ri-a: 
and,  behold,  they  besieged  it,  until  an  ass's  head  was 
sold  for  fourscore  pieces  of  silver,  and  the  8  fourth 
part  of  a  cab  of  dove's  dung  for  five  pieces  of  silver. 

26  And  as  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  was  passing  by  upon 
the  wall,  there  cried  a  woman  unto  him,  saying. 
Help,  my  lord,  O  king. 

27  And  he  said,  9If  the  Lord  do  not  help  thee, 
whence  shall  I  help  thee  ?  out  of  the  barnfloor,  or 
out  of  the  winepress  ? 

28  And  the  king  said  unto  her,  'What  aileth  thee? 
And  she  answered,  This  woman  said  unto  me,  Give 
thy  son,  that  we  may  eat  him  to  day,  and  we  will 
eat  my  son  to  morrow. 

29  So  m  we  boiled  my  son,  and  did  eat  him  :  and  I 
said  unto  her  on  the  10next  day,  Give  thy  son,  that 
we  may  eat  him  :  and  she  hath  hid  her  son. 

'  30  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  heard  the 
words  of  the  woman,  that  he  n  rent  his  clothes ;  and 
he  passed  by  upon  the  wall,  and  the  people  looked, 
and,  behold,  he  had  sackcloth  within  upon  his  flesh, 

31  Then  he  said,^°God  do  so  and  more  also  to 
me,  if  the  head  of  E-H'sha  the  son  of  Sha'phat  shall 
stand  onjhim  this  day. 

32  But  E-H'sha  psat  in  his  house,  and  9the  elders 
sat  with  him  ;  and  the  king  sent  a  man  from  before 
him  :  but  ere  the  messenger  came  to  him,  he  said  to 
the  elders,  rSee  ye  how  this  son  of  sa  murderer  hath 
sent  to  take  away  mine  head  ?  look,  when  the  mes- 
senger cometh,  shut  the  door,  and  hold  him  fast 
at  the  door :  is  not  the  sound  of  his  master's  feet 
behind  him? 

33  And  while  he  yet  talked  with  them,  behold,  the 
messenger  came  down  unto  him  :  and  nhe  said, 
Behold,  this  evil  is  of  the  Lord  ;  *  what  should  I  wait 
for  the  Lord  any  longer  ? 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Elisha  promises  plenty.    6  Flight  of  the  Syrians.    17  Plenty  comes. 

THEN  E-H'sha  said,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  ; 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  aTo  morrow  about  this 


The  Syrians  flee. 


2  KINGS,  8. 


Elisha's  prophecy  verified. 


time  shall  a  measure  of  fine  flour  be  sold  for  a  shekel, 
and  two  measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  in  the  gate 
of  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

2  .Then  *a  lord  on  whose  hand  the  king  leaned 
answered  the  man  of  God,  and  said,  Behold,  b  if  the 
Lord  would  make  windows  in  heaven,  might  this 
thing  be  ?  And  he  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it 
with  thine  eyes,  but  c  shalt  not  eat  thereof. 

3  If  And  there  were  four  leprous  men  d  at  the  enter- 
ing in  of  the  gate  :  and  they  said  one  to  another, 
Why  sit  we  here  until  we  die  ? 

4  If  we  say,  We  will  enter  into  the  city,  then  the 
famine  is  in  the  city,  and  we  shall  die  there  :  and 
if  we  sit  still  here,  we  die  also.  Now  therefore 
come,  and  let  us  fall  unto  the  host  of  the  Syr'i-ang  : 
if  they  save  us  alive,  we  shall  live  ;  and  if  ethey  kill 
us,  we  shall  but  die. 

5  And  they  rose  up  in  the  twilight,  to  go  unto  the 
camp  of  the  Syr'i-an§  :  and  when  they  were  come 
to  the  uttermost  part  of  the  camp  of  Syr'I-a,  behold, 
there  was  no  man  there. 

6  For  the  Lord  had  made  the  host  of  the  Syr'i-ang 
f  to  hear  a  noise  of  chariots,  and  a  noise  of  horses, 
even  the  noise  of  a  great  host :  and  they  said  one  to 
another,  Lo,  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  hath  hired  against 
us  Hhe  kings  of  the  Hit'tites,  and  the  kings  of  the 
E-gyp'tiang,  to  come  upon  us. 

7  Wherefore  they  h  arose  and  fled  in  the  twilight, 
and  left  their  tents,  and  their  horses,  and  their  asses, 
even  the  camp  as  it  was,  and  fled  for  their  life. 

8  And  when  these  lepers  came  to  the  uttermost 
part  of  the  camp,  they  went  into  one  tent,  and  did 
eat  and  drink,  and  carried  thence  silver,  and  gold, 
and  raiment,  and  went  and  hid  it;  and  came  again, 
and  entered  into  another  tent,  and  carried  thence 
also,  and  went  and  hid  it. 

9  Then  they  said  one  to  another,  { We  do  not  well : 
this  day  is  a  day  of  •'good  tidings,  and  we  hold  our 
peace  :  if  we  tarry  till  the  morning  light,  2some 
mischief  will  come  upon  us  :  now  therefore  come, 
that  we  may  go  and  tell  the  king's  household. 

10  So  they  came  and  called  unto  the  porter  of 
the  city  :  and  they  told  them,  saying,  We  came  to 
the  camp  of  the  Syr'i-ang,  and,  behold,  there  was 
no  man  there,  neither  voice  of  man,  but  horses  tied, 
and  asses  tied,  and  the  tents  as  they  were. 

11  And  he  called  the  porters  ;  and  they  told  it  to 
the  king's  house  within. 

12  I  And  the  king  arose  in  the  night,  and  said 
unto  his  servants,  I  will  now  shew  you  what  the 
Syr'i-ang  have  done  to  us.  They  know  that  we  be 
hungry  ;  therefore  are  they  gone  out  of  the  camp 
to  hide  themselves  in  the  field,  saying,  When  they 
come  out  of  the  city,  we  shall  catch  them  alive,  and 
get  into  the  city. 

13  And  one  of  his  servants  answered  and  said, 
Let  some  take,  I  pray  thee,  five  of  the  horses  that 
remain,  which  are  left  3in  the  city,  (behold,  they 
are  as  all  the  multitude  of  Ig'ra-el  that  are  left  in 
it :  behold,  I  say,  they  are  even  as  all  the  multitude 
of  the  Ig'ra-el-ites  that  are  consumed  :)  and  let  us 
send  and  see. 


B.  C.  892. 


1  a  lord  which 
belonged  to 
the  king  lean- 
ing upon  his 
hand. 

b  Gen.  7.  11. 
Gen.  8.  2. 
Mai.  3.  10. 

c  Dent.  3.  27. 
Heb.  3.  17. 

d  Lev.  13.  46. 
Num.  5.  2. 
Deut.  24.  8,  9. 
ch.  5.  27. 
Luke  17.  12. 


e  Esth.  4.  16. 
Luke  15. 
17-19. 


f  Lev.  26.  36. 
2  Sam.  5.  24. 
ch.  3.  23. 
Job  15.  21. 
Ezek.  10.  5. 
Rev.  6.  15,  16. 
g  1  Ki.  10.  29. 


//  Job  18.  11. 
Ps.  48.  4,  5,  6. 
Prov.  28.  1. 
Jer.  48.  8,  9. 


i  Phil.  2.  14. 

2  Pet.  1.  19. 
/Esth.  9.  17. 

Isa.  41.  27. 

Nah.  1.  15. 

2  we  shall  find 
punishment. 

3  in  it. 

4  Or,  furniture. 
k  Num.  23.  19. 

Ps.  89.  2. 
Isa.  40.  8. 
Isa.  44.  26. 
Matt.  24.  35. 
Mark  13.  31. 
1  Cor.  1.  9. 
1  Thess.  5.  24. 

1  Pet.  1.  25. 
I  Deut.  32.  35, 

39,  40. 
ch.  6.  32. 

2  Chr.  36.  16. 
Job  31.  3. 
Ps.  94.  4, 
21-23. 

Prov.  13.  13. 
Isa.  5.  24. 
Isa.  28.  22. 
Jer.  5.  11-14. 
Nah.  1.  2. 
Luke  10.  16. 
1  Thess.  4.  8. 
Heb.  10.  30,  31. 
Jude  14,  15. 

m  verse  1. 

n  Num.  20.  12. 

Job  20.  23. 

Jer.  17.  6. 

Heb.  3.  18. 


a  ch.  4.  35. 
6  Lev.  26.  19, 

20,  26. 

2  Sam.  24.  13. 

1  Ki.  17.  1. 

Ps.  105.  16. 

Hag.  1.  11. 
c  ch.  5.  27. 
d  ch.  i.  35. 
1  Or,  eunuch. 


14  They  took  therefore  two  chariot  horses ;  and 
the  king  sent  after  the  host  of  the  Syr'i-ang,  saying, 
Go  and  see. 

15  And  they  went  after  them  unto  Jor'dan  :  and, 
lo,  all  the  way  was  full  of  garments  and  4  vessels, 
which  the  Syr'i-ang  had  cast  away  in  their  haste. 
And  the  messengers  returned,  and  told  the  king. 

16  And  the  people  went  out,  and  spoiled  the  tents 
of  the  Syr'1-ang.  So  a  measure  of  fine  flour  was 
sold  for  a  shekel,  and  two  measures  of  barley  for  a 
shekel,  k  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

17  If  And  the  king  appointed  the  lord  on  whose 
hand  he  leaned  to  have  the  charge  of  the  gate  : 
and  the  people  trode  upon  him  in  the  gate,  and  he 
died,  'as  the  man  of  God  had  said,  who  spake  when 
the  king  came  down  to  him. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  as  the  man  of  God  had 
spoken  to  the  king,  saying,  mTwo  measures  of  bar- 
ley for  a  shekel,  and  a  measure  of  fine  flour  for  a 
shekel,  shall  be  to  morrow  about  this  time  in  the 
gate  of  Sa-ma'ri-a : 

19  And  that  lord  answered  the  man  of  God,  and 
said,  Now,  behold,  if.  the  Lord  should  make  windows 
in  heaven,  might  such  a  thing  be  ?  And  he  said, 
Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it  with  thine  eyes,  but  shalt 
not  eat  thereof. 

20  And  "so  it  fell  out  unto  him  :  for  the  people 
trode  upon  him  in  the  gate,  and  he  died. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Land  of  the  Shunammite  restored.    7  Hazael  kills  Ben-hadad.    20  Edomts  revolt. 
25  Wicked  reign  of  Ahaziah. 

THEN  spake  E-li'sha  unto  the  woman,  "whose 
son  he  had  restored  to  life,  saying,  Arise,  and 
go  thou  and  thine  household,  and  sojourn  whereso- 
ever thou  canst  sojourn  :  for  the  Lord  6hath  called 
for  a  famine  ;  and  it  shall  also  come  upon  the  land 
seven  years. 

2  And  the  woman  arose,  and  did  after  the  saying 
of  the  man  of  God :  and  she  went  with  her  house- 
hold, and  sojourned  in  the  land  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg 
seven  years. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seven  years'  end, 
that  the  woman  returned  out  of  the  land  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  :  and  she  went  forth  to  cry  unto  the 
king  for  her  house  and  for  her Jand. 

4  And  the  king  talked  with  cGe-ha'zi  the  servant 
of  the  man  of  God,  saying,  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  all 
the  great  things  that  E-H'sha  hath  done. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  telling  the  king- 
how  he  had  d  restored  a  dead  body  to  life,  that,  be- 
hold, the  woman,  whose  son  he  had  restored  to  life, 
cried  to  the  king  for  her  house  and  for  her  land. 
And  Ge-ha'zi  said,  My  lord,  O  king,  this  is  the  wo- 
man, and  this  is  her  son,  whom  E-H'sha  restored  to 
life. 

6  And  when  the  king  asked  the  woman,  she  told 
him.  So  the  king  appointed  unto  her  a  certain 
1  officer,  saying,  Restore  all  that  was  hers,  and  all 
the  fruits  of  the  field  since  the  day  that  she  left  the 
land,  evenjintil  now. 

7  If  And  E-li'sha  came  to  Da-mas 'cus  ;  and  Ben- 

299 


Ben-hadad's  death. 


2  KINGS,  9. 


Jehu  anointed  king. 


ha'dad  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  was  sick  ;  and  it  was  told 
him,  saying,  The  man  of  God  is  come  hither. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto e  Haz'a-el,  /Take  a  present 
in  thine  hand,  and  go,  meet  the  man  of  God,  and 
3  enquire  of  the  Lord  by  him,  saying,  Shall  I  recover 
of  this  disease  ? 

9  So  Haz'a-el  went  to  meet  him,  and  took  a  present 
2  with  him,  even  of  every  good  thing  of  Da-mas' cus, 
forty  camels'  burden,  and  came  and  stood  before 
him,  and  said,  Thy  son  Ben-ha'dad  king  of  Syr'i-a 
hath  sent  me  to  thee,  saying,  Shall  I  recover  of  this 
disease  ? 

10  And  E-li'sha  said  unto  him,  Go,  say  unto  him, 
Thou  mayest  certainly  recover  :  howbeit  the  Lord 
hath  shewed  me  that  he  shall  surely  die. 

11  And  he  settled  his  countenance  3stedfastly, 
until  he  was  ashamed :  ftand  the  man  of  God  wept. 

12  And  Haz'a-el  said,  Why  weepeth  my  lord? 
And  he  answered,  Because  I  know  Hhe  evil  that 
thou  wilt  do  unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el:  their 
strong  holds  wilt  thou  set  on  fire,  and  their  young 
men  wilt  thou  slay  with  the  sword,  and  J  wilt  dash 
their  children,  and  rip  up  their  women  with  child. 

13  And  Haz'a-el  said,  But  what,  kis  thy  servant  a 
dog,  that  he  should  do  this  great  thing?  And  E-li'- 
sha  answered, 'The  Lord  hath  shewed  me  that  thou 
shalt  be  king  over  Syr'i-a.  __ 

14  So  he  departed  from  E-li'sha,  and  came  to  his 
master ;  who  said  to  him,  What  said  E-li'sha  to 
thee?  And  he  answered,  He  told  me  that  thou 
shouldest  surely  recover. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  he 
took  a  thick  cloth,  and  dipped  it  in  water,  and 
spread  it  on  his  face,  so  that  he  died  :  and  Haz'a-el 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

16  If  And  in  the  fifth  year  of  Jo 'ram  the  son  of 
A'hab  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  Je-hosh'a-phat  being  then 
king  of  Ju'dah,  TOJe-ho'ram  the  son  of  Je-hosh'a-phat 
king  of  Ju'dah  *  began  to  reign. 

17  n  Thirty  and  two  years  old  was  he  when  he 
began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  eight  years  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem. 

18  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, as  did  the  house  of  A'hab  :  for  the  daughter 
of  A'hab  was  his  wife  :  and  he  did  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord. 

19  Yet  the  Lord  would  not  destroy  Ju'dah  for 
Da'vid  his  servant's  sake,  °  as  he  promised  him  to 
give  him  alway  a  5  light,  and  to  his  children. 

20  If  In  his  days  pE'dom  revolted  from  under  the 
hand  of  Ju'dah,  9and  made  a  king  over  themselves. 

21  So  Jo 'ram  went  over  to  Za'ir,  and  all  the  char- 
iots with  him  :  and  he  rose  by  night,  and  smote  the 
E'dom-ites  which  compassed  him  about,  and  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  :  and  the  people  fled  into 
their  tents^ 

22  6Yet  E'dom  revolted  from  under  the  hand  of 
Ju'dah  unto  this  day.  rThen  Lib'nah  revolted  at 
the  same  time. 

23  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo'ram,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah? 

300 


B.  C.  891. 


e  1  Ki.  19.  15. 

/I  Sam.  9.  7. 

eh.  5.  5. 

g  Josh.  9.  14. 
1  Sam.  9.  9. 
ch.  1.2. 


2  in  his  hand. 


3  and  set  it. 

A  Gen.  45.  2. 

Ps.  119.  130. 

Jer.  9.  1,  18. 

Luke  19.  41. 
i  eh.  10.  32. 

ch.  12. IT. 

Amos  1.  3. 


jch.  15.  1G. 
Hos.  13.  10. 
Amos  1.  13. 

k  1  Sam.  IT.  43. 


I  1  Ki.  19.  15. 


in  2  Chr.21.  3,4. 

4  reigned. 
Began  to 
reign  in  con- 
sort with  his 
father. 

nl  Chr.  21.5. 
a  2  Sam.  7.  13. 

1  Ki.  11 .  36. 

2  Chr.  21.  T. 

5  candle,  or, 
lamp. 

p  Gen.2T.  40. 

ch.  3.  2T. 

2  Chr.  21. 

8-10. 
q  1  Ki.  22.  4T. 
0  And  so 

fulfilled. 
i-.Tosh.  21.  13. 

2  Chr.  21.  10. 
T  called, 

Azariah. 

2  Chr.  22.  6, 

and  Jehoahaz, 

2  Chr.  21.  IT. 

2  Chr.  25.  23. 
s  2  Chr.  22.  2. 

8  Or,  grand- 
daughter. 

t  2  Chr.  22.  3,  4. 
n  ch.  9.  15. 

9  wherewith  the 
Syrians  had 
wounded. 

10  Ramoth. 
v  ch.  9.  16. 

2  Chr.  22.  G. 

11  wounded. 


ii  1  Ki.  20.  35. 

Jer.  1.  9,  10. 
h  ch.  4.  29. 

Jer.  1.  IT. 
c  ch.  8.  28. 
1  chamber  in  a 

chamber. 
d  1  Ki.  19.  16. 
<■  1  Sam.  2.  7,  8. 

2  Chr.  22.  7. 

Ps.  75.  6,  7. 

Ps.  83.  18. 

Jer.  27.  5. 

Dan.  2.  21. 
fPs.  58.  10,  11. 
il  1  Ki.  18.  4. 
A  1  Ki.  14.  10. 

Ps.  7G. 

S-10,  12. 

Ps.  110.  5. 
i  1  Sam.  25.  22. 
/  Deut.  32.  36. 
k  1  Ki.  14.  10. 
/ 1  Ki.  16.  3. 
m  verses  35-37. 

IKi.  14.  10,11. 

Jer.  15.  3. 


24  And  Jo'ram  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  :  and 
7  A-ha-zI'ah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  If  Injthe  twelfth  year  of  Jo'ram  the  son  of  A'hab 
king  of  Ig'ra-el  did  A-ha-zi'ah  the  son  of  Je-h5'ram 
king  of  Ju'dah  begin  to  reign. 

26  sTwo  and  twenty  years  old  was  A-ha-zi'ah 
when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  one  year 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Ath- 
a-H'ah,  the  8  daughter  of  Om'rl  king  of  Ig'ra-el. 

27  f  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  house  of 
A'hab,  and  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  as  did 
the  house  of  A'hab  :  for  he  ivas  the  son  in  law  of 
the  house  of  A'hab. 

28  Tf  And  he  went  with  Jo'ram  the  son  of  A'hab 
to  the  war  against  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a  in  Ra.'- 
moth-gil'e-ad ;  and  the  Syr'i-ang  wounded  Jo'ram. 

29  And  "king  Jo'ram  went  back  to  be  healed  in 
Jez're-el  of  the  wounds  9which  the  Syr'i-ang  had 
given  him  at  10Ra'mah,  when  he  fought  against 
Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a.  "And  A-ha-zT'ah  the  son 
of  Je-ho'ram  king  of  Ju'dah  went  down  to  see  Jo'- 
ram the  son  of  A'hab  in  Jez're-el,  because  he  was 
11  sick. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Jehu  anointed  kiiuj.    24  He  slays  Joram  and  Aliaziah.    30  Jezebel  is  killed. 

AND  E-li'sha  the  prophet  called  one  of  athe 
-  children  of  the  prophets,  and  said  unto  him, 
b  Gird  up  thy  loins,  and  take  this  box  of  oil  in  thine 
hand,  cand  go  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad: 

2  And  when  thou  comest  thither,  look  out  there 
Je'hu  the  son  of  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  Nim'shI, 
and  go  in,  and  make  him  arise  up  from  among  his 
brethren,  and  carry  him  to  an  1  inner  chamber; 

3  Then  dtake  the  box  of  oil,  and  pour  it  on  his 
head,  and  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  have  anointed 
thee  king  over  Ig'ra-el.  Then  open  the  door,  and 
flee,  and  tarry  not. 

4  Tf  So  the  young  man,  even  the  young  man  the 
prophet,  went  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad. 

5  And  when  he  came,  behold,  the  captains  of  the 
host  were  sitting  ;  and  he  said,  I  have  an  errand  to 
thee,0  captain.  And  Je'hu  said,  Unto  which  of  all 
us  ?     And  he  said,  To  thee,  O  captain. 

6  And  he  arose,  and  went  into  the  house  ;  and  he 
poured  the  oil  on  his  head,  and  said  unto  him,  eThus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  I  have  anointed  thee 
king  over  the  people  of  the  Lord,  even  over  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

7  And  thou  shalt  smite  the  house  of  A'hab  thy 
master,  ythat  I  may  avenge  the  blood  of  my  ser- 
vants the  prophets,  and  the  blood  of  all  the  servants 
of  the  Lord,  °  at  the  hand  of  Jez'e-bel. 

8  For  the  whole  house  of  A'hab  shall  perish :  and 
hl  will  cut  off  from  A'hab  'him  that  pisseth  against 
the  wall,  and  ■'him  that  is  shut  up  and  left  in  Ig'ra-el : 

9  And  I  will  make  the  house  of  A'hab  like  the 
house  of  k  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of^Ne'bat,  and  like 
the  house  of  '  Ba'a-sha  the  son  of  A-hl'jah  : 

10  m  And  the  dogs  shall  eat  Jez'e-bel  in  the  portion 
of  Jez're-el,  and  there  shall  be  none  to  bury  her. 
And  he  opened  the  door,  and  fled. 


Jehu's  conspiracy. 


2  KINGS,  10. 


Ahaziah  and  Jezebel  slain. 


11  H  Then  Je'hu  came  forth  to  the  servants  of  his 
lord :  and  one  said  unto  him,  Is  all  well  ?  wherefore 
came  "this  mad  fellow  to  thee?  And  he  said  unto 
them,  Ye  know  the  man,  and  his  communication. 

12  And  they  said,  It  is  false ;  tell  us  now.  And  he 
said,  Thus  and  thus  spake  he  to  me,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  I  have  anointed  thee  king  over  I§'- 
ra-el. 

13  Then  they  hasted,  and  "took  every  man  his  gar- 
ment, and  put  it  under  him  on  the  top  of  the  stairs, 
and  blew  with  trumpets,  saying,  Je'hu  2  is  king. 

14  So  Je'hu  the  son  of  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of 
Nim'shI  conspired  against  Jo'ram.  (Now  Jo'ram 
had  kept  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad,  he  and  all  I§'ra-el,  be- 
cause of  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a. 

15  But  p  king  3  Jo'ram  was  returned  to  be  healed 
in  Jez're-el  of  the  wounds  which  the  Syr'I-an§  4had 
given  him,  when  he  fought  with  Haz'a-el  king  of 
Syr'I-a.)  And  Je'hu  said,  If  it  be  your  minds,  then 
5  let  none  go  forth  nor  escape  out  of  the  city  to  go 
to  tell  it  in  Jez're-el. 

16  So  Je'hu  rode  in  a  chariot,  and  went  to  Jez'- 
re-el ;  for  Jo'ram  lay  there.  And  A-ha-zI'ah  king  of 
Ju'dah  was  come  down  to  see  Jo'ram. 

17  And  there  stood  a  watchman  on  the  tower  in 
Jez're-el,  and  he  spied  the  company  of  Je'hu  as  he 
came,  and  said,  I  see  a  company.  And  Jo'ram  said, 
Take  an  horseman,  and  send  to  meet  them,  and  let 
him  say,  Is  it  peace  ? 

18  So  there  went  one  on  horseback  to  meet  him,  and 
said,  Thus  saith  the  king,  Is  it  peace?  And  Je'hu 
said,  What  hast  thou  to  do  with  peace?  turn  thee 
behind  me.  And  the  watchman  told,  saying,  The 
messenger  came  to  them,  but  he  cometh  not  again. 

19  Then  he  sent  out  a  second  on  horseback,  which 
came  to  them,  and  said,  Thus  saith  the  king,  Is  it 
peace  ?  And  Je'hu  answered,  What  hast  thou  to 
do  with  peace?  turn  thee  behind  me. 

20  And  the  watchman  told,  saying,  He  came  even 
unto  them,  and  cometh  not  again  :  and  the  6  driving 
is  like  the  driving  of  Je'hu  the  son  of  Nim'shI;  for 
he  driveth  '  furiously. 

21  And  Jo'ram  said,  8Make  ready.  And  his  char- 
iot was  made  ready.  And  "Jo'ram  king  of  I§'ra-el 
and  A-ha-zI'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  went  out,  each  in  his 
chariot,  and  they  went  out  against  Je'hu,  and  9met 
him  in  the  portion  of  Na'both  the  Jez're-el-Ite. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jo'ram  saw  Je'hu, 
that  he  said,  Is  it  peace,  Je'hu  ?  And  he  answered, 
What  peace,  'so  long  as  the  whoredoms  of  thy 
mother  Jez'e-bel  and  her  witchcrafts  are  so  many  ? 

23_And  Jo'ram  turned  his  hands,  and  fled,  and  said 
to  A-ha-zI'ah,  There  is  treachery,  0  A-ha-zI'ah. 

24  And  Je'hu  10drewa  bow  With  his  full  strength, 
and  smote  Jg-ho'ram  between  his  arms,  and  the 
arrow  went  out  at  his  heart,  and  he  n  sunk  down  in 
his  chariot. 

25  Then  said  Je'hu  to  Bid'kar  his  captain,  Take 
up,  and  cast  him  in  the  portion  of  the  field  of  Na.'- 
bSth  the  Jez're-el-Ite :  for  remember  how  that,  when 
I  and  thou  rode  together  after  A'hab  his  father, 
s  the  Lord  laid  this  burden  upon  him  ; 


B.  C.  884. 


B  Jer.  29.  26. 
Hos.  0.  7. 
Mark  3.  21. 
John  10.  20. 
Acts  17.  18. 

1  Cor.  4.  10. 

2  Cor.  5.  13. 


oMatt.  21.  7. 
Mark  11.  7,  S. 


2  reigneth. 


p  ch.  8.  29. 
2  Chr.  22. 

3  Jehoram. 

4  smote. 


5  let  no  escaper 
go,  etc. 


C  Or.  marching. 

7  in  madness. 

8  Bind: 

q  ch.  8.  29. 
2  Chr.  22.  7. 

9  found. 

r  1  Ki.  16.  30-33. 
Isa.  47.  9,  11. 
Nan.  3.  4. 
Rev.  2.  20. 
Rev.  17.  1-5. 

10  filled  his 
hand  with 
a  bow. 

11  bowed. 

si  Ki.  21.  29. 
Jer.  23.  33-38. 
Nan.  1.  1. 
Matt.  11.  30. 

12  bloods. 

t  IKi.  21.  19. 
Esth.  7.  10. 

13  Or,  portion. 
u  Jndg.  1.  27. 

1  Ki.  9.  15. 

2  Chr.  22.  9. 
Zech.  12.  11. 

14  as  viceToy  to 
his  father  in 
his  sickness, 
2  Chr.  21.  18. 
But  in 

Joram's  12th 
year  he  began 
to  reign  alone, 
ch.  S-  25. 

r  Ezek.  23.  40. 

15  put  heT  eyes 
in  painting. 

w  1  Ki.  16.  9-20. 

16  Or,  cham- 
berlains. 

zProv.  10.  7. 
Isa.  65.  15. 
y  1  Ki.  10.  31. 

17  by  the 
hand  of. 

z\  Ki.21.  23. 

a  Pa.  83.  10. 

Jer.  8.  2. 


n  Deut.  16.  IS. 
1  nourishers. 
b  ch.  5.  6. 
c  ch.  9.  24,  27. 
Luke  14.  31. 


26  Surely  I  have  seen  yesterday  the  n  blood  of 
Na'both,  and  the  blood  of  his  sons,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
and  ll  will  requite  thee  in  this  13plat,  saith  the 
Lord.  Now  therefore  take  and  cast  him  into  the 
plat  of  ground,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord. 

27  H  But  when  A-ha-zI'ah  the  king  of  Ju'dah  saw 
this,  he  fled  by  the  way  of  the  garden  house.  And 
Je'hu  followed  after  him,  and  said,  Smite  him  also 
in  the  chariot.  And  they  did  so  at  the  going  up 
to  Gur,  which  is  by  Ib'le-am.  And  he  fled  to  "Me- 
gid'do,  and  died  there. 

28  And  his  servants  carried  him  in  a  chariot  to 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  buried  him  in  his  sepulchre  with 
his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid. 

29  And  in  the  eleventh  year  of  Jo'ram  the  son  of 
A'hab  began  A-ha-zI'ah  to  reign  14 over  Ju'dah. 

30  If  And  when  Je'hu  was  come  to  Jez're-el,  Jez'e- 
bel  heard  of  it ;  "and  she  15 painted  her  face,  and 
tired  her  head,  and  looked  out  at  a  window. 

31  And  as  Je'hu  entered  in  at  the  gate,  she  said, 
wHad  Zim'rl  peace,  who  slew  his  master  ? 

32  And  he  lifted  up  his  face  to  the  window,  and 
said,  Who  is  on  my  side  ?  who  ?  And  there  looked 
out  to  him  two  or  three  16  eunuchs. 

33  And  he  said,  Throw  her  down.  So  they  threw 
her  down  :  and  some  of  her  blood  was  sprinkled 
on  the  wall,  and  on  the  horses :  and  he  trode  her 
under  foot. 

34  And  when  he  was  come  in,  he  did  eat  and 
drink,  and  said,  Go,  see  now  xthis  cursed  woman, 
and  bury  her  :  for  ^she  is  a  king's  daughter. 

35  And  they  went  to  bury  her  :  but  they  found 
no  more  of  her  than  the  skull,  and  the  feet,  and  the 
palms  of  her  hands. 

36  Wherefore  they  came  again,  and  told  him.  And 
he  said,  This  is  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
spake  irby  his  servant  E-H'jah  the  Tish'blte,  saying, 
2  In  the  portion  of  Jez're-el  shall  dogs  eat  the  flesh 
of  Jez'e-bel : 

37  And  the  carcase  of  Jez'e-bel  shall  be  "as  dung 
upon  the  face  of  the  field  in  the  portion  of  Jez'- 
re-el ;  so  that  they  shall  not  say,  This  is  Jez'e-bel. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Ahatfs  house  eztingvizhrrl.     12  Almziah's  brethren  slain.     IS  Jehu  destroys  Baal- 
worship.     32  Oppression  of  Israel. 

AND  A'hab  had  seventy  sons  in  Sa-ma'ri-a.  And 
-  Je'hu  wrote  letters,  and  sent  to  Sa-ma'ri-a, 
unto  the  "rulers  of  JeVre-el,  to  the  elders,  and  to 
'them  that  brought  up  A'hab's  children,  saying, 

2  6Now  as  soon  as  this  letter  cometh  to  you,  seeing 
your  master's  sons  are  with  you,  and  there  are  with 
you  chariots  and  horses,  a  fenced  city  also,  and 
armour ; 

3  Look  even  out  the  best  and  meetest  of  your 
master's  sons,  and  set  him  on  his  father's  throne, 
and  fight  for  your  master's  house. 

4  But  they  were  exceedingly  afraid,  and  said,  Be- 
hold, ctwo  kings  stood  not  before  him  :  how  then 
shall  we  stand? 

5  And  he  that  ivas  over  the  house,  and  he  that 

301 


AhaUs  sons  slain. 


2  KINGS,  10. 


was  over  the  city,  the  elders  also,  and  the  bringers 
up  of  the  children,  sent  to  Je'hu,  saying, d  We  are 
thy  servants,  and  will  do  all  that  thou  shalt  bid  us  ; 
we  will  not  make  any  king  :  do  thou  that  which  is 
good  in  thine  eyes. 

6  Then  he  wrote  a  letter  the  second  time  to  them, 
saying,  If  ye  be  2  mine,  and  if  ye  will  hearken  unto 
my  voice,  take  ye  the  heads  of  the  men  your  mas- 
ter's esons,  and  come  to  me  to  Jez're-el  by  to  mor- 
row this  time.  Now  the  king's  sons,  being  seventy 
persons,  were  with  the  great  men  of  the  city,  which 
brought  them  up. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  letter  came  to 
them,  that  they  took  the  king's  sons,  and  ■'slew 
seventy  persons,  and  put  their  heads  in  baskets,  and 
sent  him  them  to  Jez're-el. 

8  H  And  there  came  a  messenger,  and  told  him, 
saying,  They  have  brought  the  heads  of  the  king's 
sons.  And  he  said,  Lay  ye  them  in  two  heaps  at 
the  entering  in  of  the  gate  until  the  morning. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  that  he 
went  out,  and  stood,  and  said  to  all  the  people,  Ye 
be  righteous  :  behold,  °  I  conspired  against  my  mas- 
ter, and  slew  him :  but  who  slew  all  these  ? 

10  Know  now  that  there  shall 7t fall  unto  the  earth 
nothing  of  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  the  Lord 
spake  concerning  the  house  of  A'hab :  for  the  Lord 
hath  done  that  which  he  spake  3by  his  servant 
E-lI'jah. 

ll_So  Je'hu  slew  all  that  remained  of  the  house 
of  A'hab  in  Jez're-el,  and  all  his  great  men,  and  his 
4 kinsfolks,  and  his  'priests,  until  he  left  him  none 
remaining. 

12  H  And  he  arose  and  departed,  and  came  to  Sa- 
ma'ri-a.  And  as  he  was  at  the  5 shearing  house  in 
the  way, 

13  3Je'hu  6met  with  the  brethren  of  A-ha-zI'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah,  and  said,  Who  are  ye?  And  they 
answered,  We  are  the  brethren  of  A-ha-zi'ah  ;  and 
we  go  down  7to  salute  the  children  of  the  king  and 
the  children  of  the  queen. 

14  And  he  said,  Take  them  alive.  And  they  took 
them  alive,  and  slew  them  at  the  pit  of  the  shear- 
ing house,  even  two  and  forty  men  ;  neither  left  he 
any  of  them. 

15  Tf  And  when  he  was  departed  thence,  he  8  lighted 
on  ^Je-hon'a-dab  the  son  of  'Re'chab  coming  to 
meet  him :  and  he  9  saluted  him,  and  said  to  him,  Is 
thine  heart  right,  as  my  heart  is  with  thy  heart? 
And  Je-hon'a-dab  answered,  It  is.  If  it  be,  mgive 
me  thine  hand.  And  he  gave  him  his  hand  ;  and 
he  took  him  up  to  him  into  the  chariot. 

16  And  he  said,  Come  with  me,  and  see  my  Mzeal 
for  the  Lord.     So  they  made  him  ride  in  his  chariot. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  Sa-ma'ri-a,  °he  slew  all 
that  remained  unto  A'hab  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,  till  he  had 
"destroyed  him,  according  to  the  saying  of  the 
Lord,  q  which  he  spake  to  E-lI' jah. 

18  Tl  And  Je'hu  gathered  all  the  people  together, 
and  said  unto  them,  r A'hab  served  Ba'al  a  little; 
but  Je'hu  shall  serve  him  much. 

19  Now  therefore  call  unto  me  all  the  s  prophets 

302 


B.  C.  884. 

d  Josh.  9.  11, 
24,  25. 


2  for  me. 


e  Ex.  20.  5. 
Job  21.  19. 


/I  Ki.  21.  21. 


g  ch.  9.  14,  24. 
Hos.  1.  4. 


h  1  Sain.  3.  19. 
Ps.  33.  11. 
Isa.  14.  27. 
Matt.  24.  35. 
1  Pet.  1.  25. 

3  by  the  hand  of. 


4  Or,  acquaint- 
ance. 

i  1  Ki.  18.  19. 

5  house  of 
shepherds 
binding  sheep 

j  ch.  8.  29. 

6  found. 

7  to  the  peace 
of,  etc. 

8  found. 

k  Jer.  35.  6. 
1 1  Chr.  2.  55. 

9  blessed. 

in  Ezra  10.  19. 
n  Prov.  27.  2. 

Matt.  6.  2. 

Rom.  10.  2. 
0  ch.  9.  8. 

2  Chr.  22.  8. 
p  Job  18.  5-21. 

Job  31.  3. 

Ps.  34.  16. 

Ps.  145.  20. 

Prov.  2.  22. 

Prov.  10.  7,  29 

Mai.  4.  1. 
q  1  Ki.  21.  21. 
)1  Ki.  1G.  31,32 
s  1  Ki.  22.  G. 

10  Sanctify. 

/ 1  Ki.  16.  32. 

11  Or,  so  full, 
that  they 
stood  month 
to  mouth. 

u  1  Ki.  20.  39. 

12  the  mouth. 

13  statues. 

v  Ezra  6.  11. 

Dan.  2.  5. 
w  Ex.  32.  4. 

IKi.  12.  2S.29. 

Hos.  8.  5,  6. 
zch.  13.  1. 

14  observed  not. 
y  Prov.  4.  23. 

i  Lev.  26.  14,  17. 
Deut.  28.  15. 
1  Ki.  12.  30. 
1  Ki.  13.  34. 

15  to  cut  off  the 
ends. 

a  ch.  8.  12. 
ch.  13.  22. 

16  toward  the 
rising  of  the 
sun. 

17  Or,  even  to 
Gilead  and 
Bashan. 

b  Amos  1.  3. 


Baal-worshippers  destroyed. 

of  Ba'al,  all  his  servants,  and  all  his  priests;  let 
none  be  wanting  :  for  I  have  a  great  sacrifice  to  do 
to  Ba'al ;  whosoever  shall  be  wanting,  he  shall  not 
live.  But  Je'hu  did  it  in  subtilty,  to  the  intent  that 
he  might  destroy  the  worshippers  of  Ba'al. 

20  And  Je'hu  said,  10 Proclaim  a  solemn  assembly 
for  Ba'al.     And  they  proclaimed  it. 

21  And  Je'hu  sent  through  all  I§'ra-el :  and  all  the 
worshippers  of  Ba'al  came,  so  that  there  was  not 
a  man  left  that  came  not.  And  they  came  into  the 
t  house  of  Ba'al ;  and  the  house  of  Ba'al  was  nfull 
from  one  end  to  another. 

22  And  he  said  unto  him  that  was  over  the  vestry, 
Bring  forth  vestments  for  all  the  worshippers  of 
Ba'al.     And  he  brought  them  forth  vestments. 

23  And  Je'hu  went,  and  Je-hon'a-dab  the  son  of 
Re'chab,  into  the  house  of  Ba'al,  and  said  unto  the 
worshippers  of  Ba'al,  Search,  and  look  that  there  be 
here  with  you  none  of  the  servants  of  the  Lord, 
but  the  worshippers  of  Ba'al  only. 

24  And  when  they  went  in  to  offer  sacrifices  and 
burnt  offerings,  Je'hu  appointed  fourscore  men  with- 
out, and  said,  If  any  of  the  men  whom  I  have 
brought  into  your  hands  escape,  he  that  letteth  him 
go,  w  his  life  shall  be  for  the  life  of  him. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he  had  made 
an  end  of  offering  the  burnt  offering,  that  Je'hu 
said  to  the  guard  and  to  the  captains,  Go  in,  and 
slay  them ;  let  none  come  forth.  And  they  smote 
them  with  12the  edge  of  the  sword  ;  and  the  guard 
and  the  captains  cast  them  out,  and  went  to  the 
city  of  the  house  of  Ba'al. 

26  And  they  brought  forth  the  13  images  out  of  the 
house  of  Ba'al,  and  burned  them. 

27  And  they  brake  down  the  image  of  Ba'al,  and 
brake  down  the  house  of  Ba'al,  vand  made  it  a 
draught  house  unto  this  day. 

28  Thus  Je'hu  destroyed  Ba'al  out  of  Ig'ra-el. 

29  If  Howbeit  from  the  sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son 
of  Ne'bat,  who  made  I§'ra-el  to  sin,  Je'hu  departed 
not  from  after  them,  to  wit,  wthe  golden  calves 
that  were  in  Beth '-el,  and  that  were  in  Dan. 

30  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Je'hu,  Because  thou 
hast  done  well  in  executing  that  which  is  right  in 
mine  eyes,  and  hast  done  unto  the  house  of  A'hab 
according  to  all  that  was  in  mine  heart,  xthy  chil- 
dren of  the  fourth  generation  shall  sit  on  the  throne 
of  Is'ra-el. 

31  But  Je'hu  14took  no  ^heed  to  walk  in  the  law 
of  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el  with  all  his  heart :  for 
he  departed  not  from  2the  sins  of  Jer-o-.bo'am,  which 
made  I§'ra-el  to  sin. 

32  H  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  15to  cut  I§'- 
ra-el  short:  and  aHaz'a-el  smote  them  in  all  the 
coasts  of  I§'ra-el ; 

33  From  Jor'dan  36  eastward,  all  the  land  of  Gil'- 
e-ad,  the  Gad'ites,  and  the  Reu'ben-Ites,  and  the 
Ma-nas' sites,  from  Ar'o-er,  which  is  by  the  river 
Ar'non,  17even  6Gil'e-ad  and  Ba'shan. 

34  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je'hu,  and  all  that 
he  did,  and  all  his  might,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  I§'ra-el  ? 


Massacre  by  Athaliah. 


2  KINGS,  11,  12. 


Reign  of  Jehoash. 


fathers :  and  they 
Je-ho'a-haz  his  son 


35  And  Je'hu  slept  with  his 
buried  him  in  Sa-ma'ri-a.  And 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

36  And  18the  time  that  Je'hu  reigned  over  I§'ra-el 
in  Sa-ma'ri-a  ivas  twenty  and  eight  years. 

CHAPTER  11. 

\  Massacre  by  Athaliah.    2  Joash  saved.     12  He  becomes  king.     20  Athaliah  slain. 

AND  when    "Ath-a-li'ah  Hhe  mother   of   A-ha- 
-  zi'ah  saw  that  her  son  was  dead,  she  arose  and 
destroyed  all  the  *  seed  royal. 

2  But 2  Jg-hosh'e-ba,  the  daughter  of  king  Jo^ram, 
sister  of  A-ha-zI'ah,  took  3  Jo' ash  the  son  of  A-ha- 
zi'ah,  and  stole  him  from  among  the  king's  sons 
which  were  slain  ;  and  they  hid  him,  even  him  and 
his  nurse,  in  the  bedchamber  from  Ath-a-ll'ah,  so 
that  he  was  not  slain. 

3  And  he  was  with  her  hid  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 
six  years.    And  Ath-a-H'ah  did c  reign  over  the  land. 

4  If  And  Hhe  seventh  year  Je-hoi'a-da  sent  and 
fetched  the  rulers  over  hundreds,  with  the  captains 
and  the  guard,  and  brought  them  to  him  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  made  a  covenant  with  them, 
and  took  an  oath  of  them  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  shewed  them  the  king's  son. 

5  And  he  commanded  them,  saying,  This  is  the 
thing  that  ye  shall  do  ;  A  third  part  of  you  that 
enter  in  eon  the  sabbath  shall  even  be  keepers  of 
the  watch  of  the  king's  house  ; 

6  And  a  third  part  shall  be  at  the  gate  of  Sur ; 
and  a  third  part  at  the  gate  behind  the  guard  :  so 
shall  ye  keep  the  watch  of  the  house,  *that  it  be 
not  broken  down. 

7  And  two  5  parts  of  all  you  that  go  forth  on  the 
sabbath,  even  they  shall  keep  the  watch  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  about  the  king. 

8  And  ye  shall  compass  the  king  round  about, 
every  man  with  his  weapons  in  his  hand  :  and  he 
that  cometh  within  the  ranges,  let  him  be  slain  : 
and  be  ye  with  the  king  as  he  goeth  out  and  as  he 
cometh  in. 

9  -^And  the  captains  over  the  hundreds  did  accord- 
ing to  all  things  that  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest  com- 
manded :  and  they  took  every  man  his  men  that 
were  to  come  in  on  the  sabbath,  with  them  that 
should  go  out  on  the  sabbath,  and  came  to  Je-hoi'- 
a-da the  priest. 

10  And  to  the  captains  over  hundreds  did  the 
priest  give  king  Da'vid's  °  spears  and  shields,  that 
were  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

11  And  the  guard  stood,  every  man  with  his  wea- 
pons in  his  hand,  round  about  the  king,  from  the 
right  6  corner  of  the  temple  to  the  left  corner  of 
the  temple,  along  by  the  altar  and  the  temple. 

12  And  he  brought  forth  the  king's  son,  and  put 
the  crown  upon  him,  and  gave  him  the  h  testimony  ; 
and  they  made  him  king,  and  anointed  him ;  and 
they  clapped  their  hands,  and  said,  7God  save  the 
king. 

13  If  *And  when  Ath-a-ll'ah  heard  the  noise  of  the 
guard  and  of  the  people,  she  came  to  the  people 
into  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 


B.  C.  878. 


18  the  days 
were. 


a  2  Clir.  22.  10. 
b  ch.  8.  26. 


1  seed  of  the 
kingdom. 

2  2Chr.  22.  11, 
Jehoshabeath. 

3  Or,  Jehoash. 


c  2  Chr.  22.  12. 

Ps.  12.  8. 
d  2  Chr.  23.  1. 


e  1  Chr.  9.  25. 


4  Or,  from 
breaking  up. 

5  bands,  or, 
companies. 

/2  Chr.  23.  8. 

g  1  Sam.  21.  9. 

2  Sam.  8.  7. 

1  Chr.  26. 
26,  27. 

G  shoulder. 
h  Ex.  25.  16. 

Deut.  17.  14. 

Ps.  19.  7. 

Isa.  8.  16. 

7  Let  the  king 
live. 

i  2  Chr.  23.  12. 
j  ch.  23.  3. 
k  Prov.  29.  2. 

Matt.  21.  9. 

Luke  19.  37. 

Rev.  19.  1-7. 
I  1  Ki.  18.  17,  18. 

ch.  9.  23. 
in  Gen.  9.  6. 

Ex.  21.  12,  14. 

Lev.  24.  17. 

Num.  35. 

30,  31. 

Prov.  11.  31. 

Isa.  3.  11. 

Matt.  26.  52. 

Jas.  2.  13. 

Rev.  13.  10. 
n  Deut.  5.  2,  3. 

Jer.  11.  3,  0. 
0  1  Sam.  10.  25. 
p  ch.  10.  26. 

2  Chr.  23.  17. 
q  Ex.  32.  20. 

Deut.  7.  5. 
Judg.  6.  25,  28. 
2  Chr.  23.  17. 
r  2  Chr.  23.  18. 

8  offices. 

s  Prov.  11.  10. 


a  2  Chr.  24.  1. 
b  1  Ki.  15.  14. 

ch.  14.  4. 
c  ch.  22.  4: 

1  holinesse3, 
or,  holy 
tilings. 

d  Ex.  30.  13. 

2  the  money  of 
the  souls  of 
his  estimation. 

3  ascendeth 
upon  the  heart 
of  a  man. 

4  twentieth  year 
and  third  year. 

e  2  Chr.  24.  :>. 


14  And  when  she  looked,  behold,  the  king  stood 
by  Ja  pillar,  as  the  manner  was,  and  the  princes 
and  the  trumpeters  by  the  king,  and  fcall  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land  rejoiced,  and  blew  with  trumpets  : 
and  Ath-a-ll'ah  rent  her  clothes,  and  cried,  'Trea- 
son, Treason. 

15  But  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest  commanded  the  cap- 
tains of  the  hundreds,  the  officers  of  the  host,  and 
said  unto  them,  Have  her  forth  without  the  ranges  : 
and  him  that  followeth  her  kill  with  the  sword. 
For  the  priest  had  said,  Let  her  not  be  slain  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  laid  hands  on  her  ;  and  she  went  by 
the  way  by  the  which  the  horses  came  into  the 
king's  house  :  ,nand  there  was  she  slain. 

17  II  And  Je-hoi'a-da  made  "a  covenant  between 
the  Lord  and  the  king  and  the  people,  that  they 
should  be  the  Lord's  people ;  "between  the  king 
also  and  the  people. 

18  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  went  into  the 
p  house  of  Ba'al,  and  brake  it  down  ;  his  altars  and 
his  images  "brake  they  in  pieces  thoroughly,  and 
slew  Mat'tan  the  priest  of  Ba'al  before  the  altars. 
And  rthe  priest  appointed  8  officers  over  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

19  And  he  took  the  rulers  over  hundreds,  and 
the  captains,  and  the  guard,  and  all  the  people 
of  the  land ;  and  they  brought  down  the  king  from 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  came  by  the  way  of  the 
gate  of  the  guard  to  the  king's  house.  And  he  sat 
on  the  throne  of  the  kings. 

20  And  all  sthe  people  of  the  land  rejoiced,  and 
the  city  was  in  quiet :  and  they  slew  Ath-a-li'ah 
with  the  sword  beside  the  king's  house. 

21  Seven  years  old  was  Je-ho'ash  when  he  began 
to  reign. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Jehoash's  reign.     4  He  repairs  the  temple.    17  His  presents  to  Hazael.     19  Servants 

slay  Jehoash. 

IN  the  seventh  year  of  Je'hu  Je-ho'ash  "began  to 
reign  ;  and  forty  years  reigned  he  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Zib'i-ah  of  Be'er- 
she'ba. 

2  And  Je-ho'ash  did  that  which  was  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  all  his  days  wherein  Je-hoi'a-da 
the  priest  instructed  him. 

3  But  Hhe  high  places  were  not  taken  away  :  the 
people  still  sacrificed  anci  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
places. 

4  H  And  Je-ho'ash  said  to  the  priests,  CA11  the 
money  of  the  :  dedicated  things  that  is  brought  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  even  the  d  money  of  every 
one  thatpasseth  the  account,  2the  money  that  every 
man  is  set  at,  and  all  the  money  that  3  cometh  into 
any  man's  heart  to  bring  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord, 

5  Let  the  priests  take  it  to  them,  every  man  of  his 
acquaintance  :  and  let  them  repair  the  breaches  of 
the  house,  wheresoever  any  breach  shall  be  found. 

6  But  it  was  so,  that  4in  the  three  and  twentieth 
year  of  king  Je-ho'ash  Hhe  priests  had  not  repaired 
the  breaches  of  the  house. 

303 


The  temple  repairs. 


2  KINGS,  13. 


Reign  of  Jehoahaz. 


7  Then  king  Je-ho'ash  called  for  Je-hoi'a-da  the 
priest,  and  the  other  priests,  and  said  unto  them, 
Why  repair  ye  not  the  breaches  of  the  house?  now 
therefore  receive  no  more  money  of  your  acquaint- 
ance, but  deliver  it  for  the  breaches  of  the  house. 

8  And  the  priests  consented  to  receive  no  more 
money  of  the  people,  neither  to  repair  the  breaches 
of  the  house. 

9  But  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest  took  fa  chest,  and 
bored  a  hole  in  the  lid  of  it,  and  set  it  beside  the 
altar,  on  the  right  side  as  one  cometh  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord  :  and  the  priests  that  kept  the  Moor 
put  therein  all  the  money  that  was  brought  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  it  was  so,  when  they  saw  that  there  was 
much  money  in  the  chest,  that  the  king's  6  scribe 
and  the  high  priest  came  up,  and  they  7put  up  in 
bags,  and  told  the  money  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

11  And  they  gave  the  money,  being  told,  into  the 
hands  of  them  that  did  the  work,  that  had  the  over- 
sight of  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  they  8laid  it 
out  to  the  carpenters  and  builders,  that  wrought 
upon  the  house  of  the  Lord, 

12  And  to  masons,  and  hewers  of  stone,  and  to 
buy  timber  and  hewed  stone  to  repair  the  breaches 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  for  all  that 9  was  laid 
out  for  the  house  to  repair  it. 

13  Howbeit  there  were  not  made  for  the  house 
of  the  Lord  bowls  of  silver,  snuffers,  basons,  trum- 
pets, any  vessels  of  gold,  or  vessels  of  silver,  of  the 
money  that  was  brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 

14  But  they  gave  that  to  the  workmen,  and  re- 
paired therewith  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

15  Moreover  they  reckoned  not  with  the  men,  into 
whose  hand  they  delivered  the  money  to  be  bestowed 
on  workmen  :  for  they  dealt 9  faithfully. 

16  fcThe  trespass  money  and  sin  money  was  not 
brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  *  it  was  the 
priests'. 

17  If  Then  JHaz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a  went  up,  and 
fought  against  Gath,  and  took  it :  and  Haz'a-el  set 
his  face  to  go  up  to  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

18  And  Je-ho'ash  king  of  Ju'dah  Hook  all  the 
hallowed  things  that  Jg-hosh'a-phat,  and  Je-ho'ram, 
and  A-ha-zi'ah,  his  fathers,  kings  of  Ju'dah,  had 
dedicated,  and  his  own  hallowed  things,  and  all  the 
gold  that  was  found  in  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  king's  house,  and  sent  it  to 
Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a  :  and  he  10went  away  from 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

19  If  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo'ash,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah? 

20  And  his  servants  arose,  and  made  a  conspiracy, 
and  slew  Jo'ash  in  nthe  house  of  Mil '16,  which 
goeth  down  to  Sil'la. 

21  For  'Joz'a-char  the  son  of  Shim'e-ath,  and  Je- 
hoz'a-bad  the  son  of  12Sho'mer,  his  servants,  smote 
him,  and  he  died  ;  and  they  buried  him  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  :  and  '"  Am-a-zl'ah  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

304 


B.  C.  856. 


/Luke  21.  1. 


5  threshold. 


6  Or,  secretary. 

7  bound  up. 


8  brought  it 
forth. 


9  went  forth. 


(j  2  Chr.  34.  12. 
Matt.  24.  45. 

1  Cor.  4.  2. 
h  Lev.  5.  15. 

Num.  5.  8-10. 
i  Lev.  7.  7. 

Num.  18.  9. 
j  eh.  8.  12. 
k  1  Ki.  15.  18. 

cli.  16.  8. 

2  Chr.  16.  2. 
10  went  up. 

U  Or,Beth-millo. 
/  2  Chr.  24.  26, 

Zabad. 
12  Or,  Shimrith. 
m  2  Chr.  24.  27. 


1  the  twentieth 
year  and 
third  year. 

2  walked  after. 
a  Lev.  26.  17. 

Deut.  4.  23, 24. 

Deut.  6.  13. 

Deut.  7.  4. 

Judg.  2.  14. 

Ps.  7.  11. 

Isa.  10.  5,  6. 

Nah.  1.  3-6. 
b  oh.  8.  12. 
c  Num.  21.  7. 

Judg.  6.  6-8. 

Ps.  78.  34. 

Jer.  2.  27. 
tl  Ex.  3.  7. 

ch.  14.  26. 

Prov.  15.  3. 
e  ch.  14.  25,  27. 

Luke  2.  11. 

3  as  yesterday, 
and  third  day. 

4  he  walked. 
/I  Ki.  16.33. 

5  stood. 

g  Amos  1.  3. 

6  Alone. 

7  In  consort 
with  his 
father. 

h  ch.  14.  15. 
i  ch.  14.  9. 

2  Chr.  25.  17. 
j  ch.  2.  12. 

8  Make  thine 
hand  to  ride. 

k  Gen.  49.  24. 


CHAPTER  13. 

1  Jehoahaz' 's  reign.    10  Joash  as  king.     14  El 'isha's  dying  prophecy.    20  Invasion  of  the 

Moabites. 

IN  Hhe  three  and  twentieth  year  of  Jo'ash  the 
son  of  A-ha-zi'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  Je-ho'a-haz  the 
son  of  Je'hu  began  to  reign  over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'- 
ri-a,  and  reigned  seventeen  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  and  2  followed  the  sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the 
son  of  Ne'bat,  which  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin  ;  he  de- 
parted not  therefrom. 

3  If  And  athe  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  Ig'ra-el,  and  he  delivered  them  into  the  hand 
of  *  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a,  and  into  the  hand  of 
Ben-ha'dad  the  son  of  Haz'a-el,  all  their  days. 

4  And  Je-ho'a-haz  c besought  the  Lord,  and  the 
Lord  hearkened  unto  him  :  for  d  he  saw  the  oppres- 
sion of  Ig'ra-el,  because  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  op- 
pressed them. 

5  (eAnd  the  Lord  gave  Ig'ra-el  a  saviour,  so  that 
they  went  out  from  under  the  hand  of  the  Syri- 
ans. :  and  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  dwelt  in  their  tents, 
3  as  beforetime. 

6  Nevertheless  they  departed  not  from  the  sins  of 
the  house  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  who  made  ls'ra-el  sin,  but 

walked  therein:  yand  there  remained  the  grove 
also  in  Sa-ma'ri-a.) 

7  Neither  did  he  leave  of  the  people  to  Je-ho'a-haz 
but  fifty  horsemen,  and  ten  chariots,  and  ten  thou- 
sand footmen  ;  for  the  king  of  Syr'I-a  had  destroyed 
them, 9  and  had  made  them  like  the  dust  by  threshing. 

8  If  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je-ho'a-haz,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  might,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el? 

9  And  Je-ho'a-haz  slept  with  his  fathers  ;  and 
they  buried  him  in  Sa-ma'ri-a :  and  Jo'ash  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead.6 

10  If  In  the  thirty  and  seventh  year  of  Jo'ash  king 
of  Ju'dah  began  "  Je-ho'ash  the  son  of  Je-ho'a-haz 
to  reign  over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  reigned 
sixteen  years. 

11  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  ;  he  departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jer- 
o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  who  made  Ig'ra-el  sin : 
but  he  walked  therein. 

12  h  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo'ash,  and  all  that 
he  did,  and  {his  might  wherewith  he  fought  against 
Am-a-zl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

13  And  Jo'ash  slept  with  his  fathers  ;  and  Jer-o- 
bo'am  sat  upon  his  throne  :  and  Jo'ash  was  buried 
in  Sa-ma'ri-a  with  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el. 

14  If  Now  E-lT'sha  was  fallen  sick  of  his  sickness 
whereof  he  died.  And  Jo'ash  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el 
came  down  unto  him,  and  wept  over  his  face,  and 
said,  O  my  father,  my  father,  Jthe  chariot  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  the  horsemen  thereof. 

15  And  E-h~'sha  said  unto  him,  Take  bow  and  ar- 
rows.    And  he  took  unto  him  bow  and  arrows. 

16  And  he  said  to  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  8Put  thine 
handjipon  the  bow.  And  he  put  his  hand  upon  it: 
and  E-H'sha  put  his  k  hands  upon  the  king's  hands. 


Death  of  Elisha. 


2  KINGS,  14. 


The  temple  spoiled. 


17  And  he  said,  Open  the  window  eastward.  And 
he  opened  it.  Then  E-H'sha  said,  Shoot.  And  he 
shot.  And  he  said,  The  arrow  of  the  Lord's  de- 
liverance, and  the  arrow  of  deliverance  from  Syr'i-a  : 
for  thou  shalt  smite  the  Syr'I-ang  in  'A'phek,  till 
thou  have  consumed  them. 

18  And  he  said,  Take  the  arrows.  And  he  took 
them.  And  he  said  unto  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el, m  Smite 
upon  the  ground.     And  he  smote  thrice,  and  stayed. 

19  And  the  man  of  God  was  wroth  with  him,  and 
said,  Thou  shouldest  have  smitten  five  or  six  times  ; 
then  hadst  thou  smitten  Syr'i-a  till  thou  hadst  con- 
sumed it :  whereas  now  thou  shalt  smite  Syr'i-a  but 
thrice. 

20  IF  And9E-li'sha  died,  and  they  buried  him.  And 
"the  bands  of  the  Mo'ab-Ites  invaded  the  land  at  the 
coming  in  of  the  year. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were  burying  a 
man,  that,  behold,  they  spied  a  band  of  men;  and 
they  cast  the  man  into  the  sepulchre  of  E-li'sha : 
and  when  the  man  10was  let  down,  and  touched  the 
bones  of  E-li'sha,  he  °  revived,  and  stood  up  on  his  feet. 

22 1[  But  p  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a  oppressed  Ig'ra-el 
all  the  days  of  Je-ho'a-haz. 

23  q  And  the  Lord  was  gracious  unto  them,  and 
had  compassion  on  them,  and  rhad  respect  unto 
them,  s  because  of  his  covenant  with  A 'bra-ham, 
I'gaac,  and  Ja'cob,  and  would  not  destroy  them, 
neither  cast  he  them  from  his  n  presence  as  yet. 

24  So  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a  died ;  and  Ben-ha'- 
dad  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  And  Je-ho'ash  the  son  of  Je-ho'a-haz  12took  again 
out  of  the  hand  of  Ben-M'dad  the  son  of  Haz'a-el 
the  cities,  which  he  had  taken  out  of  the  hand  of 
Je-ho'a-haz  his  father  by  war.  *  Three  times  did 
Jo'ash  beat  him,  and  recovered  the  cities  of  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Amaziah's  reign.    8  Jehoash  defeats  him.     14  The  temple  spoiled.    17  Amaziak  slain. 

TN  athe  second  year  of  Jo'ash  son  of  Je-ho'a-haz 
-"-  king  of  Ig'ra-el  reigned  6Am-a-zI'ah  the  son  of 
Jo'ash  king  of  Ju'dah. 

2  He  was  twenty  and  five  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign,  and  reigned  twenty  and  nine  years  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Je-ho-ad'dan 
of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  yet  not  like  Da'vid  his  father :  he  did 
according  to  all  things  as  Jo'ash  his  father  did. 

4  c  Howbeit  the  high  places  were  not  taken  away : 
as  yet  the  people  did  sacrifice  and  burnt  incense  on 
the  high  places. 

5  IF  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  the  kingdom 
was  confirmed  in  his  hand,  that  he  slew  his  servants 
d  which  had  slain  the  king  his  father. 

6  But  the  children  of  the  murderers  he  slew  not : 
according  unto  that  which  is  written  in  the  book  of 
the  law  of  Mo'geg,  wherein  the  Lord  commanded, 
saying,  cThe  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to  death  for 
the  children,  nor  the  children  be  put  to  death  for 
the  fathers ;  but  every  man  shall  be  put  to  death 
for  his  own  sin. 

19 


B.  C.  839. 


l\  Ki.  20.  26. 


7ii  Ex..  17.  11. 


9  He  prophesied 
about  sixty 
years. 

n  ch.  24.  2. 


10  went  down. 

o  ch.  4.  35. 

Matt.  27.  52. 
John  5.  25, 
28,  29. 
p  ch.  8.  12. 

o  Ex.  33.  19. 

ch.  14.  27. 

Neh.  9.  31. 

Isa.  30.  18,  19. 

Jer.  12.  15. 

Lain.  3.  32. 
r  Ex.  2.  24,  25. 
s  Ex.  32.  13. 

Mic.  7.  20. 

Luke  1.  54, 

55,  72,  73. 

11  face. 


12  returned 
and  took. 


t  verses  18,  19. 


1. 


a  ch.  13.  10. 
b  2  Chr.  25. 
c  ch.  12.  3. 

1  Ki.  15.  14. 
d  ch.  12.  20. 

e  Dent.  24.  in. 
/2  Chr.  25.  11. 
g  2  Sam.  8.  13. 

Ps.  00,  title. 
1  Or,  The  rock. 
/(  Josh.  15.  38. 
i  2  Chr.  25. 

17,  IS. 
j  Prov.  17.  14. 
k  Judg.  9.  8. 

1  1  Ki.  4.  33. 

m  2  Chr.  32.  25. 
Ezek.  28.  2, 17. 
Hnb.  2.  4. 

2  at  thy  house. 
n  2  Chr.  35.  21. 

Prov.  20.  17. 
o  Josh.  21.  16. 

3  was  smitten. 
p  2  Chr.  25.  23. 

Neh.  8.  16. 
q  Jer.  31.  38. 

Zech.  14.  10. 
r  ch.  24.  13. 
s  ch.  13.  12. 
i  2  Chr.  25.  25. 
u  ch.  12.  20,  21. 

2  Chr.  25.  27. 
v  Josh.  10.  31. 
w  ch.  15.  13. 

2  Chr.  26.  1, 
Uzziah. 
.r  Deut.  2.  8. 
1  Ki.  9.  26. 
ch.  16.  6. 
It  was  a  port 
on  the  Red 
Sea. 

4  Now  he  begins 
to  reign  alone. 


7  -^He  slew  of  E'dom  in  lJ  the  valley  of  salt  ten 
thousand,  and  took  ^e'lah  by  war,  and  called  the 
name  of  it  ''Jok'the-el  unto  this  day. 

8  TF { Then  Am-a-zi'ah  sent  messengers  to  Je-ho'ash, 
the  son  of  Je-ho'a-haz  son  of  Je'hu,  king  of  Ig'ra-el, 
saying,  ^Come,  let  us  look  one  another  in  the  face. 

9  And  Je-ho'ash  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  sent  to  Am-a- 
zi'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  saying,  A'The  thistle  that  was 
in  Leb'a-non  sent  to  the  'cedar  that  was  in  Leb'a- 
non,  saying,  Give  thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife  : 
and  there  passed  by  a  wild  beast  that  was  in  Leb'a- 
non,  and  trode  down  the  thistle.  _ 

10  Thou  hast  indeed  smitten  E'dom,  and  '"thine 
heart  hath  lifted  thee  up  :  glory  of  this,  and  tarry 
2 at  home  :  for  why  shouldest  thou  "meddle  to  thy 
hurt,  that  thou  shouldest  fall,  even  thou,  and  Ju'dah 
with  thee  ? 

11  But  Am-a-zl' ah  would  not  hear.  Therefore  Je- 
ho'ash  king  of  Ig'ra-el  went  up  ;  and  he  and  Am-a- 
zi'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  looked  one  another  in  the  face 
at  ° Beth-she' mesh,  which  belongeth  to  Ju'dah. 

12  And  Ju'dah  3was  put  to  the  worse  before  Ig'- 
ra-el ;  and  they  fled  every  man  to  their  tents. 

13  And  Je-ho'ash  king  of  Ig'ra-el  took  Am-a-zi'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah,  the  son  of  Je-ho'ash  the  son  of 
A-ha-zI'ah,  at  Beth-she'mesh,  and  came  to  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  and  brake  down  the  wall  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  from 
pthe  gate  of  E'phra-Im  unto  "the  corner  gate,  four 
hundred  cubits. 

14  And  he  took  all  rthe  gold  and  silver,  and  all  the 
vessels  that  were  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house,  and  host- 
ages, and  returned  to  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

15  IF  sNow  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je-ho'ash  which 
he  did,  and  his  might,  and  how  he  fought  with  Am- 
a-zl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

16  And  Je-ho'ash  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  Sa-ma'ri-a  with  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and 
Jer-o-bo'am  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

17  IF  'And  Am-a-zT'ah  the  son  of  Jo'ash  king  of 
Ju'dah  lived  after  the  death  of  Je-ho'ash  son  of  Je- 
ho'a-haz  king  of  Ig'ra-el  fifteen  years. 

18  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Am-a-zi'ah,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Ju'dah  ? 

19  Now  "they  made  a  conspiracy  against  him  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem :  and  he  fled  to  "  La'chish  ;  but  they 
sent  after  him  to  La'chish,  and  slew  him  there. 

20  And  they  brought  him  on  horses  :  and  he  was 
buried  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  with  his  fathers  in  the  city 
of  Da'vid. 

21  IF  And  all  the  people  of  Ju'dah  took  w  Az-a-ri'ah, 
which  was  sixteen  years  old,  and  made  him  king 
instead  of  his  father  Am-a-zi'ah. 

22  He  built  xE'lath,  and  restored  it  to  Ju'dah,  after 
that  the  king  slept  with  his  fathers. 

23  IF  In  the  4 fifteenth  year  of  Am-a-zi'ah  the  son 
of  Jo'ash  king_  of  Ju'dah  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of 
Jo'ash  king  of  Ig'ra-el  began  to  reign  in  Sa-ma'ri-a, 
and  reigned  forty  and  one  years. 

24  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 

305 


Azariah's  long  reign. 


2  KINGS,  15. 


Pul  aids  Menahem. 


the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jer- 
o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  who  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin. 

25  He  restored  the  coast  of  Ig'ra-el  v  from  the  en- 
tering of  Ha 'math  unto z  the  sea  of  the  plain,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  which 
he  spake  by  the  hand  of  his  servant  "Jo'nah,  the 
son  of  A-mit'ta-I,  the  prophet,  which  was  of  6Gath- 
he'pher. 

26  For  the  Lord  'saw  the  affliction  of  Ig'ra-el, 
that  it  ivas  very  bitter  :  for  d  there  was  not  any  shut 
up,  nor  any  left,  nor  any  helper  for  Ig'ra-el. 

27  eAnd  the  Lord  said  not  that  he  would  blot 
out  the  name  of  Ig'ra-el  from  under  heaven :  but 
he  saved  them  by  the  hand  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son 
of  Jo 'ash. 

28  If  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jer-o-bo'am,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  might,  how  he  warred,  and 
how  he  recovered  Da-mas'cus,  and  Ha'math,  fivhich 
belonged  to  Ju'dah,  for  Ig'ra-el,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el? 

29  And  Jer-o-bo'am  slept  with  his  fathers,  even 
with  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and°Zach-a-ri'ah  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  15. 

\  Azariah's  long  reign.     7  Israel's  frequent  kings.    13  Menahem  slays  Shall  tint.     29  As- 
syrian domination  begun. 

IN  the  *  twenty  and  seventh  year  of  Jer-o-bo'am 
king  of  Ig'ra-el  began  aAz-a-ri'ah  son  of  Am-a- 
zl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  to  reign. 

2  Sixteen  years  old  was  he  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  two  and  fifty  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 
And  his  mother's  name  was  Jech-o-H'ah  of  Je-ru'sa- 
lem. 

3  And  he  did  that  ivhich  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  his  father  Am-a-zl'ah 
had  done ; 

4  6Save  that  the  high  places  were  not  removed  : 
the  people  sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  still  on  the 
high  places. 

5  T[  And  the  Lord  c  smote  the  king,  so  that  he  was 
a  leper  unto  the  day  of  his  death,  and  d  dwelt  in  a 
several  house.  And  Jo'tham  the  king's  son  ivas 
over  the  house,  judging  the  people  of  the  land. 

6  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Az-a-ri'ah,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah  ? 

7  So  Az-a-ri'ah  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and  e  they 
buried  him  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  : 
and  Jo'tham  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

8  If  In  the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of  Az-a-rl'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah  did  Zach-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Jer-o- 
bo'am  reign  over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'ri-a  six  months. 

9  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  as  his  fathers  had  done  :  he  departed 
not  from  the  sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat, 
who  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin, 

10  And  Shal'lum  the  son  of  Ja'besh  conspired 
against  him,  and  ■'smote  him  before  the  people,  and 
slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

11  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zach-a-ri'ah,  be- 
hold, they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles 
of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el. 

306 


B.  C.  765. 


j  Num.  13.  21. 

Ezek.  47. 

16-18. 

Amos  6.  14. 
z  Deut.  3.  17. 

a  Jon.  1.1. 

Mutt.  12.  39. 
b  Josh.  19.  13. 


c  Ex.  3.  7,  9. 

ch.  13.  4. 
d  Deut.  32.  36. 


e  ch.  13.  5. 


/2  Sam.  8.  6. 


5  After  an  in- 
terregnum of 
11  years. 


1  This  is  the 
27th  year  of 
Jeroboam's 
partnership  in 
the  kingdom 
with  his 
father,  who 
made  him  eon- 
sort  at  his 
going  to  the 
Syrian  wars. 
It  is  the  16th 
year  of  Jero- 
boam's mon- 
archy. 

«ch.  14.  21. 


b  ch.  12.  3. 


c  2  Chr.  26.  19. 
(I  Lev.  j  3.  46. 

e  2  Chr.  26.  23. 
f  As  prophesied. 

Hos.  1.  4. 

Amos  7.  9. 

Job  20.  4-29. 

Job  27.  13-23. 

Job  31.  2,  3. 

Ps.  1.  4. 

Ps.  37.  37. 

Ps.  52.  3,  5. 

Prov.  2.  22. 
g  ch.  10.  30. 

Job  23.  13. 

Ps.  33.  1 1 . 

Ps.  119.  S9. 

Isa.  14.  27. 

Matt.  24.  35. 

1  Pet.  1.  25. 
h  verse  1 , 

Azariah. 

2  Chr.  26.  1. 
Matt.  1.  8, 
Ozias. 

2  a  month  of 
days. 

i  Josh.  12.  24. 

Song  6.  4. 
/  1  Ki.  4.  24. 
k  ch.  8.  12. 

2  Chr.  36.  17. 

Isa.  13.  16,  18. 
/  1  Chr.  5.  26. 

Isa.  9.  1. 
Hi  ch.  14.  5. 

3  caused  to 
come  forth. 

n  1  Ki.  15.  25. 

Job  20.  5. 
o  2  Chr.  28.  6. 

Isa.  7.  I. 


12  This  was g  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he  spake 
unto  Je'hu,  saying,  Thy  sons  shall  sit  on  the  throne 
of  Ig'ra-el  unto  the  fourth  generation.  And  so  it 
came  to  pass. 

13  1  Shal'lum  the  son  of  Ja'besh  began  to  reign 
in  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  ''IJz-zI'ah  king  of 
Ju'dah  ;  and  he  reigned  2a  full  month  in  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

14  For  Men'a-hem  the  son  of  Ga'dl  went  up  from 
'Tir'zah,  and  came  to  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  smote  Shal'- 
lum the  son  of  Ja'besh  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  slew  him, 
and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

15  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Shal'lum,  and  his 
conspiracy  which  he  made,  behold,  they  are  written 
in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

16  If  Then  Men'a-hem  smote  'Tiph'sah,  and  all 
that  were  therein,  and  the  coasts  thereof  from 
Tir'zah  :  because  they  opened  not  to  him,  therefore 
he  smote  it :  and  all  *the  women  therein  that  were 
with  child  he  ripped  up. 

17  In  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  Az-a-rl'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah  began  Men'a-hem  the  son  of  Ga'dl 
to  reign  over  Ig'ra-el,  and  reigned  ten  years  in  Sa- 
ma'ri-a. 

18  And  he  did  that  ivhich  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  all  his  days  from  the 
sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  who  made 
Is'ra-el  to  sin. 

19  And  'Pul  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  came  against 
the  land  :  and  Men'a-hem  gave  Pul  a  thousand 
talents  of  silver,  that  his  hand  might  be  with  him 
to  '"  confirm  the  kingdom  in  his  hand. 

20  And  Men'a-hem3 exacted  the  money  of  Ig'ra-el, 
even  of  all  the  mighty  men  of  wealth,  of  each  man 
fifty  shekels  of  silver,  to  give  to  the  king  of  As- 
syr'i-a.  So  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  turned  back,  and 
stayed  not  there  in  the  land. 

21  If  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Men'a-hem,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  ? 

22  And  Men'a-hem  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and 
Pek-a-hi'ah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

23  If  In  the  fiftieth  year  of  Az-a-ri'ah  king  of  Ju'- 
dah Pek-a-hi'ah  the  son  of  Men'a-hem  began  to 
reign  over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  reigned  "two 
years. 

24  And  he  did  that  ivhich  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jer-o- 
bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  who  made  Ig'ra-el  to  sin. 

25  But  Pe'kah  the  son  of  Rem-a-li'ah,  a  captain  of 
his,  conspired  against  him,  and  smote  him  in  Sa- 
ma'ri-a,  in  the  palace  of  the  king's  house,  with  Ar'- 
gob  and  A-ri'eh,  and  with  him  fifty  men  of  the  Gil'- 
e-ad-ites  :  and  he  killed  him,  and  reigned  in  his 
room. 

26  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Pek-a-hi'ah,  and  all 
that  he  did,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el. 

27  I  In  the  two  and  fiftieth  year  of  Az-a-ri'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah  "Pe'kah  the  son  of  Rem-a-lT'ah  began 
to  reign  over  Ig'ra-el  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  reigned 
twenty  years. 


Assyrian  domination  begun. 


2  KINGS,  16. 


The  Damascus  altar. 


28  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jer-o- 
bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  who  made  I§'ra-el  to  sin. 

29  In  the  days  of  Pe'kah  king  of  I§'ra-el  "came 
Tig'lath-pi-le'ser  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  took  "I'jon, 
and  A'bel-beth-ma'a-chah,  and  Ja-no'ah,  and  Ke'- 
desh,  and  Ha'zor,  and  Gil'e-ad,  and  Gal'i-lee,  all  the 
land  of  Naph'ta-H,  and  carried  them  captive  to  As- 
syr'i-a. 

30  And  Ho-she'a  the  son  of  E'lah  made  a  conspir- 
acy against  Pe'kah  the  son  of  Rem-a-H'ah,  and 
smote  him,  and  slew  him,  and  reigned  4in  his  stead, 
5  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Jo'tham  the  son  of  Uz- 
zl'ah. 

31  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Pe'kah,  and  all  that 
he  did,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  I§'ra-el. 

32  1  In  the  second  year  of  Pe'kah  the  son  of 
Rem-a-H'ah  king  of  I§'ra-el  began  r  Jo'tham  the  son 
of  Uz-zl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  to  reign. 

33  Five  and  twenty  years  old  was  he  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign,  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Js-ru'sha,  the 
daughter  of  Za'dok. 

34  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord  :  he  did  according  to  all  that  his  father 
Uz-zl'ah  had  done. 

35  U  sHowbeit  the  high  places  were  not  removed: 
the  people  sacrificed  and  burned  incense  still  in  the 
high  places.  '  He  built  the  higher  gate  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

36  H  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo'tham,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah? 

37  "In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to  send  against 
Ju'dah  "Re'zin  the  king  of  Syr'i-a,  and  Pe'kah  the 
son  of  Rem-a-H'ah. 

38  And  Jo'tham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  withhis  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  his  fa- 
ther :  and  A'haz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 


CHAPTER  16. 


1  Reign  of  Ahaz. 


10  His  strange  altar  and  idolatry.     17  The  temple  spoiled.     19  Heze- 
kink  succeeds  him. 


IN  the  seventeenth  year  of  Pe'kah  the  son  of 
Rem-a-H'ah  a  A'haz  the  son  of  Jo'tham  king  of 
Ju'dah  began  to  reign. 

2  Twenty  years  old  ivcs  A'haz  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
and  did  not  that  which  tuas  right  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  his  God,  like  Da'vid  his  father. 

3  But  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  I§'ra-el, 
yea,  6and  made  his  son  to  pass  through  the  fire, 
according  to  the  c  abominations  of  the  heathen, 
whom  the  Lord  cast  out  from  before  the  children  of 
I§'ra-el. 

4  And  he  sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
places,  and  rfon  the  hills,  and  under  every  green  tree. 

5  T  eThen  Re'zin  king  of  Syr'i-a  and  Pe'kah  son  of 
Rem-a-H'ah  king  of  I§'ra-el  came  up  to  Je-ru'sa-lem 
to  war:  and  they  besieged  A'haz,  but  could  not 
overcome  him. 


B.  C.  742. 


p  1  C'lir 

Isa.  !J    1. 
q  1  Ki.  1."..  20 


26. 


4  After  an 
anarchy  for 
some  years. 

5  In  the  fourth 
year  of  Ahaz, 
in  the  30th 
year  after 
Jotham  had 
begun  to  reign. 


>•]  Chr.  3.  12 

Matt.  1.  'J. 


i  verse  4. 


I  2  Chr.  27.  3. 


u  ch.  10.  32. 

2  Chr.  28.  6. 

At  the  eud  of 

Jotham's 

reign. 
v  2  Chr.  28.  5,  ( 

Isa.  7.  1. 


a  2  Chr.  28.  1. 
6  Lev.  IS.  21. 

Deut,  18.  10. 

ch.  17.  17. 

2  Chr.  28.  3. 

Pa.  106.  37. 

Jer.  7.  31. 

Ezek.  16.  20. 
c  Deut.  12.  31. 

ch.  21.2.  11. 

2  Chr.  33.  2. 
d  Isa.  57.  5-7. 

Jer.  17.  2. 
e  Isa.  7.  1. 
/"ch.  14.22. 

1  Eloth. 

(7  ch.  15.  29. 

2  Tilgath-pileser, 

1  Chr.  5.  26. 

2  Chr.  28.  20, 
Tilgath-pil- 
neser. 

//  ch.  12.  IS. 

3  Damniesek. 
i  Foretold. 

Amos  1.  5. 

4  That  is.  Media. 
j  2  Chr.  26. 

16,  19. 

5  which  were  his. 
k  Ex.  40.  6,  29. 

2  Chr.  4.  1. 
I  Ex.  29.  39, 

40,  41. 
m  Gen.  44.  5. 

2  Chr.  33.  6. 

Isa.  2.  6. 

Hos.  4.  12. 
n  2  Chr.  28.  24. 
o  1  Ki.  7.  27. 
p  ch.  25.  13-16. 

2  Chr.  4.  15. 
7ch.  21.  18-26. 

2  Chr.  28.  27. 


6  At  that  time  Re'zin  king  of  Syr'i-a  ^recovered 
E'lath  to  Syr'i-a,  and  drave  the  Jew§  from  *  E'lath  : 
and  the  Syr'i-ans_  came  to  E'lath,  and  dwelt  there 
unto  this  day. 

7  So  A'haz  sent  messengers  "to  2Tig'lath-pi-le's_er 
king  of  As-syr'i-a,  saying,  I  am  thy  servant  and  thy 
son  :  come  up,  and  save  me  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Syr'i-a,  and  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
I§'ra-el,  which  rise  up  against  me. 

8  And  A'haz  Hook  the  silver  and  gold  that  was 
found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  trea- 
sures of  the  king's  house,  and  sent  it  for  a  present 
to  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a. 

9  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  hearkened  unto  him : 
for  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  went  up  against  3Da-mas'- 
cus,  and  'took  it,  and  carried  the  people  of  it  captive 
to  4Kir,  and  slewRe'zin. 

10  H  And  king  A'haz  went  to  Da-mas'cus  to  meet 
Tig'lath-pi-le's_er  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  saw  an 
altar  that  ivas  at  Da-mas'cus  :  and  king  A'haz  sent 
to  U-ri'jah  the  priest  the  fashion  of  the  altar,  and 
the  pattern  of  it,  according  to  all  the  workmanship 
thereof. 

11  And  U-ri'jahthe  priest  built  an  altar  according 
to  all  that  king  A'haz  had  sent  from  Da-maVcus  : 
so  U-ri'jah  the  priest  made  it  against  king  A'haz 
came  from  Da-mas'cus. 

12  And  when  the  king  was  come  from  Da-mas'cus, 
the  king  saw  the  altar  :  and  5the  king  approached 
to  the  altar,  and  offered  thereon. 

13  And  he  burnt  his  burnt  offering  and  his  meat 
offering,  and  poured  his  drink  offering,  and  sprinkled 
the  blood  of  5his  peace  offerings,  upon  the  altar. 

14  And  he  brought  also  fcthe  brasen  altar, 'which 
was  before  the  Lord,  from  the  forefront  of  the 
house,  from  between  the  altar  and  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  put  jt  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar. 

15  And  king  A'haz  commanded  U-ri'jah  the  priest, 
saying,  Upon  the  great  altar  burn  'the  morning 
burnt  offering,  and  the  evening  meat  offering,  and 
the  king's  burnt  sacrifice,  and  his  meat  offering, 
with  the  burnt  offering  of  all  the  people  of  the 
land,  and  their  meat  offering,  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings ;  and  sprinkle  upon  it  all  the  blood  of  the 
burnt  offering,  and  all  the  blood  of  the  sacrifice  : 
and  the  brasen  altar  shall  be  for  me  m  to  enquire  by. 

16  Thus  did  U-ri'jah  the  priest,  according  to  all 
that  king  A'haz  commanded. 

17  II  "And  king  A'haz  cut  off  °the  borders  of  the 
bases,  and  removed  the  laver  from  off  them  ;  and 
took  down  pthe  sea  from  off  the  brasen  oxen  that 
were  under  it,  and  put  it  upon  a  pavement  of  stones. 

18  And  the  covert  for  the  sabbath  that  they  had 
built  in  the  house,  and  the  king's  entry  without, 
turned  he  from  the  house  of  the  Lord  for  the  king 
of  As-syr'i-a. 

19  IF  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A'haz  which  he 
did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chroni- 
cles of  thekings  of  Ju'dah  ? 

20  And  A'haz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  'was 
buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'vid :  and 
Hez-e-kl'ah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 


Israel  carried  away. 


2  KINGS,  17. 


Assyrian  colonists  sent. 


CHAPTER  17. 

1  Iloskea's  reign.     5  The  Assyrians  capture  Samaria.     24  Assyrian  colonists  sent. 

IN  the  twelfth  year  of  A'haz  king  of  Ju'dah  began 
a  Ho-she'a  the  son  of  E'lah  to  reign  in  Sa-ma'- 
ri-a over  Ig' ra-el  nine  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  but  not  as  the  kings  of  Ig' ra-el  that  were 
before  him. 

3  Tf  Against  him  came  up  6Shal-man-e'ser  king  of 
As-syr'i-a ;  and  Ho-she'a  became  his  servant,  and 
*gave  him  2presents. 

4  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  found  conspiracy  in 
Ho-she'a :  for  he  had  sent  messengers  to  So  king 
of  E'gypt,  and  brought  no  present  to  the  king  of 
As-syr'i-a,  as  he  had  done  year  by  year :  therefore 
the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  shut  him  up,  and  bound  him 
in  prison. 

5  Tf  Then  "the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  came  up  through- 
out all  the  land,  and  went  up  to  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  be- 
sieged it  three  years. 

6  If  dln  the  ninth  year  of  Ho-she'a  the  king  of 
As-syr'1-a  took  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  e  carried  Ig'ra-elaway 
into  As-syr'i-a,  7and  placed  them  in  Ha'lah  and  in 
Ha'bSr  by  the  river  of  Go'zan,  and  in  the  cities  of 
the  Medeg. 

7  For  so  it  was,  that  the  children  of  I§ 'ra-el  had 
sinned  against  the  Lord  their  God^  which  had 
brought  them  up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  from 
under  the  hand  of  Pha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt,  and  had 
feared  other  gods, 

8  And  °  walked  in  the  statutes  of  the  heathen, 
whom  the  Lord  cast  out  from  before  the  children 
of  Ig' ra-el,  and  of  the  kings  of  Ig' ra-el,  which  they 
had  made. 

9  And  the  children  of  Ig' ra-el  did  secretly  h those 
things  that  were  not  right  against  the  Lord  their 
God,  and  they  built  them  high  places  in  all  their 
cities,  'from  the  tower  of  the  watchmen  to  the 
fenced  city. 

10  J'And  they  set  them  up  3  images  and  h  groves 
'in  every  high  hill,  and  under  every  green  tree  : 

11  And  there  they  burnt  incense  in  all  the  high 
places,  as  did  the  heathen  whom  the  Lord  carried 
away  before  them  ;  and  wrought  wicked  things  to 
provoke  the  Lord  to  anger  : 

12  For  they  served  idols,  m  whereof  the  Lord  had 
said  unto  them,  n  Ye  shall  not  do  this  thing. 

13  Yet  the  Lord  testified  against  Ig' ra-el,  and 
against  Ju'dah, 4 by  all  the  prophets,  and  by  all  "the 
seers,  saying,  pTurn  ye  from  your  evil  ways,  and 
keep  my  commandments  and  my  statutes,  accord- 
ing to  all  the  law  which  I  commanded  your  fathers, 
and  which  I  sent  to  you  by  my  servants  the  pro- 
phets. 

14  Notwithstanding  they  would  not  hear,  but 
q  hardened  their  necks,  like  to  the  neck  of  their 
fathers,  that  did  not  believe  in  the  Lord  their  God. 

15  And  they  rejected  his  statutes,  r  and  his  cov- 
enant that  he  made  with  their  fathers,  and  his 
testimonies  which  he  testified  against  them  ;  and 
they  followed  "vanity,  and  'became  vain,  and  went 
after  the  heathen  that  were  round  about  them,  con- 

308 


B.  C.  726. 


a  After  an  in- 
terregnum. 
c)i.  15.  30. 


b  ch.  18.  9. 


1  rendered. 

2  Or,  tribute. 


c  ch.  18.  9. 


d  ch.  18.  10. 

Hos.  13.  16, 

foretold, 
e  Lev.  26.  32. 

Deut.  28. 

36,  64. 
f\  Chr.  5.  26. 


g  Lev.  18.  3. 
Deut.  18.  9. 
ch.  16.  3. 

h  Deut.  13.  6. 
Ezek.  8.  12. 
i  ch.  18.  8. 
'j  Isa.  57.  5. 

3  statues. 

k  Ex.  34.  13. 

Deut.  16.  21. 

Mic.  5.  14. 
I  Deut.  12.  2. 

ch.  16.  4. 
TO  Ex.  20.  3. 

Lev.  20.  1. 

Deut.  5.  7. 
v  Deut.  4.  19. 

4  by  the  hand 
of  all. 

o  1  Sam.  9.  9. 
p  Isa.  1.  10-20. 

Jer.  18.  11. 
q  Deut.  31.  27. 

Prov.  29.  1. 
r  Deut.  29.  25. 
s  Deut.  32.  21. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 
t  Ps.  115.  8. 

Jer.  2.  5. 

Rom.  1.  21. 
u  Deut.  12, 

30,  31. 
v  Ex.  32.  8. 
w  1  Ki.  14.  15. 
xl  Ki.  16.31. 

ch.  11.  18. 
y  Lev.  18.  21. 

ch.  16.  3. 

2  Chr.  28  3. 
Ps.  106.  37,  38. 
Isa.  57.  5. 
Jer.  7.  31. 
Ezek.  16.  20. 

z  Deut.  18.  10. 

ch.  21.  6. 

Isa.  2.  6. 

Jer.  27.  9. 

Mic.  5.  12. 

Acts  16.  16. 

Gal.  5.  20. 
a  Isa.  50.  1. 
I)  1  Ki.  11.  13,  32. 
c  Jer.  3.  8. 
d  ch.  13.  3. 
el  Ki.  11.11,31. 
f\  Ki.12.  20,  28. 
q\  Ki.  14.  16. 
h  Ezra  4.  2. 
i  ch.  18.  34. 
j  Eph.  2.  12. 
/■  Judg.  17.  13. 


cerning  whom  the  Lord  had  charged  them,  that 
they  should  u  not  do  like  them. 

16  And  they  left  all  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord  their  God,  and  ''made  them  molten  images, 
even  two  calves,  wand  made  a  grove,  and  wor- 
shipped all  the  host  of  heaven,  x  and  served  Ba'al. 

17  ^And  they  caused  their  sons  and  their  daugh- 
ters to  pass  through  the  fire,  and  *used  divination 
and  enchantments,  and  a  sold  themselves  to  do  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

18  Therefore  the  Lord  was  very  angry  with  Ig'- 
ra-el,  and  removed  them  out  of  his  sight :  there 
was  none  left  6but  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah  only. 

19  Also  c  Ju'dah  kept  not  the  commandments  of 
the  Lord  their  God,  but  walked  in  the  statutes  of 
Ig 'ra-el  which  they  made. 

20  And  the  Lord  rejected  all  the'  seed  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  afflicted  them,  and  d  delivered  them  into  the  hand 
of  spoilers,  until  he  had  cast  them  out  of  his  sight. 

21  For  ehe  rent  Ig'ra-el  from  the  house  of  Da'vid ; 
and  •'"they  made  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat  king  : 
and  Jer-o-bo'am  drave  Ig'ra-el  from  following  the 
Lord,  and  made  them  sin  a  great  sin. 

22  For  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  walked  in  all  the 
sins  of  Jer-o-bo'am  which  he  did  ;  they  departed 
not  from  them ; 

23  Until  the  Lord  removed  Ig' ra-el  out  of  his  sight, 
ffas  he  had  said  by  all  his  servants  the  prophets. 
So  was  Ig' ra-el  carried  away  out  of  their  own  land 
to  As-syr'i-a  unto  this  day. 

24  If  h  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  brought  men  from 
Bab'y-lon,  and  from  Cu'thah,  and  from  'A'va,  and 
from  Ha'math,  and  from  Seph-ar-va'im,  and  placed 
them  in  the  cities  of  Sa-ma'ri-a  instead  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el :  and  they  possessed  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and 
dwelt  in  the  cities  thereof. 

25  And  so  it  was  at  the  beginning  of  their  dwell- 
ing there,  that  J'they  feared  not  the  Lord  :  there- 
fore the  Lord  sent  lions  among  them,  which  slew 
some  of  them. 

26  Wherefore  they  spake  to  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a, 
saying,  The  nations  which  thou  hast  removed,  and 
placed  in  the  cities  of  Sa-ma'ri-a,  know  not  the 
manner  of  the  God  of  the  land  :  therefore  he  hath 
sent  lions  among  them,  and,  behold,  they  slay  them, 
because  they  know  not  the  manner  of  the  God  of 
the  land. 

27  Then  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  commanded,  say- 
ing, Carry  thither  one  of  Hhe  priests  whom  ye 
brought  from  thence ;  and  let  them  go  and  dwell 
there,  and  let  him  teach  them  the  manner  of  the 
God  of  the  land. 

28  Then  one  of  the  priests  whom  they  had  carried 
away  from  Sa-ma'ri-a  came  and  dwelt  in  Beth'-el, 
and  taught  them  how  they  should  fear  the  Lord. 

29  Howbeit  every  nation  made  gods  of  their  own, 
and  put  them  in  the  houses  of  the  high  places  which 
the  Sa-mar'i-tang  had  made,  every  nation  in  their 
cities  wherein  they  dwelt. 

30  And  the  men  of  Bab'y-lon  made  Suc'coth-be'- 
noth,  and  the  men  of  Cuth  made  Ner'gal,  and  the 
men  of  Ha'math  made  Ash'i-ma, 


Reign  of  Hezekiah. 


2  KINGS,  18. 


Sennacherib  invades  Judah. 


31  And  the  A'vitesmade  Nib'haz  and  Tar'tak,  and 
the  Seph'ar-vites  'burnt  their  children  in  fire  to 
A-dram'me-lech  and  A-nam'me-lech,  the  gods  of 
Seph-ar-va'im. 

32  So  they  feared  the  Lord,  m  and  made  unto 
themselves  of  the  lowest  of  them  priests  of  the 
high  places,  which  sacrificed  for  them  in  the  houses 
of  the  high  places. 

33  "They  feared  the  Lord,  and  served  their  own 
gods,  after  the  manner  of  the  nations  5  whom  they 
carried  away  from  thence. 

34  Unto  this  day  they  do  after  the  former  man- 
ners :  they  fear  not  the  Lord,  neither  do  they  after 
their  statutes,  or  after  their  ordinances,  or  after 
the  law  and  commandment  which  the  Lord  com- 
manded the  children  of  Ja'cob,  "whom  he  named 
Ig'ra-el  ; 

35  With  whom  the  Lord  had  made  a  covenant, 
and  charged  them,  saying,  v  Ye  shall  not  fear  other 
gods,  nor  q  bow  yourselves  to  them,  nor  serve  them, 
nor  sacrifice  to  them  : 

36  But_the  Lord,  who  brought  you  up  out  of  the 
land  of  E'gypt  with  great  power  and  a  r stretched 
out  arm,  shim  shall  ye  fear,  and  him  shall  ye  wor- 
ship, and  to  him  shall  ye  do  sacrifice. 

37  And  the  statutes,  and  the  ordinances,  and  the 
law,  and  the  commandment,  which  he  wrote  for 
you,  'ye  shall  observe  to  do  for  evermore;  and  ye 
shall  not  fear  other  gods. 

38  And  the  covenant  that  I  have  made  with  you 
"ye  shall  not  forget ;  neither  shall  ye  fear  other 
gods. 

39  But  the  Lord  your  God  ye  shall  fear ;  and  he 
shall  deliver  you  out  of  the  hand  of  all  your  enemies. 

40  Howbeit  they  did  not  hearken,  but  they  did 
after  their  former  manner. 

41  So  these  nations  "feared  the  Lord,  and  served 
their  graven  images,  both  their  children,  and  their 
children's  children  :  as  did  their  fathers,  so  do  they 
unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Hezekiah? '$  reign.    4  Idolatry  destroypd.     13  Sennacherib  invades  Judah.     15  He   re- 
ceives much  tribute. 

^VTOW  it  came  to  pass  in  thethird  year  of  H6- 
-^  she'a  son  of  E'lah  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  aHez- 
e-ki'ah  the  son  of  A'haz  king  of  Ju'dah  began  to 
reign. 

2  Twenty  and  five  years  old  was  he  when  he  began 
to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  twenty  and  nine  years  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem.  His  mother's  name  also  was  6A'bI, 
the  daughter  of  Zach-a-rl'ah. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  Da'vid  his  father  did. 

4  If  cHe  removed  the  high  places,  and  brake  the 
1  images,  and  cut  down  the  groves,  and  brake  in 
pieces  the  dbrasen  serpent  that  Mo'geg  had  made  : 
for  unto  those  days  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  burn 
incense  to  it  :  and  he  called  it  2N§-hush'tan. 

5  He  e trusted  in  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el ;  '"so 
that  after  him  was  none  like  him  among  all  the 
kings  of  Ju'dah,  nor  any  that  were  before  him. 

6  For  he  9  clave  to  the  Lord,  and  departed  not 


B.  C.  726. 


/  Lev.  18.  21. 
Deut.  12.  31. 


in  1  Ki.  12.  31. 


n  lea.  20.  13. 
Hos.  10.  2. 
Zeph.  1.5. 
Matt.  6.  24. 
Luke  10.  13. 

5  Or,  who  car- 
ried them 
away  from 
thence. 


o  Gen.  3J.  28. 


p  Judg.  6.  10. 
q  Ex.  20.  5. 


r  Ex.  6.  G. 

s  Deut.  10.  20. 
Rev.  15.  4. 


t  Deut.  5.  32. 


u  Deut.  4.  23. 
V  Josh.  24.  14. 

Zeph.  1.  5. 

Lube  1G.  13. 

John  4.  24. 

Rev.  6.  15. 


a  2  Chr.  28.  27. 
4  2  Chr.  29.  1, 

Abijah. 
c  2  Chr.  31.  1. 

1  statues. 

d  Num.  21.9. 

2  That  is, 

A  piece  of 

brass, 
e  ch.  19.  10. 

2  Chr.  32.  7,  8. 

Job  13.  15. 

Ps.  13.  5. 

Ps.  4G.  1,  2. 

Matt.  27.  43. 

Eph.  1.  12. 
f  ch.  23.  25. 
g  Deut.  10.  20. 

Josh.  23.  8. 

3  from  after 
him. 

I)  Gen.  39.  2.  3. 

2  Chr.  15.  2. 

Ps.  46.  11. 

Matt.  1.  23. 
i  Ps.  GO.  12. 
j  ch.  1G.  7. 
A- 1  Chr.  4.  41. 

Isa.  14.  29. 

4  Azzah. 

I  ch.  17.  3. 
m  ch.  17.  6. 
n  1  Chr.  5.  2G. 
o  ch.  17.  7. 

Dan.  9.  G,  10. 
p  2  Chr.  32.  1. 

5  Sanherib. 
q  cl).  12.  18. 

ch.  1G.  8. 
2  Chr.  12.  9. 

6  them. 

7  heavy. 

r  Isa.  7.  3. 

8  Or,  secretary. 
s  2  Chr.  32.  10. 

9  Or,  talkest. 

10  word  of 
the  lips. 

11  Or,  But 
counsel  and 
strength  are 
for  the  war. 

t  Ezra  4.  15. 
u  Isa.  3G.  G. 
Ezek.  29.  6,  7. 

12  trustest  thee. 


3  from  following  him,  but  kept  his  commandments, 
which  the  Lord  commanded  Mo'geg. 

7  And  the  Lord  h  was  with  him  ;  and  he  prospered 
'whithersoever  he  went  forth  :  and  he  j rebelled 
against  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  served  him  not. 

8  k  He  smote  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,  even  unto  4  Ga'za, 
and  the  borders  thereof,  from  the  tower  of  the 
watchmen  to  the  fenced  city. 

9  Tf  And  'it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year  of 
king  Hez-e-ki'ah,jwhich  was  the  seventh  year  of 
H6-she'a  son  of  E'lah  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  Shal- 
man-e'ger  king  of  As-syr'i-a  came  up  against  Sa- 
ma'ri-a,  and  besieged  it. 

10  And  at  the  end  of  three  years  they  took  it : 
even  in  the  sixth  year  of  Hez-e-kl'ah,  that  is  TOthe 
ninth  year  of  H6-she'a  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  Sa-ma'n-a 
was  taken. 

11  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  did  carry  away  Is_'- 
ra-el  unto  As-syr'i-a,  and  put  them  "in  Ha'lah  and 
in  Ha'bor  by  the  river  of  Go'zan,  and  in  the  cities 
of  the  Medeg  : 

12  "Because  they  obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
their  God,  but  transgressed  his  covenant,  and  all 
that  Mo'geg  the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded, 
and  would  not  hear  them,  nor  do  them. 

13  If  Now  pm  the  fourteenth  year  of  king  Hez-e- 
kl'ah  did  5  Sen-nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a  come  up 
against  all  the  fenced  cities  of  Ju'dah,  and  took 
them. 

14  And  Hez-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  sent  to  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a  to  La'chish,  saying,  I  have  of- 
fended ;  return  from  me  :  that  which  thou  puttest 
on  me  will  I  bear.  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  ap- 
pointed unto  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  three  hun- 
dred talents  of  silver  and  thirty  talents  of  gold. 

15  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  'gave  him  all  the  silver  that 
was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the 
treasures  of  the  king's  house. 

16  At  that  time  did  Hez-e-kl'ah  cut  off  the  gold 
from  the  doors  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  from 
the  pillars  which  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  had 
overlaid,  and  gave  6  it  to  the  king  of  As-syr'1-a. 

17  If  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  sent  Tar'tan  and 
Rab'sa-ris  and  Rab'-sha-keh  from  La'chish  to  king 
Hez-e-ki'ah  with  a  7great  host  against  Je-ru'sa-lem. 
And  they  went  up  and  came  to  Jg-ra'sa-lem.  And 
when  they  were  come  up,  they  came  and  stood  by 
the  conduit  of  the  upper  pool, r  which  is  in  the  high- 
way of  the  fuller's  field. 

18  And  when  they  had  called  to  the  king,  there 
came  out  to  them  E-lT'a-kim  the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah, 
which  was  over  the  household,  and  Sheb'na  the 
8  scribe,  and  Jo 'ah  the  son  of  A'saph  the  recorder. 

19  And  Rab'-sha-keh  said  unto  them,  Speak  ye 
now  to  Hez-e-kT'ah,  Thus  saith  the  great  king,  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a,  s  What  confidence  is  this  wherein 
thou  trustest  ? 

20  Thou  9  say  est,  (but  they  are  but  10vain  words,) 
nI  have  counsel  and  strength  for  the  war.  Now  on 
whom  dost  thou  trust,  that  thou  'rebellest  against 
me? 

21  "Now,  behold,  thou  12 trustest  upon  the  staff  of 

309 


Rab-shakeh  reviles  Hezekiah. 


2  KINGS,  19. 


Hezekiah  sends  to  Isaiah. 


this  bruised  reed,  even  upon  E'gypt,  on  which  if 
a  man  lean,  it  will  go  mto  his  hand,  and  pierce  it : 
so  is  Pha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt  unto  all  that  trust  on 
him. 

22  But  if  ye  say  unto  me,  We  trust  in  the  Lord 
our  God  :  is  not  that  he,  v  whose  high  places  and 
whose  altars  Hez-e-ki'ah  hath  taken  away,  and  hath 
said  to  Ju'dah  and  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  Ye  shall  worship 
before  this  altar  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  ? 

23  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  give  ".pledges  to 
my  lord  the  king  of  As-syr'1-a,  and  I  will  deliver 
thee  two  thousand  horses,  if  thou  be  able  on  thy 
part  to  set  riders  upon  them. 

24  How  then  wilt  thou  turn  away  the  face  of  one 
captain  of  the  least  of  my  master's  servants,  and 
put  thy  trust  on  E'gypt  for  chariots  and  for  horse- 
men ? 

25  Am  I  now  come  up  without  the  Lord  against 
this  place  to  destroy  it?  The  Lord  wsaid  to  me, 
Go  up  against  this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

26  Then  said  E-li'a-kim  the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah,  and 
Sheb'na,  and  Jo 'ah,  unto  Rab'-sha-keh,  Speak,  I 
pray  thee,  to  thy  servants  in  the  Syr'i-an  language  ; 
for  we  understand  it :  and  talk  not  with  us  in  the 
Jews'  language  in  the  ears  of  the  people  that  are 
on  the  wall. 

27  But  Rab'-sha-keh  said  unto  them,  Hath  my 
master  sent  me  to  thy  master,  and  to  thee,  to  speak 
these  words  ?  hath  he  not  sent  me  to  the  men  which 
sit  on  the  wall,  that  they  may  eat  their  own  dung, 
and  drink  14  their  own  piss  with  you  ? 

28  Then  Rab'-sha-keh  stood  and  cried  with  a  loud 
voice  in  the  Jews/  language,  and  spake,  saying, 
Hear  the  word  of  the  great  king,  the  king  of  As- 
syr'i-a : 

29  Thus  saith  the  king,  xLet  not  Hez-e-kl'ah  de- 
ceive you  :  for  he  shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  you 
out  of  his  hand  : 

30  Neither  let  Hez-e-ki'ah  make  you  trust  in  the 
Lord,  saying,  The  Lord  will  surely  deliver  us,  and 
this  city  shall  not  be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a. 

31  Hearken  not  to  Hez-e-ki'ah  :  for  thus  saith  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a,  15Make  an  agreement  with  me 
by  a  present,  and  come  out  to  me,  and  then  eat  ye 
every  man  of  his  own  vine,  and  every  one  of  his 
fig  tree,  and  drink  ye  every  one  the  waters  of  his 
10  cistern: 

32  Until  I  come  and  take  you  away  to  a  land  like 
your  own  land,  "a  land  of  corn  and  wine,  a  land  of 
bread  and  vineyards,  a  land  of  oil  olive  and  of  honey, 
that  ye  may  live,  and  not  die :  and  hearken  not  unto 
Hez-e-ki'ah,  when  he  "  persuadeth  you,  saying,  The 
Lord  will  deliver  us. 

33  2  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered 
at  all  his  land  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
As-syr'i-a  ? 

34  "Where  are  the  gods  of  Ha'math,  and  of  Ar'- 
pad?  where  are  the  gods  of  Seph-ar-va'im,  He'na, 
and  6I'vah?  have  they  delivered  Sa-ma'ri-a  out  of 
mine  hand  ? 

35  Who  are  they  among  all  the  gods  of  the  coun- 

310 


B.  C.  710. 


v  2Chr.  31.  1. 
Isa.  36.  7. 


13  Or,  hostages. 


w  ch.  19.  6,  22. 
2  Chr.  35.  21. 

Isa.  7.  17. 


14  the  water  of 
their  feet. 


x  2  Chr.  32.  15. 

Job  5.  19. 

Dan.  3.  15-17. 
15  Make  with 

me  a  blessing, 

or,  seek  my 

favour. 
1C  Or,  pit. 
y  Deut.  8.  7,  8. 
17  Or,  deceiveth. 
z  ch.  19.  12. 

2  Chr.  32.  14. 

Isa.  10.  10,  11. 
a  ch.  19.  13. 
b  ch.  17.  24, 

Ava? 
c  Ps.  2.  2,  4. 

Ps.  50.  21 . 

Ps.  59.  7,  8. 

Isa.  10.5-15. 

Dan.  3.  15. 

Rom.  1.  21, 

22,  23. 
d  .lob  1.  20. 

Isa.  33.  7. 

Jer.  36.  24. 


a  Ps.  3.  4,  8. 
Ps.  27.  14. 
Ps.  37.  5-40. 
Ps.  55.  10,  22. 
Prov.  16.  3. 
Isa.  37.  1. 
Phil.  4.  G. 
1  Pet.  5.  6,  7. 

1  Or,  provoca- 
tion. 

o2Sam.  16.  12. 
c  ch.  18.  35. 
f/Ps.  50.  21. 
e  Jas.  5.  10. 

2  found. 
flsn.  37.  6. 

g  Ex.  14.  13. 

ch.  6.  16. 
h  Job  4.  0. 

Ps.  11.6. 
i  ch.  IS.  14. 
j  1  Sam.  23.  27. 

Isa.  37.  9. 
k  ch.  18.  5. 

Isa.  37.  10,  14. 
/Gen.  11.31. 
m  Ezek.  27.  23. 


tries,  that  have  delivered  their  country  out  of  mine 
hand,  cthat  the  Lord  should  deliver  Je-ru'sa-lem 
out  of  mine  hand? 

36  But  the  people  held  their  peace,  and  answered 
him  not  a  word :  for  the  king's  commandment  was, 
saying,  Answer  him  not. 

37  Then  came  E-li'a-kim  the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah, 
which  ivas  over  the  household,  and  Sheb'na  the 
scribe,  and  Jo 'ah  the  son  of  A'saph  the  recorder,  to 
Hez-e-ki'ah  dwith  their  clothes  rent,  and  told  him 
the  words  of  Rab'-sha-keh. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Hezekiah  sends  to  Isaiah.    8  Sennacherib's  letter  to  Hezekiah.     14  Hezekiah's  prayer. 
20  Isaiah's  prophecy.     35  Assyrian  host  destroyed. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Hez-e-ki'ah 
^-  heard  it,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  covered 
himself  with  sackcloth,  and  went  into  the  house  of 
the  "Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  E-li'a-kim,  which  was  overthe  house- 
hold, and  Sheb'na  the  scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the 
priests,  covered  with  sackcloth,  to  I-sa'iah  the  pro- 
phet the  son  of  A'moz. 

3  And  they  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  Hez-e-ki'ah, 
This  day  is  a  day  of  trouble,  and  of  rebuke,  and 
1  blasphemy :  for  the  children  are  come  to  the  birth, 
and  there  is  not  strength  to  bring  forth. 

4  b  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hear  all  the 
words  of  Rab'-sha-keh,  c  whom  the  king  of  As-syr'- 
I-a  his  master  hath  sent  to  reproach  the  living  God ; 
and  will  d  reprove  the  words  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  heard  :  wherefore  e  lift  up  thy  prayer  for 
the  remnant  that  are  2left. 

5  So  the  servants  of  king  Hez-e-ki'ah  came  to 
1-sa'iah. 

6  H  rAnd  I-ga'iah  said  unto  them,  Thus  shall  ye  say 
to  your  master,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  "Be  not 
afraid  of  the  words  which  thou  hast  heard,  with 
which  the  servants  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  have 
blasphemed  me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  send  h  a  blast  upon  him,  and  he 
shall  hear  a  rumour,  and  shall  return  to  his  own 
land  ;  and  I  will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  sword  in 
his  own  land. 

8  If  So  Rab'-sha-keh  returned,  and  found  the  king 
of  As-syr'i-a  warring  against  Lib'nah :  for  he  had 
heard  that  he  was  departed  'from  La'chish. 

9  And  iwhen  he  heard  say  of  TIr'ha-kah  king  of 
E-thi-o'pi-a,  Behold,  he  is  come  out  to  fight  against 
thee :  he  sent  messengers  again  unto  Hez-e-ki'ah, 
saying, 

10  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Hez-e-ki'ah  king  of 
Ju'dah,  saying,  Let  not  thy  God  Mn  whom  thou 
trustest  deceive  thee,  saying,  Je-ru'sa-lem  shall  not 
be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  As-syr'T-a. 

11  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the  kings  of 
As-syr'i-a  have  done  to  all  lands,  by  destroying 
them  utterly :  and  shalt  thou  be  delivered  ? 

12  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered  them 
which  my  fathers  have  destroyed  ;  as  Go'zan,J  and 
Ha'ran,  and  Re'zeph,  and  the  children  of  mE'den 
which  were  in  The-la'sar? 


Isaiah's  prophecy. 


2  KINGS,  20. 


13  "Where  is  the  king  of  Ha' math,  and  the  king 
of  Ar'pad,  and  the  king  of  the  city  of  Seph-ar-va'- 
im,  of  He'na,  and  °I'vah? 

14  II  pAnd  Hez-e-kl'ah  received  the  letter  of  the 
hand  of  the  messengers,  and  read  it :  and  Hez-e- 
kl'ah  went  up  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
spread  it  before  the  Lord. 

15  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  prayed  before  the  Lord,  and 
said,  0  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  "which  dwellest  be- 
tween the  cherubims,  ''thou  art  the  God,  even  thou 
alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  ;  thou  hast 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

16  Lord,  sbow  down  thine  ear,  and  hear  :  £open, 
Lord,  thine  eyes,  and  see  :  and  hear  the  words  of 
Sen-nach'e-rib,  which  hath  sent  him  to  reproach  the 
living  God. 

17  Of  a  truth,  Lord,  the  kings  of  As-syr'i-a  have 
destroyed  the  nations  and  their  lands, 

18  And  have  3cast  their  gods  into  the  fire  :  for  they 
were  no  gods,  but  the  "work  of  men's  hands,  wood 
and  stone  :  therefore  they  have  destroyed  them. 

19  Now  therefore,  0  Lord  our  God,  I  beseech  thee, 
save  thou  us  out  of  his  hand,  "that  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  earth  may  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord  God, 
even  thou  only. 

20  1  Then  I-ga'iah  the  son  of  A'moz  sent  to  Hez- 
e-kl'ah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el, 
That  which  thou  hast  prayed  to  me  against  Sen- 
nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a  WI  have  heard. 

21  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken  con- 
cerning him  ;  The  virgin  Hhe  daughter  of  Zi'on  hath 
despised  thee,  and  laughed  thee  to  scorn ;  the  daugh- 
ter of  Je-ru'sa-lem  yhath  shaken  her  head -at  thee. 

22  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and  blasphemed  ? 
and  against  whom  hast  thou  exalted  thy  voice,  and 
lifted  up  thine  eyes  on  high  ?  even  against  Hhe 
Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

23  4By  thy  messengers  thou  hast  reproached  the 
Lord,  and  hast  said,  aWith  the  multitude  of  my 
chariots  I  am  come  up  to  the  height  of  the  moun- 
tains, to  the  sides  of  Leb'a-non,  and  will  cut  down 
5  the  tall  cedar  trees  thereof,  and  the  choice  fir  trees 
thereof  :  and  I  will  enter  into  the  lodgings  of  his ! 
borders,  and  into  6the  forest  of  his  Car'mel. 

24  I  have  digged  and  drunk  strange  waters,  and  | 
with  the  sole  of  my  feet  have  I  dried  up  all  the 
rivers  of  "besieged  places. 

25  8Hast  thou  not  heard  long  ago  how  bl  have 
done  it,  and  of  ancient  times  that  I  have  formed  it  ? 
now  have  I  brought  it  to  pass,  that  ''thou  shouldest 
be  to  lay  waste  fenced  cities  into  ruinous  heaps. 

26  Therefore  their  inhabitants  were  9of  small 
power,  they  were  dismayed  and  confounded  ;  they 
were  as  the  grass  of  the  field,  and  as  the  green  herb, 
as  dthe  grass  on  the  house  tops,  and  as  corn  blasted 
before  it  be  grown  up. 

27  But  el  know  thy  in  abode,  and  thy  going  out, 
and  thy  coming  in,  and  thy  rage  against  me. 

28  Because  thy  rage  against  me  and  thy  tumult 
is  come  up  into  mine  ears,  therefore  fl  will  put  my 
hook  in  thy  nose,  and  my  bridle  in  thy  lips,  and  I 
will  turn  thee  back  by  the  way  by  which  thou  earnest. 


B.  C.  710. 


n  cli.  is.  r;4. 
o  ch.  17.  21. 

p  Isa.  37.  14. 


7  Ex.  25.  '22. 

1  Sam.  4.  4. 

Ps.  80.  1. 
r  Ps.  9C.  5. 

Isa.  44.  G. 


.sPs.31.  2. 
I  2  Clir.  G.  40. 


o  given. 

H  Ps.  115.  4. 
r  Ps.  S3.  18. 
w  Ps.  G5.  2. 
x  Lam.  2.  13. 
y  Job  1G.  4. 

Ps.  22.  7,  8. 

Lam.  2.  15. 
s  Ps.  71.  22. 

Isa.  5.  24. 

Jer.  51.  5. 

4  By  the  hand 
of. 

n  Ps.  20.  7. 

5  the  tallness, 
etc. 

G  Or,  the  forest 
ami  his  fruit- 
ful field. 

7  Or.  fenced. 

8  Or,  Hast  thou 
not  heard  how 
1  have  made  it 
long  ago.  and 
formed  it  of 
ancient  times  ? 
should  I  now 
bring  it  to  be 
laid  waste, 
anil  fenced 
cities  to  be 
ruinous  heaps? 

b  Ps.  33.  11. 

Isa.  45.  7. 

c  Isa.  10.  5. 

9  short  of  hand. 
</  Ps.  129.  6. 

e  Ps.  139.1. 

10  Or,  sitting. 
/Job  41.  2. 

Amos  4.  2. 
g  cli.  20.  S,  9. 
Isa.  7.  11. 
Luke  2.  12. 

1 1  the  escaping 
of  the  house 
of  Judah  that 
remaineth. 

12  the  escaping. 
h  Isa.  9.  7. 

i  ch.  20.  G. 
/I  Ki.  11.  12.13. 
1.2  Clir.  32.  21. 
I  Gen.  10.  11. 

.bin.  1.  2. 

Nab.  1.  1. 

Zeph.  2.  13. 

13  Ararat, 
m  Ezra  4.  2. 


n  2  Chr.  32.  24. 
Isa.  38.  1. 

1  Give  charge 
concerning 
thine  house. 

h  Neh.  13.  22. 

Ps.  132.  1-5. 

Isa.  38.  3. 
c  Gen.  5.  22,  24 

2  with  a  great 
weeping. 

3  Or,  city. 

d  1  Ki.  IS.  37. 

ch.  19.  20. 

2  Chr.  32. 

2o.  21. 

Ps.  G5.  2. 

Luke  11.  9 

Acts  10.  31. 
e  Job  1G.  20. 

Ps.  39.  12. 

Rev.  7.  17. 
/  ch.  19.  34. 

2  Chr.  32.  22 


10. 


Hezekiah's  days  lengthened. 

29  And  this  shall  be  "a  sign  unto  thee,  Ye  shall 
eat  this  year  such  things  as  grow  of  themselves,  and 
in  the  second  year  that  which  springeth  of  the 
same  ;  and  in  the  third  year  sow  ye,  and  reap,  and 
plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the  fruits  thereof. 

30  And  nthe  remnant  that  is  escaped  of  the  house 
of  Ju'dah  shall  yet  again  take  root  downward,  and 
bear  fruit  upward. 

31  For  out  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  shall  go  forth  a  remnant, 
and  12they  that  escape  out  of  mount  Zi'on:  ''the 
zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  do  this. 

32  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a,  He  shall  not  come  into  this  city, 
nor  shoot  an  arrow  there,  nor  come  before  it  with 
shield,  nor  cast  a  bank  against  it. 

33  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same  shall  he 
return,  and  shall  not  come  into  this  city,  saith  the 
Lord. 

34  For  *'I  will  defend  this  city,  to  save  it,  for  mine 
own  sake,  and  J'for  my  servant  Da'vid's  sake. 

35  H  And  /cit  came  to  pass  that  night,  that  the  angel 
of  the  Lord  went  out,  and  smote  in  the  camp  of  the 
As-syr'i-an§  an  hundred  fourscore  and  five  thousand : 
and  when  they  arose  early  in  the  morning,  behold, 
they  ivere  all  dead  corpses. 

36  So  Sen-nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a  departed, 
and  went  and  returned,  and  dwelt  at  'Nm'e-veh. 

37  And  it  came  to' pass,  as  he  wasjvorshipping  in 
the  house  of  Nis'roch  his  god,  that  A-dram'me-lech 
and  Sha-re'zer  his  sons  smote  him  with  the  sword  : 
and  they  escaped  into  the  land  of  13Ar-me'n!-a. 
And  '"E'sar-had'don  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER   20. 

1  Hezekiak's  days  lengthened.    8  A  shadow  goes  ten  degrees  backward.     14  The  capUinly 
foretold.    21  Hezekiah's  death. 

TN  a  those  days  was  Hez-e-kl'ah  sick  unto  death. 
-*-  And  the  prophet  i-ga'iah  the  son  of  A'moz  came 
to  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
1  Set  thine  house  in  order ;  for  thou  shalt  die,  and 
not  live. 

2  Then  he  turned  his  face  to  the  wall,  and  prayed 
unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

3  I  beseech  thee,  0  Lord,  b  remember  now  how  I 
have  cwTalked  before  thee  in  truth  and  with  a  per- 
fect heart,  and  have  done  that  which  is  good  in  thy 
sight.     And  Hez-e-kl'ah  wept  2sore. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  afore  I-ga'iah  was  gone  out 
into  the  middle  3  court,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  to  him,  saying, 

5  Turn  again,  and  tell  Hez-e-kl'ah  the  captain  of 
my  people,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Da'vid 
thy  father,  dI  have  heard  thy  prayer,  I  have  seen 
ethy  tears  :  behold,  I  will  heal  thee  :  on  the  third 
day  thou  shalt  go  up  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  I  will  add  unto  thy  days  fifteen  years  ;  and 
I  will  deliver  thee  and  this  city  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  As-syr'i-a ;  and  /I  will  defend  this  city 
for  mine  own  sake,  and  for  my  servant  Da'vid's  sake. 

7  And  I-ga'iah  said,  Take  a  lump  of  figs.  And  they 
took  and  laid  it  on  the  boil,  andjie  recovered. 

8  If  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  said  unto  I-ga'iah,  What  shall 

311 


The  captivity  foretold. 


2  KINGS,  21. 


Manasseh's  idolatry. 


be  the  sign  that  the  Lord  will  heal  me,  and  that  I 
shall  go  up  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  the  third  day? 

9  And  I-ga'iah  said,  "This  sign  shalt  thou  have  of 
the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  will  do  the  thing  that  he 
hath  spoken  :  shall  the  shadow  go  forward  ten  de- 
grees, or  go  back  ten  degrees  ? 

10  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  answered,  It  is  a  light  thing 
for  the  shadow  to  go  down  ten  degrees  :  nay,  but 
let  the  shadow  return  backward  ten  degrees. 

11  And  I-ga'iah  the  prophet  cried  unto  the  Lord  : 
and  h  he  brought  the  shadow  ten  degrees  backward, 
by  which  it  had  gone  down  in  the  Mial  of  A'haz. 

12  If  'At  that  time  5BS-ro'dach-bal'a-dan,  the  son 
of  Bal'a-dan,  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  sent  letters  and  a 
present  unto  Hez-e-kl'ah  :  for  he  had  heard  that 
Hez-e-kl'ah  had  been  sick. 

13  And  J'Hez-e-kI'ah  hearkened  unto  them,  and 
shewed  them  all  the  house  of  his 6  precious  things, 
the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  spices,  and  the 
precious  ointment,  and  all  the  house  of  his  7  armour, 
and  all  that  was  found  in  his  treasures  :  there  was 
nothing  in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominion,  that 
Hez-e-kl'ah  shewed  them  not. 

14  If  Then  came  I-ga'iah  the  prophet  unto  king 
Hez-e-kl'ah,  and  said  unto  him,  What  said  these 
men?  and  from  whence  came  they  unto  thee?  And 
Hez-e-kl'ah  said,  They  are  come  from  a  far  country, 
even  from  Bab'y-lon. 

15  And  he  said,  What  have  they  seen  in  thine 
house  ?  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  answered,  All  the  things 
that  are  in  mine  house  have  they  seen  :  there  is 
nothing  among  my  treasures  that  I  have  not  shewed 
them. 

16  And  I-ga'iah  said  unto  Hez-e-ki'ah,  Hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

17  Behold,  the  days  come,  that  all  that  is  in  thine 
house,  and  that  which  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in 
store  unto  this  day, k  shall  be  carried  into  Bab'y-lon  : 
nothing  shall  be  left,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  And  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from  thee, 
which  thou  shalt  beget,  'shall  they  take  away  ;  8  and 
they  shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the  king  of 
Bab'y-lon. 

19  Then  said  Hez-e-ki'ah  unto  I-ga'iah,  '"Good  is  the 
word  of  the  Lord  which  thou  hast  spoken.  And  he 
said,  9Is  it  not  good,  if  peace  and  truth  be  in  my 
days? 

20  If  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Hez-e-ki'ah,  and 
all  his  might,  and  how  he  n  made  a  pool,  and  a  con- 
duit, and  brought  water  into  the  city,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Ju'dah  ? 

21  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  slept  with  his  fathers  :  and 
Ma-nas'seh  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Manasseh's  long  reign.    3  His  idolatry  and  cruelty.     10  Prophecies  against  Judah. 
24  Josiah  made  king. 

"jl/TA-NAS'SEH  was  twelve  years  old  when  he  be- 
-L"-1-  gan  to  reign,  and  reigned  fifty  and  five  years 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Heph'- 
zi-bah. 

312 


B.  C.  698. 


g  Isa.  38.  7. 


h  Josh.  10. 
12-14. 
Isa.  38.  8. 

4  degrees. 
i  Isa.  39.  1. 

5  Or,  Mero- 
dach-baladan. 


j  2  Chr.  32. 

27,  31. 
G  Or,  spicery. 


7  Or,  jewels. 


k  Lev.  26.  33. 

ch.  24.  13. 

Jer.  27.  21. 
1  ch.  24.  12. 

8  Fulfilled, 
Dan.  1.  3. 

m  1  Sam.  3. 
Ps.  39.  9. 
Lam.  3.  2! 

9  Or, 'Shall 
there  not  be 
peace  and 
truth,  etc. 

ft  Neh.  3.  16. 


18. 


39. 


a  ch.  16.  3. 
b  ch.  18.  4. 
<•  1  Ki.  16.  32. 
d  Deut.  4.  19. 

ch.  17.  16. 
e  Jer.  32.  34. 
/  2  Sam.  7.  13. 

1  Ki.  8.  29. 
g  Lev.  18.  21. 

ch.  16.  3. 

2  Chr.  28.  3. 

A  Lev.  19.  26,31. 

Deut.  18.  10. 

ch.  17.  17. 
si  Ki.  8.  29. 

ch.  23.  27. 

Ps.  132.  13,  14. 

Jer.  32.  34. 
j  1  Ki.  14.  16. 

2  Chr.  33.  9. 

Prov.  29.  12. 
k  ch.  23.  26. 

Jer.  15.  4. 
I  1  Ki.  21.  26. 

1  Pet.  4.  3. 

Rev.  21.  8. 
m  1  Sam.  3.  11. 

Jer.  19.  3. 
«  Isa.  34.  11. 

Lam.  2.  8. 

Amos  7.7,  8. 

1  he  wipeth  and 
turneth  it 
upon  the  face 
thereof. 

o  ch.  19.  30. 
p  Gen.  9.  6. 

ch.  24.  4. 

Ps.  10.  2,  8. 

Ps.  106.  38. 

Prov.  6.  16, 17. 

Isa.  59.  3,  7. 

Jer.  2.  34. 

Lam.  4.  13,  14. 

Ezek.  9.  9. 

Joel  3.  19. 

Mic.  3.  9-12. 

2  from  mouth 
to  mouth. 

q  2  Chr.  33. 
11-19. 


2  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  a  after  the  abominations  of  the  heathen, 
whom  the  Lord  cast  out  before  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

3  For  he  built  up  again  the  high  places  6 which 
Hez-e-ki'ah  his  father  had  destroyed  ;  and  he  reared 
up  altars  for  Ba'al,  and  made  a  grove,  cas  did  A'hab 
king  of  Ig'ra-el;  and  d worshipped  all  the  host  of 
heaven,  and  served  them. 

4  And  ehe  built  altars  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  of 
which  the  Lord  said,  /In  Je-ru'sa-lem  will  I  put  my 
name. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host  of  heaven  in 
the  two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

6  "And  he  made  his  son  pass  through  the  fire,  and 
observed  h  times,  and  used  enchantments,  and  dealt 
with  familiar  spirits  and  wizards  :  he  wrought  much 
wickedness  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him 
to  anger. 

7  And  he  set  a  graven  image  of  the  grove  that  he 
had  made  in  the  house,  of  which  the  Lord  said  to 
Da'vid,  and  to  Sol'o-mon  his  son,  *In  this  house,  and 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  which  I  have  chosen  out  of  all  tribes 
of  Ig'ra-el,  will  I  put  my  name  forever : 

8  Neither  will  I  make  the  feet  of  Ig'ra-el  move  any 
more  out  of  the  land  which  I  gave  their  fathers ; 
only  if  they  will  observe  to  do  according  to  all  that 
I  have  commanded  them,  and  according  to  all  the 
law  that  my  servant  Mo'geg  commanded  them. 

9  But  they  hearkened  not :  and  Ma-nas'seh  jse- 
duced  them  to  do  more  evil  than  did  the  nations 
whom  the  Lord  destroyed  before  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

10  If  And  the  Lord  spake  by  his  servants  the  pro- 
phets, saying, 

11  k Because  Ma-nas'seh  king  of  Ju'dah  hath  done 
these  abominations,  l  and  hath  done  wickedly  above 
all  that  the  Am'or-Ites  did,  which  were  before  him, 
and  hath  made  Ju'dah  also  to  sin  with  his  idols  : 

12  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el, 
Behold,  I  am  bringing  such  evil  upon  Je-ru'sa-lem 
and  Ju'dah,  that  whosoever  heareth  of  it,  both  mhis 
ears  shall  tingle. 

13  And  I  will  stretch  over  Je-ru'sa-lem  "the  line 
of  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  the  plummet  of  the  house  of 
A'hab :  and  I  will  wipe  Je-ru'sa-lem  as  a  man  wipeth 
a  dish,  1  wiping  it,  and  turning  it  upside  down. 

14  And  I  will  forsake  °the  remnant  of  mine  in- 
heritance, and  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies  ;  and  they  shall  become  a  prey  and  a  spoil 
to  all  their  enemies  ; 

15  Because  they  have  done  that  which  was  evil  in 
my  sight,  and  have  provoked  me  to  anger,  since  the 
day  their  fathers  came  forth  out  of  E'gypt,  even 
unto  this  day. 

16  p  Moreover  Ma-nas'seh  shed  innocent  blood  very 
much,  till  he  had  filled  Je-ru'sa-lem  2from  one  end 
to  another  ;  beside  his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Ju'- 
dah to  sin,  in  doing  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord. 

17  If  Now  Hhe  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ma-nas'seh,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  sin  that  he  sinned,  are  they 


Reign  of  Josiah. 


2  KINGS,  22,  23. 


Huldah's  prophecy. 


not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Ju'dah? 

18  And  rMa-nas'seh  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buriedin  the  garden  of  his  own  house,  in  the 
garden  of  Uz'za :  and  A'mon  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

19  If s  A'mon  was  twenty  and  two  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  two  years  in  Jg- 
ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Me-shul'le- 
meth,  the  daughter  of  Ha'ruz  of  Jot' bah. 

20  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  as  his  father  Ma-nas'seh  did. 

21  And  he  walked  in  all  the  way  that  his  father 
walked  in,  and  served  the  idols  that  his  father 
served,  and  worshipped  them  : 

22  And  he  '  forsook  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers, 
and  walked  not  in  the  way  ol  the  Lord. 

23  If M  And  the  servants  of  A'mon  conspired  against 
him,  and  slew  the  king  in  his  own  house. 

24  And  the  people  of  the  land  slew  all  them  that 
had  conspired  against  king  A'mon  ;  and  the  people 
of  the  land  made  Jo-si'ah  his  son  king  in  his  stead. 

25  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A'mon  which  he 
did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah  ? 

26  And  he  was  buried  in  his  sepulchre  in  the 
garden  of  Uz'za:  and  "J6-sI'ah  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  Josiah's  reign.    8  Book  of  the  laic  found.    15  Huldah's  prophecy. 

J6-Sl'AH  awas  eight  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  thirty  and  one  years  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Je-dI'dah, 
the  daughter  of  Ad-a-I'ah  of  6Bos'cath. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  and  walked  in  all  the  way  of  Da'vid 
his  father,  and  c  turned  not  aside  to  "the  right  hand 
or  to  the  left. 

3  If  d  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eighteenth  year 
of  king  J6-sI'ah,  that  the  king  sent  Sha'phan  the 
son  of  Az-a-H'ah,  the  son  of  Me-shul'lam,  the  scribe, 
to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  saying, 

4  Go  up  to  Hil-kl'ah  the  high  priest,  that  he  may 
sum  the  silver  which  is  e  brought  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  which  -^the  keepers  of  the  Moor  have 
gathered  of  the  people  : 

5  And  let  them  °  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the 
doers  of  the  work,  that  have  the  oversight  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  :  and  let  them  give  it  to  the 
doers  of  the  work  which  is  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
to  repair  the  breaches  of  the  house, 

6  Unto  carpenters,  and  builders,  and  masons,  and 
to  buy  timber  and  hewn  stone  to  repair  the  house. 

7  Howbeit  h  there  was  no  reckoning  made  with 
them  of  the  money  that  was  delivered  into  their 
hand,  because  they  dealt  faithfully. 

8  H  And  Hil-kl'ah  the  high  priest  said  unto  Sha'- 
phan the  scribe,  jl  have  found  the  book  of  the  law 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And  Hil-kl'ah  gave  the 
book  to  Sha'phan,  and  he  read  it. 

9  And  Sha'phan  the  scribe  came  to  the  king,  and 
brought  the  king  word  again,  and  said,  Thy  servants 


B.  C.  641. 


r  2  Chr.  33.  20. 
Jer.  22.  19. 


:  2  Chr.  33. 
21-23. 


t  Deut.  32.  15. 
Judg.  2.  12. 


u  ch.  12.  20. 
2  Chr.  33. 
24,25. 


ttMatt.  1.  10, 
called  Josias. 


a  1  Chr.  3.  14. 

2  Chr.  34.  1. 

Jer.  1.  2. 

Zeph.  1.  1. 

Matt.  1.  10. 
b  Josh.  15.  39. 
c  Deut.  5.  32. 

Josh.  1.  7. 

Prov.  4.  27. 
(1  2  Chr.  34.  8. 
e  ch.  12.  4. 

2  Chr.  24. 

8,  12. 

Mark  12. 

41,  42. 
/  ch.  12.  9. 

1  Chr.  9.  19. 

2  Chr.  8.  14. 
Neh.  11.  19. 
Ps.  84.  10. 

1  threshold. 
g  ch.  12.  11, 

12,  14. 
h  ch.  12.  15. 
i  Neh.  7.  2. 

1  Cor.  4.  2. 

j  Deut.  31.  24. 

2  melted. 

k  Jer.  30.  21. 
I  Abdon, 

2  Chr.  34.  20. 

3  Or,  Micah. 
m  Ps.  25.  14. 

Prov.  3.  6. 
n  Deut.  29.  27. 
o  Ex.  15.  20. 

Luke  2.  30. 

1  Cor.  11.  5. 
p  Tikvath, 

2  Chr.  34.  22. 

4  Or,  Hasrah. 

5  garments. 
G  Or,  in  the 

second  part. 
q  Dan.  9.  11-14. 
r  Ps.  115.  4. 

Isa.  2.  8,  9. 

Isa.  44.  17-20. 

Mic.  5.  13. 
5  2  Chr.  34.  26. 
t  Eccl.  8.  12. 
u  Ps.  51.  17. 

Isa.  57.  15. 
v  Ex.  10.  3. 

Lev.  20.  40,41. 

2  Chr.  33.  12. 

Ps.  34.  18. 

Ps.  51.  17. 

Isa.  57.  15. 

Luke  14.  11. 

Jas.  4.  6.  7. 

1  Pet.  5.  5,  6. 
w  Lev.  2G. 

31.  32. 
r  Jer.  26.  6. 
y  Ps.  37.  37. 

Isa.  57.  1,  2. 


a  2  Chr.  34. 
29,  30. 


have  2  gathered  the  money  that  was  found  in  the 
house,  and  have  delivered  it  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  do  the  work,  that  have  the  oversight  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  Sha'phan  the  scribe  shewed  the  king,  say- 
ing, Hil-kl'ah  the  priest  hath  delivered  me  a  book. 
And  Sha'phan  fcread  it  before  the  king. 

1 1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  had  heard 
the  words  of  the  book  of  the  law,  that  he  rent  his 
clothes. 

12  And  the  king  commanded  Hil-kl'ah  the  priest, 
and  A-hi'kam  the  son  of  Sha'phan,  and  l  Ach'bor  the 
son  of  3Ml-cha'iah,  and  Sha'phan  the  scribe,  and 
A-sa-hi'ah  a  servant  of  the  king's,  saying, 

13  Go  ye,  m  enquire  of  the  Lord  for  me,  and  for 
the  people,  and  for  all  Ju'dah,  concerning  the  words 
of  this  book  that  is  found  :  for  great  is  "the  wrath 
of  the  Lord  that  is  kindled  against  us,  because  our 
fathers  have  not  hearkened  unto  the  words  of  this 
book,  to  do  according  unto  all  that  which  is  written 
concerning  us. 

14  So  Hil-kl'ah  the  priest,  and  A-hi'kam,  and  Ach'- 
bor, and  Sha'phan,  and  A-sa-hi'ah,  went  unto  Hul1- 
dah  the  "prophetess,  the  wife  of  Shal'lum  the  son 
of  pTIk'vah,  the  son  of  4Har'has,  keeper  of  the 
5 wardrobe  ;  (now  she  dwelt  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  6in  the 
college  ;)  and  they  communed  with  her.    ■ 

15  If  And  she  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  I§'ra-el,  Tell  the  man  that  sent  you  to  me, 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  "1  will  bring  evil 
upon  this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
even  all  the  words  of  the  book  which  the  king  of 
Ju'dah  hath  read  : 

17  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have 
burned  incense  unto  other  gods,  that  they  might 
provoke  me  to  anger  with  all  the  r  works  of  their 
hands  ;  therefore  my  wrath  shall  be  kindled  against 
this  place,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

18  But  to  sthe  king  of  Ju'dah  which  sent  you  to 
enquire  of  the  Lord,  j  thus  shall  ye  say  to  him,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  As  touching  the 
words  which  thou  hast  heard  ; 

19  Because  thine  "heart  was  tender,  and  thou 
hast  "  humbled  thyself  before  the  Lord,  when  thou 
heardest  what  I  spake  against  this  place,  and 
against  the  inhabitants  thereof,  that  they  should 
become  wa  desolation  and  *a  curse,  and  hast  rent 
thy  clothes,  and  wept  before  me ;  I  also  have  heard 
thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

20  Behold  therefore,  I  will  gather  thee  unto  thy 
fathers,  and  thou  y  shalt  be  gathered  into  thy  grave 
in  peace  ;  and  thine  eyes  shall  not  see  all  the  evil 
which  I  will  bring  upon  this  place.  And  they 
brought  the  king  word  again. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Reading  of  the  law.     4  Josiah  abolishes  idolatry.     21  The  passover  kept.     26  Final 
wrath  of  God  against  Judah.     29  Josiah  slain.     36  Jehoiakim's  reign. 

AND  "the  king  sent,  and  they  gathered  unto  him 
-  all  the  elders  of  Ju'dah  and  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 
2  And  the  king  went  up  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  all  the  men  of  Ju'dah  and  all  the  inhab- 

313 


Idolatry  abolished. 


2  KINGS,  23. 


The  passover  kept. 


itants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  with  him,  and  the  priests,  and 
the  prophets,  and  all  the  people,  1  both  small  and 
great :  and  he  read  in  their  ears  all  the  words  of 
the  book  of  the  covenant  b  which  was  found  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

3  If  And  the  king  c  stood  by  a  pillar,  and  made  a 
covenant  before  the  Lord,  to  walk  after  the  Lord, 
and  to  keep  his  commandments  and  his  testimonies 
and  his  statutes  with  all  their  heart  and  all  their 
soul,  to  perform  the  words  of  this  covenant  that 
were  written  in  this  book.  And  rf  all  the  people 
stood  to  the  covenant. 

4  And  the  king  commanded  Hil-ki'ah  the  high 
priest,  and  the  priests  of  the  second  order,  and  the 
keepers  of  the  door,  to  bring  forth  out  of  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord  all  the  vessels  that  were  made  for 
Ba'al,  and  for  e  the  grove,  and  for  all  the  host  of 
heaven :  and  he  burned  them  without  Je-ru'sa-lem 
in  the  fields  of  Kid'ron,  and  carried  the  ashes  of 
them  unto  Beth '-el. 

5  And  he  2put  down  3the  idolatrous  priests,  whom 
the  kings  of  Ju'dah  had  ordained  to  burn  incense  in 
the  high  places  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  and  in  the 
places  round  about  Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  them  also  that 
burned  incense  unto  Ba'al,  to  the  sun,  and  to  the 
moon,  and  to  the  4  planets,  and  to  •'"all  the  host  of 
heaven.    ' 

6  And  he  brought  out  the  grove  from  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  without  Je-ru'sa-lem,  unto  the  brook 
Kid'ron,  and  burned  it  at  the  brook  "Kid'ron,  and 
stamped  it  small  to  powder,  and  cast  the  powder 
thereof  upon  the  a  graves  of  the  children  of  the 
people. 

7  And  he  brake  down  the  houses  7'of  the  sodom- 
ites, that  were  by  the  house  of  the  Lord,  'where 
the  women  wove  5  hangings  for  the  grove. 

8  And  he  brought  all  the  priests  out  of  the  cities 
of  Ju'dah,  and"  defiled  the  high  places  where  the 
priests  had  burned  incense,  from  jGe'ba  to  Be'er- 
she'ba,  and  brake  down  the  high  places  of  the  gates 
that  were  in  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  of  Josh'u-a 
the  governor  of  the  city,  which  were  on  a  man's 
left  hand  at  the  gate  of  the  city. 

9  k  Nevertheless  the  priests  of  the  high  places 
came  not  up  to  the  altar  of  the  Lord  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  'but  they  did  eat  of  the  unleavened  bread 
among  their  brethren. 

10  And  he  denied  mTo'pheth,  which  is  in  "the 
valley  of  the  children  of  Hin'nom,  "that  no  man 
might  make  his  son  or  his  daughter  to  pass  through 
the  fire  to  Mo 'lech. 

11  And  he  took  away  the  horses  that  the  kings  of 
Ju'dah  had  given  to  pthe  sun,  at  the  entering  in 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  by  the  chamber  of  Na'- 
than-me'lech  the  6 chamberlain,  which  was  in  the 
suburbs,  and  burned  the  chariots  of  the  sun  with 
fire. 

12  And  the  altars  that  were  "on  the  top  of  the 
upper  chamber  of  A'haz,  which  the  kings  of  Ju'dah 
had  made,  and  the  altars  which  rMa-nas'seh  had 
made  in  the  two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
did  the  king  beat  down,  and  7  brake  them  down 

314 


B.  C.  624. 


1  from  smnll 
even  unto 
great. 

b  ch.  22.  8. 


c  ch.  11.  14. 


d  Jer.  4.  2. 


e  ch.  21.  3, ' 


2  caused  to 
cease. 

3  Cheinarim. 


4  Or,  twelve 

signs,  or, 

constellation? 
/ch.  21.  3. 


g  2  Chr.  34.  4. 

h  1  Ki.  14.  24. 
i  Ezek.  16.  16. 
5  houses. 


j  1  Ki.  15.  22. 

k  Ezek.  44.  10. 

Mai.  2.  8. 

I  1  Sain.  2.  36. 
m  Isa.  30.  33. 
n  .Tosh.  15.  8. 
o  Lev.  18.  21. 
p  Deut.  4.  1!). 

2  Chr.  14.  5. 
Job  31.  26. 

6  Or,  eunuch, 
.  or,  officer. 

q  Jer.  19.  13. 
r  ch   21.  5. 
2  Chr.  33. 3, 15. 

7  Or,  ran 
from  thence. 

S  That  is. 

the  mount 

of  Olives. 
.«  Neh.  13.  26. 
n  Or,  Molech. 
t  Ex.  23.  24. 

Ex.  32.  20. 

Num.  33.  52. 

Deut.  7.  5,  25. 
10  statues. 
«  1  Ki.  12.  28,  33. 

ch.  10.  31. 
v  1  Ki.  13.  2. 

II  to  escape. 

w  2  Chr.  34.  0. 

12  Or,  sacrificed. 
X  2  Chr.  34.  5. 

y  2  Chr.  35.  1. 
z  Ex.  12.  3. 

Lev.  23.  5. 

Num.  0.  2. 

Deut.  16.  2. 
a  ch.  21.  6. 

1  Chr.  10.  13. 

13  Or,  teraphim. 
b  Lev.  19.  31. 

Lev.  20.  27. 
Deut.  18.  11. 
ch.  22.  8-13. 

2  Chr.  34. 
14-19. 

c  ch.  18.  5. 


from  thence,  and  cast  the  dust  of  them  into  the 
brook  Kid'ron. 

13  And  the  high  places  that  were  before  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  which  were  on  the  right  hand  of  8the  mount 
of  corruption,  which  sSol'o-mon  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el 
had  builded  for  Ash'to-reth  the  abomination  of  the 
Zl-do'ni-ang,  and  for  Che'mosh  the  abomination  of 
the  Mo'ab-Ites,  and  for  9MIl'com  the  abomination 
of  the  children  of  Am'mon,  did  the  king  defile. 

14  And  he  '  brake  in  pieces  the  10  images,  and  cut 
down  the  groves,  and  filled  their  places  with  the 
bones  of  men. 

15  If  Moreover  the  altar  that  ivas  at  Beth'-el,  and 
the  high  place  "which  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'- 
bat,  who  made  Is/ra-el  to  sin,  had  made,  both  that 
altar  and  the  high  place  he  brake  down,  and  burned 
the  high  place,  and  stamped  it  small  to  powder,  and 
burned  the  grove. 

16  And  as  J6-si'ah  turned  himself,  he  spied  the 
sepulchres  that  were  there  in  the  mount,  and  sent, 
and  took  the  bones  out  of  the  sepulchres,  and  burned 
them  upon  the  altar,  and  polluted  it,  according  to 
the  l'word  of  the  Lord  which  the  man  of  God  pro- 
claimed, who  proclaimed  these  words. 

17  Then  he  said,  What  title  is  that  that  I  see  ? 
And  the  men  of  the  city  told  him,  It  is  the  sepulchre 
of  the  man  of  God,  which  came  from  Ju'dah,  and 
proclaimed  these  things  that  thou  hast  done  against 
the  altar  of  Beth'-el. 

18  And  he  said,  Let  him  alone  ;  let  no  man  move 
his  bones.  So  they  let  his  bones  "  alone,  with  the 
bones  of  the  prophet  that  came  out  of  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

19  And  all  the  houses  also  of  the  high  places  that 
were  !"in  the  cities  of  Sa-ma'ri-a,  which  the  kings 
of  I§'ra-el  had  made  to  provoke  the  Lord  to  anger, 
J6-si'ah  took  away,  and  did  to  them  according  to  all 
the  acts  that  h*e  had  done  in  Beth'-el. 

20  And  he  12  slew  all  the  priests  of  the  high  places 
that  were  there  upon  the  altars,  and  *  burned  men's 
bones  upon  them,  and  returned  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

21  If  And  the  king  commanded  all  the  people,  say- 
ing, y  Keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord  your  God, 
zas  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  this  covenant. 

22  Surely  there  was  not  holden  such  a  passover 
from  the  days  of  the  judges  that  judged  I§'ra-el, 
nor  in  all  the  days  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el,  nor  of 
the  kings  of  Ju'dah  ; 

23  But  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king  J6-si'ah, 
wherein  this  passover  was  holden  to  the  Lord  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

24  II  Moreover,  athe  workers  with  familiar  spirits, 
and  the  wizards,  and  the  "images,  and  the  idols, 
and  all  the  abominations  that  were  spied  in  the  land 
of  Ju'dah  and  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  did  J6-si'ah  put  away, 
that  he  might  perform  the  words  of  6the  law  which 
were  written  in  the  book  that  Hil-ki'ah  the  priest 
found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

25  cAnd  like  unto  him  was  there  no  king  before 
him,  that  turned  to  the  Lord  with  all  his  heart, 
and  with  all  his  soul,  and  with  all  his  might,  accord- 
ing to  all  the  law  of  Mo'seg  ;  neither  after  him 
arose  there  any  like  him. 


The  battle  of  Megiddo. 


26  If  Notwithstanding  the  Lord  turned  not  from 
the  fierceness  of  his  great  wrath,  wherewith  his 
anger  was  kindled  against  Ju'dah,  because  ''of  all 
the  provocations  that  Ma-nas'seh  had  provoked 
him  withal. 

127  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  remove  Ju'dah  also 
out  of  my  sight,  as  e  I  have  removed  Ig'ra-el,  and 
will  cast  off  this  city  Je-ru'sa-lem  which  I  have 
chosen,  and  the  house  of  which  I  said,  yMy  name 
shall  be  there. 
28  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  J6-si'ah,  and  all 
that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah  ? 

29  If  In  his  days  Pha'raoh-ne'choh  king  of  E'gypt 
went  up  against  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  to  the  river 
Eu-phra'teg  :  and  king  J6-sI'ah  went  against  him  ; 
and  he  slew  him  at  ''Me-gid'do,  when  he  Ahad  seen 
him. 

30  And  his  servants  carried  him  in  a  chariot  dead 
from  Me-gid'do,  and  brought  him  to  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
and  buried  him  in  his  own  sepulchre.  And  the 
people  of  the  land  took  'Je-ho'a-haz  the  son  of  Jo- 
sl'ah,  and  anointed  him,  and  made  him  king  in  his 
father's  stead. 

31  If  Je-ho'a-haz  ivas  twenty  and  three  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  three 
months  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  ivas 
JHa-mu'tal,  the  daughter  of  Jer-e-ml'ah  of  Lib'nah. 

32  And  he  did  that  ivhich  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  his  fathers  had  done. 

33  And  Pha'raoh-ne'choh  put  him  in  bands  '-'at 
Rib'lah  in  the  land  of  Ha'math,  15that  he  might  not 
reign  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  and  16put  the  land  to  a  trib- 
ute of  an  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  a  talent  of 
gold. 

34  And  Pha'raoh-ne'choh  made  E-li'a-kim  the  son 
of  Jo-si'ah  king  in  the  room  of  J6-sI'ah  his  father, 
and  'turned  his  name  to  m  Je-hoi'a-kim,  and  took 
Je-ho'a-haz  away:  "and  he  came  to  E'gypt,. and 
died  there. 

35  And  Je-hoi'a-kim  gave  the  silver  and  the  gold 
to  Pha'raoh  ;  but  he  taxed  the  land  to  give  the 
money  according  to  the  commandment  of  Pha'raoh : 
he  "exacted  the  silver  and  the  gold  of  the  people  of 
the  land,  of  every  one  according  to  his  taxation,  to 
give  it  unto  Pha'raoh-ne'choh. 

36  If  Je-hoi'a-kim  was  twenty  and  five  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  eleven 
years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was 
Ze-bu'dah,  the  daughter  of  Pe-da'iah  of  Ru'mah. 

37  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  his  fathers  had  done. 

CHAPTER  24. 

I  Jehoiakim'sruin.   10  Jerusalem  taken  by  Nebuchadnezzar.  14  T/ie people  carried  captive. 

IN  "his  days  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon 
came  up,  and  Je-hoi'a-kim  became  his  servant 
three  years  :  then  he  turned  and  rebelled  against 
him. 

2  6And  the  Lord  sent  against  him  bands  of  the 
Chal'deeg,  and  bands  of  the  Syr'i-ang,  and  bands  of 
the  Mo'ab-Ites,  and  bands  of  the  children  of  Am'- 


2  KINGS,  24. 


Capture  of  Jerusalem. 


B.  C.  600. 


d  ch.  21.  11. 

ch.  24. :;. 
Jer.  1.",.  -I. 
14  angers. 


■  cli.  17.  18. 


./'!  Ki.  8.  29. 


g  Judg.  1  ■  2 
ch.  9.  27. 
Zech.  12. 

h  ch.  14.  8. 


ch.  14.  21. 
2  Chr.  30.  1, 
Jer.  22.  11. 


/'ch.  24.  IS. 
X-  Num.  34.  11. 

ch.  25.  6. 
15  Or,  because 

lie  reigned. 
Hi  set  a  mulct 

upon  the  land. 
/  ch.  24.  17. 

Dan.  1.  7. 
»i  Matt.  1.  11, 

Jakim. 
n  Jer.  22.  11. 
v  Prov.  11.  11. 


50. 


a  Lev.  2fi.  25. 

ch.  17.  5. 

2  Chr.  36.  G. 

Jer.  25.  1,  9 

Dan.  1.  1. 
6Deut.28.49, 

Jer.  25.  9. 

Ezek.  19.  S. 
ech.  20.  17. 

eh.  21.  12. 

1  by  the  hand  of. 
d  ch.  21.  2,  11. 

ch.  23.  20. 
e  ch.  21.  16. 
/Jer.  15.1. 

Lam.  3.  42. 
g  2  Chr.  30.  6. 
//  Jer.  37  .  5. 
i  Jer.  46.  2. 

2  Jeconiah, 

1  Chr.  3.  16. 
Jer.  24.  1. 
and  Coniah, 
Jer.  22.  24. 

,/Dan.  1.  1. 

3  came  into  siege. 
k  Jer.  24.  1. 

Ezek.  17. 12. 

4  Or,  eunuchs. 
/  Jer.  25.  1. 

in  ch.  25.  27. 
n  Jer.  52.  28. 
a  Isa.  39.  6. 
p  Dan.  5.  2. 
q  1  Ki.  14.  15. 
r  2  Chr.  36.  9,  10. 
s  1  Sam.  13. 

19,  22. 
/  ch.  25.  12. 

Jer.  39.  10. 
u  2  Chr.  36.  10. 

Esth.  2.  6. 

5  Or.  eunuchs. 
r  Jer.  52.  28. 
w  Jer.  37.  1. 

r  1  Chr.  3.  15. 

2  Chr.  36. 
10,  11. 

1/  ch.  23.  34. 

2  Chr.  36.  4. 
si  Chr.  36.  11. 

Jer.  37.  1. 
a  ch.  23.  31. 


mon,  and  sent  them  against  Ju'dah  to  destroy  it, 
c  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake 
1  by  his  servants  the  prophets. 

3  Surely  at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  came 
this  upon  Ju'dah,  to  remove  them  out  of  his  sight, 
''for  the  sins  of  Ma-nas'seh,  according  to  all  that 
he  did ; 

4  eAnd  also  for  the  innocent  blood  that  he  shed : 
for  he  filled  Je-ru'sa-lem  with  innocent  blood ;  which 
rthe  Lord  would  not  pardon. 

5  Tf  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je-hoi'a-kim,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah  ? 

6  "So  Je-hoi'a-kim  slept  with  his  fathers  :  and  Je- 
hoi'a-chin  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  Hhe  king  of  E'gypt  came  not  again  any 
more  out  of  his  land  :  for  'the  king  of  Bab'y-lon 
had  taken  from  the  river  of  E'gypt  unto  the  river 
Eu-phra'teg  all  that  pertained  to  the  king  of  E'gypt. 

8  If  2  Je-hoi'a-chin  was  eighteen  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  three 
months.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Ne-hush'ta, 
the  daughter  of  El'na-than  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

9  And  he  did  that  which  ivas  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  his  father  had  done. 

10  If  ■'At  that  time  the  servants  of  Neb-u-chad- 
nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon  came  up  against  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  and  the  city  3was  besieged. 

11  And  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon  came 
against  the  city,  and  his  servants  did  besiege  it. 

12  fcAnd  Je-hoi'a-chin  the  king  of  Ju'dah  went  out 
to  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  he,  and  his  mother,  and  his 
servants,  and  his  princes,  and  his  4 officers :  'and  the 
king  of  Bab'y-lon  '"took  him  "in  the  eighth  year  of 
his  reign. 

13  "And  he  carried  out  thence  all  the  treasures  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the 
king's  house,  and  "cut  in  pieces  all  the  vessels  of 
gold  which  Sol'o-mon  king  of  Ig'ra-el  had  made  in 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  9as  the  Lord  had  said. 

14  And  'he  carried  away  all  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  all 
the  princes,  and  all  the  mighty  men  of  valour,  even 
ten  thousand  captives,  and  sall  the  craftsmen  and 
smiths  :  none  remained,  save  '  the  poorest  sort  of 
the  people  of  the  land. 

15  And  Mhe  carried  away  Je-hoi'a-chin  to  Eab'y- 
lon,  and  the  king's  mother,  and  the  king's  wives, 
and  his  5  officers,  and  the  mighty  of  the  land,  those 
carried  he  into  captivity  from  Je-ru'sa-lem  to  Bab'- 
y-lon. 

16  And  ''all  the  men  of  might,  even  seven  thou- 
sand, and  craftsmen  and  smiths  a  thousand,  all  that 
were  strong  and  apt  for  war,  even  them  the  king 
of  Bab'y-lon  brought  captive  to  Bab'y-lon. 

17  If  And  '"the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  made  Mat-ta- 
nl'ah  'his  father's  brother  king  in  his  stead,  "and 
changed  his  name  to  Zed-e-kl'ah. 

18  2Zed-e-kI'ah  was  twenty  and  one  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven 
years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's  name  u>as 
aHa-mu'tal,  the  daughter  of  Jer-e-mi'ah  of  Lib'nah. 

19  And  he  did  that  ivhich  was  evil  in  the  sight 

315 


Jerusalem  destroyed. 


2  KINGS,  25. 


Gedaliah  is  smitten. 


of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  Je-hoi'a-kim  had 
done. 

20  For  6  through  the  anger  of  the  Lord  it  came  to 
pass  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem  and  Ju'dah,  until  he  had  cast 
them  out  from  his  presence,  that  Zed-e-ki'ah  re- 
belled against  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  Siege  and  destruction  of  Jerusalem.    4  ZedeMaKs  eyes  put  out.    11  The  remnant  led 
captive  to  Babylon.    22  Gedaliah  is  smitten. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  a  in  the  ninth  year  of  his 
-  reign,  in  the  tenth  month,  in  the  tenth  day  of 
the  month,  that  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y- 
lon  came,  he,  and  all  his  host,  against  Js-ru'sa-lem, 
and  pitched  against  it ;  and  they  built  forts  against 
it  round  about. 

2  And  the  city  was  besieged  unto  the  eleventh 
year  of  king  Zed-e-ki'ah. 

3  And  on  the  ninth  day  of  the  fourth  month  the 
famine  prevailed  in  the  city,  and  there  was  no  bread 
for  the  people  of  the  land. 

4  If  And  the  city  was  broken  up,  and  all  the  men 
of  war  fled  by  night  by  the  way  of  the  gate  be- 
tween two  walls,  which  is  by  the  king's  garden  : 
(now  the  Chal'deeg  were  against  the  city  round 
about :)  and h  the  king  went  the  way  toward  the  plain. 

5  And  the  army  of  the  Chal'deeg  pursued  after 
the  king,  and  overtook  him  in  the  plains  of  Jer'i- 
cho  :  and  all  his  army  were  scattered  from  him. 

6  So  they  took  the  king,  and  brought  him  up  to 
the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  cto  Rib'lah  ;  and  they  *gave 
judgment  upon  him. 

7  And  they  slew  the  sons  of  Zed-e-ki'ah  before  his 
eyes,  and  2put  out  the  eyes  of  Zed-e-ki'ah,  and 
bound  him  with  fetters  of  brass,  and  carried  him  to 
Bab'y-lon. 

8  If  And  in  the  fifth  month,  on  the  seventh  day  of 
the  month,  which  is  dthe  nineteenth  year  of  king 
Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  came  Neb'u- 
zar-a'dan,  3  captain  of  the  guard,  a  servant  of  the 
king  of  Bab'y-lon,  unto  Js-ru'sa-lem  : 

9  "And  he  burnt  the  house  of  the  Lord,  rand  the 
king's  house,  and  all  the  houses  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and 
every  great  man's  house  burnt  he  with  fire. 

10  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chal'deeg,  that  were 
with  the  captain  of  the  guard,  9  brake  down  the 
walls  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  round  about. 

11  feNow  the  rest  of  the  people  that  were  left  in  the 
city,  and  the  4  fugitives  that  fell  away  to  the  king 
of  Bab'y-lon,  with  the  remnant  of  the  multitude,  did 
Neb'u-zar-a'dan  the  captain  of  the  guard  carry  away. 

12  But  the  captain  of  the  guard  i  left  of  the  poor 
of  the  land  to  be  vinedressers  and  husbandmen. 

13  And  ■'the  k pillars  of  brass  that  were  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  'the  bases,  and  the  brasen 
sea  that  was  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  did  the 
Chal'deeg  break  in  pieces,  and  carried  the  brass  of 
them  to  Bab'y-lon. 

14  And  the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  snuffers, 
and  the  spoons,  and  all  the  vessels  of  brass  where- 
with they  ministered,  took  they  away. 

15  And   the  firepans,  and   the   bowls,  and  such 

316 


B.  C.  588. 


b  Deut.  4.  24. 
ch.  22.  16,  17. 
ch.  23.  26,  27. 

c  Ezek.  17.  15. 
2  Chr.  36.  13. 


a  2  Chr.  36.  17. 
Jer.  34.  2. 
Ezek.  24.  1. 


b  Jer.  39.  4. 


c  ch.  23.  33. 

1  spake  judg- 
ment with 
him. 


2  made  blind. 

d  ch.  24. 12. 

3  Or,  chief 
marshal. 

e2Chr.  36.  19. 

Ps.  74.  3-7. 

Ps.  79.  1. 

Isa.  G4.  11. 

Mic.  3.  12. 
/  Amos  2.  5. 
f/Neh.  1.  3. 
h  Jer.  39.  9. 

4  fallen  away. 
i  ch.  24.  14. 

Jer.  40.  7. 
j  ch.  20.  17. 
k  1  Ki.  7.  15. 
/  Ex.  27.  3. 
m  Ex.  37.  23. 

2  Chr.  24.  14. 

Esth.  1.  7. 

Dan.  5.  2. 

5  the  one  sea. 
n  Jer.  52.  24. 
o  1  Chr.  6.  14. 

Ezra  7.  1. 
p  Jer.  21.  1. 

6  threshold. 

7  Or,  eunurh. 
q  Jer.  52.  25. 

8  saw  the 
king's  face. 

9  Or,  scribe  of 
the  captain  of 
the  host. 

r  Lev.  26.  33. 

Deut.  4.  26. 

ch.  17.  20. 

ch.  23.  27. 

Jer.  24.  9,  10. 

Amos  5.  27. 
.5  Jer.  40.  5. 
t  Jer.  27.  12. 
u  Jer.  41.  1,  2. 

Zech.  7.  5. 

10  of  the 
kingdom. 

v  Jer.  41.  16-18. 
w  Deut.  28.  68. 

Jer.  41.  17. 
.r  Gen.  40.  13,  20. 

11  good  things 
with  him. 

V  Jer.  27.  6-11. 
Dan.  2.  37. 


"things  as  were  of  gold,  in  gold,  and  of  silver,  in 
silver,  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  away. 

16  The  two  pillars,  5one  sea,  and  the  bases  which 
Sol'o-mon  had  made  for  the  house  of  the  Lord  ; 
the  brass  of  all  these  vessels  was  without  weight. 

17  The  height  of  the  one  pillar  was  eighteen 
cubits,  and  the  chapiter  upon  it  was  brass  :  and 
the  height  of  the  chapiter  three  cubits  ;  and  the 
wreathen  work,  and  pomegranates  upon  the  chapi- 
ter round  about,  all  of  brass  :  and  like  unto  these 
had  the  second  pillar  with  wreathen  work. 

18  If  "And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  °Ser-a- 
I'ah  the  chief  priest,  and  pZeph-a-ni'ah  the  second 
priest,  and  the  three  keepers  of  the  Moor  : 

19  And  out  of  the  city  he  took  an  7  officer  that 
was  set  over  the  men  of  war,  and  9five  men  of  them 
that  8were  in  the  king's  presence,  which  were  found 
in  the  city,  and  the  9  principal  scribe  of  the  host, 
which  mustered  the  people  of  the  land,  and  three- 
score men  of  the  people  of  the  land  that  were  found 
in  the  city : 

20  And  Neb'u-zar-a'dan  captain  of  the  guard  took 
these,  and  brought  them  to  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon 
to  Rib'lah  : 

21  Arid  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  smote  them,  and 
slew  them  at  Rib'lah  in  the  land  of  Ha'math.  rSo 
Ju'dah  was  carried  away  out  of  their  land. 

22  If  sAnd  as  for  the  people  that  remained  in  the 
land  of  Ju'dah,  whom  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of 
Bab'y-lon  had  left,  even  over  them  he  made  Ged-a- 
ll'ah  the  son  of  A-hi'kam,  the  son  of  Sha'phan,  ruler. 

23  And  when  all  the  captains  of  the  armies,  they 
and  their  men,  heard  that  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  nad 
made  Ged-a-li'ah  governor,  there  came  to  Ged-a-li'ah 
to  Miz'pah,  even  Ish'ma-el  the  son  of  Neth-a-nl'ah, 
and  J6-ha'nan  the  son  of  Ca-re'ah,  and  Ser-a-I'ah 
the  son  of  Tan'hu-meth  the  Ne-t5ph'a-thlte,  and 
Ja-az-a-ni'ah  the  son  of  a  Ma-ach'a-thlte,  they  and 
their  men._ 

24  And  Ged-a-li'ah  sware  to  them,  and  to  their 
men,  and  said  unto  them,  'Fear  not  to  be  the  ser- 
vants of  the  Chal'deeg  :  dwell  in  the  land,  and  serve 
the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  ;  and  it  shall  be  well  with  you. 

25  But  "it  came  to  pass  in  the  seventh  month, 
that  Ish'ma-el  the  son  of  Neth-a-nl'ah,  the  son  of 
E-lish'a-ma,  of  the  seed  10  royal,  came,  and  ten  men 
with  him,  and  smote  Ge"d-a-ll'ah,  that  he  died,  and 
the  Jewg  and  the  Chal'deeg  that  were  with  him  at 
Miz'pah. 

26  And  all  the  people,  both  small  and  great,  and 
the  captains  of  the  armies,  arose,  '"and  came  to 
E'gypt :  for  they  were  afraid  of  the  Chal'deeg. 

27  If  wAnd  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and 
thirtieth  year  of  the  captivity  of  Je-hoi'a-chin  king 
of  Ju'dah,  in  the  twelfth  month,  on  the  seven  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  month,  that  E'vil-me-ro'dach 
king  of  Bab'y-lon  in  the  year  that  he  began  to  reign 
*did  lift  up  the  head  of  Je-hoi'a-chin  king  of  Ju'- 
dah out  of  prison  ; 

28  And  he  spake  "kindly  to  him,  and  set  his  throne 
above  the  throne  of  ythe  kings  that  were  with  him 
in  Bab'y-lon ; 


Shem's  generations. 


1  CHRONICLES,  1. 


Esau's  line. 


29  And  z changed  his  prison  garments :  and  he  did 
"eat  bread  continually  before  him  all  the  days  of 
his  life. 


B.  C.  588. 

zGen.  41.  14,42. 

Esth.  4.  4. 
a  2  Sam.  9.  7. 


30  And  his  allowance  was  a  continual  allowance 
given  him  of  the  king,  a  daily  rate  for  every  day, 
all  the  days  of  his  life. 


THE 


FIRST    BOOK    OF    THE    CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  1. 

\  Ailnm  to  Noah.    4  Noah's  sons.     17  Stem's  line  to  Abraham.    35  Esau's  line. 

A"  D'AM,  "Sheth,  E'nosh, 
-     2  Ke'nan,  Ma-ha'la-le-el,  Je'red, 

3  6He'noch,  Me-thu'se-lah,  La'mech, 

4  No 'ah,  Shem,  Ham,  and  Ja'pheth. 

5  If c  The  sons  of  Ja'pheth  ;  Go'mer,  and  Ma'gog, 
and  Mad'a-I,  and  Ja'van,  and  Tu'bal,  and  Me'shech, 
and  Tl'ras. 

6  And  the  sons  of  Go'mer ;  Ash'che-naz,  and  ^I1- 
phath,  and  T6-gar'mah. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Ja'van  ;  E-lI'shah,  and  Tar'shish, 
Kit'tim,  and  2  Dod'a-mm. 

8  H  dThe  sons  of  Ham  ;  Cush,  and  Miz'ra-im,  Put, 
and  Ca'naan. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Cush ;  Se'ba,  and  Hav'i-lah,  and 
Sab'ta,  and  Ra'a-mah,  and  Sab'te-cha.  And  the 
sons  of  Ra'a-mah  ;  She'ba,  and  De'dan. 

10  And  Cush  e  begat  Nim'rod  :  he  began  to  be 
mighty  upon  the  earth. 

11  And  Miz'ra-im  begat  Lu'dim,  and  An'a-mim, 
and  Le'ha-bim,  and  Naph'tu-him, 

12  And  Path-ru'sim,  and  Cas'lu-him,  (of  whom 
came  the  Phi-lis'tmeg,)  and  -^Caph'tho-rim. 

13  And  Ca'naan  begat  Zl'don  his  firstborn,  and 
Heth, 

_14  The  Jeb'u-site  also,  and  the  Am'or-Ite,  and  the 
Gir'ga-shite, 

15  And  the  Hi'vlte,  and  the  Ark'ite,  and  the  Sm'ite, 

16  And  the  Ar'vad-Ite,  and  the  Zem'a-rlte,  and 
the  Ha'math-Ite. 

17  TI  The  sons  of  "Shem  ;  JE'lam,  and  Assh'ur,  and 
Ar-phax'ad,  and  Liid,  and  A'ram,  and  Uz,  and  Hul, 
and  Ge'ther,  and  3 Me'shech. 

18  And  Ar-phax'ad  begat  She'lah,  and  She'lah  be- 
gat E'ber. 

19  And  unto  E'ber  were  born  two  sons  :  the  name 
of  the  one  was  4Pe'leg  ;  because  in  his  days  the 
earth  was  divided  :  and  his  brother's  name  was 
Jok'tan. 

20  And  Jok'tan  begat  Al-mo'dad,  and  She'leph, 
and  Ha'zar-ma'veth,  and  Je'rah, 

21  Ha-do'ram  also,  and  U'zal,  and  Dik'lah, 

22  And  E^bal,  and  A-bim'a-el,  and  She'ba, 

23  And  O'phir,  and  Hav'i-lah,  and  Jo'bab.  All 
these  were  the  sons  of  Jok'tan. 

24  IP  Shem,  Ar-phax'ad,  She'lah, 

25  *E'ber,  Pe'leg,  Re'u, 

26  Se'rug,  Na'hor,  Te'rah,_ 

27  j A'bram  ;  the  same  is  A'bra-ham. 

28  The  sons  of  A'bra-ham  ;  *  I'gaac,  and  'Ish'ma-el. 

29  TI  These  are  their  generations  :  The  m  firstborn 
of  Ish'ma-el,  Ns-ba'ioth  ;  then  Ke'dar,  and  Ad'be-el, 
and  Mlb'sam, 


B.  C.  4004. 


a  Gen.  4.  25. 


b  Jude  14. 


c  Gen.  10.  2. 


1  Or,  Diphath, 
as  it  is  in 
some  copies. 


2  Or,  Rodanim, 
according  to 
some  copies. 

d  Gen.  10.  6. 


e  Gen.  10.  8,  13. 


/  Gen.  10.  14. 
Deut.  2.  23. 
Amos  9.  7. 


g  Gen.  9.  23,  26. 

3  Or,  Mash, 
Gen.  10.  23. 

4  That  is, 
Division. 

h  Gen.  11.  10. 

Luke  3.  3(). 
i  Num.  24.  24. 

Luke  3.  35. 
j  2  Chr.  20.  7. 

Neh.  9.  7. 

Isa.  41.  8. 

Rom.  4.  16. 
J- Gen.  21.  2,3. 
/Gen.  16.  11,  15. 
m  Gen.  25. 13-16. 

5  Or,  Hadar, 
Gen.  25.  15. 

n  Gen.  25.  1,  2. 
o  Gen.  21.  2,  3. 
p  Gen.  25.  25. 
q  Deut.  2.  22. 

Mai.  1.  2,  3. 

Rom.  9.  13. 

Heb.  12.  16. 

6  Or,  Zepho, 
Gen.  36.  11. 

r  Gen.  36.  20. 

7  Or,  Heman, 
Gen.  36.  22. 

8  Or,  Alvan, 
Gen.  36.  23. 

9  Or,  Sliepho, 
Gen.  36.  23. 

i  Gen.  36.  25. 

10  Or,  Hemdan, 
Gen.  36.  26. 

11  Or,  Akan, 
Gen.  36.  27. 

(Gen.  36.  31. 
u  1  Ki.  11.  14. 
v  Gen.  36.  37. 

12  Or,  Hadar, 
Gen.  36.  39. 

13  Or,  Pau, 
Gen.  36.  39. 


30  Mish'ma,  and  Du'mah,  Mas'sa,  5Ha'dad,  and 
Te'ma, 

31  Je'tur,  Na'phish,  and  Ked'e-mah.  These  are 
the  sons  of  Ish'ma-el. 

32  TI  Now  "the  sons  of  Ke-tu'rah,  A'bra-ham's 
concubine  :  she  bare  Zim'ran,  and  Jok'shan,  and 
Me'dan,  and  Mid'i-an,  and  Ish'bak,  and  Shu'ah. 
And  the  sons  of  Jok'shan  ;  She'ba,  and  De'dan. 

33  And  the  sons  of  Mid'i-an  ;  E'phah,  and  E'pher, 
and  He'noch,  and  A-bI'da,  and  El'da-ah.  All  these 
are  the  sons  of  Ke-tu'rah. 

34  And  ° A'bra-ham  begat  I'gaac.  pThe  sons  of 
I'gaac;  E'sau  and  Ig'ra-el. 

35  TI  The  sons  of  q  E'sau  ;  El'I-phaz,  Reu'el,  and 
Je'ush,  and  Ja-a'lam,  and  Ko'rah. 

36  The  sons  of  El'I-phaz  ;  Te'man,  and  O'mar,  6Ze'- 
phi,  and  Ga'tam,  Ke'naz,  and  Tim'na,  and  Am'a-lek. 

37  The  jsons  of  Reu'el ;  Na'hath,  Ze'rah,  Sham'- 
mah,  and  Miz'zah. 

38  And  rthe  sonsof  Se'Ir  ;  Lo'tan,  and  Sho'bal, 
and  Zib'e-on,  and  A'nah,  and  Di'shon,  and  E'zar, 
and  Di'shan. 

39  And  the  sons  of  Lo'tan  ;  Ho'rl,  and  7  Ho 'mam : 
and  TTm'na  was  Lo'tan's  sister. 

40  The  sons  of  Sho'bal  ;_8A-H'an,  and  Man'a-hath, 
and  E'bal,  9  She  'phi,  and  O'nam.  And  the  sons  of 
Zib'e-on  ;  A-i'ah,  and  A'nah. 

41  The  sons  of  A'nah  ;  s  Di'shon.  And  the  sons 
of  Di'shon  ;  10Am'ram,  and  Esh'ban,  and  Ith'ran, 
and  Che 'ran. 

42  The  sons  of  E'zer;  Bil'han,_and  ZaVan,  and 
11  Ja'kan.     The  sons  of  Di'shan  ;  Uz,  and  A'ran. 

43  TI  Now  these  are  the  *  kings  that  reigned  in  the 
land  of  E'dom  before  any  king  reigned  over  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el ;  Be'la  the  son  of  Be'or  :  and  the 
name  of  his  city  was  Din'ha-bah. 

44  And  when  Be'la  was  dead,  Jo'bab  the  son  of 
Ze'rah  of  Boz'rah  reigned  in  his  stead. 

45  And  when  Jo'bab  was  dead,  Hu'sham  of  the 
land  of  the  Te'man-ites  reigned  in  his  stead. 

46  And  when  Hu'sham  was  dead,  MHa'dad  the  son 
of  Be'dad,  which  smote  Mid'i-an  in  the  field  of 
Mo'ab,  reigned  in  his  stead  :  and  the  name  of  his 
city  was  A'vith. 

47  And  when  Ha'dad  was  dead,  Sam'lah  of  Mas're- 
kah  reigned  in  his  stead. 

48  "And  when  Sam'lah  was  dead,  Sha'ul  of  Re-ho'- 
both  by  the  river  reigned  in  his  stead. 

49  And  when  Sha'ul  was  dead,  Ba'al-ha'nan  the 
son  of  Ach'bor  reigned  in  his  stead. 

50  And  when  Ba'al-ha'nan  was  dead,  n Ha'dad 
reigned  in  his  stead :  and  the  name  of  his  city  was 
13  Pa'i ;  and  his  wife's  name  was  Mg-het'a-bel,  the 
daughter  of  Ma'tred,  the  daughter  of  Mez'a-hab. 

317 


The  sons  of  Israel. 


1  CHRONICLES,  2. 


Posterity  of  Sheshan. 


51  Tf  Ha'dad  died  also.  Andjthe  *°  dukes  of  E'dom 
were  ;  duke  Tim'nah,  duke  14A-li[_ah,  duke  Je'theth, 

52  Duke  A-ho-lib'a-mah,  duke  E'lah,  duke  Pl'non, 

53  Duke  Ke'naz,  duke  Te'man,  duke  Mib'zar, 

54  Duke_Mag'di-el,  duke  I'ram.  These  are  the 
dukes  of  E'dom. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  The  sons  of  Israel.    3  Posterity  of  Judith.    13  Children  of  Jesse.    34  Posterity  of 

Sheshan. 

THESE  are  the  sons  of  *  I§'ra-el ;  a  Reu'ben,  Sim'- 
e-on,  Le'vl,  and  Ju'dah,  Is'sa-char,  and  Zeb'u- 
lun, 

2  Dan,  Jo'geph,  and  Ben'ja-min,  Naph'ta-ll,  Gad, 
and  Ash'er. 

3-TfThe  sons  of  b Ju'dah;  Er,  and  O'nan,  and 
She'lah :  which  three  were  born  unto  him  of  the 
daughter  of  cShu'a  the  Ca'naan-It-ess.  And  dEr, 
the  firstborn  of  Ju'dah,  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  he  slew  him. 

4  And  eTa'mar  his  daughter  in  law  bare  him  Pha'- 
rez  and  Ze'rah.     All  the  sons  of  Ju'dah  were  five. 

5  The  sons  of  -Tha'rez  ;  Hez'ron,  and  Ha'mul. 

6  And  the  sons  of  Ze'rah  ;  2ZIm'rI,  and  ffE'than, 
and  He'man,  and  Cal'col,  and  3Da'ra  :  five  of  them 
in  all. 

7  And  the  sons  of  ''Car'ml ;  4A'char,  the  troubler 
of  I§'ra-el,  who  transgressed  in  the  thing  i  accursed. 

8  And  the  sons  of  E'than  ;  Az-a-rl'ah. 

9  The  sons  also  of  Hez'ron,  that  were  born  unto 
him  ;  Je-rah'me-el,  and  5Ram,  and  6Chg-lu'ba.i. 

10  And  Ram  ^begat  Am-mln'a-dab;  and  Am-mln'- 
a-dab begat  Nah'shon,  '''prince  of  the  children  of 
Ju'dah  ; 

11  And  Nah'shon  begat  7Sal'ma,  and  Sal'ma  begat 
Bo'az, 

12  And  Bo'az  begat  O'bed,  and  O'bed  begat  Jes'se, 

13  Tf  'And  Jes'se  begat  his  firstborn  E-li'ab,  and 
A-bm'a-dab  the  second,  and  8ShIm'ma  the  third, 

14  Ng-than'e-el  the  fourth,  Rad'da-I  the  fifth, 

15  O'zem  the  sixth,  Da'vid  the  seventh: 

16  Whose  sisters  were  Zer-u-I'ah,  and  Ab'i-gail. 
mAnd  the  sons  of  Zer-u-I'ah  ;  A-bish'a-I,  and  Jo'ab, 
and  A'sa-hel,  three. 

17  And  wAb'T-gail  bare  Am'a-sa  :  and  the  father 
of  Am'a-sa  was  9  Je'ther  the  Ish'me-el-Ite. 

18_Tf  And  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Hez'ron  begat  children 
of  A-zu'bah  his  wife,  and  of  Je'ri-oth  :  her  sons  are 
these  ;  Je'sher,  and  Sho'bab,  and  Ar'don. 

19  And  when  A-zu'bah  was  dead,  Ca'leb  took  unto 
him  Eph'rath,  which_bare  him  Hur. 

20  And  Hur  begat  U'rl,  and  U'ri  begat  °Be-zal'e-el. 

21  11  And  afterward  Hez'ron  went  in  to  the  daugh- 
ter of  ^Ma'chir  the  father  of  Gil'e-ad,  whom  he 
10  married  when  he  was  threescore  years  old  ;  and 
she  bare  him  Se'gub. 

22  And  Se'gub  begat  Ja'ir,  who  had  three  and 
twenty  cities  in  the  ]and  of  Gil'e-ad. 

23  9And  he  took  Ge'shiir,  and  A'ram,  with  the 
towns  of  Ja'ir,  from  them,  with  Ke'nath,  and  the 
towns  thereof,  even  threescore  cities.  All  these  be- 
longed to  the  sons  of  Ma'chlr  the  father  of  Gilfe-ad. 

24  And  after  that  Hez'ron  was  dead  in  Ca'leb- 

318 


B.  C.  1471. 


w  Ex.  15.  15. 
14  Or,  Alvah. 


1  Or,  Jacob, 

Gen.  32.  28. 

Ex.  32.  13. 

Num.  13.  4-15. 
a  Gen.  29.  32. 

Gen.  30.  5. 

Ex.  1.2. 


b  Gen.  29.  35. 

Gen.  38.  3. 

Deut.  33.  7. 

Num.  26.  19. 
c  Gen.  38.  2. 
d  Gen.  38.  7. 


e  Gen.  38.  29, 
Matt.  1.  3. 


/  Gen.  40.  12. 
Ruth  4.  18. 

2  Or,  Zabdi, 
Josh.  7.  1. 

pl  Ki.  4.  31. 

3  Or,  Darda. 


h  ch.  4.  1. 
4  Or,  Achan. 
i  Josh.  6.  18. 


5  Or,  Aram, 
Matt.  1.  3,  4. 

C  Or,  Caleb. 

j  Ruth  4.  19. 
Matt.  1.  4. 

A- Num.  1.  7. 
Num.  2.  3. 

7  Or,  Salmon. 
Ruth  4.  21. 
Matt.  1.  4. 


/  1  Sam.  1G.  6. 

8  Or,  Shammah, 
1  Sam.  1G.  9. 


m  2  Sam.  2.  18. 


n  2  Sam.  17.  25 

9  Ithra  an 
Israelite, 
2  Sam.  17.  25 


o  Ex.  31.  2. 
2  Chr.  1.  5. 


/)  Num.  27.  1. 

10  took. 

q  Num.  32.  41. 

Deut.  3.  14. 
r  ch.  4.  5. 
s  2  Sam.  14.  2. 

ch.  4.  5. 

2  Chr.  11.  6. 

2  Chr.  20.  20. 

Neh.  3.  5. 

Jer.  6. 1. 

Amos  1.1. 
t  ch.  11.  41. 

11  Called  father, 
because  his 
descendants 
peopled  that 
city. 

u  Josh.  15.  17. 


eph'ra-tah,  then  A-bl'ah  Hez'ron's  wife  bare  him 
r  Ash'ur  the  father  of  sTe-ko'a. 

25  If  And  the  sons  of  Je-rah'me-el  the  firstborn  of 
Hez'ron  were,  Ram  the^ firstborn,  and  Bu'nah,  and 
O'ren,  and  O'zem,  and  A-hl'jah. 

26  Je-rah'me-el  had  also  another  wife,jwhose  name 
was  At'a-rah  ;  she  was  the  mother  of  O'nam. 

27  And  the  sons  of  Ram  the  firstborn  of  Je-rah'- 
me-el were,  Ma'az,  andJa'min,  and  E'ker. 

28  And  the  sons  of  O'nam  were,  Sham'ma-I,  and 
Ja'da.  And  the  sons  of  Sham'ma-I ;  Na'dab  and 
Ab'i-shur. 

29  And  the  name  of  the  wife  of  Ab'i-shur  was 
Ab-i-ha'il,  and  she  bare  him  Ah'ban,  and  Mo'lid. 

30  And  the  sons  of  Na'dab ;  Se'led,  and  Ap'pa-im : 
but  Se'led  died  without  children. 

31  And  the  sons  of  Ap'pa-im  ;  Ish'I.  And  the  sons 
of  Ish'I ;  She'shan.  And  the  children  of  She'shan ; 
Ah'lai. 

32  And  the  sons  of  Ja'da  the  brother  of  Sham'- 
ma-I ;  Je'ther,  and  Jon'a-than  :  and  Je'ther  died 
without  children. 

33  And  the  sons  of  Jon'a-than  ;  Pe'leth,  and  Za'za. 
These  were  the  sons  of  Je-rah'me-el. 

34  Tf  Now  She'shan  had  no  sons,  but  daughters. 
And  She'shan  had  a  servant,  an  E-gyp'tian,  whose 
name  was  Jar' ha. 

35  And  She'shan  gave  his  daughter  to  Jar 'ha  his 
servant  to  wife  ;  and  she  bare  him  At'tai. 

36  And  At'tai  begat  Na'than,  and  Na'than  begat 
'Za'bad, 

37  And  Za'bad  begat  Eph'lal,  and  Eph'lal  begat 
O'bed. 

38  And  O'bed  begat  Je'hu,  and  Je'hu  begat  Az-a- 
rl'ah, 

39  And  Az-a-rl'ah  begat  He'lez,  and  He'lez  begat 
E-le'a-sah, 

40  And  E-le'a-sah  begat  Si-sam'a-I,  and  Si-sam'a-I 
begat  Shal'lum, 

41  And  Shal'lum  begat  Jek-a-ml'ah,  and  Jek-a- 
ml'ah  begat  E-lish'a-ma. 

42  Tf  Now  the  sons  of  Ca'leb  the  brother  of  Je- 
rah'me-el  were,  Me'sha  his  firstborn,  which  was  the 
"father  of  Ziph  ;  and  the  sons  of  Ma-re'shah  the 
father  of  He'bron. 

43  And  the  sons  of  He'bron  ;  Ko'rah,  and  Tap'- 
pu-ah,  and  Re'kem,  and  She 'ma. 

44  And  She 'ma  begat  Ra'ham,  the  father  of  J6r'- 
ko-am  :  and  Re'kem  begat  Sham'ma-I. 

45  And  the  son  of  Sham'ma-I  ivas  Ma 'on  :  and 
Ma'on  was_ the  father  of  Beth'-zur. 

46  And  E'phah,  Ca'leb's  concubine,  bare  Ha'ran, 
and  Mo'za,  and  Ga'zez :  and  Ha'ran  begat  Ga'zez. 

47  And  the  sons  of  Jah'da-I ;  Re'gem,  and  Jo'tham, 
and  Ge'sham,  and  Pe'let,  and  E'phah,  and  Sha'aph. 

48  Ma'a-chah,  Ca'leb's  concubine,  bare  She'ber, 
and  Tlr'ha-nah. 

49  She  bare  also  Sha'aph  the  father  of  Mad-man'- 
nah,  She'va  the  father  of  Mach'be-nah,  and  the 
father  of  Gib'e-a  :  and  the  daughter  of  Ca'leb  was 
"Ach'sa. 

50  Tf  These  were  the  sons  of  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Hur, 


David's  sons. 


1  CHRONICLES,  3,  4. 


Judah's  line. 


the  firstborn  of  Eph'ra-tah  ;  Sho'bal  the  father  of 
Kir'jath-je'a-rim, 

51  Sal 'ma  the  father  of  Beth'-le-hem,  Ha'reph  the 
father  of  Beth-ga'der. 

52  And  Sho'bal  the  father  of  Kir'jath-je'a-rim 
md  sons  ;  12Har'o-eh,  and  13half  of  the  Ma-na'heth- 
Ites. 

53  And  the  families  of  Kir'jath-je'a-rim ;  the  Ith'- 
ites,  and  the  Pu'hltes,  and  the  Shu'math-Ites,  and 
le  Mish|ra-Ites  ;  of  them  came  the  Za're-ath-Ites, 

and  the  Esh'ta-ul-Ites. 

54  The  sons  of  Sal'ma  ;  Beth'-le-hem,  and  the 
Ne-toph'a-thites,  uAt'a-roth,  the  house  of  Jo'ab, 
and  half  of  the  Ma-na'heth-Ites,  the  Zo'rltes. 

55  And  the  families  of  the  scribes  which  dwelt  at 
Ja'bez ;  the  Tl'rath-Ites,  the  Shim'e-ath-Ites,  and 
Su'chath-Ites.  These  are  the  ''Ken'Ites  that  came 
of  He'math,  the  father  of  the  house  of  '"Re'chab. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Sons  of  David.    10  His  successors  on  the  throne. 

"OW  these  were  the  sons  of  Da'vid,  which  were 
born  unto  him  in  He'bron  ;  the  firstborn  a  Am'- 
on,  of  A-hm'o-am  the  h  Jez're-el-It-ess  ;  the  second 
an'iel,  of  Ab'i-gail  the  Car'mel-It-ess  : 

2  The  third,  Ab'sa-lom  the  son  of  Ma'a-chah  the 
aughter  of  Tal'mai  king  of  Ge'shiir  :  the  fourth, 
.d-o-nl'jah  the  son  of  Hag'gith  : 

3  The  fifth,  Sheph-a-tl'ah  of  Ab'i-tal :  the  sixth, 
Ith're-am  by  cEg'lah  his  wife. 

4  These  six  were  born  unto  him  in  He'bron  ;  and 
d  there  he  reigned  seven  years  and  six  months  :  and 
ein  Je-ru'sa-lem  he  reigned  thirty  and  three  years. 

5  -^And  these  were  born  unto  him  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  ; 
2Shim'e-a,  and  Sho'bab,  and  Na'than,  and  "Sol'o- 
mon,  four,  of  3Bath'-shu-a  the  daughter  of  4Am'- 
mi-el : 

6  Ib'har  also,  and  5  E-lish'a-ma,  and  E-liph'e-let, 

»7  And  No'gah,  and  Ne'pheg,  and  Ja-phl'a, 
8  And  E-lish'a-ma,  and  6E-H'a-da,  and  E-liph'e-let, 
nine. 
9  These  were  all  the  sons  of  Da'vid,  beside  the  sons 
of  the  concubines,  and  ^Ta'mar  their  sister. 

10  If  And  Sol'o-mon's  son  was  ^'Re-ho-bo'am, '  A-bl'a 
his  son,  A'sa  his  son,  Je-hosh'a-phat  his  son, 

11  Jo 'ram  his  son,  A-ha-zI'ah  his  son,  Jo 'ash  his 
son, 

12  Am-a-zl'ah  his  son,  Az-a-ri'ah  his  son,  Jo'tham 
his  son, 

13  A'haz  his  son,  Hez-e-kl'ah  his  son,  Ma-nas'seh 
his  son, 

14  A'mon  his  son,  J6-sI'ah  his  son. 

15  And  the  sons  of  J6-sI'ah  were,  the  firstborn  J6- 
ha'nan,  the  second  Je-hoi'a-kim,  the  third  Zed-e- 
kl'ah,  the  fourth  Shal'lum. 

16  And  the  sons  of  k  Je-hoi'a-kim  :  Jec-o-nl'ah  his 
son,  Zed-e-ki'ah  'his  son. 

17  If  And  the  sons  of  Jec-o-nl'ah  ;  As 'sir,  8Sa-la'- 
thi-el  mhis  son, 

18  Mal-chI' ram  also,  and  Pe-da'iah,  and  She-na'zar, 
Jec-a-ml'ah,  Hosh'a-ma,  and  Ned-a-bl'ah. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Pe-da'iah  were,  "Ze-rub'ba-bel, 


B.  C.  1053. 


12  Or,  Reaiah, 
eh.  4.  ■>. 

13  Or,  half  of 
the  Memi- 
chites,  or, 
Hatslham- 
meiiuchoth. 


14  Or,  Atarites, 
or,  crowns  of 
the  house  of 
Joab. 


i  Gen.  15.  19. 

Num.  24. 

'21    22. 

Judg.  1.  16. 

1  Sam.  15.  6. 
W  Jer.  35.  2. 


a  1  Sam.  25.  43 

2  Saui.  3.  2. 
b  Josh.  15.  50. 

1  Or,  Chileab, 

2  Sam.  3.  3. 


f  2  Sam.  3.  5. 
</2  Sim.  2.  11. 
c  2  Sam.  5.  ■•■ 
/ch.  14.  i. 
2  Or,  Sliammua. 
i)  2  Sam.  12.  24. 
'3  0r,Bith-sheba. 

4  Or,  Eliam. 

5  Or,  Elisb.ua. 
G  Or,  Beeliaila, 

ch.  14.  7. 
h  2  Sam.  5.  14. 
i  2  Sam.  13.  1. 
./I  Ki.  11.  43. 
7  Or,  Abijam. 

1  Ki.  15.  1. 
A- Matt.  1.  11. 
I  2  Ki.  24.  17. 

Being  his 

uncle. 
S  Shealtiel. 
m  Matt.  1.  12. 
n  Ezra  3.  2. 
o  Ezra  8.  2. 
t)  Hiskijahu. 


ft  Gen.  38.  29. 

Num.  26. 

20.  21. 

Ruth  4.  18. 
1  Or,  Chelubai, 


ch. 
or, 


9, 

Caleb, 

2.18. 

Haroeh, 


ch. 

2  Or, 
ch. 

b  Gen.  34.  19. 
Ps.  112.  6. 

3  That  is, 
Sorrowful. 

e  Gen.  3.  16. 
d  ch.  10.  S. 

Job  12.  4. 

Isa.  12.  4. 

4  If  thou 
wilt,  etc. 

5  Do  me. 

e  Job  22.  27,  28. 

Ps.  21.  i. 

Ps.  GG.  19.  20. 

Matt.  7.  7-11. 
G  Or,  the  city 

of  Nahash. 
fJosh.  15.  17. 

7  Or,  Hathath, 
andMeonothai, 
who  begat,  etc. 

<;Neh.  11.  35. 

8  Or,  inhabit- 
ants of  the 
valley. 

9  That  is. 
Craftsmen. 

10  Or,  TTknaz. 


and  Shim'e-I  :  and  the  sons  of  Ze-rub'ba-bel ;  Me- 
shul'lam,  and  Han-a-ni'ah,  and  Shel'o-mith  their 
sister : 

20  And  Ha-shu'bah,  and  O'hel,  and  Ber-e-chl'ah, 
and  Has-a-di'ah,  Jii'shab-he'sed,  five. 

21  And  the  sons  of  Han-a-nl'ah  ;  Pel-a-ti'ah,  and 
Jg-sa'iah  :  the  sons  of  Reph-a-I'ah,  the  sons  of  Ar'- 
nan,  the  sons  of  O-ba-di'ah,  the  sons  of  Shech-a-nl'ah. 

22  And  the  sons  of  Shech-a-nl'ah  ;  Shem-a-I'ah  : 
and  the  sons  of  Shem-a-I'ah  ;  "Hat'tush,  and  Ig'e-al, 
and  Ba-rl'ah,  and  Ne-a-ri'ah,  and  Sha'phat,  six. 

23  And  the  sons  of  Ne-a-ri'ah  ;  El-i-o-e'na-I,  and 
9Hez-e-ki'ah,  and  Az'rl-kam,  three. 

24  And  the  sons  of  El-i-o-e'na-I  were,  Hod-a-I'ah, 
and  E-lI'a-shib,  and  Pel-a-I'ah,  and  Ak'kub,  and  J6- 
ha'nan,  and  Dal-a-I'ah,  and  An-a'nl,  seven. 


1  Judah's  posterity  by  Caleb. 


CHAPTER  4. 


24  Posterity  and  eities  of  Simeon. 
A  malt  kites. 


39  Conquest  of  t/i- 


THE   sons   of  Ju'dah ;    "Pha'rez,    Hez'ron,    and 
^ar'ml,  and  Hur,  and  Sho'bal. 

2  And  2Re-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Sho'bal  begat  Ja'hath  ; 
and  Ja'hath  begat  A-hu'ma-I,  and  La'had.  These 
are  the  families  of  the  Zo'rath-Ites^ 

3  And  these  were  of  the  father  of  E'tam  ;  Jez're-el, 
and  Ish'ma,  and  Id'bash  :  and  the  name  of  their 
sister  ivas  Haz-e-lel-po'ni : 

4  And  Pe-nu'el  the  father  of  Ge'dor,  and  E'zer  the 
father  of  Hu'shah.  These  are  the  sons  of  Hur,  the 
firstborn  of  Eph'ra-tah,  the  father  of  Beth'-le-hem. 

5  If  And  Ash'iir  the  father  of  Te-ko'a  had  two 
wives,  He'lah  and  Na'a-rah._ 

6  And  Na'a-rah  bare  him  A-hu'zam,  and  He'pher, 
and  Tem'e-nl,  and  Ha-a-hash'ta-rl.  These  were  the 
sons  of  Na'a-rah. 

7  And  the  sons  of  He'lah  were,  Ze'reth,  and  JeY- 
o-ar,  and  Eth'nan. 

8  And  Coz  begat  A 'nub,  and  Z6-be'bah,  and  the 
families  of  A-har'hel  the  son  of  Ha 'rum. 

9  If  And  Ja'bez  was  b  more  honourable  than  his 
brethren  :  and  his  mother  called  his  name  3Ja'bez, 
saying,  Because  c  I  bare  him  with  sorrow. 

10  And  Ja'bez  d  called  on  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  say- 
ing, 4Oh  that  thou  wouldest  bless  me  indeed,  and 
enlarge  my  coast,  and  that  thine  hand  might  be  with 
me,  and  that  thou  wouldest 5  keep  me  from  evil,  that 
it  may  not  grieve  me  !  And  God e  granted  him  that 
which  he  requested. 

11  If  And  Che'lub  the  brotherof  Shu 'ah  begat 
Me'hir,  which  was  the  father  of  Esh'ton. 

12  And  Esh'ton  begat  Beth-ra/pha,  and  Pa-se'ah, 
and  Te-hin'nah  the  father  of  cIr-na'hash.  These 
are  the  men  of  Re'chah. 

13  And  the  sons  of  Ke'naz;  /Oth'ni-el,  and  Ser-a- 
I'ah:  and  the  sons  of  Oth'ni-el^  7Ha'thath. 

14  And  Me-on'o-thai  begat  Oph'rah :  and  Ser-a- 
I'ah  begat  Jo'ab,  the  father  of  ''the  8 valley  of 
9  Char'a-shim ;  for  they  were  craftsmen. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun|neh  ; 
I'ru,  E'lah,  and  Na'am  :  and  the  sons  of  E'lah, 
10 even  Ke'naz. 

319 


Simeon's  posterity. 


1  CHRONICLES,  5. 


Reuben's  sons. 


16  And  the  sons^of  Je-ha-le'le-el ;  Ziph,  and  Zi'- 
phah,  Tir'i-a,  and  A-sa're-el. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Ez'ra  ivere,  Je'ther,  and  Me'red, 
and  E'pher,  and  Ja'lon  :  and  she  bare  Mir'i-am,  and 
Sham'ma-i,  and  Ish'bah  the  father  of  Esh-te-mo'a. 

18  And  his  wife  u  Je-hu-di' jah  bare  Je'red  the 
father  of  Ge'dor,  and  He'ber  the  father  of  So'cho, 
and  Je-ku'thi-el  the  father  of  Za-no'ah.  And  these 
are  the  sons  of  Bith'i-ah  the  daughter  of  Pha'raoh, 
which  Me'red  took. 

19  And  the  sons  of  his  wife  12  Ho-dl'ah  the  sister 
of  Na'ham,  the  father  of  Kei'lah  the  Gar'mite,  and 
Esh-te-mo'a  the  Ma-ach'a-thlte. 

20  And  the  sons  of  ShI'mon  were,  Am'non,  and 
Rin'nah,  Ben-ha'nan,  and  Tl'lon.  And  the  sons  of 
Ish'i  were,  Zo'heth,  and  Ben-zo'heth. 

21  If  The  sons  of  She'lah  hthe  son  of  Ju'dah  were, 
Er  the  father  of  Le'cah,  and  La'a-dah  the  father  of 
Ma-re 'shah,  and  the  families  of  the  house  of  them 
that  wrought  fine  linen,  of  the  house  of  Ash-be'a, 

22  And  Jo'kim,  and  the  men  of  Cho'ze-ba,  and  Jo'- 
ash,  and  Sa'raph,  who  had  the  i  dominion  in  Mo'ab, 
and  Jash'u-bi-le'hem.    And  these  are  ancient  things. 

23  These  were  the  potters,  and  those  that  dwelt 
among  plants  and  hedges  :  there  they  dwelt  with 
the  king  for  his  work. 

24  If  The  sons  of  Sim'e-on  were,  13'Ne-mu'el,  and 
Ja'min,  14  Ja'rib,  Ze'rah,  and  Sha'ul : 

25  Shal'lum  his  son,  Mib'sam  his  son,  Mish'ma  his 
son. 

26  And  the  sons  of  Mish'ma ;  Ha-mu'el  his  son, 
Zac'chur  his  son,  Shim'e-i  his  son. 

27  And  Shim'e-i  had  sixteen  sons  and  six  daugh- 
ters; but  his  brethren  had  not  many  children, 
neither  did  all  their  family  multiply,  15like  to  the 
children  of  Ju'dah. 

28  And  they  dwelt  at  Be'er-she'ba,  and  Mol'a-dah, 
and  Ha'zar-shu'al, 

29  And  at 16  Bil'hah,  and  at  E'zem,  and  at 17  To'lad, 

30  And  at  Beth-u'el,  and  at  Hor'mah,  and  at  Zik'lag, 

31  And  at  Beth-mar'ca-both,  and  18Ha'zar-su'- 
sim,  and  at  Beth-blr'e-I,  and  at  Sha-a-ra'im.  These 
were  their  cities  unto  the  reign  of  Da'vixL 

32  And  their  villages  -were,  19E' tarn,  and  A'in,  Rim'- 
mon,  and  To'chen,  and  A'shan,  five  cities : 

33  And  all  their  villages  thativere  round  about  the 
same  cities,  unto 20  Ba'al.  These  were  their  habita- 
tions, and  21  their  genealogy. 

34  And  Me-sho'bab,  and  Jam'lech,  and  Jo'shah  the 
son  of  Am-a-zi'ah, 

35  And  Jo 'el,  and  Je'hu  theson  of  Jos-i-bi'ah,  the 
son  of  Ser-a-T'ah,  the  son  of  A'si-el, 

36  And  El-i-o-e'na-I,  and  Ja-ak'6-bah,  and  Jesh-6- 
ha-i'ah,  and  A-sa-i'ah,  and  A-di'el,  and  Je-sim'i-el, 
and  Be-na'iah, 

37  And  Zi'za  the  son  of  Shi'phi,  the  son  of  Al'lon, 
the  son  of  Je-da'iah,  the  son  of  Shim'rl,  the  son  of 
Shem-a-I'ah ; 

38  These  22  mentioned  by  their  names  were  princes 
in  their  families :  and  the  house  of  their  fathers 
increased  greatly. 

39  If  And  they  went  to  the  entrance  of  Ge'dor, 

320 


B.  C.  1300. 


11  Or,  the 
Jewess. 


12,  Or,*  Jehu- 
dijah,  men- 
tioned before. 


h  Gen.  38.  1. 


i  2  Sam.  8.  2. 


13  Or,  Jemuel, 
Gen.  46.  10. 
Ex.  6. 15. 
Num.  2G.  12. 

14  Or,  Jachin, 
Zohar. 


15  unto. 

10  Or,  Balah, 
Josh.  19.  3. 

17  Or,  Eltolad, 
Josh.  19.  4. 

18  Or,  Hazar- 
snsah, 
Josh.  19.  5. 

19  Or,  Ether. 

20  Or,  Baalath- 
beer. 

21  Or,  as  they 
divided  them- 
selves by 
nations 
among  them. 

22  coming. 

j  Gen.  9.  22. 

Ps.  78.  51. 
k  2  Ki.  18.  8. 
"  1  Sam.  15.  8. 

2  Sam.  8.  12. 


a  Gen.  29.  32. 
6  Gen.  35.  22. 
c  Gen.  48.  15. 
d  Gen.  49.  8. 

Num.  2.  3. 

Ps.  60.  7. 
ePs.  78.  68-71. 

Jer.  23.  5,  G. 

Mic.  5.  2. 

Matt.  2.  6. 

1  Or,  prince. 
/  Ex.  6.  14. 

Num.  26.  5. 

2  Or,  Tiglath- 
pileser, 

2  Ki.  15.  29. 
g  verse  17. 

3  Or,  Shemaiah, 
verse  4. 

h  Josh.  13.  15. 
i  Josh.  22.  9. 

Song  4.  1. 

Mic.  7.  14. 
j  Gen.  25.  12. 

4  upon  all  the 
face  of  the 
east. 

A  Josh.  13.  11, 
24,  25. 


even  unto  the  east  side  of  the  valley,  to  seek  pasture 
for  their  flocks. 

40  And  they  found  fat  pasture  and  good,  and  the 
land  was  wide,  and  quiet,  and  peaceable ;  for  they 
of  J'Ham  had  dwelt  there  of  old. 

41  And  these  written  by  name  came  in  the  days  of 
Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  k smote  their  tents, 
and  the  habitations  that  were  found  there,  and 
destroyed  them  utterly  unto  this  day,  and  dwelt  in 
their  rooms  :  because  there  was  pasture  there  for 
their  flocks. 

42  And  some  of  them,  even  of  the  sons  of  Sim'e-on, 
five  hundred  men,  went  to  mount  Se'ir,  having  for 
their  captains  Pel-a-ti'ah,  and  Ne-a-ri'ah,  and  Reph- 
a-I'ah,  and  Uz'zi-el,  the  sons  of  Ish'I. 

43  And  they  smote  'the  rest  of  the  Am'a-lek-Ites 
that  were  escaped,  and  dwelt  there  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Reuben's  sons.    11  The  chief  men  of  Gad.    23  The  children  of  the  half  of  Manasseh. 

^"OW  the  sons  of  Reu'ben  the  firstborn  of  I§'- 
-L^  ra-el,  (for  ahe  was  the  firstborn  ;  but,  foras- 
much as  he  b  defiled  his  father's  bed,  chis  birthright 
was  given  unto  the  sons  of  Jo'seph  the  son  of  I§'- 
ra-el  :  and  the  genealogy  is  not  to  be  reckoned 
after  the  birthright. 

2  For  d  Ju'dah  prevailed  above  his  brethren,  and 
of  him  came  the  e chief  1  ruler;  but  the  birthright 
was  Joseph's  : ) 

3  The  sons,  /  say,  of  -^Reu'ben  the  firstborn  of  I§'- 
ra-el  were,  Ha'noch,  and  Pal'lu,  Hez'ron,  and  Car'ml. 

4  The  sons  of  Jo'el ;  Shem-a-I'ah  his  son,  Gog  his 
son,  Shlm'e-I  his  son, 

5  Ml'cah  his  son,  Re-a-I'a  his  son,  Ba'al  his  son, 

6  Bg-e'rah  his  son,  whom  2Til'gath-pil-ne'ser  king 
of  As-syr'i-a  carried  away  captive :  he  was  prince 
of  the  Reu'ben-Ites. 

7  And  his  brethren  by  their  families,  "when  the 
genealogy  of  their  generations  was  reckoned,  were 
the  chief,  Je-I'el,  and  Zech-a-ri'ah, 

8  And  Be'la  the  son  of  A'zaz,  the  son  of  3She'ma, 
the  son  of  Jo'el,  who  dwelt  in  /lAr'o-er,  even  unto 
Ne'bo  and  Ba'al-me'on : 

9  And  eastward  he  inhabited  unto  the  entering  in 
of  the  wilderness  from  the  river  Eu-phra'te§  :  be- 
cause their  cattle  were  multiplied  'in  the  land  of 
Gil'e-ad. 

10  And  in  the  days  of  Saul  they  made  war  J'with 
the  Ha'gar-Ites,  who  fell  by  their  hand  ;  and  they 
dwelt  in  their  tents  4  throughout  all  the  east  land 
of  Gil'e-ad. 

11  If  And  the  children  of  Gad  dwelt  over  against 
them,  in  the  land  of  7cBa'shan  unto  Sal'cah  : 

12  Jo'el  the  chief,  and  Sha'pham  the  next,  and  Ja- 
a'nai,  and  Sha'phat  in  Ba'shan. 

13  And  their  brethren  of  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers were,  Mi'chael,  and  Ms-shul'lam,  and  She'ba, 
and  Jo'ra-i,  and  Ja'chan,  and  Zi'a,  and  He'ber,  seven. 

14  These  are  the  children  of  Ab-i-ha'il  the  son  of 
Hu'ri,  the  son  of  Ja-ro'ah,  the  son  of  Gil'e-ad,  the 
son  of  Mi'chael,  the  son  of  Je-shish'a-i,  the  son  of 
Jah'do,  the  son  of  Buz  ; 


Of  half-Manasseh. 


1  CHRONICLES,  6. 


Lines  of  the  priests. 


15  A'hi  the  son  of  Ab'di-el,  the  son  of  Gu'nl,  chief 
of  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

16  And  they  dwelt  in  Gil'e-ad  in  Ba'shan,  and  in 
her  towns,  and  in  all  the  suburbs  of  'Shar'on,  upon 
5  their  borders. 

17  All  these  were  reckoned  by  genealogies  in  the 
days  of  mJo'tham  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  in  the  days 
of  "Jer-o-bo'am  king  of  I§'ra-el. 

18  Tf  The  sons  of  Reu'ben,  and  the  Gad'Ites,  and 
half  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  6of  valiant  men,  men 
able  to  bear  buckler  and  sword,  and  to  shoot  with 
bow,  and  skilful  in  war,  were  four  and  forty  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  threescore,  that  went  out 
to  the  war. 

19  And  they  made  war  with  the  Ha'gar-ites,  with 
"Je'tur,  and  Ne'phish,  and  No'dab. 

20  And  they  were  helped  against  them,  and  the 
Ha'gar-ites  were  delivered  into  their  hand,  and  all 
that  were  with  them  :  for  they  cried  to  God  in  the 
battle,  and  he  was  intreated  of  them  ;  because  they 
pput  their  trust  in  him. 

21  And  they  7took  away  their  cattle  ;  of  their 
camels  fifty  thousand,  and  of  sheep  two  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand,  and  of  asses  two  thousand,  and 
of  8men  an  hundred  thousand. 

22  For  there  fell  down  many  slain,  because  the 
war  ivas  9of  God.  And  they  dwelt  in  their  steads 
until r  the  captivity. 

23  I  And  the  children  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'- 
seh dwelt  in  the  land :  they  increased  from  Ba'shan 
unto  Ba'al-her'mon  and  Se'nir,  and  unto  mount 
Her'mon. 

24  And  these_were  the  heads  of  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  even  E'pher,  and  Ish'I,  and  E-li'el,  and  Az'- 
ri-el,  and  Jer-e-ml'ah,  and  Hod-a-vl'ah,  and  Jah'- 
di-el,  mighty  men  of  valour,  9  famous  men,  and 
heads  of  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

25  II  And  they  "transgressed  against  the  God  of 
their  fathers,  and  went  a  whoring  after  the  gods  of 
the  people  of  the  land,  whom  God  destroyed  before 
them. 

26  And  the  God  of  I§'ra-el  stirred  up  the  spirit  of 
Piil  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  the  spirit  of  Til'gath- 
pil-ne'ser  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  he  carried  them 
away,  even  the  Reu'ben-Ttes,  and  the  Gad'Ites,  and 
the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  and  brought  them  unto 
Ha'lah,  and  Ha'bor,  and  Ha'ra,  and  to  the  river  Go'- 
zan,  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Sons  of  Levi.    4  Lines  of  the  priests  unto  the  captivity.    49  Aaron's  office  and  line. 
54  The  Levilical  cities. 

THE   sons   of   Le'vi ;    a  Ger'shon,    Ko'hath,   and 
Me-ra'ri. 

2  And  the  sons  of  Ko'hath  ;  Am 'ram,  Iz'har,  and 
He'bron,  and  Uz'zi-el. 

3  And  the  children  of  Am'ram;  Aar'on,  and  Mo'- 
§eg,  and  Mir'i-am._  The  sons  also  of  Aar'on  ;  6Na'- 
dab,  and  A-bl'hu,  E-le-a'zar,  and  Ith'a-mar. 

J:  If  E-le-a'zar  begat  Phm'e-has,  Phm'e-has  begat 

A-bish'u-a, 

_5  And  A-bish'u-a  begat  Buk'kl,  and  Bilk'ki  begat 

tJz'zT, 

20 


B.  C. 1300. 


I  eh.  27. '29. 

Song  2.  1. 

Isa.  36.  -'. 
5  their  goings 

forth. 

m  2  Ki.  15.  5. 

n  2  Ki.  14. 
16,  28. 


C  sons  of  valour. 


o  Gen.  25.  15. 


p  Ps.  9.  10. 

Ps.  20.  7,  8. 

Ps.  22.  4,  5. 
7  led  captive. 


souls  of  men. 


g  Deut.  20.  1,  4. 

Josh.  10.  42. 

2  Chr.  20.  15. 

Rom.  8.31. 
r2Ki.  15.  29. 


9  men  of  names. 


s  Deut.  32.  15. 
Isa.  1.4. 


a  Gen.  4G.  11. 
b  Ex.  G.  23. 

Lev.  10.  1. 
CI  Sim.  8.  17. 
tf  2  Sim.  15.27. 
e  2  Chr.  20. 

17,  18. 

1  in  the  house. 
/2  Chr.  3. 

g  Ezra  7.  3. 

2  Or,  Meshullam, 
ch.  9.  11. 

ANch.  11.  11. 
i  2  Chr.  36. 

17-21. 
j  Ex.  6.  16. 
k  Num.  3.  33. 
I  verse  42, 

Ethan. 
m  verse  41, 

Adaiah. 
n  verse  41 , 

Ethni. 

0  verses  2,  18, 
Izhar. 

p  verse  36, 
Zephauiah, 
Azariah,  Joel. 

7  verses  35,  36. 

r  verse  35, 
Zuph. 
1  Sam.  1.  1. 

5  verse  34, 
Toah. 

1  verse  34, 

Eliel. 

3  Called  also 
Joel, 

1  Sam.  8.  2. 
u  ch.  16.  1. 

2  Sam.  6. 

4  stood. 


17. 


6  And  Uz'zl  begat  Zer-a-hi'ah,  and  Zer-a-hl'ah  begat 
Ms-ra'ioth, 

7  Me-ra'ioth  begat  Am-a-rl'ah,  and  Am-a-rf  ah 
begat  A-hl'tub, 

J$  And  cA-hi'tub  begat  Za'dok,  and  ''Za'dok  begat 
A-him'a-az, 

9  And  A-him'a-az  begat  Az-a-ri'ah,  and  Az-a-rl'ah 
begat  J6-ha'nan, 

10  And  J6-ha'nan  begat  Az-a-rl'ah,  (he  it  is  that 
e  executed  the  priest's  office  ain  the  '"temple  that 
Sol'o-mon  built  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  :) 

11  And  °  Az-a-rl'ah  begat  Am-a-ri'ah,  and  Am-a- 
ri'ah  begat^A-hi'tub, 

12  And  A-hi'tub  begat  Za'dok,  and  Za'dok  begat 
2Shal'lum, 

13  And  Shal'lum  begat  Hil-kl'ah,  and  Hil-kl'ah 
begat  Az-a-rl'ah, 

14  And  Az-a-rl'ah  begat  '' Ser-a-I'ah,  and  Ser-a-I'ah 
begat  Jg-hoz'a-dak, 

15  And  Je-hoz'a-dak  went  into  captivity,  when 
i  the  Lord  carried  away  Ju'dah  and  Jg-ru'sa-lem  by 
the  hand  of  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar. 

16  If  The  sons  of  Le'vi ;  ^'Ger'shom,  Ko'hath,  and 
Me-ra'ri. 

17  And  these  be  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Ger'- 
shom ;  Llb'nl,  and  Shim'e-I. 

18  And  the  sons  of  Ko'hath  were,  Am'ram,  and 
Iz'har,  and  He'bron,  and  Uz'zi-el. 

19  The  sons  of  feMg-ra'rI;  Mah'li,  and  Mti'shl. 
And  these  are  the  families  of  the  Le'vltes  according 
to  their  fathers. 

20  Of  Ger'shom  ;  Lib'ni  his  son,  Ja'hath  his  son, 
Zim'mah  his  son, 

21  *Jo'ah  his  son,  mId'do  his  son,  Ze'rah  his  son, 
n  Je-at'e-rai  his  son. 

22  The  sons  of  Ko'hath;  °Am-mm'a-dab  his  son, 
Ko'rah  his  son,  As'sTr  his  son, 

23  El'ka-nah  his  son,  and  E-bi'a-saph  his  son,  and 
As'sTr  his  son, 

24  Ta'hath  his  son,  pU'ri-el  his  son,  Uz-zl'ah  his 
son,  and  Sha'ul  his  son. 

25  And  the  sons  of  El'ka-nah;  eA-mas'a-T,  and 
A-hI'moth. 

26  As  for  El'ka-nah:  the  sons  of  El'ka-nah;  rZo'- 
phai  his  son,  and  sNa'hath  his  son, 

27  ^E-li'ab  his  son,  Jer'o-ham  his  son,  El'ka-nah 
his  son. 

28  AncUhe  sons  of  Sam'u-el ;  the  firstborn  3Vash'- 
nl,  and  A-bl'ah. 

29  The  sons  of  _Me-ra'ri;  Mah'li,  Lib'ni  his  son, 
Shim'e-i  his  son,  Uz'za  his  son, 

30  Shim'e-a  his  son,  Hag-gl'ah  his  son,  A-sa-I'ah 
his  son. 

31  And  these  are  they  whom  Da'vid  set  over  the 
service  of  song  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  after  that 
the  "ark  had  rest. 

32  And  they  ministered  before  the  dwelling  place 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  with  singing, 
until  Sol'o-mon  had  built  the  house  of  the  Lord  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem  :  and  then  they  waited  on  their  office 
according  to  their  order. 

33  And  these  are  they  that  4  waited  with  their 

321 


Aaron's  office  and  line. 


1  CHKONICLES,  6. 


The  Levitical  cities. 


children.     Of  the  sons  of  the  Ko'hath-Ites  :  He'man 
a  singer,  the  son  of  Jo'el,  the  son  of  She-mu'el, 

34  The  son  of  El'ka-nah,  the  son  of  JeVo-ham,  the 
son  of  E-lI'el,  the  son  of  5To'ah, 

35  The  son  of  6Ziiph,  the  son  of  El'ka-nah,  the  son 
of  Ma'hath,  the  son  of  A-mas'a-I, 

36  The  son  of  El'ka-nah,  the  son  of  "Jo'el,  the  son 
of  Az-a-ri'ah,  the  son  of  Zeph-a-ni'ah, 

37  The  son  of  Ta'hath,  the  son  of  As' sir,  the  son 
of  w  E-bl'a-saph,  the  son  of  Ko'rah, 

38  The  son  of  Iz'har,  the  son  of  Ko'hath,  the  son 
of  Le'vl,  the  son  of  Is/ra-el. 

39  And  his  brother  A'saph,  who  stood  on  his  right 
hand,  even  A'saph  the  son  of  Ber-a-chl'ah,  the  son 
of  Shim'e-a, 

40  The  son  of  Mi'chael,  the  son  of  Ba-a-se'iah,  the 
son  of  Mal-chi'ah,_ 

41  The  son  of  ''Eth'nl,  the  son  of  Ze'rah,  the  son 
of  Ad-a-I'ah, 

42  The  son  of  yE'than,  the  son  of  Zim'mah,  the 
son  of  Shim'e-I, 

43  The  son  of  Ja'hath,  the  son  of  Ger'shom,  the 
son  of  Le'vl. 

44  And  their  brethren  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl  stood 
on  the  left  hand:  7E'than  the  son  of  8Kish'I,  the 
son  of  Ab'dl,  the  son  of  Mal'luch, 

45  The  son  of  Hash-a-bl'ah,  the  son  of  Am-a-zl'ah, 
the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah, 

46  The  son  of  Am'zi,  the  son  of  Ba'nl,  the  son  of 
Sha'mer, 

47  The  son  of  Mah'll,  the  son  of  Mu'shi,  the.  son 
of  Me-ra'ri,  the  son  of  Le'vl. 

48  Their  brethren  also  theLe'vites  were  appointed 
unto  all  manner  of  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
house  of  God. 

49  Tf  But  Aar'on  and  his  sons  offered  -upon  the 
altar  of  the  burnt  offering,  and  "on  the  altar  of  in- 
cense, and  were  appointed  for  all  the  work  of  the 
place  most  holy,  and  to  make  an  atonement  for  I§'- 
ra-el,  according  to  all  that  Mo'geg  the  servant  of 
God  had  commanded. 

50  And  these  are  Hhe  sons  of  Aar'on  ;  E-le-a'zar 
his  son,  Phln'e-has  his  son,  A-bish'u-a  his  son, 

51  Buk'ki  his  son,  Uz'zi  his  son,  Zer-a-hl'ah  his 
son, 

52  Mg-ra'ioth  his  son,  Am-a-ri'ah  his  son,  A-hi'tub 
his  son, 

53  Za'dok  his  son,  A-him'a-az  his  son. 

54  II  °  Now  these  are  their  dwelling  places  through- 
out their  castles  in  their  coasts,  of  the  sons  of 
Aar'on,  of  the  families  of  the  Ko'hath-Ites  :  for 
theirs  was  the  lot. 

55  dAnd  they  gave  them  He'bron  in  the  land  of 
Ju'dah,  and  the  suburbs  thereof  round  about  it. 

56  eBut  the  fields  of  the  city,  and  the  villages 
thereof,  they  gave  to  Ca'leb  the  son  of  Je-phun'neh. 

57  And  •%)  the  sons  of  Aar'on  they  gave  the  cities 
of  Ju'dah,  namely,  He'bron,  the  city  of  refuge,  and 
Lib'nah  with  her  suburbs,  and  Jat'tir,  and  Esh-te- 
mo'a,  with  their  suburbs, 

58  And  "Hi'len  with  her  suburbs,  De'bir  with  her 
suburbs, 

322 


B.  C.  1444. 


5  verse  26, 
Nahath. 

6  Or,  Zophai. 


v  verse  24, 
Shaul,  Uzziah, 
Uriel. 


w  Ex.  G.  24. 


x  verse  21, 
Jeaterai. 


y  verse  21, 
Joali. 


7  Called 

Jeduthun, 

ch.  9.  16. 

2  Chr.  35.  15. 

Ps.  62,  title. 
S  Or,  Kushaiah, 

ch.  15.  17. 


z  Ex.  29.  38. 

Lev.  9.  12,  13. 

Num.  3.  10. 

Heb.  5.  1. 
fl  Ex.  30.  7. 

1  Sam.  2.  2S. 

ch.  23.  13. 

Luke  1.  9. 

6  Ex.  6.  23. 

Lev.  10.  1. 

Num.  3.  2. 

ch.  24.  1. 
"Ezra  7.  2-5. 
c  Num.  35.  1-8. 

Josh.  21.  9-19. 

Iu  this  list 

Gibeou  and 

Juttah  are 

omitted. 
d  Josh.  21. 

11,12. 
e  Josh.  14.  13. 
/Josh.  21.  13. 
(I  Josh.  21.  15, 

Holon. 
h  Josh.  21.  16, 

Ain. 
!  Josh.  21.  IS, 

Almon. 
j  verse  G6. 
/•  Josh.  21.  5. 
/  Josh.  21.  7,  34. 
m  Num.  35.  1-8. 
n  Josh.  21.  4, 

5,  20-26. 
o  Gen.  33.  19. 

9  See  Josh. 
21.  22-35, 
where  many 
of  these  cities 
have  other 
names.     Per- 
haps some  of 
the  cities  were 
exchanged 

for  others. 
p  Deut.  1.  4. 

10  Josh.  21.27, 
Beeshterah. 

<1  Josh.  21.  28, 
Kishon. 


59  And  ''A'shan  with  her  suburbs,  and  Beth-she'- 
mesh  with  her  suburbs  : 

60  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ben'  ja-min ;  Ge'ba  with 
her  suburbs,  and  ^l'e-meth  with  her  suburbs,  and 
An'a-thoth  with  her  suburbs.  All  their  cities 
throughout  their  families  were  thirteen  cities. 

61  And  unto  the  sons  of  Ko'hath, j which  were  left 
of  the  family  of  that  tribe,  were  cities  given  out  of 
the  half  tribe,  namely,  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma- 
nas'seh,  /cby  lot,  ten  cities. 

62  And  to  the  sons  of  Ger'shom  throughout  their 
families  out  of  the  tribe  of  Is'sa-char,  and  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Ash'er,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph'- 
ta-li,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  in  Ba'shan, 
thirteen  cities. 

63  Unto  the  sons  of  Me-ra'ri  were  given  by  lot, 
throughout  their  families,  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reu'- 
ben,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Zeb'u-lun,  l  twelve  cities. 

64  And  "Hhe  children  of  I§'ra-el  gave  to  the  Le'- 
vltes  these  cities  with  their  suburbs. 

65  And  they  gave  by  lot  out  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Ju'dah,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Sim'e-on,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ben'ja-min,  these  cities,  which  are  called 
by  their  names. 

66  And  nthe  residue  of  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Ko|hath  had  cities  of  their  coasts  out  of  the  tribe 
of  E'phra-im. 

67  "And  they  gave  unto  them,  of  the  cities  of 
refuge,  She'chem  in  mount  E'phra-im  with  her  sub- 
urbs ;  they  gave  also  Ge'zer  with  her  suburbs, 

68  And  9Jok'me-am  with  her  suburbs,  and  Beth- 
ho'ron  with  her  suburbs. 

69  And  Aij'a-lon  with  her  suburbs,  and  Gath-rim'- 
mon  with  her  suburbs  : 

70  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh ;  A'ner 
with  her  suburbs,  and  BH'e-am  with  her  suburbs, 
for  the  family  of  the  remnant  of  the  sons  of  Ko'- 
hath. 

71  Unto  the  sons  of  Ger'shom  were  given  out  of 
the  family  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  Go'lan  in 
Ba'shan  with  her  suburbs,  and  ^Ash'ta-roth  with 
her  suburbs : 

72  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Is'sa-char  ;  'Ke'desh 
with  her  suburbs,  Dab'e-rath  with  her  suburbs, 

73  And  Ra'moth  with  her  suburbs,  and  A'nem  with 
her  suburbs  : 

74  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ash'er ;  Ma'shal  with 
her  suburbs,  and  Ab'don  with  her  suburbs, 

75  And  Hu'kok  with  her  suburbs,  and  Re'hob  with 
her  suburbs  : 

76  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph'ta-ll ;  Ke'desh  in 
Gal'i-lee  with  her  suburbs,  and  Ham'mon  with  her 
suburbs,  and  Kir-jath-a'im  with  her  suburbs.   . 

77  Unto  the  rest  of  the  children  of  Me-ra'ri  were 
given  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zeb'u-lun,  Rim'mon  with 
her  suburbs,  Ta'bor  with  her  suburbs  : 

78  And  on  the  other  side  Jor'dan  by  Jer'i-cho,  on 
the  east  side  of  Jor'dan,  were  given  them  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Reu'ben,  Be'zer  in  the  wilderness  with 
her  suburbs,  and  Jah'zah  with  her  suburbs, 


, 


Issachar  and  Benjamin. 


1  CHRONICLES,  7. 


Sons  of  Ephraim. 


79  Ked'e-moth  also  with  her  suburbs,  and  Meph'- 
a-ath  with  her  suburbs  : 

"80  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad  ;  Ra'moth  in  GiT- 
e-ad  with  her  suburbs,  and  Ma-ha-na'im  with  her 
suburbs, 

81  And  'Hesh'bon  with  her  suburbs,  and  Ja'zer 
with  her  suburbs. 


1  Sons  of  Issachar. 


N 


CHAPTER  7. 

C  Benjamin's  sons.     14  Manasseh's  sons. 
30  Asher's  children. 


23  Beriah  is  born. 


OW  the  sons  of  "Is'sa-char  were,  *  To'la,  and 
cPu'ah,  Jash'ub,  and  Shim'rom,  four. 

2  And  the  sons  of  To'la  ;  Uz'zi,  and  Reph-a-I'ah, 
and  Je'ri-el,  and  Jah'ma-I,  and  Jib'sam,  and  She- 
mu'el,  heads  of  their  father's  house,  to  ivit,  of 
To'la  :  they  ivere  valiant  men  of  might  in  their  gen- 
erations ;  d  whose  number  was  in  the  days  of  Da'vid 
two  and  twenty  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Uz'zi ;  Iz-ra-hi'ah  :  and  the  sons 
of  Iz-ra-hi'ah  ;  Mi'chael,  and  O-ba-dl'ah,  and  Jo'el, 
Ish-I'ah,  five  :  all  of  them  e  chief  men. 

4  And  with  them,  by  their  generations,  after  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  were  bands  of  soldiers  for 
war,  six  and  thirty  thousand  men :  for  they  had 
many  wives  and  sons. 

_  5  And  their  brethren  among  all  the  families  of 
Is'sa-char  were  valiant  men  of  might,  reckoned  in 
all  by  their  genealogies  fourscore  and  seven  thousand. 

6  If  The  sons  of  -^Ben'ja-min  ;  Be'la,  and  Be'cher, 
and  Je-di'a-el,  three. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Be'la ;  Ez'bon,  and  Uz'zi,  and 
Uz'zi-el,  and  Jer'i-moth,  and  I'ri,  five  ;  heads  of  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  mighty  men  of  valour  ;  and 
were  reckoned  by  their  genealogies  twenty  and  two 
thousand  and  thirty  and  four. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Be'cher ;  Ze-mf  ra,  and  Jo 'ash, 
and  E-H-e'zer,  and  El-i-o-e'na-i,  and  Om'rl,  and  Jer'- 
i-moth, and  A-bi'ah,  and  An'a-thoth,  and  Al'a-meth. 
All  these  are  the  sons  of  Be'cher. 

9  And  the  number  of  them,  after  their  genealogy 
by  their  generations,  heads  of  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  mighty  men  of  valour,  was  twenty  thou- 
sand and  two  hundred. 

10  The  sons  also  of  Je-di'a-el ;  Bil'han  :  and  the 
sons  of  Bil'han  ;  Je'iish,  and  Ben'ja-min,  and  E'hud, 
and  Che-na'a-nah,  and  Ze'than,  and  Thar'shish,  and 
A-hish'a-har. 

11  All  these  the  sons  of  Je-di'a-el,  by  the  heads  of 
their  fathers,  mighty  men  of  valour,  were  seven- 
teen thousand  and  two  hundred  soldiers,  fit  to  go 
out  for  war  and  battle. 

12  ffShup'pim  also,  and  Hup'pim,  the  children  of 
hlv,  and  Hu'shim,  the  sons  of  'A'her. 

13  If  The  sons  of  Naph'ta-H  ;  Jah'zi-el,  and  Gu'ni, 
and  Je'zer,  and  ^'Shal'lum,  the  sons  of  Bil'hah. 

14  If  ^The  sons  of  Ma-nas'seh  ;  _Ash'ri-el,  whom 
she  bare  :  (but  his  concubine  the  A'ram-it-ess  bare 
Ma'chir  the  father  of  Gil'e-ad  : 

15  And  Ma'chir  took  to  wife  the  sister  of  Hup'- 
pim and  Shup'pim,  whose  sister's  name  was  Ma'a- 
chah  ;)  and  the  name  of  the  second  was  Ze-lo'phe- 
had  :  and  'Ze-lo'phe-had  had  daughters. 


B.  C.  1400. 


r  Num.  21 .  25. 
Deut.  •_'.  24. 
Josh.  12.  2,  ! 
Neh.  9.  22. 
Song  7.  4. 
Isa.  15.  4. 


a  Gen.  30.  17,18. 

Num.  1 .  28,  29. 
4  Gen.  46.  13. 

Num.  26.  23. 
c  Gen.  46.  13, 

Phuvali, 

Job. 


</2Sam.  24.  1, 

cii.  21.  l-r.. 


e  ch. 


/Gen.  4G.  21. 
Num.  26.  38. 


g  Num.  26.  39, 
Shupham, 
and  Hupham. 

h  verse  7, 
Iri. 

i  Num.  26.  38, 
Ahiram. 

j  Gen.  46.  24, 
Shillem. 

k  Num.  27.  1. 

1  Herzon,  a 
grandson  of 
Judah,  mar- 
ried Machir's 
daughter,  and 
their  child  was 
reckoned  to 
the  tribe  of 
Manasseh. 

1  Num.  27.  1-11. 
m  1  Sam.  12.  11. 
n  Num.  26.  30, 

Jezer. 
oGen.  41.  52. 

Num.  26. 

35,  36. 

Deut.  33. 

13,  17. 

Ps.  60.  7. 
p  Gen.  37.  34,  35. 

2  Sam.  1. 

11.  12. 

Job  2.  11. 

Ps.  69.  11. 

2  That  is, 
In  evil. 

q  Josh.  16.  3. 

1  Sam.  13.  18. 

2  Chr.  8.  5. 

r  Num.  13.  8,  16, 

Nun. 
s  Josh.  16.  7, 

Naarath. 

3  daughters. 
t  Josh.  17.  7. 
u  Josh.  17.  11. 

v  Judg.  1.  22-29. 
w  Gen.  46.  17. 

Num.  26. 

44,  46. 

Deut.  33.  24. 
x  verse  34, 

Shamer. 
y  verse  32. 


16  And  Ma'a-chah  the  wife  of  Ma'chir  bare  a  son, 
and  she  called  his  name  Pe'resh  ;  and  the  name  of 
his  brother  was  She'resh  ;  and  his  sons  were  U'lam 
and  Ra'kem. 

17  And  the_sons  of  U'lam  ;  '"Be'dan.  These  were 
the  sons  of  Gil'e-ad,  the  son  of  Ma'chir,  the  son  of 
Ma-nas'seh. 

18  And  his  sister  Ham-mol'e-keth  bare  I'shod,  and 
"A-bi-e'zer,  and  Ma-ha'lah. 

19  And  the  sons  of  She-ml'dah  were,  A-hl'an,  and 
She'chem,  and  Lik'hl,  and  A'ni-am. 

20  1f_And  °the  sons  of  E'phra-im  ;  Shu'the-lah, 
and  Be'red  his  son,  and  Ta'hath  his  son,  and  lEl'a- 
dah  his  son,  and  Ta'hath  his  son, 

21  1  And  Za'bad  his  son,  and  Shu'the-lah  his  son, 
and  E'zer,  and  E'le-ad,  whom  the  men" of  Gath  that 
were  born  in  that  land  slew,  because  they  came 
down  to  take  away  their  cattle. 

22  And  E'phra-im  their  father  "mourned  many 
days,  and  his  brethren  came  to  comfort  him. 

23  If  And  when  he  went  in  to  his  wife,  she  con- 
ceived, and  bare  a  son,  and  he  called  his  name  2Be- 
ri'ah,  because  it  went  evil  with  his  house. 

24  (And  his  daughter  was  She'rah,  who  built 
"Beth-ho'ron  the  nether,  and  the  upper,  and  Uz'- 
zen-she'rah.) 

25  And  Re'phah  was  his  son,  also  Re'sheph,  and 
Te'lah  his  son,  and  Ta'han  his  son, 

26  La'a-dan  his  son,  Am-ml'hud  his  son,  E-lTsh'- 
a-ma  his  son, 

27  rNon  his  son,  Je-hosh'u-ah  his  son. 

28  If  And  their  possessions  and  habitations  were, 
Beth'-el  and  the  towns  Jhereof,  and  eastward 
sNa'a-ran,  and  westward  Ge'zer,  with  the  3 towns 
thereof  ;  She'chem  also  and  the  towns  thereof,  unto 
Ga'za  and  the  towns  thereof  : 

29  And  by  the  borders  of  the  children  of  'Ma-nas'- 
seh, Beth-she'an  and  her  towns,  Ta'a-nach  and  her 
towns,  MMg-gid'do  and  her  towns,  Dor  and  her 
towns.  In  these  dwelt  the  "children  of  Jo'geph  the 
son  of  I§'ra-el. 

30  If  wThe  sons  of  Ash'er  ;  Im'nah,  and  Is'u-ah, 
and  Ish'u-ai,  and  Bg-ri'ah,  and  Se'rah  their  sister. 

31  And  the  sons  of  Be-ri'ah  ;  He'ber,  and  Mal'- 
chi-el,  who  is  the  father  of  Bir'za-vith. 

32  And  He'ber  begat  Japh'let,  and  ^Sho'mer,  and 
Ho'tham,  and  Shu'a  their  sister. 

33  And  the  sons  of  Japh'let ;  Pa'sach,  and  BTm'- 
hal,  and  Ash'vath.  These  are  the  children  of 
Japh'let. 

34  And  the  sons  of  ySha'mer  ;  A'hi,  and  Roh'gah, 
Je-hiib'bah,  and  A 'ram. 

35  And  the  sons  of  his  brother  He'lem ;  Zo'phah, 
and  Im'na,  and  She'lesh,  and  A'mal. 

36  The  sons  of  Zo'phah  ;  Su'ah,  and  Har'ne-pher, 
and  Shu'al,  and  Be'ri,  and  Im'rah, 

37  Be'zer,  and  Hod,  and  Sham 'ma,  and  Shil'shah, 
and  Ith'ran,  and  Be-e'ra. 

38  And  the  sons  of  Je'ther  ;  Je-phiin'neh,  and  Pis'- 
pah,  and  A'ra. 

39  And  the  sons  of  Ul'la ;  A'rah,  and  Han'i-el, 
and  Re-zi'a. 

323 


Benjamin's  generations. 


1  CHRONICLES,  8,  9. 


Book  of  genealogies. 


40  All  these  were  the  children  of  Ash'er,  heads 
of  their  father's  house,  choice  and  mighty  men  of 
valour,  chief  of  the  princes.  And  the  number 
throughout  the  genealogy  of  them  that  were  *apt 
to  the  war  and  to  battle  was  twenty  and  six  thou- 
sand men. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Benjamin's  sons  and  chiefs.    33  Stock  of  Saul  and  Jonathan. 

1VTOW  Ben'ja-min  begat/1  Be'la  his  firstborn,  Ash'- 
-^    bel  the  second,  and.  A-har'ah  the  third, 

2  No'hah  the  fourth,  and  Ra'pha  the  fifth. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Be 'la  were,  xAd'dar,  and  Ge'ra, 
and  A-bl'hud, 

4  And  A-bish'u-a,  and  Na'a-man,  and  A-ho'ah, 

5  And  Ge'ra,  and  2She-phu'phan,  and  Hu'ram. 

6  And  these  are  the  sons  of  E'hud  :  these  are  the 
heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  inhabitants  of  Ge'ba, 
and  they  removed  them  to  6Man'a-hath  : 

7  And  Na'a-man,  and  A-hi'ah,  and  Ge'ra,  he  re- 
moved them,  and  begat  Uz'za,  and  A-hl'hud. 

8  And  Sha-ha-ra'im  begat  children  in c the  country 
of  Mo'ab,  after  he  had  sent  them  away;  Hu'shim 
and  Ba'a-ra  were  his  wives. 

9  And  he  begat  of  Ho'desh  his  wife,  Jo'bab,  and 
Zib'i-a,  and  Me'sha,  and  Mal'cham, 

10  And  Je'uz,  and  Shach-I'a,  and  Mir'ma.  These 
were  his  sons,  heads  of  the  fathers. 

11  And  of  Hu'shim  he  begat  Ab'i-tub,  and  El'pa-al. 

12  The  sons  of  El'pa-al ;  E'ber,  and  Mi' sham,  and 
Sha'med,  who  built  dO'n6,  and  Lod,  with  the  towns 
thereof : 

13  Be-rl'ah  also,  and  eShe'ma,  who  were  heads  of 
the  fathers  of  the  inhabitants  of  -^Aij'a-lon,  who 
drove  away  the  inhabitants  of  Gath  : 

14  And  A-hi'6,  Sha'shak,  jmd  Jer'e-moth, 

15  And  Zeb-a-dl'ah,  and  A'rad,  and  A'der, 

16  And  Ml'chael,  and  Is'pah,  and  Jo'ha,  the  sons 
of  Be-rl'ah  ; 

17  And  Zeb-a-di'ah,  and  Me-shul'lam,  and  Hez'- 
e-ki,_and  He'ber, 

18  Ish'me-rai  also,  and  Jez-ll'ah,  and  Jo'bab,  the 
sons  of  El'pa-al ; 

19  And  Ja'kim,  and  Zich'ri",  and  Zab^di, 

20  And  E-li-e'na-I,  and  Zil'thai,  and  E-li'el, 

21  And  Ad-a-I'ah,  and  Ber-a-I'ah,  and  Shim'rath, 
the  sons  of  3  Shim'hi ; 

22  And  Ish'pan,  and  He'ber,  and  E-li'el, 

23  And  Ab'don,  and  Zich'ri,  and  Ha'nan, 

24  And  Han-a-nl'ah,  and  E'lam,  and  An-to-thi'jah, 

25  And  Iph-e-de'iah,  and  Pe-nu'el,  the  sons  of 
Sha'shak  ; 

26  And  Sham-she-ra'T,  and  She-ha-rl'ah,  and  Ath- 
a-H'ah, 

27  And  Jar-e-sl'ah,  and  E-li'ah,  and  Zich'ri,  the 
sons  of  Jer'o-ham. 

28  These  were  heads  of  the  fathers,  by  their  gen- 
erations, chief  men.     These  dwelt  in  Je-ru^sa-lem. 

29  And  at  Gib'e-on  dwelt  the  4father  of  Gib'e-on; 
whose  °  wife's  name  was  Ma'a-chah  : 

30  And  his  firstborn  son  Ab'don,  and  Zur,  and 
KTsh,  andBa'al,  and  Na'dab, 

31  And  Ge'dor,  and  A-hi'6,  and  ''Za'cher. 

324 


B.  C.  1400. 


z  Deut.  2.  14. 


a  Gen.  46.  21. 
Num.  26.  38. 
ch.  7.  6. 


1  Or,  Ard, 
Gen.  46.  21. 


2  Or,  Shupham, 
Num.  26.  39. 
ch.  7.  12, 
Shuppim. 


b  ch.  2.  52'. 


c  Ruth  1.  1. 


d  Ezra  2.  33. 
■Neh.  6.  2. 


e  verse  21. 
/  Josh.  19.  42. 


3  Or,  Shema, 
verse  13. 

4  Called,  Jehiel, 
ch.  9.  35. 

g  ch.  9.  35. 
h,  ch.  9.  37, 

Zechariah. 
i  ch.  9.  38, 

Shimeam. 
j  1  Sam.  9.  1. 

ch.  9.  36,  39. 

Acts  13.  21. 
k  1  Sam.  14.  49, 

Ishui. 
7  2  Sam.  2.  8, 

Ish-bosheth. 
m  2  Sam.  9. 

6,  10, 

Mephibosheth. 
n  2  Sam.  9. 12. 

ch.  9.  40. 
o  ch.  9.  41, 

Tahrea. 
p  ch.  9.  42, 

Jara. 
q  ch.  9.  43, 

Rephaiah. 
r  ch.  12.  2. 

2Chr.  11.  1. 

2  Chr.  13.  3. 

2  Chr.  14.  S. 

2  Chr.  17. 

14-19. 

Neh.  4.  13. 

Song  3.  7,  8. 

Eph.  6.  11-20. 


a  Ezra  2.  59. 
6  Lev.  26.  33. 

2  Chr.  33.  11. 
c  Ezra  2.  70. 

Neh.  7.  73. 
d  Josh.  9.  27. 

Ezra  2.  43. 
cNeli.  11.  1. 
/  Gen.  46.  12. 

Num.  26.  20. 
g  Neh.  11.  10. 
1  Neh.  11.  11, 

Seraiah. 


32  And  Mik'loth  begat  ^hlm'e-ah.  And  these 
also  dwelt  with  their  brethren  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  over 
against  them. 

33  If  And  J'Ner  begat  Kish,  and  Kish  begat  Saul, 
and  Saul  begat  Jon'a-than,  and  Mal-chi-shu'a,  and 
^A-bm'a-dab,  and  'Esh-ba'al. 

34  And  the  son  of  Jon'a-than  was  mMer'ib-ba'al ; 
and  Mer'ib-ba'al  begat  m~Ml'cah. 

35  And  the  sons  of  Mi^cah  were,  Pi'thon,  and  Me'- 
lech,  and_°Ta're-a,  and  A'haz. 

36  And  A'haz  begat  ^Jg-ho'a-dah;  and  Je-ho'a-dah 
begat  Al'e-meth,  and  Az'ma-veth,  and  Zim'ri ;  and 
Zim'ri  begat  Mo'za, 

.J5/T  And  Mo'za  begat  Bin'e-a  :  ''Ra'pha  was  his  son, 
E-le'a-sah_his  son,  A'zel  his  son  : 

38  And  A'zel  had  six  sons,  whose  names  are  these, 
Az'ri-kam,  Boch'e-ra,  and  Ish'ma-el,  and  She-a-ri'ah^ 
and  O-ba-di'ah,  and  Ha'nan.  All  these  were  the 
sons  of  A'zel. 

39  And  the  sons  of  E'shek  his  brother  were,  U'lam 
his  firstborn,  Je'nush  the  second,  and  E-liph'e-let 
the  third. 

40  And  the  sons  of  U'lam  were  mighty  men  of 
valour, r  archers,  and  had  many  sons,  and  sons'  sons, 
an  hundred  and  fifty.  All  these  are  of  the  sons  of 
Ben'ja-min. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Book  of  Israel's  genealogies.     10  The  priests  and  Levites.    27  Levitical  charge. 

OO  "all  I§'ra-el  were  reckoned  by  genealogies  ; 
^  and,  behold,  they  were  written  in  the  book  of 
the  kings  of  I§'ra-el  and  Ju'dah,  who  were  b carried 
away  to  Bab'y-lon  for  their  transgression. 

2  Tf  cNow  the  first  inhabitants  that  dwelt  in  their 
possessions  in  their  cities  were,  the  I§'ra-el-Ites,  the 
priests,  Le'vltes,  and  the  rfNeth'i-nim§. 

3  And  in  eJe-ru'sa-lem  dwelt  of  the  children  of 
Ju'dah,  and  of  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  of 
the  jmildren  of  E'phra-im,  and  Ma-nas'seh  ; 

4  U'tha-I  the  son  of  Am-mi'hud,  the  son  of  Om'ri, 
the  son  of  Im'rl,  the  son  of  Ba'ni,  of  the  children  of 
Pha'rez  -^the  son  of  Ju'dah. 

5  And  of  the  Shi'lo-nites  :  A-sa-I'ah  the  firstborn, 
and  his  sons. 

6  And  of  the  sons  of  Ze'rah  ;  Jg-u'el,  and  their 
brethren,  six  hundred  and  ninety.  r 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  Ben'ja-min  ;  Sal'lu  the  son 
of  Me-shul'lam,  the  son  of  Hod-a-vl'ah,  the  son  of 
Has-e-nu'ah, 

8  And  Ib-ne'iah  the  son  of  Jer'o-ham,  and  E'lah 
the  son  of  Uz'zT,  the  son  of  Mich'ri,  and  Me-shul'- 
lam the  son  of  Sheph-a-thl'ah,  the  son  of  Re-u'el, 
the  son  of  Ib-ni'jah  ; 

9  And  their  brethren,  according  to  their  genera- 
tions, nine  hundred  and  fifty  and  six.  All  these 
men  were  chief  of  the  fathers  in  the  house  of  their 
fathers. 

10  H  sAnd  of  the  priests  ;  Je-da'iah,  and  Js-hoi'a- 
rib,  and  Ja'chin, 

11  And  ^z-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  HTl-ki'ah,  the  son  of 
Me-shul'lam,  the^son  of  Za'dok,  the  son  of  Me-ra'- 
ioth,  the  son  of  A-hi'tub,  the  ruler  of  the  house  of 
God; 


\iests  and  Levites. 


12  And  Ad-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Jer'o-ham,  the  son  of 
Pash'ur,  the  son  of  Mal-chl'jah,  and  Ma-as'I-ai  the  son 
of  A-dl'el,  the  son  of  Jah'ze-rah,  the  son  of  Me-shul'- 
lam,  the  son  of  Me-shil'le-mith,  the  son  of  Im'mer  ; 

13  And  their  brethren,  heads  of  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  a  thousand  and  seven  hundred  and  three- 
score ;  2  very  able  men  for  the  work  of  the  service 
of  the  house  of  God. 

14  And  of  Hhe  Le'vites  ;  Shem-a-I'ah  the  son  of 
Has'shub,  the  son  of  Az'ri-kam,  the  son  of  Hash-a- 
bl'ah,  of  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl ; 

15  And  Bak-bak'kar,  He'resh,  and  Ga'lal,  and 
Mat-ta-nl'ah  the  son  of  Mi'cah,  the  son  of  Zlch'ri, 
the  son  of_A'saph  ; 

16  And  O-ba-dl'ah  the  son  of  Shem-a-I'ah,  the  son 
of  Ga'lal,  the  son  of  Jed'u-thun,  and  Ber-e-chi'ah 
the  son  of  A'sa,  the  son  of  El'ka-nah,  that  dwelt  in 
the  villages  of  Hhe  Ne-toph'a-thites. 

17  And  ythe  porters  ivere,  Shal'lum,  and  Ak'kiib, 
and  Tal'mon,  and  A-hl'man,  and  their  brethren  : 
Shal'lum  was  the  chief  ; 

18  Who  hitherto  waited  in  Hhe  king's  gate  east- 
ward :  they  were  porters  in  the  companies  of  the 
children  of  Le'vi. 

19  And   Shal'lum  the   son  of  Ko're,  the  son  of 


1  CHRONICLES,  10. 


E-bl'a-saph,  the  son  of  Ko'rah,  and  his  brethren,  of 
the  house  of  his  father,  'the  Ko'rah-Ites,  were  over 
the  work  of  the  service,  keepers  of  the  3  gates  of 
the  tabernacle  :  and  their  fathers,  being  over  the 
host  of  the  Lord,  were  keepers  of_the  entry. 

20  And  TOPhm'e-has  the  son  of  E-le-a'zar  was  the 
ruler  over  them  in  time  past,  and  the  Lord  was 
with  him. 

21  And  Zech-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Me-shel-e-ml'ah 
was  porter  of  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

22  All  these  which  were  chosen  to  be  porters  in 
the  gates  were  two  hundred  and  twelve.  These 
were  reckoned  by  their  genealogy  in  their  villages, 
whom  wDa'vid  and  Sam'u-el  °the  seer  4did  ordain 
in  their  5set  office. 

23  So  they  and  their  children  had  the  oversight 
■of  the  gates  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  namely,  the 
house  of  the  tabernacle,  by  wards. 

24  pIn  four  quarters  were  the  porters,  toward  the 
east,  west,  north,  and  south. 

25  And  their  brethren,  which  were  in  their  vil- 
lages, were  to  come  ff  after  seven  days  from  time  to 
time  with  them. 

26  For  these  Le'vites,  the  four  chief  porters,  were 
in  their  6set  office,  and  were  over  the  7  chambers 
and  treasuries  of  the  house  of  God. 

27  H  And  they  lodged  round  about  the  house  of 
God,  because  the  charge  was  upon  them,  and  the 
opening  thereof  every  morning  pertained  to  them. 

28  And  certain  of  them  had  the  charge  of  the 
ministering  vessels,  that  they  should  8  bring  them 
in  and  out  by  tale. 

29  Some  of  them  also  were  appointed  to  oversee  the 
vessels,  and  all  the  9  instruments  of  the  sanctuary, 
and  the  fine  flour,  and  the  wine,  and  the  oil,  and 
the  frankincense,  and  the  spices. 


B.  C.  1200. 


2  mighty  men 
o£  valour. 


h  ch.  6.  19. 
Neh.  11.  15-19. 


i  ch.  2.  54. 

Neh.  7.  26. 
j  ch.  23.  5. 


k2Ki.  11.  19. 
Ezek.  44.  2, 


/  Num.  26.  9,  11. 

ch.  6.  33,  38. 

Ps.  42,  title. 
3  thresholds. 


m  Ex.  G.  25. 
Num.  3.  32. 
Josh.  22. 
30,  31. 
Ps.  100.  30. 


n  ch.  26.  1,  2. 

0  1  Sam.  9.  9. 

4  founded. 

5  Or,  trust. 

p  ch.  2G.  13-19. 
q  2  Chr.  23.  8. 

6  Or,  trust. 

7  Or,  store- 
houses. 

8  bring  them  in 
by  tale,  and 
carry  them  out 
by  tale. 

9  Or,  vessels. 
r  Ex.  30.  23. 

Song  1.  3,  13. 
Jer.  6.  20. 
Ezek.  27. 
19,  22. 
Mark  14.  3. 

10  Or,  trust, 
s  Lev.  6.  21. 

11  Or,  on  flat 
plates,  or, 
slices. 

12  bread  of  or- 
dering. 

1  ch.  6.  31. 

ch.  13.  8. 

1 3  upon  them. 
u  ch.  8.  29. 

v  ch.  8.  33. 

w  2  Sam.  9.  12. 

14  Or,  Tarea, 
ch.  8.  35. 

x  ch.  8.  35. 

15  Or,  Jehoadah, 
ch.  8.  36. 

16  Or,  Rapha, 
ch.  8.  37. 


a  1  Sam.  7.  7. 
1  Sam.  13.  5. 

1  thrust  through, 

or,  wounded. 

2  Or,  Ishui, 

1  Sam.  14.  49. 

3  shooters  with 
bows. 

4  found  him. 

5  Or,  mock  me. 


The  Levitical  charges. 

30  And  some  of  the  sons  of  the  priests  made  rthe 
ointment  of  the  spices. 

31  And  Mat-ti-thl'ah,  one  of  the  Le'vites,  who  was 
the  firstborn  of  Shal'lum  the  Ko'rah-Ite,  had  the 
10 set  office  sover  the  things  that  were  made  uin  the 
pans. 

32  And  other  of  their  brethren,  of  the  sons  of  the 
Ko'hath-Ites,  were  over  the  12shewbread,  to  prepare 
it  every  sabbath. 

33  And  these  are  'the  singers,  chief  of  the  fathers 
of  the  Le'vites,  who  remaining  in  the  chambers 
were  free  :  for  13they  were  employed  in  that  work 
day  and  night. 

34  These  chief  fathers  of  the  Le'vites  were  chief 
throughout  their  generations  ;  these  dwelt  at  Je- 
ru'sa-lem. 

35  If  And  in  GIb'e-on  dwelt  the  father  of  Glb'e-on, 
Je-hi'el,  whose  wife's  name  was  uMa'a-chah  : 

36  And  his  firstborn  son  Ab'don,  then  Zur,  and 
Klsh,  and  Ba'al,  and  Ner,  and  Na'dab, 

37  And  Ge'ddr,  and  A-hI'6,  and  Zech-a-ri'ah,  and 
MIk'loth. 

38  And  MIk'loth  begat  Shim'e-am.  And  they  also 
dwelt  with  their  brethren  at  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  over 
against  their  brethren. 

39  v  And  Ner  begat  Klsh  ;  and  Klsh  begat  Saul ; 
and  Saul  begat  Jon'a-than,  and  Mal-chi-shu'a,  and 
A-bln'a-dab,  and  Esh-ba'al. 

40  And  the  son  of  Jon'a-than  was  Mer'ib-ba'al : 
and  Mer'ib-ba'al  begat  Mi'cah. 

41  And  the  sons  of  w  Mi'cah  were,  Pl'thon,  and  Me'- 
lech,  and  HTah-re'a,  xand  A'hdz. 

42  And  A'haz  begat 15  Ja'rah ;  and  Ja'rah  begat  Al'- 
e-meth,  and  Az'ma-veth,  and  Zlm'ri ;  and  ZIm'rl 
begat  Mo'za  ; 

43  And  Mo'za  begat  BIn'e-a  ;  and  16Reph-a-I'ah  his 
son,  E-le'a-sah  his  son,  A'zel  his  son. 

44  And  A'zel  had  six  sons,  whose  names  are  these, 
Az'ri-kam,  Boch'e-ru,  and  Ish 'ma-el,  and  She-a-ri'ah, 
and  O-ba-dl'ah,  and  Ha'nan  :  these  were  the  sons  of 
A'zel. 

CHAPTER  10. 

|1  Saul's  defeat  and  death.     8  Triumph  of  the  Philistines.    11  Burial  of  Srn/l  at  Jabesh. 

1VTOW  "the  Phl-lls'tlnes.  fought  against  I§'ra-el; 
^  and  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  fled  from  before  the 
Phl-lls'tlneg,  and  fell  down1  slain  in  mount  Gll-bo'a. 

2  And  the  Phl-lls' tines,  followed  hard  after  Saul, 
and  after  his  sons  ;  and  the  Phl-lls'tlneg  slew  Jon'- 
a-than, and 2  A-bln'a-dab,  and  Mal-chi-shu'a,  the  sons 
of  Saul. 

3  And  the  battle  went  sore  against  Saul,  and  the 
3  archers  4hit  him,  and  he  was  wounded  of  the 
archers. 

4  Then  said  Saul  to  his  armourbearer,  Draw  thy 
sword,  and  thrust  me  through  therewith  ;  lest  these 
uncircumcised  come  and  5  abuse  me.  But  his  ar- 
mourbearer would  not ;  for  he  was  sore  afraid.  So 
Saul  took  a  sword,  and  fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  his  armourbearer  saw  that  Saul  was 
dead,  he  fell  likewise  on  the  sword,  and  died. 

6  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons,  and  all  his  house 
died  together. 

325 


David  anointed  at  Hebron. 


1  CHEONICLES,  11. 


His  mighty  men. 


7  And  when  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  that  were  in 
the  valley  saw  that  they  fled,  and  that  Saul  and  his 
sons  were  dead,  then  they  forsook  their  cities,  and 
fled  :  and  the  Phi-lis'tlneg  came  and  dwelt  in  them. 

8  U  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  when  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg  came  to  strip  the  slain^that  they  found 
Saul  and  his  sons  fallen  in  mount  Gil-bo'a. 

9  And  when  they  had  stripped  him,  they  took  his 
head,  and  his  armour,  and  sent  into  the  land  of  the 
Phi-lis'tlneg  round  about,  to  carry  tidings  unto  their 
idols,  and  to  the  people. 

10  6And  they  put  his  armour  in  the  house  of  their 
gods,  and  fastened  his  head  in  the  temple  of  Da'- 
gon. 

11  H  And  when  all  Ja'besh-gil'e-ad  heard  all  that 
the  Phi-lis'tlneg  had  done  to  Saul, 

12  They  arose,  all  the  valiant  men,  and  took  away 
the  body  of  Saul,  and  the  bodies  of  his  sons,  and 
brought  them  to  Ja'besh,  and  buried  their  bones 
under  the  oak  in  Ja'besh,  and  fasted  seven  days. 

13  H  So  Saul  died  for  his  transgression  which  he 
46  committed  against  the  Lord,  ceven  against  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  kept  not,  and  also  for 
asking  counsel  of  one  that  had  a  d  familiar  spirit, 
£to  enquire  of  it; 

14  And  enquired  not  of  the  Lord  :  therefore  he 
slew  him,  and  •''turned  the  kingdom  unto  Da'vid  the 
son  of  7Jes'se. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  David  anointed  king.    4  He  captures  Zion.    10  His  mighty  men. 

THEN  "all  Ig'ra-el  gathered  themselves  to  Da'vid 
unto  He'bron,  saying,  Behold,  we  are  thy  bone 
and  thy  flesh. 

2  And  moreover  l'm  time  past,  even  when  Saul 
was  king,  thou  wast  he  that  leddest  out  and 
broughtest  in  Ig'ra-el :  and  the  Lord  thy  God  said 
unto  thee,  Thou  shalt  2feed  my  people  Ig'ra-el,  and 
thou  shalt  be  ruler  over  my  people  Ig'ra-el. 

3  Therefore  came  all  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el  to  the 
king  to  He'bron  ;  and  Da'vid  made  a  covenant  with 
them  in  He'bron  before  the  Lord  ;  and6  they  anointed 
Da'vid  king  over  Ig'ra-el,  according  to  the  word  of 
the  cLord  3by  dSam'u-el.  _ 

4  H  And  Da'vid  and  all  Ig'ra-el  cwent  to  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  which  is  Je'bus  ;  •'"where  the  Jeb'u-sites  were, 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land. 

5  And  the  inhabitants  of  Je'bus  said  to  Da'vid, 
Thou  shalt  not  come  hither.  Nevertheless  Da'vid 
took  the  castle  of  Zi'on,  which  is  the  city  of  Da'vid. 

6  And  Da'vid  said,  Whosoever  smiteth  the  Jeb'u- 
sites  first  shall  be  4  chief  and  captain.  So  Jo'ab  the 
son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  went  first  up,  and  was  chief. 

7  And  Da'vid  dwelt  in  the  castle  ;  therefore  they 
called  5it  the  city  of  Da'vid. 

8  And  he  built  the  city  round  about,  even  from 
Mil '16  round  about :  and  Jo'ab  6  repaired  the  rest  of 
the  city. 

9  So  Da'vid  7 waxed  greater  and  greater:  for  the 
Lord  of  hosts  was  with  him. 

10  If 9  These  also  are  the  chief  of  the  mighty  men 
whom  Da'vid  had,  who  Strengthened  themselves 
with  him  in  his  kingdom,  and  with  all  Ig'ra-el,  to 

326 


B.  C.  1048. 


b  1  Sam.  31.  10. 
Isa.  48.  5. 


G  transgressed. 
c  1  Sam.  13.  13. 

1  Ki.  IS.  18. 

2  Chr.  10.  0. 
</  Ex.  22.  IS. 

Lev.  19.  31. 
Deut.  IS.  11. 
Isa.  8.  19. 
e  1  Sain.  28.  7. 

/I  Sam.  13.  14. 

7  Isai. 


a  2  Sam.  5.  1. 
ch.  12.  23. 


1  both  yesterday 
and  the  third 
day. 

2  Or,  rule, 

Ps.  78.  70,  71. 
b  2  Sam.  5.  3. 
c  Rom.  8.  31. 

3  by  the  hand  of. 
d  1  Sam.  16.  1. 

e  2  Sam.  5.  6. 
f  Gen.  10.  10. 

Ex.  3.  17. 

Judg.  1.  21. 

4  head. 

5  That  is,  Zion. 
G  received. 

7  went  in  going 
and  increasing. 

a  2  Sam.  23.  S. 

8  Or,  held 
.strongly  with 
him. 

// 1  Sam.  1G.  1, 12. 

9  Or,  son  of 
Hachmoni. 

10  Or,  Ephes- 
dammim, 

1  Sam.  17.  1. 

11  Or,  stood. 

12  Or,  salvation. 

13  Or,  three 
captains  over 
the  thirty. 

i  2  Sam.  23.  13. 
j  ch.  14.  9. 

14  Or,  giants, 
Isa.  17.  5. 

15  with  their 
lives  ? 

/>•  1  Sam.  2G.  6-8. 

2  Sam.  2.  18. 
ch.  2.  16. 

I  2  Sam.  23.  19. 

1  Cor.  15.  41. 

16  great  of  deeds. 
m  2  Sam.  1.  23. 

ch.  12.  8. 

17  a  man  of 
measure. 

n  2  Sain.  2. 
18-23. 
ch.  27.  7. 

18  Or,  Shammah. 

19  Or,  Harodite, 

2  Sam.  23.  25. 

20  Or,  Paltite, 

2  Sam.  23.  2G. 


make  him  king,  according  to  ''the  word  of  the  Lord 
concerning  Ig'ra-el. 

11  And  this  is  the  number  of  the  mighty  men 
whom  Da'vid  had ;  Ja-sho'be-am,  9an  Hach'mo-nite, 
the  chief  of  the  captains  :  he  lifted  up  his  spear 
against  three  hundred  slain  by  him  at  one  time. 

12  And  after  him  was  E-le-a'zar  the  son  of  Do'do, 
the  A-ho'hite,  who  was  one  of  the  three  mighties. 

13  He  was  with  Da'vid  at  10Pas-dam'mim,  and  there 
the  Phi-lis'tlneg  were  gathered  together  to  battle, 
where  was  a  parcel  of  ground  full  of  barley ;  and 
the  people  fled  from  before  the  Phi-lis'tlneg. 

14  And  they  nset  themselves  in  the  midst  of  that 
parcel,  and  delivered  it,  and  slew  the  Phi-lis'tlneg  ; 
and  the  Lord  saved  them  by  a  great 12  deliverance. 

15  If  Now  13 three  of  the  thirty  captains  /'went 
down  to  the  rock  to  Da'vid,  into  the  cave  of  A-dul'- 
lam  ;  and  the  host  of  the  Phi-lis'tlneg  encamped  Jin 
the  valley  of  14Reph'a-im. 

16  And  Da'vid  was  then  in  the  hold,  and  the  Phi- 
lis'tlneg'  garrison  was  then  at  Beth'-le-hem. 

17  And  Da'vid  longed,  and  said,  Oh  that  one  would 
give  me  drink  of  the  water  of  the  well  of  Beth'-le- 
hem,  that  is  at  the  gate ! 

18  And  the  three  brake  through  the  host  of  the 
Phi-lis'tmeg,  and  drew  water  out  of  the  well  of  Beth'- 
le-hem,  that  ivas  by  the  gate,  and  took  it,  and 
brought  it  to  Da'vid  :  but  Da'vid  would  not  drink 
of  it,  but  poured  it  out  to  the  Lord, 

19  And  said,  My  God  forbid  it  me,  that  I  should 
do  this  thing  :  shall  I  drink  the  blood  of  these  men 
15 that  have  put  their  lives  in  jeopardy?  for  with 
the  jeopardy  of  their  lives  they  brought  it.  There- 
fore he  would  not  drink  it.  These  things  did  these 
three  mightiest. 

20  If  /cAnd  A-bish'a-i  the  brother  of  Jo'ab,  he  was 
chief  of  the  three  :  for  lifting  up  his  spear  against 
three  hundred,  he  slew  them,  and  had  a  name 
among  the  three. 

21  'Of  the  three,  he  was  more  honourable  than 
the  two ;  for  he  was  their  captain  :  howbeit  he  at- 
tained not  to  the  first  three. 

22  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  the  son  of  a 
valiant  man  of  Kab'ze-el,  16who  had  done  many 
acts  ;  m  he  slew  two  lionlike  men  of  Mo'ab  :  also  he 
went  down  and  slew  ajion  in  a  pit  in  a  snowy  day. 

23  And  he  slew  an  E-gyp'tian,  17a  man  of  great 
stature,  five  cubits  high  ;  and  in  the  E-gyp'tian's 
hand  was  a  spear  like  a  weaver's  beam;  and  he 
went  down  to  him  with  a  staff,  and  plucked  the 
spear  out  of  the  E-gyp'tian's  hand,  and  slew  him 
with  his  own  spear. 

24  These  things  did  Be-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'- 
a-da, and  had  the  name  among  the  three  mighties. 

25  Behold,  he  was  honourable  among  the  thirty, 
but  attained  not  to  the  first  three  :  and  Da'vid  set 
him  over  his  guard. 

26  11  Also  the  valiant  men  of  the  armies  were, 
KA'sa-hel  the  brother  of  Jo'ab,  El-ha'nan  the  son  of 
Do'do  of  Beth'-le-hem, 

27  18Sham'moth  the  19Ha'ro-rtte,  He'lez  the  20  PeT- 
o-nlte, 


David's  mighty  men. 


1  CHRONICLES,  12. 


His  companies  at  Ziklag. 


28  I'ra  the  son  of  Ik'kesh  the  Te-ko'ite,  A'bi-e'zer 
the  An'toth-ite, 

29  21Sib'be-cai  the  Hu'shath-ite,  22I'lai  the  A-ho'- 
hite, 

30  Ma-har'a-i  the  Ne-toph'a-thite,  23He'led  the  son 
of  Ba'a-nah  the  Ne-toph'a-thite, 

31  Ith'a-I  the  son  of  Rl'bai  of  Gib'e-ah,  that  per- 
tained to  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min,  Be-na'iah  the 
Pir'a-thon-ite, 

32"21Hu'rai  of  the  brooks  of  Ga'ash,  25A-bI'el  the 
Ar'bath-ite, 

33  Az'ma-veth  the  Ba-ha'rum-ite,  E-H'ah-ba  the 
Sha-al'bo-nlte, 

34  The  sons  of  26Ha'shem  the  Gi'zd-nite,  Jona- 
than the  son  of  Sha'ge  the  Ha'ra-rite, 

35  A-hl'am  the  son  of  27Sa'car  the  Ha'ra-rite, 
28El'i-phal  the  son  of  29lTr, 

36  He'pher  the  Mech'e-rath-Ite,  A-hl'jah  the  Pel'- 
o-nite, 

37  30Hez'ro  the  Car'mel-Ite,  31Na'a-rai  the  son  of 
Ez'ba-I, 

38  Jo'el  the  brother  of  Na'than,  Mlb'har  32the  son 
of  Hag-ge'ri, 

39  Ze'lek  the  Am'mon-Ite,  Na-har'a-I  the  Be'roth- 
Ite,  the  armourbearer  of  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah, 

40  I'ra  the  °lth'rlte,  Ga'reb  the  Ith'rlte, 

41  "U-ri'ah  the  HTt'tite,  ^Za'bad  the  son  of  Ah'lai, 

42  Ad'i-na  the  son  of  Shi'za  the  Reu'ben-Ite,  a 
captain  of  the  Reu'ben-Ites,  and  thirty  with  him, 

43  Ha'nan  the  son  of  Ma'a-chah,  and  Josh'a-phat 
the  Mith'nlte, 

44  Uz-zl'a  the  Ash'te-rath-Ite,  Sha'ma  and  Je-hl'el 
the  sons  of  Ho'than  the  Ar'o-er-Ite, 

45  Je-di'a-el  the  son  of  Shim'rl,  and  Jo' ha  his 
brother,  the  Ti'zite, 

46  E-li'el  the  Ma'ha-vite,  and  Jer'i-bai,  and  Josh-a- 
vl'ah,  the  sons  of  El'na-am,  and  Ith'mah  the  Mo'- 
ab-Ite, 

147  E-li'el,  and  O'bed,  and  Ja'sT-el  the  Mes'o-ba-ite. 


CHAPTER  12. 

1  David's  companies  at  Ziklag.    23  His  armies  at  Hebron. 


"VTOW  a  these  are  they  that  came  to  Da'vid  to 
-^  6Zik'lag,  1  while  he  yet  kept  himself  close  be- 
cause of  Saul  the  son  of  Kish :  and  they  were  among 
the  mighty  men,  helpers  of  the  war. 

2  They  were  armed  with  bows,  and  could  use  both 
the  right  hand  and  the  cleft  in  hurling  stones  and 
shooting  arrows  out  of  a  bow,  even  of  Saul's  breth- 
ren of  Ben'ja-min.  _ 

3  The  chief  was  Aj-hf-e'zer,  then  Jo 'ash,  the  sons 
of  2 She-ma' ah  the  Gib'e-ath-Ite ;  and  Je'zi-el,  and 
Pe'let,  the  sons  of  Az'ma-veth ;  and  Ber'a-chah,  and 
Je'hu  dthe  An'toth-Ite, 

4  And  Is-ma-i'ah  the  e  Gib'e-on-ite,  a  mighty  man 
among  the  thirty,  and  over  the  thirty ;  and  Jer-e- 
ml'ah,  and  Ja-ha'zi-el,  and  J6-ha'nan,  and  Jos'a-bad 
the  J^ed '  e-rath-ite, 

5  E-lu'za-I,  and  Jer'i-moth,  and  Be-a-lfah,  and 
Shem-a-ri'ah,  and  Sheph-a-ti'ahJ;he  Har'u-phite, 

6  El'ka-nah,  and  J6-si'ah,  and  A-zar'e-el,  and  J6-e'- 
zer,  and  Ja-sho'be-am,  the  K6r'hltes, 


B.  C.  1048. 


'11  Or,  Mebumiai. 
21  Or,  Zalmuii. 


23  Or,  Heleb. 


24  Or,  Hiddai. 

25  Or,  Abi-albon. 


26  Or,  Jaslien. 
See  2  bam. 
23.  32. 

27  Or,  Sharah. 

28  Or,  Eliphelet. 

29  Or,  Aliasbai. 


30  Or,  Hezrai. 
ol  Or,  Panrai 
the  Arbite. 

32  Or,  the 
Haggerite. 


o  ch. 


50,  53 


p  2  Sam.  11.  3. 

33  Perhaps  these 
last  sixteen 
were  of  less 
note,  and  so 
are  not  added 
in  2  Sam.  23. 


a  1  Sam.  27.  2. 
b  1  Sam.  27.  G. 

1  being  yet  shut 
up. 

c  Judg.  20.  lfi. 

2  Or,  Hasmaah. 
d  ch.  11.  28. 

e  Josh.  10.  2. 

1  Ki.  3.  4,  5. 

Isa.  28.  21. 
f\  Sam.  23. 

14,  2!). 

ch.  11.  1G. 

3  of  the  host. 

q  2  Sain.  17.  10. 
ch.  11.  22. 
Prov.  28.  1. 

4  as  the  roes 
upon  the 
mountains  to 
make  haste. 

5  Or,  one  that 
was  least  could 
resist  an  hun- 
dred, and  the 
greatest  a 
thousand. 

f>  filled  over. 
h  Jer.  12.  5. 

7  before  them. 

8  be  one. 

9  Or,  violence. 
?•  Zech.  3.  2. 

10  the  spirit 
clothed 
Amasai. 

/2  Sim.  17.  25. 
I- 1  Sam.  2i).  2. 
/ 1  Sam.  29.  4. 

11  on  our  heads. 

12  Or,  with  a 
baud. 

m  1  Sam.  30.  1. 

13  heads,  or,  cap- 
tains, or,  men. 

)P  2  Sam.  2.  3. 
0  ch.  10.  14. 
p  1  Sam.  16.  1. 
ch.  11.  10. 

14  Or,  prepared. 


7  And  J6-e'Iah,  and  Zeb-a-dl'ah,  the  sons  of  Jer'o- 
ham  of  Ge'dor. 

8  And  of  the  Gad'ites  there  separated  themselves 
unto  Da'vid  into  the  ^"hold  to  the  wilderness  men  of 
might,  and  men  3of  war  fit  for  the  battle,  that  could 
handle  shield  and  buckler,  whose  °  faces  were  like 
the  faces  of  lions,  and  were  4as  swift  as  the  roes 
upon  the  mountains ; 

9  E'zer  the  first.  O-ba-dl'ah  the  second,  E-H'ab  the 
third, 

10  Mish-man'nah  the  fourth,  Jer-e-ml'ah  the  fifth, 

11  At'tai  the  sixth,  E-H'el_the  seventh, 

12  J6-ha'nan  the  eighth,  El'za-bad  the  ninth, 

13  Jer-e-ml'ah  the  tenth,  Mach'ba-nai  the  eleventh. 

14  These  were  of  the  sons  of  Gad,  captains  of  the 
host :  5one  of  the  least  ivas  over  an  hundred,  and 
the  greatest  over  a  thousand. 

15  These  are  they  that  went  over  Jor'dan  in  the 
first  month,  when  it  had  °overflown  all  his  ''banks; 
and  they  put  to  flight  all  them  of  the  valleys,  both 
toward  the  east,  and  toward  the  west. 

16  And  there  came  of  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min 
and  Ju'dah  to  the  hold  unto  Da'vid. 

17  And  Da'vid  went  out  7to  meet  them,  and  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them,  If  ye  be  come  peaceably 
unto  me  to  help  me,  mine  heart  shall  8be  knit  unto 
you :  but  if  ye  be  come  to  betray  me  to  mine  ene- 
mies, seeing  there  is  no  9  wrong  in  mine  hands,  the 
God  of  our  fathers  look  thereon,  and  ^rebuke  it. 

18  Then  10the  spirit  came  ■'upon  A-mas'a-T,  who 
was  chief  of  the  captains,  and  he  said,  Thine  are 
we,  Da'vid,  and  on  thy  side,  thou  son  of  Jes'se : 
peace,  peace  be  unto  thee,  and  peace  be  to  thine 
helpers  ;  for  thy  God  helpeth  thee.  Then  Da'vid 
received  them,  and  made  them  captains  of  the  band. 

19  And  there  fell  some  of  Ma-nas'seh  to  Da'vid, 
/lwhen  he  came  with  the  Phi-lis' tines,  against  Saul 
to  battle :  but  they  helped  them  not :  for  the  lords 
of  the  Phi-lis'tme§  upon  advisement  sent  him  away, 
saying,  He  'will  fall  to  his  master  Saul  n to  the 
jeopardy  of  our  heads. 

20  As  he  went  to  Zik'lag,  there  fell  to  him  of 
Ma-nas'seh,  Ad'nah,  and  Joz'a-bad,  and  Je-dl'a-el, 
and  Mi'chael,  and  Joz'a-bad,  and  E-H'hu,  and  Zil'thai, 
captains  of  the  thousands  that  were  of  Ma-nas'seh. 

21  And  they  helped  Da'vid  12 against  '"the  band  of 
the  rovers :  for  they  were  all  mighty  men  of  valour, 
and  were  captains  in  the  host. 

22  For  at  that  time  day  by  day  there  came  to 
Da'vid  to  help  him,  until  it  ivas  a  great  host,  like 
the  host  of  God. 

23  If  And  these  are  the  numbers  of  the  13  bands 
that  ivere  ready  armed  to  the  war,  and  ,?came  to 
Da'vid  to  He'bron,  to  "turn  the  kingdom  of  Saul  to 
him,  v  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

24  The  children  of  Ju'dah  that  bare  shield  and  spear 
were  six  thousand  and  eight  hundred,  ready  u  armed 
to  the  war. 

25  Of  the  children  of  Sim'e-on,  mighty  men  of 
valour  for  the  war,  seven  thousand  and  one  hundred. 

26  Of  the  children  of  Le'vl  four  thousand  and  six 
hundred. 

327 


David's  armies  at  Hebron. 


1  CHRONICLES,  13,  14. 


The  ark  with  Obed-edom. 


27  And  Je-hoi'a-da  was  the  leader  of  the  Aar'on- 
Ites,  and  with  him  were  three  thousand  and  seven 
hundred  ; 

28  And  5Za'dok,  a  young  man  mighty  of  valour, 
and  of  his  father's  house  twenty  and  two  captains. 

29  And  of  the  children  of  Ben'  ja-min,  the  15 kindred 
of  Saul,  three  thousand  :  for  hitherto  1G  the  greatest 
part  of  them  had  kept  the  ward  of  the  house  of 
Saul. 

30  And  of  the  children  of  E'phra-irn  twenty  thou- 
sand and  eight  hundred, '  mighty  men  of  valour, 
17  famous  throughout  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

31  And  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  eighteen 
thousand,  which  were  expressed  by  name,  to  come 
and  make  Da'vid  king. 

32  And  of  the  children  of  Is'sa-char,  which  were 
men  rthat  had  understanding  of  the  times,  to  know 
what  Ig'ra-el  ought  to  do  ;  the  heads  of  them  were 
two  hundred  ;  and  all  their  brethren  ivere  at  their 
commandment. 

33  Of  Zeb'u-lun,  such  as  went  forth  to  battle,  1S  ex- 
pert in  war,  with  all  instruments  of  war,  fifty  thou- 
sand, which  could  "keep  rank  :  they  were  20not  of 
double  heart. 

34  And  of  Naph'ta-li  a  thousand  captains,  and  with 
them  with  shield  and  spear  thirty  and  seven  thou- 
sand. 

35  And  of  the  Dan'ites  expert  in  war  twenty  and 
eight  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

36  And  of  Ash'er,  such  as  went  forth  to  battle, 
21  expert  in  war,  forty  thousand. 

37  And  on  the  other  side  of  Jor'dan,  of  the  Reu'- 
ben-Ites,  and  the  Gad'ites,  and  of  the  half  tribe  of 
Ma-nas'seh,  with  all  manner  of  instruments  of  war 
for  the  battle,  an  hundred  and  twenty  thousand. 

38  All  these  men  of  war,  that  could  keep  rank, 
came  with  a  perfect  heart  to  He'bron,  to  make  Da'- 
vid king  over  all  Ig'ra-el  :  and  all  the  rest  also  of 
Ig'ra-el  were  of  one  heart  to  make  Da'vid  king. 

39  And  there  they  were  with  Da'vid  three  days, 
eating  and  drinking :  for  their  brethren  had  pre- 
pared for  them. 

40  Moreover  they  that  were  nigh  them,  even  unto 
Is'sa-char  and  Zeb'u-lun  and  Naph'ta-li,  brought 
bread  on  asses,  and  on  camels,  and  on  mules,  and 
on  oxen,  and  ^meat,  meal,  cakes  of  figs,  and  bunches 
of  raisins,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  oxen,  and  sheep 
abundantly  :  for  there  ivas  joy  in  Ig'ra-el. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Removal  of  the  ark.    9  TJzza  is  smitten.    13  The  ark  with  Obed-edom. 

A  ND  Da'vid  "consulted  with  the  captains  of  thou- 
-^-  sands  and  hundreds,  and  with  every  leader. 
_  2  And  Da'vid  said  unto  all  the  congregation  of 
Ig'ra-eL  If  it  seem  good  unto  you,  and  that  it  be  of 
the  Lord  our  God,  Met  us  send  abroad  unto  our 
brethren  every  where,  that  are  6left  in  all  the  land 
of  Ig'ra-el,  and  with  them  also  to  the  priests  and 
Le'vltes  which  are2 in  their  cities  and  suburbs,  that 
they  may  gather  themselves  unto  us  : 

3  And  let  us 3  bring  again  the  ark  of  our  God  to  us : 
''for  we  enquired  not  at  it  in  the  days  of  Saul. 

328 


B.  C.  1045. 


q  2  Sam.  8.  17. 

1  Ki.  1.  8. 

ch.  6.  8. 

Ezek.  44.  15. 
15  brethren, 

Gen.  31.  23. 
1G  a  multitude 

of  them. 


17  men  of  names. 


r  Esth.  1.  13. 


18  Or,  rangers 
of  battle,  or, 
ranged  in 
battle. 

19  Or,  set  the 
battle  in  array, 

20  without  a 
heart  and  a 
heart. 


21  Or,  keeping 
their  rank. 


22  Or,  victual  of 
meal. 


a  2  Sam.  5.  1. 
ch.  12.  14. 
Prov.  15.  22. 

1  let  us  break 
forth  and  send. 

b  ch.  10.  7. 
Isa.  37.  4. 

2  in  the  cities  of 
their  suburbs. 

3  bring  about. 
c  1  Sam.  7.  1. 

1  Sam.  14.  18. 
d  2  Satn.  6.  1. 
e  Josh.  13.  3. 
f\  Sam.  6.21. 
g  Josh.  15.  9,  60. 
h  Ex.  25.  22. 

1  Sam.  4.  4. 

4  made  the  ark 
to  ride. 

£  Num.  4.  15. 
j  2  Sam.  6.  5. 

5  songs. 

k  2  Sam.  6.  6. 

6  shook  it. 

I  Num.  4.  15. 

ch.  15.  13,  15. 
m  Lev.  10.  2. 

7  That  is,  The 
breach  of 
Uzza. 

8  removed. 
«2Sam.  6.  11. 
o  Gen.  30.  27. 

ch.  26.  5. 
Ps.  37.  22. 
Prov.  3.  9,  10. 
Mai.  3.  10. 


a  2  Sam.  5.  11. 
lyet, 

Deut.  17. 

14, 17. 
6  2  Sam.  5.  14. 

ch.  3.  5. 

2  Or,  Eliada, 

2  Sam.  5.  16. 
c  2  Sam.  5.  17. 
ch.  11.  3. 
Ps.  2.  1-5. 

3  Or,  giants, 
ch.  11.  15. 


4  And  all  the  congregation  said  that  they  would 
do  so  :  for  the  thing  was  right  in  the  eyes  of  all 
the  people. 

5  So  d Da'vid  gathered  all  Ig'ra-el  together,  from 
eShi'h6r  of  E'gypt  even  unto  the  entering  of  He'- 
math,  to  bring  the  ark  of  God  /from  KTr'jath-je'a- 
rim. 

6  And  Da'vid  went  up,  and  all  Ig'ra-el,  to  Ba'al-ah, 
9 that  is,  to  Kir'jath-je'a-rim,  which  belonged  to 
Ju'dah,  to  bring  up  thence  the  ark  of  God  the  Lord, 
Hhat  dwelleth  between  the  cherubims,  whose  name 
is  called  on  it 

7  And  they4  carried  the  ark  of  God  Mn  a  new  cart 
out  of  the  house  of  A-bm'a-dab:  and  Uz'za  and 
A-hI'6  drave  the  cart. 

8  And  Da'vid  and  all  Ig'ra-el  Splayed  before  God 
with  all  their  might,  and  with  5  singing,  and  with 
harps,  and  with  psalteries,  and  with  timbrels,  and 
with  cymbals,  and  with  trumpets. 

9  H  And  when  they  came  unto  the  threshingfloor 
of  feChi'don,  Uz'za  put  forth  his  hand  to  hold  the 
ark  ;  for  the  oxen  6  stumbled. 

10  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against 
Uz'za,  and  he  smote  him,  'because  he  put  his  hand 
to  the  ark  :  and  there  he  m  died  before  God. 

11  And  Da'vid  was  displeased,  because  the  Lord 
had  made  a  breach  upon  Uz'za :  wherefore  that 
place  is  called  7Pe'rez-uz'za  to  this  day. 

12  And  Da'vid  was  afraid  of  God  that  day,  saying, 
How  shall  I  bring  the  ark  of  God  home  to  me? 

13  So  Da'vid  8brought  not  the  ark  home  to  himself 
to  the  city  of  Da'vid,  but  carried  it  aside  into  the 
house  of  O'bed-e'dom  the  Git'tite. 

14"  And  the  ark  of  God  remained  with  the  family 
of  O'bed-e'dom  in  his  house  three  months.  And 
the  Lord  blessed  "the  house  of  O'bed-e'dom,  and  all 
that  he  had. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Hiram  assists  David.    3  David's  wives  and  children.    8  His  victories  in  war. 

"VTOW  "Hi'ram  king  of  Tyre  sent  messengers  to 
-*-^  Da'vid,  and  timber  of  cedars,  with  masons  and 
carpenters,  to  build  him  an  house. 

2  And  Da'vid  perceived  that  the  Lord  had  con- 
firmed him  king  over  Ig'ra-el,  for  his  kingdom  was 
lifted  up  on  high,  because  of  his  people  Ig'ra-el. 

3  H  And  Da'vid  took  ^ore  wives  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 
and  Da'vid  begat  more  sons  and  daughters. 

4  Now  b  these  are  the  names  of  his  children  which 
he  had  in  Je-ru'sa-lem;  Sham-mu'a,  and  Sho'bab, 
Na'than,  and  Sol'o-mon, 

5.And  Ib'har,  and  El-i-shu'a,  and  El'pa-let, 

6  And  No'gah,  and  Ne'pheg,  and  Ja-phi'a,^ 

7  And  E-lish'a-ma,  and  2Be-el-I'a-da,  and  E-liph'a- 
let. 

8  H  And  when  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  heard  that  c Da'vid 
was  anointed  king  over  all  Ig'ra-el,  all  the  Phi-lis'- 
tmeg  went  up  to  seek  Da'vid.  And  Da'vid  heard 
of  it,  and  went  out  against  them. 

9  And  the  Phi-lis'tineg  came  and  spread  themselves 
in  the  valley  of  3Reph'a-im. 

10  And  Da'vid  enquired  of  God,  saying,  Shall  I  go 
up  against  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ?     And  wilt  thou  deliver 


The  ark  again  moved. 


1  CHRONICLES,  15. 


The  joyful  procession. 


them  into  mine  hand  ?     And  the  Lord  said  unto  him, 
Go  up  ;  for  I  will  deliver  them  into  thine  hand. 

11  So  they  came  up  to  Ba'al-per'a-zim  ;  and  Da'vid 
smote  them  there.  Then  Da'vid  said,  God  hath 
broken  in  upon  mine  enemies  by  mine  hand  like  the 
breaking  forth  of  waters  :  therefore  they  called  the 
name  of  that  place  4  Ba'al-per'a-zim. 

12  And  when  they  had  left  their  gods  there,  Da'- 
vid gave  a  commandment,  and  they  were  burned 
with  fire. 

13  dAnd  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  yet  again  spread  them- 
selves abroad  in  the  valley. 

14  Therefore  Da'vid  enquired  again  of  God ;  and 
God  said  unto  him,  Go  not  up  after  them  ;  turn 
away  from  them,  "and  come  upon  them  over  against 
the  mulberry  trees. 

15  And  it  shall  be,  when  thou  shalt  hear  a  sound 
of  going  in  the  tops  of  the  mulberry  trees,  that  then 
thou  shalt  go  out  to  battle  :  for  God  is  gone  forth 
before  thee  to  smite  the  host  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg. 

16  Da'vid  therefore  did  as  God  commanded  him  : 
and  they  smote  the  host  of  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  from 
•^Gib'e-on  even  to  Ga'zer. 

17  And  "the  fame  of  Da'vid  went  out  into  all 
lands ;  and  the  Lord  h  brought  the  fear  of  him  upon 
all  nations. 

GHAPTER  15. 

1  The  ark  again  moved.     15  The  Levites  in  charge.    25  The  joyful  procession. 

AND  Da'vid  made  him  houses  in  the  city  of  Da'vid, 
-  and  prepared  aa  place  for  the  ark  of  God,  and 
pitched  for  it  a  tent. 

2  Then  Da'vid  said,  *None  ought  to  carry  the  6ark 
of  God  but  the  Le'vltes  :  for  them  hath  the  Lord 
chosen  to  carry  the  ark  of  God,  and  to  minister  unto 
him  for  ever. 

3  And  Da'vid  c  gathered  all  Ig'ra-el  together  to 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  to  bring  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord  unto 
his  place,  which  he  had  prepared  for  it. 

4  And  Da'vid  assembled  the  children  of  Aar'on, 
and  the  Le'vltes : 

5  Of  the  sons  of  ^Ko'hath;  U'ri-el  the  chief,  and 
his  2  brethren  an  hundred  and  twenty : 

6  Of  the  sons  of  Mg-ra'rl ;  A-sa-I'ah  the  chief,  and 
his  brethren  two  hundred  and  twenty  : 

7  Of  the  sons  of  Ger'shom ;  Jo'el  the  chief,  and 
his  brethren  an  hundred  and  thirty  : 

8  Of  the  sons  of  eE-liz'a-phan  ;  Shem-a-I'ah  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  two  hundred  : 

9  Of  the  sons  of  -^He'bron  ;  E-li'el  the  chief,  and 
his  brethren  fourscore  :_ 

10  Of  the  sons  of  Uz'zi-el  ;  Am-mln'a-dab  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  an  hundred  and  twelve. 

11  And  Da'vid  called  for  Za'dok  and_  A-bi'a-thar 
the  priests,  and  for  the  Le'vltes,  for  U'ri-el,  A-sa- 
I'ah,  and  Jo'el,  Shem-a-I'ah,  and  E-H'el,  and  Am- 
mln'a-dab, 

12  And  said  unto  them,  Ye  are  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  the  Le'vltes  :  9  sanctify  yourselves,  both 
ye  and  your  brethren,  that  ye  may  bring  up  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  unto  the  place  that 
I  have  prepared  for  it. 

13  For  h  because  ye  did  it  not  at  the  first,  ^he 


B.  C.  1042. 


4  That  ie, 
A  place  of 
breaches, 
Isa.  28.  21. 


d  2  Sam.  5.  22. 


e  2  Sam.  5.  23. 


/2Sam.  5.  25, 

Geba. 
g  2  Chr.  2G.  8. 

h  Deut.  2.  25. 


a  ch.  16.  1. 
Ps.  132.  2-5. 
Acts  7.  46. 

1  It  is  not  to 
carry  the 
ark  of  God, 
but  for  the 
Levites. 

6  Num.  4.  2,  15. 
Deut.  10.  8. 

c  1  Ki.  8.  1. 
ch.  13.  5. 

d  Ex.  6.  16, 18. 

2  Or,  kinsmen. 
e  Ex.  6.  22. 
/Num.26.  58. 
g  Ex.  19.  10,  22. 

Lev.  10.  3. 

1  Sam.  7.  1. 

2  Chr.  5.  11. 
Ezek.  48.  11. 
John  17.  17. 
Rom.  12.  1,  2. 

h  2  Sam.  6.  3. 

ch.  13.  7. 
ich.  13.  10,  11. 
j  Ex.  25.  14. 

Num.  4.  15. 
k  ch.  6.  31. 

ch.  13.  8. 

Ps.  33.  2. 

Ps.  149.  3. 
I  ch.  6.  33. 
m  ch.  6.  39. 
n  ch.  6.  44. 

3  Jaaziel, 
verse  18. 

4  That  is, 
virginal,  or, 
treble. 

5  Or,  on  the 
eighth  to 
oversee, 
Ps.  G,  title. 

6  Or,  was  for 
the  carriage : 
he  instructed 
about  the 
carriage. 

7  lifting  up. 

o  Num.  10.  S. 

Ps.  81.  3. 
p  2  Sam.  G. 

12,  13. 
q  Deut.  12.  7,  18. 
rNum.  23.  1. 

Job  42.  8. 

8  Or,  carriage. 
sch.  13.  8. 

t  2  Sam.  6.  16. 
u  Acts  2.  13. 


Lord  our  God  made  a  breach  upon  us,  for  that  we 
sought  him  not  after  the  due  order. 

14  So  the  priests  and  the  Le'vltes  sanctified  them- 
selves to  bring  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

15  And  the  children  of  the  Le'vltes  bare  the  ark 
of  God  upon  their  shoulders  with  the  staves  thereon, 
as  ^Mo'geg  commanded  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord. 

16  And  Da'vid  spake  to  the  chief  of  the  Le'vltes 
to  appoint  their  brethren  to  be  the  singers  with 
k  instruments  of  musick,  psalteries  and  harps  and 
cymbals,  sounding,  by  lifting  up  the  voice  with  joy. 

17  So  the  Le'vltes  appointed  l  He'man  the  son  of 
Jo'el ;  and  of  his  brethren,  mA'saph  the  son  of  Ber- 
e-chl'ah ;  and  of  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl  their  brethren, 
"E'than  the  son  of  Kiish-a'iah; 

18  And  with  them  their  brethren  of  the  second 
degree,  Zech-a-rl'ah,  Ben,  and  Ja-a'zi-eL  and  She- 
mir'a-moth,  and  Je-hl'el,  and  Un'nl,  E-lI'ab,  and 
Be-na'iah,  and  Ma-a-se'iah,  and  Mat-ti-thl'ah,  and 
E-liph'e-leh,  and  Mik-ne'jah,  and  O'bed-e'dom,  and 
Je-I'el,  the  porters. 

19  So  the  singers,  He'man,  A'saph,  and  E'than, 
were  appointed  to  sound  with_  cymbals  of  brass  ; 

20  And  Zech-a-rl'ah,  and  3A'zi-el,jand  She-mir'a- 
moth,  and  Je-hl'el,  and  Un'nl,  and  E-lI'ab,  and  Ma- 
a-se'iah,  and  Bg-na'iah,  with  psalteries  on 4  Al'a-moth ; 

21  And  Mat-ti-thl'ah,  and  E-liph'e-leh,  and  Mik- 
ne'iah,  and  O'bed-e'dom,  and  Je-I'el,  and  Az-a-zl'ah, 
with  harps    on  the  Shem'i-mth  to  excel. 

22  And  Chen-a-nl'ah,  chief  of  the  Le'vltes,  ewas 
for  '  song :  he  instructed  about  the  song,  because  he 
was  skilful. 

23  And  Ber-e-chl'ah  and  El'ka-nah  were  door- 
keepers for  the  ark. 

24  And  Sheb^a-ni'ah,  and  Je-hosh'a-phat,  and  N£- 
than'e-el,  and  A-mas'a-I,  and  Zech-a-rl'ah,  and  Be- 
na'iah,  and  E-li-e'zer,  the  priests,  °  did  blow  with  the 
trumpets  before  the  ark  of  God  :  and  O'bed-e'dom 
and  Je-hl'ah  were  doorkeepers  for  the  ark. 

25  1  So  v Da'vid,  and  the  elders  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  the 
captains  over  thousands,  went  to  bring  up  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  out  of  the  house  of 
O'bed-e'dom  with  ^joy. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God  helped  the  Le'- 
vltes that  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
that  they  '"offered  seven  bullocks  and  seven  rams. 

27  And  Da'vid  was  clothed  with  a  robe  of  fine 
linen,  and  all  the  Le'vltes  that  bare  the  ark,  and 
the  singers,  and  Chen-a-nl'ah  the  master  of  the 
8  song  with  the  singers  :  Da'vid  also  had  upon  him 
an  ephod  of  linen. 

28  sThus  all  Ig'ra-el  brought  up  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  with  shouting,  and  with 
sound  of  the  cornet,  and  with  trumpets,  and  with 
cymbals,  making  a  noise  with  psalteries  and  harps. 

29  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  fas  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  came  to  the  city  of  Da'vid,  that 
Ml'chal  the  daughter  of  Saul  looking  out  at  a  win- 
dow saw  king  Da'vid  dancing  and  playing  :  and  she 
u  despised  him  in  her  heart. 

329 


Psalm  of  thanksgiving. 


1  CHRONICLES,  16,  17. 


Attendants  appointed. 


CHAPTER  16. 

1  The  festival  offerings.    4  A  choir  ordered.    7  A  psalm  of  thanksgiving.    37  Attendants 

on  the  ark  appointed. 

SO  "they  brought  the  ark  of  God,  and  set  it  in 
the  midst  of  the  tent  that  Da'vid  had  pitched 
for  it :  and  they  offered  burnt  sacrifices  and  peace 
offerings  before  God. 

2  And  when  Da'vid  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
the  burnt  offerings  and  the  peace  offerings,  he 
blessed  the  people  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  he  dealt  to  every  one  of  Ig'ra-el,  both  man 
and  woman,  to  every  one  a  loaf  of  bread,  and  a 
good  piece  of  flesh,  and  a  flagon  of  wine. 

4  If  And  he  appointed  certain  of  the  Le'vites  to 
minister  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  to  6  re- 
cord, and  to  thank  and  praise  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el : 

5  A'saph  the  chief,  and  next  to  him  Zech-a-ri'ah, 
Jg-I'el,  and  ShS-mir'a-moth,  and  Je-hi'el,  and  Mat- 
tt-thl'ah,  and  E-lI'ab,  and  Bs-na'iah,  and  O'bed- 
e'dom:  and  Je-I'el  xwith  psalteries  and  with  harps; 
but  A'saph  made  a  sound  with  cymbals  ; 

6  Be-na'iah  also  and  Ja-ha'zi-el  the  priests  with 
trumpets  continually  before  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  God. 

7  1  Then  on  that  day  Da'vid  delivered  c  first  this 
psalm  to  thank  the  Lord  into  the  hand  of  A'saph 
and  his  brethren. 

8  dGive  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  call  upon  his  name, 
make  known  his  deeds  among  the  people. 

9  e  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  unto  him,  talk  ye 
of  all  his  wondrous  works. 

10  f Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name:  let  the  heart  of 
them  rejoice  that  seek  the  Lord. 

11  ffSeek  the  Lord  and  his  strength,  seek  his  face 
continually. 

12  Remember  his  /( marvellous  works  that  he  hath 
done,  his  wonders,  and  the  judgments  of  his  mouth ; 

13  0  ye  seed  of  I§'ra-el  his  servant,  ye  children  of 
Ja'cob,  his  chosen  ones. 

14  He  is  the  Lord  our  God  ;  his  judgments  are  in 
all  the  earth. 

15  Be  ye  mindful  always  of  his  covenant ;  the 
word  which  he  commanded  to  a  thousand  genera- 
tions ; 

16  Even  of  the  Covenant  which  he  made  with 
A 'bra-ham,  and  of  his  oath  unto  I'saac  ; 

17  And  hath  confirmed  the  same  to  Ja'cob  for  a 
law,  and  to  I§'ra-el  for  an  everlasting  covenant, 

18  Saying,  Unto  thee  will  I  give  the  land  of  Ca'- 
naan,  2the  lot  of  your  inheritance  ; 

19  When  ye  were  but  3few,  jeven  a  few,  and 
strangers  in  it. 

20  And  when  they  went  from  nation  to  nation, 
and  from  one  kingdom  to  another  people  ; 

21  He  suffered  no  man  to  do  them  wrong :  yea, 
he  k  reproved  kings  for  their  sakes, 

22  Saying,  'Touch  not  mine  anointed,  and  do  my 
prophets  no  harm. 

23  m  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth  ;  shew  forth 
from  day  to  day  his  salvation. 

24  n  Declare  his  glory  among  the  heathen ;  his 
marvellous  works  among  all  nations. 

330 


B.  C.  1042. 


a  2  Sam.  6. 
17-19. 


b  Ps.  38, 
Ps.  70,  title. 


1  with  instru- 
ments of  psal- 
teries and 
harps. 


c  2  Sam.  23.  1. 


d  Ps.  105.  1. 
e  Ps.  95.  1,  2. 
/  Ps.  34.  3. 

Isa.  45.  25. 
g  Amos  5.  C,  14. 
h  Ps.  103.  2. 

Ps.  111.  2. 
i  Gen.  15.  18. 

Gen.  20.  3. 

Gen.  28.  13. 

Neh.  9.  8. 

Heb.  6.  13-18. 

2  the  cord. 

3  men  of  number. 
j  Gen.  34.  30. 

Heb.  11.  13. 
k  Gen.  12.  17. 

Ex.  7.  15-18. 
I  Ps.  105.  15. 

1  John  2.  27. 
m  Ps.  47.  1. 

Ps.  9fi.  1. 
n  Isa.  12.  4. 

0  Ps.  24.  8. 

Isa.  40.  25,  20. 
p  "Lev.  19.  4. 
Ps.  115.  4-8. 
Isa.  45.  20. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 
q  Ps.  8.  1. 

r  Isa.  35.  10. 

Luke  2.  13. 

Rev.  14.  2. 
sPs.  96.  11. 

1  Ps.  106.  1. 

Ps.  107.  1. 

Ps.  118.1. 
u  Ps.  106.  47,  4S. 
v  Ps.  72.  18,  19. 
w  Deut.  27.  15. 

Neli.  8.  6. 
x  ch.  21.  29. 

2  Chr.  1.  3. 
y  1  Ki.  3.  4. 

4  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  in 
the  evening. 

z  2  Chr.  5.  13. 
2  Chr.  7.  3. 
Ezra  S.  11. 
Neh.  9.  17. 
Ps.  25.  10. 
Ps.  33.  5. 
Ps.  86.  5,  15. 
Ps.  100.  5. 
Ps.  103.  17. 
Ps.  107.  1. 
Ps.  118.  1. 
Joel  2.  13. 
Luke  6.  36. 
Jas.  5.  11. 

5  for  the  gate. 

a  2  Sam.  6. 19,  20. 
b  Gen.  18.  19. 


a  2  Sam.  7.  1. 
6  ch.  14.  1. 

Hag.  1.  4. 

Acts  7.  46. 


25  °For  great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be 
praised  :  he  also  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods. 

26  For  all  the  gods  pof  the  people  are  idols  :  but 
the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

27  ''Glory  and  honour  are  in  his  presence ;  strength 
and  gladness  are  in  his  place. 

28  Give  unto  the  Lord,  ye  kindreds  of  the  people, 
give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength. 

29  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due  unto  his 
name  :  bring  an  offering,  and  come  before  him : 
worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 

30  Fear  before  him,  all  the  earth  :  the  world  also 
shall  be  stable,  that  it  be  not  moved. 

31  Let  the  r heavens  be  glad,  and  let  the  earth 
rejoice  :  and  let  men  say  among  the  nations,  The 
Lord  reigneth. 

32  Let  sthe  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness  thereof  :  let 
the  fields  rejoice,  and  all  that  is  therein. 

33  Then  shall  the  trees  of  the  wood  sing  out  at 
the  presence  of  the  Lord,  because  he  cometh  to 
judge  the  earth. 

34  '  O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  is  good ; 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

35  "And  say  ye,  Save  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation, 
and  gather  us  together,  and  deliver  us  from  the 
heathen,  that  we  may  give  thanks  to  thy  holy 
name,  and  glory  in  thy  praise. 

36  !'  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  for  ever 
and  ever.  And  all  ™the  people  said,  Amen,  and 
praised  the  Lord. 

37  II  So  he  left  there  before  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  A'saph  and  his  brethren,  to  min- 
ister before  the  ark  continually,  as  every  day's  work 
required  :_ 

38  And  O'bed-e'dom  with  their  brethren,  three- 
score and  eight ;  O'bed-e'dom  also  the  son  of  Jed'- 
u-thun and  Ho'sah  to  be  porters : 

39  And  Za'dok  the  priest,  and  his  brethren  the 
priests,  x  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  ^in  the 
high  place  that  was  at  Gib'e-on, 

40  To  offer  burnt  offerings  unto  the  LORD  upon  the 
altar  of  the  burnt  offering  continually 4  morning  and 
evening,  and  to  do  according  to  all  that  is  written  in 
the  law  of  the  Lord,  which  he  commanded  Ig'ra-el ; 

41  And  with  them  He 'man  and  Jed'u-thun,  and 
the  rest  that  were  chosen,  who  were  expressed  by 
name,  to  give  thanks  to  the  Lord,  2  because  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever  ; 

42  And  with  them  He 'man  and  jed'u-thun  with 
trumpets  and  cymbals  for  those  that  should  make  a 
sound,  and  with  musical  instruments  of  God.  And 
the  sons  of  Jed'u-thun  were  5porters. 

43  aAnd  all  the  people  departed  every  man  to  his 
house  :  and  Da'vid  returned  to  b bless  his  house. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Nathan  approves  the  purpose  of  David.     3  David  forbidden  to  build   God's  house. 
11  God's  promise  to  David. 

"VTOW  ait  came  to  pass,  as  Da'vid  sat  in  his  house, 
-^  that  Da'vid  said  to  Na'than  the  prophet,  Lo,  I 
b  dwell  in  an  house  of  cedars,  but  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  remaineth  under  curtains. 


David's  prayer. 


1  CHRONICLES,  18. 


The  Syrians  are  smitten. 


2  Then  Na'than  said  unto  Da'vid,  Do  all  that  is  in 
thine  heart ;  for  God  is  with  thee. 

3  If  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  night,  that  the 
word  of  God  came  to  Na'than,  saying, 

4  Go  and  tell  Da'vid  my  servant,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Thou  shalt  not  build  me  an  house  to  dwell  in  : 

5  For  I  have  not  dwelt  in  an  house  since  the  day 
that  I  brought  up  Ig'ra-el  unto  this  day  ;  but  xhave 
gone  from  ctent  to  tent,  and  from  one  tabernacle 
to  another. 

6  Wheresoever  I  have  walked  with  all  Ig'ra-el, 
spake  I  a  word  to  any  of  the  judges  of  Ig'ra-el, 
whom  I  commanded  to  feed  my  people,  saying, 
Why  have  ye  not  built  me  an  house  of  cedars  ? 

7  Now  therefore  thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  my  ser- 
vant Da'vid,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  took 
thee  from  the  sheepcote,  even  2from  following  the 
sheep,  that  thou  shouldest  be  ruler  over  my  people 
Ig'ra-el  : 

8  And  I  have  been  with  thee  whithersoever  thou 
hast  walked,  and  have  cut  off  all  thine  enemies 
from  before  thee,  and  have  made  thee  a  name  like 
the  name  of  the  great  men  that  are  in  the  earth. 

9  Also  I  d  will  ordain  a  place  for  my  people  Ig'ra-el, 
and  will  plant  them,  and  they  shall  dwell  in  their 
place,  and  shall  be  moved  no  more ;  neither  shall 
the  children  of  wickedness  waste  them  "any  more, 
as  at  the  beginning, 

10  And  since  the  time  that  I  commanded  judges 
to  be  over  my  people  Ig'ra-el.  Moreover  I  will 
subdue  all  thine  enemies.  Furthermore  I  tell  thee 
that  the  Lord  will  build  thee  an  house. 

11  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  thy  days  be 
expired  that  thou  must  go  to  be  with  thy  fathers, 
that  I  will  raise  up  thy  seed  after  thee,  which  shall 
be  of  thy  sons  ;  and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom. 

12  He  shall  build  me  an  house,  and  I  will  stablish 
his  throne  for  ever. 

13  fl  will  be  his  father,  and  he  shall  be  my  son  : 
and  I  will  not  take  my  mercy  away  from  him,  as  I 
took  it  from  him  that  was  before  thee  : 

14  But B I  will  settle  him  in  mine  house  and  in  my 
kingdom  for  ever  :  and  his  throne  shall  be  estab- 
lished for  evermore. 

15  According  to  all  these  words,  and  according  to 
all  this  vision,  so  did  Na'than  speak  unto  Da'vid. 

16  If  AAnd  Da'vid  the  king  came  and  sat  before 
the  Lord,  and  said,  ^Who  am  I,  0  Lord  God,  and 
what  is  mine  house,  that  thou  hast  brought  me 
hitherto  ? 

17  And  yet  this  was  a  small  thing  in  thine  eyes, 
0  God  ;  for  thou  hast  also  spoken  of  thy  servant's 
house  for  a  great  while  to  come,  and  hast  regarded 
me  according  to  the  estate  of  a  man  of  high  degree, 
0  Lord  God. 

18  What  can  Da'vid  speak  more  to  thee  for  the 
honour  of  thy  servant  ?  for  •'thou  knowest  thy 
servant. 

19  0  Lord,  for  thy  servant's  sake,  and  according 
fcto  thine  own  heart,  hast  thou  done  all  this  great- 
ness, in  making  known  all  these  3  great  things. 

20  0  Lord,  there  is  'none  like  thee,  neither  is 


B.  C.  1042. 


1  have  been. 


■  Ex.  40.  2. 
2  Sam.  6.  17. 


2  from  after. 


d  Jer.  31.  12. 


e2Chr.  15.  2. 
Isa.  4!).  17. 


/2  Sam.  7. 

14,  15. 

oh.  22.  10. 

Heb.  1.5. 
</  Ps.  2.  6. 

Ps.  89.  36. 

Isa.  9.  7. 

Ezek.  37.  25. 

Dan.  2.  44. 

Mic.  4.  1. 

Matt.  21.  1-11. 

Luke  1.  33. 

Heb.  1.  8. 
h  2  Sam.  7.  18. 
i  Gen.  32.  10. 

Ps.  144.  3. 
JPs.  139.  1. 

John  21.  17. 
/.•Matt.  11.  2G. 

Eph.  1.  11. 

3  greatnesses. 
I  Ex.  15.  11. 

Deut.  3.  24. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

2  Sam.  7.  22. 
Ps.  86.  8. 

in  2  Chr.  6.  33. 
Ps.  21.  13. 
Matt.  6.  9,  13. 
John  12.  28. 

4  hast  revealed 
the  ear  of  thy 
servant. 

n  Ex.  34.  6. 
Tit.  1.  2. 
Heb.  6.  18. 

5  Or,  it  hath 
pleased  thee. 

o  Ps.  72.  17. 
Rom.  11.  29. 


a  2  Sam.  8.  1. 
//  Num.  24.  17. 

1  Or,  Hadadezer, 
2  Sam.  8.  3. 

oGeu.  15.  18. 

Ps.  60,  title. 
d  2  Sam.  8.  4, 

seven  hundred. 

2  Darmesek. 
e  ch.  17.  8. 

Ps.  91.  14. 
Prov.  21.  31. 

3  Called  in  the 
book  of  Sam- 
uel, Betah,  and 
Berothai. 

/  2  Cbr.  4.  12, 

15,  16. 
g  2  Sam.  8.  9, 

Toi. 
h  2  Sam.  8.  10, 

Joram. 

4  Or,  to  salute. 


there  any  God  beside  thee,  according  to  all  that  we 
have  heard  with  our  ears. 

21  And  what  one  nation  in  the  earth  is  like  thy 
people  Ig'ra-el,  whom  God  went  to  redeem  to  be  his 
own  people,  to  make  thee  a  name  of  greatness  and 
terribleness,  by  driving  out  nations  from  before  thy 
people,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed  out  of  E'gypt  ? 

22  For  thy  people  Ig'ra-el  didst  thou  make  thine 
own  people  for  ever ;  and  thou,  Lord,  becamest  their 
God. 

23  Therefore  now,  Lord,  let  the  thing  that  thou 
hast  spoken  concerning  thy  servant  and  concerning 
his  house  be  established  for  ever,  and  do  as  thou 
hast  said. 

24  Let  it  even  be  established,  that  m  thy  name  may 
be  magnified  for  ever,  saying,  The  Lord  of  hosts  is 
the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  even  a  God  to  Ig'ra-el :  and  let 
the  house  of  Da'vid  thy  servant  be  established  be- 
fore thee. 

25  For  thou,  O  my  God,  4hast  told  thy  servant 
that  thou  wilt  build  him  an  house  :  therefore  thy 
servant  hath  found  in  his  heart  to  pray  before  thee. 

26  And  now,  Lord,  thou  art  God,  and  hast  "pro- 
mised this  goodness  unto  thy  servant  : 

27  Now  therefore  5let  it  please  thee  to  bless  the 
house  of  thy  servant,  that  it  may  be  before  thee 
for  ever  :  for  °thou  blessest,  O  Lord,  and  it  shall 
be  blessed  for  ever. 


CHAPTER  18. 


1  Philistines  antl  Moabites  defeated. 


3  Syrians  smitten, 
lid's  officers. 


13  Edom  garrisoned.     14  Da- 


NOW  after  this  ait  came  to  pass,  that  Da'vid 
smote  the  Phi-lis'tineg,  and  subdued  them,  and 
took  Gath  and  her  towns  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Phi-lis'tineg. 

2  And  he  b smote  Mo'ab ;  and  the  Mo'ab-Ites  be- 
came Da'vid's  servants,  and  brought  gifts. 

3  If  And  Da'vid  smote  *  Had-ar-e'zer  king  of  Zo'- 
bah  unto  Ha'math,  as  he  c  went  to  stablish  his  do- 
minion by  the  river  Eu-phra'teg. 

4  And  Da'vid  took  from  him  a  thousand  chariots, 
and  d  seven  thousand  horsemen,  and  twenty  thou- 
sand footmen  :  Da'vid  also  houghed  all  the  chariot 
horses,  but  reserved  of  them  an  hundred  chariots. 

5  And  when  the  Syr'i-ang  of  2Da-mas'cus  came  to 
help  Had-ar-e'zer  king  of  Zo'bah,  Da'vid  slew  of 
the  Syr'i-ang  two  and  twenty  thousand  men. 

6  Then  Da'vid  put  garrisons  in  Syr'i-a-da-mas'cus ; 
and  the  Syr'i-ang  became  Da'vid's  servants,  and 
brought  gifts.  Thus  the  Lord  preserved  Da'vid 
whithersoever  he  went. 

7  And  Da'vid  took  the  shields  of  gold  that  were 
on  the  servants  of  Had-ar-e'zer,  and  brought  them 
to  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

8  Likewise  from  3Tib'hath,  and  from  Chun,  cities 
of  Had-ar-e'zer,  brought  Da'vid  very  much  brass, 
wherewith  -^SSl'o-mon  made  the  brasen  sea,  and  the 
pillars,  and  the  vessels  of  brass. 

9  If  Now  when  sTo'u  king  of  Ha'math  heard  how 
Da'vid  had  smitten  all  the  host  of  Had-ar-e'zer  king 
of  Zo'bah.; 

10  He  sent  ,!Ha-do'ram  his  son  to  king  Da'vid,  4to 

331 


David's  messengers  insulted. 


1  CHRONICLES,  19,  20. 


The  defeat  of  Amnion. 


enquire  of  his  welfare,  and  5to  congratulate  him,  be- 
cause he  had  fought  against  Had-ar-e'zer,  and  smit- 
ten him  ;  (for  Had-ar-e'zer6  had  war  with  To'u  ;)  and 
with  him  all  manner  of  vessels  of  gold  and  silver 
and  brass. 

11  H  Them  also  king  Da'vid  dedicated  unto  the 
Lord,  with  the  silver  and  the  gold  that  he  brought 
from  all  these  nations  ;  from  E'dom,  and  from  Mo'ab, 
and  from  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  from  the 
Phl-lis'tmeg,  and_from  Am'a-lek. 

12  Moreover  7A-bIsh'a-I  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  slew 
of  the  E'dom-Ites  in  the  valley  of  salt  "eighteen 
thousand. 

_13  If j  And  he  put  garrisons  in  E'dom  ;  and  all  the 
E'dom-Ites  became  Da'vid's  servants.  Thus  the 
Lord  preserved  Da'vid  whithersoeyer  he  went. 

14  Tf  So  Da'vid  reigned  over  all  I§'ra-el,  and  exe- 
cuted judgment  and  justice  among  all  his  people. 

15  And  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-fah  was  over  the  host ; 
and  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  son  of  A-hl'lud,  8  recorder. 

16  And  Za'dok  the  son  of  A-hl'tub,  and  9A-bim'e- 
lech  the  son  of  A-bl'a-thar,  were  the  priests;  and 
10Shav'sha  was  scribe  ; 

17  fcAnd  Be-na'jah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da  was  over 
the  Cher'eth-Ites  and  the  Pe-leth-Ites  ;  and  the  sons 
of  Da'vid  ivere  chief  "about  the  king. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  David's  messengers  insulted.    6  Defeat  of  Ammo n.    16  Shophach  is  slain. 

"1VT0W  ait  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  6Na'hash 
-^  the  king  of  the  children  of  Am'mon  died,  and 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2  And  Da'vid  said,  I  will  shew  kindness  unto  Ha'- 
nun the  son  of  Na'hash,  because  his  father  shewed 
kindness  to  me.  And  Da'vid  sent  messengers  to 
comfort  him  concerning  his  father.  So  the  ser- 
vants of  Da'vid  came  into  the  land  of  the  children 
of  Am'mon  to  Ha 'nun,  to  comfort  him. 

3  But  the  princes  of  the  children  of  Am'mon  said 
to  Ha'nun,  ^hinkest  thou  that  Da'vid  doth  honour 
thy  father,  that  he  hath  sent  comforters  unto  thee? 
are  not  his  servants  come  unto  thee  for  to  search, 
and  to  overthrow,  and  to  spy  out  the  land  ? 

4  Wherefore  Ha'nun  took  Da'vid's  servants,  and 
shaved  them,  and  cut  off  their  garments  in  the 
midst  hard  by  their  buttocks,  and  sent  them  away. 

5  Then  there  went  certain,  and  told  Da'vid  how 
the  men  were  served.  And  he  sent  to  meet  them  : 
for  the  men  were  greatly  ashamed.  And  the  king 
said,  Tarry  at c  Jer'i-cho  until  your  beards  be  grown, 
and  then  return. 

6  If  And  when  the  children  of  Am'mon  saw  that 
they  had  made  themselves 2  odious  to  Da'vid,  Ha'nun 
and  the  children  of  Am'mon  sent  a  thousand  tal- 
ents of  silver  to  hire  them  chariots  and  horsemen 
out  of  Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a,  and  out  of  Syr'i-a-ma'a- 
chah,  dand  out  of  Zo'bah. 

7  So  they  hired  thirty  and  two  thousand  chariots, 
and  the  king  of  Ma'a-chah  and  his  people  ;  who 
came  and  pitched  before  eMed'e-ba.  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Am'mon  gathered  themselves  together  from 
their  cities,  and  came  to  battle. 

332 


B.  C.  1037. 


5  to  bless. 

G  was  the  man 
of  wars. 


7  Abshai. 

i  2  Sam.  7.  13. 


j  Gen.  27.  29. 
Num.  24.  18. 
1  Sam.  10.  5. 


8  Or,  remem- 
brancer. 

9  Called 
Ahimelech, 
2  Sam.  8.  17. 

10  Called 
Seraiah, 

2  Sam.  8.  17, 
and  Shisha, 
1  Ki.  4.  3. 
k  2  Sam.  8.  18. 

11  at  the  hand 
of  the  king. 


a  2  Sam.  10.  1: 
b  1  Sam.  11.  1. 


1  In  thine  eyes 
doth  David, 
etc. 

c  Josh.  6.  24,  26. 

2  to  stink. 

d  1  Sam.  14.  47. 

2  Sam.  8.  3. 

1  Ki.  11.  23. 

ch.  18.  5,  9. 
e  Num.  21.  30. 

Isa.  15.  2. 
f'2  Sam.  11.1. 

3  the  face  of  the 
battle  was. 

4  Or.  young  men. 

5  Abshai. 
g  Ps.  20.  7. 

Ps.  34.  22. 
Ps.  40.  4. 
Ps.  55.  22. 
Prov.  28.  25. 
Prov.  29.  25. 
Isa.  30.  18. 
h  Lev.  26.  7,  8. 
Num.  14.  9. 
Dent.  28.  7. 

6  That  is, 
Euphrates. 

i  2  Sam.  10.  16, 

Shobach. 
j  Ps.  33.  16. 

Prov.  21.  31. 


al  Sam.  11.  1. 
2  Chr.  36.  10. 
Eccl.  3.  8. 

1  at  the  return 
of  the  year. 

b  2  Sam.  12.  26. 
c  2  Sam.  12. 
30,  31. 

2  the  weight  of. 


8  And  when  Da'vid  heard  of  it,  he  sent  Jo'ab,  and 
all  the  host  of  the  mighty  men. 

9  And  the  children  of  Am'mon  came  out,  and  put 
the  battle  in  array  before  the  gate  of  /the  city :  and 
the  kings  that  were  come  were  by  themselves  in  the 
field. 

10  Now  when  Jo'ab  saw  that  3the  battle  was  set 
against  him  before  and  behind,  he  chose  out  of  all 
the  4 choice  of  Is_'ra-el,  and  put  them  in  array  against 
the  Syr'i-ans_. 

11  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  delivered  unto 
the  hand  of  5A-bish'a-i  his  brother,  and  they  set 
themselves  in  array  against  the  children  of  Am'mon. 

12  And  he  said,  If  the  Syr'i-ang  be  too  strong  for 
me,  then  thou  shalt  help  me :  but  if  the  children 
of  Am'mon  be  too  strong  for  thee,  then  I  will  help 
thee. 

13  Be  of  good  courage,  and  let  us  behave  ourselves 
valiantly  for  our  people,  and  for  the  cities  of  our 
God:  ffand  let  the  Lord  do  that  which  is  good  in 
his  sight. 

14  So  Jo'ab  and  the  people  that  were  with  him 
drew  nigh  before  the  Syr'i-ang  unto  the  battle  ;  and 
they  /lfled  before  him. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Am'mon  saw  that  the 
Syr'i-ans_  were  fled,  they  likewise  fled  before  A-blsh'- 
a-i  his  brother,  and  entered  into  the  city.  Then 
Jo'ab  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

16  If  And  when  the  Syr'i-ang  saw  that  they  were 
put  to  the  worse  before  I§'ra-el,  they  sent  messen- 
gers, and  drew  forth  the  Syr'i-an§  that  were  beyond 
the  G  river  :  and  l  Sho'phach  the  captain  of  the  host 
of  Had-ar-e'zer  went  before  them. 

17  And  it  was  told  Da'vid ;  and  he  gathered  all 
I§'ra-el,  and  passed  over  Jor'dan,  and  came  upon 
them,  and  set  the  battle  in  array  against  them.  So 
when  Da'vid  had  put  the  battle  in  array  against  the 
Syr'i-an§,  they  fought  with  him. 

18  But  the  Syr'I-ang  •'fled  before  Ig'ra-el ;  and  Da'- 
vid slew  of  the  Syr'i-ang  seven  thousand  men  which 
fought  in  chariots,  and  forty  thousand  footmen,  and 
killed  Sho'phach  the  captain  of  the  host. 

19  And  when  the  servants  of  Had-ar-e'zer  saw  that 
they  were  put  to  the  worse  before  Ig'ra-el,  they 
made  peace  with  Da'vid,  and  became  his  servants  : 
neither  would  the  Syr'i-ang  help  the  children  of  Am'- 
mon any  more. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  Destruction  of  Eabbah.    4  The  Philistine  giants  slain. 

AND  ait  came  to  pass,  that  1  after  the  year  was 
-  expired,  at  the  time  that  kings  go  out  to  battle, 
Jo'ab  led  forth  the  power  of  the  army,  and  wasted 
the  country  of  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  came 
and  besieged  Rab'bah.  But  Da'vid  tarried  at  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem. And  6  Jo'ab  smote  Rab'bah,  and  destroyed 
it. 

2  And  Da'vid  ctook  the  crown  of  their  king  from 
off  his  head,  and  found  it2 to  weigh  a  talent  of  gold, 
and  there  were  precious  stones  in  it ;  and  it  was  set 
upon  Da'vid's  head :  and  he  brought  also  exceed- 
ing much  spoil  out  of  the  city. 

3  And  he  brought  out  the  people  that  were  in  it, 


L 


'srael  numbered. 


1  CHRONICLES,  21. 


The  pestilence  sent. 


and  3cut  them  with  saws,  and  with  harrows  of  iron, 
and  with  axes.  Even  so  dealt  Da'vid  with  all  the 
cities  of  the  children  of  Am'mon.  And  Da'vid 
and  all  the  people  returned  to  JeVru'sa-lem. 

4  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  there 4  arose 
war  at  5  Ge'zer  with  the  Phi-lis'tmeg  ;  at  which 
time  Sib'be-chai  theHu'shath-Ite  slew  6SIp'pai,  that 
was  of  the  children  of  7the  giant :  and  they  were 
subdued. 

5  And  there  was  war  again  with  the  Phi-lis'tmeg ; 
and El-ha'nan the  sonof  8  Ja'ir slew Lah'ml  the  bro- 
ther of  Go-ll'ath  the  Git'tlte,  whose  spear  staff  was 
like  a  weaver's  beam. 

1 6  And  yet  again  there  was  war  at  Gath,  where 
was  9a  man  of  great  stature,  whose  fingers  and  toes 
were  four  and  twenty,  six  on  each  hand,  and  six  on 
each  foot :  and  he  also  was  10the  son  of  the  giant. 

7  But  when  he  "defied  Ig'ra-el,  Jon'a-than  the  son 
of  12Shim'e-a  Da'vid's  brother  slew  him. 

8  These  were  born  unto  the  giant  in  Gath  ;  and 
they  fell  by  the  hand  of  Da'vid,  and  by  the  hand  of 
his  servants. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  The  numbering.    9  David's  choice  of  plagues.     14  Jerusalem  spared.     18  Slaying  of 

the  pestilence. 

AND  aSa'tan  stood  up  against  Is_'ra-el,  and  pro- 
-  voked  Da'vid  to  number  Ig'ra-el. 

2  And  Da'vid  said  to  Jo'ab  and  to  the  rulers  of  the 
people,  Go,  number  Is_'ra-el  from  Be'er-she'ba  even 
to  Dan  ;  h  and  bring  the  number  of  them  to  me,  that 
I  may  know  it. 

3  And  Jo'ab  answered,  The  Lord  make  his  people 
an  hundred  times  so  many  more  as  they  be :  but, 
my  lord  the  king,  are  they  not  all  my  lord's  ser- 
vants ?  why  then  doth  my  lord  require  this  thing  ? 
why  will  he  be  a  cause  of  trespass  to  Ig'ra-el  ? 

4  Nevertheless  cthe  king's  word  prevailed  against 
Jo'ab.  Wherefore  Jo'ab  departed,  and  went  through- 
out all  Is_'ra-el,  and  came  to  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

5  Tf  And  Jo'ab  gave  the  sum  of  the  number  of  the 
people  unto  Da'vid.  And  all  they  of  Ig'ra-el  were  a 
thousand  thousand  and  an  hundred  thousand  men 
that  drew  sword  :  and  Ju'dah  was  four  hundred 
threescore  and  ten  thousand  men  that  drew  sword. 

6  dBut  Le'vi  and  Ben'ja-min  counted  he  not  among 
them  :  for  the  king's  word  was  abominable  to  Jo'ab. 

7  l  And  God  was  displeased  with  this  thing  ;  there- 
fore he  smote  Ig'ra-el. 

8  And  Da'vid  said  unto  God,  eI  have  sinned  greatly, 
because  I  have  done  this  thing :  f  but  now,  I  beseech 
thee,  do  away  the  iniquity  of  thy  servant ;  for  I 
have  done  very  foolishly. 

9  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Gad,  Da'vid's  3seer, 
saying, 

10  Go  and  tell  Da'vid,  saying,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  1 2  offer  thee  three  things  :  choose  thee  one 
of  them,  that  I  may  do  it  unto  thee. 

11  So  Gad  came  to  Da'vid,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  3  Choose  thee 

12  ''Either  three  years'  famine  ;  or  three  months 
to  be  destroyed  before  thy  foes,  while  that  the 
sword  of  thine  enemies  overtaketh  thee;   or  else 


B.  C.  1017. 


3  Or,  made  them 
sawers  of 
stone,  diggers 
of  in  in,  and 
cutters  of 

Wood. 

4  stood,  or, 
continued. 

5  Or,  Gob. 

tj  Or,  Saph. 

7  Or,  Raplia, 
■1  Sam.  21.  18. 


Jaare-oregim, 
2  Sam.  21.  19. 


9  a  man  of 
measure. 


10  born  to  the 
giant,  or, 
Rapha. 

11  Or,  re- 
proached. 

12  Called 
Shammah, 

1  Sam.  1C.  9. 


a  2  Sam.  24 

Job  1.  6. 

Zech.  3.  1. 

Matt.  4.  3. 

Luke  22.  31 

John  13.  2. 

Acts  5.  3. 

Rev.  12.  9. 
b  ch.  27.  23. 


1. 


c  Prov.  29.  25. 
Eccl.  8.  4. 
Acts  4.  19. 


rfNum.  1.  47-49. 
ch.  27.  24. 

1  And  it  was 
evil  in  the 
eyes  of  the 
Lord  concern- 
ing this  thing. 

e  2  Sam.  12.  13. 

Ps.  25.  11. 

Prov.  28. 

13,  14. 

2  Cor.  7.  10. 
/2Sam.  12.  13. 

Ps.  51.  1-3. 

Hos.  14.  2. 
7  1  Sim.  9.  9. 

2  stretch  out. 

3  Take  to  thee. 
h  2  Sam.  24.  13. 

4  Or,  many, 
Neh.  9.  17. 
Ps.  100.  5. 
Lam.  3.  22. 

i  2  Sam.  24.  16. 

Jer.  26.  18. 

Matt.  23. 

37,  38. 
./Gen.  6.  G. 

5  Araunah, 

2  Sam.  24.  18. 
k  2  Chr.  3.  1. 

6  Or,  When 
Oman  turned 
back  and  saw 
the  angel,  then 
he  and  his  four 
sons  with  him 
hid  them- 
selves. 

7  Give. 

I  Num.  16.  48. 
m  2  Sam.  24.  24. 
n  Lev.  9.  24. 
2  Chr.  3.  1. 


three  days  the  sword  of  the  Lord,  even  the  pesti- 
lence, in  the  land,  and  the  angel  of  the  Lord  de- 
stroying throughout  all  the  coasts  of  Ig'ra-el. 
Now  therefore  advise  thyself  what  word  I  shall 
bring  again  to  him  that  sent  me. 

13  And  Da'vid  said  unto  Gad,  I  am  in  a  great 
strait  :  let  me  fall  now  into  the  hand  of  the  Lord  ; 
for  very  4  great  are  his  mercies  :  but  let  me  not  fall 
into  the  hand  of  man. 

14  II  So  the  Lord  sent  pestilence  upon  Ig'ra-el : 
and  there  fell  of  Ig'ra-el  seventy  thousand  men. 

15  And  God  sent  an  'angel  unto  Je-ru'sa-lem  to 
destroy  it  :  and  as  he  was  destroying,  the  Lord 
beheld,  and  ^he  repented  him  of  the  evil,  and  said 
to  the  angel  that  destroyed,  It  is  enough,  stay  now 
thine  hand.  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  by 
the  threshingfloor  of  5  Or'nan  the  Jeb'u-site. 

16  And  Da'vid  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  /csaw  the 
angel  of  the  Lord  stand  between  the  earth  and  the 
heaven,  having  a  drawn  sword  in  his  hand  stretched 
out  over  Jg-ru'sa-lem.  Then  Da'vid  and  the  elders. 
of  Is'ra-el,  who  were  clothed  in  sackcloth,  fell  upon 
their  faces. 

17  And  Da'vid  said  unto  God,  Is  it  not  I  that  com- 
manded the  people  to  be  numbered  ?  even  I  it  is 
that  have  sinned  and  done  evil  indeed  ;  but  as  for 
these  sheep,  what  have  they  done  ?  let  thine  hand, 
I  pray  thee,  O  Lord  my  God,  be  on  me,  and  on  my 
father's  house  ;  but  not  on  thy  people,  that  they 
should  be  plagued. 

18  If  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  commanded  Gad 
to  say  to  Da'vid,  that  Da'vid  should  go  up,  and  set 
up  an  altar  unto  the  Lord  in  the  threshingfloor  of 
Or'nan  the  Jeb'u-slte. 

19  And  Da'vid  went  up  at  the  saying  of  Gad, 
which  he  spake  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

20  6And  Or'nan  turned  back,  and  saw  the  angel ; 
and  his  four  sons  with  him  hid  themselves.  Now 
Or'nan  was  threshing  wheat. 

21  And  as  Da'vid  came  to  Or'nan,  Or'nan  looked  and 
saw  Da'vid,  and  went  out  of  the  threshingfloor,  and 
bowed  himself  to  Da'vid  with  his  face  to  the  ground. 

22  Then  Da'vid  said  to  Or'nan,  7  Grant  me  the 
place  of  this  threshingfloor,  that  I  may  build  an  altar 
therein  unto  the  Lord  :  thou  shalt  grant  it  me  for 
the  full  price  :  that  the  plague  may  be  l  stayed 
from  the  people. 

23  And  Or'nan  said  unto  Da'vid,  Take  it  to  thee, 
and  let  my  lord  the  king  do  that  which  is  good  in 
his  eyes  :  lo,  I  give  thee  the  oxen  also  for  burnt 
offerings,  and  the  threshing  instruments  for  wood, 
and  the  wheat  for  the  meat  offering  ;  I  give  it  alL 

24  And  king  Da'vid  said  to  Or'nan,  Nay  ;  but  I 
will  verily  buy  it  for  the  full  price  :  for  I  will  not 
take  that  which  is  thine  for  the  Lord,  nor  offer 
burnt  offerings  without  cost. 

25  So  m  Da'vid  gave  to  Or'nan  for  the  place  six 
hundred  shekels  of  gold  by  weight. 

26  And  Da'vid  built  there  an  altar  unto  the  Lord, 
and  offered  burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings, 
and  called  upon  the  Lord  ;  and  "he  answered  him 
from  heaven  by  fire  upon  the  altar  of  burnt  offering. 

333 


David  prepares  to  build. 


1  CHRONICLES,  22,  23. 


Solomon  made  king. 


27  And  the  Lord  commanded  the  angel ;  and  he 
put  up  his  sword  again  into  the  sheath  thereof. 

28  If  At  that  time  when  Da'vid  saw  that  the  Lord 
had  answered  him  in  the  threshingfloor  of  Or'nan 
the  Jeb'u-site,  then  he  sacrificed  there. 

29  °  For  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  which  Mo'geg 
made  in  the  wilderness,  and  the  altar  of  the  burnt 
offering,  ivere  at  that  season  in  the  high  place  at 
pGIb'e-on. 

30  But  Da'vid  could  not  go  before  it  to  enquire  of 
God  :  for  he  9was  afraid  because  of  the  sword  of 
the  angel  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  David's  preparations  for  building  the  temple.    6  His  instructions  to  Solomon. 
17  Princes  to  assist  Solomon. 

rriHEN  Da'vid  said,  "This  is  the  house  of  the  Lord 
■*•    God,  and  this  is  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering 
for  Ig'ra-el. 

2  And  Da'vid  commanded  to  gather  together  6the 
strangers  that  were  in  the  land  of  Ig'ra-el ;  and  he 
set  masons  to  hew  wrought  stones  to  build  the 
house  of  God. 

3  And  Da'vid  prepared  iron  in  abundance  for  the 
nails  for  the  doors  of  the  gates,  and  for  the  join- 
ings ;  and  brass  in  abundance  c  without  weight ; 

4  Also  cedar  trees  in  abundance:  for  the  dZl-do'- 
ni-ang  and  they  of  Tyre  brought  much  cedar  wood 
to  Da'vid. 

5  And  Da'vid  said,  e  Sol'o-mon  my  son  is  young 
and  tender,  and  the  house  that  is  to  be  builded  for 
the  Lord  must  be  exceeding  magnifical,  of  fame  and 
of  glory  throughout  all  countries  :  I  will  therefore 
now  make  preparation  for  it.  So  Da'vid  prepared 
abundantly  before  his  death. 

6  Tf  Then  he  called  for  Sol'o-mon  his  son,  and 
charged  him  to  build  an  house  for  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

7  And  Da'vid  said  to  Sol'o-mon,  My  son,  as  for  me, 
f\t  was  in  my  mind  to  build  an  house  9  unto  the 
name  of  the  Lord  my  God : 

8  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying, 
feThou  hast  shed  blood  abundantly,  and  hast  made 
great  wars :  thou  shalt  not  build  an  house  unto  my 
name,  because  thou  hast  shed  much  blood  upon  the 
earth  in  my  sight. 

9  i  Behold,  a  son  shall  be  born  to  thee,  who  shall  be 
a  man  of  rest ;  and  I  will  give  him  j  rest  from  all 
his  enemies  round  about:  for  his  name  shall  be 
1  Sol'o-mon,  and  I  will  give  peace  and  quietness  unto 
Ig'ra-el  in  his  days. 

10  k  He  shall  build  an  house  for  my  name ;  and  'he 
shall  be  my  son,  and  I  will  be  his  father  ;_and  I  will 
establish  the  throne  of  his  kingdom  over  Ig'ra-el  for 
ever. 

11  Now,  my  son,  mthe  Lord  be  with  thee;  and 
prosper  thou,  and  build  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy 
God,  as  he  hath  said  of  thee. 

12  Only  the  Lord  "give  thee  wisdom  andunder- 
standing,  and  give  thee  charge  concerning  Ig'ra-el, 
that  thou  mayest  keep  the  law  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

13  °Then  shalt  thou  prosper,  if  thou  takest  heed 
to  fulfil  the  statutes  and  judgments  which  the  Lord 

334 


B.  C.  1017. 


o  ch.  1G.  39. 


p  1  Ki.  3.  4. 
ch.  1G.  3'J. 


q  2  Sain.  G.  9. 
ch.  13.  12. 
Job  13.  21. 
Ps.  119.  120. 


a  Deut.  12.  5. 
2  Sara.  24.  18. 
ch.  21.  IS,  19, 
26,  28. 


6  1  Ki.9.  21. 


c  1  Ki.  7.  47. 
d  1  Ki.  5.  6. 


e  ch.  29.  1. 


/2Sam.  7.  2. 

ch.  17.  1. 

Acts  7.  4G. 
g  Deut.  12.  5. 
h  1  Ki.  5.  3. 

ch.  28.  3. 
i  ch.  28.  5. 
j  1  Ki.  4.  25. 

1  That  is, 
Peaceable  and 
perfect. 

k  2  Sam.  7.  13. 

1  Ki.  5.  5. 

ch.  17.  12. 
/  Ps.  89.  2G,  27. 

Heb.  1.  5. 
m  Rom.  8.  31. 
n  Deut.  4.  G. 

1  Ki.  3.  9. 

Ps.  72. 1. 
o  Josh.  1.  7. 

1  Ki.  6.  12,  13. 
ch.  11.  9,  14. 
Isa.  3.  10. 

p  ch.  28.  20. 

2  Or,  in  my 
poverty. 

3  That  is, 
masons  ami 
carpenters. 

q  Deut.  12.  10. 

2  Sam.  7.  1. 
ch.  23.  25. 

)■  2  Chr.  20.  3. 
s  1  Ki.  8.  6. 
2  Chr.  5.  7. 


a  ch.  28.  5. 

ch.  29.  22-25. 
b  Num.  4.  3. 

1  Or,  to  oversee, 
c  Deut.  16.  18. 

ch.  2G.  29. 
(I  2  Chr.  29. 

25,  26. 

Amos  6.  5. 
e  Ex.  6.  16. 

Num.  26.  57. 

ch.  6.  1. 

2  Chr.  8.  14. 

2  divisions. 

3  did  not  multi- 
ply sons. 

/Ex.  6.  18. 
ch  6.  2. 


charged  Mo'geg  with  concerning  Ig'ra-el :  pbe  strong, 
and  of  good  courage ;  dread  not,  nor  be  dismayed. 

14  Now,  behold,  2  in  my  trouble  I  have  prepared 
for  the  house  of  the  Lord  an  hundred  thousand 
talents  of  gold,  and  a  thousand  thousand  talents  of 
silver ;  and  of  brass  and  iron  without  weight ;  for  it 
is  in  abundance :  timber  also  and  stone  have  I  pre- 
pared ;  and  thou  mayest  add  thereto. 

15  Moreover  there  are  workmen  with  thee  in  abun- 
dance, hewers  and  3  workers  of  stone  and  timber,  and 
all  manner  of  cunning  men  for  every  manner  of 
work. 

16  Of  the  gold,  the  silver,  and  the  brass,  and  the 
iron,  there  is  no  number.  Arise  therefore,  and  be 
doing,  and  the  Lord  be  with  thee. 

17  Tf  Da'vid  also  commanded  all  the  princes  of 
Ig'ra-el  to  help  Sol'o-mon  his  son,  saying, 

18  Is  not  the  Lord  your  God  with  you?  9and  hath 
he  not  given  you  rest  on  every  side?  for  he  hath 
given  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  into  mine  hand ; 
and  the  land  is  subdued  before  the  Lord,  and  before 
his  people. 

19  Now  rset  your  heart  and  your  soul  to  seek  the 
Lord  your  God ;  arise  therefore,  and  build  ye  the 
sanctuary  of  the  Lord  God,  to  s  bring  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  the  holy  vessels  of  God, 
into  the  house  that  is  to  be  built  to  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  David  makes  Solomon  king.    2  Distribution  of  the  Levites.     24  Levitical  offices. 

QO  when  Da'vid  was  old  and  full  of  days,  he  made 
^  ° Sol'o-mon  his  son  king  over  Ig'ra-el. 
_  2  If  And  he  gathered  together  all  the  princes  of 
Ig'ra-el,  with  the  priests  and  the  Le'vites. 

3  Now  the  Le'vites  were  numbered  from  the  age 
of  6 thirty  years  and  upward:  and  their  number  by 
their  polls,  man  by  man,  was  thirty  and  eight  thou- 
sand. 

4  Of  which,  twenty  and  four  thousand  were  1  to  set 
forward  the  work  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  ;  and  six 
thousand  were  c officers  and  judges: 

5  Moreover  four  thousand  ivere  porters  ;  and  four 
thousand  praised  the  Lord  with  the  instruments 
which  d  I  made,  said  Da'vid,  to  praise  therewith. 

6  And e  Da'vid  divided  them  into 2  courses  among  the 
sons  of  Le'vl,  namely,  Ger'shon,  Ko'hath,  and  Me-ra'rI. 

7  If  Of  the  Ger'shon-Ites  were,  La'a-dan,  and 
Shim'e-I. 

8  The  sons  of  La'a-dan  ;  the  chief  was  Js-hl'el, 
and  Ze'tham,  and  Jo'el,  three. 

9  The  sons  of  Shlm'e-I;  Shel'o-mith,  and  Ha'zi-el, 
and  Ha' ran,  three.  These  were  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  La'a-dan. 

10  And  the  sons  of  Shim'e-I  were,  Ja'hath,  Zl'na, 
and  Je'iish,  and  Be-ri'ah.  These  four  were  the  sons 
of  Shim'e-I. 

11  And  Ja'hath  was  the  chief,  and  Zl'zah  the  sec- 
ond :  but  Je'ush  and  BS-rl'ah  3had  not  many  sons; 
therefore  they  were  in  one  reckoning,  according  to 
their  father's  house. 

12  1f/The_sons  of  Ko'hath;  Am'ram,  Iz'har,  He'- 
bron,  and  Uz'zi-el,  four. 


The  sons  of  Levi. 


1  CHRONICLES,  24. 


The  twenty-four  orders. 


13  The  sons  of  Am'ram  ;  Aar'on  and  Mo'geg  :  and 
"Aar'on  was  separated,  that  he  should  sanctify  the 
most  holy  things,  he  and  his  sons  for  ever,  h  to  burn 
incense  before  the  Lord,  Ho  minister  unto  him,  and 
Jto  bless  in  his  name  for  ever. 

14  Now  concerning  Mo'geg  the  man  of  God,  his 
sons  were  named  of  the  tribe  ofJLe'vi. 

15  feThe  sons  of  Mo'geg  were,  Ger'shom,  and  E-li- 
e'zer. 

16  Of  the  sons  of  Ger'shom,  Sheb'u-el  was  the 
chief. 

17  And  the  sons^of  E-LT-e'zer  were,  Re-ha-bi'ah 
4 the  chief.  And  Evli-e'zer  had  none  other  sons; 
but  the  sons  of  Re-ha-bi'ah  5were  very  many. 

18  Of  the  sons  of  Iz'har  ;  Shel'o-mith  the  chief. 

19  Of  the  sons  of  He'bron  ;  Je-ri'ah  the  first,  Am- 
a-rl'ah  the  second,  Ja-ha'zi-el  the  third,  and  Jek-a- 
me1  am  the  fourth. 

20  Of  the  sons  of  Uz'zi-el ;  Mi'cah  the  first,  and 
Je-sl'ah  the  second. 

21  \  The  sons  of  Me-ra'rl ;  Mah'li,  and  Mu'shi. 
The  sons  of  Mah'li ;  E-le-a'zar,  and  Kish. 

22  And  E-le-a'zar  died,  and  had  no  sons,  but 
daughters :  and  their  6  brethren  the  sons  of  Kish 
'took  them. 

23  mThe  sons  of  Mu'shi;  Mah'li,  and  E'der,  and 
Jer'e-moth,  three. 

24  1  These  were  the  sons  of  "  Le'vi  after  the  house 
of  their  fathers  ;  even  the  chief  of  the  fathers,  as 
they  were  counted  by  number  of  names  by  their 
polls,  that  did  the  work  for  the"  service  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  from  the  age  of  °  twenty  years  and 
upward. 

25  For  Da'vid  said,  The  Lord  God  of  Is_'ra-el  hath 
given  rest  unto  his  people,  7that  they  may  dwell  in 
Jg-ru'sa-lem  for  ever  : 

26  And  also  unto  the  Le'vites  ;  they  shall  no  more 
p  carry  the  tabernacle,  nor  any  vessels  of  it  for  the 
service  thereof. 

27  For  by  the  last  words  of  Da'vid  the  Le'vltes 
were  8  numbered  from  twenty  years  old  and  above  : 

28  Because  9  their  office  was  to  wait  on  the  sons  of 
Aar'on  for  the  service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in 
the  courts,  and  in  the  chambers,  and  in  the  purify- 
ing of  all  holy  things,  and  the  work  of  the  service 
of  the  house  of  God  ; 

29  Both  for  5the  shewbread,  and  for  rthe  fine  flour 
for  meat  offering,  and  for  sthe  unleavened  cakes, 
and  for  that  which  is  baked  in  the  10  pan,  and  for 
that  which  is  fried,  and  for  all  manner  of  *  measure 
and  size  ; 

30  And  "to  stand  every  morning  to  thank  and 
praise  the  Lord,  and  likewise  at  even  ; 

31  And  to  offer  all  burnt  sacrifices  unto  the  Lord 
"in  the  sabbaths,  in  the  new  moons,  and  on  the  "'set 
feasts,  by  number,  according  to  the  order  com- 
manded unto  them,  continually  before  the  Lord  : 

32  And  that  they  should  xkeep  the  charge  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  the  charge  of 
the  holy  place,  and  ythe  charge  of  the  sons  of 
Aar'on  their  brethren,  in  the  service  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 


B.  C.  1015. 


(j  Ex.  28.  1. 

Num.  18.  1,  7 

Heb.  5.  4. 
A  Ex.  30.  7. 

Lev.  10.  1,2. 

Num.  16.  40. 

1  Sam.  2.  28. 
iDeut.  21.5. 
j  Num.  6.  23. 


k  Ex.  2.  22. 


4  Or,  the  first. 

5  were  highly 
multiplied. 


C  Or,  kinsmen, 

Gen.  13.  8. 
I  Num.  36.  C. 

m  ch.  24.  30. 


n  Num.  10.  17. 


oNum.  1.3. 


7  Or,  and  he 
dwelleth  in 
Jerusalem, 
etc. 

p  Num.  4.  5. 

8  number. 

9  their  station 
was  at  the 
hand  of  the 
sons  of  Aaron. 

q  Ex.  25.  30. 

Lev.  24.  5-9. 
r  Lev.  6.  20. 
s  Lev.  2.  4. 

10  Or,  flat  plate. 
I  Lev.  19.  35. 

u  ch.  6.  31-33. 

ch.  9.  33. 

2  Chr.  31.  2. 

Ps.  137.  2-4. 

Rev.  5.  8-14. 
iNum.  10.  10. 

Ps.  81.  3. 

Isa.  1.  13,  14. 
w  Lev.  23.  4. 
i  Num.  1.53. 
y  Num.  3.  6. 


a  Ex.  6.  23. 

Lev.  10.  1. 

Num.  3.  2. 
b  Num.  3.  4. 
c  Josh.  18.  10. 

Prov.  16.  33. 

Acts  1.  26. 
(1  Neh.  8.  4. 
1  house  of  the 

father. 
e  Neh.  7.  39. 
f  Ezra  10.  21. 
r/Neh.  12.  4,  17. 

Luke  1.  5. 
h  Num.  4.  49. 

ch.  9.  25. 
i  ch.  9.  25. 

Luke  1.  8,  23. 
j  ch.  23.  16, 

Shebuel. 
k  ch.  23.  17. 
I  ch.  23.  IS, 

Shelomitli. 
»!  ch.  15.  9. 


CHAPTER  24. 

1  Division  of  Aaron's  sons  into  orders.     20  Division  of  Kohatliiles  and  Merariles. 

~VTOW  these  are  the  divisions  of  the  sons  of 
U*  AarW  The  sons_  of  Aar'on;  "Na'dab,  and 
A-bl'hu,  E-le-a'zar,  and  Ith'a-mar. 

2  But  6Na'dab  and  A-bl'hu  died  before  their  fa- 
ther, and  had  no  children  :  therefore  E-le-a'zar  and 
Ith'a-mar  executed  the  priest's  office. 

3  And  Da'vid  distributed  them,  both  Za'dok  of  the 
sons  of  E-le-a'zar,  and  A-him'e-lech  of  the  sons  of 
Ith'a-mar,  according  to  their  offices  in  their  service. 

4  And  there  were  more  chief  men  found  of  the 
sons  of  E-le-a'zar  than  of  the  sons  of  Ith'a-mar  ; 
and  thus  were  they  divided.  Among  the  sons  of 
E-le-a'zar  there  were  sixteen  chief  men  of  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  and  eight  among  the  sons  of  Ith'a- 
mar  according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

5  Thus  were  they  divided  c  by  lot,  one  sort  with 
another;  for  the  governors  of  the  sanctuary,  and 
governors  of  the  house  of  God,  were  of  the  sons  of 
E-le-a'zar,  and  of  the  sons  of  Ith'a-mar. 

6  And  Shem-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Ne-than'e-el  rfthe 
scribe,  one  of  the  Le'vltes,  wrote  them  before  the 
king,  and  the  princes,  and  Za'dok  the  priest,  and 
A-him'e-lech  the  son  of  A-bl'a-thar,  and  before  the 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  the  priests  and  Le'vltes  : 
one  principal  household  being  taken  for  E-le-a'zar, 
and  one  taken  for  Ith'a-mar. 

7  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth  to  Je-hoi'a-rib,  the 
second  to  eJe-da'i,ah. 

8  The  third  to  /Ha'rim,  the  fourth  to  Se-o'rim, 

9  The  fifth  to  Mal-chl'jah,  the  sixth  to  MTj'a-mm, 

10  The  seventh  to  Hak'koz,  the  eighth  to  g  A-bi'  jah, 

11  The  ninth  to  Jesh'u-ah,  the  tenth  to  Shech-a- 
nl'ah, 

12  The  eleventh  to  E-H'a-shib,  the  twelfth  to  Ja'- 
kim, 

13  The  thirteenth  to  Hup'pah,  the  fourteenth  to 
Je-sheb'e-ab, 

14  The  fifteenth  to  Bil'gah,  the  sixteenth  to  Im'mer, 

15  The  seventeenth  to  He'zir,  the  eighteenth  to 
Aph'seg, 

16  The  nineteenth  to  Peth-a-hi'ah,  the  twentieth 
to  Je-hez'e-kel, 

17  The  one  and  twentieth  to  Ja'chin,  the  two  and 
twentieth  to  Ga'mul, 

18  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Del-a-I'ah,  the  four 
and  twentieth  to  Ma-a-zi'ah. 

19  These  were  the  feorderings  of  them  in  their 
service  to  come  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  accord- 
ing to  'their  manner,  under  Aar'on  their  father,  as 
the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  had  commanded  him. 

20  H  And  the  rest  of  the  sons  of  Le'vi  were  these : 
Of  the  sons  of  Am'ram  ;  J'Shu'ba-el  :  of  the  sons  of 
Shu'ba-el ;  Jeh-de'iah. 

21  Concerning  ^'Re-ha-bi'ah  :  of  the  sons  of  Re- 
ha-bi'ah,  the  first  was  Issh-I'ah. 

22  Of  the  Iz'har-Ites  ;  JShel'o-moth  :  of  the  sons 
of  Shel'o-moth ;  Ja'hath. 

23  And  the  sons  of m He'bron ;  Je-ri'ah  the  first, 
Am-a-ri'ah  the  second,  Ja-ha'zi-el  the  third,  Jek-a- 
me'am  the  fourth. 

335 


Offices  of  the  singers. 


1  CHRONICLES,  25,  26. 


Their  division  into  orders. 


24  Of  the  sons  of  Uz'zi-el  ;  Mi'chah  :  of  the  sons 
of  Mi'chah ;  Sha'mir. 

25  The  brother  of  Mi'chah  was  Issh-I'ah  :  of  the 
sons  of  Issh-I'ah ;  Zech-a-rl'ah. 

26  "The  sons  of  Mg-ra'rl  were  Mah'li  and  Mu'shi : 
the  sons  of  Ja-a-zl'ah  ;  Be 'no. 

27  Tf  The  sons  of  MS-ra'ri  by  Ja-a-zl'ah ;  Be 'no, 
and  Sho'ham,  and  Zac'cur,  and  Ib'rl. 

28  Of  Mah'li  came  E-le-a'zar,  °who  had  no  sons. 

29  Concerning  Kish  :  the  son  of  Kish  was  Js-rah'- 
me-el. 

30  pThe  sons  also  of  Mu'shi  ;  Mah'li,  and  E'der, 
and  Jer'i-moth.  These  were  the  sons  of  the  Le'- 
vltes  after  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

31  These  likewise  cast  lots  over  against  their  breth- 
ren the  sons  of  Aar'on  in  the  presence  of  Da'vid  the 
king,  and  Za'dok,  and  A-him'e-lech,  and  the  chief 
of  the  fathers  of  the  priests  and  Le'vltes,  even 
the  principal  fathers  over  against  their  younger 
brethren. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  Number  and  offices  of  the  singers.     8  Their  division  into  orders. 

MOREOVER  Da'vid  and  the  "captains  of  the 
host  separated  to  the  service  of  the  sons  of 
6  A'saph,  and  of  He'man,  and  of  Jed'u-thun,  who 
should  c  prophesy  with  harps,  with  psalteries,  and 
with  cymbals  :  and  the  number  of  the  workmen 
according  to  their  service  was : 

2  Of  the  sons  of  A'saph  ;  Zac'cur,  and  Jo'seph, 
and  Neth-a-nl'ah,  and  ^s-a-re'lah,  the  sons  of 
A'saph  under  the  hands  of  A'saph,  which  pro- 
phesied 2  according  to  the  order  of  the  king. 

3  Of  Jed'u-thun  :  the  sons  of  Jed'u-thun  ;  Ged-a- 
H'ah,  and  dZe'rI,  and  Jg-sha'iah,  Hash-a-bl'ah,  and 
Mat-tt-thl'ah,  3six,  under  the  hands  of  their  father 
Jed'u-thun,  who  prophesied  with  a  harp,  to  give 
thanks  and  to  praise  the  Lord. 

4  Of  He'man  :  the  sons  of  He'man  ;  Buk-kl'ah, 
Mat-ta-nl'ah,  eUz'zi-el,  {Sheb'u-el,  and  Jer'i-moth, 
Han-a-nl'ah,  Ha-na'ni,  E-lI'a-thah,  Gid-dal'ti,  and 
R6-mam'ti-e'zer,  Josh-bek'a-shah,  Mal'16-thl,  Ho'- 
thir,  and  Ma-ha'zi-oth  ; 

5  All  these  were  the  sons  of  He'man  the  king's 
ffseer  in  the  4  words  of  God,  to  lift  up  the  horn. 
And  ''God  gave  to  He'man  fourteen  sons  and  three 
daughters. 

6  All  these  were  under  the  hands  of  their  father 
for  song  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  with  cymbals, 
psalteries,  and  harps,  for  the  service  of  the  house 
of  God,  5  according  to  the  king's  order  to  A'saph, 
Jed'u-thun,  and  He'man. 

7  So  the  number  of  them,  with  their  brethren  that 
were  instructed  in  the  i  songs  of  the  Lord,  even  all 
that  were  cunning,  was  two  hundred  fourscore  and 
eight. 

8  Tf  And  they  cast  lots,  ward  against  ward,  as  well 
the  small  as  the  great,  5the  teacher  as  the  scholar. 

9  Now  the  first  lotcame  forth  for  A'saph  to  Jo'- 
geph :  the  second  to  Ged-a-ll'ah,  who  with  his  breth- 
ren and  sons  were  twelve  : 

10  The  third  to  Zac'cur,  he,  his  sons,  and  his  breth- 
ren, were  twelve  : 

336 


B.  C.  1015. 


n  Ex.  6.  19. 
ch.  23.  21. 


o  ch.  23.  22. 


p  ch.  23.  23. 


a  ch.  12.  28. 
ch.  23.  2. 


b  ch.  G.  33. 

ch.  15.  17. 
c  Ex.  15.  20. 

Num.  11.  25. 

1  Sam.  10.  5. 

ch.  15.  16. 

ch.  1G.  4. 

Ps.  150.  3-5. 

1  Cor.  14.  1. 

Rev.  15.  2-4. 

1  Otherwise 
called 
Jesharelah, 
verse  14. 

2  by  the  hands 
of  the  king. 

Averse  11,  Izri. 

3  With  Shimei 
mentioned, 
verse  17. 


e  verse  18, 
Azareel. 

/  verse  20, 
Shubael. 


g  1  Sam.  9.  9. 
2  Sam.  24.  11. 
ch.  21.  9. 
ch.  26.  28. 
Amos  7. 12. 

4  Or,  matters. 
h  Gen.  33.  5. 

ch.  28.  5. 
Ps.  127.  3. 
Isa.  8.  18. 

5  by  the  hands 
of  the  king. 

iPs.  150.  1. 

Eph.  5.  19. 

Col.  3.  16. 
j  2  Chr.  23.  13. 
k  Rev.  4.  4. 

Rev.  5.  8. 

Rev.  11.  16. 


a  ch.  9.  17. 

ch.  15.  18. 

2  Chr.  23.  19. 
6  Num.  16.  1,  2. 

Num.  26.  9-11. 

Jude  11. 
c  verse  14, 

Shelemiah. 

1  ch.  6.  37. 
ch.  9.  19, 
Ebiasaph. 

d  ch.  6.  39. 

ch.  9.  15. 

ch.  16.  37. 
e  Gen.  33.  5. 

ch.  13.  14. 

Ps.  127.  3. 

2  That  is, 
Obed-edom. 


11  The  fourth  to  Iz'rl,  he,  his  sons,  and  his  breth- 
ren, were  twelve  : 

12  The  fifth  to  Neth-a-nl'ah,  he,  his  sons,  and  his 
brethren,  were  twelve : 

13  The  sixth  to  Buk-kl'ah,  he,  his  sons,  and  his 
brethren,  were  twelve : 

14  The  seventh  to  Jg-shar'e-lah,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

15  The  eighth  to  Je-sha'iah,  he,  his  sons,  and  his 
brethren,  were  twelve  : 

16  The  ninth  to  Mat-ta-nl'ah,  he,  his  sons,  and  his 
brethren,  were  twelve : 

17  The  tenth  to  Shim'e-I,  he,  his  sons,  and  his 
brethren,  were  twelve  : 

18  The  eleventh  to  A-zar'e-el,  he,  his  sons,  and  his 
brethren,  were  twelve  : 

19  The  twelfth  to  Hash-a-bl'ah,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

20  The  thirteenth  to  Shu'ba-el,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

21  The  fourteenth  to  Mat-tf-thl'ah,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

22  The  fifteenth  to  Jer'e-moth,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

23  The  sixteenth  to  Han-a-nl'ah,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

24  The  seventeenth  to  Josh-bek'a-shah,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

25  The  eighteenth  to  Ha-na'ni,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

26  The  nineteenth  to  Mal'16-thl,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

27  The  twentieth  to  E-lI'a-thah,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

28  The  one  and  twentieth  to  Ho'thir,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

29  The  two  and  twentieth  to  Gid-dal'ti,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

30  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Ma-ha'zi-oth,  he, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

31  feThe  four  and  twentieth  to  R6-mam'ti-e'zer, 
he,  his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve. 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  Divisions  of  the  porters.     13  Assignment  of  gates.     20  Keepers  of  the  treasures. 

CONCERNING  the  divisions  of  the  "porters  :  Of 
the  6K6r'hItes  was  ^Me-shel-e-ml'ah  the  son  of 
Ko'rg,  of  the  sons  of  ld  A'saph. 

2  And  the  sons  of  Me-shel-e-ml'ah  were,  Zech-a- 
rl'ah  the  firstborn,  Jg-dl'a-el  the  second,  Zeb-a-dl'ah 
thejhird,  Jath'ni-el  the  fourth, 

3  E'lam  the  fifth,  Je-ho-ha'nan  the  sixth,  El-i-o-e'- 
na-I  the  seventh. 

4  Moreover  the  sons  of  O'bed-e'dom  were,  Shem- 
a-I'ah  the  firstborn,  Jg-hoz'a-bad  the  second,  Jo'ah 
the  third,  and  Sa'car  the  fourth,  and  Ne-than'e-el 
the  fifth, 

5  Am'mi-el  the  sixth,  Is'sa-char  the  seventh,  P§- 
ul'thai  the  eighth  :  for  God  e  blessed  2him. 

6  Also  unto  Shem-a-I'ah  his  son  were  sons  born, 
that  ruled  throughout  the  house  of  their  father  : 
for  they  were  mighty  men  of  valour. 


Assignment  of  doorkeepers. 

7  The  sonsof  Shem-a-I'ah  ;  Oth'nl,  and  Re'pha-el, 
and  CVbed,  El'za-bad,  whose  brethren  were  strong 
men,  E-li'hu,  and  Sem-a-chl'ah. 

8  All  these  of  the  sons  of  O'bed-e'dom:  they  and 
their  sons  and  their  brethren,  able  men  for  strength 
for  the  service,  were  threescore  and  two  of  O'bed- 
e'dom. 

9  And  Me-shel-e-ml'ah  had  sons  and  brethren,  strong 
men,  eighteen. 

10  Also  /Ho'sah,  of  the  children  of  Me-ra'rl,  had 
sons  ;  Sim'ri  the  chief,  (for  though  he  was  not  ffthe 
firstborn,  yet  his  father  made  him  the  chief  ;) 

11  Hil-kl'ah  the  second,  Teb-a-H'ah  the  third,  Zech- 
a-ri'ah  the  fourth  :  all  the  sons  and  brethren  of  Ho'- 
sah  ivere  thirteen. 

12  Among  these  were  the  divisions  of  the  porters, 
even  among  the  chief  men,  having  wards  one  against 
another,  to  minister  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

13  IF  And  they  cast  lots,  3Aas  well  the  small  as  the 
great,  according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers,  for 
every  gate. 

14  And  the  lot  eastward  fell  to  4Shel-e-mi'ah. 
Then  for  Zech-a-rl'ah  his  son,  a  wise  counsellor, 
they  cast  lots  ;  and  his  lot  came  out  northward. 

15  To  O'bed-e'dom  southward;  and  to  his  sons  the 
house  of  5A-sup'pim. 

16  To  Shiip'pim  and  Ho'sah  the  lot  came  forth 
westward,  with  the  gate  Shal'le-cheth,  by -the  cause- 
way of  the  'going  up,  ^ ward  against  ward. 

17  Eastward  were  six  Le'vites,  northward  four  a 
day,  southward  four  a  da}^,  and  toward  A-sup'pim 
two  and  two. 

18  At  Par 'bar  westward,  four  at  the  causeway,  and 
two  at  6Par'bar. 

19  These  are  the  divisions  of  the  porters  among 
the  sons  of  Ko're,  and  among  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl. 

20  1  And  of  the  Le'vites,  A-hl'jah  was  /cover  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  God,  and  over  the  trea- 
sures of  the  7  dedicated  things. 

21  As_concerning  the  sons  of  *  La'a-dan  ;  the  sons 
of  the  Ger'shon-ite  La'a-dan,  chief  fathers,  even  of 
La'a-dan  the  Ger'shon-ite,  were  m  Je-hl'e-ll. 

22  The  sons  of  Je-hl'e-lT ;  Ze'tham,  and  Jo'el-his 
brother,  which  were  over  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

23  Of  the  "Am'ram-ites,  and  the  Iz'har-ites,  the 
He'bron-Ites,  and  the  Uz'zI-el-Ites : 

24  And  °Sheb'u-el  the  son  of  Ger 'shorn,  the  son  of 
Mo'geg,  was  ruler  of  the  treasures. 

25  And  his  brethren  by  E-li-e'zer  ;  Re-ha-bl'ah  his 
son,  and  Je-sha'iah  his  son,  and  Jo'ram  his  son,  and 
Zlch'rl  his  son,  and  p  Shel'o-mith  his  son. 

26  Which  Shel'o-mith  and  his  brethren  were  over 
all  the  treasures  of  the  dedicated  things,  which 
Da'vid  the  king,  and  the  chief  fathers,  the  captains 
over  thousands  and  hundreds,  and  the  captains  of 
the  host,  had  dedicated. 

27  8Out  of  the  spoils  won  in  battles  did  they  dedi- 
cate "to  maintain  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

28  And  all  that  Sam'u-el  rthe  seer,  and  Saul  the 
son  of  Kish,  and  Ab'ner  the  son  of  Ner,  and  Jo'ab 
the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah,  had  dedicated  ;  and  whoso- 

21 


1  CHRONICLES,  27. 


The  twelve  courses. 


B.  C.  1015. 


/  ch.  16.  38. 

g  Gen.  4.  7. 
Gen.  49.  3. 
Deut.  21.  17 
ch.  5.  1. 


3  Or,  as  well 
for  the  small 
as  for  the 
great. 

h  Josh.  18.  10. 
ch.  24.  5. 
ch.  25.  8. 
Prov.  18.  18. 
Jon.  1.  7. 
Actsl.  20. 
Acts  10.  34. 
Gal.  3.  28. 
Col.  3.  11. 

4  Meshelemiah, 
verse  1. 

5  gatherings. 


)  1  Ki.  10.  5. 

2  Chr.  9.  4. 
/ch.  24.  31. 

ch.  25.  8. 

Neh.  12.  24. 

0  Or,  out  part, 
2  Ki.  23.  11. 

k  Dent.  12.  6. 
1  Ki.  7.  51. 

1  Ki.  14.  2G. 
ch.  9.  2C-29. 
ch.  28.  12. 
ch.  29.  2-8. 
Mai.  3.  10. 

7  holy  things, 

2  Chr.  31.  ' 
11,  12. 

1  ch.  6.  17, 

Libni. 
m  ch.  29.  8, 

Jehiel. 
n  Ex.  G.  18. 

Num.  3.  19. 

ch.  23.  12. 
o  ch.  23.  16. 
p  ch.  23.  18. 
S  Out  of  the 

battles  and 

spoils. 
}2Ki.  12.  14. 

Neh.  10.  32. 
)■  1  Sam.  9.  9. 
sDeut.  1.  16. 

Deut.  16.  18. 

ch.  23.  4. 

2  Chr.  19.  8-11. 

9  over  the 
charge. 

tch.  23.  19. 
u  2  Sam.  5.  4. 

1  Ki.  2.  11. 

ch.  29.  27. 
V  Num.  32.  1, 

3,  35. 

Josh.  21.  39. 

Isa.  16.  9. 

10  thing. 

ic2  Chr.  19.  11. 


a  2  Sam.  23.  8. 

ch.  11. 11. 
b  Gen.  38.  29, 

Pliarez. 
c  2  Sam.  23.  9, 

Dodo. 
1  Or.  principal 

officer. 
(I  2  Sam.  23.  20, 

22,  23. 
e  2  Sam.  2. 

IS,  23. 

ch.  11.  26. 
t'2  Sam.  23.  26. 
g  ch.  11.  27. 
h  2  Sam.  21.  IS. 

ch.  11.29. 


ever  had  dedicated  any  thing,  it  ivas  under  the  hand 
of  Shel'o-mith,  and  of  his  brethren. 

29  If  Of  the  Iz'har-ites,  Chen-a-nl'ah  and  his  sons 
were  for  the  outward  business  over  I§'ra-el,  for 
'officers  and  judges. 

30  And  of  the  He'bron-Ites,  Hash-a-bl'ah  and  his 
brethren,  men  of  valour,  a  thousand  and  seven  hun- 
dred, were  9 officers  among  them  of  I§'ra-el  on  this 
side  Jor'dan  westward  in  all  the  business  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  the  service  of  the  king. 

31  Among  the  He'bron-Ites  was  '  Je-rl'jah  the  chief, 
even  among  the  He'bron-Ites,  according  to  the  gen- 
erations of  his  fathers.  In  the  "fortieth  year  of 
the  reign  of  Da'vid  they  were  sought  for,  and  there 
were  found  among  them  mighty  men  of  valour  ''at 
Ja'zer  of  Gil'e-ad. 

32  And  his  brethren,  men  of  valour,  were  two 
thousand  and  seven  hundred  chief  fathers,  whom 
king  Da'vid  made  rulers  over  the  Reu'ben-Ites,  the 
Gad'Ites,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  for  every 
matter  pertaining  to  God,  and  10'"  affairs  of  the  king. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  The  twelve  monthly  captains.    16  Princes  of  (he  tribes.    23  The  numbering  slopped. 

]VTOW  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  after  their  number, 
-^  to  wit,  the  chief  fathers  and  captains  of  thou- 
sands and  hundreds,  and  their  officers  that  served 
the  king  in  any  matter  of  the  courses,  which  came 
in  and  went  out  month  by  month  throughout  all 
the  months  of  the  year,  of  every  course  were  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

2  Over  the  first  course  for  the  first  month  was 
a  Ja-sho'be-am  the  son  of  Zab'di-el :  and  in  his  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

3  Of  the  children  of  6Pe'rez  was  the  chief  of  all 
the  captains  of  the  host  for  the  first  month. 

4  And  over^the  course  of  the  second  month  was 
cDod'a-I  an  A-ho'hlte,  and  of  his  course  was  Mik'- 
loth  also  the  ruler  :  in  his  course  likewise  were 
twenty  and  four  thousand. 

5  The  third  captain  of  the  host  for  the  third  month 
was  Bg-na'iah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da,  a  :  chief  priest : 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

6  This  is  that  Be-na'iah,  who  was  ^mighty  among 
the  thirty,  and  above  the  thirty  :  and  in  his  course 
was  Am-mlz'a-bad  his  son. 

7  The  fourth  captain  for  the  fourth  month  was 
eA'sa-hel  the  brother  of  Jo'ab,  and  Zeb-a-dl'ah  his 
son  after  him  :  and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and 
four  thousand. 

8  The  fifth  captain  for  the  fifth  month  was  Sham'- 
huth  the  Iz'ra-hlte  :  and  in  his  course  were  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

9  The  sixth  captain  for  the  sixth  month  was  -Tra 
the  son  of  Ik'kesh  the  Te-ko'Ite  :  and  in  his  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

10  The  seventh  captain  for  the  seventh  month  was 
sHe'lez  the  Pel'o-nlte,  of  the  children  of  E'phra-Im  : 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

11  The  eighth  captain  for  the  eighth  month  ivas 
*Sib'be-cai  the  Hu'shath-Ite,  of  the  Zar'hltes  :  and 
in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

337 


David's  several  officers. 


1  CHRONICLES,  28. 


He  exhorts  the  people. 


12  The  ninth  captain  for  the  ninth  month  was 
'A-bi-e'zer  the  An'e-toth-Ite,  of  the  Ben'ja-mites  : 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

13  The  tenth  captain  for  the  tenth  month  was 
JMa-har'a-i  the  Ne-toph'a-thite,  of  the  Zar'hltes  : 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

14  The  eleventh  captain  for  the  eleventh  month 
was  k  Be-na'iah  the  Pir'a-thon-Ite,  of  the  children  of 
E'phra-im :  and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four 
thousand. 

15  The  twelfth  captain  for  the  twelfth  month  was 
'Hel'da-I  the  Ne-toph'a-thite,  TOof  Oth'ni-el :  and  in 
his  course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

16  II  Furthermore  over  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  :  the 
ruler  of  the  Reu'ben-Ites  was  E-li-e'zer  the  son  of 
Zich'rl :  of  the  Sim'e-on-Ites,  Sheph-a-tl'ah  the  son 
of  Ma'a-chah  : 

17  Of  the  Le'vites,  "Hash-a-bl'ah  the  son  of  Ks- 
mu'el  :  of  the  Aar'on-Ites,  Za'dok  : 

18  Of  Ju'dah,  °E-lI'hu,  one  of  the  brethren  of  Da'- 
vid  :  of  Is'sa-char,  Om'ri  the  son  of  Ml'chael  : 

19  Of  Zeb'u-lun,  Ish-ma-I'ah  the  son  of  O-ba-dl'ah : 
of  Naph'ta-H,  Jer'i-moth_the  son  of  Az'ri-el  : 

20  Of  the  children  of  E'phra-im,  Ho-she'a  the  son 
of  Az-a-zi'ah  :  of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh,  Jo'el 
the  son  of  Pe-da'iah  : 

21  Of  the  half  tribe  of  Ma-nas'seh  in  Gil'e-ad, 
Id'do  the  son  of  Zech-a-ri'ah  :  of  Ben'ja-min,  Ja-a'- 
si-el  the  son  of  Ab'ner  : 

22  Of  Dan,  A-zar'e-el  the  son  of  Jer'o-ham.  These 
were  the  princes  of  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el. 

23  Tf  But  Da'vid  took  not  the  number  of  them 
from  twenty  years  old  and  under  :  because  "the 
Lord  had  said  he  would  increase  Ig'ra-el  like  to  the 
stars  of  the  heavens. 

24  Jo'ab  the  son  of  Zer-u-I'ah  began  to  number, 
but  he  finished  not,  because  q  there  fell  wrath  for  it 
against  Ig'ra-el;  neither  2was  the  number  put  in 
the  account  of  the  chronicles  of  king  Da'vid. 

25  Tf  And  over  J;he  king's  treasures  was  Az'ma- 
veth  the  son  of  A-dl'el  :  and  over  the  storehouses 
in  the  fields,  in  the  cities,  and  in  the  villages,  and 
in  the  castles,  was  Js-hon'a-than  the  son  of  Uz-zi'ah  : 

26  And  over  them  that  did  the  work  of  the  field 
for  tillage  of  the  ground  was  Ez'rl  the  son  of  Che'- 
lub  : 

27  And  over  'the  vineyards  was  Shim'e-I  the  Ra'- 
math-ite  :  3over  the  increase  of  the  vineyards  for 
the  wine  cellars  ivas  Zab'dl  the  Shiph'mlte  : 

28  And  over  the  olive  trees  and  the  sycomore 
treesjthat  were  in  the  low  plains  was  Ba'al-ha'nan 
the  Ged'e-rlte  :  and  over  the  cellars  of  oil  was 
Jo'ash  : 

29  And  over  the  herds  that  fed  in  Shar'on  was 
Shit'ra-I  the  Shar'on-Ite  :  and  over  the  herds  that 
ivere  in  the  valleys  was  Sha'phatjthe  son  of  Ad'la-I : 

30  Over  the  camels  also  was  O'bil  the  Ish'ma-el- 
Ite  :  and  over  the  asses  ivas  Jeh-de'iah  the  Me-ron'- 
o-thlte  : 

31  And  over  the  flocks  was  Ja'ziz  the  Ha'ger-Ite. 
All  these  were  the  rulers  of  the  substance  which 
was  king  Da'vid's. 

338 


B.  C.  1015. 


i  ch.  11.  28. 


j  2  Sam.  23.  28. 
ch.  11.  30. 


k  2  Sam.  23.  30. 
ch.  11.  31. 


'  ch.  11.  30, 

Heled. 
m  Judg.  3.  9. 


n  ch.  26.  30. 


o  1  Sam.  16.  6, 
Eliah. 


p  Gen.  15.  5. 

Ex.  32.  13. 

Deut.  1.  10. 

Dent.  10.  22. 

Heb.  11.  12. 
a  2  Sam.  24.  15. 

ch.  21.  7. 

2  ascended. 
r  Song  8.  1 1 . 

3  over  that 
which  was  of 
the  vineyards. 

4  Or,  nephew. 

5  Or,  secretary. 

6  Or,  Hach- 
monite. 


a  Josh.  23.  2. 

ch.  23.  2. 

ch.  27.  16. 
h  Ex.  18.  25. 

Deut.  1 .  15. 

ch.  27.  1. 
c  ch.  27.  25. 

1  Or,  cattle. 

2  Or,  and  his 
sons. 

3  Or,  eunuchs. 
d  ch.  11.  10. 

e  Deut.  17.  20. 

ch.  11.  1-3. 

Ps.  22.  22. 

Heb.  2.  11. 
/ 2  Sara.  7.  2. 

1  Ki.  8.  17. 

ch.  17.  2. 

Ps.  132.  3. 
g  Ps.  99.  5. 
h  2  Sam.  7.  5. 

1  Ki.  5.  3. 

ch.  17.  4. 

4  bloods. 

i  1  Sam.  16.  7. 
/  Gen.  49.  8. 
il  Sam.  16.  1. 
1 1  Sam.  16.  12. 
m  ch.  3.  1. 

ch.  14.  4-7. 
n  ch.  22.  9. 
o2Chr.  1.9. 
p  1  Ki.  9.  4. 

1  Ki.  11.  11. 

ch.  22.  13. 

5  strong. 

q  Deut.  4.  1. 
r  Ps.  9.  10. 

Jer.  9.  24. 

Hos.  4.  1. 
s  2  Ki.  20.  3. 

Ps.  101.  2. 
1 1  Sam.  16.  7. 

1  Ki.  8.  39. 

ch.  29.  17. 

Ps.  7.  9. 

Prov.  17.  3. 

Jer.  11.  20. 

Rev.  2.  23. 
u  2  Chr.  15.  2. 

Prov.  2.  1-6. 

Matt.  7.  7. 
v  ch.  22.  16. 

Prov.  4.  23. 
w  Ex.  25.  40. 
x  1  Ki.  6.  2. 


32  Also  Jon'a-than  Da'vid's  4uncle  was  a  coun- 
sellor, a  wise  man,  and  a  5  scribe  :  and  Je-hl'el  the 
6 son  of  Hach'mo-ni  was  with  the  king's  sons  : 

33  And  A-hith'o-phel  was  the  king's  counsellor : 
and  Hu'shai  the_Ar'chite  was  the  king's  companion : 

34  And  after  A-hith'o-phel  was  Je-hoi'a-da  the  son 
of  Bg-na'iah,  and  A-bT'a-thar :  and  the  general  of 
the  king's  army  was  Jo'ab. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  David's  exhortation.     11  He  gives  Solomon  the  temple  patterns  and  materials. 

\  ND  Da'vid  assembled  all  the  princes  of  Ig'ra-el, 
-^-  "the  princes  of  the  tribes, and  6the  captains  of 
the  companies  that  ministered  to  the  king  by  course, 
and  the  captains  over  the  thousands,  and  captains 
over  the  hundreds,  and  c  the  stewards  over  all  the 
substance  and  x  possession  of  the  king,  2and  of  his 
sons,  with  the  3  officers,  and  with  dthe  mighty  men, 
and  with  all  the  valiant  men,  unto  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

2  Then  Da'vid  the  king  stood  up  upon  his  feet, 
and  said,  Hear  me,  my  e brethren,  and  my  people: 
As  for  me,  fl  had  in  mine  heart  to  build  an  house 
of  rest  for  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
and  for  Hhe  footstool  of  our  God,  and  had  made 
ready  for  the  building : 

3  But  God  said  unto  me,  *  Thou  shalt  not  build  an 
house  for  my  name,  because  thou  hast  been  a  man 
of  war,  and  hast  shed  i  blood. 

4  Howbeit  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  'chose  me  be- 
fore all  the  house  of  my  father  to  be  king  over  Ig'- 
ra-el for  ever :  for  he  hath  chosen  j Ju'dah  to  be 
the  ruler  ;  and  of  the  house  of  Ju'dah,  Hhe  house 
of  my  father;  and  l among  the  sons  of  my  father 
he  liked  me  to  make  me  king  over  all  Ig'ra-el : 

5  '"  And  of  all  my  sons,  (for  the  Lord  hath  given 
me  many  sons,)  "he  hath  chosen  Sol'o-mon  my  son 
to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  the  kingdom  of  the  Lord 
over  Ig'ra-el. 

6  And  he  said  unto  me,  °  Sol'o-mon  thy  son,  he  shall 
build  my  house  and  my  courts :  for  I  have  chosen 
him  to  be  my  son,  and  I  will  be  his  father. 

7  Moreover  I  will  establish  his  kingdom  for  ever, 
"if- he  be  5 constant  to  do  my  commandments  and 
my  judgments,  as  at  this  day. 

8  Now  therefore  in  the  sight  of  all  Ig'ra-el  the 
congregation  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  audience  of 
our  God,  9keep  and  seek  for  all  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  your  God  :  that  ye  may  possess  this 
good  land,  and  leave  it  for  an  inheritance  for  your 
children  after  you  for  ever. 

9  Tf  And  thou,  Sol'o-mon  my  son,  rknow  thou  the 
God  of  thy  father,  and  serve  him  swith  a  perfect 
heart  and  with  a  willing  mind :  for  'the  Lord  search- 
eth  all  hearts,  and  understandeth  all  the  imaginations 
of  the  thoughts  :  w  if  thou  seek  him,  he  will  be  found 
of  thee ;  but  if  thou  forsake  him,  he  will  cast  thee 
off  for  ever. 

10  "Take  heed  now;  for  the  Lord  hath  chosen 
thee  to  build  an  house  for  the  sanctuary  :  be  strong, 
and  do  it. 

11  Tf  Then  Da'vid  gave  to  Sol'o-mon  his  son  "the 
pattern  of  x  the  porch,  and  of  the  houses  thereof, 


David  instructs  Solomon. 


1  CHRONICLES,  29. 


Offerings  of  the  people. 


and  of  the  treasuries  thereof,  and  of  the  upper  cham- 
bers thereof,  and  of  the  inner  parlours  thereof,  and 
of  the  place  of  the  mercy  seat, 

12  And  the  pattern  6of  all  that  he  had  by  the  spirit, 
of  the  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  of  all 
the  chambers  round  about, v  of  the  treasuries  of  the 
house  of  God,  and  of  the  treasuries  of  the  dedicated 
things  : 

13  Also  for  the  courses  of  the  priests  and  the  Le'- 
vites,  and  for  all  the  work  of  the  service  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  for  all  the  vessels  of  service 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

14  He  gave  of  gold  by  weight  for  things  of  gold, 
for  all  instruments  of  all  manner  of  service  ;  silver 
also  for  all  instruments  of  silver  by  weight,  for  all 
instruments  of  every  kind  of  service  : 

15  Even  the  weight  for  the  candlesticks  of  gold, 
and  for  their  lamps  of  gold,  by  weight  for  every 
candlestick,  and  for  the  lamps  thereof  :  and  for  the 
candlesticks  of  silver  by  weight,  both  for  the  can- 
dlestick, and  also  for  the  lamps  thereof,  according 
to  the  use  of  every  candlestick. 

16  And  by  weight  he  gave  gold  for  the  tables  of 
2shewbread,  for  every  table  ;  and  likewise  silver  for 
the  tables  of  silver  : 

17  Also  pure  gold  for  the  fleshhooks,  and  the 
bowls,  and  the  cups  :  and  for  the  golden  basons  he 
gave  gold  by  weight  for  every  bason  ;  and  likewise 
silver  by  weight  for  every  bason  of  silver  : 

18  And  for  the  altar  of  "incense  refined  gold  by 
weight ;  and  gold  for  the  pattern  of  the  chariot  of 
the  6cherubims,  that  spread  out  their  wings,  and 
covered  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord. 

19  All  this,  said  Da'vid,  cthe  Lord  made  me  un- 
derstand in  writing  by  his  hand  upon  me,  even  all 
the  works  of  this  pattern. 

20  And  Da'vid  said  to  Sol'o-mon  his  son,  dBe  strong 
and  of  good  courage,  and  do  it :  fear  not,  nor  be 
dismayed  :  for  the  Lord  God,  even  my  God,  will  be 
with  thee  ;  e  he  will  not  fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee, 
until  thou  hast  finished  all  the  work  for  the  service 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  And,  behold/ the  courses  of  the  priests  and  the 
Le'vites,  even  they  shall  be  with  thee  for  all  the  ser- 
vice of  the  house  of  God  :  and  there  shall  be  with 
thee  for  all  manner  of  workmanship  °  every  willing 
skilful  man,  for  any  manner  of  service  :  also  the 
princes  and  all  the  people  will  be  wholly  at  thy 
commandment. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  The  people's  offerings.    20  Solomon  made  king.    26  David's  reign  and  death. 

TflURTHERMORE  Da'vid  the  king  said  unto  all 
-■-  the  congregation,  Sol'o-mon  my  son,  whom  alone 
God  hath  chosen,  is  yet  a  young  and  tender,  and  the 
work  is  great :  for  the  palace  is  not  for  man,  but 
for  the  Lord  God. 

2  Now  I  have  prepared  with  all  my  might  for  the 
house  of  my  God  the  gold  for  things  to  be  made  of 
gold,  and  the  silver  for  things  of  silver,  and  the  brass 
for  things  of  brass,  the  iron  for  things  of  iron,  and 
wood  for  things  of  wood ;  6onyx  stones,  and  stones  to 
be  set,  glistering  stones,  and  of  divers  colours,  and 


B.  C.  1015. 


C  of  all  that 
was  with  him. 


y  ch.  20.  20. 


z  Ex.  25.  23. 

1  Ki.  7.  48. 

2  Chr.  4.  8. 


a  Ex.  30.  1 . 
b  Ex.  25.  18. 

1  Sam.  4.  4. 

1  Ki.  6.  23. 

Ps.  18.  10. 

Ps.  OS.  17. 

Ps.  80.  1. 
c  Ex.  25.  40. 
cZDeut.  31.  7.  . 

Josh.  1.  6,  7. 

ch.  22.  13. 
e  Josh.  1.  5. 

Heb.  13.  5. 
/ch.  24. 

ch.  25. 
g  Ex.  35.  25. 


a  1  Ki.  3.  7. 

ch.  22.  5. 

Prov.  4.  3. 
b  Ex.  28.  9. 

Isa.  54.  11,  12. 

Rev.  21.  18. 
c  Ps.  26.  8. 

Ps.  27.  4. 

Ps.  84.  I. 
d  Prov.  3.  9. 
c  1  Ki.  9.  28. 

2  Chr.  8.  18. 
1  to  fill  his 

hand, 
/ch.  27.  1. 
g  ch.  27.  25. 
Ach.  26.  21. 
i  1  Ki.  8.  61. 

2  Cor.  9.  7. 
j\  Ki.  8.  15,  16. 

2  Chr.  6.  4. 

Ps.  72.  18. 
A-  Dan.  4.  34,  35. 

Matt.  6.  13. 

1  Tim.  1.17. 

Rev.  5.  13. 

1  Deut.  8.  IS. 

1  Sam.  2.7,  8. 
Ps.  75.  6. 
Prov.  10.  22. 
Rom.  11.  36. 

2  retain,  or,  ob- 
tain strength. 

3  of  thine  hand. 
m  Gen.  47.  9. 

Ps.  39.  12. 
Heb.  11.  13. 
1  Pet.  2.  11. 
n  Job  14.  2. 
Ps.  90.  9. 
Ps.  102.11. 

4  expectation. 
o  Deut.  8.  2. 

1  Sam.  16.  7. 
ch.  28.  9. 
Ps.  7.  9. 
Prov.  16.  2. 
Jer.  17.  10. 
Heb.  4.13. 
p  Ps.  11.  7. 
Prov.  11.  20. 

5  Or,  found. 


all  manner  of  precious  stones,  and  marble  stones  in 
abundance. 

3  Moreover,  because  I  have  '-'  set  my  affection  to  the 
house  of  my  God,  I  have  of  mine  d  own  proper  good, 
of  gold  and  silver,  which  I  have  given  to  the  house 
of  my  God,  over  and  above  all  that  I  have  prepared 
for  the  holy  house, 

4  Even  three  thousand  talents  of  gold,  of  the  gold 
of  eO'phir,  and  seven  thousand  talents  of  refined 
silver,  to  overlay  the  walls  of  the  houses  withal : 

5  The  gold  for  things  of  gold,  and  the  silver  for 
things  of  silver,  and  for  all  manner  of  work  to  be 
made  by  the  hands  of  artificers.  And  who  then  is 
willing  Ho  consecrate  his  service  this  day  unto  the 
Lord? 

6  II  Then  •'"the  chief  of  the  fathers  and  princes  of 
the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  the  captains  of  thousands 
and  of  hundreds,  with  "the  rulers  of  the  king's 
work,  offered  willingly, 

7  And  gave  for  the  service  of  the  house  of  God  of 
gold  five  thousand  talents  and  ten  thousand  drams, 
and  of  silver  ten  thousand  talents,  and  of  brass 
eighteen  thousand  talents,  and  one  hundred  thou- 
sand talents  of  iron. 

8  And  they  with  whom  precious  stones  were  found 
gave  them  to  the  treasure  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
by  the  hand  of  ''Je-hi'el  the  Ger'shon-ite. 

9  Then  the  people  rejoiced,  for  that  they  offered 
willingly,  because  with  perfect  heart  they 'offered 
willingly  to  the  Lord  :  and  Da'vid  the  king  also 
rejoiced  with  great  joy. 

10  II  Wherefore  Da'vid  blessed  the  Lord  before 
all  the  congregation  :  and  Da'vid  said,  ^Blessed  be 
thou,  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el  our  father,  for  ever  and 
ever. 

11  k  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the  greatness,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  and  the  victory,  and  the  ma- 
jesty :  for  all  that  is  in  the  heaven  and  in  the  earth 
is  thine ;  thine  is  the  kingdom,  O  Lord,  and  thou 
art  exalted  as  head  above  all. 

12  'Both  riches  and  honour  come  of  thee,  and  thou 
reignest  over  all ;  and  in  thine  hand  is  power  and 
might ;  and  in  thine  hand  it  is  to  make  great,  and 
to  give  strength  unto  all. 

13  Now  therefore,  our  God,  we  thank  thee,  and 
praise  thy  glorious  name. 

14  But  who  am  I,  and  what  is  my  people,  that  we 
should  2  be  able  to  offer  so  willingly  after  this  sort? 
for  all  things  come  of  thee,  and  3of  thine  own  have 
we  given  thee. 

15  For  m  we  are  strangers  before  thee,  and  sojourn- 
ers, as  were  all  our  fathers :  "our  days  on  the  earth 
are  as  a  shadow,  and  there  is  none  4  abiding. 

16  O  Lord  our  God,  all  this  store  that  we  have 
prepared  to  build  thee  an  house  for  thine  holy  name 
cometh  of  thine  hand,  and  is  all  thine  own. 

17  I  know  also,  my  God,  that  thou  "triest  the 
heart,  and  phast  pleasure  in  uprightness.  As  for 
me,  in  the  uprightness  of  mine  heart  I  have  will- 
ingly offered  all  these  things :  and  now  have  I  seen 
with  joy  thy  people,  which  are  5 present  here,  to 
offer  willingly  unto  thee. 

339 


Solomon  on  the  throne. 


2  CHRONICLES,  1. 


His  choice  of  wisdom. 


18  0  Lord  God  of  A'bra-ham,  I'saac,  and  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  our  fathers,  keep  this  for  ever  in  the  ima- 
gination of  the  thoughts  of  the  heart  of  thy  people, 
and  6  prepare  their  heart  unto  thee : 

19  And  "give  unto  Sol'o-mon  my  son  a  perfect 
heart,  to  keep  thy  commandments,  thy  testimonies, 
and  thy  statutes,  and  to  do  all  these  things,  and  to 
build  the  palace,  for  the  which  rI  have  made  pro- 
vision. 

20  If  And  Da'vid  said  to  all  the  congregation,  Now 
bless  the  Lord  your  God.  And  all  the  congregation 
blessed  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  and  bowed 
down  their  heads,  and  worshipped  the  Lord,  and 
the  king. 

21  And  they  sacrificed  sacrifices  unto  the  Lord, 
and  offered  burnt  offerings  unto  the  Lord,  on  the 
morrow  after  that  day,  even  a  thousand  bullocks,  a 
thousand  rams,  and  a  thousand  lambs,  with  their 
drink  offerings,  and  sacrifices  in  abundance  for  all 
Ig'ra-el : 

22  And  did  eat  and  drink  before  the  Lord  on  that 
day  with  great  gladness.  And  they  made  Sol'o- 
mon  the  son  of  Da'vid  king  the  second  time,  and 
anointed  him  unto  the  Lord  to  be  the  chief  gov- 
ernor, and  Za'dok  to  be  priest. 


B.  C.  1015. 


G  Or,  stablish. 

Ps.  10.  17. 

Jer.  10.  23. 
q  Ps.  72.  1. 


r  ch.  22.  14. 
7  gave  the 

hand  under 

Solomon. 

Gen.  24.  2. 

Gen.  47.  29. 

2  Clir.  30.  8. 

Ezek.  17.  18. 
s  2  Chr.  1.  12. 

Ecel.  2.  9. 

Dan.  5.  18, 19. 

Heb.  2.  9. 
/  2  Sam.  5.  4. 

1  Ki.  2.  11. 
u  2  Sam.  5.  5. 

r  Gen.  15.  15. 
Num.  23.  10. 


8  words,  or, 
history. 


if  Dan.  2.  21. 


23  Then  Sol'o-mon  sat  on  the  throne  of  the  Lord 
as  king  instead  of  Da'vid  his  father,  and  prospered  ; 
and  all  !§'ra-el  obeyed  him. 

24  And  all  the  princes,  and  the  mighty  men,  and 
all  the  sons  likewise  of  king  Da'vid,  7  submitted 
themselves  unto  Sol'o-mon  the  king. 

25  And  the  Lord  magnified  Sol'o-mon  exceedingly 
in  the  sight  of  all  Ig'ra-el,  and  s bestowed  upon  him 
such  royal  majesty  as  had  not  been  on  any  king 
before  him  in  Ig'ra-el. 

26  If  Thus  Da'vid  the  son  of  Jes'se  reigned  over 
all  I§'ra-el. 

27  'And  the  time  that  he  reigned  over  Ig'ra-el  was 
forty  years  ;  "seven  years  reigned  he  in  He'bron, 
and  thirty  and  three  years  reigned  he  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

28  And  he  "died  in  a  good  old  age,  full  of  days, 
riches,  and  honour  :  and  Sol'o-mon  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

29  Now  the  acts  of  Da'vid  the  king,  first  and  last, 
behold,  they  are  written  in  the  8book  of  Sam'u-el 
the  seer,  and  in  the  book  of  Na'than  the  prophet, 
and  in  the  book  of  Gad  the  seer, 

30  With  all  his  reign  and  his  might,  "'and  the 
times  that  went  over  him,  and  over  Ig'ra-el,  and 
over  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  countries. 


THE 


SECOND    BOOK    OF    THE    CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  The  offering  of  Solomon.    7  His  choice  of  wisdom.     13  His  wealth  and  might. 

AND  a  Sol'o-mon  the  son  of  Da'vid  was  strength- 
-  ened  in  his  kingdom,  and  Hhe  Lord  his  God 
ivas  with  him,  and  c  magnified  him  exceedingly. 

2  Then  Sol'o-mon  spake  unto  all  I§'ra-el,  to  rfthe 
captains  of  thousands  and  of  hundreds,  and  to  the 
judges,  and  to  every  governor  in  all  Ig'ra-el,  the 
chief  of  the  fathers. 

3  So  Sol'o-mon,  and  all  the  congregation  with  him, 
went  to  the  high  place  that  was  at  eGib'e-on;  for 
there  was  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  of 
God,  which  M5'§e§  the  servant  of  the  Lord  had 
made  in  the  wilderness. 

4  rBut  the  ark  of  God  had  Da'vid  brought  up  from 
Kir'jath-je'a-rim  to  the  place  which  Da'vid  had  pre- 
pared for  it :  for  he  had  pitched  a  tent  for  it  at 
Je-ra'sa-lem. 

5  Moreover  °  the  brasen  altar,  that  h  Be-zal'e-el  the 
son  of  U'rl,  the  son  of  Hur  had  made,  xhe  put  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord:  and  Sol'o-mon  and 
the  congregation  sought  unto  it. 

6  And  Sol'o-mon  went  up  thither  to  the  brasen 
altar  before  the  Lord,  which  was  at  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  and  offered  a  i  thousand  burnt 
offerings  upon  it. 

7  If  ^In  that  night  did  God  appear  unto  Sol'o-mon, 
and  said  unto  him,  Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee. 

8  And  Sol'o-mon  said  unto  God,  Thou  hast  shewed 
great  mercy  unto  Da'vid  my  father,  and  hast  made 
me  Ho  reign  in  his  stead. 

9  Now,  O  Lord  God,  let  thy  promise  unto  Da'vid  rny 

340 


B.  C.  1015. 


a  1  Ki.  2.  46. 

b  Gen.  21.  22. 

1  Chr.  17.  8. 

Matt.  28.  20. 
c  1  Chr.  29.  25. 

Phil.  2.  9-11. 
d  1  Chr.  27.  1. 

ch.  29.  20. 


e  1  Ki.  3.  4. 


f  2  Sam.  6.  2. 
1  Chr.  15.  1. 

g  Ex.  27.  1. 
h  Ex.  31.  2. 
1  Or,  was  there. 
i  1  Ki.  3.  4. 
j  Prov.  3.  5. 
Isa.  58.  9. 
k  1  Chr.  28.  5. 

1  1  Ki.  3.  7. 

2  much  as  the 
dust  of  the 
earth. 

m  1  Ki.  3.  9. 

Ps.  119.  34,  73. 

Prov.  3.  13. 
n  Num.  27.  17. 

Dent.  31.  2. 
o  1  Sam.  16.  7. 

1  Ki.  3.  11. 
p  Ps.  34.  9,  10. 

Matt.  6.  33. 

Epli.  3.  20. 
g  1  Chr.  29.  25. 

ch.  9.  22. 

Eccl.  2.  9. 
r  1  Ki  4.  26. 
s  Job  22.  24. 

3  gave. 

4  the  going 
forth  of  the 
horses  which 
was  Solomon's. 


father  be  established :  'for  thou  hast  made  me  king 
over  a  people 2  like  the  dust  of  the  earth  in  multitude. 

10  OTGive  me  now  wisdom  and  knowledge,  that  I 
may  "go  out  and  come  in  before  this  people  :  for 
who  can  judge  this  thy  people,  that  is  so  great  ? 

11  "And  God  said  to  Sol'o-mon,  Because  this  was  in 
thine  heart,  and  thou  hast  not  asked  riches,  wealth, 
or  honour,  nor  the  life  of  thine  enemies,  neither  yet 
hast  asked  long  life;  but  hast  asked  wisdom  and 
knowledge  for  thyself,  that  thou  mayest  judge  my 
people,  over  whom  I  have  made  thee  king : 

12  Wisdom  and  knowledge  pis granted  unto  thee; 
and  I  will  give  thee  riches,  and  wealth,  and  honour, 
such  as  9none  of  the  kings  have  had  that  have  been 
before  thee,  neither  shall  there  any  after  thee  have 
the  like. 

13  If  Then  Sol'o-mon  came  from  his  journey  to  the 
high  place  that  was  at  Gib'e-on  to  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
from  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
reigned  over  I§'ra-el. 

14  rAnd  Sol'o-mon  gathered  chariots  and  horse- 
men: and  he  had  a  thousand  and  four  hundred 
chariots,  and  twelve  thousand  horsemen,  which  he 
placed  in  the  chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king  at 
Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

15  sAnd  the  king  8made  silver  and  gold  at  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem as  plenteous  as  stones,  and  cedar  trees  made 
he  as  the  sycomore  trees  that  are  in  the  vale  for 
abundance. 

16  4And  Sol'o-mon  had  horses  brought  out  of 
E'gypt,  and  linen  yarn  :  the  king's  merchants  re- 
ceived the  linen  yarn  at  a  price. 


The  contract  with  Huram. 


2  CHRONICLES,  2,  3. 


The  temple  begun. 


17  And  they  fetched  up,  and  brought  forth  out 
of  E'gypt  a  chariot  for  six  hundred  shekels  of  sil- 
ver, and  an  horse  for  an  hundred  and  fifty :  and  so 
brought  they  out  horses  for  all  the  kings  of  the 
Hit'tites,  and  for  the  kings  of  Syr'i-a, 5  by  their  means. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  The  temple  workmen.    3  Solomon  contracts  with  Hunnn. 

AND  Sol'o-mon  a  determined  to  build  an  house  for 
-  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  an  house  for  his 
kingdom. 

2  And  b  Sol'o-mon  told  out  threescore  and  ten  thou- 
sand men  to  bear  burdens,  and  fourscore  thousand 
to  hew  in  the  mountain,  and  three  thousand  and  six 
hundred  to  oversee  them. 

3  If  And  Sol'o-mon  sent  to  Hu'ram  the  king  of 
Tyre,  saying,  cAs  thou  didst  deal  with  Da'vid  my 
father,  and  didst  send  him  cedars  to  build  him  an 
house  to  dwell  therein,  even  so  deal  with  me. 

4  Behold,  I  build  an  house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord 
my  God,  to  dedicate  it  to  him,  and  dto  burn  before 
him  *  sweet  incense,  and  for  cthe  continual  shew- 
bread,  and  for  'the  burnt  offerings  morning  and 
evening,  on  the  sabbaths,  and  on  the  new  moons, 
and  on  the  solemn  feasts  of  the  Lord  our  God. 
This  is  an  ordinance  for  ever  to  Ig'ra-el. 

5  And  the  house  which  I  build  is  great :  for  a  great 
is  our  God  above  all  gods. 

6  ABut  who  2is  able  to  build  him  an  house,  seeing 
the  heaven  and  heaven  of  heavens  cannot  contain 
him  ?  who  am  I  then,  that  I  should  build  him  an 
house,  save  only  to  burn  sacrifice  before  him  ? 

7  Send  me  now  therefore  a  man  cunning  to  work 
in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass,  and  in  iron,  and 
in  purple,  and  crimson,  and  blue,  and  that  can 
skill  3to  grave  with  the  cunning  men  that  are  with 
me  in  Ju'dah  and  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,l'whom  Da'vid  my 
father  did  provide. 

8  JSend  me  also  cedar  trees,  fir  trees,  and  4algum 
trees,  out  of  Leb'a-non  :  for  I  know  that  thy  ser- 
vants can  skill  to  cut  timber  in  Leb'a-non ;  and, 
behold,  my  servants  shall  be  with  thy  servants, 

9  Even  to  prepare  me  timber  in  abundance  :  for 
the  house  which  I  am  about  to  build  shall  be  5  won- 
derful great. 

10  fcAnd,  behold,  I  will  give  to  thy  servants,  the 
hewers  that  cut  timber,  twenty  thousand  measures 
of  beaten  wheat,  and  twenty  thousand  measures  of 
barley,  and  twenty  thousand  baths  of  wine,  and 
twenty  thousand  baths  of  oil. 

11  If  Then  Hu'ram  the  king  of  Tyre  answered  in 
writing,  which  he  sent  to  Sol'o-mon,  'Because  the 
Lord  hath  loved  his  people,  he  hath  made  thee  king 
over  them. 

12  Hu'ram  said  moreover,  m Blessed  be  the  Lord 
God  of  I§'ra-el,  "that  made  heaven  and  earth,  who 
hath  given  to  Da'vid  the  king  a  wise  son,  6 endued 
with  prudence  and  understanding,  that  might  build 
an  house  for  the  Lord,  and  an  house  for  his  kingdom. 

13  And  now  I  have  sent  a  cunning  man,  endued 
with  understanding,  of  Hu'ram  my  father's, 

■   14  "The  son  of  a  woman  of  the  daughters  of  Dan, 


B.  C.  1015. 


5  by  their  hands. 


a  1  Ki.  5.  5. 


6  1  Ki.  5.  16. 


c  1  Chr.  14.  1. 


d  Ex.  SO.  7. 

1  incense  of 

spices. 
e  Ex.  20.  30. 

Lev.  24.  8. 

Matt.  12.  4. 
/  Ex.  29.  38-42 

Num.  28.  3. 


ij  Ex.  15.  11. 
1  Chr.  1G.  25. 
Ps.  86.  8,  9. 

h  ch.  G.  18. 

Isa.  60.  1. 
2  hath  retained, 

or,  obtained 

strength. 


3  to  grave 
gravings. 

i  1  Chr.  22.  15. 
j  1  Ki.  5.  6.  _ 

4  Or,  almuggim, 
1  Ki.  10.  11. 

5  great  and 
wonderful. 

k  1  Ki.  5.  11. 
/  Deut.  33.  3. 
m  1  Ki.  5.  7. 
n  Gen.  1, 

Ps.  33.  6. 

Ps.  102.  25. 

Ps.  124.  8. 

Acts  4.  24. 

R-v.  10.  6. 

6  knowing 
prudence 
and  under- 
standing. 

o  1  Ki.  7.  13. 
p  1  Ki.  5.  8. 

7  according  to 
all  thy  need. 

8  Japho, 
Josh.  19.  46. 
Acts  9.  36. 

q  1  Ki.  5.  13. 
ch.  8.  7,  8. 

9  the  men  the 
strangers. 

r  1  Chr.  22.  2. 


a  1  Ki.6.  1. 

1  Chr.  29.  19. 

John  2.  19-21. 
6  Gen.  22.  2. 

1  Or,  which  was 
seen  of  David 
his  father. 

2  Or,  Araunah. 
e  1  Chr.  22.  1. 
d  1  Ki.  6.  2. 

3  founded. 
e  1  Ki.  6.  3. 
/ 1  Ki.  6.  17. 

4  covered. 

5  house  of 
holiness  of 
holinesses, 
or,  oracle. 

<7l  Ki.-6.  23. 

6  Or,  (as  some 
think,)  of 
moveable 
work. 


and  his  father  was  a  man  of  Tyre,  skilful  to  work 
in  gold,  and  in  silver,  in  brass,  in  iron,  in  stone,  and 
in  timber,  in  purple,  in  blue,  and  in  fine  linen,  and 
in  crimson  ;  also  to  grave  any  manner  of  graving, 
and  to  find  out  every  device  which  shall  be  put  to 
him,  with  thy  cunning  men,  and  with  the  cunning 
men  of  my  lord  Da'vid  thy  father. 

15  Now  therefore  the  wheat,  and  the  barley,  the 
oil,  and  the  wine,  which  my  lord  hath  spoken  of, 
let  him  send  unto  his  servants  : 

16  ^And  we  will  cut  wood  out  of  Leb'a-non,  7as 
much  as  thou  shalt  need  :  and  we  will  bring  it  to 
thee  in  floats  by  sea  to  8Jop'pa  ;  and  thou  shalt 
carry  it  up  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

17  If  9And  Sol'o-mon  numbered  all  &the  strangers 
that  were  in  the  land  of  I§'ra-el,  after  the  number- 
ing wherewith  r Da'vid  his  father  had  numbered 
them  ;  and  they  were  found  an  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  and  three  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

18  And  he  set  threescore  and  ten  thousand  of  them 
to  be  bearers  of  burdens,  and  fourscore  thousand  to 
be  hewers  in  the  mountain,  and  three  thousand  and 
six  hundred  overseers  to  set  the  people  a  work. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Solomon  begins  the  temple.     3  Its  dimensions,  architecture,  aw!  ornaments. 

THEN  a Sol'o-mon  began  to  build  the  house  of  the 
Lord  at6Jg-ru'sa-leminmountM6-ri'ah,  ^here 
the  Lord  appeared  unto  Da'vid  his  father,  in  the 
place  that  Da'vid  had  prepared  in  the  threshing- 
floor  of  2c0r'nan  the  Jeb'u-slte. 

2  And  he  began  to  build  in  the  second  day  of  the 
second  month,  in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign. 

3  IT  Now  these  are  the  things  d wherein  Sol'o-mon 
was  3  instructed  for  the  building  of  the  house  of 
God.  The  length  by  cubits  after  the  first  measure 
was  threescore  cubits,  and  the  breadth  twenty  cubits. 

4  And  the  e  porch  that  was  in  the  front  of  the 
house,  the  length  of  it  was  according  to  the  breadth 
of  the  house,  twenty  cubits,  and  the  height  was  an 
hundred  and  twenty  :  and  he  overlaid  it  within  with 
pure  gold. 

5  And  -^the  greater  house  he  cieled  with  fir  tree, 
which  he  overlaid  with  fine  gold,  and  set  thereon 
palm  trees  and  chains. 

6  And  he  4  garnished  the  house  with  precious  stones 
for  beauty  :  and  the  gold  was  gold  of  Par-va'im. 

7  He  overlaid  also  the  house,  the  beams,  the  posts, 
and  the  walls  thereof,  and  the  doors  thereof,  with 
gold  ;  and  graved  cherubims  on  the  walls. 

8  And  he  made  the  5most  holy  house,  the  length 
whereof  was  according  to  the  breadth  of  the  house, 
twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  twenty  cu- 
bits :  and  he  overlaid  it  with  fine  gold,  amounting 
to  six  hundred  talents. 

9  And  the  weight  of  the  nails  was  fifty  shekels 
of  gold.  And  he  overlaid  the  upper  chambers  with 
gold. 

10  ^And  in  the  most  holy  house  he  made  two  cher- 
ubims 6of  image  work,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold. 

11  IT  And  the  wings  of  the  cherubims  were  twenty 
cubits  long  :  one  wing  of  the  one  cherub  was  five 

341 


The  temple  vessels. 


2  CHRONICLES,  4,  5. 


The  temple  finished. 


cubits,  reaching  to  the  wall  of  the  house  :  and  the 
other  wing  was  likewise  five  cubits,  reaching  to  the 
wing  of  the  other  cherub. 

12  And  one  wing  of  the  other  cherub  was  five 
cubits,  reaching  to  the  wall  of  the  house  :  and  the 
other  wing  was  five  cubits  also,  joining  to  the  wing 
of  the  other  cherub. 

13  The  wings  of  these  cherubims  spread  themselves 
forth  twenty  cubits :  and  they  stood  on  their  feet, 
and  their  faces  were  "'  inward. 

14  If  And  he  made  the  *  veil  of  blue,  and  purple, 
and  crimson,  and  fine  linen,  and  8  wrought  cherubims 
thereon. 

15  Also  he  made  before  the  house  'two  pillars  of 
thirty  and  five  cubits  9high,  and  the  chapiter  that 
was  on  the  top  of  each  of  them  was  five  cubits. 

16  And  he  made  chains,  as  in  the  oracle,  and  put 
them  on  the  heads  of  the  pillars  ;  and  made  an  hun- 
dred pomegranates,  and  put  them  on  the  chains. 

17  And  he  reared  up  the  pillars  before  the  temple, 
one  on  the  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  the  left ; 
and  called  the  name  of  that  on  the  right  hand 
10Ja'chin,  and  the  name  of  that  on  the  left  "Bo'az. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  The  brasen  altar.     2  Molten  sea.    9  Courts.    19  Golden  instruments. 

TV/TOREO VER  he  made  a  an  altar  of  brass,  twenty 
-"-*-  cubits  the  length  thereof,  and  twenty  cubits  the 
breadth  thereof,  and  ten  cubits  the  height  thereof. 

2  If  b  Also  he  made  a  molten  sea  of  ten  cubits  1  from 
brim  to  brim,  round  in  compass,  and  five  cubits  the 
height  thereof ;  and  a  line  of  thirty  cubits  did  com- 
pass it  round  about. 

3  c  And  under  it  was  the  similitude  of  oxen,  which 
did  compass  it  round  about :  ten  in  a  cubit,  com- 
passing the  sea  round  about.  Two  rows  of  oxen 
were  cast,  when  it  was  cast. 

4  It  stood  upon  twelve  oxen,  three  looking  toward 
the  north,  and  three  looking  toward  the  west,  and 
three  looking  toward  the  south,  and  three  looking 
toward  the  east :  and  the  sea  was  set  above  upon 
them,  and  all  their  hinder  parts  were  inward. 

5  And  the  thickness  of  it  was  an  handbreadth,  and 
the  brim  of  it  like  the  work  of  the  brim  of  a  cup, 
2  with  flowers  of  lilies  ;  and  it  received  and  held 
d  three  thousand  baths. 

6  If  He  made  also  eten  lavers,  and  put  five  on  the 
right  hand,  and  five  on  the  left,  to  wash  in  them  : 
8  such  things  as  they  offered  for  the  burnt  offering 
they  washed  in  them  ;  /but  the  sea  was  for  the 
priests  to  wash  in. 

7  And  ffhe  made  ten  candlesticks  of  gold  according 
Ho  their  form,  and  set  them  in  the  temple,  five  on 
the  right  hand,  and  five  on  the  left. 

8  He  'made  also  ten  tables,  and  placed  them  in  the 
temple,  five  on  the  right  side,  and  five  on  the  left. 
And  he  made  an  hundred  4  basons  of  gold. 

9  If  Furthermore j  he  made  the  court  of  the  priests, 
and  the  great  court,  and  doors  for  the  court,  and 
overlaid  the  doors  of  them  with  brass. 

10  And  khe  set  the  sea  on  the  right  side  of  the  east 
end,  over  against  the  south. 

342 


B.  C.  1012. 


7  Or,  toward 
the  house. 

h  Ex.  26.  31. 
Matt.  27.  51. 
Heb.  9.  3. 

8  caused  to 
ascend. 


i  1  Ki. 
9  long. 


15. 


10  That  is,  He 
shall  estab- 
lish. 

1 1  That  is,  In 

it  is  strength. 


a  Ex.  27.  1. 

1  Ki.  9.  25. 

2  Ki.  16.  U. 


b  Ex.  30.  18. 
1  from  his  brim 
to  his  brim. 


c  1  Ki.  7.  24. 

2  Or,  like  a  lily 
flower. 

d  1  Ki.  7.  26. 
e  1  Ki.  7.  38. 

3  the  work  of 
burnt  offering. 

f  Heb.  9.  9. 
q  1  Ki.  7.  49. 
A  Ex.  25.  31. 
i  1  Ki.  7.  48. 

4  Or,  bowls. 
/  1  Ki.  6.  36. 
k  1  Ki.  7.  39. 
/  1  Ki.  7.  40. 

5  Or,  bowls. 

6  finished  to 
make. 

?»  1  Ki.  7.  41. 
n  Ex.  28.  33,  34. 

1  Ki.  7.  20. 
Song  4.  13. 

7  upon  the  face, 
o  1  Ki.  7.  27,  43. 

8  Or.  caldrons. 

p  1  Ki.  7.  14,  45. 

9  made  bright, 
or,  scoured. 

q  1  Ki.  7.  46. 

10  thicknesses 
of  the  ground. 

r  1  Ki.  7.  47. 
*  1  Ki.  7.  48-50. 

2  Ki.  24.  13. 
Jer.  28.  3. 
Dan.  5.  2,  3. 

t  Ex.  25.  30. 

1  Chr.  28.  16. 
u  Ex.  27.  20,  21. 
v  Ex.  25.  31. 

11  perfections 
ot  gold. 

12  Or,  bowls. 

13  That  is,  over- 
laid with  gold. 


a  1  Ki.  7.  51. 

1  Chr.  22.  14. 
b  1  Ki.  8.  1. 

1  Chr.  29.  1. 

ch.  1.  2. 
c  2  Sam.  6.  12. 
<7 1  Ki.  8.  2. 
e  ch.  7.  S,  9,  10. 
/'  Josh.  3.  6. 


11  And  *  Hu'ram  made  the  pots,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  5  basons.  And  Hu'ram  6  finished  the  work 
that  he  was  to  make  for  king  Sol'o-mon  for  the  house 
of  God  ; 

12  To  wit,  the  two  pillars,  and  m  the  pommels,  and 
the  chapiters  which  were  on  the  top  of  the  two 
pillars,  and  the  two  wreaths  to  cover  the  two  pom- 
mels of  the  chapiters  which  were  on  the  top  of  the 
pillars ; 

13  And  ,lfour  hundred  pomegranates  on  the  two 
wreaths ;  two  rows  of  pomegranates  on  each  wreath, 
to  cover  the  two  pommels  of  the  chapiters  which 
were  "upon  the  pillars. 

14  He  made  also  "bases,  and  8 lavers  made  he  upon 
the  bases ; 

15  One  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under  it. 

16  The  pots  also,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  flesh- 
hooks,  and  all  their  instruments,  did  v Hu'ram  his 
father  make  to  king  Sol'o-mon  for  the  house  of  the 
Lord  of  9  bright  brass. 

17  9In  the  plain  of  Jor'dan  did  the  king  cast  them, 
in  the  10  clay  ground  between  Suc'coth  and  Ze-red'- 
a-thah. 

18  rThus  Sol'o-mon  made  all  these  vessels  in  great 
abundance  :  for  the  weight  of  the  brass  could  not 
be  found  out. 

19  If  And  s Sol'o-mon  made  all  the  vessels  that 
were  for  the  house  of  God,  the  golden  altar  also,  and 
the  tables  whereon  '  the  shewbread  was  set ; 

20  Moreover  the  candlesticks  with  their  lamps, 
that  they  should  burn  u  after  the  manner  before  the 
oracle,  of  pure  gold  ; 

21  And  "the  flowers,  and  the  lamps,  and  the  tongs, 
made  he  of  gold,  and  that  "  perfect  gold  ; 

22  And  the  snuffers,  and  the  12  basons,  and  the 
spoons,  and  the  censers,  of  pure  gold  :  and  the 
entry  of  the  house,  the  inner  doors  thereof  for 
the  most  holy  place,  and  the  doors  of  the  house 
of  the  temple,  were  of  13gold. 

CHAPTER   5. 

1  Dedicated  treasures.    2  Induction  of  the  ark  into  the  oracle.     11  A  sign  of  favour. 

THUS  "all  the  work  that  Sol'o-mon  made  for  the 
house  of  the  Lord  was  finished :  and  Sol'o-mon 
brought  in  all  the  things  that  Da'vid  his  father  had 
dedicated  ;  and  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  all  the 
instruments,  put  he  among  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  God. 

2  If  6Then  Sol'o-mon  assembled  the  elders  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  and  all  the  heads  of  the  tribes,  the  chief  of 
the  fathers  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el,  unto  JS-ru'- 
sa-lem,  to  bring  up  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  cout  of  the  city  of  Da'vid,  which  is  Zl'on. 

3  d  Wherefore  all  the  men  of  Ig'ra-el  assembled 
themselves  unto  the  king  e  in  the  feast  which  ivas 
in  the  seventh  month. 

4  And  all  the  elders  of  I§'ra-el  came  ;  and  the 
■^Le'vltes  took  up  the  ark. 

5  And  they  brought  up  the  ark,  and  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  and  all  the  holy  vessels 
that  were  in  the  tabernacle,  these  did  the  priests 
and  the  Le'vltes  bring  up. 


A  sign  of  favour. 


2  CHRONICLES,  6. 


Solomon's  dedicatory  prayer. 


6  Also  king  Sol'o-mon,  and  all  the  congregation  of 
Ig'ra-el  that  were  assembled  unto  him  before  the 
ark,  sacrificed  sheep  and  oxen,  which  could  not  be 
told  nor  numbered  for  multitude. 

7  And  the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  unto  his  place,  to  the  oracle  of 
the  house,  into  the  most  holy  place,  even  under  the 
wings  of  the  cherubims  : 

8  For  the  cherubims  spread  forth  their  wings  over 
the  place  of  the  ark,  and  the  cherubims  covered  the 
ark  and  the  staves  thereof  above. 

9  And  they  drew  out  the  staves  of  the  ark,  that  the 
ends  of  the  staves  were  seen  from  the  ark  before 
the  oracle  ;  but  they  were  not  seen  without.  And 
1  there  it  is  unto  this  day. 

10  There  was  nothing  in  the  ark  save  the  two 
tables  which  Mo'geg  "put  therein  at  Ho'reb,  2when 
the  Lord  made  a  covenant  with  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, when  they  came  out  of  E'gypt. 

11  1"  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  priests  were 
come  out  of  the  holy  place :  (for  all  the  priests  that 
were 3  present  were  sanctified,  and  did  not  then  wait 
by  course  : 

12  ftAlso  the  Le'vites  ivhich  were  the  singers,  all 
of  them  of  A'saph,  of  He'man,  of  Jed'u-thun,  with 
their  sons  and  their  brethren,  being  arrayed  in 
white  linen,  having  cymbals  and  psalteries  and 
harps,  stood  at  the  east  end  of  the  altar,  and  'with 
them  an  hundred  and  twenty  priests  sounding  with 
trumpets : ) 

13  It  came  even  to  pass,  as  the  trumpeters  and 
singers  were  as  one,  to  make  one  sound  to  be  heard 
in  praising  and  thanking  the  Lord  ;  and  when  they 
lifted  up  their  voice  with  the  trumpets  and  cymbals 
and  instruments  of  musick,  and  praised  the  Lord, 
saying,  JFor  he  Osgood ;  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever :  that  then  the  house  was  filled  with  a  cloud, 
even  the  house  of  the  Lord  ; 

14  So  that  the  priests  could  not  stand  to  minister 
by  reason  of  the  cloud  :  fcfor  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
had  filled  the  house  of  God. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Solomon  blesses  God.     12  His  dedicatory  prayer. 

THEN  "said  Sol'o-mon,  The  Lord  hath  said  that 
he  would  dwell  in  the  b  thick  darkness. 

2  But  I  have  built  an  house  of  habitation  for  thee, 
and  a  place  for  thy  dwelling  for  ever. 

3  And  the  king  turned  his  face,  and  blessed  the 
whole  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el :  and  all  the  congre- 
gation of  Ig'ra-el  stood. 

4  And  he  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el, 
who  hath  with  his  hands  fulfilled  that  which  he 
spake  with  his  mouth  to  my  father  Da'vid,  saying, 

5  Since  the.  day  that  I  brought  forth  my  people 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt  I  chose  no  city  among 
all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el  to  build  an  house  in,  that 
my  name  might  be  there  ;  neither  chose  I  any 
man  to  be  a  ruler  over  my  people  Ig'ra-el : 

6  cBut  I  have  chosen  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  that  my  name 
might  be  there  ;  and  dhave  chosen  Da'vid  to  be 
over  my  people  Ig'ra-el. 


B.  C.  1004. 


1  Or,  they  are 
there,  as 

1  Ki.  8.  8. 

g  Dent.  10.  2. 
ch.  G.  11. 

2  Or,  where. 


3  found. 


//  1  Chr.  15. 
16-22. 
ch.  29.  25. 


i  1  Chr.  15.  24. 


j  1  Chr.  16. 

34,41. 

ch.  7.  3. 

Ps.  136.  1,  26. 
k  Ex.  40.  35. 

ch.  7.  2. 

Isa.  6.  4. 

Hag.  2.  7. 

2  Cor.  3.  11. 

Rev.  15.  8. 


a  1  Ki.  8.  12. 

6  Ex.  20.  21. 
Lev.  16.  2. 
Ps.  18.  8-11. 
Heb.  12.  18. 

c  ch.  12.  13. 

Ps.  48.  1. 
d  1  Sam.  1C.  1. 

1  Chr.  28.  4. 

Ps.  89. 19,  20. 
e  2  Sam.  7.  2. 

1  Ki.  5.  3. 

1  Chr.  17.  1. 
/I  Ki.  8.  18-21. 

2  Cor.  8.  12. 
g  Ex.  40.  20. 

ch.  5.  10. 
h  1  Ki.  8.  22. 
i  Ezra  9.  5. 

1  Tim.  2.  8. 

1  the  length 
thereof,  etc. 

7  Ex.  15.  11. 
Deut.  4.  39. 

2  Sam.  7.  22. 
Ps.  86.  8. 

k  Dan.  9.  4. 
/  Gen.  5.  24. 
m  1  Chr.  22. 
9,  10. 

2  There  shall  not 
a  man  be  cut 
oft. 

n  Ps.  132.  12. 
o  Ps.  113.  5,  6. 
p  ch.  2.  6. 

Isa.  66.  1. 

Acts  7.  49. 
q  Ps.  33.  18. 

Ps.  34.  15. 
r  Dan.  6.  10. 

3  Or,  in  this 
place. 

4  pray. 


7  Now  'it  was  in  the  heart  of  Da'vid  my  father  to 
build  an  house  for  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

8  But  the  Lord  said  to  Da'vid  my  father,  Foras- 
much as  it  was  in  thine  heart  to  build  an  house  for 
my  name,  thou  didst  •'well  in  that  it  was  in  thine 
heart : 

9  Notwithstanding  thou  shalt  not  build  the  house ; 
but  thy  son  which  shall  come  forth  out  of  thy  loins, 
he  shall  build  the  house  for  my  name. 

10  The  Lord  therefore  hath  performed  his  word 
that  he  hath  spoken  :  for  I  am  risen  up  in  the 
room  of  Da'vid  my  father,  and  am  set  on  the  throne 
of  Ig'ra-el,  as  the  Lord  promised,  and  have  built 
the  house  for  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

11  And  in  it  have  I  put  the  ark,  "wherein  is  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  that  he  made  with  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el. 

12  H  ''And  he  stood  before  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
in  the  presence  of  all  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  l  spread  forth  his  hands  : 

13  For  Sol'o-mon  had  made  a  brasen  scaffold,  of 
five  cubits  Mong,  and  five  cubits  broad,  and  three 
cubits  high,  and  had  set  it  in  the  midst  of  the  court : 
and  upon  it  he  stood,  and  kneeled  down  upon  his 
knees  before  all  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el,  and 
spread  forth  his  hands  toward  heaven, 

14  And  said,  O  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  *  there  is  no 
God  like  thee  in  the  heaven,  nor  in  the  earth ; 
which  ^keepest  covenant,  and  shewest  mercy  unto 
thy  servants,  that  'walk  before  thee  with  all  their 
hearts  : 

15  mThou  which  hast  kept  with  thy  servant  Da'- 
vid my  father  that  which  thou  hast  promised  him  ; 
and  spakest  with  thy  mouth,  and  hast  fulfilled  it 
with  thine  hand,  as  it  is  this  day. 

16  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  keep 
with  thy  servant  Da'vid  my  father  that  which  thou 
hast  promised  him,  saying,  2  There  shall  not  fail 
thee  a  man  in  my  sight  to  sit  upon  the  throne  of 
Ig'ra-el  ;  "yet  so  that  thy  children  take  heed  to 
their  way  to  walk  in  my  law,  as  thou  hast  walked 
before  me. 

17  Now  then,  O  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  let  thy  word 
be  verified,  which  thou  hast  spoken  unto  thy  ser- 
vant Da'vid. 

18  But  "will  God  in  very  deed  dwell  with  men  on 
the  earth  ?  p  behold,  heaven  and  the  heaven  of  hea- 
vens cannot  contain  thee ;  how  much  less  this  house 
which  I  have  built  ! 

19  Have  respect  therefore  to  the  prayer  of  thy 
servant,  and  to  his  supplication,  O  Lord  my  God, 
to  hearken  unto  the  cry  and  the  prayer  which  thy 
servant  prayeth  before  thee  : 

20  That  thine  ffeyes  may  be  open  upon  this  house 
day  and  night,  upon  the  place  whereof  thou  hast 
said  that  thou  wouldest  put  thy  name  there ;  to 
hearken  unto  the  prayer  which  thy  servant  '"prayeth 
'Howard  this  place. 

21  Hearken  therefore  unto  the  supplications  of 
thy  servant,  and  of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  which  they 
shall  4make  toward  this  place  :  hear  thou  from  thy 

343 


Solomon's  dedicatory  prayer. 


2  CHRONICLES,  7. 


The  dedicatory  sacrifices. 


dwelling  place,  even  from  heaven  ;  and  when  thou 
hearest,  s  forgive. 

22  II  If  a  man  sin  against  his  neighbour,  5and  an 
oath  be  laid  upon  him  to  make  him  swear,  and  the 
oath  come  before  thine  altar  in  this  house  ; 

23  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven,  and  do,  and  judge 
thy  servants,  by  'requiting  the  wicked,  by  recom- 
pensing his  way  upon  his  own  head  ;  and  by  justi- 
fying the  righteous,  by  giving  him  according  to  his 
righteousness. 

24  If  And  if  thy  people  Ig'ra-el  6be  put  to  the 
worse  before  the  enemy,  because  u  they  have  sinned 
against  thee;  and  shall  return  and  confess  thy 
name,  and  pray  and  make  supplication  before  thee 
7  in  this  house  ; 

25  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens,  and  forgive 
the  sin  of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  and  bring  them  again 
unto  the  land  which  thou  gavest  to  them  and  to 
their  fathers. 

26  If  When  the  ''heaven  is  shut  up,  and  there  is 
no  rain,  because  they  have  sinned  against  thee  ; 
yet  if  they  pray  toward  this  place,  and  confess  thy 
name,  and  turn  from  their  sin,  when  thou  dost  afflict 
them; 

27  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven,  and  forgive  the 
sin  of  thy  servants,  and  of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el, 
wwhen  thou  hast  taught  them  the  good  way, 
wherein  they  should  walk  ;  and  ^'send  rain  upon 
thy  land,  which  thou  hast  given  unto  thy  people 
for  an  inheritance. 

28  If  If  there  yhe  dearth  in  the  land,  if  there  be 
pestilence,  if  there  be  blasting,  or  mildew,  locusts, 
or  caterpillers  ;  if  their  enemies  besiege  them  8in 
the  cities  of  their  land  ;  whatsoever  sore  or  what- 
soever sickness  there  be : 

29  Then  what  prayer  or  what  supplication  soever 
shall  be  made  of  any  man,  or  of  all  thy  people  Ig'- 
ra-el, when  every  one  shall  know  his  own  sore  and 
his  own  grief,  and  shall  spread  forth  his  hands  9in 
this  house  : 

30  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven  thy  dwelling 
place,  and   forgive,  and   render  unto   every  man 

his   ways,  whose   heart   thou 
only  *knowest  the  hearts  of 

) 

31  That  they  may  fear  thee,  to  walk  in  thy  ways, 

10  so  long  as  they  live  nin  the  land  which  thou  gav- 
est unto  our  fathers. 

32  If  Moreover  concerning  the  stranger,  "which  is 
not  of  thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  but  is  come  from  a  far 
country  for  thy  great  name's  sake,  and  thy  mighty 
hand,  and  thy  stretched  out  arm  ;  if  they  come  and 
pray  in  this  house  ; 

33  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens,  even  from 
thy  dwelling  place,  and  do  according  to  all  that  the 
stranger  calleth  to  thee  for  ;  that  all  people  of  the 
earth  may  know  thy  name,  and  fear  thee,  as  doth 
thy  people  Ig'ra-el,  and  may  know  that  12this  house 
which  I  have  built  is  called  by  thy  name. 

34  If  thy  people  go  out  to  war  against  their  ene- 
mies by  the  way  that  thou  shalt  send  them,  and 
they  pray  unto  thee  toward  this  city  which  thou 

344 


according  unto  all 
knowest ;  (for  thou 
the  children  of  men 


B.  C.  1004. 


*  Isa.  43.  25. 

Isa.  44.  22. 
5  and  lie  require 

an  oath  of  him. 


/Prov.  1.  31. 
Isa.  3.  11. 
Rom.  2.  8. 


C  Or,  be  smitten. 

u  Deut.  32.  15. 
Judg.  2.  11, 
14,  15. 
Ps.  51.  4. 


Or,  toward. 


yLev.  26.  19. 
Luke  4.  25. 


id  Ps.  04.  12. 

John  6.  45. 

x  Zech.  10.  1. 


y  ch.  20.  9. 

8  in  the  land  of 
their  gates. 

9  Or,  toward  this 
house. 

z  1  Chr.  28.  9. 
Ps.  11.  4. 

10  all  the  days 
which. 

11  upon  the  face 
of  the  land. 

a  Deut.  4.  G,  7,  8. 
Ps.  113.  3. 
Isa.  5G.  3-8. 
Mai.  1. 11. 
John  10.  16. 
Acts  8.  27. 

12  thy  name  is 
called  upon 
this  house. 

13  Or.  right. 

b  Job  15.  14-16. 
Prov.  20.  9. 
Eccl.  7.  20. 

14  they  that  take 
them  captives 
carry  them 
away. 

15  bring  back  to 
their  heart. 

e  Jer.  29.  12,  13. 

16  Or,  right. 

17  to  the  prayer 
of  this  place. 

d  Ps.  132.  8,  9, 

10,  16. 
e  1  Chr.  28.  2. 
/Isa.  61.  10. 
g  Neh.  9.  25. 
h  Ps.  89.  20-28. 

Isa.  55.  3. 


a  1  Ki.  8.  54. 

Isa.  65.  24. 

Dan.  9.  20. 

Acts  4.  31. 
b  Gen.  15.  17. 

Lev.  9.  24. 

Judg.  6.  21. 

1  Ki.  18.  38. 

1  Chr.  21.  26. 
c  Lev.  9.  23. 

ch.  5.  13. 

Ezek.  10.  3. 

Rev.  21.  23. 
d  ch.  5.  14. 
e  ch.  5.  13. 

Ps.  103.  17. 

Ps.  136.  1. 
/  ch.  20.  21. 
g  1  Ki.  8.  62. 
h  1  Chr.  15.  16. 
1  by  their  hand. 


hast  chosen,  and  the  house  which  I  have  built  for 
thy  name  ; 

35  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens  their  prayer 
and  their  supplication,  and  maintain  their  13  cause. 

36  If  they  sin  against  thee,  (for  there  is  6no  man 
which  sinneth  not,)  and  thou  be  angry  with  them, 
and  deliver  them  over  before  their  enemies,  and 
14  they  carry  them  away  captives  unto  a  land  far  off 
or  near ; 

37  Yet  if  they  15  bethink  themselves  in  the  land 
whither  they  are  carried  captive,  and  turn  and  pray 
unto  thee  in  the  land  of  their  captivity,  saying,  We 
have  sinned,  we  have  done  amiss,  and  have  dealt 
wickedly ; 

38  If  they  return  to  thee  cwith  all  their  heart  and 
with  all  their  soul  in  the  land  of  their  captivity, 
whither  they  have  carried  them  captives,  and  pray 
toward  their  land,  which  thou  gavest  unto  their  fa- 
thers, and  toward  the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen, 
and  toward  the  house  which  I  have  built  for  thy 
name  : 

39  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens,  even  from 
thy  dwelling  place,  their  prayer  and  their  supplica- 
tions, and  maintain  their  16  cause,  and  forgive  thy 
people  which  have  sinned  against  thee. 

40  Now,  my  God,  let,  I  beseech  thee,  thine  eyes  be 
open,  and  let  thine  ears  be  attent  1Tunto  the  prayer 
that  is  made  in  this  place. 

41  Now  d  therefore  arise,  O  Lord  God,  into  thy 
e  resting  place,  thou,  and  the  ark  of  thy  strength  : 
let  thy  priests,  O  Lord  God,  be  •''clothed  with  salva- 
tion, and  let  thy  saints  a  rejoice  in  goodness. 

42  O  Lord  God,  turn  not  away  the  face  of  thine 
anointed:  h remember  the  mercies  of  Da'vid  thy 
servant. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  God}s  glory  in  the  temple.    3  The  people  worship.    4  Solomons  sacrifice.    12  God  ap- 
pears to  Solomon. 

NOW  "when  Sol'o-mon  had  made  an  end  of  pray- 
ing, the  6fire  came  down  from  heaven,  and  con- 
sumed the  burnt  offering  and  the  sacrifices ;  and 
cthe  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 

2  dAnd  the  priests  could  not  enter  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  because  the  glory  of  the  Lord  had 
filled  the  Lord's  house. 

3  And  when  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  saw  how 
the  fire  came  down,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  upon 
the  house,  they  bowed  themselves  with  their  faces 
to  the  ground  upon  the  pavement,  and  worshipped, 
and  praised  the  Lord,  "saying,  For  he  is  good  ;  ■''for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

4  If  "Then  the  king  and  all  the  people  offered  sac- 
rifices before  the  Lord. 

5  And  king  Sol'o-mon  offered  a  sacrifice  of  twenty 
and  two  thousand  oxen,  and  an  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  sheep  :  so  the  king  and  all  the  people  ded- 
icated the  house  of  God. 

6  AAnd  the  priests  waited  on  their  offices  :  the 
Le'vltes  also  with  instruments  of  musick  of  the 
Lord,  which  Da'vid  the  king  had  made  to  praise 
the  Lord,  because  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever, 
when  Da'vid  praised  Jby  their  ministry;  and  the 


God  appears  to  Solomon. 


2  CHRONICLES,  8. 


Solomon's  builded  cities. 


1  priests  sounded  trumpets  before  them,  and  all  Ig'- 
ra-el stood. 

7  Moreover  •'Sol'o-mon  hallowed  the  middle  of  the 
court  that  was  before  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  for 
there  he  offered  burnt  offerings,  and  the  fat  of 
the  peace  offerings,  because  the  brasen  altar  which 
Sol'o-mon  had  made  was  not  able  to  receive  the 
burnt  offerings,  and  the  meat  offerings,  and  the  fat. 

8  If  fc  Also  at  the  same  time  Sol'o-mon  kept  the 
feast  seven  days,  and  all  Ig'ra-el  with  him,  a  very 
great  congregation,  from  the  entering  in  of  Ha'- 
math  unto  'the  river  of  E'gypt. 

9  And  in  the  eighth  day  they  made  2  a  solemn  as- 
sembly :  for  they  kept  the  dedication  of  the  altar 
seven  days,  and  the  feast  seven  days. 

10  And  mon  the  three  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
seventh  month  he  sent  the  people  away  into  their 
tents,  glad  and  merry  in  heart  for  the  goodness 
that  the  Lord  had  shewed  unto  Da'vid,  and  to  Sol'- 
o-mon, and  to  Ig'ra-el  his  people. 

11  Thus  n Sol'o-mon  finished  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  house  :  and  all  that  came  into  Sol'- 
o-mon's  heart  to  make  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  his  own  house,  he  prosperously  effected. 

12  T[  And  the  Lord  ° appeared  to  Sol'o-mon  by 
night,  and  said  unto  him,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer, 
pand  have  chosen  this  place  to  myself  for  an  house 
of  sacrifice. 

13  q  If  I  shut  up  heaven  that  there  be  no  rain,  or 
if  I  command  the  locusts  to  devour  the  land,  or  if 
I  send  pestilence  among  my  people  ; 

14  If  my  people,  3  which  are  called  by  my  name, 
shall  r  humble  themselves,  and  pray,  and  seek  my 
face,  and  turn  from  their  wicked  ways  ;  sthen  will 
I  hear  from  heaven,  and  will  forgive  their  sin,  and 
will  heal  their  land. 

15  Now  *mine  eyes  shall  be  open,  and  mine  ears 
attent 4  unto  the  prayer  that  is  made  in  this  place. 

16  For  now  have  UI  chosen  and  sanctified  this 
house,  that  my  name  may  be  there  for  ever  :  and 
mine  eyes  and  mine  heart  shall  be  there  perpetually. 

17  ''And  as  for  thee,  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me, 
as  Da'vid  thy  father  walked,  and  do  according  to 
all  that  I  have  commanded  thee,  and  shalt  observe 
my  statutes  and  my  judgments  ; 

18  Then  will  I  stablish  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom, 
according  as  I  have  covenanted  with  Da'vid  thy 
father,  saying,  5  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  to 
be  ruler  in  Ig'ra-el. 

19  ™But  if  ye  turn  away,  and  forsake  my  statutes 
and  my  commandments,  which  I  have  set  before  you, 
and  shall  go  and  serve  other  gods,  and  worship  them ; 

20  Then  will  I  *  pluck  them  up  by  the  roots  out  of 
my  land  which  I  have  given  them  ;  and  this  house, 
which  I  have  sanctified  for  my  name,  will  I  cast 
out  of  my  sight,  and  will  make  it  to  be  a  proverb 
and  a  byword  among  all  nations. 

21  And  "this  house,  which  is  high,  shall  be  an  as- 
tonishment to  every  one  that  passeth  by  it ;  so  that 
he  shall  say,  2Why  hath  the  Lord  done  thus  unto 
this  land,  and  unto  this  house  ? 

22  And  it  shall  be  answered,  Because  they  afor- 


B.  C.  1004. 


I  ch.  5.  12. 

j  Num.  16.  37. 
eh.  36.  14. 
Heb.  13. 10-12 


k  1  Ki.  8.  G5. 


1  Gen.  15.  18. 

2  a  restraint. 


m  1  Ki.  8.  G6. 


n  1  Ki.  9.  1. 


o  Gen.  12.  7. 


p  Deut.  12.  5. 
Ps.  78.  68,  69. 


q  ch.  6.  26. 


3  upon  whom  my 
name  is  called. 

T  Jas.  4.  10. 

s  ch.  6.  27. 

1  ch.  6.  40. 

4  to  the  prayer 
of  this  place. 

u  ch.  6.  6. 
v  1  Ki.  9.  4. 

5  There  shall  not 
be  cut  off  to 
thee. 

w  Lev.  26.  14. 

Deut.  28.  15. 
x  Ps.  5.  5. 
y  Jer.  7.  14. 

Lam.  2.  15. 

2  Deut.  29.  24. 
a  Judg.  2.  13. 
b  2  Ki.  17.  18. 

ch.  36.  16. 
Dan.  9.  12. 


a  1  Ki.  9.  10. 
b  2  Sam.  8.  3. 
c  1  Ki.  9.  17. 
d  Josh.  15.  11. 

1  all  the  desire 
of  Solomon 
which  he  de- 
sired to  build. 

e  1  Ki.  9.  20. 
/  Gen.  10.  15. 

Deut.  7.  1. 
g  Ex.  19.  5. 

Deut.  23.  19. 

Lev.  25.  39. 

Gal.  4.  28,  31. 
h  1  Ki.  5.  16. 

ch.  2.  18. 
i  1  Ki.  3.  1. 

2  holiness. 

j  Ex.  29.  38. 

Num.  28.  3,  9, 

11,  26. 
*  Ex.  23.  14. 

Deut.  16.  16. 
1 1  Chr.  24.  1. 

ch.  5.  11. 

Luke  1.  5,  8. 
m  1  Chr.  25.  1. 
n  1  Chr.  9.  17. 

3  so  was  the 
command- 
ment of  David 
the  man  of 
God. 


sook  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  which  brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  laid  hold 
on  other  gods,  and  worshipped  them,  and  served 
them  :  therefore  b  hath  he  brought  all  this  evil  upon 
them. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Solomon's  buildings.     14  Courses  of  priests  and  porters.     17  Solomon's  navy. 

AND  a  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  twenty  years, 
-  wherein  Sol'o-mon  had  built  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  his  own  house, 

2  That  the  cities  which  Hu'ram  had  restored  to 
Sol'o-mon,  Sol'o-mon  built  them,  and  caused  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el  to  dwell  there. 

3  And  Sol'o-mon  went  to  ''Ha'math-zo'bah,  and 
prevailed  against  it. 

4  cAnd  he  built  Tad'mor  in  the  wilderness,  and  all 
the  store  cities,  which  he  built  in  Ha' math. 

5  Also  he  built  Beth-ho'ron  the  upper,  and  Beth- 
ho'ron  the  nether,  fenced  cities,  with  walls,  gates, 
and  bars  ; 

6  And  dBa'al-ath,  and  all  the  store  cities  that 
Sol'o-mon  had,  and  all  the  chariot  cities,  and  the 
cities  of  the  horsemen,  and  2all  that  Sol'o-mon  de- 
sired to  build  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and  in  Leb'a-non,  and 
throughout  all  the  land  of  his  dominion. 

7  If  "As  for  all  the  people  that  were  left  of  the 
-^Hit'tltes,  and  the  Am'or-Ites,  and  the  Per'iz-zltes, 
and  the  Hi'vltes,  and  the  Jeb'u-sites,  which  were 
not  of  Ig'ra-el, 

8  But  of  their  children,  who  were  left  after  them 
in  the  land,  whom  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  consumed 
not,  them  did  Sol'o-mon  make  to  pay  tribute  until 
this  day. 

9  ffBut  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  did  Sol'o-mon 
make  no  servants  for  his  work  ;  but  they  were  men 
of  war,  and  chief  of  his  captains,  and  captains  of 
his  chariots  and  horsemen. 

10  And  these  were  the  chief  of  king  Sol'o-mon's 
officers,  even  Hwo  hundred  and  fifty,  that  bare  rule 
over  the  people. 

11  If  And  Sol'o-mon  'brought  up  the  daughter  of 
Pha'raoh  out  of  the  city  of  Da'vid  unto  the  house 
that  he  had  built  for  her  :  for  he  said,  My  wife 
shall  not  dwell  in  the  house  of  Da'vid  king  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, because  the  places  are  2holy,  whereunto  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  hath  come. 

12  Tf  Then  Sol'o-mon  offered  burnt  offerings  unto 
the  Lord  on  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had 
built  before  the  porch, 

13  Even  after  a  certain  rate  j  every  day,  offering 
according  to  the  commandment  of  Mo'geg,  on  the 
sabbaths,  and  on  the  new  moons,  and  on  the  solemn 
feasts, k  three  times  in  the  year,  even  in  the  feast  of 
unleavened  bread,  and  in  the  feast  of  weeks,  and  in 
the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

14  I  And  he  appointed,  according  to  the  order  of 
Da'vid  his  father,  the  'courses  of  the  priests  to  their 
service,  and  mthe  Le'vltes  to  their  charges,  to  praise 
and  minister  before  the  priests,  as  the  duty  of  every 
day  required  :  the  "porters  also  by  their  courses  at 
every  gate  :  for  3so  had  Da'vid  the  man  of  God 
commanded. 

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The  queen  of  Sheba's  visit. 


2  CHRONICLES,  9. 


Solomon's  wealth  and  state. 


15  And  they  departed  not  from  the  commandment 
of  the  king  unto  the  priests  and  Le'vites  concerning 
any  matter,  or  concerning  the  treasures. 

16  Now  all  the  work  of  Sol'o-mon  was  prepared 
unto  the  day  of  the  foundation  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  until  it  was  finished.  So  the  house  of 
the  Lord  was  perfected. 

17  Tf  Then  went  Sol'o-mon  to  °E'zi-on-ge'ber,  and 
to  pE'loth,  at  the  sea  side  in  the  land  of  E'dom. 

18  "And  Hu'ram  sent  him  by  the  hands  of  his  ser- 
vants ships,  and  servants  that  had  knowledge  of  the 
sea  ;  and  they  went  with  the  servants  of  Sol'o-mon 
to  '"O'phir,  and  took  thence  four  hundred  and  fifty 
talents  of  gold,  and  brought  them  to  king  Sol'o-mon. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  The  queen  of  Sheba's  visit.    13  Solomon's  wealth  and  state.     29  His  death. 

AND  "when  the  queen  of  She'ba  heard  of  the 
-  fame  of  Sol'o-mon,  she  came  to  6prove  Sol'o- 
mon  with  hard  questions  at  Je-ru'sS-lem,  with  a  very 
great  company,  and  camels  that  bare  spices,  and 
gold  in  abundance,  and  precious  stones  :  and  when 
she  was  come  to  Sol'o-mon,  she  communed  with  him 
of  all  that  was  in  her  heart. 

2  And  Sol'o-mon  told  her  all  her  Questions  :  and 
there  was  nothing  hid  from  Sol'o-mon  which  he  told 
her  not. 

3  And  when  the  queen  of  She'ba  had  seen  the  wis- 
dom of  Sol'o-mon,  and  the  house  that  he  had  built, 

4  And  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the  sitting  of  his 
servants,  and  the  attendance  of  his  ministers,  and 
their  apparel ;  his  2  cupbearers  also,  and  their  ap- 
parel ;  and  his  ascent  by  which  he  went  up  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord  ;  there  was  no  more  spirit  in  her. 

5  And  she  said  to  the  king,  It  was  a  true  3  report 
which  I  heard  in  mine  own  land  of  thine  4acts,  and 
of  thy  wisdom  : 

6  Howbeit  I  believed  not  their  words,  until  I  came, 
and  mine  eyes  had  seen  it :  and,  behold,  the  one 
half  of  the  greatness  of  thy  wisdom  was  not  told 
me  :  for  thou  5exceedest  the  fame  that  I  heard. 

7  Happy  are  thy  men,  and  happy  are  these  thy 
servants,  which  stand  continually  before  thee,  and 
hear  thy  wisdom. 

8  c  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  delighted 
in  thee  to  set  thee  on  his  throne,  to  be  king  for  the 
Lord  thy  God  :  because  thy  God  loved  Is/ra-el,  to 
establish  them  for  ever,  therefore  made  he  thee  king 
over  them,  to  do  judgment  and  justice. 

9  And  she  gave  the  king  an  hundred  and  twenty 
talents  of  gold,  and  of  spices  great  abundance,  and 
precious  stones :  neither  was  there  any  such  spice 
as  the  queen  of  She'ba  gave  king  Sol'o-mon. 

10  And  the  servants  also  of  Hu'ram,  and  the 
servants  of  Sol'o-mon,  d  which  brought  gold  from 
O'phir,  brought  ealgum  trees  and  precious  stones. 

11  And  the  king  made  of  the  algum  trees 6  terraces 
to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  to  the  king's  palace, 
and  harps  and  psalteries  for  singers  :  and  there 
were  none  such  seen  before  in  the  land  of  Ju'dah. 

12  And  king  Sol'o-mon  gave  to  the  queen  of  She'ba 
all  her  desire,  whatsoever  she  asked,  beside  that  which 

346 


B.  C.  992. 


1  Ki.  9.  26. 

Deut.  2.  8. 

2  Ki.  14.  22, 
Elath. 

1  Ki.  9.  27. 
ch.  9.  10,  13. 


■  Gen.  10.  29. 
Job  22.  24. 
Isa.  13.  12. 


a  1  Ki.  10.  1. 

Matt.  12.  42. 

Luke  11.  31. 
b  Ps.  49.  4. 

Ps.  78.  2. 

Prov.  1.  5. 

Ezek.  20.  49. 

Matt.  13. 

11,  35. 


1  words. 


2  Or,  butlers. 


3  word. 

4  Or,  sayings. 

5  hast  added  to. 
c  Ps.  72.  18, 19. 
d  1  Ki.  5.  2-G. 

1  Ki.  9.  27,  28. 
ch.  8.  18. 
Ps.  72.  10. 
el  Ki.  10.  11, 
almug  trees. 

6  highways,  or, 
stairs. 

/  Ps.  68.  29. 
Ps.  72.  10. 
Isa.  45.  14. 
Isa.  60.  6. 
Jer.  25.  24. 

7  Or,  captains. 

8  hands. 

9  shut  up. 

10  Or,  there  was 
no  silver  in 
them. 

g  1  Ki.  10.  22. 
Ps.  48.  7. 
Ps.  72.  10. 
Isa.  2.  16. 
Isa.  23.  C,  14. 
Jon.  1.  3. 

11  Or,  elephants' 
teeth. 

h  1  Ki.  3.  12,  13. 

Ps.  89.  27. 

Matt.  12.  42. 

Col.  2.  2,  3. 
i  Ps.  72.  10,  15. 
/  1  Ki.  4.  26. 

ch.  1.  14. 
k  1  Ki.  4.  21. 
I  Gen.  15.  18. 

Ps.  72.  8. 

12  That  is, 
Euphrates. 

m.  1  Ki.  10.  27. 
ch.  1.  15. 

13  gave. 

n  Deut.  17.  16. 

1  Ki.  4.  26. 

ch.  1.  16. 

Isa.  2.  7. 

Isa.  31.  1. 
o  1  Ki.  11.  41. 

14  words. 

p  1  Ki.  11.  29. 

q  ch.  12.  15. 

r\  Ki..ll.42,43. 


she  had  brought  unto  the  king.     So  she  turned,  and 
went  away  to  her  own  land,  she  and  her  servants. 

13  1  Now  the  weight  of  gold  that  came  to  Sol'o- 
mon  in  one  year  was  six  hundred  and  threescore 
and  six  talents  of  gold  ; 

14  Beside  that  which  chapmen  and  merchants 
brought.  And  all  rthe  kings  of  A-ra'bi-a  and  gov- 
ernors of  the  country  brought  gold  and  silver  to 
Sol'o-mon. 

15  11  And  king  Sol'o-mon  made  two  hundred  targets 
of  beaten  gold  :  six  hundred  shekels  of  beaten  gold 
went  to  one  target. 

16  And  three  hundred  shields  made  he  of  beaten 
gold  :  three  hundred  shekels  of  gold  went  to  one 
shield.  And  the  king  put  them  in  the  house  of  the 
forest  of  Leb'a-non. 

17  Moreover  the  king  made  a  great  throne  of  ivory, 
and  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold. 

18  And  there  were  six  steps  to  the  throne,  with  a 
footstool  of  gold,  which  tvere  fastened  to  the  throne, 
and  8  stays  on  each  side  of  the  sitting  place,  and  two 
lions  standing  by  the  stays  : 

19  And  twelve  lions  stood  there  on  the  one  side 
and  on  the  other  upon  the  six  steps.  There  was  not 
the  like  made  in  any  kingdom. 

20  11  And  all  the  drinking  vessels  of  king  Sol'o- 
mon  were  of  gold,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of 
the  forest  of  Leb'a-non  were  of  9pure  gold:  10none 
were  of  silver  ;  it  was  not  any  thing  accounted  of  in 
the  days  of  Sol'o-mon. 

21  For  the  king's  ships  went  to  5Tar'shish  with 
the  servants  of  Hu'ram:  every  three  years  once 
came  the  ships  of  Tar'shish  bringing  gold,  and 
silver,  u  ivory,  and  apes,  and  peacocks. 

22  And  king  Sol'o-mon  h  passed  all  the  kings  of  the 
earth  in  riches  and  wisdom. 

23  If  And  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  sought  the 
presence  of  Sol'o-mon,  to  hear  his  wisdom,  that  God 
had  put  in  his  heart. 

24  'And  they  brought  every  man  his  present,  ves- 
sels of  silver,  and  vessels  of  gold,  and  raiment,  har- 
ness, and  spices,  horses,  and  mules,  a  rate  year  by 
year. 

25  II  And  Sol'o-mon  •'had  four  thousand  stalls  for 
horses  and  chariots,  and  twelve  thousand  horsemen ;. 
whom  he  bestowed  in  the  chariot  cities,  and  with 
the  king  at  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

26  If  k  And  he  reigned  over  all  the  kings  'from  the 
12  river  even  unto_the  land  of  the  Phi-lis'tineg,  and 
to  the  border  of  E'gypt. 

27  mAnd  the  king  13made  silver  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem  as 
stones,  and  cedar  trees  made  he  as  the  sycomore 
trees  that  are  in  the  low  plains  in  abundance. 

28"  And  they  brought  unto  Sol'o-mon  horses  out 
of  E'gypt,  and  out  of  all  lands. 

29  II  "Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Sol'o-mon,  first 
and  last,  are  they  not  written  in  the  Mbookj)f  Na'- 
than  the  prophet,  and  in  the  prophecy  of  p  A-hi' jah 
the  Shi'lo-nlte,  and  in  the  visions  of  9Id'do  the  seer 
against  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat? 

30  r  And  Sol'o-mon  reigned  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  over 
all  I§'ra-el  forty  years. 


Rehoboam  made  king. 


2  CHRONICLES,  10,  11. 


Revolt  of  the  ten  tribes. 


31  And  Sol'o-mon  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  he 
was  buried  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  his  father :  and 
15  Re-ho-bo'am  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 


CHAPTER  10. 


1  Rehoboam  succeeds  Solomon.    13  His  foolish  decision. 
18  Flight  of  Rehoboam. 


16  Revolt  of  the  ten  tribes. 


AND  a  Re-ho-bo'am  went  to  She'chem  :  for  to 
■*-*-  She'chem  were  all  I§'ra-el  come  to  make  him 
king. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son 
of  Ne'bat,  who  was  in  E'gypt,  b  whither  he  had  fled 
from  the  presence  of  Sol'o-mon  the  king,  heard  it, 
that  Jer-o-bo'am  returned  out  of  E'gypt. 

3  And  they  sent  and  called  him.  So  Jer-o-bo'am 
and  all  I§'ra-el  came  and  spake  to  Re-ho-bo'am, 
saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  yoke c  grievous :  now  there- 
fore ease  thou  somewhat  the  grievous  servitude  of 
thy  father,  and  his  heavy  yoke  that  he  put  upon  us, 
and  we  will  serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Come  again  unto  me 
after  three  days.     And  the  people  departed. 

6  H  And  king  Re-ho-bo'am  took  counsel  with  the 
d old  men  that  had  stood  before  Sol'o-mon  his  father 
while  he  yet  lived,  saying,  What  counsel  give  ye  me 
to  return  answer  to  this  people  ? 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying,  If  thou  be 
xkind  to  this  people,  and  please  them,  "and  speak 
good  words  to  them,  they  will  be  thy  servants  for 
ever. 

8  But  he  f  forsook  the  counsel  which  the  old  men 
gave  him,  and  took  counsel  with  the  young  men 
that  were  brought  up  with  him,  that  stood  before 
him. 

9  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  advice  give  ye 
that  we  may  return  answer  to  this  people,  which 
have  spoken  to  me,  saying,  Ease  somewhat  the  yoke 
that  thy  father  did  put  upon  us? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were  brought  up  with 
him  spake  unto  him,  saying,  Thus  shalt  thou  an- 
swer the  people  that  spake  unto  thee,  saying,  Thy 
father  made  our  yoke  heavy,  but  make  thou  it 
somewhat  lighter  for  us  ;  thus  shalt  thou  say  unto 
them,  My  little  finger  shall  be  thicker  than  my 
father's  loins. 

11  For  whereas  my  father  2put  a  heavy  yoke  upon 
you,  I  will  put  more  to  your  yoke  :  my  father  chas- 
tised you  with  whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you  with 
scorpions. 

12  So  Jer-o-bo'am  and  all  the  people  came  to  Re-ho- 
bo'am  on  the  third  day,  as  the  king  bade,  saying, 
Come  again  to  me  on  the  third  day. 

13  And  the  king  9  answered  them  roughly  ;  and 
king  Re-ho-bo'am  forsook  the  counsel  of  the  old  men, 

14  And  answered  them  after  the  advice  of  the 
young  men,  saying,  My  father  made  your  yoke 
heavy,  but  I  will  add  thereto  :  my  father  chastised 
you  with  whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you  with  scor- 
pions. 

15  So  the  king  hearkened  not  unto  the  people  : 
ftfor  the  cause  was  of  God,  that  the  Lord  might 


B.  C.  975. 


15  That  is, 
Enlarger  of 
the  people. 


a  1  Ki.  12.  1. 


6  1  Ki.  11.  40. 


c  1  Sam.  8. 11-18. 
1  Ki.  4.  7. 
Matt.  23.  4. 
1  John  5.  3. 


d  Job  8.  8,  9. 
Job  32.  7. 


1  for  good. 
e  Prov.  15. 1. 


/  2  Sam.  17.  14. 
ch.  25.  16. 
Prov.  1.  25. 
Prov.  13.  20. 
Eccl.  10.  2. 


2  laded. 

g  Prov.  12.  13. 

Prov.  14.  16. 

h  1  Sam.  2.  25. 

1  Ki.  12.  15. 
il  Ki.  11.29. 

3  strengthened 
himself. 

j  1  Ki.  12.  19. 

2  Ki.  17.  21-23. 
ch.  13.  5-7. 
Eccl.  2.  19. 


a  1  Ki.  12.  21. 
b  Deut.  33. 1. 

1  Sam.  2.  27. 

1  Ki.  12.  22-24. 

ch.  8.  14. 

1  Tim.  6.  11. 
c  Gen.  35.  19. 

1  Sam.  17.  12. 

Matt.  2.  1. 
d  Judg.  15.  8. 

1  Chr.  4.  32. 
e  2  Sam.  14.  2. 

ch.  20.  20. 

Neh.  3.-5. 

Jer.  6.  1. 

Amos  1.  1. 
1  presented 

themselves  to 

him. 
/  Num.  35.  2. 

Josh. 21. 20-42. 
g\  Ki.  12.28-33. 

ch.  13.  9. 
h  1  Ki.  12.  31. 

Hos.  13.  2. 
i  Lev.  17.  7. 

Deut.  32.  15, 

16,  17. 

1  Cor.  10.  20. 

Rev.  16.  14. 
/  1  Ki.  12.  28. 


perform  his  word,  which  he  spake  by  the  {hand  of 
A-hl'jah  the  ShI'lo-nlte  to  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of 
Ne'bat. 

16  H  And  when  all  I§'ra-el  saw  that  the  king  would 
not  hearken  unto  them,  the  people  answered  the 
king,  saying,  What  portion  have  we  in  Da'vid  ?  and 
we  have  none  inheritance  in  the  son  of  Jes'se  :  every 
man  to  your  tents,  O  I§'ra-el  :  and  nowf  Da'vid, 
see  to  thine  own  house.  So  all  I§'ra-el  went  to  their 
tents. 

17  But  as  for  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  that  dwelt  in 
the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  Re-ho-bo'am  reigned  over  them. 

18  Then  king  Re-ho-bo'am  sent  Ha-do'ram  that 
was  over  the  tribute  ;  and  the  children  of  I§'ra-el 
stoned  him  with  stones,  that  he  died.  But  king 
Re-ho-bo'am  3made  speed  to  get  him  up  to  his 
chariot,  to  flee  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

19 j  And  I§'ra-el  rebelled  against  the  house  of  Da'- 
vid unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Rehoboam  dissuaded  from  l/allle.     13  The  priests  and  Levitts  strengthen  Judah.     18  Re- 
hoboam's  family. 

A  ND  "when  Re-ho-bo'am  was  come  to  Je-ru'sa- 
-^-  lem,  he  gathered  of  the  house  of  Ju'dah  and 
Ben'ja-min  an  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand 
chosen  men,  which  were  warriors,  to  fight  against 
I§'ra-el,  that  he  might  bring  the  kingdom  again  to 
Re-ho-bo'am. 

2  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  Ho  Shem-a-I'ah 
the  man  of  God,  saying, 

3  Speak  unto  Re-ho-bo'am  the  son  of  Sol'o-mon, 
king  of  Ju'dah,  and  to  all  I§'ra-el  in  Ju'dah  and 
Ben'ja-min,  saying, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  go  up,  nor 
fight  against  your  brethren  :  return  every  man  to 
his  house  :  for  this  thing  is  done  of  me.  And  they 
obeyed  the  words  of  the  Lord,  and  returned  from 
going  against  Jer-o-bo'am. 

5  1  And  Re-ho-bo'am  dwelt  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and 
built  cities  for  defence  in  Ju'dah. 

6  He  built  even  cBeth'-le-hem,  and  dE'tam,  and 
eTe-ko'a, 

7  And  Beth'-zur,  and  Sho'co,  and  A-dul'lam, 

8  And  Gath,  and  Ma-re'shah,  and  Ziph, 

9  And  Ad-o-ra'im,  and  La'chish,  and  A-ze'kah, 

10  And  Zo'rah,  and  Aij'a-lon,  and  He'bron,  which 
are  in  Ju'dah  and  in  Ben'ja-min  fenced  cities. 

11  And  he  fortified  the  strong  holds,  and  put  cap- 
tains in  them,  and  store  of  victual,  and  of  oil  and 
wine. 

12  And  in  every  several  city  he  put  shields  and 
spears,  and  made  them  exceeding  strong,  having 
Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja-min  on  his  side. 

13  1  And  the  priests  and  the  Le'vltes  that  were 
in  all  Ig'ra-el  Resorted  to  him  out  of  all  their  coasts. 

14  For  the  Le'vltes  left  •''their  suburbs  and  their 
possession,  and  came  to  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 
for  ° Jer-o-bo'am  and  his  sons  had  cast  them  off 
from  executing  the  priest's  office  unto  the  Lord  : 

15  ftAnd  he  ordained  him  priests  for  the  high 
places,  and  for  l'the  devils,  and j  for  the  calves  which 
he  had  made. 

347 


Shishak  invades  Judah. 


2  CHRONICLES,  12,  13. 


Abijah  goes  to  war. 


16  k  And  after  them  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el 
such  as  set  their  hearts  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  to  sacrifice  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

17  So  they  'strengthened  the  kingdom  of  Ju'dah, 
and  made  Re-ho-bo'am  the  son  of  Sol'o-mon  strong, 
three  years  :  for  m  three  years  they  walked  in  the 
way  of  Da'vid  and  Sol'o-mon. 

18  1  And  Re-ho-bo'am  took  him  Ma'ha-lath  the 
daughter  of  Jer'i-moth  the  son  of  Da'vid  to  wife, 
and  Ab-i-ha'il  the  daughter  of  E-lI'ab  the  son  of 
Jes'se  ; 

19  Which  bare  him  children ;  Je'ush,  and  Sham- 
a-rl'ah,  and  Za'ham. 

20  And  after  her  he  took  n  MaJ_a-chah  the  daughter 
of  Ab'sa-lom ;  which  bare  him  A-bl' jah,  and  At'tai, 
and  Zl'za,  and  Shel'o-mith. 

21  And  Re-ho-bo'am  loved  Ma 'a-chah  the  daughter 
of  Ab'sa-lom  above  all  his  wives  and  his  concubines  : 
(for  he  took  eighteen  wives,  and  threescore  concu- 
bines ;  and  begat  twenty  and  eight  sons,  and  three- 
score daughters.) 

22  And  Re-ho-bo'am  "made  A-bl'jah  the  son  of 
Ma 'a-chah  the  chief,  to  be  ruler  among  his  breth- 
ren :  for  he  thought  to  make  him  king. 

23  And  he  dealt  wisely,  and  dispersed  of  all  his 
children  throughout  all  the  countries  of  Ju'dah  and 
Ben'ja-min,  unto  every  fenced  city  :  and  he  gave 
them  victual  in  abundance.  And  he  desired  2many 
wives. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Shishak  invades  Judah.    9  He  spoils  the  temple.    13  Rehoboam's  death. 

AND  ait  came  to  pass,  when  Re-ho-bo'am  had 
-  established  the  kingdom,  and  had  strengthened 
himself,  6he  forsook  the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  all 
I§'ra-el  with  him. 

2  cAnd  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the  fifth  year  of 
king  Re-ho-bo'am  ShI'shak  king  of  E'gypt  came  up 
against  Je-ru'sa-lem,  because  they  had  transgressed 
against  the  Lord, 

3  With  twelve  hundred  chariots,  and  threescore 
thousand  horsemen :  and  the  people  were  without 
number  that  came  with  him  outof  E'gypt ;  dthe 
Lu'bim§,  the  Suk'ki-im§,  and  the  E-thi-o'pi-an§. 

4  And  he  took  the  fenced  cities  which  pertained 
to  Ju'dah,  and  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

5  If  Then  came  eShem-a-I'ah  the  prophet  to  Re- 
ho-bo'am,  and  to  the  princes  of  Ju'dah,  that  were 
gathered  together  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  because  of  ShI'- 
shak, and  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  -^Ye 
have  forsaken  me,  and  therefore  have  I  also  left  you 
in  the  hand  of  ShI'shak. 

6  Whereupon  the  princes  of  I§'ra-el  and  the  king 
a  humbled  themselves ;  and  they  said,  7lThe  Lord  is 
righteous. 

7  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  they  humbled 
themselves,  i  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Shem-a- 
I'ah,  saying,  They  have  humbled  themselves ;  there- 
fore I  will  not  destroy  them,  but  I  will  grant  them 
'some  deliverance  ;  and  my  wrath  shall  not  be  poured 
out  upon  Je-ru'sa-lem  by  the  hand  of  ShI'shak. 

8  Nevertheless  5"they  shall  be  his  servants ;  that 

348 


B.  C.  971. 


k  ch.  15.  9. 
Ps.  69.  32. 


I  ch.  12.  1. 


m  Hos.  G.  4. 


n  1  Ki.  15.  2. 
See 

ch.  13.  2, 
where  she 
is  called 
Michaiah 
the  daughter 
of  Uriel. 


o  Deut.  21.  15, 
10,  17. 


2  a  multitude  of 
wives. 


a  ch.  11.  IT. 
b  Deut.  8.  14. 
c  1  Ki.  14.  24,  25. 
d  ch.  16.  8. 
ech.  11.2. 
/  Deut.  28.  25. 

ch.  15.  2. 
g  Ex.  10.  3. 

Lev.  26.  40, 

41,  42. 

ch.  33.  12,  19. 

ch.  34.  27. 

Ps.  78.  34. 

Jas.  4.  10. 
/*  Ex.  9.  27. 
Zl  Ki.  21.  28,29. 
1  Or,  a  little 

while. 
j  Isa.  26.  13. 
A' Deut.  28.  47, 48. 

1  1  Ki.  14.  25,  26. 
mlKi.10. 16, 17. 

ch.  9.  15,  16. 

n  2  Sam.  8.  18. 

1  Chr.  11.  25. 

2  Or,  and  yet  in 
Judah  there 
were  good 
things. 

o  1  Ki.  14.  21. 

ch.  13.  7. 
p  ch.  6.  6. 

Ps.  48.  1-3. 

3  Or,  fixed. 

4  words. 

g  ch.  9.  29. 
r  1  Ki.  14.  30. 


a  1  Ki.  15.  1. 
b  ch.  11.  20. 

1  bound  together. 
cJosh.  18.  22. 
dJudg.  11.21-24. 

1  Sam.  16. 

12,  13. 

2  Sam.  7.  12, 

13,  1G. 
Ps.  89.  20. 
Luke  1.  31-33. 

2  That  is,  a 
perpetual 
covenant  of 
friendship. 

r  1  Ki.  11.  26. 

ch.  10.  19. 
f  Judg.  9.  4. 

Ps.  26.  4. 

Prov.  12.  11. 

Acts  17.  5. 


they  may  know  femy  service,  and  the  service  of  the 
kingdoms  of  the  countries. 

9  'So  ShI'shak  king  of  E'gypt  came  up  against  Je- 
ru'sa-lem,  and  took  away  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house  ; 
he  took  all :  he  carried  away  also  the  shields  of  gold 
which  Sol'o-mon  had  mmade. 

10  Instead  of  which  king  Re-ho-bo'am  made  shields 
of  brass,  and  committed  them  wto  the  hands  of  the 
chief  of  the  guard,  that  kept  the  entrance  of  the 
king's  house. 

11  And  when  the  king  entered  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  the  guard  came  and  fetched  them,  and 
brought  them  again  into  the  guard  chamber. 

12  And  when  he  humbled  himself,  the  wrath  of 
the  Lord  turned  from  him,  that  he  would  not  de- 
stroy him  altogether:  2and  also  in  Ju'dah  things 
went  well. 

13  T[  So  king  Re-ho-bo'am  strengthened  himself  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  reigned  :  for  ° Re-ho-bo'am  was 
one  and  forty  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  seventeen  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
p  the  city  which  the  Lord  had  chosen  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  put  his  name  there.  And  his 
mother's  name  was  Na'a-mah  an  Am'mon-It-ess. 

14  And  he  did  evil,  because  he  3  prepared  not  his 
heart  to  seek  the  Lord. 

15  Now  the  acts  of  Re-ho-bo'am,  first  and  last,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  4  book  of  Shem-a-I'ah  the 
prophet,  "and  of  Id 'do  the  seer  concerning  genealo- 
gies ?  'And  there  were  wars  between  Re-ho-bo'am 
and  Jer-o-bo'am  continually. 

16  And  Re-ho-bo'am  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  :  and  A-bl'jah  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Abijah  succeeds  Rehoboam.    13  He  defeats  Jeroboam.    21  His  wives  and  children. 

1VTOW  "in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king  Jer-o-bo'am 
-^    began  A-bl'jah  to  reign  over  Ju'dah. 

2  He  reigned  three  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  His 
mother's  name  also  ivas  6Ml-cha'iah  the  daughter 
of  U'ri-el  of  Gib'e-ah.  And  there  was  war  between 
A-bl'jah  and  Jer-o-bo'am. 

3  And  A-bl'jah  'set  the  battle  in  array  with  an 
army  of  valiant  men  of  war,  even  four  hundred  thou- 
sand chosen  men  :  Jer-o-bo'am  also  set  the  battle 
in  array  against  him  with  eight  hundred  thousand 
chosen  men,  being  mighty  men  of  valour. 

4  If  And  A-bl' jah  stood  up  upon  mount  Zem-a-ra'im, 
c  which  is  in  mount  E'phra-im,  and  said,  Hear  me, 
thou  Jer-o-bo'am,  and  all  Ig'ra-el ; 

5  Ought  ye  not  to  know  that  the  Lord  God  of  I§'- 
ra-el  dgave  the  kingdom  over  I§'ra-el  to  Da'vid  for 
ever,  even  to  him  and  to  his  sons  by  a  2  covenant  of 
salt? 

6  Yet  Jer-o-bo'am  the  son  of  Ne'bat,  the  servant 
of  Sol'o-mon  the  son  of  Da'vid,  is  risen  up,  and  hath 
e  rebelled  against  his  lord. 

7  And  there  are  gathered  unto  him7 vain  men,  the 
children  of  Be'li-al,  and  have  strengthened  them- 
selves against  Re-ho-bo'am  the  son  of  Sol'o-mon, 


Jeroboam  is  defeated. 


2  CHRONICLES,  14,  15. 


Asa  strengthens  Judah. 


when  Re-ho-bo'am  was  young  and  tenderhearted, 
and  could  not  withstand  them. 

8  And  now  ye  think  to  withstand  the  kingdom  of 
the  Lord  in  the  hand  of  the  sons  of  Da'vid  ;  and 
ye  be  a  great  multitude,  and  there  are  with  you 
golden  calves,  which  Jer-o-bo'am  "made  you  for 
gods. 

9  Have  ;'ye  not  cast  out  the  priests  of  the  Lord, 
the  sons  of  Aar'on,  and  the  Le'vites,  and  have 
made  you  priests  after  the  manner  of  the  nations 
of  other  lands?  ^so  that  whosoever  cometh  3to  con- 
secrate himself  with  a  young  bullock  and  seven 
rams,  the  same  may  be  a  priest  of  them  that  are  no 
gods. 

10  But  as  for  us,  the  Lord  is  our  God,  and  we 
have  not  forsaken  him ;  and  the  priests,  which  min- 
ister unto  the  Lord,  are  the  sons  of  Aar'on,  and  the 
Le'vites  wait  upon  their  business : 

11  J'And  they  burn  unto  the  Lord  every  morning 
and  every  evening  burnt  sacrifices  and  sweet  in- 
cense :  the  feshewbread  also  set  they  in  order  upon 
the  pure  table  ;  and  the  candlestick  of  gold  with 
the  lamps  thereof,  'to  burn  every  evening  :  for  we 
keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord  our  God  ;  but  ye  have 
forsaken  him. 

12  And,  behold,  mGod  himself  is  with  us  for  our 
captain,  "and  his  priests  with  sounding  trumpets 
to  cry  alarm  against  you.  0  children  of  I§'ra-el, 
0  fight  ye  not  against  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers ; 
for  ye  shall  not  prosper. 

13  IF  But  Jer-o-bo'am  caused  an  ambushment  to 
come  about  behind  them  :  so  they  were  before  Ju'- 
dah,  and  the  ambushment  ivas  behind  them. 

14  And  when  Ju'dah  looked  back,  behold,  the  bat- 
tle was  before  and  behind  :  and  they  cried  unto  the 
Lord,  and  the  priests  sounded  with  the  trumpets. 

15  Then  the  men  of  Ju'dah  gave  a  shout :  and  as 
the  men  of  Ju'dah  shouted,  it  came  to  pass^that 
God  v smote  Jer-o-bo'am  and  all  Ig'ra-el  before  A-bi'- 
jah  and  Ju'dah. 

16  And  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  fled  before  Ju'dah  : 
and  God  delivered  them  into  their  hand. 

17  And  A-bi'jah  and  his  people  slew  them  with  a 
great  slaughter:  so  there  fell  down  slain  of  Ig'ra-el 
five  hundred  thousand  chosen  men. 

18  Thus  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  were  4 brought 
under  at  that  time,  and  the  children  of  Ju'dah  pre- 
vailed, q  because  they  relied  upon  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers. 

19  And  A-bi'jah  pursued  after  Jer-o-bo'am,  and 
took  cities  from  him,  Beth '-el  with  the  towns 
thereof,  and  Jesh'a-nah  with  the  towns  thereof,  and 
rE'phra-In  with  the  towns  thereof. 

20  Neither  did  Jer-o-bo'am  recover  strength  again 
in  the  days  of  A-bi'jah :  and  the  Lord  s  struck  him, 
and  *he  died. 

21  If  But  A-bi'jah  waxed  mighty,  and  married 
fourteen  wives,  and  begat  twenty  and  two  sons,  and 
sixteen  daughters. 

22  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A-bi'jah,  and  his 
ways,  and  his  sayings,  are  written  in  the  5  story  of 
the  prophet  "Id'do. 


B.  C.  957. 


g  Hos.  8.  6. 
Ach.  11.  14,  15. 


i  Ex.  29.  35. 

3  to  fill  his  hand. 


j  ch.  2.  4. 


k  Lev.  24.  6. 


I  Ex.  27.  20,21. 
Lev.  24.  2,  3. 


m  Deut.  20.  4. 

Josh.  5.  14. 

Ps.  20.  7. 
n  Num.  10.  8. 


o  Job  15.  25,  2G. 
Acts  5.  39. 


p  Num.  32.  4. 
ch.  14.  12. 

4  humbled. 

q  1  Chr.  5.  20. 

ch.  1G.  8,  9. 

ch.  20.  20. 

Ps.  22.  5. 
r  Josh.  15.  9. 

John  11.  54. 
s  1  Sara.  25.  38. 

Ezek.  24.  lfi. 

Acts  12.  23. 
/ 1  Ki.  14.  20. 

5  Or,  com- 
mentary. 

u  ch.  9.  29. 


a  1  Ki.  15.  8. 
b  ch.  15.  17. 
c  Ex.  34.  13. 

1  statues. 
d\  Ki.  11.  7. 

2  sun  images. 
e  ch.  16.  8. 
/Josh.  15.  44. 

Mic.  1.  15. 
ffEx.  14.  10. 

1  Chr.  5.  20. 

ch.  13.  14. 

Ps.  22.  5. 

Acts  2.  21. 
h  Judg.  7.  7. 

1  Sam.  14.  6. 

2  Cor.  12.  9,  10. 
i  1  Sam.  17.  15. 

Nah.  1.  7. 
Prov.  18.  10. 

3  Or,  mortal 
man. 

j  ch.  13.  15. 
/.Gen.  10.19. 

4  broken. 
Ps.  46. 

I  Gen.  35.  5. 
Ex.  15.  16. 
Deut.  11.  25. 
ch.  17.  10. 


a  Num.  24.  2. 
Judg.  3.  10. 
2  Sam.  23.  2. 
ch.  20.  14. 
2  Pet.  1.  21. 


CHAPTER  14. 

1  Asa  succeeds  Abijnh.    G  He  strengthen!  his  kingdom.    9  Defeats  Zerdh. 

SO  A-bi'jah  slept  with  his  fathers,  andthey  buried 
him  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  :  and  aA'sa  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead.  In  his  days  the  land  was 
quiet  ten_  years. 

2  And  A'sa  did  that  which  was  good  and  right  in 
the  eyes  of  the  Lord  his  God  : 

3  For  he  took  away  the  altars  of  the  strange  gods, 
and  Hhehigh  places,  and  c  brake  down  the  images, 
rfand  cut  down  the  groves : 

4  And  commanded  Ju'dah  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of 
th eir  fathers,  and  to  do  the  law  and  the  commandment. 

5  Also  he  took  away  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Ju'- 
dah the  high  places  and  the 2  images :  and  the  king- 
dom was  quiet  before  him. 

6  If  And  he  built  fenced  cities  in  Ju'dah  :  for  the 
land  had  rest,  and  he  had  no  war  in  those  years  ; 
because  the  Lord  had  given  him  rest. 

7  Therefore  he  said  unto  Ju'dah,  Let  us  build 
these  cities,  and  make  about  them  walls,  and  towers, 
gates,  and  bars,  while  the  land  is  yet  before  us  ;  be- 
cause we  have  sought  the  Lord  our  God,  we  have 
sought  him,  and  he  hath  given  us  rest  on  every 
side.     Sothey  built  and  prospered. 

8  And  A'sa  had  an  army  of  men  that  bare  targets 
and  spears,  out  of  Ju'dah  three  hundred  thousand  ; 
and  out  of  Ben'ja-min,  that  bare  shields  and  drew 
bows,  two  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand :  all 
these  were  mighty  men  of  valour. 

9  If  eAnd  there  came  out  against  them  Ze'rah  the 
E-thi-o'pi-an  with  an  host  of  a  thousand  thousand, 
and  three  hundred  chariots ;  and  came  unto  /Ma-re'- 
shah. 

10  Then  A'sa  went  out  against  him,  and  they  set 
the  battle  in  array  in  the  valley  of  Zeph'a-thah  at 
Ma-re'shah. 

11  And  A'sa  "cried  unto  the  Lord  his  God,  and 
said,  Lord,  it  is h  nothing  with  thee  to  help,  whether 
with  many,  or  with  them  that  have  no  power :  help 
us,  O  Lord  our  God  ;  for  we  rest  on  thee,  and  'in 
thy  name  we  go  against  this  multitude.  O  Lord, 
thou  art  our  God  ;  let  not 3  man  prevail  against  thee. 
_12  So  the  Lord  j smote  the  E-thi-o'pi-ang  before 
A'sa,  and  before  Ju'dah  ;  and  the  E-thI-o'pi-an§  fled. 

13  And  A'sa  and  the  people  that  were  with  him 
pursued  them  unto  feGe'rar  :  and  the  E-thi-o'pi-ans_ 
were  overthrown,  that  they  could  not  recover  them- 
selves ;  for  they  were  4  destroyed  before  the  Lord, 
and  before  his  host ;  and  they  carried  away  very 
much  spoil. 

14  And  they  smote  all  the  cities  round  about  Ge'- 
rar ;  for  'the  fear  of  the  Lord  came  upon  them : 
and  they  spoiled  all  the  cities  ;  for  there  was  ex- 
ceeding much  spoil  in  them. 

15  They  smote  also  the  tents  of  cattle,  and  carried 
away  sheep  and  camels  in  abundance,  and  returned 
to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Asa  abolishes  idolatry.     12  A  covenant  to  seel;  the  Lord. 

A  ND  athe_Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Az-a-ri'ah  the 


son  of  O'ded 


349 


Judah's  covenant. 


2  CHRONICLES,  16,  17. 


Death  of  Asa. 


2  And  he  went  out  to  xmeet  A'sa,  and  said  unto 
him,  Hear  ye  me,  A'sa,  and  all  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja- 
min ;  fcThe  Lord  is  with  you,  while  ye  be  with  him ; 
and  cif  ye  seek  him,  he  will  be  found  of  you  ;  but 
dif  ye  forsake  him,  he  will  forsake  you. 

3  Now  efor  a  long  season  Ig'ra-el  hath  been  with- 
out the  true  God,  and  without  fa  teaching  priest, 
and  without  law.* 

4  But  swhen  they  in  their  trouble  did  turn  unto 
the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  sought  him,  he  was 
found  of  them. 

5  And  h  in  those  times  there  was  no  peace  to  him  that 
went  out,  nor  to  him  that  came  in,  but  great  vexa- 
tions were  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  countries. 

6  "And  nation  was  2 destroyed  of  nation,  and  city 
of  city :  for  God  did  vex  them  with  all  adversity. 

7  Be  ye  strong  therefore,  and  let  not  your  hands 
be  weak :  for  your  work  shall  be  j  rewarded. 

8  And  when  A'sa  heard  these  words,  and  the  pro- 
phecy of  O'ded  the  prophet,  he  took  courage,  and 
put  away  the  3  abominable  idols  out  of  all  the  land 
of  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja-min,  and  outof  the  cities 
k  which  he  had  taken  from  mount  E'phra-im,  and 
renewed  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  that  was  before  the 
porch  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  he  gathered  all  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja-min,  and 
Jthe  strangers  with  them  out  of  E'phra-im  and  Ma- 
nas'seh,  and  out  of  Sim'e-on  :  for  they  fell  to  him 
out  of  Ig'ra-el  in  abundance,  when  they  saw  that 
the  Lord  his  God  was  with  him. 

10  So  they  gathered  themselves  together  at  Jg- 
ru'sa-lem  in  the  third  month,  in  the  fifteenth  year 
of  the  reign  of  A'sa. 

11  ™And  they  offered  unto  the  Lord  4the  same 
time,  of  the  spoil  which  they  had  brought,  seven 
hundred  oxen  and  seven  thousand  sheep. 

12  And  they  n  entered  into  a  covenant  to  seek  the 
Lord  God  of  their  fathers  with  all  their  heart  and 
with  all  their  soul ; 

13  °That  whosoever  would  not  seek  the  Lord  God 
of  Ig'ra-el  v  should  be  put  to  death,  whether  small 
or  great,  whether  man  or  woman. 

14  And  they  sware  unto  the  Lord  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  with  shouting,  and  with  trumpets,  and 
with  cornets. 

15  And  all  Ju'dah  rejoiced  at  the  oath  :  for  they 
had  sworn  with  all  their  heart,  and  sought  him  with 
their  whole  desire  ;  and  he  was  found  of  them  : 
and  the  Lord  gave  them  rest  round  about. 

16_Tf  And  also  concerning  Ma'a-chah  the  5  mother 
of  A'sa  the  king,  he  removed  her  from  being  queen, 
because  she  had  made  an  6idol  in  a  grove  :  and  A'sa 
cut  down  her  idol,  and  stamped  it,  and  burnt  it  at 
the  brook  Kid'ron. 

17  But  Hhe  high  places  were  not  taken  away  out 
of  Ig'ra-el :  nevertheless  the  heart  of  A'sa  was  per- 
fect all  his  days. 

18  If  And  he  brought  into  the  house  of  God  the 
things  that  his  father  had  dedicated,  and  that  he 
himself  had  dedicated,  silver,  and  gold,  and  vessels. 

19  And  there  was  no  more  war  unto  the  five  and 
thirtieth  year  of  the  reign  of  A'sa. 

350 


B.  C.  941. 


1  before  Asa. 
6  Jas.  4.  8. 

c  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

ch.  33.  12,  13. 

Isa.  55.  7,  8. 

Jer.  29.  13. 

Matt.  7.  7. 
d  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

ch.  12. 1-3. 

Rom.  11.  1,  2. 

Heb.  12.  25. 
e  Hos.  3.  4. 
/Lev.  10.  11. 
g  Deut.  4.  29. 


h  Judg.  5.  6. 


i  Matt.  24.  7. 
2  beateu  in 
pieces. 


j  Gen.  15.  1. 

Ruth  2.  12. 

Ps.  58.  11. 

Matt.  5.  12-46. 

Luke  G.  35. 

Col.  3.  24. 
3  abominations. 


k  ch.  13.  19. 


I  ch.  11.  16. 


m  ch.  14.  15. 

4  in  that  day. 
n  ch.  34.  31. 

Neh.  10.  29. 
o  Ex.  22.  20. 
p  Deut.  13.  5, 

9,  15. 

5  That  is, 
grandmother. 

6  horror. 

q  1  Ki.  3.  2-4. 
2  Ki.  12.  3. 
ch.  14.  3,  5. 


1  That  is,  from 
the  rending  of 
the  ten  tribes 
from  Judah, 
over  which 
Asa  was  now 
king. 

a  1  Ki.  15.  17. 
b  ch.  15.  9. 

2  Darmesek. 

3  which  were  his. 
c\  Ki.  16.  1. 

ch.  19.  2. 
d  Ps.  146.  3-6. 

Isa.  31.  1. 

Jer.  17.  5. 

Eph.  1.  12,  13. 
e  ch.  14.  9. 
/  ch.  12.  3. 

4  in  abundance. 
g  ch.  6.  20. 

Job  34.  21. 
Prov.  5.  21. 
Jer.  16.  17. 
Zech.  4.  10. 
Heb.  4.  13. 
1  Pet.  3.  12. 

5  Or,  strongly 
to  hold  with 
them,  etc. 

h  1  Sam.  13.  13. 

1  Chr.  21.  8. 

Jer.  5.  21. 

Matt.  5.  22. 

1  Cor.  15.  36. 
i  1  Ki.  15.  32. 
j  ch.  18.  26. 

Matt.  14.  3. 

6  crushed. 

k  Deut.  28.  22. 
I  Jer.  17.  5. 

7  digged. 

m  Geu.  50.  2. 
Mark  16.  1. 


CHAPTER  16. 

1  Asa's  league  with  Syria.    10  Hanani  imprisoned.     13  Asa's  death. 

TN  the  xsix  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  reign  of  A'sa 
J-  a  Ba'a-sha  king  of  Ig'ra-el  came  up  against  Ju'- 
dah, and  built  Ra'mah,  Ho  the  intent  that  he  might 
let  none  go  out  or  come  in  to  A'sa  king  of  Ju'dah. 

2  Then  A'sa  brought  out  silver  and  gold  out  of 
the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  and  of  the 
king's  house,  and  sent  to  Ben-ha'dad  king  of  Syr'i-a, 
that  dwelt  at 2  Da-mas' cus,  saying, 

3  There  is  a  league  between  me  and  thee,  as  there 
was  between  my  father  and  thy  father :  behold,  I 
have  sent  thee  silver  and  gold  ;  go,  break  thy  league 
with  Ba'a-sha  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  he  may  depart 
from  me. 

4  And  Ben-ha'dad  hearkened  unto  king  A'sa,  and 
sent  the  captains  of  3his  armies  against  the  cities 
of  Ig'ra-el ;  and  they  smote  I'jon,  and  Dan,  and 
A'bel-ma'im,  and  all  the  store  cities  of  Naph'ta-H. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ba'a-sha  heard  it,  that 
he  left  offbuilding  of  Ra'mah,  and  let  his  work  cease. 

6  Then  A'sa  the  king  took  all  Ju'dah ;  and  they 
carried  away  the  stones  of  Ra'mah,  and  the  timber 
thereof,  wherewith  Ba'a-sha  was  building ;  and  he 
built  therewith  Ge'ba  and  MTz'pah. 

7  If  And  at  that  time  cHa-na'nI  the  seer  came  to 
A'sa  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  said  unto  him,  d Because 
thou  hast  relied  on  the  king  of  Syr'i-a,  and  not 
relied  on  the  Lord  thy  God,  therefore  is  the  host 
of  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  escaped  out  of  thine  hand. 

8  Were  not  ethe  E-thi-o'pi-ang  and  -the  Lu'blmg 
4  a  huge  host,  with  very  many  chariots  and  horse- 
men ?  yet,  because  thou  didst  rely  on  the  Lord,  he 
delivered  them  into  thine  hand. 

9  sFor  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  run  to  and  fro 
throughout  the  whole  earth, 5  to  shew  himself  strong 
in  the  behalf  of  them  whose  heart  is  perfect  toward 
him.  Herein  Hhou  hast  done  foolishly  :  therefore 
from  henceforth  Hhou  shalt  have  wars. 

10  Then  A'sa  was  wroth  with  the  seer,  and  Jput 
him  in  a  prison  house  ;  for  he  was  in  a  rage  with 
him  because  of  this  thing.  And  A'sa  6 oppressed 
some  of  the  people  the  same  time. 

11  If  And,  behold,  the  acts  of  A'sa,  first  and  last, 
lo,  they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
Ju'dah  and  Ig'ra-el. 

12  And  A'sa  in  the  thirty  and  ninth  year  of  his 
reign  was  k  diseased  in  his  feet,  until  his  disease 
was  exceeding  great :  yet  in  his  disease  he  'sought 
not  to  the  Lord,  but  to  the  physicians. 

13  If  And  A'sa  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  died  in 
the  one  and  fortieth  year  of  his  reign. 

14  And  they  buried  him  in  his  own  sepulchres, 
which  he  had  7made  for  himself  in  the  city  of  Da'- 
vid,  and  laid  him  in  the  bed  which  was  filled  mwith 
sweet  odours  and  divers  kinds  of  spices  prepared  by 
the  apothecaries'  art :  and  they  made  a  very  great 
burning  for  him. 

CHAPTER  17. 


1  Jehoshaphat  succeeds  Asa.    7  He  teaches  Judah.    12  Strength  of  his  armies. 


A] 


ND  Je-hosh'a-phat  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead, 
and  strengthened  himself  against  Ig'ra-el. 


Jehoshaphat's  reign. 


2  CHRONICLES,  18. 


He  joins  Ahab. 


2  And  he  "placed  forces  in  all  the  fenced  cities  of 
Ju'dah,  and  set  garrisons  in  the  landof  Ju'dah,  and 
in  the  cities  of  E'phra-im,  b  which  A'sa  his  father 
had  taken. 

3  And  the  Lord  was  cwith  Je-hosh'a-phat,  because 
he  walked  in  the  first  ways  1  of  his  father  Da'vid, 
and  sought  not  unto  Ba'al-im  ; 

4  But  sought  to  the  Lord  God  of  his  father,  and 
d  walked  in  his  commandments,  and  not  after  e  the 
doings  of  I§'ra-el. 

5  Therefore  the  Lord  stablished  the  kingdom  in  his 
hand :  and  all  Ju'dah  2brought  to  Je-hosh'a-phat  pre- 
sents ;  7and  he  had  riches  and  honour  in  abundance. 

6  And  his  heart  3was  lifted  up  in  the  ways  of  the 
Lord:  moreover  °he  took  away  the  high  places  and 
groves  out  of  Ju'dah. 

7  If  Also  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign  he  sent  to 
his  princes,  even  to  Ben-ha'il,  and  to  O-ba-di'ah,  and 
to  Zech-a-ri'ah,  and  to  Ne-than'e-el,  and  to  Mi-cha'- 
iah,  Ho  teach  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah. 

8  And  with  them  he  sent  Le'vites,  even  Shem-a- 
I'ah,  and  Neth-a-ni'ah,  and  Zeb-a-di'ah,  and  A'sa- 
hel,  and  ShS-mlr'a-moth,  and  Je-hon'a-than,  and 
Ad-o-ni'jah,  and  T6-bi'jah,  and  Tob-ad-o-ni'jah,  Le'- 
vltes; and  with  them  E-lish'a-ma  and  Je-ho'ram, 
priests. 

9  "And  they  taught  in  Ju'dah,  and  had  the  book 
of  the  law  of  the  Lord  with  them,  and  went  about 
throughout  all  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  and  taught  the 
people. 

10  II  And  Jthe  fear  of  the  Lord  4fell  upon  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  lands  that  ivere  round  about  Ju'- 
dah, so  that  they  made  no  war  against  Je-hosh'a-phat. 

11  Also  some  of  the  Phi-lis' tines.  k brought  Je-hosh'- 
a-phat presents,  and  tribute  silver  ;  and  the  A-ra'- 
bi-an§  brought  him  flocks,  seven  thousand  and  seven 
hundred  rams,  and  seven  thousand  and  seven  hun- 
dred he  goats. 

12  If  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  waxed  great  exceedingly  ; 
and  he  built  in  Ju'dah  5 castles,  and  cities  of  store. 

13  And  he  had  much  business  in  the  cities  of  Ju'- 
dah :  and  the  men  of  war,  mighty  men  of  valour, 
were  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

14  And  these  are  the  numbers  of  them  according 
to  the  house  of  their  fathers :  Of  Ju'dah,  the  cap- 
tains of  thousands  ;  Ad'nah  the  chief,  and  with  him 
mighty  men  of  valour  three  hundred  thousand. 

15  And  6next  to  him  was  Js-ho-ha'nan  the  captain, 
and  with  him  two  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand. 

16  And  next  him  was  Am-a-sl'ah  the  son  of  Zich'ri, 
'who  willingly  offered  himself  unto  the  Lord  ;  and 
with  him  two  hundred  thousand  mighty  men  of 
valour. 

17  And  of  Ben'ja-min  ;  E-H'a-da  a  mighty  man  of 
valour,  and  with  him  armed  men  with  bow  and 
shield  two  hundred  thousand. 

18  And  next  him  was  Je-hoz'a-bad,  and  with  him 
an  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand  ready  prepared 
for  the  war. 

19  These  waited  on  the  king,  beside  those  whom 
the  king  put  in  the  fenced  cities  throughout  all 
Ju'dah. 


B.  C.  914. 

a  ch.  11.  11. 
6  ch.  15.  8. 


c  Rom.  8.  31. 

1  Or,  of  his 
father,  and 
of  David. 


(/Luk-5  1.  G. 
e  1  Ki.  12.  2! 


2  gave. 

/  1  Ki.  10.  27. 
ch.  18.  1. 

3  That  is,  was 
encouraged. 

g  1  Ki.  22.  43. 
ch.  14.  3. 
ch.  15.  IT. 
ch.  19.  3. 
ch.  20.  33. 


h  ch.  15.  3. 


i  ch.  35.  3. 
Lev.  10.  11. 
Neh.  8.  7. 
Mai.  2.  7. 


j  Gen.  35.  5. 
Ex.  15.  15. 
Dent.  11.25. 
ch.  14.  14. 

4  was. 

k  2  Sam.  8.  2. 

5  Or,  palaces. 
G  at  his  hand. 
;  Judg.  5.  2,  9. 

1  Chr.  29.  9, 
14-17. 

Ps.  110.  3. 

2  Cor.  S.  12. 


CHAPTER  18. 

1  Jehoshaphai  joins  Ahab.    18  fificaiah's  vista 


:y.i  A/tab  is  slain. 


a  Deut.  8.  10, 18. 
1  Sam.  2.  7,  30. 
1  Chr.  29. 
11,  12. 
ch.  17.  5. 
Ps.  112.  2,  3,  9. 
Prov.  4.  5,  6, 
7,8. 

Prov.  10.  22. 
Prov.  22.  4. 
Eccl.  5.  19. 

1  Tim.  4.  8.  . 
b  Gen.  6.  2. 

2  Cor.  G.  14. 

1  at  the  end  of 
years. 

c  1  Ki.  22.  2. 

ch.  19.  2. 
d  1  Sam.  23.  2, 

4,9. 

2  Sam.  2.  1. 

ch.  34.  26. 

Jer.  21.  2. 
e  Jer.  23.  17. 

Ezek.  13.  3. 

Matt.  23. 

16-19. 

2  yet,  or,  more. 

3  Or,  eunuchs. 

4  Hasten. 

5  Or,  floor. 

G  thou  consume 

them. 
7  with  one 

mouth. 
/'  Num.  22 

20,  35. 

Num.  24.  13. 

1  Ki.  2-2.  14. 

Jer.  32.  8. 

Ezek.  2.  7. 

Mic.  2.  6,  7. 

Acts  20.  27. 

1  Cor.  11.  23. 

1  Thess.  2.  4. 


18, 


in 


NOW  Je-hosh'a-phat  "had  riches  and  honour 
abundance,  and  ''joined  affinity  with  A'hab. 
_2  And  '  after  c  certain  years  he  went  down  to 
A'hab  to  Sa-ma'ri-a.  And  A'hab  killed  sheep  and 
oxen  for  him  in  abundance,  and  for  the  people  that 
he  had  with  him,  and  persuaded  him  to  go  up  with 
him  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad. 

3  And  A'hab  king  of  I§'ra-el  said  unto  Je-hosh'a- 
phat  king  of  Ju'dah,  Wilt  thou  go  with  me  to  Ra'- 
moth-gil'e-ad ?  And  he  answered  him,  I  am  as  thou 
art,  and  my  people  as  thy  people  ;  and  we  will  be 
with  thee  in  the  war. 

4  If  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  said  unto  the  king  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  d  Enquire,  I  pray  thee,  at  the  word  of  the 
Lord  to  day. 

5  Therefore  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  gathered  together 
of  prophets  four  hundred  men,  and  said  unto  them, 
Shall  we  go  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad  to  battle,  or  shall  I 
forbear  ?  And  they  said,  e  Go  up  ;  for  God  will  de- 
liver it  into  the  king's  hand. 

6  But  Je-hosh'a-phat  said,  Is  there  not  here  a  pro- 
phet of  the  Lord  2  besides,  that  we  might  enquire 
of  him  ? 

7  And  the  king  of  !§'ra-el  said  unto  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
There  is  yet  one  man,  by  whom  we  may  enquire  of 
the  Lord  :  but  I  hate  him ;  for  he  never  prophesied 
good  unto  me,  but  always  evil  :  the  same  is  Mi-ca'- 
iah the  son  of  Im'la.  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  said,  Let 
not  the  king  say  so. 

8  And  the  king  of  I§'ra-el  called  for  one  of  his 
3 officers,  and  said,  4 Fetch  quickly  Mi-ca'iah  the  son 
of  Im'la. 

9  And  the  king  of  I§'ra-el  and  Je-hosh'a-phat  king 
of  Ju'dah  sat  either  of  them  on  his  throne,  clothed 
in  their  robes,  and  they  sat  in  a  5void  place  at  the 
entering  in  of  the  gate  of  Sa-ma'ri-a ;  and  all  the 
prophets  prophesied  before  them. 

10  And  Zed-e-ki'ah  the  son  of  Che-na'a-nah  had 
made  him  horns  of  iron,  and  said,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  With  these  thou  shalt  push  Syr'i-a  until 
6  they  be  consumed. 

11  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  so,  saying,  Go 
up  to  Ra'moth-gil'e-ad,  and  prosper  :  for  the  Lord 
shall  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the  king. 

12  And  the  messenger  that  went  to  call  Mi-ca'iah 
spake  to  him,  saying,  Behold,  the  words  of  the  pro- 
phets declare  good  to  the  king  7with  one  assent  ; 
let  thy  word  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  be  like  one  of 
theirs,  and  speak  thou  good. 

13  And  Mi-ca'iah  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  /even 
what  my  God  saith,  that  will  I  speak. 

14  And  when  he  was  come  to  the  king,  the  king 
said  unto  him,  Mi-ca'iah,  shall  we  go  to  Ra'moth- 
gil'e-ad  to  battle,  or  shall  I  forbear?  And  he  said, 
Go  ye  up,  and  prosper,  and  they  shall  be  delivered 
into  your  hand. 

15  And  the  king  said  to  him,  How  many  times 
shall  I  adjure  thee  that  thou  say  nothing  but  the 
truth  to  me  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  ? 

16  Then  he  said,  I  did  see  all  Ig'ra-el  scattered 

351 


Micaiah's  vision. 


2  CHRONICLES,  19,  20. 


Jehoshaphat  reproved. 


upon  the  mountains,  as  sheep  that  have  no  shep- 
herd :  and  the  Lord  said,  These  have  no  master  ; 
let  them  return  therefore  every  man  to  his  house  in 
peace. 

17  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  to  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
Did  I  not  tell  thee  that  he  would  not  prophesy  good 
unto  me,  8but  evil  ? 

18  Again  he  said,  Therefore  hear  the  word  of  the 
Lord  ;  aI  saw  the  Lord  sitting  upon  his  throne, 
and  all  the  host  of  heaven  standing  on  his  right 
hand  and  on  his  left. 

19  And_  the  Lord  said,  Who  shall  entice  A'hab 
king  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  he  may  go  up  and  fall  at  Ra'- 
moth-gil'e-ad  ?  And  one  spake  saying  after  this 
manner,  and  another  saying  after  that  manner. 

20  Then  there  came  out  a  h  spirit,  and  stood  before 
the  Lord,  and  said,  I  will  entice  him.  And  the 
Lord  said  unto  him,  Wherewith  ? 

21  And  he  said,  I  will  go  out,  and  be  !'a  lying  spirit 
in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets.  And  the  Lord 
said,  Thou  shalt  entice  him,  and  thou  shalt  also 
prevail :  go  out,  and  do  even  so. 

22  Now  therefore,  behold,  J'the  Lord  hath  put  a 
lying  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  these  thy  prophets,  and 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  evil  against  thee. 

23  Then  Zed-e-ki'ah  the  son  of  Che-na'a-nah  came 
near,  and  k  smote  Ml-ca'iah  upon  the  cheek,  and 
said,  Which  way  went  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  from 
me  to  speak  unto  thee  ? 

24  And  Ml-ca'iah  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  on  that 
day  when  thou  shalt  go  9into  10an  inner  chamber  to 
hide  thyself. 

25  Then  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said,  Take  ye  Mi-ca'- 
iah,  and  carry  him  back  to  A'mon  the  governor  of 
the  city,  and  to  Jo' ash  the  king's  son  ; 

26  And  say,  Thus  saith  the  king,  'Put  this  felloiv 
in  the  prison,  and  feed  him  with  bread  of  affliction 
and  with  water  of  affliction,  until  I  return  in  peace. 

27  And  Ml-ca'iah  said,  If  thou  certainly  return  in 
peace,  then  hath  not  the  Lord  spoken  by  me.  And 
he  said,  Hearken,  all  ye  people. 

28  So  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Je-hosh'a-phat  the 
king  of  Ju'dah  went  up  to  Ra'moth^gil'e-ad. 

29  And  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  said  unto  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
ml  will  disguise  myself,  and  will  go  to  the  battle  ; 
but  put  thou  on  thy  robes.  So  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el 
disguised  himself  ;  and  they  went  to  the  battle. 

30  Now  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  had  commanded  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  that  were  with  him,  saying, 
Fight  ye  not  with  small  or  great,  save  only  with 
the  king  of  Ig'ra-el. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains  of  the 
chariots  saw  Je-hosh'a-phat,  that  they  said,  It  is  the 
king  of  Ig'ra-el.  Therefore  they  "compassed  about 
him  to  fight :  but  Je-hosh'a-phat  cried  out,  and  the 
Lord  helped  him  ;  and  God  "moved  them  to  depart 
from  him. 

32  For  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the  captains  of 
the  chariots  perceived  that  it  was  not  the  king  of 
Ig'ra-el,  they  turned  back  again  nfrom  pursuing 
him. 

33  And  a  certain  man  drew  a  bow  12at  a  venture, 

352 


B.  C.  897. 


8  Or,  but  for 
evil? 


g  Ps.  103.  20. 
Dau.  7.  9. 


h  Job  1.  6. 

2  These.  2.  9. 


i  Hos.  4.  12. 
Zech.  13.  2. 
John  8.  44. 


j  Job  12.  16. 
Isa.  19.  14. 
Matt.  24. 
24,  25. 
Jas.  1.  13. 


k  Mark  14.  65. 
Acts  23.  2. 


9  Or,  from 
chamber  to 
chamber. 

10  a  chamber  in 
a  chamber. 


/  ch.  16.  10. 
Luke  23.  2. 


m  1  Sam.  28.  8. 
Prov.  10.  24. 
n  Prov.  13.  20. 
o  Ps.  46.  1. 

11  from  after 
him. 

12  in  his  sim- 
plicity. 

13  between  the 
joints  and 
between  the 
breastplate. 

14  made  sick. 


a  i  Sam.  9.  9. 
6  Ps.  15.  4. 

Prov.  1.  10. 
c  ch.  32.  25. 
d  ch.  12.  12. 
e  Ezra  7.  10. 

1  he  returned 
and  went  out. 

f  Deut.  16.  IS. 
g  Deut.  1.  17. 
APs.  82.  1. 
Eccl.  5.  8. 

2  in  the  matter 
of  judgment. 

i  Deut.  32.  4. 

Rom.  9.  14. 
j  Deut.  10.  17. 

Job  34.  19. 

Acts  10.  34. 

Rom.  2.  11. 

Gal.  2.  6. 

Eph.  6.  9. 

Col.  3.  25. 

1  Pet.  1.17. 
iDeut.  16.  18. 

1  Chr.  23.  4. 

ch.  17.  8. 
/  2  Sam.  23.  3. 
»)  Deut.  17.  8. 
n  Num.  16.  46. 
o  Ezek.  3.  18. 

3  Take  courage 
and  do. 


and  smote  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  13  between  the  joints 
of  the  harness  :  therefore  he  said  to  his  chariot 
man,  Turn  thine  hand,  that  thou  mayest  carry  me 
out  of  the  host ;  for  I  am  14  wounded. 

34  And  the  battle  increased  that  day  :  howbeit  the 
king  of  Ig'ra-el  stayed  himself  up  in  his  chariot 
against  the  Syr'i-ang  until  the  even  :  and  about  the 
time  of  the  sun  going  down  he  died. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Jehoshaphat  reproved  by  Jehu.    5  He  instructs  judges,  priests,  and  Levites. 

A  ND  Je-hosh'a-phat  the  king  of  Ju'dah  returned 
-^-  to  his  house  in  peace  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

2  And  Je'hu  the  son  of  aHa-na'nI  the  seer  went 
out  to  meet  him,  and  said  to  king  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
Shouldest  thou  help  the  ungodly,  and  6love  them 
that  hate  the  Lord  ?  therefore  is  'wrath  upon  thee 
from  before  the  Lord. 

3  Nevertheless  there  are  dgood  things  found  in 
thee,  in  that  thou  hast  taken  away  the  groves  out  of 
the  land,  and  hast e  prepared  thine  heart  to  seek  God. 

4  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  dwelt  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  and 
xhe  went  out  again  through  the  people  from  Be'er- 
she'ba  to  mount  E'phra-im,  and  brought  them  back 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

'  5  H  And  he  'set  judges  in  the  land  throughout  all 
the  fenced  cities  of  Ju'dah,  city  by  city, 

6  And  said  to  the  judges,  Take  heed  what  ye  do : 
for  Bye  judge  not  for  man,  but  for  the  Lord,  7lwho 
is  with  you  2in  the  judgment. 

7  Wherefore  now  let  the  fear  of  the  Lord  be  upon 
you  ;  take  heed  and  do  it:  for  *  there  is  no  iniquity 
with  the  Lord  our  God,  nor  ■'respect  of  persons,  nor 
taking  of  gifts. 

8  H  Moreover  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  did  Je-hosh'a-phat 
/cset  of  the  Le'vltes,  and  of  the  priests,  and  of  the 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  Ig'ra-el,  for  the  judgment  of 
the  Lord,  and  for  controversies,  when  they  returned 
to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

9  And  he  charged  them,  saying,  Thus  shall  ye  do 
'in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  faithfully,  and  with  a  per- 
fect heart. 

10  mAnd  what  cause  soever  shall  come  to  you  of 
your  brethren  that  dwell  in  their  cities,  between 
blood  and  blood,  between  law  and  commandment, 
statutes  and  judgments,  ye  shall  even  warn  them 
that  they  trespass  not  against  the  Lord,  and  so 
"wrath  come  upon  °you,  and  upon  your  brethren  : 
this  do,  and  ye  shall  not  trespass. 

11  And,  behold,  Am-a-rl'ah  the  chief  priest  is  over 
you  in  all  matters  of  the  Lord  ;  and  Zeb-a-dl'ah  the 
son  of  Ish 'ma-el,  the  ruler  of  the  house  of  Ju'dah, 
for  all  the  king's  matters  :  also  the  Le'vltes  shall  be 
officers  before  you.  3Deal  courageously,  and  the 
Lord  shall  be  with  the  good. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  Jehoshaphat' s  fast  and  prayer.    20  His  triumphs.    31  His  reign.     35  His  ships  perish. 

IT  came  to  pass  after  this  also,  that  the  children 
of  Mo'ab,  and  the  children  of  Am'mon,  and  with 
them  other  beside  the  Am'mon-Ites,  came  against 
Je-hosh'a-phat  to  battle. 


Jehoshaphat's  prayer. 


2  CHRONICLES,  20. 


The  Moabites  overthrown. 


2  Then  there  came  some  that  told  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
saying,  There  cometh  a  great  multitude  against 
thee  from  beyond  the  sea  on  this  side  Syr'I-a ;  and, 
behold,  they  be  ain  Haz'a-zon-ta'mar,  which  is 
6  En-ge'di. 

3  And.  Js-hosh'a-phat  feared,  and  set  himself  to 
seek  the  Lord,  and  c  proclaimed  a  fast  throughout 
all  Ju'dah. 

4  And  d  Ju'dah  gathered  themselves  together,  to 
ask  help  of  the  Lord  :  even  out  of  all  the  cities  of 
Ju'dah  they  came  to  seek  the  Lord. 

5  1f  And  Js-hosh'a-phat  stood  in  the  congregation 
of  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem,  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  before  the  new  court, 

6  And  said,  0  Lord  God  of  our  fathers,  art  not 
thou  cGod  in  heaven?  and  -^rulest  not  thou  over  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  heathen?  and  am  thine  hand 
is  there  not  power  and  might,  so  that  none  is  able 
to  withstand  thee  ? 

7  Art  not  thou  hour  God,2 who  didst  drive  out  the 
inhabitants  of  this  land  before  thy  people  I§'ra-el, 
and  gavest  it  to  the  seed  of  A'bra-ham  i  thy  friend 
for  ever? 

8  And  they  dwelt  therein,  and  have  built  thee  a 
sanctuary  therein  for  thy  name,  saying, 

9  jlf,  when  evil  cometh  upon  us,  as  the  sword, 
judgment,  or  pestilence,  or  famine,  we  stand  before 
this  house,  and  in  thy  presence,  (for  thy  name  is  in 
this  house,)  and  cry  unto  thee  in  our  affliction,  then 
thou  wilt  hear  and  help, 

10  And  now,  behold,  the  children  of  Am'mon  and 
Mo'ab  and  mount  Se'ir,  whom  thou  fcwouldest  not 
let  Ig'ra-el  invade,  when  they  came  out  of  the  land 
of  E'gypt,  but  Hhey  turned  from  them,  and  de- 
stroyed them  not ; 

11  Behold,  /  say,  how  they  reward  us,  mto  come  to 
cast  us  out  of  thy  possession,  which  thou  hast  given 
us  to  inherit. 

12  0  our  God,  wilt  thou  not  "judge  them  ?  °  for  we 
have  no  might  against  this  great  company  that  com- 
eth against  us  ;  neither  know  we  what  to  do  :  but 
p  our  eyes  are  upon  thee. 

13  And  all  Ju'dah  stood  before  the  Lord,  with  their 
little  ones,  their  wives,  and  their  children. 

14  1  Then  upon  Ja-ha'zi-el  the  son  of  Zech-a-ri'ah, 
the  son  of  Bg-na'iah,  the  son  of  Je-I^el,  the  son  of  Mat- 
ta-nl'ah,  a  Le'vite  of  the  sons  of  A'saph,  'came  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation  ; 

15  And  he  said,  Hearken  ye,  all  Ju'dah,  and  ye 
inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  thou  king  Je-hosh'- 
a-phat, Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  you,  rBe  not  afraid 
nor  dismayed  by  reason  of  this  great  multitude  ; 
for  the  battle  is  not  yours,  but  God's. 

16  To  morrow  go  ye  down  against  them  :  behold, 
they  come  up  by  the  3  cliff  of  ZIz ;  and  ye  shall  find 
them  at  the  end  of  the  4  brook,  before  the  wilderness 
of  Jer'u-el. 

17 s  Ye  shall  not  need  to  fight  in  this  battle :  set 
yourselves,  stand  ye  still,  and  see  the  salvation  of 
the  Lord  with  you,  0  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem :  fear 
not,  nor  be  dismayed  ;  to  morrow  go  out  against 
them :  l  for  the  Lord  will  be  with  you. 
22 


B.  C.  896. 


a  Gen.  14.  7. 

b  Josh.  15.  62. 

1  Sam.  23.  29. 

Songl.  14. 
1  his  face. 
c  Judg.  20.  26. 

]  Sum.  7.  0. 

Ezra  8.  21-23. 

Esth.  4.  1ii. 
(/Joel  1.  14. 


e  Deut.  4.  39. 

Josh.  2.  11. 

Isa.  57.  15. 

Matt.  G.  9. 
/ 1  Chr.  29. 

11,  12. 

Ps.  47.  2. 

Jer.  27.  5. 

Dan.  4.  17. 
gVs.  02.  11. 

Matt.  6.  13. 
h  Gen.  17.  7. 

Ex.  G.  7. 
2  thou, 
i  Isa.  41.  8. 

Jas.  2.  23. 


j  eh.  6.  28,  29. 


7c  Deut.  2.  4. 
/.  Num.  20.  21. 
m  Ps.  83.  12. 
n  1  Sim.  3.  13. 

Ps.  46.  7-11. 

Rev.  19.  11. 

0  2  Cor.  3.  5. 
p  Ps.  25.  15. 

Ps.  121.  1. 

Ps.  123.  1. 
q  Num.  11.25. 

ch.  15.  1. 
r  Ex.  14.  13. 

Deut.  1.  29. 

ch.  32.  7. 

3  ascent. 

4  Or,  valley. 
s  Ex.  14.  13. 

1  Num.  14.  9. 

ch.  15.  2. 

Ps.  4G.  7-11. 

Isa.  8.  10. 

Amos  5.  14. 
u  Ex.  4.  31. 
v  Isa.  7.  9. 

Isa.  2G.  3. 

John  11.  40. 

Rnm.  8.  31. 
w  1  Chr.  1G, 

Ps.  29.  2. 

Ps.  50.  2. 

5  praisers. 

x  1  Chr.  1G.  34. 

ch.  7.  3,  G. 

Ezra  3.  11. 

Ps.  106.  1. 
y  oh.  5.  13. 

ch.  7.  3. 

6  And  in  the 
time  that 
they,  etc. 

7  in  singing 
and  praise. 

z  Ju.lff.  7.  22. 
1  Sam.  14.  20. 

8  Or,  they 
smote  one 
another. 

9  for  the  de- 
struction. 

a  Ex.  14.  13. 
Ps.  110.  G. 
Isa.  37.  3G. 
Jer.  33.  5. 

10  there  was  not 
an  escaping. 

11  vessels  of 
desire. 

12  That  is, 
Blessing. 

13  head. 
6Neh.  12.  43. 
c  ch.  17.  10. 
d  ch.  15.  15. 

Job  34.  29. 
elKi.  22.  41. 


S. 


18  And  Je-hosh'a-phat  "bowed  his  head  with  his 
face  to  the  ground  :  and  all  Ju'dah  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Je-ru'sa-lem  fell  before  the  Lord,  worship- 
ping the  Lord. 

19  And  the  Le'vltes,  of  the  children  of  the  Ko'- 
hath-Ites,  and  of  the  children  of  the  Kor'hltes,  stood 
up  to  praise  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el  with  a  loud 
voice  on  high.  v 

20  II  And  they  rose  early  in  the  morning,  and  went 
forth  into  the  wilderness  of  Te-ko'a :  and  as  they 
went  forth,  Jg-hosh'a-phat  stood  and  said,  Hear  me, 
0  Ju'dah,  and  ye  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem;  "Be- 
lieve in  the  Lord  your  God,  so  shall  ye  be  established ; 
believe  his  prophets,  so  shall  ye  prosper. 

21  And  when  he  had  consulted  with  the  people,  he 
appointed  singers  unto  the  Lord,  '"and  5that  should 
praise  the  beauty  of  holiness,  as  they  went  out  be- 
fore the  army,  and  to  say,  *  Praise  the  Lord  ;  v  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

22  H  6  And  when  they  began '  to  sing  and  to  praise, 
zthe  Lord  set  ambushments  against  the  children  of 
Am'mon,  Mo'ab,  and  mount  Se'ir,  which  were  come 
against  Ju'dah  ;  and  Hhey  were  smitten. 

23  For  the  children  of  Am'mon  and  Mo'ab  stood 
up  against  the  inhabitants  of  mount  Se'ir,  utterly 
to  slay  and  destroy  them  :  and  when  they  had  made 
an  end  of  the  inhabitants  of  Se'ir,  every  one  helped 
9  to  destroy  another. 

24  And  when  Ju'dah  came  toward  the  watch  tower 
in  the  wilderness,  they  looked  unto  the  multitude, 
and,  "behold,  they  were  dead  bodies  fallen  to  the 
earth,  and  10  none  escaped. 

25  And  when  Je-hosh'a-phat  and  his  people  came 
to  take  away  the  spoil  of  them,  they  found  among 
them  in  abundance  both  riches  with  the  dead 
bodies,  and  "precious  jewels,  which  they  stripped 
off  for  themselves,  more  than  they  could  carry  away : 
and  they  were  three  days  in  gathering  of  the  spoil, 
it  was  so  much. 

26  Tf  And  on  the  fourth  day  they  assembled  them- 
selves in  the  valley  of  12Ber'a-chah  ;  for  there  they 
blessed  the  Lord  :  therefore  the  name  of  the  same 
place  was  called,  The  valley  of  Ber'a-chah,  unto  this 
day. 

27  Then  they  returned,  every  man  of  Ju'dah  and 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  Je-hosh'a-phat  in  the  13 forefront 
of  them,  to  go  again  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  with  joy ;  for 
the  Lord  had  6made  them  to  rejoice  over  their 
enemies. 

28  And  they  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  with  psalteries 
and  harps  and  trumpets  unto  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

29  And  cthe  fear  of  God  was  on  all  the  kingdoms 
of  those  countries,  when  they  had  heard  that  the 
Lord  fought  against  the  enemies  of  Ig'ra-el. 

30  So  the  realm  of  Je-hosh'a-phat  was  quiet :  for 
his  rfGod  gave  him  rest  round  about. 

31  If  eAnd  Je-hosh'a-phat  reigned  over  Ju'dah  :  he 
was  thirty  and  five  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  twenty  and  five  years_  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  A-zu'bah  the 
daughter  of  Shil'hI. 

353 


Reign  of  Jehoram. 


2  CHRONICLES,  21,  22. 


Prophecy  of  Elijah. 


32  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  A'sa  his  father, 
and  departed  not  from  it,  doing  that  which  was 
right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

33  Howbeit  the  high  places  were  not  taken  away  : 
for  as  yet  the  people  had  not  -^prepared  their  hearts 
unto  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

34  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je-hosh'a-phat,  first 
and  last,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the  14book  of 
Je'hu  the  son  of  Ha-na'nl,  "who  15is  mentioned  in 
the  book  of  the  kings  of  I§'ra-el. 

35  T[  And  after  this  did  Je-hosh'a-phat  king  of 
Ju'dah  join  himself  with  A-ha-zi'ah  king  of  I§'ra-el, 
who  did  very  wickedly  : 

36  And  16  he  joined  himself  with  him  to  make  ships 
to  go  to  Tar'shish  :  and  they  made  the  ships  in 
E'zi-on-ga'ber. 

37  Then  E-H-e'zer  the  son  of  Dod'a-vah  of  Ma- 
re'shah  prophesied  against  Je-hosh'a-phat,  saying, 
Because  thou  hast  joined  thyself  with  A-ha-zI'ah, 
the  Lord  hath  broken  thy  works.  And  the  ships 
were  broken,  that  they  were  not  able  to  go  *  to  Tar'- 
shish. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Jehoram  succeeds  Jehoshaphat.    12  Elijah  prophesies  against  him.     18  His  death. 

"VTOW  Je-hosh'a-phat  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
-^  was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  Da'- 
vid.     And  Je-ho'ram  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead.1 

2  And  he  had  brethren  the  sons  of  Je-hosh'a-phat, 
Az-a-ri'ah,  and  Je-hi'el,  and  Zech-a-ri'ah,  and  Az-a- 
ri'ah,  and  Ml'chael,  and  Sheph-a-tl'ah :_  all  these 
were  the  sons  of  Je-hosh'a-phat  king  of  I§'ra-el. 

3  And  their  father  gave  them  great  gifts  of  silver, 
and  of  gold,  and  of  precious  things,  with  fenced 
cities  in  Ju'dah  :  but  the  kingdom  gave  he  to  2  Je- 
ho'ram  ;  because  he  was  the  firstborn. 

4  Now  when  Je-ho'ram  was  risen  up  to  the  king- 
dom of  his  father,  he  strengthened  himself,  and  "slew 
all  his  brethren  with  the  sword,  and  divers  also  of 
the  princes  of  Ig'ra-el. 

5  Tf b  Je-ho'ram  was  thirty  and  two  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  eight  years  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

6  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  !§'- 
ra-el,  like  as  did  the  house  of  A'hab  :  for  he  had 
the  daughter  of  "A'hab  to  wife :  and  he  wrought 
that  ivhich  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord. 

7  Howbeit  the  Lord  would  not  destroy  the  house 
of  Da'vid,  because  of  the  covenant  that  he  had  made 
with  Da'vid,  and  as  he  promised  to  give  a  3  light  to 
him  and  to  his  rfsons  for  ever. 

8  Tf  eIn  his  days  the  E'dom-ites  revolted  from 
under  the i dominion  of  Ju'dah,  and  made  themselves 
a  king. 

9  Then  Je-ho'ram  went  forth  with  his  princes,  and 
all  his  chariots  with  him  :  and  he  rose  up  by  night, 
and  smote  the  E'dom-ites  which  compassed  him  in, 
and  the  captains  of  the  chariots. 

10  So  the  /E'dom-Ites  revolted  from  under  the 
hand  of  Ju'dah  unto  this  day.  The  same  time  also 
did  Lib'nah  revolt  from  under  his  hand  ;  because 
he  had  forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers. 

11  Moreover  he  made  high  places  in  the  mountains 

354 


B.  C.  889. 


/ch.  12.  14. 


14  words. 

glKi.  16.  1. 

15  was  made 
to  ascend. 


1C  At  first 
Jehoshaphat 
was  unwilling. 


h  Gen.  10.  4. 
1  Ki.  10.  22. 
ch.  9.  21. 


1  Alone. 


2  Jehoram 
made  partner 
of  the  king- 
dom with  his 
father. 

a  Gen.  4.  8. 
Judg.  9.  5. 

1  John  3.  12. 
b  In  consort, 

2  Ki.  8.  17. 
e  2  Ki.  8.  IS. 

ch.  18.  1. 
Neh.  13.  26. 

3  lamp,  or, 
candle. 

cl  2  Sam.  7. 
12,  13. 

1  Ki.  11.  3G. 

2  Ki.  8.  19. 
Ps.  132.  11. 

e  Gen.  27.  40. 
2  Ki.  8.  20. 
Ps.  100.  39. 
Rev.  17.  1-5. 

4  hand. 
/Gen.  27.  40. 
g  Lev.  17.  7. 

5  Which  was 
writ  before 
his  death. 

h  Ex.  34.  15. 
i  2  Ki.  9.  22. 

6  a  great  stroke. 
,?  2  Sam.  24.  1. 

1  Ki.  11. 
14,  23. 
ch.  22.  1. 

7  carried  cap- 
tive. 

k  ch.  24.  7. 

8  Or,  Ahaziah, 
ch.  22.  1. 
or,  Azariah, 
ch.  22.  6. 
He  became 
Prorex  soon 
after, 

2  Ki.  8.  25. 

9  without 
desire. 


a  2  Ki.  8.  24. 
6  ch.  21. 17. 
c  2  Ki.  8.  26. 
d  ch.  21.  6. 
e  ch.  24.  17,  18. 

Prov.  1.  10. 

Prov.  19.  27. 
f'l  Ki.  8.  28. 


of  Ju'dah,  and  caused  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa- 
lem  to  ° commit  fornication,  and  compelled  Ju'dah 
thereto. 

12  If  And  there  came  a  5  writing  to  him  from  E-li'- 
jah  the  prophet,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  Da'vid  thy  father,  Because  thou  hast  not  walked 
in  the  ways  of  Je-hosh'a-phat  thy  father,  nor  in  the 
ways  of  A'sa  king  of  Ju'dah, 

13  But  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  !§'- 
ra-el,  and  hast  made  Ju'dah  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem  to  /lgo  a  whoring,  like  to  the  'whore- 
doms of  the  house  of  A'hab,  and  also  hast  slain  thy 
brethren  of  thy  father's  house,  which  were  better 
than  thyself  : 

14  Behold,  with  6a  great  plague  will  the  Lord 
smite  thy  people,  and  thy  children,  and  thy  wives, 
and  all  thy  goods : 

15  And  thou  shalt  have  great  sickness  by  disease 
of  thy  bowels,  until  thy  bowels  fall  out  by  reason 
of  the  sickness  day  by  day. 

16  H  Moreover  the  Lord  J  stirred  up  against  Je- 
ho'ram  the  spirit  of  the  Phi-lls 'tines.,  and  of  the 
A-ra'bi-an§,  that  were  near  the  E-thi-o'pi-an§  : 

17  And  they  came  up  into  Ju'dah,  and  brake  into 
it,  and  7  carried  away  all  the  substance  that  was 
found  in  the  king's  house,  and  /chis  sons  also,  and 
his  wives  ;  so  that  there  was  never  a  son  left  him, 
save  8  Je-ho'a-haz,  the  youngest  of  his  sons. 

18  Tf  And  after  all  this  the  Lord  smote  him  in  his 
bowels  with  an  incurable  disease. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  process  of  time, 
after  the  end  of  two  years,  his  bowels  fell  out  by 
reason  of  his  sickness  :  so  he  died  of  sore  diseases. 
And  his  people  made  no  burning  for  him,  like  the 
burning  of  his  fathers. 

20  Thirty  and  two  years  old  was  he  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign,  and  he  reigned  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  eight 
years,  and  departed  9  without  being  desired.  How- 
beit they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  Da'vid,  but  not 
in  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  Ahaziah  succeeds  Jehoram.    5  He  is  slain  by  Jehu.     10  Alhaliah's  reign. 

AND  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  made  aA-ha- 
■£*-  zi'ah  his  youngest  son  king  in  his  stead  :  for 
the  band  of  men  that  came  with  the  A-ra'bi-ang  to 
the  camp  had  slain  all  the  b  eldest.  So  A-ha-zI'ah  the 
son  of  Je-ho'ram  king  of  Ju'dah  reigned. 

2  -Forty  and  two  years  old  was  A-ha-zI'ah  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem.  His  mother's  name  also  was  dAth-a-li'ah 
the  daughter  of  Om'rl. 

3  He  also  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  house  of 
A'hab  :  for  his  mother  was  his  counsellor  to  do 
wickedly. 

4  Wherefore  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord 
like  the  house  of  A'hab  :  for  they  were  his  counsel- 
lors after  the  death  of  his  father  to  ehis  destruction. 

5  Tf  He  walked  also  after  their  counsel,  and  •'"went 
with  Je-ho'ram  the  son  of  A'hab  king  of  Ig'ra-el  to 
war  against  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a  at  Ra'moth- 
gil'e-ad  :  and  the  Syr'I-an§  smote  Jo 'ram. 


Joask  made  king. 


2  CHRONICLES,  23. 


Athaliah  is  slain. 


6  g  And  he  returned  to  be  healed  in  Jez'  re-el  be- 
cause of  the  wounds  1  which  were  given  him  at  Ra'- 
mah,  when  he  fought  with  Haz'a-el  king  of  Syr'i-a. 
And  2  Az-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Jg-ho'ram  king  of  Ju'dah 
went  down  to  see  Je-ho'ram  the  son  of  A'hab  at 
Jez're-el,  because  he  was  sick. 

7  And  the  3 destruction  of  A-ha-zi'ah  ''was  of  God 
by  coming  to  Jo 'ram  :  for  when  he  was  come,  he 
*went  out  with  Je-ho'ram  against  Je'hu  the  son  of 
Nim'shi,  ■'whom  the  Lord  had  anointed  to  cut  off 
the  house  of  A'hab. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when^Te'hu  was  k  exe- 
cuting judgment  upon  the  house  of  A'hab,  and  found 
theprinces  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  sons  of  the  brethren 
of  A-ha-zi'ah,  that  ministered  to  A-ha-zi'ah,  he  slew 
them. 

9  'And  he  sought  A-ha-zi'ah  :  and  they  caught 
him,  (for  he  was  hid  in  Sa-ma'ri-a,)  and  brought 
him  to  Je'hu  :  and  when  they  had  slain  him,  they 
buried  him :  Because,  said  they,  he  is  the  son  of 
Je-hosh'a-phat,  who  sought  the  Lord  with  all  his 
heart.  So  the  house  of  A-ha-zi'ah  had  no  power  to 
keep  still  the  kingdom. 

10  If  But  when  Ath-a-H'ah  the  mother  of  A-ha-zi'ah 
saw  that  her  son  was  dead,  she  arose  and  destroyed 
all  the  seed  royal  of  the  house  of  Ju'dah. 

11  But  4Js-ho-shab'e-athLthe  daughter  of  the  king, 
took  Jo 'ash  the  son  of  A-ha-zi'ah,  and  stole  him 
from  among  the  king's  sons  that  were  slain,  and 
put  him  and  his  nurse  in  a  bedchamber.  So  Je- 
ho-shab'e-ath,  the  daughter  of  king  Jg-ho'ram,  the 
wife  of  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest,  (for  she  was  the 
sister  of  A-ha-zi'ah,)  hid  him  from  Ath-a-li'ah,  so 
that  she  slew  him  not. 

12  And  he  was  with  them  hid  in  the  house  of  God 
six  years  :  and  Ath-a-H'ah  reigned  over  the  land. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Jehoiada  makes  Joaih  king.     12  Athaliah  is  slain.     16  Worship  0/ God  restored. 

AND  ain  the  seventh  year  Je-hoi'a-da  strength- 
-  ened  himself,  and  took  the  captains  of  hundreds, 
Az-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Jer'o-ham,  and  Ish'ma-el  the 
son  of  Je-ho-ha'nan,  and  Az-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  O'bed, 
and  Ma-a-se'iah  the  son  of  Ad-a-I'ah,  and  E-lish'a- 
phat  the  son  of  Zich'rl,  into  covenant  with  him. 

2  And  they  6went  about  in  Ju'dah,  and  gathered 
the  Le'vltes  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  and  the 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  I§'ra-el,  and  they  came  to 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

3  And  all  the  congregation  made  a  covenant  with 
the  king  in  the  house  of  God.  And  he  said  unto 
them,  Behold,  the  king's  son  shall  reign,  as  the 
Lord  hath  csaid  of  the  sons  of  Da'vid. 

4  This  is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do  ;  A  third  part 
of  you  d  entering  on  the  sabbath,  of  the  priests  and 
of  the  Le'vltes,  shall  be  porters  of  the  Moors  ; 

5  And  a  third  part  shall  be  at  the  king's  house ; 
and  a  third  part  at  the  "gate  of  the  foundation : 
and  all  the  people  shall  be  in  the  courts  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

6  But  let  none  come  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
save  the  priests,  and  ■'"they  that  minister  of  the 


B.  C.  878. 


rj  2  Ki.  9.  15. 

1  wherewith 

they 
wounded  him. 

2  Otherwi.se 
called  Ahaziah, 
verse  1,  and 
Jehoahaz, 

ch.  21.  17. 

3  treading  down. 
h  Judg.  14.  4. 

1  Ki.  12.  15. 

eh.  10.  15. 

Ps.  5.  in. 

Amos  3.  6. 

Acts  2.  2:;. 
i2  Ki.  9.  21. 
j  1  Ki.  l'J.  10. 

k  2  Ki.  10.  10, 
11. 


;  2  Ki.  9.  27, 
at  Megiddo 
in  the  king- 
dom of  Sa- 
maria. 


4  Jehosheba, 
2  Ki.  11.  2. 


a  2  Ki.  11.4. 
b  Ps.  112.  5. 
c  2  Sam.  7.  12. 

1  Ki.  2.  4. 
ch.  G.  10. 
ch.  7.  18. 

Ps.  89.  20.  30. 
(/  1  Chr.  9.  25. 
Luke  1.  8,  9. 

1  thresholds. 
e  Acts  3.  2. 
/ 1  Chr.  23. 

28,  29. 

2  holiness. 
g  1  Chr.  24. 

3  shoulder. 

4  house. 

//  Ex.  25.  16. 
Deut.  17.  18. 
Ps.  2.  10,  12. 
Isa.  8.  16,  20. 

5  Let  the  king 
live. 

i  1  Chr.  25.  8. 

0  Conspiracy. 
j  Num.  5.  2. 

Num.  19.  14. 
k  Neh.  3.  28. 

1  Gen.  9.  5. 

ch.  22.  10. 

Matt.  7.  2. 

m  Deut.  5.  2,  3. 

2  Ki.  11.  17. 
ch.  15.  12. 
ch.  29.  10. 
Ezra  10.  3. 
Neh.  9.  38. 

n  2  Ki.  10.  2.3. 

ch.  34.  4-7. 
0  Deut.  13.  9. 

2  Ki.  11. 

18,  19. 
p  1  Chr.  23.  6, 

30,  31. 

1  Chr.  24.  1. 
q  Ex.  29.  38. 

Num.  28.  2. 
7  by  the  hands 

of  David. 
r  1  Chr.  26.  1. 
s2  Ki.  11.  19. 


Le'vltes  ;  they  shall  go  in,  for  they  are  2holy  :  but 
all  the  people  shall  keep  the  watch  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Le'vltes  shall  compass  the  king  round 
about,  every  man  with  his  weapons  in  his  hand  ; 
and  whosoever  else  cometh  into  the  house,  he  shall 
be  put  to  death  :  but  be  ye  with  the  king  when  he 
cometh  in,  and  when  he  goeth  out. 

8  So  the  Le'vltes  and  all  Ju'dah  did  according  to 
all  things  that  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest  had  commanded, 
and  took  every  man  his  men  that  were  to  come  in 
on  the  sabbath,  with  them  that  were  to  go  out  on 
the  sabbath  :  for  Jg-hoi'a-da  the  priest  dismissed 
not  °  the  courses. 

9  Moreover  Jg-hoi'a-da  the  priest  delivered  to  the 
captains  of  hundreds  spears,  and  bucklers,  and 
shields,  that  had  been  king  Da'vid's,  which  were  in 
the  house  of  God. 

10  And  he  set  all  the  people,  every  man  having 
his  weapon  in  his  hand,  from  the  right  3side  of  the 
4  temple  to  the  left  side  of  the  temple,  along  by  the 
altar  and  the  temple,  by  the  king  round  about. 

11  Then  they  brought  out  the  king's  son,  and  put 
upon  him  the  crown,  and  hgave  him  the  testimony, 
and  made  him  king.  And  Je-hoi'a-da  and  his  sons 
anointed  him,  and  said,  5God  save  the  king. 

12  If  Now  when  Ath-a-H'ah  heard  the  noise  of  the 
people  running  and  praising  the  king,  she  came  to 
the  people  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 

13  And  she  looked,  and,  behold,  the  king  stood  at 
his  pillar  at  the  entering  in,  and  the  princes  and 
the  trumpets  by  the  king :  and  all  the  people  of  the 
land  rejoiced,  and  sounded  with  trumpets,  also  the 
singers  with  instruments  of  musick,  and  'such  as 
taught  to  sing  praise.  Then  Ath-a-H'ah  rent  her 
clothes,  and  said,  6  Treason,  Treason. 

14  Then  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest  brought  out  the 
captains  of  hundreds  that  were  set  over  the  host, 
and  said  unto  them,  Have  her  forth  of  the  ranges  : 
and  whoso  followeth  her,  let  him  be  slain  with  the 
sword.  For  the. priest  said,  ;Slay  her  not  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

15  So  they  laid  hands  on  her  ;  and  when  she  was 
come  to  the  entering  ^of  the  horse  gate  by  the 
king's  house,  they  'slew  her  there. 

16  Tf  And  Je-hoi'a-da  mmade  a  covenant  between 
him,  and  between  all  the  people,  and  between  the 
king,  that  they  should  be  the  Lord's  people. 

17  Then  all  the  people  "went  to  the  house  of 
Ba'al,  and  brake  it  down,  and  brake  his  altars  and 
his  images  in  pieces,  and  "slew  Mat'tan  the  priest 
of  Ba'al  before  the  altars. 

18  Also  Jg-hoi'a-da  appointed  the  offices  of  the 
house  of  the  LORD  by  the  hand  of  the  priests  the 
Le'vltes,  whom  Da'vid  had  p  distributed  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  to  offer  the  burnt  offerings  of  the 
Lord,  as  it  is  written  in  the  9law  of  Mo'§e§,  with 
rejoicing  and  with  singing,  as  it  was  ordained  7by 
Da'vid. 

19  And  he  set  the  r  porters  at  the  gates  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  that  none  which  was  unclean  in 
any  thing  should  enter  in. 

20  sAnd  he  took  the  captains  of  hundreds,  and  the 

355 


Joash  repairs  the  temple. 


2  CHRONICLES,  24. 


He  is  slain  by  the  Syrians. 


nobles,  and  the  governors  of  the  people,  and  all  the 
people  of  the  land,  and  brought  down  the  king  from 
the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  they  came  through 
the  high  gate  into  the  'king's  house,  and  set  the 
king  upon  the  throne  of  the  kingdom. 

21  'And  all  the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced  :  and 
the  city  was  quiet,  after  that  they  had  slain  Ath-a- 
H'ah  with  the  sword. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Joash  repairs  the  temple.    17  Idolatry.     23  He  is  defeated  and  slain  by  the  Syrians. 

JO' ASH  awas  seven  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  forty  years  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem.  His  mother's  name  also  was  Zib'i-ah  of  Be'er- 
she'ba. 

2  And  Jo'ash  hdid  that  which  was  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of  Je-hoi'a-da  the 
priest. 

3  And  Je-hoi'a-da  took  for  him  two  wives  ;  and  he 
begat  sons  and  daughters. 

4  1[  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Jo'ash  was 
minded  1  to  repair  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

5  And  he  gathered  together  the  priests  and  the 
Le'vites,  and  said  to  them,  Go  out  unto  the  cities  of 
Ju'dah,  and  cgather  of  all  I§'ra-el  money  to  repair 
the  house  of  your  God  from  year  to  year,  and  see 
that  ye  hasten  the  matter.  Howbeit  the  Le'vites 
hastened  it  not. 

6  d And  the  king  called  for  Je-hoi'a-da  the  chief, 
and  said  unto  him,  Why  hast  thou  not  required  of 
the  Le'vites  to  bring  in  out  of  Ju'dah  and  out  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem  the  collection,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  eMo'ge§  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  and 
of  the  congregation  of  Ig'ra-el,  for  the  f  tabernacle 
of  witness  ? 

7  For 9  the  sons  of  Ath-a-ll'ah,  that  wicked  woman, 
had  broken  up  the  house  of  God  ;  and  also  all  the 
h  dedicated  things  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  did  they 
bestow  upon  Ba'al-Im. 

8  And  at  the  king's  commandment  l  they  made  a 
chest,  and  set  it  without  at  the  gate  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

9  And  they  made  2a  proclamation  through  Ju'dah 
and  Je-ru'sa-lem,  to  bring  in  to  the  Lord  the  col- 
lection that  Mo'ges.  the  servant  of  God  laid  upon 
Ig'ra-el  in  the  wilderness. 

10  And  all  the  princes  and  all  the  people  rejoiced, 
and  brought  in,  and  cast  into  the  chest,  until  they 
had  made  an  end. 

11  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  what  time  the  chest 
was  brought  unto  the  king's  office  by  the  hand  of 
the  Le'vites,  and  j  when  they  saw  that  there  was 
much  money,  the  king's  scribe  and  the  high  priest's 
officer  came  and  emptied  the  chest,  and  took  it,  and 
carried  it  to  his  place  again.  Thus  they  did  day  by 
day,  and  gathered  money  in  abundance. 

12  And  the  king  and  Je-hoi'a-da  gave  it  to  such 
as  did  the  work  of  the  service  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  hired  masons  and  carpenters  to  repair 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  also  such  as  wrought 
iron  and  brass  to  mend  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

13  So  the  workmen  wrought,  and  the. 3  work  was 

356 


B.  C.  856. 


i  1  Sam.  11.  15. 
1  Ki.  1.  40. 
Ps.  58.  10. 
Prov.  11.  10. 


al  Ki.  11.  21. 


b  ch.  25.  2. 
ch.  26.  5. 


1  to  renew. 


c  ch.  29.  3. 
ch.  34.  8. 


<7  2Ki.  12.  7. 
e  Ex.  30.  12,  13, 

14,  1G. 
/Num.  1.  50. 

Num.  17.  7,  8. 

Acts  7.  44.    . 
gch.  21.  17. 

ch.  22.  3,  4. 

Ps.  12.  8. 
h  2  Ki.  12.  4. 
i  2  Ki.  12.  9. 

2  a  voice. 
Ex.  36.  6. 

jl  Ki.  12.  10. 

3  the  healing 
went  up  upon 
the  work,  or, 
by  their  hand. 

k  1  "Ki.  7.  50. 

4  Or,  pestils. 
I  Ex.  29.  38. 

Heb.  7.  27. 

1  Pet.  1. 

15,  19. 
Rev.  5.  9. 

m  Job  5.  26. 
n  1  Ki.  2.  10. 
o  Acts  20.  29. 
p  1  Ki.  14.  23. 
q  Josh.  22.  20. 
Judg.  5.  8. 

2  Sam.  24.  1. 
ch.  19.  2. 
Hos.  5.  10. 

r  ch.  36.  15. 

Neh.  9.  26. 

Jer.  7.  25,  26. 

Luke  11. 

47-51. 
*  ch.  15.  1. 

5  clothed. 

t  Num.  14.  41. 

1  Sam.  13. 

13,  14. 
u  Deut.  29. 

25,  26. 

ch.  15.  2. 

Jer.  2.  19. 
v  Matt.  23.  35. 

Acts  7.  58. 

6  in  the  revolu- 
tion of  the 
year. 

w  2  Ki.  12.  17. 

7  Darmesek. 
x  Lev.  26.  8. 

Deut.  32.  30. 

Isa.  30.  17. 
y  Lev.  26.  25. 

Deut.  28.  25. 
z  Isa.  10.  5. 
«2Ki.  12.  20. 
b  Ps.  10.  14. 

8  Or,  Jozachar. 

9  Or,  Shomer. 
e  2  Ki.  12.  18. 

10  founding. 


perfected  by  them,  and  they  set  the  house  of  God 
in  his  state,  and  strengthened  it. 

14  And  when  they  had  finished  it,  they  brought 
the  rest  of  the  money  before  the  king  and  Je-hoi'- 
a-da, k  whereof  were  made  vessels  for  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  even  vessels  to  minister,  and  4to  offer 
withal,  and  spoons,  and  vessels  of  gold  and  silver. 
And  they  l  offered  burnt  offerings  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord  continually  all  the  days  of  Je-hoi'a-da. 

15  IF  But  Je-hoi'a-da  waxed  old,  and  was  m full  of 
days  when  he  died ;  an  hundred  and  thirty  years 
old  ivas  he  when  he  died. 

16  And  they  buried  him  in  "the  city  of  Da'vid 
among  the  kings,  because  he  had  done  good  inlg'ra-el, 
both  toward  God,  and  toward  his  house. 

17  Now  after  "the  death  of  Je-hoi'a-da  came  the 
princes  of  Ju'dah,  and  made  obeisance  to  the  king. 
Then  the  king  hearkened  unto  them. 

18  And  they  left  the  house  of  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers,  and  served  v  groves  and  idols  :  and 
"wrath  came  upon  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem  for  this 
their  trespass. 

19  Yet  he  rsent  prophets  to  them,  to  bring  them 
again  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  they  testified  against 
them  :  but  they  would  not  give  ear. 

20  And  sthe  Spirit  of  God  5cameupon  Zech-a-rl'ah 
the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest,  which  stood  above 
the  people,  and  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  God, 
'Why  transgress  ye  the  commandments  of  the  Lord, 
that  ye  cannot  prosper?  "because  ye  have  forsaken 
the  Lord,  he  hath  also  forsaken  you. 

21  And  they  conspired  against  him,  and  "stoned 
him  with  stones  at  the  commandment  of  the  king 
in  the  court  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

22  Thus  Jo'ash  the  king  remembered  not  the  kind- 
ness which  Je-hoi'a-da  his  father  had  done  to  him, 
but  slew  his  son.  And  when  he  died,  he  said,  The 
Lord  look  upon  it,  and  require  it. 

23  IF  And  it  came  to  pass  6at  the  end  of  the  year, 
that  w  the  host  of  Syr'i-a  came  up  against  him :  and 
they  came  to  Ju'dah  and  Je-ra'sa-lem,  and  destroyed 
all  the  princes  of  the  people  from  among  the  people, 
and  sent  all  the  spoil  of  them  unto  the  king  of 
7  Da-mas'  cus. 

24  For  the  army  of  the  Syr'i-ang  ^came  with  a 
small  company  of  men,  and  the  Lord  ^delivered  a 
very  great  host  into  their  hand,  because  they  had 
forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers.  So  they 
zexecuted  judgment  against  Jo'ash. 

25  And  when  they  were  departed  from  him,  (for 
they  left  him  in  great  diseases,)  "his  own  servants 
conspired  against  him  for  Hhe  blood  of  the  sons  of 
Je-hoi'a-da  the  priest,  and  slew  him  on  his  bed,  and 
he  died :  and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  Da'vid, 
but  they  buried  him  not  in  the  sepulchres  of  the 
kings. 

26  And  these  are  they  that  conspired  against  him  ; 
8Za'bad  the  son  of  Shim'e-ath  an  Am'mon-It-ess, 
and  Je-hoz'a-bad  the  son  of  9Shim'rith  a  Mo'ab-It-ess. 

27  1  Now  concerning  his  sons,  and  the  greatness 
of  "the  burdens  laid  upon  him,  and  the  10 repairing 
of  the  house  of  God,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the 


Amaziah  succeeds  Joash. 


2  CHRONICLES,  25. 


Israel  defeats  Judah. 


11  story  of  the  book  of  the  kings.     And  Am-a-zi'ah 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  Amaziah  succeeds  Jonsh.     11  He  defeats  Edam.    25  His  reign  and  death. 

AM-A-ZI'AH  awas  twenty  and  five  years  old 
-  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  twenty 
and  nine  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's 
name  ivas  Jg-ho-ad'dan  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  6but  not  with  a  perfect  heart. 

3  If  cNow  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  kingdom  was 
Established  to  him,  that  he  slew  his  servants  that 
had  killed  the  king  his  father. 

4  But  he  slew  not  their  children,  but  did  as  it  is 
written  in  the  law  in  the  book  of  Mo'geg,  where  the 
Lord  commanded,  saying,  dThe  fathers  shall  not 
die  for  the  children,  neither  shall  the  children  die 
for  the  fathers,  but  every  man  shall  die  for  his  own 
sin. 

5  II  Moreover  Am-a-zl' ah  gathered  Ju'dah  together, 
and  made  them  captains  over  thousands,  and  cap- 
tains over  hundreds,  according  to  the  houses  of 
their  fathers,  throughout  all  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja- 
min:  and  he  numbered  them  efrom  twenty  years 
old  and  above,  and  found  them  three  hundred  thou- 
sand choice  men,  able  to  go  forth  to  war,  that  could 
handle  spear  and  shield. 

6  He  hired  also  an  hundred  thousand  mighty  men 
of  valour  out  of  Ig'ra-el  for  an  hundred  talents  of 
silver. 

7  But  there  came  a  man  of  God  to  him,  saying,  0 
king,  let  not  the  army  of  Is_'ra-el  go  with  thee  ;  for 
the7 Lord  -is  not  with  I§'ra-el,  to  wit,  with  all  the 
children  of  E'phra-im. 

8  But  if  thou  wilt  go,  do  it,  be  strong  for  the  bat- 
tle :  God  shall  make  thee  fall  before  the  enemy : 
for  God  hath  °  power  to  help,  and  to  cast  down. 

9  And  Am-a-zi'ah  said  to  the  man  of  God,  But 
what  shall  we  do  for  the  hundred  talents  which  I 
have  given  to  the  2army  of  Is_'ra-el  ?  And  the  man 
of  God  answered,  feThe  Lord  is  able  to  give  thee 
much  more  than  this. 

10  Then  Am-a-zi'ah  separated  them,  to  wit,  the 
army  that  was  come  to  him  out  of  E'phra-im,  to  go 
3 home  again:  wherefore  their  anger  was  greatly 
kindled  against  Ju'dah,  and  they  returned  home4 in 
great  anger. 

11  If  And  Am-a-zi'ah  strengthened  himself,  and 
led  forth  his  people,  and  went  to  l  the  valley  of  salt, 
and  smote  of  the  children  of  Se'ir  ten  thousand. 

12  And  other  ten  thousand  left  alive  did  the  chil- 
dren of  Ju'dah  carry  away  captive,  and  brought 
them  unto  the  top  of  the  rock,  and  cast  them  down 
from  the  top  of  the  rock,  that  they  all  were  broken 
in  pieces. 

13  If  But  5the  soldiers  of  the  army  which  Am-a- 
zi'ah  sent  back,  that  they  should  not  go  with  him  to 
battle,  fell  upon  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  from  Sa-ma'- 
ri-a  even  unto  Beth-ho'ron,  and  smote  three  thou- 
sand of  them,  and  took  much  spoil. 

14  If  Now  it  came  to  pass,  after  that  Am-a-zi'ah 


B.  C.  839. 


11  Or,  commen- 
tary. 


a  2  Ki.  14.  1. 


h  2  Ki.  14.  4. 

Isa.  2!  i.  13. 

Hos.  10.  2. 
c  2  Ki.  14.  .".. 
1  confirmed 

upon  him. 


</  Deut.  24.  16. 
2  Ki.  14.  G. 
Jer.  31.  30. 


e  Num.  1.  3. 


/  cli.  15.  2. 

1  Ki.  12.  28. 

Isa.  28.  1-3. 

Hos.  4.  G, 

15-19. 

Hos.  5.  6, 

7,15. 
rj  Gen.  18.  14. 

Judg.  7.  7. 

1  Sam.  14.  G. 

1  Chr.  29.  11. 

eh.  14.  11 . 

ch.  20.  6. 

Job  5.  IS. 

Ps.  20.  7. 

Ps.  118.  G. 

Jer.  32.  17. 

Matt.  19.  26. 

Rom.  8.  31. 

2  band. 

h  Deut.  8.  18. 
ch.  1.  12. 
Prov.  10.  22. 
Hag.  2.  8. 

3  to  their  place. 

4  in  heat  of 
anger. 

i  2  Ki.  14.  7. 

5  the  sons  of 
the  band. 

j  eh.  28.  23. 
k  Ex.  20.  3,  5. 
/  Ps.  9G.  5. 

Ps.  115.  3-S. 

Isa.  46.  1,  2. 

Jer.  10.  3-5. 

Acts  19.  26. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 
m  ch.  16.  10. 

Prov.  9.  7,  8. 

2  Tim.  4.  3. 

6  counselled. 

n  2Ki.  14.  8,9. 

7  Or,  furze 
bush,  or, 
thorn. 

8  a  beast  of 
the  field. 

o  rh.  35.  21. 

Prov.  12.  15. 
p  1  Ki.  12.  15. 

ch.  22.  7. 

9  smitten. 

q  ch.  21. 17. 
ch.  22.  1,  6. 

10  the  gate  of  it 
that  looketh. 

11  sons  of 
pledge,  or, 
power. 

r2Ki.  14.  17. 

12  from  after. 

13  conspired  a 
conspiracy. 


was  come  from  the  slaughter  of  the  E'dom-Ites, 
that  jhe  brought  the  gods  of  the  children  of  Se'ir, 
and  set  them  up  to  be  /chis  gods,  and  bowed  down 
himself  before  them,  and  burned  incense  unto 
them. 

15  Wherefore  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  Am-a-zi'ah,  and  he  sent  unto  him  a  prophet, 
which  said  unto  him,  Why  hast  thou  sought  after 
'the  gods  of  the  people,  which  could  not  deliver 
their  own  people  out  of  thine  hand  ? 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  talked  with  him, 
that  the  king  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  made  of  mthe 
king's  counsel?  forbear;  why  shouldest  thou  be 
smitten  ?  Then  the  prophet  f orbare,  and  said,  I  know 
that  God  hath  6  determined  to  destroy  thee,  because 
thou  hast  done  this,  and  hast  not  hearkened  unto 
my  counsel. 

17  If  ThenMAm-a-zI'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  took  advice, 
and  sent  to  Jo 'ash,  the  son  of  Je-ho'a-haz,  the  son  of 
Je'hu,  king  of  I§'ra-el,  saying,  Come,  let  us  see  one 
another  in  the  face. 

18  And  Jo'ash  king  of  I§'ra-el  sent  to  Am-a-zi'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah,  saying,  The  7 thistle  that  was  in 
Leb'a-non  sent  to  the  cedar  that  was  in  Leb'a-non, 
saying,  Give  thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife  :  and 
there  passed  by  8a  wild  beast  that  ivas  in  Leb'a- 
non,  and  trode  down  the  thistle. 

19  Thou  say  est,  Lo,  thou  hast  smitten  the  E'dom- 
Ites  ;  and  thine  heart  lif  teth  thee  up  to  boast :  abide 
now  at  home ;  why  shouldest  thou  "meddle  to  thine 
hurt,  that  thou  shouldest  fall,  even  thou,  and  Ju'dah 
with  thee  ? 

20  But  Am-a-zi'ah  would  not  hear;  for  7'it  came 
of  God,  that  he  might  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of 
their  enemies,  because  they  sought  after  the  gods 
of  E'dom. 

21  So  Jo'ash  the  king  of  Ig'ra-el  went  up  ;  and 
they  saw  one  another  in  the  face,  both  he  and  Am- 
a-zi'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  at  Beth-she'mesh,  which  be- 
longeth  to  Ju'dah. 

22  And  Ju'dah  was  9put  to  the  worse  before  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  they  fled  every  man  to  his  tent. 

23  And  Jo'ash  the  king  of  I§'ra-el  took  Am-a-zi'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah,  the  son  of  Jo'ash,  the  son  of  "  Je-ho'- 
a-haz,  at  Beth-she'mesh,  and  brought  him  to  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem, and  brake  down  the  wall  of  Je-ru'sa-lem 
from  the  gate  of  E'phra-im  to  10the  corner  gate, 
four  hundred  cubits. 

24  And  he  took  all  the  gold  and  the  silver,  and  all 
the  vessels  that  were  found  in  the  house  of  God 
with  O'bed-e'dom,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
house,  the  "  hostages  also,  and  returned  to  Sa-ma'- 
ri-a. 

25  If  rAnd  Am-a-zi'ah  the  son  of  Jo'ash  king  of 
Ju'dah  lived  after  the  death  of  Jo'ash  son  of  Je- 
ho'a-haz  king  of  I§'ra-el  fifteen  years. 

26  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Am-a-zi'ah,  first 
and  last,  behold,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  kings  of  Ju'dah  and  I§'ra-el? 

27  If  Now  after  the  time  that  Am-a-zi'ah  did  turn 
away  12from  following  the  Lord  they  13made  a  con- 
spiracy against  him  in  Js-ru'sa-lem  ;  and  he  fled  to 

3.",  7  " 


Reign  of  Uzziah. 


2  CHRONICLES,  26,  27. 


Jotham  succeeds  Uzziah. 


La'chish :  but  they  sent  to  La'chish  after  him,  and 
slew  him  there. 

28  And  they  brought  him  upon  horses,  and  buried 
.him  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  14  Ju'dah. 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  Uzziah  succeeds  Amaziuh.      11  His  great  army.    21  lie  dies  of  leprosy. 

THEN  all  the  people  of  Ju'dah  took   *  Uz-zi'ah, 
who  was  sixteen  years  old,  and  made  him  king 
in  the  room  of  his  father  Am-a-zi'ah. 

2  He  built  E'loth,  and  restored  it  to  Ju'dah,  after 
that  the  king  slept  with  his  fathers. 

3  Sixteen  years  old  was  Uz-zi'ah  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  fifty  and  two  years  in  Jg-ru'- 
sa-lem.  His  mother's  name  also  was  Jec-o-ll'ah  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

4  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  his  father  Am-a-zi'ah 
did. 

5  And  ahe  sought  God  in  the  days  of  Zech-a-rl'ah, 
who  b  had  understanding  2  in  the  visions  of  God  : 
and  as  long  as  he  sought  the  Lord,  God  made  him 
to  prosper. 

6  And  he  went  forth  and  c  warred  against  the 
Phi-lis'tineg,  and  brake  down  the  wall  of  Gath,  and 
the  wall  of  Jab'neh,  and  the  wall  of  Ash'dod,  and 
built  cities  3 about  Ash'dod,  and  among  the  Phi-lis'- 
tlne§. 

7  And  God  helped  him  against  dthe  Phi-lis'tmes., 
and  against  the  A-ra'bI-an§  that  dwelt  in  Gur-ba'al, 
and  the  Me-hu'nims_. 

8  And  the  eAm'mon-Ites  gave  gifts  to  Uz-zi'ah : 
and  his  name  4  spread  abroad  even  to  the  entering  in 
of  E'gypt ;  for  hie  strengthened  himself  exceedingly. 

9  Moreover  Uz-zi'ah  built  towers  in  Je-ru'sa-lem 
at  the  /corner  gate,  and  at  the  valley  gate,  and  at 
the  turning  of  the  wall,  and  5  fortified  them. 

10  Also  he  built  towers  in  the  desert,  and  6 digged 
many  wells :  for  he  had  much  cattle,  both  in  the 
low  country,  and  in  the  plains  :  husbandmen  also, 
and  vine  dressers  in  the  mountains,  and  in  7Car'- 
mel :  for  he  loved  8  husbandry. 

11  Moreover  Uz-zT' ah  had  an  host  of  fighting  men, 
that  went  out  to  war  by  bands,  according  to  the 
number  of  their  account  by  the  hand  of  Jg-I'el  the 
scribe  and  Ma-a-se'iah  the  ruler,  under  the  hand  of 
Han-a-ni'ah,  one  of  the  king's  captains. 

12  The  whole  number  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers 
of  the  mighty  men  of  valour  were  two  thousand  and 
six  hundred. 

13  And  under  their  hand  was  9an  army,  three 
hundred  thousand  and  seven  thousand  and  five 
hundred,  that  made  war  with  mighty  power,  to  help 
the  king  against  the  enemy. 

14  And  Uz-zi'ah  prepared  for  them  throughout  all 
the  host  shields,  and  spears,  and  helmets,  and  haber- 
geons, and  bows,  and  10  slings  to  cast  stones. 

15  And  he  made  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem  engines,  invented 
by  cunning  men,  to  be  on  the  towers  and  upon  the 
bulwarks,  to  shoot  arrows  and  great  stones  withal. 
And  his  name  "spread  far  abroad  ;  for  he  was  mar- 
vellously helped,  till  he  was  strong. 

358 


B.  C.  810. 


14  That  is, 
The  city  of 
David,  as  it  is. 


1  Or,  Azariah. 


a  ch.  24.  2. 

b  Gen.  41.  15. 

Dan.  1.  17. 

Dan.  2.  19. 
2  in  the  seeing 

of  God. 

C  ch.  21.  1C. 

Isa.  14.  29. 


3  Or,  in  the 

country  of 
Ashdod. 

d  1  Chr.  5.  20. 
ch.  14.  11. 

Acts  26.  22. 


e  Gen.  19.  38. 

1  Sam.  11.  1. 

2  Sam.  8.  2. 
ch.  17.  11. 

4  went. 


f2Ki.  14.  13. 
Zech.  14.  10. 

5  Or,  repaired. 

6  Or,  cut  out 
many  cisterns. 

7  Or.  Fruitful 
fields. 

8  ground. 

9  the  power  of 
an  army. 

10  stones  of 
slings. 

11  went  forth. 
g  Deut.  32.  15. 

ch.  25.  19. 

Hab.  2.  4. 

Col.  2.  18. 
h  Deut.  8.  14. 

ch.  25.  19. 
i  2  Ki.  1G.  12, 13. 
;  1  Chr.  fi.  10. 
'k  ch.  19.  2. 

Jer.  13.  18. 

Matt.  14.  4. 
/  Num.  16.  40. 
m  Ex.  30.  7. 
n  Num.  12.  10. 
o  Esth.  6.  12. 
p  2  Ki.  15.  5. 

12  free. 

q  Isa.  1.  1. 
r  Isa.  6.  1. 


a  2  Ki.  15.  32. 

Isa.  1.  1. 

Mic.  1.  1. 
b  ch.  26.  16-21. 

Ps.  119.  120. 
c2Ki.  15.  35. 

1  Or,  The  tower, 
ch.  33.  14. 

d  ch.  20.  1 . 
Jer.  49.  1-6. 

2  This. 

3  Or,  established. 
e  1  Sam.  2.  30. 

ch.  12.  14. 
Ps.  34.  8. 
Ps.  84.  5. 


16  If  But  "when  he  was  strong,  his  heart  was 
h  lifted  up  to  his  destruction  :  for  he  transgressed 
against  the  Lord  his  God,  and  'went  into  the  temple 
of  the  Lord  to  burn  incense  upon  the  altar  of  in- 
cense. 

17  And  ^"Az-a-ri'ah  the  priest  went  in  after  him, 
and  with  him  fourscore  priests  of  the  Lord,  that 
were  valiant  men : 

18  And  they  ''withstood  Uz-zi'ah  the  king,  and  said 
unto  him,  It  l  appertaineth  not  unto  thee,  Uz-zi'ah, 
to  burn  incense  unto  the  Lord,  but  to  the  m  priests 
the  sons  of  Aar'on,  that  are  consecrated  to  burn  in- 
cense :  go  out  of  the  sanctuary  ;  for  thou  hast  tres- 
passed ;  neither  shall  it  be  for  thine  honour  from 
the  Lord  God. 

19  Then  Uz-zi'ah  was  wroth,  and  had  a  censer  in 
his  hand  to  burn  incense  :  and  while  he  was  wroth 
with  the  priests,  "the  leprosy  even  rose  up  in  his 
forehead  before  the  priests  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  from  beside  the  incense  altar. 

20  And  Az-a-ri'ah  the  chief  priest,  and  all  the 
priests,  looked  upon  him,  and,  behold,  he  was  leprous 
in  his  forehead,  and  they  thrust  him  out  from 
thence  ;  yea,  himself  "hasted  also  to  go  out, because 
the  Lord  had  smitten  him. 

21  pAnd  Uz-zi'ah  the  king  was  a  leper  unto  the 
day  of  his  death,  and  dwelt  in  a  12  several  house, 
being  a  leper  ;  for  he  was  cut  off  from  the  house  of 
the  Lord  :  and  Jo'tham  his  son  was  over  the  king's 
house,  judging  the  people  of  the  land. 

22  If  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Uz-zi'ah,  first  and 
last,  did  9i-sa'iah  the  prophet,  the  son  of  A'moz, 
write. 

23  '"So  Uz-zi'ah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they 
buried  him  with  his  fathers  in  the  field  of  the  burial 
which  belonged  to  the  kings  ;  for  they  said,  He  is  a 
leper  :  and  Jo'tham  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  Jotham  succeeds  Uzziah.    5  He  conquers  Amnion.    9  His  death. 

rO'THAM  "was  twenty  and  five  years  old  when 
^  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  His  mother's  name  also  was  Je-ru'- 
shah,  the  daughter  of  Za'dok. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  his  father  Uz-zi'ah 
did  :  howbeit  6he  entered  not  into  the  temple  of  the 
Lord.     And  c  the  people  did  yet  corruptly. 

3  He  built  the  highgate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  on  the  wall  of  'O'phel  he  built  much. 

4  Moreover  he  built  cities  in  the  mountains  of 
Ju'dah,  and  in  the  forests  he  built  castles  and 
towers. 

5  If  He  d  fought  also  with  the  king  of  the  Am'mon- 
ites,  and  prevailed  against  them.  And  the  children 
of  Am'mon  gave  him  the  same  year  an  hundred 
talents  of  silver,  and  ten  thousand  measures  of 
wheat,  and  ten  thousand  of  barley.  2So  much  did 
the  children  of  Am'mon  pay  unto  him,  both  the 
second  year,  and  the  third. 

6  So  Jo'tham  became  mighty,  because  he  3e pre- 
pared his  ways  before  the  Lord  his  God. 


[haz  succeeds  Jotham. 


2  CHRONICLES,  28. 


Idolatry  of  Ahaz. 


7  If  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo'tham,  and  all 
his  wars,  and  his  ways,  lo,  they  are  written  in  the 
book  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah. 

8  He  was  five  and  twenty  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign,  and  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

9  If  And  Jo'tham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  city  of  Da'vid  :  and  A 'haz  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 


CHAPTER  28. 


1  Ahaz  succeeds  Jo/ham. 


2  His  idolatry.    5  His  defeats  by  Syria  and  Israel, 
kiali  succeeds  him. 


27  liez 


A'HAZ  awas  twenty  years  old  when  he  began  to 
■  reign,  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jg-ru'- 
sa-lem :  but  he  did  not  that  which  was  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  like  Da'vid  his  father : 

2  For  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  made  also  b  molten  images  for  cBa'al-im. 

3  Moreover  he  *  burnt  incense  in  dthe  valley  of 
the  son  of  Hm'norn,  and  burnt  his  e children  in  the 
fire,  after  the  abominations  of  the  heathen  whom 
the  Lord  had  cast  out  before  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el. 

4  He  sacrificed  also  and  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
places,  and  on  the  hills,  and  under  every  green 
tree. 

5  Wherefore  rthe  Lord  his  God  delivered  him  into 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syr'i-a  ;  and  they  9  smote 
him,  and  carried  away  a  great  multitude  of  them 
captives,  and  brought  them  to  2Da-mas'cus.  And 
he  was  also  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Ig'ra-el,  who  smote  him  with  a  great  slaughter. 

6  If  For  ''Pe'kah  the  son  of  Rem-a-li'ah  slew  in  Ju'- 
dah an  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  in  one  day, 
which  were  all  3  valiant  men  ;  because  they  had 
•forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

7  And  Zich'ri,  a  mighty  man  of  E'phra-im,  slew 
Ma-a-se'iah  the  king's  son,  and  Az'ri-kam  the  gov- 
ernor of  the  house,  and  El'ka-nah  that  was  4  next 
to  the  king. 

8  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  carried  away  captive 
of  their j  brethren  two  hundred  thousand,  women, 
sons,  and  daughters,  and  took  also  away  much  spoil 
from  them,  and  brought  the  spoil  to  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

9  But  a  prophet  of  the  Lord  was  there,  whose 
name  was  O'ded  :  and  he  went  out  before  the  host 
that  came  to  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  said  unto  them,  Be- 
hold, k  because  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  was 
wroth  with  Ju'dah,  he  hath  delivered  them  into 
your  hand,  and  ye  have  slain  them  in  a  rage  that 
'reacheth  up  unto  heaven. 

10  And  now  ye  purpose  to  keep  under  the  children 
of  Ju'dah  and  Je-ra'sa-lem  for  m bondmen  and  bond- 
women unto  you  :  but  are  there  not  with  "you,  even 
with  you,  sins  against  the  Lord  your  God  ? 

11  Now  hear  me  therefore,  and  deliver  the  cap- 
tives again,  which  ye  have  taken  captive  of  your 
brethren  :  °for  the  fierce  wrath  of  the  Lord  is 
upon  you. 

_12  Then  certain  of  the  heads  of  the  children  of 
E'phra-im,  Az-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  J6-ha'nan,  Ber-e- 
chl'ah  the  son  of  Me-shil'le-moth,  and  Jg-hiz-kl'ah 


B.  C.  741. 


a  2  Ki.  16.  2. 


//  Ex. 


Lev. 

■  Judg. 


14.  17. 
19.  4. 
2.11. 
1  Or,  offered 

sacrifice. 
dl  Ki.  23.  10. 

.ler.  7.  31. 

e  Lev.  18.  21. 

oil.  33.  C. 

Mic.  6.  7. 


/Isa.  7.1. 
gl  Ki.  16.5. 


2  Darmesek. 


h  2  Ki.  15.  27. 
Isa.  9.  21. 


3  sons  of  valour. 
i  Josh.  23.  16. 


4  the  second  to 
the  king. 


'  ch.  11.  4. 


/.-  Judg.  3.  3. 

Ps.  69.  26. 

Ezek.  26.  2. 

Zech.  1.  15. 
/  Gen.  4.  10. 

Ezra  9.  6. 

Rev.  18.  5. 
in  Lev.  25.  39. 
n  Jer.  25.  29. 

1  Pet.  4.  17. 
o  Jas.  2.  13.  . 
p  Num.  32.  14. 

Josh.  22.  17. 
q  2  Ki.  6.  22. 

Rom.  12.  20. 
;•  Deut.  34.  3. 
s  2  Ki.  16.  7. 
i  Lev.  26.  18. 

5  a  captivity. 
u  Josh.  15.  22. 
v  ch.  21.  2. 

«•  Ex.  32.  25. 

Rev.  16.  15. 
.r  2  Ki.  15.  29. 

Isa.  7.  20. 
il  ch.  33.  12. 

Ps.  50.  15. 

Rev.  16.  11. 
s  ch.  25.  14. 

6  Darmesek. 

a  Jer.  44.  17,  18. 
b  ch.  29.  3,  7. 

7  Or,  to  offer. 

c  2  Ki.  16.  19,  20. 
ch.  27.  7-9. 


son  of  Had'- 
came  from  the 


the  son  of  Shal'lum,  and  Am'a-sa  the 
la-I,  stood  up  against  them  that 
war, 

13  And  said  unto  them,  Ye  shall  not  bring  in  the 
captives  hither :  for  whereas  we  have  offended 
against  the  Lord  already,  ye  intend  to  "add  more 
to  our  sins  and  to  our  trespass  :  for  our  trespass  is 
great,  and  there  is  fierce  wrath  against  Ig'ra-el. 

14  So  the  armed  men  left  the  captives  and  the 
spoil  before  the  princes  and  all  the  congregation. 

15  And  the  men  which  were  expressed  by  name 
rose  up,  and  took  the  captives,  and  with  the  spoil 
clothed  all  that  were  naked  among  them,  and  ar- 
rayed them,  and  shod  them,  and  "gave  them  to  eat 
and  to  drink,  and  anointed  them,  and  carried  all 
the  feeble  of-  them  upon  asses,  and  brought  them  to 
Jer'i-cho,  the  'city  of  palm  trees, to  their  brethren  : 
then  they  returned  to  Sa-ma'ri-a. 

16  If  At  sthat  time  did  king  A'haz  send  unto  the 
kings  of  As-syr'i-a  to  help  him. 

17  For  'again  the  E'dom-Ites  had  come  and  smitten 
Ju'dah,  and  carried  away  5 captives. 

18  "The  Phi-lis'tineg  also  had  invaded  the  cities  of 
the  low  country,  and  of  the  south  of  Ju'dah,  and 
had  taken  Beth-she 'mesh,  and  Aj'a-lon,  and  Ge-de'- 
roth,  and  Sho'cho  with  the  villages  thereof,  and 
Tim'nah  with  the  villages  thereof,  Gim'zo  also  and 
the  villages  thereof  :  and  they  dwelt  there. 

19  For  the  Lord  brought  Ju'dah  low  because  of 
A'haz  king  of  v  Ig'ra-el ;  for  he  "made  Ju'dah  naked, 
and  transgressed  sore  against  the  Lord. 

20  And  x  Til  'gath-pil-ne'ger  king  of  As-syr'i-a  came 
unto  him,  and  distressed  him,  but  strengthened  him 
not. 

21  For  A'haz  took  away  a  portion  out  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  out  of  the  house  of  the  king,  and 
of  the  princes,  and  gave  it  unto  the  king  of  As- 
syr'i-a :  but  he  helped  him  not. 

22  If  And  in  the  time  '-'of  his  distress  did  he  tres- 
pass yet  more  against  the  Lord  :  this  is  that  king 
A'haz. 

23  For  *he  sacrificed  unto  the  gods  of  6Da-mas'- 
cus,  which  smote  him  :  and  he  said,  Because  the 
gods  of  the  kings  of  Syr'i-a  help  them,  therefore 
will  I  sacrifice  to  them,  that  "they  may  help  me. 
But  they  were  the  ruin  of  him,  and  of  all  Ig'ra-el. 

24  And  A'haz  gathered  together  the  vessels  of  the 
house  of  God,  and  cut  in  pieces  the  vessels  of  the 
house  of  God,  6and  shut  up  the  doors  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  he  made  him  altars  in  evtxV 
corner  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

25  And  in  every  several  city  of  Ju'dah  he  made 
high  places  7  to  burn  incense  unto  other  gods,  and 
provoked  to  anger  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers. 

26  If  '"Now  the  rest  of  his  acts  and  of  all  his  ways, 
first  and  last,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book 
of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah  and  Ig'ra-el. 

27  And  A'haz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they 
buried  him  in  the  city,  even  in  JS-ru'sa-lem:  but 
they  brought  him  not  into  the  sepulchres  of  the 
kings  of  Ig'ra-el :  and  Hez-e-ki'ah  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

359 


^ 


Reign  of  Hezekiah. 


2  CHRONICLES,  29. 


His  sacrifices. 


CHAPTER  29. 

1  Hezekiali's  reign.     3  Religion  restored.     12  The  temple  cleansed. 

HEZ-E-KI'AH  a began  to  reign  when  he  was  five 
and  twenty  years  old,  and  he  reigned  nine  and 
twenty  years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  A-bl'jah,  the  daughter  6of  Zech-a-rl'ah. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  Da'vid  his  father 
had  done. 

3  If  He  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  in  the  c  first 
month,  d  opened  the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  repaired  them. 

4  And  he  brought  in  the  priests  and  the  Le'- 
vites, and  gathered  them  together  into  the  east 
street, 

5  And  said  unto  them,  Hear  me,  ye  Le'vites, 
e  sanctify  now  yourselves,  and  sanctify  the  house  of 
the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers,  and  carry  forth  the 

1  filthiness  out  of  the  holy  place. 

6  For  our  fathers  have  trespassed,  and  done  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  our  God, 
and  have  forsaken  him,  and  have  yturned  away 
their  faces  from  the  habitation  of  the  Lord,  and 

2  turned  their  backs. 

7  Also  "they  have  shut  up  the  doors  of  the  porch, 
and  put  out  the  lamps,  and  have  not  burned  incense 
nor  offered  burnt  offerings  in  the  holy  place  unto 
the  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

8  Wherefore  the  h  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  upon 
Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  he  hath  delivered 
them  to  3  trouble,  to  astonishment,  and  to  hissing, 
as  ye  see  with  your  eyes. 

9  For,  lo,  5our  fathers  have  fallen  by  the  sword, 
and  our  sons  and  our  daughters  and  our  wives  are 
in  captivity  for  this. 

10  Now  it  is  in  mine_  heart  to  make  k  a  covenant 
with  "the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  that  his  fierce  wrath 
may  turn  away  from  us. 

11  My  sons,  4be  not  now  negligent :  for  the  Lord 
hath  'chosen  you  to  stand  before  him,  to  serve  him, 
and  that  ye  should  minister  unto  him,  and  5burn 
incense. 

JL2  II  Then  the  Le'vites  arose,  Ma'hath  the  son  of 
A-mas'a-I,  and  Jo'el  the  son  of  Az-a-rl'ah,  of  the 
sons  of  the  Ko'hath-Ites :  and  of  the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl, 
KIsh  the  son  of  Ab'dl,  and  Az-a-rl'ah  the  son  of  Jg- 
hal'e-lel :  and  of  the  Ger'shon-Ites  ;  Jo'ah  the  son 
of  ZIm'mah,  and  E'den  theson  of  Jo'ah  : 

13  And  of  the  sons  of  El'za-phan  ;  Shim'rl,  and 
I'el :  and  of  the  sons  of  A'saph  ;  Zech-a-rl'ah, 

and  Mat-ta-ni'ah  : 

14  And  of  the  sons  of  He'man ;  Je-hl'el,  and 
Shim'e-I :  and  of  the  sons  of  Jed'u-thun  ;  Shem-a- 
I'ah,  and  Uz-zl'el. 

15  And  they  gathered  their  brethren,  and  sancti- 
fied themselves,  and  came,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  king,  6by  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
'"to  cleanse  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  priests  went  into  mthe  inner  part  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  to  cleanse  it,  and  brought  out 
all  the  uncleanness  that  they  found  in  the  temple 
of  the  Lord  into  the  court  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

3G0 


B.  C.  726. 


a2Ki.  18.  1. 
Hos.  1.  1. 


b  oh.  20.  5. 


c  Prov.  8.  17. 
d  ch.  28.  24. 


e  1  Chr.  15.  12. 

ch.  35.  G. 

Matt.  21. 

12,  13. 

2  Cor.  G.  16. 
1  That  is, 

idols,  etc. 


/Jer.  2.27. 
Ezek.  8.  16. 


2  given  the  neck. 

glKi.  16. 
17,  18. 
ch.  28.  24. 


h  Deut.  28. 
15-20. 


3  commotion. 

Dent.  28.  25. 
i 1  Ki.  9.  8. 

Jer.  18.  16. 
j  Lev.  26.  17. 

ch.  28.  5,  G, 

8,  17. 


k  ch.  15.  12. 
ch.  23.  1G. 
Neh.  9.  38. 


4  Or,  be  not 
now  deceived, 
1  Cor.  6.  9. 

I  Num.  3.  6. 

5  Or,  offer 
sacrifice. 


6  Or,  in  the 
business  of 
the  Lord, 
ch.  30.  12. 

m  1  Chr.  23.  28. 

n  1  Ki.  6.  23. 
That  is,  the 
sanctuary,  and 
holy  of  holies. 

o  1  Ki.  G.  3. 

p  ch.  28.  24. 

q  Lev.  4.  3,  14. 

)'  Lev.  8.  14,  15, 
19,  24. 

7  near. 

s  Lev.  4.  15,  24. 
/  Lev.  14.  20. 

Col.  1.  20. 
v  1  Clir.  16.  4. 
v  1  Chr.  23.  5. 

ch.  8.  14. 
w2  Sain.  24.  11. 
x  ch.  30.  12. 

8  by  the  hand  of 
the  Lord. 

9  by  the  hand  of. 
y  Num.  10.  10. 

ch.  13.  12. 
Amos  6.  5. 
3  Num.  10.  8,  10. 
1  Chr.  15.  24. 

10  in  the  time. 
a  ch.  20.  21. 

11  hands  of 
instruments. 

12  song. 

b  ch.  20.  18. 
Rom.  14.  11. 

13  found. 


And  the  Le'vites  took  it,  to  carry  it  out  abroad  into 
the  brook  Kid'ron. 

17  Now  they  began  on  the  first  day  of  the  first 
month  to  sanctify,  and  on  the  eighth  day  of  the 
month  came  they  to  the  "porch  of  the  Lord  :  so 
they  sanctified  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  eight  days ; 
and  in  the  sixteenth  day  of  the  first  month  they 
made  an  end. 

18  Then  they  went  in  to  Hez-e-kl'ah  the  king,  and 
said,  We  have  cleansed  all  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  altar  of  burnt  offering,  with  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  and  the  shewbread  table,  with  all  the  ves- 
sels thereof. 

19  Moreover  all  the  vessels,  which  king  A'haz  in 
his  reign  did  pcast  away  in  his  transgression,  have 
we  prepared  and  sanctified,  and,  behold,  they  are 
before  the  altar  of  the  Lord. 

20  If  Then  Hez-e-kl'ah  the  king  rose  early,  and 
gathered  the  rulers  of  the  city,  and  went  up  to  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  they  brought  seven  bullocks,  and  seven 
rams,  and  seven  lambs,  and  seven  he  goats,  for  a 
9  sin  offering  for  the  kingdom,  and  for  the  sanctu- 
ary, and  for  Ju'dah.  And  he  commanded  the  priests 
the  sons  of  Aar'on  to  offer  them  on  the  altar  of  the 
Lord. 

22  So  they  killed  the  bullocks,  and  the  priests  re- 
ceived the  blood,  and  r  sprinkled  it  on  the  altar :  like- 
wise, when  they  had  killed  the  rams,  they  sprinkled 
the  blood  upon  the  altar  :  they  killed  also  the 
lambs,  and  they  sprinkled  the  blood  upon  the  altar. 

23  And  they  brought  "'  forth  the  he  goats  for  the 
sin  offering  before  the  king  and  the  congregation  ; 
and  they  laid  their  s  hands  upon  them  : 

24  And  the  priests  killed  them,  and  they  made 
reconciliation  with  their  blood  upon  the  altar,  fto 
make  an  atonement  for  all  Ig'ra-el  :  for  the  king 
commanded  that  the  burnt  offering  and  the  sin  of- 
fering should  be  made  for  all  Ig'ra-el. 

25  "And  he  set  the  Le'vites  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  with  cymbals,  with  psalteries,  and  with  harps, 
''according  to  the  commandment  of  Da'vid,  and  of 
wGad  the  king's  seer,  and  Na'than  the  prophet : 
xfor  so  was  the  commandment  8of  the  Lord  9by 
his  prophets. 

26  And  the  Le'vites  stood  with  the  instruments 
"of  Da'vid,  and  the  priests  with  zthe  trumpets. 

27  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  commanded  to  offer  the  burnt 
offering  upon  the  altar.  And  10when  the  burnt 
offering  began,  "the  song  of  the  Lord  began  also 
with  the  trumpets,  and  with  the  "instruments 
ordained  by  Da'vid  king  of  Ig'ra-el. 

28  And  all  the  congregation  worshipped,  and  the 
12  singers  sang,  and  the  trumpeters  sounded  :  and 
all  this  continued  until  the  burnt  offering  was 
finished. 

29  And  when  they  had  made  an  end  of  offering, 
6  the  king  and  all  that  were  13  present  with  him 
bowed  themselves,  and  worshipped. 

30  Moreover  Hez-e-kl'ah  the  king  and  the  princes 
commanded  the  Le'vites  to  sing  praise_  unto  the 
Lord  with  the  words  of  Da'vid,  and  of  A'saph  the 


Hezekiah  proclaims 


2  CHRONICLES,  30. 


a  passover. 


seer.     And  they  sang  e  praises  with  gladness,  and 
they  bowed  their  heads  and  worshipped. 

31  Then  Hez-e-ki'ah  answered  and  said,  Now  ye 
have  14  consecrated  yourselves  unto  the  Lord,  come 
near  and  bring  sacrifices  and  d  thank  offerings  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord.  And  the  congregation 
brought  in  sacrifices  and  thank  offerings ;  and  as 
many  as  were  of  a  free  heart  burnt  offerings. 

32  And  the  number  of  the  burnt  offerings,  which 
the  congregation  brought,  was  threescore  and  ten 
bullocks,  an  hundred  rams,  and  two  hundred  lambs  : 
all  these  were  for  a  burnt  offering  to  the  Lord. 

33  And  the  consecrated  things  were  six  hundred 
oxen  and  three  thousand  sheep. 

34  But  the  priests  were  too  few,  so  that  they 
could  not  flay  all  the  burnt  offerings :  wherefore 
"their  brethren  the  Le'vites15did  help  them,  till  the 
work  was  ended,  and  until  the  other  priests  had 
sanctified  themselves  :  •'"for  the  Le'vltes  were  more 
9  upright  in  heart  to  sanctify  themselves  than  the 
priests. 

35  And  also  the  burnt  offerings  were  in  abundance, 
with  Hhe  fat  of  the  peace  offerings,  and  Uhe  drink 
offerings  for  every  burnt  offering.  So  the  service 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord  was  set  in  order. 

36  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  rejoiced,  and  all  the  people,  that 
God  had  prepared  the  people :  for  J'the  thing  was 
done  suddenly. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Hezekiah  proclaims  a  passover.    23  It  is  kept  fourteen  days.    27  The  people  blessed. 

ND  Hez-e-kl'ah  sent  to  all  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah, 
and  wrote  letters  also  to  E'phra-im  and  Ma- 
nas'seh,  that  they  should  come  to  the  house  of  the 
Lord  at  Js-ru'sa-lem,  to  keep  the  passover  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

2  For  the  king  had  taken  counsel,  and  his  princes, 
and  all  the  congregation  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  to  keep 
the  passover  in  the  second  "month. 

3  For  they  could  not  keep  it  6at  that  time,  c  be- 
cause the  priests  had  not  sanctified  themselves 
sufficiently,  neither  had  the  people  gathered  them- 
selves together  to  Je-ra'sa-lem. 

4  And  the  thing  pleased  the  king  and  all  the 
congregation. 

5  So  they  established  a  decree  to  make  proclama- 
tion throughout  all  Ig'ra-el,  from  Be'er-she'ba  even 
to  Dan,  that  they  should  come  to  keep  the  passover 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  at  Je-ra'sa-lem  :  for 
they  had  not  done  it  of  a  long  time  in  such  sort  as 
it  was  written. 

6  So  the  posts  went  with  the  letters 2  from  the  king 
and  his  princes  throughout  all  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah, 
and  according  to  the  commandment  of  the  king, 
saying,  Ye  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  d  turn  again  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  A 'bra-ham,  I'gaac,  and  Ig'ra-el,  and  he 
will  return  to  the  remnant  of  you,  that  are  escaped 
out  of  the  hand  of  ethe  kings  of  As-syr'i-a. 

7  And  be  not  ye  -'like  your  fathers,  and  like  your 
brethren,  which  trespassed  against  the  Lord  God 
of  their  fathers,  who  therefore  "gave  them  up  to 
desolation,  as  ye  see. 

8  Now  3be  ye  not  h  stiff  necked,  as  your  fathers 


A1 


B.  C.  726. 


cPs.  32.  11. 
Phil.  4.  4. 

14  Or,  filled 
your  hand, 
ch.  13.  9. 

d  Lev.  7.  12. 


e  Num.  8.  15. 

ch.  35.  11. 
15  strengthened 

them. 
/  ch.  30.  3. 

g  1  Chr.  29.  17. 
Ps.  7.  10. 


/(  Ex.  29.  13. 

Lev.  3.  10. 

i  Gen.  35.  14. 


j  Ps.  118.  23. 
Acts  2.  41. 


a  Num.  9.  10. 
b  Ex.  12.  6. 
c  ch.  29.  34. 

1  was  right  in 
the  eyes  of 
the  king. 

2  from  the  hand. 
d  1  Sam.  7.  3,  4. 

Hos.  6.  1. 

Joel  2.  13. 

Mai.  3.  7. 
e  1  Ki.  15.  19,  29. 
/'Ezek.  20.  18. 
g  ch.  29.  8. 

3  harden  not 
your  necks. 

h  Deut.  10.  10. 

4  give  the  hand. 
/  ch.  29.  10. 

j  Lev.  20.  40. 
k  Ex.  34.  G. 

Mic.  7.  18. 
/  Isa.  55.  7. 
m  ch.  36.  1G. 

Neh.  2.  19. 

Matt.  21.  35. 

Acts  17.  32. 
n  ch.  11.  10. 
o  ch.  29.  36. 

Ps.  110.  3. 

2  Cor.  3.  5. 

Heb.  13.  21. 
p  ch.  29.  25. 
q  ch.  28.  24. 

Isa.  2.  17-21. 
r  ch.  29.  34. 

5  their  standing. 
,v  ch.  29.  34. 

t  Ex.  12.  43. 
u  1  Sam.  7.  3. 

1  Chr.  29.  18. 

ch.  19.  3. 

Job  11.  13. 
v  Ex.  15.  26. 

Jas.  5.  16. 

6  found. 

«•  Ex.  12.  15. 
Luke  22.  1,  7. 

1  Cor.  5.  7,  8. 

7  instruments 
of  strength. 

8  to  the  heart 
of  all, 

Isa.  40.  2. 

x  Deut.  33.  10. 

ch.  17.  9. 

2  Tim.  4.  2. 
y  Ezra  10.  11. 


were,  but  4  yield  yourselves  unto  the  Lord,  and 
enter  into  his  sanctuary,  which  he  hath  sanctified 
for  ever  :  and  serve  the  Lord  your  God,  i  that  the 
fierceness  of  his  wrath  may  turn  away  from  you. 

9  For  if  ye  turn  again  unto  the  Lord,  your  brethren 
and  your  children  shall  find  ^compassion  before 
them  that  lead  them  captive,  so  that  they  shall 
come  again  into  this  land :  for  the  Lord  your  God 
is  ''gracious  and  merciful,  and  will  not  turn  away 
his  face  from  you,  if  ye  'return  unto  him. 

10  So  the  posts  passed  from  city  to  city  through 
the  country  of  E'phra-im  and  Ma-nas'seh  even  unto 
Zeb'u-lun  :  but  '"they  laughed  them  to  scorn,  and 
mocked  them. 

11  Nevertheless  n divers  of  Ash'er  and  Ma-nas'seh 
and  of  Zeb'u-lun  humbled  themselves,  and  came  to 
Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

12  Also  in  Ju'dah  °the  hand  of  God  was  to  give 
them  one  heart  to  do  the  commandment  of  the  king 
and  of  the  princes,  pby  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

13  If  And  there  assembled  at  Jg-ru'sa-lem  much 
people  to  keep  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  in  the 
second  month,  a  very  great  congregation. 

14  And  they  arose  and  took  away  the  ''altars  that 
were  in  Je-ra'sa-lem,  and  all  the  altars  for  incense 
took  they  away,  and  cast  them  into  the  brook  Kld'- 
ron. 

15  Then  they  killed  the  passover  on  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  second  month :  and  the  priests  and  the 
Le'vltes  were  r ashamed,  and  sanctified  themselves, 
and  brought  in  the  burnt  offerings  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  stood  in  5  their  place  after  their  man- 
ner, according  to  the  law  of  Mo'geg  the  man  of  God : 
the  priests  sprinkled  the  blood,  which  they  received 
of  the  hand  of  the  Le'vltes. 

17  For  there  were  many  in  the  congregation  that 
were  not  sanctified  :  s therefore  the  Le'vltes  had  the 
charge  of  the  killing  of  the  passovers  for  every  one 
that  was  not  clean,  to  sanctify  them  unto  the  Lord. 

18  For  a  multitude  of  the  people,  even  many  of 
E'phra-im,  and  Ma-nas'seh,  Is'sa-char,  and  Zeb'u- 
lun,  had  not  cleansed  themselves,  '  yet  did  they  eat 
the  passover  otherwise  than  it  was  written.  But 
Hez-e-kl'ah  prayed  for  them,  saying,  The  good  Lord 
pardon  every  one 

19  That  u  prepareth  his  heart  to  seek  God,  the  Lord 
God  of  his  fathers,  though  he  be  not  cleansed  ac- 
cording to  the  purification  of  the  sanctuary. 

20  And  the  Lord  hearkened  to  Hez-e-kl'ah,  and 
"healed  the  people. 

21  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  that  were  6 present 
at  Je-ra'sa-lem,  kept  '"the  feast  of  unleavened  bread 
seven  days  with  great  gladness :  and  the  Le'vltes 
and  the  priests  praised  the  Lord  day  by  day,  sing- 
ing with  7  loud  instruments  unto  the  LORD. 

22  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  spake  8  comfortably  unto  all 
the  Le'vTtes  xthat  taught  the  good  knowledge  of 
the  Lord  :  and  they  did  eat  throughout  the  feast 
seven  days,  offering  peace  offerings,  and  ^making 
confession  to  the  LORD  God  of  their  fathers. 

23  And  the  whole  assembly  took  counsel  to  keep 

361 


The  priestly  courses. 


2  chronicles;  31,  32. 


Hezekiah's  sincerity. 


z other  seven  days:  and  they  kept  other  seven  days 
with  gladness. 

24  For  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  9adid  give  to  the 
congregation  a  thousand  bullocks  and  seven  thou- 
sand sheep ;  and  the  princes  gave  to  the  congrega- 
tion a  thousand  bullocks  and  ten  thousand  sheep  : 
and  a  great  number  of  priests b  sanctified  themselves. 

25  And  all  the  congregation  of  Ju'dah,  with  the 
priests  and  the  Le'vltes,  and  all  the  congregation 
cthat  came  out  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  the  strangers  that 
came  out  of  the  land  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  that  dwelt  in 
Ju'dah,  rejoiced. 

26  So  there  was  great  joy  in  Je-ru'sa-lem :  for  since 
the  time  of  Sol'o-mon  the  son  of  Da'vid  king  of  Ig'- 
ra-el  there  was  not  the  like  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

27  T[  Then  the  priests  the  Le'vltes  arose  and 
d  blessed  the  people :  and  their  voice  was  heard,  and 
their  prayer  came  up  to  10his  holy  dwelling  place, 
even  unto  heaven. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  The  priestly  courses.    5  Offerings  of  the  people.    20  HezeHaKs  sincerity. 

^VTOW  when  all  this  was  finished,  all  Ig'ra-el  that 
-L  ^  were 1  present  went  out  to  the  cities  of  Ju'dah, 
and  "brake  the 2 images  in  pieces,  and  cut  down  the 
groves,  and  threw  down  the  high  places  and  the  al- 
tars out  of  all  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja-min,  in  E'phra-im 
also  and  Ma-nas'seh,  3  until  they  had  utterly  de- 
stroyed them  all.  Then  all  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el 
returned,  every  man  to  his  possession,  into  their  own 
cities. 

2  1  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  appointed  Hhe  courses  of  the 
priests  and  the  Le'vltes  after  their  courses,  every 
man  according  to  his  service,  the  priests  and  Le'- 
vltes cfor  burnt  offerings  and  for  peace  offerings, 
to  minister,  and  to  give  thanks,  and  to  praise  in  the 
gates  of  the  tents  of  the  Lord. 

3  He  appointed  also  the  king's  portion  of  his  sub- 
stance for  the  burnt  offerings,  to  ivit,  for  the  morn- 
ing and  evening  burnt  offerings,  and  the  burnt  of- 
ferings for  the  sabbaths,  and  for  the  new  moons, 
and  for  the  set  feasts,  as  it  is  written  in  the  dlaw 
of  the  Lord. 

4  Moreover  he  commanded  the  people  that  dwelt 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem  to  give  the  € portion  of  the  priests 
and  the  Le'vltes,  that  they  might  be  encouraged  in 
rthe  law  of  the  Lord. 

5  If  And  as  soon  as  the  commandment  4came 
abroad,  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  brought  in  abun- 
dance ffthe  firstfruits  of  corn,  wine,  and  oil,  and 
5 honey,  and  of  all  the  increase  of  the  field;  and  the 
tithe  of  all  things  brought  they  in  abundantly. 

6  And  concerning  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'- 
dah, that  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  they  also 
brought  in  the  tithe  of  oxen  and  sheep,  and  the 
h  tithe  of  holy  things  which  were  consecrated  unto 
the  Lord  their  God,  and  laid  them  6by  heaps. 

7  In  the  third  month  they  began  to  lay  the  founda- 
tion of  the  heaps,  and  finished  them  in  the  seventh 
month. 

8  And  when  Hez-e-kl'ah  and  the  princes  came  and 
saw  the  heaps,  they  blessed  the  Lord,  and  "his  people 
Ig'ra-el. 

362 


B.  C.  726. 


z  1  Ki.  8.  G5. 

9  lifted  up,  or, 

offered. 
a  ch.  35.  7,  8. 


b  ch.  29.  34. 


o  verses  11,  18. 


d  Num.  G.  23. 

10  the  habita- 
tion of  his 
holiness, 
Ps.  68.  5. 


1  found. 

a  2  Ki.  18.  4. 

2  statues, 
ch.  30.  14. 


3  until  to  make 
an  end. 


b  1  Chr.  23.  0. 


c  1  Chr.  23. 
30,  31. 


d  Num.  28. 
e  Num.  18.  8. 

1  Cor.  9.  13. 
/  Mai.  2.  7. 

4  brake  forth. 
g  Ex.  22.  29. 

Num.  18.  12. 
Prov.  3.  9. 
Ezek.  20.  40. 
Jas.  1.  18. 

5  Or,  dates. 

h  Lev.  27.  30. 

Deut.  14.  28. 
G  heaps,  heaps. 
i  Gen.  14.  19. 

Deut.  33.  29. 

2  Sam.  G.  18. 
Ps.  33.  12. 

/Hag.  2.  19. 
Mai.  3.  10. 

7  Or,  store- 
houses. 

frNeh.  13.  13. 

8  at  the  hand. 

9  holinesses  of 
holinesses. 

10  at  his  hand. 
/  Josh.  21.  9. 

11  Or,  trust, 

1  Chr.  9.  22. 

12  for  the  things 
of  the  day 
upon  his  day. 

m  1  Chr.  23. 
24,  27. 

13  Or,  trust. 
n  Lev.  25.  34. 

Num.  35.  2. 
o  verses  12-15. 
p  1  Ki.  15.  5. 

John  1.  47. 
q  Deut.  29.  9. 

Josh.  1.  7. 

1  Tim.  4.  8. 


al  Ki.  18.  13. 


9  Then  Hez-e-kl'ah  questioned  with  the  priests  and 
the  Le'vltes  concerning  the  heaps. 

10  And  Az-a-rl'ah  the  chief  priest  of  the  house 
of  Za'dok  answered  him,  and  said, j Since  the  people 
began  to  bring  the  offerings  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  we  have  had  enough  to  eat,  and  have  left 
plenty  :  for  the  Lord  hath  blessed  his  people  ;  and 
that  which  is  left  is  this  great  store. 

11  If  Then  Hez-e-ki'ah  commanded  to  prepare 
7  chambers  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  ;  and  they 
prepared  them, 

12  And  brought  in  the  offerings  and  the  tithes 
and  the  dedicated  things  faithfully  :  feover  which 
Con-o-nl'ah  the  Le'vite  was  ruler,  and  Shim'e-I  his 
brother  was  the  next. 

13  And  Je-hl!el,  and  Az-a-zl'ah,  and  Na'hath,  and 
A'sa-hel,  and  Jer'i-moth,  and  Joz'a-bad,  and  E-li'el, 
and  Is-ma-chl'ah,  and  Ma'hath,  and  Be-na'iah,  were 
overseers 8  under  the  hand  of  Con-o-ni'ah  and  Shim'e-I 
his  brother,  at  the  commandment  of  Hez-e-kl'ah  the 
king,  and  Az-a-rl'ah  the  ruler  of  the  house  of  God. 

14  And  Ko're  the  son  of  Im'nah  the  Le'vite,  the 
porter  toward  the  east,  was  over  the  freewill  offer- 
ings of  God,  to  distribute  the  oblations  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  9most  holy  things. 

15  And  10next  him  were  E'den,  and  Mi-nl'a-min, 
and  Jesh'u-a,  and  Shem-a-I'ah,  Am-a-rl'ah,  and 
Shec-a-nl'ah,  in  'the  cities  of  the  priests,  in  their 
11  set  office,  to  give  to  their  brethren  by  courses,  as 
well  to  the  great  as  to  the  small : 

16  Beside  their  genealogy  of  males,  from  three 
years  old  and  upward,  even  unto  every  one  that  en- 
tereth  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  his  12  daily  portion 
for  their  service  in  their  charges  according  to  their 
courses ; 

17  Both  to  the  genealogy  of  the  priests  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  and  the  Le'vltes  mfrom 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  in  their  charges  by 
their  courses ; 

18  And  to  the  genealogy  of  all  their  little  ones, 
their  wives,  and  their  sons,  and  their  daughters, 
through  all  the  congregation:  for  in  their  13set 
office  they  sanctified  themselves  in  holiness  : 

19  Also  of  the  sons  of  Aar'on  the  priests,  which 
were  in  "the  fields  of  the  suburbs  of  their  cities,  in 
every  several  city,  the  men  that  "were  expressed  by 
name,  to  give  portions  to  all  the  males  among  the 
priests,  and  to  all  that  were  reckoned  by  genealo- 
gies among  the  Le'vltes. 

20  II  And.  thus  did  Hez-e-kl'ah  throughout  all  Ju'- 
dah, and  p  wrought  that  which  was  good  and  right 
and  truth  before  the  Lord  his  God. 

21  And  in  every  work  that  he  began  in  the  service 
of  the  house  of  God,  and  in  the  law,  and  in  the 
commandments,  to  seek  his  God,  he  did  it  with  all 
his  heart,  and  'prospered. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1  Sennacherib  invades  Judah.    21  The  Assyrians  destroyed.    27  Hezekiah's  U'orks  and 

death. 

AFTER    "these    things,   and   the   establishment 
-  thereof,     Sen-nach'e-rlb    king    of    As-syr'I-a 


Sennacherib's  invasion. 


2  CHRONICLES,  32. 


Hezekiah's  works. 


came,  and  entered  into  Ju'dah,  and  encamped 
against  the  fenced  cities,  and  thought  1  to  win  them 
for  himself. 

2  And  when  Hez-e-ki'ah  saw  that  Sen-nach'e-rib 
was  come,  and  that2 he  was  purposed  to  fight  against 
Jg-ru'sa-lem, 

3  He  took  counsel  with  his  princes  and  his  mighty 
men  to  stop  the  waters  of  the  fountains  which  were 
without  the  city  :  and  they  did  help  him. 

4  So  there  was  gathered  much  people  together,  who 
stopped  all  the  fountains,  and  the  brook  that  3ran 
through  the  midst  of  the  land,  saying,  Why  should 
the  kings  of  As-syr'i-a  come,  and  find  much  water? 

5  Also  bhe  strengthened  himself,  cand  built  up  all 
the  wall  that  was  broken,  and  raised  it  up  to  the 
towers,  and  another  wall  without,  and  repaired 
dMIl'16  in  the  city  of  Da'vid,  and  made  4  darts  and 
shields  in  abundance. 

6  And  he  set  captains  of  war  over  the  people,  and 
gathered  them  together  to  him  in  the  street  of  the 
gate  of  the  city,  and  5  spake  comfortably  to  them, 
saying, 

7  e  Be  strong  and  courageous,  fbe  not  afraid  nor 
dismayed  for  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  nor  for  all  the 
multitude  that  is  with  him :  for a  there  be  more  with 
us  than  with  him : 

8  With  him  is  an  7larm  of  flesh ;  but l  with  us  is  the 
Lord  our  God  to  help  us,  and  to  fight  our  battles. 
And  the  people  6  rested  themselves  upon  the  words 
of  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah. 

9  If j  After  this  did  Sen-nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a 
send  his  servants  to  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  (but  he  himself 
laid  siege  against  La'chish,  and  all  his  7  power  with 
him,)  unto  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  unto  all 
Ju'dah  that  were  at  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  saying, 

10  Thus  saith  Sen-nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a, 
Whereon  do  ye  trust,  that  ye  abide  8  in  the  siege  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem? 

11  Doth  not  Hez-e-kl'ah  persuade  you  to  give  over 
yourselves  to  die  by  famine  and  by  thirst,  saying, 
The  Lord  our  God  shall  deliver  us  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  ? 

12  Hath  not  the  same  Hez-e-ki'ah  taken  away  his 
high  places  and  his  altars,  and  commanded  Ju'dah 
and  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  saying,  Ye  shall  worship  before 
one  altar,  and  burn  incense  upon  it  ? 

13  Know  ye  not  what  I  and  my  fathers  have  done 
unto  all  the  people  of  other  lands?  *were  the  gods 
of  the  nations  of  those  lands  any  ways  able  to  de- 
liver their  lands  out  of  mine  hand  ? 

14  Who  was  there  among  all  the  gods  of  those  na- 
tions that  my  fathers  utterly  destroyed,  that  could 
deliver  his  people  out  of  mine  hand,  that  your  God 
should  be  able  to  deliver  you  out  of  mine  hand  ? 

15  Now  therefore  let  not  Hez-e-ki'ah  deceive  you, 
nor  persuade  you  on  this  manner,  neither  yet  be- 
lieve him :  for  no  god  of  any  nation  or  kingdom 
was  able  to  deliver  his  people  out  of  mine  hand, 
and  out  of  the  hand  of  my  fathers :  *how  much  less 
shall  your  God  deliver  you  out  of  mine  hand  ? 

16  And  his  servants  spake  yet  more  against  the 
Lord  God,  and  against  his  servant  Hez-e-ki'ah. 


B.  C.  713. 


1  to  break  them 
up. 


2  his  face  was 
to  war. 


3  overflowed 


h  Isa.  22.  9,  10. 
c  ch.  25.  23. 


d  2  Sam.  5.  9. 
4  Or,  swords,  or, 
weapons. 


5  spake  to  their 

heart, 

ch.  30.  22. 

Isa.  40.  2. 
e  Deut.  31.  G. 

Josh.  1.  6,  7. 
/  ch.  20.  15. 

#2Ki.  G.  16. 


h  Jer.  17.  5. 

1  John  4.  4. 
i  Num.  14.  9. 

Deut.  20.  1,  4. 

ch.  13.  12. 

Ps.  18.  2. 

Amos  5.  14. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
6  leaned. 
j  2  Ki.  IS.  17. 


'  dominion. 


8  Or,  in  the 
strong  hold. 


*  2  Ki.  18.  33-35. 

Ps.  115.  4-8. 
/  Ex.  5.  2. 

John  19. 

10,  11. 
m  2  Ki.  19.  9. 
n  2  Ki.  18.  28. 
o  Isa.  10.  10. 
p  Deut.  4.  28. 

Ps.  115.  4. 

Jer.  1.  16. 

Hos.  8.  5,  6. 

9  made  him  fall. 
q  Ps.  18.  48-50. 

10  precious 
things. 

r  ch.  17.  5. 
s  1  Chr.  29.  25. 

oh.  1.  1. 
/Isa.  38.  1. 

11  Or,  wrought 
a  miracle  for 
him. 

u  Deut.  32.  6. 

Luke  17. 17. 
v  Deut.  8. 

12-14,  17. 

ch.  25.  19. 

1  Pet.  5.  5,  6. 
w  ch.  24.  18. 
a;. Jer.  26.  18. 

12  the  lifting  up. 
y  2  Ki.  20.  19. 

13  instruments 
of  desire. 

z  ch.  29.  12. 
a  Isa.  22.  9. 

14  interpreters. 
b  Isa.  39.  1. 

c  Gen.  22.  1. 
John  1.  12. 


17  mHe  wrote  also  letters  to  rail  on  the  Lord  God 
of  Ig'ra-el,  and  to  speak  against  him,  saying,  As  the 
gods  of  the  nations  of  other  lands  have  not  deliv- 
ered their  people  out  of  mine  hand,  so  shall  not  the 
God  of  Hez-e-ki'ah  deliver  his  people  out  of  mine 
hand. 

18  wThen  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice  in  the  Jew§' 
speech  unto  the  people  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem  that  were  on 
the  wall,  to  affright  them,  and  to  trouble  them  ; 
that  they  might  take  the  city. 

19  And  °they  spake  against  the  God  of  Je-ru'sS- 
lem,  as  against  the  gods  of  the  people  of  the  earth, 
which  were  pthe  work  of  the  hands  of  man. 

20  And  for^  this  cause  Hez-e-ki|ah  the  king,  and 
the  prophet  I-ga'iah  the  son  of  A'moz,  prayed  and 
cried  to  heaven. 

21  If  And  the  Lord  sent  an  angel,  which  cut  off 
all  the  mighty  men  of  valour,  and  the  leaders  and 
captains  in  the  camp  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a.  So 
he  returned  with  shame  of  face  to  his  own  land. 
And  when  he  was  come  into  the  house  of  his  god, 
they  that  came  forth  of  his  own  bowels  9slew  him 
there  with  the  sword. 

22  Thus  the  Lord  "saved  Hez-e-kl'ah  and  the  in- 
habitants of  Jg-ru'sa-lem  from  the  hand  of  Sen- 
nach'e-rib  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  from  the  hand 
of  all  other,  and  guided  them  on  every  side. 

23  And  many  brought  gifts  unto  the  Lord  to  Je- 
ru'sa-lem,  and  10r  presents  to  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of 
Ju'dah  :  so  that  he  was  s  magnified  in  the  sight  of 
all  nations  from  thenceforth. 

24  I  *  In  those  days  Hez-e-kl'ah  was  sick  to  the 
death,  and  prayed  unto  the  Lord  :  and  he  spake 
unto  him,  and  he  u  gave  him  a  sign. 

25  But  Hez-e-ki'ah  "rendered  not  again  according 
to  the  benefit  done  unto  him  ;  for  "his  heart  was 
lifted  up  :  w  therefore  there  was  wrath  upon  him, 
and  upon  Ju'dah  and  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

26  x  Notwithstanding  Hez-e-kl'ah  humbled  himself 
for  12the  pride  of  his  heart,  both  he  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  so  that  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
came  not  upon  them  ^in  the  days  of  Hez-e-ki'ah. 

27  If  And  Hez-e-ki'ah  had  exceeding  much  riches 
and  honour :  and  he  made  himself  treasuries  for 
silver,  and  for  gold,  and  for  precious  stones,  and 
for  spices,  and  for  shields,  and  for  all  manner  of 
13 pleasant  jewels ; 

28  Storehouses  also  for  the  increase  of  corn,  and 
wine,  and  oil ;  and  stalls  for  all  manner  of  beasts, 
and  cotes  for  flocks. 

29  Moreover  he  provided  him  cities,  and  posses- 
sions of  flocks  and  herds  in  abundance  :  for  God 
had  given  zhim  substance  very  much. 

30  aThis  same_Hez-e-ki'ah  also  stopped  the  upper 
watercourse  of  GT'hon,  and  brought  it  straight  down 
to  the  west  side  of  the  city  of  Da'vid.  And  Hez-e- 
ki'ah  prospered  in  all  his  works. 

31  H  Howbeit  in  the  business  of  the  u ambassadors 
of  the  princes  of  Bab'y-lon,  who  ftsent  unto  him  to 
enquire  of  the  wonder  that  was  done  in  the  land, 
God  left  him,  to  ctry  him,  that  he  might  know  all 
that  was  in  his  heart. 

363 


Manasseh's  reign. 


2  CHRONICLES,  33,  34. 


Anion's  reign. 


32  H  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Hez-e-ki'ah,  and 
his  15  goodness,  behold,  they  are  written  in  dthe  vi- 
sion of  I-ga'iah  the  prophet,  the  son  of  A'moz,  and 
in  the  "book  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah  and  Ig'ra-el. 

33  And  Hez-e-ki'ah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  in  the  16  chief  est  of  the  sepulchres 
of  the  sons  of  Da'vid :  and  all  Ju'dah  and  the  inhab- 
itants of  Je-ru'sa-lem  did  him  •''honour  at  his  death. 
And  Ma-nas'seh  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  Manasseh^s  reign.    11  He  is  carried  to  Babylon^     12  His  repentance.    24  Servants  slay 

Anton. 

MA-NAS'SEH  awas  twelve  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  fifty  and  five 
years  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 

2  But  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  like  unto  the  b  abominations  of  the  heathen, 
whom  the  Lord  had  cast  out  before  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el. 

3  H  For  2  he  built  again  the  high  places  which  Hez- 
e-kl'ah  his  father  had  ° broken  down,  and  he  reared 
up  altars  for  Ba'al-im,  and  dmade  groves,  and  wor- 
shipped eall  the  host  of  heaven,  and  served  them. 

4  Also  he  built  altars  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
whereof  the  Lord  had  said,  -'"In  Js-ru'sa-lem  shall 
my  name  be  for  ever. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host  of  heaven 
3  in  the  two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

6  ;'And  he  caused  his  children  to  pass  through  the 
fire  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hin'nom  :  'also  he 
observed  times,  and  used  enchantments,  and  used 
witchcraft,  and  J  dealt  with  a  familiar  spirit,  and 
with  wizards  :  he  wrought  much  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

7  And  /che  set  a  carved  image,  the  idol  which  he 
had  made,  in  the  house  of  God,  of  which  God  had 
said  to  Da'vid  and  to  Sol'o-mon  his  son,  In  'this 
house,  and  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  which  I  have  chosen  be- 
fore all  the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el,  will  I  put  my  name 
for  ever : 

8  "'Neither  will  I  any  more  remove  the  foot  of 
Ig'ra-el  from  out  of  the  land  which  I  have  appointed 
for  your  fathers  ;  so  that  they  will  take  heed  to  do 
all  that  I  have  commanded  them,  according  to  the 
whole  law  and  the  statutes  and  the  ordinances  by 
the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

9  So  Ma-nas'seh  made  Ju'dah  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Je-ru'sa-lem  to  err,  and  to  do  worse  than  the 
heathen,  whom  the  Lord  had  destroyed  before  the 
children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

10  And  the  mLord  spake  to  Ma-nas'seh,  and  to  his 
people  :  but  they  would  not  hearken. 

11  H  °  Wherefore  the  Lord  brought  upon  them  the 
captains  of  the  host  2of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a, 
which  took  Ma-nas'seh  among  the  thorns,  and 
v  bound  him  with  3  fetters,  and  carried  him  to  Bab'- 
y-lon. 

12  And  when  Qhe  was  in  affliction,  he  besought 
the  Lord  his  God,  and  r  humbled  himself  greatly 
before  the  God  of  his  fathers, 

13  And  prayed  unto  him  :  and  he  was  Untreated 

364 


B.  C.  698. 


15  kindnesses. 
d  Isa.  36. 


i  2  Ki.  18. 


1G  Or,  highest. 


/ 1  Sam.  2.  30. 


a  2  Ki.  21.  1. 


b  Lev.  18.  24-30. 
ch.  28.  3. 


1  lie  returned 
and  built. 

c2  Ki.  18.4. 
ch.  31.  1. 

</  Deut.  16.  21. 

e  Deut.  4.  19. 
Zeph.  1.  5. 


/Deut.  12.11. 
1  Ki.  8.  29. 


g  ch.  4.  9. 

A  Lev.  18.  21. 

ch.  28.  3. 
('  Deut.  18.  10. 


j  2  Ki.  21.  G. 


k  2  Ki.  21.  7. 


I  Ps.  132.  14. 


m  2  Sam.  7.  10. 
n  Neh.  9.  29. 
0  Deut.  28.  30. 

2  which  were 
the  king's. 

p  Ps.  107.  10,11. 
Job  36.  8. 

3  Or,  chains. 
(yDeut.  4.  30,31. 

Luke  15. 16-18. 
r  Ex.  10.  3. 

ch.  32.  2fi. 

1  Pet.  5.  6. 
5  1  Chr.  5.  20. 

Ezra  8.  23. 

Lain.  3.  55,  56. 
t  Ps.  9.  16. 

Dan.  4.  25. 
u  1  Ki.  1.  33. 
v  ch.  27.  3. 

4  Or,  The  tower. 
w  Lev.  7.  12. 

x  1  Ki.  22.  43. 
ch.  15.  17. 
ch.  32.  12. 

5  Or,  Hosai. 

6  multiplied 
trespass. 

V  2  Tim.  3.  13. 
z  2  Ki.  21.  23,  24. 

ch.  24.  25,  26. 

ch.  25.  27,  28. 

Ps.  55.  23. 


a  1  Ki.  3.  7-9. 

1  Chr.  3. 14, 15. 
ch.  35.  25. 

b  1  Sam.  1.  24. 
Ps.  119.  9. 
Prov.  8.  17. 
Eccl.  12.  1. 

2  Tim.  3.  15. 
c  ch.  15.  2. 


of  him,  and  heard  his  supplication,  and  brought 
him  again  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  into  his  kingdom.  Then 
Ma-nas'seh  *knew  that  the  Lord  he  was  God. 

14  Now  after  this  he  built  a  wall  without  the  city 
of  Da'vid,  on  the  west  side  of  "Gi'hon,  in  the  valley, 
even  to  the  entering  in  at  the  fish  gate,  and  com- 
passed v  about  40'phel,  and  raised  it  up  a  very  great 
height,  and  put  captains  of  war  in  all  the  fenced 
cities  of  Ju'dah. 

15  And  he  took  away  the  strange  gods,  and  the 
idol  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  altars 
that  he  had  built  in  the  mount  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  cast  them  out  of  the 
city. 

16  And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  and 
sacrificed  thereon  peace  offerings  and  w  thank  offer- 
ings, and  commanded  Ju'dah  to  serve  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

17  x  Nevertheless  the  people  did  sacrifice  still  in 
the  high  places,  yet  unto  the  Lord  their  God  only. 

18  Tl  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ma-nas'seh,  and 
his  prayer  unto  his  God,  and  the  words  of  the  seers 
that  spake  to  him  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
kings  of  Ig'ra-el. 

19  His  prayer  also,  and  how  God  was  intreated  of 
him,  and  all  his  sins,  and  his  trespass,  and  the 
places  wherein  he  built  high  places,  and  set  up 
groves  and  graven  images,  before  he  was  humbled : 
behold,  they  are  written  among  the  sayings  of 5  the 
seers. 

20  H  So  Ma-nas'seh  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  in  his  own  house  :  and  A'mon  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

21  If  A'mon  ivas  two  and  twenty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned  two  years  in  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem. 

22  But  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  as  did  Ma-nas'seh  his  father :  for  A'mon 
sacrificed  unto  all  the  carved  images  which  Ma-nas'- 
seh his  father  had  made,  and  served  them  ; 

23  And  humbled  not  himself  before  the  Lord,  as 
Ma-nas'seh  his  father  had  humbled  himself ;  but 
A'mon  6y  trespassed  more  and  more. 

24  *And  his  servants  conspired  against  him,  and 
slew  him  in  his  own  house. 

25  If  But  the  people  of  the  knd  slew  all  them  that 
had  conspired  against  king  A'mon  ;  and  the  people 
of  the  land  made  J6-si'ah  his  son  king  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1  Josiah  succeeds  Amon.     14  Booh  of the  law  found.     23  Iluldah's prophecy.     29  Cove- 
nant renewed. 

JO-Sl'AH  awas  eight  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  one  and 
thirty  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  and  walked  in  the  ways  of  Da'vid  his 
father,  and  declined  neither  to  the  right  hand,  nor 
to  the  left. 

3  H  For  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign,  while  he 
was  yet  b  young,  he  began  to  cseek  after  the  God 


House  of  the  Lord  repaired. 


2  CHRONICLES,  34. 


HuldaKs  prophecy. 


of  Da'vid  his  father  :  and  in  the  twelfth  year  he 
began  dto  purge  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem  efrom  the 
high  places,  and  the  groves,  and  the  carved  images, 
and  the  molten  images. 

4  7And  they  brake  down  the  altars  of  Ba'al-im  in 
his  presence  ;  and  the  1  images,  that  were  on  high 
above  them,  he  cut  down  ;  and  the  groves,  and  the 
carved  images,  and  the  molten  images,  he  brake  in 
pieces,  and  made  dust  of  them,  ^and  strowed  it  upon 
the  2  graves  of  them  that  had  sacrificed  unto  them. 

5  And  he. h burnt  the  bones  of  the  priests  upon 
their  altars,  and  cleansed  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

6  And  so  did  he  in  the  cities  of  Ma-nas'seh,  and 
E'phra-im,  and  Sim'e-on,  even  unto  Naph'ta-H,  with 
their  3  mattocks  round  about. 

7  And  when  he  had  broken  down  the  altars  and 
the  groves,  and  had  'beaten  the  graven  images 
4  into  powder,  and  cut  down  all  the  idols  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Ig'ra-el,  he  returned  to  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

8  If  Now  J'in  the  eighteenth  year  of  his  reign, 
when  he  had  purged  the  land,  and  the  house,  he 
sent  Sha'phan  the  son  of  Az-a-H'ah,  and  Ma-a-se'iah 
the  governor  of  the  city,  and  Jo 'ah  the  son  of  Jo'a- 
haz  the  recorder,  to  repair  the  house  of  the  Lord 
his  God. 

9  And  when  they  came  to  HTl-kl'ah  the  high  priest, 
they  delivered  Hhe  money  that  was  brought  into 
the  house  of  God,  which  the  Le'vltes  that  kept  the 
doors  had  gathered  of  the  hand  of  Ma-nas'seh  and 
E'phra-im,  and  of  all  the  remnant  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  of 
all  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja-min  ;  and  they  returned  to 
Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

10  And  they  put  it  in  the  hand  of  the  workmen 
that  had  the  oversight  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  they  gave  it  to  the  workmen  that  wrought  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  to  repair  and  amend  the 
house : 

11  Even  to  the  artificers  and  builders  gave  they 
it,  to  buy  hewn  stone,  and  timber  for  couplings, 
and  5to  floor  the  houses  which  the  kings  of  Ju'dah 
had  destroyed. 

12  And  the  men  did  the  'work  faithfully:  and 
the  overseers  of  them  were  Ja'hath  and  O-ba-di'ah, 
the  Le'vltes,  of  the  sons  of  Mg-ra'ri ;  and  Zech-a- 
rl'ah  and  Me-shul'lam,  of  the  sons  of  the  Ko'hath- 
Ites,  to  set  it  forward  ;  and  other  of  the  Le'vltes,  all 
that  could  skill  of  instruments  of  musick. 

13  Also  they  were  over  the  bearers  of  burdens,  and 
were  overseers  of  all  that  wrought  the  work  in  any 
manner  of  service  :  mand  of  the  Le'vltes  there  ivere 
scribes,  and  officers,  and  porters. 

14  If  And  when  they  brought  out  the  money  that 
was  brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  Hil-kl'ah 
the  priest  "found  a  book  of  the  law  of  the  Lord 
given  6by  Mo'seg. 

15  And  Hil-kl'ah  answered  and  said  to  Sha'phan 
the  scribe,  I  have  found  the  book  of  the  law  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord.  And  Hil-kl'ah  delivered  the 
book  to  Sha'phan. 

16  And  Sha'phan  carried  the  book  to  the  king,  and 
brought  the  king  word  back  again,  saying,  All  that 
was  committed  7to  thy  servants,  they  do  it. 


B.  C.  634. 


(/  1  Ki.  13.  2. 
ech.  33.  17,  22. 


/  Lev.  2G.  30. 
1  Or,  sun  images. 


(j  Ex.  32.  20. 

2  face  of  the 

graves. 
h  1  Ki.  13.  2. 


3  Or,  mauls. 


i  Deut.  9.  21. 

4  to  make 
powder. 


j  2  Ki.  22.  3. 


k  2  Ki.  12.  4. 


5  Or,  to  rafter. 

I  2  Ki.  12.  15. 

Neh.  7.  2. 
Prov.  28.  20. 

1  Cor.  4.  2. 

m  1  Chr.  23.  4,  5. 

Jer.  8.  8. 

Matt.  26.  3. 
n  Deut.  31. 24-26. 
0  by  the  hand  of. 

7  to  the  hand  of. 

8  poured  out,  or, 
melted. 

0  in  it. 

Deut.  17.  19. 

Josh.  1.  8. 
o  Deut.  28. 

Rom.  7.  7-14. 

Gal.  3.  10-13. 
p  Gen.  37.  34. 

Neh.  8.  9. 

Ps.  119.  120. 

Joel  2. 13. 

Hab.  3.  1G. 
10  Or,  Aclibnr, 

2  Ki.  22.  12. 
q  2  Ki.  17.  G. 

r  Ex.  15.  20. 

Judg.  4.  4. 

Arts  21.  9. 
s  2  Ki.  22.  14. 

II  Or,  Harhas. 

12  garments. 

13  Or,  in  the 
school,  or,  in 
the  second 
part. 

t  Josh.  23.  16. 

ch.  3G.  6,  21. 

Jer.  25.  9. 

Zech.  1.  6. 
u  Ps.  51. 17. 
v  Ps.  86.  5. 
w2Ki.  23.  1. 

14  from  great 
even  to  small. 

z2Ki.  11.  14. 


17  And  they  have  8  gathered  together  the  money 
that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  have 
delivered  it  into  the  hand  of  the  overseers,  and  to 
the  hand  of  the  workmen. 

18  Then  Sha'phan  the  scribe  told  the  king,  saying, 
Hil-kl'ah  the  priest  hath  given  me  a  book.  And 
Sha'phan  read  9it  before  the  king. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  had  heard 
the  "words  of  the  law,  that  he  prent  his  clothes. 

20  And  the  king  commanded  Hil-kl'ah,  and  A-hl'- 
kam  the  son  of  Sha'phan,  and  10Ab'don  the  son  of 
Mi'cah,  and  Sha'phan  the  scribe,  and  A-sa-I'ah  a 
servant  of  the  king's,  saying, 

21  Go,  enquire  of  the  Lord  for  me,  and  for  them 
that  are  9left  in  I§'ra-el  and  in  Ju'dah,  concerning 
the  words  of  the  book  that  is  found  :  for  great  is 
the  wrath  of  the  Lord  that  is  poured  out  upon  us, 
because  our  fathers  have  not  kept  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  to  do  after  all  that  is  written  in  this  book. 

22  And  Hil-kl'ah,  and  they  that  the  king  had  ap- 
pointed, went  to  Hul'dah  the  r prophetess,  the  wife 
of  Shal'lum  the  son  of  sTik'vath,  the  son  of  nHas'- 
rah,  keeper  of  the  12 wardrobe;  (now  she  dwelt  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem  13in  the  college :)  and  they  spake  to  her 
to  that  effect. 

23  If  And  she  answered  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el,  Tell  ye  the  man  that  sent  you  to 
me, 

.  24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  'will  bring  evil 
upon  this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
even  all  the  curses  that  are  written  in  the  book 
which  they  have  read  before  the  king  of  Ju'dah  : 

25  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have 
burned  incense  unto  other  gods,  that  they  might 
provoke  me  to  anger  with  all  the  works  of  their 
hands;  therefore  my  wrath  shall  be  poured  out 
upon  this  place,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

26  And  as  for  the  king  of  Ju'dah,  who  sent  you 
to  enquire  of  the  Lord,  so  shall  ye  say  unto  him, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  concerning  the 
words  which  thou  hast  heard  ; 

27  Because  thine  heart  was  "tender,  and  thou  didst 
humble  thyself  before  God,  when  thou  heardest  his 
words  against  this  place,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  and  humbledst  thyself  before  me,  and  didst 
rend  thy  clothes,  and  weep  before  me  ;  I  have  even 
v  heard  thee  also,  saith  the  Lord. 

28  Behold,  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy  fathers,  and 
thou  shalt  be  gathered  to  thy  grave  in  peace,  neither 
shall  thine  eyes  see  all  the  evil  that  I  will  bring 
upon  this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  the 
same.     So  they  brought  the  king  word  again. 

29  If  ™Then  the  king  sent  and  gathered  together 
all  the  elders  of  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

30  And  the  king  went  up  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  all  the  men  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  the  priests,  and  the  Le'- 
vltes, and  all  the  people,  "great  and  small :  and  he 
read  in  their  ears  all  the  words  of  the  book  of  the 
covenant  that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

31  And  the  king  stood  in  xhis  place,  and  made  a 
covenant  before  the  Lord,  to  walk  after  the  Lord, 

365 


A  passover  kept. 


2  CHEONICLES,  35. 


Death  of  Josiah. 


and  to  keep  his  commandments,  and  his  testimonies, 
and  his  statutes,  with  all  his  heart,  and  with  all  his 
soul,  to  perform  the  words  of  the  covenant  which 
are  written  in  this  book. 

32  And  he  caused  all  that  were15present  in  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem and  Ben' ja-min  to  stand  to  it.  And  the  inhab- 
itants of  Je-ru'sa-lem  did  according  to  the  covenant 
of  God,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

33  And  Jo-sl'ah  took  away  all  the  '•'abominations 
out  of  all  the  countries  that  pertained  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el,  and  made  all  that  were  present  in 
Ig'ra-el  to  serve,  even  to  serve  the  Lord  their  God. 
2  And  all  his  days  they  departed  not  16from  follow- 
ing the  Lord,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

CHAPTER  35. 

1  Josiah  keeps  a  passover.    20  He.  is  slain  at  Megiddo.    25  The  nation  mourns. 

MOREOVER  "Jo-si'ah  kept  a  passover  unto  the 
Lord  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  :   and    they  killed  the 
passover  on  the b  fourteenth  day  of  the  first  month. 

2  And  he  set  the  priests  in  their  'charges,  and 
d  encouraged  them  to  the  service  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord, 

3  And  said  unto  the  Le'vites  Hhat  taught  all  Ig'- 
ra-el, which  were  holy  unto  the  Lord,  •'"Put  the  holy 
ark  sin  the  house  which  Sol'o-mon  the  son  of  Da'- 
vid  king  of  Ig'ra-el  did  build  ;  hit  shall  not  be  a 
burden  upon  your  shoulders :  serve  now  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  his  people  Ig'ra-el, 

4  And  prepare  yourselves  by  the  '  houses  of  your 
fathers,  after  your  courses,  according  to  the  3 writ- 
ing of  Da'vid  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  according  to  the 
'"writing  of  Sol'o-mon  his  son. 

5  And  l  stand  in  the  holy  place  according  to  the 
divisions  of  xthe  families  of  the  fathers  of  your 
brethren  2the  people,  and  after  the  division  of  the 
families  of  the  Le'vites. 

6  So  kill  the  passover,  and  m  sanctify  yourselves, 
and  prepare  your  brethren,  that  they  may  do  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Mo'geg. 

7  And  J6-sT'ah  3gave  to  the  people,  of  the  flock, 
lambs  and  kids,  all  for  the  passover  offerings,  for 
all  that  were  present,  to  the  number  of  thirty  thou- 
sand, and  three  thousand  bullocks  :  these  were  of 
the  king's  substance. 

8  And  his  princes  4gave  willingly  unto  the  people, 
to  the  priests,  and  to  the  Le'vites  :  Hil-kl'ah  and 
Zech-a-rl'ah  and  Je-hl'el,  rulers  of  the  house  of  God, 
gave  unto  the  priests  for  the  passover  offerings  two 
thousand  and  six  hundred  small  cattle,  and  three 
hundred  oxen. 

9  Con-a-nl'ah  also,  and  Shem-a-I'ah  and  Ne-than'- 
e-el,  his  brethren,  and  Hash-a-bl'ah  and  Js-I'el  and 
Joz'a-bad,  chief  of  the  Le'vites,  5gave  unto  the  Le'- 
vites for  passover  offerings  five  thousand  small 
cattle,  and  five  hundred  oxen. 

10  So  the  service  was  prepared,  and  the  priests 
"stood  in  their  place,  and  the  Le'vites  in  their 
courses,  according  to  the  king's  commandment. 

11  And  they  killed  the  passover,  and  the  priests 
"sprinkled  the  blood  from  their  hands,  and  the  Le'- 
vites v  flayed  them. 

366 


B.  C.  623. 


15  found. 


y  1  Ki.  11.  5. 


z  Jer.  3.  10. 
16  from  after. 


<r  2Ki.  23.  21. 


b  Ex.  12.  6. 

c  ch.  23.  18. 
Ezra  6.  18. 
d  1  Chr.  22.  19. 


e  Deut.  33.  10. 
/  ch.  34.  14. 
g  ch.  5.  7. 
h  1  Chr.  23.  26. 


i  1  Chr.  9.  10. 
j  1  Chr.  23. 

k  ch.  8.  14. 
I  Ps.  134.  1. 

1  the  house  of 
the  fathers. 

2  the  sons  of  the 
people. 


m  Ex.  19.  10. 
ch.  29.  5. 
Job  1.  5. 
Ps.  51.  7. 
Heb.  9.  13,  14. 

3  offered. 

4  offered. 

2- Cor.  9.  7. 

5  offered. 

n  Ezra  6.  18. 
o  Lev.  1.  5,  6. 

ch.  29.  22. 
p  ch.  29.  34. 
q  Lev.  3.  3. 
r  Ex.  12.  8. 

Deut.  1G.  7. 
si  Sam. 2. 13, 

14,  15. 

6  made  them  rim. 

7  station. 

t  1  Chr.  25.  1. 
Ml  Chr.  9. 17, 18. 
1  Chr.  26.  14. 

8  found. 

v  Ex.  12.  15. 

ch.  30.  21. 

1  Cor.  5.  7,  8. 
w2Ki.23.  22,23. 
x  2  Ki.  23.  29. 

Jer.  46.  2. 

9  house. 

10  the  house  of 
my  war. 

y  2  Ki.  18.  25. 

Dan.  4.  35. 
z  1  Ki.  14.  2. 

ch.  18.  29. 

11  made  sick, 
1  Ki.  22.  34. 

a  2  Ki.  23.  30. 

12  Or,  among 
the  sepulchres. 

*  Zech.  12.  11. 
c  Jer.  22.  10. 

Lam.  4.  20. 
d  Eccl.  12.  5. 

Jer.  9.  17. 

Matt.  9.  23. 


12  And  they  removed  the  burnt  offerings,  that  they 
might  give  according  to  the  divisions  of  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  people,  to  offer  unto  the  Lord,  as  it  is 
written  9in  the  book  of  Mo'geg.  And  so  did  they 
with  the  oxen. 

13  And  they  Toasted  the  passover  with  fire  accord- 
ing to  the  ordinance  :  but  the  other  holy  offerings 
ssod  they  in  pots,  and  in  caldrons,  and  in  pans,  and 
G  divided  them  speedily  among  all  the  people. 

14  And  afterward  they  made  ready  for  themselves, 
and  for  the  priests  :  because  the  priests  the  sons  of 
Aar'on  were  busied  in  offering  of  burnt  offerings 
and  the  fat  until  night ;  therefore  the  Le'vites  pre- 
pared for  themselves,  and  for  the  priests  the  sons 
of  Aar'on. 

15  And  the  singers  the  sons  of  A'saph  were  in 
their  7  place,_  according  to  the  *  commandment  of 
Da'vid,  and  A'saph,  and  He'man,  and  Jed'u-thun  the 
king's  seer  ;  and  the  porters  u  waited  at  every  gate ; 
they  might  not  depart  from  their  service  ;  for  their 
brethren  the  Le'vites  prepared  for  them. 

16  So  all  the  service  of  the  Lord  was  prepared  the 
same  day,  to  keep  the  passover,  and  to  offer  burnt 
offerings  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  according  to 
the  commandment  of  king  J6-sI'ah. 

17  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  that  were  8present 
kept  the  passover  at  that  time,  and  the  feast  of 
"unleavened  bread  seven  days. 

18  And  "'there  was  no  passover  like  to  that  kept 
in  Ig'ra-el  from  the  days  of  Sam'u-el  the  prophet ; 
neither  did  all  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  keep  such  a 
passover  as  J6-sI'ah  kept,  and  the  priests,  and  the 
Le'vites,  and  all  Ju'dah  and  Ig'ra-el  that  were  pre- 
sent, and  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

19  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  J6-sI'ah 
was  this  passover  kept. 

20  If x  After  all  this,  when_J6-sI'ah  had  prepared 
the  9  temple,  Ne'cho  king  of  E'gypt  came  up  to  fight 
against  Char'che-mish  by  Eu-phra'teg  :  and  J6-sI'ah 
went  out  against  him. 

21  But  he  sent  ambassadors  to  him,  saying,  What 
have  I  to  do  with  thee,  thou  king  of  Ju'dah  ?  J 
come  not  against  thee  this  day,  but  against  10the 
house  wherewith  I  have  war  :  for  v  God  commanded 
me  to  make  haste  :  forbear  thee  from  meddling  with 
God,  who  is  with  me,  that  he  destroy  thee  not. 

22  Nevertheless  J6-sI'ah  would  not  turn  his  face 
from  him,  but  disguised  himself,  that  he  might 
fight  with  him,  and  hearkened  not  unto  the  words 
of  Ne'cho  from  the  mouth  of  God,  and  came  to  fight 
in  the  valley  of  Me-gid'do. 

23  And  the  archers  shot  at  king  J6-sI'ah  ;  and  the 
king  said  to  his  servants,  Have  me  away  ;  for  I  am 
sore  "wounded. 

24  aHis  servants  therefore  took  him  out  of  that 
chariot,  and  put  him  in  the  second  chariot  that  he 
had  ;  and  they  brought  him  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  he 
died,  and  was  buried  n  in  one  of  the  sepulchres  of  his 
fathers.  And h  all  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem  mourned 
for  J6-sI'ah. 

25  Tf  And  Jer-e-ml'ah  lamented  for  J6-sI'ah:  and 
d  all  the  singing  men  and  the  singing  women  spake 


leign  of  Jehoiakim. 


2  CHRONICLES,  36. 


The  kingdom  ends. 


)f  J6-sI'ah  in  their  lamentations  to  this  day,  eand 
made  them  an  ordinance  in  Ig'ra-el  :  and,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  lamentations. 

26  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  J6-sI'ah,  and  his 
13/goodness,  according  to  that  which  was  written  in 
the  law  of  the  Lord, 

27  And  his  deeds,  first  and  last,  behold,  they  are 
written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  and 
Ju'dah. 

CHAPTER  36. 

1  Jehoahaz  succeeds  Josiah.    5  Jehoiakim  and  Jehoiachin.    14  The  kingdom  ends. 

THEN  a  the  people  of  the  land  took  Je-ho'a-haz 
the  son  of  Jo-sl'ah,  and  made  him  king  in  his 
father's  stead  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

2  Jg-ho'a-haz  was  twenty  and  three  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  three  months  in 
Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

3  And  the  king  of  E'gypt  *put  him  down  at  Je- 
ru'sa-lem,  and  2  condemned  the  land  in  an  hundred 
talents  of  silver  and  ja,  talent  of  gold. 

4  And  the  king  of  E'gypt  made  E-li'a-kim  his  bro- 
ther king  over  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  turned 
his  name  to  Je-hoi'a-kim.  And  Ne'chotook  6  Je- 
ho'a-haz  his  brother,  and  carried  him  to  E'gypt. 

5  TF c  Je-hoi'a-kim  was  twenty  and  five  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven  years 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  and  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord  his  God. 

6  d  Against  him  came  up  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king 
of  Bab'y-lon,  and  bound  him  in  3  fetters,  to  e  carry 
him  to  Bab'y-lon. 

7  ■'"Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  also  carried  of  the  vessels 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord  to  Bab'y-lon,  and  put  them 
in  his  temple  at  Bab'y-lon. 

8  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je-hoi'a-kim,  and 
his  abominations  which  he  did,  and  that  which  was 
found  in  him,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book 
of  the  kings  of  Ig'ra-el  and  Ju'dah  :  and  4Je-hoi'a- 
chin  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

9  Tf  °  Je-hoi'a-chin  was  eight  years  old  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign,  and  he  reigned  three  months  and  ten 
days  in  Je-ru'sa-lem :  and  he  did  that  which  ivas  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  5  when  the  year  was  expired,  king  Neb-u- 
chad-nez'zar  sent,  and  brought  him  to  Bab'y-lon, 
Awith  the  6  goodly  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  made  Zed-e-kl'ah  his  brother  king  over  Ju'dah 
and  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

11  T[ l  Zed-e-kl'ah  ivas  one  and  twenty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned  eleven  years 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

12  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  his  God,  and  humbled  not  himself  before 


B.  C.  610. 


e  Jer.  22.  20. 


13  kindnesses. 
/Ps.  112.  0. 
Prov.  22.  1. 


a  2  Ki.  23.  30. 
ch.  33.  25. 


1  removed  him. 

2  mulcted. 


4  Ezek.  19.  3. 


e2Ki.  23.36,37. 


d  2  Ki.  24.  1. 
Dan.  1.1,2. 

3  Or,  chains. 
Foretold, 
Hab.  1.  II,  10. 

e  2  Ki.  24.  li. 
/Dan.  1.  1. 

4  Jeconiah, 

1  Chr.  3.  16. 
g  2  Ki.  24.  8. 

5  at  the  return 
of  the  year. 

A  Dan.  1.  1. 

6  vessels  of 
desire. 

i  2  Ki.  24.  17. 

Jer.  52.  1. 
j  Ex.  17.  15. 
k  2  Ki.  17.  14. 
;  Jer.  25.  3. 

7  by  the  hand 
of  his  mes- 
sengers. 

8  That  is,  con- 
tinually and 
carefully. 

m  Hos.  11.  8. 
n  ch.  30.  10. 
Ps.  35.  10. 

0  Prov.  1.  25. 
Luke  1G.  14. 

p  Jer.  32.  3. 
q  Ps.  74.  1. 

9  healing. 

)•  Deut.  28.  49. 

Ezra  9.  7. 
.!  2  Ki.  25.  13. 

1  2  Ki.  25.  9. 

Ps.  74.  fi,  7. 

10  the  remain- 
der from  the 
sword . 

it  Jer.  27.  7. 
»  Jer.  25.  9. 
w  Lev.  2G.  34. 
x  Lev.  25.  4,  5. 
1/  Jer.  29.  10. 
z  Isa.  44.  28. 
a  Dan.  2.  21. 


Jer-e-mi'ah  the  prophet  speaking  from  the  mouth 
of  the  Lord. 

13  And  jhe  also  rebelled  against  king  Neb-u-chad- 
nez'zar,  who  had  made  him  swear  by  God :  but  he 
*  stiffened  his  neck,  and  hardened  his  heart  from 
turning  unto  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

14  TF  Moreover  all  the  chief  of  the  priests,  and  the 
people,  transgressed  very  much  after  all  the  abom- 
inations of  the  heathen ;  and  polluted  the  house 
of  the  Lord  which  he  had  hallowed  in  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem. 

15  'And  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers  sent  to 
them  7by  his  messengers,  rising  up  8  betimes,  and 
sending  ;  because  he  had  "'compassion  on  his  peo- 
ple, and  on  his  dwelling  place : 

16  But  "they  mocked  the  messengers  of  God, 
and  "despised  his  words,  and  p misused  his  prophets, 
until  the  Q  wrath  of  the  Lord  arose  against  his  peo- 
ple, till  there  was  no  9  remedy. 

17  'Therefore  he  brought  upon  them  the  king  of 
the  Chal'deeg,  who  slew  their  young  men  with  the 
sword  in  the  house  of  their  sanctuary,  and  had  no 
compassion  upon  young  man  or  maiden,  old  man,  or 
him  that  stooped  for  age  :  he  gave  them  all  into  his 
hand. 

18  sAnd  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God,  great 
and  small,  and  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king,  and  of  his 
princes  ;  all  these  he  brought  to  Bab'y-lon. 

19  4And  they  burnt  the  house  of  God,  and  brake 
down  the  wall  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  burnt  all  the 
palaces  thereof  with  fire,  and  destroyed  all  the 
goodly  vessels  thereof. 

20  And  10them  that  had  escaped  from  the  sword 
carried  he  away  to  Bab'y-lon ;  u  where  they  were 
servants  to  him  and  his  sons  until  the  reign  of  the 
kingdom  of  Per'gia  : 

21  To  fulfil  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  mouth 
of  "  Jer-e-ml'ah,  until  the  land  w  had  enjoyed  her 
sabbaths :  for  as  long  as  she  lay  desolate  x  she  kept 
sabbath,  to  fulfil  threescore  and  ten  years. 

22  TF  Now  in  the  first  year  of  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'- 
sja, that  the  word  of  the  Lord  spoken  by  the  mouth 
of  ,7Jer-e-mi'ah  might  be  accomplished,  the  Lord 
stirred  up  the  spirit  of  z  Cy'rus  king  of  Per'sja,  that 
he  made  a  proclamation  throughout  all  his  kingdom, 
and  put  it  also  in  writing,  saying, 

23  Thus  saith  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'sja,  All  the  king- 
doms of  the  earth  hath  "the  Lord  God  of  heaven 
given  me ;  and  he  hath  charged  me  to  build  him  an 
house  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  which  is  in  Ju'dah.  Who  is 
there  among  you  of  all  his  people?  The  Lord  his 
God  be  with  him,  and  let  him  go  up. 


EZRA 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Cyrus'  proclamation  for  building  the  temple.    7  The  vessels  are  restored. 

"VTOW  in  the  first  year  of  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'gia, 
-^  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  aby  the  mouth  of 
Jer-e-ml'ah  might  be  fulfilled,  the  Lord  b stirred  up 


B.  C. 53f 


a  2  Chr.  36.  22. 

Jer.  25. 12. 
6  Lev.  26.  42. 
c  ch.  £.  13. 
1  caused  a  voice 

to  pass. 


the  spirit  of  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'gia,  cthat  he  xmade 
a  proclamation  throughout  all  his  kingdom,  and  put 
it  also  in  writing,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'gia,  The  Lord 
God  of  heaven  hath  given  me  all  the  kingdoms  of 

367 


The  vessels  restored. 


EZRA,  2. 


The  returned  captives. 


the  earth  ;  and  he  hath  d  charged  me  to  build  him 
an  house  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  which  is  in  Ju'dah. 

3  Who  is  there  among  you  of  all  his  people  ?  his 
God  be  with  him,  and  let  him  go  up  to  Js-ru'sa- 
lem,  which  is  in  Ju'dah,  and  build  the  house  of  the 
Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  (he  eis  the  God,)  which  is  in 
Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

4  And  whosoever  remaineth  in  any  place  where 
he  sojourneth,  let  the  men  of  his  place  2help  him 
with  silver,  and  with  gold,  and  with  goods,  and  with 
beasts,  beside  the  freewill  offering  for  the  house  of 
God  that  is  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

5  1  Then  rose  up  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Ju'- 
dah and  Ben'ja-min,  and  the  priests,  and  the  Le'- 
vites,  with  all  them  whose  spirit  -^God  had  raised, 
to  go  up  to  build  the  house  of  the  Lord  which  is 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

6  And  all  they  that  were  about  them  3  strength- 
ened their  hands  with  vessels  of  silver,  with  gold, 
with  goods,  and  with  beasts,  and  with  precious 
things,  beside  all  that  was  willingly  offered. 

7  H  "Also  Qy'rus  the  king  brought  forth  the  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  *  which  Neb-u-chad- 
nez'zar  had  brought  forth  out  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and 
had  put  them  in  the  house  of  his  gods  ; 

8  Even  those  did  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'sja  bring 
forth  by  the  hand  of  Mlth're-dath  the  treasurer, 
and  numbered  them  unto^Shesh-baz'zar,  the  prince 
of  Ju'dah. 

9  And  this  is  the  number  of  them  :  thirty  chargers 
of  gold,  a  thousand  chargers  of  silver,  nine  and 
twenty  knives, 

10  Thirty  basons  of  gold,  silver  basons  of  a  second 
sort  four  hundred  and  ten,  and  other  vessels  a 
thousand. 

11  All  the  vessels  of  gold  and  of  silver  were  five 
thousand  and  four  hundred.  All  these  did  Shesh- 
baz'zar  bring  up  with  them  of  4the  captivity  that 
were  brought  up  from  Bab'y-lon  unto  Js-rufsa-lem. 

CHAPTER  2. 

i  The  number  that  relumed  from  captivity.    62  The  priests  without  pedigree.    08  The 

oblations. 

"VTOW  "these  are  the  children  of  the  h province 
■^  that  went  up  out  of  the  captivity,  of  those 
which  had  been  carried  away,  cwhom  Neb-u-chad- 
nez'zar  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  had  carried  away  unto 
Bab'y-lon,  and  came  again  unto  Js-ru'sa-lem  and 
Ju'dah,  every  one  unto  his  city  ; 

2  Which  came  with  Ze-rQb'ba-bel :  Jesh'u-a,  Ne- 
he-ml'ah,  ^er-a-I'ah,  2  Re-el-a'jah,  Mor'de-cai,  Bil'- 
shan,  3Miz'par,~Big'va-I,  4Re'hum,  Ba'a-nah.  The 
number  of  the  men  of  the  people  of  Ig'ra-el : 

3  The  children  of  Pa'rosh,  two  thousand  an  hun- 
dred seventy  and  two. 

4  The  children  of  Sheph-a-tl'ah,  three  hundred 
seventy  and  two. 

5  The  children  of  A 'rah,  d  seven  hundred  seventy 
and  five. 

6  The  children  of  ePa'hath-mo'ab,  of  the  children 

of  Jesh'u-a  and  Jo'ab,  two  thousand  eight  hundred 

and  twelve. 

368 


B.  C.  536. 


d  Isa.  44.  28. 


e  Deut.  3.  24. 

2  Sam.  22.  32. 

Ps.  86. 10. 

Isa.  37.  16. 

Dan.  6.  26. 

Mark  12.  32. 

1  Cor.  8.  6. 
2  lift  him  up. 


/Piov.  16.  1. 
Phil.  2.  13. 


3  That  is,  helped 
them. 


g  ch.  5.  14. 

ch.  6.  5. 
h  2  Ki.  24.  13. 

2  Chr.  36.  7. 


i  ch.  5.  14. 


4  the  transporta- 
tion. 


a  Neh.  7.  6. 
b  ch.  5.  8. 

ch.  6.  2. 

Esth.  1.1. 

Esth.  S.  9. 
c  2  Ki.  24.  14-16. 

2  Chr.  36.  20. 

1  Or,  Azariah, 
Neh.  7.  7. 

2  Or,  Raamiah. 

3  Or,  Mispereth. 

4  Or,  Nehum. 
d  Neh.  6.  IS. 

Neh.  7. 10. 
e  Neh.  7. 11. 

5  Or,  Binnui, 
Neh.  7.  15. 

/  ch.  8.  13. 

6  Or,  Hariph, 
Neh.  7.  24. 

7  Or,  Gibeon, 
Josh.  9.  17. 

2  Sam.  21.  2. 
Neh.  7.  23. 
g  Gen.  35.  19. 
Ruth  1.  19. 
1  Chr.  2.  51. 
Matt.  2.  6. 

8  Or,  Beth- 
azmaveth, 
Neh.  7.  28. 

h  Josh.  18.  25. 
1  Sam.  7.  17. 

1  Sam.  15.  34. 
Neh.  7.  30. 
Jev.  31.  15. 

i  verse  7. 
Neh.  7.  34. 

9  Or,  Harid, 
as  it  is  in 
some  copies. 

j  Deut.  34.  3. 

2  Chr.  28.  15. 
Neh.  7.  36. 

k  1  Chr.  9.  10. 

1  Chr.  24.  7. 
I  1  Chr.  24.  14. 

ch.  10.  20. 

Neh.  7.  40. 
m  1  Chr.  9.  12. 

ch.  10.  22. 

Neh.  7.  41. 
n  1  Chr.  24.  8. 


7  The  children  of  E'lam,  a  thousand  two  hundred 
fifty  and  four. 

8  The  children  of  Zat'tu,  nine  hundred  forty  and 
five. 

9  The  children   of  Zac'ca-T,  seven   hundred   and 
threescore. 

10  The  children  of  5Ba'm,  six  hundred  forty  and 
two. 

11  The  children  of  Beb'a-I,  six  hundred  twenty 
and  three. 

12  The  children  of  Az'gad,  a  thousand  two  hun- 
dred twenty  and  two. 

13  The   children   of    •''A-don'i-kam,    six   hundred 
sixty  and  six. 

14  The  children  of  Big'va-I,  two  thousand   fifty 
and  six. 

15  The  children  of  A' dm,  four  hundred  fifty  and 
four. 

16  The  children  of  A'ter  of  Hez-e-kl'ah,  ninety 
and  eight. 

17  The  children  of  Be'zai,  three  hundred  twenty 
and  three. 

18  The    children    of    6  Jo 'rah,   an   hundred   and 
twelve. 

19  The  children  of  Ha'shum,  two  hundred  twenty 
and  three.  * 

20  The  children  of  rGIb'bar,  ninety  and  five. 

21  The  children   of   ffBeth'-le-hem,  an   hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

22  The  men  of  Ne-to'phah,  fifty  and  six. 

23  The  men  of   An'a-thoth,  an  hundred  twenty 
and  eight. 

24  The  children  of  8Az'ma-veth,  forty  and  two. 

25  The  children  of  Kir'jath-a'rim,   CM-phl'rah, 
and  Be-e'roth,  seven  hundred  and  forty  and  three. 

26  The  children  of  h  Ra'mah  and  Ga'ba,  six  hun- 
dred twenty  and  one. 

27  The  men  of  Mich 'mas,  an  hundred  twenty  and 
two. 

28  The  men  of   Beth'-el   and  A'l,  two  hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

29  The  children  of  Ne'bo,  fifty  and  two. 

30  The  children  of  Mag'bish,  an  hundred  fifty  and 
six. 

31  The  children  of  the  other  i  E'lam,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 

'32  The   children  of   Ha'rim,  three  hundred   and 
twenty. 

33  The  children  of  Lod,  9Ha'did,  and  O'no,  seven 
hundred  twenty  and  five. 

34  The  children  of  j Jer'i-cho,  three  hundred  forty 
and  five. 

35  The  children  of  Se-na'ah,  three  thousand  and 
six  hundred  and  thirty. 

36  If  The  priests :  the  children  of k  Je-da'iah,  of  the 
house  of  Jesh'u-a,  nine  hundred  seventy  and  three. 

37  The  children  of  '  Im'mer,  a  thousand  fifty  and 
two. 

38  The  children  of  m  Pash'ur,  a  thousand  two  hun- 
dred forty  and  seven. 

39  The  children  of  v  Ha'rim,  a  thousand  and  seven- 
teen. 


Returned  Nethinims. 


EZKA,  3. 


The  new  altar  and  feasts. 


40  If  The  Le'vltes  :  the  children  of  Jesh'u-a  and 
Kad'mi-el,  of  the  children  of  10Hod-a-vI'ah,  seventy 
and  four. 

41  If  The  singers :  the  children  of  A'saph,  an  hun- 
dred twenty  and  eight. 

42  If  The  children  of  the  porters  :  the  children  of 
Shal'lum,  the  children  of  A'ter,  the  children  of  Tal'- 
mon,the  children  of  Ak'kub,  the  children  of  Hat'i-ta, 
the  children  of  Sho'ba-I,  in  all  an  hundred  thirty 
and  nine. 

43  If  °The  Neth'i-nimg  :  the  children  of  Zi'ha,  the 
children  of  Ha-su'pha,  the  children  of  Tab'ba-oth, 

44  The  children  of  Ke'ros,  the  children  of  "Si'a-ha, 
the  children  of  Pa'don, 

45  The  children  of  Leb'a-nah,  the  children  of 
Hag'a-bah,  the  children  of  Ak'kub, 

46  The  children  of  Ha'gab,  the  children  of  12Shal'- 
raa-i,  the  children  ofHa'nan, 

47  The  children  of  Gid'del,  the  children  of  Ga'har, 
the  children  of  Re-a-I'ah, 

48  The  children  of  Re'zin,  the  children  of  Ne- 
ko'da,  the  children  ofGaz'zam, 

49  The  children  of  Uz'za,  the  children  of  Pa-se'ah, 
the  children  of  Be'sai, 

50  The  children  of  As'nah,  the  children  of  Me- 
nu'nim,  the  children  of  13Ne-phu'sim, 

51  The  children  of  Bak'buk,  the  children  of  Ha- 
ku'pha,  the  children  of  Har'hur, 

52  The  children  of  14Baz'luth,  the  children  of  Me- 
hl'da,  the  children  of  Har'sha, 

53  The  children  of  Bar'kos,  the  children  of  Sis'e-ra, 
the  children  of  Tha'mah, 

54  The  children  of  Ne-zi'ah,  the  children  of  Hat'i- 
pha. 

55  If  The  children  of  "Sol'o-mon's  servants:  the 
children  of  So'ta-I,  the  children  of  Soph'e-reth,  the 
children  of  15Pe-ru'da, 

56  The  children  of  Ja-a'lah,  the  children  of  Dar'- 
kon,  the  children  of  Gid'del, 

57  The  children  of  Sheph-a-ti'ah,  the  children  of 
Hat'til,  the  children  of  Poch'e-reth  of  Ze-ba'im,  the 
children  of  16A'mi. 

58  All  the  q Neth'i-nimg,  and  the  children  of  'Sol'o- 
mon's  servants,  were  three  hundred  ninety  and  two. 

59  And  these  were  they  which  went  up  from  Tel- 
me'lah,  Tel-har'sa,  Che'rub,  17Ad'dan,  and  Im'mer  : 
but  they  could  not  shew  their  father's  house,  and 
their  18seed,  whether  they  were  of  Ig'ra-el: 

60  The  children  of  Del-a-I'ah,  the  children  of  T6- 
bi'ah,  the  children  of  Ne-ko'da,  six  hundred  fifty  and 
two. 

61  If  And  of  the  children  of  the  priests :  the  chil- 
dren of  Ha-ba'iah,  the  children  of  Koz,  the  children 
of  Bar-zil'la-I;  which  took  a  wife  of  the  daughters 
of  sBar-zil'la-I  the  Gil'e-ad-Ite,  and  was  called  after 
their  name  : 

62  These  sought  their  register  among  those  that 
were  reckoned  by  genealogy,  but  they  were  not 
found:  £l9 therefore  were  they,  as  polluted,  put 
from  the  priesthood. 

63  And  the  20TIr'sha-thasaid  unto  them,  that  they 
"  should  not  eat  of  the  most  holy  things,  till  there 

23 


B.  C.  536. 


10  Or,  Judal., 
ch.  3.  9 : 
called  also 
Hodevah, 
Neh.  7.  43. 


0  1  Chr.  9.  2. 

Neh.  7.  46. 


11  Or,  Sia. 


12  Or,  Shaiulai. 


13  Or,  Nephi- 
shesim. 


14  Or,  Bazlith, 
Neh.  7.  54. 


]>l  Ki.9.  21. 

15  Or,  Perida, 
Neh.  7.  57. 

16  Or,  Anion, 
Neh.  7.  59. 

q  Josh.  9.  21,  27. 

1  Chr.  9.  2. 

ch.  7.  7. 
i\  Ki.  9.  21. 

17  Or,  Addon, 
Neh.  7.  61. 

IS  Or,  pedigree, 
j  1  Ki.  2.  7. 
I  Num.  3.  10. 

19  they  were 
polluted  from 
the  priesthood. 

20  Or,  governor, 
Neh.  8.  9. 

u  Lev.  22.  2.  10. 

15.  16. 

Num.  18.  9-11. 
i'  Ex.  28.  30. 
w  Isa.  10.  22. 
x  Ex.  25.  2. 


«  Hag.  1.  1. 

Zech.  3.  1, 

Joshua. 
6  ch.  2.  2. 

Zech.  4.  G-10. 

1  Matt.  1.  12, 
Zorobabel. 

c  Luke  3.  27, 

Salathiel. 
d  Ex.  20.  24. 

Deut.  12.  5. 
e  Ex.  29.  38-42. 
/Neh.  8.  14. 

Zech.  14.  16. 
q  Ex.  23.  16. 
'h  Num.  29.  12. 

2  the  matter  of 
the  day  in  his 
day. 

i  Ex.  29.  38. 
Num.  28.  3. 

3  the  temple  of 
the  Loud  was 
not  yet 
founded. 

4  Or,  workmen. 
j  2  Chr.  2.  10. 

Acts  12.  20. 
k  Acts  9.  36. 
I  ch.  6.  3. 


stood  up  a  priest  with  "  U'rim  and  with  Thum'- 
mim. 

64  If  "-'The  whole  congregation  together  was  forty 
and  two  thousand  three  hundred  and  threescore, 

65  Beside  their  servants  and  their  maids,  of  whom 
there  were  seven  thousand  three  hundred  thirty  and 
seven  :  and  there  were  among  them  two  hundred 
singing  men  and  singing  women. 

66  Their  horses  were  seven  hundred  thirty  and  six  ; 
their  mules,  two  hundred  forty  and  five  ; 

67  Their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty  and  five  ; 
their  asses,  six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty. 

68  If  *And  some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers,  when 
they  came  to  the  house  of  the  Lord  which  is  at 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  offered  freely  for  the  house  of  God  to 
set  it  up  in  his  place  : 

69  They  gave  after  their  ability  unto  the  treasure 
of  the  work  threescore  and  one  thousand  drams  of 
gold,  and  five  thousand  pound  of  silver,  and  one 
hundred  priests'  garments. 

70  So  the  priests,  and  the  Le'vltes,  and  some  of 
the  people,  and  the  singers,  and  the  porters,  and  the 
Neth'i-nim§,  dwelt  in  their  cities,  and  all  Ig'ra-el  in 
their  cities. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  The  altar  set  up.    7  Workmen  prepared.    8  Foundations  of  the  temple  laid. 

\  ND  when  the  seventh  month  was  come,  and  the 
-^-  children  of  I§'ra-el  were  in  the  cities,  the  peo- 
ple gathered  themselves  together  as  one  man  to 
Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

2  Then  stood  up  a  Jesh'u-a  the  son  of  Joz'a-dak,  and 
his  brethren  the  priests,  and  fclZ§-rub'ba-bel  the  son 
of  cShe-al'ti-el,  and  his  brethren,  and  builded  the 
altar  of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  offer  burnt  offerings 
thereon,  as  it  is  ^written  in  the  law  of  Mo'geg  the 
man  of  God. 

3  And  they  set  the  altar  upon  his  bases ;  for  fear 
ivas  upon  them  because  of  the  people  of  those  coun- 
tries :  and  they  offered  burnt  offerings  thereon 
unto  the  Lord,  even  e  burnt  offerings  morning  and 
evening. 

4  -They  kept  also  the  feast  of  tabernacles,  Bas  it 
is  written,  and  h  offered  the  daily  burnt  offerings  by 
number,  according  to  the  custom,  2as  the  duty  of 
every  day  required ; 

5  And  afterward  offered  the  'continual  burnt  of- 
fering, both  of  the  new  moons,  and  of  all  the  set 
feasts  of  the  Lord  that  were  consecrated,  and  of 
every  one  that  willingly  offered  a  freewill  offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

6  From. the  first  day  of  the  seventh  month  began 
they  to  offer  burnt  offerings  unto  the  Lord.  But 
3  the  foundation  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord  was  not 
yet  laid. 

7  They  gave  money  also  unto  the  masons,  and  to 
the 4 carpenters  ;  and  -'meat,  and  drink,  and  oil,  unto 
them  of  Zi'don,  and  to  them  of  Tyre,  to  bring  cedar 
trees  from  Leb'a-non  to  the  sea  of  ^Jop'pa,  'accord- 
ing to  the  grant  that  they  had  of  Cy'rus  king  of 
Per'gia. 

8  If  Now  in  the  second  year  of  their  coming  unto 
the  house  of  God  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  in  the  second 

369 


Temple  foundations  laid. 


EZRA,  4. 


Letter  to  Artaxerxes. 


month,  began  Ze-rub'ba-bel  the  son  of  She-al'ti-el, 
and  Jesh'u-a  the  son  of  Joz'a-dak,  and  the  remnant 
of  their  brethren  the  priests  and  the  Le'vites,  and 
all  they  that  were  come  out  of  the  captivity  unto 
Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  '"and  appointed  the  Le'vltes,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  to  set  forward  the 
work  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

9  Then  stood  n  Jesh'u-a  with  his  sons  and  his  breth- 
ren, Kad'mi-el  and  his  sons,  the  sons  of  °  Ju'dah, 
5  together,  to  set  forward  the  workmen  in  the  house 
of  God  :  the  sons  of  Hen'a-dad,  with  their  sons  and 
their  brethren  the  Le'vltes. 

10  And  when  the' builders  laid  the  foundation  pof 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  9they  set  the  priests  in 
their  apparel  with  trumpets,  and  the  Le'vltes  the 
sons  of  A'saph  with  cymbals,  to  praise  the  Lord, 
after  the  '"ordinance  of  Da'vid  king  of  Ig'ra-el. 

11  sAnd  they  sang  together  by  course  in  prais- 
ing and  giving  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  '  because  he 
is  good,  "  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever  toward 
Ig'ra-el.  And  all  the  people  shouted  with  a  great 
shout,  when  they  praised  the  Lord,  because  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  was  laid. 

12  But  many  of  the  priests  and  Le'vltes  and  chief 
of  the  fathers,  who  were  ancient  men,  that  had 
seen  the  first  house,  when  the  foundation  of  this 
house  was  laid  before  their  eyes,  wept  with  a  loud 
voice  ;  and  many  shouted  aloud  for  joy  : 

13  So  that  the  people  could  not  discern  the  noise 
of  the  shout  of  joy  from  the  noise  of  the  weeping 
of  the  people  :  for  the  people  shouted  with  a  loud 
shout,  and  the  noise  was  heard  afar  off. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Opponents  hinder  the  building  of  the  temple.    7  Letter  to  Artaxerxes.     17  A  decree. 

""VTOW  when  the  adversaries  of  Ju'dah  and  Ben'- 
-^  ja-min  heard  that  Hhe  children  of  the_  captiv- 
ity builded  the  temple  unto  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el ; 

2  Then  they  came  to  Ze-rub'ba-bel,  and  to  the 
chief  of  the  fathers,  and  said  unto  them,  "Let  us 
build  with  you  :  for  we  seek  your  God,  as  ye  bdo ; 
and  we  do  sacrifice  unto  him  since  the  days  of 
E'sar-had'don  king  of  As'sur,  which  brought  us  up 
hither. 

3  But  Ze-rub'ba-bel,  and  Jesh'u-a,  and  the  rest  of 
the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Ig'ra-el,  said  unto  them, 
cYe  have  nothing  to  do  with  us  to  build  an  house 
unto  our  God  ;  but  we  ourselves  together  will  build 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  as  dking  Qy'rus  the 
king  of  Per'gia  hath  commanded  us. 

4  Then  ethe  people  of  the  land  weakened  the 
hands  of  the  people  of  Ju'dah,  and  troubled  them 
in  building, 

5  And  hired  counsellors  against  them,  to  frustrate 
their  purpose,  all  the  days  of  Qy'rus  king  of  Per'gia, 
even  until  the  reign  of  Da-rl'us  king  of  Per'gia. 

6  And  in  the  reign  of  2A-ha§-u-e'rus,  in  the  begin- 
ning of  his  reign,  wrote  they  unto  him  an  accusa- 
tion against  the  inhabitants  of  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem. 

7  Tf  And  in  the  days  of  Ar-tax-erx'eg  wrote  3BIsh'- 
lam,  Mith're-dath,  Ta'be-el,  and  the  rest  of  their 


B.  C.  522. 


m  1  Chr.  23.  24, 


n  ch.  2.  40. 

o  ch.  2.  40, 

Hodaviah. 
5  as  one. 


P  Zecli.  4.  G-10. 

q  1  Chr.  15. 

27,  28. 


r  1  Chr.  0.  31. 

.'Ex.  15.  21. 

2  Chr.  7.  3. 

Jer.  33.  11. 
fPa.  136.  1. 
w  Jer.  33.  11. 

Luke  1 .  50. 


1  the  sous  of  the 
transportation. 

a  Esth.  8.  17. 
b  2  Ki.  17.  24, 

32,  33. 
c  John  4.  9. 

Acts  8.  21. 
d  2  Chr.  3G. 

22   23. 

ch.  6.  3. 

Isa.  44.  28. 

6  ch.  3.  3. 
Isa.  35.  3,  4. 
Jer.  38.  4. 

2  Ahashverosh. 

3  Or,  in  peace. 

4  societies. 

5  Or,  secretary. 
/Ps.  112.  G. 

Zech.  1.  14. 

Rom.  8.  28. 
G  societies. 
g  2  Ki.  17.  30, 31. 
h  ch.  7.  12. 

7  Cheeneth. 

i  Amos  7.  10. 
Luke  23.  2. 
Acts  24.  5. 

8  Or,  finished. 

9  sewed  to- 
gether. 

10  give. 

j  ch.  7.  24. 
Matt.  9.  9. 

11  Or,  strength. 

12  we  are  salted 
with  the  salt  of 
the  palace. 

h  Esth.  3.  8. 
Acts  17.  6,  7. 

13  made. 

14  in  the  midst 
thereof. 

15  societies. 

16  by  me  a  de- 
cree is  set. 

17  lifted  up 
itself. 

1 1  Chr.  IS".  ?. 

Ps.  72.  8. 
m  Gen.  15. 

18  Make  a 
decree. 


18. 


4  companions,  unto  Ar-tax-erx'eg  king  of  Per'gia  ; 
and  the  writing  of  the  letter  was  written  in  the 
Syr'i-an  tongue,  and  interpreted  in  the  Syr'i-an 
tongue. 

8  Re 'hum  the  chancellor  and  Shim'shai  the  5  scribe 
wrote  a  letter  against  r  Je-ru'sa-lem  to  Ar-tax-erx'eg 
the  king  in  this  sort : 

9  Then  wrote  Re'hum  the  chancellor,  and  Shim'- 
shai the  scribe,  and  J;he  rest  of  their  6  companions  ; 
"the  Di'na-Ites,  the  A-phar'sath-chites,  the  Tar'pel- 
Ttes,  the  A-phar'sItes,  the  Ar'che-vltes,  the  Bab-y- 
lo'ni-ang,  the  Su'san-chites,  the  De-ha'vites,  and  the 
E'lam-Ites, 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  nations  whom  the  great 
and  noble  As-nap'per  brought  over,  and  set  in  the 
cities  of  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  the  rest  that  are  on  this 
side  the  river,  ,!and  7at  such  a  time. 

11  Tf  This  is  the  copy  of  the  letter  that  they  sent 
unto  him,  even  unto  Ar-tax-erx'eg  the  king  ;  Thy 
servants  the  men  on  this  side  the  river,  and  at  such 
a  time. 

12  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that  the  Jewg  which 
came  up  from  thee  to  us  are  come  unto  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  building  i  the  rebellious  and  the  bad  city,  and 
have  8set  up  the  walls  thereof,  and  9  joined  the  foun- 
dations. 

13  Be  it  known  now  unto  the  king,  that,  if  this 
city  be  builded,  and  the  walls  set  up  again,  then 
will  they  not  10pay  •'toll,  tribute,  and  custom,  and  so 
thou  shalt  endamage  the  "revenue  of  the  kings. 

14  Now  because  12  we  have  maintenance  from  the 
king's  palace,  and  it  was  not  meet  for  us  to  see  the 
king's  dishonour,  therefore  have  we  sent  and  certi- 
fied the  king  ; 

15  That  search  may  be  made  in  the  book  of  the 
records  of  thy  fathers  :  so  shalt  thou  find  in  the 
book  of  the  records,  and  know  that  this  city  is  a 
rebellious  city,  and  k  hurtful  unto  kings  and  pro- 
vinces, and  that  they  have  13  moved  sedition  14  within 
the  same  of  old  time  :  for  which  cause  was  this  city 
destroyed. 

16  We  certify  the  king  that,  if  this  city  be  builded 
again,  and  the  walls  thereof  set  up,  by  this  means 
thou  shalt  have  no  portion  on  this  side  the  river. 

17  Tf  Then  sent  the  king  an  answer  unto  Re 'hum 
the  chancellor,  and  to  Shim'shai  the  scribe,  and  to 
the  rest  of  their  15  companions  that  dwell  in  Sa-ma'- 
ri-a,  and  unto  the  rest  beyond  the  river,  Peace,  and 
at  such  a  time. 

18  The  letter  which  ye  sent  unto  us  hath  been 
plainly  read  before  me. 

19  And  lf'I  commanded,  and  search  hath  been 
made,  and  it  is  found  that  this  city  of  old  time 
hath  "made  insurrection  against  kings,  and  that 
rebellion  and  sedition  have  been  made  therein. 

20  There  have  been  mighty  kings  also  over  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem, which  have  l ruled  over  all  countries  m be- 
yond the  river ;  and  toll,  tribute,  and  custom,  was 
paid  unto  them. 

21  18Give  ye  now  commandment  to  cause  these 
men  to  cease,  and  that  this  city  be  not  builded, 
until  another  commandment  shall  be  given  from  me. 


nhe  new  temple  begun. 


EZRA,  5,  6. 


Darius  makes  a  decree. 


22  Take  heed  now  that  ye  fail  not  to  do  this  :  why 
should  damage  grow  to  the  hurt  of  the  kings  ? 

23  If  Now  when  the  copy  of  king  Ar-ta^-erx'eg' 
letter  was  read  before  Re 'hum,  and  Shim'shai  the 
scribe,  and  their  companions,  they  n  went  up  in  haste 
to  Je-ru'sa-lem  unto  the  Jew§,  and  made  them  to 
cease  19by  force  and  power. 

24  Then  ceased  the  work  of  the  house  of  God 
which  is  at  Je-ru'sa-lem.  So  it  ceased  unto0 the 
second  year  of  the  reign  of  Da-ri'us  king  of  Per'gia. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Zerubbabel  and  Jeshua  begin  the  temple.     6  Tutnai's  letter  to  Burins. 

THEN  the  prophets,  "Hag'ga-I  the  prophet,  and 
°Zech-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Id'do,  prophesied  unto 
the  Jew§  that  were  in  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem  in 
the  name  of  the  God  of  !§'ra-el,  even  unto  them. 

2  Then  rose  upcZe-rub'ba-bel  the  son  of  She-al'ti-el, 
and  Jesh'u-a  the  son  of  Joz'a-dak,  and  began  to 
build  the  house  of  God  which  is  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 
and  with  them  were  the  prophets  of  God  d  helping 
them. 

3  1  At  the  same  time  came  to  them  eTat'na-T,  gov- 
ernor on  Hhis  side  the  river,  and  She'thar-boz'na-T, 
and  their  companions,  and  said  thus  unto  them, 
Who  hath  commanded  you  to  build  this  house,  and 
to  make  up  this  wall  ? 

4  Then  said  we  unto  them  after  this  manner,  What 
are  the  names  of  the  men  2that  make  this  building? 

5  But  ythe  eye  of  their  God  was  upon  the  elders 
of  the  Jew§,  that  they  could  not  cause  them  to 
cease,  till  the  matter  came  to  Da-ri'us  :  and  then 
they  returned  "answer  by  letter  concerning  this 
matter. 

6  1  The  copy  of  the  letter  that  Tat'na-T,  governor 
on  this  side  the  river,  and  She'thar-boz'na-I,  ''and 
his  companions  the  A-phar'sach-ites,  which  were 
on  this  side  the  river,  sent  unto  Da-ri'us  the  king  : 

7  They  sent  a  letter  unto  him,  3  wherein  was  writ- 
ten thus  ;  Unto  Da-ri'us  the  king,  all  peace. 

8  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that  we  went  into 
the  province  of  Ju-de'a,  to  the  house  of  the  great 
God,  which  is  builded  with 4  great  stones,  and  timber 
is  laid  in  the  walls,  and  this  work  goeth  fast  on,  and 
prospereth  in  their  hands. 

9  Then  asked  we  those  elders,  and  said  unto  them 
thus,  Who  commanded  you  to  build  this  house,  and 
to  make  up  these  walls  ? 

10  We  asked  their  names  also,  to  certify  thee,  that 
we  might  write  the  names  of  the  men  that  ivere  the 
chief  of  them. 

11  And  thus  they  returned  us  answer,  saying,  We 
are  the  *  servants  of  the  God  of  heaven  and  earth, 
and  build  the  house  that  was  builded  these  many 
years  ago,  which  a  great  king  of  I§'ra-el  builded 
yand  set  up. 

12  But  k  after  that  our  fathers  had  provoked  the 
God  of  heaven  unto  wrath,  he  gave  them  into  the 
hand  of  '  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon, 
the  Chal-de'an,  who  destroyed  this  house,  and  car- 
ried the  people  away  into  Bab'y-lon. 

13  But  in  the  first  year  of  m  Cy'rus  the  king  of 


B.  C.  520. 


n  Prov.  4.  1G. 


19  by  arin  and 
power. 


o  Job  20.  5. 


a  Hag.  1.  1. 

b  Zech.  1.  1. 


Hag.  1.  12-15. 


</  ch.  6.  14. 
Eccl.  12.  11. 
Hag.  2.  4-9. 

e  ch.  6.  6. 

1  Westward  of 
Euphrates. 


2  that  build  this 

building  ? 
fi  Chr.  16.9. 

ch.  7.  6,  28. 

Ps.  33.- 18. 

Isa.  41.  10. 

1  Pet.  3.  12. 

g  ch.  6.  6. 


h  ch.  4.  9. 


3  in  the  midst 
whereof. 

4  stones  of 
rolling. 

i  Josh.  24.  15. 

Ps.  119.  4li. 

Jon.  1.  9. 

Matt.  10.  32. 

Luke  12.  8. 

Acts  27.  23. 
3  1  Ki.  G.  1 . 
k  2  Chr.  34. 

24,  25. 

2  Chr.  3G. 

1G,  17. 
I  2  Ki.  24.  2. 

Jer.  39.  1. 
m  ch.  1.  1. 
n  ch.  1.  7,  8. 
o  Hag.  1.  14. 

5  Or,  deputy. 
p  ch.  3.  8,  10. 
q  ch.  6. 15. 

r  ch.  6.  1,  2. 
Prov.  25.  2. 


a  ch.  5.  17. 

1  books. 

2  made  to 
descend. 

3  Or,  Ecbatana, 
the  chief  city 
of  Media,  or, 
in  a  coffer. 

6  1  Ki.  6.3b. 
e  Ps.  68.  29. 

Isa.  GO.  6. 
d  ch.  1.  7,  8. 

Jer.  27.  16, 

18-22. 

Dan.  1.  2. 

4  go. 

e  ch.  5.  3. 

5  their  societies. 

6  by  me  a  de- 
cree is  made. 

7  made  to  cease. 


Bab'y-lon  the  same  king  Cy'rus  made  a  decree  to 
build  this  house  of  God. 

14  And  "the  vessels  also  of  gold  and  silver  of  the 
house  of  God,  which  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  took  out  of 
the  temple  that  was  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  brought 
them  into  the  temple  of  Bab'y-lon,  those  did  Cy'rus 
the  king  take  out  of  the  temple  of  Bab'y-lon,  and 
they  were  delivered  unto  one,  " whose  name  teas 
Shesh-baz'zar,  whom  he  had  made  5 governor ; 

15  And  said  unto  him,  Take  these  vessels,  go,  carry 
them  into  the  temple  that  is  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  let 
the  house  of  God  be  builded  in  his  place. 

16  Then  came  the  same  Shesh-baz'zar,  and  riaid 
the  foundation  of  the  house  of  God  which  is  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  :  and  since  that  time  even  until  now  hath 
it  been  in  building,  and  "yet  it  is  not  finished. 

17  Now  therefore,  if  it  seem  good  to  the  king,  'let 
there  be  search  made  in  the  king's  treasure  house, 
which  is  there  at  Bab'y-lon,  whether  it  be  so,  that 
a  decree  was  made  of  Cy'rus  the  king  to  build  this 
house  of  God  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  let  the  king  send 
his  pleasure  to  us  concerning  this  matter. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Decree,  of  Darius.    13  Tlie  temple  finished.    1C  Fenst  of  dedication. 

THEN  Da-ri'us  the  king  made  a  decree,  and  "search 
was  made  in  the  house  of  the  1  rolls,  where 
the  treasures  were  2laid  up  in  Bab'y-lon. 

2  And  there  was  found  at  3Ach'me-tha,  in  the  pal- 
ace that  is  in  the  province  of  the  Mede§,  a  roll,  and 
therein  ivas  a  record  thus  written  : 

3  In  the  first  year  of  Cy'rus  the  king  the  same 
Cy'rus  the  king  made  a  decree  concerning  the.  house 
of  God  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  Let  the  house  be  builded,  the 
place  where  they  offered  sacrifices,  and  let  the  foun- 
dations thereof  be  strongly  laid ;  the  height  thereof 
threescore  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  three- 
score cubits  ; 

4  b  With  three  rows  of  great  stones,  and  a  row  of 
new  timber  :  and  clet  the  expenses  be  given  out  of 
the  king's  house : 

5  And  also  let d  the  golden  and  silver  vessels  of  the 
house  of  God,  which  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  took  forth 
out  of  the  temple  which  is  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and 
brought  unto  Bab'y-lon,  be  restored,  and  i  brought 
again  unto  the  temple  which  is  at  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
every  one  to  his  place,  and  place  them  in  the  house 
of  God. 

6  eNow  therefore,  Tat'na-I,  governor  beyond  the 
river,  She'thar-boz'na-I,  and  5your  companions  the 
A-phar'sach-Ites,  which  are  beyond  the  river,  be  ye 
far  from  thence  : 

7  Let  the  work  of  this  house  of  God  alone  ;  let  the 
governor  of  the  Jews  and  the  elders  of  the  Jews 
build  this  house  of  God  in  his  place. 

8  Moreover  6I  make  a  decree  what  ye  shall  do  to 
the  elders  of  these  Jew§  for  the  building  of  this 
house  of  God:  that  of  the  king's  goods,  even  of 
the  tribute  beyond  the  river,  forthwith  expenses  be 
given  unto  these  men,  that  they  be  not  '  hindered. 

9  And  that  which  they  have  need  of,  both  young 
bullocks,  and  rams,  and  lambs,  for  the  burnt  offer- 


Dedication  of  the  temple. 


EZRA,  7. 


Commission  of  Artaxerxes.. 


ings  of  the  God  of  heaven,  wheat,  salt,  wine,  and 
oil,  according  to  the  appointment  of  the  priests 
which  are  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  let  it  be  given  them  day 
by  day  without  fail : 

10 -'That  they  may  offer  sacrifices  Sfirof  sweet  sa- 
vours unto  the  God  of  heaven,  and  h  pray  for  the  life 
of  the  king,  and  of  his  sons. 

11  Also  I  have  made  a  decree,  that  whosoever 
shall  alter  this  word,  let  timber  be  pulled  down  from 
his  house,  and  being  set  up,  9let  him  be  hanged 
thereon  ;  'and  let  his  house  be  made  a  dunghill  for 
this. 

12  And  the  God  that  hath  caused  his  J  name  to 
dwell  there  destroy  all  kings  and  people,  that  shall 
put  to  their  hand  to  alter  and  to  destroy  this  house 
of  God  which  is  at  Je-ru'sa-lem.  I  Da-ri'us  have 
made  a  decree  ;  let  it  be  done  with  speed. 

13  TI  Then  Tat'na-I,  governor  on  this  side  the 
river,  She'thar-boz'na-I,  and  their  companions,  ac- 
cording to  that  which  Da-ri'us  the  king  had  sent, 
so  they  Mid  speedily. 

14  'And  the  elders  of  the  Jewg  builded,  and  they 
prospered  through  the  prophesying  of  Hag'ga-I  the 
prophet  and  Zech-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Id'do.  And 
they  builded,  and  finished  it,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  according  to 
the  10 commandment  of  mQy'rus,  and  "Da-ri'us,  and 
0  Ar-tax-erx'eg  king  of  Per'gia. 

15  And  this  house  was  finished  on  the  third  day 
of  the  month  A'dar,  which  was  in  the  sixth  year  of 
the  reign  of  Da-ri'us  the  king. 

16  If  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  the  priests,  and 
the  Le'vltes,  and  the  rest  of  uthe  children  of  the 
captivity,  kept  pthe  dedication  of  this  house  of  God 
with  joy, 

17  And  Q  offered  at  the  dedication  of  this  house  of 
God  an  hundred  bullocks,  two  hundred  rams,  four 
hundred  lambs  ;  and  for  a  sin  offering  for  all  Ig'- 
ra-el, twelve  he  goats,  according  to  the  number  of 
the  tribes  of  Ig'ra-el. 

18  And  they  set  the  priests  in  their  r  divisions, 
and  the  Le'vltes  in  their  s courses,  for  the  service  of 
God,  which  is  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  12as  it  is  written  in 
the  book  of  Mo'geg. 

19  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  kept  the 
passover  'upon  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first 
month. 

20  For  the  priests  and  the  Le'vltes  were  "purified 
together,  all  of  them  were  pure,  and  "killed  the 
passover  for  all  the  children  of  the  captivity, 
and  for  their  brethren  the  priests,  and  for  them- 
selves. 

21  And  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el,  which  were  come 
again  out  of  captivity,  and  all  such  as  had  sepa- 
rated w  themselves  unto  them  from  the  filthiness  of 
the  heathen  of  the  land,  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of 
Ig'ra-el,  did  eat, 

22  And  kept  the  x  feast  of  unleavened  bread  seven 
days  with  joy  :  for  the  Lord  had  made  them  joyful, 
and  v  turned  the  heart  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a 
unto  them,  to  strengthen  their  hands  in  the  work 
of  the  house  of  God,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

37i 


B.  C.  519. 


/ch.  7.23. 

Jer.  29.  7. 
8  of  rest. 
g  Gen.  8.  21. 

Lev.  1.  9. 
/,  1  Tim.  2.  1,  2. 


9  let  him  be 
destroyed. 
i  Dan.  2.  5. 


i  Dent.  12.  11. 
2  Chr.  7.  16. 
Ps.  132.  13. 


k  Job  5.  12. 

Ps.  9.  16. 

1  Cor.  3.  19. 
/ch.  5.  1,  2. 


11. 


10  decree. 
m  ch.  1.  1. 
n  ch.  4.  24. 
o  ch.  7.  1. 


11  the  sons  of 
the  transporta- 
tion. 

p  1  Ki.  8.  G3. 

2  Chr.  7.  5. 

John  10.  22. 
q  Num.  7.  2,  3. 

1  Chr.  16.  1-3. 
ch.  8.  3."). 

r\  Chr.  24.  1. 
s  1  Chr.  23.  6. 

12  according  to 
writing. 

I  Ex.  12.  6. 

H  2  Chr.  29.  34. 

i' Ex.  12.  21. 

2  Chr.  35. 
w  Ex.  12.  48. 

Ps.  93.  .".. 
j- Ex.  12.  15. 
i/  Prov.  21.  1. 


1  Longimanus, 

Neh.  2.  1. 
a  1  Chr.  6.  14. 
b  Gen.  32.  28. 

ch.  6.  22. 

Neh.  1.  10,  11. 
c  ch.  8.  1. 
'/  ch.  2.  43. 

2  was  the  foun- 
dation of  the 
going  up. 

e  Neh.  2.  8. 
/"I  Sam.  7.  3. 

2  Chr.  12.  14. 

Ps.  10.  18. 

Ps.  119.  45. 
g  Deut.  33.  10. 

Neh.  8.  1. 

Mai.  2.  7. 

2  Tim.  4.  2. 
h  Ezek.  20.  7. 

Dan.  2.  37. 

3  Or,  to  Ezra 
the  priest,  a 
perfect  scribe 
of  the  law  of 
the  God  of 
heaven,  peace, 
etc. 

»ch.  4.  10. 

4  from  before 
the  king. 

j  Esth.  1.  14. 
/,•  2  Chr.  6.  2. 
Ps.  135.  21. 
I  ch.  8.  26. 
in  1  Chr.  29.  6. 
n  Num.  15.  4-13. 
o  Deut.  12.  5. 


the  seventh  year  of  Ar-tax-erx'eg. 


CHAPTER  7. 

1  Ezra  goes  to  Jerusalem.     11  Sis  commission  from  Artaxerxes.    27  His  blessing. 

1VTOW  after  these  things,  in  the  reign  of  xAr-tax- 
-^  erx'eg  king  of  Per'gia,  Ez'ra  athe  son  of  Ser- 
a-I'ah,  the  son  of  Az-a-ri'ah,  the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah, 

2  The  son  of  Shal'lum,  the  son  of  Za'dok,  the  son 
of  A-hi'tub, 

3  The  son  of  Am-a-ri'ah,  the  son  of  Az-a-ri'ah,  the 
son  of  Me-ra'ioth, 

4  The  son  of  Zer-a-hl'ah,  the  son  of  Uz'zl,  the  son 
of  Buk'kl, 

5  Thejson  of  A-bish'u-a,  the  son  of  Phin'e-has,  the 
son  of  E-Je-a'zar,  the  son  of  Aar'on  the  chief  priest : 
-  6  This  Ez'ra  went  up  from  Bab'y-lon  ;  and  he  was 
a  ready  scribe  in  the  law  of  Mo'geg,  which  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el  had  given :  and  the  king  granted  him 
all  his  request,  According  to  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
his  God  upon  him. 

7  cAnd  there  went  up  some  of  the  children  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, and  of  the  priests,  and  the  Le'vltes,  and  the 
singers,  and  the  porters,  and  dthe  Neth'i-nimg,  unto 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  in 
the  king. 

8  And  he  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  in  the  fifth  month, 
which  ivas  in  the  seventh  year  of  the  king. 

9  For  upon  the  first  day  of  the  first  month  2  began 
he  to  go  up  from  Bab'y-lon,  and  on  the  first  day  of 
the  fifth  month  came  he  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  "according 
to  the  good  hand  of  his  God  upon  him. 

10  For  Ez'ra  had  prepared  his  heart  to  /seek  the 
law  of  the  Lord,  and  to  do  it,  and  to  "teach  in  Ig'- 
ra-el statutes  and  judgments. 

11  If  Now  this  is  the  copy  of _  the  letter  that  the 
king  Ar-tax-erx'eg  gave  unto  Ez'ra  the  priest,  the 
scribe,  even  a  scribe  of  the  words  of  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord,  and  of  his  statutes  to  Ig'ra-el. 

12  Ar-tax-erx'eg,  ''king  of  kings,  3unto  Ez'ra  the 
priest,  a  scribe  of  the  law  of  the  God  of  heaven, 
perfect  peace,  'and  at  such  a  time. 

13  I  make  a  decree,  that  all  they  of  the  people  of 
Ig'ra-el,  and  of  his  priests  and  Le'vltes,  in  my  realm, 
which  are  minded  of  their  own  freewill  to  go  up  to 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  go  with  thee. 

14  Forasmuch  as  thou  art  sent  4of  the  king,  and 
of  his  iseven  counsellors,  to  enquire  concerning  Ju'- 
dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem,  according  to  the  law  of  thy 
God  which  is  in  thine  hand  ; 

15  And  to  carry  the  silver  and  gold,  which  the 
king  and  his  counsellors  have  freely  offered  unto 
the  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  ''whose  habitation  is  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem, 

16  'And  all  the  silver  and  gold  that  thou  canst 
find  in  all  the  province  of  Bab'y-lon,  with  the  free- 
will offering  of  the  people,  and  of  the  priests,  m  offer- 
ing willingly  for  the  house  of  their  God  which  is  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem  : 

17  That  thou  may  est  buy  speedily  with  this  money 
bullocks,  rams,  lambs,  with  their  "meat  offerings 
and  their  drink  offerings,  and  offer  them  "upon  the 
altar  of  the  house  of  your  God  which  is  in  Je-ru'sa- 
lem. 

18  And  whatsoever  shall  seem  good  to  thee,  and 


Ezra's  royal  instructions. 


EZRA,  8. 


His  return  companions. 


to  thy  brethren,  to  do  with  the  rest  of  the  silver 
and  the  gold,  that  do  after  the  will  of  your  God. 

19  The  vessels  also  that  are  given  thee  for  the 
service  of  the  house  of  thy  God,  those  deliver  thou 
before  the  God  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

20  And  p  whatsoever  more  shall  be  needful  for  the 
house  of  thy  God,  which  thou  shalt  have  occasion  to 
bestow,  bestow  it  out  of  the  king's  treasure  house. 

21  And  I,  even  I  Ar-tax-erx'e§  the  king,  do  make 
a  'decree  to  all  the  treasurers  which  are  beyond 
the  river,  that  whatsoever  Ez'ra  the  priest,  the 
scribe  of  the  law  of  the  God  of  heaven,  shall  require 
of  you,  it  be  done  speedily, 

22  Unto  an  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  to  an 
hundred  5  measures  of  wheat,  and  to  an  hundred 
baths  of  wine,  and  to  an  hundred  baths  of  oil,  and 
salt  without  prescribing  hoiv  much. 

23  6  Whatsoever  is  commanded  by  the  God  of 
heaven,  let  it  be  diligently  done  for  the  house  of 
the  God  of  heaven  :  rfor  why  should  there  be 
wrath  against  the  realm  of  the  king  and  his  sons  ? 

24  Also  we  certify  you,  that  touching  any  of  the 
priests  and  Le'vites,  singers,  porters,  Neth'i-nimg, 
or  ministers  of  this  house  of  God,  it  shall  not  be 
lawful  to  impose  toll,  tribute,  or  custom,  upon  them. 

25  And  thou,  Ez'ra,  after  the  wisdom  of  thy  God, 
that  is  in  thine  hand,  vset  magistrates  and  judges, 
which  may  judge  all  the  people  that  are  beyond  the 

.  river,  all  such  as  know  the  laws  of  thy  God  ;  and 
*  teach  ye  them  that  know  them  not. 

26  And  whosoever  will  not  do  the  law  of  thy  God, 
and  the  law  of  the  king,  let  judgment  be  executed 
speedily  upon  him,  whether  it  be  unto  death,  or  'to 
banishment,  or  to  confiscation  of  goods,  or  to  im- 
prisonment. 

27  If  "Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  our  fathers, 
"  which  hath  put  such  a  thing  as  this  in  the  king's 
heart,  to  beautify  the  house  of  the  Lord  which  is 
in  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 

28  And  w  hath  extended  mercy  unto  me  before  the 
king,  and  his  counsellors,  and  before  all  the  king's 
mighty  princes.  And  I  was  strengthened  as  Hhe 
hand  of  the  Lord  my  God  was  upon  me,  and  I 
gathered  together  out  of  Ig'ra-el  chief  men  to  go 
up  with  me. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Ezra's  return  companions.    24  He  delivers  the  treasures.     33  They  are  weighed. 
2G  Commission  is  delivered 

rpHESE  are  now  the  chief  of  their  fathers,  and 
J-    this  is  the  genealogy  of  them  that  went  up 
with  me  from  Bab'y-lon,  in  the  reign  of  Ar-tax- 
erx'eg  the  king. 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Phm'e-has  ;  Ger 'shorn  :  of  the 
sons  of  Ith'a-mar ;  Dan'iel :  of  the  sons  of  Da'vid  ; 
°Hat'tush.  ' 

3  Of  the  sons  of  Shech-a-ni'ah,  of  the  sons  of 
6Pha'rosh  ;  Zech-a-ri'ah  :  and  with  him  were  reck- 
oned by  genealogy  of  the  males  an  hundred  and 
fifty. 

4  Of  the  sons  of  Pa'hath-mo'ab ;  El-i-ho-e'na-I 
the  son  of  Zer-a-hi'ah,  and  with  him  two  hundred 
males. 


B„  C.  457. 


/;  1  Cor.  4.  1,2. 


qch.  4.  16,  20. 
ch.  5.  3,  0. 


0  Whatsoever  is 
of  the  decree. 


r  ch.  6.  10. 
Ps.  08.  29. 
Isa.  GO.  12. 
Jer.  12.  14. 
1  Tim.  2.  1,  2. 


s  Ex.  18.  21. 
Deut.  16.  18. 
1  Ki.  3.  28. 
Ps.  19.  7. 


1  2  Chr.  17.  7. 
Mai.  2.  7. 
Matt.  13.  52 
Col.  1.  28. 


7  to  rooting  out, 
u  1  Chr.  29.  10. 

ch.  6.  22. 

Phil.  4.  10. 
v  ch.  6.  22. 

Neh.  2.  12. 

Prov.  16.  7. 

2  Cor.  8.  16. 
W  ch.  9.  9. 

Neh.  1.  11. 
x  ch.  5.  5. 


a  1  Chr.  3.  22. 

6  ch.  2.  3. 
c  ch.  2.  15. 

Neh.  7.  20. 

1  Or,  the 
youngest  son. 

2  Or,  Zaccur,  as 
some  read. 

d  Ps.  137.  1. 
Acts  16.  13. 

3  Or,  pitched. 
e  Prov.  27.  23. 

Acts  20.  28. 
Heb.  13.  17. 
/ch.  7.  7. 
Num.  8. 

4  I  put  words  in 
their  mouth. 

g  ch.  7.  28. 

Prov.  3.  6. 

Rom.  S.  28. 
h  Lev.  10. 

10,  11. 

2  Chr.  30.  22. 

Neh.  8.  7. 
i  ch.  2.43. 
j  2  Chr.  20.  3. 
iLev.  16.  29. 

Isa.  58.  3,  5. 

7  Ps.  5.  8. 

m  1  Cor.  9.  15. 
n  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

ch.  7.  0,  9,  28. 

Ps.  33.  18,  19. 

Isa.  3.  10. 

Rom.  8.  28. 

1  Pet.  3.  12. 
0  Ps.  33.  18. 
p  Ps.  34.  16. 
q  2  Chr.  15.  2. 
r  Dent.  4.  29. 

1  Chr.  5.  20. 

2  Chr.  33.  13. 
Isa.  19.  22. 
Jer.  29.  12,  13. 


5  Of  the  sons  of  Shech-a-ni'ah  ;  the  son  of  Ja-ha'- 
zi-el,  and  with  him  three  hundred  males. 

6  Of  the  sons  also  of  "A'din  ;  E'bed  the  son  of 
Jon'a-than,  and  with  him  fifty  males. 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  E'lam  ;  Je-sha'iah  the  son 
of  Ath-a-H'ah,  and  with  him  seventy  males. 

8  And  of  the  sons  of  Sheph-a-ti'ah  ;  Zeb-a-di'ah 
the  son  of  Mi'chael,  and  wjth  him  fourscore  males. 

9  Of  the  sons  of  Jo'ab  ;  O-ba-dl'ah  the  son  of  Je- 
hl'el,  and  with  him  two  hundred  and  eighteen  males. 

10  And  of  the  sons  of  SheTo-mith  ;  the  son  of  Jos- 
I-phi'ah,  and  with  him  an  hundred  and  threescore 
males. 

11  And  of  the  sons  of  Beb'a-I;  Zech-a-rl'ah  the 
son  of  Beb'a-I,  and  with  him  twenty  and  eight 
males. 

12  And  of  the  sons  of  Az'gad  ;  J6-ha'nan  Jthe  son 
of  Hak'ka-tan,  and  with  him  an  hundred  and  ten 
males. 

13  And  of  the  last  sons  of  A-don'i-kam,  whose 
names  are  these,  E-liph'e-let,  Jg-I'el,  and  Shem-a- 
I'ah,  and  with  them  threescore  males. 

14  Of  the  sons  also  of  Big'va-i;  U'tha-i,  and  2Zab'- 
bud,  and  with  them  seventy  males. 

15  1  And  I  gathered  them  together  to  the  river 
''that  runneth  to  A-ha'va  ;  and  there  3 abode  we  in 
tents  three  days  :  and  I  viewed  the e  people,  and  the 
priests,  and  found  there  none  of  the  •''sons  of  Le'vl. 

16  Then  sent  I  for  E-li-e'zer,  for  A'rl-el,  for  Shem- 
f-I'ah,  and  for  El'na-than,  and  for  Ja'rib,  and  for 
El'na-than,  and  for  Na'than,  and  for  Zech-a-rl'ah, 
and  for  Me-shul'lam,  chief  men  ;  also  for  Joi'a-rib, 
and  for  El'na-than,  men  of  understanding. 

17  And  I  sent  them  with  commandment  unto 
Id'do  the  chief  at  the  place  Ca-sTph'i-a,  and  4I  told 
them  what  they  should  say  unto  Id'do,  and  to  his 
brethren  the  Neth'i-nimg,  at  the  place  Ca-siph'i-a, 
that  they  should  bring  unto  us  ministers  for  the 
house  of  our  God. 

18  And  by  the  ffgood  hand  of  our  God  upon  us 
they  h  brought  us  a  man  of  understanding,  of  the  sons 
of  Mah'H,  the  son  of  Le'vl,  the  son  of  I§'ra-el ;  and 
Sher-e-bl'ah,  with  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  eighteen ; 

19  And  Hash-a-bi'ah,  and  with  him  Je-sha'iah  of 
the  sons  of  Me-ra'rl,  his  brethren  and  their  sons, 
twenty  ; 

20  'Also  of  the  Neth'i-nim§,  whom  Da'vid  and  the 
princes  had  appointed  for  the  service  of  the  Le'vites, 
two  hundred  and  twenty  Neth'i-nim§  :  all  of  them 
were  expressed  by  name. 

21  TI  Then  I  ^proclaimed  a  fast  there,  at  the  river  of 
A-ha'va,  that  we  might  k  afflict  ourselves  before  our 
God,  to  seek  of  him  a  'right  way  for  us,  and  for 
our  little  ones,  and  for  all  our  substance. 

22  For  mI  was  ashamed  to  require  of  the  king  a 
band  of  soldiers  and  horsemen  to  help  us  against  the 
enemy  in  the  way  :  because  we  had  spoken  unto  the 
king,  saying,  "The  hand  of  our  God  is  upon  all  them 
for  "good  that  seek  him;  but  his  power  and  his 
wrath  is  p  against  all  them  9  that  forsake  him. 

23  So  we  fasted  and  besought  our  God  for  this  : 
and  he  was  rintreated  of  us. 

373 


Temple  treasures  weighed. 


EZRA,  9. 


Ezra's  prayer  and  confession. 


24  H  Then  I  separated  twelve  of  the  chief  of  the 
priests,  Sher-e-bl'ah,  Hash-a-bl'ah,  and  ten  of  their 
brethren  with  them, 

25  And  weighed  unto  them  sthe  silver,  and  the 
gold,  and  the  vessels,  even  the  offering  of  the  house 
of  our  God,  which  the  king,  and  his  counsellors,  and 
his  lords,  and  all  Ig'ra-el  there  present,  had  offered : 

26  I  even  weighed  unto  their  hand  six  hundred 
and  fifty  talents  of  silver,  and  silver  vessels  an 
hundred  talents,  and  of  gold  an  hundred  talents  ; 

27  Also  twenty  basons  of  gold,  of  a  thousand 
drams ;  and  two  vessels  of  °  fine  copper, 6  precious  as 
gold. 

28  And  I  said  unto  them,  Ye  are  l  holy  unto  the 
Lord;  the  vessels  are  "holy  also;  and  the  silver 
and  the  gold  are  a  freewill  offering  unto  the  Lord 
God  of  your  fathers. 

29  v  Watch  ye,  and  keep  them,  until  ye  weigh  them 
before  the  chief  of  the  priests  and  the  Le'vites,  and 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  Ig'ra-el,  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  in 
the  chambers  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

30  So  took  the  priests  and  the  Le'vites  the  weight 
of  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels,  to  bring 
them  to  Js-ru'sa-lem  unto  the  house  of  our  God. 

31  Tf  Then  we  departed  from  the  river  of  A-ha'va 
on  the  twelfth  day  of  the  first  month,  to  go  unto 
Js-ru'sa-lem:  and  "'the  hand  of  our  God  was  upon 
us,  and  he  delivered  us  from  the  hand  of  the 
enemy,  and  of  such  as  lay  in  wait  by  the  way. 

32  And  we  *  came  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  abode  there 
three  days. 

33  If  Now  on  the  fourth  day  was  the  silver  and 
the  gold  and  the  vessels  weighed  in  the  house  of 
our  God  by  the  hand  of  Mer'e-moth  the  son  of 
U-ri'ah  the  priest  ;  and  with  him  was  E-le-a'zar  the 
son  of  Phm'e-has ;  and  with  them  was  Joz'a-bad 
the  son  of  Jesh'u-a,  and  No-a-dl'ah  the  son  of  Bin'- 
nu-I,  Le'vites ; 

34  By  number  and  by  weight  of  every  one  :  and 
all  the  weight  was  written  at  that  time. 

35  Also  the  children  of  those  that  had  been  carried 
away,  which  were  come  out  of  the  captivity,  '-'offered 
burnt  offerings  unto  the  God  of  I§'ra-el,  twelve  bul- 
locks for  all  Ig'ra-el,  ninety  and  six  rams,  seventy 
and  seven  lambs,  twelve  he  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 
all  this  was  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

36  If  And  they  delivered  the  king's  Commissions 
unto  the  king's  lieutenants,  and  to  the  governors  on 
this  side  the  river :  and  they  furthered  a  the  people, 
and  the  house  of  God. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Affinity  with  strangers  mourned.    5  Ezra's  prayer  and  confession. 

^VTOW  when  these  things  were  done,  the  princes 
-^  came  to  me,  saying,  The  people  of  Ig'ra-el,  and 
the  priests,  and  the  Le'vites,  have  not  "separated 
themselves  from  the  people  of  the  lands,  b  doing 
according  to  their  abominations,  even  of  the  Ca'- 
naan-Ites,  the  Hit'tites,  the  Per'iz-zltes,  the  Jeb'u- 
sltes,  the  Am'mon-Ites,  the  Mo'ab-Ites,  the  E-gyp'- 
tian§,  and  the  Am'or-Ites. 
2  For  they  have  c  taken  of  their  daughters  for 

374 


B.  C.  457. 


s  ch.  7.  15,  16. 


5  yellow,  or, 

shining-  brass. 
G  desirable. 

I  Deut.  33.  8. 

Isa.  52.  11. 
u  Lev.  22.  2,  3. 

Num.  4.  4,  15, 

19,  20. 

1  Chr.  23.  28. 

2  Chr.  24.  14. 

c  I  Chr.  26. 
20-26. 
Luke  12. 
37,  38. 


W  ch.  7.  6,  9,  28. 
Job  5.  19-24. 
Isa.  41.  10-14. 


x  Neh.  2.  11. 


y  eh.  6.  17. 
z  ch.  7.21. 
a  Isa.  14.  1. 

Isa.  56.  6. 

Zech.  8.  1-23. 


a  Neh.  9.  2. 
b  Deut.  12.  30. 
c  Deut.  7.  3. 
d  Ex.  22.  31. 
e  2  Cor.  6.  14. 
/  Isa.  15.  2. 
.7  Ps.  143.  4. 
h  ch.  10.  3. 
Isa.  66.  2. 
t  Ex.  29.  39. 

1  Or,  affliction. 
/  Ex.  9.  29. 

k  Dan.  9.  7. 

2  Or,  guiltiness. 
/  Ps.  106.  6. 

m  Deut.  28.  36. 

3  moment. 

4  Or,  a  pin  : 
that  is,  a 
constant  and 
sure  abode. 

n  Ps.  13.  3. 

0  Neh.  9.  36. 
p  Ps.  136.  23. 
q  ch.  7.  28. 

5  to  set  up. 
r  Isa.  5.  2. 

6  by  the  hand  of 
thy  servants. 

7  from  mouth  to 
mouth. 

*  Ex.  23.  32. 
Deut.  7.  3. 
Josh.  23.  12. 

1  Deut.  23.  6. 

2  Chr.  19.  2. 

u  Gen.  18.  19.    . 

Prov.  13.  22. 

8  hast  withheld 
beneath  our 
iniquities. 

v  Ex.  23.  32,  33. 

Judg.  2.  2. 

John  5.  14. 

2  Pet.  2.  20. 
w  2  Cor.  6.  14. 
x  Neh.  9.  33. 

Dan.  9.  14. 


themselves,  and  for  their  sons :  so  that  the  d  holy 
seed  have  e  mingled  themselves  with  the  people  of 
those  lands :  yea,  the  hand  of  the  princes  and  rulers 
hath  been  chief  in  this  trespass. 

3  And  when  I  heard  this  thing,  fI  rent  my  gar- 
ment and  my  mantle,  and  plucked  off  the  hair  of 
my  head  and  of  my  beard,  and  sat  down  ^astonied. 

4  Then  were  assembled  unto  me  every  one  that 
h  trembled  at  the  words  of  the  God  of  I§'ra-el,  be- 
cause of  the  transgression  of  those  that  had  been 
carried  away  ;  and  I  sat  astonied  until  the  i  evening 
sacrifice. 

5  H  And  at  the  evening  sacrifice  I  arose  up  from 
my  1  heaviness ;  and  having  rent  my  garment  and 
my  mantle,  I  fell  upon  my  knees,  and  j  spread  out 
my  hands  unto  the  Lord  my  God, 

6  And  said,  O  my  God,  I  am  *  ashamed  and  blush  to 
lift  up  my  face  to  thee,  my  God  :  for  our  iniquities 
are  increased  over  our  head,  and  our  2  trespass  is 
grown  up  unto  the  heavens. 

7  Since  the  days  of  our  fathers  have  l  we  been  in  a 
great  trespass  unto  this  day ;  and  for  our  iniquities 
m  have  we,  our  kings,  and  our  priests,  been  delivered 
into  the  hand  of  the  kings  of  the  lands,  to  the  sword, 
to  captivity,  and  to  a  spoil,  and  to  confusion  of  face, 
as  it  is  this  day. 

8  And  now  for  a3 little  space  grace  hath  been 
shewed  from  the  Lord  our  God,  to  leave  us  a  rem- 
nant to  escape,  and  to  give  us  4a  nail  in  his  holy 
place,  that  our  God  may  "  lighten  our  eyes,  and  give 
us  a  little  reviving  in  our  bondage. 

9  °  For  we  were  bondmen ;  p  yet  our  God  hath  not 
forsaken  us  in  our  bondage,  but  9hath  extended 
mercy  unto  us  in  the  sight  of  the  kings  of  Per'gia, 
to  give  us  a  reviving,  to  set  up  the  house  of  our 
God,  and  5  to  repair  the  desolations  thereof,  and  to 
give  us  ra  wall  in  Ju'dah  and  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

10  And  now,  O  our  God,  what  shall  we  say  after 
this?  for  we  have  forsaken  thy  commandments, 

11  Which  thou  hast  commanded  6by  thy  servants 
the  prophets,  saying,  The  land,  unto  which  ye  go 
to  possess  it,  is  an  unclean  land  with  the  filthiness 
of  the  people  of  the  lands,  with  their  abominations, 
which  have  filled  it  '  from  one  end  to  another  with 
their  uncleanness. 

12  Now  therefore  sgive  not  your  daughters  unto 
their  sons,  neither  take  their  daughters  unto  your 
sons, '  nor  seek  their  peace  or  their  wealth  .for  ever : 
that  ye  may  be  strong,  and  eat  the  good  of  the  land, 
and  "leave  it  for  an  inheritance  to  your  children 
for  ever. 

13  And  after  all  that  is  come  upon  us  for  our  evil 
deeds,  and  for  our  great  trespass,  seeing  that  thou 
our  God  8hast  punished  us  less  than  our  iniquities 
deserve,  and  hast  given  us  such  deliverance  as  this ; 

14  Should  we  "again  break  thy  commandments, 
and  w  join,  in  affinity  with  the  people  of  these  abom- 
inations? wouldest  not  thou  be  angry  with  us  till 
thou  hadst  consumed  us,  so  that  there  should  be  no 
remnant  nor  escaping  ? 

15  0  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  Hhou  art  righteous: 
for  we  remain  yet  escaped,  as  it  is  this  day :  behold, 


The  marriage  reforms. 


EZRA,  10. 


The  people  separated. 


we  are  ^before  thee  in  our  trespasses:  for  we  can- 
not z  stand  before  thee  because  of  this. 

CHAPTER    10. 

1  Marriage  reforms.    9  Ezra's  exhortation.     18  Those  w/io  had  married  strange  wives. 

1VT0W  "when  Ez'ra  had  prayed,  and  when  he  had 
-1^1  confessed,  weeping  and  casting  himself  down 
b  before  the  house  of  God,  there  assembled  unto 
him  out  of  Ig'ra-el  a  very  great  congregation  of 
men  and  women  and  children :  for  the  people '  wept 
very  sore. 

2  And  Shech-a-nl'ah  the  son  of  Jg-hi'el,  one  of 
the  sons  of  E'lam,  answered  and  said  unto  Ez'ra, 
We  have  °  trespassed  against  our  God,  and  have 
taken  strange  wives  of  the  people  of  the  land :  yet 
now  there  is  hope  in  Ig'ra-el  concerning  this  thing. 

3  Now  therefore  let  us  make  a  covenant  with  our 
God  2to  put  away  all  the  wives,  and  such  as  are 
born  of  them,  according  to  the  counsel  of  my  lord, 
and  of  those  that  d  tremble  at  ethe  commandment 
of  our  God  ;  and  let  it  be  done  according  to  the 
law. 

4  Arise ;  for  this  matter  belongeth  unto  thee  :  we 
also  will  be  with  thee  :  -^be  of  good  courage,  and 
do  it. 

5  Then  arose  Ez'ra,  and  made  the  chief  priests, 
the  Le'vites,  and  all  Ig'ra-el,  Ho  swear  that  they 
should  do  according  to  this  word.    And  they  sware. 

6  If  Then  Ez'ra  rose  up  from  before  the  house  of 
God,  and  went  into  the  chamber  of  Jo-ha'nan  the 
son  of  E-lI'a-shib :  and  when  he  came  thither,  he 
h  did  eat  no  bread,  nor  drink  water :  for  he  mourned 
because  of  the  transgression  of  them  that  had  been 
carried  away. 

7  And  they  made  proclamation  throughout  Ju'dah 
and  Je-ru'sa-lem  unto  all  the  children  of  the  cap- 
tivity, that  they  should  gather  themselves  together 
unto  JS-ru'sa-lem ; 

8  And  that  whosoever  would  not  come  within 
three  days,  according  to  the  counsel  of  the  princes 
and  the  elders,  all  his  substance  should  be  3  for- 
feited, and  himself  separated  from  the  congregation 
of  those  that  had  been  carried  away. 

9  If  Then  all  the  men  of  Ju'dah  and  Ben'ja-min 
gathered  themselves  together  unto  Jg-ru'sa-lem 
within  three  days.  It  ivas  the  ninth  month,  on  the 
twentieth  day  of  the  month  ;  and  "all  the  people 
sat  in  the  street  of  the  house  of  God,  trembling  be- 
cause of  this  matter,  and  for  4the  great  rain. 

10  And  Ez'ra  the  priest  stood  up,  and  said  unto 
them,  Ye  have  transgressed,  and  5have  taken  strange 
wives,  to  increase  the  trespass  of  Ig'ra-el. 

11  Now  therefore  J'make  confession  unto  the  Lord 
God  of  your  fathers,  and  /cdo  his  pleasure  :  and 
separate  yourselves  from  the  people  of  the  land, 
and  from  the  strange  wives. 

12  Then  all  the  congregation  answered  and  said 
with  a  loud  voice,  As  thou  hast  said,  so  must  we  do. 

13  But  the  people  are  many,  and  it  is  a  time  of 
much  rain,  and  we  are  not  able  to  stand  without, 
neither  is  this  a  work  of  one  day  or  two  :  for  6we 
are  many  that  have  transgressed  in  this  thing. 


B.  C.  457. 


V  Rom.  3.  19. 
z  Ps.  130.  3. 


a  Dan.  9.  20. 


b  2  Clir.  20.  9. 


1  wept  a  great 
weeping. 


c  Ex.  34.  13. 


2  to  bring  forth. 


a  Oh.  9.  4. 

Ps.  119.53, 120. 

Isa.  0G.  2. 
e  Dent.  7.  2,  3. 


/"I  Chr.  28.  10. 
Isa.  35.  3,  4. 


(j  Neh.  5.  12. 


h  Dent.  9.  18. 


3  devoted, 
Lev.  27.  28. 
Josh.  6.  19. 

i  1  Sam.  12.  18. 

4  the  showers. 

5  have  caused 
to  dwell,  or, 
have  brought 
back. 

j  Prov.  28.  13. 

Jer.  3.  13. 
k  Isa.  1.  10,  17. 

Rom.  12.  2. 

0  Or,  we  have 
greatly  of- 
fended in  this 
thing. 

1  Num.  25.  4. 

2  Ki.  23.  26. 

2  Chr.  28. 

11-13. 

2  Chr.  29.  10. 

2  Chr.  30.  8. 

Ps.  78.  38. 

Isa.  12.  1. 

7  Or.  till  this 
matter  be  dis- 
patched. 

8  stood. 

m  ch.  5.  2. 

Hag.  1.  1,  12. 

Zech.  3.  1. 

Zech.  6.  11. 
n  2  Ki.  10.  15. 

1  Chr.  29.  24. 

2  Chr.  30.  S. 
.  Prov.  6.  1. 

Prov.  22.  26. 

Gal.  2.  9. 
o  Lev.  5.  15. 

Lev.  6.  4,  5,  6. 
p  ch.  2.  3. 

ch.  8.  3. 

Neh.  7.  8. 
q  ch.  2.  8. 

Neh.  7.  13. 
rNeh.  3.11, 

Malchijah. 


14  Let  now  our  rulers  of  all  the  congregation 
stand,  and  let  all  them  which  have  taken  strange 
wives  in  our  cities  come  at  appointed  times,  and 
with  them  the  elders  of  every  city,  and  the  judges 
thereof,  until  *the  fierce  wrath  of  our  God  7for  this 
matter  be  turned  from  us. 

15  If  Only  Jon'a-than  the  son  of  A'sa-hel  and  Ja- 
ha-zl'ah  the  son  of  Tik'vah  8were  employed  about 
this  matter  :  and  Me-shul'lamand  Shab-beth'a-I  the 
Le'vlte  helped  them. 

16  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  did  so.  And 
Ez'ra  the  priest,  with  certain  chief  of  the  fathers, 
after  the  house  of  their  fathers,  and  all  of  them  by 
their  names,  were  separated,  and  sat  down  in  the 
first  day  of  the  tenth  month  to  examine  the  matter. 

17  And  they  made  an  end  with  all  the  men  that 
had  taken  strange  wives  by  the  first  day  of  the  first 
month. 

18  Tf  And  among  the  sons  of  the  priests  there  were 
found  that  had  taken  strange  wives  :  namely,  of 
the  sons  of  'nJesh'u-a  the  son^of  Joz'a-dak,  and  his 
brethren ;  Ma-a-se'iah,  and  E-li-e'zer,  and  Ja'rib, 
and  Ged-a-ll'ah. 

19  And  they  "gave  their  hands  that  they  would 
put  away  their  wives  ;  and  being  "guilty,  they  offered 
a  ram  of  the  flock  for  their  trespass. 

20  And  of  the  sons  of  Im'mer  ;  Ha-na'nl,  and  Zeb- 
a-dl'ah. 

21  And  of  the  sons  of  Ha'rim  ;  Ma-a-se'iah,  and 
E-li'jah,  and  Shem-a-I'ah,  and  Je-hl|el,  and  tfz-zl'ah. 

22  And  of  the  sons  of  Pash'ur;  El-i-o-e'na-I,  Ma- 
a-se'iah,  Ish'ma-el,  Ne-than'e-el,  Joz'a-bad,  and  El'- 
a-sah. 

23  Also  of  the  Le'vites  ;  Joz'a-bad,  and  Shlm'e-I, 
and  Ke-la'iah,  (the  same  is  Kel'i-ta,)  Peth-a-hl'ah, 
Ju'dah,  and  E-li-e'zer. 

24  Of  the  singers  also ;  E-lI'a-shib_:  and  of  the 
porters  ;  Shal'lum,  and  Te'lem,  and  U'rI. 

25  Moreover  of  I§'ra-el  :  of  the  sons  of  ^Pa'rosh  ; 
Ra-mi'ah,  and  Jg-zl'ah,  and  Mal-chl'ah,  and  Ml'a- 
min,  and  E-le-a'zar,  andMal-chl'jah,  and  Be-na'iah. 

26  And  of  the  sons  of  E'lam ;  Mat-ta-ni'ah,  Zech-a- 
rl'ah,  and  Je-hi'el,  and  Ab'dl,  and  Jer'e-moth,  and 
E-lI'ah. 

27  And  of  the  sons  of  "Zat'tu  ;  El-i-o-e'na-I,  E-H'- 
a-shib,  Mat-ta-ni'ah,  and  Jer'e-moth,  and  Za'bad, 
and  A-zl'za. 

28  Of  the  sons  also  of  Beb'a-I ;  Je-ho-ha'nan,  Han- 
a-nl'ah,  Zab'bai,  and  Ath'lai. 

29  And  of  the  sons  of  Ba'nl ;  Me-shul'lam,  MaT- 
luch,  and  Ad-a-I'ah,  Jash'iib,  and  She'al,  and  Ra'moth. 

30  And  of  the  sons  of  Pa'hath-mo'ab  ;  Ad'na,  and 
Che'lal,  Bs-na'iah,  Ma-a-se'iah,  Mat-ta-ni'ah,  Be-zal'- 
e-el,  and  Bm'nu-I,  and  Ma-nas'seh. 

31  And  of  the  sons  of  Ha'rim  ;  E-li-e'zer,  Ish-I'jah, 
'Mal-chl'ah,  Shem-a-I'ah,  Shim'e-on, 

32  Ben'ja-min,  Mal'luch,  and  Shem-a-rl'ah. 

33  Of  the  sons  of  Ha'shum  ;  Mat-te-na'I,  Mat'ta- 
thah,  Za'bad,  E-liph'e-let,  Jer'e-mai,  Ma-nas'seh,  and 
Shim'e-I. 

_34  Of  the  sons  of  Ba'nl ;  Ma-ad'ai,  Am'ram,  and 
U'el, 

375 


Nehemiah's  prayer. 


NEHEMIAH,  1,  2. 


r 


He  comes  to  Jerusalem. 


35  Bs-na'iah,  Be-de'iah,  Chel'luh, 

36  Va-nl'ah,  Mer'e-moth,  E-li'a-shib, 

37  Mat-ta-ni'ah,  Mat-te-na'I,  and  Ja'a-sau, 

38  And  Ba'nl,  and  Bm'nu-I,  Shim'e-I, 

39  And  Shel-e-mi'ah,  and  Na'than,  and  Ad-a-I'ah, 

40  sMach-na-de'bai,  Shash'a-I,  Shar'a-I, 


B.  C.  456. 

9  Or,  Mabna- 

debai, 

according  to 

some  copies. 
s  Num.  32.  38. 

ch.  2.  29. 
t  Gen.  6.  2-5. 

Ex.  23.  2. 

Deut.  7.  3. 


41  A-zar'e-el,  and  Shel-e-mi'ah,  Shem-a-rl'ah, 

42  Shal'lum,  Am-a-rl'ah,  and  Jo'seph. 

43  Of  the  sons  of  sNe'bo  ;   Je-I'el,  Mat-ti-thi'ah, 
Za'bad,  Ze-bi'na,  Ja-da'u,  and  Jo 'el,  Be-na'iah. 

44  4A11  these  had  taken  strange  wives  :  and  some 
of  them  had  wives  by  whom  they  had  children. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  NEHEMIAH. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Hanani  informs  Xeheminh.     5  He  mourns,  fusts,  and  prays. 

THE  words  of  a  Ne-he-mi'ah  the  son  of  Hach-a- 
H'ah.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  month  Chis'- 
leu,  in  the  b  twentieth  year,  as  I  was  in  cShu'shan 
the  palace, 

2  That  Ha-na'ni,  one  of  my  brethren,  came,  he  and 
certain  men  of  Ju'dah  ;  and  I  asked  them  concern- 
ing the  Jews,  that  had  escaped,  which  were  left  of 
the  captivity,  and  concerning  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

3  And  they  said  unto  me,  The  remnant  that  are 
left  of  the  captivity  there  in  the  province  are  in 
great  affliction  and  reproach  :  dthe  wall  of  Je-ru'sa- 
lem  also  e  is  broken  down,  and  the  gates  thereof  are 
burned  with  fire. 

4  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I  heard  these  words, 
that  I  sat  down  and  wept,  and  mourned  certain 
days,  and  fasted,  and  prayed  before  the  God  of 
heaven, 

5  And  said,  I  beseech  thee,  /0  Lord  God  of  hea- 
ven, the  great  and  terrible  God,  "that  keepeth 
covenant  and  mercy  for  them  that  love  him  and 
observe  his  commandments  : 

6  Let  thine  ear  now  be  attentive,  and  h  thine  eyes 
open,  that  thou  mayest  hear  the  prayer  of  thy  ser- 
vant, which  I  pray  before  thee  now,  day  and  night, 
for  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  thy  servants,  and  confess 
!the  sins  of  the  children  of  fg'ra-el,  which  we  have 
sinned  against  thee  :  both  I  and  my  father's  house 
have  sinned. 

7  j  We  have  dealt  very  corruptly  against  thee,  and 
have  fcnot  kept  the  commandments,  nor  the  statutes, 
nor  the  judgments,  which  thou  commandedst  thy 
servant  Mo'geg. 

8  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  the  word  that  thou 
commandedst  thy  servant  Mo'seg,  saying,  lIf  ye 
transgress,  I  will  scatter  you  abroad  among  the 
nations  : 

9  mBut  if  ye  turn  unto  me,  and  keep  my  command- 
ments, and  do  them  ;  "though  there  were  of  you 
cast  out  unto  the  uttermost  part  of  the  heaven,  yet 
will  I  gather  them  from  thence,  and  will  bring 
them  unto  the  place  that  I  have  chosen  to  set  my 
name  there. 

10  "Now  these  are  thy  servants  and  thy  people, 
whom  thou  hast  redeemed  by  thy  great  power,  and 
by  thy  strong  hand. 

11  0  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  let  now  thine  ear  be 
attentive  to  the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  to  the 
prayer  of  thy  servants,  who  v  desire  to  fear  thy 
name  :  and  prosper,  I  pray  thee,  thy  servant  this 

376 


B.  C.  446. 


a  ch.  10.  1. 


b  eh.  2.  1. 
c  Esth.  1.  2. 
Dan.  8.  2. 


d  ch.  2.  17. 

Isa.  5.  5. 

Jer.  5.  10. 
e  2  Ki.  25.  10. 


/'Deut.  10.  17. 

ch.  4.  14. 

Job  37.  22. 
g  Ex.  20.  6. 

Deut.  7.  9. 

Ps.  89.  3. 

Heb.  G.  13-18. 

h  1  Ki.  8.  28,  29. 
2  Chr.  G.  40. 


i  Dan.  9.  20. 
j  Ps.  10G.  G. 
k  Deut.  28.  15. 
I  Lev.  2G.  33. 

Deut.  4.  25. 
m  Lev.  2G.  39. 

Deut.  4.  29. 
n  Deut.  30.  4. 
o  Deut.  9.  29. 

Dan.  9.  15. 
p  Ps.  119.  4. 

Isa.  26.  8. 

Heb.  13.  18. 
}Gen.  32.  11. 

Ps.  37.  5. 

Prov.  1G.  3. 
r  ch.  2.  1. 


u  Ezra  7.  1. 

That  is,  of 

Artaxerxes 

Longimanus. 
6  ch.  1.  11. 
c  Prov.  15.  13. 
d\  Ki.  1.  31. 

Dan.  2.  4. 

Dan.  5.  10. 
e  ch.  1.  3. 

Ps.  137.  5. 
f\  Sam.  1.13. 

ch.  1.  11. 

Prov.  3.  G. 

1  wife.     Proba- 
bly Esther. 

g  ch.  5.  14. 

'h  Ezra  10.  6,  9. 

ch.  3.  7. 

That  is, 

the  temple. 
i  Ezra  5.  5. 

Prov.  21.  1. 

Isa.  66.  14. 

Dan.  1.  9. 

Acts  7.  10. 

2  Or,  Moabite. 
j  Ezra  8.  32. 


day,  and  "  grant  him  mercy  in  the  sight  of  this  man. 
For  I  was  the  king's  r  cupbearer. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Nehemiah,  commissioned  by  Artaxerxes,  comes  to  Jerusalem.    12  His  night  view. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  month  Ni'san,  in  the 
-^*-  twentieth  year  of  aAr-tax-erx'e§  the  king,  that 
wine  was  before  him :  and  b  I  took  up  the  wine,  and 
gave  it  unto  the  king.  Now  I  had  not  been  before- 
time  sad  in  his  presence. 

2  Wherefore  the  king  said  unto  me,  Why  is  thy 
countenance  sad,  seeing  thou  art  not  sick?  this  is 
nothing  else  but  c sorrow  of  heart.  Then  I  was  very 
sore  afraid, 

3  And  said  unto  the  king,  d  Let  the  king  live  for 
ever  :  why  should  not  my  countenance  be  sad,  when 
Hhe  city,  the  place  of  my  fathers'  sepulchres,  lieth 
waste,  and  the  gates  thereof  are  consumed  with 
fire? 

4  Then  the  king  said  unto  me,  For  what  dost  thou 
make  request  ?    •'"So  I  prayed  to  the  God  of  heaven. 

5  And  I  said  unto  the  king,  If  it  please  the  king, 
and  if  thy  servant  have  found  favour  in  thy  sight, 
that  thou  wouldest  send  me  unto  Ju'dah,  unto  the 
city  of  my  fathers'  sepulchres,  that  I  may  build  it. 

6  And  the  king  said  unto  me,  (the  1  queen  also  sit- 
ting by  him,)  For  how  long  shall  thy  journey  be  ? 
and  when  wilt  thou  return  ?  So  it  pleased  the  king 
to  send  me  ;  and  I  set  him  9a  time. 

7  Moreover  I  said  unto  the  king,  If  it  please  the 
king,  let  letters  be  given  me  to  the  governors  be- 
yond the  river,  that  they  may  convey  me  over  till 
I  come  into  Ju'dah  ; 

8  And  a  letter  unto  A'saph  the  keeper  of  the 
king's  forest,  that  He  may  give  me  timber  to  make 
beams  for  the  gates  of  the  palace  which  appertained 
Ho  the  house,  and  for  the  wall  of  the  city,  and  for 
the  house  that  I  shall  enter  into.  And  the  king 
granted  me, J"  according  to  the  good  hand  of  my  God 
upon  me. 

9  Tl  Then  I  came  to  the  governors  beyond  the 
river,  and  gave  them  the  king's  letters.  Now  the 
king  had  sent  captains  of  the  army  and  horsemen 
with  me. 

10  When  San-bal'lat  the  2Hor'o-nite,  and  T6-bI'ah 
the  servant,  the  Am'mon-Ite,  heard  of  it,  it  grieved 
them  exceedingly  that  there  was  come  a  man  to 
seek  the  welfare  of  the  children  of  I§'ra-el. 

11  So  I  Jcame  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  was  there  three 
days. 

12  Tf  And  I  arose  in  the  night,  I  and  some  few 


Repair  of  the  walls. 


NEHEMIAH,  3. 


Names  of  the  builders. 


men  with  me  ;  neither  told  I  any  man  what  my 
God  had  put  in  my  heart  to  do  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 
neither  was  there  any  beast  with  me,  save  the 
beast  that  I  rode  upon. 

13  And  I  went  out  by  night  feby  the  gate  of  the 
valley,  even  before  the  dragon  well,  and  to  the 
dung  port,  and  viewed  the  walls  of  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
which  were  l  broken  down,  and  the  gates  thereof 
were  consumed  with  fire. 

14  Then  I  went  on  to  the  mgate  of  the  fountain, 
and  to  the  king's  pool  :  but  there  was  no  place  for 
the  beast  that  was  under  me  to  pass. 

15  Then  went  I  up  in  the  night  by  the  "brook, 
and  viewed  the  wall,  and  turned  back,  and  entered 
by  the  gate  of  the  valley,  and  so  returned. 

16  And  the  rulers  knew  not  whither  I  went,  or 
what  I  did ;  neither  had  I  as  yet  told  it  to  the  Jew§, 
nor  to  the  priests,  nor  to  the  nobles,  nor  to  the 
rulers,  nor  to  the  rest  that  did  the  work. 

17  11  Then  said  I  unto  them,  Ye  see  the  distress 
that  we  are  in,  how  Jg-ru'sa-lem  lieth  waste,  and 
the  gates  thereof  are  burned  with  fire:  come,  and 
let  us  build  up  the  wall  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  that  we  be 
no  more  "a  reproach.     " 

18  Then  I  told  them  of  the  hand  of  my  God  which 
was  good  upon  me  ;  as  also  the  king's  words  that 
he  had  spoken  unto  me.  And  they  said,  Let  us  rise 
up  and  build.  So  they  p  strengthened  their  hands 
for  this  good  work. 

19  But  when  San-bal'lat  the  Hor'o-nite,  and  T6- 
bl'ah  the  servant,  the  Am'mon-Ite,  and  Ge'shem  the 
A-ra'bi-an,  heard  it,  they  Q  laughed  us  to  scorn,  and 
despised  us,  and  said,  What  is  this  thing  that  ye 
do  ?  will  ye  rebel  against  the  king  ? 

20  Then  answered  I  them,  and  said  unto  them, 
rThe  God  of  heaven,  he  will  prosper  us  ;  therefore 
we  his  servants  will  arise  and  build  :  but  sye  have 
no  portion,  nor  right,  nor  memorial,  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

CHAPTER  3. 

The  names  and  order  of  the  builders  of  the  wall. 

THEN  aE-li'a-shib  the  high  priest  rose  up  with 
his  brethren  the  priests,  6and  they  builded  the 
sheep  gate ;  they  sanctified  it,  and  set  up  the  doors 
of  it ;  ceven  unto  the  tower  of  Me' ah  they  sancti- 
fied it,  unto  the  tower  of  dHa-nan'e-el. 

2  And  *next  unto  him  builded  ethe  men  of  Jer'i- 
cho.  And  next  to  them  builded  Zac'cur  the  son  of 
Im'ri. 

3  7But  the  fish  gate,  did  the  sons  of  Has-se-na'ah 
build,  who  also  laid  the  beams  thereof,  and  ffset  up 
the  doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars 
thereof. 

4  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Mer'e-moth  the 
son  of  U-rl'jah,  the  son  of  Koz.  And  next  unto 
them  repaired  Me-shul'lam  the  son  of  Ber-e-chi'ah, 
the  son  of  Ms-shez'a-be-el.  And  next  unto  thern 
repaired  Za'dok  the  son  of  Ba'a-na. 

5  And  next  unto  them  the  Te-ko'Ites  repaired  ; 
but  their  nobles  put  not  their  necks  toHhe  work  of 
their  Lord. 

6  Moreover  *  the  old  gate  repaired  JS-hoi'a-da  the 


B.  C.  445. 


k  2  Chr.  2G.  9. 
ch.  3.  13. 


Ich.  1.  3. 
Jer.  5.  10. 


in  1  Ki.  20.  20. 
2  Chr.  32.  30. 
ch.  3.  15. 


n  2  Sam.  15.  23. 
Jer.  31.  40. 
John  18.  1. 


o  1  Sam.  11.  2. 
ch.  1.  3. 
Pa.  44.  13. 
Jer.  24.  9. 
Lam.  3.  45,  46. 
Ezek.  5.  14. 


p  2  Sam.  2.  ' 


q  Ps.  44.  13. 
Ps.  79.  4. 


'  Ps.  127.  1. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
i  Ezra  4.  3. 

John  4.  9. 

Acts  8.  21. 


a  ch.  12.  10. 
b  ch.  12.  39. 

John  5.  2. 
c  ch.  12.  39. 
d  Jer.  31.  38. 

Zech.  14.  10. 

1  at  his  hand. 
e  Ezra  2.  34. 

ch.  7.  36. 
/'  2  Chr.  33.  14. 

ch.  12.  39. 

Zeph.  1. 10. 
g  ch.  6.  1. 
h  Judg.  5.  23. 
i  ch.  12.  39. 
/  Josh.  9.  3. 
k  ch.  2.  8. 

2  Or,  left  Jeru- 
salem unto  the 
broad  wall. 

I  eh.  12.  38. 
m  Ezra  2.  32. 

3  second 
measure. 

n  ch.  12.  38. 

0  Ex.  35.  25. 
Luke  8.  3. 
Phil.  4.  3. 

p  ch.  2.  13. 
</  Josh.  15.  34. 
;■  ch.  2.  13. 
.?  Jer.  6.  1. 
Mic.  1.  11. 

1  ch.  2.  14. 

it  Josh.  18.  26. 

Judg.  20.  1,  3. 

Jer.  40.  3. 
v  Isa.  8.  6. 

Luke  13.  4. 

John  9.  7. 
w  2  Ki.  20.  20. 

Isa.  22.  11. 
x  Song  3.  7. 
y  Josh.  15.  44. 

1  Sam.  23.  1. 
z  2  Chr.  26.  9. 

4  Or,  Zaccai. 
a  Eccl.  9.  10. 

Rom.  12.  11. 


son  of  Pa-se'ah,  and  Me-shul'lam  the  son  of  Bes-o- 
de'iah ;  they  laid  the  beams  thereof,  and  set  up  the 
doors  thereof,  and  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars 
thereof. 

_7  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Mel-a-ti'ah  the 
Gib'e-on-Ite,  and  Ja'don  the  Me-ron'o-thlte,  the 
men  of  J'Gib'e-on,  and  of  Miz'pah,  unto  the  k throne 
of  the  governor  on  this  side  the  river. 

8  Next  unto  him  repaired  Uz'zi-el  the  son  of  Har- 
ha-I'ah,  of  the  goldsmiths.  Next  unto  him  also 
repaired  Han-a-nl'ah  the  son  of  one  of  the  apo- 
thecaries, and  they  2 fortified  Je-ru'sa-lem  unto  the 
'broad  wall. 

9  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Reph-a-I'ah  the 
son  of  Hiir,  the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of~  Je-ru'sa- 
lem. 

10  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Je-da'iah  the  son 
of  Ha-ra'maph,  even  over  against  his  house.  And 
next  unto  him  repaired  Hat 'tush  the  son  of  Hash- 
ab-nl'ah. 

11  Mal-chi'jah  mthe  son  of  Ha'rim,  and  Ha'shub 
the  son  of  Pa'hath-mo'ab,  repaired  the  3 other  piece, 
wand  the  tower  of  the  furnaces. 

12  And  next  unto  him  repaired  Shal'lum  the  son 
of  Ha-lo'hesh,  the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem, he  and  "his  daughters. 

13  pThe  valley  gate  repaired  Ha 'nun,  and  the  in- 
habitants "  of  Za-no'ah  ;  they  built  it,  and  set  up  the 
doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof, 
and  a  thousand  cubits  on  the  wall  unto  rthe  dung 
gate. 

14  But  the  dung  gate  repaired  Mal-chl'ah  the  son 
of  Re'chab,  the  ruler  of  part  of  sBeth-hac'ge-rem  ; 
he  built  it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the  locks 
thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 

15  But  4the  gate  of  the  fountain  repaired  Shal'lun 
the  son  of  Col-ho'zeh,  the  ruler  of  part  of  u  Miz'pah ; 
he  built  it,  and  covered  it,  and  set  up  the  doors 
thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof,  and 
the  wall  of  the  pool  of  "Si-lo'ah  by  the  king's  gar- 
den, and  unto  the  stairs  that  go  down  from  the  city 
of  Da'vid. 

16  After  him  repaired  Ne-he-ml'ah  the  son  of  Az'- 
buk,  the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Beth'-zur,  unto 
the  place  over  against  the  sepulchres  of  Da'vid,  and 
to  the  ™pool  that  was  made,  and  unto  the  x  house  of 
the  mighty. 

17  After  him  repaired  the  Le'vites,  Re'hum  the 
son  of  Ba'nl.  Next  unto  him  repaired  Hash-a-bi'ah, 
the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Kei'lah,  in  his  part. 

18  After  him  repaired  their  brethren,  Bav'a-I  the 
son  of  Hen'a-dad,  the  ruler  of  the  half  part  ^of 
Kei'lah. 

19  And  next  to  him  repaired  E'zer  the  son  of 
Jesh'u-a,  the  ruler  of  Miz'pah,  another  piece  over 
against  the  going  up  to  the  armoury  at  the  s;  turning 
of  the  wall. 

20  After  him  Ba'rach  the  son  of  4Zab'bai  earnestly 
a  repaired  the  other  piece,  from  the  turning  of  the 
wall  unto  the  door  of  the  house  of  E-lI'a-shib  the 
high  priest. 

21  After  him  repaired  Mer'e-moth  the  son  of  U-rl'- 

377 


Opposition  of  Sanballat. 


NEHEMIAH,  4. 


The  builders  are  armed. 


jah  the  son  of  Koz  another  piece,  from  the  door  of 
the  house  of  E-lT'a-shib  even  to  the  end  of  the  house 
of  E-h~'a-shib. 

22  And  after  him  repaired  the  priests,  the  men  of 
the  plain. 

23  After  him  repaired  Ben'ja-min  and  Ha'shub 
over  against  their  house.  After  him  repaired  Az-a- 
ri'ah  the  son  of  Ma-a-se'iah  the  son  of  An-a-nl'ah  by 
his  house. 

24  After  him  repaired  Bm'nu-I  the  son  of  Hen'a- 
dad  another  piece,  from  the  house  of  Az-a-rl'ah 
unto  the  turning  of  the_wall,  even  unto  the  corner. 

25  Pa'lal  the  son  of  U'za-I,  over  against  the  turn- 
ing of  the  wall,  and  the  tower  which  lieth  out  from 
the  king's  high  house,  that  was  by  the b  court  of  the 
prison.     After  him  Pe-da'iah  the  son  of  Pa'rosh. 

26  Moreover  ethe  Neth'i-mmg  5dwelt  in  60'phel, 
unto  the  place  over  against  d  the  water  gate  toward 
the  east,  and  the  tower  that  lieth  out. 

27  After  them  the  Te-ko'ites  repaired  another 
piece,  over  against  the_  great  tower  that  lieth  out, 
even  unto  the  wall  of  O'phel. 

28  From  above  the  e  horse  gate  repaired  the  priests, 
every  one  over  against  his  house. 

29  After  them  repaired  Za'dok  the  son  of  Im'mer 
over  against  his  house.  After  him  repaired  also 
Shem-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Shech-a-ni'ah,  the  keeper  of 
7  the  east  gate. 

30  After  him  repaired  Han-a-nl'ah  the  son  of 
Shel-e-mi'ah,  and  Ha'nun  the  sixth  son  of  Za'laph, 
another  piece.  After  him  repaired  Ms-shul'lam  the 
son  of  Ber-e-chl'ah  over  against  his  chamber. 

31  After  him  repaired  Mal-chi'ah  the  goldsmith's 
son  unto  the  place  of  the  Neth'i-nimg,  and  of  the 
merchants,  over  against  the  gate  Miph'kad,  and  to 
the  8  going  up  of  the  corner. 

32  And  between  the  going  up  of  the  corner  unto 
-'"the  sheep  gate  repaired  the  goldsmiths  and  the 
merchants. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Nehemiah  urges  work  on  the  wall.    13  He  arms  the  labourers.     19  Military  precepts. 

BUT   it   came   to   pass,  "that  when   San-bal'lat 
heard  that  we  builded  the  wall,  he  was  wroth, 
and  took  great  indignation,  and  mocked  the  Jew§. 

2  And  he  spake  before  his  brethren  and  the  army 
of  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and  said,  What  do  these  feeble  Jew§  ? 
will  they  ]  fortify  themselves  ?  will  they  sacrifice  ? 
will  they  make  an  end  in  a  day  ?  will  they  revive 
the  stones  out  of  the  heaps  of  the  rubbish  which 
are  burned? 

3  Now  6T6-bI'ah  the  Am'mon-Ite  ivas  by  him,  and 
he  said,  Even  that  which  they  build,  if  a  fox  go  up, 
he  shall  even  break  down  their  stone  wall. 

4  cHear,  0  our  God  ;  for  we  are  2  despised  :  and 
dturn  their  reproach  upon  their  own  head,  and  give 
them  for  a  prey  in  the  land  of  captivity  : 

5  And  e  cover  not  their  iniquity,  and  let  not  their 
sin  be  blotted  out  from  before  thee  :  for  they  have 
provoked  thee  to  anger  before  the  builders. 

6  So  built  we  the  wall ;  and  all  the  wall  was  joined 
together  unto  the  half  thereof  :  for  the  people  had 
a  mind  to  work. 

378 


B.  C.  445. 


b  ch.  12.  39. 
Jer.  32.  2. 


c  Ezra  2.  43. 
ch.  7.  46. 

5  Or,  which 
dwelt  in  Ophel, 
repaired  unto. 

fi  Or,  The  tower. 

d  ch.  8.  1,  3. 


e2Ki.  11.  1C. 
2  Chr.  23.  15. 
Jer.  31.  40. 


the  sun  gate. 
Jer.  19.  2. 


8  Or,  corner 
chamher. 

/ch.  12.  39. 
John  5.  2. 


a  Ezra  4.  1-5. 
ch.  2.  10. 
Ps.  2.  1,  4. 
Acts  5.  17. 

1  leave  to  them- 
selves. 

b  ch.  2.  10,  19. 
c  Ps.  123.  3,  4. 

Isa.  53.  3. 

Luke  1G.  14. 

2  despite. 

d  1  Sam.  17.  26. 

Ps.  79.  12. 

Prov.  3.  34. 

Hos.  12.  14. 
e  Ps.  59.  5-13. 

Ps.  69.  27. 

Jer.  18.  23. 

2  Tim.  4.  14. 

3  ascended. 
/'  Ps.  2.  1-3. 

Isa.  8.  9,  10. 
Acts  23.  12, 13. 

4  to  make  an 
error  to  it. 

g  Job  22.  27. 
Ps.  50.  15. 
Matt.  26.  41. 

5  Or,  That  from 
all  places  ye 
must  return 
to  us. 

6  from  the  lower 
parts  of  the 
place,  etc. 

h  Num.  14.  9. 

Deut.  1.  29. 
i  Deut.  10.  17. 

Job  37.  22. 

Heb.  12.  20, 

21,  28,  29. 
j  2  Sam.  10.  12. 
k  Job  5.  12. 

Ps.  33.  10. 
1 1  Cor.  16.  13. 

Eph.  6.  10. 

7  on  his  loins. 
m  Ex.  14.  14. 

Deut.  1.  30. 
Deut.  3.  22. 
Josh.  23.  10. 


7  Tl  But  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  San-bal'lat,  and 
To-bl'ah,  and  the  A-ra'bi-ang,  and  the  Am'mon-Ites, 
and  the  Ash'dod-Ites,  heard  that  the  walls  of  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  3were  made  up,  and  that  the  breaches 
began  to  be  stopped,  then  they  were  very  wroth, 

8  And  •''conspired  all  of  them  together  to  come  and 
to  fight  against  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  4to  hinder  it. 

9  Nevertheless'7 we  made  our  prayer  unto  our  God, 
and  set  a  watch  against  them  day  and  night,  be- 
cause of  them. 

10  And  Ju'dah  said,  The  strength  of  the  bearers 
of  burdens  is  decayed,  and  there  is  much  rubbish  ; 
so  that  we  are  not  able  to  build  the  wall. 

11  And  our  adversaries  said,  They  shall  not  know, 
neither  see,  till  we  come  in  the  midst  among  them, 
and  slay  them,  and  cause  the  work  to  cease. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  Jewg  which 
dwelt  by  them  came,  they  said  unto  us  ten  times, 
5  From  all  places  whence  ye  shall  return  unto  us 
they  will  be  upon  you. 

13  H  Therefore  set  I  6in  the  lower  places  behind 
the  wall,  and  on  the  higher  places,  I  even  set  the 
people  after  their  families  with  their  swords,  their 
spears,  and  their  bows. 

14  And  I  looked,  and  rose  up,  and  said  unto  the 
nobles,  and  to  the  rulers,  and  to  the  rest  of  the 
people,  h  Be  not  ye  afraid  of  them  :  remember  the 
Lord,  which  \is  great  and  terrible,  and  J  fight  for 
your  brethren,  your  sons,  and  your  daughters,  your 
wives,  and  your  houses. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  our  enemies  heard 
that  it  was  known  unto  us,  ''and  God  had  brought 
their  counsel  to  nought,  that  we  returned  all  of  us 
to  the  wall,  every  one  unto  his  work. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  from  that  time  forth,  that 
the  half  of  my  servants  wrought  in  the  work,  and 
the  other  half  of  them  held  both  the  spears,  the 
shields,  and  the  bows,  and  the  habergeons ;  and  the 
rulers  were  behind  all  the  house  of  Ju'dah. 

17  They  which  builded  on  the  wall,  and  they  that 
bare  burdens,  with  those  that  laded,  every  one  with 
^ne  of  his  hands  wrought  in  the  work,  and  with 
the  other  hand  held  a  weapon. 

18  For  the  builders,  every  one  had  his  sword 
girded  7by  his  side,  and  so  builded.  And  he  that 
sounded  the  trumpet  was  by  me. 

19  Tl  And  I  said  unto  the  nobles,  and  to  the  rulers, 
and  to  the  rest  of  the  people,  The  work  is  great 
and  large,  and  we  are  separated  upon  the  wall,  one 
far  from  another. 

20  In  what  place  therefore  ye  hear  the  sound  of 
the  trumpet,  resort  ye  thither  unto  us  :  m  our  God 
shall  fight  for  us. 

21  So  we  laboured  in  the  work  :  and  half  of  them 
held  the  spears  from  the  rising  of  the  morning  till 
the  stars  appeared. 

22  Likewise  at  the  same  time  said  I  unto  the 
people,  Let  every  one  with  his  servant  lodge  within 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  that  in  the  night  they  maybe  a  guard 
to  us,  and  labour  on  the  day. 

23  So  neither  I,  nor  my  brethren,  nor  my  servants, 
nor  the  men  of  the  guard  which  followed  me,  none 


The  usurers  rebuked. 


NEHEMIAH,  5,  6. 


Sanballat's  crafty  letters. 


of  us  put  off  our  clothes, 
put  them  off  for  washing. 


! saving  that  every  one 


CHAPTER  5. 

1  The  Jews  complain  of  debts  and  service.    6  Nehemiuh  rebukes  usurers. 

AND  there  was  a  great  "cry  of  the  people  and  of 
-  their  wives  against  their  6  brethren  the  Jewg. 

2  For  there  were  that  said,  We,  our  sons,  and  our 
daughters,  are  many  :  therefore  we  ctake  up  corn 
for  them,  that  we  may  eat,  and  live. 

3  Some  also  there  were  that  said,  We  have  mort- 
gaged our  lands,  vineyards,  and  houses,  that  we 
might  buy  corn,  because  of  the  dearth. 

4  There  were  also  that  said,  We  have  borrowed 
money  for  the  king's  tribute,  and  that  upon  our 
lands  and  vineyards. 

5  Yet  now  dour  flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of  our  breth- 
ren, our  children  as  their  children:  and,  lo,  we 
e  bring  into  bondage  our  sons  and  our  daughters  to 
be  servants,  and  some  of  our  daughters  are  brought 
unto  bondage  already  :  neither  is  it  in  our  power 
to  redeem  them  ;  for  other  men  have  our  lands  and 
vineyards. 

6  If  And  I  was  very  7 angry  when  I  heard  their  cry 
and  these  words. 

7  Then  1I  consulted  with  myself,  and  gl  rebuked 
the  nobles,  and  the  rulers,  and  said  unto  them,  hYe 
exact  usury,  every  one  of  his  brother.  And  I  set 
la  great  assembly  against  them. 

8  And  I  said  unto  them,  We  after  our  ability  have 
-redeemed  our  brethren  the  Jewg,  which  were  sold 
unto  the  heathen  ;  and  will  ye  even  sell  your  breth- 
ren ?  or  shall  they  be  sold  unto  us  ?  Then  held 
they  their  peace,  and  found  nothing  to  answer. 

9  Also  I  said,  It  is  not  good  that  ye  do  :  ought  ye 
not  to  walk  fein  the  fear  of  our  God  l  because  of  the 
reproach  of  the  heathen  our  enemies  ? 

10  I  likewise,  and  my  brethren,  and  my  servants, 
might  exact  of  them  money  and  corn  :  I  pray  you, 
let  us  leave  off  this"  usury. 

11  Restore,  I  pray  you,  to  them,  even  this  day, 
their  lands,  their  vineyards,  their  oliveyards,  and 
their  houses,  also  the  hundredth  part  of  the  money, 
and  of  the  corn,  the  wine;  and  the  oil,  that  ye  exact 
of  them. 

12  Then  said  they,  We  will  restore  them,  and  will 
require  nothing  of  them  ;  so  will  we  do  as  thou 
sayest.  Then  I  called  the  priests,  raand  took  an 
oath  of  them,  that  they  should  do  according  to  this 
promise. 

13  Also  "I  shook  my  lap,  and  said,  So  God  "shake 
out  every  man  from  his  house,  and  from  his  labour, 
that  performeth  not  this  promise,  even  thus  be  he 
shaken  out,  and  2  emptied.  And  all  the  congrega- 
tion said,  Amen,  and  praised  the  Lord.  pAnd  the 
people  did  according  to  this  promise. 

14  If  Moreover  from  the  time  that  I  was  appointed 
to  be  their  governor  in  the  land  of  Ju'dah,  from  the 
twentieth  year  'even  unto  the  two  and  thirtieth 
year  of  Ar-tax-erx'eg  the  king,  that  is,  twelve  years, 
I  and  my  brethren  have  not r  eaten  the  bread  of  the 
governor. 


B.  C.  445. 


8  Or,  every  one 
went  with  his 
weapon  for 
water. 


a  Isa.  5.  7. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
b  Lev.  25.  35. 

Deut.  15.  7. 


c  Geu.  41.  57. 
Hag.  1.  C. 


il  Gen.  37.  27. 
Isa.  58.  7. 
Acts  17.  26. 

eEx.  21.  7. 
Matt.  18.  25 


/Ex.  11.8. 
ch.  13.  8. 
Mark  3.  5. 
Eph.  4.  26. 

1  my  heart  con- 
sulted in  me. 

g  Lev.  19.  17. 

1  Tim.  5.  20. 
h  Ex.  22.  25. 

Deut.  23.  19. 
Ps.  15.  5. 
i  Prov.  27.  5. 
Matt.  18.  17. 

j  Lev.  25.  48. 

k  Gen.  20.  11. 
Lev.  25.  36. 
Acts  9.  31. 

1  Gen.  13.  7,  8. 

2  Sam.  12.  14. 
Rom.  2.  24. 
Tit.  2.  5. 

1  Pet.  2.  12. 
m  Ezra  10.  5. 

Jer.  34.  8,  9. 
n  Matt.  10.  14. 

Acts  13.  51. 
o  Zech.  5.  4. 

2  empty,  or,  void. 
p  2  Ki.  23.  3. 

q  ch.  13.  6. 
r  1  Cor.  9.  4. 
s  2  Cor.  11.  9. 
t  Gen.  42.  18. 

Job  31.  23. 

Ps.  112.  1. 

Prov.  16.  6. 

Eccl.  12. 

13,  14. 

Luke  18.  2-4. 
u  2  Sam.  9.  7. 
r  1  Ki.  4.  22. 
w  ch.  13.  22. 


a  ch.  2.  10. 

1  Or,  Gashmu, 
verse  6. 

b  ch.  3.  1,  3. 
c  Prov.  26.  24. 
d  1  Chr.  8.  12. 

ch.  11.  35. 
e  Ps.  12.  2. 

Prov.  26.  24. 

Eccl.  4.  4. 

Mic.  7.  4,  5. 
f  Prov.  14.  15. 
g  Prov.  1.  10. 
h  Jer.  9.  3. 

Rom.  3.  8. 

2  Cor.  6.  8. 

1  Pet.  2.  12. 

2  Or,  Gesham, 
verse  1. 

i  Ezra  4.  13. 

ch.  2.  19. 

Luke  23.  2. 
j  Job  13.  4. 

Ps.  36.  3. 

Isa.  59.  4. 

Dan.  11.  27. 
k  Deut.  33.  25. 

Ps.  56.  3. 

Isa.  41. 10. 

2  Cor.  12.  9. 


15  But  the  former  governors  that  had  been  before 
me  were  chargeable  unto  the  people,  and  had  taken 
of  them  bread  and  wine,  beside  forty  shekels  of  sil- 
ver;  yea,  even  their  servants  bare  rule  over  the 
people  :  but  sso  did  not  I,  because  of  the  'fear  of 
God. 

16  Yea,  also  I  continued  in  the  work  of  this  wall, 
neither  bought  we  any  land  :  and  all  my  servants 
were  gathered  thither  unto  the  work. 

17  Moreover  there  were  "at  my  table  an  hundred 
and  fifty  of  the  Jewg  and  rulers,  beside  those  that 
came  unto  us  from  among  the  heathen  that  are 
about  us. 

18  Now  that °  which  was  prepared  for  me  daily 
was  one  ox  and  six  choice  sheep  ;  also  fowls  were 
prepared  for  me,  and  once  in  ten  days  store  of  all 
sorts  of  wine  :  yet  for  all  this  required  not  I  the 
bread  of  the  governor,  because  the  bondage  was 
heavy  upon  this  people. 

19  w  Think  upon  me,  my  God,  for  good,  according 
to  all  that  I  have  done  for  this  people. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  SanbullaVs  crafty  opposition  to  Xehemiah.     15  TJte  wail  is  finished. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  "when  San-bal'lat,  and  T6- 
bl'ah,  and  ^e'shem  the  A-ra'bl-an,  and  the 
rest  of  our  enemies,  heard  that  I  had  builded  the 
wall,  and  that  there  was  no  breach  left  therein ; 
(6  though  at  that  time  I  had  not  set  up  the  doors 
upon  the  gates  ;) 

2  That  San-bal'lat  andGe'shem  csent  unto  me,  say- 
ing, Come,  let  us  meet  together  in  some  one  of  the 
villages  in  the  plain  of  rfO'no.  But  they  e  thought 
to  do  me  mischief. 

3  And  I  -^sent  messengers  unto  them,  saying,  I  am 
doing  a  great  work,  so  that  I  cannot  come  down  : 
why  should  the  work  cease,  whilst  I  leave  it,  and 
come  down  to  you? 

4  Yet  they  sent  unto  me  fffour  times  after  this 
sort ;  and  I  answered  them  after  the  same  manner. 

5  Then  sent  San-bal'lat  his  servant  unto  me  in  like 
manner  the  fifth  time  with  an  open  letter  in  his 
hand; 

6  Wherein  was  written,  h  It  is  reported  among  the 
heathen,  and  2Gash'mu  saith  it,  Hhat  thou  and  the 
Jewg  think  to  rebel  :  for  which  cause  thou  buildest 
the  wall,  that  thou  mayest  be  their  king,  according 
to  these  words. 

7  And  thou  hast  also  appointed  prophets  to  preach 
of  thee  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  saying,  There  is  a  king  in 
Ju'dah  :  and  now  shall  it  be  reported  to  the  king 
according  to  these  words.  Come  now  therefore,  and 
let  us  take  counsel  together. 

8  Then  I  sent  unto  him,  saying,  There  are  no  such 
things  done  as  thou  sayest,  but  thou  J'feignest  them 
out  of  thine  own  heart. 

9  For  they  all  made  us  afraid,  saying,  Their  hands 
shall  be  weakened  from  the  work,  that  it  be  not 
done.  Now  therefore,  kO  God,  strengthen  my 
hands. 

10  Afterward  I  came  unto  the  house  of  Shem-a- 
I'ah  the  son  of  Del-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Me-het'a-beel, 

379 


The  wall  is  finished. 


NEHEMIAH,  7. 


Registry  of  the  returned. 


who  was  shut  up  ;  and  he  said,  Let  'us  meet  to- 
gether in  the  house  of  God,  within  the  temple,  and 
let  us  shut  the  doors  of  the  temple :  for  they  will 
come  to  slay  thee  ;  yea,  in  the  night  will  they  come 
to  slay  thee. 

11  And  I  said,  '"  Should  such  a  man  as  I  flee?  and 
who  is  there,  that,  being  as  I  am,  would  go  into  the 
temple  to  save  his  life  ?     I  will  not  go  in. 

12  And,  lo,  I  perceived  that  God  had  not  sent  him ; 
but  that  "he  pronounced  this  prophecy  against  me : 
for  T6-bIfah  and  San-bal'lat  had  hired  him. 

13  Therefore  was  he  hired,  that  I  should  be  afraid, 
and  do  so,  and  sin,  and  that  they  might  have  matter 
for  an  evil  report,  that  they  might  reproach  me. 

14  °My  God,  think  thou  upon  To-bl'ah  and  San- 
bal'lat  according  to  these  their  works,  and  on  the 
"  prophetess  No-a-dl'ah,  and  the  rest  of  the  prophets, 
that  would  have  put  me  in  fear. 

15  Tl  So  the  wall  was  finished  in  the  twenty  and 
fifth  day  of  the  month  E'lul,  in  fifty  and  two  days. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  that "  when  all  our  enemies 
heard  thereof,  and  all  the  heathen  that  were  about 
us  saw  these  things,  they  were  much  cast  down  in 
their  own  eyes :  for  ''they  perceived  that  this  work 
was  wrought  of  our  God. 

17  Tf  Moreover  in  those  days  the  nobles  of  Ju'dah 
3 sent  many  letters  unto  To-bl'ah,  and  the  letters  of 
To-bl'ah  came  unto  them. 

18  For  there  were  many  in  Ju'dah  sworn  unto  him, 
because  he  was  the  son  in  law  of  Shech-a-ni'ah  the 
son  of  A'rah  ;  and  his  son  Jo-ha'nan  had  taken  the 
daughter  of  Me-shul'lam  the  son  of  Ber-e-chl'ah. 

19  Also  they  reported  his  good  deeds  before  me, 
and  uttered  my  4  words  to  him.  And  To-bl'ah  sent 
letters  to  put  me  in  fear. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Hanani  and  Hananiah  in  charge  of  Jerusalem.    5  Registry  of  the  returned.     70  Their 

oblations. 

"1VTOW  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  wall  "was  built, 
-^  and  I  had  *  set  up  the  doors,  and  the  porters 
and  the  singers  and  the  Le'vltes  were  appointed, 

2  That  I  gave  my  brother  Ha-na'rii,  and  Han-a-ni'ah 
the  ruler  cof  the  palace,  charge  over  JS-ru'sS-lem  : 
for  he  was  da,  faithful  man,  and  e  feared  God  above 
many. 

3  And  I  said  unto  them,  Let  not  the  gates  of  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  be  opened  until  the  sun  be  hot ;  and  while 
they  stand  by,  let  them  shut  the  doors,  and  bar 
them :  and  appoint  watches  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem,  every  one  in  his  watch,  and  every  one 
to  be  over  against  his  house. 

4  Now  the  city  was  Marge  and  great :  but  the 
people  were  few  therein,  and  the  houses  were  not 
builded. 

5  1  And  my  God  •'put  into  mine  heart  to  gather 
together  the  nobles,  and  the  rulers,  and  the  people, 
that  they  might  be  reckoned  by  genealogy.  And  I 
found  2a  register  of  the  genealogy  of  them  which 
came  up  at  the  first,  and  found  written  therein, 

6  These  are  the  children  of  the  province,  that  went 
up  out  of  the  captivity,  of   those  that  had  been 

3*0 


B.  C.  4=45. 


I  Prov.  20.  24. 


m  Prov.  28.  1. 


n  Ezek.  13.  22. 


o  ch.  13.  29. 


p  Ezek.  13.  17. 


q  ch.  2.  10. 
ch.  4.  1,  7. 
ch.  6.  1. 


r  Ps.  126.  2. 


3  multiplied 
their  letters 
passing  to 
Tobiah. 


4  Or,  matters. 


a  ch.  3. 
b  ch.  6.  1. 
c  eh.  2.  8. 
(I  Num.  12.  7. 

ch.  13.  13. 

Ps.  101.  6. 

Matt.  24.  45. 

1  Cor.  4.  2. 
e  Gen.  42.  18. 

Ex.  18.  21. 

ch.  5.  15. 

Job  31.  23. 

Prov.  16.  6. 

1  broad  in  spaces. 
f  Prov.  2.  6. 

Rom.  11.  36. 

1  Cor.  4.  7. 

2  Cor.  8.  16. 
Jas.  1.  17. 

2  Perhaps  the 
one  in 
Ezra  2.  1, 
contained  the 
number  en- 
rolled for  the 
journey,  and 
this  only 
those  who 
actually. re- 
turned, as 
they  are  not 
exactly  the 
same. 

3  Or,  Seraiah, 
Ezra  2.  2. 

4  Or,  Bani. 
Ezra  2.  10. 

5  Or,  Jorah, 
Ezra  2.  18. 

6  Or,  Gibbar, 
Ezra  2.  20. 

g  Gen.  35.  6. 

Ruth  2.  4. 

1  Sam.  17.  12. 

2Ghr.  11.  6. 

Ezra  2.  21. 

Mic.  5.  2. 

Matt.  2.  1. 
h  Josh.  21.  18. 

1  Chr.  G.  54,  60. 

Ezra  2.  23. 

Jer.  1.  1. 

7  Or,  Azmaveth, 
Ezra  2.  24. 

8  Or,  Kirjath- 
arim, 
Ezra  2.  25. 

i  1  Sam.  13.  2. 

Ezra  2.  27. 
'Isa.  10.  28. 


carried  away,  whom  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  the  king  of 
Bab'y-lon  had  carried  away,  and  came  again  to  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  and  to  Ju'dah,  every  one  unto  his  city  ; 

7  Who  came  with  Ze-rub'ba-bel,  Jesh'u-a,  Ne-he- 
mi'ah,  3Az-a-rI'ah,  Ra-a-ml'ah,  Na-ham'a-nl,  M6r'de- 
cai,  Bil'shan,  Mis'pe-reth,  Big'va-I,  Ne'hum,  Ba'a- 
nah.  The  number,  I  say,  of  the  men  of  the  people 
of  I§'ra-el  was  this  ; 

8  The  children  of  Pa'rosh,  two  thousand  an  hundred 
seventy  and  two. 

9  The  children  of  Sheph-a-ti'ah,  three  hundred 
seventy  and  two. 

10  The  children  of  A'rah,  six  hundred  fifty  and 
two. 

11  The  children  of  Pa'hath-mo'ab,  of  the  children 
of  Jesh'u-a  and  Jo'ab,  two  thousand  and  eight  hun- 
dred and  eighteen. 

12  The  children  of  E'lam,  a  thousand  two  hundred 
fifty  and  four. 

13  The  children  of  Zat'tu,  eight  hundred  forty  and 
five. 

14  The  children  of  Zac'ca-I,  seven  hundred  and 
threescore. 

15  The  children  of  4Bm'nu-I,  six  hundred  forty 
and  eight. 

16  The  children  of  Beb'a-T,  six  hundred  twenty 
and  eight. 

17  The  children  of  Az'gad,  two  thousand  three 
hundred  twenty  and  two^ 

18  The  children  of  A-don'i-kam,  six  hundred 
threescore  and  seven. 

19  The  children  of  Big'va-I,  two  thousand  three- 
score and  seven. 

20  The  children  of  A'dm,  six  hundred  fifty  and 
five. 

21  The  children  of  A'ter  of  Hez-e-kl'ah,  ninety 
and  eight. 

22  The  children  of  Ha'shum,  three  hundred  twenty 
and  eight. 

23  The  children  of  Be'zai,  three  hundred  twenty 
and  four. 

24  The  children  of  5Ha'riph,  an  hundred  and 
twelve. 

25  The  children  of  6Gib'e-on,  ninety  and  five. 

26  The  men  of  a  Beth' -le-hem  and  Ne-to'phah,  an 
hundred  fourscore  and  eight. 

27  The  men  of  ''An'a-thoth,  an  hundred  twenty 
and  eight. 

28  The  men  of  7Beth-az'ma-ve,th,  forty  and  two. 

29  The  men  of  8Kir'jath-je'a-rim,  Che-phl'rah, 
and  Be-e'roth,  seven  hundred  forty  and  three. 

30  The  men  of  Ra'mah  and  Ga'ba,  six  hundred 
twenty  and  one. 

31  The  men  of  !  Mich 'mas,  an  hundred  and  twenty 
and  two. 

32  The  men  of  Beth '-el  and  A'T,  an  hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

33  The  men  of  the  other  Ne'bO,  fifty  and  two. 

34  The  children  of  the  other  E'lam,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 

35  The  children  of  Ha'rim,  three  hundred  and 
twenty. 


legistry  of  the  returned. 


NEHEMIAH,  8. 


Gifts  of  the  people. 


36  The  children  of  Jer'i-cho,  three  hundred  forty 
and  five. 

37  The  children  of  Lod,  Ha'did,  and  O'no,  seven 
hundred  twenty  and  one. 

38  The  children  of  Se-na'ah,  three  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  thirty. 

39  If  The  priests :  the  children  of  j  Je-da'iah,  of  the 
house  of  Jesh'u-a,  nine  hundred  seventy  and  three. 

40  The  children  of  /(Tm'mer,  a  thousand  fifty  and 
two. 

41  The  children  of  ^ash'ur,  a  thousand  two  hun- 
dred forty  and  seven. 

42  The  children  of  mHa'rim,  a  thousand  and  seven- 
teen. 

43  If  The  Le'vites  :  the  children  of  Jesh'u-a,  of 
Kad'mi-el,  and  of  the  children  of  9H6-de'vah, 
seventy  and  four. 

44  If  The  singers  :  the  children  of  A'saph,  an  hun- 
dred forty  and  eight. 

45  If  The  porters  :  the  children  of  Shal'lum,  the 
children  of  A'ter,  the  children  of  Tal'mon,  the  chil- 
dren of  Ak'kub,  the  children  of  Hat'i-ta,  the  chil- 
dren of  Sho'ba-I,  an  hundred  thirty  and  eight.    • 

46  If  The  Neth'i-nimg  :  the  children  of  Zi'ha,  the 
children  of  Ha-su'pha,  the  children  of  Tab'ba-oth, 

47  The  children  of  Ke'ros,  the  children  of  10Si'a, 
the  children  of  Pa 'don, 

48  The  children  of  Leb'a-na,  the  children  of  Hag'- 
a-ba,  the  children  of  11Shal'ma-I, 

49  The  children  of  Ha'nan,  the  children  of  Gid'- 
del,  the  children  of  Ga'har, 

50  The  children  of  Re-a-I'ah,  the  children  of  Re'- 
zin,  the  children  of  Ne-ko'da, 

51  The  children  of  Gaz'zam,  the  children  of  Uz'za, 
the  children  of  Pha-se'ah, 

52  The  children  of  Be'sai,  the  children  of  Me-u'- 
nim,  the  children  of  12Ne-phish'e-sim, 

53  The  children  of  Bak'biik,  the  children  of  Ha- 
ku'pha,  the  children  of  Har'hur, 

54  The  children  of  13Baz'lith,  the  children  of  Me- 
hl'da,  the  children  of  Har'sha, 

55  The  children  of  -Bar'kos,  the  children  of  Sis'- 
e-ra,  the  children  of  Ta'mah, 

56  The  children  of  Ns-zi'ah,  the  children  of  Hat'- 
l-pha. 

57  1f  The  "children  of  Sol'o-mon's  servants  :  the 
children  of  So'ta-I,  the  children  of  Soph'e-reth,  the 
children  of  u  Pe-ri'da, 

58  The  children  of  Ja-a'la,  the  children  of  Dar'kon, 
the  children  of  Gid'del, 

59  The  children  of  Sheph-a-tT'ah,  the  children  of 
Hat'til,  the  children  of  Poch'e-reth  of  Ze-ba'im,  the 
children  of  15A'mon. 

60  All  the  Neth'i-nimg,  and  the  children  of  Sol'o- 
mon's  servants,  were  three  hundred  ninety  and  two. 

61  "And  these  were  they  which  went  up  also 
froni  Tel-me'lah,  Tel-ha-re'sha,  Che'rub,  16Ad'don, 
and  Im'mer :  but  they  could  not  shew  their  father's 
house,  nor  their  17seed,  whether  they  were  of  I§'ra-el. 

62  The  children  of  Del-a-I'ah,  the  children  of  T6- 
bl'ah,  the  children  of  Ne-ko'da,  six  hundred  forty 
and  two. 


B.  C.  536. 


j  1  Chr.  24.  7. 
Ezra  2.  36. 


1  Chr.  24. 
Ezra  2.  37 


I  !. 


/  1  Chr.  9.  12. 
1  Chr.  24.  9. 


m  1  Chr.  24.  8. 
Ezra  2.  39. 
Ezra  10.  31. 


9  Or,  Hodaviah, 
Ezra  2.  40 : 
or,  Judah, 
Ezra  3.  9. 


10  Or,  Siaha, 
Ezra  2.  44. 


11  Or,  Sharalai. 


12  Or,  Nephusim, 
Ezra  2.  50. 

13  Or,  Bazluth, 
Ezra  2.  52. 

n  Gen.  9.  25,  26. 

1  Ki.  5.  13,  14. 

2  Chr.  2. 17,18. 

14  Or,  Peruda. 

15  Ov,  Ami. 
o  Ezra  2.  59. 

16  Or,  Addan. 

17  Or,  pedigree. 
]>  2  Sam.  17.  27. 

2  Sam.  19. 
31-34. 
1  Ki.  2.  7. 
Ezra  2.  61 . 

18  Or,  the 
governor. 

q  Ex.  28.  30. 
Lev.  8.  8. 
Num.  7.  89. 
Num.  27. 
18-21. 
Deut.  33.  8. 
Judg.  1.1. 

19  part. 

i'  ch.  8.  9. 

eh.  10.  1. 
s  Ezra  2.  69. 
t  Job  34.  19. 

Rom.  2.  11. 

Gal.  3.  23. 
u  ch.  11.  20,  36. 
v  Ex.23.  14-17. 

Lev.  23.  24-44. 

Ezra  3.  1. 


a  Ezra  3.  1. 
b  ch.  3.  26. 

ch.  12.  37. 
c  Ezra  7.  6. 

Isa.  8.  20. 

Jer.  8.  8,  9. 
r/2  Chr.  34.  15. 

Isa.  8.  20. 

Mai.  4.  4. 
e  Deut.  31. 11, 12. 
/ 1  Pet.  3.  7. 

1  that  under- 
stood in 
hearing. 

g  Lev.  23.  24. 

2  from  the  light. 

3  tower  of  wood. 


63  1  And  of  the  priests  :  the  children  of  Ha-ba'- 
iah,  the  children  of  Koz,  the  children  of  pBar-zil'- 
la-I,  which  took  one  of  the  daughters  of  Bar-zil'la-I 
the  Gil'e-ad-Ite  to  wife,  and  was  called  after  their 
name. 

64  These  sought  their  register  among  those  that 
were  reckoned  by  genealogy,  but  it  was  not  found : 
therefore  were  they,  as  polluted,  put  from  the 
priesthood. 

65  And  18the  Tir'sha-tha  said  unto  them,  that  they 
should  not  eat  of  the  most  holy  things,  till  there 
stood  up  a  priest  with  "U'rim  and  Thum'mim. 

66  If  The  whole  congregation  together  was  forty 
and  two  thousand  three  hundred  and  threescore, 

67  Beside  their  manservants  and  their  maidser- 
vants, of  whom  there  were  seven  thousand  three 
hundred  thirty  and  seven  :  and  they  had  two  hun- 
dred forty  and  five  singing  men  and  singing  women. 

68  Their  horses,  seven  hundred  thirty  and  six  : 
their  mules,  two  hundred  forty  and  five  : 

69  Their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty  and  five  : 
six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty  asses. 

70  Tf  And  19some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  gave 
unto  the  work.  'The  Tir'sha-tha  gave  to  the  trea- 
sure a  thousand  drams  of  gold,  fifty  basons,  five 
hundred  and  thirty  priests'  garments. 

71  And  some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  gave  to 
the  treasure  of  the  work  s  twenty  thousand  drams 
of  gold,  and  two  thousand  and  two  hundred  pound 
of  silver. 

72  And  that  which  'the  rest  of  the  people  gave 
was  twenty  thousand  drams  of  gold,  and  two  thou- 
sand pound  of  silver,  and  threescore  and  seven 
priests'  garments. 

73  So  the  priests,  and  the  Le'vltes,  and  the  por- 
ters, and  the  singers,  and  some  of  the  people,  and  the 
Neth'i-nimg,  and  all  Ig'ra-el,  dwelt  in  "their  cities; 
"and  when  the  seventh  month  came,  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el  were  in  their  cities. 


CHAPTER  8. 


1  Raiding  and  hearing  I  he  law. 


9  Comforting  the  people, 
tabernacles. 


16  Kipping  the  feast  of 


AND  all  athe  people  gathered  themselves  to- 
-^-  gether  as  one  man  into  the  street  that  was  b  be- 
fore the  water  gate  ;  and  they  spake  unto  Ez'ra  the 
c  scribe  to  bring  the  book  doi  the  law  of  Mo'geg, 
which  the  Lord  had  commanded  to  Ig'ra-el. 

2  And  Ez'ra  the  priest  brought  ethe  law  before  the 
congregation  both  -^of  men  and  women,  and  all  1  that 
could  hear  with  understanding,  ffupon  the  first  day 
of  the  seventh  month. 

3  And  he  read  therein  before  the  street  that  was 
before  the  water  gate  2from  the  morning  until 
midday,  before  the  men  and  the  women,  and  those 
that  could  understand ;  and  the  ears  of  all  the  people 
were  attentive  unto  the  book  of  the  law. 

4  And  Ez'ra  the  scribe  stood  upon  a  3 pulpit  of 
wood,  which  they  had  made  for  the  purpose  ;  and 
beside  him  stood  Mat-tf-thi'ah,  and  She 'ma,  and 
An-a-I'ah,  and  U-rl'jah,  and  Hil-ki'ah,  and  Ma-a-se'- 

and  on  his  left  hand,  Pe- 
381 


iah,  on  his  right  hand 


Comforting  the  people. 


NEHEMIAH,  9. 


Prayer  of  the  Levites. 


da'iah,  and  Mish'a-el,  and  Mal-chi'ah,  and  Ha'shum, 
and  Hash-bad 'a-na,  Zech-a-rl'ah,  and  Mg-shiil'lam. 

5  And  Ez'ra  opened  the  book  in  the  4 sight  of  all 
the  people  ;  (for  he  was  above  all  the,  people  ;)  and 
when  he  opened  it,  all  the  people  h  stood  up  : 

6  And  Ez'ra  blessed  the  Lord,  the  great  God. 
And  all  the  people  i  answered,  Amen,  Amen,  with 
J  lifting  up  their  hands  :  and  Hhey  bowed  their 
heads,  and  worshipped  the  Lord  with  their  faces  to 
the  ground. 

7  Also  Jesh'u-a,  and  Ba'nl,  and  Sher-e-bl'ah,  Ja'- 
min,  Ak'kiib,  Shab-beth'a-I,  Ho-di'jah,  Ma-a-se'iah, 
Kel'I-ta,  Az-a-rl'ah,  Joz'a-bad,  Ha'nan,  Pel-a-I'ah, 
and  the  Le'vltes,  'caused  the  people  to  understand 
the  law :  and  the  people  stood  in  their  place. 

8  So  they  read  in  the  book  in  the  law  of  God 
"distinctly,  and  gave  the  sense,  and  caused  them  to 
understand  the  reading. 

9  If  nAnd  Ne-he-ml'ah,  which  is5 the  TIr'sha-tha, 
and  Ez'ra  the  priest  the  scribe,  "and  the  Le'vltes 
that  taught  the  people,  said  unto  all  the  people, 
pThis  day  is  holy  unto  the  Lord  your  God ;  Q  mourn 
not,  nor  weep.  For  all  the  people  wept,  when  they 
heard  the  words  of  the  law. 

10  Then  he  said  unto  them,  Go  your  way,  eat  the 
fat,  and  drink  the  sweet,  rand  send  portions  unto 
them  for  whom  nothing  is  prepared  :  for  this  day 
is  holy  unto  our  Lord  :  neither  be  ye  sorry  ;  for 
the  joy  of  the  Lord  is  your  strength. 

11  So  the  Le'vltes  stilled  all  the  people,  saying, 
Hold  your  peace,  for  the  day  is  holy  ;  neither  be  ye 
grieved. 

12  And  all  the  people  went  their  way  to  eat,  and 
to  drink,  and  to  send  portions,  and  to  make  great 
mirth,  because  they  had  understood  the  words  that 
were  declared  unto  them. 

13  H  And  on  the  second  day  were  gathered  to- 
gether the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  all  the  people, 
the  priests,  and  the  Le'vltes,  unto  Ez'ra  the  scribe, 
even  6to  understand  the  words  of  the  law. 

14  And  they  found  written  in  the  law  which  the 
Lord  had  commanded  7by  Mo'geg,  that  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el  should  dwell  in  'booths  in  the  feast  of 
the  seventh  month : 

15  And  that  they  should  publish  and  proclaim  in 
all  their  cities,  and  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  saying,  Go  forth 
unto  the  mount,  and  fetch  olive  branches,  and  pine 
branches,  and  myrtle  branches,  and  palm  branches, 
and  branches  of  thick  trees,  to  make  booths,  as  it 
is  written. 

16  1  So  the  people  went  forth,  and  brought  them, 
and  made  themselves  booths,  every  one  upon  the 
*  roof  of  his  house,  and  in  their  courts,  and  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  God,  and  ui  the  street  of 
the  u  water  gate,  v  and  in  the  street  of  the  gate  of 
E'phra-Im. 

17  And  all  the  congregation  of  them  that  were 
come  again  out  of  the  captivity  made  booths,  and 
sat  under  the  booths :  for  since  the  days  of  Jesh'u-a 
the  son  of  Nun  unto  that  day  had  not  the  children 
of  I§'ra-el  done  so.  And  there  was  very  great 
gladness. 

382 


B.  C.  445. 


4  eyes. 


h  Judg.  3.  20. 


i  Num.  5.  22. 

ch.  5.  13. 

Matt.  6.  13. 

1  Cor.  14.  16. 
j'Lam.  3.  41. 
A- Ex.  4.  31. 


?Lev.  K).  11. 


m  Hab.  2.  2. 
Acts  8.  30-35. 


n  Ezra  2.  63. 

ch.  7.  65. 
5  Or,  the 

governor. 
o  2  Chr.  35.  3. 

Hos.  4.  6. 
p  Lev.  23.  24. 
g  Deut.  16.  14. 

Eccl.  3.  4. 

Mai.  2,  13. 


cEsth.  9.  10. 
Luke  11 .  41 . 
Rev.  11.  10. 


6  Or,  that  they 
might  instruct 
in  the  words 
of  the  law. 

7  by  the  hand  of. 
*  Gen.  33.  17. 

Lev.  23.  34. 
i  Deut.  22.  8. 
u  ch.  3.  26. 
v  ch.  12.  39. 
wDeut.  31.  10. 

8  a  restraint. 
x  Num.  29.  35. 


a  ch.  8.  2. 
b  Josh.  7.  6. 

1  Sam.  4.  12. 

2  Sam.  1.  2. 
Job  2.  12. 

c  Ezra  10.  11. 
ch.  13.  3. 

1  strange  chil- 
dren. 

d  Prov.  28.  13. 

Jer.  3.  13. 

1  John  1.7-9. 
e  ch.  8.  7. 

2  Or,  scaffold. 
/Ex.  15.  6,  11. 

1  Chr.  29.  13. 

2  Cor.  4.  6. 
g  Deut.  6.  4. 

Isa.  37.  16. 

Mark  12.  29. 
h  Rev.  14.  7. 
i  Deut.  10.  14. 
/  Ps.  36.  6. 
JGen.  11.31. 
I  Josh.  23.  14. 
m  Ex.  9.  16. 

Jer.  32.  20. 

D;in.  9.  15. 

Rom.  9.  17. 
n  Ex.  13.21. 
o  Ps.  19.  8,  9. 

Rom.  7.  12. 

3  laws  of  truth. 
p  Gen.  2.  3. 

Ex.  20.  8. 
Isa.  56.  2. 
Mark  2.  27. 
Heb.  4.  9. 


18  Also  w  day  by  day,  from  the  first  day  unto  the 
last  day,  he  read  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God. 
And  they  kept  the  feast  seven  days ;  and  on  the 
eighth  day  was  8a  solemn  assembly, x  according  unto 
the  manner. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  A  solemn  fust  and  repentance.    4  Prayer  and  confession  of  the  Levites. 

"XTOW  in  the  twenty  and  fourth  day  of  athis 
-^  month  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  were  assembled 
with  fasting,  and  with  sackclothes,  6and  earth  upon 
them. 

2  And  cthe  seed  of  Ig'ra-el  separated  themselves 
from  all  1  strangers,  and  stood  d  and  confessed  their 
sins,  and  the  iniquities  of  their  fathers. 

3  And  they  stood  up  in  their  place,  and  eread  in 
the  book  of  the  law  of  the  Lord  their  God  one 
fourth  part  of  the  day;  and  another  fourth  part 
they  confessed,  and  worshipped  the  Lord  their  God. 

4  1  Then  stood  up  upon  the  2 stairs,  of  the  Le'- 
vltes, Jesh'u-a,  and  Ba'nl,  Kad'mi-el,  Sheb-a-nl'ah, 
Bun'nl,  Sher-e-bl'ah,  Ba'nl,  and  Chen'a-nl,  and  cried 
with  a  loud  voice  unto  the  Lord  their  God. 

5  Then  the  Le'vltes,  Jesh'u-a,  and  Kad'mi-el,  Ba'nl, 
Hash-ab-ni'ah,  Sher-e-bl'ah,  H6-di'jah,  Sheb-a-nl'ah, 
and  Peth-a-hi'ah,  said,  Stand  up  and  bless  the  Lord 
your  God  for  ever  and  ever :  and  blessed  be  rthy 
glorious  name,  which  is  exalted  above  all  blessing 
and  praise. 

6  "Thou,  even  thou,  art  Lord  alone;  Hhou  hast 
made  heaven,  *  the  heaven  of  heavens,  with  all  their 
host,  the  earth,  and  all  things  that  are  therein,  the 
seas,  and  all  that  is  therein,  and  thou  J'preservest 
them  all ;  and  the  host  of  heaven  worshippeth  thee. 

7  Thou  art  the  Lord  the  God,  who  didst  choose 
^A'bram,  and  broughtest  him  forth  out  of  tlr  of 
the  Chal'deeg,  and  gavest  him  the  name  of  A'bra- 
ham  ; 

8  And  foundest  his  heart  faithful  before  thee, 
and  madest  a  covenant  with  him  to  give  the  land 
of  the  Ca'naan-Ites,  the  Hit'tltes,  the  Am'or-Ites, 
and  the  Per'iz-zites,  and  the  Jeb'u-sltes,  and  the 
GIr'ga-shltes,  to  give  it,  I  say,  to  his  seed,  and  l  hast 
performed  thy  words  ;  for  thou  art  righteous : 

9  And  didst  see  the  affliction  of  our  fathers  in 
E'gypt,  and  heardest  their  cry  by  the  Red  sea; 

10  And  shewedst  signs  and  wonders  upon  Pha'- 
raoh,  and  on  all  his  servants,  and  on  all  the  people 
of  his  land :  for  thou  knewest  that  they  dealt  proudly 
against  them.  So  didst  thou  mget  thee  a  name,  as 
it  is  this  day. 

11  And  thou  didst  divide  the  sea  before  them,  so 
that  they  went  through  the  midst  of  the  sea  on  the 
dry  land  ;  and  their  persecutors  thou  threwest  into 
the  deeps,  as  a  stone  into  the  mighty  waters. 

12  Moreover  thou  Meddest  them  in  the  day  by  a 
cloudy  pillar ;  and  in  the  night  by  a  pillar  of  fire,  to 
give  them  light  in  the  way  wherein  they  should  go. 

13  Thou  earnest  down  also  upon  mount  Sl'nai,  and 
spakest  with  them  from  heaven,  and  gavest  them 
0  right  judgments,  and  3true  laws,  good  statutes  and 
commandments : 

14  And  madest  known  unto  them  thy  v  holy  sab- 


Prayer  and  confession 


NEHEMIAH,  10. 


r 


of  the  Levites. 


bath,  and  commandedst  them  precepts,  statutes,  and 
laws,  by  the  hand  of  Mo'seg  thy  servant : 

15  And  9  gavest  them  bread  from  heaven  for  their 
hunger,  and  broughtest  forth  water  for  them  out 
of  the  rock  for  their  thirst,  and  promisedst  them 
that  they  should  r  go  in  to  possess  the  land  4  which 
thou  hadst  sworn  to  give  them. 

16  But  they  and  our  fathers  dealt  proudly,  and 
8  hardened  their  necks,  and  hearkened  not  to  thy 
commandments, 

17  And  refused  to  obey,  'neither  were  mindful  of 
thy  wonders  that  thou  didst  among  them ;  but  hard- 
ened their  necks,  and  in  their  rebellion  appointed  "  a 
captain  to  return  to  their  bondage  :  but  thou  art 5  a 
God  ready  to  pardon,  v  gracious  and  merciful,  slow 
to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness,  and  forsookest 
them  not. 

18  Yea,  when  they  had  made  them  a  molten  calf, 
and_said,  This  is  thy  God  that  brought  thee  up  out 
of  E'gypt,  and  had  wrought  great  provocations  ; 

19  Yet  thou  in  thy  '"  manifold  mercies  forsookest 
them  not  in  the  wilderness  :  the  'pillar  of  the  cloud 
departed  not  from  them  by  day,  to  lead  them  in 
the  way ;  neither  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  to  shew 
them  light,  and  the  way  wherein  they  should  go. 

20  Thou  gavest  also  thy  ygood  spirit  to  instruct 
them,  and  withheldest  not  thy  manna  from  their 
mouth,  and  gavest  them  water  for  their  thirst. 

21  Yea,  forty  years  didst  thou  sustain  them  in  the 
wilderness,  so  that  they  lacked  nothing  ;  their 
z  clothes  waxed  not  old,  and  their  feet  swelled  not. 

22  Moreover  thou  gavest  them  kingdoms  and  na- 
tions, and  didst  divide  them  into  corners  :  so  they 
possessed  the  land  of  Si'hon,  and  the  land  of  the 
king  of  Hesh'bon,  and  the  land  of  Og  king  of  Ba'- 
shan. 

23  "Their  children  also  multipliedst  thou  as  the 
stars  of  heaven,  and  broughtest  them  into  the  land, 
concerning  which  thou  hadst  promised  to  their 
fathers,  that  they  should  go  in  to  possess  it. 

24  So  the  children  went  in  and  possessed  the  land, 
and  thou  subduedst  before  them  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land,  the  Ca'naan-Ites,  and  gavest  them  into 
their  hands,  with  their  kings,  and  the  people  of  the 
land,  that  they  might  do  with  them  6as  they  would. 

25  And  they  took  strong  cities,  and  a  b  fat  land, 
and  possessed  c  houses  full  of  all  goods, 7  wells  digged, 
vineyards,  and  oliveyards,  and  8  fruit  trees  in  abun- 
dance :  so  they  did  eat,  and  were  filled,  and  be- 
came dfat,  and  delighted  themselves  in  thy  e  great 
goodness. 

26  Nevertheless  they  were  disobedient,  and  rebelled 
against  thee,  and  cast  thy  law  behind  their  backs, 
and  slew  thy  •'"prophets  which  testified  against  them 
to  turn  them  to  thee,  and  they  wrought  great  pro- 
vocations. 

27  Therefore  thou  deliveredst  them  into  the  hand 
of  their  enemies,  who  vexed  them  :  and  in  the  time 
of  their  trouble,  when  they  cried  unto  thee,  thou 
heardest  them  from  heaven  ;  and  according  to  thy 
manifold  mercies  thou  gavest  them  saviours,  who 
saved  them  out  of  the  hand  of  their  enemies. 


B.  C.  445. 


<l  Ex.  16.  14.  15. 
Jolm  0.  31. 


rDeut.  1.  8. 

4  which  thou 
hadst  lilt  up 
thine  hand  to 
give  them. 

s  Deut.  31.  27. 

2  Chr.  30.  8. 

Ps.  106.  6. 

Jer.  19.  15. 
IPs.  78.  11. 


«  Num.  14.  4. 

5  a  God  of  par- 
dons. 

V  Ex.  34.  G. 
Num.  14.  IS. 
Ps.  SG.  5,  1.",. 
Joel  2.  13. 


w  Ps.  10G.  45. 


x  Ex.  13.  21,  22. 

Num.  14.  14. 


V  Num.  11.  17 
Isa.  03.  11. 


Deut.  8.  4. 
Ps.  31.  10 


a  Gen.  15.  5. 
1  Chr.  27.  23. 

6  according  to 
their  will. 

b  Deut.  8.  7-10. 

Ezek.  20.  6. 
c  Deut.  6.  11. 

7  Or,  cisterns. 

8  tree  of  food. 
d  Deut.  32.  15. 

Hos.  13.  6. 
e  1  Ki.  8.  GO. 

Rom.  2.  4. 
/Matt.  21.  35. 

Acts  7.  52. 

9  they  returned 
to  do  evil. 

g  Deut.  4.  26. 

Jer.  25.  3-7. 

Hos.  6.  5. 
h  Lev.  18.  5. 

Matt.  19.  17. 

Luke  10.  28. 

Rom.  10.  5. 

Gal.  3.  12. 

10  they  gave  a 
withdrawing 
shoulder. 

11  protract  over 
them. 

i  Ps.  78.  8,  40. 
Isa.  63.  10. 
Jer.  7.  25. 
Acts  7.  51. 

12  in  the  hand  of 
thy  prophets. 

j  Jer.  5.  10. 

13  weariness. 

14  that  hath 
found  us. 

h  2  Ki.  17.  3. 

Isa.  7.  17,  IS. 
/  Gen.  18.  25. 

Ps.  119.  137. 

Dan.  9.  14. 
m  Deut.  28.  4S. 
n  Deut.  2S.  33. 
o  Deut.  28.  48. 

15  are  at  the  seal- 
ing, or,  sealed. 


1  at  the  sealings. 
a  ch.  S.  9. 

2  Or,  the 
governor. 

6ch.  1.  1. 


28  But  after  they  had  rest,  "they  did  evil  again 
before  thee  :  therefore  leftest  thou  them  in  the 
hand  of  their  enemies,  so  that  they  had  the  dominion 
over  them  :  yet  when  they  returned,  and  cried  unto 
thee,  thou  heardest  them  from  heaven  ;  and  many 
times  didst  thou  deliver  them  according  to  thy 
mercies  ; 

29  And  °  testifiedst  against  them,  that  thou  might- 
est  bring  them  again  unto  thy  law  :  yet  they  dealt 
proudly,  and  hearkened  not  unto  thy  command- 
ments, but  sinned  against  thy  judgments,  (*  which 
if  a  man  do,  he  shall  live  in  them;)  and  10 withdrew 
the  shoulder,  and  hardened  their  neck,  and  would 
not  hear. 

30  Yet  many  years  didst  thou  "  forbear  them,  and 
testifiedst  'against  them  by  thy  spirit  12in  thy 
prophets  :  yet  would  they  not  give  ear  :  therefore 
gavest  thou  them  into  the  hand  of  the  people  of  the 
lands. 

31  Nevertheless  for  thy  great  mercies'  sake  J'thou 
didst  not  utterly  consume  them,  nor  forsake  them; 
for  thou  art  a  gracious  and  merciful  God. 

32  Now  therefore,  our  God,  the  great,  the  mighty, 
and  the  terrible  God,  who  keepest  covenant  and 
mercy,  let  not  all  the  13  trouble  seem  little  before 
thee,  14that  hath  come  upon  us,  on  our  kings,  on 
our  princes,  and  on  our  priests,  and  on  our  prophets, 
and  on  our  fathers,  and  on  all  thy  people,  k  since 
the  time  of  the  kings  of  As-syr'i-a  unto  this  day. 

33  Howbeit  'thou  art  just  in  all  that  is  brought 
upon  us ;  for  thou  hast  done  right,  but  we  have 
done  wickedly  : 

34  Neither  have  our  kings,  our  princes,  our  priests, 
nor  our  fathers,  kept  thy  law,  nor  hearkened  unto 
thy  commandments  and  thy  testimonies,  wherewith 
thou  didst  testify  against  them. 

35  For  they  have  not  served  thee  in  their  kingdom, 
and  in  thy  great  goodness  that  thou  gavest  them, 
and  in  the  large  and  fat  land  which  thou  gavest 
before  them,  neither  turned  they  from  their  wicked 
works. 

36  Behold,  m  we  are  servants  this  day,  and  for  the 
land  that  thou  gavest  unto  our  fathers  to  eat  the 
fruit  thereof  and  the  good  thereof,  behold,  we  are 
servants  in  it : 

37  And  nit  yieldeth  much  increase  unto  the  kings 
whom  thou  hast  set  over  us  because  of  our  sins  : 
also  they  have  "dominion  over  our  bodies,  and  over 
our  cattle,  at  their  pleasure,  and  we  are  in  great 
distress. 

38  And  because  of  all  this  we  make  a  sure  cove- 
nant, and  write  it ;  and  our  princes,  Le'vltes,  and 
priests,  15seal  unto  it. 

-     CHAPTER  10. 

1  Those  who  sealed  the  covenant.     29  Points  of  Hie  covenant. 

"VTOW  1  those  that  sealed  were,  "Ne-he-mi'ah,  2the 
-^  Tir'sha-tha,  6the  son  of  Hach-a-ll'ah,  and  Zid- 
kl'jah, 

2  Ser-a-I'ah,  Az-a-ri'ah,  Jer-e-mi'ah, 

3  Pash'iir,  Am-a-ri'ah,  Mal-chl'jah, 

4  Hat'tush,  Sheb-a-ni'ah,  Mal'luch, 

383 


The  covenanters. 


NEHEMIAH,  11. 


Officials  at  Jerusalem. 


5  Ha'rim,  Mer'e-moth,  O-ba-dl'ah, 

6  Dan'iel,  Gm'ne-thon,  Ba'ruch, 

7  Me-shul'lam,  A-bl'jah,  Mlj'a-min, 

8  Ma-a-zl'ah,  Bll'ga-I,  Shem-a-I'ah :  these  were  the 
priests. 

9  And  the  c  Le'vites :  both  Jesh'u-a  the  son  of  Az-a- 
nl'ah,  Bm'nu-I  of  the  sons  of  Hen'a-dad,  Kad'mi-el ; 

10  And  their  brethren,  Sheb-a-nl'ah,  H6-dI'jah, 
Kel'i-ta,  Pel-a-I'ah,  Ha'nan, 

11  Ml'cha,  Re'hob,  Hash-a-bl'ah, 

12  Zac'cur,  Sher-e-bl'ah,  Sheb-a-nl'ah, 

13  Ho-di'jah,  Ba'nl,  Ben'i-nu.  * 

14  The  chief  of  the  people  ;  Pa'rosh,  Pa'hath- 
mo'ab,  E'lam,  Zat'thu,  Ba'nl, 

15  Biin'nl,  Az'gad,  Beb'a-I, 

16  Ad-o-nl'jah,  Big'va-I,  A'din, 

17  A'ter,  Hiz-kl'jah,  Az'zur, 

18  H6-dI'jah,  Ha'shum,  Be'zai, 

19  Ha'riph,  An'a-thoth,  Neb'a-I, 

20  Mag'pi-ash,  Me-shul'lam,  He'zir, 

21  Me-shez'a-be-el,  Za'dok,  Jad-du'a, 

22  Pel-a-tl'ah,  Ha'nan,  An-a-I'ah, 

23  Ho-she'a,  Han-a-nl'ah,  Ha'shub, 

24  Hal-lo'hesh,  Pife-ha,  Sho'bek, 

25  Re'hiim,  Ha-shab'nah,  Ma-a-se'iah, 

26  And  A-hl'jah,  Ha'nan,  A'nan, 

27  Mal'luch,  Ha'rim,  Ba'a-nah. 

28  1  And  dthe  rest  of  the  people,  the  priests,  the 
Le'vites,  the  porters,  the  singers,  the  Neth'i-nimg, 
eand  all  they  that  had  separated  themselves  from 
the  people  of  the  lands  unto  the  law  of  God,  their 
wives,  their  sons,  and  their  daughters,  every  one 
having  knowledge,  and  having  understanding ; 

29  They  clave  to  their  brethren,  their  nobles,  rand 
entered  into  a  curse,  and  into  an  oath,  "to  walk  in 
God's  law,  which  was  given  3by  Mo'geg  the  servant 
of  God,  and  to  observe  and  do  all  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  our  Lord,  and  his  judgments  and 
his  statutes  ; 

30  And  that  we  would  not  give  ''our  daughters 
unto  the  people  of  the  land,  nor  take  their  daughters 
for  our  sons  : 

31  *And  if  the  people  of  the  land  bring  ware  or 
any  victuals  on  the  sabbath  day  to  sell,  that  we 
would  not  buy  it  of  them  on  the  sabbath,  or  on  the 
holy  day  :  and  that  we  would  leave  the  J  seventh 
year,  and  the  k  exaction  of  4  every  debt. 

32  Also  we  made  'ordinances  for  us,  to  charge 
ourselves  yearly  with  the  third  part  of  a  shekel  for 
the  service  of  the  house  of  our  God ; 

33  For  mthe  shewbread,  and  for  the  continual 
meat  offering,  and  for  the  continual  burnt  offering, 
of  the  sabbaths,  of  the  new  moons,  for  the  set  feasts, 
and  for  the  holy  things,  and  for  the  sin  offerings  to 
make  an  atonement  for  Ig'ra-el,  and  for  all  the 
work  of  the  house  of  our  God. 

34  And  we  cast  the  lots  among  the  priests,  the 
Le'vites,  and  the  people,  "for  the  wood  offering,  to 
bring  it  into  the  house  of  our  God,  after  the  houses 
of  our  fathers,  at  times  appointed  year  by  year,  to 
burn  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  our  God,  °as  it  is 
written  in  the  law  : 

384 


B.  C.  445. 


c  ch.  12.  8. 


d  Ezra  2.  36. 


e  Ezra  9.  1. 
ch.  13.  3. 


/  Deut.  29.  12. 

ch.  5.  12. 

Isa.  14. 

Rom.  12.  9. 
.17  2  Ki.  23.  3. 

3  by  the  hand  of. 
h  Gen.  C.  2. 

Ex.  34.  10. 

Deut.  7.  3. 
i  Ex.  20.  10. 

Lev.  23.  3. 

ch.  13.  15. 

Jer.  17.  21. 
j  Ex.  23.  10. 

Lev.  25.  4. 
k  Deut.  15.  1. 

ch.  5.  12. 

4  every  hand. 
/  Gen.  28.  22. 
in  Lev.  24.  5. 

2  Chr.  2.  4. 
n  ch.  13.  31. 
o  Lev.  G.  12. 
;)  Ex   23.  19. 

Lev.  19.  23. 

Num.  18.  12. 

Deut.  26.  2. 
q  Ex.  13.  2, 

12,  13. 

Lev.  27.  26,  27. 
r  Lev.  23.  17. 

Num.  15.  19. 

Deut.  18.  4. 
s  Lev.  27.  30,  32. 

2  Chr.  31.  6. 
/  Num.  18.  26. 
u  1  Chr.  9.  26. 

2Clir.  31.  11. 
v  Num.  IS.  30. 

Deut.  12.  G. 

ch.  13.  12. 
H-ch.  13.  10. 

Ps.  122.  9. 

Matt.  18.  20. 


a  Isa.  48.  2. 

Matt.  4.  5. 
b  Jurlg.  5.  9. 
c  1  Chr.  9.  2. 

ch.  7.  6. 
d  Ezra  2.  43. 
e  Ezra  2.  55. 
f  1  Chr.  9.  3. 
fl  Gen.  38.  29. 
1  Or,  men  of 

activity. 


35  And  pto  bring  the  firstfruits  of  our  ground,  and 
the  firstfruits  of  all  fruit  of  all  trees,  year  by  year, 
unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 

36  Also  the  firstborn  of  our  sons,  and  of  our  cattle, 
as  it  is  'written  in  the  law,  and  the  firstlings  of  our 
herds  and  of  our  flocks,  to  bring  to  the  house  of  our 
God,  unto  the  priests  that  minister  in  the  house  of 
our  God : 

37  rAnd  that  we  should  bring  the  firstfruits  of 
our  dough,  and  our  offerings,  and  the  fruit  of  all 
manner  of  trees,  of  wine  and  of  oil,  unto  the  priests, 
to  the  chambers  of  the  house  of  our  God;  and  sthe 
tithes  of  our  ground  unto  the  Le'vites,  that  the 
same  Le'vites  might  have  the  tithes  in  all  the  cities 
of  our  tillage. 

38  And  the  priest  the  son  of  Aar'on  shall  be  with 
the  Le'vites,  *when  the  Le'vites  take  tithes  :  and 
the  Le'vites  shall  bring  up  the  tithe  of  the  tithes 
unto  the  house  of  our  God,  to  "the  chambers,  into 
the  treasure  house. 

39  For  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  and  the  children  of 
Le'vl "  shall  bring  the  offering  of  the  corn,  of  the 
new  wine,  and  the  oil,  unto  the  chambers,  where  are 
the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary,  and  the  priests  that 
minister,  and  the  porters,  and  the  singers  :  tt'and 
we  will  not  forsake  the  house  of  our  God. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Choice  of  officials  at  Jerusalem.    3  List  of  their  names.    20  Cities  of  the  residue. 

AND  the  rulers  of  the  people  dwelt  at  Je-ru'sa- 
^*-  lem  :  the  rest  of  the  people  also  cast  lot's,  to 
bring  one  of  ten  to  dwell  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  athe  holy 
city,  and  nine  parts  to  dwell  in  other  cities. 

2  And  the  people  blessed  all  the  men,  that  willingly 
b offered  themselves  to  dwell  at  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

3  11  cNow  these  are  the  chief  of  the  province  that 
dwelt  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  but  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah 
dwelt  every  one  in  his  possession  in  their  cities,  to 
wit,  Ig'ra-el,  the  priests,  and  the  Le'vites,  and  dthe 
Neth'i-nimg,  and  Hhe  children  of  Sol'o-mon's  ser- 
vants. 

4  And  •'"at  Jg-ru'sa-lem  dwelt  certain  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ju'dah,  and  of  the  children  of  Ben'ja-min. 
Of  the  children  of  Ju'dah  ;  Ath-a-I'ah  the  son  of 
Uz-zl'ah,  the  son  of  Zech-a-rl'ah,  the  son  of  Am-a- 
ri'ah,  the  son  of  Sheph-a-tl'ah,  the  son  of  Ma-ha'la- 
le-el,  of  the  children  of  ^Pe'rez  ; 

5  And  Ma-a-se'iah  the  son  of  Ba'ruch,  the  son  of 
Col-ho'zeh,  the  son  of  Ha-za'iah,  the  son  of  Ad-a- 
I'ah,  the  son  of  Joi'a-rlb,  the  son  of  Zech-a-ri'ah, 
the  son  of  Shi-lo'nI. 

6  All  the  sons  of  Pe'rez  that  dwelt  at  Je-ru'sa-lem 
were  four  hundred  threescore  and  eight  Valiant  men. 

7  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Ben'ja-min  ;  Sal'lu 
the  son  of  Me-shul'lam,  the  son  of  Jo'ed,  the  son  of 
Pe-da'iah,  the  son  of  Kol-a-I'ah,  the  son  of  Ma-a-se'- 
iah, the  son  of  Ith'i-el,  the  son  of  Je-sa'iah. 

8  And  after  him  Gab'ba-I,  Sal'la-I,  nine  hundred 
twenty  and  eight. 

9  And  Jo'el  the  son  of  Zlch'rl  was  their  overseer  : 
and  Ju'dah  the  son  of  Se-nu'ah  was  second  over  the 
city. 


Dwellers  at  Jerusalem. 


NEHEMIAH,  12. 


Priests  who  returned. 


10  *Of  the  priests  :  Je-da'iah  the  son  of  Joi'a-rib, 
Ja'chin. 

11  Ser-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Hil-kl'ah,  the  son  of  Me- 
shul'lam,  the  son  of  Za'dok,  the  son  of  Me-ra'ioth, 
the  son  of  A-hl'tub,  was  the  ruler  of  the  house  of 
God. 

12  And  their  brethren  that  did  the  work  of  the 
house  were  eight  hundred  twenty  and  two  :  and 
Ad-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Jer'o-ham,  the  son  of  Pel-a- 
ll'ah,  the  son  of  Am'zi,  the  son  of  Zech-a-rl'ah,  the 
son  of  Pash'tir,  the  son  of  Mal-chl'ah, 

13  And  his  brethren,  chief  j>f  the  fathers,  two 
hundred  forty  and  two  :  and  A-mash'a-I  the  son  of 
A-zar'e-el,  the  son  of  A-has'a-I,  the  son  of  Me-shil'- 
le-moth,  the  son  of  Im'mer, 

14  And  their  brethren,  mighty  men  of  valour,  an 
hundred  twenty  and  eight :  and  their  overseer  was 
Zab'di-el,  2the  son  of  one  of  the  great  men. 

15  Also  of  the  Le'vltes  :  Shem-a-I'ah  the  son  of 
Ha'shub,  the  son  of  Az'ri-kam,  the  son  of  Hash-a- 
bl'ah,  the  son  of  Bun'ni  ; 

16  And  Shab-beth'a-I  and  Joz'a-bad,  of  the  chief 
of  the  Le'vltes,  3had  the  oversight  of  'the  outward 
business  of  the  house  of  God. 

17  And  Mat-ta-ni'ah  the  son  of  Mi'cha,  the  son  of 
4Zab'dI,  the  ^'son  of  A'saph,  was  the  principal  to  be- 
gin the  thanksgiving  in  prayer  :  and  Bak-buk-I'ah 
the  second  among  his  brethren,  and  Ab'da  the  son 
of  Sham-mu'a,  the  son  of  Ga'lal,  the  son  of  Jed'u- 
thun. 

18  All  the  Le'vltes  in  Hhe  holy  city  were  two 
hundred  fourscore  and  four. 

19  Moreover  *the  porters,  Ak'kub,  Tal'mon,  and 
their  brethren  that  kept  5the  gates,  were  an  hun- 
dred seventy  and  two. 

20  If  And  the  residue  of  Is'ra-el,  of  the  priests, 
and  the  Le'vltes,  were  in  all  the  cities  of  Ju'dah, 
every  one  in  his  inheritance. 

21  mBut  the  Neth'i-nimg  dwelt  in  6"0'phel :  and 
Zl'ha  and  Gis'pa  were  over  the  Neth'i-mmg. 

22  The  overseer  also  of  the  Le'vltes  at  Jg-ru'sa- 
lem  was  Uz'zi  the  son  of  Ba'nl,  the  son  of  Hash-a- 
bi'ah,  the  son  of_  Mat-ta-ni'ah,  the  son  of  Mi'cha. 
Of  the  sons  of  A'saph,  the  singers  were  over  the 
business  of  the  house  of  God. 

23  For  "it  was  the  king's  commandment  concern- 
ing them,  that  7a  certain  portion  should  be  for  the 
singers,  due  for  every  day. 

24  And  Peth-a-hi'ah  the  son  of  Me-shez'a-be-el,  of 
the  children  of  v  Ze'rah  the  son  of  Ju'dah,  ivas  9at 
the  king's  hand  in  all  matters  concerning  the  people. 

25  And  for  the  villages,  with  their  fields,  some  of 
the  children  of  Ju'dah  dwelt  at r  Kir' jath-ar'ba,  and 
in  the  villages  thereof,  and  at  Dl'bon,  and  in  the 
villages  thereof,  and  at  sJe-kab'ze-el,  and  in  the 
villages  thereof, 

26  And  at  Jesh'u-a,  and  at  Mol'a-dah,  and  at 
Beth-phe'let, 

27  And  at  Ha'zar-shu'al,  and  at  Be'er-she'ba,  and 
in  the  villages  thereof, 

28  And  at  Zik'lag,  and  at  Mek'o-nah,  aiid  in  the 
villages  thereof, 

24 


B.  C.  445. 


h  1  Chr.  9.  10. 


2  Or,  the  son  of 
Haggedolim. 


3  were  over. 
i2  Ki.  12.  15,  16. 

1  Chr.  26.  29. 

2  Chr.  34.  13. 
1  Cor.  4.  2. 


4  1  Chr.  9. 

Zichri. 
j  ch.  7.  44. 


15, 


kl  Ki.  11.  13. 

Ezra  9.  8. 

Matt.  24.  15. 

Rev.  11.  2. 

Rev.  21.  2. 
1 1  Chr.  9.  IT. 

ch.  7.  45. 

ch.  12.  25. 
5  at  the  gates. 


m  Ezra  2.  43,  53. 

ch.  3.  26. 
6  Or,  The  tower. 
n  2  Chr.  27.  3. 


0  Ezra  6.  8,  9. 

7  Or,  a  sure 
ordinance. 

p  Gen.  38.  30. 

Zarah. 
q  1  Chr.  18.  17. 

1  Chr.  23.  28. 
r  Gen.  23.  2. 

Josh.  14.  15. 
,<s  Josh.  15.  21, 

Kabzeel. 

8  Or,  of  Geba. 

9  Or,  to  Mich- 
mash. 

1  Jer.  1.  1. 

u  1  Chr.  4.  14. 
v  Gen.  49.  7. 


a  Ezra  2.  1. 

6  eh.  10.  2-8. 

1  Or,  Melicu, 
verse  14. 

2  Or,  Shebaniah. 

3  Or,  Harim. 

4  Or,  Meraioth. 

5  Or,  Ginnethon. 
c  Luke  1.  5. 

G  Or,  Miniarnin. 

7  Or,  Moadiah. 

8  Or,  Sallai, 
verse  20. 

dHag.  1.  1. 

Zech.  3.  1. 
el  Chr.  16.  8.  41. 

ch.  11.  17. 

9  That  is,  the 
psalms  of 
thanksgiving. 


En-rim'mon,  and  at  Za're-ah,  and  at 


29  And  at 
Jar'muth, 

30  Za-no'ah,  A-dul'lam,  and  in  their  villages,  at 
La'chish,  and  the  fields  thereof,  at  A-ze'kah,  and  in 
the  villages  thereof.  And  they  dwelt  from  Be'er- 
she'ba  unto  the  valley  of  Hin'nom. 

31  The  children  also  of  Ben'ja-min  8from  Ge'ba 
dwelt  *at  Mich'mash,  and  A-I'ja,~and  Beth'-el,  and 
in  their  villages, 

32  And  at  'An'a-thoth,  Nob,  An-a-nl'ah, 

33  Ha'zor,  Ra'mah,  Git'ta-Im, 

34  Ha'did,  Ze-bo'im,  Ne-bal'lat, 

35  Lod,  and  O'no,  "the  valley  of  craftsmen. 

36  And  of  the  v Le'vltes  were  divisions  in  Ju'dah, 
and  in  Ben'ja-min. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  T/iejuiexIs  who  returned.     10  Succession  of  high  priests.     27  Dedication  of  the  walls. 

XTOW  these  are  the  "priests  and  the  Le'vltes  that 
-U*  went  up  with  Ze-rub'ba-bel  the  son  of  She-al'- 
ti-el,  and  Jesh'u-a  :  6 Ser-a-I'ah,  Jer-e-ml'ah,  Ez'ra, 

2  Am-a-rl'ah,  1MariucCHat'tush,~ 

3  2Shech-a-nI'ah,  3Re'hum,  4Mer'e-moth, 

4  Id'do,  5GIn'ne-tho,  cA-bI'jah, 

5  6Ml'a-mm,  7Ma-a-dI'ah,  Bil'gah, 

6  Shem-a-fah,  and  Joi'a-rib,  Je-da'iah, 

7  8  Sal'lu,  A'mok,  Hil-kl'ah,  Je-da'iah.  These  were 
the  chief  of  the  priests  and  of  their  brethren  in  the 
days  of  d  Jesh'u-a. 

8  Moreover  the  Le'vltes  :  Jesh'u-a,  Bm'nu-I,  Kad'- 
mi-el,  Sher-e-bl'ah,  Ju'dah,  and  Mat-ta-ni'ah,  e which 
was  over  9the  thanksgiving,  he  and  his  brethren. 

9  Also  Bak-buk-I'ah  and  Un'nl,  their  brethren, 
were  over  against  them  in  the  watches. 

10  If  And  Jesh'u-a  begat  Joi'a-kim,  Joi'a-kim  also 
begat  E-lI'a-shib,  and  E-H'a-shib  begat  Joi'a-da, 

11  And  Joi'a-da  begat  Jon'a-than,  and  Jon'a-than 
begat  Jad-du'a. 

12  And  in  the  days  of  Joi'a-kim  were  priests,  the 
chief  of  the  fathers  :  of  Ser-a-I'ah,  Mer-a-I'ah  ;  of 
Jer-e-ml'ah,  Han-a-nl'ah  ; 

13  Of  Ez'ra,  Me-shul'lam;  of  Am-a-ri'ah,  Jg-4io- 
ha'nan ; 

14  Of  Mel'i-cu,  Jon'a-than  ;  of  Sheb-a-nl'ah,  Jo'- 
seph  ; 

15  Of  Ha'rim,  Ad'na  ;  of  Me-ra'ioth,  Hel'ka-I ; 

16  Of  Id'do,  Zech-a-rl'ah  ;  of  Gm'ne-thon,  MS-shuT- 
lam  ; 

17  Of  A-bl'jah,  Zich'rl ;  of  Mi-nl'a-min,  of  Mo-a- 
dl'ah,  Pil'tai ; 

18  Of  Bil'gah,  Sham-mu'a  ;  of  Shem-a-I'ah,  Je- 
hon'a-than  ; 

19  And  of  Joi'a-rib,  Mat-te-na'I ;  of  Je-da'iah, 
Uz'zi ; 

20  Of  Sal'la-I,  Kal'la-I ;  of  A'mok,  E'ber  ; 

21  Of  Hil-kl'ah,  Hash-a-bl'ah  ;  of  Jg-da'iah,  Ns- 
than'e-el. 

22  If  The  Le'vltes  in  the  days  of  E-lI'a-shib,  Joi'- 
a-da, and  J6-ha'nan,  and  Jad-du'a,  were  recorded 
chief  of  the  fathers  :  also  the  priests,  to  the  reign 
of  Da-rl'us  the  Per'gian. 

23  The  sons  of  Le'vl,  the  chief  of  the  fathers, 


Dedication  of  the  walls. 


NEHEMIAH,  13. 


Mixed  multitude  separated. 


were  written  in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles,  even 
until  the  days  of  J6-ha'nan  the  son  of  E-H'a-shib. 

24  And  the  chief  of  the  Le'vites  :  Hash-a-bl'ah, 
Sher-e-bl'ah,  and  Jesh'u-a  the  son  of  Kad'mi-el, 
with  their  brethren  over  against  them,  to  praise 
and  to  give  thanks, g  according  to  the  commandment 
of  Da'vid  the  man  of  God,  ,lward  over  against  ward. 

25  Mat-ta-nl'ah,  and  Bak-buk-I'ah,  O-ba-dl'ah,  Me- 
shul'lam,  Tal'mon,  Ak'kub,  were  porters  keeping 
the  ward  at  the  10  thresholds  of  the  gates. 

26  These  were  in  the  days  of  Joi'a-kim  the  son  of 
Jesh'u-a,  the  son  of  Joz'a-dak,  and  in  the  days  of 
Ne-he-ml'ah  *  the  governor,  and  of  Ez'ra  the  priest, 
•'the  scribe. 

27  If  And  at  fcthe  dedication  of  the  wall  of  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem they  sought  the  Le'vites  out  of  all  their 
places,  to  bring  them  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  to  keep  the 
dedication  with  gladness,  'both  with  thanksgivings, 
and  with  singing,  with  cymbals,  psalteries,  and 
with  harps. 

28  And  the  sons  of  the  singers  gathered  them- 
selves together,  both  out  of  the  plain  country  round 
about  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  from  the  villages  of  Ne- 
toph'a-thl ; 

29  Also  from  the  house  of  Gil 'gal,  and  out  of  the 
fields  of  Ge'ba  and  Az'ma-veth :  for  the  singers 
had  builded  them  villages  round  about  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

30  And  the  priests  and  the  Le'vites  m purified 
themselves,  and  purified  the  people,  and  the  gates, 
and  the  wall. 

31  Then  I  brought  up  the  princes  of  Ju'dah  upon 
the  wall,  and  appointed  two  great  companies  of  them 
that  gave  thanks,  whereof  one  went  on  the  right 
hand  upon  the  wall  toward  "the  dung  gate  : 

32  And  after  them  went  Hosh-a-I'ah,  and  half  of 
the  princes  of  Ju'dah, 

33  And  Az-a-rl'ah,  Ez'ra,  and  Me-shul'lam, 

34  Ju'dah,  and  Ben'ja-min,  and  Shem-a-I'ah,  and 
Jer-g-ml'ah, 

35  And  certain  of  the  priests'  sons  "with  trum- 
pets ;  namely,  Zech-a-rl'ah  the  son  of  Jon'a-than, 
the  son  of  Shem-a-I'ah,  the  son  of  Mat-ta-nl'ah,  the 
son  of  Ml-cha'iah,  the  son  of  Zac'cur,  the  son  of 
A'saph  : 

36  And  his  brethren,  Shem-a-I'ah,  and  A-zar'a-el, 
MU-a-la'I,  Gil'a-lai,  Ma-a'I,  Ne-than'e-el,  and  Ju'dah, 
Ha-na'nl,  with  Hhe  musical  instruments  of  Da'vid 
the  man  of  God,  and  Ez'ra  the  scribe  before  them. 

37  "And  at  the  fountain  gate,  which  was  over 
against  them,  they  went  up  by  rthe  stairs  of  the 
city  of  Da'vid,  at  the  going  up  of  the  wall,  above  the 
house  of  Da'vid,  even  unto  sthe  water  gate  eastward. 

38  And  the  other  company  of  them  that  gave  thanks 
went  over  against  them,  and  I  after  them,  and  the 
half  of  the  people  upon  the  wall,  from  beyond  'the 
tower  of  the  furnaces  even  unto  u  the_broad  wall  ; 

39  "And  from  above  the  gate  of  E'phra-Im,  and 
above  wthe  old  gate,  and  above  the  fish  gate,  and 
the  tower  of  Ha-nan'e-el,  and  the  tower  of  Me'ah, 
even  unto  the  sheep  gate  :  and  they  stood  still  in 
x  the  prison  gate. 

40  So  stood  the  two  companies  of  them  that  gave 

386 


B.  C.  445. 


/ 1  Chr.  9.  14. 


g  1  Chr.  23. 
1  Chr.  25. 
h  Ezra  3.  11. 


10  Or,  treasuries, 
or,  assemblies. 


i  ch.  8.  9. 

j  Ezra  7.  6,  11. 

k  Deut.  20.  5. 
Ps.  30,  title. 


I  1  Chr.  25.  C. 
2  Chr.  5.  13. 
Ps.  81.  1-3. 
Rev.  5.  8. 


m  Ex.  19.  10. 


n  ch.  2.  13. 
oNum.  10.  2. 

Josh.  6.  4. 

2  Chr.  5.  12. 
p  1  Chr.  23.  5. 

2  Chr.  8.  14. 

Amos  6.  5. 
q  ch.  2.  14. 
r  2  Sam.  5.  7-9 

ch.  3.  15. 
s  ch.  3.  26. 
toh.  3.  11. 
u  ch.  3.  8. 
v  2  Ki.  14.  13. 
w  ch.  3.  6. 
x  Jer.  32.  2. 
y  Ps.  42.  4. 

11  made  their 
voice  to  be 
heard. 

2  Chr.  29 
Ps.  30.  4. 
81.  1. 

95.  1. 

96.  1. 
98.  1. 

Eph.  5.  19. 

Col.  3.  10. 
z  Ps.  9.  2. 

Ps.  92.  4. 
a  2  Chr.  31 

ch.  13.  5. 

12  That  is,  ap- 
pointed by 
the  law. 

13  for  the  joy 
of  Judah. 

14  that  stood. 
b  1  Chr.  25. 

15  That  is,  set 
apart. 


30. 


Ps. 
Ps. 
Ps. 
Ps. 


11. 


1  there  was 
read. 

2  ears. 

a  Deut.  23.  3. 

Amos  2.  1-3. 
6  Num.  22.  5. 

Josh.  24.  9. 
cNum.  23.  8-11. 

Deut.  23.  5. 

Ps.  109.  28. 

Mic.  6.  5. 
d  ch.  9.  2. 

Jas.  1.  27. 

3  being  set  over. 

4  the  command- 
ment of  the 
Levites. 

e  ch.  5.  14. 

5  at  the  end  of 
days. 

6  Or,  I  earnestly 
requested. 


^thanks  in  the  house  of  God,  and  I,  and  the  half  of 
the  rulers  with  me  : 

41  And  the  priests ;_  E-H'a-kim,  Ma-a-se'iah,  Mi-nl'- 
a-min,  Ml-cha'iah,  El-i-o-e'na-I,  Zech-a-rl'ah,  and 
Han-a-nl'ah,  with  trumpets  ; 

42  And  Ma-a-se'iah,  and  Shem-a-I'ah,  and  E-le-a'- 
zar,  and  Uz'zl,  and  Je-ho-ha'nan,  and  Mal-chl'jah, 
and  E'lam,  and  E'zer.  And  the  singers  "  sang  loud, 
with  Jez-ra-hl'ah  their  overseer. 

43  Also  that  day  they  offered  great  sacrifices,  and 
rejoiced  :  2for  God  had  made  them  rejoice  with 
great  joy  :  the  wives  also  and  the  children  rejoiced : 
so  that  the  joy  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  was  heard  even  afar 
off. 

44  If  aAnd  at  that  time  were  some  appointed  over 
the  chambers  for  the  treasures,  for  the  offerings, 
for  the  firstfruits,  and  for  the  tithes,  to  gather  into 
them  out  of  the  fields  of  the  cities  the  portions  12of 
the  law  for  the  priests  and  Le'vites  :  18for  Ju'dah 
rejoiced  for  the  priests  and  for  the  Le'vites  14that 
waited. 

45  And  both  the  singers  and  the  porters  kept  the 
ward  of  their  God,  and  the  ward  of  the  purification, 
b  according  to  the  commandment  of  Da'vid,  and  of 
Sol'o-mon  his  son. 

46  For  in  the  days  of  Da'vid  and  A'saph  of  old 
there  were  chief  of  the  singers,  and  songs  of  praise 
and  thanksgiving  unto  God. 

47  And  all  Ig'ra-el  in  the  days  of  Ze-rub'ba-bel,  and 
in  the  days  of  Ne-he-ml'ah,  gave  the  portions  of  the 
singers  and  the  porters,  every  day  his  portion  :  and 
they  15 sanctified  holy  things  unto  the  Le'vites;  and 
the  Le'vites  sanctified  them  unto  the  children  of 
Aar'on. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Separation  of  lite  mixed  multitude.     10  Reform  of  abuses.    23  Marriages  with  strange 

wives. 

ON  that  day  J  they  read  in  the  book  of  Mo'ses.  in 
the  2  audience  of  the  people  ;  and  therein  was 
found  written,  "that  the  Am'mon-Ite  and  the  Mo'- 
ab-Ite  should  not  come  into  the  congregation  of  God 
for  ever ; 

2  Because  they  met  not  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  with 
bread  and  with  water,  but  h  hired  Ba'laam  against 
them,  that  he  should  curse  them :  chowbeit  our  God 
turned  the  curse  into  a  blessing. 

3  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  heard  the 
law,  dthat  they  separated  from  I§'ra-el  all  the  mixed 
multitude. 

4  If  And  before  this,  E-lI'a-shib  the  priest, 3  having 
the  oversight  of  the  chamber  of  the  house  of  our 
God,  ivas  allied  unto  T6-bI'ah  : 

5  And  he  had  prepared  for  him  a  great  chamber, 
where  aforetime  they  laid  the  meat  offerings,  the 
frankincense,  and  the  vessels,  and  the  tithes  of  the 
corn,  the  new  wine,  and  the  oil,  4  which  was  com- 
manded to  be  given  to  the  Le'vites,  and  the  singers, 
and  the  porters  ;  and  the  offerings  of  the  priests. 

6  But  in  all  this  time  was  not  I  at  Je-ru'sa-lem : 
'for  in  the  two  and  thirtieth  year  of  Ar-tax-erx'e§ 
king  of  Bab'y-lon  came  I  unto  the  king,  and  5  after 
certain  days  6  obtained  I  leave  of  the  king : 


Reform  of  abuses. 


ESTHER,  1. 


7  And  I  came  to  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and  understood  of 
the  evil  that  E-H'a-shib  did  for  T6-bI'ah,  in  prepar- 
ing him  a  chamber  in  the  courts  of  the  house  of 
God. 

8  And  it  grieved  me  sore  :  therefore  fl  cast  forth 
all  the  household  stuff  of  To-bi'ah  out  of  the  chamber. 

9  Then  I  commanded,  and  they  9  cleansed  the 
chambers  :  and  thither  brought  I  again  the  vessels 
of  the  house  of  God,  with  the  meat  offering  and 
the  frankincense. 

10  If  And  I  perceived  that  the  portions  of  the  Le'- 
vltes  had  h  not  been  given  them :  for  the  Le'vltes 
and  the  singers,  that  did  the  work,  were  fled  every- 
one to  'his  field. 

11  Then  j  contended  I  with  the  rulers,  and  said, 
fcWhy  is  the  house  of  God  forsaken?  And  I  gath- 
ered them  together,  and  set  them  in  their  7  place. 

12  'Then  brought  all  Ju'dah  the  tithe  of  the  corn 
and  the  new  wine  and  the  oil  unto  the  8  treasuries. 

13  And  I  made  treasurers  over  the  treasuries, 
Shel-e-mi'ah  the  priest,  and  Za'dok  the  scribe,  and 
of  the  Le'vltes,  Pe-da'iah  :  and  9next  to  them  ivas 
Ha'nan  the  son  of  Zac'cur,  the  son  of  Mat-ta-ni'ah : 
for  they  were  counted  m  faithful,  and  10  their  office 
was  to  distribute  unto  their  brethren. 

14  n  Remember  me,  0  my  God,  concerning  this,  and 
wipe  not  out  my  ngood  deeds  that  I  have  done  for 
the  house  of  my  God,  and  for  the  12  offices  thereof. 

15  If  In  those  days  saw  I  in  Ju'dah  some  treading 
wine  presses  on  "the  sabbath,  and  bringing  in 
sheaves,  and  lading  asses  ;  as  also  wine,  grapes,  and 
figs,  and  all  manner  of  burdens, p  which  they  brought 
into  Jg-ru'sa-lem  on  the  sabbath  day  :  and  I  testi- 
fied against  them  in  the  day  wherein  they  sold  vict- 
uals. 

16  There  dwelt  men  of  Tyre  also  therein,  which 
brought  fish,  and  all  manner  of  ware,  and  sold  on 
the  sabbath  unto  the  children  of  Ju'dah,  and  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

17  Then  I  contended  with  the  nobles  of  Ju'dah, 
and  said  unto  them,  What  evil  thing  is  this  that  ye 
do,  and  profane  the  sabbath  day  ? 

18  Did  not  your  fathers  thus,  and  did  not  our  God 
bring  all  this  evil  upon  us,  and  upon  this  city  ?  yet 
ye  13  bring  more  wrath  upon  Ig'ra-el  by  profaning 
the  sabbath. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  gates  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem  q began  to  be  dark  before  the  sabbath, 


B.  C. 

434. 

/  Pa.  CO 

9. 

Mark  11. 

15-17. 

John  '. 

.  13-1G. 

g  2  Chr. 

29.  5. 

h  ch.  10.  37. 

Mai.  3.  8. 

1  Tim.  5. 

17,  18. 
i  Num.  35.  2. 

j  Prov.  28.  4. 

k  1  Sum.  2.  17. 

7  standing. 
I  til\.  12.44. 

8  Or,  store- 
houses. 


9  at  their  hand. 


in  1  Cor.  4.  2. 

10  it  was  upon 
them. 

n  ch.  5.  19. 

11  kindnesses. 

12  Or,  observa- 
tions. 

o  Ex.  20.  10. 
p  Jer.  17.  21. 

13  add  fierce 
wrath. 

q  Lev.  23.  32. 
r  Ex.  31.  14-17. 
ch.  7.  3. 

14  before  the 
wall  ? 

sell.  12.  30. 

15  Or,  multitude. 

16  lia'l  made  to 
dwell  with 
them. 

17  they  dis- 
cerned not 
to  speak. 

18  of  people 
and  people. 

t  Prov.  28.  4. 

19  Or,  reviled 
them. 

u  Deut.  25.  2. 

Ezra  7.  2G. 
v  Ezra  10.  5. 

ch.  10.  29,  30. 
w  1  Ki.  11.  1. 
x  2  Sam.  12.  24, 

25. 
y  Ezra  10.  2. 
z  ch.  12.  10. 
a  ch.  0.  14. 

20  for  the  de- 
filings. 

h  Mai.  2.  4. 
c  ch.  10.  30. 
d  ch.  12.  1. 


Dismissal  of  strange  wives. 

I  commanded  that  the  gates  should  be  shut,  and 
charged  that  they  should  not  be  opened  till  after 
the  sabbath  :  rand  some  of  my  servants  set  I  at  the 
gates,  that  there  should  no  burden  be  brought  in  on 
the  sabbath  day. 

20  So  the  merchants  and  sellers  of  all  kind  of  ware 
lodged  without  Je-ru'sa-lem  once  or  twice. 

21  Then  I  testified  against  them,  and  said  unto 
them,  Why  lodge  ye  u  about  the  wall  ?  if  ye  do  so 
again,  I  will  lay  hands  on  you.  From  that  time 
forth  came  they  no  more  on  the  sabbath. 

22  And  I  commanded  the  Le'vltes  that  sthey  should 
cleanse  themselves,  and  that  they  should  come  and 
keep  the  gates,  to  sanctify  the  sabbath  day.  Re- 
member me,  O  my  God,  concerning  this  also,  and 
spare  me  according  to  the  15  greatness  of  thy  mercy. 

23  If  In  those  days  also  saw  I  Jewg  that lf!  had  mar- 
ried wives  of  Ash'dod,  of  Am'mon,  and  of  Mo'ab : 

24  And  their  children  spake  half  in  the  speech  of 
Ash'dod,  and  17 could  not  speak  in  the  Jew§'  lan- 
guage, but  according  to  the  language  18of  each  people. 

25  And  I l  contended  with  them,  and  19  cursed  them, 
and  "  smote  certain  of  them,  and  plucked  off  their 
hair,  and  made  them  "swear  by  God,  saying,  Ye 
shall  not  give  your  daughters  unto  their  sons,  nor 
take  their  daughters  unto  your  sons,  or  for  your- 
selves. 

26  "'Did  not  Sol'o-mon  king  of  Ig'ra-el  sin  by  these 
things  ?  xyet  among  many  nations  was  there  no  king 
like  him,  who  was  beloved  of  his  God,  and  God 
made  him  king  over  all  Ig'ra-el :  nevertheless  even 
him  did  outlandish  women  cause  to  sin. 

27  Shall  we  then  hearken  unto  you  to  do  all  this 
great  evil,  to  v  transgress  against  our  God  in  marry- 
ing strange  wives  ? 

28  And  one  of  the  sons  zof  Joi'a-da,  the  son  of 
E-lI'a-shib  the  high  priest,  was  son  in  law  to  San- 
bal'lat  the  Hor'o-nlte :  therefore  I  chased  him  from 
me. 

29  Remember  "them,  0  my  God,  20because  they 
have  defiled  the  priesthood,  and  Hhe  covenant  of 
the  priesthood,  and  of  the  Le'vltes. 

30  cThus  cleansed  I  them  from  all  strangers,  and 
d  appointed  the  wards  of  the  priests  and  the  Le'- 
vltes, every  one  in  his  business  ; 

31  And  for  the  wood  offering,  at  times  appointed, 
and  for  the  firstfruits.  Remember  me,  O  my  God, 
for  good. 


THE 


BOOK    OF    ESTHER, 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Feast  of  Ahasuerus.    10  Vashti  refuses  to  come.    13  Her  punishment. 

^VTOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of  A-hag-u-e'rus, 
-^  (this  is  A-h_a§-u-e'rus  which  reigned,  from 
Ind'ia  even  unto  E-thi-o'pi-a,  aover  an  hundred  and 
seven  and  twenty  provinces  :) 

2  That  in  those  days,  when  the  king  A-hag-u-e'rus 
*sat  on  the  throne  of  his  kingdom,  which  ivas  in 
cShu'shan  the  palace, 


B.  C.  521. 


a  ch.  8.  9. 

Dan.  6.  1. 
b  2  Sam.  7.  1. 

Dan.  4.  4. 
cNeh.  1.  1. 

Dan.  8.  2. 
d  Gen.  40.  20. 

ch.  2.  18. 

Dan.  5.  1. 

Mark  6.  21. 
1  found. 


3  In  the  third  year  of  his  reign,  he  dmade  a  feast 
unto  all  his  princes  and  his  servants ;  the  power  of 
Per'gia  and  Me'di-a,  the  nobles  and  princes  of  the 
provinces,  being  before  him  : 

4  When  he  shewed  the  riches  of  his  glorious  king- 
dom and  the  honour  of  his  excellent  majesty  many 
days,  even  an  hundred  and  fourscore  days. 

5  And  when  these  days  were  expired,  the  king 
made  a  feast  unto  all  the  people  that  were  x  present 

387 


Queen  Vashti's  refusal. 


ESTHER,  2. 


Mordecai  presents  Esther.. 


in  Shu'shan  the  palace,  both  unto  great  and  small, 
seven  days,  in  the  court  of  the  garden  of  the  king's 
palace ; 

6  Where  were  white,  green,  and  2blue,  hangings, 
fastened  with  cords  of  fine  linen  and  purple  to  sil- 
ver rings  and  pillars  of  marble :  e  the  beds  were  of 
gold  and  silver,  upon  a  pavement  3of  red,  and  blue, 
and  white,  and  black,  marble. 

7  And  they  gave  them  drink  in  vessels  of  gold, 
(the  vessels  being  diverse  one  from  another,)  and 
4  royal  wine  in  abundance, 5  according  to  the  state  of 
the  king. 

8  And  the  drinking  was  according  to  the  law  ; 
none  did  6  compel :  for  so  the  king  had  appointed 
to  all  the  officers  of  his  house,  that  they  should  do 
according  to  every  man's  pleasure. 

9  Also  Vash'ti  the  queen  made  a  feast  for  the 
women  in  the  royal  house  which  belonged  to  king 
A-hag-u-e'rus. 

10  If  On  the  seventh  day,  when  the  heart  of  the 
king  was  merry  with  wine,  he  commanded  Me-hu'- 
man,  Biz'tha,  Har-bo'na,  Big'tha,  and  A-bag'tha, 
Ze'thar,  and  Car'cas,  the  seven  7  chamberlains  that 
served  in  the  presence  of  A-hag-u-e'rus  the  king, 

11  To  •''bring  Vash'ti  the  queen  before  the  king 
with  the  crown  royal,  to  shew  the  people  and  the 
princes  her  beauty  :  for  she  was  8fair  to  look  on. 

12  But  the  queen  Vash'ti  refused  to  come  at  the 
king's  commandment  9by  his  chamberlains  :  there- 
fore was  the  king  very  wroth,  and  his  anger  burned 
in  him. 

13  1  Then  the  king  said  to  the  "wise  men,  h which 
knew  the  times,  (for  so  was  the  king's  manner  to- 
ward all  that  knew  law  and  judgment : 

14  And  the  next  unto  him  was  Car-she'na,  She'- 
thar,  Ad'ma-tha,  Tar'shish,  Me'reg,  Mar'se-na,  and 
Me-mu'can,  the  *seven  princes  of  Per'gia  and  Me'- 
di-a,  which  saw  the  king's  face,  and,  which  sat  the 
first  in  the  kingdom  ;) 

15  10What  shall  we  do  unto  the  queen  Vash'ti  ac- 
cording to  law,  because  she  hath  not  performed  the 
commandment  of  the  king  A-hag-u-e'rus  by  the  cham- 
berlains ? 

16  And  Me-mu'can  answered  before  the  king  and 
the  princes,  Vash'ti  the  queen  hath  not  done  wrong 
to  the  king  only,  but  also  to  all  the  princes,  and  to 
all  the  people  that  are  in  all  the  provinces  of  the 
king  A-hag-u-e'rus. 

17  For  this  deed  of  the  queen  shall  come  abroad 
unto  all  women,  so  that  they  shall  despise  their 
husbands  in  their  eyes,  when  it  shall  be  reported, 
The  king  A-hag-u-e'rus  commanded  Vash'ti  the 
queen  to  be  brought  in  before  him,  but .  she  came 
not. 

18  Likewise  shall  the  ladies  of  Per'gia  and  Me'di-a 
say  this  day  unto  all  the  king's  princes,  which  have 
heard  of  the  deed  of  the  queen.  Thus  shall  there 
arise  too  much  contempt  and  wrath. 

19  1]  If  it  please  the  king,  let  there  go  a  royal  com- 
mandment 12from  him,  and  let  it  be  written  among 
the  laws  of  the  Per'giang  and  the  Medeg,  13that  it  be 
not  altered,  That  Vash'ti  come  no  more  before  king 

388 


B.  C.  521. 


2  Or,  violet. 


e  ch.  7.  8. 
Amos  2.  8. 

3  Or,  of 

porphyre,  and 
marble,  and 
alabaster,  and 
stone  of  blue 
colour. 


4  wine  of  the 
kingdom. 

5  according  to 
the  hand  of 
the  king. 

0  Or.  trouble. 


7  Or,  eunuchs. 


I  Prov.  16.  9. 


8  good  of  coun- 
tenance. 


9  which  was  by 
the  hand  of 
his  eunuchs. 


g  Jer.  10.  7. 

Dan.  2.  12. 
h  1  Chr.  12.  32. 

Isa.  7.  14. 

Dan.  9.  24. 

Mai.  3.  1. 

Matt.  1C.  3. 


i  Ezra  7.  14. 


10  What  to  do. 

11  If  it  be  good 
with  the  king. 

12  from  before 
him. 

13  that  it  pass 
not  away. 

14  unto  her 
companion. 

j  Eph.  5.  22,  23. 
Col.  3.  18. 
1  Pet.  3.  1. 

15  was  good  in 
the  eyes  of 
the  king. 

k  ch.  8.  9". 
I  Eph.  5.  22, 
23,  24. 

16  that  one 
should  pub- 
lish it  accord- 
ing to  the 
language  of 
his  people. 

m  ch.  3.  12. 
Dan.  6.  25. 


a  ch.  1.  19. 

6  Gen.  12.  14,  15. 

1  Ki.  1.  2. 

1  unto  the  hand. 
c  2  Ki.  24.14,15. 

2  Chr.  36. 
10,  20. 
Jer.  22.  24. 

2  Or,  Jehoiachin. 

3  nourished. 

4  fair  of  form, 
and  good  of 
countenance. 

5  her  portioils. 
C  he  changed 

her. 


A-hag-u-e'rus  ;  and  let  the  king  give  her  royal  estate 
14  unto  another  that  is  better  than  she. 

20  And  when  the  king's  decree  which  he  shall 
make  shall  be  published  throughout  all  his  empire, 
(for  it  is  great,)  all  the  wives  shall  jgive  to  their 
husbands  honour,  both  to  great  and  small. 

21  And  the  saying  15  pleased  the  king  and  the 
princes ;  and  the  king  did  according  to  the  word  of 
Me-mu'can  : 

22  For  he  sent  letters  into  all  the  king's  provinces, 
/cinto  every  province  according  to  the  writing  thereof, 
and  to  every  people  after  their  language,  that  every 
man  should  'bear  rule  in  his  own  house, and  16"lthat 
it  should  be  published  according  to  the  language  of 
every  people. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  A  choice  of  virgins.     8  Esther  chosen  queen.     21  Mordecai  discloses  a  plot  against  the 

king. 

A  FTER  these  things,  when  the  wrath  of  king 
-^-  A-hag-u-e'riis  was  appeased,  he  remembered 
Vash'ti,  and  what  she  had  done,  and  "what  was  de- 
creed against  her. 

2  Then  said  the  king's  servants  that  ministered 
unto  him,  6Let  there  be  fair  young  virgins  sought 
for  the  king : 

3  And  let  the  king  appoint  officers  in  all  the 
provinces  of  his  kingdom,  that  they  may  gather 
together  all  the  fair  young  virgins  unto  Shu'shan 
the  palace,  to  the  house  of  the  women,  2unto  the  cus- 
tody of  He'ge  the  king's  chamberlain,  keeper  of  the 
women ;  and  let  their  things  for  purification  be  given 
them : 

4  And  let  the  maiden  which  pleaseth  the  king  be 
queen  instead  of  Vash'ti.  And  the  thing  pleased 
the  king ;  and  he  did  so. 

5  If  Now  in  Shu-shan  the  palace  there  was  a  cer- 
tain Jew,  whose  name  was  Mor'de-cai,  the  son  of 
Ja'ir,  the  son  of  Shim'e-I,  the  son  of  Kish,  a  Ben'ja- 
mlte; 

6  cWho  had  been  carried  away  from  Jg-ru'sa-lem 
with  the  captivity  which  had  been  carried  away 
with  2Jec-o-nI'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  whom  Neb-u- 
chad-nez'zar  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  had  carried 
away. 

7  And  he  3  brought  up  Ha-das'sah,  that  is,  Es'ther, 
his  uncle's  daughter  :  for  she  had  neither  father  nor 
mother,  and  the  maid  was  4fair  and  beautiful; 
whom  Mor'de-cai,  when  her  father  and  mother  were 
dead,  took  for  his  own  daughter. 

8  If  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king's  command- 
ment and  his  decree  was  heard,  and  when  many 
maidens  were  gathered  together  unto  Shu'shan  the 
palace,  to  the  custody  of  Heg'a-I,  that  Es'ther  was 
brought  also  unto  the  king's  house,  to  the  custody 
of  Heg'a-I,  keeper  of  the  women. 

9  And  the  maiden  pleased  him,  and  she  obtained 
kindness  of  him ;  and  he  speedily  gave  her  her  things 
for  purification,  with  5such  things  as  belonged  to 
her,  and  seven  maidens,  which  were  meet  to  be 
given  her,  out  of  the  king's  house :  and  6  he  preferred 
her  and  her  maids  unto  the  best  place  of  the  house 
of  the  women. 


Esther  chosen  queen. 


ESTHER,  3. 


Decree  against  the  Jews. 


10  Es'ther  had  not  shewed  her  people  nor  her 
kindred :  for  Mor'de-cai  had  charged  her  that  she 
should  d  not  shew  it. 

11  And  Mor'de-cai  walked  every  day  before  the 
court  of  the  women's  house,  7to  know  how  Es'ther 
did,  and  what  should  become  of  her. 

■12  TI  Now  when  every  maid's  turn  was  come  to  go 
in  to  king  A-hag-u-e'riis,  after  that  she  had  been 
twelve  months,  according  to  the  manner  of  the 
women,  (for  so  were  the  days  of  their  purifications 
accomplished,  to  wit,  six  months  with  oil  of  myrrh, 
and  six  months  with  sweet  odours,  and  with  other 
things  for  the  purifying  of  the  women ;) 

13  Then  thus  came  every  maiden  unto  the  king ; 
whatsoever  she  desired  was  given  her  to  go  with 
her  out  of  the  house  of  the  women  unto  the  king's 
house. 

14  In  the  evening  she  went,  and  on  the  morrow 
she  returned  into  the  second  house  of  the  women, 
to  the  custody  of  Sha-ash'gaz,  the  king's  chamber- 
lain, which  kept  the  concubines :  she  came  in  unto 
the  king  no  more,  except  the  king  delighted  in  her, 
and  that  she  were  called  by  name. 

15  1[  Now  when  the  turn  of  Es'ther,  the  daughter 
of  Ab-i-ha'il  the  uncle  of  Mor'de-cai,  who  had  taken 
her  for  his  daughter,  was  come  to  go  in  unto  the 
king,  she  required  nothing  but  what  Heg'a-I  the 
king's  chamberlain,  the  keeper  of  the  women,  ap- 
pointed. And  Es'ther6 obtained  favour  in  the  sight 
of  all  them  that  looked  upon  her. 

16  So  Es'ther  was  taken  unto  king  A-hag-u-e'rus 
into  his  house  royal  in  the  ■'"tenth  month,  which  is 
the  month  Te'beth,  in  the  seventh  year  of  his 
reign. 

17  And  the  king  loved  Es'ther  above  all  the  wo- 
men, and  she  obtained  grace  and  8  favour  9in  his 
sight  more  than  all  the  virgins ;  so  that  he  g  set  the 
royal  crown  upon  her  head,  and  made  her  queen 
instead  of  Vash'tl. 

18  Then  the  king  ''made  a  great  feast  unto  all  his 
princes  and  his  servants,  even  Es'ther's  feast ;  and 
he  made  a 10 release  to  the  provinces,  and  gave  gifts, 
according  to  the  state  of  the  king. 

19  And  when  the  virgins  were  gathered  together 
the  second  time,  then  Mor'de-cai  sat  'in  the  king's 
gate._ 

20  Es'ther  had  not  yet  shewed  her  kindred  nor  her 
people ;  as  Mor'de-cai  had  charged  her  :  for  Es'ther 
did  the  commandment  of  Mor'de-cai,  like  as  when 
she  was  brought  up  with  him. 

21  TF  In  those  days,  while  Mor'de-cai  sat  in  the 
king's  gate,  two  of  the  king's  chamberlains,  uBig'- 
than  and  Te'resh,  of  those  which  kept  12the  door, 
were  wroth,  and  sought  to  lay  hand  on  the  king 
A-hag-u-e'rus. 

22  And  the  thing  was  known  to  M6r'de-cai,  'who 
told  it  unto  Es'ther  the  queen  ;  and  Es'ther  certified 
the  king  thereof  in  Mor'de-cai's  name. 

23  And  when  inquisition  was  made  of  the  matter, 
it  was  found  out ;  therefore  they  were  feboth  hanged 
on  a  tree  :  and  it  was  written  in  *the  book  of  the 
chronicles  before  the  king. 


B.  C. 

510. 

t/Lev.  a 
Deut. 
ch.  3. 

>.  36. 
!S.  65. 
3. 

7  to  know  the 

peace. 

e  Sone  6.  9. 

Acts  7.  10. 

2  Tim.  4.  18. 
/ch.  3.  7. 

8  Or,  kindness. 

9  before  him. 
g  Gen.  41.  40. 

1  Sam.  2.  8. 
ch.  3.  14. 
Job  36.  7. 
Ps.  75.  5. 
Luke  1.  48,  49. 
Jas.  2.  5. 
Rev.  3.  21. 
h  Sen.  29.  22. 
Judg.  14.  10'. 
ch.  1.  3. 
Matt.  25.  1-10. 
Mark  6.  21. 
Luke  14.  8. 

10  vest. 

i  ch.  3.  2. 

11  Or,  Bigthana. 

12  the  threshold. 
j  ch.  6.  2. 

Ps.  37.  1,  2, 

7-10. 

Prov.  8.  12. 

Prov.  14. 

17,  29. 

Eccl.  7.  9. 

Eph.  4.  26. 

Phil.  2.  4. 

Jas.  1.  19,  20. 
k  Gen.  40.  19. 

Deut.  21.  22. 
/  ch.  6.  1. 


a  Num.  24.  7. 

1  Sam.  15.  8. 
b  ch.  2.  19. 
c  Gen.  41.  42. 

Deut.  25.  19. 

Phil.  2.  10. 
</  Ex.  1.  17. 

Ps.  15.  4. 
e  ch.  5.  9. 
/ch.  1.  12. 

Job  5.  2. 

Prov.  12.  16. 

Dan.  3.  19. 
d  Ps.  83.  4. 
'/(  ch.  9.  24. 

Matt.  27.  35. 

Acts  1.26. 
i  Ezra  4.  13. 

Acts  1G.  20. 

1  meet,  or, 
equal. 

2  to  destroy 
them. 

3  weigh. 

j  Gen.  41.  42. 
k  ch.  8.  2,  S. 

4  Or,  oppressor. 
/  ch.  8.  9. 

5  Or,  secretaries. 
m  ch.  1.  22. 

ch.  8.  9. 
n  1  Ki.  21.  8. 

ch.  8.  8,  10. 

Dan.  6.  8. 
0  ch.  S.  10. 

Rom.  3.  15. 
p  ch.  S.  12. 
qch.  8.  11. 

Isa.  10.  6. 


CHAPTER  3. 

1  Human  speks  revenge.    8  He  obtains  ./  m 

A  FTER  these  things  did  king  A-hag-u-e'riis  pro- 
-^-  mote  Ha'man  the  son  of  Ham-med'a-tha  the 
"  A'gag-Ite,  and  advanced  him,  and  set  his  seat 
above  all  the  princes  that  were  with  him. 

2  And  all  the  king's  servants,  that  were  fcin  the 
king's  gate,  bowed,  c and  reverenced  Ha'man:  for 
the  king  had  so  commanded  concerning  him.  But 
Mor'de-cai  d  bowed  not,  nor  did  him  reverence. 

3  Then  the  king's  servants,  which  were  in  the 
king's  gate,  said  unto  Mor'de-cai,  Why  transgressest 
thou  the  king's  commandment? 

4  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  spake  daily  unto 
him,  and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them,  that  they  told 
Ha'man,  to  see  whether  Mor'de-cai's  matters  would 
stand  :  for  he  had  told  them  that  he  was  a  Jew. 

5  And  when  Ha'man  saw  that  Mor'de-cai  e bowed 
not,  nor  did  him  reverence,  then  was  Ha'man  7full 
of  wrath. 

6  And  he  thought  scorn  to  lay  hands  on  Mor'de- 
cai  alone  ;  for  they  had  shewed  him  the  people  of 
M6r'de-cai :  wherefore  Ha'man  "sought  to  destroy 
all  the  Jewg  that  were  throughout  the  whole  king- 
dom of  A-hag-u-e'rus,  even  the  people  of  Mor'de-cai. 

7  IF  In  the  first  month,  that  is,_the  month  Ni'san, 
in  the  twelfth  year  of  king  A-hag-u-e'rus,  ''they 
cast  Pur,  that  is,  the  lot,  before  Ha'man  from  day  to 
day,  and  from  month  to  month,  to  the  twelfth  month, 
that  is,  the  month  A'dar. 

8  IF  And  Ha'man  said  unto  king  A-hag-u-e'rus, 
There  is  a  certain  people  scattered  abroad  and  dis- 
persed among  the  people  in  all  the  provinces  of  thy 
kingdom  ;  and  'their  laws  are  diverse  from  all  peo- 
ple ;  neither  keep  they  the  king's  laws  :  therefore 
it  is  not  1  for  the  king's  profit  to  suffer  them. 

9  If  it  please  the  king,  let  it  be  written  2that  they 
may  be  destroyed  :  and  I  will  3pay  ten  thousand 
talents  of  silver  to  the  hands  of  those  that  have  the 
charge  of  the  business,  to  bring  it  into  the  king's 
treasuries. 

10  And  the  king  'took  Miis  ring  from  his  hand, 
and  gave  it  unto  Ha'man  the  son  of  Ham-med'a-tha 
the  A'gag-Ite,  the  Jewg' 4 enemy. 

11  And  the  king  said  unto  Ha'man,  The  silver  is 
given  to  thee,  the  people  also,  to  do  with  them  as  it 
seemeth  good  to  thee. 

12  Then  'were  the  king's  5 scribes  called  on  the 
thirteenth  day  of  the  first  month,  and  there  was 
written  according  to  all  that  Ha'man  had  com- 
manded unto  the  king's  lieutenants,  and  to  the 
governors  that  were  over  every  province,  and  to  the 
rulers  of  every  people  of  every  province  m  according 
to  the  writing  thereof,  and  to  every  ^people  after 
their  language ;  "in  the  name  of  king  A-hag-u-e'rus 
was  it  written,  and  sealed  with  the  king's  ring. 

13  And  the  letters  were  °sent  by  posts  into  all  the 
king's  provinces,  to  destroy,  to  kill,  and  to  cause  to 
perish,  all  Jewg,  both  young  and  old,  little  children 
and  women,  in  pone  day,  even  upon  the  thirteenth 
day  of  the  twelfth  month,  which  is  the  month  A'dar, 
and  Ho  take  the  spoil  of  them  for  a  prey. 

389 


Mourning  among  the  Jews. 


ESTHER,  4,  5. 


Esther's  first  banquet. 


14  rThe  copy  of  the  writing  for  a  commandment 
to  be  given  in  every  province  was  published  unto 
all  people,  that  they  should  be  ready  against  that 
day. 

15  The  posts  went  out,  being  hastened  by  the 
king's  commandment,  and  the  decree  was  given  in 
Shu'shan  the  palace.  And  the  king  and  Ha' man 
ssat  down  to  drink;  but  'the  city  Shu'shan  was 
perplexed. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Mourning  over  the  king's  decree.    4  Esther  sends  to  Mordecai.     15  She  appoints  a  fast. 

T1THEN  Mor'de-cai  perceived  all  that  was  done, 
*  ▼     Mor'de-cai  arent  his  clothes,  and  put  on  sack- 
cloth 6with  ashes,  and  went  out  into  the  midst  of 
the  city,  and  c  cried  with  a  loud  and  a  bitter  cry  ; 

2  And  came  even  before  the  king's  gate  :  for  none 
might  enter  into  the  king's  gate  clothed  with  sack- 
cloth. 

3  And  in  every  province,  whithersoever  the  king's 
commandment  and  his  decree  came,  there  was  great 
mourning  among  the  Jewg,  and  fasting,  and  weep- 
ing, and  wailing ;  and  xmany  lay  in  sackcloth  and 
ashes. 

4  1  So  Es'ther's  maids  and  her  2 chamberlains 
came  and  told  it  her.  Then  was  the  queen  exceed- 
ingly grieved  ;  and  she  sent  raiment  to  clothe 
Mor'de-cai,  and  to  take  away  his  sackcloth  from 
him  :  but  he  received  it  not. 

5  Then  called  Es'ther  for  Ha'tach,  one  of  the 
king's  chamberlains,  3  whom  he  had  appointed  to  at- 
tend upon  her,  and  gave  him  a  commandment  to 
Mor'de-cai,  to  know  what  it  was,  and  why  it  was. 

6  So  Ha'tach  went  forth  to  Mor'de-cai  unto  the 
street  of  the  city,  which  was  before  the  king's  gate. 

7  And  Mor'de-cai  told  him  of  all  that  had  hap- 
pened unto  him,  and  of  fZthe  sum  of  the  money  that 
Ha'man  had  promised  to  pay  to  the  king's  treasu- 
ries for  the  Jewg,  to  destroy  them. 

8  Also  he  gave  him  ethe  copy  of  the  writing  of 
the  decree  that  was  given  at  Shu'shan  to  destroy 
them,  to  shew  it  unto  Es'ther,  and  to  declare  it  unto 
her,  and  to  charge  her  that  she  should  go  in  unto 
the  king,  to  -^make  supplication  unto  him,  and  to 
make  request  before  him  for  her  people. 

9  And  Ha'tach  came  and  told  Es'ther  the  words  of 
Mor'de-cai. 

10  If  Again  Es'ther  spake  unto  Ha'tach,  and  gave 
him  commandment  unto  Mor'de-cai  ; 

11  All  the  king's  servants,  and  the  people  of  the 
king's  provinces,  do  know,  that  whosoever,  whether 
man  or  woman,  shall  come  unto  the  king  into  "the 
inner  court,  who  is  not  called,  *  there  is  one  law  of 
his  to  put  him  to  death,  'except  such  to  whom  the 
king  shall  hold  out  the  golden  sceptre,  that  he  may 
live  :  but  I  have  not  been  called  to  come  in  unto  the 
king  these  thirty  days. 

12  And  they  told  to  Mor'de-cai  Es'ther's  words. 

13  Then  Mor'de-cai  commanded  to  answer  Es'ther, 
Think  •''not  with  thyself  that  thou  shalt  escape  in 
the  king's  house,  more  than  all  the  Jewg. 

14  For  if  thou  altogether  holdest  thy  peace  at 
this  time,  then  shall  there  4  enlargement  and  *de- 

390 


B.  C.  510. 


r  ch.  8.  13,  14. 


s  Gen.  37. 

•24,  25. 

Ps.  14.  4. 

Prov.  30. 

20-22. 

Hos.  7.  3. 

Amos  6.  6. 

Matt.  14.  G. 
/  ch.  8.  15. 

Prov.  29.  2. 


ii  2  Sam.  1.  11. 

Job  1.  20. 

Acts  14.  14. 
b  Josh.  7.  6. 

Ezek.  27.  30. 
c  Gen.  27.  34. 


1  sackcloth  and 
ashes  were 
laid  under 
many. 

2  eunuchs.  , 


3  whom  he  had 
set  before  her. 

</  ch.  3.  9. 
ech.  3.  14,  15. 
f  Job  9.  15. 

Prov.  15.  1. 

Acts  12.  20. 
q  ch.  5.  1. 
h  Dan.  2.  9. 
i  ch.  5.  2. 

ch.  8.  4. 
j  Prov.  29.  25. 

4  respiration. 
Job  9.  18. 

k  Lev.  26.  42. 

Num.  23. 

22-24. 

Jer^  30.  10. 

Amos  9.  8. 
/  Ps.  75.  5,  6. 

Eccl.  3.  1. 

Isa.  14.  27. 

Isa.  54.  17. 

Jer.  30.  10,  24. 

Dan.  4.  17,  35. 

Matt.  1G.  18. 

5  found. 

m  Joel  1.  14. 

Jon.  3.  5. 
n  ch.  5.  1. 
o  Ps.  34.  15,  22. 

Ps.  37.  3,  5, 

28-10. 

Ps.  55.  22. 

Ps.  G2.  8. 

Ps.  115.  9, 

10,  11. 

Prov.  29.  25. 
G  passed. 


a  ch.  4.  16. 
b  ch.  6.  4. 
c  Prov.  21.  1. 
d  ch.  8.  4. 
e  Mark  G.  23. 
fen.  7.  2. 
g  ch.  9.  12. 

1  to  do. 

h  Job  20.  5. 

John  1G.  20. 

Jas.  4.  9. 
i  ch.  3.  5. 

Ps.  15.  4. 

Matt.  10.  28. 
./Gen.  43.  30,31. 

2  caused  to 
come. 

k  Gen.  31.  1. 

Job  31.  24,25. 

Dan.  4.  30. 

Mark  10.  24. 
I  ch.  9.  7. 
m  ch.  3.  1. 


liverance  arise  to  the  Jewg  from  another  place ;  but 
thou  and  thy  father's  house  shall  be  destroyed  : 
and  who  knoweth  whether  'thou  art  come  to  the 
kingdom  for  such  sl  time  as  this  ? 

15  1  Then  Es'ther  bade  them  return  Mor'de-cai 
this  answer, 

16  Go,  gather  together  all  the  Jewg  that  are  5 pre- 
sent in  Shu'shan,  and  mfast  ye  for  me,  and  neither 
eat  nor  drink  n  three  days,  night  or  day :  I  also  and 
my  maidens  will  fast  likewise  ;  and  so  will  I  go  in 
unto  the  king,  which  is  not  according  to  the  law : 
°and  if  I  perish,  I  perish. 

17  So  Mor'de-cai  6went  his  way,  and  did  according 
to  all  that  Es'ther  had  commanded  him. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Esther's  banquet.    G  Another  banquet.     14  Haman  builds  a  gallows  for  Mordecai. 

"VTOW  it  came  to  pass  aon  the  third  day,  that  Es'- 
-^  ther  put  on  her  royal  apparel,  and  stood  in 
6  the  inner  court  of  the  king's  house,  over  against 
the  king's  house  :  and  the  king  sat  upon  his  royal 
throne  in  the  royal  house,  over  against  the  gate  of 
the  house. 

2  And  it  was  so,  when  the  king  saw  Es'ther  the 
queen  standing  in  the  court,  that  cshe  obtainedfa- 
vour  in  his  sight :  and  dthe  king  held  out  to  Es'- 
ther the  golden  sceptre  that  was  in  his  hand.  So 
Es'ther  drew  near,  and  touched  the  top  of  the  sceptre. 

3  Then  said  the  king  unto  her,  What  wilt  thou, 
queen  Es'ther?  and  what  is  thy  request?  eit  shall 
be  even  given  thee  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

4  And  Es'ther  answered,  If  it  seem  good  unto  the 
king,  let  the  king  and  Ha'man  come  this  day  unto 
the  banquet  that  I  have  prepared  for  him. 

5  Then  the  king  sa[d,  Cause  Ha'man  to  make  haste, 
that  he  may  do  as  Es'ther  hath  said.  So  the  king 
and  Ha'man  came  to  the  banquet  that  Es'ther  had 
prepared. 

6  If  7And  the  king  said  unto  Es'ther  at  the  ban- 
quet of  wine,  9What  is  thy  petition?  and  it  shall 
be  granted  thee  :  and  what  is  thy  request?  even  to 
the  half  of  the  kingdom  it  shall  be  performed. 

7  Then  answered  Es'ther,  and  said,  My  petition 
and  my  request  is ; 

8  If  I  have  found  favour  in  the  sight  of  the  king, 
and  if  it  please  the  king  to  grant  my  petition,  and 
xto  perform  my  request,  let  the  king  and  Ha'man 
come  to  the  banquet  that  I  shall  prepare  for  them, 
and  I  will  do  to  morrow  as  the  king  hath  said. 

9  If  Then  went  Ha'man  forth  that  day  h  joyful  and 
with  a  glad  heart :  but  when  Ha'man  saw  Mor'de- 
cai  in  the  king's  gate,  'that  he  stood  not  up,  no: 
moved  for  him,  he  was  full  of  indignation  against 
Mor'de-cai. 

10  Nevertheless  Ha'man  j refrained  himself :  and 
when  he  came  home,  he  sent  and  2  called  for  his 
friends,  and  Ze'resh  his  wife. 

11  And  Ha'man  told  them  of  *the  glory  of  his 
riches,  and  'the  multitude  of  his  children,  and  all 
the  things  wherein  the  king  had  promoted  him,  and 
how  he  had  m  advanced  him  above  the  princes  and 
servants  of  the  king. 


t 

1 

; 


Ahasuerus  honours  Mordecai. 


ESTHER,  6-8. 


Esther  accuses  Haman. 


12  Ha'man  said  moreover,  Yea,  Es'ther  the  queen 
did  let  no  man  come  in  with  the  king  unto  the  ban- 
quet that  she  had  prepared  but  myself;  and  "  to 
morrow  am  I  invited  unto  her  also  with  the  king. 

13  Yet  "all  this  availeth  me  nothing,  so  long  as  I 
see  Mor'de-cai  the  Jew  sitting  at  the  king's  gate. 

14  If  Then  said  Ze'resh  his  wife  and  all  his  friends 
unto  him,  Let  a  3  gallows  be  made  of  fifty  cubits 
high,  and  to  morrow  p  speak  thou  unto  the  king 
that  Mor'de-cai  may  be  hanged  thereon  :  then  go 
thou  in  merrily  with  the  king  unto  the  banquet. 
And  the  thing  pleased  Ha'man  ;  and  he  caused 
9  the  gallows  to  be  made. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  The  king  hears  Mordecai1  s  record.     12  He  is  honoured  above  Hainan. 

/^iN  that  night  1  could  not  the  king  sleep,  and  he 
^^  commanded  to  bring  athe  book  of  records  of 
the  chronicles  ;  and  they  were  read  before  the  king. 

2  And  it  was  found  written,  that  Mor'de-cai  had 
told  of  2Big'tha-na  and  Te'resh,  two  of  the  king's 
chamberlains,  the  keepers  of  the  Moor,  who  sought 
to  lay  hand  on  the  king  A-ha§-u-e'rus. 

3  And  the  king  said,  *What  honour  and  dignity 
hath  been  done  to  Mor'de-cai  for  this  ?  Then  said 
the  king's  servants  that  ministered  unto  him,  There 
is  nothing  done  for  him. 

4  I  And  the  king  said,  Who  is  in  the  court  ?  Now 
Ha'man  was  come  into  cthe  outward  court  of  the 
king's  house,  dto  speak  unto  the  king  to  hang  Mor'- 
de-cai on  the  gallows  that  he  had  prepared  for  him. 

5  And  the  king's  servants  said  unto  him,  Behold, 
Ha'man  standeth  in  the  court.  And  the  king  said, 
Let  him  come  in. 

6  So  Ha'man  came  in.  And  the  king  said  unto 
him,  What  shall  be  done  unto  the  man  4whom  the 
king  delighteth  to  honour  ?  Now  Ha'man  thought 
in  his  heart,  To  whom  would  the  king  delight  to  do 
honour  more  than  to  myself  ? 

7  And  Ha'man  answered  the  king,  For  the  man 
5  whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honour, 

8  6Let  the  royal  apparel  be  brought 7  which  the  king 
useth  to  wear,  and  e  the  horse  that  the  king  rideth 
upon,  and  the  crown  royal  which  is  set  upon  his  head : 

9  And  let  this  apparel  and  horse  be  delivered  to 
the  hand  of  one  of  the  king's  most  noble  princes, 
that  they  may  array  the  man  withal  whom  the  king 
delighteth  to  honour,  and  8  bring  him  on  horseback 
through  the  street  of  the  city/ and  proclaim  before 
him,  Thus  shall  it  be  done  to  the  man  whom  the 
king  delighteth  to  honour. 

10  Then  the  king  said  to  Ha'man,  "Make  haste, 
and  take  the  apparel  and  the  horse,  as  thou  hast 
said,  and  do  even  so  to  Mor'de-cai  the  Jew,  that 
sitteth  at  the  king's  gate:  9let  nothing  fail  of  all 
that  thou  hast  spoken. 

11  Then  took  Ha'man  the  apparel  and  the  horse, 
and  arrayed  M6r'de-cai,  and  brought  him  on  horse- 
back through  the  street  of  the  city,  and  proclaimed 
before  him,  Thus  shall  it  be  done  unto  the  man 
whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honour. 

12  If  And  M6r'de-cai  ''came  again  to   the  king's 


B.  C.  510. 


Prov.  27.  1. 
1  TUess.  3.  3. 


I  Ki.  21.  4-C. 

Job  5.  2. 


i  tree, 
i  ch.  6.  4. 


cli.  7.  10. 
Ps.  59.  7. 
Prov.  1.  10. 


1  the  king's 
sleep  fled 
away. 

a  ch.  2.  23. 


2  Or.  Bigthan. 

3  threshold. 

b  Gal.  G.  9. 


ccli.  5.  1. 
d  ch.  5.  14. 
Job  5. 13. 

4  in  whose 
honour  the 
king  de- 
lighteth. 

5  in  whose 
honour  the 
king  de- 
lighteth. 

C  Let  them 
bring  the 
royal  ap- 
parel. 

7  wherewith  the 
king  clotheth 
himself. 

el  Ki.  1.33. 

8  cause  him  to 
ride. 

/'  Gen.  41 .  43. 
g  Job5.  11,  13. 
Luke  14.  11. 

9  suffer  not  a 
whit  to  fall. 

h  ch.  2.  19. 

Ps.  131.  1. 
i  2  Sain.  15.  30. 


1  to  drink. 
a  ch.  5.  6. 

I 1 1  Sam.  22.  23. 
ch.  3.  9. 

2  that  they 
should  destroy, 
and  kill,  ami 
cause  to  perish. 

3  whose  heart 
hath  filled 
him. 

4  The  man  ad- 
versary. 

5  Or,  at  the  pre- 
sence of. 

c  Prov.  14.  19. 
il  ch.  1.  6. 
G  with  rue. 
e  Job  9.  24. 
fch.  1.  10. 

Job  9.  24. 

Isa.  22.  17. 
g  ch.  5.  14. 

Ps.  7.  1G. 

Prov.  11.  5,  6. 
7  tree. 
h  ch.  2.  21-23. 

ch.  5.  14. 

Job  27.  20-23. 

Prov.  11.  5,  6. 
i  ch.  9.  25. 

Ps.  7.  15. 

Ps.  9.  15,  1G. 

Dan.  6.  24. 


a  ch.  2. 


gate.     But  Ha'man  hasted  to  his  house  mourning, 
'  and  having  his  head  covered. 

13  And  Ha'man  told  Ze'resh  his  wife  and  all  his 
friends  every  thing  that  had  befallen  him.  Then 
said  his  wise  men  and  Ze'resh  his  wife  unto  him,  If 
Mor'de-cai  be  of  the  seed  of  the  Jew§,  before  whom 
thou  hast  begun  to  fall,  thou  shalt  not  prevail 
against  him,  but  shalt  surely  fall  before  him. 

14  And  while  they  were  yet  talking  with  him, 
came  the  king's  chamberlains,_  and  hasted  to  bring 
Ha'man  unto  the  banquet  that  Es'ther  had  prepared. 


CHAPTER  7. 


1  Esther  sues  for  her  people. 


She  accuses  Human. 


He  is  hanged. 


OO  the  king  and  Ha'man  came  'to  banquet  with 
^  Es'ther  the  queen. 

.  2  And  the  king  said  again  unto  Es'ther  on  the 
second  day  "at  the  banquet  of  wine,  What  is  thy 
petition,  queen  Es'ther  ?  and  it  shall  be  granted 
thee  :  and  what  is  thy  request?  and  it  shall  be 
performed,  even  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

3  Then  Es'ther  the  queen  answered  and  said,  If  I 
have  found  favour  in  thy  sight,  O  king,  and  if  it 
please  the  king,  let  my  life  be  given  me  at  my 
petition,  and  my  people  at  my  request : 

4  For  we  are  6sold,  I  and  my  people,  2to  be  de- 
stroyed, to  be  slain,  and  to  perish.  But  if  we  had 
been  sold  for  bondmen  and  bondwomen,  I  had  held 
my  tongue,  although  the  enemy  could  not  counter- 
vail the  king's  damage. 

5  If  Then  the  king  A-ha§-u-e'rus  answered  and  said 
unto  Es'ther  the  queen,  Who  is  he,  and  where  is  he, 
3 that  durst  presume  in  his  heart  to  do  so? 

6  And  Es'ther  said,  4The  adversary  and  enemy  is 
this  wicked  Ha'man.  Then  Ha'man  was  afraid 
5  before  the  king  and  the  queen. 

7  If  And  the  king  arising  from  the  banquet  of  wine 
in  his  wrath  went  into  the  palace  garden :  and  Ha'- 
man c  stood  up  to  make  request  for  his  life  to  Es'ther 
the  queen  ;  for  he  saw  that  there  was  evil  deter- 
mined against  him  by  the  king. 

8  Then  the  king  returned  out  of  the  palace  garden 
into  the  place  of  the  banquet  of  wine ;  and  Ha'man 
was  fallen  upon  rfthe  bed  whereon  Es'ther  was. 
Then  said  the  king,  Will  he  force  the  queen  also 
c  before  me  in  the  house  ?  As  the  word  went  out 
of  the  king's  mouth,  they  e  covered  Ha'man's  face. 

9  And  ^^Har-bo'nah,  one  of  the  chamberlains,  said 
before  the  king,  Behold  also,  "the  7  gallows  fifty 
cubits  high,  which  Ha'man  had  made  for  Mor'de- 
cai,  who  h  had  spoken  good  for  the  king,  standeth  in 
the  house  of  Ha'man.  Then  the  king  said,  Hang 
him  thereon. 

10  So* they  hanged  Ha'man  on  the  gallows  that  he 
had  prepared  for  Mor'de-cai.  Then  was  the  king's 
wrath  pacified. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Mordecai  is  advanced.    3  The  decree  against  the  Jews  reversed.     15  Joy  of  the  Jews. 

/~\N  that  day  did  the  king  A-ha§-u-e'rus  give  the 
^-^  house  of  Ha'man  the  Jewg'  enemy  unto  Es'ther 
the  queen.  And  Mor'de-cai  came  before  the  king  ; 
for  Es'ther  had  told  "what  he  ivas  unto  her. 

391 


The  Jews  are  saved. 


ESTHER,  9. 


They  slay  their  enemies. 


2  And  the  king  took  off  6his  ring,  which  he  had 
taken  from  Ha'man,  and  gave  it  unto  Mor'de-cai. 
And  Es'ther  set  Mor'de-cai  over  the  house  of  Ha'- 
man. 

3  If  And  Es'ther  spake  yet  again  before  the  king, 
and  fell  down  at  his  feet,  xand  besought  him  with 
tears  to  put  away  the  mischief  of  Ha'man  the  A'gag- 
Ite,  and  his  device  that  he  had  devised  against  the 
Jewg. 

4  Then_  cthe  king  held  out  the  golden  sceptre 
toward  Es'ther.  So  Es'ther  arose,  and  stood  before 
the  king, 

5  And  said,  If  it  please  the  king,  and  if  I  have 
found  favour  in  his  sight,  and  the  thing  seem  right 
before  the  king,  and  I  be  pleasing  in  his  eyes,  let  it 
be  written  to  reverse  2the  letters  devised  by  Ha'- 
man the  son  of  Ham-med'a-tha  the  A'gag-ite, 3  which 
he  wrote  to  destroy  the  Jewg  which  are  in  all  the 
king's  provinces : 

6  For  how  can  I4  endure  to  see  rfthe  evil  that  shall 
come  unto  my  people  ?  or  how  can  I  endure  to  see 
the  destruction  of  my  kindred  ? 

7  If  Then  the  king  A-hag-u-e'rus  said  unto  Es'ther 
the  queen  and  to  Mor'de-cai  the  Jew,  Behold,  eI  have 
given  Es'ther  the  house  of  Ha'man,  and  him  they 
have  hanged  upon  the  gallows,  because  he  laid  his 
hand  upon  the  Jews.. 

8  Write  ye  also  for  the  Jews.,  as  it  liketh  you,  in 
the  king's  name,  and  seal  it  with  the  king's  ring  : 
for  the  writing  which  is  written  in  the  king's  name, 
and  sealed  with  the  king's  ring,  rmay  no  man  re- 
verse. 

9  °  Then  were  the  king's  scribes  called  at  that  time 
in  the  third  month,  that  is,  the  month  Si'van,  on 
the  three  and  twentieth  day  thereof ;  and  it  was 
written  according  to  all  that  Mor'de-cai  commanded 
unto  the  Jews.,  and  to  the  lieutenants,  and  the  depu- 
ties and  rulers  of  the  provinces  which  are  h  from 
Ind'ia  unto  E-thi-o'pi-a,  an  hundred  twenty  and  seven 
provinces,  unto  every  province  i  according  to  the 
writing  thereof,  and  unto  every  people  after  their 
language,  and  to  the  Jewg  according  to  their  writ- 
ing, and  according  to  their  language. 

10  JAnd  he  wrote  in  the  king  A-hag-u-e'rus'  name, 
and  sealed  it  with  the  king's  ring,  and  sent  letters 
by  posts  on  horseback,  and  riders  on  mules,  camels, 
and  young  dromedaries : 

1 1  Wherein  the  king  granted  the  Jews,  which  ivere 
in  every  city  to  gather  themselves  together,  and  to 
stand  for  their  life,  to  destroy,  to  slay,  and  to  cause 
to  perish,  all  the  power  of  the  people  and  province 
that  would  assault  them,  both  little  ones  and  women, 
and  kto  take  the  spoil  of  them  for  a  prey, 

JL2  zUpon  one  day  in  all  the  provinces  of  king 
A-hag-u-e'rus,  namely,  upon  the  thirteenth  day  of 
the  twelfth  month,  which  is  the  month  A'dar. 

13  m  The  copy  of  the  writing  for  a  commandment 
to  be  given  in  every  province  was  5  published  unto 
all  people,  and  that  the  Jews,  should  be  ready  against 
that  day  to  avenge  themselves  on  their  enemies. 

14  So  the  posts  that  rode  upon  mules  and  camels 
went   out,  being  hastened  and  pressed  on  by  the 

392 


B.  C.  510. 


b  Gen.  41.  42. 
ch.  3.  10. 
Dan.  5.  29. 
Luke  15.  22. 


1  and  she  wept, 
and  besought 
him. 


cch.  4.  11. 


2  the  device. 

3  Or,  who  wrote. 


4  be  able  that  I 

may  see. 
d  Neh.  2.  3. 

Ps.  137.  6.  . 


Prov.  13.  22. 


/  Dan.  6.  8, 
12-15. 
2  Tim.  2. 19. 

gch.  3.  12. 

h  ch.  1.  1. 
i  eh.  1.  22. 
j  1  Ki.  21.  8. 
*  ch.  3.  13. 

Isa.  10.  6. 
I  Ex.  15.  9,  10. 

ch.  3.  13. 
m  ch.  3.  14,  15. 

5  revealed. 

6  Or,  violet. 
n  ch.  3.  15. 

Prov.  28. 

12,  28. 
o  ch.  9.  17. 

Job  11.  17. 

Ps.  18.  28. 

Prov.  4.  18. 
p  1  Sam.  25.  8. 

Neh.  8.  10. 

ch.  9.  19,  22. 
q  Ps.  18.  43. 
r  Gen.  35.  5. 

Ex.  15.  16. 

Deut.  2.  25. 

ch.  9.  2. 


a  ch.  8.  12. 
b  ch.  3.  13. 
c  2  Sam.  22.  41. 

Isa.  14.  2. 
dch.  8.  11. 
e  Ps.  71.  13. 
/  Ex.  23.  27. 

ch.  8.  17. 

1  those  which 
did  the  busi- 
ness that  be- 
longed to  the 
king. 

q  Prov.  16.  7. 
h  2  Sam.  3. 1. 

1  Chr.  11.  9. 

Ps.  1.  3. 

Prov.  4.  18. 

Isa.  9.  7. 

2  according  to 
their  will. 

;'  Ex.  20.  5. 

ch.  5.  11. 

Job  18.  19. 

Ps.  21.  10. 
j  Gen.  14.  23. 

ch.  8.  11. 

3  came. 

A-  ch.  5.  0. 


king's  commandment.    And  the  decree  was  given  at 
Shu'shan  the  palace. 

15  If  And  Mor'de-cai  went  out  from  the  presence 
of  the  king  in  royal  apparel  of  6blue  and  white,  and 
with  a  great  crown  of  gold,  and  with  a  garment  of 
fine  linen  and  purple  :  and  Kthe  city  of  Shu'shan 
rejoiced  and  was  glad. 

16  The  Jewg  had  "light,  and  gladness,  and  joy,  and 
honour. 

17  And  in  every  province,  and  in  every  city, 
whithersoever  the  king's  commandment  and  his  de- 
cree came,  the  Jews,  had  joy  and  gladness,  a  feast 
pand  a  good  day.  And  many  of  the  people  of  the 
land  9  became  Jews.  ;  for  rthe  fear  of  the  Jewg  fell 
upon  them. 

CHAPTER  9. 


1  The  Jews  slay  their  enemies. 


14  Hainan's  sons  hanged, 
instituted. 


20  The  /east  of  Purim  is 


1VTOW  "in  the  twelfth  month,  that  is,  the  month 
-^  A'dar,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  same, 
6  when  the  king's  commandment  and  his  decree 
drew  near  to  be  put  in  execution,  in  the  day  that 
the  enemies  of  the  Jews,  hoped  to  have  power  over 
them,  (though  it  was  turned  to  the  contrary,  that 
the  Jews.  chad  rule  over  them  that  hated  them ;) 

2  The  Jews.  d  gathered  themselves  together  in  their 
cities  throughout  all  the  provinces  of  the  king 
A-hag-u-e'rus,  to  lay  hand  on  such  as  e  sought  their 
hurt :  and  no  man  could  withstand  them  ;  for  -''the 
fear  of  them  fell  upon  all  people. 

3  And  all  the  rulers  of  the  provinces,  and  the  lieu- 
tenants, and  the  deputies,  and  Officers  of  the  king, 
0  helped  the  Jewg  ;  because  the  fear  of  Mor'de-cai 
fell  upon  them. 

4  For  M6r'de-cai  was  great  in  the  king's  house, 
and  his  fame  went  out  throughout  all  the  provinces : 
for  this  man  Mor'de-cai  ''waxed  greater  and 
greater. 

5  Thus  the  Jewg  smote  all  their  enemies  with  the 
stroke  of  the  sword,  and  slaughter,  and  destruction, 
and  did  2what  they  would  unto  those  that  hated 
them. 

6  And  in  Shu'shan  the  palace  the  Jewg  slew  and 
destroyed  five  hundred  men. 

7  And  Par-shan'da-tha,  and  Dal'phon,  and  As'pa- 
tha, 

8  And  Por'a-tha,  and  Ad-a-H'a,  and  A-rid'a-tha, 

9  And  Par-mash'ta,  and  A-ris'a-L  and  A-rid'a-T,  and 
Va-jez'a-tha, 

10  'The  ten  sons  of  Ha'man  the  son  of  Ham-med'- 
a-tha, the  enemy  of  the  Jewg,  slew  they ;  ^'but  on 
the  spoil  laid  they  not  their  hand. 

11  On  that  day  the  number  of  those  that  were 
slain  in  Shu'shan  the  palace  3was  brought  before 
the  king. 

12  If  And  the  king  said  unto  Es'ther  the  queen, 
The  Jewg  have  slain  and  destroyed  five  hundred 
men  in  Shu'shan  the  palace,  and  the  ten  sons  of 
Ha'man ;  what  have  they  done  in  the  rest  of  the 
king's  provinces?  now  fcwhat  is  thy  petition?  and 
it  shall  be  granted  thee  :  or  what  is  thy  request 
further  ?  and  it  shall  be  done. 


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a 
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8 

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THE  BEGINNING  OF  JOB'S  MISFORTUNE& 


DANIEL   INTERPRETING  THE  HANDWRITING  ON  THE  WALL. 


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& 

SQ 


Human' s  sons  hanged. 


ESTHER,  10. 


Feast  of  Purim  instituted. 


13  Then  said  Es'ther,  If  it  please  the  king,  let  it 
be  granted  to  the  Jewg  which  are  in  Shu'shan  to 
do  to  morrow  also  ''according  unto  this  day's  decree, 
and4 let  Ha' man's  ten  sons  mbe  hanged  upon  the 
gallows. 

14  And  the  king  commanded  it  so  to  be  done  :  and 
the  decree  was  given  at  Shu'shan  ;  and  they  hanged 
Ha'man's  ten  sons. 

15  For  the  Jews,  that  were  in  Shu'shan  "gathered 
themselves  together  on  the  fourteenth  day  also  of  the 
month  A'dar,  and  slew  three  hundred  men  at  Shu'- 
shan ;  but  on  the  prey  they  laid  not  their  hand. 

16  But  the  other  Jewg  that  were  in  the  king's  pro- 
vinces "gathered  themselves  together,  and  stood  for 
their  lives,  and  had  rest  from  their  enemies,  and 
slew  of  their  foes  seventy  and  five  thousand,  p  but 
they  laid  not  their  hands  on  the  prey, 

17  On  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  month  A'dar  ;  and 
on  the  fourteenth  day  5of  the  same  rested  they, 
and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting  and  gladness. 

18  But  the  Jewg  that  were  at  Shu'shan  assembled 
together  on  the  thirteenth  day  thereof,  and  on  the 
fourteenth  thereof  ;  and  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
same  they  rested,  and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting  and 
gladness. 

19  Therefore  the  Jewg  of  the  villages,  that  dwelt 
in  the  unwalled  towns,  made  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  month  A'dar q  a  day  of  gladness  and  feasting, 
rand  a  good  day,  and  of  s  sending  portions  one  to 
another. 

20  If  And  Mor'de-cai  wrote  these  things,  and  sent 
letters  unto  all  the  Jewg  that  were  in  all  the  pro- 
vinces of  the  king  A-hag-u-e'rus,  both  nigh  and  far, 

21  To  stablish  this  among  them,  that  they  should 
*keep  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month  A'dar,  and 
the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same,  yearly, 

22  As  the  days  wherein  the  Jewg  rested  from 
their  enemies,  and  the  month  which  was  "turned 
unto  them  from  sorrow  to  joy,  and  from  mourning 
into  a  good  day  :  that  they  should  make  them  days 
of  feasting  and  joy,  and  of  "sending  portions  one 
to  another,  and  gifts  to  the  poor. 

23  And  the  Jewg  undertook  to  do  as  they  had 
begun,  and  as  Mor'de-cai  had  written  unto  them  ; 

24  Because  Ha'man  the  son  of  Ham-med'a-tha, 
the  A'gag-ite,  the-  enemy  of  all  the  Jewg,  whad 
devised  against  the  Jewg  to  destroy  them,  and  had 
cast  Pur,  that  is,  the  lot,  to  6  consume  them,  and  to 
destroy  them ; 


B.  C.  509. 


Ich.  S.  11. 

4  let  men  hang. 
m  2  Sam.  21.  G,  9. 


ncli.  8.  11. 


o  Lev.  2C.  7, 
ch.  8.  11. 


p  1  Thess.  5.  22. 


?Deut.  16. 11, 14. 

Neh.  8.  10-12. 

ch.  8.  17. 

Ps.  118.  15. 

Rev.  11.  10. 
r  I  Sam.  25.  8. 

Neh.  8.  10-12. 

ch.  8.  17. 
s  Neh.  8.  10-12. 

Rev.  11.  10. 
t  Ps.  145.  4. 
uPs.  30.  11. 

Matt.  5.  4. 

John  16.  20-22. 
»Neh.  8.  11. 

Acts  2.  44^16. 
w  ch.  3.  G,  7. 

6  crush. 

7  when  she  came. 
x  1  Sam.  24. 

12,  13. 
ch.  7.  10. 
Ps.  7.  16. 
Ps.  37.  12,  13. 

8  That  is,  Lot. 
y  ch.  8.  17. 

Isa.  56.  3,  6. 
Zech.  2.  11. 

9  pass. 

10  pass. 

11  be  ended. 
2  ch.  2.  15. 

12  all  strength. 
a  ch.  8.  10.  ■ 
6ch.  1.  1. 


a  Gen.  10.  5. 

Ps.  72.  10. 

Isa.  24.  15. 
1  made  him 

great. 
6  Gen.  41.  40. 

2  Chr.  28.  7. 
c  Neh.  2.  10. 

Ps.  122.  8. 
d  Ps.  125.  5. 

Prov.  12.  20. 

Isa.  26.  12. 


25  But  7when  Esther  came  before  the  king,  he 
commanded  by  letters  that  his  wicked  device,  which 
he  devised  against  the  Jewg,  should  x  return  upon 
his  own  head,  and  that  he  and  his  sons  should  be 
hanged  on  the  gallows. 

26  Wherefore  they  called  these  days  Pu'rim  after 
the  name  of  8Pur.  Therefore  for  all  the  words  of 
this  letter,  and  of  that  which  they  had  seen  con- 
cerning this  matter,  and  which  had  come  unto  them, 

27  The  Jewg  ordained,  and  took  upon  them,  and 
upon  their  seed,  and  upon  all  such  as  v  joined  them- 
selves unto  them,  so  as  it  should  not  9fail,  that  they 
would  keep  these  two  days  according  to  their  writ- 
ing, and  according  to  their  appointed  time  every 
year; 

28  And  that  these  days  should  be  remembered  and 
kept  throughout  every  generation,  every  family, 
every  province,  and  every  city  ;  and  that  these  days 
of  Pu'rim  should  not  10 fail  from  among  the  Jewg, 
nor  the  memorial  of  them  "perish  from  their  seed. 

29  Then  Es'ther  the  queen,  2the  daughter  of  Ab- 
i-ha'il,  and  Mor'de-cai  the  Jew,  wrote  with  ^all 
authority,  to  confirm  this  "second  letter  of  Pu'rim. 

30  And  he  sent  the  letters  unto  all  the  Jewg,  to 
6  the  hundred  twenty  and  seven  provinces  of  the 
kingdom  of  A-hag-u-e'rus,  with  words  of  peace  and 
truth, 

31  To  confirm  these  days  of  Pu'rim  in  their  times 
appointed,  according  as  Mor'de-cai  the  Jew  and  Es'- 
ther the  queen  had  enjoined  them,  and  as  they 
had  decreed  for  themselves  and  for  their  seed,  the 
matters  of  the  fastingsand  their  cry. 

32  And  the  decree  of  Es'ther  confirmed  these  mat- 
ters of  Pu'rim  ;  and  it  was  written  in  the  book. 

CHAPTER  1.0. 

1  Ahasuerus'  power.    3  Mordeca.Cs  advancement  and  power. 

AND  the  king  A-hag-u-e'riis  laid  a  tribute  upon 
-  the  land,  and  upon  "the  isles  of  the  sea. 

2  And  all  the  acts  of  his  power  and  of  his  might, 
and  the  declaration  of  the  greatness  of  Mor'de-cai, 
whereunto  the  king  Advanced  him,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Me'di-a  and  Per'gia? 

3  For  Mor'de-cai  the  Jew  was  6next  unto  king 
A-hag-u-e'rus,  and  great  among  the  Jewg,  and  ac- 
cepted of  the  multitude  of  his  brethren,  c  seeking 
the  wealth  of  his  people,  and  speaking  d  peace  to  all 
his  seed. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  JOB. 


CHAPTER  1. 


1  Job's  family  and  wealth.    13  His  great  losses.    20  He  mourns,  yet  blesses  God. 


T 


HERE  was  a  man  ain  the  land  of  Uz,  whose 
name  ivas  b  Job :  and  that  man  was  c  perfect 
and  upright,  and  one  that  d  feared  God,  and  es- 
chewed evil. 

2  And  there  were  born  unto  him  seven  sons  and 
three  daughters. 


B.  C.  1520. 


a  Gen.  22.  20. 

b  Jas.  5.  11. 
c  Gen.  6.  9. 
d  Prov.  8.  13. 
1  Pet.  3.  11. 

1  Or,  cattle. 

2  Or,  husbandry. 

3  sons  of  the  east. 


3  His  Substance  also  was  seven  thousand  sheep, 
and  three  thousand  camels,  and  five  hundred  yoke 
of  oxen,  and  five  hundred  she  asses,  and  a  very 
great 2  household  ;  so  that  this  man  was  the  great- 
est of  all  the  3men  of  the  east. 

4  And  his  sons  went  and  feasted  in  their  houses, 
every  one  his  day;  and  sent  and  called  for  their 
three  sisters  to  eat  and  to  drink  with  them. 

393 


Job's  great  losses. 


JOB,  2,  3. 


He  reproves  his  wife. 


5  And  it  was  so,  when  the  days  of  their  feasting 
were  gone  about,  that  Job  sent  and  sanctified  them, 
and  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  eand  offered 
burnt  offerings  according  to  the  number  of  them 
all :  for  Job  said,  flt  may  .be  that  my  sons  have 
sinned,  and  a  cursed  God  in  their  hearts.  Thus  did 
Job  4  continually. 

6  If  Now  h there  was  a  day  'when  the  sons  of  God 
came  to  present  themselves  before  the  Lord,  and 
5  Sa'tan  came  also  6  among  them. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sa'tan,  Whence  comest 
thou  ?  Then  Sa'tan  answered  the  Lord,  and  said, 
From  J  going  to  and  fro  in  the  earth,  and  from 
walking  up  and  down  in  it. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sa'tan,  7Hast  thou  con- 
sidered my  servant  Job,  that  there  is  none  like  him 
in  the  earth,  a  perfect  and  an  upright  man,  one 
that  feareth  God,  and  escheweth  evil  ? 

9  Then  Sa'tan  answered  the  Lord,  and  said,  Doth 
Job  fear  God  for  nought? 

10  *Hast  not  thou  made  an  hedge  about  him,  and 
about  his  house,  and  about  all  that  he  hath  on 
every  side?  'thou  hast  blessed  the  work  of  his 
hands,  and  his  8  substance  is  increased  in  the  land. 

11  But  put  forth  thine  hand  now,  and  touch  all 
that  he  hath,  9and  he  will  curse  thee  to  thy  face. 

12  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sa'tan,  Behold,  all  that 
he  hath  is  in  thy  10 power;  only  upon  himself  put 
not  forth  thine  hand.  So  Sa'tan  went  forth  from 
the  presence  of  the  Lord. 

13  If  And  there  was  a  day  '"when  his  sons  and  his 
daughters  were  eating  and  drinking  wine  in  their 
eldest  brother's  house : 

14  And  there  came  a  messenger  unto  Job,  and  said, 
The  oxen  were  plowing,  and  the  asses  feeding  be- 
side them  : 

15  And  the  "Sa-be'ang  fell  upon  them,  and  took 
them  away  ;  yea,  they  have  slain  the  servants  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword ;  and  I  only  am  escaped  alone 
to  tell  thee. 

16  While  he  was  yet  speaking,  there  came  also 
another,  and  said,  uThe  fire  of  God  is  fallen  from 
heaven,  and  hath  burned  up  the  sheep,  and  the 
servants,  and  consumed  them  ;  and  I  only  am  es- 
caped alone  to  tell  thee. 

17  While  he  was  yet  speaking,  there  came  also 
another,  and  said,  The  Chal-de'ang  made  out  three 
bands,  and  12fell  upon  the  camels,  and  have  carried 
them  away,  yea,  and  slain  the  servants  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword ;  and  I  only  am  escaped  alone  to 
tell  thee. 

18  While  he  was  yet  speaking,  there  came  also 
another,  and  said,  Thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  were 
eating  and  drinking  wine  in  their  eldest  brother's 
house  : 

19  And,  behold,  there  came  a  great  wind  13from 
the  wilderness,  and  smote  the  four  corners  of  the 
house,  and  it  fell  upon  the  young  men,  and  they  are 
dead  ;  and  I  only  am  escaped  alone  to  tell  thee. 

20  Then  Job  arose,  and  rent  his  14  mantle,  and 
shaved  his  head,  and  "fell  down  upon  the  ground, 
and  worshipped, 

394 


B.  C.  1520. 


e  Gen.  8.  20. 
ch.  42.  8. 


/2Cor.  11.  2. 

g\  Ki.  21.10, 13. 

4  all  the  days. 

h  ch.  2.  1. 
i  ch.  38.  7. 
Dan.  7.  10. 

">  the  Adversary. 
G  in  the  midst  of 
them. 


j  Matt.  12.  43. 
1  Pet.  5.  8. 


7  Hast  thou  set 
thy  heart  on. 


k  Gen.  15.  1. 
Ps.  34.  7. 
Isa.  5.  2. 

/  Ps.  128.  1. 

8  Or,  cattle. 


9  if  he  curse  thee 
not  to  thy  face. 

10  hand. 


m  Eccl.  0.  12. 
Luke  12. 19, 20. 


n  Gen.  10.  7. 

11  Or,  A  great 
fire. 

12  rushed. 

13  from  aside. 

14  Or,  robe. 

o  Deut.  9.  18. 

Matt.  26.  39. 

1  Pet.  5.  G. 
;)  Jas.  1.  17. 
q  Geu.  45.  5. 

Amos  3.  G. 

Eph.  5.  20. 

15  Or,  attributed 
folly  to  God. 


n  ch.  27.  5,  G. 
.las.  1.  12. 
1  Pet.  1.  7. 

1  to  swallow  him 
up. 

b  Gen.  22.  1. 

Matt.  7.  11. 

John  9.  2. 
e  ch.  19.  20. 

Ps.  32.  3,  4. 

2  Or,  only. 

i!  2  Sam.  13.  19. 

ch.  42.  G. 

Matt.  11.  21. 
e  Gen.  3.  6. 
fl  Ki.  G.  33. 

ch.  21.  15. 

Mai.  3.  14. 
'/2Sam.  19.  28. 

ch.  1.  21. 

Lam.  3.  38-41. 

John  18.  11. 

Rom.  12.  12. 

Heb.  12.  9-11. 
h  Ps.  39.  1. 

Jas.  1.  12. 
i  Gen.  36.  11. 

Jer.  49.  7. 
/  Gen.  25.  2. 
i  ch.  42. 11. 

Rom.  12.  15. 
I  Neh.  9.  1. 

Lam.  2.  10. 
m  Gen.  50.  10. 


1  answered. 


21  And  said,  Naked  came  I  out  of  my  mother's 
womb,  and  naked  shall  I  return  thither  :  the  Lord 
"gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away  ;  Q blessed  be 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

22  In  all  this  Job  sinned  not,  nor  15  charged  God 
foolishly. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Satan  further  tries  Job.    7  He  is  smitten  with  boils.    9  His  family  reproved. 

A  GAIN  there  was  a  day  when  the  sons  of  God 
-^-  came  to  present  themselves  before  the  Lord, 
and  Sa'tan  came  also  among  them  to  present  him- 
self before  the  Lord. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sa'tan,  From  whence 
comest  thou  ?  And  Sa'tan  answered  the  Lord,  and 
said,  From  going  to  and  fro  in  the  earth,  and  from 
walking  up  and  down  in  it. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sa'tan,  Hast  thou  con- 
sidered my  servant  Job,  that  there  is  none  like  him 
in  the  earth,  a  perfect  and  an  upright  man,  one 
that  feareth  God,  and  escheweth  evil  ?  and  still  he 
"holdeth  fast  his  integrity,  although  thou  movedst 
me  against  him,  l  b  to  destroy  him  without  cause. 

4  And  Sa'tan  answered  the  Lord,  and  said,  Skin 
for  skin,  yea,  all  that  a  man  hath  will  he  give  for 
his  life. 

5  But  put  forth  thine  hand  now,  and  touch  his 
cbone  and  his  flesh,  and  he  will  curse  thee  to  thy 
face. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Sa'tan,  Behold,  he  is  in 
thine  hand  ;  2but  save  his  life. 

7  If  So  went  Sa'tan  forth  from  the  presence  of  the 
Lord,  and  smote  Job  with  sore  boils  from  the  sole 
of  his  foot  unto  his  crown. 

8  And  he  took  him  a  potsherd  to  scrape  himself 
withal  ;  dand  he  sat  down  among  the  ashes. 

9  If  Then  said  e  his  wife  unto  him,  -^Dost  thou  still 
retain  thine  integrity  ?  curse  God,  and  die. 

10  But  he  said  unto  her,  Thou  speakest  as  one  of 
the  foolish  women  speaketh.  What  ?  °  shall  we  re- 
ceive good  at  the  hand  of  God,  and  shall  we  not 
receive  evil  ?  In  all  this  did  not  Job  ''sin  with  his 
lips. 

11  I  Now  when  Job's  three  friends  heard  of  all 
this  evil  that  was  come  upon  him,  they  came  every 
one  from  his  own  place  ;  El'i-phaz  'the  Te'man-Ite, 
and  Bil'dad  Hhe  Shu'hlte,  and  Zo'phar  the  Na'a- 
math-Ite  :  for  they  had  made  an  appointment  to- 
gether to  come  k  to  mourn  with  him  and  to  comfort 
him. 

12  And  when  they  lifted  up  their  eyes  afar  off, 
and  knew  him  not,  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and 
wept ;  and  they  rent  every  one  his  mantle,  and 
'sprinkled  dust  upon  their  heads  toward  heaven. 

13  So  they  sat  down  with  him  upon  the  ground 
m  seven  days  and  seven  nights,  and  none  spake  a 
word  unto  him  :  for  they  saw  that  his  grief  was 
very  great. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Job  curses  the  day  oj  his  birth.    20  His  complaint  of  life. 

AFTER  this  opened  Job  his  mouth,  and  cursed 
-  his  day. 
2  And  Job  a  spake,  and  said, 


Job  curses  his  birthday. 


JOB,  4,  5. 


Eliphaz  reproves  Job. 


3  "Let  the  day  perish  wherein  I  was  born,  and  the 
night  in  which  it  was  said,  There  is  a  man  child 
conceived. 

4  Let  that  day  be  darkness  ;  let  not  God  regard  it 
from  above,  neither  let  the  light  shine  upon  it. 

5  Let  darkness  and  6the  shadow  of  death  2  stain 
it ;  let  a  cloud  dwell  upon  it ;  3let  the  blackness  of 
the  day  terrify  it. 

6  As  for  that  night,  let  darkness  seize  upon  it ; 
4  let  it  not  be  joined  unto  the  days  of  the  year,  let 
it  not  come  into  the  number  of  the  months. 

7  Lo,  let  that  night  be  solitary,  let  no  joyful  voice 
come  therein. 

8  Let  them  curse  it  that  curse  the  day,  cwho  are 
ready  to  raise  up  5  their  mourning. 

9  Let  the  stars  of  the  twilight  thereof  be  dark ; 
let  it  look  for  light,  but  have  none  ;  neither  let  it 
see  6the  dawning  of  the  day  : 

10  Because  it  shut  not  up  the  doors  of  my  mo- 
ther's womb,  nor  hid  sorrow  from  mine  eyes. 

11  Why  died  I  not  from  the  womb?  why  did  I 
not  give  up  the  ghost  when  I  came  out  of  the 
belly? 

12  Why  did  the  knees  prevent  me  ?  or  why  the 
breasts  that  I  should  suck  ? 

13  For  now  should  I  have  lain  still  and  been  quiet, 
I  should  have  slept  :  then  had  I  been  at  rest, 

14  With  kings  and  counsellors  of  the  earth,  which 
built  desolate  places  for  themselves  ; 

15  Or  with  princes  that  had  gold,  who  filled  their 
houses  with  silver  : 

16  Or  as  an  hidden  untimely  birth  I  had  not  been  ; 
as  infants  which  never  saw  light. 

17  There  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling ;  and 
there  the  7  weary  be  at  rest. 

18  There  the  prisoners  rest  together ;  they  hear 
not  the  voice  of  the  oppressor. 

19  The  small  and  great  are  there  ;  and  the  ser- 
vant is  free  from  his  master. 

20  d  Wherefore  is  light  given  to  him  that  is  in 
misery,  and  life  unto  the  bitter  in  soul ; 

21  Which  8  long  for  death,  but  it  cometh  not ;  and 
dig  for  it  more  than  e  for  hid  treasures  ; 

22  Which  rejoice  exceedingly,  and  are  glad,  when 
they  can  find  the  grave  ? 

23  Why  is  light  given  to  a  man  whose  way  is  hid, 
•^and  whom  God  hath  hedged  in  ? 

24  For  my  sighing  cometh  9  before  I  eat,  and  my 
roarings  are  poured  out  like  the  waters. 

25  For  10the  thing  which  I  greatly  feared  is  come 
upon  me,  and  that  which  I  was  afraid  of  is  come 
unto  me. 

26  I  was  not  in  safety,  neither  had  I  rest,  neither 
was  I  quiet ;  yet  trouble  came. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Eliphaz  reproves  Jou.    7  The  teachings  of  Eliphaz. 

THEN  El'i-phaz   the  Te'man-ite   answered   and 
said, 
2  If  we  assay  Ho  commune  with  thee,  wilt  thou 
be  grieved?  but  2who  can  withhold  himself  from 
speaking  ? 


B.  C.  1520. 


a  eh.  10.  18,  19. 
Jer.  15.  10. 


b  ch.  1G.  1G. 
Ps.  23.  4. 
Isa.  9.  2. 
Jer.  13.  16. 
Matt.  4.  1G. 
Luke  1.  79. 

2  Or,  challenge 
it. 

3  Or,  let  them 
terrify  it,  as 
those  who 
have  a  bitter 
day. 

4  Or,  let  it  not 
rejoice  among 
the  days. 

c  Jer.  9. '17. 

5  Or,  a  leviathan. 


(i  the  eyelids  of 
the  morning. 


7  wearied  in 
strength. 

d  Jer.  20.  18. 

8  wait. 

e  Prov.  2.  4. 
/  Lam.  3.  7. 

9  before  my 
meat. 

10  I  feared  a 
fear,  and  it 
came  upon  me. 


1  a  word. 

2  who  can  refrain 
from  words  ? 

3  the  bowing 
knees. 

a  Prov.  24.  10. 

Luke  4.  23. 
b  ch.  1.  1. 
c  Prov.  3.  26. 
d  Ps.  7.  14. 

4  That  is,  by  his 
anger. 

Isa.  30.  33. 
e  ch.  29.  17. 

Ps.  3.  7. 
/  Ps.  34.  10. 

5  by  stealth. 
g  ch.  33. 15. 

6  met  me. 

7  the  multitude 
of  my  bones. 

h  Ps.  104.  4. 
Matt.  14.  2G. 
Heb.  1.  14. 

8  Or,  I  heard  a 
still  voice. 

i  2  Pet.  2.  4. 

9  Or,  nor  in  his 
angels,  in 
whom  he  put 
light. 

10  beaten  in 
pieces. 


1  Or,  look. 

2  Or,  indigna- 
tion. 

3  Or,  iniquity. 

4  Or,  labour. 

5  the  sons  of  the 
burning  coal 
lift  up  to  fly. 

a  Ps.  50.  15. 


3  Behold,  thou  hast  instructed  many,  and  thou 
hast  strengthened  the  weak  hands. 

4  Thy  words  have  upholden  him  that  was  falling, 
and  thou  hast  strengthened  3the  feeble  knees. 

5  But  now  it  is  come  upon  thee,  and  thou  "faint- 
est ;  it  toucheth  thee,  and  thou  art  troubled. 

6  Is  not  this  Hhy  fear,  'thy  confidence,  thy  hope, 
and  the  uprightness  of  thy  ways? 

7  Remember,  I  pray  thee,  who  ever  perished,  being 
innocent?  or  where  were  the  righteous  cut  off? 

8  Even  as  I  have  seen,  dthey  that  plow  iniquity, 
and  sow  wickedness,  reap  the  same. 

9  By  the  blast  of  God  they  perish,  and  4by  the 
breath  of  his  nostrils  are  they  consumed. 

10  The  roaring  of  the  lion,  and  the  voice  of  the 
fierce  lion,  and  Hhe  teeth  of  the  young  lions,  are 
broken. 

11  -'The  old  lion  perisheth  for  lack  of  prey,  and 
the  stout  lion's  whelps  are  scattered  abroad. 

12  Now  a  thing  was  5  secretly  brought  to  me,  and 
mine  ear  received  a  little  thereof. 

13  "In  thoughts  from  the  visions  of  the  night, 
when  deep  sleep  falleth  on  men, 

14  Fear  6came  upon  me,  and  trembling,  which 
made  7all  my  bones  to  shake. 

15  Then  ha  spirit  passed  before  my  face ;  the  hair 
of  my  flesh  stood  up  : 

16  It  stood  still,  but  I  could  not  discern  the  form 
thereof  :  an  image  ivas  before  mine  eyes,  8  there  was 
silence,  and  I  heard  a  voice,  saying, 

17  Shall  mortal  man  be  more  just  than  God?  shall 
a  man  be  more  pure  than  his  maker? 

18  Behold,  he  *put  no  trust  in  his  servants  ;  9and 
his  angels  he  charged  with  folly : 

19  How  much  less  in  them  that  dwell  in  houses 
of  clay,  whose  foundation  is  in  the  dust,  ivhich  are 
crushed  before  the  moth? 

20  They  are 10 destroyed  from  morning  to  evening: 
they  perish  for  ever  without  any  regarding  it. 

21  Doth  not  their  excellency  which  is  in  them  go 
away?  they  die,  even  without  wisdom. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  The  harm  of  inconsideralion.    17  Happy  end  of  God's  correction. 

i^ALL  now,  if  there  be  any  that  will  answer  thee ; 
^  and  to  which  of  the  saints  wilt  thou  Hum? 

2  For  wrath  killeth  the  foolish  man,  and  2envy 
slayeth  the  silly  one. 

3  I  have  seen  the  foolish  taking  root :  but  sud- 
denly I  cursed  his  habitation. 

4  His  children  are  far  from  safety,  and  they  are 
crushed  in  the  gate,  neither  is  there  any  to  deliver 
them. 

5  Whose  harvest  the  hungry  eateth  up,  and  taketh 
it  even  out  of  the  thorns,  and  the  robber  swalloweth 
up  their  substance. 

6  Although 3  affliction  cometh  not  forth  of  the  dust, 
neither  doth  trouble  spring  out  of  the  ground ; 

7  Yet  man  is  born  unto  4  trouble,  as  5the  sparks  fly 
upward. 

8  I  would  a  seek  unto  God,  and  unto  God  would  I 
commit  my  cause  : 

395 


Happy  end  of  correction. 


JOB,  6,  7. 


Job  wishes  for  death. 


9  Which  doeth  great  things  6and  unsearchable  ; 
marvellous  things  7  without  number  : 

10  Who  giveth  rain  upon  the  earth,  and  sendeth 
waters  upon  the  8  fields  : 

11  To  set  up  on  high  those  that  be  low ;  that  those 
which  mourn  may  be  exalted  to  safety. 

12  He  disappointeth  the  devices  of  the  crafty,  so 
that  their  hands  9  cannot  perform  their  enterprise. 

13  He  taketh  the  wise  in  their  own  craftiness  :  and 
the  counsel  of  the  froward  is  carried  headlong. 

14  They  10  meet  with  darkness  in  the  daytime,  and 
grope  in  the  noonday  as  in  the  night. 

15  But  he  saveth  the  poor  from  the  sword,  from 
their  mouth,  and  from  the  hand  of  the  mighty. 

16  So  the  poor  hath  hope,  and  iniquity  stoppeth 
her  mouth. 

17  b  Behold,  happy  is  the  man  whom  God  correct- 
eth  :  therefore  despise  not  thou  the  chastening  of 
the  Almighty  : 

18  For  he  maketh  sore,  and  bindeth  up  :  he  wound- 
eth,  and  his  hands  make  whole. 

19  cHe  shall  deliver  thee  in  six  troubles  :  yea,  in 
seven  d  there  shall  no  evil  touch  thee. 

20  In  famine  he  shall  redeem  thee  from  death  : 
and  in  war  n  from  the  power  of  the  sword. 

21  "Thou  shalt  be  hid  1Jfrom  the  scourge  of  the 
tongue  :  neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid  of  destruction 
when  it  cometh. 

22  At  destruction  and  famine  thou  shalt  laugh  : 
neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid  of  the  beasts  of  the 
earth. 

23  /For  thou  shalt  be  in  league  with  the  stones  of 
the  field  :  and  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  be  at 
peace  with  thee. 

24  And  thou  shalt  know  13  that  thy  tabernacle  shall 
be  in  peace  ;  and  thou  shalt  visit  thy  habitation,  and 
shalt  not  "sin. 

25  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy  seed  shall  be 
great,  and  thine  offspring  as  the  grass  of  the  earth. 

26  Thou  shalt  come  to  thy  grave  in  a  full  age,  like 
as  a  shock  of  corn  16  cometh  in  in  his  season. 

27  Lo  this,  we  have  searched  it,  so  it  is;  hear  it, 
and  know  thou  it  "  for  thy  good. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Job  justifies  his  complaint.     8  He  wishes  for  deathand  reproves  his  friends. 

T>UT  Job  answered  and  said, 

-^  2  Oh  that  my  grief  were  throughly  weighed, 

and  my  calamity  1  laid  in  the  balances  together ! 

3  For  now  it  would  be  heavier  than  the  sand  of 
the  sea  :  therefore  2my  words  are  swallowed  up. 

4  "For  the  arrows  of  the  Almighty  are  within  me, 
the  poison  whereof  drinketh  up  my  spirit  :  the  ter- 
rors of  God  do  set  themselves  in  array  against  me. 

5  Doth  the  wild  ass  bray 3  when  he  hath  grass  ?  or 
loweth  the  ox  over  his  fodder  ? 

6  Can  that  which  is  unsavoury  be  eaten  without 
salt  ?  or  is  there  any  taste  in  the  white  of  an  egg  ? 

7  The  things  that  my  soul  refused  to  touch  are  as 
my  sorrowful  meat. 

8  Oh  that  I  might  have  my  request ;  and  that  God 
would  grant  me  4the  thing  that  I  long  for  ! 

396 


15 


B.  C.  1520. 


6  and  there  is  no 
search. 

7  till  there  be  no 
number. 

8  outplaces. 


9  Or,  cannot 
perform  any 
thing. 


10  Or,  run  into. 


6  Ps.  94.  12. 
Heb.  12.  5 
Jas.  1.  12. 


c  Ex.  12.  46. 

Ps.  34.  19. 

John  19.  36. 
d  Ps.  91.  10. 

Prov.  1.  33. 

2  Thess.  3.  3. 

2  Pet.  2.  9. 

11  from  the 
hands. 

e  Ps.  31. 15. 

12  Or,  when 
the  tongue 
scourgeth. 

/Ps.  91.  12. 

13  Or,  that 
peace  is  thy 
tabernacle. 

14  Or,  err. 

15  Or,  much. 

16  ascendeth. 

17  for  thyself. 


1  lifted  up. 

2  That  is,  I  want 
words  to  ex- 
press my  grief. 

a  Deut.  32. 
23  42 

ch.  16.  12-14. 
Ps.  7.  13. 
Ps.  18.  14. 
Ps.  21.  12. 

3  at  grass. 

4  my  expecta- 
tion. 

5  Or,  though  I 
should  be 
burned  with 
pain. 

6  brasen  ? 

7  To  him  that 
melteth. 

8  Or,  mourn. 

9  they  are  cut  off. 

10  in  the  heat 
thereof. 

11  extinguished. 

12  Or,  For  now 
ye  are  like  to 
them. 

13  not. 

6  Ps.  38.  11. 
c  Acts  20.  33. 
d  Ps.  39.  1. 

14  ye  cause  to 
fall  upon. 

15  before  your 
face. 

16  That  is,  in 
this  matter. 

e  ch.  33.  8-12. 
Jas.  3. 13. 

17  my  palate. 


1  Or,  a  warfare, 
ach.  14.5, 13,14. 

Ps.  39.  4. 
Eccl.  3.  1,  2. 

2  gapeth  after. 
0  Ps.  39.  5. 

Eccl.  1.  14. 

3  the  evening  be 
measured  ? 

c  ch.  17.  14. 
Ps.  38.  5-7. 
Isa.-l.  0. 


9  Even  that  it  would  please  God  to  destroy  me ; 
that  he  would  let  loose  his  hand,  and  cut  me  off ! 

10  Then  should  I  yet  have  comfort;  yea,5 1  would 
harden  myself  in  sorrow  :  let  him  not  spare  ;  for  I 
have  not  concealed  the  words  of  the  Holy  One. 

11  What  is  my  strength,  that  I  should  hope?  and 
what  is  mine  end,  that  I  should  prolong  my  life? 

12  is  my  strength  the  strength  of  stones?  or  is 
my  flesh  6of  brass? 

13  Is  not  my  help  in  me  ?  and  is  wisdom  driven 
quite  from  me  ? 

14  7To  him  that  is  afflicted  pity  should  be  shewed 
from  his  friend  ;  but  he  forsaketh  the  fear  of  the 
Almighty. 

15  My  brethren  have  dealt  deceitfully  as  a  brook, 
and  as  the  stream  of  brooks  they  pass  away  ; 

16  Which  8are  blackish  by  reason  of  the  ice,  and 
wherein  the  snow  is  hid : 

17  What  time  they  wax  warm,  9they  vanish  : 
10  when  it  is  hot,  they  are  u  consumed  out  of  their 
place. 

18  The  paths  of  their  way  are  turned  aside  ;  they 
go  to  nothing,  and  perish. 

19  The  troops  of  Te'ma  looked,  the  companies  of 
She'ba  waited  for  them. 

20  They  were  confounded  because  they  had  hoped ; 
they  came  thither,  and  were  ashamed. 

21  12For  now  ye  are 13  nothing  ;  ye  see  bmy  casting 
down,  and  are  afraid. 

22  Did  I  say,  c  Bring  unto  me  ?  or,  Give  a  reward 
for  me  of  your  substance  ? 

23  Or,  Deliver  me  from  the  enemy's  hand?  or, 
Redeem  me  from  the  hand  of  the  mighty  ? 

24  Teach  me,  and  I  will  dhold  my  tongue  :  and 
cause  me  to  understand  wherein  I  have  erred. 

25  How  forcible  are  right  words  !  but  what  doth 
your  arguing  reprove  ? 

26  Do  ye  imagine  to  reprove  words,  and  the 
speeches  of  one  that  is  desperate,  which  are  as  wind  ? 

27  Yea,  14ye  overwhelm  the  fatherless,  and  ye  dig 
a  pit  for  your  friend. 

28  Now  therefore  be  content,  look  upon  me  ;  for 
it  is  15  evident  unto  you  if  I  lie. 

29  Return,  I  pray  you,  let  it  not  be  iniquity  ;  yea, 
return  again,  my  righteousness  is  16in  it 

30  Is  there  e iniquity  in  my  tongue?  cannot  17my 
taste  discern  perverse  things  ? 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Job  excuses  h  is  desire  for  death.    12  He  expostulates  with  God. 

TS  there  not  laan  appointed  time  to  man  upon 
earth  ?  are  not  his  days  also  like  the  days  of  an 
hireling  ? 

2  As  a  servant 2  earnestly  desireth  the  shadow,  and 
as  an  hireling  looketh  for  the  reward  of  his  work  : 

3  So  am  I  made  to  possess  b  months  of  vanity,  and 
wearisome  nights  are  appointed  to  me. 

4  When  I  lie  down,  I  say,  When  shall  I  arise,  and 
3 the  night  be  gone?  and  I  am  full  of  tossings  to  and 
fro  unto  the  dawning  of  the  day. 

5  My  flesh  is  clothed  cwith  worms  and  clods  of 
dust ;  my  skin  is  broken,  and  become  loathsome. 


Complaint  of  restlessness. 


JOB,  8,  9. 


God's  justice  acknowledged. 


6  My  days  are  swifter  than  a  weaver's  shuttle,  and 
are  spent  without  hope. 

7  0  remember  that  rfmy  life  is  wind  :  mine  eye 
4  shall  no  more  5see  good. 

8  eThe  eye  of  him  that  hath  seen  me  shall  see  me 
no  more :  thine  eyes  are  upon  me,  and  6I  am  not. 

9  As  the  cloud  is  consumed  and  vanisheth  away  : 
so  -^he  that  goeth  down  to  the  grave  shall  come  up 
no  more. 

10  He  shall  return  no  more  to  his  house,  neither 
shall  his  place  know  him  any  more. 

11  Therefore  I  will  9not  refrain  my  mouth ;  I  will 
speak  in  the  anguish  of  my  spirit ;  I  will  complain 
in  the  bitterness  of  my  soul. 

12  Am  I  a  sea,  or  a  whale,  that  thou  settest  a 
watch  over  me  ? 

13  When  I  say,  My  bed  shall  comfort  me,  my 
couch  shall  ease  my  complaint ; 

14  Then  thou  scarest  me  with  dreams,  and  terri- 
fiest  me  through  visions  : 

15  So  that  my  soul  chooseth  strangling,  and  death 
rather  7than  my  life. 

16  h  I  loathe  it:  I  would  not  live  alway  :  let  me 
alone  ;  for  'my  days  are  vanity. 

17  J'What  is  man,  that  thou  shouldest  magnify 
him  ?  and  that  thou  shouldest  set  thine  heart  upon 
him? 

18  And  that  thou  shouldest  visit  him  every  morn- 
ing, and  try  him  every  moment  ? 

19  How  long  wilt  thou  not  depart  from  me,  nor 
let  me  alone  till  I  swallow  down  my  spittle  ? 

20  I  have  sinned  ;  what  shall  I  do  unto  thee,  kO 
thou  "preserver  of  men  ?  why  hast  thou  set  me  as  a 
mark  against  thee,  so  that  I  am  a  burden  to  my- 
self? 

21  And  why  dost  thou  not  pardon  my  transgression, 
and  take  away  mine  iniquity  ?  for  now  shall  I  sleep 
in  the  dust ;  and  thou  shalt  seek  me  in  the  morning, 
but  I  shall  not  be. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Bihlad's  teachings.    20  He  applies  God's  justice  to  Job. 

THEN  answered  Bil'dad  the  Shu'hite,  and  said, 
2  How  long  wilt  thou  speak  these  things  ?  and 
how  long  shall  the  words  of  thy  mouth  be  like  a 
strong  wind? 

3  aDoth  God  pervert  judgment?  or  doth  the  Al- 
mighty pervert  justice  ? 

4  If  thy  children  have  sinned  against  him,  and  he 
have  cast  them  away  xfor  their  transgression  ; 

5  If  thou  wouldest  seek  unto  God  betimes,  and 
make  thy  supplication  to  the  Almighty  ; 

6  If  thou  wert  pure  and  upright ;  surely  now  he 
would  awake  for  thee,  and  make  the  habitation  of 
thy  righteousness  prosperous. 

7  Though  thy  beginning  was  small,  yet  thy  latter 
end  should  greatly  increase. 

8  b  For  enquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  former  age, 
and  prepare  thyself  to  the  search  of  their  fathers  : 

9  (For  cwe  are  but  of  yesterday,  and  know  2 no- 
thing, because  our  days  upon  earth  are  a  shadow  :) 

10  Shall  not  they  teach  thee,  and  tell  thee,  and 
utter  words  out  of  their  heart  ? 


B.  C.  1520. 


(/  Ps.  78.  39. 
.las.  4.  14. 

4  shall  not  re- 
turn. 

5  to  see,  that  is, 
to  enjoy. 

e  fli.  20.  9. 
0  That  is,  I  can 
live  no  longer. 

/2  Sam.  12.23. 
Pa.  39.  13. 


g  Ps.  39.  1,  9. 


7  than  my  bones. 

/(  Gen.  27.  46. 

eh.  10.  1. 
i  Ps.  62.  9. 

Eccl.  6.11. 
j  Ps.  8.  4. 

Heb.  2.  6. 


k  Ps.  36.  6. 

8  Or,  observer. 


a  Gen.  IS.  25. 
Deut.  32.  4. 
ch.  34.  12. 
Dan.  9.  14. 

1  in  the  hand  of 
their  trans- 
gression. 

b  Deut.  4.  32. 

c  Gen.  47.  9. 

Ps.  39.  5. 

2  not. 

d  Ps.  129.  6. 

.Ter.  17.  6. 

Jas.  1.  10,  11. 

1  Pet.  1.24. 
cch.  11.  20. 

ch.  18.  14. 

Ps.  112.  10. 

Prov.  10.  28. 

Isa.  33.  14. 

Matt.  24.  51. 

Luke  12.  1,  2. 

3  a  spider's 
house. 

fob..  27.  IS. 

Ps.  112.  10. 

Prov.  10.  28. 
17  ch.  7.  10. 

Ps.  37.  36. 
h  Ps.  113.  7. 
i  Ps.  37.  24. 

1  Thess.  5. 

23,  24. 

4  take  the  un- 
godly by  the 
hand. 

5  shouting  for 

j°y- 

6  shall  not  be. 


a  Ps.  143.  2. 
Rom.  3.  20. 

1  Or,  before 
God. 

b  Isa.  2.  19.  21. 
Hag.  2.  6,  21. 
Heb.  12.  26. 

2  heights. 
eGen.  1.  16. 

ch.  38.  31. 

3  Ash,  Cesil, 
and  Cimah. 

d  ch.  23.  8. 
e  Isa.  45.  9. 
Jer.  18.  6. 

4  who  can  turn 
him  away  ? 

5  helpers  of 
pride,  or, 
strength. 

/ch.  10.  15. 


11  Can  the  rush  grow  up  without  mire?  can  the 
flag  grow  without  water? 

12  d  Whilst  it  is  yet  in  his  greenness,  and  not  cut 
down,  it  withereth  before  any  other  herb. 

13  So  are  the  paths  of  all  that  forget  God ;  and 
the  e  hypocrite's  hope  shall  perish  : 

14  Whose  hope  shall  be  cut  off,  and  whose  trust 
shall  be  3a  spider's  web. 

15  ■'"He  shall  lean  upon  his  house,  but  it  shall  not 
stand  :  he  shall  hold  it  fast,  but  it  shall  not  endure. 

16  He  is  green  before  the  sun,  and  his  branch 
shooteth  forth  in  his  garden. 

17  His  roots  are  wrapped  about  the  heap,  and  seeth 
the  place  of  stones. 

18  ffIf  he  destroy  him  from  his  place,  then  it  shall 
deny  him,  saying,  I  have  not  seen  thee. 

19  Behold,  this  is  the  joy  of  his  way,  and  ''out  of 
the  earth  shall  others  grow. 

20  Behold,  God  will  not  'cast  away  a  perfect  man, 
neither  will  he  4help  the  evildoers  : 

21  Till  he  fill  thy  mouth  with  laughing,  and  thy 
lips  with  5  rejoicing. 

22  They  that  hate  thee  shall  be  clothed  with  shame ; 
and  the  dwelling  place  of  the  wicked  6  shall  come  to 
nought. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Job  acknowledges  God's  justice.    22  The  innoeency  of  wan  is  not  to  be  condemned  by 

afflictions. 

rpHEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
■*-    2  I  know  it  is  so  of  a  truth  :  but  how  should 
"man  be  just  'with  God? 

3  If  he  will  contend  with  him,  he  cannot  answer 
him  one  of  a  thousand. 

4  He  is  wise  in  heart,  and  mighty  in  strength  : 
who  hath  hardened  himself  against  him,  and  hath 
prospered  ? 

5  Which  removeth  the  mountains,  and  they  know 
not :  which  overturneth  them  in  his  anger. 

6  Which  6shaketh  the  earth  out  of  her  place,  and 
the  pillars  thereof  tremble. 

7  Which  commandeth  the  sun,  and  it  riseth  not ; 
and  sealeth  up  the  stars. 

8  Which  alone  spreadeth  out  the  heavens,  and 
treadeth  upon  the  2  waves  of  the_sea. 

9  cWhich  maketh  3Arc-tu'rus,  O-ri'on,  and  Ple'ia- 
de§,  and  the  chambers  of  the  south. 

10  Which  doeth  great  things  past  finding  out ; 
yea,  and  wonders  without  number. 

11  dLo,  he  goeth  by  me,  and  I  see  him  not :  he 
passeth  on  also,  but  I  perceive  him  not. 

12  e Behold,  he  taketh  away,  4who  can  hinder  him? 
who  will  say  unto  him,  What  doest  thou  ? 

13  If  God  will  not  withdraw  his  anger,  the  5proud 
helpers  do  stoop  under  him. 

14  How  much  less  shall  I  answer  him,  and  choose 
out  my  words  to  reason  with  him  ? 

15  /Whom,  though  I  were  righteous,  yet  would  I 
not  answer,  but  I  would  make  supplication  to  my 
judge. 

16  If  I  had  called,  and  he  had  answered  me  ;  yet 
would  I  not  believe  that  he  had  hearkened  unto  my 
voice. 

397 


Job's  expostulation. 


JOB,  10,  11. 


Zophar's  reproof. 


17  For  he  breaketh  me  with  a  tempest,  and  multi- 
plieth  my  wounds  g  without  cause. 

18  He  will  not  suffer  me  to  take  my  breath,  but 
filleth  me  with  bitterness. 

19  If  /  speak  of  strength,  lo,  he  is  strong  :  and  if 
of  judgment,  who  shall  set  me  a  time  to  plead  ? 

20  If  I  justify  myself,  mine  own  mouth  shall  con- 
demn me  :  if  I  say,  I  am  perfect,  it  shall  also  prove 
me  perverse. 

21  Though  I  were  perfect,  yet  would  I  not  know 
my  soul :  I  would  despise  my  life. 

22  This  is  one  thing,  therefore  I  said  it,  hB.e  de- 
stroyeth  the  perfect  and  the  wicked. 

23  If  the  scourge  slay  suddenly,  he  will  laugh  at 
the  trial  of  the  innocent. 

24  The  earth  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the  wicked  : 
*  he  covereth  the  faces  of  the  judges  thereof  ;  if  not, 
where,  and  who  is  he? 

25  Now  my  days  are  swifter  than  a  post :  they  flee 
away,  they  see  no  good. 

26  They  are  passed  away  as  the  6  swift  ships  :  as 
the  eagle  that  hasteth  to  the  prey. 

27  If  I  say,  I  will  forget  my  complaint,  I  will  leave 
off  my  heaviness,  and  '  comfort  myself: 

28  I  am  afraid  of  all  my  sorrows,  I  know  that  thou 
j  wilt  not  hold  me  innocent. 

29  If  I  be  wicked,  why  then  labour  I  in  vain? 

30  If  I  wash  myself  with  snow  water,  and  make 
my  hands  never  so  clean ; 

31  Yet  shalt  thou  plunge  me  in  the  ditch,  and  mine 
own  clothes  shall 8  abhor  me. 

32  For  k  he  is  not  a  man,  as  I  am,  that  I  should  an- 
swer him,  and  we  should  come  together  in  judgment. 

33  'Neither  is  there  9any  10 daysman  betwixt  us, 
that  might  lay  his  hand  upon  us  both. 

34  Let  him  take  his  rod  away  from  me,  and  let  not 
his  fear  terrify  me : 

35  Then  would  I  speak,  and  not  fear  him ;  u  but  it 
is  not  so  with  me. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Job  expostulates  with  God.    20  He  desires  a  little  ease  before  death. 

MY  soul  is  1  weary  of  my  life  ;  I  will  leave  my 
complaint  upon  myself ;  I  will  speak  in  the 
bitterness  of  my  soul. 

2  I  will  say  unto  God,  Do  not  condemn  me ;  shew 
me  wherefore  thou  contendest  with  me. 

3  Is  it  good  unto  thee  that  thou  shouldest  oppress, 
that  thou  shouldest  despise 2  the  work  of  thine  hands, 
and  shine  upon  the  counsel  of  the  wicked? 

4  Hast  thou  eyes  of  flesh  ?  or  a  seest  thou  as  man 
seeth  ? 

5  Are  thy  days  as  the  days  of  man?  are  thy  years 
as  man's  days, 

6  That  thou  enquirest  after  mine  iniquity,  and 
searchest  after  my  sin? 

7  3  Thou  knowest  that  I  am  not  wicked ;  and  there 
is  none  that  can  deliver  out  of  thine  hand. 

8  b  Thine  hands  have  4made  me  and  fashioned  me 
together  round  about ;  yet  thou  dost  destroy  me. 

9  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  that  cthou  hast  made 
me  as  the  clay ;  and  wilt  thou  bring  me  into  dust 
again  ? 

398 


B.  C.  1520. 


g  ch.  2.  3. 
Ps.  25.  3. 
John  9.  3. 


h  Eccl.  9.  1,  2. 
Ezek.  21.  3. 
Luke  13.  2-4. 


i  2  Sam.  15.  30. 
Jer.  14.  4. 


G  ships  of  de- 
sire, or,  ships 
of  Ebeh. 


7  Or,  strengthen. 


j  Ex.  20.  7. 
Ps.  130.  3. 

8  Or,  make  me 
to  be  abhorred. 

k  Eccl.  6.  10. 

Isa.  45.  9. 

Jer.  49.  19. 
/  1  Sam.  2.  25. 

9  one  that 
should  argue. 

10  Or,  umpire. 

11  but  I  am  not 
so  with 
myself. 


1  Or,  cut  off 
while  I  live. 

2  the  labour  of 
thine  hands. 

a  1  Sam.  16.  7. 
Luke  16.  15. 
Rev.  1.  14. 

3  it  is  upon  thy 
knowledge. 

6Ps.  119.  73. 
Isa.  43.  7. 

4  took  pains 
about  me. 

c  Gen.  2.  7. 
Isa.  45.  9. 
d  Ps.  139.  14. 

5  hedged, 
e  Ps.  9.  17. 

Isa.  3.  11. 

Mai.  3.  18. 
/ch.  9.  12. 
g  Ex.  3.  7. 

Ps.  25.  18. 

Lam.  1.  20. 
h  Isa.  38.  13. 

Lam.  3.  10. 
G  That  is,  thy 

plagues. 
i  Ps.  39.  13. 
j  ch.  7.  16. 
k  ch.  3.  5. 

Ps.  88.  12. 
I  Ps.  23.  4. 


1  a  man  of  lips. 

2  Or,  devices. 
a  ch.  6.  10. 

1  Pet.  3.  15. 
b  Lam.  3.  22. 
c  ch.  5.  9. 

Eccl.  3.  11. 

Isa.  40.  28. 

Matt.  11.  27. 

Rom.  11.  33. 

Eph.  3.  8. 

3  the  heights 
of  heaven. 

4  Or,  make  a 
change. 

5  who  can  turn 
him  away  ? 

d  Ps.  10. 11. 

6  empty. 


10  dHast  thou  not  poured  me  out  as  milk,  and 
curdled  me  like  cheese? 

11  Thou  hast  clothed  me  with  skin  and  flesh,  and 
hast 5  fenced  me  with  bones  and  sinews. 

12  Thou  hast  granted  me  life  and  favour,  and  thy 
visitation  hath  preserved  my  spirit. 

13  And  these  things  hast  thou  hid  in  thine  heart : 
I  know  that  this  is  with  thee. 

14  If  I  sin,  then  thou  markest  me,  and  thou  wilt 
not  acquit  me  from  mine  iniquity. 

15  If  I  be  wicked,  "woe  unto  me ;  yand  if  I  be  right- 
eous, yet  will  I  not  lift  up  my  head.  I  am  full  of 
confusion ;  therefore  9  see  thou  mine  affliction  ; 

16  For  it  increaseth.  h  Thou  huntest  me  as  a  fierce 
lion  :  and  again  thou  shewest  thyself  marvellous 
upon  me. 

17  Thou  renewest  6thy  witnesses  against  me,  and 
increasest  thine  indignation  upon  me ;  changes  and 
war  are  against  me. 

18  Wherefore  then  hast  thou  brought  me  forth  out 
of  the  womb  ?  Oh  that  I  had  given  up  the  ghost, 
and  no  eye  had  seen  me ! 

19  1  should  have  been  as  though  I  had  not  been  ; 
I  should  have  been  carried  from  the  womb  to  the 
grave. 

.  20  Are  not  my  days  few  ?  *  cease  then,  and  j  let  me 
alone,  that  I  may  take  comfort  a  little, 

21  Before  I  go  whence  I  shall  not  return,  k  even  to 
the  land  of  darkness  l  and  the  shadow  of  death  ; 

22  A  land  of  darkness,  as  darkness  itself;  and  of 
the  shadow  of  death,  without  any  order,  and  where 
the  light  is  as  darkness. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Zophar  reproves  Job.    5  God's  unsearchable  wisdom.     13  Repentance  is  blessed. 

THEN  answered  Zo'phar  the  Na'a-math-ite,  and 
said, 

2  Should  not  the  multitude  of  words  be  answered  ? 
and  should  '  a  man  full  of  talk  be  justified  ? 

3  Should  thy  2lies  make  men  hold  their  peace? 
and  when  thou  mockest,  shall  no  man  make  thee 
ashamed  ? 

4  For  "thou  hast  said,  My  doctrine  is  pure,  and  I 
am  clean  in  thine  eyes. 

5  But  oh  that  God  would  speak,  and  open  his  lips 
against  thee  ; 

6  And  that  he  would  shew  thee  the  secrets  of  wis- 
dom, that  they  are  double  to  that  which  is  !  Know 
therefore  that  6God  exactethof  thee  less  than  thine 
iniquity  deserveth. 

7  c  Canst  thou  by  searching  find  out  God  ?  canst 
thou  find  out  the  Almighty  unto  perfection  ? 

8  It  is  3as  high  as  heaven  ;  what  canst  thou  do  ? 
deeper  than  hell ;  what  canst  thou  know  ? 

9  The  measure  thereof  is  longer  than  the  earth, 
and  broader  than  the  sea. 

10  If  he  4cut  off,  and  shut  up,  or  gather  together, 
then  5who  can  hinder  him? 

11  For  dhe  knoweth  vain  men  :  he  seeth  wicked- 
ness also  ;  will  he  not  then  consider  it  ? 

12  For  6vain  man  would  be  wise,  though  man  be 
born  like  a  wild  ass's  colt. 


. 


Job  answers  his  friends. 


JOB,  12,  13. 


His  confidence  in  God. 


13  "If  thou  prepare  thine  heart,  and  •'"stretch  out 
thine  hands  toward  him  ; 

14  If  iniquity  be  in  thine  hand,  put  it  far  away, 
and  let  not  wickedness  dwell  in  thy  tabernacles. 

15  g¥or  then  shalt  thou  lift  up  thy  face  without 
spot ;  yea,  thou  shalt  be  stedfast,  and  shalt  not  fear : 

16  Because  thou  shalt  forget  thy  misery,  and 
remember  it  as  waters  that  pass  away  : 

17  And  thine  age  7  shall  be  clearer  than  the  noon- 
day ;  thou  shalt  shine  forth,  thou  shalt  be  as  the 
morning. 

18  And  thou  shalt  be  secure,  because  there  is  hope ; 
yea,  thou  shalt  dig  about  thee,  and  thou  shalt  take 
thy  rest  in  safety. 

19  Also  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and  none  shall  make 
thee  afraid  ;  yea,  many  shall  8make  suit  unto  thee. 

20  But  the  eyes  of  the  wicked  shall  fail,  and  9they 
shall  not  escape,  and  their  hope  shall  be  as  10the 
giving  up  of  the  ghost. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Job  answers  his  friends.    7  He  acknowledges  God's  omnipotence. 

\  ND  Job  answered  and  said, 
-£*-  2  No  doubt  but  ye  are  the  people,  and  wisdom 
shall  die  with  you. 

3  But  I  have  Understanding  as  well  as  you;  2I 
am  not  inferior  to  you  :  yea, 3  who  knoweth  not  such 
things  as  these  ? 

4  I  am  as  one  mocked  of  his  neighbour,  who  acall- 
eth  upon  God,  and  he  answereth  him  :  the  just  up- 
right man  is  laughed  to  scorn. 

5  b  He  that  is  ready  to  slip  with  his  feet  is  as  a 
lamp  despised  in  the  thought  of  him  that  is  at  ease. 

6  The  tabernacles  of  robbers  prosper,  and  they 
that  provoke  God  are  secure  ;  into  whose  hand  God 
bringeth  abundantly. 

7  But  ask  now  the  beasts,  and  they  shall  teach  thee  ; 
and  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  they  shall  tell  thee : 

8  Or  speak  to  the  earth,  and  it  shall  teach  thee  : 
and  the  fishes  of  the  sea  shall  declare  unto  thee. 

9  Who  knoweth  not  in  all  these  that  the  hand  of 
the  Lord  hath  wrought  this  ? 

10  cIn  whose  hand  is  the  4soul  of  every  living 
thing,  and  the  breath  of  5all  mankind. 

11  Doth  not  the  ear  try  words?  and  the  6 mouth 
taste  his  meat  ? 

12  With  the  ancient  is  wisdom  ;  and  in  length  of 
days  understanding. 

13  7With  him  is  wisdom  and  strength,  he  hath 
counsel  and  understanding. 

14  Behold,  he  breaketh  down,  and  it  cannot  be 
built  again  :  he  dshutteth  8up  a  man,  and  there  can 
be  no  opening. 

15  Behold,  he  "withholdeth  the  waters,  and  they 
dry  up  :  also  he  -^sendeth  them  out,  and  they  over- 
turn the  earth. 

16  With  him  is  strength  and  wisdom  :  the  deceived 
and  the  deceiver  are  his. 

17  He  leadeth  counsellors  away  spoiled,  and  mak- 
eth  the  judges  fools. 

18  He  looseth  the  bond  of  kings,  and  girdeth  their 
loins  with  a  girdle. 


B.  C.  1520. 


e  1  Sam.  7.  3. 

Ps.  78.  8. 
/'  Ps.  143.  0. 


g  Gen.  4.  5. 
cli.  22.  26. 
Ps.  ll'.l.  6. 
1  Tim.  2.  8. 
1  John  3.  21. 


shall  arise 
above  the 
noonday. 


8  intreat  thy 

face. 
0  flight  shall 

perish  from 

them. 
10  Or,  a  puff 

of  breath. 


1  an  heart. 

2  I  fall  not 
lower  than 
you. 

3  with  whom 
are  not  such 
as  these '? 

a  eh.  1G.  20. 
Ps.  91.  15. 
Jer.  33.  3. 
Mic.  7.  7. 

b  Prov.  14.  2. 


c  Num.  16.  22. 
Dan.  5.  23. 
Acts  17.  28. 

4  Or,  life. 

5  all  flesh  of 
man. 

6  palate. 

7  That  is, 
With  God. 

d  Rev.  3.  7. 

8  upon. 

e  1  Ki.  17.  1. 
/Gen.  7.11. 

9  the  lip  of  the 
faithful. 

10  Or,  looseth 
the  girdle  of 
the  strong. 

g  Matt.  10.  26. 
1  Cor.  4.  5. 

11  leadeth  in. 

12  wander. 


a  Proy.  17.  28. 

Eccl.  5.  3. 

Amos  5.  13. 

Jas.  1.  19. 
b  ch.  17.  5. 

Rom.  3.  5,  8. 
c  Prov.  24.  23. 

1  Or,  height  of 
greatness. 

2  Be  silent 
from  me. 

d  Ps.  119.  109. 
e  Ps.  23.  4. 

Prov.  14.  32. 

Rom.  8.  38,  39. 
/  ch.  27.  5. 

3  prove,  or, 
argue. 

g  Isa.  12.  1,  2. 
h  ch.  33.  6. 
Isa.  50.  S. 


19  He  leadeth  princes  away  spoiled,  and  over- 
throweth  the  mighty. 

20  He  removeth  away  9the  speech  of  the  trusty, 
and  taketh  away  the  understanding  of  the  aged. 

21  He  poureth  contempt  upon  princes,  and  10weak- 
eneth  the  strength  of  the  mighty. 

22  aHe  discovereth  deep  things  out  of  darkness, 
and  bringeth  out  to  light  the  shadow  of  death. 

23  He  increaseth  the  nations,  and  destroyeth  them : 
he  enlargeth  the  nations,  and  nstraiteneth  them 
again. 

24  He  taketh  away  the  heart  of  the  chief  of  the 
people  of  the  earth,  and  causeth  them  to  wander  in 
a  wilderness  where  there  is  no  way. 

25  They  grope  in  the  dark  without  light,  and  he 
maketh  them  to  12  stagger  like  a  drunken  man. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  Job  reproves  the  partiality  of  his  friends.    14  His  confidence  in  God. 

LO,  mine  eye  hath  seen  all  this,  mine  ear  hath 
heard  and  understood  it. 

2  What  ye  know,  the  same  do  I  know  also  :  I  am 
not  inferior  unto  you. 

3  Surely  I  would  speak  to  the  Almighty,  and  I  de- 
sire to  reason  with  God. 

4  But  ye  are  forgers  of  lies,  ye  are  all  physicians 
of  no  value. 

5  O  that  ye  would  altogether  hold  your  peace  ! 
and  "it  should  be  your  wisdom. 

6  Hear  now  my  reasoning,  and  hearken  to  the 
pleadings  of  my  lips. 

7  b  Will  ye  speak  wickedly  for  God  ?  and  talk  de- 
ceitfully for  him  ? 

8  Will c  ye  accept  his  person  ?  will  ye  contend  for  God? 

9  Is  it  good  that  he  should  search  you  out  ?  or  as 
one  man  mocketh  another,  do  ye  so  mock  him  ? 

10  He  will  surely  reprove  you,  if  ye  do  secretly 
accept  persons. 

11  Shall  not  his  Excellency  make  you  afraid?  and 
his  dread  fall  upon  you  ? 

12  Your  remembrances  are  like  unto  ashes,  your 
bodies  to  bodies  of  clay. 

13  2Hold  your  peace,  let  me  alone,  that  I  may 
speak,  and  let  come  on  me  what  will. 

14  Wherefore  do  I  take  my  flesh  in  my  teeth,  and 
rfput  my  life  in  mine  hand? 

15  e  Though  he  slay  me,  yet  will  I  trust  in  him  : 
■'but  I  will  3  maintain  mine  own  ways  before  him. 

16  He  also  shall  be  my  a  salvation  :  for  an  hypo- 
crite shall  not  come  before  him. 

17  Hear  diligently  my  speech,  and  my  declaration 
with  your  ears. 

18  Behold  now,  I  have  ordered  my  cause  ;  I  know 
that  I  shall  be  justified. 

19  7lWho  is  he  that  will  plead  with  me?  for  now, 
if  I  hold  my  tongue,  I  shall  give  up  the  ghost. 

20  Only  do  not  two  things  unto  me  :  then  will  I 
not  hide  myself  from  thee. 

21  Withdraw  thine  hand  far  from  me  :  and  let 
not  thy  dread  make  me  afraid. 

22  Then  call  thou,  and  I  will  answer  :  or  let  me 
speak,  and  answer  thou  me. 

399 


Job  awaits  his  change. 


JOB,  14,  15. 


Eliphaz  reproves  Job. 


23  How  many  are  mine  iniquities  and  sins  ?  make 
me  to  know  my  transgression  and  my  sin. 

24  l  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face,  and  boldest 
me  for  thine  enemy  ? 

25  fcWilt  thou  break  a  leaf  driven  to  and  fro?  and 
wilt  thou  pursue  the  dry  stubble  ? 

26  For  thou  writest  bitter  things  against  me,  and 
'makest  me  to  possess  the  iniquities  of  my  youth. 

27  mThou  puttest  my  feet  also  in  the  stocks,  and 
Mookest  narrowly  unto  all  my  paths  ;  thou  settest 
a  print  upon  the  5  heels  of  my  feet. 

28  And  he,  as  a  rotten  thing,  consumeth,  as  a  gar- 
ment that  is  moth  eaten. 

CHAPTER  14. 

\  Job  entreats  God's  favour.     7  He  waits  for  death.     16  Results  of  sin. 

MAN  that  is  born  of  a  woman  is  x  of  few  days, 
and  afull  of  trouble. 

2  b  He  cometh  forth  like  a  flower,  and  is  cut  down : 
he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow,  and  continueth  not. 

3  And  cdost  thou  open  thine  eyes  upon  such  an 
one,  and  d  bringest  me  into  judgment  with  thee  ? 

4  2Who  ecan  bring  a  clean  thing  out  of  an  un- 
clean ?  not  one. 

5  Seeing  his  days  are  determined,  the  number  of 
his  months  are  with  thee,  thou  hast  appointed  his 
bounds  that  he  cannot  pass  : 

6  -'"Turn  from  him,  that  he  may  3rest,  till  he  shall 
accomplish,  as  an  hireling,  his  day. 

7  For  there  is  hope  of  a  tree,  if  it  be  cut  down, 
that  it  will  sprout  again,  and  that  the  tender  branch 
thereof  will  not  cease. 

8  Though  the  root  thereof  wax  old  in  the  earth, 
and  the  stock  thereof  die  in  the  ground  ; 

9  Yet  through  the  scent  of  water  it  will  bud,  and 
bring  forth  boughs  like  a  plant. 

10  But  man  dieth,  and  4wasteth  away  :  yea,  man 
giveth  up  the  ghost,  and  where  is  he  ? 

11  As  the  waters  fail  from  the  sea,  and  the  flood 
decayeth  and  drieth  up  : 

12  So  man  lieth  down,  and  riseth  not  :  ^  till  the 
heavens  be  no  more,  they  shall  not  awake,  nor  be 
raised  out  of  their  sleep. 

13  0  that  thou  wouldest  hide  me  in  the  grave,  that 
thou  wouldest  keep  me  secret,  until  thy  wrath  be 
past,  that  thou  wouldest  appoint  me  a  set  time,  and 
remember  me ! 

14  If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  again  ?  all  the  days 
of  my  appointed  time  ''will  I  wait,  till  {my  change 
come. 

15  J'Thou  shalt  call,  and  I  will  answer  thee  :  thou 
wilt  have  a  desire  to  the  work  of  thine  hands. 

16  fcFor  now  thou  numberest  my  steps  :  dost  thou 
not  watch  over  my  sin  ? 

17  My  transgression  is  sealed  up  in  a  bag,  and  thou 
sewest  up  mine  iniquity. 

18  And  surely  the  mountain  falling  5  cometh  to 
nought,  and  the  rock  is  removed  out  of  his  place. 

19  The  waters  wear  the  stones  :  thou  6washest 
away  the  things  which  grow  out  of  the  dust  of  the 
earth  ;  and  thou  destroyest  the  hope  of  man. 

20  Thou  prevailest  for  ever  against  him,  and  he 

400 


B.  C.  1520. 


i  Ps.  10. 1. 

Isa.  8.  17. 
j  Lam.  2.  5. 

2  Thess.  3.  15. 
k  Isa.  17.  13. 

Isa.  42.  3. 


/  Ps.  25.  7. 
mch.  33.  11. 

4  observest. 

5  roots. 


1  short  of  days. 

a  eh.  15.  14. 

Ps.  51.  5. 

Eccl.  2.  23. 
b  Isa.  40.  6. 

Jas.  1. 10. 

1  Pet.  1.  24. 
c  Ps.  144.  3. 

d  Ps.  143.  2. 

2  Who  will  give. 
e  Gen.  5.  3. 

Ps.  51.  5. 
John  3.  5. 
Rom.  5.  12. 
Eph.  2.  3. 


/  Ps.  39.  13. 

3  cease. 

4  is  weakened, 
or,  cut  off. 

q  Ps.  102.  26. 

Isa.  51.  6. 

Acts  3.  21. 

Rom.  8.  20. 

2  Pet.  3.  7. 

Rev.  20.  11. 
h  ch.  13. 15. 
i  Ps.  16.  10. 

1  Cor.  15. 

42-58. 

Phil.  3.  21. 
j  ch.  13.  22. 

Ps.  50.  4. 

John  5.  28. 

1  Thess.  4.  16. 
k  Deut.  32.  34. 

ch.  10.  6,  14. 

ch.  13.  27. 

Ps.  56.  8. 

Prov.  5.  21. 

Jer.  32.  19. 

Hos.  13.  12. 

5  fadeth. 

6  overflowest. 
1 1  Sam.  4.  20. 

Ps.  39.  6. 

Eccl.  9.  5. 

Isa.  63.  16. 
in  Ps.  49.  14. 
■n  Prov.  14.  32. 

Matt.  8.  12. 


1  knowledge  of 
wind. 

2  thou  makest 
void. 

3  Or,  speech. 

4  teacheth. 

a  Prov.  8.  25. 
ft  Matt.  11.25. 

Rom.  11.  34. 

1  Cor.  2.  11. 
c  ch.  13.  2. 
d  Deut.  32.  7. 

ch.  8.  8-10. 

Prov.  16.  31. 
e  ch.  14.  4. 

Ps.  14.  3. 

Prov.  20.  9. 

Eccl.  7.  20. 

Rom.  7.  18. 

Eph.  2.  2,  3. 
/  oh.  25.  5. 
g  Ps.  14.  3. 
A.  Prov.  19.  28. 
i  Gen.  18.  19. 
j  Joel  3.  17. 
k  Ps.  90.  12. 

5  a  sound  of 
fears. 

1 1  Thess.  5.  3. 
in  Ps.  59.  15. 
ii  ch.  18.  12. 


passeth  :  thou  changest  his  countenance,  and  send- 
est  him  away. 

21  His  sons  come  to  honour,  and  'he  knoweth  it 
not ;  and  they  are  brought  low,  but  he  perceiveth 
it  not  of  them. 

22  mBut  his  flesh  upon  him  shall  have  pain,  and 
mhis  soul  within  him  shall  mourn. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Eliphaz  reproves  Job's  impiety  in  defending  himself.     17  Restlessness  of  wicked  men. 

rpHEN  answered   El'i-phaz  the   Te'man-Ite,  and 
-*-   said, 

2  Should  a  wise  man  utter  Vain  knowledge,  and 
fill  his  belly  with  the  east  wind  ? 

3  Should  he  reason  with  unprofitable  talk  ?  or  with 
speeches  wherewith  he  can  do  no  good? 

4  Yea,  2thou  castest  off  fear,  and  restrainest 3  prayer 
before  God. 

5  For  thy  mouth  4uttereth  thine  iniquity,  and  thou 
choosest  the  tongue  of  the  crafty. 

6  Thine  own  mouth  condemneth  thee,  and  not  I : 
yea,  thine  own  lips  testify  against  thee. 

7  Art  thou  the  first  man  that  was  born?  aor  wast 
thou  made  before  the  hills  ? 

8  b  Hast  thou  heard  the  secret  of  God  ?  and  dost 
thou  restrain  wisdom  to  thyself  ? 

9  cWhat  knowest  thou,  that  we  know  not?  what 
understandest  thou,  which  is  not  in  us  ? 

10  dWith  us  are  both  the  grayheaded  and  very 
aged  men,  much  elder  than  thy  father. 

11  Are  the  consolations  of  God  small  with  thee  ? 
is  there  any  secret  thing  with  thee  ? 

12  Why  doth  thine  heart  carry  thee  away  ?  and 
what  do  thy  eyes  wink  at, 

13  That  thou  turnest  thy  spirit  against  God,  and 
lettest  such  words  go  out  of  thy  mouth  ? 

14  eWhat  is  man,  that  he  should  be  clean  ?  and  he 
which  is  born  of  a  woman,  that  he  should  be  right- 
eous ? 

15  •'"Behold,  he  putteth  no  trust  in  his  saints ;  yea, 
the  heavens  are  not  clean  in  his  sight. 

16  9How  much  more  abominable  and  filthy  is  man, 
,( which  drinketh  iniquity  like  water  ? 

17  1  will  shew  thee,  hear  me ;  and  that  which  I 
have  seen  I  will  declare  : 

18  Which  wise  men  have  told  ^rom  their  fathers, 
and  have  not  hid  it : 

19  Unto  whom  alone  the  earth  was  given,  and  yno 
stranger  passed  among  them. 

20  The  wicked  man  travaileth  with  pain  all  his 
days,  Aand  the  number  of  years  is  hidden  to  the 
oppressor. 

21  A  5 dreadful  sound  is  in  his  ears  :  'in  prosper- 
ity the  destroyer  shall  come  upon  him. 

22  He  believeth  not  that  he  shall  return  out  of 
darkness,  and  he  is  waited  for  of  the  sword. 

23  He  mwandereth  abroad  for  bread,  saying, 
Where  is  it?  he  knoweth  that  "the  day  of  dark- 
ness is  ready  at  his  hand. 

24  Trouble  and  anguish  shall  make  him  afraid ; 
they  shall  prevail  against  him,  as  a  king  ready  to 
the  battle. 


Job  reproves  his  friends. 


JOB,  1618. 


He  appeals  from  men  to  God. 


25  "For  he  stretcheth  out  his  hand  against  God, 
and  strengthened  himself  against  the  Almighty. 

26  He  runneth  upon  him,  even  on  his  neck,  upon 
the  thick  bosses  of  his  bucklers : 

27  p  Because  he  covereth  his  face  with  his  fatness, 
and  maketh  collops  of  fat  on  his  flanks. 

28  And  he  dwelleth  in  desolate  cities,  and  in 
houses  which  no  man  inhabiteth,  which  are  ready- 
to  become  heaps. 

29  He  shall  not  be  rich,  neither  shall  his  substance 
continue,  neither  shall  he  prolong  the  perfection 
thereof  upon  the  earth. 

30  He  shall  not  depart  out  of  darkness  ;  the  flame 
shall  dry  up  his  branches,  and  9by  the  breath  of  his 
mouth  shall  he  go  away. 

31  Let  not  him  that  is  deceived  trust  rin  vanity  : 
for  vanity  shall  be  his  recompence. 

32  It  shall  be  6 accomplished  "before  his  time,  and 
his  branch  shall  not  be  green. 

33  He  shall  shake  off  his  unripe  grape  as  the  vine, 
and  shall  cast  off  his  flower  as  the  olive. 

34  *For  the  congregation  of  hypocrites  shall  be 
desolate,  and  fire  shall  consume  the  tabernacles  of 
bribery. 

35  "They  conceive  mischief,  and  bring  forth  7 van- 
ity, and  their  belly  prepareth  deceit. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Job's  miserable  comforters.    7  He  shews  his  pitiful  case. 

THEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  I  have  heard  many  such  things  :  Miserable 
comforters  are  ye  all. 

3  Shall  Vain  words  have  an  end  ?  or  what  em- 
boldeneth  thee  that  thou  answerest  ? 

4  I  also  could  speak  as  ye  do :  if  your  soul  were  in 
my  soul's  stead,  I  could  heap  up  words  against  you, 
and  "shake  mine  head  at  you. 

5  But  I  would  strengthen  you  with  my  mouth, 
and  the  moving  of  my  lips  should  asswage  your 
grief 

6  Though  I  speak,  my  grief  is  not  asswaged  :  and 
though  I  forbear,  3what  am  I  eased? 

7  But  now  he  hath  made  me  weary  :  thou  hast 
made  desolate  all  my  company. 

8  And  thou  hast  filled  me  with  wrinkles,  which  is 
a  witness  against  me :  and  my  leanness  rising  up 
in  me  beareth  witness  to  my  face. 

9  He  teareth  me  in  his  wrath,  who  hateth  me  :  he 
gnasheth  upon  me  with  his  teeth  ;  mine  enemy 
sharpeneth  his  eyes  upon  me. 

10  They  have  b  gaped  upon  me  with  their  mouth  ; 
they  chave  smitten  me  upon  the  cheek  reproach- 
fully ;  they  have  d  gathered  themselves  together 
against  me. 

11  God  4hath  delivered  me  to  the  ungodly,  and 
turned  me  over  into  the  hands  of  the  wicked. 

12  I  was  at  ease,  but  he  hath  broken  me  asunder: 
he  hath  also  taken  me  by  my  neck,  and  shaken  me 
to  pieces,  and  set  me  up  for  his  mark. 

13  His  archers  compass  me  round  about,  he 
cleaveth  my  reins  asunder,  and  doth  not  spare ;  he 
poureth  out  my  gall  upon  the  ground. 

25 


B.  C.  1520. 


o  Mai.  3.  13. 


p  Pb.  17.  10. 


q  ch.  4.  9. 
Isa.  11.  4. 
Rev.  19.  15. 

r  Ps.  02.  10. 
Isa.  59.  4. 


0  Or,  cut  off. 
s  ch.  22.  16. 

Ps.  55.  23. 


t  Isa.  33.  14. 


u  Ps.  7.  14. 
Isa.  59.  4. 
7  Or,  iniquity. 


1  Or,  trouble- 
some. 

2  words  of 
wind. 

o  2  Ki.  19.  21. 
Ps.  22.  7. 
Jer.  18. 16. 
Lam.  2.  15. 

3  what  goeth 
from  me  ? 

b  Ps.  22.  13. 
c  1  Ki.  22.  24. 

Lam.  3.  30. 

Mic.  5.  1. 

Matt.  20.  67. 

John  18.  22. 

Acts  23.  2. 
d  Ps.  35.  15. 

4  hath  shut 
me  up. 

e  Ps.  7.  5. 
/ch.  27.9. 
i)  Rom.  1.  9. 

5  in  the  high 
places. 

6  are  my 
scorners. 

h  ch.  31.  35. 

7  Or,  friend. 

8  years  of 
number. 

t  Eccl.  12.  5. 


1  Or,  spirit  is 
spent. 

a  Ps.  88.  3,  4. 

2  lodge. 

6  1  Sun.  1.  6. 

c  Prov.  0.  1. 

d  1  Ki.  9.  7. 

ch.  30.  9. 

3  Or,  before 
them. 

4  Or,  my 
thoughts. 

e  Prov.  4.  18. 
/  Ps.  24.  4. 

5  shall  add 
strength. 

g  ch.  6.  29. 
h  ch.  7.  6. 
Isa.  38.  10. 

6  the  pos- 
sessions. 

7  near. 

8  cried,  or, 
called. 

i  2  Cor.  1.  9. 
j  Ps.  88.  4-8. 
k  ch.  3.  17. 


a  ch.  12  7. 
Ps.  73.  22. 


14  He  breaketh  me  with  breach  upon  breach,  he 
runneth  upon  me  like  a  giant. 

15  I  have  sewed  sackcloth  upon  my  skin,  and  de- 
filed my  horn  in  the  dust. 

16  My  face  is  foul  with  weeping,  and  on  my  eye- 
lids is  the  shadow  of  death  ; 

17  Not  for  any  injustice  in  mine  hands  :  also  my 
prayer  is  pure. 

18  O  earth,  cover  not  thou  my  blood,  and  /let  my 
cry  have  no  place. 

19  Also  now,  behold,  "my  witness  is  in  heaven,  and 
my  record  is  5on  high. 

20  My  friends  c scorn  me  :  but  mine  eye  poureth 
out  tears  unto  God. 

21  hO  that  one  might  plead  for  a  man  with  God, 
as  a  man  pleadeth  for  his  7  neighbour  ! 

22  When  8a  few  years  are  come,  then  I  shall  *go 
the  way  whence  I  shall  not  return. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Job  appeals  from  men  to  God.     1 1  His  hope  in  death. 

MY  breath  is  corrupt,  my  days  are  extinct,  "the 
graves  are  ready  for  me. 

2  Are  there  not  mockers  with  me  ?  and  doth  not 
mine  eye  2  continue  in  their  6  provocation  ? 

3  Lay  down  now,  put  me  in  a  surety  with  thee  ; 
who  is  he  that  cwill  strike  hands  with  me  ? 

4  For  thou  hast  hid  their  heart  from  understand- 
ing :  therefore  shalt  thou  not  exalt  them. 

5  He  that  speaketh  flattery  to  his  friends,  even 
the  eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail. 

6  He  hath  made  me  also  da  byword  of  the  people ; 
and  3  aforetime  I  was  as  a  tabret. 

7  Mine  eye  also  is  dim  by  reason  of  sorrow,  and 
all  4my  members  are  as  a  shadow. 

8  Upright  men  shall  be  astonied  at  this,  and  the 
innocent  shall  stir  up  himself  against  the  hypo- 
crite. 

9  eThe  righteous  also  shall  hold  on  his  way,  and  he 
that  hath/clean  hands 5  shall  be  stronger  and  stronger. 

10  But  as  for  you  all,  ffdo  ye  return,  and  come 
now :  for  I  cannot  find  one  wise  man  among  you. 

11  AMy  days  are  past,  my  purposes  are  broken  off, 
even  6the  thoughts  of  my  heart. 

12  They  change  the  night  into  day  :  the  light  is 
7  short  because  of  darkness. 

13  If  I  wait,  the  grave  is  mine  house :  I  have  made 
my  bed  in  the  darkness. 

14  I  have  8said  to  corruption,  Thou  art  my  father : 
to  the  worm,  Thou  art  my  mother,  and  my  sister. 

15  And  where  is  now  my  hope  ?  as  for  my  hope, 
who  shall  see  it  ? 

16  *They  shall  go  down  yto  the  bars  of  the  pit, 
when  our  ferest  together  is  in  the  dust. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Bildad  reproves  Job.    5  Calamities  of  the  wicked. 

rtlHEN  answered  Bil'dad  the  Shu'hite,  and  said, 
-*-    2  How  long  will  it  be  ere  ye  make  an  end  of 
words  ?  mark,  and  afterwards  we  will  speak. 

3  Wherefore  are  we  counted  "as  beasts,  and  re- 
puted vile  in  your  sight  ? 

401 


Calamities  of  the  wicked. 


JOB,  19,  20. 


Job  shews  his  great  misery. 


4  6  He  teareth  1  himself  in  his  anger :  shall  the 
earth  be  forsaken  for  thee?  and  shall  the  rock  be 
removed  out  of  his  place? 

5  2Yea,  cthe  light  of  the  wicked  shall  be  put  out, 
and  the  spark  of  his  fire  shall  not  shine. 

6  The  light  shall  be  dark  in  his  tabernacle,  and  his 
3  candle  shall  be  put  out  with  him. 

7  The  steps  of  his  strength  shall  be  straitened,  and 
his  own  counsel  shall  cast  him  down. 

8  For  he  is  cast  into  a  net  by  his  own  feet,  and  he 
walketh  upon  a  snare. 

9  The  gin  shall  take  him  by  the  heel,  and  the 
robber  shall  prevail  against  him. 

10  The  snare  is  4laid  for  him  in  the  ground,  and  a 
trap  for  him  in  the  way. 

11  d  Terrors  shall  make  him  afraid  on  every  side, 
and  shall  5  drive  him  to  his  feet. 

12  His  strength  shall  be  hungerbitten,  and  de- 
struction shall  be  ready  at  his  side. 

13  It  shall  devour  the  6  strength  of  his  skin  :  even 
the  firstborn  of  death  shall  devour  his  strength. 

14  -^His  confidence  shall  be  rooted  out  of  his  taber- 
nacle, and  it  shall  bring  him  to  the  king  of  terrors. 

15  It  shall  dwell  in  his  tabernacle,  because  it  is 
none  of  his  :  °  brimstone  shall  be  scattered  upon  his 
habitation. 

16  His  roots  shall  be  dried  up  beneath,  and  above 
shall  his  branch  be  cut  off. 

17  AHis  remembrance  shall  perish  from  the  earth, 
and  he  shall  have  no  name  in  the  street. 

18  7He  shall  be  driven  from  light  into  darkness, 
and  chased  out  of  the  world. 

19  *He  shall  neither  have  son  nor  nephew  among 
his  people,  nor  any  remaining  in  his  dwellings. 

20  They  that  come  after  him  shall  be  astonied  at 
his  day,  as  they  that  8went  before  9  were  affrighted. 

21  Surely  such  are  the  dwellings  of  the  wicked,  and 
this  is  the  place  of  him  that  J'knoweth  not  God. 

CHAPTER  19. 

1  Job  complains  of  his  friends.    6  His  misery.    23  His  belief  in  the  resurrection. 

THEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  How  long  will  ye  avex  my  soul,  and  break 
me  in  pieces  with  words  ? 

3  These  ten  times  have  ye  reproached  me  :  ye  are 
not  ashamed  that  ye 1  make  yourselves  strange  to  me. 

4  And  be  it  indeed  that  I  have  erred,  6  mine  error 
remaineth  with  myself. 

5  If  indeed  ye  will  c  magnify  yourselves  against 
me,  and  plead  against  me  my  reproach : 

6  Know  now  that  dGod  hath  overthrown  me,  and 
hath  compassed  me  with  his  net. 

7  Behold,  I  cry  out  of  2  wrong,  but  I  am  not  heard : 
I  cry  aloud,  but  there  is  no  judgment. 

8  e  He  hath  fenced  up  my  way  that  I  cannot  pass, 
and  he  hath  set  darkness  in  my  paths. 

9  He  hath  stripped  me  of  my  glory,  and  taken  the 
crown  from  my  head. 

10  He  hath  destroyed  me  on  every  side,  and  I  am 
gone  :  and  mine  hope  hath  he  removed  like  a  tree. 

11  He  hath  also  -^kindled  his  wrath  against  me, 
and  he  counteth  me  unto  him  as  one  of  his  enemies. 

402 


B.  C.  1520. 


b  ch.  13.  14. 
1  his  soul. 


2  Nevertheless. 
c  Prov.  13.  9. 


3  Or,  lamp. 


4  hidden. 


d  ch.  6.  4. 

Ps.  73.  19. 

Jer.  6.  25. 

2  Cor.  5.  11. 
5  scatter  him. 
e  ch.  15.  23. 

1  Thess.  5.  3. 


6  bars. 


/ch.  8.  14. 
Ps.  112.  10. 
Prov.  10.  28. 

Matt.  7. 
26,  27. 

g  Gen.  19.  24. 


h  Ps.  34.  16. 
Prov.  2.  22. 

7  They  shall 
drive  him. 

i  Isa.  14.  22. 
Jer.  22.  30. 

8  Or,  lived  with 
him. 

9  laid  hold  on 
horror. 

j  Jer.  9.  3. 

1  Thess.  4.  5. 

2  Thess.  1.  8. 
Tit.  1.16. 


a  1  Sam.  1.  6. 
Ps.  6.  2,  3. 

1  Or,  harden 
yourselves 
against  me. 

b  Ps.  19. 12. 

Ezek.  18.  4. 
c  Ps.  38.  16. 

Mic.  7.  8. 
d  Lam.  1.  13. 

2  Or,  violence. 
e  Lam.  3.  7,  8. 
/  Deut.  32.  22. 
g  Ps.  34.  19. 
APs.  31.  11. 

Matt.  26.  56. 
2  Tim.  4.  16. 

3  my  belly. 

4  Or,  the 
wicked. 

5  the  men  of 
my  secret. 

6  Or,  as. 

7  Who  will 
give,  etc. 

8  Or,  After  I 
shall  awake, 
though  this 
body  be  de- 
stroyed, yet 
out  of  my 
flesh  shall  I 
see  God. 

9  a  stranger. 

10  Or,  my  reins 
within  me  are 
consumed  with 
earnest  desire 
[for  that  day.] 

11  in  my  bosom. 

12  Or,  and  what 
root  of  matter 
is  found  in  me  ? 


1  my  haste  is  in 
me. 

a  Ps.  37.  35. 

2  from  near. 

3  cloud. 


12  "His  troops  come  together,  and  raise  up  their 
way  against  me,  and  encamp  round  about  my  taber- 
nacle. 

13  ,lHe  hath  put  my  brethren  far  from  me,  and 
mine  acquaintance  are  verily  estranged  from  me. 

14  My  kinsfolk  have  failed,  and  my  familiar  friends 
have  forgotten  me. 

15  They  that  dwell  in  mine  house,  and  my  maids, 
count  me  for  a  stranger  :  I  am  an  alien  in  their 
sight. 

16  I  called  my  servant,  and  he  gave  me  no  an- 
swer ;  I  intreated  him  with  my  mouth. 

17  My  breath  is  strange  to  my  wife,  though  I 
intreated  for  the  children's  sake  of  3mine  own  body. 

18  Yea, 4  young  children  despised  me ;  I  arose,  and 
they  spake  against  me. 

19  All  5my  inward  friends  abhorred  me  :  and  they 
whom  I  loved  are  turned  against  me. 

20  My  bone  cleaveth  to  my  skin  °and  to  my  flesh, 
and  I  am  escaped  with  the  skin  of  my  teeth. 

21  Have  pity  upon  me,  have  pity  upon  me,  O  ye 
my  friends ;  for  the  hand  of  God  hath  touched  me. 

22  Why  do  ye  persecute  me  as  God,  and  are  not 
satisfied  with  my  flesh  ? 

23  '  Oh  that  my  words  were  now  written  !  oh  that 
they  were  printed  in  a  book  ! 

24  That  they  were  graven  with  an  iron  pen  and 
lead  in  the  rock  for  ever ! 

25  For  I  know  that  my  redeemer  liveth,  and  that 
he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day  upon  the  earth : 

26  8And  though  after  my  skin  worms  destroy  this 
body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God  : 

27  Whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine  eyes 
shall  behold,  and  not  9  another  ;  10  though  my  reins 
be  consumed  "within  me. 

28  But  ye  should  say,  Why  persecute  we  him, 
12 seeing  the  root  of  the  matter  is  found  in  me? 

29  Be  ye  afraid  of  the  sword  :  for  wrath  bringeth 
the  punishments  of  the  sword,  that  ye  may  know 
there  is  a  judgment. 

CHAPTER  20. 

Zophar  shews  the  state  and  portion  of  the  wicked. 

THEN  answered  Zo'phar  the  Na'a-math-Ite,  and 
said, 

2  Therefore  do  my  thoughts  cause  me  to  answer, 
and  for  this  XI  make  haste. 

3  I  have  heard  the  check  of  my  reproach,  and  the 
spirit  of  my  understanding  causeth  me  to  answer. 

4  Knowest  thou  not  this  of  old,  since  man  was 
placed  upon  earth, 

5  "That  the  triumphing  of  the  wicked  is  2 short, 
and  the  joy  of  the  hypocrite  but  for  a  moment  ? 

6  Though  his  excellency  mount  up  to  the  heavens, 
and  his  head  reach  unto  the  3  clouds ; 

7  Yet  he  shall  perish  for  ever  like  his  own  dung : 
they  which  have  seen  him  shall  say,  Where  is  he  ? 

8  He  shall  fly  away  as  a  dream,  and  shall  not  be 
found  :  yea,  he  shall  be  chased  away  as  a  vision  of 
the  night. 

9  The  eye  also  which  saw  him  shall  see  him  no 
more  ;  neither  shall  his  place  any  more  behold  him. 


Portion  of  the  wicked. 


JOB,  21. 


The  wicked  prosper  sometimes. 


10  4  His  children  shall  seek  to  please  the  poor,  and 
his  hands  shall  restore  their  goods. 

11  His  bones  are  full  of  the  sin  of  his  youth,  which 
shall  lie  down  with  him  in  the  dust. 

12  Though  wickedness  be  sweet  in  his  mouth, 
though  he  hide  it  under  his  tongue ; 

13  Though  he  spare  it,  and  forsake  it  not ;  but 
keep  it  still  5  within  his  mouth  : 

14  Yet  his  6meat  in  his  bowels  is  turned,  it  is  the 
gall  of  asps  within  him. 

y    15  He  hath  c  swallowed  down  riches,  and  he 
vomit  them  up  again  :  God  shall  cast  them  out  of 
his  belly. 

16  He  shall  suck  the  poison  of  asps :  the  viper's 
tongue  shall  slay  him. 

17  He  shall  not  see  dthe  rivers,  6the  floods,  the 
'  brooks  of  honey  and  butter. 

18  That  which  he  laboured  for  shall  he  restore, 
and  shall  not  swallow  it  down  :  According  to  his 
substance  shall  the  restitution  be,  and  he  shall  not 
rejoice  therein. 

19  Because  he  hath  b  oppressed  and  hath  forsaken 
the  poor  ;  because  he  hath  violently  taken  away  an 
house  which  he  builded  not ; 

20  e  Surely  he  shall  not 9  feel  quietness  in  his  belly, 
he  shall  not  save  of  that  which  he  desired. 

21  10  There  shall  none  of  his  meat  be  left ;  there- 
fore shall  no  man  look  for  his  goods. 

22  In  the  fulness  of  his  sufficiency  he  shall  be  in 
straits  :  every  hand  of  the  "wicked  shall  come 
upon  him. 

23  When  he  is  about  to  fill  his  belly,  God  shall  cast 
the  fury  of  his  wrath  upon  him,  and  shall  rain  it 
upon  him  ■'"while  he  is  eating. 

24  ^He  shall  flee  from  the  iron  weapon,  and  the 
bow  of  steel  shall  strike  him  through. 

25  It  is  drawn,  and  cometh  out  of  the  body  ;  yea, 
the  glittering  sword  cometh  out  of  his  gall :  h  terrors 
are  upon  him. 

26  All  darkness  shall  be  hid  in  his  secret  places  : 
^'a  fire  not  blown  shall  consume  him  ;  it  shall  go  ill 
with  him  that  is  left  in  his  tabernacle. 

27  The  heaven  j  shall  reveal  his  iniquity  ;  and  the 
earth  shall  rise  up  against  him. 

28  The  increase  of  his  house  shall  depart,  and  his 
goods  shall  flow  away  in  the  day  of  his  wrath. 

29  ^This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked  man  from  God, 
and  the  heritage  12  appointed  unto  him  by  God. 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Job  shews  his  reason  to  be  grieved.    7  The  wicked  prosper  sometimes.    27  They  are 
judged  in  another  world. 

BUT  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  Hear  diligently  my  speech,  and  let  this  be 
your  consolations. 

3  Suffer  me  that  I  may  speak ;  and  after  that  I 
have  spoken,  mock  on. 

4  As  for  me,  is  my  a  complaint  to  man  ?  and  if  it 
were  so,  why  should  not  my  spirit  be  a  troubled  ? 

5  2Mark  me,  and  be  astonished,  and  lay  your  hand 
upon  your  mouth. 

6  Even  when  I  remember  I  am  afraid,  and  trem- 
bling taketh  hold  on  my  flesh. 


Shall-^-Matt.  Ti.  3,4. 


B.  C.  1520. 


4  Or,  The  poor 
shall  oppress 
liis  children. 


5  in  the  midst 
of  his  palate. 
b  Jer.  4.  ID. 


d  Jer.  17.  (i. 
6  Or,  streaming 
brooks. 


7  according  to 
the  substance 
of  his  ex- 
change. 


8  crushed. 


e  Eccl.  5. 
9  know. 


13. 


10  Or,  There 
shall  be  none 
left  for  his 
meat. 


11  Or,  trouble- 
some. 


/Num.  11.  33. 

Ps.  78.  30,  31. 
g  Isa.  24.  18. 

Jer.  48.  43. 

Amos  5.  19. 


hch.  18.  11. 
Ps.  73.  19. 

i  Ps.  21.  9. 

j  Isa.  26.  21. 

i'Deut.29.20,28. 

ch.  18.  21. 

ch.  27.  13. 

Ps.  11.  5,  6. 

Matt.  24.  51. 
12  of  his  decree 

from  God. 


al  Sam.  1.  16. 
ch.  7.  11,  13. 
Ps.  22.  1-3. 

1  shortened  ? 

2  Look  unto  me. 
b  ch.  12.  6. 

Jer.  12.  1-3. 

3  are  peace  from 
fear. 

4  Or,  in  mirth. 

5  Or,  lamp. 

6  stealeth  away. 

7  That  is,  the 
punishment  of 
his  iniquity. 

8  in  his  very  per- 
fection, or,  in 
the  strength  of 
his  perfection. 

9  Or,  milk  pails. 
e  Eccl.  9.  2. 

d  Isa.  14.  11. 

10  the  tent  of  the 
tabernacles  of 
the  wicked. 

e  Prov.  16.  4. 
Nah.  1.  2. 

11  the  day  of 
wraths. 

12  graves. 

13  watch  in  the 
heap. 

/ch.  3.  17,18. 

14  transgression? 


7  b  Wherefore  do  the  wicked  live,  become  old,  yea, 
are  mighty  in  power? 

8  Their  seed  is  established  in  their  sight  with 
them,  and  their  offspring  before  their  eyes. 

9  Their  houses  3are  safe  from  fear,  neither  is  the 
rod  of  God  upon  them. 

10  Their  bull  gendereth,  and  faileth  not ;  their 
cow  calveth,  and  casteth  not  her  calf. 

11  They  send  forth  their  little  ones  like  a  flock, 
and  their  children  dance. 

12  They  take  the  timbrel  and  harp,  and  rejoice  at 
the  sound  of  the  organ. 

13  They  spend  their  days  4in  wealth,  and  in  a  mo- 
ment go  down  to  the  grave. 

14  Therefore  they  say  unto  God,  Depart  from  us  ; 
for  we  desire  not  the  knowledge  of  thy  ways. 

15  What  is  the  Almighty,  that  we  should  serve 
him  ?  and  what  profit  should  we  have,  if  we  pray 
unto  him  ? 

16  Lo,  their  good  is  not  in  their  hand  :  the  counsel 
of  the  wicked  is  far  from  me. 

17  How  oft  is  the  5  candle  of  the  wicked  put  out ! 
and  how  oft  cometh  their  destruction  upon  them  ! 
God  distributeth  sorrows  in  his  anger. 

18  They  are  as  stubble  before  the  wind,  and  as 
chaff  that  the  storm  6  carrieth  away. 

19  God  layeth  up  7his  iniquity  for  his  children :  he 
rewardeth  him,  and  he  shall  know  it. 

20  His  eyes  shall  see  his  destruction,  and  he  shall 
drink  of  the  wrath  of  the  Almighty. 

21  For  what  pleasure  hath  he  in  his  house  after 
him,  when  the  number  of  his  months  is  cut  off  in 
the  midst? 

22  Shall  any  teach  God  knowledge?  seeing  he  judg- 
eth  those  that  are  high. 

23  One  dieth  8in  his  full  strength,  being  wholly  at 
ease  and  quiet. 

24  His  9  breasts  are  full  of  milk,  and  his  bones  are 
moistened  with  marrow. 

25  And  another  dieth  in  the  bitterness  of  his  soul, 
and  never  eateth  with  pleasure. 

26  They  shall  clie  down  alike  in  the  dust,  and  the 
d  worms  shall  cover  them. 

27  Behold,  I  know  your  thoughts,  and  the  devices 
which  ye  wrongfully  imagine  against  me. 

28  For  ye  say,  Where  is  the  house  of  the 
prince  ?  and  where  are  10the  dwelling  places  of  the 
wicked  ? 

29  Have  ye  not  asked  them  that  go  by  the  way? 
and  do  ye  not  know  their  tokens, 

30  eThat  the  wicked  is  reserved  to  the  day  of  de- 
struction ?  they  shall  be  brought  forth  to  "the  day 
of  wrath. 

31  Who  shall  declare  his  way  to  his  face  ?  and  who 
shall  repay  him  what  he  hath  done  ? 

32  Yet  shall  he  be  brought  to  the  12  grave,  and 
shall  13 remain  in  the  tomb. 

33  The  clods  of  the  valley  -^shall  be  sweet  unto 
him,  and  every  man  shall  draw  after  him,  as  there 
are  innumerable  before  him. 

34  How  then  comfort  ye  me  in  vain,  seeing  in  your 
answers  there  remaineth  "falsehood? 

403 


Eliphaz  accuses  Job. 


JOB,  22-24. 


God's  decree  is  immutable. 


CHAPTER  22. 

1  Eliphaz  accuses  Job  of  sin.    21  lie  exhorts  him  to  repent. 

THEN  El'i-phaz  the  Te'man-Ite  answered  and  said, 
2  "Can  a  man  be  profitable  unto  God,  2as  he 
that  is  wise  may  be  profitable  unto  himself  ? 

3  Is  it  any  pleasure  to  the  Almighty,  that  thou  art 
righteous  ?  or  is  it  gain  to  him,  that  thou  makest 
thy  ways  perfect  ? 

4  Will  he  reprove  thee  for  fear  of  thee  ?  will  he 
enter  with  thee  into  judgment  ? 

5  Is  not  thy  wickedness  great?  and  thine  iniquities 
infinite  ? 

6  For  thou  hast  taken  a  pledge  from  thy  brother  for 
nought,  and  2 stripped  the  naked  of  their  clothing. 

7  Thou  hast  not  given  water  to  the  weary  to  drink, 
and  thou  6hast  withholden  bread  from  the  hun- 
gry. 

8  But  as  for  3the  mighty  man,  he  had  the  earth  ; 
and  the  4  honourable  man  dwelt  in  it.  , 

9  Thou  hast  sent  widows  away  empty,  and  the 
arms  of  the  fatherless  have  been  broken. 

10  Therefore  snares  are  round  about  thee,  and 
sudden  fear  troubleth  thee  ; 

11  Or  darkness,  that  thou  canst  not  see  ;  and  abun- 
dance of  waters  cover  thee. 

12  c  Is  not  God  in  the  height  of  heaven  ?  and  be- 
hold 5the  height  of  the  stars,  how  high  they  are  ! 

13  And  thou  sayest,6How  doth  God  know  ?  can  he 
judge  through  the  dark  cloud  ? 

14  d  Thick  clouds  are  a  covering  to  him,  that  he 
seeth  not ;  and  he  walketh  in  the  circuit  of  heaven. 

15  Hast  thou  marked  ethe  old  way  which  wicked 
men  have  trodden? 

16  Which  were  cut  down  out  of  time, 7  whose  foun- 
dation was  overflown  with  a  flood  : 

17  Which  said  unto  God,  Depart  from  us  :  and 
what  can  the  Almighty  do  8  for  them  ? 

18  Yet  he  filled  /their  houses  with  good  things  : 
but  the  counsel  of  the  wicked  is  far  from  me. 

19  a  The  righteous  see  it,  and  are  glad  :  and  the 
innocent  laugh  them  to  scorn. 

20  Whereas  our  9  substance  is  not  cut  down,  but 
10  the  remnant  of  them  the  fire  consumeth. 

21  Acquaint  now  thyself  u with  him,  and  ''be  at 
peace  :  thereby  good  shall  come  unto  thee. 

22  Receive,  I  pray  thee,  the  law  from  his  mouth, 
and  *lay  up  his  words  in  thine  heart. 

23  If  thou  return  to  the  Almighty,  thou  shalt  be 
built  up,  thou  shalt  put  away  iniquity  far  from  thy 
tabernacles. 

24  Then  shalt  thou  lay  up  gold  12as  dust,  and  the 
gold  of  O'phir  as  the  stones  of  the  brooks. 

25  Yea,  the  Almighty  shall  be  thy  13  defence,  and 
thou  shalt  have  14  plenty  of  silver. 

26  For  then  shalt  thou  have  thy  delight  in  the 
Almighty,  and  shalt  lift  up  thy  face  unto  God. 

27  Thou  shalt  make  thy  prayer  unto  him,  and  he 
shall  hear  thee,  and  thou  shalt  pay  thy  vows. 

28  •'Thou  shalt  also  decree  a  thing,  and  it  shall  be 
established  unto  thee :  and  the  light  shall  shine 
upon  thy  ways. 

29  When  men  are  cast  down,  then  thou  shalt  say, 

404 


E.  C.  1520. 


a  Ps.  16.  2. 

1  Or,  if  he  may 
be  profitable, 
doth  his  good 
success  depend 
thereon  ? 


2  stripped  the 
clothes  of  the 
naked. 

b  ch.  31.  16, 17. 


3  the  man  of 
arm. 

4  eminent,  or, 
accepted  for 
countenance. 


c  Isa.  66.  1. 

5  the  head  of  the 
stars. 

6  Or,  What. 
d  Ps.  139.  12. 

e  Gen.  G.  11-13. 

7  a  Hood  was 
poured  upon 
their  founda- 
tion. 

8  Or,  to  them  ? 
/Ps.  17.  13,  14. 
(j  Ps.  107.  42. 

9  Or,  estate. 

10  Or,  their  ex- 
cellency. 

11  That  is,  with 
God. 

h  Isa.  27.  5. 
iPs.  119.  11. 
Jer.  15.  16. 

12  Or,  on  the 
dust. 

13  Or,  gold. 

14  silver  of 
strength. 

j  Prov.  10.  3. 

15  him  that  hath 
low  eyes. 

1G  Or,  The  inno- 
cent shall 
deliver  the 
island. 


1  my  hand. 
a  ch.  9.  19. 

Isa.  27.  4. 
b  Ps.  10.  1. 
1  Tim.  6.  10. 

2  the  way  that 
is  with  me. 

c  Ps.  17.  3. 

Jas.  1.  12. 
d  Ps.  44.  18. 

3  I  have  hid,  or, 
laid  up. 

4  Or,  my 
appointed  por- 
tion. 

e  ch.  34.  29. 

Eccl.  3.  14. 

Rom.  9.  19. 

Jas.  1.  17. 
f  1  Thess.  3.  3. 
g  Ps.  119.  120. 
h  ch.  6.  9. 


a  Actsl.  7. 
b  Deut.  19.  14. 

1  Or,  feed  them. 
e  Deut.  24.  6,  10, 

12,  17. 
d  Prov.  28.  28. 

2  mingled  corn, 
or,  dredge. 

3  the  wicked 
gather  the 
vintage. 

e  Ex.  22.  26. 
Deut.  24.  12. 
Isa.  58.  7. 


There  is  lifting,  up  ;  and  he  shall  save  15  the  humble 
person. 

30  1GHe  shall  deliver  the  island  of  the  innocent: 
and  it  is  delivered  by  the  pureness  of  thine  hands. 


CHAPTER  23. 


1  Job  longs  to  appear  be/ore  God.     8  God  observes  our  ways. 

table. 


13  His  decree  is  immu- 


fTlHEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
J-    2  Even  to  day  is  my  complaint  bitter :  1  my 
stroke  is  heavier  than  my  groaning. 

3  Oh  that  I  knew  where  I  might  find  him !  that  I 
might  come  even  to  his  seat ! 

4  I  would  order  my  cause  before  him,  and  fill  my 
mouth  with  arguments. 

5  I  would  know  the  words  which  he  would  answer 
me,  and  understand  what  he  would  say  unto  me. 

6  "Will  he  plead  against  me  with  Ms  great  power? 
No ;  but  he  would  put  strength  in  me. 

7  There  the  righteous  might  dispute  with  him  ;  so 
should  I  be  delivered  for  ever  from  my  judge. 

8  b  Behold,  I  go  forward,  but  he  is  not  there :  and 
backward,  but  I  cannot  perceive  him  : 

9  On  the  left  hand,  where  he  doth  work,  but  I 
cannot  behold  him :  he  hideth  himself  on  the  right 
hand,  that  I  cannot  see  him: 

10  But  he  knoweth  2the  way  that  I  take  :  when 
che  hath  tried  me,  I  shall  come  forth  as  gold. 

11  dMy  foot  hath  held  his  steps,  his  way  have  I 
kept,  and  not  declined. 

12  Neither  have  I  gone  back  from  the  command- 
ment of  his  lips  ;  3 1  have  esteemed  the  words  of  his 
mouth  more  than  4my  necessary  food. 

13  But  he  is  in  one  mind,  and  ewho  can  turn 
him  ?  and  what  his  soul  desireth,  even  that  he  doeth. 

14  For  he  performeth  the  thing  that  is  •'"appointed 
for  me  :  and  many  such  things  are  with  him. 

15  Therefore  am  I  °  troubled  at  his  presence  :  when 
I  consider,  I  am  afraid  of  him. 

16  For  God  maketh  my  heart  soft,  and  the  Al- 
mighty troubleth  me  : 

17  Because  I  was  not  Acut  off  before  the  darkness, 
neither  hath  he  covered  the  darkness  from  my  face. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Wickedness  often  goes  unpunished.    17  Secret  punishment  for  the  wicked. 

WHY,  seeing  "times  are  not  hidden  from  the 
Almighty,  do  they  that  know  him  not  see  his 
days? 

2  Some  remove  the  b  landmarks ;  they  violently 
take  away  flocks,  and  *feed  thereof. 

3  They  drive  away  the  ass  of  the  fatherless,  they 
ctake  the  widow's  ox  for  a  pledge. 

4  They  turn  the  needy  out  of  the  way  :  dthe  poor 
of  the  earth  hide  themselves  together. 

5  Behold,  as  wild  asses  in  the  desert,  go  they  forth 
to  their  work  ;  rising  betimes  for  a  prey  :  the  wil- 
derness yieldeth  food  for  them  and  for  their  children. 

6  They  reap  every  one  his  2corn  in  the  field  :  and 
3  they  gather  the  vintage  of  the  wicked. 

7  They6  cause  the  naked  to  lodge  without  clothing, 
that  they  have  no  covering  in  the  cold. 


Wickedness  secretly  punished. 


JOB,  25-27. 


8  They  are  wet  with  the  showers  of  the  moun- 
tains, and  •'"embrace  the  rock  for  want  of  a  shelter. 

9  They  pluck  the  fatherless  from  the  breast,  and 
take  a  pledge  of  the  poor. 

10  They  cause  him  to  go  naked  without  clothing, 
and  they  take  away  the  sheaf  from  the  hungry  ; 

11  Which  make  oil  within  their  walls,  and  tread 
their  winepresses,  and  suffer  thirst. 

12  Men  groan  from  out  of  the  city,  and  the  soul 
of  the  wounded  crieth  out  :  ^yet  God  layeth  not 
folly  to  them. 

13  They  are  of  those  that  rebel  against  the  light ; 
they  know  not  the  ways  thereof,  nor  abide  in  the 
paths  thereof. 

14  The  murderer  rising  with  the  light  killeth  the 
poor  and  needy,  and  in  the  night  is  as  a  thief. 

15  The  eye  also  of  the  adulterer  waiteth  for  the 
twilight,  saying,  No  eye  shall  see  me  :  and  4dis- 
guiseth  his  face. 

16  In  the  dark  they  dig  through  houses,  which 
they  had  marked  for  themselves  in  the  daytime  : 
''they  know  not  the  light. 

17  For  the  morning  is  to  them  even  as  the  shadow 
of  death  :  if  one  know  them,  they  are  in  the  terrors 
of  the  shadow  of  death. 

18  He  is  swift  as  the  waters  ;  their  portion  is 
cursed  in  the  earth  :  he  beholdeth  not  the  way  of 
the  vineyards. 

19  Drought  and  heat 5  consume  the  snow  waters  : 
so  doth  the  grave  those  which  have  sinned. 

20  The  womb  shall  forget  him  ;  the  worm  shall 
feed  sweetly  on  him  ;  'he  shall  be  no  more  remem- 
bered ;  and  wickedness  shall  be  broken  as  a  tree. 

21  He  evil  entreateth  the  barren  that  beareth  not-: 
and  doeth  not  good  to  the  widow. 

22  He  draweth  also  the  mighty  with  his  power : 
he  riseth  up,  6and  no  man  is  sure  of  life. 

23  Though  it  be  given  him  to  be  in  safety,  whereon 
he  resteth  ;  yet  7his  eyes  are  upon  their  ways. 

24  They  are  exalted j  f  or  a  little  while,  but 8  are  gone 
.  and  brought  low ;  they  are 9  taken  out  of  the  way  as 

all  other,  and  cut  off  as  the  tops  of  the  ears  of  corn. 

25  And  if  it  be  not  so  now,  who  will  make  me  a 
liar,  and  make  my  speech  nothing  worth  ? 

CHAPTER  25. 

Bildad  shews  that  man  cannot  be  justified  before  God. 

THEN  answered  Bil'dad  the  Shu'hite,  and  said, 
2  Dominion  and  fear  are  with  him,  he  maketh 
peace  in  his  high  places. 

3  Is  there  any  number  of  his  armies  ?  and  upon 
whom  doth  not  "his  light  arise  ? 

4  b  How  then  can  man  be  justified  with  God  ?  or 
how  can  he  be  clean  that  is  born  of  a  woman  ? 

5  Behold  even  to  the  moon,  and  it  shineth  not ; 
yea,  the  stars  are  not  pure  in  his  sight. 

6  How  much  less  man,  that  is  ca  worm?  and  the 
son  of  man,  which  is  a  worm  ? 


B 


CHAPTER  26. 

1  Job  reproves  Bildad.    5  The  unsearchableness  of  God's  power. 

UT  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  How  hast  thou  "helped-  him  that  is  without 


B.  C.  1520. 


/  Lam.  4.  5. 


g  Eccl.  8.  11. 


4  setteth  his  face 
in  secret. 


h  John  3.  20. 


5  violently  take. 
i  Prov.  10.  7. 
G  Or,  lie  trusteth 

not  his  own 

life. 

7  That  is,  God's. 
j  Ps.  37.  35,  3G. 

8  are  not. 

9  closed  up. 


a  Gen.  1.  3-5, 

14-16. 

Ps.  19.  4-6. 

Ps.  139.  8, 

11,  12. 

Matt.  5.  45. 

Jas.  1.  17. 
b  ch.  4.  17. 

ch.  9.  2. 

Ps.  130.  3. 

Ps.  143.  2. 

Rom.  3.  19,  20. 
c  Ps.  22.  6. 


a  Prov.  25.  11. 
b  1  Cor.  2.  4. 

1  Or,  with  the 
inhabitants. 

c  Ps.  139.  8. 

Prov.  15.  11. 

Isa.  14.  9. 

Amos  9.  2. 

Heb.  4.  13. 
r/Ps.  24.  1,  2. 
e  Prov.  30.  4. 
/Jer.  5.  22. 

2  until  the  end 
of  light  with 
darkness. 

q  Ex.  14.  21. 
Ps.  29.  10. 
Ps.  74.  13. 
Isa.  51.  15. 

3  pride,  or, 
Rahab. 

h  Ps.  33.  6. 


1  added  to  take 
up. 

a  ch.  34.  5. 

2  made  my  soul 
bitter. 

3  That  is,  the 
breath  which 
God  gave  him. 

b  ch.  13.  15. 
c  ch.  2.  3. 
d  Acts  24   16. 

4  from  my  days. 
e  Matt.  16.  26. 
/Prov.  1.  28. 

Isa.  1.  15. 
Mic.  3.  4. 
Zech.  7.  13. 
Jas.  4.  3. 
g  ch.  22.  26. 

5  Or,  being  in 
the  hand,  etc. 

ADeut.28.32,41. 
2  Ki.  10.  6-10. 
Esth.  9.  10. 


Job's  sincerity. 

power?  how  savest   thou   the   arm  that  hath  no 
strength  ? 

3  How  hast  thou  b  counselled  him  that  hath  no 
wisdom?  and  how  hast  thou  plentifully  declared 
the  thing  as  it  is  ? 

4  To  whom  hast  thou  uttered  words  ?  and  whose 
spirit  came  from  thee  ? 

5  Dead  things  are  formed  from  under  the  waters, 
xand  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

6  cHelHs  naked  before  him,  and  destruction  hath 
no  covering. 

7  dHe  stretcheth  out  the  north  over  the  empty 
place,  and  hangeth  the  earth  upon  nothing. 

8  eHe  bindeth  up  the  waters  in  his  thick  clouds  ; 
and  the  cloud  is  not  rent  under  them. 

9  He  holdeth  back  the  face  of  his  throne,  and 
spreadeth  his  cloud  upon  it. 

10  •'"He  hath  compassed  the  waters  with  bounds, 
2  until  the  day  and  night  come  to  an  end. 

11  The  pillars  of  heaven  tremble  and  are  aston- 
ished at  his  reproof. 

12  9He  divideth  the  sea  with  his  power,  and  by 
his  understanding  he  smiteth  through  3the  proud. 

13  ''By  his  spirit  he  hath  garnished  the  heavens; 
his  hand  hath  formed  the  crooked  serpent. 

14  Lo,  these  are  parts  of  his  ways  :  but  how  little 
a  portion  is  heard  of  him  ?  but  the  thunder  of  his 
power  who  can  understand  ? 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  Job's  sincerity.    11  Blessings  of  the  wicked  become,  curses. 

"jl/fOREOVER   Job  Continued   his  parable,  and 

OCtlCla 

2  As  God  liveth,  awho  hath  taken  away  my  judg- 
ment ;  and  the  Almighty,  who  hath 2  vexed  my  soul ; 

3  All  the  while  my  breath  is  in  me,  and  3the  spirit 
of  God  is  in  my  nostrils  ; 

4  My  lips  shall  not  speak  wickedness,  nor  my 
tongue  utter  deceit. 

5  God  forbid  that  I  should  justify  you :  till  I  die 
6 1  will  not  remove  mine  integrity  from  me. 

6  My  righteousness  I  chold  fast,  and  will  not  let  it 
go  :  dmy  heart  shall  not  reproach  me  4so  long  as  I 
live. 

7  Let  mine  enemy  be  as  the  wicked,  and  he  that 
riseth  up  against  me  as  the  unrighteous. 

8  eFor  what  is  the  hope  of  the  hypocrite,  though 
he  hath  gained,  when  God  taketh  away  his  soul  ? 

9  •'"Will  God  hear  his  cry  when  trouble  cometh 
upon  him  ? 

10  "Will  he  delight  himself  in  the  Almighty?  will 
he  always  call  upon  God  ? 

11  I  will  teach  you  5by  the  hand  of  God  :  that 
which  is  with  the  Almighty  will  I  not  conceal. 

12  Behold,  all  ye  yourselves  have  seen  it ;  why 
then  are  ye  thus  altogether  vain  ? 

13  This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked  man  with  God, 
and  the  heritage  of  oppressors,  which  they  shall 
receive  of  the  Almighty. 

14  h\i  his  children  be  multiplied,  it  is  for  the 
sword  :  and  his  offspring  shall  not  be  satisfied  with 
bread. 

405 


The  excellency  of  wisdom. 


JOB,  28,  29. 


Job  deplores  his  calamities. 


15  Those  that  remain  of  him  shall  be  buried  in 
death  :  and  fhis  widows  shall  not  weep. 

16  Though  he  heap  up  silver  as  the  dust,  and  pre- 
pare raiment  as  the  clay  ; 

17  He  may  prepare  it,  but  'the  just  shall  put  it  on, 
and  the  innocent  shall  divide  the  silver. 

18  He  buildeth  his  house  as  a  moth,  and  /cas  a 
booth  that  the  keeper  maketh. 

19  The  rich  man  shall  lie  down,  but  he  shall  not 
be  l  gathered  :  he  openeth  his  eyes,  and  he  is  not. 

20  Terrors  take  hold  on  him  as  waters,  a  tempest 
stealeth  him  away  in  the  night. 

21  The  east  wind  carrieth  him  away,  and  he  de- 
parteth  :  and  as  a  storm  hurleth  him  out  of  his  place. 

22  For  God  shall  cast  upon  him,  and  not  spare  : 
6  he  would  fain  flee  out  of  his  hand. 

23  Men  shall  clap  their  hands  at  him,  and  shall 
hiss  him  out  of  his  place. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  Knowledge  of  natural  things.     12  Wisdom  the  gift  of  God. 

SURELY  there  is  *a  vein  for  the  silver,  and  a 
place  for  gold  where  they  fine  it. 

2  Iron  is  taken  out  of  the  2  earth,  and  brass  is 
molten  out  of  the  stone. 

3  He  setteth  an  end  to  darkness,  and  "searcheth 
out  all  perfection :  the  stones  of  darkness,  and  the 
shadow  of  death. 

4  The  flood  breaketh  out  from  the  inhabitant ; 
even  the  waters  forgotten  of  the  foot :  they  are 
dried  up,  they  are  gone  away  from  men. 

5  As  for  the  earth,  out  of  it  cometh  bread  :  and 
under  it  is  turned  up  as  it  were  fire. 

6  The  stones  of  it  are  the  place  of  sapphires  :  and 
it  hath  Must  of  gold. 

7  There  is  a  path  which  no  fowl  knoweth,  and 
which  the  vulture's  eye  hath  not  seen  : 

8  The  lion's  whelps  have  not  trodden  it,  nor  the 
fierce  lion  passed  by  it. 

9  He  putteth  forth  his  hand  upon  the  4rock  ;  he 
overturneth  the  mountains  by  the  roots. 

10  He  cutteth  out  rivers  among  the  rocks  ;  and 
his  eye  seeth  every  precious  thing. 

11  He  bindeth  the  floods  5from  overflowing  ;  and 
the  thing  that  is  hid  bringeth  he  forth  to  light. 

12  6 But  where  shall  wisdom  be  found?  and  where 
is  the  place  of  understanding  ? 

13  Man  knoweth  not  the  c  price  thereof  ;  neither 
is  it  found  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

14  d  The  depth  saith,  It  is  not  in  me  :  and  the  sea 
saith,  It  is  not  with  me. 

15  6It  e  cannot  be  gotten-  for  gold,  neither  shall 
silver  be  weighed  for  the  price  thereof. 

16  It  cannot  be  valued  with  the  gold  of  O'phir, 
with  the  precious  onyx,  or  the  sapphire. 

17  The  gold  and  the  crystal  cannot  equal  it  :  and 
the  exchange  of  it  shall  not  be  for  7  jewels  of  fine 
gold. 

18  No  mention  shall  be  made  of  8  coral,  or  of 
pearls  :  for  the  price  of  wisdom  is  above  rubies. 

19  The  topaz  of  E-thi-o'pi-a  shall  not  equal  it,  nei- 
ther shall  it  be  valued  with  pure  gold. 

406 


B.  C.  1520. 


i  Ps.  78.  64. 


j  Prov.  28.  8. 
Eccl.  2.  26. 


k  Lam.  2.  6. 


I  Num.  20.  26. 


6  in  fleeing  he 
would  flee. 


1  Or,  a  mine. 

2  Or,  dust. 


a  Prov.  2.  4. 
Eccl.  1.  13. 


3  Or,  gold  ore. 

4  Or,  flint. 

5  from  weeping, 
ich.  11.  7,  8. 

Ps.  139.  6. 

Eccl.  7.  24. 
c  Prov.  3.  15. 
tfRom.  11.  33. 

6  Fine  gold  shall 
not  be  given 
for  it. 

e  Prov.  3.  13,  14. 

7  Or,  vessels  of 
fine  gold. 

8  Or,  Ramoth. 

9  Or,  heaven. 
/  Acts  15.  18. 

Heb.  4.  13. 
g  Prov.  15.  3. 
h  Ps.  135.  7. 
i  ch.  38.  25. 

Ps.  148.  8. 

Jer.  14.  22. 

10  Or,  number  it. 
j  Dent.  29.  29. 

A-  Deut.  4.  6. 
Ps.  111.  10. 
Prov.  1.  7. 


1  added  to  take 
up. 

a  ch.  18.  6. 
Ps.  18.  28. 

2  Or,  lamp. 
b  Ps.  25.  14. 

Prov.  3.  32. 
cGen.  49.  11. 

Deut.  32.  13. 
d  Ps.  81.  16. 

3  with  me. 

4  The  voice  of  the 

nobles  was  hid. 
e  Ps.  137.  6. 
/  Ps.  72.  12. 

Prov.  21.  13. 
g  Ps.  132.  9. 

Rom.  13.  14. 

Eph.  6.  14. 
h  Num.  10.  31. 
i  Prov.  29.  7. 

5  the  jawteeth, 
or,  the  grind- 
ers. 

6  cast. 

j  Ps.  30.  6. 
/„■  Ps.  1.  3. 
Jer.  17.  8. 

7  opened. 
I  Ps.  1.  3. 

8  new. 

m,  Gen.  49.  24. 

9  changed. 


20  Whence  then  cometh  wisdom  ?  and  where  is 
the  place  of  understanding  ? 

21  Seeing  it  is  hid  from  the  eyes  of  all  living,  and 
kept  close  from  the  fowls  of  the  9air. 

22  Destruction  and  death  say,  We  have  heard  the 
fame  thereof  with  our  ears. 

23  God  -^understa'ndeth  the  way  thereof,  and  he 
knoweth  the  place  thereof. 

24  For  he  looketh  to  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and 
9  seeth  under  the  whole  heaven  ; 

25  ATo  make  the  weight  for  the  winds ;  and  he 
weigheth  the  waters  by  measure. 

26  When  he  *made  a  decree  for  the  rain,  and  a 
way  for  the  lightning  of  the  thunder  : 

27  Then  did  he  see  it,  and  10 declare  it ;  he  pre- 
pared it,  yea,  and  searched  it  out. 

28  And  'unto  man  he  said,  Behold,  Hhe  fear  of 
the  Lord,  that  is  wisdom  ;  and  to  depart  from  evil 
is  understanding. 

CHAPTER  29. 

Job  laments  his  former  pi'osperity  and  honour. 

1X/TOREOVER  Job   Continued   his  parable,  and 

2  Oh  that  I  were  as  in  months  past,  as  in  the  days 
when  God  preserved  me  ; 

3  "When  his  2 candle  shined  upon  my  head,  and 
when  by  his  light  I  walked  through  darkness ; 

4  As  I  was  in  the  days  of  my  youth,  when  Hhe 
secret  of  God  was  upon  my  tabernacle ; 

5  When  the  Almighty  was  yet  with  me,  when  my 
children  were  about  me ; 

6  When  CI  washed  my  steps  with  butter,  and  dthe 
rock  poured  3me  out  rivers  of  oil ; 

7  When  I  went  out  to  the  gate  through  the  city,. 
when  I  prepared  my  seat  in  the  street ! 

8  The  young  men  saw  me,  and  hid  themselves: 
and  the  aged  arose,  and  stood  up. 

9  The  princes  refrained  talking,  and  laid  their  hand 
on  their  mouth. 

10  4  The  nobles  held  their  peace,  and  their  e  tongue 
cleaved  to  the  roof  of  their  mouth. 

11  When  the  ear  heard  me,  then  it  blessed  me  ; 
and  when  the  eye  saw  me,  it  gave  witness  to  me  : 

12  Because  fl  delivered  the  poor  that  cried,  and 
the  fatherless,  and  him  that  had  none  to  help  him. 

13  The  blessing  of  him  that  was  ready  to  perish 
came  upon  me  :  and  I  caused  the  widow's  heart  to 
sing  for  joy. 

14  9 1  put  on  righteousness,  and  it  clothed  me :  my 
judgment  was  as  a  robe  and  a  diadem. 

15  I  was  ''eyes  to  the  blind,  and  feet  was  I  to  the 
lame. 

16  I  was  a  father  to  the  poor:  and  'the  cause 
which  I  knew  not  I  searched  out. 

17  And  I  brake  5the  jaws  of  the  wicked,  and 
G  plucked  the  spoil  out  of  his  teeth. 

18  Then  I  said,  jI  shall  die  in  my  nest,  and  I  shall 
multiply  my  days  as  the  sand. 

19  fcMy  root  was  "' spread  out  'by  the  waters,  and 
the  dew  lay  all  night  upon  my  branch. 

20  My  glory  was  8  fresh  in  me,  and  TOmy  bow  was 
9  renewed  in  my  hand. 


Job's  honour  becomes  contempt. 


JOB,  30,  31. 


A  protestation  of  integrity. 


21  Unto  me  men  gave  ear,  and  waited,  and  kept 
silence  at  my  counsel. 

22  After  my  words  they  spake  not  again  ;  and  my 
speech  dropped  upon  them. 

23  And  they  waited  for  me  as  for  the  rain  ;  and 
they  opened  their  mouth  wide  as  for  the  latter 
rain. 

24  If  I  laughed  on  them,  they  believed  it  not ;  and 
the  light  of  my  countenance  they  cast  not  down. 

25  I  chose  out  their  way,  and  sat  chief,  and  dwelt 
as  a  king  in  the  army,  as  one  that  comforteth  the 
mourners. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Job's  honour  turned  into  contempt.    15  His  prosperity  becomes  calamity. 

BUT  now  they  that  are  x  younger  than  I  have  me 
in  derision,  whose  fathers  I  would  have  dis- 
dained to  have  set  with  the  dogs  of  my  flock. 

2  Yea,  whereto  might  the  strength  of  their  hands 
profit  me,  in  whom  old  age  was  perished  ? 

3  For  want  and  famine  they  were 2  solitary  ;  fleeing 
into  the  wilderness' 3  in  former  time  desolate  and 
waste. 

4  Who  cut  up  mallows  by  the  bushes,  and  juniper 
roots  for  their  meat. 

5  They  were  driven  forth  from  among  men,  (they 
cried  after  them  as  after  a  thief ;) 

6  To  dwell  in  the  cliffs  of  the  valleys,  in  4  caves  of 
the  earth,  and  in  the  rocks. 

7  Among  the  bushes  they  brayed  ;  under  the  net- 
tles they  were  gathered  together. 

8  They  were  children  of  fools,  yea,  children  of 
5  base  men  :  they  were  viler  than  the  earth. 

9  a  And  now  am  I  their  song,  yea,  I  am  their  by- 
word. 

10  They  abhor  me,  they  flee  far  from  me,  6  and 
spare  not  to  spit  in  my  face. 

11  Because  he  6hath  loosed  my  cord,  and  afflicted 
me,  they  have  also  let  loose  the  bridle  before  me. 

12  Upon  my  right  hand  rise  the  youth  ;  they  push 
away  my  feet,  and  c  they  raise  up  against  me  the 
'ways  of  their  destruction. 

13  d  They  mar  my  path,  they  set  forward  my  ca- 
lamity, they  have  no  helper. 

14  They  came  upon  me  e  as  a  wide  breaking  in  of 
waters :  in  the  desolation  they  rolled  themselves 
upon  me. 

15  Terrors  are  turned  upon  me  :  they  pursue  7  my 
soul  as  the  wind  :  and  my  welfare  passeth  away  as 
a  cloud. 

16  And  now  my  soul  is  f  poured  out  upon  me ;  the 
days  of  affliction  have  taken  hold  upon  me. 

17  a  My  bones  are  pierced  in  me  in  the  night  sea- 
son :  and  my  sinews  take  no  rest. 

18  By  the  great  force  of  my  disease  is  my  garment 
changed  :  it  bindeth  me  h  about  as  the  collar  of  my 
coat. 

19  He  hath  cast  me  into  the  mire,  and  I  am  become 
like  dust  and  ashes. 

20  I  i  cry  unto  thee,  and  thou  dost  not  hear  me : 
I  stand  up,  and  thou  regardest  me  not. 

21  Thou  art 8  become  cruel  to  me :  with 9  thy  strong 
hand  thou  opposest  thyself  against  me. 


B.  C.  1520. 


1  of  fewer  days 
than  I. 


2  Or,  dark  as  the 
night. 

3  yesternight. 


4  holes. 


5  men  of  no 

name. 
a  ch.  17.  6. 

Ps.  35.  15. 

Ps.  69.  12. 
G  and  withhold 

not  spittle 

from  my  face. 
b  ch.  12.  18. 
c  ch.  10.  12. 
d  Ps.  69.  26. 
e  Ps.  18.  4. 

Ps.  69.  14,  15. 

Isa.  8.  7,  8. 

7  my  principal 
one. 

/I  Sam.  1.  15. 

Ps.  22.  14. 

Ps.  42.  4. 

Isa.  53.  12. 
gch.  33.  19-21. 

Ps.  6.  2. 
h  ch.  2.  7. 
i  Ps.  22.  2. 

Matt.  15.  23. 

8  turned  to  he 
cruel. 

9  the  strength  of 
thy  hand. 

10  Or,  wisdom. 

11  heap. 

j  Luke  19.  41. 
John  11.  35. 
Rom.  12.  15. 

12  for  him  that 
was  hard  of 
day? 

13  burned. 

kl  Cor.  11.  29. 
I  Jer.  8.  15. 
m  Lam.  3.  1,  2. 
n  Ps.  102.  6. 

14  Or,  ostriches. 


a  Matt.  5.  28. 
6  2  Chr.  16.  9. 

ch.  34.  21. 

Prov.  5.  21. 

Jer.  32.  19. 

1  Let  him  weigh 
me  in  balances 
of  justice. 

c  Num.  15.  39. 

Eccl.  11.  9. 

Ezek.  6.  9. 

Matt.  5.  29. 
d  ch.  34.  19. 

Prov.  14.  31. 

Mai.  2.  10. 

Eph.  4.  6. 

2  Or,  did  he  not 
fashion  us  in 
one  womb  ? 

3  That  is,  the 
widow. 


22  Thou  liftest  me  up  to  the  wind  ;  thou  causest 
me  to  ride  upon  it,  and  dissolvest  my  10  substance. 

23  For  I  .know  that  thou  wilt  bring  me  to  death, 
and  to  the  house  appointed  for  all  living. 

24  Howbeit  he  will  not  stretch  out  his  hand  to  the 
"grave,  though  they  cry  in  his  destruction. 

25  JDid  not  I  weep  12for  him  that  was  in  trouble? 
was  not  my  soul  13fe  grieved  for  the  poor  ? 

26  'When  I  looked  for  good,  then  evil  came  unto 
me :  and  when  I  waited  for  light,  there  came  dark- 
ness. 

27  My  bowels  boiled,  and  rested  not :  the  days  of 
affliction  prevented  me. 

28  I  went  mourning  m  without  the  sun :  I  stood  up, 
and  I  cried  in  the  congregation. 

29  "  I  am  a  brother  to  dragons,  and  a  companion 
to  14owls. 

30  My  skin  is  black  upon  me,  and  my  bones  are 
burned  with  heat. 

31  My  harp  also  is  turned  to  mourning,  and  my 
organ  into  the  voice  of  them  that  weep. 

CHAPTER  31. 

Job  makes  protestation  of  his  integrity  in  doing. 

I  "MADE  a  covenant  with  mine  eyes  ;  why  then 
should  I  think  upon  a  maid? 

2  For  what  portion  of  God  is  there  from  above  ? 
and  what  inheritance  of  the  Almighty  from  on 
high? 

3  Is  not  destruction  to  the  wicked?  and  a  strange 
punishment  to  the  workers  of  iniquity  ? 

4  b  Doth  not  he  see  my  ways,  and  count  all  my  steps? 

5  If  I  have  walked  with  vanity,  or  if  my  foot  hath 
hasted  to  deceit ; 

6  :  Let  me  be  weighed  in  an  even  balance,  that  God 
may  know  mine  integrity. 

7  If  my  step  hath  turned  out  of  the  way,  and 
cmine  heart  walked  after  mine  eyes,  and  if  any 
blot  hath  cleaved  to  mine  hands ; 

8  Then  let  me  sow,  and  let  another  eat ;  yea,  let 
my  offspring  be  rooted  out. 

9  If  mine  heart  have  been  deceived  by  a  woman, 
or  if  I  have  laid  wait  at  my  neighbour's  door  ; 

10  Then  let  my  wife  grind  unto  another,  and  let 
others  bow  down  upon  her. 

11  For  this  is  an  heinous  crime ;  yea,  it  is  an  ini- 
quity to  be  punished  by  the  judges. 

12  For  it  is  a  fire  that  consumeth  to  destruction, 
and  would  root  out  all  mine  increase. 

13  If  I  did  despise  the  cause  of  my  manservant  or 
of  my  maidservant,  when  they  contended  with  me  ; 

14  What  then  shall  I  do  when  God  riseth  up?  and 
when  he  visiteth,  what  shall  I  answer  him  ? 

15  dDid  not  he  that  made  me  in  the  womb  make 
him  ?  and  2  did  not  one  fashion  us  in  the  womb  ? 

16  If  I  have  withheld  the  poor  from  their  desire, 
or  have  caused  the  eyes  of  the  widow  to  fail  ; 

17  Or  have  eaten  my  morsel  myself  alone,  and  the 
fatherless  hath  not  eaten  thereof  ; 

18  (For  from  my  youth  he  was  brought  up  with 
me,  as  with  a  father,  and  I  have  guided  3her  from 
my  mother's  womb ;) 

407 


A  protestation  of  integrity. 


JOB,  32,  33 


19  If  I  have  seen  any  perish  for  want  of  clothing, 
or  any  poor  without  covering ; 
-  20  If  his  loins  have  not  blessed  me,  and  if  he  were 
not  warmed  with  the  fleece  of  my  sheep  ; 

21  If  I  have  lifted  up  my  hand  against  the  father- 
less, when  I  saw  my  help  in  the  gate  : 

22  Then  let  mine  arm  fall  from  my  shoulder  blade, 
and  mine  arm  be  broken  from  4the  bone. 

23  For  destruction  from  God  was  a  terror  to  me, 
and  by  reason  of  his  highness  I  could  not  endure. 

24  If  I  have  made  gold  my  hope,  or  have  said  to 
the  fine  gold,  Thou  art  my  confidence  ; 

25  If  I  rejoiced  because  my  wealth  ivas  great,  and 
because  mine  hand  had  5  gotten  much  ; 

26  cIf  I  beheld  6the  sun  when  it  shined,  or  the 
moon  walking  7m  brightness  ; 

27  And  my  heart  hath  been  secretly  enticed,  or 
8  my  mouth  hath  kissed  my  hand  : 

28  This  also  were  an  iniquity  to  be  punished  by  the 
judge :  for  fI  should  have  denied  the  God  that  is 
above. 

29  If  I  rejoiced  at  the  destruction  of  him  that 
hated  me,  or  lifted  up  myself  when  evil  found  him : 

30  g  Neither  have  I  suffered  9my  mouth  to  sin  by 
wishing  a  curse  to  his  soul. 

31  If  the  men  of  my  tabernacle  said  not,  Oh  that 
we  had  of  his  flesh  !  we  cannot  be  satisfied. 

32  feThe  stranger  did  not  lodge  in  the  street :  but 
I  opened  my  doors  10to  the  traveller. 

33  If  I  covered  my  transgressions  "as  Ad 'am,  by 
hiding  mine  iniquity  in  my  bosom : 

34  Did  I  fear  a  great  'multitude,  or  did  the  con- 
tempt of  families  terrify  me,  that  I  kept  silence, 
and  went  not  out  of  the  door? 

35  Oh  that  one  would  hear  me  !  12  behold,  my  de- 
sire is,  that  the  Almighty  would  answer  me,  and 
that  mine  adversary  had  written  a  book. 

36  Surely  I  would  take  it  upon  my  shoulder,  and 
bind  it  as  a  crown  to  me. 

37  I  would  declare  unto  him  the  number  of  my 
steps  ;  as  a  prince  would  I  go  near  unto  him. 

38  If  my  land  cry  against  me,  or  that  the  furrows 
likewise  thereof  13  complain  ; 

39  If  I  have  eaten  "the  fruits  thereof  without 
money,  or  have  15  caused  the  owners  thereof  to  lose 
their  life  : 

40  Let  thistles  grow  instead  of  wheat,  and  1G  cockle 
instead  of  barley.     The  words  of  Job  are  ended. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1  Elihu's  anger.     11  He  reproves  Job's  three  friends.     1C  His  zeal  to  speak. 

GO  these  three  men  ceased  Ho  answer  Job,  because 
^  he  was  righteous  in  his  own  eyes. 

2  Then  was  kindled  the  wrath  of  E-li'hu  the  son 
of  Bar'a-chel  athe  Bu'zlte,  of  the  kindred  of  Ram  : 
against  Job  was  his  wrath  kindled,  because  he  jus- 
tified 2  himself  rather  than  God. 

3  Also  against  his  three  friends  was  his  wrath 
kindled,  because  they  had  found  no  answer,  and  yet 
had  condemned  Job. 

4  Now  E-li'hu  had  3  waited  till  Job  had  spoken, 
because  they  were  4  elder  than  he. 

408 


B.  C.  1520. 


4  Or,  the  chanel- 
bone. 


5  found  much. 

e  Deut.  4.  19. 
Deut.  11. 10. 
Jer.  8.  2. 
Ezek.  8.  16, 

6  the  light. 

7  bright. 

8  my  hand  hath 
kissed  my 
mouth. 

/Josh.  24.  23,  27. 
Prov.  30.  9. 
Isa.  42.  8. 
Tit.  1.  10. 
2  Pet.  2.  1. 
1  John  2.  23. 

g  Matt.  5.  44. 
Rom.  12.  14. 

9  my  palate. 
h  Oen.  19.  2. 

Heb.  13.  2. 
1  Pet.  4.  9. 

10  Or,  to  the 
way. 

11  Or,  alter  the 
manner  of 
men. 

i  Ex.  23.  2. 
Prov.  29.  25. 

12  Or,  behold, 
my  sign  is, 
that  the 
Almighty  will 
answer  me. 

13  weep. 

14  the  strength 
thereof. 

15  caused  the 
soul  of  the 
owners  thereof 
to  expire,  or, 
breathe  out. 

10  Or,  noisome 
weeds. 


1  from  answer- 
ing. 

a  Gen.  22.  21. 

2  his  soul. 

3  expected  Job 
in  words. 

4  elder  for  days. 

5  few  of  days. 
0  feared. 

b  ch.  8.  8,  9. 
c  1  Ki.  3.  9. 
d  1  Cor.  1.  21. 

7  understand- 
ings. 

8  words. 

e  Prov.  18.  13. 
/Jer.  9.  23. 
i)  Or,  ordered 
his  words. 

10  they  removed 
speeches  from 
themselves. 

11  words. 

12  the  spirit 
of  my  belly. 

13  is  not  opened. 

14  that  I  may 
breathe. 

g  Acts  12.  22. 
/;  Acts  12.  23. 


a  ch.  13.  0. 

1  in  my  palate. 
b  1  Thess.  1.  3. 

2  purely. 

«  Gen.  2.  7. 
d  ch.  9.  32. 

3  according  to 
thy  mouth. 

4  cut  out  of 
the  clay. 

fch.  13.  21. 

5  in  mine  ears, 
/ch.  10.7. 

g  ch.  13.  24. 


Elihu  reproves  Job's  friends. 


5  When  E-li'hu  saw  that  there  was  no  answer  in  the 
mouth  of  these  three  men,  then  his  wrath  was  kindled. 

6  And  E-li'hu  the  son  of  Bar'a-chel  the  Bu'zite 
answered  and  said,  I  am  5  young,  and  ye  are  very 
old  ;  wherefore  I  was  afraid,  and  6  durst  not  shew 
you  mine  opinion. 

7  I  said,  6Days  should  speak,  and  multitude  of 
years  should  teach  wisdom. 

8  But  there  is  a  spirit  in  man  :  and  cthe  inspiration 
of  the  Almighty  giveth  them  understanding. 

9  d  Great  men  are  not  always  wise :  neither  do  the 
aged  understand  judgment. 

10  Therefore  I  said,  Hearken  to  me ;  I  also  will 
shew  mine  opinion. 

11  Behold,  I  waited  for  your  words  ;  I  gave  ear  to 
your  7  reasons,  whilst  ye  searched  out  8what  to  say. 

12  Yea,  I  e  attended  unto  you,  and,  behold,  there 
was  none  of  you  that  convinced  Job,  or  that  an- 
swered his  words  : 

13  •''Lest  ye  should  say,  We  have  found  out  wis- 
dom :  God  thrusteth  him  down,  not  man. 

14  Now  he  hath  not 9  directed  his  words  against 
me  :  neither  will  I  answer  him  with  your  speeches. 

15  They  were  amazed,  they  answered  no  more  : 
10  they  left  off  speaking. 

16  When  I  had  waited,  (for  they  spake  not,  but 
stood  still,  and  answered  no  more  ;) 

17  /  said,  I  will  answer  also  my  part,  I  also  will 
shew  mine  opinion. 

18  For  I  am  full  of  "matter,  12the  spirit  within 
me  constraineth  me. 

19  Behold,  my  belly  is  as  wine  which  13hath  no 
vent ;  it  is  ready  to  burst  like  new  bottles. 

20  I  will  speak,  "that  I  may  be  refreshed  :  I  will 
open  my  lips  and  answer. 

21  Let  me  not,  I  pray  you,  accept  any  man's  per- 
son, neither  let  me  give  flattering  titles  unto  man. 

22  For  I  know  not  "to  give  flattering  titles  ;  in  so 
doing  my  maker  would  soon  Hake  me  away. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  Elihu  reasons  with  Job.    14  God's  u'ays  of  calling  yna?i  to  repentance. 

WHEREFORE,   Job,    I   pray   thee,   ahear  my 
speeches,  and  hearken  to  all  my  words. 

2  Behold,  now  I  have  opened  my  mouth,  my  tongue 
hath  spoken 1  in  my  mouth. 

3  My  words  shall  be  of  the  6  uprightness  of  my 
heart  :  and  my  lips  shall  utter  knowledge  2  clearly. 

4  The  spirit  of  God  hath  emade  me,  and  the  breath 
of  the  Almighty  hath  given  me  life. 

5  If  thou  canst  answer  me,  set  thy  words  in  order 
before  me,  stand  up. 

6  d  Behold,  I  am  3  according  to  thy  wish  in  God's 
stead  :  I  also  am  4  formed  out  of  the  clay. 

7  e  Behold,  my  terror  shall  not  make  thee  afraid, 
neither  shall  my  hand  be  heavy  upon  thee. 

8  Surely  thou  hast  spoken  5in  mine  hearing,  and  I 
have  heard  the  voice  of  thy  words,  saying, 

9  fI  am  clean  without  transgression,  I  am  inno- 
cent ;  neither  is  there  iniquity  in  me. 

10  Behold,  he  ^findeth  occasions  against  me,  he 
counteth  me  for  his  enemy. 


God  calls  men  to  repentance. 


Ill  ^  He  putteth  my  feet  in  the  stocks,  he  marketh 
all  my  paths. 
12  Behold,  in  this  thou  art  ^ot  just :  I  will  answer 
thee,  that  God  is  greater  than  man. 
13  Why   dost  thou  •'strive  against  him?  for  6he 
giveth  not  account  of  any  of  his  matters. 

14  For  God  speaketh  once,  yea  twice,  yet  man 
perceiveth  it  not. 

15  In  a  dream,  in  a  vision  of  the  night,  when  deep 
sleep  f  alleth  upon  men,  in  slumberings  upon  the  bed  ; 

16  Then  7  he  openeth  the  ears  of  men,  and  sealeth 
their  instruction, 

17  That  he  may  withdraw  man  from  his  8  purpose, 
and  hide  pride  from  man. 

18  He  keepeth  back  his  soul  from  the  pit,  and  his 
life  9from  perishing  by  the  sword. 

19  He  is  k  chastened  also  with  pain  upon  his  bed, 
and  the  multitude  of  his  bones  with  strong  pain : 

20  So  that  his  life  abhorreth  bread,  and  his  soul 

10  dainty  meat. 

21  His  flesh  is  consumed  away,  that  it  cannot  be 
seen ;  and  *his  bones  that  were  not  seen  stick  out. 

22  Yea,  his  soul  draweth  near  unto  the  grave,  and 
his  life  to  the  destroyers. 

23  If  there  be  a  m  messenger  with  him,  an  inter- 
preter, one  among  a  thousand,  to  shew  unto  man  his 
uprightness  : 

24  Then  he  is  "gracious  unto  him,  and  saith,  De- 
liver him  from  going  down  to  the  pit :  I  have  found 

11  a  ransom. 

25  His  flesh  shall  be  fresher  12than  a  child's  :  he 
shall  return  to  the  days  of  his  youth  : 

26  He  shall  °pray  unto  God,  and  he  will  be  fa- 
vourable unto  him  :  and  he  shall  see  his  face  with 
joy  :  for  he  will  render  unto  man  his  righteousness. 

27  13  He  looketh  upon  men,  and  if  any  say,  I  have 
sinned,  and  perverted  that  which  was  right,  and  it 
profited  me  not ; 

28  14He  will  deliver  his  soul  from  going  into  the 
pit,  and  his  life  shall  see  the  light. 

29  Lo,  all  these  things  worketh  God  oftentimes 
with  man, 

30  pTo  bring  back  his  soul  from  the  pit,  to  be 
enlightened  with  the  light  of  the  living. 

31  Mark  well,  0  Job,  hearken  unto  me  :  hold  thy 
peace,  and  I  will  speak. 

32  If  thou  hast  any  thing  to  say,  q  answer  me  : 
speak,  for  I  desire  to  justify  thee. 

33  If  not,  '"hearken  unto  me  :  hold  thy  peace,  and 
I  shall  teach  thee  wisdom. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1  Elihu  reproves  Job.     10  Omnipotent  God  cannot  be  unjust. 

FURTHERMORE  E-li'hu  answered  and  said, 
2  Hear  my  words,  0  ye  wise  men ;  and  give 
ear  unto  me,  ye  that  have  knowledge. 

3  For  the  ear  trieth  words,  as  the  :  mouth  tasteth 
meat. 

4  Let  us  i  choose  to  us  judgment :  let  us  know 
among  ourselves  what  is  good. 

5  For  Job  hath  said,  "lam  righteous  :  and  6God 
hath  taken  away  my  judgment. 


JOB,  34. 


God  cannot  be  unjust. 


B.  C.  1520. 


h  ch.  13.  27. 

i  Eccl.  7.  20. 


j  Isa.  45.  9. 
6  he  answereth 
not. 


7  he  revealeth, 
or,  uncovereth. 


8  work. 


9  from  passing 
by  the  sword. 

k  Deut.  8.  5. 
Ps.  94.  12,  13. 


10  meat  of 
desire. 


/  Ps.  102.  5. 


m  2  Chr.  30. 
15,  16. 
Mai.  2.  7. 


n  Rom.  3.  24. 


11  Or,  an  atone- 
ment. 

12  than  child- 
hood. 


o  2  Ki.  20.  2- 
Ps.  G.  1-9. 


13  Or,  He  shall 
look  upon 
men,  and  say- 
I  have  sinned. 

14  Or,  He  hath 
delivered  my 
soul,  etc.,  and 
my  life. 

p  Ps.  40.  2. 

Zech.  9.  11. 
q  2  Cor.  1.  24. 
r  Ps.  34.  11. 


1  palate. 

a  ch.  33.  9. 

6  ch.  27.  2. 
cch.  9.  17. 

2  mine  arrow. 
d  ch.  9.  22. 

3  men  of  heart. 
e  Gen.  18.  25. 

Dent.  32.  4. 

/  Prov.  24.  12. 

Matt.  10.  27. 

Rev.  22.  12. 

4  all  of  it? 

5  upon  him. 
q  Eccl.  12.  7. 
h  Gen.  18.  25. 
G  bind  ? 

i  Dent.  10.  17. 

7  they  shall 
take  away 
the  mighty. 

/  Ezra  9.  13. 

8  go. 

9  without 
searching  out. 

10  crushed. 

11  in  the  place 
of  beholders. 

12  from  after 
him. 

J:  Eccl.  5.  8. 

Jas.  5.  4. 
I  Ex.  22.  23. 

Ps.  34.  17. 

Eccl.  3.  16,  17. 
mProv.  29.2-12. 
?il  Ki.  12.28,  30. 


_  6  c Should  I  lie  against  my  right?  2my  wound  is 
incurable  without  transgression. 

7  What  man  is  like  Job,  who  drinketh  up  scorning 
like  water? 

8  Which  goeth  in  company  with  the  workers  of 
iniquity,  and  walketh  with  wicked  men. 

9  For  dhe  hath  said,  It  profiteth  a  man  nothing 
that  he  should  delight  himself  with  God. 

10  Therefore  hearken  unto  me,  ye  3men  of  under- 


cfar  be  it  from  God,  that  he  should  do 
and  from  the  Almighty,  that  he  should 


standing : 
wickedness 
commit  iniquity. 

11  /For  the  work  of  a  man  shall  he  render  unto 
him,  and  cause  every  man  to  find  according  to  his 
ways. 

12  Yea,  surely  God  will  not  do  wickedly,  neither 
will  the  Almighty  pervert  judgment.     • 

13  Who  hath  given  him  a  charge  over  the  earth  ? 
or  who  hath  disposed  4the  whole  world? 

14  If  he  set  his  heart  5upon  man,  if  he  °  gather 
unto  himself  his  spirit  and  his  breath  ; 

15  All  flesh  shall  perish  together,  and  man  shall 
turn  again  unto  dust. 

16  If  now  thou  hast  understanding,  hear  this  : 
hearken  to  the  voice  of  my  words. 

17  h Shall  even  he  that  hateth  right 6 govern?  and 
wilt  thou  condemn  him  that  is  most  just  ? 

18  Is  it  fit  to  say  to  a  king,  Thou  art  wicked  ?  and 
to  princes,  Ye  are  ungodly  ? 

19  How  much  less  to  him  that  'accepteth  not  the 
persons  of  princes,  nor  regardeth  the  rich  more  than 
the  poor  ?  for  they  all  are  the  work  of  his  hands. 

20  In  a  moment  shall  they  die,  and  the  people  shall 
be  troubled  at  midnight,  and  pass  away  :  and  7  the 
mighty  shall  be  taken  away  without  hand. 

21  For  his  eyes  are  upon  the  ways  of  man,  and  he 
seeth  all  his  goings. 

22  There  is  no  darkness,  nor  shadow  of  death, 
where  the  workers  of  iniquity  may  hide  themselves. 

23  J'For  he  will  not  lay  upon  man  more  than  right; 
that  he  should  8  enter  into  judgment  with  God. 

24  He  shall  break  in  pieces  mighty  men  9  without 
number,  and  set  others  in  their  stead. 

25  Therefore  he  knoweth  their  works,  and  he  over- 
turned them  in  the  night,  so  that  they  are  10  de- 
stroyed. 

26  He  striketh  them  as  wicked  men  "in  the  open 
sight  of  others  ; 

27  Because  they  turned  back  12from  him,  and 
would  not  consider  any  of  his  ways : 

28  So  that  they  k  cause  the  cry  of  the  poor  to  come 
unto  him,  and  he  [heareth  the  cry  of  the  afflicted. 

29  When  he  giveth  quietness,  who  then  can  make 
trouble  ?  and  when  he  hideth  his  face,  who  then 
can  behold  him?  whether  it  be  done  against  a  na- 
tion, or  against  a  man  only  : 

30  That  the  hypocrite  "'reign  not,  lest  mthe  people 
be  ensnared. 

31  Surely  it  is  meet  to  be  said  unto  God,  I  have 
borne  chastisement,  I  will  not  offend  any  more : 

32  That  which  I  see  not  teach  thou  me  :  if  I  have 
done  iniquity,  I  will  do  no  more. 

409 


No  comparison  with  God. 


JOB,  35,  36. 


Hindrance  to  God's  blessings. 


33  13  Should  it  be  according  to  thy  mind  ?  he  will 
recompense  it,  whether  thou  refuse,  or  whether 
thou  choose  ;  and  not  I  :  therefore  speak  what  thou 
knowest. 

34  Let  men  14of  understanding  tell  me,  and  let  a 
wise  man  hearken  unto  me. 

35  °Job  hath  spoken  without  knowledge,  and  his 
words  were  without  wisdom. 

36  15My  desire  is  that  Job  may  be  tried  unto  the 
end  because  of  his  answers  for  wicked  men. 

37  For  he  addeth  rebellion  unto  his  sin,  he  clappeth 
his  hands  among  us,  and  multiplieth  his  words 
against  God. 

CHAPTER  35. 

1  Comparison  not  to  be  made  with  God.    13  He  hears  not  vanity. 

E-LI'HU  spake  moreover,  and  said, 
2  Thinkest  thou  this  to  be  right,  that  thou 
saidst,  My  righteousness  is  more  than  God's? 

3  For  thou  saidst,  What  advantage  will  it  be  unto 
thee  ?  and,  What  profit  shall  I  have, 1 if  I  be  cleansed 
from  my  sin  ? 

4  2I  will  answer  thee,  and  thy  companions  with  thee. 

5  Look  unto  the  heavens,  and  see  ;  and  behold  the 
clouds  which  are  higher  than  thou. 

6  If  thou  sinnest,  what  doest  thou  against  him? 
or  if  thy  transgressions  be  multiplied,  what  doest 
thou  unto  him  ? 

7  aIf  thou  be  righteous,  what  givest  thou  him  ?  or 
what  receiveth  he  of  thine  hand  ? 

8  Thy  wickedness  may  hurt  a  man  as  thou  art ; 
and  thy  righteousness  may  profit  the  son  of  man. 

9  6By  reason  of  the  multitude  of  oppressions  they 
make  the  oppressed  to  cry  :  they  cry  out  by  reason 
of  the  arm  of  the  mighty. 

10  But  none  saith,  c  Where  is  God  my  maker, 
dwho  giveth  songs  in  the  night ; 

11  Who  "teacheth  us  more  than  the  beasts  of  the 
earth,  and  maketh  us  wiser  than  the  fowls  of  heaven? 

12  -There  they  cry,  but  none  giveth  answer,  be- 
cause of  the  pride  of  evil  men. 

13  Surely  God  will  not  hear  vanity,  neither  will 
the  Almighty  regard  it. 

14  Although  thou  sayest  thou  shalt  not  see  him, 
yet  judgment  is  before  him ;  therefore  trust  thou 
in  him. 

15  But  now,  because  it  is  not  so,  3he  hath  visited 
in  his  anger  ;  yet  4he  knoweth  it  not  in  great  ex- 
tremity : 

16  °  Therefore  doth  Job  open  his  mouth  in  vain  ; 
he  multiplieth  words  without  knowledge. 

CHAPTER  36. 

1  God's  ways  are  just.    16  Job's  sins  hinder  God's  blessings. 

T^-LI'HU  also  proceeded,  and  said, 

-■-^  2  Suffer  me  a  little,  and  I  will  shew  thee  1  that 

/  have  yet  to  speak  on  God's  behalf. 

3  I  will  fetch  my  knowledge  from  afar,  and  will 
ascribe  righteousness  to  my  Maker. 

4  For  truly  my  words  shall  not  be  false :  he  that 
is  perfect  in  knowledge  is  with  thee. 

5  Behold,  God  is  mighty,  and  despiseth  not  any : 
he  is  mighty  in  strength  and  2  wisdom. 

410 


B.  C.  1520. 


13  Should  it 
be  from  with 
thee? 


14  of  heart. 


o  ch.  38.  2. 


15  Or,  My  fa- 
ther, let  Job 
be  tried. 


1  Or,  by  it 
more  than 
by  my  sin. 

2  I  will  return 
to  thee  words. 


a  Prov.  9.  12. 
Rom.  11.  35. 


b  Ex.  2.  23. 

Neh.  5.  5. 

ch.  24. 12. 

Ps.  12.  5.  - 

Luke  18.  3-7. 
c  Eccl.  12.  1. 

Isa.  51.  13. 

1  Pet.  4.  19. 
d  Ps.  42.  8. 

Acts  16.  25. 
e  ch.  32.  8. 

Ps.  8.  6. 

1  John  5.  20. 
/  Prov.  1.  28. 

3  That  is,  God. 

4  That  is,  Job. 
g  ch.  34.  35,  37. 


1  that  there  are 
yet  words  for 
God. 

2  heart. 

3  Or,  afflicted. 
a  Ps.  113.  8. 

b  Ps.  107.  10. 
cch.  11.  13-19. 

Isa.  1.  19. 

1  Tim.  4.  8. 

Jas.  5.  5. 

4  they  shall 
pass  away  by 
the  sword. 

5  Their  soul 
dieth. 

6  Or,  sodomites, 
Deut.  23.  17. 

7  Or,  afflicted. 

8  the  rest  of  thy 
table. 

9  Or,  judgment 
and  justice 
should  uphold 
thee. 

10  turn  thee 
aside. 

d  Heb.  11.  25. 
e  Isa.  40.  13. 

Rom.  11.  34. 

1  Cor.  2.  16. 
/Deut.  32.  4. 
g  Ps.  33. 4. 

Jer.  9.  24. 

Dan.  4.  37. 

1  Cor.  1.  31. 

2  Cor.  10.  17. 
Rev.  15.  3. 

h  Rom.  1.  19. 
i  1  Cor.  13.  12. 
j  Ps.  90.  2.  ■ 
Heb.  1.  12. 

11  the  roots. 

12  that  which 
goeth  up. 


but 


6  He  preserveth  not  the  life  of  the  wicked 
giveth  right  to  the  3poor. 

7  He  withdraweth  not  his  eyes  from  the  righteous : 
but  "with  kings  are  they  on  the  throne  ;  yea,  he 
doth  establish  them  for  ever,  and  they  are  exalted. 

8  And  Mf  they  be  bound  in  fetters,  and  be  holden 
in  cords  of  affliction  ; 

9  Then  he  sheweth  them  their  work,  and  their 
transgressions  that  they  have  exceeded. 

10  He  openeth  also  their  ear  to  discipline,  and 
commandeth  that  they  return  from  iniquity. 

11  If  they  obey  and  serve  him,  they  shall  c  spend 
their  days  in  prosperity,  and  their  years  in  pleasures. 

12  But  if  they  obey  not,  *they  shall  perish  by  the 
sword,  and  they  shall  die  without  knowledge. 

13  But  the  hypocrites  in  heart  heap  up  wrath  : 
they  cry  not  when  he  bindeth  them. 

14  5They  die  in  youth,  and  their  life  is  among  the 
6  unclean. 

15  He  delivereth  the  7poor  in  his  affliction,  and 
openeth  their  ears  in  oppression. 

16  Even  so  would  he  have  removed  thee  out  of  the 
strait  into  a  broad  place,  where  there  is  no  strait- 
ness ;  and  8  that  which  should  be  set  on  thy  table 
should  be  full  of  fatness. 

17  But  thou  hast  fulfilled  the  judgment  of  the 
wicked  :  9  judgment  and  justice  take  hold  on  thee. 

18  Because  there  is  wrath,  beware  lest  he  take 
thee  away  with  his  stroke  :  then  a  great  ransom 
cannot  10  deliver  thee. 

19  Will  he  esteem  thy  riches?  no,  not  gold,  nor  all 
the  forces  of  strength. 

20  Desire  not  the  night,  when  people  are  cut  off 
in  their  place. 

21  Take  heed,  regard  not  iniquity:  for  dthis  hast 
thou  chosen  rather  than  affliction. 

22  Behold,  God  exalteth  by  his  power:  ewhoteach- 
eth  like  him  ? 

23  Who  hath  enjoined  him  his  way?  or  •''who  can 
say,  Thou  hast  wrought  iniquity? 

24  Remember  that  thou  a  magnify  his  work,  which 
men  behold. 

25  h Every  man  may  see  it;  man  may  behold  it 
afar  off. 

26  Behold,  God  is  great,  and  we  *know  him  not, 
j  neither  can  the  number  of  his  years  be  searched 
out. 

27  For  he  maketh  small  the  drops  of  water :  they 
pour  down  rain  according  to  the  vapour  thereof : 

28  Which  the  clouds  do  drop  and  distil  upon  man 
abundantly. 

29  Also  can  any  understand  the  spreadings  of  the 
clouds,  or  the  noise  of  his  tabernacle? 

30  Behold,  he  spreadeth  his  light  upon  it,  and  cov- 
ereth  "  the  bottom  of  the  sea. 

31  For  by  them  judgeth  he  the  people ;  he  giveth 
meat  in  abundance. 

32  With  clouds  he  covereth  the  light ;  and  com- 
mandeth it  not  to  shine  by  the  cloud  that  cometh 
betwixt. 

33  The  noise  thereof  sheweth  concerning  it,  the 
cattle  also  concerning  12the  vapour. 


Greatness  of  God's  ivorks. 


JOB,  37,  38. 


God's  convincing  questions. 


CHAPTER  37. 

1  God  to  be/eared  above  his  works.     15  Sis  wisdom  unsearchable. 


AT  this  also  my  heart  trembleth,  and  is  moved 
-  out  of  his  place. 

2  x  Hear  attentively  the  noise  of  his  voice,  and  the 
sound  that  goeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

3  He  directeth  it  under  the  whole  heaven,  and  his 
2  lightning  unto  the  3ends  of  the  earth. 

4  After  it  a  voice  roareth  :  he  thundereth  with  the 
voice  of  his  excellency  ;  and  he  will  not  stay  them 
when  his  voice  is  heard. 

5  God  .thundereth  marvellously  with  his  voice ; 
great  things  doeth  he,  which  we  cannot  compre- 
hend. 

6  For  he  saith  to  the  snow,  Be  thou  on  the  earth  ; 
4  likewise  to  the  small  rain,  and  to  the  great  rain  of 
his  strength. 

7  He  sealeth  up  the  hand  of  every  man;  "that  all 
men  may  know  his  work. 

8  Then  the  beasts  go  into  dens,  and  remain  in 
their  places. 

9  5Out  of  the  south  cometh  the  whirlwind  :  and 
cold  out  of  the  6  north. 

10  By  the  breath  of  God  frost  is  given  :  and  the 
breadth  of  the  waters  is  straitened. 

11  Also  by  watering  he  wearieth  the  thick  cloud  : 
he  scattereth  7his  bright  cloud  : 

12  And  it  is  turned  round  about  by  his  counsels  : 
that  they  may  do  whatsoever  he  commandeth  them 
upon  the  face  of  the  world  in  the  earth. 

13  He  causeth  it  to  come,  whether  for  Correction, 
or  for  his  land,  or  for  mercy. 

14  Hearken  unto  this,  0  Job  :  stand  still,  and  con- 
sider the  wondrous  works  of  God. 

15  Dost  thou  know  when  God  disposed  them,  and 
caused  the  light  of  his  cloud  to  shine  ? 

16  Dost  thou  know  the  balancings  of  the  clouds, 
the  wondrous  works  of  6him  which  is  perfect  in 
knowledge  ? 

17  How  thy  garments  are  warm,  when  he  quieteth 
the  earth  by  the  south  wind  ? 

18  Hast  thou  with  him  c  spread  out  the  sky,  which 
is  strong,  and  as  a  molten  looking  glass  ? 

19  Teach  us  what  we  shall  say  unto  him  ;  for  we 
cannot  order  our  speech  by  reason  of  darkness. 

20  Shall  it  be  told  him  that  I  speak?  if  a  man  speak, 
surely  he  shall  be  swallowed  up. 

21  And  now  men  see  not  the  bright  light  which 
is  in  the  clouds  :  but  the  wind  passeth,  and  cleans- 
eth  them. 

22  9  Fair  weather  cometh  out  of  the  north  :  with 
God  is  terrible  majesty. 

23  Touching  the  Almighty,  dwe  cannot  find  him 
out :  ehe  is  excellent  in  power,  and  in  judgment, 
and  in  plenty  of  justice  :  he  will  '"not  afflict. 

24  Men  do  therefore  "fear  him:  he  respecteth  not 
any  that  are  ''wise  of  heart. 


T 


CHAPTER  38. 

1  God  challenges  Job  to  answer.    4  He  convinces  Job  by  his  mighty  works. 

HEN  the  Lord  answered  Job  aout  of  the  whirl- 
wind, and  said, 


B.  C.  1520. 


1  Hear  in 
lieariug. 


2  light. 

3  wings  of 
the  earth. 


4  ami  to  the 
shower  of 
rain,  and  to 
the  showers  of 
rain  of  his 
strength. 

a  Ps.  111.  2. 


5  Out  of  the 
chamber. 

6  scattering 
winds. 


7  the  cloud  of 
his  light. 


8  a  rod. 


ft  ch.  36.  4. 
c  Gen.  1.  6. 

ch.  38.  11-18. 
9  Gold. 
d  Ex.  33.  20. 

Matt.  11.  27. 

John  1.  18. 
e  ch.  36.  5. 

Ps.  99.  4. 

Jer.  10.  12. 
f  Lam.  3.  33. 

Heb.  12.  10. 
n  Matt.  10.  28. 
'h  Matt.  11.  25. 


a  Ex.  19.  16,  18. 

1  Ki.  19.  11. 

2Ki.  2.  1. 

Ezek.  1.  4. 
ft  Ex.  12.11. 

1  Ki.  18.  46. 

1  make  me 
know. 

c  Ps.  104.  5. 

2  if  thou  know- 
est  under- 
standing. 

3  sockets. 

4  made  to  sink. 
dch.  1.6. 
eGen.  1.  9. 

Ps.  33.  7. 
Prov.  8.  29. 

5  Or,  established 
my  decree 
upon  it. 

6  the  pride  of 
thy  waves. 

7  wings. 

8  Or,  at. 
/Ex.  9.  18. 

Josh.  10.  11. 

Ps.  9. 13. 

Isa.  30.  30. 
g  Ps.  107.  35. 
h  1  Sam.  12. 

17,  18. 

ch.  5.  9, 10. 

Ps.  147.  8. 
i  ch.  6.  16. 

Ps.  147.  16. 

9  is  taken. 


2  Who  is  this  that  darkeneth  counsel  by  words 
without  knowledge  ? 

3  6  Gird  up  now  thy  loins  like  a  man ;  for  I  will  de- 
mand of  thee,  and  1  answer  thou  me. 

4  c  Where  wast  thou  when  I  laid  the  foundations  of 
the  earth  ?  declare,  'if  thou  hast  understanding. 

5  Who  hath  laid  the  measures  thereof,  if  thou 
knowest  ?  or  who  hath  stretched  the  line  upon  it  ? 

6  Whereupon  are  the  foundations  thereof  fas- 
tened ?  or  who  laid  the  corner  stone  thereof  ; 

7  When  the  morning  stars  sang  together,  and  all 
d  the  sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy  ? 

8  eOr  who  shut  up  the  sea  with  doors,  when  it 
brake  forth,  as  if  it  had  issued  out  of  the  womb  ? 

9  When  I  made  the  cloud  the  garment  thereof,  and 
thick  darkness  a  swaddlingband  for  it, 

10  And  5  brake  up  for  it  my  decreed  place,  and  set 
bars  and  doors, 

11  And  said,  Hitherto  shalt  thou  come,  but  no  fur- 
ther :  and  here  shall  6thy  proud  waves  be  stayed? 

12  Hast  thou  commanded  the  morning  since  thy 
days  ;  and  caused  the  dayspring  to  know  his  place  ; 

13  That  it  might  take  hold  of  the  '  ends  of  the 
earth,  that  the  wicked  might  be  shaken  out  of  it  ? 

14  It  is  turned  as  clay  to  the  seal ;  and  they  stand 
as  a  garment. 

15  And  from  the  wicked  their  light  is  withholden, 
and  the  high  arm  shall  be  broken. 

16  Hast  thou  entered  into  the  springs  of  the  sea? 
or  "hast  thou  walked  in  the  search  of  the  depth  ? 

17  Have  the  gates  of  death  been  opened  unto 
thee  ?  or  hast  thou  seen  the  doors  of  the  shadow  of 
death  ? 

18  Hast  thou  perceived  the  breadth  of  the  earth  ? 
declare  if  thou  knowest  it  all. 

19  Where  is  the  way  where  light  dwelleth?  and 
as  for  darkness,  where  is  the  place  thereof, 

20  That  thou  shouldest  take  it  8to  the  bound 
thereof,  and  that  thou  shouldest  know  the  paths  to 
the  house  thereof  ? 

21  Knowest  thou  it,  because  thou  wast  then  born  ? 
or  because  the  number  of  thy  days  is  great? 

22  Hast  thou  entered  into  the  treasures  of  the 
snow  ?  or  hast  thou  seen  the  treasures  of  the  hail, 

23  f  Which  I  have  reserved  against  the  time  of 
trouble,  against  the  day  of  battle  and  war  ? 

24  By  what  way  is  the  light  parted,  which  scatter- 
eth the  east  wind  upon  the  earth  ? 

25  Who  hath  divided  a  watercourse  for  the  over- 
flowing of  waters,  or  a  way  for  the  lightning  of 
thunder ; 

26  To  cause  it  to  rain  on  the  earth,  where  no  man 
is ;  on  the  wilderness,  wherein  there  is  no  man  ; 

27  9To  satisfy  the  desolate  and  waste  ground;  and 
to  cause  the  bud  of  the  tender  herb  to  spring 
forth  ? 

28  ''Hath  the  rain  a  father?  or  who  hath  begotten 
the  drops  of  dew? 

29  Out  of  whose  womb  came  the  ice  ?  and  the 
1  hoary  frost  of  heaven,  who  hath  gendered  it  ? 

30  The  waters  are  hid  as  with  a  stone,  and  the 
face  of  the  deep  9is  frozen. 

411 


God's  convincing  questions. 


JOB,  39,  40. 


Job  humbles  himself. 


31  Canst  thou  bind  the  sweety  influences  of  10Ple'- 
ia-de§,  or  loose  the  bands  of  "O-rl'on  ? 
'  32  Canst  thou   bring  forth  12Maz'za-roth  in  his 
season?  or  canst  thou  13 guide  Arc-tu'rus  with  his 
sons? 

33  Knowest  thou  J'the  ordinances  of  heaven?  canst 
thou  set  the  dominion  thereof  in  the  earth  ? 

34  Canst  thou  lift  up  thy  voice  to  the  clouds,  that 
abundance  of  waters  may  cover  thee  ? 

35  Canst  thou  send  lightnings,  that  they  may  go, 
and  say  unto  thee,  "Here  we  are? 

36  fcWho  hath  put  wisdom  in  the  inward  parts? 
or  who  hath  given  understanding  to  the  heart  ? 

37  Who  can  number  the  clouds  in  wisdom?  or 
15  who  can  stay  the  bottles  of  heaven, 

38  1GWhen  the  dust  "groweth  into  hardness,  and 
the  clods  cleave  fast  together  ? 

39  Wilt  thou  hunt  the  prey  for  the  lion  ?  or  fill 
18  the  appetite  of  the  young  lions, 

40  When  they  couch  in  their  dens,  and  abide  in 
the  covert  to  lie  in  wait? 

41  'Who  provideth  for  the  raven  his  food  ?  when 
his  young  ones  cry  unto  God,  they  wander  for  lack 
of  meat. 

CHAPTER  39. 

God  convinces  Job  by  shewing  further  his  mighty  works. 

KNOWEST  thou  the  time  when  the  wild  goats 
of  the  rock  bring  forth  ?  or  canst  thou  mark 
when  the  hinds  do  calve  ? 

2  Canst  thou  number  the  months  that  they  fulfil  ? 
or  knowest  thou  the  time  when  they  bring  forth  ? 

3  They  bow  themselves,  they  bring  forth  their 
young  ones,  they  cast  out  their  sorrows. 

4  Their  young  ones  are  in  good  liking,  they  grow 
up  with  corn ;  they  go  forth,  and  return  not  unto 
them. 

5  Who  hath  sent  out  the  wild  ass  free  ?  or  who 
hath  loosed  the  bands  of  the  wild  ass  ? 

6  "Whose  house  I  have  made  the  wilderness,  and 
the  1  barren  land  his  dwellings. 

7  He  scorneth  the  multitude  of  the  city,  neither 
regardeth  he  the  crying  2  of  the  driver. 

8  The  range  of  the  mountains  is  his  pasture,  and 
lie  searcheth  after  every  green  thing. 

9  Will  the  3  unicorn  be  willing  to  serve  thee,  or 
abide  by  thy  crib  ? 

10  Canst  thou  bind  the  unicorn  with  his  band  in 
the  furrow?  or  will  he  harrow  the  valleys  after 
thee? 

11  Wilt  thou  trust  him,  because  his  strength  is 
great  ?  or  wilt  thou  leave  thy  labour  to  him  ? 

12  Wilt  thou  believe  him,  that  he  will  bring  home 
thy  seed,  and  gather  it  into  thy  barn  ? 

13  Gavest  thou,  the  goodly  wings  unto  the  pea- 
cocks? or  4 wings  and  feathers  unto  the  ostrich? 

14  Which  leaveth  her  eggs  in  the  earth,  and 
warmeth  them  in  dust, 

15  And  forgetteth  that  the  foot  may  crush  them, 
or  that  the  wild  beast  may  break  them. 

16  She  is  6  hardened  against  her  young  ones,  as 
though  they  were  not  hers  :  her  labour  is  in  vain 
without  fear ; 

412 


B.  C.  1520. 


10  Cimah,  or, 
the  seven  stars. 

11  Cesil. 

12  Or,  The 
twelve  signs. 

13  guide  them. 

jGen.  1.  10. 
Ps.  119.  90,  91. 
Jer.  31.  35. 


14  Behold  us. 

k  ch.  32.  8. 
Ps.  51.  6. 

Eccl.  2.  26. 


15  who  can 

cause  to  lie 

down. 
1G  Or,  When  the 

dust  is  turned 

into  mire. 

17  is  poured. 

18  the  life. 


7  Ps.  147.  9. 
Matt.  G.  26. 
Luke  12.  24. 


a  ch.  24.  5. 
Jer.  2.  24. 
Hos.  8.  9. 

1  salt  places. 

2  of  the  exactor. 

3  Or,  rhinoceros. 

4  Or,  the  feathers 
of  the  stork 
and  ostrich. 

b  Lev.  2G.  29. 

Isa.  49.  15. 

Jer.  19.  9. 

Lam.  2.  20. 

Ezek.  5.  10. 
c  ch.  35.  11. 

5  terror. 

6  Or,  His  feet  dig. 
d  Jer.  8.  6. 

7  the  armour. 

8  by  thy  mouth. 
e  Jer.  49.  16. 

9  tooth. 

f  Matt.  24.  28. 
Luke  17.  37. 


a  ch.  9.  3. 
Isa.  45.  9. 

b  Ezra  9.  6. 
Ps.  51.  4. 

c  ch.  29.  9. 
Ps.  39.  9. 
Zech.  2.  13. 

<ich.  38.  1. 
Ps.  50.  3. 

e  ch.  38.  3. 

/ch.  42.  4. 

ffPs.  51.  4. 

'h  ch.  37.  4. 
Ps.  29.  3. 

iPs.  93.  1. 

j  Isa.  2.  12. 
Dan.  4.  37. 
Luke  18.  14. 

1  Supposed  to 
be  either  the 
elephant  or 
the  hippopota- 
mus. 


17  Because  God  hath  deprived  her  of  wisdom, 
neither  hath  he  c  imparted  to  her  understanding. 

18  What  time  she  lifteth  up  herself  on  high,  she 
scorneth  the  horse  and  his  rider. 

19  Hast  thou  given  the  horse  strength  ?  hast  thou 
clothed  his  neck  with  thunder  ? 

20  Canst  thou  make  him  afraid  as  a  grasshopper  ? 
the  glory  of  his  nostrils  bis  terrible. 

21  6He  paweth  in  the  valley,  and  rejoiceth  in  his 
strength  :  dhe  goeth  on  to  meet  7the  armed  men. 

22  He  mocketh  at  fear,  and  is  not  affrighted  ; 
neither  turneth  he  back  from  the  sword. 

23  The  quiver  rattleth  against  him,  the  glittering 
spear  and  the  shield. 

24  He  swalloweth  the  ground  with  fierceness  and 
rage  :  neither  believeth  he  that  it  is  the  sound  of 
the  trumpet. 

25  He  saith  among  the  trumpets,  Ha,  ha  ;  and  he 
smelleth  the  battle  afar  off,  the  thunder  of  the 
captains,  and  the  shouting. 

26  Doth  the  hawk  fly  by  thy  wisdom,  and  stretch 
her  wings  toward  the  south  ? 

27  Doth  the  eagle  mount  up  8  at  thy  command,  and 
emake  her  nest  on  high  ? 

28  She  dwelleth  and  abideth  on  the  rock,  upon  the 
9  crag  of  the  rock,  and  the  strong  place. 

29  From  thence  she  seeketh  the  prey,  and  her 
eyes  behold  afar  off. 

30  Her  young  ones  also  suck  up  blood :  and  f  where 
the  slain  are,  there  is  she. 

CHAPTER  40. 

1  Job  humbles  himself.    6  God  further  answers  from  the  whirlwind. 

MOREOVER  the  Lord  answered  Job,  and  said, 
2  Shall   he   that   acontendeth   with   the   Al- 
mighty instruct  him  ?  he  that  reproveth  God,  let 
him  answer  it. 

3  If  Then  Job  answered  the  Lord,  and  said, 

4  6 Behold,  I  am  vile ;  what  shall  I  answer  thee? 
CI  will  lay  mine  hand  upon  my  mouth. 

5  Once  have  I  spoken  ;  but  I  will  not  answer : 
yea,  twice  ;  but  I  will  proceed  no  further. 

6  If  Then  d  answered  the  Lord  unto  Job  out  of  the 
whirlwind,  and  said, 

7  e  Gird  up  thy  loins  now  like  a  man  :  fI  will  de- 
mand of  thee,  and  declare  thou  unto  me. 

8  "Wilt  thou  also  disannul  my  judgment  ?  wilt 
thou  condemn  me,  that  thou  mayest  be  righteous  ? 

9  Hast  thou  an  arm  like  God  ?  or  canst  thou  thun- 
der with  ha  voice  like  him? 

10  *Deck  thyself  now  with  majesty  and  excellency ; 
and  array  thyself  with,  glory  and  beauty. 

11  Cast  abroad  the  rage  of  thy  wrath  :  and  be- 
hold every  one  that  is  proud,  and  abase  him. 

12  Look  on  every  one  that  is  j  proud,  and  bring 
him  low ;  and  tread  down  the  wicked  in  their  place. 

13  Hide  them  in  the  dust  together  ;  and  bind 
their  faces  in  secret. 

14  Then  will  I  also  confess  unto  thee  that  thine 
own  right  hand  can  save  thee. 

15  If  Behold  now  behemoth,  which  I  made  with 
thee ;  he  eateth  grass  as  an  ox. 


God's  poiver  in  leviathan. 


JOB,  41,  42. 


Job  submits  to  God. 


16  Lo  now,  his  strength  is  in  his  loins,  and  his 
force  is  in  the  navel  of  his  belly. 

17  2He  moveth  his  tail  like  a  cedar  :  the  sinews 
of  his  stones  are  wrapped  together. 

18  His  bones  are  as  strong  pieces  of  brass ;  his 
bones  are  like  bars  of  iron. 

19  He  -is  the  chief  of  the  ways  of  God :  he  that 
made  him  can  make  his  sword  to  approach  unto 
him. 

20  Surely  the  mountains  k  bring  him  forth  food, 
where  all  the  beasts  of  the  field  play. 

21  He  lieth  under  the  shady  trees,  in  the  covert 
of  the  reed,  and  fens. 

22  The  shady  trees  cover  him  with  their  shadow ; 
the  willows  of  the  brook  compass  him  about. 

23  Behold,  3he  drinketh  up  a  river,  and  hasteth 
not :  he  trusteth  that  he  can  draw  up  l  Jor'dan  into 
his  mouth. 

24  4  He  taketh  it  with  his  eyes  :  his  nose  pierceth 
through  snares. 

CHAPTER  41. 

Great  power  of  God  in  the  leviathan. 

CANST  thou  draw  out  *  leviathan  with  an  hook? 
or  his  tongue  with  a  cord  2  which  thou  lettest 
down? 

2  Canst  thou  "put  an  hook  into  his  nose  ?  or  bore 
his  jaw  through  with  a  thorn  ? 

3  Will  he  make  many  supplications  unto  thee  ? 
will  he  speak  soft  words  unto  thee  ? 

4  Will  he  make  a  covenant  with  thee  ?  wilt  thou 
take  him  for  a  servant  for  ever  ? 

5  Wilt  thou  play  with  him  as  with  a  bird  ?  or  wilt 
thou  bind  him  for  thy  maidens  ? 

6  Shall  the  companions  make  a  banquet  of  him  ? 
shall  they  part  him  among  the  merchants? 

7  Canst  thou  fill  his  skin  with  barbed  irons  ?  or 
his  head  with  fish  spears  ? 

8  Lay  thine  hand  upon  him,  remember  the  battle, 
do  no  more. 

9  Behold,  the  hope  of  him  is  in  vain  :  shall  not  one 
be  cast  down  even  at  the  sight  of  him  ? 

10  None  is  so  fierce  that  dare  stir  him  up  :  6who 
then  is  able  to  stand  before  me  ? 

11  cWho  hath  prevented  me,  that  I  should  repay 
him?  d whatsoever  is  under  the  whole  heaven  is 
mine. 

12  I  will  not  conceal  his  parts,  nor  his  power,  nor 
his  comely  proportion. 

13  Who  can  discover  the  face  of  his  garment  ?  or 
who  can  come  to  him  3with  his  double  bridle  ? 

14  Who  can  open  the  doors  of  his  face  ?  his  teeth 
are  terrible  round  about. 

15  His  4  scales  are  his  pride,  shut  up  together  as 
with  a  close  seal. 

16  One  is  so  near  to  another,  that  no  air  can  come 
between  them. 

17  They  are  joined  one  to  another,  they  stick  to- 
gether, that  they  cannot  be  sundered. 

18  By  his  neesings  a  light  doth  shine,  and  his  eyes 
are  like  the  eyelids  of  the  morning. 

19  Out  of  his  mouth  go  burning  lamps,  and  sparks 
of  fire  leap  out. 


B.  C.  1520. 


2  Or,  He  aetteth 
up. 


k  Ps.  104.  14. 


3  he  oppresseth. 

/Gen.  13.  10. 
Jer.  12.  5. 


4  Or,  Will  any 
take  him  in 
his  sight,  or, 
bore  his  nose 
with  a  gin  ? 


1  That  is,  a 
whale,  or, 
whirlpool. 

2  which  thou 
drownest. 

a  Ps.  32.  9. 
Isa.  30.  28. 
Isa.  37.  29. 
Ezek.  29.  4. 


b  oh.  9.  i. 

ch.  40.  9-14. 

1  Cor.  10.  22. 
ech.  35.7. 

Rom.  11.  35. 
d  Gen.  14.  19. 

Ex.  9.  29. 
■    Ex.  19.  5. 

Deut.  10.  14. 

Ps.  24.  1. 

1  Cor.  10.  2G. 

3  Or,  within. 

4  strong  pieces 
of  shields. 

5  sorrow  re- 
joiceth. 

6  The  fallings. 

7  Or,  breast- 
plate. 

8  Sharp  pieces 
of  potsherd. 

9  Or,  who  be- 
have them- 
selves without 
fear. 


a  Jer.  32.  17. 
Matt.  3.  9. 
Mark  14.  3G. 
Luke  1.  37. 
Eph.  3.  20. 

1  Or,  no  thought 
of  thine  can  be 
hindered. 

6  1  Tim.  1.  7. 
c  Ps.  40.  5. 
d  ch.  38.  3. 
e  Rom.  10.  17. 
/Num.  12.  8,9. 

Isa.  6.  1. 
g  Num.  23.  1. 

Heb.  10.  4. 
h  Matt.  5.  24. 
i  Gen.  20.  17. 

Heb.  7.  25. 

Jas.  5.  16. 

2  his  face,  or, 
person. 

3  the  face  of  Job. 


20  Out  of  his  nostrils  goeth  smoke,  as  out  of  a 
seething  pot  or  caldron. 

21  His  breath  kindleth  coals,  and  a  flame  goeth 
out  of  his  mouth. 

22  In  his  neck  remaineth  strength,  and  5  sorrow  is 
turned  into  joy  before  him. 

23  u  The  flakes  of  his  flesh  are  joined  together : 
they  are  firm  in  themselves  ;  they  cannot  be  moved. 

24  His  heart  is  as  firm  as  a  stone  ;  yea,  as  hard  as 
a  piece  of  the  nether  millstone. 

25  When  he  raiseth  up  himself,  the  mighty  are 
afraid  :  by  reason  of  breakings  they  purify  them- 
selves. 

26  The  sword  of  him  that  layeth  at  him  cannot 
hold  :  the  spear,  the  dart,  nor  the  7  habergeon. 

27  He  esteemeth  iron  as  straw,  and  brass  as 
rotten  wood. 

28  The  arrow  cannot  make  him  flee  :  slingstones 
are  turned  with  him  into  stubble. 

29  Darts  are  counted  as  stubble  :  he  laugheth  at 
the  shaking  of  a  spear. 

30  8  Sharp  stones  are  under  him  :  he  spreadeth 
sharp  pointed  things  upon  the  mire. 

31  He  maketh  the  deep  to  boil  like  a  pot :  he 
maketh  the  sea  like  a  pot  of  ointment. 

32  He  maketh  a  path  to  shine  after  him  ;  one 
would  think  the  deep  to  be  hoary. 

33  Upon  earth  there  is  not  his  like,  9who  is  made 
without  fear. 

34  He  beholdeth  all  high  things :  he  is  a  king  over 
all  the  children  of  pride. 

CHAPTER  42. 

1  Job  submits  lo  God.    7  His  friends  accept  him.    1G  His  age  and  death. 

rpHEN  Job  answered  the  Lord,  and  said, 

-■-2  1  know  that  thou  a  canst  do  every  thing,  and 

that  Jno  thought  can  be  withholden  from  thee. 

3  h  Who  is  he  that  hideth  counsel  without  know- 
ledge ?  therefore  have  I  uttered  that  I  understood 
not ;  c  things  too  wonderful  for  me,  which  I  knew  not. 

4  Hear,  I  beseech  thee,  and  I  will  speak :  d  I  will 
demand  of  thee,  and  declare  thou  unto  me. 

5  I  have  e  heard  of  thee  by  the  hearing  of  the  ear  : 
rbut  now  mine  eye  seeth  thee. 

6  Wherefore  I  abhor  myself,  and  repent  in  dust 
and  ashes. 

7  If  And  it  was  so,  that  after  the  Lord  had  spoken 
these  words  unto  Job,  the  Lord  said  to  El'i-phaz  the 
Te'man-Ite,  My  wrath  is  kindled  against  thee,  and 
against  thy  two  friends  :  for  ye  have  not  spoken  of 
me  the  thing  that  is  right,  as  my  servant  Job  hath. 

8  Therefore  take  unto  you  now  a  seven  bullocks 
and  seven  rams,  and  ''go  to  my  servant  Job,  and 
offer  up  for  yourselves  a  burnt  offering ;  and  my 
servant  Job  shall  {pray  for  you :  for  2him  will  I  ac- 
cept :  lest  I  deal  with  you  after  your  folly,  in  that 
ye  have  not  spoken  of  me  the  thing  which  is  right, 
like  my  servant  Job. 

9  So  El'i-phaz  the  Te'man-Ite  and  Bil'dad  the  Shu'- 
hite  and  Zo'phar  the  Na'a-math-Ite  went,  and  did 
according  as  the  Lord  commanded  them :  the  Lord 
also  accepted  3Job. 

413 


Kingdom  of  the  Son. 


PSALMS,  1-4. 


Security  of  God's  protection. 


10  And  the  Lord  turned  the  captivity  of  Job,  when 
he  prayed  for  his  friends :  also  the  Lord  4gave  Job 
'twice  as  much  as  he  had  before. 

11  Then  came  there  unto  him  all  his  k  brethren, 
and  all  his  sisters,  and  all  they  that  had  been  of 
his  acquaintance  before,  and  did  eat  bread  with 
him  in  his  house :  and  they  bemoaned  him,  and 
comforted  him  over  all  the  evil  that  the  Lord 
had  brought  upon  him :  every  man  also  gave  him 
a  piece  of  money,  and  every  one  an  earring  of 
gold. 

12  So  the  Lord  blessed  'the  latter  end  of  Job  more 
than  his  beginning  :  for  he  had  m  fourteen  thousand 


B.  C. 1520. 


4  added  all  that 
had  been  to 
Job  unto  the 
double. 

j  Isa.  40.  2. 

k  ch.  19.  13. 


I  ch.  8.  7. 
rn  ch.  1.  3. 

5  That  is, 
Handsome  as 
the  day. 

6  That  is,  Cassia. 

7  That  is,  The 
horn,  or,  Child 
of  beauty. 

n  ch.  5.  26. 
o  Gen.  25.  8. 


sheep,  and  six  thousand  camels,  and   a  thousand 
yoke  of  oxen,  and  a  thousand  she  asses. 

13  He  had  also  seven  sons  and  three  daughters. 

14  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  first, 5  Js-mI'ma ; 
and  the  name  of  the  second, 6  Ke-zi'a ;  and  the  name 
of  the  third,  7  Ker 'en-hap 'puch. 

15  And  in  all  the  land  were  no  women  found  so 
fair  as  the  daughters  of  Job :  and  their  father  gave 
them  inheritance  among  their  brethren. 

16  After  this  n  lived  Job  an  hundred  and  forty  years, 
and  saw  his  sons,  and  his  sons'  sons,  even  four  gen- 
erations. 

17  So  Job  died,  being  old  and  "full  of  days. 


THE 


BOOK    OF    PSALMS. 


PSALM  1. 

1  Happiness  of  the  godly,    4  Unhappiness  oj  the  ungodly. 

BLESSED  ais  the  man  that  walketh  not  in  the 
counsel  of  the  *  ungodly,  nor  standeth  in  the 
way  of  sinners,  nor  sitteth  in  the  seat  of  the  scornful. 

2  But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  of  the  Lord  ;  and 
in  his  law  doth  he  meditate  day  and  night. 

3  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers 
of  water,  that  bringeth  forth  his  fruit  in  his  season  ; 
his  leaf  also  shall  not 2 wither;  and  whatsoever  he 
doeth  shall  b  prosper. 

4  The  ungodly  are  not  so :  but  are  like  the  chaff 
which  the  wind  driveth  away. 

5  Therefore  the  ungodly  shall  not  stand  in  the 
judgment,  nor  sinners  in  the  congregation  of  the 
righteous. 

6  For  c  the  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  the  right- 
eous :  but  the  way  of  the  ungodly  shall  perish. 

PSALM  2. 

1  Kingdom  of  the  Son.     10  Kings  exhorted  to  accept  him. 

WHY  do  the  heathen  *rage,  and  the  people  2  im- 
agine a  vain  thing  ? 

2  The  kings  of  the  earth  set  themselves,  and  the 
rulers  take  counsel  together,  against  the  Lord,  and 
against  his  "anointed,  saying, 

3  6  Let  us  break  their  bands  asunder,  and  cast 
away  their  cords  from  us. 

4  c  He  that  sitteth  in  the  heavens  shall  laugh  :  the 
Lord  shall  have  them  in  derision. 

5  Then  shall  he  speak  unto  them  in  his  wrath,  and 
3  vex  them  in  his  sore  displeasure. 

6  Yet  have  I  4set  my  king  5upon  my  holy  hill  of 
Zl'on. 

7  I  will  declare  6the  decree  :  the  Lord  hath  said 
unto  me,  d  Thou  art  my  Son ;  this  day  have  I  be- 
gotten thee. 

8  eAsk  of  me,  and  I  shall  give  thee  the  heathen 
for  -thine  inheritance,  and  the  uttermost  parts  of 
the  earth  for  thy  possession. 

9  -^Thou  shalt  break  them  with  a  rod  of  iron  ;  thou 
shalt  dash  them  in  pieces  like  a  potter's  vessel. 

10  Be  wise  now  therefore,  O  ye  kings  :  be  in- 
structed, ye  judges  of  the  earth. 

414 


a  Gen.  5.  24. 

Job  31.  5. 

Ps.  81.  12. 

Prov.  4.  14. 
1  Or,  wicked. 


2  fade. 

b  Gen.  39. 3. 
Ps.  128.  2. 


cNah.  1.  7. 
John  10.  14. 


1  Or,  tumultu- 
ously  assemble. 

2  meditate. 
a  Ps.  45.  7. 

John  1.  41. 
b  Luke  19.  14. 
ePs.  11.  4. 

3  Or,  trouble. 

4  anointed. 

5  upon  Zion, 
the  hill  of  my 
holiness. 

G  Or,  for  a 

decree. 
d  Matt.  8.  29. 

Acts  13.  33. 

Heb.  1.  5. 
e  Dan.  7.13,  14. 

John  17.  4,  5. 
/Matt.  21.  44. 
g  John  5.  22,  23. 
h  Jer.  17.  7. 


a  2  Sam.  15.  12. 
b  2  Sam.  16.  8. 

Ps.  22.  7,  8. 
1  Or,  about, 
c  2  Ki.  25.  27. 

Ps.  27.  6. 
d  Ps.  4.  8. 

Prov.  3.  24. 

Acts  12.  6. 
e  Ps.  37.  39,  40. 

Prov.  21.  31. 

Hos.  13.  4. 


*  Or,  overseer. 
1  Or,  be  gracious 

unto  me. 
a  Ex.  33.  16. 

2  Pet.  2.  9. 
b  Prov.  3.  7. 

Eph.  4.  26. 
c  Deut.  33.  19. 
d  Ps.  37.  3. 


11  Serve  the  Lord  with  fear,  and  rejoice  with 
trembling. 

12  5Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry,  and  ye  perish 
from  the  way,  when  his  wrath  is  kindled  but  a 
little.  h  Blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their  trust  in 
him. 

PSALM  3. 

Security  of  GolPs  protection. 
A  Psalm  of  David,  when  he  fled  from  Absalom  his  son. 

T  ORD,  a  how  are  they  increased  that  trouble  me ! 
*-^  many  are  they  that  rise  up  against  me. 

2  Many  there  be  which  say  of  my  soul,  6  There  is 
no  help  for  him  in  God.     Se'lah.    - 

3  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  shield  *for  me  ;  my 
glory,  and  cthe  lifter  up  of  mine  head. 

4  I  cried  unto  the  Lord  with  my  voice,  and  he 
heard  me  out  of  his  holy  hill.     Se'lah. 

5  dI  laid  me  down  and  slept ;  I  awaked;  for  the 
Lord  sustained  me. 

6  I  will  not  be  afraid  of  ten  thousands  of  people, 
that  have  set  themselves  against  me  round  about. 

7  Arise,  O  Lord  ;  save  me,  O  my  God  :  for  thou 
hast  smitten  all  mine  enemies  upon  the  cheek  bone  ; 
thou  hast  broken  the  teeth  of  the  ungodly. 

8  e  Salvation  belongeth  unto  the  Lord  :  thy  blessing 
is  upon  thy  people.     Se'lah. 

PSALM  4. 

1  David's  prayer  for  audience.    3  Trust  in  the  Lord. 
To  the  *chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  me  when  I  call,  O  God  of  my  righteous- 
ness :  thou  hast  enlarged  me  when  I  was  in 
distress ;  1  have  mercy  upon  me,  and  hear  my 
prayer. 

2  O  ye  sons  of  men,  how  long  will  ye  turn  my 
glory  into  shame  ?  how  long  will  ye  love  vanity,  and 
seek  after  leasing  ?     Se'lah. 

3  But  know  that  athe  Lord  hath  set  apart  him 
that  is  godly  for  himself  :  the  Lord  will  hear  when 
I  call  unto  him. 

4  Stand  6in  awe,  and  sin  not  :  commune  with 
your  own  heart  upon  your  bed,  and  be  still.    Se'lah. 

5  Offer  cthe  sacrifices  of  righteousness,  and  dput 
your  trust  in  the  Lord. 

6  There  be  many  that  say,  Who  will  shew  us  any 


David's  trust  for  guidance. 


PSALMS,  5-8. 


Prayer  for  safety. 


good  ?  e  Lord,  lift  thou  up  the  light  of  thy  counte- 
nance upon  us. 

7  Thou  hast  put  gladness  in  my  heart,  more  than 
in  the  time  that  their  corn  and  their  wine  increased. 

8  I  will  both  lay  me  down  in  peace,  and  sleep  : 
/for  thou,  Lord,  only  makest  me  dwell  in  safety. 

PSALM  5. 

1  The  wicked  unfavoured.    7  David,  professing  faiths  trusts  in  God  to  guide  him. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Nehiloth,  A  lJsalm  of  David. 

GIVE  ear  to  my  words,  0  Lord,  consider  my 
meditation. 

2  Hearken  unto  the  voice  of  my  cry,  my  King, 
and  my  God  :  for  unto  thee  will  I  pray. 

3  aMy  voice  shalt  thou  hear  in  the  morning,  0 
Lord  ;  in  the  morning  will  I  direct  my  prayer  unto 
thee,  and  will  look  up. 

4  For  thou  art  not  a  God  that  hath  b  pleasure  in 
wickedness :  neither  shall  evil  dwell  with  thee. 

5  cThe  foolish  shall  not  stand  xin  thy  sight  :  thou 
hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity. 

6  Thou  shalt  destroy  them  that  speak  leasing : 
the  Lord  will  abhor  2the  bloody  and  deceitful  man. 

7  But  as  for  me,  I  will  come  into  thy  house  in  the 
multitude  of  thy  mercy :  and  in  thy  fear  will  I 
worship  d  toward  3thy  holy  temple. 

8  Lead  me,  0  Lord,  in  thy  righteousness  because 
of  4mine  enemies  ;  make  thy  way  straight  before 
my  face. 

9  For  there  is  no  5  faithfulness  6in  their  mouth  ; 
their  inward  part  is  7  very  wickedness  ;  their  throat 
is  an  open  sepulchre  ;  they  flatter  with  their 
tongue. 

10  8 Destroy  thou  them,  0  God;  let  them  fall  9by 
their  own  counsels  ;  cast  them  out  in  the  multitude 
of  their  transgressions  ;  for  they  have  rebelled 
against  thee. 

11  But  let  all  those  that  put  their  trust  in  thee 
rejoice  :  let  them  ever  shout  for  joy,  because  10thou 
defendest  them  :  let  them  also  ethat  love  thy  name 
be  joyful  in  thee. 

12  For  thou,  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  righteous  ;  with 
favour  wilt  thou  u  compass  him  as  with  a  shield. 

PSALM  6. 

David  complains,  yet  triumphs  over  his  enemies. 
To  the  chief  Musician  on  Ncginoth  *  upon  Sheminith,  A  P-ealm  of  David. 

OLORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  thine  anger,  neither 
chasten  me  in  thy  hot  displeasure. 

2  Have  mercy  upon  me,  0  Lord  ;  for  I  am  weak  : 
0  Lord,  aheal  me  ;  for  my  bones  are  vexed. 

3  My  soul  is  also  sore  vexed  :  but  thou,  0  Lord, 
6  how  long  ? 

4  Return,  0  Lord,  deliver  my  soul  :  oh  save  me 
for  thy  mercies'  sake. 

5  cFor  in  death  there  is  no  remembrance  of  thee  : 
in  the  grave  who  shall  give  thee  thanks  ? 

6  I  am  weary  with  my  groaning;  *all  the  night 
make  I  my  bed  to  swim ;  I  water  my  couch  with 
my  tears. 

7  Mine  eye  is  consumed  because  of  grief  ;  it  wax- 
eth  old  because  of  all  mine  enemies. 

8  Depart  from  me,  all  ye  workers  of  iniquity ;  for 
the  Lord  hath  heard  the  voice  of  my  weeping. 


c  Ps.  80.  3. 


/■Lev.  26.  5. 
Deut.  12.  10. 
John  14.  27. 
Pliil.  4.  7. 


a  Pa.  30.  5. 


6  Mai.  2.  17. 


c  Ps.  14.  1. 

Hab.  1.  13. 
1  before  thine 

eyes. 


2  the  man  of 
bloods  and 
deceit. 


(1 1  Ki.  8.  29. 

3  the  temple  of 
thy  holiness. 

4  those  which 
observe  me. 


5  Or,  stedfast- 
ness. 

6  in  his  mouth, 
that  is,  in  the 
mouth  of  any 
of  them. 

7  wickednesses. 

8  Or,  Make  them 
guilty. 

9  Or,  from  their 
counsels. 


10  thou  coverest 
over,  or,  pro- 
tectest  them. 

e  1  Cor.  2.  9. 

11  crown  him. 


*  Or,  upon  the 

eighth. 
a  Hos.  6.  1. 
6  Prov.  18.  14. 

Matt.  26.  38. 
cPs.  30.9. 
1  Or,  every  night. 
d  Ps.  3.  4. 

Ps.  31.  22. 

Ps.  40.  1,  2. 


*  Hab.  3.  1. 

t  Or,  business. 
a  1  Pet.  5.  8. 

1  not  a  deliverer. 
b  2  Sam.  16.  7. 

c  1  Sam.  24.  7. 
d  Ps.  94.  2. 
e  1  Sam.  16.  7. 

2  My  buckler  is 
upon  God. 

3  Or,  God  is  a 
righteous 
judge. 

4  He  hath  digged 
a  pit. 

/Esth.  7.10. 

Prov.  5.  22. 

g  1  Ki.  2.  32. 


*  Ps.  81,  title. 
a  Matt.  11.  25. 

1  Cor.  1.  27. 
1  founded. 
6  Ps.  44.  16. 
c  Job  22.  12. 

Ps.  19.  1. 

Rom.  1.  20. 


9  The  Lord  dhath  heard  my  supplication  ;  the 
Lord  will  receive  my  prayer. 

10  Let  all  mine  enemies  be  ashamed  and  sore 
vexed :  let  them  return  and  be  ashamed  suddenly. 

PSALM  7. 

David  prays  against  the  malice  of  his  enemies. 

*  Shiggaion  of  David,  which  he  sang  unto  the  Lord,  concerning  the  t  words  of  Cush  the  Bcnja- 

mite. 

r\  LORD  my  God,  in  thee  do  I  put  my  trust : 
^  save  me  from  all  them  that  persecute  me,  and 
deliver  me  : 

2  Lest  he  tear  my  soul  like  aa  lion,  rending  it  in 
pieces,  while  there  is  Jnone  to  deliver. 

3  O  Lord  my  God,  6if  I  have  done  this  ;  if  there 
be  iniquity  in  my  hands ; 

4  If  I  have  rewarded  evil  unto  him  that  was  at 
peace  with  me ;  (yea,  c  I  have  delivered  him  that 
without  cause  is  mine  enemy  :) 

5  Let  the  enemy  persecute  my  soul,  and  take  it ; 
yea,  let  him  tread  down  my  life  upon  the  earth,  and 
lay  mine  honour  in  the  dust.     Se'lah. 

6  Arise,  O  Lord,  in  thine  anger,  dlift  up  thyself 
because  of  the  rage  of  mine  enemies  :  and  awake 
for  me  to  the  judgment  that  thou  hast  commanded. 

7  So  shall  the  congregation  of  the  people  compass 
thee  about :  for  their  sakes  therefore  return  thou 
on  high. 

8  The  Lord  shall  judge  the  people :  judge  me,  O 
Lord,  according  to  my  righteousness,  and  according 
to  mine  integrity  that  is  in  me. 

9  Oh  let  the  wickedness  of  the  wicked  come  to  an 
end  ;  but  establish  the  just ;  efor  the  righteous  God 
trieth  the  hearts  and  reins. 

10  2My  defence  is  of  God,  which  saveth  the  up- 
right in  heart. 

11  3God  judgeth  the  righteous,  and  God  is  angry 
with  the  wicked  every  day. 

12  If  he  turn  not,  he  will  whet  his  sword  ;  he  hath 
bent  his  bow,  and  made  it  ready. 

13  He  hath  also  prepared  for  him  the  instruments 
of  death  ;  he  ordaineth  his  arrows  against  the  per- 
secutors. 

14  Behold,  he  travaileth  with  iniquity,  and  hath 
conceived  mischief,  and  brought  forth  falsehood. 

15  4He  made  a  pit,  and  digged  it,  -'"and  is  fallen 
into  the  ditch  which  he  made. 

16  a  His  mischief  shall  return  upon  his  own  head, 
and  his  violent  dealing  shall  come  down  upon  his 
own  pate. 

17  I  will  praise  the  Lord  according  to  his  right- 
eousness :  and  will  sing  praise  to  the  name  of  the 
Lord  most  high. 

PSALM  8. 

God's  glory  magnified  by  his  works  and  love. 
To  the  chief  Musician  *  upon  Gittith,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

f~\  LORD  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is  thy  name  in 
^S  all  the  earth  !  who  hast  set  thy  glory  above 
the  heavens. 

2  aOut  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and  sucklings  hast 
thou  a  ordained  strength  because  of  thine  enemies, 
that  thou  mightest  still  Hhe  enemy  and  the  avenger. 

3  When  I c  consider  thy  heavens,  the  work  of  thy 

415 


Praise  of  God. 


PSALMS,  9-11. 


Complaint  and  prayer. 


fingers,  the  moon  and  the  stars,  which  thou  hast 
ordained  ; 

4  dWhat  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him? 
and  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  visitest  him? 

5  For  thou  hast  made  him  a  little  lower  than  the 
angels,  and  hast  crowned  him  with  glory  and 
honour. 

6  eThou  madest  him  to  have  dominion  over  the 
works  of  thy  hands  ;  rthQu  hast  put  all  things 
under  his  feet  : 

7  2A11  sheep  and  oxen,  yea,  and  the  beasts  of  the 
field  ; 

8  The  fowl  of  the  air,  and  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and 
whatsoever  passeth  through  the  paths  of  the  seas. 

9  0  Lord  our  Lord,  h@w  9  excellent  is  thy  name 
in  all  the  earth  ! 

PSALM  9. 

Praise  of  God  for  executing  judgment. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Muth-labben,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

I  WILL  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  with  my  whole  heart ; 
I  will  shew  forth  all  thy  marvellous  works. 

2  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee  :  I  will  sing 
praise  to  thy  name,  0  thou  most  High. 

3  When  mine  enemies  are  turned  back,  they  shall 
fall  and  perish  at  thy  presence. 

4  For  xthou  hast  maintained  my  right  and  my 
cause  ;  thou  satest  in  the  throne  judging  2  right. 

5  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  heathen,  thou  hast  de- 
stroyed the  wicked,  thou  hast  aput  out  their  name 
for  ever  and  ever. 

6  30  thou  enemy,  destructions  are  come  to  a  per- 
petual end  :  and  thou  hast  destroyed  cities ;  their 
memorial  is  perished  with  them. 

7  6  But  the  Lord  shall  endure  for  ever  :  he  hath 
prepared  his  throne  for  judgment. 

8  And  he  shall  judge  the  world  in  righteousness, 
he  shall  minister  judgment  to  the  people  in  upright- 
ness. 

9  The  Lord  also  will  be  4a  refuge  for  the  op- 
pressed, a  refuge  in  times  of  trouble. 

10  And  they  that  cknow  thy  name  will  put  their 
trust  in  thee :  for  thou,  Lord,  hast  not  forsaken 
them  that  seek  thee. 

11  Sing  praises  to  the  Lord,  which  dwelleth  in 
Zi'on  :  declare  among  the  people  his  doings. 

12  When  he  maketh  inquisition  for  blood,  he  re- 
membereth  them  :  he  f orgetteth  not  the  cry  of  the 
5  humble. 

13  Have  mercy  upon  me,  0  Lord  ;  consider  my 
trouble  which  I  suffer  of  them  that  hate  me,  thou 
that  liftest  me  up  from  the  gates  of  death : 

14  That  I  may  shew  forth  all  thy  praise  in  the 
gates  of  the  daughter  of  Zi'on  :  I  will  d rejoice  in 
thy  salvation. 

15  The  heathen  are  sunk  down  in  the  pit  that  they 
made :  in  the  net  which  they  hid  is  their  own  foot 
taken. 

16  The  Lord  is  "known  by  the  judgment  which  he 
executeth :  the  wicked  is  snared  in  the  work  of  his 
own  hands.     6Hig-ga'ion.     Se'lah. 

17  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell,  and  all 
the  nations  •'"that  forget  God. 

416 


d  Job  7.  17. 
Ps.  144.  3. 
Heb.  2.  6. 


e  Gen.  1.  26. 


f\  Cor.  15.  27. 
Heb.  2.  8. 


2  Flocks  and 
oxen  all  of 
them. 


g  Job  11.  7. 
Ps.  35.  10. 


1  thou  hast  made 
my  judgment. 

2  in  righteous- 
ness. 

a  Deut.  9.  14. 

3  Or,  The  de- 
structions of 
the  enemy  are 
come  to  a  per- 
petual end  : 
and  their  cities 
hast  thou 
destroyed,  etc. 

b  Ps.  90.  2. 
Mic.  5.  2. 
Hab.  1.  12. 
Heb.  1.  11. 

4  an  high  place. 
c  Ps.  91.  14. 

John  17.  3. 

2  Cor.  4.  6. 

2  Tim.  1.  12. 

•    1  John  2.  3,  4. 

5  Or,  afflicted . 
d  Ps.  13.  5. 

e  Ex.  7.  5. 

6  That  is, 
Meditation. 

/Job  8. 13. 

Ps.  50.  22. 

Jer.  2.  32. 

Hos.  2.  13. 
g  Ps.  12.  5. 


1  In  the  pride  of 
the  wicked  he 
doth  persecute. 

a  Prov.  5.  22. 

2  soul's. 

3  Or,  the  covet- 
ous blesseth 
himself,  he 
abhorreth  the 
Lord. 

b  2  Ki.  18.  35. 
Job  21.  15. 
Ps.  12.  3-5, 

4  Or,  all  his 
thoughts  are, 
There  is  no 
God. 

5  unto  generation 
and  generation. 

G  deceits. 

7  Or,  iniquity. 

8  hide  them- 
selves. 

9  in  the  secret 
places. 

10  He  breaketh 
himself. 

11  Or,  into  his 
strong  parts. 

12  Or,  afflicted. 

13  leaveth. 

14  Or,  establish. 

15  Or,  terrify. 


1  in  darknes 


18  "For  the  needy  shall  not  alway  be  forgotten  : 
the  expectation  of  the  poor  shall  not  perish  for 
ever. 

19  Arise,  O  Lord  ;  let  not  man  prevail :  let  the 
heathen  be  judged  in  thy  sight. 

20  Put  them  in  fear,  O  Lord  :  that  the  nations 
may  know  themselves  to  be  but  men.     Se'lah. 

PSALM  10. 

1  David's  complaint  to  God.     12  Prayer  for  remedy. 

WHY  standest  thou  afar  off,  O  Lord  ?  why  hid- 
est  thou  thyself  in  times  of  trouble  ? 

2  2The  wicked  in  his  pride  doth  persecute  the 
poor  :  "let  them  be  taken  in  the  devices  that  they 
have  imagined. 

3  For  the  wicked  boasteth  of  his  2  heart's  desire, 
and 3  blesseth  the  covetous,  whom  the  Lord  abhorreth. 

4  The  wicked  b  through  the  pride  of  his  counte- 
nance, will  not  seek  after  God :  4God  is  not  in  all  his 
thoughts. 

5  His  ways  are  always  grievous  ;  thy  judgments 
are  far  above  out  of  his  sight :  as  for  all  his  ene- 
mies, he  puffeth  at  them. 

6  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  I  shall  not  be  moved : 
for  /  shall 5  never  be  in  adversity. 

7  His  mouth  is  full  of  cursing  and  6  deceit  and 
fraud :  under  his  tongue  is  mischief  and  7  vanity. 

8  He  sitteth  in  the  lurking  places  of  the  villages  : 
in  the  secret  places  doth  he  murder  the  innocent : 
his  eyes  8are  privily  set  against  the  poor. 

9  He  lieth  in  wait  9  secretly  as  a  lion  in  his  den  : 
he  lieth  in  wait  to  catch  the  poor :  he  doth  catch 
the  poor,  when  he  draweth  him  into  his  net. 

10  10He  croucheth,  and  humbleth  himself,  that 
the  poor  may  fall  uby  his  strong  ones. 

11  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  God  hath  forgotten  : 
he  hideth  his  face  ;  he  will  never  see  it. 

12  Arise,  O  Lord  ;  O  God,  lift  up  thine  hand  :  for- 
get not  the  ^humble. 

13  Wherefore  doth  the  wicked  contemn  God  ?  he 
hath  said  in  his  heart,  Thou  wilt  not  require  it. 

14  Thou  hast  seen  it ;  for  thou  beholdest  mischief 
and  spite,  to  requite  it  with  thy  hand  :  the  poor 
13committeth  himself  unto  thee  ;  thou  art  the  helper 
of  the  fatherless. 

15  Break  thou  the  arm  of  the  wicked  and  the  evil 
man :  seek  out  his  wickedness  till  thou  find  none. 

16  The  Lord  is  King  for  ever  and  ever  :  the  hea- 
then are  perished  out  of  his  land. 

17  Lord,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire  of  the  humble : 
thou  wilt  14  prepare  their  heart,  thou  wilt  cause 
thine  ear  to  hear : 

18  To  judge  the  fatherless  and  the  oppressed,  that 
the  man  of  the  earth  may  no  more  15  oppress. 

PSALM  11. 

Providence  and  justice  of  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

IN  the  Lord  put  I  my  trust :  how  say  ye  to  my 
soul,  Flee  as  a  bird  to  your  mountain  ? 
2  For,  lo,  the  wicked  bend  their  bow,  they  make 
ready  their  arrow  upon  the  string,  that  they  may 
1  privily  shoot  at  the  upright  in  heart. 


Confidence  in  God. 


PSALMS,  1217. 


God's  defence  craved. 


3  If  the  foundations  be  destroyed,  what  can  the 
righteous  do? 

4  "The  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple,  the  Lord's 
throne  is  in  heaven  :  6his  eyes  behold,  his  eyelids 
try,  the  children  of  men. 

5  The  Lord  ctrieththe  righteous  :  but  the  wicked 
and  him  that  loveth  violence  his  soul  hateth. 

6  Upon  the  wicked  he  shall  rain  2  snares,  fire  and 
brimstone,  and  3an  horrible  tempest :  this  shall  be 
the  portion  of  their  cup. 

7  For  the  righteous  Lord  loveth  righteousness ; 
his  countenance  doth  behold  the  upright. 

PSALM  12. 

David's  confidence  in  God's  tried  promises. 
To  the  chief  Musician  *  upon  Shemiaith,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

JTTELP,  Lord  ;  for  "the  godly  man  ceaseth  ;  for 
-tJ-  the  faithful  fail  from  among  the  children  of 
men. 

2  They  speak  vanity  every  one  with  his  neigh- 
bour :  with  flattering  lips  and  with  2a  double  heart 
do  they  speak. 

3  The  Lord  shall  cut  off  all  flattering  lips,  and  the 
tongue  that  speaketh  3  proud  things  : 

4  Who  have  said,  With  our  tongue  will  we  pre- 
vail ;  our  lips  *are  our  own  :  who  is  lord  over  us? 

5  For  the  Oppression  of  the  poor,  for  the  sighing 
of  the  needy,  now  will  I  arise,  saith  the  Lord  ;  I 
will  set  him  in  safety  from  him  that 5  puffeth  at  him. 

6  The  words  of  the  Lord  are  c  pure  words  :  as  sil- 
ver tried  in  a  furnace  of  earth,  purified  seven  times. 

7  Thou  shalt  keep  them,  0  Lord,  thou  shalt  pre- 
serve 6  them  from  this  generation  for  ever. 

8  The  wicked  walk  on  every  side,  when  7  the  vilest 
men  are  exalted. 

PSALM  13. 

1  David^s  complaint  of  delay.    3  Prayer  for  grace. 
To  the  *  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

OW  long  wilt  thou  forget  me,  0  Lord?  for 
ever?  ahow  long  wilt  thou  hide  thy  face  from 


H 

me? 

2  How  long  shall  I  take  counsel  in  my  soul,  hav- 
ing sorrow  in  my  heart  daily  ?  how  long  shall  mine 
enemy  be  exalted  over  me  ? 

3  Consider  and  hear  me,  0  Lord  my  God  :  b  lighten 
mine  eyes,  clest  I  sleep  the  sleep  of  death; 

4  Lest  mine  enemy  say,  I  have  prevailed  against 
him  ;  and  those  that  trouble  me  rejoice  when  I  am 
moved. 

5  But  I  have  d  trusted  in  thy  mercy ;  my  heart 
shall  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

6  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  because  he  hath  dealt 
bountifully  with  me. 

PSALM  14. 

The  corruption  of  the  natural  man. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  afool  hath  said  in  his  heart,  There  is  no 
God.    b  They  are  corrupt,  they  have  done  abom- 
inable works,  there  is  none  that  doeth  good. 

2  The  Lord  looked  down  from  heaven  upon  the 
children  of  men,  to  see  if  there  were  any  that  did 
understand,  and  seek  God. 

3  They  are  all  gone  aside,  they  are  all  together 

26 


a  Hab.  2.  20. 

b  Eph.  5.  13. 
Heb.  4.  13. 


c  Job  5.  IT. 
Ps.  1)4.  12. 


2  Or,  quick 
burning  coals. 

3  Or,  a  burning 
tempest. 


*  Or,  upon  the 

eighth. 
1  Or,  Save. 
a  Isa.  57.  1. 


2  an  heart  and 
an  heart. 


3  great  tilings. 

4  are  with  us. 
I)  Ex.  3.  7,  8. 


5  Or,  would 

ensnare  him. 
c  2  Sam.  22.  31. 

Ps.  18.  30. 

Prov.  30.  5. 
G  him  :  that  is, 

every  one  of 

them. 
7  of  the  sons  of 

men. 


*  Or,  overseer. 
a  Deut.  31.  17. 

Job  13.  24. 

Ps.  22.  1. 

Isa.  59.  2. 
b  Ezra  9.  8. 

Ps.  18.  28. 

Luke  2.  32. 

Rev.  21.  23. 
c  Ps.  76.  5,  6. 

Isa.  37.  30. 

Jer.  51.  39. 

Eph.  5.  14. 
<l  2  Chr.  20.  12. 


a  Ps.  10.  4. 

Prov.  1.  7,  22. 
b  Gen.  6.  12. 

Rom.  3.  10. 

1  stinking, 

2  they  feared  a 
fear. 

3  Who  will  give. 


1  sojourn. 
a  Ps.  2.  G. 
APs.  84.  11. 

Isa.  33.  15,  10. 

2  Or,  receiveth, 
or,  endureth. 

c  Josh.  0.  18-20. 
d  Ezek.  IS.  8,  9. 


*  Or,  A  golden 

Psalm  of 

David. 
a  Ps.  25.  20. 

1  Or,  give  gifts 
to  another. 

2  of  ray  part. 

3  dwell  confi- 
dently. 

b  Ps.  49.  15. 

Acts  2.  27. 
<■  Dan.  9.  24. 

Luke  1.  35. 
d  Acts  2.  28. 


1  justice. 

2  without  lips  of 
deceit. 


become  '  filthy  :  there  is  none  that  doeth  good,  no, 
not  one. 

4  Have  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  no  knowledge? 
who  eat  up  my  people  as  they  eat  bread,  and  call 
not  upon  the  Lord. 

5  There 2  were  they  in  great  fear :  for  God  is  in  the 
generation  of  the  righteous. 

6  Ye  have  shamed  the  counsel  of  the  poor,  because 
the  Lord  is  his  refuge. 

7  3Oh  that  the  salvation  of  I§'ra-el  ivere  come  out 
of  Zl'on  !  when  the  Lord  bringeth  back  the  captivity 
of  his  people,  Ja'cob  shall  rejoice,  and  I§'ra-el  shall 
be  glad. 

PSALM  15. 


David  describes  •>  citizen  of  Zion. 

A  Psalm  o!   David. 


LORD,  who  shall  l abide  in  thy  tabernacle?  who 
shall  dwell  in  a  thy  holy  hill  ? 

2  He  6that  walketh  uprightly,  and  worketh  right- 
eousness, and  speaketh  the  truth  in  his  heart. 

3  He  that  backbiteth  not  with  his  tongue,  nor  doeth 
evil  to  his  neighbour,  nor  2taketh  up  a  reproach 
against  his  neighbour. 

4  In  whose  eyes  a  vile  person  is  contemned  ;  but 
he  honoureth  them  that  fear  the  Lord.  He  that 
'sweareth  to  his  oivn  hurt,  and  changeth  not. 

5  dHe  that  putteth  not  out  his  money  to  usury,  nor 
taketh  reward  against  the  innocent.  He  that  doeth 
these  things  shall  never  be  moved. 

PSALM  16. 

1  David  seeks  God's  preservation.    5  Hope  of  the  resurrection  and  life  everlasting. 
*  Michtam  of  David. 

PRESERVE  me,  O  God  :  "for  in  thee  do  I  put  my 
trust. 

2  O  my  soul,  thou  hast  said  unto  the  Lord,  Thou 
art  my  Lord  :  my  goodness  e-xtendeth  not  to  thee  ; 

3  But  to  the  saints  that  are  in  the  earth,  and  to 
the  excellent,  in  whom  is  all  my  delight. 

4  Their  sorrows  shall  be  multiplied  that  1  hasten 
after  another  god  :  their  drink  offerings  of  blood 
will  I  not  offer,  nor  take  up  their  names  into  my  lips. 

5  The  Lord  is  the  portion  '2of  mine  inheritance' 
and  of  my  cup  :  thou  maintainest  my  lot. 

6  The  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in  pleasant  places ; 
yea,  I  have  a  goodly  heritage. 

7  I  will  bless  the  Lord,  who  hath  given  me  coun- 
sel :  my  reins  also  instruct  me  in  the  night  seasons. 

8  I  have  set  the  Lord  always  before  me  :  because 
he  is  at  my  right  hand,  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

9  Therefore  my  heart  is  glad,  and  my  glory  re- 
joiceth  :  my  flesh  also  shall  arest  in  hope. 

10  6For  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  in  hell ;  neither 
wilt  thou  suffer  thine  cHoly  One  to  see  corruption. 

11  Thou  wilt  shew  me  rfthe  path  of  life  :  in  thy 
presence  is  fulness  of  joy  ;  at  thy  right  hand  there 
are  pleasures  for  evermore. 

PSALM  17. 

David  craves  the  defence  of  Hod  against  enemies. 
A  Prayer  of  David. 

HEAR  Jthe  right,  O  Lord,  attend  unto  my  cry, 
give  ear  unto  my  prayer,  that  goeth  2not  out 
of  feigned  lips. 

417 


Praise  of  God  for 


PSALMS,  18. 


manifold  blessings. 


2  Let  my  sentence  come  forth  from  thy  presence ; 
let  thine  eyes  behold  the  things  that  are  equal. 

3  Thou  hast  "proved  mine  heart ;  thou  hast  visited 
me  in  the  night ;  thou  hast  tried  me,  and  shalt  find 
nothing  ;  I  am  purposed  that  my  b  mouth  shall  not 
transgress. 

4  Concerning  the  works  of  men,  by  cthe  word  of 
thy  lips  I  have  kept  me  from  the  paths  of  the  de- 
stroyer. 

5  Hold  up  my  goings  in  thy  paths,  that  my  foot- 
steps 3slip  not. 

6  I  have  called  upon  thee,  for  thou  wilt  hear  me, 
0  God  :  incline  thine  ear  unto  me,  and  hear  my 
speech. 

7  Shew  thy  marvellous  lovingkindness,  0  thou 
4  that  savest  by  thy  right  hand  them  which  put 
their  trust  in  thee  from  those  that  rise  up  against 
them. 

8  dKeep  me  as  the  apple  of  the  eye,  hide  me 
under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings, 

9  From  the  wicked  5that  oppress  me,  from  6my 
deadly  enemies,  who  compass  me  about. 

10  They  are  inclosed  in  their  own  fat :  with  their 
mouth  they  speak  proudly. 

11  They  have  now  e  compassed  us  in  our  steps  : 
they  have  set  their  eyes  bowing  down  to  the  earth ; 

12  7Like  as  a  lion  that  is  greedy  of  his  prey,  and 
as  it  were  a  young  lion  8  lurking  in  secret  places. 

13  Arise,  0  Lord,  9  disappoint  him,  cast  him  down : 
deliver  my  soul  from  the  wicked,  w  which  is  thy 
sword  : 

14  From  men  which  are  thy  hand,  0  Lord,  from 
men  of  the  world,  which  have  their  portion  in  this 
life,  and  whose  belly  thou  fillest  with  thy  hid  trea- 
sure :  "  they  are  full  of  children,  and  leave  the  rest 
of  their  substance  to  their  babes. 

15  As  for  me,  fI  will  behold  thy  face  in  righteous- 
ness :  I  shall  be  satisfied,  when  I  awake,  with  ffthy 
likeness. 

PSALM  18. 

David  praises  God  for  manifold  blessings. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David,  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  who  spake  unto  the  Lord 
the  words  of  *  this  song  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  delivered  him  from  the  hand  of  all  his  enemies, 
and  from  the  hand  of  Saul  :  And.  he  said, 

I  a  WILL  love  thee,  0  Lord,  my  strength. 
2  The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my  fortress,  and 
my  deliverer  ;  my  God,  Jmy  strength,  6in  whom  I 
will  trust ;  my  buckler,  and  the  horn  of  my  salva- 
tion, and  my  high  tower. 

3  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord,  cwho  is  worthy  to  be 
praised  :  so  shall  I  be  saved  from  mine  enemies. 

4  dThe  sorrows  of  death  compassed  me,  and  the 
floods  of  2  ungodly  men  made  me  afraid. 

5  The  3  sorrows  of  hell  compassed  me  about :  the 
snares  of  death  prevented  me. 

6  In  my  distress  I  called  upon  the  Lord,  and  cried 
unto  my  God  :  he  heard  my  voice  out  of  his  temple, 
and  my  cry  came  before  him,  even  into  his  ears. 

7  eThen  the  earth  shook  and  trembled  ;  the  foun- 
dations also  of  the  hills  moved  and  were  shaken, 
because  he  was  wroth. 

8  There  went  up  a  smoke  4out  of  his  nostrils,  and 
fire  out  of  his  mouth  devoured  :  coals  were  kindled 
by  it. 

418 


!  Job  23.  10. 


b  Jas.  3.  2. 


e  Rom.  12.  2. 


3  be  not  moved. 


4  Or,  that  savest 
them  which 
trust  in  thee 
from  those  that 
rise  up  against 
thy  right  hand. 

d  Deut.  32.  10. 


5  that  waste  me. 

6  my  enemies 
against  the 
soul. 


e  1  Sam.  23.  26. 


7  The  likeness  of 
liiui  (that  is,  of 
every  one  of 
them)  is  as  a 
lion  that  desir- 
eth  to  ravin. 

8  sitting. 

9  prevent  his 
face. 

10  Or,  by  thy 
sword. 


11  Or,  their  chil- 
dren are  full. 
/'  Job  19.  2G,  27. 
GrCol.  1.  15. 


*  2  Sam.  22. 
a  Deut.  32.  4. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

Ps.  91.  2. 

1  my  rock. 

b  Heb.  2.  13. 
c  Ps.  70.  4. 
d  Ps.  11G.  3. 

2  Belial. 

3  Or,  cords. 
e  Acts  4.  31. 

4  by  his. 
/Isa.  64.  1. 
<7Ps.  99.  1. 
A  Ps.  104.  3. 
i  Ps.  97.  2. 

/  Ps.  29.  3. 
k  Num.  24.  8. 

Deut.  32.  23. 

Job  6.  4. 

Ps.  21.  12. 
I  Ps.  144.  7. 

5  Or,  great 
waters. 

m  Ps.  118.  5. 
n  2  Sam.  22.  21. 

Prov.  18.  10. 

Matt.  6.  4. 

1  Cor.  3.  8. 

6  with. 

o  Ruth  2.  12. 
Matt.  10. 
41,  42. 

7  before  his  eyes. 
ji  Matt.  18. 

32-35. 
q  Lev.  26.  23. 

8  Or,  wrestle. 
/•  Prov.  6.  17. 
.?  Job  18.  0. 

9  Or,  lamp. 

10  Or,  broken. 
t  Deut.  32.  4. 

Rom.  12.  3. 
Rev.  15.  3. 
u  Ps.  12.  6. 

11  Or,  refined. 
v  Deut.  32.  31. 

2  Sam.  22.  32. 
Ps.  8G.  8. 


9  -Tie  bowed  the  heavens  also,  and  came  down  :  • 
and  darkness  was  under  his  feet. 

10  3And  he  rode  upon  a  cherub,  and  did  fly :  yea, 
/(he  did  fly  upon  the  wings  of  the  wind. 

11  He  made  darkness  his  secret  place  ;  his  'pavil- 
ion round  about  him  were  dark  waters  and  thick 
clouds  of  the  skies. 

12  At  the  brightness  that  ivas  before  him  his 
thick  clouds  passed,  hail  stones  and  coals  of  fire. 

13  The  Lord  also  thundered  in  the  heavens,  and 
the  Highest  gave  J'his  voice ;  hail  stones  and  coals 
of  fire. 

14  *Yea,  he  sent  out  his  arrows,  and  scattered 
them  ;  and  he  shot  out  lightnings,  and  discomfited 
them. 

15  Then  the  channels  of  waters  were  seen,  and  the 
foundations  of  the  world  were  discovered  at  thy 
rebuke,  O  Lord,  at  the  blast  of  the  breath  of  thy 
nostrils. 

16  'He  sent  from  above,  he  took  me,  he  drew  me 
out  of  5many  waters. 

17  He  delivered  me  from  my  strong  enemy,  and 
from  them  which  hated  me  :  for  they  were  too 
strong  for  me. 

18  They  prevented  me  in  the  day  of  my  calamity : 
but  the  Lord  was  my  stay. 

19  raHe  brought  me  forth  also  into  a  large  place  ; 
he  delivered  me,  because  he  delighted  in  me. 

20  "The  Lord  rewarded  me  according  to  my  right- 
eousness ;  according  to  the  cleanness  of  my  hands 
hath  he  recompensed  me. 

21  For  I  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  and 
have  not  wickedly  departed  from  my  God. 

22  For  all  his  judgments  were  before  me,  and  I 
did  not  put  away  his  statutes  from  me. 

23  I  was  also  upright  6  before  him,  and  I  kept  my- 
self from  mine  iniquity. 

24  "Therefore  hath  the  Lord  recompensed  me  ac- 
cording to  my  righteousness,  according  to  the  clean- 
ness of  my  hands  7in  his  eyesight. 

25  pWith  the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew  thyself 
merciful  ;  with  an  upright  man  thou  wilt  shew  thy- 
self upright ; 

26  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew  thyself  pure ;  and 
9  with  the  froward  thou  wilt  8shew  thyself  froward. 

27  For  thou  wilt  save  the  afflicted  people  ;  but 
wilt  bring  down  rhigh  looks. 

28  sFor  thou  wilt  light  my  9  candle  :  the  Lord  my 
God  will  enlighten  my  darkness. 

29  For  by  thee  I  have  10run  through  a  troop  ;  and 
by  my  God  have  I  leaped  over  a  wall. 

30  As  for  God,  'his  way  is  perfect :  "the  word  of 
the  Lord  is  "tried :  he  is  a  buckler  to  all  those  that 
trust  in  him. 

31  For  "who  is  God  save  the  Lord?  or  who  is  a 
rock  save  our  God  ? 

32  It  is  God  that  girdeth  me  with  strength,  and 
maketh  my  way  perfect. 

33  He  maketh  my  feet  like  hinds'  feet,  and  setteth 
me  upon  my  high  places. 

34  He  teacheth  my  hands  to  war,  so  that  a  bow  of 
steel  is  broken  by  mine  arms. 


The  glory  of  creation. 


PSALMS,  19-21. 


God's  blessing  sought. 


32 


13 


35  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  shield  of  thy  sal- 
vation :  and  thy  right  hand  hath  holden  me  up,  and 

thy  gentleness  hath  made  me  great. 

36  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  under  me,  that 
my  feet  did  not  slip. 

37  I  have  pursued  mine  enemies,  and  overtaken 
them  :  neither  did  I  turn  again  till  they  were  con- 
sumed. 

38  I  have  wounded  them  that  they  were  not  able 
to  rise  :  they  are  fallen  under  my  feet. 

39  For  thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  unto 
the  battle  :  thou  hast  u  subdued  under  me  those 
that  rose  up  against  me. 

40  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  necks  of  mine 
enemies  ;  that  I  might  destroy  them  that  hate  me. 

41  They  cried,  but  there  was  none  to  save  them  : 
weven  unto  the  Lord,  but  he  answered  them  not. 

42  Then  did  I  beat  them  small  as  the  dust  before 
the  wind  :  I  did  cast  them  out  as  the  dirt  in  the 
streets. 

43  Thou  hast  delivered  me  from  the  strivings  of 
the  people ;  and  thou  hast  made  me  the  head  of  the 
heathen :  a  people  whom  I  have  not  known  shall 
serve  me. 

44  15As  soon  as  they  hear  of  me,  they  shall  obey 
me:  16the  strangers  shall  "submit  themselves  unto 
me. 

45  *The  strangers  shall  fade  away,  and  be  afraid 
out  of  their  close  places. 

46  ^The  Lord  liveth;  and  blessed  be  my  rock;  and 
let  the  God  of  my  salvation  be  exalted. 

47  It  is  God  that  18avengeth  me,  and  19subdueth 
the  people  under  me. 

48  He  delivereth  me  from  mine  enemies  :  yea, 
z  thou  liftest  me  up  above  those  that  rise  up  against 
me :  thou  hast  delivered  me  from  the 20  violent  man. 

49  Therefore  will  1 21give  thanks  unto  thee,  0  Lord, 
among  the  heathen,  and  sing  praises  unto  thy  name. 

50  "Great  deliverance  giveth  he  to  his  king ;  and 
sheweth  mercy  to  his  anointed,  to  Da'vid,  and  to  his 
seed  for  evermore. 

PSALM  19. 

1  Creation  shews  God's  glory.     12  David's  prayer  for  grace. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  a  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God  ;  and  the 
firmament  sheweth  his  handywork. 

2  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech,  and  night  unto 
night  sheweth  knowledge. 

3  There  is  no  speech  nor  language,  x  where  their 
voice  is  "not  heard. 

4  2b  Their  line  is  gone  out  through  all  the  earth, 
and  their  words  to  the  end  of  the  world.  In  them 
hath  he  set  a  tabernacle  for  the  sun, 

5  c  Which  is  as  a  bridegroom  coming  out  of  his 
chamber,  and  rejoiceth  as  a  strong  man  to  run  a  race. 

6  His  going  forth  dis  from  the  end  of  the  heaven, 
and  his  circuit  unto  the  ends  of  it :  and  there  is 
nothing  hid  from  the  heat  thereof. 

7  The  3law  of  the  Lord  is  perfect,  Converting 
che  soul  :  the  testimony  of  the  Lord  is  sure,  mak- 
ing wise  the  simple. 

8  "The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right,  rejoicing 


12  Or,  with  thy 
meekness  thou 
hast  multiplied 
me. 

13  raiue  ancles. 


11  caused  to  bow. 


w  Prov.  1.  28. 


15  At  the  hear- 
ing of  the  ear. 

1G  the  sons  of 
the  stranger. 

17  lie,  or,  yield 
feigned 
obedience. 

x  Mic.  7.  17. 
y  Jer.  10.  10. 

18  giveth  avenge- 
ments  for  me. 

19  Or, 
destroyeth. 

2Ps.  50.  1. 

20  man  of  vio- 
lence. 

21  Or,  confess. 
a  Ps.  144.  10. 


a  Isa.  40.  22. 
Rom.  1.  19. 

1  without  their 
voice  heard, 
or,  without 
these  their 
voice  is  heard. 

2  Or,  Their  rule, 
or,  direction. 

b  Rom.  10.  18. 
c  Eccl.  11.  7. 
d  Eccl.  1.  5. 

3  Or,  doctrine. 

4  Or,  restoring. 
e.  Neb.  9.  13. 

Rom.  7.  12. 
1  Tim.  1.  8. 

5  truth. 

6  the  dropping 
of  honey- 
combs. 

/  Prov.  6.  22,  23. 

7  Or,  much. 

8  my  rock. 
g  Isa.  44.  6. 


a  Isa.  50.  10. 

1  set  thee  on  an 
high  place. 

2  thy  help. 

3  support  thee. 

4  turn  to  ashes  : 
or,  make  fat. 

b  1  John  5. 

14,  15. 
e  Isa.  12.  1,  2. 
d  1  Sam.  17.  45. 

5  from  the 
heaven  of  his 
holiness. 

G  by  the 
strength  of 
the  salvation 
of  bis  right 
hand. 

e  Judg.  7.  7. 


a  John  11.  42. 
b  2  Sam.  7.  19. 

1  set  him  to  be 
blessings. 

2  gladded  him 
with  joy. 

e  Ps.  91.  2. 


the  heart  :  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  is  pure, 
enlightening  the  eyes. 

9  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  clean,  enduring  for 
ever  :  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  are  "true  and 
righteous  altogether. 

10  More  to  be  desired  are  they  than  gold,  yea,  than 
much  fine  gold  :  sweeter  also  than  honey  and  °the 
honeycomb. 

11  Moreover  by  them  is  thy  servant  ^"warned :  and 
in  keeping  of  them  there  is  great  reward. 

12  Who  can  understand  his  errors  ?  cleanse  thou 
me  from  secret  faults. 

13  Keep  back  thy  servant  also  from  presumptuous 
sins ;  let  them  not  have  dominion  over  me  :  then 
shall  I  be  upright,  and  I  shall  be  innocent  from  7  the 
great  transgression. 

14  Let  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the  meditation 
of  my  heart,  be  acceptable  in  thy  sight,  O  Lord, 
8  my  strength,  and  my  °  redeemer. 


PSALM  20. 


God's  blessing  sought  through  the  sanctuary. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  'it  Daviil. 


!the 


and 


thy 


THE  Lord  hear  thee  in  the  day  of  trouble  ; 
name  of  the  God  of  Ja'cob  x  defend  thee  ; 

2  Send    2thee    help    from    the     sanctuary, 
"strengthen  thee  out  of  Zi'on  ; 

3  Remember  all   thy  offerings,  and   4  accept 
burnt  sacrifice ;  Se'lah. 

4  b  Grant  thee  according  to  thine  own  heart,  and 
fulfil  all  thy  counsel. 

5  We  will  c  rejoice  in  thy  salvation,  and  in  the 
name  of  our  God  we  d  will  set  up  our  banners  :  the 
Lord  fulfil  all  thy  petitions. 

6  Now  know  I  that  the  Lord  saveth  his  anointed  ; 
he  will  hear  him  5from  his  holy  heaven  Gwith  the 
saving  strength  of  his  right  hand. 

7  Some  trust  in  chariots,  and  some  in  horses  :  but 
we  will  e  remember  the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

8  They  are  brought  down  and  fallen  :  but  we  are 
risen,  and  stand  upright. 

9  Save,  Lord  :  let  the  king  hear  us  when  we  call. 

PSALM  21. 

A  thanksgiving  for  victory. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  king  shall  joy  in  thy  strength,  O  Lord  ;  and 
in  thy  salvation  how  greatly  shall  he  rejoice  ! 

2  Thou  hast  given  him  "his  heart's  desire,  and 
hast  not  withholden  the  request  of  his  lips.     Se'lah. 

3  For  thou  preventest  him  with  the  blessings  of 
goodness  :  thou  settest  a  crown  of  pure  gold  on  his 
head. 

4  He  asked  life  of  thee,  band  thou  gavest  it  him, 
even  length  of  days  for  ever  and  ever. 

5  His  glory  is  great  in  thy  salvation  :  honour  and 
majesty  hast  thou  laid  upon  him. 

6  For  thou  hast  amade  him  most  blessed  for  ever: 
thou  hast  2made  him  exceeding  glad  with  thy  coun- 
tenance. 

7  For  the  king  °trusteth  in  the  Lord,  and  through 
the  mercy  of  the  most  High  he  shall  not  be  moved. 

8  Thine  hand  shall  find  out  all  thine  enemies  :  thy 
right  hand  shall  find  out  those  that  hate  thee. 

419 


A  'prayer  in  distress. 


PSALMS,  22-24. 


Confidence  in  God's  grace. 


9  Thou  shalt  make  them  as  da  fiery  oven  in  the 
time  of  thine  anger  :  the  Lord  shall  swallow  them 
up  in  his  wrath,  and  the  fire  shall  devour  them. 

10  Their  fruit  shalt  thou  destroy  from  the  earth, 
and  their  seed  from  among  the  children  of  men. 

11  For  they  intended  evil  against  thee  :  they 
imagined  a  mischievous  device,  which  they  are  not 
able  to  perform. 

12  Therefore  3  shalt  thou  make  them  turn  their 
4  back,  when  thou  shalt  make  ready  thine  arroivs 
upon  thy  strings  against  the  face  of  them. 

13  Be  thou  exalted,  Lord,  in  thine  own  strength : 
so  will  we  esing  and  praise  thy  power. 

PSALM  22. 

3  David  prays  in  distress.     23  His  praise  of  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  *  Aijeleth  Siiahar,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

MY  a  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ? 
why  art  thou  so  far  xfrom  helping  me,  and 
from  6the  words  of  my  roaring? 

2  0  my  God,  I  cry  in  the  daytime,  but  thou  hear- 
est  not ;  and  in  the  night  season,  and  2am  not  silent. 

3  But  thou  art  choly,  0  thou  that  inhabitest  the 
praises  of  I§'ra-el. 

4  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thee  :  they  trusted,  and 
thou  didst  deliver  them. 

5  They  cried  unto  thee,  and  were  delivered :  they 
trusted  in  thee,  and  were  not  confounded. 

6  But  I  am  a  worm,  and  no  man  ;  d  a  reproach  of 
men,  and  despised  of  the  people. 

7  eAll  they  that  see  me  laugh  me  to  scorn :  they 
3  shoot  out  the  lip,  they  shake  the  head,  saying, 

8  4  He  trusted  on  the  Lord  that  he  would  deliver 
him  :  let  him  deliver  him,  5  seeing  he  delighted  in 
him. 

9  But  thou  art  he  that  took  me  out  of  the  womb  : 
thou  6  didst  make  me  hope  when  I  ivas  upon  my 
mother's  breasts. 

10  I  was  cast  upon  thee  from  the  womb  :  thou  art 
my  God  from  my  mother's  belly. 

11  Be  not  far  from  me ;  for  trouble  is  near ;  for 
there  is  7  none  to  help. 

12  Many  bulls  have  compassed  me  :  strong  bulls 
of  Ba'shan  have  beset  me  round. 

13  They  8/gaped  upon  me  with  their  mouths,  as  a 
ravening  and  a  roaring  lion. 

14  I  am  poured  out  like  water,  and  all  my  bones 
are  9out  of  joint  :  my  heart  is  like  wax  ;  it  is  melted 
in  the  midst  of  my  bowels. 

15  "My  strength  is  dried  up  like  a  potsherd  ;  and 
my  tongue  cleaveth  to  my  jaws;  and  thou  hast 
brought  me  into  the  dust  of  death. 

16  For  dogs  have  compassed  me :  the  assembly  of 
the  wicked  have  inclosed  me  :  ''they  pierced  my 
hands  and  my  feet. 

17  1  may  tell  all  my  bones :  they  look  and  stare 
upon  me. 

18  'They  part  my  garments  among  them,  and  cast 
lots  upon  my  vesture. 

19  But  be  not  thou  far  from  me,  0  Lord:  0  my 
strength,  haste  thee  to  help  me. 

20  Deliver  my  soul  from  the  sword ;  10my  darling 
11  from  the  power  of  the  dog. 

420 


d  Deut.  32.  22. 


3  Or,  thou  shalt 
set  them  as  a 
butt. 

4  shoulder. 


e  Rev.  15.  3,  4. 


*  Or,  the  hind 
of  the  morn- 
ing. 

a  Matt.  27.  46. 

1  from  my 
salvation. 

b  Heb.  5.  7. 


2  there  is  no 
silence  to  me. 

c  Isa.  6.  3. 
Rev.  4.  8. 


d  Isa.  53.  3. 


e  Matt.  9.  24. 
Mark  15.  20. 
Luke  16.  14. 

3  open. 

4  He  rolled 
himself  on 
the  Lord. 

5  Or,  if  he  de- 
light in  him. 

6  Or,  kepteet 
me  in  safety. 

7  not  a  helper. 

8  opened  their 
mouths 
against  me. 

/'Ps.  35.21. 
1  Pet.  5.  8. 

9  Or,  sundered. 
(/  Prov.  17.  22. 
'h  Zeoh.  12.  10. 

Luke  23.  33. 
John  20.  27. 
i  Matt.  27.  35. 
Mark  15.  24. 
Luke  23.  34. 

10  my  only  one. 

11  from  the 
hand. 

/  2  Tim.  4.  17. 
/■  John  20.  17. 
/  John  6.  57. 
in  John  6.  51. 
n  Ps.  2.  8. 
o  Ps.  47.  7-9. 

Zech.  14.  9. 

Matt.  6.  13. 
p  Isa.  26.  19. 


a  John  10.  11. 
1  Pet.  2.  25. 

1  pastures  of 
tender  grass. 

b  Ezek.  34.  14. 

2  waters  of 
quietness. 

c  Ps.  46.  11. 
Isa.  8.  10. 
Zech.  8.  23. 
Matt.  1.  23. 
Acts  18.  9,  10. 

3  makest  fat. 
d  2  Cor.  5.  1. 

4  to  length  of 
days. 


a  Ex.  9.  29. 

Job  41.  11. 
1  The  clean  of 

hands. 
6  Matt.  5.  8. 


21  J'Save  me  from  the  lion's  mouth  :  for  thou  hast 
heard  me  from  the  horns  of  the  unicorns. 

22  I  will  declare  thy  name  unto  my  k  brethren  :  in 
the  midst  of  the  congregation  will  I  praise  thee. 

23  Ye  that  fear  the  Lor*d,  praise  him ;  all  ye  the 
seed  of  Ja'cob,  glorify  him ;  and  fear  him,  all  ye  the 
seed  of  Ig'ra-el. 

24  For  he  hath  not  despised  nor  abhorred  the 
affliction  of  the  afflicted ;  neither  hath  he  hid  his 
face  from  him  ;  but  when  he  cried  unto  him,  he 
heard. 

25  My  praise  shall  be  of  thee  in  the  great  congre- 
gation :  I  will  pay  my  vows  before  them  that  fear 
him. 

26  l  The  meek  shall  eat  and  be  satisfied  :  they  shall 
praise  the  Lord  that  seek  him  :  your  heart  m  shall 
live  for  ever. 

27  n  All  the  ends  of  the  world  shall  remember  and 
turn  unto  the  Lord  :  and  all  the  kindreds  of  the 
nations  shall  worship  before  thee. 

28  °  For  the  kingdom  is  the  Lord's  :  and  he  is  the 
governor  among  the  nations. 

29  All  they  that  be  fat  upon  earth  shall  eat  and 
worship  :  p  all  they  that  go  down  to  the  dust  shall 
bow  before  him  :  and  none  can  keep  alive  his  own 
soul. 

30  A  seed  shall  serve  him  ;  it  shall  be  accounted 
to  the  Lord  for  a  generation. 

31  They  shall  come,  and  shall  declare  his  right- 
eousness unto  a  people  that  shall  be  born,  that  he 
hath  done  this. 

PSALM  ,23. 

David's  confidence  in  the  grace  of  God. 
A  Pealm  of  David. 

rilHE  Lord  is  a  my  shepherd  ;  I  shall  not  want. 
-*-    2  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  a  green  pas- 
tures :  b  he  leadeth  me  beside  the  2  still  waters. 

3  He  restoreth  my  soul :  he  leadeth  me  in  the  paths 
of  righteousness  for  his  name's  sake. 

4  Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no  evil :  c  for  thou  art 
with  me  ;  thy  rod  and  thy  staff  they  comfort  me. 

5  Thou  preparest  a  table  before  me  in  the  presence 
of  mine  enemies  :  thou  3anointest  my  head  with  oil  ; 
my  cup  runneth  over. 

6  Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow  me  all 
the  days  of  my  life  :  and  I  will  d  dwell  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord  4for  ever. 

PSALM  24. 

The  citizens  of  God's  spiritual  kingdom. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

rPHE  "earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the  fulness  there- 
-*-    of  ;  the  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 

2  For  he  hath  founded  it  upon  the  seas,  and  es- 
tablished it  upon  the  floods. 

3  Who  shall  aseend  into  the  hill  of  the  Lord  ?  or 
who  shall  stand  in  his  holy  place  ? 

4  *He  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  ha  pure  heart  ; 
who  hath  not  lifted  up  his  soul  unto  vanity,  nor 
sworn  deceitfully. 

5  He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from  the  Lord,  and 
righteousness  from  the  God  of  his  salvation. 


Prayer  for  remission  of  sins. 


PSALMS,  25-27. 


David's  love  of  service. 


6  This  is  the  generation  of  them  that  seek  him, 
that  seek  thy  face,  20  Ja'cob.     Se'lah. 

7  Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates  ;  and  be  ye  lift 
up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  cand  the  King  of  glory 
shall  come  in. 

8  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ?  The  Lord  strong 
and  mighty,  the  Lord  mighty  in  battle. 

9  Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates  ;  even  lift  them 
up,  ye  everlasting  doors  ;  and  the  King  of  glory 
shall  come  in. 

10  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ?  The  Lord  of  hosts, 
he  is  the  King  of  glory.     Se'lah. 

PSALM  25. 

1  David's  trust  in  prayer.    7  Prayer  for  remission  of  sins. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

UNTO  "thee,  0  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my  soul. 
2  0  my  God,  I  6  trust  in  thee  :  let  me  not  be 
ashamed,  let  not  mine  enemies  triumph  over  me. 

3  Yea,  let  none  that  wait  on  thee  be  ashamed  : 
let  them  be  ashamed  which  transgress  without 
cause. 

4  cShew  me  thy  ways,  0  Lord  ;  teach  me  thy 
paths. 

5  Lead  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach  me  :  for  thou 
art  the  God  of  my  salvation  ;  on  thee  do  I  wait  all 
the  day. 

6  Remember,  0  Lord,  Hhy  tender  mercies  and 
thy  lovingkindnesses  ;  for  they  have  been  ever  of 
old. 

7  Remember  not  the  sins  of  my  youth,  nor  my 
transgressions :  d  according  to  thy  mercy  remember 
thou  me  for  thy  goodness'  sake,  0  Lord. 

8  Good  and  upright  is  the  Lord  :  therefore  will 
he  teach  sinners  in  the  way. 

9  The  meek  will  he  guide  in  judgment :  and  the 
meek  will  he  teach  his  way. 

10  All  the  paths  of  the  Lord  are  mercy  and  truth 
unto  such  as  keep  his  covenant  and  his  testimo- 
nies. 

11  eFor  thy  name's  sake,  0  Lord,  pardon  mine 
iniquity  ;  yfor  it  is  great. 

12  What  man  is  he  that  feareth  the  Lord?  "him 
shall  he  teach  in  the  way  that  he  shall  choose. 

13  His  soul  2shall  dwell  at  ease  ;  and  fchis  seed 
shall  inherit  the  earth. 

14  {The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with  them  that  fear 
him  ;  3and  he  will  shew  them  his  covenant. 

15  ^'Mine  eyes  are  ever  toward  the  Lord  ;  for  he 
shall 4  pluck  my  feet  out  of  the  net. 

16  fcTurn  thee  unto  me,  and  have  mercy  upon  me ; 
for  I  am  desolate  and  afflicted. 

17  The  troubles  of  my  heart  are  enlarged  :  0  bring 
thou  me  out  of  my  distresses. 

18  'Look  upon  mine  affliction  and  my  pain  ;  and 
forgive  all  my  sins. 

19  Consider  mine  enemies  ;  for  they  are  many ; 
and  they  hate  me  with  5  cruel  hatred. 

20  0  keep  my  soul,  and  deliver  me :  let  me  not  be 
ashamed  ;  for  I  put  my  trust  in  thee. 

21  Let  integrity  and  uprightness  preserve  me  ; 
for  I  wait  on  thee. 

22  m  Redeem  Ig'ra-el,  0  God,  out  of  all  his  troubles. 


'.'  Or,  O  God  of 
Jacob. 

c  Hag.  2.  7. 
Mai.  3.  1. 
1  Cor.  2.  8. 


«  1  Sam.  1.  15. 
Ps.  Hi;.  4. 

Lam.  3.  41. 
b  Ps.  7.  1. 
Ps.  IS.  2. 
Rom.  10.  11. 


c  Ex.  33.  13. 
Ps.  143.  8. 
Prov.  8.  20. 


1  thy  bowels. 
dPs.  51.  1. 

e  Ps.  31.  3. 
Ps.  79.  9. 
/  Rom.  5.  20. 
g  Ps.  37.  23. 

2  shall  lodge  in 
goodness. 

A  Pa.  37.  11,  22, 

29. 
i  Prov.  3.  32. 

John  7.  17. 

2  Cor.  4.  2-6. 

3  Or,  and  his 
covenant  to 
make  them 
know  it. 

j  Ps.  141.  8. 

4  bring  forth. 
k  Ps.  69.  16. 

/  2  Sam.  16.  12. 

5  hatred,  of 
violence. 

m  Ps.  130.  S. 


a  Ps.  7.  8. 
6  Ps.  28.  7. 

Prov.  29.  25. 
cPs.  1.  1. 

Jer.  15.  17. 
rfPs.  1.  1. 

Ps.  5.  5. 

Ps.  15.  4. 

Ps.  31.  G. 
t  Ex.  30.  19. 

Ps.  73.  13. 

1  Tim.  2.  8. 

1  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  thy 
honour. 

2  Or,  Take  not 
away. 

3  men  of  blood. 

4  filled  with. 


1  approached 
against  me. 

2  Or,  the  de- 
light. 

a  Prov.  18.  10. 
Isa.  4.  6. 
Col.  3.  3. 

3  of  shouting. 

4  Or,  My  heart 
said  unto 
thee,  Let  my 
face  seek  thy 
face. 

b  Isa,  49.  15. 
John  16.  32. 
2  Tim.  4. 
16,  18. 

5  will  gather 
me. 

6  a  way  of 
plainness. 

7  those  which 
observe  me. 


PSALM  26. 

David  resorts  unto  God  in  },,..  integrity. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

rUDGE  "me,  O  Lord  ;  for  I  have  walked  in  mine 
V  integrity:  hl  have  trusted  also  in  the  Lord; 
therefore  I  shall  not  slide. 

2  Examine  me,  0  Lord,  and  prove  me  ;  try  my 
reins  and  my  heart. 

3  For  thy  lovingkindness  is  before  mine  eyes  : 
and  I  have  walked  in  thy  truth. 

4  CI  have  not  sat  with  vain  persons,  neither  will  I 
go  in  with  dissemblers. 

5  I  have  d  hated  the  congregation  of  evildoers  ; 
and  will  not  sit  with  the  wicked. 

6  el  will  wash  mine  hands  in  innocency  :  so  will  I 
compass  thine  altar,  O  Lord  : 

7  That  I  may  publish  with  the  voice  of  thanksgiv- 
ing, and  tell  of  all  thy  wondrous  works. 

8  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  of  thy  house, 
and  the  place  *  where  thine  honour  dwelleth. 

9  2  Gather  not  my  soul  with  sinners,  nor  my  life 
with  3  bloody  men  : 

10  In  whose  hands  is  mischief,  and  their  right 
hand  is  4full  of  bribes. 

11  But  as  for  me,  I  will  walk  in  mine  integrity : 
redeem  me,  and  be  merciful  unto  me. 

12  My  foot  standeth  in  an  even  place  :  in  the  con- 
gregations will  I  bless  the  Lord. 

PSALM  27. 

1  David  sustains  his  faith  by  the  power  of  God.     4  His  love  of  service. 
A  Psalm  oJ  David. 

rpHE  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation  ;  whom 
-*-    shall  I  fear  ?  the  Lord  is  the  strength  of  my 
life  ;  of  whom  shall  I  be  afraid  ? 

2  When  the  wicked,  even  mine  enemies  and  my 
foes,  'came  upon  me  to  eat  up  my  flesh,  they  stum- 
bled and  fell. 

3  Though  an  host  should  encamp  against  me,  my 
heart  shall  not  fear  :  though  war  should  rise  against 
me,  in  this  will  I  be  confident. 

4  One  thing  have  I  desired  of  the  Lord,  that  will 
I  seek  after ;  that  I  may  dwell  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  all  the  days  of  my  life,  to  behold  2the  beauty 
of  the  Lord,  and  to  enquire  in  his  temple. 

5  For  "in  the  time  of  trouble  he  shall  hide  me  in 
his  pavilion  :  in  the  secret  of  his  tabernacle  shall 
he  hide  me  ;  he  shall  set  me  up  upon  a  rock. 

6  And  now  shall  mine  head  be  lifted  up  above 
mine  enemies  round  about  me  :  therefore  will  I 
offer  in  his  tabernacle  sacrifices  3of  joy ;  I  will  sing, 
yea,  I  will  sing  praises  unto  the  Lord. 

7  Hear,  O  Lord,  when  I  cry  with  my  voice  :  have 
mercy  also  upon  me,  and  answer  me. 

8  4  When  thou  saidst,  Seek  ye  my  face  ;  my  heart 
said  unto  thee,  Thy  face,  Lord,  will  I  seek. 

9  Hide  not  thy  face  far  from  me  ;  put  not  thy  ser- 
vant away  in  anger  :  thou  hast  been  my  help  ;  leave 
me  not,  neither  forsake  me,  O  God  of  my  salvation. 

10  6When  my  father  and  my  mother  forsake  me, 
then  the  Lord  5  will  take  me  up. 

11  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord,  and  lead  me  in  6  a 
plain  path,  because  of  7mine  enemies. 

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Prayer  against  enemies. 


PSALMS,  28-31. 


Praise  for  deliverance. 


12  Deliver  me  not  over  unto  the  will  of  mine  ene- 
mies :  for  c  false  witnesses  are  risen  up  against  me, 
and  such  as  breathe  out  cruelty. 

13  /  had  fainted,  d  unless  I  had  believed  to  see  the 
goodness  of  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

14  e  Wait  on  the  Lord  :  be  of  good  courage,  and 
he  shall  strengthen  thine  heart :  wait,  I  say,  on  the 
Lord. 

PSALM  28. 

1  A  prayer  against  enemies.    6  God  is  blessed.    9  Prayer  for  the  people. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

UNTO  thee  will  I  cry,  0  Lord  my  rock ;  be  not 
silent  Ho  me :  lest,  if  thou  be  silent  to  me,  I 
become  like  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

2  Hear  the  voice  of  my  supplications,  when  I  cry 
unto  thee,  when  I  lift  up  my  hands  2  toward  thy 
holy  oracle. 

3  Draw  me  not  away  with  the  wicked,  and  with 
the  workers  of  iniquity,  which  speak  peace  to  their 
neighbours,  but  mischief  is  in  their  hearts. 

4  "Give  them  according  to  their  deeds,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  wickedness  of  their  endeavours  :  give 
them  after  the  work  of  their  hands  ;  render  to  them 
their  desert. 

5  Because  they  regard  not  the  works  of  the  Lord, 
nor  the  operation  of  his  hands,  he  shall  destroy 
them,  and  not  build  them  up. 

6  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  because  he  hath  heard  the 
voice  of  my  supplications. 

7  The  Lord  is  6my  strength  and  my  shield  ;  my 
heart  trusted  in  him,  and  I  am  helped  :  therefore 
my  heart  greatly  rejoiceth  ;  and  with  my  song  will 
I  praise  him. 

8  The  Lord  is  3  their  strength,  and  he  is  the  4  sav- 
ing strength  of  his  anointed. 

9  Save  thy  people,  and  bless  thine  inheritance  : 
5  feed  them  also,  and  lift  them  up  for  ever. 

PSALM  29. 

David  exhorts  princes  to  give  glory  to  God. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

a/~1  IVE  unto  the  Lord,  0  1  ye  mighty,  give  unto 
^^  the  Lord  glory  and  strength. 

2  Give  unto  the  Lord  2the  glory  due  unto  his 
name  ;  worship  the  Lord  3in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 

3  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  upon  the  waters  :  the 
God  of  glory  thundereth  :  the  Lord  is  upon  4many 
waters. 

4  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  5  powerful  ;  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  is  6full  of  majesty. 

5  The  voice  of  the  Lord  breaketh  the  cedars  ;  yea, 
the  Lord  breaketh  the  cedars  of  Leb'a-non. 

6  6He  maketh  them  also  to  skip  like  a  calf ;  Leb'- 
a-non and  cSIr'i-on  like  a  young  unicorn. 

7  The  voice  of  the  Lord  Mivideth  the  flames  of 
fire. 

8  The  voice  of  the  Lord  shaketh  the  wilderness  ; 
the  Lord  shaketh  the  wilderness  of  dKa'desh. 

9  The  voice  of  the  Lord  maketh  the  hinds  8to 
calve,  and  discovereth  the  forests :  and  in  his 
temple  Moth  every  one  speak  of  his  glory. 

10  The  Lord  "sitteth  upon  the  flood  ;  yea,  the 
Lord  sitteth  King  for  ever. 

422 


c  1  Sara.  22.  9. 
Matt.  2G. 
59,  GO. 

rfPs.  112.  7,  8. 


ePs.  G2.  1.5. 
Isa.  25.  9. 
Hab.  2.  3. 


1  from  me. 


2  Or,  toward 
the  oracle  of 
thy  sanctuary. 


a  2  Tim.  4.  14. 


b  Ps.  18.  2. 

3  Or,  his 
strength. 

4  strength  of 
salvations. 

5  Or,  rule. 


a  1  Chr.  1G. 
28,  29. 

1  ye  sons  of  the 
mighty. 

2  the  honour  of 
his  name. 

3  Or,  in  his 
glorious 
sanctuary. 

4  Or,  great 
waters. 

5  in  power. 

6  in  majesty. 
b  Ps.  114.  4. 
C  Deut.  3.  9. 

7  cutteth  out. 
d  Num.  13.  26. 

8  Or,  to  be  in 
pain,  and  so 
bring  forth. 

9  Or,  every 
whit  of  it 
uttereth,  etc. 

e  Ps.  93.  4. 
f  Isa.  40.  29. 


a  Ps.  6.  2-4. 
b  Ps.  40.  1,  2. 

1  Or,  to  the 
memorial. 

2  there  is  but  a 
moment  in  liis 
anger. 

c  Ps.  16.  11. 
Rev.  22.  17. 

3  in  the  evening. 

4  singing. 

d  Job  29.  18. 

5  settled 
strength  for 
my  mountain. 

e  Ps.  104.  29. 
fPs.  115.  17. 
(/Ps.  4.  1. 
A  2  Sam.  6.  14. 

6  That  is,  my 
tongue,  or, 
my  soul. 


a  Ps.  71.  2. 

Prov.  22.  17. 
1  to  me  for  a 

rock  of 

strength. 
b  Ps.  23.  3. 

Jer.  14.  7. 
c  Luke  23.  46. 

Acts  7.  59. 

2  Tim.  1.  12. 
d  Heb.  G.  18. 
e  John  10.  27. 
f  Ps.  18.  19. 


11  The  Lord  will  ■'give  strength  unto  his  people  ; 
the  Lord  will  bless  his  people  with  peace. 

PSALM  30. 

David  praises  God  for  his  deliverance. 
A  Psalm  and  Song  at  the  dedication  of  the  house  of  David. 

T  WILL  extol  thee,  O  Lord  ;  for  thou  hast  lifted 
-*-  me  up,  and  hast  not  made  my  foes  to  rejoice 
over  me. 

2  O  Lord  my  God,  I  "cried  unto  thee,  and  thou 
hast  healed  me. 

3  0  Lord,  Hhou  hast  brought  up  my  soul  from 
the  grave :  thou  hast  kept  me  alive,  that  I  should 
not  go  down  to  the  pit. 

4  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  saints  of  his,  and  give 
thanks  *at  the  remembrance  of  his  holiness. 

5  For  2his  anger  endureth  but  a  moment ;  cin  his 
favour  is  life  :  weeping  may  endure  3for  a  night, 
but  4joy  cometh  in  the  morning. 

6  And  din  my  prosperity  I  said,  I  shall  never  be 
moved. 

7  Lord,  by  thy  favour  thou  hast  5made  my  moun- 
tain to  stand  strong  :  Hhou  didst  hide  thy  face,  and 
I  was  troubled. 

8  I  cried  to  thee,  O  Lord  ;  and  unto  the  Lord  I 
made  supplication. 

9  What  profit  is  there  in  my  blood,  when  I  go 
down  to  the  pit  ?  •'"Shall  the  dust  praise  thee  ?  shall 
it  declare  thy  truth  ? 

10  Hear,  O  Lord,  ffand  have  mercy  upon  me  : 
Lord,  be  thou  my  helper. 

11  ''Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my  mourning  into 
dancing  :  thou  hast  put  off  my  sackcloth,  and  girded 
me  with  gladness  ; 

12  To  the  end  that  6my  glory  may  sing  praise  to 
thee,  and  not  be  silent.  O  Lord  my  God,  I  will 
give  thanks  unto  thee  for  ever. 

PSALM  31. 

1  David's  confidence  in  God.     19  Praises  God  for  his  goodness. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

IN  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust ;  let  me  never 
be  ashamed  :  deliver  me  in  thy  righteousness. 

2  "Bow  down  thine  ear  to  me;  deliver  me  speed- 
ily: be  thou  1my  strong  rock,  for  an  house  of  de- 
fence to  save  me. 

3  For  thou  art  my  rock  and  my  fortress  ;  there- 
fore 6for  thy  name's  sake  lead  me,  and  guide  me. 

4  Pull  me  out  of  the  net  that  they  have  laid  priv- 
ily for  me  :  for  thou  art  my  strength. 

5  cInto  thine  hand  I  commit  my  spirit :  thou  hast 
redeemed  me,  O  Lord  d  God  of  truth. 

6  I  have  hated  them  that  regard  lying  vanities  : 
but  I  trust  in  the  Lord. 

7  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thy  mercy  :  for 
thou  hast  considered  my  trouble  ;  thou  hast  e  known 
my  soul  in  adversities  ; 

8  And  hast  not  shut  me  up  into  the  hand  of  the 
enemy  :  Hhou  hast  set  my  feet  in  a  large  room. 

9  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord,  for  I  am  in 
trouble  :  mine  eye  is  consumed  with  grief,  yea,  my 
soul  and  my  belly. 

10  For  my  life  is  spent  with  grief,  and  my  years 


Craving  for  God's  help. 


with  sighing  :  my  strength  faileth  because  of  mine 
iniquity,  and  my  bones  are  consumed. 

11  I  was  a  reproach  among  all  mine  enemies,  but 
"especially  among  my  neighbours,  and  a  fear  to 
mine  acquaintance  :  they  that  did  see  me  without 
fled  from  me. 

12  I  am  forgotten  as  a  dead  man  out  of  mind  :  I 
am  like  2a  broken  vessel. 

13  For  I  have  heard  the  slander  of  many  :  '' fear 
was  on  every  side  :  while  they  Hook  counsel  to- 
gether against  me,  they  devised  to  take  away  my 
life. 

14  But  I  trusted  in  thee,  0  Lord  :  I  said,  Thou 
art  my  God. 

15  My  times  are  in  thy  hand  :  deliver  me  from 
the  hand  of  mine  enemies,  and  from  them  that 
persecute  me. 

16  ^'Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy  servant  : 
save  me  for  thy  mercies'  sake. 

17  &Let  me  not  be  ashamed,  0  Lord  ;  for  I  have 
called  upon  thee :  let  the  wicked  be  ashamed,  and 
3  let  them  be  silent  in  the  grave. 

18  'Let  the  lying  lips  be  put  to  silence  ;  which 
speak  4 grievous  things  proudly  and  contemptuously 
against  the  righteous. 

19  m  Oh  how  great  is  thy  goodness,  which  thou 
hast  laid  up  for  them  that  fear  thee  ;  which  thou 
hast  wrought  for  them  that  trust  in  thee  before 
the  sons  of  men  ! 

20  mThou  shalt  hide  them  in  the  secret  of  thy 
presence  from  the  pride  of  man:  "thou  shalt  keep 
them  secretly  in  a  pavilion  from  the  strife  of 
tongues. 

21  Blessed  be  the  Lord  :  for  he  hath  shewed  me 
his  marvellous  kindness  in  a  5  strong  city. 

22  For  I  said  in  my  haste,  I  am  cut  off  from  be- 
fore thine  eyes :  nevertheless  thou  heardest  the 
voice  of  my  supplications  when  I  cried  unto  thee. 

23  0  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  saints :  for  the  Lord 
^preserveth  the  faithful,  and  plentifully  rewardeth 
the  proud  doer. 

24  Be  of  good  courage,  and  he  shall  strengthen 
your  heart,  all  ye  that  hope  in  the  Lord. 

PSALM  32. 

Confession  of  sin  gives  ease  to  conscience. 
A  Psalm  oi  David,  *  Maschil. 

BLESSED  is  he  whose  a  transgression  is  forgiven, 
whose  sin  is  covered. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  unto  whom  the  Lord  6imput- 
eth  not  iniquity,  and  cin  whose  spirit  there  is  no 
guile. 

3  When  I  kept  silence,  my  bones  waxed  old  through 
my  roaring  all  the  day  long. 

4  For  day  and  night  thy  hand  was  heavy  upon 
me  :  my  moisture  is  turned  into  the  drought  of 
summer.     Se'lah. 

5  I  acknowledged  my  sin  unto  thee,  and  mine  ini- 
quity have  I  not  hid.  dl  said,  I  will  confess  my 
transgressions  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  thou  f orgavest 
the  iniquity  of  my  sin.     Se'lah. 

6  For  ethis  shall  every  one  that  is  godly  /pray 
unto  thee  Mn  a  time  when  thou  may  est  be  found  : 


PSALMS,  3 


9    33 


Praise  of  God's  goodness. 


r/Ps. 


2  a  vessel  that 
perislieth. 

h  Jer.  20.  3. 
Lam.  2.  22. 

i  Matt.  27.  1. 


j  Num.  G.  25. 
Ps.  4.  G. 
Dan.  9.  17. 


It  Ps. 


3  Oc,  let  them 
be  cut  off  for 
the  grave. 

/  Ps.  12.  3. 

4  a  hard  thing. 


m  Isa.  G4.  4. 
1  Cor.  2.  9. 


n  Ps.  27.  5. 
o  Job  5.  21. 
5  Or,  fenced 

city. 
p  1  Pet.  1 .  5. 


*  Or,  giving 

instruction. 
a  Ps.  85.  2. 

Rom.  4.  6. 
b  Lev.  17.  4. 

Rom.  5.  13. 
c  John  1.47. 

2  Cor.  1.  12. 
d  Prov.  28.  13. 

Isa.  G5.  24. 

Luke  15.  18. 
e  1  Tim.  1.  16. 
/  Isa.  55.  G. 

John  7.  34. 

1  ill  a  time  of 
finding. 

g  Ps.  9.  9. 

Prov.  IS.  10. 

Isa.  4.  6. 

Matt.  23.  37. 

Col.  3.  3. 
h  Isa.  48.  17. 

2  I  will  counsel 
thee,  mine 
eye  shall  be 
upon  thee. 

;'Prov.  13.  21. 
j  Ps.  34.  8. 

Prov.  16.  20. 

Jer.  17.  7. 


a  Isa.  42.  10. 

1  Or,  mercy. 
b  John  1.  1-3. 

Heb.  11.3. 
c  Job  26.  13. 
d  Gen.  1.  3. 

2  maketh  frus- 
trate. 

e  Job  23.  13. 
Prov.  19.  21. 
Ezek.  38.  10. 
Acts  4.  27,  28. 

3  to  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

/  2  Chr.  16.  9. 

Job  28.  24. 

Ps.  11.4. 
g  Isa.  64.  8. 
h  Job  11.  11. 

Ps.  44.  21. 

Prov.  24.  12. 

Jer.  32.  19. 

Hos.  7.  2. 
i  Job  36.  7. 

Ps.  34.  15. 


surely  in  the  floods  of  great  waters  they  shall  not 
come  nigh  unto  him. 

7  9Thou  art  my  hiding  place  ;  thou  shalt  preserve 
me  from  trouble ;  thou  shalt  compass  me  about  with 
songs  of  deliverance.     Se'lah. 

8  I  will  ''instruct  thee  and  teach  thee  in  the  way 
which  thou  shalt  go : 2 1  will  guide  thee  with  mine  eye. 

9  Be  ye  not  as  the  horse,  or  as  the  mule,  ivhich  have 
no  understanding  :  whose  mouth  must  be  held  in 
with  bit  and  bridle,  lest  they  come  near  unto  thee. 

10  i  Many  sorrows  shall  be  to  the  wicked :  but  jhe 
that  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  mercy  shall  compass  him 
about. 

11  Be  glad  in  the  Lord,  and  rejoice,  ye  righteous  : 
and  shout  for  joy,  all  ye  that  are  upright  in  heart. 

PSALM  33. 

1  Praise  of  God  for  his  goodness.    20  Confidence  in  God. 

T)  EJOICE  in  the  Lord,  O  ye  righteous :  for  praise 
-*-*>  is  comely  for  the  upright. 

2  Praise  the  Lord  with  harp :  sing  unto  him  with 
the  psaltery  and  an  instrument  of  ten  strings. 

3  aSing  unto  him  a  new  song  ;  play  skilfully  with 
a  loud  noise. 

4  For  the  word  of  the  Lord  is  right  ;  and  all  his 
works  are  done  in  truth. 

5  He  loveth  righteousness  and  judgment :  the 
earth  is  full  of  the  ]  goodness  of  the  Lord. 

6  6By  the  word  of  the  Lord  were  the  heavens 
made  ;  and  all  the  host  of  them  °by  the  breath  of 
his  mouth. 

7  He  gathereth  the  waters  of  the  sea  together 
as  an  heap :  he  layeth  up  the  depth  in  storehouses. 

8  Let  all  the  earth  fear  the  Lord  :  let  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  world  stand  in  awe  of  him. 

9  For  dhe  spake,  and  it  was  done ;  he  commanded, 
and  it  stood  fast. 

10  The  Lord  2bringeth  the  counsel  of  the  heathen 
to  nought :  he  maketh  the  devices  of  the  people  of 
none  effect. 

11  eThe  counsel  of  the  Lord  standeth  for  ever,  the 
thoughts  of  his  heart  3to  all  generations. 

12  Blessed  is  the  nation  whose  God  is  the  Lord  ; 
and  the  people  ichom  he  hath  chosen  for  his  own 
inheritance. 

13  ■'"The  Lord  looketh  from  heaven  ;  he  beholdeth 
all  the  sons  of  men. 

•14  From  the  place  of  his  habitation  he  looketh 
upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

15  ffHe  fashioneth  their  hearts  alike ;  ''he  consid- 
ered all  their  works. 

16  There  is  no  king  saved  by  the  multitude  of  an 
host :  a  mighty  man  is  not  delivered  by  much 
strength. 

17  An  horse  is  a  vain  thing  for  safety  :  neither 
shall  he  deliver  any  by  his  great  strength. 

18  i  Behold,  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon  them  that 
fear  him,  upon  them  that  hope  in  his  mercy  ; 

19  To  deliver  their  soul  from  death,  and  to  keep 
them  alive  in  famine. 

20  Our  soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord  :  he  is  our  help 
and  our  shield. 

423 


Praise  and  exhortation. 


PSALMS,  34,  35. 


David's  prayer  for  safety. 


21  For  our  heart  shall  rejoice  in  him,  because  we 
have  trusted  in  his  holy  name. 

22  Let  thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  be  upon  us,  according 
as  we  hope  in  thee. 

PSALM  34. 

David's  praise  of  God  and  exhortation  to  others. 
A  Psalm  of  David,  when  he  changed  his  behaviour  before  *  Abimelech,  who  drove  him  away,  and 

lie  departed. 

T  WILL  bless  the  Lord  at  all  times  :  his  praise 
-*-  shall  continually  be  in  my  mouth. 

2  My  soul  shall  make  her  "boast  in  the  Lord  :  the 
humble  shall  hear  thereof,  and  be  glad. 

3  0  magnify  the  Lord  with  me,  and  let  us  exalt 
his  name  together. 

4  I  b  sought  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  me,  and  de- 
livered me  from  all  my  fears. 

5  1  They  looked  unto  him,  and  were  lightened  : 
and  their  faces  were  not  ashamed. 

6  cThis  poor  man  cried,  and  the  Lord  heard  him, 
and  d  saved  him  out  of  all  his  troubles. 

7  e  The  angel  of  the  Lord  /encampeth  round  about 
them  that  fear  him,  and  delivereth  them. 

8  0  taste  and  see  that  the  Lord  is  good  :  blessed 
is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  him. 

9  0  fear  the  Lord,  ye  his  saints  :  for  there  is  ''no 
want  to  them  that  fear  him. 

10  The  young  lions  do  lack,  and  suffer  hunger  : 
but  they  that  seek  the  Lord  shall  not  want  any 
good  thing. 

11  Come,  ye  children,  hearken  unto  me  :  I  will 
teach  you  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

12  ''What  man  is  he  that  desireth  life,  and  loveth 
many  days,  that  he  may  see  good  ? 

13  Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil,  and  thy  lips  from 
*  speaking  guile. 

14  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good ;  seek  peace,  and 
pursue  it. 

15  J'The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the  righteous, 
and  his  ears  are  open  unto  their  cry. 

16  k  The  face  of  the  Lord  is  against  them  that  do 
evil,  Ho  cut  off  the  remembrance  of  them  from  the 
earth. 

17  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  heareth,  and 
delivereth  them  out  of  all  their  troubles. 

18  The  Lord  is  nigh  2unto  them  that  are  of  a 
broken  heart ;  and  saveth  3such  as  be  of  a  contrite 
spirit. 

19  Many  are  the  afflictions  of  the  righteous  :  but 
the  Lord  delivereth  him  out  of  them  all. 

20  He  keepeth  all  his  bones  :  mnot  one  of  them  is 
broken. 

21  "Evil  shall  slay  the  wicked  :  and  they  that  hate 
the  righteous  4  shall  be  desolate. 

22  The  Lord  °redeemeth  the  soul  of  his  servants : 
and  none  of  them  that  trust  in  him  shall  be  desolate. 

PSALM  35. 

1  David  prays  for  safety.    22  He  incites  God  against  his  enemies. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

T)LEAD  my  cause,  0  Lord,  with  them  that  strive 
-*-  with  me  :  fight  against  them  that  fight  against 
me. 

2  Take  hold  of  shield  and  buckler,  and  stand  up 
for  mine  help. 

424 


*  Or,  Achish, 
1  Sam.  21.  13 


a  Jei.  9.  24. 
1  Cor.  1.  31. 


b  Ps.  18.  6. 

Jon.  2.  2. 

Matt.  7.  7. 

Luke  11.  9. 
1  Or,  They 

flowed  unto 

him. 

c  Ps.  3.  4. 

d  2  Sam.  22.  1. 

e  Dan.  6.  22. 

/Gen.  32.  1. 

2  Ki.  6.  17. 


g  Phil.  4.  19. 


h  1  Pet.  3.  10. 


i  1  Pet.  2.  22. 


j  Job  3G.  7. 


k  Lev.  17.  10. 
Jer.  44.  11. 

1  Prov.  10.  7. 

2  to  the  broken 
of  heart. 

3  contrite  of 
spirit. 

m  John  19.  36. 
n  Ps.  94.  23. 

4  Or,  shall  be 
guilty. 

o  2  Sam.  4.  9. 
Ps.  103.  4. 


1  darkness  and 
slipperiness. 

a  1  Thess.  5.  3. 

2  which  he 
knoweth 
not  of. 

b  Ps.  7. 15. 

Prov.  5.  22. 
c  1  Sam.  2.  1. 

Ps.  13.  5. 

Isa.  61.  10. 

Hab.  3.  18. 
dVs.  71.  19. 

3  Witnesses  of 
wrong. 

4  they  asked  me. 

5  depriving. 

6  Or,  afflicted. 

7  walked. 

8  as  a  friend, 
as  a  brother 
to  me. 

9  halting. 

10  my  only  one. 

11  strong. 

1 2  falsely, 
e  Ex.  3.  7. 
/Ps.  7.  8. 

Ps.  26.  1. 
2  Thess.  1.  6. 

13  Ah,  ah,  our 
soul. 


3  Draw  out  also  the  spear,  and  stop  the  way 
against  them  that  persecute  me  :  say  unto  my  soul, 
I  am  thy  salvation. 

4  Let  them  be  confounded  and  put  to  shame  that 
seek  after  my  soul  :  let  them  be  turned  back  and 
brought  to  confusion  that  devise  my  hurt. 

5  Let  them  be  as  chaff  before  the  wind :  and  let 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  chase  them. 

6  Let  their  way  be  Mark  and  slippery  :  and  let 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  persecute  them. 

7  For  without  cause  have  they  hid  for  me  their 
net  in  a  pit,  which  without  cause  they  have  digged 
for  my  soul. 

8  Let  "destruction  come  upon  him  2at  unawares  ; 
and  *  let-  his  net  that  he  hath  hid  catch  himself  : 
into  that  very  destruction  let  him  fall. 

9  And  my  soul  shall  be  joyful  in  the  Lord  :  it 
"  shall  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

10  All  my  bones  shall  say,  Lord,  d  who  is  like  unto 
thee,  which  deliverest  the  poor  from  him  that  is 
too  strong  for  him,  yea,  the  poor  and  the  needy 
from  him  that  spoileth  him  ? 

11  3  False  witnesses  did  rise  up  ;  4they  laid  to  my 
charge  things  that  I  knew  not. 

12  They  rewarded  me  evil  for  good  to  the  5  spoil- 
ing of  my  soul. 

13  But  as  for  me,  when  they  were  sick,  my  cloth- 
ing was  sackcloth  :  I  6  humbled  my  soul  with  fast- 
ing ;  and  my  prayer  returned  into  mine  own  bosom. 

14  I  7  behaved  myself  8as  though  he  had  bee~n  my 
friend  or  brother  :  I  bowed  down  heavily,  as  one 
that  mourneth  for  his  mother. 

15  But  in  mine  9  adversity  they  rejoiced,  and 
gathered  themselves  together :  yea,  the  abjects 
gathered  themselves  together  against  me,  and  I 
knew  it  not ;  they  did  tear  me,  and  ceased  not : 

16  With  hypocritical  mockers  in  feasts,  they 
gnashed  upon  me  with  their  teeth. 

17  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  look  on  ?  rescue  my 
soul  from  their  destructions,  10my  darling  from  the 
lions. 

18  I  will  give  thee  thanks  in  the  great  congrega- 
tion :  I  will  praise  thee  among  "much  people. 

19  Let  not  them  that  are  mine  enemies  ^wrong- 
fully rejoice  over  me :  neither  let  them  wink  with 
the  eye  that  hate  me  without  a  cause. 

20  For  they  speak  not  peace  :  but  they  devise  de- 
ceitful matters  against  them  that  are  quiet  in  the 
land. 

21  Yea,  they  opened  their  mouth  wide  against  me, 
and  said,  Aha,  aha,  our  eye  hath  seen  it. 

22  This  thou  hast  "seen,  O  Lord  :  keep  not  silence : 
O  Lord,  be  not  far  from  me. 

23  Stir  up  thyself,  and  awake  to  my  judgment, 
even  unto  my  cause,  my  God  and  my  Lord. 

24  Judge  me,  O  Lord  my  God,  -^according  to  thy 
righteousness  ;  and  let  them  not  rejoice  over  me. 

25  Let  them  not  say  in  their  hearts, 13  Ah,  so  would 
we  have  it :  let  them  not  say,  We  have  swallowed 
him  up. 

26  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  brought  to  confusion 
together  that  rejoice  at  mine  hurt :    let  them  be 


Estate  of  the  wicked. 


PSALMS,  36,  37. 


The  godly  and  the  wicked. 


clothed  with  shame  and   dishonour  that   magnify 
themselves  against  me. 

27  Let  them  shout  for  joy,  and  be  glad,  that  favour 
14  my  righteous  cause  :  yea,  let  them  say  continually, 
Let  the  Lord  be  magnified,  which  hath  pleasure  in 
the  prosperity  of  his  servant. 

28  And  my  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy  righteousness 
and  of  thy  praise  all  the  day  long. 

PSALM  36. 

1  Estate  of  the  wicked.     10  Prayer  for  favours. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David  the  servant  of  the  Lord. 

THE  transgression  of  the  wicked  saith  within  my 
heart,  that  a  there  is  no  fear  of  God  before  his 
eyes. 

2  For  he  flattereth  himself  in  his  own  eyes,  J  until 
his  iniquity  be  found  to  be  hateful. 

3  The  words  of  his  mouth  are  iniquity  and  deceit : 
*  he  hath  left  off  to  be  wise,  and  to  do  good. 

4  cHe  deviseth  2  mischief  upon  his  bed ;  he  setteth 
himself  d  in  a  way  that  is  not  good  ;  he  abhorreth 
not  evil. 

5  e  Thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  is  in  the  heavens ;  and  thy 
faithfulness  reacheth  unto  the  clouds. 

6  Thy  righteousness  is  like  3the  great  mountains  ; 
-'"thy  judgments  are  a  great  deep  :  0  Lord,  ffthou 
preservest  man  and  beast. 

7  How  4  excellent  is  thy  lovingkindness,  0  God  ! 
therefore  the  children  of  men  ''put  their  trust  under 
the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

8  They  shall  be  5  abundantly  satisfied  with  the  fat- 
ness of  thy  house ;  and  thou  shalt  make  them  drink 
of  *the  river  of  thy  pleasures. 

9  J'For  with  thee  is  the  fountain  of  life  :  Mn  thy 
light  shall  we  see  light. 

10  0  6 continue  thy  lovingkindness  'unto  them 
that  know  thee  ;  and  thy  righteousness  to  the  up- 
right in  heart. 

11  Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  come  against  me,  and 
let  not  the  hand  of  the  wicked  remove  me. 

12  There  are  the  workers  of  iniquity  fallen  :  they 
are  cast  down,  and  shall  not  be  able  to  rise. 

PSALM  37. 

David  persuades  to  patience  and  confidence  in  God. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

FRET  not  thyself  because  of  evildoers,  neither  be 
thou  envious  against  the  workers  of  iniquity. 

2  For  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down  like  the  grass, 
and  wither  as  the  green  herb. 

3  Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good ;  so  shalt  thou 
dwell  in  the  land,  and  Eerily  thou  shalt  be  fed. 

4  "Delight  thyself  also  in  the  Lord  ;  and  he  shall 
give  thee  the  desires  of  thine  heart.    . 

5  2  Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord  ;  trust  also  in 
him  ;  and  he  shall  bring  it  to  pass. 

6  6And  he  shall  bring  forth  thy  righteousness  as 
the  light,  and  thy  judgment  as  the  noonday. 

7  3Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  patiently  for  him  : 
fret  not  thyself  because  of  him  who  prospereth  in 
his  way,  because  of  the  man  who  bringeth  wicked 
devices  to  pass. 

8  Cease  from  anger,  and  forsake  wrath  :  cfret  not 
thyself  in  any  wise  to  do  evil. 


14  my  righteous- 
ness. 


a  Gen.  20.  11. 
Prov.  8.  13. 
Eccl.  12.  3. 

1  to  find  his  ini- 
quity to  hate. 


b  Jer.  4.  22. 

c  Mic.  2.  1. 
2  Or,  vanity. 
(/  Isa.  05.  2. 


e  Ps.  57.  10. 


3  the  mountains 
of  God. 

/Job  11.  8. 

Rom.  11.  33. 
(j  Job  7.  20. 

Ps.  145.  9. 

4  precious. 

h  Ruth  2.  12. 


5  watered. 


i  Job  20.  17. 

Rev.  22.  1. 
j  Isa.  12.  3. 

Jer.  2. 13. 

Zech.  13.  1. 

John  4.  10,  14. 

Rev.  21.  G. 
k  Acts  26.  18. 

Eph.  5.  8. 

Col.  1.  13. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 
G  draw  out  at 

length. 
I  Jer.  22.  16. 


1  in  truth,  or, 
stableness. 

a  Job  27.  10. 
Song  2.  3. 
Isa.  58.  14. 
1  Pet.  1.  8. 

2  Roll  thy  way 
upon  the  Lord. 

6  Mic.  7.  9. 

3  Be  silent  to  the 
Lord. 

c  Job  5.  2. 
Ps.  73.  3. 
Prov.  14.  29. 
Eph.  4.  26. 
Jas.  1.  19. 

4  Or,  practiseth. 
d  1  Sam.  26.  10. 

5  the  upright  of 
way. 

e  Prov.  15.  16. 

1  Tim.  6.  G. 
/  Ps.  1 .  6. 

g  Isa.  60.  21. 
h  Job  5.  20. 

6  the  precious- 
ness  of  lambs. 

i  Prov.  3.  33. 
./Ps.  121.3. 
Prov.  16.  9. 

7  Or,  established. 
k  Mic.  7.  8. 

2  Cor.  4.  9. 

8  all  the  day. 
ZPs.  11.7. 

9  Or,  goings. 
m  Ps.  109.  31. 

10  Or,  a  green 
tree  that  grow- 
eth  in  his  own 
soil. 


9  For  evildoers  shall  be  cut  off  :  but  those  that 
wait  upon  the  Lord,  they  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

10  For  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  wicked  shall  not 
be :  yea,  thou  shalt  diligently  consider  his  place,  and 
it  shall  not  be. 

11  But  the  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth ;  and  shall 
delight  themselves  in  the  abundance  of  peace. 

12  The  wicked  4plotteth  against  the  just,  and 
gnasheth  upon  him  with  his  teeth. 

13  The  Lord  shall  laugh  at  him  :  for  he  seeth  that 
d  his  day  is  coming. 

14  The  wicked  have  drawn  out  the  sword,  and  have 
bent  their  bow,  to  cast  down  the  poor  and  needy, 
and  to  slay  5such  as  be  of  upright  conversation. 

15  Their  sword  shall  enter  into  their  own  heart, 
and  their  bows  shall  be  broken. 

16  e  A  little  that  a  righteous  man  hath  is  better 
than  the  riches  of  many  wicked. 

17  For  the  arms  of  the  wicked  shall  be  broken  : 
but  the  Lord  upholdeth  the  righteous. 

18  The  Lord  /knoweth  the  days  of  the  upright  : 
and  their  inheritance  shall  be  fffor  ever. 

19  They  shall  not  be  ashamed  in  the  evil  time  :  and 
km  the  days  of  famine  they  shall  be  satisfied. 

20  But  the  wicked  shall  perish,  and  the  enemies  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  as  6the  fat  of  lambs  :  they  shall 
consume  ;  into  smoke  shall  they  consume  away. 

21  The  wicked  borroweth,  and  payeth  not  again  : 
but  the  righteous  sheweth  mercy,  and  giveth. 

22  { For  such  as  be  blessed  of  him  shall  inherit  the 
earth ;  and  they  that  be  cursed  of  him  shall  be  cut  off. 

23  ■'The  steps  of  a  good  man  are  7 ordered  by  the 
Lord  :  and  he  delighteth  in  his  way. 

24  k  Though  he  fall,  he  shall  not  be  utterly  cast 
down  :  for  the  Lord  upholdeth  him  with  his  hand. 

25  I  have  been  young,  and  now  am  old  ;  yet  have 
I  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  beg- 
ging bread. 

26  He  is  8ever  merciful,  and  lendeth  ;  and  his 
seed  is  blessed. 

27  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good  ;  and  dwell  for 
evermore. 

28  For  the  Lord  'loveth  judgment,  and  forsaketh 
not  his  saints  ;  they  are  preserved  for  ever  :  but  the 
seed  of  the  wicked  shall  be  cut  off. 

29  The  righteous  shall  inherit  the  land,  and  dwell 
therein  for  ever. 

30  The  mouth  of  the  righteous  speaketh  wisdom, 
and  his  tongue  talketh  of  judgment. 

31  The  law  of  his  God  is  in  his  heart  ;  none  of  his 
9  steps  shall  slide. 

32  The  wicked  watcheth  the  righteous,  and  seeketh 
to  slay  him. 

33  The  Lord  will  not  leave  him  in  his  hand,  nor 
m  condemn  him  when  he  is  judged. 

34  Wait  on  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way,  and  he 
shall  exalt  thee  to  inherit  the  land  :  when  the  wicked 
are  cut  off,  thou  shalt  see  it. 

35  I  have  seen  the  wicked  in  great  power,  and 
spreading  himself  like  10a  green  bay  tree. 

36  Yet  he  passed  away,  and,  lo,  he  was  not :  yea, 
I  sought  him,  but  he  could  not  be  found. 

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A  prayer  for  compassion. 


PSALMS,  38-40. 


Of  confidence  in  God. 


37  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and  behold  the  upright : 
for  Mthe  end  of  that  man  is  peace. 

38  But  the  transgressors  shall  be  destroyed  to- 
gether :  the  end  of  the  wicked  shall  be  cut  off. 

39  But  "the  salvation  of  the  righteous  is  of  the 
Lord  :  he  is  their  strength  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

40  And  the  Lord  shall  help  them,  and  deliver 
them  :  he  shall  deliver  them  from  the  wicked,  and 
save  them,  p  because  they  trust  in  him. 

PSALM  38. 

David  prays  God  to  have  compassion  on  his  case. 
A  Psalm  of  David,  to  bring  to  remembrance. 

OLORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  thy  wrath  :  neither 
chasten  me  in  thy  hot  displeasure. 

2  For  thine  arrows  stick  fast  in  me,  and  thy  hand 
presseth  me  sore. 

3  There  is  no  soundness  in  my  flesh  because  of 
thine  anger ;  neither  is  there  any  a  rest  in  my  bones 
because  of  my  sin. 

4  For  mine  iniquities  are  gone  over  mine  head  :  as 
an  heavy  burden  they  are  too  heavy  for  me. 

5  My  wounds  stink  and  are  corrupt  because  of  my 
foolishness. 

6  I  am 2  troubled  ;  I  am  bowed  down  greatly  ;  I  go 
mourning  all  the  day  long. 

7  For  my  loins  are  filled  with  a  "loathsome  dis- 
ease :  and  there  is  no  soundness  in  my  flesh. 

8  I  am  feeble  and  sore  broken  :  I  have  roared  by 
reason  of  the  disquietness  of  my  heart. 

9  Lord,  all  my  desire  is  before  thee ;  and  my 
groaning  is  not  hid  from  thee. 

10  My  heart  panteth,  .my  strength  faileth  me  :  as 
for  the  light  of  mine  eyes,  it  also  3is  gone  from 
me. 

11  My  lovers  and  my  friends  b  stand  aloof  from  my 
4  sore  ;  and  5my  kinsmen  stand  afar  off. 

12  They  also  that  seek  after  my  life  lay  snares  for 
me :  and  they  that  seek  my  hurt  speak  mischievous 
things,  and  imagine  deceits  all  the  day  long. 

13  But  I,  as  a  deaf  man,  heard  not ;  and  I  was  as 
a  dumb  man  that  openeth  not  his  mouth. 

14  Thus  I  was  as  a  man  that  heareth  not,  and  in 
whose  mouth  are  no  reproofs. 

15  For  cin  thee,  0  Lord,  cdo  I  hope  :  thou  wilt 
7  hear,  0  Lord  my  God. 

16  For  I  said,  Hear  me,  lest  otherwise  they  should 
rejoice  over  me  :  when  my  foot  slippeth,  they  mag- 
nify themselves  against  me. 

17  For  I  am  ready  8to  halt,  and  my  sorrow  is 
continually  before  me. 

18  For  I  will  ^declare  mine  iniquity;  I  will  be 
e  sorry  for  my  sin. 

19  But  mine  enemies  %are  lively,  and  they  are 
strong  :  and  they  that  hate  me  wrongfully  are 
multiplied. 

20  They  also  that  render  evil  for  good  are  mine 
adversaries ;  ■''because  I  follow  the  thing  that  good 
is. 

21  "  Forsake  me  not,  0  Lord  :  0  my  God,  be  not 
far  from  me. 

22  Make  haste  ]0to  help  me,  0  Lord  ,!my  salva- 
tion. 

426 


n  Jobl.  1. 
Isa.  32.  17. 
Luke  2.  25-30. 
Acts  7.  59,  CO. 

1  Thess.  4.  17. 

2  Tim.  4.  6-8. 
2  Pet.  1.  14. 

o  Ps.  3.  8. 
Isa.  12.  2. 
Jon.  2.  9. 


p  1  Chr.  5.  20. 
Dan.  3.  17. 


1  peace,  or, 
health. 


2  wried. 


a  Job  7.  5. 


3  is  not  with  me. 
b  Luke  10.  31. 

4  stroke. 

5  Or,  my 
neighbours. 

G  Or,  thee  do  I 

wait  for. 
c  Jer.  14.  8. 

7  Or,  answer. 

8  for  halting. 
d  Job  31.  33. 

Ps.  32.  5. 
Prov.  28.  13. 
e  2  Cor.  7.  9. 

9  being  living, 
are  strong. 

/  1  Pet.  3.  13. 

1  John  3.  12. 

H  Ps.  22.  1,  11. 

10  for  my  help. 
h  Ex.  15.  2. 

Isa.  12.  2. 


*  1  Chr.  16.  41. 
a  1  Ki.  2.  4. 

Prov.  4.  26,  27. 

Heb.  2.  1. 

1  a  bridle,  or, 
muzzle  for  my 
mouth. 

b  Col.  4.  5. 

2  troubled. 
c  Jer.  20.  9. 

3  Or,  what  time 
I  have  here. 

d  Ps.  90.  4. 

4  settled. 

5  an  image. 

6  conflict. 

7  that  which  is 
to  be  desired 
in  him  to  melt 
away. 

e  Lev."  25.  23. 

1  Chr.  29.  15. 
/Job  10.  20,  21. 


1  In  waiting  I 
waited. 

2  a  pit  of  noise. 
a  Ps.  2.  12. 

b  Isa.  55.  8. 

3  Or,  none  can 
order  them 
unto  thee. 

c  Hos.  6.  6. 
Matt.  9.  13. 

4  digged. 

d  Luke  24.  44. 
John  5.  39. 
Acts  10.  43. 
Heb.  10.  7. 


PSALM  39. 

1  David's  care  of  his  thoughts.    10  His  prayer. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  even  to  *  Jeduthun,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

i"  SAID,  I  will  Hake  heed  to  my  ways,  that  I  sin 
*-  not  with  my  tongue:  I  will  keep  lmj  mouth 
with  a  bridle,  b  while  the  wicked  is  before  me. 

2  I  was  dumb  with  silence,  I  held  my  peace,  even 
from  good  ;  and  my  sorrow  was  2  stirred. 

3  My  heart  was  hot  within  me ;  while  I  was 
musing  cthe  fire  burned  :  then  spake  I  with  my 
tongue, 

4  Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and  the 
measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is;  that  I  may  know 
3  how  frail  I  am. 

5  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  an  hand- 
breadth  ;  and  dmine  age  is  as  nothing  before  thee  : 
verily  every  man  4at  his  best  state  is  altogether 
vanity.     Se'lah.  * 

6  Surely  every  man  walketh  in  5a  vain  shew: 
surely  they  are  disquieted  in  vain  :  he  heapeth  up 
riches,  and  knoweth  not  who  shall  gather  them. 

7  And  now,  Lord,  what  wait  I  for?  my  hope  is  in 
thee. 

8  Deliver  me  from  all  my  transgressions :  make  me 
not  the  reproach  of  the  foolish. 

9  I  was  dumb,  I  opened  not  my  mouth  ;  because 
thou  didst  it. 

10  Remove  thy  stroke  away  from  me  :  I  am  con- 
sumed by  the  6blow  of  thine  hand. 

11  When  thou  with  rebukes  dost  correct  man  for 
iniquity,  thou  makest  7his  beauty  to  consume  away 
like  a  moth  :  surely  every  man  is  vanity.     Se'lah. 

12  Hear  my  prayer,  0  Lord,  and  give  ear  unto 
my  cry ;  hold  not  thy  peace  at  my  tears :  for  c  I  am 
a  stranger  with  thee,  and  a  sojourner,  as  all  my 
fathers  were. 

13  fO  spare  me,  that  I  may  recover  strength,  be- 
fore I  go  hence,  and  be  no  more. 

PSALM  40. 

1  Of  confidence  in  God.    G  Obedience  the  best  sacrifice. 
To  the  chief  Musician.    A  Psalm  of  David. 

I1  WAITED  patiently  for  the  Lord  ;  and  he  in- 
clined unto  me,  and  heard  my  cry. 

2  He  brought  me  up  also  out  of  2an  horrible  pit, 
out  of  the  miry  clay,  and  set  my  feet  upon  a  rock, 
and  established  my  goings. 

3  And  he  hath  put  a  new  song  in  my  mouth,  even 
praise  unto  our  God  :  many  shall  see  it,  and  fear, 
and  shall  trust  in  the  Lord. 

4  "Blessed  is  that  man  that  maketh  the  Lord  his 
trust,  and  respecteth  not  the  proud,  nor  such  as 
turn  aside  to  lies. 

5  Many,  O  Lord  my  God,  are  thy  wonderful  works 
which  thou  hast  done,  6and  thy  thoughts  which  are 
to  us- ward  :  3  they  cannot  be  reckoned  up  in  order 
unto  thee  :  if  I  would  declare  and  speak  of  themt 
they  are  more  than  can  be  numbered. 

6  Sacrifice  and  offering  thou  didst  not  desire; 
mine  ears  hast  thou  4  opened  :  burnt  offering  and 
sin  offering  hast  thou  not  required. 

7  Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  come  :  in  the  volume  of  the 
book  it  is  d  written  of  me, 


God's  care  of  the  poor. 


PSALMS,  41-44. 


David's  zeal  to  serve  God. 


8  €I  delight  to  do  thy  will,  0  my  God  :  yea,  thy 
law  is  5  within  my  heart. 

9  I  have  preached  righteousness  in  the  great  con- 
gregation :  lo,  I  have  not  refrained  my  lips,  0  Lord, 
■'"thou  knowest. 

10  ° 1  have  not  hid  thy  righteousness  within  my 
heart ;  I  have  declared  thy  faithfulness  and  thy 
salvation :  I  have  not  concealed  thy  lovingkindness 
and  thy  truth  from  the  great  congregation. 

11  Withhold  not  thou  thy  tender  mercies  from 
me,  0  Lord:  ''let  thy  lovingkindness  and  thy  truth 
continually  preserve  me. 

12  For  innumerable  evils  have  compassed  me 
about:  'mine  iniquities  have  taken  hold  upon  me, 
so  that  I  am  not  able  to  look  up  ;  they  are  more 
than  the  hairs  of  mine  head  :  therefore  my  heart 
6faileth  me. 

13  Be  pleased,  0  Lord,  to  deliver  me  :  0  Lord, 
make  haste  to  help  me. 

14  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  confounded  together 
that  seek  after  my  soul  to  destroy  it ;  let  them  be 
driven  backward  and  put  to  shame  that  wish  me  evil. 

15  Let  them  be  desolate  for  a  reward  of  their 
shame  that  say  unto  me,  Aha,  aha. 

16  Let  all  those  that  seek  thee  rejoice  and  be  glad 
in  thee  :  let  such  as  love  thy  salvation  say  continu- 
ally, The  Lord  be  magnified. 

17  But  I  am  poor  and  needy  ;  yet  ■'the  Lord  think- 
eth  upon  me  :  thou  art  my  help  and  my  deliverer  ; 
make  no  tarrying,  0  my  God. 

PSALM  41. 

1  Care  of thepoor.    4  David's  complaint.    10  He  flees  to  God  for  help. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

BLESSED  a  is  he  that  considereth  1  the  poor  :  the 
Lord  will  deliver  him  2  in  time  of  trouble. 

2  The  Lord  will  preserve  him,  and  keep  him  alive ; 
and  he  shall  be  blessed  upon  the  earth  :  and  3thou 
wilt  not  deliver  him  unto  the  will  of  his  enemies. 

3  The  Lord  will  strengthen  him  upon  the  bed  of  lan- 
guishing :  thou  wilt  4make  all  his  bed  in  his  sickness. 

4  I  said,  Lord,  be  merciful  unto  me:  6heal  my 
soul  ;  for  I  have  sinned  against  thee. 

5  Mine  enemies  speak  evil  of  me,  When  shall  he 
die,  and  his  name  perish  ? 

6  And  if  he  come  to  see  me,  he  cspeaketh  vanity  : 
his  heart  gathereth  iniquity  to  itself  ;  when  he 
goeth  abroad,  he  telleth  it. 

7  All  that  hate  me  whisper  together  against  me  : 
against  me  do  they  devise  5my  hurt. 

8  6An  evil  disease,  say  they,  cleaveth  fast  unto 
him  :  and  now  that  he  lieth  he  shall  rise  up  no  more. 

9  Yea,  Tmine  own  familiar  friend,  in  whom  I 
trusted,  d  which  did  eat  of  my  bread,  hath  8  lifted  up 
his  heel  against  me. 

10  But  thou,  0  Lord,  be  merciful  unto  me,  and 
raise  me  up,  that  I  may  requite  them. 

11  By  this  I  know  that  thou  favourest  me,  because 
mine  enemy  doth  not  triumph  over  me. 

12  And  as  for  me,  thou  upholdest  me  in  mine  in- 
tegrity, and  csettest  me  before  thy  face  for  ever. 

13  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  from  ever- 
lasting, and  to  everlasting.     Amen,  and  Amen. 


e  Job  23.  12. 

Jer.  15.  16. 

John  4.  34: 

Rom.  7.  22. 
5  in  the  midst 

of  my  bowels. 


/  Ps.  139.  2. 

g  Acts  20.  20. 
Rora.  1.  1G,  17. 
Phil.  3.  9. 


h  Ps.  43.  3. 


i  Ps.  38.  4. 


G  forsaketh. 


j  Neh.  5.  19. 
Jon.  1.  6. 


a  Prov.  14.  21. 
Mark  10.  21. 

1  Or,  the  weak, 
or,  sick. 

2  in  the  day  of 
evil. 

3  Or,  do  not  thou 
deliver. 

4  turn. 

6  Ps.  G.  2. 
c  Ps.  12.  2. 

5  evil  to  me. 
0  A  thing  of 

Belial. 

7  the  man  of  my 
peace. 

d  Obad.  7. 
John  13.  18. 

8  magnified. 
e  Ps.  34.  15. 

Acts  2.  28. 


*  Or,  A  Psalm 
giving  instruc- 
tion of  the 
sons. 

1  brayeth. 

a  John  7.  37. 
b  1  Thess.  1.  9. 
c  Isa.  30.  29. 

2  bowed  down. 
rfPs.  5G.  3,  11. 

Isa.  50.  10. 
Lam.  3.  24. 

3  Or,  give  thanks. 

4  Or,  his  pre- 
sence is  salva- 
tion. 

5  Or,  the  little 
hill. 

e  Ezek.  7.  26. 
/  Deut.  28.  8. 
G  Or,  killing. 


a  Ps.  7.  8. 

1  Or,  unmerciful. 

2  from  a  man  of 
deceit  and  ini- 
quity. 

b  Ps.  28.  7. 

Isa.  26.  4. 
e  Ps.  2.  6. 

Ps.  3.  4. 

3  the  gladness  of 
my  joy. 

d  Ps.  42.  5,  11. 


PSALM  42. 

'/.eol  of  ffai  id  to  ft  rr<    God. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  •  Ha*chil,  for  the  tons  ol  K< 

AS  the  hart  ]panteth  after  the  water  brooks,  so 
-^-  panteth  my  soul  after  thee,  0  God. 

2  a  My  soul  thirsteth  for  God,  for  h  the  living  God  : 
when  shall  I  come  and  appear  before  God  ? 

3  My  tears  have  been  my  meat  day  and  night,  while 
they  continually  say  unto  me,  Where  is  thy  God  ? 

4  When  I  remember  these  things,  I  pour  out  my 
soul  in  me  :  for  I  had  gone  with  the  multitude,  CI 
went  with  them  to  the  house  of  God,  with  the  voice 
of  joy  and  praise,  with  a  multitude  that  kept  holy- 
day. 

5  Why  art  thou  2cast  down,  0  my  soul?  and  why 
art  thou  disquieted  in  me?  dhope  thou  in  God  :  for 
I  shall  yet 3 praise  him  ifor  the  help  of  his  counte- 
nance. 

6  O  my  God,  my  soul  is  cast  down  within  me  : 
therefore  will  I  remember  thee  from  the  land  of  Jor'- 
dan,  and  of  the  Her'mon-Ites,  from  5the  hill  Mi'zar. 

7  eDeep  calleth  unto  deep  at  the  noise  of  thy 
waterspouts  :  all  thy  waves  and  thy  billows  are 
gone  over  me. 

8  Yet  the  Lord  will  f  command  his  lovingkindness 
in  the  daytime,  and  in  the  night  his  song  shall  be 
with  me,  and  my  prayer  unto  the  God  of  my  life. 

9  I  will  say  unto  God  my  rock,  Why  hast  thou 
forgotten  me?  why  go  I  mourning  because,  of  the 
oppression  of  the  enemy  ? 

10  As  with  a  G  sword  in  my  bones,  mine  enemies 
reproach  me  ;  while  they  say  daily  unto  me,  Where 
is  thy  God  ? 

11  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul  ?  and  why 
art  thou  disquieted  within  me  ?  hope  thou  in  God  : 
for  I  shall  yet  praise  him,  who  is  the  health  of  my 
countenance,  and  my  God. 

PSALM  43. 

1  David's  promise  to  serve  God  joyfully.    5  Encouragement  lo  his  soul. 

a  TUDGE  me,  O  God,  and  plead  my  cause  against 
*J    an  ] ungodly  nation:  O  deliver  me  2from  the 
deceitful  and  unjust  man. 

2  For  thou  art  the  God  of  'my  strength  :  why 
dost  thou  cast  me  off?  why  go  I  mourning  because 
of  the  oppression  of  the  enemy  ? 

3  O  send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth  :  let  them 
lead  me ;  let  them  bring  me  unto  cthy  holy  hill, 
and  to  thy  tabernacles. 

4  Then  will  I  go  unto  the  altar  of  God,  unto  God 
3  my  exceeding  joy :  yea,  upon  the  harp  will  I  praise 
thee,  O  God  my  God. 

5  dWhy  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul?  and  why 
art  thou  disquieted  within  me  ?  hope  in  God  :  for  I 
shall  yet  praise  him,  who  is  the  health  of  my  coun- 
tenance, and  my  God. 

PSALM  44. 

1  Remembrance  of  former  favours.   7  Complaint  of  present  evils.   23  Prayer  for  succour. 
To  the  chief  Musician  for  the  sons  of  Korah,  Maschil. 

WE  have  heard  with  our  ears,  0  God,  our  fa- 
thers have  told  us,  what  work  thou  didst  in 
their  days,  in  the  times  of  old. 

427 


A  complaint  of  evils. 


PSALMS,  45,  46. 


Majesty  of  Christ's  kingdom. 


2  Hoiv  athou  didst  drive  out  the  heathen  with  thy 
hand,  and  plantedst  them ;  how  thou  didst  afflict 
the  people,  and  cast  them  out. 

3  For  Hhey  got  not  the  land  in  possession  by  their 
own  sword,  neither  did  their  own  arm  save  them  : 
but  thy  right  hand,  and  thine  arm,  and  the  light  of 
thy  countenance, c because  thou  hadst  a  favour  unto 
them. 

4  dThou  art  my  King,  0  God  :  command  deliver- 
ances for  Ja'cob. 

5  Through  thee  ewill  we  push  down  our  enemies  : 
through  thy  name  will  we  tread  them  under  that 
rise  up  against  us. 

6  For  fl  will  not  trust  in  my  bow,  neither  shall  my 
sword  save  me. 

7  But  thou  hast  saved  us  from  our  enemies,  and 
hast  put  them  to  shame  that  hated  us. 

8  ffIn  God  we  boast  all  the  day  long,  and  praise 
thy  name  for  ever.     Se'lah. 

9  But  thou  hast  cast  off,  and  put  us  to  shame  ; 
and  goest  not  forth  with  our  armies. 

10  Thou  makest  us  to  Hum  back  from  the  enemy : 
and  they  which  hate  us  spoil  for  themselves. 

11  Thou  hast  given  us  Mike  sheep  appointed  for 
meat;  and  hast  'scattered  us  among  the  heathen. 

12  J'Thou  sellest  thy  people  2for  nought,  and  dost 
not  increase  thy  wealth  by  their  price. 

13  Thou  makest  us  a  reproach  to  our  neighbours,  a 
scorn  and  a  derision  to  them  that  are  round  about  us. 

14  Thou  makest  us  a  byword  among  the  heathen, 
a  shaking  of  the  head  among  the  people. 

15  My  confusion  is  continually  before  me,  and  the 
shame  of  my  face  hath  covered  me, 

16  For  the  voice  of  him  that  reproacheth  and  blas- 
phemeth  ;  fcby  reason  of  the  enemy  and  avenger. 

17  'All  this  is  come  upon  us  ;  yet  have  we  not  for- 
gotten thee,  neither  have  we  dealt  falsely  in  thy 
covenant. 

18  Our  heart  is  not  turned  back,  neither  have  our 
3  steps  declined  from  thy  way  ; 

19  Though  thou  hast  sore  broken  us  in  m  the  place  of 
dragons,  and  covered  us  with  the  shadow  of  death. 

20  If  we  have  forgotten  the  name  of  our  God,  or 
stretched  out  our  hands  to  a  strange  god  ; 

21  "Shall  not  God  search  this  out?  for  °he  know- 
eth  the  secrets  of  the  heart. 

22  Yea,  for  thy  sake  are  we  killed  all  the  day  long ; 
we  are  counted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter. 

23  Awake,  why  sleepest  thou,  0  Lord  ?  arise,  cast 
us  not  off  for  ever. 

24  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face,  and  forgettest 
our  affliction  and  our  oppression  ? 

25  For  our  soul  is  bowed  down  to  the  dust :  our 
belly  cleaveth  unto  the  earth. 

26  Arise  4for  our  help,  and  redeem  us  for  thy 
mercies'  sake. 

PSALM  45. 

Majesty  and  grace  0/  the  kingdom  of  Christ. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  ShoBhannim,  £ov  the  sons  of  Koran,  *  Masclnl,  A  Song  of  loves. 

IV/TY  heart ]  is  inditing  a  good  matter  :  I  speak  of 
-*«-»  the  things  which  I  have  made  touching  the 
king  :  my  tongue  is  the  pen  of  a  ready  writer. 

428 


a  Ex.  15.  17. 
Deut.  7.  1. 
Josh.  10.  42. 


6  Josh.  24.  12. 


e  Deut.  4.  37 


d  Ps.  74.  12. 


e  Dan.  8.  4. 


/  Ps.  33.  16. 


g  Ps.  34.  2. 
Rom.  2.  17. 
1  Cor.  1.  31. 


h  Lev.  26.  17. 
Deut.  28.  '25. 


1  as  sheep  of 
meat. 

i  Deut.  4.  27. 

2KL  17.  6. 

Ps.  60.  1. 

Jer.  32.  37. 

Luke  21.  24. 
3  Isa.  52.  3,  4. 

2  without  riches. 


/,•  Ps.  8.  2. 
I  Dan.  9. 13. 

3  Or,  goings. 
m,  Isa.  34.  13. 
n  Job  31.  14. 

Ps.  139.  1. 
0  1  Sam.  16.  7. 
Eccl.  12.  14. 
John  2.  25. 
Acts  1 .  24. 
Rom.  2.  16. 
Heb.  4.  12. 
Rev.  2.  23. 

4  a  help  for  us. 


*  Or,  of  instruc- 
tion. 

1  boileth,  or, 
bubbleth  up. 

2  prosper  thou, 
ride  thou. 

a  Vs.  93.  2. 

Isa.  9.  6,  7. 

Heb.  1.  8. 
b  Ps.  33.  5. 

Matt.  3.  15. 

Heb.  1 .  9. 

3  Or,  O  God. 
c  Isa.  61.  1. 

John  20.  17. 
d  Deut.  21.  13. 
e  Ps.  95.  6. 

Isa.  54.  5. 

4  thy  face. 

/  Rev.  19.  7,  8. 
g  1  Pet.  2.  9. 

Rev.  1.  6. 
h  Isa.  11.  10. 

Mai.  1.  11. 


*  Or,  of. 

t  1  Chr.  15.  20. 

1  the  heart  of 
the  seas. 

a  Isa.  S.  7. 

Rev.  22.  1 . 
b  2  Chr.  6.  6. 

Ps.  48.  1. 

Isa.  60.  14. 

Heb.  12.  22. 
c  Deut.  23.  14. 

Isa.  12.  6. 

Ezek.  43.  7. 

2  when  the  morn- 

ing appeareth. 

3  an  high  place 
for  us. 


2  Thou  art  fairer  than  the  children  of  men  :  grace 
is  poured  into  thy  lips  :  therefore  God  hath  blessed 
thee  for  ever. 

3  Gird  thy  sword  upon  thy  thigh,  O  most  mighty, 
with  thy  glory  and  thy  majesty. 

4  And  in  thy  majesty  2ride  prosperously  because 
of  truth  and  meekness  and  righteousness  ;  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  teach  thee  terrible  things. 

5  Thine  arrows  are  sharp  in  the  heart  of  the 
king's  enemies ;  whereby  the  people  fall  under 
thee. 

6  a  Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever  :  the 
sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  is  a  right  sceptre. 

7  6Thou  lovest  righteousness,  and  hatest  wicked- 
ness :  therefore  3God,  cthy  God,  hath  anointed  thee 
with  the  oil  of  gladness  above  thy  fellows. 

8  All  thy  garments  smell  of  myrrh,  and  aloes,  and 
cassia,  out  of  the  ivory  palaces,  whereby  they  have 
made  thee  glad. 

9  Kings'  daughters  were  among  thy  honourable 
women  :  upon  thy  right  hand  did  stand  the  queen 
in  gold  of  O'phir. 

10  Hearken,  O  daughter,  and  consider,  and  incline 
thine  ear  ;  d  forget  also  thine  own  people,  and  thy 
father's  house ; 

11  So  shall  the  king  greatly  desire  thy  beauty  : 
6  for  he  is  thy  Lord  ;  and  worship  thou  him. 

12  And  the  daughter  of  Tyre  shall  be  there  with 
a  gift ;  even  the  rich  among  the  people  shall  intreat 
4  thy  favour. 

13  -'"The  king's  daughter  is  all  glorious  within  :  her 
clothing  is  of  wrought  gold. 

14  She  shall  be  brought  unto  the  king  in  raiment 
of  needlework  :  the  virgins  her  companions  that 
follow  her  shall  be  brought  unto  thee. 

15  With  gladness  and  rejoicing  shall  they  be 
brought :  they  shall  enter  into  the  king's  palace. 

16  Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be  thy  children, 
"whom  thou  mayest  make  princes  in  all  the  earth. 

17  h  I  will  make  thy  name  to  be  remembered  in  all 
generations  :  therefore  shall  the  people  praise  thee 
for  ever  and  ever. 

PSALM  46. 

Confidence  in  the  church  of  God. 
To  Hie  chief  Musician  *  for  the  sons  of  Korah,  A  Song  upon  t  Alamoth. 

GOD  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present 
help  in  trouble. 

2  Therefore  will  not  we  fear,  though  the  earth  be 
removed,  and  though  the  mountains  be  carried  into 
Mhe  midst  of  the  sea  ; 

3  Though  the  waters  thereof  roar  and  be  troubled, 
though  the  mountains  shake  with  the  swelling 
thereof.     Se'lah. 

4  There  isa&  river,  the  streams  whereof  shall  make 
glad  6the  city  of  God,  the  holy  place  of  the  taber- 
nacles of  the  most  High. 

5  God  is  cin  the  midst  of  her;  she  shall  not  be 
moved:  God  shall  help  her,  2and  that  right  early. 

6  The  heathen  raged,  the  kingdoms  were  moved  : 
he  uttered  his  voice,  the  earth  melted. 

7  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us ;  the  God  of  Ja'- 
cob is  3our  refuge.     Se'lah. 


The  nations  exhorted. 


PSALMS,  47-5( ). 


Faith  in  the  resurrection. 


8  Come,  behold  the  works  of  the  Lord,  what  de- 
solations he  hath  made  in  the  earth. 

9  He  maketh  wars  to  cease  unto  the  end  of  the 
earth  ;  he  breaketh  the  bow,  and  cutteth  the  spear 
in  sunder ;  he  burneth  the  chariot  in  the  fire. 

10  Be  still,  and  know  that  I  am  God :  I  will  be 
exalted  among  the  heathen,  I  will  be  exalted  in 
the  earth. 

11  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us  ;  the  God  of  Ja'cob 
is  our  refuge.     Se'lah. 

PSALM  47. 

An  exhortation  to  the  nations. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  *  for  the  sons  of  Koran. 

OCLAP  your  hands,  all  ye  people  ;  shout  unto 
God  with  the  voice  of  triumph. 

2  For  the  Lord  most  high  is  a  terrible ;  b  he  is  a 
great  King  over  all  the  earth. 

3  cHe  shall  subdue  the  people  under  us,  and  the 
nations  under  our  feet. 

4  He  shall  choose  our  d  inheritance  for  us,  the  ex- 
cellency of  Ja'cob  whom  he  loved.     Se'lah. 

5  eGod  is  gone  up  with  a  shout,  the  Lord  with 
the  sound  of  a  trumpet. 

6  Sing  praises  to  God,  sing  praises  :  sing  praises 
unto  our  King,  sing  praises. 

7  •''For  God  is  the  King  of  all  the  earth  :  sing  aye 
praises  Jwith  understanding. 

8  God  reigneth  over  the  heathen  :  God  sitteth  upon 
the  throne  of  his  holiness. 

9  2The  princes  of  the  people  aregathered  together, 
even  the  people  of  the  God  of  A 'bra-ham  :  for  the 
shields  of  the  earth  belong  unto  God  :  he  is  greatly 
exalted. 

PSALM  48. 

Ornaments  and  privileges  of  the  church. 
A  Song  an<l  Psalm  *  for  the  sons  of  Koran. 

GREAT  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be  praised 
in  the  city  of  our  God,  in  the  "mountain  of  his 
holiness. 

2  b  Beautiful  for  situation,  cthe  joy  of  the  whole 
earth,  is  mount  Zi'on,  don  the  sides  of  the  north, 
the  ecity  of  the  great  King. 

3  God  is  known  in  her  palaces  for  a  refuge. 

4  For,  lo,  ythe  kings  were  assembled,  they  passed 
by  together. 

5  They  saw  it,  and  so  they  marvelled  ;  they  were 
troubled,  and  hasted  away. 

6  Fear  took  hold  upon  them  there,  and  pain,  as  of 
a  woman  in  travail. 

7  Thou  9breakest  the  ships  of  Tar'shish  with  an 
east  wind. 

8  As  we  have  heard,  so  have  we  seen  in  the  city 
of  the  LORD  of  hosts,  in  the  city  of  our  God  :  God 
will  h establish  it  for  ever.     Se'lah. 

9  We  have  thought  of  thy  lovingkindness,  0  God, 
in  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 

10  According  to  'thy  name,  0  God,  so  is  thy  praise 
unto  the  ends  of  the  earth  :  thy  right  hand  is  full 
of  righteousness. 

11  Let  mount  Zi'on  rejoice,  let  the  daughters  of 
Ju'dah  be  glad,  because  of  thy  judgments. 

12  Walk  about  Zi'on,  and  go  round  about  her :  tell 
the  towers  thereof. 


*  Or,  of. 


aDeut.  7.  21. 

Neh.  1.  5. 
6  Mai.  1.  14. 

C  Ps.  18.  47. 


</  1  Pet.  1.  4. 


Ps.  24.  7-10. 
Actsl.  9. 
Eph.  4.  8-10. 
1  Tim.  3.  lti. 


/'  Zech.  14.  0. 

g  1  Cor.  14.  15. 

1  Or,  every  one 
that  hath  un- 
derstanding. 


2  Or,  The  volun- 
tary of  the 
people  are 
gathered  unto 
the  people  of 
the  God  of 
Abraham. 


*  Or,  of. 


a 


o  <? 


Obad.  17. 

Mic.  4.  1. 
6  Jer.  3.  19. 

Lam.  2.  15. 
c  Ezek.  20.  6. 
<7Isa.  14.  13. 
e  Matt.  5.  35. 
f2"Sarn.  10.  G. 
g  Ezek.  27.  20. 
h  Isa.  2.  2. 

Mic.  4.  1. 
/Mai.  1.  11. 

1  Set  your  heart 
to  her  bul- 
warks. 

2  Or,  raise  up. 
j  Isa.  25.  9. 


*  Or,  of. 
a  Ps.  78.  2. 

6  Matt.  1G.  26. 
r  Job  30.  IS. 
dHeb.  9.  27. 

e  Ps.  89.  48. 

1  to  generation 
and  generation. 

2  delight  in  their 
mouth. 

f  Dan.  7.  22. 
Mai.  4.  3. 
Luke  22.  30. 

1  Cor.  0.  2. 

2  Tim.  2.  12. 
Rev.  2.  2G. 

3  Or,  strength. 

4  Or,  the  grave 
being  an  habi- 
tation to  every 
one  of  them. 

g  Hos.  13.  14. 

5  from  tile  hand 
of  the  grave. 

G  Or,  hell. 

7  in  his  life. 

8  The  soul  shall 
go. 

h  Eecl.  3.  19,  20, 
21. 


*  Or,  for. 


13  *Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks,  Consider  her  pal- 
aces ;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  generation  follow- 
ing. 

14  JFor  this  God  is  our  God  for  ever  and  ever : 
he  will  be  our  guide  even  unto  death. 

PSALM  49. 

Faith  in  the  resurrection  built  on  God. 
To  the  chief  Umioian,  a  Pealra  *  tor  the  nma  ot  Koran. 

HEAR  this,  all  ye  people  ;  give  ear,  all  ye  inhab- 
itants of  the  world  : 

2  Both  low  and  high,  rich  and  poor,  together. 

3  My  mouth  shall  speak  of  wisdom ;  and  the  med- 
itation of  my  heart  shall  be  of  understanding. 

4  "I  will  incline  mine  ear  to  a  parable  :  I  will  open 
my  dark  saying  upon  the  harp. 

5  Wherefore  should  I  fear  in  the  days  of  evil, 
when  the  iniquity  of  my  heels  shall  compass  me 
about  ? 

6  They  that  trust  in  their  wealth,  and  boast  them- 
selves in  the  multitude  of  their  riches  ; 

7  None  of  them  can  by  any  means  redeem  his 
brother,  nor  6give  to  God  a  ransom  for  him : 

8  (For  cthe  redemption  of  their  soul  is  precious, 
and  it  ceaseth  for  ever  : ) 

9  That  he  should  still  dlive  for  ever,  and  not  esee 
corruption. 

10  For  he  seeth  that  wise  men  die,  likewise  the 
fool  and  the  brutish  person  perish,  and  leave  their 
wealth  to  others. 

11  Their  inward  thought  is,  that  their  houses  shall 
continue  for  ever,  and  their  dwelling  places  Ho  all 
generations  ;  they  call  their  lands  after  their  own 
names. 

12  Nevertheless  man  being  in  honour  abidethnot: 
he  is  like  the  beasts  that  perish. 

13  This  their  way  is  their  folly  :  yet  their  poster- 
ity 2 approve  their  sayings.     Se'lah. 

14  Like  sheep  they  are  laid  in  the  grave  ;  death 
shall  feed  on  them  ;  and  -'the  upright  shall  have 
dominion  over  them  in  the  morning ;  and  their 
3beauty  shall  consume  4in  the  grave  from  their 
dwelling. 

15  But  God  "will  redeem  my  soul  5from  the  power 
of  6the  grave  :  for  he  shall  receive  me.     Se'lah. 

16  Be  not  thou  afraid  when  one  is  made  rich, 
when  the  glory  of  his  house  is  increased  ; 

17  For  when  he  dieth  he  shall  carry  nothing 
away  :  his  glory  shall  not  descend  after  him. 

18  Though  7  while  he  lived  he  blessed  his  soul : 
and  men  will  praise  thee,  when  thou  doest  well  to 
thyself. 

19  8He  shall  go  to  the  generation  of  his  fathers  ; 
they  shall  never  see  light. 

20  Man  that  is  in  honour,  and  understandeth  not, 
''is  like  the  beasts  that  perish. 

PSALM  50. 

1  God's  majesty  in  the  church,    7  His  pleasure  is  not  in  ceremonies.    14  Sincerity  of 

obedience. 

A  Psalm  •  of  Asaph. 

THE  mighty  God,  even  the  Lord,  hath  spoken, 
and  called  the  earth  from  the  rising  of  the  sun 
unto  the  going  down  thereof. 

429 


Obedience  the  best  sacrifice. 


PSALMS,  51,  52. 


David's  confidence  and  thanks. 


2  Out  of  Zl'on,  the  perfection  of  beauty,  God  hath 
shined. 

3  Our  God  shall  come,  and  shall  not  keep  silence  : 
a  fire  shall  devour  before  him,  and  it  shall  be  very- 
tempestuous  round  about  him. 

4  "He  shall  call  to  the  heavens  from  above,  and 
to  the  earth,  that  he  may  judge  his  people. 

5  Gather  6my  saints  together  unto  me;  c those 
that  have  made  a  covenant  with  me  by  sacrifice. 

6  And  the  heavens  shall  declare  his  righteousness  : 
for  God  is  judge  himself.     Se'lah. 

7  Hear,  0  my  people,  and  I  will  speak  ;  0  Ig'ra-el, 
and  I  will  testify  against  thee  :  I  am  God,  even  thy 
God. 

8  I  will  not  reprove  thee  for  thy  sacrifices  or  thy 
burnt  offerings,  to  have  been  continually  before  me. 

9  dl  will  take  no  bullock  out  of  thy  house,  nor  he 
goats  out  of  thy  folds. 

10  For  every  beast  of  the  forest  is  mine,  and  the 
cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills. 

Ill  know  all  the  fowls  of  the  mountains  :  and  the 
wild  beasts  of  the  field  are  ^ine. 

12  If  I  were  hungry,  I  would  not  tell  thee :  for  the 
world  -is  mine,  and  the  fulness  thereof. 

13  Will  I  eat  the  flesh  of  bulls,  or  drink  the 
blood  of  goats  ? 

14  e  Offer  unto  God  thanksgiving ;  and  pay  thy 
vows  unto  the  most  High  : 

15  And  /call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble  :  I 
will  deliver  thee,  and  thou  shalt g  glorify  me. 

16  But  unto  the  wicked  God  saith,  What  hast  thou 
to  do  to  declare  my  statutes,  or  that  thou  shouldest 
take  my  covenant  in  thy  mouth  ? 

17  h  Seeing  thou  hatest  instruction,  and  castest 
my  words  behind  thee. 

18  When  thou  sawest  a  thief,  then  thou  'consent- 
edst  with  him,  and  2hast  been  partaker  with  adul- 
terers. 

19  3Thou  givest  thy  mouth  to  evil,  and  thy  tongue 
frameth  deceit. 

20  Thou  sittest  and  speakest  against  thy  brother ; 
thou  slanderest  thine  own  mother's  son. 

21  These  things  hast  thou  done,  yand  I  kept  si- 
lence; Hhou  thoughtest  that  I  was  altogether  such 
an  one  as  thyself :  but  I  will  reprove  thee,  and  set 
them  in  order  before  thine  eyes. 

22  Now  consider  this,  ye  that  forget  God,  lest  I 
tear  you  in  pieces,  and  there  be  none  to  deliver. 

23  Whoso  offereth  praise  glorifieth  me  :  and  to  him 
4  that  ordereth  his  conversation  aright  will  I  shew 
the  salvation  of  God. 

PSALM  51. 

1  David  prays  for  the  remission  of  sins.     6  His  prayer  for  solidification. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  *  A  Psalm  of  David,  when  Nathan  the  prophet  came  unto  him,  after  he 

had  gone  in  to  Bath-sheba. 

TTAVE  mercy  upon  me,  0  God,  according  to  thy 
-*--*-  lovingkindness :  according  unto  the  multitude 
of  thy  tender  mercies  a  blot  out  my  transgressions. 

2  6Wash  me  throughly  from  mine  iniquity,  and 
cleanse  me  from  my  sin. 

3  For  c  I  acknowledge  my  transgressions  :  and  my 
sin  is  ever  before  me. 

4  d  Against  thee,  thee  only,  have  I  sinned,  and  done 

430 


a  Mic.  0.  1,  2. 


b  Isa.  13.  3. 

1  Cor.  6.  2. 

1  Thess.  3.  13. 

Jude  14. 
c  Ex.  24.  7. 

Isa.  59.  20,  21. 

Heb.  8.  6. 


d  Isa.  43.  23. 
Mic.  6.  6. 
Acts  17.  25 


1  with  me. 


e  Hos.  14.  2. 
/Job  22.  27. 
g  Ps.  22.  23. 

Matt.  5.  16. 

John  15.  8. 
A  Prov.  1.  7,  28, 

29. 

Prov.  5.  12, 13. 

Rom.  2.  21. 

2  Thess.  2.  10- 

12. 
i  Rom.  1.  32. 

2  thy  portion 
was  with 
adulterers. 

3  thou  sendest. 
j  Bccl.  8.  11. 

k  Rom.  2.  4. 

4  that  disposeth 
his  way. 


*2  Sam.  12.  1. 
a  Col.  2.  14. 
b  Ezek.  36.  25. 

Zech.  13.  1. 

1  Cor.  6.  11. 

Heb.  9.  14. 

1  John  1.  7. 
Rev.  1.  5. 

c  Ps.  32.  5. 
d  Gen.  39.  9. 
e  Luke  15.  21. 
/Rom.  3.4. 
g  Job  14.  4. 

John  3.  6. 

Rom.  5.  12. 

1  warm  me. 
h  Prov.  20.  9. 

Jer.  13.  27. 
Ezek.  11.  19. 
Acts  15.  9. 
Eph.  2.  10. 

2  Or,  a  constant 
spirit. 

i  Gen.  4. 14. 
j  Ezek.  36.  27. 

Rom.  8.  9. 
k  Rom.  8.  15. 

2  Cor.  3.  17. 

3  bloods. 

4  Or,  that  I 
should  give  it. 

I  Mai.  3.  3. 


*  1  Sam.  22.  9. 
a  1  Sam.  21.  7. 
b  Ps.  50.  19. 

Prov.  12.  18. 
c  Ps.  59.  7. 
d  Jer.  9.  4. 

1  Or,  and  the 
deceitful 
tongue. 

2  beat  thee 

down. 
e  Prov.  2.  22. 
/  Job  22.  19. 
g  Ps.  58.  10. 
h  Job  31.  24,  25. 

Ps.  49.  6. 

3  Or,  substance. 
t  Ps.  92.  13. 


this  evil  ein  thy  sight :  /that  thou  mightest  be  jus- 
tified when  thou  speakest,  and  be  clear  when  thou 
judgest. 

5  g  Behold,  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity ;  and  in  sin  did 
my  mother  Conceive  me. 

6  Behold,  thou  desirest  truth  in  the  inward  parts : 
and  in  the  hidden  part  thou  shalt  make  me  to  know 
wisdom. 

7  Purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  shall  be  clean  : 
wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  whiter  than  snow. 

8  Make  me  to  hear  joy  and  gladness;  that  the 
bones  which  thou  hast  broken  may  rejoice. 

9  Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins,  and  blot  out  all 
mine  iniquities. 

10  h  Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  0  God;  and  renew 
2  a  right  spirit  within  me. 

11  Cast  me  not  away  'from  thy  presence ;  and  take 
not  thy  j  holy  spirit  from  me. 

12  Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation  ;  and 
uphold  me  with  thy  fcfree  spirit. 

13  Then  will  I  teach  transgressors  thy  ways;  and 
sinners  shall  be  converted  unto  thee. 

14  Deliver  me  from  3  bloodguiltiness,  O  God,  thou 
God  of  my  salvation:  and  my  tongue  shall  sing 
aloud  of  thy  righteousness. 

15  0  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips ;  and  my  mouth  shall 
shew  forth  thy  praise. 

16  For  thou  desirest  not  sacrifice;  4else  would  I 
give  it :  thou  delightest  not  in  burnt  offering. 

17  The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken  spirit :  a 
broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  O  God,  thou  wilt  not 
despise. 

18  Do  good  in  thy  good  pleasure  unto  Zl'on  :  build 
thou  the  walls  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

19  Then  shalt  thou  be  pleased  with  l  the  sacrifices 
of  righteousness,  with  burnt  offering  and  whole 
burnt  offering :  then  shall  they  offer  bullocks  upon 
thine  altar. 

PSALM  52. 

David,  confident  of  God's  mercy,  gives  thanks. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  Maschil,  A  Psalm  of  David,  *  when  Doeg  the  Edomite  came  and  told  Saul, 
and  said  unto  him,  David  is  come  to  the  house  of  Ahirnelech. 


HY  boastest  thou  thyself  in  mischief,  O  "mighty 
man  ?  the  goodness  of  God  endureth  continu- 


W 

ally. 

2  6Thy  tongue  deviseth  mischiefs;  like  ca  sharp 
razor,  working  deceitfully. 

3  Thou  lovest  evil  more  than  good ;  and  d  lying 
rather  than  to  speak  righteousness.     Se'lah. 

4  Thou  lovest  all  devouring  words,  1 0  thou  deceit- 
ful tongue. 

5  God  shall  likewise  2  destroy  thee  for  ever,  he  shall 
take  thee  away,  and  pluck  thee  out  of  thy  dwelling 
place,  and  eroot  thee  out  of  the  land  of  the  living. 
Se'lah. 

6  /The  righteous  also  shall  see,  and  fear,  °  and  shall 
laugh  at  him : 

7  Lo,  this  is  the  man  that  made  not  God  his  strength ; 
but  h  trusted  in  the  abundance  of  his  riches,  and 
strengthened  himself  in  his  3  wickedness. 

8  But  I  am  'like  a  green  olive  tree  in  the  house  of 
God :  I  trust  in  the  mercy  of  God  for  ever  and 
ever. 


A  prayer  J vr  deliverance. 


PSALMS,  53 


-K 


56. 


9  I  will  praise  thee  for  ever,  because  thou  hast  done 
it:  and  I  will  wait  on  thy  name;  J'for  it  is  good 
before  thy  saints. 

PSALM  53. 

David  describes  the  depravity  of  the  natural  man, 
To  the  chief  Musician,  upon  Mahalath,  Maschil,  A  Pxulm  of  David. 

THE  "fool  hath  said  in  his  heart,  There  is  no  God. 
Corrupt  are  they,  and  have  done  abominable 
iniquity:  b there  is  none  that  doeth  good. 

2  God  c  looked  down  from  heaven  upon  the  chil- 
dren of  men,  to  see  if  there  were  any  that  did 
understand,  that  did  rfseek  God. 

3  e  Every  one  of  them  is  gone  back :  they  are  alto- 
gether become  filthy ;  there  is  none  that  doeth  good, 
no,  not  one. 

4  Have  the  workers  of  iniquity  ^"no  knowledge? 
who  eat  up  my  people  as  they  eat  bread :  they  have 
not  called  upon  God. 

5  There  *were  they  in  great  fear,  where  no  fear 
was :  for  God  hath  scattered  the  bones  of  him  that 
encampeth  against  thee:  thou  hast  put  them  to 
shame,  because  God  hath  despised  them. 

6  2Oh  that  the  salvation  of  Ig'ra-el  were  come  out 
of  Zl'on !  When  God  bringeth  back  the  captivity 
of  his  people,  Ja'cob  shall  rejoice  and  Ig'ra-el  shall 
be  glad. 

PSALM  54. 

1  David  prays  for  deliverance.    4  His  confidencein  God. 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  Maschil,  A  Psalm  of  David,  *  when  the  Ziphims  came  and  said 

to  Saul,  Doth  not  David  hide  himself  with  us  't 

SAVE  me,  0  God,  by  thy  name,  and  judge  me  by 
thy  strength. 

2  Hear  my  prayer,  0  God  ;  give  ear  to  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

3  For  strangers  are  risen  up  against  me,  and  op- 
pressors seek  after  my  soul :  they  have  not  set  God 
before  them.     Se'lah. 

4  Behold,  God  is  mine  helper:  "the  Lord  is  with 
them  that  uphold  my  soul. 

5  He  shall  reward  evil  unto  1  mine  enemies  :  cut 
them  off  6in  thy  truth. 

6  I  will  freely  sacrifice  unto  thee  :  I  will  praise 
thy  name,  0  Lord  ;  for  it  is  good. 

7  For  he  hath  delivered  me  out  of  all  trouble  : 
and  mine  eye  hath  seen  his  desire  upon  mine  ene- 
mies. 

PSALM  55. 

1  David's  fearful  case.    8  He  prays  against  enemies. 
To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  Maschil,  A  I'salm  of  David. 

GIVE  ear  to  my  prayer,  0  God  ;  and  hide  not 
thyself  from  my  supplication. 

2  Attend  unto  me,  and  hear  me  :  I  mourn  in  my 
complaint,  and  make  a  noise  ; 

3  Because  of  the  voice  of  the  enemy,  because  of 
the  oppression  of  the  wicked  :  for  they  cast  iniquity 
upon  me,  and  in  wrath  they  hate  me. 

4  My  "heart  is  sore  pained  within  me  :  and  the 
terrors  of  death  are  fallen  upon  me. 

5  Fearfulness  and  trembling  are  come  upon  me; 
and  horror  hath  x  overwhelmed  me. 

6  And  I  said,  Oh  that  I  had  wings  like  a  dove  ! 
for  then  would  I  fly  away,  and  be  at  rest. 

7  Lo,  then  would  I  wander  far  off,  and  remain  in 
the  wilderness.     Se'lah. 


3  Ps.  54.  G. 


a  Ps.  10.  4. 


b  Rom.  3.  10. 
c  Ps.  33.  13. 


d  2  Chr.  15.  2. 
e  Eccl.  7.  29. 


/  Jer.  4.  22. 


1  they  feared  a 
fear. 


2  Who  will  give 
salvations,  etc. 


*  1  Sam.  23.  19. 
1  Sam.  26.  1. 


(IPs.  118.7. 

Isa.  41.  10. 

Rom.  8.  31,  32. 

Heb.  13.  6. 
1  those  that 

observe  me. 
6  Ps.  89.  49. 


a  Ps.  102.  3-5. 
Matt.  26. 
37,  38. 
John  12.  27. 
2  Cor.  1.  8-10. 

1  covered  me. 

2  Swallow  up. 

3  a  man  accord- 
ing to  my 
rank. 

b  2  Sam.  15.  12. 

4  Who  sweet- 
ened counsel. 

c  Num.  16.  30. 

5  Or,  the  grave. 
d  Dan.  0.  10. 

Luke  18.  1. 
Acts  3.  1. 
e  2  Chr.  32.  7. 
/'  Deut.  33.  27. 

6  Or,  With 
whom  also 
there  be  no 
changes,  yet 
they  fear  not 
God. 

7  he  hath  pro- 
faned. 

8  Or,  gift. 

<j  Matt.  6.  25. 
Luke  12.  22. 
h  Ps.  37.  24. 

9  men  of  bloods 
and  deceit. 

10  shall  not 
half  their 
days. 


*  Or,  A  golden 

Psalm  of 

David. 
t  1  Sam.  21. 

10,  11. 
a  Ps.  31.  9. 
1  Mine  observers. 
b  Ps.  57.  3. 
c  1  Sam.  30.  6. 

2  Chr.  20.  3. 
d  Heb.  13.  5,  6. 
e  Acts  4.  27,  28. 


David  prays  against  enemies. 

8  I  would  hasten  my  escape  from  the  windy  storm 
and  tempest. 

9  2  Destroy,  O  Lord,  and  divide  their  tongues  :  for 
I  have  seen  violence  and  strife  in  the  city. 

10  Day  and  night  they  go  about  it  upon  the  walls 
thereof  :  mischief  also  and  sorrow  are  in  the  midst 
of  it. 

1 1  Wickedness  is  in  the  midst  thereof  :  deceit  and 
guile  depart  not  from  her  streets. 

12  For  it  was  not  an  enemy  that  reproached  me  ; 
then  I  could  have  borne  it :  neither  was  it  he  that 
hated  me  that  did  magnify  himself  against  me  ; 
then  I  would  have  hid  myself  from  him  : 

13  But  it  was  thou,  3a  man  mine  equal,  6my  guide, 
and  mine  acquaintance. 

14  4We  took  sweet  counsel  together,  and  walked 
unto  the  house  of  God  in  company. 

15  Let  death  seize  upon  them,  and  let  them  cgo 
down  quick  into  5hell :  for  wickedness  is  in  their 
dwellings,  and  among  them. 

16  As  for  me,  I  will  call  upon  God  ;  and  the  Lord 
shall  save  me. 

17  d  Evening,  and  morning,  and  at  noon,  will  I 
pray,  and  cry  aloud  :  and  he  shall  hear  my  voice. 

18  He  hath  delivered  my  soul  in  peace  from  the 
battle  that  was  against  me  :  for  e  there  were  many 
with  me. 

19  God  shall  hear,  and  afflict  them,  /even  he  that 
abideth  of  old.  Se'lah.  G Because  they  have  no 
changes,  therefore  they  fear  not  God. 

20  He  hath  put  forth  his  hands  against  such  as  be 
at  peace  with  him  :  Yhe  hath  broken  his  covenant. 

21  The  words  of  his  mouth  were  smoother  than 
butter,  but  war  was  in  his  heart :  his  words  were 
softer  than  oil,  yet  were  they  drawn  swords. 

22  Cast  thy  8ff  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
sustain  thee :  *  he  shall  never  suffer  the  righteous 
to  be  moved. 

23  But  thou,  O  God,  shalt  bring  them  down  into 
the  pit  of  destruction  :  9  bloody  and  deceitful  men 
10 shall  not  live  out  half  their  days;  but  I  will  trust 
in  thee. 

PSALM  56. 

1  David  complains  against  enemies.     9  His  confidence  in  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  .Jonath-elem-rcchokim.  »  Michtam  of  David,  when  the  |  Philistines 

took  him  in  Gath. 

BE  "merciful  unto  me,  O  God  :  for  man  would 
swallow  me  up  ;  he  fighting  daily  oppresseth 
me. 

2  *  Mine  enemies  would  daily  b swallow  me  up: 
for  they  be  many  that  fight  against  me,  O  thou  most 
High. 

3  cWhat  time  I  am  afraid,  I  will  trust  in  thee. 

4  In  God  I  will  praise  his  word,  in  God  I  have  put 
my  trust ;  d  I  will  not  fear  what  flesh  can  do  unto 
me. 

5  Every  day  they  wrest  my  words :  all  their 
thoughts  are  against  me  for  evil. 

6  eThey  gather  themselves  together,  they  hide 
themselves,  they  mark  my  steps,  when  they  wait 
for  my  soul. 

7  Shall  they  escape  by  iniquity  ?  in  thine  anger 
cast  down  the  people,  O  God. 

431 


David's  complaint  and  praise. 


PSALMS,  57-59. 


A  prayer  for  deliverance. 


B 


8  Thou  tellest  my  wanderings  :  put  thou  my  tears 
into  thy  bottle  :  fare  they  not  in  thy  book  ? 

9  When  I  cry  unto  thee,  then  shall  mine  enemies 
turn  back  :  this  I  know  ;  for  °  God  is  for  me. 

10  In  God  will  I  praise  his  word  :  in  the  LORD  will 
I  praise  his  word. 

11  In  God  have  I  put  my  trust :  I  will  not  be  afraid 
what  man  can  do  unto  me. 

12  feThy  vows  are  upon  me,  0  God  :  I  will  render 
praises  unto  thee. 

13  For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from  death  : 
wilt  not  thou  deliver  my  feet  from  falling,  that  I 
may  walk  before  God  in  ^the  light  of  the  living? 

PSALM  57. 

1  David's  complaint.    7  His  praise  of  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  *  Al-taschith,  Michtam  of  David,  t  when  he  fled  from  Saul  in  the  cave. 

E  merciful  unto  me,  0  God,  be  merciful  unto 
me  :  for  my  soul  trusteth  in  thee  :  yea,  in  the 
shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I  make  my  refuge,  "until 
these  calamities  be  overpast. 

2  I  will  cry  unto  God  most  high  ;  unto  God  Hhat 
performeth  all  things  for  me. 

3  cHe  shall  send  from  heaven,  and  save  me  1from 
the  reproach  of  him  that  would  swallow  me  up. 
Se'lah.  God  d  shall  send  forth  his  mercy  and  his 
truth. 

4  My  soul  is  among  lions  :  and  I  lie  even  among 
them  that  are  set  on  fire,  even  the  sons  of  men, 
e  whose  teeth  are  spears  and  arrows,  and  ■''their 
tongue  a  sharp  sword. 

5  gBe  thou  exalted,  0  God,  above  the  heavens  ;  let 
thy  glory  be  above  all  the  earth. 

6  feThey  have  prepared  a  net  for  my  steps  ;  my 
soul  is  bowed  down  :  they  have  digged  a  pit  before 
me,  into  the  midst  whereof  they  are  fallen  them- 
selves.    Se'lah. 

7  *My  heart  is  2  fixed,  0  God,  my  heart  is  fixed  :  I 
will  sing  and  give  praise. 

8  -'Awake  up,  my  glory  ;  awake,  psaltery  and  harp  : 
I  myself  will  awake  early. 

9  I  will  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  among  the  people  :  I 
will  sing  unto  thee  among  the  nations. 

10  For  Hhy  mercy  is  great  unto  the  heavens,  and 
thy  truth  unto  the  clouds. 

11  Be  thou  exalted,  0  God,  above  the  heavens  :  let 
thy  glory  be  above  all  the  earth. 

PSALM  58. 

1  Reproof  of  ivicked  judges.     3  The  wicked  described. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  *  Al-taschith,  Michtam  of  David. 

r^O  ye  indeed  speak  righteousness,  0  congrega- 
-*-^  tion  ?  do  ye  judge  uprightly,  0  ye  sons  of  men? 

2  Yea,  in  heart  ye  work  wickedness  ;  aye  weigh  the 
violence  of  your  hands  in  the  earth. 

3  6  The  wicked  are  estranged  from  the  womb  :  they 
go  astray  1  as  soon  as  they  be  born,  speaking  lies. 

4  c  Their  poison  is  2  like  the  poison  of  a  serpent : 
they  are  like  the  deaf  3  adder  that  stoppeth  her 
ear ; 

5  Which  will  not  hearken  to  the  voice  of  charmers, 
4  charming  never  so  wisely. 

6  d  Break  their  teeth,  0  God,  in  their  mouth  :  break 
out  the  great  teeth  of  the  young  lions,  0  Lord. 

432 


/  Mai.  3.  16. 


g  Isa.  8.  9, 10. 


h  Ps.  116.  14-19. 


i  Job  33.  30. 


*  Or,  Destroy 
not,  A  golden 
Psalm. 

t  1  Sam.  22.  1. 

a  Isa.  26.  20. 


6  Pa.  138.  8. 


c  Ps.  144.  5. 
1  Or,  he  re- 

proacheth 

him  that 

would  swallow 

me  up. 
d  Ps.  40.  11. 

Johnl.  17. 


e  Prov.  30.  14. 
f  Ps.  64.  3. 
g  Ps.  108.  5. 
h  Ps.  9.  15. 
jPs.  108.  1. 
2  Or,  prepared. 
/  Judg.  5.  12. 
'k  Ps.  108.  4. 


*  Or,  Destroy 
not,  A  golden 
Psalm  of 
David. 

a  Ps.  94.  20. 

b  Ps.  51.  5. 

1  from  the 
belly. 

c  Ps.  140.  3. 

2  according  to 
the  likeness. 

3  Or,  asp. 

4  Or,  be  the 
charmer 
never  so 
cunning. 

d  Job  4.  10. 
e  Prov.  10.  25. 

5  as  living  as 
wrath. 

f  Deut.  32.  43. 

Job  22.  19. 

Ps.  18.  47. 

Prov.  10.  11. 

Rev.  18.  20. 
ffRom.  2.  6-11. 

6  a  fruit  of  the, 

A  Job  34.  11. 
Eccl.  5.  8. 
Jer.  32.  19. 
Ezek.  7.  27. 
Rom.  14.  12. 
Rev.  2.  23. 


*  Or,  Destroy 

not,  A  golden 

Psalm  of 

David. 
t  1  Sam.  19.  11. 
1  set  me  on 

high. 
a  1  Sam.  26.  18. 
9  to  meet  me. 
b  Dan.  4.  35. 
c  Ps.  2.  4. 

Prov.  1.  26. 

3  my  high  place. 

4  mine  observers. 
d  Gen.  4.  12,  15. 

5  to  eat. 

6  Or,  if  they  be 
not  satisfied, 
then  they  will 
stay  all  night. 


D 


7  Let  them  melt  away  as  waters  which  run  con- 
tinually :  when  he  bendeth  his  bow  to  shoot  his 
arrows,  let  them  be  as  cut  in  pieces. 

8  As  a  snail  which  melteth,  let  every  one  of  them 
pass  away  :  like  the  untimely  birth  of  a  woman, 
that  they  may  not  see  the  sun. 

9  Before  your  pots  can  feel  the  thorns,  he  shall 
take  them  away  "as  with  a  whirlwind,  5both  living, 
and  in  his  wrath. 

10  {The  righteous  shall  rejoice  when  he  seeth  the 
vengeance :  he  shall  wash  his  feet  in  the  blood  of 
the  wicked. 

11  So  that  a  man  shall  say,  Verily  g  there  is  6a  re- 
ward for  the  righteous  :  verily  he  is  a  God  that 
judgeth  Mn  the  earth. 

PSALM  59. 

David  prays  for  deliverance  from  enemies. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  *  Al-taschith,  Michtam  of  David,  +  when  Saul  scut,  and  they  watched  the 

house  to  kill  him. 

ELIVER  me  from  mine  enemies,  O  my  God  : 
1  defend  me  from  them  that  rise  up  against 
me. 

2  Deliver  me  from  the  workers  of  iniquity,  and 
save  me  from  bloody  men. 

3  For,  lo,  they  lie  in  wait  for  my  soul :  the  mighty 
are  gathered  against  me  ;  "not  for  my  transgres- 
sion, nor  for  my  sin,  O  Lord. 

4  They  run  and  prepare  themselves  without  my 
fault  :  awake  2to  help  me,  and  behold. 

5  Thou  therefore,  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Ig'ra-el,  b awake  to  visit  all  the  heathen  :  be  not 
merciful  to  any  wicked  transgressors.     Se'lah. 

6  They  return  at  evening  :  they  make  a  noise  like 
a  dog,  and  go  round  about  the  city. 

7  Behold,  they  belch  out  with  their  mouth  :  swords 
are  in  their  lips  :  for  who,  say  they,  doth  hear  ? 

8  But  thou,  O  Lord,  c  shalt  laugh  at  them ;  thou 
shalt  have  all  the  heathen  in  derision. 

9  Because  of  his  strength  will  I  wait  upon  thee : 
for  God  is  3my  defence. 

10  The  God  of  my  mercy  shall  prevent  me  :  God 
shall  let  me  see  my  desire  upon  4mine  enemies. 

11  dSlay  them  not,  lest  my  people  forget :  scatter 
them  by  thy  power  ;  and  bring  them  down,  O  Lord 
our  shield. 

12  For  the  sin  of  their  mouth  and  the  words  of 
their  lips  let  them  even  be  taken  in  their  pride  : 
and  for  cursing  and  lying  which  they  speak. 

13  Consume  them  in  wrath,  consume  them,  that 
they  may  not  be :  and  let  them  know  that  God 
ruleth  in  Ja'cob  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth.  Se'lah. 

14  And  at  evening  let  them  return  ;  and  let  them 
make  a  noise  like  a  dog,  and  go  round  about  the 
city. 

15  Let  them  wander  up  and  down  5for  meat,6  and 
grudge  if  they  be  not  satisfied. 

•  16  But  I  will  sing  of  thy  power;  yea,  I  will  sing 
aloud  of  thy  mercy  in  the  morning  :  for  thou  hast 
been  my  defence  and  refuge  in  the  day  of  my 
trouble. 

17  Unto  thee,  O  my  strength,  will  I  sing  :  for  God 
is  my  defence,  and  the  God  of  my  mercy. 


David  cries  to  God. 


PSALMS,  GO-64. 


His  thirst  for  God. 


PSALM  60. 

David1  s  complaint  and  prayer  for  deliverance 
To  the  cliief  Musician  upon  Shushan-cduth.  *  Mich  tain  of  David,  to  teach  ;  t  when  he  strove  with 
Aram-naharaim,  and  with  Aram-zobah,  when  Joab  returned,  and  smote  of  Edom  in  the  valley  oJ 
Salt  twelve  thousand. 

OGOD,  thou  hast  cast  us  off,  thou  hast  '  scattered 
us,  thou  hast  been  displeased  ;  0  turn  thyself 
to  us  again. 

2  Thou  hast  made  the  earth  to  tremble  ;  thou  hast 
broken  it :  heal  the  breaches  thereof  ;  for  it  shaketh. 

3  Thou  hast  shewed  thy  people  hard  things  :  thou 
hast  made  us  to  drink  the  wine  of  astonishment. 

4  "Thou  hast  given  a  banner  to  them  that  fear 
thee,  that  it  may  be  displayed  because  of  the  truth. 
Se'lah. 

5  6That  thy  beloved  may  be  delivered  ;  save  with 
thy  right  hand,  and  hear  me. 

6  God  hath  c  spoken  in  his  holiness ;  I  will  rejoice, 
I  will  d  divide  She'chem,  and  mete  out  ethe  valley 
of  Suc'coth. 

7  Gil'e-ad  is  mine,  and  Ma-nas'seh  is  mine ; 
•^E'phra-im  also  is  the  strength  of  mine  head  ;  °  Ju'- 
dah  is  my  lawgiver  ; 

8  Mo'ab  is  my  washpot ;  over  E'dom  will  I  cast 
out  my  shoe  :  Phl-lis'tia,  2triumph  thou  because  of 
me. 

9  Who  will  bring  me  into  the  3  strong  city  ?  who 
will  lead  me  into  E'dom  ? 

10  Wilt  not  thou,  0  God,  ivhich  Ahadst  cast  us  off  ? 
and  thou,  0  God,  which  didst  not  go  out  with  our 
armies  ? 

11  Give  us  help  from  trouble  :  for  vain  is  the 
4  help  of  man. 

12  Through  God  *we  shall  do  valiantly  :  for  he  it 
is  that  shall  tread  down  our  enemies. 

PSALM  61. 

David,  on  his  farmer  experience,  cries  to  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Neginah,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  my  cry,  0  God  ;  attend  unto  my  prayer. 
2  From  the  aend  of  the  earth  will  I  cry  unto 
thee,  when  my  heart  is  overwhelmed  :  lead  me  to 
the  rock  that  is  higher  than  I. 

3  For  thou  hast  been  a  shelter  for  me,  and b  a  strong 
tower  from  the  enemy. 

4  I  will  abide  in  cthy  tabernacle  for  ever  :  I  will 
1  trust  in  the  covert  of  thy  wings.     Se'lah. 

5  For  thou,  0  God,  hast  heard  my  vows  :  thou  hast 
given  me  d  the  heritage  of  those  that  fear  thy  name. 

6  2Thou  wilt  prolong  the  king's  life :  and  his 
years  3as  many  generations. 

7  He  shall  abide  e  before  God  for- ever  :  0  prepare 
mercy  and  truth,  ivhich  may  preserve  him. 

8  So  will  I  rsing  praise  unto  thy  name  for  ever, 
that  I  may  daily  perform  my  vows. 

PSALM  62. 

David  trusts  not  in  earthly  things,  only  in  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  to  Jeduthun,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

irpRULY  my  soul  2waiteth  upon  God  :  from  him 
■*-    cometh  my  salvation. 

2  He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation  ;  he  is  my 
3  defence  ;  I  shall  not  be  greatly  moved. 

3  How  long  will  ye  imagine  mischief  against  a 
man?  ye  shall  be  slain  all  of  you:  aas  a  bowing 
wall  shall  ye  be,  and  as  a  tottering  fence. 

27 


*  Or.  A  golden 

Psalm. 
t  2  Sam.  8.  3. 
1  broken. 


a  Isa.  11.  10. 


b  Ps.  108.  C. 


c  Ps.  SO.  35. 


tf  Gen.  12.  ('.. 
e  Josh.  13.  27. 


/'Deut.  33.  17 
'/  Gen.  49.  10. 


2  Or,  triumph 
thou  over  me 
(ironically). 

3  city  of 
strength. 


h  Ps.  44.  9. 

4  salvation. 
i  1  Chr.  19.  13. 


a  1  Tim.  2.  8. 
b  Prov.  18.  10. 
c  Ps.  15.  1. 

Ps.  23.  6. 

Rev.  3.  12. 

1  Or,  make  my 
refuge. 

d  1  Cor.  3. 
21-23. 

2  Thou  ehalt 
add  days  to 
the  days  of 
the  king. 

3  as  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

e  Ps.  41.  12. 

Luke  1.  32. 
/  Ps.  56.  12. 


1  Or,  Only. 

2  is  silent. 

3  high  place. 
a  Isa.  30.  13. 
b  Ps.  28.  3. 

4  in  their  in- 
ward parts. 

C  Mic.  7.  7,  10. 
d  Jer.  3.  23. 
e  1  Sam.  1.  15. 
Ps.  42.  4. 

5  Or,  alike. 
/  Isa.  26.  4. 

g  Mark  10.  23. 
Luke  12.  15. 
G  Or,  strength. 
k  1  Pet.  1.  17. 


*1  Sam.  23.  14. 

1  weary  land 
without 
water. 

a  1  Chr.  If..  11. 
b  John  3.  16. 
c  Ps.  17.  15. 

2  fatness. 

d  Isa.  25.  6. 
e  Ps.  149.  5. 
fl  Cor.  1.  10. 
«/  Isa.  26.  9. 

3  They  shall 
make  him  run 
out  like  water 
by  the  hands 
of  the  sword. 

h  Zeph.  1 .  5. 


a  Ps.  143.  9. 
b  Ps.  57.  4. 
1  Or,  speech. 


4  They  only  consult  to  cast  him  down  from  his 
excellency  :  they  delight  in  lies  :  Hhey  bless  with 
their  mouth,  but  they  curse  4 inwardly.     Se'lah. 

5  My  soul,  'wait  thou  only  upon  God  ;  for  my  ex- 
pectation is  from  him. 

6  He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation  :  he  is  my 
defence  ;  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

7  d  In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my  glory  :  the  rock 
of  my  strength,  and  my  refuge,  is  in  God. 

8  Trust  in  him  at  all  times  ;  ye  people,  pour  cout 
your  heart  before  him  :  God  is  a  refuge  for  us. 
Se'lah. 

9  Surely  men  of  low  degree  are  vanity,  and  men 
of  high  degree  are  a  lie  :  to  be  laid  in  the  balance, 
they  are  5 altogether  lighter  than  vanity. 

10  -Trust  not  in  oppression,  and  become  not  vain 
in  robbery  :  "if  riches  increase,  set  not  your  heart 
upon  them. 

11  God  hath  spoken  once  ;  twice  have  I  heard  this  ; 
that 6  power  belongeth  unto  God. 

12  Also  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  belongeth  mercy  :  for 
h  thou  renderest  to  every  man  according  to  his  work. 

PSALM  63. 

3  David's  (hirst  for  God.    9  Confident  of  his  enemies*  destruction. 
A  Psalm  of  David,  *  when  he  was  in  the  wilderness  oi  .ludah. 

C\  GOD,  thou  art  my  God  ;  early  will  I  seek  thee  : 
^-^  my  soul  thirsteth  for  thee,  my  flesh  longeth  for 
thee  in  a  dry  and  J  thirsty  land,  where  no  water  is ; 

2  To  see  athy  power  and  thy  glory,  so  as  I  have 
seen  thee  in  the  sanctuary. 

3  b  Because  thy  lovingkindness  is  better  than  life, 
my  lips  shall  praise  thee. 

4  Thus  will  I  bless  thee  while  I  live  :  I  will  lift  up 
my  hands  in  thy  name. 

5  My  soul  shall  be  c  satisfied  as  with  2d  marrow  and 
fatness  ;  and  my  mouth  shall  praise  thee  with  joyful 
lips  : 

6  When  I  remember  thee  cupon  my  bed,  and 
meditate  on  thee  in  the  night  watches. 

7  Because  thou  hast  been  7my  help,  therefore  in 
the  shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I  rejoice. 

8  a  My  soul  f olloweth  hard  after  thee  :  thy  right 
hand  upholdeth  me. 

9  But  those  that  seek  my  soul,  to  destroy  it,  shall 
go  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth. 

10  3They  shall  fall  by  the  sword  :  they  shall  be  a 
portion  for  foxes. 

11  But  the  king  shall  rejoice  in  God  ;  h  every  one 
that  sweareth  by  him  shall  glory  :  but  the  mouth  of 
them  that  speak  lies  shall  be  stopped. 

PSALM  64. 

David's  complaint  of  enemies  and  prayer  for  deliverance. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

TTEAR  my  voice,  O  God,  in  my  prayer  :  preserve 
■*-■*■  my  life  from  fear  of  the  enemy. 

2  "Hide  me  from  the  secret  counsel  of  the  wicked  ; 
from  the  insurrection  of  the  workers  of  iniquity  : 

3  Who  whet  their  tongue  Mike  a  sword,  and  bend 
their  bows  to  shoot  their  arrows,  even  bitter  words  : 

4  That  they  may  shoot  in  secret  at  the  perfect : 
suddenly  do  they  shoot  at  him,  and  fear  not. 

5  They  encourage  themselves  in  an  evil  l  matter  : 

433 


Blessedness  of  God's  chosen. 


PSALMS,  65-68. 


God's  special  goodness. 


they  commune  2of  laying  snares  privily  ;  they  say, 
Who  shall  see  them  ? 

6  They  search  out  iniquities  ;  3they  accomplish  4a 
diligent  search  :  both  the  inward  thought  of  every 
one  of  them,  and  the  heart,  is  deep. 

7  But  God  shall  shoot  at  them  with  an  arrow  ; 
suddenly  5  shall  they  be  wounded. 

8  cSo  they  shall  make  their  own  tongue  to  fall  upon 
themselves  :  all  that  see  them  shall  flee  away. 

9  And  all  men  shall  fear,  and  shall  declare  the  work 
of  God ;  for  they  shall  wisely  consider  of  his  doing. 

10  dThe  righteous  shall  be  glad  in  the  Lord,  and 
shall  trust  in  him  ;  and  all  the  upright  in  heart 
shall  glory. 

PSALM  65. 

1  Praise  of  God's  grace.    4  God's  goodness  to  his  chosen. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  and  Song  of  David. 

PRAISE  Vaiteth  for  thee,  0  God,  in  Si'on  :  and 
unto  thee  shall  the  vow  be  performed  : 

2  0  thou  that  "hearest  prayer,  6unto  thee  shall  all 
flesh  come. 

3  2  Iniquities  prevail  against  me  :  as  for  our  trans- 
gressions, thou  shalt c  purge  them  away. 

4  d  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  choosest,  and 
causest  to  approach  unto  thee,  that  he  may  dwell  in 
thy  courts  :  we  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  goodness 
of  thy  house,  even  of  thy  holy  temple. 

5  By  terrible  things  in  righteousness  wilt  thou 
answer  us,  0  God  of  our  salvation  ;  who  art  the 
confidence  of  all  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  of  them 
that  are  afar  off  upon  the  sea  : 

6  Which  by  his  strength  setteth  fast  the  moun- 
tains ;  being  girded  with  power  : 

7  e  Which  stilleth  the  noise  of  the  seas,  the  noise 
of  their  waves,  and  the  tumult  of  the  people. 

8  They  also  that  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  /are 
afraid  at  thy  tokens  :  thou  makest  the  outgoings  of 
the  morning  and  evening  3to  rejoice. 

9  Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  4waterest  it :  thou 
greatly  enrichest  it  with  the  river  of  God,  which  is 
full  of  water  :  "thou  preparest  them  corn,  when  thou 
hast  so  provided  for  it. 

10  Thou  waterest  the  ridges  thereof  abundantly  : 
5  thou  settlest  the  furrows  thereof:  6thou  makest 
it  soft  with  showers  :  thou  blessest  the  springing 
thereof. 

11  Thou  crownest  7the  year  with  thy  goodness ; 
and  thy  9  paths  drop  fatness. 

12  They  drop  upon  the  pastures  of  the  wilderness : 
and  the  little  hills  8  rejoice  on  every  side. 

13  The  pastures  are  clothed  with  flocks  ;  the  val- 
leys also  are  covered  over  with  corn  ;  they  shout 
for  joy,  they  also  sing. 

PSALM  66. 

David  declares  God's  special  goodness  to  himself. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Song  or  Psalm. 

IV/FAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  God,  a  all  ye  lands  :  ■ 
-^-*-  2  Sing  forth  the  honour  of  his  name  :  make 
his  praise  glorious. 

3  Say  unto  God,  How  terrible  art  thou  in  thy 
works  !  "through  the  greatness  of  thy  power  shall 
thine  enemies  2  submit  themselves  unto  thee. 

434 


2  to  hide  snares. 


3  Or,  we  are  con- 
sumed by  that 
which  they 
have  throughly 
searched. 

4  a  search 
searched. 

5  their  wound 
shall  be. 

c  Prov.  12.  13. 


!  Ps.  32.  11. 
Phil.  4.  4. 


1  is  silent. 


a  Luke  11.  9,  10. 
b  Isa.  66.  23. 


2  Words,  or, 
Matters  of 
iniquities. 

c  Heb.  9.  14. 

d  Ps.  33.  12. 


e  Matt.  8.  26. 
/Job  37.  5. 

3  Or,  to  sing. 

4  Or,  after  thou 
hadst  made  it 
to  desire  rain. 

5  Or,  thou  caus- 
est rain  to 
descend  into 
the  furrows 
thereof. 

6  thou  dis- 
solvest  it. 

7  the  year  of 
thy  goodness. 

g  Ps.  104.  3. 

8  are  girded 
with  joy. 


1  oil  the  earth. 
a  Ps.  18.  44. 

2  lie,  or,  yield 
feigned  obedi- 
ence. 

b  Ps.  67.  3. 
c  Ps.  46.  8. 
d  Ex.  14.  21. 

Ps.  78.  13. 

Isa.  63.  13, 14. 
e  Josh.  3.  14. 
/'Ps.  11.  4. 

3  putteth. 

g  Zech.  13.  9. 

4  moist. 

h  Ps.  116.  14,  18. 
Eccl.  5.  4. 
Jon.  2.  9. 

5  opened. 

6  marrow. 
(Job  11.  14,  15. 

Prov.  15.  29. 
Isa.  1.  15. 


a  Num.  0.  25,  26. 
Ps.  4.  6. 
Ps.  31.  16. 
Ps.  119.  135. 
2  Cor.  4.  6. 

1  with  us. 

6  Acts  13.  10. 
c  Luke  2.  30-32. 

Tit.  2.  11. 
d  Isa.  24.  15,  16. 
e  Ps.  96.  10. 

2  lead. 

/  Lev.  26.  4. 

Ps.  85.  9-12. 

Isa.  1.  19. 
g  Ps.  22.  27. 


1  from  his  face. 


4  6A11  the  earth  shall  worship  thee,  and  shall  sing 
unto  thee  ;  they  shall  sing  to  thy  name.     Se'lah. 

5  cCome  and  see  the  works  of  God  :  he  is  terrible 
in  his  doing  toward  the  children  of  men. 

6  dHe  turned  the  sea  into  dry  land:  ethey  went 
through  the  flood  on  foot  :  there  did  we  rejoice  in 
him. 

7  He  ruleth  by  his  power  for  ever  ;  yhis  eyes  be- 
hold the  nations  :  let  not  the  rebellious  exalt  them- 
selves.    Se'lah. 

8  O  bless  our  God,  ye  people,  and  make  the  voice 
of  his  praise  to  be  heard  : 

9  Which  3holdeth  our  soul  in  life,  and  suffereth 
not  our  feet  to  be  moved. 

10  For  thou,  O  God,  hast  proved  us :  "thou  hast 
tried  us,  as  silver  is  tried. 

11  Thou  broughtest  us  into  the  net ;  thou  laidst 
affliction  upon  our  loins. 

12  Thou  hast  caused  men  to  ride  over  our  heads  ; 
we  went  through  fire  and  through  water :  but  thou 
broughtest  us  out  into  a  4  wealthy  place.-     ■ 

13  I  will  go  into  thy  house  with  burnt  offerings  : 
h  I  will  pay  thee  my  vows, 

14  Which  my  lips  have  5  uttered,  and  my  mouth 
hath  spoken,  when  I  was  in  trouble. 

15  I  will  offer  unto  thee  burnt  sacrifices  of  6  fat- 
lings,  with  the  incense  of  rams  ;  I  will  offer  bullocks 
with  goats.     Se'lah. 

16  Come  and  hear,  all  ye  that  fear  God,  and  I  will 
declare  what  he  hath  done  for  my  soul. 

17  I  cried  unto  him  with  my  mouth,  and  he  was 
extolled  with  my  tongue. 

18  i  If  I  regard  iniquity  in  my  heart,  the  Lord  will 
not  hear  me  : 

19  But  verily  God  hath  heard  me ;  he  hath  at- 
tended to  the  voice  of  my  prayer. 

20  Blessed  be  God,  which  hath  not  turned  away 
my  prayer,  nor  his  mercy  from  me. 

PSALM  67. 

1  A  prayer  for  the  enlargement  of  God's  kingdom.    4  Joy  for  the  ?iations. 
To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  A  Psalm  or  Song. 

GOD   be   merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us  ;  and 
"cause  his  face  to  shine  2upon  us  ;  Se'-lah. 

2  That  Hhy  way  may  be  known  upon  earth,  cthy 
saving  health  among  all  nations. 

3  dLet  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God  ;  let  all  the 
people  praise  thee. 

4  0  let  the  nations  be  glad  and  sing  for  joy  :  for 
ethou  shalt  judge  the  people  righteously,  and  2 gov- 
ern the  nations  upon  earth.     Se'lah. 

5  Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God ;  let  all  the 
people  praise  thee. 

6  fThen  shall  the  earth  yield  her  increase  ;  and 
God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  bless  us. 

7  God  shall  bless  us  ;  and  "all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  shall  fear  him. 

PSALM  68. 


A  prayer  at  the  moving  of  the  ark. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  or  Song  of  David. 


LET  God  arise,  let  his  enemies  be  scattered 
them  also  that  hate  him  flee  1  before  him. 
2  As  smoke  is  driven  away,  so  drive  them  away 


let 


Prayer  at  removal  of  ark. 


PSALMS,  69. 


Complaint  of  afflictions. 


as  wax  melteth  before  the  fire,  so  let  the  wicked 
perish  at  the  presence  of  God. 

3  But  let  the  righteous  be  glad  ;  let  them  rejoice 
before  God  :  yea,  let  them  Exceedingly  rejoice. 

4  Sing  unto  God,  sing  praises  to  his  name  :  extol 
him  that  rideth  3upon  the  heavens  by  his  name 
JAH,  and  rejoice  before  him. 

5  A  father  of  the  fatherless,  and  a  judge  of  the 
widows,  is  God  in  his  holy  habitation. 

6  aGod  setteth  the  solitary  4in  families  :  he  bring- 
eth  out  those  which  are  bound  with  chains  :  but  the 
rebellious  dwell  in  a  dry  land. 

7  0  God, h  when  thou  wentest  forth  before  thy  peo- 
ple, when  thou  didst  march  through  the  wilderness  ; 
Se'lah : 

8  The  earth  shook,  the  heavens  also  dropped  at 
the  presence  of  God  :  even  Si'nai  itself  was  moved 
at  the  presence  of  God,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el. 

9  Thou,  0  God,  didst  °send  a  plentiful  rain, 
whereby  thou  didst 6  confirm  thine  inheritance,  when 
it  was  weary. 

10  Thy  congregation  hath  dwelt  therein  :  'thou,  0 
God,  hast  prepared  of  thy  goodness  for  the  poor. 

11  The  Lord  gave  the  word  :  great  was  the  Com- 
pany of  those  that  published  it. 

12  Kings  of  armies  8did  flee  apace  :  and  she  that 
tarried  at  home  divided  the  spoil. 

13  d  Though  ye  have  lien  among  the  pots,  eyet 
shall  ye  be  as  the  wings  of  a  dove  covered  with 
silver,  and  her  feathers  with  yellow  gold. 

14  When  the  Almighty  scattered  kings  9in  it,  it 
was  white  as  snow  in  Sal'mon. 

15  The  hill  of  God  is  as  the  hill  of  Ba'shan ;  an 
high  hill  as  the  hill  of  Ba'shan. 

16  Why  leap  ye,  ye  high  hills?  this  is  the  hill 
which  God  desireth  to  dwell  in  ;  yea,  the  Lord  will 
dwell  in  it  for  ever. 

17  -The  chariots  of  God  are  twenty  thousand, 
10  even  thousands  of  angels  :  the  Lord  is  among 
them,  as  in  Si'nai,  in  the  holy  place. 

18  "Thou  hast  ascended  on  high,  Hhou  hast  led 
captivity  captive:  'thou  hast  received  gifts  "for 
men  ;  yea,  for  J'the  rebellious  also,  Hhat  the  Lord 
God  might  dwell  among  them. 

19  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  daily  loadeth  us  with 
benefits,  even  the  God  of  our  salvation.     Se'lah. 

20  He  that  is  our  God  is  the  God  of  salvation ;  and 
'unto  God  the  Lord  belong  the  issues  from  death. 

21  But  God  shall  wound  the  head  of  his  enemies, 
and  the  hairy  scalp  of  such  an  one  as  goeth  on  still 
in  his  trespasses. 

22  The  Lord  said,  I  will  bring  again  from  Ba'shan, 
I  will  bring  my  people  again  from  the  depths  of  the 
sea: 

23  That  thy  foot  may  be  12 dipped  in  the  blood  of 
thine  enemies,  and  the  tongue  of  thy  dogs  in  the 
same. 

24  They  have  seen  thy  goings,  0  God  ;  even  the 
goings  of  my  God,  my  King,  in  the  sanctuary. 

25  The  singers  went  before,  the  players  on  instru- 
ments followed  after ;  among  them  were  the  damsels 
playing  with  timbrels. 


2  rejoice  with 
gladness. 


3  Or,  through 
the  deserts ; 
in  JAH  is  his 
uaiue. 


a  1  Sam.  2.  5 
4  in  a  house. 


h  Hah.  3.  13. 


5  shake  out. 
0  confirm  it. 


c  Ps.  74.  19. 


army. 


;  did  flee, 
flee. 


did 


./Ps.  SI.  G 

e  Ps.  74.  19. 

Eph.  5. 

26,  27. 

9  Or,  for  her, 

she  was. 
/  Deut.  33.  2. 
2  Ki.  6.  17. 
Dan.  7.  10. 

10  Or,  even 
many  thou- 
sands. 

g  Actsl.  9. 
Eph.  4.  8. 
h  Judg.  5.  12. 
i  Acts  2.  4. 

11  in  the  man. 
j  1  Tim.  1.  13. 
k  Ps.  78.  60. 

I  Deut.  32.  39. 

12  Or.  red. 

13  Or,  ye  that 
are  of  the 
fountain  of 
Israel. 

14  Or,  with  their 
company. 

m  2  Chr.  32.  23. 
Isa.  60.  16. 

15  Or,  the  beasts 
of  the  reeds. 

16  Or,  he 
scattereth. 

n  Isa.  19.  19. 
o  Isa.  45.  14. 

Zeph.  3.  in. 

Acts  8.  27,  28. 

17  give. 

IS  Or,  heavens. 
p  Isa.  41.  10. 

Zech.  10.  12. 

John  15.  5. 

Eph.  6.  10. 

Phil.  4.  13. 


1  the  mire  of 
depth. 

2  depth  of 
waters. 

a  John  15.  25. 

3  guiltiness. 
6  Isa.  53.  3. 

John  1.  11. 
c  1  Ki.  19.  10. 

Ps.  119.  139. 

John  2.  17. 
d  Rom.  15.  3. 
«  1  Ki.  9.  7. 

Ps.  44.  13.  14. 

Jer.  24.  9. 
/Job  17.  0. 

Lam.  3.  14. 

4  drinkers  of 
strong  drink. 

g  Isa.  49.  8. 
2  Cor.  G.  2. 


26  Bless  ye  God  in  the  congregations,  even  the 
Lord,  13from  the  fountain  of  Ig'ra-el. 

27  There  is  little  Ben'ja-min  with  their  ruler,  the 
princes  of  Ju'dah  uand  their  council,  the  princes  of 
Zeb'u-lun,  and  the  princes  of  Naph'ta-H. 

28  Thy  God  hath  commanded  thy  strength : 
strengthen,  O  God,  that  which  thou  hast  wrought 
for  us. 

29  Because  of  thy  temple  at  Je-ru'sa-lem  '"  shall 
kings  bring  presents  unto  thee. 

30  Rebuke  15the  company  of  spearmen,  the  multi- 
tude of  the  bulls,  with  the  calves  of  the  people,  till 
every  one  submit  himself  with  pieces  of  silver: 
lti  scatter  thou  the  people  that  delight  in  war. 

31  "Princes  shall  come  out  of  E'gypt ;  °E-thi-o'- 
pi-a  shall  soon  stretch  out  her  hands  unto  God. 

32  Sing  unto  God,  ye  kingdoms  of  the  earth  ;  O 
sing  praises  unto  the  Lord  ;  Se'lah  : 

33  To  him  that  rideth  upon  the  heavens  of  hea- 
vens, which  were  of  old  ;  lo,  he  doth  17send  out  his 
voice,  and  that  a  mighty  voice. 

34  Ascribe  ye  strength  unto  God  :  his  excellency 
is  over  I§'ra-el,  and  his  strength  is  in  the  18  clouds. 

35  0  God,  thou  art  terrible  out  of  thy  holy  places : 
the  God  of  I§'ra-el  is  he  pthat  giveth  strength  and 
power  unto  his  people.     Blessed  be  God. 

PSALM  69. 

1  David  complains  of  afflictions.     13  Prayer  for  deliverance. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Shoshaiinim,  A  Psalmoi  David. 

0  AVE  me,  O  God ;  for  the  waters  are  come  in  unto 
^  my  soul. 

2  I  sink  in 1  deep  mire,  where  there  is  no  standing : 

1  am  come  into  2  deep  waters,  where  the  floods  over- 
flow me. 

3  I  am  weary  of  my  crying  :  my  throat  is  dried  : 
mine  eyes  fail  while  I  wait  for  my  God. 

4  They  that  "hate  me  without  a  cause  are  more 
than  the  hairs  of  mine  head  :  they  that  would  de- 
stroy me,  being  mine  enemies  wrongfully,  are 
mighty  :  then  I  restored  that  which  I  took  not  away. 

5  O  God,  thou  knowest  my  foolishness ;  and  my 
3  sins  are  not  hid  from  thee. 

6  Let  not  them  that  wait  on  thee,  O  Lord  God  of 
hosts,  be  ashamed  for  my  sake  :  let  not  those  that 
seek  thee  be  confounded  for  my  sake,  O  God  of 
I§'ra-el. 

7  Because  for  thy  sake  I  have  borne  reproach ; 
shame  hath  covered  my  face. 

8  b  I  am  become  a  stranger  unto  my  brethren,  and 
an  alien  unto  my  mother's  children. 

9  c  For  the  zeal  of  thine  house  hath  eaten  me  up  ; 
rfand  the  reproaches  of  them  that  reproached  thee 
are  fallen  upon  me. 

10  When  I  wept,  and  chastened  my  soul  with  fast- 
ing, that  was  to  my  reproach. 

11  I  made  sackcloth  also  my  garment ;  'and  I  be- 
came a  proverb  to  them. 

12  They  that  sit  in  the  gate  speak  against  me  ; 
and  -I  was  the  song  of  the  4  drunkards. 

13  But  as  for  me,  my  prayer  is  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 
g  in  an  acceptable  time :  O  God,  in  the  multitude  of 
thy  mercy  hear  me,  in  the  truth  of  thy  salvation. 

435 


A  'prayer  for  deliverance. 


PSALMS,  70,  71 


David's  prayer  for  himself. 


14  Deliver  me  out  of  the  mire,  and  let  me  not 
sink  :  let  me  be  delivered  from  them  that  hate  me, 
and  out  of  the  deep  waters. 

15  Let  not  the  waterflood  overflow  me,  neither  let 
the  deep  swallow  me  up,  and  let  not  the  pit  shut 
her  mouth  upon  me. 

16  Hear  me,  0  Lord  ;  for  thy  lovingkindness  is 
good  :  turn  unto  me  according  to  the  multitude  of 
thy  tender  mercies. 

17  And  hide  not  thy  face  from  thy  servant ;  for  I 
am  in  trouble  :  5hear  me  speedily. 

18  Draw  nigh  unto  my  soul,  and  redeem  it :  de- 
liver me  because  of  mine  enemies. 

19  Thou  hast  known  hmy  reproach,  and  my  shame, 
and  my  dishonour  :  mine  adversaries  are  all  before 
thee. 

20  Reproach  hath  broken  my  heart ;  and  I  am  full  of 
heaviness  :  and  I  looked  for  some  6ito  take  pity,  but 
there  ivas  none ;  and  for  comforters,  but  I  found  none. 

21  They  gave  me  also  gall  for  my  meat ;  and  j'va 
my  thirst  they  gave  me  vinegar  to  drink. 

22  Let  their  table  become  a  snare  before  them  : 
and  that  which  should  have  been  for  their  welfare, 
let  it  become  a  trap. 

23  /cLet  their  eyes  be  darkened,  that  they  see  not; 
and  make  their  loins  continually  to  shake. 

24  Pour  out  thine  indignation  upon  them,  and  let 
thy  wrathful  anger  take  hold  of  them. 

25  Let 7 their  habitation  be  desolate  ;  and8 let  none 
dwell  in  their  tents. 

26  For  they  persecute  lhim  whom  thou  hast  smit- 
ten ;  and  they  talk  to  the  grief  of  9  those  whom 
thou  hast  wounded. 

27  Add  10 iniquity  unto  their  iniquity:  mand  let 
them,  not  come  into  thy  righteousness. 

28  Let  them  "be  blotted  out  of  the  book  of  the 
living,  "and  not  be  written  with  the  righteous. 

29  But  I  am  poor  and  sorrowful :  let  thy  salva- 
tion, 0  God,  set  me  up  on  high. 

30  I  will  praise  the  name  of  God  with  a  song,  and 
will  magnify  him  with  thanksgiving. 

31  This  also  shall  please  the  Lord  better  than  an 
ox  or  bullock  that  hath  horns  and  hoofs. 

32  The  "humble  shall  see  this,  and  be  glad  :  and 
your  heart  shall  live  that  seek  God. 

33  For  the  Lord  heareth  the  poor,  and  despiseth 
not  his  prisoners. 

34  Let  the  heaven  and  earth  praise  him,  the  seas, 
and  every  thing  that  12moveth  therein. 

35  pFor  God  will  save  Zi'on,  and  will  build  the 
cities  of  Ju'dah  :  that  they  may  dwell  there,  and 
have  it  in  possession. 

36  The  seed  also  of  his  servants  shall  inherit  it : 
and  they  that  love  his  name  shall  dwell  therein. 

PSALM  70. 

Prayer  against  the  wicked  and  for  the  godly. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David,  to  bring  to  remembrance. 

INTAKE  haste,  0  God,  to  deliver  me  ;  make  haste 

Ho  help  me,  0  Lord. 
2  Let  them  be   "ashamed  and  confounded   that 
seek  after  my  soul :  let  them  be  turned  backward, 
and  put  to  confusion,  that  desire  my  hurt. 

436 


5  make  haste  to 
hear  me. 


h  Ps.  22.  6. 
Isa.  53.  3. 
Heb.  12.  2. 


6  to  lament 
with  me. 
i  Ps.  142.  4,  5. 

j  Matt.  27.  34. 
Mark  15.  36. 
John  19.  29. 


k  2  Cor.  3.  14. 

7  their  palace. 

8  let  there  not  be 
a  dweller. 

I  Isa.  53.  4. 

9  thy  wounded. 

10  Or,  punish- 
ment of 
iniquity. 

m  Rom.  9.  31. 
n  Ex.  32.  32. 

Phil.  4.  3. 

Rev.  3.  5. 
o  Ezek.  13.  9. 

Luke  10.  20. 

Heb.  12.  23. 

11  Or,  meek,  or, 
afflicted. 

12  creepeth. 
p  Ps.  51.  18. 

Ps.  102.  13,  16. 
Isa.  14.  32. 
Isa.  44.  26. 


1  to  my  help. 
a  Ps.  109.  29. 
b  Isa.  61.  10. 

Hib.  3.  18. 

Rom.  5.  2. 

Phil.  3.  1. 

1  Pet.  1.  2-9. 
c  Ps.  40.  17. 
d  Judg.  5.  28. 

Ps.  141.  1. 

Heb.  10.  37. 

Rev.  22.  20. 


1  Be  thou  to  me 
for  a  rock  of 
habitation. 

a  Ps.  44.  4. 
b  Jer.  17.  7. 

Rom.  15.  13. 
c  Ps.  22.  9. 

Isa.  46.  3. 

Jer.  3.  4. 
d  Isa.  8.  18. 

Zeeh.  3.  8. 

1  Cor.  4.  9. 

2  watch,  or, 
observe. 

el  Sam.  17.  1. 

Matt.  27.  1. 
/  Ps.  22.  11. 

Ps.  35.  22. 
(?Ps.  70.  1. 
'h  Ps.  35.  4. 

Ps.  40.  14. 
i  Ps.  35.  28. 
i  Ps.  40.  5. 
k  Zech.  10.  12. 

Eph.  3.  16. 

Phil.  4.  13. 

2  Tim.  2.  1. 

3  unto  old  age 
and  gray  hairs. 

4  thine  arm. 
I  Ps.  57.  10. 

Prov.  24.  7. 

Isa.  5.  16. 
m  Ex.  15.  11. 

Ps.  35.  10. 

Isa.  40.  18,  25. 
n  Ps.  60.  3. 
o  Hos.  6.  1. 


3  Let  them  be  turned  back  for  a  reward  of  their 
shame  that  say,  Aha,  aha. 

_  4  6Let  all  those  that  seek  thee  rejoice  and  be  glad 
in  thee :  and  let  such  as  love  thy  salvation  say  con- 
tinually, Let  God  be  magnified. 

5  cBut  I  am  poor  and  needy  :  make  haste  unto 
me,  O  God  :  thou  art  my  help  and  my  deliverer ;  O 
Lord,-  make  no  d  tarrying. 

PSALM  71. 

1  David  prays  for  himself  and  against  enemies.     19  He  praises  God. 

TN  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust :  let  me  never 
J-  be  put  to  confusion. 

2  Deliver  me  in  thy  righteousness,  and  cause  me 
to  escape  :  incline  thine  ear  unto  me,  and  save 
me. 

3  1Be  thou  my  strong  habitation,  whereunto  I  may 
continually  resort  :  thou  hast  given  "commandment 
to  save  me  ;  for  thou  art  my  rock  and  my  fortress. 

4  Deliver  me,  O  my  God,  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
wicked,  out  of  the  hand  of  the  unrighteous  and 
cruel  man. 

5  For  thou  art  6my  hope,  O  Lord  God  :  thou  art 
my  trust  from  my  youth. 

6  By  e  thee  have  I  been  holden  up  from  the  womb : 
thou  art  he  that  took  me  out  of  my  mother's  bow- 
els :  my  praise  shall  be  continually  of  thee. 

7  d  I  am  as  a  wonder  unto  many  ;  but  thou  art  my 
strong  refuge. 

8  Let  my  mouth  be  filled  with  thy  praise  and  with 
thy  honour  all  the  day. 

9  Cast  me  not  off  in  the  time  of  old  age  ;  forsake 
me  not  when  my  strength  faileth. 

10  For  mine  enemies  speak  against  me  ;  and  they 
that  2lay  wait  for  my  soul  etake  counsel  together, 

11  Saying,  God  hath  forsaken  him:  persecute  and 
take  him  ;  for  there  is  none  to  deliver  him. 

12  fO  God,  be  not  far  from  me :  O  my  God,  "make 
haste  for  my  help. 

13  fcLet  them  be  confounded  and  consumed  that 
are  adversaries  to  my  soul ;  let  them  be  covered 
with  reproach  and  dishonour  that  seek  my  hurt. 

14  But  I  will  hope  continually,  and  will  yet  praise 
thee  more  and  more. 

15  *My  mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  righteousness 
and  thy  salvation  all  the  day  ;  for  31  know  not  the 
numbers  thereof. 

16  I  will  go  in  Hhe  strength  of  the  Lord  God  :  I 
will  make  mention  of  thy  righteousness,  even  of 
thine  only. 

17  0  God,  thou  hast  taught  me  from  my  youth : 
and  hitherto  have  I  declared  thy  wondrous  works. 

18  Now  also  3when  I  am  old  and  grayheaded,  O 
God,  forsake  me  not ;  until  I  have  shewed  4thy 
strength  unto  this  generation,  and  thy  power  to 
every  one  that  is  to  come. 

19  'Thy  righteousness  also,  O  God,  is  very  high, 
who  hast  done  great  things  :  m  O  God,  who  is  like 
unto  thee  ! 

20  n  Thou,  which  hast  shewed  me  great  and  sore 
troubles,  °shalt  quicken  me  again,  and  shalt  bring 
me  up  again  from  the  depths  of  the  earth. 


David's  prayer  for  Solomon. 


PSALMS,  72,  73. 


Prosperity  of  the  wicked. 


21  Thou  shalt  increase  my  greatness,  and  comfort 
me  on  every  side. 

22  I  will  also  praise  thee  5with  the  psaltery,  even 
thy  truth,  0  my  God :  unto  thee  will  I  sing  with 
the  harp,  0  thou  "Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

23  My  lips  shall  greatly  rejoice  when  I  sing  unto 
thee  ;  and  9my  soul,  which  thou  hast  redeemed. 

24  My  tongue  also  shall  talk  of  thy  righteousness 
all  the  day  long  :  for  they  are  confounded,  for  they 
are  brought  unto  shame,  that  seek  my  hurt. 

PSALM .  72. 

1  David  prays  for  Solomon,    2  His  typical  kingdom, 
A  Psalm  *  for  Solomon. 

GIVE  the  king  thy  judgments,  0  God,  and  thy 
righteousness  unto  the  king's  son. 

2  aHe  shall  judge  thy  people  with  righteousness, 
and  thy  poor  with  judgment. 

3  The  mountains  shall  bring  peace  to  the  people, 
and  the  little  hills,  by  righteousness. 

4  He  shall  judge  the  poor  of  the  people,  he  shall 
save  the  children  of  the  needy,  and  shall  break  in 
pieces  the  oppressor. 

5  They  shall  fear  thee  as  long  as  the  sun  and  moon 
endure,  throughout  all  generations. 

6  6He  shall  come  down  like  rain  upon  the  mown 
grass  :  as  showers  that  water  the  earth. 

7  In  his  days  shall  the  righteous  flourish  ;  cand 
abundance  of  peace  1so  long  as  the  moon  endureth. 

8  dHe  shall  have  dominion  also  from  sea  to  sea, 
and  from  the  river  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

9  They  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness  shall  bow  be- 
fore him  ;  and  his  enemies  shall  lick  the  dust. 

10  eThe  kings  of  Tar'shish  and  of  the  isles  shall 
bring  presents :  the  kings  of.  She'ba  and  Se'ba  shall 
offer  gifts. 

11  Yea,  all  kings  shall  fall  down  before  him  :  all 
nations  shall  serve  him. 

12  For  he  shall  deliver  the  needy  when  he  crieth  ; 
the  poor  also,  and  him  that  hath  no  helper. 

13  He  shall  spare  the  poor  and  needy,  and  shall 
save  the  souls  of  the  needy. 

14  He  shall  redeem  their  soul  from  deceit  and 
violence:  and  precious  shall  their  blood  be  in  his 
sight. 

15  And  he  shall  live,  and  to  him  2  shall  be  given  of 
the  gold  of  She'ba  :  Sprayer  also  shall  be  made  for 
him  continually  ;  and  daily  shall  he  be  praised. 

16  There  shall  be  an  handful  of  corn  in  the  earth 
upon  the  top  of  the  mountains  ;  the  fruit  thereof 
shall  shake  like  Leb'a-non  :  gand  they  of  the  city 
shall  flourish  like  grass  of  the  earth. 

'  17  His  name  3  shall  endure  for  ever  :  4his  name 
shall  be  continued  as  long  as  the  sun  :  and  hmen 
shall  be  blessed  in  him  :  'all  nations  shall  call  him 
blessed. 

18  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el, 
who  only  doeth  wondrous  things. 

19  And  blessed  be  his  glorious  name  for  ever  : 
and  let  the  whole  earth  be  filled  with  his  glory ; 
Amen,  and  Amen. 

20  The  prayers  of  Da'vid  the  son  of  Jes'se  are 
ended. 


5  with  the 
instrument  of 
psaltery. 

p  2  Ki.  19.  22. 
Isa.  00.  9. 


q  Pa.  103.  4. 


*  Or,  of. 


a  Isa.  11.  2. 


b  2  Sara.  23.  4. 
Hos.  6.  3. 


c  Isa.  2.  4. 

Dan.  2.  44. 

Luke  1.  33. 
1  till  there  be  no 

moon. 
d  Ex.  23.  31. 

1  Ki.  4.  21.  24. 

Ps.  2.  8. 

Zecli.  9.  10. 


e  Isa.  49. 


2  one  shall  give. 
/Matt.  6.  10. 

1  Cor.  1.  2,  3. 
g  1  Ki.  4.  20. 

3  shall  be. 

4  shall  be  as  a 
son  to  continue 
his  father's 
name  for  ever. 

h  Gen.  12.  3. 

Jer.  4.  2. 
i  Isa.  45.  23,  24. 

Luke  1.  48. 

Phil.  2.  9-11. 


*  Or,  for. 

1  Or,  Yet. 

2  clean  of  heart. 

3  fat, 

4  in  the  trouble 
of  other  men. 

5  with. 

n  Eccl.  8.  11. 
G  they  pass  the 

thoughts  of 

the  heart. 
b  2  Pet.  2.  18. 

Jude  10. 
c  Rev.  13.  6. 
i!  Job  22.  13. 

Ps.  94.  7. 
e  Job  21.  15. 

Ps.  24.  4. 

Mai.  3.  14. 

Heb.  10.  19-22. 

7  my  chastise- 
ment was. 

/  Eccl.  8.  17. 

8  it  was  labour 
in  mine  eyes. 

V  Ps.  77.  13. 

9  I  knew  not. 

10  with  thee. 
h  Isa.  58.  8. 

i  John  14.  3. 

2  Cor.  5.  1. 
j  Isa.  26.  8.  9. 

Hab.  3.  17,  18. 
k  Ps.  84.  2. 

11  rock. 

/  Heb.  10.  22. 


PSALM  73. 

God's purpo.srs  as  to  tin-  wicked  and  riijhtrous. 
A  Psalm  *  of  .<v-u|th. 

1  rpRULY  God  is  good  to  I§'ra-el,  even  to  such  as 
-*-    are  2of  a  clean  heart. 

2  But  as  for  me,  my  feet  were  almost  gone  ;  my 
steps  had  well  nigh  slipped. 

3  For  I  was  envious  at  the  foolish,  when  I  saw  the 
prosperity  of  the  wicked. 

4  For  there  are  no  bands  in  their  death  :  but  their 
strength  is  3firm. 

5  They  are  not  4in  trouble  as  other  men  ;  neither 
are  they  plagued  5like  other  men. 

6  Therefore  "pride  compasseth  them  about  as  a 
chain  ;  violence  covereth  them  as  a  garment. 

7  Their  eyes  stand  out  with  fatness  :  6  they  have 
more  than  heart  could  wish. 

8  They  are  corrupt,  and  speak  wickedly  concerning 
oppression  :  they  b  speak  loftily. 

9  They  set  their  mouth  c  against  the  heavens,  and 
their  tongue  walketh  through  the  earth. 

10  Therefore  his  people  return  hither :  and  waters 
of  a  full  cup  are  wrung  out  to  them. 

11  And  they  say,  dHow  doth  God  know?  and  is 
there  knowledge  in  the  most  High  ? 

12  Behold,  these  are  the  ungodly,  who  prosper  in 
the  world  ;  they  increase  in  riches. 

13  Verily  I  have  cleansed  my  heart  in  vain,  and 
e  washed  my  hands  in  innocency. 

14  For  all  the  day  long  have  I  been  plagued,  and 
7  chastened  every  morning. 

15  If  I  say,  I  will  speak  thus  ;  behold,  I  should 
offend  against  the  generation  of  thy  children. 

16  ■'"When  I  thought  to  know  this,  8it  ivas  too 
painful  for  me  ; 

17  Until  gl  went  into  the  sanctuary  of  God  ;  then 
understood  I  their  end. 

18  Surely  thou  didst  set  them  in  slippery  places  : 
thou  castedst  them  down  into  destruction. 

19  How  are  they  brought  into  desolation,  as  in  a 
moment !  they  are  utterly  consumed  with  ter- 
rors. 

20  As  a  dream  when  one  awaketh  ;  so,  O  Lord, 
when  thou  awakest,  thou  shalt  despise  their  image. 

21  Thus  my  heart  was  grieved,  and  I  was  pricked 
in  my  reins. 

22  So  foolish  was  I,  and  9  ignorant  :  I  was  as  a 
beast  10  before  thee. 

23  Nevertheless  I  am  continually  with  thee  :  thou 
hast  holden  me  by  my  right  hand. 

24  ''Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel,  and 
'afterward  receive  me  to  glory. 

25  ^'Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but  thee  ?  and  there  is 
none  upon  earth  that  I  desire  beside  thee. 

26  /cMy  flesh  and  my  heart  faileth  :  but  God  is  the 
"strength  of  my  heart,  and  my  portion  for  ever. 

27  For,  lo,  they  that  are  far  from  thee  shall  perish  : 
thou  hast  destroyed  all  them  that  go  a  whoring 
from  thee. 

28  But  it  is  good  for  me  to  'draw  near  to  God  :  I 
have  put  my  trust  in  the  Lord  God,  that  I  may  de- 
clare all  thy  works. 

437 


Desolation  of  the  sanctuary. 


PSALMS,  74-77. 


The  majesty  of  God. 


PSALM  74. 

Complaint  of  the  desolation  of  the  sanctuary. 
*  Maschil  of  Asaph. 

OGOD,  why  hast  thou  cast  us  off  for  ever  ?  why 
doth  thine  anger  smoke  against  athe  sheep  of 
thy  pasture  ? 

2  Remember  thy  congregation,  which  thou  hast 
purchased  of  old  ;  the  *rod  of  thine  inheritance, 
which  thou  hast  redeemed;  this  mount  Zl'on, 
wherein  thou  hast  dwelt. 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet  unto  the  perpetual  desolations  ; 
even  all  that  the  enemy  hath  done  wickedly  in  the 
sanctuary. 

4  Thine  enemies  roar  in  the  midst  of  thy  congre- 
gations ;  Hhey  set  up  their  ensigns  for  signs. 

5  A  man  was  famous  according  as  he  had  lifted 
up  axes  upon  the  thick  trees. 

6  But  now  they  break  down  the  carved  work 
thereof  at  once  with  axes  and  hammers. 

7  2They  have  cast  fire  into  thy  sanctuary,  they 
have  defiled  by  casting  down  the  dwelling  place  of 
thy  name  to  the  ground. 

8  cThey  said  in  their  hearts,  Let  us  3  destroy  them 
together  :  they  have  burned  up  all  the  synagogues 
of  God  in  the  land. 

9  We  see  not  our  signs  :  d  there  is  no  more  any 
prophet  :  neither  is  there  among  us  any  that  know- 
eth  how  long. 

10  0  God,  how  long  shall  the  adversary  reproach  ? 
shall  the  enemy  blaspheme  thy  name  for  ever  ? 

11  Why  withdrawest  thou  thy  hand,  even  thy 
right  hand?  pluck  it  out  of  thy  bosom. 

12  For  eGod  is  my  King  of  old,  working  salvation 
in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

13  Thou  didst  4  divide  the  sea  by  thy  strength  : 
•^thou  brakest  the  heads  of  the  5  dragons  in  the 
waters. 

14  Thou  brakest  the  heads  of  leviathan  in  pieces, 
and  gavest  him  to  9  be  meat /( to  the  people  inhabit- 
ing the  wilderness. 

15  'Thou  didst  cleave  the  fountain  and  the  flood  : 
thou  driedst  up  6  mighty  rivers. 

16  The  day  is  thine,  the  night  also  is  thine  :  thou 
hast  prepared  the  light  and  the  sun. 

17  Thou  hast j  set  all  the  borders  of  the  earth  :  thou 
hast  7made  summer  and  winter. 

18  k  Remember  this,  that  the  enemy  hath  re- 
proached, 0  Lord,  and  that  the  foolish  people  have 
blasphemed  thy  name. 

19  0  deliver  not  the  soul  'of  thy  turtledove  unto 
the  multitude  of  the  wicked :  forget  not  the  congre- 
gation of  thy  poor  for  ever. 

20  m  Have  respect  unto  the  covenant :  for  the  dark 
places  of  the  earth  are  full  of  the  habitations  of 
cruelty. 

21  0  let  not  the  "oppressed  return  ashamed  :  let 
the  poor  and  needy  praise  thy  name. 

22  Arise,  0  God,  plead  thine  own  cause  :  remem- 
ber how  the  foolish  man  reproacheth  "thee  daily. 

23  Forget  not  the  voice  of  thine  enemies  :  the 
tumult  of  those  that  rise  up  against  thee  8increas- 
eth  continually. 

438 


*  Or,  A  Psalm 
for  Asaph  to 
give  instruc- 
tion. 

a  Ps.  95.  7. 
Jer.  23.  1. 
Ezek.  34.  8,  31. 
Luke  12.  32. 


1  Or,  tribe. 


b  Dau.  G.  27. 


2  They  have  sent 
thy  sanctuary 
into  the  fire. 


c  Ps.  83.  4. 
3  break. 


d  1  Sam.  3. 1. 
Mic.  3.  6. 
Matt.  16.  4. 

e  Ps.  44.  4. 

4  break. 
/Isa.  51.  9. 

5  Or,  whales. 
q  Num.  14.  9. 
h  Ps.  72.  9. 

i  Ex.  17.  5,  6. 
Num.  20.  11. 
Josh.  3.  13. 
Ps.  105.  41. 
Isa.  11.  16. 
Hab.  3.  9. 
Rev.  10.  12. 

6  rivers  of 
strength. 

.;'  Acts  17.  26. 

7  made  them. 
k  Rev.  10.  19. 
/  Song  2.  14. 

Song  4.  1. 
m  Gen.  17.  7. 

Lev.  20.  44. 

Jer.  33.  21. 
n  Ps.  9.  18. 
o  Isa.  37.  23. 

8  ascendeth. 


*  Or.  Destroy 

not. 
t  Or,  for. 

1  Or,  When  I 
shall  take  a 
set  time. 

a  Heb.  1 .  3. 

2  desert. 

6  1  Sam.  2.  1. 

2  Sam.  5.  2. 

Dan.  2.  21. 

Lrike  1.  52. 
(■Job  21.  20. 

Jer.  25.  15. 

Rev.  14.  10. 


*  Or,  for. 
a  Ps.  40.  9. 

Ezek.  39.  9. 
b  Ezek.  38.  12. 
c  Isa.  40.  12. 
d  Ps.  13.  3. 

Jer.  51.  39. 
e  Ex.  15.  I.' 

Nah.  2.  13. 

Zech.  12.  4. 
/Job  41.  10. 

Nah.  1.  6. 
g  Ex.  9.  16. 
h  Eccl.  5.  4. 
i  Ps.  08.  29. 
1  to  fear. 
j  Ps.  G8.  35. 


*  Or,  for. 
a  Ps.  50.  15. 
6  Isa.  20.  9. 


PSALM  75. 

1  The  prophet  praises  God.    2  Promise  to  judge  uprightly. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  »  Al-taschith,  A  Psalm  or  Song  t  of  Asaph. 

TNTO  thee,  O  God,  do  we  give  thanks,  unto  thee 
^    do  we  give  thanks  :  for  that  thy  name  is  near 
thy  wondrous  works  declare. 

2  xWhen  I  shall  receive  the  congregation  I  will 
judge  uprightly. 

3  The  earth  and  all  the  inhabitants  thereof  are  dis- 
solved :  I  a  bear  up  the  pillars  of  it.     Se'lah. 

4  I  said  unto  the  fools,  Deal  not  foolishly  :  and  to 
the  wicked,  Lift  not  up  the  horn  : 

5  Lift  not  up  your  horn  on  high  :  speak  not  with 
a  stiff  neck. 

6  For  promotion  cometh  neither  from  the  east,  nor 
from  the  west,  nor  from  the  2  south. 

7  But  God  is  the  judge  :  b  he  putteth  down  one, 
and  setteth  up  another. 

8  For  cin  the  hand  of  the  Lord  there  is  a  cup,  and 
the  wine  is  red  ;  it  is  full  of  mixture  ;  and  he  pour- 
eth  out  of  the  same  :  but  the  dregs  thereof,  all  the 
wicked  of  the  earth  shall  wring  them  out,  and  drink 
them. 

9  But  I  will  declare  for  ever ;  I  will  sing  praises 
to  the  God  of  Ja'cob. 

10  All  the  horns  of  the  wicked  also  will  I  cut  off  ; 
but  the  horns  of  the  righteous  shall  be  exalted. 

PSALM  76. 

1  God's  majesty  declared.    11  An  exhortation  to  reverent  service. 
To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  A  Psalm  or  Song  *  of  Asaph. 

IN  Ju'dah  is  God  known  :  his  name  is  great  in 
I§'ra-el. 

2  In  Sa'lem  also  is  his  tabernacle,  and  his  dwelling 
place  in  Zl'-on. 

3  "There  brake  he  the  arrows  of  the  bow,  the  shield, 
and  the  sword,  and  the  battle.     Se'lah. 

4  Thou  art  more  glorious  and  excellent  Hhan  the 
mountains  of  prey. 

5  "The  stouthearted  are  spoiled,  dthey  have  slept 
their  sleep :  and  none  of  the  men  of  might  have 
found  their  hands. 

6  eAt  thy  rebuke,  O  God  of  Ja'cob,  both  the  char- 
iot and  horse  are  cast  into  a  dead  sleep. 

7  Thou,  even  thou,  art  to  be  feared  :  and  -^who  may 
stand  in  thy  sight  when  once  thou  art  angry  ? 

8  Thou  didst  cause  judgment  to  be  heard  from 
heaven ;  the  earth  feared,  and  was  still, 

9  When  God  arose  to  judgment,  to  save  all  the 
meek  of  the  earth.     Se'lah. 

10  9  Surely  the  wrath  of  man  shall  praise  thee  : 
the  remainder  of  wrath  shalt  thou  restrain. 

11  feVow,  and  pay  unto  the  Lord  your  God  :  'let 
all  that  be  round  about  him  bring  presents  aunto 
him  that  ought  to  be  feared. 

12  He  shall  cut  off  the  spirit  of  princes  :  jhe  is 
terrible  to  the  kings  of  the  earth. 


I 


PSALM  77. 

1  The psalmisVs  fierce  combat  with  diffidence.    10  The  victory. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  to  Jcduthun,  A  Psalm  *  of  Asaph. 

CRIED  unto  God  with  my  voice,  even  unto  God 
with  my  voice  ;  and  he  gave  ear  unto  me. 
2  "In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  6 sought  the  Lord  : 


The  majesty  of  God. 


PSALMS,  78. 


God's  dealing  with  Israel. 


amy  sore  ran  in  the  night,  and  ceased  not  :  my  soul 
refused  to  be  comforted. 

3  I  remembered  God,  and  was  troubled  :  I  com- 
plained, and  my  spirit  was  overwhelmed.     Se'lah. 

4  Thou  holdest  mine  eyes  waking  :  I  am  so  troubled 
that  I  cannot  speak. 

5  c  I  have  considered  the  days  of  old,  the  years  of 
ancient  times. 

6  I  call  to  remembrance  my  song  in  the  night :  I 
commune  with  mine  own  heart :  and  my  spirit  made 
diligent  search. 

7  Will  the  Lord  cast  off  for  ever?  and  will  he  be 
favourable  no  more  ? 

8  d  Is  his  mercy  clean  gone  for  ever  ?  doth  e  his 
promise  fail 2  for  evermore  ? 

9  Hath  God  f  forgotten  to  be  gracious?  hath  he  in 
anger  shut  up  his  tender  mercies  ?     Se'lah. 

10  And  I  said,  This  is  gmy  infirmity:  but  I  will 
remember  the  years  of  the  right  hand  of  the  most 
High. 

11  h  I  will  remember  the  works  of  the  Lord  :  surely 
I  will  remember  thy  wonders  of  old. 

12  I  will  meditate  also  of  all  thy  work,  and  talk  of 
thy  doings. 

13  fThy  way,  0  God,  is  in  the  sanctuary :  who  is 
so  great  a  God  as  our  God  ? 

14  Thou  art  the  God  that  doest  wonders :  thou  hast 
declared  thy  strength  among  the  people. 

15  Thou  hast  with  thine  arm  redeemed  thy  people, 
the  sons  of  Ja'cob  and  Jo'geph.     Se'lah. 

16  'The  waters  saw  thee,  0  God,  the  waters  saw 
thee ;  they  were  afraid :  the  depths  also  were  trou- 
bled. 

17  3The  clouds  poured  out  water:  the  skies  sent 
out  a  sound :  thine  arrows  also  went  abroad. 

18  The  voice  of  thy  thunder  was  in  the  heaven : 
the  lightnings  lightened  the  world :  the  earth  trem- 
bled and  shook. 

19  k  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  thy  path  in  the 
great  waters,  'and  thy  footsteps  are  not  known. 

20  mThou  leddest  thy  people  like  a  flock  by  the 
hand  of  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on. 

PSALM  78. 

1  An  exhortation  to  learn  and  preach  the  laic  of  God.     67  The  Israelites  rejected. 
*  Alaschil  of  Asaph. 

a  f~^  IVE  ear,  0  my  people,  to  my  law :  incline  your 
^-*   ears  to  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

2  6 1  will  open  my  mouth  in  a  parable :  I  will  utter 
dark  sayings  of  old : 

3  c  Which  we  have  heard  and  known,  and  our 
fathers  have  told  us. 

4  dWe  will  not  hide  them  from  their  children, 
e  shewing  to  the  generation  to  come  the  praises  of 
the  Lord,  and  his  strength,  and  his  wonderful  works 
that  he  hath  done. 

5  For  he  established  a  testimony  in  Ja'cob,  and 
appointed  a  law  in  Ig'ra-el,  which  he  commanded 
our  fathers,  that  they  should  make  them  known  to 
their  children : 

6  •'"That  the  generation  to  come  might  know  them, 
even  the  children  which  should  be  born ;  who  should 
arise  and  declare  them  to  their  children  : 


1  my  hand. 


c  Dent.  32.  7. 
Ps.  143.  6. 

Isa.  51.  9. 


tflsa.  27.  11. 

Jon.  2.  4. 
e  Num.  23.  19. 

Jer.  15.  18. 

Rom.  9.  G. 
2  to  generation 

andgeneration. 
f  Isa.  49.  15. 
g  Job  42.  3. 

Ps.  31.  22. 

Jer.  10.  19. 


A  1  Chr.  10.  12. 
Ps.  28.  5. 
Isa.  5.  12. 


i  Ps.  73.  17. 


j  Ex.  14.  21. 
Josh.  3.  15,  16. 


3  The  clouds 
were  poured 
forth  with 
water. 

k  Hab.  3.  15. 
I  Ex.  14.  28. 
Job  37.  23. 
m  Isa.  03.  11. 


*  Or,  A  Psalm 
for  Asaph  to 
give  instruc- 
tion. 

a  Ex.  19.  5. 
Deut.  32.  29. 

b  Ps.  49.  4. 
Matt.  13.  35. 

c  Ps.  44.  1. 

(I  Deut.  4.  9. 

e  Ex.  12.  20. 
Josh.  4.  0.  7. 

/Ps.  102.  18. 

1  that  prepared 
not  their  heart. 

2  throwing  forth. 
it  Isa.  17.  10. 

Jer.  2.  32. 
h  Gen.  32.  3. 

Isa.  19.  11. 
>  Ex.  17.  0. 

Num.  20.  11. 

Ps.  105.  41. 

Isa.  41.  18. 
j  Deut.  9.  21. 
k  Heb.  3.  16. 
/Num.  11.  4. 

3  order. 

m  Ex.  17.  6. 

Num.  20.  11. 
n  Heb.  3.  10. 
o  Gen.  7.  11. 

Deut.  28.  12. 
p  Neh.  9.  15,  20. 

John  G.  31. 

1  Cor.  10.  3. 

4  Or,  Every  one 
did  eat  the 
bread  of  the 
mighty. 

5  to  go. 

6  fowl  of  wing. 

7  made  to  bow. 
SOr,  young  men. 
q  Hos.  5.  15. 


7  That  they  might  set  their  hope  in  God,  and  not 
forget  the  works  of  God,  but  keep  his  command- 
ments : 

8  And  might  not  be  as  their  fathers,  a  stubborn 
and  rebellious  generation ;  a  generation  1  that  set  not 
their  heart  aright,  and  whose  spirit  was  not  sted- 
fast  with  God. 

9  The  children  of  E'phra-Im,  being  armed,  and 
2  carrying  bows,  turned  back  in  the  day  of  battle. 

10  They  kept  not  the  covenant  of  God,  and  refused 
to  walk  in  his  law  ; 

11  And  ffforgat  his  works,  and  his  wonders  that 
he  had  shewed  them. 

12  Marvellous  things  did  he  in  the  sight  of  their 
fathers,  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  hin  the  field  of  Zo'an. 

13  He  divided  the  sea,  and  caused  them  to  pass 
through ;  and  he  made  the  waters  to  stand  as  an  heap. 

14  In  the  daytime  also  he  led  them  with  a  cloud, 
and  all  the  night  with  a  light  of  fire. 

15  'He  clave  the  rocks  in  the  wilderness,  and  gave 
them  drink  as  out  of  the  great  depths. 

16  He  brought i  streams  also  out  of  the  rock,  and 
caused  waters  to  run  down  like  rivers. 

17  And  they  sinned  yet  more  against  him  by  ''pro- 
voking the  most  High  in  the  wilderness. 

18  And  they  tempted  God  in  their  heart  by  asking 
meat  for  their  lust. 

19  'Yea,  they  spake  against  God;  they  said,  Can 
God 3  furnish  a  table  in  the  wilderness  ? 

20  '"Behold,  he  smote  the  rock,  that  the  waters 
gushed  out,  and  the  streams  -overflowed ;  can  he 
give  bread  also?  can  he  provide  flesh  for  his  people ? 

21  Therefore  the  Lord  heard  this,  and  was  wroth  : 
so  a  fire  was  kindled  against  Ja'cob,  and  anger  also 
came  up  against  I§'ra-el ; 

22  Because  they "  believed  not  in  God,  and  trusted 
not  in  his  salvation  : 

23  Though  he  had  commanded  the  clouds  from 
above,  °  and  opened  the  doors  of  heaven, 

24  pAnd  had  rained  down  manna  upon  them  to 
eat,  and  had  given  them  of  the  corn  of  heaven. 

25  4  Man  did  eat  angels'  food :  he  sent  them  meat 
to  the  full. 

26  He  caused  an  east  wind  5to  blow  in  the  heaven : 
and  by  his  power  he  brought  in  the  south  wind. 

27  He  rained  flesh  also  upon  them  as  dust,  and 
leathered  fowls  like  as  the  sand  of  the  sea: 

28  And  he  let  it  fall  in  the  midst  of  their  camp, 
round  about  their  habitations. 

29  So  they  did  eat,  and  were  well  filled  :  for  he 
gave  them  their  own  desire  ; 

30  They  were  not  estranged  from  their  lust.  But 
while  their  meat  ivas  yet  in  their  mouths, 

31  The  wrath  of  God  came  upon  them,  and  slew 
the  fattest  of  them,  and  '  smote  down  the  8  chosen 
men  of  Ig'ra-el. 

32  For  all  this  they  sinned  still,  and  believed  not 
for  his  wondrous  works. 

33  Therefore  their  days  did  he  consume  in  vanity, 
and  their  years  in  trouble. 

34  "When  he  slew  them,  then  they  sought  him  : 
and  thev  returned  and  enquired  early  after  God. 

439 


God's  dealing  with  Israel. 


PSALMS,  79. 


The  desolation  of  Jerusalem. 


35  And  they  remembered  that  God  was  their  rock, 
and  the  high  God  their  redeemer. 

36  Nevertheless  they  did  r  flatter  him  with  their 
mouth,  and  they  lied  unto  him  with  their  tongues. 

37  For  their  heart  was  not  right  with  him,  neither 
were  they  stedfast  in  his  covenant. 

38  But  he,  being  sfull  of  compassion,  forgave  their 
iniquity,  and  destroyed  them  not  :  yea,  many  a  time 
*  turned  he  his  anger  away,  and  did  not  stir  up  all 
his  wrath. 

39  For  he  remembered  "that  they  were  but  flesh; 
va  wind  that  passeth  away,  and  cometh  not  again. 

40  How  oft  did  they  9  provoke  him  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  grieve  him  in  the  desert ! 

41  Yea,  they  turned  back  and  tempted  God,  and 
limited  the  Holy  One  of  I§'ra-el. 

42  They  remembered  not  his  hand,  nor  the  day 
when  he  delivered  them  10from  the  enemy. 

43  How  he  had  "wrought  his  signs  in  E'gypt,  and 
his  wonders  in  the  field  of  Zo'an  : 

44  And  had  turned  their  rivers  into  blood  ;  and 
their  floods,  that  they  could  not  drink. 

45  He  sent  divers  sorts  of  flies  among  them,  which 
devoured  them ;  and  frogs,  which  destroyed  them. 

46  He  gave  also  their  increase  unto  the  caterpiller, 
and  their  labour  unto  the  locust. 

47  He  12  destroyed  their  vines  with  hail,  and  their 
sycomore  trees  with  13  frost. 

48  uHe  gave  up  their  cattle  also  to  the  hail,  and 
their  flocks  to  15hot  thunderbolts. 

49  He  cast  upon  them  the  w  fierceness  of  his  anger, 
wrath,  and  indignation,  and  trouble,  by  sending  evil 
angels  among  them. 

50  16  He  made  a  way  to  his  anger  ;  he  spared  not 
their  soul  from  death,  but  gave  their  "  life  over  to 
the  pestilence  ; 

51  And  smote  all  the  firstborn  in  E'gypt ;  the  chief 
of  their  strength  in  the  tabernacles  of  x  Ham : 

52  But  made  his  own  people  to  go  forth  like  sheep, 
and  guided  them  in  the  wilderness  like  a  flock. 

53  And  he  led  them  on  safely,  so  that  they  feared 
not :  but  the  sea  18  overwhelmed  their  enemies. 

54  And  he  brought  them  to  the  border  of  his 
'•'sanctuary,  even  to  this  mountain,  which  his  right 
hand  had  purchased. 

55  He  cast  out  the  heathen  also  before  them,  and 
divided  them  an  inheritance  by  line,  and  made  the 
tribes  of  Is_'ra-el  to  dwell  in  their  tents. 

56  Yet  they  tempted  and  provoked  the  most  high 
God,  and  kept  not  his  testimonies  : 

57  But  z  turned  back,  and  dealt  unfaithfully  like 
their  fathers  :  they  were  turned  aside  "like  a  de- 
ceitful bow. 

58  For  they  provoked  him  to  anger  with  their 
b  high  places,  and  moved  him  to  jealousy  with  their 
graven  images. 

59  When  God  c_heard  this,  he  was  wroth,  and 
greatly  abhorred  Ig'ra-el : 

60  dSo  that  he  forsook  the  tabernacle  of  ShI'loh, 
the  tent  which  he  placed  among  men  ; 

61  e  And  delivered  his  '"strength  into  captivity,  and 
his  glory  into  the  enemy's  hand. 

440 


r  Ezek.  33.  31. 


s  Ex.  34.  6. 
Neh.  9. 17. 
Ps.  8G.  15. 

tlKi.  21.29. 

Isa.  48.  9. 

Mic.  7.  18. 

Rom.  2.  4. 
u  Gen.  6.  3. 

John  3.  6. 

Jas.  4. 14. 
r  Job  7.  7.  16. 
9  Or,  rebel 

against  him. 


10  Or,  from 
affliction. 

11  set. 


12  killed. 

13  Or,  great  hail- 
stones. 

14  He  shut  up. 

15  Or,  lightnings. 
w  Rom.  2.  S. 


16  He  weighed  a 
path. 

17  Or,  their 
beasts  to  the 
murrain. 


x  Gen.  9.  22. 

18  covered. 
y  Ex.  15.  17. 

z  Ezek.  20.  27. 
a  Hos.  7.  1C. 
b  Lev.  26.  30. 

Num.  33.  52. 

Deut.  12.  2. 
e  Heb.  4.  13. 
d  1  Sam.  4.  11. 

Jer.  7.  12. 
e  Judg.  18.  30. 
/  1  Sam.  4.  12. 

19  praised. 

g  Job  27.  15. 
'h  Isa.  42.  13. 
i  1  Ki.  6. 

20  founded. 

21  From  after. 
j  2  Sam.  5.  2. 

1  Chr.  11.  2. 
Mic.  5.  2-4. 
Zech.  11.  4. 
*  1  Ki.  9.  4. 


*  Or,  for. 
a  2  Ki.  25.  9. 

Jer.  26.  18. 
6  Jer.  7.  33. 
c  Rev.  11.  9. 
d  Deut.  29.  20. 

Ezek.  36.  5. 
e  Isa.  45.  4. 
/Ps.  53.4. 
g  Isa.  43.  25. 

1  Or,  the  iniqui- 
ties of  them 
that  were  be- 
fore us. 

h  Josh.  7.  9. 
Isa.  43.  25. 
Jer.  14.  7. 

2  vengeance. 

i  Num.  14.  17. 

3  thine  arm. 

4  reserve  the 
children  of 
death. 


62  He  gave  his  people  over  also  unto  the  sword  ; 
and  was  wroth  with  his  inheritance. 

63  The  fire  consumed  their  young  men  ;  and  their 
maidens  were  not  19  given  to  marriage. 

64  Their  priests  fell  by  the  sword  ;  and  °  their 
widows  made  no  lamentation. 

65  Then  the  Lord  awaked  as  one  out  of  sleep,  and 
h  like  a  mighty  man  that  shouteth  by  reason  of  wine. 

66  And  he  smote  his  enemies  in  the  hinder  parts  : 
he  put  them  to  a  perpetual  reproach. 

67  Moreover  he  refused  the  tabernacle  of  Jo'geph, 
and  chose  not  the  tribe  of  E'phra-im  : 

68  But  chose  the  tribe  of  Ju'dah,  the  mount  Zl'on 
which  he  loved. 

69  And  he  i  built  his  sanctuary  like  high  palaces, 
like  the  earth  which  he  hath  20  established  for  ever. 

70  He  chose  Da'vid  also  his  servant,  and  took  him 
from  the  sheepfolds  : 

71  21From  following  the  ewes  great  with  young 
he  brought  him  J"to  feed  Ja'cob  his  people,  and  I§'- 
ra-el  his  inheritance. 

72  So  he  fed  them  according  to  the  k  integrity  of 
his  heart ;  and  guided  them  by  the  skilfulness  of 
his  hands. 

PSALM  79. 

1  Complaint  of  the  desolation  of  Jerusalem.    8  Prayer  for  deliverance. 
A  Psalm  *  of  Asaph. 

f\  GOD,  the  heathen  are  come  into  thine  inherit- 
^-J  ance  ;  thy  holy  temple  have  they  defiled ;  a  they 
have  laid  Je-ru'sa-lem  on  heaps. 

2  6The  dead  bodies  of  thy  servants  have  they 
given  to  be  meat  unto  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  the 
flesh  of  thy  saints  unto  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

3  Their  blood  have  they  shed  like  water  round 
about  Jg-ru'sa-lem ;  cand  there  was  none  to  bury 
them. 

4  We  are  become  a  reproach  to  our  neighbours,  a 
scorn  and  derision  to  them  that  are  round  about  us. 

5  How  long,  Lord  ?  wilt  thou  be  angry  for  ever  ? 
shall  thy  d jealousy  burn  like  fire? 

6  Pour  out  thy  wrath  upon  the  heathen  that  have 
e  not  known  thee,  and  upon  the  kingdoms  that  have 
■'not  called  upon  thy  name. 

7  For  they  have  devoured  Ja'cob,  and  laid  waste 
his  dwelling  place. 

8  ffO  remember  not  against  us  former  iniquities  : 
let  thy  tender  mercies  speedily  prevent  us :  for  we 
are  brought  very  low. 

9  Help  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation,  for  the  glory 
of  thy  name  :  and  deliver  us,  and  purge  away  our 
sins,  Afor  thy  name's  sake. 

10  Wherefore  should  the  heathen  say,  Where  is 
their  God  ?  let  him  be  known  among  the  heathen 
in  our  sight  by  the  2  revenging  of  the  blood  of  thy 
servants  which  is  shed.  ' 

11  Let  the  sighing  of  the  prisoner  come  before 
thee ;  *  according  to  the  greatness  of  3thy  power 
4  preserve  thou  those  that  are  appointed  to  die  ; 

12  And  render  unto  our  neighbours  sevenfold  into 
their  bosom  their  reproach,  wherewith  they  have 
reproached  thee,  O  Lord. 

13  So  we  thy  people  and  sheep  of  thy  pasture 


Miseries  of  the  church. 


PSALMS,  80  83. 


An  exhortation  to  judges. 


will  give  thee  thanks  for  ever  :  Jwe  will  shew  forth 
thy  praise  5to  all  generations. 

PSALM  80. 

1  The  psalmist's  complaint  of  the  miseries  of  the  church.    8  Favours  are  turned  into  judg- 
ments. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Shoshnnnim-eduth, 
A  Psalm  *  of  Asaph. 

GIVE  ear,  0  Shepherd  of  I§'ra-el,  thou  that  lead- 
est  Jo'geph  like  a  flock;  athou  that  dwellest 
betiveen  the_cherubims,  b  shine  forth. 

2  Before  E'phra-im  and  Ben'ja-min  and  Ma-nas'- 
seh  stir  up  thy  strength,  and  'come  and  save  us. 

3  Turn  cus  again,  0  God,  and  cause  thy  face  to 
shine  ;  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

4  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  how  long  2wilt  thou  be 
angry  against  the  prayer  of  thy  people  ? 

5  Thou  f  eedest  them  with  the  bread  of  tears  ;  and 
givest  them  tears  to  drink  in  great  measure. 

6  Thou  makest  us  a  strife  unto  our  neighbours : 
and  our  enemies  laugh  among  themselves. 

7  dTurn  us  again,  0  God  of  hosts,  and  cause  thy 
face  to  shine  ;  and  we  shall  be  saved.  _ 

8  Thou  hast  brought  ea  vine  out  of  E'gypt :  thou 
hast  cast  out  the  heathen,  and  planted  it. 

9  Thou  preparedst  room  before  it,  and  didst  cause 
it  to  take  deep  root,  and  it  filled  the  land. 

10  The  hills  were  covered  with  the  shadow  of  it, 
and  the  boughs  thereof  were  like  3the  goodly  cedars. 

11  She  sent  out  her  boughs  unto  the  sea,  and  her 
branches  'unto  the  river. 

12  Why  hast  thou  then  a  broken  down  her  hedges, 
so  that  all  they  which  pass  by  the  way  do  pluck  her? 

13  The  boar  out  of  the  wood  doth  waste  it,  and 
the  "wild  beast  of  the  field  doth  devour  it. 

14  Return,  hwe  beseech  thee,  0  God  of  hosts :  ^ook 
down  from  heaven,  and  behold,  and  visit  this  vine ; 

15  And  the  vineyard  which  thy  right  hand  hath 
planted,  and  the  branch  that  thou  madest  strong 
for  j  thyself. 

16  It  is  burned  with  fire,  it  is  cut  down  :  they 
perish  at  the  rebuke  of  thy  countenance. 

17  fcLet  thy  hand  be  upon  the  'man  of  -thy  right 
hand,  upon  the  son  of  man  whom  thou  madest 
strong  for  thyself. 

18  So  will  not  we  go  back  from  thee  :  quicken  us, 
and  we  will  call  upon  thy  name. 

19  Turn  us  again,  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  cause 
mthy  face  to  shine  ;  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

PSALM  81. 

An  exhortation  to  the  praise  of  God. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Gittith, 

A  Psalm  *  of  Asaph. 

SING  aloud  unto  God  our  strength  :  make  a  joy- 
ful noise  unto  the  God  of  Ja'cob. 

2  Take  a  psalm,  and  bring  hither  the  timbrel,  the 
pleasant  harp  with  the  psaltery. 

3  Blow  up  the  trumpet  in  the  new  moon,  in  the 
time  appointed,  on  our  solemn  feast  day. 

4  For  "this  ivas  a  statute  for  Ig'ra-el,  and  a  law 
of  the  God  of  Ja'cob. 

5  This  he  ordained  in  Jo'geph  for  a  testimony, 
when  he  went  out  1  through  the  land  of  E'gypt : 
where  I  heard  a  language  that  I  understood  not. 


j  Isa.  43.  21. 

5  to  generation 
andgeueration. 


*  Or,  for. 


a  1  Sam.  4.  4. 

Ps.  99.  1. 
b  Dent.  'Si.  2. 


1  come  for  salva- 
tion to  us. 
c  1  Ki.  18.  37.     . 


2  wilt  thou 
smoke. 


d  1  Ki.  IS.  37. 


e  Isa.  5.  1,7. 
Jer.  2.21. 
Ezek.  15.  G. 


3  the  cedars  of 

God. 
/Ex.  23.  31. 

Ps.  72.  8. 
g  Isa.  5.  5. 
h  Zecb.  1.  12,  16, 

17. 
i  Isa.  G3.  15. 
j  Isa.  43.  5. 
/,:Ps.  89.  21. 
/  Ex.  4.  22. 

Ps.  11(1.  1. 

Dan.  7.  13,  14. 

John  5.  21-27. 
m  Num.  G.  25. 

Ps.  27.  4,  9. 


*  Or,  for. 
a  Lev.  23.  24. 
Num.  10.  10. 

1  Or,  against. 

2  passed  away. 

3  Or,  baskets. 

4  Or,  Strife. 
b  Ps.  37.  3. 

John  15.  7. 
c  Acts  7.  42. 
Rom.  1.  24. 

5  Or,  to  the 
hardness  of 
their  hearts, 
or,  imagina- 
tions. 

d  Deut.  5.  29. 

Isa.  48.  18. 

Jer.  44.  4,  5. 

Matt.  23.  37. 
G  lied,  or, 

yielded 

feigned  obedi- 
ence. 
7  with  the  fat 

of  wheat. 


*  Or,  for. 
a  Eccl.  5.  8. 
b  Ex.  21.6. 
c  Deut.  1.  17. 
Ps.  58. 1,  2. 

1  Judge. 

d  Ps.  11.  3. 

2  moved. 

e  Ex.  22.  9. 

John  10.  34. 
/Job  21.  32. 

Ezek.  31 .  14. 
n  Ps.  2.  8. 

Rev.  11.  15. 


*  Or,  for. 
a  Ps.  2.  1. 
b  Ps.  27.  5. 

Col.  3.  3. 
c  2  Sam.  10.  6. 

2  Chr.  20.  1. 
1  heart. 


his 


6  I  removed  his  shoulder  from  the  burden 
hands  2were  delivered  from  the  3pots. 

7  Thou  calledst  in  trouble,  and  I  delivered  thee  ; 
I  answered  thee  in  the  secret  place  of  thunder :  I 
proved  thee  at  the  waters  of  4Mer'i-bah.     Se'lah. 

8  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will  testify  unto  thee  : 

0  Ig'ra-el,  if  thou  wilt  hearken  unto  me  ; 

9  There  shall  no  strange  god  be  in  thee  ;  neither 
shalt  thou  worship  any  strange  god. 

10  I  am  the  LoRDthy  God,  which  brought  thee 
out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt:  'open  thy  mouth  wide, 
and  I  will  fill  it. 

11  But  my  people  would  not  hearken  to  my 
voice  ;  and  Ig'ra-el  would  none  of  me. 

12  cSo  I  gave  them  up  5unto  their  own  hearts' 
lust :  and  they  walked  in  their  own  counsels. 

13  rfOh  that  my  people  had  hearkened  unto  me, 
and  Ig'ra-el  had  walked  in  my  ways ! 

14  I  should  soon  have  subdued  their  enemies,  and 
turned  my  hand  against  their  adversaries. 

15  The  haters  of  the  Lord  should  have  °  submitted 
themselves  unto  him  :  but  their  time  should  have 
endured  for  ever. 

16  He  should  have  fed  them  also  7with  the  finest 
of  the  wheat :  and  with  honey  out  of  the  rock  should 

1  have  satisfied  thee. 

PSALM  82. 

The  psalmist^  having  exhorted  the  judges,  prays  God  to  judge. 
A  Psalm  *  of  Asaph. 

GOD    "standeth    in    the    congregation   of    the 
mighty  ;  he  judgeth  among  Hhe  gods. 

2  How  long  will  ye  judge  unjustly,  and  "accept 
the  persons  of  the  wicked?     Se'lah. 

3  x Defend  the  poor  and  fatherless:  do  justice  to 
the  afflicted  and  needy. 

4  Deliver  the  poor  and  needy :  rid  them  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  wicked. 

5  They  know  not,  neither  will  they  understand ; 
they  walk  on  in  darkness  :  dall  the  foundations  of 
the  earth  are  2  out  of  course. 

6  e  I  have  said,  Ye  are  gods  ;  and  all  of  you  are 
children  of  the  most  High. 

7  But  fye  shall  die  like  men,  and  fall  like  one  of 
the  princes. 

8  Arise,  O  God,  judge  the  earth  :  5for  thou  shalt 
inherit  all  nations. 

PSALM  83. 

'  1  Complaint  of  coiispiracies.     9  Prayer  against  them  that  oppress  the  church. 
A  Song  or  Psalm  *  of  Asaph. 

KEEP   not  thou  silence,  O  God  :  hold  not  thy 
peace,  and  be  not  still,  O  God. 

2  For,  lo,  "thine  enemies  make  a  tumult:  and 
they  that  hate  thee  have  lifted  up  the  head. 

3  They  have  taken  crafty  counsel  against  thy 
people,  and  consulted  b  against  thy  hidden  ones. 

4  They  have  said,  Come,  and  clet  us  cut  them  off 
from  being  a  nation ;  that  the  name  of  Ig'ra-el  may 
be  no  more  in  remembrance. 

5  For  they  have  consulted  together  with  one  J  con- 
sent :  they  are  confederate  against  thee  : 

6  The  tabernacles  of  E'dom,  and  the  Ish'ma-el- 
Ites  ;  of  Mo'ab,  and  the  Ha'gar-ene§  ; 

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Longing  for  communion. 


PSALMS,  84-86. 


Reliance  on  God's  mercy. 


7  Ge'bal,  and  Am'mon,  and  Am'a-lek;  the  Phi-lis'- 
tineg  with  the  inhabitants  of  Tyre  ; 

8  As'sur  also  is  joined  with  them  :  2they  have 
holpen  the  children  of  Lot.     Se'lah. 

9  Do  unto  them  as  unto  the  dMid'i-an-Ites  ;  as  to 
€Sis'e-ra,  as  to  Ja'bin,  at  the  brook  of  Ki'son : 

10  Which  perished  at  En -dor:  they  became  as 
dung  for  the  earth. 

11  Make  their  nobles  like  O'reb,  and  like  Ze'eb : 
yea,  all  their  princes  as  Ze'bah,  and  as  Zal-mun'na: 

12  Who  said,  Let  us  take  to  ourselves  the  houses 
of  God  in  possession. 

13  0  my  God,  make  them  like  a  wheel ;  as  the 
stubble  before  the  wind. 

14  As  the  fire  burneth  a  wood,  and  as  the  flame 
setteth  the  mountains  on  fire  ; 

15  So  persecute  them  with  thy  tempest,  and  make 
them  afraid  with  thy  storm. 

16  Fill  their  faces  with  shame ;  that  they  may  seek 
thy  name,  0  Lord. 

17  Let  them  be  confounded  and  troubled  for  ever; 
yea,  let  them  be  put  to  shame,  and  perish  : 

18  That  men  may  know  that  thou,  whose  name 
alone  is  JE-HO'VAH,  art  the  most  high  over  all  the 
earth. 

PSALM  84. 

1  Longing  for  the  communion  of  the  sanctuary.    8  Prayer  to  dwell  therein. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Gittith,  A  Psalm  *  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

HOW  "amiable  are  thy  tabernacles,  0  Lord  of 
hosts  ! 

2  My  soul  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  for  the 
courts  of  the  Lord  :  my  heart  and  my  flesh  crieth 
out  for  the  living  God. 

3  ^ea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  an  house,  and  the 
swallow  a  nest  for  herself,  where  she  may  lay  her 
young,  even  thine  altars,  0  Lord  of  hosts,  my  King, 
and  my  God. 

4  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  house  :  they 
will  be  still  praising  thee.     Se'lah. 

5  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength  is  in  thee  ; 
in  whose  heart  are  the  ways  of  them. 

6  Who  passing  through  the  valley  2of  Ba'ca  make 
it  a  well ;  the  rain  also  3  filleth  the  pools. 

7  They  go  4from  strength  to  strength,  every  one 
of  them  in  Zl'on  6appeareth  before  God. 

8  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my  prayer  :  give  ear, 
0  God  of  Ja'cob.     Se'lah. 

9  Behold,  cO  God  our  shield,  and  look  upon  the 
face  of  thine  anointed. 

10  For  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than  a  thou- 
sand. 5I  had  rather  be  a  doorkeeper  in  the  house 
of  my  God,  than  to  dwell  in  the  tents  of  wickedness. 

11  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield  :  the 
Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory  :  no  good  thing  will 
he  withhold  from  them  that  walk  uprightly. 

12  0  Lord  of  hosts,  blessed  is  the  man  that  trust- 
eth  in  thee. 

PSALM  85. 

1  The  psalmist  prays  for  former  mercies.    8  Confidence  in  God's  goodness. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  *  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

ORD,  thou  hast  been  1  favourable  unto  thy  land : 
thou  hast  "brought  back  the  captivity  of  Ja'cob. 

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2  they  have 
been  an  arm 
to  the  chil- 
dren of  Lot. 

rfNum.  31.  7,  8 
Judg.  7.  22. 
Isa.  9.  4. 

e  Judg.  4.  15. 


L 


*  Or,  of. 

a  Ps.  26.  8.     . 

Ps.  27.  4. 

Heb.  9.  23,  24. 

Rev.  21.  2,  3. 

1  Or,  As  the 
sparrow  find- 
eth  a  house, 
and  the  swal- 
low a  nest  for 
herself,  so 
findetli  my 
soul  thine 
altars. 

2  Or,  of  mul- 
berry trees 
make  him  a 
well,  etc. 

3  covereth. 

4  Or,  from  com- 
pany to  com- 
pany. 

6  Deut.  1C.  16. 
c  Gen.  15.  1. 

5  I  would  choose 
rather  to  sit 
at  the  thresh- 
old. 


*  Or,  of. 

1  Or,  well 
pleased. 

a  Jer.  30.  18. 
Ezek.  39.  25. 

2  Or,  thou  hast 
turned  thine 
anger  from 
waxing  hot. 

6  Hab.  3.  2. 
c  Hab.  2.  1. 
d  Zech.  9.  10. 
e  2  Pet.  2.  20. 
/Mic.  7.  20. 

Johnl.  17. 
g  Ps.  72.  2,  3. 

Isa.  32.  17. 

Luke  2.  14. 

John  14.  27. 
h  Isa.  45.  8. 

2  Cor.  5.  14-21. 
i  Jas.  1.  17. 


*  Or,  A  Prayer, 
being  a  Psalm 
of  David. 

1  Or,  one  whom 
thou  favourest. 

2  Or,  all  the  day. 
a  verse  15. 

Ps.  130.  7,  8. 
Joel  2. 13. 
&Ex.  15.  11. 
Deut.  3.  24. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

2  Sam.  7.  22. 
1  Ki.  8.  23. 

ePs.  95.  6,.  7. 

Isa.  43.  7. 

Rev.  15.  4. 
d  Deut.  6.  4. 

Isa.  37. 16. 

Mark  12.  29. 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 

Eph.  4.  G. 
e  Ps.  56.  13. 

3  Or,  grave. 

4  terrible. 
/  verse  5. 

Ex.  34.  6. 
Num.  14.  18. 
Neb.  9.  17. 
Ps.  103.  8. 
Ps.  111.  4. 
Joel  2.  13. 


2  Thou  hast  forgiven  the  iniquity  of  thy  people, 
thou  hast  covered  all  their  sin.     Se'lah. 

3  Thou  hast  taken  away  all  thy  wrath  :  2thou  hast 
turned  thyself  from  the  fierceness  of  thine  anger. 

4  Turn  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation,  and  cause  thine 
anger  toward  us  to  cease. 

5  Wilt  thou  be  angry  with  us  for  ever  ?  wilt  thou 
draw  out  thine  anger  to  all  generations  ? 

6  Wilt  thou  not 6  revive  us  again  :  that  thy  people 
may  rejoice  in  thee  ? 

7  Shew  us  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  and  grant  us  thy 
salvation. 

8  CI  will  hear  what  God  the  Lord  will  speak  :  for 
dhe  will  speak  peace  unto  his  people,  and  to  his 
saints  :  but  let  them  not  turn  e  again  to  folly. 

9  Surely  his  salvation  is  nigh  them  that  fear  him ; 
that  glory  may  dwell  in  our  land. 

10  rMercy  and  truth  are  met  together ;  9  right- 
eousness and  peace  have  kissed  each  other. 

11  h Truth  shall  spring  out  of  the  earth;  and 
righteousness  shall  look  down  from  heaven. 

12  'Yea,  the  Lord  shall  give  that  which  is  good  ; 
and  our  land  shall  yield  her  increase. 

13  Righteousness  shall  go  before  him ;  and  shall 
set  us  in  the  way  of  his  steps. 

PSALM  86. 

1  David  relies  on  God\s  mercy.     17  He  desires  some  token  of  God's  goodness. 
*  A  Prayer  of  David. 

T>OW  down  thine  ear,  O  Lord,  hear  me  :  for  I  am 
*-*  poor  and  needy. 

2  Preserve  my  soul ;  for  I  am  1  holy  :  O  thou  my 
God,  save  thy  servant  that  trusteth  in  thee. 

3  Be  merciful  unto  me,  O  Lord  :  for  I  cry  unto 
thee  2  daily. 

4  Rejoice  the  soul  of  thy  servant  :  for  unto  thee, 
0  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my  soul. 

5  aFor  thou,  Lord,  art  good,  and  ready  to  forgive ; 
and  plenteous  in  mercy  unto  all  them  that  call  upon 
thee. 

6  Give  ear,  O  Lord,  unto  my  prayer  ;  and  attend 
to  the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

7  In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  will  call  upon  thee  : 
for  thou  wilt  answer  me. 

8  b  Among  the  gods  there  is  none  like  unto  thee,  O 
Lord  ;  neither  are  there  any  ivorks  like  unto  thy 
works. 

9  c  All  nations  whom  thou  hast  made  shall  come 
and  worship  before  thee,  O  Lord  ;  and  shall  glorify 
thy  name. 

10  For  thou  art  great,  and  doest  wondrous  things : 
^thou  art  God  alone. 

11  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord  ;  I  will  walk  in  thy 
truth  :  unite  my  heart  to  fear  thy  name. 

12  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord  my  God,  with  all 
my  heart  :  and  I  will  glorify  thy  name  for  ever- 
more. 

13  For  great  is  thy  mercy  toward  me  :  and  thou 
hast  delivered  my  soul  from  the  lowest  3hell. 

14  O  God,  the  proud  are  risen  against  me,  and 
the  assemblies  of  Violent  men  have  sought  after 
my  soul ;  and  have  not  set  thee  before  them. 

15  /But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  full  of  compas- 


Prayer  and  complaint 


PSALMS,  87-89. 


sion,  and  gracious,  longsuffering,  and  plenteous  in 
mercy  and  truth. 

16  0  turn  unto  me,  and  have  mercy  upon  me  ;  give 
thy  strength  unto  thy  servant,  and  save  the  son  of 
thine  handmaid. 

17  Shew  me  a  token  for  good ;  that  they  which 
hate  me  may  see  it,  and  be  ashamed  :  because  thou, 
Lord,  hast  holpen  me,  and  comforted  me. 

PSALM  87. 

The  nature  and  glory  of  the  church. 
A  Psalm  or  Song  *  for  the  sons  of  Koran. 

HIS  foundation  is  in  the  holy  mountains. 
2  The  Lord  loveth  the  gates  of  Zi'on  more 
than  all  the  dwellings  of  Ja'cob. 

3  "Glorious  things  are  spoken  of  thee,  0  city  of 
God.     Se'lah. 

4  I  will  make  mention  of  ^a'hab  and  Bab'y-lon  to 
them  that  know  me:  behold  Phi-lis'tia,  and  Tyre, 
with  E-thi-o'pi-a  ;  this  man  was  born  there. 

5  And  of  Zi'on  it  shall  be  said,  This  and  that  man 
was  born  in  her  :  and  6the  highest  himself  shall 
establish  her. 

6  cThe  Lord  shall  count,  when  he  dwriteth  up  the 
people,  that  this  man  was  born  there.     Se'lah. 

7  As  well  the  singers  as  the  players  on  instru- 
ments shall  be  there :  all  my  springs  are  in  thee. 

PSALM  88. 

Grievous  complaint  of  David  in  prayer. 

A  Song  or  Psalm  *  for  the  sons  of  Korah,  to  the  chief  Musician  upon  Mahal  at  h  Leannoth,  f  Mas- 
ch.il  of  Human  the  Ezrahite. 

(~\  LORD  God  of  my  salvation,  I  have "  cried  day 
^^  and  night  before  thee  : 

2  Let  my  prayer  come  before  thee  :  incline  thine 
ear  unto  my  cry  ; 

3  For  my  soul  is  full  of  troubles  :  and  my  life 
"draweth  nigh  unto  the  grave. 

4  I  am  counted  with  them  that  go  down  into  the 
pit :  I  am  as  a  man  that  hath  no  strength  : 

5  Free  among  the  dead,  like  the  slain  that  lie  in 
the  grave,  whom  thou  rememberest  no  more  :  and 
they  are  cut  off  2from  thy  hand. 

6  Thou  hast  laid  me  in  the  lowest  pit,  in  darkness, 
in  the  deeps. 

7  Thy  wrath  lieth  hard  upon  me,  and  thou  hast 
afflicted  me  with  all  thy  waves.     Se'lah. 

8  Thou  hast  put  away  mine  acquaintance  far  from 
me  ;  thou  hast  made  me  an  abomination  unto  them  : 
I  am  shut  up,  and  I  cannot  come  forth. 

9  Mine  eye  mourneth  by  reason  of  affliction  :  Lord, 
I  have  called  daily  upon  thee,  I  have  stretched  out 
my  hands  unto  thee. 

10  Wilt  thou  shew  wonders  to  the  dead  ?  shall  the 
dead  arise  and  praise  thee  ?     Se'lah. 

11  Shall  thy  lovingkindness  be  declared  in  the 
grave  ?  or  thy  faithfulness  in  destruction  ? 

12  b Shall  thy  wonders  be  known  in  the  dark? 
cand  thy  righteousness  in  the  land  of  forgetful- 
ness? 

13  But  unto  thee  have  I  cried,  0  Lord  ;  and  in 
the  morning  shall  my  prayer  prevent  thee. 

14  Lord,  why  castest  thou  off  my  soul  ?  why  hidest 
thou  thy  face  from  me  ? 


*  Or,  of. 


a  Isa,  GO. 


1  Or,  Egypt. 


b  Ezek.  48.  35. 
Matt.  16.  18. 


c  Ps.  22.  30. 
d  Isa.  4.  3. 

Jer.  3.  19. 

Ezek.  13.  9. 


*  Or,  of.* 

t  Or,  A  Psalm 
of  Hemau  the 
Ezrahite,  giv- 
ing instruc- 
tion 


a  Job  33.  22. 
Ps.  107.  18. 
Isa.  38.  10. 

1  Or,  by  thy 
hand. 

b  Job  10.  21. 
c  Ps.  31.  12. 

Eccl.  8.  10. 
d  Job  0.  4. 

Isa.  53.  8. 

Dan.  9.  26. 

2  burnings. 

3  Or,  all  the  day. 
e  Job  19.  13. 


*  Or,  A  Psalm 

for  Ethan 

the  Ezrahite, 

to  give 

instruction, 
tl  Ki.  4.  31. 

1  to  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

a  Ezek.  34.  23. 

Hos.  3.  5. 

Acts  2.  30. 

Heb.  7.  21. 
b  2  Sam.  7.  16. 

1  Ki.  9.  5. 

Isa.  9.  G,  7. 

Luke  1.  32. 

Rom.  1.  3. 
c  Job  38.  11. 

Nah.  1.  4. 

Matt.  8.  26. 
d  Isa.  30.  7. 

2  Or,  Egypt. 

3  with  the  arm 
of  thy 
strength. 

e  Josh.  19.  22. 

Judg.  4.  6. 
/Josh.  12.  1. 

4  an  arm  with 
might. 

5  Or,  establish- 
ment. 

g  Num.  10.  10.- 

6  Or,  our  shield 
is  of  the  Lord, 
and  our  king 
is  of  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 

h  Hos.  13.  10. 


Praise  of  God  for  favour. 

15  I  am  afflicted  and  ready  to  die  from  my  youth 
up  :  while  I  d  suffer  thy  terrors  I  am  distracted. 

16  Thy  2  fierce  wrath  goeth  over  me  ;  thy  terrors 
have  cut  me  off. 

17  They  came  round  about  me  3 daily  like  water  ; 
they  compassed  me  about  together. 

18  e  Lover  and  friend  hast  thou  put  far  from  me, 
and  mine  acquaintance  into  darkness. 

PSALM  89. 

1  Praise  of  God  for  his  covenant  and  favour.     46  David  prays  and  blesses  God. 
"  Maschil  of  t  Ethan  the  Ezrahite, 

WILL  sing  of  the  mercies  of  the  Lord  for  ever  : 
J-  with  my  mouth  will  I  make  known  thy  faithful- 
ness Ho  all  generations. 

2  For  I  have  said,  Mercy  shall  be  built  up  for  ever  ; 
thy  faithfulness  shalt  thou  establish  in  the  very 
heavens. 

3  I  have  made  a  covenant  with  my  chosen,  I  have 
"sworn  unto  Da'vid  my  servant, 

4  Thy  seed  will  I  establish  for  ever,  and  build  up 
thy  throne  Ho  all  generations.     Se'lah. 

5  And  the  heavens  shall  praise  thy  wonders,  O 
Lord  :  thy  faithfulness  also  in  the  congregation  of 
the  saints. 

6  For  who  in  the  heaven  can  be  compared  unto  the 
Lord  ?  ivho  among  the  sons  of  the  mighty  can  be 
likened  unto  the  Lord  ? 

7  God  is  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  assembly  of 
the  saints,  and  to  be  had  in  reverence  of  all  them 
that  are  about  him. 

8  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  is  a  strong  Lord  like 
unto  thee  ?  or  to  thy  faithfulness  round  about  thee  ? 

9  cThou  rulest  the  raging  of  the  sea  :  when  the 
waves  thereof  arise,  thou  stillest  them. 

10  dThou  hast  broken  2Ra'hab  in  pieces,  as  one 
that  is  slain ;  thou  hast  scattered  thine  enemies 
3  with  thy  strong  arm, 

11  The  heavens  are  thine,  the  earth  also  is  thine  : 
as  for  the  world  and  the  fulness  thereof,  thou  hast 
founded  them. 

12  The  north  and  the  south  thou  hast  created 
them :  ^a'borand-^Her'mon  shall  rejoice  in  thy  name. 

13  Thou  hast  4a  mighty  arm  :  strong  is  thy  hand, 
and  high  is  thy  right  hand. 

14  Justice  and  judgment  are  the  habitation  of  thy 
throne  :  mercy  and  truth  shall  go  before  thy  face. 

15  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know  the  a  joyful 
sound  :  they  shall  walk,  O  Lord,  in  the  light  of  thy 
countenance. 

16  In  thy  name  shall  they  rejoice  all  the  day  :  and 
in  thy  righteousness  shall  they  be  exalted. 

17  For  thou  art  the  glory  of  their  strength  :  and 
in  thy  favour  our  horn  shall  be  exalted. 

18  For  6the  Lord  is  our  defence  ;  and  the  /!Holy 
One  of  I§'ra-el  is  our  king. 

19  Then  thou  spakest  in  vision  to  thy  holy  one, 
and  saidst,  I  have  laid  help  upon  one  that  is  mighty ; 
I  have  exalted  one  chosen  out  of  the  people. 

20  I  have  found  Da'vid  my  servant ;  with  my  holy 
oil  have  I  anointed  him  : 

21  With  whom  my  hand  shall  be  established  :  mine 
arm  also  shall  strengthen  him. 

443 


Complaint  and  prayer. 


PSALMS,  90,  91. 


The  brevity  of  life. 


22  The  enemy  shall  not  exact  upon  him  ;  nor  the 
son  of  wickedness  afflict  him. 

23  And  I  will  beat  down  his  foes  before  his  face, 
and  plague  them  that  hate  him. 

24  But l  my  faithfulness  and  my  mercy  shall  be  with 
him  :  and  in  my  name  shall  his  horn  be  exalted. 

25  I  will  set  his  hand  also  in  the  sea,  and  his  right 
hand  in  the  rivers. 

26  He  shall  cry  unto  me,  Thou  art  jmj  father,  my 
God,  and  the  rock  of  my  salvation. 

27  Also  I  will  make  him  kmy  firstborn,  higher  than 
the  kings  of  the  earth. 

28  'My  mercy  will  I  keep  for  him  for  evermore, 
and  my  covenant  shall  stand  fast  with  him. 

29  His  seed  also  will  I  make  to  endure  for  ever, 
mand  his  throne  was  the  days  of  heaven. 

30  °If  his  children  p forsake  my  law,  and  walk  not 
in  my  judgments  ; 

31  If  they  7  break  my  statutes,  and  keep  not  my 
commandments ; 

32  Then  will  I  visit  their  transgression  with  the 
rod,  and  their  iniquity  with  stripes. 

33  Nevertheless  my  lovingkindness  8will  I  not 
utterly  take  from  him,  nor  suffer  my  faithfulness 
9  to  fail. 

34  My  covenant  will  I  not  break,  nor  alter  the 
thing  that  is  gone  out  of  my  lips. 

35  Once  have  I  sworn  q  by  my  holiness  10that  I  will 
not  lie  unto  Da'vid. 

36  rHis  seed  shall  endure  for  ever,  and  his  throne 
as  the  sun  before  me. 

37  sIt  shall  be  established  for  ever  as  the  moon, 
and  as  a  faithful  witness  in  heaven.     Se'lah. 

38  But  thou  hast  cast  off  and  abhorred,  thou  hast 
been  wroth  with  thine  anointed. 

39  Thou  hast  made  void  the  covenant  of  thy  ser- 
vant :  *thou  hast  profaned  his  crown  by  casting  it 
to  the  ground. 

40  Thou  hast  broken  down  all  his  hedges  ;  thou 
hast  brought  his  strong  holds  to  ruin. 

41  All  that  pass  by  the  way  spoil  him  :  he  is  a 
reproach  to  his  neighbours. 

42  Thou  hast  set  up  the  right  hand  of  his  adver- 
saries ;  thou  hast  made  all  his  enemies  to  rejoice. 

43  Thou  hast  also  turned  the  edge  of  his  sword, 
and  hast  not  made  him  to  stand  in  the  battle. 

44  Thou  hast  made  his  "  glory  to  cease,  and  cast 
his  throne  down  to  the  ground. 

45  The  days  of  his  youth  hast  thou  shortened  : 
thou  hast  covered  him  with  shame.     Se'lah. 

46  How  long,  Lord  ?  wilt  thou  hide  thyself  for 
ever  ?  shall  thy  wrath  burn  like  fire  ? 

47  w  Remember  how  short  my  time  is  :  wherefore 
hast  thou  made  all  men  in  vain  ? 

48  What  man  is  he  that  liveth,  and  shall  not  "see 
death  ?  shall  he  deliver  his  soul  from  the  hand  of 
the  grave  ?   .Se'lah. 

49  Lord,  where  are  thy  former  lovingkindnesses, 
which  thou  wswarest  unto  Da'vid  in  thy  truth  ? 

50  Remember,  Lord,  the  reproach  of  thy  servants ; 
how  I  do  bear  in  my  bosom  the  reproach  of  all  the 
mighty  people  ; 

444 


i  Ps.  61.  7. 


j  2  Sam.  7.  14. 
1  Clir.  22. 10. 
John  5.  17. 

k  Ps.  2.  7. 


I  Isa.  55.  3. 


m  Isa.  9.  7. 

Jer.  33.  17. 

Dan.  7.  14. 
n  Deut.  11.  21. 
o  2  Sam.  7.  14. 
p  Jer.  9.  13.     , 
7  profane  my 
'    statutes. 


8  I  will  not 
make  void 
from  him. 


9  to  lie. 


q  Ps.  110.  4. 

Amos  4.  2. 

Amos  8.  7. 

Heb.  (j.  13,  17. 
10  if  I  lie. 
r  2  Sam.  7.  16. 

Luke  1.  33. 

John  12.  34. 
s  Jer.  31.35. 


I  Lam.  5.  16. 

II  brightness. 
u  Job  7.  7. 

v  Heb.  11.  5. 
w  2  Sam.  7. 15. 
Isa.  55.  3. 


*  Or,  A  Prayer, 
being  a  Psalm 
of  Moses. 

1  in  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

a  Job  38.  4-6. 

Prov.  8.  25. 
b  Gen.  3.  19. 

Ecel.  12.  7. 
c  Heb.  13.  8. 

2  Pet.  3.  8. 

2  Or,  when  he 
hath  passed 
them. 

d  Isa.  40.  6. 

3  Or,  is  changed. 
e  Job  14.  2. 

Ps.  92.  7. 
./Ps.  50.  21. 

Jer.  16.  17. 
g  Ps.  19.  12. 

Prov.  5.  21. 

Eccl.  12.  14. 

Rom.  2.  16. 

1  Cor.  4.  5. 
Heb.  4.  12,  13. 

4  turned  away. 

5  Or,  as  a  medi- 
tation. 

6  As  for  the  days 
of  our  years,  in 
them  are 
seventy  years. 

h  Ps.  39.  4. 

7  cause  to  come, 
i  Deut.  32.  36. 

j  Ps.  44.  1 . 
Hab.  3.  2. 
1;  Isa.  26.  12. 

2  Thess.  2. 
16,  17. 


1  lodge. 
a  Ps.  61.  4. 


51  Wherewith  thine  enemies  have  reproached,  O 
Lord  ;  wherewith  they  have  reproached  the  foot- 
steps of  thine  anointed. 

52  Blessed  be  the  Lord  for  evermore.  Amen,  and 
Amen. 

PSALM  90. 

1  3Ioses  sets  forth  GocVs  promises  and  chastisements.     10  The  bretity  of  life. 
*  A  Prayer  of  Moses  the  man  of  God. 

LORD,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling  place  1in  all 
generations. 

2  "Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or 
ever  thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the  world, 
even  from  everlasting  to  everlasting,  thou  art  God. 

3  Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction ;  and  sayest, 

6  Return,  ye  children  of  men. 

4  c  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  but  as 
yesterday  2when  it  is  past,  and  as  a  watch  in  the 
night. 

5  Thou  carriest  them  away  as  with  a  flood  ;  they 
are  as  a  sleep  :  in  the  morning  d  they  are  like  grass 
which  3groweth  up. 

6  e  In  the  morning  it  flourisheth,  and  groweth  up ; 
in  the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  and  withereth. 

7  For  we  are  consumed  by  thine  anger,  and  by 
thy  wrath  are  we  troubled. 

8  yThou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before  thee,  our 
0  secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

9  For  all  our  days  are  4passed  away  in  thy  wrath  : 
we  spend  our  years  5as  a  tale  that  is  told. 

10  6The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore  years  and 
ten  ;  and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  fourscore 
years,  yet  is  their  strength  labour  and  sorrow  ;  for 
it  is  soon  cut  off,  and  we  fly  away. 

11  Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thine  anger?  even 
according  to  thy  fear,  so  is  thy  wrath. 

12  h  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days,  that  we  may 

7  apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

13  Return,  O  Lord,  how  long?  and  let  it  'repent 
thee  concerning  thy  servants. 

14  O  satisfy  us  early  with  thy  mercy ;  that  we 
may  rejoice  and  be  glad  all  our  days. 

15  Make  us  glad  according  to  the  days  wherein 
thou  hast  afflicted  us,  and  the  years  wherein  we 
have  seen  evil. 

16  Let  ^'thy  work  appear  unto  thy  servants,  and 
thy  glory  unto  their  children. 

17  And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God  be 
upon  us  :  and  k  establish  thou  the  work  of  our 
hands  upon  us  ;  yea,  the  work  of  our  hands  establish 
thou  it. 

PSALM  91. 

1  Happy  estate  oj  the  godly.    3  Their  safety.    5  Their  exaltation. 

HE  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of  the  most 
High  shall  *  abide  under  the  shadow  of  the 
Almighty. 

2  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  He  is  my  refuge  and  my 
fortress  :  my  God  ;  in  him  will  I  trust. 

3  Surely  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  snare  of 
the  fowler,  and  from  the  noisome  pestilence. 

4  "He  shall  cover  thee  with  his  feathers,  and  under 
his  wings  shalt  thou  trust :  his  truth  shall  be  thy 
shield  and  buckler. 


An  exhortation  to  praise. 


PSALMS,  92-94. 


Blessedness  of  affliction. 


5  6Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  the  terror  by  night ; 
nor  for  the  arrow  that  fiieth  by  day  ; 

6  Nor  for  the  pestilence  that  walketh  in  darkness ; 
nor  for  the  destruction  that  wasteth  at  noonday. 

7  A  thousand  shall  fall  at  thy  side,  and  ten  thou- 
sand at  thy  right  hand  ;  but  it  shall  not  come  nigh 
thee. 

8  Only  cwith  thine  eyes  shalt  thou  behold  and  see 
the  reward  of  the  wicked. 

9  Because  thou  hast  made  the  Lord,  which  is  my 
refuge,  even  the  most  High,  thy  habitation  ; 

10  d  There  shall  no  evil  befall  thee,  neither  shall 
any  plague  come  nigh  thy  dwelling. 

11  eFor  he  shall  give  his  angels  charge  over  thee, 
to  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways. 

12  They  shall  bear  thee  up  in  their  hands,  -Hest 
thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

13  Thou  shalt  tread  upon  the  lion  and  2  adder  : 
the  young  lion  and  the  dragon  shalt  thou  trample 
under  feet. 

14  Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon  me,  there- 
fore will  I  deliver  him  :  I  will  set  him  on  high,  be- 
cause he  hath  known  my  name. 

15  "He  shall  call  upon  me,  and  I  will  answer  him  : 
7lI  will  be  with  him  in  trouble  ;  I  will  deliver  him, 
and  i  honour  him. 

16  With  3long  life  will  I  satisfy  him,  and  shew 
him  my  salvation. 

PSALM  92. 

The  prophet  exhorts  to  praise  of  God. 
A  Psalm  or  Song  for  the  sabbath  day. 

TT  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord, 
and  to  sing  praises  unto   thy   name,  0  most 
High: 

2  To  shew  forth  thy  lovingkindness  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  thy  faithfulness  1  every  night, 

3  Upon  an  instrument  of  ten  strings,  and  upon 
the  psaltery  ;  2upon  the  harp  with  3a  solemn  sound. 

4  For  thou,  Lord,  hast  made  me  glad  through  thy 
work  :  I  will  triumph  in  the  works  of  thy  hands. 

5  0  Lord,  how  great  are  thy  works  !  and  thy 
"thoughts  are  very  deep. 

6  6A  brutish  man  knoweth  not ;  neither  doth  a 
fool  understand  this. 

7  When  c  the  wicked  spring  as  the  grass,  and  when 
all  the  workers  of  iniquity  do  flourish ;  it  is  that 
they  shall  be  destroyed  for  ever : 

8  But  thou,  Lord,  art  most  high  for  evermore. 

9  For,  lo,  thine  enemies,  0  Lord,,  for,  lo,  thine  ene- 
mies shall  perish  ;  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  shall 
be  scattered. 

10  But  my  horn  shalt  thou  exalt  like  the  horn  of 
an  unicorn  :  I  shall  be  anointed  with  fresh  oil. 

11  Mine  eye  also  shall  see  my  desire  on  mine  ene- 
mies, and  mine  ears  shall  hear  my  desire  of  the 
wicked  that  rise  up  against  me. 

12  d  The  righteous  shall  flourish  like  the  palm  tree : 
he  shall  grow  like  a  cedar  in  Leb'a-non. 

13  Those  that  be  e  planted  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  shall  flourish  in  the  courts  of  our  God. 

14  They  shall  still  bring  forth  fruit  in  old  age ; 
they  shall  be  fat  and  4  flourishing  ; 


b  Job  5.  19. 
Prov.  3.  23. 

Isa.  43.  2. 


c  Mai.  1.  5. 


d  Prov.  1.  33. 
2  Thess.  3.  3 
2  Pet.  2.  9. 

e  Ps.  34.  7. 

Matt.  4.  G. 

Luke  4.  10. 

Heb.  1.  14. 
/  Job  5.  23. 

Ps.  37.  24. 

Or,  asp. 


g  Job  22.  27. 

Ps.  18.  3. 

Jer.  33.  3. 

Zech.  13.  9. 

Heb.  5.  7. 

h  Ps.  43.  2. 

i  1  Sam.  2.  30. 

3  length  of  days. 

1  in  the  nights. 

2  Or,  upon  the 
solemn  sound 
with  the  harp. 

3  Higgaion. 
a  Isa.  28.  29. 

Rom.  11.  33. 
b  Ps.  73.  22. 
c  Job  21.  7. 

Jer.  12.  1. 

Mai.  3.  15. 
d.  Ps.  52.  8. 

Song  7.  7. 
elsa.  60.  21. 

Matt.  15.  13. 

John  15.  2,  5. 

4  green. 
/Deut.  32.  4. 
g  Rom.  9.  14. 


a  Isa.  52.  7. 

Rev.  19.  6. 
b  Job  40.  10. 

Ps.  104.  1. 

Isa.  59.  17. 
c  Prov.  8.  22. 

1  from  then. 
d  Ps.  29.  10. 

2  to  length  of 
days. 


1  God  of 
revenges. 

2  shine  forth. 
a  Gen.  IS.  25. 
b  Job  20.  5. 

c  Jude  15. 
dEx.  4.  11. 

Prov.  20.  12. 
e  Job  35.  11. 

Isa.  2.  3. 

Isa.  2S.  2G. 

John  6.  45. 
f\  Cor.  1.21. 
g  Job  5.  17. 

Prov.  3.  11. 

1  Cor.  11.  32. 
h  Deut.  31.  6. 

1  Sam.  12.  22. 

1  Ki.  6.  13. 

Jer.  31.  37. 

3  shall  he  after 
it. 

4  Or,  quickly. 


15  To  shew  that  the  Lord  is  upright :  fhe  is  my 
rock,  and  a  there  is  no  unrighteousness  in  him. 

PSALM  93. 

Majesty  of  Christ's  kingdom. 

rpHE  "Lord  reigneth,  6he  is  clothed  with  majesty  ; 
-■-    the  Lord  is  clothed  with  strength,  wherewith 
he  hath  girded  himself  :  the  world  also  is  stablished, 
that  it  cannot  be  moved. 

2  cThy  throne  is  established  !of  old  :  thou  art 
from  everlasting. 

3  The  floods  have  lifted  up,  O  Lord,  the  floods 
have  lifted  up  their  voice ;  the  floods  lift  up  their 
waves. 

4  ,l  The  Lord  on  high  is  mightier  than  the  noise 
of  many  waters,  yea,  than  the  mighty  waves  of  the 
sea. 

5  Thy  testimonies  are  very  sure  :  holiness  becom- 
eth  thine  house,  O  Lord,  2  for  ever. 

PSALM  94. 

1  Complaint  of  tyranny  and  impiety.     12  Illcssedness  of  affliction. 

OLORD  JGod,  to  whom  vengeance  belongeth ; 
O  God,  to  whom  vengeance  belongeth,  2shew 
thyself. 

2  Lift  up  thyself,  thou  "judge  of  the  earth  :  ren- 
der a  reward  to  the  proud. 

3  Lord,  6how  long  shall  the  wicked,  how  long  shall 
the  wicked  triumph  ? 

4  How  long  shall  they  c  utter  and  speak  hard 
things  ?  and  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  boast  them- 
selves ?. 

5  They  break  in  pieces  thy  people,  O  Lord,  and 
afflict  thine  heritage. 

6  They  slay  the  widow  and  the  stranger,  and  mur- 
der the  fatherless. 

7  Yet  they  say,  The  Lord  shall  not  see,  neither 
shall  the  God  of  Ja'cob  regard  it. 

8  Understand,  ye  brutish  among  the  people  :  and 
ye  fools,  when  will  ye  be  wise  ? 

9  d  He  that  planted  the  ear,  shall  he  not  hear  ?  he 
that  formed  the  eye,  shall  he  not  see  ? 

10  He  that  chastiseth  the  heathen,  shall  not  he 
correct?  he  that  eteacheth  man  knowledge,  shall 
not  he  know  ? 

11  ■'The  Lord  knoweth  the  thoughts  of  man,  that 
they  are  vanity. 

12  °  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  chastenest,  O 
Lord,  and  teachest  him  out  of  thy  law ; 

13  That  thou  mayest  give  him  rest  from  the  days 
of  adversity,  until  the  pit  be  digged  for  the  wicked. 

14  For  ''the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  his  people, 
neither  will  he  forsake  his  inheritance. 

15  But  judgment  shall  return  unto  righteousness  : 
and  all  the  upright  in  heart 3  shall  follow  it. 

16  Who  will  rise  up  for  me  against  the  evildoers  ? 
or  who  will  stand  up  for  me  against  the  workers  of 
iniquity  ? 

17  Unless  the  Lord  had  been  my  help,  my  soul 
had  4  almost  dwelt  in  silence. 

18  When  I  said,  My  foot  slippeth ;  thy  mercy,  O 
Lord,  held  me  up. 

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An  exhortation  to  praise. 


PSALMS,  95-98. 


Majesty  of  God's  kingdom. 


19  In  the  multitude  of  my  thoughts  within  me  thy 
comforts  delight  my  soul. 

20  Shall  Hhe  throne  of  iniquity  have  fellowship 
with  thee,  which  ^frameth  mischief  by  a  law? 

21  fcThey  gather  themselves  together  against  the 
soul  of  the  righteous,  and  'condemn  the  innocent 
blood. 

22  But  the  Lord  is  my  defence  ;  and  my  God  is 
the  rock  of  my  refuge. 

23  And  mhe  shall  bring  upon  them  their  own  ini- 
quity, and  shall  cut  them  off  in  their  own  wicked- 
ness ;  yea,  the  Lord  our  God  shall  cut  them  off. 

PSALM  95. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God  for  his  goodness. 

OCOME,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord  :  let  us  make 
a  joyful  noise  to  the  rock  of  our  salvation. 

2  Let  us  'come  before  his  presence  with  thanks- 
giving,' and  make  a  joyful  noise  unto  him  with 
psalms. 

3  For  the  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a  great  King 
above  all  gods. 

4  2In  his  hand  are  the  deep  places  of  the  earth : 
3  the  strength  of  the  hills  is  his  also. 

5  4The  sea  is  his,  and  he  made  it :  and  his  hands 
formed  the  dry  land. 

6  0  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow  down :  let  "  us 
kneel  before  the  Lord  our  b  maker. 

7  For  he  is  our  God ;  and  we  are  the  people  of  his 
pasture,  and  the  sheep  of  his  hand.  cTo  day  if  ye 
will  hear  his  voice, 

8  Harden  not  your  heart,  das  in  the  5  provocation, 
and  as  in  the  day  of  temptation  in  the  wilderness  : 

9  When  your  fathers  tempted  me,  proved  me,  and 
saw  my  work. 

10  e  Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved  with  this  gen- 
eration, and  said,  It  is  a  people  that  do  err  in  their 
heart,  and  they  have  not  known  my  ways  : 

11  Unto  whom7 1  sware  in  my  wrath  6that  they 
should  not  enter  into  my  rest. 

PSALM  96. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God  for  his  judgment. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song :  sing  unto 
the  Lord,  all  the  earth. 

2  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  bless  his  name ;  shew  forth 
his  salvation  from  day  to  day. 

3  Declare  his  glory  among  the  heathen,  his  won- 
ders among  all  people. 

4  For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  greatly  to  be  praised : 
he  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods. 

5  For  "all  the  gods  of  the  nations  are  idols  :  6but 
the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

6  Honour  and  majesty  are  before  him :  strength 
and  beauty  are  in  his  sanctuary. 

7  cGive  unto  the  Lord,  0  ye  kindreds  of  the  peo- 
ple, give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength. 

8  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  xdue  unto  his 
name  :  bring  an  offering,  and  come  into  his  courts. 

9  0  worship  the  Lord  2in  the  beauty  of  holiness : 
fear  before  him,  all  the  earth. 

10  Say  among  the  heathen  that  d  the  Lord  reign- 

446 


i  Amos  6.  3. 

2  Cor.  6.  14. 
j  Ps.  58.  2. 

Isa,  10.  1. 
k  Matt.  27.  1. 

I  Ex.  23.  7. 
Prov.  17.  15. 


m  Prov.  2.  22. 


1  prevent  his 
face. 

2  In  whose. 

3  Or,  the  heights 
of  the  hills 
are  his. 

4  Whose  the 
sea  is. 

a  1  Ki.  8.  54. 

2  Chr.  6.  13. 

Ezra  9.  5. 

Dan.  6.  10. 

Luke  22.  41. 

Acts  7.  60. 

1  Cor.  G.  20. 

Eph.  3.  14. 
b  Job  35.  10. 

Isa.  54.  5. 

John  1.  3. 
c  Heb.  3.  7. 
d  Num.  14.  22. 

5  contention. 
e  Heb.  3.  10. 

/  Num.  14.  23. 

Heb.  4.  3. 
0  if  they  enter. 


a  Isa.  41.  23,24. 

Jer.  10.  11. 

Hab.  2.  IS, 

19,  20. 

Acts  19.  26. 

1  Cor.  8.  4,  5. 
b  Gen.  1.  1. 

Isa.  42.  5. 

Jer.  10.  11. 
c  Ps.  29.  1. 

1  of  his  name. 

2  Or,  in  the 
glorious 
sanctuary. 

d  Rev.  11. '15. 
e  John  5.  22. 
/Rev.  19.  11. 


1  many,  or,  great 
isles. 

a  Isa.  60.  9. 

2  Or,  establish- 
ment. 

*  Dan.  7.  10. 

Hab.  3.  5. 
c  Ex.  20.  4. 

Lev.  26.  1. 

Isa.  37.  18, 19. 

Jer.  10.  14. 
d  Heb.  1.  6. 
e  Eph.  1.  21. 
/Ps.  101.  3. 

Amos  5.  15. 

Rom.  7.  15. 
g  1  Sam.  2.  9. 

Prov.  2.  8. 
h  Dan.  3.  28. 

3  Or,  to  the 
memorial. 


a  Isa.  59.  16. 
b  Isa.  52.  10. 

Luke  2.  30. 
c  Isa.  62.  2. 

Rom.  3.  25. 
1  Or,  revealed. 
d  Lev.  26.  42. 

Deut.  4.  31. 

Mic.  7.  20. 

Luke  1.  54. 
e  Isa.  49.  6. 

Luke  3.  6. 

Acts  13.  47. 
/Num.  10.  10. 

1  Chr.  15.  28. 

2  Chr.  29.  27. 


eth :  the  world  also  shall  be  established  that  it  shall 
not  be  moved :  ehe  shall  judge  the  people  righteously. 

11  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let  the  earth  be 
glad  ;  let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness  thereof. 

12  Let  the  field  be  joyful,  and  all  that  is  therein  : 
then  shall  all  the  trees  of  the  wood  rejoice 

13  Before  the  Lord  :  for  he  cometh,  for  he  cometh 
to  judge  the  earth  :  '"he  shall  judge  the  world  with 
righteousness,  and  the  people  with  his  truth. 

PSALM  97. 

The  majesty  of  God's  kingdom. 

rpHE  Lord  reigneth ;  let  the  earth  rejoice  ;  let  the 
-L    1  "multitude  of  isles  be  glad  thereof. 

2  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round  about  him  :  right- 
eousness and  judgment  are  the  2  habitation  of  his 
throne. 

3  6A  fire  goeth  before  him,  and  burneth  up  his 
enemies  round  about. 

4  His  lightnings  enlightened  the  world :  the  earth 
saw,  and  trembled. 

5  The  hills  melted  like  wax  at  the  presence  of  the 
Lord,  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord  of  the  whole 
earth. 

6  The  heavens  declare  his  righteousness,  and  all 
the  people  see  his  glory. 

7  c  Confounded  be  all  they  that  serve  graven  im- 
ages, that  boast  themselves  of  idols  :  d  worship  him, 
all  ye  gods. 

8  Zl'on  heard,  and  was  glad ;  and  the  daughters  of 
Ju'dah  rejoiced  because  of  thy  judgments,  O  Lord. 

9  For  thou,  Lord,  art  ehigh  above  all  the  earth: 
thou  art  exalted  far  above  all  gods. 

10  Ye  that  love  the  Lord, -'"hate  evil:  ^hepreserv- 
eth  the  souls  of  his  saints ;  ;'  he  delivereth  them  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  wicked. 

11  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous,  and  gladness 
for  the  upright  in  heart. 

12  Rejoice  in  the  Lord,  ye  righteous ;  and  give 
thanks  3at  the  remembrance  of  his  holiness. 

PSALM  98. 

Let  all  creatures  praise  God. 
A  Psalm. 

f\  SING  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song ;  for  he  hath 
^  done  marvellous  things :  °  his  right  hand,  and 
his  holy  arm,  hath  gotten  him  the  victory. 

2  6  The  Lord  hath  made  known  his  salvation  :  c  his 
righteousness  hath  he  *  openly  shewed  in  the  sight 
of  the  heathen. 

3  He  hath  d  remembered  his  mercy  and  his  truth 
toward  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  :  c  all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  have  seen  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

4  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth : 
make  a  loud  noise,  and  rejoice,  and  sing  praise. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  the  harp ;  with  the 
harp,  and  the  voice  of  a  psalm. 

6  f  With  trumpets  and  sound  of  cornet  make  a  joy- 
ful noise  before  the  Lord,  the  King. 

7  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness  thereof ;  the 
world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 

8  Let  the  floods  clap  their  hands  :  let  the  hills  be 
joyful  together 


Exhortation  to  worship. 


PSALMS,  99-102. 


Unchangeableness  of  God. 


9  Before  the  Lord  ;  for  he  cometh  to  judge  the 
earth :  with  righteousness  shall  he  judge  the  world, 
and  the  people  with  equity. 

PSALM  99. 

The  prophet  exhorts  to  worship  in  Zion. 

rjlHE  Lord  reigneth  ;  let  the  people  tremble  :  he 
-*-    sitteth  between  the  cherubims  ;  let  the  earth 
1be  moved. 

2  The  Lord  is  great  in  Zl'on  ;  and  he  is  high 
above  all  the  people. 

3  Let  them  praise  athy  great  and  terrible  name  ; 
for  it  is  holy. 

4  b  The  king's  strength  also  loveth  judgment ;  thou 
dost  "establish  equity,  thou  executest  judgment  and 
righteousness  in  Ja'cob. 

5  Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  and  worship  at  rfhis 
footstool  ;for  2ehe  is  holy. 

6  Mo'geg  and  Aar'on  among  his  priests,  and  Sam'- 
u-el  among  them  that  call  upon  his  name  ;  they 
called  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  answered  them. 

7  -^He  spake  unto  them  in  the  cloudy  pillar  :  they 
kept  his  testimonies,  and  the  ordinance  that  he  gave 
them. 

8  Thou answeredst  them,  0  Lord  our  God:  "thou 
wast  a  God  that  forga-vest  them,  though  Hhou  took- 
est  vengeance  of  their  inventions. 

9  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God,  and  worship  at  his  holy 
hill ;  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  holy. 

PSALM  100. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God  cheerfully. 
A  Psalm  of  *  praise. 

MAKE  a  joyful   noise  unto   the   Lord,  2all  ye 
lands. 

2  Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness  :  come  before  his 
presence  with  singing. 

3  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he  is  God :  ait  is  he  that 
hath  made  us,  2and  not  we  ourselves  ;  hwe  are  his 
people,  and  the  sheep  of  his  pasture. 

4  Enter  into  his  gates  with  thanksgiving,  and  into 
his  courts  with  praise  :  be  thankful  unto  him,  and 
bless  his  name. 

5  For  the  Lord  is  good ;  his  mercy  is  everlasting ; 
and  his  truth  endureth  3to  all  generations. 

PSALM  101. 

David  makes  a  vow  and  profession  of  godliness. 
A  Psalm  of  David.' 

I  WILL  sing  of  mercy  and  judgment  :  unto  thee, 
0  Lord,  will  I  sing. 

2  I  will  "behave  myself  wisely  in  a  perfect  way. 

0  when  wilt  thou  come  unto  me  ?     I  will  b  walk 
within  my  house  with  a  perfect  heart. 

3  I  will  set  no  *  wicked  thing  before  mine  eyes  :  I 
hate  the  work  of  them  "that  turn  aside ;  it  shall 
not  cleave  to  me. 

4  A  froward  heart  shall  depart  from  me  :  I  will 
not  dknow  a  wicked  person. 

5  Whoso  privily  slandereth  his  neighbour,  him  will 

1  cut  off  :  ehim  that  hath  an  high  look  and  a  proud 
heart  will  not  I  suffer. 

6  •''Mine  eyes  shall  be  upon  the  faithful  of  the 
land,  that  they  may  dwell  with  me  :  he  that  walk- 
eth  2in  a  perfect  way,  he  shall  serve  me. 


1  stagger. 


a  Deut.  28.  58. 
Isa.  C.  3. 
Rev.  4.  8. 

b  Deut.  32.  3,  4. 

Job  36.  5. 

Isa.  11.3-5. 

Jer.  23.  5. 
c  Gen.  18.  25. 

Deut.  32.  4. 
d  1  Chr.  28.  2. 

Ps.  132.  7. 

Isa.  66.  1. 
2  Or,  it  is  holy." 
e  Lev.  19.  2. 


/Ex.  19.  9. 
Num.  12.  5. 


g  Num.  14.  20. 

Zeph.  3.  7. 
h  Deut.  9.  20. 


*  Or,  thanksgiv- 
ing- 

1  all  the  earth. 
a  Job  10.  8,  9. 

Eccl.  12.  1. 
Eph.  2.  10. 

2  Or,  and  his  we 
are. 

6  Ezek.  34.  30. 

3  to  generation 
and  generation. 


a  1  Sam.  18.  14. 
b  Gen.  18.  19. 

Deut.  6.  7. 

1  Ki.  9.  4. 

1  thing  of  Belial, 
c  Josh.  23.  6. 

1  Sam.  12.  20. 
d  Matt.  7.  23. 

1  Cor.  5.  11. 

2  Tim."2.  19. 
e  Prov.  6.  17. 

Luke  18.  14. 
/Rom.  13.4. 

2  Or,  perfect  in 
the  way. 

3  shall  not  be 
established. 

g  Jer.  21.  12. 
h  Hos.  9.  3. 


a  Jas.  4.  14. 

1  Or,  (as  some 
read.)  into 
smoke. 

b  Lam.  1.  13. 

2  Or,  flesh. 

c  Isa.  34.  11. 

Zeph.  2.  14. 
<1  Acts  23.  12. 
e  Ps.  30.  7. 
f  Jas.  1.  10. 
g  1  Tim.  6.  16. 
h  Isa.  40.  2. 
i  Dan.  9.  2. 
/  1  Ki.  8.  43. 
k  Isa.  60. 1. 
I  Neh.  2.  8. 
m  Rom.  15.  4. 

1  Cor.  10.  11. 
n  Ps.  22.  31. 

Isa.  43.  21. 
o  Deut.  26.  15. 

Ps.  14.  2. 

3  the  children 
of  death. 

p  Hos.  1.  11. 

4  afflicted. 
q  Ps.  90.  2. 

Hab.  1.  12. 
Rev.  1.  4,  8. 


7  He  that  worketh  deceit  shall  not  dwell  within 
my  house  :  he  that  telleth  lies  3  shall  not  tarry  in 
my  sight. 

8  I  will  °  early  destroy  all  the  wicked  of  the  land  ; 
that  I  may  cut  off  all  wicked  h  doers  from  the  city 
of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  102. 

1  A  grievous  complaint.     12  God's  mercies  are  to  be  *  ecorded. 

A  Prayer  of  the  afflicted,  when   he  is  overwhelmed,  and  pourcth  out  hia  complaint  before  the 

Loiiu. 

TTEAR  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  let  my  cry  come 
-"-J-  unto  thee. 

2  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  in  the  day  when  I 
am  in  trouble ;  incline  thine  ear  unto  me  :  in  the 
day  when  I  call  answer  me  speedily. 

3  "For  my  days  are  consumed  Mike  smoke,  and 
6  my  bones  are  burned  as  an  hearth.     * 

4  My  heart  is  smitten,  and  withered  like  grass  ; 
so  that  I  forget  to  eat  my  bread. 

5  By  reason  of  the  voice  of  my  groaning  my  bones 
cleave  to  my  2skin. 

6  I  am  like  "a  pelican  of  the  wilderness :  I  am  like 
an  owl  of  the  desert. 

7  I  watch,  and  am  as  a  sparrow  alone  upon  the 
house  top. 

8  Mine  enemies  reproach  me  all  the  day  ;  and 
they  that  are  mad  against  me  are  d  sworn  against  me. 

9  For  I  have  eaten  ashes  like  bread,  and  mingled 
my  drink  with  weeping, 

10  Because  of  thine  indignation  and  thy  wrath  : 
for  Hhou  hast  lifted  me  up,  and  cast  me  down. 

11  My  days  are  like  a  shadow  that  declineth ;  and 
/I  am  withered  like  grass. 

12  But  thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  °  endure  for  ever  ;  and 
thy  remembrance  unto  all  generations. 

13  Thou  shalt  arise,  and  have  mercy  upon  Zl'on  : 
for  the  time  to  favour  her,  yea,  the  h  set  time,  is 
come. 

14  For  thy  'servants  take  pleasure  in  her  stones, 
and  favour  the  dust  thereof. 

15  So  the  heathen  shall  Jfear  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  thy  glory. 

16  When  the  Lord  shall  build  up  Zl'on,  *he  shall 
appear  in  his  glory. 

17  'He  will  regard  the  prayer  of  the  destitute,  and 
not  despise  their  prayer. 

18  This  shall  be  m  written  for  the  generation  to 
come  :  and  TCthe  people  which  shall  be  created  shall 
praise  the  Lord. 

19  For  he  hath  "looked  down  from  the  height  of 
his  sanctuary ;  from  heaven  did  the  Lord  behold 
the  earth ; 

20  To  hear  the  groaning  of  the  prisoner  ;  to  loose 
3  those  that  are  appointed  to  death  ; 

21  To  declare  the  name  of  the  Lord  in  Zl'on,  and 
his  praise  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  ; 

22  pWhen  the  people  are  gathered  together,  and 
the  kingdoms,  to  serve  the  Lord. 

23  He  i  weakened  my  strength  in  the  way  ;  he 
shortened  my  days. 

24  I  said,  O  my  God,  take  me  not  away  in  the 
midst  of  my  days:  Hhy  years  are  throughout  all 
generations. 

447 


An  exhortation  to  bless  God. 


PSALMS,  103,  104. 


God's  power  and  providence. 


hast  thou  laid 
the   heavens 


the  foundation  of 
the   work   of 


are 


the 

thy 


25  'Of  old 

earth  :    and 
hands. 

26  sThey  shall  perish,  but  thou  shalt 5  endure  :  yea, 
all  of  them  shall  wax  old  like  a  garment ;  as  a 
vesture  shalt  thou  change  them,  and  they  shall  be 
changed : 

27  But  'thou  art  the  same,  and  thy  years  shall 
have  no  end. 

28  The  children  of  thy  servants  shall  continue, 
and  their  seed  shall  be  established  before  thee. 

PSALM  103. 

An  exhortation  to  bless  God  for  his  mercy. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  0  my  soul :  and  all  that  is 
within  me,  bless  his  holy  name. 

2  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul,  and  forget  not  all 
his  benefits : 

3  "Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities  ;  who  6heal- 
eth  all  thy  diseases  ; 

4  Who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction  ;  who 
crowneth  thee  with  lovingkindness  and  tender 
mercies  ; 

5  Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good  things  ;  so 
that  thy  youth  is  renewed  like  the  eagle's. 

6  The  Lord  executeth  righteousness  and  judgment 
for  all  that  are  oppressed. 

7  He  made  known  his  ways  unto  Mo'geg,  his  acts 
unto  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 

8  cThe  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  slow  to 
anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

9  d  He  will  not  always  chide :  neither  will  he  keep 
his  anger  for  ever. 

10  eHe  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our  sins  ;  nor 
rewarded  us  according  to  our  iniquities. 

11  For  2as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the  earth,  so 
great  is  his  mercy  toward  them  that  fear  him. 

12  As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west,  so  far  hath 
he  -^removed  our  transgressions  from  us. 

13  "Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so  the 
Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him. 

14  For  he  knoweth  our  frame  ;  he  remembereth 
that  we  are  dust. 

15  As  for  man,  his  days  are  as  grass  :  as  a  flower 
of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth. 

16  For  the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  3it  is  gone  ; 
and  the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more. 

17  But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting 
to  everlasting  upon  them  that  fear  him,  and  his 
righteousness  Aunto  children's  children  ; 

18  *To  such  as  keep  his  covenant,  and  to  those 
that  remember  his  commandments  to  do  them. 

19  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  throne  in  the 
heavens  ;  and  ^'his  kingdom  ruleth  over  all. 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  ye  his  angels,  4that  excel  in 
strength,  that  fedo  his  commandments,  hearkening 
unto  the  voice  of  his  word. 

21  Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  zhis  hosts  ;  mye  min- 
isters of  his,  that  do  his  pleasure. 

22  Bless  the  Lord,  all  his  works  in  all  places  of 
his  dominion  :  bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul. 

448 


•Gen.  1.  1. 
Ex.  20.  11. 
Job  38.  4-7. 
Heb.  1.  10. 


:  Isa.  66.  22. 

Rom.  8.  20. 

2  Pet.  3.  7. 
>  stand. 


:  Mai.  3.  6. 


a  Isa.  33.  34. 

Matt.  9.  2. 

Mark  2.  5. 

Luke  7.  47. 
b  Ex.  15.  26. 

Jer.  17.  14. 
c  Ex.  34.  6. 

Num.  14.  18. 

Deut.  5.  10. 

1  great  of  mercy. 
d  Isa.  57.  16. 

Jer.  3.  5. 
Mic.  7.  18. 
e  Ezra  9.  13. 

2  according  to 
the  height  of 
the  heaven. 

/Isa.  43.  25. 

Eph.  1.7. 
g  Deut.  8.  5. 

Isa.  63.  15,  1G. 

Mai.  3.  17. 

3  it  is  not. 
h  Ex.  20.  6. 
?'  Deut.  7.  9. 
.;'  Ps.  47.  2. 

4  mighty  in 
strength. 

k  Matt.  6.  10. 
/Gen.  32.  2. 
m  Dan.  7.  9. 


n  Amos  9.  6. 
b  Isa.  19.  1. 
c  Heb.  1.  7. 

1  He  hath     • 
founded  the 
earth  upon  her 
bases. 

2  Or,  The  moun- 
tains ascend, 
the  valleys 
descend. 

d  Job  38.  10. 
e  Job  26.  10. 

Ps.  33.  7. 

Jer.  5.  22. 
fG<-n.  9.11. 

3  Who  sendeth. 

4  walk. 

5  break. 

6  give  a  voice. 

g  Gen.  1.  29,30. 

Ps.  147.  8. 
h  Job  28.  5. 

Ps.  136.  25. 
i  Judg.  9.  13. 

Prov.  31.  6, 

Eccl.  10.  19. 

Jer.  31.  12. 

Mark  14.  23. 

John  2.  9,  10. 

7  to  make  his 
face  shine  with 
oil,  or,  more 
than  oil. 

8  That  is,  large 
trees. 

j  Num.  24.  6. 

Ps.  29.  5. 
A-  Prov.  30.  26. 
I  Gen.  1.  14. 
m  Job  38.  12. 
n  Isa.  45.  7. 

9  all  the  beasts 
thereof  do 
trample  on 
the  forest. 

o  Job  38.  39. 
p  Gen.  3.  19. 
?Gen.  1.20-22. 
r  Job  41.  1. 

10  formed. 


.7. 


PSALM  104. 

1  Meditation  on  the  power  and  providence  of  God's  glory.    31  Eternity  of  God's  glory. 

TDLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul.  O  Lord  my  God, 
-L>  thou  art  very  great;  thou  art  clothed  with 
honour  and  majesty. 

2  Who  coverest  thyself  with  light  as  with  a  gar- 
ment :  who  stretchest  out  the  heavens  like  a  cur- 
tain : 

3  "Who  layeth  the  beams  of  his  chambers  in  the 
waters  :  b  who  maketh  the  clouds  his  chariot :  who 
walketh  upon  the  wings  of  the  wind  : 

4  cWho  maketh  his  angels  spirits ;  his  ministers  a 
flaming  fire  : 

5  *  Who  laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth,  that  it 
should  not  be  removed  for  ever. 

6  Thou  coveredst  it  with  the  deep  as  with  a  gar- 
ment :  the  waters  stood  above  the  mountains. 

7  At  thy  rebuke  they  fled  ;  at  the  voice  of  thy 
thunder  they  hasted  away. 

8  2They  go  up  by  the  mountains  ;  they  go  down 
by  the  valleys  dunto  the  place  which  thou  hast 
founded  for  them. 

9  eThou  hast  set  a  bound  that  they  may  not  pass 
over  ;  ■''that  they  turn  not  again  to  cover  the  earth. 

10  3He  sendeth  the  springs  into  the  valleys,  which 
4  run  among  the  hills. 

11  They  give  drink  to  every  beast  of  the  field  :  the 
wild  asses  5  quench  their  thirst. 

12  By  them  shall  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  have 
their  habitation,  which  6sing  among  the  branches. 

13  He  watereth  the  hills  from  his  chambers  :  the 
earth  is  satisfied  with  the  fruit  of  thy  works. 

14  5He  causeth  the  grass  to  grow  for  the  cattle, 
and  herb  for  the  service  of  man  :  that  he  may  bring 
forth  7ifood  out  of  the  earth  ; 

15  And  ^wine  that  maketh  glad  the  heart  of  man, 
and  7oil  to  make  his  face  to  shine,  and  bread  which 
strengtheneth  man's  heart. 

16  The  8 trees  of  the  Lord  are  full  of  sap;  the 
cedars  of  Leb'a-non, j  which  he  hath  planted  ; 

17  Where  the  birds  make  their  nests  :  as  for  the 
stork,  the  fir  trees  are  her  house. 

18  The  high  hills  are  a  refuge  for  the  wild  goats  ; 
and  the  rocks  for  Hhe  conies. 

19  'He  appointed  the  moon  for  seasons  :  the  sun 
m  knoweth  his  going  down. 

20  mThou  makest  darkness,  and  it  is  night :  wherein 
9  all  the  beasts  of  the  forest  do  creep  forth. 

21  "The  young  lions  roar  after  their  prey,  and  seek 
their  meat  from  God. 

22  The  sun  ariseth,  they  gather  themselves  to- 
gether, and  lay  them  down  in  their  dens. 

23  Man  goeth  forth  unto  phis  work  and  to  his 
labour  until  the  evening. 

24  Q  O  Lord,  how  manifold  are  thy  works  !  in  wis- 
dom hast  thou  made  them  all :  the  earth  is  full  of 
thy  riches. 

25  So  is  this  great  and  wide  sea,  wherein  are 
things  creeping  innumerable,  both  small  and  great 
beasts. 

26  There  go  the  ships  :  there  is  that  r leviathan, 
whom  thou  hast  10made  to  play  therein. 


God's  providence  over  Israel. 


PSALMS,  105,  106. 


His  visitations  on  Egypt. 


27  s  These  wait  all  upon  thee  ;  that  thou  may  est 
give  them  their  meat  in  due  season. 

28  That  thou  givest  them  they  gather  :  thou  open- 
est  thine  hand,  they  are  filled  with  good. 

29  Thou  hidest  thy  face,  they  are  troubled  :  '  thou 
takest  away  their  breath,  they  die,  and  return  to 
their  dust. 

30  "Thou  sendest  forth  thy  spirit,  they  are  cre- 
ated :  and  thou  renewest  the  face  of  the  earth. 

31  The  glory  of  the  Lord  "shall  endure  for  ever : 
the  Lord  shall  rejoice  in  his  works. 

32  He  looketh  on  the  earth,  and  it  "trembleth :  he 
toucheth  the  hills,  and  they  smoke. 

33  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord  as  long  as  I  live  :  I 
will  sing  praise  to  my  God  while  I  have  my  being. 

34  My  meditation  of  him  shall  be  sweet :  I  will  be 
glad  in  the  Lord. 

35  Let  ™the  sinners  be  consumed  out  of  the  earth, 
and  let  the  wicked  be  no  more.  Bless  thou  the 
Lord,  0  my  soul.     12  Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  105. 

1  Exhortation  to  praise  God.    9  God's  providence  over  the  patriarchs. 

f\  "GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord;   call  upon  his 
^^  name :  make  known  his  deeds  among  the  people. 

2  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  unto  him  :  talk  ye  of 
all  his  wondrous  works. 

3  Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name  :  let  the  heart  of  them 
rejoice  that  seek  the  Lord. 

4  Seek  the  Lord,  and  his  strength  :  6seek  his  face 
evermore. 

5  c  Remember  his  marvellous  works  that  he  hath 
done  ;  his  wonders,  and  the  judgments  of  his  mouth ; 

6  0  ye  seed  of  A'bra-ham  his  servant,  ye  children 
of  Ja'cob  his  chosen. 

7  He  is  the  Lord  our  God  :  dhis  judgments  are  in 
all  the  earth. 

8  He  hath  e  remembered  his  covenant  for  ever,  the 
word  which  he  commanded  to  a  thousand  genera- 
tions. 

9  f  Which  covenant  he  made  with  A'bra-ham,  and 
his  oath  unto  I'saac  ; 

10  And  confirmed  the  same  unto  Ja'cob  for  a  law, 
and  to  I§'ra-el  for  an  everlasting  covenant : 

11  Saying,  ffUnto  thee  will  I  give  the  land  of  Ca'- 
naan,  l  the  lot  of  your  inheritance  : 

12  /lWhen  they  were  but  a  few  men  in  number ; 
yea,  very  few,  'and  strangers  in  it. 

13  When  they  went  from  one  nation  to  another, 
from  one  kingdom  to  another  people  ; 

14  J'He  suffered  no  man  to  do  them  wrong  :  .yea, 
k  he  reproved  kings  for  their  sakes  ; 

15  Saying,  Touch  not  mine  anointed,  and  do  my 
prophets  no  harm. 

16  Moreover  'he  called  for  a  famine  upon  the 
land  :  he  brake  the  whole  m  staff  of  bread. 

17  "He  sent  a  man  before  them,  even  Jo'seph,  who 
0  was  sold  for  a  servant : 

18  p  Whose  feet  they  hurt  with  fetters  :  2he  was 
laid  in  iron  : 

19  Until  the  time  that  his  word  came  :  the  word 
of  the  Lord  tried  him. 

28 


s  Rom.  11.  3G. 


I  Eccl.  12 


u  Isa.  32.  15. 


11  shall  be. 


r  Hab.  3.  10. 


w  Prov.  2.  22. 


12  Hallelujah. 


a  Isa.  12.  4. 


b  Ps.  27.  8. 
C  Deut.  8.  2. 
d  Isa.  2C.  9. 
e  Luke  1.  72. 
/'Gen.  17.  2. 

Gen.  22.  16. 

Gen.  26.  3. 

Ps.  111.5,9. 

Dan.  9.  4. 

Luke  1.  73. 

Heb.  6.  17. 
g  Gen.  15.  18. 

1  the  cord. 

/(  Gen.  34.  30. 

Deut.  7.  7. 
i  Gen.  17.  8. 

Heb.  11.  9. 
j  Gen.  35.  5. 
kGen.  12.  17. 
/Gen.  41.54. 

2  Ki.  8.  1. 
m  Lev.  26.  26. 
n  Gen.  45.  5. 
0  Gen.  37.  28. 
p  Gen.  40.  15. 

2  his  soul  came 
into  iron. 

3  possession. 
q  Gen.  46.  6. 
r  Ex.  1.  7. 

Deut.  26.  5. 
Acts  7.  17. 
s  Ex.  3.  10. 
Num.  16.  5. 

4  words  of  his 
signs. 

/  Ps.  99.  7. 

5  He  gave  their 
rain  hail. 

u  Gen.  49.  3. 
v  Ex.  13.  21. 

Neh.  9.  12. 
w  Ex.  16.  12. 
x  Ex.  17.  6. 

Neh.  9.  15. 

Isa.  48.  21. 

1  Cor.  10.  4. 
y  Gen.  15.  4. 

6  singing. 

z  Deut.  6.  10. 
Josh.  13.  7. 
a  Deut.  4.  1. 

7  Hallelujah. 


1  Hallelujah. 
a  Isa.  63.  7. 

Matt.  19.  17. 
b  Ps.  40.  5. 
c  Jer.  22.  15.  16. 

Matt.  22.  37. 
d  Ps.  15.  2. 
e  Acts  24.  16. 

Gal.  6.  9. 


20  The  king  sent  and  loosed  him  ;  even  the  ruler 
of  the  people,  and  let  him  go  free. 

21  He  made  him  lord  of  his  house,  and  ruler  of 
all  his  3 substance  : 

22  To  bind  his  princes  at  his  pleasure  ;  and  teach 
his  senators  wisdom. 

23  f/I§'ra-el  also  came  into  E'gypt  ;  and  Ja'cob  so- 
journed in  the  land  of  Ham. 

24  And  'he  increased  his  people  greatly  ;  and 
made  them  stronger  than  their  enemies. 

25  He  turned  their  heart  to  hate  his  people,  to 
deal  subtilly  with  his  servants. 

26  He  sent  Mo'seg  his  servant ;  and  Aar'on  s  whom 
he  had  chosen. 

27  They  shewed  4his  signs  among  them,  and  won- 
ders in  the  land  of  Ham. 

28  He  sent  darkness,  and  made  it  dark  ;  and  ( they 
rebelled  not  against  his  word. 

29  He  turned  their  waters  into  blood,  and  slew 
their  fish. 

30  Their  land  brought  forth  frogs  in  abundance, 
in  the  chambers  of  their  kings. 

31  He  spake,  and  there  came  divers  sorts  of  flies, 
and  lice  in  all  their  coasts. 

32  5He  gave  them  hail  for  rain,  and  flaming  fire 
in  their  land. 

33  He  smote  their  vines  also  and  their  fig  trees  ; 
and  brake  the  trees  of  their  coasts. 

34  He  spake,  and  the  locusts  came,  and  caterpil- 
lers,  and  that  without  number, 

35  And  did  eat  up  all  the  herbs  in  their  land,  and 
devoured  the  fruit  of  their  ground. 

36  He  smote  also  all  the  firstborn  in  their  land, 
"  the  chief  of  all  their  strength. 

37  He  brought  them  forth  also  with  silver  and 
gold  :  and  there  was  not  one  feeble  person  among 
their_tribes. 

38  E'gypt  was  glad  when  they  departed  :  for  the 
fear  of  them  fell  upon  them. 

39  !  He  spread  a  cloud  for  a  covering  ;  and  fire  to 
give  light  in  the  night. 

40  w  The  people  asked,  and  he  brought  quails,  and 
satisfied  them  with  the  bread  of  heaven. 

41  xHe  opened  the  rock,  and  the  waters  gushed 
out ;  they  ran  in  the  dry  places  like  a  river. 

42  For  he  remembered  yhis  holy  promise,  and 
A'bra-ham  his  servant. 

43  And  he  brought  forth  his  people  with  joy,  and 
his  chosen  with  6  gladness  : 

44  *And  gave  them  the  lands  of  the  heathen  :  and 
they  inherited  the  labour  of  the  people  ; 

45  "That  they  might  observe  his  statutes,  and 
keep  his  laws.     '  Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  106. 

The  peoples  rebellions- and  (rod's  ntrrcies. 

1 TDRAISE  y"e  the  Lord.     O  give  thanks  unto  the 
-L    Lord  ;  for  he  is  "good :  for  his  mercy  endureth 
for  ever. 

2  6Who  can  utter  the  mighty  acts  of  the  Lord? 
who  can  shew  forth  all  his  praise  ? 

3  Blessed  are  they  that  fkeep  judgment,  and  he 
that  rfdoeth  righteousness  at  'all  times. 

449 


Israel's  rebellions 


PSALMS,  107. 


and  God's  mercies. 


4  Remember  me,  0  Lord,  with  the  favour  that 
thou  bearest  unto  thy  people  :  0  visit  me  with  thy 
salvation  ; 

5  That  I  may  see  the  good  of  thy  chosen,  that  I 
may  rejoice  in  the  gladness  of  thy  nation,  that  I 
may  glory  with  thine  inheritance. 

6  /We  have  sinned  with  our  fathers,  we  have  com- 
mitted iniquity,  we  have  done  wickedly. 

7  Our  fathers  understood  not  thy  wonders  in 
E'gypt ;  they  remembered  not  the  multitude  of  thy 
mercies  ;  but  provoked  him  at  the  sea,  even  at  the 
Red  sea. 

8  Nevertheless  he  saved  them  fffor  his  name's  sake, 
that  he  might  make  his  mighty  power  to  be  known. 

9  feHe  rebuked  the  Red  sea  also,  and  it  was  dried 
up  :  so  *  he  led  them  through  the  depths,  as  through 
the  wilderness. 

10  And  he  saved  them  from  the  hand  of  him  that 
hated  them,  and  redeemed  them  from  the  hand  of 
the  enemy. 

11  And  the  waters  covered  their  enemies  :  there 
was  not  one  of  them  left. 

12  Then  believed  they  his  words ;  they  sang  his 
praise. 

13  2They  soon  forgat  his  works  ;  they  waited  not 
for  his  counsel : 

14  But 3  lusted  exceedingly  in  the  wilderness,  and 
tempted  God  in  the  desert. 

15  And  he  gave  them  their  request ;  but  ■'sent 
leanness  into  their  soul. 

16  A'They  envied  Mo'seg  also  in  the  camp,  and 
Aar'on  the  saint  of  the  Lord. 

17  The  earth  opened  and  swallowed  up  Da'than, 
and  covered  the  company  of  A-bi'ram. 

18  And  a  fire  was  kindled  in  their  company  ;  the 
flame  burned  up  the  wicked. 

19  'They  made  a  calf  in  Ho'reb,  and  worshipped 
the  molten  image. 

20  Thus  m  they  changed  their  glory  into  the  simili- 
tude of  an  ox  that  eateth  grass. 

21  They  forgat^  God  their  saviour,  which  had  done 
great  things  in  E'gypt ; 

22  Wondrous  works  in  the  land  of  Ham,  and  ter- 
rible things  by  the  Red  sea. 

23  "Therefore  he  said  that  he  would  destroy  them, 
had  not  Mo'seg  his  chosen  "stood  before  him  in 
the  breach,  to  turn  away  his  wrath,  lest  he  should 
destroy  them. 

24  Yea,  they  despised  4the  pleasant  land,  they 
"  believed  not  his  word  : 

25  But  murmured  in  their  tents,  and  hearkened 
not  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord. 

26  Therefore  he  lifted  up  his  hand  against  them, 
to  overthrow  them  in  the  wilderness  : 

27  5To  overthrow  their  seed  also  among  the  nations, 
and  to  scatter  them  in  the  lands. 

28  "They  joined  themselves  also  unto  Ba'al-pe'or, 
and  ate  the  sacrifices  of  the  dead. 

29  Thus  they  provoked  him  to  anger  with  their 
inventions  :  and  the  plague  brake  in  upon  them. 

30  Then  stood  up  Phm'e-has,  and  executed  judg- 
ment :  and  so  the  plague  was  stayed. 

450 


/  Lev.  26.  40. 
1  Ki.  8.  47. 
Dan.  9.  5. 


g  Josh.  7.  9. 
Ps.  143.  11. 
Jer.  14.  7,  21 . 

h  Ex.  14.  21. 

Nah.  1.  4. 

i  Isa.  63.  11. 


2  They  made 
haste,  they 
forgat. 

3  lusted  a  hist. 


J  Isa.  10.  10. 


/,■  Num.  10.  1. 


I  Ex.  32.  4. 
m  Jer.  2.  11. 

Rom.  1.  23. 
n  Ex.  32.  10. 

Deut.  9.  19. 

Ezek.  20.  13. 

0  Ezek.  13.  5. 

4  a  land  of  desire. 
p  Heb.  3.  18. 

5  To  make  them 
fall. 

1  Num.  25.  2,  3. 
Deut.  4.  3. 
Hos.  9.  10. 
Rev.  2.  14. 

r  Deut.  1.  37. 
i  Num.  20.  10. 

Jas.  3.  2. 
I  Judg.  1.  21. 
n  Deut.  7.  2. 

Judg.  2.  2. 
v  Judg.  3.  5. 

Isa.  2.  6. 
w  Ex.  23.  33. 

Deut.  7.  10. 

Judg.  2.  12. 

2  Ki.  17.  8-11. 

2  Chr.  33.  2-7. 
j  Deut.  12.  30,31. 

Isa.  57.  5. 

Ezek.  16.  20. 
V  Num.  35.  33. 
z  Judg.  2.  14. 

Neh.  9.  27. 
0  Or,  impover- 
ished, or, 

weakened. 
a  Judg.  10.  10. 
6Levr26.  41. 
C  Lam.  3.  32. 
d  Ezra  9.  9. 

Jer.  42.  12. 
e  Luke  1.  74. 
/2  Cor.  5.  15. 


a  Matt.  19.  17. 
ti  Ps.  106.47. 

Isa.  49.  12. 

Jer.  29.  14. 

Ezek.  39.  27. 
1  from  the  sea. 
c  Ps.  50.  15. 

Isa.  41.  17. 

Jer.  29.  12-14. 

Hos.  5.  15. 
d  Ezra  8.  21. 

Isa.  63.  12. 


31  And  that  was  counted  unto  him  for  righteous- 
ness unto  all  generations  for  evermore. 

32  They  angered  him  also  at  the  waters  of  strife, 
rso  that  it  went  ill  with  Mo'seg  for  their  sakes  : 

33  Because  they  provoked  his  spirit,  so  that  he 
s  spake  unadvisedly  with  his  lips. 

34  *They  did  not  destroy  the  nations,  "concerning 
whom  the  Lord  commanded  them  : 

35  "But  were  mingled  among  the  heathen,  and 
learned  their  works. 

36  And  wthey  served  their  idols  :  which  were  a 
snare  unto  them. 

37  Yea,  xthey  sacrificed  their  sons  and  their 
daughters  unto  devils, 

38  And  shed  innocent  blood,  even  the  blood  of  their 
sons  and  of  their  daughters,  whom  they  sacrificed 
unto  the  idols  of  Ca'naan  :  and  '-'the  land  was  pol- 
luted with  blood. 

39  Thus  were  they  defiled  with  their  own  works, 
and  went  a  whoring  with  their  own  inventions. 

40  Therefore  was  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  kindled 
against  his  people,  insomuch  that  he  abhorred  his 
own  inheritance. 

41  And  zhe  gave  them  into  the  hand  of  the  hea- 
then ;  and  they  that  hated  them  ruled  over  them. 

42  Their  enemies  also  oppressed  them,  and  they 
were  brought  into  subjection  under  their  hand. 

43  Many  times  did  he  deliver  them  ;  but  they 
provoked  him  with  their  counsel,  and  were6  brought 
low  for  their  iniquity. 

44  Nevertheless  he  regarded  their  affliction,  when 
ahe  heard  their  cry  :    . 

45  b  And  he  remembered  for  them  his  covenant,  and 
c  repented  according  to  the  multitude  of  his  mercies. 

46  dHe  made  them  also  to  be  pitied  of  all  those 
that  carried  them  captives. 

47  Save  us,  O  Lord  our  God,  and  gather  us  "from 
among  the  heathen,  to  give  thanks  •'unto  thy  holy 
name,  and  to  triumph  in  thy  praise. 

48  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  from  ever- 
lasting to  everlasting  :  and  let  all  the  people  say. 
Amen.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  107. 

1  Exhortation  to  praise.    4  Observance  of  God's  ordinances. 

OGIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  for  ahe  is  good: 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

2  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  say  so,  whom  he 
hath  redeemed  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy ; 

3  And  b  gathered  them  out  of  the  lands,  from  the 
east,  and  from  the  west,  from  the  north,  and  *  from 
the  south. 

4  They  wandered  in  the  wilderness  in  a  solitary 
way  ;  they  found  no  city  to  dwell  in. 

5  Hungry  and  thirsty,  their  soul  fainted  in  them. 

6  cThen  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble, 
and  he  delivered  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

7  And  he  led  them  forth  by  the  d  right  way,  that 
they  might  go  to  a  city  of  habitation. 

8  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his  good- 
ness, and  for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of 
men  ! 


An  exhortation  to  praise. 


PSALMS,  108,  109. 


A  prayer  for  assistance. 


9  For  ehe  satisfieth  the  longing  soul,  and  filleth 
the  hungry  soul  with  goodness. 

10  Such  as  sit  in  darkness  and  in  the  shadow  of 
death,  being  7bound  in  affliction  and  iron  ; 

11  Because  they  "rebelled  against  the  words  of 
God,  and  contemned  Hhe  counsel  of  the  most  High  : 

12  Therefore  he  brought  down  their  heart  with 
labour;  they  fell  down,  and  there  ivas  "none  to 
help. 

13  Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble, 
and  he  saved  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

14  J'He  brought  them  out  of  darkness  and  the 
shadow  of  death,  and  brake  their  bands  in  sunder. 

15  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his 
goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  chil- 
dren of  men  ! 

16  For  he  hath  k  broken  the  gates  of  brass,  and 
cut  the  bars  of  iron  in  sunder. 

17  Fools  'because  of  their  transgression,  and  be- 
cause of  their  iniquities,  are  afflicted. 

18  Their  soul  abhorreth  all  manner  of  meat ;  and 
they  draw  near  unto  the  gates  of  death. 

19  Then  they  cry  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble, 
and  he  saveth  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

20  mHe  sent  his  word,  and  healed  them,  and  de- 
livered them  from  their  destructions. 

21  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his  good- 
ness, and  for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children 
of  men  ! 

22  And  Mlet  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifices  of  thanks- 
giving, and  declare  his  works  with  2  rejoicing. 

23  They  that  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships,  that  do 
business  in  great  waters  ; 

24  These  see  the  works  of  the  Lord,  and  his 
wonders  in  the  deep. 

25  For  he  commandeth,  and  3raiseth  the  stormy 
wind,  which  lifteth  up  the  waves  thereof. 

26  They  mount  up  to  the  heaven,  they  go  down 
again  to  the  depths  :  °  their  soul  is  melted  because 
of  trouble. 

27  They  reel  to  and  fro,  and  stagger  like  a  drunken 
man,  and  4are  at  their  wit's  end. 

28  Then  they  cry  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble, 
and  he  bringeth  them  out  of  their  distresses. 

29  pHe  maketh  the  storm  a  calm,  so  that  the 
waves  thereof  are  still. 

30  Then  are  they  glad  because  they  be  quiet ;  so 
he  bringeth  them  unto  their  desired  haven. 

31  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his 
goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  chil- 
dren of  men ! 

32  Let  them  exalt  him  also  in  the  congregation  of 
the  people,  and  praise  him  in  the  assembly  of  the 
elders. 

33  He  'turneth  rivers  into  a  wilderness,  and  the 
watersprings  into  dry  ground  ; 

34  A  r  fruitful  land  into  5  barrenness,  for  the 
wickedness  of  them  that  dwell  therein. 

35  sHe  turneth  the  wilderness  into  a  standing 
water,  and  dry  ground  into  watersprings. 

36  And  there  he  maketh  the  hungry  Ho  dwell, 
that  they  may  prepare  a  city  for  habitation  ; 


e  Ps.  34.  10. 
Isa.  55.  1. 
Matt.  5.  C. 
Luke  I    53, 


/  Job  36.  8. 

ij  Lain.  3.  42. 

h  Ps.  73.  24. 
Luke  7.  30. 

Acts '-'().  27. 

i  Isa.  G3.  5. 


j  Ps.  146.  7. 
Acts  12.  7. 


k  Isa.  45.  2. 


I  Ps.  14.  1. 
Prov.  1.  22. 
Lam.  3.  39. 


m  Num.  21.  8. 
2  Ki.  20.  4. 

Matt.  8.  8. 


n  Lev.  7.  12. 
Ps.  50.  14. 
Heb.  13;  15. 

2  singing.^ 

3  maketh  to 
stand . 

o  Ps.  22,  14. 
Isa.  13.  7. 
Nali.  2.  10. 

4  all  their  wis- 
dom is  swal- 
lowed up. 

p  Ps.  05.  7. 

Isa.  50.  2. 

Matt.  8.  26. 

Mark  4.  3!M1. 
q  1  Ki.  17.  1. 

Isa.  34.  9,  1(1. 

Ezek.  30.  12. 

Joel  1.  20. 

Nah.  1.  4. 
)•  Gen.  13. 10. 

5  saltuess. 
slsa.  41. 18. 
t  Acts  17.  20. 
«  Gen.  12.  2. 
z>2Ki.  10.  32. 
W  Josh.  10. 

24-20. 

Job  12.  21. 
G  Or,  void  place. 
x  1  Sam.  2.  8. 

2  Sam.  7.  8. 

Job  8.  7. 
7  Or,  after. 
y  Job  22.  19. 
z  Job  5.  16. 

Prov.  10.  11. 
a  Jer.  9.  12. 

Dan.  12.  10. 


a  Num.  14.  IS. 

Deut.  7.  9. 

Ps.  30.  5. 

Mic.  7.  18-20. 
1  Or,  skies. 
6Ps.  57.5. 
c  Gen.  49.  10. 
d  Ps.  00.  9. 
e  Isa.  30.  3. 
/Isa.  25.  10. 

Lam.  1.  15. 

Mai.  4.  3. 

Rev.  14. 19,  20. 


a  Ps.  83.  1. 

1  mouth  of 
deceit. 

2  have  opened 
themselves. 

b  1  Sam.  19.  4,  5. 

Ps.  35.  7,  20. 

John  15.  25. 
<•  Ps.  38.  20. 


37  And  sow  the  fields,  and  plant  vineyards,  which 
may  yield  fruits  of  increase. 

38  "He  blesseth  them  also,  so  that  they  are  mul- 
tiplied greatly  ;  and  suffereth  not  their  cattle  to 
decrease. 

39  Again,  they  are  'minished  and  brought  low 
through  oppression,  affliction,  and  sorrow. 

40  wHe  poureth  contempt  upon  princes,  and  caus- 
eth  them  to  wander  in  the  "wilderness,  where  there 
is  no  way. 

41  "Yet  setteth  he  the  poor  on  high  7from  afflic- 
tion, and  maketh  him  families  like  a  flock. 

42  wThe  righteous  shall  see  it,  and  rejoice  :  and  all 
-iniquity  shall  stop  her  mouth. 

43  "Whoso  is  wise,  and  will  observe  these  things, 
even  they  shall  understand  the  lovingkindness  of 
the  Lord. 

PSALM  108. 

1  David's  praise  of  God.     5  Prayer  for  God's  assistance. 
A  Song  or  Psalm  of  David. 

OGOD,  my  heart  is  fixed  ;  I  will  sing  and  give 
praise,  even  with  my  glory. 

2  Awake,  psaltery  and  harp :  I  myself  will  awake 
early. 

3  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord,  among  the  people  : 
and  I  will  sing  praises  unto  thee  among  the  na- 
tions. 

4  For  thy  a  mercy  is  great  above  the  heavens :  and 
thy  truth  reacheth  unto  the  Clouds. 

5  6Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the  heavens  : 
and  thy  glory  above  all  the  earth  ; 

6  That  thy  beloved  may  be  delivered  :  save  with 
thy  right  hand,  and  answer  me. 

7  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holiness  ;  I  will  rejoice, 
I  will  divide  She'chem,  and  mete  out  the  valley. of 
Suc^coth. 

8  GTl'e-ad  is  mine  ;  Ma-nas'seh  is  mine  ;  E'phra-im 
also  is  the  strength  of  mine  head  ;  cJu'dah  is  my 
lawgiver ; 

9  Mo'ab  is  my  washpot  :  over  E'dom  will  I  cast 
out  my  shoe  ;  over  Phi-lls'tia  will  I  triumph. 

10  rfWho  will  bring  me  into  the  strong  city?  who 
will  lead  me  into  E'dom  ? 

11  Wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  who  hast  cast  us  off?  and 
wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  go  forth  with  our  hosts? 

12  Give  us  help  from  trouble  :  for  evain  is  the 
help  of  man. 

13  Through  God  we  shall  do  valiantly  :  for  he  fit 
is  that  shall  tread  down  our  enemies. 

PSALM  109. 

David  complains  of  his  slanderous  enemies. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HOLD  "not  thy  peace,  O  God  of  my  praise  ; 
2  For   the   mouth   of    the   wicked   and    the 
1  mouth  of  the  deceitful  2are  opened  against  me  : 
they  have  spoken  against  me  with  a  lying  tongue. 

3  They  compassed  me  about  also  with  words  of 
hatred  ;  and  fought  against  me  6  without  a  cause. 

4  For  my  love  they  are  my  adversaries  :  but  I  give 
myself  unto  prayer. 

5  And  cthey  have  rewarded  me  evil  for  good,  and 
hatred  for  my  love. 

451 


David  devotes  his  enemies. 


PSALMS,  110112. 


Praise  of  God  for  his  works. 


6  Set  thou  a  wicked  man  over  him  :  and  let  3Sa'- 
tan  stand  at  his  right  hand. 

7  When  he  shall  be  judged,  let  him  4be  con- 
demned :  and  dlet  his  prayer  become  sin. 

8  Let  his  days  be  few  ;  and  elet  another  take  his 
5  office. 

9  yLet  his  children  be  fatherless,  and  his  wife  a 
widow. 

10  Let  his  children  be  continually 9  vagabonds,  and 
beg  :  let  them  seek  their  bread  also  out  of  their 
desolate  places. 

11  feLet  the  extortioner  catch  all  that  he  hath  ; 
and  let  the  strangers  spoil  his  labour. 

12  Let  there  be  none  to  extend  mercy  unto  him  : 
neither  let  there  be  any  to  favour  his  fatherless 
children. 

13  *Let  his  posterity  be  cut  off  ;  and  in  the  gener- 
ation following  let  their  Jname  be  blotted  out. 

14  fcLet  the  iniquity  of  his  fathers  be  remembered 
with  the  Lord  ;  and  let  not  the  sin  of  his  mother 
'be  blotted  out. 

15  Let  them  be  before  the  Lord  continually,  that 
he  may  TOcut  off  the  memory  of  them  from  the 
earth. 

16  Because  that  he  remembered  not  to  shew 
mercy,  but  persecuted  the  poor  and  needy  man,  that 
he  might  even  slay  the  broken  in  heart. 

17  As  he  loved  cursing,  so  let  it  come  unto  him : 
as  he  delighted  not  in  blessing,  so  let  it  be  far  from 
him. 

18  As  he  clothed  himself  with  cursing  like  as  with 
his  garment,  so  let  it  come  6into  his  bowels  like 
water,  and  like  oil  into  his  bones. 

19  Let  it  be  unto  him  as  the  garment  which  cover- 
eth  him,  and  for  a  girdle  wherewith  he  is  girded 
continually. 

20  Let  this  be  the  reward  of  mine  adversaries  from 
the  Lord,  and  of  them  that  speak  evil  against  my 
soul. 

21  But  do  thou  for  me,  0  God  the  Lord,  for  thy 
name's  sake  :  because  thy  mercy  is  good,  deliver 
thou  me. 

22  For  I  am  poor  and  needy,  and  my  heart  is 
wounded  within  me. 

23  I  am  gone  like  the  shadow  when  it  declineth  : 
I  am  tossed  up  and  down  as  the  locust. 

24  My  n  knees  are  weak  through  fasting  ;  and  my 
flesh  faileth  of  fatness. 

25  I  became  also  a  reproach  unto  them  :  when  they 
looked  upon  me  "they  shaked  their  heads. 

26  Help  me,  0  Lord  my  God  :  0  save  me  accord- 
ing to  thy  mercy  : 

27  p  That  they  may  know  that  this  is  thy  hand  ; 
that  thou,  Lord,  hast  done  it. 

28  Let  them  curse,  but  bless  thou  :  when  they 
arise,  let  them  be  ashamed  ;  but  let  thy  g  servant 
rejoice. 

29  Let  mine  adversaries  be  clothed  with  shame, 
and  let  them  cover  themselves  with  their  own  con- 
fusion, as  with  a  mantle. 

30  I  will  greatly  praise  the  Lord  with  my  mouth  ; 
yea,  I  will  praise  him  among  the  multitude. 

452 


3  Or,  an  adver- 
sary. 

4  go  out  guilty, 
or,  wicked. 

d  Prov.  28.  9. 

e  Acts  1.  20. 

5  Or,  charge. 

/  Ex.  22.  24. 
Jer.  18.  21. 

g  Gen.  4.  12. 


/(  Job  18.  9. 


i  Ps.  37.  28. 
j  Prov.  10.  7. 
k  Ex.  20.  5. 

I  Neh.  4.  5. 

m  Job  18.  17. 


0  within  him. 
n  Heb.  12.  12. 
o  Isa.  37.  22. 

Matt.  27.  39. 
p  Job  37.  7. 
q  Num.  22.  12. 

Isa.  65.  14. 
7  from  the  judges 

of  his  soul. 


a  Ps.  45.  6. 

Matt.  22.  44. 

Mark  12.  36. 

Luke  20.  42. 

1  Cor.  15.  25. 

Heb.  1.  13. 
b  Judg.  5.  2. 
c  Ps.  96.  9. 

Acts  2.  41. 

1  Or,  more  than 
the  womb  of 
the  morning  : 
thou  shalt 
have,  etc. 

d  Num.  23.  19. 
e  Zech.  6.  13. 

Heb.  5.  6. 
f  Ps.  16.  8. 
g  Ps.  2.  5. 

Rom.  2.  5. 

Rev.  11.  18. 
h  Hab.  3.  13. 

2  Or,  great. 
i  Isa.  61.  1. 

John  3.  34. 
j  Isa.  53.  12. 


1  Hallelujah. 
a  Job  38. 

2  prey. 

ft  Ps.  19.  7. 

3  nre  established. 
c  Rev.  15.  3. 

(/  Deut.  4.  6. 
Job  28.  28. 
Eccl.  12.  13. 

4  Or,  good 
success. 

5  that  do  them. 


1  Hallelujah. 
a  Prov.  3.  16. 

Prov.  15.  6. 

Isa.  33.  6. 

Matt.  6.  33. 

2  Cor.  6.  10. 


31  For  he  shall  stand  at  the  right  hand  of  the 
poor,  to  save  him  7from  those  that  condemn  his 
soul. 

PSALM  110. 

The  kingdom,  priesthood,  and  passion  of  Christ. 
A  P*alrn  of  David. 

THE  "Lord  said  unto  my  Lord,  Sit  thou  at  my 
right  hand,  until  I  make  thine  enemies   thy 
footstool. 

2  The  Lord  shall  send  the  rod  of  thy  strength  out 
of  ZT'on  :  rule  thou  in  the  midst  of  thine  enemies. 

3  6Thy  people  shall  be  willing  in  the  day  of  thy 
power,  c  in  the  beauties  of  holiness  ?  from  the  womb 
of  the  morning  :  thou  hast  the  dew  of  thy  youth. 

4  The  Lord  hath  sworn,  and  dwill  not  repent, 
cThou  art  a  priest  for  ever  after  the  order  of  Mel- 
chiz'e-dek. 

5  The  Lord  yat  thy  right  hand  shall  strike  through 
kings  ^in  the  day  of  his  wrath. 

6  He  shall  judge  among  the  heathen,  he  shall  fill 
the  places  with  the  dead  bodies ;  hhe  shall  wound 
the  heads  over  2many  countries. 

7  'He  shall  drink  of  the  brook  in  the  way  : j there- 
fore shall  he  lift  up  the  head. 

PSALM  111. 

1  God  to  be  praised  for  his  glorious  works.    10  Fear  of  God. 

1T)RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     I  will  praise  the  Lord 
J-     with  my  whole  heart,  in  the  assembly  of  the 
upright,  and  in  the  congregation. 

2  "The  works  of  the  Lord  are  great,  sought  out 
of  all  them  that  have  pleasure  therein. 

3  His  work  is  honourable  and  glorious  :  and  his 
righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

4  He  hath  made  his  wonderful  works  to  be  re- 
membered :  the  Lord  is  gracious  and  full  of  com- 
passion. 

5  He  hath  given  2  meat  unto  them  that  fear  him  : 
he  will  ever  be  mindful  of  his  covenant. 

6  He  hath  shewed  his  people  the  power  of  his 
works,  that  he  may  give  them  the  heritage  of  the 
heathen. 

7  The  works  of  his  hands  are  verity  and  judg- 
ment ;  6all  his  commandments  are  sure. 

8  They  3  stand  fast  for  ever  and  ever,  and  are 
cdone  in  truth  and  uprightness. 

9  He  sent  redemption  unto  his  people  :  he  hath 
commanded  his  covenant  for  ever  :  holy  and  rever- 
end is  his  name. 

10  dThe  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wis- 
dom :  4a  good  understanding  have  all  they  5that  do 
his  commandments :  his  praise  endureth  for  ever. 

PSALM  112. 

Godliness  has  promises  of  this  and  the  future  life. 

1T)RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Blessed  is  the  man  that 
-*-    feareth  the  Lord,  that  delighteth  greatly  in 
his  commandments. 

2  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon  earth :  the  gener- 
ation of  the  upright  shall  be  blessed. 

3  "Wealth  and  riches  shall  be  in  his  house  :  and 
his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 


An  exhortation  to  praise. 


PSALMS,  113116. 


An  exhortation  to  confidence. 


4  Unto  the  upright  there  ariseth  light  in  the  dark- 
ness :  he  is  gracious,  and  full  of  compassion,  and 
righteous. 

5  6A  good  man  sheweth  favour,  and  lendeth  :  he 
will  guide  his  affairs  with  2  discretion. 

6  Surely  he  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever :  the 
righteous  shall  be  in  everlasting  remembrance. 

7  He  shall  not  be  afraid  of  evil  tidings  :  his  heart 
is  fixed,  trusting  in  the  Lord. 

8  His  heart  is  established,  he  shall  not  be  afraid, 
until  he  see  his  desire  upon  his  enemies. 

9  c  He  hath  dispersed,  he  hath  given  to  the  poor  ; 
his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever  ;  his  horn  shall 
be  exalted  with  honour. 

10  dThe  wicked  shall  see  it,  and  be  grieved  ;  he 
shall  gnash  with  his  teeth,  and  melt  away :  the  de- 
sire of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

PSALM  113. 

Praise  God  for  his  excellency. 

1T)RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Praise,  0  ye  servants  of 
-L    the  Lord,  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

2  "Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord  from  this 
time  forth  and  for  evermore. 

3  6From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the  going  down 
of  the  same  the  Lord's  name  is  to  be  praised. 

4  The  Lord  is  high  above  all  nations,  and  his 
glory  above  the  heavens. 

5  Who  is  like  unto  the  Lord  our  God,  who  2  dwell- 
eth  on  high, 

6  cWho  humbleth  himself  to  behold  the  things 
that  are  in  heaven,  and  in  the  earth  ! 

7  rfHe  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of  the  dust,  and 
lifteth  the  needy  out  of  the  dunghill ; 

8  That  he  may  "set  him  with  princes,  even  with 
the  princes  of  his  people. 

9  fKe  maketh  the  barren  woman  3  to  keep  house, 
and  to  be  a  joyful  mother  of  children.  Praise  ye  the 
Lord. 

PSALM  114. 

Fear  God  in  his  church. 

WHEN  Ig'ra-el  went  out  of  E'gypt,  the  house  of 
Ja'cob  from  a  people  of  strange  language  ; 

2  Ju'dah  was  his  sanctuary,  and  Ig'ra-el  his  do- 
minion. 

3  The  sea  saw  it,  and  fled  :  Jor'dan  was  driven  back. 

4  "The  mountains  skipped  like  rams,  and  the  little 
hills  like  lambs. 

5  What  ailed  thee,  0  thou  sea,  that  thou  fleddest? 
thou  Jor'dan,  that  thou  wast  driven  back  ? 

6  Ye  mountains,  that  ye  skipped  like  rams  ;  and 
ye  little  hills,  like  lambs  ? 

7  Tremble,  thou  earth,  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord, 
at  the  presence  of  the  God  of  Ja'cob  ; 

8  b  Which  turned  the  rock  into  a  standing  water, 
the  flint  into  a  fountain  of  waters. 

PSALM  115. 

An  exhortation  to  confidence  in  God. 

1VTOT  aunto  us,  0  Lord,  not  unto  us,  but  unto  thy 
-^  name  give  glory,  for  thy  mercy,  and  for  thy 
truth's  sake. 


>  Luke  C.  35. 
'.  judgment. 


■  Luke  11.  41. 

Acta  4.  35. 

Acts  20.  35. 

Rom.  12.  13. 

2  Cor.  8.  9. 

2  Cor.  9.  9. 

1  Tim.  0.  IS. 
[  Luke  13.  28. 


1  Hallelujah. 


a  Dan.  2.  20. 


b  Isa.  59.  19. 
Hah.  2.  14. 
Mai.  1.  11. 
Rev.  11.  15. 

2  exalteth  him- 
self to  dwell. 

c  Isa.  57. 15. 
U 1  Sam.  2.  8. 

Isa.  26.  19. 

Dan.  12.  2. 
e  Job  3G.  7. 
/ 1  Sam.  2.  5. 

Gal.  4.  27. 

3  to  dwell  in  an 
house. 


a  Ps.  29.  6. 

Ps.  G8.  1G. 

Hab.  3.  6. 
b  Ex.  17.  6. 

Num.  20.  11. 

Ps.  107.  35. 


a  Isa.  48.  11. 

Ezek.  36.  32. 
6  Ps.  42.  3,  10. 

Ps.  79.  10. 

Joel  2.  17. 
c  1  Chr.  1G.  26. 

Ps.  135.  fi. 

Dan.  4.  :::>. 
d  Dent.  4.  28. 

Ps.  135.  15,  16. 

Isa.  40.  19. 

Jer.  10.  3. 

Hos.  8.  G. 

1  Cor.  10. 

19,  20. 
e  Ps.  135.  18. 

Isa.  44.  9,  10. 

Jon.  2.  8. 

Hab.  2.  18. 
f  Ps.  33.  20. 

Prov.  30.  5. 
g  Mai.  2.  7. 
h  Eph.  1.  3. 
i  Lev.  26.  3. 

Deut.  11.  27. 

Ps.  24.  4. 

Prov.  10.  G. 
1  with. 

j  Gen.  14.  19. 
/.Gen.  1.  1. 

Ps.  96.  5. 
I  Ps.  145.  2. 

Dan.  2.  20. 


1  in  my  dayo. 

2  found  me. 
a  Ezra  9.  15. 

Neh.  9.  8. 

Ps.  11.  7. 

Jer.  12. 1. 

Lam.  1.  18. 

Rev.  16.  5. 
b  Jer.  6. 16. 

Matt.  11.  29. 
c  2  Cor.  4.  13. 
<l  2  Ki.  4.  16. 

Jer.  9.  5. 

Roni.  3.  4. 


2  Wherefore  should  the  heathen  say,  b  Where  is 
now  their  God  ? 

3  ■  But  our  God  is  in  the  heavens :  he  hath  done 
whatsoever  he  hath  pleased. 

4  d  Their  idols  are  silver  and  gold,  the  work  of 
men's  hands. 

5  They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak  not :  eyes  have 
they,  but  they  see  not : 

6  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not :  noses  have 
they,  but  they  smell  not : 

7  They  have  hands,  but  they  handle  not :  feet  have 
they,  but  they  walk  not :  neither  speak  they  through 
their  throat. 

8  e  They  that  make  them  are  like  unto  them ;  so  is 
every  one  that  trusteth  in  them. 

9  O  Ig'ra-el,  trust  thou  in  the  Lord:  fhe  is  their 
help  and  their  shield. 

10  gO  house  of  Aar'on,  trust  in  the  Lord:  he  is 
their  help  and  their  shield. 

11  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  trust  in  the  Lord:  he 
is  their  help  and  their  shield. 

12  The  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us :  he  will 
h bless  us;  he  will  bless  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el;  he 
will  bless  the  house  of  Aar'on. 

13  {  He  will  bless  them  that  fear  the  Lord,  both 
small  aand  great. 

14  The  Lord  shall  increase  you  more  and  more, 
you  and  your  children. 

15  Ye  are  j blessed  of  the  Lord  k  which  made 
heaven  and  earth. 

16  The  heaven,  even  the  heavens,  are  the  Lord's  : 
but  the  earth  hath  he  given  to  the  children  of 
men. 

17  The  dead  praise  not  the  Lord,  neither  any  that 
go  down  into  silence. 

18  l  But  we  will  bless  the  Lord  from  this  time  forth 
and  for  evermore.     Praise  the  Lord. 

PSALM  116. 

Profession  of  lore  to  God  for  deliverance. 

I  LOVE  the  Lord,  because  he  hath  heard  my  voice 
and  my  supplications. 

2  Because  he  hath  inclined  his  ear  unto  me,  there- 
fore will  I  call  upon  him  1  as  long  as  I  live. 

3  The  sorrows  of  death  compassed  me,  and  the 
pains  of  hell 2  gat  hold  upon  me :  I  found  trouble  and 
sorrow. 

4  Then  called  I  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  ;  O 
Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  deliver  my  soul. 

5  Gracious  is  the  Lord,  a  and  righteous  ;  yea,  our 
God  is  merciful. 

6  The  Lord  preserveth  the  simple  :  I  was  brought 
low,  and  he  helped  me. 

7  Return  unto  thy 6  rest,  O  my  soul ;  for  the  Lord 
hath  dealt  bountifully  with  thee. 

8  For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from  death, 
mine  eyes  from  tears,  and  my  feet  from  falling. 

9  I  will  walk  before  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the 
living. 

10  c  I  believed,  therefore  have  I  spoken  :  I  was 
greatly  afflicted : 

11  I  said  in  my  haste,  d  All  men  are  liars. 

453 


How  good  to  trust  in  God. 


PSALMS,  117119. 


Prayers  and  praises* 


12  What  shall  I  render  unto  the  Lord  for  all  his 
benefits  toward  me? 

13  I  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation,  and  call  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

14  CI  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the  Lord  now  in  the 
presence  of  all  his  people. 

15  f  Precious  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  is  the  death 
of  his  saints. 

16  0  Lord,  truly  I  am  thy  servant ;  I  am  thy  ser- 
vant, and  the  son  of  thine  handmaid  :  thou  hast 
loosed  my  bonds. 

17  I  will  offer  to  thee  the  sacrifice  of  thanksgiv- 
ing, and  will  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

18  I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the  Lord  now  in  the 
presence  of  all  his  people, 

19  In  the  courts  of  the  Lord's  house,  in  the  midst 
of  thee,  0  Je-ru'sa-lem.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  117. 

Praising  God  for  mercy  and  truth. 

PRAISE  the  Lord,  all  ye  nations :  praise  him, 

all  ye  people. 
2  For  his  merciful  kindness  is  great  toward  us  : 
and   the  truth   of  the   Lord   endureth   for  ever. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  118. 

How  good  it  is  to  trust  in  God. 

f~\  "GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  is  good : 
^^  because  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

2  6Let  Ig'ra-el  now  say,  that  his  mercy  endureth 
for  ever. 

3  Let  the  house  of  Aar'on  now  say.  that  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever. 

4  Let  them  now  that  fear  the  Lord  say,  that  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

5  I  called  upon  the  Lord  Mn  distress  :  the  Lord 
answered  me,  and  "set  me  in  a  large  place. 

6  The  Lord  is  2on  my  side  ;  I  will  not  fear  :  what 
can  man  do  unto  me  ? 

7  d  The  Lord  taketh  my  part  with  them  that  help 
me  :  therefore  shall  I  see  my  desire  upon  them  that 
hate  me. 

8  e  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord  than  to  put 
confidence  in  man. 

9  fIt  is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord  than  #  to  put 
confidence  in  princes. 

10  All  nations  compassed  me  about :  but  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  will  I  3  destroy  them. 

11  They  fJ  compassed  me  about ;  yea,  they  com- 
passed me  about :  but  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  I 
will  destroy  them. 

12  They  compassed  me  about  Mike  bees  ;  they  are 
quenched  \  as  the  fire  of  thorns  :  for  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord  I  will  4  destroy  them. 

13  Thou  hast  thrust  sore  at  me  that  I  might  fall : 
but  the  Lord  helped  me. 

14  j  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  song,  and  is  be- 
come my  salvation. 

15  The  voice  of  rejoicing  and  salvation  is  in  the 
tabernacles  of  the  righteous  :  the  right  hand  of  the 
Lord  doeth  valiantly. 

454 


e  Ps.  22.  25. 
Jon.  2.  9. 


/  Job  5.  26. 
Ps.  72.  14. 
Luke  1G.  22. 
Rev.- 14.  13. 


a  1  Chr.  16.  8. 


b  Ps.  115.  9. 

1  out  of  distress. 
c  Ps.  18.  19. 

2  for  me. 

tl  Ps.  54.  4. 
e  Ps.  62.  8. 

Isa.  2.  22. 

Jer.  17.  5,  7. 
f  Ps.  146.  3. 

Isa.  30.  2,  3. 

3  cut  them  off. 
q  Ps.  88.  17. 

h  Deut.  1.  44. 
i  Eccl.  7.  6. 

4  cut  down. 
j  Ex.  15.  2. 
k  Ex.  15.  6. 

I  Ps.  6.  5. 

m  Ps.  73.  28. 
n  Piov.  3.  11, 12. 

1  Cor.  11.  32. 
o  Isa.  26.  2. 
p  Ps.  24.  7. 
q  Isa.  35.  8. 
r  Matt.  21.  42. 

Mark  12.  10. 

Eph.  2.  20. 

1  Pet.  2.  4,  7. 

5  This  is  from 
the  Lord. 

*  Job  5.  9. 

II  Cor.  6.2. 
u  Zech.  4.  7. 

Matt.  21.  9. 

Mark  11.  9. 

Luke  19.  38. 
v  Esth.  8.  16. 

Mic.  7.  9. 

Mai.  4.  2. 
w  Ex.  15.  2. 

Isa.  25.  1. 


1  Or,  perfect,  or, 
sincere. 

aPs.  128.1. 
b  Deut.  4.  29. 
c  Rom.  7.  16,  17. 

1  John  3.  9. 
d  Jer.  31.  33. 

Rom.  7.  22,  23. 

2  Cor.  3.  5. 
e  Job  22.  26. 

1  John  2.  28. 

2  judgments  of 
thy  righteous- 
ness. 

/Prov.  1.  4,  10. 
g  2  Chr.  15.  15. 
h  Luke  2.  19. 
i  Ps.  25.  4. 


16  *The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  is  exalted  :  the 
right  hand  of  the  Lord  doeth  valiantly. 

17  1 1  shall  not  die,  but  live,  and  m  declare  the  works 
of  the  Lord. 

18  The  Lord  hath  "chastened  me  sore  :  but  he 
hath  not  given  me  over  unto  death. 

19  °Open  to  me  the  gates  of  righteousness  :  I  will 
go  into  them,  and  I  will  praise  the  Lord  : 

20  "This  gate  of  the  Lord,  «into  which  the  right- 
eous shall  enter. 

21  I  will  praise  thee  :  for  thou  hast  heard  me,  and 
art  become  my  salvation. 

22  rThe  stone  which  the  builders  refused  is  become 
the  head  stone  of  the  corner. 

23  5This  is  the  Lord's  doing ;  sit  is  marvellous  in 
our  eyes. 

24  This  is  'the  day  which  the  Lord  hath  made  ; 
we  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it. 

25  Save  now,  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord  :  O  Lord,  I 
beseech  thee,  send  now  prosperity. 

26  u  Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  :  we  have  blessed  you  out  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

27  God  is  the  Lord,  which  hath  shewed  us  Might : 
bind  the  sacrifice  with  cords,  even  unto  the  horns  of 
the  altar. 

28  Thou  art  my  God,  and  I  will  praise  thee :  w  thou 
art  my  God,  I  will  exalt  thee. 

29  O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  is  good  : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

PSALM  119. 

Divers  prayers,  praises,  and  professions  of  obedienee. 

ALEPH. 

"DLESSED  are  the  ^ndefiled  in  the  way,  "who 
-^  walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

2  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  his  testimonies,  and 
that  6seek  him  with  the  whole  heart. 

3  cThey  also  do  no  iniquity :  they  walk  in  his 
ways. 

4  Thou  hast  commanded  us  to  keep  thy  precepts 
diligently. 

5  dO  that  my  ways  were  directed  to  keep  thy 
statutes  ! 

6  "Then  shall  I  not  be  ashamed,  when  I  have  re- 
spect unto  all  thy  commandments. 

7  I  will  praise  thee  with  uprightness  of  heart, 
when  I  shall  have  learned  2thy  righteous  judg- 
ments. 

8  I  will  keep  thy  statutes :  O  forsake  me  not 
utterly. 

BETH. 

9  Wherewithal  shall  fa  young  man  cleanse  his  way  ? 
by  taking  heed  thereto  according  to  thy  word. 

10  With  my  whole  heart  have  I a sought  thee:  O 
let  me  not  wander  from  thy  commandments. 

11  feThy  word  have  I  hid  in  mine  heart,  that  I 
might  not  sin  against  thee. 

12  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord:  'teach  me  thy 
statutes. 

13  With  my  lips  have  I  declared  all  the  judgments 
of  thy  mouth. 


Prayers  and  praises. 


PSALMS,  119. 


Professions  of  obedience. 


14  I  have  rejoiced  in  the  way  of  thy  testimonies, 
as  much  as  in  all  riches. 

15  I  will j  meditate  in  thy  precepts,  and  have  re- 
spect unto  thy  ways. 

16  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy  statutes  :  I  will  not 
forget  thy  word. 

GIMEL. 

17  Deal  bountifully  with  thy  servant,  that  I  may 
live,  and  keep  thy  word. 

18  3'cOpen   thou   mine   eyes,  that  I  may  behold 
wondrous  things  out  of  thy  law. 

19  'I  am  a  stranger  in  the  earth  :  hide  not  thy 
commandments  from  me. 

20  My  soul  breaketh  for  the  longing  that  it  hath 
unto  thy  judgments  at  all  times. 

21  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud  that  are  cursed, 
which  do  err  from  thy  commandments. 

22  Remove  from  me  reproach  and  contempt ;  for 
I  have  kept  thy  testimonies. 

23  Princes  also  did  sit  and  speak  against  me  :  but 
thy  servant  did  meditate  in  thy  statutes. 

24  Thy  testimonies  also  are '  my  delight  and  4  my 
counsellors. 

DALETH. 

25  My  soul  cleaveth  unto  the  dust  :  '"quicken  thou 
me  according  to  thy  word. 

26  I  have  declared  my  ways,  and  thou  heardest  me : 
"teach  me  thy  statutes. 

27  Make  me  to  understand  the  way  of  thy  pre- 
cepts :  so  shall  I  talk  of  thy  wondrous  works. 

28  My  soul  5melteth  for  heaviness  :   strengthen 
thou  me  according  unto  thy  word. 

29  "Remove   from   me   the   way  of   lying  :   and 
p  grant  me  thy  law  graciously. 

30  I  have  chosen  the  way  of  truth  :  thy  judgments 
have  I  laid  before  me. 

31  I  have  stuck  unto  thy  testimonies  :  0  Lord, 
put  me  not  to  shame. 

32  I  will  run  the  way  of  thy  commandments,  when 
thou  shalt q  enlarge  my  heart. 

HE. 

33  Teach  me,  0  Lord,  the  way  of  thy  statutes  ; 
and  I  shall  keep  it  runto  the  end. 

34  sGive  me  understanding,  and  I  shall  keep  thy 
law  ;  yea,  I  shall  observe  it  with  my  whole  heart. 

35  Make  me  to  go  in  the  path  of  thy  command- 
ments ;  for  therein  do  I  delight. 

36  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testimonies,  and  not 
to  'covetousness. 

37  6ltTurn  away  mine  eyes  from v  beholding  vanity  ; 
and  quicken  thou  me  in  thy  way. 

38  ^Stablish  thy  word  unto  thy  servant,  who  is 
devoted  to  thy  fear. 

39  Turn  away  my  reproach  which  I  fear  :  for  thy 
judgments  are  good. 

40  Behold,  I   have   longed   after  thy   precepts  : 
quicken  me  in  thy  righteousness. 

VAU. 

41  Let  thy  mercies  come  also  unto  me,  0  Lord, 
even  thy  salvation,  according  to  thy  word. 

42  7So  shall  I  have  wherewith  to  answer  him  that 
reproacheth  me :  for  I  trust  in  thy  word. 


yps.  i.  2. 


Reveal. 
Eph.  1.  17. 


Gen.  47.  9. 
Heb.  11.  13. 


:  men  of  my 
counsel. 


mPs.  143.  11 


n  1  Ki.  8.  3fi. 
Ps.  27.  11. 

5  droppeth. 

0  Prov.  30.  8. 
/)  Heb.  8.  10. 
q  1  Ki.  4.  29. 

Isa.  GO.  5. 

2  Cor.  6.  11. 
>■  Matt.  10.  22. 

Rev.  2.  26. 
s  Prov.  2.  6. 

Jas.  1.  5. 
fEzek.  33.31. 

Mark  7.  21. 

Luke  12.  15. 

1  Tim.  6.  10. 

Heb.  13.  5. 

6  Make  to  pass. 
u  Isa.  33.  15. 

v  Job  31.  1. 
w  2  Sam.  7.  25. 

7  Or,  So  shall  I 
answer  him 
that  reproach- 
eth me  in  a 
thing. 

8  at  large. 

x  Jolin  8.  32,  30. 

Rom.  8.  2. 

1  Cor.  7. 

22,  23. 

Gal.  5.  1,  13. 

Jas.  1.  25. 

1  Pet.  2.  lfi. 
y  Matt.  10.  18. 

Acts  26.  1,  2. 
2  Ps.  27.  13. 

Jer.  15.  16. 

Rom.  5.  3-5. 

Heb.  6.  17-19. 
a  Jer.  20.  7. 
h  Job  23.  11. 
c  Ezra  9.  3. 
d  Ps.  63.  6. 
e  Ps.  16.  5. 

Jer.  10.  16. 

Lam.  3.  24. 

9  face. 

f  Job  11.  19. 
ij  Lam.  3.  40. 
Joel  2.  13. 
Luke  15.  17. 

10  Or,  com- 
panies. 

h  Acts  16.  25. 
i  Ps.  33.  5. 
j  Deut.  32.  15. 

Jer.  31.  18. 

Hos.  5.  15. 

Heb.  12.  11. 

Rev.  3.  19. 
k  Ex.  34.  6. 

Ps.  107.  1. 

Matt.  19. 17. 

1  Job  13.  4. 

m  Acts  28.  27. 
n  Heb.  12.  10. 


43  And  take  not  the  word  of  truth  utterly  out 
of  my  mouth ;  for  I  have  hoped  in  thy  judg- 
ments. 

44  So  shall  I  keep  thy  law  continually  for  ever  and 
ever. 

45  And  I  will  walk  8*at  liberty  :  for  I  seek  thy 
precepts. 

46  y  I  will  speak  of  thy  testimonies  also  before 
kings,  and  will  not  be  ashamed. 

47  And  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy  commandments, 
which  I  have  loved. 

48  My  hands  also  will  I  lift  up  unto  thy  command- 
ments, which  I  have  loved  ;  and  I  will  meditate  in 
thy  statutes. 

ZAIN. 

49  Remember  the  word  unto  thy  servant,  upon 
which  thou  hast  caused  me  to  hope. 

50  This  is  my  z  comfort  in  my  affliction  :  for  thy 
word  hath  quickened  me. 

51  The  proud  have  had  me  greatly  ain  derision  : 
yet  have  I  not  ''declined  from  thy  law. 

52  I  remembered  thy  judgments  of  old,  O  Lord  ; 
and  have  comforted  myself. 

53  c  Horror  hath  taken  hold  upon  me  because  of 
the  wicked  that  forsake  thy  law. 

54  Thy  statutes  have  been  my  songs  in  the  house 
of  my  pilgrimage. 

55  d  I  have  remembered  thy  name,  O  Lord,  in  the 
night,  and  have  kept  thy  law. 

56  This  I  had,  because  I  kept  thy  precepts. 

CHETH. 

57  e  Thou  art  my  portion,  O  Lord  :  I  have  said 
that  I  would  keep  thy  words. 

58  I  intreated  thy  9/favour  with  my  whole  heart : 
be  merciful  unto  me  according  to  thy  word. 

59  I  ° thought  on  my  ways,  and  turned  my  feet 
unto  thy  testimonies. 

60  I  made  haste,  and  delayed  not  to  keep  thy 
commandments. 

61  The  10  bands  of  the  wicked  have  robbed  me  :  but 
I  have  not  forgotten  thy  law. 

62  ^At  midnight  I  will  rise  to  give  thanks  unto 
thee  because  of  thy  righteous  judgments. 

63  I  am  a  companion  of  all  them  that  fear  thee, 
and  of  them  that  keep  thy  precepts. 

64  { The  earth,  O  Lord,  is  full  of  thy  mercy  :  teach 
me  thy  statutes. 

TETH. 

65  Thou  hast  dealt  well  with  thy  servant,  O  Lord, 
according  unto  thy  word. 

66  Teach  me  good  judgment  and  knowledge  :  for 
I  have  believed  thy  commandments. 

67  j  Before  I  was  afflicted  I  went  astray  :  but  now 
have  I  kept  thy  word. 

68  Thou  art  *good,  and  doest  good  ;  teach  me  thy 
statutes. 

69  The  proud  have  'forged  a  lie  against  me  :  but 
I  will  keep  thy  precepts  with  my  whole  heart. 

70  m  Their  heart  is  as  fat  as  grease  ;  but  I  delight 
in  thy  law. 

71  nIt  is  good  for  me  that  I  have  been  afflicted  ; 
that  I  might  learn  thy  statutes. 

455 


Prayers  and  praises. 


PSALMS,  119. 


Professions  of  obedience. 


72  "The  law  of  thy  mouth  is  better  unto  me  than 
thousands  of  gold  and  silver. 

JOD. 

73  pThy  hands  have  made  me  and  fashioned  me  : 
give  me  understanding,  that  I  may  learn  thy  com- 
mandments. 

74  "They  that  fear  thee  will  be  glad  when  they 
see  me ;  because  I  have  hoped  in  thy  word. 

75  I  know,  0  Lord,  that  thy  judgments  are 
"right,  and  rthat  thou  in  faithfulness  hast  afflicted 
me. 

76  Let,  I  pray  thee,  thy  merciful  kindness  be  12for 
my  comfort,  according  to  thy  word  unto  thy  servant. 

77  Let  thy  tender  mercies  come  unto  me,  that  I 
may  live  :  for  thy  law  is  my  delight. 

78  Let  the  proud  sbe  ashamed  ;  for  they  dealt 
perversely  with  me  without  a  cause  :  but  I  will 
meditate  in  thy  precepts. 

79  Let  those  that  fear  thee  turn  unto  me,  and 
those  that  have  known  thy  testimonies. 

80  Let  my  heart  be  'sound  in  thy  statutes  ;  that 
I  be  not  ashamed. 

CAPH. 

81  "My  soul  fainteth  for  thy  salvation  :  but  I  hope 
in  thy  word. 

82  "Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy  word,  saying,  When 
wilt  thou  comfort  me  ? 

83  For  WI  am  become  like  a  bottle  in  the  smoke  ; 
yet  do  I  not  forget  thy  statutes. 

84  xHow  many  are  the  days  of  thy  servant? 
''when  wilt  thou  execute  judgment  on  them  that 
persecute  me  ? 

85  2  The  proud  have  digged  pits  for  me,  which  are 
not  after  thy  law. 

86  All  thy  commandments  are  13  faithful :  they 
persecute  me  a  wrongfully  ;  help  thou  me. 

87  They  had  almost  consumed  me  upon  earth  ;  but 
I  forsook  not  thy  precepts. 

88  Quicken  me  after  thy  lovingkindness  ;  so  shall 
I  keep  the  testimony  of  thy  mouth. 

LAMED. 

89  fcFor  ever,  0  Lord,  thy  word  is  settled  in  heaven. 

90  Thy  faithfulness  is  li  unto  all  generations  :  thou 
hast  established  the  earth,  and  it  15abideth. 

91  They  continue  this  day  according  to  c  thine  or- 
dinances :  for  all  are  thy  servants. 

92  Unless  dthy  law  had  been  my  delights,  I  should 
then  have  perished  in  mine  affliction. 

93  I  will  never  forget  thy  precepts  :  for  with  them 
thou  hast  quickened  me. 

94  I  am  e  thine,  save  me  ;  for  I  have  sought  thy 
precepts. 

95  The  wicked  have  waited  for  me  to  destroy  me : 
but  I  will  consider  thy  testimonies. 

.   96  fI  have  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection  :  but  thy 
commandment  is  exceeding  broad. 

MEM. 

97  0  how  love  I  thy  law !  ^it  •is  my  meditation  all 
the  day. 

98  Thou  through  thy  commandments  hast  made 
me  h  wiser  than  mine  enemies  :  for  16  they  are  ever 
with  me. 


o  Ps.  19.  10. 
Prov.  8.  10. 


p  Job  10.  8. 
Ps.  100.  3. 


q  Ps.  34.  2. 


11  righteousness. 
r  Ps.  89.  30-33. 

Heb.  12.  10. 

12  to  comfort 
me. 


*■  Ps.  25.  3. 


(  2  Chr.  15.  7. 
Prov.  4.  23. 
John  1.  47. 


u  Ps.  42.  1,  2. 
Ps.  73.  26. 


v  Ps.  G9.  3. 


w  Job  30.  30. 


x  Ps.  39.  4. 

y  Ps.  7.  6. 
Rev.  6.  10. 


z  Ps.  35.  7. 


13  faithfulness. 
a  Ps.  7.  1-5. 

Ps.  35.  19. 
b  Matt.  5.  18. 
1  Pet.  1.  25. 

14  to  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

15  standeth. 
c  Gen.  8.  22. 

Ps.  148.  0. 

Jer.  33.  25. 
d  Rom.  15.  4. 
e  Hos.  2.  7, 16. 
/  Isa.  40.  8. 

Matt.  5.  18. 
g  Ps.  1.  2. 
h  Deut.  4.  6,  8. 

Isa.  48.  17. 

16  it  is  ever 
with  me. 

i  2  Tim.  3.  15. 
3  Job  12.  12. 

Job  32.  7. 
*  2  Cor.  7.  1. 

Prov.  1.  15. 
I  Ps.  19. 10. 

Prov.  8.  11. 

17  palate. 

18  Or,  candle. 
m  Neh.  10.  29. 
n  Hos.  14.  2. 

Heb.  13.  15. 

0  Judg.  12.  3. 
Job  13. 14. 

p  Deut.  33.  4. 

19  to  do. 

q  Ps.  32.  7. 
r  Ps.  6.  8. 

Matt.  7.  23. 
s  Ps.  25.  2. 

Rom.  5.  5. 

Rom.  9.  33. 

1  Ps.  71.  6. 

John  10.  28. 
Rom.  14.  4. 

20  causest  to 
cease. 

u  Ezek.  22.  18. 
v  Hab.  3. 1G. 
w  Heb.  7.  22. 
x  Ps.  19.  10. 

Prov.  3.  13, 18. 

Prov.  8.  11. 

Eph.  3.  8. 


456 


99  I  have  more  understanding  than  all  my  teach- 
ers :  *for  thy  testimonies  are  my  meditation. 

100  jl  understand  more  than  the  ancients,  because 
I  keep  thy  precepts. 

101  I  have  k  refrained  my  feet  from  every  evil 
way,  that  I  might  keep  thy  word. 

102  I  have  not  departed  from  thy  judgments  :  for 
thou  hast  taught  me. 

103  'How  sweet  are  thy  words  unto  my  17 taste  ! 
yea,  sweeter  than  honey  to  my  mouth  ! 

104  Through  thy  precepts  I  get  understanding  : 
therefore  I  hate  every  false  way. 

NUN. 

105  Thy  word  is  a  18lamp  unto  my  feet,  and  a 
light  unto  my  path. 

106  m  I  have  sworn,  and  I  will  perform  it,  that  I 
will  keep  thy  righteous  judgments. 

107  I  am  afflicted   very  much  :   quicken   me,  O 
Lord,  according  unto  thy  word. 

108  Accept,  I  beseech  thee,  "the  freewill  offerings 
of  my  mouth,  O  Lord,  and  teach  me  thy  judgments. 

109  °My  soul  is  continually  in  my  hand  :  yet  do  I 
not  forget  thy  law. 

110  The  wicked  have  laid  a  snare  for  me  :  yet  I 
erred  not  from  thy  precepts. 

111  pThy  testimonies  have  I  taken  as  an  heritage 
for  ever  :  for  they  are  the  rejoicing  of  my  heart. 

112  I  have  inclined  mine  heart  19to  perform  thy 
statutes  alway,  even  unto  the  end. 

SAMECH. 

113  I  hate  vain  thoughts  :  but  thy  law  do  I  love. 

114  "Thou  art  my  hiding  place  and  my  shield  :  I 
hope  in  thy  word. 

115  'Depart  from  me,  ye  evildoers  :  for  I  will 
keep  the  commandments  of  my  God. 

116  Uphold  me  according  unto  thy  word,  that  I 
may  live  :  and  let  me  not  sbe  ashamed  of  my  hope. 

117  'Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall  be  safe  :  and  I 
will  have  respect  unto  thy  statutes  continually. 

118  Thou  hast  trodden  down  all  them  that  err 
from  thy  statutes  :  for  their  deceit  is  falsehood. 

119  Thou  20puttest  away  all  the  wicked  of  the  earth 
"  like  dross :  therefore  I  love  thy  testimonies. 

120  "My  flesh  trembleth  for  fear  of  thee  ;  and  I 
am  afraid  of  thy  judgments. 

AIN. 

121  I  have  done  judgment  and  justice  :  leave  me 
not  to  mine  oppressors. 

122  Be  '"surety  for  thy  servant  for  good:  let  not 
the  proud  oppress  me. 

123  Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy  salvation,  and  for  the 
word  of  thy  righteousness. 

124  Deal  with   thy  servant   according  unto  thy 
mercy,  and  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

125  I  am  thy  servant ;  give  me  understanding, 
that  I  may  know  thy  testimonies. 

126  It  is  time  for  thee,  Lord,  to  work  :  for  they 
have  made  void  thy  law. 

127  x  Therefore  I  love  thy  commandments  above 
gold  ;  yea,  above  fine  gold. 

128  Therefore  I  esteem  all  thy  precepts  concerning 
all  things  to  be  right ;  and  I  hate  every  false  way. 


Prayers  and  praises. 


PSALMS,  120,  121. 


PE. 

129  Thy  testimonies  are  wonderful :  therefore 
doth  my  soul  keep  them. 

130  The  entrance  of  thy  words  giveth  light ;  wit 
giveth  understanding  unto  the  simple. 

131  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  panted  :  for  I  longed 
for  thy  commandments. 

132  zLook  thou  upon  me,  and  be  merciful  unto 
me,  21as  thou  usest  to  do  unto  those  that  love  thy 
name. 

133  Order  my  steps  in  thy  word  :  and  "let  not 
any  iniquity  have  dominion  over  me. 

134  b Deliver  me  from  the  oppression  of  man:  so 
will  I  keep  thy  precepts. 

135  cMake  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy  servant ; 
and  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

136  d  Rivers  of  waters  run  down  mine  eyes,  because 
they  keep  not  thy  law. 

TZADDI. 

137  e  Righteous  art  thou,  0  Lord,  and  upright  are 
thy  judgments. 

138  Thy  testimonies  that  thou  hast  commanded 
are  22  righteous  and  very  23  faithful. 

139  My  zeal  hath  ^consumed  me,  because  mine 
enemies  have  forgotten  thy  words. 

140  Thy  word  is  very  25pure  :  therefore  thy  ser- 
vant loveth  it. 

141  I  am  'small  and  despised :  yet  do  not  I  forget 
thy  precepts. 

142  Thy  righteousness  is  an  everlasting  righteous- 
ness, and  thy  law  is  "the  truth. 

143  Trouble  and  anguish  have  2C  taken  hold  on 
me  :  yet  thy  commandments  are  my  delights. 

144  The  righteousness  of  thy  testimonies  is  ever- 
lasting :  give  me  understanding,  and  I  shall  live. 

KOPH. 

145  I  cried  with  my  whole  heart ;  hear  me,  0 
Lord  :  I  will  keep  thy  statutes. 

146  I  cried  unto  thee  ;  save  me,  27and  I  shall  keep 
thy  testimonies. 

147  I  prevented  the  dawning  of  the  morning,  and 
cried  :  I  hoped  in  thy  word. 

148  hWme  eyes  prevent  the  night  watches,  that  I 
might  meditate  in  thy  word. 

149  Hear  my  voice  according  unto  thy  lovingkind- 
ness :  0  Lord,  quicken  me  according  to  thy  judg- 
ment. 

150  They  draw  nigh  that  follow  after  mischief  : 
they  are  far  from  thy  law. 

151  Thou  art  *near,  0  Lord  ;  and  all  thy  com- 
mandments are  truth. 

152  Concerning  thy  testimonies,  I  have  known  of 
old  that  thou  hast  founded  them  J'for  ever. 

RESH. 

153  k  Consider  mine  affliction,  and  deliver  me  :  for 
I  do  not  forget  thy  law. 

154  'Plead  my  cause,  and  deliver  me  :  quicken 
me  according  to  thy  word. 

155  m  Salvation  is  far  from  the  wicked  :  for  they 
seek  not  thy  statutes. 

156  28  Great  are  thy  tender  mercies,  0  Lord  : 
quicken  me  according  to  thy  judgments. 


ij  Ps.  19.  7. 
Prov.  1.  4. 
2  Pet.  1.  19. 


z  Ex.4.  31. 

1  Sam.  1.  11. 

Ps.  10G.  4. 
21  according  to 

the  custom 

toward  those, 

etc. 
a  Rom.  6.  12. 


b  Luke  1.  74. 


o  Ps.  4.  G. 


d  Jer.  9.  1. 


e  Neh.  9.  33. 
Jer.  12.  1. 
Dan.  9.  7. 


22  righteousness. 

23  faithfulness. 

24  cut  me  off. 


25  tried,  or, 
refined. 

/Prov.  15.  16. 

Amos  7.  2. 

Luke  6.  20. 

2  Cor.  8.  9. 

Jas.  2.  5. 
g  Ps.  19.  9. 

John  17.  17. 

Eph.  1.  13. 

26  found  me. 

27  Or,  that  I 
may  keep. 

h  Ps.  63.  1,  6. 
i  Ps.  145.  18. 
j  Luke  21.  33. 
/:  Lam.  5.  1. 
11  Sam.  24.  15. 

Ps.  35.  1. 

Mic.  7.  9. 
m  Job  5.  4. 

28  Or,  Many. 

29  The  beginning 
of  thy  word  is 
true. 

n  1  Sam.  24.  11. 
o  Prov.  3.  2. 
Isa.  32.  17. 

30  they  shall 
have  no 
stumbling- 
block. 

p  Job  34.  21 . 

Prov.  5.  21. 
q  Josh.  24.  22. 

Prov.  1.  29. 

Luke  10.  42. 
r  Isa.  53.  6. 

Matt.  10.  6. 

Luke  15.  4. 

1  Pet.  2.  25. 
s  Ezek.  34.  6. 

Matt.  18.  11. 


1  Or,  What  shall 
the  deceitful 
tongue  give 
unto  thee  ?  or, 
What  shall  it 
profit  th'  e  ? 

2  added. 

3  Or,  It  is  as  the 
sharp  arrows 
of  the  mighty 
man,  with 
coals  of  juni- 
per. 

a  Gen.  10.  2. 
6  1  Sam.  25.  1. 
Jer.  49.  28. 

4  Or,  a  man  of 
peace. 


1  Or,  Shall  I  lift 
up  mine  eyes 
to  the  hills  ? 
whence  should 
my  help  come? 


Professions  of  obedience. 

157  Many  are  my  persecutors  and  mine  enemies  ; 
yet  do  I  not  decline  from  thy  testimonies. 

158  I  beheld  the  transgressors,  and  was  grieved  ; 
because  they  kept  not  thy  word. 

159  Consider  how  I  love  thy  precepts  :  quicken 
me,  O  Lord,  according  to  thy  lovingkindness. 

160  29Thy  word  is  true  from  the  beginning  :  and 
every  one  of  thy  righteous  judgments  endureth  for 
ever. 

SCHIN. 

161  "  Princes  have  persecuted  me  without  a  cause : 
but  my  heart  standeth  in  awe  of  thy  word. 

162  I  rejoice  at  thy  word,  as  one  that  findeth  great 
spoil. 

163  I  hate  and  abhor  lying  :  but  thy  law  do  I  love. 

164  Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise  thee  because  of 
thy  righteous  judgments. 

165  "Great  peace  have  they  which  love  thy  law  : 
and  30  nothing  shall  offend  them. 

166  Lord,  I  have  hoped  for  thy  salvation,  and 
done  thy  commandments. 

167  My  soul  hath  kept  thy  testimonies  ;  and  I  love 
them  exceedingly. 

168  I  have  kept  thy  precepts  and  thy  testimonies : 
"for  all  my  ways  are  before  thee. 

TAU. 

169  Let  my  cry  come  near  before  thee,  0  Lord  : 
give  me  understanding  according  to  thy  word. 

170  Let  my  supplication  come  before  thee :  deliver 
me  according  to  thy  word. 

171  My  lips  shall  utter  praise,  when  thou  hast 
taught  me  thy  statutes. 

172  My  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy  word  :  for  all 
thy  commandments  are  righteousness. 

173  Let  thine  hand  help  me  ;  for  "I  have  chosen 
thy  precepts. 

174  I  have  longed  for  thy  salvation,  O  Lord  ;  and 
thy  law  is  my  delight. 

175  Let  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall  praise  thee  ;  and 
let  thy  judgments  help  me. 

176  r  I  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost  sheep  ;  sseek 
thy  servant ;  for  I  do  not  forget  thy  commandments. 

PSALM  120. 

David  prays  against  his  enemy. 
A  SoDg  of  degrees. 

IN  my  distress  I  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  he 
heard  me. 

2  Deliver  my  soul,  O  Lord,  from  lying  lips,  and 
from  a  deceitful  tongue. 

3  1What  shall  be  given  unto  thee  ?  or  what  shall 
be  2done  unto  thee,  thou  false  tongue? 

4  3  Sharp  arrows  of  the  mighty,  with  coals  of  juniper. 

5  Woe  is  me,  that  I  sojourn  in  aMe'sech,  that  bl 
dwell  in  the  tents  of  Ke'dar  ! 

6  My  soul  hath  long  dwelt  with  him  that  hateth 
peace. 

7  I  am4 for  peace :  but  when  I  speak,  they  are  for  war. 


PSALM  121. 

Safely  of  the  godly  who  trust  in  God. 
A  Song  of  degrees. 

1_T  WILL  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills, 
J-  whence  cometh  my  help. 

457 


from 


Safety  of  the  godly. 


PSALMS,  122-128. 


Blessing  for  deliverance. 


2  My  help  cometh  from  the  Lord,  which  made 
heaven  and  earth. 

3  "He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved  :  6he 
that  keepeth  thee  will  not  slumber. 

4  Behold,  he  that  keepeth  Ig'ra-el  shall  neither 
slumber  nor  sleep. 

5  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper  :  the  Lord  is  thy  shade 
upon  thy  right  hand. 

6  cThe  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by  day,  nor  the 
moon  by  night. 

7  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from  all  evil :  he 
shall  d  preserve  thy  soul. 

8  The  Lord  shall  e  preserve  thy  going  out  and  thy 
coming  in  from  this  time  forth,  and  even  for  ever- 
more. 

PSALM  122. 

David  professes  his  joy  for  (he  church. 
A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

I  WAS  glad  when  they  said  unto  me,  "Let  us  go 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  Our  feet  shall  stand  within  thy  gates,  0  Jg-ru'- 
sa-lem. 

3  Je-ru'sa-lem  is  builded  as  a  city  that  is  6  compact 
together  : 

4  "Whither  the  tribes  go  up,  the  tribes  of  the 
Lord,  unto  dthe  testimony  of  Ig'ra-el,  to  give  thanks 
unto  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

5  For  there  1are  set  thrones  of  judgment,  the 
thrones  of  the  house  of  Da'vid. 

6  ePray  for  the  peace  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  they  shall 
prosper  that  love  thee. 

7  Peace  be  within  thy  walls,  and  prosperity  within 
thy  palaces. 

8  For  my  brethren  and  companions'  sakes,  I  will 
now  say,  Peace  be  within  thee. 

9  Because  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  our  God  I  will 
seek  thy  good. 

PSALM  123. 

The  godly  profess  their  confidence  in  God. 
A  Song  of  degrees. 

UNTO  thee  lift  I  up  mine  eyes,  0  thou  that 
dwellest  in  the  heavens. 

2  Behold,  as  the  eyes  of  servants  look  unto  the 
hand  of  their  masters,  and  as  the  eyes  of  a  maiden 
unto  the  hand  of  her  mistress ;  so  our  eyes  wait 
upon  the  Lord  our  Go'd,  until  that  he  have  mercy 
upon  us. 

3  Have  mercy  upon  us,  0  Lord,  have  mercy  upon 
us :  for  we  are  exceedingly  filled  with  contempt. 

4  Our  soul  is  exceedingly  filled  with  the  scorning 
of  those  that  are  at  ease,  and  with  the  contempt  of 
the  proud. 

PSALM  124. 

Blessing  for  miraculous  deliverance. 
A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

IF  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was  aon  our  side, 
now  may  Ig'ra-el  say  ; 

2  If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was  on  our  side, 
when  men  rose  up  against  us  : 

3  Then  they  had  b  swallowed  us  up  quick,  when 
their  wrath  was  kindled  against  us  : 

4  Then  the  waters  had  overwhelmed  us,  the  stream 
had  gone  over  our  soul : 

458 


1  Sam.  2.  9. 
Isa.  27.  3. 


c  Isa.  49.  10. 


I  Job  5.  19. 

Ps.  91.  9,  10. 

Prov.  12.  21. 
:  Deut.  28.  6. 

Prov.  2.  8. 


a  Isa.  2.  3. 
Jer.  31.  6. 
Zech.  8.  21. 


b  2  Sam.  5.  9. 
Eph.  2.  21. 

c  Deut.  1G.  1G. 
d  Ex.  1G.  34. 


1  do  sit. 


e  Isa.  G2.  G. 
Jer.  51.  50. 


a  Gen.  15.  1. 

Num.  14.  9. 

Josh.  1.  5. 

Rom.  8.  31. 

Heb.  13.  5. 
b  Ps.  35.  25. 

Prov.  1.  12. 

Jer.  51.  34. 
eEx.  18.4. 

Ps.  121.2. 

Prov.  18.  10. 

Isa.  50.  10. 

Heb.  13.  6. 


1  wickedness. 
a  Prov.  22.  8. 

Isa.  14.  5. 
b  Prov.  2.  15. 

Isa.  59.  8. 

Phil.  2.  15. 
c  Gal.  0.  16. 


1  returned  the 
returning  of 
Zion. 

a  Acts  12.  9. 
b  Job  8.  21. 

2  hath  magnified 
to  do  with 
them. 

c  Isa.  12.  1-3. 
Jer.  31.  9. 
Joel  2.  17. 
Matt.  5.  4. 
2  Cor.  7.  8-11. 

3  Or,  singing. 

4  Or,  seed 
basket. 


*  Or,  of. 

1  that  are 
builders  of 
it  in  it. 

a  Gen.  3.  17. 
b  Gen.  33.  5. 
c  Deut.  28.  4. 

2  hath  filled  his 
quiver  with 
them. 

3  Or,  shall 
subdue,  or, 
destroy. 


5  Then  the  proud  waters  had  gone  over  our  soul. 

6  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  not  given  us  as  a 
prey  to  their  teeth. 

7  Our  soul  is  escaped  as  a  bird  out  of  the  snare  of 
the  fowlers  :  the  snare  is  broken,  and  we  are  es- 
caped. 

8  c  Our  help  is  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  who  made 
heaven  and  earth. 

PSALM  125. 

1  Safety  of  those  who  trust  in  God.     4  A  prayer, 
A  Song  of  degrees. 

FT1HEY  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be  as  mount 
-L    Zl'on,  which  cannot  be  removed,  but  abideth 
for  ever. 

2  As  the  mountains  are  round  about  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his  people  from  hence- 
forth even  for  ever. 

3  For  the  rod  of  lathe  wicked  shall  not  rest  upon 
the  lot  of  the  righteous ;  lest  the  righteous  put  forth 
their  hands  unto  iniquity. 

4  Do  good,  O  Lord,  unto  those  that  be  good,  and 
to  them  that  are  upright  in  their  hearts. 

5  As  for  such  as  turn  aside  unto  their  h  crooked 
ways,  the  Lord  shall  lead  them  forth  with  the 
workers  of  iniquity  :  but c  peace  shall  be  upon  Ig'ra-el. 

PSALM  126. 

Zion  celebrates  the  return  from  exile. 
A   Song  of  degrees. 

WHEN  the  Lord  l  turned  again  the  captivity  of 
Zl'on,  a  we  were  like  them  that  dream. 

2  Then  6was  our  mouth  filled  with  laughter,  and 
our  tongue  with  singing :  then  said  they  among  the 
heathen,  The  Lord  2  hath  done  great  things  for  them. 

3  The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us  ;  whereof 
we  are  glad. 

4  Turn  again  our  captivity,  O  Lord,  as  the  streams 
in  the  south. 

5  cThey  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in  3joy. 

6  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth,  bearing  4  pre- 
cious seed,  shall  doubtless  come  again  with  rejoic- 
ing, bringing  his  sheaves  with  him. 

PSALM  127. 

1  Virtue  of  God's  blessing.    3  Good  children  his  gift. 
A  Song  of  degrees  *  for  Solomon. 

EXCEPT  the  Lord  build  the  house,  they  labour 
in  vain  Hhat  build  it :  except  the  Lord  keep 
the  city,  the  watchman  waketh  but  in  vain. 

2  It  is  vain  for  you  to  rise  up  early,  to  sit  up  late, 
to  aeat  the  bread  of  sorrows  :  for  so  he  giveth  his 
beloved  sleep. 

3  Lo,  b  children  are  an  heritage  of  the  Lord  :  and 
cthe  fruit  of  the  womb  is  his  reward. 

4  As  arrows  are  in  the  hand  of  a  mighty  man  ;  so 
are  children  of  the  youth. 

5  Happy  is  the  man  that  2hath  his  quiver  full  of 
them  :  they  shall  not  be  ashamed,  but  they  3  shall 
speak  with  the  enemies  in  the  gate. 


B 


PSALM  128. 

Blessings  flowing  from  fear  of  God. 
A  Song  of  degrees. 


LESSED  is  every  one  that 
that  walketh  in  his  ways. 


feareth  the  Lord 


A  profession  of  hope. 


PSALMS,  129134. 


Prayer  at  removal  of  ark. 


2  "For  thou  shalt  eat  the  labour  of  thine  hands  : 
happy  shalt  thou  be,  and  it  shall  be  well  with  thee. 

3  6Thy  wife  shall  be  cas  a  fruitful  vine  by  the  sides 
of  thine  house  :  thy  children  d  like  olive  plants  round 
about  thy  table. 

4  Behold,  that  thus  shall  the  man  be  blessed  that 
feareth  the  Lord. 

5  eThe  Lord  shall  bless  thee  out  of  Zi'on:  and 
thou  shalt  see  the  good  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem  all  the  days 
of  thy  life. 

6  Yea,  thou  shalt  'see  thy  children's  children,  and 
peace  upon  Ig'ra-el. 

PSALM  129. 

Praise  of  God  for  saving  Israel  in  affliction. 
A  Song  of  degrees. 

1"jl/TANY  a  time  have  they  afflicted  me  from  "my 
-L'J-  youth,  may  Ig'ra-el  now  say  : 

2  Many  a  time  have  they  afflicted  me  from  my 
youth  :  yet  they  have  not  prevailed  against  me. 

3  6The  plowers  plowed  upon  my  back :  they  made 
long  their  furrows. 

4  The  Lord  is  c  righteous  :  he  hath  cut  asunder 
the  cords  of  the  wicked. 

5  Let  them  all  be  confounded  and  turned  back  that 
hate  Zi'on. 

6  Let  them  be  as  dthe  grass  upon  the  house  tops, 
which  withereth  afore  it  groweth  up  : 

7  Wherewith  the  mower  filleth  not  his  hand  ;  nor 
he  that  bindeth  sheaves  his  bosom. 

8  Neither  do  they  which  go  by  say,  e  The  blessing 
of  the  Lord  be  upon  you :  we  bless  you  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  130. 

The  psalmist  professes  hope  in  prayer. 
A  Song  of  degrees. 

OUT  "of  the  depths  have  I  cried  unto  thee,  0 
Lord. 

2  Lord,  hear  my  voice  :  let  thine  ears  be  attentive 
to  the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

3  6If  thou,  Lord,  shouldest  mark  iniquities,  0 
Lord,  who  shall  stand  ? 

4  But  there  is  "forgiveness  with  thee,  that  thou 
mayest  dbe  feared. 

5  eI  wait  for  the  Lord,  my  soul  doth  wait,  and  in 
his  word  do  I  hope. 

6  My  soul  ivaiteth  for  the  Lord  more  than  they 
that  watch  for  the  morning :  1I  say,  more  than  they 
that  watch  for  the  morning. 

7  Let  Ig'ra-el  hope  in  the  Lord  :  for  'with  the 
Lord  there  is  mercy,  and  with  him  is  plenteous  re- 
demption. 

8  And  9 he  shall  redeem  Ig'ra-el  from  all  his  iniqui- 
ties. 

PSALM  131. 

David  professes  humility  and  exhorts  Israel. 
A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

LORD,  my  heart  is  not  haughty,  nor  mine  eyes 
lofty:  "neither  do  I  2 exercise  myself  in  great 
matters,  or  in  things  too  2high  for  me. 

2  Surely  I  have  behaved  and  quieted 3  myself ,  6as  a 
child  that  is  weaned  of  his  mother :  my  soul  is  even 
as  a  weaned  child. 


a  Isa.  3.  10. 


>  Prov.  5.  15. 
:  Ezek.  19.  10. 
I  Ps.  52.  8. 


e  Ps.  134.  3. 


/Gen.  50.  23. 


1  Or,  Much. 
«  Ezek.  23.  3. 
Hos.  2.  15. 


ft  Heb.  11.  36. 


c  2  Thess.  1.  G. 
d  Ps.  37.  2. 

Jer.  17.  5,  G. 
e  Ruth  2.  4. 

Ps.  118.  26. 


a  Lam.  3.  55. 

Jon.  2.  2. 
b  Ps.  143.  2. 

John  8.  7-9. 

Rom.  3.  20. 
eEx.  34.  7. 

Eph.  1.  7. 
d  1  Ki.  8.  40. 

Jer.  33.  8,  9. 

Heb.  12.  28. 
e  Isa.  26.  8. 
1  Or,  which 

watch  unto 

the  morning. 
f  Isa.  55.  7. 
g  Matt.  1.  21. 


a  Rom.  12. 16. 

1  walk. 

2  wonderful. 

3  my  soul. 

6  Matt.  18.  3. 

4  from  now. 


a  Ruth  3.  18. 

1  habitations, 
ft  Josh.  18.  1. 

1  Sam.  17.  12. 
c  1  Sam.  7.  1. 

a  1  Chr.  13.  5. 
e  Num.  10.  35. 
/  Job  29.  14. 
Ij£.  61. 10. 
g  1  Ki.  8.  25. 

2  Chr.  6.  1G. 
Lukel.  69. 

2  thy  belly. 

3  Or,  surely. 

h  2  Chr.  6.  41. 
i  Hos.  11.  12. 
j  Ps.  92.  10. 

Ezek.  29.  21. 

Luke  1.  69. 

4  Or,  candle. 


a  Gen.  13.  8. 

1  Cor.  1.  10. 
1  even  together, 
ft  Ex.  30.  25. 
c  Deut.  4.  48. 
d  Lev.  25.  21. 

Deut.  28.  8. 
e  Dan.  12.  2,  3. 

Matt.  25. 

34,  46. 

John  4.  14. 

John  17.  3. 

Heb.  7.  25. 

1  John  5.  20. 


a  Lev.  8.  35. 

1  Chr.  9.  33. 

Ps.  130.  6. 

Luke  2.  37. 
6  Ps.  28.  2. 

1  Tim.  2.  8. 
1  Or,  in  holiness. 


3  Let  Ig'ra-el  hope  in  the  Lord  4from  henceforth 
and  for  ever. 

PSALM  132. 

Prayer  at  the  removing  of  (he  ark. 
-\   Song  of  degree. 

T  ORD,  remember  Da'vid,  and  all  his  afflictions  : 
-*-^  2  How  he  sware  unto  the  Lord,  and  vowed 
unto  the  mighty  God  of  Ja'cob  ; 

3  Surely  I  will  not  come  into  the  tabernacle  of  my 
house,  nor  go  up  into  my  bed  ; 

4  I  will  "not  give  sleep  to  mine  eyes,  or  slumber 
to  mine  eyelids, 

5  Until  I  find  out  a  place  for  the  Lord,  Jan  habita- 
tion for  the  mighty  God  of  Ja'cob. 

6  Lo,  we  heard  of  it  6at  Eph'ra-tah  :  cwe  found  it 
din  the  fields  of  the  wood. 

7  We  will  go  into  his  tabernacles :  we  will  wor- 
ship at  his  footstool. 

8  e  Arise,  O  Lord,  into  thy  rest ;  thou,  and  the  ark 
of  thy  strength. 

9  Let  thy  priests  •'be  clothed  with  righteousness  ; 
and  let  thy  saints  shout  for  joy. 

10  For  thy  servant  Da'vid's  sake  turn  not  away 
the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

11  The  Lord  hath  sworn  in  truth  unto  Da'vid  ;  he 
will  not  turn  from  it ;  aOf  the  fruit  of  2thy  body 
will  I  set  upon  thy  throne. 

12  If  thy  children  will  keep  my  covenant  and  my 
testimony  that  I  shall  teach  them,  their  children 
shall  also  sit  upon  thy  throne  for  evermore. 

13  For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Zi'on ;  he  hath  de- 
sired it  for  his  habitation. 

14  This  is  my  rest  for  ever:  here  will  I  dwell ;  for 
I  have  desired  it. 

15  I  will  3  abundantly  bless  her  provision  :  I  will 
satisfy  her  poor  with  bread. 

16  hl  will  also  clothe  her  priests  with  salvation  : 
'and  her  saints  shall  shout  aloud  for  joy. 

17  j There  will  I  make  the  horn  of  Da'vid  to  bud : 
I  have  ordained  a 4  lamp  for  mine  anointed. 

18  His  enemies  will  I  clothe  with  shame  :  but  upon 
himself  shall  his  crown  flourish. 

PSALM  133. 

Beauty  of  unity  among  brethren. 
A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

BEHOLD,  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  is  for 
"brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity  ! 

2  It  is  like  Hhe  precious  ointment  upon  the  head, 
that  ran  down  upon  the  beard,  even  Aar'on's  beard : 
that  went  down  to  the  skirts  of  his  garments  ; 

3  As  the  dew  of  cHer'mon,  and  as  the  dew  that 
descended  upon  the  mountains  of  Zi'on  :  for  d there 
the  Lord  commanded  the  blessing,  even  e  life  for 
evermore. 

PSALM  134. 

Eshortution  to  bless  God. 
A  Song  of  degrees. 

BEHOLD,  bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  servants  of 
the  Lord,  "which  by  night  stand  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

2  6Lift  up  your  hands  lin  the  sanctuary,  and  bless 
the  Lord. 

459 


Exhortation  to  praise  God. 


PSALMS,  135-137. 


Exhortation  to  thank  God. 


3  c  The  Lord  that  made  heaven  and  earth  bless 
dthee  out  of  Zi'on. 

PSALM  135. 

1  Exhortation  to  bless  God.     15  Vanity  of  idols. 

TJRAISE  ye  the  Lord.  Praise  ye  the  name  of 
J-  the  Lord  ;  praise  him,  0  ye  servants  of  the 
Lord. 

2  aYe  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  our  God, 

3  Praise  the  Lord  ;  for  the  Lord  is  good :  sing 
praises  unto  his  name  ;  for  it  is  pleasant. 

4  For  6the  Lord  hath  chosen  Ja'cob  unto  himself, 
and  I§'ra-el  for  his  peculiar  treasure. 

5  For  I  know  that  the  Lord  is  great,  and  that  our 
Lord  is  above  all  gods. 

6  Whatsoever  the  Lord  pleased,  that  did  he  in  hea- 
ven, and  in  earth,  in  the  seas,  and  all  deep  places. 

7  cHe  causeth  the  vapours  to  ascend  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth  ;  dhe-maketh  lightnings  for  the 
rain;  he  bringeth  the  wind  out^of  his  "treasuries. 

8  Who  smote  the  firstborn  of  E'gypt,  aboth  of  man 
and  beast. 

9  Who  sent  tokens  and  wonders  into  the  midst  of 
thee,  0  E'gypt,  upon  Pha'raoh,  and  upon  all  his 
servants. 

10  /Who  smote  great  nations,  and  slew  mighty 
kings ; 

11  Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'or-Ites,  and  Og  king  of 
Ba'shan,  and  "all  the  kingdoms  of  Ca'naan  : 

12  And  gave  their  land  for  an  heritage,  an  ''her- 
itage unto  Ig'ra-el  his  people. 

13  *Thy  name,  0  Lord,  endureth  for  ever  ;  and 
thy  memorial,  0  Lord,  2  throughout  all  generations. 

14  jFor  the  Lord  will  judge  his  people,  and  he 
will  repent  himself  concerning  his  servants. 

15  The  idols  of  the  heathen  are  silver  and  gold, 
the  work  of  men's  hands. 

16  They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak  not ;  eyes 
have  they,  but  they  see  not ; 

17  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not ;  neither  is 
there  any  breath  in  their  mouths. 

18  They  that  make  them  are  like  unto  them  :  so 
is  every  one  that  trusteth  in  them. 

19  Bless  the  Lord,  0  house  of  Is'ra-el  :  bless  the 
Lord,  0  house  of  Aar'on  : 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  0  house  of  Le'vl  :  ye  that  fear 
the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord. 

21  Blessed  be  the  Lord  out  of  Zi'on,  which  dwell- 
eth  at  Je-ru'sa-lem.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  136. 

Exhortation  to  thank.  God  for  particular  mercies. 

f~\  GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  is  good  : 
^-^  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

2  0  give  thanks  unto  athe  God  of  gods  :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

3  0  give  thanks  to  the  6Lord  of  lords  :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

4  To  him  who  alone  doeth  great  wonders :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

5  c  To  him  that  by  wisdom  made  the  heavens  :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

460 


c  Ps.  124.  8. 
d  Ps.  128.  5. 


a  Luke  2.  37. 


b  Ex.  19.  5. 
Deut.  7.  6,  7. 


c  Gen.  2.  6. 

Job  5.  10. 

Jer.  10.  13. 
d  Job  28.  25. 

Zecb.  10.  1. 
e  Job  38.  22. 
1  from  man  unto 

beast. 


/Num.  21.  24. 


g  Josh.  12.  7. 
h  Gen.  17.  8. 

i  Ex.  3. 15. 

2  to  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 

j  Deut.  32.  3G. 


0  Ex.  18.11. 
Deut.  10.  17. 

b  1  Tim.  6.  15. 
Rev.  17.  14. 
c  Prov.  3.  19. 
rf  Jer.  10.  12. 
e  Deut.  4.  19. 

1  for  the  rulings 
by  day. 

/Ex.  12.  51. 
g  Ps.  78.  13. 

2  shaked  off. 
h  Deut.  8.  15. 
i  Deut.  29.  7. 
j  Num.  21.  21. 
k  Josh.  12.  1. 

I  Gen.  8.  1. 

Deut.  32.  30. 

Ps.  102.  17. 

Isa.  03.  9. 

Luke  1.  48. 
in  Ps.  104.  27. 


a  Ezek.  1.  1. 

Dan.  8.  2. 
6  Isa.  24.  8. 

Lam.  5.  15. 

Amos  8.  10. 

Rev.  18.  22. 

1  the  words  of 
a  song. 

2  laid  us  on 
heaps. 

3  land  of  a 
stranger. 

c  Ezek.  3.  26. 

4  the  head  of 
my  joy. 

d  Lam.  4.  22. 
Obad.  10. 

5  Make  bare. 


6  dTo  him  that  stretched  out  the  earth  above  the 
waters :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

7  eTo  him  that  made  great  lights  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever  : 

8  The  sun  :to  rule  by  day  :  for  his  mercy  endureth 
for  ever  : 

9  The  moon  and  stars  to  rule  by  night :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever._ 

10  To  him  that  smote  E'gypt  in  their  firstborn  : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever  : 

11  yAnd  brought  out  Ig'ra-el  from  among  them: 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever  : 

12  With  a  strong  hand,  and  with  a  stretched  out 
arm :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

13  ffTo  him  which  divided  the  Red  sea  into  parts : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever  : 

14  And  made  Ig'ra-el  to  pass  through  the  midst  of 
it :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever  : 

15  But 2  overthrew  Pha'raoh  and  his  host  in  the 
Red  sea  :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

16  hr£o  him  which  led  his  people  through  the 
wilderness :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

17  To  him  which  smote  great  kings  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever : 

18  'And  slew  famous  kings  :  for  his  mercy  endur- 
eth for  ever : 

19  j Si'hon  king  of  the  Am'6r-Ites  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever  : 

20  And  Og  the  king  of  Ba'shan  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever : 

21  feAnd  gave  their  land  for  an  heritage  :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever  : 

22  Even  an  heritage  unto  Ig'ra-el  his  servant :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

23  Who  'remembered  us  in  our  low  estate  :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever  : 

24  And  hath  redeemed  us  from  our  enemies  :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

25  mWho  giveth  food  to  all  flesh  :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever. 

26  O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of  heaven  :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

PSALM  137. 

The  constancy  of  the  Jews  in  captivity. 

BY  Hhe  rivers  of  Bab'y-lon,  there  we  sat  down, 
yea,  we  wept,  when  we  remembered  Zi'on. 

2  We  hanged  our  b  harps  upon  the  willows  in  the 
midst  thereof. 

3  For  there  they  that  carried  us  away  captive  re- 
quired of  us  *a  song ;  and  they  that  2  wasted  us 
required  of  us  mirth,  saying,  Sing  us  one  of  the 
songs  of  Zi'on. 

4  How  shall  we  sing  the  Lord's  song  in  a  3  strange 
land  ? 

5  If  I  forget  thee,  O  Je-ru'sa-lem,  let  my  right 
hand  forget  her  cunning. 

6  If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my c  tongue  cleave 
to  the  roof  of  my  mouth  ;  if  I  prefer  not  Je-ru'sa- 
lem  above  4my  chief  joy. 

7  Remember,  O  Lord,  the  d  children  of  E'dom  in 
the  day  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  who  said,  5Rase  it,  rase 
it,  even  to  the  foundation  thereof. 


God's  providence  and  mercies. 


PSALMS,  138141. 


A  prayer  for  deliverance. 


8  0  daughter  of  Bab'y-lon,  cwho  art  to  be  "de- 
stroyed ;  happy  shall  he  be,  7that  rewardeth  thee 
as  thou  hast  served  us. 

9  Happy  shall  he  be,  that  taketh  and  dasheth  thy 
little  ones  against  8the  stones. 


PSALM  138. 


1  David  praises  God  for  the  truth  of  his  teord. 
A  I'sahn  of  David. 


7  Confidence  in  God. 


I  WILL  praise  thee  with  my  whole  heart :  a  before 
the  gods  will  I  sing  praise  unto  thee. 

2  I  will  worship  Howard  thy  holy  temple,  and 
praise  thy  name  for  thy  lovingkindness  and  for  thy 
truth :  for  thou  hast  magnified  thy  c  word  above  all 
thy  name. 

3  In  the  day  when  I  cried  thou  answeredst  me, 
and  dstrengthenedst  me  with  strength  in  my  soul. 

4  All  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall  praise  thee,  0 
Lord,  when  they  hear  the  words  of  thy  mouth. 

5  Yea,  they  shall  sing  in  the  ways  of  the  Lord  : 
for  great  is  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

6  Though  the  Lord  be  high,  yet  ehath  he  respect 
unto  the  lowly  :  but  the  proud  he  knoweth  afar  off. 

7  -Though  I  walk  in  the  midst  of  trouble,  thou 
wilt  revive  me  :  thou  shalt  stretch  forth  thine  hand 
against  the  wrath  of  mine  enemies,  and  thy  right 
hand  shall  save  me. 

8  a  The  Lord  will  perfect  that  which  concerneth 
me :  thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  endureth  for  ever :  forsake 
not  the  works  of  thine  own  hands. 

PSALM  139. 

1  David  praises  God  for  his  providence  and  mercies.     23  His  prayer  for  sincerity. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Pealm  of  David. 

f\  LORD,  "thou  hast  searched  me,  and  known  me. 
^^  2  6Thou  knowest  my  downsitting  and  mine 
uprising,  thou  understandest  cmy  thought  afar  off. 

3  Thou  ^ompassest  my  path  and  my  lying  down, 
and  art  acquainted  with  all  my  ways. 

4  For  there  is  not  a  word  in  my  tongue,  but,  lo,  0 
Lord,  dthou  knowest  it  altogether. 

5  Thou  hast  beset  me  behind  and  before,  and  laid 
thine  hand  upon  me. 

6  Such  knowledge  is  too  wonderful  for  me  ;  it  is 
high,  I  cannot  attain  unto  it. 

7  Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  spirit  ?  or  whither 
shall  I  flee  from  thy  presence  ? 

8  If  I  ascend  up  into  heaven,  thou  art  there  :  e  if 
I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold,  thou  art  there. 

9  If  I  take  the  wings  of  the  morning,  and  dwell 
in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea  ; 

10  Even  there  shall  thy  hand  lead  me,  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  hold  me. 

11  If  I  say,  Surely  the  darkness  shall  cover  me  ; 
even  the  night  shall  be  light  about  me. 

12  Yea,  the  darkness  2hideth  not  from  thee  ;  but 
the  night  shineth  as  the  day  :  3the  darkness  and 
the  light  are  both  alike  to  thee. 

13  For  thou  hast  possessed  my  reins :  thou  hast 
covered  me  in  my  mother's  womb. 

14  I  will  praise  thee  ;  for  I  am  fearfully  and 
wonderfully  made  :  marvellous  are  thy  works  ;  and 
that  my  soul  knoweth  4  right  well. 

15  My  5  substance  was  not  hid  from  thee,  when  I 


e  Isa.  13. 1. 
G  wasted. 

7  that  recom- 
penseth  unto 
thee  thy  deed 
which  thou 
didst  to  us. 

8  the  rock. 


a  Ps.  119.  4C. 


b  1  Ki.  8.  29. 

Ps.  5.  7. 

Dan.  G.  10. 

Jon.  2.  7. 
c  Isa.  42.  21 . 


d  Zech.  10.  12. 
2  Cor.  12.  9. 


e  Piov.  3.  34. 
Jas.  4.  6. 


/  Ps.  23.  3. 


0  Ps.  57.  2. 
Phil.  1.  6. 


a  Jer.  12.  3. 
Rev.  2.  23. 
b  2  Ki.  19.  27. 

c  Matt.  9.  i. 
John  2.  24. 
1  Or,  winnowest. 


d  Heb.  4.  13. 
e  Prov.  15.  11. 

2  darkeneth  not. 

3  as  is  the  dark- 
ness, so  is  the 
light. 

4  greatly. 

5  Or,  strength, 
or,  body. 

0  all  of  them. 

7  Or,  what  days 
they  should  be 
fashioned. 

flB%.  11.4. 
g  Job  21. 14, 15. 

Jude  15. 
A  Job  31.  G. 

8  way  of  pain,  or, 
grief. 

t  Matt.  7.  14. 
John  14.  G. 


1  man  of  vio- 
lences. 

a  Ps.  10.  9. 

Jer.  18.  22. 

Luke  11. 53, 54. 
b  Ps.  1G.  2. 
eDeut.  33.  27-29. 

Ps.  18.  32. 
d  Job  5.  12,  13. 

2  Or,  let  them 
not  be  exalted. 

e  Ps.  7.  1G.     - 
/Ps.  11.  G. 

3  a  man  of 
tongue,  or,  an 
evil  speaker, 
a  wicked  man 
of  violence, 
be  established 
in  the  earth : 
let  him  be 
hunted  to  his 
overthrow. 

g  Ps.  109.  31. 


was  made  in  secret,  and  curiously  wrought  in  the 
lowest  parts  of  the  earth. 

16  Thine  eyes  did  see  my  substance,  yet  being 
unperfect ;  and  in  thy  book  6all  my  members  were 
written,  ''which  in  continuance  were  fashioned,  when 
as  yet  there  was  none  of  them. 

17  How  precious  also  are  thy  thoughts  unto  me, 
O  God  !  how  great  is  the  sum  of  them ! 

18  If  I  should  count  them,  they  are  more  in  num- 
ber than  the  sand :  when  I  awake,  I  am  still  with  thee. 

19  Surely  thou  wilt  -'slay  the  wicked,  O  God  :  de- 
part from  me  therefore,  ye  bloody  men. 

20  For  they  ° speak  against  thee  wickedly,  and 
thine  enemies  take  thy  name  in  vain. 

21  Do  not  I  hate  them,  O  Lord,  that  hate  thee? 
and  am  not  I  grieved  with  those  that  rise  up  against 
thee? 

22  I  hate  them  with  perfect  hatred  :  I  count  them 
mine  enemies. 

23  *  Search  me,  O  God,  and  know  my  heart :  try 
me,  and  know  my  thoughts  : 

24  And  see  if  there  be  any 8  wicked  way  in  me,  and 
'lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 

PSALM  140. 

David  prays  to  be  delivered  front  enemies. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  Duvid. 

TTkELIVER  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  evil  man  :  pre- 
-*-^  serve  me  from  the  Violent  man  ; 

2  Which  imagine  mischiefs  in  their  heart ;  con- 
tinually are  they  gathered  together  for  war. 

3  They  have  sharpened  their  tongues  like  a  ser- 
pent ;  adders'  poison  is  under  their  lips.     Se'lah. 

4  Keep  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  hands  of  the  wicked ; 
preserve  me  from  the  violent  man ;  who  have 
purposed  to  overthrow  my  goings. 

5  aThe  proud  have  hid  a  snare  for  me,  and  cords  ; 
they  have  spread  a  net  by  the  wayside  ;  they  have 
set  gins  for  me.     Se'lah. 

6  I  said  unto  the  Lord,  fcThou  art  my  God  :  hear 
the  voice  of  my  supplications,  O  Lord. 

7  0  God  the  Lord,  c  the  strength  of  my  salvation, 
thou  hast  covered  my  head  in  the  day  of  battle. 

8  Grant  not,  O  Lord,  dthe  desires  of  the  wicked  : 
further  not  his  wicked  device;  2lest  they  exalt 
themselves.     Se'lah. 

9  As  for  the  chead  of  those  that  compass  me  about, 
let  the  mischief  of  their  own  lips  cover  them. 

10  /Let  burning  coals  fall  upon  them  :  let  them  be 
cast  into  the  fire  ;  into  deep  pits,  that  they  rise  not 
up  again. 

11  Let  not  3an  evil  speaker  be  established  in  the 
earth  :  evil  shall  hunt  the  violent  man  to  overthrow 
him. 

12  I  know  that  the  Lord  will  °  maintain  the  cause 
of  the  afflicted,  and  the  right  of  the  poor. 

13  Surely  the  righteous  shall  give  thanks  unto  thy 
name  :  the  upright  shall  dwell  in  thy  presence. 


L 


PSALM  141. 

David  prays  that  his  suit  may  be  acceptable  to  God. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

ORD,  I  cry  unto  thee  :  make  haste  unto  me  ; 
give  ear  unto  my  voice,  when  I  cry  unto  thee. 

461 


Comfort  in  prayer. 


PSALMS,  142145. 


Blessing  of  God  for  mercy. 


2  Let  my  prayer  be  ^et  forth  before  thee  aas 
incense  ;  and  Hhe  lifting  up  of  my  hands  as  the 
evening  sacrifice. 

3  Set  a  watch,  0  Lord,  before  my  mouth  ;  keep 
the  door  of  my  lips. 

4  c  Incline  not  my  heart  to  any  evil  thing,  to  prac- 
tise wicked  works  with  men  that  work  iniquity  : 
rfand  let  me  not  eat  of  their  dainties. 

5  2Let  the  righteous  smite  me  ;  it  shall  be  a  kind- 
ness :  and  let  him  reprove  me  ;  it  shall  be  an  ex- 
cellent oil,  which  shall  not  break  my  head  :  for  yet 
my  prayer  also  shall  be  in  their  calamities. 

6  When  their  judges  are  overthrown  in  stony  places, 
they  shall  hear  my  words  ;  for  they  are  sweet. 

7  Our  bones  are  scattered  "at  the  grave's  mouth,  as 
when  one  cutteth  and  cleaveth  wood  upon  the  earth. 

8  But  ymine  eyes  are  unto  thee,  0  God  the  Lord  : 
in  thee  is  my  trust ;  3  leave  not  my  soul  destitute. 

9  Keep  me  from  the  snares  which  they  have  laid 
for  me,  and  the  gins  of  the  workers  of  iniquity. 

10  "Let  the  wicked  fall  into  their  own  nets,  whilst 
that  I  withal  4  escape. 

PSALM  142. 

David  shews  his  comfort  was  in  prayer. 
*  Maschil  of  David  ;  A  Prayer  t  when  he  was  in  the  cave. 

I  CRIED  unto  the  Lord  with  my  voice ;  with  my 
voice  unto  the  Lord  did  I  make  my  supplication. 

2  I  poured  out  my  complaint  before  him  ;  I  shewed 
before  him  my  trouble. 

3  When  my  spirit  was  overwhelmed  within  me, 
then  thou  knewest  my  path.  In  the  way  wherein 
I  walked  have  they  privily  laid  a  snare  for  me. 

4  1 1  looked  on  my  right  hand,  and  beheld,  but  there 
was  no  man  that  would  know  me  :  refuge  2  failed 
me  ;  3  no  man  cared  for  my  soul. 

5  I  cried  unto  thee,  0  Lord  :  I  said,  Thou  art  my 
refuge  and  °my  portion  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

6  Attend  unto  my  cry  ;  for  I  am  h  brought  very 
low :  c  deliver  me  from  my  persecutors  ;  for  they 
are  stronger  than  I. 

7  Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison,  that  I  may  praise 
thy  name :  dthe  righteous  shall  compass  me  about ; 
sfor  thou  shalt  deal  bountifully  with  me. 

PSALM  143. 

A  prayer  for  favour  in  judgment. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

XT  EAR  my  prayer,  0  Lord,  give  ear  to  my  suppli- 
-*--*-  cations  :  in  thy  faithfulness  answer  me,  and 
in  thy  righteousness. 

2  And  a  enter  not  into  judgment  with  thy  servant : 
for  6in  thy  sight  shall  no  man  living  be  justified. 

3  For  the  c  enemy  hath  persecuted  my  soul ;  he 
hath  smitten  my  life  down  to  the  ground  ;  he  hath 
made  me  to  dwell  in  darkness,  as  those  that  have 
been  long  dead. 

4  d  Therefore  is  my  spirit  overwhelmed  within  me ; 
my  heart  within  me  is  desolate. 

5  eI  remember  the  days  of  old  ;  I  meditate  on  all 
thy  works ;  I  muse  on  the  work  of  thy  hands. 

6  fI  stretch  forth  my  hands  unto  thee :  my  soul 
ihirsteth  after  thee,  as  a  thirsty  land.     Se'lah. 

7  Hear  me  speedily,  0  Lord  :  my  spirit  f aileth : 

462 


1  directed. 
a  Eph.  5.  2. 
b  1  Tim.  2.  S. 


c  Matt.  6.  13. 


d  Prov.  23.  6. 
Matt.  20.  15. 

2  Or,  Let  the 
righteous 
smite  me 
kindly,  and 
reprove  me; 
let  not  their 
precious  oil 
break  my 
head,  etc. 


e2Cor.  1.  9. 


/  Ps.  25.  15. 

3  make  not  my 
soul  bare. 


g  Esth.  7.  10. 

Ps.  7.  15. 
4  pass  over. 


*  Or,  A  Psalm  of 
David,  giving 
instruction. 

t  1  Sam.  22.  1. 


1  Or,  Look  on 
the  right  hand, 
and  see. 

2  perished  from 
me. 

3  no  man  sought 
after  my  soul. 

a  Lam.  3.  24. 

b  Ps.  116.  6. 

cPs.  7.  1. 

d  Ps.  34.  2. 
e  Ps.  119.  17. 


a  Job  14.  3. 
b  Job  4.  17. 

Eccl.  7.  20. 

Gal.  2.  16. 
c  Ps.  7.  1,  2. 
d  Ps.  61.  2. 
e  Ps.  77.  5,  11. 
/  Ps.  28.  2. 

1  Or,  for  I  am 
become  like, 
etc. 

2  hide  me  with 
thee. 

g  Ps.  25.  4. 
h  John  14.  26. 

Rom.  5.  5. 

Gal.  5.  22,  23. 

Eph.  4.  30. 


1  my  rock. 

a  2  Sam.  22.  35. 

2  to  the  war,  etc. 
■i  Or,  My  mercy. 
b  Heb.  2.  6. 

c  Isa.  64.  1. 

4  hands. 

d  Ps.  69.  1. 
e  Mai.  2.  11. 
/Ps.  33.  2. 

5  Or,  victory. 

6  cut. 

7  from  kind  to 
kind. 

8  able  to  bear 
burdens,  or, 
loaden  with 
flesh. 

q  Lev.  26.  17. 
\  Deut.  33.  29. 


hide  not  thy  face  from  me, ]  lest  I  be  like  unto  them 
that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

8  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  lovingkindness  in  the  morn- 
ing ;  for  in  thee  do  I  trust :  cause  me  to  know  the 
way  wherein  I  should  walk ;  for  I  lift  up  my  soul 
unto  thee. 

9  Deliver  me,  O  Lord,  from  mine  enemies  :  1 2  flee 
unto  thee  to  hide  me. 

10  a  Teach  me  to  do  thy  will ;  for  thou  art  my  God : 
h  thy  spirit  is  good  ;  lead  me  into  the  land  of  up- 
rightness. 

11  Quicken  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy  name's  sake  :  for 
thy  righteousness'  sake  bring  my  soul  out  of  trouble. 

12  And  of  thy  mercy  cut  off  mine  enemies,  and 
destroy  all  them  that  afflict  my  soul :  for  I  am  thy 
servant. 

PSALM  144. 

A  blessing  for  mercy,  and  promise  of  praise. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

"DLESSED  be  the  Lord  ^y  strength,  "which 
■*-*  teacheth  my  hands  2to  war,  and  my  fingers  to 
fight : 

2  3My  goodness,  and  my  fortress;  my  high  tower, 
and  my  deliverer ;  my  shield,  and  he  in  whom  I 
trust  ;  who  subdueth  my  people  under  me. 

3  b  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  takest  knowledge 
of  him !  or  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  makest  account 
of  him ! 

4  Man  is  like  to  vanity  :  his  days  are  as  a  shadow 
that  passeth  away. 

5  c  Bow  thy  heavens,  O  Lord,  and  come  down  : 
touch  the  mountains,  and  they  shall  smoke. 

6  Cast  forth  lightning,  and  scatter  them  :  shoot 
out  thine  arrows,  and  destroy  them. 

7  Send  thine  4hand  from  above;  drid  me,  and 
deliver  me  out  of  great  waters,  from  the  hand  of 
e  strange  children  ; 

8  Whose  mouth  speaketh  vanity,  and  their  right 
hand  is  a  right  hand  of  falsehood. 

9  I  will  •'"sing  a  new  song  unto  thee,  O  God :  upon 
a  psaltery  and  an  instrument  of  ten  strings  will  I 
sing  praises  unto  thee. 

10  It  is  he  that  giveth  5  salvation  unto  kings :  who 
delivereth  Da'vid  his  servant  from  the  hurtful  sword. 

11  Rid  me,  and  deliver  me  from  the  hand  of  strange 
children,  whose  mouth  speaketh  vanity,  and  their 
right  hand  is  a  right  hand  of  falsehood : 

12  That  our  sons  may  be  as  plants  grown  up  in 
their  youth ;  that  our  daughters  may  be  as  corner 
stones,  6  polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace  : 

13  That  our  garners  may  be  full,  affording  7  all 
manner  of  store :  that  our  sheep  may  bring  forth 
thousands  and  ten  thousands  in  our  streets : 

14  That  our  oxen  may  be  8  strong  to  labour  ;  that 
there  be  gno  breaking  in,  nor  going  out;  that  there 
be  no  complaining  in  our  streets. 

15  h  Happy  is  that  people,  that  is  in  such  a  case  : 
yea,  happy  is  that  people,  whose  God  is  the  Lord. 

PSALM  145. 

David  praises  God  for  his  goodness  and  mercy. 
David'B  Psalm  of  praise. 

I  WILL  extol  thee,  my  God,  O  king ;  and  I  will 
bless  thy  name  for  ever  and  ever. 


Praise  for  God's  goodness. 


PSALMS,  1461 48. 


An  exhortation  to  praise. 


2  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee  ;  and  I  will  praise  thy 
name  for  ever  and  ever. 

3  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be  praised  ; 
1  and  his  greatness  is  unsearchable.    ■ 

4  One  generation  shall  praise  thy  works  to  another, 
and  shall  declare  thy  mighty  acts. 

5  I  will  speak  of  the  glorious  honour  of  thy  ma- 
jesty, and  of  thy  wondrous  2  works. 

6  And  men  shall  speak  of  the  might  of  thy  terri- 
ble acts  :  and  I  will 3  declare  thy  greatness. 

7  They  shall  abundantly  4  a  utter  the  memory  of 
thy  great  goodness,  and  shall  sing  of  thy  righteous- 
ness. 

8  6  The  Lord  is  gracious,  and  full  of  compassion  ; 
slow  to  anger,  and  5  of  great  mercy. 

9  cThe  Lord  is  good  to  all  :  and  his  tender  mer- 
cies are  over  all  his  works. 

10  dAll  thy  works  shall  praise  thee,  0  Lord  ;  and 
thy  saints  shall  bless  thee. 

11  They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of  thy  kingdom, 
and  talk  of  thy  power  ; 

12  To  make  known  to  the  sons  of  men  his  mighty 
acts,  and  the  glorious  majesty  of  his  kingdom. 

13  Thy  kingdom  is  6ean  everlasting  kingdom,  and 
thy  dominion  endureth  throughout  all  generations. 

14  The  Lord  upholdeth  all  that  fall,  and  raiseth 
up  all  those  that  be  bowed  down. 

15  The  eyes  of  all  7wait  upon  thee;  and  thou 
givest  them  their  meat  in  due  season. 

16  Thou  openest  thine  hand,  and  satisfiest  the  de- 
sire of  every  living  thing. 

17  The  Lord  is  righteous  in  all  his  ways,  and 
8  holy  in  all  his  works. 

18  yThe  Lord  is  nigh  unto  all  them  that  call  upon 
him,  to  all  that  call  upon  him  ffin  truth. 

19  hRe  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  them  that  fear  him : 
he  also  will  hear  their  cry,  and  will  save  them. 

20  'The  Lord  preserveth  all  them  that  love  him  : 
but  all  the  wicked  will  he  destroy. 

21  My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  of  the  Lord  : 
and  let  all  flesh  bless  his  holy  name  for  ever  and 
ever. 

PSALM  146. 

The  psalmist  vows  perpetual  praise  to  God. 

1 T)RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Praise  the  Lord,  0  my 
-t    soul. 

2  While  I  live  will  I  praise  the  Lord  :  I  will  sing 
praises  unto  my  God  while  I  have  any  being. 

3  "Put  not  your  trust  in  princes,  nor  in  the  son  of 
man,  in  whom  there  is  no  2  help. 

4  6His  breath  goeth  forth,  he  returneth  to  his 
earth  ;  in  that  very  day  chis  thoughts  perish. 

5  d  Happy  is  he  that  hath  the  God  of  Ja'cob  for  his 
help,  whose  hope  is  in  the  Lord  his  God : 

6  e  Which  made  heaven,  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all 
that  therein  is :  which  /keepeth  truth  for  ever  : 

7  Which  executeth  judgment  for  the  oppressed  : 
which  giveth  food  to  the  hungry.  The  Lord  loos- 
eth  the  prisoners  : 

8  The  Lord  openeth  the  eyes  of  the  blind :  the 
Lord  raiseth  them  that  are  bowed  down  :  the  Lord 
loveth  the  righteous. 


1  ami  of  liis  great- 
ness there  is 
no  search. 


2  things,  or, 
words. 


3  declare  it. 

4  boil  up. 

a  Ps.  45.  1. 


b  Ex.  34.  6. 

Num.  14.  18. 

Ps.  57.  10. 

Ps.  86.  5,  15. 

Lam.  3.  22,  23. 

John  1.  17. 
5  great  in  mercy. 
e'Ps.  100.  5. 

Nan.  1.7. 

Matt.  5.  45. 

Acts  14.  17. 
d  Ps.  19.  1. 


6  a  kingdom  of 
all  ages. 

e  Isa.  9.  7. 
Dan.  2.  44. 
Mic.  4.  7. 
1  Tim.  1.  17. 
Rev.  11.15, 17. 

7  Or,  look  unto 
thee. 

8  Or,  merciful, 
or,  bountiful. 

/Ps.  91.1. 

Isa.  61.  10. 

John  14.  23. 

Jas.  4.  8. 

1  John  2.  24. 

Jude  23. 

Rev.  3.  20. 
;i  John  4.  24. 
h  1  John  5.  14. 
i  t  Pet.  1.  5. 


1  Hallelujah. 
a  Isa.  2.  22. 

2  Or,  salvatioi!. 
b  Eccl.  12.  7. 

c  1  Cor.  2.  6. 
d  Jer.  17.  7. 
e  Rev.  14.  7. 
/  Mic.  7.  20. 


a  Deut.  30.  3. 

Isa.  27.  13. 

Jer.  32.  37. 

Ezek.  30.  24. 
b  Isa.  61.  1. 

Luke  4. 18. 

1  griefs. 

c  Gen.  15.  5. 
Isa.  40.  20. 
d  1  Chr.  16.  25. 
e  Nah.  1.  3. 

2  of  liis  under- 
standing there 
is  no  number. 

/'  Ps.  146.  8. 
g  Eph.  5.  20. 

3  answer. 

A  Ex.  15.  21. 
i  Job  38.  26. 
j  Job  38.  41. 

Matt.  6.  26. 

Luke  12.  24. 
A:  Matt.  6.  26. 
/  Hos.  1.  7. 

4  Who  maketh 
thy  border 
peace. 

5  fat  of  wheat. 
m  Job  37.  12. 

6  his  words. 

»  Deut.  33.  4. 

Mai.  4.  4. 

Rom.  3.  2. 
o  Deut.  4.  32. 

Acts  14.  16. 

Rom.  3.  1,  2. 


1  Hallelujah. 

a  Dan.  7. 10. 

Heb.  1.  7. 

b  1  Ki.  8.  27. 


9  The  Lord  preserveth  the  strangers  ;  he  reliev- 
eth  the  fatherless  and  widow  :  but  the  way  of  the 
wicked  he  turneth  upside  down. 

10  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever,  even  thy  God,  O 
Zl'on,  unto  all  generations.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  147. 

The  prophet  exhorts  to  praise. 

TDRAISE  ye  the  Lord  :  for  it  is  good  to  sing 
■*-  praises  unto  our  God  ;  for  it  is  pleasant ;  and 
praise  is  comely. 

2  The  Lord  doth  build  up  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  "he  gath- 
ereth  together  the  outcasts  of  Ig'ra-el. 

3  b  He  healeth  the  broken  in  heart,  and  bindeth  up 
their  bounds. 

4  c  He  telleth  the  number  of  the  stars  ;  he  calleth 
them  all  by  their  names. 

5  d  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  of  e  great  power  :  2his 
understanding  is  infinite. 

6  -The  Lord  lifteth  up  the  meek  :  he  casteth  the 
wicked  down  to  the  ground. 

7  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ffwith  thanksgiving  ;  3*sing 
praise  upon  the  harp  unto  our  God  : 

8  'Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds,  who  pre- 
pareth  rain  for  the  earth,  who  maketh  grass  to 
grow  upon  the  mountains. 

9  jHe  giveth  to  the  beast  his  food,  and  to  /cthe 
young  ravens  which  cry. 

10  'He  delighteth  not  in  the  strength  of  the  horse : 
he  taketh  not  pleasure  in  the  legs  of  a  man. 

11  The  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in  them  that  fear 
him,  in  those  that  hope  in  his  mercy. 

12  Praise  the  Lord,  O  Js-ru'sa-lem  ;  praise  thy 
God,  O  Zl'on. 

13  For  he  hath  strengthened  the  bars  of  thy  gates ; 
he  hath  blessed  thy  children  within  thee. 

14  4He  maketh  peace  in  thy  borders,  and  filleth 
thee  with  the  5  finest  of  the  wheat. 

15  mHe  sendeth  forth  his  commandment  upon 
earth  :  his  word  runneth  very  swiftly. 

16  He  giveth  snow  like  wool  :  he  scattereth  the 
hoarfrost  like  ashes. 

17  He  casteth  forth  his  ice  like  morsels  :  who  can 
stand  before  his  cold  ? 

18  He  sendeth  out  his  word,  and  melteth  them : 
he  causeth  his  wind  to  blow,  and  the  waters  flow. 

19  He  sheweth  6his  word  unto  Ja'cob,  "his  stat- 
utes and  his  judgments  unto  Is'ra-el. 

20  "He  hath  not  dealt  so  with  any  nation:  and 
as  for  his  judgments,  they  have  not  known  them. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  148. 

The  psalmist  exhorts  to  praise  of  God. 

1  "D RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Praise  ye  the  Lord  from 
-*-    the  heavens  :  praise  him  in  the  heights. 

2  Praise  ye  him,  all  his  "angels  :  praise  ye  him, 
all  his  hosts. 

3  Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon  :  praise  him,  all  ye 
stars  of  light. 

4  Praise  him,  6ye  heavens  of  heavens,  and  ye 
waters  that  be  above  the  heavens. 


Exhortations  to  praise. 


PSALMS,  149,  150. 


Complaint  of  wisdom. 


5  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord:  for  che 
commanded,  and  they  were  created. 

6  d  He  hath  also  stablished  them  for  ever  and  ever  : 
he  hath  made  a  decree  which  shall  not  pass. 

7  Praise  the  Lord  from  the  earth,  "ye  dragons, 
and  all  deeps  : 

8  Fire,  and  hail ;  snow,  and  vapours  ;  stormy  wind 
fulfilling  his  word  : 

9  -^Mountains,  and  all  hills  ;  fruitful  trees,  and  all 
cedars : 

10  Beasts,  and  all  cattle  ;  creeping  things,  and 
2  flying  fowl : 

11  Kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  people  ;  princes,  and 
9  all  judges  of  the  earth  : 

12  Both  young  men,  and  maidens ;  old  men,  and 
children  : 

13  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  for 
fehis  name  alone  is  3  excellent  ;  his  glory  is  above 
the  earth  and  heaven. 

14  He  also  exalteth  the  horn  of  his  people,  the 
praise  of  all  his  saints  ;  even  of  the  children  of  Is_'- 
ra-el,  'a  people  near  unto  him.    Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  149. 

Exhortation  to  praise  God  for  love,  to  Zion. 

1T>RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     "Sing  unto  the  Lord  a 
-L    new  song,  and  his  praise  in  the  congregation 

of  saints. 
2  Let  Ig'ra-el  rejoice  in  6him  that  made  him  :  let 

the  children  of  Zi'on  be  joyful  in  their  cKing. 


cHeb.  11.  3. 


d  Jer.  33.  25. 


e  Isa.  43.  20. 


/Isa.  49.  13. 


2  birds  of  wing. 


g  Acts  17.  28. 

h  Isa.  6.  3. 

Phil.  2.  9. 
3  exalted. 
i  Kph.  2.  17. 

1  Pet.  2.  9. 


1  Hallelujah. 
a  Isa.  42.  10. 
b  Job  35.  10. 
c  Zech.  9.  9. 

2  Or,  with  the 
pipe. 

d  Prov.  11.  20. 

3  in  their  throat. 
e  Deut.  7.  1,  2. 

Heb.  4. 12. 

Rev.  1.  16. 
/Deut.  7.  1,2. 

Rom.  16.  20. 
g  Rom.  16.  20. 

1  John  5.  4. 


1  Hallelujah. 

2  Or,  cornet. 
a  Ex.  15.  20. 

3  Or,  pipe. 

b  Isa.  38.  20. 
C  Rev.  5.  13. 


3  Let  them  praise  his  name  2in  the  dance  :  let 
them  sing  praises  unto  him  with  the  timbrel  and  harp. 

4  For  the  Lord  taketh  d  pleasure  in  his  people  :  he 
will  beautify  the  meek  with  salvation. 

5  Let  the  saints  be  joyful  in  glory  :  let  them  sing 
aloud  upon  their  beds. 

6  Let  the  high  praises  of  God  be  3in  their  mouth, 
and  ea  twoedged  sword  in  their  hand  ; 

7  To  execute  vengeance  upon  the  heathen,  and 
punishments  upon  the  people  ; 

8  To  bind  their  kings  with  chains,  and  their  nobles 
with  fetters  of  iron  ; 

9  -^To  execute  upon  them  the  judgment  written  : 
9  this  honour  have  all  his  saints.    Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  150. 

Exhortation  to  praise  God  with  instruments. 

1  ID  RAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Praise  God  in  his  sanc- 
J-     tuary  :   praise   him  in  the  firmament  of  his 
power. 

2  Praise  him  for  his  mighty  acts  :  praise  him  ac- 
cording to  his  excellent  greatness. 

3  Praise  him  with  the  sound  of  the   2 trumpet: 
praise  him  with  the  psaltery  and  harp. 

4  Praise  him  "with  the  timbrel  and  3 dance  :  praise 
him  6with  stringed  instruments  and  organs. 

5  Praise  him  upon  the  loud  cymbals :  praise  him 
upon  the  high  sounding  cymbals. 

6  Let  c  every  thing  that  hath  breath  praise  the. 
Lord.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 


THE    PROVERBS. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  Use  of  proverbs.    7  Exhortation  to believe  and  fear.    20  Complaint  of 'wisdom. 

THE  "proverbs  of  Sol'o-mon  the  son  of  Da'vid, 
king  of  Ig'ra-el ; 

2  To  know  wisdom  and  instruction ;  to  perceive 
the  words  of  understanding  ; 

3  To  6  receive  the  instruction  of  wisdom,  justice, 
and  judgment,  and  *  equity  ; 

4  To  give  subtilty  to  the  simple,  to  the  young 
man  knowledge  and  2  discretion. 

5  A  wise  man  will  hear,  and  will  increase  learn- 
ing ;  and  a  man  of  understanding  shall  attain  unto 
wise  counsels  : 

6  To  understand  a  proverb,  and  3  the  interpreta- 
tion ;  the  words  of  the  wise,  and  their  dark  say- 
ings. 

7  If  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  4the  beginning  of 
knowledge  :  but  fools  despise  wisdom  and  instruc- 
tion. 

8  My  son,  hear  the  instruction  of  thy  father,  and 
forsake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother  : 

9  For  they  shall  be  5an  ornament  of  grace  unto 
thy  head,  and  chains  about  thy  neck. 

10  If  My  son,  if  sinners  entice  thee,  c  consent  thou 
not. 

11  If  they  say,  Come  with  us,  let  dus  lay  wait  for 
blood,  let  us  lurk  privily  for  the  innocent  without 
cause  : 

464 


B.  C.  1000. 


a  1  Ki.  4.  32. 


b  ch.  2. 1. 

1  equities. 


2  Or,  advise- 
ment. 


3  Or,  an  elo- 
quent speech. 

4  Or,  the  prin- 
cipal part. 

5  an  adding. 
e  Gen.  39.  7. 

Judg.  16. 

16-21. 

Rom.  16.  18. 

Eph.5.  11. 
d  ch.  12.  6. 

Jer.  5.  26. 

Mic.  7.  2. 
e  Ps.  28.  1. 
/ch.  4.  14. 
g  Isa.  59.  7. 
G  in  the  eyes  of 

every  thing 

that  hath  a 

wing. 
h  2  Ki.  5.  20-27. 

Mic.  2.  1-3. 

1  Tim.  6.  10. 
7  Wisdoms,  that 

is,  Excellent 

wisdom. 
i  Joel  2.  28. 

John  7.  37. 


12  Let  us  swallow  them  up  alive  as  the  grave; 
and  whole,  cas  those  that  go  down  into  the  pit: 

13  We  shall  find  all  precious  substance,  we  shall 
fill  our  houses  with  spoil : 

14  Cast  in  thy  lot  among  us ;  let  us  all  have  one 
purse : 

15  My  son,  fwalk  not  thou  in  the  way  with  them; 
refrain  thy  foot  from  their  path : 

16  sFor  their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  make  haste  to 
shed  blood. 

17  Surely  in  vain  the  net  is  spread  6in  the  sight  of 
any  bird. 

18  And  they  lay  wait  for  their  own  blood  ;  they 
lurk  privily  for  their  own  lives. 

19  'lSo  are  the  ways  of  every  one  that  is  greedy 
of  gain  ;  which  taketh  away  the  life  of  the  owners 
thereof. 

20  If 7  Wisdom  crieth  without ;  she  uttereth  her 
voice  in  the  streets : 

21  She  crieth  in  the  chief  place  of  concourse,  in 
the  openings  of  the  gates  :  in  the  city  she  uttereth 
her  words,  saying, 

22  How  long,  ye  simple  ones,  will  ye  love  simpli- 
city ?  and  the  scorners  delight  in  their  scorning,  and 
fools  hate  knowledge  ? 

23  Turn  you  at  my  reproof  :  behold, 4 1  will  pour  out 
my  spirit  unto  you,  I  will  make  known  my  words 
unto  you. 


Wisdom  promises  godliness. 


PROVERBS,  2,  3. 


Benefits  of  wisdom. 


24  f  Because j  I  have  called,  and  ye  refused  ;  I  have 
stretched  out  my  hand,  and  no  man  regarded  ; 

25  But  ye  fchave  set  at  nought  all  my  counsel,  and 
would  none  of  my  reproof  : 

26  1  also  will  laugh  at  your  calamity  ;  I  will  mock 
when  your  fear  cometh ; 

27  When  your  fear  cometh  as  desolation,  and 
your  destruction  cometh  as  a  whirlwind  ;  when  dis- 
tress and  anguish  cometh  upon  you. 

28  'Then  shall  they  call  upon  me,  but  I  will  not 
answer  ;  they  shall  seek  me  early,  but  they  shall 
not  find  me  : 

29  For  that  they  m  hated  knowledge,  and  did  not 
choose  the  fear  of  the  Lord  : 

30  They  would  none  of  my  counsel :  they  despised 
all  my  reproof. 

31  Therefore  "shall  they  eat  of  the  fruit  of  their 
own  way,  and  be  filled  with  their  own  devices. 

32  For  the  8  turning  away  of  the  simple  shall  slay 
them,  and  the  prosperity  of  fools  shall  destroy 
them. 

33  But  whoso  hearkeneth  unto  me  shall  dwell 
safely,  and  shall  be  quiet  from  fear  of  evil. 

CHAPTER  2. 

Wisdom,  prom  ises  godliness  and  safety, 

MY  son,  if  thou  wilt  receive  my  words,  and  hide 
my  commandments  with  thee  ; 

2  So  that  thou  incline  thine  ear  unto  wisdom,  and 
apply  thine  heart  to  understanding  ; 

3  Yea,  if  thou  criest  after  knowledge,  and  1  lif test 
up  thy  voice  for  understanding  ; 

4  aIf  thou  seekest  her  as  silver,  and  searchest  for 
her  as  for  hid  treasures  ; 

5  Then  shalt  thou  understand  the  fear  of  the  Lord, 
and  find  the  knowledge  of  God. 

6  *  For  the  Lord  giveth  wisdom  :  out  of  his  mouth 
cometh  knowledge  and  understanding. 

7  He  layeth  up  sound  wisdom  for  the  righteous  : 
c  he  is  a  buckler  to  them  that  walk  uprightly. 

8  He  keepeth  the  paths  of  judgment,  and  preserv- 
eth  dthe  way  of  his  saints. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  understand  righteousness,  and 
judgment,  and  equity  ;  yea,  every  good  path. 

10  H  Whan  wisdom  entereth  into  thine  heart,  and 
knowledge  is  pleasant  unto  thy  soul ; 

11  Discretion  shall  preserve  thee,  *  understanding 
shall  keep  thee  : 

12  To  deliver  thee  from  the  way  of  the  evil  man, 
from  the  man  that  speaketh  froward  things  ; 

13  Who  leave  the  paths  of  uprightness,  to  /walk 
in  the  ways  of  darkness  ; 

14  Who  rejoice  to  do  evil,  and  delight  in  the  fro- 
wardness  of  the  wicked  ; 

15  Whose  ways  are  crooked,  and  they  froward  in 
their  paths  : 

16  To  deliver  thee  from  the  strange  woman,  even 
from  the  stranger  which  flattereth  with  her  words ; 

17  g  Which  forsaketh  the  guide  of  her  youth,  and 
forgetteth  fethe  covenant  of  her  God. 

18  For  her  house  inclineth  unto  death,  and  her 
paths  unto  the  dead. 

29 


B.  C.  1000. 


J  Isa.  f,(i.  4. 

Jer.  7.  13. 

Zech.  7.11. 
k Luke  7 .  30. 


/Isa.  1.  15. 
Jer.  14.  12. 
Mic.  3.  4. 
Jas.  4.  3. 


m  Job  21.  14. 
Ps.  50.  1G,  17. 
Isa.  27.  11. 
John  3.  20. 
Acts  7.  51. 


n  Isa.  3.  11. 


8  Or,  ease  of  the 
simple.. 


1  girest  thy 
voice. 

a  Ps.  19.  10. 

ch.  3.  14,  15. 

Matt.  6.  19-21. 
b  Luke  21.  15. 

John  G.  45. 

Jas.  1.  5. 
c  Ps.  84. 11. 
d  1  Sam.  2.  9. 

Ps.  37.  23,  24, 

28,  31. 

1  Pet.  1.5. 
e  ch.  6.  22. 
/  John  3.  19. 

Eph.  4.  18. 
g  Mai.  2.  14 
h  Gen.  2.  24. 
i  Eccl.  7.  2G. 

Heb.  13.  4. 
j  Heb.  G.  12. 

2  Or,  plucked 
up. 


n  Deut.  30. 16. 

1  years  of  life. 
b  Deut.  6.  8. 

c  Jer.  17. 1. 

2  Cor.  3.  3. 
d  1  Sam.  2.  26. 

Luke  2.  52. 

Acts  2.  47. 

2  Or,  good 
success. 

e  Jer.  9.  23. 
/'  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

Phil.  4.  6. 
g  Jer.  10.  23. 
'//  Rom.  12.  16. 

3  medicine. 

4  watering,  or, 
moistening. 

i  Ex.  23.  19. 

Mai.  3.  10. 
/  Deut.  28.  8. 
k  Job  5.  17. 

Heb.  12.  5. 
I  Deut.  8.  5. 

5  the  man  that 
draweth  out 
understanding. 

m  Job  28.  13. 

ch.  2   4. 

ch.  S.  11,  19. 
n  Matt.  13.  44. 
o  1  Tim.  4.  8. 
p  Matt.  11.  29. 
q  Gen.  2.  9. 
r  ch.  8.  27. 

Jer.  10.  12. 

John  1 .  3. 

Heb.  1.  2. 
G  Or,  prepared, 
i  Deut.  33.  28. 

Job  36.  28. 


19  ^one  that  go  unto  her  return  again,  neither 
take  they  hold  of  the  paths  of  life. 

20  That  thou  may  est  J'walk  in  the  way  of  good 
men,  and  keep  the  paths  of  the  righteous. 

21  For  the  upright  shall  dwell  in  the  land,  and 
the  perfect  shall  remain  in  it. 

22  But  the  wicked  shall  be  cut  off  from  the  earth, 
and  the  transgressors  shall  be  2  rooted  out  of  it. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  An  exhortation  t<,  various  qualities  ""</  duties.     13  Happy  gain  of  wisdom. 

MY  son,  forget  not  my  law ;  "  but  let  thine  heart 
keep  my  commandments  : 

2  For  length  of  days,  and  Mong  life,  and  peace, 
shall  they  add  to  thee. 

3  Let  not  mercy  and  truth  forsake  thee  :  ''bind 
them  about  thy  neck  ;  r  write  them  upon  the  table 
of  thine  heart : 

4  dSo  shalt  thou  find  favour  and  "'good  under- 
standing in  the  sight  of  God  and  man. 

5  H  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  thine  heart ;  cand 
lean  not  unto  thine  own  understanding. 

6  -^In  all  thy  ways  acknowledge  him,  and  he  shall 
9  direct  thy  paths. 

7  T[  ABe  not  wise  in  thine  own  eyes  :  fear  the 
Lord,  and  depart  from  evil. 

8  It  shall  be  3  health  to  thy  navel,  and  4  marrow  to 
thy  bones. 

9  *  Honour  the  Lord  with  thy  substance,  and  with 
the  firstfruits  of  all  thine  increase  : 

10  J'So  shall  thy  barns  be  filled  with  plenty,  and 
thy  presses  shall  burst  out  with  new  wine. 

11  H  *My  son,  despise  not  the  chastening  of  the 
Lord  ;  neither  be  weary  of  his  correction  : 

12  For  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  correcteth ;  'even 
as  a  father  the  son  in  whom  he  delighteth. 

13  If  Happy  is  the  man  that  findeth  wisdom,  and 
5  the  man  that  getteth  understanding. 

14  mFor  the  merchandise  of  it  is  better  than  the 
merchandise  of  silver,  and  the  gain  thereof  than 
fine  gold. 

15  She  is  more  precious  than  rubies :  and  "all  the 
things  thou  canst  desire  are  not  to  be  compared 
unto  her. 

16  °  Length  of  days  is  in  her  right  hand  ;  and  in 
her  left  hand  riches  and  honour. 

17  pHer  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and  all 
her  paths  are  peace. 

18  She  is  "a  tree  of  life  to  them  that  lay  hold 
upon  her  :  and  happy  is  every  one  that  retaineth 
her. 

19  rThe  Lord  by  wisdom  hath  founded  the 
earth ;  by  understanding  hath  he  G  established  the 
heavens. 

20  By  his  knowledge  the  depths  are  broken  up, 
and  sthe  clouds  drop  down  the  dew. 

21  H  My  son,  let  not  them  depart  from  thine  eyes : 
keep  sound  wisdom  and  discretion  : 

22  So  shall  they  be  life  unto  thy  soul,  and  grace 
to  thy  neck. 

23  Then  shalt  thou  walk  in  thy  way  safely,  and 
thy  foot  shall  not  stumble. 

465 


Instruction  had  of  parents. 


PROVERBS,  4,  5. 


Exhortation  to  wisdom. 


24  *When  thou  liest  down,  thou  shalt  not  be 
afraid  :  yea,  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and  thy  sleep  shall 
be  sweet. 

25  Be  not  afraid  of  sudden  fear,  neither  of  the  de- 
solation of  the  wicked,  when  it  cometh.    . 

26  For  the  Lord  shall  be  thy  confidence,  and  shall 
keep  thy  foot  from  being  taken. 

27  Tf  "Withhold  not  good  from  7them  to  whom  it  is 
due,  when  it  is  in  the  power  of  thine  hand  to  do  it. 

28  ''Say  not  unto  thy  neighbour,  Go,  and  come 
again,  and  to  morrow  I  will  give ;  when  thou  hast  it 
by  thee. 

29  8  Devise  not  evil  against  thy  neighbour,  seeing 
he  dwelleth  securely  by  thee. 

30  Tf  w  Strive  not  with  a  man  without  cause,  if  he 
have  done  thee  no  harm. 

31  II  Envy  thou  not  9the  oppressor,  and  choose 
none  of  his  ways. 

32  For  the  fro  ward  is  abomination  to  the  Lord  : 
but  his  secret  is  with  the  righteous. 

33  H  xThe  curse  of  the  Lord  is  in  the  house  of  the 
wicked :  but  yhe  blesseth  the  habitation  of  the 
just. 

34  z  Surely  he  scorneth  the  scorners :  but  he  giveth 
grace  unto  the  lowly. 

35  The  "wise shall  inherit  glory:  but  shame10 shall 
be  the  promotion  of  fools. 

CHAPTER  4. 

Solomon  shews  what  instruction  he  had  of  parents. 

HEAR,  "ye  children,  the  instruction  of  a  father, 
and  attend  to  know  understanding. 

2  For  I  give  you  good  doctrine,  forsake  ye  not  my 
law. 

3  For  I  was  my  father's  son,  b  tender  and  only  be- 
loved in  the  sight  of  my  mother. 

4  cHe  taught  me  also,  and  said  unto  me,  Let  thine 
heart  retain  my  words  :  keep  my  commandments, 
and  live. 

5  Get  wisdom,  get  understanding  :  forget  it  not ; 
neither  decline  from  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

6  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  shall  preserve  thee : 
dlove  her,  and  she  shall  keep  thee. 

7  e  Wisdom  is  the  principal  thing  ;  therefore  get 
wisdom  :  and  with  all  thy  getting  get  understand- 
ing. 

8  ■'"Exalt  her,  and  she  shall  promote  thee  :  she 
shall  bring  thee  to  honour,  when  thou  dost  embrace 
her. 

9  She  shall  give  to  thine  head  an  ornament  of 
grace  :  1  a  crown  of  glory  shall  she  deliver  to  thee. 

10  Hear,  0  my  son,  and  receive  my  sayings  ;  and 
the  years  of  thy  life  shall  be  many. 

Ill  have  taught  thee  in  the  way  of  wisdom  ;  I 
have  led  thee  in  right  paths. 

12  When  thou  goest,  Hhy  steps  shall  not  be  strait- 
ened ;  h  and  when  thou  runnest,  thou  shalt  not 
stumble. 

13  Take  fast  hold  of  instruction  ;  let  her  not  go  : 
keep  her  ;  for  she  is  thy  life. 

14  If  Enter  not  into  the  path  of  the  wicked,  and  go 
not  in  the  way  of  evil  men. 

466 


B.  C.  1000. 


t  Lev.  26.  6. 


u  Rom.  13.  7. 

Gal.  6.  10. 
7  the  owners 

thereof. 
v  Lev.  19.  13. 

Deut.  24.  15. 


Or,  Practise 
no  evil. 


w  Rom.  12.  18. 


9  a  man  of  vio- 
lence. 


x  Zech.  5.  4. 
Mai.  2.  2. 
y  Ps.  1.  3. 


z  Ps.  138.  C. 
Matt.  23.  12. 
Jas.  4.  6. 

a  Dan.  12.  2. 
10  exalteth  the 
fools. 


a  Ps.  34.  11. 
ch.  1.  8. 


b  2  Sam.  12.  24. 
1  Chr.  29.  1. 


c  1  Chr.  28.  9. 
Eph.  6.  4. 


d  2  TliesB.  2.  10. 
e  Matt.  13.  44. 

Luke  10.  42. 
f\  Sam.  2.  30. 

Dan.  12.  3. 

1  Or,  she  shall 
compass  thee 
with  a  crown 
of  glory. 

g  Ps.  IS.  36. 
h  verse  19. 

Ps.  91.  11. 

ch.  3.  23. 

Jer.  13.  1G. 

John  11.  9,  10. 
i  Matt.  5.  14. 

Phil.  2.  15. 
j  2  Sam.  23.  4. 
A-  1  Sam.  2.  9. 

Job  5.  14. 

Isa.  59.  9,  10. 

Jer.  13.  16. 

John  12.  35. 

2  medicine. 

3  above  all 
keeping. 

4  frowardness  of 
mouth,  and 


perverseness 

of  lips. 
5  Or,  all  thy 

ways  shall  be 

ordered  aright. 
I  Isa.  1.  16. 


a  Mai.  2.  7. 
1  palate. 
6  Eccl.  7.  26. 
c  Heb.  4.  12. 
d  Heb.  13.  4. 
_  t!i\  strength. 


15  Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it,  turn  from  it,  and  pass 
away. 

16  For  they  sleep  not,  except  they  have  done  mis- 
chief ;  and  their  sleep  is  taken  away,  unless  they 
cause  some  to  fall. 

17  For  they  eat  the  bread  of  wickedness,  and 
drink  the  wine  of  violence. 

18  "But  the  path  of  the  just j is  as  the  shining  light, 
that  shineth  more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day. 

19  fcThe  way  of  the  wicked  is  as  darkness  :  they 
know  not  at  what  they  stumble. 

20  Tf  My  son,  attend  to  my  words ;  incline  thine 
ear  unto  my  sayings. 

21  Let  them  not  depart  from  thine  eyes  ;  keep 
them  in  the  midst  of  thine  heart. 

22  For  they  are  life  unto  those  that  find  them, 
and  2  health  to  all  their  flesh. 

23  If  Keep  thy  heart 3  with  all  diligence  ;  for  out 
of  it  are  the  issues  of  life. 

24  Put  away  from  thee  4a  fro  ward  mouth,  and 
perverse  lips  put  far  from  thee. 

25  Let  thine  eyes  look  right  on,  and  let  thine  eye- 
lids look  straight  before  thee. 

26  Ponder  the  path  of  thy  feet,  and  5let  all  thy 
ways  be  established. 

27  Turn  not  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left : 
1  remove  thy  foot  from  evil. 

CHAPTER  5. 

Exhortation  to  wisdom,  content,  liberality,  and  chastity. 

MY  son,  attend  unto  my  wisdom,  and  bow  thine 
ear  to  my  understanding  : 

2  That  thou  mayest  regard  discretion,  and  that  thy 
lips  may  "keep  knowledge. 

3  Tf  For  the  lips  of  a  strange  woman  drop  as  an 
honeycomb,  and  her  *  mouth  is  smoother  than  oil : 

4  But  her  end  is  b  bitter  as  wormwood,  sharp  cas  a 
twoedged  sword. 

5  Her  feet  go  down  dto  death  ;  her  steps  take  hold 
on  hell. 

6  Lest  thou  shouldest  ponder  the  path  of  life,  her 
ways  are  moveable,  that  thou  canst  not  know  them. 

7  Hear  me  now  therefore,  O  ye  children,  and  de- 
part not  from  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

8  Remove  thy  way  far  from  her,  and  come  not 
nigh  the  door  of  her  house  : 

9  Lest  thou  give  thine  honour  unto  others,  and 
thy  years  unto  the  cruel  : 

10  Lest  strangers  be  filled  with  2thy  wealth  ;  and 
thy  labours  be  in  the  house  of  a  stranger ; 

11  And  thou  mourn  at  the  last,  when  thy  flesh 
and  thy  body  are  consumed, 

12  And  say,  How  have  I  hated  instruction,  and  my 
heart  despised  reproof  ; 

13  And  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  my  teachers, 
nor  inclined  mine  ear  to  them  that  instructed  me  ! 

14  I  was  almost  in  all  evil  in  the  midst  of  the  con- 
gregation and  assembly. 

15  Tf  Drink  waters  out  of  thine  own  cistern,  and 
running  waters  out  of  thine  own  well. 

16  Let  thy  fountains  be  dispersed  abroad,  and 
rivers  of  waters  in  the  streets. 


Several  abominations. 


PROVERBS,  6,  7. 


17  Let  them  be  only  thine  own,  and  not  strangers' 
with  thee. 

18  Let  thy  fountain  be  blessed  :  and  rejoice  ewith 
the  wife  of  thy  youth. 

19  fLet  her  be  as  the  loving  hind  and  pleasant  roe ; 
let  her  breasts  3  satisfy  thee  at  all  times  ;  and  4be 
thou  ravished  always  with  her  love. 

20  And  why  wilt  thou,  my  son,  be  ravished  with 
a  strange  woman,  and  embrace  the  bosom  of  a 
stranger  ? 

21  For  "the  ways  of  man  are  before  the  eyes  of 
the  Lord,  and  he  pondereth  all  his  goings. 

22  If  His  ''own  iniquities  shall  take  the  wicked  him- 
self, and  he  shall  be  holden  with  the  cords  of  his  5sins. 

23  He  *  shall  die  without  instruction ;  and  in  the 
greatness  of  his  folly  he  shall  go  astray. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Against  suretyship,  idleness,  and  wickedness.    20  Blessings  of  obedience. 

MY  son,  aif  thou  be  surety  for  thy  friend,  if 
thou  6  hast  stricken  thy  hand  with  a  stranger, 

2  Thou  art  snared  with  the  words  of  thy  mouth, 
thou  art  taken  with  the  words  of  thy  mouth. 

3  Do  this  now,  my  son,  and  deliver  thyself,  when 
thou  art  come  into  the  hand  of  thy  friend  ;  go, 
humble  thyself,  2and  make  sure  thy  friend. 

4  cGive  not  sleep  to  thine  eyes,  nor  slumber  to 
thine  eyelids. 

5  Deliver  thyself  as  a  roe  from  the  hand  of  the 
hunter,  and  as  a  bird  from  the  hand  of  the  fowler. 

6  1  d  Go  to  the  ant,  thou  sluggard  ;  consider  her 
ways,  and  be  wise  : 

7  Which  having  no  guide,  overseer,  or  ruler, 

8  Provideth  her  meat  in  the  summer,  and  gather- 
eth  her  food  in  the  harvest. 

9  How  long  wilt  thou  sleep,  0  sluggard?  when 
wilt  thou  arise  out  of  thy  sleep  ? 

10  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slumber,  a  little  fold- 
ing of  the  hands  to  sleep  : 

11  So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as  one  that  travel- 
leth,  and  thy  want  as  an  armed  man. 

12  H  A  naughty  person,  a  wicked  man,  walketh 
with  a  froward  mouth. 

13  eHe  winketh  with  his  eyes,  he  speaketh  with 
his  feet,  he  teacheth  with  his  fingers  ; 

14  Frowardness  is  in  his  heart,  yhe  deviseth  mis- 
chief continually  ;  he  2  soweth  discord. 

15  Therefore  shall  his  calamity  come  suddenly ; 
suddenly  shall  he  "be  broken  without  remedy. 

16  IT  These  six  things  doth  the  Lord  hate :  yea, 
seven  are  an  abomination  3unto  him  : 

17  i A  proud  look,  ha  lying  tongue,  and  'hands  that 
shed  innocent  blood, 

18  jAn  heart  that  deviseth  wicked  imaginations, 
fcfeet  that  be  swift  in  running  to  mischief, 

19  l  A  false  witness  that  speaketh  lies,  and  he  that 
soweth  discord  among  brethren. 

20  If  mMy  son,  keep  thy  father's  commandment, 
and  forsake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother  : 

21  Bind  them  continually  upon  thine  heart,  and 
tie  them  about  thy  neck. 

22  When  thou  goest,  it  shall  lead  thee  ;  when  thou 


B.  C.  1000. 


Bed.  9.  9. 

Mai.  •_'.  1  i. 


f  Song  2.  9. 

3  water  tliee. 

4  err  thou 
always  in  her 
love. 


g  2  Chr.  16.  9. 

Job  31.  4. 

Jer.  16.  17. 

Hos.  7.  2. 

Heb.  4.  13. 
h  Ps.  9.  15. 
5  sin. 

(Job  4.  21. 
ch.  10.21. 


u  Gen.  43.  9. 

ch.  27.  13. 

Heb.  7.  22. 
6  Ezra  10.  19. 


1  Or,  so  shalt 
thou  prevail 
with  thy 
friend. 

C  Ruth  3.  18. 


(/  Job  12.  7. 
e  Ps.  35.  19. 

ch.  10.  10. 
/Ps.  36.  4. 

Isa.  32.  7. 

Mic.  2.  1. 

Matt.  26.  4. 

2  casteth  forth. 
g  Jer.  19.  11. 

3  of  his  soul. 

4  Haughty  eyes. 
h  Ps.  5.  6. 

ch.  12.  22. 

Hos.  4.  1,  2. 

John  8.  44. 
i  ch.  1.  11. 

Isa.  1.  15. 
j  Gen.  6.  5. 
k  Isa.  59.  7. 

Rom.  3.  15. 

1  Ps.  27.  12. 
m  Eph.  6.  1. 
»  Ps.  19.  8. 

5  Or,  candle. 

6  Or,  of  the 
strange 
tongue. 

02  Sam.  11.2-5. 
Matt.  5.  28. 

/)  ch.  29.  3. 

7  the  woman  of 
a  man,  or,  a 
man's  wife. 

q  Ezek.  13.  18. 
;-Ex.  22.  1,4. 

8  heart. 

s  Job  31.  12. 
Heb.  13.  4. 

9  He  will  not 
accept  the  face 
of  any  ransom. 


a  Lev.  IS.  5. 

ch.  4.  4. 

Isa.  55.  3. 
b  Deut.  32.  10. 
c  Deut.  6.  S. 

ch.  3.  3. 

Isa.  30.  8. 

Jer.  17.  1. 

2  Cor.  3.  3. 

1  the  sons. 
d  ch.  6.  32. 

e  Job  24.  15. 

2  in  the  evening 
of  the  dav. 

f  1  Tim.  2.'9. 

g  1  Tim.  5.  13. 

Tit.  2.  5. 

3  she  strength- 
ened her  face 
and  said. 


Exhortation  to  chastity. 

sleepest,  it  shall  keep  thee  ;  and  when  thou  awakest, 
it  shall  talk  with  thee. 

23  "For  the  commandment  is  a5 lamp;  and  the 
law  is  light  ;  and  reproofs  of  instruction  are  the 
way  of  life  : 

24  To  keep  thee  from  the  evil  woman,  from  the 
flattery  Gof  the  tongue  of  a  strange  woman. 

25  "Lust  not  after  her  beauty  in  thine  heart; 
neither  let  her  take  thee  with  her  eyelids. 

26  For  pby  means  of  a  whorish  woman  a  man  is 
brought  to  a  piece  of  bread  :  and  7the  adulteress 
will  "hunt  for  the  precious  life. 

27  Can  a  man  take  fire  in  his  bosom,  and  his 
clothes  not  be  burned  ? 

28  Can  one  go  upon  hot  coals,  and  his  feet  not  be 
burned  ? 

29  So  he  that  goeth  in  to  his  neighbour's  wife ; 
whosoever  toucheth  her  shall  not  be  innocent. 

30  Men  do  not  despise  a  thief,  if  he  steal  to  satisfy 
his  soul  when  he  is  hungry  ; 

31  But  if  he  be  found,  ''he  shall  restore  sevenfold ; 
he  shall  give  all  the  substance  of  his  house. 

32  But  whoso  committeth  adultery  with  a  woman 
lacketh  8  understanding  :  he  that  doeth  it  "destroy- 
eth  his  own  soul. 

33  A  wound  and  dishonour  shall  he  get ;  and  his 
reproach  shall  not  be  wiped  away. 

34  For  jealousy  is  the  rage  of  a  man  :  therefore 
he  will  not  spare  in  the  day  of  vengeance. 

35  9He  will  not  regard  any  ransom;  neither  will 
he  rest  content,  though  thou  givest  many  gifts. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Exhortation  to  wisdom.     10  The  wags  of  wicked  women. 

11/1"  Y  son,  keep  my  words,  and  lay  up  my  com- 
iyj_  mandments  with  thee. 

2  "Keep  my  commandments,  and  live  ;  and  6my 
law  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye. 

3  cBind  them  upon  thy  fingers,  write  them  upon 
the  table  of  thine  heart. 

4  Say  unto  wisdom,  Thou  art  my  sister ;  and  call 
understanding  thy  kinswoman  : 

5  That  they  may  keep  thee  from  the  strange  wo- 
man, from  the  stranger  which  flattereth  with  her 
words. 

6  1  For  at  the  window  of  my  house  I  looked 
through  my  casement, 

7  And  beheld  among  the  simple  ones,  I  discerned 
among  Jthe  youths,  a  young  man  dvoid  of  under- 
standing, 

8  Passing  through  the  street  near  her  corner  ;  and 
he  went  the  way  to  her  house, 

9  In  cthe  twilight,  2in  the  evening,  in  the  black 
and  dark  night : 

10  And,  behold,  there  met  him  a  woman  with  the 
'attire  of  an  harlot,  and  subtil  of  heart. 

11  (She  is  loud  and  stubborn ;  ffher  feet  abide  not 
in  her  house  : 

12  Now  is  she  without,  now  in  the  streets,  and 
lieth  in  wait  at  every  corner.) 

13  So  she  caught  him,  and  kissed  him,  and  3with 
an  impudent  face  said  unto  him, 

467 


Blessings  of  ivisdom. 


PROVERBS,  8,  9. 


The  call  of  wisdom. 


14  4 1  have  peace  offerings  with  me  ;  this  day  have 
I  payed  my  vows. 

15  Therefore  came  I  forth  to  meet  thee,  diligently 
to  seek  thy  face,  and  I  have  found  thee. 

16  I  have  decked  my  bed  with  coverings  of  tap- 
estry, with  carved  ivorks,  with  /lfme  linen  of  E'gypt. 

17  I  have  perfumed  my  bed  with  myrrh,  aloes, 
and  cinnamon. 

18  Come,  let  us  take  our  fill  of  love  until  the 
morning :  let  us  solace  ourselves  with  loves. 

19  For  the  goodman  is  not  at  home,  he  is  gone  a 
long  journey : 

20  He  hath  taken  a  bag  of  money  5with  him,  and 
will  come  home  at  6the  day  appointed. 

21  With  her  much  fair  speech  she  caused  him  to 
yield,  with  the  flattering  of  her  lips  she  forced  him. 

22  He  goeth  after  her  7  straightway,  as  an  ox  go- 
eth  to  the  slaughter,  or  as  a  fool  to  the  correction 
of  the  stocks ; 

23  Till  a  dart  strike  through  his  liver  ;  as  a  bird 
hasteth  to  the  snare,  and  knoweth  not  that  it  is  for 
his  life. 

24  H  Hearken  unto  me  now  therefore,  0  ye  chil- 
dren, and  attend  to  the  words  of  my  mouth. 

25  Let  not  thine  heart  decline  to  her  ways,  go  not 
astray  in  her  paths. 

26  For  she  hath  cast  down  many  wounded  :  yea, 
{many  strong  men  have  been  slain  by  her. 

27  Her  house  is  the  way  to  ^'hell,  going  down  to 
the  chambers  of  death. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Wisdom  to  be  desired  for  the  blessings  it  brings.     12  The  nature  of  ivisdom.     22  Its 

eternity. 

DOTH  not a  wisdom  cry  ?  and  understanding  put 
forth  her  voice  ? 

2  She  standeth  in  the  top  of  high  places,  by  the 
way  in  the  places  of  the  paths. 

3  She  crieth  at  the  gates,  at  the  entry  of  the  city, 
at  the  coming  in  at  the  doors. 

4  Unto  you,  0  men,  I  call  ;  and  my  voice  is  to  the 
sons  of  man. 

5  0  ye  simple,  understand  wisdom  :  and,  ye  fools, 
be  ye  of  an  understanding  heart. 

6  Hear  ;  for  I  will  speak  of  b  excellent  things  ;  and 
the  opening  of  my  lips  shall  be  right  things. 

7  For  my  mouth  shall  c  speak  truth  ;  and  wicked- 
ness is  *an  abomination  to  my  lips. 

8  All  the  words  of  my  mouth  are  in  righteousness; 
there  is  nothing  2  fro  ward  or  perverse  in  them. 

9  They  are  all  plain  to  him  that  understandeth, 
and  right  to  them  that  find  knowledge. 

10  Receive  my  instruction,  and  not  silver ;  and 
knowledge  rather  than  choice  gold. 

11  dFor  wisdom  is  better  than  rubies  ;  and  all  the 
things  that  may  be  desired  are  not  to  be  compared 
to  it. 

12  I  wisdom  dwell  with  3  prudence,  and  find  out 
knowledge  of  witty  inventions. 

13  eThe  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate  evil :  •'pride, 
and  arrogancy,  and  the  evil  way,  and  9  the  f roward 
mouth,  do  I  hate. 

468 


B.  C.  1000. 


4  Peace  offerings 
are  upon  me. 


h  Isa.  19.  9. 


5  in  his  hand. 

G  Or,  the  new 
moon. 


suddenly. 


i  Neh.  13.  26. 
j  ch.  2.  18. 

1  Cor.  6.  9,  10. 

Heb.  13.  4. 

Rev.  22.  15. 


a  eh.  9.  3. 

1  Cor.  1.24. 
b  Ps.  49.  3. 

ch.  2.  6,  7. 

Col.  1.  26. 
c  John  8.  14. 

Rom.  15.  8. 

1  the  abomina- 
tion of  my  lips. 

2  wreathed. 
d  Job  28.  15. 

Ps.  19.  10. 

3  Or,  subtilty. 
e  ch.  16.  6. 
/Zech.  8.  17. 

1  Pet.  5.  5. 
g  ch.  4.  24. 
It  Eccl.  7.  19. 
i  Dan.  2.  21. 

Matt.  28.  18. 

Rom.  13.  1. 
j  1  Sam.  2.  30. 
k  .Tas.  1.  5. 
I  Matt.  6.  33. 
m  Job  28.  15. 

ch.  3.  14. 

4  Or,  walk, 
nch.  3.  19. 

John  1.  1. 
o  Geii.  1.  26. 

Ps.  2.  6. 

Mic.  5.  2. 

John  17.  24. 
p  Job  15.  7. 

5  Or,  open 
places. 

6  Or,  the  chief 
part. 

7  Or,  a  circle. 
g  Job  38.  10. 
r  Job  38.  4. 
sJohnl.  1,2,18. 
t  Matt.  3.  17. 

Col.  1. 13. 
v  Isa.  4.  2. 
i'  Ps.  16.  3. 
ir  Luke  11.  28. 
x  John  3.  10,36. 

Phil.  3.  8,  9. 

8  bring  forth. 
y  Heb.  2.  3. 


a.  Matt.  16.  18. 

Eph.  2.  20. 

1  Tim.  3.  15. 

Heb.  3.  3-6. 
1  her  killing. 
b  Matt.  22.  3, 

4,9. 

Luke  14.  17, 

21-23. 

Rom.  10.  15. 
c  ch.  6.  32. 

Matt.  11.  25. 
d  Song  5.  1. 

Isa.  55.  1. 

Matt.  26. 

26-28. 


14  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound  wisdom :  I  am 
understanding ;  h  I  have  strength. 

15  *  By  me  kings  reign,  and  princes  decree  justice. 

16  By  me  princes  rule,  and  nobles,  even  all  the 
judges  of  the  earth. 

17  jI  love  them  that  love  me;  and  k those  that 
seek  me  early  shall  find  me. 

18  l Riches  and  honour  are  with  me;  yea,  durable 
riches  and  righteousness. 

19  mMy  fruit  is  better  than  gold,  yea,  than  fine 
gold  ;  and  my  revenue  than  choice  silver. 

20  I  Mead  in  the  way  of  righteousness,  in  the 
midst  of  the  paths  of  judgment : 

21  That  I  may  cause  those  that  love  me  to  inherit 
substance  ;  and  I  will  fill  their  treasures. 

22  "The  Lord  possessed  me  in  the  beginning  of 
his  way,  before  his  works  of  old. 

23  °  I  was  set  up  from  everlasting,  from  the  be- 
ginning, or  ever  the  earth  was. 

24  When  there  ivere  no  depths,  I  was  brought 
forth  ;  when  there  were  no  fountains  abounding 
with  water. 

25  p  Before  the  mountains  were  settled,  before 
the  hills  was  I  brought  forth  : 

26  While  as  yet  he  had  not  made  the  earth,  nor 
the  5  fields,  nor  cthe  highest  part  of  the  dust  of  the 
world. 

27  When  he  prepared  the  heavens,  I  ivas  there  : 
when  he  set  7  a  compass  upon  the  face  of  the  depth : 

28  When  he  established  the  clouds  above :  when 
he  strengthened  the  fountains  of  the  deep  : 

29  5When  he  gave  to  the  sea  his  decree,  that  the 
waters  should  not  pass  his  commandment :  when 
rhe  appointed  the  foundations  of  the  earth  : 

30  sThen  I  was  by  him,  as  one  brought  up  with  him  : 
fand  I  was  daily  his  delight,  rejoicing  always  before 
him; 

31  Rejoicing  ,lin  the  habitable  part  of  his  earth; 
and  vmj  delights  were  with  the  sons  of  men. 

32  Now  therefore  hearken  unto  me,  O  ye  children : 
for  w  blessed  are  they  that  keep  my  ways. 

33  Hear  instruction,  and  be  wise,  and  refuse  it 
not. 

34  Blessed  is  the  man  that  heareth  me,  watching 
daily  at  my  gates,  waiting  at  the  posts  of  my  doors. 

35  *For  whoso  findeth  me  findeth  life,  and  shall 
8  obtain  favour  of  the  Lord. 

36  But  he  that  sinneth  against  me  ^wrongeth  his 
own  soul  :  all  they  that  hate  me  love  death. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Discipline  and  doctrine  of  wisdom.     16  The  ernor  of  folly. 

WISDOM  hath   abuilded   her  house,  she   hath 
hewn  out  her  seven  pillars  : 

2  She  hath  killed  xher  beasts ;  she  hath  mingled 
her  wine  ;  she  hath  also  furnished  her  table. 

3  She  hath  6sent  forth  her  maidens  :  she  crieth 
upon  the  highest  places  of  the  city, 

4  °  Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn  in  hither  :  as  for 
him  that  wanteth  understanding,  she  saith  to  him, 

5  dCome,  eat  of  my  bread,  and  drink  of  the  wine 
which  I  have  mingled. 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  10,  11. 


6  Forsake  the  foolish,  and  live  ;  and  go  in  the  way 
of  understanding. 

7  He  that  reproveth  a  scorner  getteth  to  himself 
shame  :  and  he  that  rebuketh  a  wicked  man  getteth 
himself  a  blot. 

8  e  Reprove  not  a  scorner,  lest  he  hate  thee  :  f  re- 
buke a  wise  man,  and  he  will  love  thee. 

9  Give  instruction  to  a  wise  man,  and  he  will  be 
yet  wiser  :  teach  a  just  man,  5and  he  will  increase 
in  learning. 

10  h  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of 
wisdom  :  and  the  knowledge  of  the  holy  is  under- 
standing. 

11  "'For  by  me  thy  days  shall  be  multiplied,  and 
the  years  of  thy  life  shall  be  increased. 

12  JTf  thou  be  wise,  thou  shalt  be  wise  for  thyself  : 
but  if  thou  scornest,  thou  alone  shalt  bear  it. 

13  If  A  foolish  woman  is  clamorous  :  she  is  simple, 
and  knoweth  nothing. 

14  For  she  sitteth  at  the  door  of  her  house,  on  a 
seat  in  the  high  places  of  the  city, 

15  To  call  passengers  who  go  right  on  their  ways : 

16  Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn  in  hither  :  and  as 
for  him  that  wanteth  understanding,  she  saith  to 
him, 

17  k  Stolen  waters  are  sweet,  and  bread  ~  eaten  in 
secret  is  pleasant. 

18  But  he  knoweth  not  that  the  dead  are  there  ; 
and  that  her  guests  are  in  the  depths  of  hell. 

CHAPTER  10. 

Of  moral  virtues  and  their  contrary  vices. 

THE  proverbs  of  Sol'o-mon.     A  wise  son  maketh 
a  glad  father  :  but  a  foolish  son  is  the  heavi- 
ness of  his  mother. 

2  "Treasures  of  wickedness  profit  nothing :  6but 
righteousness  delivereth  from  death. 

3  cThe  Lord  will  not  suffer  the  soul  of  the  right- 
eous to  famish  :  but  he  casteth  away J  the  substance 
of  the  wicked. 

4  He  becometh  poor  that  dealeth  with  a  slack 
hand  :  but  dthe  hand  of  the  diligent  maketh  rich. 

5  He  that  gathereth  in  summer  is  a  wise  son  :  but 
he  that  sleepeth  in  harvest  is  a  son  that  causeth 
shame. 

6  Blessings  are  upon  the  head  of  the  just  :  but 
e  violence  covereth  the  mouth  of  the  wicked. 

7  -The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed  :  but  the 
name  of  the  wicked  shall  rot. 

8  The  wise  in  heart  will  receive  commandments  : 
but  2a  prating  fool 3  shall  fall. 

9  °  He  that  walketh  uprightly  walketh  surely  :  but 
he  that  perverteth  his  ways  shall  be  known. 

10  He  that  winketh  with  the  eye  causeth  sorrow  : 
hut  a  prating  fool  4  shall  fall. 

ll^The  mouth  of  a  righteous  man  is  a  well  of 
life  :  but  'violence  covereth  the  mouth  of  the  wicked. 

12  Hatred  stirreth  up  strifes  :  but  J'love  covereth 
all  sins. 

13  In  the  *lips  of  him  that  hath  understanding 
wisdom  is  found  :  but  a  rod  is  for  the  back  of  him 
that  is  void  of  Understanding. 


b.  c.  1000. 


e  Matt.  7.  C. 
/Ps.  141.  5. 


<j  Matt.  13.  12 


h  Job  28.  28. 


ch.  10.  27. 


j  Job  35.  6,  7. 


k  ch.  20.  17. 
2  of  secrecies. 


a  Ps.  49.  G. 

Lube  12.  19. 
b  Dan.  4.  27. 
c  Ps.  10.  14. 

1  Or,  the  wicked 
for  their 
wickedness. 

d  ch.  13.  4. 
e  Esth.  7.  8. 
/  Ps.  9.  5,  G. 
Eccl.  8.  10. 

2  a  fool  of  lips. 

3  Or,  shall  be 
beaten. 

g  Ps.  23.  4. 
Isa.  33.  15,  16. 

4  Or,  shall  be 
beaten. 

h  Ps.  37.  30. 
i  Ps.  107.  42. 
j  1  Cor.  13.  4. 
k  Luke  4.  22. 
.3  heart. 
I  Job  31.  24. 

ch.  18.  11. 

Luke  12.  19. 

1  Tim.  G.  17. 
G  Or,  causeth 

to  err. 
m  Eccl.  5.  3. 
n  Ps.  39. 1. 

ch.  17.  27,  28. 

Jas.  1.  19. 

7  of  heart. 

o  Gen.  12.  2. 

Deut.  8.  17,  18. 

1  Sara.  2.  7,  8. 

1  Tim.  4.  8. 
p  Job  15.  21. 
q  Matt.  5.  6. 
)■  Ps.  15.  5. 

Matt.  7.  24. 

1  Tim.  G.  19. 

8  addeth. 

s  Eccl.  7.  17. 
/  Ps.  16.  9. 

Rom.  5.  2. 
u  Job  8. 13. 
v  Isa.  40.  31. 

Zech.  10.  12. 

Phil.  4.  13. 
wPs.  1.  6. 

9  frowardresses. 


1  Balances  of 
-deceit. 

2  a  perfect  stone. 
a  Dan.  4.  30. 

b  Ezek.tf.  19. 
Zeph.  1.  IS. 
oGen.  7.  1. 

3  rectify. 

d  1  Tim.  4.  8. 
e  Eccl.  10.  8. 


their  contrary  vices. 

14  Wise  men  lay  up  knowledge  :  but  the  mouth  of 
the  foolish  is  near  destruction. 

15  'The  rich  man's  wealth  is  his  strong  city  :  the 
destruction  of  the  poor  is  their  poverty. 

.  16  The  labour  of  the  righteous  tendeth  to  life  :  the 
fruit  of  the  wicked  to  sin. 

17  He  is  in  the  way  of  life  that  keepeth  instruc- 
tion :  but  he  that  refuseth  reproof  °erreth. 

18  He  that  hideth  hatred  with  lying  lips,  and  he 
that  uttereth  a  slander,  is  a  fool. 

19  mIn  the  multitude  of  words  there  wanteth  not 
sin  :  but  "he  that  refraineth  his  lips  is  wise. 

20  The  tongue  of  the  just  is  as  choice  silver  :  the 
heart  of  the  wicked  is  little  worth. 

21  The  lips  of  the  righteous  feed  many  :  but  fools 
die  for  want  7of  wisdom. 

22  "The  blessing  of  the  Lord,  it  maketh  rich,  and 
he  addeth  no  sorrow  with  it. 

23  It  is  as  sport  to  a  fool  to  do  mischief :  but  a 
man  of  understanding  hath  wisdom. 

24  pThe  fear  of  the  wicked,  it  shall  come  upon 
him :  but  9the  desire  of  the  righteous  shall  be 
granted. 

25  As  the  whirlwind  passeth,  so  is  the  wicked  no 
more :  but  rthe  righteous  is  an  everlasting  founda- 
tion. 

26  As  vinegar  to  the  teeth,  and  as  smoke  to  the 
eyes,  so  is  the  sluggard  to  them  that  send  him. 

27  The  fear  of  the  Lord  8  prolongeth  days  :  but 
s  the  years  of  the  wicked  shall  be  shortened. 

28  'The  hope  of  the  righteous  shall  be  gladness  : 
but  the  "expectation  of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 

29  The  way  of  the  Lord  v  is  strength  to  the  up- 
right :  wbut  destruction  shall  be  to  the  workers  of 
iniquity. 

30  The  righteous  shall  never  be  removed  :  but  the 
wicked  shall  not  inhabit  the  earth. 

31  The  mouth  of  the  just  bringeth  forth  wisdom  : 
but  the  froward  tongue  shall  be  cut  out. 

32  The  lips  of  the  righteous  know  what  is  accept- 
able :  but  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  speaketh  9fro- 
wardness. 


A 


CHAPTER  11. 

1  FALSE  balance  is  abomination  to  the  Lord  : 
but  2a  just  weight  is  his  delight. 

2  a  When  pride  cometh,  then  cometh  shame  :  but 
with  the  lowly  is  wisdom. 

3  The  integrity  of  the  upright  shall  guide  them  : 
but  the  perverseness  of  transgressors  shall  destroy 
them. 

4  6  Riches  profit  not  in  the  day  of  wrath  :  but 
c  righteousness  delivereth  from  death. 

5  The  righteousness  of  the  perfect  shall 3  direct  his 
way :  but  the  wicked  shall  fall  by  his  own  wickedness. 

6  dThe  righteousness  of  the  upright  shall  deliver 
them  :  but  e  transgressors  shall  be  taken  in  their 
own  naughtiness. 

7  When  a  wicked  man  dieth,  his  expectation  shall 
perish  :  and  the  hope  of  unjust  men  perisheth. 

8  The  righteous  is  delivered  out  of  trouble,  and 
the  wicked  cometh  in  his  stead. 

4f>9 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  12,  13. 


their  contrary  vices. 


9  An  -^hypocrite  with  his  mouth  destroyeth  his 
neighbour  :  but  through  knowledge  shall  the  just 
be  delivered. 

10  sWhen  it  goeth  well  with  the  righteous,  the 
city  rejoiceth  :  and  when  the  wicked  perish,  there 
is  shouting. 

1 1  By  the  blessing  of  the  upright  the  city  is  exalted : 
but  it  is  overthrown  by  the  mouth  of  the  wicked. 

12  He  that  is4 void  of  wisdom  despiseth  his  neigh- 
bour :  but  a  man  of  understanding  holdeth  his  peace. 

13  5  A  talebearer  revealeth  secrets  :  but  he  that  is 
of  a  faithful  spirit  concealeth  the  matter. 

14  Where  h  no  counsel  is,  the  people  fall :  but  in 
the  multitude  of  counsellors  there  is  safety. 

15  He  that  is  surety  for  a  stranger  6  shall  smart 
for  it :  and  he  that  hateth  7  suretiship  is  sure. 

16  A  gracious  woman  retaineth  honour :  and  strong 
men  retain  riches. 

17  *The  merciful  mandoeth  good  to  his  own  soul : 
but  he  that  is  cruel  troubleth  his  own  flesh. 

18  The  wicked  worketh  a  deceitful  work  :  but  Jto 
him  that  soweth  righteousness  shall  be  a  sure  reward. 

19  As  righteousness  tendeth  to  life  :  so  he  that 
pursueth  evil  pursueth  it  to  his  own  death. 

20  They  that  are  of  a  froward  heart  are  abomina- 
tion to  the  Lord  :  but  such  as  are  upright  in  their 
way  are  his  delight. 

21  Though  hand  join  in  hand,  the  wicked  shall  not 
be  unpunished  :  but  the  seed  of  the  righteous  shall 
be  delivered. 

22  As  a  jewel  of  gold  in  a  swine's  snout,  so  is  a 
fair  woman  which  8is  without  discretion. 

.  23  The  desire  of  the  righteous  is  only  good  :  but 
the  expectation  of  the  wicked  kis  wrath. 

24  There  is  that  scattereth,  and  yet  increaseth  ; 
and  there  is  that  withholdeth  more  than  is  meet, 
but  it  tendeth  to  poverty. 

25  9The  liberal  soul  shall  be  made  fat :  'and  he 
that  watereth  shall  be  watered  also  himself. 

26  mHe  that  withholdeth  corn,  the  people  shall 
curse  him:  ,lbut  blessing  shall  be  upon  the  head  of 
him  that  selleth  it. 

27  He  that  diligently  seeketh  good  procureth  fa- 
vour :  "but  he  that  seeketh  mischief,  it  shall  come 
unto  him. 

28  pHe  that  trusteth'in  his  riches  shall  fall :  but 
athe  righteous  shall  flourish  as  a  branch. 

29  He  that  troubleth  his  own  house  '"shall  inherit 
the  wind  :  and  the  fool  shall  be  servant  to  the  wise 
of  heart. 

30  The  fruit  of  the  righteous  is  a  tree  of  life  ; 
and  he  that  10winneth  souls  is  wise. 

31  s  Behold,  the  righteous  shall  be  recompensed  in 
the  earth  :  much  more  the  wicked  and  the  sinner. 

CHAPTER  12. 

WHOSO  loveth  instruction  loveth  knowledge  : 
but  he  that  hateth  reproof  is  brutish. 

2  A  good  man  obtaineth  favour  of  the  Lord  :  but 
a  man  of  wicked  devices  will  he  condemn. 

3  A  man  shall  not  be  established  by  wickedness  : 
but  the  root  of  the  righteous  shall  not  be  moved. 

470 


B.  C.  1000. 


/  Job  8.  13. 
g  Esth.  8.  15. 


4  destitute  of 
heart. 


5  He  that  walk- 
eth,  being  a 
talebearer. 

h  1  Ki.  12.  1. 


G  shall  be  sore 

broken. 
7  those  that 

strike  hands. 


i  Matt.  25.  34. 


j  Hos.  10.  12. 
Gal.  6.  8,  9. 


8  departeth  from. 
A'  Rom.  2.  8. 

9  The  soul  of 
blessing. 

/  Matt.  5.  7. 
m  Amos  8.  5. 
n  Job  29.  13. 
0  Esth.  7.  10. 
p  Mark  10.  24. 

Luke  12.  21. 

1  Tim.  6.  17. 
q  Jer.  17.  8. 
;■  Eccl.  5.  10. 

10  taketh. 

.v  Jer.  25.  29. 
1  Pet.  4.  17. 


a  eh.  31.23. 

1  Cor.  11.  7. 
b  ch.  14.  30. 

c  Matt.  7.  24. 
(/  1  Sam.  13.  13. 

ch.  1 .  25,  2(i. 

ch.  3.  35. 

Mai.  2.  8,  9. 

Matt.  27.  4,  5. 

1  perverse  of 
heart. 

e  Deut.  25.  4. 

2  Or,  bowels. 
/Gen.  3.  19. 

ch.  28.  19. 
Eph.  4.  28. 
)  Thess.  4.  11. 

3  Or,  the  for- 
tress. 

g  Ps.  1.  3. 
Luke  8.  15. 

4  The  snare  of 
the  wicked  is 
in  the  trans- 
gression of 
lips. 

h  2  Pet.  2.  9. 
i  Isa.  3.  10. 
j  Luke  18.  11. 

5  in  that  day. 
/.Zech.  1.  5,  U. 
/  Rom.  8.  28. 

2  Thess.  1.  G. 
2  Pet.  2.  9. 

m  Rev.  22. 15. 

n  1  Ki.  11.28. 

ch.  10.  4. 

6  Or,  deceitful. 
0  Isa.  50.  4. 

7  Or,  abundant. 
p  Deut.  30.  15. 

Matt.  19.  17." 
Roni.  5.21. 
2  Cor.  4.  17. 
Rev.  2".  7. 


n  1  Sam.  2.  25. 
ch.  9.  7,  8. 


4  aA  virtuous  woman  is  a  crown  to  her  husband  : 
but  she  that  maketh  ashamed  is  b  as  rottenness  in 
his  bones. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  righteous  are  right :  bid 
the  counsels  of  the  wicked  are  deceit. 

6  The  words  of  the  wicked  are  to  lie  in  wait  for 
blood  :  but  the  mouth  of  the  upright  shall  deliver 
them. 

7  cThe  wicked  are  overthrown,  and  are  not :  but 
the  house  of  the  righteous  shall  stand.    , 

8  A  man  shall  be  commended  according  to  his  wis- 
dom :  d  but  he  that  is  1  of  a  perverse  heart  shall  be 
despised. 

9  He  that  is  despised,  and  hath  a  servant,  is  better 
than  he  that  honoureth  himself,  and  lacketh  bread. 

10  eA  righteous  man  regardeth  the  life  of  his 
beast :  but  the  2  tender  mercies  of  the  wicked  are 
cruel. 

11  ^"He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  be  satisfied  with 
bread  :  but  he  that  followeth  vain  persons  is  void 
of  understanding. 

12  The  wicked  desireth  3the  net  of  evil  men :  but 
the  °  root  of  the  righteous  yieldeth  fruit. 

13  4The  wicked  is  snared  by  the  transgression  of 
his  lips  :  *  but  the  just  shall  come  out  of  trouble. 

14  A  man  shall  be  satisfied  with  good  by  the  fruit 
of  his  mouth  :  *and  the  recompence  of  a  man's 
hands  shall  be  rendered  unto  him. 

15  •'The  way  of  a  fool  is  right  in  his  own  eyes  : 
but  he  that  hearkeneth  unto  counsel  is  wise. 

16  A  fool's  wrath  is  5 presently  known  :  but  a  pru- 
dent man  covereth  shame. 

17  He  that  speaketh  truth  sheweth  forth  righteous- 
ness :  but  a  false  witness  deceit. 

18  There  is  that  speaketh  like  the  piercings  of  a 
sword  :  but  the  tongue  of  the  wise  is  health. 

19  /cThe  lip  of  truth  shall  be  established  for  ever  : 
but  a  lying  tongue  is  but  for  a  moment. 

20  Deceit  is  in  the  heart  of  them  that  imagine 
evil  :  but  to  the  counsellors  of  peace  is  joy. 

21  'There  shall  no  evil  happen  to  the  just :  but 
the  wicked  shall  be  filled  with  mischief. 

22  m  Lying  lips  are  abomination  to  the  Lord  :  but 
they  that  deal  truly  are  his  delight. 

23  A  prudent  man  concealeth  knowledge :  but  the 
heart  of  fools  proclaimeth  foolishness. 

24  n  The  hand  of  the  diligent  shall  bear  rule  :  but 
the  6  slothful  shall  be  under  tribute. 

25  Heaviness  in  the  heart  of  man  maketh  it  stoop : 
but  °a  good  word  maketh  it  glad. 

26  The  righteous  is  more  Excellent  than  his 
neighbour.:  but  the  way  of  the  wicked  seduceth 
them. 

27  The  slothful  man  roasteth  not  that  which  he 
took  in  hunting  :  but  the  substance  of  a  diligent 
man  is  precious. 

28  In  the  way  of  p  righteousness  is  life  ;  and  in 
the  pathway  thereof  there  is  no  death. 

CHAPTER  13. 

A  WISE  son  heareth  his  father's  instruction :  abut 
a  scorn  er  heareth  not  rebuke. 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  14. 


their  contrary  vices. 


2  A  man  shall  eat  good  by  the  fruit  of  his  mouth : 
but  the  soul  of  the  transgressors  shall  eat  violence. 

3  6He  that  keepeth  his  mouth  keepeth  his  life  : 
but  he  that  openeth  wide  his  lips  shall  have  destruc- 
tion. 

4  The  soul  of  the  sluggard  desireth,  and  hath  no- 
thing :  but  the  soul  of  the  diligent  shall  be  made  fat. 

5  A  righteous  man  hateth  c  lying :  but  a  wicked 
man  is  loathsome,  and  cometh  to  shame. 

6  d  Righteousness  keepeth  him  that  is  upright  in 
the  way  :  but  wickedness  overthroweth  '  the  sinner. 

7  There  is  that  maketh  himself  rich,  yet  hath  no- 
thing :  there  is  that  rnaketh  himself  poor,  yet  hath 
great  riches. 

8  The  ransom  of  a  man's  life  are  his  riches  :  but 
the  poor  heareth  not  rebuke. 

9  The  light  of  the  righteous  rejoiceth :  but  the 
2  lamp  of  the  wicked  shall  be  put  out. 

10  Only  by  pride  cometh  contention :  but  with  the 
well  advised  is  wisdom. 

11  e  Wealth  gotten  by  vanity  shall  be  diminished  : 
but  he  that  gathereth  3  by  labour  shall  increase. 

12  Hope  deferred  maketh  the  heart  sick :  but 
when  the  desire  cometh,  it  is  a  tree  of  life. 

13  Whoso  -^despiseth  the  word  shall  be  destroyed : 
but  he  that  feareth  the  commandment 4  shall  be  re- 
warded. 

14  "The  law  of  the  wise  is  a  fountain  of  life,  to 
depart  from  ''the  snares  of  death. 

15  Good  understanding  giveth  favour  :  but  the 
way  of  transgressors  is  hard. 

16  { Every  prudent  man  dealeth  with  knowledge  : 
but  a  fool  5layeth  open  his  folly. 

17  A  wicked  messenger  falleth  into  mischief  :  but 
6  a  faithful  ambassador  is  health. 

18  Poverty  and  shame  shall  be  to  him  that  refuseth 
instruction :  but  jhe  that  regardeth  reproof  shall  be 
honoured. 

19  The  desire  accomplished  is  sweet  to  the  soul : 
but  it  is  abomination  to  fools  to  depart  from  evil. 

20  He  that  walketh  with  wise  men  shall  be  wise  : 
but  a  companion  of  fools  7  shall  be  destroyed. 

21  fcEvil  pursueth  sinners  :  but  to  the  righteous 
good  shall  be  repayed. 

22  A  good  man  leaveth  an  inheritance  to  his  chil- 
dren's children  :  and  'the  wealth  of  the  sinner  is 
laid  up  for  the  just. 

23  m  Much  food  is  in  the  tillage  of  the  poor  :  but 
there  is  that  is  destroyed  for  want  of  judgment. 

24  n  He  that  spareth  his  rod  hateth  his  son  :  but 
he  that  loveth  him  chasteneth  him  betimes. 

25  The  righteous  eateth  to  the  satisfying  of  his 
soul  :  but  the  belly  of  the  wicked  shall  want. 

CHAPTER  14. 

I? VERY  "wise  woman  buildeth  her  house:  but 
•^  the  foolish  plucketh  it  down  with  her  hands. 

2  He  that  walketh  in  his  uprightness  feareth  the 
Lord  :  6but  he  that  is  perverse  in  his  ways  despiseth 
him. 

3  In  the  mouth  of  the  foolish  is  a  rod  of  pride  : 
cbut  the  lips  of  the  wise  shall  preserve  them. 


b.  c.  1000. 


b  Ps.  39.  1 . 


c  Rom.  12.  9. 
Col.  3.  9. 


d  Hi.  11.  :;. 

1  sin. 


2  Or,  candle. 


cell.  20.  21. 

3  with  the  hand. 


/2  Chr.  3G.  10. 

4  Or,  shall  be  in 
peace. 

g  eh.  16.  22. 

h  2  Sam.  22.  I'., 
ch.  15.  24. 
Pa.  11G.  3. 


i  ch.  12.  23. 

5  spreadeth. 

6  an  ambassador 
of  faithfulness. 

j  ch.  15.  5. 

7  shall  be  broken. 
k  Ps.  32.  10. 

I  Eccl.  2.  26. 

m ch.  12.  11. 

n  ch.  19.  18. 

ch.  22.  15. 


a  Ruth  4.  11. 

ch.  24.  3,  4. 
b  Job  12.  4. 
c  ch.  12.  G. 
d  Ex.  20.  16. 
f  ch.  17.  24. 
r'Luke  12.  20. 

1  Cor.  3.  19. 
rich.  1.22. 

1  the  bitterness 
of  his  soul. 

h  Job  8.  15. 

eh.  3.  33. 
i  eh.  16.  25. 
JRoin.  6.  21. 
k  Eccl.  2.  2. 
;  ch.  12.  14. 
m2  Cor.  1.  12. 

Phil.  4.  7. 
n  ch.  22.  3. 
o  ch.  19.  7. 

2  many  are  the 
lovers  of  the 
rich. 

p  Ps.  41.  1. 
q  ch.  13.  14. 
r  ch.  15.  18. 

Matt.  11.  29. 

1  Cor.  13.  4-7. 

Jas.  1.  19. 

3  short  of  spirit. 
*  Job  5.  2. 

Ps.  112.  10. 
Acts  7.  9. 
Roir.  1.  29. 
Jas.  4.  5. 
(Job  31.  15,  16. 
ch.  17.  5. 
Eccl.  5.  8. 
Matt.  25.  40. 

1  John  3.  17. 
it  Job  31.  15. 

ch.  22.  2. 

V  Job  13.  15. 

Ps.  23.  4. 

2  Cor.  1.  9. 
2  Tim.  4.  18. 


4  Where  no  oxen  are,  the  crib  is  clean  :  but  much 
increase  is  by  the  strength  of  the  ox. 

5  dA  faithful  witness  will  not  lie  :  but  a  false  wit- 
ness will  utter  lies. 

6  A  scorner  seeketh  wisdom,  and  findeth  it  not  : 
but  'knowledge  is  easy  unto  him  that  understandeth. 

7  Go  from  the  presence  of  a  foolish  man,  when  thou 
perceivest  not  in  him  the  lips  of  knowledge. 

8  The  wisdom  of  the  prudent  is  to  understand  his 
way  :  but  'the  folly  of  fools  is  deceit. 

9  "Fools  make  a  mock  at  sin  :  but  among  the  right- 
eous there  is  favour. 

10  The  heart  knoweth  'his  own  bitterness ;  and  a 
stranger  doth  not  intermeddle  with  his  joy. 

11  ''The  house  of  the  wicked  shall  be  overthrown  : 
but  the  tabernacle  of  the  upright  shall  flourish. 

12  'There  is  a  way  which  seemeth  right  unto  a 
man,  but  -'the  end  thereof  are  the  ways  of  death. 

13  Even  in  laughter  the  heart  is  sorrowful  ;  and 
k  the  end  of  that  mirth  is  heaviness. 

14  The  backslider  in  heart  shall  be  'filled  with  his 
own  ways  :  and  a '"  good  man  shall  be  satisfied  from 
himself. 

15  The  simple  belie veth  every  word  :  but  the  pru- 
dent man  looketh  well  to  his  going. 

16  "A  wiseman  feareth,  and  departeth  from  evil: 
but  the  fool  rageth,  and  is  confident. 

17  He  that  is  soon  angry  dealeth  foolishly  :  and  a 
man  of  wicked  devices  is  hated. 

18  The  simple  inherit  folly :  but  the  prudent  are 
crowned  with  knowledge. 

19  The  evil  bow  before  the  good  ;  and  the  wicked 
at  the  gates  of  the  righteous. 

20  "The  poor  is  hated  even  of  his  own  neighbour  : 
but  2the  rich  hath  many  friends. 

21  He  that  despiseth  his  neighbour  sinneth  :  ?Jbut 
he  that  hath  mercy  on  the  poor,  happy  is  he. 

22  Do  they  not  err  that  devise  evil  ?  but  mercy 
and  truth  shall  be  to  them  that  devise  good. 

23  In  all  labour  there  is  profit  :  but  the  talk  of  the 
lips  tendeth  only  to  penury. 

24  The  crown  of  the  wise  is  their  riches  :  but  the 
foolishness  of  fools  is  folly. 

25  A  true  witness  delivereth  souls  :  but  a  deceit- 
ful ivitness  speaketh  lies. 

26  In  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  strong  confidence  : 
and  his  children  shall  have  a  place  of  refuge. 

27  "The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  a  fountain  of  life,  to 
depart  from  the  snares  of  death. 

28  In  the  multitude  of  people  is  the  king's  honour  : 
but  in  the  want  of  people  is  the  destruction  of  .the 
prince. 

29  rHe  that  is  slow  to  wrath  is  of  great  under- 
standing:  but  he  that  is  3  hasty  of  spirit  exalteth 
folly. 

30  A  sound  heart  is  the  life  of  the  flesh :  but  senvy 
the  rottenness  of  the  bones. 

31  'He  that  oppresseth  the  poor  reproacheth  "his 
Maker  :  but  he  that  honoureth  him  hath  mercy  on 
the  poor. 

32  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his  wickedness  : 
but  ''the  righteous  hath  hope  in  his  death. 

471 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  15,  16. 


their  contrary  vices. 


33  Wisdom  resteth  in  the  heart  of  him  that  hath 
understanding :  but  that  which  is  in  the  midst  of 
fools  is  made  known. 

34  Righteousness  exalteth  a  nation  :  but  sin  is  a 
reproach  4to  any  people. 

35  ™The  king's  favour  is  toward  a  wise  servant: 
but  his  wrath  is  against  him  that  causeth  shame. 

CHAPTER  15. 

A  SOFT  answer  turneth  away  wrath :  but  griev- 
ous words  stir  up  anger. 

2  The  tongue  of  the  wise  useth  knowledge  aright : 
but  the  mouth  of  fools  x  poureth  out  foolishness. 

3  a  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  in  every  place,  be- 
holding the  evil  and  the  good. 

4  2  A  wholesome  tongue  is  a  tree  of  life :  but  per- 
verseness  therein  is  a  breach  in  the  spirit. 

5  A  fool  despiseth  his  father's  instruction  :  but  he 
that  regardeth  reproof  is  prudent. 

6  In  the  house  of  the  righteous  is  much  treasure : 
but  in  the  revenues  of  the  wicked  is  trouble. 

7  The  lips  of  the  wise  disperse  knowledge :  but  the 
heart  of  the  foolish  doeth  not  so. 

8  6The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is  an  abomination 
to  the  Lord  :  cbut  the  prayer  of  the  upright  is  his 
delight. 

9  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  an  abomination  unto 
the  Lord  :  but  he  loveth  him  that  dfolloweth  after 
righteousness. 

10  3  Correction  is  grievous  unto  him  that  forsaketh 
the  way  :  and  he  that  hateth  reproof  shall  die. 

11  Hell  and  destruction  are  before  the  Lord  :  how 
much  more  then  ethe  hearts  of  the  children  of  men  ? 

12  A  scorner  loveth  not  one  that  reproveth  him : 
neither  will  he  go  unto  the  wise. 

13  A  merry  heart  maketh  a  cheerful  countenance : 
but  by  sorrow  of  the  heart  the  spirit  is  broken. 

14  The  heart  of  him  that  hath  understanding  seek- 
eth  knowledge :  but  the  mouth  of  fools  feedeth  on 
foolishness. 

15  All  the  days  of  the  afflicted  are  evil :  but  he 
that  is  of  a  merry  heart  hath  sl  continual  feast. 

16  f  Better  is  little  with  the  fear  of  the  Lord  than 
great  treasure  and  trouble  therewith. 

17  Better  is  a  dinner  of  herbs  where  love  is,  than 
a  stalled  ox  and  hatred  therewith. 

18  A  wrathful  man  stirreth  up  strife  :  but  he  that 
is  slow  to  anger  appeaseth  strife. 

19  The  way  of  the  slothful  man  is  as  an  hedge  of 
thorns :  but  the  way  of  the  righteous  igis  made  plain. 

20  A  wise  son  maketh  a  glad  father  :  but  a  foolish 
man  despiseth  his  mother. 

21  Folly  is  joy  to  him  that  is  5  destitute  of  wisdom : 
h  but  a  man  of  understanding  walketh  uprightly. 

22  Without  counsel  purposes  are  disappointed  :  but 
in  the  multitude  of  counsellors  they  are  established. 

23  A  man  hath  joy  by  the  answer  of  his  mouth : 
and  a  word  spoken  6  in  due  season,  how  good  is  it ! 

24  {The  way  of  life  is  above  to  the  wise,  that  he 
may  depart  from  hell  beneath. 

25  The  Lord  will  destroy  the  house  of  the  proud : 
but  he  will  establish  the  border  of  the  widow. 

472 


B.C. 

1000. 

4  to  nations. 

w  Matt. 

24.  45, 

47. 

1  belcheth,  or, 
bubbleth. 

a  2  Chr.  16.  9. 
Job  34.  21. 
ch.  5.  21. 
Jer.  16.  17. 
Zech.  4.  10. 
Heb.  4.  13. 

2  The  healing  of 
the  tongue. 


6  Isa.  61.  8. 
Jer.  6.  20. 

Amos  5.  22. 
c  Luke  18.  11. 


d  ch.  21.  21. 
Isa.  51.  1,  7. 
1  Tim.  6.  11. 

3  Or,  Instruc- 
tion. 


e  John  2.  24. 
Acts  1.  24. 


/ch.  16.  8. 
Eccl.  4.  6. 
1  Tim.  6.  6. 

4  is  raised  up  as 
a  causey. 

,7  Isa.  35.  8. 

5  void  of  heart. 
h  Eph.  5.  15. 

6  in  his  season. 
i  Phil.  3.  20. 

7  words  of 
pleasantness. 

j  Josh.  6.  18. 

1  Sam.  8.  3. 

ch.  1.  19. 

Isa.  5.  8. 

Zech.  5.  3. 
k  1  Pet.  3.  15. 
I  Eph.  2.  12. 
m  Ps.  34.  15,  16. 

John  9.  31. 

Rom.  8.  26. 

8  Or,  correction. 

9  Or,  obeyeth. 

10  possesseth  an 
heart. 


1  Or,  disposings. 
a  Jer.  10.  23. 

b  Matt.  10.  19. 

c  1  Sam.  16.  7. 

Dan.  5.  27. 

2  Roll. 

d  Isa.  43.  7. 

Rom.  11.  36. 
e  Job  21.  30. 

Rom.  9.  22. 

3  held  innocent. 
/Dan.  4.  27. 

Luke  11.  41. 
gCol.  1.  10. 
/*  Jer.  10.  23. 

4  Divination. 
i  Lev.  19.  36. 

5  all  the  stones. 
j  ch.  4.  24-27. 

Isa.  35.  8. 
Acts  24.  16. 

6  Or,  He  that 
understandeth 
a  matter. 


26  The  thoughts  of  the  wicked  are  an  abomination 
to  the  Lord  :  but  the  words  of  the  pure  are  7  pleasant 
words. 

27  jRe  that  is  greedy  of  gain  troubleth  his  own 
house ;  but  he  that  hateth  gifts  shall  live. 

28  The  heart  of  the  righteous  *studieth  to  answer : 
but  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  poureth  out  evil  things. 

29  l  The  Lord  is  far  from  the  wicked :  but  he 
mheareth  the  prayer  of  the  righteous. 

30  The  light  of  the  eyes  rejoiceth  the  heart :  and 
a  good  report  maketh  the  bones  fat. 

31  The  ear  that  heareth  the  reproof  of  life  abideth 
among  the  wise. 

32  He  that  ref useth  8  instruction  despiseth  his 
own  soul :  but  he  that 9  heareth  reproof  10getteth 
understanding. 

33  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  instruction  of 
wisdom ;  and  before  honour  is  humility. 

CHAPTER  16. 

rilHE  *  a  preparations  of  the  heart  in  man,  6  and 
-L    the  answer  of  the  tongue,  is  from  the  Lord. 

2  All  the  ways  of  a  man  are  clean  in  his  own  eyes  ; 
but c  the  Lord  weigheth  the  spirits. 

3  2  Commit  thy  works  unto  the  Lord,  and  thy 
thoughts  shall  be  established. 

4  dThe  Lord  hath  made  all  things  for  himself  : 
eyea,  even  the  wicked  for  the  day  of  evil. 

5  Every  one  that  is  proud  in  heart  is  an  abomina- 
tion to  the  Lord  :  though  hand  join  in  hand,  he 
shall  not  be  3  unpunished. 

6  -^By  mercy  and  truth  iniquity  is  purged  :  and  by 
the  fear  of  the  Lord  men  depart  from  evil. 

7  When  a  man's  ways  g  please  the  Lord,  he  mak- 
eth even  his  enemies  to  be  at  peace  with  him. 

8  Better  is  a  little  with  righteousness  than  great 
revenues  without  right. 

9  A  man's  heart  deviseth  his  way  :  Abut  the  Lord 
directeth  his  steps. 

10  4  A  divine  sentence  is  in  the  lips  of  the  king  : 
his  mouth  transgresseth  not  in  judgment. 

11  'A  just  weight  and  balance  are  the  Lord's  : 
5  all  the  weights  of  the  bag  are  his  work. 

12  It  is  an  abomination  to  kings  to  commit  wick- 
edness :  for  the  throne  is  established  by  righteous- 
ness. 

13  Righteous  lips  are  the  delight  of  kings  ;  and 
they  love  him  that  speaketh  right. 

14  The  wrath  of  a  king  is  as  messengers  of  death : 
but  a  wise  man  will  pacify  it. 

15  In  the  light  of  the  king's  countenance  is  life ; 
and  his  favour  is  as  a  cloud  of  the  latter  rain. 

16  How  much  better  is  it  to  get  wisdom  than  gold ! 
and  to  get  understanding  rather  to  be  chosen  than 
silver ! 

17  ^'The  highway  of  the  upright  is  to  depart  from 
evil :  he  that  keepeth  his  way  preserveth  his  soul. 

18  Pride  goeth  before  destruction,  and  an  haughty 
spirit  before  a  fall. 

19  Better  it  is  to  be  of  an  humble  spirit  with  the 
lowly,  than  to  divide  the  spoil  with  the  proud. 

20  6He  that  handleth  a  matter  wisely  shall  find 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  17,  18. 


their  contrary  vices. 


good:   and  whoso   Hrusteth  in  the   Lord,  happy 
is  he. 

21  The  wise  in  heart  shall  be  called  prudent :  and 
the  sweetness  of  the  lips  increaseth  learning. 

22  Understanding  is  a  wellspring  of  life  unto  him 
that  hath  it  :  but  the  instruction  of  fools  is  folly. 

23  'The  heart  of  the  wise  7teacheth  his  mouth, 
and  addeth  learning  to  his  lips. 

24  Pleasant  words  are  as  an  honeycomb,  sweet  to 
the  soul,  and  health  to  the  bones. 

25  There  is  a  way  that  seemeth  right  unto  a  man, 
"but  the  end  thereof  are  the  ways  of  death. 

26  8He  that  laboureth  laboureth  for  himself  ;  for 
his  mouth  9craveth  it  of  him. 

27  10An  ungodly  man  diggeth  up  evil  :  and  in  his 
lips  there  is  as  a  burning  fire. 

28  A  froward  man  usoweth  strife  :  and  a  whis- 
perer separateth  chief  friends. 

29  A  violent  man  enticeth  his  neighbour,  and  lead- 
eth  him  into  the  way  that  is  not  good. 

30  He  shutteth  his  eyes  to  devise  froward  things  : 
moving  his  lips  he  bringeth  evil  to  pass. 

31  The  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of  glory,  if  it  be 
found  in  the  way  of  righteousness. 

32  He  that  is  slow  to  anger  is  better  than  the 
mighty  ;  and  he  that  ruleth  his  spirit  than  he 
that  taketh  a  city. 

33  The  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap  ;  but  the  whole  dis- 
posing thereof  is  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  17. 

BETTER  is  a  dry  morsel,  and  quietness  there- 
with, than  an  house  full  of  Sacrifices  with  strife. 

2  A  wise  servant  shall  have  rule  over  a  son  that 
causeth  shame,  and  shall  have  part  of  the  inherit- 
ance among  the  brethren. 

3  "The  fining  pot  is  for  silver,  and  the  furnace  for 
gold  :  but  the  Lord  trieth  the  hearts. 

4  A  wicked  doer  giveth  heed  to  false  lips  ;  and  a 
liar  giveth  ear  to  a  naughty  tongue. 

5  Whoso  mocketh  the  poor  reproacheth  his  Maker : 
and  6he  that  is  glad  at  calamities  shall  not  be  2 un- 
punished. 

6  Children's  children  are  the  crown  of  old  men  ; 
and  the  glory  of  children  are  their  fathers. 

7  3  Excellent  speech  becometh  not  a  fool :  much 
less  do  4  lying  lips  a  prince. 

8  A  gift  is  as  5  ca  precious  stone  in  the  eyes  of  him 
that  hath  it :  whithersoever  it  turneth,  it  dpros- 
pereth. 

9  He  that  covereth  a  transgression  6seeketh  love  ; 
but  he  that  repeateth  a  matter  separateth  very 
friends. 

10  7A  reproof  entereth  more  into  a  wise  man  than 
an  hundred  stripes  into  a  fool. 

11  An  evil  man  seeketh  only  rebellion  :  therefore 
a  cruel  messenger  shall  be  sent  against  him. 

12  Let  a  bear  robbed  of  her  whelps  meet  a  man, 
rather  than  a  fool  in  his  folly. 

13  Whoso  erewardeth  evil  for  good,  evil  shall  not 
depart  from  his  house. 

14  The  beginning  of  strife  is  as  when  one  letteth 


b.  c.  1000. 


k  Isa.  30.  18. 


I  Matt.  12.  34. 
7  maketli  wise. 


8  The  soul  of  him 

that  laboureth. 

9  boweth  unto 
him. 

10  A  man  of 
Belial. 


11  sendeth  forth. 


1  Or,  good  cheer. 
a  Ps.  2G.  2. 

ch.  27.21. 
Jer.  17.  10. 
Mai.  3.  3. 
b  Job  31.  29. 
ch.  24.  17. 
Obad.  12. 

2  held  innocent. 

3  a  lip  of  excel- 
lency. 

4  a  lip  of  lying. 

5  a  stone  of 
grace. 

c  ch.  18.  16. 
d  Gen.  39.  21. 
Dan.  6.  3. 

6  Or,  procuretb. 

7  Or,  A  reproof 
awetb  more  a 
wise  man,  than 
to  strike  a  fool 
an  hundred 
times. 

e  Jer.  IS.  20. 

Rom.  12.  17. 

1  Thess.  5.  15. 
/  ch.  20.  3. 

Acts  6.  1. 

Rom.  12.  18. 

1  Thess.  4.  11. 
g  Ex.  23.  7. 

Isa.  5.  23. 

8  heart. 

9  The  froward 
of  heart. 

10  Or,  to  a 
medicine. 

h  Ex.  23.  8. 
i  Eccl.  2.  14. 
j  Jas.  1.  19. 

11  Or,  a  cool 
spirit. 


1  Or,  He  that 
separateth 
himself  seek- 
eth according 
to  his  desire, 
and  intermed- 
dleth  in  every 
business  :  see 
Jude  19. 

n  Ps.  78.  2. 
b  Lev.  19.  15. 

Deut.  1.  17. 

Job  13.  7,  8. 

ch.  24.  23. 

2  Or,  whisperer. 

3  Or,  like  as 
when  men  are 
wounded. 

4  chambers. 
c2Sam.  22.3,  51. 

Ps.  18.  2. 

5  is  set  aloft. 


out  water  :  therefore  f  leave  off  contention,  before 
it  be  meddled  with. 

15  "He  that  justifieth  the  wicked,  and  he  that 
condemneth  the  just,  even  they  both  are  abomina- 
tion to  the  Lord. 

16  Wherefore  is  there  a  price  in  the  hand  of  a 
fool  to  get  wisdom,  seeing  he  hath  no  heart  to  it  ? 

17  A  friend  loveth  at  all  times,  and  a  brother  is 
born  for  adversity. 

18  A  man  void  of  Understanding  striketh  hands, 
and  becometh  surety  in  the  presence  of  his  friend. 

19  He  loveth  transgression  that  loveth  strife  :  and 
he  that  exalteth  his  gate  seeketh  destruction. 

20  9  He  that  hath  a  froward  heart  findeth  no  good : 
and  he  that  hath  a  perverse  tongue  falleth  into 
mischief. 

21  He  that  begetteth  a  fool  doeth  it  to  his  sorrow : 
and  the  father  of  a  fool  hath  no  joy. 

22  A  merry  heart  doeth  good  wlike  a  medicine  : 
but  a  broken  spirit  drieth  the  bones. 

23  A  wicked  man  taketh  a  gift  out  of  the  bosom 
Ho  pervert  the  ways  of  judgment. 

24  *  Wisdom  is  before  him  that  hath  understand- 
ing ;  but  the  eyes  of  a  fool  are  in  the  ends  of  the 
earth. 

25  A  foolish  son  is  a  grief  to  his  father,  and  bitter- 
ness to  her  that  bare  him. 

26  Also  to  punish  the  just  is  not  good,  nor  to 
strike  princes  for  equity. 

27  JHe  that  hath  knowledge  spareth  his  words  : 
and  a  man  of  understanding  is  of  n  an  excellent 
spirit. 

28  Even  a  fool,  when  he  holdeth  his  peace,  is 
counted  wise  :  and  he  that  shutteth  his  lips  is  es- 
teemed a  man  of  understanding. 

CHAPTER  18. 

THROUGH  x  desire  a  man,  having  separated  him- 
self, seeketh  and  intermeddleth  with  all  wis- 
dom. 

2  A  fool  hath  no  delight  in  understanding,  but 
that  his  heart  may  discover  itself. 

3  When  the  wicked  cometh,  then  cometh  also  con- 
tempt, and  with  ignominy  reproach. 

4  The  words  of  a  man's  mouth  are  as  deep  waters, 
a  and  the  wellspring  of  wisdom  as  a  flowing  brook. 

5  b  It  is  not  good  to  accept  the  person  of  the 
wicked,  to  overthrow  the  righteous  in  judgment. 

6  A  fool's  lips  enter  into  contention,  and  his  mouth 
calleth  for  strokes. 

7  A  fool's  mouth  is  his  destruction,  and  his  lips 
are  the  snare  of  his  soul. 

8  The  words  of  a  2  talebearer  are  3as  wounds,  and 
they  go  down  into  the  *  innermost  parts  of  the  belly. 

9  He  also  that  is  slothful  in  his  work  is  brother  to 
him  that  is  a  great  waster. 

10  cThe  name  of  the  Lord  is  a  strong  tower  :  the 
righteous  runneth  into  it,  and  5is  safe. 

11  The  rich  man's  wealth  is  his  strong  city,  and 
as  an  high  wall  in  his  own  conceit. 

12  Before  destruction  the  heart  of  man  is  haughty, 
and  before  honour  is  humility. 

473 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  19,  20. 


their  contrary  vices. 


13  He  that  6answereth  a  matter  before  he  heareth 
it,  it  is  folly  and  shame  unto  him. 

14  The  spirit  of  a  man  will  sustain  his  infirmity ; 
but  a  wounded  spirit  who  can  bear? 

15  dThe  heart  of  the  prudent  getteth  knowledge  ; 
and  the  ear  of  the  wise  seeketh  knowledge. 

16  e  A  man's  gift  maketh  room  for  him,  and  bring- 
eth  him  before  great  men. 

17  He  that  is  first  in  his  own  cause  seemeth  just ; 
but  his  neighbour  cometh  and  searcheth  him. 

18  The  lot  causeth  contentions  to  cease,  and  part- 
eth  between  the  mighty. 

19  A  brother  offended  is  harder  to  be  won  than  a 
strong  city  :  and  their  contentions  are  like  the  bars 
of  a  castle. 

20  A  man's  belly  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  fruit 
of  his  mouth  ;  and  with  the  increase  of  his  lips 
shall  he  be  filled. 

21  ■''Death  and  life  are  in  the  power  of  the  tongue  : 
and  they  that  love  it  shall  eat  the  fruit  thereof. 

22  Whoso  findeth  a  wife  fmdeth  a  good  thing,  and 
obtaineth  favour  of  the  Lord. 

23  The  poor  useth  intreaties  ;  but  the  rich  answer- 
eth  g  roughly. 

24  A  man  hthat  hath  friends  must  shew  himself 
friendly  :  and  there  is  a  friend  that  sticketh  closer 
than  a  brother. 

CHAPTER  19. 

BETTER a  is  the  poor  that  walketh  in  his  integrity, 
than  he  that  is  perverse  in  his  lips,  and  is  a  fool. 

2  Also,  that  the  b  soul  be  without  knowledge,  it  is 
not  good  ;  and  he  that  hasteth  with  his  feet  sinneth. 

3  The  foolishness  of  man  perverteth  his  way :  'and 
his  heart  fretteth  against  the  Lord. 

4  Wealth  maketh  many  friends ;  but  the  poor  is 
separated  from  his  neighbour. 

5  dA  false  witness  shall  not  be  Unpunished,  and 
he  that  speaketh  lies  shall  not  escape. 

6  Many  will  intreat  the  favour  of  the  prince  :  and 
every  man  is  a  friend  to  2him  that  giveth  gifts. 

7  All  the  brethren  of  the  poor  do  hate  him  :  how 
much  more  do  his  friends  go  far  from  him  ?  he  pur- 
sueth  them  with  words,  yet  they  are  wanting  to  him. 

8  He  that  getteth3 wisdom  loveth  his  own  soul :  he 
that  keepeth  understanding  shall  find  good. 

9  e  A  false  witness  shall  not  be  unpunished,  and  he 
that  speaketh  lies  shall  perish. 

10  Delight  is  not  seemly  for  a  fool  ;  much  less 
7  for  a  servant  to  have  rule  over  princes. 

11  g The4 discretion  of  a  man  deferreth  his  anger  ; 
feand  it  is  his  glory  to  pass  over  a  transgression. 

12  The  king's  wrath  is  as  the  roaring  of  a  lion ; 
but  his  favour  is  as  dew  upon  the  grass. 

13  A  foolish  son  is  the  calamity  of  his  father  :  and 
the  contentions  of  a  wife  are  a  continual  dropping. 

14  i  House  and  riches  are  the  inheritance  of  fa- 
thers :  and  J'a  prudent  wife  is  from  the  Lord. 

15  Slothfulness  casteth  into  a  deep  sleep  ;  and  an 
idle  soul  shall  suffer  hunger. 

16  &He  that  keepeth  the  commandment  keepeth  his 
own  soul ;  but  he  that  despiseth  his  ways  shall  die. 

474 


B.  C.  1000. 


0  returneth  a 
word. 


d  Eph.  1.  17. 


e  Gen.  39.  2-6. 
Gen.  41.  14. 
38-44. 
Dan.  1.  17, 
19,  20. 
Dan.  6.  3. 


/Matt.  12.37. 


g  Gen.  42.  14-16. 

Jas.  2.  3. 
h  John  15. 14, 15. 


a  ch.  28.  6. 
b  Hos.  4.  6. 

John  1G.  3. 

Rom.  10.  2. 
c  Ps.  37.  7. 
d  Ex.  23.  1. 

1  held  innocent. 

2  a  man  of  gifts. 

3  an  heart. 

e  Dan.  6.  24. 
/  Eecl.  10.  6. 
g  Jas.  1.  19. 

4  Or,  prudence. 
h  ch.  25.  21. 

Matt.  5.  44. 

Horn.  12.  19. 

Eph.  4.  32. 
i  2  Cor.  12.  14. 
j  ch.  18.  22. 
k  Luke  10.  28. 

Rom.  2.  7. 
/ch.  14.21. 

Eccl.  11.  1. 

2  Cor.  9.  6. 

5  Or,  his  deed. 

6  Or,  to  his  de- 
struction :  or, 
to  cause  him 
to  die. 

7  add. 

m  Gen.  37. 19,20. 

Esth.  9.  25. 

Eccl.  7.  29. 

Isa.  14.  26. 

Heb.  6.  17. 
n  1  Tim.  4.  8. 

8  will  be 
cunning. 

o  Deut.  13.  11. 
p  Matt.  7.  15. 

Mark  4.  24. 

John  10.  5. 

Eph.  4.  14. 

1  Tim.  4.  6. 

9  A  witness  of 
Belial. 


a  Gen.  9.  21. 

Isa.  28.  7. 

b  Gen.  13.  7. 

1  Or,  winter. 
c  Matt.  6.  2. 

2  Or,  bounty. 
d  Ps.  12.  1. 

Eccl.  7.  28. 
Jer.  5.  1 . 
Luke  18.  8. 
e  Job  14.  4. 
Eccl.  7.  20. 
1  John  1.8. 

3  A  stone  and  a 
stone. 

4  an  ephah  and 
an  ephah. 

f  Matt.  7.  16. 
g  Ex.  4.  11. 

Rom.  11.  36. 
h  Rom.  12.  11. 


17  'He  that  hath  pity  upon  the  poor  lendeth  unto 
the  Lord  ;  and  5that  which  he  hath  given  will  he 
pay  him  again. 

18  Chasten  thy  son  while  there  is  hope,  and  let 
not  thy  soul  spare  6for  his  crying. 

19  A  man  of  great  wrath  shall  suffer  punishment : 
for  if  thou  deliver  him,  yet  thou  must  7do  it  again. 

20  Hear  counsel,  and  receive  instruction,  that  thou 
mayest  be  wise  in  thy  latter  end. 

21  m There  are  many  devices  in  a  man's  heart; 
nevertheless  the  counsel  of  the  Lord,  that  shall 
stand. 

22  The  desire  of  a  man  is  his  kindness  :  and  a  poor 
man  is  better  than  a  liar. 

23  "The  fear  of  the  Lord  tendeth  to  life  :  and  he 
that  hath  it  shall  abide  satisfied  ;  he  shall  not  be 
visited  with  evil. 

24  A  slothful  man  hideth  his  hand  in  his  bosom, 
and  will  not  so  much  as  bring  it  to  his  mouth  again. 

25  Smite  a  scorner,  and  the  simple8 "will  beware  : 
and  reprove  one  that  hath  understanding,  and  he 
will  understand  knowledge. 

26  He  that  wasteth  his  father,  and  chaseth  away 
his  mother,  is  a  son  that  causeth  shame,  and  bring- 
eth  reproach. 

27  Cease,  my  son,  to  phear  the  instruction  that 
causeth  to  err  from  the  words  of  knowledge. 

28  9An  ungodly  witness  scorneth  judgment :  and 
the  mouth  of  the  wicked  devoureth  iniquity. 

29  Judgments  are  prepared  for  scorners,  and 
stripes  for  the  back  of  fools. 

CHAPTER  20. 

WINE  ais  a  mocker,  strong  drink  is  raging :  and 
whosoever  is  deceived  thereby  is  not  wise. 

2  The  fear  of  a  king  is  as  the  roaring  of  a  lion  : 
whoso  provoketh  him  to  anger  sinneth  against  his 
own  soul. 

3  b  It  is  an  honour  for  a  man  to  cease  from  strife  : 
but  every  fool  will  be  meddling. 

4  The  sluggard  will  not  plow  by  reason  of  the 
^old  ;  therefore  shall  he  beg  in  harvest,  and  have 
nothing. 

5  Counsel  in  the  heart  of  man  is  like  deep  water ; 
but  a  man  of  understanding  will  draw  it  out. 

6  c  Most  men  will  proclaim  every  one  his  own 2 good- 
ness :  but  da  faithful  man  who  can  find  ? 

7  The  just  man  walketh  in  his  integrity  :  his  chil- 
dren are  blessed  after  him. 

8  A  king  that  sitteth  in  the  throne  of  judgment 
scattereth  away  all  evil  with  his  eyes. 

9  e  Who  can  say,  I  have  made  my  heart  clean,  I  am 
pure  from  my  sin  ? 

10  3  Divers  weights,  and  i  divers  measures,  both  of 
them  are  alike  abomination  to  the  Lord. 

11  Even  a  child  is  yknown  by  his  doings,  whether 
his  work  be  pure,  and  whether  it  be  right. 

12  "The  hearing  ear,  and  the  seeing  eye,  the  Lord 
hath  made  even  both  of  them. 

13  ''Love  not  sleep,  lest  thou  come  to  poverty  ; 
open  thine  eyes,  and  thou  shalt  be  satisfied  with 
bread. 


Of  moral  virtues  and 


PROVERBS,  21,  22. 


their  contrary  vices. 


1 A  It  is  naught,  it  is  naught,  saith  the  buyer  :  but 
when  he  is  gone  his  way,  then  he  boasteth. 

15  There  is  gold,  and  a  multitude  of  rubies  :  but 
the  lips  of  knowledge  are  a  precious  jewel. 

16  Take  his  garment  that  is  surety  for  a  stranger : 
and  take  a  pledge  of  him  for  a  strange  woman. 

17  5  Bread  of  deceit  is  sweet  to  a  man  ;  but  after- 
wards his  mouth  shall  be  filled  with  gravel. 

18  Every  purpose  is  established  by  counsel  :  and 
with  good  advice  make  war. 

19  He  that  goeth  about  as  a  talebearer  revealeth 
secrets  :  therefore  meddle  not  with  him  that  6  flat- 
tereth  with  his  lips. 

20  i  Whoso  curseth  his  father  or  his  mother,  his 
7  lamp  shall  be  put  out  in  obscure  darkness. 

21  An  inheritance  may  be  gotten  hastily  at  the  be- 
ginning ;  Jbut  the  end  thereof  shall  not  be  blessed. 

22  ^Say  not  thou,  I  will  recompense  evil  ;  but  wait 
on  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  save  thee. 

23  Divers  weights  are  an  abomination  unto  the 
Lord  ;  and  8a  false  balance  is  not  good. 

24  l  Man's  goings  are  of  the  Lord  ;  how  can  a  man 
then  understand  his  own  way  ? 

25  It  is  a  snare  to  the  man  who  devoureth  that 
which  is  holy,  and  after  vows  to  make  enquiry. 

26  A  wise  king  scattereth  the  wicked,  and  bring- 
eth  the  wheel  over  them. 

27  The  spirit  of  man  is  the  9  candle  of  the  Lord, 
searching  all  the  inward  parts  of  the  belly. 

28  Mercy  and  truth  preserve  the  king :  and  his 
throne  is  upholden  by  mercy. 

29  The  glory  of  young  men  is  their  strength  :  and 
the  beauty  of  old  men  is  the  gray  head. 

30  The  blueness  of  a  wound  10cleanseth  away  evil : 
so  do  stripes  the  inward  parts  of  the  belly. 

CHAPTER  21. 

THE  king's  heart  is  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  as 
the  rivers  of  water :  he  turneth  it  whitherso- 
ever he  will. 

2  Every  way  of  a  man  is  right  in  his  own  eyes  : 
abut  the  Lord  pondereth  the  hearts. 

3  *  To  do  justice,  and  judgment  is  more  acceptable 
to  the  Lord  than  sacrifice. 

4  *An  high  look,  and  a  proud  heart,  and  2the 
plowing  of  the  wicked,  is  sin. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  diligent  tend  only  to  plen- 
teousness  ;  but  of  every  one  that  is  hasty  only  to 
want. 

6  The  getting  of  treasures  by  a  lying  tongue  is  a 
vanity  tossed  to  and  fro  of  them  that  seek  death. 

7  The  robbery  of  the  wicked  shall  3  destroy  them  ; 
because  they  refuse  to  do  judgment. 

8  The  way  of  man  is  f  roward  and  strange  :  but  as 
for  the  pure,  his  work  is  right. 

9  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  a  corner  of  the  house  top, 
than  with  4a  brawling  woman  in  5a  wide  house. 

10  cThe  soul  of  the  wicked  desireth  evil :  his 
neighbour  6  findeth  no  favour  in  his  eyes. 

11  When  the  scorner  is  punished,  the  simple  is 
made  wise  :  and  when  the  wise  is  instructed,  he 
receiveth  knowledge. 


b.  c.  1000. 


5  Bread  of  lying, 
or,  falsehood. 


0  Or,  enticeth. 


IE*.  21.  17. 
Lev.  20.  9. 
Matt.  15.  4. 
Rom.  3.  23. 

7  Or.  caudle. 

yrh.  28.  8. 

Hab.  2.  6. 
A-  Deut.  32.  35. 

Rom.  12.  17. 

1  Pet.  3.  9. 


8  balances  of 

deceit. 
I  Jer.  10.  23. 

Rom.  8.  20. 


9  Or,  lamp. 


10  is  a  purging 
medicine 
against  evil. 


a  1  Sam.  16.  7. 
Jer.  17.  10. 
John  2.  24. 

6  Hos.  6.  6. 

1  Haughtiness 
of  eyes. 

2  Or,  the  lighi 
of  the  wicked. 

3  saw  them, 
or,  dwell 
with  them. 

4  a  woman  of 
contentions. 

5  an  house  of 
society. 

c  Jas.  4.  5. 
f»  is  not  favoured. 
d  1  Cor.  10.  10. 
e  Rom.  2.  8. 
f  Ps.  58.  4. 

Zech.  7.  11. 

Matt.  7.  2. 

Acts  7.  57. 

7  Or,  sport. 

g  Isa.  43.  3,  4. 
S  in  the  land  of 

the  desert. 
h  Ps.  112.  3. 

ch.  10.  22. 

Matt.  25.  3. 
i  1  Cor.  15.  58. 

9  in  the  wrath 
of  pride. 

10  in  wickedness. 

11  A  witness  of 
lies. 

12  Or,  consid- 
ereth. 

13  Or,  victory. 


1  Or,  favour  is 
better  than, 
etc. 

a  Ps.  49.  1,  2. 
b  Isa.  20.  20. 

2  Or,  The  re- 
ward of  humil- 
ity, etc. 

c  1  John  5.  18. 

3  Or,  Catechise. 

4  in  his  way. 

5  to  the  man 
that lendeth. 


12  dThe  righteous  man  wisely  considereth  the 
house  of  the  wicked  :  but  God  eoverthroweth  the 
wicked  for  their  wickedness. 

13  ■'"Whoso  stoppeth  his  ears  at  the  cry  of  the 
poor,  he  also  shall  cry  himself,  but  shall  not  be 
heard. 

14  A  gift  in  secret  pacifieth  anger  :  and  a  reward 
in  the  bosom  strong  wrath. 

15  It  is  joy  to  the  just  to  do  judgment :  but  de- 
struction shall  be  to  the  workers  of  iniquity. 

16  The  man  that  wandereth  out  of  the  way  of 
understanding  shall  remain  in  the  congregation  of 
the  dead. 

17  He  that  loveth  T  pleasure  shall  be  a  poor  man  : 
he  that  loveth  wine  and  oil  shall  not  be  rich. 

18  ''The  wicked  shall  be  a  ransom  for  the  right- 
eous, and  the  transgressor  for  the  upright. 

19  It  is  better  to  dwell  8in  the  wilderness,  than 
with  a  contentious  and  an  angry  woman. 

20  h  There  is  treasure  to  be  desired  and  oil  in  the 
dwelling  of  the  wise  ;  but  a  foolish  man  spendeth 
it  up. 

21  *He  that  folio weth  after  righteousness  and 
mercy  findeth  life,  righteousness,  and  honour. 

22  A  wise  man  scaleth  the  city  of  the  mighty,  and 
casteth  down  the  strength  of  the  confidence  thereof. 

23  Whoso  keepeth  his  mouth  and  his  tongue  keep- 
eth  his  soul  from  troubles. 

24  Proud  and  haughty  scorner  is  his  name,  who 
dealeth  9in  proud  wrath. 

25  The  desire  of  the  slothful  killeth  him ;  for  his 
hands  refuse  to  labour. 

26  He  coveteth  greedily  all  the  day  long  :  but  the 
righteous  giveth  and  spareth  not. 

27  The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is  abomination  : 
how  much  more,  when  he  bringeth  it  10with  a 
wicked  mind  ? 

28  UA  false  witness  shall  perish  :  but  the  man 
that  heareth  speaketh  constantly. 

29  A  wicked  man  hardeneth  his  face  :  but  as  for 
the  upright,  he  12directeth  his  way. 

30  There  is  no  wisdom  nor  understanding  nor 
counsel  against  the  Lord. 

31  The  horse  is  prepared  against  the  day  of  bat- 
tle :  but 13  safety  is  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  22. 

\  GOOD  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great 
-^*-  riches,  and'  Moving  favour  rather  than  silver 
and  gold. 

2  "The  rich  and  poor  meet  together :  the  Lord  is 
the  maker  of  them  all. 

3  6A  prudent  man  foreseeth  the  evil,  and  hideth 
himself  :  but  the  simple  pass  on,  and  are  punished. 

4  2  By  humility  and  the  fear  of  the  Lord  are 
riches,  and  honour,  and  life. 

5  Thorns  and  snares  are  in  the  way  of  the  f roward : 
che  that  doth  keep  his  soul  shall  be  far  from  them. 

6  3  Train  up  a  child  4in  the  way  he  should  go :  and 
when  he  is  old,  he  will  not  depart  from  it. 

7  The  rich  ruleth  over  the  poor,  and  the  borrower 
is  servant  5to  the  lender. 

475 


Of  moral  virtues  and 

8  dRe  that  soweth  iniquity  shall  reap  vanity :  6and 
the  rod  of  his  anger  shall  fail. 

9  7He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall  be  blessed  ; 
for  he  giveth  of  his  bread  to  the  poor. 

10  Cast  out  the  scorner,  and  contention  shall  go 
out ;  yea,  strife  and  reproach  shall  cease. 

11  He  that  loveth  pureness  of  heart,  9 for  the  grace 
of  his  lips  the  king  shall  be  his  friend. 

12  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  preserve  knowledge,  and 
he  overthroweth  9the  words  of  the  transgressor. 

13  The  slothful  man  saith,  There  is  a  lion  without, 
I  shall  be  slain  in  the  streets. 

14  eThe  mouth  of  strange  women  is  a  deep  pit :  he 
that  is  abhorred  of  the  Lord  shall  fall  therein. 

15  Foolishness  is  bound  in  the  heart  of  a  child ; 
but  the  rod  of  correction  shall  drive  it  far  from 
him. 

16  yHe  that  oppresseth  the  poor  to  increase  his 
riches,  and  he  that  giveth  to  the  rich,  shall  surely 
come  to  want. 

17  Bow  down  thine  ear,  and  hear  the  words  of  the 
wise,  and  apply  thine  heart  unto  my  knowledge. 

18  For  it  is  a  pleasant  thing  if  thou  keep  them 
10  within  thee  ;  they  shall  withal  be  fitted  in  thy 
lips. 

19  That  thy  trust  may  be  in  the  Lord,  I  have 
made  known  to  thee  this  day,  ueven  to  thee. 

20  Have  not  I  written  to  thee  excellent  things  in 
counsels  and  knowledge, 

21  That  I  might  make  thee  know  the  certainty  of 
the  words  of  truth  ;  Hhat  thou  mightest  answer 
the  words  of  truth  12to  them  that  send  unto  thee? 

22  Rob  not  the  poor,  because  he  is  poor:  h neither 
oppress  the  afflicted  in  the  gate  : 

23  For  the  Lord  will  plead  their  cause,  and  spoil 
the  soul  of  those  that  spoiled  them. 

24  Make  no  friendship  with  an  angry  man ;  and 
with  a  furious  man  thou  shalt  not  go  : 

25  Lest  thou  learn  his  ways,  and  get  a  snare  to 
thy  soul. 

26  Be  not  thou  one  of  them  that  strike  hands,  or 
of  them  that  are  sureties  for  debts. 

27  If  thou  hast  nothing  to  pay,  why  should  he 
take  away  thy  bed  from  under  thee? 

28  'Remove  not  the  ancient 13 landmark,  which  thy 
fathers  have  set. 

29  Seest  thou  a  man  J  diligent  in  his  business  ?  he 
shall  stand  before  kings  ;  he  shall  not  stand  before 
14  mean  men. 

CHAPTER  23. 

WHEN  thou  sittest  to  eat  with  a  ruler,  consider 
diligently  what  is  before  thee  : 

2  And  put  a  knife  to  thy  throat,  if  thou  be  a  man 
given  to  appetite. 

3  Be  not  desirous  of  his  dainties  :  for  they  are  de- 
ceitful meat. 

4  "Labour  not  to  be  rich  :  6 cease  from  thine  own 
wisdom. 

5  2  Wilt  thou  set  thine  eyes  upon  that  which  is 
not  ?  for  riches  certainly  make  themselves  wings  ; 
they  fly  away  as  an  eagle  toward  heaven. 

476 


PROVERBS,  23. 


their  contrary  vices. 


b.  c.  1000. 


d  Job  4.  8. 
Hos.  10.  13. 

6  Or,  and  with 
the  rod  of  his 
anger  he  shall 
be  consumed. 

7  Good  of  eye. 


8  Or,  and  hath 
grace  in  his 
lips. 


9  Or,  the  mat- 
ters. 


e  ch.  2.  16. 
Eccl.  7.  26. 


X 


/  Job  20.  19, 
20,23. 
Job  34.  26, 
27,  28. 
Ps.  12.  5. 
Eccl.  5.  8. 
Isa.  3.  14,  15. 
Amos  2.  6-8. 
Amos  5.  11. 
Jas.  2.  13. 


10  in  thy  belly. 


11  Or,  trust 
thou  also. 


g  1  Pet.  3.  15. 

12  Or,  to  those 

that  send  thee. 
h  Mai.  3.  5. 


i  Deut.  19.  14. 

13  Or,  bound. 
j  1  Ki.  11.  28. 

ch.  10.  4. 
Eccl.  9.  10. 
Matt.  25.  21 . 
Rom.  12.  11. 

14  obscure  men. 


a  ch.  28.  20. 

John  6.  27. 

1  Tim.  6.  9. 
b  ch.  3.  5. 

Rom.  12.  16. 

1  Wilt  thou 
cause  thine 
eyes  to  fly 
upon. 

c  Ps.  141.  4. 
d  Deut.  15  9. 

Matt.  20.  15. 

Mark  7.  22. 
e  Matt.  7.  6. 

2  Or,  bound. 
/  Job  31.  21 . 

Jer.  50.  34. 
g  1  Cor.  5.  5. 

3  Or,  even  I 
will  rejoice. 

7i  Luke  16.  25. 

4  Or,  reward. 
i  Isa.  5.  22. 

Matt.  24.  49. 
Luke  21.  34. 
Rom.  13.  13. 
Eph.  5.  18. 

5  of  their  flesh. 
;'  Eph.  6.  1. 

k  Matt.  13.  44. 

6  Or,  as  a  robber. 
I  1  Ki.  20.  16. 

ch.  20.  1. 
Isa.  5.  11. 
Nah.  1.  10. 
Matt.  24. 
49,  .50. 
Eph.  5.  18. 

7  Or,  a  cocka- 
trice. 

8  in  the  heart  of 
the  sea. 


6  cEat  thou  not  the  bread  of  him  that  hath  <*an 
evil  eye,  neither  desire  thou  his  dainty  meats  : 

7  For  as  he  thinketh  in  his  heart,  so  is  he  :  Eat 
and  drink,  saith  he  to  thee;  but  his  heart  is  not 
with  thee. 

{  8  The  morsel  which  thou  hast  eaten  shalt  thou 
vomit  up,  and  lose  thy  sweet  words. 

9  e  Speak  not  in  the  ears  of  a  fool :  for  he  will  de- 
spise the  wisdom  of  thy  words. 

10  Remove  not  the  old  2 landmark;  and  enter  not 
into  the  fields  of  the  fatherless  : 

11  -^For  their  redeemer  is  mighty  ;  he  shall  plead 
their  cause  with  thee. 

12  Apply  thine  heart  unto  instruction,  and  thine 
ears  to  the  words  of  knowledge. 

13  Withhold  not  correction  from  the  child  :  for  if 
thou  beatest  him  with  the  rod,  he  shall  not  die. 

14  Thou  shalt  beat  him  with  the  rod,  and  9  shalt 
deliver  his  soul  from  hell. 

15  My  son,  if  thine  heart  be  wise,  my  heart  shall 
rejoice,  3even  mine. 

16  Yea,  my  reins  shall  rejoice,  when  thy  lips  speak 
right  things. 

17  Let  not  thine  heart  envy  sinners  :  but  be  thou 
in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  all  the  day  long. 

18  /lFor  surely  there  is  an  4end  ;  and  thine  ex- 
pectation shall  not  be  cut  off. 

19  Hear  thou,  my  son,  and  be  wise,  and  guide 
thine  heart  in  the  way. 

20  *Be  not  among  winebibbers  ;  among  riotous 
eaters  5of  flesh  : 

21  For  the  drunkard  and  the  glutton  shall  come 
to  poverty  :  and  drowsiness  shall  clothe  a  man  with 
rags. 

22  j  Hearken  unto  thy  father  that  begat  thee,  and 
despise  not  thy  mother  when  she  is  old. 

23  k  Buy  the  truth,  and  sell  it  not ;  also  wisdom, 
and  instruction,  and  understanding. 

24  The  father  of  the  righteous  shall  greatly  re- 
joice :  and  he  that  begetteth  a  wise  child  shall  have 
joy  of  him. 

25  Thy  father  and  thy  mother  shall  be  glad,  and 
she  that  bare  thee  shall  rejoice.    . 

26  My  son,  give  me  thine  heart,  and  let  thine  eyes 
observe  my  ways. 

27  For  a  whore  is  a  deep  ditch  ;  and  a  strange 
woman  is  a  narrow  pit. 

28  She  also  lieth  in  wait  6as  for  a  prey,  and  in- 
creaseth  the  transgressors  among  men. 

29  'Who  hath  woe?  who  hath  sorrow?  who  hath 
contentions?  who  hath  babbling?  who  hath  wounds 
without  cause  ?  who  hath  redness  of  eyes  ? 

30  They  that  tarry  long  at  the  wine  ;  they  that  go 
to  seek  mixed  wine. 

31  Look  not  thou  upon  the  wine  when  it  is  red, 
when  it  giveth  his  colour  in  the  cup,  when  it  mov- 
eth  itself  aright. 

32  At  the  last  it  biteth  like  a  serpent,  and  stingeth 
like  7an  adder. 

33  Thine  eyes  shall  behold  strange  women,  and 
thine  heart  shall  utter  perverse  things. 

34  Yea,  thou  shalt  be  as  he  that  lieth  down  8in 


Of  virtues  and  vices. 


PROVERBS,  24,  25. 


Observations  about  kings. 


the  midst  of  the  sea,  or  as  he  that  lieth  upon  the 
top  of  a  mast. 

35  mThey  have  stricken  me,  shalt  thou  say,  and  I 
was  not  sick  ;  they  have  beaten  me,  and  1  felt  it 
not :  "when  shall  I  awake  ?  I  will  seek  it  yet  again. 

CHAPTER  24. 

BE  not  thou  envious  against  evil  men,  neither  de- 
sire to  be  with  them. 

2  For  their  heart  studieth  destruction,  and  their 
lips  talk  of  mischief. 

3  Through  wisdom  is  an  house  builded  ;  and  by 
understanding  it  is  established  : 

4  And  by  knowledge  shall  the  chambers  be  filled 
with  all  precious  and  pleasant  riches. 

5  A  wise  man  1is  strong  ;  yea,  a  man  of  know- 
ledge 2increaseth  strength. 

6  For  by  wise  counsel  thou  shalt  make  thy  war  : 
and  in  multitude  of  counsellors  there  is  safety. 

7  Wisdom  is  too  high  for  a  fool  :  he  openeth  not 
his  mouth  in  the  gate. 

8  He  that  deviseth  to  do  evil  shall  be  called  a  mis- 
chievous person. 

9  aThe  thought  of  foolishness  is  sin  :  and  the 
scorner  is  an  abomination  to  men. 

10  If  thou  faint  in  the  day  of  adversity,  thy 
strength  is 3  small. 

11  6If  thou  forbear  to  deliver  them  that  are  drawn 
unto  death,  and  those  that  are  ready  to  be  slain  ; 

12  If  thou  sayest,  Behold,  we  knew  it  not ;  doth 
not  he  that  pondereth  the  heart  consider  it  ?  and 
he  that  keepeth  thy  soul,  doth  not  he  know  it  ?  and 
shall  not  he  render  to  every  man  According  to  his 
works  ? 

13  My  son,  eat  thou  honey,  because  it  is  good  ; 
and  the  honeycomb,  which  is  sweet  4to  thy  taste  : 

14  So  shall  the  knowledge  of  wisdom  be  unto  thy 
soul  :  when  thou  hast  found  it,  then  there  shall  be 
a  reward,  and  thy  expectation  shall  not  be  cut  off. 

15  Lay  not  wait,  0  wicked  man,  against  the  dwell- 
ing of  the  righteous  ;  spoil  not  his  resting  place  : 

16  dFor  a  just  man  falleth  seven  times,  and  riseth 
up  again  :  but  the  wicked  shall  fall  into  mischief. 

17  Rejoice  not  when  thine  enemy  falleth,  and  let 
not  thine  heart  be  glad  when  he  stumbleth  : 

18  Lest  the  Lord  see^,  and  sit  displease  him,  and 
he  turn  away  his  wrath  from  him. 

19  6Fret  not  thyself  because  of  evil  men,  neither 
be  thou  envious  at  the  wicked  ; 

'20  For  e  there  shall  be  no  reward  to  the  evil  man ; 
the  7  candle  of  the  wicked  shall  be  put  out. 

21  My  son,  -^fear  thou  the  Lord  and  the  king  :  and 
meddle  not  with  8them  that  are  given  to  change  : 

22  For  their  calamity  shall  rise  suddenly  ;  and 
who  knoweth  the  ruin  of  them  both  ? 

23  These  things  also  belong  to  the  wise.  BIt  is  not 
good  to  have  respect  of  persons  in  judgment. 

24  AHe  that  saith  unto  the  wicked,  Thou  art 
righteous ;  him  shall  the  people  curse,  nations 
shall  abhor  him  : 

25  But  to  them  that  rebuke  him  shall  be  delight, 
and  9a  good  blessing  shall  come  upon  them. 


B.  C.  1000. 


m,  ch.  27.  22. 

Jer.  5.  3. 
9  I  knew  it  not. 

n  Deut.  29.  19. 
Isa.  5G.  12. 
2  Pet.  2.  22. 


1  is  in  strength. 

2  strengthened 
might. 


a  Gen.  6.  5. 
Ps.  119.  113. 
Matt.  9.  4. 
Acts  8.  22. 
2  Cor.  10.  5. 

3  narrow. 

b  Isa.  58.  6,  7. 
1  John  3.  16. 


c  Job  34.  11. 
Jer.  32.  19. 
Rom.  2.  6. 
Rev.  2.  23. 

4  upon  thy 
palate. 

d  Ps.  34.  19. 
Mic.  7.  8. 

5  it  be  evil  in 
his  eyes. 

6  Or.  Keep  not 
company  w5th 
the  wicked. 

«  Ps.  11.  G. 
Isa.  3.  11. 

7  Or,  lamp. 

/  Rom.  13.  7. 

1  Pet.  2.  17. 

8  changers. 

g  Deut.  1.  17. 

2  Chr.  19.  7. 
ch.  18.  5. 
John  7.  24. 

h  Isa.  5.  23. 

9  a  blessing  of 
good. 

10  that  answer- 
eth  right 
words. 

i  Eph.  4.  25. 
/  Matt.  5.  39. 
k  Jer.  4.  3. 

Matt.  13.  7,  22. 

Heb.  6.  8. 

11  set  my  heart. 

12  a  man  of 
shield. 


a  Rom.  11.  33. 
b  Job  29.  16. 

1  there  is  no 
searching. 

2  Set  not  out 
thy  glory. 

c  Matt.  5.  25. 
d  Matt.  18.  15. 

3  Or,  discover 
not  the  secret 
of  another. 

4  spoken  upon 
his  wheels. 

5  in  a  gift  of 
falsehood. 

e  Jude  12. 

6  Ot,  Let  thy 
foot  be  seldom 
in  thy  neigh- 
bour's house. 

7  full  of  thee. 


26  Every  man  shall  kiss  his  lips  10that  giveth  a 
right  answer. 

27  Prepare  thy  work  without,  and  make  it  fit  for 
thyself  in  the  field  ;  and  afterwards  build  thine 
house. 

28  i  Be  not  a  witness  against  thy  neighbour  without 
cause  ;  and  deceive  not  with  thy  lips. 

29  3Say  not,  I  will  do  so  to  him  as  he  hath  done  to 
me  :  I  will  render  to  the  man  according  to  his  work. 

30  I  went  by  the  field  of  the  slothful,  and  by  the 
vineyard  of  the  man  void  of  understanding ; 

31  And,  lo,  Mt  was  all  grown  over  with  thorns,  and 
nettles  had  covered  the  face  thereof,  and  the  stone 
wall  thereof  was  broken  down. 

32  Then  I  saw,  and  "considered  it  well :  I  looked 
upon  it,  and  received  instruction. 

33  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slumber,  a  little  fold- 
ing of  the  hands  to  sleep  : 

34  So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as  one  that  travel- 
leth  ;  and  thy  want  as  12an  armed  arm. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  About  kings.    8  Avoiding  quarrels  and  causes  thereof. 

rjlHESE  are  also  proverbs  of  Sol'o-mon,  which  the 
J-    men  of  Hez-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  copied  out. 

2  aIt  is  the  glory  of  God  to  conceal  a  thing  :  but 
the  honour  of  kings  is  Ho  search  out  a  matter. 

3  The  heaven  for  height,  and  the  earth  for  depth, 
and  the  heart  of  kings  lis  unsearchable. 

4  Take  away  the  dross  from  the  silver,  and  there 
shall  come  forth  a  vessel  for  the  finer. 

5  Take  away  the  wicked  from  before  the  king,  and 
his  throne  shall  be  established  in  righteousness. 

6  2Put  not  forth  thyself  in  the  presence  of  the 
king,  and  stand  not  in  the  place  of  great  men : 

7  For  better  it  is  that  it  be  said  unto  thee,  Come 
up  hither  ;  than  that  thou  shouldest  be  put  lower  in 
the  presence  of  the  prince  whom  thine  eyes  have 
seen. 

8  cGo  not  forth  hastily  to  strive,  lest  thou  know 
not  what  to  do  in  the  end  thereof,  when  thy  neigh- 
bour hath  put  thee  to  shame. 

9  d  Debate  thy  cause  with  thy  neighbour  himself ; 
and  3  discover  not  a  secret  to  another  : 

10  Lest  he  that  heareth  it  put  thee  to  shame,  and 
thine  infamy  turn  not  away. 

11  A  word  4  fitly  spoken  is  like  apples  of  gold  in 
pictures  of  silver. 

12  As  an  earring  of  gold,  and  an  ornament  of  fine 
gold,  so  is  a  wise  reprover  upon  an  obedient  ear. 

13  As  the  cold  of  snow  in  the  time  of  harvest,  so 
is  a  faithful  messenger  to  them  that  send  him  :  for 
he  refresheth  the  soul  of  his  masters. 

14  Whoso  boasteth  himself  5of  a  false  gift  is  like 
e  clouds  and  wind  without  rain. 

15  By  long  forbearing  is  a  prince  persuaded,  and 
a  soft  tongue  breaketh  the  bone. 

16  Hast  thou  found  honey  ?  eat  so  much  as  is  suffi- 
cient for  thee,  lest  thou  be  filled  therewith,  and 
vomit  it. 

17  6  Withdraw  thy  foot  from  thy  neighbour's  house ; 
lest  he  be  7  weary  of  thee,  and  so  hate  thee. 

477 


About  fools  and  sluggards. 


PROVERBS,  26,  27. 


18  A  man  that  beareth  false  witness  against  his 
neighbour  fis  a  maul,  and  a  sword,  and  a  sharp 
arrow. 

19  Confidence  in  an  a  unfaithful  man  in  time  of 
trouble  is  like  a  broken  tooth,  and  a  foot  out  of 
joint. 

20  As  he  that  taketh  away  a  garment  in  cold 
weather,  and  as  vinegar  upon  nitre,  *so  is  he  that 
singeth  songs  to  an  heavy  heart. 

21  {If  thine  enemy  be  hungry,  give  him  bread  to 
eat ;  and  if  he  be  thirsty,  give  him  water  to  drink : 

22  For  thou  shalt  heap  coals  of  fire  upon  his  head, 
Jand  the  Lord  shall  reward  thee. 

23  8The  north  wind  drive th  away  rain  :  so  doth  an 
angry  countenance  a  backbiting  tongue. 

24  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  the  corner  of  the  house 
top,  than  with  a  brawling  woman  and  in  a  wide 
house. 

25  As  cold  waters  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good 
news  from  a  far  country. 

26  kA  righteous  man  falling  down  before  the 
wicked  is  as  a  troubled  fountain,  and  a  corrupt 
spring. 

27  It  is  not  good  to  eat  much  honey  :  'so  for  men 
to  search  their  own  glory  is  not  glory. 

28  He  that  hath  no  rule  over  his  own  spirit  is  like 
a  city  that  is  broken  down,  and  without  walls. 

CHAPTER  26. 

About  fools,  sluggards,  and  busybodies. 

AS  snow  in  summer,  and  as  rain  in  harvest,  a  so 
-  honour  is  not  seemly  for  a  fool. 

2  As  the  bird  by  wandering,  as  the  swallow  by 
flying,  so  6the  curse  causeless  shall  not  come. 

3  A  whip  for  the  horse,  a  bridle  for  the  ass,  and  a 
rod  for  the  fool's  back. 

4  c  Answer  not  a  fool  according  to  his  folly,  lest 
thou  also  be  like  unto  him. 

5  Answer  a  fool  according  to  his  folly,  lest  he  be 
wise  in  xhis  own  conceit. 

6  He  that  sendeth  a  message  by  the  hand  of  a  fool 
cutteth  off  the  feet,  and  drinketh  2  damage. 

7  The  legs  of  the  lame  3  are  not  equal :  so  is  a 
parable  in  the  mouth  of  fools. 

8  4As  he  that  bindeth  a  stone  in  a  sling,  so  is  he 
that  giveth  honour  to  a  fool. 

9  As  a  thorn  goeth  up  into  the  hand  of  a  drunk- 
ard, so  is  a  parable  in  the  mouth  of  fools. 

10  5The  great  God  that  formed  all  things  both 
rewardeth  the  fool,  and  rewardeth  transgressors. 

11  As  a  dog  returneth  to  his  vomit,  so  a  fool 
6  returneth  to  his  folly. 

12  Seest  thou  a  man  wise  in  his  own  conceit? 
there  is  more  hope  of  a  fool  than  of  him. 

13  The  slothful  man  saith,  There  is  a  lion  in  the 
way  ;  a  lion  is  in  the  streets. 

14  As  the  door  turneth  upon  his  hinges,  so  doth 
the  slothful  upon  his  bed. 

15  The  slothful  hideth  his  hand  in  his  bosom  ;  7it 
grieveth  him  to  bring  it  again  to  his  mouth. 

16  The  sluggard  is  wiser  in  his  own  conceit  than 
seven  men  that  can  render  a  reason. 

478 


B.  C.  700. 


/  Ps.  140.  3. 


g  Job  6.  14-20. 
2  Tim.  4.  16. 


h  Dan.  C.  18. 


i  Matt.  5.  44. 


j  2  Sam.  16.  12. 

S  Or,  The  north 
wind  bringeth 
forth  rain : 
so  doth  a  back- 
biting tongue 
an  angry  coun- 
tenance. 


k  Mic.  7.  8. 


I  Luke  14.  11. 


a  Ps.  12.  8. 
b  Num.  23.  8. 
c  Isa.  36.  21. 

1  his  own  eyes. 

2  Or,  violence. 

3  are  lifted  up. 

4  Or,  As  he  that 
putteth  a  pre- 
cious stone  in 
an  heap  of 
stones. 

5  Or,  A  great 
man  grieveth 
all,  and  he 
hireththe  fool, 
he  hireth  also 
transgressors. 

6  iterateth  his 
folly. 

7  Or,  he  is 
weary. 

8  Or,  is  enraged. 

9  flames,  or, 
sparks. 

d  Eph.  5.  4. 
lOWithoutwood. 

11  Or,  whisperer. 

12  is  silent. 

e  2  Sam.  20.  1. 
/Ezek.  22.  9. 

13  chambers. 
g  Luke  22.  48. 

14  Or,  is  known. 

15  maketh  his 
voice  gracious. 

16  Or,  hatred  is 
covered  in 
secret. 

h  Esth.  7.  10. 
i  Prov.  13.  6. 


a  Luke  12.  19. 

1  to  morrow  day. 

2  heaviness. 
A  Esth.  1.  12. 

3  Wrath  is 
cruelty,  and 
anger  an  over- 
flowing. 

c  1  John  3.  12. 

4  Or,  jealousy. 
d  Gal.  2.  14. 

5  Or,  earnest, 
or,  frequent. 

6  treadeth  under 
foot. 

e  Job  39.  14, 

7  from  the  coun- 
sel of  the  soul. 

/Ps.  119.  42. 
<7  Isa.  32.  2. 
'/i  Ps.  12.  2. 


Care  against  offences. 


17  He  that  passeth  by,  and  8  meddleth  with  strife 
belonging  not  to  him,  is  like  one  that  taketh  a  dog 
by  the  ears. 

18  As  a  mad  man  who  casteth  9  firebrands,  arrows, 
and  death, 

19  So  -is  the  man  that  deceiveth  his  neighbour,  and 
saith,  dAm  not  I  in  sport? 

20  10  Where  no  wood  is,  there  the  fire  goeth  out : 
so  where  there  is  no  "  talebearer,  the  strife 12  ceaseth. 

21  As  coals  are  to  burning  coals,  and  wood  to  fire  ; 
so  is  a  e  contentious  man  to  kindle  strife. 

22  7The  words  of  a  talebearer  are  as  wounds,  and 
they  go  down  into  the  "innermost  parts  of  the  belly. 

23  9  Burning  lips  and  a  wicked  heart  are  like  a 
potsherd  covered  with  silver  dross. 

24  He  that  hateth  14  dissembleth  with  his  lips,  and 
layeth  up  deceit  within  him ; 

25  When  he  15speaketh  fair,  believe  him  not:  for 
there  are  seven  abominations  in  his  heart. 

26  16  Whose  hatred  is  covered  by  deceit,  his  wicked- 
ness shall  be  shewed  before  the  whole  congregation. 

27  ''Whoso  diggeth  a  pit  shall  fall  therein :  and  he 
that  rolleth  a  stone,  it  will  return  upon  him. 

28  A  lying  tongue  i  hateth  those  that  are  afflicted 
by  it ;  and  a  flattering  mouth  worketh  ruin. 

CHAPTER  27. 

About  self-love  and  care  against  offences. 

BOAST  "not  thyself  of  *to  morrow;   for  thou 
knowest  not  what  a  day  may  bring  forth. 

2  Let  another  man  praise  thee,  and  not  thine  own 
mouth  ;  a  stranger,  and  not  thine  own  lips. 

3  A  stone  is  2  heavy,  and  the  sand  weighty ;  but  a 
b  fool's  wrath  is  heavier  than  them  both. 

4  3  Wrath  is  cruel,  and  anger  is  outrageous  ;  but 
c  who  is  able  to  stand  before  4  envy  ? 

5  d  Open  rebuke  is  better  than  secret  love. 

6  Faithful  are  the  wounds  of  a  friend ;  but  the 
kisses  of  an  enemy  are  5  deceitful. 

7  The  full  soul  6  loatheth  an  honeycomb  ;  but  to 
the  hungry  soul  every  bitter  thing  is  sweet. 

8  As  a  bird  that e  wandereth  from  her  nest,  so  is  a 
man  that  wandereth  from  his  place. 

9  Ointment  and  perfume  rejoice  the  heart:  so  doth 
the  sweetness  of  a  man's  friend  7  by  hearty  counsel. 

10  Thine  own  friend,  and  thy  father's  friend,  for- 
sake not ;  neither  go  into  thy  brother's  house  in  the 
day  of  thy  calamity  :  for  better  is  a  neighbour  that 
is  near  than  a  brother  far  off. 

11  My  son,  be  wise,  and  make  my  heart  glad, 
•^that  I  may  answer  him  that  reproacheth  me. 

12  A  prudent  man  °  foreseeth  the  evil,  and  hideth 
himself  ;  but  the  simple  pass  on,  and  are  punished. 

13  Take  his  garment  that  is  surety  for  a  stranger, 
and  take  a  pledge  of  him  for  a  strange  woman. 

14  He  that  feblesseth  his  friend  with  a  loud  voice, 
rising  early  in  the  morning,  it  shall  be  counted  a 
curse  to  him. 

15  A  continual  dropping  in  a  very  rainy  day  and 
a  contentious  woman  are  alike. 

16  Whosoever  hideth  her  hideth  the  wind,  and  the 
ointment  of  his  right  hand,  which  bewrayeth  itself 


Of  impiety  and  integrity. 


PKOVERBS,  28,  29. 


Observations  on  government. 


17  Iron  sharpeneth  iron  ;  so  a  man  sharpeneth  the 
countenance  of  his  friend. 

18  Whoso  keepeth  the  fig  tree  shall  eat  the  fruit 
thereof :  i  so  he  that  waiteth  on  his  master  shall  be 
honoured. 

19  As  in  water  face  answer eth  to  face,  so  the  heart 
of  man  to  man. 

20  JHell  and  destruction  are  8  never  full  ;  so  the 
eyes  of  man  are  never  satisfied. 

21  As  the  fining  pot  for  silver,  and  the  furnace 
for  gold ;  so  is  a  man  to  his  praise. 

22  Though  thou  shouldest  bray  a  fool  in  a  mortar 
among  wheat  with  a  pestle,  yet  will  not  his  foolish- 
ness depart  from  him. 

23  Be  thou  diligent  to  know  the  state  of  thy  flocks, 
and  9look  well  to  thy  herds. 

24  For  10 riches  are  not  for  ever:  and  doth  the 
crown  endure  uto  every  generation? 

25  The  hay  appeareth,  and  the  tender  grass  shew- 
eth  itself,  and  herbs  of  the  mountains  are  gathered. 

26  The  lambs  are  for  thy  clothing,  and  the  goats 
are  the  price  of  the  field. 

27  And  thou  shalt  have  goats'  milk  enough  for  thy 
food,  for  the  food  of  thy  household,  and  for  the 
12  maintenance  for  thy  maidens. 


CHAPTER  28. 

Observations  of  impiety  and  religious  integrity. 

THE  wicked  flee  when  no  man  pursueth  :  but  the 
righteous  are  bold  as  a  lion. 

2  For  the  transgression  of  a  land  many  are  the 
princes  thereof  :  but  xby  a  man  of  understanding 
and  knowledge  the  state  thereof  shall  be  prolonged. 

3  aA  poor  man  that  oppresseth  the  poor  is  like  a 
sweeping  rain  2  which  leaveth  no  food. 

4  They  that  forsake  the  law  praise  the  wicked : 
b  but  such  as  keep  the  law  contend  with  them. 

5  Evil  men  understand  not  judgment :  but  Hhey 
that  seek  the  Lord  understand  all  things. 

6  Better  is  the  poor  that  walketh  in  his  upright- 
ness, than  he  that  is  perverse  in  his  ways,  though 
he  be  rich. 

7  Whoso  keepeth  the  law  is  a  wise  son  :  but  he 
that  3is  a  companion  of  riotous  men  shameth  his 
father. 

8  He  that  by  usury  and  4 unjust  gain  increaseth 
his  substance,  he  shall  gather  it  for  him  that  will 
pity  the  poor. 

9  d  He  that  turneth  away  his  ear  from  hearing  the 
law,  eeven  his  prayer  shall  be  abomination. 

10  Whoso  causeth  the  righteous  to  go  astray  in  an 
evil  way,  he  shall  fall  himself  into  his  own  pit : 
•'"but  the  upright  shall  have  good  things  in  possession. 

11  The  rich  man  is  wise  5in  his  own  conceit;  but 
the  poor  that  hath  understanding  searcheth  him  out. 

12  When  righteous  men  do  rejoice,  there  is  great 
glory  :  but  when  the  wicked  rise,  a  man  is  6  hidden. 

13  He  that  covereth  his  sins  shall  not  prosper : 
but  whoso  confesseth  and  forsaketh  them  shall  have 
mercy. 

14  Happy  is  the  man  that  feareth  alway  :  but  he 
that  hardeneth  his  heart  shall  fall  into  mischief. 


B.  C.  700. 


i  Dent.  20.  C. 
1  Ki.  11.  8. 
ch.  12.  24. 
1  Cor.  3.  8. 


j  ch.  30.  15,  1G. 
Hab.  2.  5. 

8  not. 


9  set  thy  heart. 

10  strength. 

11  to  generation 
and  genera- 
tion. 


12  life. 


1  Or,  by  men  of 
understanding 
and  wisdom 
shall  they  like- 
wise be  pro- 
longed. 

a  Matt.  18.  28. 

2  without  food. 

6  1  Ki.  18. 18. 

Matt.  3.  7. 
Eph.  5.  11. 
1  Tim.  5.  20. 
c  John  7.  17. 

3  Or,  feedeth 
gluttons. 

4  by  increase. 
(/  2  Tim.  4.  3. 
e  Ps.  GO.  18. 

Luke  13. 25-27. 
/Ps.  34.9,  10. 
Matt.  G.  33. 
.  Mark  10.  30. 
Luke  18. 
29,  30. 
Rom.  8.  32. 
1  Cor.  3. 
22,  23. 

5  in  his  eyes. 

6  Or,  sought  for. 
g  Matt.  2. 10. 

7  Or,  unpun- 
ished. 

//  Ezek.  13.  19. 

8  Or,  He  that 
hath  an  evil 
eye  hasteth 
to  be  rich. 

9  a  man  destroy- 
ing. 

i  1  Tim.  G.  G. 


1  A  man  of  re- 
proofs. 

2  Or,  increased. 
a  1  Ki.  1.  48. 

ch.  10.  1. 
ch.  15.  20. 
Phil.  2.  22. 

3  a  man  of  obla- 
tions. 

b  Job  29.  16. 
Ps.  31.  7. 
Isa.  35.  3,  4. 
Luke  22.  32. 
Gal.  6.  1. 

4  Or,  set  a  city 
on  fire. 

5  Men-  of  blood. 


15  As  a  roaring  lion,  and  a  ranging  bear;  °  so  is 
a  wicked  ruler  over  the  poor  people. 

16  The  prince  that  wanteth  understanding  is  also 
a  great  oppressor  :  but  he  that  hateth  covetousness 
shall  prolong  his  days. 

17  A  man  that  doeth  violence  to  the  blood  of  any 
person  shall  flee  to  the  pit ;  let  no  man  stay  him. 

18  Whoso  walketh  uprightly  shall  be  saved  :  but 
he  that  is  perverse  in  his  ways  shall  fall  at  once. 

19  He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  have  plenty  of 
bread  :  but  he  that  followeth  after  vain  persons 
shall  have  poverty  enough. 

20  A  faithful  man  shall  abound  with  blessings  : 
but  he  that  maketh  haste  to  be  rich  shall  not  be 
7  innocent. 

21  To  have  respect  of  persons  is  not  good  :  for  for 
h  a  piece  of  bread  that  man  will  transgress. 

22  8He  that  hasteth  to  be  rich  hath  an  evil  eye, 
and  considereth  not  that  poverty  shall  come  upon 
him. 

23  He  that  rebuketh  a  man  afterwards  shall  find 
more  favour  than  he  that  flattereth  with  the  tongue. 

24  Whoso  robbeth  his  father  or  his  mother,  and 
saith,  It  is  no  transgression  ;  the  same  is  the  com- 
panion of  9a  destroyer. 

25  He  that  is  of  a  proud  heart  stirreth  up  strife : 
"but  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be 
made  fat. 

26  He  that  trusteth  in  his  own  heart  is  a  fool : 
but  whoso  walketh  wisely,  he  shall  be  delivered. 

27  He  that  giveth  unto  the  poor  shall  not  lack  : 
but  he  that  hideth  his  eyes  shall  have  many  a  curse. 

28  When  the  wicked  rise,  men  hide  themselves : 
but  when  they  perish,  the  righteous  increase. 

CHAPTER  29. 

Observations  on  public  and  private  government. 

TTE,  1that  being  often  reproved  hardeneth  his 
J- J-  neck,  shall  suddenly  be  destroyed,  and  that 
without  remedy. 

2  When  the  righteous  are  2in  authority,  the  peo- 
ple rejoice  :  but  when  the  wicked  beareth  rale,  the 
people  mourn. 

3  "Whoso  loveth  wisdom  rejoiceth  his  father  :  but 
he  that  keepeth  company  with  harlots  spendeth  his 
substance. 

4  The  king  by  judgment  establisheth  the  land  :  but 
3  he  that  receiveth  gifts  overthroweth  it. 

5  A  man  that  flattereth  his  neighbour  spreadeth  a 
net  for  his  feet. 

6  In  the  transgression  of  an  evil  man  there  is  a 
snare  :  but  the  righteous  doth  sing  and  rejoice. 

7  6The  righteous  considereth  the  cause  of  the  poor : 
but  the  wicked  regardeth  not  to  know  it. 

8  Scornful  men  4  bring  a  city  into  a  snare  :  but 
wise  men  turn  away  wrath. 

9  If  a  wise  man  contendeth  with  a  foolish  man, 
whether  he  rage  or  laugh,  there  is  no  rest. 

10  5The  bloodthirsty  hate  the  upright :  but  the 
just  seek  his  soul. 

11  A  fool  uttereth  all  his  mind  :  but  a  wise  man 
keepeth  it  in  till  afterwards. 

479 


Agur's  confession  of  faith. 


PKOVERBS,  30,  31. 


His  observations. 


12  If  a  ruler  hearken  to  lies,  all  his  servants  are 
wicked. 

13  The  poor  and 6  the  deceitful  man  meet  together  : 
rthe  Lord  lighteneth  both  their  eyes. 

14  The  king  that  d  faithfully  judgeth  the  poor,  his 
throne  shall  be  established  for  ever. 

15  The  rod  and  reproof  give  wisdom  :  but  a  child 
left  to  himself  bringeth  his  mother  to  shame. 

16  When  the  wicked  are  multiplied,  transgression 
increaseth  :  but e  the  righteous  shall  see  their  fall. 

17  /  Correct  thy  son,  and  he  shall  give  thee  rest ; 
yea,  he  shall  give  delight  unto  thy  soul. 

18  °  Where  there  is  no  vision,  the  people  "'  perish  : 
but  ''he  that  keepeth  the  law,  happy  is  he. 

19  A  servant  will  not  be  corrected  by  words  :  for 
though  he  understand  he  will  not  answer. 

20  Seest  thou  a  man  that  is  hasty  8in  his  words? 
there  is  more  hope  of  a  fool  than  of  him. 

21  He  that  delicately  bringeth  up  his  servant  from 
a  child  shall  have  him  become  his  son  at  the  length. 

22  An  angry  man  stirreth  up  strife,  and  a  furious 
man  aboundeth  in  transgression. 

23  i  A  man's  pride  shall  bring  him  low  :  but  honour 
shall  uphold  the  humble  in  spirit. 

24  Whoso  is  partner  with  a  thief  hateth  his  own 
soul :  j  he  heareth  cursing,  and  bewrayeth  it  not. 

25  *The  fear  of  man  bringeth  a  snare  :  but  whoso 
putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord  9  shall  be  safe. 

26  Many  seek  10the  ruler's  favour  ;  but  every  man's 
judgment  cometh  from  the  Lord. 

27  An  unjust  man  is  an  abomination  to  the  just  : 
and  he  that  is  upright  in  the  way  is  abomination  to 
the  wicked. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Agur's  confession  0/ faith.    7  The  points  of  his  prayer.    32  Wrath  to  be  prevented. 

THE  words  of  A'gur  the  son  of  Ja'keh,  even  the 
prophecy  :  the  man  spake  unto  Ith'i-el,  even 
unto  Ith'i-el  and  U'cal, 

2  "Surely  I  am  more  brutish  than  any  man,  and 
have  not  the  understanding  of  a  man. 

3  I  neither  learned  wisdom,  nor  !have  the  know- 
ledge of  the  holy. 

4  6Who  hath  ascended  up  into  heaven,  or  de- 
scended? cwho  hath  gathered  the  wind  in  his  fists? 
who  hath  bound  the  waters  in  a  garment  ?  who  hath 
established  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  ?  what  is  his 
name,  and  what  is  his  son's  name,  if  thou  canst 
tell? 

5  d Every  word  of  God  is  2pure  :  ehe  is  a  shield 
unto  them  that  put  their  trust  in  him. 

6  'Add  thou  not  unto  his  words,  lest  he  reprove 
;hee,  and  thou  be  found  a  liar. 

7  Two  things  have  I  required  of  thee  ;  3deny  me 
them  not  before  I  die  : 

8  Remove  far  from  me  vanity  and  lies  :  give  me 
neither  poverty  nor  riches ;  9  feed  me  with  food 
4  convenient  for  me  : 

9  *Lest  I  be  full,  and  5  deny  thee,  and  say,  Who  is 
the  Lord  ?  or  lest  I  be  poor,  and  steal,  and  take  the 
name  of  my  God  in  vain. 

10  6  Accuse  not  a  servant  unto  his  master,  lest  he 
curse  thee,  and  thou  be  found  guilty. 

480 


B.  C.  700. 


G  Or,  the  usurer, 
c  Matt.  5.  45. 
d  Ps.  72.  2. 


e  Ps.  37.  36. 
/  ch.  13.  24. 


g  1  Sam.  3.  1. 

Amos  8.  11. 
7  Or,  is  made 

naked. 
h  John  13.  17. 

Jas.  1.  25. 


8  Or,  in  his 

matters. 


tlsa.  2.  11,  12. 

Matt.  23.  12. 
Luke  14.  11. 


j  Lev.  5.  1 . 
k  Gen.  12.  12. 

9  shall  be  set  on 
high. 

10  the  face  of  a 
ruler. 


0  Ps.  73.  22. 

1  know. 

h  John  3.  13. 
c  Job  38.  4. 
d  Ps.  12.  6. 

2  purified. 

e  Ps.  18.  30. 

Ps.  84. 11. 
f  Deut.  4.  2. 

Kev.  22.  18. 

3  withhold  not 
from  me. 

g  Matt.  6.  11. 

4  of  my  allow- 
ance. 

A  Dent.  8.  12. 
Nell.  0.  25. 
Hos.  13.  6. 

5  belie  thee. 

G  Hurt  not  with 

thy  tongue. 
i  Isa.  65.  5. 

Luke  18.  11. 

Tit.  1.  15,  16. 
j  Job  29.  17. 
k  Ps.  14.  4. 

Amos  8.  4. 

7  Wealth. 

I  ch.  27.  20. 

Hab.  2.  5. 
m  Gen.  9.  22. 

Lev.  20.  9. 

8  Or,  the  brook. 

9  heart. 

n  ch.  19.  10. 
Eccl.  10.  7. 

10  wise,  made 
wise. 

0  ch.  6.  6. 
p  Lev.  11.5. 
Ps.  104.  18. 

11  gathered  to- 
gether. 

12  mighty  old 
lion. 

13  Or,  horse. 

14  girt  in  the 
loins. 

q  Eccl.  8.  3. 
Mic.  7.  16. 
Rom.  3.  19. 


1  burden. 


11  There  is  a  generation  that  curseth  their  father, 
and  doth  not  bless  their  mother. 

12  There  is  a  generation  { that,  are  pure  in  their 
own  eyes,  and  yet  is  not  washed  from  their  filth- 
iness. 

13  There  is  a  generation,  0  how  lofty  are  their 
eyes  !  and  their  eyelids  are  lifted  up. 

14  j  There  is  a  generation,  whose  teeth  are  as 
swords,  and  their  jaw  teeth  as  knives,  Ho  devour 
the  poor  from  off  the  earth,  and  the  needy  from 
among  men. 

15  The  horseleach  hath  two  daughters,  crying, 
Give,  give.  There  are  three  things  that  are  never 
satisfied,  yea,  four  things  say  not,  7It  is  enough  : 

16  'The  grave  ;  and  the  barren  womb  ;  the  earth 
that  is  not  filled  with  water ;  and  the  fire  that  saith 
not,  It  is  enough. 

17  mThe  eye  that  mocketh  at  his  father,  and  de- 
spiseth  to  obey  his  mother,  the  ravens  of  8the  valley 
shall  pick  it  out,  and  the  young  eagles  shall  eat  it. 

18  There  be  three  things  which  are  too  wonderful 
for  me,  yea,  four  which  I  know  not : 

19  The  way  of  an  eagle  in  the  air  ;  the  way  of  a 
serpent  upon  a  rock ;  the  way  of  a  ship  in  the 
9  midst  of  the  sea ;  and  the  way  of  a  man  with  a 
maid. 

20  Such  is  the  way  of  an  adulterous  woman  ;  she 
eateth,  and  wipeth  her  mouth,  and  saith,  I  have 
done  no  wickedness. 

21  For  three  things  the  earth  is  disquieted,  and  for 
four  which  it  cannot  bear  : 

22  For  "  a  servant  when  he  reigneth  ;  and  a  fool 
when  he  is  filled  with  meat ; 

23  For  an  odious  woman  when  she  is  married ; 
and  an  handmaid  that  is  heir  to  her  mistress. 

24  There  be  four  things  which  are  little  upon  the 
earth,  but  they  are  10  exceeding  wise  : 

25  "The  ants  are  a  people  not  strong,  yet  they 
prepare  their  meat  in  the  summer ; 

26  pThe  conies  are  but  a  feeble  folk,  yet  make 
they  their  houses  in  the  rocks  ; 

27  The  locusts  have  no  king,  yet  go  they  forth  all 
of  them  nby  bands  ; 

28  The  spider  taketh  hold  with  her  hands,  and  is 
in  kings'  palaces. 

29  There  be  three  things  which  go  well,  yea,  four 
are  comely  in  going  : 

30  A  12  lion  which  is  strongest  among  beasts,  and 
turneth  not  away  for  any  ; 

31  A  13 14  greyhound  ;  an  he  goat  also  ;  and  a  king, 
against  whom  there  is  no  rising  up. 

32  If  thou  hast  done  foolishly  in  lifting  up  thy- 
self, or  if  thou  hast  thought  evil,  q  lay  thine  hand 
upon  thy  mouth. 

33  Surely  the  churning  of  milk  bringeth  forth 
butter,  and  the  wringing  of  the  nose  bringeth  forth 
blood :  so  the  forcing  of  wrath  bringeth  forth  strife. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  Lemuel's  lessons  of  chastity  and  obedience.  10  Praise  and  properties  of  a  good  wife. 

THE  words  of  king  Lem'u-el,  the  'prophecy  that 
his  mother  taught  him. 


Lemuel's  lessons. 


ECCLESIASTES,  1. 


Vanity  of  human  courses. 


2  What,  my  son  ?  and  what,  the  son  of  my  womb  ? 
and  what,  the  son  of  my  vows  ? 

3  Give  not  thy  strength  unto  women,  nor  thy  ways 
ato  that  which  destroyeth  kings. 

4  bIt  is  not  for  kings,  0  Lem'u-el,  it  is  not  for 
kings  to  drink  wine  ;  nor  for  princes  strong  drink  : 

5  cLest  they  drink,  and  forget  the  law,  and  2  per- 
vert the  judgment  3of  any  of  the  afflicted. 

6  dGive  strong  drink  unto  him  that  is  ready  to 
perish,  and  wine  unto  those  that  be4 of  heavy  hearts. 

7  Let  him  drink,  and  forget  his  poverty,  and  re- 
member his  misery  no  more. 

8  Open  thy  mouth  for  the  dumb  in  the  cause  of 
all  5such  as  are  appointed  to  destruction. 

9  Open  thy  mouth,  e  judge  righteously,  and  /plead 
the  cause  of  the  poor  and  needy. 

10  H  Who  can  find  a  virtuous  woman  ?  for  her 
price  is  far  above  rubies. 

11  The  heart  of  her  husband  doth  safely  trust  in 
her,  so  that  he  shall  have  no  need  of  spoil. 

12  She  will  do  him  good  and  not  evil  all  the  days 
of  her  life. 

13  She  seeketh  wool,  and  flax,  and  worketh  will- 
ingly with  her  hands. 

14  She  is  like  the  merchants'  ships  ;  she  bringeth 
her  food  from  afar. 

15s  She  riseth  also  while  it  is  yet  night,  and 
ftgiveth  meat  to  her  household,  and  a  portion  to 
her  maidens. 

16  She  considereth  a  field,  and  6buyeth  it:  with 
the  fruit  of  her  hands  she  planteth  a  vineyard. 


B.  C.  1015. 


a  Deut.  17.  17. 

Neli.  13.  26. 

eli.  7.  2G. 

Hos.  4.11. 
h  Eccl.  10.  17. 

a  Hos.  4.  11. 

2  alter. 

3  of  all  the  sons 
of  affliction. 

d  Ps.   104.  15. 

4  bitter  of  soul. 


5  the  sons  of 

destruction. 
e  Lev.  19.  15. 

Deut.  1.  10. 

2  Sam.  8.  15. 

Isa.  l.  17.  23. 

Zech.  7.  :i. 

.1  < > I ■  ii  7.  '24. 

Heb.  1.  9. 
fell.  21.  13. 

Isa.  1.  17. 

.Ter.  22.  1G. 


g  Rom.  12.  11. 
k  Matt.  24.  4.".. 
Lulte  12.  42. 
6 tiketh. 

7  She  tasteth. 

8  She  spreadeth 

9  Or,  double 
garments. 

i' Deut.  1(1.  18. 

ch.  12.  4. 
/  1  Tim. 
*  ch.  14. 

1  Tim 

2  Tim 
/  1  Ki.  2 

10  Or,  have 
gotten  riches 

in  Ps.  112.  1. 


2.  9,  10. 
1. 
5.  14. 

3.  15. 
19. 


17  She  girdeth  her  loins  with  strength,  and 
strengtheneth  her  arms. 

18  7She  perceiveth  that  her  merchandise  is  good  : 
her  candle  goeth  not  out  by  night. 

19  She  layeth  her  hands  to  the  spindle,  and  her 
hands  hold  the  distaff. 

20  8She  stretcheth  out  her  hand  to  the  poor ;  yea, 
she  reacheth  forth  her  hands  to  the  needy. 

21  She  is  not  afraid  of  the  snow  for  her  house- 
hold :  for  all  her  household  are  clothed  with  9  scar- 
let. 

22  She  maketh  herself  coverings  of  tapestry  ;  her 
clothing  is  silk  and  purple. 

23  'Her  husband  is  known  in  the  gates,  when  he 
sitteth  among  the  elders  of  the  land. 

24  She  maketh  fine  linen,  and  selleth  it ;  and  de- 
livereth  girdles  unto  the  merchant. 

25  Strength  and  J honour  are  her  clothing;  and 
she  shall  rejoice  in  time  to  come. 

26  She  openeth  her  mouth  with  wisdom  :  and  in 
her  tongue  is  the  law  of  kindness. 

27  /fShe  lookethwell  to  the  ways  of  her  household, 
and  eateth  not  the  bread  of  idleness. 

28  'Her  children  arise  up,  and  call  her  blessed;  her 
husband  also,  and  he  praiseth  her. 

29  Many  daughters  10have  done  virtuously,  but 
thou  excellest  them  all. 

30  Favour  is  deceitful,  and  beauty  is  vain  :  but 
a  woman  that  m  f  eareth  the  Lord,  she  shall  be  praised. 

31  Give  her  of  the  fruit  of  her  hands;  and  let  her 
own  works  praise  her  in  the  gates. 


ECCLESIASTES; 

OK,  THE  PREACHER. 


CHAPTER  1. 


1  The  preacher  shews  the  vanity  of  human  courses.     12  Discovered  in  the  study  of  wisdom. 

THE  words  of  the  Preacher,  the  son  of  Da'vid, 
king  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

2  "Vanity  of  vanities,  saith  the  Preacher,  vanity 
of  vanities  ;  6all  is  vanity. 

3  cWhat  profit  hath  a  man  of  all  his  labour  which 
he  taketh  under  the  sun  ? 

4  One  generation  passeth  away,  and  another  gen- 
eration cometh  :  dbut  the  earth  abideth  for  ever. 

5  "The  sun  also  ariseth,  and  the  sun  goeth  down, 
and  xhasteth  to  his  place  where  he  arose. 

6  -The  wind  goeth  toward  the  south,  and  turneth 
about  unto  the  north  ;  it  whirleth  about  continually, 
and  the  wind  returneth  again  according  to  his  cir- 
cuits. 

7  "All  the  rivers  run  into  the  sea ;  yet  the  sea  is 
not  full ;  unto  the  place  from  whence  the  rivers 
come,  thither  they  2  return  again. 

8  h  All  things  are  full  of  labour  ;  man  cannot  utter 
it :  Hhe  eye  is  not  satisfied  with  seeing,  nor  the  ear 
filled  with  hearing. 

9  JThe  thing  that  hath  been,  it  is  that  which  shall 
be ;  and  that  which  is  done  is  that  which  shall  be 
done  :  and  there  is  no  new  thing  under  the  sun. 

10  Is  there  any  thing  whereof  it  may  be  said,  See, 

30 


B.  C.  977. 


a  Ps.  39.  5. 

b  Ps.  39.  5,  6. 

Ps.  02.  9,  10. 

ch.  4.  4,  6. 

Rom.  8.  20. 
0  ch.  3.  9. 


d  Ps.  104.  5. 

2  Pet.  3.  10. 
e  Ps.  19.  5. 

1  panteth. 

/John  3.  8. 


g  Job  38.  10. 
Ps.  104.  8. 

2  return  to  go. 
h  ch.  3.  1. 

i  Prov.  27.  20. 
j  Gen.  8.  22. 

ch.  3.  15. 
A  Gen.  3.19. 

ch.  3.  10. 

3  Or,  to  afflict 
them. 

I  ch.  7.  13. 

4  defect. 

m  1  Ki.  3.  12. 
ch.  2.  9. 

5  had  seen  much, 
n  ch.  2.  3. 

1  These.  5.  21. 
o  Job  28.  28. 
ch.  7.  16. 
1  Cor.  1.  20. 


this  is  new  ?  it  hath  been  already  of  old  time,  which 
was  before  us. 

11  There  is  no  remembrance  of  former  things; 
neither  shall  there  be  any  remembrance  of  things 
that  are  to  come  with  those  that  shall  come  after. 

12  H  I  the  Preacher  was  king  over  I§'ra-el  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem. 

13  And  I  gave  my  heart  to  seek  and  search  out  by 
wisdom  concerning  all  things  that  are  done  under 
heaven  :  Hhis  sore  travail  hath  God  given  to  the 
sons  of  man  8to  be  exercised  therewith. 

14  I  have  seen  all  the  works  that  are  done  under 
the  sun  ;  and,  behold,  all  is  vanity  and  vexation  of 
spirit. 

15  l  That  which  is  crooked  cannot  be  made  straight : 
and  4that  which  is  wanting  cannot  be  numbered. 

16  I  communed  with  mine  own  heart,  saying,  Lo, 
I  am  come  to  great  estate,  and  have  gotten  "'more 
wisdom  than  all  they  that  have  been  before  me  in 
Je-ru'sa-lem  :  yea,  my  heart  shad  great  experience 
of  wisdom  and  knowledge. 

17  mAnd  I  gave  my  heart  to  know  wisdom,  and  to 
know  madness  and  folly  :  I  perceived  that  this  also 
is  vexation  of  spirit. 

18  For  °in  much  wisdom  is  much  grief:  and  he 
that  increaseth  knowledge  increaseth  sorrow. 

481 


Vanity  of  human  courses. 


ECCLESIASTES,  2,  3. 


A  season  for  everything. 


CHAPTER  2. 

1  Vanity  of  things  pleasurable.    24  Joy  in  our  labour  is  God's  gift. 

°T  SAID  in  mine  heart,  Go  to  now,  I  will  prove  thee 
-*-  with  mirth,  therefore  enjoy  pleasure  :  and,  be- 
hold, Hhis  also  is  vanity. 

2  CI  said  of  laughter,  It  is  mad  :  and  of  mirth, 
What  doeth  it  ? 

3  dl  sought  in  mine  heart  Ho  give  myself  unto 
wine,  yet  acquainting  mine  heart  with  wisdom ;  and 
to  lay  hold  on  folly,  till  I  might  see  what  was  that 
good  for  the  sons  of  men,  which  they  should  do 
under  the  heaven  2all  the  days  of  their  life. 

4  I  made  me  great  works  ;  I  builded  me  houses  ; 
I  planted  me  vineyards  : 

5  I  made  me  gardens  and  orchards,  and  I  planted 
trees  in  them  of  all  kind  of  fruits  : 

6  I  made  me  pools  of  water,  to  water  therewith  the 
wood  that  bringeth  forth  trees  : 

7  I  got  me  servants  and  maidens,  and  had  3  servants 
born  in  my  house  ;  also  I  had  great  possessions  of 
great  and  small  cattle  above  all  that  were  in  Jg-ru'- 
sa-lem  before  me : 

8  eI  gathered  me  also  silver  and  gold,  and  the  pe- 
culiar treasure  of  kings  and  of  the  provinces  :  I  gat 
me  men  singers  and  women  singers,  and  the  de- 
lights of  the  sons  of  men,  as  4  musical  instruments, 
and  that  of  all  sorts. 

9  So  -^1  was  great,  and  increased  more  than  all 
that  were  before  me  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem  :  also  my  wis- 
dom remained  with  me. 

10  And  whatsoever  mine  eyes  desired  I  kept  not 
from  them,  I  withheld  not  my  heart  from  any  joy  ; 
for  my  heart  rejoiced  in  all  my  labour  :  and  Hhis 
was  my  portion  of  all  my  labour. 

11  Then  I  looked  on  all  the  works  that  my  hands 
had  wrought,  and  on  the  labour  that  I  had  laboured 
to  do  :  and,  behold,  all  was  vanity  and  vexation  of 
spirit,  and  there  was  no  profit  under  the  sun. 

12  H  And  I  turned  myself  to  behold  wisdom,  ''and 
madness,  and  folly  :  for  what  can  the  man  do  that 
cometh  after  the  king?  5even  that  which  hath  been 
already  done. 

13  Then  I  saw  cthat  wisdom  excelleth-  folly,  as  far 
as  light  excelleth  darkness. 

14  ^he  wise  man's  eyes  are  in  his  head  ;  but  the 
fool  walketh  in  darkness  :  and  I  myself  perceived 
also  that  •'one  event  happeneth  to  them  all. 

15  Then  said  I  in  my  heart,  As  it  happeneth  to 
the  fool,  so  it 7  happeneth  even  to  me ;  and  why  was 
I  then  more  wise  ?  Then  I  said  in  my  heart,  that 
this  also  is  vanity. 

16  For  there  is  no  remembrance  of  the  wise  more 
than  of  the  fool  for  ever  ;  seeing  that  which  now 
is  in  the  days  to  come  shall  all  be  forgotten.  And 
how  dieth  the  wise  man  ?  as  the  fool. 

17  Therefore  I  hated  life  ;  because  the  work  that 
is  wrought  under  the  sun  is  grievous  unto  me  :  for 
all  is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

18  1  Yea,  I  hated  all  my  labour  which  I  had 
8  taken  under  the  sun  :  because  k  I  should  leave  it 
unto  the  man  that  shall  be  after  me. 

19  And  who  knoweth  whether  he  shall  be  a  wise 

482 


B.  C.  977. 


a  Ps.  10.  6,  11. 
Luke  12.  19. 


b  Isa.  50.  11. 

c  Prov.  14.  13. 

ch.  7.  6. 

Isa.  22.  12,  13. 

Anios  C.  5,  6. 
d  ch.  1.  17. 

Isa.  22.  13. 

Amos  6.  3-6. 

1  Pet.  4.  3. 

1  to  draw  my 
flesh  with 
wine. 

2  the  number  of 
the  days  of 
their  life. 


3  sons  of  my 
house. 


e  1  Ki.  9.  28. 


4  musical  instru- 
ment and  in- 
struments. 

/ch.  1.  1G. 


g  ch.  3.  22. 


Sell.  1.  17. 

5  Or,  in  those 
things  which 
have  been 
already  done. 

6  that  there  is  an 
excellency  in 
wisdom  more 
than  in  folly. 

ich.  8.  1. 
j  ch.  9.  2. 

7  happeneth  to 
me,  even  to  me. 

8  laboured.    * 
k  Ps.  49.  10. 

/ 1  Ki.  12.  13. 
m  1  Tim.  6.  10. 

9  give. 

n  ch.  1.  3. 
o  Job  5.  7. 

10  Or,  delight  his 
senses. 

11  before  him. 


a  ch.  8.  6. 

1  to  bear. 

6  Gen.  47.  29. 

Job  7.  1. 

Isa.  38.  1. 

John  11.  14. 

Heb.  9.  27. 
c  Gen.  9.  6. 

1  Sam.  2.  6. 
Hos.  0.  1,  2. 

d  Ex.  15.  20. 

2  Sam.  G.  16. 
Ps.  149.  3. 

2  to  be  far  from. 

3  Or,  seek. 

e  Amos  5.  13. 
/  Luke  14.  26. 
g  ch.  1.  3. 
h  ch.  1.  13. 
i  Deut.  32.  4. 
j  ch.  8.  17. 

Rom.  11.  33. 
*  ch.  2.  24. 


man  or  *a  fool  ?  yet  shall  he  have  rule  over  all  my 
labour  wherein  I  have  laboured,  and  wherein  I  have 
shewed  myself- wise  under  the  sun.  mThis  is  also 
vanity. 

20  Therefore  I  went  about  to  cause  my  heart  to 
despair  of  all  the  labour  which  I  took  under  the 
sun. 

21  For  there  is  a  man  whose  labour  is  in  wisdom, 
and  in  knowledge,  and  in  equity  ;  yet  to  a  man 
that  hath  not  laboured  therein  shall  he  9  leave  it 
for  his  portion.  This  also  is  vanity  and  a  great 
evil. 

22  mFor  what  hath  man  of  all  his  labour,  and  of 
the  vexation  of  his  heart,  wherein  he  hath  laboured 
under  the  sun  ? 

23  For  all  his  days  are  "sorrows,  and  his  travail 
grief ;  yea,  his  heart  taketh  not  rest  in  the  night. 
This  is  also  vanity. 

24  1  There  is  nothing  better  for  a  man,  than  that 
he  should  eat  and  drink,  and  that  he  10  should  make 
his  soul  enjoy  good  in  his  labour.  This  also  I  saw, 
that  it  ivas  from  the  hand  of  God. 

25  For  who  can  eat,  or  who  else  can  hasten  here- 
unto, more  than  I  ? 

26  For  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is  good  nin  his 
sight  wisdom,  and  knowledge,  and  joy  :  but  to  the 
sinner  he  giveth  travail,  to  gather  and  to  heap  up, 
that  he  may  give  to  him  that  is  good  before  God. 
This  also  is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Change  of  times.    11  The  excellency  of  God's  works.     10  Judgment  of  the  righteous  and 

the  wicked. 

TO  every  thing  there  is  a  season,  and  a  "time  to 
every  purpose  under  the  heaven  : 

2  A  time  Ho  be  born,  and  6a  time  to  die  ;  a  time 
to  plant,  and  a  time  to  pluck  up  that  which  is 
planted  ; 

3  CA  time  to  kill,  and  a  time  to  heal ;  a  time  to 
break  down,  and  a  time  to  build  up  ; 

4  A  time  to  weep,  and  a  time  to  laugh  ;  a  time  to 
mourn,  and  da  time  to  dance  ; 

5  A  time  to  cast  away  stones,  and  a  time  to  gather 
stones  together;  a  time  to  embrace,  and  a  time  2to 
refrain  from  embracing ; 

6  A  time  to  3get,  and  a  time  to  lose  ;  a  time  to 
keep,  and  a  time  to  cast  away  ; 

7  A  time  to  rend,  and  a  time  to  sew  ;  ea  time  to 
keep  silence,  and  a  time  to  speak  ; 

8  A  time  to  love,  and  a  time  to  /hate  ;  a  time  of 
war,  and  a  time  of  peace. 

9  ffWhat  profit  hath  he  that  worketh  in  that 
wherein  he  laboureth  ? 

10  hl  have  seen  the  travail,  which  God  hath  given 
to  the  sons  of  men  to  be  exercised  in  it. 

11  He  'hath  made  every  thing  beautiful  in  his 
time  :  also  he  hath  set  the  world  in  their  heart,  so 
that  jno  man  can  find  out  the  work  that  God  mak- 
eth  from  the  beginning  to  the  end. 

12  I  know  that  there  is  no  good  in  them,  but  for 
a  man  to  rejoice,  and  to  do  good  in  his  life. 

13  And  also k  that  every  man  should  eat  and  drink, 


Of  death  and  judgment. 


ECCLESIASTES,  4,  5. 


Vanities  in  divine  service. 


and  enjoy  the  good  of  all  his  labour,  it  is  the  gift 
of  God.  ' 

14  I  know  that,  whatsoever  God  doeth,  it  shall  be 
for  ever  :  'nothing  can  be  put  to  it,  nor  any  thing 
taken  from  it :  and  God  doeth  it,  that  men  should 
fear  before  him. 

15  mThat  which  hath  been  is  now;  and  that  which 
is  to  be  hath  already  been  ;  and  God  requireth  4that 
which  is  past. 

16  Tf  And  moreover  nl  saw  under  the  sun  the  place 
of  judgment,  that  wickedness  was  there  ;  and  the 
place  of  righteousness,  that  iniquity  was  there. 

17  I  said  in  mine  heart,  "God  shall  judge  the 
righteous  and  the  wicked :  for  there  is  a  time  there 
for  every  purpose  and  for  every  work. 

18  I  said  in  mine  heart  concerning  the  estate  of 
the  sons  of  men,  5that  God  might  manifest  them, 
and  that  they  might  see  that  they  themselves  are 
beasts. 

19  pFor  that  which  befalleth  the  sons  of  men  be- 
falleth  beasts  ;  even  one  thing  befalleth  them  :  as 
the  one  dieth,  so  dieth  the  other  ;  yea,  they  have  all 
one  breath ;  so  that  a  man  hath  no  preeminence 
above  a  beast :  for  all  is  vanity. 

20  All  go  unto  one  place  ;  "all  are  of  the  dust,  and 
all  turn  to  dust  again. 

21  Who  knoweth  the  spirit  6of  man  that  7goeth 
upward,  and  the  spirit  of  the  beast  that  goeth 
downward  to  the  earth  ? 

22  Wherefore  I  perceive  that  there  is  nothing 
better,  than  that  a  man  should  rejoice  in  his  own 
works  ;  for  r  that  is  his  portion :  for  who  shall  bring 
him  to  see  what  shall  be  after  him  ? 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Increase  of  vanity  by  oppression,  envy,  and  idleness.    7  Also  by  covetousness  and  wilful- 
ness. 

QO  I  returned,  and  considered  all  the  oppressions 
^  that  are  done  under  the  sun :  and  behold  the  tears 
of  such  as  were  oppressed,  and  they  had  no  com- 
forter ;  and  on  the  xside  of  their  oppressors  there 
was  power  ;  but  they  had  no  comforter. 

2  "Wherefore  I  praised  the  dead  which  are  al- 
ready dead  more  than  the  living  which  are  yet 
alive. 

3  6Yea,  better  is  he  than  both  they,  which  hath 
not  yet  been,  who  hath  not  seen  the  evil  work  that 
is  done  under  the  sun. 

4  I  Again,  I  considered  all  travail,  and  2  every 
right  work,  that  3for  this  a  man  is  envied  of  his 
neighbour.  This  is  also  vanity  and  vexation  of 
spirit. 

5  cThe  fool  foldeth  his  hands  together,  and  eateth 
his  own  flesh. 

6  Better  is  an  handful  with  quietness,  than  both 
the  hands  full  with  travail  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

7  If  Then  I  returned,  and  I  saw  vanity  under  the 
sun. 

8  There  is  one  alone,  and  there  is.  not  a  second  ; 
yea,  he  hath  neither  child  nor  brother  :  yet  is  there 
no  end  of  all  his  labour ;  neither  is  his  deje  satis- 
fied with  riches  ;  e  neither  saith  he,  For  whom  do  I 


B.  C.  977. 


I  Jas.  1.  17. 


m  ch.  1.  9. 

4  that  which  is 
driven  away. 


n  ch.  5.  8. 


(/Job  34.  11. 
Matt.  16.  27. 
Rom.  2.  6. 
2  Cor.  5.  10. 
2Thess.  1.  6. 


5  Or,  that  they 
might  clear 
God,  and  see, 
etc. 


p  Ps.  49.  12. 


q  Gen.  3.  19. 


6  of  the  sons  of 
man. 

7  is  ascending. 


r  ch.  2.  10. 


1  hand. 

a  Job  3.  17. 

ch.  2.  17. 
6  Job3.  11. 

ch.  6.  3. 

Matt.  24.  19. 

Luke  23.  29. 

2  all  the  Tight- 
ness of  work. 

3  this  is  the  envy 
of  a  man  from 
his  neighbour. 

c  Prov.  6.  10. 
d  Prov.  27.  20. 

ch.  1.  8. 

Hab.  2.  5,  G. 

1  John  2.  16. 
e  Ps.  39.  6. 

Luke  12.  20. 

4  who  knoweth 
not  to  be  ad- 
monished. 


a  Ex.  3.  5. 

Josh.  5.  15. 

Ps.  89.  7. 

Isa.  1.  12. 
b  1  Sam.  15.  22. 

Ps.  50.  8. 

Prov.  15.  8. 

Hos.  6.  6. 

1  Or,  word. 
cPs.  39.  1. 

Prov.  10.  19. 

Matt.  6.  7. 
d  Gen.  28.  20. 

Num.  30.  2. 

Ps.  50.  14. 

Isa.  19.  21. 
e  Ps.  GG.  13,  14. 

Jon.  2.  9. 
/  Prov.  20.  25. 

Acts  5.  4. 
g\  Cor.  11.  10. 

1  Tim.  5.  21 . 
h  Deut.  10.  12. 

Prov.  23.  17. 

ch.  12.  13. 

Heb.  12.  28. 
i  ch.  3.  16. 

2  at  the  will,  or, 
purpose. 

j  Ps.  12.  5. 
Isa.  57.  15. 


labour,  and  bereave  my  soul  of  good  ?     This  is  also 
vanity,  yea,  it  is  a  sore  travail. 

9  If  Two  are  better  than  one  ;  because  they  have 
a  good  reward  for  their  labour. 

10  For  if  they  fall,  the  one  will  lift  up  his  fellow  : 
but  woe  to  him  that  is  alone  when  he  falleth  ;  for 
he  hath  not  another  to  help  him  up. 

11  Again,  if  two  lie  together,  then  they  have 
heat :  but  how  can  one  be  warm  alone  ? 

12  And  if  one  prevail  against  him,  two  shall 
withstand  him  ;  and  a  threefold  cord  is  not  quickly 
broken. 

13  Tf  Better  is  a  poor  and  a  wise  child  than  an  old 
and  foolish  king,  4who  will  no  more  be  admonished. 

14  For  out  of  prison  he  cometh  to  reign  ;  whereas 
also  he  that  is  born  in  his  kingdom  becometh  poor. 

15  I  considered  all  the  living  which  walk  under 
the  sun,  with  the  second  child  that  shall  stand  up 
in  his  stead. 

16  There  is  no  end  of  all  the  people,  even  of  all 
that  have  been  before  them  :  they  also  that  come 
after  shall  not  rejoice  in  him.  Surely  this  also  is 
vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

CHAPTER  5. 

1  Vanities  in  divine  service,  in  murmuring  and  in  riches.    18  Joy  in  riches. 

KEEP  "thy  foot  when  thou  goest  to  the  house  of 
God,  and  be  more  ready  to  hear,  Hhan  to  give 
the  sacrifice  of  fools  :  for  they  consider  not  that 
they  do  evil. 

2  Be  not  rash  with  thy  mouth,  and  let  not  thine 
heart  be  hasty  to  utter  any  1  thing  before  God  :  for 
God  is  in  heaven,  and  thou  upon  earth  :  therefore 
let  thy  words  cbe  few. 

3  For  a  dream  cometh  through  the  multitude  of 
business  ;  and  a  fool's  voice  is  known  by  multitude 
of  words. 

4  d  When  thou  vowest  a  vow  unto  God,  defer  not 
to  pay  it ;  for  he  hath  no  pleasure  in  fools:  cpay 
that  which  thou  hast  vowed. 

5  -^Better  is  it  that  thou  shouldest  not  vow,  than 
that  thou  shouldest  vow  and  not  pay. 

6  Suffer  not  thy  mouth  to  cause  thy  flesh  to  sin  ; 
9  neither  say  thou  before  the  angel,  that  it  was  an 
error  :  wherefore  should  God  be  angry  at  thy- voice, 
and  destroy  the  work  of  thine  hands  ? 

7  For  in  the  multitude  of  dreams  and  many  words 
there  are  also  divers  vanities  :  but h  fear  thou  God. 

8  If  If  thou  "seest  the  oppression  of  the  poor,  and 
violent  perverting  of  judgment  and  justice  in  a  pro- 
vince, marvel  not  2at  the  matter :  for  jhe  that  is 
higher  than  the  highest  regardeth  ;  and  there  be 
higher  than  they. 

9  H  Moreover  the  profit  of  the  earth  is  for  all  :  the 
king  himself  is  served  by  the  field. 

10  He  that  loveth  silver  shall  not  be  satisfied  with 
silver  ;  nor  he  that  loveth  abundance  with  increase : 
this  is  also  vanity. 

11  When  goods  increase,  they  are  increased  that 
eat  them  :  and  what  good  is  there  to  the  owners 
thereof,  saving  the  beholding  of  them  with  their 
eyes? 

483 


The  vanity  of  riches. 


ECCLESIASTES,  6,  7. 


Remedies  against  vanity. 


12  The  sleep  of  a  labouring  man  is  sweet,  whether 
he  eat  little  or  much  :  but  the  abundance  of  the 
rich  will  not  suffer  him  to  sleep. 

13  k  There  is  a  sore  evil  ivhich  I  have  seen  under 
the  sun,  namely,  riches  kept  for  the  owners  thereof 
to  their  hurt. 

14  But  those  riches  perish  by  evil  travail  :  and  he 
begetteth  a  son,  and  there  is  nothing  in  his  hand. 

15  l  As  he  came  forth  of  his  mother's  womb,  naked 
shall  he  return  to  go  as  he  came,  and  shall  take 
nothing  of  his  labour,  which  he  may  carry  away  in 
his  hand. 

16  And  this  also  is  a  sore  evil,  that  in  all  points  as 
he  came,  so  shall  he  go  :  and  mwhat  profit  hath  he 
*  that  hath  laboured  for  the  wind  ? 

17  All  his  days  also  °he  eateth  in  darkness,  and 
he  hath  much  sorrow  and  wrath  with  his  sickness. 

18  If  Behold  that  which  I  have  seen  :  sit  is  good 
and  comely  for  one  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and  to  en- 
joy the  good  of  all  his  labour  that  he  taketh  under 
the  sun  4all  the  days  of  his  life,  which  God  giveth 
him  :  for  it  is  his  portion. 

19  Every  man  also  to  whom  God  hath  given  riches 
and  wealth,  and  hath  given  him  power  to  eat  there- 
of, and  to  take  his  portion,  and  to  rejoice  in  his  la- 
bour ;  this  is  the  gift  of  God. 

20  5For  he  shall  not  much  remember  the  days  of 
his  life  ;  because  p  God  answereth  him  in  the  joy  of 
his  heart. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  Vanity  of  riches.    11  The  conclusion  of  vanity. 

THERE  is  an  evil  which  I  have  seen  under  the 
sun,  and  it  is  common  among  men  : 

2  A  man  to  whom  God  hath  given  riches,  wealth, 
and  honour,  "so  that  he  wanteth  nothing  for  his 
soul  of  all  that  he  desireth,  6yet  God  giveth  him  not 
power  to  eat  thereof,  but  a  stranger  eateth  it :  this 
is  vanity,  and  it  is  an  evil  disease. 

3  If  If  a  man  beget  an  hundred  children,  and  live 
many  years,  so  that  the  days  of  his  years  be  many, 
and  his  soul  be  not  filled  with  good,  and  c  also  that 
he  have  no  burial ;  I  say,  that  d  an  untimely  birth 
is  better  than  he. 

4  For  he  cometh  in  with  vanity,  and  departeth  in 
darkness,  and  his  name  shall  be  covered  with  dark- 
ness. 

5  Moreover  he  hath  not  seen  the  sun,  nor  known 
any  thing :  this  hath  more  rest  than  the  other. 

6  If  Yea,  though  he  live  a  thousand  years  twice 
told,  yet  hath  he  seen  no  good  :  do  not  all  go  to  one 
place  ? 

7  e  All  the  labour  of  man  is  for  his  mouth,  and  yet 
the  Appetite  is  not  filled. 

8  For  what  hath  the  wise  more  than  the  fool  ? 
what  hath  the  poor,  that  knoweth  to  walk  before 
the  living  ? 

9  H  Better  is  the  sight  of  the  eyes  2than  the  wan- 
dering of  the  desire  :  this  is  also  vanity  and  vexa- 
tion of  spirit. 

10  That  which  hath  been  is  named  already,  and  it 
is  known  that  it  is  man  :  ■'neither  may  he  contend 
with  him  that  is  mightier  than  he. 

484 


B.  C.  977. 


A-  ch.  6.  1. 


/  Jobl.  21. 
Ps.  49.  17. 
1  Tim.  0.  7. 


m  ch.  1.  3. 
»  Prov.  11.  29. 
o  Ps.  127.  2. 


3  there  is  a  good 
which  is 
comely,  etc. 


4  the  number  of 
the  days. 


5  Or,  Though  he 
give  not  much, 
yet  he  remem- 
bereth,  etc. 

p  Ex.  23.  25. 


a  Deut.  8.  7-10. 

Judg.  18.  10. 

Job  21.  10. 

Ps.  17.  14. 

Luke  12.  19. 
b  Luke  12.  20. 
c  2  Ki.  9.  35. 

Esth.  7.  10. 

Isa.  14.  19. 
i!  Job  3.  16. 

Ps.  58.  8. 
e  Prov.  16.  26. 

1  Tim.  6.  6-8. 

1  soul. 

2  than  the  walk- 
ing of  the  soul. 

f  Job  9.  32. 
Isa.  45.  9. 
Rom.  9.  19,  20. 

3  the  number  of 
the  days  of  the 
life  of  his 
vanity. 

g  Jas.  4.  14. 
h  Ps.  39.  6. 


a  Phil.  1.  23. 

Rev.  14.  13. 
b  Matt.  5.  4. 

1  Or,  Anger, 
c  2  Cor.  7.  10. 

2  sound. 

d  Ex.  23.  8. 
e  Prov.  14.  29. 
/Prov.  16.  32. 

3  out  of  wisdom. 

4  Or,  as  good  as 
an  inheritance, 
yea,  better  too. 

5  shadow7. 
</Isa.  11.27. 

6  made. 

h  ch.  8.  14. 
i  Prov.  25.  16. 

Phil.  3.  6. 
j  Rom.  12.  3. 

7  be  desolate. 
k  Job  15.  32. 

8  not  in  thy  time. 
1 1  Ki.  8.  46. 

2  Chr.  6.  36. 
Prov.  20.  9. 
Rom.  3.  23. 
Gal.  3.  22. 
1  John  1.  8. 

9  give  not  thine 
heart. 


11  If  Seeing  there  be  many  things  that  increase 
vanity,  what  is  man  the  better  ? 

12  For  who  knoweth  what  is  good  for  man  in  this 
life,  3all  the  days  of  his  vain  life  which  he  spendeth 
as  °a,  shadow?  for  ^who  can  tell  a  man  what  shall 
be  after  him  under  the  sun  ? 

CHAPTER  7.     - 

Remedies  against  vanity  —  good  name,  patience,  and  wisdom. 

\  GOOD  name  is  better  than  precious  ointment ; 
■£*-  and  "the  day  of  death  than  the  day  of  one's 
birth. 

2  If  It  is  better  to  go  to  the  b  house  of  mourning, 
than  to  go  to  the  house  of  feasting  :  for  that  is  the 
end  of  all  men ;  and  the  living  will  lay  it  to  his 
heart. 

3  *  Sorrow  is  better  than  laughter  :  c  for  by  the 
sadness  of  the  countenance  the  heart  is  made  better. 

4  The  heart  of  the  wise  is  in  the  house  of  mourn- 
ing ;  but  the  heart  of  fools  is  in  the  house  of  mirth. 

5  It  is  better  to  hear  the  rebuke  of  the  wise,  than 
for  a  man  to  hear  the  song  of  fools. 

6  For  as  the  2  crackling  of  thorns  under  a  pot,  so 
is  the  laughter  of  the  fool :  this  also  is  vanity. 

7  If  Surely  oppression  maketh  a  wise  man  mad ; 
d  and  a  gift  destroyeth  the  heart. 

8  Better  is  the  end  of  a  thing  than  the  beginning 
thereof  :  and  Hhe  patient  in  spirit  is  better  than 
the  proud  in  spirit. 

9 /Be  not  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to  be  angry:  for 
anger  resteth  in  the  bosom  of  fools. 

10  Say  not  thou,  What  is  the  cause  that  the  former 
days  were  better  than  these?  for  thou  dost  not  en- 
quire 3  wisely  concerning  this. 

11  If  Wisdom  *is  good  with  an  inheritance :  and  by 
it  there  is  profit  to  them  that  see  the  sun. 

12  For  wisdom  is  a  5  defence,  and  money  is  a 
defence  :  but  the  excellency  of  knowledge  is,  that 
wisdom  giveth  life  to  them  that  have  it. 

13  Consider  the  work  of  God  :  for  ffwho  can  make 
that  straight,  which  he  hath  made  crooked  ? 

14  In  the  day  of  prosperity  be  joyful,  but  in  the 
day  of  adversity  consider:  God  also  hath  6set  the 
one  over  against  the  other,  to  the  end  that  man 
should  find  nothing  after  him. 

15  All  things  have  I  seen  in  the  days  of  my  van- 
ity :  ''there  is  a  just  man  that  perisheth  in  his  right- 
eousness, and  there  is  a  wicked  man  that  prolong- 
eth  his  life  in  his  wickedness. 

16  *Be  not  righteous  over  much ;  neither i  make  thy- 
self over  wise :  why  shouldest  thou  7  destroy  thyself? 

17  Be  not  over  much  wicked,  neither  be  thou  fool- 
ish :  /cwhy  shouldest  thou  die  8 before  thy  time? 

18  It  is  good  that  thou  shouldest  take  hold  of  this ; 
yea,  also  from  this  withdraw  not  thine  hand :  for 
he  that  feareth  God  shall  come  forth  of  them  all. 

19  Wisdom  strengtheneth  the  wise  more  than  ten 
mighty  men  which  are  in  the  city. 

20  'For  there  is  not  a  just  man  upon  earth,  that 
doeth  good,  and  sinneth  not. 

21  Also9 take  no  heed  unto  all  words  that  are 
spoken ;  lest  thou  hear  thy  servant  curse  thee  : 


Respect  for  rulers. 


ECCLESIASTES,  8,  9. 


Like  things  happen  to  all. 


22  For  oftentimes  also  thine  own  heart  knoweth 
that  thou  thyself  likewise  hast  cursed  others. 

23  If  All  this  have  I  proved  by  wisdom  :  I  said,  I 
will  be  wise  ;  but  it  was  far  from  me. 

24  That  which  is  far  off,  and  m  exceeding  deep, 
who  can  find  it  out? 

25  10 1  applied  mine  heart  to  know,  and  to  search, 
and  to  seek  out  wisdom,  and  the  reason  of  things, 
and  to  know  the  wickedness  of  folly,  even  of  fool- 
ishness and  madness : 

26  And  I  find  more  bitter  than  death  the  woman, 
whose  heart  is  snares  and  nets,  and  her  hands  as 
bands :  n  whoso  pleaseth  God  shall  escape  from  her  ; 
but  the  sinner  shall  be  taken  by  her. 

27  Behold,  this  have  I  found,  saith  the  preacher, 
12  counting  one  by  one,  to  find  out  the  account : 

28  Which  yet  my  soul  seeketh,  but  I  find  not :  one 
man  among  a  thousand  have  I  found  ;  but  a  woman 
among  all  those  have  I  not  found. 

29  Lo,  this  only  have  I  found,  n  that  God  hath 
made  man  upright ;  but  they  have  sought  out  many 
inventions. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Respect  for  riders.    12  The  godly  and  wicked  contrasted.     10  Unsearvhableness  of 

God^s  work. 

WHO  is  as  the  wise  man  ?  and  who  knoweth  the 
interpretation  of  a  thing?  a  man's  wisdom 
maketh  his  face  to  shine,  and  ]  the  boldness  of  his 
face  shall  be  changed. 

2  I  counsel  thee  to  keep  the  king's  commandment, 
°  and  that  in  regard  of  the  oath  of  God. 

3  Be  not  hasty  to  go  out  of  his  sight :  stand  not 
in  an  evil  thing  ;  for  he  doeth  whatsoever  pleaseth 
him. 

4  Where  the  word  of  a  king  is,  there  is  power : 
and  b  who  may  say  unto  him,  What  doest  thou  ? 

5  Whoso  keepeth  the  commandment  2  shall  feel 
no  evil  thing :  and  a  wise  man's  heart  discerneth 
both  time  and  judgment. 

6  If  Because  c  to  every  purpose  there  is  time  and 
judgment,  therefore  the  misery  of  man  is  great 
upon  him. 

7  d  For  he  knoweth  not  that  which  shall  be  :  for 
who  can  tell  him  3  when  it  shall  be  ? 

8  e  There  is  no  man  that  hath  power  -'"over  the 
spirit  to  retain  the  spirit ;  neither  hath  he  power  in 
the  day  of  death  :  and  there  is  no  4  discharge  in 
that  war ;  neither  shall  wickedness  deliver  those 
that  are  given  to  it. 

9  All  this  have  I  seen,  and  applied  my  heart  unto 
every  work  that  is  done  under  the  sun  :  there  is  a 
time  wherein  "one  man  ruleth  over  another  to  his 
own  hurt. 

10  And  so  I  saw  the  wicked  buried,  who  had  come 
and  gone  from  the  place  of  the  holy,  and  they  were 
forgotten  in  the  city  where  they  had  so  done  :  this 
is  also  vanity. 

11  h  Because  sentence  against  an  evil  work  is  not 
executed  speedily,  therefore  the  heart  of  the  sons 
of  men  is  fully  set  in  them  to  do  evil. 

12  If  *  Though  a  sinner  do  evil  an  hundred  times, 
and  his  days  be  prolonged,  yet  surely  I  know  that 


B.  C.  977. 


>n  Dent.  .'JO. 

11-14. 

Job  11.  12. 

Ps.  30.  C. 

Isa.  55.  8,  0. 

Rom.  11.  33. 

1  Tim.  6.  Hi. 
10  I  and  ray 

heart  com- 
passed. 


11  lie  that  is 
good  before 
God. 


12  Or,  weighing 

one  thing  after 
another,  to 
rind  out  the 
reason. 


71  Gen.  1.  27. 


1  the  strength. 


a  Rom.  13.  5. 


b  Job  34.  18. 

2  shall  know, 
ech.  3.1. 

d  Prov.  24.  22. 
ch.  6.  12. 

3  Or,  how  it 
shall  be. 

e  Ps.  49.  G. 
/Job  14.  5. 

4  Or,  casting  off 
weapons. 

g  1  Sam.  18.  12. 
h  Job  21 .  14,  15. 

Ps.  10.  6. 

Isa.  20.  10. 

Rom.  2.  4,  5. 

2  Pet.  3.  4,  10. 
i  Isa.  G5.  20. 

Rom.  2.  5. 
/'Prov.  1.  32. 

Isa.  3.  10. 

Matt.  25.  34. 
k  Ps.  73.  14. 

ch.  2.  14. 
7  ch.  3.  12. 
?»  Lev.  26.  5. 
n  Job  5.  9. 

ch.  3.  11. 

Isa.  40.  28. 

Rom.  11.  33. 
o  Ps.  73.  16. 


1  I  gave,  or,  set 
to  my  heart. 

a  1  Sam.  2.  9. 

Job  5.  8. 

Prov.  16.  3. 

ch.  8.  14. 

Isa.  26.  12. 

2  Cor.  3.  5. 

1  Pet.  1.5. 
b  Ps.  73.  3,  12, 

13,  17. 

Mai.  3.  15. 
c  Job  14.  21. 

Ps.  6.  5. 

Isa.  63.  16. 
d  Job  7.  8. 

Isa.  26.  14. 
e  ch.  8.  15. 

2  See,  or,  Enjoy 
life. 


yit  shall  be  well  with  them  that  fear  God,  which 
fear  before  him  : 

13  But  it  shall  not  be  well  with  the  wicked,  neither 
shall  he  prolong  his  days,  which  are  as  a  shadow ; 
because  he  feareth  not  before  God. 

14  There  is  a  vanity  which  is  done  upon  the  earth ; 
that  there  be  just  men,  unto  whom  it  /chappeneth 
according  to  the  work  of  the  wicked  ;  again,  there 
be  wicked  men,  to  whom  it  happeneth  according  to 
the  work  of  the  righteous  :  I  said  that  this  also  is 
vanity. 

15  'Then  I  commended  mirth,  because  a  man  hath 
no  better  thing  under  the  sun,  than  to  eat,  and  to 
drink,  and  to  be  merry  :  for  that  shall  abide  with 
him  of  his  labour  the  days  of  his  life,  m  which  God 
giveth  him  under  the  sun. 

16  If  When  I  applied  mine  heart  to  know  wisdom, 
and  to  see  the  business  that  is  done  upon  the  earth : 
(for  also  there  is  that  neither  day  nor  night  seeth 
sleep  with  his  eyes  :) 

17  Then  I  beheld  all  the  work  of  God,  that n  a  man 
cannot  find  out  the  work  that  is  done  under  the 
sun  :  because  though  a  man  labour  to  seek  it  out,  yet 
he  shall  not  find  it :  yea  farther ;  though  a  wise  man 
think  to  know  it,  °yet  shall  he  not  be  able  to  find  it. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Like  things  happen  to  the  godly  and  ungodly.    7  Enjoying  the  good  of  life.    13  Wisdom 

better  than  strength. 

FOR  all  this  '  I  considered  in  my  heart  even  to 
declare  all  this,  athat  the  righteous,  and  the 
wise,  and  their  works,  are  in  the  hand  of  God  :  no 
man  knoweth  either  love  or  hatred  by  all  that  is 
before  them. 

2  6A11  things  come  alike  to  all :  there  is  one  event 
to  the  righteous,  and  to  the  wicked  ;  to  the  good 
and  to  the  clean,  and  to  the  unclean  ;  to  him  that 
sacrificeth,  and  to  him  that  sacrificeth  not  :  as  is  the 
good,  so  is  the  sinner  ;  and  he  that  sweareth,  as  he 
that  feareth  an  oath. 

3  This  is  an  evil  among  all  things  that  are  done 
under  the  sun,  that  there  is  one  event  unto  all  :  yea, 
also  the  heart  of  the  sons  of  men  is  full  of  evil, 
and  madness  is  in  their  heart  while  they  live,  and 
after  that  they  go  to  the  dead. 

4  If  For  to  him  that  is  joined  to  all  the  living  there 
is  hope  :  for  a  living  dog  is  better  than  a  dead  lion. 

5  For  the  living  know  that  they  shall  die  :  but 
cthe  dead  know  not  any  thing,  neither  have  they 
any  more  a  reward  ;  for  dthe  memory  of  them  is 
forgotten. 

6  Also  their  love,  and  their  hatred,  and  their  envy, 
is  now  perished  ;  neither  have  they  any  more  a 
portion  for  ever  in  any  thing  that  is  done  under  the 
sun. 

7  If  Go  thy  way,  eeat  thy  bread  with  joy,  and  drink 
thy  wine  with  a  merry  heart ;  for  God  now  accept- 
eth  thy  works. 

8  Let  thy  garments  be  always  white  ;  and  let  thy 
head  lack  no  ointment. 

9  2Live  joyfully  with  the  wife  whom  thou  lovest 
all  the  days  of  the  life  of  thy  vanity,  which  he  hath 

485 


Of  wisdom  and  folly. 


ECCLESIASTES,  10,  11. 


Directions  for  charity. 


given  thee  under  the  sun,  all  the  days  of  thy  vanity  : 
-ffor  that  is  thy  portion  in  this  life,  and  in  thy  la- 
bour which  thou  takest  under  the  sun. 

10  Whatsoever  thy  hand  findeth  to  do,  do  it  with 
thy  might ;  for  there  is  no  work,  nor  device,  nor 
knowledge,  nor  wisdom,  in  the  grave,  whither  thou 
goest. 

11  If  I  returned,  ffand  saw  under  the  sun,  that  the 
race  is  not  to  the  swift,  nor  the  battle  to  the  strong, 
neither  yet  bread  to  the  wise,  nor  yet  riches  to  men 
of  understanding,  nor  yet  favour  to  men  of  skill ; 
but  time  and  chance  happeneth  to  them  all. 

12  For  ft man  also  knoweth  not  his  time:  as  the 
fishes  that  are  taken  in  an  evil  net,  and  as  the  birds 
that  are  caught  in  the  snare  ;  so  are  the  sons  of  men 
Snared  in  an  evil  time,  when  it  falleth  suddenly 
upon  them. 

13  If  This  wisdom  have  I  seen  also  under  the  sun, 
and  it  seemed  great  unto  me  : 

14  j  There  was  a  little  city,  and  few  men  within  it ; 
and  there  came  a  great  king  against  it,  and  be- 
sieged it,  and  built  great  bulwarks  against  it : 

15  Now  there  was  found  in  it  a  poor  wise  man,  and 
he  by  his  wisdom  delivered  the  city  ;  yet  no  man 
remembered  that  same  poor  man. 

16  *Then  said  I,  Wisdom  is  better  than  strength  : 
nevertheless  'the  poor  man's  wisdom  is  despised, 
and  his  words  are  not  heard. 

17  OTThe  words  of  wise  men  are  heard  in  quiet 
more  than  the  cry  of  him  that  ruleth  among  fools. 

18  Wisdom  is  better  than  weapons  of  war :  but 
"one  sinner  destroyeth  much  good. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Observations  on  wisdom,  folly,  riot,  and  money.    20  Reverent  thoughts  for  kings. 

DEAD  1  flies  cause  the  ointment  of  the  apothecary 
to  send  forth  a  stinking  savour  :  so  doth  a 
little  folly  him  that  is  in  reputation  for  wisdom 
and  honour. 

2  "A  wise  man's  heart  is  at  his  right  hand  ;  but  a 
fool's  heart  at  his  left. 

3  Yea  also,  when  he  that  is  a  fool  walketh  by  the 
way,  2his  wisdom  faileth  him,  6and  he  saith  to 
every  one  that  he  is  a  fool. 

4  If  the  spirit  of  the  ruler  rise  up  against  thee, 
c  leave  not  thy  place  ;  for  d  yielding  pacifieth  great 
offences. 

5  There  is  an  evil  which  I  have  seen  under  the 
sun,  as  an  error  which  proceedeth  3from  the  ruler : 

6  Folly  is  set  4  in  great  dignity,  and  the  rich  sit 
in  low  place. 

7  I  have  seen  servants  eupon  horses,  and  princes 
walking  as  servants  upon  the  earth. 

8  He  that  diggeth  a  pit  shall  fall  into  it ;  and 
whoso  breaketh  an  hedge,  a  serpent  shall  bite 
him. 

9  Whoso  removeth  stones  shall  be  hurt  therewith ; 
and  he  that  cleaveth  wood  shall  be  endangered 
thereby. 

10  If  the  iron  be  blunt,  and  he  do  not  whet  the 
edge,  then  must  he  put  to  more  strength  :  but  wis- 
dom is  profitable  to  direct. 

486 


B.  C.  977. 


/ch.  2.  10,24. 


g  Amos  2.  14. 
Jer.  9.  23. 


h  ch.  8.  7. 


i  Prov.  29.  6. 
Luke  12.  20. 
1  Thess.  5.  3. 


j  2  Sain.  20.  10- 
22. 


k  Prov.  21.  22. 

ch.  7.  19. 
I  Mark  0.  2. 


m  Gen.  41.  14. 
2  Sam.  20.  17. 
Dan.  5.  11. 


n  Josh.  7.  1. 
2  Ki.  17.  21. 
Rom.  6.  12, 
10-23. 


1  Flies  of  death. 

a  Matt.  0.  33. 
Col.  3.  1. 

2  his  heart. 

b  Prov.  13.  16. 
c  ch.  8.  3. 
d  1  Sam.  25.  24. 
Prov.  25.  15. 

3  from  before. 

4  in  great 
heights. 

e  Prov.  19.  10. 
/Jer.  8.  17. 

5  the  master  of 
the  tongue. 

0  grace. 

7  his  mouth. 

8  multiplieth 
words. 

q  Jas.  4.  14. 
A  Isa.  3.  4. 
i  Prov.  31.  4. 

9  maketh  glad 
the  life. 

j  Ex.  22.  28. 

10  Or,  con- 
science, figure 
like. 

Luke  19.  40. 


1  upon  the  face 
of  the  waters. 

a  Deut.  15.  10. 

Prov.  11.  18. 

Matt.  10.  42. 

2  Cor.  9.  6. 
b  Ps.  112.  9. 

Luke  0.  30. 
c  Mic.  5.  5. 
d  Eph.  5.  16. 
e  John  3.  8. 

2  shall  be  right. 
/■Deut.  29.  19. 

Ps.  81.  12. 
Acts  14.  16. 
Eph.  2.  2,  3. 
g  ch.  12.  14. 
Rom.  2.  6. 

3  Or,  anger. 
h  2  Cor.  7.  1. 


11  Surely  the  serpent  will  bite  •'without  enchant- 
ment ;  and  5a  babbler  is  no  better. 

12  The  words  of  a  wise  man's  mouth  are  6  gracious ; 
but  the  lips  of  a  fool  will  swallow  up  himself. 

13  The  beginning  of  the  words  of  his  mouth  is 
foolishness  :  and  the  end  of  7  his  talk  is  mischievous 
madness. 

14  A  fool  also  8is  full  of  words  :  a  man  cannot 
tell  what  shall  be  ;  and  ffwhat  shall  be  after  him, 
who  can  tell  him  ? 

15  The  labour  of  the  foolish  wearieth  every  one 
of  them,  because  he  knoweth  not  how  to  go  to  the 
city. 

16  1  AWoe  to  thee,  O  land,  when  thy  king  is  a 
child,  and  thy  princes  eat  in  the  morning  ! 

17  Blessed  art  thou,  O  land,  when  thy  king  is  the 
son  of  nobles,  and  'thy  princes  eat  in  due  season, 
for  strength,  and  not  for  drunkenness  ! 

18  If  By  much  slothfulness  the  building  decayeth  ; 
and  through  idleness  of  the  hands  the  house  drop- 
peth  through. 

19  If  A  feast  is  made  for  laughter,  and  wine 
9  maketh  merry  :  but  money  answereth  all  things. 

20  If j  Curse  not  the  king,  no  not  in  thy  10  thought ; 
and  curse  not  the  rich  in  thy  bedchamber  :  for  a 
bird  of  the  air  shall  carry  the  voice,  and  that  which 
hath  wings  shall  tell  the  matter. . 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Directions  for  charity.    9  Thought  of  God's  judgment. 

CAST  thy  bread  xupon  the  waters  :  "for  thou  shalt 
find  it  after  many  days. 

2  6Give  a  portion  Ho  seven,  and  also  to  eight ;  dfor 
thou  knowest  not  what  evil  shall  be  upon  the  earth. 

3  If  the  clouds  be  full  of  rain,  they  empty  them- 
selves upon  the  earth  :  and  if  the  tree  fall  toward 
the  south,  or  toward  the  north,  in  the  place  where 
the  tree  falleth,  there  it  shall  be. 

4  He  that  observeth  the  wind  shall  not  sow  ;  and 
he  that  regardeth  the  clouds  shall  not  reap. 

5  As  ethou  knowest  not  what  is  the  way  of  the 
spirit,  nor  how  the  bones  do  grow  in  the  womb  of 
her  that  is  with  child  :  even  so  thou  knowest  not 
the  works  of  God  who  maketh  all. 

6  In  the  morning  sow  thy  seed,  and  in  the  evening 
withhold  not  thine  hand  :  for  thou  knowest  not 
whether  2  shall  prosper,  either  this  or  that,  or 
whether  they  both  shall  be  alike  good. 

7  Tf  Truly  the  light  is  sweet,  and  a  pleasant  thing 
it  is  for  the  eyes  to  behold  the  sun  : 

8  But  if  a  man  live  many  years,  and  rejoice  in 
them  all ;  yet  let  him  remember  the  days  of  dark- 
ness ;  for  they  shall  be  many.  All  that  cometh  is 
vanity. 

9  If  Rejoice,  O  young  man,  in  thy  youth ;  and  let 
thy  heart  cheer  thee  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  •'and 
walk  in  the  ways  of  thine  heart,  and  in  the  sight 
of  thine  eyes :  but  know  thou,  that  for  all  these 
things  "God  will  bring  thee  into  judgment. 

10  Therefore  remove  3  sorrow  from  thy  heart, 
fcand  put  away  evil  from  thy  flesh  :  for  childhood 
and  youth  are  vanity. 


Creator  to  be  remembered. 


ECCLESIASTES,  12. 


The  church's  love. 


CHAPTER  12. 

1  Creator  to  be  remembered.     13  Man's  whole  dutij. 

REMEMBER  now  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy 
youth,  while  the  evil  days  come  not,  nor  the 
years  draw  nigh,  when  thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no 
pleasure  in  them  ; 

2  While  the  sun,  or  the  light,  or  the  moon,  or  the 
stars,  be  not  darkened,  nor  the  clouds  return  after 
the  rain  : 

3  In  the  day  when  the  keepers  of  the  n  house  shall 
tremble,  and  the  strong  men  shall  bow  themselves, 
and  l  the  grinders  cease  because  they  are  few,  and 
b  those  that  look  out  of  the  windows  be  darkened, 

4  And  the  c  doors  shall  be  shut  in  the  streets,  when 
the  sound  of  the  grinding  is  low,  and  he  shall  rise 
up  at  the  voice  of  the  bird,  and  all  rfthe  daughters 
of  musick  shall  be  brought  low ; 

5  Also  when  they  shall  be  afraid  of  that  which  is 
high,  and  fears  shall  be  in  the  way,  and  the  al- 
mond tree  shall  nourish,  and  the  grasshopper  shall 
be  a  burden,  and  desire  shall  fail :  because  man  go- 
eth  to  his  long  home,  and  the  mourners  go  about 
the  streets  : 

6  Or  ever  the  silver  cord  be  loosed,  or  the  golden 


B.  C.  977. 


a  Ps.  71.  9. 
Zech.  8.  4. 
2  Cor.  5.  1. 

1  Or,  the  grinders 

fail,  because 

they  grind 

little. 
b  Gen.  27.  1. 
c  Mic.  7.  1. 
(I  2  Sam.  111.  35. 
e  Lev.  19.  32. 
/Gen.  3.  19. 
jch.  3.  21. 
h  Gen.  2.  7. 

Num.  10.  22. 

2  Or,  the  more 
wise  the 
preacher  was, 
etc. 

3  words  of  de- 
light, 

4  Or,  reading. 

5  Or,  The  end  of 
the  matter, 
even  all  that 
hath  been 
heard,  is. 

/  Matt.  12.  3G. 


bowl  be  broken,  or  the  pitcher  be  broken  at  the 
fountain,  or  the  wheel  broken  at  the  cistern. 

7  Then -'"shall  the  dust  return  to  the  earth  as  it  was  : 
"and  the  spirit  shall  return  unto  God  ''who  gave  it. 

8  If  Vanity  of  vanities,  saith  the  preacher ;  all  is 
vanity. 

9  And 2  moreover,  because  the  preacher  was  wise,  he 
still  taught  the  people  knowledge ;  yea,  he  gave  good 
heed,  and  sought  out,  and  set  in  order  many  proverbs. 

10  The  preacher  sought  to  find  out  3  acceptable 
words:  and  that  which  ivas  written  was  upright, 
even  words  of  truth. 

11  The  words  of  the  wise  are  as  goads,  and  as 
nails  fastened  by  the  masters  of  assemblies,  which 
are  given  from  one  shepherd. 

12  And  further,  by  these,  my  son,  be  admonished  : 
of  making  many  books  there  is  no  end  ;  and  much 
4  study  is  a  weariness  of  the  flesh. 

13  If  5Let  us  hear  the  conclusion  of  the  whole  mat- 
ter :  Fear  God,  and  keep  his  commandments  :  for 
this  is  the  whole  duty  of  man. 

14  For  *God  shall  bring  every  work  into  judg- 
ment, with  every  secret  thing,  whether  it  be  good, 
or  whether  it  be  evil. 


THE 


SONG    OF    SOLOMON. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  The  church's  love  and  confession.    8  She  is  directed  to  the  shepherds'  tents.     12  Con- 
gratulations. 

THE  "song  of  songs,  which  is  Sol'o-mon's. 
2  Let  him   kiss   me   with   the   kisses   of   his 
mouth  :  for  Hhy  love  is  better  than  wine. 

3  Because  of  the  savour  of  thy  good  ointments 
thy  name  is  as  ointment  poured  forth,  therefore  do 
the  6  virgins  love  thee. 

4  cDraw  me,  we  rfwill  run  after  thee  :  the  king 
e  hath  brought  me  into  his  chambers  :  we  will  be 
glad  and  rejoice  in  thee,  we  will  remember  thy  love 
more  than  wine  :  2the  upright  love  thee. 

5  I  am  black,  but  comely,  0  ye  daughters  of  Jg- 
ru'sa-lem,  as  the  tents  of  Ke'dar,  as  the  curtains  of 
Sol'o-mon. 

6  Look  not  upon  me,  because  I  am  black,  because 
the  sun  hath  looked  upon  me :  my  mother's  chil- 
dren were  angry  with  me  ;  they  made  me  the 
keeper  of  the  vineyards  ;  but  mine  own  vineyard 
have  I  not  kept. 

7  Tell  me,  0  thou  whom  my  soul  loveth,  where 
thou  feedest,  where  thou  /makest  thy  flock  to  rest 
at  noon  :  for  why  should  I  be  3as  one  that  turneth 
aside  by  the  flocks  of  thy  companions  ? 

8  If  If  thou  know  not,  0  thou  fairest  among 
women,  go  thy  way  forth  by  the  footsteps  of  the 
flock,  and  feed  thy  kids  beside  the  shepherds' 
tents. 

9  I  have  compared  thee,  gO  my  love,  Ho  a  com- 
pany of  horses  in  Pha'raoh's  chariots. 

10  'Thy  cheeks  are  comely  with  rows  of  jewels, 
thy  neck  with  chains  of  gold. 


B.  C.  1014. 


a  1  Ki.  4.  32. 


1  thy  loves. 


b  eh.  6.  8. 

Matt.  25.  1. 

2  Cor.  11.  2. 
c  Jer.  31 .  3. 

Hos.  11.4. 

John  6.  44. 
d  Phil.  3.  12. 
e  Ps.  45.  14. 

John  14.  2. 

Eph.  2.  6. 
2  Or,  they  love 

thee  uprightly. 


/John  10.  27. 

3  Or,  as  one 
that  is  veiled. 

q  eh.  2.  2. 

h  2  Chr.  1.  16. 

i  Ezek.  16.  11. 

4  Or,  cypress. 
jch.  4.1. 

5  Or,  my  com- 
panion. 

G  Or,  galleries. 


1  I  delighted 
and  sat  down, 
etc. 

a  Gen.  3.  6. 
Rev.  22.  1. 

2  palate. 

3  house  of  wine. 

4  straw  me  with 
apples. 

/;  eh.  8.  3. 

5  I  adjure  j'ou. 


11  We  will  make  thee  borders  of  gold  with  studs 
of  silver. 

12  TF  While  the  king  sitteth  at  his  table,  my  spike- 
nard sendeth  forth  the  smell  thereof. 

13  A  bundle  of  myrrh  is  my  wellbeloved  unto 
me  ;  he  shall  lie  all  night  betwixt  my  breasts. 

14  My  beloved  is  unto  me  as  a  cluster  of  Sam- 
phire in  the  vineyards  of  En-ge'di. 

15  J  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  5my  love  ;  behold,  thou 
art  fair  ;  thou  hast  doves'  eyes. 

16  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  my  beloved,  yea,  pleasant : 
also  our  bed  is  green. 

17  The  beams  of  our  house  are  cedar,  and  our 
G  rafters  of  fir. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Mutual  lore  of  Christ  and  his  church.    14  Care  of  the  church. 

I  AM  the  rose  of  Shar'on,  and  the  lily  of  the 
valleys. 

2  As  the  lily  among  thorns,  so  is  my  love  among 
the  daughters. 

3  As  the  apple  tree  among  the  trees  of  the  wood, 
so  is  my  beloved  among  the  sons.  1I  sat  down 
under  his  shadow  with  great  delight,  "and  his  fruit 
was  sweet  to  my  2  taste. 

4  He  brought  me  to  the  3  banqueting  house,  and 
his  banner  over  me  was  love. 

5  Stay  me  with  flagons,  4  comfort  me  with  apples : 
for  I  am  sick  of  love. 

6  6His  left  hand  is  under  my  head,  and  his  right 
hand  doth  embrace  me. 

7  5I  charge  you,  O  ye  daughters  of  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
by  the  roes,  and  by  the  hinds  of  the  field,  that  ye 
stir  not  up,  nor  awake  my  love,  till  he  please. 

487 


The  church's  victory. 


SOLOMON'S  SONG,  3  5. 


The  church's  graces. 


8  If  cThe  voice  of  my  beloved  !  behold,  he  cometh 
leaping  upon  the  mountains,  skipping  upon  the  hills. 

9  My  beloved  is  like  a  roe  or  a  young  hart :  be- 
hold, he  standeth  behind  our  wall,  he  looketh  forth 
at  the  windows,  "shewing  himself  through  the 
lattice. 

10  My  beloved  spake,  and  said  unto  me,  Rise  up, 
my  love,  my  fair  one,  and  come  away. 

11  For,  lo,  the  winter  is  past,  the  rain  is  over  and 
gone; 

12  The  flowers  appear  on  the  earth  ;  the  time  of 
the  singing  of  birds  is  come,  and  the  voice  of  the 
turtle  is  heard  in  our  land  ; 

13  The  fig  tree  putteth  forth  her  green  figs,  and 
the  vines  with  the  tender  grape  give  a  good  smell. 
Arise,  my  love,  my  fair  one,  and  come  away. 

14  If  0  my  dove,  that  art  in  the  clefts  of  the  rock, 
in  the  secret  places  of  the  stairs,  let  me  see  thy 
countenance,  d  let  me  hear  thy  voice  ;  for  sweet  is 
thy  voice,  and  thy  countenance  is  comely. 

15  Take  us  ethe  foxes,  the  little  foxes,  that  spoil 
the  vines  :  for  our  vines  have  tender  grapes. 

16  If  7My  beloved  is  mine,  and  I  am  his  :  he  feed- 
eth  among  the  lilies. 

17  9  Until  the  day  break,  and  the  shadows  flee 
away,  turn,  my  beloved,  and  be  thou  like  h&  roe  or 
a  young  hart  upon  the  mountains  7of  Be'ther. 


B 


CHAPTER  3. 

The  church's  victory  and  glory. 

Y  "night  on  my  bed  I  sought  him  whom  my 
soul  loveth  :  I  sought  him,  but  I  found  him 
not. 

2  I  will  rise  now,  and  go  about  the  city  in  the 
streets,  and  in  the  broad  ways  I  will  seek  him  whom 
my  soul  loveth  :  I  sought  him,  but  I  found  him  not. 

3  6The  watchmen  that  go  about  the  city  found 
me  :  to  whom  I  said,  Saw  ye  him  whom  my  soul 
loveth  ? 

4  It  was  but c  a  little  that  I  passed  from  them,  but 
I  found  him  whom  my  soul  loveth  :  d  I  held  him, 
and  would  not  let  him  go,  until  I  had  brought  him 
into  my  mother's  house,  and  into  the  chamber  of 
her  that  conceived  me. 

5  CI  charge  you,  0  ye  daughters  of  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
by  the  roes,  and  by  the  hinds  of  the  field,  that  ye 
stir  not  up,  nor  awake  my  love,  till  he  please. 

6  If  /-Who  is  this  that  cometh  out  of  the  wilder- 
ness like  pillars  of  smoke,  perfumed  with  myrrh 
and  frankincense,  with  all  powders  of  the  merchant? 

7  Behold  his  bed,  which  is  Sol'o-mon's ;  threescore 
valiant  men  are  about  it,  of  the  valiant  of  Ig'ra-el. 

8  They  all  hold  swords,  being  expert  in  war  : 
every  man  hath  his  sword  upon  his  thigh  because 
of  fear  in  the  night. 

9  King  Sol'o-mon  made  himself  aa  chariot  of  the 
wood  of  Leb'a-non. 

10  He  made  the  pillars  thereof  of  silver,  the  bot- 
tom thereof  of  gold,  the  covering  of  it  of  purple, 
the  midst  thereof  being  paved  °with  love,  for  the 
daughters  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

11  Go  forth,  0  ye  daughters  of  Zi'on,  and  behold 

488 


B.  C.  1014. 


c  John  10.  4. 


G  flourishing. 


d  ch.  8.  13. 


e  Ps.  80.  13. 
Ezek.  13.  4. 
Luke  13.  32. 

f  ch.  G.  3. 


g  ch.  4.  0. 

Luke  1.  78. 

Rom.  13.  12. 

2  Pet.  1.  19. 
h  ch.  8.  14. 
7  Or,  of  division. 


a  Ps.  4.  4. 

Ps.  6.  6. 

Isa.  26.  9. 
h  ch.  5.  7. 

Isa.  21.  G-8, 

11,  12. 
c  Prov.  8.  17. 
d  Prov.  4.  13. 

Rom.  8.  35,39. 
e  ch.  2.  7. 
/ch.  8.5. 

Jer.  2.  2. 
1  Or,  a  hed, 

or,  throne. 
g  Matt.  22.  37. 

John  13.  1,  34. 

Rom.  5.  8. 

Eph.  3.  19. 

1  Pet.  1.  7,  8. 
h  Ps.  110.  3. 

Isa.  G2.  5. 

Rev.  11.  15. 


ff  ch.  1.  15. 
b  ch.  G.  5. 

1  Or,  that  eat 
of,  etc. 

c  ch.  G.  G. 

d  2  Sam.  22.  51. 

ch.  1.  10. 
e  Nell.  3.  19. 
/Prov.  5.  19. 

ch.  1.  13. 

Isa.  66.  10-12. 

1  Pet.  2.  2. 

2  breathe. 

g  Eph.  5.  27. 
/)  Dent.  3.  9. 

3  Or,  taken 
away  my 
heart. 

i  Isa.  54.  5. 
John  3.  29. 

2  Cor.  11.2. 
Rev.  19.  7,  8. 

7  Prov.  24. 

13,  14. 
k  Gen.  27.  27. 

Hos.  14.  6,  7. 
/  Isa.  58.  11. 

Hos.  3.  3. 

4  barred. 

5  Or,  cypress. 
m  John  4.  10. 
i/  Gal.  5.  22. 

o  ch.  5.  1. 


a  ch.  4.  16. 
b  Luke  15.  7. 

John  3.  29. 
1  Or,  and  be 

drunken  with 

loves. 


king  Sol'o-mon  with  the  crown  wherewith  his  mo- 
ther crowned  him  in  the  ''day  of  his  espousals,  and 
in  the  day  of  the  gladness  of  his  heart. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  The  church's  graces.    16  Prayer  for  fitness. 

BEHOLD,  "thou  art  fair,  my  love ;  behold,  thou 
art  fair  ;  thou  hast  doves'  eyes  within  thy 
locks  :  thy  hair  is  as  a  6  flock  of  goats,  ]that  appear 
from  mount  Gil'e-ad. 

2  cThy  teeth  are  like  a  flock  of  sheep  that  are  even 
shorn,  which  came  up  from  the  washing ;  whereof 
every  one  bear  twins,  and  none  is  barren  among 
them. 

3  Thy  lips  are  like  a  thread  of  scarlet,  and  thy 
speech  is  comely  :  thy  temples  are  like  a  piece  of  a 
pomegranate  within  thy  locks. 

4  dThy  neck  is  like  the  tower  of  Da'vid  builded 
efor  an  armoury,  whereon  there  hang  a  thousand 
bucklers,  all  shields  of  mighty  men. 

5  rThy  two  breasts  are  like  two  young  roes  that 
are  twins,  which  feed  among  the  lilies. 

6  Until  the  day 2  break,  and  the  shadows  flee  away, 
I  will  get  me  to  the  mountain  of  myrrh,  and  to  the 
hill  of  frankincense. 

7  a  Thou  art  all  fair,  my  love  ;  there  is  no  spot  in 
thee. 

8  If  Come  with  me  from  Leb'a-non,  my  spouse, 
with  me  from  Leb'a-non  :  look  from  the  top  of 
Am'a-na,  from  the  top  of  She'nir  ''and  Her'mon,  from 
the  lions'  dens,  from  the  mountains  of  the  leopards. 

9  Thou  hast  3  ravished  my  heart,  my  sister,  my 
'spouse  ;  thou  hast  ravished  my  heart  with  one  of 
thine  eyes,  with  one  chain  of  thy  neck. 

10  How  fair  is  thy  love,  my  sister,  my  spouse  ! 
how  much  better  is  thy  love  than  wine  !  and  the 
smell  of  thine  ointments  than  all  spices  ! 

11  Thy  lips,  O  my  spouse,  drop  as  the  honeycomb : 
j  honey  and  milk  are  under  thy  tongue ;  and  the 
smell  of  thy  garments  is  A'like  the  smell  of  Leb'a- 
non. 

12  'A  garden  4 inclosed  is  my  sister,  my  spouse  ;  a 
spring  shut  up,  a  fountain  sealed. 

13  Thy  plants  are  an  orchard  of  pomegranates, 
with  pleasant  fruits  ;  5camphire,  with  spikenard, 

14  Spikenard  and  saffron  ;  calamus  and  cinnamon, 
with  all  trees  of  frankincense  ;  myrrh  and  aloes, 
with  all  the  chief  spices  : 

15  A  fountain  of  gardens,  a  well  of  m  living  waters, 
and  streams  from  Leb'a-non. 

16  If  Awake,  O  north  wind  ;'  and  come,  thou  south ; 
blow  upon  my  garden,  that  the  n  spices  thereof  may 
flow  out.  "Let  my  beloved  come  into  his  garden, 
and  eat  his  pleasant  fruits. 

CHAPTER  5. 

Christ  awakens  the  church  with  his  calling. 

["  aAM  come  into  my  garden,  my  sister,  my  spouse : 
J-  I  have  gathered  my  myrrh  with  my  spice;  I 
have  eaten  my  honeycomb  with  my  honey  ;  I  have 
drunk  my  wine  with  my  milk  :  eat,  O  b  friends  ; 
drink,  *yea,  drink  abundantly,  O  beloved. 


Call  to  the  church. 


SOLOMON'S  SONG,  6,  7. 


The  church's  graces. 


2  II  I  sleep,  but  my  heart  waketh  :  it  is  the  voice 
of  my  beloved  cthat  knocketh,  saying,  Open  to  me, 
my  sister,  my  love,  my  dove,  my  undefined  :  for  my 
head  is  filled  with  dew,  and  my  locks  with  the  drops 
of  the  night. 

3  I  have  put  off  my  coat ;  how  shall  I  put  it  on  ? 
I  have  washed  my  feet ;  how  shall  I  defile  them  ? 

4  My  beloved  put  in  his  hand  by  the  hole  of  the 
door,  and  my  bowels  were  moved  2for  him. 

5  I  rose  up  to  open  to  my  beloved  ;  and  my  hands 
dropped  with  myrrh,  and  my  fingers  with  3  sweet 
smelling  myrrh,  upon  the  handles  of  the  lock. 

6  I  opened  to  my  beloved  ;  but  my  beloved  had 
d  withdrawn  himself,  and  was  gone :  my  soul  failed 
when  he  spake  :  I  sought  him,  but  I  could  not  find 
him  ;  e  I  called  him,  but  he  gave  me  no  answer. 

7  /rrhe  watchmen  that  went  about  the  city  found 
me,  they  smote  me,  they  wounded  me  ;  the  keepers 
of  the  walls  took  away  my  veil  from  me. 

8  I  charge  you,  0  daughters  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  if  ye 
find  my  beloved,  Hhat  ye  tell  him,  that  I  am  sick 
of  love. 

9  If  What  is  thy  beloved  more  than  another  be- 
loved, 0  thou  fairest  among  women  ?  what  is  thy 
beloved  more  than  another  beloved,  that  thou  dost 
so  charge  us  ? 

10  My  beloved  is  white  and  ruddy,  5the  chief  est 
among  ten  thousand. 

11  His  head  is  as  the  most  fine  gold,  his  locks  are 
6  bushy,  and  black  as  a  raven. 

12  a  His  eyes  are  as  the  eyes  of  doves  by  the  rivers 
of  waters,  washed  with  milk,  and  7  fitly  set. 

13  His  cheeks  are  as  a  bed  of  spices,  as  8  sweet 
flowers  :  his  lips  like  lilies,  dropping  sweet  smelling 
myrrh. 

14  His  hands  are  as  gold  rings  set  with  the  beryl : 
his  belly  is  as  bright  ivory  overlaid  with  sap- 
phires. 

15  His  legs  are  as  pillars  of  marble,  set  upon  sock- 
ets of  fine  gold  :  his  countenance  is  as  Leb'a-non, 
excellent  as  the  cedars. 

16  9His  mouth  is  most  sweet :  yea,  hhe  is  altogether 
lovely.  This  is  my  beloved,  and  this  is  my  friend, 
0  daughters  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  The  church  professes  her  faith  in  Christ,    10  Christ s  love  toward  her. 

WHITHER  is  thy  beloved  gone,  aO  thou  fairest 
among  women  ?  whither  is  thy  beloved  turned 
aside  ?  that  we  may  seek  him  with  thee. 

2  My  beloved  is  gone  down  into  his  garden,  to  the 
beds  of  spices,  to  6feed  in  the  gardens,  and  to 
c  gather  lilies. 

3  dl  am  my  beloved's,  and  my  beloved  is  mine  : 
he  feedeth  among  the  lilies. 

4  1  Thou  art  beautiful,  0  my  love,  as  Tir'zah, 
comely  as  Je-ru'sa-lem,  e terrible  as  an  army  with 
banners. 

5  Turn  away  thine  eyes  from  me,  for  Hhey  have 
overcome  me^  thy  hair  is  fas  a  flock  of  goats  that 
appear  from  Gil'e-ad. 

6  Thy  teeth  are  as  a  flock  of  sheep  which  go  up  i 


B.  C.  1014. 


c  Prov.  8.  4. 
Rev.  3.  20. 


2  Or,  (as  some 
read,)  in  rue. 


3  passing,  or, 
running  about. 


d  Hos.  5.  15, 


e  Lam.  3.  8. 

/ch.  3.  3. 

Acts  20.  29,  30. 


4  what. 


5  a  standard- 
bearer. 


G  Or,  curled. 
g  ch.  1.  15. 

7  sitting  in  ful- 
ness, that  is, 
fitly  placed, 
and  set  as  a 
precious  stone 
in  the  foil  of 

a  ring. 

8  Or,  towers  of 
perfumes. 

9  His  palate. 
h  Ps.  45.  2. 

Jer.  31.  3. 
Rom.  8.  35. 
Phil.  3.  8. 


a  ch.  1.  8. 
b  Isa.  40.  11. 

Zeph.  3.  17. 

Rev.  7.  17. 
c  Isa.  56.  8. 

John  10.  16. 
d  ch.  2.  16. 

Rev.  21.  2. 
el  Cor.  10.  4. 

1  Or,  they  have 
puffed  me  up. 

/ch.  4.  1. 
g  ch.  7.  12. 

2  I  knew  not. 

3  Or,  set  me  on 
the  chariots  of 
my  willing 
people. 

4  Or,  of  Maha- 


0  Ps.  45.  13. 

1  mixture. 
b  ch.  4.  5. 

2  Or,  crimson. 

3  bound. 

4  straightly. 

5  Or,  of  the 
ancient. 

c  ch.  2.  16. 

Gal.  2.  20. 
tf  Ps.  45.  11. 
ech.  6.  11. 
G  open. 
/  Ps.  63.  3-8. 

Ps.  73.  25. 

ch.  4.  16. 
g  Gen.  30.  14. 
h  ch.  5.  1. 

Matt.  13.  52. 

John  15.  8. 


from  the  washing,  whereof  every  one  beareth  twins, 
and  there  is  not  one  barren  among  them. 

7  As  a  piece  of  a  pomegranate  are  thy  temples 
within  thy  locks. 

8  There  are  threescore  queens,  and  fourscore  con- 
cubines, and  virgins  without  number. 

9  My  dove,  my  undefiled  is  but  one ;  she  is  the 
only  one  of  her  mother,  she  is  the  choice  one  of  her 
that  bare  her.  The  daughters  saw  her,  and  blessed 
her ;  yea,  the  queens  and  the  concubines,  and  they 
praised  her. 

10  If  Who  is  she  that  looketh  forth  as  the  morning, 
fair  as  the  moon,  clear  as  the  sun,  and  terrible  as 
an  army  with  banners  ? 

11  I  went  down  into  the  garden  of  nuts  to  see  the 
fruits  of  the  valley,  and  "to  see  whether  the  vine 
flourished,  and  the  pomegranates  budded. 

12  20r  ever  I  was  aware,  my  soul  3made  me  like 
the  chariots  of  Am-mi'-na-dib. 

13  Return,  return,  O  Shu'lam-Ite  ;  return,  return, 
that  we  may  look  upon  thee.  What  will  ye  see  in 
the  Shu'lam-Ite  ?  As  it  were  the  company  4of  two 
armies. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Further  description  of  the  chnrch's  graces.    10  Her  profession  of  faith  and  desire. 

HOW  beautiful  are  thy  feet  with  shoes,  aO 
prince's  daughter!  the  joints  of  thy  thighs 
are  like  jewels,  the  work  of  the  hands  of  a  cunning 
workman. 

2  Thy  navel  is  like  a  round  goblet,  which  wanteth 
not 1  liquor :  thy  belly  is  like  an  heap  of  wheat  set 
about  with  lilies. 

3  6Thy  two  breasts  are  like  two  young  roes  that 
are  twins. 

4  Thy  neck  is  as  a  tower  of  ivory ;  thine  eyes  like 
the  fishpools  in  Hesh'bon,  by  the  gate  of  Bath-rab'- 
bim  :  thy  nose  is  as  the  tower  of  Leb'a-non  which 
looketh  toward  Da-mas  'cus. 

5  Thine  head  upon  thee  is  like  2Car'mel,  and  the 
hair  of  thine  head  like  purple  ;  the  king  is  3held  in 
the  galleries. 

6  How  fair  and  how  pleasant  art  thou,  O  love,  for 
delights ! 

7  This  thy  stature  is  like  to  a  palm  tree,  and  thy 
breasts  to  clusters  of  grapes. 

8  I  said,  I  will  go  up  to  the  palm  tree,  I  will  take 
hold  of  the  boughs  thereof :  now  also  thy  breasts 
shall  be  as  clusters  of  the  vine,  and  the  smell  of 
thy  nose  like  apples  ; 

9  And  the  roof  of  thy  mouth  like  the  best  wine 
for  my  beloved,  that  goeth  down  i  sweetly,  causing 
the  lips  5of  those  that  are  asleep  to  speak. 

10  1 c  I  am  my  beloved's,  and  d  his  desire  is  toward  me. 

11  Come,  my  beloved,  let  us  go  forth  into  the 
field  ;  let  us  lodge  in  the  villages. 

12  Let  us  get  up  early  to  the  vineyards ;  let  us 
esee  if  the  vine  flourish,  whether  the  tender  grape 
6  appear,  and  the  pomegranates  bud  forth  :  there 
will  /I  give  thee  my  loves. 

13  The  a  mandrakes  give  a  smell,  and  at  our  gates 
hare  all  manner  of  pleasant  fruits,  new  and  old, 
which  I  have  laid  up  for  thee,  O  my  beloved. 

489 


The  church's  love. 


SOLOMON'S  SONG,  8. 


Exhortation  to  repentance. 


CHAPTER  8. 

1  Love  of  the  church  for  Christ.    14  Prayer  for  the  coming  of  Christ. 

OTHAT  thou  wert  as  my  brother,  that  sucked 
the  breasts  of  my  mother  !  when  I  should  find 
thee  without,  I  would  kiss  thee  ;  yea,  1 1  should  not 
be  despised. 

2  I  would  lead  thee,  and  bring  thee  into  my  mo- 
ther's house,  who  would  instruct  me  :  I  would  cause 
thee  to  drink  of  "spiced  wine  of  the  juice  of  my 
pomegranate. 

3  6  His  left  hand  should  be  under  my  head,  and  his 
right  hand  should  embrace  me. 

4  I  charge  you,  0  daughters  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  2that 
ye  stir  not  up,  nor  awake  my  love,  until  he  please. 

5  Who  is  this  that  cometh  up  from  cthe  wilder- 
ness, leaning  upon  her  beloved  ?  I  raised  thee  up 
under  the  apple  tree  :  there  thy  mother  brought  thee 
forth  :  there  she  brought  thee  forth  that  bare  thee. 

6  1[  dSet  me  as  a  seal  upon  thine  heart,  as  a  seal 
upon  thine  arm  :  for  elove  is  strong  as  death  ;  jeal- 
ousy is  3  cruel  as  the  grave  :  the  coals  thereof  are 
coals  of  fire,  which  hath  a  most  vehement  flame. 

7  Many  waters  cannot  quench  love,  neither  can 


B.  C.  1014. 


1  they  should 
not  despise  me. 


a  Prov.  9.  2. 


It  ch.  2.  6. 
Isa.  62.  4,  5. 
2  Cor.  12.  9. 

2  why  should  ye 
stir  up,  or, 
why,  etc. 

c  John  17.  14. 

d  Isa.  49.  16. 

Jer.  22.  24. 

Hag.  2.  23. 
e  Phil.  3.  8. 

3  hard. 

/  Prov.  6.  35. 
g  Ps.  22.  27. 
//  Rev.  3.  20. 
i  Col.  2.  7. 
j  Ezek.  16.  7. 

4  peace. 

k  Matt.  21.  33. 
;  ch.  2.  14. 

5  Flee  away. 
m  ch.  2.  17. 


the  floods  drown  it :  /if  a  man  would  give  all  the 
substance  of  his  house  for  love,  it  would  utterly  be 
contemned. 

8  If  9We  have  a  little  sister,  and  she  hath  no 
breasts  :  what  shall  we  do  for  our  sister  in  the  day 
when  she  shall  be  spoken  for  ? 

9  If  she  be  a  wall,  we  will  build  upon  her  a  palace 
of  silver  :  and  if  she  be  h  a  door,  we  will  inclose  her 
with  boards  of  cedar. 

10  *I  am  a  wall,  and  Jmy  breasts  like  towers  :  then 
was  I  in  his  eyes  as  one  that  found  *  favour. 

11  Sol'o-mon  had  a  vineyard  at  Ba'al-ha'mon ; 
khe  let  out  the  vineyard  unto  keepers  ;  every  one 
for  the  fruit  thereof  was  to  bring  a  thousand  pieces 
of  silver. 

12  My  vineyard,  which  is  mine,  is  before  me  : 
thou,  0  Sol'o-mon,  must  have  a  thousand,  and  those 
that  keep  the  fruit  thereof  two  hundred. 

13  Thou  that  dwellest  in  the  gardens,  the  compan- 
ions hearken  to  thy  voice  :  l  cause  me  to  hear  it. 

14  If  5Make  haste,  my  beloved,  and  "'be  thou  like 
to  a  roe  or  to  a  young  hart  upon  the  mountains  of 
spices. 


i 


THE   BOOK   OP  THE 


PROPHET    ISAIAH. 


CHAPTER  1. 


28  Destruction 


1  Isaiah  complains  of  Judah  for  her  rebellion.    25  Grace  promised. 

threatened  to  the  wicked. 

THE  "vision  of  1-s.a'iah  the  son  of  A'moz,  which 
he  saw  concerning  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem  in 
the  6days  of  Uz-zl'ah,  Jo'tham,  A'haz,  and  Hez-e- 
kl'ah,  kings  of  Ju'dah. 

2  Hear,  0  heavens,  and  give  ear,  0  earth  :  for  the 
Lord  hath  spoken,  I  have  nourished  and  brought 
up  children,  and  they  have  rebelled  against  me. 

3  The  ox  knoweth  his  owner,  and  the  ass  his  mas- 
ter's crib  :  but  Ig'ra-el  cdoth  not  know,  my  people 
doth  not  consider. 

4  Ah  sinful  nation,  a  people  l  laden  with  iniquity, 
da  seed  of  evildoers,  children  that  are  corrupters  : 
they  have  forsaken  the  Lord,  they  have  provoked 
the  Holy  One  of  I§'ra-el  unto  anger,  they  are  2gone 
away  backward. 

5  If e  Why  should  ye  be  stricken  any  more  ?  ye  will 
3  revolt  more  and  more  :  the  whole  head  is  sick,  and 
the  whole  heart  faint. 

6  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto  the  head 
there  is  no  soundness  in  it ;  but  wounds,  and  bruises, 
and  putrifying  sores :  /they  have  not  been  closed, 
neither  bound  up,  neither  mollified  with  4 ointment. 

7  a  Your  country  is  desolate,  your  cities  are  burned 
with  fire  :  your  land,  strangers  devour  it  in  your 
presence,  and  it  is  desolate,  5as  overthrown  by 
strangers. 

8  And  the  daughter  of  Zi'on  is  left  as  a  cottage  in 
a  vineyard,  as  a  lodge  in  a  garden  of  cucumbers,  as 
a  besieged  city. 

9  h  Except  the  Lord  of  hosts  had  left  unto  us 
a  very  small  remnant,  we  should  have  been  as 

490 


B.  C.  760. 


a  Num.  12.  6. 


It  2  Kl  15.  1. 


c  Jer.  9.  3,  6. 

1  of  heaviness. 
(I  ch.  57.  3,  4. 


2  alienated,  or, 
separated. 

e  ch.  9.  13. 
Jer.  2.  30. 

3  increase  revolt. 
/"Jer.  8.  22. 

4  Or,  oil. 

g  Deut.  28.  51. 

5  as  the  over- 
throw of 
strangers. 

h  Rom.  9.  29. 
i  Ezek.  16.  46. 
j  Ps.  50.  8. 
G  great  he  goats. 

7  to  he  seen. 

8  Or,  grief. 
k  Job  27.  9. 

/ 1  Tim.  2.  8. 

9  multiply 
prayer. 

10  bloods. 

in  Jer.  4.  14. 
n  Rom.  12.  9. 
o  Mic.  6.  8. 

11  Or,  Tighten. 
p  ISam.  12.7. 

ch.  41.21. 

Mic.  6.  2. 
?Ps.  51.  7. 

ch.  44.  22. 

Mic.  7.  18. 

Eph.  1.  6-8. 
r  Deut.  28.  1. 


Sod'om,  and  we  should  have  been  like  unto  G6- 
mor'rah. 

10  If  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  rulers  'of 
Sod'om  ;  give  ear  unto  the  law  of  our  God,  ye 
people  of  G6-mor'rah.  « 

11  To  what  purpose  is  the  multitude  of  your  j sac- 
rifices unto  me  ?  saith  the  Lord  :  I  am  full  of  the;, 
burnt  offerings  of  rams,  and  the  fat  of  fed  beasts  \r 
and  I  delight  not  in  the  blood  of  bullocks,  or  off 
lambs,  or  of  6he  goats. 

12  When  ye  come  "to  appear  before  me,  who  hath 
required  this  at  your  hand,  to  tread  my  courts  ? 

13  Bring  no  more  vain  oblations  ;  incense  is  an 
abomination  unto  me  ;  the  new  moons  and  sabbaths, 
the  calling  of  assemblies,  I  cannot  away  with  ;  it  is 
8  iniquity,  even  the  solemn  meeting. 

14  Your  new  moons  and  your  appointed  feasts  my 
soul  hateth  :  they  are  a  trouble  unto  me ;  I  am 
weary  to  bear  them. 

15  And  ^when  ye  spread  forth  your  hands,  I  will 
hide  mine  eyes  from  you:  ?yea,  when  ye  9make 
many  prayers,  I  will  not  hear  :  your  hands  are  full 
of  I0  blood. 

16  If  mWash  you,  make  you  clean  ;  put  away  the 
evil  of  your  doings  from  before  mine  eyes  ;  "cease 
to  do  evil ; 

17  Learn  to  do  well  ;  "seek  judgment,  "relieve  the 
oppressed,  judge  the  fatherless,  plead  for  the  widow. 

18  Come  now,  and  plet  us  reason  together,  saith 
the  Lord  :  though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  "they 
shall  be  as  white  as  snow  ;  though  they  be  red  like 
crimson,  they  shall  be  as  wool. 

19  r  If  ye  be  willing  and  obedient,  ye  shall  eat  the 
good  of  the  land  : 


Lament  for  Israel. 


ISAIAH,  2,  3. 


Confusion  through  sin. 


20  But  if  ye  refuse  and  rebel,  ye  shall  be  devoured 
with  the  sword  :  sfor  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

21  If  How  is  the  faithful  city  become  an  harlot !  it 
was  full  of  judgment ;  righteousness  lodged  in  it ; 
but  now  murderers. 

22  Thy  silver  is  become  dross,  thy  wine  mixed  with 
water  : 

23  'Thy  princes  are  rebellious,  and  companions  of 
thieves  :  every  one  loveth  gifts,  and  f olloweth  after 
rewards  :  they  judge  not  the  fatherless,  neither  doth 
the  cause  of  the  widow  come  unto  them. 

24  Therefore  saith  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
the  mighty  One  of  I§'ra-el,  Ah,  "I  will  ease  me 
of  mine  adversaries,  and  avenge  me  of  mine  ene- 
mies : 

25  If  "  And  I  will  turn  my  hand  upon  thee,  and 
12 purely  purge  away  thy  dross,  and  take  away  all 
thy  tin  : 

26  And  I  will  restore  thy  judges  as  at  the  first, 
and  thy  counsellors  as  at  the  beginning  :  afterward 
thou  shalt  be  called,  The  city  of  righteousness,  the 
faithful  city. 

27  Zi'on  shall  be  redeemed  with  judgment,  and 
13  her  converts  with  righteousness. 

28  If  And  the  14  destruction  of  the  transgressors 
and  of  the  sinners  shall  be  together,  and  they  that 
forsake  the  Lord  shall  be  consumed. 

29  For  they  shall  be  ashamed  of  wthe  oaks  which 
ye  have  desired,  *and  ye  shall  be  confounded  for 
the  gardens  that  ye  have  chosen. 

30  For  ye  shall  be  as  an  oak  whose  leaf  fadeth,  and 
as  a  garden  that  hath  no  water. 

31  And  the  strong  shall  be  as  tow,  15and  the  maker 
>f  it  as  a  spark,  and  they  shall  both  burn  together, 
,nd  none  shall  quench  them. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Coming  of  Cltrisfs  kingdom  prophesied.    10  Exhortation  to  fear. 

THE  word  that  I-sa'iah  the  son  of  A'moz  saw 
concerning  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

2  And  "it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  last  days, 
bthat  the  mountain  of  the  Lord's  house  shall  1be 
established  in  the  top  of  the  mountains,  and  shall 
be  exalted  above  the  hills  ;  and  all  nations  shall 
flow  unto  it. 

3  And  many  people  shall  go  and  say,  ''Come  ye, 
and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  to 
the  house  of  the  God  of  Ja'cob  ;  and  he  will  teach 
us  of  his  ways,  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths  :  d  for 
out  of  Zi'on  shall  go  forth  the  law,  and  the  word  of 
the  Lord  from  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

4  And  he e  shall  judge  among  the  nations,  and  shall 
rebuke  many  people  :  and  /they  shall  beat  their 
swords  into  plowshares,  and  their  spears  into  2prun- 
inghooks  :  nation  shall  not  lift  up  sword  against 
nation,  neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more. 

5  0  house  of  Ja'cob,  come  ye,  and  let  us  "walk  in 
the  light  of  the  Lord. 

6  If  Therefore  thou  hast  forsaken  thy  people  the 
house  of  Ja'cob,  because  they  be  replenished  3from 
the  east,  and  hare  soothsayers  like  the  Phi-lis'tmeg, 


B.  C.  760. 


s  Tit.  1.  2. 


t  2  Chr.  36.  14. 
Jer.  5.  5. 
Dan.  9.  5. 
Hos.  9.  15. 


u  Deut.  28.  63. 


v  Rev.  3.  19. 

12  according  to 
pureness. 


13  Or,  they 
that  return 
of  her. 

14  breaking. 


w  ch.  57.  5. 
x  ch.  65.  3. 
15  Or,  and  his 
work. 


a  Mie.  4.  1. 

Acts  2.  17. 
b  Dan.  2.  35. 

Rev.  14. 1. 

1  Or,  be  pre- 
pared. 

c  Zech.  8.  21. 
d  Luke  24.  47. 
e  John  5.  22. 
/  Hos.  2.  18. 

2  Or,  scythes. 
g  Acts  26.  23. 

3  Or,  more  than 
the  east. 

/(  Deut.  18.  14. 

4  Or,  abound 
with  the 
children. 

5  Or,  nonentities. 
i  ch.  12.  1,  4. 

ch.  24.  21,  23. 
ch.  25.  9. 
ch.  26.  1. 
Jer.  30.  7,  8. 
Joel  3.  18. 
Amos  9.  11. 
Obad.  8. 
Mic.  5.  10. 

6  pictures  of 
desire. 

7  Or,  the  whole 
shall  pass 
away. 

j  Hos.  10.  8. 
Luke  23.  30. 
Rev.  6.  16. 

8  the  dust. 

k  2  Thess.  1.  9. 
/  Ps.  7.  6. 

Nah.  1.  3-6. 

Hab.  3.  6. 

Hag.  2.  6. 

Heb.  12.  26. 
0  the  idols  of  his 

silver,  etc. 
10  Or,  which 

they  made  for 

him. 
in  Prov.  23.  4. 


a  Lev.  26.  26. 
Jer.  37.  21. 
Ezek.  14.  13. 

1  a  man  eminent 
in  counte- 
nance. 

2  Or,  skilful  of 
speech. 

b  Eccl.  10.  16. 


and   they  4  please   themselves   in  the  children   of 
strangers. 

7  Their  land  also  is  full  of  silver  and  gold,  neither 
is  there  any  end  of  their  treasures  ;  their  land  is 
also  full  of  horses,  neither  is  there  any  end  of  their 
chariots  : 

8  Their  land  also  is  full  of  5 idols;  they  worship 
the  work  of  their  own  hands,  that  which  their  own 
fingers  have  made  : 

9  And  the  mean  man  boweth  down,  and  the  great 
man  humbleth  himself  :  therefore  forgive  them 
not. 

10  If  Enter  into  the  rock,  and  hide  thee  in  the 
dust,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his 
majesty. 

11  The  lofty  looks  of  man  shall  be  humbled,  and 
the  haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  bowed  down,  and 
the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  'in  that  day. 

12  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  upon 
every  one  that  is  proud  and  lofty,  and  upon  every 
one  that  is  lifted  up  ;  and  he  shall  be  brought  low  : 

13  And  upon  all  the  cedars  of  Leb'a-non,  that  are 
high  and  lifted  up,  and  upon  all  the  oaks  of  Ba'shan, 

14  And  upon  all  the  high  mountains,  and  upon  all 
the  hills  that  are  lifted  up, 

15  And  upon  every  high  tower,  and  upon  every 
fenced  wall, 

16  And  upon  all  the  ships  of  Tar'shish,  and  upon 
all  6  pleasant  pictures. 

1-7  And  the  loftiness  of  man  shall  be  bowed  down, 
and  the  haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  made  low  :  and 
the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  in  that  day. 

18  And  7the  idols  he  shall  utterly  abolish. 

19  And  they  shall  go  into  the  j holes  of  the  rocks,, 
and  into  the  caves  of  8the  earth,  &for  fear  of  the 
Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his  majesty,  when  he 
ariseth  'to  shake  terribly  the  earth. 

20  In  that  day  a  man  shall  cast  9his  idols  of  silver, 
and  his  idols  of  gold,  10  which  they  made  each  one 
for  himself  to  worship,  to  the  moles  and  to  the  bats ; 

21  To  go  into  the  clefts  of  the  rocks,  and  into  the 
tops  of  the  ragged  rocks,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and 
for  the  glory  of  his  majesty,  when  he  ariseth  to 
shake  terribly  the  earth. 

22  m  Cease  ye  from  man,  whose  breath  is  in  his 
nostrils  :  for  wherein  is  he  to  be  accounted  of  ? 


1  Calamities  that  come 


CHAPTER  3. 

i.     12  Oppression  of  rulers.     1C  Punishment  of  women  for 
pride. 

FOR,  behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  doth 
take  away  from  Jg-ru'sa-lem  and  from  Ju'dah 
"the  stay  and  the  staff,  the  whole  stay  of  bread, 
and  the  whole  stay  of  water, 

2  The  mighty  man,  and  the  man  of  war,  the 
judge,  and  the  prophet,  and  the  prudent,  and  the 
ancient, 

3  The  captain  of  fifty,  and  Hhe  honourable  man, 
and  the  counsellor,  and  the  cunning  artificer,  and 
the  2  eloquent  orator. 

4  And  I  will  give  6  children  to  be  their  princes, 
and  babes  shall  rule  over  them. 

491 


Oppression  of  the  people. 


ISAIAH,  4,  5. 


God's  judgments  on  sins. 


5  And  the  c  people  shall  be  oppressed,  every  one 
by  another,  and  every  one  by  his  neighbour :  the 
child  shall  behave  himself  proudly  against  dthe  an- 
cient, and  the  base  against  the  honourable. 

6  When  a  man  shall  take  hold  of  his  brother  of 
the  house  of  his  father,  saying,  Thou  hast  clothing, 
be  thou  our  ruler,  and  let  this  ruin  be  under  thy 
hand  : 

7  In  that  day  shall  he  3swear,  saying,  I  will  not  be 
an  4  healer  ;  for  in  my  house  is  neither  bread  nor 
clothing  :  make  me  not  a  ruler  of  the  people. 

8  For  Je-ru'sa-lem  is  ruined,  and  Ju'dah  is  fallen  : 
because  their  tongue  and  their  doings  are  against 
the  Lord,  to  provoke  the  eyes  of  his  glory. 

9  If  The  shew  of  their  countenance  doth  witness 
against  them  ;  and  they  declare  their  sin  as  Sod'om, 
they  hide  it  not.  Woe  unto  their  soul  !  for  they 
have  rewarded  evil  unto  themselves. 

10  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  that  it  shall  be  well 
with  him :  for  they  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their 
doings. 

11  Woe  unto  the  wicked  !  it  shall  be  ill  with  him  : 
for  the  reward  of  his  hands  shall  be  5  given  him. 

12  If  As  for  my  people,  children  are  their  oppres- 
sors, and  women  rule  over  them.  0  my  people, 
6  they  which  lead  thee  cause  thee  to  err,  and  de- 
stroy the  way  of  thy  paths. 

13  The  Lord  standeth  up  to  plead,  and  standeth 
to  judge  the  people. 

14  The  Lord  will  enter  into  judgment  with  the 
ancients  of  his  people,  and  the  princes  thereof :  for 
ye  have  8  eaten  up  ethe  vineyard  ;  the  spoil  of  the 
poor  is  in  your  houses. 

15  What  mean  ye  that  ye  beat  my  people  to  pieces, 
and  grind  the  faces  of  the  poor  ?  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  hosts. 

16  If  Moreover  the  Lord  saith,  Because  the  daugh- 
ters of  Zi'on  are  haughty,  and  walk  with  stretched 
forth  necks  and  9  wanton  eyes,  walking  and  10  min- 
cing as  they  go,  and  making  a  tinkling  with  their 
feet  : 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  will  smite  with  a  scab  the 
crown  of  the  head  of  the  daughters  of  Zi'on,  and 
the  Lord  will  "discover  their  secret  parts. 

18  In  that  day  the  Lord  will  take  away  the  brav- 
ery of  their  tinkling  ornaments  about  their  feet, 
and  their 12  cauls,  and  their  round  tires  like  the  moon, 

19  The  13  chains,  and  the  bracelets,  and  the 
"mufflers, 

20  The  bonnets,  and  the  ornaments  of  the  legs, 
and  the  headbands,  and  the  15  tablets,  and  the  ear- 
rings, 

21  The  rings,  and  nose  jewels, 

22  The  changeable  suits  of  apparel,  and  the  man- 
tles, and  the  wimples,  and  the  crisping  pins, 

23  The  glasses,  and  the  fine  linen,  and  the  hoods, 
and  the  veils. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  instead  of  sweet 
smell  there  shall  be  stink  ;  and  instead  of  a  girdle 
a  rent ;  and  instead  of  well  set  hair  baldness  ;  and 
instead  of  a  stomacher  a  girding  of  sackcloth  ;  and 
burning  instead  of  beauty. 

492 


B.  C.  760. 


c  Mic.  3. 
d  Deut.  28.  50. 
Lam.  4.  16. 


!  lift  up  the 
hand, 

Gen.  14.  22, 
or,  protest. 

:  binder  up. 


5  done  to  him. 


Or,  they  which 
call  thee 
blessed, 
swallow  up. 


8  Or,  burnt. 
e  Matt.  21.  33. 


9  deceiving  with 
their  eyes. 

10  Or,  tripping 
nicely. 

11  make  naked. 

12  Or,  networks. 

13  Or,  sweet 
balls. 

14  Or,  spangled 
ornaments. 

1 5  houses  of  the 
soul. 

16  might. 

/  Jer.  14.  2. 
Lara.  1.  4. 

17  Or,  cleansed, 
or,  emptied. 


1  let  thy  name  be 
called  upon  us. 

2  Or,  take  thou 
awav. 

a  Luke  1.  25. 
6ch.il.  1. 

ch.  GO.  21 . 

Jer.  23.  5. 

3  beauty  and 
glory. 

eRom.  1.  3,  4. 

4  for  the  escap- 
ing of  Israel. 

5  Or,  to  life. 

d  Ex.  13.  21,  22. 

Deut.  1.  33. 
C  Or,  above. 
7  a  covering. 


a  Ps.  80.  8. 

1  the  horn  of  the 
son  of  oil. 

2  Or,  made  a  wall 
about  it. 

3  hewed. 

6  Deut.  32.  G. 
c  Rom.  3.  4. 

4  for  a  treading. 

5  plant  of  his 
pleasures. 

6  a  scab. 


16 


25  Thy  men   shall   fall  by  the  sword,   and   thy 
mighty  in  the  war. 

26  And  /her  gates  shall  lament  and  mourn  ;  and 
she  being  "desolate  shall  sit  upon  the  ground. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  Distress  of  the  times.    2  Christ's  kingdom  shall  be  a  sanctuary. 

AND  in  that  day  seven  women  shall  take  hold  of 
-£*-  one  man,  saying,  We  will  eat  our  own  bread, 
and  wear  our  own  apparel :  only  J  let  us  be  called 
by  thy  name,  2to  take  away  "our  reproach. 

2  In  that  day  shall  6the  branch  of  the  Lord  be 
3  beautiful  and  glorious,  and  cthe  fruit  of  the  earth 
shall  be  excellent  and  comely  4for  them  that  are 
escaped  of  Ig'ra-el. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  that  is  left  in 
Zi'on,  and  he  that  remaineth  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  shall 
be  called  holy,  even  every  one  that  is  written  5  among 
the  living  in  Je-ru'sa-lem  : 

4  When  the  Lord  shall  have  washed  away  the 
filth  of  the  daughters  of  Zi'on,  and  shall  have  purged 
the  blood  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  from  the  midst  thereof  by 
the  spirit  of  judgment,  and  by  the  spirit  of  burning. 

5  And  the  Lord  will  create  upon  every  dwelling 
place  of  mount  Zi'on,  and  upon  her  assemblies,  da 
cloud  and  smoke  by  day,  and  the  shining  of  a  flam- 
ing fire  by  night :  for  cupon  all  the  glory  shall  be 
7  a  defence. 

6  And  there  shall  be  a  tabernacle  for  a  shadow  in 
the  daytime  from  the  heat,  and  for  a  place  of  refuge, 
and  for  a  covert  from  storm  and  from  rain. 

CHAPTER  5. 

God's  judgments  upon  various  sins. 

^VTOW  will  I  sing  to  my  wellbeloved  a  song  of  my 
•^  beloved  touching  "his  vineyard.  My  wellbe- 
loved hath  a  vineyard  in  *a  very  fruitful  hill : 

2  And  he 2  fenced  it,  and  gathered  out  the  stones 
thereof,  and  planted  it  with  the  choicest  vine,  and 
built  a  tower  in  the  midst  of  it,  and  also  3made  a 
winepress  therein  :  6and  he  looked  that  it  should 
bring  forth  grapes,  and  it  brought  forth  wild 
grapes. 

3  And  now,  O  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  men 
of  Ju'dah,  c  judge,  I  pray  you,  betwixt  me  and  my 
vineyard. 

4  What  could  have  been  done  more  to  my  vineyard, 
that  I  have  not  done  in  it  ?  wherefore,  when  I  looked 
that  it  should  bring  forth  grapes,  brought  it  forth 
wild  grapes  ? 

5  And  now  go  to  ;  I  will  tell  you  what  I  will  do  to 
my  vineyard  :  I  will  take  away  the  hedge  thereof, 
and  it  shall  be  eaten  up  ;  and  break  down  the  wall 
thereof,  and  it  shall  be  4  trodden  down  : 

6  And  I  will  lay  it  waste  :  it  shall  not  be  pruned, 
nor  digged ;  but  there  shall  come  up  briers  and 
thorns  :  I  will  also  command  the  clouds  that  they 
rain  no  rain  upon  it. 

7  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the 
house  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  the  men  of  Ju'dah  5his  plea- 
sant plant :  and  he  looked  for  judgment,  but  be- 
hold "oppression ;  for  righteousness,  but  behold  a  cry. 


God's  judgments  on  sins. 


ISAIAH,  6. 


Vision  of  God's  throne. 


8  Tf  Woe  unto  them  that  join  d  house  to  house,  that 
lay  field  to  field,  till  there  be  no  place,  that  7they 
may  be  placed  alone  in  the  midst  of  the  earth  ! 

9  8In  mine  ears  said  the  Lord  of  hosts,  9Of  a  truth 
many  houses  shall  be  desolate,  even  great  and  fair, 
without  inhabitant. 

10  Yea,  ten  acres  of  vineyard  shall  yield  one  ebath, 
and  the  seed  of  an  homer  shall  yield  an  ephah. 

11  If7 Woe  unto  them  that  rise  up  early  in  the 
morning,  that  they  may  follow  strong  drink  ;  that 
continue  until  night,  till  wine  10 inflame  them! 

12  And  ffthe  harp,  and  the  viol,  the  tabret,  and  pipe, 
and  wine,  are  in  their  feasts  :  but  ''they  regard  not 
the  work  of  the  Lord,  neither  consider  the  opera- 
tion of  his  hands. 

13  If  therefore  my  people  are  gone  into  captivity, 
'because  they  have  no  knowledge  :  and  n their  hon- 
ourable men  are  famished,  and  their  multitude  dried 
up  with  thirst. 

14  Therefore  hell  hath  enlarged  herself,  and  opened 
her  mouth  without  measure  :  and  their  glory,  and 
their  multitude,  and  their  pomp,  and  he  that  rejoic- 
eth,  shall  descend  into  it. 

15  And  the  mean  man  shall  be  brought  down,  and 
the  mighty  man  shall  be  humbled,  and  the  eyes  of 
the  lofty  shall  be  humbled  : 

16  But  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  exalted  in  judg- 
ment, and  ^God  that  is  holy  shall  be  sanctified  in 
righteousness. 

17  Then  shall  the  lambs  feed  after  their  manner, 
and  the  waste  places  of  the  fat  ones  shall  strangers 
eat. 

18  Woe  unto  them  that  draw  iniquity  with  cords 
of  vanity,  and  sin  as  it  were  with  a  cart  rope  : 

19  *That  say,  Let  him  make  speed,  and  hasten  his 
work,  that  we  may  see  it :  and  let  the  counsel  of 
the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el  draw  nigh  and  come,  that 
we  may  know  it ! 

20  TI  Woe  unto  them  13that  call  evil  good,  and  good 
evil ;  that  put  darkness  for  light,  and  light  for 
darkness  ;  that  put  bitter  for  sweet,  and  sweet  for 
bitter  ! 

21  Woe  unto  them  that  are  wise  in  their  own  eyes, 
and  prudent  Min  their  own  sight ! 

22  Woe  unto  them  that  are  mighty  to  drink  wine, 
and  men  of  strength  to  mingle  strong  drink  : 

23  Which  justify  the  wicked  for  reward,  and  take 
away  the  righteousness  of  the  righteous  from  him ! 

24  Therefore  as  15the  fire  devoureth  the  stubble, 
and  the  flame  consumeth  the  chaff,  so  their  root 
shall  be  as  rottenness,  and  their  blossom  shall  go 
up  as  dust:  because  they  have  cast  away  'the  law 
of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  despised  the  word  of  the 
Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

25  Therefore  is  the  anger  of  the  Lord  kindled 
against  his  people,  and  he  hath  stretched  forth  his 
hand  against  them,  and  hath  smitten  them  :  and 
the  hills  did  tremble,  and  their  carcases  were  16torn 
in  the  midst  of  the  streets.  For  all  this  his  anger 
is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched  out 
still. 

26  H  And  he  will  lift  up  an  ensign  to  the  nations 


B.  C.  760. 


d  Mie.  2.  2. 

7  ye. 

8  Or.  This  is  in 
mine  ears, 
saith  the  Lord, 

9  If  not,  etc. 
e  Lev.  27.  16. 


/'  Prov.  23. 
29,  30. 


10  Or,  pursue 

them. 
g  Amos  G.  5. 

It  Job  3-1.  27. 
Hos.  4.  11. 


i  eh.  1.  7. 

Hos.  4.  6. 
j  eh.  1.  3. 

Luke  19:  44. 

Rom.  1.  28. 

2  Pet.  3.  5. 
11  their  glory 

are  men  of 

famine. 


12  the  God  the 
holy,  or,  the 
holy  God. 


k  ch.  66.  5. 
Jer.  17.  5. 
Amos  5.  18. 
2  Pet.  3.  3. 

13  that  say  con- 
cerning evil, 
It  is  good,  etc. 

14  before  their 
face. 

15  the  tongue 
of  fire. 

/2Ki.  17.  14. 
Luke  7.  30. 
John  12.  48. 

16  Or,  as  dung. 

17  Or,  distress. 
IS  Or,  when  it  is 

light,  it  shall 
be  dark  in  the 
destructions 
thereof. 


a  2  Ki.  15.  7. 
b  1  Ki.  22.  10. 

Ezek.  10.  1. 

John  12.  41. 

Rev.  4.  2. 

1  Or,  the  skirts 
thereof. 

2  this  cried  to 
this. 

3  his  glory  is  the 
fulness  of  the 
whole  earth. 

4  thresholds. 

5  cut  off. 

6  and  in  his  hand 
a  live  coal. 

c  Lev.  16.  12. 
Heb.  13.  10. 

7  caused  it  to 
touch. 

(I  Geu.  1.  26. 

8  Behold  me. 

9  Hear  ye  in 
hearing,  or, 
without  ceas- 
ing, etc. 

10  in  seeing. 

11  desolate  with 
desolation. 

e  Deut.  28.  64. 

12  Or,  when  it  is 
returned,  and 
hath  been 
broused. 


from  far,  and  will  hiss  unto  them  from  the  end  of 
the  earth :  and,  behold,  they  shall  come  with  speed 
swiftly  : 

27  None  shall  be  weary  nor  stumble  among  them ; 
none  shall  slumber  nor  sleep ;  neither  shall  the  gir- 
dle of  their  loins  be  loosed,  nor  the  latchet  of  their 
shoes  be  broken : 

28  Whose  arrows  are  sharp,  and  all '  their  bows 
bent,  their  horses'  hoofs  shall  be  counted  like  flint, 
and  their  wheels  like  a  whirlwind : 

29  Their  roaring  shall  be  like  a  lion,  they  shall 
roar  like  young  lions :  yea,  they  shall  roar,  and  lay 
hold  of  the  prey,  and  shall  carry  it  away  safe,  and 
none  shall  deliver  it. 

30  And  in  that  day  they  shall  roar  against  them 
like  the  roaring  of  the  sea :  and  if  one  look  unto  the 
land,  behold  darkness  and  n  sorrow,  18and  the  light 
is  darkened  in  the  heavens  thereof. 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  A  vision  of  the  Lord  on  his  throne.    9  Message  to  the  people. 

IN  the  year  that  "king  tJz-zi'ah  died  1 6saw  also 
the  Lord  sitting  upon  a  throne,  high  and  lifted 
up,  and  1  his  train  filled  the  temple. 

2  Above  it  stood  the  seraphims :  each  one  had  six 
wings  ;  with  twain  he  covered  his  face,  and  with 
twain  he  covered  his  feet,  and  with  twain  he  did  fly. 

3  And  2one  cried  unto  another,  and  said,  Holy, 
holy,  holy,  is  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  3  the  whole  earth 
is  full  of  his  glory. 

4  And  the  posts  of  the  4  door  moved  at  the  voice 
of  him  that  cried,  and  the  house  was  filled  with 
smoke. 

5  If  Then  said  I,  Woe  is  me !  for  I  am  5  undone ; 
because  I  am  a  man  of  unclean  lips,  and  I  dwell  in 
the  midst  of  a  people  of  unclean  lips  :  for  mine  eyes 
have  seen  the  King,  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

6  Then  flew  one  of  the  seraphims  unto  me,  6  hav- 
ing a  live  coal  in  his  hand,  which  he  had  taken  with 
the  tongs  from  off  c  the  altar  : 

7  And  he  'laid  it  upon  my  mouth,  and  said,  Lo, 
this  hath  touched  thy  lips  ;  and  thine  iniquity  is 
taken  away,  and  thy  sin  purged. 

8  Also  I  heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  saying, 
Whom  shall  I  send,  and  who  will  go  for  dus?  Then 
said  I,  8  Here  am  I ;  send  me. 

9  II  And  he  said,  Go,  and  tell  this  people,  9Hear  ye 
indeed,  but  understand  not;  and  see  ye  10 indeed, 
but  perceive  not. 

10  Make  the  heart  of  this  people  fat,  and  make 
their  ears  heavy,  and  shut  their  eyes ;  lest  they  see 
with  their  eyes,  and  hear  with  their  ears,  and  under- 
stand with  their  heart,  and  convert,  and  be  healed. 

11  Then  said  I,  Lord,  how  long  ?  And  he  answered, 
Until  the  cities  be  wasted  without  inhabitant,  and 
the,  houses  without  man,  and  the  land  "  be  utterly 
desolate, 

12  And  the  Lord  have  e  removed  men  far  away, 
and  there  be  a  great  forsaking  in  the  midst  of  the 
land. 

13  H  But  yet  in  it  shall  be  a  tenth,  12and  it  shall 
return,  and  shall  be  eaten  :  as  a  teil  tree,  and  as  an 

493 


The  sign  Immanuel. 


ISAIAH,  7,  8. 


Judgments  and  afflictions. 


oak,  whose  13  substance  is  in  them,  when  they  cast 
their  leaves :  so  rthe  holy  seed  shall  be  the  substance 
thereof. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Isaiah  comforts  A'haz.     10  The  sign  Immanuel. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of  "A'haz  the 
-  son  of  Jo'tham,  the  son  of  Uz-zi'ah,  king  of 
Ju'dah,  that  Re'zin  the  king  of  Syr'I-a,  and  Pe'kah 
the  son  of  Rem-a-H'ah,  king  of  Ig'ra-el,  went  up  to- 
ward Je-ru'sa-lem  to  war  against  it,  but  could  not 
prevail  against  it. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  house  of  Da'vid,  saying, 
Syr'i-a  Ms  confederate  with  E'phra-im.  And  his 
heart  was  moved,  and  the  heart  of  his  people,  as 
the  trees  of  the  wood  are  moved  with  the  wind. 

3  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  i-sa'jah,  Go  forth  now 
to  meet  A'haz,  thou,  and  2  She'ar-ja'shub  thy  son, 
at  the  end  of  the  b  conduit  of  the  upper  pool  in  the 
3 highway  of  the  fuller's  field; 

4  And  say  unto  him,  Take  heed,  and  be  quiet ; 
fear  not,  4  neither  be  fainthearted  for  the  two  tails 
of  these  smoking  firebrands,  for  the  fierce  anger  of 
Re'zin  with  Syr'i-a,  and  of  the  son  of  Rem-a-H'ah. 

5  Because  Syr'i-a,  E'phra-im,  and  the  son  of  Rem- 
a-H'ah,  have  taken  evil  counsel  against  thee,  saying, 

6  Let  us  go  up  against  Ju'dah,  and  5vex  it,  and 
let  us  make  a  breach  therein  for  us,  and  set  a  king 
in  the  midst  of  it,  even  the  son  of  Ta'be-al : 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  It  shall  not  stand, 
neither  shall  it  come  to  pass. 

8  cFor  the  head  of  Syr'i-a  is  Da-mas'cus,  and  the 
head  of  Da-mas'cus  is  Re'zin  ;  and  within  three- 
score and  five  years  shall  E'phra-im  be  broken, 
6  that  it  be  not  a  people. 

9  And  the  head  of  E'phra-im  is  Sa-ma'ri-a,  and 
the  head  of  Sa-ma'ri-a  is  Rem-a-H'ah's  son.  7If  ye 
will  not  believe,  surely  ye  shall  not  be  established. 

10  H  8  Moreover  the  Lord  spake  again  unto  A'haz, 
saying, 

11  Ask  thee  a  sign  of  the  Lord  thy  God;  9ask  it 
either  in  the  depth,  or  in  the  height  above. 

12  But  A'haz  said,  I  will  not  ask,  neither  will  I 
tempt  the  Lord. 

13  And  he  said,  Hear  ye  now,  0  house  of  Da'vid  ; 
Is  it  a  small  thing  for  you  to  weary  men,  but  will 
ye  weary  my  God  also  ? 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  himself  shall  give  you  a 
sign  ;  d  Behold,  a  virgin  shall  conceive,  and  bear  ea 
son,  and  10 shall  call  his  name  /Im-man'u-el. 

15  Butter  and  honey  shall  he  eat,  that  he  may 
know  to  refuse  the  evil,  and  choose  the  good. 

16  For  before  the  child  shall  know  to  refuse  the 
evil,  and  choose  the  good,  the  land  that  thou  abhor- 
rest  shall  be  forsaken  of  sboth  her  kings. 

17  If  ;'The  Lord  shall  bring  upon  thee,  and  upon 
thy  people,  and  upon  thy  father's  house,  days  that 
have  not  come,  from  the  day  that  '' E'phra-im  de- 
parted from  Ju'dah  ;  even  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the 
Lord  shall  hiss  for  the  fly  that  is  in  the  uttermost 
part  of  the  rivers  of  E'gypt,  and  for  the  bee  that  is 
in  the  land  of  As-syr'i-a. 

494 


B.  C.  742. 


13  Or,  stock,  or, 

stem. 
/Rom.  11.  5. 


a  2  Ki.  16.  5. 


1  resteth  on 
Ephraim. 


2  That  is,  The 
remnant  shall 
return. 

b  2  Ki.  18.  17. 
ch.  36.  2. 

3  Or,  causeway. 


4  let  not  thy 
heart  be 
tender. 


5  Or,  waken. 


c  2  Sam.  8.  6. 
G  from  a  people. 

7  Or,  Do  ye  not 
believe  ?  it  is 
because  ye  are 
not  stable. 

8  And  the  Lord 
added tospeak. 

9  Or,  make  thy 
petition  deep. 

d  Matt.  1.  23. 
Luke  1.  35. 
e  ch.  9.  6. 

10  Or,  thou,  O 
virgin,  shall 
call. 

fl  Tim.  3.  16. 
g  2  Ki.  15.  30. 

ch.  8.  4. 
h  2  Chr.  28.  19. 

Neh.  9.  32. 

ch.  8.  7,  8. 
i  1  Ki.  12.  16. 

11  Or,  commend- 
able trees. 

/2Ki.  16.  7. 
ch.  10.  5,  6. 
Jer.  27.  6,  7. 

12  in  the  midst 
of  the  land. 


1  In  making 
speed  to  the 
spoil  he  hasten- 
eth  the  prey, 
or,  Make 
speed,  etc. 

a  2  Ki.  16.  10. 

2  apx^roached 
unto. 

6ch.  7.  lfi. 

3  Or,  he  that  is 
before  the  king 
of  Assyria  shall 
take  away  the 
riches. 

c  Neh.  3.  15. 
John  9.  7. 

4  the  fulness  of 
the  breadth  of 
thy  land  shall 
be  the  stretch- 
ings out  of  his 
wings. 

d  ch.  7.  14. 
Matt.  1.  23. 

5  Or,  yet. 

e  Job  5.  12. 
/Deut.  20.  1. 

Josh.  1.  5. 

Ps.  46.  7,  11. 

ch.  9.  6. 

Matt.  1.  23. 

Rom.  8.  31. 


19  And  they  shall  come,  and  shall  rest  all  of  them 
in  the  desolate  valleys,  and  in  the  holes  of  the  rocks, 
and  upon  all  thorns,  and  upon  all  n  bushes. 

20  In  the  same  day  shall  the  Lord  shave  with  a 
J  razor  that  is  hired,  namely,  by  them  beyond  the 
river,  by  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  the  head,  and  the 
hair  of  the  feet :  and  it  shall  also  consume  the  beard. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  a 
man  shall  nourish  a  young  cow,  and  two  sheep  ; 

22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  for  the  abundance 
of  milk  that  they  shall  give  he  shall  eat  butter  : 
for  butter  and  honey  shall  every  one  eat  that  is  left 
12  in  the  land. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
every  place  shall  be,  where  there  were  a  thousand 
vines  at  a  thousand  silverlings,  it  shall  even  be  for 
briers  and  thorns. 

24  With  arrows  and  with  bows  shall  men  come 
thither  ;  because  all  the  land  shall  become  briers 
and  thorns. 

25  And  on  all  hills  that  shall  be  digged  with  the 
mattock,  there  shall  not  come  thither  the  fear  of 
briers  and  thorns  :  but  it  shall  be  for  the  sending 
forth  of  oxen,  and  for  the  treading  of  lesser  cattle. 


CHAPTER  8. 

1  Prophecies  as  to  Syria,  Israel,  and  Judah.    9  God's  purposes  are  unresislible. 

/fiction  to  idolaters. 


19/1/- 


MOREOVER  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Take  thee 
a  great  roll,  and  write  in  it  with  a  man's  pen 
concerning  l  Ma'her-shal'al-hash'-baz. 

2  And  I  took  unto  me  faithful  witnesses  to  record, 
"U-ri'ah  the  priest,  and  Zech-a-rl'ah  the  son  of  Je- 
ber-e-chl'ah. 

3  And  I  2went  unto  the  prophetess  ;  and  she  con- 
ceived, and  bare  a  son.  Then  said  the  Lord  to  me, 
Call  his  name  Ma'her-shal'al-hash'-baz. 

4  6For  before  the  child  shall  have  knowledge  to 
cry,  My  father,  and  my  mother,  3the  riches  of  Da- 
mas'cus  and  the  spoil  of  Sa-ma'ri-a  shall  be  taken 
away  before  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a. 

5  If  The  Lord  spake  also  unto  me  again,  saying, 

6  Forasmuch  as  this  people  refuseth  the  waters  of 
cShf-lo'ah  that  go  softly,  and  rejoice  in  Re'zin  and 
Rem-a-H'ah's  son  ; 

7  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  bringeth  up 
upon  them  the  waters  of  the  river,  strong  and 
many,  even  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  all  his  glory  : 
and  he  shall  come  up  over  all  his  channels,  and  go 
over  all  his  banks  : 

8  And  he  shall  pass  through  Ju'dah ;  he  shall 
overflow  and  go  over,  he  shall  reach  even  to  the 
neck  ;  and  4the  stretching  outof  his  wings  shall 
fill  the  breadth  of  thy  land,  O  dIm-man'u-el. 

9  1  Associate  yourselves,  O  ye  people,  5and  ye  shall 
be  broken  in  pieces  ;  and  give  ear,  all  ye  of  far 
countries :  gird  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  broken 
in  pieces  ;  gird  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  broken 
in  pieces. 

10  €Take  counsel  together,  and  it  shall  come  to 
nought ;  speak  the  word,  and  it  shall  not  stand  : 
rfor  God  is  with  us. 


The  Prince  of  Peace. 


ISAIAH,  9,  10. 


Israel  to  be  cut  off. 


11  If  For  the  Lord  spake  thus  to  me6  with  a  strong 
hand,  and  instructed  me  that  I  should  not  walk  in 
the  way  of  this  people,  saying, 

12  Say  ye  not,  A  confederacy,  to  all  them  to  whom 
this  people  shall  say,  A  confederacy  ;  9  neither  fear 
ye  their  fear,  nor  be  afraid. 

13  h  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  hosts  himself  ;  and  i  let 
Trim  be  your  fear,  and  let  him  be  your  dread. 

14  And  jhe  shall  be  for  a  sanctuary ;  but  for  /ca 
stone  of  stumbling  and  for  a  rock  of  offence  to  both 
the  houses  of  Ig'ra-el,  for  a  gin  and  for  a  snare  to 
the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

15  And  many  among  them  shall  l  stumble,  and  fall, 
and  be  broken,  and  be  snared,  and  be  taken. 

16  m  Bind  up  the  testimony,  seal  the  law  among 
my  disciples. 

17  And  I  will  wait  upon  the  Lord,  that  hideth  his 
face  from  the  house  of  Ja'cob,  and  I  "will  look  for 
him. 

18  °  Behold,  I  and  the  children  whom  the  Lord 
hath  given  me  pare  for  signs  and  for  wonders  in 
I§'ra-el  from  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  dwelleth  in 
mount  Zi'on. 

19  If  And  when  they  shall  say  unto  you,  Seek  unto 
them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and  unto  wizards 
that  peep,  and  that  mutter :  should  not  a  people 
seek  unto  their  God  ?  for  the  living  Ho  the  dead  ? 

20  To  the  law  and  to  the  testimony :  if  they  speak 
not  according  to  this  word,  it  is  because  there  is 
7  no  light  in  them. 

21  And  they  shall  pass  through  it,  hardly  bestead 
and  hungry  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when 
they  shall  be  hungry,  they  shall  fret  themselves, 
and  curse  their  king  and  their  God,  and  look  up- 
ward. 

22  And  they  shall  look  unto  the  earth  ;  and  be- 
hold trouble  and  darkness,  dimness  of  anguish ;  and 
they  shall  be  driven  to  darkness. 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Joy  in  affliction  through  the  Prince  of  Pence.    8  Judgments  upon  Israel. 

NEVERTHELESS  the  dimness  shall  not  be  such 
-^  as  was  in  her  vexation,  when  at  the  a  first  he 
lightly  afflicted  the  land  of  Zeb'u-lun  and  the  land 
of  Naph'ta-li,  and  b afterward  did  more  grievously 
afflict  her  by  the  way  of  the  sea,  beyond  Jor'dan,  in 
Gal'i-lee  *of  the  nations. 

2  cThe  people  that  walked  in  darkness  have  seen 
a  great  light :  they  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  the, 
shadow  of  death,  upon  them  hath  the  light  shined. 

3  Thou  hast  multiplied  the  nation,  and  2not  in- 
creased the  joy  :  they  joy  before  thee  according  to 
the  joy  in  harvest,  and  as  men  rejoice  when  they 
divide  the  spoil. 

4  3For  thou  hast  broken  the  yoke  of  his  burden, 
and  the  staff  of  his  shoulder,  the  rod  of  his  op- 
pressor, as  in  the  day  of  dMid'i-an. 

5  4For  every  battle  of  the  warrior  is  with  con- 
fused noise,  and  garments  rolled  in  blood;  5but  this 
shall  be  with  burning  and  6fuel  of  fire. 

6  eFor  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a  'son  is 
given :   and   "the   government   shall   be  upon   his 


B.  C.  740. 


6  in  strength  of 
hand. 


r  1  Pet.  3.  14. 


h  Num.  20.  12. 
i  Luke  12.  5. 


j  Ezek.  11.  10. 
k  Luke  2.  24. 

Rom.  9.  33. 

1  Pet.  2.  8. 


/  Luke  20.  18. 


m  Dan.  12,  4. 


n  Hab.  2.  3. 
Luke  2.  25. 


0  Heb.  2.  13. 
p  Zech.  3.  8. 


q  Ps.  106.  28. 


7  no  morning. 


a  2  Ki.  15.  29. 

2  Chr.  16.  4. 
b  Lev.  26.  24. 

1  Chr.  5.  26. 

Matt.  4.  15. 

1  Or,  populous. 
c  ch.  50.  10. 

John  8.  12. 
Bph.  5.  8. 

2  Or,  to  him. 

3  Or,  When  thou 
brakest. 

d  Judg.  7.  22. 
Ps.  83.  9. 
ch.  10.  26. 

4  Or,  When  the 
whole  battle 
of  the  warrior 
was,  etc. 

5  Or,  and  it 
was,  etc. 

6  meat. 

e  Luke  2. 11. 
/"John  3.  16. 
g  Matt.  28.  18. 

1  Cor.  15.  25. 
h  Judg.  13.  18. 
?•  Ps.  45.  3,  6. 

Jer.  23.  6. 

John  1.  1. 

Tit.  2.  13. 
j  Eph.  2.  14. 

Col.  1.  20. 

Heb.  13.  20. 
k  Dan.  2.  44. 

Luke  1.  32. 

7  mingle. 

8  with  whole 
mouth. 

I  Jer.  5.  3. 

9  Or,  they  that 
call  them 
blessed. 

10  Or,  they  that 
are  called 
blessed  of 
them. 

11  swallowed  up. 

12  Or,  villany. 

13  meat. 

14  cut. 

m  Lev.  26.  26. 


1  Or,  to  the 
writers  that 
write  griev- 
ousness. 


ma'ri-a,  that  say  in  the 


shoulder :  and  his  name  shall  be  called  h  Wonder- 
ful, Counsellor,  'The  mighty  God,  The  everlasting 
Father,  J'The  Prince  of  Peace. 

7  Of  the  increase  of  his  government  and  peace 
k  there  shall  be  no  end,  upon  the  throne  of  Da'vid, 
and  upon  his  kingdom,  to  order  it,  and  to  establish 
it  with  judgment  and  with  justice  from  henceforth 
even  for  ever.  The  zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will 
perform  this. 

8  Tf  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into  Ja'cob,  and  it  hath 
lighted  upon  Ig'ra-el. 

9  And  all  the  people  shall  know,  even  E'phra-im 
and  the  inhabitant  of 
pride  and  stoutness  of  heart, 

10  The  bricks  are  fallen  down,  but  we  will  build 
with  hewn  stones :  the  sycomores  are  cut  down,  but 
we  will  change  them  into  cedars. 

11  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  set  up  the  adversa- 
ries of  Re'zin  against  him,  and  7join  his  enemies 
together  ; 

12  The  Syr'i-ang  before,  and  the  Phi-lls'tmeg  be- 
hind ;  and  they  shall  devour  I§'ra-el  8with  open 
mouth.  For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

13  If  For  'the  people  turneth  not  unto  him  that 
smiteth  them,  neither  do  they  seek  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  will  cut  off  from  Ig'ra-el 
head  and  tail,  branch  and  rush,  in  one  day. 

15  The  ancient  and  honourable,  he  is  the  head  ; 
and  the  prophet  that  teacheth  lies,  he  is  the  tail. 

16  For  9the  leaders  of  this  people  cause  them  to 
err;  and  10they  that  are  led  of  them  are  "de- 
stroyed. 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  have  no  joy  in  their 
young  men,  neither  shall  have  mercy  on  their  fa- 
therless and  widows  :  for  every  one  is  an  hypocrite 
and  an  evildoer,  and  every  mouth  speaketh  n  folly. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his 
hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

18  If  For  wickedness  burneth  as  the  fire  :  it  shall 
devour  the  briers  and  thorns,  and  shall  kindle  in 
the  thickets  of  the  forest,  and  they  shall  mount  up 
like  the  lifting  up  of  smoke. 

19  Through  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the 
land  darkened,  and  the  people  shall  be  as  the  13  fuel 
of  the  fire  :  no  man  shall  spare  his  brother. 

20  And  he  shall  14  snatch  on  the  right  hand,  and 
be  hungry  ;  and  he  shall  eat  on  the  left  hand, m  and 
they  shall  not  be  satisfied  :  they  shall  eat  every 
man  the  flesh  of  his  own  arm  : 

21  Ma-nas'seh,  E'phra-Tm  ;  and  E'phra-im,  Ma- 
nas'seh  :  and  they  together  shall  be  against  Ju'dah. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his 
hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Woe  of  tyrants.    5  Assyria  to  be  broken.    20  A  remnant  of  Israel  to  be  saved. 

"XTTOE  unto  them   that  decree  unrighteous  de- 
"  *     crees,  and  xthat  write  grievousness  which 

they  have  prescribed  ; 
2  To  turn  aside  the  needy  from  judgment,  and  to 

495 


The  doom  of  Assyria. 


ISAIAH,  11. 


Return  of  Israel's  remnant. 


take  away  the  right  from  the  poor  of  my  people, 
that  widows  may  be  their  prey,  and  that  they  may 
rob  the  fatherless  ! 

3  And  what  will  ye  do  in  "the  day  of  visitation, 
and  in  the  desolation  which  shall  come  from  far  ? 
to  whom  will  ye  flee  for  help  ?  and  where  will  ye 
leave  your  glory  ? 

4  Without  me  they  shall  bow  down  under  the  pris- 
oners, and  they  shall  fall  under  the  slain.  For  all 
this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is 
stretched  out  still. 

5  Tf  20  3As-syr'i-an,  the  rod  of  mine  anger,  4and 
the  staff  in  their  hand  is  mine  indignation. 

6  I  will  send  him  against  an  hypocritical  nation, 
and  against  the  people  of  my  wrath  will  I  give  him 
a  charge,  to  take  the  spoil,  and  to  take  the  prey, 
and  5to  tread  them  down  like  the  mire  of  the 
streets. 

7  6Howbeit  he  meaneth  not  so,  neither  doth  his 
heart  think  so  ;  but  it  is  in  his  heart  to  destroy  and 
cut  off  nations  not  a  few. 

8  cFor  he  saith,  Are  not  my  princes  altogether 
kings  ? 

9  Is  not  dCal'no  as  cCar'che-mish?  is  not  /Ha'- 
math  as  Ar'pad  ?  is  not  Sa-ma'ri-a  sas  Da-mas'cus? 

10  As  my  hand  hath  found  the  kingdoms  of  the 
idols,  and  whose  graven  images  did  excel  them  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem  and  of  Sa-ma'ri-a; 

11  Shall  I  not,  as  I  have  done  unto  Sa-ma'ri-a  and 
her  idols,  so  do  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  and-her  idols? 

12  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  the 
Lord  hath  performed  his  whole  work  upon  mount 
Zi'on  and  on  Je-ru'sa-lem,  I  will  Gpunish  the  fruit 
7  of  the  stout  heart  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and 
the  glory  of  his  high  looks. 

13  /lFor  he  saith,  By  the  strength  of  my  hand  I 
have  done  it,  and  by  my  wisdom  ;  for  I  am  prudent : 
and  I  have  removed  the  bounds  of  the  people,  and 
have  robbed  their  treasures,  and  I  have  put  down 
the  inhabitants  8  like  a  valiant  man  : 

14  And  my  hand  hath  found  as  a  nest  the  riches 
of  the  people  :  and  as  one  gathereth  eggs  that  are 
left,  have  I  gathered  all  the  earth  ;  and  there  was 
none  that  moved  the  wing,  or  opened  the  mouth,  or 
peeped. 

15  Shall  Hhe  ax  boast  itself  against  him  that 
heweth  therewith  ?  or  shall  the  saw  magnify  itself 
against  him  that  shaketh  it?  9as  if  the  rod  should 
shake  itself  against  them  that  lift  it  up,  or  as  if  the 
staff  should  lift  up  10 itself,  as  if  it  were  no  wood. 

16  Therefore  shall  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
send  among  his  fat  ones  leanness ;  and  under  his 
glory  he  shall  kindle  a  burning  like  the  burning  of 
a  fire. 

17  And  the  light  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  be  for  a  fire,  and 
his  Holy  One  for  a  flame  :  and  it  shall  burn  and 
devour  his  thorns  and  his  briers  in  one  day ; 

18  And  shall  consume  the  glory  of  his  forest,  and 
of  his  fruitful  field, "  both  soul  and  body  :  and  they 
shall  be  as  when  a  standardbearer  fainteth. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  trees  of  his  forest  shall  be 
12  few,  that  a  child  may  write  them. 

496 


E.  C.  713. 


a  Hos.  9.  7. 
Luke  19.  44. 


2  Or,  Woe  to  the 
Assyrian. 

3  Asshur. 

4  Or,  though. 


5  to  lay  them  a 
treading. 


b  Mic.  4.  12. 


c  2  Ki.  18.  24. 


d  Amos  6.  2. 
e  2  Chr.  35.  20. 

Jer.  46.  2. 
/Num.  13.  21. 

2  Sam.  8.  9. 

2  Ki.  23.  33. 
<l  2  Ki.  1G.  9. 


0  visit  upon. 

7  of  the  great- 
ness of  the 
heart. 

h  Ex.  15.  9. 
Ps.  20.  7. 
eh.  37.  24. 

8  Or,  like  many 
people. 

(Jer.  51.  20. 
Rom.  9.  20,21. 

9  Or,  as  if  a  rod 
should  shake 
them  that  lift 
it  up. 

10  Or,  that  which 
is  not  wood. 

11  from  the  soul, 
and  even  to  the 
flesh. 

12  number. 
j  Mic.  5.  3. 

Rom.  9.  27. 

13  in,  or,  among. 

14  Or,  in. 

k  ch.  28.  22. 
Dan.  9.  27. 

15  Or,  but  lie 
shall  lift  up 
his  staff  for 
thee. 

1  Dan.  11.  36. 
1G  shall  remove. 
in  Ps.  105.  15. 
ttNeh.  11.  31. 

o  1  Sam.  13.  23. 

17  Cry  shrill  with 
thy  voice. 

p  1  Sam.  25.  44. 
q  Josh.  15.  31. 
;•  1  Sam.  21.  1. 

18  Or,  mightily. 


a  ch.  53.  2. 
Zech.  6.  12. 
Rev.  22.  16. 

1  Or,  stump. 
b  Acts  13.  23. 
c  Jer.  23.  5. 

Zech.  3.  8. 
d  ch.  42. 1. 
Matt.  3.  16. 
John  1.  32. 
Acts  10.  38. 

2  scent,  or,  smell. 


20  Tf  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
the  remnant  of  I§'ra-el,  and  such  as  are  escaped  of 
the  house  of  Ja'cob,  shall  no  more  again  stay  upon 
him  that  smote  themj  but  shall  stay  upon  the 
Lord,  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el,  in  truth. 

21  The  remnant  shall  return,  even  the  remnant  of 
Ja'cob,  unto  the  mighty  God. 

22  J'For  though  thy  people  Ig'ra-el  be  as  the  sand 
of  the  sea,  yet  a  remnant  13of  them  shall  return  : 
the  consumption  decreed  shall  overflow  14with 
righteousness. 

23  /cFor  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall  make  a  con- 
sumption, even  determined,  in  the  midst  of  all  the 
land. 

24  If  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
O  my  people  that  dwellest  in  Zi'on,  be  not  afraid 
of  the  As-syr'i-an  :  he  shall  smite  thee  with  a  rod, 
15  and  shall  lift  up  his  staff  against  thee,  after  the 
manner  of  E'gypt. 

25  For  yet  a  very  little  while,  'and  the  indigna- 
tion shall  cease,  and  mine  anger  in  their  destruc- 
tion. 

26  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  stir  up  a  scourge 
for  him  according  to  the  slaughter  of  Mid'i-an  at 
the  rock  of  O'reb  :  and  as  his  rod  ivasvupon  the  sea, 
so  shall  he  lift  it  up  after  the  manner  of  E'gypt. 

27  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  his 
burden  16  shall  be  taken  away  from  off  thy  shoulder, 
and  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck,  and  the  yoke  shall 
be  destroyed  because  of  '"the  anointing. 

28  He  is  come  to  KA-I'ath,  he  is  passed  to  Mig'- 
ron  ;  at  Mich'mash  he  hath  laid  up  his  carriages  : 

29  They  are  gone  over  "the  passage  :  they  have 
taken  up  their  lodging  at  Ge'ba ;  Ra'mah  is  afraid ; 
Gib'e-ah  of  Saul  is  fled. 

30  "Lift  up  thy  voice,  O  daughter  pof  Gal'lim  : 
cause  it  to  be  heard  unto  La'ish,  O  poor  An'a-thoth. 

31  "Mad-me'nah  is  removed  ;  the  inhabitants  of 
Ge'bim  gather  themselves  to  flee. 

32  As  yet  shall  he  remain  rat  Nob  that  day :  he 
shall  shake  his  hand  against  the  mount  of  the 
daughter  of  Zi'on,  the  hill  of  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

33  Behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  shall  lop 
the  bough  with  terror  :  and  the  high  ones  of  stature 
shall  be  hewn  down,  and  the  haughty  shall  be 
humbled. 

34  And  he  shall  cut  down  the  thickets  of  the  for- 
est with  iron,  and  Leb'a-non  shall  fall  18by  a  mighty 
one. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  The  Branch  of  Jesse's  roots.    10  Israel  to  be  restored. 

AND  a  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out  of  the 
Jstem  of  b  Jes'se,  and  ca  Branch  shall  grow  out 
of  his  roots  : 

2  dAnd  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon  him, 
the  spirit  of  wisdom  and  understanding,  the  spirit 
of  counsel  and  might,  the  spirit  of  knowledge  and 
of  the  fear  of  the  Lord  ; 

3  And  shall  make  him  of  2  quick  understanding  in 
the  fear  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  shall  not  judge  after 
the  sight  of  his  eyes,  neither  reprove  after  the 
hearing  of  his  ears  : 


Rod  of  Jesse's  stem. 


ISAIAH,  12,  13. 


Muster  of  God's  hosts. 


4  But  "with  righteousness  shall  he  judge  the  poor, 
and  3  reprove  with  equity  for  the  meek  of  the  earth : 
and  he  shall  ■'smite  the  earth  with  the  rod  of  his 
mouth,  and  with  the  breath  of  his  lips  shall  he  slay 
the  wicked. 

5  And  "righteousness  shall  be  the  girdle  of  his 
loins,  and  faithfulness  the  girdle  of  his  reins. 

6  AThe  wolf  also  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb,  and 
the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the  kid  ;  and  the 
calf  and  the  young  lion  and  the  f atling  together ; 
and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them. 

7  And  the  cow  and  the  bear  shall  feed  ;  their 
young  ones  shall  lie  down  together :  and  the  lion 
shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox. 

8  And  the  sucking  child  shall  play  on  the  hole  of 
the  asp,  and  the  weaned  child  shall  put  his  hand  on 
the  i  cockatrice'  den. 

9  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy 
mountain:  for  ^the  earth  shall  be  full  of  the  know- 
ledge of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea. 

10  If  And  in  that  day  there  shall  be  a  root  of 
Jes'se,  which  shall  stand  for  an  ensign  of  the 
people  ;  to  it  shall  the  J'Gen'tIle§  seek  :  and  fchis 
rest  shall  be  5 glorious. 

11  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the 
Lord  shall  set  his  hand  again  the  second  time  to 
recover  the  remnant  of  his  people,  which  shall  be 
left,  'from  As-syr'i-a,  and  from  E|gypt,  and  from 
Path'ros,  and  from  Cush,  and  from  E'lam,  and  from 
Shi'nar,  and  from  Ha'math,  and  from  the  islands 
of  the  sea. 

12  And  he  shall  set  up  an  ensign  for  the  nations, 
and  shall  assemble  the  outcasts  of  Ig'ra-el,  and 
gather  together  mthe  dispersed  of  Ju'dah  from  the 
four  6  corners  of  the  earth. 

13  "The envy  also  of  E'phra-im  shall  depart,  and 
the  adversaries  of  Ju'dah  shall  be  cut  off  :  E'phra- 
im  shall  not  envy  Ju'dah,  and  Ju'dah  shall  not  vex 
E'phra-im. 

14  But  they  shall  fly  upon  the  shoulders  of  the 
Phl-lis'tmeg  toward  the  west ;  they  shall  spoil 
7  them  of  the  east  together  :  8they  shall  lay  their 
hand  upon  E'dom  and  Mo'ab  ;  9and  the  children  of 
Am'mon  shall  obey  them. 

15  And  the  Lord  shall  utterly  destroy  the  tongue 
of  the  E-gyp'tian  sea  ;  and  with  his  mighty  wind 
shall  he  shake  his  hand  over  the  river,  and  shall 
smite  it  in  the  seven  streams,  °and  make  men  go 
over  10dryshod. 

16  And  there  shall  be  an  highway  for  the  remnant 
of  his  people,  which  shall  be  left,  from  As-syr'i-a  ; 
plike  as  it  was  to  Ig'rg-el  in  the  day  that  he  came 
up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt. 

CHAPTER  12. 

Thanksgiving  of  the  faithful  for  God's  mercies. 

AND  ain  that  day  thou  shalt  say,  0  Lord,  I  will 
-£*-  praise  thee  :  though  thou  wast  angry  with  me, 
thine  anger  is  turned  away,  and  thou  comfortedst 
me. 

2  Behold,  God  is  my  salvation  ^  I  will  trust,  and 
not  be  afraid  :  for  the  Lord  JE-HO'VAH  is  my 
31 


B.  C.  713. 


e  Ps.  72.  2,  4. 
Rev.  19.  11. 

3  Or,  argue. 

/  Mai.  4.  6. 
2  Thess.  2.  i 
Rev.  2.  16. 

g  Epli.  6.  14. 


/(  Hos.  2.  18. 


4  Or,  adder's. 


i  Hab.  2.  14. 


j  Rom.  15.  10. 
k  Heb.  4.  1. 
5  glory. 


I  Zech.  10.  10. 


m  John  7.  35. 

6  wings. 

n  Gal.  3.  28. 

7  the  children  of 
the  east. 

8  Edom  and 
Moab  shall  be 
the  laying  on 
of  their  hand. 

9  the  children  of 
Amnion  their 
obedience. 

o  Rev.  16.  12. 

10  in  shoes. 
p  Ex.  14.  29. 

ch.  51.  10. 


a  eh.  2.  .11. 

Zech.  14. 
20,  21. 
b  Jer.  2. 13. 
John  4.  10.  14. 

1  Or,  proclaim 
his  name. 

cch.  54.  1. 
Z  ph.  3.  14. 
Lnkel9. 
37-40. 

2  inhabitress. 


a  Jer.  50.  2. 
b  Jer.  51.  25. 
c  Joel  3.  11. 

1  the  likeness  of. 
d  Amos  5.  18. 

Zeph.  1.  7. 
Rev.  6.  17. 

2  Or,  fall  down. 

3  wonder. 

4  every  man  at 
his  neighbour. 

5  faces  of  the 
flames. 

e  Mai.  4.  1. 
/Matt.  24.  29. 

6  That  is,  the 
Babylonian 
empire. 

g  Joel  3.  16. 

Hag.  2.  6. 

Matt.  24.  29. 
h  Lam.  1.  12. 


strength  and  my  song  ;  he  also  is  become  my  sal- 
vation. 

3  Therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw  *  water  out  of 
the  wells  of  salvation. 

4  And  in  that  day  shall  ye  say,  Praise  the  Lord, 
'call  upon  his  name,  declare  his  doings  among  the 
people,  make  mention  that  his  name  is  exalted. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  done  excellent 
things  :  this  is  known  in  all  the  earth. 

6  cCry  out  and  shout,  thou  2  inhabitant  of  Zl'on  : 
for  great  is  the  Holy  One  of  I§'ra-el  in  the  midst 
of  thee. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  God's  muster  of  his  armies.     6  A  threat  to  destroy  Babylon.     19  Its  desolation. 

THE  burden  of  Bab'y-lon,  which  I-ga'iah  the  son 
of  A'moz  did  see. 

2  "Lift  ye  up  a  banner  6upon  the  high  mountain, 
exalt  the  voice  unto  them,  shake  the  hand,  that 
they  may  go  into  the  gates  of  the  nobles. 

3  I  have  commanded  my  sanctified  ones,  I  have 
also  called  c  my  mighty  ones  for  mine  anger,  even 
them  that  rejoice  in  my  highness. 

4  The  noise  of  a  multitude  in  the  mountains,  1  like 
as  of  a  great  people  ;  a  tumultuous  noise  of  the 
kingdoms  of  nations  gathered  together  :  the  Lord 
of  hosts  mustereth  the  host  of  the  battle. 

5  They  come  from  a  far  country,  from  the  end  of 
heaven,  even  the  Lord,  and  the  weapons  of  his  in- 
dignation, to  destroy  the  whole  land. 

6  H  Howl  ye ;  d  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  at  hand ; 
it  shall  come  as  a  destruction  from  the  Almighty. 

7  Therefore  shall  all  hands  2be  faint,  and  every 
man's  heart  shall  melt  : 

8  And  they  shall  be  afraid  :  pangs  and  sorrows 
shall  take  hold  of  them  ;  they  shall  be  in  pain  as  a 
woman  that  travaileth  :  they  shall  3be  amazed4 one 
at  another  ;  their  faces  shall  be  as  5 flames. 

9  Behold,  e  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh,  cruel  both 
with  wrath  and  fierce  anger,  to  lay  the  land  deso- 
late :  and  he  shall  destroy  the  sinners  thereof  out 
of  it. 

10  For  the  stars  of  heaven  and  the  constellations 
thereof  shall  not  give  their  light :  the  sun  shall  be 
/darkened  in  his  going  forth,  and  the  moon  shall 
not  cause  her  light  to  shine. 

11  And  I  will  punish  6the  world  for  their  evil,  and 
the  wicked  for  their  iniquity  ;  and  I  will  cause  the 
arrogancy  of  the  proud  to  cease,  and  will  lay  low 
the  haughtiness  of  the  terrible. 

12  I  will  make  a  man  more  precious  than  fine 
gold  ;  even  a  man  than  the  golden  wedge  of  O'phir. 

13  9  Therefore  I  will  shake  the  heavens,  and  the 
earth  shall  remove  out  of  her  place,  in  the  wrath 
of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  in  *the  day  of  his  fierce 
anger. 

14  And  it  shall  be  as  the  chased  roe,  and  as  a 
sheep  that  no  man  taketh  up :  they  shall  every  man 
turn  to  his  own  people,  and  flee  every  one  into  his 
own  land. 

15  Every  one  that  is  found  shall  be  thrust  through  ; 
and  every  one  that  is  joined  unto  them  shall  fall 
by  the  sword. 

497 


Proverb  against  Babylon. 


ISAIAH,  14. 


Assyria  threatened. 


16  Their  children  also  shall  be  hashed  to  pieces 
before  their  eyes  ;  their  houses  shall  be  spoiled, 
and  their  wives  ravished. 

17  j  Behold,  I  will  stir  up  the  Medeg  against  them, 
which  shall  not  regard  silver  ;  and  as  for  gold,  they 
shall  not  delight  in  it. 

18  Their  bows  also  shall  dash  the  young  men  to 
pieces  ;  and  they  shall  have  no  pity  on  the  fruit  of 
the  womb  ;  their  eye  shall  not  spare  children. 

19  If  And  Bab'y-lon,  the  glory  of  kingdoms,  the 
beauty  of  the  Chal'deeg'  excellency,  shall  be  7as 
when  God  overthrew  Sod'om  and  Go-mor'rah. 

20  k  It  shall  never  be  inhabited,  neither  shall  it  be 
dwelt  in  from  generation  to  generation  :  neither 
shall  the  A-ra'bi-an  pitch  tent  there  ;  neither  shall 
the  shepherds  make  their  fold  there. 

21  But  8wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall  lie  there  ; 
and  their  houses  shall  be  full  of  9  doleful  creatures  ; 
and  1011owls  shall  dwell  there,  and  Vi  satyrs  shall 
dance  there. 

22  And  13the  wild  beasts  of  the  islands  shall  cry  in 
their  u  desolate  houses,  and  15  dragons  in  their  plea- 
sant palaces  :  and  her  time  is  near  to  come,  and 
her  days  shall  not  be  prolonged. 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Restoration  of  Israel,    4  Proverb  against  Babylon.     24  Assyria  threatened. 

FOR  the  Lord  will  have  mercy  on  Ja'cob,  and 
°will  yet  choose  Ig'ra-el,  and  set  them  in  their 
own  land  :  6and  the  strangers  shall  be  joined  with 
them,  and  they  shall  cleave  to  the  house  of  Ja'cob. 

2  And  the  people  shall  take  them,  and  bring  them 
to  their  place  :  and  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  shall  pos- 
sess them  in  the  land  of  the  Lord  for  servants  and 
handmaids :  and  they  shall  take  them  captives, 
1  whose  captives  they  were  ;  and  they  shall  rule" over 
their  oppressors. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  day  that  the 
Lord  shall  give  thee  rest  from  thy  sorrow,  and  from 
thy  fear,  and  from  the  hard  bondage  wherein  thou 
wast  made  to  serve, 

4  Tf  That  thou  cshalt  take  up  this2 proverb  against 
the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  say,  How .  hath  the  op- 
pressor ceased  !  the  3  golden  city  ceased  ! 

5  The  Lord  hath  broken  the  staff  of  the  wicked, 
and  the  sceptre  of  the  rulers. 

6  He  who  smote  the  people  in  wrath  with  4a  con- 
tinual stroke,  he  that  ruled  the  nations  in  anger,  is 
persecuted,  and  none  hindereth. 

7  The  whole  earth  is  at  rest,  and  is  .quiet  :  they 
break  forth  into  singing. 

8  d  Yea,  the  fir  trees  rejoice  at  thee,  and  the  cedars 
of  Leb'a-non,  saying,  Since  thou  art  laid  down,  no 
feller  is  come  up  against  us. 

9  5Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  for  thee  to  meet 
thee  at  thy  coming  :  it  stirreth  up  the  dead  for  thee, 
even  all  the 6  chief  ones  of  the  earth  ;  it  hath  raised 
up  from  their  thrones  all  the  kings  of  the  nations. 

.  10  All  they  shall  speak  and  say  unto  thee,  Art  thou 
also  become  weak  as  we  ?  art  thou  become  like  unto 
us? 
11  Thy  pomp  is  brought  down  to  the  grave,  and 

498 


B.  C.  712. 


i  Nali.  3.  10. 


/Jer.  51.11. 


7  as  the  over- 
throwing. 

k  ch.  14.  23. 


S  Ziira. 

9  Ochim. 

10  Or,  ostriches. 

11  daughters  of 
the  owl. 

12  shaggy  beasts, 
or,  wild  goats. 

13  lira.     • 

14  Or,  palaces. 

15  Or,  jackals. 


a  Ps.  102.  13,  16. 

ch.  54.  7,  8. 

Jer.  31.  3,  4, 

10,  11. 

Zech.  1.  17. 
b  ch.  GO.  4,  5, 10. 


1  that  had 
taken  them 
captives. 


c  ch.  13.  19. 
Hab.  2.  6. 

2  Or,  taunting 
speech. 

3  Or,  exactress 
of  gold. 

4  a  stroke  with- 
out removing. 

d  ch.  55.  12. 
Ezek.  31.  10. 

5  Or,  The  grave. 

6  leaders,  or, 
great  goats. 

7  Or,  O  day  star. 
e  Lam.  2.  i. 

Matt.  11.  23. 
/Dan.  8.  10. 

Rev.  12.  4. 
.7  Ps.  48.  2. 
h  Zeph.  2.  15. 

2  Thess.  2.  4. 
i  ch.  47.  8. 

Ezek.  28.  8,  9. 

Matt.  11.  23. 

Acts  12.  23. 

8  Or,  did  not  let 
his  prisoners 
.loose  home- 
wards. 

j  Ex.  20.  5. 

Job  18.  19. 

Matt.  23.  35. 
k  1  Ki.  14.  10. 

Job  18.  19. 

Prov.  10.  7. 
I  2  Chr.  20.  6. 

Job  40.  8. 

ch.  23.  9. 

Jer.  4.  28. 
m  2  Ki.  16.  20. 

2  Chr.  28.  27. 

9  Or,  adder. 


the  noise  of  thy  viols  :  the  worm  is  spread  under 
thee,  and  the  worms  cover  thee. 

12  How  art  thou  fallen  from  heaven,  T0  Lu'cT-fer, 
son  of  the  morning  !  how  art  thou  cut  down  to  the 
ground,  which  didst  weaken  the  nations  ! 

13  For  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart,  eI  will  ascend 
into  heaven,  fl  will  exalt  my  throne  above  the  stars 
of  God  :  I  will  sit  also  upon  the  mount  of  the  con- 
gregation, ^in  the  sides  of  the  north  : 

14  I  will  ascend  above  the  heights  of  the  clouds  ; 
hl  will  be  like  the  most  High. 

15  Yet  thou  'shalt  be  brought  down  to  hell,  to  the 
sides  of  the  pit. 

16  They  that  see  thee  shall  narrowly  look  upon 
thee,  and  consider  thee,  saying,  Is  this  the  man  that 
made  the  earth  to  tremble,  that  did  shake  kingdoms ; 

17  That  made  the  world  as  a  wilderness,  and  de- 
stroyed the  cities  thereof  ;  that  8  opened  not  the 
house  of  his  prisoners  ? 

18  All  the  kings  of  the  nations,  even  all  of  them, 
lie  in  glory,  every  one  in  his  own  house. 

19  But  thou  art  cast  out  of  thy  grave  like  an  abom- 
inable branch,  and  as  the  raiment  of  those  that  are 
slain,  thrust  through  with  a  sword,  that  go  down  to 
the  stones  of  the  pit ;  as  a  carcase  trodden  under 
feet. 

20  Thou  shalt  not  be  joined  with  them  in  burial, 
because  thou  hast  destroyed  thy  land,  and  slain  thy 
people  :  the  seed  of  evildoers  shall  never  be  re- 
nowned. 

21  Prepare  slaughter  for  his  children  Jfor  the  in- 
iquity of  their  fathers  ;  that  they  do  not  rise,  nor 
possess  the  land,  nor  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with 
cities. 

22  For  I  will  rise  up  against  them,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  and  cut  off  from  Bab'y-lon  the  name,  and 
remnant,  ''and  son,  and  nephew,  saith  the  Lord. 

23  I  will  also  make  it  a  possession  for  the  bittern, 
and  pools  of  water :  and  I  will  sweep  it  with  the 
besom  of  destruction,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

24  If  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn,  saying,  Surely 
as  I  have  thought,  so  shall  it  come  to  pass  ;  and  as 
I  have  purposed,  so  shall  it  stand  : 

25  That  I  will  break  the  As-syr'i-an  in  my  land, 
and  upon  my  mountains  tread  him  under  foot :  then 
shall  his  yoke  depart  from  off  them,  and  his  burden 
depart  from  off  their  shoulders. 

26  This  is  the  purpose  that  is  purposed  upon  the 
whole  earth  :  and  this  is  the  hand  that  is  stretched 
out  upon  all  the  nations. 

27  For  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  'purposed,  and  who 
shall  disannul  it  ?  and  his  hand  is  stretched  out, 
and  who  shall  turn  it  back  ? 

28  In  the  year  that  mking  A'haz  died  was  this 
burden. 

29  If  Rejoice  not  thou,  whole  Pal-es-ti'na,  because 
the  rod  of  him  that  smote  thee  is  broken  :  for  out 
of  the  serpent's  root  shall  come  forth  a  9  cockatrice, 
and  his  fruit  shall  be  a  fiery  flying  serpent. 

30  And  the  firstborn  of  the  poor  shall  feed,  and 
the  needy  shall  lie  down  in  safety  :  and  I  will  kill 
thy  root  with  famine,  and  he  shall  slay  thy  remnant. 


The  burden  of  Moab. 


ISAIAH,  1517. 


Syria  and  Israel  threatened. 


31  Howl,  0  gate  ;  cry,  0  city  ;  thou,  whole  Pal-es- 
ti'na,  art  dissolved  :  for  there  shall  come  from  the 
north  a  smoke,  and  10none  shall  be  alone  in  his 
"appointed  times. 

32  What  shall  one  then  answer  the  messengers  of 
the  nation?  That  the  Lord  hath  founded  Zl'on, 
and  the  poor  of  his  people  shall  12  trust  in  it. 

CHAPTER  15. 

Moub's  lamentable  stale. 

THE  "burden  of  Mo'ab.  Because  in  the  night b  Ar 
of  Mo'ab  is  laid  waste,  and 1  brought  to  silence  ; 
because  in  the  night  Kir  of  Mo'ab  is  laid  waste,  and 
brought  to  silence  ; 

2  He  is  gone  up  to  Ba' jith,  and  to  Di'bon,  the  high 
places,  to  weep  :  Mo'ab  shall  howl  over  Ne'bo,  and 
over  Med'e-ba  :  on  all  their  heads  shall  be  baldness, 
and  every  beard  cut  off. 

3  In  their  streets  they  shall  gird  themselves  with 
sackcloth  :  on  the  tops  of  their  houses,  and  in  their 
streets,  every  one  shall  howl,  "weeping  abundantly. 

4  And  c  Hesh'bon  shall  cry,  and  E-le-a'leh:  their 
voice  shall  be  heard  even  unto  Ja'haz  :  therefore  the 
armed  soldiers  of  Mo'ab  shall  cry  out ;  his  life  shall 
be  grievous  unto  him. 

5  My  heart  shall  cry  out  for  Mo'ab  ;  3his  fugitives 
shall  flee  unto  Zo'ar,  an  heifer  of  three  years  old  : 
for  d-by  the  mounting  up  of  Lu'hith  with  weeping 
shall  they  go  it  up  ;  for  in  the  way  of  Hor-o-na'im 
they  shall  raise  up  a  cry  of  i  destruction. 

6  For  the  waters  of  Nim'rim  shall  be  5  desolate  : 
for  the  hay  is  withered  away,  the  grass  faileth, 
there  is  no  green  thing. 

7  Therefore  the  abundance  they  have  gotten,  and 
that  which  they  have  laid  up,  shall  they  carry  away 
to  the  6  brook  of  the  willows. 

8  For  the  cry  is  gone  round  about  the  borders  of 
Mo'ab  ;  the  howling  thereof  unto  Eg'la-im,  and  the 
howling  thereof  unto  Be'er-e'lim. 

9  For  the  waters  of  DI'mon  shall  be  full  of  blood  : 
for  I  will  bring  'more  upon  DI'mon,  lions  upon  him 
that  escapeth  of  Mo'ab,  and  upon  the  remnant  of 
the  land. 

CHAPTER  16. 

1  Exhortation  to  obedience.    6  Moab  is  threatened  for  her  pride.     12  Moab' s  judgment. 

SEND  aye  the  lamb  to  the  ruler  of  the  land  from 
aSe'la  to  the  wilderness,  unto  the  mount  of  the 
daughter  of  Zl'on. 

2  For  it  shall  be,  that,  as  a  wandering  bird  2cast 
out  of  the  nest,  so  the  daughters  of  Mo'ab  shall  be 
at  the  fords  of b Ar'non. 

3  3Take  counsel,  execute  judgment ;  make  thy 
shadow  as  the  night  in  the  midst  of  the  noonday ; 
hide  the  outcasts  ;  bewray  not  him  that  wandereth. 

4  Let  mine  outcasts  dwell  with  thee,  Mo'ab  ;  be 
thou  a  covert  to  them  from  the  face  of  the  spoiler  : 
for  the4 extortioner  is  at  an  end,  the  spoiler  ceaseth, 
5  the  oppressors  are  consumed  out  of  the  land. 

5  And  in  mercy  c shall  the  throne  be  G established: 
and  he  shall  sit  upon  it  in  truth  in  the  tabernacle  of 
Da'vid,  judging,  and  seeking  judgment,  and  hasting 
righteousness. 


B.  C.  72G. 


10  Or,  he  shall 
not  be  alone. 

11  Or,  assem- 
blies. 


12  Or,  betake 
themselves 
unto  it. 


a  cb. 11.  14. 
Jer.  9.  26. 
b  Num.  21.  28. 
1  Or,  cut  off. 


2  descending 
into  weeping, 
or,  coming 
down  with 
weeping. 

c  Num.  32.  3. 


3  Or,  to  the 
borders  there- 
of, even  to 
Zoar,  as  an 
heifer. 

d  Jer.  4S.  5. 


4  breaking. 

5  desolations. 


6  Or,  valley  of 
the  Arabians. 

7  additions. 


a  2  Ki.  3.  4. 

1  a  rock,  or, 
Petra. 

2  Or,  a  nest 
forsaken. 

b  Num.  21.  13. 

3  Bring. 

4  wringer. 

5  the  treaders 
down. 

c  Ps.  89.  14. 

ProT.  20.  2S. 

Dan.  7.  14. 
G  Or,  prepared. 
d  Jer.  48.  29. 

7  Or,  the  false- 
hood of  his 
pretensions. 

e  2  Ki.  3.  25. 

8  Or,  mutter. 

9  Or,  plucked  up. 

10  Or,  the  alarm 
is  fallen  upon, 
etc. 

/Num.  23.  3. 

ch.  15.  2. 

Jer.  48.  35. 
g  Deut.  15.  18. 
.    ch.  15.  5. 

11  Or,  not  many. 


a  Jer.  49.  23. 

Amos  1.  3. 

Zech   9. 1. 

fulfilled  740, 

2  Ki.  16.  9. 
b  Jer.  7.  33. 
c  ch.  7.  16. 
d  ch.  10.  16. 
e  Jer.  51.  33. 

Rev.  14. 1.3-19. 
/2Chr.  30.  11. 

Ps.  34.  5. 

Hos.  5.  15. 

Mic.  7.  7. 

Zech.  12.  10. 


6  Tf  We  have  heard  of  the  d  pride  of  Mo'ab  ;  he  is 
very  proud  :  even  of  his  haughtiness,  and  his  pride, 
and  his  wrath  :  "'but  his  lies  shall  not  be  so. 

7  Therefore  shall  Mo'ab  howl  for  Mo'ab,  every  one 
shall  howl  :  for  the  foundations  eof  Kir-har'e-seth 
shall  ye  8  mourn  ;  surely  they  are  stricken. 

8  For  the  fields  of  Hesh'bon  languish,  and  the  vine 
of  Sib'mah  :  the  lords  of  the  heathen  have  broken 
down  the  principal  plants  thereof,  they  are  come 
even  unto  Ja'zer,  they  wandered  through  the  wilder- 
ness :  her  branches  are  9  stretched  out,  they  are  gone 
over  the  sea. 

9  If  Therefore  I  will  bewail  with  the  weeping  of 
Ja'zer  the  vine  of  Sib'mah  :  Ijwill  water  thee  with 
my  tears,  O  Hesh'bon,  and  E-le-a'leh:  for  10the 
shouting  for  thy  summer  fruits  and  for  thy  harvest 
is  fallen. 

10  And  gladness  is  taken  away,  and  joy  out  of  the 
plentiful  field  ;  and  in  the  vineyards  there  shall  be 
no  singing,  neither  shall  there  be  shouting :  the 
treaders  shall  tread  out  no  wine  in  their  presses  ;  I 
have  made  their  vintage  shouting  to  cease. 

11  Wherefore  my  bowels  shall  sound  like  an  harp 
for  Mo'ab,  and  mine  inward  parts  for  Kir-ha'resh. 

12  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  it  is  seen 
that  Mo'ab  is  weary  on  •'"the  high  place,  that  he  shall 
come  to  his  sanctuary  to  pray  ;  but  he  shall  not 
prevail. 

13  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
concerning  Mo'ab  since  that  time. 

14  But  now  the  Lord  hath  spoken,  saying,  Within 
three  years,  ffas  the  years  of  an  hireling,  and  the 
glory  of  Mo'ab  shall  be  contemned,  with  all  that 
great  multitude ;  and  the  remnant  shall  be  very 
small  and11  feeble. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Syria  and  Israel  threatened.     G  A  remnant  saved.     12  Woe  to  the  impious. 

THE  a  burden  of  Da-mas 'cus.     Behold,  Da-mas'- 
cus  is  taken  away  from  being  a  city,  and  it 
shall  be  a  ruinous  heap. 

2  The  cities  of  Ar'o-er  are  forsaken :  they  shall  be 
for  flocks,  which  shall  lie  down,  and  fcnone  shall 
make  them  afraid. 

3  cThe  fortress  also  shall  cease  from  E'phra-im, 
and  the  kingdom  from  Da-mas 'cus,  and  the  rem- 
nant of  Syr'i-a :  they  shall  be  as  the  glory  of  the 
children  of  I§'ra-el,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  And  in  that  day  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
glory  of  Ja'cob  shall  be  made  thin,  and  dthe  fatness 
of  his  flesh  shall  wax  lean. 

5  e  And  it  shall  be  as  when  the  harvestman  gather- 
eth  the  corn,  and  reapeth  the  ears  with  his  arm ; 
and  it  shall  be  as  he  that  gathereth  ears  in  the 
valley  of  Reph'a-im. 

6  Tf  Yet  gleaning  grapes  shall  be  left  in  it,  as  the 
shaking  of  an  olive  tree,  two  or  three  berries  in  the 
top  of  the  uppermost  bough,  four  or  five  in  the  out- 
most fruitful  branches  thereof,  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  I§'ra-el. 

7  At  that  day  shall  a  man  •'"look  to  his  Maker,  and 
his  eyes  shall  have  respect  to  the  Holy  One  of 
I§'ra-el. 

499 


Ethiopia  threatened. 


ISAIAH,  18,  19. 


The  confusion  of  Egypt. 


8  And  he  shall  not  look  to  the  altars,  the  work  of 
his  hands,  neither  shall  respect  that  which  his  fin- 
gers have  made,  either  the  groves,  or  the  *  im- 
ages. 

9  If  In  that  day  shall  his  strong  cities  be  as  a  for- 
saken bough,  and  an  uppermost  branch,  which  they 
left  because  of  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el :  and  there 
shall  be  desolation. 

10  Because  a  thou  hast  forgotten  the  God  of  thy 
salvation,  and  hast  not  been  mindful  of  the  rock 
of  thy  strength,  therefore  shalt  thou  plant  pleasant 
plants,  and  shalt  set  it  with  strange  slips : 

11  In  the  day  shalt  thou  make  thy  plant  to  grow, 
and  in  the  morning  shalt  thou  make  thy  seed  to 
flourish :  but  the  harvest  shall  be2  a  heap  in  the  day 
of  grief  and  of  desperate  sorrow. 

12  If  Woe  to  the  3  multitude  of  many  people,  which 
make  a  noise  like  the  noise  of  the  seas ;  and  to  the 
rushing  of  nations,  that  make  a  rushing  like  the 
rushing  of  4  mighty  waters ! 

13  The  nations  shall  rush  like  the  rushing  of  many 
waters :  but  God  shall  rebuke  them,  and  they  shall 
flee  far  off,  and  shall  be  chased  as  the  chaff  of  the 
mountains  before  the  wind,  and  like5 a  rolling  thing 
before  the  whirlwind. 

14  And  behold  at  eveningtide  trouble  ;  and  before 
the  morning  he  is  not.  ftThis  is  the  portion  of 
them  that  spoil  us,  and  the  lot  of  them  that  rob  us. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  Destruction  of  the  Ethiopians  through  God's  care  of  his  people.   7  Growth  of  the  church. 

WOE  to  the  land  shadowing  with  wings,  which 
is  beyond  the  rivers  of  E-thi-o'pT-a  : 

2  That  sendeth  ambassadors  by  the  sea,  even  in 
vessels  of  bulrushes  upon  the  waters,  saying,  Go, 
ye  swift  messengers,  to  a  nation  *  scattered  and 
peeled,  to  a  people  terrible  from  their  beginning 
hitherto ;  2  a  nation  meted  out  and  trodden  down, 
3  whose  land  the  rivers  have  spoiled  ! 

3  All  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world,  and  dwellers  on 
the  earth,  see  ye,  when  he  lifteth  up  an  ensign 
on  the  mountains ;  and  when  he  bloweth  a  trumpet, 
hear  ye. 

4  For  so  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  I  will  take  my 
rest,  and  I  will  4  consider  in  my  dwelling  place  like 
a  clear  heat  5upon  herbs,  and  like  a  cloud  of  dew 
in  the  heat  of  harvest. 

5  For  afore  the  harvest,  when  the  bud  is  perfect, 
and  the  sour  grape  is  ripening  in  the  flower,  he 
shall  both  cut  off  the  sprigs  with  pruning  hooks, 
and  take  away  and  cut  down  the  branches. 

6  They  shall  be  left  together  unto  the  fowls  of  the 
mountains,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the  earth :  and  the 
fowls  shall  summer  upon  them,  and  all  the  beasts 
of  the  earth  shall  winter  upon  them. 

7  If  In  that  time  a  shall  the  present  be  brought 
unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  of  a  people  6  scattered  and 
peeled,  and  from  a  people  terrible  from  their  be- 
ginning hitherto  ;  a  nation  meted  out  and  trodden 
under  foot,  whose  land  the  rivers  have  spoiled,  to 
the  place  of  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
mount  Zl'on. 

500 


B.  C.  714. 


1  Or,  sun  images. 


g  Ps.  IOC.  13,  21. 


2  Or,  removed  in 
the  day  of  in- 
heritance, and 
there  shall  be 
deadly  sorrow. 

3  Or,  noise. 


4  Or,  many. 


5  Or,  thistle- 
down. 


h  Jndg.  5.  31. 
Ps.  8.  3,  9,  18. 
Piov.  22.  23. 


1  Or,  outspread 
and  polished. 

2  a  nation  of 
line,  line,  and 
treading  under 
foot :  or,  a 
nation  that 
meteth  out, 
and  treadeth 
down. 

3  Or,  whose 
land  the  rivers 
despise. 

4  Or,  regard  my 
set  dwelling. 

5  Or,  after  rain. 
a  Ps.  G8.  31. 

Zeph.  3.  10. 
Mil.  1.  11. 

6  Or,  outspread 
and  polished. 


1  mingle. 

a  Judg.  7.  22. 

1  Sam.  14.  1G. 

2  Chr.  20.  23. 

2  shall  be 
emptied. 

3  swallow  up. 

4  Or,  shut  up. 
b  Jer.  51 .  36. 

Ezek.  30.  12. 
c  2  Ki.  19.  24. 

5  and  shall  not 
he. 

6  Or,  white 
works. 

7  foundations. 

8  of  living  things, 
rfch.  41.  22,23. 

Acts  7.  22. 
1  Cor.  1.  20. 
e  Jer.  2.  16. 
Hos.  9.  6. 

9  corners,  or, 
governors. 

10  a  spirit  of 
perverseness. 

/  Ps.  48.  6. 
ch.  30.  17. 
Jer.  30.  5,  7. 
Nah.  3.  13. 

11  the  lip. 


CHAPTER  19. 

1  Egypt's  confusion.    11  Folly  of  her  princes.    18  Call  to  the  church. 

nnHE  burden  of  E'gypt.  Behold,  the  Lord  rideth 
J-  upon  a  swift  cloud,  and  shall  come  into  E'gypt : 
and  the  idols  of  E'gypt  shall  be  moved  at  his  pre- 
sence, and  the  heart  of  E'gypt  shall  melt  in  the 
midst  of  it. 

2  And  I  will  loset  the  E-gyp'tian§  against  the 
E-gyp'tiang  :  and  they  shall  fight  every  one  against 
his  brother,  and  every  one  against  his  neighbour  ; 
city  against  city,  cmcTkingdom  against  kingdom. 

3  And  the  spirit  of  E'gypt 2 shall  fail  in  the  midst 
thereof ;  and  I  will  3  destroy  the  counsel  thereof  : 
and  they  shall  seek  to  the  idols,  and  to  the  charm- 
ers, and  to  them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and  to 
the  wizards. 

4  And  the  E-gyp'tiang  will  I  4give  over  into  the 
hand  of  a  cruel  lord  ;  and  a  fierce  king  shall  rule 
over  them,  saith  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

5  And  6the  waters  shall  fail  from  the  sea,  and  the 
river  shall  be  wasted  and  dried  up. 

6  And  they  shall  turn  the  rivers  far  away ;  and 
the  brooks  c  of  defence  shall  be  emptied  and  dried 
up  :  the  reeds  and  flags  shall  wither. 

7  The  paper  reeds  by  the  brooks,  by  the  mouth 
of  the  brooks,  and  every  thing  sown  by  the  brooks, 
shall  wither,  be  driven  away,  5and  be  no  more. 

8  The  fishers  also  shall  mourn,  and  all  they  that 
cast  angle  into  the  brooks  shall  lament,  and  they 
that  spread  nets  upon  the  waters  shall  languish. 

9  Moreover  they  that  work  in  fine  flax,  and  they 
that  weave  6  networks,  shall  be  confounded. 

10  And  they  shall  be  broken  in  the  7  purposes 
thereof,  all  that  make  sluices  and  ponds  8  for  fish. 

11  Tf  Surely  the  princes  of  Zo'an  are  fools,  the 
counsel  of  the  wise  counsellors  of  Pha'raoh  is  become 
brutish  :  how  say  ye  unto  Pha'raoh,  I  am  the  son 
of  the  wise,  the  son  of  ancient  kings? 

12  d  Where  are  they?  where  are  thy  wise  men  t 
and  let  them  tell  thee  now,  and  let  them_  know 
what  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed  upon  E'gypt. 

13  The  princes  of  Zo'an  are  become  fools,  Hhe 
princes  of  Noph  are  deceived  ;  they  have  also  se- 
duced E'gypt,  even  9they  that  are  the  stay  of  the 
tribes  thereof. 

14  The  Lord  hath  mingled  10a  perversespirit  in 
the  midst  thereof  :  and  they  have  caused  E'gypt  to 
err  in  every  work  thereof,  as  a  drunken  man  stag- 
gereth  in  his  vomit. 

15  Neither  shall  there  be  any  work  for  E'gypt, 
which  the  head  or  tail,  Jbranch  or  rush,  may  do. 

16  In  that  day  shall  E'gypt  fhe  like  unto  women : 
and  it  shall  be  afraid  and  fear  because  of  the  shak- 
ing of  the  hand  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  he 
shaketh  over  it. 

17  And  the  land  of  Ju'dah  shall  be  a  terror  unto 
E'gypt,  every  one  that  maketh  mention  thereof 
shall  be  afraid  in  himself,  because  of  the  counsel 
of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  he  hath  determined 
against  it. 

18  IT  In  that  day  shall  five  cities  in  the  land  of 
E'gypt  speak  uthe  language  of  Ca'naan,  and  swear 


Captivity  of  Egypt. 


ISAIAH,  20-22. 


Burden  of  Arabia. 


to  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  one  shall  be  called,  The  city 
12 of  destruction. 

19  In  that  day "  shall  there  be  an  altar  to  the  Lord 
in  the  midst  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  a  pillar  at 
the  border  thereof  to  the  Lord. 

20  And  ?1it  shall  be  for  a  sign  and  for  a  witness 
unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  in  the  land  of  E'gypt :  for 
they  shall  cry  unto  the  Lord  because  of  the  oppres- 
sors, and  he  shall  send  them  a  saviour,  and  a  great 
one,  and  he  shall  deliver  them. 

21  And  the  Lord  shall  be  known  to  E'gypt,  and 
the  E-gyp'tians_  shall  know  the  Lord  in  that  day, 
and  ' shall  do  sacrifice  and  oblation;  yea,  they  shall 
vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  and  perform  it. 

22  And  the  Lord  shall  smite  E'gypt :  he  shall 
smite  and  heal  it :  and  they  shall  return  even  to 
the  Lord,  and  he  shall  be  intreated  of  them,  and 
shall  heal  them. 

23  H  In  that  day  ^'shall  there  be  a  highway  out  of 
E'gypt  to  As-syr'i-a,  and  the  As-syr'i-an  shall  come 
intoJE'gypt,  and  the  E-gyp'tian  into  As-syr'i-a,  and 
the  E-gyp'tian§  shall  serve  with  the  As-syr'i-ang. 
_24  In  that  day  shall  Ig'ra-el  be  the  third  with 
E'gypt  and  with  As-syr'i-a,  even  a  blessing  in  the 
midst  of  the  land  : 

25  Whom  jthe  Lord  of  hosts  shall  bless,  saying, 
Blessed  be  E'gypt  my  people,  and  As-syr'i-a  fcthe 
work  of  my  hands,  and  Ig'ra-el  mine  inheritance. 

CHAPTER  20. 

The  captivity  of  Egypt  and  Ethiopia. 

IN  the  year  that  aTar'tan  came  unto  Ash'dod, 
(when  Sar'gon  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  sent  him,) 
and  fought  against  Ash'dod,  and  took  it ; 

2  At  the  same  time  spake  the  Lord  aby  I-ga'iah 
the  son  of  A'moz,  saying,  Go  and  loose  Hhe  sack- 
cloth from  off  thy  loins,  and  put  off  thy  shoe  from 
thy  foot.  And  he  did  so,  c  walking  naked  and  bare- 
foot. 

3  And  the  Lord  said,  Like  as  my  servant  I-ga'iah 
hath  walked  naked  and  barefoot  three  years  dfor 
a  sign  and  wonder  upon  E'gypt  and  upon  E-thi-5'- 
pl-a ; 

Jt  So  shall  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  lead  away  2the 
E-gyp'tianS;  prisoners,  and  the  E-thi-o'pi-an§  cap- 
tives, young  and  old,  naked  and  barefoot,  eeven 
with  their  buttocks  uncovered,  to  the  3  shame  of 
E'gypt. 

5  -^And  they  shall  be  afraid  and  ashamed  of  E-thi- 
o'pi-a  their  expectation,  and  of  E'gypt  their  glory. 

6  And  the  inhabitant  of  this  4isle  shall  say  in  that 
day,  Behold,  such  is  our  expectation,  whither  we 
flee  for  help  to  be  delivered  from  the  king  of  As- 
syr'i-a  :  and  how  shall  we  escape  ? 

CHAPTER  21. 

1  Vision  of  the  fall  of  Babylon.    11  Repentance  of  Edom.    13  Burden,  of  Arabia. 

ri^HE  burden  of  the  desert  of  the  sea.    As  awhirl- 
■*-    winds  in  the  south  pass  through  ;  so  it  cometh 

from  the  desert,  from  a  terrible  land. 
2  A  x grievous  vision  is  declared  unto  me;  Hhe 

treacherous  dealer  dealeth  treacherously,  and  the 


B.  C.  714. 


12  Or,  of  Heres, 

or,  of  the  sun. 
g  Gen.  12.  7. 

Ex.  24.  4. 

Josh.  22. 10. 

Heb.  13.  10. 

h  Josh.  4.  20. 
ch.  55.  13. 


i  Mai.  1.  11. 


jell.  11.  15. 


k  Ps.  100.  3. 
Hos.  2.  23. 
Kom.  3.  29. 
Eph.  2.  10. 
Phil.  1.  G. 


a  2  Ki.  IS.  17. 

1  by  the  hand  of 
Isaiah. 

b  Zech.  13.  4. 
c  1  Sara.  10.  24. 
d  eh.  8.  18. 

2  the  captivity 
of  Egypt. 

e  2  Sam.  10.  4. 
Mio.  1.  11. 

3  nakedness. 
f-2  Ki.  18.21. 

ch.  31.  1-3. 

4  Or,  country. 


13 


a  Zech.  9.  14. 

1  hard. 
b  1  Sam.  24. 

ch.  24.  11!. 
c  ch.  13.  17. 
Jer.  49.  34. 

2  Or,  My  mind 
wandered. 

d  Deut.  2S.  67. 

3  put. 

e  Dan.  5.  5. 

4  Or,  cried  as 
a  lion. 

/Hab.  2.  1. 

5  Or,  every  night. 
g  ch.  13.  19. 

Jer.  50.  2. 

Rev.  14.  8. 
h  Jer.  51.  33. 

Mic.  4.  13. 

Hab.  3.  12. 
G  son. 


i  1  Chr. 

Ezek. 

Olad. 
;'  1  Chr; 
/,■  Job  G. 


1.  30. 
35.  2. 
1. 

1.9. 
19. 


7  Or,  bring  ye. 

8  from  the  face, 
or,  for  fear. 

/  Gen.  25.  13. 
Ps.  120.  5. 
Song  1.  5. 
ch.  GO.  7. 

9  bows. 

m  Num.  23.  19. 
1  Sam.  15.  29. 
ch.  1.  20. 
Matt.  24.  35. 
Mark  13.  31. 
Luke  21.  33. 
1  Pet.  1.  25. 


1  of  the  bow. 

2  I  will  be  bitter 
in  weeping. 


spoiler  spoileth.  cGo  up,  O  E'lam :  besiege,  O 
Me'di-a ;  all  the  sighing  thereof  have  I  made  to 
cease. 

3  Therefore  are  my  loins  filled  with  pain :  pangs 
have  taken  hold  upon  me,  as  the  pangs  of  a  woman 
that  travaileth :  I  was  bowed  down  at  the  hearing 
of  it ;  I  was  dismayed  at  the  seeing  of  it. 

4  2My  heart  panted,  fearfulness  affrighted  me: 
dthe  night  of  my  pleasure  hath  he  3  turned  into  fear 
unto  me. 

5  e  Prepare  the  table,  watch  in  the  watchtower, 
eat,  drink  :  arise,  ye  princes,  and  anoint  the  shield. 

6  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Go,  set  a 
watchman,  let  him  declare  what  he  seeth. 

7  And  he  saw  a  chariot  with  a  couple  of  horsemen, 
a  chariot  of  asses,  and  a  chariot  of  camels  ;  and  he 
hearkened  diligently  with  much  heed  : 

8  And  4he  cried,  A  lion  :  My  lord,  I  stand  contin- 
ually upon  the  -^watchtower  in  the  daytime,  and  I 
am  set  in  my  ward  5  whole  nights  : 

9  And,  behold,  here  cometh  a  chariot  of  men,  with 
a  couple  of  horsemen.  And  he  answered  and  said, 
gBab'y-lon  is  fallen,  is  fallen  ;  and  all  the  graven 
images  of  her  gods  he  hath  broken  unto  the  ground. 

10  ''0  my  threshing,  and  the  6corn  of  my  floor: 
that  which  I  have  heard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  I§'ra-el,  have  I  declared  unto  you. 

11  IT  "The  burden  of  Du'mah.  He  calleth  to  me 
out  of  Se'ir,  Watchman,  what  of  the  night  ?  Watch- 
man, what  of  the  night  ? 

12  The  watchman  said,  The  morning  cometh,  and 
also  the  night :  if  ye  will  enquire,  enquire  ye  :  re- 
turn, come. 

JL3  Tf  The  burden  upon  A-ra'bi-a.  In  the  forest  in 
A-ra'bl-a  shall  ye  lodge,  O  ye  travelling  companies 
J'of  Ded'a-nlm. 

14  The  inhabitants  of  the  land  of  k Te'ma  7  brought 
water  to  him  that  was  thirsty,  they  prevented  with 
their  bread  him  that  fled. 

15  For  they  fled  8from  the  swords,  from  the 
drawn  sword,  and  from  the  bent  bow,  and  from 
the  grievousness  of  war. 

16  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Within  a 
year,  according  to  the  years  of  an  hireling,  and  all 
the  glory  of  'Ke'dar  shall  fail : 

17  And  the  residue  of  the  number  of  9  archers,  the 
mighty  men  of  the  children  of  Ke'dar,  shall  be 
diminished  :  for  the  Lord  m  God  of  Is'ra-el  hath 
spoken  it. 

CHAPTER  22. 

1  Lament  for  the  invasion  of  Jewry  by  Persia.     15  Shebno's  deprivation.     20  Eliakim  as 

a  substitute. 

THE  burden  of  the  valley  of  vision.     What  ail- 
eth  thee  now,  that  thou  art  wholly  gone  up  to 
the  house  tops  ? 

2  Thou  that  art  full  of  stirs,  a  tumultuous  city,  a 
joyous  city :  thy  slain  men  are  not  slain  with  the 
sword,  nor  dead  in  battle. 

3  All  thy  rulers  are  fled  together,  they  are  bound 
*by  the  archers  :  all  that  are  found  in  thee  are 
bound  together,  which  have  fled  from  far. 

4  Therefore  said  I,  Look  away  from  me  ;  2 1  will 

501 


Invasion  of  Jewry. 


ISAIAH,  23. 


Overthrow  of  Tyre. 


weep  bitterly,  labour  not  to  comfort  me,  because  of 
the  spoiling  of  the  daughter  of  my  people. 

5  For  it  is  a- day  of  trouble,  and  of  treading  down, 
and  of  perplexity  aby  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  in  the 
valley  of  vision,  breaking  down  the  walls,  and  of 
crying  tojthe  mountains. 

6  6  And  E'lam  bare  the  quiver  with  chariots  of  men 
and  horsemen,  and  Kir  3  uncovered  the  shield. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  4thy  choicest 
valleys  shall  be  full  of  chariots,  and  the  horsemen 
shall  set  themselves  in  array  5at  the  gate. 

8  H  And  he  discovered  the  covering  of  Ju'dah,  and 
thou  didst  look  in  that  day  to  the  armour  cof  the 
house  of  the  forest. 

9  dYe  have  seen  also  the  breaches  of  the  city  of 
Da'vid,  that  they  are  many  :  and  ye  gathered  to- 
gether the  waters  of  the  lower  pool. 

10  And  ye  have  numbered  the  houses  of  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  and  the  houses  have  ye  broken  down  to  fortify 
the  wall. 

11  eYe  made  also  a  ditch  between  the  two  walls 
for  the  water  of  the  old  pool :  but  ye  have  not 
looked  unto  the  maker  thereof,  neither  had  respect 
unto  him  that  fashioned  it  long  ago.  * 

12  And  in  that  day  did  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  call 
to  weeping,  and  to  mourning,  and  to  baldness,  and 
to  girding  with  sackcloth  : 

13  7And  behold  joy  and  gladness,  slaying  oxen, 
and  killing  sheep,  eating  flesh,  and  drinking  wine  : 
let  ffus  eat  and  drink  ;  for  to  morrow  we  shall  die. 

14  And  it  was  revealed  in  mine  ears  by  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  Surely  this  iniquity  ''shall  not  be  purged 
from  you  till  ye  die,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

15  1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  Go,  get 
thee  unto  this  treasurer,  even  unto  'Sheb'na, i  which 
is  over  the  house,  and  say, 

16  What  hast  thou  here  ?  and  whom  hast  thou 
here,  that  thou  hast  hewed  thee  out  a  sepulchre 
here,  6as  he  that  heweth  him  out  a  sepulchre  on 
high,  and  that  graveth  an  habitation  for  himself  in 
a  rock  ? 

17  Behold,  vthe  Lord  will  carry  thee  away  with  8a 
mighty  captivity,  and  will  surely  cover  thee. 

18  He  will  surely  violently  turn  and  toss  thee  like 
a  ball  into  a  9  large  country  :  there  shalt  thou  die, 
and  there  the  chariots  of  thy  glory  shall  be  the 
shame  of  thy  lord's  house. 

19  And  I  will  drive  thee  from  thy  station,  and 
from  thy  state  shall  he  pull  thee  down. 

20  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  I 
will  call  my  servant  feE-li'a-kim  the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah : 

21  And  I  will  clothe  him  with  thy  robe,  and 
strengthen  him  with  thy  girdle,  and  I  will  commit 
thy  government  into  his  hand  :  and  he  shall  be  *a 
father  to  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  to  the 
house  of  Ju'dah. 

22  And  the  key  of  the  house  of  Da'vid  will  I  lay 
upon  his  shoulder ;  so  he  shall  open,  and  none  shall 
shut ;  and  he  shall  shut,  and  none  shall  open. 

23  And  I  will  fasten  him  as  m  a  nail  in  a  sure  place ; 
and  he  shall  be  for  a  glorious  throne  to  his  father's 
house. 

502 


B.  C.  712. 


a  Esth.  3.  15. 
Lam.  1.  5. 


ich.  21.2. 
Jer.  49.  35. 

3  made  naked. 

4  the  choice  of 
thy  valleys. 


5  Or.  toward. 


<•  1  Ki.  7.  2. 


d  2  Ki.  20.  20. 
2  Chr.  32.  4. 
Song  4.  4. 


e  Neb.  3.  16. 


/ch.  5.  12. 

Amos  6.  3. 

Luke  17. 

26-29. 
g  ch.  56.  12. 

1  Cor.  15.  32. 


h  1  Sam.  3. 14. 
Ezek.  24.  13.. 


i2  Ki.  18.  37. 

ch.  36.  3. 
j  1  Ki.  4.  6. 

6  Or,  O  he. 

7  Or,  the  Lokd 
who  covered 
thee  with  an 
excellent  cov- 
ering, and 
clothed  thee 
gorgeously, 
shall  surely, 
etc. 

S  the  captivity 
of  a  man. 

9  large  of  spaces. 
k  2  Ki.  18.  18. 

I  Job  29.  16. 
m  Ezra  9.  8. 

10  Or,  instru- 
ments of  viols. 


a  Jer.  25.  22. 
Ezek.  26. 
Amos  1.  9. 
Zech.  9.  2,  4. 

1  silent. 

b  Ezek.  27.  3. 
e  ch.  19.  16. 
d  ch.  22.  2. 

2  from  afar  off. 
e  ch.  2.  12. 

Ezek.  28.  2. 
1  Tim.  3.  4. 

3  to  pollute, 
fch.  2.  11,  17. 

Lukel.  51,  52. 

4  girdle. 

5  Or,  concerning 
a  merchant- 
man. 

6  Canaan. 

7  Or,  strengths. 
<7  Lam.  1.  6. 

Hag.  2.  22. 

Rev.  18.  22. 
APs.  71.  3. 
i  ch.  2.  16. 

Ezek.  27.  25. 

Rev.  18.  22. 

8  it  shall  be  unto 
Tyre  as  the 
song  of  an 
harlot. 


24  And  they  shall  hang  upon  him  all  the  glory  of 
his  father's  house,  the  offspring  and  the  issue,  all 
vessels  of  small  quantity,  from  the  vessels  of  cups, 
even  to  all  the  10  vessels  of  flagons. 

25  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  shall  the 
nail  that  is  fastened  in  the  sure  place  be  removed, 
and  be  cut  down,  and  fall ;  and  the  burden  that  was 
upon  it  shall  be  cut  off :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  The  overthrow  of  Tyre.    17  Her  restoration  after  seventy  years. 

nnHE  "burden  of  Tyre.     Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tar'- 
-*-    shish  ;  for  it  is  laid  waste,  so  that  there  is  no 
house,  no  entering  in  :  from  the  land  of  Chit'tim  it 
is  revealed  to  them. 

2  Be  1  still,  ye  inhabitants  of  the  isle  ;  thou  whom 
the  merchants  of  Zi'don,  that  pass  over  the  sea, 
have  replenished. 

3  And  by  great  waters  the  seed  of  Sl'hor,  the  har- 
vest of  the  river,  is  her  revenue ;  and  b  she  is  a  mart 
of  nations. 

4  Be  thou  ashamed,  O  Zi'don  :  for  the  sea  hath 
spoken,  even  the  strength  of  the  sea,  saying,  I  tra- 
vail not,  nor  bring  forth  children,  neither  do  I 
nourish  up  young  men,  nor  bring  up  virgins. 

5  cAs  at  the  report  concerning  E'gypt,  so  shall 
they  be  sorely  pained  at  the  report  of  Tyre. 

6  Pass  ye  over  to  Tar 'shish  ;  howl,  ye  inhabitants 
of  the  isle. 

7  7s  this  your  d  joyous  city,  whose  antiquity  is  of 
ancient  days?  her  own  feet  shall  carry  her  2 afar 
off  to  sojourn. 

8  Who  hath  taken  this  counsel  against  Tyre,  ethe 
crowning  city,  whose  merchants  are  princes,  whose 
traffickers  are  the  honourable  of  the  earth  ? 

9  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed  it,  3/to  stain 
the  pride  of  all  glory,  and  to  bring  into  contempt 
all  the  honourable  of  the  earth. 

10  Pass  through  thy  land  as  a  river,  O  daughter 
of  Tar'shish  :  there  is  no  more  4 strength. 

11  He  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the  sea,  he 
shook  the  kingdoms  :  the  Lord  hath  given  a  com- 
mandment 5  against  6the  merchant  city,  to  destroy 
the  7  strong  holds  thereof. 

12  And  he  said,  5Thou  shalt  no  more  rejoice,  O 
thou  oppressed  virgin,  daughter  of  Zi'don :  arise, 
pass  over  to  Chit'tim ;  there  also  shalt  thou  have 
no  rest. 

13  Behold  the  land  of  the  Chal-de'an§  ;  this  people 
was  not,  till  the  As-syr'i-an  founded  it  for  ''them 
that  dwell  in  the  wilderness :  they  set  up  the  towers 
thereof,  they  raised  up  the  palaces  thereof  ;  and  he 
brought  it  to  ruin. 

14  'Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tar'shish:  for  your  strength 
is  laid  waste. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
Tyre  shall  be  forgotten  seventy  years,  according  to 
the  days  of  one  king :  after  the  end  of  seventy 
years  8  shall  Tyre  sing  as  an  harlot. 

16  Take  an  harp,  go  about  the  city,  thou  harlot 
that  hast  been  forgotten  ;  make  sweet  melody,  sing 
many  songs,  that  thou  maj^est  be  remembered. 


Judgments  on  the  land. 


ISAIAH,  24,  25. 


In  praise  of  God. 


17  1f  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  the  end  of 
seventy  years,  that  the  Lord  will  visit  Tyre,  and 
she  shall  turn  to  her  hire,  and  ''shall  commit  forni- 
cation with  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world  upon  the 
face  of  the  earth. 

18  And  her  merchandise  and  her  hire  k  shall  be 
holiness  to  the  Lord  :  it  shall  not  be  treasured  nor 
laid  up  ;  for  her  merchandise  shall  be  for  them 
that  dwell  before  the  Lord,  to  eat  sufficiently,  and 
for  9  durable  clothing. 

CHAPTER  24. 

1  Judgments  on  the  land.     16  They  shall  advance  God's  kingdom. 

BEHOLD,  the  Lord   maketh  the  earth  empty, 
and  maketh  it  waste,  and  Hurneth  it  upside 
down,  and  scattereth  abroad  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  as  with  the  people,  so  with  the 
2  priest ;  as  with  the  servant,  so  with  his  master ; 
as  with  the  maid,  so  with  her  mistress;  "as  with 
the  buyer,  so  with  the  seller ;  as  with  the  lender, 
so  with  the  borrower  ;  as  with  the  taker  of  usury, 
so  with  the  giver  of  usury  to  him. 

3  The  land  shall  be  utterly  emptied,  and  utterly 
spoiled  :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  this  word. 

4  The  earth  mourneth  and  f adeth  away,  the  world 
languisheth  and  f adeth  away,  3the  haughty  people 
of  the  earth  do  languish. 

5  b  The  earth  also  is  defiled  under  the  inhabitants 
thereof  ;  because  they  have  transgressed  the  laws, 
changed  the  ordinance,  broken  the  everlasting 
covenant. 

6  Therefore  hath c  the  curse  devoured  the  earth,  and 
they  that  dwell  therein  are  desolate  :  therefore  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth  are  burned,  and  few  men  left. 

7  The  new  wine  mourneth,  the  vine  languisheth, 
all  the  merryhearted  do  sigh. 

8  The  mirth  of  tabrets  ceaseth,  the  noise  of  them 
that  rejoice  endeth,  the  joy  of  the  harp  ceaseth. 

9  They  shall  not  drink  wine  with  a  song ;  strong 
drink  shall  be  bitter  to  them  that  drink  it. 

10  The  city  of  confusion  is  broken  down  :  every 
house  is  shut  up,  that  no  man  may  come  in. 

11  There  is  a  crying  for  wine  in  the  streets  ;  all 
joy  is  darkened,  the  mirth  of  the  land  is  gone. 

12  In  the  city  is  left  desolation,  and  the  gate  is 
smitten  with  destruction. 

13  If  When  thus  it  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the 
land  among  the  people,  there  shall  be  as  the  shaking 
of  an  olive  tree,  and  as  the  gleaning  grapes  when 
the  vintage  is  done. 

14  They  shall  lift  up  their  voice,  they  shall  sing 
for  the  majesty. of  the  Lord,  they  shall  cry  aloud 
from  the  sea. 

15  Wherefore  glorify  ye  the  Lord  in  the  4  fires, 
even  dthe  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el  in  the 
isles  of  the  sea. 

16  If  From  the  5  uttermost  part  of  the  earth  have 
we  heard  songs,  even  glory  to  the  righteous.  But 
I  said,  6  My  leanness,  my  leanness,  woe  unto  me  ! 
cthe  treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  treacherously  ; 
yea,  the  treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  very  treach- 
erously. 


B.  C.  712. 


j  Gen.  10.  15, 19. 
Josh.  11.  S. 
Rev.  17.  2. 


A-Deut.2S.  65,66. 
Ps.  45.  12. 
Lam.  1.  3. 
Zc-ch.  14. 
20,21. 


U  old. 


1  perverteth  the 
face  thereof. 


2  Or,  prince. 
a  Ezek.  7.  12 


'<  the  height  of 
the  people. 


b  Gen.  3.  17. 
Lev.  18.  25. 
Num.  35.  33. 


c  Lev.  26.  15,  16. 
Deut.  28.  15. 
Dan.  9.  11. 
Mai.  2.  2. 


4  Or,  valleys. 
d  Mai.  1.  11. 

ch.  66.  19. 

5  wing. 

6  Leanness  to 
me,  or,  My 
secret  to  me. 

c  Jer.  3.  20. 

/  Jer.  48.  43,  44. 

Amos  5.  19. 
<7Gen.  7.  11. 
/(  Ps.  18.  7. 
(•  Jer.  4.  23. 

7  visit  upon. 
j  Ps.  76.  12. 

S  with  the  gath- 
ering of  pris- 
oners. 

9  Or,  dungeon. 

10  Or,  found 
wanting. 

k  Heb.  12.  22. 
Rev.  19.  4. 

11  Or,  there 
shall  be  glory 
before  his 
ancients. 


a  Ex.  15.  2. 
h  Num.  23.  19. 
c  Jer.  51.  37. 
d  Rev.  11.  13. 
e  Ps.  46. 

Nah.  1.  7. 
/'  Prov.  9.  2. 

Matt.  22.  4. 
g  Dan.  7.  14. 

Matt.  S.  11. 

1  swallow  up. 

2  covered. 

h  2  Cor.  3.  15. 

Eph.  1.  17. 
i  ch.  26.  19. 

Hos.  13.  14. 

1  Cor.  15.  54. 

2  Cor.  5.  4. 
Heb.  2.  14. 

/Rev.  7.  17. 

k  Gen.  49.  18. 

Tit.  2.  13. 


17  /Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare,  are  upon 
thee,  O  inhabitant  of  the  earth. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  who  fleeth 
from  the  noise  of  the  fear  shall  fall  into  the  pit ; 
and  he  that  cometh  up  out  of  the  midst  of  the  pit 
shall  be  taken  in  the  snare  :  for  "  the  windows  from 
on  high  are  open,  and  *  the  foundations  of  the  earth 
do  shake. 

19  "The  earth  is  utterly  broken  down,  the  earth  is 
clean  dissolved,  the  earth  is  moved  exceedingly. 

20  The  earth  shall  reel  to  and  fro  like  a  drunkard, 
and  shall  be  removed  like  a  cottage ;  and  the  trans- 
gression thereof  shall  be  heavy  upon  it ;  and  it 
shall  fall,  and  not  rise  again. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the 
Lord  shall  '  punish  the  host  of  the  high  ones  that 
are  on  high,  'and  the  kings  of  the  earth  upon  the 
earth. 

22  And  they  shall  be  gathered  together,  8as  pris- 
oners are  gathered  in  the  9  pit,  and  shall  be  shut  up 
in  the  prison,  and  after  many  days  shall  they  be 
10  visited. 

23  Then  the  moon  shall  be  confounded,  and  the 
sun  ashamed,  when  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  k  reign 
in  mount  Zi'on,  and  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  "before 
his  ancients  gloriously. 

CHAPTER  25. 

1  Praise  of  God  for  his  judgments  and  benefits.    9  Also  for  his  salvation. 

OLORD,  thou  art  my  God  ;  a  I  will  exalt  thee,  I 
will  praise  thy  name  ;  for  thou  hast  done  won- 
derful things  ;  h  thy  counsels  of  old  are  faithfulness 
and  truth. 

2  For  thou  hast  made  cof  a  city  an  heap ;  of  a  de- 
fenced  city  a  ruin  :  a  palace  of  strangers  to  be  no 
city  ;  it  shall  never  be  built. 

3  Therefore  shall  the  strong  people  d  glorify  thee, 
the  city  of  the  terrible  nations  shall  fear  thee. 

4  For  thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the  poor,  a 
strength  to  the  needy  in  his  distress,  ea  refuge  from 
the  storm,  a  shadow  from  the  heat,  when  the  blast 
of  the  terrible  ones  is  as  a  storm  against  the  wall. 

5  Thou  shalt  bring  down  the  noise  of  strangers, 
as  the  heat  in  a  dry  place  ;  even  the  heat  with  the 
shadow  of  a  cloud  :  the  branch  of  the  terrible  ones 
shall  be  brought  low. 

6  If  And  in  this  mountain  shall  ■'"the  Lord  of  hosts 
make  unto  ffall  people  a  feast  of  fat  things,  a  feast 
of  wines  on  the  lees,  of  fat  things  full  of  marrow, 
of  wines  on  the  lees  well  refined. 

7  And  he  will  *  destroy  in  this  mountain  the  face 
of  the  covering  2cast  over  all  people,  and  ''the  veil 
that  is  spread  over  all  nations. 

8  He  will  "swallow  up  death  in  victory  ;  and  the 
Lord  God  will  'wipe  away  tears  from  off  all  faces  ; 
and  the  rebuke  of  his  people  shall  he  take  away 
from  off  all  the  earth  :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

9  If  And  it  shall  be  said  in  that  day,  Lo,  this  is  our 
God  ;  k  we  have  waited  for  him,  and  he  will  save  us  : 
this  is  the  Lord  ;  we  have  waited  for  him,  we  will 
be  glad  and  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

10  For  in  this  mountain  shall  the  hand  of  the  Lord 

503 


A  song  of  confidence. 


ISAIAH,  26,  27. 


God's  care  of  his  vineyard. 


rest,  and  Mo'ab  shall  be  3  trodden  down  under  him, 
even  as  straw  is  4  trodden  down  for  the  dunghill. 

11  And  he  shall  spread  forth  his  hands  in  the 
midst  of  them,  as  he  that  swimmeth  spreadeth  forth 
his  hands  to  swim  :  and  he  shall  l  bring  down  their 
pride  together  with  the  spoils  of  their  hands. 

12  And  the™  fortress  of  the  high  fort  of  thy  walls 
shall  he  bring  down,  lay  low,  and  bring  to  the 
ground,  even  to  the  dust. 


1  A 


CHAPTER  26. 

song  of  confidence  in  God.    20  An  exhortation  to  wait  his  coming  to  judgment. 

FN  that  day  shall  this  song  be  sung  in  the  land  of 
*-  Ju'dah  ;  We  have  a  strong  city  ;  salvation  will 
God  appoint  for  walls  and  bulwarks. 

2  "Open  ye  the  gates,  that  the  righteous  nation 
which  keepeth  the  1  truth  may  enter  in. 

3  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  2perfect  peace,  ivhose 
3 mind  is  stayed  on  thee:  because  he  trusteth  in 
thee. 

4  Trust  ye  in  the  Lord  for  ever :  for  in  the  Lord 
JE-HO'VAH  is  4 everlasting  strength  : 

5  II  For  he  bringeth  down  them  that  dwell  on  high  ; 
the  lofty  city,  he  layeth  it  low  ;  he  layeth  it  low, 
even  to  the  ground  ;  he  bringeth  it  even  to  the  dust. 

6  The  foot  shall  tread  it  down,  even  the  feet  of  the 
poor,  and  the  steps  of  the  needy. 

7  The  way  of  the  just  is  uprightness  :  b  thou,  most 
upright,  dost  weigh  the  path  of  the  just. 

8  Yea,cin  the  way  of  thy  judgments,  0  Lord,  have 
we  waited  for  thee  ;  the  desire  of  our  soul  is  to  thy 
name,  and  to  the  remembrance  of  thee. 

9  dWith  my  soul  have  I  desired  thee  in  the  night ; 
yea,  with  my  spirit  within  me  will  I  seek  thee  early  : 
for  e  when  thy  judgments  are  in  the  earth,  the  in- 
habitants of  the  world  will  learn  righteousness. 

10  -^Let  favour  be  shewed  to  the  wicked,  yet  will 
he  not  learn  righteousness ;  in  ffthe  land  of  up- 
rightness will  he  deal  unjustly,  and  will  not  behold 
the  majesty  of  the  Lord. 

11  Lord,  when  thy  hand  is  lifted  up,  Hhey  will 
not  see  :  but  they  shall  see,  and  be  ashamed  for 
their  envy  5at  the  people  ;  yea,  the  fire  of  thine 
enemies  shall  devour  them. 

12  If  Lord,  thou  wilt  ordain  peace  for  us  :  for  thou 
also  hast  wrought  all  our  works  6in  us. 

13  0  Lord  our  God,  i  other  lords  beside  thee  have 
had  dominion  over  us  :  but  by  thee  only  will  we 
make  mention  of  thy  name. 

14  They  are  dead,  they  shall  not  live ;  they  are 
deceased,  they  shall  not  rise  :  therefore  hast  thou 
visited  and  destroyed  them,  and  made  all  their  mem- 
ory to  perish. 

15  Thou  hast  increased  the  nation,  0  Lord,  thou 
hast  increased  the  nation  :  thou  art  glorified  :  thou 
hadst  removed  it  far  unto  all  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

16  Lord,  jm  trouble  have  they  visited  thee,  they 
poured  out  a  7  prayer  when  thy  chastening  was  upon 
them. 

17  Like  as  a  woman  with  child,  that  draweth  near 
the  time  of  her  delivery,  is  in  pain,  and  crieth  out 
in  her  pangs  ;  so  have  we  been  in  thy  sight,  0  Lord. 

r>04 


B.  C.  712. 


3  Or,  threshed. 

4  Or,  threshed  in 
Madmenah. 


?  Job  40.  11,  12. 
ch.  2.  10-12, 
15-17. 

m  ch.  20.  5. 


a  Ps.  118.  19. 
ch.  60.  11. 
Rev.  21.  13, 
24-27. 

1  truths. 

2  peace,  peace. 

3  Or,  thought, 
or,  imagina- 
tion. 


4  the  rock  of 
ages. 


b  Deut.  32.  4. 
c  Ps.  18.  22. 

ch.  64.  5. 

Mai.  4.  4. 

Luke  1.  6. 
d  Ps.  63.  6. 

Song  3.  1. 

Luke  6.  12. 
e  Ps.  83.  16. 
/'  Eccl.  8.  12. 

Rom.  2.  4. 
g  Ps.  143.  10. 
'h  Job  34.  27. 

5  Or,  toward  thy 
people. 

6  Or,  for  us. 
i  Ps.  66.  12. 

j  2  Chr.  33.  12. 
Hos.  5.  15. 

7  secret  speech. 
k  Ps.  17.  14. 

I  ch.  25.  8. 

Hos.  13.  14. 

John  5.  28,  29. 
m  Dan.  12.  2. 
n  Gen.  7.  1. 
o  Ps.  30.  5. 

2  Cor.  4.  17. 
p  Mic.  1.  3. 

Jude  14. 

8  bloods. 


1  Or,  stiff,  or, 
crossing  like 
a  bar. 

a  Ps.  74.  13. 
b  Ezek.  29.  3. 
c  2  Sam.  23.  6. 

2  Or,  march 
against. 

d  Job  22.  21. 

ch.  53.  4,  5. 

Eph.  2.  12, 

13,  14. 
e  ch.  37.  31. 

Hos.  14.  5,  6. 

3  according  to 
the  stroke  of 
those. 

f  Job  23.  C. 
Ps.  6.  1. 
Jer.  10.  24. 
1  Cor.  10.  13. 

4  Or,  when  thou 
sendest  it 
forth. 

5  Or,  when  lie 
removeth  it. 

0  Or,  sun  images. 
g  ch.  17.  2. 
h  Deut.  32.  28. 

Ps.  28.  5. 

ch.  1.  3. 

Jer.  4.  22. 

2Thess.  1.  8. 
i  Deut.  32.  IS. 

ch.  44.  2,21,24. 


18  We  have  been  with  child,  we  have  been  in  pain, 
we  have  as  it  were  brought  forth  wind  ;  we  have 
not  wrought  any  deliverance  in  the  earth ;  neither 
have  k  the  inhabitants  of  the  world  fallen. 

19  'Thy  dead  men  shall  live,  together  with  my 
dead  body  shall  they  arise.  m  Awake  and  sing,  ye 
that  dwell  in  dust  :  for  thy  dew  is  as  the  dew  of 
herbs,  and  the  earth  shall  cast  out  the  dead. 

20  If  Come,  my  people,  n  enter  thou  into  thy  cham- 
bers, and  shut  thy  doors  about  thee  :  hide  thyself 
as  it  were  °for  a  little  moment,  until  the  indigna- 
tion be  overpast. 

21  For,  behold,  the  Lord  pcometh  out  of  his  place 
to  punish  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  for  their  ini- 
quity :  the  earth  also  shall  disclose  her  8  blood,  and 
shall  no  more  cover  her  slain. 


1  God's  vineyard. 


CHAPTER  27. 

7  His  chastisements  differ  from  judgments, 
persed. 


12  Restoration  of  the  dis- 


TN  that  day  the  Lord  with  his  sore  and  great  and 
J-  strong  sword  shall  punish  leviathan  the  *  piercing 
serpent, "even  leviathan  that  crooked  serpent;  and 
he  shall  slay  Hhe  dragon  that  is  in  the  sea. 

2  In  that  day  sing  ye  unto  her,  A  vineyard  of  red 
wine. 

3  I  the  Lord  do  keep  it ;  I  will  water  it  every 
moment :  lest  any  hurt  it,  I  will  keep  it  night  and  day. 

4  Fury  is  not  in  me  :  who  would  set  cthe  briers 
and  thorns  against  me  in  battle  ?  I  would  2go 
through  them,  I  would  burn  them  together. 

5  Or  let  him  take  hold  of  my  strength,  that  he 
may  d  make  peace  with  me  ;  and  he  shall  make 
peace  with  me. 

6  He  shall  cause  them  that  come  of  Ja'cob  cto 
take  root :  Ig'ra-el  shall  blossom  and  bud,  and  fill 
the  face  of  the  world  with  fruit. 

7  If  Hath  he  smitten  him,  3as  he  smote  those  that 
smote  him  ?  or  is  he  slain  according  to  the  slaughter 
of  them  that  are  slain  by  him  ? 

8  In  •'measure,  4when  it  shooteth  forth,  thou  wilt 
debate  with  it :  5he  stayeth  his  rough  wind  in  the 
day  of  the  east  wind. 

9  By  this  therefore  shall  the  iniquity  of  Ja'cob  be 
purged  ;  and  this  is  all  the  fruit  to  take  away  his 
sin  ;  when  he  maketh  all  the  stones  of  the  altar  as 
chalkstones  that  are  beaten  in  sunder,  the  groves 
and  6  images  shall  not  stand  up. 

10  Yet  the  defenced  city  shall  be  desolate,  and  the 
habitation  forsaken,  and  left  like  a  wilderness  : 
9  there  shall  the  calf  feed,  and  there  shall  he  lie 
down,  and  consume  the  branches  thereof. 

11  When  the  boughs  thereof  are  withered,  they 
shall  be  broken  off  :  the  women  come,  and  set  them 
on  fire  :  for  Mt  is  a  people  of  no  understanding  : 
therefore  he  that  made  them  will  not  have  mercy 
on  them,  and  he  'that  formed  them  will  shew  them 
no  favour. 

12  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that 
the  Lord  shall  beat  off  from  the  channel  of  the 
river  unto  the  stream  of  E'gypt,  and  ye  shall  be 
gathered  one  by  one,  O  ye  children  of  Ig'ra-el. 


Ephraim  is  threatened. 


ISAIAH,  28,  29. 


Zion's  corner  stone. 


13  jAnd  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  kthat  the 
great  trumpet  shall  be  blown,  and  they  shall  come 
which  were  ready  to  perish  in  the  land  of  As-syr'i-a, 
and  the  outcasts  in  the  land  of  E'gypt,  and  shall 
worship  the  Lord  in  the  holy  mount  at  Je-ra'sa-lem. 


CHAPTER  28. 


1  Ephraim 


threatened  for  priili:    7  The  erring  rebuked.     1G  Zion's  precious  corner 
stone.    23  Consideration  of  God's  providence. 


WOE  to  the  crown  of  pride,  to  the  drunkards  of 
E'phra-im,  whose  glorious  beauty  is  a  fading 
flower,  which  are  on  the  head  of  the  fat  valleys  of 
them  that  are  Overcome  with  wine  ! 

2  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  a  mighty  and  strong  one, 
a  which  as  a  tempest  of  hail  and  a  destroying  storm, 
as  a  flood  of  mighty  waters  overflowing,  shall  cast 
down  to  the  earth  with  the  hand. 

3  The  crown  of  pride,  the  drunkards  of  E'phra-im, 
shall  be  trodden  2  under  feet  : 

4  And  the  glorious  beauty,  which  is  on  the  head 
of  the  fat  valley,  shall  be  a  fading  flower,  and  as 
the  hasty  fruit  before  the  summer  ;  which  when  he 
that  looketh  upon  it  seeth,  while  it  is  yet  in  his 
hand  he  3eateth  it  up. 

5  If  In  that  day  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts  be  for  a 
crown  of  glory,  and  for  a  diadem  of  beauty,  unto 
the  residue  of  his  people, 

6  And  for  a  spirit  of  judgment  to  him  that  sitteth 
in  judgment,  and  for  strength  to  them  that  turn 
the  battle  to  the  gate. 

7  If  But  they  also  6have  erred  through  wine,  and 
through  strong  drink  are  out  of  the  way  ;  cthe 
priest  and  the  prophet  have  erred  through  strong 
drink,  they  are  swallowed  up  of  wine,  they  are  out 
of  the  way  through  strong  drink ;  they  err  in  vision, 
they  stumble  in  judgment. 

8  For  all  tables  are  full  of  vomit  and  filthiness,  so 
that  there  is  no  place  clean. 

9  If  dWhom  shall  he  teach  knowledge?  and  whom 
shall  he  make  to  understand  i doctrine?  them  that 
are  weaned  from  the  milk,  and  drawn  from  the 
breasts. 

10  For  precept  5must  be  upon  precept,  precept 
upon  precept ;  line  upon  line,  line  upon  line  ;  here' 
a  little,  and  there  a  little  : 

11  For  with  6  stammering  lips  and  another  tongue 
7  will  he  speak  to  this  people. 

12  To  whom  he  said,  eThis  is  the  rest  wherewith 
ye  may  cause  the  weary  to  rest  ;  and  this  is  the 
refreshing  :  yet  they  would  not  hear. 

13  But  the  word '  of  the  Lord  was  unto  them 
precept  upon  precept,  precept  upon  precept  ;  line 
upon  line,  line  upon  line ;  here  a  little,  and  there  a 
little ;  that  they  might  go,  and  fall  backward,  and 
be  broken,  and  snared,  and  taken. 

14  If  Wherefore  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye 
scornful  men,  that  rule  this  people  which  is  in  Je- 
ru'sa-lem. 

15  Because  ye  have  said,  We  have  made  a  cove- 
nant with  death,  and  with  hell  are  we  at  agree- 
ment ;  when  the  overflowing  scourge  shall  pass 
through,  it  shall  not  come  unto  us  :  for  we  have 


B.  C.  725. 


j  ch.  2.  11. 
/.■  Num.  10.  2. 

Ps.  81.  3. 

Hos.  8.  1. 

Matt.  24.  31. 

Kev.  11.  15. 


1  broken. 


a  ch.  30.  30. 
Ezek.  13.  11. 


2  with  feet. 


3  Bvvallpweth. 


b  Lev.  10.  9. 

Deut.  29.  6. 

Prov.  20.  1. 

Hos.  4.  11. 
c  ch.  56.  10,  12. 


d  Jer.  6.  10. 

4  the  hearing. 

5  Or,  hatli  been. 

6  stammerings 
of  lips. 

7  Or,  he  ha-h 
spoken. 

e  2  Chr.  14.  7. 
/  Gen.  49.  24. 

Ps.  118.  22. 

Matt.  21.  42. 

Acts  4.  11. 

Rom.  9.  33. 

Epli.  2.  20. 

8  a  treading  down 

to  it. 

9  Or,  when  he 
shall  make  you 
to  understand 
doctrine. 

g  2  Sam.  5.  20. 
h  Josh.  10.  10. 
j'l  Sam.  3.  11. 

Jer.  30.  14. 

Lam.  3.  33. 

Ezek.  5.  1(5. 

Luke  19.  27. 

Rom.  11.  8. 

10  Or,  the  wheat 
in  the  principal 
place,  and  bar- 
ley in  the  ap- 
pointed place. 

11  Or,  spelt. 

12  border. 

13  Or,  And  he 
bindeth  it  in 
such  sort  as  his 
God  doth  teach 
him. 

j  Ps.  40.  5. 
Jer.  32.  19. 
Rom.  11.  33. 


1  Or,  O  Ariel, 
that  is,  the 
lion  of  God,  or, 
hearth,  or,  fire- 
place of  God. 

2  Or,  of  the  city. 

3  cut  off  the 
heads. 


made  lies  our  refuge,  and  under  falsehood  have  we 
hid  ourselves  : 

16  If  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold, 
I  lay  in  Zi'on  for  a  foundation  ra  stone,  a  tried 
stone,  a  precious  corner  stone,  a  sure  foundation  : 
he  that  believeth  shall  not  make  haste. 

17  Judgment  also  will  I  lay  to  the  line,  and  right- 
eousness to  the  plummet  :  and  the  hail  shall  sweep 
away  the  refuge  of  lies,  and  the  waters  shall  over- 
flow the  hiding  place. 

18  If  And  your  covenant  with  death  shall  be  dis- 
annulled, and  your  agreement  with  hell  shall  not 
stand  ;  when  the  overflowing  scourge  shall  pass 
through,  then  ye  shall  be  8  trodden  down  by  it. 

19  From  the  time  that  it  goeth  forth  it  shall  take 
you  :  for  morning  by  morning  shall  it  pass  over, 
by  day  and  by  night  :  and  it  shall  be  a  vexation 
only    to  understand  the  report. 

20  For  the  bed  is  shorter  than  that  a  man  can 
stretch  himself  on  it :  and  the  covering  narrower 
than  that  he  can  wrap  himself  in  it. 

21  For  the  Lord  shall  rise  up  as  in  mount^ g  Per'a- 
zim,  he  shall  be  wroth  as  in  the  valley  of  ''Gib'e-on, 
that  he  may  do  his  work,  ?'  his  strange  work ;  and 
bring  to  pass  his  act,  his  strange  act. 

22  Now  therefore  be  ye  not  mockers,  lest  your 
bands  be  made  strong  :  for  I  have  heard  from  the 
Lord  God  of  hosts  a  consumption,  even  determined 
upon  the  whole  earth. 

23  If  Give  ye  ear,  and  hear  my  voice ;  hearken, 
and  hear  my  speech. 

24  Doth  the  plowman  plow  all  day  to  sow  ?  doth 
he  open  and  break  the  clods  of  his  ground  ? 

25  When  he  hath  made  plain  the  face  thereof, 
doth  he  not  cast  abroad  the  fitches,  and  scatter  the 
cummin,  and  cast  in  10the  principal  wheat  and  the 
appointed  barley  and  the  nrie  in  their  12 place? 

26  13For  his  God  doth  instruct  him  to  discretion, 
and  doth  teach  him. 

27  For  the  fitches  are  not  threshed  with  a  thresh- 
ing instrument,  neither  is  a  cart  wheel  turned  about 
upon  the  cummin  ;  but  the  fitches  are  beaten  out 
with  a  staff,  and  the  cummin  with  a  rod. 

28  Bread  corn  is  bruised  ;  because  he  will  not  ever 
be  threshing  it,  nor  break  it  with  the  wheel  of  his 
cart,  nor  bruise  it  with  his  horsemen. 

29  This  also  cometh  forth  from  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
jwhich  is  wonderful  in  counsel,  and  excellent  in 
working. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  God's  judgment  on  Jerusalem.    9  The  folly  of  her  inhabitants.    18  A  promise  of  belter 

things. 

WOE  Ho  A'ri-el,  to  A'ri-el,  2the  city  where  Da'- 
vid  dwelt  !  add  ye  year  to  year  ;  let  them 
3  kill  sacrifices. 

2  Yet  I  will  distress  A'ri-el,  and  there  shall  be 
heaviness  and  sorrow :  and  it  shall  be  unto  me  as 
A'ri-el. 

3  And  I  will  camp  against  thee  round  about,  and 
will  lay  siege  against  thee  with  a  mount,  and  I  will 
raise  forts  against  thee. 

4  And  thou  shalt  be  brought  down,  and  shalt  speak 

505 


Judgment  on  Jerusalem. 


ISAIAH,  30. 


A  threat  upon  Israel. 


out  of  the  ground,  and  thy  speech  shall  be  low  out 
of  the  dust,  and  thy  voice  shall  be,  as  of  one  that 
hath  a  familiar  spirit,  aout  of  the  ground,  and  thy 
speech  shall  4  whisper  out  of  the  dust. 

5  Moreover  the  multitude  of  thy  strangers  shall 
be  like  small  dust,  and  the  multitude  of  the  terrible 
ones  shall  be  as  chaff  that  passeth  away  :  yea,  it 
shall  be  at  an  instant  suddenly. 

6  Thou  shalt  be  visited  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  with 
thunder,  and  with  earthquake,  and  great  noise,  with 
storm  and  tempest,  and  the  flame  of  devouring  fire. 

7  H  And  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations  that  fight 
against  A'ri-el,  even  all  that  fight  against  her  and 
her  munition,  and  that  distress  her,  shall  be  as  a 
dream  of  a  night  vision. 

8  It  shall  even  be  as  when  an  hungry  man  dream- 
eth,  and,  behold,  he  eateth  ;  but  he  awaketh,  and 
his  soul  is  empty :  or  as  when  a  thirsty  man  dream- 
eth,  and,  behold,  he  drinketh  ;  but  he  awaketh,  and, 
behold,  he  is  faint,  and  his  soul  hath  appetite  :  so 
shall  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations  be,  that  fight 
against  mount  Zl'on. 

9  If  Stay  yourselves,  and  wonder  ;  5cry  ye  out,  and 
cry  :  they  are  drunken,  but  not  with  wine  ;  they 
stagger,  but  not  with  strong  drink. 

10  For  Hhe  Lord  hath  poured  out  upon  you  the 
spirit  of  deep  sleep,  and  hath  "closed  your  eyes  : 
the  prophets  and  your  6  rulers,  the  seers  hath  he 
covered. 

11  And  the  vision  of  all  is  become  unto  you  as  the 
words  of  a  7  book  that  is  sealed,  which  men  deliver 
to  one  that  is  learned,  saying,  Read  this,  I  pray 
thee  :  dand  he  saith,  I  cannot ;  for  it  is  sealed  : 

12  And  the  book  is  delivered  to  him  that  is  not 
learned,  saying,  Read  this,  I  pray  thee  :  and  he 
saith,  I  am  not  learned. 

13  Tf  Wherefore  the  Lord  said,  "Forasmuch  as  this 
people  draw  near  me  with  their  mouth,  and  with 
their  lips  do  honour  me,  but  have  removed  their 
heart  far  from  me,  and  their  fear  toward  me  is 
taught  by  the  rprecept  of  men  : 

14  Therefore,  behold,  8I  will  proceed  to  do  a  mar- 
vellous work  among  this  people,  even  a  marvellous 
work  and  a  wonder  :  "for  the  wisdom  of  their  wise 
men  shall  perish,  and  the  understanding  of  their 
prudent  men  shall  be  hid. 

15  Woe  unto  them  that  seek  deep  to  hide  their 
counsel  from  the  Lord,  and  their  works  are  in  the 
dark,  and  Hhey  say,  Who  seeth  us?  and  who  know- 
eth  us  ? 

16  Surely  your  turning  of  things  upside  down 
shall  be  esteemed  as  the  potter's  clay  :  for  shall  the 
work  *say  of  him  that  made  it,  He  made  me  not? 
or  shall  the  thing  framed  say  of  him  that  framed 
it,  He  had  no  understanding  ? 

17  Is  it  not  yet  a  very  little  while,  and  Leb'a-non 
shall  be  turned  into  a  fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful 
field  shall  be  esteemed  as  a  forest  ? 

18  H  And  in  that  day  shall  the  deaf  hear  the  words 
of  the  book,  and  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  see  out 
of  obscurity,  and  out  of  darkness. 

19  ^'The  meek  also  9  shall  increase  their  joy  in  the 

506 


B.  C.  712. 

a  ch.  8.  19. 

4  peep,  or,  chirp. 


5  Or,  take  your 
pleasure,  and 
riot. 


6  Mic.  3.  C. 

Rom.  11.  8. 

2  Thess.  2.  10. 
c  Ps.  69.  23. 

ch.  G.  10. 
6  heads. 


7  Or,  letter. 


d  Dan.  12.  4. 
Matt.  11.  25. 
Rev.  5.  1. 


e  Ps.  17.  1. 
ch.  48.  1,  2. 
Jer.  12.  2. 
Ezek.  33.  31. 
Matt.  6.  5. 
Mark  7.  6. 


/Col.  2.  22. 

8  I  will  add. 
g  Jer.  49.  7. 

1  Cor.  1.  19. 
h  Job  22.  13,  14. 

Ps.  10.  11,  13. 
i  Ps.  94.  9. 

Rom.  9.  20. 
/John  15.  11. 

9  shall  add. 
k  Jas.  2.  5. 

I  Mic.  2.  1. 
m  Amos  5.  10. 
n  Prov.  28.  21. 
o  Josh.  24.  3. 
p  ch.  19.  25. 
Eph.  2.  10. 
q  1  Pet.  4.  11. 
/■  Hos.  3.  5. 
*  ch.  28.  7. 

10  shall  know 
understanding. 


a  Deut.  29.  19. 

Rom.  2.  5. 

2  Tim.  3.  13. 
b  Num.  27.  21. 

1  Ki.  22.  7. 

Jer.  21.  2. 
c  Jer.  37.  5,  1. 
(I  Jer.  2.  3fi. 
e  Hos.  S.  9. 
./'Jer.  37.  7. 

1  Or,  to  her. 

2  the  latter  day. 
g  Deut.  32.  20. 
h  Jer.  11.  21. 
il  Ki.  22.  13. 

j  Acts  13.  8. 

3  Or,  fraud. 


Lord,  and  Hhe  poor  among  men  shall  rejoice  in  the 
Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

20  For  the  terrible  one  is  brought  to  nought,  and 
the  scorner  is  consumed,  and  all  that  'watch  for 
iniquity  are  cut  off  : 

21  That  make  a  man  an  offender  for  a  word,  and 
mlay  a  snare  for  him  that  reproveth  in  the  gate,  and 
turn  aside  the  just  "  for  a  thing  of  nought. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  °who  redeemed 
A'bra-ham,  concerning  the  house  of  Ja'cob,  Ja'cob 
shall  not  now  be  ashamed,  neither  shall  his  face 
now  wax  pale. 

23  But  when  he  seeth  his  children,  Hhe  work  of 
mine  hands,  in  the  midst  of  him,  they  shall  "sanctify 
my  name,  and  sanctify  the  Holy  One  of  Ja'cob,  and 
shall  'fear  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

24  They  also  sthat  erred  in  spirit  10  shall  come  to 
understanding,  and  they  that  murmured  shall  learn 
doctrine. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Israel  threatened  for  inclining  to  Egypt.     18  God's  mercy  to  the  church.    27  Assyria 

doomed. 

WOE  to  the  rebellious  children,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  take  counsel,  but  not  of  me  ;  and  that 
cover  with  a  covering,  but  not  of  my  spirit,  "that 
they  may  add  sin  to  sin  : 

2  That  walk  to  go  down  into  E'gypt,  and  6have  not 
asked  at  my  mouth  ;  to  strengthen  themselves  in 
thestrength  of  Pha'raoh,  and  to  trust  in  the  shadow 
of  E'gypt ! 

3  "Therefore  shall  the  strength  of  Pha'raoh  be 
your  shame,  and  the  trust  in  the  shadow  of  E'gypt 
your  confusion. 

4  For  his  princes  were  at  Zo'an,  and  his  ambassa- 
dors came  to  Ha'neg. 

5  d  They  were  all  ashamed  of  a  people  that  could  not 
profit  them,  nor  be  an  help  nor  profit,  but  a  shame, 
and  also  a  reproach. 

6  e  The  burden  of  the  beasts  of  the  south  :  into 
the  land  of  trouble  and  anguish,  from  whence  come 
the  young  and  old  lion,  the  viper  and  fiery  flying 
serpent,  they  will  carry  their  riches  upon  the 
shoulders  of  young  asses,  and  their  treasures  upon 
the  bunches  of  camels,  to  a  people  that  shall  not 
profit  them. 

7  7For  the  E-gyp'tiang  shall  help  in  vain,  and  to 
no  purpose  :  therefore  have  I  cried  *  concerning  this, 
Their  strength  is  to  sit  still. 

8  H  Now  go,  write  it  before  them  in  a  table,  and 
note  it  in  a  book,  that  it  may  be  for  2the  time  to 
come  for  ever  and  ever  : 

9  That  "this  is  a  rebellious  people,  lying  children, 
children  that  will  not  hear  the  law  of  the  Lord  : 

10  h  Which  say  to  the  seers,  See  not ;  and  to  the 
prophets,  Prophesy  not  unto  us  right  things,  'speak 
unto  us  smooth  things,  prophesy  deceits  : 

11  J'Get  you  out  of  the  way,  turn  aside  out  of  the 
path,  cause  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el  to  cease  from 
before  us. 

12  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el, 
Because  ye  despise  this  word,  and  trust  in  3 oppres- 
sion and  perverseness,  and  stay  thereon  : 


A  threat  upon  Israel. 


ISAIAH,  31. 


Folly  of  trusting  in  Egypt, 


13  Therefore  this  iniquity  shall  be  to  you  as  a 
breach  ready  to  fall,  swelling  out  in  a  high  wall, 
whose  breaking  cometh  suddenly  at  an  instant. 

14  And  *he  shall  break  it  as  the  breaking  of  *the 
potters'  vessel  that  is  broken  in  pieces  ;  he  shall  not 
spare  :  so  that  there  shall  not  be  found  in  the  burst- 
ing of  it  a  sherd  to  take  fire  from  the  hearth,  or  to 
take  water  withal  out  of  the  pit. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  the  Holy  One  of 
Ig'ra-el ;  'In  returning  and  rest  shall  ye  be  saved  ; 
in  quietness  and  in  confidence  shall  be  your 
strength  :  ™and  ye  would  not. 

16  But  ye  said,  No  ;  for  we  will  flee  upon  horses  ; 
therefore  shall  ye  flee  :  and,  We  will  ride  upon  the 
swift ;  therefore  shall  they  that  pursue  you  be 
swift. 

17  wOne  thousand  shall  flee  at  the  rebuke  of  one  ; 
at  the  rebuke  of  five  shall  ye  flee  :  till  ye  be  left 
as  5a  beacon  upon  the  top  of  a  mountain,  and  as  an 
ensign  on  an  hill. 

18  H  And  therefore  will  the  "Lord  wait,  that  he 
may  be  gracious  unto  you,  and  therefore  will  he  be 
exalted,  that  he  may  have  mercy  upon  you  :  for  the 
Lord  is  a  God  of  judgment  :  v  blessed  are  all  they 
that  wait  for  him. 

19  For  the  people  shall  dwell  in  Zl'on  at  Jg-ru'- 
sa-lem  :  thou  shalt  weep  no  more  :  he  will  be  very 
gracious  unto  thee  at  the  voice  of  thy  cry  ;  when 
he  shall  hear  it,  he  will  answer  thee. 

20  And  though  the  Lord  give  you  the  bread  of 
adversity,  and  the  water  of  6  affliction,  yet  shall  not 
thy  teachers  be  removed  into  a  corner  any  more, 
but  thine  eyes  shall  see  thy  teachers : 

21  And  thine  ears  shall  hear  a  word  behind  thee, 
saying,  This  is  the  way,  walk  ye  in  it,  when  ye 
9  turn  to  the  right  hand,  and  when  ye  turn  to  the 
left. 

22  r  Ye  shall  defile  also  the  covering  of  7  thy 
graven  images  of  silver,  and  the  ornament  of  thy 
molten  images  of  gold  :  thou  shalt 8  cast  them  away 
as  a  menstruous  cloth  ;  thou  shalt  say  unto  it,  Get 
thee  hence. 

23  sThen  shall  he  give  the  rain  of  thy  seed,  that 
thou  shalt  sow  the  ground  withal ;  and  bread  of  the 
increase  of  the  earth,  and  it  shall  be  fat  and  plen- 
teous :  in  that  day  shall  thy  cattle  feed  in  large 
pastures. 

24  The  oxen  likewise  and  the  young  asses  that 
ear  the  ground  shall  eat  9  clean  provender,  which 
hath  been  winnowed  with  the  shovel  and  with  the 
fan. 

25  And  there  shall  be  upon  every  high  mountain, 
and  upon  every  10high  hill,  rivers  and  streams  of 
waters  in  the  day  of  the  great  slaughter,  when  the 
towers  fall. 

26  Moreover  Hhe  light  of  the  moon  shall  be  as  the 
light  of  the  sun,  and  the  light  of  the  sun  shall  be 
sevenfold,  as  the  light  of  seven  days,  in  the  day 
that  the  Lord  bindeth  up  the  breach  of  his  people, 
and  healeth  the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

27  1  Behold,  the  name  of  the  Lord  cometh  from 
far,   burning   with   his   anger,    nand   the   burden 


B.  C.  713. 


k  Ps.  2.  9. 

2  Pet.  2.  4,  5. 
4  the  bottle  of 

potters. 


I  eh.  7.  4. 


m  Ps.  81.  11. 
Prov.  1.  24. 
Jer.  44.  16. 

Matt.  23.  37. 


n  Lev.  2G.  8. 
Dent.  28.  25. 
Josh.  23.  10. 

5  Or,  a  tree 

bereft  of 

brandies,  or, 

boughs :  or, 

a  mast. 
o  2  Pet.  3.  9. 


p  Ps.  2. 12. 
Prov.  16.  20. 
Jer.  17.  7. 


6  Or,  oppression. 


q  Deut.  5.  32. 

Josh.  1.  7. 

2  Ki.  22.  2. 

Prov.  4.  27. 
r2Chr.  31.  1. 

ch.  2.  20. 

7  the  graven 
images  of  thy 
silver. 

8  scatter. 

s  Matt.  G.  33. 
1  Tim.  4.  8. 

9  leavened,  or, 
savoury. 

10  lifted  up. 
t  ch.  60.  19. 

Zech.  2.  5. 
Rev.  21.  23. 

11  Or,  and  the 
grievousness 
of  flame. 

12  heaviness. 

u  2  Thess.  2.  8. 

13  Rock. 

14  the  glory  of 
his  voice. 

15  every  passing 
of  the  rod 
founded. 

16  cause  to  rest 
upon  him. 

17  Or,  against 
them. 

r  Jer.  7.  31. 

18  from  yester- 
day. 


a  Deut.  28.  68. 

Ezek.  17.  15. 

Hos.  11.  8. 
b  Ps.  20.  7. 
c  Dan.  9.  13. 

Hos.  7.  7. 

1  remove. 
d  Ps.  9.  20. 

Ezek.  28.  9. 

2  Or,  multitude. 
e  Deut.  32.  11. 

Ps.  91.  4. 
/  Hos.  9.  9. 

3  the  idols  of  his 
gold. 

q  1  Ki.  12.  30. 
h  2  Ki.  19.  35. 


thereof  is     heavy  :  his  lips  are  full  of  indignation, 
and  his  tongue  as  a  devouring  fire : 

28  And  "his  breath,  as  an  overflowing  stream, 
shall  reach  to  the  midst  of  the  neck,  to  sift  the 
nations  with  the  sieve  of  vanity :  and  there  shall  be 
a  bridle  in  the  jaws  of  the  people,  causing  them  to 
err. 

29  Ye  shall  have  a  song,  as  in  the  night  when  a 
holy  solemnity  is  kept ;  and  gladness  of  heart,  as 
when  one  goeth  with  a  pipe  to  come  into  the 
mountain  of  the  Lord,  to  the  13  mighty  One  of  I§'- 
ra-el. 

30  And  the  Lord  shall  cause  "his  glorious  voice 
to  be  heard,  and  shall  shew  the  lighting  down  of 
his  arm,  with  the  indignation  of  his  anger,  and 
with  the  flame  of  a  devouring  fire,  with  scattering, 
and  tempest,  and  hailstones. 

31  For  through  the  voice  of  the  Lord  shall  the 
As-syr'T-an  be  beaten  down,-  which  smote  with  a 
rod. 

32  And  15in  every  place  where  the  grounded  staff 
shall  pass,  which  the  Lord  shall  16lay  upon  him,  it 
shall  be  with  tabrets  and  harps  :  and  in  battles  of 
shaking  will  he  fight  1T  with  it. 

33  "For  To'phet  is  ordained  I8of  old  ;  yea,  for  the 
king  it  is  prepared ;  he  hath  made  it  deep  and 
large  :  the  pile  thereof  is  fire  and  much  wood  ;  the 
breath  of  the  Lord,  like  a  stream  of  brimstone, 
doth  kindle  it. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  The  folly  of  trusting  in  Egypt.    §  Exhortation  to  conversion.     &  Assyria's  doom. 

WOE  to  them  athat  go  down  to  E'gypt  for  help  ; 
and  6stay  on  horses,  and  trust  in  chariots, 
because  they  are  many  ;  and  in  horsemen,  because 
they  are  very  strong ;  but  they  look  not  unto  the 
Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el,  c neither  seek  the  Lord! 

2  Yet  he  also  is  wise,  and  will  bring  evil,  and  will 
not  1call  back  his  words  :  but  will  arise  against  the 
house  of  the  evildoers,  and  against  the  help  of  them 
that  work  iniquity. 

3  Now  the  E-gyp'tiang  are  dmen,  and  not  God  ; 
and  their  horses  flesh,  and  not  spirit.  When  the 
Lord  shall  stretch  out  his  hand,  both  he  that  help- 
eth  shall  fall,  and  he  that  is  holpen  shall  fall  down, 
and  they  all  shall  fail  together. 

4  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  spoken  unto  me,  Like  as 
the  lion  and  the  young  lion  roaring  on  his  prey, 
when  a  multitude  of  shepherds  is  called  forth  against 
him,  he  will  not  be  afraid  of  their  voice,  nor  abase 
himself  for  the  2  noise  of  them  :  so  shall  the  Lord 
of  hosts  come  down  to  fight  for  mount  Zl'on,  and 
for  the  hill  thereof. 

5  e  As  birds  flying,  so  will  the  Lord  of  hosts  defend 
Je-ru'sa-lem  ;  defending  also  he  will  deliver  it;  and, 
passing  over  he  will  preserve  it. 

6  II  Turn  ye  unto  him  from  whom  the  children  of 
I§'ra-el  have  •'"deeply  revolted. 

7  For  in  that  day  every  man  shall  cast  away  his 
idols  of  silver,  and  3his  idols  of  gold,  which  your  own 
hands  have  made  unto  you  for  9  a  sin. 

8  Tf  Then  shall  the  As-syr'I-an  fefall  with  the  sword, 
not  of  a  mighty  man  ;  and  the  sword,  not  of  a  mean 

507 


Blessings  of  Christ's  kingdom. 


ISAIAH,  32,  33. 


Judgments  against  enemies. 


man,  shall  devour  him  :  but  he  shall  flee  4  from  the 
sword,  and  his  young  men  shall  be  5  discomfited. 

9  And  6  he  shall  pass  over  to  7  his  strong  hold  for 
fear,  and  his  princes  shall  be  afraid  of  the  ensign, 
saith  the  Lord,  whose  ^fire  is  in  Zi'on,  and  his  fur- 
nace in  Js-ru'sa-lem. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1  Blessings  of  Christ's  kingdom.    9  A  prophecy  of  desolation.     15  The  restoration  pro- 
mised. 

BEHOLD,  aa  king  shall  reign  in  righteousness, 
and  princes  shall  rule  in  judgment. 

2  And  a  man  shall  be  as  an  hiding  place  from  the 
wind,  and  a  covert  from  the  tempest ;  as  rivers  of 
water  in  a  dry  place,  as  the  shadow  of  a  1  great  rock 
in  a  weary  land. 

3  And  6the  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall  not  be  dim, 
and  the  ears  of  them  that  hear  shall  hearken. 

4  The  heart  also  of  the  2rash  shall  understand 
knowledge,  and  the  tongue  of  the  stammerers  shall 
be  ready  to  speak  3  plainly. 

5  The  vile  person  shall  be  no  more  called  liberal, 
nor  the  churl  said  to  be  bountiful. 

6  For  the  vile  person  will  speak  villany,  and  his 
heart  will  work  iniquity,  to  practise  hypocrisy,  and 
to  utter  error  against  the  Lord,  to  make  empty  the 
soul  of  the  hungry,  and  he  will  cause  the  drink  of 
the  thirsty  to  fail. 

7  The  instruments  also  of  the  churl  are  evil  :  he 
deviseth  wicked  devices  to  destroy  the  poor  with 
lying  words,  even  4when  the  needy  speaketh  right. 

8  But  the  liberal  deviseth  liberal  things ;  and  by 
liberal  things  shall  he  5  stand. 

9  11  Rise  up,  ye  women  c  that  are  at  ease  ;  hear  my 
voice,  ye  careless  daughters ;  give  ear  unto  my 
speech. 

10  6Many  days  and  years  shall  ye  be  troubled,  ye 
careless  women  :  for  the  vintage  shall  fail,  the 
gathering  shall  not  come. 

11  Tremble,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease  ;  be  trou- 
bled, ye  careless  ones  :  strip  you,  and  make  you 
bare,  and  gird  sackcloth  upon  your  loins. 

12  They  shall  lament  for  the  teats,  for  7the  plea- 
sant fields,  for  the  fruitful  vine. 

13  dUpon  the  land  of  my  people  shall  come  up 
thorns  and  briers  ;  8yea,  upon  all  the  houses  of  joy 
in  the  joyous  city  : 

14  Because  the  palaces  shall  be  forsaken ;  the  mul- 
titude of  the  city  shall  be  left ;  the  9  forts  and  towers 
shall  be  for  dens  for  ever,  a  joy  of  wild  asses,  a 
pasture  of  flocks ; 

15  Until  ethe  spirit  be  poured  upon  us  from  on 
high,  and  the  wilderness  be  a  fruitful  field,  and  the 
fruitful  field  be  counted  for  a  forest. 

16  ■'"Then  judgment  shall  dwell  in  the  wilderness, 
and  righteousness  remain  in  the  fruitful  field. 

17  ''And  the  work  of  righteousness  shall  be  peace; 
and  the  effect  of  righteousness  quietness  and  assur- 
ance for  ever. 

18  And  my  people  shall  dwell  in  a  peaceable  habi- 
tation, and  in  sure  dwellings,  and  in  quiet  resting 
places  ; 

508 


B.  C.  713. 


4  Or,  for  fear  of 
the  sword. 

5  for  melting,  or, 
tribute,  or, 
tributary. 

6  his  rock  shall 
pass  away  for 
fear. 

7  Or,  his 
strength. 

i  Lev.  6.  13. 


a  2  Chr.  31.  20. 
Ps.  72.  1,  2. 
Jer.  23.  5. 
Zech.  9.  9. 
Heb.  1.  8,  9. 
Rev.  19.  11. 


1  heavy. 


b  ch.  29.  18. 


2  hasty. 


3  Or,  elegantly. 


4  Or,  when  he 
speaketh 
against  the 
poor  in  judg- 
ment. 

5  Or,  be  estab- 
lished, 

c  Amos  C.  1. 


C  Days  above  a 
year. 

7  the  fields  of 
desire. 

d  Hos.  9.  6. 

8  Or,  burning 
upon. 

9  Or,  clifts  and 
watch,  towers. 

e  Ps.  104.  30. 
/  Zech.  8.  3. 
g  Ps.  72.  2,  3. 

Mic.  4.  4,  5. 

Luke  2.  14. 
h  Zech.  11.  2. 

10  Or,  and  the 
city  shall  be 
utterly 
abased. 

i  ch.  30.  24. 


a  Hab.  2.  8. 
b  Rev.  13.  10. 
c  Ps.  97.  9. 
</Prov.  1.  7. 
Matt.  0.  33. 

1  salvations. 

2  Or,  messen- 
gers. 

e  2  Ki.  18.  18. 
/Judg.  5.  6. 
g  2  Ki.  18.  14. 

3  Or,  withered 
away. 

h  Deut.  32. 
3fi,  43. 
Ps.  12i  5. 
ch.  42.  13,  14. 
Zeph.  3.  8. 

4  in  righteous- 
nesses. 

5  uprightnesses. 

6  Or,  deceits. 

7  bloods. 

8  heights,  or, 
high  places. 

9  the  land  of  far 
distances. 

il  Cor.  1.20. 

10  weigher. 
j  Jer.  5. 15. 


19  When  it  shall  hail,  coming  down  feon  the  forest ; 
10 and  the  city  shall  be  low  in  a  low  place. 

20  Blessed  are  ye  that  sow  beside  all  waters,  that 
send  forth  thither  the  feet  of  Hhe  ox  and  the  ass. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  Judgments  against  the  church's  enemies.    13  The  godly  are  privileged. 

WOE  to  thee  athat  spoilest,  and  thou  wast  not 
spoiled  ;  and  dealest  treacherously,  and  they 
dealt  not  treacherously  with  thee  !  6when  thou 
shalt  cease  to  spoil,  thou  shalt  be  spoiled ;  and  when 
thou  shalt  make  an  end  to  deal  treacherously,  they 
shall  deal  treacherously  with  thee. 

2  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  us;  we  have  waited 
for  thee  :  be  thou  their  arm  every  morning,  our 
salvation  also  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

3  At  the  noise  of  the  tumult  the  people  fled  ;  at 
the  lifting  up  of  thyself  the  nations  were  scattered. 

4  And  your  spoil  shall  be  gathered  like  the  gather- 
ing of  the  caterpiller  :  as  the  running  to  and  fro  of 
locusts  shall  he  run  upon  them. 

5  c  The  Lord  is  exalted  ;  for  he  dweileth  on  high  : 
he  hath  filled  Zi'on  with  judgment  and  righteous- 
ness. 

6  dAnd  wisdom  and  knowledge  shall  be  the  sta- 
bility of  thy  times,  and  strength  of  Salvation  :  the 
fear  of  the  Lord  is  his  treasure. 

7  Behold,  their  2  valiant  ones  shall  cry  without : 
ethe  ambassadors  of  peace  shall  weep  bitterly. 

8  •'"The  highways  lie  waste,  the  wayfaring  man 
ceaseth :  °he  hath  broken  the  covenant,  he  hath  de- 
spised the  cities,  he  regardeth  no  man. 

9  The  earth  mourneth  and  languisheth :  Leb'a-non 
is  ashamed  and  3hewn  down :  Shar'on  is  like  a  wil- 
derness ;  and  Ba'shan  and  Car'mel  shake  off  their 
fruits. 

10  ANow  will  I  rise,  saith  the  Lord;  now  will  I  be 
exalted ;  now  will  I  lift  up  myself. 

11  Ye  shall  conceive  chaff,  ye  shall  bring  forth 
stubble  :  your  breath,  as  fire,  shall  devour  you. 

12  And  the  people  shall  be  as  the  burnings  of  lime : 
as  thorns  cut  up  shall  they  be  burned  in  the  fire. 

13  1"  Hear,  ye  that  are  far  off,  what  I  have  done  ; 
and,  ye  that  are  near,  acknowledge  my  might. 

14  The  sinners  in  Zi'on  are  afraid  ;  fearfulness 
hath  surprised  the  hypocrites.  Who  among  us 
shall  dwell  with  the  devouring  fire  ?  who  among  us 
shall  dwell  with  everlasting  burnings  ? 

15  He  that  walketh  4  righteously,  and  speaketh 
5 uprightly  ;  he  that  despiseth  the  gain  of  6  oppres- 
sions, that  shaketh  his  hands  from  holding  of  bribes, 
that  stoppeth  his  ears  from  hearing  of  7  blood,  and 
shutteth  his  eyes  from  seeing  evil ; 

16  He  shall  dwell  on  8high  :  his  place  of  defence 
shall  be  the  munitions  of  rocks  :  bread  shall  be 
given  him  ;  his  waters  shall  be  sure. 

17  Thine  eyes  shall  see  the  king  in  his  beauty : 
they  shall  behold  9the  land  that  is  very  far  off. 

18  Thine  heart  shall  meditate  terror.  '"Where  is 
the  scribe?  where  is  the  10 receiver?  where  is  he 
that  counted  the  towers  ? 

19  Thou  shalt  not  see  a  fierce  people,  ja  people  of 


Judgments  against  enemies. 

a  deeper  speech  than  thou  canst  perceive ;  of  "a 
stammering1  tongue,  that  thou  canst  not  understand. 

20  Look  upon  Zi'on,  the  city  of  our  solemnities  : 
thine  eyes  shall  see  Je-ru'sa-lem  a  quiet  habitation, 
a  tabernacle  that  shall  not  be  taken  down  ;  not  one 
of  the  stakes  thereof  shall  ever  be  removed,  neither 
shall  any  of  the  cords  thereof  be  broken. 

21  But  k  there  the  glorious  Lord  will  be  unto  us  a 
place  12of  broad  rivers  and  streams  ;  wherein  shall 
go  no  galley  with  oars,  neither  shall  gallant  ship 
pass  thereby. 

22  For  the  Lord  is  our  judge,  the  Lord  is  our 
13 lawgiver,  'the  Lord  is  our  king  ;  he  will  save  us. 

23  14Thy  tacklings  are  loosed  ;  they  could  not  well 
strengthen  their  mast,  they  could  not  spread  the 
sail :  then  is  the  prey  of  a  great  spoil  divided  ;  the 
lame  take  the  prey. 

24  And  the  inhabitant  shall  not  say,  I  am  sick  : 
mthe  people  that  dwell  therein  shall  be  forgiven 
their  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  34. 


ISAIAH,  34,  35. 


Glory  of  the  new  Zion. 


1  God? s  judgments  upon  the  nations.    11  Desolation  of  all  enemies. 

prophecy. 


1G  Surety  of  the 


COME  near,  ye  nations,  to  hear ;  and  hearken,  ye 
people  :  let  the  earth  hear,  and  all  l  that  is 
therein ;  the  world,  and  all  things  that  come  forth 
of  it. 

2  For  the  indignation  of  the  Lord  is  upon  all  na- 
tions, and  his  fury  upon  all  their  armies  :  he  hath 
utterly  destroyed  them,  he  hath  delivered  them  to 
the  slaughter. 

3  Their  slain  also,  shall  be  cast  out,  and  their  stink 
shall  come  up  out  of  their  carcases,  and  the  moun- 
tains shall  be  melted  with  their  blood. 

4  And  aall  the  host  of  heaven  shall  be  dissolved, 
and  the  heavens  shall  be  rolled  together  as  a  scroll : 
and  all  their  host  shall  fall  down,  as  the  leaf  f  alleth 
off  from  the  vine,  and  as  a  falling  fig  from  the  fig 
tree. 

5  For  6  my  sword  shall  be  bathed  in  heaven :  be- 
hold, it c  shall  come  down  upon  I-du-me'a,  and  upon 
the  people  of  my  curse,  to  judgment. 

6  The  sword  of  the  Lord  is  filled  with  blood,  it  is 
made  fat  with  fatness,  and  with  the  blood  of  lambs 
and  goats,  with  the  fat  of  the  kidneys  of  rams  :  for 
dthe  Lord  hath  a  sacrifice  in  Boz'rah,  and  a  great 
slaughter  in  the  land  of  I-du-me'a. 

7  And  the  2  unicorns  shall  come  down  with  them, 
and  the  bullocks  with  the  bulls ;  and  their  land  shall 
be 3  soaked  with  blood,  and  their  dust  made  fat  with 
fatness. 

8  For  it  is  the  day  of  the  Lord's  vengeance,  and 
the  year  of  recompences  for  the  controversy  of 
Zi'on. 

9  And  the  streams  thereof  shall  be  turned  into 
pitch,  and  the  dust  thereof  into  brimstone,  and  the 
land  thereof  shall  become  burning  pitch. 

10  It  shall  not  be  quenched  night  nor  day  ;  the 
smoke  thereof  shall  go  up  for  ever :  e  from  genera- 
tion to  generation  it  shall  lie  waste  ;  none  shall  pass 
through  it  for  ever  and  ever. 

11  If  But  the  i  cormorant  and  the  bittern  shall  pos- 


B.  C.  713. 


11  Or,  ridiculous. 


*  Zech.  2.  5. 

12  broad  of 
spaces,  or, 
hands. 


13  statute- 
maker. 

I  Ps.  44.  4. 
Matt.  21.  5. 
Rev.  19.  16. 

14  Or,  They 
have  forsaken 
thy  tacklings. 


m  ch.  12.  2. 
Rom.  11.  27. 


1  the  fulness 
thereof. 


a  Ps.  102.  26. 

Ezek.  32.  7. 

Joel  2.  31. 

Matt.  24.  29. 

2  Pet.  3.  10. 
/>  Jer.  46.  10. 
c  Jer.  49.  7. 

Mai.  1.  4. 
d  ch.  63.  1. 

Zeph.  1.  7. 

2  Or,  rhinoceros. 

3  Or,  drunken. 
eMal.  1.4. 

Rev.  14.  11. 
Rev.  18.  18. 

4  Or,  pelican, 
/ch.  32.  13. 

Hos.  9.  6. 

5  Or,  ostriches. 

6  daughters  of 
the  owL 

7  Ziim. 

8  Ijim. 

9  Or,  night 
monster. 

g  Ps.  56.  8. 

Dan.  7.  10. 

Mai.  3.  16. 
h  Ps.  78.  55. 

Prov.  16.  33. 


a  Job  4.  3,  4. 
Heb.  12.  12. 

1  hasty. 

b  ch.  29.  18. 

Matt.  9.  27. 

John  9.  6. 
c  ch.  29.  18. 

Matt.  11.  5. 

M-rk  7.  32. 
(/Matt.  11.5. 

Luke  7.  22. 

John  5.  8. 

Acts  3.  2. 
e  Matt.  9.  32. 
/  John  7.  38. 

2  Or,  a  court  for 
reeds,  etc. 

g  Joel  3.  17. 
Rev.  21.27. 

3  Or,  for  he 
shall  be  with 
them. 

A  Lev.  26.  6. 

ch.  11.  9. 
!  ch.  51.  11. 

Eph.  1.  7. 

Rev.  7.  17. 


sess  it ;  the  owl  also  and  the  raven  shall  dwell  in  it : 
and  he  shall  stretch  out  upon  it  the  line  of  confu- 
sion, and  the  stones  of  emptiness. 

12  They  shall  call  the  nobles  thereof  to  the  king- 
dom, but  none  shall  be  there,  and  all  her  princes 
shall  be  nothing. 

13  And  -^thorns  shall  come  up  in  her  palaces,  net- 
tles and  brambles  in  the  fortresses  thereof :  and  it 
shall  be  an  habitation  of  dragons,  and  a  court  for 
50  owls. 

14  7The  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall  also  meet 
with  8  the  wild  beasts  of  the  island,  and  the  satyr 
shall  cry  to  his  fellow  ;  the  9  screech  owl  also  shall 
rest  there,  and  find  for  herself  a  place  of  rest. 

15  There  shall  the  great  owl  make  her  nest,  and 
lay,  and  hatch,  and  gather  under  her  shadow :  there 
shall  the  vultures  also  be  gathered,  every  one  with 
her  mate. 

16  Tf  Seek  ye  out  of  sthe  book  of  the  Lord,  and 
read :  no  one  of  these  shall  fail,  none  shall  want  her 
mate  :  for  my  mouth  it  hath  commanded,  and  his 
spirit  it  hath  gathered  them. 

17  And  he  hath  cast  the  Mot  for  them,  and  his 
hand  hath  divided  it  unto  them  by  line :  they  shall 
possess  it  for  ever,  from  generation  to  generation 
shall  they  dwell  therein. 

CHAPTER  35. 

1  Glory  of  the  new  Zion.    8  The  way  of  holiness. 

THE  wilderness  and  the  solitary  place  shall  be 
glad  for  them ;  and  the  desert  shall  rejoice,  and 
blossom  as  the  rose. 

2  It  shall  blossom  abundantly,  and  rejoice  even 
with  joy  and  singing  :  the  glory  of  Leb'a-non  shall 
be  given  unto  it,  the  excellency  of  Car'mel  and 
Shar'on,  they  shall  see  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  excellency  of  our  God. 

3  H  a  Strengthen  ye  the  weak  hands,  and  confirm 
the  feeble  knees. 

4  Say  to  them  that  are  of  a  1  fearful  heart,  Be 
strong,  fear  not :  behold,  your  God  will  come  with 
vengeance,  even  God  with  a  recompence;  he  will 
come  and  save  you. 

5  Then  the  6eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be  opened,  and 
cthe  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be  unstopped. 

6  Then  shall  the  dlame  man  leap  as  an  hart,  and 
the  e  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing :  for  in  the  wilderness 
shall  r  waters  break  out,  and  streams  in  the  desert, 

7  And  the  parched  ground  shall  become  a  pool, 
and  the  thirsty  land  springs  of  water :  in  the  habi- 
tation of  dragons,  where  each  lay,  shall  be  2  grass 
with  reeds  and  rushes. 

8  And  an  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a  way,  and 
it  shall  be  called  The  way  of  holiness ;  °  the  unclean 
shall  not  pass  over  it ;  3  but  it  shall  be  for  those : 
the  wayfaring '  men,  though  fools,  shall  not  err 
therein. 

9  ANo  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  any  ravenous  beast 
shall  go  up  thereon,  it  shall  not  be  found  there ; 
but  the  redeemed  shall  walk  there: 

10  And  the  i  ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall  return, 
and  come  to  Zi'on  with  songs  and  everlasting  joy 

509 


Rabshakeh's  blasphemy. 


upon  their  heads :  they  shall  obtain  joy  and  gladness, 
and  j sorrow  and  sighing  shall  flee  away. 

CHAPTER  36. 

1  Sennacherib  invades  Judah.    4  Rabshakeh's  blasphemous  speech. 

"VTOW  a  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourteenth  year  of 
-^  king  Hez-e-ki'ah,  that  Sen-nach'e-rib  king  of 
As-syr'i-a  came  up  against  all  the  defenced  cities 
of  Ju'dah,  and  took  them. 

2  And  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  sent  Rab'sha-keh  from 
*La'chish  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  unto  king  Hez-e-ki'ah  with 
a  great  army.  And  he  stood  by  the  conduit  of  the 
upper  pool  in  the  highway  of  the  fuller's  field. 

3  Then  came  forth  unto  him  E-li'a-kim,  Hil-ki'ah's 
son,  which  was  over  the  house,  and  Sheb'na  the 
1  scribe,  and  Jo'ah,  A'saph's  son,  the  recorder. 

4  If  And  Rab'sha-keh  said  unto  them,  Say  ye  now 
to  Hez-e-ki'ah,  Thus  saith  the  great  king,  the  king 
of  As-syr'i-a,  What  confidence  is  this  wherein  thou 
trustest  ? 

5  I  say,  say  est  thou,  (but  they  are  but  Vain  words) 
3 1  have  counsel  and  strength  for  war  :  now  on  whom 
dost  thou  trust,  that  thou  rebellest  against  me  ? 

6  Lo,  thou  trustest  in  the  4  staff  of  this  broken 
reed,  on  E'gypt ;  whereon  if  a  man  lean,  it  will  go 
into  his  hand,  and  pierce  it :  so  is  Pha'raoh  king  of 
E'gypt  to  all  that  trust  in  him. 

7  But  if  thou  say  to  me,  We  trust  in  the  Lord 
our  God  :  is  it  not  he,  whose  high  places  and  °  whose 
altars  Hez-e-ki'ah  hath  taken  away,  and  said  to  Ju'- 
dah and  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  Ye  shall  worship  before 
this  altar  ? 

8  Now  therefore  5give  pledges,  I  pray  thee,  to  my 
master  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a,  and  I  will  give  thee 
two  thousand  horses,  if  thou  be  able  on  thy  part  to 
set  riders  upon  them. 

9  How  then  wilt  thou  turn  away  the  face  of  one 
6  captain  of  the  least  of  my  master's  servants,  and 
put  thy  trust  on  E'gypt  for  chariots  and  for  horse- 
men? 

10  And  am  I  now  come  up  without  the  Lord 
against  this  land  to  destroy  it  ?  the  Lord  said  unto 
me,  Go  up  against  this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

11  H  Then  said  E-li'a-kim  and  Sheb'na  and  Jo'ah 
unto  Rab'sha-keh,  Speak,  I  pray  thee,  unto  thy  ser- 
vants in  the  7  Syr'i-an  language ;  for  we  understand 
it :  and  speak  not  to  us  in  the  Jews/  language,  in  the 
ears  of  the  people  that  are  on  the  wall. 

12  If  But  Rab'sha-keh  said,  Hath  my  master  sent 
me  to  thy  master  and  to  thee  to  speak  these  words  ? 
hath  he  not  sent  me  to  the  men  that  sit  upon  the 
wall,  that  they  may  eat  their  own  dung,  and  drink 
their  own  piss  with  you? 

13  Then  Rab'sha-keh  stood,  and  cried  with  a  loud 
voice  in  the  Jews/  language,  and  said,  Hear  ye  the 
words  of  the  great  king,  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a. 

14  Thus  saith  the  king,  Let  not  Hez-e-ki'ah  de- 
ceive you  :  for  he  shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  you. 

15  Neither  let  Hez-e-ki'ah  make  you  trust  in  the 
Lord,  saying,  The  Lord  will  surely  deliver  us :  this 
city  shall  not  be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  As-syr'i-a. 

510 


ISAIAH,  36,  37. 


Isaiah  comforts  Hezekiah. 


b.  c.  710. 


j  ch.  25.  8. 
John  16.  22. 
Rev.  7.  17. 


a  2  Chr.  32.  1. 


b  Josh.  10.  3,  5. 
2  Ki.  14.  19. 
Mic.  1.  13. 


1  Or,  secretary. 


2  a  word  of  lips. 

3  Or,  but  counsel 
and  strength 
are  for  the  war. 

4  Or,  support. 


c2Ki.  18.  4. 


5  Or,  engage,  I 
pray  thee, 
with. 

6  governor  (or, 
satrap)  of  the 
least  of  my 
master's  ser- 
vants. So  thou 
hast  reposed 
thyself  on 
Egypt,  etc. 

7  Or,  Aramean. 

8  Make  witli  me 
a  blessing,  or, 
Seek  my  favour 
by  a  present. 

(/  Mic.  4.  4. 

Zech.  3.  10. 
e  Num.  34.  8. 

Josh.  13.  5. 
/2  Chr.  32.  15. 

Ps.  50.  21. 

ch.  37.  23. 

Dan.  3.  15. 
q  Ps.  38.  13. 

Prov.  9.  7. 

Amos  5.  13. 

Matt.  7.  6. 
h  Gen.  37.  34. 

1  Sam.  4.  12. 

2  Sam.  1.  11. 
2  Ki.  18. 
18,  37. 
Jobl.  20. 
ch.  33.  7. 


«2Ki.  19.1. 
6  2  Chr.  6.  24. 

Ps.  50.  15. 

Zech.  13.  9. 

Luke  18.  1. 

Rom.  12.  12. 

1  Thess.  5.  17. 
c  2  Ki.  22.  14. 
d2Ki.  19.  3. 

Ps.  39.  11. 
Ps.  50.  15. 
Hos.  5.  9. 

1  Or,  provoca- 
tion. 

c  1  Sam.  7.  8. 

2  Ki.  19.  4. 
Jas.  5.  14-18. 

2  found. 

3  Or,  put  a  spirit 
into  him. 

/  Josh.  15.  39. 
2  Chr.  11.  9. 
Neh.  11.30. 
Jer.  34.  7. 


16  Hearken  not  to  Hez-e-ki'ah  :  for  thus  saith  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a,  8Make  an  agreement  with  me  by 
a  present,  and  come  out  to  me  :  dand  eat  ye  every 
one  of  his  vine,  and  every  one  of  his  fig  tree,  and 
drink  ye  every  one  the  waters  of  his  own  cistern  ; 

17  Until  I  come  and  take  you  away  to  a  land  like 
your  own  land,  a  land  of  corn  and  wine,  a  land  of 
bread  and  vineyards. 

18  Beware  lest  Hez-e-ki'ah  persuade  you,  saying, 
The  Lord  will  deliver  us.  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of 
the  nations  delivered  his  land  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  ? 

19  Where  are  the  gods  of  eHa'math  and  Ar'phad? 
where  are  the  gods  of  Seph-ar-va'im?  and  have 
they  delivered  Sa-ma'ri-a  out  of  my  hand? 

20  Who  are  they  among  all  the  gods  of  these 
lands,  that  have  delivered  their  land  out  of  my 
hand,  that  /the  Lord  should  deliver  Je-ru'sa-lem 
out  of  my  hand  ? 

21  But  they  held  their  peace,  and  g  answered  him 
not  a  word  :  for  the  king's  commandment  was,  say- 
ing, Answer  him  not. 

22  If  Then  came  E-li'a-kim,  the  son  of  Hil-ki'ah, 
that  was  over  the  household,  and  Sheb'na  the  scribe, 
and  Jo'ah,  the  son  of  A'saph,  the  recorder,  to  Hez- 
e-ki'ah  with  h their  clothes  rent,  and  told  him  the 
words  of  Rab'sha-keh. 

CHAPTER  37. 

1  Isaiah  comforts  Ilezekuth.    8  Sennacherib's  blasphemous  letter.    21  Isaiah's  prophecy. 
36  Assyrians  slain  by  an  angel.    37  Sennacherib  is  slain  at  JSTineveh. 

A  ND  a  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Hez-e-ki'ah  heard 
■^-*-  it,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  covered  him- 
self with  sackcloth,  and  6werit  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord.  4 

2  And  he  sent  E-li'a-kTm,  who  was  over  the  house- 
hold, and  Sheb'na  the  scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the 
priests  covered  with  sackcloth,  cunto  I-§a'iah  the 
prophet  the  son  of  A'moz. 

3  And  they  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  Hez-e-ki'ah, 
This  day  is  a  day  of  trouble,  and  of  d  rebuke,  and 
of  1  blasphemy :  for  the  children  are  come  to  the 
birth,  and  there  is  not  strength  to  bring  forth. 

4  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hear  the  words 
of  Rab'sha-keh,  whom  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  his 
master  hath  sent  to  reproach  the  living  God,  and 
will  reprove  the  words  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  heard  :  wherefore  elift  up  thy  prayer  for  the 
remnant  that  is  2left. 

5  So  the  servants  of  king  Hez-e-ki'ah  came  to 
I-ga'iah. 

6  If  And  1-sa'iah  said  unto  them,  Thus  shall  ye  say 
unto  your  master,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Be  not 
afraid  of  the  words  that  thou  hast_  heard,  where- 
with the  servants  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  have 
blasphemed  me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  3send  a  blast  upon  him,  and  he 
shall  hear  a  rumour,  and  return  to  his  own  land ;  and 
I  will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  sword  in  his  own  land. 

8  If  So  Rab'sha-keh  returned,  and  found  the  king 
of  As-syr'i-a  warring  against  Lib'nah  :  for  he  had 
heard  that  he  was  departed  from  /La'chish. 


Prophecy  of  Isaiah. 


ISAIAH,  38. 


A  remnant  to  be  saved. 


9  And  he  heard  say  concerning  Tir'ha-kah  king 
of  E-thi-o'pi-a,  He  is  come  forth  to  make  war  with 
thee.  And  when  he  heard  it,  he  sent  messengers 
to  Hez-e-kl'ah,  saying, 

10  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Hez-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'- 
dah,  saying,  Let  not  thy  God,  in  whom  thou  trust- 
est,  deceive  thee,  saying,  Jg-ru'sa-lem  shall  not  be 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a. 

11  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the  kings  of  As- 
syr'I-a  have  done  to  all  lands  by  destroying  them 
utterly  ;  and  shalt  thou  be  delivered  ? 

12  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered  them 
which  my  fathers  have  destroyed,  as  Go'zan,  and 
5Ha'ran,  and  Re'zeph,  and  the  children  of  E'den 
which  were  in  Te-las'sar? 

13  Where  is  the  king  of  /lHa'math,  and  the  king 
of  Ar'phad,  and  the  king  of  the  city  of  Seph-ar- 
va'im,  He'na,  and  I'vah  ? 

14  Tf  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  received  the  letter  from  the 
hand  of  the  messengers,  and  read  it :  and  Hez-e- 
kl'ah  went  up  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
spread  it  before  the  Lord. 

15  And  Hez-e-kl'ah  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

16  0  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  I§'ra-el,  that  dwellest 
i  between  the  cherubims,  thou  art  the  God,  even  thou 
alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  :  thou  hast 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

17  j  Incline  thine  ear,  0  Lord,  and  hear  ;  open 
thine  eyes,  0  Lord,  and  see :  and  hear  all  the  words 
of  Sen-nach'e-rib,  which  hath  sent  to  reproach  the 
living  God. 

18  Of  a  truth,  Lord,  the  kings  of  As-syr'i-a  have 
laid  waste  all  the  i  nations,  and  their  countries, 

19  And  have  °cast  their  gods  into  the  fire :  for  they 
ivere  nr  gods,  but  the  work  of  men's  hands,  wood 
and  stone  :  therefore  they  have  destroyed  them. 

20  Now  therefore,  0  Lord  our  God,  save  us  from 
his  hand,  that  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  may 
know  that  thou  art  the  Lord,  even_tb.ou  only. 

21  If  Then  I-sa'iah  the  son  of  A'moz  sent  unto 
Hez-e-kl'ah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  Whereas  thou  hast  prayed  to  me  against  Sen- 
nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a  : 

22  This  is  the  word  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
concerning  him  ;  The  virgin,  the  daughter  of  Zi'on, 
hath  despised  thee,  and  laughed  thee  to  scorn  ;  the 
daughter  of  Je-ra'sa-lem  hath  shaken  her  head  at 
thee. 

23  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and  blasphemed  ? 
and  against  whom  hast  thou  exalted  thy  voice,  and 
lifted  up  thine  eyes  on  high  ?  even  against  the  Holy 
One  of  Is'ra-el. 

24  6By  thy  servants  hast  thou  reproached  the 
Lord,  and  hast  said,  By  the  multitude  of  my  char- 
iots am  I  come  up  to  the  height  of  the  mountains, 
to  the  sides  of  Leb'a-non  ;  and  I  will  cut  down  the 
7  tall  cedars  thereof,  and  the  choice  fir  trees  there- 
of :  and  I  will  enter  into  the  height  of  his  border, 
and  8the  forest  of  his  Car'mel. 

25  I  have  digged,  and  drunk  water ;  and  with  the 
sole  of  my  feet  have  I  dried  up  all  the  rivers  of  the 
9  besieged  places. 


B.  C.  710. 


<?Gen.  11.  31. 


h  Jer.  49.  23. 


i  Ex.  25.  22. 


j  Dan.  9.  18. 


4  lands. 

5  given. 

6  By  the  hand  of 
thy  servants. 

7  the  tallness  of 
the  cedars 
thereof,  and 
the  choice  of 
t lie  fir  trees 
thereof. 

S  Or,  the  forest 
and  his  fruit- 
ful field. 

9  Or,  fenced 
and  closed. 

10  Or,  Hast  thou 
not  heard  how 

1  have  made  it 
long  ago,  and 
formed  it  of 
ancient  times  ? 
should  I  now 
bring  it  to  be 
laid  waste,  and 
defenced  cities 
to  be  ruinous 
heaps  ?  as 

2  Ki.  19.  25. 

11  short  of  hand. 

12  Or,  sitting. 
k  Job  41.  2. 

Ps.  32.  9. 
ch.  30.  28. 
Ezek.  29.  4. 
Amos  4.  2. 
Jas.  3.  3. 

13  the  escaping 
of  the  house 
of  Judah  that 
remaineth. 

14  the  escaping. 
/  2  Ki.  19.  31. 

15  shield. 

m  2  Ki.  20.  6. 

ch.  27.  3. 
n  2  Ki.  19.  35. 

1 6  Ararat. 


a2Ki.  20.  1. 
2  Chr.  32.  24. 

1  Give  charge 
concerning 
thy  house. 

b  Neh.  5.  19. 

2  with  great 
weeping. 


26  10  Hast  thou  not  heard  long  ago,  how  I  have 
done  it ;  and  of  ancient  times,  that  I  have  formed 
it  ?  now  have  I  brought  it  to  pass,  that  thou  should- 
est  be  to  lay  waste  defenced  cities  into  ruinous  heaps. 

27  Therefore  their  inhabitants  were  n  of  small 
power,  they  were  dismayed  and  confounded  :  they 
were  as  the  grass  of  the  field,  and  as  the  green 
herb,  as  the  grass  on  the  house  tops,  and  as  corn 
blasted  before  it  be  grown  up. 

28  But  I  know  thy  12  abode,  and  thy  going  out, 
and  thy  coming  in,  and  thy  rage  against  me. 

29  Because  thy  rage  against  me,  and  thy  tumult, 
is  come  up  into  mine  ears,  therefore  fcwill  I  put  my 
hook  in  thy  nose,  and  my  bridle  in  thy  lips,  and  I 
will  turn  thee  back  by  the  way  by  which  thou 
earnest. 

30  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  unto  thee,  Ye  shall  eat 
this  year  such  as  groweth  of  itself  ;  and  the  second 
year  that  which  springeth  of  the  same  :  and  in  the 
third  year  sow  ye,  and  reap,  and  plant  vineyards, 
and  eat  the  fruit  thereof. 

31  And  13the  remnant  that  is  escaped  of  the  house 
of  Ju'dah  shall  again  take  root  downward,  and  bear 
fruit  upward  : 

32  For  out  of  Je-ru!sa-lem  shall  go  forth  a  rem- 
nant, and  14they  that  escape  out  of  mount  Zi'on  : 
the  zzeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  do  this. 

33  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
king  of  As-syr'i-a,  He  shall  not  come  into  this  city, 
nor  shoot  an  arrow  there,  nor  come  before  it  with 
15  shields,  nor  cast  a  bank  against  it. 

34  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same  shall  he 
return,  and  shall  not  come  into  this  city,  saith  the 
Lord. 

35  For  I  will  "'defend  this  city  to  save  it  for  mine 
own  sake,  and  for  my  servant  Da'vid's  sake. 

36  Then  the  n  angel  of  the  Lord  went  forth,  and 
smote  in  the  camp  of  the  As-syr'I-an§  a  hundred 
and  fourscore  and  five  thousand  :  and  when  they 
arose  early  in  the  morning,  behold,  they  were  all 
dead  corpses. 

37  H  So  Sen-nach'e-rib  king  of  As-syr'i-a  departed, 
and  went  and  returned,  and  dwelt  at  Nm'e-veh. 

38  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  wasjvorshipping  in 
the  house  of  NTs'roch  his  god,  that  A-dram'me-lech 
and  Sha-re'zer  his  sons  smote  him  with  the  sword  ; 
and  they  escaped  into  the  land  of  16  Ar-me'ni-a  :  and 
E'sar-had'don  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  38. 

1  HezekiaKs  life  lengthened.    8  The  sign  of  the  dial.    9  A  song  of  thanks. 

IN  "those  days  was  Hez-e-kl'ah  sick  unto  death. 
And  I-sa'iah  the  prophet  the  son  of  A'moz  came 
unto  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
*Set  thine  house  in  order :  for  thou  shalt  die,  and 
not  live. 

2  Then  Hez-e-kl'ah  turned  his  face  toward  the  wall, 
and  prayed  unto  the  Lord, 

3  And  said,  6  Remember  now,  O  Lord,  I  beseech 
thee,  how  I  have  walked  before  thee  in  truth  and 
with  a  perfect  heart,  and  have  done  that  which  is 
good  in  thy  sight.     And  Hez-e-kl'ah  wept  2sore. 

511 


Hezekiah's  song  of  thanks. 


ISAIAH,  39,  40. 


4  If  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  to  1-sa'iah, 
saying, 

5  Go,  and  say  to  Hez-e-ki'ah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
the  God  of  Da'vid  thy  father,  I  have  heard  thy 
prayer,  I  have  seen  thy  tears  :  behold,  I  will  add 
unto  thy  days  fifteen  years. 

6  And  I  will  deliver  thee  and  this  city  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  As-syr'i-a  :  and  CI  will  defend 
this  city. 

7  And  this  shall  be  cla  sign  unto  thee  from  the 
Lord,  that  the  Lord  will  do  this  thing  that  he  hath 
spoken  ; 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  again  the  shadow  of  the  de- 
grees, which  is  gone  down  in  the  3sun  dial  of  A'haz, 
ten  degrees  backward.  So  the  sun  returned  ten 
degrees,  by  which  degrees  it  was  gone  down. 

9  T[  The  writing  of  Hez-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah, 
when  he  had  been  sick,  and  was  recovered  of  his 
sickness  : 

10  I  said  in  the  cutting  off  of  my  days,  I  shall  go 
to  the  gates  of  the  grave :  e  I  am  deprived  of  the 
residue  of  my  years. 

11  I  said,  I  shall  not  see  the  Lord,  even  the  Lord, 
/in  the  land  of  the  living  :  I  shall  behold  man  no 
more  with  the  inhabitants  of  the  world. 

12  9Mine  age  is  departed,  and  is  removed  from 
me  as  a  shepherd's  tent :  I  have  cut  off  like  a  wea- 
ver my  life  :  he  will  cut  me  off  4with  pining  sick- 
ness :  from  day  even  to  night  wilt  thou  make  an 
end  of  me. 

13  1  reckoned  till  morning,  that,  as  a  lion,  so  will 
he  break  all  my  bones  :  from  day  even  to  night  wilt 
thou  make  an  end  of  me. 

14  Like  a  crane  or  a.  swallow,  so  did  I  chatter  : 
h  I  did  mourn  as  a  dove :  mine  eyes  fail  with  look- 
ing upward  :  0  Lord,  I  am  oppressed ;  5  undertake 
for  me. 

15  What  shall  I  say  ?  he  hath  both  spoken  unto 
me,  and  himself  hath  done  it;  I  shall  go  softly  all 
my  years  'in  the  bitterness  of  my  soul. 

16  0  Lord,  by  these  things  men  live,  and  in  all 
these  things  is  the  life  of  my  spirit :  so  wilt  thou 
recover  me,  and  make  me  to  live. 

17  Behold,  6for  peace  I  had  great  bitterness  :  but 
7  thou  hast  in  love  to  my  soul  delivered  it  from  the 
pit  of  corruption  :  for  thou  hast  cast  all  my  sins 
behind  thy  back. 

18  For  J'the  grave  cannot  praise  thee,  death  can 
not  celebrate  thee  :  they  that  go  down  into  the  pit 
cannot  hope  for  thy  truth. 

19  The  living,  the  living,  he  shall  praise  thee,  as  I 
do  this  day  :  k  the  father  to  the  children  shall  make 
known  thy  truth. 

20  The  Lord  was  ready  to  *save  me :  therefore 
we  will  sing  my  songs  to  the  stringed  instru- 
ments all  the  days  of  our  life  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

21  For  m  i-sa'iah  had  said,  Let  them  take  a  lump 
of  figs,  and  lay  it  for  a  plaister  upon  the  boil,  and 
he  shall  recover. 

22  Hez-e-ki'ah  also  had  said,  What  is  the  sign  that 
I  shall  go  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord  ? 

512 


B.  C.  713. 


c  ch.  37.  35. 


d  2  Ki.  20.  8. 
ch.  37.  30. 


3  degrees  by,  or, 
with  the  sun. 


e  Ps.  102.  24. 


/Job  35.  14. 

Ps.  27.  13. 

Ps.  31.  22. 

Ps.  116.  9. 
g  Job  7.  6. 

Ps.  102.  11, 

23,  24. 

2  Cor.  5.  4. 
4  Or,  from  the 

thrum. 


h  eh.  59. 11. 

5  Or,  ease  me. 
i  Job  7.  11. 

6  Or,  on  my 
peace  came 
great  bitter- 
ness. 

7  thou  hast 
loved  my  soul 
from  the  pit. 

j  Ps.  6.  5. 

Ps.  30.  9. 

Eccl.  9.  10. 
A  Dent.  4.  9. 

Ps.  78.  3. 
I  Ps.  9.  13,  14. 

Ps.  4G.  1. 

Ps.  0G.  12. 
m  2  Ki.  20.  7. 


a  2  Ki.  20.  12. 
b  2  Chr.  32.  31. 

1  Or,  spicery. 

2  vessels,  or, 
instruments, 
or,  jewels. 

c  Lev.  26.  33. 
Deut.  28.  G4. 

1  Ki.  14.  15. 

2  Chr.  36.  18. 
Amos  5.  27. 

d  2  Ki.  24.  12. 

Dan.  1.  2. 
el  Sam.  3.  18. 


1  to  the  heart. 

2  Or,  appointed 
time. 

a  Matt.  3.  3. 
b  Mai.  3.  1. 

Mark  1.  3. 

Luke  1.76. 

John  1.  23. 

3  Or,  a  straight 
place. 

4  Or,  a  plain 
place. 

c  Ex.  16.  7. 

Ps.  72.  19. 

Ezek.  36.  23. 

Luke  2.  10. 
d  1  Pet.  1.  25. 


The  captivity  foretold. 
CHAPTER  39. 

1  Hezekiah  shews  his  treasures.    3  Isaiah  foretells  the  captivity. 

AT  "that  time  Me-ro'dach-baTa-dan,  the  son  of 
-£*-  Bal'a-dan,  king  of  Bab'y-lonfsent  letters  and 
a  present  to  Hez-e-ki'ah  :  for  he  had  heard  that  he 
had  been  sick,  and  was  recovered. 

2  6And  Hez-e-ki'ah  was  glad  of  them,  and  shewed 
them  the  house  of  his  precious  things,  the  silver, 
and  the  gold,  and  the  spices,  and  the  precious  oint- 
ment, and  all  the  house  of  his 2  armour,  and  all  that 
was  found  in  his  treasures  :  there  was  nothing  in 
his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominion,  that  Hez-e-ki'ah 
shewed  them  not. 

3  1  Then  came  I-sa'iah  the  prophet  unto  king  Hez- 
e-ki'ah,  and  said  unto  him,  What  said  these  men  ? 
and  from  whence  came  they  unto  thee  ?  And  Hez- 
e-ki'ah  said,  They  are  come  from  a  far  country  unto 
me,  even  from  Bab'y-lon. 

4  Then  said  he,  What  have  they  seen  in  thine 
house  ?  And  Hez-e-ki'ah  answered,  All  that  is  in 
mine  house  have  they  seen  :  there  is  nothing  among 
my  treasures  that  I  have  not  shewed  them. 

5  Then  said  i-sa'iah  to  Hez-e-ki'ah,  Hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord  of  hosts  : 

6  Behold,  the  days  come,  c  that  all  that  is  in  thine 
house,  and  that  which  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in 
store  until  this  day,  shall  be  carried  to  Bab'y-lon  : 
nothing  shall  be  left,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  And  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from  thee, 
which  thou  shalt  beget,  shall  they  take  away ;  and 
dthey  shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the  king  of 
Bab'y-lon. 

8  Then  said  Hez-e-ki'ah  to  I-sa'iah,  cGood  is  the 
word  of  the  Lord  which  thou  hast  spoken.  He 
said  moreover,  For  there  shall  be  peace  and  truth 
in  my  days. 

CHAPTER  40. 

1  Promulgation  of  the  gospel.    9  Good  tidings  from  Zion.    26  The  people  comforted. 

COMFORT  ye,  comfort  ye  my  people,  saith  your 
God. 

2  Speak  ye  Comfortably  to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  cry 
unto  her,  that  her 2  warfare  is  accomplished,  that  her 
iniquity  is  pardoned  :  for  she  hath  received  of  the 
Lord's  hand  double  for  all  her  sins. 

3  II  "The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in  the  wilder- 
ness, b  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord,  make 
straight  in  the  desert  a  highway  for  our  God. 

4  Every  valley  shall  be  exalted,  and  every  moun- 
tain and  hill  shall  be  made  low  :  and  the  crooked 
shall  be  made  3  straight,  and  the  rough  places 
4  plain  : 

5  cAnd  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  revealed, 
and  all  flesh  shall  see  it  together :  for  the  mouth  of 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

6  The  voice  said,  Cry.  And  he  said,  What  shall  I 
cry  ?  All  flesh  is  grass,  and  all  the  goodliness  thereof 
is  as  the  flower  of  the  field  : 

7  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth  :  because 
the  spirit  of  the  Lord  bloweth  upon  it :  surely  the 
people  is  grass. 

8  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth :  but  dthe 
word  of  our  God  shall  stand  for  ever. 


Comfort  for  the  people. 


ISAIAH,  41. 


Mercies  and  promises. 


9  If 5  0  Zi'on,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  get  thee 
up  into  the  high  mountain;  G0  Js-ru'sa-lem,  that 
bringest  good  tidings,  lift  up  thy  voice  with 
strength  ;  lift  it  up,  be  not  afraid ;  say  unto  the  cities 
of  Ju'dah,  Behold  your  God  ! 

10  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  come  7with  strong 
hand,  and  his  arm  shall  rule  for  him  :  behold,  his 
reward  is  with  him,  and  8  his  work  before  him. 

11  He  shall  efeed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd  :  he 
shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm,  and  carry  them 
in  his  bosom,  and  shall  gently  lead  those  9that  are 
with  young. 

12  If  Who  hath  measured  the  waters  in  the  hollow 
of  his  hand,  and  meted  out  heaven  with  the  span, 
and  comprehended  the  dust  of  the  earth  in  10a 
measure,  and  weighed  the  mountains  in  scales,  and 
the  hills  in  a  balance  ? 

13  Who  hath  directed  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord,  or 
being  "  his  counsellor  hath  taught  him  ? 

14  With  whom  took  he  counsel,  and  who  12  in- 
structed him,  and  taught  him  in  the  path  of  judg- 
ment, and  taught  him  knowledge,  and  shewed  to 
him  the  way  of  "understanding  ? 

15  Behold,  the  nations  are  as  a  drop  of  a  bucket, 
and  are  counted  as  the  small  dust  of  the  bal- 
ance :  behold,  he  taketh  up  the  isles  as  a  very  little 
thing. 

16  And  Leb'a-non  is  not  sufficient  to  burn,  nor  the 
beasts  thereof  sufficient  for  a  burnt  offering. 

17  All  nations  before  him  are  as  nothing;  and  they 
are  counted  to  him  less  than  nothing,  and  vanity. 

18  If  To  whom  then  will  ye  f liken  God?  or  what 
likeness  will  ye  compare  unto  him  ? 

19  The  workman  melteth  a  graven  image,  and  the 
goldsmith  spreadeth  it  over  with  gold,  and  casteth 
silver  chains. 

20  He  that  uis  so  impoverished  that  he  hath  no 
oblation  chooseth  a  tree  that  will  not  rot ;  he  seek- 
eth  unto  him  a  cunning  workman  ffto  prepare  a 
graven  image,  that  shall  not  be  moved. 

21  ,lHave  ye  not  known  ?  have  ye  not  heard  ?  hath 
it  not  been  told  you  from  the  beginning  ?  have  ye 
not  understood  from  the  foundations  of  the  earth  ? 

22  15It  is  he  that  sitteth  upon  the  circle  of  the 
earth,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  are  as  grasshop- 
pers ;  that  "stretcheth  out  the  heavens  as  a  curtain, 
and  spreadeth  them  out  as  a  tent  to  dwell  in  : 

23  That  bringeth  the  j  princes  to  nothing  ;  he 
maketh  the  judges  of  the  earth  as  vanity. 

24  Yea,  they  shall  not  be  planted  ;  yea,  they  shall 
not  be  sown  :  yea,  their  stock  shall  not  take  root  in 
the  earth  :  and  he  shall  also  blow  upon  them,  and 
they  shall  wither,  and  the  whirlwind  shall  take 
them  away  as  stubble. 

25  fcTo  whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  or  shall  I  be 
equal  ?  saith  the  Holy  One. 

26  Lift  up  your  eyes  on  high,  and  behold  who  hath 
created  these  things,  that  bringeth  out  their  host 
by  number  :  'he  calleth  them  all  by  names  by  the 
greatness  of  his  might,  for  that  he  is  strong  in 
power  ;  not  one  f  aileth. 

27  Why  sayest  thou,  0  Ja'cob,  and  speakest,  0  Ig'- 

32 


B.  C.  712. 


5  Or,  O  thou 
that  tellest 
good  tidings 
to  Zion. 

G  Or,  0  thou 
that  tellest 
good  tidings 
to  Jerusalem. 

7  Or,  against  the 
strong. 

8  Or,  recom- 
pence  for  his 
work. 

e  ch.  49.  10. 
Ezek.  34.  23. 
John  10.  11. 
Heb.  13.  '20. 
1  Pet.  2.  25. 
Rev.  7.  17. 

9  Or,  that  give 
suck. 


10  a  tierce. 


11  man  of  his 
counsel. 

12  made  him 
understand. 


13  understand- 
ings. 


/Acts  17.  20. 

14  is  poor  of 
oblation. 

g  Jer.  10.  4. 
A  Pa.  19.  1. 

Acts  14.  17. 

Rom.  1.  19. 

15  Or,  Him  that 
sitteth,  etc. 

i  Gen.  1.  1,  G. 

Job  9.  8. 

Ps.  104.  2. 

Jer.  10.  12. 
j  Job  12.  21. 
k  Deut.  4.  15. 

ch.  40.  18. 

Acts  17.  24-29. 
I  Ps.  147.  4. 
m  Ps.  147.  5. 

Rom.  11.  33. 
n  Job  17. 9. 

Ps.  25.  3. 

ch.  8.  17. 

Lam.  3.  25. 

2  Cor.  4. 

8-10,  16. 

16  change. 


17. 


1  righteousness 
a  ch.  46.  11. 

6  ch.  45.  1. 

2  in  peace, 
c  ch.  44.  7. 

Acts  15.  18. 
d  ch.  43.  10. 
ch.  48.  12. 
Rev.  1.  11 

3  Be  strong. 

4  Or,  founder. 

5  Or,  the  smit- 


6  Or,  saying  of 
the  soder,  it 
is  good. 

e  Gen.  18.  19. 

2  Chr.  20.  7. 

Neh.  9.  7. 
/Deut.  31.  6. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
g  Ex.  23.  22. 

Zech.  12.  3. 

7  the  men  of  thy 
strife. 

8  the  men  of  thy 
contention. 

9  the  men  of  thy 
war. 

10  Or,  few  men. 


ra-el,  My  way  is  hid  from  the  Lord,  and  my  judg- 
ment is  passed  over  from  my  God  ? 

28  If  Hast  thou  not  known  ?  hast  thou  not  heard, 
that  the  everlasting  God,  the  Lord,  the  Creator  of 
the  ends  of  the  earth,  f  ainteth  not,  neither  is  weary  ? 
m  there  is  no  searching  of  his  understanding. 

29  He  giveth  power  to  the  faint ;  and  to  them 
that  have  no  might  he  increaseth  strength. 

30  Even  the  youths  shall  faint  and  be  weary,  and 
the  young  men  shall  utterly  fall : 

31  But  they  that  "wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  1C re- 
new their  strength ;  they  shall  mount  up  with  wings 
as  eagles  ;  they  shall  run,  and  not  be  weary  ;  and 
they  shall  walk,  and  not  faint. 

CHAPTER  41. 

1  God  displays  his  merciful  providence  in  regard  to  the  church.    21  Vanity  of  idols. 

KEEP  silence  before  me,  O  islands  ;  and  let  the 
people  renew  their  strength  :  let  them  come 
near  ;  then  let  them  speak  :  let  us  come  near  to- 
gether to  judgment. 

2  Who  raised  up  Uhe  righteous  man  "from  the 
east,  called  him  to  his  foot,  6gave  the  nations  be- 
fore him,  and  made  him  rule  over  kings  ?  he  gave 
them  as  the  dust  to  his  sword,  and  as  driven  stubble 
to  his  bow. 

3  He  pursued  them,  and  passed  2  safely  ;  even  by 
the  way  that  he  had  not  gone  with  his  feet. 

4  cWho  hath  wrought  and  done  it,  calling  the 
generations  from  the  beginning?  I  the  Lord,  the 
d  first,  and  with  the  last ;  I  am  he. 

5  The  isles  saw  it,  and  feared  ;  the  ends  of  the 
earth  were  afraid,  drew  near,  and  came. 

6  They  helped  every  one  his  neighbour  ;  and  every 
one  said  to  his  brother,  3Be  of  good  courage. 

7  So  the  carpenter  encouraged  the  4  goldsmith, 
and  he  that  smootheth  with  the  hammer  5him  that 
smote  the  anvil,  6  saying,  It  is  ready  for  the  soder- 
ing  :  and  he  fastened  it  with  nails,  that  it  should 
not  be  moved. 

8  But  thou,  Ig' ra-el,  art  my  servant,  Ja'cob  whom 
I  have  chosen,  the  seed  of  A 'bra-ham  my  e  friend. 

9  Thou  whom  I  have  taken  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  and  called  thee  from  the  chief  men  thereof, 
and  said  unto  thee,  Thou  art  my  servant ;  I  have 
chosen  thee,  and  not  cast  thee  away. 

10  If  Fear  thou  not ;  '"for  I  am  with  thee  :  be  not 
dismayed  ;  for  I  am  thy  God  :  I  will  strengthen 
thee  ;  yea,  I  will  help  thee  ;  yea,  I  will  uphold  thee 
with  the  right  hand  of  my  righteousness. 

11  Behold,  all  they  that  were  incensed  against 
thee  shall  be  °  ashamed  and  confounded  :  they  shall 
be  as  nothing;  and  7they  that  strive  with  thee  shall 
perish. 

12  Thou  shalt  seek  them,  and  shalt  not  find  them, 
even  8them  that  contended  with  thee  :  9they  that 
war  against  thee  shall  be  as  nothing,  and  as  a  thing 
of  nought. 

13  For  I  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hold  thy  right 
hand,  saying  unto  thee,  Fear  not ;  I  will  help 
thee. 

14  Fear  not,  thou  worm  Ja'cob,  and  ye  10men  of 

513 


Mercies  and  promises. 


ISAIAH,  42. 


Praise  for  the  gospel. 


I§'ra-el ;  I  will  help  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  feand  thy 
redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

15  Behold,  i  I  will  make  thee  a  new  sharp  thresh- 
ing instrument  having  "teeth  :  thou  shalt  thresh 
the  mountains,  and  beat  them  small,  and  shalt  make 
the  hills  as  chaff. 

16  Thou  shalt  Jfan  them,  and  the  wind  shall  carry 
them  away,  and  the  whirlwind  shall  scatter  them  : 
and  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  and  shalt  glory 
in  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

17  When  the  poor  and  needy  seek  water,  and 
there  is  none,  and  their  tongue  faileth  for  thirst,  I 
the  Lord  will  hear  them,  I  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el  will 
not  forsake  them. 

18  I  will  open  k  rivers  in  high  places,  and  fountains 
in  the  midst  of  the  valleys:  I  will  make  the  'wil- 
derness a  pool  of  water,  and  the  dry  land  springs 
of  water. 

19  I  will  plant  in  the  wilderness  the  cedar,  the 
shittah  tree,  and  the  myrtle,  and  the  oil  tree  ;  I  will 
set  in  the  desert  the  fir  tree,  and  the  pine,  and 
the  box  tree  together  : 

20  OTThat  they  may  see,  and  know,  and  consider, 
and  understand  together,  that  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  hath  done  this,  and  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el 
hath  created  it. 

21  12  Produce  your  cause,  saith  the  Lord  ;  bring 
forth  your  strong  reasons,  saith  the  King  of  Ja'cob. 

22  Let  them  bring  them  forth,  and  shew  us  what 
shall  happen  :  let  them  shew  the  former  things, 
what  they  be,  that  we  may  13  consider  them,  and 
know  the  latter  end  of  them  ;  or  declare  us  things 
for  to  come. 

23  n  Shew  the  things  that  are  to  come  hereafter, 
that  we  may  know  that  ye  are  gods  :  yea,  °do  good, 
or  do  evil,  that  we  may  be  dismayed,  and  behold  it 
together. 

24  Behold,  ye  are  14of  nothing,  and  your  work 
15  of  nought :  an  abomination  is  he  that  chooseth 

you. 

25  I  have  raised  up  one  from  the  north,  and  he 
shall  come  :  from  the  rising  of  the  sun  p  shall  he 
call  upon  my  name  :  and  he  shall  come  upon  princes 
as  upon  morter,  and  as  the  potter  treadeth  clay. 

26  Who  hath  declared  from  the  beginning,  that 
we  may  know  ?  and  beforetime,  that  we  may  say, 
He  is  righteous  ?  yea,  there  is  none  that  sheweth, 
yea,  there  is  none  that  declareth,  yea,  there  is  none 
that  heareth  your  words. 

27  16The  first  shall  say  to  Zl'on,  Behold,  behold 
them  :  and  I  will  give  to  JS-ru'sa-lem  one  that 
bringeth  good  tidings. 

28  QFor  I  beheld,  and  there  was  no  man ;  even 
among  them,  and  there  was  no  counsellor,  that, 
when  I  asked  of  them,  could  "answer  a  word. 

29  Behold,  they  are  all  vanity  ;  their  works  are 
nothing  :  their  molten  images  are  wind  and  con- 


fusion. 


B 


CHAPTER  42. 

1  Of  God's  mission  to  the  Gentiles.     10  Praise  for  the  gospel. 

EHOLD  °  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold  ;   mine 
elect,  in  whom  my  soul  6delighteth  ;  CI  have 

514 


B.  C.  712. 

h  Job  19.  25. 
i  Mic.  4.  13. 

2  Cor.  10.  4,  5. 
11  mouths. 


j  Jer.  51. 


k  ch.  35.  6,  7. 
I  Ps.  107.  35. 


m  Job  12.  9. 


12  Cause  to  come 
near. 


13  set  our  heart 
upon  them. 


n  Deut.  18.  22. 

o  Jer.  10.  5. 

14  Or,  worse  than 
nothing. 

15  Or,  worse  than 
of  a  viper. 

p  Ezra  1.  2. 

16  Or,  I  the  first 
say. 

q  ch.  C3.  5. 
Dan.  2.  10. 

17  return. 


a  ch.  49.  3,  6. 

ch.  52.  13. 

Matt.  12.  IS. 

Phil.  2.  7. 
b  Matt.  3.  17. 

John  3.  35. 

Eph.  1.  C. 

Col.  1.  12-14. 
c  ch.  11.  2. 

1  Or,  dimly 
burning. 

2  quench  it. 
d  Heb.  12.  2. 

3  broken. 

e  Gen.  49.  10. 
fell.  44.  24. 

Zech.  12. 1. 
g  Acts  17.  25. 
h  Luke  2.  32. 

Acts  13.  47. 
i  Luke  4.  IS. 

2  Tim.  2.  26. 

Heb.  2.  14. 
j  ch.  9.  2. 
k  Ex.  3.  14. 
I  ch.  48.  11. 
m  Ps.  33.  3. 

Ps.  40.  3. 
n  Ps.  107.  23. 

4  the  fulness 
thereof. 

5  Or,  behave 
himself 
mightily. 

6  swallow,  or, 
sup  up. 

7  into  straight- 
ness. 

o  ch.  43.  8. 
Ezek.  12.  2. 
John  7.  49. 


put  my  spirit  upon  him  :  he  shall  bring  forth  judg- 
ment to  the  Gen'tileg. 

2  He  shall  not  cry,  nor  lift  up,  nor  cause  his  voice 
to  be  heard  in  the  street. 

3  A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break,  and  the 
1  smoking  flax  shall  he  not 2  quench  :  he  shall  bring 
forth  judgment  unto  truth. 

4  dHe  shall  not  fail  nor  be  3  discouraged,  till  he 
have  set  judgment  in  the  earth :  eand  the  isles  shall 
wait  for  his  law. 

5  H  Thus  saith  God  the  Lord,  rhe  that  created  the 
heavens,  and  stretched  them  out;  he  that  spread 
forth  the  earth,  and  that  which  cometh  out  of  it ; 
fyhe  that  giveth  breath  unto  the  people  upon  it,  and 
spirit  to  them  that  walk  therein  : 

6  I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  righteousness, 
and  will  hold  thine  hand,  and  will  keep  thee,  and 
give  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  people,  for  ha  light 
of  the  Gen'tileg ; 

7  To  open  the  blind  eyes,  to  '"bring  out  the  pris- 
oners from  the  prison,  and  them  that  sit  in  j  dark- 
ness out  of  the  prison  house. 

8*1  am  the  Lord  :  that  is  my  name :  and  my 
'glory  will  I  not  give  to  another,  neither  my  praise 
to  graven  images. 

9  Behold,  the  former  things  are  come  to  pass,  and 
new  things  do  I  declare  :  before  they  spring  forth 
I  tell  you  of  them. 

10  '"Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song,  and  his 
praise  from  the  end  of  the  earth,  nye  that  go  down 
to  the  sea,  and  4all  that  is  therein ;  the  isles,  and 
the  inhabitants  thereof. 

11  Let  the  wilderness  and  the  cities  thereof  lift 
up  their  voice,  the  villages  that  Ke'dar  doth  in- 
habit :  let  the  inhabitants  of  the  rock  sing,  let 
them  shout  from  the  top  of  the  mountains. 

12  Let  them  give  glory  unto  the  Lord,  and  de- 
clare his  praise  in  the  islands. 

13  The  Lord  shall  go  forth  as  a. mighty  man,  he 
shall  stir  up  jealousy  like  a  man  of  war :  he  shall 
cry,  yea,  roar;  he  shall  5 prevail  against  his  ene- 
mies. 

14  I  have  long  timeholden  my  peace  ;  I  have  been 
still,  and  refrained  myself :  now  will  I  cry  like  a 
travailing  woman;  I  will  destroy  and  6 devour  at 
once. 

15  I  will  make  waste  mountains  and  hills,  and 
dry  up  all  their  herbs ;  and  I  will  make  the  rivers 
islands,  and  I  will  dry  up  the  pools. 

16  And  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way  that  they 
knew  not ;  I  will  lead  them  in  paths  that  they  have 
not  known  :  I  will  make  darkness  light  before  them, 
and  crooked  things  7  straight.  These  things  will  I 
do  unto  them,  and  not  forsake  them. 

17  I  They  shall  be  turned  back,  they  shall  be 
greatly  ashamed,  that  trust  in  graven  images,  that 
say  to  the  molten  images,  Ye  are  our  gods. 

18  Hear,  ye  deaf  ;  and  look,  ye  blind,  that  ye  may 
see. 

19  °Who  is  blind,  but  my  servant?  or  deaf,  as  my 
messenger  that  I  sent  ?  who  is  blind  as  he  that  is 
perfect,  and  blind  as  the  Lord's  servant  ? 


The  church  comforted. 


ISAIAH,  43,  44. 


Deliverance  of  the  people. 


20  Seeing  many  things,  p  but  thou  observest  not ; 
opening  the  ears,  but  he  heareth  not. 

21  The  Lord  is  well  pleased  for  his  righteousness' 
sake  ;  he  will  magnify  the  law,  and  make  8  it  hon- 
ourable. 

22  But  this  is  a  people  robbed  and  spoiled- ;  9  they 
are  all  of  them  snared  in  holes,  and  they  are  hid  in 
prison  houses  :  they  are  for  a  prey,  and  none  de- 
livereth  ;  for  10a  spoil,  and  none  saith,  Restore. 

23  Who  among  you  will  give  ear  to  this  ?  who  will 
hearken  and  hear  "for  the  time  to  come? 

24  Who  gave  Ja'cob  for  a  spoil,  and  Ig'ra-el  to  the 
robbers?  did  not  the  Lord,  he  against  whom  we 
have  sinned  ?  for  they  would  not  walk  in  his  ways, 
neither  were  they  obedient  unto  his  law. 

25  Therefore  he  hath  poured  upon  him  the  fury 
of  his  anger,  and  the  strength  of  battle  :  9and  it 
hath  set  him  on  fire  round  about,  ^yet  he  knew  not ; 
and  it  burned  him,  yet  he  laid  it  not  to  heart. 

CHAPTER  43. 

1  The  church  comforted  with  God's  promises.     14  Babylon's  destruction  foretold. 
18  Deliverance  of  God's  people. 

BUT  now  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created  thee, 
0  Ja'cob,  and  he  that  formed  thee,  0  I§'ra-el, 
Fear  not  :  afor  I  have  redeemed  thee, b  I  have  called 
thee  by  thy  name  ;  thou  art  mine. 

2  cWhen  thou  passest  through  the  waters,  dl  will 
be  with  thee  ;  and  through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not 
overflow  thee  :  when  cthou  walkest  through  the  fire, 
thou  shalt  not  be  burned  ;  neither  shall  the  flame 
kindle  upon  thee. 

3  For  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  the  Holy  One  of 
I§'ra-el,  thy  Saviour:  fl  gave  E'gypt  for  thy  ran- 
som, E-thi-o'pi-a  and  Se'ba  for  thee. 

4  Since  thou  wast 9  precious  in  my  sight,  thou  hast 
been  honourable,  and  I  have  loved  thee  :  therefore 
will  I  give  men  for  thee,  and  people  for  thy  1  life. 

5  *Fear  not  :  for  I  am  with  thee  :  I  will  bring  thy 
seed  from  the  east,  and  gather  thee  from  the  west ; 

6  I  will  say  to  the  north,  Give  up  ;  and  to  the  south, 
Keep  not  back  :  bring  my  sons  from  far,  and  my 
daughters  from  the  ends  of  the  earth  ; 

7  Even  every  one  that  is  i  called  by  my  name  :  for 
JI  have  created  him  for  my  glory,  I  have  formed 
him  ;  yea,  I  have  made  him. 

8  If k  Bring  forth  the  blind  people  that  have  eyes, 
and  the  deaf  that  have  ears. 

9  Let  all  the  nations  be  gathered  together,  and 
let  the  people  be  assembled  :  who  among  them  can 
declare  this,  and  shew  us  former  things  ?  let  them 
bring  forth  their  witnesses,  that  they  may  be  justi- 
fied :  or  let  them  hear,  and  say,  It  is  truth. 

10  lYe  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord,  mand  my 
servant  whom  I  have  chosen  :  that  ye  may  know 
and  believe  me,  and  understand  that  I  am  he  :  be- 
fore me  there  was  2no  God  formed,  neither  shall 
there  be  after  me. 

Ill,  even  I,  am  the  Lord  ;  and  beside  me  there  is 
no  saviour. 

12  I  have  declared,  and  have  saved,  and  I  have 
shewed,  when  there  ivas  no  "strange   god  among 


B.  C.  712. 


p  Deut.  4.  3. 
ch.  1.  3. 
Rom.  2.  21. 

8  Or,  him. 


9  O-,  in  snaring 
all  the  young 
men  of  them. 


10  a  treading. 


11  for  the  after 
time. 


q  2  Ki.  25.  9. 
r  Hos.  7.  9. 


a  ch.  44.  6. 
b  ch.  42.  6. 

1  Cor.  1.  9. 

2  Tim.  1.  9. 
c  Ps.  66.  12. 

d  Deut.  31.  C,  8. 
e  Dan.  3.  25. 
/•Prov.  21.  IS. 
g  Ex.  19.  5,  6. 

1  Or,  person. 

h  ch.  41.  10,  14. 

ch.  44.  2. 
i  ch.  63.  19. 
j  Ps.  100.  3. 

ch.  29.  23. 

John  3.  3. 

2  Cor.  5.  IT. 

Eph.  2.  10. 
k  ch.  6.  9. 

ch.  42.  19. 
/  ch.  44.  8. 

John  1.7. 

Acts  1.  8. 

Heb.  12.  1. 

Rev.  1.  5. 
m  ch.  41.  8. 

2  Or,  nothing 
formed  of  God. 

n  Deut.  32.  16. 

0  Ps.  90.  2. 
Prov.  8.  23. 
Mic.  5.  2. 
Matt.  19.  26. 

3  turn  it  back. 

4  bars. 

p  Hos.  13.  10. 
q  Ps.  77.  19. 
r  Ex.  14.  4. 
s  2  Cor.  5.  17. 
Rev.  21.  5. 

5  Or,  ostriches. 

6  daughters  of 
the  owl. 

1  ch.  48.  21. 

u  Luke  1.  74. 

Eph.  1.  5. 
r  Mai.  1.  13. 

7  lambs,  or,  kids. 

8  made  me  drunk, 

or,  abundantly 

moistened. 
w  ch.  1.  14. 

Mai.  2.  17. 

Jude  4. 
x  ch.  44.  22. 

Jer.  31.  34. 

Mic.  7.  18,  19. 
y  Ezek.  36.  22. 
z  Rom.  5.  12. 

9  interpreters, 
Mai.  2.  7. 

a  ch.  47.  6. 
Lam.  2.  2. 

10  Or,  holy 
princes. 

b  Ps.  79.  4. 
Jer.  24.  9. 
Dan.  9.  11. 
Zech.  8.  13. 


a  ch.  41.  8. 

Jer.  30.  10. 
6  Deut.  32.  15. 


you :    therefore   ye   are   my   witnesses,  saith   the 
Lord,  that  I  am  God. 

13  °Yea,  before  the  day  was  I  am  he  ;  and  there 
is  none  that  can  deliver  out  of  my  hand  :  I  will 
work,  and  who  shall  3  let  it  ? 

14  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  your  redeemer,  the  Holy 
One  of  Ig'ra-el ;  For  your  sake  I  have  sent  to  Bab'y- 
lon,  and  have  brought  down  all  their  4  nobles,  and 
the  Chal-de'ang,  whose  cry  is  in  the  ships. 

15  I  am  the  Lord,  your  Holy  One,  the  creator  of 
Ig'ra-el,  your  p  King. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  'which  maketh  a  way  in 
the  sea,  and  a  path  in  the  mighty  waters ; 

17  Which  'bringeth  forth  the  chariot  and  horse, 
the  army  and  the  power ;  they  shall  lie  down  to- 
gether, they  shall  not  rise  :  they  are  extinct,  they 
are  quenched  as  tow. 

18  If  Remember  ye  not  the  former  things,  neither 
consider  the  things  of  old. 

19  Behold,  I  will  do  a  snew  thing  ;  now  it  shall 
spring  forth ;  shall  ye  not  know  it  ?  I  will  even 
make  a  way  in  the  wilderness,  and  rivers  in  the 
desert. 

20  The  beast  of  the  field  shall  honour  me,  the 
dragons  and  the  56owls  :  because  *I  give  waters  in 
the  wilderness,  and  rivers  in  the  desert,  to  give 
drink  to  my  people,  my  chosen. 

21  "This  people  have  I  formed  for  myself  ;  they 
shall  shew  forth  my  praise. 

22  If  But  thou  hast  not  called  upon  me,  O  Ja'cob ; 
but  thou  "hast  been  weary  of  me,  O  I§'ra-el. 

23  Thou  hast  not  brought  me  the  '  small  cattle  of 
thy  burnt  offerings  ;  neither  hast  thou  honoured 
me  with  thy  sacrifices.  I  have  not  caused  thee  to 
serve  with  an  offering,  nor  wearied  thee  with  in- 
cense. 

24  Thou  hast  bought  me  no  sweet  cane  with 
money,  neither  hast  thou  8  filled  me  with  the  fat  of 
thy  sacrifices:  but  thou  hast  made  me  to  serve 
with  thy  sins,  thou  hast  w  wearied  me  with  thine 
iniquities. 

25  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  *blotteth  out  thy  trans- 
gressions ^for  mine  own  sake,  and  will  not  remem- 
ber thy  sins. 

26  Put  me  in  remembrance  :  let  us  plead  to- 
gether :  declare  thou,  that  thou  mayest  be  justi- 
fied. 

27  2Thy  first  father  hath  sinned,  and  thy  9  teachers 
have  transgressed  against  me. 

28  Therefore  aI  have  profaned  the  10  princes  of 
the  sanctuary,  6and  have  given  Ja'cob  to  the  curse, 
and  Ig'ra-el  to  reproaches. 

CHAPTER  44. 

1  God's  church  comforted  with  promises.     9  Vanity  and  folly  of  idol-makers.    21  Exhor- 
tation to  trust  in  God's  mercy. 

YET  now  hear,  aO  Ja'cob  my  servant ;  and  !§'- 
ra-el,  whom  I  have  chosen  : 
2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  made  thee,  and  formed 
thee  from  the  womb,  which  will  help  thee  ;  Fear 
not,  O  Ja'cob,  my  servant  ;  and  thou,  6Jes'u-run, 
whom  I  have  chosen. 

515 


Vanity  of  idol-makers. 


ISAIAH,  45. 


An  exhortation  to  praise. 


3  For  I  will  cpour  water  upon  him  that  is  thirsty, 
and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground  :  I  will  pour  my 
spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my  blessing  upon  thine 
offspring : 

4  And  they  shall  spring  up  as  among  the  grass,  as 
willows  by  the  water  courses. 

5  One  shall  say,  I  am  the  Lord's  ;  and  another 
shall  call  himself  by  the  name  of  Ja'cob  ;  and  an- 
other shall  d  subscribe  with  his  hand  unto  the  Lord, 
and  surname  himself  by  the  name  of  Ig'ra-el. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  King  of  Ig'ra-el,  eand 
his  redeemer  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  fl  am  the  first, 
and  I  am  the  last ;  and  beside  me  there  is  no  God. 

7  And  who,  as  I,  shall  call,  and  shall  declare  it, 
and  set  it  in  order  for  me,  since  I  appointed  the 
ancient  people  ?  and  the  things  that  are  coming, 
and  shall  come,  let  them  shew  unto  them. 

8  Fear  ye  not,  neither  be  afraid  :  have  not  I  told 
thee  from  that  time,  and  have  declared  it  ?  ye  are 
even  my  witnesses.  Is  there  a  God  beside  me  ? 
yea,  °  there  is  no  *God  ;  I  know  not  any. 

9  Tf  feThey  that  make  a  graven  image  are  all  of 
them  vanity  ;  and  their  2 delectable  things  shall  not 
profit ;  and  they  are  their  own  witnesses ;  { they 
see  not,  nor  know  ;  that  they  may  be  ashamed. 

10  Who  hath  formed  a  god,  or  molten  a  graven 
image  Hhat  is  profitable  for  nothing? 

11  Behold,  all  his  fellows  shall  be  k  ashamed  :  and 
the  workmen,  they  are  of  men  :  let  them  all  be 
gathered  together,  let  them  stand  up  ;  yet  they 
shall  fear,  and  they  shall  be  ashamed  together. 

12  'The  smith  3with  the  tongs  both  worketh  in 
the  coals,  and  fashioneth  it  with  hammers,  and 
worketh  it  with  the  strength  of  his  arms  :  yea,  he 
is  hungry,  and  his  strength  faileth :  he  drinketh  no 
water,  and  is  faint. 

13  The  carpenter  stretcheth  out  his  rule ;  he 
marketh  it  out  with  a  line ;  he  fitteth  it  with 
planes,  and  he  marketh  it  out  with  the  compass, 
and  maketh  it  after  the  figure  of  a  man,  according 
to  the  beauty  of  a  man  ;  that  it  may  remain  in  the 
house. 

14  He  heweth  him  down  cedars,  and  taketh  the 
cypress  and  the  oak,  which  he  4  strengthened  for 
himself  among  the  trees  of  the  forest :  he  planteth 
an  ash,  and  the  rain  doth  nourish  it. 

15  Then  shall  it  be  for  a  man  to  burn :  for  he  will 
take  thereof,  and  warm  himself;  yea,  he  kindleth 
it,  and  baketh  bread  ;  yea,  he  maketh  a  god,  and 
worshippeth  it ;  he  maketh  it  a  graven  image,  and 
faileth  down  thereto. 

16  He  burneth  part  thereof  in  the  fire  ;  with  part 
thereof  he  eateth  flesh  ;  he  roasteth  roast,  and  is 
satisfied  :  yea,  he  warmeth  himself,  and  saith,  Aha, 
I  am  warm,  I  have  seen  the  fire  : 

17  And  the  residue  thereof  he  maketh  a  god,  even 
his  graven  image  :  he  faileth  down  unto  it,  and  wor- 
shippeth it,  and  prayeth  unto  it,  and  saith,  Deliver 
me ;  for  thou  art  my  god. 

18  wThey  have  not  known  nor  understood  :  for 
nhe  hath  5shut  their  eyes,  that  they  cannot  see ; 
and  their  hearts,  that  they  cannot  understand. 

516 


B.  C. 712. 


c  Mai.  3.  10. 
John  7.  38. 


d  Ex.  13.  0. 
Neb.  9.  38. 


e  ch.  43.  1. 

/  ch.  41.  4. 
Rev.  1.  8. 


g  Dent.  4.  35. 

1  Sam.  2.  2. 

2  Sam.  22.  32. 

1  rock. 

h  ch.  41.  24. 

2  desirable. 

i  Deut.  4.  28. 
Ps.  115.  4. 
ch.  42.  17-20. 


j  .Ter.  10.  5. 
Hab.  2.  18. 
k  Ps.  97.  7. 

ch.  42.  17. 


I  ch.  40.  19. 

3  Or,  with  an  ax. 


4  Or,  taketh 
courage. 

m  Ps.  81.  12. 

ch.  45.  20. 
n  Rom.  11.  8,  10. 

2  Thess.  2.  11. 

5  daubed. 

0  setteth  to  his 
heart. 

7  that  which 
comes  of  a 
tree. 

o  Hos.  4.  12. 

Rom.  1.  21. 

2  Thess.  2.  11. 
p  ch.  1.  18. 

ch.  43.  25. 

ch.  53.  11,  12. 

Jer.  33.  8. 

Mic.  7.  18,  19. 

Col.  1.  14. 
q  ch.  43.  1. 

1  Cor.  G.  20. 

1  Pet.  1.18,  19. 
r  Ps.  69.  34. 

ch.  42.  10. 

Rev.  18.  20. 
s  Job  19.  25. 

ch.  43.  14. 
t  ch.  43.  1. 
»  Job  0.  8. 

Ps.  104.  2. 

ch.  40.  22. 
v  Jer.  50.  36. 
w  1  Cor.  1.  20. 
cZech.  1.  6. 

Matt.  5.  18. 

8  wastes. 

y  Jer.  50.  38. 
z  2  Chr.  36. 
22,  23. 


a  Ps.  73.  23. 
ch.  41.13. 

1  Or,  strength- 
ened. 

6  Ex.  33.  12. 

c  ch.  44.  1. 

d  Acts  17.  23. 
Gal.  4.  8,  9. 
Eph.  2.  12. 
1  Thess.  4.  5. 

e  Deut.  4.  35. 

/  Ps.  18.  32. 


19  And  none  6considereth  in  his  heart,  neither  is 
there  knowledge  nor  understanding  to  say,  I  have 
burned  part  of  it  in  the  fire  ;  yea,  also  I  have  baked 
bread  upon  the  coals  thereof  ;  I  have  roasted  flesh, 
and  eaten  it :  and  shall  I  make  the  residue  thereof 
an  abomination  ?  shall  I  fall  down  to  7  the  stock  of 
a  tree  ? 

20  He  feedeth  on  ashes  :  °a  deceived  heart  hath 
turned  him  aside,  that  he  cannot  deliver  his  soul, 
nor  say,  Is  there  not  a  lie  in  my  right  hand  ? 

21  If  Remember  these,  O  Ja'cob  and  I§'ra-el ;  for 
thou  art  my  servant  :  I  have  formed  thee  ;  thou 
art  my  servant :  O  I§'ra-el,  thou  shalt  not  be  for- 
gotten of  me. 

22  p  I  have  blotted  out,  as  a  thick  cloud,  thy  trans- 
gressions, and,  as  a  cloud,  thy  sins  :  return  unto 
me  ;  for  gl  have  redeemed  thee. 

23  rSing,  O  ye  heavens  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  done 
it:  shout,  ye  lower  parts  of  the  earth  :  break  forth 
into  singing,  ye  mountains,  O  forest,  and  every  tree 
therein  :  for  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Ja'cob,  and 
glorified  himself  in  Ig'ra-el. 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  sthy  redeemer,  and  *he 
that  formed  thee  from  the  womb,  I  am  the  Lord 
that  maketh  all  things  ;  "that  stretcheth  forth  the 
heavens  alone  ;  that  spreadeth  abroad  the  earth  by 
myself  ; 

25  That  frustrateth  the  tokens  "of  the  liars,  and 
maketh  diviners  mad  ;  that  turneth  wise  men  back- 
ward, w  and  maketh  their  knowledge  foolish  ; 

26  x  That  confirmeth  the  word  of  his  servant,  and 
perf  ormeth  the  counsel  of  his  messengers  ;  that  saith 
to  Je-ru'sa-lem,  Thou  shalt  be  inhabited ;  and  to 
the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  Ye  shall  be  built,  and  I  will 
raise  up  the  8  decayed  places  thereof  : 

27  v  That  saith  to  the  deep,  Be  dry,  and  I  will  dry 
up  thy  rivers : 

28  That  saith  of  Qy'rus,  He  is  my  shepherd,  and 
shall  perform  all  my  pleasure  :  even  saying  to  Je- 
ru'sa-lem,  zThou  shalt  be  built ;  and.  to  the  temple, 
Thy  foundation  shall  be  laid. 

CHAPTER  45. 

1  God's  call  to  Cyrus.      5  The  omnipotence  of  God.    22  Salvation  extends  to  all  nations. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  to  his  anointed,  to  Qy'rus, 
whose  "right  hand  I  2have  holden,  to  subdue 
nations  before  him  ;  and  I  will  loose  the  loins  of 
kings,  to  open  before  him  the  two  leaved  gates ; 
and  the  gates  shall  not  be  shut ; 

2  I  will  go  before  thee,  and  make  the  crooked 
places  straight :  I  will  break  in  pieces  the  gates  of 
brass,  and  cut  in  sunder  the  bars  of  iron  : 

3  And  I  will  give  thee  the  treasures  of  darkness, 
and  hidden  riches  of  secret  places,  that  thou  mayest 
know  that  I,  the  Lord,  which  6call  thee  by  thy 
name,  am  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el. 

4  For  "Ja'cob  my  servant's  sake,  and  Ig'ra-el  mine 
elect,  I  have  even  called  thee  by  thy  name  :  I  have 
surnamed  thee,  though  thou  hast  "'not  known  me. 

5  H  I  eam  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else,  there  is 
no  God  beside  me  :  fI  girded  thee,  though  thou  hast 
not  known  me  : 


God's  omnipotence. 


ISAIAH,  46. 


The  vanity  of  idols. 


6  "That  they  may  know  from  the  rising  of  the 
sun,  and  from  the  west,  that  there  is  none  beside 
me.     I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else. 

7  I  form  the  light,  and  create  darkness  :  I  make 
peace,  and  h  create  evil  :  I  the  Lord  do  all  these 
things. 

8  i  Drop  down,  ye  heavens,  from  above,  and  let  the 
skies  pour  down  righteousness  :  let  the  earth  open, 
and  let  them  bring  forth  salvation,  and  let  right- 
eousness spring  up  together ;  I  the  Lord  have 
created  it. 

9  Woe  unto  him  that  striveth  with  j  his  Maker  ! 
Let  the  potsherd  strive  with  the  potsherds  of  the 
earth.  k  Shall  the  clay  say  to  him  that  fashioneth 
it,  What  makest  thou  ?  or  thy  work,  He  hath  no 
hands  ? 

10  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  unto  his  father,  What 
begettest  thou  ?  or  to  the  woman,  What  hast  thou 
brought  forth  ? 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el, 
and  his  Maker,  Ask  me  of  things  to  come  concern- 
ing 'my  sons,  and  concerning  "'the  work  of  my 
hands  command  ye  me. 

12  "I  have  made  the  earth,  and  created  man  upon 
it :  I,  even  my  hands,  have  stretched  out  the  heavens, 
and  all  their  host  have  I  commanded. 

13  I  have  raised  him  up  in  righteousness,  and  I 
will  2 direct  all  his  ways  :  he  shall  "build  my  city, 
and  he  shall  let  go  my  captives,  v  not  for  price  nor 
reward,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  9The  labour  of  E'gypt, 
and  merchandise  of  E-thl-o'pi-a  and  of  the  Sa-be'- 
an§,  men  of  stature,  shall  come  over  unto  thee,  and 
they  shall  be  thine  :  they  shall  come  after  thee ;  in 
chains  they  shall  come  over,  and  they  shall  fall 
down  unto  thee,  they  shall  make  supplication  unto 
thee,  saying,  r  Surely  God  is  in  thee  ;  and  there  is 
none  else,  there  is  no  God. 

15  Verily  thou  art  a  God  "that  hidest  thyself,  0 
God  of  Ig'ra-el,  the  Saviour. 

16  They  shall  be  ashamed,  and  also  confounded, 
all  of  them  :  they  shall  go  to  confusion  together 
that  are  makers  of  idols. 

17  lBut  Ig'ra-el  shall  be  saved  in  the  Lord  with  an 
everlasting  salvation  :  ye  shall  not  be  ashamed  nor 
confounded  world  without  end. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created  the  hea- 
vens ;  God  himself  that  formed  the  earth  and  made 
it ;  he  hath  established  it,  he  created  it  not  in  vain, 
he  formed  it  to  be  inhabited  :  I  am  the  Lord  ;  and 
there  is  none  else. 

19  I  have  not  spoken  in  "secret,  in  a  dark  place  of 
the  earth  :  I  said  not  unto  the  seed  of  Ja'cob,  Seek 
ye  me  in  vain  :  "I  the  Lord  speak  righteousness, 
I  declare  things  that  are  right. 

20  If  Assemble  yourselves  and  come  ;  draw  near 
together,  ye  that  are  w  escaped  of  the  nations :  Hhey 
have  no  knowledge  that  set  up  the  wood  of  their 
graven  image,  and  pray  unto  a  god  that  cannot 
save. 

21  Tell  ye,  and  bring  them  near  ;  yea,  let  them 
take  counsel  together  :  who  hath  declared  this  from 


B.  C.  712. 


q-Ps.  102.  15. 

Mai.  1.  11. 


Ii  Amos  3.  C. 


i  Ps.  85.  11. 


j  ch.  G4.  8. 


I;  Jer.  18.  G. 
Rom.  9.  20. 


I  Jer.  31.  9. 
m  Isa.  29.  23. 


71  Jer.  27.  5. 


2  Or,  make 
straight. 

o  Ezra  1.  1. 
p  Rom.  3.  24. 
q  Ps.  G8.  31. 

cli.  49.  23. 

Zech.  8.  22. 
r  1  Cor.  14.  25. 
s  Deut.  29.  29. 

Ps.  36.  6. 

ch.  8.  17. 

Rom.  11. 33, 34. 
11  Sam.  23.  5. 

Ps.  103.  17. 

Hos.  1.  7. 

Rom.  11.  2G. 
u  Deut.  30.  11. 
v  Neh.  9.  13. 

Ps.  19.  8. 

Rom.  7.  12. 
w  Jer.  44.  28. 
x  Rom.  1.  22. 

3  Or,  turn. 

y  Gen.  22.  16. 

Jer.  22.  5. 

Heb.  6.  13. 
.'Eoni.  14.  11. 

Phil.  2.  10. 
a  Gen.  31.  53. 

Deut.  6.  13. 

Ps.  63.  11. 

4  Or,  Surely  he 
shall  say  of 
me,  In  the 
Lord  is  all 
righteousness 
and  strength. 

5  righteous- 
nesses. 


a  Jer.  51.  44. 
b  Jer.  10.  5. 

1  their  soul. 
c  Ex.  19.  4. 

Deut.  1.  31. 
<7  Ps.  102.  27. 

Mai.  3.  6. 
e  Ps.  48.  14. 
/  Jer.  10.  5. 
g  Deut.  32.  7. 
h  Ps.  33.  11. 

Prov.  19.  21. 

Acts  5.  39. 

Heb.  6.  17. 

2  the  man  of  my 
counsel. 

i  Num.  23.  19. 

Tit.  1.  2. 
j  Rom.  10.  3. 
k  Rom.  1.  17. 
I  ch.  56. 1. 

Hab.  2.  3. 

Matt.  3.  2. 

Luke  19.  10. 

Acts  13.  26. 

1  Tim.  1.  15. 
m  ch.  62.  11. 

Zech.  9.  9. 


ancient  time  ?  who  hath  told  it  from  that  time  ? 
have  not  I  the  Lord  ?  and  there  is  no  God  else  be- 
side me  ;  a  just  God  and  a  Saviour  ;  there  is  none 
beside  me. 

22  3Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye  saved,  all  the  ends 
of  the  earth  :  for  I  am  God,  and  there  is  none  else. 

23  yI  have  sworn  by  myself,  the  word  is  gone  out 
of  my  mouth  in  righteousness,  and  shall  not  return, 
That  unto  me  every  *knee  shall  bow,  "every  tongue 
shall  swear. 

24  4  Surely,  shall  one  say,  in  the  Lord  have  I 
5  righteousness  and  strength:  even  to  him  shall  men 
come  ;  and  all  that  are  incensed  against  him  shall 
be  ashamed. 

25  In  the  Lord  shall  all  the  seed  of  I§'ra-el  be 
justified,  and  shall  glory. 

CHAPTER  46. 

1  Weakness  and  vanity  of  idols.    5  God  only  equal  lo  salvation. 

BEL  "boweth  down,  Ne'bo  stoopeth,  their  idols 
were  upon  the  beasts,  and  upon  the  cattle  : 
your  carriages  were  heavy  loaden  ;  bthey  are  a  bur- 
den to  the  weary  beast. 

2  They  stoop,  they  bow  down  together ;  they  could 
not  deliver  the  burden,  but  1  themselves  are  gone 
into  captivity. 

3  Tf  Hearken  unto  me,  O  house  of  Ja'cob,  and  all 
the  remnant  of  the  house  of  I§'ra-el,  c which  are 
borne  by  me  from  the  belly,  which  are  carried  from 
the  womb  : 

4  And  even  to  your  old  age  d  I  am  he  ;  and  even  to 
hoar  hairs  ewill  I  carry  you:  I  have  made,  and  I 
will  bear ;  even  I  will  carry,  and  will  deliver  you. 

5  II  To  whom  will  ye  liken  me,  and  make  me  equal, 
and  compare  me,  that  we  may  be  like  ? 

6  They  lavish  gold  out  of  the  bag,  and  weigh  sil- 
ver in  the  balance,  and  hire  a  goldsmith  ;  and  he 
maketh  it  a  god  :  they  fall  down,  yea,  they  worship. 

7  -^They  bear  him  upon  the  shoulder,  they  carry 
him,  and  set  him  in  his  place,  and  he  standeth  ; 
from  his  place  shall  he  not  remove  :  yea,  one  shall 
cry  unto  him,  yet  can  he  not  answer,  nor  save  him 
out  of  his  trouble. 

8  Remember  this,  and  shew  yourselves  men :  bring 
it  again  to  mind,  O  ye  transgressors. 

9  °  Remember  the  former  things  of  old  :  for  I  am 
God,  and  there  is  none  else  ;  I  am  God,  and  there  is 
none  like  me, 

10  Declaring  the  end  from  the  beginning,  and  from 
ancient  times  the  things  that  are  not  yet  done,  say- 
ing, h  My  counsel  shall  stand,  and  I  will  do  all  my 
pleasure  : 

11  Calling  a  ravenous  bird  from  the  east,  2the  man 
that  executeth  my  counsel  from  a  far  country  :  yea, 
*  I  have  spoken  it,  I  will  also  bring  it  to  pass ;  I 
have  purposed  it,  I  will  also  do  it. 

12  Tf  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  stouthearted,  ythat  are 
far  from  righteousness  : 

13  kl  bring  near  my  righteousness  ;  it  shall  not 
be  far  off,  and  my  salvation  'shall  not  tarry :  and 
I  will  place  m  salvation  in  Zl'on  for  I§'ra-el  my 
glory. 

517 


Judgments  on  Chaldea. 


ISAIAH,  47,  48. 


An  exhortation  to  obedience. 


CHAPTER  47. 

God's  judgments  on  Babylon  and  Chaldea. 

COME  "down,  and  sit  in  the  dust,  0  virgin 
daughter  of  Bab'y-lon,  sit  on  the  ground : 
there  is  no  throne,  0  daughter  of  the  Chal-de'ang  : 
for  thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  tender  and  del- 
icate. 

2  6Take  the  millstones,  and  grind  meal ;  uncover  thy 
locks,  make  bare  the  leg,  uncover  the  thigh,  pass 
over  the  rivers. 

3  cThy  nakedness  shall  be  uncovered,  yea,  thy 
shame  shall  be  seen :  d  I  will  take  vengeance,  and  I 
will  not  meet  thee  as  a  man. 

4  As  for  our  redeemer,  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his 
name,  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

5  Sit  thou  c  silent,  and  get  thee  into  darkness,  0 
daughter  of  the  Chal-de'ang :  7for  thou  shalt  no 
more  be  called,  The  lady  of  kingdoms. 

6  1  gl  was  wroth  with  my  people,  I  have  polluted 
mine  inheritance,  and  given  them  into  thine  hand  : 
thou  didst  shew  them  no  mercy ;  ''upon  the  ancient 
hast  thou  very  heavily  laid  thy  yoke. 

7  II  And  thou  saidst,  I  shall  be  i  a  lady  for  ever : 
so  that  thou  didst  not  lay  these  things  to  thy  heart, 
neither  didst  remember  the  latter  end  of  it. 

8  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou  that  art  given  to 
pleasures,  that  dwellest  carelessly,  that  sayest  in 
thine  heart,  jl  am,  and  none  else  beside  me;  kl 
shall  not  sit  as  a  widow,  neither  shall  I  know  the 
loss  of  children  : 

9  But  these  two  things  shall  come  to  thee  'in  a 
moment  in  one  day,  the  loss  of  children,  and  widow- 
hood :  they  shall  come  upon  thee  in  their  perfection 
mfor  the  multitude  of  thy  sorceries,  and  for  the 
great  abundance  of  thine  enchantments. 

10  H  For  thou  n  hast  trusted  in  thy  wickedness  : 
"thou  hast  said,  None  seeth  me.  Thy  wisdom  and 
thy  knowledge,  it  hath  perverted  thee ;  and  thou 
hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I  am,  and  none  else  beside 
me. 

11  Tf  Therefore  shall  evil  come  upon  thee;  thou 
shalt  not  know  2from  whence  it  riseth  :  and  mis- 
chief shall  fall  upon  thee  ;  thou  shalt  not  be  able  to 
3  put  it  off  :  and  p  desolation  shall  come  upon  thee 
suddenly,  which  thou  shalt  not  know. 

12  Stand  now  with  thine  enchantments,  and  with 
the  multitude  of  thy  sorceries,  wherein  thou  hast 
laboured  from  thy  youth  ;  if  so  be  thou  shalt  be 
able  to  profit,  if  so  be  thou  mayest  prevail. 

13  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  multitude  of  thy 
counsels.  Let  now  the  iq  astrologers,  the  star- 
gazers,  5the  monthly  prognosticators,  stand  up,  and 
save  thee  from  these  things  that  shall  come  upon 
thee. 

14  Behold,  they  shall  be  ras  stubble;  the  fire  shall 
burn  them  ;  they  shall  not  deliver 6  themselves  from 
the  power  of  the  flame :  there  shall  not  be  a  coal  to 
warm  at,  nor  fire  to  sit  before  it. 

15  Thus  shall  they  be  unto  thee  with  whom  thou 
hast  laboured,  even  sthy  merchants,  from  thy  youth : 
they  shall  wander  every  one  to  his  quarter ;  none 
shall  save  thee. 

518 


B.  C.  712. 


a  Jer.  4S.  18. 
Lam.  2.  10. 


b  Ex.  11.  5. 


c  Nali.  3.  5. 

d  Matt.  7.  2. 
Rom.  12.  19. 


e  1  Sam.  2.  9. 
/Dan.  2.  37. 


g  2  Chr.  28.  9. 
ch.  10.  6. 
Zech.  1.  15. 

h  Dent.  28.  50. 


i  verse  5. 
Rev.  18.  7. 


/Zepli.  2. 
k  Rev.  18. 


15. 

7. 


1 1  Thess.  5.  3. 


m  Dan.  2.  2. 

Nah.  3.  4. 

2  Thess.  2. 

9,  10. 

Rev.  9.  21. 
n  Ps.  52.  7. 

0  Ezek.  8.  12. 

1  Or,  caused  thee 
to  turn  away. 

2  tlie  morning 
thereof. 

3  expiate. 
p  ch.  13.  6. 

Dan.  5.  30. 
Luke  17.  27. 

4  viewers  of  the 
heavens. 

q  Dan.  2.  2. 

5  that  give  know- 
ledge concern- 
ing the  mouths. 

rNah.  1.  10. 

Mai.  4.  1. 

G  their  souls. 

sRev.  18.  11. 


a  Deut.  6.  13. 

Jer.  7.  9. 

Zeph.  1.  5. 
b  Mic.  3.  11. 

Rom.  2.  17. 
e  Josh.  21.  45. 

1  hard. 

d  Ex.  32.  9. 

Dent.  31.  27. 
e  Ps.  58.  3. 
/Josh.  7.  9. 

Ps.  106.  8. 
g  Ps.  G6.  10. 

ch.  1.  25. 

Mai.  3.  3. 

2  Or,  for  silver. 
It  Deut.  32.  20. 
i  eh.  42.  8. 

j  Deut.  32.  39. 
k  Rev.  1.  17. 

Rev.  22.  13. 
I  Ps.  102.  25. 

3  Or,  the  palm  of 
my  right  hand 
hath  spread 
out. 

m  Zech.  2.  8,  9. 


CHAPTER  48. 

1  God  reveals  his  prophecies.    12  ffe  exhorts  to  obedience.    20  His  people  delivered  out  of 

Babylon. 

TTEAR  ye  this,  O  house  of  Ja'cob,  which  are 
-■--*-  called  by  the  name  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  are  come 
forth  out  of  the  waters  of  Ju'dah,  "which  swear  by 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  make  mention  of  the 
God  of  Ig'ra-el,  but  not  in  truth,  nor  in  righteous- 
ness. 

2  For  they  call  themselves  of  the  holy  city,  and 
6  stay  themselves  upon  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el ;  The 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

3  I  have  declared  the  former  things  from  the  be- 
ginning ;  and  they  went  forth  out  of  my  mouth, 
and  I  shewed  them ;  I  did  them  suddenly, c  and  they 
came  to  pass. 

4  Because  I  knew  that  thou  art  ]  obstinate,  and 
d  thy  neck  is  an  iron  sinew,  and  thy  brow  brass  ; 

5  I  have  even  from  the  beginning  declared  it  to 
thee  ;  before  it  came  to  pass  I  shewed  it  thee  :  lest 
thou  shouldest  say,  Mine  idol  hath  done  them,  and 
my  graven  image,  and  my  molten  image,  hath  com- 
manded them. 

6  Thou  hast  heard,  see  all  this  ;  and  will  not  ye 
declare  it  ?  I  have  shewed  thee  new  things  from 
this  time,  even  hidden  things,  and .  thou  didst  not 
know  them. 

7  They  are  created  now,  and  not  from  the  begin- 
ning ;  even  before  the  day  when  thou  heardest 
them  not  ;  lest  thou  shouldest  say,  Behold,  I  knew 
them. 

8  Yea,  thou  heardest  not ;  yea,  thou  knewest  not ; 
yea,  from  that  time  that  thine  ear  was  not  opened  : 
for  I  knew  that  thou  wouldest  deal  very  treacher- 
ously, and  wast  called  a  "transgressor  from  the 
womb. 

9  H  -^For  my  name's  sake  will  I  defer  mine  anger, 
and  for  my  praise  will  I  refrain  for  thee,  that  I  cut 
thee  not  off. 

10  Behold,  9l  have  refined  thee,  but  not 2  with  sil- 
ver ;  I  have  chosen  thee  in  the  furnace  of  affliction. 

11  For  mine  own  sake,  even  for  mine  own  sake, 
will  I  do  it :  for  h  how  should  my  name  be  polluted  ? 
and  'I  will  not  give  my  glory  unto  another. 

12  If  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Ja'cob  and  Ig'ra-el,  my 
called  ;  3'I  am  he  ;  I  am  /fthe  first,  I  also  am  the 
last. 

13  'Mine  hand  also  hath  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
earth,  and  3my  right  hand  hath  spanned  the  hea- 
vens :  when  I  call  unto  them,  they  stand  up  together. 

14  All  ye,  assemble  yourselves,  and  hear ;  which 
among  them  hath  declared  these  things  ?  The  Lord 
hath  loved  him  :  he  will  do  his  pleasure  on  Bab'y- 
lon,  and  his  arm  shall  be  on  the  Chal-de'ang. 

15  I,  even  I,  have  spoken  ;  yea,  I  have  called  him  : 
I  have  brought  him,  and  he  shall  make  his  way 
prosperous. 

16  H  Come  ye  near  unto  me,  hear  ye  this  ;  I  have 
not  spoken  in  secret  from  the  beginning  ;  from  the 
time  that  it  was,  there  am  I :  and  now  mthe  Lord 
God,  and  his  Spirit,  hath  sent  me. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  thy  Redeemer,  the  Holy 


Christ  sent  to  Gentiles. 


ISAIAH,  49. 


Christ's  mission  to  Gentiles. 


One  of  I§'ra-el ;  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  which 
teacheth  thee  to  profit,  n  which  leadeth  thee  by  the 
way  that  thou  shouldest  go. 

18  °0  that  thou  hadst  hearkened  to  my  command- 
ments !  then  had  thy  peace  been  as  a  river,  and  thy 
righteousness  as  the  waves  of  the  sea  : 

19  "Thy  seed  also  had  been  as  the  sand,  and  the 
offspring  of  thy  bowels  like  the  gravel  thereof  ;  his 
name  should  not  have  been  cut  off  nor  destroyed 
from  before  me. 

20  H  9Go  ye  forth  of  Bab'y-lon,  flee  ye  from  the 
Chal-de'ang,  with  a  voice  of  singing  declare  ye,  tell 
this,  utter  it  even  to  the  end  of  the  earth  ;  say  ye, 
The  Lord  hath  r  redeemed  his  servant  Ja'cob. 

21  And  they  thirsted  not  when  he  led  them  through 
the  deserts  :  he  s  caused  the  waters  to  flow  out  of 
the  rock  for  them :  he  clave  the  rock  also,  and  the 
waters  gushed  out. 

22  There  is  no  peace,  saith  the  Lord,  unto  the 
wicked. 

CHAPTER  49. 

1  Christ's  complaint  of  the  Jews.     5  He  is  sent  to  the,  Gentiles.     13  God's  love  is  perpetual. 
24  Deliverance  out  of  captivity. 

LISTEN,  0  isles,  unto  me  ;  and  hearken,  ye  peo- 
ple, from  far  ;  a  The  Lord  hath  called  me  from 
the  womb  ;  from  the  bowels  of  my  mother  hath  he 
made  mention  of  my  name. 

2  And  he  hath  made  b  my  mouth  like  a  sharp 
sword  ;  in  the  shadow  of  his  hand  hath  he  hid  me, 
and  made  me  a  polished  shaft ;  in  his  quiver  hath 
he  hid  me  ; 

3  And  said  unto  me,  cThou  art  my  servant,  0  I§'- 
ra-el,  din  whom  I  will  be  glorified. 

4  "Then  I  said,  I  have  laboured  in  vain,  I  have 
spent  my  strength  for  nought,  and  in  vain  :  yet 
surely  my  judgment  is  with  the  Lord,  and  xmy 
work  with  my  God. 

5  Tf  And  now,  saith  the  Lord  that  formed  me  from 
the  womb  to  be  his  servant,  to  bring  Ja'cob  again  to 
him,  2 Though  Ig'ra-el  be  not  gathered,  yet  shall  I 
be  glorious  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  my  God 
shall  be  my  strength. 

6  And  he  said, 3  It  is  a  light  thing  that  thou  should- 
est be  my  servant  to  raise  up  the  tribes  of  Ja'cob, 
and  to  restore  the  i preserved  of  I§'ra-el :  I  will  also 
give  thee  for  a  •'"light  to  the  Gen'tileg,  that  thou 
mayest  be  my  salvation  unto  the  end  of  the  earth. 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Redeemer  of  Is'ra-el, 
and  his  Holy  One,  5to  him  whom  man  despiseth,  to 
him  whom  the  nation  abhorreth,  to  a  servant  of 
rulers,  Kings  shall  see  and  arise,  princes  also  shall 
worship,  because  of  the  Lord  that  is  faithful,  and 
the  Holy  One  of  I§'ra-el,  and  he  shall  choose  thee. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  3  In  an  acceptable  time  have 
I  heard  thee,  and  in  a  day  of  salvation  have  I  helped 
thee  :  and  I  will  preserve  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a 
covenant  of  the  people,  to  "establish  the  earth,  to 
cause  to  inherit  the  desolate  heritages  ; 

9  That  thou  mayest  say  Ho  the  prisoners,  Go  forth ; 
to  them  that  are  in  darkness,  Shew  yourselves. 
They  shall  feed  in  the  ways,  and  their  pastures  shall 
be  in  all  high  places. 


B.  C.  712. 


h  Ps.  32.  8. 


o  Deut.  5.  29. 
Ps.  81.  13. 


p  Gen.  22.  17. 
Hos.  1.  10. 


q  Zecli.  2.  6,  7. 
Rev.  18.  4. 


r  Ex.  19.  4. 


s  Num.  20.  11. 
Nell.  9.  15. 
Ps.  105.  41. 
1  Cor*  10.  4. 


a  Jer.  1.  5. 
Matt.  1.  20. 
Luke  1.  15. 


b  Hos.  6.  5. 


o  Zech.  3.  8. 

d  Matt.  17.  17. 
John  13.  31. 
e  Ezek.  3.  19. 


1  Or,  my  reward. 

2  Or,  That  Israel 
may  be  gath- 
ered to  him, 
and  I  may,  etc. 

3  Or,  Art  thou 
lighter  than 
that  thou 
shouldest,  etc. 

4  Or,  desolations. 
/  Isa.  9.  2. 

Luke  2.  32. 

5  Or,  to  him  that 
is  despised  iu 
soul. 

<7  Ps.  69.  13. 

0  Or,  raise  up. 
h  ch.  42.  7. 

Zech.  9.  12. 
i  Ps.  22.  26. 

John  6.  35. 

Rev.  7.  16. 
jPs.  121.6. 
k  Ps.  23.  2. 

1  Ps.  103.  13. 

Matt.  7.  11. 

7  from  having 
compassion. 

m  Rom.  11.  29. 
n  Ex.  13.  9. 

Song  8.  6. 

Zech.  2.  8. 

0  Prov.  17.  6. 
p  ch.  54.  1,  2. 

Zech.  2.  4. 
q  Matt.  3.  9. 

Rom.  11.  11. 
)•  Gen.  42.  13. 

Jer.  31.  15. 

8  bosom. 

9  nourishers. 

10  princesses, 
s  Ps.  72.  9. 

Mic.  7. 17. 

1  Ps.  34.  22.  r 

Rom.  5.  5." 
u  Matt.  12.  29. 
Luke  11.  21. 

11  the  captivity 
of  the  just. 

12  captivity. 


10  They  shall  not  'hunger  nor  thirst ;  ^'neither  shall 
the  heat  nor  sun  smite  them  :  for  he  that  hath 
mercy  on  them  k  shall  lead  them,  even  by  the  springs 
of  water  shall  he  guide  them. 

11  And  I  will  make  all  my  mountains  a  way,  and 
my  highways  shall  be  exalted. 

12  Behold,  these  shall  come  from  far :  and,  lo,  these 
from  the  north  and  from  the  west ;  and  these  from 
the  land  of  Si'nim. 

13  II  Sing,  O  heavens  ;  and  be  joyful,  O  earth  ;  and 
break  forth  into  singing,  O  mountains  :  for  the 
Lord  hath  comforted  his  people,  and  will  have  mercy 
upon  his  afflicted. 

14  But  Zi'on  said,  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  me,  and 
my  Lord  hath  forgotten  me. 

15  'Can  a  woman  forget  her  sucking  child,  7that 
she  should  not  have  compassion  on  the  son  of  her 
womb?  yea, they  may  forget,  wtyet  will  I  not  forget 
thee. 

16  Behold,  "I  have  graven  thee  upon  the  palms 
of  my  hands  ;  thy  walls  are  continually  before  me. 

17  Thy  children  shall  make  haste  ;  thy  destroyers 
and  they  that  made  thee  waste  shall  go  forth  of 
thee. 

18  1  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and  behold : 
all  these  gather  themselves  together,  and  come  to 
thee.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  thou  shalt  surely 
clothe  thee  with  them  all,  "as  with  an  ornament, 
and  bind  them  on  thee,  as  a  bride  doeth. 

19  For  thy  waste  and  thy  desolate  places,  and  the 
land  of  thy  destruction,  v  shall  even  now  be  too 
narrow  by  reason  of  the  inhabitants,  and  they  that 
swallowed  thee  up  shall  be  far  away. 

20  The  children  which  thou  shalt  have, "  after  thou 
hast  lost  the  other,  shall  say  again  in  thine  ears, 
The  place  is  too  strait  for  me  :  give  place  to  me 
that  I  may  dwell. 

21  Then  shalt  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  Who  hath 
begotten  me  these,  seeing  r  I  have  lost  my  children, 
and  am  desolate,  a  captive,  and  removing  to  and 
fro  ?  and  who  hath  brought  up  these  ?  Behold,  I 
was  left  alone  ;  these,  where  had  they  been  ? 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  will  lift  up 
mine  hand  to  the  Gen'tlleg,  and  set  up  my  standard 
to  the  people  :  and  they  shall  bring  thy  sons  in  their 
8  arms,  and  thy  daughters  shall  be  carried  upon  their 
shoulders. 

23  And  kings  shall  be  thy  9  nursing  fathers,  and 
their  10 queens  thy  nursing  mothers:  they  shall  bow 
down  to  thee  with  their  face  toward  the  earth,  and 
s  lick  up  the  dust  of  thy  feet ;  and  thou  shalt  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  :  for  '  they  shall  not  be  ashamed 
that  wait  for  me. 

24  H  u  Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from  the  mighty,  or 
11  the  lawful  captive  delivered? 

25  But  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  the  12  captives 
of  the  mighty  shall  be  taken  away,  and  the  prey  of 
the  terrible  shall  be  delivered :  for  I  will  contend 
with  him  that  contendeth  with  thee,  and  I  will  save 
thy  children. 

•  26  And  I  will  feed  them  that  oppress  thee  with 
their  own  flesh ;  and  they  shall  be  drunken  with 

519 


The  help  of  the  Lord. 


ISAIAH,  50,  51. 


An  exhortation  to  confidence. 


their  own v  blood,  as  with  13 sweet  wine :  and  all  flesh 
'"shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  am  thy  Saviour  and 
thy  Redeemer,  the  mighty  One  of  Ja'cob. 


CHAPTER  50. 


1  The  dereliction  of  the  Jews  not  to  be,  imputed  to  God. 
not  in  human  resources. 


10  Exhortation  to  trust  in  God, 


THUS  saith  the  Lord,  Where  is  "the  bill  of  your 
mother's  divorcement,  whom  I  have  put  away? 
or  which  of  my  6  creditors  is  it  to  whom  I  have  sold 
you  ?  Behold,  for  your  iniquities  have  ye  sold  your- 
selves, and  for  your  transgressions  is  your  mother 
put  away. 

2  Wherefore,  when  I  came,  was  there  no  man? 
c  when  I  called,  was  there  none  to  answer  ?  d  Is  my 
hand  shortened  at  all,  that  it  cannot  redeem?  or 
have  I  no  power  to  deliver?  behold,  at  my  rebuke  I 
dry  up  the  sea,  I  make  the  rivers  a  wilderness : 
their  fish  stinketh,  because  there  is  no  water,  and 
dieth  for  thirst. 

3  I  clothe  the  heavens  with  blackness,  and  I  make 
sackcloth  their  covering. 

4  e  The  Lord  God  hath  given  me  the  tongue  of 
the  learned,  that  I  should  know  how  to  speak  a 
word  in  season  to  him  that  is  f  weary  :  he  wakeneth 
morning  by  morning,  he  wakeneth  mine  ear  to  hear 
as  the  learned. 

5  If  The  Lord  God  hath  opened  mine  ear,  and  I 
was  not  °  rebellious,  neither  turned  away  back. 

6  h  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters,  and  *  my  cheeks 
to  them  that  plucked  off  the  hair :  I  hid  not  my  face 
from  shame  and  spitting. 

7  If  For  the  Lord  God  will  J'help  me ;  therefore 
shall  I  not  be  confounded  :  therefore  have  kI  set 
my  face  like  a  flint,  and  I  know  that  I  shall  not  be 
ashamed. 

8  He  is  near  that  justifieth  me  ;  who  will  contend 
with  me ?  'let  us  stand  together:  who  is  1  mine  ad- 
versary? let  him  come  near  to  me. 

9  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  help  me ;  who  is  he 
that  shall  condemn  me  ?  m  lo,  they  all  shall  wax  old 
as  a  garment ;  the  moth  shall  eat  them  up. 

10  If  Who  is  among  you  that  feareth  the  Lord, 
that  obeyeth  the  voice  of  his  servant,  that  walketh 
in  darkness,  and  hath -no  light?  "let  him  trust  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  and  stay  upon  his  God. 

11  Behold,  all  ye  that  kindle  a  fire,  that  compass 
yourselves  about  with  sparks  :  °  walk  in  the  light  of 
your  fire,  and  in  the  sparks  that  ye  have  kindled. 
"  This  shall  ye  have  of  mine  hand  ;  ye  shall  lie 
down  in  sorrow. 

CHAPTER  51. 

1  Exhortation  to  trust  in  God.    9  Christ  to  defend  his  people.     17  The  afflictions  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

TTEARKEN  to  me,  aye  that  follow  after  right- 
*-■*-  eousness,  ye  that  seek  the  Lord  :  look  unto 
the  rock  whence  ye  are  hewn,  and  to  the  hole  of  the 
pit  whence  ye  are  digged. 

2  6Look  unto  A'bra-ham  your  father,  and  unto 
Sa'rah  that  bare  you  :  for  I  called  him  alone,  and 
blessed  him,  and  increased  him. 

3  For  the  Lord  "shall  comfort  Zi'on:  he  will  com- 

520 


B.  C.  712. 


v  Rev. 

14.  20. 

13  Or, 

new  wine. 

w  Ps.  9.  16. 

ch.  43.  3. 

a  Dent 

.  24.  1. 

Hos. 

2.  2. 

6  2  Ki. 

4.  1. 

Matt 

.  18.  25. 

c  Prov.  1.  24. 

ch.  65.  12. 

Jer.  7.  13. 
d  Gen.  18.  14. 

Num.  11.23. 

ch.  59.  1. 


eEx.  4.  11. 

Matt.  7.  29. 

Mark  6.  7. 

Luke  4.  22,  32. 
/Matt.  11.  28. 


g  Matt.  20.  39. 

Phil.  2.  8. 

Heb.  10.  5. 
h  Matt.  26.  67. 
i  Lam.  3.  30. 

Mic.  5.  1. 

Matt.  5.  39. 

/Rom.  8.31. 
k  Ezek.  3.  8,  9. 


1 1  Cor.  4.  4. 
1  the  master  of 

my  cause. 
m  Job  13.  28. 

Ps.  39.  11. 

Heb.  1.  11,  12. 
n  2  Clir.  20.  20. 
o  Rom.  10.  3. 
p  John  9.  39. 


a  Prov.  15.  9. 

Matt.  6.  33. 

Rom.  9.  30. 
b  Rom.  4.  1. 

Heb.  11.  11. 
cPs.  102.  13. 

ch.  40.  1. 
d  Gen.  13.  10. 

Joel  2.  3. 
e  ch.  46.  13. 
/Rom.  1.  16. 
ff  Matt.  24.  35. 

2  Pet.  3.  10. 
h  Ps.  37.  31. 
i  Matt.  10.  28. 

Luke  12.  4. 

Acts  5.  41. 
j  Rev.  11.  17. 
k  Job  26.  12. 
I  Ps.  87.  4. 
m  Ezek.  29.  3. 
n  Ex.  14.  21. 

0  2  Cor.  1.  3. 
p  Ps.  118.  6. 

q  1  Pet.  1.  24. 
r  Job  9.  8. 

1  Or,  made  him- 
self ready. 

s  Job  20.  7. 
^Zech.  9.  11. 
?<  Ex.  14.  21. 

Ps.  74.  13. 

Ps.  93.  3,  4. 

ch.  17.  12. 

ch.  43.  16. 
v  Deut.  18.  18. 

ch.  59.  21. 

John  3.  34. 
w  ch.  65.  17. 

2  Pet.  3.  13. 


fort  all  her  waste  places ;  and  he  will  make  her  wil- 
derness like  E'den,  and  her  desert  <*like  the  garden 
of  the  Lord  ;  joy  and  gladness  shall  be  found 
therein,  thanksgiving,  and  the  voice  of  melody. 

4  If  Hearken  unto  me,  my  people  ;  and  give  ear 
unto  me,  O  my  nation  :  for  a  law  shall  proceed 
from  me,  and  I  will  make  my  judgment  to  rest  for 
a  light  of  the  people. 

5  e  My  righteousness  is  near  ;  my  salvation  is  gone 
forth,  and  mine  arms  shall  judge  the  people ;  the 
isles  shall  wait  upon  me,  and  /on  mine  arm  shall 
they  trust. 

6  Lift  up  your  eyes  to  the  heavens,  and  look  upon 
the  earth  beneath  :  for  °  the  heavens  shall  vanish 
away  like  smoke,  and  the  earth  shall  wax  old  like 
a  garment,  and  they  that  dwell  therein  shall  die  in 
like  manner :  but  my  salvation  shall  be  for  ever, 
and  my  righteousness  shall  not  be  abolished. 

7  Tf  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  that  know  righteous- 
ness, the  people  fein  whose  heart  is  my  law ;  'fear 
ye  not  the  reproach  of  men,  neither  be  ye  afraid  of 
their  revilings. 

8  For  the  moth  shall  eat  them  up  like  a  garment, 
and  the.  worm  shall  eat  them  like  wool:  but  my 
righteousness  shall  be  for  ever,  and  my  salvation 
from  generation  to  generation. 

9  If  Awake,  awake,  Jput  on  strength,  O  arm  of  the 
Lord  ;  awake,  as  in  the  ancient  days,  in  the  gener- 
ations of  old.  kArt  thou  not  it  that  hath  cut  'Ra'- 
hab,  and  wounded  the  m  dragon  ? 

10  Art  thou  not  it  which  hath  "dried  the  sea,  the 
waters  of  the  great  deep  ;  that  hath  made  the 
depths  of  the  sea  a  way  for  the  ransomed  to  pass 
over? 

11  Therefore  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall  re- 
turn, and  come  with  singing  unto  Zi'on ;  and  ever- 
lasting joy  shall  be  upon  their  head  :  they  shall  ob- 
tain gladness  and  joy ;  and  sorrow  and  mourning 
shall  flee  away. 

12  I,  even  I,  am  he  "that  comforteth  you  :  who 
art  thou,  that  thou  shouldest  be  afraid  of  p  a  man 
that  shall  die,  and  of  the  son  of  man  ivhich  shall  be 
made  °as  grass  ; 

13  And  forgettest  the  Lord  thy  maker,  'that  hath 
stretched  forth  the  heavens,  and  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  the  earth;  and  hast  feared  continually 
every  day  because  of  the  fury  of  the  oppressor,  as 
if  he  awere  ready  to  destroy?  sand  where  is  the 
fury  of  the  oppressor  ? 

14  The  captive  exile  hasteneth  that  he  may  be 
loosed,  'and  that  he  should  not  die  in  the  pit,  nor 
that  his  bread  should  fail. 

15  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  "divided  the 
sea,  whose  waves  roared  :  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his 
name. 

16  And  "I  have  put  my  words  in  thy  mouth,  and 
I  have  covered  thee  in  the  shadow  of  mine  hand, 
w  that  I  may  plant  the  heavens,  and  lay  the  founda- 
tions of  the  earth,  and  say  unto  Zi'on,  Thou  art  my 
people. 

17  If  Awake,  awake,  stand  up,  O  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
which  hast  drunk  at  the  hand  of  the  Lord  the  cup 


Christ's  free  redemption. 


ISAIAH,  52,  53. 


Christ's  passion  foretold. 


of  his  fury  ;  *thou  hast  drunken  the  dregs  of  the 
cup  of  trembling,  and  wrung  them  out. 

18  There  is  none  to  guide  her  among  all  the  sons 
whom  she  hath  brought  forth ;  neither  is  there  any 
that  taketh  her  by  the  hand  of  all  the  sons  that  she 
hath  brought  up. 

19  These  two  things  2are  come  unto  thee;  who 
shall  be  sorry  for  thee  ?  desolation,  and  3 destruc- 
tion, and  the  famine,  and  the  sword  :  ^by  whom 
shall  I  comfort  thee  ? 

20  2Thy  sons  have  fainted,  they  lie  at  the  head  of 
all  the  streets,  as  a  wild  bull  in  a  net :  they  are  full 
of  the  fury  of  the  Lord,  the  rebuke  of  thy  God. 

21  If  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou  afflicted,  and 
drunken,  but  not  with  wine : 

22  Thus  saith  thy  Lord  the  Lord,  and  thy  God  that 
"pleadeth  the  cause  of  his  people,  Behold,  I  have 
taken  out  of  thine  hand  the  cup  of  trembling,  even 
the  dregs  of  the  cup  of  my  fury  ;  thou  shalt  no  more 
drink  it  again  : 

23  But  bI  will  put  it  into  the  hand  of  them  that 
afflict  thee  ;  c  which  have  said  to  thy  soul,  Bow 
down,  that  we  may  go  over  :  and  thou  hast  laid  thy 
body  as  the  ground,  and  as  the  street,  to  them  that 
went  over. 

CHAPTER  52. 

1  An  exhortation  to  accept  the  free  redemption  of  Christ.     13  Prophecy  of  Christ's  glory. 

A  WAKE,  awake  ;  put  on  thy  strength,  0  Zl'on ; 
-£*-  put  on  thy  beautiful  garments,  0  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
"the  holy  city  :  for 6 henceforth  there  shall  no  more 
come  into  thee  the  uncircumcised  cand  the  unclean. 

2  Shake  thyself  from  the  dust ;  arise,  and  sit  down, 
O  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  d loose  thyself  from  the  bands  of 
thy  neck,  0  captive  daughter  of  Zl'on. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  e  Ye  have  sold  yourselves 
for  nought ;  and  ye  shall  be  redeemed  without 
money. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  My  people  went 
down  aforetime  into  E'gypt  to  sojourn  there  ;  and 
the  As-syr'I-an  oppressed  them  without  cause. 

5  Now  therefore,  what  have  I  here,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  my  people  is  taken  away  for  nought?  they  that 
rule  over  them  make  them  to  howl,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
and  my  name  continually  every  day  is  f  blasphemed. 

6  Therefore  my  people  shall  know  my  name :  there- 
fore they  shall  know  in  that  day  that  I  am  he  that 
doth  speak  :  behold,  it  is  I. 

7  1  ffHow  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the 
feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  pub- 
lisheth  peace  ;  that  bringeth  good  tidings  of  good, 
that  publisheth  salvation  ;  that  saith  unto  Zl'on, 
Thy  God  reigneth ! 

8  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the  voice ;  with  the 
voice  together  shall  they  sing  :  for  they  shall  h  see 
eye  to  eye,  when  the  Lord  shall  bring  again  Zl'on. 

9  If  Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together,  ye  waste 
places  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted 
his  people,  he  hath  redeemed  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

10  The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy  arm  in  the 
eyes  of  all  the  nations  ;  and  'all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  shall  see  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

11  IF 3  Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  ye  out  from  thence, 


B.  C.  712. 


■  Deut.  28. 
28,  34. 
Pb.  GO.  3. 
Rev.  14.  10. 


happened, 
breaking. 
Amos  7.  2. 


z  Lam.  2.  11,  12. 


a  Jer.  50.  34. 


b  Zech.  12.  2. 
c  Ps.  GG.  11,  12. 


a  Rev.  21.  2. 
b  Nah.  1.  15. 
c  ch.  26.  2. 

Rev.  21.  27. 
d  Zech.  2.  7. 
e  Ps.  45.  12. 

1  Pet.  1 .  18. 
f  Rom.  2.  24. 

g  Rom.  10.  15. 
h  Zeph.  3.  9. 
i  Luke  3.  6. 
j  Jer.  50.  8. 

2  Cor.  6.  17. 
Rev.  18.  4. 

k  Ex.  12.  33. 
I  Mic.  2.  13. 
m  Num.  10.  25. 
See  Ex.  14.  19. 

1  gather  you  up. 
n  ch.  42.  1. 

2  Or,  prosper. 
o  Phil.  2.  9. 

p  Ps.  22.  6. 

ch.  53.  3. 
q  Ezek.  36.  25. 

Acts  2.  33. 

Heb.  9.  13. 
)Rom.  15.21. 

Eph.  3.  5. 


a  John  12.  38. 

1  hearing,  or, 
doctrine. 

b  1  Cor.  1.  18. 
c  Mark  9.  12. 
d  Ps.  22.  6. 
e  Heb.  4.  15. 

2  as  an  hiding  of 
faces  from 
him,  or,  from 
us.     Or,  he 
hid  as  it  were 
his  face  from 
us. 

A  John  1.  10. 
q  Matt.  8.  17. 
ft  Matt.  2G.  CG. 

3  Or,  tormented. 

4  bruise. 

5  hath  made  the 
iniquity  of  us 
all  to  meet  on 
him. 

i  Acts  8.  32. 

j  1  Pet.  1.  19. 

G  Or,  He  was 
taken  away  by 
distress  and 
judgment : 
but,  etc. 

k  Dan.  9.  26. 

7  was  the  stroke 
upon  him. 

I  Matt.  27.  57. 

8  deaths. 

m  1  Pet.  2.  22. 

9  Or,  when  his 
soul  shall 
make  an 
offering. 

n  2  Cor.  5.  21. 

Gal.  3. 13. 
o  Rom.  6.  9. 
p  Eph.  1.  5. 
(j  John  17.  3. 
r  1  John  2.  1. 
s  Rom.  5.  18. 
t  Phil.  2.  9. 
u  Col.  2.  15. 
v  Mark  15.  28. 


touch  no  unclean  thing ;  go  ye  out  of  the  midst  of 
her  ;  be  ye  clean,  that  bear  the  vessels  of  the  Lord. 

12  For  feye  shall  not  go  out  with  haste,  nor  go  by 
flight  :  'for  the  Lord  will  go  before  you  ;  mand  the 
God  of  I§'ra-el  will  1be  your  rereward. 

13  IF  Behold,  "my  servant  shall  2deal  prudently, 
0  he  shall  be  exalted  and  extolled,  and  be  very  high. 

14  As  many  were  astonied  at  thee  ;  his  "visage  was 
so  marred  more  than  any  man,  and  his  form  more 
than  the  sons  of  men  : 

15  9So  shall  he  sprinkle  many  nations  ;  the  kings 
shall  shut  their  mouths  at  him  :  for  that r  which  had 
not  been  told  them  shall  they  see  ;  and  that  which 
they  had  not  heard  shall  they  consider. 

CHAPTER  53. 

1  Complaint  of  incredulity.    4  Christ's  passion  foretold.     12  His  intercessory  power. 

WHO  a  hath  believed  our  1  report  ?  and  to  whom 
is  Hhe  arm  of  the  Lord  revealed? 

2  For  he  shall  grow  up  before  him  as  a  tender 
plant,  and  as  a  root  out  of  a  dry  ground  :  che  hath 
no  form  nor  comeliness  ;  and  when  we  shall  see 
him,  there  is  no  beauty  that  we  should  desire 
him. 

3  d  He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men  ;  a  man  of 
sorrows,  and  e acquainted  with  grief  :  and2  we  hid  as 
it  were  our  faces  from  him  ;  he  was  despised,  and 
rwe  esteemed  him  not. 

4  Tf  Surely  ffhe  hath  borne  our  griefs,  and  carried 
our  sorrows :  yet  we  fcdid  esteem  him  stricken, 
smitten  of  God,  and  afflicted. 

5  But  he  was  3  wounded  for  our  transgressions,  he 
was  bruised  for  our  iniquities  :  the  chastisement  of 
our  peace  was  upon  him  ;  and  with  his  4  stripes  we 
are  healed. 

6  All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray ;  we  have 
turned  every  one  to  his  own  way ;  and  the  Lord 
5  hath  laid  on  him  the  iniquity  of  us  all. 

7  He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted,  yet  he 
opened  not  his  mouth  :  'he  is  brought  as  a j lamb  to 
the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  before  her  shearers  is 
dumb,  so  he  openeth  not  his  mouth. 

8  6He  was  taken  from  prison  and  from  judgment : 
and  who  shall  declare  his  generation  ?  for  fche  was 
cut  off  out  of  the  land  of  the  living  :  for  the  trans- 
gression of  my  people  7was  he  stricken. 

9  'And  he  made  his  grave  with  the  wicked,  and 
with  the  rich  in  his  8  death ;  because  he  had  done 
no  violence,  neither  was  any  m  deceit  in  his  mouth. 

10  If  Yet  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  bruise  him  ;  he 
hath  put  him  to  grief  :  9when  thou  shalt  make  his 
soul  n  an  offering  for  sin,  he  shall  see  his  seed,  °  he 
shall  prolong  his  days,  and  pthe  pleasure  of  the 
Lord  shall  prosper  in  his  hand. 

11  He  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul,  and  shall 
be  satisfied  :  "by  his  knowledge  shall  rmy  righteous 
servant  s  justify  many  ;  for  he  shall  bear  their  Ini- 
quities. 

12  J  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with  the 
great,  "and  he  shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong  ; 
because  he  hath  poured  out  his  soul  unto  death  : 
and  he  was  "numbered  with  the  transgressors  ;  and 

521 


Certainty  of  deliverance. 


ISAIAH,  54  56. 


A  call  to  repentance. 


he  bare  the  sin  of  many,  and  '"made  intercession 
for  the  transgressors. 

CHAPTER  54. 

1  Of  l he  extent  of  the  church.    4  Certainty  of  deliverance  and  preservation. 

SING,  aO  barren,  thou  that  didst  not  bear  ;  break 
forth  into  singing,  and  cry  aloud,  thou  that 
didst  not  travail  with  child :  for  more  are  the  chil- 
dren of  the  desolate  than  the  children  of  the  mar- 
ried wife,  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent,  and  let  them 
stretch  forth  the  curtains  of  thine  habitations : 
spare  not,  lengthen  thy  cords,  and  strengthen  thy 
stakes ; 

3  For  thou  shalt  break  forth  on  the  right  hand 
and  on  the  left ;  and  thy  seed  shall  inherit  the 
Gen'tlleg,  and  make  the  desolate  cities  to  be  in- 
habited. 

4  Fear  not ;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  ashamed  :  nei- 
ther be  thou  confounded  ;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  put 
to  shame  :  for  thou  shalt  forget  the  shame  of  thy 
youth,  and  shalt  not  remember  the  reproach  of  thy 
widowhood  any  more. 

5  For  thy  Maker  is  thine  husband ;  the  Lord  of 
hosts  is  his  name  ;  and  thy  Redeemer  the  Holy 
One  of  Ig'ra-el ;  6The  God  of  the  whole  earth  shall 
he  be  called. 

6  For  the  Lord  hath  called  thee  as  a  woman  for- 
saken and  grieved  in  spirit,  and  a  wife  of  youth, 
when  thou  wast  refused,  saith  thy  God. 

7  For  c'a  small  moment  have  I  forsaken  thee  ;  but 
with  great  mercies  will  I  gather  thee. 

8  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face  from  thee  for 
a  moment ;  rfbut  with  everlasting  kindness  will  I 
have  mercy  on  thee,  saith  the  Lord  thy  Redeemer. 

9  For  this  is  as  the  waters  of  cNo'ah  unto  me :  for 
as  I  have  sworn  that  the  waters  of  No'ah  should 
no  more  go  over  the  earth  ;  so  have  I  sworn  that  I 
would  not  be  wroth  with  thee,  nor  rebuke  thee. 

10  For  /the  mountains  shall  depart,  and  the  hills 
be  removed  ;  ''but  my  kindness  shall  not  depart 
from  thee,  neither  shall  the  covenant  of  my  peace 
be  removed,  saith  the  Lord  that  hath  mercy  on 
thee. 

11  If  0  thou  afflicted,  tossed  with  tempest,  and  not 
comforted,  behold,  I  will  lay  thy  stones  with  fair 
colours,  and  lay  thy  foundations  with  sapphires. 

12  And  I  will  make  thy  windows  of  agates,  and 
thy  gates  of  carbuncles,  and  all  thy  borders  of 
pleasant  stones. 

13  And  all  thy  children  shall  be  ''taught  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  great  shall  be  i  the  peace  of  thy  chil- 
dren. 

14  In  righteousness  shalt  thou  be  established : 
thou  shalt  be  far  from  oppression  ;  for  thou  shalt 
not  fear  :  and  from  terror  ;  for  it  shall  not  come 
near  thee. 

15  Behold,  they  shall  surely  gather  together,  but 
not  by  me  :  whosoever  shall  gather  together  against 
thee  shall  fall  for  thy  sake. 

16  Behold,  I  have  created  the  smith  that  bloweth 
the  coals  in  the  fire,  and  that  bringeth  forth  an 

522 


B.  C.  712. 


w  Luke  23.  34. 


a  Gal.  4.  27. 


b  Job  19.  25. 
ch.  41.  14. 
ch.  44.  6. 
ch.  49.  7. 
Rom.  3.  29. 


c  2  Cor.  4.  17. 


d  Jer.  31.  3. 


e  Jer.  31.  35. 
/  Ps.  4G.  2. 
g  Ps.  89.  33. 
h  ch.  11.  9. 
1  Cor.  2.  10. 

1  Thess.  4.  9. 
i  John  14.  27. 

Phil.  4.  7. 

jcn.  50.  8,9. 

Acts  6.  10. 

2  Cor.  2.  14. 
Rev.  12.  10. 

h  ch.  45.  24. 


a  John  4.  14. 

Rev.  21.  6. 
b  Matt.  13.  44. 

John  7.  37. 

Rev.  3.  18. 

1  weigh. 

c  Matt.  11.  28. 
d  ch.  54.  8. 
e  2  Sam.  7.  8. 

Ps.  89.  28. 

Acts  13.  34. 
/Mai.  3.  5. 

1  Tim.  6.  13. 
Rev.  1.  5. 

g  Ezek.  34.  23. 

Dan.  9.  25. 

Heb.  2.  10. 
h  ch.  52.  15. 

Eph.  2.  11,  12. 
»  Acts  3.  13. 
j  Ps.  32.  6. 

Amos  5.  4,  14. 

Matt.  5.  25. 

John  7.  34. 

2  Cor.  6.  2. 
Heb.  3.  13. 

2  the  man  of 
iniquity. 

k  Zech.  8.  17. 
/  Jer.  3.  12. 

3  he  will  multi- 
ply to  pardon. 


1  Or,  equity. 
a  Matt.  3.  2. 
Rom.  13.  11. 


instrument  for  his  work  ;  and  I  have  created  the 
waster  to  destroy. 

17  If j  No  weapon  that  is  formed  against  thee  shall 
prosper ;  and  every  tongue  that  shall  rise  against 
thee  in  judgment  thou  shalt  condemn.  This  is  the 
heritage  of  the  servants  of  the  Lord,  *and  their 
righteousness  is  of  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  55. 

1  A  call  to  faith  and  repentance.     8  Happiness  of  believers. 

TTO,  a every  one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye  to  the 
-*- J-  waters,  and  he  that  hath  no  money  ;  6come 
ye,  buy,  and  eat ;  yea,  come,  buy  wine  and  milk 
without  money  and  without  price. 

2  Wherefore  do  ye  1  spend  money  for  that  which 
is  not  bread  ?  and  your  labour  for  that  which  satis- 
fieth  not?  hearken  diligently  unto  me,  and  eat  ye 
that  which  is  good,  and  let  your  soul  delight  itself 
in  fatness. 

3  Incline  your  ear,  and  ccome  unto  me  :  hear,  and 
your  soul  shall  live  ;  rfand  I  will  make  an  everlasting 
covenant  with  you,  even  the  esure  mercies  of  Da'vid. 

4  Behold,  I  have  given  him  for  ra  witness  to  the 
people,  °s.  leader  and  commander  to  the  people. 

5  h  Behold,  thou  shalt  call  a  nation  that  thou 
knowest  not,  and  nations  that  knew  not  thee  shall 
run  unto  thee  because  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  for 
the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el ;  i  for  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

6  If  ■'Seek  ye  the  Lord  while  he  may  be  found,  call 
ye  upon  him  while  he  is  near  : 

7  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  2the  un- 
righteous man  *his  thoughts  :  and  let  him  return 
unto  the  Lord,  'and  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him  ; 
and  to  our  God,  for  3he  will  abundantly  pardon. 

8  If  For  my  thoughts  are  not  your  thoughts,  nei- 
ther are  your  ways  my  ways,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For  as  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth, 
so  are  my  ways  higher  than  your  ways,  and  my 
thoughts  than  your  thoughts. 

10  For  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and  the  snow 
from  heaven,  and  returneth  not  thither,  but  water- 
eth  the  earth,  and  maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud, 
that  it  may  give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to 
the  eater : 

11  So  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth  out  of 
my  mouth  :  it  shall  not  return  unto  me  void,  but  it 
shall  accomplish  that  which  I  please,  and  it  shall 
prosper  in  the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it. 

12  For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and  be  led  forth 
with  peace :  the  mountains  and  the  hills  shall  break 
forth  before  you  into  singing,  and  all  the  trees  of 
the  field  shall  clap  their  hands. 

13  Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up  the  fir  tree, 
and  instead  of  the  brier  shall  come  up  the  myrtle 
tree  :  and  it  shall  be  to  the  Lord  for  a  name,  for 
an  everlasting  sign  that  shall  not  be  cut  off. 

CHAPTER  56. 

1  An  exhortation  to  sanctification.    9  Blind  watchmen  reproved. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord,  Keep  ye  1  judgment,  and 
do  justice:  "for  my  salvation  is  near  to  come, 
and  my  righteousness  to  be  revealed. 


Exhortation  to  sanctification. 


ISAIAH,  57,  58. 


Promises  to  the  penitent. 


2  Blessed  is  the  man  that  doeth  this,  and  the  son 
of  man  that  layeth  hold  on  it ;  Hhat  keepeth  the 
sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and  keepeth  his  hand 
from  doing  any  evil. 

3  If  Neither  let  cthe  son  of  the  stranger,  that  hath 
joined  himself  to  the  Lord,  speak,  saying,  The  Lord 
hath  utterly  separated  me  from  his  people  :  neither 
let  the  eunuch  say,  Behold,  I  am  a  dry  tree. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the  eunuchs  that 
keep  my  sabbaths,  and  choose  the  things  that  please 
me,  and  take  hold  of  my  covenant ; 

5  Even  unto  them  will  I  give  in  dmine  house  and 
within  my  walls  a  place  e  and  a  name  better  than  of 
sons  and  of  daughters  :  I  will  give  them  an  ever- 
lasting name,  that  shall  not  be  cut  off. 

6  Also  the  sons  of  the  stranger,  that  join  them- 
selves to  the  Lord,  to  serve  him,  and  to  love  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  to  be  his  servants,  every  one 
that  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and 
taketh  hold  of  my  covenant  ; 

7  Even  them  will  I  -^bring  to  my  holy  mountain, 
and  make  them  joyful  in  my  house  of  prayer  : 
9  their  burnt  offerings  and  their  sacrifices  shall  be 
accepted  upon  mine  altar  ;  for  Amine  house  shall 
be  called  an  house  of  prayer  *for  all  people. 

8  The  Lord  God  which  gathereth  the  outcasts  of 
I§'ra-el  saith,  JTet  will  I  gather  others  to  him,  2  be- 
side those  that  are  gathered  unto  him. 

9  If  All  ye  beasts  of  the  field,  come  to  devour,  yea, 
all  ye  beasts  in  the  forest. 

10  His  watchmen  are  k  blind  :  they  are  all  igno- 
rant, 'they  are  all  dumb  dogs,  they  cannot  bark  ; 
3  sleeping,  lying  down,  loving  to  slumber. 

11  Yea,  they  are  i greedy  dogs  which5 can  never 
have  enough,  and  they  are  shepherds  that  cannot 
understand  :  they  all  look  to  their  own  way,  every 
one  for  his  gain,  from  his  quarter. 

12  Come  ye,  say  they,  I  will  fetch  wine,  and  we 
will  fill  ourselves  with  strong  drink  ;  and  to  morrow 
shall  be  as  this  day,  and  much  more  abundant. 

CHAPTER  57. 

1  Blessed  death  of  the  righteous.    3  Idolatry  reproved.     13  Promises  to  the  penitent. 

rTIHE  righteous  perisheth,  and  no  man  layeth  it 
-■-    to  heart  :  and  Merciful  men  are  taken  away, 
none  considering  that  the  righteous  is  taken  away 
2  from  the  evil  to  come. 

2  He  shall  3  enter  into  peace  :  they  shall  rest  in 
their  beds,  each  one  walking  iin  his  uprightness. 

3  If  But  draw  near  hither,  a  ye  sons  of  the  sorceress, 
the  seed  of  the  adulterer  and  the  whore. 

4  Against  whom  do  ye  sport  yourselves  ?  against 
whom  make  ye  a  wide  mouth,  and  draw  out  the 
tongue?  are  ye  not  children  of  transgression,  a 
seed  of  falsehood, 

5  Enflaming  yourselves  5  with  idols  under  every 
green  tree,  slaying  the  children  in  the  valleys  under 
the  clifts  of  the  rocks  ? 

6  Among  the  smooth  stones  of  the  stream  is  thy 
portion ;  they,  they  are  thy  lot  :  even  to  them  hast 
thou  poured  a  drink  offering,  thou  hast  offered  a 
meat  offering.     Should  I  receive  comfort  in  these  ? 


B.  C.  698. 


6  Ex.  20.  11. 
oh.  58.  13. 


cDeut.  23.  1. 
Acta  8.  27. 
1  Pet.  1.  1. 


tf  Eph.  2.  22. 

1  Tim.  3.  15. 

Heb.  3.  6. 
e  John  1.  12. 

Eev.  3.  12. 


/IPet.  1.  1. 


g  Ps.  4.  5. 

Mai.  1.  11. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

Heb.  13.  15. 

1  Pet.  2.  5. 
h  Matt.  21.  13. 

Mark  11.  17. 

Luke  19.  46. 
iMal.  1.  11. 
j  Gen.  49.  10. 

ch.  43.  6. 

Eph.  1.  10. 
2  to  his  gath- 
ered. 


k  Matt.  15.  14. 
I  Phil.  3.  2. 

3  Or,  dreaming, 
or,  talking  in 
their  sleep. 

4  strong  of  ap- 
petite. 

5  know  not  to  be 
satisfied. 


1  men  of  kind- 
ness, or,  godli- 
ness. 

2  Or,  from  that 
which  is  evil. 

3  Or,  go  in  peace. 

4  Or,  before  him. 
a  Mai.  3.  5. 

5  Or,  among  the 
oaks. 

b  Ezek.  23.  41. 

6  Or,  hewed  it 
for  thyself 
larger  than 
theirs. 

f  Ezek.  16.  26. 

7  Or,  thou  pro- 
videst  room. 

8  Or,  thou  re- 
spectedst  the 
king. 

0  Or,  living. 
d  Ps.  50.  21. 
e  Ps.  37.  3,  9. 

Matt.  5.  5. 
/'  Job  6.  10. 

Luke  1.49. 
g  Ps.  68.  4. 

Zech.  2.  13. 
A  Ps.  34.  18. 
i  Ps.  78.  38,  39. 

Mic.  7.  18. 
/  Heb.  12.  9. 
AEzek.  33.  31. 
10  turning  away. 

1  Ps.  73.  24. 

m  Heb.  13.  15. 
n  Acts  2.  39. 


1  with  the 
throat. 


7  Upon  a  lofty  and  high  mountain  hast  thou  set 
Hhy  bed  :  even  thither  wentest  thou  up  to  offer 
sacrifice. 

8  Behind  the  doors  also  and  the  posts  hast  thou 
set  up  thy  remembrance  :  for  thou  hast  discovered 
thyself  to  another  than  me,  and  art  gone  up  ;  thou 
hast  enlarged  thy  bed,  and  6made  thee  a  covenant 
with  them  ;  'thou  lovedst  their  bed  " where  thou 
sawest  it. 

9  And  8thou  wentest  to  the  king  with  ointment, 
and  didst  increase  thy  perfumes,  and  didst  send 
thy  messengers  far  off,  and  didst  debase  thyself 
even  unto  hell. 

10  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  greatness  of  thy  way ; 
yet  saidst  thou  not,  There  is  no  hope  :  thou  hast 
found  the  °  life  of  thine  hand  ;  therefore  thou  wast 
not  grieved. 

11  And  of  whom  hast  thou  been  afraid  or  feared, 
that  thou  hast  lied,  and  hast  not  remembered  me, 
nor  laid  it  to  thy  heart  ?  d  have  not  I  held  my  peace 
even  of  old,  and  thou  f earest  me  not  ? 

12  I  will  declare  thy  righteousness,  and  thy  works ; 
for  they  shall  not  profit  thee. 

13  If  When  thou  criest,  let  thy  companies  deliver 
thee  ;  but  the  wind  shall  carry  them  all  away ;  van- 
ity shall  take  them :  but  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in 
me  shall e  possess  the  land,  and  shall  inherit  my  holy 
mountain  ; 

14  And  shall  say,  Cast  ye  up,  cast  ye  up,  prepare 
the  way,  take  up  the  stumblingblock  out  of  the 
way  of  my  people. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One  that  in- 
habiteth  eternity,  -''whose  name  is  Holy ;  9 1  dwell  in 
the  high  and  holy  place,  ''with  him  also  that  is  of  a 
contrite  and  humble  spirit,  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the 
humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 

16  'For  I  will  not  contend  for  ever,  neither  will  I 
be  always  wroth  :  for  the  spirit  should  fail  before 
me,  and  the  souls  j  which  I  have  made. 

17  For  the  iniquity  of  his  ^covetousness  was  I 
wroth,  and  smote  him :  I  hid  me,  and  was  wroth,  and 
he  went  on  10frowardly  in  the  way  of  his  heart. 

18  I  have  seen  his  ways,  and  will  heal  him  :  ll  will 
lead  him  also,  and  restore  comforts  unto  him  and 
to  his  mourners. 

19  I  create  mthe  fruit  of  the  lips  ;  Peace,  peace 
11  to  him  that  is  far  off,  and  to  him  that  is  near, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  heal  him. 

20  But  the  wicked  are  like  the  troubled  sea,  when 
it  cannot  rest,  whose  waters  cast  up  mire  and  dirt. 

21  There  is  no  peace,  saith  my  God,  to  the  wicked. 

CHAPTER  58. 

1  The  fast  which  God  accepts.    13  Reverence  of  the  sabbath. 

CRY  1  aloud,  spare  not,  lift  up  thy  voice  like  a 
trumpet,  and  shew  my  people  their  transgres- 
sion, and  the  house  of  Ja'cob  their  sins. 

2  Yet  they  seek  me  daily,  and  delight  to  know  my 
ways,  as  a  nation  that  did  righteousness,  and  for- 
sook not  the  ordinance  of  their  God  :  they  ask  of 
me  the  ordinances  of  justice  ;  they  take  delight  in 
approaching  to  God. 

523 


God's  acceptable  fast. 


ISAIAH,  59. 


Visitations  on  sin. 


3  If  "Wherefore  have  we  fasted,  say  they,  and  thou 
seest  not  ?  wherefore  have  we  afflicted  our  soul,  and 
thou  takest  no  knowledge  ?  Behold,  in  the  day 
of  your  fast  ye  find  pleasure,  and  exact  all  your 
2  labours. 

4  Behold,  ye  fast  for  strife  and  debate,  and  to 
smite  with  the  fist  of  wickedness  :  3ye  shall  not 
fast  as  ye  do  this  day,  to  make  your  voice  to  be 
heard  on  high. 

5  Is  it  6such  a  fast  that  I  have  chosen?  4a  day  for 
a  man  to  afflict  his  soul  ?  is  it  to  bow  down  his 
head  as  a  bulrush,  and  to  spread  sackcloth  and  ashes 
under  him  ?  wilt  thou  call  this  a  fast,  and  an  accept- 
able day  to  the  Lord  ? 

6  Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ?  to  loose 
the  bands  of  wickedness,  to  undo  5the  heavy  bur- 
dens, and  to  let  the  Oppressed  go  free,  and  that  ye 
break  every  yoke  ? 

7  Is  it  not  cto  deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry,  and 
that  thou  bring  the  poor  that  are  7cast  out  to  thy 
house  ?  when  thou  seest  the  naked,  that  thou  cover 
him ;  and  that  thou  hide  not  thyself  from  d  thine 
own  flesh  ? 

8  If  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the  morn- 
ing, and  thine  health  shall  spring  forth  speedily  : 
and  thy  righteousness  shall  go  before  thee  :  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  8  shall  be  thy  rereward. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  shall  answer ; 
thou  shalt  cry,  and  he  shall  say,  Here  I  am.  If 
thou  take  away  from  the  midst  of  thee  the  yoke,  the 
putting  forth  of  the  finger,  and  speaking  vanity ; 

10  And  if  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to  the  hungry, 
and  satisfy  the  afflicted  soul ;  then  shall  e  thy  light 
rise  in  obscurity,  and  thy  darkness  be  as  the  noon 
day: 

11  And  the  Lord  shall  guide  thee  continually,  and 
satisfy  thy  soul  in  9  drought,  and  make  fat  thy 
bones  :  and  thou  shalt  be  like  a  watered  garden, 
and  like  a  spring  of  water,  whose  waters  10  fail  not. 

12  And  they  that  shall  be  of  thee  shall  build  the 
old  waste  places  :  thou  shalt  raise  up  the  founda- 
tions of  many  generations ;  and  thou  shalt  be  called, 
The  repairer  of  the  breach,  The  restorer  of  paths 
to  dwell  in. 

13  If  If  rthou  turn  away  thy  foot  from  the  sabbath, 
from  doing  thy  pleasure  on  my  holy  day  ;  and  call 
the  sabbath  a  delight,  the  holy  of  the  Lord,  hon- 
ourable ;  and  shalt  honour  him,  not  doing  thine  own 
ways,  nor  finding  thine  own  pleasure,  nor  a  speaking 
thine  own  words  : 

14  ''Then  shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in  the  Lord  ; 
and  I  will  cause  thee  to  *ride  upon  the  high  places 
of  the  earth,  and  feed  thee  with  the  heritage  of 
Ja'cob  thy  father  :  ■'for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

CHAPTER  59. 

1  The  nature  of  sin.     3  The  sins  of  Israel.    9  Punishments  therefor.    20  A  Redeemer  in 

Zion. 

BEHOLD,  the  Lord's  hand  is  not  "shortened,  that 
it  cannot  save  ;  neither  his  ear  heavy,  that  it 
cannot  hear : 
2  But  your  iniquities  have  separated  between  you 

524 


B.  C.  698. 


a  Mai.  3.  14. 


2  griefs,  or, 
things  where- 
with ye  grieve 
others. 

3  Or,  ye  fast  not 
as  this  day. 


b  Zech.  7.  5. 
4  Or,  to  afflict 

his  soul  for 

a  day. 


5  the  bundles  of 
the  yoke. 

6  broken. 


c  Ps.  112.  9. 

Prov.  22.  9. 

Eccl.  11.  1,  2. 

Dan.  4.  27. 

Matt.  25.  35. 

Luke  11.  41. 
7  Or,  afflicted. 
(I  Gen.  29.  14. 

Neh.  5.  5. 

Matt.  15.  5. 


8  shall  gather 
thee  up. 


e  Job  11.  17. 

9  droughts. 

10  lie,  or,  de- 
ceive. 

/Lev.  19.  30. 

ch.  56.  2. 
g  Matt.  12.  36. 
A  Job  22.  26. 
i  Deut.  32.  13. 
,/ch.  1.20. 

Mic.  4.  4. 

Matt.  24.  3,  5. 


a  Num.  11.  23. 
ch.  50.  2. 

1  Or,  have  made 
him  hide. 

6  ch.  1.  15,  21. 

Hos.  4.  2. 

Mic.  3.  10. 

Rom.  3.  15. 
c  Job  15.  35. 

Ps.  7.  14. 

2  Or,  adders'. 
</Job  8.  14. 

3  Or,  that  which 
is  sprinkled  is 
as  if  there 
brake  out  a 
viper. 

e  Prov.  1.  16. 

4  breaking. 

5  Or,  right. 
/Ps.  125.  5. 

Prov.  2.  15. 
a  Jer.  8.  15. 
h  Deut.  28.  29. 

Amos  8.  9. 

Zeph.  1.  17. 
i  Matt.  12.  34. 
/Neh.  8.  1. 

6  Or,  is  ac- 
counted mad. 

7  it  was  evil  in 
his  eyes. 

ich.  63.5. 

Jer.  5.  1. 

Ezek.  22.  30. 
/  Mark  6.  6. 
Til  Ps.  35.  2. 

2  Cor.  6.  7. 

1  Thess.  5.  8. 

Rev.  19.  11. 

8  recompences. 
71  Ps.  113.  3. 

Mai.  1.  11. 


and  your  God,  and  your  sins  xhave  hid  his  face  from 
you,  that  he  will  not  hear. 

3  For  6your  hands  are  defiled  with  blood,  and  your 
fingers  with  iniquity  ;  your  lips  have  spoken  lies, 
your  tongue  hath  muttered  perverseness. 

4  None  calleth  for  justice,  nor  any  pleadeth  for 
truth  :  they  trust  in  vanity,  and  speak  lies  ;  cthey 
conceive  mischief,  and  bring  forth  iniquity. 

5  They  hatch  2  cockatrice'  eggs,  and  d  weave  the 
spider's  web  :  he  that  eateth  of  their  eggs  dieth, 
and  3that  which  is  crushed  breaketh  out  into  a 
viper. 

6  Their  webs  shall  not  become  garments,  neither 
shall  they  cover  themselves  with  their  works  :  their 
works  are  works  of  iniquity,  and  the  act  of  violence 
is  in  their  hands. 

7  e  Their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  they  make  haste  to 
shed  innocent  blood  :  their  thoughts  are  thoughts 
of  iniquity  ;  wasting  and  i  destruction  are  in  their 
paths. 

8  The  way  of  peace  they  know  not ;  and  there  is 
no  5  judgment  in  their  goings  :  ■''they  have  made 
them  crooked  paths  :  whosoever  goeth  therein  shall 
not  know  peace. 

9  If  Therefore  is  judgment  far  from  us,  neither 
doth  justice  overtake  us:  ° we  wait  for  light,  but 
behold  obscurity  ;  for  brightness,  but  we  walk  in 
darkness. 

10  feWe  grope  for  the  wall  like  the  blind,  and  we 
grope  as  if  we  had  no  eyes  :  we  stumble  at  noon 
day  as  in  the  night ;  we  are  in  desolate  places  as 
dead  men. 

11  We  roar  all  like  bears,  and  mourn  sore  like 
doves :  we  look  for  judgment,  but  there  is  none ;  for 
salvation,  but  it  is  far  off  from  us. 

12  For  our  transgressions  are  multiplied  before 
thee,  and  our  sins  testify  against  us  :  for  our  trans- 
gressions are  with  us  ;  and  as  for  our  iniquities,  we 
know  them  ; 

13  In  transgressing  and  lying  against  the  Lord, 
and  departing  away  from  our  God,  speaking  oppres- 
sion and  revolt,  conceiving  and  uttering  'from  the 
heart  words  of  falsehood. 

14  And  judgment  is  turned  away  backward,  and 
justice  standeth  afar  off  :  for  truth  is  fallen  in  jthe 
street,  and  equity  cannot  enter. 

15  Yea,  truth  faileth  ;  and  he  that  departeth  from 
evil  6  maketh  himself  a  prey :  and  the  Lord  saw  it, 
and  7it  displeased  him  that  there  was  no  judgment. 

16  If  feAnd  he  saw  that  there  was  no  man,  and 
'wondered  that  there  was  no  intercessor :  therefore 
his  arm  brought  salvation  unto  him  ;  and  his  right- 
eousness, it  sustained  him. 

17  ""For  he  put  on  righteousness  as  a  breastplate, 
and  an  helmet  of  salvation  upon  his  head  ;  and  he 
put  on  the  garments  of  vengeance  for  clothing,  and 
was  clad  with  zeal  as  a  cloke. 

18  According  to  their  8  deeds,  accordingly  he  will 
repay,  fury  to  his  adversaries,  recompence  to  his 
enemies  ;  to  the  islands  he  will  repay  recompence. 

19  wSo  shall  they  fear  the  name  of  the  Lord  from 
the  west,  and  his  glory  from  the  rising  of  the  sun. 


Light  for  the  Gentiles. 


ISAIAH,  60,  61. 


The  office  of  Christ. 


When  the  enemy  shall  come  in  "like  a  flood,  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  9lift  up  a  standard  against 
him. 

20  If  And  p  the  Redeemer  shall  come  to  Zi'on,  and 
unto  them  that  turn  from  transgression  in  Ja'cob, 
saith  the  Lord. 

21  9As  for  me,  this  is  my  covenant  with  them, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  rMy  spirit  that  is  upon  thee,  and 
my  words  which  I  have  put  in  thy  mouth,  shall  not 
depart  out  of  thy  mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of 
thy  seed,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed's  seed, 
saith  the  Lord,  from  henceforth  and  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  60. 

1  A  light  for  the  Gentiles.    10  The  walls  of  Salvation.     18  The  gales  of  Praise. 

ARISE,  *  shine ;  for  thy  light  is  come,  and  "the 
-  glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon  thee. 

2  For,  behold,  the  darkness  shall  cover  the  earth, 
and  gross  darkness  the  people  :  but  the  Lord  shall 
arise  upon  thee,  and  his  glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 

3  And  the  6  Gen'tileg  shall  come  to  thy  light,  and 
kings  to  the  brightness  of  thy  rising. 

4  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and  see  :  all 
they  gather  themselves  together,  they  come  to 
thee  :  thy  sons  shall  come  from  far,  and  thy  daugh- 
ters shall  be  nursed  at  thy  side. 

5  Then  thou  shalt  see,  and  flow  together,  and  thine 
heart  shall  fear,  and  be  enlarged  ;  because  the 
2  abundance  of  the  sea  shall  be  converted  unto  thee, 
the  3forces  of  the  Gen'tileg  shall  come  unto  thee. 

6  The  multitude  of  camels  jshall  cover  thee,  the 
dromedaries  of  Mid'i-an  and  cE'phah  ;  all  they  from 
dShe'ba  shall  come  :  they  shall  bring  cgold  and  in- 
cense ;  and  they  shall  shew  forth  the  praises  of  the 
Lord. 

7  All  the  flocks  of  -^Ke'dar  shall  be  gathered  to- 
gether unto  thee,  the  rams  of  Ne-ba'ioth  shall  min- 
ister unto  thee  :  they  shall  come  up  with  accept- 
ance on  mine  altar,  and  9 1  will  glorify  the  house  of 
my  glory. 

8  Who  are  these  that  fly  as  a  cloud,  and  as  the 
doves  to  their  windows  ? 

9  h  Surely  the  isles  shall  wait  for  me,  and  the 
ships  of  Tar'shish  first,  'to  bring  thy  sons  from  far, 
3 their  silver  and  their  gold  with  them,  &unto  the 
name  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  to  the  Holy  One  of 
Ig'ra-el,  'because  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

10  And  mthe  sons  of  strangers  shall  build  up  thy 
walls,  Mand  their  kings  shall  minister  unto  thee  : 
for  in  my  wrath  I  smote  thee,  but  in  my  favour 
have  I  had  mercy  on  thee. 

11  Therefore  thy  gates  shall  be  open  continually  ; 
they  shall  not  be  shut  day  nor  night ;  that  men 
may  bring  unto  thee  the  4 forces  of  the  Gen'tileg, 
and  that  their  kings  may  be  brought. 

12  For  "the  nation  and  kingdom  that  will  not 
serve  thee  shall  perish  ;  yea,  those  nations  shall  be 
utterly  wasted. 

13  p  The  glory  of  Leb'a-non  shall  come  unto  thee, 
the  fir  tree,  the  pine  tree,  and  the  box  together,  to 
beautify  the  place  of  my  sanctuary ;  and  I  will 
make  7the  place  of  my  feet  glorious. 


B.  C.  698. 


o  Rev.  12.  15. 
9  Or,  put  him  to 

flight. 
p  Rom.  11.  26. 


q  Heb.  8.  10. 

r  ch.  61.  1. 
Ezek.  36.  37. 


1  Or,  be  enlight- 
ened :  for  thy 
light  couieth. 

a  Mai.  4.  2. 


b  Rev.  21.  24. 


2  Or,  noise  of 
the  sea  shall 
be  turned 
toward  thee. 

3  Or,  wealth. 

c  Gen.  25.  4. 

d  Ps.  72.  10. 
e  Matt.  2.  11. 


/  Gen.  25.  13. 
g  Hag.  2.  7,  9. 
It  Ps.  72.  10. 
i  Gal.  4.  26. 
j  Zech.  14.  14. 
k  Jer.  3.  17. 
I  ch.  55.  5. 
m  Zech.  6.  15. 
n  Rev.  21.  24. 
4  Or,  wealth. 
o  Ps.  2.  12. 

Zech.  14.  17. 

Matt.  21.  44. 

Luke  19.  27. 

Rev.  2.  26,  27 
p  ch.  35.  2. 
q  1  Chr.  28.  2. 

Heb.  12.  22. 
r  Rev.  3.  9. 
s  Heb.  12.  22. 

Rev.  14.  1. 
t  Ps.  98.  2. 

ch.  43.  3. 

Ezek.  34.  30. 

Rev.  5.  9. 
u  ch.  26.  1. 
v  Rev.  21.  23. 
w  Zech.  2.  5. 
x  Amos  8.  9. 
2/Ps.  37.  11. 

Matt.  5.  5. 
s  Matt.  15.  13. 
a  Eph.  2.  10. 
b  Matt.  13.  31. 

Hos.  1.  10. 


nch.  11.  2. 

Luke  4.  18. 

John  1.  32. 
b  Ps.  34.  18. 

Hoa.  6.  1. 
c  Zech.  9.  12. 

John  8.  32-36. 
d  Lev.  25.  9. 
e  Mai.  4. 1,  3. 
f  Matt.  5.  4. 
g  Ps.  30.  11. 
Ach.  CO.  21. 
i  John  15.  8. 
j  Ezek.  36.  33. 
k  Eph.  2.  12. 
;  Ex.  19.  6. 


14  The  sons  also  of  them  that  afflicted  thee  shall 
come  bending  unto  thee ;  and  all  they  that  despised 
thee  shall  rbow  themselves  down  at  the  soles  of 
thy  feet ;  and  they  shall  call  thee,  The  city  of  the 
Lord,  sThe  Zi'on  of  the  Holy  One  of  Ig'ra-el. 

15  Whereas  thou  hast  been  forsaken  and  hated,  so 
that  no  man  went  through  thee,  I  will  make  thee 
an  eternal  excellency,  a  joy  of  many  generations. 

16  Thou  shalt  also  suck  the  milk  of  the  Gen'tileg, 
and  shalt  suck  the  breast  of  kings :  and  thou  shalt 
know  that  *l  the  Lord  am  thy  Saviour  and  thy 
Redeemer,  the  mighty  One  of  Ja'cob. 

17  For  brass  I  will  bring  gold,  and  for  iron  I  will 
bring  silver,  and  for  wood  brass,  and  for  stones 
iron  :  I  will  also  make  thy  officers  peace,  and  thine 
exactors  righteousness. 

18  Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land, 
wasting  nor  destruction  within  thy  borders ;  but  thou 
shalt  call  u  thy  walls  Salvation,  and  thy  gates  Praise. 

19  The  "sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by  day; 
neither  for  brightness  shall  the  moon  give  light 
unto  thee  :  but  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an  ever- 
lasting light,  and  w  thy  God  thy  glory. 

20  xThy  sun  shall  no  more  go  down  ;  neither  shall 
thy  moon  withdraw  itself  :  for  the  Lord  shall  be 
thine  everlasting  light,  and  the  days  of  thy  mourn- 
ing shall  be  ended. 

21  Thy  people  also  shall  be  all  righteous  :  Hhey 
shall  inherit  the  land  for  ever,  Hhe  branch  of  my 
planting,  "the  work  of  my  hands,  that  I  may  be 
glorified. 

22  6A  little  one  shall  become  a  thousand,  and  a 
small  one  a  strong  nation  :  I  the  Lord  will  hasten 
it  in  his  time. 

CHAPTER  61. 

1  The  office  of  Christ.    7  Blessings  of  the  faithful. 

THE  "  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon  me  ;  because 
the  Lord  hath  anointed  me  to  preach  good  tid- 
ings unto  the  meek ;  he  hath  sent  me  6to  bind  up  the 
brokenhearted,  to  proclaim  c  liberty  to  the  captives, 
and  the  opening  of  the  prison  to  them  that  are 
bound  ; 

2  dTo  proclaim  the  acceptable  year  of  the  Lord, 
and  e  the  day  of  vengeance  of  our  God  ;  -^to  comfort 
all  that  mourn  ; 

3  To  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn  in  Zi'on,  "to 
give  unto  them  beauty  for  ashes,  the  oil  of  joy  for 
mourning,  the  garment  of  praise  for  the  spirit  of 
heaviness ;  that  they  might  be  called  trees  of 
righteousness,  Hhe  planting  of  the  Lord,  'that  he 
might  be  glorified. 

4  II  And  they  shall  J build  the  old  wastes,  they 
shall  raise  up  the  former  desolations,  and  they 
shall  repair  the  waste  cities,  the  desolations  of 
many  generations. 

5  And  k  strangers  shall  stand  and  feed  your  flocks, 
and  the  sons  of  the  alien  shall  be  your  plowmen 
and  your  vinedressers. 

6  But  'ye  shall  be  named  the  Priests  of  the  Lord  : 
men  shall  call  you  the  Ministers  of  our  God  :  ye 
shall  eat  the  riches  of  the  Gen'tileg,  and  in  their 
glory  shall  ye  boast  yourselves. 

525 


Promises  to  the  nations. 


ISAIAH,  62,  63. 


Christ's  power  to  save. 


7  If  For  wyour  shame  ye  shall  have  double ;  and 
for  confusion  they  shall  rejoice  in  their  portion  : 
therefore  in  their  land  they  shall  possess  the  double : 
everlasting  joy  shall  be  unto  them. 

8  For  I  the  Lord  love  judgment,  I  hate  robbery 
for  burnt  offering ;  and  I  will  direct  their  work  in 
truth,  "and  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant 
with  them. 

9  And  their  seed  shall  be  known  among  the  Gen'- 
tileg,  and  their  offspring  among  the  people  :  all  that 
see  them  shall  acknowledge  them,  that  they  are  the 
seed  which  the  Lord  hath  blessed. 

10  1  will  greatly  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  my  soul  shall 
be  joyful  in  my  God  ;  for  he  hath  clothed  me  with 
the  garments  of  salvation,  he  hath  covered  me  with 
the  robe  of  righteousness,  °as  a  bridegroom  *deck- 
eth  himself  with  ornaments,  and  as  a  bride  adorneth 
herself  with  her  jewels. 

11  For  as  the  earth  bringeth  forth  her  bud,  and  as 
the  garden  causeth  the  things  that  are  sown  in  it 
to  spring  forth  ;  so  the  Lord  God  will  cause  p  right- 
eousness and  q  praise  to  spring  forth  before  all  the 
nations. 

CHAPTER  62. 


1  God's  promises  to  the  nations.    6  Watchmen  set  upon  the  walls. 

people. 


10  Preparation  of  the 


T?OR  Zi'on's  sake  will  I  not  hold  my  peace,  and 
-"-  for  Je-ru'sa-lem's  sake  I  will  not  rest,  until  the 
righteousness  thereof  go  forth  as  brightness,  and 
the  salvation  thereof  as  a  lamp  that  burneth. 

2  And  the  Gen' tiles,  shall  see  thy  righteousness, 
and  all  kings  thy  glory :  a  and  thou  shalt  be  called 
by  a  new  name,  which  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  shall 
name. 

3  Thou  shalt  also  be  6a  crown  of  glory  in  the  hand 
of  the  Lord,  and  a  royal  diadem  in  the  hand  of  thy 
God. 

4  cThou  shalt  no  more  be  termed  Forsaken  ;  nei- 
ther shall  thy  land  any  more  be  termed  *  Desolate  : 
but  thou  shalt  be  called  2Heph'zi-bah,  and  thy  land 
3Beu'lah:  for  the  Lord  delighteth  in  thee,  and  thy 
land  shall  be  married. 

5  T[  For  as  a  young  man  marrieth  a  virgin,  so  shall 
thy  sons  marry  thee  :  and  ias  the  bridegroom  re- 
joiceth  over  the  bride,  so  shall  thy  God  rejoice  over 
thee. 

6  dl  have  set  watchmen  upon  thy  walls,  0  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem,  which  shall  never  hold  their  peace  day  nor 
night  :  5ye  that  make  mention  of  the  Lord,  keep 
not  silence, 

7  And  give  him  no  Grest,  till  he  establish,  and  till 
he  make  Je-ru'sa-lem  ea  praise  in  the  earth. 

8  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  his  right  hand,  and  by 
the  arm  of  his  strength,  7  Surely  I  will  no  more 
7give  thy  corn  to  be  meat  for  thine  enemies ;  and 
the  sons  of  the  stranger  shall  not  drink  thy  wine, 
for  the  which  thou  hast  laboured  : 

9  But  they  that  have  gathered  it  shall  eat  it,  and 
praise  the  Lord  ;  and  they  that  have  brought  it  to- 
gether shall  drink  it  °  in  the  courts  of  my  holiness. 

10  H  Go  through,  go  through  the  gates  ;  prepare 
ye  the  way  of  the  people  ;  cast  up,  cast  up  the 

526 


B.  C.  698. 


m  2  Ki.  2.  9. 
ch.  40.  2. 
Zech.  9.  12. 


n  eh.  55.  3. 


0  Rev.  21.  2. 

1  decketh  as  a 
priest. 


p  Ps.  72.  3. 
q  ch.  60.  18. 


a  ch.  65.  15. 

Rev.  3.  12. 
b  Zech.  9.  16. 
c  Hos.  1.  10. 

1  Pet.  2.  10. 

1  Azubah. 

2  That  is,  My 
delight  is 
in  her. 

3  That  is, 
Married. 

4  with  the  joy 
of  the  bride- 
groom. 

d  Song  3.  3. 
ch.  52.  8. 
Ezek.  3.  17. 
Heb.  13.  17. 

5  Or,  ye  that  are 
the  Lord's 
remem- 
brancers. 

6  silence, 
ech.  61.  11. 

Zeph.  3.  20. 

7  If  I  give,  etc. 
/Deut.  28.  31. 

Jer.  5.  17. 
g  Deut.  12.  12. 
h  Zech.  9.  9. 

Matt.  21.  5. 

John  12.  15. 
i  ch.  40.  10. 

ch.  49.  4. 

Rev.  22.  12. 

8  Or,  recom- 
pence. 


1  decked. 

a  Rev.  19.  13. 
b  Lam.  1.  15. 

Mai.  4.  3. 

Rev.  14.  19,  20. 
c  John  16.  32. 
d  Ps.  44.  3. 

Ps.  98. 1. 

ch.  40.  10. 

ch.  51.  9. 
e  Rev.  16.  6. 

2  Or,  and  he  be- 
came a  Saviour 
for  them. 

1  Acts  9.  4. 
g  Ex.  14.  19. 

Hos.  12.  4,  5. 

Mai.  3.  1. 

Acts  12.  11. 
A  Deut.  7.  7. 
i  Ex.  19.  4. 
j  Ps.  78.  8,  40. 

Acts  7.  51. 

Eph.  4.  30. 

Heb.  10.  29. 

3  Or,  shepherds. 


highway  ;  gather  out  the  stones ;  lift  up  a  stand- 
ard for  the  people. 

11  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  proclaimed  unto  the  end 
of  the  world,  *Say  ye  to  the  daughter  of  Zi'on,  Be- 
hold, thy  salvation  cometh  ;  behold,  his  l' reward  is 
with  him,  and  his  8work  before  him. 

12  And  they  shall  call  them,  The  holy  people,  The 
redeemed  of  the  Lord  :  and  thou  shalt  be  called, 
Sought  out,  A  city  not  forsaken. 

CHAPTER  63. 

1  Christ  shews  his  power  for  salvation.     7  God's  mercy  to  the  church.    15  The  church's 

profession  of  faith. 

TTTHO  is  this  that  cometh  from  E'dom,  with 
*»  dyed  garments  from  Boz'rah?  this  that  is 
1  glorious  in  his  apparel,  travelling  in  the  greatness 
of  his  strength?  I  that  speak  in  righteousness, 
mighty  to  save. 

2  Wherefore  aart  thou  red  in  thine  apparel,  and 
thy  garments  like  him  that  treadeth  in  the  winefat  ? 

3  I  have  b  trodden  the  winepress  alone  ;  and  of  the 
people  there  was  none  with  me  :  for  I  will  tread 
them  in  mine  anger,  and  trample  them  in  my  fury  ; 
and  their  blood  shall  be  sprinkled  upon  my  gar- 
ments, and  I  will  stain  all  my  raiment. 

4  For  the  day  of  vengeance  is  in  mine  heart,  and 
the  year  of  my  redeemed  is  come. 

5  And  I  looked,  and  c  there  was  none  to  help  ;  and 
I  wondered  that  there  was  none  to  uphold  :  there- 
fore mine  own  rfarm  brought  salvation  unto  me; 
and  my  fury,  it  upheld  me. 

6  And  I  will  tread  down  the  people  in  mine  anger, 
and  emake  them  drunk  in  my  fury,  and  I  will  bring 
down  their  strength  to  the  earth. 

7  II  I  will  mention  the  lovingkindnesses  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  praises  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
that  the  Lord  hath  bestowed  on  us,  and  the  great 
goodness  toward  the  house  of  I§'ra-el,  which  he  hath 
bestowed  on  them  according  to  his  mercies,  and  ac- 
cording to  the  multitude  of  his  lovingkindnesses. 

8  For  he  said,  Surely  they  are  my  people,  chil- 
dren that  will  not  lie :  2so  he  was  their  Saviour. 

9  -Tn  all  their  affliction  he  was  afflicted,  and  9the 
angel  of  his  presence  saved  them  :  Mn  his  love  and 
in  his  pity  he  redeemed  them ;  and  *  he  bare  them, 
and  carried  them  all  the  days  of  old. 

10  1  But  they  rebelled,  and  j  vexed  his  holy  Spirit : 
therefore  he  was  turned  to  be  their  enemy,  and  he 
fought  against  them. 

11  Then  he  remembered  the  days  of  old,  Mo'se§, 
and  his  people,  saying,  Where  is  he  that  brought 
them  up  out  of  the  sea  with  the  3  shepherd  of  his 
flock  ?  where  is  he  that  put  his  holy  Spirit  within 
him? 

12  That  led  them  by  the  right  hand  of  Mo'se§  with 
his  glorious  arm,  dividing  the  water  before  them, 
to  make  himself  an  everlasting  name? 

13  That  led  them  through  the  deep,  as  an  horse  In 
the  wilderness,  that  they  should  not  stumble? 

14  As  a  beast  goeth  down  into  the  valley,  the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord  caused  him  to  rest :  so  didst  thou  lead 
thy  people,  to  make  thyself  a  glorious  name. 


The  church's  prayer. 


ISAIAH,  64,  65. 


Judgments  on  the  wicked. 


15  If  Look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold  from 
the  habitation  of  thy  holiness  and  of  thy  glory  : 
where  is  thy  zeal  and  thy  strength,  4  the  sounding 
of  thy  bowels  and  of  thy  mercies  toward  me  ?  are 
they  restrained? 

16  Doubtless  thou  art  our  father,  though  A 'bra- 
ham  7cbe  ignorant  of  us,  and  I§'ra-el  acknowledge 
us  not:  thou,  0  Lord,  art  our  father,  5our  re- 
deemer ;  thy  name  is  from  everlasting. 

17  IF  0  Lord,  why  hast  thou  '  made  us  to  err  from 
thy  ways,  and  '"hardened  our  heart  from  thy  fear  ? 
Return  for  thy  servants'  sake,  the  tribes  of  thine 
inheritance. 

18  mThe  people  of  thy  holiness  have  possessed  it 
but  a  little  while :  our  adversaries  have  trodden 
down  thy  sanctuary. 

19  We  are  thine:  thou  never  barest  rule  over 
them ;  6they  were  not  called  by  thy  name. 

CHAPTER  64. 

Prayer  of  the.  church  for  lite  illustration  of  God's  power. 

OH  that  thou  wouldest  rend   the  heavens,  that 
thou  wouldest  come  down,  that  the  mountains 
might  flow  down  at  thy  presence, 

2  As  when  1  the  melting  fire  burnetii,  the  fire  caus- 
eth  the  waters  to  boil,  to  make  thy  name  known  to 
thine  adversaries,  that  the  nations  may  tremble  at 
thy  presence ! 

3  When  thou  didst  terrible  things  which  we  looked 
not  for,  thou  earnest  down,  the  mountains  flowed 
down  at  thy  presence. 

4  For  since  the  beginning  of  the  world  amen  have 
not  heard,  nor  perceived  by  the  ear,  neither  hath  the 
eye  2seen,  0  God,  beside  thee,  what  he  hath  pre- 
pared for  him  that  waiteth  for  him. 

5  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth  b  and  work- 
eth  righteousness,  those  that  remember  thee  in 
thy  ways  :  behold,  thou  art  wroth  ;  for  we  have 
sinned:  cin  those  is  continuance,  and  we  shall  be 
saved. 

6  But  we  are  all  as  an  unclean  thing,  and  all  dour 
righteousnesses  are  as  filthy  rags  ;  and  we  all  do 
fade  as  a  leaf ;  and  our  iniquities,  like  the  wind, 
have  taken  us  away. 

7  And  e  there  is  none  that  calleth  upon  thy  name, 
that  stirreth  up  himself  to  take  hold  of  thee  :  for 
thou  hast  hid  thy  face  from  us,  and  hast  3  consumed 
us,  4  because  of  our  iniquities. 

8  But  now,  0  Lord,  thou  art  our  father ;  we  are- 
the  clay,  f  and  thou  our  potter ;  and  we  all  are  a  the 
work  of  thy  hand. 

9  If  Be  not  wroth  very  sore,  0  Lord,  neither  re- 
member iniquity  for  ever  :  behold,  see,  we  beseech 
thee,  we  are  all  thy  people. 

10  Thy  holy  cities  are  a  wilderness,  Zl'on  is  a  wil- 
derness, Je-ru'sa-lem  a  desolation. 

11  ^Our  holy  and  our  beautiful  house,  where  our 
fathers  praised  thee,  is  burned  up  with  fire :  and  all 
our  i  pleasant  things  are  laid  waste. 

12  Wilt  thou  refrain  thyself  for  these  things,  0 
Lord?  wilt  thou  hold  thy  peace,  and  afflict  us  very 
sore? 


B.  C.  698. 


4  Or,  the  multi- 
tude. 


k  Gal.  3.  28. 

5  Or,  our  re- 
deemer from 
everlasting  is 
thy  name. 

/Ps.  119.  10. 

//i  eh.  fi.  10. 
Matt.  13.  15. 


n  Dan.  8.  24. 


G  Or,  thy  name 
was  not  called 
upon  them. 


1  the  fire  of 
meltings. 


a  Ps.  31.  10. 
1  Cor.  2.  9,  10. 
Col.  1.  26,  27. 
1  Tim.  3.  16. 
Rev.  21.  1-4. 

2  Or,  seen  a  God 
beside  thee, 
which  doeth  so 
lor  him,  etc. 

b  Acts  10.  35. 
c  Mai.  3.  6. 
d  Phil.  3.  9. 
e  Hos.  7.  7. 

3  melted. 

4  by  the  hand. 
/Jer.  18.  6. 

g  Eph.  2.  10. 
h  2  Ki.  25.  9. 

Ps.  74.  7. 
/Ezek.  24.  21. 


a  Ps.  22.  27. 

ch.  2.  2,  3. 

Rom.  10.  20. 

Eph.  2.  12,  13. 
b  ch.  63.  19. 
e  Rom.  10.  21. 
d  Deut.  32.  5. 

Ps.  36.  4. 
e  Lev.  17.  5. 

ch.  1.  29. 

1  upon  bricks. 
/"Deut.  18.  11. 

g  Lev.  11.  7. 

2  Or.  pieces. 
It  Matt.  9.  11. 

Luke  5.  30. 
Jude  19. 

3  Or,  anger. 

i  Deut.  32.  34. 

Mai.  3.  16. 
j  Lev.  26.  39. 

Ps.  106.  6. 

Dan.  9.  8. 

Matt.  23.  32. 
/.'  Joel  2.  14. 
/  Matt.  24.  22. 
m  Hos.  2.  15. 
n  Ezek.  23.  41. 

1  Cor.  10.  21. 

4  Or,  Gad. 

5  Or,  Meni. 

o  Prov.  1.  24. 
ch.  66.  4. 
Jer.  7.  13. 
Zech.  7.  7. 

6  breaking. 

p  Prov.  10.  7. 
q  Acts  11.  26. 


CHAPTER  65. 

1  Calling  of  the  Gentiles.     11  Judgments  on  the  wicked.     17  Blessed  state  of  the  new  Jeru- 
salem. 

T  aAM  sought  of  them  that  asked  not  for  me;  I 
-*-  am  found  of  them  that  sought  me  not  :  I  said, 
Behold  me,  behold  me,  unto  a  nation  that  6was  not 
called  by  my  name. 

2  CI  have  spread  out  my  hands  all  the  day  unto  a 
rebellious  people,  which  d  walketh  in  a  way  that  was 
not  good,  after  their  own  thoughts  ; 

3  A  people  that  provoketh  me  to  anger  continu- 
ally to  my  face  ;  ethat  sacrificeth  in  gardens,  and 
burneth  incense  *upon  altars  of  brick  ; 

4  -''Which  remain  among  the  graves,  and  lodge  in 
the  monuments, 9  which  eat  swine's  flesh,  and  2  broth 
of  abominable  things  is  in  their  vessels  ; 

5  h  Which  say,  Stand  by  thyself,  come  not  near  to 
me  ;  for  I  am  holier  than  thou.  These  are  a  smoke 
in  my  3nose,  a  fire  that  burneth  all  the  day. 

6  Behold,  iit  is  written  before  me  :  I  will  not  keep 
silence,  but  will  recompense,  even  recompense  into 
their  bosom, 

7  Your  iniquities,  and  ■'the  iniquities  of  your  fa- 
thers together,  saith  the  Lord,  which  have  burned 
incense  upon  the  mountains,  and  blasphemed  me 
upon  the  hills  :  therefore  will  I  measure  their 
former  work  into  their  bosom. 

8  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  As  the  new  wine  is  found 
in  the  cluster,  and"  one  saith,  Destroy  it  not ;  fcfor  a 
blessing  is  in  it :  so  will  I  do  for  my  servants'  sakes, 
that  I  may  not  destroy  them  all. 

9  And  I  will  bring  forth  a  seed  out  of  Ja'cob,  and 
out  of  Ju'dah  an  inheritor  of  my  mountains  :  and 
mine  'elect  shall  inherit  it,  and  my  servants  shall 
dwell  there. 

10  And  Shar'on  shall  be  a  fold  of  flocks,  and  '"the 
valley  of  A'chor  a  place  for  the  herds  to  lie  down 
in,  for  my  people  that  have  sought  me. 

11  If  But  ye  are  they  that  forsake  the  Lord,  that 
forget  my  holy  mountain,  that  prepare  n  a  table  for 

4  that  troop,  and  that  furnish  the  drink  offering  unto 

5  that  number. 

12  Therefore  will  I  number  you  to  the  sword,  and 
ye  shall  all  bow  down  to  the  slaughter  :  "because 
when  I  called,  ye  did  not  answer  ;  when  I  spake, 
ye  did  not  hear  ;  but  did  evil  before  mine  eyes,  and 
did  choose  that  wherein  I  delighted  not. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  my 
servants  shall  eat,  but  ye  shall  be  hungry  :  behold,  my 
servants  shall  drink,  but  ye  shall  be  thirsty :  behold, 
my  servants  shall  rejoice,  but  ye  shall  be  ashamed : 

14  Behold,  my  servants  shall  sing  for  joy  of  heart, 
but  ye  shall  cry  for  sorrow  of  heart,  and  shall  howl 
for  6  vexation  of  spirit. 

15  And  ye  shall  leave  your  name  v  for  a  curse  unto 
my  chosen  :  for  the  Lord  God  shall  slay  thee,  and 
q  call  his  servants  by  another  name  : 

16  That  he  who  blesseth  himself  in  the  earth  shall 
bless  himself  in  the  God  of  truth  ;  and  he  that 
sweareth  in  the  earth  shall  swear  by  the  God  of 
truth  ;  because  the  former  troubles  are  forgotten, 
and  because  they  are  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

527 


God's  universal  service. 


ISAIAH,  66. 


17  If  For,  behold,  I  create  rnew  heavens  and  a  new 
earth  :  and  the  former  shall  not  be  remembered, 
nor  7come  into  mind. 

18  But  be  ye  glad  and  rejoice  for  ever  in  that 
which  I  create  :  for,  behold,  I  create  Je-ru'sa-lem 
a  rejoicing,  and  her  people  a  joy. 

19  And  I  will  rejoice  in  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  joy  in 
my  people  :  and  the  s  voice  of  weeping  shall  be  no 
more  heard  in  her,  nor  the  voice  of  crying. 

20  There  shall  be  no  more  thence  an  infant  of 
days,  nor  an  old  man  that  hath  not  filled  his  days  : 
for  the  child  shall  die  an  hundred  years  old ;  *but  the 
sinner  being  an  hundred  years  old  shall  be  accursed. 

21  And  "they  shall  build  houses,  and  inhabit 
them  ;  and  they  shall  plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the 
fruit  of  them. 

22  They  shall  not  build,  and  another  inhabit ;  they 
shall  not  plant,  and  another  eat :  for  as  the  days  of 
a  tree  are  the  days  of  my  people,  and  mine  elect 
8  shall  long  enjoy  the  work  of  their  hands. 

23  They  shall  not  labour  in  vain,  "nor  bring  forth 
for  trouble  ;  for  they  are  the  seed  of  the  blessed  of 
the  Lord,  and  their  offspring  with  them. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  w  before  they 
call,  I  will  answer  ;  and  while  they  are  yet  speak- 
ing, I  will  hear. 

25  The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  together,  and 
the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  bullock  :  *and  dust 
shall  be  the  serpent's  meat.  They  shall  not  hurt 
nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy  ^mountain,  saith  the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER  66. 

1  The  general  service  of  God  in  sincerity.    5  The  faithful  comforted.    10  Severe  judgments 

against  the  wicked. 

rriHUS  saith  the  Lord,  aThe  heaven  is  my  throne, 
-*-    and  the  earth  is  my  footstool  :  where  is  the 
house  that  ye  build  unto  me  ?  and  where  is  the  place 
of  my  rest  ? 

2  For  all  those  things  hath  mine  hand  made,  and 
all  those  things  have  been,  saith  the  Lord  :  but  to 
this  man  will  I  look,  beven  to  him  that  is  poor  and 
of  a  contrite  spirit,  and  ctrembleth  at  my  word. 

3  He  that  killeth  an  ox  is  as  if  he  slew  a  man  ;  he 
that  sacrificeth  a  Mamb,  as  if  he  cut  off  a  dog's 
neck ;  he  that  offereth  an  oblation,  as  if  he  offered 
swine's  blood  ;  he  that  2burneth  incense,  as  if  he 
blessed  an  idol.  Yea,  they  have  chosen  their  own 
ways,  and  their  soul  delighteth  in  their  abomina- 
tions. 

4  I  also  will  choose  their  3  delusions,  and  will  bring 
their  fears  upon  them  ;  d  because  when  I  called,  none 
did  answer  ;  when  I  spake,  they  did  not  hear  :  but 
they  did  evil  before  mine  eyes,  and  chose  that  in 
which  I  delighted  not. 

5  If  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  that  tremble 
at  his  word  ;  Your  brethren  that  e hated  you,  that 
cast  you  out  for  -^my  name's  sake,  said,  "Let  the 
Lord  be  glorified  :  but h  he  shall  appear  to  your  joy, 
and  they  shall  be  ashamed. 

6  A  voice  of  noise  from  the  city,  a  voice  from  the 
temple,  a  voice  of  the  Lord  that  rendereth  recom- 
pence  to  his  enemies. 

528 


B.  C.  698. 


r  2  Pet.  3. 13. 

7  come  upon  the 
heart. 


s  Rev.  7.  17. 


t  Eccl.  8.  12. 


u  Lev.  26.  16. 


8  shall  make 
them  continue 
long,  or,  shall 
wear  out. 

v  Deut.  28.  41. 
Hos.  9.  12. 


w  Ps.  32.  5. 
Dan.  9.  21. 
Matt.  6.  8. 
Acts  4.  31. 


x  Gen.  3.  14. 
Rom.  16.  20. 


y  ch.  2.  2. 
Dan.  2.  35. 
Rev.  14.  1. 


it  1  Chr.  28.  2. 
2  Chr.  6.  18. 
Ps.  11.  4. 
Matt.  5.  34. 
Acts  7.  48,  49. 


b  Ps.  34.  18. 
c  Ezra  9.  4. 

Ps.  119. 

120,  161. 

Prov.  28.  14. 

1  Or,  kid. 

2  maketh  a 
memorial  of. 

3  Or,  devices. 
d  Prov.  1.  24. 
e  John  15.  18. 
/Matt.  24.  9. 
g  ch.  5.  19. 
A2Thess.  1.  10. 

Tit.  2.  13. 

4  Or,  beget. 

5  Or,  brightness. 
i  ch.  48.  18. 

ch.  60.  5. 
;  ch.  60.  16. 
k  ch.  49.  22. 

ch.  60.  4. 
I  Ezek.  37.  1. 
m  ch.'9.  5. 

2Thess.  1.  8. 
n  ch.  27.  1. 

0  ch.  65.  3,  4. 

6  Or,  one  after 
another. 

p  Heb.  4.  13. 

Rev.  2.  2. 
q  Luke  2.  34. 
r  Mai.  1.  11. 
sRom.  12.  1. 

Rom.  15.  16. 

7  Or,  coaches. 

1  Ex.  19.  6. 

ch.  61.  6. 
u  2  Pet.  3.  13. 

Rev.  21.  1. 
v  Zech.  14.  16. 

8  from  new  moon 
to  his  new 
moon,  and 
from  sabbath 
to  his  sabbath. 


The  Gentile  holy  church. 

7  Before  she  travailed,  she  brought  forth  ;  before 
her  pain  came,  she  was  delivered  of  a  man  child. 

8  Who  hath  heard  such  a  thing  ?  who  hath  seen 
such  things?  Shall  the  earth  be  made  to  bring 
forth  in  one  day  ?  or  shall  a  nation  be  born  at  once  ? 
for  as  soon  as  Zi'on  travailed,  she  brought  forth  her 
children. 

9  Shall  I  bring  to  the  birth,  and  not4  cause  to  bring 
forth?  saith  the  Lord  :  shall  I  cause  to  bring  forth, 
and  shut  the  womb  ?  saith  thy  God. 

10  Rejoice  ye  with  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  be  glad  with 
her,  all  ye  that  love  her  :  rejoice  for  joy  with  her, 
all  ye  that  mourn  for  her  : 

11  That  ye  may  suck,  and  be  satisfied  with  the 
breasts  of  her  consolations  ;  that  ye  may  milk  out, 
and  be  delighted  with  the  6  abundance  of  her  glory. 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  *I  will  extend 
peace  to  her  like  a  river,  and  the  glory  of  the  Gen'- 
tlle§  like  a  flowing  stream  :  then  shall  ye  ^'suck,  ye 
shall  be  k  borne  upon  her  sides,  and  be  dandled  upon 
her  knees. 

13  As  one  whom  his  mother  comforteth,  so  will  I 
comfort  you  ;  and  ye  shall  be  comforted  in  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem. 

14  And  when  ye  see  this,  your  heart  shall  rejoice, 
and  'your  bones  shall  flourish  like  an  herb  :  and  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  shall  be  known  toward  his  ser- 
vants, and  his  indignation  toward  his  enemies. 

15  mFor,  behold,  the  Lord  will  come  with  fire,  and 
with  his  chariots  like  a  whirlwind,  to  render  his 
anger  with  fury,  and  his  rebuke  with  flames  of 
fire. 

16  For  by  fire  and  by  "his  sword  will  the  Lord 
plead  with  all  flesh  :  and  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall 
be  many. 

17  °They  that  sanctify  themselves,  and  purify 
themselves  in  the  gardens  6  behind  one  tree  in  the 
midst,  eating  swine's  flesh,  and  the  abomination,  and 
the  mouse,  shall  be  consumed  together,  saith  the 
Lord. 

18  pFor  I  know  their  works  and  their  thoughts  : 
it  shall  come,  that  I  will  gather  all  nations  and 
tongues  ;  and  they  shall  come,  and  see  my  glory. 

19  ''And  I  will  set  a  sign  among  them,  and  I  will 
send  those  that  escape  of  them  unto  the  nations,  to 
Tar'shish,  Pul,  and  Liid,  that  draw  the  bow,  to  Tu'- 
bal,  and  Ja'van,  to  the  isles  afar  off,  that  have  not 
heard  my  fame,  neither  have  seen  my  glory  ;  'and 
■they  shall  declare  my  glory  among  the  Gen'tileg. 

20  And  they  shall  bring  all  your  brethren  sfor  an 
offering  unto  the  Lord  out  of  all  nations  upon  horses, 
and  in  chariots,  and  in  '  litters,  and  upon  mules,  and 
upon  swift  beasts,  to  my  holy  mountain  Je-ru'sa- 
lem,  saith  the  Lord,  as  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  bring 
an  offering  in  a  clean  vessel  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

21  And  I  will  also  take  of  them  for  *  priests  and 
for  Le'vites,  saith  the  Lord. 

22  For  as  "the  new  heavens  and  the  new  earth, 
which  I  will  make,  shall  remain  before  me,  saith  the 
Lord,  so  shall  your  seed  and  your  name  remain. 

23  And  "it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  8from  one  new 


I 


The  calling  of  Jeremiah. 


JEREMIAH,  1,  2. 


A  plea  with  Israel. 


moon  to  another,  and  from  one  sabbath  to  another, 
w  shall  all  flesh  come  to  worship  before  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 
24  And  they  shall  go  forth,  and  look  upon   the 


B.  C.  698. 


w  Ps.  05.  2. 


carcases  of  the  men  that  have  transgressed  against 
me  :  for  their  worm  shall  not  die,  neither  shall  their 
fire  be  quenched ;  and  they  shall  be  an  abhorring 
unto  all  flesh. 


THE   BOOK   OP   THE 


PROPHET   JEREMIAH. 


CHAPTER  1. 

1  The  time  and  calling  of  Jeremiah.    11  His  vision  denoting  speedy  judgments.     17  God's 

promise  of  assistance. 

THE  words  of  Jer-e-mi'ah  the  son  of  Hil-kl'ah,  of 
the  priests  that  were  "in  An'a-thoth  in  the  land 
of  Ben'ja-min : 

2  To  whom  the  6word  of  the  Lord  came  in  the 
days  of  Jo-si'ah  the  son  of  A'mon  king  of  Ju'dah,  in 
"the  thirteenth  year  of  his  reign. 

3  It  came  also  in  the  days  of  Je-hoi'a-kim  the  son 
of  JO-si'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  dunto  the  end  of  the 
eleventh  year  of  Zed-e-ki'ah  the  son  of  Jo-si'ah  king 
of  Ju'dah,  "unto  the  carrying  away  of  Je-ru'sS-lem 
captive  yin  the  fifth  month. 

4  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 

5  Before  I  formed  thee  in  the  belly  I  knew  thee ; 
and  before  thou  earnest  forth  out  of  the  womb  I 
"sanctified  thee,  and  I  Ordained  thee  a  prophet 
unto  the  nations. 

6  Then  said  I,  feAh,  Lord  God  !  behold,  I  cannot 
speak  :  for  I  am  a  child. 

7  T[  But  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Say  not,  I  am  a 
child  :  *for  thou  shalt  go  to  all  that  I  shall  send 
thee,  and  j  whatsoever  I  command  thee  thou  shalt 
speak. 

8  Be  not  afraid  of  their  faces  :  for  k  I  am  with  thee 
to  deliver  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  Then  the  Lord  put  forth  his  hand,  and  touched 
'my  mouth.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Behold, 
I  have  mput  my  words  in  thy  mouth. 

10  "See,  I  have  this  day  set  thee  over  the  nations 
and  over  the  kingdoms,  to  °root  out,  and  to  pull 
down,  and  to  destroy,  and  to  throw  down,  to  build, 
and  to  plant. 

11  IT  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying,  Jer-e-ml'ah,  what  seest  thou  ?  And  I 
said,  I  see  a  rod  of  an  almond  tree. 

12  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me,  Thou  hast  well 
seen  :  for  I  will  hasten  pmy  word  to  perform  it. 

13  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me  the 
second  time,  saying,  What  seest  thou  ?  And  I  said, 
I  see  a  seething  pot ;  and  the  face  thereof  is  2  to- 
ward the  north. 

14  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Out  of  the  north 
an  evil  3  shall  break  forth  upon  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land. 

15  For,  lo,  I  will  call  all  the  families  of  the  king- 
doms of  the  north,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall 
come,  and  they  shall  9set  every  one  his  throne  at 
the  entering  of  the  gates  of  Je:ru'sa-lem,  and  against 
all  the  walls  thereof  round  about,  and  against  all 
the  cities  of  Ju'dah. 

33 


B.  C.  629. 


a  Josh.  21.  18. 

b  2  Pet.  1.  21. 

c  ch.  25.  3. 

d  ch.  39.  2. 

e  ch.  52.  12. 
/  2  Ki.  25.  8. 


g  Luke  1.  15. 
1  gave. 


h  Ex.  4.  10. 


i  Ex.  7.  1,  2. 

Ezek.  2.  3,  4. 

Matt.  28.  20. 

Mark  16.15,16. 
j  Num.  22.  20. 

1  Ki.  22.  14. 
k  Ex.  3.  12. 

Deut.  31.  6. 

Acts  26.  17. 


I  Isa.  6.  7. 
in  Isa.  51.  16. 

n\  Ki.  17.  1. 

ch.  25.  15. 

Rev.  11.  3-6. 
o  2  Cor.  10.  4. 


p  Dent.  32.  35. 

2  from  the  face 
of  the  north. 

3  shall  be  opened. 
q  ch.  39.  3. 

r  Lev.  26.  15. 

ch.  4.  12. 
s  Deut.  28.  20. 
I  1  Ki.  18.  46. 
u  Ex.  3.  12. 

4  Or,  break  to 
pieces. 

v  Num.  14.  9. 
Ps.  27.  1. 
Rom.  8.  31. 


1  Or,  for  thy 
Bake. 

a  Ezek.  16.  8. 

Hos.  2.  15. 
b  Jas.  1.  18. 

Rev.  14.  4. 
c  Isa.  5.  4. 

Mic.  6.  3. 
d  Isa.  44.  9. 

Rom.  1.  21. 

2  Or,  the  land  of 
Carmel. 

e  Mai.  2.  6. 

Rom.  2.  20. 
/  Isa.  3. 13. 

Hos.  2.  2. 

Mic.  6.  2. 


16  And  I  will  rutter  my  judgments  against  them 
touching  all  their  wickedness,  swho  have  forsaken 
me,  and  have  burned  incense  unto  other  gods,  and 
worshipped  the  works  of  their  own  hands. 

17  H  Thou  therefore  'gird  up  thy  loins,  and  arise, 
and  speak  unto  them  all  that  I  command  Mthee  :  be 
not  dismayed  at  their  faces,  lest  I  4  confound  thee 
before  them. 

18  For,  behold,  Ihave  made  thee  this  day  a  de- 
fenced  city,  and  an  iron  pillar,  and  brasen  walls 
against  the  whole  land,  against  the  kings  of  Ju'dah, 
against  the  princes  thereof,  against  the  priests 
thereof,  and  against  the  people  of  the  land. 

19  And  they  shall  fight  against  thee ;  but  they 
shall  not  prevail  against  thee  ;  "for  I  am  with  thee, 
saith  the  Lord,  to  deliver  thee. 

CHAPTER  2. 

1  Expostulation  with  Israel.     14  They  cause  their  own  calamities.    20  Judah's  sins. 

MOREOVER  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me, 
saying, 

2  Go  and  cry  in  the  ears  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  saying, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  I  remember  1  thee,  the  kind- 
ness of  thy  "youth,  the  love  of  thine  espousals,  when 
thou  wentest  after  me  in  the  wilderness,  in  a  land 
that  was  not  sown. 

3  I§'ra-el  was  holiness  unto  the  Lord,  and  6the 
firstf  ruits  of  his  increase  :  all  that  devour  him  shall 
offend  ;  evil  shall  come  upon  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Ja'- 
cob,  and  all  the  families  of  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el : 

5  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  c  What  iniquity  have  your 
fathers  found  in  me,  that  they  are  gone  far  from 
me,  dand  have  walked  after  vanity,  and  are  become 
vain? 

6  Neither  said  they,  Where  is  the  Lord  that 
brought  us  up  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  that  led  us 
through  the  wilderness,  through  a  land  of  deserts 
and  of  pits,  through  a  land  of  drought,  and  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  through  a  land  that  no  man  passed 
through,  and  where  no  man  dwelt  ? 

7  And  I  brought  you  into  2  a  plentiful  country,  to 
eat  the  fruit  thereof  and  the  goodness  thereof  ;  but 
when  ye  entered,  ye  defiled  my  land,  and  made 
mine  heritage  an  abomination. 

8  The  priests  said  not,  Where  is  the  Lord  ?  and 
they  that  handle  the  elaw  knew  me  not:  the  pas- 
tors also  transgressed  against  me,  and  the  prophets 
prophesied  by  Ba'al,  and  walked  after  things  that 
do  not  profit. 

9  T  Wherefore  'I  will  yet  plead  with  you,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  with  your  children's  children  will  I 
plead. 

529 


A  plea  with  Israel. 


JEREMIAH,  3. 


The  sins  ofJudah. 


10  For  pass  3over  the  isles  of  Chit'tim,  and  see  ; 
and  send  unto  Ke'dar,  and  consider  diligently,  and 
see  if  there  be  such  a  thing. 

11  ffHath  a  nation  changed  their  gods,  which  are 
yet  no  gods?  'lbut  my  people  have  changed  their 
glory  for  that  which  doth  not  profit. 

12  Be  astonished,  0  ye  heavens,  at  this,  and  be 
horribly  afraid,  be  ye  very  desolate,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  my  people  have  committed  two  evils  ; 
they  have  forsaken  me  the  *  fountain  of  living 
waters,  and  hewed  them  out  cisterns,  broken  cis- 
terns, that  can  hold  no  water. 

14  11  Is  Ig.'ra-el  a  servant  ?  is  he  a  homeborn  slave  ? 
why  is. he  4 spoiled? 

15  The  young  lions  roared  upon  him,  and  5  yelled, 
and  they  made  his  land  waste :  his  cities  are 
burned  without  inhabitant. 

16  Also  the  children  of  Noph  and  Ta-hap'a-neg 

6  have  broken  the  crown  of  thy  head. 

17  Hast  thou  not  procured  this  unto  thyself,  in 
that  thou  hast  forsaken  the  Lord  thy  God,  when 
he  led  thee  by  the  way  ? 

18  And  now  what  hast  thou  to  do  yin  the  way  of 
E'gypt,  to  drink  the  waters  of  feSl'hor?  or  what 
hast  thou  to  do  in  the  way  of  As-syr'i-a,  to  drink 
the  waters  of  the  river  ? 

19  Thine  own  'wickedness  shall  correct  thee,  and 
thy  backslidings  shall  reprove  thee  :  know  there- 
fore and  see  that  it  is  an  evil  thing  and  bitter,  that 
thou  hast  forsaken  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  that  my 
fear  is  not  in  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

20  If  For  of  old  time  I  have  broken  thy  yoke,  and 
burst   thy   bands;   and   mthou   saidst,  I   will   not 

7  transgress  ;  when  upon  every  high  hill  and  under 
every  green  tree  thou  wanderest,  playing  the  harlot. 

21  Yet  I  had  "planted  thee  a  noble  vine,  wholly 
a  right  seed  :  how  then  art  thou  turned  into  the 
degenerate  plant  of  a  strange  vine  unto  me  ? 

22  For  though  thou  wash  thee  with  nitre,  and 
take  thee  much  sope,  yet  °  thine  iniquity  is  marked 
before  me,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

23  p  How  canst  thou  say,  I  am  not  polluted,  I  have 
not  gone  after  Ba'al-Im?  see  thy  way  9in  the  val- 
ley, know  what  thou  hast  done  :  8  thou  art  a  swift 
dromedary  traversing  her  ways  ; 

24  9  A  wild  ass  10used  to  the  wilderness,  that 
snuff  eth  up  the  wind  at  "  her  pleasure  ;  in  her  oc- 
casion who  can  12turn  her  away?  all  they  that  seek 
her  will  not  weary  themselves  ;  in  her  month  they 
shall  find  her. 

25  Withhold  thy  foot  from  being  unshod,  and  thy 
throat  from  thirst :  but  thou  saidst,  13  There  is  no 
hope  :  no ;  for  I  have  loved  strangers,  and  after 
them  will  I  go. 

26  As  the  thief  is  ashamed  when  he  is  found,  so 
is  the  house  of  I§'ra-el  ashamed ;  they,  their  kings, 
their  princes,  and  their  priests,  and  their  prophets, 

27  Saying  to  a  stock,  Thou  art  my  father  ;  and  to 
a  stone,  Thou  hast  "brought  me  forth  :  for  they 
have  turned  15  their  back  unto  me,  and  not  their 
face  :  but  in  the  time  of  their  r  trouble  they  will 
say,  Arise,  and  save  us. 

530 


B.  C.  629. 


3  Or,  over  to. 


g  Mic.  4.  5. 

h  Ps.  10G.  20. 
Rom.  1.  23. 


i  Ps.  36.  9. 
eh.  17.  13. 
Rev.  21.  6. 


4  become  a  spoil. 

5  gave  out  their 
voice. 


6  Or,  feed  on  thy 
crown. 


j  Isa.  30.  1,  2. 
k  Josh.  13.  3. 


I  Isa.  3.  9. 

Hos.  5.  5. 
m  Ex.  19.  8. 

7  Or,  serve. 
n  Ps.  80.  8. 

Matt.  21.  33. 

Mark  12.  1. 
o  Deut.  32.  34. 

Ps.  90.  8. 

Hos.  13.  12. 
p  Gen.  3.  12,  13. 

Prov.  30.  12. 

Rom.  3.  19. 
q  ch.  7.  31. 

8  Or,  O  swift 
dromedary. 

9  Or,  O  wild  ass. 

10  taught. 

II  the  desire  of 
her  heart. 

12  Or,  reverse  it. 

13  Or,  Is  the  case 
desperate  ? 

14  Or,  begotten 
me. 

15  the  hinder 
part  of  the 
neck. 

r  Judg.  10.  10. 
s  Deut.  32.  37. 
t  Isa.  45.  20. 

16  evil. 

u  2  Chr.  36.  16. 
Matt.  23.  29. 
Luke  13. 33, 34. 
Acts  7.  52. 
1  Thess.  2.  15. 

17  We  have 
dominion. 

v  Ps.  106.  21. 

eh.  13.  25. 

Hos.  8.  14. 
w  Ps.  106.  38. 

ch.  19.  4. 

18  digging. 

x  Prov.  28.  13. 
y  ch.  31.  22. 

Hos.  5.  13. 
z  Isa.  30.  3. 

ch.  37.  7. 
a  2  Chr.  28. 

16,  21. 
b  2  Sam.  13.  19. 


1  Saying. 
a  Deut.  24.  4. 
b  ch.  2.  20. 
c  ch.  4.  1. 

Hos.  14.  1,  2. 

Zeeh.  1.  3. 

Luke  15. 

16,  24. 
d  Deut.  12.  2. 
e  Gen.  38.  14. 

Prov.  23.  28. 
/Lev.  26.  19. 
g  Zeph.  3.  5. 
h  Prov.  2.  17. 

Mai.  2.  14. 
i  ch.  2.  2. 

Hos.  2.  15. 
/  2  Ki.  17.  13. 


28  But  s  where  are  thy  gods  that  thou  hast  made 
thee?  let  them  arise,  if  they  'can  save  thee  in  the 
time  of  thy  10  trouble  :  for  according  to  the  number 
of  thy  cities  are  thy  gods,  O  Ju'dah. 

29  Wherefore  will  ye  plead  with  me  ?  ye  all  have 
transgressed  against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

30  In  vain  have  I  smitten  your  children  ;  they 
received  no  correction  :  your  own  sword  hath  u  de- 
voured your  prophets,  like  a  destroying  lion. 

31  If  O  generation,  see  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord. 
Have  I  been  a  wilderness  unto  Ig'ra-el  ?  a  land  of 
darkness?  wherefore  say  my  people,  "We  are 
lords  ;  we  will  come  no  more  unto  thee  ? 

32  Can  a  maid  forget  her  ornaments,  or  a  bride 
her  attire?  yet  my  people  ''have  forgotten  me  days 
without  number. 

33  Why  trimmest  thou  thy  way  to  seek  love  ? 
therefore  hast  thou  also  taught  the  wicked  ones 
thy  ways. 

34  Also  in  thy  skirts  is  found  M'the  blood  of  the 
souls  of  the  poor  innocents  :  I  have  not  found  it  by 
18  secret  search,  but  upon  all  these. 

35  Yet  thou  say  est,  Because  I  am  innocent,  surely 
his  anger  shall  turn  from  me.  Behold,  I  will  plead 
with  thee,  x  because  thou  say  est,  I  have  not  sinned. 

36  ^Why  gaddest  thou  about  so  much  to  change 
thy  way  ?  2  thou  also  shalt  be  ashamed  of  E'gypt, 
aas  thou  wast  ashamed  of  As-syr'i-a. 

37  Yea,  thou  shalt  go  forth  from  him,  and  thine 
b  hands  upon  thine  head  :  for  the  Lord  hath  re- 
jected thy  confidences,  and  thou  shalt  not  prosper  in 
them. 

CHAPTER  3. 

1  Backsliding  Judah  and  Israel.     12  Promises  to  the  penitent.    20  Israel's  confession. 

1  rpHEY  say,  If  a  man  put  away  his  wife,  and  she 
J-  go  from  him,  and  become  another  man's,  "shall, 
he  return  unto  her  again?  shall  not  that  land  be 
greatly  polluted?  but  thou  hast  b played  the  harlot 
with  many  lovers  ;  cyet  return  again  to  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

2  Lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  dthe  high  places,  and 
see  where  thou  hast  not  been  lien  with.  eIn  the 
ways  hast  thou  sat  for  them,  as  the  A-ra'bi-an  in 
the  wilderness ;  and  thou  hast  polluted  the  land 
with  thy  whoredoms  and  with  thy  wickedness. 

3  Therefore  the  ■'"showers  have  been  withholden, 
and  there  hath  been  no  latter  rain  ;  and  thou  hadst 
a  a  whore's  forehead,  thou  ref usedst  to  be  ashamed. 

4  Wilt  thou  not  from  this  time  cry  unto  me,  My 
father,  thou  art  the  h guide  of  z'my  youth? 

5  Will  he  reserve  his  anger  for  ever  ?  will  he  keep 
it  to  the  end  ?  Behold,  thou  hast  spoken  and  done 
evil  things  as  thou  couldest. 

6  If  The  Lord  said  also  unto  me  in  the  days  of  J6- 
sT'ah  the  king,  Hast  thou  seen  that  which  backslid- 
ing I§'ra-el  hath  done?  she  is  gone  up  upon  every 
high  mountain  and  under  every  green  tree,  and 
there  hath  played  the  harlot. 

7  J'And  I  said  after  she  had  done  all  these  things, 
Turn  thou  unto  me.  But  she  returned  not.  And 
her  treacherous  sister  Ju'dah  saw  it. 

8  And  I  saw,  when  for  all  the  causes  whereby 


Promises  to  the  penitent. 


JEREMIAH,  4. 


Judah  exhorted  to  repentance. 


backsliding  I§'ra-el  committed  adultery  I  had  put 
her  away,  and  given  her  a  bill  of  divorce  ;  /cyet  her 
treacherous  sister  Ju'dah  feared  not,  but  went  and 
played  the  harlot  also. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  through  the  2  lightness  of 
her  whoredom,  that  she  denied  the  land,  and  com- 
mitted adultery  with  stones  and  with  stocks. 

10  And  yet  for  all  this  her  treacherous  sister  Ju'- 
dah hath  not  turned  unto  me  l  with  her  whole  heart, 
but  3feignedly,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  The  backsliding 
Ig'ra-el  hath  justified  herself  more  than  treacher- 
ous Ju'dah. 

12  IF  Go  and  proclaim  these  words  toward  the 
north,  and  say,  Return,  thou  m  backsliding  I§'ra-el, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  not  cause  mine  anger  to 
fall  upon  you  :  for  I  am  merciful,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  I  will  not  keep  anger  for  ever. 

13  "Only  acknowledge  thine  iniquity,  that  thou 
hast  transgressed  against  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
hast  scattered  thy  ways  to  the  strangers  under 
every  green  tree,  and  ye  have  not  obeyed  my  voice, 
saith  the  Lord. 

14  Turn,  0  backsliding  children,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
for  I  am  married  unto  you  :  and  I  will  take  you 
"one  of  a  city,  and  two  of  a  family,  and  I  will  bring 
you  to  Zi'on  : 

15  And  I  will  give  you  p  pastors  according  to  mine 
heart,  which  shall  9feed  you  with  knowledge  and 
understanding. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  be  multi- 
plied and  increased  in  the  land,  in  those  days,  saith 
the  Lord,  they  r  shall  say  no  more,  The  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  :  neither  shall  it  4come  to 
mind  :  neither  shall  they  remember  it ;  neither  shall 
•they  visit  it ;  neither  shall  5  that  be  done  any  more. 

17  At  that  time  they  shall  call  Jg-ru'sa-lem  the 
throne  of  the  Lord  ;  and  all  the  nations  shall  be 
gathered  unto  it,  to  the  name  of  the  Lord,  to  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem  :  neither  shall  they  walk  any  more  after  the 

6  imagination  of  their  evil  heart. 

18  In  those  days  sthe  house  of  Ju'dah  shall  walk 

7  with  the  house  of  I§'ra-el,  and  they  shall  come  to- 
gether out  of  the  land  of  the  north  to  *  the  land 
that  I  have  8  given  for  an  inheritance  unto  your 
fathers. 

19  But  I  said,  How  shall  I  put  thee  among  the 
children,  and  give  thee  a  9 pleasant  land,  10a  goodly 
heritage  of  the  hosts  of  nations?  and  I  said,  Thou 
shalt  call  me,  u  My  father ;  and  shalt  not  turn  away 
"from  me. 

20  If  Surely  as  a  wife  treacherously  departeth 
from  her  12  husband,  so  have  ye  dealt  treacherously 
with  me,  0  house  of  I§'ra-el,  saith  the  Lord. 

.  21  A  voice  was  heard  upon  "the  high  places,  weep- 
ing and  supplications  of  the  children  of  Is_'ra-el : 
for  they  have  perverted  their  way,  and  they  have 
forgotten  the  Lord  their  God. 

22  w  Return,  ye  backsliding  children,  and  I  *will 
heal  your  backslidings.  Behold,  we  come  unto  thee  ; 
for  thou  art  the  Lord  our  God. 

23  v  Truly  in  vain  is  salvation  hoped  for  from  the 


B.C.  612. 


k  Ezek.  23.  11. 


2  Or,  fame. 


I  Hos.  7.  14. 
3  in  falsehood. 


m  Isa.  44.  22. 
ch.  4.  1. 


n  Lev.  2G.  40,  42. 
Prov.  28.  13. 
ch.  31.  18-20. 
Luke  13. 18-21. 


o  Rom.  11.  5. 


p  ch.  23.  4. 

Eph.  4.  11. 
q  Acts  20.  28. 
r  John  4.  21-24. 

4  come  upon  the 
heart. 

5  Or,  it  be  mag- 
nified. 

6  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 

slsa.  11.  13. 
Hos.  1.  11. 

7  Or,  to. 

t  Amos  9. 15. 

8  Or,  caused 
your  fathers 
to  possess. 

9  land  of  desire. 

10  an  heritage  of 
glory,  or, 
beauty. 

u  Isa.  63.  16. 

11  from  after  me. 

12  friend. 

v  Isa.  15.  2. 
w  Hos.  14.  1. 
x  Hos.  6.  1. 
i/Ps.  121.  1. 
z  Ps.  3.  8. 

Isa.  12.  2. 
a  Hos.  9.  10. 
b  Ezra  9.  7. 


a  Joel  2.  12. 
b  Deut.  10.  20. 

Isa.  45.  23. 
elsa.  48.  1. 
d  Gal.  3.  8. 
e  Isa.  45.  25. 

1  Cor.  1.31. 
/Hos.  10.  12. 
g  Matt.  13.  7. 
'h  Deut.  10.  10. 

Col.  2.  11. 
i  Zeph.  2.  2. 

1  Or,  strengthen. 
j  ch.  1.  13. 

2  breaking. 
k  Dan.  7.  4. 
I  Isa.  22.  12. 
m  Isa.  63.  17. 

Ezek.  14.  9. 

2  Thess.  2.  11. 
n  Isa.  27.  8. 

ch.  51.  1. 
Ezek.  17.  10. 
Hos.  13.  5. 

3  Or,  a  fuller 
wind  than 
those. 

4  utter  judg- 
ments. 

o  Isa.  5.  28. 
p  Deut.  28.  49. 

Lam.  4.  19. 

Hos.  8.  1. 

Hab.  1.  8. 


hills,  and  from  the  multitude  of  mountains  :  z  truly 
in  the  Lord  our  God  is  the  salvation  of  I§'ra-el. 

24  a  For  shame  hath  devoured  the  labour  of  our 
fathers  from  our  youth;  their  flocks  and  their 
herds,  their  sons  and  their  daughters. 

25  We  lie  down  in  our  shame,  and  our  confusion 
covereth  us  :  for  b  we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord 
our  God,  we  and  our  fathers,  from  our  youth  even 
unto  this  day,  and  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  our  God. 

CHAPTER  4. 

1  God's  call  to  Israel.    5  Judah  exhorted  to  repentance.     19  Lamentation  for  Judah. 

IF  thou  wilt  return,  O  I§'ra-el,  saith  the  Lord, 
a  return  unto  me  :  and  if  thou  wilt  put  away 
thine  abominations  out  of  my  sight,  then  shalt  thou 
not  remove. 

2  6And  thou  shalt  swear,  The  Lord  liveth,  cin 
truth,  in  judgment,  and  in  righteousness  ;  dand 
the  nations  shall  bless  themselves  in  him,  and  in 
him  shall  they  e  glory. 

3  II  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  men  of  Ju'dah 
and  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  rBreak  up  your  fallow  ground, 
and  9  sow  not  among  thorns. 

4  h  Circumcise  yourselves  to  the  Lord,  and  take 
away  the  foreskins  of  your  heart,  ye  men  of  Ju'dah 
and  inhabitants  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem  :  lest  my  *fury 
come  forth  like  fire,  and  burn  that  none  can  quench 
it,  because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

5  Declare  ye  in  Ju'dah,  and  publish  in  Jg-ru'sa- 
lem  ;  and  say,  Blow  ye  the  trumpet  in  the  land  : 
cry,  gather  together,  and  say,  Assemble  yourselves, 
and  let  us  go  into  the  defenced  cities. 

6  Set  up  the  standard  toward  Zi'on  :  Retire,  stay 
not :  for  I  will  bring  evil  from  the  J'north,  and  a 
great 2  destruction. 

7  fcThe  lion  is  come  up  from  his  thicket,  and  the 
destroyer  of  the  Gen'tlleg  is  on  his  way  ;  he  is  gone 
forth  from  his  place  to  make  thy  land  desolate  ; 
and  thy  cities  shall  be  laid  waste,  without  an  in- 
habitant. 

8  For  this  'gird  you  with  sackcloth,  lament  and 
howl :  for  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  is  not  turned 
back  from  us. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  the  heart  of  the  king  shall  perish,  and 
the  heart  of  the  princes  ;  and  the  priests  shall  be 
astonished,  and  the  prophets  shall  wonder. 

10  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  !  m  surely  thou  hast 
greatly  deceived  this  people  and  Je-ru'sa-lem,  say- 
ing, Ye  shall  have  peace ;  whereas  the  sword  reach- 
eth  unto  the  soul. 

11  At  that  time  shall  it  be  said  to  this  people  and 
to  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  TOA  dry  wind  of  the  high  places  in 
the  wilderness  toward  the  daughter  of  my  people, 
not  to  fan,  nor  to  cleanse, 

12  Even  3a  full  wind  from  those  places  shall  come 
unto  me  :  now  also  will  I  4give  sentence  against 
them. 

13  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  as  clouds,  and  his 
0  chariots  shall  be  as  a  whirlwind  :  phis  horses  are 
swifter  than  eagles.  Woe  unto  us !  for  we  are 
spoiled. 

531 


A  grievous  lamentation. 


JEREMIAH,  5. 


Judgments  on  Jewry. 


14  0  Js-ru'sa-lem,  9wash  thine  heart  from  wicked- 
ness, that  thou  mayest  be  saved.  How  long  shall 
thy  vain  thoughts  lodge  within  thee  ? 

15  For  a  voice  declare  th^"  from  Dan,  and  publish- 
eth  affliction  from  mount  E'phra-im. 

16  Make  ye  mention  to  the  nations  ;  behold,  pub- 
lish against  Je-ru'sa-lem,  that  watchers  come  sfrom 
a  far  country,  and  give  out  their  voice  against  the 
cities  of  Ju'dah. 

17  *As  keepers  of  a  field,  are  they  against  her 
round  about ;  because  she  hath  been  rebellious 
against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  Thy  Mway  and  thy  doings  have  procured  these 
things  unto  thee ;  this  is  thy  wickedness,  because 
it  is  bitter,  because  it  reacheth  unto  thine  heart. 

19  If  My  "bowels,  my  bowels  !  I  am  pained  at  5my 
very  heart ;  my  heart  maketh  a  noise  in  me  ;  I  can- 
not hold  my  peace,  because  thou  "hast  heard,  0 
my  soul,  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  the  alarm  of 
war. 

20  "'Destruction  upon  destruction  is  cried ;  for  the 
whole  land  is  spoiled  :  suddenly  are  xmy  tents 
spoiled,  and  my  curtains  in  a  moment. 

21  How  long  shall  I  see  the  standard,  and  hear 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet? 

22  For  my  people  is  v  foolish,  they  have  not  known 
me  ;  they  are  sottish  children,  and  they  have  none 
understanding  :  2they  are  wise  to  do  evil,  but  to  do 
good  they  have  no  knowledge. 

23  °  I  beheld  the  earth,  and,  lo,  it  was  b  without 
form,  and  void  ;  and  the  heavens,  and  they  had  no 
light. 

24  CI  beheld  the  mountains,  and,  lo,  they  trembled, 
and  all  the  hills  moved  lightly. 

25  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  there  was  no  man,  and  da\\ 
the  birds  of  the  heavens  were  fled. 

26  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  fruitful  place  was  a  wil- 
derness, and  all  the  cities  thereof  were  broken  down 
at  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  by  his  fierce 
anger. 

27  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said,  The  whole  land 
shall  be  desolate  ;  eyet  will  I  not  make  a  full  end. 

28  For  this  /shall  the  earth  mourn,  and  "the  hea- 
vens above  be  black :  because  I  have  spoken  it,  I 
have  purposed  it,  and  Awill  not  repent,  neither  will 
I  turn  back  from  it. 

29  ^The  whole  city  shall  flee  for  the  noise  of  the 
horsemen  and  bowmen  ;  they  shall  go  into  thickets, 
and  climb  up  upon  the  rocks :  every  city  shall  be 
forsaken,  and  not  a  man  dwell  therein. 

30  And  when  thou  art  spoiled,  what  wilt  thou  do  ? 
Though  thou  clothest  thyself  with  crimson,  though 
thou  deckest  thee  with  ornaments  of  gold, j  though 
thou  rentest  thy  6face  with  painting,  in  vain  shalt 
thou  make  thyself  fair ;  k  thy  lovers  will  despise 
thee,  they  will  seek  thy  life. 

31  For  I  have  heard  a  voice  as  of  a  woman  in  tra- 
vail, and  the  anguish  as  of  her  that  bringeth  forth 
her  first  child,  the  voice  of  the  daughter  of  Zi'on, 
that  bewaileth  herself,  that  'spreadeth  her  hands, 
saying,  Woe  is  me  now !  for  my  soul  is  wearied 
because  of  murderers. 

532 


B.  C.  612. 


g  Isa.  1.  1G. 
Jas.  4.  8. 

r  ch.  8.  16. 


s  ch.  5.  15. 


t2Ki.  25.  1. 


u  Job  20.  G-ll. 
Ps.  107.  17. 
Prov.  1.  31. 
Isa.  50.  1. 
ch.  2.  17. 

v  Isa.  16.  11. 
Luke  19. 

41,  42. 
5  the  walls  of 
rny  heart. 


w  Ps.  42.  7. 
x  ch.  10.  20. 


y  Rom.  1.  22. 


z  Rom.  1G.  19. 
1  Cor.  14.  20. 


a  Isa.  24.  19. 
b  Gen.  1.  2. 


c  Ezek.  38.  20. 


d  Zeph.  1.  3. 
e  ch.  5.  10. 
/  Isa.  33.  9. 

ch.  12.  4. 

Hos.  4.  3. 
g  Isa.  50.  3. 
h  Num.  23.  19. 
i  2  Ki.  25.  4. 
j  2  Ki.  9.  30. 
G  eyes. 

A- Lam.  1.  2,  19. 
I  Isa.  1.  15. 

Lam.  1.  17. 


a  Ezek.  22.  30. 

Mic.  7.  2. 
b  Ps.  12.  1. 
c  Tit.  1.  1G. 
d  2  Chr.  1G.  9. 
e  Isa.  1.  5. 
/ch.  7.28. 

Zeph.  3.  2. 
g  ch.  8.  7. 
/;  Mic.  3.  1. 
i  Ps.  2.  3. 
j  ch.  4.  7. 
k  Hab.  1.  8. 

1  Or,  deserts. 
/  Hos.  13.  7. 

2  are  strong. 
in  Josh.  23.  7. 

ch.  12.  16. 

Amos  8.  14. 
n  Gal.  4.  8. 
o  Deut.  32.  15. 
p  Ezek.  22.  11. 
g2Sam.  11.2-4. 

ch.  13.  27. 
r  Isa.  1 .  24. 

ch.  44.  22. 

Ezek.  7.  9. 
s  ch.  39.  8. 
t  ch.  3.  20. 
u  2  Chr.  3G.  16. 
v  Isa.  28.  15. 
w  ch.  14.  13. 
x  ch.  1.  9. 

Hos.  6.  5. 

Rev.  11.  5. 
y  Deut.  28.  49. 

Isa.  5.  26. 

ch.  1. 15. 
z  Isa.  39.  3. 


CHAPTER  5. 

1  Judgments  oj  God  on  Jewry  for  their  iniguities.     19  Contempt  oj  God.    25  Wickedness 

in  the  state  and  church. 

T3UN  ye  to  and  fro  through  the  streets  of  Je-ru'- 
-L^  sa-lem,  and  see  now,  and  know,  and  seek  in 
the  broad  places  thereof,  aif  ye  can  find  a  man,  6if 
there  be  any  that  executeth  judgment,  that  seeketh 
the  truth  ;  and  I  will  pardon  it. 

2  And  c  though  they  say,  The  Lord  liveth  ;  surely 
they  swear  falsely. 

3  O  Lord,  are  not  d thine  eyes  upon  the  truth? 
thou  hast e  stricken  them,  but  they  have  not  grieved  ; 
thou  hast  consumed  them,  fbut  they  have  refused 
to  receive  correction  :  they  have  made  their  faces 
harder  than  a  rock  ;  they  have  refused  to  return. 

4  Therefore  I  said,  Surely  these  are  poor  ;  they 
are  foolish  :  for  ffthey  know  not  the  way  of  the 
Lord,  nor  the  judgment  of  their  God. 

5  I  will  get  me  unto  the  great  men,  and  will  speak 
unto  them  ;  for  Hhey  have  known  the  way  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  judgment  of  their  God :  but  these 
have  altogether  'broken  the  yoke,  and  burst  the 
bonds. 

6  Wherefore  ja  lion  out  of  the  forest  shall  slay 
them,  kand  a  wolf  of  the  Evenings  shall  spoil  them, 
'a  leopard  shall  watch  over  their  cities  :  every  one 
that  goeth  out  thence  shall  be  torn  in  pieces :  be- 
cause their  transgressions  are  many,  and  their  back- 
slidings  2are  increased. 

7  H  How  shall  I  pardon  thee  for  this  ?  thy  children 
have  forsaken  me,  and  m  sworn  by  them  nthat  are 
no  gods  :  °when  I  had  fed  them  to  the  full,  they 
then  committed  adultery,  and  assembled  themselves 
by  troops  in  the  harlots'  houses. 

8  pThey  were  as  fed  horses  in  the  morning  :  every 
one  q  neighed  after  his  neighbour's  wife. 

9  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things?  saith  the 
Lord  :  rand  shall  not  my  soul  be  avenged  on  such 
a  nation  as  this  ? 

10  1 s  Go  ye  up  upon  her  walls,  and  destroy  ;  but 
make  not  a  full  end  :  take  away  her  battlements ; 
for  they  are  not  the  Lord's. 

11  For  'the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  and  the  house  of  Ju'- 
dah have  dealt  very  treacherously  against  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

12  "They  have  belied  the  Lord,  and  said,  vIt  is 
not  he  ;  neither  shall  evil  come  upon  us  ;  w  neither 
shall  we  see  sword  nor  famine  : 

13  And  the  prophets  shall  become  wind,  and  the 
word  is  not  in  them:  thus  shall  it  be  done  unto 
them. 

14  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
Because  ye  speak  this  word,  x  behold,  I  will  make 
my  words  in  thy  mouth  fire,  and  this  people  wood, 
and  it  shall  devour  them. 

15  Lo,  I  will  bring  a  ^nation  upon  you  *from  far, 
O  house  of  Ig'ra-el,  saith  the  Lord  :  it  is  a  mighty 
nation,  it  is  an  ancient  nation,  a  nation  whose 
language  thou  knowest  not,  neither  understandest 
what  they  say. 

16  Their  quiver  is  as  an  open  sepulchre,  they  are 
all  mighty  men. 


Judgments  on  Jewry. 


JEREMIAH,  6. 


Judgments  on  Jerusalem. 


17  And  they  shall  eat  up  thine  "harvest,  and  thy 
bread,  which  thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  should 
eat  :  they  shall  eat  up  thy  flocks  and  thine  herds  : 
they  shall  eat  up  thy  vines  and  thy  fig  trees  :  they 
shall  impoverish  thy  fenced  cities,  wherein  thou 
trustedst,  with  the  sword. 

18  Nevertheless  in  those  days,  saith  the  Lord,  I 
will  not  make  a  full  end  with  you. 

19  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  shall  say, 
b  Wherefore  doeth  the  Lord  our  God  all  these  things 
unto  us  ?  then  shalt  thou  answer  them,  Like  as  ye 
have  forsaken  me,  and  served  strange  gods  in  your 
land,  so  "shall  ye  serve  strangers  in  a  land  that  is 
not  yours. 

20  Declare  this  in  the  house  of  Ja'cob,  and  publish 
it  in  Ju'dah,  saying, 

21  Hear  now  this,  0  d  foolish  people,  and  without 
3  understanding ;  which  have  eyes,  and  see  not ; 
which  have  ears,  and  hear  not : 

22  6Fear  ye  not  me  ?  saith  the  Lord  :  will  ye  not 
tremble  at  my  presence,  which  have  placed  the  sand 
for  the  f  bound  of  the  sea  by  a  perpetual  decree, 
that  it  cannot  pass  it :  and  though  the  waves 
thereof  toss  themselves,  yet  can  they  not  prevail ; 
though  they  roar,  yet  can  they  not  pass  over  it  ? 

23  But  this  people  hath  a  revolting  and  a  rebellious 
heart ;  they  are  revolted  and  gone. 

24  Neither  say  they  in  their  heart,  Let  us  now 
fear  the  Lord  our  God,  Hhat  giveth  rain,  both  the 
h former  and  the  latter,  in  his  season  :  'he  reserveth 
unto  us  the  appointed  weeks  of  the  harvest. 

25  T  Your  iniquities  have  turned  away  these  things, 
and  your  sins  have  withholden  good  things  from 
you. 

26  For  among  my  people  are  found  wicked  men : 
i  they  lay  wait,  as  he  that  setteth  snares  ;  they  set 
a  trap,  they  catch  men. 

27  As  a  5cage  is  full  of  birds,  so  are  their  houses 
full  of  deceit :  therefore  they  are  become  great,  and 
waxen  rich. 

28  They  are  waxen  fat,  they  shine  :  yea,  they 
overpass  the  deeds  of  the  wicked  :  they  judge  not 
the  cause,  the  cause  of  the  fatherless,  J'yet  they 
prosper ;  and  the  right  of  the  needy  do  they  not 
judge. 

29  k  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things  ?  saith  the 
Lord  :  shall  not  my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  na- 
tion as  this  ? 

30  If 6  A  wonderful  and  horrible  thing  is  committed 
in  the  land  ; 

31  The  prophets  prophesy  'falsely,  and  the  priests 
7 bear  rule  by  their  means;  and  my  people™ love 
to  have  it  so  :  and  what  will  ye  do  in  the  end 
thereof  ? 

CHAPTER  6. 

1  JudaWs  enemies  encourage  themselves.    9  ThepropheVs  lament.    2G  The  people  are  called 

to  moitrn. 

f\  YE  children  of  aBen'ja-min,  gather  yourselves 
^-^  to  flee  out  of  the  midst  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and 
blow  the  trumpet  in  Te-ko'a,  and  set  up  a  sign  of 
fire  in  6Beth-hac'ge-rem:  for  evil  appeareth  out  of 
the  north,  and  great  destruction. 


B.  C.  612. 


a  Lev.  26.  16. 
Deut.  28.  31. 
Judg.  6.  3,  4. 


b  Deut.  29.  24. 
1  Ki.  9.  8. 
ch.  13.  22. 


c  Deut.  28.  48. 


d  Matt.  13.  14. 

John  12.  40. 

Acts  28.  20. 
3  heart. 


e  Rev.  15.  4. 


/  Job  20.  10. 
Prov.  8.  29. 


g  Matt.  5.  45. 

h  Joel  2.  23. 
iGen.  8.  22. 


4  Or,  they  pry 
as  fowlers  lie 
in  wait. 

5  Or,  coop. 
j  Ps.  73.  12. 
k  Mai.  3.  5. 

6  Or,  Astonish- 
ment and 
filthiness. 

I  Ezek.  13.  6. 

7  Or,  take  into 
their  hands. 

m  Isa.  30.  10. 


a  Josh.  18.  28. 
Judg.  1.  21. 
b  Neh.  3.  14. 

1  Or,  dwelling 
at  home,  or, 
pasture. 

c2Ki.  25.  1. 

2  Or,  pour  out 
the  engine  of 
shot. 

(?  2  Ki.  21.  16. 
e  Ps.  55.  9-11. 

ch.  20.  8. 

Ezek.  7.  11. 

Mie.  7.  2,  3. 
/Ezek.  23.  18. 

Hos.  9.  12. 

3  be  loosed,  or, 
disjointed. 

g  Ex.  6.  12. 

ch.  7.  26. 

Acts  7.  51. 
A  eh.  20.  8. 

Luke  11.  45. 

2  Tim.  4.  3,  4. 
i  ch.  8.  10. 

Zeph.  1.  13. 
.7  Isa.  56.  11. 

Mic.  3.  5. 
k  Ezek.  13.  10. 

4  bruise,  or, 
breach. 

I  ch.  3.  3. 
m  ch.  18.  15. 

Mai.  4.  4. 

Luke  16.  29. 
n  Isa.  28.  12. 

Matt.  11.29. 
o  Isa.  21.  11. 

ch.  25.  4. 

Hab.  2.  1. 


2  I  have  likened  the  daughter  of  Zi'on  to  a  1  comely 
and  delicate  woman. 

3  The  shepherds  with  their  flocks  shall  come  unto 
her ;  c  they  shall  pitch  their  tents  against  her  round 
about ;  they  shall  feed  every  one  in  his  place. 

4  Prepare  ye  war  against  her ;  arise,  and  let  us 
go  up  at  noon.  Woe  unto  us  !  for  the  day  goeth 
away,  for  the  shadows  of  the  evening  are  stretched 
out. 

5  Arise,  and  let  us  go  by  night,  and  let  us  destroy 
her  palaces. 

6  If  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  of  hosts  said,  Hew  ye 
down  trees,  and  2  cast  a  mount  against  Js-ru'sa-lem : 
this  is  the  city  to  be  visited  ;  she  is  wholly  d  oppres- 
sion in  the  midst  of  her. 

7  As  a  fountain  casteth  out  her  waters,  so  she  cast- 
eth  out  her  wickedness :  e  violence  and  spoil  is  heard 
in  her  ;  before  me  continually  is  grief  and  wounds. 

8  Be  thou  instructed,  O  Je-ru'sa-lem,  lest  -^my 
soul  3  depart  from  thee  ;  lest  I  make  thee  desolate, 
a  land  not  inhabited. 

9  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  They  shall 
throughly  glean  the  remnant  of  Ig'ra-el  as  a  vine  : 
turn  back  thine  hand  as  a  grapegatherer  into  the 
baskets. 

10  To  whom  shall  I  speak,  and  give  warning,  that 
they  may  hear  ?  behold,  their  9  ear  is  uncircumcised, 
and  they  cannot  hearken  :  behold,  Hhe  word  of  the 
Lord  is  unto  them  a  reproach  ;  they  have  no  de- 
light in  it. 

11  Therefore  I  am  full  of  the  fury  of  the  Lord  ; 
I  am  weary  with  holding  in  :  I  will  pour  it  out  upon 
the  children  abroad,  and  upon  the  assembly  of  young 
men  together :  for  even  the  husband  with  the  wife 
shall  be  taken,  the  aged  with  him  that  is  full  of 
days. 

12  And  i  their  houses  shall  be  turned  unto  others, 
with  their  fields  and  wives  together :  for  I  will 
stretch  out  my  hand  upon  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  from  the  least  of  them  even  unto  the 
greatest  of  them  every  one  is  given  to  ^'covetous- 
ness ;  and  from  the  prophet  even  unto  the  priest 
every  one  dealeth  falsely. 

14  They  have  k  healed  also  the  4hurt  of  the  daugh- 
ter of  my  people  slightly,  saying,  Peace,  peace  ; 
when  there  is  no  peace. 

15  Were  they  'ashamed  when  they  had  committed 
abomination  ?  nay,  they  were  not  at  all  ashamed, 
neither  could  they  blush  :  therefore  they  shall  fall 
among  them  that  fall  :  at  the  time  that  I  visit 
them  they  shall  be  cast  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Stand  ye  in  the  ways,  and 
see,  and  ask  for  the  mold  paths,  where  is  the  good 
way,  and  walk  therein,  and  ye  shall  find  "rest  for 
your  souls.     But  they  said,  We  will  not  walk  therein. 

17  Also  I  set  °  watchmen  over  you,  saying,  Hearken 
to  the  sound  of  the  trumpet.  But  they  said,  We 
will  not  hearken. 

18  If  Therefore  hear,  ye  nations,  and  know,  O  con- 
gregation, what  is  among  them. 

19  Hear,  O  earth :  behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon 

533 


The  prophet's  lamentation. 


JEREMIAH,  7. 


God's  judgments  threatened. 


this  people,  even  "the  fruit  of  their  thoughts,  be- 
cause they  have  not  hearkened  unto  my  words,  nor 
to  my  law,  but  rejected  it. 

20  cTo  what  purpose  cometh  there  to  me  incense 
rfrom  She'ba,  and  the  sweet  cane  from  a  far  coun- 
try? your  burnt  offerings  are  not  acceptable,  nor 
your  sacrifices  sweet  unto  me. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  SI  will 
lay  stumblingblocks  before  this  people,  and  the  fa- 
thers and  the  sons  together  shall  fall  upon  them ; 
the  neighbour  and  his  friend  shall  perish. 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  a  people  cometh 
from  the  north  country,  and  a  great  nation  shall  be 
raised  from  the  sides  of  the  earth. 

23  They  shall  lay  hold  on  bow  and  spear  ;  they  are 
cruel,  and  have  no  mercy;  their  voice  *roareth  like 
the  sea  ;  and  they  ride  upon  horses,  set  in  array  as 
men  for  war  against  thee,  0  daughter  of  Zi'on. 

24  We  have  heard  the  fame  thereof :  our  hands 
wax  feeble  :  u  anguish  hath  taken  hold  of  us,  and 
pain,  as  of  a  woman  in  travail. 

25  Go  not  forth  into  the  field,  nor  "walk  by  the 
way ;  for  the  sword  of  the  enemy  and  fear  is  on 
every  side. 

26  If  0  daughter  of  my  people,  gird  thee  with,  sack- 
cloth, wand  wallow  thyself  in  ashes:  *make  thee 
mourning,  as  for  an  only  son,  most  bitter  lamenta- 
tion :  for  the  spoiler  shall  suddenly  come  upon  us. 

27  I  have  set  thee  6for  a  tower  and  a  fortress 
among  my  people,  that  thou  mayest  know  and  try 
their  way. 

28  They  are  all  grievous  revolters,  walking  with 
slanders :  they  are  v  brass  and  iron  ;  they  are  all  cor- 
rupters. 

29  The  bellows  are  burned,  the  lead  is  consumed 
of  the  fire ;  the  founder  melteth  in  vain :  for  the 
wicked  are  not  plucked  away. 

30  6  Reprobate  silver  shall  men  call  them,  because 
the  Lord  hath  "rejected  them. 

CHAPTER  7. 

1  Jeremiah  calls  Judah  to  repentance.    17  God's  judgments  threatened.     21  Sacrifices  are 
rejected.    29  Exhortation  to  mourn. 

THE  word  that   came   to  Jer-e-mi'ah  from  the 
Lord,  saying, 

2  a  Stand  in  the  gate  of  the  Lord's  house,  and  pro- 
claim there  this  word,  and  say,  Hear  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  all  ye  of  Ju'dah,  that  enter  in  at  these 
gates  to  worship  the  Lord. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el, 
Amend  your  ways  and  your  doings,  and  I  will  cause 
you  to  dwell  in  this  place. 

4  b  Trust  ye  not  in  lying  words,  saying,  The  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  The  temple  of  the  Lord,  The  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  are  these. 

5  For  if  ye  throughly  amend  your  ways  and  your 
doings ;  if  ye  throughly  execute  judgment  between 
a  man  and  his  neighbour ; 

6  If  ye  oppress  not  the  stranger,  the  fatherless, 
and  the  widow,  and  shed  not  innocent  blood  in  this 
place,  c  neither  walk  after  other  gods  to  your  hurt : 

7  d  Then  will  I  cause  you  to  dwell  in  this  place,  in 

534 


B.  C.  600. 


p  Prov.  1.  31. 


q  Isa.  66.  3. 

Mic.  6.  6. 

r  Isa.  60.  6. 


s  Job  5.  12. 
Isa.  8.  14. 
ch.  13. 16. 


I  Isa.  5.  30. 


«  Ps.  48.  6. 

Isa.  21.  3. 

ch.  4.  31. 

ch.  13.  21. 

ch.  30.  6. 

ch.  49.  24. 
v  Judg.  5.  6. 


w  Isa.  32.  11. 

ch.  4.  8. 

Mic.  1.  10. 
x  Zech.  12.  10. 


JOr,  in. 


y  Ezek.  22. 18. 

0  Or,  Refuse 

silver. 
z  Hos.  9.  17. 

Zech.  11.  8. 


a  ch.  19.  2,  3. 

ch.  26.  2. 
1)  1  Sam.  4.  4. 

Mic.  3.  11. 
c  Deut.  6.  14. 

Deut.  8.  19. 

ch.  13.  10. 
d  Deut.  4.  40. 
e  1  Ki.  18.  21. 

Hos.  4. 1. 
/  Ex.  20.  3. 
g  Ezek.  23.  39. 

1  whereupon  my 
name  is  called. 

h  Isa.  56.  7. 
i  Matt.  21.  13. 

Mark  11.  17. 
/  John  2.  24. 
k  Josh.  IS.  1. 
J  Deut.  12.  11. 
m  1  Sam.  4.  10. 
n  2  Chr.  36.  15. 
oProv.  1.  24. 

Isa.  65.  12. 
p  Ps.  78.  60. 
?2Ki.  17.  23. 
r  Ex.  32.  10. 
s  ch.  15.  1. 

2  Or,  frame,  or, 
workmanship 
of  heaven. 

I  ch.  17.  27. 

1  Cor.  10.  22. 
!«Isa.  1.  11. 

ch.  6.  20. 

Amos  5.  21. 
V  1  Sam.  15.  22. 

Ps.  51.  16. 

3  concerning  the 
matter  of. 

w  Ex.  15.  26. 

Lev.  26.  3,  12. 

Deut.  6.  3. 

ch.  11.  4,7. 
x  Ex.  19.  5. 

Lev.  26.  12. 
y  Deut.  29.  19. 

4  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 

5  were. 


the  land  that  I  gave  to  your  fathers,  for  ever  and 
ever. 

8  If  Behold,  ye  trust  in  lying  words,  that  cannot 
profit. 

9  e  Will  ye  steal,  murder,  and  commit  adultery,  and 
swear  falsely,  and  burn  incense  unto  Ba'al,  and  /walk 
after  other  gods  whom  ye  know  not ; 

10  s'And  come  and  stand  before  me  in  this  house, 
1  which  is  called  by  my  name,  and  say,  We  are 
delivered  to  do  all  these  abominations? 

11  Is  Hhis  house,  which  is  called  by  my  name, 
become  a  i  den  of  robbers  in  your  eyes  ?  Behold,, 
even  j  I  have  seen  it,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  But  go  ye  now  unto  k  my  place  which  was  in 
Shi'loh,  'where  I  set  my  name  at  the  first,  and  see 
m  what  I  did  to  it  for  the  wickedness  of  my  people 
Is'ra-el. 

13  And  now,  because  ye  have  done  all  these  works, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  I  spake  unto  you,  n  rising  up 
early  and  speaking,  but  ye  heard  not ;  and  I  °  called 
you,  but  ye  answered  not ; 

14  Therefore  will  I  do  unto  this  house,  which  is 
called  by  my  name,  wherein  ye  trust,  and  unto  the 
place  which  I  gave  to  you  and  to  your  fathers,  as  I 
have  done  to  p Shi'loh. 

15  And  I  will  cast  you  out  of  my  sight,  9as  I  have 
cast  out  all  your  brethren,  even  the  whole  seed  of 
E'phra-im. 

16  Therefore  rpray  not  thou  for  this  people,  neither 
lift  up  cry  nor  prayer  for  them,  neither  make  inter- 
cession to  me :  sfor  I  will  not  hear  thee. 

17  II  Seest  thou  not  what  they  do  in  the  cities  of 
Ju'dah  and  in  the  streets  of  Je-ru'sa-lem? 

18  The  children  gather  wood,  and  the  fathers  kin- 
dle the  fire,  and  the  women  knead  their  dough,  to 
make  cakes  to  the  2  queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour 
out  drink  offerings  unto  other  gods,  that  they  may 
provoke  me  to  anger. 

19  f  Do  they  provoke  me  to  anger?  saith  the  Lord  : 
do  they  not  provoke  themselves  to  the  confusion  of 
their  own  faces  ? 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold, 
mine  anger  and  my  fury  shall  be  poured  out  upon 
this  place,  upon  man,  and  upon  beast,  and  upon  the 
trees  of  the  field,  and  upon  the  fruit  of  the  ground  ; 
and  it  shall  burn,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

21  11  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  I§'- 
ra-el ;  u  Put  your  burnt  offerings  unto  your  sacrifices, 
and  eat  flesh. 

22  "For  I  spake  not  unto  your  fathers,  nor  com- 
manded them  in  the  day  that  I  brought  them  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  3  concerning  burnt  offerings 
or  sacrifices  : 

23  But  this  thing  commanded  I  them,  saying, 
""Obey  my  voice,  and  XI  will  be  your  God,  and  ye 
shall  be  my  people :  and  walk  ye  in  all  the  ways 
that  I  have  commanded  you,  that  it  may  be  well 
unto  you. 

24  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear, 
but y  walked  in  the  counsels  and  in  the i  imagination 
of  their  evil  heart,  and  5went  backward,  and  not 
forward. 


Calamities  of  Judah. 


JEREMIAH,  8. 


Judgments  on  sins. 


25  Since  the  day  that  your  fathers  came  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt  unto  this  day  I  have  even 
*sent  unto  you  all  my  servants  the  prophets,  daily 
rising  up  early  and  sending  them  : 

26  Yet  they  hearkened  not  unto  me,  nor  inclined 
their  ear,  but  "hardened  their  neck  :  they  did  worse 
than  their  fathers. 

27  Therefore  Hhou  shalt  speak  all  these  words  unto 
them  ;  but  they  will  not  hearken  to  thee  :  thou  shalt 
also  call  unto  them  ;  but  they  will  not  answer  thee. 

28  But  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  This  is  a  nation 
that  obeyeth  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord  their  God, 
norreceiveth  6  correction  :  truth  is  perished,  and  is 
cut  off  from  their  mouth. 

29  1  cCut  off  thine  hair,  0  Je-ryC 'sa-lem,  and  cast 
it  away,  and  take  up  a  lamentation  on  high  places  ; 
for  the  Lord  hath  rejected  and  forsaken  the  d  gen- 
eration of  his  wrath. 

30  For  the  children  of  Ju'dah  have  done  evil  in  my 
sight,  saith  the  Lord  :  ethey  have  set  their  abomi- 
nations in  the  house  which  is  called  by  my  name,  to 
pollute  it. 

31  And  they  have  built  therhigh  places  of  To'phet, 
which  is  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hin'nom,  to 
burn  their  sons  and  their  daughters  in  the  fire  ; 
0  which  I  commanded  them  not,  neither  rcame  it  into 
my  heart. 

32  Tf  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  it  shall  no  more  be  called  To'phet,  nor 
the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hin'nom,  but  the  valley  of 
slaughter  :  Afor  they  shall  bury  in  To'phet,  till  there 
be  no  place. 

33  And  the  carcases  of  this  people  shall  be  meat 
for  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of 
the  earth  ;  and  none  shall  fray  them  away. 

34  Then  will  I  cause  to  'cease  from  the  cities  of 
Ju'dah,  and  from  the  streets  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  the 
voice  of  mirth,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice 
of  the  bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride  :  for 
■'the  land  shall  be  desolate. 

CHAPTER  8. 

1  Calamities  oj  Judah.     13  Judgments  on  impenitence.     18  A  desperate  state. 

AT  that  time,  saith  the  Lord,  they  shall  bring  out 
-^-  the  bones  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  bones 
of  his  princes,  and  the  bones  of  the  priests,  and  the 
bones  of  the  prophets,  and  the  bones  of  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  out  of  their  graves  : 

2  And  they  shall  spread  them  before  the  sun,  and 
the  moon,  and  all  the  host  of  heaven,  whom  they 
have  loved,  and  whom  they  have  served,  and  after 
whom  they  have  walked,  and  whom  they  have  sought, 
and  "whom  they  have  worshipped  :  they  shall  not 
be  gathered,  nor  be  buried ;  they  shall  be  for  6dung 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

3  And  c  death  shall  be  chosen  rather  than  life  by 
all  the  residue  of  them  that  remain  of  this  evil 
family,  which  remain  in  all  the  places  whither  I 
have  driven  them,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  If  Moreover  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  ;  Shall  they  fall,  and  not  arise  ?  shall  he 
turn  away,  and  not  return  ? 


B.  C.  600. 


z  Nell.  9.  30. 
ch.  25.  4. 


a  Neli.  9.  17 


b  Ezek.  2.  7. 


C  Or,  instruction. 


c  Job  1 .  20. 
Isa.  15.  2. 
ch.  1U.  6. 

d  Eph.  2.  3. 


e2  Ki.  21.  4. 
2  Chr.  33.  4. 


f>  Ki.  2:3.  10. 


a  Deut.  17.  3. 

7  came  it  upon 

my  heart. 


h  2  Ki.  23.  10. 


sHos.  2.11. 
j  Lev.  26.  33. 


a  Deut.  4.  19. 
2  Ki.  23.  5. 
ch.  44.  19. 

6  2  Ki.  9.  3!i. 
Ps.  S3  10. 

e  Job  3.  21. 

Fev.  9.  C. 
rflsa.  1.  -JO. 

ch.  5.  3. 

Zech.  7.  11. 
e  2  Pet.  3.  9. 
flsa.  1.  3. 

7  Song  2.  12. 

'//  Ps.  147.  19,  20. 
Hos.  8.  12. 

1  Or,  the  false 
pen  of  the 
scribes  work- 
eth  for  false- 
hood. 

2  Or,  Have  they 
been  ashamed, 
etc. 

3  the  wisdom  of 
what  thing. 

t  Deut.  28.  30. 

ch.  6.  12. 

Amos  5.  11. 
j  Isa.  2S.  7. 

ch.  5.  31. 

Lam.  4.  13. 
/.■  ch.  0.  14. 
/  Ezek.  13.  10. 
m  Isa.  3.  9. 

ch.  3.  3. 

4  Or,  In  gath- 
ering I  will 
consume. 

n  Isa.  5. 1. 
0  Matt.  21.  19. 

Luke  13.  6. 
p  ch.  23. 15. 

5  Or,  poison. 
7  ch.  14.  19. 
0  the  fulness 

thereof. 

7  upon. 

8  because  of  the 
country  of 
them  that  are 
far  off. 

r  Nah.  2.  10. 
s  Gen.  37.  25.  ■ 


5  Why  then  is  this  people  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  slidden 
back  by  a  perpetual  backsliding?  they  hold  fast 
deceit,  <Hhey  refuse  to  return. 

6  eI  hearkened  and  heard,  but  they  spake  not 
aright  :  no  man  repented  him  of  his  wickedness, 
saying,  What  have  I  done  ?  every  one  turned  to  his 
course,  as  the  horse  rusheth  into  the  battle. 

7  Yea,  -^the  stork  in  the  heaven  knoweth  her  ap- 
pointed times  ;  and  ffthe  turtle  and  the  crane  and 
the  swallow  observe  the  time  of  their  coming  ;  but 
my  people  know  not  the  judgment  of  the  Lord. 

8  How  do  ye  say,  We  are  wise,  ''and  the  law  of 
the  Lord  is  with  us  ?  Lo,  certainly  1  in  vain  made 
he  it ;  the  pen  of  the  scribes  is  in  vain. 

9  2The  wise  men  are  ashamed,  they  are  dismayed 
and  taken  :  lo,  they  have  rejected  the  word  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  3  what  wisdom  is  in  them  ? 

10  Therefore  ^will  I  give  their  wives  unto  others, 
and  their  fields  to  them  that  shall  inherit  them: 
for  every  one  from  the  least  even  unto  the  greatest 
is  given  to  covetousness,  J'from  the  prophet  even 
unto  the  priest  every  one  dealeth  falsely. 

11  For  they  have  k  healed  the  hurt  of  the  daughter 
of  my  people  slightly,  saying,  'Peace,  peace  ;  when 
there  is  no  peace. 

12  Were  they  '"ashamed  when  they  had  committed 
abomination?  nay,  they  were  not  at  all  ashamed, 
neither  could  they  blush  :  therefore  shall  they  fall 
among  them  that  fall :  in  the  time  of  their  visita- 
tion they  shall  be  cast  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  H  4I  will  surely  consume  them,  saith  the  Lord  : 
there  shall  be  no  grapes  n  on  the  vine,  nor  figs  on 
the  °fig  tree,  and  the  leaf  shall  fade ;  and  the  things 
that  I  have  given  them  shall  pass  away  from  them. 

14  Why  do  we  sit  still  ?  assemble  yourselves,  and 
let  us  enter  into  the  defenced  cities,  and  let  us  be 
silent  there  :  for  the  Lord  our  God  hath  put  us  to 
silence,  and  given  us  p  water  of  5gall  to  drink,  be- 
cause we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord. 

15  We  " looked  for  peace,  but  no  good  came;  and 
for  a  time  of  health,  and  behold  trouble  ! 

16  The  snorting  of  his  horses  was  heard  from 
Dan  :  the  whole  land  trembled  at  the  sound  of  the 
neighing  of  his  strong  ones  ;  for  they  are  come, 
and  have  devoured  the  land,  and  6all  that  is  in  it ; 
the  city,  and  those  that  dwell  therein. 

17  For,  behold,  I  will  send  serpents,  cockatrices, 
among  you,  which  will  not  be  charmed,  and  they 
shall  bite  you,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  H  When  I  would  comfort  myself  against  sor- 
row, my  heart  is  faint 7  in  me. 

19  Behold  the  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  daughter  of 
my  people  8  because  of  them  that  dwell  in  a  far 
country  :  Is  not  the  Lord  in  Zi'on  ?  is  not  her  king 
in  her  ?  Why  have  they  provoked  me  to  anger  with 
their  graven  images,  and  with  strange  vanities  ? 

20  The  harvest  is  past,  the  summer  is  ended,  and 
we  are  not  saved. 

21  For  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
am  I  hurt ;  I  am  r  black  ;  astonishment  hath  taken 
hold  on  me. 

22  Is  there  no  sbalm  in  Gil'e-ad  ;  is  there  no  phy- 

535 


Lamentation  for  sins. 


JEREMIAH,  9,  10. 


A  call  to  mourning. 


sician  there  ?  why  then  is  not   the  health  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people  9  recovered 

CHAPTER  9. 

1  Jeremiah  laments  the  sins  of  the  people.     12  Disobedience  brings  calamities.     17  An  ex- 
hortation.    25  Jews  and  Gentiles  threatened. 

OH  Hhat  my  head  were  waters,  and  mine  eyes  a 
fountain  of  tears,  that  I  might  weep  day  and 
night  for  the  slain  of  the  daughter  of  my  people  ! 

2  Oh  that  I  had  in  the  wilderness  a  lodging  place 
of  wayfaring  men  ;  that  I  might  leave  my  people, 
and  go  from  them!  for  they  be  all  adulterers,  an 
assembly  of  treacherous  men. 

3  And  they  bend  their  tongues  like  their  bow  for 
lies  :  but  they  are  not  valiant  for  the  truth  upon 
the  earth  ;  for  they  proceed  from  evil  to  evil,  and 
they  aknow  not  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  6Take  ye  heed  every  one  of  his  2  neighbour,  and 
trust  ye  not  in  any  brother  :  for  every  brother  will 
utterly  supplant,  and  every  neighbour  will  walk  with 
slanders. 

5  And  they  will  3  deceive  every  one  his  neighbour, 
and  will  not  speak  the  truth  :  they  have  taught 
their  tongue  to  speak  lies,  and  weary  themselves  to 
commit  iniquity. 

6  Thine  habitation  is  in  the  midst  of  deceit ; 
through  deceit  cthey  refuse  to  know  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Behold, 
d  I  will  melt  them,  and  try  them ;  e  for  how  shall  I 
do  for  the  daughter  of  my  people  ? 

8  Their  tongue  is  as  an  arrow  shot  out ;  it  speak- 
eth  deceit :  one  speaketh  peaceably  to  his  neigh- 
bour with  his  mouth,  but  Mn  heart  he  layeth  5his 
wait. 

9  Tf  Shall  I  not  visit  them  for  these  things  ?  saith 
the  Lord  :  shall  not  my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a 
nation  as  this  ? 

10  For  the  mountains  will  I  take  up  a  weeping  and 
wailing,  and  for  the  6  habitations  of  the  wilderness 
a  lamentation,  because  they  are  7  burned  up,  so  that 
none  can  pass  through  them;  neither  can  men  hear 
the  voice  of  the  cattle  ;  8both  the  fowl  of  the  hea- 
vens and  the  beast  are  fled  ;  they  are  gone. 

11  And  I  will  make  Je-ru'sa-lem  heaps,  and  a  den 
of  dragons ;  and  I  will  make  the  cities  of  Ju'dah 
9  desolate,  without  an  inhabitant. 

12  If  f  Who  is  the  wise  man,  that  may  understand 
this  ?  and  who  is  he  to  whom  the  mouth  of  the  Lord 
hath  spoken,  that  he  may  declare  it,  for  what  the 
land  perisheth  and  is  burned  up  like  a  wilderness, 
that  none  passeth  through  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  saith,  Because  they  have  forsaken 
my  law  which  I  set  before  them,  and  have  not  obeyed 
my  voice,  neither  walked  therein  ; 

14  But  have  walked  after  the 10  imagination  of  their 
own  heart,  and  after  Ba'al-im,  which  °  their  fathers 
taught  them  : 

15_Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  I§'ra-el ;  Behold,  I  will  ''feed  them,  even  this 
people,  *with  wormwood,  and  give  them  water  of 
"gall  to  drink.. 

536 


B.  C.  600. 


9  gone  up. 


1  Who  will  give 
my  head,  etc. 


a  Judg.  2.  10. 

1  Sam.  2.  12. 

Prov.  1.  29. 

ch.  4.  22. 

Rom.  1.  28. 

1  Cor.  15.  34. 
b  Mic.  7.  5,  6. 
2  Or,  friend. 


3  Or,  mock. 


c  Prov.  1.  24. 


rflsa.  1.  25. 
e  Hos.  11.  8. 


4  in  the  midst  of 
him. 

5  Or,  wait  for 
him. 


G  Or,  pastures. 

7  Or,  desolate. 

8  from  the  fowl 
even  to,  etc. 

9  desolation. 
/Ps.  107.  43. 

Isa.  42.  23. 
Hos.  14.  9. 

10  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 

g  Gal.  1.  14. 
h  Ps.  80.  5. 
i  Lam.  3.  15. 

11  Or,  hemlock. 
j  Lev.  26.  33. 

Deut.  28.  G4. 
k  Ezek.  5.  2. 
I  Eccl.  12.  5. 

Amos  5.  16. 

Matt.  9.  23. 
m  ch.  14.  17. 

Lam.  1.  1G. 
n  Lev.  18.  28. 
o  Ps.  33.  16. 

Eccl.  9.  11. 

Isa.  5.  21. 

Rom.  1.  22. 
p  Ps.  20.  7. 

1  Cor.  1.31. 
q  Mic.  6.  8. 
r  Amos  3.  2. 

12  visit  upon. 

13  cut  off  into 
corners,  or, 
having  the 
corners  of 
their  hair 
polled. 

s  Lev.  26.  41. 
Acts  7.  51. 
Rom.  2.  28. 


a  Lev.  20.  23. 
1  statutes,  or, 

ordinances  are 

vanity. 
b  Ps.  115.  5. 

Hab.  2.  19. 
(••Ps.  115.  7. 


16  I  will  j  scatter  them  also  among  the  heathen, 
whom  neither  they  nor  their  fathers  have  known  : 
fcand  I  will  send  a  sword  after  them,  till  I  have  con- 
sumed them. 

17  Tf  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Consider  ye, 
and  call  for  'the  mourning  women,  that  they  may 
come  ;  and  send  for  cunning  women,  that  they  may 
come  : 

18  And  let  them  make  haste,  and  take  up  a  wailing 
for  us,  that  mour  eyes  may  run  down  with  tears, 
and  our  eyelids  gush  out  with  waters. 

19  For  a  voice  of  wailing  is  heard  out  of  Zi'on, 
How  are  we  spoiled  !  we  are  greatly  confounded, 
because  we  have  forsaken  the  land,  because  our 
n  dwellings  have  cast  us  out. 

20  Yet  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  ye  women, 
and  let  your  ear  receive  the  word  of  his  mouth,  and 
teach  your  daughters  wailing,  and  every  one  her 
neighbour  lamentation. 

21  For  death  is  come  up  into  our  windows,  and 
is  entered  into  our  palaces,  to  cut  off  the  children 
from  without,  and  the  young  men  from  the  streets. 

22  Speak,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  the  carcases 
of  men  shall  fall  as  dung  upon  the  open  field,  and  as 
the  handful  after  the  harvestman,  and  none  shall 
gather  them. 

23  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  °Let  not  the  wise  man 
glory  in  his  wisdom,  neither  let  the  mighty  man 
glory  in  his  might,  let  not  the  rich  man  glory  in  his 
riches : 

24  But  plet  him  that  glorieth  glory  in  this,  that 
he  understandeth  and  knoweth  me,  that  I  am  the 
Lord  which  exercise  lovingkindness,  judgment,  and 
righteousness,  in  the  earth  :  9for  in  these  things  I 
delight,  saith  the  Lord. 

25  If  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
rI  will  12  punish  all  them  which  are  circumcised  with 
the  uncircumcised ; 

26  E'gypt,  and  Ju'dah,  and  E'dom,and  the  children 
of  Am'mon,  and  Mo'ab,  and  all  that  are  13in  the  ut- 
most corners,  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness :  for  all 
these  nations  are  uncircumcised,  and  all  the  house 
of  I§'ra-el  are  s  uncircumcised  in  the  heart. 

CHAPTER  10. 

1  Unequal  comparison  of  Gud  and  idols.     17  The  prophet  teams  the  people.     19  Lament 
for  the  tabernacle.    23  Jerem  iah's  supplication. 

HEAR  ye  the  word  which  the  Lord  speaketh 
unto  you,  O  house  of  I§'ra-el  : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  "Learn  not  the  way  of  the 
heathen,  and  be  not  dismayed  at  the  signs  of  hea- 
ven, for  the  heathen  are  dismayed  at  them. 

3  For  the  *  customs  of  the  people  are  vain  :  for  one 
cutteth  a  tree  out  of  the  forest,  the  work,  of  the 
hands  of  the  workman,  with  the  ax. 

4  They  deck  it  with  silver  and  with  gold  ;  they 
fasten  it  with  nails  and  with  hammers,  that  it  move 
not. 

5  They  are  upright  as  the  palm  tree,  6but  speak 
not :  they  must  needs  be  c  borne,  because  they  can- 
not go.  Be  not  afraid  of  them  ;  for  they  cannot  do 
evil,  neither  also  is  it  in  them  to  do  good. 


None  comparable  with  God. 


JEREMIAH,  11. 


God's  covenant  proclaimed. 


6  Forasmuch  as  there  is  none  dlike  unto  thee,  0 
Lord;  thou  art  great,  and  thy  name  is  great  in 
might. 

7  e Who  would  not  fear  thee,  0  King  of  nations? 
for  2to  thee  doth  it  appertain  :  forasmuch  as  among 
all  the  wise  men  of  the  nations,  and  in  all  their 
kingdoms,  there  is  none  like  unto  thee. 

8  But  they  are 3 altogether  brutish  and  foolish  :  the 
stock  is  a  doctrine  of  vanities. 

.  9  Silver  spread  into  plates  is  brought  from  Tar'- 
shish,  and  ■''gold  from  U'phaz,  the  work  of  the  work- 
man, and  of  the  hands  of  the  founder  :  blue  and 
purple  is  their  clothing :  they  are  all  the  work  of 
cunning  men. 

10  But  the  Lord  is  the  4true  God,  he  is  Hhe  liv- 
ing God,  and  an  5h everlasting  king:  at  his  wrath 
the  earth  shall  tremble,  and  the  nations  shall  not 
be  able  to  abide  his  indignation. 

11  6Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  them,  The  gods  that 
have  not  made  the  heavens  and  the  earth,  even 
they  shall  perish  from  the  earth,  and  from  under 
these  heavens. 

12  He  ^hath  made  the  earth  by  his  power,  he  hath 
established  the  world  by  his  wisdom,  and  hath 
stretched  out  the  heavens  by  his  discretion. 

13  When  he  uttereth  his  voice,  there  is  a  7  multi- 
tude of  waters  in  the  heavens,  and  he  causeth  the 
vapours  to  ascend  from  the  ends  of  the  earth  ;  he 
maketh  lightnings  8with  rain,  and  bringeth  forth 
the  wind  out  of  his  treasures. 

14  Everyman  9is  brutish  in  his  knowledge  :  every 
founder  is  confounded  by  the  graven  image :  for 
his  molten  image  is  falsehood,  and  there  is  no 
breath  in  them. 

15  They  are  vanity,  and  the  work  of  errors :  in 
the  time  of  their  visitation  they  shall  perish. 

16  jThe  portion  of  Ja'cob  is  not  like  them  :  for  he 
is  the  former  of  all  things ;  and  fcIg'ra-el  is  the  rod 
of  his  inheritance  :  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

17  If  Gather  up  thy  wares  out  of  the  land,  0  10  in- 
habitant of  the  fortress. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  sling 
out  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  at  this  once,  and 
will  distress  them,  'that  they  may  find  it  so. 

19  If  Woe  is  me  for  my  hurt !  my  wound  is  griev- 
ous :  but  I  said,  Truly  this  is  a  grief,  and  mI  must 
bear  it. 

20  My  tabernacle  is  spoiled,  and  all  my  cords  are 
broken :  my  children  are  gone  forth  of  me,  and 
they  are  not  :  there  is  none  to  stretch  forth  my 
tent  any  more,  and  to  set  up  my  curtains. 

21  For  the  pastors  are  become  brutish,  and  have 
not  sought  the  Lord  :  therefore  they  shall  not  pros- 
per, and  all  their  flocks  shall  be  scattered. 

22  Behold,  the  noise  of  the  bruit  is  come,  and  a 
great  commotion  out  of  the  north  country,  to  make 
the  cities  of  Ju'dah  desolate,  and  a  den  of  dragons. 

23  If  0  Lord,  I  know  that  the  reway  of  man  is  not 
in  himself  :  it  is  not  in  man  that  walketh  to  direct 
his  steps. 

24  0  Lord,  °  correct  me,  but  with  judgment ;  not 
in  thine  anger,  lest  thou  n  bring  me  to  nothing. 


B.  C.  600. 


d  Ex.  8.  9. 
Ps.  SO.  8, 10. 

e  Rev.  15.  4. 

2  Or,  it  liketh 
thee. 


3  in  one,  or,  at 
once. 


/  Dan.  10.  5. 


4  God  of  truth. 
g  1  Tim.  0.  17. 

5  king  of 
eternity. 

h  Isa.  57.  15. 


0  In  the  Chaldean 
language. 


iGen.  1.  1,  0. 

Job  38.  4. 

Ps.  89.  11. 

Ps.  130.  5. 

Isa.  40.  28. 

ch.  51.  15. 

Acts  14.  15. 
7  Or,  noise. 


8  Or,  for  rain. 


9  Or,  is  more 
brutish  than 
to  know. 


j  Ps.  16.  5. 

Ps.  73.  26. 

ch.  51.  19. 

Lam  3.  24. 
k  Deut.  32.  9. 

Ps.  74.  2. 

10  inhabitress. 
I  Ezek.  6.  10. 
m  Mic.  7.  9. 

n  Ps.  17.  5. 

Ps.  119. 

116, 117. 

Prov.  16.  1. 
o  Ps.  6.  1. 

ch.  30.  11. 

Hab.  3.  2. 

11  diminish  me. 
p  Job  18.  21. 

1  Thess.  4.  5. 

2  Thess.  1.  8. 


a  Deut.  27.  26. 

Deut.  28.  15. 

Gal.  3.  10. 
6  Lev.  26.  3. 
c  Deut.  7. 12. 

Ps.  105.  9. 

1  Amen, 
Deut.  27.  15. 

d  John  13.  17. 
Rom.  2.  13. 

2  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 

e  Ezek.  22.  25. 

Hos.  6.  9. 
/Judg.  2.  11. 

Ezek.  20.  18. 

3  to  go  forth  of. 
g  Ps.  18.  41. 

Prov.  1.  28. 
Isa.  1.  15. 
ch.  14. 12. 
Mic.  3.  4. 
Zeoh.  7.  13. 
h  Deut.  32.  37. 
2  Chr.  28. 
22,23. 
Isa.  45.  20. 

4  evil.. 

5  shame. 


25  Pour  out  thy  fury  upon  the  heathen  pthat 
know  thee  not,  and  upon  the  families  that  call  not 
on  thy  name  :  for  they  have  eaten  up  Ja'cob,  and 
devoured  him,  and  consumed  him,  and  have  made 
his  habitation  desolate. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  The  prophet  proclaims  God's  covenant.    8  Disobedient  Jews  rebuked.    11  A  prophecy 

of  evil. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jer-e-ml'ah  from  the 
Lord,  saying, 

2  Hear  ye  the  words  of  this  covenant,  and  speak 
unto  the  men  of  Ju'dah,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of 
Jg-ru'sa-lem ; 

3  And  say  thou  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Ig'ra-el;  "Cursed  be  the  man  that  obeyeth 
not  the  words  of  this  covenant, 

4  Which  I  commanded  your  fathers  in  the  day 
that  I  brought  them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  from  the  iron  furnace,  saying,  6Obey  my 
voice,  and  do  them,  according  to  all  which  I  com- 
mand you  :  so  shall  ye  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be 
your  God  : 

5  That  I  may  perform  the  coath  which  I  have 
sworn  unto  your  fathers,  to  give  them  a  land  flow- 
ing with  milk  and  honey,  as  it  is  this  day.  Then 
answered  I,  and  said,  *So  be  it,  O  Lord. 

6  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Proclaim  all  these 
words  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  and  in  the  streets 
of  Js-ru'sa-lem,  saying,  Hear  ye  the  words  of  this 
covenant,  dand  do  them. 

7  For  I  earnestly  protested  unto  your  fathers  in 
the  day  that  I  brought  them  up  out  of  the  land  of 
E'gypt,  even  unto  this  day,  rising  early  and  pro- 
testing, saying,  Obey  my  voice. 

8  Yet  they  obeyed  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear,  but 
walked  every  one  in  the  2  imagination  of  their  evil 
heart :  therefore  I  will  bring  upon  them  all  the 
words  of  this  covenant,  which  I  commanded  them 
to  do  ;  but  they  did  them  not. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  eA  conspiracy  is 
found  among  the  men  of  Ju'dah,  and  among  the 
inhabitants  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

10  They  are  turned  back  to  rthe  iniquities  of  their 
forefathers,  which  refused  to  hear  my  words  ;  and 
they  went  after  other  gods  to  serve  them:  the 
house  of  I§'ra-el  and  the  house  of  Ju'dah  have 
broken  my  covenant  which  I  made  with  their 
fathers. 

11  If  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  them,  which  they  shall  not  be  able 
3 to  escape;  and  9 though  they  shall  cry  unto  me,  I 
will  not  hearken  unto  them. 

12  Then  shall  the  cities  of  Ju'dah  and  inhabitants 
of  Je-ru'sa-lem  go,  and  ''cry  unto  the  gods  unto 
whom  they  offer  incense :  but  they  shall  not  save 
them  at  all  in  the  time  of  their  4  trouble. 

13  For  according  to  the  number  of  thy  cities  were 
thy  gods,:  O  Ju'dah  ;  and  according  to  the  number 
of  the  streets  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  have  ye  set  up  altars 
to  that 5  shameful  thing,  even  altars  to  burn  incense 
unto  Ba'al. 

537 


A  prophecy  of  evil. 


JEREMIAH,  12,  13. 


Jeremiah's  complaint 


14  Therefore  'pray  not  thou  for  this  people,  neither 
lift  up  a  cry  or  prayer  for  them  :  for  I  will  not 
hear  them  in  the  time  that  they  cry  unto  me  for 
their  6  trouble. 

15  7What  hath  my  beloved  to  do  in  mine  house, 
seeing  she  hath  j  wrought  lewdness  with  many,  and 
Hhe  holy  flesh  is  passed  from  thee?  8when  thou 
doest  evil,  then  thou  rejoicest. 

16  The  Lord  called  thy  name,  'A  green  olive  tree, 
fair,  and  of  goodly  fruit :  with  the  noise  of  a  great 
tumult  he  hath  kindled  fire  upon  it,  and  the  branches 
of  it  are  broken. 

17  For  the  Lord  of  hosts,  TO  that  planted  thee,  hath 
pronounced  evil  against  thee,  for  the  evil  of  the 
house  of  I§'ra-el  and  of  the  house  of  Ju'dah,  which 
they  have  done  against  themselves  to  provoke  me 
to  anger  in  offering  incense  unto  Ba'al. 

18  If  And  the  Lord  hath  given  me  knowledge  of  it, 
and  I  know  it :  then  thou  shewedst  me  their  do- 
ings. 

19  But  I  was  like  a  lamb  or  an  ox  that  is  brought 
to  the  slaughter;  and  I  knew  not  that  they  had 
devised  devices  against  me,  saying,  Let  us  destroy 
9 the  tree  with  the  fruit  thereof,  "and  let  us  cut  him 
off  from  the  land  of  the  living,  that  his  name  may 
be  no  more  remembered. 

20  But,  0  Lord  of  hosts,  that  °  judgest  righteously, 
that  v  triest  the  reins  and  the  heart,  let  me  see  thy 
vengeance  on  them :  for  unto  thee  have  I  revealed 
my  cause. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  the  men  of 
9An'a-thoth,  that  seek  thy  life,  saying,  r  Prophesy 
not  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  that  thou  die  not  by 
our  hand  : 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Behold, 
I  will  10  punish  them  :  the.  young  men  shall  die  by 
the  sword  ;  their  sons  and  their  daughters  shall  die 
by  famine  : 

23  And  there  shall  be  no  remnant  of  them  :  for  I 
will  bring  evil  upon  the  men  of  An'a-thoth,  even 
s  the  year  of  their  visitation. 

CHAPTER  12. 

1  Jeremiah's  complaint  of  the  prosperity  of  the  wicked.    7  God  laments  the  desolation 
of  his  heritage.     14  Promises  to  the  penitent. 

RIGHTEOUS  aart  thou,  0  Lord,  when  I  plead 
with  thee  :  yet  Met  me  talk  with  thee  of  thy 
judgments :  b  Wherefore  doth  the  way  of  the  wicked 
prosper  ?  wherefore  are  all  they  happy  that  deal 
very  treacherously? 

2  Thou  hast  planted  them,  yea,  they  have  taken 
root :  2  they  grow,  yea,  they  bring  forth  fruit :  cthou 
art  near  in  their  mouth,  and  far  from  their  reins. 

3  But  thou,  0  Lord,  knowest  me  :  thou  hast  seen 
me,  and  tried  mine  heart 3  toward  thee  :  pull  them 
out  like  sheep  for  the  slaughter,  and  prepare  them 
for  d  the  day  of  slaughter. 

4  How  long  shall  the  land  mourn,  and  the  herbs 
of  every  field  wither,  efor  the  wickedness  of  them 
that  dwell  therein  ?  -^the  beasts  are  consumed,  and 
the  birds  ;  because  they  said,  He  shall  not  see  our 
last  end. 

538 


B.  C.  608. 


iEx.  32.  10. 
ch.  7.  16. 

6  evil. 

7  What  is  to  my 
beloved  in  my 
house. 

j  Ezek.  16.  25. 
k  Hag.  2.  12. 
Tit.  1.  15. 

8  Or,  when  thy 
evil  is. 

/  Ps.  52.  8. 


m  Ps.  44.  2. 
Isa.  5.  2. 


9  the  stalk  with 

his  bread. 
n  Ps.  83.  4. 


o  Ps.  7.  8. 

Acts  17.  31. 
p  1  Sam.  16.  7. 

1  Chr.  28.  9. 

Ps.  7.  9. 


q  ch.  1.  1. 
r  Amos  2.  12. 


10  visit  upon. 
*  Luke  19.  44. 


a  Gen.  18.  25. 

1  Or,  let  me  rea- 
son the  case 
with  thee. 

b  Job  12.  6. 

2  they  go  on. 
c  Isa.  29.  13. 

3  with  thee. 
d  Jas.  5.  5. 

e  Ps.  107.  34. 
/ch.  4.  25. 

Hos.  4.  3. 
g  1  Chr.  12.  15. 

ch.  49.  19. 

4  Or,  they  cried 
after  theefully. 

5  good  things. 

6  the  love. 

7  giveth  out  his 
voice,  or, 
yelleth. 

h  2  Chr.  36.  16. 

8  Or,  taloned. 

9  Or,  cause  them 
to  come. 

i  ch.  6.  3. 
j  Isa.  5.  1,  5. 
k  Isa.  63.  18. 

10  portion  of 
desire. 

I  Isa.  42.  25. 

Mai.  2.  2. 
m  Lev.  26.  16. 

11  Or,  ye. 

n  Zeph.  2.  8,  10. 
o  Deut.  30.  3. 

ch.  32.  37. 
p  Ezek.  28.  25. 
q  Amos  9.  14. 
r  ch.  4.  2. 
s  Josh.  23.  7. 

Zeph.  1.  5. 

I I  Cor.  3.  9,  10. 
Eph.  2.  20. 

1  Pet.  2.  5. 
u  Ps.  2.  8,  9. 
Isa.  60.  12. 
Luke  19.  27. 
lPet.,2.  8. 


5  If  If  thou  hast  run  with  the  footmen,  and  they 
have  wearied  thee,  then  how  canst  thou  contend 
with  horses  ?  and  if  in  the  land  of  peace,  wherein 
thou  trustedst,  they  wearied  thee,  then  how  wilt 
thou  do  in  sthe  swelling  of  Jor'dan? 

6  For  even  thy  brethren,  and  the  house  of  thy  fa- 
ther, even  they  have  dealt  treacherously  with  thee  ; 
yea,  4they  have  called  a  multitude  after  thee  :  be- 
lieve them  not,  though  they  speak  5fair  words  unto 
thee. 

7  If  I  have  forsaken  mine  house,  I  have  left  mine 
heritage;  I  have  given  6the  dearly  beloved  of  my 
soul  into  the  hand  of  her  enemies. 

8  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  lion  in  the  for- 
est; it  7crieth  out  against  me  :  therefore  ''have  I 
hated  it. 

9  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  8  speckled  bird, 
the  birds  round  about  are  against  her ;  come  ye, 
assemble  all  the  beasts  of  the  field,  9come  to  devour. 

10  Many  'pastors  have  destroyed  J'my  vineyard, 
they  have  k  trodden  my  portion  under  foot,  they 
have  made  my  10  pleasant  portion  a  desolate  wilder- 
ness. 

11  They  have  made  it  desolate,  and  being  desolate 
it  mourneth  unto  me  ;  the  whole  land  is  made 
desolate,  because  'no  man  layeth  it  to  heart. 

12  The  spoilers  are  come  upon  all  high  places 
through  the  wilderness  :  for  the  sword  of  the  Lord 
shall  devour  from  the  one  end  of  the  land  even  to 
the  other  end  of  the  land  :  no  flesh  shall  have 
peace. 

13  m  They  have  sown  wheat,  but  shall  reap  thorns : 
they  have  put  themselves  to  pain,  but  shall  not  pro- 
fit :  and  n  they  shall  be  ashamed  of  your  revenues 
because  of  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

14  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  against  all  mine  evil 
neighbours,  that  "touch  the  inheritance  which  I 
have  caused  my  people  Ig'ra-el  to  inherit ;  Behold, 
I  will  "pluck  them  out  of  their  land,  and  pluck  out 
the  house  of  Ju'dah  from  among  them. 

15  pAnd  it  shall  come  to  pass,  after  that  I  have 
plucked  them  out  I  will  return,  and  have  compas- 
sion on  them,  9and  will  bring  them  again,  every 
man  to  his  heritage,  and  every  man  to  his  land. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  diligently 
learn  the  ways  of  my  people,  rto  swear  by  my  name, 
The  Lord  liveth  ;  as  they  taught  my  people  to 
s swear  by  Ba'al ;  then  shall  they  be  'built  in  the 
midst  of  my  people. 

17  But  if  they  will  not  "obey,  I  will  utterly  pluck 
up  and  destroy  that  nation,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  13. 

1  A  linen. girdle  types  destruction.     12  Figure  of  the  bottles  and  wine.     15  Exhortation  to 

repentance. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  unto  me,  Go  and  get  thee  a 
linen  girdle,  and  put  it  upon  thy  loins,  and  put 
it  not  in  water. 

2  So  I  got  a  girdle  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  put  it  on  my  loins. 

3  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me  the 
second  time,  saying, 


Figure  of  the  wine  bottles. 


JEREMIAH,  14. 


Prayer  amid  famine. 


4  Take  the  girdle  that  thou  hast  got,  which  is 
upon  thy  loins,  and  arise,  go  to  aEu-phra'te§,  and 
hide  it  there  in  a  hole  of  the  rock. 

5  So  I  went,  and  hid  it  by  Eu-phra'te§,  as  the 
Lord  commanded  me. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many  days,  that  the 
Lord  said  unto  me,  Arise,  go  to  Eu-phra'te§,  and 
take  the  girdle  from  thence,  which  I  commanded 
thee  to  hide  there. 

7  Then  I  went  to  Eu-phra'teg,  and  digged,  and 
took  the  girdle  from  the  place  where  I  had  hid  it  : 
and,  behold,  the  girdle  was  marred,  it  was  profit- 
able for  nothing. 

8  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  say- 
ing* 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  After  this  manner  cwill  I 

mar  the  pride  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  great  pride  of 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

10  This  evil  people,  which  d  refuse  to  hear  my 
words,  which  ewalk  in  the  1  imagination  of  their 
heart,  and  walk  after  other  gods,  to  serve  them, 
and  to  worship  them,  shall  even  be  as  this  girdle, 
which  is  good  for  nothing. 

11  For  as  the  girdle  cleaveth  to  the  loins  of  a 
man,  so  have  I  caused  to  cleave  unto  me  the  whole 
house  of  Ig'ra-el  and  the  whole  house  of  Ju'dah, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  that  •'"they  might  be  unto  me  for  a 
people,  and  fffor  a  name,  and  for  a  praise,  and  for 
a  glory :  but  they  would  not  hear. 

12  If  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak  unto  them  this 
word  ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el,  Every 
bottle  shall  be  filled  with  wine :  and  they  shall  say 
unto  thee,  Do  we  not  certainly  know  that  every 
bottle  shall  be  filled  with  wine  ? 

13  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Behold,  I  will  fill  all  the  inhabitants  of  this 
land,  even  the  kings  that  sit  upon  Da'vid's  throne, 
and  the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and  all  the  in- 
habitants of  JS-m'sa-lem,  7jwith  drunkenness. 

14  And  I  will  dash  them  2one  against  another, 
even  the  fathers  and  the  sons  together,  saith  the 
Lord  :  I  will  not  pity,  nor  spare,  nor  have  mercy, 
3  but  destroy  them. 

15  If  Hear  *ye,  and  give  ear ;  be  not  proud  :  for 
the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

16  J"Give  glory  to  the  Lord  your  God,  before  he 
cause  k  darkness,  and  before  your  feet  stumble  upon 
the  dark  mountains,  and,  while  ye  Hook  for  light, 
he  turn  it  into  ,nthe  shadow  of  death,  and  make  it 
gross  darkness. 

17  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  it,  my  soul  shall  weep 
in  secret  places  for  your  pride  ;  and  mine  eye  shall 
weep  sore,  and  run  down  with  tears,  because  the 
Lord's  flock  is  carried  away  captive. 

18  Say  unto  "the  king  and  to  the  queen,  Humble 
yourselves,  sit  down  :  for  your  i  principalities  shall 
come  down,  even  the  crown  of  your  glory. 

19  The  cities  of  the  south  shall  be  shut  up,  and 
none  shall  open  them  :  Ju'dah  shall  be  carried  away 
"captive  all  of  it,  it  shall  be  wholly  carried  away 
captive. 

20  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  behold  them  pthat  come 


B.  C.  602. 


a  Ps.  137.  1. 
Mic.  4.  10. 


b  Isa.  G4.  6. 
ch.  24.  8. 
Lam.  3.  45. 


c  Lev.  26.  19. 


d  2  Chr.  36. 
15,  16. 

e  ch.  9.  14. 
ch.  11.  8. 

1  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 


/"Gen.  17.7. 
Ex.  19.  5. 
g  ch.  33.  9. 

h  Ps.  60.  3. 
Isa.  63.  6. 
ch.  25.  27. 
Ezek.  23. 
32-34. 
Rev.  14.  10. 

2  a  man  against 
his  brother. 

3  from  destroy- 
ing them. 

i  Deut.  32.  29. 
j  Josh.  7.  19. 

1  Sam.  6.  5. 

Joel  2.  12.  - 
k  Isa.  5.  30. 

Amos  8.  9. 
I  Isa.  59.  9. 
in  Ps.  44.  19. 
n  2  Ki.  24.  12.  . 

4  Or,  head  tires. 

0  Lev.  26.  31. 
p  ch.  6.  22. 

5  visit  upon. 
q  ch.  16.  10. 
r  Isa.  47.  2. 

Nah.  3.  5. 

6  Or,  shall  be 
violently  taken 
away. 

7  taught. 

s  Job  20.  29/ 

1  ch.  10.  14. 

Mic.  3.  11. 
u  Lam.  1.  8. 

Hos.  2.  10. 
v  ch.  5.  8. 
w  Isa.  05.  7. 

ch.  2.  20. 

8  after  when  yet. 


1  the  words  of 
the  dearths, 
or,  restraints. 

a  Isa.  3.  26. 
6  Ex.  11.  6. 

Prov.  21.  13. 

Isa.  15.  3,  4. 

2  Or,  cisterns. 
c  Ps.  40.  14. 

d  2  Sam.  15.  30. 
e  ch.  2.  24. 
/Ps.  25.  11. 
g  ch.  17.  13. 

Acts  28.  20. 

1  Tiin.  1    1. 
h  Ps.  46.  1. 
i  Isa.  59.  1. 
j  Ex.  29.  45. 

3  thy  name  is 
called  upon  us. 

k  1  Ki.  17.  18. 
Ps.  109.  14. 
Hos.  8.  13. 
Heb.  8.  12. 


from  the  north  :  where  is  the  flock  that  was  given 
thee,  thy  beautiful  flock  ? 

21  What  wilt  thou  say  when  he  shall 5  punish  thee? 
for  thou  hast  taught  them  to  be  captains,  and  as 
chief  over  thee  :  shall  not  sorrows  take  thee,  as  a 
woman  in  travail? 

22  If  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  Q  Wherefore 
come  these  things  upon  me  ?  For  the  greatness  of 
thine  iniquity  are  r  thy  skirts  discovered,  and  thy 
heels  G  made  bare. 

23  Can  the  E-thi-o'pi-an  change  his  skin,  or  the 
leopard  his  spots?  then  may  ye  also  do  good,  that 
are  7  accustomed  to  do  evil. 

24  Therefore  will  I  scatter  them  as  the  stubble 
that  passeth  away  by  the  wind  of  the  wilder- 
ness. 

25  sThis  is  thy  lot,  the  portion  of  thy  measures 
from  me,  saith  the  Lord  ;  because  thou  hast  for- 
gotten me,  and  trusted  in  *  falsehood. 

26  Therefore  "will  I  discover  thy  skirts  upon  thy 
face,  that  thy  shame  may  appear. 

27  I  have  seen  thine  adulteries,  and  thy  ^neighings, 
the  lewdness  of  thy  whoredom,  and  thine  abomina- 
tions won  the  hills  in  the  fields.  Woe  unto  thee,  O 
Je-ru'sa-lem  !  wilt  thou  not  be  made  clean  ?  8  when 
shall  it  once  be  ? 

CHAPTER  14. 

1  Jeremiah's  prayer  amid  /amine.     17  Complaint  against  tying  prophets. 

rpHE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Jer-e-mi'ah 
-*-    concerning  Hhe  dearth. 

2  Ju'dah  mourneth,  and  a  the  gates  thereof  lan- 
guish ;  they  are  black  unto  the  ground  ;  and  Hhe 
cry  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  is  gone  up. 

3  And  their  nobles  have  sent  their  little  ones  to 
the  waters :  they  came  to  the  2pits,  and  found  no 
water  ;  they  returned  with  their  vessels  empty ; 
they  were  c  ashamed  and  confounded,  rfand  covered 
their  heads. 

4  Because  the  ground  is  chapt,  for  there  was  no 
rain  in  the  earth,  the  plowmen  were  ashamed,  they 
covered  their  heads. 

5  Yea,  the  hind  also  calved  in  the  field,  and  forsook 
it,  because  there  was  no  grass. 

6  And  e  the  wild  asses  did  stand  in  the  high  places, 
they  snuffed  up  the  wind  like  dragons  ;  their  eyes 
did  fail,  because  there  was  no  grass. 

7  Tf  O  Lord,  though  our  iniquities  testify  against 
us,  do  thou  it f  for  thy  name's  sake  :  for.  our  back- 
slidings  are  many ;  we  have  sinned  against  thee. 

8^0  the  hope  of  Ig'ra-el,  Hhe  saviour  thereof  in 
time  of  trouble,  why  shouldest  thou  be  as  a  stranger 
in  the  land,  and  as  a  wayfaring  man  that  turneth 
aside  to  tarry  for  a  night  ? 

9  Why  shouldest  thou  be  as  a  man  astonied,  as  a 
mighty  man  i that  cannot  save  ?  yet  thou,  O  Lord, 
5  art  in  the  midst  of  us,  and  3we  are  called  by  thy 
name  ;  leave  us  not. 

10  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  this  people,  Thus 
have  they  loved  to  wander,  they  have  not  refrained 
their  feet,  therefore  the  Lord  doth  not  accept  them  ; 
k  he  will  now  remember  their  iniquity,  and  visit  their 
sins. 

539 


Against  lying  prophets. 


JEREMIAH,  15. 


Rejection  of  Judah. 


11  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me,  'Pray  not  for  this 
people  for  their  good. 

12  mWhen  they  fast,  I  will  not  hear  their  cry  ; 
and  when  they  offer  burnt  offering  and  an  oblation, 
I  will  not  accept  them  :  but  I  will  consume  them 
by  the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pesti- 
lence. 

13  H  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  !  behold,  the  pro- 
phets say  unto  them,  Ye  shall  not  see  the  sword, 
neither  shall  ye  have  famine  ;  but  I  will  give  you 
4  assured  peace  in  this  place. 

14  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  The  prophets 
prophesy  lies  in  my  name :  n  I  sent  them  not,  neither 
have  I  commanded  them,  neither  spake  unto  them  : 
they  prophesy  unto  you  a  false  vision  and  divination, 
and  a  thing  of  nought,  and  the  deceit  of  their  heart. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  in  my  name,  and  I  sent 
them  not,  yet  they  say,  Sword  and  famine  shall  not 
be  in  this  land  ;  By  sword  and  famine  shall  "those 
prophets  be  consumed. 

16  And  the  people  to  whom  they  prophesy  shall 
be  pcast  out  in  the  streets  of  Js-ru'sa-lem  because 
of  the  famine  and  the  sword  ;  Q  and  they  shall  have 
none  to  bury  them,  them,  their  wives,  nor  their 
sons,  nor  their  daughters  :  for  I  will  pour  their 
wickedness  upon  them. 

17  If  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  this  word  unto  them ; 
r  Let  mine  eyes  run  down  with  tears  night  and  day, 
and  let  them  not  cease  :  s  for  the  virgin  daughter 
of  my  people  is  broken  with  a  great  breach,  with 
a  very  grievous  blow. 

18  If  I  go  forth  into  'the  field,  then  behold  the 
slain  with  the  sword  !  and  if  I  enter  into  the  city, 
then  behold  them  that  are  sick  with  famine  !  yea, 
both  the  prophet  and  the  priest  5go  about  into  a 
land  that  they  know  not. 

19  "Hast  thou  utterly  rejected  Ju'dah?  hath  thy 
soul  loathed  Zl'on  ?  why  hast  thou  smitten  us,  and 
there  is  no  healing  for  us  ?  we  looked  for  peace,  and 
there  is  no  good  ;  and  for  the  time  of  healing,  and 
behold  trouble ! 

20  vWe  acknowledge,  0  Lord,  our  wickedness,  and 
the  iniquity  of  our  fathers  :  for  wwe  have  sinned 
against  thee. 

21  Do  not  abhor  us,  for  thy  name's  sake,  do  not 
disgrace  the x  throne  of  thy  glory  :  remember,  break 
not  thy  covenant  with  us. 

22  Are  there  any  among  the  vanities  of  the  Gen'- 
tlleg  that  can  cause  rain  ?  or  can  the  heavens  give 
showers  ?  yart  not  thou  he,  0  Lord  our  God  ?  there- 
fore we  will  wait  upon  thee  :  for  thou  hast  made 
all  these  things. 

CHAPTER  15. 

1  Utter  rejection  of  Judah,  and  consequent  judgments.    10  Jeremiah  receives  a  promise  and 
a  threat.     15  A  complaint  and  prayer. 

nnHEN  said  the  Lord  unto  me,  "Though  Mo'geg 
-L    and  6Sam'u-el  stood  before  me,  yet  my  mind 

could  not  be  toward  this  people  :  cast  them  out  of 

my  sight,  and  let  them  go  forth. 
2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  say  unto  thee, 

Whither  shall  we  go  forth?  then  thou  shalt  tell 

540 


B. 

C. 

601. 

;ex. 

32 

10. 

ch. 

7. 

16. 

m  Prov. 

1.  28. 

Isa 

.  1. 

15. 

ch. 

11 

11. 

Mic.  3 

.4. 

4  peace  of  truth. 


n  Isa.  30.  10. 
ch.  23.  21. 
2  Thess.  2. 
9-11. 


o  ch.  23.  15. 


p  Matt.  15. 14. 
g  Ps.  79.  3. 


r  Lam.  1.  16. 
sch.  8.21. 
t  Ezek.  7.  15. 
5  Or,  make 

merchandise 

against  a 

land,  and  men 

acknowledge 

it  not. 
u  2  Ki.  17.  20. 

Ps.  78.  59. 

Lam.  5.  22. 
v  Ezra  9.  5. 

1  John  1.  9. 
w  Dan.  9.  8. 
zch.  17.  12. 
y  Isa.  30.  23. 


a  Ex.  32.  11. 
b  1  Sam.  7.  9. 
c  Zech.  11.  9. 
d  Lev.  26.  16. 

1  families. 

e  Deut.  28.  26. 

2  I  will  give 
them  for  a 
removing. 

/  Ezek.  23.  46. 
jr2Ki.  21.  11. 
h  Isa.  51.  19. 

3  to  ask  of  thy 
peace. 

i  Hos.  13.  14. 

4  Or,  whatsoever 
is  dear. 

j  Isa.  9.  13. 
ch.  5.  3. 

5  Or,  against  the 
mother  city  a 
young  man 
spoiling,  etc., 
or,  against  the 
mother  and 
theyoungmen. 

k  1  Sam.  2.  5. 

Isa.  47.  9. 
I  Amos  8.  9. 
m.  Job  3.  1. 

6  Or,  I  will  in- 
treat  the 
enemy  for 
thee. 

n  Ps.  44.  12. 
Isa.  52.  3. 
ch.  17.  3. 

0  Dent.  32.  22. 
p  Job  10.  7. 

Ps.  17.  3. 

ch.  12.  3. 

John  21. 15, 17. 
q  ch.  11.  20. 
r  Ps.  69.  7. 

Matt.  5.  10-12. 

1  Pet.  4. 14-16. 
s  Ezek.  3.  1. 

1  Job  23.  12. 

7  thy  name  is 
called  upon 
me. 

u  Ps.  1.  1. 


them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  cSuch  as  are  for  death, 
to  death  ;  and  such  as  are  for  the  sword,  to  the 
sword  ;  and  such  as  are  for  the  famine,  to  the 
famine  ;  and  such  as  are  for  the  captivity,  to  the 
captivity. 

3  And  I  will  d  appoint  over  them  four  *  kinds,  saith 
the  Lord  :  the  sword  to  slay,  and  the  dogs  to  tear, 
and  ethe  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  the  beasts  of  the 
earth,  to  devour  and  destroy. 

4  And  2I  will  cause  them  to  be  yremoved  into  all 
kingdoms  of  the  earth,  because  of  "Ma-nas'seh  the 
son  of  Hez-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  for  that  which  he 
did  in  Je-ru'sa-lem. 

5  For  ftwho  shall  have  pity  upon  thee,  O  Je-ru'sa- 
lem  ?  or  who  shall  bemoan  thee  ?  or  who  shall  go 
aside  3to  ask  how  thou  doest  ? 

6  Thou  hast  forsaken  me,  saith  the  Lord,  thou  art 
gone  backward  :  therefore  will  I  stretch  out  my 
hand  against  thee,  and  destroy  thee  ;  ;Iam  weary 
with  repenting. 

7  And  I  will  fan  them  with  a  fan  in  the  gates  of 
the  land  ;  I  will  bereave  them  of  4  children,  I  will 
destroy  my  people,  since  J'they  return  not  from  their 
ways. 

8  Their  widows  are  increased  to  me  above  the  sand 
of  the  seas  :  I  have  brought  upon  them 5  against  the 
mother  of  the  young  men  a  spoiler  at  noonday  :  I 
have  caused  him  to  fall  upon  it  suddenly,  and  ter- 
rors upon  the  city. 

9  *She  that  hath  borne  seven  languisheth  :  she 
hath  given  up  the  ghost ;  'her  sun  is  gone  down 
while  it  was  yet  day  :  she  hath  been  ashamed  and 
confounded  :  and  the  residue  of  them  will  I  deliver 
to  the  sword  before  their  enemies,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  If  mWoe  is  me,  my  mother,  that  thou  hast  borne 
me  a  man  of  strife  and  a  man  of  contention  to  the 
whole  earth  !  I  have  neither  lent  on  usury,  nor  men 
have  lent  to  me  on  usury  ;  yet  every  one  of  them 
doth  curse  me. 

11  The  Lord  said,  Verily  it  shall  be  well  with  thy 
remnant ;  verily 6 1  will  cause  the  enemy  to  entreat 
thee  well  in  the  time  of  evil  and  in  the  time  of 
affliction. 

12  Shall  iron  break  the  northern  iron  and  the  steel  ? 

13  Thy  substance  and  thy  treasures  will  I  give  to 
the  n  spoil  without  price,  and  that  for  all  thy  sins, 
even  in  all  thy  borders. 

14  And  I  will  make  thee  to  pass  with  thine  ene- 
mies into  a  land  which  thou  knowest  not :  for  °a 
fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger,  which  shall  burn  upon 
you. 

15  If  O  Lord,  pthou  knowest :  remember  me,  and 
visit  me,  and  "  revenge  me  of  my  persecutors  ;  take 
me  not  away  in  thy  longsuffering  :  know  that  rfor 
thy  sake  I  have  suffered  rebuke. 

16  Thy  words  were  found,  and  I  did  seat  them ; 
and  *thy  word  was  unto  me  the  joy  and  rejoicing 
of  mine  heart :  for  7I  am  called  by  thy  name,  O 
Lord  God  of  hosts. 

17  w  I  sat  not  in  the  assembly  of  the  mockers,  nor 
rejoiced  ;  I  sat  alone  because  of  thy  hand  :  for  thou 
hast  filled  me  with  indignation. 


Judgments  on  Jewry. 


JEREMIAH,  16,  17. 


Judah's  captivity  for  sin. 


18  Why  is  my  vpain  perpetual,  and  my  wound  in- 
curable, which  refuseth  to  be  healed  ?  wilt  thou  be 
altogether  unto  me  as  a  liar,  and  w  as  waters  that 
8  fail? 

19  If  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  *If  thou 
return,  then  will  I  bring  thee  again,  and  thou 
shalt  stand  before  me  :  and  if  thou  "take  forth  the 
precious  from  the  vile,  thou  shalt  be  as  my  mouth  : 
let  them  return  unto  thee  ;  but  return  not  thou  unto 
them. 

20  And  I  will  make  thee  unto  this  people  a  fenced 
brasen  wall :  and  they  shall  fight  against  thee,  but 
they  shall  not  prevail  against  thee  :  for  I  am  with 
thee  to  save  thee  and  to  deliver  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

21  And  I  will  z  deliver  thee  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
wicked,  and  I  will  redeem  thee  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  terrible. 

CHAPTER  16. 


1  Ruin  of  the  Jews  foreshadowed  by  types.    14  Their  return. 

idolatry. 


16  Double  recompence  for 


THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  also  unto  me,  saying, 
2  aThou  shalt  not  take  thee  a  wife,   neither 
shalt  thou  have  sons  or  daughters  in  this  place. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  sons  and 
concerning  the  daughters  that  are  born  in  this  place, 
and  concerning  their  mothers  that  bare  them,  and 
concerning  their  fathers  that  begat  them  in  this  land  ; 

4  They  shall  die  of  grievous  deaths  ;  they  shall  not 
be  lamented  ;  neither  shall  they  be  buried ;  but  they 
shall  be  as  dung  upon  the  face  of  the  earth  :  and 
they  shall  be  consumed  by  the  sword,  and  by  fam- 
ine ;  and  their  carcases  shall  be  meat  for  the 
fowls  of  heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  b  Enter  not  into  the 
house  of  Mourning,  neither  go  to  lament  nor  be- 
moan them  :  for  I  have  taken  away  my  peace  from 
this  people,  saith  the  Lord,  even  lovingkindness  and 
mercies. 

6  Both  the  great  and  the  small  shall  die  in  this 
land  :  they  shall  not  be  buried,  neither  shall  men 
lament  for  them,  nor  "cut  themselves,  nor  dmake 
themselves  bald  for  them  : 

7  Neither  shall  men  2  tear  themselves  for  them  in 
mourning,  to  comfort  them  for  the  dead  ;  neither 
shall  men  give  them  the  cup  of  consolation  to e  drink 
for  their  father  or  for  their  mother. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  also  go  into  the  house  of  feast- 
ing, to  sit  with  them  to  eat  and  to  drink. 

9  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Ig'ra-el ;  Behold,  fl  will  cause  to  cease  out  of  this 
place  in  your  eyes,  and  in  your  days,  the  voice  of 
mirth,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride. 

10  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  thou  shalt 
shew  this  people  all  these  words,  and  they  shall  say 
unto  thee,  a  Wherefore  hath  the  Lord  pronounced 
all  this  great  evil  against  us  ?  or  what  is  our  ini- 
quity ?  or  what  is  our  sin  that  we  have  committed 
against  the  Lord  our  God  ? 

11  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them,  h  Because  your 
fathers  have  forsaken  me,  saith  the  Lord,  and  have 
walked  after  other  gods,  and  have  served  them,  and 


B.  C.  601. 


v  ch.  30.  15. 
w  Job  6.  15. 

8  be  not  sure. 

j  Zech.  3.  7. 

y  Ezek.  22.  26. 


z  Isa.  49.  25. 


a  Gen.  19.  14. 


b  Ps.  78.  64. 
Ezek.  24.  17. 

1  Or,  mourning 
feast. 

c  Deut.  14.  1. 
d  Isa.  22.  12. 

2  Or,  break 
bread  for 
them. 

e  Prov.  31 .  6. 
/  Isa.  24.  7. 

ch.  7.  34. 

Hos.  2.  11. 

Rev.  18.  23. 
g  Deut.  29.  24. 

ch.  5. 19. 

ch.  13.  22. 
h  Judg.  2.  12, 13. 

1  Ki.  9.  9. 

2  Chr.  7.  22. 
Neh.  9  26-29. 
Ps.  106.  35-41. 
ch.  5.  7,  9. 
Dan.  9.  10-12. 

i  ch.  7.  26. 
2  Tim.  3.  13. 

3  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 

j  Lev.  18.  27,  28. 

Deut.  4.  26. 

2  Chr.  7.  20. 
k  ch.  15.  14. 

4  Or,  Neverthe- 
less. 

I  Amos  4.  2. 

Hab.  1.  15. 
m  Job  34.  21. 

Prov.  5.  21. 

ch.  32.  19. 
n  Mic.  4.  10. 
o  Ezek.  43.  7. 
p  Ps.  18.  2. 
g  Ps.  22.  27. 

Isa.  2.  2.      . 
r  Isa.  44.  10. 
a  Isa.  37.  19. 

Gal.  1.  8. 

5  Or, 
JEHOVAH, 
Ps.  83.  18. 

(Ex.  15.  3. 
Amos  5.  8. 


a  Job  19.  24. 

1  nail. 

b  Prov.  3.  3. 

2  Oor.  3.  3. 
c2Ki.  16.  4. 

2  Chr.  24.  18. 

Isa.  1.  29. 
d  ch.  15.  13. 

2  in  thyself, 
ech.  16.  13. 
/Isa.  30.  1. 


have  worshipped  them,  and  have  forsaken  me,  and 
have  not  kept  my  law  ; 

12  And  ye  have  done  'worse  than  your  fathers  ; 
for,  behold,  ye  walk  every  one  after  the  3  imagina- 
tion of  his  evil  heart,  that  they  may  not  hearken 
unto  me  : 

13  ^'Therefore  will  I  cast  you  out  of  this  Mand 
into  a  land  that  ye  know  not,  neither  ye  nor  your 
fathers  ;  and  there  shall  ye  serve  other  gods  day 
and  night ;  where  I  will  not  shew  you  favour. 

14  If  therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  it  shall  no  more  be  said,  The  Lord  liv- 
eth,  that  brought  up  the  children  of  I§'ra-el  out  of 
the  land  of  E'gypt ; 

15  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  that  brought  up  the  chil- 
dren of  Ig'ra-el  from  the  land  of  the  north,  and 
from  all  the  lands  whither  he  had  driven  them  : 
and  I  will  bring  them  again  into  their  land  that  I 
gave  unto  their  fathers. 

16  If  Behold,  I  will  send  for  many  'fishers,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  they  shall  fish  them  ;  and  after  will 
I  send  for  many  hunters,  and  they  shall  hunt  them 
from  every  mountain,  and  from  every  hill,  and  out 
of  the  holes  of  the  rocks. 

17  For  mine  TOeyes  are  upon  all  their  ways  :  they 
are  not  hid  from  my  face,  neither  is  their  iniquity 
hid  from  mine  eyes. 

18  And  n  first  I  will  recompense  their  iniquity  and 
their  sin  double  ;  because  °they  have  defiled  my 
land,  they  have  filled  mine  inheritance  with  the 
carcases  of  their  detestable  and  abominable  things. 

19  O  Lord,  pmy  strength,  and  my  fortress,  and 
my  refuge  in  the  day  of  affliction,  the  ^Gen'tlles. 
shall  come  unto  thee  from  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
and  shall  say,  Surely  our  fathers  have  inherited 
lies,  vanity,  and  things  r  wherein  there  is  no  profit. 

20  Shall  a  man  make  gods  unto  himself,  and  Hhey 
are  no  gods  ? 

21  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  this  once  cause  them 
to  know,  I  will  cause  them  to  know  mine  hand  and 
my  might ;  and  they  shall  know  that  my  name  is 
5 'The  Lord. 

CHAPTER  17. 

1  Sin  and  captivity  of  Judah.    1  Trust  in  God  is  blessed.    12  God's  salvation.    19  Re- 
newal of  the  covenant. 

rpHE  sin  of  Ju'dah  is  written  with  a  apen  of  iron, 
-*-    and  with   the   ?  point   of   a    diamond :    it  is 
6  graven  upon  the  table  of  their  heart,  and  upon 
the  horns  of  your  altars ; 

2  Whilst  their  children  remember  their  altars  and 
their  "groves  by  the  green  trees  upon  the  high  hills. 

3  O  my  mountain  in  the  field,  dl  will  give  thy  sub- 
stance and  all  thy  treasures  to  the  spoil,  and  thy 
high  places  for  sin, 'throughout  all  thy  borders. 

4  And  thou,  even 2  thyself,  shalt  discontinue  from 
thine  heritage  that  I  gave  thee ;  and  I  will  cause 
thee  to  serve  thine  enemies  in e  the  land  which  thou 
knowest  not :  for  ye  have  kindled  a  fire  in  mine 
anger,  which  shall  burn  for  ever. 

5  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  'Cursed  be  the  man  that 
trusteth  in  man,  and  maketh  flesh  his  arm,  and 
whose  heart  departeth  from  the  Lord. 

541 


Trust  in  God  is  blessed. 


JEREMIAH,  18. 


The  type  of  a  potter. 


6  For  he  shall  be  like  the  heath  in  the  desert,  and 
v  shall  not  see  when  good  cometh  ;  but  shall  inhabit 
the  parched  places  in  the  wilderness,  in  a  salt  land 
and  not  inhabited. 

7  h  Blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord, 
and  whose  hope  the  Lord  is. 

8  For  he  shall  be  as  a  tree  planted  by  the  waters, 
and  that  spreadeth  out  her  roots  by  the  river,  and 
shall  not  see  when  heat  cometh,  but  her  leaf  shall 
be  green  ;  and  shall  not  be  careful  in  the  year  of 
3  drought,  neither  shall  cease  from  yielding  fruit. 

9  If  "The  heart  is  deceitful  above  all  things,  and 
desperately  wicked  :  who  can  know  it  ? 

10  I  the  Lord  j  search  the  heart,  I  try  the  reins, 
^even  to  give  every  man  according  to  his  ways,  and 
according  to  the  fruit  of  his  doings. 

11  As  the  partridge  4sitteth  on  eggs,  and  hatcheth 
them  not ;  so  he  that  getteth  riches,  and  not  by 
right,  shall  leave  them  in  the  midst  of  his  days,  and 
at  his  end  shall  be  la  fool. 

12  H  A  glorious  high  throne  from  the  beginning  is 
the  place  of  our  sanctuary. 

13  0  Lord,  the  hope  of  Ig'ra-el,  m  all  that  forsake 
thee  shall  be  ashamed,  and  they  that  depart  from 
me  shall  be  n  written  in  the  earth,  because  they  have 
forsaken  the  Lord,  the  fountain  of  living  waters. 

14  Heal  me,  0  Lord,  and  I  shall  be  healed  ;  save 
me,  and  I  shall  be  saved  :  for  thou  art  my  praise. 

15  TI  Behold,  they  say  unto  me,  °  Where  is  the 
word  of  the  Lord  ?  let  it  come  now. 

16  As  for  me,  I  have  not  hastened  from  being  a 
pastor  5to  follow  thee  :  neither  have  I  desired  the 
woeful  day  ;  thou  knowest :  that  which  came  out 
of  my  lips  was  right  before  thee. 

17  Be  not  a  terror  unto  me  :  thou  art  my  hope  in 
the  day  of  evil. 

18  Let  them  be  confounded  that  persecute  me,  but 
let  not  me  be  confounded  :  let  them  be  dismayed, 
but  let  not  me  be  dismayed  :  bring  upon  them  the 
day  of  evil,  and  6  destroy  them  with  double  destruc- 
tion. 

19  If  Thus  said  the  Lord  unto  me  ;  Go  and  stand 
in  the  gate  of  the  children  of  the  people,  whereby 
the  kings  of  Ju'dah  come  in,  and  by  the  which  they 
go  out,  and  in  all  the  gates  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  ; 

20  And  say  unto  them,  pHear  ye  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  ye  kings  of  Ju'dah,  and  all  Ju'dah,  and  all 
the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  that  enter  in  by 
these  gates  : 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  9Take  heed  to  yourselves, 
and  bear  no  burden  on  the  sabbath  day,  nor  bring  it 
in  by  the  gates  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  ; 

22  Neither  carry  forth  a  burden  out  of  your  houses 
on  the  sabbath  day,  neither  do.  ye  any  work,  but 
hallow  ye  the  sabbath  day,  as  I  r  commanded  your 
fathers. 

23  But  they  obeyed  not,  neither  inclined  their  ear, 
but  made  their  neck  stiff,  that  they  might  not  hear, 
nor  receive  instruction. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye  diligently 
hearken  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord,  to  bring  in  no 
burden  through  the  gates  of  this  city  on  the  sabbath 

542 


B.  C.  601. 


g  Job  20.  17. 


h  Ps.  2.  12. 
Prov.  16.  20. 


3  Or,  restraint. 
i  Gen.  6.  5. 


j  1  Sam.  16.  7. 

1  Chr.  28.  9. 

Ps.  7.  9. 

Ps.  139.  23,  24. 

Prov.  17.  3. 

ch.  11.  20. 

ch.  20.  12. 

Rom.  8.  27. 

Rev.  2.  23. 
k  Ps.  02.  12. 

ch.  32.  19. 

Rom.  2.  6. 
4  Or,  gathereth 

young  which 

she  hath  not 

brought  forth. 
I  Luke  12.  20. 

m  Ps.  73.  27. 

Isa.  1.  28. 

Isa.  45.  16,  17. 

Isa.  65.  13. 

Isa.  66.  5. 

ch.  2.  26. 

Ezek.  16.  63. 

Ezek.  36.  32. 

Dan.  12.  2. 
n  Luke  10.  20. 


o  Isa.  5.  19. 
Ezek.  12.  22. 
Amos  5.  18. 
2  Pet.  3.  4. 


5  after  thee. 


6  break  them 

with  a  double 

breach. 
p  Ps.  49. 1 . 

ch.  19.  3. 

ch.  22.  2. 

Ezek.  2.  7. 

Ezek.  3.  17. 

Hos.  5.  1. 

Mic.  3.  1. 
q  Num.  15.  32. 

Neh.  13.  19. 
r  Ex.  20.  8. 

Ex.  23.  12. 

Ex.  31.  13. 

Ezek.  20.  12. 
s  Deut.  4.  40. 
I  Zech.  7.  7. 
u  Ps.  107.  22. 
v  Lam.  4.  11. 

Amos  1.  4. 
wl  Ki.25.  9. 


1  Or,  frames, 
or,  seats. 

2  Or,  that  he 
made  was 
marred,  as 
clay  in  the 
hand  of  the 
potter. 

a  Rom.  11.  15. 

3  returned  and 
made. 

b  Isa.  45.  9. 
c  Isa.  64.  8. 
d  ch.  1. 10. 
e  Judg.  10. 15,16. 

2  Chr.  12.  6,  7. 

Isa.  1.  16-19. 

Ezek.  18.  21. 

Luke  13.  3-5. 
/Jon.  3.  10. 
g  2  Ki.  17.  13. 

Isa.  1.  16-19. 
h  ch.  2.  10. 

1  Cor.  5.  1. 


day,  but  hallow  the  sabbath  day,  to   do  no  work 
therein ; 

25  Then  "shall  there  enter  into  the  gates  of  this 
city  kings  and  princes  sitting  upon  the  throne  of 
Da'vid,  riding  in  chariots  and  on  horses,  they,  and 
their  princes,  the  men  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Je-ru'sa-lem  :  and  this  city  shall  remain  for 
ever. 

26  And  they  shall  come  from  the  cities  of  Ju'dah, 
and  from  the  places  about  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  from 
the  land  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  from  *the  plain,  and 
from  the  mountains,  and  from  the  south,  bringing 
burnt  offerings,  and  sacrifices,  and  meat  offerings, 
and  incense,  and  bringing  "sacrifices  of  praise,  unto 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

27  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me  to  hallow 
the  sabbath  day,  and  not  to  bear  a  burden,  even  en- 
tering in  at  the  gates  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  on  the  sabbath 
day  ;  then  "will  I  kindle  a  fire  in  the  gates  thereof, 
w'and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Je-ru'sa-lem, 
and  it  shall  not  be  quenched. 

CHAPTER  18. 

1  God's  power  typed  by  the  potter.     11  Judgments  upon  Judah.     18  A  prayer. 

nnHE  word  which  came  to  Jer-e-ml'ah  from  the 
-*-   Lord,  saying, 

2  Arise,  and  go  down  to  the  potter's  house,  and 
there  I  will  cause  thee  to  hear  my  words. 

3  Then  I  went  down  to  the  potter's  house,  and, 
behold,  he  wrought  a  work  on  the  l  wheels. 

4  And  the  vessel  2that  he  made  of  clay  was 
"marred  in  the  hand  of  the  potter  :  so  he  3made  it 
again  another  vessel,  as  seemed  good  to  the  potter 
to  make  it. 

5  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying, 

6  O  house  of  I§'ra-el,  b cannot  I  do  with  you  as 
this  potter?  saith  the  Lord.  Behold,  cas  the  clay 
is  in  the  potter's  hand,  so  are  ye  in  mine  hand,  O 
house  of  I§'ra-el. 

7  At  what  instant  I  shall  speak  concerning  a  na- 
tion, and  concerning  a  kingdom,  to  d  pluck  up,  and 
to  pull  down,  and  to  destroy  it ; 

8  eIf  that  nation,  against  whom  I  have  pro- 
nounced, turn  from  their  evil,  fl  will  repent  of  the 
evil  that  I  thought  to  do  unto  them. 

9  And  at  what  instant  I  shall  speak  concerning  a 
nation,  and  concerning  a  kingdom,  to  build  and  to 
plant  it ; 

10  If  it  do  evil  in  my  sight,  that  it  obey  not  my 
voice,  then  I  will  repent  of  the  good,  wherewith  1 
said  I  would  benefit  them. 

11  If  Now  therefore  go  to,  speak  to  the  men  of 
Ju'dah,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  say- 
ing, Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  I  frame  evil 
against  you,  and  devise  a  device  against  you  :  °  re- 
turn ye  now  every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and  make 
your  ways  and  your  doings  good. 

12  And  they  said,  There  is  no  hope  :  but  we  will 
walk  after  our  own  devices,  and  we  will  every  one 
do  the  imagination  of  his  evil  heart. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  ''Ask  ye  now 
among  the  heathen,  who  hath  heard  such  things : 


Prophetic  imprecations. 


JEREMIAH,  19,  20. 


Desolation  of  Judah. 


the  virgin  of  I§'ra-el  hath  done  a  very  horrible 
thing. 

14  Will  a  man  leave  4the  snow  of  Leb'a-non  which 
cometh  from  the  rock  of  the  field  ?  or  shall  the  cold 
flowing  waters  that  come  from  another  place  be 
forsaken  ? 

15  Because  my  people  hath  forgotten  'me,  they 
have  burned  incense  to  j  vanity,  and  they  have 
caused  them  to  stumble  in  their  ways  from  the  k  an- 
cient paths,  to  walk  in l paths,  in  a  way  not  cast  up ; 

16  To  make  their  land  m  desolate,  and  a  perpetual 
"  hissing ;  every  one  that  passeth  thereby  shall  be 
astonished,  and  wag  his  head. 

17  °  I  will  scatter  them  pas  with  an  east  wind  be- 
fore the  enemy ;  I  will  shew  them  the  back,  and 
not  the  face,  in  the  day  of  their  calamity. 

18  TI  Then  said  they,  Q  Come,  and  let  us  devise 
devices  against  Jer-e-mi'ah  ;  rfor  the  law  shall  not 
perish  from  the  priest,  nor  counsel  from  the  wise, 
nor  the  word  from  the  prophet.  Come,  and  let  us 
smite  him  5with  the  tongue,  and  let  us  not  give 
heed  to  any  of  his  words. 

19  Give  heed  to  me,  0  Lord,  and  hearken  to  the 
voice  of  them  that  contend  with  me. 

20  s  Shall  evil  be  recompensed  for  good  ?  for  *they 
have  digged  a  pit  for  my  soul.  Remember  that  I 
stood  before  thee  to  speak  good  for  them,  and  to 
turn  away  thy  wrath  from  them. 

21  Therefore  deliver  up  their  children  to  the 
famine,  and  6  pour  out  their  blood  by  the  force  of 
the  sword  ;  and  let  their  wives  be  bereaved  of  their 
children,  and  be  widows  ;  and  let  their  men  be  put 
to  death ;  let  their  young  men  be  slain  by  the  sword 
in  battle. 

22  Let  a  cry  be  heard  from  their  houses,  when 
thou  shalt  bring  a  troop  suddenly  upon  them  :  for 
they  have  digged  a  pit  to  take  me,  and  hid  snares 
for  my  feet. 

23  Yet,  Lord,  thou  knowest  all  their  counsel 
against  me  7to  slay  me :  w  forgive  not  their  iniquity, 
neither  blot  out  their  sin  from  thy  sight,  but  let 
them  be  overthrown  before  thee  ;  deal  thus  with 
them  in  the  time  of  thine  anger. 

CHAPTER  19. 

Destruction  of  a  potter's  vessel  the  type  of  Judah' s  desolation. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord,  Go  and  get  a  potter's 
earthen  bottle,  and  take  of  the  ancients  of  the 
people,  and  of  "the  ancients  of  the  priests  ; 

2  And  go  forth  unto  6the  valley  of  the  son  of 
Hm'nom,  which  is  by  the  entry  of  xthe  east  gate, 
"and  proclaim  there  the  words  that  I  shall  tell  thee, 

3  And  say,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  0  kings 
of  Ju'dah,  and  inhabitants  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem ;  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el ;  Be- 
hold, I  will  bring  evil  upon  this  place,  the  which 
whosoever  heareth,  his  ears  shall  tingle. 

4  Because  they  dhave  forsaken  me,  and  have  es- 
tranged this  place,  and  have  burned  incense  in  it 
unto  other  gods,  whom  neither  they  nor  their 
fathers  have  known,  nor  the  kings  of  Ju'dah,  and 
have  filled  this  place  with  ethe  blood  of  innocents  ; 


B.  C. 605. 


4  Or,  my  fields 
for  a  rock,  or 
for  the  snow 
of  Lebanon  ? 
shall  the  run- 
ning waters  be 
forsaken  for 
the  strange 
cold  waters  ? 

i  ch.  2.  13. 

./Deut.  32.  21. 
ch.  10.  15. 

fccb.6.  16. 

I  Isa.  53.  6. 
m  ch.  49.  13. 

n  Deut.  29.  24. 

1  Ki.  9.  8. 

Lam.  2.  15. 

Mic.  G.  16. 
0  ch.  13.  24. 
p  Ps.  48.  7. 


q  ch.  11. 19. 

Acts  7.  51. 

2  Tim.  4.  3. 
r  Lev.  10.  11. 

Mai.  2.  7. 


5  Or,  for  the 
tongue. 


s  Ps.  109.  4. 
t  Ps.  35.  7. 


6  pour  them  out. 


7  for  death. 
u  Neh.  4.  5. 


a  Ezek.  8.  11. 
b  Josh.  15.  8. 

2Ki.23.  10. 

2  Chr.  28.  3. 

1  the  sun  gate. 
c  Prov.  1.  20. 
d  Deut.  28.  20. 

Isa.  (>o.  11. 

ch.  17.  13. 
e2Ki.  21.  16. 
/Lev.  18.21. 
g  Josh.  15.  8. 
h  Lev.  26.  17. 

Deut.  28.  25. 

ch.  9.  21. 
i  Deut.  28.  26. 

Ps.  79.  2. 

ch.  7.  33. 

Rev.  19.  18. 
j  Lev.  26.  22. 

1  Ki.  9.  8. 

ch.  18.  16. 

Lam.  2.  15,  16. 

Zeph.  2.  15. 
k  Lev.  26.  29. 

Deut.  28.  53. 

Isa.  9.  20. 

Lam.  4. 10. 
/  ch.  51.  63. 
m  Ps.  2.  9. 

Isa.  30.  14. 

Lam.  4.  2. 

2  be  healed. 
n  ch.  7.  32. 

o  2  Ki.  23.  10. 
p  ch.  32.  29. 

Zeph.  1.  5. 
q  ch.  7. 18. 
r  2  Chr.  20.  5. 
s  2  Chr.  36. 16, 

17. 

ch.  7.  26. 

Zech.  7.  11-14. 

Acts  7.  51,  52. 


a  1  Chr.  24.  14. 

1  That  is,  Fear 

round  about. 


5  They  have  built  also  the  high  places  of  Ba'al,  to 
burn  their  sons  with  fire  for  burnt  offerings  unto 
Ba'al,  ■''which  I  commanded  not,  nor  spake  it,  neither 
came  it  into  my  mind  : 

6  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  this  place  shall  no  more  be  called  To'- 
phet,  nor  3The  valley  of  the  son  of  Hm'nom,  but 
The  valley  of  slaughter. 

7  And  I  will  make  void  the  counsel  of  Ju'dah  and 
Je-ru'sS-lem  in  this  place  ;  ftand  I  will  cause  them 
to  fall  by  the  sword  before  their  enemies,  and  by 
the  hands  of  them  that  seek  their  lives  :  and  their 
'carcases  will  I  give  to  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the 
heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

8  And  I  will  make  this  city  j  desolate,  and  an  hiss- 
ing ;  every  one  that  passeth  thereby  shall  be  aston- 
ished and  hiss  because  of  all  the  plagues  thereof. 

9  And  I  will  cause  them  to  eat  the  k  flesh  of  their 
sons  and  the  flesh  of  their  daughters,  and  they 
shall  eat  every  one  the  flesh  of  his  friend  in  the 
siege  and  straitness,  wherewith  their  enemies,  and 
they  that  seek  their  lives,  shall  straiten  them. 

10  'Then  shalt  thou  break  the  bottle  in  the  sight 
of  the  men  that  go  with  thee, 

11  And  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts ;  m  Even  so  will  I  break  this  people  and  this 
city,  as  one  breaketh  a  potter's  vessel,  that  can- 
not 2be  made  whole  again  :  and  they  shall  wbury 
them  in  To'phet,  till  there  be  no  place  to  bury. 

12  Thus  will  I  do  unto  this  place,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  to  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and  even  make  this 
city  as  To'phet : 

13  And  the  houses  of  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and  the  houses 
of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah,  shall  be  defiled  °as  the 
place  of  To'phet,  because  of  all  the  houses  upon 
whose  p  roofs  they  have  burned  incense  unto  all 
the  host  of  heaven,  and  q  have  poured  out  drink  of- 
ferings unto  other,  gods. 

14  Then  came  Jer-e-mi'ah  from  To'phet,  whither 
the  Lord  had  sent  him  to  prophesy  ;  and  he  stood 
in  rthe  court  of  the  Lord's  house  ;  and  said  to  all 
the  people, 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Ig'- 
ra-el ;  Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  this  city  and  upon 
all  her  towns  all  the  evil  that  I  have  pronounced 
against  it,  because  they  shave  hardened  their  necks, 
that  they  might  not  hear  my  words. 

CHAPTER  20. 

1  Pashitr  smites  Jeremiah.    6  Pashur's  doom.    7  Jeremiah's  complaint. 

"IVTOW  Pash'ur  the  son  of  "Im'mer  the  priest,  who 
-^  was  also  chief  governor  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  heard  that  Jer-e-mi'ah  prophesied  these 
things. 

2  Then  Pash'ur  smote  Jer-e-mi'ah  the  prophet, 
and  put  him  in  the  stocks  that  were  in  the  high 
gate  of  Ben'ja-min,  which  ivas  by  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  Pash'ur 
brought  forth  Jer'e-ml'ah  out  of  the  stocks.  Then 
said  Jer-e-mi'ah  unto  him,  The  Lord  hath  not  called 
thy  name  Pash'ur,  bu^Ma'gdr-mis'sa-bib. 

543 


Jeremiah's  complaint. 


JEEEMIAH,  21. 


The  captivity  foretold. 


4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  make 
thee  6a  terror  to  thyself,  and  to  all  thy  friends :  and 
they  shall  fall  by  the  sword  of  their  enemies,  and 
thine  eyes  shall  behold  it:  and  I  will  give  all  Ju'- 
dah  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  he 
shall  carry  them  captive  into  Bab'y-lon,  and  shall 
slay  them  with  the  sword. 

5  Moreover  I  "will  deliver  all  the2strength  of  this 
city,  and  all  the  labours  thereof,  and  all  the  precious 
things  thereof,  and  all  the  treasures  of  the  kings  of 
Ju'dah  will  I  give  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies, 
which  shall  spoil  them,  and  take  them,  and  carry 
them  to  Bab'y-lon. 

6  And  thou,  Pash'ur,  and  all  that  dwell  in  thine 
house  shall  go  into  captivity  :  and  thou  shalt  come 
to  Bab'y-lon,  and  there  thou  shalt  die,  and  shalt  be 
buried  there,  thou,  and  all  thy  friends,  to  whom  thou 
hast  d  prophesied  lies. 

7  H  0  Lord,  thou  hast   deceived  me,  and  I  was 

3  deceived  :  Hhou  art  stronger  than  I,  and  hast  pre- 
vailed :  ■'"I  am  in  derision  daily,  everyone  mockethme. 

8  For  since  I  spake,  I  cried  out,  91  cried  violence 
and  spoil ;  because  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  made 
a  reproach  unto  me,  and  a  derision,  daily. 

9  Then  I  said,  I  will  not  make  mention  of  him,  nor 
speak  any  more  in  his  name.  But  his  word  was  in 
mine  heart  as  a  h  burning  fire  shut  up  in  my  bones, 
and  I  was  weary  with  forbearing,  and  iI  could  not 
stay. 

10  H  j¥ov  I  heard  the  defaming  of  many,  fear  on 
every  side.     Report,  say  they,  and  we  will  report  it. 

4  All  my  familiars  watched  for  my  halting,  saying, 
Peradventure  he  will  be  enticed,  and  we  shall  pre- 
vail against  him,  and  we  shall  take  our  revenge  on 
him. 

11  But  Hhe  Lord  is  with  me  as  a  mighty  terri- 
ble one  :  therefore  my  persecutors  shall  stumble, 
and  they  shall  not  'prevail:  they  shall  be  greatly 
ashamed ;  for  they  shall  not  prosper :  their  everlast- 
ing confusion  shall  never  be  forgotten, 

12  But,  0  Lord  of  hosts,  that  mtriest  the  right- 
eous, and  seest  the  reins  and  the  heart, n  let  me  see 
thy  vengeance  on  them  :  for  unto  thee  have  I 
opened  my  cause. 

13  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  praise  ye  the  Lord  :  for 
°he  hath  delivered  the  soul  of  the  poor  from  the 
hand  of  evildoers. 

14  H  v  Cursed  be  the  day  wherein  I  was  born  :  let 
not  the  day  wherein  my  mother  bare  me  be  blessed. 

15  Cursed  be  the  man  who  brought  tidings  to  my 
father,  saying,  A  man  child  is  born  unto  thee  ; 
making  him  very  glad. 

16  And  let  that  man  be  as  the  cities  which  the 
Lord  q  overthrew,  and  repented  not :  and  let  him 
rhear  the  cry  in  the  morning,  and  the  shouting  at 
noontide  ; 

17  "Because  he  slew  me  not  from  the  womb ;  or 
that  my  mother  might  have  been  my  grave,  and 
her  womb  to  be  always  great  with  me. 

18  *■  Wherefore  came  I  forth  out  of  the  womb  to 
"see  labour  and  sorrow,  that  my  days  should  be  con- 
sumed with  shame  ? 

544 


B.  C.  605. 


b  Job  18.  11. 
ch.  6.  25. 
ch.  46.  5. 


c  2  Ki.  20.  17. 

ch.  3.  24. 
2  Or,  wealth. 


d  ch.  14.  13,  14. 
ch.  28.  15. 


3  Or,  enticed. 
e  ch.  1.  6,  7. 
/"Job  12.  4. 

Lam.  3.  14. 
g  ch.  C.  7. 


h  1  Ki.  19.  10. 
Ps.  39.  3. 

i  Job  32.  18, 
19,20. 
Acts  18.  5. 

jPs.  31.  13. 


4  Every  man  of 
my  peace. 

k  Isa.  41.  13. 

ch.  1.  8. 

Rom.  8.  31. 
I  ch.  15.  20. 

ch.  17.  18. 
m  ch.  11.  20. 

ch.  17.  10. 
n  Ps.  54.  7. 

Ps.  59.  10. 

Ps.  109  G-20. 

ch.  11.  20. 

ch.  12.  3. 

ch.  17.  18. 
o  Ps.  35.  9. 

Jas.  2.  5,  6. 
p  Job  3.  3. 

ch.  15.  10. 
q  Gen.  19.  25. 
r  ch.  18.  22. 
*  Job  3.  10. 
t  Job  3.  20. 
u  Lam.  3. 1. 


a  ch.  38.  1. 

6  2Ki.  25.  18. 

ch.  29.  25. 
e  Ex.  9.  28. 
d  Isa.  13.  4. 
eEx.  G.  6. 
/ch.  37.  17. 

ch.  39.  5. 
g  Deut.  28.  50. 

2  Chr.  36.  17. 
h  Deut.  30.  19. 

Isa.  1.  19. 
i  ch.  38.  2. 
j  ch.  39.  18. 
k  Lev.  17.  10. 

ch.  44.  11,  27. 

Amos  9.  4. 
I  ch.  38.  3. 
ro  ch.  34.  2. 

ch.  37.  10. 

1  Judge. 
raPs.  101.8. 

o  Ezek.  13.  8. 

2  inhabitress. 
p  ch.  49.  4. 

Lam.  4.  12. 
Obad.  3,  4. 

3  visit  upon. 
q  Prov.  1.  31. 

Isa.  3.  10. 

rl  Chr.  36.  19. 

ch.  52.  13. 


CHAPTER  21. 

1  Zedekiah  enquires  of  Jeremiah.    3  Siege  and  captivity  foretold.    11  The  king's  house 

reproved. 

rpHE  word  which  came  unto  Jer-e-mi'ah  from  the 
-1-    Lord,  when  king  Zed-e-kl'alT  sent  unto  him 
a Pash'ur  the_son  of  Mel-chi'ah,  and  6Zeph-a-nI'ah 
the  son  of  Ma-a-se'iah  the  priest,  saying, 

2  c  Enquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  Lord  for  us  ;  for 
Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon  maketh  war 
against  us  ;  if  so  be  that  the  Lord  will  deal  with 
us  according  to  all  his  wondrous  works,  that  he 
may  go  up  from  us. 

3  U  Then  said  Jer-e-mi'ah  unto  them,  Thus  shall 
ye  say  to  Zed-e-kl'ah  : 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el ;  Behold,  I 
will  turn  back  the  weapons  of  war  that  are  in  your 
hands,  wherewith  ye  fight  against  the  king  of  Bab'- 
y-lon, and  against  the  Chal-de'ang,  which  besiege 
you  without  the  walls,  and  dI  will  assemble  them 
into  the  midst  of  this  city. 

5  And  I  myself  will  fight  against  you  with  an 
Outstretched  hand  and  with  a  strong  arm,  even  in 
anger,  and  in  fury,  and  in  great  wrath. 

6  And  I  will  smite  the  inhabitants  of  this  city,  both 
man  and  beast :  they  shall  die  of  a  great  pestilence. 

7  And  afterward,  saith  the  Lord,  'I  will  deliver 
Zed-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  his  servants,  and 
the  people,  and  such  as  are  left  in  this  city  from 
the  pestilence,  from  the  sword,  and  from  the  fam- 
ine, into  the  hand  of  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  king  of 
Bab'y-lon,  and  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and 
into  the  hand  of  those  that  seek  their  life :  and  he 
shall  smite  them  with  the  edge  of  tne  sword  ;  9  he 
shall  not  spare  them,  neither  have  pity,  nor  have 
mercy. 

8  Tf  And  unto  this  people  thou  shalt  say,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  /(I  set  before  you  the  way 
of  life,  and  the  way  of  death. 

9  He  that  'abideth  in  this  city  shall  die  by  the 
sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence  : 
but  he  that  goeth  out,  and  falleth  to  the  Chal-de'- 
ang  that  besiege  you,  he  shall  live,  and  ^'his  life 
shall  be  unto  him  for  a  prey. 

10  For  I  have  /cset  my  face  against  this  city  for 
evil,  and  not  for  good,  saith  the  Lord:  'it  shall  be 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and 
he  shall  m  burn  it  with  fire. 

11  IF  And  touching  the  house  of  the  king  of  Ju'- 
dah, say,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  ; 

12  O  house  of  Da'vid,  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  aExe- 
cute  judgment  nm  the  morning,  and  deliver  him 
that  is  spoiled  out  of  the  hand  of  the  oppressor,  lest 
my  fury  go  out  like  fire,  and  burn  that  none  can 
quench  it,  because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

13  Behold,  °I  am  against  thee,  O  2  inhabitant  of 
the  valley,  and  rock  of  the  plain,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
which  say,  pWho  shall  come  down  against  us?  or 
who  shall  enter  into  our  habitations  ? 

14  But  I  will  3punish  you  according  to  the  9fruit 
of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I  will  kindle  a 
fire  in  the  forest  thereof,  and  'it  shall  devour  all 
things  round  about  it. 


, 


Exhortation  to  repentance. 


JEREMIAH,  22,  23. 


The  judgment  of  Jehoiakim. 


CHAPTER  22. 

1  Jeremiah  exhorts  to  repentance.     10  His  threats  on  Juilah  and  her  kings. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  ;  Go  down  to  the  house  of 
the  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  speak  there  this  word, 

2  And  say,  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  0  king  of 
Ju'dah,  that  sittest  upon  the  throne  of  Da'vid,  thou, 
and  thy  servants,  and  thy  people  that  enter  in  by 
these  gates  : 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  "Execute  ye  judgment 
and  righteousness,  and  deliver  the  spoiled  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  oppressor  :  and  do  no  wrong,  do  no 
violence  to  the  stranger,  the  fatherless,  nor  the 
widow,  neither  shed  innocent  blood  in  this  place. 

4  For  if  ye  do  this  thing  indeed,  Hhen  shall  there 
enter  in  by  the  gates  of  this  house  kings  sitting 
1  upon  the  throne  of  Da'vid,  riding  in  chariots  and 
on  horses,  he,  and  his  servants,  and  his  people. 

5  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  these  words,  CI  swear  by 
myself,  saith  the  Lord,  that  this  house  shall  become 
a  desolation. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the  king's  house 
of  Ju'dah ;  Thou  art  Gil'e-ad  unto  me,  and  the  head 
of  Leb'a-non :  yet  surely  I  will  make  thee  d  a  wilder- 
ness, and  cities  which  are  not  inhabited. 

7  And  I  will  prepare  destroyers  against  thee,  every 
one  with  his  weapons :  and  they  shall  cut  down  Hhy 
choice  cedars,  ■'"and  cast  them  into  the  fire. 

8  And  many  nations  shall  pass  by  this  city,  and 
they  shall  say  every  man  to  his  neighbour,  9  Where- 
fore hath  the  Lord  done  thus  unto  this  great  city  ? 

9  Then  they  shall  answer,  h  Because  they  have 
forsaken  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  their  God,  and 
worshipped  other  gods,  and  served  them. 

10  Tf  Weep  ye  not  for  Hhe  dead,  neither  bemoan 
him  :  but  weep  sore  for  him  that  goeth  away :  for 
he  shall  return  no  more,  nor  see  his  native  country. 

11  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  touching  j  Shal'lum  the 
son  of  J6-sI'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  which  reigned  in- 
stead of  J6-si'ah  his  father,  which  went  forth  out 
of  this  place  ;  He  shall  not  return  thither  any  more : 

12  But  he  shall  die  in  the  place  whither  they  have 
led  him  captive,  and  shall  see  this  land  no  more. 

13  If  Woe  unto  him  that  buildeth  his  house  by  un- 
righteousness, and  his  chambers  by  wrong ;  k  that 
useth  his  neighbour's  service  without  wages,  and 
giveth  him  not  for  his  work  ; 

14  That  saith,  I  will  build  me  a  wide  house  and 
2 large  chambers,  and  cutteth  him  out  3 windows; 
and  it  is  cieled  with  cedar,  and  painted  with  ver- 
milion. 

15  Shalt  thou  reign,  because  thou  closest  thyself 
in  cedar  ?  did  not  thy  father  eat  and  drink,  and  do 
judgment  and  justice,  and  then  Ht  was  well  with 
him  ? 

16  He  judged  the  cause  of  the  poor  and  needy ; 
then  it  was  well  with  him :  mwas  not  this  to  know 
me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

17  "But  thine  eyes  and  thine  heart  are  not  but  for 
thy  covetousness,  and  for  to  shed  innocent  blood, 
and  for  oppression,  and  for  4  violence,  to  do  it. 

18  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  Jg- 
hoi'a-kim  the  son  of  Jo-si 'ah  king  of  Ju'dah;  They 

34 


B.  C.  609. 


a  Isa.  58.  6,  7. 
ch.  7.  23. 
Mic.  6.  8. 
Zech.  7.  9. 
Matt.  23.  23. 


b  ch.  17.  25. 


1  for  David 
upon  his 
throne. 

c  Num.  23.  19. 
1  Sam.  15.  29. 
Ps.  95.  11. 
Amos  6.  8. 
Heb.  3.  18. 


d  Mic.  3.  12. 


e  Isa.  37.  24. 
/ch.  21.  14. 


g  Deut.  29.  24. 
1  Ki.  9.  8. 


h  2  Ki.  22.  17. 
2  Clir.  34.  25. 


i  2  Ki.  22.  20. 
Isa.  57.  1,  21. 


j  1  Chr.  3.  15. 

2  Ki.  23.  30. 
k  Lev.  ia.  13. 

Mic.  3.  10. 

Hab.  2.  9. 

Jas.  5.  4. 

2  throughaired. 

3  Or,  my  win- 
dows. 

;  Ps.  128.  2. 

Ifa.  3. 10. 
m  1  Chr.  28.  9. 

Ps.  9.  10. 

John  8.  19. 

■Tit.  1.  16. 

Jas.  1.  22. 

1  John  2.  3. 
n  Ezek.  19.  fi. 

4  Or.  incursion, 
o  1  Ki.  13.  30. 
p  2  Chr.  3C  6. 

5  prosperities. 
q  rh.  ?,.  25. 

r  ch.  23.  1. 

6  inhabitress. 
s  ch.  6  24. 
(2Ki.  24.  6. 

1  Chr.  3.  16. 
u  Song  8.  G. 

Hasr.  2.  23. 
v  ch.  34.  20. 
w  2  Ki.  24.  15. 

7  lift  up  their 
mind. 

IPs.  31.  12. 

ch.  4S.  38. 
y  1  Chr.  3.  16. 

Matt.  1.  12. 


a  Ezek.  34.  2. 

Zech.  11.  5-7, 

15-17. 

John  10. 10-12. 
b  Ex.  32.  34. 
c  ch.  32.  37. 
d  Isa.  4.  2. 

Isa.  11.  1. 

ch.  33.  14. 

Dan.  9.  24. 


shall  not  lament  for  him,  saying,  °Ah  my  brother! 
or,  Ah  sister !  they  shall  not  lament  for  him,  saying, 
Ah  lord  !  or,  Ah  his  glory  ! 

19  pHe  shall  be  buried  with  the  burial  of  an  ass, 
drawn  and  cast  forth  beyond  the  gates  of  Je-ru'sa- 
lem. 

20  H  Go  up  to  Leb'a-non,  and  cry ;  and  lift  up  thy 
voice  in  Ba'shan,  and  cry  from  the  passages  :  for 
all  thy  lovers  are  destroyed. 

211  spake  unto  thee  in  thy  °  prosperity ;  but  thou 
saidst,  I  will  not  hear.  "  This  hath  been  thy  man- 
ner from  thy  youth,  that  thou  obeyedst  not  my  voice. 

22  The  wind  shall  eat  up  all  'thy  pastors,  and  thy 
lovers  shall  go  into  captivity :  surely  then  shalt  thou 
be  ashamed  and  confounded  for  all  thy  wickedness. 

23  O  6  inhabitant  of  Leb'a-non,  that  makest  thy 
nest  in  the  cedars,  how  gracious  shalt  thou  be  when 
pangs  come  upon  thee,  sthe  pain  as  of  a  woman  in 
travail ! 

24  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  'though  Co-ni'ah  the 
son  of  Je-hoi'a-kim  king  of  Ju'dah  "were  the  signet 
upon  my  right  hand,  yet  would  I  pluck  thee  thence; 

25  "And  I  will  give  thee  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  seek  thy  life,  and  into  the  hand  of  them  whose 
face  thou  fearest,  even  into  the  hand  of  Neb-u- 
chad-rez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  into  the  hand  of 
the  Chal-de'an§. 

26  u'And  I  will  cast  thee  out,  and  thy  mother  that 
bare  thee,  into  another  country,  where  ye  were  not 
born ;  and  there  shall  ye  die. 

27  But  to  the  land  whereunto  they  "  desire  to  re- 
turn, thither  shall  they  not  return. 

28  Is  this  man  C6-ni'ah  a  despised  broken  idol  ?  is 
he  xa  vessel  wherein  is  no  pleasure  ?  wherefore  are 
they  cast  out,  he  and  his  seed,  and  are  cast  into  a 
land  which  they  know  not? 

29  O  earth,  earth,  earth,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Write  ye  this  man  ^child- 
less, a  man  that  shall  not  prosper  in  his  days  :  for 
no  man  of  his  seed  shall  prosper,  sitting  upon  the 
throne  of  Da'vid,  and  ruling  any  more  in  Ju'dah. 

CHAPTER  23. 

1  Restoration  of  the  scattered  flock.    5  The  righteous  Branch  and  King.    9  False  pro- 
phets and  mockers. 

WOE  °be  unto  the  pastors  that  destroy  and  scat- 
ter the  sheep  of  my  pasture  !  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  I§'ra-el 
against  the  pastors  that  feed  my  people  ;  Ye  have 
scattered  my  flock,  and  driven  them  away,  and  have 
not  visited  them  :  *  behold,  I  will  visit  upon  you  the 
evil  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord. 

3  And  CI  will  gather  the  remnant  of  my  flock  out 
of  all  countries  whither  I  have  driven  them,  and 
will  bring  them  again  to  their  folds  ;  and  they  shall 
be  fruitful  and  increase. 

4  And  I  will  set  up  shepherds  over  them  which 
shall  feed  them  :  and  they  shall  fear  no  more,  nor 
be  dismayed,  neither  shall  they  be  lacking,  saith 
the  Lord. 

5  1  Behold,  rfthe  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
I  will  raise  unto  Da'vid  a  righteous  Branch,  and  a 

545 


Against  false  prophets 


JEREMIAH,  23. 


and  mockers. 


King  shall  reign  and  prosper,  eand  shall  execute 
judgment  and  justice  in  the  earth. 

6  -'In  his  days  Ju'dah  shall  be  saved,  and  Ig'ra-el 
shall  dwell  safely  :  and  ffthis  is  his  name  whereby 
he  shall  be  called,  aTHE  LORD  OUR  RIGHT- 
EOUSNESS. 

7  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  they  shall  no  more  say,  The  Lord  liveth,  which 
brought  up  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of  the  land 
of  E'gypt ; 

8  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  which  brought  up  and 
which  led  the  seed  of  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  out  of 
the  north  country,  ftand  from  all  countries  whither 
I  had  driven  them  ;  and  they  shall  dwell  in  their 
own  land. 

9  If  Mine  heart  within  me  is  broken  because  of 
the  prophets  ;  all  { my  bones  shake ;  I  am  like  a 
drunken  man,  and  like  a  man  whom  wine  hath 
overcome,  because  of  the  Lord,  and  because  of  the 
words  of  his  holiness. 

10  For  the  land  is  full  of  adulterers  ;  for  j  because 
of  2  swearing  the  land  mourneth  ;  the  pleasant 
places  of  the  wilderness  are  dried  up,  and  their 
3  course  is  evil,  and  their  force  is  not  right. 

11  For  fcboth  prophet  and  priest  are  profane ;  yea, 
'in  my  house  have  I  found  their  wickedness,  saith 
the  Lord. 

12  m  Wherefore  their  way  shall  be  unto  them  as 
slippery  ways  in  the  darkness :  they  shall  be  driven 
on,  and  fall  therein  :  for  I  will  bring  evil  upon 
them,  even  the  year  of  their  visitation,  saith  the 
Lord. 

13  And  I  have  seen  i  folly  in  the  prophets  of  Sa- 
ma'ri-a;  "they  prophesied  in  Ba'al,  and  ° caused  my 
people  Ig'ra-el  to  err. 

14  I  have  seen  also  in  the  prophets  of  Je-ru'sa-lem 
5  an  horrible  thing :  they  commit  adultery,  and 
walk  in  lies  :  they  v  strengthen  also  the  hands  of 
evildoers,  that  none  doth  return  from  his  wicked- 
ness :  they  are  all  of  them  unto  me  as  "Sod'om, 
and  the  inhabitants  thereof  as  Go-mor'rah. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  concern- 
ing the  prophets  ;  Behold,  I  will  feed  them  with 
wormwood,  and  make  them  drink  the  water  of  gall : 
for  from  the  prophets  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  is  6profane- 
ness  gone  forth  into  all  the  land. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  r  Hearken  not 
unto  the  words  of  the  prophets  that  prophesy  unto 
you  :  they  make  you  vain  :  they  speak  a  vision  of 
their  own  heart,  and  not  out  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Lord. 

17  They  say  still  unto  them  that  despise  me,  The 
Lord  hath  said,  sYe  shall  have  peace  ;  and  they 
say  unto  every  one  that  walketh  after  the  7  imagina- 
tion of  his  own  heart,  '  No  evil  shall  come  upon  you. 

18  For  Mwho  hath  stood  in  the  8  counsel  of  the 
Lord,  and  hath  perceived  and  heard  his  word  ?  who 
hath  marked  his  word,  and  heard  it  ? 

19  Behold,  a  "whirlwind  of  the  Lord  is  gone  forth 
in  fury,  even  a  grievous  whirlwind  :  it  shall  fall 
grievously  upon  the  head  of  the  wicked. 

20  The  w  anger  of  the  Lord  shall  not  return,  until 

546 


B.  C.  599. 


e  Ps.  72.  2. 

Isa.  32.  1. 
/  Deut.  33.  28. 

Zech.  14.  11. 
g  ch.  33.  16. 

1  Cor.  1.  30. 
1  Jehovah- 

tsidkenu. 


h  Isa.  43.  5. 


iHab.  3.  16. 


j  Hos.  4.  2. 

2  Or,  cursing. 

3  Or,  violence. 
k  Zeph.  3.  4. 

I  Ezek.  8.  11. 

m  Prov.  4.  19. 


4  unsavoury,  or, 

an  absurd 

thing. 
n  IKi.  18.  18. 
o  Isa.  9.  1G. 


5  Or,  filtluuess. 
p  Ezek.  13.  22. 

?  Isa.  1.  9. 
C  Or,  hypocrisy. 
r  Prov.  19.  27. 
Matt.  7.  15. 
s  Zech.  10.  2. 

7  Or,  stubborn- 
ness. 

imc.  3.  ii. 

u  Job  15.  8. 

1  Cor.  2.  16. 

8  Or,  secret. 
v  ch.  25.  32. 
w  2  Ki.  23. 

26,  27. 
x  Gen.  49.  1. 
y  1  Ki.  20.  23,  28. 

Ps.  113.  6. 
zPs.  139.  7. 

Prov.  15.  11. 

Amos  9.  2. 

Heb.  4.  13. 
a  1  Ki.  8.  27. 

2  Chr.  2.  6. 
Ps.  11.  4. 
Isa.  66.  1. 

b  Heb.  4.  13. 
c  Deut.  13.  1. 

Acts  13.  8. 

2  Tim.  3.  6-8. 
d  Judg.  3.  7. 

9  with  whom  is. 
e  2  Cor.  2.  17. 

1  Pet.  4.  10. 
/Deut.  18.  20. 
ch.  14.  14,  15. 

10  Or,  that 
smooth  their 
tongues. 

g  Zeph.  3.  4. 
h  Isa.  13.  1. 

ch.  17.  15. 

Mai.  1.  1. 

11  visit  upon. 
i  Matt.  12.  36. 

j  Acts  13.  10,  11. 
Gal.  1.  7,  8. 


he  have  executed,  and  till  he  have  performed  the 
thoughts  of  his  heart :  *in  the  latter  days  ye  shall 
consider  it  perfectly. 

21  I  have  not  sent  these  prophets,  yet  they  ran  : 
I  have  not  spoken  to  them,  yet  they  prophesied. 

22  But  if  they  had  stood  in  my  counsel,  and  had 
caused  my  people  to  hear  my  words,  then  they 
should  have  turned  them  from  their  evil  way,  and 
from  the  evil  of  their  doings. 

23  v  Am  I  a  God  at  hand,  saith  the  Lord,  and  not 
a  God  afar  off  ? 

24  Can  any  zhide  himself  in  secret  places  that  I 
shall  not  see  him  ?  saith  the  Lord.  a  Do  not  I  fill 
heaven  and  earth  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

25  I  have  b  heard  what  the  prophets  said,  that 
prophesy  lies  in  my  name,  saying,  I  have  dreamed, 
I  have  dreamed. 

26  How  long  shall  this  be  in  the  heart  of  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  lies  ?  yea,  they  are  prophets 
of  the  deceit  of  their  own  heart ; 

27  Which  think  to  c  cause  my  people  to  forget  my 
name  by  their  dreams  which  they  tell  every  man  to 
his  neighbour,  das  their  fathers  have  forgotten  my 
name  for  Ba'al. 

28  The  prophet  9that  hath  a  dream,  let  him  tell  a 
dream  ;  and  he  that  hath  my  word,  let  him  speak 
my  eword  faithfully.  What  is  the  chaff  to  the 
wheat  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

29  Is  not  my  word  like  as  a  fire  ?  saith  the  Lord  ; 
and  like  -a  hammer  that  breaketh  the  rock  in 
pieces  ? 

30  Therefore,  behold,  -^I  am  against  the  prophets, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  steal  my  words  every  one  from 
his  neighbour. 

31  Behold,  I  am  against  the  prophets,  saith  the 
Lord,  10that  use  their  tongues,  and  say,  He  saith. 

32  Behold,  I  am  against  them  that  prophesy  false 
dreams,  saith  the  Lord,  and  do  tell  them,  and  cause 
my  people  to  err  by  their  lies,  and  by  9  their  light- 
ness ;  yet  I  sent  them  not,  nor  commanded  them : 
therefore  they  shall  not  profit  this  people  at  all, 
saith  the  Lord. 

33  TT  And  when  this  people,  or  the  prophet,  or  a 
priest,  shall  ask  thee,  saying,  What  is  ''the  burden 
of  the  Lord  ?  thou  shalt  then  say  unto  them,  What 
burden  ?     I  will  even  forsake  you,  saith  the  Lord. 

34  And  as  for  the  prophet,  and  the  priest,  and  the 
people,  that  shall  say,  The  burden  of  the  Lord,  I 
will  even  "punish  that  man  and  his  house. 

35  Thus  shall  ye  say  every  one  to  his  neighbour, 
and  every  one  to  his  brother,  What  hath  the  Lord 
answered  ?  and,  What  hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

36  And  the  burden  of  the  Lord  shall  ye  mention 
no  more  :  for  every  '  man's  word  shall  be  his  bur- 
den ;  for  ye  Jhave  perverted  the  words  of  the  liv- 
ing God,  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  our  God. 

37  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  prophet,  What  hath 
the  Lord  answered  thee  ?  and,  What  hath  the  Lord 
spoken  ? 

38  But  since  ye  say,  The  burden  of  the  Lord  ; 
therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Because  ye  say  this 
word,  The  burden  of  the  Lord,  and  I  have  sent 


I 


Type  of  the  figs. 

unto  you,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  say,  The  burden  of 
the  Lord  ; 

39  Therefore,  behold,  I,  even  I,  ^'will  utterly  forget 
you,  and  I  will  forsake  you,  and  the  city  that  I  gave 
you  and  your  fathers,  and  cast  you  out  of  my  pre- 
sence : 

40  And  I  will  bring  'an  everlasting  reproach  upon 
you,  and  a  perpetual  shame,  which  shall  not  be 
forgotten. 

CHAPTER  24. 

The  good  and  bad  figs  type  the  restoration  and  captivity. 

THE  "Lord  shewed  me,  and,  behold,  two  baskets 
of  figs  were  set  before  the  temple  of  the  Lord, 
after  that  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  6king  of  Bab'y-lon 
had  carried  away  captive  cJec-o-nI'ah  the  son  of 
Je-hoi'a-kim  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  princes  of  Ju'- 
dah,  with  the  carpenters  and  smiths,  from  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem,  and  had  brought  them  to  Bab'y-lon. 

2  One  basket  had  very  good  figs,  even  like  the  figs 
that  are  first  ripe  :  and  the  other  basket  had  very 
naughty  figs,  which  could  not  be  eaten,  Hhey  were 
so  bad. 

3  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me,  What  seest  thou, 
Jer-e-mi'ah  ?  And  I  said,  Figs ;  the  good  figs,  very 
good ;  and  the  evil,  very  evil,  that  cannot  be  eaten, 
they  are  so  evil. 

4  If  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el ;  Like 
these  good  figs,  so  dwill  I  acknowledge  2them  that 
are  carried  away  captive  of  Ju'dah,  whom  .1  have 
sent  out  of  this  place  into  the  land  of  the  Chal-de'- 
an§  for  their  good. 

6  For  I  will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them  for  good, 
and  el  will  bring  them  again  to  this  land:  and  fl 
will  build  them,  and  not  pull  them  down  ;  and  I  will 
plant  them,  and  not  pluck  them  up. 

7  And  I  will  give  them  ffan  heart  to  know  me, 
that  I  am  the  Lord  :  and  they  shall  be  h  my  people, 
and  I  will  be  their  God  :  for  they  shall  return  unto 
me  *with  their  whole  heart. 

8  H  And  as  the  evil  •'figs,  which  cannot  be  eaten, 
they  are  so  evil ;  surely  thus  saith  the  Lord,  So  will 
I  give  Zed-e-kl'ah  the  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  his  princes, 
and  the  residue  of  Js-ru'sa-lem,  that  remain  in  this 
land,  and  '"'them  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  E'gypt: 

9  And  I  will  deliver  them  3to  be  removed  into  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  for  their  hurt,  Ho  be 
a  reproach  and  a  proverb,  a  taunt  and  a  curse,  in 
all  places  whither  I  shall  drive  them. 

10  And  I  will  send  the  sword,  the  famine,  and  the 
pestilence,  among  them,  till  they  be  consumed  from 
off  the  land  that  I  gave  unto  them  and  to  their 
fathers. 

CHAPTER  25. 


JEREMIAH,  24,  25. 


Desolation  of  Babylon. 


1  Reproof  of  the  Jews. 


8  The  captivity  foretold.    12  Babylon  to  be  destroyed, 
nations  to  perish. 


15  All 


ri^HE  word  that  came  to  Jer-e-mi'ah  concerning 
J-  all  the  people  of  Ju'dah  "in  the  fourth  year  of 
Je-hoi'a-kim  the  son  of  J6-sT'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  that 
was  the  first  year  of  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  king  of 
Bab'y-lon ; 


B.  C.  606. 


/.•  Dent.  31. 
17,  18. 
Hos.  4.  6. 


Ich.  20.  11. 
Dan.  9,  1G. 


a  Amos  7.  1. 


6  2  Ki.  24.  12. 

2  Chr.  36.  10. 
c  ch.  22.  24. 


1  for  badness. 


d  Zech.  13.  9. 
Heb.  2.  11. 

2  the  captivity. 
e  ch.  12.  15. 

ch.  23.  3. 

Ezek.  3G.  24. 
/ch.  32.  41. 

ch.  33.  7. 
g  Deut.  30.  G. 

Ezek.  11.  19. 
h  Isa.  51.  16. 

ch.  7.  23. 

ch.  30.  22. 

Ezek.  14.  11. 

Zech.  8.  8. 
i  ch.  29.  13. 

Ps.  119.  2. 
j  ch.  29.  17. 
k  ch.  43. 

3  for  removing, 
or,  vexation. 

I  Ps.  44.  13. 


a  2  Ki.  24.  1,  2. 

ch.  36.  1. 

ch.  46.  2. 

Dan.  1.  1. 
b  ch.  1.  2. 
c  2  Chr.  36.  15. 

ch.  7.  13,  25. 

ch.  11.  7. 

ch.  26.  5. 

ch.  29.  19. 
d  2  Ki.  17.  13. 

Ezek.  18.  30. 

Luke  13.  3-5. 
e  ch.  7.  19. 

eh.  32.  30. 
/ch.  1.  15. 
g  ch.  40.  2. 
h  ch.  18.  16. 

1  I  will  cause  to 
perish  from 
them. 

i  Rev.  18.  23. 
j  ch.  29.  10. 
Dan.  9.  2. 

2  Beginning 
cir.  606, 

2  Ki.  24.  1 ; 
ending  cir.  536, 
Ezra  1. 1.      • 

3  -nsit  upon. 
k  Isa.  13.  19. 
I  ch.  50.  41. 
m  ch.  27.  7. 
n  ch.  50.  29. 

ch.  51.6,  24. 
o  Job  21.  20. 

Ps.  11.6. 

Ps.  75.  8. 

Isa.  51.  17,  22. 

Kev.  14.  10. 
p  Nah.  3.  11. 


2  The  which  Jer-e-mi'ah  the  prophet  spake  unto 
all  the  people  of  Ju'dah,  and  to  all  the  inhabitants 
of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  saying, 

_3  6From  the  thirteenth  year  of  J6-sI'ah  the  son  of 
A'mon  king  of  Ju'dah,  even  unto  this  day,  that  is 
the  three  and  twentieth  year,  the  word  of  the  Lord 
hath  come  unto  me,  and  I  have  spoken  unto  you, 
rising  early  and  speaking ;  but  ye  have  not  heark- 
ened. 

4  And  the  Lord  hath  sent  unto  you  all  his  Servants 
the  prophets,  rising  early  and  sending  them ;  but 
ye  have  not  hearkened,  nor  inclined  your  ear  to 
hear. 

5  They  said,  dTurn  ye  again  now  every  one  from 
his  evil  way,  and  from  the  evil  of  your  doings,  and 
dwell  in  the  land  that  the  Lord  hath  given  unto 
you  and  to  your  fathers  for  ever  and  ever  : 

6  And  go  not  after  other  gods  to  serve  them,  and 
to  worship  them,  and  provoke  me  not  to  anger  with 
the  works  of  your  hands  ;  and  I  will  do  you  no 
hurt. 

7  Yet  ye  have  not  hearkened  unto  me,  saith  the 
Lord  ;  that  ye  might  e provoke  me  to  anger  with 
the  works  of  your  hands  to  your  own  hurt. 

8  H  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  Be- 
cause ye  have  not  heard  my  words, 

9  Behold,  I  will  send  and  take  ■'"all  the  families  of 
the  north,  saith  the  Lord,  and  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar 
the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  ffmy  servant,  and  will  bring 
them  against  this  land,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  and  against  all  these  nations  round  about, 
and  will  utterly  destroy  them,  and  ''make  them  an 
astonishment,  and  an  hissing,  and  perpetual  desola- 
tions. 

10  Moreover  1 1  will  take  from  them  the  i  voice  of 
mirth,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride,  the  sound 
of  the  millstones,  and  the  light  of  the  candle. 

11  And  this  whole  land  shall  be  a  desolation,  and 
an  astonishment ;  and  these  nations  shall  serve  the 
king  of  Bab'y-lon  seventy  years. 

12  II  And  j\t  shall  come  to  pass,  when  2  seventy 
years  are  accomplished,  that  I  will 3  punish  the  king 
of  Bab'y-lon,  and  that  nation,  saith  the  Lord,  for 
their  iniquity,  and  the  land  of  the  Chal-de'an§,  *and 
will  make  it  perpetual  desolations. 

13  And  I  will  bring  upon  that  land  all  my  words 
which  I  have  pronounced  against  it,  even  all  that  is 
written  in  this  book,  which  Jer-e-mi'ah  hath  prophe- 
sied against  all  the  nations. 

14  For  many  nations  'and  great  kings  shall  m  serve 
themselves  of  them  also :  n  and  I  will  recompense 
them  according  to  their  deeds,  and  according  to 
the  works  of  their  own  hands. 

15  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Is'ra-el  unto 
me  ;  Take  the  °  wine  cup  of  this  fury  at  my  hand, 
and  cause  all  the  nations,  to  whom  I  send  thee,  to 
drink  it. 

16  And  p  they  shall  drink,  and  be  moved,  and  be 
mad,  because  of  the  sword  that  I  will  send  among 
them. 

17  Then  took  I  the  cup  at  the  Lord's  hand,  and 

547 


Destruction  of  the  nations. 


JEREMIAH,  26. 


Jeremiah's  arraignment. 


made  all  the  nations  to  drink,  unto  whom  the  Lord 
had  sent  me : 

18  To  wit,  q  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  the  cities  of  Ju'dah, 
and  the  kings  thereof,  and  the  princes  thereof,  to 
make  them  a  desolation,  an  astonishment,  an  hissing, 
and  a  curse  ;  as  it  is  this  day  ; 

19  rPha'raoh  king  of  E'gypt,  and  his  servants,  and 
his  princes,  and  all  his  people  ; 

20  And  all  themingled  people,  and  all  the  kings 
of  sthe  land  of  Uz,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  land  of 
the  Phi-lis'tlneg,  and  Ash'ke-lon,  and  Az'zah,  and 
Ek'ron,  and  *the  remnant  of  Ash'dod, 

21  E'dom,  and  Mo'ab,  and  the  children  of  Am'mon, 

22  And  all  the  kings  of  Ty'rus,  and  all  the  kings 
of  Zi'don,  and  the  kings  of  the  4 isles  which  are  be- 
yond the  sea, 

23  De'dan,  and  Te'ma,  and  Buz,  and  all  5that  are 
in  the  utmost  corners, 

24  And  Mall  the  kings  of  A-ra'bi-a,  and  all  the  kings 
of  the  "  mingled  people  that  dwell  in  the  desert, 

25  And  all  the  kings  of  Zim'ri,  and  all  the  kings  of 
E'lam,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  Medeg, 

26  And  all  the  kings  of  the  north,  far  and  near, 
one  with  another,  and  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world, 
which  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth :  ™and  the  king 
of  She'shach  shall  drink  after  them. 

,27  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith 

^/ the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el  ;  x Drink  ye, 

and  be  drunken,  and  spue,  and  fall,  and  rise  no  more, 

because  of  the  sword  which  I  will  send  among  you. 

28  And  it  shall  be,  if  they  refuse  to  take  the  cup 
at  thine  hand  to  drink,  then  shalt  thou  say  unto 
them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  Ye  shall  cer- 
tainly drink. 

29  For,  lo,  vl  begin  to  bring  evil  on  the  city 6  which 
is  called  by  my  name,  and  should  ye  be  utterly  un- 
punished ?  Ye  shall  not  be  unpunished :  for  ZI  will 
call  for  a  sword  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

30  Therefore  prophesy  thou  against  them  all  these 
words,  and  say  unto  them,  The  Lord  shall  "roar 
from  on  high,  and  utter  his  voice  from  his  holy  hab- 
itation ;  he  shall  mightily  roar  "upon  6his  habita- 
tion ;  he  shall  give  a  shout,  as  they  that  tread  the 
grapes,  against  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

31  A  noise  shall  come  even  to  the  ends  of  the  earth ; 
for  the  Lord  hath  ca  controversy  with  the  nations, 
dhe  will  plead  with  all  flesh  ;  he  will  give  them 
that  are  wicked  to  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord. 

32  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Behold,  evil  shall 
go  forth  from  nation  to  nation,  and  a  great  whirl- 
wind shall  be  raised  up  from  the  coasts  of  the  earth. 

33  e  And  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be  at  that  day 
from  one  end  of  the  earth  even  unto  the  other  end 
of  the  earth  :  they  shall  not  be  lamented,  neither 
gathered,  nor  buried  ;  they  shall  be  dung  upon  the 
ground. 

34  Tf  Howl,  ye  shepherds,  and  cry  ;  and  wallow 
yourselves  in  the  ashes,  ye  principal  of  the  flock  : 
for  7the  days  of  your  slaughter  and  of  your  disper- 
sions are  accomplished  ;  and  ye  shall  fall  like  8a 
pleasant  vessel. 

548 


B.  C.  606. 


q  Ps.  GO.  3. 
Ezek.  9.  8 
Dan.  9.  12 
Amos  2.  5 


r  ch.  4G.  2. 


s  Jobl.  1. 


I  lea.  20.  1. 


4  Or,  region  by 
the  sea  side. 


5  cut  off  into 
corners,  or, 
having  the 
corners  of  the 
hair  polled. 

u  2  Car.  9.  14. 

V  ch.  50.  37. 


w  ch.  51.  41. 


x  Hab.  2.  16. 


y  Prov.  11.  31. 
ch.  49.  12. 
Obad.  16. 
Luke  23.  31. 
1  Pet.  4. 17. 

6  upon  which  my 
name  is  called. 

z  Ezek.  38.  21. 
a  Isa.  42. 13. 

Joel  3.  16. 

Amos  1.  2. 
b  Ps.  GS.  16. 
c  Hos.  4.  1. 

Mic.  G.  2. 
d  Joel  3.  2. 
e  Isa.  34.  2-8. 

ch.  12.  12. 

Rev.  19.17-21. 

7  your  days  for 
slaughter. 

8  a  vessel  of 
desire. 

9  flight  shall  per- 
ish from  the 
shepherds,  and 
escaping  from, 
etc. 

/  Ps.  97.  1-3. 
Isa.  66.  15. 
Heb  12.  29. 

10  a  desolation. 


a  ch.  7.  2. 

ch.  19.  14. 

Luke  19. 47, 48. 

John  8.  2. 
6  Ex.  23.  14. 

Deut.  12.  5. 
c  Matt.  28.  20. 
d  Acts  20.  27. 
e  ch.  36.  3. 
feh.  18.8. 
g  Lev.  2G.  14. 

Deut.  28.  15. 
h  ch.  7.  13. 
i  1  Sam.  4.  10. 

Ps.  78.  GO. 

ch.  7.  12. 
j  Isa.  65.  15. 
k  Amos  5.  10. 

Matt.  27.  20. 

1  Or,  at  the  door. 
/  2  Ki.  15.  35. 

2  the  judgment 
of  death  is  for 
this  man. 

in  ch.  38.  4. 

Matt.  26.  61. 
nlsa.  1.19. 

Isa.  55.  7. 

ch.  7.  3. 

ch.  35.  15. 

ch.  36.  3. 

Hos.  14.  1,  2. 


35  And  9the  shepherds  shall  have  no  way  to  flee, 
nor  the  principal  of  the  flock  to  escape. 

36  A  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  shepherds,  and  an 
howling  of  the  principal  of  the  flock,  shall  be  heard : 
for  the  Lord  hath  spoiled  their  pasture. 

37  And  the  peaceable  habitations  are  cut  down 
because  of  the  fierce  •'anger  of  the  Lord. 

38  He  hath  forsaken  his  covert,  as  the  lion  :  for 
their  land  is  ]0  desolate  because  of  the  fierceness  of 
the  oppressor,  and  because  of  his  fierce  anger. 

CHAPTER  26. 

1  Jeremiah  exhorts  to  repentance.    8  His  arrest.    10  His  life  threatened.    12  His  vindica- 
tion. 

TN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Je-hoi'a-kim  the 
J-  son  of  J6-sI'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  came  this  word 
from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Stand  in  "the  court  of  the 
Lord's  house,  and  speak  unto  all  the  cities  of  Ju'- 
dah, which  b  come  to  worship  in  the  Lord's  house, 
call  the  words  that  I  command  thee  to  speak  unto 
them  ;  d  diminish  not  a  word : 

3  e  If  so  be  they  will  hearken,  and  turn  every  man 
from  his  evil  way,  that  I  may  ■'"repent  me  of  the 
evil,  which  I  purpose  to  do  unto  them  because  of 
the  evil  of  their  doings. 

4  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,-  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  ;  a  If  ye  will  not  hearken  to  me,  to  walk  in 
my  law,  which  I  have  set  before  you, 

5  To  hearken  to  the  words  of  my  servants  the 
prophets,  /jwhom  I  sent  unto  you,  both  rising  up 
early,  and  sending  them,  but  ye  have  not  hearkened ; 

6  Then  will  I  make  this  house  like  'Shi'loh,  and 
will  make  this  city  ja  curse  to  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth. 

7  So  the  priests  and  the  prophets  and  all  the  peo- 
ple heard  Jer-e-mi'ah  speaking  these  words  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

8  Tf  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jer-e-mi'ah  had 
made  an  end  of  speaking  all  that  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded him  to  speak  unto  all  the  people,  that  Hhe 
priests  and  the  prophets  and  all  the  people  took 
him,  saying,  Thou  shalt  surely  die. 

9  Why  hast  thou  prophesied  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  saying,  This  house  shall  be  like  Shi'loh,  and 
this  city  shall  be  desolate  without  an  inhabitant  ? 
And  all  the  people  were  gathered  against  Jer-e- 
ml'ah  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  Tf  When  the  princes  of  Ju'dah  heard  these 
things,  then  they  came  up  from  the  king's  house 
unto  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  sat  down  Mn  the 
entry  of  the  'new  gate  of  the  Lord's  house. 

11  Then  spake  the  priests  and  the  prophets  unto 
the  princes  and  to  all  the  people,  saying,  2This  man 
is  worthy  to  die ;  mfor  he  hath  prophesied  against 
this  city,  as  ye  have  heard  with  your  ears. 

12  Tf  Then  spake  Jer-e-mi'ah  unto  all  the  princes 
and  to  all  the  people,  saying,  The  Lord  sent  me  to 
prophesy  against  this  house  and  against  this  city  all 
the  words  that  ye  have  heard. 

13  Therefore  now  n  amend  your  ways  and  your 
doings,  and  obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your  God  ; 


Jeremiah's  vindication. 


JEREMIAH,  27. 


Conquest  by  Babylon. 


and  the  Lord  will  repent  him  of  the  evil  that  he 
hath  pronounced  against  you. 

14  As  for  me,  behold,  °  I  am  in  your  hand  :  do  with 
me  3  as  seemeth  good  and  meet  unto  you. 

15  But  know  ye  for  certain,  that  if  ye  put  me  to 
death,  ye  shall  surely  bring  innocent  blood  upon 
yourselves,  and  upon  this  city,  and  upon  the  in- 
habitants thereof :  for  of  a  truth  the  Lord  hath 
sent  me  unto  you  to  speak  all  these  words  in  your 
ears. 

16  If  Then  said  the  princes  and  all  the  people  unto 
the  priests  and  to  the  prophets  ;  This  man  is  not 
worthy  to  die :  for  he  hath  spoken  to  us  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  our  God. 

17  pThen  rose  up  certain  of  the  elders  of  the  land, 
and  spake  to  all  the  assembly  of  the  people,  saying, 

18  "Mi'cah  the  Mo'ras-thite  prophesied  in  the  days 
of  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  spake  to  all  the 
people  of  Ju'dah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts ;  ''Zl'on  shall  be  plowed  like  a  field,  and  Js- 
ru'sa-lem  shall  become  heaps,  and  the  mountain  of 
the  house  as  the  high  places  of  a  forest. 

19  Did  Hez-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  and  all  Ju'dah 
put  him  at  all  to  death  ?  s  did  he  not  fear  the  Lord, 
and  besought  4the  Lord,  and  the  Lord  *  repented 
him  of  the  evil  which  he  had  pronounced  against 
them  ?  "  Thus  might  we  procure  great  evil  against 
our  souls. 

20  And  there  was  also  a  man  that  prophesied  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  U-ri' jah  the  son  of  Shem-a- 
I'ah  of  Kir'jath-je'a-rim,  who  prophesied  against 
this  city  and  against  this  land  according  to  all  the 
words  of  Jer-e-ml'ah  : 

21  And  when  Js-hoi'a-kim  the  king,  with  all  his 
mighty  men,  and  all  the  princes,  heard  his  words, 
the  "king  sought  to  put  him  to  death  :  but  when 
U-rl'jah  heard  it,  he  was  afraid,  and  ™fled,  and  went 
into  E'gypt; 

22  And  Je-hoi'a-kim  the  "king  sent  men  into 
E'gypt,  namely,  El'na-thanjthe  son  of  Ach'bor,  and 
certain  men  with  him  into  E'gypt. 

23  And  they  fetched  forth  U-rl'jah  out  of  E'gypt, 
and  brought  him  unto  Jg-hoi'a-kim  the  king  ;  y  who 
slew  him  with  the  sword,  and  cast  his '  dead  body 
into  the  graves  of  the  5commompeople. 

24  Nevertheless  *the  hand  of  A-hi'kam  the  son  of 
Sha'phan  was  with  Jer-e-mi'ah,  that  they  should  not 
give  him  into  the  hand  of  the  people  to  put  him  to 
death. 

CHAPTER  27. 

1  Babylonian  conquests  foretold,     8  Submission  urged.    14  Oj  lying  prophets. 

IN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Jg-hoi'a-kim  the 
son  of  Jo-si" 'ah  aking  of  Ju'dah  came  this  word 
unto  Jer-e-mi'ah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  *  saith  the  Lord  to  me  ;  Make  thee  bonds 
and  yokes,  6and  put  them  upon  thy  neck, 

3  And  send  them  to  the  king  of  E'dom,  and  to  the 
king  of  Mo'ab,  and  to  the  king  of  the  Am'mon-Ites, 
and  to  the  king  of  Ty'rus,  and  to  the  king  of  Zi'- 
don,  by  the  hand  of  the  messengers  which  come  to 
Je-ru'sa-lem  unto  Zed-e-kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  ; 

4  And  command  them  2to  say  unto  their  masters, 


B.  C.  598. 


o  ch.  38.  5. 

3  as  it  is  good 
and  right  in 
your  eyes. 


p  Acts  5.  34. 
q  Mic.  1.  1. 

r  Mic.  3.  12. 

i  2  Chr.  32.  26. 

4  the  face  of  the 

Lokd. 
t  Ex.  32.  14. 

2  Sam.  24.  16. 

u  Acts  5.  39. 


«2Chr.  16.  10. 

2  Chr.  24.  21. 
w  1  Ki.  19.  3. 
x  Ps.  12.  8. 

Prov.  29.  12. 
y  Matt.  23.  31. 
5  sons  of  the 

people. 
z  2  Ki.  22. 12, 14. 

ch.  39.  14. 


a  ch.  28.  1. 

1  Or,  hath  the 
Lord  said* 

b  ch.  28.  10. 
Ezek.  4.  1. 

2  Or,  concerning 
their  masters, 
saying. 

c  Ps.  96.  5. 

Ps.  115.  15. 

Isa.  42.  5. 

Isa.  45.  12. 
d  Gen.  1.  29,  30. 

Deut.  2.  5. 

Josh.  1.  2,  3. 

Ps.  115.  16. 

Dan.  4. 17. 
e  ch.  28. 14. 

Dan.  2.  37,  38. 
/  ch.  25.  9. 

ch.  43.  10. 
g  Ps.  50.  10-12. 

Dan.  2.  38. 
h  2  Chr.  36.  20. 
i  ch.  25.  12. 

ch.  50.  27. 

Dan.  5.  26. 

3  visit  upon. 

j  Prov.  19.  27. 
ch.  14.  14. 
Mic.  3.  7. 
Eph.  5.  6. 

4  dreams. 
kch.  28.  1. 

ch.  38.  17. 
I  Prov.  8.  36. 

Ezek.  18.  31. 
m  ch.  14.  14. 

ch.  23.  21. 

5  in  a  lie,  or, 
lyingly. 

re  2  Ki.  24.  13. 

ch.  28.  3. 

Dan.  1.  2. 
o  Ezek.  18.  31. 
p  Gen.  20.  7. 

Job  42.  8. 

Isa.  37.  4. 

Jas.  5.  16. 


Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el ; 
Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  your  masters  ; 

5  CI  have  made  the  earth,  the  man  and  the  beast 
that  are  upon  the  ground,  by  my  great  power  and 
by  my  outstretched  arm,  and  dhave  given  it  unto 
whom  it  seemed  meet  unto  me. 

6  eAnd  now  have  I  given  all  these  lands  into  the 
hand  of  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon, 
-'"my  servant ;  and  a  the  beasts  of  the  field  have  I 
given  him  also  to  serve  him. 

7  ;'And  all  nations  shall  serve  him,  and  Ijis  son, 
and  his  son's  son,  i  until  the  very  time  of  his  land 
come  :  and  then  many  nations  and  great  kings  shall 
serve  themselves  of  him. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  nation  and 
kingdom  which  will  not  serve  the  same  Neb-u-chad- 
nez'zar  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  that  will  not  put 
their  neck  under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon, 
that  nation  will  I  3  punish,  saith  the  Lord,  with  the 
sword,  and  with  the  famine,  and  with  the  pestilence, 
until  I  have  consumed  them  by  his  hand. 

9  Therefore  j  hearken  not  ye  to  your  prophets,  nor 
to  your  diviners,  nor  to  your  *  dreamers,  nor  to  your 
enchanters,  nor  to  your  sorcerers,  which  speak  unto 
you,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  serve  the  king  of  Bab'y- 
lon  : 

10  For  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you,  to  remove 
you  far  from  your  land ;  and  that  I  should  drive 
you  out,  and  ye  should  perish. 

11  But  the  nations  that  bring  their  neck  under  the 
yoke  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  serve  him,  those 
will  I  let  remain  still  in  their  own  land,  saith  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  shall  till  it,  and  dwell  therein. 

12  If  I  spake  also  to  fcZed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  ac- 
cording to  all  these  words,  saying,  Bring  your  necks 
under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  serve 
him  and  his  people,  and  live. 

13  'Why  will  ye  die,  thou  and  thy  people,  by  the 
sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence,  as  the 
Lord  hath  spoken  against  the  nation  that  will  not 
serve  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  ? 

14  Therefore  hearken  not  unto  the  words  of  the 
prophets  that  speak  unto  you,  saying,  Ye  shall  not 
serve  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  :  for  they  prophesy  ma 
lie  unto  you. 

15  For  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the  Lord,  yet 
they  prophesy  5a  lie  in  my  name  ;  that  I  might 
drive  you  out,  and  that  ye  might  perish,  ye,  and 
the  prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you. 

16  Also  I  spake  to  the  priests  and  to  all  this  peo- 
ple, saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Hearken  not  to 
the  words  of  your  prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you, 
saying,  Behold,  the  n  vessels  of  the  Lord's  house 
shall  now  shortly  be  brought  again  from  Bab'y-lon  : 
for  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you. 

17  Hearken  not  unto  them ;  serve  the  king  of  Bab'- 
y-lon, and  live  :  "wherefore  should  this  city  be  laid 
waste? 

18  But  if  they  be  prophets,  and  if  the  word  of  the 
Lord  be  with  them,  let  them  now  pmake  interces- 
sion to  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  the  vessels  which 
are  left  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  house 

549 


Hananiatis  false  prophecy. 


JEREMIAH,  28,  29. 


A  letter  to  the  captives. 


of  the  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  at  Je-ru'sa-lem,  go  not  to 
Bab'y-lon. 

19  If  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  "concerning 
the  pillars,  and  concerning  the  sea,  and  concerning 
the  bases,  and  concerning  the  residue  of  the  vessels 
that  remain  in  this  city, 

20  Which  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon 
took  not,  when  he  carried  away r  captive  Jec-o-ni'ah 
the  son  of  Jg-hoi'a-kim  king  of  Jti'dah  from  Je-ra'- 
sa-lem  to  Bab'y-lon,  and  all  the  6 nobles  of  Ju'dah 
and  Je-ru'sa-lem ; 

21  sYea,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Ig'ra-el,  concerning  the  vessels  that  remain  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  house  of  the  king  of 
Ju'dah  and  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  ; 

22  They  shall  be  carried  to  Bab'y-lon,  and  there 
shall  they  be  until  the  day  that  I  'visit  them,  saith 
the  Lord  ;  then  "will  I  bring  them  up,  and  restore 
them  to  this  place. 

CHAPTER  28. 

1  False  prophecy  of  Hananiah.    12  Jeremiads  counter  prophecy.    15  Hananiah's  death 

foretold. 

AND  a  it  came  to  pass  the  same  year,  in  the  be- 
-  ginning  of  the  reign  of  Zed'e-kl'ah  king  of 
Ju'dah,  in  the  fourth  year,  and  in  the  fifth  month, 
that  6Han-a-nI|ah  the  son  of  A'zur  the  prophet, 
which  ivas  of  Gib'e-on,  spake  unto  me  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  in  the  presence  of  the  priests  and  of 
all  the  people,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
I§'ra-el,  saying,  I  have  broken  cthe  yoke  of  the  king 
of  Bab'y-lon. 

3  Within  Hwo  full  years  will  I  bring  again  into 
this  place  dall  the  vessels  of  the  Lord's  house, 
that  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon  took 
away  from  this  place,  and  carried  them  to  Bab'y- 
lon  : 

4  And  I  will  bring  again  to  this  place  Jec-o-nl'ah 
the  son  of  2Je-hoi'a-kim  king  of  Ju'dah,  with  all 
the  3 captives  of  Ju'dah,  that  went  into  Bab'y-lon, 
saith  the  Lord  :  for  I  will  break  the  yoke  of  the 
king  of  Bab'y-lon. 

5  H  Then  the  prophet  Jer-e-ml'ah  said  unto  the 
prophet  Han-a-nl'ah  in  the  presence  of  the  priests, 
and  in  the  presence  of  all  the  people  that  stood  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord, 

6  Even  the  prophet  Jer-e-mi'ah  said,  eAmen  :  the 
Lord  do  so  :  the  Lord  perform  thy  words  which 
thou  hast  prophesied,  to  bring  again  the  vessels 
of  the  Lord's  house,  and  all  that  is  carried  away 
captive,  from  Bab'y-lon  into  this  place. 

7  Nevertheless  hear  thou  now  this  word  that  I 
speak  in  thine  ears,  and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  people ; 

8  The  prophets  that  have  been  before  me  and  be- 
fore thee  of  old  prophesied  both  against  many  coun- 
tries, and  against  great  kingdoms,  of  war,  and  of 
evil,  and  of  pestilence. 

9  /The  prophet  which  prophesieth  of  peace,  when 
the  word  of  the  prophet  shall  come  to  pass,  then 
shall  the  prophet  be  known,  that  the  Lord  hath 
truly  sent  him. 

10  H  Then  Han-a-ni'ah  the  prophet  took  the  syoke 

550 


B.  C.  596. 


q  2  Ki.  25.  13. 
ch.  52.  17. 


r  2  Ki.  24.  14, 15. 
ch.  24.  1. 


G  white  ones. 


s  Lev.  2fi.  24. 
Isa.  5.  25. 


tl  Chr.  36.  21. 

ch.  29.  10. 

ch.  32.  5. 

Dan.  9.  2. 
u  Ezra  1.  7. 


a  ch.  27.  1. 


b  ch.  30.  12. 
2  Tim.  3.  8 
2  Pet.  2.  1. 


c  ch.  27.  12. 


1  two  years  of 

days. 
<Z2Ki.  24.  13. 

2  Chr.  36.  10. 

ch.  27.  10-22. 


2  Or,  Jehoiachin, 
2  Ki.  24.  12. 

3  captivity. 


e  1  Ki.  1.  36. 
1  Chr.  16.  36. 
Ps.  41.  13. 
Ps.  72.  19. 
Ps.  89.  52. 
Matt.  0.  13. 

1  Cor.  14.  10. 

2  Cor.  1.  20. 
Rev.  1.  18. 

/Deut,  18.  22. 

Isa.  8.  20. 
g  1  Ki.  22.  24. 

Ps.  10.  13. 
h  ch.  27.  7. 
i  Prov.  26.  4. 
j  Deut.  28.  48. 

ch.  27.  4,  7. 
k  ch.  27.  6. 
I  ch.  20.  6. 

ch.  29.  31. 
4  revolt. 
in  Deut.  32.  35. 

1  Sam.  2.  9. 

Job  21 .  30. 

Ps.  9.  16. 

Ps.  34.  21. 

Prov.  11.  21. 

Nah.  1.  2,  3. 

Rom.  2.  2,  3. 

Heb.  !>.  27. 

Heb.  12.  29. 


1  Or,  Jehoiachin, 
2  Ki.  24.  12. 

2  Chr.  36.  9. 

2  Or,  chamber- 
lains. 

a  Dan.  6.  4. 
Rom.  13.  1,  5. 
1  Tim.  2.  1. 


from  off  the  prophet  Jer-e-mi'ah's  neck,  and  brake 
it. 

11  And  Han-a-nl'ah  spake  in  the  presence  of  all 
the  people,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Even  so 
will  I  break  the  yoke  of  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of 
Bab'y-lon  ''from  the  neck  of  all  nations  within  the 
space  of  two  full  years.  And  the  prophet  Jer-e- 
ml'ah  'went  his  way. 

12  1  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jer-e- 
ml'ah  the  prophet,  after  that  Han-a-nl'ah  the  pro- 
phet had  broken  the  yoke  from  off  the  neck  of  the 
prophet  Jer-e-ml'ah,  saying, 

13  Go  and  tell  Han-a-nl'ah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  ;  Thou  hast  broken  the  yokes  of  wood ;  but 
thou  shalt  make  for  them  yokes  of  iron. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
I§'ra-el ;  jl  have  put  a  yoke  of  iron  upon  the  neck 
of  all  these  nations,  that  they  may  serve  Neb-u- 
chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon ;  and  they  shall 
serve  him  :  and  k  I  have  given  him  the  beasts  of 
the  field  also. 

15  II  Then  said  the  prophet  Jer-e-ml'ah  unto  Han- 
a-nl'ah  the  prophet,  Hear  now,  Han-a-ni'ah  ;  The 
Lord  hath  not  sent  thee  ;  but  'thou  makest  this 
people  to  trust  in  a  lie. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will 
cast  thee  from  off  the  face  of  the  earth  :  this  year 
thou  shalt  die,  because  thou  hast  taught 4 rebellion 
against  the  Lord. 

17  So  Han-a-nl'ah  the  prophet  died  the  '"same 
year  in  the  seventh  month. 

CHAPTER  29. 

1  Jeremiah's  letter  to  the  captives.    10  Their  return  after  seventy  years.    20  Fearful  end 
of  Ahab  and  Zedekiah.    30  Doom  of  Shemaiah. 

NOW  these  are  the  words  of  the  letter  that 
Jer-e-ml'ah  the  prophet  sent  from  Je-ru'sa-lem 
unto  the  residue  of  the  elders  which  were  carried 
away  captives,  and  to  the  priests,  and  to  the  pro- 
phets, and  to  all  the  people  whom  Neb-u-chad-nez'- 
zar had  carried  away  captive  from  Je-ru'sa-lem  to 
Bab'y-lon  ; 

2  (After  that 1  Jec-o-nl'ah  the  king,  and  the  queen, 
and  the  2 eunuchs,  the  princes  of  Ju'dah  and  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem, and  the  carpenters,  and  the  smiths,  were 
departed  from  Je-ru'sa-lem ;) 

3  By  the  hand  of  El'a-sah  the  son  of  Sha'phan, 
and  Gem-a-ri'ah  the  son  of  Hil-kl'ah,  (whom  Zed-e- 
kl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  sent  unto  Bab'y-lon  to  Neb-u- 
chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon)  saying, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el, 
unto  all  that  are  carried  away  captives,  whom  I 
have  caused  to  be  carried  away  from  Je-ru'sa-lem 
unto  Bab'y-lon  ; 

5  Build  ye  houses,  and  dwell  in  them ;  and  plant 
gardens,  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them  ; 

6  Take  ye  wives,  and  beget  sons  and  daughters  ; 
and  take  wives  for  your  sons,  and  give  your  daugh- 
ters to  husbands,  that  they  may  bear  sons  and 
daughters  ;  that  ye  may  be  increased  there,  and 
not  diminished. 

7  "And  seek  the  peace  of  the  city  whither  I  have 


A  letter  to  the  captives. 


JEREMIAH,  30. 


Doom  of  Shemaiah. 


caused  you  to  be  carried  away  captives,  6and  pray 
unto  the  Lord  for  it :  for  in  the  peace  thereof 
shall  ye  have  peace. 

8  If  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Ig'ra-el ;  Let  not  your  prophets  and  your  diviners, 
that  be  in  the  midst  of  you,  "deceive  you,  neither 
hearken  to  your  dreams  which  ye  cause  to  be 
dreamed. 

9  For  they  prophesy  3  falsely  unto  you  in  my 
name  :  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  TI  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  That  after  d  seventy 
years  be  accomplished  at  Bab'y-lon  I  will  visit  you, 
and  perform  my  good  word  toward  you,  in  causing 
you  to  return  to  this  place. 

11  For  I  know  the  thoughts  that  I  think  toward 
you,  saith  the  Lord,  thoughts  of  peace,  and  not  of 
evil,  to  give  you  an  4 expected  end. 

12  Then  shall  ye  ecall  upon  me,  and  ye  shall  go 
and  pray  unto  me,  and  I  will  hearken  unto  you. 

13  And  fye  shall  seek  me,  and  find  me,  when  ye 
shall  search  for  me  "with  all  your  heart. 

14  And  hl  will  be  found  of  you,  saith  the  Lord  : 
and  I  will  turn  away  your  captivity,  and  *I  will 
gather  you  from  all  the  nations,  and  from  all  the 
places  whither  I  have  driven  you,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
and  I  will  bring  you  again  into  the  place  whence  I 
caused  you  to  be  carried  away  captive. 

15  If  Because  ye  have  said,  The  Lord  hath  raised 
us  up  prophets  in  Bab'y-lon  ; 

16  Know  that  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  the  king 
that  sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  Da'vid,  and  of  all 
the  people  that  dwelleth  in  this  city,  and  of  your 
brethren  that  are  not  gone  forth  with  you  into 
captivity ; 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Behold,  I  will 
send  upon  them  the  j  sword,  the  famine,  and  the 
pestilence,  and  will  make  them  ''like  vile  figs,  that 
cannot  be  eaten,  they  are  so  evil. 

18  And  I  will  persecute  them  with  the  sword, 
with  the  famine,  and  with  the  pestilence,  and  l  will 
deliver  them  to  be  removed  to  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth,  5  to  be  a  curse,  and  an  astonishment,  and 
an  hissing,  and  a  reproach,  among  all  the  nations 
whither  I  have  driven  them  : 

19  Because  they  have  not  hearkened  to  my  words, 
saith  the  Lord,  which  mI  sent  unto  them  by  my 
servants  the  prophets,  rising  up  early  and  sending 
them  ;  but  ye  would  not  hear,  saith  the  Lord. 

20  If  Hear  ye  therefore  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all 
ye  of  the  captivity,  whom  nl  have  sent  from  Jg-ru'- 
sa-lem  to  Bab'y-lon  : 

21  Thus_saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Ig'- 
ra-el, of  A'hab  the  son  of  Kol-a-I'ah,  and  of  Zed-e- 
ki'ah  the  son  of  Ma-a-se'iah,  which  "prophesy  a  lie 
unto  you  in  my  name  ;  Behold,  I  will  deliver  them 
into  the  hand  of  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  king  of  Bab'- 
y-lon ;  and  he  shall  slay  them  before  your  eyes  ; 

22  pAnd  of  them  shall  be  taken  up  a  curse  by  all 
the  captivity  of  Ju'dah  which  are  in  Bab'y-lon,  say- 
ing, The  Lord  make  thee  like  Zed-e-ki'ah  and  like 
A'hab,  9whom  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon  roasted  in  the 
fire  ; 


B.  C.  606. 


b  1  Tim.  2.  2. 


C  cli.  14.  14. 
ch.  23.  21. 

Kpii.  5.  <;. 


3  in  a  lie. 


d  2  Chr.  36. 
21,22. 
ch.  25.  12. 
Dan.  9.  2. 


4  end  and  ex- 
pectation, 
c  Dan.  9.  3. 


/Lev.  2G.  39,40. 

Deut.  30.  1 . 

Ps.  32.  0. 

Matt.  7.  7. 
a  ch.  24.  7. 
h  Deut.  4.  7. 

Ps.  32.  G. 

Isa.  55.  G. 

Rom.  10.  20. 
i  ch.  23.3,  S. 

ch.  30.  3. 


10. 


j  ch.  24.  10. 

k  ch.  24.  8. 

/  Dent.  29.  21-28. 

1  Ki.  9.  7,  8. 

2  Chr.  29.  8. 
ch.  15.  4. 
ch.  24.  9. 
Lam.  2.  15 

5  for  a  curse. 
m  ch.  25.  4. 

ch.  32.  33. 
n  Amos  3.  G. 

Mic.  4  10. 
n  2  Pet.  2.  1 . 
p  Gen.  48.  20. 

Isa.  65.  15. 
q  Dan.  3.  6. 
r  Zeph.  3.  4. 
s  Prov.  5.  21. 

ch.  13.  27. 

ch.  1G.  17. 

Mai.  3.  5. 

Heb.  4.  13. 

6  Or,  dreamer. 
<2Ki.  25.  IS. 

ch.  21.  1. 
>i  ch.  20.  1. 

Acts  4.  1. 
v  Deut.  13.  1-5. 

2  Ki.  9.  11. 

Zech.  13.  3-6. 
it-  2  Chr.  1G.  10. 

ch.  20.  2. 

Acts  16.  24. 
x  Num.  16.  3. 

Acts  4.  17. 
y  ch.  28.  15. 
z  Ex.  20.  5. 

Rom.  2.  8,  9. 
a  ch.  28.  16. 

7  revolt. 


a  Isa.  30.  8. 
b  Deut.  30.  3. 

ch.  27.  22. 

ch.  29.  14. 

ch.  31.  23. 

Amos  9.  14. 
c  ch.  1G.  15. 

1  Or,  there  is 
fear,  and  not 
peace. 

2  a  male. 

</  Isa.  22.  4,  5. 

Joel  2.  11. 

Amos  5.  IS. 

Zeph.  1.  14. 

1  Thess.  4.  1G. 
e  Dan.  12.  1. 


23  Because  ''they  have  committed  villany  in  Is'- 
ra-el,  and  have  committed  adultery  with  their 
neighbours'  wives,  and  have  spoken  lying  words  in 
my  name,  which  I  have  not  commanded  them  ;  even 
I  know,  and  am  sa  witness,  saith  the  Lord. 

24  If  Thus  shalt  thou  also  speak  to  Shem-a-I'ah 
the  6Ne-hel'a-mIte,  saying, 

25  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Ig'ra-el,  saying,  Because  thou  hast  sent  letters  in 
thy  name  unto  all  the  people  that  are  at  Jg-ru'sa- 
lem,  'and  to  Zeph-a-nl'ah  the  son  of  Ma-a-se'iah  the 
priest,  and  to  all  the  priests,  saying, 

26  The  Lord  hath  made  thee  priest  in  the  stead 
of  Jg-hoi'a-da  the  priest,  that  ye  should  be  "officers 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  for  every  man  that  is 
rmad,  and  maketh  himself  a  prophet,  that  thou 
shouldest  wput  him  in  prison,  and  in  the  stocks. 

27  Now  therefore  why  hast  thou  not  x reproved 
Jer-e-mi'ah  of  An'a-thoth,  which  maketh  himself  a 
prophet  to  you  ? 

28  For  therefore  he  sent  unto  us  in  Bab'y-lon, 
saying,  This  captivity  is  long  :  build  ye  houses,  and 
dwell  in  them ;  and  plant  gardens,  and  eat  the  fruit 
of  them. 

29  And  Zeph-a-nl'ah  the  priest  read  this  letter  in 
the  ears  of  Jer-e-mi'ah  the  prophet. 

30  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jer-e- 
mi'ah,  saying, 

31  Send  to  all  them  of  the  captivity,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  concerning  Shem-a-I'ah  the  Ng-hel'- 
a-mlte  ;  Because  that  Shem-a-I'ah  hath  prophesied 
unto  you,  '-'and  I  sent  him  not,  and  he  caused  you 
to  trust  in  a  lie  : 

32  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will 
punish z  Shem-a-I'ah  the  Ne-hel'a-mlte,  and  his  seed : 
he  shall  not  have  a  man  to  dwell  among  this  peo- 
ple ;  neither  shall  he  behold  the  good  that  I  will  do 
for  my  people,  saith  the  Lord  ;  a  because  he  hath 
taught  'rebellion  against  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  30. 

1  Word  of  the  Lord  concerning  Israel  and  Judah.     10  Jacob  comforted.     18  Their 

return  promised. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jer-e-mi'ah  from  the 
Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  God  of  Ig'ra-el,  saying, 
a  Write  thee  all  the  words  that  I  have  spoken  unto 
thee  in  a  book. 

3  For,  lo,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  bI 
will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  my  people  Ig'ra-el 
and  Ju'dah,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  CI  will  cause  them 
to  return  to  the  land  that  I  gave  to  their  fathers, 
and  they  shall  possess  it. 

4  If  And  these  are  the  words  that  the  Lord  spake 
concerning  Ig'ra-el  and  concerning  Ju'dah. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  We  have  heard  a  voice 
of  trembling,  1  of  fear,  and  not  of  peace. 

6  Ask  ye  now,  and  see  whether  2a  man  doth  tra- 
vail with  child  ?  wherefore  do  I  see  every  man  with 
his  hands  on  his  loins,  as  "a  woman  in  travail,  and 
all  faces  are  turned  into  paleness  ? 

7  Alas  !  dfor  that  day  is  great,  eso  that  none  is 

551 


Of  Israel  and  Judah. 


JEREMIAH,  31. 


A  gracious  restoration. 


like  it :  it  is  even  the  time  of  Ja'cob's  trouble  ;  but 
he  shall  be  saved  out  of  it. 

8  For  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  that  I  will  break  his  yoke  from  off 
thy  neck,  and  will  burst  thy  bonds,  and  strangers 
shall  no  more  serve  themselves  of  him  : 

9  But  they  shall  serve  the  Lord  their  God,  and 
'Da'vid  their  king,  whom  I  will a  raise  up  unto  them. 

10  If  Therefore  ftfear  thou  not,  0  my  servant  Ja'- 
cob, saith  the  Lord  ;  neither  be  dismayed,  0  I§'- 
ra-el :  for,  lo,  I  will  save  thee  from  afar,  and  thy 
seed  from  the  land  of  their  captivity  ;  and  Ja'cob 
shall  return,  and  shall  be  in  rest,  and  be  quiet,  and 
none  shall  make  him  afraid. 

11  For  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to  save 
thee :  i  though  I  make  a  full  end  of  all  nations  whi- 
ther I  have  scattered  thee,  •'yet  will  I  not  make  a 
full' end  of  thee  :  but  I  will  correct  thee  Mn  mea- 
sure, and  will  not  leave  thee  altogether  unpunished. 
-  12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  'Thy  bruise  is  incur- 
able, and  thy  wound  is  grievous. 

13  There  is  none  to  plead  thy  cause,  3that  thou 
mayest  be  bound  up  :  thou  hast  no  healing  medi- 
cines. 

14  m  All  thy  lovers  have  forgotten  thee ;  they  seek 
thee  not ;  for  I  have  wounded  thee  with  the  wound 
"of  an  enemy,  with  the  chastisement  °of  a  cruel 
one,  for  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquity  ;  p  because 
thy  sins  were  increased. 

15  Why  criest  thou  for  thine  affliction  ?  thy  sor- 
row is  incurable  for  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquity : 
because  thy  sins  were  increased,  I  have  done  these 
things  unto  thee. 

16  4  Therefore  all  they  that  devour  thee  Q  shall  be 
devoured ;  and  all  thine  adversaries,  every  one  of 
them,  shall  go  into  captivity ;  and  they  that  spoil 
thee  shall  be  a  spoil,  and  all  that  prey  upon  thee 
will  I  give  for  a  prey. 

17  rFor  I  will  restore  health  unto  thee,  and  I  will 
heal  thee  of  thy  wounds,  saith  the  Lord  ;  because 
they  called  thee  an  Outcast,  saying,  This  is  Zl'on, 
whom  no  man  seeketh  after. 

18  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will  bring 
again  the  captivity  of  Ja'cob's  tents,  and  shave 
mercy  on  his  dwellingplaces  ;  and  the  city  shall  be 
builded  upon  her  own  5heap,  and  the  palace  shall 
remain  after  the  manner  thereof. 

19  And  'out  of  them  shall  proceed  thanksgiving 
and  the  voice  of  them  that  make  merry  :  w  and  I 
will  multiply  them,  and  they  shall  not  be  few  ;  I 
will  also  glorify  them,  and  they  shall  not  be  small. 

20  Their  children  also  shall  vbe  as  aforetime,  and 
their  congregation  shall  be  established  before  me, 
and  I  will  punish  all  that  oppress  them. 

21  And  6  their  nobles  shall  be  of  themselves,  w'and 
their  governor  shall  proceed  from  the  midst  of 
them  ;  and  I  will  x  cause  him  to  draw  near,  and  he 
shall  approach  unto  me  :  for  who  is  this  that  en- 
gaged his  heart  to  approach  unto  me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

22  And  ye  shall  be  "my  people,  and  I  will  be  your 
God. 

23  Behold,  the  z  whirlwind  of  the  Lord  goeth  forth 

552 


B.  C.  606. 


/Isa.  55.  3,4. 

Hos.  3.  5. 
(/Lukel.  69. 

Acts  2.  30. 
h  Isa.  41.  13. 


i  Amos  9.  8. 
j  ch.  4.  27. 

fcPs.  6.  1. 

Isa.  27.  8. 


I  2  Chr.  30.  16. 
ch.  15.  18. 


3  for  binding  up, 
or,  pressing. 


m  Lam.  1.  2. 


n  Job  13.  24. 
o  Job  30.  21. 
p  ch.  5.  6. 


4  Or,  Neverthe- 
less. 

q  Ex.  23.  22. 

Isa.  41.  11. 
c  Ex.  15.  26. 

Isa.  30.  26. 

Hos.  6.  2. 

Mai.  4.  2. 

1  Pet.  2.  24. 
s  Ps.  102.  13. 

5  Or,  little  hill. 
/  Ezra  3.  10,  11. 

Neh.  8.  12. 

Isa.  35.  10. 
u  Zech.  10.  8. 
v  Isa.  1.  26. 

6  liis  glorious 
ones. 

w  Gen.  49.  10. 
x  Num.  16;  5. 
y  Ezek.  36.  28. 
z  ch.  25.  32; 

7  cutting. 

8  Or,  remain. 


a  Num.  10.  33. 

1  from  afar. 
b  Mai.  1.  2. 

c  Rom.  11.  28. 

2  Or,  have  I 
extended 
lovingkind- 
ness  unto  thee. 

3  Or,  timbrels. 
(I  Isa.  65.  21. 

Amos  9.  14. 

4  profane  them. 
e  Isa.  2.  3. 

Mic.  4.  2. 
/■Isa.  12.5. 
g  Ezek.  34.  13. 
'h  Ps.  126.  5. 

ch.  50.  4. 

5  Or,  favours. 
i  Isa.  49.  10. 
j  Ex.  4.  22. 

Deut.  32.  6. 

1  Chr-  29.  10. 

Isa.  63.  16. 

ch.  3.  4,  19. 
k  Isa.  40.  11. 
I  Isa.  44.  23. 
m  Isa.  49.  24. 
n  Hos.  3.  5. 

Rev.  7.  17. 
0  Isa.  58.  11. 
ji  Isa.  35.  10. 

Rev.  21.  4. 


with  fury,  a  'continuing  whirlwind  :  it  shall  8fall 
with  pain  upon  the  head  of  the  wicked. 

24  The  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  shall  not  return, 
until  he  have  done  it,  and  until  he  have  performed 
the  intents  of  his  heart :  in  the  latter  days  ye  shall 
consider  it. 

CHAPTER  31. 

1  IsraePs  restoration.    12  Rejoicing  of  the  nation.    22  Christ  is  promised.    31  The  new 

covenant. 

AT  the  same  time,  saith  the  Lord,  will  I  be  the 
-^-  God  of  all  the  families  of  Ig'ra-el,  and  they 
shall  be  my  people. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  people  which  ivere 
left  of  the  sword  found  grace  in  the  wilderness  ; 
even  Ig'ra-el,  when  aI  went  to  cause  him  to  rest. 

3  The  Lord  hath  appeared  2  of  old  unto  me,  saying, 
Yea,  6I  have  loved  thee  with  can  everlasting  love  : 
therefore  2with  lovingkindness  have  I  drawn  thee. 

4  Again  I  will  build  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  built, 
O  virgin  of  Ig'ra-el  :  thou  shalt  again  be  adorned 
with  thy  3tabrets,  and  shalt  go  forth  in  the  dances 
of  them  that  make  merry. 

5  dThdu  shalt  yet  plant  vines  upon  the  mountains 
of  Sa-ma'ri-a :  the  planters  shall  plant,  and  shall 
4  eat  them  as  common  things. 

6  For  there  shall  be  a  day,  that  the  watchmen 
upon  the  mount  E'phra-im  shall  cry,  e Arise  ye,  and 
let  us  go  up  to  Zl'on  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  J"Sing  with  gladness 
for  Ja'cob,  and  shout  among  the  chief  of  the  na- 
tions :  publish  ye,  praise  ye,  and  say,  O  Lord,  save 
thy  people,  the  remnant  of  I§'ra-el. 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  them  from  the  north  country, 
and  9  gather  them  from  the  coasts  of  the  earth,  and 
with  them  the  blind  and  the  lame,  the  woman  with 
child  and  her  that  travaileth  with  child  together  : 
a  great  company  shall  return  thither. 

9  fcThey  shall  come  with  weeping,  and  with  5  sup- 
plications will  I  lead  them  :  I  will  cause  them  to 
walk  i  by  the  rivers  of  waters  in  a  straight  way, 
wherein  they  shall  not  stumble  :  for  I  am  a  father 
to  Ig'ra-el,  and  E'phra-im  is  my  j firstborn. 

10  Tf  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  ye  nations, 
and  declare  it  in  the  isles  afar  off,  and  say,  He  that 
scattered  I§'ra-el  fcwill  gather  him,  and  keep  him, 
as  a  shepherd  doth  his  flock. 

11  For  'the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Ja'cob,  and  ran- 
somed him  m  from  the  hand  of  him  that  was  stronger 
than  he. 

12  Therefore  they  shall  come  and  sing  in  the 
height  of  Zl'on,  and  shall  flow  together  to  "the 
goodness  of  the  Lord,  for  wheat,  and  for  wine,  and 
for  oil,  and  for  the  young  of  the  flock  and  of  the 
herd :  and  their  soul  shall  be  as  a  "watered  garden; 
pand  they  shall  not  sorrow  any  more  at  all. 

13  Then  shall  the  virgin  rejoice  in  the  dance,  both 
young  men  and  old  together  :  for  I  will  turn  their 
mourning  into  joy,  and  will  comfort  them,  and  make 
them  rejoice  from  their  sorrow. 

14  And  I  will  satiate  the  soul  of  the  priests  with 
fatness,  and  my  people  shall  be  satisfied  with  my 
goodness,  saith  the  Lord. 


God's  care  and  blessings. 


JEREMIAH,  32. 


The  new  covenant. 


15  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  "  A  voice  was  heard  in 
''Ra'mah,  lamentation,  and  bitter  weeping;  Ra'hel 
weeping  for  her  children  refused  to  be  comforted 
for  her  children,  because  sthey  were  not. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Refrain  thy  voice  from 
weeping,  and  thine  eyes  from  tears  :  for  thy  work 
shall  be  rewarded,  saith  the  Lord;  and  Hhey  shall 
come  again  from  the  land  of  the  enemy. 

17  And  there  is  hope  in  thine  end,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  thy  children  shall  come  again  to  their  own 
border. 

18  If  I  have  surely  heard  E'phra-Tm  bemoaning 
himself  thus ;  Thou  hast  chastised  me,  and  I  was 
chastised,  as  a  bullock  unaccustomed  to  the  yoke: 
w  turn  thou  me,  and  I  shall  be  turned ;  for  thou  art 
the  Lord  my  God. 

19  Surely  v after  that  I  was  turned,  I  repented; 
and  after  that  I  was  instructed,  I  smote  upon  my 
thigh :  I  was  ashamed,  yea,  even  confounded,  because 
I  did  bear  the  reproach  of  my  youth. 

20  Is  E'phra-im  my  dear  son?  is  he  a  pleasant 
child  ?  for  since  I  spake  against  him,  I  do  earnestly 
remember  him  still:  w therefore  my  bowels  care 
troubled  for  him  ;  x  I  will  surely  have  mercy  upon 
him,  saith  the  Lord. 

21  Set  thee  up  way  marks,  make  thee  high  heaps : 
'-'set  thine  heart  toward  the  highway,  even  the  way 
which  thou  wentest :  turn  again,  0  virgin  of  I§'ra-el, 
turn  again  to  these  thy  cities. 

22  If  How  long  wilt  thou  z  go  about,  0  thou  "back- 
sliding daughter  ?  for  the  Lord  hath  created  a  new 
thing  in  the  earth,  A  woman  shall  compass  a  man. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el ; 
As  yet  they  shall  use  this  speech  in  the  land  of 
Ju'dah  and  in  the  cities  thereof,  when  I  shall  bring 
again  their  captivity  ;  b  The  Lord  bless  thee,  0  hab- 
itation of  justice,  and c  mountain  of  holiness. 

24  And  there  shall  dwell  in  Ju'dah  itself,  and  din 
all  the  cities  thereof  together,  husbandmen,  and  they 
that  go  forth  with  flocks. 

25  For  I  have  satiated  the  weary  soul,  and  I  have 
replenished  every  sorrowful  soul. 

26  Upon  this  I  awaked,  and  beheld ;  and  my  sleep 
was  sweet  unto  me. 

27  If  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
eI  will  sow  the  house  of  I§'ra-el  and  the  house  of 
Ju'dah  with  the  seed  of  man,  and  with  the  seed  of 
beast. 

28  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  like  as  I  have 
f watched  over  them,  Ho  pluck  up,  and  to  break 
down,  and  to  throw  down,  and  to  destroy,  and  to 
afflict ;  so  will  I  watch  over  them,  h  to  build,  and  to 
plant,  saith  the  Lord. 

29  i  In  those  days  they  shall  say  no  more,  The 
fathers  have  eaten  a  sour  grape,  and  the  children's 
teeth  are  set  on  edge. 

30  3But  every  one  shall  die  for  his  own  iniquity: 
every  man  that  eateth  the  sour  grape,,  his  teeth 
shall  be  set  on  edge. 

31  If  Behold,  the  Mays  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
I  will  make  a  new  covenant  with  the  house  of  I§'- 
ra-el,  and  with  the  house  of  Ju'dah : 


B.  C.  606. 


q  Matt.  2.  17. 
/•  Josh.  18.  25. 


*  Gen.  42.  13. 
Job  7.  21. 
Lam.  5.  7. 
Matt.  2.  18. 


t  Ezek.  11. 17, 18. 
Hos.  1.  11. 


u  Ps.  85.  4. 
cli.  17.  14. 
Lam.  5.  21. 

v  Deut.  30.  2. 


w  Isa.  03.  15. 

Hos.  11.  8. 
0  sound. 
x  Isa.  57.  18. 

Hos.  14.  4. 

Mic.  7.  18. 


y  ch.  50.  5. 


z  ch.  2.  18. 
a  ch.  3.  6. 
Hos.  4.  10. 


b  Ps.  122.  5. 

Isa.  1.  26. 
c  Zech.  8.  3. 
d  ch.  33.  12. 
e  Hos.  2.  23. 
/  ch.  44.  27. 

Dan.  9.  14. 
<7  ch.  1.  10. 
h  ch.  24.  G. 
i  Ezek.  18.  2. 
;'  Gal.  6.  5. 
k  ch.  32.  40. 

ch.  33.  14. 

Heb.  8.  8. 
I  John  1.  17. 
m  Deut.  1.  31. 
7  Or,  should  I 

have  continued 

an  husband 

unto  them. 
n  ch.  32.  40. 
0  Ps.  40.  8. 

2  Cor.  3.  3. 
p  ch.  24.  7. 

ch.  30.  22. 
q  Isa.  54.  13. 

John  6.  45. 

1  Cor.  2.  10. 
r  ch.  33.  8. 

Rom.  11.  27. 
•!  Gen.  1.  16. 
t  Isa.  51 .  15. 
v  ch.  10.  16. 
v  Ps.  1-18.  6. 
w  ch.  33.  22. 
x  Neh.  3.  1. 

Ps.  69.  35. 

ch.  24.  6. 

Dan.  9.  25. 
y  Zech.  2.  1. 
z  2  Chr.  23.  15. 

Neh.  3.  28. 
a  Joel  3.  17. 


a  2  Ki.  25.  1. 
ch.  39.  1. 

b  Neh.  3.  25. 

ch.  33.  1. 

ch.  37.  21. 

Matt.  5.  12. 
c  ch.  21.  4-7. 
d  2  Ki.  25.  4- 

ch.  39.  5. 

ch.  52.  9. 
e  ch.  27.  22. 


32  Not  l  according  to  the  covenant  that  I  made 
with  their  fathers  in  the  day  that  mI  took  them  by 
the  hand  to  bring  them  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt; 
which  my  covenant  they  brake,  7  although  I  was  an 
husband  unto  them,  saith  the  Lord  : 

33  n  But  this  shall  be  the  covenant  that  I  will  make 
with  the  house  of  I§'ra-el ;  After  those  days,  saith 
the  Lord,  °I  will  put  my  law  in  their  inward  parts, 
and  write  it  in  their  hearts  ;  pand  will  be  their  God, 
and  they  shall  be  my  people. 

34  And  they  shall  teach  no  more  every  man  his 
neighbour,  and  every  man  his  brother,  saying,  Know 
the  Lord  :  for  q  they  shall  all  know  me,  from  the 
least  of  them  unto  the  greatest  of  them,  saith  the 
Lord:  for  rI  will  forgive  their  iniquity,  and  I  will 
remember  their  sin  no  more. 

35  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  s  which  giveth  the  sun 
for  a  light  by  day,  and  the  ordinances  of  the  moon 
and  of  the  stars  for  a  light  by  night,  which  divid- 
eth  *the  sea  when  the  waves  thereof  roar;  "The 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name : 

36  "If  those  ordinances  depart  from  before  me, 
saith  the  Lord,  then  the  seed  of  I§'ra-el  also  shall 
cease  from  being  a  nation  before  me  for  ever. 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  wIf  heaven  above  can  be 
measured,  and  the  foundations  of  the  earth  searched 
out  beneath,  I  will  also  cast  off  all  the  seed  of  Is_'- 
ra-el  for  all  that  they  have  done,  saith  the  Lord. 

38  If  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
the  city  shall  be  built  to  the  Lord  *from  the  tower 
of  Ha-nan'e-el  unto  the  gate  of  the  corner. 

39  And  Hhe  measuring  line  shall  yet  go  forth  over 
against  it  upon  the  hill  Ga'reb,  and  shall  compass 
about  to  Go'ath. 

40  And  the  whole  valley  of  the  dead  bodies,  and  of 
the  ashes,  and  all  the  fields  unto  the  brook  of  Kid'- 
ron,  *unto  the  corner  of  the  horse  gate  toward  the 
east,  a shall  be  holy  unto  the  Lord;  it  shall  not  be 
plucked  up,  nor  thrown  down  any  more  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  32. 

1  Jeremiah's  imprisonment.    16  A  prayer.    26  Confirmation  of  the  captivity  and  return. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jer-e-ml'ah  from  the  Lord 
°in  the  tenth  year  of  Zed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'- 
dah, which  was  the  eighteenth  year  of  Neb-u-chad- 
rez'zar. 

2  For  then  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon's  army  besieged 
Jg-ru'sa-lem  :  and  Jer-e-ml'ah  the  prophet  was  shut 
up  in  Hhe  court  of  the  prison,  which  was  in  the 
king  of  Ju'dah's  house. 

3  For  Zed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  had  shut  him  up, 
saying,  Wherefore  dost  thou  prophesy,  and  say, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  c  Behold,  I  will  give  this  city 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  he  shall 
take  it ; 

4  And  Zed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  d  shall  not  escape 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Chal-de'an§,  but  shall  surely 
be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon, 
and  shall  speak  with  him  mouth  to  mouth,  and  his 
eyes  shall  behold  his  eyes  ; 

5  And  he  shall  lead  Zed-e-ki'ah  to  Bab'y-lon,  and 
there  shall  he  be  e  until  I  visit  him,  saith  the  Lord  : 

553 


Purchase  of  Hanameel's  field. 


JEREMIAH,  32. 


The  captivity  confirmed. 


•'"though  ye  fight  with  the  Chal-de'ang,  ye  shall  not 
prosper. 

6  H  And  Jer-e-mi'ah  said,  The  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

7  Behold,  Ha-nam'e-el  the  son  of  Shal'lum  thine 
uncle  shall  come  unto  thee,  saying,  Buy  thee  my 
field  that  is  in  An'a-thoth  :  for  the  9 right  of  re- 
demption is  thine  to  buy  it. 

8  So  Ha-nam'e-el  mine  uncle's  son  came  to  me  in 
the  court  of  the  prison  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  said  unto  me,  Buy  my  field,  I  pray  thee, 
that  is  Mn  An'a-thoth,  which  is  in  the  country  of 
Ben'ja-min  :  for  the  right  of  inheritance  is  thine, 
and  'the  redemption  is  thine  ;  buy  it  for  thyself. 
Then  I  knew  that  this  was  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  I  bought  the  field  of  Ha-nam'e-el  my  uncle's 
son,  that  was  in  An'a-thoth,  and  j  weighed  him  the 
money,  even  x  seventeen  shekels  of  silver. 

10  And  I  2  subscribed  the  evidence,  and  sealed  it, 
and  Hook  witnesses,  and  weighed  him  the  money  in 
the  balances. 

11  So  I  took  the  evidence  of  the  purchase,  both 
that  which  was  sealed  according  to  the  law  and 
custom,  and  that  which  was  open  : 

12  And  I  gave  the  evidence  of  the  purchase  unto 
'Ba'ruch  the  son  of  Ns-n'ah,  the  son  of  Ma-a-se'iah, 
in  the  sight  of  Ha-nam'e-el  mine  uncle's  son,  and  in 
the  presence  of  the  m  witnesses  that  subscribed  the 
book  of  the  purchase,  before  all  the  Jewg  that  sat 
in  the  court  of  the  prison. 

13  H  And  I  charged  Ba'ruch  before  them,  saying, 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  I§'- 
ra-el ;  Take  these  evidences,  this  evidence  of  the 
purchase,  both  which  is  sealed,  and  this  evidence 
which  is  open  ;  and  put  them  in  an  earthen  vessel, 
that  they  may  continue  many  days. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Ig'ra-el ;  Houses  and  fields  and  vineyards  shall  be 
possessed  again  in  this  land. 

16  H  Now  when  I  had  delivered  the  evidence  of 
the  purchase  unto  Ba'ruch  the  son  of  Ns-ri'ah,  n  I 
prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

17  Ah  Lord  God!  behold,  °thou  hast  made  the 
heaven  and  the  earth  by  thy  great  power  and 
stretched  out  arm,  and  p  there  is  nothing  3too  hard 
for  thee  : 

18  Thou  shewest  q  lovingkindness  unto  thousands, 
and  recompensest  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  into 
the  bosom  of  their  children  after  them  :  the  Great, 
rthe  Mighty  God,  sthe  Lord  of  hosts,  is  his  name, 

19  *  Great  in  counsel,  and  mighty  in  4work  :  for 
thine  "eyes  are  open  upon  all  the  ways  of  the  sons 
of  men  :  "to  give  every  one  according  to  his  ways, 
and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his  doings  : 

2  0_  Which  hast  set  signs  and  wonders  in  the  land 
of  E'gypt,  even  unto  this  day,  and  in  Ig'ra-el,  and 
among  other  men  ;  and  hast  made  thee  w  a  name, 
as  at  this  day  ; 

21  And  x hast  brought  forth  thy  people  Ig'ra-el  out 
of  the  land  of  E'gypt  with  signs,  and  with  wonders, 
and  with  a  strong  hand,  and  with  a  stretched  out 
arm,  and  with  great  terror ; 

554 


B.  C.  590. 


/Prov.  21.  30. 
ch.  21.  4. 


g  Lev.  25.  21, 
25,  32. 
Ruth  4.  4. 


h  ch.  1.  1. 


I  Lev.  25.  24. 


j  Gen.  23.  16. 

1  Or,  seven 
shekels  and 
ten  pieces  of 
silver. 

2  wrote  in  the 
book. 

k  Isa.  8.  2. 


/  ch.  36.  4. 


m  Isa.  8.  2. 


n  Gen.  32.  9-12. 

Dan.  9. 

Phil.  4.  6,  7. 
o2Ki.  19.  15. 
p  Gen.  1.8.  14. 

Zech.  8.  6. 

Matt.  19.  2G. 

Mark  10.  27. 

Luke  1.  37. 

Rom.  4.  21. 

3  Or,  hid  from 

thee. 
q  Ex.  20.  6. 

Deut.  5.  9,  10. 
r  Ps.  45.  3-6. 

Isa.  9.  6. 

Tit.  2.  13. 
s  ch.  10.  16. 
/  Isa.  28.  29. 

4  doing. 

«  Job  34.  21. 

Ps.  33.  13-15. 

Prov.  5.  21. 

ch.  16.  17. 
vVs.  62.  12. 

Eccl.  12.  14. 

ch.  17.  10. 

Matt.  16.  27. 

.Tohn  5.  29. 
w  Ex.  9.  16. 

1  Chr.  17.  21. 
Isa.  63.  12. 

X  Ex.  6.  6. 

2  Sam.  7.  23. 
1  Chr.  17.  21. 

i/  Ex.  3.  8. 

ch.  11.  5. 
z  Neh.  9.  26. 

Dan.  9.  10. 

5  Or,  engines 
of  shot. 

a  ch.  14.  12. 

6  Josh.  23.  15. 

6  Or,  though. 
c  Isa.  64.  8. 

d  Ps,  115.  3. 
e  ch.  21.  10. 
f  ch.  19.  13. 
g  Ezek.  20.  28. 
'h  Zeph.  3.  1. 

7  for  my  anger. 
i  2  Ki.  23.  27. 

j  Isa.  1.  4,  6. 
Dan.  9.  8. 

8  neck. 

k  ch.  7.  13. 

I  2  Chr.  33.  4,  5. 

ch.  7.  30. 

Ezek.  S.  5. 
in  2  Ki.  23.  10. 

ch.  19.  5. 
n  Lev.  18.  21. 


22  And  hast  given  them  this  land,  which  thou  didst 
swear  to  their  fathers  to  give  them,  ya,  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey  ; 

23  And  they  came  in,  and  possessed  it ;  but  2they 
obeyed  not  thy  voice,  neither  walked  in  thy  law ; 
they  have  done  nothing  of  all  that  thou  command- 
edst  them  to  do  :  therefore  thou  hast  caused  all 
this  evil  to  come  upon  them  : 

24  Behold  the  5  mounts,  they  are  come  unto  the 
city  to  take  it ;  and  the  city  is  given  into  the  hand 
of  the  Chal-de'ang,  that  fight  against  it,  because  of 
athe  sword,  and  of  the  famine,  and  of  the  pesti- 
lence :  and  what  thou  hast  spoken  6is  come  to  pass ; 
and,  behold,  thou  seest  it. 

25  And  thou  hast  said  unto  me,  0  Lord  God,  Buy 
thee  the  field  for  money,  and  take  witnesses  ;  6for 
the  city  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the  Chal-de'ang. 

26  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jer-e- 
ml'ah,  saying, 

27  Behold,  I  am  the  Lord,  the  cGod  of  all  flesh  : 
d  is  there  any  thing  too  hard  for  me  ? 

28  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will 
give  this  city  into  the  hand  of  the  Chal-de'ang,  and 
into  the  hand  of  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  king  of  Bab'y- 
lon,  and  he  shall  take  it : 

29  And  the  Chal-de'ang,  that  fight  against  this 
city,  shall  come  and  eset  fire  on  this  city,  and  burn 
it  with  the  houses,  -'upon  whose  roofs  they  have 
offered  incense  unto  Ba'al,  and  poured  out  drink 
offerings  unto  other  gods,  to  provoke  me  to  anger. 

30  For  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  and  the  children  of 
Ju'dah  ffhave  only  done  evil  before  me  from  their 
youth  :  for  the  children  of  Ig'ra-el  have  only  pro- 
voked me  to  anger  with  the  work  of  their  hands, 
saith  the  Lord. 

31  For  ''this  city  hath  been  to  me  as  7a  provoca- 
tion of  mine  anger  and  of  my  fury  from  the  day 
that  they  built  it  even  unto  this  day  ;  'that  I  should 
remove  it  from  before  my  face, 

32  Because  of  all  the  evil  of  the  children  of 
Ig'ra-el  and  of  the  children  of  Ju'dah,  which  they 
have  done  to  provoke  me  to  anger,  •'they,  their 
kings,  their  princes,  their  priests,  and  their  pro- 
phets, and  the  men  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Js-ru'sa-lem. 

33  And  they  have  turned  unto  me  the  8back,  and 
not  the  face  :  though  I  taught  them,  k  rising  up 
early  and  teaching  them,  yet  they  have  not  heark- 
ened to  receive  instruction. 

34  But  they  'set  their  abominations  in  the  house, 
which  is  called  by  my  name,  to  defile  it. 

35  And  they  built  the  high  places  of  Ba'al,  which 
are  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hin'nom,  to  '"cause 
their  sons  and  their  daughters  to  pass  through  the 
fire  unto  "Mo'lech  ;  which  I  commanded  them  not, 
neither  came  it  into  my  mind,  that  they  should  do 
this  abomination,  to  cause  Ju'dah  to  sin. 

36  1  And  now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the 
God  of  Ig'ra-el,  concerning  this  city,  whereof  ye 
say,  It  shall  be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Bab'y-lon  by  the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and 
by  the  pestilence ; 


The  promised  return. 


JEREMIAH,  33. 


Christ  the  righteous  Branch. 


37  Behold,  I  will  "gather  them  out  of  all  countries, 
whither  I  have  driven  them  in  mine  anger,  and  in 
my  fury,  and  in  great  wrath  ;  and  I  will  bring 
them  again  unto  this  place,  and  I  will  cause  them 
v  to  dwell  safely  : 

38  And  they  shall  be  9my  people,  and  I  will  be 
their  God  : 

39  And  I  will  rgive  them  one  heart,  and  one  way, 
that  they  may  fear  me  9for  ever,  for  the  good  of 
them,  and  of  their  children  after  them  : 

40  And  SI  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with 
them,  that  I  will  not  turn  away  10from  them,  to  do 
them  good  ;  but ' 1  will  put  my  fear  in  their  hearts, 
that  they  shall  not  depart  from  me. 

41  Yea, "  I  will  rejoice  over  them  to  do  them  good, 
and  "I  will  plant  them  in  this  land  n assuredly  with 
my  whole  heart  and  with  my  whole  soul. 

42  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  "'Like  as  I  have 
brought  all  this  great  evil  upon  this  people,  so  will 
I  bring  upon  them  all  the  good  that  I  have  pro- 
mised them. 

43  And  fields  shall  be  bought  in  this  land, 
x  whereof  ye  say,  It  is  desolate  without  man  or 
beast ;  it  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the  Chal-de'an§. 

44  Men  shall  buy  fields  for  money,  and  subscribe 
evidences,  and  seal  them,  and  take  witnesses  in  ^the 
land  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  in  the  places  about  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem,  and  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  and  in  the  cities 
of  the  mountains,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  valley, 
and  in  the  cities  of  the  south :  for  z  I  will  cause 
their  captivity  to  return,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  33. 

1  Jeremiah,  in  prison,  prophesies  a  gracious  return  from  captivity.     15  Promise  of 

Christ. 

MOREOVER  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
Jer-e-ml'ah  the  second  time,  while  he  was  yet 
"shut  up  in  the  court  of  the  prison,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  b  maker  thereof,  the 
Lord  that  formed  it,  to  establish  it ;  lcthe  Lord  is 
his  name  ; 

3  dCall  unto  me,  and  I  will  answer  thee,  and  shew 
thee  great  and  2  mighty  things,  which  thou  knowest 
not. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Is'ra-el,  con- 
cerning the  houses  of  this  city,  and  concerning  the 
houses  of  the  kings  of  Ju'dah,  which  are  thrown 
down  by  ethe  mounts,  and  by  the  sword  ; 

5  They  come  to  fight  with  the  Chal-de'an§,  but  it 
is  to  fill  them  with  the  dead  bodies  of  men,  whom  I 
have  slain  in  mine  anger  and  in  my  fury,  and  for 
all  whose  wickedness  I  have  hid  my  face  from  this 
city. 

6  Behold,  fl  will  bring  it  health  and  cure,  and  I 
will  cure  them,  and  will  reveal  unto  them  the 
abundance  of  peace  and  truth. 

7  And  g I  will  cause  the  captivity  of  Ju'dah  and  the 
captivity  of  Ig'ra-el  to  return,  and  will  build  them, 
*as  at  the  first. 

8  And  I  will  Cleanse  them  from  all  their  iniquity, 
whereby  they  have  sinned  against  me  ;  and  I  will 
•'pardon   all    their   iniquities,  whereby   they   have 


B.  C.  590. 


o  Deut.  30.  3. 


p  ch.  23.  6. 
q  ch.  24.  7. 

r  Ezek.  11.  19. 

9  all  days. 

s  Isa.  55.  3. 

10  from  after 
them. 

tcb.  31.  33. 

v  Deut.  30.  9. 

v  ch.  24.  6. 

11  in  truth,  or, 
stability. 

w  ch.  31.  28. 


x  ch.  33.  10. 


y  ch.  17.  2C. 


2  ch.  33.  7. 


9. 


a  ch.  32.  2. 

ch.  37.  21. 
b  Isa.  37.  2G. 

1  Or, 
JEHOVAH. 

c  Ex.  15.  3. 

Amos  5.  8. 
d  Gen.  18.  17. 

Deut.  4.  7,  29 

Ps.  50.  15. 

Isa.  55.  G,  7. 

ch.  29.  12. 

Acts  2.  21. 

2  Or,  hidden. 
e  ch.  32.  24. 
/ch.  30.  17. 
g  ch.  32.  44. 
A  Isa.  1.  2(5. 

i  Ps.  85.  2,  3. 

Isa.  40.  2. 

ch.  31.  34. 

Zech.  13.  1. 

Heb.  9.  13. 
/  Mic.  7.  18. 

1  John  1 
k  Ezra  1.  2. 

Isa.  62.  7. 
I  Isa.  60.  5. 
m  Rev.  18.  23. 
n  1  Chr.  16.  8. 

2  Chr.  5.  13. 
o  Lev.  7. 12. 

2  Chr.  29.  31. 

Ps.  107.  22. 

Jon.  2.  9. 

Heb.  13.  15. 
p  Isa.  65.  10. 
q  ch.  17.  26. 
r  Lev.  27.  32. 
s  ch.  23.  5. 
t  ch.  29.  10. 
u  Isa.  4.  2. 
r  Deut.  33.  28. 

Isa.  45.  17. 

3  he  who  shall 
call  her  is 
Jehovah- 
tsidkenu. 

4  There  shall 
not  be  cut  off 
from  David. 

w  Mai.  1.  11. 

Rom.  12.  1. 

1  Pet.  2.  5,  9. 

Rev.  1.  6. 
x  Gen.  8.  22. 

Ps.  S9.  37. 

Isa.  54.  9. 

ch.  31.  36. 


sinned,  and  whereby  they  have  transgressed  against 
me. 

9  H  /cAnd  it  shall  be  to  me  a  name  of  joy,  a  praise 
and  an  honour  before  all  the  nations  of  the  earth, 
which  shall  hear  all  the  good  that  I  do  unto  them : 
and  they  shall  'fear  and  tremble  for  all  the  good- 
ness and  for  all  the  prosperity  that  I  procure  unto 
it. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Again  there  shall  be 
heard  in  this  place,  which  ye  say  shall  be  desolate 
without  man  and  without  beast,  even  in  the  cities 
of  Ju'dah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  that 
are  desolate,  without  man,  and  without  inhabitant, 
and  without  beast, 

11  The  m  voice  of  joy,  and  the  voice  of  gladness, 
the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the 
bride,  the  voice  of  them  that  shall  say,  "Praise  the 
Lord  of  hosts  :  for  the  Lord  is  good  ;  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever:  and  of  them  that  shall  bring 
"the  sacrifice  of  praise  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
For  I  will  cause  to  return  the  captivity  of  the  land, 
as  at  the  first,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  p  Again  in  this 
place,  which  is  desolate  without  man  and  without 
beast,  and  in  all  the  cities  thereof,  shall  be  an  hab- 
itation of  shepherds  causing  their  flocks  to  lie 
down. 

13  q  In  the  cities  of  the  mountains,  in  the  cities  of 
the  vale,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  south,  and  in  the 
land  of  Ben'ja-min,  and  in  the  places  about  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem, and  in  the  cities  of  Ju'dah,  shall  the  flocks 
'pass  again  under  the  hands  of  him  that  telleth 
them,  saith  the  Lord. 

14  s Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  'I 
will  perform  that  good  thing  which  I  have  pro- 
mised unto  the  house  of  Ig'ra-el  and  to  the  house 
of  Ju'dah. 

15  If  In  those  days,  and  at  that  time,  will  I  cause 
the  u  Branch  of  righteousness  to  grow  up  unto  Da'- 
vid  ;  and  he  shall  execute  judgment  and  righteous- 
ness in  the  land. 

16  "In  those  days  shall  Ju'dah  be  saved,  and  Je- 
ru'sa-lem  shall  dwell  safely  :  and  3this  is  the  name 
wherewith  she  shall  be  called,  The  Lord  our  right- 
eousness. 

17  II  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  4Da'vid  shall  never 
want  a  man  to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  the  house  of 
Ig'ra-el ; 

18  Neither  shall  the  priests  the  Le'vites  want  a 
man  before  me  to  offer  "'burnt  offerings,  and  to 
kindle  meat  offerings,  and  to  do  sacrifice  continu- 
ally. 

19  If  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came,  unto  Jer-e- 
mi'ah,  saying, 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  xli  ye  can  break  my  cov- 
enant of  the  day,  and  my  covenant  of  the  night, 
and  that  there  should  not  be  day  and  night  in  their 
season ; 

21  Then  may  also  my  covenant  be  broken  with 
Da'vid  my  servant,  that  he  should  not  have  a  son 
to  reign  upon  his  throne ;  and  with  the  Le'vites  the 
priests,  my  ministers. 

555 


Zedekiah's  captivity  foretold. 


JEREMIAH,  34. 


Captivity  of  the  people. 


22.  As  vthe  host  of  heaven  cannot  be  numbered, 
neither  the  sand  of  the  sea  measured  :  so  will  I 
multiply  the  seed  of  Da'vid  my  servant,  and  the 
Le'vites  that  minister  unto  me. 

23  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jer-e- 
mi'ah,  saying, 

24  Considerest  thou  not  what  this  people  have 
spoken,  saying,  The  two  families  which  the  Lord 
hath  chosen,  he  hath  even  cast  them  off  ?  thus  they 
have  despised  my  people,  that  they  should  be  no 
more  a  nation  before  them. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  If  zmy  covenant  be  not 
with  day  and  night,  and  if  I  have  not  "appointed 
the  ordinances  of  heaven  and  earth  ; 

26  Then  will  I  cast  away  the  seed  of  Ja'cob,  and 
Da'vid  my  servant,  so  that  I  will  not  take  any  of 
his  seed  to  be  rulers  over  the  seed  of  A' bra-ham, 
I'gaac,  and  Ja'cob  :  for  6I  will  cause  their  captivity 
to  return,  and  have  mercy  on  them. 

CHAPTER  34. 

1  Capture  of  Zedelciah  and  destruction  of  Jerusalem,  foretold  by  Jeremiah.    17  Judah 
shall  be  given  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

rTIHE  word  which  came  unto  Jer-e-ml'ah  from  the 
J-  Lord,  "when  Neb-u-chad-nez'zar  king  of  Bab'- 
y-lon, and  all  his  army,  and  6all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth  *of  his  dominion,  and  all  the  people, 
fought  against  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  against  all  the 
cities  thereof,,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  I§'ra-el  ;  Go 
and  speak  to  Zed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  and  tell 
him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  c  I  will  give  this 
city  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon,  and  dhe 
shall  burn  it  with  fire  : 

3  And  ethou  shalt  not  escape  out  of  his  hand,  but 
shalt  surely  be  taken,  and  delivered  into  his  hand ; 
and  thine  eyes  shall  behold  the  eyes  of  the  king  of 
Bab'y-lon,  and  2he  shall  speak  with  thee  mouth  to 
mouth,  and  thou  shalt  go  to  Bab'y-lon. 

4  Yet  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  0  Zed-e-ki'ah 
king  of  Ju'dah  ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  thee,  Thou 
shalt  not  die  by  the  sword  : 

5  But  thou  shalt  die  in  peace :  and  with  Hhe 
burnings  of  thy  fathers,  the  former  kings  which 
were  before  thee,  "so  shall  they  burn  odours  for 
thee ;  and  Hhey  will  lament  thee,  saying,  Ah  lord  ! 
for  I  have  pronounced  the  word,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  Then  Jer-e-ml'ah  the  prophet  i  spake  all  these 
words  unto  Zed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  in  Je-ru'sa-lem, 

7  When  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon's  army  fought 
against  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and  against  all  the  cities  of 
Ju'dah  that  were  left,  against  La'chish,  and  against 
A-ze'kah  :  for  j these  defenced  cities  remained  of 
the  cities  of  Ju'dah. 

8  H  This  is  the  word  that  came  unto  Jer-e-ml'ah 
from  the  Lord,  after  that  the  king  Zed-e-ki'ah  had 
made  a  covenant  with  all  the  people  which  were  at 
JS-ru'sa-lem,  to  proclaim  k liberty  unto  them  ; 

9  l  That  every  man  should  let  his  manservant,  and 
every  man  his  maidservant,  being  an  He 'brew  or 
an  He 'brew-ess,  go  free  ;  mthat  none  should  serve 
himself  of  them,  to  wit,  of  a  Jew  his  brother. 

556 


B.  C.  591. 


y  Gen.  13.  16. 
Gen.  15.  5. 
ch.  31.  37. 


2  Gen.  8.  22. 

a  Ps.  74.  16. 

Ps.  104.  19. 
ch.  31.  35. 


b  Isa.  14.  1. 
ch.  31.  20. 
Zech.  10.  6. 


a  2  Ki.  25. 1. 

ch.  32.  2. 
b  ch.  1.  15. 

Dan.  2.  37. 
1  the  dominion 

of  his  hand. 


c  ch.  21.  10. 
d  eh.  32.  29. 
e  eh.  32.  4. 

2  his  mouth 
shall  speak  to 
thy  mouth. 

/2Chr.  16.  14. 
n  Dan.  2.  46. 
h  ch.  22.  18. 
i  1  Ki.  21.  19. 

Ezek.  2.  7. 

Matt.  14.  4. 
j  2  Ki.  18.  13. 

2Cl>r.  11.  5,  9. 
k  Ex.  21.  2. 

Lev.  25.  10. 

Deut.  15.  12. 

Isa.  1.  17. 

Mic.  2.  1-3, 

7-13. 
I  Neh.  5.  11. 
m  Lev.  25.  39. 
n  ch.  37.  5. 

Hos.  0.  4. 
oEx.  21.  2. 

Lev.  25.  39. 

Deut.  15.  12. 

3  Or,  hath  sold 
himself. 

4  to  day. 

p  2  Ki.  23.  3. 
Neh.  10.  29. 
</  ch.  7.  10. 

5  whereupon 
my  name  is 
called. 

r  Ex.  20.  7. 

Lev.  19.  12. 
s  Neh.  9.  30. 

1  Matt.  7.  2. 

Gal.  6.  7. 
1  Thess.  4.  6. 
u  ch.  32.  24,  36. 

6  for  a  removing. 
!•  Rom.  2.  8,  9. 

w  Gen.  15.  10. 

Ps.  50.  5. 
x  Deut.  28.  26. 

Ps.  79.  2. 

ch.  7.  33. 

ch.  16.  4. 

Rev.  19.  17-21. 
y  ch.  37.  5. 

2  ch.  37.  8. 
Amos  3.  6. 

a  ch.  38.  3. 

ch.  39.  1,  2,  8. 
6ch.  9.  11. 

ch.  33.  10. 

Mic.  7.  13. 

Zech.  1.  12. 


10  Now  when  all  the  princes,  and  all  the  people, 
which  had  entered  into  the  covenant,  heard  that 
every  one  should  let  his  manservant,  and  every  one 
his  maidservant,  go  free,  that  none  should  serve 
themselves  of  them  any  more,  then  they  obeyed,  and 
let  them  go. 

11  But  "afterward  they  turned,  and  caused  the 
servants  and  the  handmaids,  whom  they  had  let  go 
free,  to  return,  and  brought  them  into  subjection 
for  servants  and  for  handmaids. 

12  If  Therefore  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jer- 
e-ml'ah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Ig'ra-el ;  I 
made  a  covenant  with  your  fathers  in  the  day  that 
I  brought  them  forth  out  of  the  land  of  E'gypt,  out. 
of  the  house  of  bondmen,  saying, 

14  At  the  end  of  "seven  years  let  ye  go  every 
man  his  brother  an  He'brew,  which  3hath  been  sold 
unto  thee  ;  and  when  he  hath  served  thee  six  years, 
thou  shalt  let  him  go  free  from  thee  :  but  your  fa- 
thers hearkened  not  unto  me,  neither  inclined  their 
ear. 

15  And  ye  were  4now  turned,  and  had  done  right 
in  my  sight,  in  proclaiming  liberty  every  man  to 
his  neighbour  ;  and  ye  had  pmade  a  covenant  be- 
fore me  9in  the  house  5  which  is  called  by  my  name : 

16  But  ye  turned  and  r polluted  my  name,  and 
caused  every  man  his  servant,  and  every  man  his 
handmaid,  whom  he  had  set  at  liberty  at  their  plea- 
sure, to  return,  and  brought  them  into  subjection,  to 
be  unto  you  for  servants  and  for  handmaids. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Ye  have  not 
s  hearkened  unto  me,  in  proclaiming  liberty,  every 
one  to  his  brother,  and  every  man  to  his  neighbour  : 
*  behold,  I  proclaim  a  liberty  for  you,  saith  the  Lord, 
Ho  the  sword,  to  the  pestilence, and  to  the  famine; 
and  I  will  make  you  6to  be  removed  into  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth. 

18  And  I  will  give  the  men  that  have "  transgressed 
my  covenant,  which  have  not  performed  the  words 
of  the  covenant  which  they  had  made  before  me, 
when  "'they  cut  the  calf  in  twain,  and  passed  be- 
tween the  parts  thereof, 

19  The  princes  of  Ju'dah,  and  the  princes  of  Je- 
ru'sa-lem,  the  eunuchs,  and  the  priests,  and  all  the 
people  of  the  land,  which  passed  between  the  parts 
of  the  calf  ; 

20  I  will  even  give  them  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of  them  that  seek  their 
life  :  and  their  *dead  bodies  shall  be  for  meat  unto 
the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the 
earth. 

21  And  Zed-e-ki'ah  king  of  Ju'dah  and  his  princes 
will  I  give  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and  into 
the  hand  of  them  that  seek  their  life,  and  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'y-lon's  army,  y  which  are 
gone  up  from  you. 

22  z  Behold,  I  will  command,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
cause  them  to  return  to  this  city ;  and  they  shall 
fight  against  it,  °  and  take  it,  and  burn  it  with  fire : 
and  6I  will  make  the  cities  of  Ju'dah  a  desolation 
without  an  inhabitant. 


I 


The  Rechabites'  obedience. 


JEREMIAH,  35,  36. 


Baruch  writes  the  prophecy. 


CHAPTER  35. 


1  Obedience  of  the  Rechabites. 


\2  Jeremiah  holds  them  up  us  a  model.     18  Rechabites 
arc  blessed. 


THE  word  which  came  unto  Jer-e-ml'ah  from  the 
Lord  in  the  days  of  "Je-hoi'a-kim  the  son  of 
J6-si'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  saying, 

2  Go  unto  the  house  of  the  6  Re'chab-Ites,  and  speak 
unto  them,  and  bring  them  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  into  one  of  cthe  chambers,  and  give  them 
wina  to  drink. 

3  Then  I  took  Ja-az-a-nl'ah  the  son  of  Jer-e-ml'ah, 
the  son  of  Hab-a-zi-nl'ah,  and  his  brethren,  and  all 
his  sons,  and  the  whole  house  of  the  Re'chab-Ites ; 

4  And  I  brought  them  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
into  the  chamber  of  the  sons  of  Ha'nan,  the  son  of 
Ig-da-ll'ah,  a  man  of  God,  which  was  by  the  chamber 
of  the  princes,  which  was  above  the  chamber  of 
Ma-a-se'iah  the  son  of  Shal'lum,  dthe  keeper  of  the 
Moor  : 

5  And  I  set  before  the  sons  of  the  house  of  the 
Re'chab-Ites  pots  full  of  wine,  and  cups,  and  I  said 
unto  them,  Drink  ye  wine. 

6  But  they  said,  We  will  drink  no  wine  :  for e  Jon'- 
a-dab the  son  of  Re'chab  our  father  commanded  us, 
saying,  Ye  shall  drink  no  wine,  neither  ye,  nor  your 
sons  for  ever  : 

7  Neither  shall  ye  build  house,  nor  sow  seed,  nor 
plant  vineyard,  nor  have  any :  but  all  your  days  ye 
shall  dwell  in  tents  ;  ythat  ye  may  live  many  days 
in  the  land  where  ye  be  strangers. 

8  Thus  have  we  a  obeyed  the  voice  of  Jon'a-dab 
the  son  of  Re'chab  our  father  in  all  that  he  hath 
charged  us,  to  drink  no  wine  all  our  days,  we,  our 
wives,  our  sons,  nor  our  daughters  ; 

9  Nor  to  build  houses  for  us  to  dwell  in  :  neither 
have  we  vineyard,  nor  field,  nor  seed  : 

10  But  we  have  dwelt  in  tents,  and  have  obeyed, 
and  done  according  to  all  that  Jon'a-dab  our  father 
commanded  us. 

11  But  it  came  to  pass,  '''when  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar 
king  of  Bab'y-lon  came  up  into  the  land,  that  we 
said,  Come,  and  let  us  go  to  Je-ru'sa-lem  for  fear 
of  the  army  of  the  Chal-de'ang,  and  for  fear  of 
the  army  of  the  Syr'I-ang  :  so  we  dwell  at  Je-ru'- 
sa-lem. 

12  If  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jer-e- 
mi'ah,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Ig'ra-el ;  Go  and  tell  the  men  of  Ju'dah  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  Will  ye  not  'receive  in- 
struction to  hearken  to  my  words  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

14  The  words  of  Jon'a-dab  the  son  of  Re'chab, 
that  he  commanded  his  sons  not  to  drink  wine,  are 
performed  ;  for  unto  this  day  they  drink  none,  but 
obey  their  father's  commandment :  '"  notwithstand- 
ing I  have  spoken  unto  you,  k  rising  early  and 
speaking  ;  'but  ye  hearkened  not  unto  me. 

15  m  I  have  sent  also  unto  you  all  my  servants  the 
prophets,  rising  up  early  and  sending  them,  saying, 
n  Return  ye  now  every  man  from  his  evil  way,  and 
amend  your  doings,  and  go  not  after  other  gods  to 
serve  them,  and  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  which  I 


B.  C.  607. 


a  2  Ki.  23.  34,  35. 
cli.  22.  18. 
Dan.  1.  1. 

J2Ki.  10.  15. 
1  Chr.  2.  55. 


c  1  Ki.  C.  5. 


d  2  Ki.  12.  9. 
1  Chr.  9. 18, 19. 

1  threshold,  or, 
vessel. 


c2Ki.  10.  15. 
1  Chr.  2.  55. 


/Ex.  20.  12. 

Deut.  4.  40. 

Prov.  3.  16. 

Eph.  6.  2,  3. 
g  Prov.  1.  8. 

Col.  3.  20. 


A2Ki.  24.  1. 
i  eh.  32.  33. 
j  2  Chr.  3ti.  15. 
k  ch.  7.  13. 

1  Isa.  30.  9. 
m  ch.  7.  25. 

n  Isa.  1.  10-19. 

ch.  3. 14. 

ch.  18.  11. 

ch.  25.  5,  G. 

Hos.  14.  1-t. 

Acts  2fi.  20. 
o  Lev.  2G.  14. 

Josh.  23.  15. 

ch.  15.  3,  4. 

Mic.  3.  12. 
p  Prov.  1.  24. 

Isa.  G5.  12. 

ch.  7.  13. 
g  Ex.  20.  12. 

2  There  shall 
not  a  man  be 
out  off  from 
Jonadab  the 
son  of  Rechab 
to  stand,  etc. 

r  ch.  15.  19. 


a  Isa.  8.  1. 
b  ch.  30.  2. 

Hab.  2.  2. 
c  ch.  25.  15. 
d  ch.  25.  3. 
e  ch.  18.  8. 

Ezek.  12.  3. 

Zeph.  2.  3. 
/■Isa.  55.  7. 

ch.  18.  8. 

Jon.  3.  8. 

Acts  2G.  20. 
a  ch.  32.  12. 
'h  ch.  45.  1. 
i  Lev.  1G.  29. 
j  Lev.  23.  4. 

Neh.  8.  14,  15. 
1  their  supplica- 
tion shall  fall. 
k  Deut.  28.  15. 

Deut.  29. 18. 


have  given  to  you  and  to  your  fathers  :  but  ye  have 
not  inclined  your  ear,  nor  hearkened  unto  me. 

16  Because  the  sons  of  Jon-a-dab  the  son  of  Re'- 
chab have  performed  the  commandment  of  their 
father,  which  he  commanded  them  ;  but  this  people 
hath  not  hearkened  unto  me  : 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Ig'ra-el  ;  Behold,  I  "will  bring  upon  Ju'- 
dah and  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem  all 
the  evil  that  I  have  pronounced  against  them:  v be- 
cause I  have  spoken  unto  them,  but  they  have  not 
heard  ;  and  I  have  called  unto  them,  but  they  have 
not  answered. 

18  If  And  Jer-e-ml'ah  said  unto  the  house  of  the 
Re'chab-Ites,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Ig'ra-el ;  °  Because  ye  have  obeyed  the  command- 
ment of  Jon'a-dab  your  father,  and  kept  all  his 
precepts,  and  done  according  unto  all  that  he  hath 
commanded  you  : 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Ig'ra-el  ;  2  Jon'a-dab  the  son  of  Re'chab  shall  not 
want  a  man  to  r  stand  before  me  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  36. 

1  Baruch  writes  Jeremiah's  prophecy.     19  Baruch  and  Jeremiah  hide  themselves.    20  Je- 
hoiakim  burns  the  roll.    32  Baruch  re-writes  it. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year  of  Je-hoir- 
■£*-  a-kim  the  son  of  J6-sI'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  that 
this  word  came  unto  Jer-e-ml'ah  from  the  Lord, 
saying, 

2  Take  thee  a  "roll  of  a  book,  and  write  Hherein 
all  the  words  that  I  have  spoken  unto  thee  against 
Ig'ra-el,  and  against  Ju'dah,  and  against  call  the 
nations,  from  the  day  I  spake  unto  thee,  from  the 
days  of  dJ6-sI'ah,  even  unto  this  day. 

3  eIt  may  be  that  the  house  of  Ju'dah  will  hear  all 
the  evil  which  I  purpose  to  do  unto  them  ;  that  they 
may  -^return  every  man  from  his  evil  way  ;  that  I 
may  forgive  their  iniquity  and  their  sin. 

4  Then  Jer-e-ml'ah  °  called  Ba'ruch  the  son  of  Ne- 
rl'ah  :  and  h  Ba'ruch  wrote  from  the  mouth  of  Jer- 
e-ml'ah  all  the  words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  had 
spoken  unto  him,  upon  a  roll  of  a  book. 

5  And  Jer-e-ml'ah  commanded  Ba'ruch,  saying,  I 
am  shut  up;  I  cannot  go  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord  : 

6  Therefore  go  thou,  and  read  in  the  roll,  which 
thou  hast  written  from  my  mouth,  the  words  of  the 
Lord  in  the  ears  of  the  people  in  the  Lord's  house 
upon  Hhe  fasting  day  :  and  also  thou  shalt  3read 
them  in  the  ears  of  all  Ju'dah  that  come  out  of  their 
cities. 

7  It  may  be  Hhey  will  present  their  supplication 
before  the  Lord,  and  will  return  every  one  from 
his  evil  way  :  for  *  great  is  the  anger  and  the  fury 
that  the  Lord  hath  pronounced  against  this  people. 

8  And  Ba'ruch  the  son  of  Ne-rl'ah  did  according 
to  all  that  Jer-e-ml'ah  the  prophet  commanded  him, 
reading  in  the  book  the  words  of  the  Lord  in  the 
Lord's  house. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fifth  year  of  Je-hoi'- 
a-kim  the  son  of  Jo-sl'ah  king  of  Ju'dah,  in  the 

557 


The  prophecy  read. 


JEREMIAH,  37. 


The  prophecy  re-written. 


ninth  month,  that  they  'proclaimed  a  fast  before 
the  Lord  to  all  the  people  in  Jg-ru'sa-lem,  and  to  all 
the  people  that  came  from  the  cities  of  Ju'dah  unto 
Je-ru'sa-lem. 

10  Then  read  Ba'ruch  in  the  book  the  words  of 
Jer-e-mi'ah  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the  cham- 
ber of  Gem-a-rl'ah  the  son  of  Sha'phan  the  2scribe, 
in  the  higher  court,  at  the  3  entry  of  the  new  gate 
of  the  Lord's  house,  in  the  ears  of  all  the  people. 

11  If  When  Ml-cha'iah  the  son  of  Gem-a-rl'ah,  the 
son  of  Sha'phan,  had  heard  out  of  the  book  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord, 

12  Then  he  went  down  into  the  king's  house,  into 
the  scribe's  chamber  :  and,  lo,  all  the  princes  sat 
there,  even  E-lish'a-ma  the  scribe,  and  Del-a-I'ah 
the  son  of  -Shem-a-I'ah,  and  El'na-than  the  son  of 
Ach'bor,  and  Gem-a-rl'ah  the  son  of  Sha'phan,  and 
Zed-e-kl'ah  the  son  of  Han-a-m'ah,  and  all  the 
princes. 

13  Then  Ml-cha'iah  declared  unto  them  all  the  words 
that  he  had  heard,  when  Ba'ruch  read  the  book  in 
the  ears  of  the  people. 

14  Therefore  all  the  princes  sent  Je-hu'di  the  son 
of  Neth-a-ni'ah,  the  son  of  Shel-e-ml'ah,  the  son  of 
Cu'shl,  unto  Ba'ruch,  saying,  Take  in  thine  hand  the 
roll  wherein  thou  hast  read  in  the  ears  of  the  peo- 
ple, and  come.  So  Ba'ruch  the  son  of  Ne-ri'ah  took 
the  roll  in  his  hand,  and  '"came  unto  them. 

15  And  they  said  unto  him,  Sit  down  now,  and 
read  it  in  our  ears.     So  Ba'ruch  read  it  in  their  ears. 

16  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  heard  all 
the  words,  they  were  "afraid  both  one  and  other, 
and  said  unto  Ba'ruch,  We  will  surely  tell  the  king 
of  all  these  words. 

17  And  they  asked  Ba'ruch,  saying,  Tell  us  now, 
How  didst  thou  write  all  these  words  at  his  mouth  ? 

18  Then  Ba'ruch  answered  them,  "He  pronounced 
all  these  words  unto  me  with  his  mouth,  and  I  wrote 
them  with  ink  in  the  book. 

19  Then  said  the  princes  unto  Ba'ruch,  Go,  hide 
thee,  thou  and  Jer-e-ml'ah  ;  and  let  no  man  know 
where  ye  be. 

20  If  And  they  went  in  to  the  king  into  the^court, 
but  they  laid  up  the  roll  in  the  chamber  of  E-lish'- 
a-ma  the  scribe,  and  told  all  the  words  in  the  ears 
of  the  king. 

21  So  the  king  sent  Jg-hu'dl  to  fetch  the  roll  :  and 
he  took  it  out  of  E-lish'a-ma  the  scribe's  chamber. 
And  Je-hu'di  read  it  in  the  ears  of  the  king,  and  in 
the  ears  of  all  the  princes  which  stood  beside  the 
king. 

22  Now  the  king  sat  in  "the  winterhouse  in  the 
ninth  month  :  and  there  was  a  fire  on  the  hearth 
burning  before  him. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Jg-hu'di  had 
read  three  or  four  leaves,  "he  cut  it  with  the  pen- 
knife, and  cast  it  into  the  fire  that  was  on  the  hearth, 
until  all  the  roll  was  consumed  in  the  fire  that  was 
on  the  hearth. 

24  Yet  they  were  not  afraid,  nor  rrent  their  gar- 
ments, neither  the  king,  nor  any  of  his  servants 
that  heard  all  these  words. 

558 


B.  C.  606. 


7  Judg.  20.  26. 

1  Sara.  7.  6. 

2  Chr.  20.  3. 


2  Or,  secretary 
of  state. 

3  Or,  door. 


m  Ezek.  2.  6. 


n  1  Sain.  3.  11. 
Acts  24.  25. 


o  Isa.  8.  12. 
ch.  1.  8. 
Matt.  10. 
16-32. 
Rom.  1.  10. 

1  Pet.  3. 14, 15. 
p  Judg.  3.  20. 

Amos  3.  15. 
q\  Ki.22.  8. 
Isa.  29.  21. 

2  Tim.  4.  3. 

r  Gen.  37.  20,  34. 

2  Sam.  1.  11. 

2Ki.  22.  11. 

Isa.  36.  22. 
j  Gen.  37.  26. 

Isa.  53.  12. 

Matt.  27.  24. 

Rom.  8.  34. 

Eph.  5.  7,  11. 

Heb.  7.  25. 

4  Or,  of  the  king. 
1 1  Ki.  19.  14. 

Matt.  23. 

34,  37. 
v  Ps.  34.  19,  20. 

Ps.  46.  1. 

ch.  1.  19. 

2  Pet.  2.  9. 
v  Prov.  21.  30. 
■w  Amos  5.  10. 
x  2  Ki.  24.  8,  12. 

cli.  22.  30. 
y  ch.  22.  19. 

5  visit  upon, 
z  Isa.  3.  11. 

ch.  21.  7. 
a  Ex.  4.  15. 
Rom.  16.  22. 

6  as  they. 


a  1  Chr.  3.  16. 

2  Chr.  36.  10. 

Dan.  1.  1. 
b  2  Ki.  24. 19,  20. 

Prov.  29.  12. 
1  by  the  hand  of 

the  prophet, 
e  ch.  21.  1,  2. 
d2Ki.  24.  7. 
e  ch.  34.  21. 


25  Nevertheless  El'na-than  and  Del-a-I'ah  and 
Gem-a-rl'ah  shad  made  intercession  to  the  king 
that  he  would  not  burn  the  roll :  but  he  would  not 
hear  them. 

26  But  the  king  commanded  Je-rah'me-el  the  son 
4 of  Ham'me-lech,  and  Ser-a-I'ah  the  son  of  Az'ri-el, 
and  Shel-e-ml'ah  the  son  of  Ab' de-el,  to  take  'Ba'- 
ruch the  scribe  and  Jer-e-ml'ah  the  prophet  :  but 
ttithe  Lord  hid  them. 

27  If  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jer-e- 
ml'ah,  "  after  that  the  king  had  burned  the  roll,  and 
the  words  which  Ba'ruch  wrote  at  the  mouth  of 
Jer-e-ml'ah,  saying, 

28  Take  thee  again  another  roll,  and  write  in  it 
all  the  former  words  that  were  in  the  first  roll, 
which  Je-hoi'a-kim  the  king  of  Ju'dah  hath  burned. 

29  And  thou  shalt  say  to  Je-hoi'a-kim  king  of 
Ju'dah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Thou  hast  burned 
this  roll,  w  saying,  Why  hast  thou  written  therein, 
saying,  The  king  of  Bab'y-lon  shall  certainly  come 
and  destroy  this  land,  and  shall  cause  to  cease  from 
thence  man  and  beast  ? 

30  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  Je-hoi'a-kim 
king  of  Ju'dah;  xHe  shall  have  none  to  sit  upon 
the  throne  of  Da'vid  :  and  his  dead  body  shall  be 
y  cast  out  in  the  day  to  the  heat,  and  in  the  night 
to  the  frost. 

31  And  I  will  bz  punish  him  and  his  seed  and  his 
servants  for  their  iniquity ;  and  I  will  bring  upon 
them,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Je-ru'sa-lem,  and 
upon  the  men  of  Ju'dah,  all  the  evil  that  I  have 
pronounced  against  them  ;  but  they  hearkened  not. 

32  If  Then  took  Jer-e-ml'ah  another  roll,  and  gave 
it  to  Ba'ruch  the  scribe,  the  son  of  Ng-rl'ah  ;  awho 
wrote  therein  from  the  mouth  of  Jer-e-ml'ah  all 
the  words  of  the  book  which  Jg-hoi'a-kim  king  of 
Ju'dah  had  burned  in  the  fire  :  and  there  were 
added  besides  unto  them  many  6  like  words. 


CHAPTER  37. 


1  Zedekiah  sends  to  Jeremiah  for  prayer.     6  Jeremiah  prophesies  a  Chaldean  victory. 
11  He  is  arrested  and  imprisoned.    21  He  obtains  some  favour. 

AND  king  aZed-e-kI'ah  the  son  of  J6-sI'ah  reigned 
-  instead  of  C6-nI'ah  the  son  of  Je-hoi'a-kim, 
whom  Neb-u-chad-rez'zar  king  of  Bab'y-lon  made 
king  in  the  land  of  Ju'dah. 

2  But  h  neither  he,  nor  his  servants,  nor  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land,  did  hearken  unto  the  words  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  spake  xby  the  prophet  Jer-e- 
mi'ah. 

3  And  Zed-e-ki'ah  the  king  sent  Je'hu-cal  the  son 
of  Shel-e-ml'ah  and  cZeph-a-ni'ah  the  son  of  Ma-a- 
se'iah  the  priest  to  the  prophet  Jer-e-ml'ah,  saying, 
Pray  now  unto  the  Lord  our  God  for  us. 

4  Now  Jer-e-ml'ah  came  in  and  went  out  among 
the  people  :  for  they  had  not  put  him  into  prison. 

5  Then  dPha'raoh's  army  was  come  forth  out  of 
E'gypt :  eand  when  the  Chal-de'an§  that  besieged 
Je-ru'sa-lem  heard  tidings  of  them,  they  departed 
from  Jg-ru'sa-lem. 

6  If  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  the 
prophet  Jer-e-mi'ah,  saying, 


Jeremiah  imprisoned. 


JEREMIAH,  38. 


The  Ethiopian's  intercession. 


7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  !g'ra-el ;  Thus 
shall  ye  say  to  the  king  of  Ju'dah,  'that  sent  you 
unto  me  to  enquire  of  me ;  Behold,  Pha'raoh's 
army,  which  is  come  forth  to  help  you,  shall  return 
to  E'gypt  into  their  own  land. 

8  "And  the  Chal-de'ang  shall  come  again,  and 
fight  against  this  city,  and  take  it,  and  burn  it  with 
fire. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Deceive  not  2  yourselves, 
saying,  The  Chal-de'ang  shall  surely  depart  from 
us  :  for  they  shall  not  depart. 

10  feFor  though  ye  had  smitten  the  whole  army 
of  the  Chal-de'ang  that  fight  against  you,  and  there 
remained  but  3  wounded  men  among  them,  yet 
should  they  rise  up  every  man  in  his  tent,  and  burn 
this  city  with  fire. 

11  1"  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  army  of 
the  Chal-de'ang  was  i  broken  up  from  Js-ru'sa-lem 
for  fear  of  Pha'raoh's  army, 

12  Then  Jer-e-mi'ah  went  forth  out  of  Js-ru'sa- 
lem  to  go  into  the  land  of  Ben'ja-min,  5to  separate 
himself  thence  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 

13  And  when  he  was  in  the  gate  of  Ben'ja-min,  a 
captain  of  the  ward  was  there,  whose  name  ivas 
I-rl'jah,  the  son  of  Shel-e-mi'ah,  the  son  of  Han-a- 
ni'ah  ;  and  he  took  Jer-e-mi'ah  the  prophet,  say- 
ing, Thou  fallest  away  to  the  Chal-de'ang. 

14  Then  said  Jer-e-mi'ah,  It  is  6 false  ;  I  fall  not 
away  to  the  Chal-de'ang.  But  he  hearkened  not  to 
him :  so  I-rl'jah  took  Jer-e-mi'ah,  and  brought  him 
to  the  princes. 

15  Wherefore  the  princes  'were  wroth  with  Jer- 
e-mi'ah,  and  smote  him,  J'and  put  him  in  prison  in 
the  house  of  Jon'a-than  the  scribe  :  for  they  had 
made  that  the  prison. 

16  TT  When  Jer-e-mi'ah  was  entered  into  Hhe  dun- 
geon, and  into  the  '  cabins,  and  Jer-e-mi'ah  had  re- 
mained there  many  days  ; 

17  Then  Zed-e-ki'ah  the  king  sent,  and  took  him 
out :  and  the  king  asked  him  secretly  in  his  house, 
and  said,  *Is  there  any  word  from  the  Lord  ?  And 
Jer-e-mi'ah  said,  There  is :  for,  said  he,  thou  shalt 
be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Bab'- 
y-lon. 

18  Moreover  Jer-e-mi'ah  said  unto  king  Zed-e- 
ki'ah,  What  have  I  offended  against  thee,  or  against 
thy  servants,  or  against  this  people,  that  ye  have 
put  me  in  prison  ?■■ 

19  Where  are  now  your  prophets  which  prophesied 
unto  you,  saying,  The  king  of  Bab'y-lon  shall  not 
come  against  you,  nor  against  this  land  ? 

20  Therefore  hear  now,  I  pray  thee,  0  my  lord 
the  king :  8let  my  supplication,  I  pray  thee,  be 
accepted  before  thee  ;  that  thou  cause  me  not  to 
return  to  the  house  of  Jon'a-than  the  scribe,  lest  I 
die  there. 

21  Then  Zed-e-ki'ah  the  king  commanded  that 
they  should  commit  Jer-e-mi'ah  minto  the  court  of 
the  prison,  and  "that  they  should  give  him  daily  a 
piece  of  bread  out  of  the  bakers'  street,  "until  all 
the  bread  in  the  city  were  spent.  Thus  Jer-e-mi'ah 
v  remained  in  the  court  of  the  prison. 


B.  C.  590. 


/ch.  21.  2. 


g  Ps.  33.  10. 
Prov.  21.  30. 
Isa.  30.  1-7. 
cli.  34.  22. 


2  your  souls. 


h  Lev.  26.  36-38. 
Isa.  30.  17. 
ch.  21.  4,  5. 

3  thrust  through. 


4  made  to 
ascend. 


5  Or,  to  slip 
away  thence 
in  the  midst 
of  the  people. 


6  falsehood,  or.  a 
lie. 


i  ch.  20.  1-3. 

Matt.  21.  &5. 

John  18.  22. 

Acts  5.  40. 
j  Gen.  39.  20. 

ch.  38.  26. 

Acts  12.  6. 

Rev.  2.  10. 
k  ch.  38.  6. 

7  Or,  cells. 

I  Mark  6.  20. 

8  let  my  suppli- 
cation fall. 

m  ch.  32.  2. 
n  1  Ki.  17.  6,  9. 
0  2  Ki.  25.  3. 

ch.  38.  9. 
p  2  Cor.  6.  4. 


a  ch.  37.  3. 
6  eh.  21.  1. 
c  ch.  21.  8. 

Acts  4.  2. 
d  ch.  21.  9. 

Matt.  24.  7,  8. 
e  oh.  21.  10. 
/  Ps.  37.  12-20. 

Prov.  29.  10. 

ch.  26.  11. 

Amos  7.  10. 

Hab.  1.  4. 

John  17.  14. 

2  Tim.  4.  3. 

1  John  3. 12, 13. 

1  peace. 

g  Eccl.  10.  16. 
h  ch.  37.  21. 
i  ch.  3